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They sweep past the rocky tomb like
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eth t * einehh•gieit*tFst hete;e •tt•ta;: a young cyclone; it is a spectacle none
** �* of those who gaze upon it will ever' for -
It Miss Caprice
hie get. The moonlight renders it perfect-
* * ly plain, amid they can even, see the
*4( at* savageearl expression ot eaArab face ass
hi -it*** •ic.t(Zitmete the riders dash by.
***-t By St Geo. Rathburne, r>Ic ••ie -)K Now they etre gone, and Mustapha
***t * "*f' antis to pile up tier roe, againet the
et*********% **•7****,*k*-1****l•* door. • n
Another drops• from his horse before The others see what he its about, and
the firth of 1)iretor Chicago, and • Musca- inttneali:telt' assist him, so thatwhen
a couple of minutes have elapsed they
leve nlc.de use of every available stone,
third to the chin with the kern leade, and t•an regard their work with consid•
There is a brief hat•ext.eed'.ng.y 'Hetet' Kahle satisfaction.
engem:meat between th> survivors anti The roof of the tomb is theworst
ILO k ranks; ltut the tide of battle is part, and, being made of Wood, it shows
with the stn ngers in Algiers. seens of decay, They locate themselves
Wounded and fairly beaten. the three ss best the circumstances Will allow
zithers at last whirl their horses end
eaAh ;madly away. Perhaps they are
wise. It sometimes italies Sir Lionel
a little While to get in motion. but that
great fee -eater is about ready to enter
tee engagement at the time they fly,
thus showing rare wisdom.
The field is won.
ioltn hears the - shouts Of the pm- will at once tell them just where those
suers elose by, while -•harp whistles ty;ey seek may be foun&
ec.t=n* s.gnnis whit h ere raver for the Even as they finish their labor and
s:rav hersee. hie„' hem the kraal, take thee- p sitiees, those in the tomb
tette i. they are I*?t^t.:l to olr.y ta!isetv.er that a change has come; the
ewe newt netee tile et wiry second, sheets of the robbers are growing
Ther- w : lie triter, rise' he a:t:cs pastil'" ipttd: r shew:na that they no longer race
l ala 1 *.tl: shrehlets wlirui - C 14°1'3' r vii . Their tenor hits c'tan;;ed, too,
on_• of the Aroma eiteleaverhe to st:t:tett • ur,;1 they sound wind etire in their anti -
i.. In h:. moi,, ate«;c• 1`:xere IS na ci' •tet,;l triuutph.
t:. :e i:a,r last; it -is ei a t ' j;« is€vl trey cone"' rentar'..as fife
it I t in it 1 e.:'e• qua;, it , aat'lrte t ti:YS ",.'nice, who taheS nuatteI'
i^.stir at falitta I..:ie of zal iii8, sura in a Bred atanue, sheivine nl shoe or
pregr• ss :hut tate mealy ;yens: (deenp amt t ttn> o
t? e tali . t but f1.inett irntt 4riliately
Jelin a:. "ere se. n"W:1ka:g that gives
bee nth a e,
li • 1:.a:.. staggers. It is ev:tint that
the beast has b. -en stree•t> with a flying
vitae or Watt and is atLout to fail uud tt
lurn, c]<aree, shots. are tired, and with sert-
1he (looter enys nothing, and Waimea
Ins absence may not lie not:c •onsd by the l motif*"
hoses who defend the fort know
tlyinc column, bat as it happens, when tthem;leas are at stake, and they eudea
does catas;ropbe does ecennt, alt of deem for to visite each shot tel). liven Sir
Lionel has managed to re -load Ms revol-
ver, and thiol; time makes -:are that It
t'(Alta S lead.
T lie p: _feasor to hatred not to be
Pira, who handles at yatag Wan wall m:tr-
t Moils dexterity actualiy cleaves a
and await the sequel.
It is too much- to hope that their ene-
mies will long be de::eived by the trick
that has, been played. When the over
take, or sight, the riderless horses; they
must grasp the situation, and, whirling
about, look for the fugitives upon the
leek trail. No doubt their shrewdness
TI,rrt• tan be no mt: taking the fact,
for in a :ether minute the augry band
is in front of the old tomb.
'i•heri begins a sane that savors of
Lerrid war. The clamor of battle is
in the air, loud sh,Futs ring out, omen
seri it.
