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CHAF'DER, IL-Cootinued,
I arn sorry if 1 sale What Was
displeasing to you," Said Constantin
celoring highly,
will tell you one great truth,
Constantja," Wild Mrs, Dundas,
shutting up her fan with a resound-
ing clielr. 010U Aee too Pretty over
to say anything displeamings Say
What You like, they will condone it.'
"Tboye 1"
•"Men ! Never think of anything
elSe, The reSt den't count, Get 10011
on yew side, and here you ure I
Now to proceeds We ,I,ave had Mr,
Strange, Garret, .13arey, arid Lord
Vorley, Any more e"
IVAS that your text ? Do
you loom," slie gifuleed up here, AIM
changeu her tone to one deeply eons
fidential, "it is an absurd -an ale
most incredible bot there
reallY are 3m:relents When I entirely
forget :E levee was married 1"
"Do you forget Mr. Duetlas too 1"
"Often, often 1" with airy • coin-
Putunion, •'"Oorribly to be deplored,
iSn't it 7 But noW that 1 IlaYe
fousol Yeu, any Una, 1 feel sure tbat
I shall make an immediate demist.
tore towards the right path. You
will be of ioestimalsle value to me,
You will jog my memory, You will
expose my sins. 1 shall presently bo
Inhere is Mr. Peatherstou,',' Said a reforined creaturae-a now light,
Coostantia, Teem Woo boot woo You tbink honeStly, you will be anle
tation, EL vague difference le No tone to undertake 2110 y
I think you can talk as much
nonsense now as you Old in those
old days When :L was a little child,
and fondly believed your folly Wis-
dom."
It was not 0. pretty speech, cer-
tainly ; but Miss MacCillicuddy was
the oldest of (1. family who were all
famous for saying 'just what they
thought just as they thought it, and
who seldom flinched from calling a
specie a. spade, 2.10 matter What
might be the consequences. Of erteli
other they exPressed their opinions -
favorable on otheswise.totherstse as
(1, rU10)-111th a noble openness and
an enjoying frankness not to bo
serpassed. Life in such an atinos-
phere could not but produce a cer-
And you must pardon 2n0 if still
go on 'believing that, if he is not tain honesty, which generally inettn$
the 01)e, lie is at all eveuts 011e of When you come to look into it -that
them. Naughty girl 1 At Your age is, when it is directed agaiost one -
sell -a decidedly objectioneble free -
C10111 -of language.
"What a fettefulaspeech !" said
as she pronounced his netne, and
Mrs. Dunclas looked Putridly at her.
"Is he the favored one ? ' sho 11512,-
041, leaning forwavd with a smilinee
sagernesS , and thus throwing,. n ad-
ditional touch of brightness into the
already bright picture bile peesent-
041,
"No," said Constantin, vithout
addition to this bold. 111.1111.Never-
theless, the denial cost her a blush.'"
"No ? With that lovely color on
. your cheeks Will you swear it has
not. been born for him ? Do you
know. where °yea good little girls
go to when they tell a fib 7 There !
Don't eat my head off ; it was a
elmple everyeclny question, after all.
to have so many etring's to your
bow !"
Constautia laughed.
clon't fancy I have one real Mrs. Dundas gayly. -1 expect you'll
string.," she said. "Not ono that turn my hais gray before l've done
,would not snap, wore I to pull it a with you. I don't mind the itccusa-
thought too Moo"
. "Pouf !" She snapped nor long,
lovely jewelled fingers in the air.
"That 1 for such a fancy." Then ago ; that was annihilating. Were
with a gay little air. "Seriously, I you only a child when last I saw
should bo .only too glad to believe you ? Wes I quite geown up 7 Am
you. The county suggests itself to I so many years your senior ? Come
me as being dull, and if all these let me faco thq horrid truth. Your
party , I would not b0. 111100118111
pro- age, Coustantia. 7"
young men were 311121' special,
ly for words, but you will under-
stand that it is a necessity for me
to amuse myself."
"As how ?"
tion of talking only nonsense. Nowa-
days that is a chosen, an accomplish-
ment. But that remark about your
"Eighteen.''
