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",iwas with Captain Hoskins,"
said the titled mate, "lo Nagasaki
Ilarbor, letting a cargo of coal on
boatel for Saigon, when Potol' i111n-
0410 came on board. Ile was ono of
the pilots who take people up and
down the !eland sea. Hed lived
Most of his life in Japnn, and bad
known old Iloskins for some fifteen
year's,
"Ile found tho olds man 00 the
bridge watching tie boat awnings
being fixed,
" Mnrnin', Cap'n Hoskins,' ho
sold.
"Tho skipper returned his salute.
'Morning, Mlrichin,' he replied.
"'lt'S 11 lisle horning," said the
pilot.
Toa didn't come on board to
toll me that?' says the old man.
" 'I did not,' said tho pilot. 'I
came on a little matter of business,'
"Old Hoskins motioned him to a
dock -chair which stood beside the
chart -house, and took another him-
self.
" 'It's about my wife,' said the
pilot,
'About who?'
" 'illy wife. You didn't know I
woe harried, then?'
" 'I never remember you bragging
about it. Whoa did the unfortunate
affair take place?'-
" 'My wife. is a Japanese,' says
Minchin, ignoring the insinuation.
'She n in't been well lately, and the
doctor advises sea air otticl a bit of
a change. She's got cut uncle, a
merchant in Saigon, and I thought
that, es you're going there, you
might give her a lift. I'd take it as
0. favor,'
'But I've no accommodation,'
said the old mean. 'Besides, I don't
Care about having women 'nn this
ship. Tt's apt to unsettle my third
officer's minus a bit,'
" 'To oblige ale,' says Minchin.
" `1) 'fl, well, Peter, says the old
man, 'it you put it that way. I sup-
pose I can't refuse you, You can
bring her aboard tab evening.'
"itUnchin brought his wife on
board in the evening. She was a
prott.y, slight littlo thing, with dark
eyes, and dark hair coiled. up won-
drous on the top of her head. Sho
was very quiet, and seemed very
fond of her husband. Ifo introduced
her to Haskins, and she went down
on her hands and knees and tapped
her forch'ad on the deck as a mark
of respeet, Hoskins was as pleased
as though he'd deserved it.
" 'Now, then, skipper,' says Min-
chin, `l're. trusting to you, one
that's clearer to ne than life. There
ain't ancther man as I'd allow her
to be in charge of. [l'ure's a letter
to her uncle. lehida Nagoya, gener-
al merchant, in the Rue Lafitto.
When yell get to Saigon, all you've
got to do is to take her there, and
I'll be eternally grateful to you.
" "J'hat.'s all right, Peter,' said the
old roan,
"Wo got up anchor an hour later,
and Peter gave itis wife a farowell
kiss nate wont. down tine side. Tho
Japant's,' don't kiss, eS a rule, but
I expect shod picked it up from her
lulshaoel in live years of married life
—just ahaut the 1 intakes a
Ettrope(un to forget H.
"She stood looking after him as
we steamed. down the harbor, and
thea] turned to Hoskins, with a
Pitiful little slnilo.
"'It is sad,' she said, 'to leave
one whom ono loves vory deafly, is
it not?'
'it is,' says old Roskin1.
'Many's the time I've had to do it
myself.'
"There isn't et prattler place in the
world than Nagasaki Harbor, We
steamed clown the long channel he-
tweca winding hills, with the water
stretched out between them as
01110(1111 as glass. The girl kept
looking back, standing as motion --
less as tl block of carved wood. At
Last 0, wvhiff from the open sea took
us. The atea nee pitched up her
bows a little to it, and ,took a slight
plunge. It seemed to wake her up,
and she . turned to Hoskins, with
tears In her eyes,
"'1 will go my cabin,' she said.
'I have seen enough.'
"Slee took one more look at the
shore, repeated her bow to the old
man and me, and tui'necl in,
"We had a .lovely voyago almost as
far as Hong Kong. Every meriting
as the little woman cane up on tine
bridge she would give the old man
ono of her low bows, and then he
would put creases Into his waistcoat
trying to Imitate her. FIo used to
six her up in his deck -chair and Wrap
rug's around her and sit and talk to
her by the ]tour.