Fa.rtunately John: clears hent elf just
in time, awl re:u•1i a the gromei in safe.
ty. Lady Ruth pulls in her horse.
Ing the fellow whirling over to the
grannie shrieking out Arabic impreca-
tions and calling upon Aliah to give
the unbelieving dogs into their hand,.
More stones are served. They begin
to drop through, and it Looks serious
for those who crouch within Certain-
ly they cannot hold out nrueh longer.
Heaven is kind: Heaven Se merciful.
The siiczit prayers of the two women
who kneel a ithia the old tomb are
heard. .
Just when the clamor of battle :s at
its height, when the climax is near et
hand, they hear a sound that brings
joy to the little baud, struggling
against unequal numbers -a sound that
has many times been heard upon tbe
greet waur-fields of the world -the clear
notes of a bugle.
Then come fierce shouter the cheer
of charging zotraves. It is a thrilling
period to those who have been ,'Imo: t
at we last gasp. Louis Napoieon,
struggling at Sedan, could not have is time for him to go slowly.
heard the zonave battle -cry with more To make this communication swift and
complete satisfaction than they do to- sure the army of today strings behind it,
day as it advances on the enemy, a line of
The Arabs are caught to the very
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OFnEARS q����^
.1.` AN ARMY
now the British Farces In
South Arica Are Kept en
Communication with
the Haste.
:vv ernl Sy I th to
-ere.' I k'.rauk1in ;'rice.
One of the prime essentials of an army
in motion is that it shall have communi-
cation with its base of supplies. When a
general can send for field guns, reserve
ammunition or supporting regiments at
any hour of the day or night, he is sate
in moving forward. When he can no
longer communicate with such a base, it
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trap they have eo lone eluded, and it
mutts like a bad jolt fir. them,. As to
telegraph wires. Over these the coin -
mender ce a division eau talk with his
corps commander, receive iustructions
our friends, they are no longer an the • and luformation find .end requests for
affair, and proceed to remove tl:e stones ,what he needs, whether it be anent MU -
from the door, in order that they may nitions or canned tomatoes. The tele -
look upon the l..at scene of the tragic graph forms the ears of an army; also its
• drama. - tolirne.
Whet this h;as • been .done. they see ¶.lie Corps wltleb General Buller is get.
It se etae1e that is mete pleating to their ting into shape in Smith Africa is antplly
eyt'3 bion iauy ret•olltly enactod-a 6einc' a:,jttitsped 'with nitaite • oe communication.
1e. a;.e up ot strum -dine- Araahs and Ile has with him what is !mown in the
I French zouaves, whore tbe latter are British army as the Telegvaith battalion.
Y flee to oue-where ;Iasi -4'11g bnvontte j It is a full regiment, Lite) stronge and
meet the cruel yetaghan,. and the dant each titan has bad long and carefuvtruin-
deeds of many past years are avengod
by the brave soldiers of France
It is quickly over.
P,ab Aznun and his desperate fallow•
era expect no mercy, nod the French
give none. 'i92e few Arabs who are un-
injured make a determined assault In
cue quarter, and tterstily ;mew thein
way through, leaving half of their num-
ber on the field.
Few indeed are they who escape. hitt
the victory is shorn oS Its principle fea-
ture when the feet is disclosed that the
"You muse not Stop:" er°es John; dread terr:ar of the desert. the notorious
"twee your horsey ou 0tly white yo;t left. and as he has secured tate long rebel, lktb Azoun, ie not among the
bare thee. I Lear ahem teaming." gnu wh,eh was faetcned to the saddle slain.
11e tries to tear: 1._z.ly reales. nag, but of fee Way steal he node, Lre sends its Ile was seen to fall, and yet wed
i13P 7-,1;.4 an the iir.••3. autit,•:::y atuvng the aas•t.11•atat3. even eannpt find his body, search 01 they
"I decline to run and leave you heat', ti, huh matte their rattle may. few dexterous moves of the pliers.
