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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1900-02-08, Page 3ifr ,�ac+tes- 4ttONse.♦ aNNe'NtvaN++eettty ♦ee+401.4444Ito tine onetime et tee wee of Hes, iewN••••ZeevvveevveNevNaNNZNt+e•eNN s 1 th h eek • Murrayis I hoar e , r &tag of a shell, and the next moment it struck five yards from the wet - ,i just where I sow Upton not a minute before. When It buret I took cower beneath the wall, and when 1 the exltodon was ovor Ijumped through the window, expeeting to find Upton dead. In answer distant. He was unhurt, except for bream'orcaslone.l by flilhmr atones, Ile saw the shell minks:. and In the twee of a few secaamli must have reached and settled the wall, although he 1s In a delicate state of health, BOMB AT BREAKFAST TABLE. sir John - Willoughby and Dr. Jane on are mealy watolitagevents In Ladysmltlh. They are taking no active part in operations. Oa one Oeuartoa breakfast was laid for them as (leant, Before they 08010 down, however, a shell for which no place was laid. fettered unbidden, rudely burette; through the wall, down In. to the cellar. Hetes it oxpllx:nd—blow Mg up the floor, the breakfast table, and the breakfast. This—the elaggard would remark—shows the advantage of late realm; the housekeeper, how• ever, Ls believed to have Bald that 1f com• they had e early, they mlelit have hat breaking beforehand. It Was now entirely "poled. PASSING BOER LINES AROUND LADYSMITH. Je Je ,01 4,4Je HOA LIFE GOES ON IN THE CITY DURING THE SIEGE. (story of Wm. Y. Meehan told In the Natal Mercury,' ♦N ••••N•�eNiiii Mr. W. F. Mitchell thee describes him eeoape from the beleaguered City t Sieges become monotoloue when unduly prolonged, and In company .with Mr. Young, a press representa- tive, I decided, If wailer, to get ,Way. The Intelligence Department Platted every facility in our why. Majors Altham and' Henderson were very kind, and offered all arigt• Mule In their power, and explained the route most practicable. We olr tanned from the military authorltttw pass to the outermost lines, and We left Ladysmith about 7 o'clock on Saturday, the 86th of Novem her. Mr. Young carried a hag of "ropy" In it khaki haversack, and I 'Serried a satchel of roast meal. les. Each took a bottle of water. We were dressed la dark clothes— intending to move by eight, and we wore tennis tamed, with rubber toles. to tread lightly. We started away on the Helpmakaar Road to the north. We had not got far, however, when wo were arrested by Lieut. Brunt, and taken to CW. Miller, of the Llverpoole—a tramp back of two men. The Colonel at terse declined to allow us to pro. reed, Laying we must go through by daylight; but after explanation and strong representation's he allowedne to continue our journey, the lieuten- ant detailing a corporal to pane us through the lines of sentries, BLIPPING THE SENTRIES. We began to work up a spruit, among the thorns, to the north of the town. We had not got more than 15 minutes outelde the Eng- lish lines before I sighted a man In the spruit. We lay low a minute, cad, as be showed no nigh of 'seeing ea, we crept on. After we emerged from the oprult we had to ernes open country, and, as the "starlight was fairly bright, we crept t: i handl and knees for a mile. This Mode of progress sat so uncomfort• able that wo began to walk up right, Young slightly Inndcuuce, To my horror, I soon observed, on the left hand, 15 yards nwny, two Boer gentles, clearly outlined against the .ky. I mapped up as quickly and a. nUlIelssmiy ng I conoid and touch- ed Young on the shoulder, nod at OM understood signal he rollapeed, with me. Into the grand. We lay .` there prone for five minutes — it teemed an eternity. The eentlees, eppareetly, did not notice use and we worked away backwards, wrlg• filing snakelike, unttl we readied Menge. W11L•MBLING THROUGH PERILS. We moved down this spruit In an ewterly dlrectiou, until we got a rise of ground between ue and the sentries, and then we moved on fast. Presently we dl000vered we had Worked a bit up the shoulder of Low b44rd'a Kip nlmoet fnmedlately be - Often a redoubt, containing a Boer Sun. We edged off from title In n westerly direction, and struck upon a owe of veldt epatsely scattered with tttorue—.lipping from tree to tree, lying In the eladow, and listen- ing istening for sound,. Atter thie we struck tome rock ground, and, the ,tar, being now obscured, we had some ugly stem fifer over the stones. We saw no signs Of Boers except a new wagon and 11 Boer telegraph, as we preened 00 northward—knowing the enemy was Jto the oast. After a Zang tramp, Jett at we reached the top of a rise, We pew a light. Ties we discovered, by steady progress by circles. All through the natives were mite velleleaty meat, and gave information freely and cheerfully, but would In no Came veatere farfrom their kraale— ,ps they /Mated the Dutchmen shot 'boys City found wandering. We edged away, elhd presently found oureclies, ao we believed, ou ELANDS LAAGTE BATTLE FIELD. ` There were many cairns of stones about, over which we fell la the dark. Ilse After getting clear of the field Of slaughter, about 8 o'clock, the moon ruse, and, although we time • Aad a view of the country, 11 tea - increased our own chance