"And I am twenty-five I Quit
seven years between us I A con
tury, rather ! I should be lookin
Tor my fu•st gray hair." She rose
and nut to a, mirror let into th
"tIave I not eald The tyrant
, wall of the little bijou apttrtment
1111131 is the one thing that "truly cli- which tea. had been. served. It ran
'0002.5 ane. Not this man or that -
021y Juan will do, provided he can j from ceiling to floor, and reflected
her beautiful, tall, radiant figure anc
speak the Quech's English, and
moves in the world in which I live.
i lovely face, as though It. loved them
hold that it is quite possible to I "There is One comfort," she crieo
running her fingers through het
knock a 100112,115 laughter out of the
i
very dullest, of them, • crisp locks, "red-haired folk seldo
You see, I am not greedy. You
grow gray until death is neer. I
shall have your choice, and 1 shall is harcl to kill the obstinate ci•inison
not, interfere but the others
• oast 'That is the consolation Nature offer
be fro game." ;
ed us when she dyed is this unholy
e
!color. Well"-slie turned back to
Miss MacCillicuddy grew slowly
red. She looked down. For the :\C"ataatia-"Aild 80' when last we
momhe
moment sknew that she was look-, vere together, • I was a.s young as
ing shy, and this increased the ex -
you are now."
treme anger and disgust she was I "No very much older."
feeling. She knew, too, that Mrs. on't think so. For 0. country
maid, you can hold your own pretty
Duadas WatChing her with eYes well. Confess, now, it was not civil
openly amused, and this (1141 not ,os you to remind me that I grow an
tend to decrease the indignation.
ld woa," 5212, laughed merrily;
She conquered herself sufficientiss !omn
but / ani magnanimous -i:110.11101' no
speakafter a while, to be at last. able to , uncharitable thoughts, I forgive you.
.
"You mean," she said, still with Ile equally generous -you -and grant
11111 itbsolution for all the inisclemean-
her oyes on the carpet, "that you ore that in your heart you are 1111-
would permit theist to--to-to pay potiog to mo.,
attelitiOnS •to you ?"
There was a righteous horror in de;:\nri°Inttgouayrew, Why should I con
r°144; I was not coil-
tho girl's tone. Mrs. Dundas, hear-
ing it, and seeing the. girl's pretty', demn?" asked Constantim with a
slight contraction of her brows.
amongst the cushions. She looked
flushn
ed, and agry ince, fell back
She was tated, offended; she
what she was-unuttei•ably 0,111415041. 'hersclf was nardlY Conscious why.
"To put . it 00 broadly shows Some inner sense of delicacy' 1011.8
W1011.8crudeness," she said. "Thno, how- hurt by the other's whole air. She
ever, the all powerful, will no doubt looked at her cousin with wide eyes,
teach you that-ob that I shall spare In which lay surprise and distrust;
310001)'onnly lecture, ond refrain from gi.‘„,„ her beautiful cousin lying back
Ing' you the lessoon the polite
amongst the velvet cushions, in tho
okipping required in decent society, lounging
lounging position that She had learn -
i
that is on thd tip of my tongue.
e(1 was so well suited to her. Donna
Just now, if you were at a. loss,
ns a girl had boon a favorite with
you might have said you failed 'to
her, Donna as a woman is strcuittely
understand mr m
e, osomething of tdistasteful. Yet withal, there is
sort." hat
something about her -tome • marvel -
"That is a lesson," returnea 0011- bus chm
ous arthat attracts her n eveas
stantia. "But 011.111201it repels.
nuot benefit by
ito I diYou' meant you would Dnd d understand you, thorough-
"Why, indeed?" replied Mrs. Dun-
das artlessly, "I say what gnme
your
amusement in making a Man love little gown you've got on! Where
and then laughing at him.
did you get it from? White?
.you, I
thought one never did that after
One Wil$ married."
Mrs, Dundee' broke into laughter,
0
n
Worth?"
Constantie celored. '
"How likely it is," she seid, with
a reproachful glance, "that I should
noiseless, but full of niirth and over -
bo able to order a gown from 1Vhito
flowing. Yet not rt sound escaped
or Worthl"
her. It was 0. little way sho had. • "No? I'm often stupid," smilecl
There woula be no sudden declaring
31Ers. Zundas, penitently, "But to
of her mirth -no movement of 'the look at it/ .And do you 111001'. to tell
body, 110 011012, even of the never ab- me you have a woman this be -
sent fan, and then all at once when 1110
village egval to that cos,
tume? If so, it's a shame; she has
evidently a soul. abovci the buttons
to be procured here, tinte should get
a helping liend to n, higher sphere,"
• "Should she? I'm the woman, I
ine.cle the gown you so affect to ad-
mire myself," said Constantino not -
1 regret to say -without a blush of
shame. This betrayed a poverty of
mind, for which she waS 00011 1/101'0
eshamed afterwards.
"No, reelle?" questioned Mrs.
