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The Colonel's
racelet
menessessIsescameesmifeatesdaatetaireZEMilie
1.
They'eat at dinnerr-they were only
Six ,pereons. The room was wain-
scoted in marble, with frescoes by
.Saundersou enwreathing the ceiling.
There was o chandelier of Dresden
china, and the candelabra and din-
oor-service matched its rotes and
lilies. Against the closed door were
Massed some draperies embroidered
In gold thread and seed pearls, and
front ono end. of the side wall to the
other ran a great carved buget,
loaded with cot -glass and gold-
plate.
Tim muster of all this Splendour
sat
IL
at the heed of the tablo-a thin.
oness, touching the jewel lightly
with her dainty angers. "Dot you
ere going to miters, the giver of
,our gift, not the giver of mine,
Well, the eouplot was not true, I
discovered."
The girl laughed, untroubled,
"I like It so much." mho said, "It
is SO 07CcrUiSiti!, so quaint, and so
antique."
°Vory antique," the baroness re-
joined. "You 'mow, do you not,
that it is out of some Egyptian
tomb ?"
"How art -Inge that there should
be two I" Etdd exclaimed.
The bats/noes smiled again.
So 1 remerkea o.t arst,••
And then she added, laughing : "Po
aS1< the colonel a here he bought this
one."
Enid startecl violently. nor pot --
dyspeptic. His vale, stout and fect WU{ had up to that instant
floa.id and jolly, faced hint, On her absolutely blinded bey to the mon-
right was tho guest of Minot -a man Ing underlying her companion's
of forty-flore, with an Older in his sPeothes. Now alio underatood,
button/tole. OA her left, set a "Ab, to be sure 1" She exclaimed,
Young °Meer of some twenty-eight her voice trembling with oupipreasod
years, keen of face, with bright, in- feeling. ''You knew the colonel
tow/sting eyes. Next to him was a once, did you not ?"
girl of most =meal boauty, the It was the baroness's turn to
daughter of the house. Farhig her
was a woman ',bo was at once
tuuch older and of moth greater
beauty.
These six people were the nucleus
of a house -party which was gather-
ing to celebrate the betrothal of the
girl and the man of forty -live. inci-
dentally% the men of the party would
destroy roan), hundreds of betuutilnil
crimson and red -brown birds which
Were then whirring through the
bushes of the raigItty game -preserve
five miles away, proparatory to their
nightly slumbers.
To the man with the Order pheas-
ants would be tante sport, since he
VIS used to hunting eveti men them-
selves, and was renowned for his
imperial success as such a worts-
/nen. So great a hunter was he
that tbo girl who was to be his, and
Whose oyes rivalled any fawn's.both
for gentleness and for beauty, was
quite overcome by the honor which
he paid her by his choosing, and
adored him with an adoration at
which he himself almost marvelled.
Sbis looked towards him continual-
ly-, and each love -boating glance was
noted by the great, starry -blue eyes
of the woanen who faced her. There
was a curious undertone in that
'waylaying look, and a smile of such
superb assuraoce curved the exquis-
ite mouth of the looker that one
was forced to wonder, and wander,
and wonder again.
And when the glances of these two
women crossed 'there was a third
glance that mingled with them per-
petually. and that one flew forth
front the eyes of the colonel, and the line at Now Guinea, end the
on his face there settled an expres- ever they glanced towards the door, neighboring tropical coasts of north -
Sion, the assurance of which match- SEM the magnificent panorama be- ern Australia, where he is onspico-
ed that about the older beauty's oond the batuatrado. The house lay (sus for his abeence, though the con -
mouth. there like an enchanted castle, and ditions there seem to be favore,ble
Po yo•u. think that ell this was a glory of moonlight blessed the for his prosperity.
hidden from the younger man ? N'ot chapel erected to King Henry's
at all. Be was tho colonel's friend memory, THE INDLON ELEPHANT
and he saw as well as the rest. The e.ntranee of Enid caosed a is fouud throughout that poninsaala
Everyone present had eyes except sudden poise in the game. Her face anti also in Burma, Slam, and the
the thM father soul the stout moth- beteayod some emotion, and the ex- French East Indies, hut. his range
pression of tho baroness led one to among the islands of the archipelago
start.
"Did be toll you so ?" she asked,
111, simprise. Our more er less 1ntelliget4 friend,
is found in every omit- iolands of New Guinea and the neigh -
"Yes," said Etad. "He spoke to soo, "now.,
t , ,boring Coasts of A uste al i There
me of you Nvhile we were walking non eee ka lia but is
. Iiabilnt . 5 in •c. • are many other islands not fat. away
largeswbere the conditions would soot to
confined in North America chiefly to
the long peninsula from Mexico to be equally favorable to their exis-
tence, 1)1)1 they ase not mind
among them; and if we should ever
soo a hunter of the bird of paradise
WI) would %row that be was a Mt-
tivo of New Guinea or the neigh. -
said; "and by good leek, I have re-
covered the jewel which served to
Dove so oobly your own nobility
lost night,"
lle held mit 'the braelel; but. nt
the sight Enid shrank back, terrified
and palm
'1No, no 1" sho cried. "I don%
want it 1 Telco. it to the colooel"
The young man laughed.
