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derotand Yee mean to keep this particu-
lea hall forayer in minae'
'lieu may, indeed."
"BBut ivhy r --with much animation,
and en ever -t, creasing stow et hese•
'Because is ley first,' aays Mise
"Oh, no, Qt %aurae ala mind nothing, Broughton, cenfLdent ally, with a little
CHAPTER XVI. r, When a eft Mr. Yenned , and 5u John Ausofe f ratherbtoo, [general nsmile,and
rThere wesasoiandofrevelryay nigl?t' anch! Avnt" lAllzaboth'a maid weaken °I "sea .disappolntsslly, "le that
4 What a cuneus one 1
P« Meme tutu me; ane i Goma the Wein
,r -your reason
'"My love, my pearl I' Yes, it was a I cross _eon mon, I tom, Whon I get "You think it ridiculous, don't you ?" Boys noel British, in South Africa arc
ver pretty song, and haunts one some- home an Aunt Ill in; filo a i I es- says Georgi°,, faintly, ashamed oher-
e P sin d sella, '"but it is ciulte iron, and can't hereditary foes, Driven. trope Me Cabe
08"1.
UARIBA HILL MASTER,
ACCOUNT OF THF ]BATTLE IN SOUTH
AFRICA IN 1881.
The nems 0114 I1rIttNll leave had Priori•
Oil/3 t?'entilets—she lievelaitall or W0*
nue teem tale utile 11,
how; but no doubt a good nights sleep ve y carolwss; and then alto asked me hole lt. I was atghtaen last nnonth, and ;n 1834, .from Natal iia 1840, and from
will kill R. Bold up, you brute,'—this i weer° wan the mimeo:ram I had on my never before was I at anyy ball. I shall the Orange Statoa in 1848, the Peers
tient mare, who is do- bosom when starting, and, you see never forget this roam,—z know thee—
in the kind and pa and a ologetically,-= I had sgwan rt to &Ir• or the lights, or the flowers, or the man finally established themselves to the
ing her good nano malas an hour, l ennody, because be aslted me, 10 iii over t'bere boating time for the band, or north of the Vaal river, wat1eEtee
who has mildly objected to ashare but when I told her so, she said was —or anything " I founded a new rep/Milo—that o
stone. "Why didn't Clarissa int t very fortivardl Das _you ever
coteara E "I think 'bhe'man aver 'Chore' has Transvaal. All that part of Africa was
me to her? I wish to goodness I hada a ward?' says Mi Broughton,mush ilia host of it says Dorian. i
to -morrow 1' And and nation e u a°etid yesse to' e man or- wish 1 was the leader of that gaud. Is then en unknown wilderness, andira 1852
to go back to town t Barter's' and' uvad bean kind to ma for a Whole there any chance that your partners of England signed a oonvention guarantee-
so on, until he reaches S I had very thus evening will be remembered by ing to the Boers north of the Vaal
Hangs .himself, with some impatience, evening � I" aver "the right to manage their own
trap, to the amazement of his "rartainly not," says Clarissa, ernpha-, you?" p quite;�t
mut of the ap, of trea,,y, "I would give a rose to any one out' ells s�n(Geo°gie sheeri nsltter as affair's and to govern themselves ac -
groom who is accustomed to think who was kind to ever
see Mr. asked for moment's careful retleotlon, a,' cording to their own laws," When the
his muster as a young ter losin his
b h en a
ea ' protestation and the strong-
y, as e a ko t by mistake. But somehow neveras a rule belongs to him. "Xou are project by nuc
dreams that gstaying at tiro vcarago, aren't you P" i est donunoiation 'of the
got that gleve, again, so I suppose he I mon as Mr. Gladstone in 1877, the Boor
took it away with him wben he 1olt.' yes." ea s GcorBL�e.
A suppose so. WeT shall write to ,And Z leve just three miles from Republic was annexed to the British
'Dorian'ticket.'
11 think mea the•' h
'
man to whomagaln P You over sea 1>�• Kennedy "I'll take jolly good care you don't, gold mines were discovered English
exertion is impossible. the . "Yes; he called next day, to return says Mr, Branscombe res g
Then he acs to bed,serand spends me my glove, which, he,deolared, be had bead,
and , because
aking with r intense
ca smnhmn spite la all
locked in on them,and in
T gh falls h I P
next four. hours miserably, h
into a heavy slumber, and
oysters, pearl -laden, are rushing
boister-
ously over his' body. and stays
So Dorian returns to town,
there until the annual hunt ball, of
which he le a steward, summons bim
back to Pullingham.