Dundrts. "I wish I were clever like
that, It's about the most desirable
turn -out I've seen this many a, day,
11.11(1 1(1 tits you like a glove,"
Her tone was very ltincl and appre-
ciative. Indeed, it was true, The
girl's dross of simple cotton. looked
charming, and suited her Restnne fig-
ure and debononire laoo to perfec-
tion. •
"Mr. Dundee is always raving
about the sureriority al simple do-
gance over the moro florid testes,"
Mrs . Dundas went on, in her soft
monotone. "Betwee(1 you and me
and the wall, he is a. trifle elose, and
keeps a regultir Judas' eye upon the
money -bags, If he could see you In
thot 13121011 1. should not hear the end
of it until the gown itself wee in the
nig-basket. . If, my dear Con, ho
. good little.' 'Yott know the neW ohould Chance to— Ahl Talk of
copybook text, 7 11012e11 coo is iilar- the—of an aagel.; here ho comes,"
you turned to her to know why she
had not answered your last question,'
you would Lind ber in a very
agony of laughtee. She did not Pur-
posely suppress It, It was only, as
I have said, one 'of 1101. tattle Ways,
mid she had Many. Strange as it
was, there 1021.5 soinething In it catch -
fog too, Something, that if you
were in the moott of it,' would take
youo and compel you to join1 in with
her in her silent merry -malting, 15
you Were not in the mood, however,
It was indescribably annoying.
Just IIONV 0011Stalltitt WaS net in
the mood.
she said with distinct,
anj scornful interrogation in the
innocent monosyllable. She gazed at
her' cousin, steadily, with 'somber
eyes, and ptilled heeeelf together
what she meant to Opens* verY
penitent, mannee: But it WaS still
abominably hill of enjoyment of an
2.'onte:114r Mild,
''You ere propriety itsclf,'' sho
eald, vory Unto It Would be
impossible to say 11030 21111011 1 , a.cl-
mire you -ed do not desire , to
imitate you, 1 hop° 11 10111 lost with
you -or polhaps T should rather hope
it won't. 'lie 'virtuous and , you'll
bo happy, but • you Won't have , 0.
Mr. Deflate entered the '00001eIlo
Wa$ A iarge man, tall and Well built;
at ;east twenty yottra Me wife's
He might net talie a drat prize
where beauty was in question, but
certainly lie would be highly corn -
mended. His ince Wari graare, liis
hair slightly grizzled. 'His mouth
was Dien, and perhaps a. trifle stern
when in repOlie, There was, hutted,
0, touch of Severity about the whole
nein that'impressecl one, and sug-
gested at the first glance that he
would bo an 111181110 character with
witom to play fast and loose. Ile
loolced vigorous, strong to endure,
and Silent. Ilo was in all respects
ouch a contrast to the greeeful, easy,
(11111111113 creatui•e who 1(110 111S wife,
that one could oot fail tO remark
upon it. -
came•up the room with a long,
steady stride to Constantin., and
shook halide warmly with hes. Ile
lilted her: one eoulcl Rea that. .
Aocl then his oyes tiought his wife;
and then it, 10245 clear to ail the
world, had it beee present, and coo.
tainly to Constant1a, where his
whole heart ana soul lay. Such a
wonderful brightening of the cold
eyes! Such a softening of the firm
lips!
Mitt Dundas moved a little as 110
came towards her, and ohaeged the
expression of her lips. She leant
now acroes the tinyr table at hes side
and bold out to him a welcoming
hand, With the pretty pink 13112111
Wart1S.
"We were just talking about you,"
she sold, and an enchanting emilo;
'wondering what kept you, and how
long' you could keep away." There
was it, most exquisite reproach ip the
Met wor(ls, "Tired, .)o?"
This "Jo" WaS a little pet name
she had foe him. Jolla he had been
christened, an appellation chat ex-
actly suited hing and "John Ander-
Sen lily Jo" she ,used to call him in
those first days, when he had been
1Mo:dusted by the knowledge (deli-
cately conveyed :to him by her) ,that
he was more to her than any other
man on earth. 'Thrice blessed know-
ledge!. •
(phis playful cognomen had natur-
ally eivindlecl by degeees bite the
more easy "Jo." It delighted him.
The simple word, falling from her
lips, could, even at his gravest mo-
ments, win a smile from him. He
now held her band for a second or
so in a warni, fond, clasp, and then
dropped it. He could lint kiss it,
Constantin being present; but be -felt,
in lotting it go without the caress,
as if he had sustained a loss.
"Tired? No," ho said with his
calm smile. "Would nine or to
miles tire any man -worthy "to bo so
caned? 1 assiire you, Miss MacCilli-
eucklY, this little woman," laying his
hancl softly on. his wife's arm, "re-
gards me in tho light of a puny boy,
and deems nie 'tired' if I wander
from her sight los an hour or two."
