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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1900-4-5, Page 2T lir -0 0.1114 A*lRfl4 5 1000 Nothing haPPoned II eleeeu ene cloak, when the elderly enant of the RUsleeeted prepaiiies came out of bib doen and 'Walked dome be steps. he heti not got hail-wity aowu, however, When it became evident that he bad diseoVered hie 1038, he paned in ap- PaPant remsternation, and after Woke .ng earnestly at the eidewalk for an instant, ran bask with tinaecuatomed sprightliness into the boogie. Present- ly his wife came out with him, and to- getbee tbey eardelly examined the footway wbere the briok had been. If ever two people appeared anxious and alarmed it WAS this guilty looking twain. All my old sespieions came batik to um as 1 triumpbantly beheld the manifest disquietude of the pair, who, atter a brief search, and a hurried oon- kultation, went quiekly bask into the ;house, from which neither emerged ;again that day. The next morning an- lotber Waite brie* had been planted in ilte usual position in front a Number Seventeen. Tim exaggerated alarm -which my ex- operiment had mimed in my mysterious !neighbors made ine a little uneasy as t to the possible consequences of my act to myself, and, as nothing definite bad , resulted, I determined, after a day or .etwo, to remove the borrowed briek,rov "hioh, being farther up the street, than its owner ever had occasion to go, had remained unnoticed by him, though it had begun to cause amus- ed eomment among the neighbors. I had planned to do this ou a certain evening, after dark, but on my return from the office that night I found snywtfeln estate of great. doubt and anxiety over a large box vebicli a team- ster lead left at Dos' house just at iduak. She had first notioed him driving down from tbe upper end of thestreet looking inquiringle at, the houses on our side. At tbe sight of our wbite brick he hed pulled up suddenly, and taking from his ova a large box had rung our bell aud delivered it to our • servant, without a word of explana- tion, and then bad driven away. Our roaid had rereived it as a matter of course, and there it lay upon the en- try floor, marked emphatically upon its upper surface THIS SIDE UP. HANDLE WITH EXTREME CARE. It was an ordinary rougb packing rase, three feet long by two wide and a foot deep, and was lettered in the bold scwipt employed by commercial packers. The corners of a tag which had evidently borne an address were still held down by four large tacks, but the greater part of the middle bad evidently been torn off in the process of getting the box in at the door, and could aowhere be found. There was no doubt at all in my wife's mind, nor in mine, that the case had been intended for our mysterious neighbor, and that the teamster had been led into this blunder in its delivery by our du- plicate white beick, winch was the first he would encounter in coming down the street from its upper end, and which he had become accustomed, byi • habit, or instruction, to recognize as the sign of his destination. Ills mis- take, had, perhaps, placed in my hands! the clue to the seeret of Number Sev-i enteen. All my previous doubts and misgiv-I ings vanished in the,faoe of this piece of providential good fortune, and send -i ing for a hammer I prepared to have . a look at the contents of the box, My( wife's tremulous promptings to be careful and her scruplesi as to the pro- priety of such (113 act were evidently , mere sops to her conscience, for she; was inspired with quite as lively a eurioeity as nay own. The idea of any physical danger from an infernal ma-, chine never entered our beads, so en- tirely commonplace bad been all the circumstances of the delivery of tbe ease. So, adapting the usual loose-' handled domestic hammer as well as possible to the unequal task, 'finally succeeded in getting the lid off. Upon ; the folds of brown peeking paper which covered its contents lay an envelope, black and unaddressed. From such a wrapper I felt no seruples about taking the note which It enelosed, and accordingly did so; but ray Wife spared me the shame of violating another person's letter by snatching. it from my hand and read- ing it aloud. It ran as follows: Mr. James Milliecin, Dear Sir ;'-The sample sent is a great improvement over the last one, and would„ no doubt, be effective against the enemy. We must lake no chances in this struggle, however, and when we show our hand it must be to deal a death blow to them. Therefore carry out the improvement you sug- gest. Do not worry about the cost - at this stage of the garae money is nothing. The loss you speak of might be dangerous if the article fell into the right hands, but that is unlikely. We send the chemicals you ask for. Do not take any unnecessary risks, We mast guard above all things against a premature explosion. Yours truly, • Sylveseer Daft. At the word " explosion " wife turned pale and sat weakly down on tbe edge of a their looking at rae :with a frightened air. I, how- ever, with a resolute air, but with many internal misgivings, laid hold of the paper which still oovered contents of the box, and prepared to wrip It off. As I turned leack the first layer the hanamer which I had left upon the edge of the case fell to the floor with a orash, which served Lo show me oonotusively tbe state of my own nerves. I persisted, bowever, in ray unpacking, and presently leild bare the contents. The box was 1111,- ad, apparently, with se, fine white pow- der and nothing else. It was tasteless and gritty between the teetb, and bore every physleal sign of harmlessness. 