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progressing to the most eegni puio sad ofcsmentsl writing ss oexsjccxtsx sazrr j containing germsu text old english sod opsmenul letter ing othxnd ffourishiub of birds kc a boocorfirrr fiats ritii full snslyiis snd instraction ind s besatifally ragrsved esse taconuin the whole j price ji00 poftpxid addrru i sgbeatoytco i ontario bosiaess college i belleville out sept 11878 i j 10jr can nuke money usier it wort for 01 t else capital sot re- 1 1 ttaa at anything m ouired we will j start yes 112 per jay at some mads by the iadastrious men wcenenboyi sad giru wsnfed rntjr iritm to work tor us kow is the time costly outfit and terms free address tec t co angnsta miins cftob a 1 the tsrttousrj the k his few fnensd snd these not remarksble lorjudfrnent but perhspa they sre more and better thxs oe desertes cruel cad treacherous he is in war bstul and buy m peace buffer my own part i hare not quite despaired of the kaffir since hearing the ttaty i ant about to tell it was related by an officer now high ia the colonial ser vice and the erpenence of others might be given to show that the main incident u not unparsheled bat it observed that the bssuto kaffirs of whom i write an neither the bttteat nor most hopeful of the kegroti rscec is 1801 if i recollect the date exactly my friend was stationed near hebron then call ed schmntadsm sfter a storeteeper who had settled there the ssul signs of dis affection had prevailed for some time past- cattle vanished by wholesale trsvdlert were robbed ut the veldt sod its the tawnc kix- art grew insolent mostsignifieant of ill wsa the deterttaa of thephertu ud other terrsctx which ia a sure sign of trouble ko dwelling of white man could be fraud ia a days ride about schmutsdam sad the trader himself had bed with sil he could carry vly friend whom i will call west dwelt in a shanty and guarded such stares u were left he had fire native police ui- der his eommxnd snd his duty was t watch forstolen catus pasafag and to keep his eecopesf generally t form districts remote sad thinly peopled the war cry is most often raised at the beginning of distsrbsnces several times west had heard of oca chief or another issuing lie summons but all de nied the charge when he rale thither to de mand an acplaaattowthe farmers how ever had txkea fright and msay hsdtreked toward emliaatien otben were aaxioasto go into laager a step which my fnend dacoasteaeed as much-ta- he dared for when the peaicitriceea and reckless get to gether ia these trarelhng camps they sre pretty sure to male a crisis between them la short the froat was sgitated at it is low a wests farce consisted of a bisuto corpor at two pnvatea of the came tribe and two tlfftns one mnmin before dawn he was sroused by the officer wuo stood at hu bed- side voa must get up sir he said with sn sir of respectful eommand ia nix own fvnat forr sskel west but hslf awake la there any news f thereia newx from my king said the basnto putting down his candle when j ycu are dressed we will talk he pasaed out and west sprang to his feet he knew what was coming and snatched st his hol sters the pistola had vanished hurried ly equipping himself for no escape was pos sible he west into the outer shed the five police stood there in line fully dressed and snned a bright fire showed the brown faces of the bsszt s very grave and reso lute and the darker features of the zulus grinning with curiosity the corporal stepped forward saluted sad eipkisiedluinseu in a few words ly king has raised the war cry sir snd hit meneagext have come to summon us tour horse ia saddled at the door all your clothes packed and rations in your ssd diebags if necessary i would have con- dactedyour honour to aliwai but constables tonda and kgtmdele will ride with you they are not my masters servants right face uarchr the men filed out west after them light wax just stealing over ttfc misty veldt till white clumps of heatilglimmered like spectres the snthiils ponderous and shadowy seemed huge beasts watching strang higher broke the weary level for raqeauout ko help lay anywhere all the bone stood ready those of the captain and the zulusapart by a little pile of goods wlich west recogmxed u plunder ef schmutfs store atsrger heap lay be side the other hones the corporal hailed hk men outside snd they all presented arms as west got into his saddle cou- stablet tonda and kguadele fall ontl cried the baanto set down your arms asd load your baggage 1 the zulus expe- djtioasly strapped their plunder on their horses grinning the while in high delight then they went to pick up their arms but the corporal cried mount p and stepped forward u interrupt them tjp to ti is ih figs had gone inmoothly u could be to ihe satisfaction of everybody whose approval signified bat this move broke up the hsrmoay of the proceedings the izgjbs saw whaf wxt intended and quicta thought one spring apon the cor poral whilst the other dodged around and seized the firearms leaving his comrade to deal with one enemy tonda covered the nearest private and swore to shoot him at a mottb the bssutoa stood bewildered whilst rfgnndela threw the ststeiy corporal and came off laughing then he took his cirbioe and kept guard while tonda mount ed they withdrew warily one