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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1901-11-28, Page 7•:•1:00:• •:44:4401:• 41,101:. t:• •*,.• •:• 4:4 •;4•:• 9:0 • A Oolden t Thariksgivtrig •:•4.* .0 • *0 *0 .04.0**046,1, 1.• +.• fv.•.. •.* 4.0 ••• •••••0 •••• ••• tb• 940. TrilCre J ake and. AunI 011100, while sunning lheinselve;,.; at their cabia door, Were telling marvellous tales of former good times to two raPL listeners,Barry and Hollis lloxweli. -You 'member de Lime,'-' said. Aunt Chloe, "when Hiss jlhie was In -ar- t -led? She slip dOWX1 00 baek stair, ;es" bolo' time to go down to de poi - lac, cum out 111 de back yard \yid Nor dress flung ober her cola, an' her White veil a-floatin" roua; an' rouri'." 'Member Chloetk 1: 1 -in Cas' (ha SUPPer Nit! Didn't Miss jUlie Itab tflo ketch. a 'possuin, an' yoa roliti' it wid tatees, an/. slip it on de table fur to tease •old,Marse an' Mis'? Miss julie, hob lier fun as she go'iong, shore!" 'Yes," said Aunt Chloe, "she staid down to our cabin. 'Catkin' ancl tellin' u$• whut she .gwitie son' us fur hanksge v in', , till al isser Ross, 00 'bridegroom, he was pima crazy look - in' fur luir.'' '`BlIt de supper, 'C'hioe,''.anxiottsly suggested 'Uncle .Jake, supper! You ain't forgot de supper? Lan o' Goshun, but hit makes my motif water till yit! An' den de Thanks- givin't. I kin mos' taste dein vittles notv!'' , `'Next Week is I'llanksgiving• again,„ Au n t Chloe," ',said Harry: "No, chile! d'ain't no mo' Thanks- givin' fur dose 016 folks! Ole Morse ole Mis' is gone to de Jerus'lem. city, an' we iS lei lonesome an' deso- late lak d pereau in de wil'erness. No, honey; whin we.gits up to de glory la,n' we kin keep de Thanks-- givin', but we aia't got' aothin' here -aebber no mo' f urebber!" J us t thee the boys were called, and walk- ed away, feeling sad and thoughtful. "liat•ry,, can't we give Uncle Jake and Aunt Chloe a Thanksgiving din - asked Hollis., '1 don't knoNv, 1 was trying' tO think how We could do it. I've only dollar,, and that wouldn't buy "I've got a dollar and a, half, and I'll give my turkey." , let's get. mamma to make, some pumpkin pies -and I'll give my , pig." The pig, and turkey wove the little fellow's only possessions, and were great pets. "Fritz' I(1ICW his name so -well that he gobbled voci-' ferously when called, wiTile "Frisky" had, been taught; to turn a somer- sautt for an apple. But lie had late- ly grown so fat that he only grunted and gave his tail an. extra curl ,to show his appredation,of favors. Af- ter the, boys had performed the duties required of them they sat down- ure dev a tree in the yard to discuss Tnituksg,iving. Their invalid aunt, leaning languidly back at an upper Window, heard their conversation, and. knew the boys were in a dilem- Mat She signalled them, and their faces, brightened as they glanced up. On the way upstairs Harry suggested consulting Aunt Violet, and. they ran with lighter hear es into her room. Each kissed her gallantly ou the cheek. . "Boys, you neva- forget; to bring me- dowers or something else you think will make me happy, but you forget to let Inc share your troubles. I don't think it is hardly fair of you.," So they told her of their plans. She Smiled and, eld 0111 0. hand to each. Some good angel surely put that happy impulse in ,your hearts. Sup - posh': we. enlarge the plan ancl include all Of the colored people?", `11-iat, woulct. he splendid, thought Predlis. Ilualiow were they to get; enougii. for so many? inquired practical Harry. •'We.reitist devise ways alld means," said Violet. . “To begin with; you now„, have between you two dollars auch fifty cents, a pig and ft turkey." 'es,' said the boys, lookimg down "That is a good beginning. I will ' `Give ,BeaUty? 011, no!" the' boys exclaimed: - , ''res, boys; I really don't need a COW, anti 1.11 give a dollar, und Your lathe'. and Mother and Tom, too, iviit each give. a dollar; that will be six- dollars and a half ." Three- year-oid Trixy Climbed the ,sticirway , after the boys, and had been stand- ing- unnoticed. at the door. When ' their; aunt ceased speaking she tod.