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The Brussels Post, 1900-3-1, Page 2eet44646474444****444444•640* The Prime Minister's Cou Meraing a the day! after to-lelerreve," *to "Gogd," pUntod Minieter for rerelOU Armielit, bantling tern the eeal.; The alieuten Welling Was gray and nit 4444144Gv this int° oir exesty LoParliaMent StrePte, „, 'Obsolete Derent'll hackle at the eaelleet Bi.g13en, looming' UP 41inneL '4""3 posatele ntiontent—aud," he added, "ro. leaden ek,Y, had °Wm" Mlle °gm*, emu' fleece I admit ere extrameleaM- lbustelese men were hurrying toward ildenitsi. n its smonts welts kiinwn, Charing CrOSS, eager to cOmmence the all our diplomacy Weuld be thwarted days' work, the pollee about Wiiitte _you uneoeseemt tx hell were going Off duty mad isteaten- "Exactly," repled the captain, tak- tng to warm themeelves, and the sen- " however' Hada at the Horse Guard were tng ithe document. I trustthat nayi peeve:me iservieea have shown avenging guard, The great blocks of my truetworthieess." Governmeut Offieee Were not yet op; "Of couree, of coulee," the eland Said, en even fourth divistert °Mae wor-„, no'quickly. "In you, Capttain Macdonald, t due for teeether bour and their Qn e as hes a faithful servant. prineleals not for a couple of hours the more, yet the Moet Noble thelVlarquis 1)0f;taaet thkx oriels” the Miniater of )Yrecolestield, her Majeety 's Primeadded, "You are carrying baqkward Minister and Principal Secleetary and forward tierces Europe wrote. State for Foreign Affairs, was in his which Might land Us in ware or es - private room overlooking the great trange as from every possible alliance, quadrangle in Downing etreet, busy With umsortemaione spies abbut you, with the affairS Of tee pewee ma au you have on, every band, it behoovee pim. you to Ire.ep your eyes alvvara °Pen.' He bed el otered that room„ Itaodonald smiled. alter midnight, teken the broad a We are too Weyer for tbose bon of the Garter trom across (emoting persons,” he laughed. "The ahirl-front—,for he had been attending tapy is more euecessful In Franca, op in a reception at the German Embassy— Italy; for there he cant bribe. The cleverest spy has ,never touched a °reseed dispatch. of your lordship's." And that is a coedit to your corps. In no other messenger service in Burape could, that be 'mid. It le true, as Belmar* once remarked to me, only, the Bnglieh are honest. But you're losing time," added his lordship, hastily. "Go. An.di good luck to you on your journey." The captain, with the dispatch ni his pactket, strode out, closing the doer, and the great Minister was once more alone. Ab half -pest eight that same even- ing Maodonald sat in the small but - let at the Gare de Lyon! an Paris, where he was weLL known, calmly eat- ing, has dinner. He dined there, Per- haps, on an average °met a week throughout the year, and Sean, the Lead -waiter, always advieed him, as to his dishes, That night he had eaten exceedingly well, and now idled over eaffee, a green ehartreus and a good oigar, awaiting the departure of tbe Rome express, He had wired from Charing Cross securing his berth in the wagon-lit, and as he( made it a rule never to join a train until it was on the point of de/parture he took mat- tere very easily, Matting and joking With the manager ol the buffet. At last the clock struck nine, the bustle and excite.ment on the platform where the Italiasi xnail was beteg put tn increased, and a ticket -collector be- gan calling parseengers for Laroche, Macon, Dijon, Au-lee-Dains and Mo - delle to take their places whereupon the Queen:es messenger paid his bill tardily and strolled in a leisurely mathaer to the sleeping -car. The conductor touched bis hat re- ispestfully as he entered, and said, t'1 have given nesieur the center talon, ae usual." "Number Six?" "Yes, m'sieue." Tee coeduotor, Bin:mance had been known to ham fpr years. He had traveled hunricireds of journeys with him and the Nord, tee Orienti and the Nice expresses, and this official oft the International Sleeping Car Corapany knew all -his likes and dislikes. The car that night was pretty full, for a party of Americans was going through to Rome. Ere he had placed hu bag in his berth, however, the horn was blown, end the train moved otf on its long journey to the south of Europe. For an hour, as wee; hie habit, the captain sat in the aorridor oft the, car, emoking, sipping; the whisky and soda which Boonaud brought him, chatting with one or two of his fellow -travel- ers, and making himself just asmuch at eaea as though he were isi his own chambers in St. James's Street. In- deed, apending nearly half hie life in these ears, he was absolutely at home in them. He was the last to turn In, and when the train ran onto Amberieur at a quarter met five next morning, al- thougla 11 was still dark, descended