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Suddenly one of voice in plain English.

THE TALE OF THE BOWMEN. lgud of arrows flow singing and ting- ling through the air towards the German hosta

The other men in the trench word fring all the while. They had no hope; but they aimed just as if had been

lifted up his

Gawd help us he bollowed to the mân next to him, "but we're blooming marvels! Look at those groy, gentiçanes, look at them! D're see them They're not going down in dezens, nor inundreds it thousanda, it Look look ! there's a regiment gone while is. 'm talking to ye."

A MUCH DISCUSSED FANTASY OF THE IMAGINATION. The following story was written by Mr.shooting at Bisley. Arthur Machen lasti September as pure fantasy of the imagination; without any foundation of fact or rumour.

Soon after its publicalica a legend Brose comparable to the famous my of the Russian hosts. I was very widely asserted and believed, and was even made the subject of a moving address by an aztent Nonconformist divine, that The Воушев was, in fact, truc, that the events described in it, or at least some thing very much like this events, had actually happened during the noble, re treat from Mous

Shut it! the other soldier bellowed, taking ain, what are ye talking about?” But ho gulped with astonishment even as he spoke, for, indeed, the groy men were falling by the thousands. The English could hear the guttural scream of the German officers, the orackle of their revolvers as they shot the reluctant; and still line after live crashed to the earth.

MESSAGE FROM SPAIN.

WE STAND FIRM ON THE SIDE

OF THE ALLIES

NO MORE « DEVILISH BRUTALITY:"

Somo Spanish intellectuals have just published o maniforte, signed by members of all political parties, declaring that they stand firm on the side of the Allies, "inas much as they represent the ideals of liberty Reformists and Republicans appear the and justice" Side by side with Radicals,

names of Conservatives, or Carlists.

GREAT. NAMES.

Along with the name of the great Re publican and Professor of Comparativa urisprudence, Soffor Azcárato, appents that of Azorín, the famous author of "Voluntad," who is counted among the Conservativo followers of Señor Manta.

The name of the author of Episodios All the while the Latin bred soldier

Nacionales," Señor Perez Galdós, whose heard the ory --

anti-ctorion) campaign is well known to all "Harow ! Harow! Monseigneur, dearrans, together with that of the priest Don Julio Cejudor, famous for his philological studies.

This rumour, oyili, or legend has gone an increasing ever sinc At first, the narrative of supernatural intervention during the retreat were little more than vortants of "The Bowman, M. The ma chinay of the tale was copied, in dens GE machina, St. George, was a prominent figure in these 'true' takes After wards, novelties were introduced. The | Agincourt Bowna disappeared, St.sainly quick to our wid!, St. Georgis, help

George vanished, and a host of angels beļus! came the deliverers.

The singing arrows fied so swift and thick that they darkened the air; the heather horde melted from before them. More machine guns!, "Bill yelled to

It originally appeared in the London Evening News.

It was during the Retreat of the Eighty Thousand, ack the authority of the cen sorship is sufficient excuse for not being more explicit, But it was on the most owful day of that awful time, on the day when rain and disaster cams so near that thoir shadow fell over London far. away; and, without any cortain news, the hearts of mon failed within them and grow faint, as if the agony of the army in the battlefield had entered into their Bouls.

Tom.

"Don't hear them," Tom yelled bank. Rub, thank God, anyway; they've got it in the neck.

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In fact, there were ten thousand dead German soldiers left before that salient of the English Army, and consequently there was no Sedan In Germany, a Among other names appear those of country ruled by scientific principles, Señor Simarro, Professor of Experimental the Grem General Staff decided that the Psychology; Señor Cossio, Professor of contemptible English must have employed Education; Sedor Ortenga y Gasseh, Pro- turpinite shells, as no wounds were dis-fessor of Motaphysica; Señor Unaman. On this dreadful day, then, when threscernible on the bodies of the dead German Professor of Greek in the University of HOME hundred thousand men in arms with all soldiers. But the man who knew what Salamanca; the dramatist Señor Martinez

their artillery swelled like a flood against nuts tasted like when they called the Sierra, the novelists Señorts the little English cum pany, there was one selves steak knew also that St. George Inclán, Palacio Valdés; the poets Seffores SAVE NEW LEASE OF LIFE.