leading his cosorades horse asd the other walling backward prepared to ihcot at the least pro vocation but the basufot kept itid watching them out of right presently ngusdele also mounted and rode after west the zulus laughing with vengeful glee over their triumph ft wsa sheer idiocy in the corporal to suppose that snoh men would give up their arms whilst they could wag a finger the dream of a kaffirs life is to possess a gun for that treasure only he will fight or work in a cherry spirit had west found it necessary to disarm the least dangerous of hit men be would have takes all precautions to mas ter him beforehand it if characteristic of the basnto that he took no precautions at at all thinking apparently that hit bare com mand would overawe the proudest most weaponloving of all kaffirs and make them endure the bitterest humiliation but it was no new thing or west to learn that ne groes ia authority understand their own people lew thin do white r men or forget what knowledge they havel in the pride of a little brief authority the zulus btnivod u respectfully ai ever toward their captain riding at st proper dii- ssee in thenar untt he called uiemupto ask wholher they were taking hiuj where- ever your honour likes one aoiwored to aliwtl then wljst ilill you do it we meet buuiot t we have their kings pusword sir they wont harm us j this assurance was comforting since they could not hop to get throua without meet- ing parties the enemy all those senants who yet lingered in srmsjmd villa get would be on the march and to escape thoir quick eyoi on snoh ground was simply impossi ble most of the liaiati lands sre veldt long plaint covered with a scanty herbs ge here aid there droops is lonely bush of thorns clothed icf gray duta miserably barren it the prospect for ten mouths out of twelrt but the short sesaon o flenrert had just begun the deurt bloomed with colour innumerable 8pikes jot amarrllis rosafrota great withered globes like foot- bsltt t giriandi of cassia itiri of crenung ieeplint eirpcted thritu the hot air quitred even now as pour after sunrise whilst a long blue shadow still travelled sbreast with the horieaufn light puffs of breeze cut through it from pme to tim ufdngthe dust and whirling it up in a brows column which danced oer the vd i risiag higher aad higher thicker snd fsster until suddenly si it rose the gust died twsy the moving coumi dropped snd ill that remained was a saull hesp of ssnd all round the antelopes were gracing tawny springbok striped from chest to tail brown bleibok aad gray haitebfisst lu ikl such game could be found in tlie colony itself u now one must seek hundreds efj mhof inland west could seeoatrichet kcurryiug from his path little herds of quatga warily feeding even perhspa a pair of eunelopards a thicker cloud of dast in the endless fist would show tarn where ktro apt of plajful gun were romping ksy he might catch a glimpse of tome old lion stealing through the watercourses towsrd its glen in the hills these beasts are extinct j but now as thee th veldt is alive with common antelopes snd birds asd pretty siricites aad nurmotr and many coloured rcotilea tne great paawbususd stalks overt the sowers the eczetary hunts far snak or lirird kaffir cranet or created jsayhent fly overbeal ou whistling wing pretty meercalt gallop homeward or sit watching like kangaroos ready at a tijga to whisk their taut- snd plunge headforemost into the earth slaw tierce rattelt peer round an snthih on which the puff adder sunt hit bloated circa locusts scarlet and green hang lastly on the both which they w devour at evening when the dew hat moistened it in no country it life so dense at in these unpeopled plaint of south africa a day hard riding would cany west to the nearest settlement bat beasts of bur den icao all heart in cape colony if deprived of their ostapan they are used to rest at intervals of sn hour and a half or to snd the tiree hours is at long as they will go cheefinlly at the first oatspan vs eat visit ed hi saddlebags and foand there an ample ration of bdtongue meet cut in strips snd dried setting out again he reached the hgis witnout seeing a warrior at severs kaffir kraals passed st jx distance the oren snd horse were filtered in large herds ready to tcavcl troojw of naked children mounted guard over them while their mo thers packed the skins and pots aadhouse- hod goods which satisfy a kafsrs luxury at noon west gained the foot of those blue snd misty higs which had bouudei his horizon all day if south african plaias sre unlike sny other scenery south african mouutatnx are yet more curious to behold they rue straight from the veldt huge blocks o asked sandstone windwont snd wsterworn at the top into the semblsnce of ruined towers ail the range bat one equal height and the broad crowns ari smootsed ax if with a plain along the bass lies a heap of rocks fallen from above amid which spring a few thorns snd flowers here and there the barrier parts and leaves a winding defile called locally a kloof trees sre found there if ssrwhere smid the pebbles asd grass but st the beat they sre gnarled and prickly shrubs bearing almost u many nests at leaves for the numberless birds of south africa are mightily put to it for building room aad when they find a suit able tree they