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OW IT ENDED
11,HAPTF:H III "No," &aye she. shrinking from him
" When a non a Old firelight.
a little. aad growing pale beneath the
And the ss either blows cold. "Ole you MUat know!" mays be. ve-
Well fare a fire and a furried gowne; heineery. I"For a whole week I have
But when he you.ng believed you knew. Lest Moaday. wben
Awl his ttesa. sew sprung. you brou Ist nes those Christmas roses
Hie sweetheart is worth half the -- g
. . . and I took tbem.. . . and you
tower!' . . . you blushed . . . and, Dulcie-"
Ho breaka ,ott suddenly, and ruing
to his feet 'comes over to ber.
•' Dulcie, I love you."
"Oh, not Ole no!" cries she, sharp-
ly, rising in tura, and drawing back
front "You must not. You can-
not. You cannot. Don't you know about
met"
"Know about your
" Yea. No man must love Inc." saym
the girl, putting out both her bands.
as if in renunciation of all affections.
"Bat why f Darling, whyr'
"Because I am engaged to be mar-
ried." returns she, with terrible sol-
emnity.
• measure of the days gone by, when filsiolig ft, onanother
youeghman ot tbe world, thia
' mirth • being,
°coulee,
lumps of glowing coal remind him in
declaing
• be rould nit kia the however. young man of tbs. world
beat, and keep open houee for all his for once honestly in love. it only.givie
thin' food for conaternation.
' " Engaged!" is all he can esy:
A wilds meth Thirty .full yeci yea! indoed...
I hanging ber
and sto tbe young man who has been hea4.
brought is fauittlig-trrt1M- old eaatte ' There is so little joy tn tier ennounee-
of the McDennota is the McDermott' meat -.o little of anything but grief
in tee lounging of her deinty little head.
guest. The doctor, summoWarbeate, that grind courage comes to him.
• -heeopseamtmoeibinein..iiingble lever- "An engagement Whet ia that!"
lab state and uptit for removal. He bad cries be, eagerly. "An engagement can
broken hia arm out-ationting- „me' be broken, Bleased thought Now,*if
unaccountable fashion, and the walking Lwelou hl ; but amnaeroried-owtheonutgh even ao
for miles afterward trying in vain to: " Ah 1 you don't know," nays she.
find a short out to Bellying, tbe need- "This one can't be broken."
ence of Lord Begmore. with wbom be 17Aoundm-iwr-b-arle Ohtoldit
wan staying. and the subsequent im- before, aometning about it.
Intension in the castle bog, and his ex- I "It didn't occur to me." mays Due
ertions to eacispe from it. 1.11 had ooze- die. opening her fingers in her little
bined to render bine ea weak a tr.- eroxplannattr.y way "Never! trot for a
It is a moot!' later and now very
fame to Christmas.
Raft reatlia of *now hang upon ev-
ery bough Neter., has spread herself
▪ mantle ao ohite, so chill, that scarce
one dares to dream of life beneath it.
In the old bowie, if nothing else is plen-
tiful, firea are. To the Mt -Dermot
warmth is rias -an 1 so much gold he
grants llinuolf 1. in other ways he is
compelled to study strict economy.
Something in the brilliant glare of the
bug* pine logs lying on the massive
"I told khri I bad no
him." soya Du'eines.
" Well r
" Ile asked me then
ooe."
Well r*
" we1I-1 geld I didn't."
" Then!" significantly.
" When he he•rd I didn't love may
one he seemed quite contented."
"But did it never occur to him that
in the future you -.r -might love some
ooe Eh f"
" There is so seldom '1101:120 one'
here," returned she, with a nigh.
At this moment the door is thrown
open.
«M'. Dulciaea r mass Mrs. Driscoll,
appearing ou the threshold in her beat
bib end tuoker and ber worst temper.
"Sir Ralph wants to see ye. He's just
ridden over from The Towers."
Behind herre Sir Ralph.
" Well -here al4:1." ney. Dulness.
coldly.
She rime" with learnt calm, but in
spite a herself a hot blush springs to
her cheeks. She wallui with • touch
ot defiance to the door.
"You want me, Sir Ralph!"
" Not here-*ot now," returns be, hia
tone ten times colder than her own.
"If you will give me five minutea by
and by in the drawing -room. it well
do. Pray don't let me take you away
from your guest now I"
tie I esteem and , look i ng toward Eyre
compile him to be civil.
" Very glad to bee you looking so
much better." says be with a ghost
of a smile.
They have. of course, met during the
pant ntoath.
" Thank.,' nays Eyre. not too grade
iottalY• - -
love ts give
if I loved so
tonna hature ever kept life in. To " What didn't!" in a puzzled 'tone -
remove him had been impossible. I" your engagement. But really' you
Tbe ldcDernet to whose eine lobos- must fusee tbouget about that some -
vitality certainly never could be laid. "mei.. • allY "7; "d. b"ides--2.
That I Nonsense." says she. "W'hat • wretch I h te him 1" cries Duicie,
led rtie1811 lreeetwerweiromermi awn- mail.TR„&„1.1-6 on, st.u. ilia yet Avers ,e(04.1s,en.ni... 1 ,
sillk. Lord Beginore, too, whose guest -were----" she glanced at him shyly 1 She stamp. her small foot upon the
and aharnefatiedly, " eell-were-youi ground, and then suddenly, for no such
tbe young inen'Orite;‘ likd been witsidu-
eats in It's attentions. millet every oth- 1°.°Dwu..1rie t" cri he: ' 'great reason certainly, she covers her
tr day at first. end to the present . "Oh, not" criZahe. '' Don't touch me. afacestorom,it ho_ Infers hand** and bursts into
f TB.
moment mending flowers. fruit and It in so alibi! rd. Von couldn't be in
To be Continued.