Miss lfacCillicuddy 15 50 struck by
the cliOcrence In his wife's expression
S11100 his appeararice, and so lost in
an eadeavor to reconcile her allu-
sions to 1,11n when absent with her
lonelier to him when present, that
she fails to make him any reply •
"Tea?" said Mrs. Dundas sweetly,
looking up at him,
"I think so -yes." He spoke as
one whose thoughts are elsewhere,.
and then brightened."I knew there
(V118 50010(11112113," ha said ''soine-
thing 'I wanted to tell you. As I
came through the bine walk, I saw
a carriage with the Valley liveries
driving down tho avenue." _
Mrs. Dunclas started perceptibly,
and in so doing shook his hand from
her shoulder. She glanced at the
mirror near bei', and involuntarily
lifted her hand to erimoth her al-
ready beautifully arranged hair. This
is, however, a trick c0211111011 alike to
all women, good and bad. Con-
stantica therefore, thought nothing
of that; but she did notice the start
and the change of color that accent-
lanled it.
"Why didn't you Soy so sooner?"
said Mrs, Dundee almost sharply,
with n quick glance at her husband.
She was evidently shaken a little out
of her usual idle complacence. He
had no time to reply, however, •be-
fore the foothion theme epen the
door and romounced "Lady Vaeley."
To be Continued.
SOME AFRICAN FIGHTS
--
DETAILS OF Tam WARM BATHS
AFFAIR,
Over Fifty Boers Were Killed
An.c1 a Large Number
Wounded.
Writing under date of Wonderfon-
tein, Bennet 13ti1'leigh, of the London
Daily Telegraph, gives details of
some of the recent flisliting in the
Transvaal, He says :
There have been many brisk little
fights of /ate, Colonel 11. firenfell
has been operatthg successfully in the 1
direction of Pietersbtu•g, and detach-
ments of his command, "Kitchener's
Fighting Scouts," under Colooels
Wilson tont Colenbrander, nave done
good work towards the Waterberg
range, east ef Nylstroono Quito re-
cently Commandant Van Rensburg,
with 100 armed Boers, surrendered
,to Colonel G1,041011, and that is hut
a portion of the burghers out in that
neighborhood who belle decided to
"encl the war" by laying down their
arms. Tho "K. F. S." have elso
made several large hauls of Boer
prisoners, cattle vied waggons, On
the 8121 inst., Colonel 1V1lso11, with
the 2nd Regiment Kitchener's right-
ing Scoutsi a few ILL, and two
field gulls -in a!1, al201.11, 500 men -set
out from Warm Baths to attack a
Boer Mager, 80 miles or so to the
Westwordo Dividing his force into
three small colinene, Major Metliak-
dri 10:18 Sent 3vith the Mounted In-
fantry, and guns, two days in ad-
vance, to demonstrate against Glom
Boyers' 00111111ande, 'near Zaild River -
port, when: it, Was Said there were
500 noose. The Objeet of this men -
oeuvre was to engage Beyers' atten-
tion end prevent' him from galloping
to tho assistance of tho burghers
Colonel Wilson 111012112, 1.0 attaelt. Tho
second coltnno, or rather detaehment
Woe also Mil off In advance of the
main body. It contisted of ft eons -
patty, mislay nonntand 01 Captaltsu
Carroll and Cidye, find their duty
was T.° 11041 the orweitug at Pioniuws
River, engage, and driVe haelc any of
the enemy movieg In that direelion,
Colenel Wileon, With the remainder
of hie mon, rode out from Warm
Bathe, making a night unwell 01 85
miles. By that meanie they gou into
poeltIOn before claybrenle in front of
Conzinandeet Preteriue and Piet
Uri' retreating commandoes,
TIOT FIGHTING.
Carroll, however, had. e01110 1112,0
00111110(1with the enemy at lewits
'Drift on tbe moreing of Juno 1, sui'-
prising the Boere, who outnumbered
111211 three to 0110. The fightleg which
ensued 10115 110t and 110100. Having
got over their first fight, the enemy
rallied, end, rely:log on their 1112 1neri-
cal superloitity, galleried up to where
0111' 112011 were 111q111.1' at thorn fr0112
horseback. Bat Captain Cavroll's
men were well eet, and, never fliech-
ing, they etuck to their position,
shooting diewmthe openly right and
left. '1110 `punishment wits- too seefire
for the berghers to stand, to they
bolted in the very direction it vats
planeed they should go. Carroll's
losses Neese oee man lolled end four-
teen wounded, three of whom have
since died. The actual known losses
of the Boers were fifty ancl tile
natives have reported that many
were woonded. Now. Col. 1Vilsoe
was so situated that his scouts over-
looked the enemy's linos of retreat
upon Commandant Boyers and -the
WaterbeSg. After what had hoppen-
ed. at Kwits Drift, the Boer patrols
and outlying protles had fallen back,
believing that big 0011110118 were out
to sweep the oountry, and the whole
of the remnant of the smaller come
3zIvniaieurloes were on the move to Zand
ROAD FTJLL OF BOERS.