cover it with grass unul it looks like a ruined haystack when west issued from the kloof he saw the plain beyond alive withl kaffirs oathe trekr an advanceguard jot some score horsemen halted with alarm t sight of him two hundred yards behind three or four waggons came suddenly to a stand and woouy heads poked out of the tilt several hundred men os horseback followed the waggons keeping a decent order many of these wore europesa srticleji of dress male or female plundered from farms along their mate after the warriors came a crowd of women and chudreo some mounted on hortet or oxen some tfodt and behind them at fir at one could tee for dust the veldt wit thick with attic pressed on by gsllopptng drovers who screamed and cracked their whips and shouted in glee at the mere glimpse of a white face ter rible confusion rose the advsnee gusrd gallopped back on the mairj body throwing their essegsits without sirn the women creamed and lied and those in the waggoni tumbled out one on anotaer a fat old chiefvretritg a dutch housewifes capie aad herhusbaiid hat on top threw himself to the ground and ran for life younger chiefs springing on their horiee barebacked pushed to tnelront clearing the way with their assegais for as instant west ran the greatest danger but the zulus pushed before hint and shouted the kings psasword it wis instantly effective and the fat chief mounted aad reassured give order that the fagitivetthooj4berrraghtup west hid known him long and many a warm dispute the two had had upon q jestiont of stolen cattle and rich like bat the old chief proved to be a good fellow snd in linking hands pofeated himself delighted that the king had shows mercy j bide on quick- lyhe said however or my young men are mad powder has been burnt the boertoffalketfontas ue gone into ttgiir under the hills tell them u you past that belt hat not run awty whoa he hat pat hit cattle and hit wives in af ety he will re- turn to warm himself in their camp if they ire there tomorrow night not a man shall see the dawn wert promised to give the message aad rode on the kaffirs of hit loquaistanoe grinning amicably aad tne chiefs talking hands bat when hit zulut tried to follow belt challenged them imperiously who i suddenly oalmed they rode for an hour until the last of the cattle had gone pinting by it was the hottest hoqr of the after noon when next the fugitive ontspauned the zulus tat tilent snd gloomy unulwt called them igals to the saddle tben they rote tad took dust in their hinds panda it our king they mattered i and on hit head we swear belts life throw- ing up the dust they mounted having doomed themselves to death or veagetuoe a little beyond the spot t patrol oifboers ippeared who greeted west u a mas rescued from the grate they guided him to the camp which was held by lorrylwhite men three women strong of limb and bout andtwenty servants kaffir and hottenlot wbocoald be relied on the feeble and tuuraui had left the neighbourhood and those brave souls who remnoed had mostly sent awty their wives ud children ithore were trmt snd smmnnltion ia plenty j ooe word is needful ia description of i ittger when trouble arises on the frui tier tad lonely firms are not safe to dwell lu the ecu consult and asms t piece of resdexvaui hither they ill betikaihem- tervet with such of their goods as they em carry in the huge cape wsggoa drivjng be fore them area horses e ea poultry at the sppoiated tpit ths fugitives out sets ranging thdr various wsggoas in a c rele or an oral betsreen the tail of one and the head of another oxchsin cunning ly entwined with ropes snd stakes snd bowlders complcto the defense and so they wsit until the danger passes or be come to serious to ftse moving tie camp st pasture fsils the herds being driven ia- tide the circle on alarm ia such isndscspes si i have described sn enemy can icarce approach without giving notice euouch and the laagerwill sometimet rcmsin oat for months whilst its inmates dsre not gi home nor are willing to sy west gave his message upon the one hand it wis knows that bela had bees sum moned to join the kmg to person snd dared not delay soma of the mare reckless boon patrolling had met a party of tcoutaladcu with plunder aad had killed several ctherwiie beia woud have marched psst whtt the garrison had to fear wsa a short fierce attack in tremendous numbers if they could repulse it is they had reasonably good hopes dt doing bela could not dare re new any attempt while his merciless sorer- etga watted for hue upon the other hand il was more than likely that the kaffirs would overtake them oa the march if they brake up their camp and tned to withdraw fa a ruuninir fight such sssaiiaatt would have immense sd vintage but the bocrt were more likely to get help the nearer they approached the ertagc while by remaining in laager they were sure of incirritg great lost much therefore could be said oa both sides and at length the question was referred to west he strongly adrirei them to await the enemy in their fortifica tion adding that whea the other party had given wsy ho would being help from aucal st fast ss he could ride but this proposal caused a furious outcry sgatnst the skellum englxnder ss ia their psssioa the boers csled him frankly was he going to desert them i they had