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The Clinton News-Record, 1900-03-15, Page 2THE TIVILIMENt I Tonight The Neese -Record a Power Printing House I ALBERT STREE'T, • 'CLINTON. , AM% Tenris or SousentartoX-el.00 per year , Maalox : $1.3(110aY be charged If nOt HO pald $0 paper cliscentinoml until all arrearaKes • pahl, unless at the option of the Putlieber. The date to which every subscription IS paid Is denotell on the label, ADVERTNING Bares. -Transient advertise. meats, 10 cents per nonpariel line for first insertion and 3 vents itor line for essli WM" eitentineortion. Small advertisements not to exceed ono ineb,stiell "LOA," "Strayed," "Stolen." etc.. inserted once for 50 cones and • each subsequent insertion 16 cents. Adverthenam its witheut specific directions will be inserted until forbid and :charged accord ingly. •• Copy for change of advert': once ts on pah,es 4 and must be !nth() ethic oe saturdey and ' for pages t and 8 on Monday to ensure change for following issue. 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Hayes, Inspector of Losses, Seaforth P.O. DIRECTORS: W. G. Broadeaot. scaforth ; John 0. Grieve. Winthrop ; thorge Dale, Sonforth: a homes E. Hoyes.Seaforth ; James Evans. Beechwood ; John Watt, Harlot*: Thenuas Mazer, lirnee- field ; John 1.1, Melman, Hippen : James Con nolly. Portetess11111. • • s AGENTS: • Robe smith, liarlook; Robert McMillan, 8011. forth ; James Cummings, Egmendvale ; J,. W. Yeo,Holmesville P. 0. ; 'John Govenlock and John 0 Morrison, auditors. Parties desirous to effect; insurance or trans - snot other busineas will he protnptly att.:tided to on applieetion to any of the above officers addressed to their respective post offices. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. CAVALRY OUT OF DATE. MOM. No Phew or lac Mr It le Modern elarfere. INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MARCII 18. 'Under the new' conditions of war, and above all in mob a war eel the o'Sesits at Wallow** kons..." MOON 13.30, present, the old heroic function of cavalry le at au end, and the great 00'01010h oerasiovved Ilhe relhiration or a work Written be a Wasslitu ond nekton Text. alike. 3. 27. PRACTICAL NOTES. charges, which have been the most T1,01400101 by a vreneommt_How not. Verse 15, He went forth agaiu. thrilling and rrplendid episodes of 1,1„ mom 410„queroi ss e„ony From Caperuaum. All the maltitede battles in the past, may never again scribed. reeerted unto him. They kept corn- be seen, Was on land, as on sea, While Great Britain is at present ing constantly from the cities and becomes less pleturestue as it becomee fully occupied with her South .Afrioan villages which crowded that neigh- more businessl:ke and deadly. The use troublee elle is not aware of the fact borhood. There was no building largo of cavalry against infantry resolves that the moat vulnerable point of her enough to accommodate them, and .1••••14• TRH BEAR AND THE LION. RUSSIA'S PLANS FOR THE INVASION OF BRITISH INDIA. "outdoOr preaohing" became a neces- sity. He taught them. Whether hie marvelous deeds or his winning words were the greater attraction no one could say, 14. He saw Levi the son of Alpheus Saw the man; and doubtless also, with keen insight, foresaw his career; saw the possibilities yet unsanctified that eventuated in Matthew's Gospel. Luke calls him "a publican, named Levi;" Matthew identifies himself with this publican. Sitting at the reoeipt of custom. Or th, place oi: tell, the seat of the colleolor o2 eases. Oriental - Jots have fiequently noted. the aquar . posture which Ls so common in the East, where all aorta of activities are itself simple into a ouestiou of tinae. empire is at the mercy of a cool, re - At Balaclava the charge of the KO, front the moment the word was given until all that was left of theta reaP- peered out of the SIU0k0, occupied scarcely twenty-one minutes. In that interval of time, with, modern weap- ons, cavalry. would be utterly an- nihilated. Even in the brilliant and terrible scene of Sedan Gen de Gallifet led hie Kiea.drons in their splendid uniforms, only to be annihilated by the Prussian foot. The mosE despond° efforte were utterly in vain, and no ono who remembers that scene rein believe that any cavalry oharge could live against the fire of modern rifles and artillery engage]. in whae slating on the floor under anY ciretuotanoe3. Unless sitting, out or the ground oe ground. Nu one standa if it is pos. utteoyn cinoufaldntry amore ihe magazine rifle long Lefore highway of •commerce, and 11. is .prob- .illysstettog approach close quarters, able that a large tariti Was l with the bayonet are abol- paid here. Remember, too, the con- ished by the same conditions'. Of tempt with which Publicans were 're- .etrurse, any general who brought within a mile of a Ireneh garde•d by the Jewo. Bad, as Mat- cavalry ought to be shot. To the British theiw's calling was, be had apparent- army the diminished importance of retaWed airaple heart, and he had cavalry in battte. is not a loss, but a that hunger and thirst atter righter. gain. Our cavalry was wretched in the table to sit., Capernaare was en the , they would melt away otesness on which our Lord pronounc- Peninsuirl, and has been generally ed f • inferior to the'Prench-though it is one o his choicest beat tudes. Fo - low. me. Probe y many over one of out characteristic opinions that bl heard a Frenchman cannot ride. The old this invitation. He arose and follow- KAFF:11 LY ING. ed him. Petheps by springing up role of cavalry.may still be maintain- ed in pursuit, though on that point from his place of toil and walking af- the unhappy experience of the F,:gh- Jeaua, but more likely b vowing at teeoth Hussars when their sqUadron a %Tiede Aiwa with no finewtedge of teestree that the rest of his Ylife should was captured after Glencoe is not re- . 