of being observed. Daybreak found us, after a hard tramp, in at open pleb, through which runs the Molder 18prult, and on the farm of Plet Uye. ' # kafkr kraal wash] tight, and Young and I debated as to whether we should He down In the spruit or take refuge In the kraal. We decided to " Monet to the natives, and it was well we did soImmediately on approaching them they told us that Boers occupieu ' the farmhouse, and were being enter. tainel by Its owner, and that Boers VOOuPied the hills round about In con. alterable numbers. We accordingly de. Coded that the open was no place for ma, and crept Inside one of the huts— aftei explaining to the headman that we did not wish the Dutch even to eguee at our presence. CAMP FIRES Ole' THE ENEMY. e The nativas brought us amabele, ittywala, and several eggs, and we $de a .atefaotory breakfast. We lept and rested In the but the holo en Sunday. During the dny the OSrs—woo were mar litag north— .. Armed the kraal; and on one meas. '• Ufa Obtained mediae and a drink from he natives, who never betrayed our e neaence, even by a self•consclous '.' el*, Yet the naives knew that If Boer* had disoovered us they Id themselves be in a Po - In which they would be able to all nn Eng - again. We left the kraal at net Sunday, and etriktttg tooth eset marched about 80 mules. On a tramp we pawed countless eamp glowing round the base of Unh• ale and Lombeard'a Kop, ap. toy forming a semi -circle of th on the north, east and We we 8 Damp fire to the d tut, and a heliograph trtetru. °tlglki ler to the Umbuiwana,and no pall between the two. We 4 a War road also midway of Pointe. We then struck to. Sundt"' Slyer, and came upon titer Medi where we got Arae. LOST AMONG THE THORNS, »furls glad Aeagaa. We were forced to foe the Moon rhino before we go on, having been guided o by the eters aiute. 15 leu we were ao fatLzcei that }Yee DNI asleep and awoke e-hlver:icx— SO find that the moon was high. We Pleased era another hour, and reach. ed the keel of a native, named Mete kfadtenba,, who sheltered us Mesday. We talked with him the Tugand he, whiobi hu she eke Ott, said he told w he w $ ford asroae which he could r�Il se lie was afraid to + MII 1, se Ha rtatehmen ♦,,44,,oavewN,44$+, :N:/♦ a+1+N+a++Nvve4+Nv sw to lay cry, however, Ile ftppe tred from ()ler the paddock wall about 100 yarn+ were swarming in the dlstrirt, be welted to be welt paid for taking the risk. He nekel e4, betllhf stn money at the time aeged tovereien and a few shillings, Imbed to iso content with El. During the deny Boers visited the kraal, and, al• though there were' mealier In 1h" hat where we lay', the natives procured 'mattes for them elalwhere, so n, to avoid nttrncthug attention to Cir hut, WE REACH TAE TUGELA, Before sunset Mabondla informed us that the Dutchmen were not now In the neighborhood, and he intro• tiered a boy who wanted to go to teacart. Ties boy, John, had been a servant of the Natal pollee, nod tree captured at Dimdeo and taken to Newcastle 05 a ',reciter. He wee set to mind cattle, and had ee- (taped. As he could speak Englleb well, we engaged Ida as Interpre' ter to the expedition, our own know - lodge of the Zulu's being more psscu• Ilar than profound. With this boy and elabondis, we started for the Tugela, and had a friglltfd journey doa11 the skies of the hitt and krnntaei, to the best of the river. On the way Young sprained his knee by stnmbling against a rock. When we reached the Tugela, we found the far bank glittering with camp fires ; aid, fearing they were the fires of the foo, we went to a kraal clan by to Inquire. We were then between the jwnetlon with the back to tell Oa that whoever had the Klhp River, and we decided to remain the night, getting the nat- Ives to scout for us at daybreak, FORDING A RIVER. We got eoine 'malice from the na• Gees Isere and spent a dry night. although It was netting In torrents outside, On the morning of Tues- day the natives went out and came hark to tell us that whoever hal Ilt the fires ovor night had moved away to the southwest. We then started to cross the drift, which extended' down the river a cowed• erab!e distance. It consists of groat boulders, green and Nllppery with moisture, worn by the water's action, dud +t couple of Inlets cos- erect with reeds. It took us the beet part of an hour to ford this place. The water was walst•itlgh and melting down with great speed. On one oecalslon Young snipped and wet most of his clothes. I was almost 08011 oft my feet but was eaves! by eleataudlt, who 'held out hia.tick W 11N, After crooning, we started on what was 771E LONGEST MARCH. we IoW yet undertaken, going by the eateer0 dile of lnhlawpt mouutalu and keeping to the hills. We Inquired at etery kraal and of every native for Iwormntlon of the Boers, and the re- plies were to the effeet'thnt they were txmllug up loom tlhe-Mouth after a big battle, and were sweeping acmes the land in an irregular way• As we moved ,inti we found that them -wandering Duteluueu were far to the east of our course, and for a time we attempted to take a straighter line, till the nat- ives Informed no we were approaching raiding parties of Boera. .titer re;ting a while, we attempted to descend to the Dlauwkrants, and here again experienced