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'sect other business will be promptly stunded to on application to any of the above oft:Imre addressed to theirrrespectivo post offices . • INTERESTING WAR ITEMS. 01•••••• The shipyards of Great Britain, all working togethei, could turn out a hig steamship every Clay of the year. Net only have Australia Ind Can- ada made generous offers of assistance but even the lVfalay States, offered to lend 890 men, and Hong Kong fifty men and four Maxims, Two batches of anlii,ned dogs have been dispatched from Germany to as- sist ihe Boers. They have been drilled to dim:want cyclists by Pulling them from their machines, and a dozen or so of these dogs are calculated to throw a cyciist corps into great con- fusion. It is no Uncommon sight at Kimber- ley to eee dozens of nigger -boys watch- ing for Boer shells. As soon as the sinicoke of the discharge is seen they all lie down flat, and, when the shell lnis pitched, make a rush to the spot and collect the pieces. Last' Year there were 35,983 abstalb- era in the British Army. Of .these, the praetically er3r thied. man, and the force in contributed 22,280, . or home -sectio 18,703 -a much smaller panportion, The Boers at Pretoria are making vast preparations for •the threatened siege. All burghers from fifteen to sixty years of age have been called to ATMS. It is stated that President Kruger ha's issued a proclamation comnian7 cleeringi all the citizens of the Repub- lic resident abroad. The penalty for non-compliance is a fine of from £100 to A500, and one to five Years' im- prisonment, with less a franchise and confiscation of Property. • • France, Germany, and the United States are endeavouring to secure a stable and safe powder that will, at the same time, give low pressure and high velocity. England has contented her- self with the use of cordite. Ordnance officers agree that oordite is a very suitable powder, but it has one defect. Odin' from which oordite is fired quick- ly erode, and the hdat is so intense that the life of the gun is conaidembly Lessened. Mrs. Joubert is rather an educated Woman tor a Boer vrouw, and as a girl was remarkable for her musical accomplishments. She is known to have possessed one of the first, pianos ever seen in Pretoria. She, like her friend, Mrs. Kruger, revels in domes- ticity, and once boasted that shehad always cooked her husband's Sunday dinner. According to Sir William MacCor- mac, the wound inflicted by a IVIa.user bullet, the missile mostly used by the Boers, is quite circular and much smaller than the end of a lead pencil. When a man is hit by one of these bul- lets he feels no pain or shock. But a stup:d sensation, and a strange sing- ing in the ears are felt, which render the majority of soldiers unconscious. .• Good B100e, Your heart beats over one hum dred thousand times eaeh day. One hundred thoueand supplies°, good or bad blood to your brain. Which is it, If bad, impure blood, then your brain aches. You are troubled with drowsiness yet cannot sleep. You are as tired in the morning as at night. You have no nerve power, Your inod does you but little good. Stimulants, tonics, headache powders,\ cannot cure you; but Will. It makes the liver, kidneys, skin and bowels perform their properwork. It removes All im. purities from the blood. And it makes the blood rich in Its life. giving properties. To "Aston Rootworya You will be mote rept* cured if you will take laxative dose bt Ayer's pills each night. They arouse the sluggith liver end thus cure biliousnest, Write is sue bootees. We lave this /monists* wervIces of hose et the most counent physician' its _ the united esons. Write trOtIf au Ma paniculats TOI1 eA4S. Addreith e. 141,611. KAN, — THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON, FEB. 21. "Eor noel mu Oared the World Thai IRO Cave Ws Only Weide.* Son. Thou lelt osoever psenevent in slim gondol Nos Perhao, Bali nave Everineting Lire." Stotolen Text, Jelin 3.10. PRACTICAL NOTES, Verse I. There was a naan of the Pharisees. A representative of the Most religious /sect of the jewe, the sect that most earnestly looked for the afessiah, but a sect nevertheless that Was narrow, and beaconing constant- ly more depraved; fulfilling the law at Muses to the letter Ito members too often neglected its spirit In their patriotism and their orthodoxy they were bigots. Nicodemus, A Greek* name. John is the oply inspir- ed writer who mentions bim. His la- ter career, from, desminlive touehee bY John, showed firmness of charac- ter. The Tahnuche mention: a Niceties mus who bad enormous wealth when Titus began the siege of Uerusaletn. but wes reduced to abject povertyJ It impessible to say Whether the two are identical, • A ruler of the jews, member of the: great ooupoil, Sanhedrin, chap. 7. 50, ervidently authorized doctor of the law, and Pro* 'Ably a fatal:de teacher. 