ADVANTAGES OF THORO WORK.
How Germany Conquered France.
You know how Germany conquered France? I'll tell you. It was long before the war was begun that she won it. A young man named Wolff was a lieutenant of engineers under Von Moltke. One day he was ordered to report in civilian's dress at the railroad station. He went, reported, and was given a bag of samples. With his commanding officer he went from city to city as a commercial traveler selling by samples. They went from merchant to merchant. At one place they visited several houses. Then the commander said: “We will take a walk and go across the bridge. We will not return together. On your way back you will pace the bridge, and going and coming keep your eyes open to observe all points of the bridge.” The officer did as he was bidden, returned to his hotel, and wrote out a full description of the bridge, and sent it in, and thought no more of it. War came, and the whole German army marched to the frontier. As the advance drew near, that same bridge was blown up and fell in a mass of ruins. The army halted; a train of freight cars came forward, and from these cars was taken the prepared material, from which a new bridge was put together in a few hours. Every timber and every metal was ready for immediate use. A new bridge had been constructed for that particular crossing, based upon the officer’s report.—Christian Work.