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WHY THEIMMORTAlf CANTESO NCK
NAMED l-tIMSELF•
SIDIU0 Other Odd Nieltuatueii—,Soubriquets
'Which nave Been BeStoWed UPen'
,Great Versons :AG Various Titues—Scetl,
Cromwell, Carlyle, and Even George
QYVtishingtoti Are Included by the
'Chronicler.
The longest nickname ever bestow-
ed upon an individual was that given
by Sir Walter Scott to his friend and
,publisher, John Ballantyne, who had
most pompous and dignified man-
ner. It is a nano: one would not
care to be called upon to pronounce
--Altliborontiphoscophornio.
Walter himself had a score or
Mere of nicknames, of which one •of
his best was a Homer of a Poet.
We are also accustonaed to hear
George Washington referred to as the
Father of his Country, that it per-
haps does not occur to us that he
fhad other nicknames—all most com-
plimentary. The Atlas of America,
the Flower of the Forest and Lively
)04eorgius are aMeng a few of the
dozen names bestovsed upon hiin by
admirers.
Shakespeare had 80 and i sepaii-1
ate and distinct sobriquets given
him, of which one of the complimen-
tary ones was the Swan of Avon,
and that not so flattering, the Up -
:start Crow. Alexander Pope's
'friends called him the Little Night-
ting,ale, and his enemies an Ape.
Among celebrated people who have
lbeen likened unto animals are Rob-
ert Southey, the Blackbird; Percy B.
.Shelley, the Snake; Voltaire, the Ape
of Genius; • the Devil's Missionary
was another one of his pet names,
,Oardinal Wolsey was the Butcher's
Dog and the Mastiff's Cur; Virgil,
tthe Swan of Mantua; the President,
'Martin Van Buren, the Weasel. This
however, is not so bad as being call-
ed the Best of Cutthroats, as was
the Duke •of Wellington. Nor were
the names givea Oliver Cromwell of
the choicest description, for example
—a Glorious Villain, Immortal Re -
'bel, a Copper -faced Saint and His
'Noseship.
The Nightmare of Europe was Na-
poleon Bonaparte; Tiddy Doll, God
of Day and Father Violet were some
eof his other nicknames.
Thomas Carlyle was Dr. Pessimist,
Dante called himself the White Flow-
•er, because he had been bent by the
!frosts and whitened by the sun.
Of the effeminate names bestowed
'upon different people, there is School-
eniss Alfred, a title given by Bulever
.in his poem, "The New Timon,'to
Alfred Tennyson, Edmund Spencer
was Mother Hubbard, and Richard
Cromwell, Queer Dick.
The woman upon whom the most
'complimentary epithet has been be -
'stowed was Jane Austin, called, the
'Shakespeare of Prose. The White
..Rose of Baby was Cecily, the mother
-of Edward IV. Mary Queen of Scots
•was the White Queen, because she
,dressed so much in white. The
'White Milliner was Frances Jen-
nings, sister of the famous Sarah,
'Duchess of Marlborough. When re-
duced to poverty; she set up a small
,shop, where,, dressed in white, with
a white mask over her face, she eked
out an existence, until some of her
!relatives came to her assistance.
Dreyfus' Home h, Switzerland.
The spacious .country house inhabit-
-ed by Capt. Dreyfus is about two
miles from Geneva, separated from
the road to the village of Cologny by
a high wall. It is only possible to
:see the roof of the building. The
front of the villa HaMterive looks t
.over the lake, with a splendid view f
of the Jura Mountains and the. castle 111
,of Baron Rothschild. Before the house r
is a terraced lawn that runs down to 1.1'
the edge of the lake_ Very large" di.
trees surround the villa on the k
-other side. 011 the left is the garden-
er's house, and in ,the sante direction
about five minutes' walk, ,is the house
which Lord Byron inhabited while at
Geneva. Capt. Dreyfus, along with
'his wife and two children, intends to
stay here until October. Since his
arrival, when his nephew, M. Paul
Valabregue, two visitors have dined
with Mtn, along with a gentleman
who came the same day as he did.
Nobody knows Who this gentleman
'is, One or two tourists walk in the
gardens on the opposite side of the
lake and with their glasses try to
see -Capt. Dreyfus on his.terrace. With
'the exception of this no attempt has
been made 1;6 intrude on the captain.
