Exeter Advocate, 1900-5-3, Page 3' A
A Graphic Account of the Part Taken by
the Canadian Contingent.
IMPLICIT OBEDIENCE
SAVED THE REGIIVIENT,
of each division.
During the last week in January,
troops began to move from the south-
ern frontier at Rensburg and. Arundel
to Modder River. The utmost secrecy
was maintainecl as to the intended
plan of campaign. Everything looked
as if it was intended to mdse auother
frontal attack on the enemy's pos-
ition at Magersfontein.
All at once everything stopped.
Troops bivouacked where they hap-
pened to be along the line of com-
munication. The cavalry division
-composed of three brigades syas near-
ly all at Meader River, whither I
had come from Reusburg. The first
brigade consisted .of the Enniskillen
Dragoons, the Scots Grays and the
Carbineers; the second of a composite
regiment made up of squadrons of the
first aud second Life Guards and the
Horse Guards, the 10th Hussars and
the 1.2th Laucers; and the third brig-
ade of the 9th and 10th Lancers..
The first outposts of the enemy were
encountered at De Kiel drift over the
Riet River. There was only a few
hundred of them; they were taken
conauletely by surprise and offered very
little opposition to the cavalry cross-
ing the river. From De Kiel Drift
to Klipfontein Drift very little oppo-
sition was encountered.
It was between five and six o'clock
on Wednesday evening, the 14th Feb-
ruary, when the advance guard of the
cavalry division reached KlipfOntein
Drift. The east hauls of the drift
was held by a force of something over
one hundred Boers, who were quickly
driven across the river. Without
waiting until the enemy recovered
from his surprise, the 12th Lancers
crossed the drift and after a sharp fight
took possession of the west bank of
the river. -
About two miles -west of the river
was a small laager, to which the en-
emy quicklyretired. leaving a convoy
of something like one hundred and
twenty wagons loaded with supplies
of all kinds. Hurrying on without
stopping even to examine the position
taken, the cavalry with its seven bat-
teries of hoi so artillery went round.
the 'eager occupied by the enemy and
made direct for Kimberley.
IT WAS TEIE siGliT OF A CEN-
TURY.
Twenty-five miles of a runuing
fight. When the enemy was encount-
ered ahead the guns were sent for-
ward and shelled the Boers until the
cavalry pushed on ahead when the
guns followed with a strong escort.
This method of proceeding complete-
ly staggered the Boers, who were I
quite unable to concentrate a suffici-
ent force in time to stop the rapid
advance.
(From Mr. R. Richmond Smith, the
Special War Correspondent of the
Montreal. Star with the 'First Can-
adian Contingent.)
With the column -ander command of
Field Marshal Lord ' Roberts, at
Pacirdebarg Drift, March 21.—Events
have transpired with such kaliedo-
- scopic rapidity during the past two
weeks that it is almost bewildering to
attempt to follow them. In that time
Kimberley has been. relieved, Cronje
and his force of over four thousand
taken prisoners, and the enemy invest-.
ing Ladysmith driven away.
There will be hard fighting yet, but
the beginning of the end of the war
,seems to be in sight
The setback theearmy under Gen-
-era]: Lord Methuen received at Magess-
foutein startled the British Empire.
Following that came reverses in Natal
.and on the southern borders of the
Free State. For months our armies
.etood in front of the three gateways
into the Orange Free State unable to
advance. Then and only then did the
British public realize the magnitude
of the task it had undertaken. Lord
Methuen started on his forced march
for the relief of Kimberley with some-
thing like eight thousand troops. At
13elniont his infantry, with splendid
dash and couraise, scaled almost nn -
pregnable kopjes and drove the enemy
in full retreat across a level plain for
miles, but his cavalry, the numbers of
which were very small, were quite
unable to follow up the advantage the
ihfantry had gained by cutting off the
escape of the enemy.
• At Gras Pan practically the same
thing occurred, and. at Modtlei: River
it is an open secret that when dark-
ness -closed in upon the long mid haa•cl-
fought battle no one knew whose was
the victory. The enemy settle,c1 the
question by retiring during the night'
to the stronger position at Magersfons
teal kopjes. Realizing that the force
at his command was too small for the
task before it Lord Methueu did not
attempt to do anything further until
reinforcements arrived.