Vallá battle line that was for a time in awful had brought his Agincourt Bowmen to danger, not merely of defont, but of wiser, help the English. annihilation, With the permission of the Censorship and of the military expert, this corner may, perhaps, be de scribed as a salient, and if this angle were cruslied and broken, den the English force as a whole would be shattered, the Allied left would be turned, and Sedan 23,000 TURKS AND ARABS BEATEN would inevitably follow.

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PERSIAN BATTLE ROUT

Little, has beza heard of the battle of Shaiba, or, as it is more accurately term-morality

All the morning the German guns bad thundered and shrieked against this corner, and against the thousand or so of men who held it. The men joked at the shells, and found funny names for them, and had bels about them, and greeted them with scraps of music-helled, the battle of Berjetsin Woods, and yet. It is not fitting that at this moment of songs. But the shells came on and burst aud tore good · Englishmen limb · from limb, and tore brother from brother, and as the heat of the day increased so did the fury of that terrific cannonade There was no help, it seemed. The Englishing :--- artillery was good, but there was not nearly enough of it; it was being steadily battered into semp iron.”

it is one of the biggest and most pictur- esque engagements ever entered on by the Indian Army. The following graphic account (says the Central News) is from th pen of one who actually saw the fight

profound gravity and intense emotion, when the human race is racked with in- tolerable suffering in giving birth to a closer and firmer fraternity of mankinn, Spain, in her blinduces, should remain un- moved by the pangs with which the work

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The first intimation we had of the noir presence of the enemy was the news that

Worse still would it be that her part the Turkish and Arab forces were moving should be to stir up the bitterness of voices down on us from their camp fourteen miles inflamed by unreasoning passion and the in- Itaway twenty three thousand strong, with sults of mercenary writers and now pupora,

Und woro Regular Turkish infantry) av hava no title there were two ernek Constantinople rog-devoted

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At the meat, to meet this host we could useful citizens to her we must be honest times-heated hell of the German gannon-meter nine weak squadrons of Judian and useful citizens of the world, and so wo ade foll upon them and overwhelmed them cavalry, twenty-six guns, two battalions of are paident that we are doing our duty as and destroyed them. And at this very

British infantry, and seven of native in Spaniards and as mon by declaring that wo teoment they saw from their trenchen fantry, all extremely weak in numbers, say, share with all our heart and soul in the that a tremendous hoet was moving 6,000 rifles all told.

conflict which is shaking the world to its against their lines. Five hundred of the thousand remained, and, as far as they At dawn on Monday (6 am) the fun beg IDEALY OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. could see the German infantry was press-gan with the regular Turkish infantry ing on column, a gray world of men, ten thou the fort. They kept it up for an hour

against them, column upon making an attack on the trenches south of sand of them, as it appeared afterwards.

but did no damage except to wound slightly There was no hope at all. They one man; but at 7.30 a. all their gun shook hands, some of them. One man opened on us, including three heavy howit improvised a new version of the batthy zers; called by the Tommies Lite Bong,Good-bye, good-bye to Tipperary." George" Then the dust began to fly, but ending with And we shan't get there."' And they all went on firing steadily. to spot them

it took our guns just about three minutes The officers pointed out that such an

At ten o'clock everything was quiet opportunity for fancy shooting might again, when suddenly bang went "Little never occur again, the Germans dropped George" turning out the guard tent. As line after line, the Tipperary humorist if that was a signal, thousands of Arab abled, What price Sidney Street?" Aud. the few machine guns did their best. But with their banters flying, made a dash at everybody knew it was of no use, The pur trenches. It was a wonderful sight-life of each matian, great or small, weak or

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NO MORE HEADACHES Headaches, intermittent paina sharp shouting spasme, or steady, dull achea, over the oyes, in the back of the head, at the base of the brain or in the temples, quickly succumb to the soothing influenos "off

buttalions, as others came on and on and hundred yards; than we let them have kind, will destroy the riot of egoism, waited until they got within on, and they swarmed and stirred and four machine guns and fifteen rounds par domination, and devilish brutality which advanced from beyond and beyond. rifle rapid, Down went thir front ranked to the catastrophe, and will lay the

World without end, Amen," said and their second fine stood for about one one of the British soldiers with some and a half minutes; then they had had irrelevance as he took aim and fired. And enough. Wes then he remembered a queer vegetarian Nathing further happened except co restaurant in London where he had onco tional sniping till four p.m., when the or twice eaten queer dishes of cutlets Turkish guna opened again. The Fito- made of lentile and nuts that pretended men" and Kurdish horse made a desperate to be steak. On all the plates in this attack on the south-eastern trenches, but restaurant there was printed a figure of were repulsed, and the Kurdish horse get- St George in Blue, with the motto, ting too near we let loose some of ope

