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SOME TtatiSLY ItECIPJOS.
Tomato Soy..—Talce n peck of green
tomatoes, out (ltd eleOh end anti tiny
forperfeet plata, but do not skin.
Sian and oprinkle a teacup of salt
through the bevers. Aleo slice a. (107, -
ell 1a 'go :(common) on a rig with
lime. Let Mead over night, and
then drain .through a colander. Put
in a !settee and berely coyer with
goo.t cider vinegar, Aral a cup of
mime, two to four 501011 rea peppers
fait fine, a tablespoonful each of
ground masked, cinnamon and all -
epic() and a teaspoonful of cloves.
Boil till quite tender, nnEl can in
glass jet's. In' using cloyee either
for pickle or spiced fruits it is best
to tie the cloves in a piece of cheese -
doth or, thin mesterei to peevent dis-
coloring the fruit.
alusterd Piettles.--Mix together ono
quart eniffi . of chopped cauliflower,
sliced eticumbereic tiny whole cucum-
bers, very setall onions nral one
seta]] rot ,pepper Cover with 11/1 0 -
gar in which a tablespoon of ealt
lins been diagolved and let stand
over night. In tlie morning cook in
smuts vinegar for lateen minutes, then
drain well. Mix fourteen iablectpoons
ground mustard. with 5 cents' worth
of tun -mile, one tableapoon black
peppee, three tablespoons sugar mid
omehalf termite flour with enough
cold vinegar to make a smooth
peat°. Pour this mixture into three
pints boiling vinegar, boil 0 few
minutes, then pour over the pieldes.
well and bottle. Unless you
!have plenty of wide mouthed bot-
tlos it is better to usc one -quart
cans. 'PIA recipe mates six quarts.
Ripe Clutumber Pickle.--Talce twen-
ty-four large ripe cucumbers., six
white onlorts and four large red pep-
pers. Pare and remove the matte
from the cucumbers and chop well,
bet not too lite, Chop onions and
PePpers, mix thoroughly with the
three one cup salt and one ovine
white musilead seed. Place in 0 mus-
lin bag and let tlient drain over
night. Remove to glase awe, cover
witli cold 'vinegar and seal. Those
aro good,
Vegetarian Sten.—One cap of dried
lima beans, one cup of dried red lcid-
ney beans, one tablespoonful of but-
ter, one teaspoonful of salt. Soak
the beans all night. In tlie morning
pour off the water; add nore, also
the salt. Parboil; row add butter
end bake several hours. Lot the
water dry oft twice while in the
oven, to make them nice alai brown,
taut have enough on them nt last for
gravy. Thielten the gravy with a
teaspoonful of brown flour.
Buttercup Cake. --Cream three-
quarters of a cup of butter with a
cep of eager until very nett Add
ahe beaten yolks of three eggs and
whip to a smooth batter'. Stir in a
cup of hike -warm milk (or water),
To this add two cups of flour sifted
three times with two teaspoons of
baking powder. Beat into this the
egg and milk mixture; tinally, fold
in the whites Whiresea to a seargling
0rot3i. .Stir in very lightly and with
a few strokes. Bake in layer tine.
this any mall smaps
of beef can be utilitzed, even from
the tougheet parts. Pet some fat
into the pot.; salt and pepper eacl'i
piece of meat and arrange in a lay-
er in tile pot. Over this sift Hour
and seatter finely cut onions and a
few bay leaves. Repeat until all
the meat is in. If there are some
bones these may also be put in to
give strength to the gravy. Pour
water—not too much—down by the
side so as not to Washoff the. herbs.
Cook slowly and covered, stirring
flequentier, adding water .as it boils
away. The toughest meat will be
tender and juicy if prepaved in this
way. '
Lenton The Crearnes-One quart
cream, two lemonse'etlie joice of Oile
1104 the grated peel of one and a
liana—two cups of tailgate Sweeten
the Wotan, beat tthe annati gradually
into it and put at once into the
freezer. Freeze rapidly in a patent
freezer or the acid is apt to turn the
milk. Or—if you wish a, eastard ice
—make it as- follower Make a eus-
tardeof a mtart of milk, soven eggs
toed four cups of granulated -angels
Bereave from the ilre an.d flavor with
the grated' peel of a Intim), soakdd
for an hour in lemon juice, then
squeezett hard. When cold beat into
the custard 0 quart of rich cream
and feecee.
Feather Calte,--ltali" cup of butter,
three of flour, two of sugar, one of
mills, three oggs a lietle grated le -
'11011, two teaspoons of baking pow -
sr. Cream butter and sugar, boat
lers light nee stir in the lemon,'
en the milk, next the flour sifted
tbees with the baking powder:
fold in the whipped weitice.
in a mold with a toned in the
wtth tlet
eieraeriAstigEgeeta1e<E4Kgeaafie4Be41a
apoonfie each of cinnamon, allepiee,
,
cloves and pepper half a leitelespoon-
, ful of selt, atra a pine of vinegar.