It is, of course,. the event of the sea-
son, this ball, and oceans early in March.
Clarissa, going down to the vicarage,—
where now, indeed, she spends a gpod
deal ofk t the girls arms of Death The nitht
Dorian for your • that Hero Ike pauses, as .,g Empuo.
"Perhaps will afraid to make his insinuation too Plain.; In December, 1880, the Boors con-
great bother." s Clarissa im impatiently; "A t Sartoris, isn't it P" asks .Georgie, I vaned et Volksrad, and prtcl ere, 0 a
Let. him, say p sweetly. Yes 4 Clarissa showed me the
ss yet she has not forgiven him that entranetegate to it last week, It looks South African Republic, which was
speech so much mistaken)at .the con- � acknowledged led ed in March, 1881, by Great
you0 •
p 'Britain, Queen Victoria retaining a
° it 1" asks ho with ore earnestness than
be acknowledges even to himself' 'and," ; suzerainty, Between these dates Lieut.-
with
ieut:
with a happy thought, "Pring '' them."
e cchil; Col, Anstruther was forced to surrender
Bron. It will be a nice walk form at Bromker's Sproat ; Pretoria anOEPot-
icon s in London are
o e s •room were besieged;
cert, ( pretty.'
da 111 come u and nee w g t
The 5th has arrived. The day has
dawned, lived, grown to its: full, size,
and then sunk, as we all must, into the
has tomo' But you area y
about i her time,—spans ° with sound of music and reach of dying h f L Natal
and
about it.. flowers, and the drip, drip of softly- you note says Gayrgie.
"I am so glad Georgie is in time for flowing fountains.
Oh, no, not always; I cha'n't go there i George
Griqualand - were overrun ; Sir
warm-hearted The rooms are looking lovely; fair again for ever so long. So promise,, George Colley was repulsed at Draken-
will u?" d defeated at
Lt," says Cissy, who is
Dr, 1 etaeson is the, soon of a well-
known. I5coto1) do'lnalist and was ap-
pointed administrat^r of Mashonaland iia
1891• 1Ia leas Inado•,a Companion o11he
Bath on his visit to England in 1804,
000 of his famous feats was procuring
audience of I1obsngnla and oaring I1im:
of a serous illness just 0n the Gag Cha grew conoea,sion, On aaeount of Glias
be has a great reputation among th0 na-
Live utiles•
NOTES ABOUT WAR.
On January 1, 1895, the armies of the
' 1 dod 4;200 000 men,
The first war of profane battery was
about .a woman—Helen of Troy,
Great Britain now owns 0,212 can-
ons, France, 8,260, and Germany ,.,920,
.After the great battle of 'Janne°,,52 -
812 dead men were found on the field,
On July 1, 1895, there were 201,000
men serving in the navies of the
world,
The largest l5rupp guns have a range
of seventeen miles, and fire twa shots
a Minute.
Switzerland has a population of less
than 8,000,000, and a standing army of
180,000.
In time of wax France reekone oil
putting out 370 men to every 1,000 of
her population,
a
figures, round and svelte as Venus's 'Ill ask Mrs. Redmond. But I know burg Pass, an subsequently
little .soul, and who desires good for Paces smile, and soft eyes gleam ;and ` She waver re y Ingogo River, losing 150 men and six
every ono. "There is something so nice g
eine, sway with the music and mingle
about real big ball." de- with the throng.its
ball
ai
"1. ball 1" said Georgie, growing a The is height, when Clar-
ieate ink, with excitement. "I never llase,seeing. It
is very slighbeckons t invitation
with 1 p life. Oh, her
was at a real ball in mY to her side, but one instantly obeyed.
Clarissa, will you take me?" to she "Keep
ne dance for a friend of mine,"
"Georgie 1 As it it isn't a real job h says,d f ou"
me to -have you," says Clarissa, reproac
Pully. "I can't bear going anywhere by'
myself, and Mrs. Grey always insists
on taking Cisiy verykind, you know," curt °s(stdilspaar my sake, be tkuid to
"Well, she is ret "But I her. with oma regret.
However, mamma would not like me to she?"
"Let me keep one encs or y
"That, too, it you wish it; bat I have
a little friend here to -night, and she
knows nobody, and, though I know you
von't like it" (calling to mind again his
says Cissy, wi s y
do so wish she would let me go with you, treat shins he
that ar fashion, if tiVh anis-
re£use her, and, after all, I shall meet Lyell, she is only a governess, bo
you both in the room. I wish we could gins Clarissa, beating about the bush:
to arrivejust at the same mo -she is quite dsha
ll n t be nevertheless,
verthel or
manage that Georgie
ment." left out in the cold at this her first
"Well, I'll settle that with Mrs. ball.
