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apoonfel eath of chumutoa, ellepico,
cleans and Reaper, half a tablespeon-
ful of salt and a pint of vie.egar.
Ball till it seems° a little thiek, then
bottle and seal
Tomate Oatettp.--Talie the 'ectuiva-
ese, lent of one can of tOmat000, .or ono
ran o juiee left from earialug to-
matoea, 13o12 arid strata, then .ads1
half a <Alp of sagair, eie mils of vino -
gar, hall a teaspoonful eaeli of salt
and, ceareeme pepper, and a table-
spoouful each or lover, einuanten
eard autmeg,
Cold Catstip.--Half a peck of ripe
toinatoes, chopped fine. one eup each
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SOME TIMITZ,Y RECIPES. "
Tomato Soy.-Talce a peek of green
tomatoes-, cut out etem end anel any
imperfeet place, hut do aot slam, of onions talc' nastuetram sed e cut
S.lice and eprielele a teacup of shlt 1 fine, and a cap of grated horseradisii.
through the layers. Also slice a daze I two large stalks •of celery and two
in large teceumbea QUI0118 with 'red peppers, both wen ehoppeta , a
them. Let stand over night, And 'cup of ,whole mustard seed, half a
then drain through a colander. rut cup uf salt: a tabtespooneue each ee
in a kettle and barely covor With black pepper, cinnamon and cloves,
good eider vinegar. Adel acna of 'and a quart of villager. This re -
sugar, two to ,loue small red peppers genres no cooking; mix, well aud
eat fine, a tablespoonad eaelf of 'bott1e. or can, ineaalere ingredients in
ground Mustard, eineamon and all- a toecap. '
.spice and a teaspoonful of cloves. Creole Tomato Catsupa-al3oll ripe
Boil till quite tendqt, and can ..in tomatoes c-nougli to yielcl two gal --
glass jars. In hisieg eaves either lolls .of juice.: Pet into a kettle with
;far pickle or spiced featit is best one tablespoonful each of ground gin -
'to tie the clovein apieee of ebeoae.- ger, cinnamon, allspice and black
-cloth or thin rahatard to preveat dis- pepper, two eacli of cloves, grated
eoloring the frait, , LiorF,erailisli and salt, a teaspoonful
' Mustard Piekless--...Mix together, oae of cayenve and a quart of vinegar.
,,quart eacli of thepped cauliflower, Boil till thick, then add four pounds
Salem' cucumbers, tiny whole came- of brown sugar. Bottle when cold
,bers, very small. onione. and -one and peal., .
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small red pepper. Cover with Vine-
gar in which a tablespoon of, 'aell' LAUNDERING LACE CURTAINS.
has been dissolved sted let stand
over night, ln the morning peok:in There are very few people, we are
same ea/legal: for- fifteen minates, then informed by an exchange, wlio know
how
drain well. Mix fourteen tablespoons an launder lace curtains pro-
ground- mustard with 5 cents' worth perly. When they are first taken.
of tunaeric, one tablespoon black down, tlieY should be shaken and
pepper, three tablespoons sugar and hansheci free of dust. A little washing
one-half teacup flour wale enough soda is then dissolved in some warm
'cold vinegar to make f.1, smooth water, and the curtains are cleansed
paste. Pour -this mixture into three by rinsing them about in it. Lace
Pinta boiling vinegar, boil a few should never be rubbed on . a board.
minutes, then pour over the pickles. Unless the curtains are, cream • col -
Mix well and bottle. Unless you ored, the -rineing, water ,thoidd be
!have plenty of wide mouthed bot_, Slightly blued, and they should be
ties it is better to use one -quart thoroughly etirreci: about in it. A
cans. This recipe makes six quarts. thin starch, in which a tablespoon -
Pipe Cucumber Pickle. -Take twea_ ful of powdered borax bas been dis-
'teafour large ripe cucumbers, six solved, should be applied to the lace:
white onions and four large red pep- Clean sheets are tacked to the floor
pers. Pare and remove the Seeds in some unoccupied or seldom used
from the cucumbers and cliop well, room, and the curtalts are pined to
but not too frne. Chop onions and there, tlao surface being drawn taut
peppers, mix thoroughly witli the and smooth. Most people now -a -days ,
three one cup salt and one mince have stretchers, and dry their car- I
white mustard seed. place in a mus- tains on them. An old quilting- I
lin bag and let them drain over frame may be made to serve, in -
night. Remove to glass jars, coverI stead. When a frame is used, the
with cold vinegar and seal. These custabas may be dried in the Nun,
are good.