2, Come to Jesus by: night. That he was a liesitent inquirer seems plain, but this is not necessarily a sign of cowardice -rather a sign of wisdom; for the new Teacher was not yet well known, and of doubtful auth- orization, and NiCodemus's visit 'was made in a spirit of investigation, at once candid and reyerent. At least two reasons are plain for his coming at night ; the hostility' Of the Sanhed- rin, and the holy industry csf Jesus' The Saviour had no leisure all day long ; orowds constaotly Hocked around him to listen and be healed ; but at night Jesus would be at lei. sure. It is not unlikely that John and Other disciples were present. when the two great teachers met. Rabbi. It would be of great interest it we could ascertain by what means Jesus came by this title. it with, new, unknown until the time of our .Loece and one, Matt. 23.7, of which Jesus did not ap- prove. We, know that thous art a teacher come from God. Our Lord's miracles had convinced many' that his mission was divine. NO man Can do these miracles, signs, that thou doest. We have not any record in detail co miracies.wrought in Jerusalem. in the iirst year of our Lord's ministry, Ex• cept God be with hun. God will not IPerform.mtracles for those whlo do uot glorify him in their teeching. .3. Jesus answered. Probabsy • Nico- 1 &Ames, had said Many things not re corded. Verily, verily. "Amen,: amen,' a Hebraic phrase of emphasis. Ea- cept a man be• born again. Either "born from the beginning," or "tom from. above." lelenannot see the king dora of God: Cannot even see it. And so, es Dr. Abbott says, the deolata tion is explicit that the new spiritual °life is necei3sary, not mere ly. to enter into, but even te foem any accurate eoneeption of, the kiogdoin , oif; God. "It is not *learning, but life; 'new life, that is wanted .for Messiah's kingdoM, and new life must begin by new birth."-Allford. The kingdom of Gol in Nicoclemus's mind is the new im- perial HebreW state. Uhrist would have him understand that: it le a s,pir.. itual empire, syberein citizenship de- ! pends norm renewed human nature. (Ilizing,?, stoo fssay4othozporsaor by"ktigdotot 1 Isonto -day. er evangelists, occurs only. twice.in the gospel of John -both, times in our les - 4. How ean a meg be born when he is old f To scene Nicodemus has seem - I ed entirely to misapprehend Jeeus, i and to understand the Saviour as al- luding. to physical birth; at first :reading tha allosion to the mother I Would seem to imply ibis. But to de i termine ;precisely wfia t he .,nleani we must pht 4 ourselves . p ace. elvish teachers held that all deace'ndatits of Abraham were, at, birth, bora into the kingdorci of God. When a heathen became a proselyte heovas haptiied pnd said to have Iseen born again. In view of these facts Nicodemus's question, while not excltuling physical! birth, is seen rather 'to refer! to man's moral I:attire. Character" is the result of moral decisions which h;ave been made all through a man's life. How ,can character be changed? It is exactly tiae question of the modern skeptic. How can a man change trona drunken- ness and dishonesty, for instance, into a pure, sincere Christian? Shall he become a baby, and start life anew? 5. Except a man be' bons of water and ot the Spirit. he eannot enter into the kingdom of God. Here again we must try to place ourselves beside Nicoodepaus. It is unfortunate that in both the Authorized and the Revised Versions "spirit" is spelled with a capital S. There is no direct allu- sion here to the ;third, member of the - Holy Trinity. When a pagan be- came a Jew he was admitted by bap- tism of water, and was expected there- after to show a Jew's spirit, not the apirit a a Gentile. John had come and astonished the people by "preach- ing the baptisni of repentance" and teaching that Oren the" children of .A.braham needed a new spirit. And tiow Jesus teaches that both the sym- bol and the thing symbolized are re- quired -the outward sign and the in- ward grace. He cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Because the king-, r doin of God is not of this world. It is a spiritual kingdon, and those! who would belong to it can only do so by- virtue et their spirttiraf nature. 8. Thia verse explains the last -kind begets kind. 7. Ye must be born again. Even ye; even Israelites: eVen masters in Isreill 8. The wind- bloweth where it list- et.b. I It is pleasing to fancy tbat at this moment the soughing of the night wind was beard around the corners of the upper chamber where the two teachers sat. Thou heitrest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it coineth, and whither it goeth, The sauna of the wind indicates US pres- ence, but seldom indioates its di- rection, "The possibility that this ils lustration would not be applicable to the modern scientist, does not lessen its force and beauty."-Gobin. So is everyone that Is born of the Spirit. The phenomena of spirituality are. clearly discerried in the good raan's life, although the spiritttal change, is not to -be explained( by human philoso- phy. In HebreW the Word for "Wind" and "spirit" is the same. So is every. one that is born of the Spirit, That lor to say, al man morally changed is conscious of the change; It ia a pens solid experience. 