'Fru tit Ninon). " be given over . to the discipleship of 11,9,!.suring this.stranese. Rabbi, and devoting him - 'The Kaffir makes an interesting in reconnottering, on the other hand, self 'with. renewed energy to chasing up study. You cannot understand him his business.. •, the work of cavalry is much more jut - all at' once.. It requires time, and a 15. Ais• Jesus sat it meat in his _portant than ever, and, at the earns, time, more difficult.. An enemy who h,ouse. In the house of Matthew. ' good deal of it. A. new arrival .thinks where the converted pu:blican made "a. cannot he approached within some - the Kaffir is a born .prevariCator or goeat feast." (See Luke 5, 29,) . Many 'thing much u,nder two reiles cannot be precisely. located, and yet it id ab- lutely; necessary that his general Posi- tion should be discovered: It. would be hard' to say whether there is more risk in gaining such !ague and partial information' or in acting upon it. I don't know how the imPerial yeo- manry era tO be used, hut • ler some time• they will require 'to be handled With great care it they are not to find. their way. prematurely. • to Pretoria, They will be annoyed by the • stony :patches creeping out 'on the veldt and eometimes as smooth as glass.. the truth, and has his reasons for so publicans and sinners sat also with thinking. , Jenne a,nd his disciplee. We can hard - Suppose you catch a " boy s commit- 19 Wender that the Pharisees thought professions. If he was pure, why did has been doing, and he will look hp he cheese irnpure people as his compan- . in yoar face a picture of innocence, ion.si If he was the typical Hebrew, Wine did he associate with the excom- and reply, " lkona, baass '1-8 plump miunicated and boycotted publicans ? denial. Telt him you ea*. him *do it • 10, Scribes and 'Pharisees. Revised' threaten hini with . pettishneent, he Version, "the scribes of ther Phari- will still Persist in maintaining his sees." These men were as typical of innocence. He will still plead ignor- piety as the puhlicaos and sinners ant of the miadeed, and Metter in ass were of loose and worldly habits. It tonightaent or fear, " lkona baass." In would not appear from this record feet he knows nothing whatever about that they were invited gueaes, arid,. it.. If the' offence be olio that cannot strange as swill conduct would ap- be overlooked, you proceed to adrain- pear to us, it is not unlikely that iater reproof -with the foot; if .you they had followed hint ieto 'the hall are not partioular, arid wish to•be im• where the diners were lolling about• ores:live. What doe$ he do r If he is the table. But it is not tracessary to a raw " boy" and not used to it, he believe that they were actually pre-. runs off with a terrified look on his sent at the feast. Jesus was the cen- face ; if he is used to it; he retiree ter of a great and. continually. Mang - precipitately with a satisfied emile, ing crowd ; everything he clid was not necessarily because he has got the openly remarked upon and criticised. thrashing, but beeause he no, longer They said unto his disciples. Conlpere has to look forivard to ' • Matthew 22; 46. Luke says they The Only explanation of the syeteins inurmiredz-that is "they talked over Mee lying of the natiVe in the • face in a low voice privately, not intending Jesus to hear." How is it that' he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinoere? This ()etiolate is often misunderstood. They find no fault with him, but would have praised him, for teaching :sinners; their anger is raised because he associates with them. Dr. Abbott's statement that a similar complaint would be 'made neiw against any clergym.an who should associate with a similar out- lawed class in our community merits our close conscientious thought. The Christian Church has yet •rauch ' to learn of the spirie"of thrint. • 17. When Jegus heard ie he saith Unto them. But what had the diseiples eaid? Frobably :they knew not what to say, and, like wise men in such. condi- tions said nothing, I Carat! not tocall the righteous., but sinners to repent - tattoo, T.he iraplicatioa is that there aro none righteous. But those who are conscious of their need of sal- vation are called by Jesus to repen- tance. What does repentance mean? Turning away from the wretchednesa of their lives to Jesus. If they turn from their sin to morality, they will turn back again, for their own morel foram has been weakened. .They are "sick." But if they turn to Jesne. he will stretch' out his hand, as he did to 'Peter on the water, and bold hem. 18. The disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast. Every rabbi had his group of distiples,, and most of the rabbis prescribed fre- our 'Lord's lite inconsistent with his ting a raisdemeanor. Ask 'him what he a the most convincing p,roof is that the native mind is 'totally unable to forra a conception of what we under- stand by truthfulnesi. ' The ethical system of the Kaffir ui of a most rudimentary character. His difficulty in • grasping the ethics of white people only equalled by the difficulty' which the ordinary Euro- pean -experiences in comprehending the standard of ethics recognized by the Kaffir. ' Thus inability probably ac- counts in great measure for the SOME - times rather harsh wayu in which many EEuropeans treat the blacks•un- der their charge. FEATHER FANS AGAIN, Large feather fans are once again being worn, though the small ones pre- dominate. The black eagle's feather is considered very chic, sprinkled with diamonds; it also proves very expen- sive. From Paris come most dainty little eventails, with; exquisitely.piiint- ed views of favorite resotts in one corner on chicken skin, such as Aix, Pan, Monte Carlo, Or Nice. The rest of the fan is