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Tile popular eonception of the ten thousand, men by the Afahdi's
cleee ot a. war is the si'gniug dervisie t El Obeid. ea November
peace protocol; followed by ftret eth. 1883; and its ending wilen, on
worts', joyehells, ond the immediete September 2n1. 1898, tete Kleateite
cessatesn of hoetilities. As Plate Abduliala tile elabdies kinsmen and
ter of Met, notteng is ferther from eaccessor, was defooted Omelette
the aetual nrutle Great conflict, neon by General Eitehener.
waged he' hundreds of thousands. ef 20 YEARS' SOUDAN FIGHTING,
armed men. seldom. if ever. termine I
Both. detes, ore. itowever. quite
ate, doee ordinegy stage tday. wrong. The Sheik Mellowed Ahmed,
with the forouel ringing clown of the
cortaiu. ef Doegola, afterwards better Icemen
The greet Civil War between tbe " the Abllull• raise° the staaderd et
orthera etud, esouthern States of rev'elt against the" Lai -dean Gov-
,
America. tor instance. which dtst the ,ernineut i3 July, leel. and so merits
litho ot 1.200.000 men, anti itteoteedts. June, 188e, he had gathered to -
the direet expenditore of more than gether sufficient renewers to sure
.5eedeneieffeeetiO. was ended (on pa,- round and massacre six thousand re -
by the sae -reader of the Oozed aeblr tr°°P° eelerea-eded by the
federate General Lee to Grantat brave 0ll4 e'bie Ye'wet 1-lashe" whIle
ildettomatoe court liatuee elortheree Vie closing ecene of the lolog aud
lealeith oa etpth hitt. heals.. het deeolatius series of campaigns was
oMay 804. nrmaly montla !not enacted until Januery 1.9th.
n a, tiger
oe find the Cornederete general,.
eet,o. on which date the redoubtable
i)iee Taylor, tigettiug nGerriiv in -%Tten Deena, last and fiercest of the
meieenete ewe1't.woe eot. mete lite,erva irreconcilables, woe eriptured
teeth of tlie eve° ciouth that tlae:111athe hills lrar Te'
gerreader of Genera& Ridley Smith. g '
Teeae. weinege the tinal ceseation:erel'e. tirelmatie 4 terel"atlerl that
eetegities on law. on $ea thea:ita. 180-3, we waged against.
eentholted menthe oofteed" King Theedele. of Abyssinia, it
tearda 'Tee Confederate privet- we° ;lot .414°111. ("4- In the at"
leech stettettehted. otoee ti„tedheti ,:ternoon leh tbt. the or-
eeteeh hely aed desetst„ soya° thin; 'der was given for alse Britieh to
Vedette; merchantmen, one of tbo eatery by assault the strong 1il1,-
Fah-44We of her priees• sbe tow- f()I:t.iws at the Idinght
'Pi-
e e into aivereego in triumph an tat tout reeilleace; yet Itefore the
NOvemeer•ilth. aud commateler, ' ti -41 4.41 W‘14 °"9"'" The'l"r°'
caetata thatiden, thaa dumfounded feet prior to the ruell of the
uhrel st t
ieat tee wf r bstorm-
hed neen -'71g l'i'arhe'
tY' d dlYted bi4"ir L'of
- ..- ed - ' the golittbrocaded weals, whlehle
worn earlier JP the day. and
nientbs previously.,
which, he Feet:lea to Heroic mado Item
17,.__Itt'AN",1444) elarli for the rides of our eitarp-
Noe aereomently roam:ewe that ,s1,100ter:9. Thje be gave te, a, tavoet
Lee eeitfee aro) welt nigh ' ite eervant.
areleeee,d, eseing to tee etubboreil A feav minutes later the leadieg
4"1 the cliff'ateti PartY- Sele• thee of the aerd burst open the main
teal! ve Sari. leseie the lote Vnirorar'entrarce of the palace, **Fly for
of tee tereaach tierreagered ot ,S011011 ;your !tree"' erieti the unhappy ;Mon -
Paid hie envie to loie meld arch. alfireteine to. few retaieers
•the Gerweee, elly brother," ',I wipe load remained faillona to the
the uedealeoeY man to the nitief'lerel. "A9 for me. I will never fpU
seie. "nee haying level ate° 'into the hounds of en enemy." nen,
the head of sue tramps. I!,drareing Me pistol, he put aloe Wafer
tA,' 1 rd tLe Yotir ,tee into his mouth, and felt deag.
elonete • l'elo the war ended.
