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GERMANY’S GREAT FIRM KIUPP’S, UNLIMITED PLOYS 150,000 MEN Oégin‘ated HM) Years Agoâ€"Buying Band in Holland to Extend Its Business. The great German firm that is known to everyone as “Krupp’s,” and which supplies half the civilizâ€" 0‘ world with what it wants in the way of cannon, is buying a large traet of land in Holland with the object: of erecting new works there. If so, this gigantic business, which already gives employment; to about 150,900 men, and owns a city and several towns and villages in Ger- many, will soon possess no fewer than nine diflerent groups of werks. The rise of the firm has been re» lurker.ny swift.» 1n 13w u worng mechanié called Frederick Krupp, sat up a forge in the village of Es- Hm. Wretchedly poor, he yet conâ€" mived to keep four workmen in his“ He had ideas which, he hoped, would revolutionize the mufacture of steel. Handicapâ€" ed by his poverty, however, and a ten years’ lawsuit, he accomâ€" ‘shed nothing, and died, wornout by failure,'in 1826'. When his son Alfred, for whose schooling the widowed mother had scarcely been able to pay, entered the business in 1848, he found, to nae his own words, “three workâ€" man and "considerably more debts than cash.” Before his death, fifty years later, he was one of the most .. .erful factors in the wars of “rope. “Alfred Krupp'nas succeeded by his son, __the 11- Scmnd _ Frederick Knapp. I {I'hgynéw head of fine firm yas aflpchceilé-vingwéggtikit with amassion {6}”. Bfitany unc “fitmlegy, Enid a fiositive distaste for cannon» making. Rumor has it, however, that on at least one occasion he made his presence felt. On one oc- casion he bearded Bismarck in his den and told him flatly that a. oer~ tain war must not break unt. 'And it did not. Wigdged in between two huge we; {shops in Essen, which is now a. My of a. quarter of a, million in- kibitants, and is practically the property of the firm, there stands the tiny coldâ€"fashioned cottage in mineh the founder of the firm strug- yed for a livelihood. It beau-I an imaription in the handwriting of Alfred Krupp, commending the ex- ample of his parents to the work- mple. The site of that cottage is worth thousands, but it; still stays HOTEL FOR KRUPP"S GUESTS frrm’s guests. These are chicflm foreign military and naval ofiicers inspecting the work Krupp’s are carrying out for their respective: countries. No bills, of couxso, are present \.?"‘".‘-'1‘-his hotel costs Krupffusma cle:t1‘"$123,000 :L year. There are several nncmwned kings in Europe, and the head of the Krupp firm is certainly one 0!? them. There are, very few nations Everything Krupp’s do is on a gigantic scale. At Essen they keep an hotel solely for): the use gffl‘he 14; Would be difficult to name three European countries in which the Krupp firm have no interests. In fierma-ny they own, besides Essen (fiwir headquarters), the Germania Iockyard at Kiel (where they build Dreadnoughts), three coal mines, many iron mines and foundries, and great steel-making works at Rheinâ€" luman on the Rhine, and at Magdc- bourg. They have coal and iron mines all over Europe. The famâ€" ous ironâ€"making town of Bilbao, in Spain, is partly theirs. If, is from Bilbao that Britain gets most of her supplies of iron ore. G‘Fér Tea You Can’t Bmt Lipfan’s” LIVING LANDMARK. Our Success Depends Um Your Satisfaction.” That’s Why WeflEmoy Gm Worid’s Greatest Either“ to Blend. The firm is now managed by a. board of twelve directors, the chairman of which is the second husband of Frau Krupp, the late Frederick’s widow. Frau Krupp, as she is still called, is the largest shareholder. The name, by the way, is pronounced “Kroop.” BOUND BY A BANDAGE. Frau Krupp and her two daughâ€" ters have all married German bar-l ons, friends of the Kaiser. The Emperor, indeed, is said to have done the match-making, as he naâ€" turally wishes to bind the Krupp interests as firmly to those of the State as possible. Round Essen four towns have been built by the Krupp firm for their workmen. Two of. these are garden cities, much like those of Englandhand are reserved for reâ€" tired and disabled employee. that; can wage a war without the assistance of Krupp’s. In