At 6-.8Q a.m. Wilson's pickets re-
ported that the road was full of
oncoming. Boers, who had arrived at
Clarke's Stone, six miles distant.
Wilson's column, numbering 220 men
thereupon saddled up, and the dis-
positions were made as covertly as
possible for an action. The 130er
force was practically surrounded by
detachments of Kitchener's Fight-
ing Scouts, who were ordered to
begin a simultaneous attack at 10
a.m. All went well, and the Boots
had no suspicion any khakis were
near until one of their outposts eo-
ticerl a small cloud of dust risieg
froin the Bush upon the Warm Baths
Road. Believing it to be only a
British patrol, they promptly laid a
trap to catch the soldiers, They al
-
lowed the troops to wine in the
w ute pub or by drought, there are
usual way, hiding from -observation
many ways of renovating, and if
and letting the men pass a conceal -
there are a dozen farmers in the
ed grow of Boers lying' behind a
neighborhood there will be almost
kraal wal/. Then the second group
01 Doors' IYing la a 1000110 II"' Paserlumtapl7t11111ectible°sdtand scmost01maegfelniteinyte
opened, fire upon 03111 10011, and
way is that of plowing in July and
as they veered to take position a
third hit treated them to to Menem. giving a liberal coat of manure,
then working thoroughly several
serenade: This lasted a few 'ninnies
times'to get a fine seed bed, 1(2)41 re -
till the soldiers dismounted and be -
seeding' in August. But both man-
ly gi•ors more cautious and moderat-
gam engaging the enemy, who quick-
nre and labor should be on a liberal
sc e to insure good results, and
ed their fire, But meanwhile a see -
many farmers feel that they must
ond detaclunent of Wilson's men had
come open the scene, and the bur- economize on both. Some will plow
A REBEL TRIAL IN DLOGAnroNTEIN: FATHER AND SONS IN THE
DOCK.
, Several rebels were sentenced ,last week to periods of imprisonment
varying' from two years to six months, and trials are very frequeet
111
South Africa just now. The above illustration shows the trial of the
1)1004418, father and two sons, at Bloemfontein,
BOERS TREATED KINIJLY.
PBC s BREA BABEIL PRINTS
STRONO. TESTIMONY.
Latter From An ExeSolclier-WAS
Flensber of Burgher Force,
The leAding non -official nowspaPer
01 1)11311721111<, Poiltitten, the syenpath-.
iss Of 10111011 are pro -Door, hoe had
the candor to gOve prominenee
what it calls "A Defeeco of the Eeo-
lish " in the 501)001an extract frm
o
lAter from a. Dario who for many
yeare past has resided in the Trans -
veal, whore he married a Boer wife
113141 11(15 occupied himself in the out-
tiVation of a farm which elm brought
him in dowry. Ile is much respected
by the Boers of his district, and has
held several locol posts of responsi-
bility such As were ra.rely elitt•usted
to "foreigners" in the Tranevard,
The editor cd the Politikensetales
'that when the war brolce out this
Dane took his place hi the Boer ar-
My, and' fought the English in sever-
al battles. • Ho was, in course of
time, given leave of absence to loolc
ofter his farm, and surrendered with
the rest of the population of his die-
trict, at the advance of the English
on Pretoria. As the Danish popes
points crut, this man, whose entire
domestic and material prosperity is
‘19,ZOGOSSZIZM.ZZ% table use is by heating to a temper- bound up with that of the Boors,
ature of 175 to 180 defrees F, thee eceniot be suspected of partiality for
to ON THE $
Cetl nt once placing 1 11 sterilized, air- the English. His protests, there -
hot. In other words, employ exctet-I
M
FARM 'etight packages, and sealing whiM fore, It says,
DEAND CE LOSATTENTION
ly the same methods used in cents-
a,na should be allowed to weigh
ing fruit. If properly put up' ac-
cording. to this plan, cider will re- against the 'vague accusations so
readily and copiouely preferred
main sweet almost indefinitely. Of against the behaviour of the English
course heat causes slight changes in „ .
the flavor, and deterioration.;
takes "' sooty oosea The latter, written
There are some fields where the place rapidly when tho package is in Danish, lune as follows :-
crops of grass will not be heavy and open, but the method is the most'- -
r
'Schweige-Rencice, Nov. 20, 1900
if this is due to a laelc of fertility satisfactory one new in use, There "Dear Sister,-/ send you this let -
10 the sail, a top dressing of fine man- are numerous compounds which, add- ter to let you know that my family
ure may mot Oilly cause a second ed to cider, will check fereiontation and I are in the best of health. The
erols 0/ grass that will be worth and prevent souring', such as sul- telegrams in the newspapers will tell
cutting next month, but it 10631help salicylic acid, etc. These are you all about the progress of the
to keep the crop good for ono or antiseptic compounds, anti not whol-
two more seasons. ' War, 80 I shall confine myself to
family matters.
this is not thought tIlViee lbtnesotw theayt ly satisfactory or to be commended.