covered with sparkling paillettes in banks of color, and the handles are tied with a bunch et the tavorite flower of the place. THE JOYS OF ANTICLE'ATION. Said Mrs. Gadabout, who bad come to spend the day, to little Edith: lAre you glad to see me again, quent fasting as a holy habit, Edith I The Mosaic law required but ,Yee m'm, and mamma's glad ton, one fast during the year. Many of replied the child. ' the rabbis made their disci les fast ra eh° I • Yee. /Wm. She said 'Me hoped you'd come to -day and. have it over with. DR. BRUCE SURGEON DENTIST, Specialtles-Crown and Bridge Work and preservation of the natural teeth. OFFICK-toats' Block, • • CLINTON', DR, AGNEW DENTIST. Comets AND BRIDGE WORK. OFFICE -Adjoining Fester's Photo ,Gallery, CUSTOM, ONT. ViitTERINARY BLACKALL & BALL VETERINAFtY SURGEONS. GOV- ERNMENT VETERINARY INSPECTORS OFFIOE, ISAAC STREET ; Restozece, Atmore, Steger, Osorrog, AucrioN rriHOS. BROWN LICENSED AUCTIONEER. 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Masi. two days of each week. Thy disciples fast not. It must have seemed strange now that John Was in prison to find the rabbi Whom he had introduced as the Lamb of Gad feasting with pub limns and sinners. 19. The children, sons, of the bride - chamber. Partieular friends of the bridegroom, WhO had a half -ceremon- ial part to perform at the week-loiag wedding feast. Jesus was now in Gali- lee, where " sons of the bridecham- ber " performed their pleasant social duty instead of the " frienda f the bridegroom," or groomsmen, ot Judean weddings. The bridegroom here rep- resente Chriet, and the children of the bridechamber his disciples. They cannot fast, OUr Lord's entire re- mark is figurative, and by fasting he means mourning. His companionship With his followers kept them happy, and would have made formal fast in- eongrilons. 20: The days will oome when the bridegroom shall be taken away. There was a hint here, but no defin- ite prophecy, of the awful tragedy of the crucifixion. Then shall they fast In those days. The system of Christianity differs front most other religions in the face that no re- gular fast is preseribed. Fasting as an acoompardinent of prayer? when it is hot Merely formal and ritualistic, but rather is the outward and visible sign of an inward and Spiritual con- dition, is a great help in worship, but it is the prayer and faith that Wore - pow It which really bring the bless- irAg. IL Study this verse and the next in the Revised Version. "'Undressed cloth" is unshrunken cloth or untan- ned leather, the shrinking Of whiiish would pull together the edgeS of all old tear and make it greater. 22. By &nether figure of seeeeh our Lord nove teaches the sante lesson. Bottles suoh as we are familiar with would hot burst because filled with new wino, but oId wine skins would, The thought, in brief, is. that there ere, power and vitality in Gospel ex- perienee which must find their own eliannela. As the old wine skin is burst by the neW witie, so the old Hebraistri is burst by the new Gospel. The new kingdom must have its own legislation Isuited to ita own spirit. It was a pitiable sight, that of the disciples of John vainly trying to unite the neW spirit of reform with the old Pharisaic spirit of ceretnonialitim. A. surinuar§ .naT, Mother, tearfully-eWe shell les° our daughter. He its bent on marrying her. Father -Whet makes you think so f MothereeWhy, she sang and played to him yesterday, and here he ie again oiday, • AORKED. Hendy Pike.,447,hat did per budlike when de termer yer text of de I welit Hilly Cottlgate.4 felt like / Wutt _ THE LOVE OF A CHILD. • " There's a veiy general idea abroad in tbe land that men don't care to board in a house where there are chile dren," said one of the sterner sex7s- terday; " but that is, I believe, a great mistake, just at it is an error to im- agine that anen generally don't like the little ones. No doubt there are a few °rusty old bachelors in the World who would be horribly annoyed by pat- tering feet and shrill little voices in the halls'and on the stairs, but L must confess I like to hear these noises, and I find by questioning a nunaber of ray friends, all young, unmarried men --that they do also. The children give a aort of home -y atmosphere that's very pReasant to even the most comfortless places. " Taking one thing with another, I believe men are fonder of children than women are, anyhow. What I mean is that more men than women are fond of theta. f know plenty of the gentler sex who wouldn't think of going- to a boarding-house where youngsters were admitted and I know just as many men who seek out those plaoes and obtain a certain amount of comfort end satisfaction in their lonely lives in making friends with the youngsters and spending veldts's/6 time repairing sundry broken toys, or telling wonderful stories in which giants figure to an amazing extent. A child's affection is a very delight- ful thing, and most men feel flatter- ed to be the object of even a mild lik- ing on the part of the email tyrants. There tire half a dozen little ones in the house where I board, and I tun the familiar friend of every one of them. It's a very delightful and ab- sorbing acquaintance, and I'm fast de- veloping into a story -teller of s marked ability that I'll make a fo - tune, 'in this way, no doubt, after awhile." HIS GRUDGE A-GAINST RUM. Ale my friend, sighed the reform- er, rum causea lots of trouble in this world. Indeed, it does, agreed the listener. No doubt you or I would be happi- er were it not for the ruin demote went on the reformer, Indeed, we would, again agreed the patient listener. :And how has it caused you unhap- ;Anew f asked the reformer. • Years ago a woman told me that if I stopped drinking she would marry me. And you could not stopf We, roared the patient listner; No I did stop! • soureeful and unscrupulous foe. The massing of Ituesian troops on the Eastern frontier, now going on, may indicate that her vague tears are soon HER MISTAKE. Mr. Dizzyrnan-1 took neyi new, type- writer to lunch with me • to -day. Mrs. B. -You brazen thing Mr. B. -Why I guess if want to lug that machine around. to ,keep oth- er people from using it,• there's nrir halm done, is there f THUE TO Lin. Mamma, finding the children at play -Darling, don't fly about and make suoh a spectacle of yourself. See how quietly your little brother sits! IGladys-Why, of course he does. We are playing papa and mamma, He is papa, who came home late last night, and. I am you. CONFINED. , You're looking badly. Are you ill TO -day Is the first Mine in three months that I have been able to go out. 