, lin his seclusion.
MULTIPLEX TELEPHONY.
Plan to Send Several Tcdeplione Mee-
Nagek1 Ovor Wire at Oue Time'
Bien Solved.
TB problem. of using a shigis wire
simulLaneouely for telephonic and
telegraphic, work has long bowl solv-
ed, as' has also the use of a single
wire for sinaultaneously carrying a
number of telegraphic messages
which is in practical use, but how
to use a wire for carrying several
telephonic messages at the same
time is yet a theoretical problem. A
device which has not been actually
tested, is described in Cosmos. It
has been demonstrated that a sound
which is contirtuously interrupted at
the rate of not less than 32 tines a
second, is perceived by the human
ear as a coatinuous sound. The
plan, therefore, is to place some
form of mechanical interrupter in the
111)0 to be multiplexed which will
make this number of vibrations per
second. During the intervals that
the circuit is broken it is switched
on to other transmitters, which
ullaneously have practically a con-
tmuous through connection to other
points. It is necessa,ry, however, to
have a second d similar ansynchron-
ous interrupter at the far end of the
111101 yid fficulty maietta i ng
these interrupters in synchronism, Or
in step, is the chief difficulty of the
practical solution of the oroblene;,
MAGIC OF FIGURES.
A Trick in Simple Subtraciion That Will
Puzzle Evz7body.
YOU Can never tell what figures will
do. Of course they 'are truthful if
properly handled, but some of them
are capable of the most bewildering -
antics. Here is a method by which
figures may be made to tell secrets in
a way that will astonish those who
are not informed about how to do
the ``figuring.''
Ask some .person to put down un-
known -to you a number composed of
three figures (say 762). Tell him to
transpose, the figures (making 267)
and to subtract the lesser from the
greater. Then ask him to tell you
the first figure of the result, .and you
can tell him the entire number. For
instance, your firs1 number in the
present example is 762, which trans-
posed makes 267. Subtract 267 from
762 and you have 495. The only
figure you are told is 4, the first of
the result. All you have to do is to
subtract 4,•from 9, which will give
you 5, the la,st figure, and the central
figure is always 9. So your number
will be 495. This is true in all cases
where only three figures are used in
making up a number. The central
figure will always be 9 when the
transposed number is subtracted from
the original number, and the two end.
figures when. added together will make
9. So, knowing -either the first or
last figure of the result you can give
the entire number.—Cincinnati En-
quirer.
Lord Roberts' 'Tribute.
Private Edward Craig, of "G" Co.,
in a letter to his brother at St.
John, N.B., says: "The men have
shown that the Canadians are no
cowards.. What better -proof of the
unity of the Empire than to see that
sad but inspiring sight Of men lying
dead on the battlefield? Men of one
blood, of different countries, have
come to Africa to show to the world
that they could die side by side for.
the one flag. Monday morning, Feb-
ruary 19th, showed Gordons, Corn -
walls, Lincolnshires, Shropshires and
Canadians on the veldt side by side.
Who can say they died in vain? They
have made glorious history, and we
Wil0 have lived through it are pleas-
ed to have fought along with men
of a great people." He adds this in-
eresting incident: "After speaking
or a time to the. regiment Tuesday
aiming, Roberts met and halted
ether a motley crew of us as we
ere returning from the, trenches,
-hene we had been pent for our blan-
ets, etc.
" 'Who are you?'
" 'Canadians,' said a lad.
" `Canadians, you have done splen-
did work,” said 'Doha.' "
Diplomacy of an Editor.
Editors of newspapers are often in
.jeopardy of their lives, and only by
g te"'e'Ooln ess and discretion do they
escape from the harm which might
otherwise come to them from cranks.
The editor of a certain newspaper in
New Jersey town was approached
by a well known general whose death
had been published in the paper sev-
eral days before.
"I want that statement taken back,
sir," cried the 'general, "or I'll have
,your life."
The editor looked frightened, but
retaining his presence of mind an-
stwered, "I ,am very -sorry, my clear
sir, but we do net take back any-
thing we have published, nor can we
,contradict mistakes, but," with a
broad smile, "to -morrow we'll pub-
lish your name in the column of
births." The humor ofthe remark
:8truck the general, and his anger was
.appeased. ---Ph iladelph ia Call.