I Mg us well in every respect, and
hreor fou
e r oULTRY YARD. "The British authorities aro treat -
by the advocates of a t , really are showing an extraordinary
Mark the hens that molt early and friendliness. The'behavior' of the sol
-
keep them, for they will lay eggs: diers demands the begliest praise ;
when eggs are high in price and, one never hears a word of any plun-
you want early broilers. dering, or of violence of any descrip-
The hens do iiot need fattening tion towards the people here. I do
food now. They need grass, vege- not know a single case of such a
tables and insects, 61141 above all thing, and I have not hoard the
shade and quietness. Feed sparingly least complaint ol the British sol -
Mature birds do I diers being rude or roUgh. to any of
of corn and wheat.
not have the our population.
gapes but they do gripe from canker' "I therefore, cannot see
111 the throat. Treat sueli birds that there is the slightest exCuse for
Promptly by removing the cheesy, the way in which so many Boers aro
matter with it quill and applying taking up arms again and breaking
burnt alum to the sore, their oath of neutrality. They had
We like to have subscribers ask nothing to fear so long as they elm -
questions but we also like them to ply kept their oath, f or the British
read, note and remember the quos-' authorities protected them Si every
tions we answer through the paper.respect. They might have -formed .a
This will 5e.00 us extra labor and camp in which, with their fainilies
wearisome repetition. 3 and cattle, they could have reinained
Scaly leg is contagious and will perfecbly secure under British pro -
spread through a Bock. Ioor this tection. Instead of doing that, the
reason it is advisable to keep a.' moment they Could they have broken
watch over the young birds as well their oath, and have slunk round bo-
as the old ones, and at a first incli- hind the British array.
cation of a roughness on the shanks' "If the English have made any
to annoiet them with sweet oil and mistake in their treatmeet of the
kerosene; half and half. j Doers, 1 can only say that in my op -
A noted breeder who rears large inion, it has been in treating them
*;
WrinegOONGSVP
DENovATING THE SOIL,
yetus rotation, but there are many
who do not want to plow up and re-
seed the grass lands that theY 0011
Make a. ten of hay per acre from
having kept a fieldoin eultivation
for two or threem
years, and o.nured
it liberally accordieg to their ideas
they think it should be in grass foi•
tho next three or four years.
When the land is reduced in fertil-
ity, or the grass roofs killed by the
13118115 10 the mealie field and thos
who had lain farther back, found ou
that their retreat it was that hat
been eut off, and that their skin
in July and seed with buckwheat, to
t be plowed uncles before reseeding in
the fall, while others would ,plow
s' under the buckwheat and sow rya
were in the greater danger. Num-
bers were shot down, and others sur-
rendered or affrightedly galloped
from the scene, In•eaking throsigh
where thweal
o'
cordon of troops was wea-
est and the soldiers farthest apart.
n Wm a. wide and rather 00221311arena that they had been caught
In, so numbers of them took what
cover they could and fought on till
About four o'clock in the afternoon.
Having then discovered an opening
in the cordon, the remainder (some
850 burghers) made a dash for it
ancl managed to break out, but loft
their cattle and waggons. Wilson's
casualties were two killed and eleven
wounded. By count, the Boers left
upon the liced seventeen dead, forty-
three wounded. Over 100 prisoners
were taken, and in addition to the
X.F.S. secured 7,000 cattle, 50 wag- t
130115, 3012011 anurtunition, and a quara
tity of dynsunite. Colonel Wilson t
weet on and deStrOycd tho Boer o
01', which was near, and then pre- 11
to be also plowed in befoi•e it is re•-
planted or reseeded n
ext spring. numbers of birds, has small houses with a great deal tm
.too uch a -
good n
These two green erOpS will fit land scattered over a largo side -hill mem- ture and fOrbearance."
for fair erOpS of corn or potatoes, dow. In these he puts foui• hens!
especially if thre eis a fertilizer used with their broods, each occupying a
in the spring, and there 12110 other
green 000135 1110.1. 'nay be even better
than these. .And yet we think that
green manuring, excepting with peas
og, clover, is not a. perfect substitute
for stable manure, and whore forage
for winter costs as much as it does
here, we 2000141 prefer to feed. them
out with 131112(1 enough to make a
well-balanced, ration, and then use
the manure on tho fields.