- 'dledSinti the room with a kitten hun- der ere , Nil. Putting the docile pet in Iter aunt's lap, she lisped: -"I env Kitty to Pantsdiviu.' " Aunt Vio- .1letabtagged the dimpled darling, while Hollis exclaimed: "Why, baby, peo- •Ple. don't eat cats!" How the boys did work -at any arid:everything to augment the little ft ' • ' y, too, and, Mr. and Mrs. 110x:well entered heal Lily into the a,flitir. A day or two.hefore Thanksgiving, Aunt Julia and, Cousins Kate and Belle came over. to' assist in the arrangements. With. whitewash, garlands and flow - 0118, they. transformed the large, un- sightly barn into a veritable bane and: swallowing- suspicio quota hall. The boys, with valuable assistance frOm Tom, lOado 0. long table, "and Spine benches. Thc 'baked the cakes and broad, s getting potato Pettey nad rusk. Har- ry; and now, proceede to • sue. the invitations. None but 'the 0.g -ed were invited, those „ who had 'spent. their you tit in toil and seevice. The' boys went first to Uncle Jake's cabin. As they came near they saw, Uncle :_fake sitting before the door With half-closed eyes, his cob pipe in his month, and heard Aunt Chloe 'Ole man, pearten up, an.' go ,see of you, kill kill sumpia' fur Thantis- g 0111' 1 dem't keer whut, les' so it's sttiripin' Lee keep de da' in I ain't hankerin' fur -with- in butsorie uf ole Miss' good dinners, I'se mos' da,de fur it; nothing else svon't- do me no_ good." right, Uncle Jake, we!ve come to' invite you and Aunt Chloe Lo eat ... dinner with us,' said 130.1 -131. Uncle . :joke started, and the pipe droPPed, into his, !n,p. 'Lan b' (.4 05341,111 1, Honey, of you'd ' birI/i Snoke you'd 'a' bit me. 1314L - ------.— „„- d°11't fool de ole iligget• 'bout de din tier, chile! I. eitn't ;stall' kt.'' 'We ate not fooling, Uncle Jake. I -Tore are yours thial Aunt Chloe's in- vitations! Aunt Violet printed them herself for the best and 1)1ggest, Thanksgiving dinner „yo11 ever eat." • "Whee-e!" ejaculated Uncle ...faker spimeing- te his feet stuily. Ho had just . discovered where Ins pipe had falicm! Aunt Chloe, seeing his pantalomis afive; threw the• contents .of her dish- pan over him in her anxietaa Tho boys .seteitirted laughing, and raa on to deliver life other iavitatioes. "Jos' lay leek! 1,11. 4O.Angol Gab- rul wus to blow his horn now, I'd. hab 'to hide, De debbil hisself sent dal fir(11.t(i.kecp me from dat said. the old man. The 'neighbors from:the adjoining, town, having heard, of ,the "benefit" came in force and eaeli brought solve Welcome- contributIon„ Aunt . Marla Trceft 11 nobbled in; With.,her, stick, Stopped,' taoR.: a" 10011 at :tlici"table, then.tureed to Torn and said, ''Bucl- die, is you „gwine ter. eat now'?" • • '`No: auntie.' "Den, honor, hole aly $tick, so I kin aea Uncle Jake and Aunt Chloe, step- ped . Jaeoln bit looks lek, d re Tat- de. al ems al eat :.411,1 pp ea ob the Lain' r 'neyer 'speeted ter ,See selth SigErtara-s'dtCIOVii.'fif.del'Jerhs1-1-- lent qw, 1119honey., BresS' . „ Laii%d,!..!.:: • 'Ef y'ar Bat, would..dewiele de time ik two :Parts---de'lwahair- we'd ho 'joy- ing pleasUr:. oh the' ineincit•y; de . • las lmf we'd be sinctekin'• our mouvs fur -fur what's t' come." • Then an eloquent blessing,Was ask- ed- by 'the. preacher, ''.'Fur •:clis golden T'anksgivia' Teas's" • . Aunt 'Violet, ever 'thonglittul for others., ` whispered to Tom to have the ,visitors adjourn to the house, anclaallow- the • 'eolored, peopl0 t'o. en- joy ,their dinnei• without embarrass- STIREIH, TALE, OF i j ITALAS‘ p trie A 111erietnt factories . t, has ebox---eleteetioa clock.i 1.11,,uSe in mps oitEEN,, three hands, cold is attached to the H9w- j9TH^A WAS ChHECKED ninehine toolhat Whan. ich en11110Yee INTEREsTiti ON3G NA'rAL'S BORDER, ls n'oriing, inniti tells exactly ItgissE/S when t-Ite. machine Was set, going' or st:OPP00 ; hnothei• indicates the speed at wide!), the 'machine rues ; and the third shOws whether _the tool has 111 OALANITIE. Aa them. iplenditna brought to then- leade, • sd saddlecloth was taken11 - Was Put uPou his horse neNt 00.30,_ TORIES, ap.d t1V eiV days laterhtne pretender " CCESSES. ieJrepod and died, of smallpox-. Atif. , for that 1oo1c11 sa,ddleatotAs '13eitain Three Iltindred Agai.nst Twelve might have ,,had to se, ''Other orhere's' Many a Slip -'1'Wlact the ariny to the Soudan. Hundred -How British Pluelt Won. the Day. Cup and the Lip" as aSonie In the disti'let, N'ICoalcIllia, il)nea°11-31:1(;adst;i1t.t.iro.,It0et11: Ncv(>1.1(- lie°13le Can Testi`Y-. 