mach trouble. Througiout the march, Young's knee had troubled flim frightfully, both in asceudumg and descending grades; on the level he could move comfortably. . OUR 1'0011 FEET. Our shoes by thle time were badly worn, end the soles of Young's were ewnipletely loos at the buck, and lie Itad to tie them up with ambulauce bandages 1 leers of stone cat hie feet, end he practically had to limp along half the }out nay. Luckily, my shoes were better, and, though the rubber wore oat, the Insoles (held together ; and while the stones pressed upward they the not cat may feet. John hind fallen footsore also. I kept urging 011 torn march, and at sundown we reached it boy's kraal, where we were told that a chlefs kraal was not far oft, and that there we could obtain information of the whereabouts of elm Dutch and the road to Estcourt. Both Young and John were so wearied that they 1111 not wish to press on. I In - duvet them to go forward another hour, which brought up to the hide cated krnnl—that of a retired chief, \ity'etyI, father of the chief of the 'Weenen tribe. A N."FIVE STRATEGIST. Mtyetyl, who appears to be a mili- tary strategist of high order, ex. plaited to ue that the English did not know how to carry on war. They were too gentlemanly for the Beers. We carried on the war like a game. The 'proper way for England to do %vas to set the Zulu's and Mouths to Invade the Transvaal and Free State and kill off nil the women and ehll• dren. When the Dutchmen heard of those who were killed they would come back hastlly to 'iefend their homes. For this purpose they would break up Into small commandoes, and the English could follow at their con- venience and kill them at their lel. mire. Any who escaped, the natives would take care of. Consequently, the race would be stamped out, and there would never be any more Dutch trete ole In South Africa. FRIENDLY NATIVES. During that day's march we heard the sound of cannonading, and heard from natives of a fight noting taken pines nt Chleveley. We also heard that the Boers were looting farm., and had tried to shoot two boy. at Charlie Lloyd's farm. We also heard a great dull explosion, which could not have been thunder or guns, and so I con• elude it meet have been dynamite, and was pastilles' the blowing up of Colette° Bridge. Mtyetyl's people were mar- v'ellourle hoepltable. At daybreak on Wednesday the ehlef'e Induna, a very handsome fellow, guided us for some distance along the road, and we marched In the direction of Est- court. We pared two kraule which were deserted, and at lad meta nee tive who informed ue that the Boers had just passed, going to tbe north, and Natal pence were to the south and southwest of us. About 11 o'clock we sighted a vil- lage, of which we could only learn the native name. Consequently, we approached carefully, and tent John and the other native ahead to rebut, as the !here were less likely to pay attthtteet to kafilre than 01)0(1.1.10 uteo. They returned and reported that round the bend of the road an Induna of native pollee wan to be found. NOTES OF THE SIEGE. Mitchell Tells of Doings In the Be- sieged City. I was sitting at my window, dock- attiv papers juut before I left. and Yr Prseoott Lipptat woe walking M. SXC'II'TY NEWS IN THE N1EOE. Tine newspapers were prohnce.l h,y eyclosty'le, and soli at le. a copy, the demand being far greater than the supply. The rico was a sheet of fools- cap, folded. The ou1etde rout tined a carte:me leaving three page of "new.' and stories. For In•,tance afternoon tea was announee.i by the Sec:ety News—water being tastefully serve' n bully beef tins, labels removal. Bread torn by the fingers, as the knives Spoil the flavor. A specie ac- count would follow of an expedition to the Ant Hill—two dnn'it yards aft; as the Boers were about, It was hue Wrong to walk further. The editor of the Bombshell was Mr. Line', town clerk. The ()replete, OW0 was edited by the Graphic correspond nt. the term 1 left, three copies of the Bombshell had t)tx'tl least as 0 h1• weekly. The others were weeklies, and one copy of each had appeared. The first edition of the Rohitbeholl was for private circulation only, but the de• bie wand, Geh town after the column went ,oath. "When Lad/104h Moe" we are giv- en to understand, it !a to be named "Jtsibertsdorp I" A SHELL TO REACH DURBAN. About 3,000 *belie have probably been fired by the Bona. I was told that some of tbe.Iag ,bells eat as much as 113, delivered, so that the &heeling of Ladysmith her b en an ex- pansive leminesa. It takes kbout e0 000. for a ;kelt from "Long Tom" to reach town, travelling at the rate of 16 Melee a minute, ani if one were aimed at Durban, a distance of 180 Mite, it would b3 is minutes before it landed at the port. FIREWORKS DAILY. There are aeveret seethe* lit Lady- simth, and a large number of trucke ands vane, which are kept under rover. On thews the Boers praeti.ed with lit- tle effect at the eommencemaut of the siege, as well as on the bridge just outside the station. The reason for their discontinuing fire ou the latter was, no doubt, owing to it having oc- curred to them that 11 hommnnicatlon with the lespltal were cut off they would have themselves to freest the non- combatanta and the seek. I was In- formed