To Clean Carvo.d Ivory.
There was a time when ivory box-
es,caskets and ornaments of every
,description were the, fashion, and as
;perhaps some of my Veaders even now
possess a similar relic of the past
the following hint may be usefal
'Make a paste of sawdust moistened
with water and a few' drops of lemon
'joice. Spread this quickly over the
,carved Wood and let it dry on. Then
brush off with a soft plate brush tin -
111 every bit of dirt is removed. The
letton juice tends to whiten the ivory
',so do not be too lavish with it, or
you will sin:di the natural tint of ,the
ornamen t.
The sjambetc.
Cape TOWn correspondent of The
Boston Transcript whites: "We asked
one of the white refugees how the na-
tives were treated by the Boers; and
she said, 'They were sjaneboked,anci
some have thus been 'Whipped until
they .died.' She said. that many na-
tives were hired to work for amonth
"arid at theend of it if theY asked for
money they were sjamboked instead of
paid. There mese be Boors and. Boers,
thoughthey all undoubtedly, use
the sja,mbok upon the slightest occa-
sion. This Weapon is a long whip
which will seep like a pistol when
brought down in an uplifted hapel. It
LS made from the hide of the rhinoc-
eeoes and .polished till it looks like
amber. It is very tough and.cluitable
and is used upon animals and natives
and also upon the, criminals in the
Transvaal."
One Way of Pretworing Eggs.
Any one who has 'ever been ill has a
keen and realizing sense of how wear-
isome the eternal diet of broths and
eggs may become and how necessary
it is that everything should he pre-
pared in as appetizing a manner as
possible. One good way of prepar-
ing an egg is to, separate the white
from the yolk, keeriing the latter tin -
broken. Add a pinch of salt to the
white and beat it to a stiff froth.
Put it in a very small baking dish
and drop the yolk in the centre.
Place the dieh in a hot oven for 0
few moments. Add a bit of butter
and salt and pepper, if that is al-
, Use Fooders fru% the Boes.
For all heavy feeding eotrio,kind of
feeder should be used. Little wood-
en troughs are heat, and May be
made any sise desired, The .best
kind is a two-inch block gutteSed out
by cutter heads' or wabble saws,
cutting slots', half an inch wide, and
leaving stationary centers of an.
eighth of ati inch thick to give beds
a foothold; which keeps them from
dieetve Lee in the, eyrota tVhen open
trough:4 are used, sotne floe, -ting ma-
terial should be planed on the syntip
to ensWet this purpose '
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HEROES AND HEROINES OF MAFEKING.
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Col, Re S. Ba,den-Powell, the defen-
der of the little town, defied Cronje,
and gallantly kept the Boers at bay
for seven months and two days.
Major Lord Edward Cecil, a member
of Baden-Powell's staff, is the son of
Lord Salisbury, the British Premier.
Lady Sarah Wilson, aunt of Winston
Churchill, was captured by the Boers
when she tried to escape from the
town, and was their prisoner until
she was exchanged for Viljoen. She
Is correspondent of the Daily Mail.
The Mayor of Mafeking was the
friend and co-worker of Baden-Powell
and himself shouldered a rifle and
went to the trenches. ,
Better for th• Job.
Thero was probably no British
conunander in South Africa better
fitted by nature and education for
the work cut out for him by circum-
stances and his home government
than was Col, Baden-Powell at Mafe-
king. That he so long successfully re-
sisted the Boer attacks shows the
genius of the man, and that he suc-
ceeded in preventing the capture of
his little army of less than SOO men
for 216 days entitles him to the
gratitude of the British people.
Mafeking is situated nearly a
thousand miles north of Cape Town;
it is but a few miles from the west-
ern border of the Transvaal, and
within easy striking distance of the
Boer forces. Here Col. Baden-Powell
was stationed with 800 British
and Cape Town troops when war was
declared, and he had to face the pro-
position of defending his little army
against the attacks of whatever
force should be sent against it, a
force which has varied with the
varying fortunes of the campaign,
but at times numbering nearly five
times that of the little English gar-
rison.