----weave. Thew last were a godsenifritr40,-",itit modon month. mold you r -- , ._
BRITISH TROOPS TRAPPID.
'• 1 can come WM. if you want me."
Rays Dulciton, perceiving her betroth-
ed turn to the cloorwao as if to go
away.
"Thank you I An hour hence will do
very well," replies he. coolly, and
closes the door behint him.
"There!' say. Dulcinea. looking at
Eyre, with angry eyea full of tears;
" what do you think of that? I'm sure
I offered to go with him, didn't rf and
you one how be treated me. Yotesaw
it, didn't you r
." I saw it indeed. Dulcie, why think
of him at all? Why care He la be-
neath your notice."
"Oh, he ia more than that. He bi
Coulithet r ease he
AN INCIDENT OF THE FIGHTING ON
THE INDIAN FRONTIER
WWI. leen Played all alleadvaallage aad
Med Rows - amatelliema tamsoury a
Semi Kelp Go tlime AIMING - Ireeettieg
Ay...mot Ka StBmwdrello aftaaralle•
The troops breakfasted toady end
W arted et about raven a. an. Withio
about two mins of maw they encount-
ered opposition. and dispositions were
made to attack. writes a oorreapoodent
of tbe Location Times. The artillery.
escorted by the Fifteenth Sikhs, climb-
ed a Weep hill on the right and. coat-
ing into action against groups disco:-
aible on the lower elopes of the moun-
tain. speedily dispersed tbem. The
Dorset, were sent to the left to make
twit flask secure. the Northampton.
and /nippers advanced in the centre,
and the Thirty-aixth Sikhs on their
righl• The enemy. aa mina', gave way
before tine dirce. attack, and by eleveas
a.m., tbe 'summit a the mountain hisd
been gained witb only trifling newel -
ties. The survey party at onoe got
to work, and Sir William Lockhart ar-
rived later and joined Brigadier -Gen-
eral Westeneooet on the crest a the
ridge. whenre a fins view was
able of the octualtry heroin'.
So far ao good. If only we could &l-
ye advisory awl never retire! So
=iikead mine or them slashed with
bat their bodies had aot other-
wise beam mutilated.
The butler casaalties incurred as
the ilth were: Doreeta-Lleuta. Ingham
and Mester aad men wounded:
Fifteenth flikhe-Three inea killed and
three weenided; Thirty -Wirth Sikh. -
Three am wounded.
Isag ea we front our foes and attack
them and press them. no matter what
the odds, no loog do they acknowledge
our superiority and yield th the inevi-
table. But our first couvement in
retreat La the Mem' for them in turn
to become the amailente And ao it
waa aerie At Iwo p.m., the retire-
ment commenced. The Sappers end
the Thirty-4'1'th Sikhs were first sent
back to a position in rear, followed lat-
er by three companies of the North-
ampton.. Thus five companies of this
mewed were temporarily left ozi Gad.
crest by theeneelves, more then enough
to hold their own against any num-
ber ot Afridies. for thisre was
STILL PLENTY OF DAYLIGHT,
and support was °loess behind. At
-thia time tiirdly BB enemy was in eight;
Bridget ead Debbie.. who -with the Is .• Well, evenorl you renal." nays she, but aa these companies were gradually
short puree they beld for housekeele shaking ber head. dimivally. " O isn't witbdra-wa the ,tril.-"inen appeared as
lag expenses, would hardly have known of any WIC. Father has made up bia
if by magic. aloe pressing on their
Low te keepthrifts guest in the little
" Who '1" , •
mind 1 an to marry him."
heels. delivered a hot fire at close
delicacies needful for an invalid with- ...sir aaTilli---Aiwita.„
eat this help. riZielb. CaLUBling many casualties ia the
DINNER FOR 755 PERSONS.
Rim anodised and Twenty Welters- Were
Required es Ilk -rt • Hie Release.
Since the simplification of means for
public and private dinners has become
univernal, the teak of feeding • large
" A nke tell r . -
rearmost compaey. commented by
And atter all be has not proved an -"'‘. Yee." .
Why, hes twice your age." Capt. Pa.rkin. The man. however.
artist! He has never " wandhered" in
"Oh, no, be isn't!" says Mies Mc- rallied braarely round their officer. and
Dermot. quickly. "He a thirty-four."
" Looks more like ninety-four in my leas plicated than formerly. Our
opinion. and as ugly ati sin." Seib* (flowers are noted for their per-
" 1 have read somewhere that ain is faction of deteil and of service. The
alwayn beautiful, Flays 'else sentent-
and pext heir to a title, his father be- jougti. French, however, are a close .cond.
Ing dead. and he an only son, and his " Then Anketell is as unly " sono._ At ifie banquet given recently to M.
grandfather Lord Branscombe. So thing else. He," gazing at her anx- l Fat Faure by the Chamber of Com -
there certainly is bo doubt about ithe ic'!nl.13%- kr' ill. ugly. Utn't he i" .mor Paris there were present 755
1 don't think he in so ugly as you 1abellie_.,
grandfather. , think him." nays she evasively. I ''''''''''''-' The dinner was served in the
MB gilia. is Lucien Eyre, and his apm. '1.1 believe you ere in love with him," ' large meeting -room of the chamber,
pearance. beyood argument . A bet t er sail Erre, Winne hat sulkily .. ., wheal Ls occupied until 5 Iini,.-- The
the sense Bridget had suggested. aud number of people at one time is much with great courage and coolness kept
certainly be haa always had a grand- tbe foe at bay while tbe wounded were
lather and a roof over him heat. In pickedup and brouglit along. Sergt.