Adsit Anglis Sanctus Georgius cavalry at them May St. George be present help to the

LITTLE'S ORIENTAL BALM English This soldier happened to know

A WARM DISCUSSION. The Kurds a once massed behind a Latin and other useless things, and now small hill to charge our rather weak

Every minute you suffer from a head- as he fired at his man in the grey ad cavalry, but they never dreamt what was

ache is lost from your life of usefulness vancing máss-300 yards

As the date for the formal compilation or enjoyment-a most unnecessary waste away-he uttered the pions vegetarian motto. He really going to happen. Our cavalry, in of the Budget for the next fiscal year since il kinds of headaches and went on firing to the end, and at last stead of charging, wheeled suddenly to the draws year, says the NC. Daily News, neuralgia, all external aches and pains Bill on his right had to clout hin left and unmasked a battery of horse guas. the authorities have to seek an agreement can be quickly relieved and finally cured cheerfully over the bead to make him What a mess! A densely packed body, concerning the Estimates for the proposed by simply rubbing in a little of this stop pointing out as he did so that horse faced at 900 yards British expansion,

coa great external remedy. It's sure ite King to be wasted in drilling funny

ammunition cont money and the quick-firing battery by artiference was held at the official residence quick. Ask any one who has tried it.

On Wednesday we thought the Turks the Premier, among those present being

Sold at le 4d. per bottle, patterns into dead Germans.

must have gone right back, so we moved Rear Admiral Bato, Vice Chief of the

Agents for Hongkong! For as the Latin scholar uttered his out to clear the positions in front of us. It Naval Staff, Mr. Egi, Chief Secretary of

Mosers. A S. WATSON & CO., invocation he felt something between a was not such an easy job as was expected the Cabinet, and Chief of the Committee shudder and as electric shock pass The Turks had only gone back to an en

of the Council of National Deforce. The through his body.. The roar of the trenched emp called Berjetsia Woods, and conference lasted for nearly two hours, but battle died down in his ears to a gentle were dug in. Although they hopelessly it is reported that no conclusion was murmur; instead of it, he says, he heard outnumbered us we attacked across the reached, says the Japan Chrondle. It a great voice and a shout louder than a ope desert. From 11 am to 5 pm. the thunder-peal crying,

seems that the point at issue is whether Array, array, battle hung in the balance, but there was the Naval Estimates shall be submitted to His heart grow hot as a burning coal, sils were badly punished, but nothing to further ensideration, before being sub- -to-stopping our infantry. Our peor de the Council of National Defence for it grew cold as too within him, 29 in what the Turks had to put up with: seemed to him that a tumult of voices

mitted to the Budget Council The Navy answered to his summons. He heard, or

AS TURKISH 6,000 LOBBES.

representatives hold that the naval : com- £ seemed to hear, thousands shouting: 6tly at 4 p.m., but the retreat quickly be National Defence Council at its last mest- The Turks commenced to move off steadi-pletion scheme was accepted by the George! St. George!

came a rout, and their whole line fled in ing and that there is therefore no necessity the utmost disorder. All their stores and to submit it again, Others, however, ammunition were left. The great feature insist that the Council of National of the day was the bayonet charge by ons Defence accepted only the general polizy H of the British battalions. About a quarter of naval expansion, and that in the pre- of an hour later the whole line on the left sent financial situation it is necessary that charged with irrepressible enthusiasm, and the Council consider the proposed instal- carried the trenches. Our losses were ment of the estimates figuring in the be saw before him beyond the trench a pretty heavy. Two of our battalions, forthcoming Budget, long line of shape, with a shining about however, never came into the fight. The them.

They were light men who drew Turkish losses in killed and wounded were the bow, and with another shout, their over six thousand.

array

Hal mexire! he sweet Saint, grant us good deliverance !!-

Harow! Harow! Monseigneur St. George, succour as,”

Ba St. George! Ha St. George; long bow and strong bow

Heaven's Kaight, aid us"

And as the soldier heard those voices

to the Premier, at Hakone, in order to Mr. Egi is reported to have paid a visit obtain final instructions on this point.

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