1 1.etts greatly disappointed at this poor ansever to my expectations and dis- eontentedly plunged my band into the yielding mase. As I did so my fingers ellOeuntered a herd admit, Carefully digging away the white powder I presently dieelosed the neek of a large bottie, whioh e' pulled care- fully forth, The labet bore a Latin - !zed name, quite meaningless to me, but below it was the conspicuous le- gend: "Dangeroae. Keep in a cool plasm," X eemplled 0400 plaeln the bottle se far ite paseible from MS Self, and eantielisly eentineed ea lieereb. There were four more not tlee, tiontaining differentUsnlde, an several Paeltagee Of inalthoivrt elleral eels, inducting (MO of eeneraen I:01TX Whiol. remisuized witn relief, as on renetwal el these artielee left the cue about balt bull oe the powder and gar oer front parlor, where they atoo about, the appearance:, a a ohemioa labora ory, My wife end I could Melo little out, of all Una and. after having d votea the eveleing to vague end profit lees disounsien, we opened the window of tbe room in emollient.* with the de Aland printed, on the first bottle an eareitillY locking the door went' up- stairs to bed. But not to sleep. NVe tossed an turned for several, hours, staetiag every noise from below, until final' I eould stand It no longer, and get hug up again dressed and went dovv stairs, All was quiet in the parlor where the cheonewls still stood intaot sat down for an instant in an eas thair where I had them in full view and there, of all places, eel] fast asiee before, I had any idea of auth Oleg When I mvoke it was half paet sev en in the morning, and I was stiff with the cold that bad poured in all nigh at the open windows and had anothe frightful sore throat. I rose with pain and difficulty to shut out the chilling draught, and 0.8 etood at tbe open window °mon:Landing a view up the street toward Number Seventeen: I saw Mr. Minoan, as I now knew him to be, eoming in my direction, which had never before seen him take. He • was waiking rapidly, his hands behind ;leint, his eyrie looking reflectively down ' upon the sidewalk. 1 A ems of apprehenalon crossed my I mind. Ells route would take him past , my house, where be had never, to my , knowledge, passed before., and he would '0erteitily see the stolen white brick. What would happen? Would he face nee, or would he take alarm and fleet If he did face me, what.; should 1 do- , resolutely pluck his seorat from him ' in the interests ot the oublio welfare, or consult my own personal safety in as plausible an explanation as I could devisee . Before I could decade he had reach- ed my door. Without an instant's hesitation or the .least appearance of • surprise he turned and walked up my steps, taking something from his poc- ket as he did so. I heard a key rattle for an instant in Lhe look, which cheaply furnished artiele readily yield- ed to the intruder, and in another in.. stant. Mr. Millican walked into the room where I stood in frightened per.. ; He looked first at ma in great surprise, and then glancing hurriedly abouL him, his eyes fell upon the open- ed box, A look of utter consterna- tion appeared on his face and the sat ' down in a frightened way upon the , edge of the case, playing idly with the white powder with his hand, and look- ing at me with a baffled air. Presently he oleaeed bea throat. , "I see you are working on the same I track," he said, in a dejected voice. ! "Well, I knew eomething war,' up when my experimental brick was ' etolen, but I'd no idea you Were sO near. How did you happen to loc.