Essen itself the Krupp instiâ€" tutions are innumerable. There are two “housekeeping schools” for Krupp girls, Besides the usual lib- i‘ariqs and technical colleges there are Krupp cafes, Krupp churches, a. Krupp hospital, do Krupp parkâ€" all solely for the use of the firm’s employes. There is a. Krupp res- taurant, in which two thousand Krupp workmen can dine at one time. But how is it possible to tell a man who works for Krupp’s from one who does not? Simply enough. Every one of the 150,000 Krupp em- ployee wears the Krupp badge. This is a, miniature artillery shell made of platinum. Those of twen- ty years’ service wear the‘shell mounted .on gold, those of shorter service on silver. This applies to engineers and workmen. Clerks, dent, ut‘ the footbafl club, a élmm- plan marksman, public singer, sunn- taur actor and cricketen The Mayor of High Wycombc, England, is not; only in business as a hairdresser, but is also color- sergeant in the territorials, fore’ man of the fire brigade, vice-presi- on the other hand, have to wear two pairs of small platinum shells, etch pair being coupled by a. chain, and are thus recognizable by their sleeve-links.â€"â€"Pearson’s Weekly. MAYOR’S MANY ACTIVITIES. szm-Buk will also be found 1 sure cure for cold sores, chum)“ hands, hast bites, ulcers, blood poison, vuiwse sores, scalp 50m; ringworm, inflamed patches, babiel eruptions and chapped places, cut: bums, bruiaes, zmd akin injuxp'c: generally. All druggism and store: «sell at 53c. box, or past free freu Zundluk Cm, Tmonto, u‘fmn re. ccipt of price}. Yen 211's warned against harmful imitatiuns and sub ititlites. r “One dayafriend gave moan-m plc cf Zumâ€"Iluk, and told me of a friend of his who had bacn cured I decided to try Zlm-Buk, and th‘ relief I gab was encouraging. 1 Mr. 1’. Astridge, of 3 St. Paul St, St. Cttharincs, Ont“, says: “For Cm yea-rs I have suffered uan agent; with protruding piles. The pail was so great at times I would I1- most scream. ’ “I lost weight; and had no 313136 Lite. I tried everything I eve! heard of for piles, an I was willing to mks anything :0 get relief. 11 was useless. however, and I aimcsa gave up in despair. Don't. you believe that experiencq in better than hearsay? I! you inf: fer from piles, jus: try Zamâ€"Buk. You cnn do so It your own expense. So assured are we of the result am we. will send you I. face trial box if you send to out Toronto eigel full name and address and a, om cent stamp to pay return pastago used thrfse boxes. and at the: can of that, tune I was cmnplctely cur ed.” Read How This Suflerer Reneltcdi TRY ZAM-BUK FOR PlLE". 26. Now will the kingdom return â€"~He apparently forgot, or placed little reliance in, the promises which Jehovah had made to him (I. Kings 11. 38). A fear arose in his heart that his people, attract- ed by the glories of the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem (2'7), might at last, from going three times a year to the feasts, turn again un- to . . . Rehoboam, king of Judah. His fear was also personal, as well as patriotic, for he saw that, if the people turned to Rehoboam, he himself might be the victim of some treacherous assault such as was made upon Ishbosheth (2 Sam. 4. Verse 25. Fennelâ€"The name means “face of God,” from Gen. 32. 30. The place is connected hisâ€" torically with the three names of Gideon, Jacob, and Jeroboam. Its chief feature was a, strong tower (Judg. 8. 8-17), and it was this that Jeroboam rebuilt. His purpose in doing so was to strengthen himselt against a possible invasion from the desert tribes on the east. 28. Made two calves of goldâ€"-“He broke the second commandment under pretense of helping the peoâ€" ple to keep the first.” His m - tive, despite his plea that he wi - ed to relieve the people of the bur- den of the long journeys to Jeru- salem, is evident in what he said in his heart (26). Political ascendancy and personal safety were his first concern. We are compelled to de- tect, under all his outward actiâ€" vities in behalf of the religious needs of his people, the shrewd de- vices of worldly policy. Behold thy gods~Doubtless he had no desire to establish an idola- trous system. He seems to have been a. believer in a personal acti- vity of Jehovah. The calves; or young bulls. would serve as symbols and reminders of the strength of their God. and were perhaps copi- ed from the calf set up by Aaron in the wilderness. They would hardly come from Jeroboam's resiâ€" dence in Egypt, as some suppose, inasmuch as the bulls worshipped were alive. The two images were alike and represented, of course, only one God, They were really in- tended to encourage; the worship of Jehovah, tho'sin of the king being ‘the substitution of political expedi- lency for faith in God. 7)). THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LcsSon II.