11j1 1111 it seems ti little thitat., thee
bottle and Rea].
Tomato Caiteup.—Talce the equine
lent of one can of tontaleme, or ono
can of juju left front canning to -
Metope. Boil and strain, then atkl
hulf a cup of sugar, one cup of vine -
gag, half a teaepoonful each of salt
and cayenne popper, and a table-
spoottern each 01 cloves, dentine=
and nutmeg,
Cold Catsup,—Half a peck of riP0
tometoefe damped fine, one cop each
of onions and neseartiem feeds alt
fine, end a cup of grated horseradish;
Iwo large Malice of celery and two
red peppers, botli troll el -lopped; a
cup of whole mustard seed, half a
eup of salt, a tablespoonful eacli of
black pepper, cinnamon and cloves,
and a quart of vinegar, Tide re-
quires no cookitg; mix well and
bottle or can, measure ingeediente 111
a toecap.
Creole Tomato Catsup. -13o11 ripe
I me t oes enough to yield two gal-
lons of juice. Put into a kettle with
ote lebleepoonful each of ground gin-
ger, cinnamon, allspice aria black
pepper, two each: of cloves, gra.ted
horeeraidish nnel salt, a teaspoonfel
of crevenne and a quart of vinegar.
tioll till think, alien add four pounds
of brown sugar. Bottle when cold
and scat.
e.€174P:At4a,_21TIAP...asitill OF CUP.ATSS.
00 sythi, actteup..—Trace three et0Z-
Ma 11 Wa,12=Per8', Pare and chop fine.
,y„,. s four good -taxed anions,
a„:"010,91's 'eters:erg and onions witil
(10 ,c;, p of rt cup of emit, Pet
tIpooloal .111 a dean cloth spread
pc, eyesa,eelander, and lot drain
ell e ..,,,geegteet next trimming ared a
cam of weete mesterei seed aml half
e alp of Week mustard' Reed, tWO
tele 0170011h110 of eelery seed and two
tahlesimollfille of tiny peppers. Mix
taws peek in glass' jars, (Ming half
full, Boil otottgli vinegar to ell up
the lees, :stirring ttie cucumber With
o foek to let the vineger pcnetarato
the Mame Sei:ew 011 1,lin top14 and
P111 the jars in a celd place. This
relieb is really a very good ote,
Grape Critetip.--Gook five petunia
of genriee till sole than 'Orate off the
alive through a eicem, Add tarn end
O hair pounds ef :algae, elm tablet.
LAUNDERING LA.CE CURTAINS.
There are very few people, we are
informed by an exethange, who know
how to launder lace certains PrO-
Puler. talien they are first taken
down, they should be shaken and
bruglicid free of dust. A little washing
soda is then dissolved in some warra
water, rind the curtains are cleansed
by rinsing them about in Be Lace
should never bo rubbed on a board.
Unless the curtains ere cream col-
ored, the rinsing water should be
slightly blued, and they eliould he
thoroughly Marred about in it. A
thin starch, in which a tablespoon-
ful of powdered borax has been die-
golved, should bo toadied to the lace.
Clean sheets aro taoket1 to the floor
in some imoceepied or seldom steed
room„ and the cart:aims are pinned to
them, the surface being drawn taut
and smooth. Most people new -a -cloys
have stretchers, and dry their cur-
tains on them. An ola quilting -
may be mode to serve M-
eteor], When a frame is ueed, the
curtains may be dried in the
which helps 1.0 bleach them.
USES OF COAL OIL.
A few drops on your dusting clotli
will brighten your furniture, as well
as prevent dust from flying from, the
cloth.
One tablespoonful added to ea.,61i.
boilerful of water will lessen labor,
as well as whiten your clothes when
wasbing.
A few drops added' to you boiled
starch will make ironing easier.
A few Shops added to the water
with which windows are to be wash-
ed will save a.itne and labor.
Dip tho fingers in the oil and rub
the throat, to give relief from sore
throat.
Saterate a cloth in the oil and
rub the rollers, to clean a clothes
wringer quickly.
Saturate a cloth with the oil to
clean the sink, bathtub or basin
which has become ,discolored from
U50.
SENTENCE SERMONS.
Humility is never seen in the Mir-
ror.
The tired tre always cowarcilY.
• Grerxl turns aspiration into ambi-
tion.
taken clothes reign character ab-
dicates.
bitt a 'slippery step, from
sargartness to sin.
'aurae a misery and you eulteente a
monster.
Cheer inetead of complaint is the
inark of the saint.