The enemy had twice the mobility
of our troops. He could move froni
solace to place with astonishing rapid-
ity, and carried little or no transport.
• To turn his flank meant a long and
rapid movement out into the Free
State, with a force of sufficient mag-
nitude to withstand practically the
whole army of the enemy. Then
there was the all important question
of transport. Food for men and
horses all had to be carried from the
starting point. This meant the keep-
ing up of a long line of communica-
tions and an enormous amount of
transport.
There was little doubthowever,
that this move was in contemplation
before that time as the major portion
of the reinforcements for the arnay
were landed at Cape Town and sent
either to Modeler River or to reinforce
General French at Arundel Camp in
front of Colesburg.
During the three weeks or more the
Field Marshal remained 'in Cape
Town, there was the most unusual
activity in the transport and com-
missariat, departments at Cape Town
and Orange River. Enormous quanti-
ties of all kinds of supplies landed at
Cape Town were hurried -on to Orange
River. Ship load after shin load of
mules and horses found their way into
the remount and transport kraals at
De Aar and thousands of bullocks
were purchased in every Dart of the
colony.
A few days after the arrival of Lord
Roberts in South Africa, every regi-
' anent in the three different divisions
composines the army on the southern
and western frontiers of the Free
State was asked to oraanize a mount-
ed infantry company. Most of the
regiments did so. Among the few
who did not was the Canadians, Col-
onel Otter stating that he nauch pre-
ferred to keep his entire regiment un-
der his own command.
The object of this was to enable
each infantry division of. the =Inv to
do its own scouting without assistane from the ctu, airy 'divisiori.
'i lus
left the et -malty alvisiou intact and
enal)led the iPield lvi;:irsluil to increase'
it,s numbers bv to it all the
battalions of mounted infantry orig-
inally intended to work With the in-
fantry diVisions.
This gave him something lak five
thousand cavalry and mounted itifan-
try under one command and able to
act independently of the infantry di-
visions of the ariny. Each division of
infantrY was a small army of ten
thousand, with its own mounted
troops and could act independently of
the cavalry division or other divisiens
, .
of Infantry. Regimental transport
was done away with and a supply and
transport column organited by the
*ratty Sergeant Corps for each brigade
• The fordo of the enemy investing
• Kimberley was met at Dronfield
Farm. It consisted of some five
thousand who first knew of the pres-
ence of our troops when they were
suddenly charged. Off they scamper-
ed in great confusion to McFarlane's
Farm on the north side of Kinaberley.
The cavalry followed in close pursuit
and at McFaxlane's there was a sharp
fight and some artillery practice be-
fore the enemy treked northward
through Riverton and up the Vaal
River in the dircetion of Fourteen
Streams, taking all their big guns
with them, except one fourteen
-
pounder, which was captured at Me-
Farlane's with considerable quanti-
ties of supplies and ammunition.
Then and only then French enter-
ed Kimberley with horses and men so
done up that pursuit of the flying
enemy was irapossible. French must.
have been well into Kimberley before
Crone and the army of the enemy in
the trenches at Magersfontein knew
that our arnay was anywhere near.
It was late on Thursday afternoon
thatthey began to trek. They did 00
in two parties, one estimated at from
five to six thousand west of Kimber-
ley and on up the Vaal River to Four-
teen Streams, and the other under
Cronje numbering about 6,000, up the
ISIodder River to Klipfoutein drift,
where they eluded oar troops which
had hurried forward to retain the poss
ition quickly taken and evacuated by
the cavalry.
The story of how Cronje'st column
was closely pursued by out troops of
the sixth division under Gcnieral
Kelly Kenny to Paardeberg Drift,
When their further advance was cut
off by the cavalry under Gencial
French, who had done a quick ride
from Kimberley. I have already tried
to tell.
THE CORNERING OF CRONJE'S
ARMY
)
Of 6,000 was an exceedingly able piece
of work and its success was to a large
extent due to the rapidity with which
our infantry followed up the advants
age gained by the rapid advance of
the cavalry. The enemy was not used
to etiOh movements on otir part said
r
were completely surprised. Mobility
and that alone enabled no to do what
has already been done.
