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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1900-2-8, Page 22 T.1113 131i1CTS1LEI POST, BOLIRS UT SOME PRAM. 0647:440* A LITTLE REBEL. Efeets crItAPTER XV/ My love is like the alter, As eistant anti ite Petrobance eievea lei; and kind and bright, „ Perchance $ee's stormy -qute- Memel Alas! I amine know Why." It is late in the dee When the pro- feaeor enters Lady Baring's house; he had determined not to wait till the Morrow, to see Perpetea. It seemed to hint that It would be impossible to go through another sleeplese night with this raging doubt, thia oruel unmet- talnLy In his heart, He fines hen in the library, the soft light of the dying evening falling on her little slender flgere, She la ting in a big armeheir, all to blaok- es he best knotws her-wite a book elmn bee knee. See looks charming, and tresh as a new-born flower, Evi- dently •neither last night's party nor to -day's aftereoon have had power to dim her beauty, Sleep had visited her Iasi n'ght, at all events. She springs out of her chair, and throws her book on the table near ber. "Why, you are the very last person expected," says she. "No doubt," seem the professor, Who wm. tee first person she has ex- pected? And will Harding -e be Imre premently to plead his effuse in per- oori " nut it was imperative I should came. There is something I have to telt you -to lay before you." "Not a mummy, I trust," says she, a little flippantly. "A peoposal," says the professor, coldly. 'Much an1 know you dislike the idea, still, it was your poor frith - eel wash that r should in a measure regulate your life until your corning of ego. I am here to -day to let you know -it at --Mr. Bard nge has re - attested me to tell you that Mee" The professor pauses, feeling that he Is failing miserably. Ile, the fluent speaker at leetures, and on publicplat- forms. is now bereft of the power to explein one small situation. "What's tbe matter with Mr. liar- dInge." asks Perpetua, "that he oan't corm here himself? Nothing serious. hope?" "I am your guardian," says the pro- fessor-unfortunateig, 'with all the air of one profoundly sorry for the fact deelered, "sod he wishes me to tell you that he -is deairous of marrying areie-" He Pauseal What are teey? What ere hie thoughta 01 her it Alt been. all seatione? "They are alweye Itime" Mien11e laMely, in a low tone, looking at the (swot. Teat down- ward glance minden:ins Wee In her °Yea -to her it to a token ol eiti guilt to - weed ear. • "'ace are not l" says she, with a littie stamp of tier foot that rcialree the professor jump. "You think of me as a cruel, wosked, worldly giel, wlao would marry any one to geen Posi- tion." Here ber fury (Bee away. ft •Is oveecome by something stronger. She trembles,. pales, and einelly burete in- to a passion of tears that have no an- ger in them, only an intense grief. "I do not," says the professor, who Is trembling too, but whose utterance le firm. "Whatever my thoughts are, your reading of them is entirely wrong." "Well, at all evente you can't deny one thing," says she, (hooking her sobs. and gazing at him again with undying eternity. "You event to get rid of me, you are determined to mar- ry me to some one Se as to get me out of your way. But I shan't marry to please you. 1 needn't either. There is eomebody else who wants to marry me besides your -your candidate!" with an indignant glance. have had a letter from Sir Heatings this afternoon. And," rebelliously, "I eaven't answered it yet." "Then you shall answer It now," says the professor. "And you shall say 'no' to him." • "Why? Because you order me." "Partly because or thate (Partly because I trust to your own instincts to see the wisdom of so doing." , "Ali! you beg the question," says she, "but I'm not tio sure I shall obey you for all that." "Perpetua ! Do not speak to me like that, I implore you," says the professor, very pale. "Do you thiok I am not saying all this for your good? Sir Dastings-he is my brotber-it is hard for me to explain myself, but he will not make you balmy." "Ham I You think of my hap- piness?" "Of what sleet" A strange yearn- ing look comes into his eyes. "God krente, it is all I think of," says he. "And so you would marry me to Mr. Hardinge t" "Bardinge is a good man and -be loves you." "If so,. he is the only one on earth who does," eries the girl bitterly. She turns abruptly away, and struggles with herself for a rnoment teen looks • Petpetua staled at biol. back to him. "Well, I shall not Whatever bitter tboaghts are In her marry epee, says ses., mind she conceals them. "That is in your own bands," says "Re is a must thoughtfal young man," says she, blandly. "And -and you're another." "1 hope I am thoughtful, if I am not young," says the profeseor, with Her mintier puzzle.s him. With regard