â€"-Jer0‘noam Makes Idols for Israel to Worship, 1. Kings 12. 25 to 13. 6. Golden Text, Exod. 20. 4. 29. Bet11~e1~An ancient sanctu- ary of the Israelites, connected with the names of Abraham and Jacob, Ind with the capture of Ai (Josh. 7 and 8). The importance of this shrine increased with the advance of the northern kingdom, reaching the zenith of its greatness under Jemboam II, when it is called “a. royal house and sanctuary of the kingdom” (Amos ’7. 13). I)l1\"~A§ Beth-c1 was at one end 6f the kingdom, only twelve miles from Jerusalem, so Dam was at the other. It had been, from earliest times, “the seat of n- chapclry and cphud served by the lineal descendâ€" ants of Moscs in unbroken succesâ€" sion.” It does not reappear in the Bible wit-er the invasion of Benha- dud (1 Kings 15. 20). Its history thereafter is obscure. 30. This thing became a- sin â€" It resulted in a. lowering of the religâ€" ious ideals and worship of.Israel, a gradual degeneracy which at length comes in for the sterncst reproba- tion on the part of the prophets, particularly Amos and Hosea. “The whole subsequent history is a record of the mode by which. with the, best intentions, a church and nation may be corrupted.” :3}. Houses of high placcsmfiuth the Canaanites and early T‘sran‘ites used to worship on Jullbcms, pm- bably as bringing them nearer thc supposed dwelling place of Johnâ€" vuh. Though the law prescribed a restricted form of worship, file use of high places for. burnmg sacriâ€" fices and other religious lites was continued till the time of Heze- kiah. Priests . . . not, of the sons ({ Leviâ€"«According to the Dent/crouc- mic law, the priesthood was re- stricted to the Lovites. Jeroboam may have felt that he was acting from necessity, because of thc mi- gration, in large numbers, to the south, of. Levites who preferde to abide by the worship of Jerusalem At any rate, both David and Solo- mon, before this, had treated some- what indifferently the matter (If priestly rights. INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JAN. 8. 32. Axfeast in the eighth ~monthâ€" This irregularity, according to the law, was an act of arbitrary will- fulness, as the set time for observâ€" ing the feast of the tabernacles was the seventh month. But, as too vintage was later in the north, Lhe condemnation of Jeroboam ought not, perhaps, to be too harsh. It only goes to show, that, having adopted a wrong policy, a man be- comes involved in other sins as a. consequence. Chapter 13. Verse 1. Jeroboam was standing by the altar~He was hifqglf officiating as priest. . "Je cried against the altarâ€" He said nothing about the other forms and signs of religious degen- eracy. Who he was is not record- ed, perhaps because his name had been forgotten after the lapse of so many years. But he was the first stern voice of disapproval, coming from across the border. and, by deâ€" nouncing the altar, showing the di- vine disfavor against the entire new system of worship established by Jeroboam. Josiahâ€"For the fulfillment of this. read 2 Kings 23. 