The fight of Sunday, the 18th of
February, in which, the Canadian
played so gallant and important a
part compelled the enemy to coocens
trate his force in one *pot. For six
long days and nights one hundred and
sixty British cannon pounded the
small stretch of river bank ' in which
lay the force of the enemy under
their ablest general. They were
caught like rats in a hole and surren-
der was only a matter of days. The
artifices Used by the Boer general to
gain time until relief should arriye
wore skilfully devised, but did not
succeeed. It was a desperate fight,
which demonstrated one thing com-
pletely; that artillery is of little use
against an enemy entrenched in pits
and trenches made in sand. and soft
ground.
A moderate estimate of the amount
of shell of all kinds poured into the
enemy's laager during those six clays
is several thousand tens, and yet it
was marvellous how little damage
syas done and how few Boers were
kilbed
Slowly but surely are our generals
beginning to realize that the day
when entrenched positions could be
rushed and taken by charges passed
away when the modern rifle carne into
use. The experience of Sunday, when
every regiment in the Ninth division
lost so heavily, charging the enemy
in the banks and donssas of the river,
showed that it veould be disastrous to
advance infantry agaust the laager.
Big gun practice was tried, but with-
out forcing results
Then what ought to have been tried
first was attempted to sap up the river
bank and by that means advance to
close range with the enemy under
cover. For three days three regiments
of the Nineteenth brigade of the
Ninth division, the Gordons, Shrop-
shires and Canadian.s, slowly advanc-
ed its extended line ef fire upon the
enemy's position, all the time under
cover.
THE ADVANCE OF THE CAN-
ADIANS
under cover of darkness Tuesday
morning was ,not an attempt to charge
the enemy's trenches, but to secure a
line of trenches within a sufficiently
short distance from the outer trenches
of the Boers, so as to make them un-
tenable under heavy fire.
Though the watchful Boers dis-
covered the attempt in time to pre-
vent its being carried out in its entir-
ety, the regiment did succeed in dig-
ging a short trench so close to the out-
er trenches of the enemy that the
Boers saw another day would put our
troops in possession of their outer lino
of defences, from 'which we could en-
filade their entire position.
It was when he saw the Canadian
regiment within fifty yards of his
outer trenches and the Shropshire
regiment infilading him from the
right, that Cronje acceded to the
wishes of the majority, if not, his en-
tire force, and surrendered uncondi-
tionally. After our troops entered the
laager sorae ninety or one hundred
wounded Boers were found and
brought into our hospitals on the
other side of the river, where we al-
ready had something like one hund-
red previously brought in.
The Casualties of the enemy during
the week of hard fighting were, it is
estimated, about one hundred killed
and two hundred and fifty wounded.
Our. casualty list wasconsiderably
larger, in the neighborhood of fifteen
hundred killed and wounded.
The two divisions which have
borne the brunt of this hard fighting
are .the Sixth -and Ninth.
SAVED BY OBEDIENCE.
Nearly every regiment in these two
divisions lost heavily. In the Ninth
division the Highland brigade suffered
most in the engagem.ent o Sunday,the
18th, the Canadians next. In Tuesday
morning's engagement the Canadians
alone were under fire, so that their
casualty list is now as ,large as any
regiment in the two divisions.
That the regiment did not lose
more on Tuesday mornng is entirely
eine to the prompt and intelligent
manner in which the Canadians obey-
ed the orders given them before they
advanced. Had a single shot been
fired from the Canadian lines after the
awful volley which was poured in
upon them it is difficult to say how
many would ever have reached- cover.
It was their implicit obedience of
orders that saved the regiment from
a raost awful slaughter.
Though many valuable lives have
paid the forfeit the Canadian regiment
has splendidly wort its spurs and now
is manned among the best and most
famous regimentin the British
tinny. This is the highest honor a
volunteer regiment ever has earned,
or probably ever will earn, in the ser-
vice of Great Britain.,
Canadians have every reason to be
proud of the regiment sent to asSist
the Mother Country in this, t o most
difficult campaign of modern times.
One and all the Canadian volunteers
have 'behaved as heroes, and have
won from England's greatest generals
words of praise and congratulation
which any regiment in the Imperial
service Would gladly take any ohance$
war has to offer to win.
Their praises at'e in everyone's
mouth and the bravest Soldiers of the
Panpire cheerfully aclatowledge that
the warm praise given the Canadian
Volunteers wasewell and truly steroid.