A man gots fame in heaven -by a
good 'deed (00151111 secret. •
A num allows his dependence- on
Clod by his diligence for God.
Clod will tot fill your heart be-
cause you empty your
Turn your batik on the sea and
you most live in the filiation.
Faith is tho only eye with Whidi
It is safe to look at the eaten.
The man who lives by tricks finds
them to be bads handed traps.
God can make more out of a week
man than he can out of a wabbly
0110.
People who celeulate 071 an elev-
enth harm repentance always die at
10,30.
The trees we raiee and not {the
ones eini drop from 'determine our
worth,
aft's no erne praying for a three foot
fitment when you have only a one
inch pipe.
Pewerybody says "Amen" to the
man who preys to be taken out et
this wicked world.
Some men sire never liappy except
wben they think glow mach worse the,
other fellow has it,
When a mail puts out his shingle
on the roof the Lot -ties likely to lel
him sit flown in the basement awhile
and think.
It's mighty feolligh to got *so anxi-
011S 111)01It Salting the whole World
that you thee to do a thing
for vier own ward,
Protect Veto 11000.1" OW; more than
chidom feed to the ere the
first to aomplein if they don't get j
(Melton pie in ovary sermon.
+Sies+0+0+4P+0+*+.+0+0+0 Wall, at any rate. I 17011011 try and
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• GRACE
1.
I was walking up the Strand, on
ruy Ivey to one "ahursEley
afternoon a few months ago, when
the ineident 1 am Mout, to relate oe-,
(furr)ld. To tell the truth, I was
going to meet Miss Hollibone, the
head of the habertlaehery at Felr-
liain and Sentitfas; end I was juet111
the meddle of a calculation as to
+ keep my head, and tear in I11i114
; what Mr. Maxtead—for that 11118 th
• eiderly ge4t1(111.101.8 101.010--htul maid
4, carnet keeping the thiek dark, Si)
O ran my thoughts as I wallimt to-
warde Charing Crofts, and (11110 —1.110
2, first thing I did was to give the
• whole 011105 uway. 1 had forgotten
all about Mies lloliibone, foul as I
now 001110 face to face wall her
could see she was 111 a red-hot tem
per,
"A eice time you've kept me welt
Mg!" she earn.
'Met sort of greeting WEAR certain
ly net No rospeetfal as 11 now had a
right to expeet,
".I have been detained," I said
loftily, "by some business of th
highest, importance,"
"Fiddlesticks!" she mid. "nights
importarne, nuked! Tho only buss
how aims it would be before she and nees that could detain ypu, would b
I could be married and gelato in a111 tho shop and 1 51119 you lees
ssliop of our owe, when a white- thus t190 11011111 ' , 33 .1
haired gentleman with a pleasate, the highest importance! Who with
face rax into my arms. ahould like to know?"
"1 beg your pardon!" lie said, And She needed crushing,—X could se
then he sterted bade. "Why, bless that.
my meta," lie cried. "What an ex- "1 have been engaged with my 00
traordinary thing!" Heiler," I Mill coldly,
lie stood staring at me in such "Now, look here, Sampson lianas,'
evident cuntaxetteont that my curiosity she said sorely, "you're not talking
was aroused, to a girl Trash from the Board
"What is an extraordinary thing?" news, If you've met Sarah Malt
I aelted. land, or any of the other girls, say
iathe Iiiteness," lie said. ''Woulti so; but don't try to make a fool oi
you mind telling 1110 youe name?"
Banks, ' I replied;
"At lace!" he murmured. "And
your father's name was---"
assuatea the freezing etare which
I found answered very well when elas-
tomers brought goods lager.
".E am not in the habit of dis-
cussing my lath father with strang-
ers 11.1 tho street," mid.
"Nevertheless," said be, "I think
you will find it to your advantage
this time, 1301 you are right; the
street is no place to climates an af-
fair like this. Come ap to any
claambers."
He walked on, etel led the way to
a big block of buildings in Chancery
Lane, which seemed to conelst ruostly
of dust end stone stairs; and though
I kept my eyes open for possible
trielts, the elderly gent's manner had
so impressed me that I followed him
into a little, nicely furnished room
on tlie third floor.
"Now," lie said, seatieg Matadi at
O desk, "we ran talk comfortabier.
What was it you said your father's
name was?"
"George Banks," saia e'buti-e—"
He lield up a fat white _Tend.
"And your mo tlier'e name—before
sho was married, I mewl?"
• Am cilia Temkin s, ' ' I replied'.
He liven o -u1 a little liundle of
blue, legal -looking documents from
the drawer of his clesk.
"I3otli your—aliaaparents., I take it,
are 710 longer living?" lie said.
"That is so," I replied.
"And [lid they never tell you who
you really were?"
"There wasn't any need," said I.
"I knew."
"Worthy people," be said. "How
well they carried out their trust!