"The night before we hale Hong
Kong was pitch (lark. There loos a
bit of a fog ort the water, and not
a star showing. It was the middle
watch, and I was in my bunk taking
forty W labs,
"Suddenly I heard a (critl and a
succession of grinding bumps, •a0 if
we were knocking up against some-
thing solid. 'Ton the telephone -bell
rang wildly in the cabin, and there
was a i'us11, of feet Overhead. I
jumped cep and rat on deck. The
ship had a heavy List to starboard,
and as.1 looked up at the masts the
first, thing that caught my eyes Was
the tops'l of a big -sailing-ship
lammed up against the foremast-
light, _
]'ter yards 'swung found slowly,
and she drifters past us. Out, anchor
had caught, in her fore a11000ls. As
She wont astern it rapped them
through, drag'g'ed aft c'l'ung her bill -
'Walks, tearing the atiti1) 'threads,
end finally catching In' 1•ive break of
the poop., It lung there for a nut -
meet, aa111 then fell into the sen, Tn
n,o:het' moment the sailer win goer,
- tele I'd nil' foto the frig and the
,'1,r".•:5, As - she slid 80 wo righted
"1 ran up to the bridge. Tloslcins
acct sue, his face the color of chalk,
" 'Where's that girl?' he yelled.
'George where's that girl?'
" `ln her lnirin, T suppose, sir,' I
said.
'Sho's not!' he roared. 'She
came on deck. T saw iter standing
fol''rurd of the bridge on the star-
board side, They flung a lino, and
I Jost sight of her, George, It sh0's
gone overboard, I'll never forgive
myself!'
'1'11 go and look for her, sir,' I
replied. And T turned and left the
hridg'e
"1setteehel high and low. She
wasn't 111 her cabin, and she wasn't
anywhere else that I (amid see„ I
went up to report.
"'We'll talk of it in the morning'
said the old mal, lmrzlorl. '1 guess
we'll have to stand by the other
ship. It's a chance we've damaged
icer, Op aft and lire a rocket,'
II,
"His pulled the check -string of our
whistle, The roar of the syroa rang
hoarsely through the night, I went
aft and fired a rocket, Thoro was
no answer,
"When I went on the bridge again
Iloskins was very pale.
" 'It looks bad,' he said. 'I'm
afraid we've sunk her. But I'll
stand by until mornhig.'
"We hunted up and down in the
fog. Now and again we thought
we'dgot a glimpse of her, and now
and again we lost her,
"At last we gave up searching,
and plowed down, waiting for morn-
ing, When it broke, the sea was
quite clear. Iloskins put the ship
into Hong Bong to report, and
then wei continued our voyage to
Saigon.
"Tire old man was more cut up
than I thought it possible for him
to be,
"I'd give a year's pay, George,'
110 said, 'if this hadn't happened!
There's that girl's 1>11810 to face
when we get to Saigon. flow I'm
to look poor old Peter in the face
after this, I dort't know.'
'When we arrived ho wrote ofT a
letter to the pilot, explaining how
the sad occurrence had happened. It
was a beautiful. letter, too, all
about the chances of a sailor's kite,
and being in ilio midst of death, and
all that sort of thing. Tho old man
was so pleased with it that he read
it over to me before 11e closed the
envelope.
" 'I'll go ashore and post it,
George,' he sal -d: 'then I'll go up
and see the poor girl's uncle. It's
a sad business!'
"He went ashore, and came back
in. about two hours, looking rather
queer.
See her 0(0010, sir?' h, says.
"'No,' 1e bursts out; 'there ain't
no uttelet There ain't anyone of
that name inthe town; there ain't
any address litre this one, either.'
"1 whistled.
" 'T can't remake it out!' he said,
" 'I guess 1 Can, sir,' I answered.
It's plain enough to me. Mr, Min-
chin was getting a bit tired of his
wife, I fancy, std this Is his little
way of losing her.'
"The olcl mast rubbed his chin re-
flectively, but said nothing.
"On the return voyage we put in-
to Tiong Kong, and Providence put
a liner piece of luck into our hands
that we could have hoped for. Wo
found the ship we'd been in collis-
ion with refitting her rigging, and
we found Peter Minchin's wife on
board of her.
"The rope which they'd thrown had
knocked her overboard. 'She had
clung to it, and they'd palled her up.
When tiro old lean saw her he was as
pleased as though he'd had a for-
tune left hitn. She was pleased to
see him, too.
'Ocorge,' he said to me, 'we'll
talco that girl, home as a surprise -
packet; for Peter. If he says a word
to mei about ler, I'll put such a
head on hila that lie Woci t bo able
to speak for a fortnight.'
"When we got to Nagasaki we had
another bit of luck. Peter canto on
board, with a handkerchief up to
his eyes, and with the letter the old
man had written h.irn la his hand.
The old roan kept the girl close in
her cabin,
'It's very sacs, captain,' says
Peter•—`very sad,'
" 'Thes'e's no ono more sorry
about it than I stn,: said the old
man, looking hint over.
" `h`oor thing'1' 00.1d Poter. 'But
iter end was peace.'
" 'I hope yours'll be as peaceful!'
says the old nnan, elenchbng his
fists,
'I hope so. But what's done
can't be helped, Cone on shore and
dino with me, capta11. The
nllashe'l1 bo glad to se0 you,'
" 'Tho missy's?' echoed Iloskins,
"'Yes. I felt lonely, I'm mar.
ried again, This one's an Iing'lish-
womal,'
'She didn't kaow ,you. were a
Widower, I suppose?' welted Hos-
kins,
'No; I' didn't think to tel! her.'