„
THE SUNDAY SCI -100L.
LESSON VI, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, MAY 6,
Text of the Lestion, math. xi. 20-30.
lideinorY Verse, 28-30—Ctolden Text,
Math. st, 28—Commen9ary Prepared
by the itev,1). M. Stearns..
COopyit it, 1900, by D. M• Stea'rnal
20. "Then began tie to upbraid the
cities whereie most of His mighty works
were done because they repeuted not"
We find the word "upbraid" only in two
othe.r places in the New Testament. In
Mark 'vi, 11, He upbraided them svith
tlicu unbelies, mid in Sas, i, 5, He giveth
oe edo in to a w ho ask and 11111.11'111(1(1th
• not: But the same word is trainsiated
-revile" aud ereprolirla" lu Math. v, 11;
Mark xv, 32; 1 l'cu. iv, 14, etc. He never
upbraids tile •peuitent or the seeking. but
,only the hypocrites aud the unbelieving.
His mighty iverks were the works of
God, as Ile testified, "'Phu Father that
dieeslieth in Me, Ile cioeth the works''
(John xiv, 10), and these works testified
that Ile was sent of God (Jolus v, 30, 37).
Tat all men everywhere should repent
and turn to God and receive forgiveness
of sins is the will of God.
21, 22. "Woe unto thee, Chorazitil Woe
unto thee, Bellisaida!" And why? Be-
cause of the great condemnation that
would come upon them in the day, of
judgment. There will be a time of judg-
ment, and all W110 have ever lived will
have to appear before the Judge, who will
be none other than Jesus Christ our Lord,
the risen Christ, God's own appointed
judge (Acts xvii, 31). There will first be
the judgment seat of Christ for His re-
deemed ones (Rom. xiv, 10; 11 Cor. v,
10); then the judgment of the living na-
tions (Math. xxv, 31, 32; Joel iii, 1, 2);
and after the thousand years the great
white throne for the rest of the dead
(Rev. xx, 11-15), but in each case the
Judge will be the same (John v, 22, 23).
23, 24. "And thou, Capernaum." It
sounds strange to hear of Tyre and Sidon
and Sodom being at the judgment with
Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum, and
that it shall be more tolerable for the
former than for the latter, but the Judge
Himself has said it, and He knows, for
He caa declare the end from the begin-
ning (Isa. xlvi, 9, 10). The future of
Sodom and other nations is mentioned in
Ezek. xvi, 53, 55; Jer. xlviii, 47; xlix, 39.
That the judgment will be according to
knowledge and privileges of those who
are judged our Lord Himself said in
Luke xii, 47, 43.
25. "At that time Jesus answered and
said, "I thank Thee, 0 Father, Lord of
heaven and earth, because Thou hast hid
these things from the wise and prudent
and hast revealed them unto babes." At
that time, when John seemed to be doubt-
ing. Israel was mocking and men despis-
ing, Jesus said, Father, I thank Thee. He
is the possessor of heaven and earth and
doeth according to Elie will both in heav-
en and on earth ((len. xiv, 1S-22; Dan. iv,
35), so that nothing can happen without
Rini, and it therefore becomes us in
everything to give thanks, knowing that
this is the will of God in Christ Jesus
concerning us (1 Thess. v, 18). Babes
are not innocent, for sin is in them, but
they ere helpless, dependent, teachable,
believing. Concerning such little chil-
dren, who in their helplessness depend
wholly upon God, believing all He says
and looking to Him alone, the Saviour
said, "Of such is the kingdom of heaven"
(Mark x, 14; Math. aviti, 10).
20. "Even so, Father, for so it seemed
good in Thy sight." Or. yes, my Father,
this is SQ because that Thou hist round
it good (French text). Di said, It is the
Lord; let Hem do what seemeth Him
good (1 Sam. i)i, 18). David said, 1 was
dumb; I opened not niy mouth been use
Thou didst it (Ps. xxxix, 9). This from
our Lord is as much greater than either
as He was greater than Eli or David.
Never was such submission seen on earth
as was seen in the whole life of our Lord
Jesus, and in all His life perhaps it was
never greater than when in the garden.