Now, look here, Mr. Banks, the
story I am about 1.o tell you is a
very extraordinery 0710, but, at the
same time, it is etrictly true. Those
good people were not yew parents
at all, and since they dirt not in-
form you as to your real identity, it
becomes my pleasant duty to do so.
As a inatter of fact, you arct—tho
Duke of Bromilancts!"
I felt every vestige of breath ooze
out of my body. Had anyone struck
ine in the face, I could AOt TIEING htela
700110 astounded.
Ho saw 1 was speechless and went
on:
"The story is a somewhat long ono
in detail, but put briefly it comes to
this; The fifth Duke of Broadlands
was eitpposeil to have died a bache-
lor, and when he died the estate
paseed to his noplien, as a :matter of
course. Bert by a series of circum-
stances, which X will not go Into, it
Came to my knowleage that the feth
duke, had beeti mcretly married, and
that' a son had been born to hilt.
His wife—your mothee—liowever,
Wei; in a liurbble Walk of life, and
evlien she died he took a dislike to
you—leis son—and had you' plaecid
with some excellent people by the
Mane 01 S01013604. They never enew
the real facts of the ease, aral they
were well peat to keep silence ces to
what they did know; and the olil
'deice died without ever awn seeing,
his 8071; or in any way attempting
to do him arsticp. Yoe, my dear
sir, were that eon." ..
"Mt," I stammered, "how do you
know ;01 this'?"
"I got ray first momicion front the
likeness you bear to the old duke.
it' is—simply remarkable. And, my
deae sir—1 mean, your Grace—I make
bolel to sey flint, with iny help,
within three months you will litid
yourself le enjoyment ot your right-
ful poeition in life."
And then he went into the -matter
of heirs nude of the body, heirs-at-
law, and a weole lot of other legal
rigniarciles, which I coula scarcely
follow, backing up eyery statetneet
Ile iturcle with Wee documents and
airchnients as long 09 iny 07711, and
covered with witeresoeVers and
when:ages.
I did eet attempt to follow touch
of thie. The priacipal Meg that
coneertnea ine Wes that he seemed
cm -tainted that what he called my
elnim was pretty well mire to bo es-
telilialled before long. Of coinoe, I
eft the matter entirely in his inmate,
mei just ng 1 wee leaving 110 warned
tie eoletanly to keep the whole 'mete
tett' its0neffetraY15‘;1110Y world, end after tw-
anging n allure nppoirement X Ieft
be 01130 rice 0 men dazed,
&REID ABOUT THE WAR
eea,
LAVES PROM `xlui DIAav 011
A Barr,csa ornclra.
Efficiency of the Japanese Les-
sen to. the British
1 ft :f11.°1edeir". sends home a
- number of highly interesting notes
from the theatre of war in tile leer
- East, whieli throw some very mieful
eleelights on the general Nitualion.
_ have covered most 01 the ground,
11.1sut 0f:0st (1°0 It'huort 05.41111r:
10118 and nate:Waves of men of many
natioealitios and sheltie of senti-
11 ment. :L might summarize a good
t l!ID/15, by quoting the dictum of a
a •
e the British and Japanese flags fly-
; 'ing in the barber at Clioluolpo. "Bo -
r hotel," he said, "the booters of the
Rising and the Setting :-Ittn. 50011
' mwoorstlliWivi%ltemi ;ea 'Le Rt
el es
e DO did not intend to be unpleagent
although it may hove boon 11(183110001
by a little of that apprehensive
ateir-Terantiselioistr lLthin)m.570sent"odf
the triumphs arta irristible efficiency
of japan; but it undoubtedly marks
the humble place in the general esti-
1110111011 to wheel Great Britain has
been relegated by the nerveless policy
of our foreign Wilco 111 the Isar East.
It would really seem as though
every one were waiting for our shoes.
Men X was at Wei-IfeleWei a short
time ago there was a, strong suspi-
cion that the Beattie,. government,
, desperately anxious to get rid of the
place, over the aequieitIon of wiate11i
there was such a fanfare a little
W1101,) ago, were actually going to al-
low Germany to add it to her pose
sesions in Sheetung. At all events,
when I was there
A GERMASeT CRUISER
was in the place, end her Officers, as
usual, were entertained end shown
oyer everything they cared to exam
-
jam When they were leaving after
their few days' stey they 1901.0 asked
if they were going to repeat the
visit. "No," replied the German
commander; "we shall not pay a
visit 310:Kt 1.1.1110. intim We come
again it will he to take it over train
you."