to Hardinge, I wish you to know that -that I -have known hiro for years, and that he is in my oren- ion a strictly honorable, kind-hearted men. Ht is of good enmity.. Re has money. He will probably succeed to haronetc.y-althouge this is not ear- tain, as his unele is, comparatively spenktng, ;rotten- still. But, even with-. nut tee title Hirdinge is a man wor- the professor, "But I shall have something to say about the other pro- posal you speak of." "Do you think I want to marry your brother ?" says she. "I tell you no, 110, no 1 A thousand times no I The very fact that he is your brother would prevent me. To be your ward is bad enough, to be your sister-in-law would be insufferable. ' For all the world I would not be more to you than I am now.' "It is a wise decision," says the pro - lessor icily. He feels smitten to bis very heart's cure. Had be ever dreamed of a nearer, dearer tie be-' 81151 of any woman's esteem, and eon- tweet' them? If so the dream is fid en eft, end—" broken now. He is interrupted by Miss Winger's "Decision?" stammers she. giving wee, to a sudden burst of mirth, "Not to marry my brother." 51 is mirth of the very angriest, but "Not to be more to you, you meant" it cheeks him the more effectually' 'You don't know what you are say- beenuse of that. ing," says the professor, driven be - "You must place greet oonfelence geed his stile -control. "You are a in prinees 1" sees she. 'Even without mere child, a baby, you speak at the title. he in wortby of (esteem.'" random." She copies him a udaeiously "What has "What 1" cries she, flashtng round at the title got to do with esteem Y -end him, "will you deny that I have been whet hes esteem got to do with a trouble to you, that you would have love?" been thankful had you never heard my "I should hope—" begins the pro- name?" feesor. "You are right," gravely. "I deny "You, needn't. It has nothing to do nothing,I wish with all my soul Head with it, nething at all. Go haele and nerer heard your name. I confess you tell Mr. Herdinge so, and tell elm, troubled me. 1 go beyond even that too, that when next he goes a -wooing, I declare that you have been my un - he hid better do it in person." doing] And now, let us make an "I am afra'd 5 have damaged my end of it. I am a poor man and a busy mission," says the professor, who has one, this task your father laid upon never once looked at her aince his first my shoulders is too heavy for 1110. I :ref 1 glance. shall resign my guardianship; Gwen- " Toter mission?" doline-Lady Baring -will accent the "Yes. It was mere nervousness that position. She likes you, and you will prevented him coming to you firat find it hard to break her heart." himself. Ile said he bad little to go "Do you mean," says the girl, "that nnd he said something about a I have broken yours? Yours. Have flower that you gave him—" i been so bad as that? Yours. I have Perpetua molten a rapid movement been wilful, I know, and troublesome, toward a side table, takes a flower but troublesome people do not break from a bouquet there, and throws it one's beart. What have I done then at the professor. Tbere is no earns° that yours should be broken?" She to be mode for her beyond the feet has moved closer to him. Her eyes that her heart feels breaking, andpeo- are gazing with passionate question ple with broken hearts do strange Into his. things every d•ty. "Do not tbink of that," says the pro- " r would give a flower to arty one lessor, unsteadily, "Do not let that says she, in a. quiek, seornfal fashion, trouble you. As I just now told you, The professor cetehes the ungracious-. I ant it poor man, anti poor men can- ly given gift, toys with it, and -keeps not afford such luxuries as hearts." it, Is that small arttion of his un- "Yet poor men have them," says the seen I girl in a little low stifled tone. "And "I hope," he says in e dull way, -and girls have them too l" " tent you are not angry w'th him There is a long, loug silence. To bemuse he items first to me. It was Cureon it seems as ft the wbole world a sense of dely-I know. I feel-eom- has undergone a strange, wild up - pellet) him to do it, together with bis heave'. Whs.' had she meant -what? honest dffiaence and your affection Her words{ Iler words mea.nt some - for him. Domot lot pride stand in the way of—" "Nonsense:" says Perpetua, with a. rapid movement of her Mind. "Pride has no part in it I do not Imre for Mr. Berdinge-r shell not marry him." A. little mist seems to gather before the professor's eye. R's glasses seem bit th5a wee'', lie drops them, end now stands gazing at her as if disbelieve bag his nsea, In fact he does dis- believe in them. "Are you sure?" persists he. "Ai. terward you may regret—. "Oh, mei" says she, shakieg her heed. "Mr. Bardinge will not be tbe one to cense me regret." , "Stilt think----" "Teink I