..
effeet, lie U a young man a family. Lennon a tbia rompany distin-
featured mai it would be perhaps dit-
ou canbelievo wb&t you hike, re-
t urne *be, loftily.
Inuit to find. Mina McDermot came fee,pcn.
members declined to cut abort the
hours of business, so tb.at the caterers
to tiaisacluelon early in his stay with " Wet -nenyou in love with bim 1" could begin operations only atter the
her, and even now, when he is mending, demand" the young man. presently. adjournment a the day. They WA.
h therefore, only two hours or until 7
p.m. to complete all the arrangements
for the banquet. In that space a ticoe
eighteen table. were laid out with all
their e uipment This. in part con -
e nd one need not feel tio altogether
Im in love oil)) nolswly," retorts
sentimental about him, as ellen bele, else, with crushing meanirg; "hut fa,
Wretched WWI his bed, hovering' be- ther thinks it will be a good thing for
tween beautiful life and hideous death. me to merry Sir Ralph.
" And be--Olir Ralph -does he know eiseed 12.000 platen. 2.500 knives, 7, -
She aces no cause to alter her deci-
you are being coerced into a marriage 000 gleams, 3,500 spoon., and 3,000 forks.
eon. As a fact, be le distinctly hand- with him?" In sdelitem, there were eighty baakets
sorue--of the dark Italian type. one 1 &dat k t he k • " a fruit, as many of flowers, 300 sets
iometimea sem in English people. And
at all event*. hie free laughing mouth
and the talt-triusoular figure he pott-
iness are winatially English.
Yesterday he was well enough to be girl, quickly. "I may not want to mu. rUL55 un or 111 iIiir0l. tne
moved dowg t.o one of the lower marry him; I may have been permed- culinary .lepartment was divided into
ee
gooms-a rather gaunt, impossible room ed to Protege myself to him; I may four etione, each con:dating of three
tbat had once been • schoolroom to not care for birchefs. five helpers, two ice makers. and
o in the very lent •
" If be <loco he mute be a mean of petite fours. about 500 yards of dam -
bound I" cries Eyris, with •pa,sionat,„ esk, tableclothe, and eighty candelabra.
contempt.
The service was in charge ot four head
" He is not • mean hound," says the winters, each of whom had fifty-five
judge by the geaeral break up of the
furniture. Mit3 McDermot had wished
him to be brought to the drawing'
room. the oats decently. if poorly kept
op room in the home, but he had beg-
ged to be taken to some other place,
where the edvent of viaitore need not.
disturb him'. So the old schoolroom had
been requisitioned. and a comfortable
chair put into it, next to • roaring
fire.
" bow do you feel 1" asked Due
eines, ocionne into tbe room like •
Young spring breeze. all life and froseb-
i'Seas. " Tired -oh I"
She weed tobe afraid 01 him at first,
_Alm Cho leanied hennas° neer to
title-straid at the poverty of her own
surroundings. that must 1. felt by him
so long as be was heir father's guest,
hut he had proved no bright and so gay,
and so grateful fax even the smallest
mercies. Dot her heart had gone out
io him. Even the difficult Bridget had
conquered -in a aim -sure.
but he in not mean, and he js one of a number °Users, making a total of
the kindest, beat men 1 ever met." forty persona to each section. The
" Well. never mind what I have said," prowl/does consisted of forty pounds of
puts in Eyre quickly, /shrimps', twenty ox tails. 800 cassellothe
Her sudden defense of the man whom aad boucheee, fifty-five trout, sixty
she so plainly does not love hart etruck quart", ebout. of sauos front:aim-a
him as a touch of nobility in her char- white sauce in which. With other in -
13. can admire it the more it gradient', crawfish butter is incor-
seem to prove to him that love has .o. porsted-sixty beuselese ot deer 110
part to her defense. quarte a mudhrooms. 110 fowls, 800
"The thing 1 do want to know is- Ile_allai,17• .125,,,, Pb."'"I'.;„1,,.1144',1„,,frir„..„P"ually,"„id.,.of
Dulcie, look at me. Tell me you will '`""'em• -"." -'--' -----y- -----
t ry to love me." anthem %ere the materials or the des-
" Why should 1 try to love your °art' Ail a t"he' cooking wen done
says he, tears rising in her eyes. "Why in temporary brothe outside.
should I. try to love any one, I toil
beinel-heimerry Mr -BMW: GlitLik-fir-tiltriten.
and -I muni faitil my promise."
to it." - --- - e- - t be life of a Grecian maidens In Greece
Few penmen hare any cunception of
"SOW aot If you yourself cation*
"'To what f" girls are betrothed wines they are
"To the promise."
