WORLDWIDE NOTES.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 2210, 29 August 1910, Page 7

WORLDWIDE NOTES.

In time ef peace the German Army numbers about WB.eeO men ; that of France, on a peaes footing, numbers about 580,000 men. Bat what is more important is that every year in Germany about 360,000 recruits arrive at the age of conscription, whereas in France th 3 number of conscripts annually available is only about 200,000. Jn time of war the size of the two armies would be limited only by the number of men the country could keep in the field. It is roughly computed that Germany could call on 3,000,000 trained men, and France about 2,500,000.—New-York "Sun."

MR. ALBERT R/iJDLAHE.

It is no use to look at mediaeval churches through modern spectacles ; things were not then as they are now. Nowadays, if we see a large modern church, we know that it was built for a large congregation ; and if we see a small church, that it Is for a small congregation. Paradoxical as it may seem, the largest mediaeval churches were built for the smallest congregations. When Westminster Abbey church was built, it was probably not contemplated that the regular congregation would ever reach a hundred. It may seem incredible that a church 511 feet long, 100 feet high, and that cost a million of money, should have been built for a congregation normally under sixty in number. The fact is— and unless it is grasped, it is impossible to understand Westminster or any of the greater in England or abroad — they were not built for man, but for God ; and they were built for quiremen, and not for the general public. Francis Bond, in ‘"Westminster Abbey." LONDON’S FAMOUS DANCER.

The oft-mentioned fogs of Newfoundland are only found, as a rule, on the east and south coasts, and on the “banks.” They are caused by the meeting of the Arctic current with the Gulf Stream. The interior in summer is described as a most delightful climate, resembling that of the south of France. MR. CHARLES WARNER.

As reported in recent cables, Mr. Charles Warner was found dead in his hotel in New York. His body was hanging by a strap strengthened with twine from the door-jamb of his room in a local hotel. Mr. Warner left a hysterical note, accusing a lawyer of blackmail, saying he had been hounded to death. Hi's friends declare that his mind was deranged.

Nearly all Japanese boys are strong. This is to a large extent due to the fact that law prohibits Japanese youths from using tobacco until they are twenty years of age. The wives of Siamese noblemen cut their hair so that it sticks straight up from their heads. The average length of it is about one and onehalf inches. A Highland laird, who had been a candidate for one of the Northern seats and had been defeated, was asked how he was feeling. "Like Lazarus." "'How's that ?" "Lazarus was licked by the dogs and so am I."