"re old incl began to grin.
" 'Stop n moment,' ho said, 'With
reg'a'l to this first marriage of
yours—was it just by Japanese late,
or Was it an 1lneglieli nlai'riage?'
" 'I'm aurpateed at you cap'n!'
said Peter, trying to look 1lflet, `It
was d, regular marriage before the
Alegi Ish Consul,'
" 'That's all I wanted to knots,'
said the old man, . 'Peter htlllchin, I
Came back to this port to break it
inarllnspike ever your head, but, on
second thoughts, I'm not going to
do it. Your first wife was edged,
and is in the cabin utero. Yotlt'
second's al Thome, I'm going to toll
her about you this afternoon, and
two rears' hard is wlutt you're ge-
nie to get, my lad. New, clear off
this ship, a:nd never lit me see •alta`
(ace here a: of ll'
"He looked 50 tlu'eat.ening.,that
Toler sh(0le olY, iTnaktne looked
tib 1' hi!u, 01101 then he (an'ned to ane,
gleeroist he seta, 'this ship
e:'':'', e•„ Tern the port
0,000o00-00.0-011 U{Y4000'040 0
YOUNG
FOLKS
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1101113Y !BOY'S NEST.
"Jllntilef," said Hubby .Boy, when
She kissed him !food -night, "I n'isll
1 wan a Halo bird olid lived (11 It
litho nest,"
"isn't this bed a nice little 11cs1?"
aslant Bobby hay's nlotlter, She
knelt 011 the fluor beslcks him, and
put her head on 1710 white pillory.
"Ism 'this 1're l e
"Irma, r t. soft little bud, and
pretty nano comfort, and plump
while pillows nicer than s(101is and.
straws and leaves and. paper, woven
together as the robin In (110 lilac
bush (na.kes Lis little house?"
"Not quite, mother," said Bobby
Boy, "I want to sleep Just One
night in a nest,"
Bobby Boy's mother laughed and
kissed him good -night again and
cuddled the blue comfort about 1nin1
and smoothed the white pillows and
patted the yellow curls and told him
to go to sleep. Ile lay thinking
about how nice It was for little !birds
who didn't go to kindergarten, and
had nothing to do but build nests
11t lilac bashes. When he did go to
sleep at last, ho dreamed about
nests with little blue comforts in
them, and little brass knobs alt
round the edge of them and funny
pillows made of muss.
Next day Bobby Boy was very
busy. Isis mother found frim. build-
ing a bird's nest its the closet. It
was btg'gee than the neat in the Iliac
bush, for lobby Boy was Ave years
old. It was made of pine 'branches
11e had brought in from the woods,
and tho feathers ho had picked from
an old fluster, and hits of moss and
paper aad string,
Night came again, and Bobby
Boy's mother tucked in the blue
comfort and patted the white pillow
and smoothed the yellow hair and
kissed Bobby Boy good -night after
she had sung a little 'go -to -sleep'
song to him,
Bobby Boy did not go to sleep.
He lay eery wide awake, watching a
big white moon shining through the
apple tree. Bobby Boy was wafting
till the house grew stili, then he
meant to go oat anti build a nest in
the apple tree. When the llouso grew
still, Bobby Boy crawled Out of bed.
He put oa his little trousers and
stockings, then he pulled the blue
comfort off the little bed and tied
it into a bundle. There were sticks
in the bundle, and moss and paper
and the feathers from the feather
duster, ]lobby Boy opened the win-
dow and crept out on a little piazza.
"Cheep, weep, cheep weep,' went a
frightened Iittlo bird in the tree;
then it fiery away and screamed, for
It had never before seen a little
boy looking down into its tree whon
the moon was shining. The apple
tree threw one big branch up on the
piazza. -
There was the nicest place where
five big limbs branched out, It was -
just big enough to hold a little
boys nest, and Bobby Boy had -boon
thinking about it for a long, long
time. The climbed up on the branch
and put his legs around it, exactly'
as he did when he slid down. on the
banisters. Ho hold the trope that
was tied to his bundle, then he slid
down the big branch into the heart
of the apple tree, pace or twice the
little twigs whipped hint la the face,
the tree croaked and groaned, (anti,
the blue bundle stuck among the
branches. At last ho was down in
the little nest, and lie stood there
for a minute, breathing very hard,
Ile ]lulled the beadle atter him, and
it Caine with a whack that almost
knocked him down. It was a good
thing there were Aire, firm branches
liko a wall all around hint, or
Bobby ]toy would have tumbled to
the ground, Ile waited tot' a minute
to gest hen breath back, thea he be-
gan to build his neat. It was not
as easy to build a nest as la tine
eloset,becauso things tumbled to tato
ground. All the sticks fell, and a
Puff of wind carried the paper and
feathers Minty. The moss wouldn't
stay put, and nothing seemed to
want to be made into a nest but the
blue contort. Bobby Boy again be-
gan to feel cold, so hes spread ft
round him and crouched down in his
nest, It was very lonely and quiet.