'What in the world did you do I t didn't do anything. But the Judge wouldn't believe me. AN EXTRA BRAND. Now, William, isn't this coffee as good tea that your tnother used to make t It is better Chan that she made at home, Ellen-enuch better. But It isn't es good as that she used to make for church socials. •1••••••••ikik HIS EXPERIENCE. Myer --Don't you:know) that the irne of tobacco shortens your days Gyer-Yee, I'm eure It does. Myer-eThen why do you We lei Gyer-For that very reason. I onee tried. to quit it, and the days were about a week long. 1.140.01 A SIMPLE REMEDY. Dobbin, anxiously-Docstor, financiel worry es killing me; can't you give me eoraetthing to atop it I Motor, dryly-Perhape if you gavo Me aomething a large part of it woold MOW LOVELY WOMAN. Askit-When does a woroan demon. *trate thet she bee a war of her otvnt Tellit-eWhett she °Met Iteve her own " . - _ . . Innon•r.„, — *kith ottly the route over Derteleraalle Khan afforde stiffielont protection from the operathme of the troops at ATHLETIC WOMEN. yolah.e. Flab' is An Ilngliah deeetit on the '114 44 "" WifiMeil 4"1"Iged Wry Irreely ha ike Sportive raallostr. SOMETHING ABOUT THE NAVAL banks of Indus, forting the( British to croes the stream, would bring the The modern athletic girl, with her third campaign to a auccessful close- supple figure and blooming cheeke, This, the author declares, is all that ,„.., Isee . of the lineal Wcdtaah la the Waral- BRIGADE OUNS. ,..... Reside will ever want. The fourth oeie repot pointed to as the exelueive use aohievement of the Nineteenth Cene attleuiliiiesits to Million' remain, nett% campaign against Lahore and Delhi would only be undertaken in case the tury, the cousummation of woman- -Noce AmatuallIon. English would uot at tMs stage sign . a peace consenting to Russian protect- Wide; progress from) out the The 4.7 -inch gun whieh is used by torate over Afghanietan, cession of dark centuries toward a freer life. i the naval brigades in the South Ai - Persia, in the north by Gazareh Noun - territory bounded in the west by Bet as a matter of fact she is only a i rim war is regarded as one of the egike ,. south by the sea. Tun,e moves in great circles, and designed for a peeition gun, but by recurrence of ber type Old Father finest weapons iu the world. It was tains, in the east by India and in the • ' BATTLE FIELD POST OFFICES. whereVer he has set his fleeting foot the exercise of considerable ingenuitY, men and women have lived and loved it has been made aVailable in the field, ' • and died in much the same fashion; It forme the main armament of all ex - AWAT SOUTH AIM, 41.=4"0.41 Plow Topton), tildes Gets We Letters In Ogles halve swung up and have dis- Cept the 'largest cruisers in the Bri- tish navy and is worked with remark - w r Timms. appeared, only to be reproduced again able ease end rapidity for its gaze, it being capable of twelve rounds a Minlite in the hands of a skilled crew. It is an eminently adaptable weapon, as it can be used to fire lyddite, coal- men shell with a base of flute or shrae- nett. with a time fuee. The gun can be sighted to 8,000 yarda or more than 4 1-2 miles, but it is effective at from 0 to 7 miles. • • ' CALLED CECIL RIIODES. The Cecil Rhodes, small steamer of the Tangsnylka Conceesions, which is to be used in laying the wires of the Co.pe-to-Cairo telegraph'Ilne along ths shores of Lake Tanganyika, has been launched in England. Owing to portagee which must be made in getting the boat to its • destinaion, it has been constructed in detachable sections, and can be done itip machin- ery and all, into 40 -pound packages, It will first be taken to Mule, it port of Portuguese East Africa near the mouth of the Zambesi. Thence t.onbee reInaldiratidn. army our troops engaged on active service At one time Ir. was impoesible for when Time was tired of the mono- tony ot existing things. of occup:tslitoanblilashotanlaiendt, ilialinutmhe- in a foreign land to receive and de- 'The advanced woman is but Due ef erically fir below the standard con- vetch letters, says the London DallY these types, and had her counterpart British dominion in India. There is Bite now all that is changed, apd I not only In the•Hypatias of olden days but in the Atalantas as well. sidered essential to the safety of the awl. also no hnmediate prospect of re -en- no matter where he goes, or in what But even Atalanta wee undone by forcing. it, as all available troops, are nunabers, " Totcony 'I la almost as tier- love of glitter, as told in the old Greek employed elsewhere. The mutual ate'. Lain of receiving his lettere as you story. She was a Greek maiden, very tude of Russia and England is full of are bore in England. Every non-com- beautiful, and the fleetest of mor - psychological interest, and while the ntissioned officer and man In the 24th tals. She had been warned by an ore acquiescencie tat England to the re- Middlesex Rifle Volunteers Is a postal aole against marriage, and while she cent Russian move in virtually (vitals- employe, most of them being sorters did not lack for suitors, she met all lishing a protectorate over Persia is or posttnen in the Lindon postal dia. their addresses and easily disposed of one of the symptoms of the situation, ..riets, each district having Its own them by challenging them to a race, a book recently ptiblished in France, the author of which Is a prominent member a the general staff in Russia, and the tranolator of which is an equally well-known Captain of the general staff in France, is distinctly avenroythseigrnsifyinacapntto.m, and one which is The book is entitled "Vers l'Inde," On to India, by Colonel Lebedev, trans- lated into French by Captain Cazalas. STE/DIED MENACE TO BRITAIN. It is'illiertainly a very significant symptom that the author believes that eventually the conflict between the two Powers is inevitable. • He even does not stop to adduce reasons for what he declares to be the profound conviction of • all classes of Russian people. St is, therefore,' the question how this campaign should be under- taken, and not whether it should be undertaken, that forms the subject of this remarkable work. Russia will begin the war, according to the auth- or, by successively annexing Herat and Kandahar; as. well as British Beluch- istan, which .would furnish her with a seaport. The second move would be the creation of a protectorate over the reinainder of Afghanistan, and, last- ly, the conclusion of a' lasting peace with England. But, adds Colonel Le- bedev, circumstances may arise which will make it necessary to invade India proper, in. order to give a coup de grace to an insupportable rival. - ATM KEY TO INDIA. In order to fully understand the im- portance. of Herat it is necessary to censult a map. Herat has been call - ad the key of India. It is not only situated on the great. cemmercial high-. ways eonneating Asia Minor, Persia, Turke4an, Beluchistan, Cancasus and India, but it dominates the only route upon which a modern army with sup- , . plies 'and stores can move. The plan of war, as worked Mt: by the author to the minutest detail, consists of four separate campaigns. With the omis- sion of the tec.hnicalities which natur- ally abound in a work of this kind the first of these campaigns has the di- rect object to occupy Herat. For this task the author considers an army of 22,000 men with 48 guns, supported by a reverse army of 28,000 and 54 guns sufficient. These. troops can be im- mediately provided from the trona - Caspian provinces, Turkestan and Caucasus. The question Of military operations, of the possible movements of the enemy, stores and sup- plies, is solved, at. least on paper, to the apparent satisfaction of the auth- , or. After the occupation of Herat the main question is how the English will Male to defend their Indian posses- sions, There are those among the English military students who. differ as to the most advisable methods of defense in sueh an emergency. Lords Roberts, Lawrence, Napier, Chelms- ford and Sir William Mansfield are of the Opinion that India should be de- fended at the frontier, instead of in the difficult, poesibly hostile, high- lands of Afghanistan, away from a baste of supplies and beyond the im- mediate reach of reserves. The cele- brated Max Gregor, on the contrary, with a number of the younger Gen- erals, is firmly persuaded of the advis- ability of occupying certain points in Afghanistan and Hindti-Kush. Af- ter a cursory discussion of the first possibility Lebedev decides that the second plan is more likely to be follow,ed. TO DEAL WITH THE EMIR, In this case it will be necesaa.ri for the Russians to occuPy Kabul, Kanda- har and Ghazni the three most im- portant points b'etween the North Af- ghanistan frontier, India and Turke- stan. This would be the immediate aim of the seeond campaign. Kanda- har and Kabul must be necessarily me copied In order to create a intim of operations for the attack upon the River Indus. One of the most lin- portant considerations of the seeond campaign is to obtain full control of Afghanistan, The anther admits the immense' difficulty of subjugating that hilly eountry and proposes an alliance with the Emir. To this end he urges to send at that stage ot hos- tilities an ultimatum to the Haar de- mOnding his acquiescence in the 'Res - sten occupation of the most important strategic mint, the separation of Herat and Kandahar from Afghanis- tan, aa well as the aid of the Afghan tribea in the conflict with England. As compensation the Emir would re- e,eive territory south of the frontier of India, full independence in the pos- session of what remains of Afghanis- tan, as well as a sum of money. In case of rejection of the ultimatum Af- ghanistan must be subjugated. The attack et the Indus is only feaSible from Kandahar over floret. The au- thor urgea the neeessity of using re- gular troops, instead of Kirghiz and Turkestan skirmishers, who are vio- lently hated by the Afghans. The army neceasary for this campaign will be divided in two detachments, first, an army marching upon Kandahars.to consist of 68,000 troops of all varietiee of service, with 304.guns, supported by a reberve of 57,(03 men, with 160 gunis, besides rear guards, etc., and second, a corps marching upon Kabul, consist-. ing of 48,C00 soldiers, and accompanied by two detachments, one to go to Chitral and the other to Gilgit. These two points are important, ail they would enable the attackers to efe feetIvely harass the English along the Lehoreareshawur-Kabui line. . This would be the end of the siecond cam - pato. THE END 01? THE WAR, After a pause which should be utilized fer the etrengthenitig of the Rueelan poitions, as well as for per- fecting the ways of communicetion, the third campaign should be begun, in the eourse of which the invading army should