1VIUN' iTI°NS t°R northern portion oX toe t doinaa week. 0 \ el, and oton again if, Intoians , • , itata, Afountaaa, ,Northward lams the What, *WaS the fate Of, the, tuen thet just When smile big 011100Prie 'Where' Do 'They Get • The 11myctriyetri TalVer, dividinir Vrylieiti . . this little, Outpost; we do not 'move. (leaps a ,sticcessitil end some tititoie- iial Guns 17roi from the Ili-it,ish, territory, West- Iiillecl, wounded or captured, they seeti citiainiLr sinttelles the P1'lze froln ous liagogo heights; still fiii-Llier posts Isnot wa,rd and -136 the north are the funlo did their 01 1.' Httrdly had, the out- the, heads of the iiioneer. SeYenteen Tile BOel's,.wilo, ,are still swoopritg i than the gees of tlie 13110.18 ctgo the owtier of 1111 ahatIc10/1ca (19'1i:21 114)011 tho TlrltiSll tr0(1p$ Wher- .o.--tantrd Isartelltiwana westwar(1 60ta Field. 13i.`itterv tvere put out of 1(11 10(1110. I'Vlical Teveriet--, discovered 1,vei• th.e3- .-?e t,,, chance, to (0- (1 1111 tile Illood Iliver, with 1101 s- • action, arid the attack had to be i a Itch vcin. 0 01 c !Lignite, out to- age, seen]. 1,0 1111Ve 1)10111;y Oi' g11/1$ „ Edga,r Wallace in 'tile London 1)aily Drift etta its ancient ilistorY, wA'Ites , met with. rifle fire Eind the bictoyori:Riest... 11 yu;oatrecisbetahielliseLtafi..esii,a,ltitinticiiiga olitxce\l'atlie,(v)telsi - t d - .1, "dg s. ' 1, ' IS 1 PaDtI ct5C- '1 II'S 11 la AV 1.,..J1 Y' OF THE Mail. arioen otd; below tile waves Sud- o \ehaes, do tn., 130ers get 1)1 011 inuili- ed ,, the quest,icel 1,1te ()titer (lay : -fiala is one of, tlie 11110 of. ioi.Lisea Let us say this of L110 Boors, that 1 .1,,, , , 1. 1 tb t ti b, t tt,021,,;.?,,, ivren-y 01 t-,13.0 British are 1 j'' sr f o,1 1.., -1.1 , 11 1. ,, „„ ,,, , , 1101010 1 wits wait ,a , le 1000 Cat ' l'S est'lbli$11ell dttring tile Po -St ' le, °1•tg^1 NV1 I a` ( 1S10==a1" `."`-' upwards too riear the sea bottom for in11,,,,s sin:prised both, by tba, tenacity fl)e°: vs' reel1s 'to hold in cheek'ihe colti- 1 tlal.)•gcl*'. ., ri'llat' t.11,eY -'l'iai'ge(1, `tg,.`1,111 1(11111(1 L() Lt) be earrie,t1 011 in safety, with \shuck, "tne Boat, relunlint still ibileai.lin,(1. °th,Nrelalit'atilr1g ', a atal.. Ii°th.1 Ila , 111111 aL“tiLl' eXP°Sitig . t-heirls(31ve5 'm I ilin.lol(litie'3,ye-,°u1b"Itrheiti a tsi'sa-will.11' ' tic))°1c‘ILI:jt\'°e1(1..1 that t1.117se bushwhackers se010- t° -1: t rmitied onl to take 'Llie‘little post , el' tilidelo,HLotils' ' ' i otir lasereckless of consecitience, cle-"1 ' - ' " 'e ° 1 ut' C ing to 'ell caus° an y the ac 1' • tl ' • . • 4 b 11 f• 't . After his success on the; Illood -1-1 ,e, , .., , tr.,, , ,, „ • "., ,i1,, .,..,,, 1 .ilo water, erected. P1111 11 ami again have ail (lie rifieS,, pc,tvder and ball - - I e . he cap ttir ed 'Col 0 o`tigit's Lila u s '9 0(' )(-hwc-ell tilelll aiko- , "('" 1 went to 50 ork. `11110 l ode el.ew richei- elle, y 22eea , Nei, )v 1 L 0, , ' , ob 001. Por nineteen. hours they 1 . , ', . . '''' . . • . • fol•ce, I3otita inoilred east,witrh, To , - ,.., , .t„I , . a. _ . . , re, , ' 0 ''' ei Y Yat d• A 1°.t'llulle s'-'-'111011- '.111 Nohody is 'able dourly to solve the ft)ree the drifts and niarch. on Duildee 10.14,111.1:, WI 1 1.11 01* Illaulle,s, ,.!.,1(-',Y 1 sight'. Tile st:1111 (laY after 3vork /nystery, but soi-116 facts point to the ha,d been his, p 1 a n , hut Natal, wilich faiball,c onlied, tliteir tts.tux..1 taell.ies,,, . IncY , „sgon, ,iiresh,, 1.-ind Jest Lts all Powde) at 'the 1)eginiiinte• 01 his niarell . bad 011(110of rich ore (vas 111 Llie. first 011 ce.' the l3oers•lhad Plol)ahle sOurces of suppI3,. beea alinost empty of. 'troops', was, 1)1131, lLWklIUliflO' Britlsli linos. '"j' long• before ,he reached striking di- suPnlY of liomitions when, and anew and again were thing .back 1)attereci inatt naltitiaed. So their tale of ' (lead rose gs-en as the supply of British, ainnt'unition failed. 'Mere could be no hone of help from the ether post. 'Every i)ost for itself. GA.LE CAME UP. 5.11130 sea-wall was \veil and timre seemed no dang,er, when. a large sailing vessel was eitet•dect the waves ni.)011 the breakwater, Ship t • T' ;oiled froin eral to end. 1111) or se e a years ant m one the war begen. They had been. buy- ColuinnST which. had been safe and year they spent about 81,000,000. sllug 131, the south-east corner of Rae Orange Ilivex Colony, colt111111, that, There is 1e1(8011 to believe that they 01131 looking 101., c°1- tloci maltsisitilsrtti'wa' t11;0°s°fsaitr0a11111(°A,111,0031.10‘871.0tuiolau ..s(,10(, IN)v0111t111,0('‘1,eitrilttototiiiictescie)stic,ott,woilitieceit. thad tlilLeeli.111„301.,,,ensillbnetettiLcitlilig so o'v.v.ect't,IItheintill'eci Tans ih.at had be'")n. restilli.g 1111 \Tun- inean the abandonment of Lhe post been lammed dry with Auch 101)01,, by superior numbers thrat they could had: been Prowling round' Cape., Cot - had not nearly- ex1.111.11Steri viiehaert-,c61-__otlii4d.,olivposreoir.111,1thierl, ‘,.