and °teamed, two long glasees of cateem-laa, one for the captaui moment we are within twenty -Our and • one for himself. He took hours of war, and the boor of Eng- one to the door of Berth Number land is in my elands." Six and knocked. He heard a re- lies took from his 'pocket a telegram eponee Inside, and announced, "Cale, which he had recaived over the private meieere. Then, setting the glass on wire on the previous night, and reread the flour before the door, he wan Min- h. The words in cipher for bis eyes (enact to descend again to the plat - alone were from his Sovereign Lady Zorm, to speak with the, controller of the train. The inetane however, Bon- naud had left the car, the door of the compartment next Macdonald's opened noeelessly, and a man's hand reached roundand dropped a tiny white tab- loid into the steaming coffee. A second tater the door closed, and the may eound was the captain stir- ring. Next moment be =bolted his door and took in the tease. The scene in the adjoining compart- ment was meanwhile, a somewhat curious one. The little chamber, like Macdonald's, contained two berths, and was eeparated from his by a cies- ed door, so arranged that the two com- partments could be thrown into one at will, Le occupants were a tall, dank -bearded, gentlemanly man, and a goodelooking woman attired quietly in a dark -green traveling -dress with a little satchel at her weed In that man.ner affected by Frenchwomen when traveling. In the corridor on the previous night Maedonald had evoker' with them, and found that they were Parisians, husband and wife, and a very pleasant pair. le was plain, however, that; neither had slept. They convereed only in low whispers, and tho man, whom. she addressed as Graeae stood with; his eye to a small gimlet -hole Inc the paneling. "Goodl" he whispered at last an Emma, "Ile's drank the Lot, aed he haen't relocked the door, The thing spent has 1101 on rtialwaye, and had the I quite easy now." Then, lifting the limes of departure and arrival on the blind, he looked out. "How infernally Europe,an trunk-linee committed to dark it is. We ought to wait, r elm- - —eev NO that be had no use. for e poet, for the light," ("Matinee Bradshaw. , "But dekty they upset everything,' "Ah I Maedonald," his lortimhip ex- oMearved his companion. claimed as the man entered, "I'm glad "I've given him aufficient," the man 111 your turn to oarry dispatohes. 1 Raid, el IMIY, "He won't trouble us, wee, you to go to Rome without dee Only I -mob ft, would got light Aeon." fay. When shall you arrive?" "I hope you haven't green ben an 'If 1 leave Charing Cross In half ail overdoee,' the woman eaid, approben- hour's time," said the Queen's mes- firmly, "If anything happened, there +imager, glaneing at his aveich,•"I shall enght be some very awkward m- ho( in Rome at seven o'clock in thet quirtes." placed It carefully in a drawer, turn- ed up his shirt-ouffs as was hls hab- it, and sat down to write. Heedless of time, he had written on, the silence broken only by the =retching of his quill, rising only °nee to drink a glass of water and to pace the room two or three times about in deep ',bought. There he had returned to his work, penning a dispatch with his own hand and reduoirte it to cipher of fig- ures by ski of the small leather- bpund book open at his elbow. A grave, gray -bearded, scanty - haired man, he possessed keen dark eyes whiela had not lost their bril- liancy although he was nearly seventy. Something of a misanthrope in private life; a retiring man who hated popu- larity, wJao never spoke in public un- less absolutely compelled from politi- cal motives, he was nevertheless ao- knowledged from end to end of Eu- rope as the greatest living diplomatist and the most successful. Foreign Min- ister England had ever possessed, To preserve the old tradition of hie an- cient and noble family, and serve his sovereign, were his only aims, and to that end it was no unusual thing for him to work through the silent hours while London slept, ane then drive in a hansom to his great dismal old house in Grosvenor Square, w,liere he lived, a lonely and essentially simple life. Twenty years ago his wife had died, and beyond the servants, his nephew, who acted as 'his private secretary, was the only other resident in that severely furnished barrack, A. pro- digious worker, he would frequently be busy for twenty hours out of the twenty-four, examining and master- ing the dispatches which came to him daily from her Majesty's Ambassadors abroad, sealed in those well-worn boxes of red morocco, making notes, deciding the most difficult points of an intricate diplomacy, and giving ad- vice to one and, all of her representa- tives, at the various courts of Europe. Five thousand pounds per year was certainly au inadequate remuneration for his onerous