be fully brought tip to the numerical standard of the Eng, lish army of oteupation, 280,000. These would have to be brought from Europ- ean Ramie. Leaving 00,000 Men at Kabul, 10,000 at Clhitral, 100,000 Men would be available for the main opera.. thefts of the war, with Kandahar as the base. The aim of the third etun.. Wee vvould be to effeet an attack upon Indus, while gua ding the right i flat* from Um operati s of the Eng. lieh troops at Plehitt. ere are three routes open to the hi, Int army, of company. . The "Army Post -office Corlett" is the 1,1" Company of the 24th. The "L" ComPany is the Field Telegraph Corps attachee on active service to the Roy- al Engineers. • About 180 men are already on their way to the Cape, and more will fel- low if required.. It was in. -the Egyptian e,ampaigns of 1882-e that the War Office author- ities first made use of these 'London volunteers for active service. And ever since the manoeuvres were corn- thenced on Salisbury Plain the 24th have aliVayti done the field' postsoffice work, as well as attending to the vol- unteer rtaining camps at Aldershot, Shorncliffe,• etc. When a camp is moving the post - officals *always one of the first away, and. the first thing "Tommy." sdoes arriving on the camping ground is to look for the red and white flag, showing the position of his post -office, the -great aink that connects him with his dear ones at homes One can easily .picture the griiny, powder -blackened, perhaps blood-stained Soldiers, atorm- ing their post -office after Some bloody battle, anxious to inform, those • at home of thalr . safety or the death or .disablement . of a chum: The Post - office Corps is • very popular with • "Tommy.Atkins," who looks upon them. as the 'only means of relieving the inental anguish' • of a dearly . loved mother, wife or ftweetheart. The quantity of postal matter for• the .troops is already enormous, •and do an ordinary observer ie would seem impossible for a hundred Men or 'so .to deal with it ;' but so skilled 'is lour London sorter of postnaan that it only requires some six of, there to loolt af- ter . seven or eight battalions ; be- sbles; saach man is a highly- efficient Midler, aria • the London press Was unanimous in its praisea of the 24th Middlesex, as the steadiest and most efficient of the whole fity-one• bat; taliocas of infantry present at the last royal review in. Hyde Park:" On' foreign 'service the men wear. the Ea' agincsir. uniform ; .at. home the same as.. thi brig,ade. The lull. strength • of the corps is aisout 1,200 men, finder the command of Colonel Raf fles-Thanapson. WAR AGAINST RATS. . • . • All Enronr IUD. Its Kies l'pOn a a ierte.1 'to • Niel. ale Ilie reeve More than one nation of EurOpeis now anxionely following the progress •of the:remarkable War which Denmark is waging against rats. The Danes have so far been victori- ous, for during one week recently I here were 90,000 on the enemy's death lisWt.ise men planned ways and means. Theee, when decided upon, were sowell directed toward the end -which was nothing .Tess than the complete 'ex- tirpation of the enemy-Lhat every move brought defeat ahd death to the relent tribe. The dieniniehed number of rats to be met on the street, in houses and at dinner tables was amazrng. The deathsdealing warriors beamed with the satisfaction Of accomplishment, but relaxed not their efforts. It is Said that all vowed never to rest so long eans htahgeerne. should be a living rat In Cop - If it took zeal to wage the war it has required ,ingenuity to dispose of the results of it. What was to be done with the thousands upon thousands of dead rats? The Rational Danish Rat -Exterminating Society, organized in Copmhagen, attempted burial of the vanquished. But before long 'the health authorities woke up to the fact that this Vvould never do. They decided, therefore, that a crematory must be built expreasly for the consuinption of the dead rats, The Government agreed, and the furnace is now being obaupilittall, a field in the vicinity of the Norway, which has been similarly afflicted, has been eager for reports of the progress of the rat war. ' Likewlee the Prussian authorities, who have been seriously alarmed lest the rrat plague should spread to Pros- sia, have naked in elaborately official language for " reports " of the rat - slaughter, a plea for special informa- tion being signed bY Herr von Koel- ler, the Governmental President. And a Prussian lady of wealth, Graefinn Noer, the owner of three large estates, has wrieten to Copenhagen to learn the secret of self-protection. Meanwhile the rats not yet caught are thoroughly "rattled." WOMAN'S RULING PASSION. "There goes a woman," said the girl, 'who hasn't a thought on earth ex- cept dress. I know that superior man attributes this peculeir tiveaknees to all women -but it's a canard, as of course, are nine out of ten of =ale estimates of, women." She tonquered a refractory button on her glove before ehe continued: "But that woman who passed us la, without doubt the most dress -crazy woman I have ever met. She knows no topic save dress -can speak of no other sub- ject. She vends one-half or hot Liana at her dressmaker's, and the other half is used in exploiting the handicraft of the modiste,. Goodness only knows when she manages to get anything to eat. Siitee dead to every feeling, I believe, except that which has to do with dress. And what do you think she said Saieltday f I met her as (we were going out of the house of mourn. Ing. A young woman whom we both knew had died -and we had been at the funeral. Coming down the steps notleed my friend, but the feeling of eornow %vas too fresh upon me to per- mit anything more than a nod 'of re- cognition. Then I mid: 'Poor, dear Clara -alive and well one week ago, and now -now obese