by native* whom I met on the way- down that the Boer stores are In a deplorable condition; the hien are said to have only tient to eat. They have practically looters all the cattle elese to Ladysmith. lit order to vary the monotony of extstetice, snmeLndy- smlth cit Illunu take an occastoaalwalk to Convent 11111 to view the fireworks. Mr. Foss lugs constructed a redoubt behind his house on thea hill, In which he taken, abetter when "Long Tom" le being fired, and, to know that the precaution 1e necessary, one has only to be told that the house ileo directly oppo'ft1) the formidable weapon of de- etructlon. When "Slim 1 let" le fired, Mr. Fare reties* to the other star of itis house, and walls until the shells burst, when he comes out to view the remits. One 'shell that fell in our gar- den made n hale 10 feet wide by 13 feet long and three feet deep. HOW ELECTRIC CURRENTS KILL Hetet, lungs and Nerves are Para- lyeed by the Subtle Fh11d. Few people, even anong those ne- cuetotaed to contrlletg electric apple alters, know the prec'se melon of the subtle current upon the vital fane- nand wag so enormous that the second was lashed at le BOMBARDING BALLOONS. There are a lot of women find eIi l- dren in the town—I choule think alout twit the original populatlou. One IadY, who cams to view the wreckage In our house, remarked that sae eremite and children were going out to In• tomb's .prnit. However, among the e who renia:ned, concerts were fre- quently bel l at Hie Crown Ilotrl, 11111, of course, there were maty smokers in the military camp. One night there was a 1 me -light elsplay, The balloons are 1n Bret -clue' working order, and a eapItal all to the military operatloue.• The Boer stores of th lr deetractlon are false. The Boers rheneI the bal- loons] pretty freely at first, but eud• millet dropped It, 1 11ave a strong suep101on that rte shells must have overshot the mark, and fallen into their own camp on the far elle. BOER GUNS ON THE HILLS. Dealing with the position taken by the enemy, Mr. Mitchell says: Slightly -west by north Is Pepworth'o ridge, a low, flat-topped hill (ring- ed teeth trees, and containing ai tbe 0 era! redoubts, among wt found "Long Tom." There la an- other gun In the neighborhood, but nm it IN smokeless, wo could not ac- curately locate the position. On the northeast ire Lombnrsee loop, with two emokeleeo gene, the gun- ners of which try experlint'nte with time fuseee. The elhells, (however, buret el the air nlnmost immediately they leave the guns. Emit by smith 1's flmbulwana, whose gun, "Slim Plot," has n range of 6,000 yards. In addition to this eeInch gun, which can be plainly seen from the town, there are two others, and also a Nordenfeldt•Maxim. There is likewise n gun on Surprise HIII, west of Convent Hill, In the neighborhood of which is mounted our heaviest artlhery—the Naval gun. When "His Excellency " speaks he shakes' the whole town, and makes the window's jump In hone' near. AN soon as smoke is seen to Issue from "Long Tom," "Hie Excellency " roars out In the endeavor to catch " Long Tom" on the nose, because, Imme- diately "Long Tom" has fired, lie dl.appears from vele into the caw• ern constructed for his retreat. The range le over 4,000 yards. "Long Toni" on one occasion suspended operations' for two days, and many people tltlnk he was permanently dhlabled, and that the gun now tIre Mg is a deputy. A CIRCLE OE FIRE. There Is a gun to the south, fac- ing Caesar's Camp, at the base of Caesar H:dl, but this gun does not trouble the town. The $cera cktle the town completely, but they are out of fight, h.dden by the hills. The irregular rhrebo they describe would be, I believe, some 30 mere, with e narrowest breath of 12 min, and a maximum breadth of 20 mitre. The Free State forces wedeln on the Free State side. When I left there was a rumor that she Barrs were fi.v`.eet up a monster gun, larger than the "Long Toms," which was intended to "eat up" the town. However, we had numerous b:g guns awe Max_rna and Nordenfeldts, and were not alarmed. The Naran-Nordenteldt* throw 2 pound sheta, and fire ten !.n rapid accession. We have one we captured from the Been, and the Devens, I believe, have Jameson's gun, which was en use at Elands Laagte. It was rumored currently that there were 18,000 to 18,000 Bars still tetrad the Mfe 117 �R Cone of elle human body. Dr. R. 11. Cunningham, who has given this sub- ject a goof deal of studs, w'thln the last file year,, recounts experiments wheel he ha. made on Some of the lower animals. Theon teats len,' him W bei!eve that the first and most Me mediate effect of n powertld chock 1e to interrupt the (heart bent, It does 00 by Impairing the automate, tendency of the muscles to contract rythm'cally and in meson. An effort known to physiologists 08 "fibrillation" Is pro- duced. That is to say, to separate fibers of muscle that should net to- gether fail to harmonize, and Mina neutralise one another. One result of lids quaelparalytit is that the cella at the chef nervous centres, where sense and well re -Ido IOie the nourish- ment which the blood supplies, and 00 whleh they rely for life. Thue robbed, they rapidly die. Furthermore, the electr!e current often cheeks respire - Von. It tie volume le emall and