. Whieli helps to bleach them.
asegertariaa Stew. -One cap of dried
lima beans, olio cep of 'dried red kid-
ney beans, one tablespooMal oe but- USES OF COAL OIL.- ,.
ter, , one teaspoonful ef. . salt. • Soak, 'A few cli'ops on your •'clusting"eloth
the beans all night. In the morning will brighten your furniture, as well
pour oft the water; add. mere, also aa prevent dust from Eying from the
the salt. Parboil; .now .a•chd butter cloth,
and bake several. hoars.Let the One tablespooaful added 16 eacli
water 'dry oil twice wiiile in .the boilerful of water will lessen labor,
oven, to rna:ke them nice and brown, as well as whiten your clothes When
but -have enough on them at heat for leashing,
gravy. Thicken. the gravy with. a A few drops added to your boiled
teaspoonful of brown floer.etarelf will make ironing .easier.
Buttercup Cake: -Cream, three- A few 'drops' :added to the :water
quarters of a map of butter with a wi ill which windows are to 'bewash-
cap of sugar until e-ery light.. Add ed will save thee and labor.
the beaten yolks of three eggs and
whip to a smooth batter. Stir in a
cup of luke-warm milk (or water).
To this add tWo cups of flour sifted
'three times with two teaspoons of
baking powder. Beat into this the
egg and neille mixture; finally, fold
in the whites whipped to a standing
froth. Stir in very' lightly and with
a few strokes. .Bake • in. layer tins..
Kalops.-For this any small seraps
of beef can be utilized, even from'
the toughest parts. Put some fat
into the pot; salt and pepper each
piece of meat and arrange in a lay-
er in the pot. Over this sift flour
and spatter finely cut onions and a
few bay leaves. Repeat until ali.
the meat is in. If there are some
hones these may also be put in to
give strength to the gravy. Pour
water -not too much -down by the
side so as not to wash off the herbs.
Cook slowly and covered, stirring
frequently, adhing water as it boile
away. The toughest meat will be
tender and juicy if prepared in this
Way.
. Lemon Ice Crea me -One quart;
'cream, two lemona-the joice of one
and the grated peel of one and a
' halfa-two cups of sugar. Sweeten
the cream, heat the lemon .gradually
into it and put at once into the
freezer. Freeze rapidly in a patent
freezer or the aeid is apt to turn the
Milk. Or -if you wish a oustarcl ice
-.make it as follows: Make a cus-
toad of a gnart. of milk, seven .eggs -
and four cups of _granulated sugar.
Remove from the fire and flavor with
the grated peel of a lemon soaleal
for an hour in lemon juice, then
squeezed hard. When cold beat into
the custard a quart of rich creane
and freeze.
Feather Cake -Half cup of butter,
three of flour, two oi auger, one of
milk, three eggs, a little grated le -
mac, two teaspoons of baking pow-,
der. Cream butter and sugar, beat
yolks light and atir in the lamella
then the milk, next the flour Siftech
three times with the baking powdore
lastly, fold in the whipped whites:
laake in a mold svitli a funnel in the-,
A CHAPTER or oATsterpa, ,
Cucumber Catsup.' -Take three cloza.
aen cucumbers, pare and chop fines,'
Chop also four good-sized onions.
Mix aucumbers and 0111011$ With.
threeareartlis of a cup of salt. Tut':
1.lee rnSxtetre in a cleari cloth spread:
over a large colander, and let draid
all night. The next morning add a
cup of white mustard eeed and half
a cup af blaek meet:add seed, two
tablespoonfuls of celery seed and two
tablespoonfuls Of tiny peppers.. Mit.
and,pack th glass jars, filling . half
full. Boil enough: vinegar to fill up
a OM jars, stirring the cucumber %tali:
a fork to let the vinegar ,pertetrate
the mass. ScroW on the tope and.
pat the jars ie 0. ole!: place. Tine
reliah s really a very good one.