Grey," say's Clarissa. "Dorian will got 6, governess!"OClarissa, dont letunthink-
ingly.mein
mea ticket for Georgie." for that. I don't mind them a bit ; but
"Who is Dorian?" asked Georgie, I'm afraid of them. She is safe to ask
idly. Literally, she cares nothing about me if 1 don't think Murray's Grammar
him, regarding him in this instance as the world, and artfully compiled
know what tok o say
merely a means to an end, the
a Person t in reply,
who can obtain for her an entrance into ' You need not be afraid of my govexy
a .desired haven. She has, indeed, for- ness," says Clarissa, earnestly: she
troubleabout "Murray or
gotten that once before she asked this
same question and received her an-
swer.
"Why, I told you," says Clarissa. "He
is Lord Sartoris's nephew,—the tall
handsome young man who spoke to me
at the concert." g
"I didn't see him. When is this ball . child, I should say" ,
to be?" You can dance with your ,child, of
"On the 5th. And now, about your course; but at least let me introduce
dresses?" you to my friend."
"Mine goes without telling," says With a faint and carefully subdued
soeessgwh submits
C a Clarissa the
inevitable, innds
Cissy, in a resigned. tone. "The whole g
county knows it by heart by this time. himself presently at the other end of the
After all, there is a sort of comfort in robed near feeds little
three dainty
black
-
fuses me any -
tiling," says this moat unorthodox' gov-
erness.
I'm sure I'm not surprised at that,"
salve Branscombe. Who could?"
Aunt Elizabeth could," says Istiss
Broughton.
.
' I haven't the misfortune to know
your aunt Elizabeth,'Lor which I am
devoutly grateful, because if she 'could,' present gave the following account of
officers. But the greatest battle of all
was on February 27, when -the Boers
drove '700 men from the top of the
Spitekop Hill.
MAMBA. HILL DISASTER.
An English correspondent who was
as you say, she must be too good for .
h B the bye, this is not my thoroughly checked, when one
the battle: "The advance of the enemy
tinging. Bythe
h , taken mho had been
trouble
le to as you have never
trouble to ask mo (though I asked you) of our people—an officer, I believe—no-
why I intend keeping his night as a tieing the Boars for the first; time, ojacu-
white spot in my memory."
lated:. '0, there' they are, quite close';
' Well, I ask you now.' says Georgie, and the words were hardty out of his
penitently. lipsere every man of the newly arrived
po you core to know 8" reinforcements bolted panic-stricken.
"I do, indeed." This was :more than flesh ,and blood
Then it is because to -night I met could stand, and the skirmishing line
you. for the first time." under Hamilton gave way also, the re -
ale bends his head a little, and looks treating troops being a'posed, oh course.
into her eyes,—the beautiful -eyes that to the Boer fire with disastrous effect.
smlle back so calmly into his, and are so "I was on the loft of the ridge when
cold to him, and yet so full of fire—eyes 1 he men came back on us, and was a wit -
that somehow have: power to charm him near of the -vtld oonfusion'which then
as no others have yet been able to. p�r�evailed. I saw MacDonald, of the
He is strangely anxious to know how Ninety-second,, revolver in hand, threat -
his words will be received, and is propor- on to shoot any man who passed him ;
tionately aggrieved in that she takes and, indeed, everybody was hard at work
them es a matter of course. rallying the broken troops. Many, of
"After all, my reason is better than course, got away and disappeared over
Yours," she says, in her sweet, petulant the side of the hill next the camp, but
voice. "Come, let us dance : we are some hundred and Pifty good men, mostly.
only wasting time." Highlanders, bluejackets and old soldiers
of the Eighty -filth, remained to man.
the ridge for asp,final stand..
"There was a.. knoll on the threat-
ened point, up which the reinforcements
hesitated to climb. By and by there
was confusion on the knoll itself. Some
of the men on it stood up, and were at
once shot down, and at last the whole
of those who were holding it gave way.
Reiter skelter they were at once fol-
lowed by the Boers, who were able then
to pour a volley into our flank in the
main line, from which instant the hill
of Maluba was theirs. It was sauve
qui pant, Major Hay, Captain Single-
ton, of the Ninety-second, and some
other officers wend the last to leave
and these were immediately shot down
or taken prisoners.
world mo u
At the present time all Europe is a
well armed camp and has been so for
more than a quarter of a century,
The war of the lovers was the seventh
religious war of France, waged between
the years 1576 and 1578.