- ' ate here?" . The harmless dejection of hes men - nor and appearance had already re- moved the worst of my suspicions, and I had decided to make the best ex- planation 1 could, but his °Inning puzzled me. "I ---I don't understand," I began. "Then, you are not Babelon's man," he cried eagerly, rising, as he spoke. "You are net working tot reflabelon & Co., in this matter ?" I neatened to explain that I Was not working for Babelon & Co., in any metier, but, was in the insurance busi- ness; and then, taking advantage cie the higb good-bumor with whiola this confession seemed to fill him, I made a very frank explanation of the whole matter, to which he listened with great amusement. I returned to him his whit3 brick and the box oe chemL cats, and during the next two months was privileged to visit him in his laboratory which, occupied the cellar of Number Seventeen, where I spent many pleasant evenings over a pipe in his interesting company. At the end of this period I received one morning this circular: MILLIGAN'S ENAMELED BRICK. For Pavements, Warehouse Flooring and all Building Purposes Demanding DURABILITY AND CLEANLINESS. -- Indestructible by Wear or Fracture, Acid Proof ancl Hygienically Per- fect. The only Flooring tbat tan be Permanently Kept. i0 a State of CHEMICAL PURITY. Patented June, 1819, by JAMES MILLIGAN. t SIDELIGHTS OF THE WAR a XTRACTS VRON LETTERS OF Tait SOLDIERS . AT 'air( FRONT, Touching Mine Story -11e Atebiltolt te e ' .0eitee-upeere steneulue Stabi-alee d ambulance nen . 04* the 00,100010,_ itiver-Ferei- big Triva-Fielitline Moe BEER, TWO SHILLINGS A PINT. - One Solalee writiag from Iteteourt, Inakee11 emaplaint coneerniug the e price Of beer to that town. He sum: 'We went into the town, and were paying two bob for ft pint of beer, but d there is not any to be got now. Had 4 t a 1= -holiday yeeterday, and went out the towa again, but mold not get se anything to drink -only ginger -beer at a tanner a bottle, and fags tbe same price- What bol Roll on the time whoa we oan get them cheaper.° , TOUCHING LITTLE STORY. I went into one house, wrItee 005'- . poral with the North:wantons at Vied- cler River, and found a nice, comfort- able house completely ehattered. Evi. ✓ dully well-to-do people had lived here. One room in perticular took roa eye, and Ulla was what lied eivie (Maly been n, little child's room. There were a lot of toys and small cups und mutters, dolls, eto., and 1 fouad an en- velope with this on it -"This is my dear grandmamma's hair," and inside there was a look of hair, now trodden under foot. All tbese things, I thought, were a trifle touching. In the ;rout room was a dead Boer stretched out on the table. "A PARADISE FOB WASHERWO: MEN," Sergi. .Wilsen, of the howitzer Bat- tery, writes from Modder River tohis parents at Northampton: "We bathe now every day and wash our own elothe.s. Like the poor lodger Diek- ens wrote about, we go half naked while we swill our shirts. This would be a paradise for -Washerwomen with the sun shining and wind blowing nearly every day. Oar things are dry to put on a tew minutes after they are washed. That is the one remark- able th;ng about the climate. You may get soaked to the skin and go to sleep in the mien air all night, but in the morning you may wake up as fresh as a daisy." Manufaetured by SY-LW:1877ER DMT & GO.. Dealers ill Beilder& BlIpplieS and Hy- gienic Appliances, Mr. Millieen's brick hadundergone the praeLical test of actual wear and tear in the sidewalk of Figg Street, to the consternation of its inhabitants, before it was offered to the public, and so was put upon the maa'ket in such a state 01 perfection aa to defy all com- petition. At any rate, Measree Babe - ion & Co., near, to my knowledge, ad- vertised the competing article which had foreed 'upon Minium so much secrecy in hie experiments. THE SOURCES 013' TIN. During the closing half of ibe nine- teenth century, Cornwall, which from ancient times had been the world's greatest mum of aupply for tin, has Io-[ that distinction. Even as late aa 1859, Cornwall supplied one-half of all the tin produced, but now the Malay Peninsula stands at the head, having in 1898 turned out more than 66 per cent, of the world's total! pro- din:lion, The Dutch Best Indies straw' next, with 19 per cent., while Cornwell turned mit only about 5,000 tens, not quite seven per cett, of the whole.) INFECTED WITH PLAGUE. A despatch frora Sydney, Says: - capital of New South NVeles, and .Adelaide, capital of SouthAus- tralia, have been deelared infeeted With the bubonic plague. 11E REFUSED TO SURRENDER. email. S. Miller, 2nd Devons, writing to friends in the Isle of Wight after the Tugela battle, Says: "Our regi- ment went down close to the river, but It was impussibie to get across under such a beavy fire. The bullets were failing around us like a hailstorm, and It is miraculous how a man of us lived to tell the tate. There was a bat- tery of artillery on our right, and I believe nearly every man and horse were shot. They had to leave the guns to which we were the support. Our colonel, Col. Bullook, a major, and about 20 of our mere were made pris- oners, and the Boers hit the colonel down with a Hite because lee refused to surrender. We did not get the or- der to retire too soon, as our men were falling fast. Our casualties in killed, wounded ana m•issing number 113, and there Were someother regi- ments with heamier losses, espeoially the Dublins." PLAYING 'POSSUM WITH THE BOERS, Surgeon -Lieut. 