"Madame, 'bo eld, "there is
nothing ongreved withiu except your
i nit lain The bo routiss's at at omen t
WuS as feilFe as 1 1, was artful."
The blood st ormed itds heeks;
he strotehed forth her lingers, aod
received t be tiny band.
"I knew the was lying 1" she r,x-
claimed, as she slipped t be climp tool
Saw t ho Iliitin is. Then she to onod
towards 1 1i house, "The colonel
will fastin i 1 on agate," she added.
-Londen Austeers.
RANGE OF WILD ANI.E.LS
•
PIONHEYS IN EVERY CONTI-
NENT SAVE AUSTRALIA.
Polar Bears Stick to the Far
North -.Habitat of Elephants.
Growing Less.
from the Atlantic Ovean more Outn
bulf way acrosti the confluent. He
was long ago driven out of the
thirst hinds of (l)pe Colony, for
hunters became WO numerous foe
hint, I'M. Mot that wild ocarlehes
are always 12 1) 1011 to obtain iamb.
plumage has unfortunately ounsed a
gren t.' diminut ion among them; and
the prospect Is that in time they
e•111 1st entirely replaced by the
domesticated ostrich now,. living cm
the ostrieh fitrilio of Cape floirmy far
eolith of coi;v of the ',miters where
the 311111 bird is found.
The hetet at or the elder thick,
whose Math is so hitdily veined,
praetically coincides with that of
the puler bear. It is found on 01)
Artie' outtsia, but also lives consid-
erably south of the 00111 bern limits
of 1111' poles near. 'P}10 time w (LS
12121')) tho eider cluck g1i't1lt1 olI 112,'
northeim roast lines of the world
With 11.1 myriad 1)518; 1,u 1, tile bird
lots Loon so ineselloosly hunted 11101,
11 hos now disoppoared front then-
snalds of beetling 01i1Th [Jong the
sra witere a was formerly known.
Probably no fantails bird has a
smaller habitat than
"P.IIE BIBB Ole PARADISE,
whose beautiful fetttlows are so high-
ly prized la tho millinery trade. No
one lciloWs why the Varieties of this
„beau i fit 1 bird are confined 'to tho
this evening.. You wore very good
friends onee-in Triesto-I believe?"
"Did he apeak of that also?"
"Yes -quite openly. 110 aPPeared Pantsuits that 0,01188 tho two west -
to wonder somewhat at 01,00 inti- ern oontinents. He is found its
opo only In 111e extreme (IOU atern
"011 1" the baroness exclaimed. pars os spoon, along the Strait of
"Il'e goes too far. The moo so as Gibraltar, where tourists who hove
you 100 undoubtedly weteriog nPon time to wander among the forests boring .mainhalid of _Australia, or
your arm at this very instant the overlookiug the sea, will dinover had moiled those regions.
love-pladge which the colonel -only loot losping front branch to branch Evesybotly bus heard that the
a lieutenant then -gave me with as he does in tropical Africa. cowry sheh is used as money over a.
every expression and testimony of • 1 I•
devotion."
Enid became very white.
"You say that, madame," 1211(7 said
coldly, "and so fulfil the colonel's
ideas ? I may tell you, then, that
Monkeys are very numerous along! Iwclll.ern 0011)
011.
the northwest coast of South Amorcame to bo regarded on account of
its Shape and size as a very canyon-
ica„ but are not found West of Ande8
lent medium of exchange. But if
from northern Peru to the south end
the cowry shell might have been
of the coot -Meat. Their 1101110 112
picked uo in bushel baskets by any
South America is chiefly in the for -
be warned me against you as owe ests of Venezuela throug'hout th0021 01.1ol(Illg 12(011(1e
walker'. out there in the moonlight
groat Amazon basin nmt along thei coasts it would, of course, have been
tins evening. I see why 1100• 0 fluvial systems of the upper har of
not suppose that you have soAd the Paraguay and the Parana rivers.
troubles ine 111. the slightest degree: A little south of the junction of
Come only into the billiard -hall, and theSo two rivess they disappear and
listen to what I have to say to my the greater part of Uruguay and Ar-
aance." . gentina regard thcou as a curiosity
She rose and moved towasids the to be exhibited in travelling shows.