At the great battle of Bannockburn,
185,000 men fought, and of that num-
ber 38,000 were killed or wounded.
The "five nations of Europe" own
2,310 war ships mounting 88,209 guns,
all ready for immediate service.
The most expensive army of the world
is that of Germany, which costs from
eighty-six million to one hundred and
five million per year. '
France boasts of a navy of 408 ships
of 200,000 tops and 621,000 horse power,
and eighty others in process of con-
struction.
The new German rifle ranges up Lo
4,000 yards, and at 900 yards the bullet
will pierce ten inches of solid pine tim-
ber.
Since the Mannlicher gun came into
use the ratio is ,Pour killed to one
wounded—just the opposite to what it
formerly was.
Since Napoleon "died like a caged lion
in his exile home; 6,000,000 Frenchmen
have perished in the wars of that coun-
try. .
The Forum ives figures to prove that
the vaunted "armed peace" of Europe
costs the people more than 81,000,000,000
par year.
It is estimated that over 4,000,000,000
human beings have perished in the wars
of the world since the opening of the
Christian era.
At the battle of Austerlitz 170,000'
men were engaged. At Waterloo 146,-
000 men fought, and of that number 60,-
000 were killed or wounded,
During the memorable siege of Sebas-
topol the batteries of the allied armies
threw upwards of 40,000 tons of shot
and shell into the city.
When Germany warred against France
in 1870-71, she put 1,003,000 troops in
the field. In'the same war the French
employed 710,000 men.
At Gettysburg, the American Water-
loo, 140,000. men fought, of which num-
ber 28,198 federais and 37,000 confed-
erates were killed, wounded or captured.
The statement issued by the United
States treasury department on Jan. l,.
1880, gave figures showingthat the total
cost of the war of 1861-65 was exactly
86,189,929,900..!
If the armies of Europe should march
at an eight -mile gait, five abreast, fif-
teen inches apart, it would require nine
and one -hale days. for them to pass a
given point.
JANVAIIT 0i, 1896
HEALTH.
fi MaB'istal Cill?.e...,..,.,,,,,.,�,.
A PIS% given tip by tho'ee phyateians
to die of pleor)sy 1 another of °roup end
stick anotber et pneumonia, These i11
neeees a una Under my immediate atten-
tion, and as all three patients are now
Well I went t0 tell all mothers and
weary nurses the "magical euro."
I'outticasl' 01d -fashioned flaxseed
poultices L A3300,1(1,5
nd I want to give Dr, .
Doneldson's recaps, tor in alt tee ' great
oat,
city of New York none have bad great-
er success than he bee, They are to
be used on tits chest and back, or 151
Bernion the bowel's, when children
ersuch su2fexers from gastro -intestine
al diseases, For great soreness, paha,
distention, thirst, inflammation and
anguish, they soothe like magic. A
miserable, filename, ill' -prepared poultice
is worse then none, everybody 'mows
all lumps and abominable alipperyne.sa•
Dr. Donaldson soya to all mothers;
"Never be without flaxseed meal on
hand. It Is usually celled for in the
night. Of this, take one pint end stir
to onougb warm water to saturate thor-
oughly, without too much wetting,
this being a great mistake, for a drip-
ping poultice is a failure. Have ready
a strip of cloth of:such dimensions that
when made into a sack it will complete-
ly cover the surface for which it is
needed. Spread evenly to the depth
of one-fourth of an Inch upon one-
half the cloth, then bring the other half
over the face of the poultice and sew
the edges together to keep 11 neatly
in a closed sack; Lay this poultice
warm upon the salaam, and over it
will not Grammar.
you a ou Branscombe is at first surprised,
hi" Grammar."
"Of course, if you say 1 must dance then puzzled, than fascinated. Almost
with her, I must," says Branscombe, I wouldthavoer �acce ted his rehis mark tas a
ce
with a. heavy now.
"1 see her nrw. Come, let mo intro neHd, ornanswered bim with some speech
bt-
duces you t fhor
that would have been a leading question.
But not Ion this dance. I amrd engage But with his girl all is different. She
ed—I am, I give you my word—to reo the
rel tient irl in the rcom,—the prettiest t1 eviinghis
themr shows herself utterlylcare-
less of the belief.