The Iittlo bird carne back and flew
into the top of the tree and said,
"Cheep Weep, cheep weep," as if it
were sleepy and tired,
The moon grew bigger and whiter
and brighter, and stared boldly at
Bobby ]Boy through the breaches.
Bobby Boy didn't feel comfortable
In his nest; it seaggy old branch
kept pushing his heart out of Its way
so he turned around and tried to
curt up in & new Way, but another
branch wouldn't let him, It poked
into his back. Tt began to grog
very cold, and the wind whistled
through the hranchee, and the neem
stared at hint and said; "Dobby
Boy, you're es little goose. 011utb
up the tre0 and go to bed."
"I don't believe I like sleeping in
the tree to -night," said Ilohby Boy
to the moan, "It's too colts. It
will bo lovely, though, when it
grows warner, and I can eat apples
all night.
"You're 9, goose," paid the 1110011
again. "t,10 to bed,"
"All right, sir, T will," said I3ob11Y
Boy. Tie began to crawl up the
branch that' 14d to his Paean. Wiles
he was half -way up, he supped right
back, bad slid away down into the
heart of tho tree, He Would lmavo
fallen to the ground if It bad not:
been for his shirt catching in a
sharp branch, Ilohby Bop was
frightened. The bine comfort had
tumbled to the granlul, and his
hands were so cold 110 could har(Ily
hold 011 to the old twee,
"Father( Mother," he screamed,
"Como mei got mel Como 0114 get
mel"
He could see the lamp In his lit.Lle
room, and he heeled his math(' give
emelt n. er;v It, newly made kiln fall
from the tree,
"Ilobhy Boy!" c'r'ied his father,
"Bobby flay, where nye pun?"
"Here, in my nest," called Webby
Boy, Then father and mother plinth
ed 0111'''(711 the piacia, lin 111nther
1105 crying, 611(1 I11, 111the11 tyke bend-
ing down into the apple tree, but .h
could not retail !lobi,}' I(.r, 'riseetmeyle fly In the Melee waked up,
Met et 1(111;; ladder' went. up to tit
very heart of the old apple tree, ant
Bobby Rey e('ept into his father'
arms, 111' went to time, in his owl
little bell, with et hot water (>4>1( 1
t.hreeg11 the tracing rnarks any
Piece which will 1141 useful to 800
a'1erl arti5, min the right sides of Lite
- bodice, a areal . deal of trouble will
It1
be >, ed, The pl'1nelpui Waves to
be 1llalr'd thus aro the%whist•-lln4,
e as thus 10111 Help you when the fixing
M
> prute„s'wall t; 11111 rentelr'unt:, 170telt you may tell where the fasteb-
e 1n(fs have to be err(i.nged for; the
1 collar -line, and the armhole.
€
'reek on the table—!bat, 114 in Hay,
1 lent the bodice 1 .31011 test Upon the
1 table in front of you, with the lin-
fag ptl(lereeaLlt and material o
top, and take pari .i 'alar pains t
tack the hack pieces together ver
ay
'i-
s 1'et 111111 a hot, woolly binn!c-
ot wrapped about 111111 and soft. white
pillows under his head; and the last
thing he remembered was the - big
moon looking at trim through rho
apple tare and saying "Bobby Boy,
you're a goose. Isn't. that. lovely
belt hotter than a nest In the apple
tree?"
"I believe it is, sir," said llobby
Boy sleepily.
4--
DRESS GUTTING HINTS
HOME DRESSMAKING FOR
TBBIFTY WOMEN.
Some Valuable Pointers for the
Ambitious Amateur
Dressmakers.
Numbers of girls Can make their
own unlined slips and blouses, and
find such 11.11 accomplishment of the
very greatest use to their pursue and
their appearance. Not so many,
but, still, a largo proportion of
them aro able to make their own
dresses "after a fashion," as they
themselves terra it, and a very use-
ful fashion it is. But the ambitious
amateur dressmaker lever rests un-
til her efforts display nobbling of the
home-mado look that labels them
her own productions, but strives to
accomplish work that hears the air
of a skilled modiste's aptitude.
To this end a good paper pattern
is the first essential, or tho old lin-
ing of another bodice that is a per-
fect fit. But a pattern is not every-
thing. What Is wanted next is skill
In cutting the material which is to
ho used, then the tacking and fitting
process must be intelligently fol-
lowed, and, next, the stitching and
finishing of the garment, whatever it
may be.