How He Did It,
Col. Powell secured much of his
military training in the engineer
service of the English arnay, a train -
Ing which has proven valuable in the
Weeks that he has been besieged at
Mafeking. An English armored train
was among the munitions of war at
his disposal, but the only tracks
available for its use were those
running north and south from Cape
Town to Salisbury. To get the
greatest benefit from the train at
his disposal, Col. Powell conceived
the idea of building a line of rails
entirely around the besieged town,
and set his soldiers at the taskfIt
was not a particularly smooth road
over which the train of steel
bristling with English bayonets tra-
velled, but it answered the purpose
for which it was intended, and the
armored train at Mafeking has prov-
ed a valuable factor in repelling the
onslaughts of the Boer forces.
Encircled by Barbed Wire, Too.
Despite the best efforts of the
Boer commanders, the line of rails,
surrounding the little town were
kept in place, and the train made
its regular rounds, preventing a too
close investment by the Boer troops.
This was but one of the many in-
genious methode Col. Powell adopted
in his defence a./ the beleaguered
town under his command, but It is
one that has proven the practicability
of the armored train under certain
conditions, and with an officer
that makes the most of his advan-
tages.
Among other methods employed by
Col. Powell in his defence of Male -
king was the use of barbed wire.
In this he beat the Boers at one of
their shrewdest. games of war,
and row after row encircled the
town outside and inside the line of
rails. To get over, or under, or
'through thie network took time,
and while the Boer troops were try-
ing to accomplish it the English
sharpshooters picked them off at their
easo and at long range,
A CANADIAN PRAISED.
Lieut. MacInnes' Work in the Defende of
Klinberley—He Supervised the Engi-
neer Operations for the Siege. •
The following is an extract from
Col. Kekewich's report, dated Kim-
berley, 15th of February, 1900, and
published in The London Gazette of
the 9th instant: — I beg to bring
the officers of my staff especially to
notice, and I trust that their valua-
ble services will be rewarded. e . •
LIEUT. leiNirEs,
Lieutenant (local Captain) 0. S.
111a,cInnes, evorlted out most care-
fully and constructed with marked
ability and SlICCOSS the engineer oper-
ations for the defence of Kimberley.
Ile is a real hard worker, full of zeal,
energy and resource. Wherever he
went he inspired confidenee. On Bre-
vetehlajor Turner taking , over the
, corninn,nd of the 1110 ted irnops,
on of Senator eletnnee Rainnton,
Captain MacIaines relieved him as tny
staff officer, and I cannot speak too
highly of the manner in which he
carried out the heavy and very
responsible duties, both within the
fortress and in connection with sor-
ties, reconnaissances, etc.
Lord Roberts, in commenting on
Col. Kekewich's report, stated that
he is of opinion 'that the services of
the officers whose natnes Col. Keke-
wich has briaight to special notice
are deserving of recognition..
Lieut. MacInnes is a Canadian, a
native of Hamilton, and the son of
Senator Ma,cInnes. Ile was sant to
Kirnberley a short time previous to
the 'outbreak of the, war to plan the
defences of the town and to super-
vise their erection. Lieut. MacInnes
did splendid service during the As-
hanti expedition of 1S95-96, receiv-
ing honorable mention in the des-
patches and the Ashanti star.
Canadian for V.C.
A letter from Private Hudon of
"E" Co., 'wounded at Paardeborg,
has been received by his father, Lt. -
Col. Ileidon, at Montreal. It is dat-
ed Imperial Yeomanry Hospital,
Bulfontein, March 25, and speaks in
high terms of the treatment received
there. It goes on to say:
"You will be glad to hear that Eu-
gene Fiset has been recommended for
the Victoria Cross for bravery on the
field, and I assure you he deserves it,
for he was the only doctor in the fir-
ing line, at the battles of Paardeberg,
Osfontein and Drietfontein. Rev.
Father O'Leary is also mentioned in
the despatches to the War Office.
This old man of 68 has always fol-
lowed us on the march, and on Feb.
18 at Paardeberg he passed the whole
day on the firing line, giving succor
to the wounded and dying. He is an
old blood, and is adored by the men.
He has been very kind to nee."
Ignornnt and p orsti tiOUS.