2. HMV oan these things be? Niece, domes is not ineredulous ; lie is simp- ly bewildered. In. A muter of Israel. " The aitieh. or of Taranto gnowest not these things ? Thia queetion has the force of 11 rebuke ; You ere seeking to teach spiritual truth without epiritual ex. perience. II. I may unto thee. Emphasize- the pronouns. I to thee. We speak that We know, and testify that we MVO Seen. It Ift not hypothesis tior in. ferenee, nor philoeophieal speculation, with US, but out hearts' deep experi oace. " What we lieVe felt and Men With eonfidence • We tell, And, publish to the WS of men The SignIt itiftillible." Ye reedy° not our witness. You, and itran of Ma' alatta, rejeet our testi. mow, Very evidently, however, Nice - donnas had to a fledd degree rmeived thia " withess.0 11pr have told you earthly things. , vvrc del'aot eVitligratatagt1Iltne8s,113' i v has to do with man's life on earth. Ye believed not. Not fully, in any ease ; In some case? not at all. Now shot/ ye believe, if I tell you of heaven-. ly things? nese words are et once a ttebnedebrearveehreye ctineaclobainogintrowhdrottioaneautos felt Nicodenius was barely ready to re- ceive. The " heavenly things" axe the eternal thoughts and purposes of God, , 13. No man bath ascended up to heav- en. Thst le, no truihseeker, no Phils °soldier ransacking creation to get truth to satisfy hungry human mule, bias ever got so far as heaven in his search. Heavenly things have not yet been fully revealed. Ile that came down from heuven even the Son of men. Elsewhere ,Tohn, who reports this conversation, tells of the eterbal, pre., existent Word who came to earth to bring epiritual Imam/ledge to men. Which is in heaven. Thelle words are omitted by some of the best alt- thorities, and hardly add to the sense. 14. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wildernese, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up. Read carefully the story of the hrazen serpent in the wilderness ; how it was made the means of a miraculous cure of mira- Oulously dtheased :sinners. This verse while not prophesying tbe crucifixion itebadteteavile,nntevertheless was fulfilled by. 15. Whosoever believeth in him. Trusteth in him, Commits his all to him. Have eternal life. As a pres- seonutlnoosfsmesasnio,n ; the lies of God in the 16, Many of the soundest scholars and exegetes hold that verses 10 to 18 are not words of our Lord, but rather the insrired evangelist's comments on the narrative.. "No other possible statement could give to the world such a °conception of the intensity and persistency of the love of God toward the human race as is given in this ,verse."-Gobin. V. God sent not his Son into the world. Those who shrink from their Saviour are unjustifiably frightened. lie is the Judge of the earth, but un- til he sits upon his judgment throne he. is the A.toner tor the sins of the world. That the world through him might be saved. It should not weak- en our estimate of the necessity of personal salvation to reflect to what a great degree even the unregen- erate world has already beep saved through Christ. A minority of the souls born into this world since the Lord lived, and died, and rose again for the world's salvation have come to hitt to be saved. Nevertheless the world itself has been leavened by the Gospel; immeasurably higher moral standards have been adopted ; and if in the world of civilization to -day the raajorily are not experimental Chris- tians, the world, nevertheless, has beea saved through Christ from the domination of paganiim and from depths of social corruption. 18. He that belieyeth on him is not condemned. "Believeth" carries with it the idea of committal, enlistment, trust, identification. Condemned already. His own conduct condemns him there is no need to wait for a judicial findings USE OF.KITE-S IN SCIENCE. Hew Kites aro yard tio Meteorological Experiments and (Elmer sailors*. William A. Eddy, the kite eRPert. hal) received a report of the recent kite e,xperimetith made by the I.Tniter States Weather Bureau, which has es - established seventeen. kite observation stations from Washington D.C., to Ar- lington, Vs.., to Pierre, South Dakota. Of 1,495 kite ascensions made with- in the last year and a half, 182 carried the raetetbrological instrument to, 'a height exceeding 5,000 feet by means of Hargrave cellular kites six feet Aix inches in diameter. The meteorograph recerds temperature, humidity, pres- sure and wind velocity automatical- ly, and records in ink *on a revolving cylinder the condition of the air both below and above the donde. In 'heveral instances. the steel wire by Which the kites are flown hove been struck by lightning, the wire fused and kite set adrift.' Chief Moore cites one instate:* in which a kite wire 22,000 feet in length was struck by lightning. The lightning. fused the wire and the kite escaped, Both the kite and the mateorograph were found twenty miles away, Chief Moore says that the kite was little injured and the elixir of the raeteOrOgraPh Wag still running. One kite and meteoro- laraPh which broke away near the Can- ada line while the nleteorograph was at a great height, was discovered three weeks later in a Canadian forest, and returned to the Weather Bureau, Om of the singular discoveries mo.de was tiset the air cools with altitude at thei rate of 8.0 degrees for every thou- sand 'feat of altitude on thissamet ; in the Central West, 4.7; the Upper Lake region, 4.0, and the Central Mis- sissippi watershed. 