-11.1(3o1s1 iroia ,whicli the treo'f)s 1Ve1e drawn, tho. pouti'eling of the heavy' stones no longer fight .with strength and 1.:othit knocked at the gate. SWeat.3/ all0' a gal) beit for the Beer Come broke tile- thi11. crust of rock; and in onerg'Y. ' .1?ee'torict, lutd 'been supplied and grimy engine drivers, contempt- uous of hidden mine Or twisted rail, had driven through the night from east, from west, ream south, from north; and long, nasty -smelling troop trains threw off 'their imules manclittits. to slip through. ,. . ' 'Indeed, even aS itala was engaged, so. • al so was .1'o rtS Pros' jeet Len miles ,, _ ,along iho iVieltrioth road, and. held by Captain _Rowley land twenty men. The Ern-lelo em-innaitdo of, four hun- drecl men under arobelaar attacked lances, and their stores --the Scratch lc, post at daYbleak., rualling • f the S medu ell lead-lnine HA') BEEN CARRIED OPE a minute the Ivor -kings were 1101)01ess- Wi Lit elrPrYt'lling recluireci to stand a floYritit.°11(1)edL.1(1.1e. hSatol ifiret1Perdr°411 1t0-112e2f4'"°sitlee'1.31)otettr'swIllleandetille1013 rOSiStance was left in. debt for the price of the roc° up alley Of 1.110 town. 'I'he tiseless, 0012100 , British found no war motel...hal in Another bold miller whom Siteeees ^.11, 1.5 probable that such aitd 11100, their wagons, tliele 0.211b11- to ttlillentoawlizlieedr ofor three, Yecetnry yeals 1V11 s ilitniiLions as had been reserved metit. _ 3011 yards of the de., , yto el'clittri)rriz to. iteh,,i3. ears, 13.1,-10111cititilxcicts ,1titindt Senses and continuing tile. attack all 1. 1)010' yo' go, ladies and '0111- 1101 la ail e . BOTHA 'MOVES d .3. (0 111111 day, s e 0- ay, though tile nail tv110 the event of their 'defeat, they- wottld t oe s e 111 11 A' 1 • - d Within it felt, do• 11) 1:/erb sl men," said the Rev. Ezekiel Cl 0, eiet its return, thanks, lust to tile sun, for therm.are otherivraYs of ell- own salvation, and this it did, light - 50 Botha moved. towards the rising So Halo. was left, to work mit its 1 filt,eilvtliglItaislalt)e eaz,,l-r(ilee1111,1iveainee1,3-lttuileYae.1 111,3137(i have plenty of arias' left among the fastnesses of the mountains to carry Giver th all good; an' nas? to to the ; tering Natal' b0sides wolleguar0e0' ing• desperate! I • i silvet• ist ' two bressed chillun to 11-110 OWe de pleaslite of dis 'easion. We thanks de kin' „people, too, wito has helped; but ef it littrin't a' bin file dese two boys dey tvouldn't 'cl' tho't of it; ;les' so 'a little chile shall lead 'ern.' Harty awl Tiollis \vele the Itai)piest of the Nyltole Roxwell and ate their turkey with, much relish, coa- sciotis of haying hignight great joy to huml)le creatures. NEW AND STP_ANG-E. A clock that will strilo) during th day and rents:1M silent during th night watches lies been. p-rodttced t meet, the objections of those who dis like the sound. i)ocause it awiticens Pigs aro, being fattened by elec- tricity. It lias been 'noticed that plants de\-elop more ra.pidlY under electric stimulants, and. -it is \volt known that the gallotnic shock as- sists the formal,iott of tissues -that is, it increases Ilesia I the plan suc coeds with pigs. other animals wit he experimented on. i A listener-delector for telephones is to lee adopted in ',Sweden. 'ilte ine 3 ywation is a siinple contrivouce with a button 'push. If anyone using the iristt•ument faucitis that; a third party f ts -tapping" the wire, 0.1.• listening, he can setisfy himself . as to the truth of his suspicion 1.iy pressing the button for the invention will in-- reN'eal the -tact, and he can I stop. the conversation. I A little instrument has; beeit de -i vised alley the st-y-le of a pheno -11 graph, vel11011. .tttached to a, rdano. will retain all the notes of extern- 3, peire coittpositions, . thus pt•eN-initing the loss of 1111,), pleCe the" player may 1 not linve'been. able to recollect. 