!eerie Napole there eurrendereill A WAR THAT ENDED 1 tieriLF,S
enelea ofifeere melte together 11
vewinds (mem to tom about the
and l
T.14414 Verity ntitrailleueee. glee tieltiel„intherouse lerntiontion a eau_
e eve, eft fortrees guns. And!)
flee tom in adention to egerao fin/flare' etrugglk*. e -et each 0. Ward
who were hilitth wound. vinoet Of#tly deernhes the closno
!al or taken prisoners during the 'svelte et the lest Mae° War" Phing
eeleing proi•tmeed the capitu-, bad been going an intermittently all
:Veen, When elm news of this un- 'elae's when,' tetvares (he'''. it dicti
lore:Intel disafaer %FOS telegreplied aW.jy,°led frera .00 ("ler° st,eeh",
eleetal. everybody thought that. the „eie "Pall" there nqVUUCKI erelPie ei
toe wee ott na •end; and when. Ennio aradtrov bearing e. flag of' truce.
,he eater. meth, teteetttetethe„ vette "Well. what do you 'want?" rldiet1
wove Nure of it. Thi e latter woos tile 0111(er In eolnaland.
os
e
, aeon ao the deputation Came with men more terrible Mow to lerenre
in ore Fenn than wee Sedan, Pe- in belling ilietanee.
ei)e Iluatine itinuA.lf„ there capitulate"We want you to give us :tome
eil to the CiernialLS Marshals Catore-,i more arnmenition," was the start-
leot and TA, Borne, Meier -six gen.!! lugenuella reply et the fere.
enitte about newt/ ollicero. 173.000 '1314)9t of the two envoy.;, "IreS.," ad"
Vi°01. jaeludiaar ti o Imperhil Guard, de d the other. with still more le-
elek pierce of artillery. lOot initrall-: fr'elling naivete* or tlee bow eall
eeeeee and efts -three envoi or tettnelyou expect us 1,0 go on lighting
legate This wall on October 27th.;
cool forthwith the foreign rorrespou-1 come. wo can bundle' do that.
does and ettatches with both armies Fon Know." demurred the British
prepercd to peel: up their traps and conimander. "Under the eircum.-
derevt. eirbere eon be no more reel , stances, wouldn't it be as well 1.e
thg Froilleo bus ,reeeireil her tunice your submission, and let there
ileetheblow." Snell was the univer- be riettee between enee
teethe accepted verdict. Vet, ito we
eU now !anew. some' of the lie:test
and ItteSt dramatic battles of that
eaonpaign renoained to be fought:
and it VMS not until February 16th,
ween the gallant Bellcore, garrison
nrarched out with the honors of war,
that tbe fighting wias even nominal-
ly at an end. The actual last shot
W38 said to have been fired by a
francetireur at a German patrol near
Law on May 17th, the very day be-
fore the treaty of peace was ratified
by the' French National Assembly.
230 YEARS OF WAIL
A war, espechdly a guerilla war,
Is ended only when the last armed
irreconcilable has fired bis last shot.
Viewed in this light, it is quite pos-
sible for a state of war to never re-
ally end; or, at all events, for it to
continue for centuries. Crete, for
example, though nominally conquer-
ed by Turkey' in 1669, never really
submitted, and to this very day is-
olated bands are said to be still in
areas against the phantasmal • sov-
ereignty remaining to the Sultan un-
der the Convention of August, 1901.
Ask the average man in the street
when the Crimean War ended, and
he will tell you -with the fall of
Sebastopol." This event happened
on September 8th, 1855, and it cer-
tainly constituted the most fitting
"curtain" imaginable to the stu-
pendous drama which had been en-
acted before its walls night and day
for eleven months previously. The
great fortress of Southern R,ussia.
was ours; its fleet was sunk, its ar-
senal captured, its streets and
squares were drenched in human
blood, blackened with fire, and lit-
tered with the bodies of upwards of
twenty thousand of its brave defend-
ers.