Do you imagine I bayonet been thinking?" arias she, with mid - dee passiore "Do you itnegine 1 do not know wby yeti plead his muse so eloquently 1 Von want to get rid et me. You are tired a me. You always thought ale heartless, About my poor father even, mad unloving and hateful, abd--" "Rot hesrtlese/ what have I done, renegue., that yore shoald say that?" "Nothing. That is what I detest about you. If you said outright whet you were thinking of me, 5 mild hear It better." "Bui my teolights Pi you. They thing. but her looks, her eyes, oh, how much more they meant I And yt5t to listen to her -to believe -be, .her guardian,. a poor roan, and sho 8.0 heiress 1 0111 no. Impossible. " Sr, munh the worse for tee poor men," says he deliberately. There Ls no mistaking his meaning, Perpetua makes a little rapid move - Mont toward him -en almost imper. ceptible one. Did she mise ben' hands as if to bold them oat to him? If so, It is so slight a gesture, as &tamely to he renaembered afterward, and at all events the peofessor takea no notire of it, presumably, therefore, he doer not see. it. "It is lete," says Perpetua a moment afterward. "I must go and dress for dinner." Her eyes are down now. She looks pale and shamed. "Yon have nothing to my, then?" asks the professor, compelling himself to the question. ''About 1811111 1" " Hardinge," The girl turns a. white epee to 1115 "Will you then awned me to mem ry him I" says she. "Am I"-fainlly -"nothing to you? Nothing.--" She fitterdh to fetle bank from him, in the wowing uncertainly a the light into (ho shidow of (he wiener beyond. Cur - Zell makes a stop toward her. At' tide 18108130111 tile door ie throwPOWee In the wei'le, Tbeirr igectrance auddeely open, and a men -evidently Mae 'lave been greet, 1 4 not et/great progessional male-eselvanees into eb� aff to b1io4 teem to Ilpt tool Inlet they roern. "Sir Thatideue," bogies hte 10 elow meaeured way. The Profeaeor stops dead ebert. Even Perpetee teooke amazed, "I regret to be the messenger of bad news, sir," eays the 50130181 018.11 in blaelt. "They told me I 31100111 find yon here. I have to tell etne Sir Thad. deus, that your brother, tee late la. merited Sir Bestings Is dead," Tee m solemn an spread his bugle abroad, CHAPTER XVI, 'Till tee senret be no more In tee light of one hoar as tt flies, 'Till tee secret be sweet no more Be the hour as of sans that exelre Or suits that rise," It is (Mite 11 month later, August hot and sunny, is reigning with quite a mad merriment, making the meet of the days that be, knowing full well that the end ot the sulnIner is nigh. The ;dr is stifling; up from the warm earth comae the almost overpowering perfunaei of the late 'flowers. PerPettla moving among the carnations and hol- Iyhooks in her soft, white cambric erock, gathers a few of the former in a. languid manner to place In the bo- som of hen freak. There they rest, a w Sper of blood color on themhite were undertaking ale tteetteel Mane Met." Despite their eraVery, the Boers are 13, reinarkakey simple all!uileoPele, tieeted peonie. To read thruutet teem Parliannettary eepotee is 511151y a divereloe to an Eug,istenen, ftr sulp jeets are dim telee ey ale WIllea eould never be ditemasea in the Eng - Belt HOUSE OF COMMONS, eeere are mania instanoest On one 90411011 a debate took plate upon tee cleuse that members about I appear in the Howie In broadcloth lute having white we/Ideas. One member coop plained of tee leek of unilormity in ueektioe. Serge wore a lean Thumb variety foul -others wove natives. This Was a eta° of tillage to be deplored, ancl 110 tioueidered that the Itaad should put its foot dowe and deLne tlh: Size and eleme 8 neek11es1 0.1 another oceasiom e. protracted decusairm took Oahe on the Postal Report., The Coeservatives were op. Posed to eventing pillamboxee in Pre- toria, on the ground that they were extravagant and effeminate! Oae old Dapper said he could not see why people tea ted tei be alwitye wl it - Lug letters. lie wrote none himself. In the days of his ,youth he hate write ground. ten a letter, and ha.i not been afreid Lady Baring, on the death of to travel fifty 'flees and more on her elder brotbee, had left her boreebaok mid by waggon to post it, town for the fieclusion of her country and now people complained if they had to go one pallet 5 , One day a company applied tear per- mission to erect en aerial (vain from the mine to its naitl. On tiais a mem- home, carrying Perpetua with her. She bad grown vary fond ofr the girl, and the fancy she had fom- ed, before $ir Basting's death. teak Thaddeus was in love with the young ber asked whether an aerial train was heiress, and that she would make him a balloon, or whether it could fly a suitable wife, had not suffered in through ehe air; while another ex - any way through the fact of Sir Thad- preseed bi