27. "All things are delivered unto Me
of My Father." Understood by no one
but by His, Father, and I -1e alone know-
ing the Father and able to reveal Hitn, to
whom shall we go but to Him who only
eau show us or tell us of the Father and
in whose hand are all things and who has
said, "Be that bath seen Me hath seen
the Father?" (John xiv, 9.) What a com-
fort. for saint and sinner that I -le has
said, "Him that cometh to Ale I will in
no wise cast out" (John vi, 37). In John
iii, 35, it is written: "The Father loveth
the Son and hath given all things into
His hand. All life and power, all for-
giveness and all judgment are His." Of-
fering the riches of 'Ffis grace and glory
freely to all, He is gathering out of all
nations those who tome to Him, and they
obeli be His body the church and, 05 I
now see it, also, His bride the Lamb's
wife.
28. "Come unto Me all ye that labor
and are heavy laden, and I will give you
rest." God so loved that He gave, and
He who spared not His own Son, but de-
livered .1Iim up for us all, how shall He
not with Him also freely give us all
things? (John itt, 10; Rom. viii, 32.) The
Son of God loved me and gave Himself
for me ((lal. ii, 20) it is the privilege of
every one to believe and acknowledge,
and He it is who gave flionself for us
who says, "Come unto Me arid I will gives,
you rest." The greater gift. "Himself,"
includes all the others, "Redemption,"
"Eternal Life," "I3read of Life," "Water
of Life," "Peace," "'Wisdom" and
"Righteousness." ile is oue and all, and
all are in Him. -
20. "Take My yoke upon you and learn
of Ste, for 1 am meek and lowly in heart,
and ye shall find rest unto your, souls."
First, we come untoHim, and. receiving
Him, we find in 1-Iim righteousness and
redemption and deliverauce from the
wrath to come' and acceptance in Him,
and we rest in because I -1e, the
Judge, assures us that there is no con-
demnation since Fle has borne it all for
us. Now, though we are saved by His
blood and have rest concerning our eter-
nal welfere, there is the daily life, with
all its cares mid nnnoynneve and vexa-
tious things, to be livcd to His ,glory.
80, "Por Sly yoke is easy, and My
burden is light." If we find it otherwise,
the fault in nst be with us. "God is
love:" "as rot. God, 1.11;5 way is oerfect;"
"love is kind:" "the Lord will perfect
that which eoucerneth 118 (I John iv, 1,i;
Ps, 30: 1 Cott xiii, N. eaxaviti,
8). Now if a God or Uwe, whose Mrd -
nes is perfectly perfreting all thnt ,con-
cerne Os, does not (0111 111)0 us that His
way is, an easy wto,, how very 'much out
of harmony with Him we most he. Let
Us have .0.0tithl,11ce in Him, cotmnit our
Way and all our affairs wholly to rine
and aliow Him to manage everything,
and however 11(Tploxing things may seem
believe that tlis will k wieest. IIis way
to beet; have faith in God.
HOW TO, RUN CORRECTLY.
Sonao ,e(1, 1(, hy a Vernier
Clutopoloqui.d. Lii.ector
—3 CoupIe et 04.n'tx.
Anythuig faster than a wale in
stilt, measured steite is considered by
most people undignified, probably I e -
cause a faster gait, than a walls—a
good, easy, gi•aceittl stride for run-
ning—is a thing almost impassible LO
thane To see mally, even of ' our
young men, speedingafter a ear or
attempting to catch. the last boat is
a sight to make Mercury, the e wift
messenger of the gods, weep for very
eliame and to ,make an old trainer
curl his lip with honest 000 01
A speedy and graceful gait, physi-
cal instructors say, is easily acquire
ed, liu.t attention must be paid to
the Proper pozitio0 one shows!. as-
sume in order to obtain the geeatest
amount of progression with a max -
Malan velocity and a minimum expen-
diture of bodily energy.
The correct position to be assumed
when runninms• is sot forth clearly by
Randolph Varies, the in ter collegiate
mile and half mile champion runner,
former president of the Ise ereollegis
ate Amateur Athletic Association ef
America, and now the director of
physical education at the University
of Pennsylvania. •
"When running,- declared this au-
thority, "no matter what the dis-
tance, the arnas, or, more properly
speakieg, the upper extremeties,
should be used chiefly from the shoul-
der with precision, end should swing
in harmony with the legs or lower
extrenaeties. The right ..arra should
move with the left leg, and the left
arm with the right leg, in order to
maintain perfect balance and to gain
greater speed. The trunk and head
should be allowed to assume their na-
tural position, which, if a person car-
ries himself properly, will be in the
erect posture or nearly so. The run-
ner ought never to lean forward.