But, as a matter of fact, the fall
.of Sebastopol did not end the con-
flict in the Crimea, any more than
the capitulation of Metz put an end
e to the Franco-Prussian War, or the
eapture Pretoria to the fighting in
the Transvaal. • On the contrary, it
was not until February e9th fol-
lowing, that hostilities were even
nominally suspended; and, so late
as May 2,nd, exactly one month af-
ter the formal proclamation of
peace, desperate fighting took place
near Kars between a body of irregu-
lar Turkish cavalry, and two com-
posite battalions of Ruesian eaten_
try, the conaraanders on both !aides
. afterwards professing complete ig-
norance of the fact of' the war hav-
ing been at the thee conaluded.
Most people regard the war in the
Soudan, whereira the gallant Gor-
don cut so conspicuous a figure, as
having had its beginning in the de-
etruetion of Kicks Pasha's army of
"Very well, peace let it he." was
the reply, after a few moments con-
sultation.
And peace it loan been—from that
day to this.—Petusetes Weekly.
"Aimeovmmee.mm,
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STRAMBERRX" RECIPES,
Strawberry Sun Preserves. —It is
• curieus fact not well known te
scientilic folk. and model housewives
that the direct action of the sun is
at once surer iiod oloro Satisfactory
than that ot any other known heat,
A tradition well known in Virginia
ceokery is how to preeerve straw-,
berries in the sun in place) of aver
the stove. The berries treated after
the foliewiag recipe are both richer
and more perfect team those areear-
ed other ways. The object of the
glass is, ot course, only that of core
centrating the heat weile the pecul-
iar Purity of the sweetness emubined
v.ith the eticculeut rednese in tide
'sun -cooked preserve gives a wigges-
tion of smite oriental coeserve. The
berries seem to Ise permeated oith
the sun's sweetness in addition to
the ir own. and the syrup hecenzes
rich, pure and clear. The ;Virginia
rule requires three-quartere of • a
pound of sugar to a. pond of etraw-
' berries, The sugar is mixed trite
! just enough water to wet. it and p ot
Ort te boil. It is to be taloen ett
; before it thichene much end powee
over the strotweeriles. leen the e
ries are set in tee sun two daee,
vovereil with a pane of glass. Tees
,0.1e occasionelly etirred. On le.'
third day pour ore the eyrup and nee
it again. H. will be found much
o
tlosimeil by the juice of the fruit
Ilehile belittle; drop in a lump of ai-
fInfl the size of the top at your little
tamer. Pour the hot yrep ;MT t
WrriPs awl set in the don twain to-
ilet' glees. The next day pow all
'into the preserving kettle and lu4i
f, Until the berries plump up. Then set
in the sun again for a day. Tee
next morning, oese end preserve in
o small Jere with brandied preeer on
top. eitrawherriee preserved in tiee
f; manner never mold or ferment,. !Vag
!'ore exceilent for roll pudilleg,
telling' torte. for Myer cane.% ef.,
ieerve with custards and eau be
lea for cony meal when a sweet le
Irequired.
Strewberry Preserve. -- leleetsere
Par' large berries after bflng theri
To each quart of leories allow
quart of line. white ewer. Put the
'fruit and the sugar in a preeerv;ole
111ietile, in alternate noyers. Let the
!bailee and sugar mend over night.
In aloe morning cook ohm)), without
stirring* until the liquid is clear and
the fruit raft. Skim thoroughly and
each! In jars. neat the jars by fel-
lug them with water. then stand the
Flan on the ranee and let the wooer
heat slowly. By titis means all den*
ger of cracking will be avoided. le
the hot jars with the preserves le
the very brim; Own ficrew on tee
tops loosely and let stand until wed.
When cool tighten the tops and more
In a. cool closet.
Strawberry Jam. — tiuH the fruit,
then weigh it end allow one round
of =gar to each pound fruit.
Mash the berries and put diem in a
preserving kettle with one-quarter of
the sugar. When the fruit bolls a.dd
auother quarter of the eugar. boll
again, add a. second quarter of
stoger, and repeat the procees until
the entire quantity is exhausted.
Then let the fruit and stomas' boil to-
gether until the jam hardene on the
spoon \viten exposed to the air. Pack
In jars as directed for the preserved
fruit.
Canned Strawberries. — Fill a
quart jar with large, ripe berries,
from which ties hulls ba.ve been tak-
en; fill the jar with cold water; then
Pour it hot again into it measure.