:KEEPING CIDER SWEET.
In most farm communitms sweet
icier is available for, a few weeks
only. If a cider mill is owned on
he home farm, cider can be made
at any time after the apples begin
o ripen. .As a rule, however, the
rdireuer farmer does not have a
till, but depends on some neighbor,
pared to retire with his prisoners,
wounded and captures, to Warm
Baths. In riding from the field the
enemy sent aneesengers Post-haste to
Boyers to come to their assistance.
Wilson, however, drove off the stock
and retired fourteen miles the same
day. 1 -le had iniorniation that the
enemy were rallying, and, with part
of 13eyer's commando, were intend-
ing to return the compliment by
suspouncling him. At p 0.111. the
K.F.S.. moved on again, and Beyere,
who had planned a before-deybreak
attack on tho "Scouts' " camp
found himself just two hours too
late. The troops got safely back to
Warm Baths with an their wounded,
wisoners and loot, the Boers otly
venturing to feebly snipe at the rear-
guard. It may be said of Col. Wil-
son that this is not the first heavy
blow he has dealt the enemy. Ile
usually moves during' the nig•lit, and
at a rule, never hampers himself
with any convoy or wheeled vehicles,
tho men carrying all they need for
three or even feur tleys' operations
in the field. Major Mealiceen also
had a small engagement, la which, I
understand, he lost three killed 1111(1.
had live wounded. Ile succeeded,
however, in Inflicting even greater
loss upon the enemy nod bringing
back 700 cattle.
WOULDN'T JOIN THAT SOCIETY.
Caller ((10 lady of the house): Per-
haps, madam, you could, get your
huSband to put his name clown upon
the roll of our society. The sub-
scription is only $5 for a life mem-
bership.
Lady of the Ilouse- What is your el
society? ke
The Society for the Repression of oi
Crime. 1,1
who makes eider for the cutire coin -
enmity. Alter coining from a neigh-
borhood mill of this kied it will re-
main sweet only a week or twoola
pendent, of cOUrse, largely upon the
weather.
There is note a demand for a clear,
parkling sweet cider which retains
he daVor of the fruit. It must be
etrictly temperance drink. If a. pro-
duct of this kind is put on the mar-
ket, 1.110 demand is almost unlimited.
Good cider must be made from fair- graphists sending as there ie between the air, and desire to show what
corner. When the hens wean the; AN AERIAL YACHT.
chicks they are remoVed and roosts' —
are put in, and here the chicks have Invention that Rivals that of 111.
a home until late in the fall.
I Santos -Dumont.
Instee.d of trying to make a Leg-.
hore-proof fence of six-foot wide' A despatch from London says
netting placed upright, nail a piece English acrouauts are preparing to
uf scantling two feet long on top of mnIte an tunbitious experiment in
the direction of aerial navigation.
posts at an angle of 45 deg., the in -
Mr. Pell'eival Spencer. the noted
cline being toward the yard. Bend
the netting over and fasten On to balloonist, stated on 1Vednesday that
these pieces, and •the smartest. hen Mr. F. Buchanan, of Carrywood,
near Portsmouth, as the 3•esult of
will not have wit enough to get over
such a fence, the work of 20 years, has perfected
-o an airship destined to eclipse the
creation of 311. Santos -Dumont, Mr.
Buchanan's machine is an aerial
yacht, with two propellers, and is
said to possess ten times the power
EDUCATED EARS.
Susceptibility of the Atral Nerves
• of the South American's neater. It
Educatien.
15 $0 rigidly constructed that a col -
lo course of time the telegraph- lapse in mid-air is impossible. Thor-
ist's ear becomes marvellously acute, ougligoing tests will be made soon
The slightest variation in time or lf sufficient funds can be collected
souacl is as plain to him as a drop- for tho trial.
ped rote to a musician. Any good "I do not wish," said Mr. Spenc-
opet•ator is affie to dietinguish the er, "to belittle the achievement of M.