Dorian, passing his arm around her
waist, leads her out into the room, and
again they waltz, in silence'—he having
nothing' to sayto her, he being so fill-
ed with joy at the bare motion that she
cares no more for converse. At last,
figure be -
everything, even m one's misfortune. fore her, all evidently possessed with
Now, all my young men won't have the an overpowering desire to inscribe their
trouble of looking for me, they will names upon the morsel of tinted and
know me directly, the instant their eyes gilded paper she holds in her hand
light upon my gown, which is fast be- g Her large blue eyes are almost black
coming en heirloom.' with excitement ; her lips are parted,
If it is the gown you wore the other and, like Herrick's "Julia," axe like
night at• the Bellows', you look very ';rubies," soft and rich. She is glancing
sweet in rt, says Clarissa, looking very up,in a little puzzled fashion, at the
sweet herself as she utters this comfort- tal fair man who is bending over her
ing speech." whilst going through the usual formula,
You are an angel; you know,'.' says 'May 1 have the pleasure," etc.
Cissy, with a merry little laugh. "You "Well, where is this dreadful woman?"
see everybody through rose-colored spec- says Dorian, at this moment, almost
tacks." impatiently ; he is watching Georgie
"Isn't she rude?" says Clarissa. "Ono and the fair man, and feels distinetly
would think I was an old fogy of ninety- saeage,.
five. Spectacles, indeed 1" Why, here," says Clarissa.
"I must run; says Miss Cissy. "I ens "Here ? Not the—the girl in black,
tirely forgot all about the dinner, and talking to Bellew 1"
mamma left it to me, as she had to go "Yes • that is your dreadful woman."
and see old Mrs. Martin. Good -by, dear, "Oh, look here, you know, it is too
dearest Clarissa. How I wish 1 could absurd," says Dorian, with a low laugh.
go with you to this lovely ball!" '"I have danced twice with her already,
Never mind; people always meet," and am engaged to her for this l"
says Clarissa, consolingly. "She is your child, then?" asks Clar-
Yes,—at hilip i.' returns the irre- ice, opening her eyes.
pressible, and, with a faint grimace, she erne ; but a governess, my dear Clar-
vanishes.issf ?"
Georgie walks as far as the entrance- She is teaching the Redmond chit -
ate with Clarissa. When there, she lion. I told you so at the concert."
looks at the iron bars wistfully, and ••"1 quite forgot, utterly: How could
then says, in her pretty ehildisb way, one think of her as that, you know?"
Let me eo a little way with you, "Now, please, do try, and write plain-
Clarissa,.
lain-
O Peyton, who is walking, 15 de- tively. Up to thisnIle ahavan notplain-
Blisse
lighted. able to read a single name upon my
As far as ever you will. Indeed, I card."
want to speak to you. What—what is I'll do my best," says the fair young
your dross like, Georgie?" man. Is that legible 8"
Georgie hesitates. Clarissa, misundar Bellew, is it? Yes, I can read that.
standing her silence, says, gently, "Let Thank you, so much. Do you know, I
me give you one, dearest ?" haven't the faintest idea who I am go -
Oh, no, no," says Miss Broughton, ing to dance this with, because"—exam
quickly. "1 Sava ona,—I have, indeed; fining her card—"it looks like 'Barley -
and it is rather pretty." corn, and it can't be that, you know?"
But you told. me you had never been There once was a John Barleycorn,"
at a ball. save Mr. Bellew, thoughtfully.
Neither hose I. The gown I speak Clarissa has been claimed by Horace
of was bought for a musical part It Branscombe,, and has disappeared.
was given while I was with Aunt 'laza- Dorian, coming to the front, goes up to
beth." • the little beauty in black and silver,
"Who gave It'?" and says, in a contrite tone,—
"The gown?" I am so sorry I can't write; yet
"Oh, no,—the party." nevertheless I am John Barleycorn,
"Lady Lincoln. She has one son, .Sir and this dance belongs to me."
John, and I think itis he gives the part- "Why, so it does,' says Georgie, re-
ies. Aunt Elizabeth was so pleased. that cognizingg him in a naive manner and
I was asked that she insisted on my go- piecing herSand upon his arm. She
ing, though I cried, and rayed bard to erforms this last act slowlyand with
be let stay at home. It was only"— hesitation, as though not entirely .sate
dropping her voice, with a heavy sigh— of his identity, Which has the effect of
"eleven months after papa had—had left piquing; Sim, and therefore heightening
ane." his admiration for her.