For every twelve jars to be put up
use thirteen of these measures of
water and in it dissolve six pounds
of sugar. Pack the jar with berries
as closely as possible without a:nestl-
ing them. Fill each jar up to the
shoulder with syrup, cover it loo.se-
ly with the lid and set in a, large
boiler, which should have a closely
fitting wooden bottom pierced with
holes. 11 sot on the metal bottom
the jars are liable to crack. When
the boiler is full of jars pour in cold
water up to theri shoulders, cover it
and set it on the fire. At the same
time put the surplus syrup in a
galicepan .and allow it to become
hot. As soon as the Water in the
boiler begins to boil note the time,
and when it has boiled for eight
minutes remove the boiler from the
fire. Take out one jar at a time,
fill it even with the hot syrup in the
saucepan, fasten it •airtight and put
it back in the boiler. When all are
filled a.nd covered let them stand in
water until cold, then store in a
cool place until wanted.
Strawberry Jelly. — To condense
and preserve the berry eater for use
when the fresh. fruit is not to be
had, allow three pounds of sugar
and the jui(e of one lemon to eaeh
quart of strawberry juice. Stir all
together until a. clear syrup is form-
ed. Fill jelly glasses with metal
serene tops with syrup and proceed
as directed for canned strawberries,
letting the water boll thirty min-
utes in place of eight.
umInn EGGS PAY THE RENT.
In there days, when ever,ybody is
crying out upon the scarcity hen's
eggs, it is interesting to know that
in some parts of Peru, notably in
the province of Jauja, the fruit of
the hen is calculated as =all
Change. From forty to fifty eggs,
the number varying according as
they are plentiful or scarce, are
counted as two to twelve cents of
our money. Xri the raraioet places
and in the shops the Indians make
the most of their purchases in this
brittle sort of money. One will give
two or three eggs for a drink of the
fiery native brandy called "pisco,"
three more for a villainous native
cigar, and can have a regular orgie
on a dozen eggs. These eggs aro
packed in boxes by the shopkeer era
and shipped as soon as possible to
Lima, the Peruvian capital. From
Jauja alone several tribiesa,nd cart -
loads of eggs are shipped annually
to Lima. and Celiac. The eggs are
brought into the town of Jinja. by
ehe !radians from all the region
around about, and the shopkeepers
insist upon their being fresh. A
shonkeeper in Juaja, can tell an
aged egg- (and will reject it) as
readily as a. bank cashier can detect
a counterfeit coin,
DIVIDE ONE BY A HALF. „
If you ask the man in the street
the simple question, What is 1 die
vide(' by a half ? he will either re-
ply that the operation is im-
possible one, or that the answer is
a. half. When erou -point' out that 1
diveded by 2 is a half, be will sae
that there is something wrong some-
where, but will stile, be quite unable
to give the right. anewene When you
tell him that the answer is 2, he
will either accept, the assertion with-
out understanding it, or will die -
prate it tooth and nail. If you at-
terneit to convince him of his error,
you will nnd it is not at all an
easy task. His mistake arises
throegh the confoun.ding of two dis-
tinct ideas—namely, 1 divided into
two, and 1 divided by two. One di-
vided into two is 1 divided into two
parts, each part containing a half
One, divided by 2 is the ratio of 1
to 2, or the number of times 2 is
contained in 1. To anyone who has
thought the matter out this seems
clear enough, but to the rila,n in the
street it is sheer nonsense, and he
will tell you sol
traced to the 'flawing of broken, un-
lighted matceee thrown into waste
paper baskets, by rate or mice. Al-
most equelly detagerous, is. the care-
less hebit et droppeng the burnt
znatch before tile lire is entirely oet
of it.
In adding flour to gravies. alwaye
esea flour -dredger and there will he
no lumps et tbe gravy.
When the seets ot cane cbeire bee
gin to sag, turn teem upside dome
and womb the wroug or malerside cot
the Cane with a seroug lather of
soapsuds in which you, helm put a
little vinegar. When, thoroughly
saturated, wipe off the natieture arid
set aside till Perfeethe dry, and the
seat will be as flan as wbeu pew.