DreiCiatia go." she says, resteettly. Tito rietet as d,s:it,trnns to Philander, Not biting minim ,ted, the I"reneh sal- At ON a rate 6everai Wiles,of wire` min
"'F;u the mitis: go." ii' be 414 .ire 5.:e. 1. l muti:3 him off his ie« r.rh;o but, diera are un...lde to hive p1tr. art to file• titeam: in en Kone in face tbe ;arta;;,
"Non* teed" lt.-e,; :s in Pitz.:;,ler, see -eel -4'11g to 12 a ie•*t t.:;a,aa, Ire .o,:k,i little band that bowel a way out. Be iiuthten keep p:aeeovith ilio aativance of the
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"Here's ream tor yea.t. Jahn. Anne, tap>•' time to see that his lliet hat side; they have plenty to do attending
The , eita Lein sees t clack jt
that lei slice anterllg the menials of the to the wounaleai.
est w to c, t tiz+ an starer 1 i� s obey, ea a:3c have.limy :ire down, acid Lip to the now ripen dear of tate mane .
se ale nemeses tit riet.•'t the '•1.t in Ql'c .t• r ohms crawl Mem um ereneath, b"tat'9 tomb ru•laf's a tig.are that has
feint a.: ilia pe rles,>+r, whir elates his d:,tti•tie. s. pretty well :reared, if alit seri- leaped from a hereat
gran" sheet hen un 1 holds une terse;: hunted. "ltl4an Dieu: telt girt ore you safe, ze
l•ite Mei it:is:mit is over -tile resiftis ladies also" !iambs this perty
This ,;. v t , . .t:C, they either ou zeal,, d'uea•, tretis to the Arebe, who have re- It is Monsieur. Ginetans. lie has
It soon townies ei :a eat that tile:- pine
stets galaliven than molly. il•. sp ti cetVeu -were wounds among them. faithfully enrrieil out his part of the
their eiaoct . There "'apt la.!, bat ane '1 at•y will probai,ly reastan the thing cc•ntraett and is warmly greeted he those
end to lime+ race, att.s is in pain ever ..ow. and Pt• n'ee'd upon new Hues, whom the coining of the zouaves has
whit°lt wilt plats al,y bring them ,carer saved.
lug at .Aldershot.
Ordivarily the building of a telegraph
line la an undertaking requiring; utonths
to accomplish. But the army telegrnpber
recletne time by hours. lie goes into the
field at a gallop. Bettina him cont- wag-
out loaded with reels of wire and poles.
These poles, are not the cumbersome
wooden affairs with crossbars which we
usually see. They are light, bellow iron
rads. with a single glass insulator at one
end and a sharp point ou the other. A
muscular thrust serves to plant the pole.
Then conies a ;tors e, with a wire reel
::trapped to his back in such a way"thtlt
the wire pays out, Behind izim copes a
telegraph trooper. who pieta ue the %vire
ad, with no other platform than the sad-
dle on his hot'e'l beet:. stands up and
fastens the iine to the insulator whit a
vires. success than they lime been thus far. Lady Ruth is pale --sloe hes looked up -
Jahn keens his wits about hear.
If
frushing Our feie1.ds erre lint aver -confident, on sights such as are not usually seen
v ife
caught twee the open n, alias; though they have won the hrst
column of fierce desert warrit.rs, a, de*s-
perate engagement must 04.930, ahieti rt•urd. They know the tenacious char -
will doubtless end in their emu:tte an-
nihilation.
ti miter of the foe af;.ts'nat whom they are
nihilati n fair it run hardly be expect• pitted, one feel euro this is only tbe be -
ed thrt Cir Lituel will be able to play Sinning. What the end lime be only
hilt great game twice on the same
might.
Th • Englishman has maintained a
stolid silence all this while. Perhaps
he is out of humor at the change in the
arrangement,, and fears lest, after all
his hard work, the young Cups:Igoazi
may carry off the palm.
Past experience has been of that or
der.
Hence he moves without much anima-
tion.rot ;inaI plans of Bab Azoun and his
There seems to be a • fatality
ahem the sudden appearance of Doctor I Wren' they have long since been fox-
Heaven
or
Iit'aven knows.
The breathiva; spell is occupied by,
teem in rcli.ading. Lady Ruth and
Aunt Owen arise to the occasion, and
beg to le allowed to do anything that
falls in their line. If there was only
x spare weap'iu, the Lnglia h girl de-
clare:: she amid cas ly loaf it, but it
happens they have none.