It is almost impossible to realize,
much less describe, the primitive con-
dition of the Dutch in every pert of
South Africa. Ignorance and super-
stition seem to be sources of strength
in the present war, lioWever, ancl it
will take many bloody battles to
conquer the Boers, Indeed it is
doubtful if President, Kruger would
dare to stop the WfIr if he so desired
on ancount of the bitter hatred of tile
'British aneonfr 1-11 n 1-10pr 1V0111011,
Though leeway phlegmatie and tak-
Mg little iel (west in the afTairs of
lie nation, t11Cy Ole, when aroused,
a more serious factor than the regu-
lar Doer eoldiers.---Julien Ralph.
THE SO DAY SCHOOL.
LESSON XII, SECOND QUARTER, NTE
NATIONAL SERIES, JUNE 17.
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5. `Ince Jesus then lifted up Ells eyes
and saw a great eurapany come unto him,
He saith, unto Philip, Whence shall we
buy bread that these may eat?" This
was across the sea, where Jesus went
with Elis diseiples after the death of
John that they might find some rest
(Mark vi, 31, 82). But the people fol-
lowed on foot. around the lake, and Je•
sus received them end epalte unto them
of the kingdom of (led and healed them
duet had need of healing (Luke ix, 11)-
ToNvard evening the dieciples asked Jesus
to send the people away into the towns
and country ronudahout to lodge and get
victuals, for it MIS a desert plaee, but Je-
sus said, "Give ye them to eitt" tLuke ie,
12, 13). Then Jesus asked Philip tlie
question of this first verse of our lesson.
G. "And this Ile said to prove him, for
Ile Himself knew what Ile would do,"
He always knows jeet what Ile will do
4/1C1 .11411. eUe will clo it and when and
where, for "known unto God are Sll tilt
WOI±S, from the beginning of the \Novial/
(Acts xv, IS). When He allen'S P4 to
COIne to a Place. Where it. looks as if. ceit'
tain things must be done, but we see no
possible way of doing them, He is prov-
ing us as He did Philip, to see whether
we will in our helpleesness cast ourselves
upon Him or attempt to work it out in
ells Own a'ae or wisdom or strength.
Those who will not rely upon Him Ile al-
lows to go their owu way, but wherever
there is a heart whole toward Him He
will show Himself strong on behalf of
that one.
7. "Philip answered Him, Two hu
dred pennyworth of bread is not Sufficien
for them that every one of them, ma
take a little." This was about equal t
saying, "It cannot be done, for we hav
not 200 pence, and if we had, wher
could we buy the bread?" Ah, Philip
why did you think of pence and buyin
bread with the Bread of Life from heave
right beside of you? Why clic] you no
say: 0 Lord, Thou didst feed millio
for 40 years with manna! Thou dids
give them water from the rock and divid
the Red sea and dry up the Jordan
From Thee alone can bread come fo
these thousands."
8, 9. "There is a lad here which hath
five barley loaves and two small fishes.
But what are they among so many?"
This was Andrew's vie -n' of tlae case.
Philip saw a great mouutain, a difficulty
that could not be overcome, and Andrew
despised the small material which was
at hand (Zech. iv, 7, 10), and eeither eon-
sidered Jesus as God, having all power.
In thetn we may see ourselves as in a
glass, for do we not often consider the
much or little we have to do with and the
work to be done rather than Him with
whom we are laborers.
10. "And Jesus said, Alake the men sit
down." So the 5,000 sat down upou the
green grass in ranks by hundreds and by
fifties (Mark vi, 80, 40). Man had been
tied and found wanting, and now see
God working! And first there must be
stillness and order. He says: "Be still
and know that I am God," "I am the
Loud, and there is none else; there is no
God beside Me," "I will work, and who
shall hinder it?" (Ps. lvi, 10; Ise. xlv, 5;
still, 13.) One of the beautiful things in
the first two chapters in the Bible is that
God is seen working, and there is no hin-
drance. The Spirit moves, God speaks,
and all conies to pass just as He says.