11, is' worked by the movennenta of the keys, and the iininessions made on. the t WaX 0,111 he transcribed into musical g notation:after a little studs-. s Iavisible jiietatres are • 11011.11,1 V' Otto'C to a Cannon. Salts of cobait are 1c used foe the prmling of such ft tures ; tills ink Shows faiatly pinlc, 1 so pink paper is tisett, L1111$ hiding the51 I- e, fOr traditions which cornmeal people front doors, Zululand, for instance. Raids into Zululand had been easy ono ugh to accomplish . kit ow n commandants had from time to time moved about leisurely and without restraint. Whet had been done be- fore might be done again, and Botha moved eastward. ' So also did British columns, and they- arrived some days alleadoof Botha. And they spread themserves out along- the border line and Wailed for Botha. IS aavisable to stop and examine , with 'some curiosity the *composition of the force that held the position ate It:11a. Not with enthusiasm nor 'with reverence, bat iLISt- with sPecu- lative y. To enthuse on mat- ters military is bad 1:01111; reverence vulgarly term "splenCliel" is also hat forin-Lhis from a military point view, whore the desire for profieleimy on. tile part or a.young soldier in. his profession is the -worsts of all varie ties 'of bad form. So 'regard, Cliap man's force curiously, as you would regard a pointer or a Minter. - MEN THAT FOUGHT AT IVIIisT_DAN. Right, of the line of this little ar- my Wdlere tWO' (,1111S Ok the 1103701 .Field Artillery. Gunners and drivers am understand. of average courage ind Ordinitey }tiool- Iv/ell-bred. sturdy, spur -clinking, beef ed soldiers. Let ilett Mtn Allt•ed 4kustin or any jlli St51.1 idea ntaker of verse. iniagine -they were heroes. There are no bored's' nowadays except 111, the classical dictionary. Heroes tie had I OM. 'Diem were also some Dublin aliere is a song about them. somewhere, and you lave not grown blase with ntuch. tally intercourse with brave mem -ou may sing now with some feel - 11g. lt runs "Bravo" something oi (Alter: I have only heard. it sung once, and then by an intoxicated anT1 veeety youth in the 'New Cul. Then here Ns -ere men, of the itfirldlesex Ite- 11)1001 -Die. Halals -or , some 11011^ ense. -.••••01 that; sort, q'lley are, re,• rutted in the Mild'End-road and are ltielly peptiliai' by reason of Llie.fact :hat they have not sufficient, intelli- gence to •reise a white flag Wil'eh they Ire ill a tight corner; preferring - lice are then- 1)0111111 itistipetsv-to go on lighting till something turns up. The Dorsc,ts were. there represented. They boast, brasSily and in. Latin, that, they Ivor() in. :India before any other regit11011t, h11011, the difference between "rutee- cincl r,pawnee." The Laimashire Fusiliers, tvlto gave theme se.lves airs the day atter Mindeit-you won't find it on tlie South African fnitp-etild. all because at that battle ‘'1,110Y belicived with great gallantrY, reptitsiug every chit/ego of the elle- design.- and giving the appearatiee of blank. paper. On being Warmed ,the 11)10 shoU-s it deep blue, alai the pic- ture is y1;111113; reveided. Apart from other and more serious uses, these invisible pictures v. ill nnike good amusement for tallith -ens The Gertniuts hitve devised a ser- viceable of stained glass which tries' citli CloisOnne. glass. :A desiga 111ade in otitiine of thin britss \vii•e, and itieces of co 1 01 -ed saass are iiisert,et1 to fill up ant -1 nial,-0 the patteen, rilais is then 1;111cIc Lo a backi 0 al. • • - 1 other sheet of ordinsry glass is glued to its surfoce, so that the pattern is safe between the. two sheets, rt, is claimed thot the t hill 51') 10 a [lows more light to enter than the thick laden frameweirk of the gen-trine ar- ticle; 0 net, of eourse, it is cheaper, being' -made C-lermany." - rile newest addition to Xlie smois- er's outfit of pipes is 0,11e haS a In011ti(i)iCee in tWO pari;S, Ottl; lougi,- 11W111.1a 11,V Sc) the bore is -divicleel and is -represented, by- lavo shallow tignighs wheil the vulcat ite r piece is taken. Apart. for !sinlcs- for an inch into ' the. stem so that the removal (Ifni eleaniiig- 01' the dividect vulcanite really Means purl, fying the . tvimle stem. it jo,Ins 111 exactly and reinains ',perfectly tight- fitting all -the time. This novel mouthpiece (1008 r1)01: (1Q.1 11(11 fi'om the appearance ot the 13 p e No more flotiridering about in the pickle bottle 'when yoit wish to pat.