It was cruel to force you to go "You have forgotten me," he says, re -
against your will: but, when you were proachfully.
there, did you enjoy yourself?" "Oh, aro,"--slowly, "It was with you
I did, confesses Miss Broughton, I danced the last waltz, I think."
with a blush. " I enjoyed mysalfgmore No, The last polka." He is even
than I can say. I do not think I ever • more piqued now. It has slipped your
enjoyed myself so much in all my life. memory ; yet there are some things one
I forgot everything for the time being,
"Like some tired bee .that flags
Mid roses over -blown,"
she grows languid in his arms, and stops
before a door that leads into a conserva-
tory. It has been exquisitely fitted up
for the occasion, and is one glowing mass
of green and white and crimson sweet-
ness. It is cool, and faintly lit. A lit-
tle sad fountain, somewhere in the dis-
tance, is mourning sweetly, plaintively,
—perhaps for some lost nymph.
"You will ggive me another dance?"'
sas Branscombe, taking her oar
d
"If I have one. Isn't it funny P—I
feared when coming I should not get a
dance at all, because, of course, I knew
nobody ; yet I have had more partners
than I want, and am enjoying myself so
much."
Your card is full," says Branscombe,
in a tone that suggests a national cal-
amity. "Would you—would you throw
over one of these fellows for me?"
I would, In a minute," says.Miss
Broughton • naively; 'but, if he found
me out afterward, would he be angry?"
He sha'n't find you out. I'll take
care of that. The crowd is intense. Of
course' -slowly-"I won't ask you to do
its unless you wish it. Do you ?
"There is one name on that card I
can't bear," says Miss Broughton, with
her eyes fixed upon a flower she holds.
Her dark lashes have fallen upon her
cheeks, and lie there like twin shadows.
He can see nothing but her mobile lips
and delicately penciled brows. He is
watching her closely; and now wonders
vaguely if she. is a baby or a coquette.
Show me the man you would dis-
card," he says, running his pencil down
her programme.
"There,—stop there. The name is
Huntley, is it not? Yes. Well, he is
old, and fat, and horrid; and I know he
can't dance. You may draw the pen-
cil across his name: if you are sure,
quite sure, he won't find me out."
He shall not. But I would far rath-
n
and was quite happy. To me the flow-
ers, the lights,the music, the pretty
dressea,—everything,—worn new and
fresh, and helped to take me out of my-
self. And then, ever?body was so kind,
and Mr. 1'1ennedy--'
"Who was he?" asks Clarissa, interest,
ed at once.
"A tall thin dark man, in the Guards
—the Colcistreams or the Grenadiers, f
Hite forget which. He talked to me
rill this evening; and, indeed, so did Sir
Joh Lady Lincoln's son ; but I liked
M"
Sohn,
Siirr y15511t1"
ever forgets,"
"Yes, " saysMiss Brougliton, witb a
suppressed sigh; "but those are un-
happy things. Why think of them
tow? Let us dance again, and forget
vvhilo we can."
You mistake me," ^ says Dorian,
hastily. "I thought of nothing un-
happy.I thought of you. 1 shall never
forget this night."
Ah, neither shall I 1" says Miss
Broughton, very earnestly indeed. By
an artificial observer, it might be
thought somewhat sentimentally.
"Do you Prean tbat ?" says Dorian,
hopefully, :if curiously. "Am I to un -
THE BRITISH GENERAL IOTT LED,
"The General had turned round the
last of all to walk after his retreating
troops, when he• also was shot dead
through the bead. •A minute or two pre-
viously Lieutenant Hamilton requesting
the General to excuse his presumption,
had asked for a charge, as the mon
would not stand the fire much longer.
Sir. George Colley replied, 'Wait until
they come on, we will give them a volley
and then charge;' but before that mo-
ment arrived it was too late.
"The Boers were instantly onthe
ridge above, and for about ten minutes
kept up their terrific fire on our sol-
diers, who plunged down every path.
Many,, exhausted with the . night's
marohrng and the day's fighting un-
able to go further, lay down behind
rocks and bushes, and were afterwards
taken prisoners ; but of those who re-
mained. on the hill to the very last
probably not one in six got clear away."