11. "And Jesus toolc the loaves, and
when He had given thanks He distrib-
uted to the disciples, and the disciples to
them that were set down, and likewise of
the fishes as much as they would." Mark
vi, 41, says that He looked up to heaven
and blessed and brake the loaves. It is
also so written in Matthew and Luke, for
this miracle is recorded hi each of the
four gospels, and it is the only one that
is found in all, teaching us, I think,
among other things this -that the great
work of saved people is to give the hun-
gry the bread of life, not considering
mountains of difficeity, nor despising
small material to work with, but place all
we have in Jesus' hands and let Him use
us to 1 -Tis glory.
12. "When they were filled, He said
unto His disciples, Gather up the frag-
ments that remain. that nothing be lost."
I'hilip's 200 pence might have given ev-
ery one a little, but the Lord's way is
to fill to satisfy. The tabernacle and
the temple were filled with His glory
(Ex. xl, 34, 85; I Kings viii, 10, 11).
The whole earth 15 yet to be filled with
His glory (Isa. xi, 9; Num, eive 21; Hab,
ii, 14). Believers should be filled with
the Spirit, filled with the fruits of right-
eousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto
the glory and praise of God (Eph. v, 18;
i, 11); filled with all the fullness of
God (Eph. iii, 19), Christ dwelling in us.
Then notice the fragments gathered that
none may be lost. Yet some think that
He who would bave none of this food
lost will perhaps suffer some of His re-
deemed to be lost.
13. "Filled twelve baskets with the
fragments of the live parley loaves." That
would be a basket for each of the twelve
apostles. It seemed easier, to send the
multitude away that they might provide
for themselves. That is the cone -non
way. Get rid of them; get rid of all
thought of responsibility concerning
them if you possibly can. But He to
Whom we must give an account of our
stewardehip says, "Give ye them to eat?"
In this connection let us remember Pray.
exiv, 11, 12. He does not ask us to pro-
vide or to plan nnything in this great,
work, for it is His from beginuing to
encl. He asks us to receive from His
hand and pass 011 that which Ele gives
14. "This is of n truth that prophet
at should come into the world." Thus
ey spake when they saw tbe 'miracle,
11 they would fnin bike Him by force'
d 'make n king (verse 15), Inc one
10 could heal all their diseases and thus
ed them when hungry would semi to
ern to be it desirable king. TheY woUld
ek nothing (Luke exit, 85). They
ought only of tempoval things, but He
light them to "labor not for the meat
rich nerieheth, but for that meat which
endured: unto everInstine life (verse 27),
and Ile 511111 that thieenlso would be git-
eti to them and that the one great work
required 01 them was to believe on the
Son of God -that is, to receive Him by
receiving His word (verse 20; chapter i,
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THE "POM-POMS" OF THE BOERS.
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Wbat
Oil
Tg1•71 s Aorfe'l Irl31 'e4riSid cla):17d1 °freD-17julti
of the Machine Gun.
The
Laxly ,,,00sn-ponis,'' are 1 -Pounder
Sit -extol machlue guns, and are of in-
itieiretshee isnt,eeitt.,,e7Lisiriuets,gpcidctos,ciarzi:et,iit7t,lzatsoet,
1808 enjoined that no explosive pro -i
ieetive less Limn 14 ounces in weielit
should be used in iivihixed warfare,
teed the Boer pom-poms have the
narroev.est Imo -gin to permit ,,f bein
admitted In' the ,nations, besides litti-
ing the distinction of being the Orst
01' their kind ever used in the
In order to make clear the full
meaning of this statement, we mese
first explain, certain teehnical terms.
A machine gun is 0125, that is loathe(
ing 9012 11) 001 tlin 1 is loaded P2'
P0120, and, flied either by band or 1 y
at a (th Th e former was I im fed
in calibre wail quite recently to that
of sniall-arta ammunition.
The inachine gee/ dates from the
primitive type of C3atling gun nsed-
in the United States Civil War. Tbe
first attetript to intrease the calibre
above that of small -arm ammunition
was made in the Hotchkiss revolVing
nennoe of 1-5 ineh calibre, throwing
a 1 -pound shell, Its range was
about 5,500 yarcle, and it could fire
187,00 iiteatwiriad:7i,ahitniliatuevas Thetoo
hoebai\c,yetiotal,
Mexim 37 -millimetre
"PiTecleiefoirsexite's icnatiltiirjOreV'ement(1.41t5ta_sinethh.):,,,
Isslair.11 Is entirely antometic; that is,,. -
alter firing flee first shot it 15 110eQ.::`-
sary only to keep the finger on the
trigger; the gun goes ofi loading and
firing, and can discharge 300 1 -
pound shots per minute. The we'ghts
of this piece is proportionate to its
calibre. This is the so-called -pow.-
pom" of the Boers.