()nee mere breaks out the noise of
battle. Whatever may have been the
avenge 'in the sene-
eleiniviltile Joint Craig is not bother.
in„ his head about the smali side -issuer:
connected with the matter, which will
work out their own final adjueiment.
gotten. Revenge is the leading fact in
their minds now, revenge for what hal
Leen done on this night.
Au Arab is a good hater, especially
if the object of his animosity be a
He is more coneernod regarding their Christian do;, an unbeliever. Nothing
escape from the threatening doom that can be too cruel to ,,filet upon such
stems ready to ingulf them. far.
Something must be done, that is ser Those within the tomb have aroused
twin. beyond all peradventure, and John the worst passions of the robbers, and
quid ly grasps the situation. There ie can look for no mercy.
no d;sease that does not have pts rem The engagement is bitter, indeed, for
edy. and be finds a loop -hole of escape the Arabs have separated. and creep
here
As they gallop along they come to a
etre^tura buiit upon the roadside -a
singular affair it was once upon a time,
being made of stone. John recognizes
one of the as=a-louts feel the breath
ie,adures that tell him this deserted of flying lead, together with the sudden
Penne was once a holy spot, the tomb sting that tells of a burning wound.
or int, built in n•
of a marabout, a a ma it would be hard to say how the at -
suer to sunt tee taste of the deliarted• fair might have terminated were cue or
It has long been de-erted, as too pub- iginal combatants allowed to carry it to
lie, and the holy relies moved to same a cr:nelusion, for bath sides are desper
more secluded tomb within the walls of
the cemetery on the high hill o1 Boum-
yeah.
This is their chance.
To continue the race means positive
overhauling and denbtless dearth, while
by accepting the chance that fortune
has thrown in their way they may keep
their enemies at bay until aid comes,
for John has not forgotten the mission
of Monsieur Constans.
' He calls a halt, and briefly explains
les plans. All of them see that the
horses they ride are not in the race
when compared with the magnificent
steeds of their pursuers, and recogniz-
leg the fact that what John suggests
Is probably the best thing to be done
vender the existing circumstances, they
gniekiy dismount.
The horses are then started along the
road in the hope that they will lure
the pursuers on while the little pasty
pass through the opening and enter the
ejueint building, once the resting -place
of a holy Mohammedan's bones.
upon the place on all sides. They div
cover the weakness of the roof, and
bend their energies towaaati crushing
this in.
There is a hot scene, and more than
CHAPTER XX.
Perhaps Mustapha Cadi, as a true
aiitohammeda.ny may have a certain
8cniount of respect for this odd tomb of
marabout, but, as the saint's bones
/lave been removed, be has no besitaa-
eon about making a fort out of the
''stocky recess.
When all bare entered, he closes the
opening. The door is bro•l{en, but there
are many loose stones around that can
be made to serve.
There 1s no time just now to use
therm for the ,ru.,h of horses' hoofs 18
taeerd up tate road, as- the men of Bab
,Lzoun come racing along, intent upon
Lveriaseliug the feeleives.
by her sex-s'€chts that make strong
men shudder until they become battle -
hardened, for war :is always crud and
bloody,
"Let us go to the hotel as seen :a
ros,ihle," she says to Aunt Gwen.
"My goodness,are you going to faint?"
exclaims that good soul.
"Oh, no, I don't think so.but the soou-
cx I am at the hotel the better," reptiles
the girl.
"There comes John Craig. He has
been talking with the officer in com-
mand of the soldiers, and I guess has
made some sort of arrangements for
us. What Aunt Gwen says Is true en-
ough, for John leads them to captured
horses, and ere long they are moving in
the direction of Algiers, escotted ny
a detaelunent of the zouaves on foot.
Their trials for the night are over,
but they will never forget what they
have seen and endured. John is secret-
ly fuming, as he minders over the facts.
If he could only prove that Sir Lion-
el is the direct cause of all this trou-
ble. he would demand satisfaction from
the Briton in some shape. That is
where the trouble lies, in proving it.
What he has learned thus far can bt
put down as only suspicions or hints,
though they look bad for the Briton.
If Leidy Ruth has observed enough 14,
open her eyes with regard to the vete-
ran soldier, John will call it quite.