A pause. mere infanta, and they are taught that
It in a diegeare to be an old maid. Mar-
" You do not object to it f"
" 1 don't Me that 1 hate any rigbt stages for love are unknowubut a
tibe ham stepped into the light of the to object, the promise onee given." nate
Jovial fire, and is looking ,lown at. him *he reatleenly. " But -I do, for all that.
ith a little smile. Be from the depths It WAN father's doing. Hai tbinke Sir
.11 the ancient armchair smiles back Ralph perfection." She shrugs her,
AL hershoulders, then turns to kan•
a swindle!" enya In. "1 .feel "Fancy I" naps she vehemently-"Fanas well an any fellow. only-orsr , cy • len being 144 abe must marry
"Only what," a mats whether she Dices him or not I"
'0*1, 1 don't %%ant to go," say% be. "I ran faney &girl being told todoit.
4P,a low tone, but. bonny. 1 r1111.1 fancy a girl doirig it," retUill:
How gooci ot yeu that ,ah" mays she, he. slowly., - • • , ,
elizeing into • chair at the other aide "Von ntean-"'410117. '
pf the glooing lieerth and spreading " Never need what 1 mean just now.
out her pretty white fingera to the You tell me it wan your father's do -
blase. "Just pretending -to please me vet r
...that we haws maid* you comfertable. " Yen."
Well." with 1 nigh. "we've done our "net la *cough for we. But fan
-
beet. father 50 t; but it hasn't been k•ten ,
touch. I know kat." "So knows nothing. lie proposal('
The firelight haa fallen on her face; me through my father. I bated that"
• obe is leaning toward it, end the rays, " Why eouldn't behave
witching ber blue eyes. light Glom up come to me direct!"
yeti' they gleam like sapphires. "Why, Iodised 1"
"I am notpretending." nays the "13. maid ble wee afraid when 3 inked
'ones man, leaning towarcl her. "And hlra." says the girl. wtth a frowning
-" be pawed. Have you understood brow, apeeking as if addressing
reel" herself only. flu -afraid I" •
" r earl *be. using On Heat, "He must Is a fee1.6, gays gyro, with
arit imeatiorong mound that Waage to eaten-G.1.W, and might have said more
her. asel that has often struck min perhaps If the dark Hole eyes aot
as being ao dell-'
entice -My railed themselves to hie with
i" TM you has* not avacieritood."says e rather wowing exprenaion in them.
be
new." Delon don't you knew WhyI" Didal be smear &aka he hent41y.
*teak want 10 heyef--why 1 would " what I -that 1 clain'thwe him? No.
totbor lee 'avant, forever the* Thrre %BS sallies to game about."
!
Meet Dom
" you didal toll hirer yeee-don't yea hoover
411141..-ini--
guitatied himself by his deliberate shoot-
ing. ant net a.n excellent example a
ateadineas in a trying situation which
had tbe hest effect. The result was
that the supports in rear were at lesst
safely reached, end the caeualtin up
to they time were only ten or twelve
men wounded.
The Thirty-sixth Sikhs, well posted
now. allowed tbe whole of the North-
amptooss to pans *rough therm and.
wheo they bad given them time to
reacts the foot of tbe hill. followed them
dome. missile loseqing the enemy at
arma leneth and incurring no casual-
ties themselves. At the hese a the
hill they overtook tbe Northampton*.
wbo, eocumbered by tbeir wounded.
had been able to move only &lowly; se
Capt. Houghton, oommaeding tbe Thir-
ty-sixthagain took up positions to cov-
er their further retreat. At thispoint
the ground breaks up into deep stony
ravines. The Northamptons unfor-
tunately elected to regain camp by
marching through one of theme which
led almost directly home from tine
point. I say "unfortunately," bee...tome
if attacked in such a situation tho best
and bravent 011et1 must be dreadfully
handicapped; companies and 'factions
get broken up and reparated, and re-
gular control or united action becomes
impossible. Anti aocosthing of this
kind hemmed now. It. was already
elan on nix o'clock ant getting' dusk.
Tba camp was only a *short mile dist-
ant. awl. &lowly trailing its W15ary
kogtb over the difficult boulder -
strews bed a the stream, the bead of
the Northampton column was almoet
home. winks the tail wan still at the
foot of Um hill an touch with the cover -
Ire. Tbirtynixtb Sikh& When CoL
Haughton was assured by • report seat
1.0 htni ant the Northamptone were
fairly *started. aasumiag them to in la
Li'. with the Doreeta guarding teeir
right flank. he witbdrew, clear at lb.
ravine, anti eaetward ot the hill on
winch the gum had been In exam in
the atoning. in order to fulfil the role
aenigned to himself of safeguarding the
left flank of the force oo
Greek is very stern io regard to a
young man leaving ample provision to
support a wife. A girt" tlowry consists
a household furniture Bed linen rath-
er than money.
Al thong h most Greek Mohr are natur-
ally very pretty. they begin to paint
aad powder - from a very early age -
(Meeks bright red. eyebrows auct lashes
,Lizryt black and veins delicately blue.
Ito resuii. 1. that Ogg are withered
old women at 40, agit bewhere ire ugli-
er women to be found thee beneath
the blue skies of Greece
Next in imports's.* to beauty come
Language' Every Greek family who
eanafford it itemps • leresoots aurae or
maid. sad French IA almost universally
spoken ia society. Painting .01 male
are quite unnecemary. but girls are
earefully traieed in dancing and drill-
ed to castanet themselves with eleganee.
Lastly, household duties am taught -
how to maim rose Sam, Turkish coffee
and Toddle &Coate sweetmeat*.
WHAT PAPA THOUGHT.
Marie -I told papa, Willie dear, that
I thought you were jtat too lovely for
Say use.