the potent'al (or electrlo pressure) light, tide effect le only faintly observed. But etronger currents, a pm'fNY 1f prolonged, interrupt breathing more pos:tvely, and thus lend to a pliveln. Convnls'one nm frequently an attend - The The revival of an animal that had seem'ngly been killed was effected by Ur. Cunningham In the following n1,1 11 tier : He armed to restore the firth ity of the heart by two ngetir'es; he he .Mete,' Into the arteries what is called "defibrillated" blood and at the 8/1 110 t'me gently stimulated the organ with etectr!chty. Eh Inucli laboratory pre• parat'on would be regnlre'l to repeat tlhae procedure in the case of a man that It could 1lardly be employed effectively In eters of puri accident unless the nese-nary meths were close at hand in consequence of unmet forethought. It Is doubtful whether a central Nett or power station will ever be egnlpiwd with these farllltles for restoring injured mon, and It would probably take too long to carry 000 who had received nn apparently fatal dose of electrbelty to the nearest doctor, London's Steam Drays. Steam docks that haul throw tons may now be seen in the streets of Lettdon which have speeds of two and ons -half, four and one-half and seven and onesealf miles an hour forward and two merles en hour backward. The vehicle da fifteen 1eek, long, six feet six inches wide, and the platform which carries the load, to a steel frame ten feet Mia inches long by five feet wide. The front wheels ars of iron, two teat eine inohee in diameter; the tires, tour inches! wide ; driving wheels, three feet gut diameter, and the tires, five inches wile. 'The front .wheels ace controlled by worn) gear- ing. Steam fs generated by liquid fuel, and the engine Ls triple expansion, of fourteen horeepo 81', at 600 revalue Mom. There are two brakes, a band broke nal n oboe brake. 'The water tank holes ettxty$ive gallons and the oil tank 'twenty-five gallons, Why Ile Didn't Go. At a Prattle!' fair a farmer wantry• Mg to engage a lad to ae.iat on the farm, but would not flnleh the bar• guilt until he brought a character from the last place; so he sat): "Run and get it and meet me at the oroeorsetds at four o'clock." The youth was there in good time, ani the farmer said: 'Well, have you got year charac- ter with Yon?" "Noe replied the youth, "but I've got yours, an' I'm no oomtn'-" REGARD VOCE PERSON. This Tells You How to be Attrently Though Old. Begin in tune to study your falling powers. first youth is a brief and rad- iant possession, and second juttl 1 le full of cares and duties, no that one does not NM the rimy vigilant prep erfug to depart forever, until suddenly mid- dle -age, the first approach to the desert of age, twinge n multitude of regret.+. But it need toot have doge eu If due care had been taken to soften Its coming by preparing for It. '111° mirror tells the story some day with brutal tranknets. The orea,eo 01 Venus around the throat have suddenly de- veloped Into time -Dims, and the beau- tiful csmtour of the chin Is loot ha folds of supernbmdant flesh, while the plump cheeks are forming into Incipi- ent dewlaps. Fortunately 11 lo not yet too late to remedy these defects stud set time backward. Croweleet fwd wrinkles ran be massa ted out of ex- istence, the neck made plump and firm, the chin reshaped, the cheeks pushed up Into roundness. When managing the face tike tilis for your "show mate," "Out and up—up and oat," for those aro always the correct move- ments. When you have managed with creams and chilled the relaxed skin with lee cold astringents, then piny the piano en your face; that le, give the Ilttle tapping movements over It In nil directione to bring the blood to the surface and exercise the 'navvies. Then took and feet nappy, live up to hygienic ruing, and you will he sur- prised to find yourself enjoying a third term of youth. One thing further. Don't fidget. 1f you Itn0e acquired nervous mannerisms drop them and give your thoughts a trend In come other dlrec'tlou. Keep your lands still. So many elderly peo- ple entpioy their hands in nervous uunnlpulation, or keep the fingers clenched nt a tendon that Is palate to the oeserver as well as to them- selves. When the fun was wunuot's social weatpon It carried off the fidgets wltlt a charming grace, but the fun In Mile day aecentuates the fait that you are growing old. Knitting trans once the solace of increasing years, but machinery does our knittlnq now, tine hands nre taught expression without the necompanbnent of labor. Women accomplish more In otter aroma,' and keep thenwelvts young by up-to-date acquirements. Measles and mumps 00 longer form the staple of ttelr couver- ealfon. Drees neither too young nor too old, but witlt an intnttiat of the eternal Mamas of thltuere, wonrbg each ens- tume with Individuality and disthac- tian. If you have a lovely complexion nue wilto hair you can wear oars with proJtttety to adorn it. That is the art of beauty. You any also weer hearts to cover the erorasee In your neck. Our grandmothers wore geld nod their lott:•rlty en},w Gnat is heirlooms' today, Pearls ;u•' not- -uitnble for the yolithful they et itifv .U''1 what does youth, with Its ,1(flnenee o1 tout^ and bratty, m e I of I,e,rel•+ "r diamonds to