A thought occurs to him„ even as he
rides toward Algiers, that causes a
grim emile to
break out
upon his f
te
It is a thought worthy of a Richelieu -
an idea brilliant with posslbilitie:-
"Here are Sir Lionel and Pauline --
two despairing people who long for the
ate, and one of hem would have to unattainable. Why should they not be
win. mated? It is pethnps possible, and
John has not been without hope. He would be a master stroke of genius on
believes the French sonaves from the my part. Jove! I'll see what I can
! asbah must long ere this have start- dot Great pity to have all the plotting
ed en their secret march toward the 014 on one side of the house."
mines of Aletidja, and he feels wire the From that hour John Craig devotes
his whole mind to the accomplishment
of this purpose, for he sees the bene-
fit of diplomacy.
This is the great idea that is strug-
gling in his mind as he Tides along.
noise of battle must direct them to
the spot where the fierce engagement
is in, progress.
Men will fight like tigers when all
they have :in the world is at stake.
Jchn is nerved to greater deeds of valor
by the East that Lady Ruth is present.
He shudders at the thought of her fall-
ing into the hands of these wild desert
rovers.
Finding their efforts to beat in the
door useless, the assailants turn their
whole attention toweard tale roof. Great
stones are hurled upon it, and the
dlances of its bolding out are few in-
deed.
When an opening is made, a dark
!nee appears at it, and the fellow at
tempts to push his gun in so that he
may fire• Before he can succeed,.
leustapha Cadi has Leaped upward, and
fastened his hand upon the - maam's
throat, and by the weight of his body
polis the fellow through.
Philander snatches up the gun with
a ery of delight He seems to have a
weakness for these Arab weapons, en
this night, at least, three oh.aving pass-
ed through his hands. There is heard
the scund of a desperate tussle, as the
faithful guide battles with his victim.
Again the hole above is darkened, as
a human figure attempts topush
through, but the British soldier Is ready
;hie, time. He has the gun Philander
threw aside as useless, and, with ail hie,
power, er he dashesthis e
lnstthee
hu-
man
wed
a that fills
the *peeing. acld-
Sl1NSHINE AT WINDSOR.
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most Gracious Jla:jenty'r Farewell
to the Guaardst..
Sunshine so brilliant that it come
pelted Queen Victoria to resort to- u,
sunshade for protection grcetod Her
Majesty's return to Windsor, when
she inspected three detachments of
the household Cavalry, bound for
South Africa, a few weeks ago. The
Royal horse Guards and the Second
Life Guards had journeyed up front
London, joining the First Life
Guards. „Amid scenes of great :enthu-
siasmn,, the troops formed in two
lines, unmounted, in khaki uniform.
An immense crowd of people wit-
nessed the assembly. Brigadier -Gen-
eral Trotter, the district command
er, with his full staff, conducted the
inspection.
The Queen's farewell to the sol-
diers was as follows : "I have call-
ed you here to -day, my saldiers,w#lo
are always near ate, to say farewell
before you cross the seas to a dis-
tant part of ley Empire to assist
your eoznrades who are fighting so'
bravely for your sovereign and corm. -
try. I know you will always do
your duty, as heretofore, and I pray
God to bless you and give you it
safe return."
After the speech Her Majesty beck-
oned to Col Nell, 1, wlio thereupon
adhan ed. The t i:• zn shook hands
heartily with the celeged, who tie... -
sin -ea Her 11,ajeeti- t:t.at, she collie
tlep eel on the 1C,tre.s to urge ::l - bo olierated tor Imperial purposes.
tt.e honor of the (Ino.,11 n .end menthe. ''-'he impetus which such a measure
Col. Neltl then eel ti:ret, cheers for win givo to nickel production may
the Queen and :.tie hieme•s were by understood from a comparison. of
rafted high on tl.ar prints o: swords sQnte of the statistics furnished y
anti earl+fees. The eaters were r4'- the last report of the Bureau ri
14eater). ;Again mill ae.lin and the Alines and the figures .showing
? :431ds. Struck up -*feel have the nickel production and manufacture
Queen." liar Igaiesee urate elf anIki of the United States. Tho figures,
covering a period of sevon y-eare from
189:3 to 180SS inclusive, show that
the total quantity of ore smelted in
the Sudbury - district was 501,S52
tons, gi a mg a product Of 49,705,000
pounds, of nickel and 34,070,500
pounds of copper. At. the selling
price of matte at the furnaces, which
is the form in which it is exported.