Grape Catsup. -Cook five pounds
Of grapes till soft. then thetio ocr thn
take through. a Pieve. Add tWo end
a half pounda, of auger, one table -
Dip the lingers in the all and rub
the throat, to give relief from sore '
thhoat. •
Saturate a cloth in the oil and
rub the rollers, to clean a clothes
wringer quickly. '
Saturate a cloth with the oil to
clean the sink, bathtub or basin
evliich has become discolored from
USE.
SENTENCE SERMONS.
Humility is never seen in the mir-
ror.
The cruel are always cowardly.
Greed turns aspiration into ambi-
tion.
Where clothes reign character ab -
It's but a slippery step from
smartness to sin.
Nursu a misery and you matte:ate a
monster.
Cheer inetead of complaint is the ,
mark of the saint.
A man gets fame in heaven by a
good deed done in secret.
A man, shows his dependence on
God •by. his diligence for Goa.
Slott will not fill your heart be
cause yon empty your head.
Turn your badk on the sun and
you must live in the,shadow.
I firth is the only eye with ivhich
It is safe to look at the future.
The man who lives by tricks ands
them to be back handed traps..
Gocl can zaaae more out. of a weak
man than he .can out of a wabbly
one.
People who calculate on an elev-
enth hour repentance always die „at
10.30.
The trees we raise and tot the
ones -we drop from iletermine our
worth
It's ne vise praying for a three foot
stream wben• you have cnly a ote
inchaelpo.
Everybody says "Amen" to the,
men who prays to be taken out on
this wicked world.
Some men 1.57'0 never happy except
when they think how much worse the
other fellow has it.
•When a man puts out his ,shingle
on the roof the Lord is likely to let
him it aown in the basement awhile
and think. ,
It's mighty foolish' to get so anxi-
ous about saving the whole world
that you haven't time to do a thing
for your own ward. •
People who never give more than
'encken feed to the church are the
Drat to complain if they ciornt got
chicken pie in every sermon.
IN AFTER. "Stith:el:SS.
Mee. Green-Willieur, Wliataobjee-
tion have you to that young mart
Who 58 Ealling on our tlauglifas
Oname--1-Ie la silly, Mary.
Mae, Green -01a that's beeatt.e.e he
is it love. I remember the time
when you Were a Yost eilly yoong
marl,
Green -Silly iszht the proper name
for it, Mara. 1Was a measly idiot
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1•,--thaVe whaa t Was,
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I wee walking • ap the Strand,. DU,
my way to Piecactillya one Thursday
atternoon a few months ago, when,
the invident I am, about to eelate oc-
curred. To tell the truth, I was,
going to meet Miss Hellibone, the
head of 'the liaberdaeliery at Fele-
ham and Smith's; and 1 was jusft• in
the Middle of a ealculation as to
how long it would be before she Dad
could be married and settle in a
shop of our own, when a white-
haired gentleman with a. pleasant
face ran into my arms.
I beg your pardon! he said. And
then he started baele. "Why, bless
nay soult" he cried. "What an ex-
traordinary thing!"
I -Ie stood starieg at ma. in uch
eVident atharzeiment that my 'curiosity
Was aroused.
"What is an extraordinary thing?"
I asked.' ° , •
"Tho likeness," lie .said. ''W,ould
you mind telling me your name?'
,Banks," I replied;
"At last!". he murmured. 'Itind
your father's' name was—'
asartined the teeming ,stare which.
I found' answered very well when cus-
tomers brought. goods 'back.
"I aril not in the habit ., ot
OM-
CuSsing nay late father with strang-
ers in the street," I said. '
"Nevertheless," .said Ina "I think
you will find it to your advantage
this, time. But you are right; the
street is no place ,to dismiss- an af-
fair liko this. (Some, up to my
cha sabers.' '
. He walked on, and led -the way to
a big block of buildings in Chancery
Lane, whicli seemed to consist'mostly
of de at and si one stairs; anch though
I kept nay eyes (men for possible
tricks, the elderly gent's manner had
So impressed me that I.followed him
into a little, nicely furnished room
on the third floor. •
"thew," he said, seating himself at
a desk, "We earl talk comfortably.
What was it you said you father's
name Was?" • '
'`George Banks," said I. "batt.2-1----._
He held up a fatwhite hazed.