- talce of the contents ; no /Imre jab- bing Land elt•iVing, The picicle tongs will enable you to get out any de- sired, piece' 'and it from the vinegar before. clepoSiting OS 1)11(3 plate': This handy aditinet to the table is made of tw•isteil wire with spoon -shaped endS, sue ends being a, nere Otttliile of wire., w,ith a, straight wire through the centee. A sonie- What shriihts paie of -Gongs., but, with career 51P01u0s at the ends and no straight, centre piece, iS inteaded 'for ifting eggs from the luAling Water without 'looking a iness, 1 11 the,y Were there; inost of thent, Vent:111'0 alt 1111, absolutely 1101adii 1/1 tile 0111110,1 011 Of 'Al -Udell amt. of the tact, that their regiment wes ever there. And there Were men of the South Liiiieashire Regiment also: two and twenty honors have the Sou IA La met sh ves, s tee t chi rig Nom 1..ouisherg to New 'Zealand. Foutt To ONE, Mellor Cie pin ' Fttl • a= hall good. backing of tradition; and, with a. hundred battles behind them and good stoublireustworks, in timnt, his men awaited, 'the arrival of Louis y n. neteen hours, e'C ed in- a hill, this -man on a ‘guevilla warfare for years to and without artillery. . In the even- Ile bored. a. tunnel three .thoUsand. The Doers are improving everY OP - waterless and short of ammunition; I risked his whole capttal 'to z•each it. come. 11101kavilluogtlitiilitsetidreedautowioalx.'elgult,hol110riilveilfo, mountain. suddenly his workera feet long 1•Ight-,,into the heart oy the portunity to 0aPture man'itions froin hary. Iniolse through a wall of • the British. It has been reported that in quite a number of the raids and fights of the past year the Boers Tim cable has told you. the nuniber 1100K INTO A VAST acts. alley run in- hidden cavern, thr el • .1 cap tu rcd considerable quantities ot 011, 1 1, lit 1 a of the Boer easual' • to.hunclrects. It has tolcl you that Major Chapman has beea recommend- ed for the Victoria,- Cross and that; Lord Kitt:hence has expressed his opinion that eyery man of the force tort mit, poured ,its icy stream. "Away on .the Opposite . wall the: lanip-light gleamed on the proinised Vein: of oro, But •to get there 'it. was necessary tet const • should by rights have one. In the ft causeway,. and they promptly be - war bored you -you would call the men of Chapmaa's force heroes.' Ev- en now, perhapsg'you have sufficient enthusiasm left to ex )re • early ' 'day.s of the war -s -before the 1 gan 'to- dump rock into the depths en' thousand tons of stuff were. pou'red into the. chasm, .and slotv1y. but surely • a bridge roSe out of 1013 darkneSs. But at last a clay eanie in accord With -Lord ICI tchener. 1 when,' with all their' '0'1'0 -Ls - • - no farther. Month after mo tl 1 ELECTRICAL TRACTION Success of the Experiments on German Railroad. The, cobra-. despatches atimounein the success of the experiments o -the military railroad in Germany are of interest to all whose comfor has been enhanced by electrical trac tion. During the experiments th rate of speed has•been gradually in creased until early this month the cars were running at eightyetive miles an hour. Both popular and scientific atten Lion in Germany have been 0105013. centred in the preparation for the present, experhnents, 'The prepara- tions were practically completed early in September and the trials lave been in progreSs more than a nont h. The great significance of these experiments is obvious. If an electric motor car, taking its current from overhead wires and •unning upon an ordinary standard g, nage railroad track can carry with safely fifty or sixty passengers •at 1. speed .01 125 miles an hour, it is evident that the next few years will sea the , means of travef between natty cities and districts'praetaCally evolutionized., ' Of cOurse mans, problems are in- -olved. 'Experts have realized that t speed. of even eighty miles 1111 h011r vilit a single car involves questions of air resistances weight, form and balance ot vehicle, electrical trans- nission at high voltage with easy onve.esion to lower potentiality and other erma.11y important point8 which ntve not yet been settled in actual 310.01)10e. The study of all these piestions is involved t expel malts on the G,erman road-. J Tha tt-lci. 14:29 miles in lene•th xtends from Mat•ienfelde. a suburb Perlin, to Zossert, iS of stand- -1.rd guage, Jevel and llea.rlY Straight, toiled, and at.last, after forty thou- sand tons in all had. been cast into, a!the greedy cavern,. they gave it up.. That narrow rift ‘now a to tha, day as `'The Bottomless Pit." g One of the '1210'st cruel failures was 1 that of the brave aeronaut Lilienthal who spent twenty Years 01' his life in t attempting to imitate the flight of - birds. Ile constructed wings with e which he did