Vlore totala value of the nickelltuprodbeenetut
clsty upon the ellitlit consideration
l : �ttaperipd in question at
,tterbe to um uncit^tli••ea ora- $3.204.060 and of copper $1.80..,805,
PUTTING UP J wins,.
army on all ordinary occasions. Some-
times it happens that the shifting termi-
nus of the wird is on the firing line, and
the operator sends his messages to the
music of whistling bullets and bursting
shells•
Men who enlist to serve in the Tele-
graph battalion must spend three years
with the colors and as many on the re-
serve list. While in the reserve they are
employed in the pnstoflice telegraph serv-
ice and are classed as efficient volunteers.
From these reservers one whole regiment,
the Middlesex Rifle volunteers, is entire-
ly made up and wlien at its full strength.
can easily muster 1,100 men.
When the campaign opened in Egypt
in 1852, the postal and telegraph arrange-
ments of the British army were intrusted
1 to the Army Postal corps. which was
composed of men from the Middlesex reg-
iment and was attached to the Bilk, bri-
gade.
On many occasions the British Tele-
graph battalion has proved its efficiency.
Dniint the first Asbunti war at 48
CHAPTER. XXI.
When the news of the battle es known
in Algiers, meat excitement abounds.
There are many sympathizers of Bab
Azoun among the native popula.tion,nnd
in some quarters their ugly teeth are
shown; but France has too secure a
hold of Algeria not to ready for such
an emergency, and her troops parade
the streets, armed for battle.
Consquenialy no demonstration on the
part of .the natives is attempted. Among:
the foreigners, and in the better cir-
cles of merchants and trailers, there Is
great rejojcing over the victory, for 1
alas long been daugerous to travel in
the region of the coast because of the
bold forays of the same Bab Azotin•
They hope this power will now be brok
er„ and that perhaps the outlaw Elms
self may be dead.
In the morning our friends gathe
for breakfast. John alone Is absent.
nor do they know what has become o
him, for the clerk of the hotel inform
them that the Chicagoan was eerily
astir
z
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No en ooiernwun.J
CANADA'S NICKEL MINES.
All Future Grants of Mining Lauds fit. O■
toric. Shall Provide That the Output
Must be Refined in the Province. "
The recently issued Order -in -Coun-
cil defining the policy of the Ontario
Government with regard to our
growing, mining interests and the in-
dustrial interests connected with
them, has naturally directed atten-
tion to the valuable resources which
the Province possesses in its nickel
mines. The expansion of our nickel
industry has hitherto been handi-
capped by the adverse American tar-
iff, which prevented our ending a
market for the finished metal, thotys'- •.
the United States imports increase""
quantities of ore and nickel matte to
be refined within their own borders.
The policy laid down by the Ilon, G.
W, Ross is the development of the
nickel industry by providing that all
future grants of mining lands shall
provide that copper and nickel ores
mined shall be treated and relined
the Province, so as to produce the
finished metal instead of exporting
the raw material. and It is also con-
templated to request the Dominion
Government toput in operation an
existing Act giving thein the power
to place an export duty on nickel
and copper ores and to reopen nego-
tiations with the British Government
with the view of inducing them to
Accept an interest in nickel ,tines to
e
the ch,.:cre of the ambit -attire and
troopsegf0 ant.
r1 1 C4' NOW Irl..11, '" lins."
An Irish reader of The London
Spectator contrilnit.s the fallowing
specimens of Jlieernicisnz, which are
good if not all stria fly new:
Puring a 4tseasiiun at a inreting.
et the Trinity Collero historical So
times a spe:llter inentiontvl the tetra- s total of $4,596,905, I.atst year the
orditcalry cin- tieet,utee that in china yield was 4.567.500 pounds In nickel
hours' warning, a complete force train-
ed in the postal telegraph service was
seut out with stores, etc., drawn from
the poste -thee, and was eminently suc-
cessful iu its work.
During the Zulu war some of the colo-
nial lines were taken over and worked by
military telegraphists. In 1882 the ex-
isting telegraph lines were similarly
worked up to the time of the capture of
Cairo.
During the Nile expedition of 1354.5
the telegraph service was of the utmost
importance. The following facts will
give some idea of the work done by the
telegraph section on that occasion:
A line already existed from Cairo near-
ly to Korti, and this . was continued for
89 miles to ,Hamdab, the whole length of
the wire from Cairo to Hamdab being
1,109 miles. For more than half this dis
. tauce-that is to say, from Cairo up to
Wady Halfa-the line was worked by the
Egyptian telegraph department, and
along this stretch interruptions frequent-
ly occurred.