'Briscoe, describing his experience at the battle of Colen- so, when attached to a mounted regi- ment formed of Imperial Ligbt Horse, Natal Carbiniers, King's Royal Rifles, and Natal Police, says: "We were told off to take a kopje held by the Boers on this side of the elver, a mile or two below Calms°. I had no business in the firing line, but I thought I could drop back at any time, if ne- cessary. We got a heavy volley from a rise to the right, and another imme- diately from the top 500 yards off, and from the slopes. We all dropped flat. Well, no one gave us orders, and we lay on. 13y -and -by Capt. Bottomley, L. L. H., passed the word, 'How are Thorneyeroft'a getting on on the right?' I tried to pass it along, but Gould get no answer. Vdidn't realize Lor the moment why; 1 hadn't heard groans. Then a man in the rear said, 'Doc, you're wanted. There's a man bit on your right.' 1 rose up to move and looked around: but whiz, whiz, whiz I -now by my head, now all round, one almoin grazing mmy left oalf -and plunging into the ground - and I saw I could do nothing. So I flung 'myself forward, and 'played possum.' so suocessfully that tte Boers left •me alone, and some of our own men reported me hit." BOERS DON'T LIKE LANCES. One of the 12th Lancers, writing from Madder Rimer, says: "The 13oere won't give us a chance to get a pro- per serape with them; directly they see us they gel on their horses. We caught aome the other day, and one said: 'IL is not fair to fight with long sticks with steel on the end l' " "HEART -SICKENING SIGHT," "IL was a hearl-sickening sight," continues Miller, "tp see them curry- ing away the wounded, Some ininus arms, others legs; and the Boers even fired shells at our ambulance and wounded some of the poor fellows a second Lime. Our naval guns blew up the Tu.gela bridge, eo that Lhe enemy cannot get away those guns we ware obliged to leave on the field on Fri- day." FALLING ASLEEP UNDER FIRE. Writing home from Madder River, a private in the 2ad Coldstream Guards says: "I have been through three bat- tles up to now without a scratch. . , . . Nobody has any idea of a battlefield, only those who go through It. IL Is something awful to see the dead and Wounded. You might not credit it, but it's as true, as I'm alive Hera at Modder River I saw men fall asleep in the firing line, fairly worn out. We were lying in the hot sand for twelve hours without drink Or food and the beat was unbearable. My company got lost at night, and we had to sleep in laager among rooks and stories, and amongst the dead till ng 1 often thought of home and the thildrea," BOW AMBULANCE NEN WORK, Mr. Charlee Boson Caple, late at Cardiff, neer Of the Volenteer Ambu- leOce Coupe, eereing isa Natal, writee to hie berther at Tugela and after. he says: "Tim boop • tents wene etion isp readY for the wounded, By thin time the battle of 'Tagela had Qom" mimed, It was ma long before the ambuictoce waves Muted, and in two td a hall. or three houre tbe,y returned leaded with Wounded, follow- ed by men who were able' to come in by themselves, as they were weuncled only slightly. Other woended were brought in on stretchers, mid more were Carried le OA the nlasped hands and arms Of tWO Ograratlee. Theee bearers were dote up, but they kept on, bravely; they were nelptag their comrades, After a while about a aciz- ell of us started out and went to the top of the hill, Tbe Boerne opened it terrible rine fire Mimi thnin than, and the men began falling by the dozen, In the midst of tnis my section was call- ed upon. We started to go forward, and moil eame aeroSs lole of wounded. Some who were so badly hit that they eould bardly stand were helning oth- ers, and when we offered to help, plied, 'No, no, my lads. Lower down you'll find hundreds wito cannot move.'" THE PRICE Ole LUXURIES. The following are extracts from a letter, which Mrs. Carter, of 4 Comp- ton Terrace, Taddington Road, •Hest - bourne, lut,s received front her son, Ser - genet William Carter, of the Scott; Guavas, who was reoently promoted for bravery et Magersiontein: No doubt there is a big move afoot here. We are not lying idle fol notbing. Probably, before you gel tbis, you will have heard of another big fight -not another check, 1 bope; but a, grand victory. And please look out for our howitzers. The Boers oan't sties our shells.. . But our 'old man hras got his head, &wowed on the right way, and they will nave a lot more of our eough lozenges before we are finished. 