Willie- And what did be gay, der;
tine
Marie -Ho mid be bareetse areoh.
Sow, what enuld ha have infant by
that, Willi.. dear.
Wanted to Know.- Pastor -"Come
out to church to -morrow. I feel suss
you will enjoy tbe sermon." Friend -
**Who kt rotas to preach?'
Jay -"Dons your ea ever take
you to circuses!" Tuanny-"No; be's no
nearsigbted he says it'd be just Hike
throwin' money away."
Sbortleigh-"Uy Uncle Frank Ls a
veritable Klondike." Longleigb-''WhY
how's thatr Shortleigh-"Plenty of
wealth. but cold and distant."
An Irish tenant observed that it
was a "bard thing for a man to be
turned out of the honae which his fa-
ttier built &rid him grandfather waa
born in."
Modiete-'' What style of sleeve would
you prefer Mies De Fashion," Mlas De
freabaon-"What is the correct thing
this Amason -too tight or too looser
.Coaa Operator. deepondently-"I wish
a way could be found to relieve the
glut in the coal market." Consumer.
otinfidentially-''Tell the dealer's to
give better .0-etgbt."
"nu tan( about tree alcohol for um
la the arta." began Gaswell. "Wellt'
ask -ed Gash'''. "Bas that anything to
Ito vrith painting the town red,"
3Lamme.--"Ethel what do you mean
by shouting in that diegranful fash-
ion? See how quiet Willie is!" Ethel
-"Of course he's quiet; that's our
game. He's papa canning bums late.
and I'm you.'
Another Clevee Y:001d112-..iity wife
can tell what tirne it is in the middle
of tbe night when it ie pitch dark."
"How does she do Itr "She makes me
rat up and look at the clock."
Judge- 'Witness, you are forty
years of atter Female Withene-"Yee
ales! Ooe gets older every day. And
yet I was young ono.. heaving &sigh.
Ala. your Lordothip would freely bil-
lions bow young
Immediate Amistaire-"Mr. Gram-
py." mid the chronic borrower. "I'm
financially embarraised to -day. Can
you help me Gott- "Cheerfully.' Then
Grumpy kieked his caller through two
offices and a long beltway.
Attie Wit -'1 don't think that new
prima darns will do," mid the hoarder
who hoe the attic room. "be is too
much like the furnace ber.-at least
her voice Ls." "How in thetr asked
Mrs. Haabcroft. "Very weak in the
'upper register."
"Nature nager iseTsili a miertalkaief
giving tha ashaals oa the globs their
appropriate location " remarked Uncle
Allen Sparks. "Tf the Asiatic elephant
for instancy. had bees placed in the
north frigid sone think what It would
•itart the poor creeture. for ear-sunfts."
A hald-beaded profeesor recently de-
livered a lecture entitled "The Air We
Breathe" before an East London au -
dieting. in the worm of his remarks
he mid: "It is quite imposaible for awe
person to live without air." At this
a ssuall boy railed out: "'Ow about yer-
self, gue'nerr
Mrs. Brimby-"No marriage is not
what aingle pernoos think it is. !Med
to think that firtmtry and I were made
for nee soother; hut we are 'madly mite
mated." Mrs. Feroon-"Wby. you Bur-
prire me!" Mrs. Rrimby-"Alaal it la
too true. He tells me I talk is my
W eep. and I'm sure neat he often sleeper
in rny talk."
Family Done -Of course be thought
he knew it. all. A ems always does.
"When it names to the art of manag-
ing eery/mita." be began. "It's very
easily dose." she interrupted. :011 you
admit do your be asked. "3 do,"
abe mid. "It's like managine children.
All that ie nemereary is to let them
)eve their own way.'
At a country fete $ conjurer was
performing the old trick of produe-
tag eggs from a pooketobiandkerchief
when be ransarked th a boy in trout
"I my. my boy, your mother can't
get Min without bens eau .her "Of
rearee, nen." was the reply. "Whe.
how's thatr "eked the conjuret. "tahe
beeps ducks." replied the ley. meld
roars of applame.
THE HOMEWARD MARCH.
Shortly atter wren pin. he reached
(-amp with hes regiment
In the meantime & tragedy had been
enacted in the centre. A body of At -
rein, who had from tbe slopes above
marked the 'situation, swooped down on
the Northampton"' entengled la the re-
view and, firing from the high banka
on the minters aide, they sleet down
the etretchermartices WISP' were. nobly
•,0*.teort earrYing off and proteeting
t Mei r wounded; and though officers an
men Wiled bravely for honor's came
yM hey were sot fighting on equal
sad the desperate Arum& wont
ireaeitY saaiest them. At this junc-
ti,e memerpeag01 thla llairty-sixth
Sikhs'. under Limit, Van Someren, not
rose ot them that had bees with Col.
Haughton hut one that bad previotiely
ben detached to support the gum, re-
tuned to their aid. as& taking the
In flank . and rear, eittated trbgrorthaniptost. from their perilous
plight. On raerhiag camp, at about
haN-pent Nevem this roll was call01, asd
It was found that Thief Waddell aad
six mete were TAeut. Trent sad
thirty -cam nom wounded. and Lieut.
Macimiiins and ?ID an men eissing. I
may any here that them -abider" were
all killed. A sear.da party towel their
holism this rove lir,' ft; the ravtarwhere
the fight oretirrel They had, of
mom hew etrappeci of slotting *ell
LORD KELVIN'S PREDICTION.