5.8 degrees. In many cases warm currents of air at a great height were found and the tem- perature accurately recorded. Mr. Ed- dy says that these observations will greatly increase the accuraey of the predictions made by the Weather Bu- reau. It has been discovered that clouds often cause the air aloft to be Warmer than at the earth. RUSSIAN WOMEN. In the Humanitarian, the Countess Anna /Update, writing on "The Posi- tion of Russian Women," sari a great deal to their credit! As compared with the women of other European coun- tries, Russian women work More and weep less, they love and they hate in perhaps greater intensity they marry with more &liberation, they ebide by their choice more firmly, thi;y exalt their mission of motherhood more highly, and on the bearing and rear- ing. of their children they lavish all their energies of mind. and body, To have 'strong and healthy children, sons strong as lion's whelps, and daugh.. ten flawless mi doves, is the primary ambilion of every normal, Russian wo- man, and. in the upper caudated class - ea of eociety she often, chooses her husband, when she has the choice, not from paesion, not from love, not for place, or riches, or power, but with an eye to this purpose solely, "Will he make a (good father of my children?" She speaks equally favorably as to the political and. social position of her countrywomen. She says: In conclue iton, I should like again to aver that the lot of a Russian vtoman is a happy one, whatever may be her class, Com- parisons are odious, but if we com- pare the actual position, I should say that on the whole the position of Russian women was better than that of English Women, and. their influence, politically and socially, was greater. ROUND THE GLOBE. It will probably startle a good many 'persons, to find on the authority of a well known atatistician, that, could the infante of a year be ranged in (Inc in cradles, the cradles would ex. tend round the globe, The same writ. er looks at the matter in a more pie- turesque light, Ire imagines Ile* bad bies being carried peat a given point in their inether'a ;woe, one by One, and I the proceeelon being kept up bight and day until the last hour in the 12 t months had pamed. A suffleiently lib. I mil rate la allowed; but even in the ' going past at the rate of ge a min- ute, 1,200 an hour during the entire ymr, the reviewer at his post would only have men the sixth part of the infantile host. In other words, the babe that had to be carried when the tramp began would be able to walk when but a were fraction of its comrade& had reached the teVieWetatt post; and when the year's 'Supply of babies was draw. ing to a cloae, there would be a feet-. guard, not of infants but nf tornigut six-yeavold boys and girls, "THE FUTURE OF WAR," 315. itleeh's Weir Theorlee Verne's, by Be ewes tient elystnee in South Ames. Mr. Bloch, the eminent Polish nuttier and military. critio in his book on the "Future of War" wrote most deem - tics as understood by modern Euro- pean military exports, and for especial ieasons his conclUsions are of axe ceeding interest at the present Inc- vely last, year On practical battle au' meat Blush laid down seventeen propositions as to the hat- tle taetics the fut,ure. He has cal - ready bad the chance of verifying Most ,of them by actual, South, African experienee, These propositions were: s.: 1, That the moral superiority ot at- tack would be moto than ootuaterbels nosed by the tremendous accesston strength to the defenderd which re- sults foam improved small arms. cisme 2, That Maim would seldom be de - 3, That the vietore would not be in a position to puraue, and that the re- treating torn would fail back on new nositions a few miles ,th 'the rear, arid intranch themSeiVes. 4, That infantry will ha prostrated after' battle and not in a poettion 'to carry successes home, 6. That frontal attacks vvould be impoasible without great euperiority of ntimbe rs. 0, That eight marches end night attacks wouta have to ;be resorted to. 7, That intrenChmenti properly adapted. te modern firu would be in- visible. 8, Viet troops on the defensive would be more likely to surprise than to he surprised. 9,•That the future war will be a war ot sieges and intrenehed positions. 10, That invisible sharpshooters would m.ow down hundreds. 0.1,That an abortive attack would lead to the attacker 'intrenching bun- eelf, and the exclange of roles. 12,' That ambolance work would be carried on under almost impossible conditions, owing to tong -range fire, which would lead to aceusations of vio- lation Jtg tbe Red' Cross. 13, That satisfactory reccvnnaissance would be much more difficult than for- meriy, , M., Bloch declared that oily infantry could reconnoitre success - 14. That the, loss in officers .would be disproportionate. 