"And your mother's name -before
she waa married, 1 mean?" '
• "Amelia Tornkins,,I replied..
Ide. drew out a little bundle of
blue, legal -looking documents - from
the drawer of his desk,
your-ati--parents, 1. take it,
arc no longer living?" he said.
That is so" I replied. .
"And did they never tell yonewho
you really were?"
"There Wasn't any need;" said 1.
"I knew."
, "Worthy people," he said. "How'
well they carried out their -trust!
Now, look here Mr. Banks, the
story I am about to tell you is a
very extraordinary one, but, at the
same time, it isastrictly true. Those
good people were not your parents
at all, aitd since they did met in-
form You as to your real identity, it
becomes my pleasant duty to do so.
As a matter of fact, you are -the
Duace of BroadlancLsi" -
I felt every vestige of breath ooze
out of my body. Had anyone struck
me in the face, I could not have been
more astounded.
He saw 1 was speechless and went
on:
"The story is a soinewhat long one
in detail, but put briefly it comes to
this: The fifth Duke -of Broadlands
was supposed to have died a bache-
lor, and when he died the estate,
Passed to his nephew, as a matter of
course. But by .a series of circum-
stances, whicli I Will not go into, it
eared. to my. knowledge that the fifth
duke had been secretly- married, and
that. a son had been born to him.
His wife -your mothea-liowe•vere'
was an a ,•, humble walk oflife, and
when she died he took a dislike to
you -his son-anct had you placed
with sorne excellent people by the
name of Sarnpson. They never knew
the real facts of tlie case, and they
were well paid to keep silence as to
what they did know; and the old
'duke, died without ever even seeing
his son, or 'in any way attempting
to do hint justice. You, my dear
sir, were that son."
"But," I stammered, "how do you
know all this?"
"I got my first suspicion from, the
likeness you° bear to the old duke.
It is simply remarkable. And, my
dear sir -I mean, your Gra.ce'-I make
bold to say that, with my help,
within tliree montbs you will find
yourself in enjoyment of your right-
ful position in life."
And theri he went into the matter
of heirs male of the body,. heirs-at-
law, and ttashole lot of other legal.,
rigmaroles, Whidi 1 could scarcely
follow, backing up every statement
lie made with blue documentsand
parchments as long as my arm, and
coverec.T with wheresoovers and
whereasea. •
I did not attempt to follow much
or this. The principal thing that
concerned ram was that be, eceined
convinced that what, he. called my
claim was pretty well sure to be es-
tablialied before long. Of coeree, I
left tbe matter eatirely in..his bande,
and juet ,as I•was leaving he warned
rao solevenly to keep the whole mat-
te; ,ntolYassoncl8'cli3)1.
Ywend, and atter ' itr-
rangieg a futeee appointment I left
the office' like' a man .da,sed,:
11.
TO thielt that 1, who had started
life tie 0. caeli-boy, Stiotild be a reel
live dukee-it seemed, I mast, . be
drearningt 'Thehighest title in the
load, theii_casties,,0. grerit• hoose
in Piecadfilya-all tbia Was neiriel,
won:, at any rate, 1 rust try and
keep my• head, and bear in mind
what Mr. Idfaxtead,-for that Was the
orderly gentlearairds narae-had Said
about keeping the think dark: So
rale ray thoughta as. 1 walked to-
wards Clunang 00050, and then -the
mat thing 1 did was to ,giVe., - the
'whole tlithg away. 1gad faagetten.
all about Miss IIollibonoe and ',a I
ram. Came face to face 'with ho
coald see she Was in 4 red-liot;• tem,
"A nice time you've kept me„Walt-
ing!" elie ,
That sort of greeting was certain-
ly not $o respectful as I aew had a
right to eapect.
"1 have been det,ained,"''' I 'said
",by some bUsiness .of the
highest imPeriance."
'Istddlesticks!" she said. "•gigilest
importance, indeed! The senlY
ness that cauldedetairi you wadi& be
iii the • shop, area I sea* you leave
there two hours ego. Busittesa• of
the highest iniporace! •Whd` With,
I sihould like to know"
• She needed creShina-a could see
that. '
'I have. been engaged with MY- se-
,•
tieitor,h Tsaid eoldly.. •
"Now, -look here, Sasapson•Banka,"
She said , Softly, ,''you'ne. riot talking
to a girl fresh freinhthe IS:chard-
If, yoU've met Sarali
land, orany of the other girls, say
so; but don't. try to make a tool enf
naowith any Of your high-faOting,
nonsense; because,, -louder ---"i won't
stand it!"