The British government have al-
ready put up "House to Let" at
Wei -Hai -Mee and it is one of tho
first holdings belonging to the poor
old "Setting Sun" which the Ger-
mans will endeavor to acquire. 11
would immeneely strengthen their po-
sition at Itaio-eliatt, reed their hold
over tbe province of Shanteing. In
German hands it would become tho
Gibraltar of the Gulf of Pechilt. I
got into Port Arthur and out again
before the war commenced, I was
able to examine tho town, barracks
and 'clod: yard. There were some
splendid palatial buildings in the
former, including a magnificent ca-
thedral, all of which. I hear have
been more or less 'destroyed by Togo.
Tile barracks also were quite the
beet I bad ever seen, possesetng din-
ing -rooms entirely separate from the
sleeping querters. The only dock
for repairing purpeses coulif not pos-
sibly have accommodated anything
larger than a second -clam cruiser.
Thousan:ds of 111011 were at work ev-
erywhere, but I was warned teat if
I approached the fortifications I
eliould at once be arrested as a spy.
The Rumania soldiers X saw were a
fine looking lot of men, butintensely
animal, and in appearance mentaliy
deficient.
However that may be, they have
learned to use their guns en the sea-
we,rd batteries. The British naval
cataract at Tokio, wlio has now re-
terted house, was with Togo on his
flagship during all the first attacks
on Port Arther. Ito had a good
deal to tell on tlie subject, and ex-
plained for the first time how it was
that Togo took ,.
SUCH CABE OF HIS SHOTS,
and did not, as some seemed to think
he xisight have done, sone them 113.
and attack. the Iblernens much close
er on seieral oeeasions when their
vowels came out.
The British nevai 'witness, how-
ever, says the timer 1.1in Ilasstiaa. sea
batteries end from Goklen Hill WEIS
so wonderfully accurate that 01701',
at 8.1:: or seven miles distance the
Russian shell was bereting all around
about the Japanese sleets when they
approached to that range, None —
excepting the milidd vecteele—was
ever badly elentaged or required to
bo sent to Stifiebo; but that Admiral
Togo exercised a Wise discretion
the management of las offensive tac-
tics ott Port Arthur WO enn W01.1 un-
derstand after the 33ritisli attacluag
rePQrt
Agood deal of minor dee-Magee
have been suatained, but with Togo's
fleet are severa.1 dockyard ships,
which have been doing splendid ser-
vice, toning alortgelde any damaged
IN AFTER YEARS.
Mrs, whet °hem -
title have yeti to that yonlig men 0
Who 10 eft 1 1(110; 011 0)111 (laughter
Green—ate 18 silly, alary.
alas. Gftea—Oli, tliatal because he
is in love. I remember the time
When 31011 were a very silly young 1
marl, 1
Green ---,Silly isn't, the proper 1141110 (
for it, Mary, T. Wnh 18 11)0100313/ 101101 1
•-sitilet's What I Willi,
are svali any of your high-faluting
nonsense, becausee—louder—"I won't
stand it!"
She took 14. gooa deal of crushing,
but I was determined to do it.
"Madam," 1 mid, "perhaps when
You learn I have Just discovered my-
self to be a duke you will moderate
your tone somewhat."
She took a step back, and looked
at me es if she were maidenly frigh-
tened, The murder was out now. I
had broken my word, and so I told
her the whole story.
'When I had finished, sho beret out
laughing. Then I let my temper get
the better of me, and I said some
bitter things,
shatild have thought," I finished
up, 'that a person of your class
would have been proud to be the ac-
quaintance ol the rightful owner of
one of ,ligland's proudest and most
ancient titles,"
"Person, indeed!" she snapped.
"Acquaintance! I suppom, then,
that since you've dreamed this ab-
surd tale I'm not good enough for
you—eh?"
"Circumstances have changact,"
said I. "You meat remember that I
0W0 '501115(111015 to my family."
She looked rim straight in the eye
for EL moment, and than she swung
round.
"Good -afternoon, your Grace!" she
saki over her ehoueder, and disap-
peared into the traffic.
In order to keep iny word to Mr.
Maxtectel, I stuck to Felthara and
Sinellas as long as X could; but Aga-
tha, Hollibono made reereelf as un-
pleasant as elie could. She spread
the tale all over the seep. Every
time I turned round X caught some-
one halghieg at me, and that made
3110 bad-tempered,
A. bad temper is the .woret thing
a shopwalker can have, end very
soon that brought me into personal
conflict with Mr. Felthana Of course,
I, a scion of 0710 of Britain's proud-
est fereilies, could not steed being
bullied by a inere linmrdraper, and
tho long and short of it was that X
found myself out in the street, with
the last month's money X should ever
get from Felthene and Smith's in my
pocket.
To tell the truth I was rather
glad. I could now give My undivid-
ed attention to prosecuting my
claim person -illy. Tho three months
meetioned by Mr. Metectead were
nearly im. 1 had received several
very promising letters from lane, and
so, after all, 1 had only anticipated
events a little.