1111br same.
Baby Bly was such a sweet little
thing that no name seemed to be good
enough for her. Papa proposed to
name her Rose, because her cheeks.
were so pink, and mamma suggested
Violet, because her eyes were so blue,
but they both agreed that she ought
to have a better name than either of."
these.
"I will make a list of all the names
I can think of," said Aunty Lou.
"Mamma, can cross off from the list
one name that she does not like, and
then papa cross off another., and so
they will take turns till all the names
are crossed off but one, and. that one
must be baby's name.
So she wrote a long list of names,
beginning Alice and ending with Zoe.
Baby Bly watched the writing
with great interest. When the last
was finished she reached for the pen;
but her little hands scene never to
know -where they are going, so it is
no wonder that they upset the ink-,
stand.
Everybody ran to catch it, but at
was -Coe late. The ink had run in a
black stream all over the list, and
blotted it from top to bottom.
"But, see here," said papa; "baby
has ehosen her own name. She has
blacked all the others off the list,
and has just left one."
"To be sure," said mamma; "and
what name could be sweeter?"
So baby is now little Mary Bly.
Fatlicr anti S o,, 'Fol....Cher,
Lieut. Morrison, of "D" Battery
writes: "It is a coramon thing in
the artillery to have two brothers
driving—that is, riding the gum
horses—in one gun detachment. In
fact, it is a combination much en-
couraged because they usually work
well together from mutual, interest_
But the Ottawa section of "D" Bat-
tery has a novelty, father and Pon
driving ite the same gun detachment.
Driver Hare, sr., rides the lead of
No. 6 and his son, a mere lad, though
tall for his age, rides the centre.
And there are not two more reliable
drivers in the battery or, the ser-
vice."
This Clock Is it Won ci .
Joseph 'Jenson, a clockmaker, of
Richfield, 1tah, bas jest 'coinpleted
an interesting clock, -which, besides !
etriking th0 hours, halves andquarts,'
ors and showing the phaees.of the'
moon, tells what time it is . in every
city in the world. This is done by
means of. a globe which reerolvee
Within a transpareett. globular glass.
On this glass is Marked a Hue repre-
senting 12 o'clock 00011, and as the
globe revolves this line is always ..di-
rectly over that part of. the World
where it is ttoon at that tinie, There
are other lines representing the dire
ferent hours, and in this way it. is 0
very simple matter to get the exact
time at any given place.
Can adi an- 31 ,,le Books.
The mechanical work on the Cana-
dianeniade books now being .put on
the market, is something that Cana-
dians may well be proud of. It is to
the credit of Canadian printers and
bookbinders that they have the me-
chanical facilities and the skilled
workmen to turn out such excellent
books. The latest productions of the
leading Canadiam publishers are high-
ly creditable from a manufacturing
standpoint. In this respect they com-
pare most favorably with the work
turned out by the United States and
British publishers.—Canadian Beek-
,
seller.
Day of Son -Dogs.
The peculiar condition of the at-
mosphere over, sot:alter/1 England and
western France' ozt January 11„gava
rise to extraordinaey exhibitionsof'
solar halos, or suh-dogs, described in
the Scientific journals 'of both coon-
tr tes The phenomena, were very
beautiful., .:the Sall being surrounded
With concentric circles and inverted
arches showing 1'oi.obOl1 Colors., wit it°
mock ,S11/1S' appeered arriang the
halos, They *IVOre CallSeCi by clouds
of Min ete ce-crysta Is oatin g at
great elevation.
A Pun o t tire 1 oo nr.
'It is telated that an English invee-
tor has perfected a puncture' locator
whereby a11 ammoniac solution le
forded into , the tire. The tesult is
a blue spot on the suSface of the tire
around the puncture 'which can Int
seen and also a pewerful smell, so
that the proper place for the pat, It
can be found by. both eye and noeto,