IIOw TO 13SLI YOURPA1"PERN,
No amateur who wants to make
a great success of her gown should
choose a plaided or striped ma-
terial for her initial venture in
dressmaking. A self -colored, plain -
surfaced material is her wisest'
choice. Plaids, stripes and evert
spots, baffle the most :accomplished
drosshakor, and oftoa result in fail-
ure, though when they are skilfully
managed they aro decidedly beauti-
fying to the figure.
Choose a plain deal table that
,you may scratch as much as you
Eke for tho cutting -out process; it
must, have no cloth on it, and you
must not be obliged to peek your
work away when the tea-tray comes.
No good workwoman over has lead
what is culled a tidy table, for she
understands the importance of not
fingering her work or folding it and
putting it away 111ore than is abso-
lutely necessary.
The pattern ,you will have bought
—and do got a good one—of course,
represents one-half of the bodice, and
as both skies of the average person
are aliko—though some differ slight-
ly and must be allowed for in the
fitting—so the pattern must bo ex-
actly repeated on two separate
pieces of lining and material. Take
the lining, double it carefully, and
stretch it on the table, and as the
sdved s of many. materials and
linings are slightly puckered, it willn]
he well to snip theall the way
down at intervals of about two
inciters This will stretch out the
drawn part., and will prevent the
dressmaking process starting with a
siigl}t pucker in the piece of work,
STEPS IN BODICE MAKING.
take the pattern and phi it
careful])' on the (101.1131C lining, and
do not (1e sparing of tho pins, 11
the straight of the material is
marked on the pattern, arrange for
it accordingly, otherwise lay the
waist-line—which you will Lind prick-
ed across each piece, and. which is a
host valuable guide all through
yorr work—at right angles to the
selvedge—that is, exautly oa the
threads that run across the lining.
Then take a tracing -wheel and carte
fully wheel round the pattern. and
over the waist, lino, so that these
are marked on the liming. Prick
through, also, any places marked
for trimming, smelt as a vest or
yoke, which may be marked on the
1)a110121 t11i5 will save an immense
amount of time and trouble atter-
wards.
Proceed now to tale the pattern,
being careful not to trove the lining
and cut round the marks, cutting
the lining double, 'and leaving' from
half to three-quarters of an incl! be-
yond the tracing, with more for
a
turning ort the shoulder and undee-
(1 sl ov s,, where a
h; re ono eine a half
,1t C n
inches will not 1>e too much to nl-
low for ally possible alterations, 1
Also, be very generous about tho
neck anarmholes,
Supposing ,you should f1c5h'e. to
make a tutted or gauged bodice,
you meet ascertain whether the pat-
tern you. ire about to Ilse is Marked
for tholes or gauging., or not, Mali)'
are tbnrs marked, and therefore youwill not need to tuck or gage the
material before cutting it out, hint
in plain pattens the process of
tucking and ganging mast be gone
through before the II/atelt''al is cut,
Recollect, also, that the material
,you ewe about to 0180 8haald elweys
he W011 stretched on to the lining
when reeki1g skirts and bothers, an1
that the titling Should be eased on
the material,
TO PIll"V1EN'I' Ihllt.:'tiT"ltT\Cl. 1
Before nay attempt: Is made' to put
the bodice together for the (.ret fit- 1
ting, each piece : hotlld be curefn(ly
tael(ad to the linings and by (.aching 8
A MAN AND THREE LIONS
ADVENTURE OF BRITISH Oi'TI-
CER IN INDIA.
Shot Two of the Beasts Dead, and
the Third, Wounded, At-
tacked Him.
A correspondent of the IL,1do11
Dally Graphic at Nairobi, I';art 'Af-
rica, writes:—Paring the letter part
of August the little teen of Na100111
n 10118 (1(1(319 with oSoitene'nt at the
u marvellous escape of a liritioh Officer
y from a lion.
carefully, s0 that no puckering m
ensile.
When the moment entnn5 for fi
ting, brace youl'a11 up to (1(00m
plislt this, Importantpart of ,your
task bravely and with decision, bet-
ter still, got 500100110 Wien under-
stands the matter to do it for you.
Almost the most ilnportanl'• part
in the fitting of a dress -bodice ap-
pertains to the chest -eine, which
must not bo in any way contracted,
or the whale set of the corsage in
interfered with and spoilt; andhero
it may be added that anyone who
is being fitted should not only standupright, but with her bend well held
up, It in, perhaps, natural to look
downwards to see how the fitter is
proceeding; but this roust not ha
done, or the bodice will certainly
pun tho risk of being finished with a
contracted front.
1005)') STZL IS WRONG.When the sleeve is being tried on,
it must always be put on wrong
side out, for turning it will inevit-
ably spoil it and pull it out of
place.