The rest of the line was worked partly
by military and partly by Egyptian oper-
ators, but was entirely under the director
of telegraphs. Beyond Wady Haifa
there was but a single wire, and as an.
example of the strain thrown upon the
t telegraph, service it was stated that on
one uight`17.000 words were by this one
wire signaled from Korti. No feller
than 18S miles ofnew line were laid
down, and 40 miles ,of the existing line
were renewed.
In South Africa it is understood that
the 'Marconi system of wireless telegra-
r phy will receive a thorough test, but this
f will not impair .the usefulness of the
present telegraph battalion. It is not
$
if at ,milt ' t' ecatide`tnitt;41 tt) death he and 8,873,:-00 in eoltper�nbal'Ing a
molal ..3511,• ;tint ea ;iubStttatte to die total selling value of 84L�2,300. Tho
for Irina. ••:1nti," t:., clei+,ter wctlt price of nickel per pound last year
stn. '"1 lae7itn ei 8 i,a3 ,,, d0ur fn litti: s gt t was 0.23 cents, showing at slight
tea+ir li.iaeP ba :tetat.g as rlul)stitutes rise as compared with the three pre-
Ila Cte t 4S,ty " '
vious years.
"t• a 1t. Ciel , ' s a 9 nee friend. eine TalYiAg the statistics furnished con-
t.etral F.telle elute; r ^ rerirs about goer cerning tho nlel el industry in the
Ungifted Staten by ;1 pubiieation en-
tiai.at, :air." rtt.lu,• 1 �licl:. tiro l:al! titled 'lha Mineral Judu4 ivy, Ita
tl:et 4101 tnial.l 21'.:8 1. 3115 by the na y-' tz t` 11441Ie$, Teehnoloty 81141 Tracie," n
Hort, is t t tis-" 0!""
A child were ere int; to its mother
recognized authority on the subject,
we find that the total house pro-
atlal r. pertc 1 that if had swallowed t duction of nickel in that country was
a button. `"14e1i, tri' l 1t)ok at that' '83'700 ligands to i80., which had
,ctrl;" erle4l tell
a t'. ea:1l;ZIr, ""Magor, J dlinlnisiled to 11,145 pounds in 1898.
suppose. the twee t°tingg you'll do- to • all from Missouri, and whereas the
t4) 84%.11low a b'at tnruhnh•t" Titia product of the manufactured metal
store' retltitetlts late tat the gr:apblc de- ^ .from both domestie and imported ora
serisat ie n ett en by at l.e`•i,"3rr ,tan of " during the latter year amounted t
his tattereti coat" "Faith. ycr honor d 7,188,1)29 pounds. The average yell
it's nnti.iat' but, u parcel of holes sewn of the refined metal in Now York dur-
toitatiarr." i ing both years was over .34 cents per
;1 c+triotxs pcculiatrit3• of the Irish
pound. A comparisoq of this figure
nature to the wide melte to which 1 with the 9 cents per pound received
vela: itluslaip is eala,ndctd. "Do you by the Canadian exporter shows the
benefit received by the Amerieau re-
finer at our expense, by working up
the ore to an advanced stage ot
manufacture.
Tho Canadian Atanufacturor gives
some further figures supplied by Mr.