office. No man in all England had suoh grave responsibility, for often upon those words he wrote depended the integrity and proeperity of the great empire. i.A.s Big Ben boomed forth, he glanced at his watch. Then, having written another line, he appendedlais well-known sprawly signature, col- lected the written sheets of blue dis- pateh-paper with its wide margin and les word, "Confidential," printed In the corner, and having taken from a drawer an envelope upon which was a large., broad cross in scarlet, he sealed it with the old-fashioned cut amet hyst attached to his waclecbain and bearing his arms. Then he sighed heavily, rested his wearied brow upon his hands, and af- terward rose, drew up the blind and stood at the window, gazing gravely out upon the silent quadrangle of the Foreign Office where the pigeons were strutting in the gray morning. "It must be done—must" be mur- mured. "IL is a sacrifice—a great sacrifice—but it is imperative. At this tee Queen. Thrice he paced 1 he room from end to end, his chin upon his breast, his thin, nervous fingers twitching in ag- itation, murmuring: "I wonder how it will all endi Ah 1 I wonder?" And he halted. drawing a long breath. There was upon his ashen face a look of profound alarm. A sharp tap upon the door caused him to start, and there entered a tall, steare.looking man of about forty, wearing a heavy travelling -ulster, wholes gait showed him to be an offi- cer and whose easy bearing made it plain that he was on intimate terms with the. Premier of England. Hie friendly feeling loverard the personnel of the Foreign °Mee was one of the mei:rots oi the Marquis of Macoles- field's meccas. He was a man of few words, even to the Permanent Under- Seeret arias, but he was accessible to all, of whatever grade. The man who had entered was a fale-muattiolied, good- looking fellow, who had come in re- eponsei to an order of his chief wbitth had reaned hixa late at night. Ea was Capt. Lionel Macdonald, oue of "the Greyhounds of Europe," or to be mare explicit, one of hr Majesty's Foreign Service lelessengers, a man to whom a journey from London to St. Petersburg wraa about as fatiguing as • journey around the Inner Cirele of tbe Metro elite* Distriot Railway, THE TT$E3lilla8 POST. "Bahl" tto ntitin langbetli as the trein, moreeelug ite speed, reared en, the Wheels griading loader heneoth them tuatil eouvereetten in WULspere became aim* fraPosstblia. Viz not a bUngiar, L04114 it to Me, if You're efreid to help," "Afraid?" the women enotel, With a curt Of the lip, "Was I afraid' When we put that German hog out of the way at Perpignan? Did I net assist Yout when we traveled from Paris to salzburg, aaul next day the newsnan- els were full of a 'mystery'? Mys- teries X don't like, We want no tery' this time, Recolleet the narroW escape we've atready had.' "Eneugh," cried the meu,' tme Patiently, hie eye -agate at the tiny hole. "Stop your chatter, Bee go - leg 01sleep,e The woman remahaed silent, eittiug an the edge of tbe eleeping-laerth. Her hat was off, tier dark hair disheveled, Lor she had reclined wide awake dur- ing the long night, and she looked pale laingxdboti,t rzeuilti yinbotfli e a flickering Limp - hour the man Grezatt kept watch, at the hole until, satesfied that the Beglishiman slept, he opened hie door carefully and look - down the corridor. Br/Miami was again asleep. Then he crept to Mace dmaald's door, opened it noiselessly, and reaching aortas drew back tbe bolt which 'secured the door en the partition between the two compart- ments, leaving next instant, and re- turning to his companion. "It's all right," he eaid. Then, glancing at his watch, he saw that it wanted a quarter to six. "In an- other quarter of nu hour we rause act, daylight or ne daylight." The minutes slowly went by, and he still kept a silent, patient watch through the gimlet -hole, until at tbe half-hour he turned to tine woman, tellLng lier to prepare all the things, addang: "He's es sound asleep, as though he were in his coffin; and," he added grtinlY, with a strange glitter in bis email eyes, "heel go there, if be moves." To be Continued. THE BROTHERS OF THE WOLF My position was indeed desperate. I had heard auffieient of their inhuman treatment of those who refused to pay ransom, Lo know that 1, having failed to outwit them, might now be murdered without the slightest com- punction. 