.1••••••••
Is glom real Mem Reindred aad Veiny -Ms
Teats Rios slew.
In 344 years there will not be a pound
01 oesal or gallon of petroleum left in
the when eorth. acoording to the stets -
mads be Lord Kelvin before the
Mathematical and Physioal Section Of
this British Ameniation at its recent
meeting in Totonto. Lord Kelvin, with
kis unrivalled power of applyine, his
Inetheinatinel knowledge to the solution
of practical question*, has made this
startling calculation very carefully.
A fair average a the growth of coal
ia the earth, Lord Kelvin end, wee two
tow for each square metre in a thou-
s's:id year*. Dividing the figure. al-
ready obtained, would give the age -of
the earns since plant life began. en 20.-
000.000 years. Turning to Great Bri-
tain, Lord KolliVia nand that there was
still available In that oountry 146 thou-
sand milliom tons of coW, or about six -
tenths ot • Ion tier *square metre of
area. Judging from the present rate of
consummtion this supply might lint 100
yeare or lem.
Flir Henry Bessemer. the great steel
menufaoturier, bee made some calcula-
tions about ooal which will make these
figures better understooi. One million
tone of coal would form a cubs 100
feet square by 300 feet high. or they
would represent a bed of foal one mile
square by owe foot thick. The ooal
mined is Gest Britian in 1881 would
make 555 oreat pyramids. or would re-
build the great well of China. with one
quarter to glare. The Britieb otttput
of coal in 1883 %souk' form a pillar one
mile high by 184 feat square.
Edward Hull. • famous Engliah geo-
logist, hes calculetect that the amount
a coal in Great Britain, which exists
at depth" alt which it can be mined la
EIGHTY THOUSAND MILLION TONS.
W. Stanley Jevona. reassoning from
theme figure*. calculated that the Brit-
ish coal supply would be exhaimted in
1975. Sydney Lupton. reasoning from
*soother mit of figures. est down tbe
consumption of the last pound
of Brine& coal for 1990. Mr.
Jorpien. replying to
motion %bat Crreet Britain might im-
port ita supply of coal from North Am-
ore*, which now bee forty times as
snitch as the United Kingdom. after ita
own More. were •xhausted, figu. ed out
that it would tete 2.100 steamships,
each makiag thirteen trite a year. and
each cerryin,c 8.000 tone of coal as cage
to male up k'narteod's deficieneY•
Huxley poisted out in a carefully
written article thee " wanting coal. all
tbe greet towels of Lancashire and
orkekire would vanish libe a dream.
anutactures Nomad,. everyw he re give
place to sericulture end peeture. and
not ten men could live, where 10,909
are now amply supported."
Richard P. Bothwell, who wan tbe
mining expert in the eleventn United
States census. gives the coal produo-
tion of the United States for 1806 et
186,241.271 abort tuns, end adda that the
anthracite mime of Pseneylvania are
being rapidly. sanelmel
Lord RefelsotoRdir-ffillannW
world'a rumple of ocsai la exhausted at
the ead al 346 years. mankind will only
have wood lett for fuel. Meanwhile. he
advocates the see of an tbe power of
Niagara Falls. whiob he calculetes at
4.000.000 boree-power. `Aline this pow-
er could be distributed by electricity
over • radius of BOO miles at a pressure
of 80.000 volts,. with a loss of oaly /0
per cent., Lord Hearin thinka that aD
tbe factories white want to take ad-
vantage ad Niagara's power &weld be
gathered vrithia a radium d forty
miles.
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WHAT IS 001140 ON IN TFIE FOUR
CORNERS OP THE GLOW.
NELSON'S WONDERFUL FEAT.
Writers of historical. reminiscenees
have to be masters a certain amount
of accurate information about their
heroes if the,: wish to avoid mistakes.
If they are not. they are mire to "get
thimps mixed."
'Not long since a reviewer Se Ibm Lon-
don Times, writing of a booliasased
"Roving Commissions." related -Wide
own account the following episode of
Nelson, the great admiral:
'While in chaise of Villeneuve's
French fleet. be wea informed of the
'aeon heaving in Right, at which in-
formation Plienort evinced the higheat
eatisfactiou. and gleefully rubbsd his
bands."
As a correspondent of the Times
point' out, this incident occurred ia
1806. Nein* lost hie nett arm in the
attack oo Santa Crust. Teneriffe, in
1797 -eight years prior to his pursuit
of Villeseuve's fleet. It would have
been, therefore. a difficult matter for
him to "rub his bands" la 1905.
A LIFE IN A NORIGHOURPi.
A woman died at Romsey, Pao/land,
the other &Y. aged seventy-fout, who
bad paned the whole at her life int the
workboten of that towns in which ea-
tabliahment she was born being an im-
lwei• end the &Ind el ea imbeeile mo-
ther. This poor womas is lalleeted 10
Ma.. cost the local rate-poyers shiest
£1,208.
•m•••••
AN ODD CAng.
Bieycle Dealer -I ran arrow a pecu-
liar bicycle crank to -day
His Portlier -Who was lief
Bicycle Dealer -A man came in who
said he wented to buy • low-grade
wheal.
11,KMARR4IB1E FACT.
Only inset pe:reone perished in the
Greet Fire of LoaftIon.
MARTIAL MATRIMONY.
Curious Regotatletie ineverolos Army 80,magas is iterene.