corridor, fro101 the further end of The monkey lives in the forco,in 01
which floated the sound of tuasouline nine -tenths of Africa., from the moon -
voices and loug.hter. Tho three tains of the Atlas ranges in 1111,
gontlomen ,,.,,,'n playing at a table north to the Orange River of the
valueless as money. If the shell
wero very nosy to get SO that every
piakaninny might aecumulete large
ouantities of it nobody would give
his ivory, vegetables or skills in ex-
change for it. Tho cowry then
came to have 370.1110 in much the
same way that 3701110 !las boon at-
tached to gold. It was regarded
by the West Africans Who saw it as
a 100137,1110111 form of money; hut it
near where a great arched door led southa
; n(1 is Woo seen in °real was dialloult to obtain it. As the
out 111)00a circular balcony. Tbe . ":" article was desired it came to have
balcuny wee supported by a series
of Corinthian pillars, whose base
lay within twonty feet of the bay.
The water shimmered in the moon-
light, and the billiard -players, when-
omuaco3ov.o))yu'o&uon( 1'7 die, Burma aold Cocbin China, the valu° just as anytamg does which
islands of tho Indian archipelago mon desire to pOlise.88. The cowry
end parts of rsouthern China rutd shell is found only on the coasts of
Japan. Strange to say, he draws a member of islands oft the south-
west :chores or India. It had to be
carried thoosands of miles to the
west coast of Africa, vhere there
was a demand for it, and so real
value became attached to it and it
could he used as money. The time
came, however, when on amount of
the large profit derived Front the
transportation of cowry shells to
West Africa that supply became
greater than the demand, Naturally
the price of ootory money was thus
reduced and West Africa, passed
through a financial crisis which was
never adequately reported in the
newspapers.
Cowry money became so cheap that
there was little temptation oven to
steal it. This state of all'airs put
011 ond to the importation of the
cowry shells and no more were
Shipped until eouilibrium had been
res.e.orod between Oupply and demand.
This -chapter in the bistory of
cowry money is very stindlar to that
of silver money in roceot years when
tho ciao supply of silver cut in two
the price of silver bullion end lod to
great fluctuations in the vetue o
silver coin.
er.
After dinner the party walked in
the garden, and the lovers strolled
down towards the water's edge.
"How did you come to know the
baroness ?" the 1037e1' asked, "I
knew her at Trieste, on tho Adria-
tic, some yours ago. I had quite
forgotten her until 1 mot her hose
to -night. When did you meet her ?"
"Wo met in lliCe," said the gir1.
guess its source, Phe irater t um is confined to Sumatra and Boitoo.
a Owiftly ineoplicable glance tran- No is not known in Java. Thom
guilty attenlivo-quile the eyes of a seems to be no climatic rermon why
disinterested obserVer, he should not have appeared on the
"Papa," said Mehl, addressing her other islands of the East Indies, His
'ether, but looking straight at her home in. Asia extends about 17 deg.
future hlidbanid, "madaroo has just of latitude further north than that
been kind enough to toll me some- of his African cousin, who 20014 Onee
thing that I ant very glaxi, to know numerous among the Atlas Moon -
before my betrothal is publicly nn" tains, near the Moditerraneon; but,
"ls ahe not chaonung--delightful? notmeeti to-utorrow. The coamel having been exteranioated there, his
I flavor tiro of her. I was so hap-
py when she could be with us this
mon th "he
"Sis not a goM
od ond," seid
the man. ottght to tell you that
11.2(111 about her. She is irisincere
and treachero'us, have reason to
know."
The girl turned her face up to-
wards him in the moonlight.
"And what harm catt she do mo
oven then?"
"No barna" ho said, "if you aro
forewarned 1 Bloch if you are not.
No harm if you do not love me I
Much if you do."
"Oh 1" sho exclaimed, chtsping her
two hands alsout his atm. "I
think you do not know how 11M1111
1 10 VO you, or yen would not say
that."
On the contrary," he said. "The
more you love me ,the 008101' 1110
seeds of distrust take root. Indif-
ferente is careless, and forgets; 10374,remembers for ever I"
The girl laid her face against his
arm as they stood looking across
the bay.
"You shall see," she merimired.
"I do not doubt that I obeli see"
he rejoined.
Then they returned 1,o the otbers;
and beeauao the wind froin the wat-
er was blowing chill, with the fall of
night, they all wont indoors shortly
after.
The baroness drew Enid down be-
side her while the gentlemen wont to
play billiards, road they fell into a
conversation of confidences,
"What a bracelet you have there,
my dear 1" sho said presently,
touching the coal on the girl'it wrist.
"I did not suppose that two such
had ever been founcl."
"You have one like it ? Enid
asked.
"I had tme like it once," she re-
plied, smiling; "but T gave it back.
'I`liere -was a story with it, you
know, and was to be married. I
thought 11 wiser to return it to its
"Mine locks with e„ seoret spring,"
the girl said. "I don't know Where
It is. The eolonel fastened it upon
my wrist yesterday, It was one of
my betrothal gifts."