13y that ill-advised note I had foolishly shown myself tbeir enemy.. "You have seen that open grave be- yond," the notorious outlaw said in a hard 'woke. "It is prepared for you I You will pay, or you will not leave this place, alive!" "Enough 1" I cried, sprtnging sud- denly u.pon him. "Take tbat I" and drawing my revolver, wbiela still re- mained in my pocket, apparently over- looked by them when I was ,unoon- scloqs, I fired point-blank in his face. "And that I" He sprang buck with a startled' cry, evidently amazed that I had a weapon. A third shot. I direoted al.. his com- panion; ana ere the flash had 'died away 1 hall dashed through the 'doer and up a short flight of broken steps into the light of day. emerged amid the ruins oe the great old castle; but, running to the rampart, I sprang over it, and foiind myself outside the village, with the path by which I had ascended deep down before me. Away 1 Reashed far life. Behind me sounded wild shouts and vehement manes; and as I ran rifles cracked be- hind me, and several bullets whistled unpleasantly about, my ears. Tbe hasty footsteps of my pursuers grad- ually gained upon me, and I knew that it would be useless to make any stand against them. Therefore, heedless of where I went, and urged tot take ter- rible leaps by a courage begotten of a strong desire for life, I, aped on; down, down the mountain -side, until reached the broken bridge and the highroad, where I found that, having successfully leaped several places where my pursuers feered to follow, had onee more gained con- eiderably upon them. Those wild leap saved MA. Again My pursuers fired at me; but their bullete went wide. Tbe Ave Maria was ringing when, having joined my anxious driver, wbo watt waiting for me at the hamlet, I drove into Ponte e Serragtio; and it was past midnight when our wheels rattled over the uneven pelibtes of gray old LUOOft. Next morning I told my story to the Questore, or chief of police, and then went my way, full of vivid reeds Motions of my exciting adventure, Slime then, during the past year, the daring robberies and outrages commit- ted by the Brothers of tee Wolf have been innumerable. -A paragraph winch I, hotvever, read SOMA SIX weeks ago in the Tribune caused me considerable satisfaction. Ihe cutting, now before mu ea 1 ?write, translated, states that a terong forte of Carbineers secretly ascended to the village of Monte Lupo by night, and sueceeded Ici surprising tbe outlaws. A flame encounter en- sued, during which the guarde suc- ceeded in shooting the ringleader Conti and 'four of his companions, Some twenty prisoners were taken, all of whom were recognized as desper- ate thieve's, intending the Syndics, who was alleged to have profited oonsid- ably by the depredations of the villag- ers, and to have given nem) his coun- tenanee and protention. The Minister of the Interior had, on hearing of this, issued an order that the village should be destroyed by explosives, and thia bad been done after the household' of.. feats of the whole place had been heaped up and burned. "The Carbineers demovered a large quantity of stolen property hidden in the ancient fortress," the paregrepb continstes ; "but what was strangest ot all was a *Member wherein was an open kgrave. In this horrible place, one of the antlent dengeoas o .Ithe nestle, was a coffin containing the body of a vie! lin apparently awaiting burial it quicklime. At first the gun Hs were horrified ; but their hor- ror was turned to laughter whee they found that tbe OPpesme body wae reality only a Wive -faced dummy, and that the whole tonne wee ctieningly arranged to terrify the vietima from wheal the thieeee eildearored to ex.' tort money," The ea:Planation Of the open greys) Wail buleoroue enoneh ; but there is at this moment when I write a terrible Pionre posted on the' uotiee-betird of the Communal Palace oe Lamm( it Is a gtruesortee picture et the notorious' brigand Conti and his aoue cempanione whose bodies Were, after (Meth, taut* up aealnet a wall and Photographed, by order of the Italian Government, ao that the public should know that the scoundrels were reelly dead, and like - Wise to warn ell other outlaws oC the fete awaiting them, As for my affab:e friend the Syndic), be la at preeent on the island of Elba, serving e sentence of ten years' imprisonment, I revisited Monte Lupo, witn some Englith friende It few deys ago. The dynamite of the corps of Engineere has done its work well, for there is scaree- ly one stone standing upon another, MODERN PHOTOGRAPHY. Itorvelloaff treats le. Mir end Peace Pre 'rerateil ey the Me Willi the Camera. At the earesent time, the practical application of the camera to warlike purposes is an all -engrossing subjeet. For many years past it has been ous- tertiary for our mtlitery balloonists to carry cameras with them into plead - land. By this means, they are not only enabled to obtain the most in- valuable information, both as to an enemy's true strength and ,position, but also as to the general character of the surrounding country. Unfor- tunately, however, It is considerably easier to transport cameras than bal- loons, and for this reasoa the detach camera could only be employed upon comparatively rare occasions. This difficulty, however, half