The next morning 1 went up to
Mr. affoxteett's Chancery 1.011111
chambers to tell him what liad hap-
pened. There was a clerk there, and
lie asked me to be good enough to
step into a little waitingeroom
which gave on to the private offiee.
l"Maa Mastead has not yet arrived,
your fteraec," 310 said; "but I know
he will see you immediately he
comes."
There were eeveral ether 70011 in
tha waiting -room, mid 1 lutist say
X never sew leech a dignified-loot:Mg
lot of clients in my life, From time
to time others Were ushered in, end
we stared at end) other like bitter
enemies, 'and coughed after the man-
lier of langitslimen who have pot been
introduced to each other.
We waited for a very long hour,
but still no Maxtetal arrived; and at
last one of the cads wlio Were wen-
ing hgerted a Turkish cigaedee.
Now, if there is anything' 1 abhor
with 11130 1910010 heart, it is the en -
speakable odor of a Turaish cigar-
ette.
"Pali," 1 eaid, "pile thee beastly
thing out!"
'The 111011 who heel lit it 10 0.1C0d. 1110
Up, and 'clown.
"X preemie," he said, "you nee ad-
dressing me? Vey' 1 ctilk Who hile
dickens you are, that you adopt
such a tone?"
"When you learn wlio I am," X
fetid, with heat, "you will be sorry
yteu did not treat me With more re-
fitted. I am the Duke of Bread-
landel"
It ecerned that every 111011 in that
room had spoken at enee.
T110 1044 With the Tad:Isle cigar -
elle lambed nervously,
"Don't talk each ritikelloust non -
mete" lie mid, "I am the Duke
of Broadlands!"
',Excuses ine!'broke 111 allother,
"I am the Ihrlte--"
"Not at all! It is I WhO ant the
31, --t--"
In thirty soon& it was well re -
To Welt that I, who had etatted tablielied tholeevery 111411 111 the 1'00111
114 es a ceetaboy, elMuld ha a real imegined himself to be the Duke of
ive dake—it seemed X meet be Brefellencle, end it beeame pretty
hemming! The highest title in the plain that the Whole thing Wee are
meta three eaeties, a greet house t 519111(1111.
111 Plecechily—ell thie Wail laillel • klaelcoad lied heel the best'part oi
11800 out of me for what he called
Jew costs, and the thought that I
had been done merle nic feel that
faint I mad have dropped whore I
Stood, But X hod ma, been victiru-
teed to eenely the same extent ste
arose of the others, and there was
some comfort in that.
Of cottrae, We immediately broke
into tho pirate office, and equally,
of course, We found it bare and emp-
ty. There Wats nothirtg to be dene
but to call in the police, tell oer
stories, arid then go 110111e And earSe
oureelges for n, sot of gullible idiots,
*
I ha,vr: obtained enother eittial Ion,
bet ea a, Mere assietant this time;
Fel liam /lad fern I lae refeeence was
too iffictevaral to get Me a Mere as
81:k11111'1111tev. Tint setnchow the story
has got router, a11(1 t era only 1901 l-
ing. till 1 cell gel tmOugli money to-
gether to prey 11130 paseege before '1
stinii rot away to elm of the colen-
Ms \dime. peel:Cape, people Will
Neve Mete coheiderialon for my feel -
Mee then to tali me "Veer Grace"
fifty tinSeil citaa—Lonelon Aesiecas.
veanal and earrylog out all repairs
in a thorouAltly effective style. And
lamides. these tlie Jupweese hare ar
rangod extra Stt',lit 11,8 011 8041(3
11113 1:4111)1110 011111P they obtained int
d1spat0d stipreinacy et sea.
The more OW fiVOS 4.11 1,131' Japanose
n not, 1101011.., One eannot lialp
longing that (treat Britain were able
to beast of similar all-round Wild-
, ;Tete tehLt 11,110„filyinttlergrinItatritiaityletinn; 10101::
nal Mil, and the government standing
behind the lighting }Rill, lobobeb 11141P1
to render the latter 80 fort/title ble.
3', 11,41 (eon) apallt.SiO friolld 111,
story of the fired alleek en l'ert Ar
1 11111, a story in very truth of a
government 19111111 ltuPw (114 OWn
mince acted accordingly with cir
rumapect ion and r es o 1 ul on.
.As soon as 01701' the 1/10 wile east
the Japanese fleet left Sasebo, will!
the Japaneee consul et Clatfoo went
into Port Arthur to bring off his
countrymen, and, together with ale
servant, a naval ealeer tto digguise,
to have
A FINAL LOOK AROUND,
When they left, the latesian fleet had
teem tip its fetal positioe in the
roadstead outside, alley steamed in
the direstion of Cbefoo, but averted
of ranking that place stood eaetward
and met the Japanese fleet undee Ad-
miral Togo lit gen, when they at
once described the formation and po-
sition of the Russian squadron, and
O few hours later It ISMS caught and
scattered by the 'Japanese destroy-
ers.