15-2 . It is unlike the. regular method of He- brew prophecy to mention a. name in this way. The theory is that this name was added many years after, when the prophecy had come to ful- fillment. Museum of the Family Wardrobe in a Quilt. The old patchwork quilt was an elaborate 'arrangenmnt of dia- monds, squares and stripes of ex- quisitely faded colors. It was the work of years, Ind as soon as Mrs. Gray had spread it out on the great four-poster it became evident. to her visitor that- ib was really a. museum of the funin wardrobe of several generations. ‘ “Thu-t lilac pinch,” the old lady began, “is a, bit of Greatâ€"Grand: mother Gray's flowered gown. She had it when all-£3 was married, and when her first daughter-inâ€"law came into the family she gave it to her, and she wore it for second best every summer as long as she lived. It was one of those French cali- cocs; you couldn’t wear one out. It cost three shillings a yard, but it was like a'piece of silk. “That blue diamond is a‘ piece of the gown I had when my husband first. came c0urting~â€"it was on? Sunday night, and I'd taken off my best baroge and put on my blue print, to help get supper in. I H‘- mcmbei' that I felt very bad that I’d changed my baregewit was a re- al soft buff, trimmed with quillinga of'pale graen satin ribbon. Zlut David always said that litble blue print was the neabest thing be cvâ€" er saw on a. girl, and because he likggit, I put in @he diamonds, “Those three pieces of green and orange and brown were once part of Sister Carolina's guibaldis~~shc always wore deep or flaming colors; they seemed to belong with her rich color and dark, handsome face. We guarantee the quality and know that if you once try them you will use them always. “Thom white squares are all bits of my babiaa' bibsâ€"wJuude s. Mag- gie’s, Susie’s, Emily’s and John’s. And those buffs and blues and pink; and cranberry reds are‘ pieces of their dresses when they were children. Commence the New Vear Right by Using THE FAMILY RECORD. TEA MD COFFEE “Those handsome deep - orange squares I colored myself with on- ion; I dyed enough for several quilts when the children had the measles. SomeI gave away, or traded for colors I didn’t have. “I did most of the quilting at odd timesâ€"«when I was waiting for my husband to come home to meals, and when he had his sore thumb, and wanted me to sit with him all the spare time I had. “And that square,” indicating one of rose and violet stripes, “I was just piecing in when they came and told me Johnny had got into the mill pond through the ice, and I’d better get the bed hot, for they were bringing him home. I put in all those silk patches the next few days, while I was‘ nursing Johnny. He was always delicate, and the wetting and cold threw him into a. kind of low fever. “Those borders belong to the next generation,” the old lady con- cluded with a. tender smile. “Yes, I pieced them out of little dressea my grandchildren ware, and I quilted. them in little heart's and ringsâ€"for I had more time then, and I wanted them to have some- thing pretty to remember grandma by.1) ' More Than 7,000 Will be Admitted to the Abhey. An interesting feature of King George’s coronation will be the provision of a. third throne, for Queen Alexandra. This will be placed on the left of the King’s cor- onation chair, Queen Mary’s being on the right. The two Queen: chairs will be identical in height, and each will be two steps lower than that of the King. J Westminster Abbey will be closed to the public fmm the middle of February, when it will be hand-ed over to the Office of Works. When this takes place a complete trans. formation in the interior of the building will be begin. - At the crowning of King Edward at loust 7,000 spectators were pre~ sent. This number is likely to be considerably exceeded, 811106 King George has ordered that accommo- dation shall be provide-(1 for mem~ bers of the House of Commons and their ladies. Two tickets will be available for every member, and these will be issued «early in the New Year. Each member of the House of Lords is .entitled to a. tick- at for the. ceremony, _ and another for his lady, and thew demands must be satisfied before any other claims are considered, oven thosq of foreign royalties or their reprcv sentatives. BIG CRUSH A'l‘ CORONATION. Extra- nocommoda-tion will be provided by erecting galleries in the chapel of King Edward the Can- fessor, which command! an excel- lent View of the whole (-m‘emonial. Similar galleries; were built prior to the coronation of King Edward, but; were not used, because it was feared that they might obstruct the View of distinguished visitors. The. banana see-(ls onlv on was spot, on earth, the Andaman Isa lands. Elsewhere thcrplant is mi}.- from shoom.