gone!" "Yee," answered my friend, bland- gy ; 'but wasn't she dressed beautiful. Iy it was a treat to tee her P" • cirprov or ATHLETES, Fatmer-Yes, 1 want a men. Are you a good Jumpert Applieant-Sumperf Well, yes. Yott could ,iump barbedevire feed* without much trouble, /sleep, Ilm-/ oepotte so. Wnili Matey all right d . Tau PAO Meanie of our hens is a leet wild. giving the young men the advantage of a certain number of paces, over- taking them and stabbing them in the back. There was one, Melanie% however, who won her, even though it was by fraud., He obtained three golden aft - plea from Venus, dropping thena suc- cessively in the race. Atalanta was so charmed by their glittering, golden beauty that she stopped to pick them hie and so LOST THE RACE - As early as 884 B. C., the athletic woman existed, and on the celebration of the feats to the Goddess }We a ser- ies of races were planned, in which young girls competed for the prizes. As late as the reign of Nero women of high degree, anxicru,s to distinguish themseives, took part in the games of tee arena, and it was not until 200 A. D, that an edict was issued. prohi- biting women from fighting or wrest- ling. Up to that time they had equal pare with the men. Hippodamia, in. order to prove her gratitude to Juno for the nuptials of PeloPs, instituted games and selected lti women to wheat she entrusted the care of the so-called Junonian games. the tenaperature at 60 to 65 deggreee. They wove a veil for Juno every fifth year, and superintended the. games in which girls were arranged in running closnes According to their age, the youngest ran first, atter them those next in age, tiod the oldest ran last. They wore short garments extending to just above. the knee ; the • rigiat shouldes Was uncovered; a broad, tight girdle or. belt was worn . just aboVe the waist and their hair was dis- hevelled. The victors were crowned with olive leave's, and received a por- tion of the ox which was eacrificed to Juno. These girls tan 'in the Olympic stadium, nosily a. :sixth of which was taken away for the convenience of their coupe. • . • ' There is.in. the Vatican a statue of one of the -girl tercets of • the Doric Peonies who wertswont to join in ath- letic games •and to run .at Olympia lionor.of Juno. The lithe,•active form and muscular developmecat of thp chest, indicate ethletie training.. The palm branch on the stump. is emblem- atic of Victory. She stands as if ready to.'start. at the signal'givert„ and the broad tight 'girdle above the, waist suggests the runner. -The long, • nar- row Lice, with strongly. built chin, and the whole frame, severe and cor- rect in its build, indicate that it, was a work of about the tniddle• of the fifth ceotury, B.C., an age' when art was just -.ready to . • • • BUD INTO RICHER- BEAUTY. Maidens form a part of Me great procession' in• the frieze of the Par- thenon When .they carry *the peplos to• Athena. • But'when the Bleeps' had the super-., intendence of the ancient, ga:mes we read, in Pausanias, that the'Elean wo- men were not allowed to pass the Typaells• rock to go -to the Olympic games On penalty 'of being.. hurled from the top of it, and that only orie woraan, Callipatira, sometime's called Pherenice; ever transgressed the law.' The story goes that after the death of ber husband she .disguised herself like a man, so anxious was she, being skilled in gymnastic exercises, te en- gage in the Olympic games. Over the Olympian way she. went, passed the fatal rock, crossed the riv- er Alphcieus, entered the games, and engaged with the son .of Pisidorus whom she was vanquished, and leap- ing over the enclosure allotted for the gymnastics, exposed a eection of her body and divutged• her sepret. She , was pardoned by those in power, out of reverence for her father, brothers and son, all of whom had been victors. in the Olympic games, but this form- ed the basis of the law which was aft- erward enacted Wet all contestants in gymnastic exercises should be uncOv- ered except the loins. We know , that Women engaged. in chariot races, for Pauaanias tells that in Laconia there is an heroic monument of one Cynise.a. the daugh- SEALS AND WAX AGAIN. ter of King Archidamem, -who ,yees gteat lover of the Olympic contests. The art Of sealing a letter Is one of horses and bore away the victorious sealing wax," just as there is of flow- ed, berself with, the breeding and cere women. There's even a "tannage of She was the first woman who employ- which has not been mastered by many palm in the chariot races of the Olym- pian games. ers, but In most wises one May read It will be taken up the Zambesi and Shire rivers and across country to Lake Nyasea, where It will be put together. At Karinga on the north- west shore of the lake it Must again Pe taken out of the water and toted' across land to Lake Tanganyika. The Cecil. Rhodes if 80 feet long, 14 feet' 'wide and 7 feet deep. Its freight cap- .acity is 40 tons and it has aceommo• .dations for four passengers. , 'GEN. SIlt FRANCIS CLERY. Gen. Sir Francis Clery, K.C.B., Who is with the troops in Natal, has an •excellent record as a soldier. His first experience of battle was gained in South Africa in the war with the Zulus and he won distinction for . • bravery 'at both Isandhlwana' and Ul- undi. 1882 he was campaigning in Egypt and fought at El Teb and Ta- mae.where he won a brevet colonelcy and a C. B. In 1884-85 he •accompan- ied the Nile expedition as deputy ad- ' jutant and quartermaster general. An. Idea of his rierve may be had from the. fact that in the fighting around SUR- kim, Clery wore a ted. tunic, where- as all the other officers wore khaki suits. As a'result he Was a constant mark for the Dervishes.. Gen. Clary has the name. of being the " sprucest and beat -turned -out -man in London, yet with nothing:of the