As a soldier 3 liave, nattirally,
been mere strock by the Japanem
military movements which 1 have
been able to willies.% I Was in
Chernuipo at the time of the deetauc-
tion of the Verlag and the Korieta,
and witnessed the really wonderful
disembarkation and departure of a
Japanese division for the front. As
soon as tho jepanese transports ar-
rived on thnt futeful evening the
long sea front assumed a quiet, su-
stained activity which betokened the
abseece of any neceseity for imoro-
visation. Even landing -stages pro-
lecting into the shallow waters of
the bay made their appearance as if
by magic, to which the seinpans
brought their endless loads of men,
horses and guns, These etreamed
away into the town to pre -ordained
billets with an uncanny precision
watch suggested that tiomabodg
somewhere was turning a handle and
0711e1lestbyithe whole business by =-
What one particularly noticed was
that with it ell there was no ehout-
ing of orders or galloping about of
limey staff officers, ne there would
have been ia any other army, Tile
Japanese officer seems to have learn-
ed a strenga i1ont method of lead-
erehip, who marked feature is an
absolute co/talcum in himself.
Notthieg before or since lets ever
impreeeed me so much as that tight
io Cliteratelpo, The Japanese division
was in tawn, there was no doubt of
it; bet not even a bugle broke the
omparative quiet of time place. 1
explored the streets to see what liad
become of
THESE UNUSUAL SOLDIERS.
'RUSSIA'S GREAT RAILWAY
f XNAVERY AND u-013331)1tY fl
ITs BunanNa.
Gave an Opportunity to Contraet4
ors to Plunder the Gov-
erortent.
When the TranceSiberiall Rainey,
wax laid down tile 11014$1411 author',
ties hail in ‘iew the 'PoSS0bi1,L10 ol
11, war 111 the Isar Etlf,t, on a big
wale, wettes A, (,, Heim Ilut X do
; not think that, in those days, they
though1, of a war with Japan. They
leaked, arid they look even now, 115.
(111 China. as the really dangerous
Anittele power. They Ithew that the
It -mg -sleeping giant is stirring' in his
slumber, end thitt ellen he awakes
e the Western world will do well to 130
awake, 000. 11111. litessia's statesment
leohed upon that danger as a thing
eau' off, 111111 When they built Ulla
railway they did 'sot pay that atten-
tion to detail that they sbould have
done,
It is a notable piece of work, tak-E
ing it altogether—a piece of work of
which any country in the universe
might well be Proud. Two great
steel arins, stretching all the way,
from St. Petereburg to the Yellow'
Sea; two steel arms that take in,
their embraces tbe far-reaching for-
ests, the rushing rivers, the rugged
anountaing, and
TIIE FERTILE imams.
nut there ere many spots along its
raighte plain where the hand of the
jobber and the knave can be plain-
ly traced. I have read much con-
cerning the tyranny of Czarism, and
have heard much of it from heroic
travellers, whoee eveelth of courage
and enterprise has teken them all the
way into the wilds of Clapham, or
into the daugeroes wildernesses of
Peckham. But this 1 know; If Ruch
knavery as is in seats malenced on
Ole Siberian Railway bad been per-
petrated in other lauds, something of
a serious nature would have happen-
ed to the conteactors. I am not de-
fending Czarism, being born a dem-
ocrat, and hoping to die one. X have
thereaore no leanings that way. The
Czar may be a despots and his al-
leged Covernatent may be the worst
ill the world; but, in many things,
life goes on much the same under his
rule as in allegedly free countries.
Why, sonic of that railway, front St.
Petersburg to Port Arthur, might
easily have been built by Australian
contractors, the method is so similar
set spots.
CHANCE FOR CONTRACTORS.
I found them in the shadows of ver-
andahs, within the elicitor of gardens
and compounds, resting or cooking
their food by little tires that were
flickering in numberless different di-
rections. They seemed to have me
use for orderlies or staff deicers, for
everything seemed to be ready, Pre-
pared and complete. Of if any paw-
ed to and fro lliey seemed as noise-
less as the very shadows in which
they moved.