Before the fight on Majuba Hill had
taken place Mr. Kruger had made pro-
posals for peace which had been for-
warded to the British Government and
had been favorably received When the
news of the great disaster reached Eng-
land a storm of grief and indignation
swept over the country, and undoubted-
ly, public sentiment was wholly averse
to the conclusion of peace until the su-
premacy of the Brit,sharms had been
asserted. But, although enough Brit-
ish troops had been landed in Natal
to exterminate the valiant Atricanders,
and had been placed 'aider the com-
mand
oinmand of Sir Frederick Roberts, one of
England's most distinguished .and sue
cessful generals, Mr. Gladstone refused
to break off the negotiations that had
been begun. He declared that to per-
sist in the war for the purpose of pure
'revenge would bring the reproaoh of
"blood guiltiness" upon the British na-
spread a compress of cotton wool or sev-
eral layers of soft cloth (well warmed),
so as to cover considerably beyond the
affected part, on all sides. Ib is a warm
pack, and unless perfectly protected
from the warm air is worse than none
-a positive evil1 No other measure,"
adds Dr. Donaldson, "has given so sat-
isfaotory results as this simple 008.In.
all forms of ,pulmonary and intestinal
affections it is Invaluable, Torturing
thirst may be soothed magically."
Since learning this I have been anx-
ious to "tell it to all peoples under the
sun." A near neighbor has just been
relieved of a long-standing liver trouble
after taking medicines in vain and be-
ing treated by our best physicians for
months and gradually failing. A Rus-
sian doctor proposed trying flaxseed
poulticesupon bis side. They ordered
one peek of flaxseed meal .to begin with,
and changed the large poultices every
three hours for 12 days and nights.
The swelling and hardness were gone
in 10 clays, the fever was broken and the
appetite revived in two weeks. The
patient is now gaining- health and
strength and declares poultices are mir-
aculous.
THE MIDDLE-AGED MAN.
•
Ile Diecsurs}•o 118 111C 8111148C1 e11 the Once
Familiar Bootjack.
"When I was a boy," said the middle-
aged man, "there was a bootjack in
every home; in some homes there was
one for the father and one for each of
the SODA; but the one -bootjack homes got
along very comfortably, for they didn't
all want to use it at once; the boys went
to bed early and left the bootjack for
the old man.
"Bootjacks were made of wood and of
iron; originally they were all made of
wood. The wooden bootjack had a
wedge-shaped opening sawed in one end;
sometimes this opening was rounded out
be fit the heel of the boot. Just back
of this opening, on the under side of the
bootjack a little strip or block of wood
Health Gossip.
The fumes of turpentine are said to
relieve the worst paroxysms of whoop-
ing-ceugh•
A lump of sugar saturated with vine-
gar is highly recommended as a remedy
for hiccough.
If you wake with a headache every
morning try as a remedy the better
ventilation of your bedroom.
Neither milk nor water that has been
standing in a sickroom should be swal-
lowed by the patient or by anyone else.
The man whose motto is "a short life
and a merry one," and who takes no
care of bis health, will Lind that there
is no merriment in a broken-down body
and unstrung nerves.
The foreman ofa factory employing
three thousand men says that in pleas-
ant weather they turn out ten per cent.
more work than when it stormy or,
otherwise disagreeable.
The eyes will bear a nigh temperature
to a certain limit, but above that the
difference is very marked. For in-
stance, workers in smelting houses can
look at the molten metal without trou-
ble until it reaches 2,000 degrees F.,
but above that they are obliged to wear
colored glasses.
A Hungarian hygienist has been col-
leotiug statistics Ln regard to the life
of dwellers on various levels. He finds
that those whose occupations or pov-
ertyrequire them to live in cellars,..
die first, as might be readily supposed •
next come those who live on the third
or fourth floors) next, those on the
round Eloor, while the to
of the
was nailed or screwed on across to raise first or s000nd floors enjoy the longest
the jaw end of the bootjack off the period of existence. The purer . air of
floor. The bootjack was sometimes of
the same width at both ends, sometimes
it was shaped down a little toward the
floor end and sometimes it was curved
in a little at the side, to give it more
symmetrical .proportions. The iron
bootjack was made much more orna-
mental than the wooden bootjack.
"If a man's bootscame off easily ,he
could pull them off with a bootjack
the upper stories is overba anted by the
exertion of climbing the stairs, the
average- being a little over two years'
earlier death.
Cold Weather Dist.