objeotion to a WOrd in the deas having nOW become the head of application, "participeeren," partioip- ate, as not being Dumb., and to him in intelligible. "I can't believe the word is Dutch," ha said. "Why bave I never come across it in the Bible if 11 Ai,s7"' veryunpleasant inoident is told with regard to the British Reeident at Pretoria -Sir Jacobus de Wet, When the Reformers were in prison, it was noticed that official representatives of other countries appeared to have un- equal fecilities offered them to 'Visit the subjects of their Gm erement, whereas iu the 1 Agent nothing of the sort existed,. CASE OF TII18 BRITISH "Freenently he was observed stand. ing outside the gaol,in the worst of weather without semter, patiently Empire, and that at that time Kruger waiting until the gaoler would deem and other Boers took office under the fit to see him- 5 In The meantime the official would stroll through tee yard British Goverement. Kruger retain- ed his office tor some time after he frliadlirC:EvfteEoafaft: . 9taotilisragobordl!nates, bad concerned himself in the Repeal perienced in kee. ag the rnepreseenetax: the family. To Be Continued, UNDER THE MICROSCOPE. A LOOK AT THE TRANSVAAL FROM VERY CeOSE QUARTERS. Onr Soldiers Are at ThIN Sloment Doing Their nest to Get a honk at the Tram. va .1 From Vrillita. Money has played a curious part in Iter. Kruger's career. It must be re- membered that the Transvaal was once actually annexed to the British agitation, bo " Mr. Fitzpatrick declares that he fleetly resigned his position on being refueed en increased remunera- tioa for which het had repeatedly ap- plied. He further, declares that Kruger would bave remained, a loyal British subject if be had been given a rise in his screw 1 A good story is told 'of Mr. Kruger as a young man, which shows that he was quite able to take care of himself. "Once 'ellen out hunting on foot Mr. Kruger, after climbing to the top of kopje, foliar' that he had bean Been by a number of hostile natives, who were thee running towards elm, some to climb the hill, others branching out to surround it, ele knave that those. on the flat eoued cub him off before he could descead, and that his only chance lay in 'bluff.' Stepping on to the outermost ledge in full view of the ;manly, he calmly laid down Ms rifle, drew off first one and then the other of his homemade hide boots, in those poorer days worn without soaks, arid, after quietly knocking the sand out of them, drew them on' again. By this time the natives had stopped to observe leint Be then picked up his rifle again, and, -turning to an imaginary force behind the kopee, waved to the right and teen LO the left, as though direeting thane to charge round each end of the hill. The next instant the Kalfirs were , l'UeL RETREAT. In the rime:Inge of the Transvaal Par- liaMent he Leniently 'Dees be temper and clears out oe the house in a great passion. One day one of the members declared that the public works were badly administered, Then the Presi- dem. dashed duwn tee papers Pa, Trent ot him Beet etalked. our, of the Mead, after emphatically denying - thee money had been wasted. On another mmasioa he hanged out of the Read be.. mune Soineeue suggested that a Mir, um -keeper wan mmessary. At yet mother time he cried out, "III anyone does leob believe ma, let him call me a liar at 0.110111" lino matter under dis. cuesion was official salaries. The President was in fawner of the in - ermine, and, declared that if there was e failing off in the revenue he would 81 01190, REDUCE THE SALARIES. Mr. leitztieliiiek has had only too namy opportunities of seeing Presi- (lout Kruger, and tele is how he sums him apt -.Picturesque, OS Lhe figure oe one who by his character and will made eon held les pecelle; magnificent, as mie who M the Mee of the blackeet tortane never wavered from Ids sten or faitered iu hie effort; who, with a courage that seemed and still seems fatuous, but velaith may well be called heroie, seood up agaiest the, might of the greatest empire in the world." To the bravery of the Boers Mr, Pitapat dole tette; geeerotte Minute. "It niust be remembered," he sayS, "to their evernoolug anent, that they, as aid the Southereere in the American Civil War, robbed the cradle and the grave to defe Id their country. Boye W110 weve mere ohietrou bore. titles fery utterly as long es thenetelves; ole mem who bad merely earned by a lite of hard:4111p and oxiamilre an 110/00011 y from :mob, fettle, jumeed oil their horsee and re 11 without hemit a lion nee without previ ion LO light Is their indeptenten, e. None dare lee 18 1'Iho .ddr0 s't !doh 0,045d I hem 111 take up arum against the greatest tive of her Majesty outside in therein and mud, Upon occasions when, he was afforded admission he was hust- led through the yard by a warder a d not allowed