'We leave got here what has never been before; that ts a 'Soldiers' home an the battlefield.' There is a general store Where, we can bay a few thinge but instead of the prices the same as at home, it Is more like buying dia- monds here. Penny tins of bloater - paste are sold for ninepenee; butter is as a pound; snulk Is 6d; small tins of jam, is and; ls 6d. It doesn't do to live too high. Three paetkets of eigar- ettes cost 2s." BULLER MOVED TO TEA.13.S. An interesting allusion to General Buller after the Tugela retreat is con. tained in a letter received at Newcas- tle from a private ill the BOYal Weal) Fusiliers serving with the Natal Field Force. in tbe letter he says: "You know I told you in my last latter that a big fight was coming off Well, so it did, and the Boers came oft best. They played the very devil witl us, and in our retirement there were more killed than there were in the re- gular engagement. . . . When Uwe all over the Boers took the boots and clothing of the dead, and cut the rings off the fingers of some of the officers and men. It was a horrible sight. . NVhen tbe engagement was over, Gen- eral Buller went round and to show hoev ne felt it, big tears rolled down his face to see such is lot of killed and wounded. . . . Colenso is surround- ed withbig mountains and hills. The Boers are behind tbem and we might just as well try and shoot the imoon as try to get theme out OT it. FIGHTING MAC, General Hector Macdonald went through ..Ruslim Caunp tbe other age to take the cabman -a of the Higbland Brigade, in the place of the late Gen- eral Wauchope. The "Scots" who were with us says the correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, lined up and gave the General a thrilling welcome, whilst our fellows who are not usually demon- strative, crowded around the railway line to get a look at the brilliant sol- dier who by sheer merit, dauntless pluck, and iron resolution, forced his way from the ranks to the high place he holds. The Australians had expect- ed to see a gaunt, prematurely aged man, war -worn, and baLtle-broken, and were surprised to see a dashing, gal- lant -looking man, who might in ap- pearance eomfortably bave passed for five -and -thirty. The gray -clad men In soft sleuth hats, from the land of the Southern Cross, lounging about with pipes in their teeth, did not breakin- to hysterical cheering -they are not built that way; they simply looked at the man whose full history every one of them knew as; well as he 'mew the way into the front door of a but their flashing eyes, and clenched hands told in language more eloquent than a slavo of cheers that this was their ideal man, the mau they would follow rifle in hand up the brimstone heights of hell itself if need be ; eye and stand sentry there until the day of judgment, if Heel or Mac:don/ad gave the order. CORPORAL'S PREDICTION. Ur. Simpson Self, of headingley, Leeds, has received from his son. Carpi. Thomas Self, of the 2nel West York- shire Regiment, a letter, &Led 12 Jan- uary, from the Camp, Springfield, In the course of which the writer says: " I have been in plenty of this war, and 1 can tell you it is a marvel how I got out of the hist engagement: at a place they call Glen Bellahill, Est- ee:tart. Bullets came down on 1154 like rein; it was borrible to see the poor fellows fall right and left, shouting for their wives and mothers. As for myself, I never expeoted to see Leeds again, but when 2 came out without a scratch I shook hands with myself; f but I can tell you we have plenty to c do end a lot to go through yet before we reach Ladysmith, although we are only 20 miles away. There will be some horrible cutting up before we get there. . . . We nee all determined to give the Boors ' socks' before the noble British flag shall be dishonour. ed, and your son Tom Will be in it to do his best." a hill int StOreaberg, in Spite Of the WANT Boer flee. '1111012 the Ordee neme to retire. "03' oolitase We could not Domaine there witbeut: being taken So we began kb look for it tray down. We could net get (Iowa tne sane° way 101 we naline OP se the 13eere Q0M1nanded With their fire, There WM netning else eXeept a 4rOP Of about 14 It, Id rfaeilgl h ntniretilinligltebrfaikere tilts° nook; Usa next got allot dead, and, the Ultra was sheet in the hand. I made js JunIP for it, and 1 was surprised I had not Ureic- en any of my lirabs, end 1 can assure you I beet no time in getting amen. Well, there woe a barbed Wire fano; in the pa.tb, and got tied up in tha Math tWO more fellcievs. A bullet came and brolee the wire and released ue Several men were elurt in tbus fence." • COOKS FACING EIRE. Som'e mowing stories of oui poseible IrSehenen at the front are releetea in a letter bY Sergt. Medland alsevehain, D.LL., to his parents et Northampton. He writes: "In the Colonel? Tight one of the officers of the Dublins went down all the lines and slaw the ohlef 000k there fight- ing and firing away with the beat of them. He naked him what he was do- ing Mere. He said, 'Foightia sorr Can't help it -couldn't resiet then:nolo any longer.' The officer asked him where the other coolm were, "They're foiglitint too, sorr.' The officer told. him to get the cook -pots and make mane coffee for the men. They went back three ralloo, got the pots, and started boiling them, when a shell blew all their oonstructions to Pieees. The poor "Dubs' got no coffee that day. They have been out up badly, but 'are as full as fight as ever. They were the first in action at Talana, and have been fighting practically ever since." " SIT.TQNT FRENCH." An ex -Dragoon writes: "Raving (serv- ed under 'Silent French ' I was not in the least surprised to find that he 'ban relieved Kimberley. He is an ex- ample of still waters running deep, a man of few words, but one of the most ' business' wenerals In the Ar- my, and a rigid diseiplinarian. 