difference betwcen the sending of Santos -Dumont, whose balloon, in
operators, and can tell by the sound my opinion, is altogether :superior
of the instrument any num with to 001111t 37011 Zeppelin's construction
whom he has worked for any length That wits too iutricate raid weighed
of time, ten times too muele English'. aero -
To him there is as inuch difference nauts fullv artrireciate the import -
between the souud of different tela mice of the problem of navigating
ly well -matured npples, free from the handwriting of any two men in they ean de. SO far, after all, aero-
WorMs and rot. 01(1 mills tainted the mune line of business. Any nautics have not advanced beyond
with pomace and with the 2000(1011 operator who is accustomed to work the stage, defined in 1875 by
portion soaked with vinegar wilt not by sound with me21 every day can MAL Renard and Krebs, the
produce first-class cider, as n.cid for- tell in an instant just who is work-: Freuch balloonists, who sail-
ments will bo introduced, resulting :Mg the key. There is something pe- ed from Paris to Mettclon, eleven
111 a. i•apicl chtinge, culiar in the way each operator MHOS, and successfully descended. M.
can be kept sweet, select sound, ripe it is entirely a. matter of education six or seven miles."
Consequently, to make cider which opens and closes his key. Of eeerse,' Santos-Duniont 11115 ns yet gone only
' • 11111058 this Is tone all future of the ear. -,--0
treatment will be without result. It Another evident° of the suscepti- EVIDENCE CONCLUSIVE.
is 1101, possible to make the best 'Witty, of the aural nerves to educe -
cider out of poor apples. Use. dean troll is the fact that an operacen 1 tor Miss Woodwed-]1.1y wedding trous-
cloths, vats, presses, etc., keering receive and copy 0. message, and at semi is so complete that I know I
them pere and clean by scalding at
least once a cloy. Use every endeav-
or to keep the cider from contact
With the micro-organisms -which aro
in old pomac0 found tweund most
cider 'Mile. 11 those got in, ferment-
ation at onee starts and it will be
the same tune distinctly hear tmo shan't neecl any gowns for a whole
comprehend everything that is said • Oear I
by others in the rooni. He can be; Mr. riardrow-You do love nee;
very buelSy engaged at aoything, sweetheart, don't you
and yet, his ear will take in evcryl
thing that is said near him. FORTUNATE:-
Another peculiar thiug is the fact
impossible to completely check it. 1 Bezehnrci-I boloog to the 'l,\To
Fermentation is more rapid during will lay 1318 head within two inches I
hot, 111111313,27 weather, that is when
tho atmosphere is very humid and Unit a. telegraphist working at night, Treat (now do you ?
of a working instrument and sleep as Bezehard-tiounl 1 I can drink With
Tipster -Not much.
soundly ns though in lg.d 1It3 will
temperatures high. Souring will be-
gin almost immediately under not be disturbed in the leas!. until • you and keep my pledge.
o--.7.--
These his own alike call Is sounded by the
0011(111101110.Comsequently, if cider is
111 an instant. Of cousse, each 1100(11(1ltoliconian-CLoljinCeKallro.ng here; I ar-
ia% be preserved, the best Mon is to instrument, That, will awaken him
delay malting 1211121' late in the fall, is exactly of the seine degree of in- rest you for vagrency.
when the dm', 11 nre clear and dry, but
the temporalities low, let m voile tensity, rind it is only the training Layaround Lucas-1"anks, officer ;
lows 21111(1 01(1,21' nettle in winter
-----.-- -- of the ear that causes him to dis- I thought I was 130211' 5» hay' tee
eps much longer than that made tinguish his 011100 call even asleep, sleep 07,12, an night,
wing Wavm weather, 'This, as ex-
aincil above Is
t
hlduo t tl 1,'.
T dont titbits my husband 1007,1111 ee
111110 10 put his name (192011 for (1.11)1 t
511011 thing, or Acoos niielas, om, tono
, *.I (m'eg I
1011y not? fruit Lute in the 5(1)81111 111)111011)8 a Nome '('0114814ellsief
i entitled 'Lines to
Sli- I la• ---.
Because he iikes his liviug 1137 . grant amount of sumo', which IsincsMeS Ey.' 01,000 101125 hare.. .
been s.
hipped to
crlto presrve the 0(1101'. MiDezeil-Well, I don't call t • Smith Africa. (uring the war, lfing-
Itt! Ie 110 a erclmioal 7 Thoot end only method of pre -2, Very kind 111 1)1)11
to draw attention I l'etalesel 11111'i41'5 vest 275 deliveredNo, Ile is a detetive. • venting changes in eider desired for to her crow's loots in South Aerleo, Argentinonly za5,----4-7----
Tun DEAlt 011IL31. England has 15,918 churchosO and
111130041 titres retarding mu ltitilca- 41,1120 clevsy. Ireland, however, has
111 of 11002,011111a and the developmt Miss Tellit-Suse Antek says that more elnrelleS than clergy, the nus-
denIy I'mug•, 2,110 pet1, 11218 V1eVOl b(19 b(1ig1,01 0 to 1,