actually succeed in 1137- - 1ng2-6r, rather, soaring -a distance of a quarter of a mile. Ile had Inany falls, but constant practice 'wide him strong and 'skilful, and he - went on, improving until it seemed - that lie was on the verge of perfect flight. Then he constructed a, brandenew pair of wings, Jarger than -any lie had yet. used, and, as he believed; more nea.r13,- perfect. He went to the top of the hill from which he -usually TOOK MS EXPERIMENTAL there being but one curve, with a ra- 01)75 of 1,100 yards. Track, ties and balhtsting were put into ,the .best flights, ran down the slope, and launched himself into the 111e. The unddi-sido 01 1)03 1)110 0.11', eaa11-11(gi tho shaeji great pillions, lifted him. high. into and gracefully far above the eaels of the delighted spectators. Suddenly a. crg,eir was heard, and ;bravo canteg .hruallings- like a •shot;" pai-tx•iiige to the ground. A witig had broken. Ile was dead when they s picked hint Some little aline ago the. world was st;artled by the announcernent, that a Canadian inventoi• had 1101; 011137 in- vented., but- actually built, a boat on. , a pet. fectly new plan, which 'would cross the Atlant, ic in forty-eigllt hours. The matt was Ernest Bazhi, and his boat was a, sort or pontoon on. top of six rollers. These rollers were hollaw, and filled with air; and when driven by inachinery, actually rolled the vessel along over the surfcCce. of the sea,. Sir Edward Reed, late Constructor to the Admiralty,' repotted favorahlY latv 1V(1111., ChM/1 LO see tile, •tid e g • ed as if the geoblatn. of driving a , • boat at great; speed with little -That young scamp that' S lust 1111111i'1_0115. • 11) 15 alSO 11,110'Wll that the ,Boers have captured more or less material coming into the Transvaal ori rad - road trains. For months past, Cone sul Hollis writes from Lorenzo alar- cmcs„ the entire 'transportation Sys- tem has been taxed LO its utmost capacity to supply rations and niuni- tions of It1.11.' tt) ririt11311 trOOPS ill the galTi$10115 and in. the /had.. Much. ' of this material Juts been kept for• Nveeks at the varions ports haelutling Lot -en -so Marques, waiting for cors in 'which it might 11m -illy be sent to its destinution. The . I'ortuguese; on the ground. that the former Boer republics are "noW legally ly posSnssion of Great 13ritain 'as a prize of war, permit this material to pass freel,y through the Portu- guese port. Consul Hollis 'says the Boers, every now and then, are cap- turing tt•ains on the line of the Del- agoa. Bay railroad.' .1-n this way they are adding some fresh 'material to their War •resource.s. As far as can be Soon the Boers do, not, lack munitions. It wits report- ed, however; the other day that -the Brith-h had turned hack a load ef saltpetre which entered Delagoa Bay ' en route to the Boers for their use in making gunpowder. If "at any time 1.1103h become el:limier), for war resources the fact will soon be -made 'ev• lent r'n 1.111IC, E THAN HE Pliro-u 0 HT. 1Voe ilethle the inan who tries to get ahead of a lawyer.' Such a one is likely to be himself ,outWitteti." Vide - a. case in paint. .A. ;toting. just ,startatar in 111S PrOfesSion, hung out his sign 111 0 town where there was only one other Mu•yer; an aged. jt.dge. A close-si,;teal fellow, thinking to get legid advice for nothing, call- ed upon. the. 3-rnmg titan, told 'him lie 50115 1101',)' glad he. had comc into' the town, as the olel' judge 111(5 1)01110)3 superannuated, ana thee contrived lit a sort of reighborly tall: to get sena) legal questiOnS al151Verevt. Then, thanking the 'young 211011, he, put on his hat and was about, to leave when. the young 1111111 aSked him if he should ellerge the advice, fgt. which the fee was five dollars. The old fellow went into a. 'violent passiam„ and swore he ne never would pay. The young- lawyer told him he 300111(1 sue him. if lie -So -the old fel- uri°11 this st•ralige craft' 'it 8cem- fount) hint hoein Ids Lerch:el and 111(`11t$ liege -it. possible conditiortillle)oefooll'leattichteoresxne411-ifee 1 IP)e°!‘voire)11,111Watitisce ,at tli'll:Linso°;11evle,(1-.ali3alY tablel come into town ! 1 droPPed in to . , , or) hint Iry copoer Wires, about 1hi'ee--1 1c.ac;11.1001-111.abtoioattts,wiottliwdasintliTeic2v2cdktuhoatts 11111.11 1:111:elavlitei‘g .r1L,, .a. '1(1; a° i gt 1111 ' °. f 11 -1,17 't),7 (1,11)11111/(11Sn 1101'111-11 1 c.':(gle.11(,11. eighllis of nu 111°11 in thickness' s° hour with. only 750 horse -power. 