Size took a good deal .of
but I was determined to 'de ita'
"?riaciam," I' Said, •uperhatia :when
'Yfau ,learn I•have just clismiveredniet-
,self t be a duke you will moderate
your tone somewhat."
She took a step back, and leaked
at me as if she were suddenly frigh-
tened. The naarder was out now. I
had broken ray werd,, and so, I thid
her the whole story. • '
Siiren I had finished,. she btast out
laughing. Then I let' in temper, 'get
the better- of Me,' and. I. said some
bitter things. .„ . •
"I shauld have thought,",I finished
up, "that a, person of .' your °class
woulci have been proud to be 'the ac-
quaintance of the rightfet1 Owner.. of
one of England's proudest and most
ancient titles.'" - '
"Person, • indeed!" she Snapped.
"Acquaintance! suppose, then;
that since you've dreanied. this ales
surd tale I'm not good enovigh ler
yoa-eh?" ,
".Cirotimetancee • have clianged:!•!
said I.• "You must COnember that I
owe somethiag to my family."
Slie looked me straight in the eye
for a moment, and than she, swing
so°11`andOod-afterno'cin, ;our Grace!" she
..
said .over her shoilided and disap-
peared into the 'traffic..
In order to keep ray word to 'Mr.
Maxtehrl, I stuck to Feltham e•and,
Smith's as long as I coald: bat Agea',
tha Haillibone' made !herself. as: • pp -
pleasant as she could. She spread'
the tale all 'over tbe shot. Eveky-
time I turned. round I ,caught seine -
one laagliing at me, •and that made
bad-tempered.
A had temper is the Worst 'thing
a shopwalker can have, and .ver3.'
scion that brought me intopersoiial
conflict with Ma. Feltham. Of coarse,
• .a ,Sei071 of one of Britain's pacard-:
est families, could, not stand being:
bullied by a mere linentTraper, and
the loieg and short of it was that I'
foaled myself out in 'the, street, with
the last month's' money 1 slibuld ever
get from Feltham and Smith's in my
pocket.
To tell the. touthI was rather
glad. 1 could now give nay undivid-
ed attention ' to .proseeating my.
claim- peasonally. The three months
meationeh by Mr. .]ttexteadwere
nearly UP. ' I had received Several
veaeeproiniSing lett.ers from him, and,
so, after. ell, I had only anticipated
events .a little. .
The next- morning I. went . to'
Ma, Maxtead's Chancery 'Lane,
thanshers to tell hirn what had hap-
peaed. There wasa clerk °ther, and
he asked „me' to she good 'enouglidta
step hlto a little: -waitingeroom
which gave on to the :privaee office,.
s Idea teed has not, yet aerlireiht
31•61.1r Grase," be 'said; ' "bit+, I knew'
• . will see you inunedlately
ceines." . ' -
There were several Other- men in
the waiting -room,' and I must;, say
I .never "SRViT SUCk a digaified-loOlcing
lot of clientsin my life. , Prom time
to time others were uslie,reciana and
s.tered atoath other like bitter
enemies, and coughed .after the mat -
ads of langaislimen who have mitheert
introduced to :each ,other. , ' •,'
We waited' for a. very tang hour..
but Mill no •Mextead -arrived;' and at,
last one of 'the cads who Were. welt-
ing, lighted- a •Tatkiela Cigarette.- a
Now, if tbero is anything I ablieS
wath my tvliele heart,- it' let the upt;
•speaka.blo odor Of a' Turkish eigar-
f`Pall,h. I said, "put that beastly
thang out!"
The man who had 11± 1± loaked me
-up and down.
"1, presume," he seid,"you ,are ad-
dressing Me? ' MaY aele whd., the.
dickens you are, that you adopt
such a tone?" • •
"When you,learn who I am,"
said, with heat, "you will be eoreer
yelldid not' treat me with more reL
sped.. I ani the Duke of Broad -
lairds!"