• A correspondent says gilt framett
en be cleaned by ruoleing, gently,
with bah of a juicy! onion. Set %-
Ade for all hour or two. Apply
cloth wet with tePid rain woter, thert•
• dry immediately by prowl:Ala' with a,
soft linen cloth tiatil dry.
• Cookiug with sour creant i always
e little "ticklish" because tlie cream
• varies so much in acidity. Half A
level teaspoonful of soda dissolved
a teaspoonful of bot water to a
cup of cream is a eair average pee
lowancet if the cream is very sour
increase the quantity or SO(114. and if
very thick, the amount of water,.
Eggs for winter use are most ease.
1.7 kept in dry salt. They are hilly
es good as the lamed eggs. and Much
- less trouble to ti.X.
BEFORE PUDE WAS S1ONED
WXTH THE BOER DELEGATES
• AT PRETORIA.
A Londoa GerresItoadent op Thei
Attitude Boring the Pone
ferenee.
Mr, Bennet Burleigh, the epeciel
correspondent of the Lorecloa Daily
nelegreish, whet ime mumbled in
South, Alnico, throughout the CAM^
paigan • hat is now en the poeat of
reeurninge in one of his letters, dot-
ed April ed, deecribee the
• livisit of
the ,aer Jew:era to Pretorie for
their contereece with Lords Reecho
d Mibner,
The delegates he egY& both the
s
Praege River Colony officials and
the Treesveelers, were lodged in the
capitol, in a Wag, handsoine, gar,
don -embowered villa, next Lord
leachendes official reniden.ce, ewe
•facing the well wooded town park.
From erst to hest, Needle Schelle-
bargele the vice-president of the
Tree:Arafat, aud the req. of tioe Trtus-.
ant tiQverluuent, with the isecope
time of Mr, Reitz. tee Seerotai7 of
State'. were in foyer of fleece on any
or no terms, and Louts Botroo ehare
ed their views: Steyn, 1'e Wet. and
PehireY were for deenoneeng eve
peeetele co/maniere. The delegate
showed little or PO outward four -
'Ise durleg Mir railway journey i
at the eateencts of the reeinnption'
ot industrial pureuite in all, dime,
thine, 'they were polite enough, but
evidently silent and distrustful as
red Indian chiees, of wbom they put
Mr. eitorleigh more than once in
'mind. They were taken to
1 ,A. STIRRING raw MATCH
lin Pretoria., but. they Tad hned
I to tea game, and paeeed the tiu.o
;ter the Meat, part in enioldug, telk-
4infe to each other. and drM
intiege r.
•'Steen sepned in seriously ill health.
The /Were were, tfeeted with
studied ! eourtesy awl hospitality by
Oho Bathe* 0111041a. e.loey could ace
; whemeemeor they wished or go %vitae
'they willed, to coon any ot an 0 -
Per, The Moly uuderetanding wus
that the deieueteswalees by exple-s
eon:mite should not cliecioes politica
or the war with their visitors.
Seem et female rinatiees, and a few
of the eterater eent could he steu
weliaing about daily in the garden.
or lounging upon the verandahs and
balconteo cbattirog with Moo Boer
leaders.
!Delany had vielts front his daugh-
ter, who resides with her husband in
1-1retor1a, as well as from old burg..
llier frlends. Doubt and suspicion
clouded tioo Boer general's mind, as
they did those of hie colleagues,
destroying franigneEn and easy Inter-
course. And yet Delarey and the
(ahem were preesingly :melees to
lillOW what the true situatiOn of af-
fairs was., what eham there was
of assistance from abroad, and how
much the English would concede
teem. He meld they would insist
that their nag, the "Vierldeure
sloould be retained. He spoke also
of their recent successes, in poetical -
liar lois own over Von Denop*s con-
voy, and the rapture of Lord lffe-
Omen. "X took on the latter oce
casion 857 of Lord Methilen's column
prisoners, including wounded," he
observed. "Why, 1 couln hold out In
the Weetern TranSvaal for two years
more," athlete the Boer general.
Delany is a, man among and over
his Boer comratrlote. lIo is 'honest
and downright in his dealings, and
was so before, the war—a. Boer
WHOSE WORD WAS MS BOND.
rfe further hotly declared that if he
fought be would liglit, as in the
past, as an honest foe, and would
do nothing to forfeit the good Immo
of himself or his burghers.