X watched the soldiers cools their
suppers, oat them, a.nd go to sleep
ell in the same stillness, and I did
not quit this faSoluating scene until
an early hour of the morning, when
a new .wonder encountered me in, the
departure of this silent host. 3pees.-
ed Where a whole battalion had
liivounclard. It was quite dark. The
wind of the morning wee blowing
cold, betenne a streak ef dawn kind
appeared. , „There was not a sign of
any one awaking them, but suddenly
there was a stirring among the dark
111118-S08 of recuinbent figeres, and in a
Moment or. two every section reeved
to its piled arnes, implied than,
formed fours, aud; without a word,
the whole battalion znoved off in the
same weired silence, like ghosts, in-
to the darkness mod the unanosen;
whither noun could guess, and no
one ventured into the black waste of
mow -covered country beyotd to 'dis-
cover. We learned since tlint most
went north, some by the awful ICo-
emu country over hill, and bog, anti
draw interneinatle 1111K1 wosOos to
Ping -Yang, "110ct 503110 by transport
again to Chinampo. Bet it was a
leseen to n British goldier in ti scale
of efficiency which had never entered
Veto his purview before. There was
8e1150 of omnipotent and meeterful
semplicity about it all, and as these
gOldiere 04111e 411E1 Went With their
etemige precision and working witli
en unerring and remoreeleste certain-
ty never previously attaindcl in the
bletory of war, Otte could not clotet.
tacit midi men went forth contprering
and to conquer.
4
A 'KNOTTY PROBLEM.
She wag a fair paesenger in seareh
of inr01.111a1011, and the captian wee,
naturalise onle too willing to grati-
fy her. Ile lied explained that the
;mime of the propeller forced the
Map through Die water, and added,
as a. Nether item of information:
"We made twenty Roots col hour
inst night, leas."
1011 sem may'?" said the sweet.
girl. "And whatever did you clo
with theta all?"
The captain Went red, end his eyes
dilated,
"Threw thent overboard," he mid
ali"°'1ti'
111511113/1" she eclat, "New, do
eme know, 1 elestlys inirieratood that
you captains made tIM poer dear
esilota Mate all these anotg the
next tiny?"
Thee the skipper hurried teeny With
st groan, 5110131,1115 hie bend in a pail
of tool water, ned Melted UM. table -
boy mightily.
Contractors who wanted to make
up mileage have brought curves and
deviations into existence he many,
places where the country Is as open
and as flat as a man's hand. They.
have not only warned tens of
sands of of pounds, but have made the
journey a great deal longer than it
need bave been; and for a military
railway, a quarter of a. mile wasted
is as good as a mile lost,.
Novv, I do not think I am. a despot
by inclination, but if I were Czar of
Russia to -day, and the men who aid.
that work were still in my doneinione
I would strip them of every rouble
they posseseed, because they have
done a geeat injury to their country-.
In scores of places I saw the ongineee
and their gangs of eV:irk-men busy
straightening out those curves; and
if those folk who think Russia Is
elearly beaten i11 the present war liad
seen the Russians calmly recon-
structing their great railway I think
they would be less sUre of Russia's
ultimate defeat. They are recon-
structing their railway, and running
their troops over it at the same
time.
WHY SIIE RECOVERED.
She was in love with a young (loo -
"Bit's quite impossiblee" cried her
mother, when informed of it.
faiOerut of the question,9 asaerted lies
"Ile has fine prospects," insisted
the girl.
"Poit 0411.1 live on peocepecte,"
mid the father. '
The next day she was ill.
"I can see nothing evronga? said
seieeeb)ei..
ysw
ician ho was waled to at-
tend Nevertheless, ale left a. presertation,
but it seemerl to do no good. The;
symptoms she 'clefierilYeci Were conflict.
Mg and confusing,
"It's very etrange," said the phY.
sedan.
"If you do not understand the case
we must get eomeone who cloes,",
said the mother.
So, after a week or more of experi-
menting, another physician was call-
edin'
"Atrilling indistpoeition," said the
sotiond physialan. "1;11 have her
all right iri a day or 80."
Bat 111 a day or so OM had him
puzzled. Iler lover had told her
how to do it.
"Every time I see her," said the
second pHs/laden, "there mettle to be
Frame new coreplication. I nan't flied
anytning reclicelly wrong, bat; her .
statements certainly Mow that she
is not all right."
By this time the father and mos
titer were worried, and they sent
for a. specialist. The latter lookea
wise, but he Met with no greater
success than the tWo Who had pre-
ceded hini, ell:hough his bill was
considera lily larger.
The father lied jest erten the bill
when the gill calliel to him,
"I fear," she said, wenrily, "that
this tremble is going 1.0 eontinete
defraiteler. Don't you flank it would
be 'Wise 1.0 have 1.1 physician in the
family?"
The father Molted at lier
tm, no Ll risy0I
, ' ' 01M tilicivon
le(1,1 tle
o
silo persisted,
"Arrunge it to grlit yeereeif," lie
mid, resignedly, for he wee a lean
who knew When lie WAS beaten.
The next flay she was able to gilt
115, rind the drty aame ;the lied' elle
ticely rectevereal, Bet the fattier,
mitt jetted to look at hai repeortelifill-.
lyevert up to the they of the Wed-
ding,