Mine had seeret spring, too,"
the ' baroness,. said, "and engraved
withitt ran a verse 0.11001 tette hearta
and eter'"
nity,
"Haw did you got it Off 1" the
girl edited.
"X had it filed off, and then X very
quickly saw how it fastened, Yon
nrest press hard 1111611 the tiny cross
,apiti it Will slide Within 1120wreath,"
"011 1" crieri sitatply, "why
did yOtt tell tne that ? had nods -
elm to know where the awing wee
r ohould never Wish to 01111(254)Noi, 1 eimpolle not," said 'tho bar -
warned me against hex to -mg t, nn't most, northern range is only about
Oho has just told me why. You will' 15 dognorth of the equator. He
see now what influence a friend like roams throug•h the Saurian anoi the
the baroness possesses. I promised whole of Central Africa., from the
the colonel yesterday never to re- neighborhood of Timbuktu and Lake
move this bracelet front my wrist. Chad as far south as the Tropic of
She has told ole now holt I may Capricorn in South Africa. Xot
ninny years ago the African elephant
was browsiug on the site of what
is now the city of Durban, on the
South Afrteen coast, but ho was
hunted so persistently thnt 110 aste
entirely disappeared in the southern
part of Africa, and 18 now fotind not
nearer than 1,500 miles north of
Cape Town.
The poles bear will not wander
very far Mora tale ice oceans of the
north. The reselt is that his hab-
itat is extremely narrow, though it
girdles the world in tho Artie re-
gions. He tvandetns along all the
northern coasts of the continents
wad the shores of the Artic islends.
Peary boa Seen him on the edge of
smile Was confident and 01210-! (220. the niost northern land yet discover -
The spring yielded, an'd 1115, brace- ed aromnd the north coast of Green-
land, 11 We Were to v1511; Iceland
fora look at the po1o. bear wo
should have tio go to the north
coast to see Tho waters Wash-
ing the other eoasts of the island
appear to 11110 a little too warm. for
oonsfort. This ia natUral, for the
south coasts are under tho Maumee
of the warmer waters of the Atlan-
tic, said the polar boas' cannot tto-
clerstand why any one Should enjoy
life in such an uncomfortably hot
climate,
137111NAVE THE SICUNK
all to ouirselves in North America.
1-110 lives in (1131112(10 as far north as
the upper pan or the Malconzie 11,f17 -
or, and is distinctively a, North
American animal, ile is Round
throughout our broad domaim from
Portlan'
d, Me. to Oregon and from
Florida to Los Angels. FOr Serno
reason he seems to have a prejudice
ago i st No va Scotia anti is not
known in NaWfoundleaul. The skunk
is really a very reillectaiblo boat
and cannot be severely blamed for
enemies, Some brad experimenteas
11,0(11111 that tho skunk is very good
eating.
Thore ttre just four regions 10
211112)1the wild African ostrich is
now found, He lives in consider -
The baronecie departed at nine) able numbers 11 AN COI A. Where ho
o'11122310the following mornings called has been little hunted, In Atrica
away by elm of those sudden tole-; his most northern habitat 18 the
grams which 0051251011(1113' 11,11111(0; Soudan and the southern part Of
toes 1111W01001114) summons ovon I the Sahara. from tho Rod 11012. al -
among the most congenial 11111,50 -most to the Atlantic: Ocean, 1 -To
parties,
hdoes not 1181) in the excessively moist
Hair an our r th
later 702111(1 011105,111118 of Central Africa, hut in the
(Icor foiled Enid en the Wide thr-1 drier Mom Hos between the Indian
Ocean. and the Nile he is found in
Consi durable munberic, Bits fourth
1101no. in Africa la in the groat aro
districts of Uvulae West Africa,
unfasten 11-01211(7 taught MC 010 sec-
ret spring. Thera is still another
secret inside, I flnd-and I ant go-
ing to unfasten it, and prove to
you ell what I have just come to
know,"
As She ceased speaking, and began
to press her fingers hand upon the
cross, she looked yet more steadily
at her 1037(12, He did not -flinch,
nor had he flinched throughout her
speech. Only a sort of suppressed
firmness scented to gather about his
th.
The havoneso watched him, and
her smile was full of satisfaction.
The friend watched them all, with
his Infual keen scrutiny, hut 0120is OW
let opened. Its binge waS Safe-
guarded with a chain, like spu01
hairs of gold. Enid slipped the
bend off front her hand, and hold it
in the other hand, her fingers clos-
tng close (shout h.
".11 couplet about true hearts and
eternity, I think you said ?" she
questioned, turning towards tho
baroness, "Mc shall so."
Then she whirled quickly, ran
through the door, crossed the bal-
cony and threw the bracelet into
the 3302e8 that lapped the beach
beyond.