to hold conversation with ;any of the prisoners. On several oc- casions he complained that he was 00 - fused admission by order of the. gaole er, and the spectacle of England's re- presentative being turned away by an ignorant and ill -conditioned official like Du Plessis was not an edifying one, "It is only necessary to say that upon an othasion when Du Plessis adopted tee same tactics towards the Portuguese Consul that gentleman proceeded at once to the presidency and demanded as his right free adrnis. sion to the gaol whenever he chose to go, and the right was promptly recog- nised, although there was no subject of his Governmene at the time within the precincts." Our soldiers are busy just now in foreleg their way to Pretoria, and, in view of this, Mr. Fitzpatrkk's acoou t of a former scheme for taking the town is of interest, An arrangeraent was made with Dr. jameson to "maintain a force of some 1,500 moulted men, fu ly equippe 1, a number of Maxims, and Some field artillery; that he was, in addition to this, to have with him 500 spare rifles Ind a quantity of spare ammunition; and that about 5,000 rifles, three Maxim guns, and 1,000,000 rounds a ammunition -was to be SMUGGLED INTO JOHANNESBURG., It teas caloulated that in the town it - telt there woul(1 be perhaps LOA rifles privately owned. Thus, In the event at a junetioni of forces being effected, Johannesburg, would be able to cone mand about 9,000 armed 111081, Willa El faiereqouipfnent of machine guns land O antin "Nor was this all, for on the origin. al plan it eves intendea to seize the fort and magazines at Pretoria. And cirourestatmes favoured the plans of the 3ohannesburg men. The sur- roueding wall of the fort -.'a mere bar- rack -had been removed on one side in order to offset some additions; there 18000 only about one hundred men stationed there, and all except hall a dozen could be counted on as being asleep after 1/ p.m. There never "was a simpler sensational task in the world than of seizing the Pretoria foxe-fifly meu Gould lame done 11, But there was more to be does than the SOUS taking. In the fort there were known Lo be some 10,000 rifles, ten or twelve field -pieces, and 12,000,0.0 rouede of small -arm ammunition, and it was designed to seize the fort and the railway' on the night of the out- break, and by means ott one or two trains to carry off as much material 11/1 et:et/Able and destroy the rest," But this plan, aS everybody knows, never came off, , 10 MARE GLASSWARE SHIM!. Discolored Olasses allade aa Weight 0 Tumblers and wine glasses lahou'd be washed in hot water and rinsed in cold, and should be dried with ; than oloth 8.8 boon tte possible, env when perfectly dre eubbea with tin eue paper. For cruets, decanters, Ole iSIST up thine clean newspapers ine pewits about 011 big as ten Cent pieces, put. into bottle% halt -filled wit]. warm writer ; give bottles a 'eatery motion. Ween clean, deant and it little praetice thrOWs Mit the paper They will be es bright am new. Te Mean gles•es-wilie ;dames espectintly have brenout d1svolored 00 mire, tem &gar asees, ft -lotion and a damp elate. 8, 1080 VORRRSPONDENT'S NARRATIVES. rimy Te I er the Bone at i'vaarr Meer tir ettfialXinetyuca's etenett-liee ?Nonni ‘nxli4 British war oorreeponderits pee lenteing le by mealle Of the malla eel- tunee of deacriptions et the (Mere,' Bone in Solite Afrioa. The Times eerrestiondeut at Modder River eas Written 0. genii -hie account of the Meg, Beree eattle that takes I. s naMe fro* that stream. "Poe tee weole oe the dey," he write% "the Guards bri- gade lay' on the oPea veldt in a heat thet Waif actually 110 degrees In the shade at mid-dny. hleanetile the left Plage Mid me been idle, end after the General Cad kerecnailY led them to the SUUIOILL O a slight rise that 0011)- 513a00ed the only eoesiule means of croesing the river -the dein that had been bele1 to turn the Monier River into art ornememai ttater for the plc- nies of the nimberley extursionists-- they moved in eeetion towel -de the eeatreofeift. theeeiver bank on the enemy s xem RECKLESS HEROISM. "That it eould ever be ettempted to cross the river slieing sideways through the rush of water, one Ly one, olluging to the Atilt eueportst in full view of the oppoeite shure, was an act of reckless heroism, against whieli even the wary Cronje had not Deo - vide& This was am eel*,done, and' one at a time some Mimi them cross- ed. Then a cletacement of lhe Royal Engineers fe..oned than, and little by little a farce was collected, whicli cleared several of the uearest hetiseS On the right and effected 1111 000111/11L1011 of an irrigteion patch, from whieh.they wove never elelotiged. To fight tor le hours 15 1131 oretial that in an) kind oe earfare would be a terrible strain; Lute un the shadeiess veldt, with the Lhermoin der at the degree above