Lord Kitchener, diplomatist as
well as a soldier, received the dele-
gates at bis residence. With stedied
care the large drawing -room be Mea
for carrying on his work Was tidied
up, and Many of the maps* hooka
pictures, and parers were removed,
but the large Dutc,li family Bible,
the pride and ornament of every
Boer household, held its old con-
sriceous place upon the centre of the
groat table. A was a sight to eee
how the delegates came in and peer-
ed about, gazing flatly at every-
thing they saw and wondering who
*as hidden behind the curtains.'But
they were soon evidently all at
their ease, and talk proteeded.
Louis Botha was an old acquaint-
ance and neither Lucas Meyer nor
Sehalltburger evinced any reticence
in discussing the cause of their
visit. In short, the Boers showed
that they rather liked the oppor-
tunity of meeting and conversing
with Lord Kitchener, whereas it is
an open secret that limy fear lord
Milner.
The latter arrived at Pretoria on
Sunday evening, and took up his
abode at the British residenty, in
Sunnyside dietrict. Lord Milner sub-
sequently met the delegates indi-
vidually, and collectively, at Lord
Kitchener's and • at the residency.
Evidently he got on. good terms with
most of thern and iii particfular with
the chief members of the Transvaal
G overrunent.
It became hourly snore evident that
there was a • seriouS diviesion of
counsel among the Boers, as .to any
wAsu BLANKETS.
' Weep, tweeting blantete one should
nse good layette:nada sole soap, if it
possible to procure it. and then
you ran be sure • that it does, not
contain resin, wilich hardens the
eeeree in wool. This is true or all
' and SO a little homemade
eat -soap should atwaya be kept on
teed during tilQ Westin when they
•teitet le wallied. Lee neither beide
h la the water. for they in -
Jere flannels almost es much as re-
• sin. If the water to bard, eeften it
, with ananOnia aad hoist.x. Diefiolve
the soap in the water instead of put -
It on the blankete. With these
precuetions either hot, or cold water
IlIny h Ivied but be sure to rinse
tit3 leanketa in water of the Rune
• t erperieture ae that in which they
lime welted. It is a good pion to
• week them on a. Vern whiten daY, for
they ere always Mad* enapped
moil nearly dry, and this is not
sosily done by hand.
lelanhets ehould never be put away
deer. If they are not badly.solled
they may be !mug en the line for
• Fevered days tit 6UCC4'Ssiton, and thus
• Iseanne eleaused enfeciently for padre
irea If they axe new. and have net
• bean used close to the body, they
may be cleansed with gasoline; but
t ease; the ehould home a
• good washing lit soap suds.
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HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS.
When wooden tubs or pails have to
stand for some time, instead of fill-
ing thexu with water, which is sure
to become stagnant, try painting
them over with glycerine. The wood
will not shrink until theglycerine
dries on and that will not happen
for months.
If the tea kettle, or a pan or basin
boils dry, pour boiling water into
it; never cold water. If done at
once this will prevent cracking.
Sometimes an umbrella, that be-
gins to show tiny creeks and pin-
holes may be mended at home. Open
the umbrella and hold it up to the
light. Mend the holes on, the inside
with black silk courtplaster cut
slightly larger than the holes, Sun
umbrellas and parasols are more
effectively mended in this wall* than
umbrellas, which sometimes requir
a repetition of the mending after be
ing thoroughly wet.
Many emysterious fires" might b
A BLOW AT CUPID.
".11, was preety bard to have the
.hobeymoon Minuted before we had
been inarricel two home," complain -
fel a nwely iretriell man. "Fact is,
'though, the eeciteinent of the wed-
ding -day took away the little tense
I had rem:ening.
"We were married at noon, road
after dodging the etistomary rice and
old shoes, left for the station. 'We
lutd barely time to catch our train,
and I role d up to Om dieloot win-
dow t once. Then, once more, eve
had to run the gauntlet of 'Heater,
who Venn it mutant to throw rico
down tomes collar an4 been it eta
down bete oleo's shoes.
"Yee got into the train at last, and
wben it. started X heaved a sigh of
relief. !When the collector came
round for the ticket.% X handed mute
over. After looking at it for a. mo-
ment, he asked ret if the lady was
travelling with nie.
"That woos the last straw, and
snapped out for him to mind bis
own boisiness.