It seer:veil that ovory. man. in that
room had spoken at °Me,
ihl,e zn.ata with the TurkiSli cigar-
ette hate -lied nervously.
"Don't talk sitch ridiculoee non-'
sense!'' lie said, ''T am the %Duke
&.Itroacllandsl" •
broke in, another.
"I run the Duke—" ,
"Not at all! it 58 1 w.110 eta the
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In thirtst SaCoiids 'it was NVOrt
tU1)118iied th'et,every man in the roeze
iinegiratd, himself to be tile Duke or
BronellandS, arta 'it, lacriene lirtiti,v
i•-i'dein that tlie -Whole thing vette in
tie b Drat Si .etvindle, • '.'
Igaxttead had had the best paitt• .•ol`
11,0011D ABOUT TILE %TAR
Toz4v,Es rsitox 'HE pi,A.RY or
A IMXTISII OPFICER.,
EinoionoT of the japanese „a Les,
SQ ll to the Britials.,
SOlther.
A Iiritish officer sends home a
nuMber of highly interesting notes
from the theatre or was in the Far
Illesta. which throw Sonie very. nallf-0
sidelights on the gerteral
1.have Covered.amat of the ground,
10e. says, trom Japan. to 'Tort Ar-
thur, and' hate histeneci to the opin-
ions and narratives of men of many
tatioaalities
and 'shadesof senti-
ment. I might summarize a good
many ley quoting' the dictum of • a
German acquaintance as he gazed on
the British and Japanese flags fly-
ing the harbor lit Cheraulpo. "Be-
hold," he said, "the banners of the
Rising and the Setting Sun, Scion
we shall have, cried 'Le Rol est.
Meet! Vive le Roil"'
He ma not intend to be unpleasant
although it may have been inspired
by a little of that apprehensive bit-
terness which seems to have °t.eised
all Germans out here in presence of
the triumphs and irristible efficiency
of Japan; but it undoubtedly marks
the humble place in the general:esti-,
relation to which Great Britain has:
been relegated by the norreles§ 'policy'
of our foreign offiee.in the'FaS EaSt.
It would -really eeentr as -thcingla
every one were waiting fOr our slioeS.
When' I Was at °Wel-HaieWei a Short
tinie ago thei-O.VmS' a` `Strong
eien ,that s the British kdveiiii2pient,
desperately anxitetia t get rid'ef the
place, . over the acquiaition al whicth
there ' was a fanfare' astittle
wliiie age, tadye attizally, gaitie
tb al-
low to add it tOk her POthe
sesiOns in Shaatung. At all events,
when .1 Was, there,-.. .7
' A GERMAN b1t1Jr$,.P13,
was be the place, and•lieraciffieers, aS
Italia', Were enterta,ined, and shown
over everything' they cared id
When they ..were leaviag,. after
their letv,days' stay they were asked
if 'they . were' tgoirig to repeat ethe
viait; '."No,' replied 'the Gefanaa
commander; "we shall not pay a
visit next' etineet When we come
again it- will' lie to take it 'over from
3tOn." '
The 13ritish government have al -
treacly put up ."House to Let"- at
and- • it is one of the
_first holdings belon'ging to the poor
old "Setting Sun" which the Ger-
Mans will endeavor to acquire.
• ,
'Would inairen,eely 'strengthen: their po-
sition at ICaloacliau, and 'their bold'
over the province �f Shantang. in
German hands' it would become. the
Gibraltar of tha' Gulf' of Pechih. I
got intoPortArthur and out "again
before the war cominerical..1 was
able to examine the tOWia, barracks
and dock yard. There Were some
splendid palatial buildings it the
former, ineluding a magnificent ca-
thedral, all of which:I hear have;
been more or less lieStroyed by Togo.
The barracks also were .quito the
best I laid ever SCCI1, possessing dina
ing-rooms entirely separate from the
sleeping quarters. The aply dock
for repairing pur.poses could not pos-
sibly have accommodated anything
larger than a second-class cruiser.
Thousands of men were at work ev-
erywhere, but• I was warned that if
I approached the fortifications
should at once be arrested as a spy.
The Russian soldiers I saw were a
fine looking -lot of men,' but intensely
animal, and in apPearance mentally
deficient.