since been overcome by raeans of the PHOTOGRAPHIC PARACHUTE. This remarkable instrument is snugly folded into an asbestos-lieed•metal case, placed at the business -end of a large rocket, which is fitted with a time -fuse. Cn attaining the highest point of its fright, the parachute is automatically released by the ex- plosion of the fuse, and slowly eom- mences its downward journey. To the bottom of the parachute is attached a fully -loaded cirmera, con- taining a large nienber of plates, which are ex.posed one after the oth- er by means of clockwork, In order to prevent the whole contrivance sailing gaily into the enemy's camp, a strong but' light line is reeled out as the rocket ascends, by means of wheel the subsequent` deseent uf the para- chute can be guided Intel any desired direction. At the }tame t.me, a judi- etous pull upon tbe line will convey a swinging motion to tee camera, by means of which its pictures — whia are, of course, instantaneous — can be made to include a WIDER EXPANSE Ole COUNTRY. Perhaps one of the most marvellous photographic feats on record was the successful picturing Of bullet in full flight by Peofessor Boys. The (principal diffioulty was, of course, to get a sufficiently Short exposure, for the modern magazine - bullet used in the experiment travele at. the rate of 8,000ft. per second, and a too lengthy exposure would merely have shown a line—or, rather, a smear —across the picture. Virfally, by means a a most yawns apparatus, the professor obtained his ebotograpb entirely without the aid of a camera. In the first pine, he devised an electric spark which should ocoupy only the 1-10,000,000th of a second. During the period of so briet a flash— which was actuated by the bullet severing a fine lead wire, and thus oompleting the necessary eleetrical circuit — tbe projectile mad not. move a greater distance then 1 -400th of an inoh. The allot was fired a pitch-dark Lube. As, upon ite pass. age down the tube, it 'swerved tee leaden wire, the tiny, eleotrie spark threw the shadow of the bullet mom- entarily upon a pholographie plate placed upon the opposite wall of the tube. Deubtlese one of the most gruesome directiens in which the photographer is ben si COM 1 ly celled 10 practise his art is that of tbe PHOTOGRAPHY OF CORPSES. Centrnry to general belief, this is a much more commoa quest than one would imagine, and, in at least one ease, hail been attended with 11 most unexpected consummation. The case in question took elate in London a few years back. A. prominent West End photograp- her, who hod been engaged to photo- graph a dead lady, was not a little amazed when, upon developing the piethre, he diecovered a distinct blur on ono of the hands. rite only ex. planation was 1 hal either camera or body had moved, But it nould not pos. sibly have been the camera, otherwise the whole pieture must have been the whole pioture must have been similarly blurred. Therefore theiratipapnudy,handiemoprdoto. grapher was a men of action, and a few hours later a couple of doctors had the satisfac- tion Of completely resuseileting the supposed norme from tbe stele of death -like catalepsy under whith she hall sn nearly gone te that moat fear- ful of all fates—a living tomb. But that, after all, is hut another illustra- tion of the thousand and one ways in which the photographic fiend hes benefited the human race. -is A Ilasuen pony will carry a 170 tenant:I man e,01 his amen brements, Theme pomes ten pielr their Tray arming the stones of a koOje, do not Want shoe- ing, atia, in short, are exactly what lece mounted infentry want. Pen Pictures of the War. .11••••••,, A. STORY nom Alt,TINDEL, An,ainueing iricident °courted in omulealen. With the Evritiebi oocupee tion of ArundOl, The Boer adjutant et Arundel had gone out for a eouple cif daya" huntliafg, and, returning Mgt'. bbseaddle, rode etraight into the laynelatil, arfilanoenerbu.ok 'Shine aOraaa tewn, only to find our troops there dhep PAT'S REGRET. An " abeenterainded beggar," while waiting to embark a few days ago, was interviewed by an onlooker. When asked was be not sad at the nought of leaving home, lie replied: " Begorra, ant and I arian't. Ws the thought of them I lave behind that makes me loth to sail." He looked too young to poasess a wife, so his interloeutor said: "Who are you leaving? la it your parente, or your brothers and sisters " Lomanty, no 1 &ell the re- lation have X in this world, barrin' an ould uncle. It's only a couple of fat geese that were fattening up for me Christmas dinner. Troth, and it's :tor- rowful I nut whin I think of thim I An' nobody to eat than but the ould uncle." THE BIG BOER GUNS. It hes been suggested in some quar- ters that the Boers may have to sur- render through want of amxnunition, but this is not probable, OS they are reported to