mentioned, Lhe meows - Lion Ltiffered by our men elle 90 great that in bundreds 01 closes 10911 and officers mike slept as they 111510 Lee scrub, careless of the shell and elite fire that surged over th in. To pro- vide them with Moe was im, °senile, and 'to bring a Wa er cart 011 10 the field was only tweeting men to ex- pose themselves to death. ONE -POUND MAXIM GUN. "The one -pound tiasiTe gun was the most effective weapon used by the Boers. The five or six slims fired in one seeond while the gun was tra- versed had inore moial effect than the steady discharge of shrapnel from the ordinary ,5-eountltir a1 half- mieute intervals. One man hot Ler from me had both thighs blown off as he sat, by one of these little shells landing on the ground between than, but there is no question that the moral effect was as a rule greater than the practical reales." Of the lessons to be learned from Modder Weer, this cotreseontlen, says: "It will be impossible in may future war for the °fevers to retain their swords, and it will be worth while for the War Officer to construct some light carbine that may be car- ried by teem instead of the weighty rifle served out to the men." TACTICS OF THE BOERS. "Early in the afternoon the generel was shot through the thigh, end for some time the two brigades, in the ab- sence of orders, vvere compelled Meet independently, the only command be- ing a warning: to the Ninth Brigade not to fire upon the first, of which there was some danger. "Tee magnificent =inner in welch the Boers had realized and nuene. n. ed the strength of the position, the sue - /lees with whith they had kept their tvorks and disposeions secret until the orUoial momentehe feint. on the ex- treme right by which they drew off the entire artillery strength of our force from their mein poeition, and the astonish ng ac,ou racy of their 110,1 - ed shots at the longest reeve, should all be remembered to the credit of their generals. «1181 11 was in the ma- terial which formed the commandos that they failed. They could not do more than they actually did with the men under their commence Already jealousies had sprang up between the generals, the men aeoused each other of cowardice, and the threat of physi- cal force had, if rumors were true, to be beld over them more than once." J30ERS COME IN CARRIAGES. "But I (meld not: in all that week state e. more astonishing fact than teat at sonae of these battles the bet- ter olass of Boers bave come to battle en their carriages like gentlemen driving to the Derby at home, and, having done their best, have retiree 1110 same way, leu.ving their vassals to cover teeir retreat," From the Ladysmith eorrespondent of the Daily Chroniale comes a grim touch of besieged misery: "Diehevellee women are peering out of their dens In the rocks and boles in the Band. They. crawl into the evening light eitaking the dirt from their Vell.icoatt and the sand from 1 heir back hair Then rub the children's faces roun. with the Mils of their gowns. Tem tempi scraps ol flames to take t11. shill of the yello38 water for the chil- dren s tea. After sundown a steady Soothe drizzle settles down upon US.' THE 13A.TTLE. AT BELMONT. Julian Ralph, writing for 'the Deily Hail, says : "Let mo deseribe the to, 01 one small hill in the Belmont en - Metalline the one In storming whiter ,he brave Grenadiers suffered part o. 1 herr teartully heavy, loos. On. tide ltopjo the Boer etirornander had born. pelted the poorer 0108( 01' the tiOnireitn,l'o lo nor. foe teeeks. I took It thift thee, wore Men of the servant end the 15. borer class. Their dead, wilose um Le Sad nagloel a 1 bodice I' sew 51'(l (111 the Britieh ballets awl bayonets fate , teem, ettniirmed this theory, for they •were poorly clad, unsletven, unelean Mid iniugry looking, I knew witen h OEM 1311011 MOO enlong tee dead, tee woended and the Itrleoliere, how lt ;meld be teat white men eould Misuee the white flag and rueek the fumed IturPO311/1 of the Genova cross. "'rile food, the dirt and the extra- ordinary profusion of oartridgee and certritige wrappings Wore all mixed together, but the carte and disorder were not ea offeneive as the grime' Iteestile °Condition of the deed. "If I eoulcl write steadily for a weee, and it there web no meth stria censombip as lettere me, I could not exhaust the ilet of peculiarities 00- Centrieities, anomallee and noveltiee ot Ude War waged againet us by an undisciplined force of rebele, wbo are soldiere by inatinat nod lath:tore or cellte raisers tor liveithood. VICTOdIA'S PRIVATE MUSEUM. 