2 heard hem summed up by a trooper whom he heel aentenced in a woad or two to fourteen days' confinement to bar- racks: 'Old French don't bark a bit; but,, crikey, don't he blocoann' ivall bite 1" LADYSMITH'S GREAT DAY, SCENES AND INCIDENTS WHEN THE RELIEF CAME. Correspondent Tells About the Great Fa. eltesuent In the Town When lise BritIolt Force Arrived, Joseph H. Donn, in amble to the New York Journal, gives the following account of the relief of Ladysenithe- The relief of Ladysmith was vir- tually; aecomplisned on Wednasdey, February 28, when we knew than Gen. Buller had driven, the enemy from Pieter's Hill. Amid scenes of tumult- ous enthusiasm General White pre- pared for what we all felt would be the final attack, half-starved,fever- strielten though we were, every bodily ill was forgotten in the ,almost cer- tainty of immediate relief. Hundreds chmlemb Observation Hill to watch for the first sight oa the; men, en khaki, The advance posts reported that the Boers were making active prepara- tions to remove their "Long Tom" from Bulwana Hill, TUGGING AT. "LONG TOM." A derrick erected hecaane plalarY visible, and quick the open fire of every gun wae ni order. In &moment tbe big =gal gums in the hove redoubt tend Caesar's Camp got to work. Fast as tbey could be served they rarned projectiles on Bulwana, ,and 00 five minutes the derrick was smashed by a well directed shell. How W8 cheered! Theo the Boere dodged along the ridge, trying to drag their "Long Tom," but the naval .gunners followed them, planting their shells with deadly precision. Our guns worked with alm;ost ceramess roar while- We watched aged cheered every shot. Suddenly tJae dazzling sun was, ob- scured, by heavy black, clouds, whtch broke loose isa a treniendp,us thunder atorni. Torrents of yam, volleys of, thunder and vivid lightning broke over Lhe whole region, checking the opera- tion of our guns. Half echoer leiter the storm passed andour no vw, guns broke out again, sweeping the ridge between Ilulwana and Caesar's Camp, where the Boers were still struggling with their Long Tom, TEN ANXIOUS MINUTES. • By this time our cavalry seouts brought ha the neWle that the Boers were in lull retreat in all directions, Buller 8.180 nellographed the news, with the first glint of sunlight after the atorm, that they were retreating north along the Colenso road, passing beltin.d Bulwanu, wham great num- bers of waggons veere seen:, some con- veying. their mention. Long columns were aLso visible on, the other stele of tbe town, moving rapidly over. the plata toward the .11rakehabery passes as the afternoon waned. Then we kiiew we were Iree at last. But wait a momenti A ory comes rora, Caesar's Camp': "Cavalry is riming from tlie south!" ae; ones the town i in a terrilio hubbub, Troops hastily gather; guns trai.n to light till theinst man, drops, 11 11 proves to he the chanty. /t 15 an anxttroS ten rainutos. As the column gallops nearer over the flats, straight toward the fort at Caesar's hill, every held glom es strained to nuke them out. Thai' reach the river. Our gnns arc ready, identry, and cavalry waiting, too, They nitinge tato the Over, and hilt couple of namatee are up the bank on A TIMELY BUILET, W. Weinecke, a Itotherhern, rosary 2nel Northuinberland husiliers, wee among Omen wbo ' got to the top of thia Ode. NoW we eee the Wield.. They an aural saved. at Met, thank Geal SAVED AT I.,AST, Dat ot the trenches, over, tbe plain we ellen, (withers, sailere,;01reeMarie dents, eitizene, wonlen end children tei weimMe Mir deliverere, Cheering, crying, waving their bets, gene and OWende, on( cenlel the med in *halts galloping their foreleg haw at tuilt epeed, On they ruele toward us, ceeered With duet and Israel with their daening ride, hat the' hoefft of their Imam beat the pinto Illre a reveille of victory. The Natal Carbipeere are in the lead, with Major Gough et thmr neadehext wane Natal Mounted Pollee. They are truly 300, but they seemed thoesands to Uu. They elackened the Pave of their tired horses, while crowds of the besieged ree alongside, ohdering, shaking halide indiscriminately and staging, Time the motley peonession marched into town, GOMM'S ;OASTS INTO TOWN. On the way Major Gougle widths, he bad beeecOnting ahead ot Builer's army, and finding no opposition they made a dash toward Ladysmith and Mel come