dandy in his coin- Pesition.. He it was„it will be remera-' bered, who took a French chef afield with hint In . South: Africa and who advised hie- stiff .to take all kinds ef 'delieades With Ahem: .. • " MILITARY PENSION RATES. The larga number of British officers b.eing wounded in the war with the. Boers gives • special interest to a recent .amendment to the military:. pension rules. An officer Who new receives a. bodily: injury In action which though severe, is , not equiva- lent to theeloss. ef. a.limb, may in the discretion of the authorities be al- lowed .a. gratuity. .of from three to twelve months' full pay of • the ap-• • pointment .held by hlm at the time: of. the _injury. If. at the expiratiOn • of the period for which the gratuity was the period for. which the. gratuity has• been awarded, the injury be certified to be likely to •be permanent in its effects, a temporary pension • at half the. rates •preseribed in • the scale laid down may be granted to the officer. Stich a pension ehall be retie from year to year at the diacretion of the Searetary of State, according to subsequent reports of the regulated military authority. If the tempornly• pension is renevred for five years, and the bodily drsability continnes, the pension may be converted into a per- manent pensiori, • . 'BOER 'AMMUNITION. The' statetnent in the account • of the •battle of Modder-Rivee sent by the .correspondent .of the Associated Press that the •Boere did not fear to expend' :ammunition again directs at- tention to the general' belief 'among military authorities that the Boers supply is colossal. It is estimated that it would 'last for ten years at the pre- sent rate of um Most of the Trans- vaal *ammunition has been imported from. Germany and France, .some has been -made in England and some by the Government works near Pretoria. The latter institution is most care- fully guarded and the public knows niathing of its operation. It 'has .even been stated by Outlandere that noam- munition is manufactured there, but the cartridges are simply made up from ingredients brought front abroad. According to -one of the London pa- pers Omit Paul's people have found the French •minnunition • generally more satisfactory than that made In Ger- many; while there has been less brib- ery and corruption in its purchase, shipment and delivery. , cedonia gained prizes, but Cynisca naore ot the sealer's character by t way she Wets her wax than by the Later other women. many from Ma - surpassed them all, and there is in the color of it, says the Philadelphia Re- cord. same loe,ality a statue of a woman wiled Euryleonida, so Pausanias tells us, who obtained the victory in the Olympic contest of the two -yoked ear, Mules were sometimes used in these chariot races, for the Eleans disliked horses and gave up the breeding of them In their country, andnubstituted two mules in the chariot races, and. in one such contest we read of Belie- tiche, n woman front a part of Mace- donia near the sea, being victorious, end every one is familiar evith .the story of the Amazons, who of all wo- men, were ever ready to enter with their bows and arrows into contests of war. There WaS very little difference In the training of the Spartan girls and boys. Both had to exercise them- selves in mining, quoit -throwing, wrestling and casting the dart. They marched in procesisions and danced at many festivals. Truly, "there is nothing new un- der the stin " EVERTON TOFFEE- . Place three ounces of butter in a brass preaeraing pan, and ad soon aa We will jot down the language Of sealing wax, lest some particular Maideni should be, ignorant of it. There are 72 shades,'Ity the way, and the box containing goUr Is a good one to buy, White wax is for weddings, gray for friends, ruby for lovers and iok for young girls. Green Is for hope, true blue for constancy; red means. business, while gentle violet mands for sympathy, There's yellow to.' jealousy, pale green for reproach- es chocolate for luncheons end blaok for mourning. Of course, the taper, tho slack of sealing wax, and a daintly waver/0d seal are on one's wrIting table, But don't begin by thrusting the wax into the flame and then rushing it in a flaming splattery state to your en- velope, but, rather, go‘about it slow. 11. 'they stumble that ran fast," holding the wax above the flame of WI candle, and not near enough to burn. A burned wax makes a streelty reel and it. is hard to Manage. When the wet has gradually softened apply it witit a droller movement. upon the place to be sealed: rub it well around and down until you have a nice little it is melted pratitice tells' you juet bow te quicklyf end it, will be mnilirdoc:flybm" °ilk cold water, insdabrilntele.P the hold eome little distant* from the itnpression, so the envelope must be sugar. Stir this gently over a thick to have it. By this the weir lute ctelied too tnuoh to take a olear moderate fire for a quarter of an hour, or until a little bit of it, dropped Into flame until the wet has again become be poured off or iv will burn. it is an toffee is boiled to thin point it must soft t apply the seal and you will int t to edd a little grated have a elear-out impreasion that will be a delight to the eye, i le when the toffee id half • ., rather, to bts daughtees ""i Yee, you may 'have her. lint must MAD SO. make thie stipulation, I will make stie inquiries about yott-if you will make Ma 11 -That man VS very un& & thake th. Me. grateful to Dame Fortune. Luke Warme-In what wayt , Mack O'Itell-Why, he found a dia. A. PERSECT 1314D. mond in the Street the other day, and riettlet4tere, air, le every superior gategie whet he mid. bird. 01 will mitnie anything! t Luke Wertne.Can't Imagine, ' Purehaaer.Polly, want a or trtok mull—This lA,Ittird luck. , ,,,,.,,, Perrot -Yee, Pin a hollow .•