15. That troops could only advance along railway lines: H. That with equal resolution wets would last longer than in the past: 17. That turning moven:tents with immense numerical superiority would hvier:ttthweisosn. ly. means of gaining decisive Rea& in the lightt of eVento of the last few Weeke, theses briefly -stated conclusiens show an instght into the tendemies of present-day warfare that may be ju.stly considered little short of marvellous. Nos. 1 and 5 of this list ails already, *all but accepted truths; Nos. 6, 7 and 8 needed hut the two instances of Modder River and Mageosfontelin to stand ,00mpletely verified: • Lord Methuen's ear:Amur) nd the siege 9f Latlysinith, tO say nothing of Masking and *Kimberley, Show the wisdom of Nos. 3 and.9, while both Lord Methizeli arid General Gat - acre, could- bear witness to Nos. 11 end IS Ss sound militaty doctrine. Noto 14 is notoriously true, NO. 1S, if not already demonstrated, would appear .not incapable of demonstration, wisile Geperal Buller seems te have grasp- ed the fact that .No. 17 now points to the only means by. which the 'British can beat their way' north to the in- trenehments of Pretoria. Altogether it would be hard to discover just such another/ instance of'. cool prevision ns that -shown by this: extraordinary at Bloch. CHARACTER.STIC, A Small Boys Ast. Quo Mons Like This. Theg, were riding on the street car and the little boy's father was very proud of bins. After awhile the five- year-old youngster saw something he wanted to know aboht. " Papa," -pointing out cif the win- dow-" what are those men doing over there r "Building a house, my son." " Why ?" " Who. pays them for doing it 5" " The man who is putting the house up:" " What does he pay 'em for r "For building a house." . " Why r "Because -well, because they would not build the house if be did not pay them." " What does the man went the house for ?" " To live in." "Hasn't he got a house ao live in?" " Oh, yes I" " What does he want another one for 1" " Oh, for other people to*live in ?" 'What other people?" Oh., nien and women and little boys and girls." Why, do they want to live sin the house r " Well, they must live goinewhere," " Who ?" " The people." "What people 5" " Any people." " Why ?" "Johnny, if you don't quit asking foolish questions, I'll spank you." You' could see by Johnny's eye that he wanted to ask why, but he didiaSt dare. HISTORIC OF THE WAR; CORRES- PONDENT. Leaving reside Julius Ceasar, who was his "own war correspondent,' the "special's" craft is of comparatively reeent growth. It is rertain.that the Duke of Wellngton was; not hamper- ed, by any bygone Winston Cliurchili in the peninaular war. How( his iron visage woufd have hardened had he been asked to grant, a permit to a "apeciall" If Joe. Sedley remained in Brussels in preference to sheering his frogged eurtout and military cap at Waterloo, It seems to be a fairly well authenticated fact, however, that as least two mittens -a pacifui commer- cial ,trairelar ond an agent of the Rothisehilds-were witnesses of that historic fight. As far as can be gather- ed, the first recognized war correspon- dent to a newspaper was a man, whose name unhappily hao sunk into oblivion, at the siege of Antwerp In 1831. Altioh earlier in the eentury, though, there was in an informal and unrecognised manner a witness nam- ed Peter rinnerty-orie can make a shrewd gums at his natiwoility- "who, on return from the Welch- eren expedition, told tie British pub - lie a good deal more, dbout thab un- forturioto naval and military blundee than the British Government of the day oared to hare ptibliehed." There, was, too, some really' admirable pen and' ink work about the Carlist war the tendon papers. notably by Frederick Hardinan and C. L. Grum- 06811, Mr. Grummet; fell into the bands, of the Carlists and was about to be shot, when ha was reamed from Ms impending fate by the interem. mom ot the late Lord Raneltigh, who httd. talon mevice in the cause of Don Carloa de Itourbon. NEARLY ALWAYS TRUE. If / sny, said the teacher, the pupil loves his teacher, what sort Of a tenet, is that t flarthatie, mid the boy. r • PRIVATE TO MOM HANKS IN A REGIMENT, AND THEIR RELATIVE puTiEs. Ili& Opinion Meld loy the audierittes la stespeei 'or Susan A4110'0114 als011111611 1101v664-11,apovisinio Mantes. A very interesting item in military affairs is the relative importance of all ranks of the British army. Beyond the mere knowledge.that the army is composed of men of different ranks, the titles of which are fairly well known, there is little evidence to sbow that the vast body of civilians are very well acquainted with the du- ties ofi mob! rank,' or what really con- stitutes those lesser ranks below war- rant and commissioned officers/ . sLet us take: a battalion and analyze ita ranks. Its full strength, accord- ing to authority, is 959, and out tbat number no fewer then ninety-one are non-commissioned officers, includ- ing sergeant -major, quartermaster - sergeant, color -sergeants, setgeants (lame and full), and full and lance -cor- porals. . The nonscommissioned officers ftirM an important and valuable class, inter- tnediete 'between commissioned offi- cers and the men. 