"All distances under and including
one mile should he run upon the
toes, while distances over one mile
should be run upon the ball of the
foot, or the part just back of the
'toes. Runners should put their feet
out in front of them in a perfectly
straight line, raakine the advanced
step with one foot when the other is
directly beneath the body, keeping
each arm in its relative position and
the legs close together, in order to
concentrate energy. A good stride
will cover about seven feet, seven feet
tevo inches, seven feet four inches or
seven feet; six inches. It is a great
mistake to overstride, because in so
doing an urmecessary amount of en-
ergy is wasted, and fatigue conies on
more quickly. ff one is able to
stride seven feet at first he is doing
well, it is .best to increase the
stride by inches. In this way a good
stride may be obtained without un-
duly taxing the muscles.
"Never kick your heels up behind
you—that is, behind the axis of the
body ---because it Will ca se a loss of
locomotion and, also of time by mak-
ing the legs trail through a greater
space, unnecessarily. As one pro-
gresses, alighting first upon one set
of toes and then upon the other, or
ball of the foot, as the case may be,
great care should be exercised in com-
ing down upon the ground lightly.
If attention be paid to this the body
will escape much jarring, which is
important to the muscles; and ner-
ves."
ONE WAY TO MAKE A WILL.
Au Odd Case That Came up in an Eng.
A most ingenious, and, to use Sir
Francis Jeune's words, on the
Whole, satisfactory," method of mak-
ing a Will Was disclose(' in the case
of Moore vs. Moore, heard before the
President yesterday, says The Lon-
don Daily Mail.
The plaintiff, "Comit" A. J. hIoore,
M.P. for Londonderry, as executor,
propounded the will of his sister,
Miss Edith Marioe, Moore, who died
last August. The defendants were
two near relatives.
A. month prior to her death the de-
ceased lady had a strolos of paralY-
sis, which resulted in her being un-
able to express herself by words. In
order to obtain her wishes with re-
spect to her will, two sets of cards
were printed, one setting out her va-
rious property, and the second thee
names of her relations. '
Her 'solicitor dealt out the bards,
When the name of Arthur John
Moore was 'turned tip she, intimated
by signs that she wished him to have
her Ballyconny estate in Ireland. The
shuffling of the cards continued in
the same way, until she had dispose.
ed of all her possessions.
Then came the choice of executrtr.
The cards were again shuffled, and as
soon as her brother's name was turn-
ed up she indicated by signs that he
was her selection. She wanted a
second executor to be appointed, and
the relines of her other relatives were
shown her on the cards, but she did
not come across the name she de-
sired. She attempted to write it
down, but it could not be read. She
then etgreecl that herbrother was to
be her sole 'el:mentor.
Sir Francis Jeune pronounced for
the will, the costo to come out of
the estate. His ",',":,1•„dship'retnarked
-'
that, so faa
r s i`f 0,:tew, it repre-
sented a novel mot' 4of erriving at
the wishes of the t 'Statrix.
aeess,
Mr. Van Aletyne---13hall we invite
Mr. Watileigh to our ',next dinner?
Mrs. Van As tyn indeed."
' Mr. Van Alstyne--Oby not? Dori't
you think he is very enillat,;.taining?
Mrs. Van Alstyne—That's just the
trouble, Ile elwaes tells stories that
make our butler laugh. -- Somerville
Journal.
Thee the Bobber
Footpad—Money or your We!
'Book Agent—Sorry I haven't to cope
of my life, sir, but let me show you
the "Life of George Washington" in
1' nil morocco?
• eattine ease
"Po you know what vaudeville, Is,
Namie?" ,
"Yes. it's the place witeee papa
goes every time mamma )40,0 her
*hist club hare."
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CIIILI)REN S COLUMN.
Fooled Through the Elyen.