"That is wbat I am trying to
do," he answered. coolly. 'One more
ticket, pletteee
"Then it flashed laden me that in
the hurry and excitement of the mo-
ment 1 had forgotten that I had a
wife. I paid the other fare and tried
to laugh it oft, but the look that my
wife gave me will linger with, me as
long as I live. It took Inc two
hours to argue her out of tbe im-
pression. that I didn't love her any
more. and she isn't fully satisfied
IT .TAKES
TEME—
To convince a woman that sim-
pering ways rarely catch manly
nue .
To chasten the antagonistic spirit
of a woman, afflicted with a fad.
To bring a man of strong will to
it realization Of the rights of others.
To make the very young man re-
alize how small au atom he is in
the world.
To make an impressilon oa ff, wo-
inan who lives in an atmosphere of
self-esteem.
To convince a man of the 'nonsense
of thinking Himself superior to his
station.
To show the man of pretension
that merit brings the most sub-
stantial reward.
To get a woman to confess that
she is wrong in her dedu,ction as to
a raaa's importance.
To make a woman learn that an
over -abundance of sentimentality is
a heavy load to carry. • .
petneems ENGLISH TO !GREEK.
Iliseleajesty King George .cd Greece
is very pro -English in, his Ideas and
mode of . living. When- douveraina
with the members of his iemily he
always speaks English, and it. is
generally understood by his house-
hold that English -is the preferred
language when the king is present.
Ire seldom speaks French, and only
uses Greek when compelled to do
so. Ilie Majesty draws his own
oheques, and a person who had an
opportunity of seeing one was sur-
prised to find that the king signs
himself '`Georgios Christianon" or
"George, the son of Christian"
King George is a firm believer in the
finaneial capabilities of Englishmen,
and their shrewd business methods,
Although the royal banking. account
Is in the .hands of the Greek National
13ank, the bulk of his money is in
e,Englist funds and British severities
further *
-PROSECUTION OF THE WAR.
The Transvaelerse with but one o
two exceptions, were for iimnetliato
settlement of hostilities, even to
leaving the Free Staters to
• -In the end," .adds Mr. Burleigh,
-I believe it has come to this—they
are to have the dubious honor of
being the lastto coxne in, and to
give up the Eirther uselesswanton
spilling of blood. Steyn, who is,
fear, breaking up physically, voted
for continuing., the struggle, 'but his
influence counts for little beside that
of the pugnacious, plump, swart,
saturnine Christian De Wet, who is
the real burgher master of the Free
State. Delareyes was practically the
only beliicose voice raised for war
to the bitter end from the Trees-
ean.l. Mr. Reitz, the State Secretary
need not be.too seriously considered.
• . But let this justice be done to Goa -
eral Delarey. who deserves the meed
• ef homed glen's praise. He steel
'Tf the corentendoee or burghers ea'
cberthtellir4-4i Eve4rlife411t, ruff elelleweillina.bfiedre
I bove done my duty. If not, I will
die in the fields fighting for the ale
Government and the flag." At lest
the voice of the Boer woraen--or ot
any rate a majority ot them—is now
for peace, and that bee not bed*
without Re influence for settlement
lo, the delibera„tions.,"
PERSONAL POINTERS,
Notes of Inteeeet Aboat Some
Leechiag Peeple,
Some very large insureneee have
been effected at Lloyd's on the
hing ltf-Ofte bettvg feteadethede—
iitiskn annouvuitewt09:400bce7e000C.oeonation Tbe
buYndee under thlati:sgeheiL4
Josef Hermann. is more then AV
piano player. Lie ie. aa aXi2eit MC"
chaotic and an inventor as well. He
has Piet seeured at Washington a.
pateet right for an improvement on
o steam engine. Tbie ie the Wood
tpa jiatee.441.totulitattkitseeveyaore,ng pitufiet hae
The Right Hon. Richard Seddon,
New Zealand's Prentice, wee bora 01
Lance-44re, awl emigroted to the
Antipodis at. the age or eighteen.
Be was bronght up to the tram of
a mechenical englneise. and la ene
tiney a, sol-maile man, whit has in
his time been both innheeper and
labor leader.