'It is only natural to supisese that some persons in au- thority, who live amongst the men, should superintend their mess, teach them their drill and duties, take charge of smog parties when garri- soned or in. the field, and generally overlook them in every way. Of course none are so well fitted to do this 'as those who pre selected from amongst the men themselves. Such are non- commissioned officers, who attain to their different ranks by protnotion, Which is usually conferred for good conciact, tact, temper, education, and knowledge of Military duties. The loWest rank of nonscommissioned officier, is lance -corporals He is tak. en from the ranks providing he bile ability, and has won the eye of his superiors by Whom he is recommended, Having assumed hie rank he ads as orderly, and assists the orderly -ser- geant in his duties, taking hts regtilar turn with his conapeers. Attached to every company are usually about eight or nine cot orals of both de- grees. Oar staar't private having already been raised to the rank of corporal of the first degree, he now hungers for the two stripes qualifying him tor the rank of full corporal. Attained to tine position by having passed the necessary seholastio examination at the regimental army school, and shown proficiency in drilling a squad without arms, and been sueeessfully put through his manual and firing exer- cises and musketry regulations, he be- comes an orderly, and more general- ly assists the orderly' sergeant in the daily routine duties of his eompany, or such of theie as are connected with ordinary or other guard duty, work- ing- parties, piekets, or any other du- ties tia may be 'detailed by hid ser.. geant-naajor. As sergeant he is qualified to drill a company, and when acting in his turn as orderly sergeant, he is respon- sible for the condnet of his company. Ile takes charge of guards, working parti is, pickets, performs any other duties that may be detailed. Tht rank of color -sergeant is a gra e ig er t an sergeant. lie is usually the pay -sergeant, and acts as olerk for Lis company, . Ile is the chief non-commissioned officer Of a company, and i's responeible among other matters tor the men% kit, and the MEM in hospital, and for a month. ly company halance.sheet, Next rank is quartermaster -ser. geant, who, although he may be at - tolled to a company, nevertheless ate tor the whole battalion under the di. rection of the quarter.mieter. Ho as. slats (ha latter in the providing of quarters, provisions, forage, and aliao Sonia of the men holding orderly., room clerkships are sometimes ranked as quarthrtnaster-ftergeants. regi- metital ;impala -major is the thief 11011.11004MillS101164, officer, and he am. eists the adjutant. Ile ha almo wat. rant officer. His &Ulm are very re eponsible, tov the Mildewy of bate talon materially depende on the tivity wad etfleieney of Its sergeointo major, All orders for the OW It', mud by the adjutant ere wastiatii. cated through the einseant-tnajor. Suck is the high opinion, held by the authorities in respect a mart non. commissioned Officer!? that touch cont. misaioned ranks ait quartermaetere, riding masters, all officers of tbe Coast Brigade Royal Artilleryand Coast Date tablet; Royal Engineers, and many coni- batant officers of cavalry and Wan - try, ars selected from amongst them, Reviewing non.commissioned ofifera of other brandies of the aerirle0, We are nuthoritatively informed, that in a teen:mut of cavalry of full strength. namely, 551, of men holding non-com- missioned rank there are eightysthree, while IN a batters, of artillery of tun strength, which should be 149, there are twenty-one non-commis/duped offis cerio Warrant offieere are ranked, above non-commissioned officars and below commissioned officers, and baclude sehool-masters of m re than twelve i years' service, mond ctors of supplies and stores, master- unners (first and second ethos), superintendent clerk% first-01mm staff sergeants, sergeant majors, and corporal majors. Commissioned officers may either be combatant or non-eombatant, the lat- ter terns including. paymasters, medi- cal officers, commissariat and other departmental officers. Commissioned officers hold commissione from the Crown, the lowest rank of whom is sec- ond lieutenent. The adjutant of a battalion assists the commanding officer in receiving and communiciting.orders. .A. general of neer is an officer of the general staff of -the army. '' A general eommanding-inoshief would, for ins stance, in the field cornmand several corps ; a lieutenant -general one corps, a major -general one brigade, while brigadier -generals are colonels in tem- porary command of brigades. Field officers are mounted officers ; that is majors, lientenant-colonels, colonels, while captains and lieutem ants are styled company officers. THE ANTIQUITY OF THE WHEEL Ils l'imme it 11'4 —Ilevsloptisoat -The 111 even/dug Popularly er Hie; lisfolnablle -Its Possible Future. The crude, beginnings of the wheel nit lost in antiquity. Nobody knows how the primeval expressman fashion- ed his first disk and axis, If you look in the Encyclopedia Britinnica you cannot find out bow the original wheel was made. All kieds of complex wheals are described' in that ponder- ous work, but of Olio simple wheel and its .beginnings, at least in the voluble from "11" to "Z" the editore have no; thing to say. The fact is, there is very little to tell. The wheel dates back of .cyclopedies. Its. primitive usage is not recorded on any tablet or parchment, Tradition is silent re- specting it. We can only geess that some farmer, weary of his wheellese dray, put a log beneath: it, and gave a mighty impetus to the advancement of the race. • . It is not 'too much to say that we eau trace the • growth of civilization in the development. of the wheel.. We find it, in all histork times, gradual- ly approriehing its modern nicety. From the rude log of