aea,a.a. is a err. t. R. P. Bothwellof the above -men -
"Yes," said the old ratan who had tioned publication. showing the ex-
graduated
x
graduated with the class of 152., tent to which the American nielcet
"when I feel all run down I go back: market is supplied by the crude ma -
to the scene of my college life and torte' from the Ontario urines. Ac -
recuperate.," cording to this authority the amount
'"That so?" said the other old- of nickel contained in Canadian ores
timer, as he puffed at his badly- imported into the United States has
increased frons; 2,207,661. pounds,
burning cigar, "How long does it valued at $594,504 in 1895 to 7;
telco you?" 127,784 pounds, of the value of $2, -
"Not xuore than three days," was 431) 085, in 1898. The value of
the reply; and say, the elTo t 1 nickel in the construction of war-
ships and the strong feeling now ex -
at the
tthehe four years I spent in college isting among our neighbors in favor
and before me rise the laces of may of greatly increasing their naval
old professors it scents as though I strength points to a still further
am possessed with an overwhelming augmentation of this demand in the
desire to return and visit tho scenes future. As the Americans possess so
of it alt." little nickel that it is. as has been
"Always felt that way-, have you?" downoht and Instshown, hardly an appreciable factor
instance. I'm all run
"Yes, sir, always. Inote, for in the output of their refineries. Can -
night. as I lay in Wed listening to the' ache with her large deposits of this
discordant strains of a German valuable metalpractically controls
street band I said to myself, I'll go the situation and can safely oppose
back there and walk u and down the import tariff of the United
p States on the refined metal, an ex -
the old camps once more. And I'm port duty on the shipment of matte
going. It will do me a world of and ore, which will result in t
transfer of the refining industry
our Province. The Americans It
i
coma to Ontario for a st,pply, an -
lies with the people of the Province
to determine whether they shall have
it in a crude form or as a finished
product.
Tho expansion of the nickel Mdus-
try in all its branches would result
in the distribution • here of a very
Large amount in wages, which. now
goes to foreigners, Mr. Blue of the
Bureau of Mines gives the areount of
wages paid in the nickel and copper
industries during the last seven
years at $1,929,894, being an aver-
age of $489,45 per year for each em-
Iuznti, Pitt ".tleellut.?" a peasant was
aslcud, "Of course I do," was the an-
swer. "Why, he's a near relation of
mine. lit? wance proposed for my
sistlzcr Bate.,'
good. • Mycollege is the fountain of
co e o
outh for me." g
"You don't say?"
"Yes I do. Why don't you try it
and see if ft won't make you feel
better? The sweetness of the mem-
ories will, as it were, spread a balm
over your spirit and—"
"No, I guess it 'wouldn't have the
same effect on me."
"Why? Why not?"
"I was expelled at the end of my
freshman year."
probable that the Marconi system can be
worked successfully under all Condition9,
principally because experienced operators
are lacking, while the ordinary field serv- 1
ice as at present constituted will be el -
ways ready for any emergency.
When Disraeli rtn4lyd.
Disraeli, it is said, laughed only
once in the House of Commons. Glad-
stone had made an impassioned ploys. The total number of hands
speech in favor of the union 'of engaged last year was 687.- Consid-
Wallachia and Moldavia, Disraeli engaged
the difference between'tiie'paicn
pointed out that the result would be
the extinction of the independencies
of these people, and the only thing
left would be the remorse "which
would be painted with admirable elo-
quence by the rhetorician of the mg carried on abroad instead of. In
day." In reply, Mr. Carlaclltone said Ontario the foreigners realized Some, -
that he would not be guilty of the • $10,000,000 for.wages;, services and
affected modesty of pretending, to be
rhetorician of the day," was intend profits which should have gone ' to
ignorant that that designation, "the build up • our .own, oonanlunity,'•
ed for himself. Mr. Disraeli inter trot nos Hind nr 1::a14,
""I'll
rupted with the remark: "I beg. your bet you it is," cried Spark.
1
pardon; I really did ,not mean that." argument has reached a most
Gladstone's face expressed' amazement exciting point.
and indignation, and : Disraeli ' sat "Pug' up or shut up,'' answered Mr.
down with a satisfied smile that told Smirk, in " a common vulgar Way
of his enjoyment-=Argonaiut. 'Tut up or shut up. Money talks."
New King of the n-vnsiea. . "It does," ho said sadly. "It
At Yetholm in :Scotland, a ,man ttpoaks a language which I can un-
derstand but in which I cannot con
named Faa was crowned king of the verse."
gypsies in succession to his late
mother, who was known as Queen
Esther. The crown of tin and tinsel
was placed'on his head by the„village
blaeksnaith, whose family is said to
possess the beredttary right of
crowning the gypsy ssovoreigns. • The
"king” rode in a carriage drawn by
six a.ala.ata. •
a
at which - nickel and .copper matte
were exported and the value of th
refined metals at an average 8e11in
price It is estimated that as a result
of final stages of the manufacture be -
Quickly Framed.
". -
That woman over there took'
if she were painted-"
"Sir, that is my* wife."
"I had not finished my sentence.
She looks as if she were paiaited by
itaph,ael and had just stepped out of
i the frame.-