have started the war with over 259,009,000 rounds in store, most of which hae been brought up by the Cape Railway Government. What Is far more probable is that they will Soon be handicapped by the want of big guns, some of welch mhst neces- sarily Noon be put out of action by excessive firing. Up till now, how- ever, the Boort lave hit us harder with their infentry fire than with their artillery. This is proved by tbe fact that the majority of OW wounded eases have not been serious ones. Many who were wounded nit Belmont and Gramma have returned lo duty or are aboet to do so shortly." , A CAPTAIN'S BLUNDER. Writing with referene.e to tbe af- fair at Nieholson's Nek, a correspon- ant hays: "1 am told by one of the survivors tbat the gallant eolonel hop- ed to finish witb a. bayonet chierge and expend all the ammunition, but suddenly a captain of tbe Gloucester Regiment, whose name had better be withheld pending inquiry, being se- verely wounded, ordered the white flag to be raised. Thereupon a towel was fastened to a stick and displayed. The Boers instantly stepped firing, end stood up. The officers of the Glouees- tars, thinking that perhaps tbe flag had 'been raised by the coder of Col- onel Carleton were unteelain, and, while some companies etopped firing, others continued. The next moment both forces were inextricably mingled, and the surrender was complete. THE Si]) STORY OE A BOUQUET. A lady at Durban writes: "In see- ing the troops off down here we do all we can to give them a happy send- off—thrrow them flowers, cigarettes, fruits and cakes. The other week a girl gave one of the Scottish men a dainty bouquet of flowers. Finding she lived close to the station, he said: "I shall keep this all through the war and 111 am wounded and can do it, I will wave these flowers as we pass hem '1 am net wounded are brought down here to the Spartan, the hospit- al ship. Well, she watched every Red Cross train which Game down, and one day, alter the battle of Elandelaagte, when 'the train came down, phe gave a bun& ef very withered Bowers Leebly waved Prom one 'of the carriage Windows . He had been badly wounded in his Bret. engagement." HER MA.N WAS A CORPSER. There are degrees eff military, pride and patriotism. Among the cheering Antipodean erowd giving the Auetra- lion a send, off there was a. stout :matron, wedged uext to a mild little man. As the soldiers passed she suddenly cried: "There's my men I" and nudged her neighbouv violently in the ribse"Indeed, nea'am," eried the gasping old man, "I'm sorry to hear—' "Don't you worry," she interrupted; "E's orrite. 'la's a corpser. Harmy Med cal Corpse. 'al don't fight. 'E's gut more sense, you bet I" Tan "LADYSZTH LYRE." Part a a copy of the new paper published itt Ladysmith bas been re- printed by a contemporary. It is call- ed the Ladysmith Lyre, and is pub - Belied to supply a long -felt 'want. " Whet you want in a besieged town," says tile prospectus, "18 news that you. eau absolutely rely on as false." Only one quarter column lb reserved /or True News, 11 any should "unavoid- ably creep in." In Lite edition un- der notice this coltram is blank. THE SOULDIERS POCRET BIBLE." In oonneetion with the 40,000 copies of the Pselter and Gompels whieh the Rakish and Foreign 13101e Social y has distributed to the troops in South Af- rica, there is an interesting at•Liele by the Rev. II. lf, Mouie, in this montles Reporter, an " Tim Souldier's Potiket Bible," preduced in 1048, for Crout- well's Ironsides. A. facsimile is ahown of the title -page, which beetle as fol- lows: The SOMMERS. l't,,'kel Bible : Conitining the meet, 11 1101 all, those Plaices contaiiied in linty Scripture, Which doe 1cew Ihe qualifications of his inner men, that ie a fit mouldier eo fight the turtle litittels, both before Mum 31, 19011 the fight, in the fight, end after the fight, Whioh SoriPterec ere reduced to email heads, and fitly applyed to the Soudliora sienterail o sona aol ? cxm,ySnlrPly the want a( the whole Bible ; whieh a Souldier cannot 000- voolently carry aboet him, And may bee also uttefull fee' anY chtristian to meditate upon, now in thi.ndeetrable,time at Warre, peepirimatne, Edm, CalatnY's mosg SHAVE. Tbe lenernra nee? filliok-filins ma' chine guns make a not irriteLing noise, and Mera to work on a pivot, landing ehells at intervals of a feW TYahreaenoiwsehichisCltilteWea ondeouPlir :ternileheofr. heard Wawa on an iron dom. ift is of thia gun that a oaptain of one a the Guturda' reOnaent with Lord Menuen'a foroe writes: "I happened to be in the line of It !Just before dark, mad they pumped six mounds at me. The Best four pitched in a lino about twen- loyu,,rteyna rdaendin.ffifrtoenetn,oteri t010, ahned ftohurretwb dirt all , over me, and tbe next two just pitched behind me. I didn't like it a. bit." THE CAREFUL