The meet, tearvelloue eliot in the
world is el. Gaston Burdeterry, now
uppeerieg in London. Teting fele
P1141 reediting carbinee. and etande
g ten yerde from the piano, he
"1,10,Ye," or, to tenet: etrietly, he
shoots, in a very bri Inept etyla a
Complicated eelection from "Cavite.
leria Rustic:ma." The piano Le
ineeireil" fur ila novel esperlenee.
An miming story is releted of the
late liungarlau statcatuato, Tera,
who, when one day driving at the
Hofburg with the temperer, placed a
large pear upon *'is plate ot deaeere,
Tito Emperor remarried to his Min.
ister thet cold freit after a, hot
dimmer was injerioes to tee
Tis reel ed, "The etoutach
of a Hungarian ,VIettilcr, your Ma-
jesty is obliged to he a etrong one."
Vrout chiledneed the King of Man
has been familier with Eitolish, as
he had au Angle -Saxon goverurse to
onion* he wan eply attached. Since
then he has tit"..n great alitieude nit
a. linguist, Med he la nrolocieut lit
moo t of the languagete spoloen in
Europe. On a tour through the
Continent Mug Victor was able (4)
address all the persentages whose
bospitality he enjoeed in their own
1411115elagKeing and Queen show their
ateeetion for their hereto in a, cu-
rious way. 'Mien a favorite dice US
hoofs are cut off and pont:bed, and
the looroe's name is inseribed on each
boo(. These are placed In a, row In
one of the harnees-rooms at Sand-
ringham. On the wall above aro
photographs or prints of tloo owners
of the hoofs. Their :Vali:sties bare
favorite dogs as well as horses.
Against a, wall at. the back of their
residence at Sandringham may to
seen a stone, -To the memory at
deur old Rover."
Lord Charles Beresford, one et the
most popular Admirals in the royal
navy, became it midshipman When
only thirteen years of 050. and ac-
companied King Edward as naval
aide-de-camp when the /atter visited
India iu 1875. Lord Charles is a
splendid swimmer, and obtained the
gold medal of the Royal Iruntano
Society for having in small in-
stant:is jumped overboard and saved
lives at sea. On ono of these occa-
Mons loo was attired en his shooting
clothes and his pockets were full of
heavy cartridges.
Lord Alverstone. tbe Lord Chief
Justice of England, was onco in a.
cab collision near the Law Courts,
and on alighting he gave his cab-
man his card in case he should be
wanted as a 'witness. The ease tame
on, and the great lawyer, on enter-
ing the court, was asked to take a
seat near the bench. The verdiet
was given in his cabnian's favor.
and When Lord Alverstone went out
there stood the cabby waiting •for
him. "Jump in, sir," he said; "I'll
drive yer anywheres. I knowed it
aul be all right when I saw yer up
there squaring the beak.
Edison, the famous electrician, mut
day, after spending many hours in
his laboratory engrossed in an ex-
periment, joined one of les assist-
ants at luncheon in an adjoining
room. When he had helped himself
he sat before his untouched plate,
brooding over his problem, until he
began' tci nod from weariness and
fell asleep. While his 'employer was
sleeping the assistant removed 'his
full plate and substituted an empty
one. Edison, on waking, letoked at
the empty plate, rubbed ins eyes,
and looked again. "Dear me 1" he
said at last, as he rose to leave the
room. "I'm hanged if I haven't
eaten My lunch and 'forgotten all
about it 1"
Sir Edward Gourley, who died in
England the other day, was the son
of poor parents, and he began life
in Sunderland as an,oflice-boy at the
age of thirteen. •Nine years later
he started in Inisiness for himself as
a ship -chandler ; but in a short time!.
be' commenced his cateer as a ship-
owner, in conjunction with hie
father (-who had insen from being a'
seaman , be captain of his own.'
ship) and his uncle: Sir Edward ,
floutished exceedingly, end he '
mately invested largely in steam
shipping. By • the • time he was
thirty he was one of the leading
public men of Sunderland, and • be-
fore he was fifty he had three'limea
served the office of mayor. Sir Ed-
ward sat for Sunderland as a de-
eided Radical from 1868 until 1900,
when he retired from public' life.
Willy: -r met our new minister on
mY way to. Sunday School, Mamma,
and he asked me 111 over played
marbles on Snrafay." Mother:
'Ilnen And What die you sa? te
that?'' -Willy; 'Clet thee
behind ine, Satan!' and walked' right
o(i and left Elea"