• ,
1-1,eiaever that may be, they have
learned to' use their guns on the sea-
ward batteries. The. British naval
attache at Tokio, who has now • re-
turned' home, was with Togo on his
flagship cluntreg all the first attacks
on Tort Arthur. He had a geed
deal. to tell on the subject, and ex-
plained for the first time how it was
that Toga took .
'1CH CARE ' Ols HIS slupp,
and, did not, as Some seethed to think
he might 'have dem, send them in
and attack' the Russians 3/1UCh, dos -
on :several occasions when their
,
veseelS came out:
The British naval witnesta- how-
ever,says the fir,e of the Russian s_ea
batteries and from Golden Hill was
so wenclerfully accurate that evep
at six or Seven .miles distance the
Russian shell was bursting all' aronial
about the Japanese ships when they
approached to that range. a -None --
excel:Ong .the mined vae16-evas,
ever ba.ciler'e•S
elamaged or required to
be sent to Sasebo; but that Adnejaal
Togo exercised a Wise discretion in
the manageinent of his offensive tac-
tics off Tort Arthur we can well un-
derstand after the- British attarehe'e-
report... ,• „
good deal Of Minor ilasnages
have been sustained, but, with Sego's
fleet. are , several ,deckyard
which liaye been•doingeples,alid ser-
vice • ranging alongside any damaged
4300hout of me• for what he called
la* costs, and the:thought' that SI,
had been' donS Made inc feel that'
faint cou,ld have dropped where I
stood, But r,had tot been victim-
ized. to nearly the, sarne extent as
most, of the ethers; and 'there Was
some 'Comfort in that.
01- doerse, we bornediately broke
intohthe private o.flica, and.ekually,
.01 EOUTSEF. WE.follIld it bare and emp-
ty. There was nothing' to be done
but to call in the police, tell our
stories, and, then go home and durse
ourselyes dor a set of, gullible idiotS,
t * 4 * 44 44 p*
1iatV0 obtained ono tlier sitihtion,
but a§ a mere assistant this time;
Felthana aed Srnithis refetence was
too lukeWarin to got"rite a place as
slioPwalker. :Bet' somehow the ',story
has got retta.d, ctrui I em only wait-
ing till Is ean got enough in,ottett to -
gather 16 pay my passage before I
shall get awrtY to ono of tho eolon-.
ies where, pt.ssliaps, pooplo will
lia,Vo More consideration ter, thy feel -
than to call inc "Your .flru,ca','
fifty times a day. -London AnStVerS.
veesel and earaYing °1St sePaiS0
in a thoroughly effeetive Style, 4r4
besides these the jaaaneee hefty° are
ranged eXtra faellities on eome of
the ialand$ sittee they obtained un.
Walarted SupreMacy at sea.
The more Quo eee$ of the jaPaneSe
afloat and 'ashore, one cannot help
longiag that Great Britain were able,
to boast of ' sindlar alleround eta_
eney, not to say deterraiaation; tor
-
it da this pre-eminent quality in the.
nation, and the governinent standing.
behind the fighting men, which helps
to yeader the latter so formislable. X
learned from a Japenes-e friend tho
story of the first attack on Port Ar-
thur, a story iii very truth of a
geyeenineet which knew ita oWn
mired acted accordingly with cire,
cuiaspeetion and resolution.
As soon as ever the •die was east
the Japanese fleet left, Sasebo, while
the Jatianese consul at Cliefoo went
into Tort Arthur to bring off his '
conaitrymen, and, together with his
servant, a naval Officer in disguise,
A FThTAL LOOK AROUND.
When they leftathe Russian fleet liad,
taken Sip its fatal position in the'
roadstead ontelde.'They steal-had:tali
the direCtian of CI:Woo, but' insteail.
of making that place stood eas.twaad
and, met, the Japanehe,heet imam. Ad-
miral. -Togo at sea, when they at
°nee described the formatioa and po-
sition of, the lauseian squadron," and
a few hors la -ter it was caught and
scattered byS,the,': eTapariese destroy -
As a soldier I have, naturally,
beett more struck by the Japanese
military, movements which: I halve.
been able to witr,ess. I was in
Cliemulpo at the time of the deatrae-
tion of the Variag and the ICerieta,
and WitneiSed the really wonderful
disembarkation and departure of als"
Japanese division for the faint. As.
seon as the Japanese tra,nsport,s ar-
riveclaen • that fateful evening the-
lbrig 'Sea fieint assented a quiet,
ii -
stained activity, which betokened the'.
absence of anysnecessity for impro-
visation. Even, landingesaages, pro-
lecting iato the shallow waters Of
the bay made their appearance as if'
by magic, to which the sentane
brought endless loads of mens
horses and gens, ' 'These streamed
away into the town to pre -ordained
billets 'with an uncanny precision'
which suggested that eon-lobo-4yfr
somewhere was tsurning a handle and.
working the whole business by
chinery.