BOER, Whilst a group of gentlemen were discussing the situation in a London street, the conversation turned on apiee end their treatm.ent, and one of the party, who has had a deal of South African experience, held that the Boer methods in this respect were superior to our own. To beck up tbis argu- ment. he quoted the following inci- dent, the victim of which had 'related it to him: "At the time of the Jame - eon Raid, a Dutchman named Marais, living at Etrugersdotp, wished to vie 11 Johannesburg, and obtained aper - met, from his Field Cornet to do so. When ramming to bis home he was accosted by Boor scouts, to whom be handed bis passport. They were, how- ever, suspicious, and after blindfold- ing him they led him beak to theirr camp, where the commandant heard his story, and was satisfied of his bona -fides. But though they admit- ted he was one of themselves, they again blindfolded him, and led him for two miles from the camp, when he was permitted to mount his horse and quit.' BOW TO TARE BEST. The art of resting is more difficult than most people suppose it to be, for there are so many ways of spoiling the result. Open the principle that life ie made up of little things, adopt the belief that little tirednesses should not be allowed to multiply. There are, symptoms that Lndicate the need of rest. There is the "over- crowded" feeling in the head, when Q ua: thoughts refuse Lo flow ; there, is the heaviness of the hands, the ach- ing of wrists; the peculiar stiffness in the back of the nook; the unneces- sary hopelessness, the burden of de- pression, the distaste for society. Who has not suffered trom one oe another of these forms of tuazuness Tares!, from mental fatigue we must exercise tha body in some healthful ore cupatien, Soxne will derive most bene- fit from a bicycle spin, othere from a -grind" at mine mechanical difficulty in a pianoforte piece, or an hour's manual label.' in the garden, a feat of pedestrianism,a cantor across cann- ery, a row against the current; or a game of tennis or golf, Though physioal toil is a remedy for a tired heed, mental work is not bene- fieial to a tired body. In 40/110 cases of overexertion, when the limbs are aching, the intelleut is abnormally ma- de° and capable of work superior to that which it usually performs, but if we take advantage of its excitabil- ity we shall have to pap for it. The spirit with which rest is taken influences Lis value. "I've got to lie down, but 1 hate resting," is a epeeth too often .mede. A willingness to rest is sure to ease tiredness, whether of body or of mind, O determined putting aside of melan- choly and of effort. Linlees we admire enervation of char - tuner, with its fretfulness, suspicious- ness, jealousy, ennui and lack of eve pathy, we must admit that to sufficient rest is one of the area( s obligations, and that it is no mean knowledge to enderrstand the art of resting. A TRUE TALE. Ah -h -h, shivered the old man as he entered tbe cabin of the ferry which wvis just leaving Windsor for Detroit. Then he sat down on the benoh which Tuns the length of the cabin, on the inuertnost side. This is the warmest side, said he. This is the gide ler an old man on a cold day. Ilere he looked around him. Another old .uiren whose hair was white sat next to hire. The latter replied: ' So it is tio it is. I suppose you think you are an old rana, said the first one. You think you aro getting on in years. Per- haps you might make a guess on my age, now. How old do you think I en)? Well, mused No. 2 as he looked the other over carefully, well, I should say you are nearly 75. . Huh 1 ejaculated the Other with just, O tinge bi &men, and considerable dig- nity, straightening himself up at tbe snme Lime, Well my boy, 1 am 80 years old next inonth. Phew, the second old MAD whistled; as if ho was greatly disappointed and reestfailen, you don't say so I Well, lam juts( tee yentas behind you, You're a pretty active young fel- low. said No. 1, eariosuly. You seem to get around very well. Thate all riebt. Keep it up awl 8.01/10 clay :you - '11 got. leh be an old twin. A Boor term and homestead is, it ia fetid, to he one of the dont:urea of the PSWIS !Exhibition. In this farm will lie exhibited the ehlef wild animals of the Tranevael. The means tif trans- portation in the eountry are also to be illustrated. THE HOUSEROLD OAVALItt THEY ARE THE ARYigTODRATS Or THE /31I1TASH ARMY, The neera Wei reef 'real 'rimy Are fie e'S Weather -Red Sewers, The Boortehold Cavalry, wilich eon*, and the ItoYal Iletree Guards, are the , prise the let and Ind Life 'Ciutarde aritilooraey M the British' Amy. • se 'rimy bake yneeedence of all other naginiento, and are nutintained primer, ily as a versionel guard for the Soper, e ign. They lieve at last been called, out for foreign eervitm, and some crie ties, therefore, look