0 a 10101tilltet,letttlifttroititimi)etiti-oi3alitc1371 call lliake full i.iundresd, tilousam:i. clonal's were s-17111111-iz juld"..300:rved.y0:kt-1011 11 a(Tig111(111.1';11:.,2anieef,s -t to ,Ive are likely to heni, any day In 1101 eonstructlOrt. and then. came 'bay', 50 7-10 IA, 11)11) . '' that ,higher speed has been attained the trial. Eight knots was her mit- ,,p,ut have I got to pay ,it judge?'' elx11-Pecli?ill'r°leglil'11,1s111-.1111-Ilestil)fiv'c'vtilcileestlildlactr,tallin11g1'0' bsiadeekesrretelide.y. hael110eVellt-1;0-e101:e°C.V. 1171d '11'111iSe '',.)::see°11[7:0:Thr:02:1 c:1;11(1V12/.1'1'; started off - slit. . Were floored by (me 'little oseen, ince," said the mart. "1 Imur shall be attempted The aim whet- s. a speed of from 1 25 to 135 miles i..:.11 th,ing,:i As, ,,,,riir:‘, 111;2\70, vit 1 '' f "I -Told, on," 801.11 the judge, 'aren't tl • the evening of. -Septeinber 2611) h undyed men itgati est tiVrelve handl:ed. It was a niost, • • , en - 110111.1)3)11)3 proportion. Britons lig•ht - I their best -under sticli corlditlells. It ) 1.5 , only- , when they are_ on equal e trms wiLl'Cilie orients-, or slightly superr io'lin numbers, that; Somebody regrets to state that "the ihinnunis tion. ran out, and without my orders a white flag was raised," - - • Ins came y way ot a an- nang-o. and 'Wonder Kraal, and soon after'utichliglit. of Septeniber 25 a, li(- tle •ottipost garrisoned by sixty 11)011uncier .110.710, South Lanoctshire Regiment, 01111 Lieut. ,I.etroy, I? il let's s a f, to eked . This post, had been 'established 011 Itala 111101111. ant, ..111(1 11 dt )(hate f et/Su cl for its POssession, elmxthers told 0,110 ' , , al eppara,lxis su cient t 0,1td piel,ecl p 11 111 of wa tan , \ranch [).1,11:)1I,.11,01(5 1.110?1)1•\.ln'hantl 10) 1. ?I' . iierts,y. to a ,1101110 -se 01<1)00)110 -speed acted as a', 1)1111)1', IL was impossibl3.en on ' ." • ieg 11 ,,(l3'10'(''„(l3'10'(''.” • • • of 1011,, tittles un hour 5011)110111)111111- 1)01'of overheating, -,Tho pasSenger c0r8 were huiltwith, a special' view 's - Lo very high speed. Lech ot, the , to overcome the el i 111 eu 1 Ly, 11)1(1.)ar t-si els - and isappo , the in - four cars ettia•ies four motors, which 0, ,are attached to the front andlea, t/ axles et eaCh track., 1,he 1/11(1010 pair Pt A big ,entei•prise came to t bad id in. Aby.ssinia, a year ago, and tat, it was tiot as successful s aIL '011115011 to be was 0 very- good of 'wheels running free. The ends of ti ,the carS are pointed to minimlze wind resiStance. 'The 'wheels, are ,pro11 - vided with the most, iinpeo pneti /natio brakes, The CarS are, there- si fore, quite different, from any others ri, le 131 VERY suspi.c.10IJ$, Young Wite-"How• Strange it is when a Irian_ 'gets , 'married all his riends. bedoine Young Hubby-' 1 don, , t unciet stand nhere ore tione,, or 1037 [711008 'f1)- -8,110;4," "Then how is it that lso Inato it hp sic!: one. every night?" iinrg foe this country. atoliaitied en Ali was reported 1,o be et the 011(1 01 an. anny- of 30.000 fatuities the 1110111111111111a of oi tern ys- ilia. This man was it renegade 'otlicet• oiti, the Atistria_p, 'Army, a .000.0. 11( 111011 13)1(1 11 voP,y dallgerous nivecter. Ills object W'0.8 to cause great re\ olution, and put himself tit the head of the 11111(50010, when it d a h. g ,Was his intention to, 111111(1(1 the Sou - Everything promised sue"605-s; the well-disposed na taxes 117000 fleehlg be- Iaentenant Kona niOrtal!Y wound- f ed shonting surreudev. ' '3]3'o,' give in--" he cried, tie 1'1 A n grappled wi th • death 58 11 1111111 Will) knOws not glOubta _heard, then1 shout, fc19el1118f.ea,1e.1 (tl'IllV, 113! 111037011 n0a1:11,11;idc)lailc's treolis) WhOse. nanal? his -Alen looted, "Whaton do v(1(13U111?g?'" 'en lie result was that, 111.0 old fc•llow had to pay five (10110.08 to the yeti/1g 11(5031011(50310)' 13(2)1 1)1311 (o 11)0 01(1 0110. A BI.1ND arr. llowetsen Nixon, /1. Ireland, squire. tyho at, 1110 (tee of .wetv'e became, earls in the 1118 , - thr3-, totally blind, limited the ER- Icenny Efourids foi. 1121(1)31yeitt'S, doubt he. lied 1111503 1 311111 1)111 evtileiess lived to be 'well nn 11 i veara anal (lied 111 Ills bed. • Whrs. do you etilla fasi.. bicycle 1'1 der al, se,oeoliar r' • '..i.',ecouse ile goeS at a, liot pace, .inakes nodes-, 1,rians' hoitlttg uiad, wicens Ito lthl POIICO getS reasted 00111,1, and, thinks the ts a buening. ante, '