The rektrictive conditions at pres-
ent in form with regard to the mar-
riage a aflosrn in the BILII0Bri *nay
forbid tide privilege udder any einem-
stenos to the ewe ot officer. ender,
theNage of twenty-three; betweea tbe
ages et tweety-three and twenty-eight
yearn the dot of an offioer's wife moat
amount th • sum representing
the minimizer Income a 250 rubles year-
ly. On comps/Jame of these conditions
with those regulating the Name ques-
tion In other European armies, it
may be noted that In the Austro-
Hungarian army tbe number of offi-
cers authorised to contract mar-
riages is limited by a fixed proportion
sangoad to each grade, and. these to-
tals bolas reached, an furtbar mar -
sieges meat ba deferred, pending the
coestrreses of vacianciee in the married
establidiments. The Italian army re-
gulations, which fix. the income of the
Hewes at minimum ()limos 1,200 to
2,000 lire, would a,ppear to be more
rational in their operation; Italian of-
ficers, however, apply a some% bat lit>
eral interpretation to this law, with
the result that ths number of roar
riages occurring under actual provi-
sions do not esoseel more than an
eighth of the thtel number. seven
eighths a the officers being united
under the conditions of the religions
ceremony only, and thus exposing
themnelvee to all the inconvenience',
whirl attend, * inartite't "t ?ree.
et le
ized by clefn. AMMO 4 asbil l -
tlea would now appear to be Interred
by Russian °Meows, and suggestions
10'. town Inside by the pram of Russia
that A general, revinicio of the hlW La
becoming eeeseseery. The mention is
annuming come importance from the
fact that Russian officers reachine a
total number ot nearly 40,000 represseat
one of the most Important clean. in
the &tate.
COB RECTIEG AN IMPRS10N.
Friend -1 underpins,' the vermiform
appendix ie 01 go ttas.
Doct or - Nonsense I ft has lima a
solid none to the. medical profennioa
• BAD CASE.
What are yosi treating me for, eer-
ier,
Leos of moil101fy. I'M have °NIMBI.
s bill of IWO tat hto pork
"Boonle Natio" t
d rigbtly enough
d lassies iris° m
irk flabbath.aeorul
aosQpreuirotty "and rverr.
sougglawiTtateltoiinegke. 1°Vb:i
difference nsak
Red Pao. were tha
is the asIghborhoc
storehomes were al
was • bachelor, no
wore years cad. A
an Bemis" for Ida
"It the lassie tb
me," he said, addrei
mother, as he sto
brown rafters a tl
cotabilameningti7eth, ciaksarototnaboottivecoh
gain'. made. l'as
lead her Le the kir
a good, trae buena'
silver will make I
as luny am I. Vhee
Beane Hasteesed.
nee, burning Kw
Lis. She held ber
and slime in a .or
vehement, pennons
The old grandmas
stoma until her pai
labmidosrne"Wbasii:a.fitovd.yetaloux,keereWpoopareaqyrima
butfoananyditmhvanrdnbouto tgt
I've beam burdened
to bed many a nigh
ger. But I've bor
11' Y0&4
„abet...maven' ii01.71
"But dearest gra
Now, lookee be
rupted the old won
finger and gloweric
sia, "if ye're fate
good fortiiii`,-thlit
You pack out o' a
cross the threshoLd
Bessie was silent
beyond the Rightist
Aran and far away.
scenes were so tam
Tbe autumn dayi
the springtime she
with Squire Renfre
The springtime
ling day wads close
evening just Wore
We went to fill ber
this rooky sprint ni
oompliabed her 1.1.1
pitcher to her shoo
ed tor the oottage.
feet twinkling pretl
petticoat se she ate
'done in crossing
stream, when atiddo
stifled cry sad mita
grown boulder, set
PaboltawrIrmerheadlisilit. sailYherm
"It's kis gisedst. I
cried., "sad 0, hoe
I4.!"
I"
!Whaterer she hi
ale had sesa thei
sight whoa die oe:
lag except the ever
istrisia:ingthabib"SktetIrt
ening Herbs, 'sad ti
"He boa Mins tz
hl
cried. glancing fe
dare as, dare as di
Jamie. that I over
She drew a entre
circled her throat
she spoke sad kiss
of silver whicih deg
never ha' pesos if
shall feel I amismtsa tr
stamped oa every
oliatddena asi ob.d, 17"eshiamsdaTI bra:
s'e:fetilircast'li I
"I roust tl
nether: peheiarrhainseoyea.
Leaving her pitc1
hack her abundant
this adjuratioa. and
Itbigraleht tooth tj:
Whim she roadie
alitiltehlr:Ohteest47bIrtde faciaPressealags8b41:1
A miaute end
quagainsieklyt, ettared.bs glass".
feet .
"Well, now, well
=iliermo'rootattsiaru'
winthowp r"Iiessi*,
happrii=b44..ingaus that
hira with a .ort of
at &swing the i
beekr es stele yepolesou.
wrong aver to
"Witt. 4011, wha
"Mid Rvs's4
"Teuet tlwillusrlik. a
-WO, I Nee .te
elatotilizitb
of palm shakii
end I meet er
/10--bee.saas
IMO 164 Si Ali&
T"egultisottlillia"mr,
Iea
yr,Stiestre Oa
IOW Drisay.-Imeresenig Ilimpeinagm of
Obli sod New World Iviints ei hesessa. Parea-
Items Dote.