'"rhere 1'she ,cried, re-ontering.
"So ninth faith have I in the man
who has 0111)5011 te honor me with
his love. W.hat have you to Say
further, madame ?"
The barottese looked towards the
coloael and simMed still.
"X congratelate you," she said,
with the graciousness of a queen. I
cangratelated sant this afternoon.
congratulate you afresh toonight 1"
The colonel met 'her eyes squarely
as he bent towards innih,
"Thank you, madame," ho rejoin-
ed simply.
The friend 'never missed a sign or
the turn of art eyelash of neyone
present throughout the strarige
rase and approached her, cap ICI
11011 (I , ile had sononthi»g In his
other band also,
"I have betel 111 swimming''". 110
TOLD IN FIGURES.
The United States life saving ser-
vice costs $1,700,000 per annum.
Railroad employes and their famil-
ies make up 8 por cont, of the potty -
lotion of the 'United States,
Of the 10,000,000 Jews in the
world 4,500,000 are in .Bussia, says
Minister of tho Interigr von Plehve.
This year the customs receipts of
the United States will exceed $800,-
009,000, and tho internal revenue
8222,000,000. Froin miscellaneous
sources will come $40,000,000 more.
The largest factory of chemicals in
the world is said to be the aniline
and soda establishmeet- of Badon,
The works employ 148 soientific
chemists, seventy-trve technical engin-
eers, 305 clerks, and more than 8,-
000 wookingmen.
Out of every 1,000,000 persons
who are born in tho same year, 312,-
000 live for seventy years, 107,000
for eighty years, and 8,841 for
ninety years. Two hundred and
forty-fltre persons out of every 1,-
000,000 live for ninety-seven years;
11 for ninety-eight, flity-four for
ninety-nine, twenty-throo for 100,
nine for 101, three for 102, and ono
for 103, years.
A. latmicipel committee of Glasgow,
Scotland, appointed to deteronne the
effect of alcoholic driolts on the
2e1l1'ke8 increase of insabity, reports
that out of 505 admissions to the
ClictsgoW District asylum and 218 ad-
missions to the poorhouse, 88 per
centwere traeeable to alcoholic
drinks as a cause, In the United
States 10 to 12 per cont. of Mout-
hy is from drink,
4
A SMALL LOOPHOLE,
The Visitor had gone ovor 111
farm with the owner, and had seen
the tine condition of all the crops
There had boot neither too tripoli no
too little rain that • season, and
everything had prospered.
"Well," he said, "they Say farm
ors are hard to please, 1011 I'm stir
you have no' fault to find this year
now have you ?
The roamer rubbed his thin, brow
face up and down 'and aeross witl
his hard hand before he answered.
"118.111, Po, I dunho's I have," 11
said 81)033717, "lint 3 tell ye secl
crops as those aro peaky hard o
the
ROSE FROM THE RANKS
PREDECESSORS OF 5112,. HEC-
TOR MACDONALD.
The Story of Two Pleroes, "Willie"
NcReen ancl Luke
O'Connor.
The Career of the late Sir Hector
Macdonald in the British army 1(2
popularly supposed to be absolutely
un11j11e-1n fact, so general Pi the
VIM that "Eighting Mac" 337128 the
Only private wile over attained the
rank 0! Nlejor-Coneral that newspa-
per MEI Opt% will lie seeprised to learn
that, 1100101' had et least two pre-
decessors, Major-General William
Mellon, V, 0„ and Major-Generdi
1,1,1(12 O'Connor, V. O., both rose
Mom the ranhS, but the public mem-
ory, is ehort, and those gallant her-
oes and their brave deeds are al-
ready forgotten, So much for the
fleeting character of fame,
Tho career of Willie MoBran is
situllar in many ways to his dia-
tinguiebed countryman, Hector Mao-
donald, Mellon WaS a, son of the
soil, and, like Hector, he took tho
Queen's shilling in Inverness. A bare-
footed, stout, chap, Willio
enlisted In the 03 Sutherland High-
lande08, in 1835. Ho tees chimsy
and awkward at his drills, and in
his attempts to master the "goose
stop" he was often the butt of 1110
drill -corporal's sarcasm. Ono day
the corporal canted his wit to
such an extent: that another recruit,
Proposed to Willie that they should
ooli tho oorporal behind the canteen
ancl give him a sound thrashing.
' "re ts, tuts,' ' replied Willie, "that
would never do. I am going to
command the regiment before I leave
it, and it would bo a bad beginning
to be called before tho Colonel for
thrashing the drill -corporal."
SLOW BUT SURE` PROGRESS.
McBoan's progress was slow, but
he stuck to Ills soldierly duties with
successful tenacity. After seven
years in the 93rd ho was only a
b0000 -corporal, In 1844„ he was ser-
geant, and it was eight years later
before ho became eolor-sergeant.