What one particularly noticed was.
tliat with it 'all there wait ne 'elicaf
ing of orders ,or gelloptngtaboat Or
fussy start o4cers, as there , would,
have been in any other army. The
Japanese officer seems -to have learn --
ed a• strange, silent method of 'lead-
ereliip, Whose• friarked feature Is an
absolute tonfidence in himself.
Notlidng before or since 'Sas ever
impressed me 'so much me that night,
in Chemulpo. The Japanese division
was in tawn, there was no doubt of'
it bat not even a bugle broke the
comparative quiet of the, place. r,
explored the streets to see ,evliat had
become of
THESE UNUSUAL SOLDIERS.
I found them in the shadows of ver-
andahs, within' the shelter of gar -dens
and compouads, resting or cooking
their food by little fires that were,
flickering, in neaniserlessdifferent
di-
rec'tiona. They Rceriaed to havetno..
use for orderlies or staff officers, for
everythtng seemed to be ready, pree-
pared, and cianplete. , Of if, any pass-
ed to and fro they seemed as noise-
less as the very shadows in • which;
they ano-yed. „
I viatelied the sold' ers cook their
suppers, eat thern, and go to sleep
all in the same stillness, and I did
not quit this faacinating some until
an early hour of the morning, when
a new wonder 'encountered me in the
departure of thisesilent host. I Paass'.
ed Wherea whole battalion had
bivouacked.' It was quite dark. The
wind of the morning was blowing
cold, but not a 'streak of dawn haLcl
appeared. There was not a saga of •
any one ,advalcing therm but aricklenly ..
there was "a stirring •antong the dark
neas_seseof rernrinbeirt,'.figtirciat andin
moments:or- two. every- sectiontmaved
to , &±s 'plied- arni0: implied theme a
forrned fours, •,ande withqntda. word,„
the ,whele battalion Shoved off In the
same weireci silence,' like' 'ghosts, in-
to the darkness and the unknown;
whither nem could' guess, and no
one ventured into the black waste of
snow-covered cormtr3r beyond: to *dis-
cover. Wedlearned since that Most ,
went, north, some ; by the awful
roan country over . hill, and. bog, and,
drear iuterrairiable mud wastes to
Ping -Yang, -and some by transport
again -t� Cirairupoa But it was .cs
lesson te, a British "soldier in a :Seale
of efficiency which had neaer entered;
inte .hia; parvieta talfote.There was
a sense" of . omnipotent and. masterful
simplicity about it all, and as these
Soldiers came and went witli their-
atrangeaPrecisioneatraft working with
an, unereang and rtelyereele,stsacertaia-
ty Cover ,previoaSri :attained in 'the ,
history of war. One could not doabt
that sasli men went forth coniquering
adto
c:S.190'17.17rtnsY'''
-
'She was a fairhpaseenger inmatch
of informal/len, and the captain was, ,
naturally, ' onlytoo' will trig to gr,at,i-
fer her. Ire had 'explained that tlio
action of the propellor forced the
ishas,i,pcvnetih, igh•motua,ginlei 0.attsnd4na, aldlioe,d
ae a 4;•
lurther item . cif inforneation:
"Did you ,really?" said the stSeet
girl, "Aad whatever did you, de
vith. them all?" l?,
The captain went red, .and 3i1a eYeS
"Thecae them overboard," lie sekt,
"I7aecyl" sh Said. ''N`ow, do
you knew, always understood that
yott captains made the peer dear ,
attiloes untie all those knots the
hext dna?"
Then the sltippor hurried aWay with
e great, pIungIng hie head in a' pail
of cool water, and kicked the babin-
boy znightily.