A telegraph line recently run to Om -
moose from the coast is highly &pore-
oiated by the Ashanti natives. They out
ammo? taw. ire in suitable length* to maks
France la beatening)to make Jilontll,
otontthbee ERedliglisSeah th:beeyst. tort for Abne
Malan trade to counter -faience the ef-
10
fect ot tbe Italian tranefer of Kassala
artioiherdsunAlttaredtaRos:eribachoUned mesa ttoihe br3.009ace
drivers end conductors of tbe omnibus
company le which he in interested se
• Chriatruaa present
Herr Dieden, the senior member a
the German Reichetag. is 87 inane of
age and ham mat every session since
the empire wag eenetituted. He had
Mao been a member of the Prussian
Landow continuously since 1864.
Berlin University, owing to tbe large
ember et foreign students frequent
-
lag it. his netablishibil bestructor-
MMIthsoMe=tatIoeire fat=e0seMen to ewatofinable
the bedtimes am del
Prisms Theism Miiaria. daugh-
ter of the Prince Regent. has bees
mace an Imaorary doctor of philoeo-
Ohy by the Uoleensity a Munich Sbe is
e ihkwpinastern3e.
of Setae:Welk Ls di goers of age. sod
mber ot ram Royal Academy
Africa's mookeya are giving out. Is
the neighborhood of the Gold Coast they
have been exterminated sad Iola Year
the colooy could collect only 67.689 mon.
key skies, whereas in 1894. 106,405 akin,
valued at 3205,000. were exported.
IR•ilroad traffic in Germany haa in-
creased to ouch as extant that the Gov-
ernment !lode it necessary tie four-
traelethe male hues In Windphatia. wis4
far.a Berlin. with the prospect
of extending tbe inproveroent soon ad
Paris's pollee in trying to discourage
murder ea • burettes* by snowing that
alr111011•1111Dt pay. Out of twentrose re-
0011111111ardere the average profit to each
11111116.12 was 116.37. and is many of
tains eases tbe murderer was caught
sad executed..
tA bill -posting combinatioa has been
turned into a limited liability eorpor-
&Goo in London. with • capital of 1112.-
1180.000 It Wide out as an ieduosenene
to buy ahem. a number a coatracto
It bar for bill postkng at the rate of
a teeny a .beet per week
tocEt.dmernenthe photElisaorrapbeth boot Austria altrliathbrprecot1-.
ty women ebb has seen during the last
years. To each picture is attacle
ea a statement of the name. age. and
andeondivitladem oaf ttholste stakiatrubject, of tbe
graph.
"Mr Stuart Emirate" la the name
mauler which tbe bankrupt Earl of Roo -
sly.. the first British peet to become
a professioual actor. will appear In the
cast of Pierre's new plea. Through hie
mother. Fitzroy. be is a deacsadent
of Kier Charles II. asad Bartnea
Duchies of Cleveland.
Ia all Italy there were but 1116 duels
fought lest year. acoordiag to the re-
cord kept by Commaadatore Galli of
Milan sad of these 103 bad serious oar-
d iqusaces. Only one duelist was kill-
ed on the *pat; six others died a their
wounds Of the serious duels seventy-
five were blvreen civilians. fifteen be-
tween officers, end in thirteen officers
fought eivillese.
Princess tone Martian of tbe
Weeds, according to the Berlin Bonen-
blett, is about to visit Europe en march
a a lessisted. ithe iss the her to the
throne ; has ski income of 335,000 • year
from the British Government, which
will be doubled on her acoessitie,
sides her domain lands, and is looking
for a well-educated man of good birth.
ea the Fiji Queen's coonort la bar Chief
Minister and Chief Justice. •
Oae breach of the Bourgeoise has
leaned to forget. &ad is trying to
live up to modern Ideas. Both eons of
tbe late Count of Aquila. King Bousba's
brother who married tbe late Emper-
or of Brazil's sister, married wives of
aaloinaa-Voeyiallipegorank.._aone detathenesonm mar_Aasit_ther-
kelt &lit ead settled down as loyal R-
eenlist ham jute bosoms engaged. with
his parent's sagisent. ,to a young wo-
men of Naples, who is not even noble.
Int the first Pr?* yearn of Wilhelm
11.1. reign. 4,965 neatening for leolleinlie
jest. were inflloted German eourtA
the average term of imprimosamit be-
ing 175 days. The yearly anomie ot
isentennee lacreaaing, either throat*
arrester sensitiveness 01 the Tart of
the authorities or through the Raiser's
giving more meadow for unfavorable
comment. Amman the °Headers Furl'
imbed were seven children under 15 years
of ago awl 231 other penman ander 21
Earl Russell, freed from his divorce
Mutt linable'. lad agitatiag' the "env
'man one bath" question la 'Ilbeltish
workhouses. At Maideedioad, the geese
ofivhatrelas threcoef.n:otratylipiroal000 eifeeether atuDnatbrareisokf.
(Itlardiase. he dieneered that they had
bathed forty trawler In nix bathtubs of
water. With wale ellflitralty lie put
through Prolanal to tbe Main
water for oolly two or three perste*
no. overseer ohjecting (.bat "be did
not know wheal they were going t.
stop giving luxuries to tramps.'
There was a hot tam Adelaide,
&Intranet.. rer Nov. le, tbs teroperatara
la the atnede mischief; 106 degrees. and
io this sun 184 degrees. The sky look-
ed gamer, the sub wee blue red. awl
wal"Iise toeclinaalladeesidi. til*Att Ibm isirlibnlitld
'Oho*" the rshildren were seige4 with
iti:C1471h,orliwtlibholof v:44.1)
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