Nevertheless in these early yeers ho
had made his mark, for We aro told
in the regimental records that, hav-
ing "by exemplary good conduct aad
unvarying integrity and zeal gained
the respect and esteem of his ofilcors
and *comrades. be was in 1851 re-
warded with a pair of colors in his
own corps -in other words, ho ob-
tained a commission. ,as ensign, the
time of his promotion being August
When the war with Russia broke
out, Willie with his regiment em-
barked for the theatre of action, but
while his comrades went forward to
take poot in the "Immortal, ad-
vance" up Alma side, Willie -from -
first to last he was known as Willie
-was loft behiad at Varna in charge
of the sick, the soldiers wives, and
the baggage ponies. Yet in this un-
likely place distinction came his way,
One night a quip:sea erose belitvetin
some French and Turkish soldiers,
ontl. a riot was threatening which
might drench the city in blood and
lead to grave complicatimis. As
the quarrel increased in bitterness
and volume, weapons Were handled
menacingly, and it was then that the
man for tho crisis was wanted. At
the right moment Ensign illellean in-
tervened and his action was attend-
ed with such signal success that the
disturbance was quelled and peace
secured, Willie never thought of re-
porting this richievement to his own
commander, and it was only by ac-
cident that the officers el his regi-
ment learned the gratifying neWS.
For this service the Sultan conferred
on him the Third Class of tho Order
of Modjidie,
XX THE ISEDAN.
Although not in "the thin, rod
linoOo MoBean played an active part
in the siege of Sebastopol. After
tho terrible bombardment of Septem-
ber 8 the Highland Brigade moved
forward to the aolvanced trenches of
the right attack for tho purpose of
repelling any attack front the Rus-
sians and of renewing the assault in
tho 1)101(1111(1.DiroBean. was in the
most advanced position and, his
SeilS08 being abnormally alert, he
was struck with the strange silence
on the Russian side, Leaving his
post, the brave, young officer crept
forward alone 'toward the battered
Redan. It Was empty; the Russians
had Real Back he hurried to Sir
Colin Gang/bell 1111,11the momentous
intelligence, but althotigh the old
chief Was sceptical 110 permitted Igo -
Bean, to take another officer and
twenty men and find out the truth,
It was only too true; the Roden was
deserted aud Mclioan was the hero of
the hour. '
1101V TIE WON TEE V. 0.
MeBettn, as Lieutenant arid Adju-
tant of the Slitherland Highlanders
took a promluent part in the relief
of Luoknow, Antoeget thousands of
heroes his ve,lor .was conspicuous.
When the Shah 0111)80! was captured
it was decided to run-up a flag on
the highest pinnacle to show to Out-
ram and beleagured garrison that
the place was in 1;11e bands of the
British garrisom OfeBeen climbed. up
and hoisted the
regimental. flag of
the Ninoty-Thircl. The enemy blazed
aWay at Min, bob with remarkable
coolness he dipped the flag in re-
sponse to the signal from within,
It Was at tho Queen's Palace that
be won his Vittoria Cross and the
story of his gallantry reads more
„ 1110 fiction than fact, The Palace
wa,s straggling series of buildings
surrounded by a ditch, and With
; many entrances, The'Pre,lace Was
rushed by a band of Highlanders,
and the Poodles tried desperately to
_ escape from the building, Mama
found himself at the principal gale -
Way, through which the inetineers
wore runniug like rabbits. He Wee
h alotte, but single -headed he &tore
,ntined 10 stem the tido, Ile 'carried
a heavy cavalry sword, mut with
O great strerigth and terrine, fuhy he
I cut doWn 1110n artee man. 80121e
ofTered &Operate battle for life;
(Ahem toll toady victime 10 hie tar -
rible blade; and when mule soldiers
ran to 111S the roll of his
dead uumbered eleven,
A HERO'S MODESTY'.
At the special parade called to
present 111111 with the V. C., Willie
Was 111081 uncomfortable, and the
man with thows of iron and nerves
of steel, trembled and blushed like a
8011001110)', As Getterat 8, 14!-
('01.1.pinned the honor on tho 11(7(05
he observed: "This Cross has
been, awarded to you for the con-
spicuous gallantry you displayed at
tile assault on the (7115111375 position
at 1,117100,312, on which occasion you
killed eleven of the enemy by whom.
you woo surrounded, And 0 good
day's work It was r
si!" "" re -
Tuts,
sponcled 1110130a11, quite forgetting. he
11105 On inteacie, "tuts, it. (Edna' tak'
me twenty minittea."
Melioan continued to reap high
11000111, fro was appointed Captain
on April 16, 31-1158;r
two years late
ho became Brevet -Major. I -To WWI
11111 Major on June 8, 1872, and
Lieutenant-Colonel lit October, 1873
-proMotion as rapid in the end as
it had been stow in the beginning.