adorn It7 But the mettles aged have n right to thole a eorements,•whloh for them have as. eocbttlons, Wrinkles enured by laughter nre- the hardest to eradicate, but they are small and mutely ret close to the month, and are rather plenetne than otherwlr. But the eterrotyped society smile leaves two long creases which •'honed be lrouo'l out with hydro•vncu, for they are really grotesque. Write kisswould seven to Its relate,] to the Mushroom fondly, for they tone In a night, without having been ob- served, and oonfront no In the morning with their unwelcome nimestrance. Semen; In dry rooms which leek the humidity of the atmnosphere is ow, cuwse, and this cnn he removed by koeptn!T n. kettle of water on the t'eettter with the rover der. 11 this lo not convenient lay wet eMths on your 1nee or spray your face with soft venter before rotlriner, and nvold ns much ne pretibia the habit of neren• twitter everything yon say with n ,trimmer; also restrain impatience anti Lrritnbility If you would have short coop of wrinkles. THE FIRST QUARREL. A Little Murttal Sceuc FromAdam's Unary. S_ene—Tice Garden of Eden. Time— Soutewoat uwetlult.'. Uostumee —01 Luo 'weal. Thi.'rurtnhi rine and o.l,- elolee our fret laments. AWOL-11'11dt d.d 301 may, my dear? Eve—Really you tura g.tt ng haex- euste,ly titsetititelletJ. Back Luere tt tette ways you misted stepping on a mese. Adam—Let the shakes look out for themeelveo. I um cowl' on eaukdlmeve2' s.mr you got mo to drink that wretched coieoet.on of genies }nice. 1 null' enough makes than to tickers me 1 the wlmle gang. What was it you asked me? ('vee --1 wnnte.i to know how old 7011 are? Adam—Meet I figure that all out mete'. l.raten. I wets torn on the fir..t ,bay of the year naught. On the first tiny of the ye.µ• 1 I wee 1 year old. Eve—Are you mere? Adam—Sure,' Wasn't I there? On the first dray of the second yetis' !was 2 years 01,1. To•duy is the first day of the fifth year, and I nm, of course, Just 5 years old. Do you grasp it? Eve—I think I Co. At the close of the loot day of the OOtIt year you w.11 begin your 100th birthday? Adam—Ye-es, that'll right, You've qu to a head for figures, alter all. Eve—Haven't I. Well, now, how about me 1 Wlhat'e my age 1 (Alam—That's easy. Lemma see. You were bean on the first day of t 1 Second year, On the first day of ren.' third year you were 1 year old. „m tree first day ed the fifth year >" are 3 years old. See i Eve—W,ait, I dam't quite NoI won't have ht, It inti (Adam—Why not Eve—Oan't you see i It ge't's 3(11 an unfair advantage: Tho e,,nb; id` eordhng to your story, ball just fuumh- ed the year 4, and yet yon '10 yam are 5 full years old. Nte,, I tsgan in the year 2 cad' am 3 tut! years fd. I m:oeed the gear 1, IWrauO' I armldn't help It, but that's un he,taon wb3' 70)1 elhould add en extra one to your own score. Adam—How old du you think I ami Eve—You are add eanugih in know better. I shim that time end of th, year 4 trade yon exnrtly 4 years old. Adam—Pooh, pooh 1 What do you know about high ma tllemates I I tell you mine to a peruliar nee. At the end of the year 93 I will be 100 years old. Eve—What will I be Adam—It doesn't make any differ. awe. Who cares what you will be. You're only a woman. Eve—You're a brute. Ada rn—Minx 1 'Eve—mV Adam—Entr 1 1 It w..s t:, flee dn:ncsL cg:arrtL Cleveland Plain Dealer. • Gone Down. "This," said Sandy Pikes, as he anotherreached for reminds meof de south At icanncome plloations." Hoa so ?" asked Kelly, as he pole lehed tie draught spigot. ' Whv, nnudder Oerman steamer seised," and then the tamri,t rani/Med. —Chicago News, BATtME FOR A BRIDE) head went bank, the tt``htI! tamed jll we of the Old gor,fle tearing tilt tu'h and einewt as they Were shoved away, but not ungrIppetl, Then the old tight• 01"s r'gltt arm slowly and relunotantly umco led from the otherei noels. The Fierce Struggle Between Two younger Keene had broken the death e Sava Gorillas. Savage G r Ila*, gr p. Doth big lighters were momen• tnr.ly free and stopped back to regain I treat It. " Although wounded, It was the Younger gorilla that made the attack. THE BRUTES' AWFUL FEROCITY. This Om he didn't waste any efforts "One nu.rnht I left cum) to make on blows with his huge paw,. When g 1 they had approached almost w'thln a circuit of some trate we had set In stoking nista 0e the younger ut the the night, and, av I wnen't on the fghtero made a rush. He received a lookout for big game, took only a blow nn the lend that would hove cruslto.l a man's skull, It scarcely light rifle with me," says a man staggered him. Th n both of hU long who was recently' In Fouth Africa arms wrapped thetnsalves about his hunting nhlnmis for a menagerie. opponent's neck, nod holding hb an "'lout m thrcnh h the woods, I teeniest tightly clasped, he began g B h: ngg with fierce energy, not a steady caner on a little, rleartng, and there, f greeting bite, but furious, tearing not fifty tort away, I saw a big gnash'nge, wheel fleece skin and flesh malt gorilla. He was on all fours, lialesquntting on the ground. "Equipped with Only a light r0(0,1had no +uuhition to Meddle with the' heist. 