antiquity to the chariots of Greeee is a far erys but ski it hi trosu the semhsavagery it. typified to the civilization that the the Great Macedonian carried to THE CORNERS Oh' THE EARTH. Each generation hos fashiohea the wheel in new ways and* adapted it to new uses. In the hands of the InVent-, or it has become by slow gradations a more complex thing, meeting o new necessity as the necessity arose. The wheelwriglst who framed the chariot wheels of. the ante-Cbristian era, did not dream of the, smooth -running wheel of stage-Fotiell daYs. Nor did the coach -builder foresee the metal i,pokes and inflated rubber tire of the present. What nearer approach to perfection will the future yvheet dis- play 5 it is impossible to think, in the Light at history, that we have exhaust- ed its possioilities tis a useful inechan- cal device. . The world a -wheel is the world lift- ed out of savagesas. The railway wheel, spinning along the Cape-lo-Cairoroad, will usher in a ne.w day for central Africa. The little states of Greece were unable 10 form au effective union because, of the lack of facilities far in- cialism. Nose that the age of the auto -mobile is upon us, it wit' bear tercommu.nication. What bldnodwgz:uori own otates together like the swift -re- volving wheel? It is the great uniLer of the nice, destructive only of provin- a new part in the breaking sectional botindaries and increasing our community of feeling. THE HORSELESS CARRIAGE marks, in a sense, a greater advance than the bicycle, because it. provides for the comfort a,nd convenience of every class in the population. The weak as well as the strong: may ride. Journey*, maettow be taken by fami- lies. Baggage, and freight, as well as passengers, can now be transported. Far away from the track of the steam roads, in districts unused to the puffing of the locomotive or the clang of the trolley belt, we shall see the automobile taking its silent way. Much has been said, of the cidverse ef- feet of the electric railways on steam roads. What shall be geld of the 'ef- fect of the aittomobilo upon bottle In France, the self-propelling vehicle has run on a oountry road at a rate ap- proaching a mile a minute. When our rural. highways are put in good condition and the price of the atomobile has tome within the of ordinary pocketbooks, why should the business man teke a stuffy train to his office, except in bad weather 5 Every city will increase the ratline of its residential district. The lawyer who lives twenty or thirty miles from his btisiness can substitute his priv- ate carriage. for the keens cart or the trolley, and bowl along pleasant ooun- try roads to his heart's Content, with his coachinan in front, at the /ever if he pleases, and the morning paper in his hands. Road reform will take on new life. because a larger proportion of the population will demand good highways. We are, at the threshold of a new day, when every man with a few *wore dollars for capital may be- come his own engineer, and make his way in a comfortable molar vehic/e wherever the horse and carriage of an obsolescent era have been eccustomed to go. WHAT THE F/NGERS DENOTE. AS far es the lingers are concerned, experts in palmistry divide bands into three classes. Long, slender. taper- ing fingers determine the first, and note delicately trained perceptione subject with such flume has an in- nate fondness for art, poetry, music, and the higher forms of literature. In the second clam the fingers are short- er, and nearly equal in length, and have blunt ends. They denote a prae. tleal, material mind, thorough and re- liable, rather than brilliant. A woman with such fingers would make a care- ful and efficient houeektteper, And Malt with similar 011611 Woald 1)6 caue thine and thorough in business, In the third class the Engem ere short, thick, and square, and have: ;short, large nails, with cushions on each Ode of the nails subjeet having these fingera melee, Athletic, coPitioneted. selfish, has street *Mattes for the material things Of Met end forme strong praludieei. • POOR; JOHNSTONE. you say you know why -Johnstone want tO the wart Why, man, you neVer Ow him in ill *our life. nut we met hit wifel Bin OF TEE WOUNDED 100,40 VALOR AND HEROISM DISFLAYE UNDER Di,...tIFFICULTIES. Insianees to South Artie i Which Omit Thai The Prillsis /Orbiters Sloe Lem None Orin* PrleIlwe Fortitude mitt Dt'ul"rienr:litlii'101"pl°11*re'alle4;t. war it has been proved in hundreds of instancee that the British soldier of to -day posses - sea no less pluck and endurance than distinguished him in yeaes gone by, Hence we have heard eo much about the hereism of the woUnded ow South African battlefields, and how our val- iant soldiers have grimly continued fighting after having been shot or otherwise injured by the foe. Writing 'to his friends at home, one "Tommy" describes the amazing ex -- plat of an officer in one of the bat- tles fought by Lm. sne officer was only a yard or so away from him when be saw him shot right rible injury the wounded man re - Mounted his horse, and galloping to- wards the enemy, he succeeded in kill- ing three Beers. Having thus had hie revenge, he rode back to his com- through the back, DeOptte this ter- pany and lay clown until he could be carried to the