With the rank of Lioutenant-Ooloael
came the command of his own. corps,
the gallant 93rd. Ile had never quit-
ted Iw
ds ell -beloved regiment, and
bad passerl through ovezy motcle from
private to Lioutonant-Colonol. He
was made full Colonel in 1877, re-
tiring tho following amar• with the
honorary rnk Ct/s
aof Major-enal. Ile
dr m
died fouonths later, and Was
buried in the Cleanse Cemetery, Ed-
inburgh, detachments of the Dilrd-the
regiment in which he bad spent 45
years oorf theisspoliofteTettending as a last
1(101710m
LUKE 0000101001
was another worthy predecessor of
the "hero of Omdurman." O'Connor
started his military career as a pri-
vete in the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusi-
liers, and the story of his promotion
step by step till ho became Major-
General is a record of the progress
of genuine merit and of the triumph
of all the 11411 qualities which should
belong to a British soldier, It was
at Aline that O'Connor Made his
/nark, In the e.ssault of the great
redoubt, young Lieutenant Anstruther
clashed forward at the head of his
regiment, and planted the colors of
the Fusiliers on the .parapot. A
Russian tnOlet, however, laid him
low, and the color covering Min was
saturated with his lifo blood. Col-
or-Sergettut O'Conoor had also been
knoeked down, but 110 struggled 1,0 his
Sea, and, staggering forward, took
P055555101) of the precious emblem.
Wounded cis he was he bore the
flag proudly aloft through all the
fighting till the British cheer on the
ICourgane Hill declared the victory
W05 won. Althoursh bleeding and
faint from his injuries he steadfast-
ly refused to go to tho rear wive
advised by 'his officers. At the great
assault on. the Roden, O'Connor
again displayed conspicuous bravery,
despite the fact that he was wound-
ed in both thighs. His gallantry in
tho Crimea gained him the little
bronze cross "roe valor," and his
suasequent career 3505one of steady
and meritorious advancement.
rommAomvx-9
H.OMEO
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Oil the °wringer every time you
wash, If oiled often, there is Mao
\\Our on the machinery, and less
strength is expended by the opera-
tor. To clean the rollers, rub them
first with a cloth saturated with
kerosene oil, and follow with soap
and wattle.
In ironing ribbon, instead of plac-
ing the ribbon on the ironing hoard
and passing the iron over and over
the- surface, the result will bo more
satisfactory if the ribben is drawn
from under the iron a few inches at
a time, taking care that the edges
are kept oven, elso the ribbon will
preseig a crooked appearame,
Iii 1502113 weather the little ones
should have a mid-day sloop. This
is most inmortant for all childrob
under seven years of age. Place the
child on a bed in a darkened room,
after removing any superfluous cloth-
ing and shoes, Have the windows
open a feW inehos at the top.
Draughts should always be avoided,
but fresh air is very necessary,
Cut flowers can ?save their lives
greatly prolonged if tho necessary
imins are taken to change their
water every other day, and of at the
same thno the ends of their stalks
are snipped MI with a sharp pair of
scissors. Spraying the leaves and
petals with cold Water in the same
way that you spray with scent will
be found a wonderful 1'0VI3700 to
drooping flowers on a hot day.
For mending valuable glass objects,
which would be disfigured by common
cement, chrome content may be used.
This is a mixture of five parts of
gelatine to ono of a solution of acid
chromate of lime. The broken edg-
PS aro COVered With this, pressed to-
gether and exposed to sunlight, the
afoot of the latter being to render
the compound insoluble even in boil-
ing water,
ENGLISH DEFICIENT.
Where a Word Would be 'Useful
and Convenient.
To judge by the size of an un-
abridged dictionary one would s,up-
pose that We had enough English
words to express eVery sbade of
moaning. And yet Our language at
cet•tain points is deficient where a
S1111910 word would be useful and
convenient. A London journal calls
attention to this foot in tho follow -
Ing:
"Cuoious gaps occur here end
there in our language if wo look in-
to (1,, The word. 'show' expressos
the idea of making to see, but there
is no word for making to hear -a
phonograph for example. 'I took' the
phonOgraph to my friend, andi-'
What ? Clot hint to listen to it'
would probably be the inelegant fin-
ish to the sentence.
'011 the other hand, 'audience'
moans these 337110 hoar, and applies
very well to those present in a life-
time hall or concert room, Bot
w,hat of those ,•who see a cricket
Match, for instance ? `Spectators'
Is the nearest word, but it does not
corresporld exactly to 'autlie,nce.'
There is ono deficiency in the lan-
guage so awkward and Irritating
that, even at this late hour, it
ought to bo made good. Neod it
'bo said that reference is marl° to
indiscriminate use of the personal
pronoun to denote either the per -
5011 speaking or the person
apokon of ? This may- not be
a defect peculiar to English, but it
is ono from whielt the ancient clas-
sical tonnes are entirely free.