throngwithout, getting:. a single abot, In the main street: Generalt White and staff awaited the aPProaeh of the °heeling erowd tvbith led the hors- es of tate rescurers by 'lain bridles to where the brave general stood. Gough and 33,1c13enzie jumped out of their saddles; and saliatud and then wrung ins hands d White, Hunter and others of the staff; while the .throng cheered iteelf hoarse, White muted his hand, Implored. silence' and made enrol speech in a voice full of emotion. Ho thanked all in Ladysmith, civilians ale well as military, for the fortitude they had displayed durtng the, pro- , onge siege, also for the support af- fordedhim in bearing their priva- tions without a.munnur, never think- eng; of surreender. CHEERING AND SINGING, Then, svith It011eh of that humour which' had Agee served to keep' up our opiritsenWhite added that be had been obliged to cut down our ratione ea the past, but be promised not to do so any more. Men raising his hat en his hand, the general. called for three cheers for the Queen, .m14 the lunge of all Leayamith roared three as heautfelt oheers for her Gramme Majesty as ever Britons uttered. Tben we cheered Wale.s,13uller, White, Lady White, the garrison, not forgetting, the sink and woltanded in our rejoic- eng. During all this brave Wbite, wora and weary with days and nights of ceaseless vigilance, joined with us W.hcee he spoke he was. Much moved by, emotion, and though there was a smile on ins faze hie voice was broken, and tears glistened In his eyes, as we gave hios cheer alter cheer. Than, foll'owtog his lead with. every head uncovered, we eamg "God Same the Queen." To close we sang "He's a Jolly Good Felton'," to which White laughingly acknowledged hi thanks. THEN ENTER DUNDONALD. , It was then 7 o'clock in the even- ing. The sky was rapidly °veiniest mid another thunderstorm with ter- rine rain broke, lasting half the night. In the midst of this Lord Dundonald with &large force of cavalry enter- ed the town. The whole taght was spent In re- joicing. Our limited stores were open- ed freely arid we ate our fill, while our rescuers divided flasks and tobac- co generously. The rotreethig Boers mueit have suffered much during that terrific night, dragging their guns and waggons toward the mountain passes. Early on Thursday' morning 41000 men of all arms started in pursuit to the northward. Adatacbmaot ot Impena/ Melt Horse ocoupied But - wane, bat then "Long Tom' was gone, and all the sick and wounded in thimble Ca.mp, Ware brOtrgili tato town. Major Crawford arrived during the morming with a waggon train of sup- plies, including Lady White's Christ- mas, presents to the troops. By noon General Buller rode in with his staff and was geven a rousing reception, And, thus ended the great siege of Laclyismit3i. WHY 11E GOT IT, -- Hew Gen. Buller Secured Assistance for Ills Soldiers. There is a sentiment common to the most of mankind which makes one's ,own home and neighbors the best there are in the world, and even a stranger who hails from the home town the most welcome friend to be met away from there. Nevertheless, such an illustration of it as the fol- lowing told by Gen. Sir Redvers Bull- er, Is rare: The story was told the Rev. 5: Bar- ing -Gould by General Buller himself and is narrated in the author's words as far as possible. Sir Redvers wan on Ills way, with a regiment ol soldiers, to Canada, Off the entranoe of the St. Lawrence, the vessel was enveloped in fogs and delayed, so that provisions ran short, Now Lhere was a station on an 'Met with supplies for shipwrecked marin- ers, so Sir Reclvors went ashore in a boat, to visit the store and ask Los' assistance. When he applied, he found a woman only in charge. "No.," said she; "the impieties are for thyme who are shipwrecked - not for such as you." "But this is a government depot, and wo are servants of the crown." "Can't help it; you're not ship.. Wrecked." There was a very recognizable in- tonation in Lhe womitn's voice. Sir Redvers at once (lammed the Cornish accent, and said: "What, not for clear old One ana All, end T is Buller?" "What, front Cornwell, and a Bull - ere Take tataryibing there is in the Dime; you're heartily weleomel" A SERIOUS DRAWBACK Bramble -Do you believe that hon- est iS IIP best polloye Thorne -It may be ihe safest, but there burn much money in R. he Home .0101411,112Weanw% oll asnm 1 us y remil4Oticrlik 130, XrDsehCollid01104.01inS. a destroy the hearing Ulm spilled In the 'meaty of the ear or destroy the eyesight it it toilettes a delicate part of the eye, It is valuable as a Waal], ing fluid, and is used, in the bath to Often water. It s'hould be mind, howl - ever, veay moderately, as it renders the skin dry and eough when used too freely in the water. The same thing may be said of most oe the washing powdere and other compounde which mishit in washing. Soap powciere are a fruitful mum of chapped