Remember, when purchasing a
skirt pattern, to choose one that Ls
too large, rather than too small,
for your measurements, unless you
can get one that is precisely the
size you require. You will find a
large size nlucll more easy to workwiththan a small one. Do not
make filo mistake of imagining,
however, that you can curtail the
length of the skirt by cutting orf a
piece at the top or at the bottom.
The proper way to lessen the 517,0 15
to measure fifteen inches down eachgore, and cut the paper pattern
across, fixing it together again ,after
removing the surplus length, or
malting a pleat across the paper,
which is a simpler method.
BATTLES COMPARED.
The Huge Masses Employed in the
Late War.
The great feature of the war has
been the huge masses engaged, says
the Saturday Review. Leipzig itself
in this respect compares pearly with
Mulcdon. The hosts of 1812 were
not so numerous as those that In-
vaded Manchuria, and Borodino may
outrivai Lfaoyang in Horrors, but
not in numbers of guns or men that,
fought. Yet it is surely remarkable
that after an unbroken record of de-
feat on such a huge scale the Rus-
sians still can show an army fully
equipped and organized in position.
Lfaoyang and Fiulklen were truly
onongh to break the spirit and dis-
solve the ranks of the stoutest
troops in tho world.
In spite of the list of killed and
wounded, of tho prisoners, er the
guns and trophies the war could still
have boon carried on. Yet Marengo,
a mere skirmish in comparison to
these battles of giants, decided the
Tato of a nation. Jena laid a king-
dom
ingdom in the dust, Elven Friedland
compelled a .Czar to coupe to terms.
What is it that made Mukdolt in-
decisive and could allow tho Czar
to dream of victory when for a year
and a half not a gleans of success
had shone for a moment on his bay-
onets? Tiro terrain in which the
battles were fought had, of course,
much to do with it, hut the very
vastness of the armies had more.
An army of several hpndreds of
thousands cannot bo moved ?Ike ono
of a third the size. '1710 telegraph
may' do much, but it cannot anniht-
lato space where movements of men
are eancerned, and to pursue a beat-
er foe requires prompt action and
energy, 11111.011 are only possiblo
whero events take place under the
eye and within the direction of a
supreme loader.
LIKE OTHER GRANDMOTHERS.Cather! e the Greatof Russia, al-
though at imperious grandmother,had the greatest pride in her grand-
children, and like many other .less
famous grandmothers, tools their
bringhlg up and education into her
own hands, In "A Mother of
Czars" the author says that it 1095
Catherine who taught "h'10105icur
Alexandre," es the grand duke's eld-
est child was called, his A 1t. 0', and
compiled' the ''Urendlnntlrer's A 11
0" and the "Alexander -Constantine
Library''for the benollt of her
gen nelsons,
She occupied herself with Alexau-
drr'e wardrobe, and certainly, ,itn lg-
ing front n loiter of hilt's, she studied
hitt t'. unl'tlrts more thanhie appear-
ance, She invented the child's roe -
wino herself
"All the things are sewn to-
grther," she lclot1' "andput 011 in
one piece, and the garment ie fast-
enedbehind with two or three snooks,
Thee° aro 110 strings or hands, -and
the child is hardly aware when: ho
is cheesed, The nurses thrust 1n his
arms and logs asthey pill'. the Emit
over his head, and there it is—finish-
ed,"
Other royalties, it appeared, asked
the tsarina for her pattern for their
ownnuesm'ies.
Alexander Was very precocious: Ile,
tot any rate, 11a.1 110 fear of lits itn-
>erhms er(aurinl0lh€'r. One tiny When
het carts 111 and shaking 101111 ague
he (rept to her door Wrapped in his
!file (lonk,
''IVIto
Isthere?" asked the elle
n`eHH,
"A rent Mel* dying of 0.11111," ne-
wcre(1 the nllilil,
Captain 0. Ei. 11.igald of the Wes
tient Regiment, and naw rx'eonded
Under the Foreign Otlice to the 1a
Battalion of the king's African Rifles
Med previously won fume as a
"t'ilicinal" in British Central Africa
Where ho shot many varieties o
game.
Ou the transference of hie native re-
giment to Sast Africa he decided to
essay his skill at Simba, a lonely
station on the Uganda Railway, and
long famous fpr the vicinity of lions.
Some two hundred yards from the
station a water tauk marks the spot
where the lions drink very frequently
by night, and on this tank Captain
Stigand took up 001s past a few min-
utes after dusk, in the brilliant light
of an African moon.