1 sipped back Into the under• brush, nal wile 1110111 40 mike off no quietly as 1005110 when the pecullar• It,v of the gorilla's' actions attracted hie. He seemed to be trying to look as amiable as was (possible for such a monster, awl a second glance showed me the reason for title. At Mum right of the teeming w•as 0 second gorilla, smaller, but equally' ferocluus•loeking, it fitting elate for the first big brute. I had evidently discovered a gorilla courtship. "The male gurgle, trying to attract the attention of the female by uncouth moth -int, was attaining to advance elunt+lly taiwnrd her, iyhen suddenly a dial boom ! boom ! sowtttkad from far away in the forest. Cpto that inetalt the male gorilla, while savage -looking, lute g'eell no sign of being angry, but now all 8'Iollltitilged. liltshuge }awe sent together with It time. Theft through the silents which had fallen "a) the jungle when the first sullen eIalleoge was heard came a sharp hark, followed by n deep humming sound. It ways the terrible battle will of a fell -grown gorilla, the cry sent out when le le about to fight to the death for a mate. At the one of each echoing challenge ttte (hairy gin nt beat with his hog kande on ode chest, while at the other end of the clearing, waiting to bestow her hand on the victor, sat the ire.e• male gorilla, whose charms Itnd la• spired such jealous rage. "Suddenly there was a little flurry at the left endof the clearing and the challenger broke through the bushes into plain e4;ht. Ifs wits worth} to do batt: with the Lest a iniit. 1 from face and shoulders and chest. "Tbe older gorilla was taken by surprise et this saddest rush and change of tactic's by his opponent. But though at n disadvantage, he was too old a fighter to be easily dismayed. Float he secured a grip on his oppon- ent's thrott, ant stralning ever mus- cle tried to tear himself tree from the inforinted grasp et the younger beast. He might as easily have broken a steel cable as the strangling hold of his en- raged opponent. Then the older tight- er relaxed his grip on the other's throat, end placing bath has big hu- man-likenwa on the younger's fare tried to force hie head back. "This brought out a terrific trial of strength. If the old gorilla could force the other's head hack, be would be free ami might perhaps break les en- emy'a neck. Earn ;if the huge fighters seemed to know the; end put forth all of ,his giant strength. Back, shoulders, arms and neck were called into play, the heavy muscles rippling up and gathering into big knots. The snarling growia, which had marked the begin- ning of the fight had died away. Each animal was *silent. A stillness seemed to hive fallen on the whole jungle, end the crackling of tbe twigs and dry. leaves seemed uenaturally loud as the two agitate fighters, came to the supreme struggle. "For what was probably half a m:'a- ute, but seemed en hour, the two semi -human ahapee stood there put- ting forth every energy. At teat the youngar f.ghters face was within two 'etches of his opponent's head. The younger gorilla made a supreme ef- fort, twasterl his head suddenly and before let opponent could dodge had fnsit'ned het teeth in a death grip on flu• throat of the veteran t'ighte'r. "the veteran, was born backward, couhl sec 11' 10as a vet^ram with the Parrying his foe down with blm. Un '0 m11 of many battle; on him. 111. be; i leas he could loosen the grip on his 1111 wet(' ootid up In a grim snarl, : throat be was doomed, and itis old sho„1,e broken teeth and great gaps, ' fighter knew it. Over and over on the the rosdt of former b.tttlw. Both groused the two huge apes rolled, 0orlllttt were taller than the average I fighting desperately, but without 11141.11 111 they stwl ou their I)Ind feet 1 sound save for the thrill hissing of for battle, but their montane breadth thein• breaths as it wan forced from of cheat and shoulders made them their heavy cheats. The veteran of loo's like equatttng, halo' giants. In nhauy n hard fought battle knew hie ilehthhg ability both seemed equal, own end had come. for while the saco:eb older it -collet had "Up to tbe het tbe beetle bad been evll4tttly been In more battloe, yet fought in silence, but as the old gor- ttek 1 brei ron ht lattt(oone bind an advantagef1tseelnetrengtltlute teeth idlygave of biaupenthetagonlconatest and felt the oinkingttdeeper and youth. 's , k'f► "Neither of the big animals wasted was greaterdeeper thaninto6be throaCould bear.eHrin e time In preliminaries: they had work• broke tato o wailing Cry that echoed and ed themselves up into melt an in- would the jungle, I have heard the sanity of rage that only killing death cry f many aalbuals, b'rt never would satiety, Each advanced ou his a call like that f the y 111 gorilla. hdod legis until within six feet of the For it woo not like an animal, but the other. Then the younger gorilla b • wail of a man In overm''ering pain, gat to ftght Stepping forward with a choking halt sob,half 'brick. _tgala marvellous quickness for such to oen-ke ,ltd a ain it rosy ulp. 1 Luted my fail, blowmealy animal, he struck a Hall-Itke end then lowered il, f rI nould not blow with his huge paw. Had the help the old goriiird to meddle is blow gone home, no mer flesh and that fight With i.:,, my light rifle Wool. not even the bit -boned frame meant my nwa d "'• The half human 01 its natmZOniet, could have 0(1411• wail