heads. Where ana Sileh article as an alkali or is soap powder is lifted there should ble a simple aold toilet weak used al- terward correct its 011001 on the hands. A proportion of one-fifth citric aold, two-mill:he of gl,yoerine, and two- rosewuter makes a very good and a perfectly safe preparation to Use on the hands. This should be rub- bed over the hands after they have been subject to dishwater or laundry suds in which alkali soaps or soap powders or washing fluids have been used. Ammonia le not' so good as a little alcohol in washing windows, ker- osene lamp chimneys 01' any glass about the house, Annnonia is apt to leave a ;blur over the glass which it is diffieult to clean off. 8trong am- monia eats into the glass, so that a permanent blur is created.. Salsoda is a chemiloal that mast be used very carefully, As a vvashinig fluid it injures delloate goods, and to- tally destroys the ogler or most ool- ored goods. Borax is a safer article to usa, as it is comparatively mild in its effects. Galvanized and polished iron sinks and cooking utensils of polished sheet - iron are cleaned byl the use oi boiling bot vinegar and salt. Let spiders soak on the back et the stove with a hot solution of strong vinegar and salt in them. When all signs of black are gone,polish Lhe spiders well and wash and wipe them dry. Slnks may be very successfully cleaned with turpen- tine and boiling water. Turpentine Is a very useful chemical to keep In the closet. -- ie. COOKING STAY. The simple wooden skewers that have served the housewife for so manY yetra in pinning together boneless meats while cooking them have at last been diepinced by an elaborate 000k- ing stay. This is preferably made of paralell strips a any flexible fabric, aa, for instance, canvas, each of which marries on its ends hieing hooks, moll as are usually found on men's shoes, This atay is held in position on the meat by a flexible lace engaging with the lacing hooka in the familiar man- ner. In order tci render the striew composing the weemper taut while in use, springs are provided on one side, and the constant tension of these, in oompination with the lacking, holda the wrapper snug and tight all the time, and enables it to be made to fit pieces of meat of different shapee and sizes. The use of bands instead of ow continuous piece of fabrics per- mits of more rapid and effective cook- ing. NO doubt, the head of the fam- ily, who has to do the carving, will be one of tbe newt enthusitistle sup- porters of this novelty, since it %rill do away with those ubiquitoas skew - 0'58. TO MAKE A PICTURE FRAME. A very inexpensive and pretty p5 - tare frame may be made If you will follow these instructions. Make a frame of the size andshape desired of some light wood, and screw it ao- gether strongly. Than procure some cork chips. They can be hail of al- most any fruit susflen, aa they are used to pack grapes in, but th,ey must. be well sifted, before using to get the tine dust from it. Over your wooden frame brash some thin glue and tben sprinkle the oork chips on thickly, and and set it to one side to dry. When sthnilraoughly dry, paint over the whole ueo with o good gold paint, or some pretty shade of enamel if you prefer. Or, if you wish to preserve the cork appearance of the frame, just go over it with a good quality of varnish. MIRROR FOR A PIANO BACK. One of the hardest things in a room to arrange artistically is the piano, now that faohion has decreed that it sb.all be dragged away fronn the wall, Many an otherwise portent apartment bets been spoiled by the inartistic: ar- rangonaent of the piano back. A great: aid in overcoming this is a mirror, made ilea exact width of the piano, and placed flat. against its back. On each side narrovv curtains may be plaoed, and the mirror used either as A re- flector, or with painting on frame and glass. Pain5s may be prettily arrang- ed, at the foot, to be repeated in the glees surface, or a tiny seat placed there, with cushions of quaint shape and\'irimihaleilektl' ralirror as a starting point one may have endless varieties of de - wren ion. BEAUT.E. AND CHARM. "Ai•e handsome women generally agreeable?" is a question that we have hoard debated. The word " handsome" was taken to mean loveliness of fea- ture, apart from expreeeion, glace many women are handaome without being beautiful. George Eliot wrote, "There is a charin of eye and lip that mimes with ,every little phrase that certifies delicate perception or fine judgment, with every unoetentallous vvord or smile that shows n heart awake to others," Ta, it not true that the agreeableness of a woman, dons tot depend, even in the slightest degree, upon her beitig handsome, but (Mee da - on ber being " clean, tidy and good -I empered," as we write of our • eervantel .At " ill-kenipt " girl will inspire feelings at repulsion, be sbo as osssitally• hondeoMe as a Greek sta- tha •