11* reratidir III bo,o1 Littlediaewit goon 81* viienser There is at Windsor Castle a priv- ate museum which is of Very recent da' a and in tee formation of welch her elajeety has taken an immense,amount o in, erast, Its treasures are in manY eases oZ Uniqua valtle, bole from their 111.F00101.11.01S and their intrinsic) woe I h. In 1800 some workmen engaged in Mating out a set of apartments that had long remained unused, and which were situated in the tower, came me- mo sorae old lumbar, as they' imagined it to be, in a pastage which was eutle blocked Up with it, On oloser emmination, however, the "lumber" turned out to be a colleetion of most interesting and valuable reales, whine very existence had been forgotten for gen rations. Her Majesty took great interest in the find, and, in conjunction with the inspector, concaved the, idea of melt Mg a pritate museum et thescl and smear tretieures in the lower vesti- Lute, an apacfment near the equer- ries' entrance on the ground floor, 11 was just at this time, that Sir 'Herbert. leitehener, now Lord hitch- ener of Khartoum, paid a visit to Windsor on the conclusion of the Don - goat eepedition in 1897. He brought wi la hien several trophies of Het cam- paign, which tee emeen erootenly or - floret' to memo the first Cab9 of her new museum. These treasui es con- sisted OP WAD B1SHARA'S RED BANNh'R 11 it, tin ra 11 , wee meter- et, a. the tattle of leek/et ; aim a erutader's sword, Lound in his hoese, amt with a Spanish motto in German oharactere, which- Lays: "DO not ..heatne me w..huut honor.' In thit 041.,0 too, the eneeu has placed the Atglain truphies presentee' to her le, Lore Roberts ten years preeetouely. the SL.001111 contains several notable artmtee, mime er 13111011 IS IL 11110 1110501 10911 0, 91.9011L101194r 5 9X0, 18111031 13es. ev Mal fly .,een great service and waren was given to the teueeiu by S,r et Leant Cougreve, who invented the war ream - The 0001 ease has a unique peewi- t:tie 0. Imamate' feather moake fer b euegme to t.ome chief. m the euu h See. Wands. Cm a charming neLwora are sewn feathers St/ impute that teed iorm a smooth, Cnii.b,d tar- tan°, in Mack, yellow and red colors. 11.1.043. oi the-, aro s.aglt.. feall.ers of a very run:. .pecieLA of earrot, and each o„ the atagnaiount °Intim Me Lem valuea by experts at not lees than ett0,0.0, I On tur.her inquiry it ea , toued thee tee, had been given by the King of , he Sanewieli lelands, 10 18_4, to tee Majeety, Mug George 1V. In the tourth ease are a great sot ot Nepaulese kni,ms aud daggtre used in our Indian frontier campa.gtif by the Ghoorka and eimilar triees. The "le.okri" or aboorka, eghting ku fa, which the native uses 111 preterence to the sword or bayonet, is wed worth attention. Cas No. 5 dieplays the head and .k'n of an enermous Indian lion, around weleh 'have been grouped the anetent Hanoverian standard.; of the iret three Georges; some weapons of the Zulus tak n at Iearadl lana, some linty caparisoned saddles of war llersudt es'o iThaooatp "srieoPeititi'd" drarbow' y.1 ute liT. natives of Borneo. The next collection is a vary' fine and unique one, being that of n. PlIC- eessian of spurs, of all shapes end art% from the Wars of the Roses till to -day, With these are planed six nieces of 1 late which feemeely e longed to the Therty-eecond Reggae/It. They will at once strike the plumed - mat al tontifro by tit ir extreorelnery -haps, being twisted le tee most fe n tas- .10 arrengements, Thie was au, tr, 118 effeets of a shot which struck the regimental plate obest during the lege of' Lueltnew. Caeo No. 8 may be midi to repro." ant Wfir 11/011001111 of various mem- 'ries. They are old muskets and Men- lerbutteee ot the Presentee, Froceli Hanoverian% Ruesiane, Portuguese, tInentee end Englieh. Also A -elven war ha'ehete and bentruers, togrlh,,,r 'vila "ninnies of spears and arrow lifetds of the North Americao Then there are the shields and wee none of Asiatic stiveges, as well/ ns etf uch nations as the Chinese midi Isp. 'mese, IITINDREDS ArtF, READY, Premier Rett"tein, of the Territories, reports thel Lord Strati -leo 111 would have 310 ditficulty in tin -ling hundrees of good, (nen only too glad of the op - porta ity to make up his contingent for South Africa, Reedrede of first - clans num were refused' glaees on the sononti eiontingent. Mr. ITS attain .(154 thal it woull he a great intsleke In pines 1:been/et under evy but weet. effeeere, Cent ea will have no tined 11 nehtme 1 ot the physique of the 131 mitere men, 11EALTII. W/145 YOU MEDD GLASSES, minute who eats so dist in her eyeeiget, will net, es a rule, need 010,01Sea bolter() she is 45. SeMe PeePle, however, put teem en et 40, while others ofiet poetpoete the evil day toetil GO, though 'that ia rather unesual, When she eaenot reasPline print at a distance ee 12 ieehes frau] her Mem, leer them has come for glasses, Ifor, etrenge aa it may seem, witb tee Ottm. Ing of ago to tee eye% people remit bold tite object further wilt, from them. So it is not ;mammon to hear women say to a friend weo wears • glasses: "1 euPpose you are near, Sighted,. Now, i 001. Very