ambulance. Hardly less gallant Was the conduct of one of the Reservists, a Londe's. Meer, who belonged to the Mounted infantry. lie had the misfortune to have his leg shattered and twisted! by a shell, but he induced one of his com- rades to pull the damaged limb straight again, and to turn MO upon his face. In this position he lay steadily firing upon the Boeth until his stock of ammunition was exhaust- ed, which did not happen until he had fired a couple of dozen' shots. In/ the meantime his sufferings must have been .terrible, but he bore them with the greatest fortitude. Marvellous bravery was displayed by the Marines at the Pattie of Graspan. While sounding the "Cha,rge," a bug- ler Lad one of • • . HIS THUMBS SHOT RIGHT. OFF, but he merely shooted, "There she goes, boys," and proceeded with his •bugling as if nothing had happens ed. In one of the armored train 'dims- , teris a Woanded volunteer behaved in a. very plucky manner. Notwithstand- ing that his right ear had been shot away, he continued kneeling in the regulation position and firing with admirable wetness aod precision. With every crack of his rifle he would crack a joke, and this had the effect of keep- ing his comrades in good spirits and. 'preveinting them getting flurried or excited in their shoeititigs . On the same occasion a corporal, who was desperately vveunded and ly- Lag on his back, could use his tongue if not his weapons against the enemy. ecchorted his poinrades to ."give 'em beans," which they did to: the best of their ability -only those tg the lead- . ein vartety., ' • , A sergeant who was pinued to the ground by a derailed truck, the edge of which rested on his right hand, de- 'tern:tined that he would not thus be incapaciteted for the fray. While suf- attfueskrotAsideethneigra considerable pain, be proceeded to fire one hundred shoth Riiles, wuo had been bit no Cewer than with Iris baYonet in his lett, and then DUG HIS .R1GHT HAND OUT hterot4CloperperYo' f the Border MOunted t 7diisse aguubusywt ,Beaoseeeonruithyd01 ee ttt:hsn'ewt iaohsno, stto cuiritev. he chafed so much that. he gave his nurses no email amount of trouble. one night he .contrived to elude their vigilance and escaped from the hospital, and after he had borrowed a rifle and filled his bandolier with ammunition ootained from other pat- ients, 'he sallied forth to rejoin: his regiment. 'rite ardent soldier was, however overtaken before he bad proceeded very' far and, as he was still anything but lit foroservice. he had preform to return to the hospital and remain there until properly re- covered. Our men have borne their wounds With the utmost. fortitude and cheer- fulness. .A private of the Leice'ster Regiment had an exploding bullet through his arm, which wou.d neces- sitate amputation, On the way to the hospital, however, he laughed and jok- ed, his only regret being that. he would not be able CO have another chanee of fighting the Boers. At Elandslaakte one of the Gordon Highlanders pressed on to- the attack after being hit in the leg, and it was not until he had been struck by three other bullets that he sank to the ground. Then be took out his pipe and, pending the arrival; of the am- • SbOalUaGneHeT' COMFORT IN A SMOKE. When emamined at the hospital he was found to have &Ur bullets, in one leg and two in the, other. Another "leaden messenger^ had grazed his skin, cutting a piece, clean out, while amnde hntiodiePwaessreldthatnil"ttler thhrioaughheluttheet folds of his kilt. Despite ell his wounds the intrepid young soldier ful- ly expected he would soon be fit for thAe gfrarlatntagMaatinine, serving with Lord Methuen's column, had one of his hands shot off and was the next mo- ment hit In the foot. Yet he would not give -in until he was struck by coAmopleotfefloyerdisoatbItehdo. Guards, four bulletei In the, stomach, antdhotuheuhs severely wounded, insisted on riding to the hospital on his home, in order ftilitea.t the attentions of the bearer com- ed of hie meta. There were other in- stances of the same self-sacrifice on panies might be devoted to the wound - the part of both officers and rank and Tommy Atkins retains his sense of humor even under the most deprets- ing circumstances, as was shown by an incident that occurred.after the battle at Belmont. As he was being assisted to the hospital, MI6 of, the wounded was *eked by a sympathie. Lag Soldier if he; had any loot. 'Yes, in My crippled leg," grimly replied the disabled warrior, as he limped forweld, to the quarters for the wounded. It was the Empress Eugenie who gave its name tO the Marechel Niel rose, EIIWGEbellnIEG:rieArMal"NieT17:tned rtr1061inthoteerdpa'raillYer°o-seA4sug.sallcitteet heWardawrolththea rWoelo:b planted, and gave the Empress one of the first Rowan that grew int it. She was pleased With ICI and On findin that it had no Maine ahe Said, that it Shatild 1)6 called the "Maratha! Nie1,4 thus conveying to the General the newt; of his promotion. POVERTY NO DRAWBACK. burglat ‘. who had. entered min. ister's house, at midnight was disturb. ed by the awakening of the octupant of the room he was in. Drawing his knife, he maid: If you Mir, you, are a dead mari. Prn hunting for,money. Let Ine, get up and etrike light, said the, minteter, and hunt with you.