There is nothing of which we are more -
Fere than of that WV SOO, yet there iss
uothing in whieh we are more easily de-
ceived. Any one would decide in a mo-
ment that the left hand' figure inclosing at
dog is the smaller of the two in the pie -
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ture, but ip isn't Both of these are exs
actly the same size, as measurement wilt
prove.' Why do we think that one is lar-
ger than the other? Beeause the top anti
bottom lines of the left hand figure run
toward each other on the right, and this
malres the figure seem smaller than the
one nextto it, althotn,th a compass will '
'prove that they are of precisely the same,
size. •
Doll Theatricals.
A. quiet game is -doll theatricals." The
fashion papers will furnish the dolls,
which are carefully cut out, with a piece
of paper left at the bottom and so ar-
ranged that the figures can be made tcs
stand. Men a.nd women and children can
be secured from Cashion prints, and,
clothespins with ribbons tied around the
"necks" will supply servants.
Make the stage tin a large' sofa, and
colored prints of landscapes can be placed
around for scenery. Small toys will help
out largely tor "properties." Any one of
the children who is good at story telling.
can relate the play and make the dolls
"talk" to the audience, Which should eft
In a half circle and facing the sofa. Each,
doll figure is brought forward by the
story teller when its turn comes to speak.
Plays or scenes may be made up from
some favorite book, or a cheap copy of
"Mother Goose" may be cut up and a
play made out of the jingles. Funay
scenes could be arranged in many ways,
as, for instance, the contents of a
"Noah's ark" is set around like a camp,
and then. 'without warning, it is attacked
and destroyed by a company of lead eel-
diers or cardboard "rough riders."
• Millions ot
Did you ever stop to think what a vast
quantity of pies are consumed in thia
great pie country? For instance, It is
asserted that New York city alone use
80,000,000 pies a year. These pies, if
placed side by side, would reach frone
New York to San , Francisco, back to
New York and back again to the PaCitie
coast, with still some pies left over to
throw to the birdslf, however, the at-
tempt were actually made so to arrange
the pies it would probably take nearly
all the people of the United States te
guard them from the hungry mouths of
the members of The Record's Open Win-
dow club, That three stranded pie line
wouldn't stand a ghost of a show on a
bright day, say, at just about the time
school lets out for noon. Think of 10,000
mules of pies! A munber of rich eastern
pie makers have been thinking about the
matter so much end effectively that they
have formed a company which will con-
trol the sale of all the 80,000,000 pies and
many mora The pie industry in New
York alone disposes of 83.000,000 worth
of goods a yearbut the new trust will
make and sell pies the country over.
When Moab In Favorite,
Tan, Pze Dinah, an i'ze braek.
I ain't no china, dat's a tac',
An 1 gets !rowed roun when lir miss' mi.
She knows l'se cloth an It won't hurt bad.
But who gets de huggin in Ill' miss' bidet
Go 'long, you dell wit,' a china bald!
—W. M. B. in ?rpm
A Urine Mole• .
Lady Burton, a famous English wom-
an, who has made a great many lona
journeys, was once traveling in Syria
When a mule which was in great pain
hobbled up to bee in spite of the heavy
load on its, baelt, and held up the hoot
that It had hardly boon able to use with,
O look on its face that epoke plainly, not
only of agony, but also of hope that ahe
Might cure It. On looking at the hoof
Lady Burton found it pierced with a
two inch nail which she pulled out at
once, and from that time on the grateful
animal followed her about like a big dog.
'reader Ilearterl MetrY.
Little !tiara's tnannua gave Uncle Ben,
the coachman, direetions to &owe a la
of kittens, but not to let Mary know of
It. She heard of the order in sonle way
and said to Ben, with tears la her eyee,
"Uncle Ben, plenee warm the water. It.
will be more comfortable's."
The Little no,r's Trouble.
A little boy, weeping met piteously,
Was int errepttel by some 111111511 ti occur-
rence. fle lottehed eti his (tyke for a mo-
ment. The thought was brokee. "Mam-
ma," said tie, reeenting his sitilile 'tv'hat
was 1 crying about 111,9 now?"
tietatalt the Cat.
A little girl Maw11 dog and eat on hes'
elate end said to her mother, '4A cat
oughtn't to hove but four has but I
drew her with six, so she could ruu sway
from the dog."
Clan Von nend Itt
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