broke uhf gild, but while I stand it. But the old gorilla had wes»tandeng ',realties it ceased. The been 1n too ninny death grappiee to Erose, ttari r.ghting, hard -biting be caught to early In the fight. yaawiger ger: i' had Iran working his Even ns the big amts swung around way throng fes nnfagonat's throat he eprnhhr,; forward, coating In 00 and bad nil 't bitten rhrangh lbs chose am to mists 411e full force 01 the tested gyp, ,he great tight was over, ewln,;. The next Inotnnt he 1111.01 aM lire , "'ran of ninny similar o ere, xwtutnr tris n arm nronnd tte.ta 1"' met the tate he had meted younger gordlla neck, encircling;nee. It ant neelh four feetf eteol muscles and „1 „,tchnd 1ke younger ape at is holdlnt; Ids emy's head stff fns.while he wrecked Dta re rt;lit, ro thot0): e could not bring v ,, . an i he b>•.ly of 1110 dead enemy, terrible teeth Into play. Thea the V i „`t11 a start it oaourred to me old gorilla OpenOd his heavy jawe,8nd i woul l suffer a similar fate if fatting n firm grip ou the rhgitt I in that vicinity. The gorilla simmer 01 the younger gorilla, held , i other matters to ileak of. The on like a bulldog, tearing his wn ,,,r glimpse I had of the conqueror through the kgotted muace fwd ,e,1, as, with the glare f battle still How's and Moulder bead, of his hes epee and covered from head to potent. At to same time the 1 G.,1 Wail his own blood cad that of arm of the old fl;hter wrappr•I ,t I t enemy, he marched oft !n triumph 11 about the Younger gorilla toward her for whom he had fought b•breaklttg grip. en desperately and so well." It was only for an Instate, I "' p y ever, that things looked an ,D, ;, el "' for tits yeontgerf'ghte'r.Tto 1 ,;1 p„'` Ilea's eplondtd fhghtf''g abilit, un 1 tr” mendous etrength show ,ti tl,•m-,•i.e+. W'h'rling up his lett he :;'11'''';:ig''';;:l'I'''11, hitlongfingersabouth+l isthrottandtriedtohowl, ;oldshoveIt'shead back. .lt n.t 1.' only offset of 411. wne to mmh 1l.' d i fel• low t'ghten his grip ,en the ntller'e shoulder. Then U, • t,,inger gor:Ita put forth all hes ur, 1,:111. 1 round air ti muodeg of 1. , ,Pl ,lmulder std cock cuter th, u, I,,, Into big knots and bunch nN 1 1he,v wink honk through the so , The murderous, deep•oet ey'v+ 0,4teI forward, until they were let, ! ,t''th the ehieektones. A Met deeps en t ' effort and tate lig For Mange. Here le the simplest, surest and test remedy for mange In cats, and every lover of goat eats ehoule know le. Take equal parts, by we'ght, of lard and Inc sulphur ; mix thoroughly ; rah into Tabby's fur from end of note.4e. tip of tall,. until they are fairly pilo• tered with It. One application Is agi• ticlent, They will lhik It off day be. day, nal In less than thirty day. you see the slicked cat in the town. Sife, sure and effectual, and free for till. " Ile failed In bueln so. ' " Yee, bat he's started up n„ non." "Indeed? Ile must have plenty of grit." " Yee ; he has, now. Hoes dealing In sugar." A FEW WORDS ABOUT CATARRH. How it Begins -How it Becomes Chronic—How it is Thoroughly Cured by Dr. Chase's .Catarrh Cure. Forams wino take cold easily are almost pure to become victims of catarrh. which in its acute form ie nothing more or leen then "cold In the head:" _ se Banning at the nom, stuffed up - nostrils, difficult breathing, and head• ache are well-known .ytuptonts of aeuto catarrh. If allowed to run on acute catarrh becomes chronic, and then there po small ulcere formed tit the nose dropping* Into the throat, which cause hawking and spitting, and when the ulceration retches the tune, foul breath, ' As a result of the thickening of the membrane of the nose and ore tncbean tube denfnees and ex.'s efthe ores of aauen arra also symptoms of chronic catarrh. When allowed to work its way along the air passages catarrh el- timately reaches the lunge and be- comes catsumptlat. To clear the air perma2•es and real the uoers In the now Is the object of treatment, and no moans flare ever hen so wonderfully successful as Dr. Chaee'g Catarrh Cum. The improved blower which bo given Tree with every box of Dr. Chase's Catarrh Cure Is a simple yet menet effectual method of sending the pre• partition to the very Beat of die. ease. Relict Conte* almort Instantly, "esti In the herd" and acute catarrh are cured 1't a few leu w, and cllroalc ca• teeth is absolutely eradicated from the system in a few weeks. As catarrh nimoit tnvarlably leaves Its Ylotlhnt In a weakened, rundown condition, the patient should woe Dr. Chance; Nerve lean 1 along with the Catarrh Cure to build up the syr• tem, and form new red corpueclee In the eloo.l. Tilt combine l treatment Is uuap. proachnble all an effective method of perneuatently curing entero') and rid. dh1(1 the eyetem of every symptom or trace of this diatreeene. deblllfating, maid dtut_terous disease. Them Is no aliment dc) frequently neglected me rattarrh, and none that co eertldnly pends to consumpt on sed death. Dr. Chasees Catarrh Cure, 20 sentry a ioo ; blower free. Dr. Chase's Nerve Fart, 50 CPltts n box. At all dealers, or by male from E lmamilm, Bate; & Co. Toronto. Dr. C'hase's Syrup of L!neeed end Tnrtx'ntbme is mothers' iavorite re. mo.iy for croup, beo.tchitts, t'atghe anti colds, 2. rents a Ixettle ; tames, stw, 00 rents.