SHOT THROUGH THE HEART,
A long wait e1150ed, and it was not
till many hours had elapsed that a,
lioness made her appearance. Creep-
ing stealthily in rear of the tank,
the brute made its way' to a pool
close by, and at this moment Cap-
tain Stigand fired his first shot. Tho
effort proved a successful ono, for
with a bound and a groan the beast
dashed forward and foil shot through
the heart, stretched at full length
across the railway line. A short
interval only had elapsed when a
couple of lions emerged from the
grass, evidently intent on their even-
ing drink; but their progresa was
checked by seeing the lioness a few
yards from them, and they at once
proceeded to examine the body. One
of then, evidently the mate, com-
menced scratching at the carcase,
hoping the lioness o'as only asleep,
anis, meeting with 110 response, sot
up a dismal howl, whioh was quickly
followed by a roar from the other.
For two hours Simba Station sang
with the moaning and bellowing of
these two fierce beasts, and during
that time Captain Stigand lay ready
at the "present." At length they
quitted the dead Iioness and came
slowly toward the tank. The leading
lion had approached within fifteen
yards when a well -directed shot caus-
tyi him to hound In the midnight air.
This was at once followed by a sec-
ond ball, and spinning round in his
agony he reached the long grass,
where he lay a huddled brown mass.
Tha other lion watched the scone
without movement. In a trice the
3:76 ,Iannlicher was directed against
him, and he was sent moaning into
the cover, to be found lifeless in the
early morning.
MAKE IOGI( OF MARRIAGE
TF1)11 IRTtEPRESSIIILE PRACTI-
CAL JOKER .AT WORK,
Pittsburg Couple Paraded in a
Ca6'e--Hourses and Collins
at Nuptials.
On their marriage a while ago at
I'i(tsl1(1(1, I'cun„
the friends of a
newly -wedded couples perpetrated ' an
outrngeeus Joke at their expense, No
Horner had the ceremony been com-
pleted than the bride and bride•
t groom were forced Into 11 cage, bor-
rowed for the nonce from a menag-
erie that was showing in the town,
t
and driven through the principal
streets, preeecled by a band playing
wcdrlIrlg lnarcl>os.
This pleasantry would seem to be
f a favorite diversion of the good folk
of Pittsburg, an the son of a million-
aire, who had himself a penchant for
practical joking, experienced' on his
marriage three years ago, when he
and his bride wore seized on the way
to the station, put into a large wire
cage, and drawn thorough the town
on a waggon, to tho intense delight
of several thousand people who had
been collected by the announcement
of a circus parade, whereof the prin-
cipal attraction was "a caged mad
btidal couple."
GYVES F011 NEW-WP1D JAILER.
The marriage at Parte a few years
ago of a man who held the position
of jailer at one of the prisons was
made the occasion of a ludicrous de-
rnunetra.tion on the pati of his
friends, who, on his leaving the
church with his bride, seized the
couple handcuffed thein, std' escort-
ed thein to their house, followed by
a dense crowd, who were doubtless
under the impression that the pair
were desperate criminals.
Of an even more unpleasant jest
was a veteran of over eighty, who
was married at Birmingham in the
early sixties to a girl of twenty, the
victim. On leaving the church there
was fount! waiting not the carriage
they expected, but a closed hearse,
into which the old bridegroom was
bundled, while his wife was hoisted
on to the seat beside the driver. Tho
vehicle was( then drives off at a
walking pace, escorted by a number
of the wife's friends, who had been
greatly opposed to the match, dis-
guised as mutes.
CONFRONTED BY A COFFIN.
Popular prejudice against the un-
ion of spring with winter was even
more pointedly expressed some years
since at Rouen, France, whore an
octogenarian married a girl barely
out of her teens. On emerging from
the Maisie the contracting parties
found a considerable crowd awaiting
Om, under the leadership of the
bridegroom's grand -sons, ono of
whom mounted guard over a coffin,
while under the other's charge was e.
largo cradle.
Scenting trouble, the ill -matched
pair endeavored to escape, but their
retreat. was cut 11(0, and they found
themselves at the mercy of their tor-
mentors. The coffin was brought
forward, Into it, despite his strug-
gles, was the old man thrust, while
his wife, having first been stripped
of her bridal finery, was thrust into
the cradle. Coffin and cradle were
then placed upon a cart, which,
amid much laughter, was drawn by
the throng to the respective homes
of the bride and bridegroom, where
it was disburdened of its contents.
MADME FUN OF FAT FOLK.
A laughable demonstration await-
ed the exit from a Boston, Mass„
church of a 20 stone man who had
Just espoused a women of equal
weight, The couple were with no
little difficulty forcibly placed on e.
railway trolley, which, drawn by a
team of fat oxen, proceeded on its
way through the streets, escorted by
a number of mock mourners, eachof
whom carried the advertisement of
some well known specific against
stoutness. The rear of the process-
sloe was brought up by a gigantic
banner, on which were depicted on a
greatly exaggerated scale the anpil-
tudinoes bride and bridegroom.