aeon the fact, that o eomPoeite regiment eomPosed of e three squedrans of the "Heavies" as o bad omen. Tbere is no realign fen Mom, however. The Guards have ale ways resented the epithets, of tand backs," "feather -bed" soldiers, and " carpet " warriors that bave at theme been applied to them, anti have no doubt themselves agitated for a tern at the Boers, ' Until the Egyptian canapaign of 1882, the Household troops had never been employed against a foreign foe, oth- etr than European, and the last °eel- sion on whin a regiment of Howie - hold Cavalry as a whole took the field woe at Witte:loch A detachment of the three regimente wee at Tel -el -Ku. biz, in 1882, so Cele each of the regi manta now has "Egypt 1882," and " ingeribed after its name in the Army List. The lst Life Gmirds were oriel:Lally, formed at the time of the Restoration when Charles III. required some troops 08 11 PERSONAL BODYGUARD and many a the gentlemen troopere at that leave paid as mace as a 11100 for the privilege of serving In the ranks. The duty of their commander was described as follows: " The office of the Life Guarda is at all times of war or pe000 to wait UPon the King's person, as aft as he ride abroad, with a considerable number ot horsemen, welleamned, and prepared against all dangers whatsoever.' The Regiment distinguished itself et the battle of Sedgemoor, and also dur- ing William's Dutch Wars. At Ponta- ,roy, in the Peninsula, at Waterloo, Kassassin, Tel-ehleebir, and Abu - they peeved that they were anything but " carpet " 'soldiers. IL was the let Life Guards who so decisively rented the lieench Lancers at the battie al Waterloo. The 2n1 Life Guards were formed in 1788, the regiment consisting of „ Low troops of fifty men. At the battle a Victoria, in 1818, they had oceasion to °Marge a strong body oe Feench infantry, wieoh was coveting the retreat of the French as- naty, Timing the 'Merge they mine up- on 11 d cep ravine, but not a man drew, rein; und the Freneh infantry were so impressed by the sudden appearance of the Guards, with scarcely a man or a horse short, that they TURNED TAIL AND FLED fur their lives, At the battle oe Waterloo they , fought a brilliant duel, with the oream e" of Napoleon's cavalry—the hitherto un- conquered Cuiraesiers. The advancing Cuirassiers were met by the British "heavies," but they were no make) . foe the letter at olose quarters, and were driven book in confusion. It was in this oharge that Guardsman Shaw, so greatly distinguished himself. Show had originally been a prize- fightele and was it man of tremendous strength. It is,impossible to say haw many men he laid low with his sword, _4 but his comredes say the number was something awful. In the last °large at the day he hiroseif, pour fellow, was mortally wounded, but not until he bad been surrounded by tbe enemw, and had bie award broken Eft the hilt. The present Colonel of tbe regiment, Lard Dundonald, has gone to the front with his new galloping guns. The gun only weighs soma 5001b., including carriage and ammunition, whereas the old style of carriage alone weighed more them double that amount. The gun is ao mounted that it can be laid neny direction without moving the carriage. The Royal Horse Guards, or the "Blues," were formed in 1051 by °Mer- les II. Like other sections of the Household Cevaley they showed great valour at Waterloo and during the Peninsulair War. When they met the fierce Soudinese, they again distin- guished themselves by meeting the spear -armed. Dervishes in a hand-to- hand combat, the cavalry using the bayonet. It etas in this engagement thet poor Colonel Burnaby was slain. In South Africa the three squadrons are under the oomanand of Vont.- Colonel. Audley Dallas Neeld of the 2nd Life Guards, mid it will be a bad day far the Boers vvhon tbe British " heavies" come to close gunners with them in a charge. INTERESTING WAR ITEMS. There ere 700,000 Weeks ln the Toansvaal, A Boer shntters the traditions nIbimI matte if he weds an Englishwoxonn. Tbe 'first Indian regiment to don t, khaki became known as the " dust- men," General French was horn forty -soy - en yeters ago, and originally joined the Royal Navy. Email troop horse now at the bunt hes 12 lb. of hay, 12 lb. of oats, and 1 lba bran daily. General Cronje was strongly urged to oppose Xruger for his Presidency in 1898, but declined, Tee Beer believes the earth ia flat, and that it would be inapossible forriv- ere to flow northward if It were round. Thirly-years. ago there wore °rib' about twenty-five exploeive come pounds known. Now there are more than 1,100. In killing game I Boors tisc a bul- let of which the lead point is exposed so that it "mushrooms " when it strikes. Ou enterieg the bullet ex - minds tied team an ugly hole, If it , strikee eidewise thet effect is horrible.' • 0110