Oatmeal may be used for breakfast,
with plenty of oream; both : of which
give heat. A moderato amount of su-
gar is advisable in cold weather if the
while sitting in+a chair; if they were digestion is good. A satisfactory way
tight or damp, and so came off hard, he of giving sugar in oatmeal to children
stood up tont, putting one foot on the
end of the bootjack to hold it down and is to sprinkle it very lightly over each
wedging' the heel of the other boot firm- spoonful, using a large salt shaker,
ly into the bootjack's jaw. Then h8 Corn meal mush may be used in the
pulled. Sometimes the boot came,' same way for breakfast, and an occas-
er you condemned that fair-haired fel- tion, and, notwithstanding the storm sometimes it didn't. Sometimes it the tonal baked potato is a good addition
low you were talking to just now.," says raised about his ears by the ,jingoes boot, was wet and came off particularly to the breakfast menu,' or u' baked apple
Dorian, who is vaguely, faintly jealous of the clay, he adhered steadfastly to hard a man would upset himself in his served with cream. For dinner a
of young Bellew. the position he had taken before the struggles. It was wise when the boots more liberal supply of starchy foods,
"But no is so much nicer than Mr. British defeat had become known. were very hard to hold on to something such as beans, rice, potatoes, tapioca
Huntley," declares Georgie, earnestly: THE BOERS REMEMBER, for support. Grown-up men have been and meats may be need in cold weather
"and he was my first partner, and I known to lose their temper over pulling than in summer. ]tread and milk is
promised him so faithfully to keep this The result was the convention of oft their boots, the best supper dish.
dalnce for him " March 21, 1881, by which the complete In those days everybody, men and
He'll. never see you in the crush," internal inde pondonoo of the South Af boys, wore boots, and the number of
says Branscombe. rhea Republic was recognized. Tho bootjacks required to supply the regular
"But I told him exactly where to find right to regulate and superintend the. demand. On Kee was great; and the bootjack ping the Mouth Closed,
me. relations of the Boers with the native was also commonly used then to throw People who keep their mouths closed
It is the most difficult thing in the population, numbering about 700,000, the et cats nights. Many thousands of boot- except when they aro talking, eating
world to be anywhere at the precise mo adjustment of frontier questions with jacks were annually lost or broken in
meet stated." resmdent and neighboring tribes, and the this way, The total annual consumption or drinking, rarely contract colds or
"But 5 should like to dance with him control of foreign relations were re- of bootjacks was something enormous, coughs. Savages, even those livingin
again," declares Miss Broughton, inno- served by the Imperial Government, and and the manufacture of bootjacks was a northern latitudes, seldom take cold,
contly being driven into a corner these reserved privileges constitute that thriving industry.
b
Oh, of course that ends the maicor," suzerainLy" ot t' Queen Victoria, to Where ns the o
otjaok now? In these Scientists say it is because theyare
says Dorian, in an impossible tone, draw- which reference bee been made. days only horsemen and farmers wear close-mouthed. Disease germs floating
ing' the pencil, with much uncalled for This vindication of their national in boots. and the bootjack has fallen from in the air find a direct route into ilio
energy across' Mr. Huntley's name. dependence is celebrated occasionally by its high estate." lungs of a person who breathes through
his mouth. They are arrested by the
fine sieve-likenetwork of hair inthe
nostrils of the individual who breathes;
through his nose.'
Then some other man comes UP, and the Boors 10 December wick .great lc-
elainns the little willful beauty or the joining. The meeting was originally in -
waltz then playing, and carrying her off slituted to commemorate the defeat of, Not a 1i:leptolnaniae.
in triumph leaves Branscombe alone. the Zulu chief Diitgaan, and was known
(To be Continued,) as "Dingman's Day," but ainoa the ex -1
pulsion of the British it has been hent
as the Day of Independence. 51 is not
911e Truth of It. an annual festival, being celebrated at
1 —I tellyou, it's better in the irregular intervals, and. rL is a religious
'Wj ley rather than a political event, 11 telcos
end to be honest. Diel you ever know the form of a solemn convention, an
ro ire who wasn't unhappy ? °cession of thankagivin to the Almigh-
a
Shaglley—No; but, then, ono would ty for deliverance tram theforeign yoke, -
hardly expect a rogue to bo happy when and in many of its featnt'es °alis t o s eco l
he is known, It's the roguenhat• aro membranes the descriptions of the Scot -
not known that are happy. fish Covenanters. dollars
I might as well plead guilty, judge,
owned up the penitent prisoner at the
bar. If it had been a bolt of lace or
a basket of diamonds you might have,
called it kleptomania. and let' .1ne go,'
but I don't reckon that would work In
Ibis came 1 stole the hog. judge. 1
I am going to Venezuela,. You may,
never see me againo Then lend Mo ten
Lost 1Forever.
Brown—You look as if you had the
blies.
Robinson -So I have. I've just lost
my beautiful new silk umbrolla.
Where did you leave it?
I didn't leave ib anywhere, The Own-
er met mo and took it away from too,