The fact of his having married for
money a woman 20 years his senior
afforded the good. people of Dresden
anopportunity of subjoeting one of
the citizens to their humorsomo in-
dignation. On quitting the church
with his wife the couple were sur-
rounded by a taunting crowd, who
havhlg Bound them with glided
cords, seated them on a donkey
painted yellow for the occasion,
which, preceded by four old women
in gold -colored raiment, leading by
gilded halter's a like number of
young men, was driven through the
streets to the restaurant where the
marrie.go banquet had been ordered,
A DEATHLY STRUGGLE..
Sexing the beasts apparently dead,
Captain Stigand descenclecl from the
tank and walked towards the huddled
brown mass. IIe was only a few feet.
oft when tho worst happened, The
beast rose from the grass and sprang.
With a mighty roar ho leapt into the
air and the whole surroundings seem-
ed hidden by his massive frame. The
sight was truly a torrid( one. Every
hair in its body stood out, and every
vein swelled with fierce anger. A
shot was quickly fired, but this only
increased the ferocity of the attack,
and then came a scene, the like of
which has rarely been enacted. The
lion seized the left arta of the hunter,
and man and beast rolled over to-
gether. With his right arm free the
gallant soldier caught his assailant
by the throat and, fighting for his
life, ho struck the brute several
tinges. Once again they rolled over,
tho lion, for the moment, on top,
and then the mea, and the fierce
fight went on. A last there was an
unexpected 1u11, for the lion, sick
and wounded unto death, savagely
shook his victim, and then, to Cap-
tain Stigand's anllazomeut, slum:
off.
This encounter was not the first of
Captain Stigand's with wild boasts,
Only a few months previonsly, while
stationed in British Central Afica,
he was fiercely attacked by a rhin-
oceros, which tossed him several feet
into the air, ]laving pierced his (host
sono inches. Leaving him for cheat
the "rhino" made off, fully satisfied
with the damage he had done. This
attack, curiously enough, was made
without provocation.
Captain Stigand lies in 010 Nairobi
Hospital, where he is receiving unre-
mitting attention, and where it iS
hoped 110 will recover from his terri-
ble experience. All the three feasts
were found dead at the break of
dawn on the following day.
"1 don't see how Mrs. Gay can af-
ford to wear so many tale in her
lett. 'There is a row of them ail
the way ronntl the brim," "Alford
3,4-p1W SVSNT1vG COATS,
Empire styles have touched even-'
ng coats with wonderful skill, for
hong them have blossomed out
ono of the prettiest things In tll
arid, with belts lifted high under
le arms, and a hundred ways o1
handling the rather full :skirt thee
falls from. it.
'Broadcloth makes most of them --
indeed, broadcloth is first favorite
this season for evening coats alhd
plain walking suits alike, and for
every other conrrivni,fo style of cos-
time, 100111 the shnple5t of afte'1oolt
gownsdresses, to the richest of °vetting
A groat many evening coats are
trimmed with a hit of velvet, nark(.,
tha1 the cloth, ems, herbal's, with n
lot of little b1>cl'l.1, set 110 dine to.
gin inn' that they ' almost, 01 cr11111,
Some aro trimmed with tiny vests,
chly enlhroldel'e 1, Oriental I,1S7;i nn
ith apparently 01ery t:010e of 11le
inbow, yet the whole,eleiene;t• nl .
to coloring is dloniinnt"d I.;v 1.;, 11, of
Slc..ves or'' (01(01101, 11111:.01110,:$1101..
elbow length preftreed so tai - i .1
1e sleeve is eked 001 le . nilt .'rt. ..
hat eire.ilal rattles, Bair rq' throe
mi
t Below emit other, ehnt 1101.;ihe(1
110 sleeve without seeuiiignum' 1) 0>
f)'intming for it... Aud some 1u'.)
finished With soft little frills (11lr.ct,
it:? 1 wonder that she hasn't the ev
whale hat made of tips, ]ler has- t
band is t1. Waiter in a big ('astnul•-
ant•, you 1(rlow "
Little Willie (Who has an inquiring
nnln1)—"I'apa, fs these any m1(01)
tiring as a sea -serpent?" Mr,
Meeks—"Notunless ;VOW 'Mother
says so, 1Villio; I do not. recall ever
having heard her express her opin-
ion On the subject,"
Another tame ha asked his nurse,
"Whore an 7 Itice?"
"Your mother," was the reply,
"Yon have her mouth and nose,"
"I do not mean my fare. Whom an 1'1
1 like In ways and temper?'' 111'
"10 that respect you inset/tibia (ho 1'a
tl
o'1
empress more than any One 0."
The little prince jumped sip and
threw his ants roupd his nnrso'S
neck,
"That is what I u'an(atl 1.11 be
t.l
told!" ho cried, joyfully, 11'
"'That child will become ca !semen. sc'
nen," geld the proud grandmother, t'
on being told of the incident, n