" said he had offered him
money, which ho had declined,'
weuld be quite otimprobenaible either
in Greek or Latin, but in English
it necessitates a number of bracket-
ed explanations. which are positive-
ly annoying and destructive of grace
and fluency."
SITORT MEN W,RIC LOGGER.
The soldiers capable of the most
endtiranee are Men of short stature.
from 5 foot 5 hushes to 5 foot 7
11111109 in height. As a 11110 tall men
have bodies mit of proportion to
their lower litnbe; that is, entailer
than they ought to be.
Gosling (in his first dress s2(11) -
"What do you thiek of it, Tonal"
l'ront-"Well, if you could only put
on a more haughty air you would
look almoet act gentlemanly as our
head Waiter."
The disastrous effect of the drought
in Australia may be judged by the
tact that 120,000 sheep were re12en1,-
13 sold at Albury, N.S.W., at from
12 cents to 25 cents a head.
Steithe.-",tonee is a very convinc-
iog debetee, isn't he?" 11001212-'
"708; he novae stops till he has con.
vinced you that he la Wroitg,"
THE BUFFALO BEETLE.
This creature is often a very seri-
ous pest in carpets. It is a small,
dark-colosed, hairy creature and is
often known to housekeepers as "fish
moth" or "buffalo moth." It is not
a moth at all, but a small beetle
about ono -fourth inch long, with
white spots and With an irregular
red stripe along the back. The beet-
les begin to appear in the foll and
continue to appear during the win-
ter and spring. Tbey are often
found 111 the windows. They fly out
of doors and aro found ort somo flow-
ers. Tho adult lays her eggs upon
the carpet and other places about
the house, whore they soon hatch
and the little larvae begin their work
of destruction by feeding upon the
carpets, stood woolen goods, furs or
whatever they may infest. The lar-
vae molt, that is, they shed their
skins, and Bluffly the adult beetle
emerges. The full grown larvae aro
about two-thirds of an inch in length
and covered with stiff, brownish
hairs, which aro longer along tho
sides than on the hack, and still
longer at the extremities.
Carpets thoroughly cleaned and
retold in a roont thus treated aro
not liable to become infested very
soon to allY serious extent. If these
pests ere discovered in carpets at
times when it is not convenient to
take thom up, they may bo killed by
laying a damp cloth over the suspec-
ted places and ironing it with a'
vory hot iron. The steam thus gen-
erated will pass through the carpet
and kill all the Insects immediately
beneath. Hot water may also bo
mowe(1 along the edges of tho car-
pets, but this isnot always the best
remedy, SS it dampens tho floor and
the carpet often becomes musty. If
the pests infes1 furniture or clothing,
they may bo sprayed with benzine or ,
gasoline, but it 1111.10t be remembered
that both these substances are high-
ly inflammable.
These insoots Ilnd their most fav-
orable brooding places in carpots,
which are 'usually only taken up once
a year. Rugs, which are easily tak-
en up and shaken several times dur-
ing tho season, are very rarely at -
tanked by. these insects. At Wise -
cleaning time every carpet should be
removed from the floor, cloned by
beating and sweeping, and if it is
known to bo badly infested, it should
be washed and steamed. 113cfOre tho
carPots are replaced tho floors should
be scrubbed mid welding hot water
should be poured into the !argot'
cracks clad around the baseboards.
If benzine is sprayed into cracks and
croviceo with a hand atomizer, it
will bo productive of good results. If
the floor is not close it will be ad-
visable to fill tho cracks With putty
or plaster of paris, or overt good
clay.
Downsmc BEI:arms.
Sweet Peach Pickle. -Pare arid
halve the fruit, removing the pits.
To a quart of fruit allow a cup of
segue, a teaspoonful of cinnamon
and half a teaspoonful of cloves, and
vinegar enough to pearly cover the
fruit-onough so you can see it be-
tween the pieces. Cook till all the
pieces are tender, stirring to koop
thole 0111 tho bottom from getting
overdoee. Put ep in cans,
Corn Pudding. -To one can of eorn
add four eggs beaten separately -
yolks and Whites -one teaspoonful
each of sugar and 11011r, salt and
popper to seaeon, aed ono pini, of
Bake 111 11 steady oven had
serve as an entree.
Potato Illecuit.--Inssoire one yeast
cake in ono cup of lukewarm water,
add One cup of warm water, one cup
of sugar, one eup Of potato that has
boa mashed very lino tied emooth,
and flour to melte a stiff doegh. Sot
thie to rise hi the morning, and at
noon e,dd otte cup or butter conned
atul three ogge well beaten, Enead
and lot Piaci again. When light make
bite entail biscuit, .c.100 alld bake ill
a 'fitliCiC 037611,