far-sighted; I me see thing's e good way off bet- ter than 1 eau Ohnie ta." I,,00r woman I She has never been to an oeulist, and does not know that her farmighteduess" 109008 oely that her oyes are Rifting. Some, et addition to this, will come a smarting and burning that will frighten her into ponaulting her physician, and then the verdict vs,111 be "glasses all the time." New, the woman, w ho has not too much personal vanity, when the first symptoms come, will see an expert and ascertain just what kind of glasses she should heve. tt not, elle may find out her mistake later, as did a woman who, buying some trouble with ear eyes, bouget a cheap pair of glasses then broke one of them and thouget she would consult ati oculist before getting nehr ones. She found sheeted a very bad astigmatism in one eye, and,. as her glasses were not fitted for it, she had been using the other eye alone, all that Lime. The wise woman, who gets the glasses, as soon as see needs thorn, will find she has, et first, to wear them wily in the evening, whoa reading or owing. A little leder see will always have to wear them when doing either; but, by putting tbean on as soon as needed, she has overcame the necessity of wearing them all tee Lime and probably will not have to until see be- comes a very old woman and her van- ity liss departed. Her molest if he Is not too faseion- able, will advise her to wear speotacles, ff he is a "swell" and accustomed to deal only with " carriage patients." he will know better than to say this, He will perhaps have to put up with the stylish, superailioua lorgnette; but, in his swat heart, he knows the patient will have to come again. But the oc- ulist whose patients are among all sorts and conditions of men and wo- men always advises spectacles, and the former generally take his advice, The latter, however, hold up their hands, in holy horror and exclaim, "Do you want Me to look like a grandmother? No doctor, I'll never consent to those, but, if you insist, 5 will wear eye- glasses, thoegh I honed you would tall me it was only a little cold I had in ray ayes teat made them smart so." PNEUMONIA REMEDY. Boil together one pound of lard, one ounce of camphor gum, cool, teen stir in two tablespoons liquid ammonia, two of turpentine, Keep in a tight box or bottle. Spread on a flennel for the lungs as often as needed. Use In sea- son. For a bad ease of pneumonia put on hot. For a little delft, add more lard; it will relieve croup at onoe or stop a cold. 12'2TUE NUTRITIVE VALUE. The carrot, parsnee turnip, beet and millsh have latle nutritive value, be- ing mostly wetter. Tney cannot be said to be important articles of diet, but for change and variety they have some value, They are also very useful in making vegeeable aoups. The use of celery is ex.end,ng rapidly, and when properly grown Curn:shes a delicious rel sb end considerable nutriment. It has some reputation es an antidote for rheuinatism, bul other appelizieg fruits are no doubt68411,3.117 useful. It has also a reputation for promoting sleep. ItCefe 11, CLOS.E RQQ.M. When a room gets very eloee, and as will ofteo happen, 'especially in a alter mom, there is e disagreeable amell, it may quickly be diepelled by opening the windows for a few min- utes, pouring a little Eau do Cologne into a dish which will resist heat, and then setting it alight. As it burns, the fumes of the seent penetrate all t hrough the room, making it fresh and sweet again. A.romiltd3 vinegar. will answer the slum purpose if poured on vess,1 that has prevlously been made very hot; indeed, many people prefer 1110 smell of the vinegar. 555,5 TO MAKE cowanms. It has been proem] that the compara- tively harmless bombarding, so for as wounds are ooncerned, oe a besieged I oWn. is terribly demoralising to the braveat Men, \Viten 11 1 hail burs s near a group of twenty men, It na ,5 itill oue and wound two, while the remsinieg save enteen esolipe without a ;foretell. It titi-iiellsobeturfeounnt1,ho ov0 rite heev se ,mtah amt. 0 rtartgya ion! No matter how tron-nervel lefty were before, they are tiOW immolate and .1111id, and all lleit teculties are weak- ened. Very often they ere jecretl at by their 00111111tIOS b(1011 1188 01 this change. But this is utterly un- tust-in Met, their brain ao 1 spinal - cord have been in,jurod by Mpg ,1,104 hinny Shaken against the walls Of their bony cavitiee. The same thing occurs In vailwan (iota:eons. People who were robeet ix:tome unite feeble and nervoini, th,.0,16-,,,11 they maymot,have reneived 116'1'411tiush.e'terioue Mete. in the oneteoi sole diere iS well-rreogniesn by 310(8 0115 under the nerne of ths mental Mentes oe explosives, The 5113111 s are Thally Waite as phyeical as ti shattered log, foe thee 0000853. 01(1 kimi if bruising of the very delinete Benue Of the sig0. al-eord and braiet •