arms for him and his zulus aso wert tried for an mrttnt so show why he disliced fighting even kaf firs who had acted so generously that his audience understood ao such feeling they thought and slid that the basutos had be haved like fools tad thi generosity of t kaf fir binds no one these trgumeatt had no effect but west wat puzzled to reply whea the boere asked him how he aa dfnoer of police could be influenced by personal con siderttiont when two score lives iwere st are yon 1 he cried a bemott of king edrnthedviikosnaitityi servant of kin panda were it overbearing in their day at servirrta of king cetywevo jut ton utourt but the bsrctei cared little for a monarch who could not reach them give mo your irmi amiralal ordered bela and noon hit tiguhtliadotea brawny wiowtlamhabdicntheipouoenien in vain iwjuivtngetaee thersatstot laughed for fthta toory of izalnland ind dutrmed lmmitwiskliag jiujs tcliir the zelut were hurried t of the sfambok stake j so he gave way aad they nominated him captain of the laager a mounted hottentot set on at once with a letter sakinz sid i for the remainder of that day aad the next fcrenoon all hands worked to strengthen their defeases the camp wsa not pitched in a spot quite satisfsctory for upon oae side the width of a dam or pool alone divided it from the hillside where were boulders aad shrubs high enough to shelter a erawlrsg enemy but to go farther off would hare been to risk the water supply aad beside the boers were too indolent to move at noon on the dayfollowingthe cattle were sll retched up each nun told to his post sad the ammunition divided towards 3 oclock a little ciiad of dust rose up miles away over the veldt spreading aad thickening it drew nearer till blurred figures began to loom through it aad little stars to glitter at a halfmilet distance the horizon was veiled in a lurid fog which curled sad puffed be low tad ttreamed like wispt of smoke be hind gradually it dropped settling down first came into sight the uncouth heads decked with ostrich plumes and the should ers gleaming with red paint end perspira tion then the hoises tossing their front and pawing the five hundred black horse men in a line their chetfs stood is the midst consulting aad presently t number of thewsrriors filed off to the right while a smaller body went to the left aad the re mainder ut still the enemy meut to at tack on every side at once at the squadrons moved off they began to chxat their wsrsong a negro singing alone makes sport for gods tad men but five hundred of their voices raised together create such martial musio at is not heard without a thrill but the boers were not unused to it and they began to count guns observing with relief that the foe had no more than ninety all sorts included the zulus point ed out to west his excorporal riding betide a chief who wore a uniform of a private in the police the corporal ttdl kept hit own with his rifle at a given spot half the larger column halted the remainder still ridmg toward the hill at its foot they dis mounted leaving their hobbled hortet with a guardv while they clambered over the rocks to complete the surround when that wat finished there wai a pause why do not the others dismount muttered west to hit culut who kept by him the bssuto fools mean to fight this war on horseback said kguadele so the cor poral told us west saw that if in the open field thit new tactic would almost certainly insure de feat for the kaffir it might have an effect in this case os which the enemy bad perhaps not reckoned there it often pen as great within 1 laager at without for cattle fright ened or wonded dash thi wiy or that is ponderous mattes seeking escape the din ger slwayt present is vsstly increased is an ttttck of mounted men their swift sd vuce enables almost ill to throw dart in- to the enclosure though they die in the act west had only time to rush round ordering every sua to creep beneath the waggons be fore the cavalry charged many fell in the rush aad others rolled over them but many came up close to the waggons hurling their atsegsis the while a score of wounded oxea tot the rest midlygallopiog and rush ing at every aperture the onaini ind bar rieadet held firm but to tremendous wss the impiofc that huge vehicle rooked again ngundele wit too alow in leaping on i wig- gonmd the herd totted hjmyardtiwiy swept over him tod trtxenled hu body lato i shapeless pulp bat the boer could spire no heedfor the row behind thekaferi i were on to them band to hand thrusting ltheif aasegtii amongtt the wheels transfix ut limb exposed but each shot told the hortet dropping a it wen ia line wrtr mnlri foes their assault j for squadron after squadron succeeded ia the ringing oharge ind tram pled down the footmen assegais rained in to the camp redoubling the riiio of the oxen whose hcoi mine thunder on the ground but the mid attempt to storm a fortified position with cavalry wis evidently doomed to fill and id issue presaged the result o other action in tho war to follow j upon the dam aide where the kalurt fought with common tense ss well u bravery they fared not to ill thsy crept alongiand dditered no findora per whenwett snatched sn opportunity to rua across the circle he found the foe firmly posted on the dams farther bank and several gsps in his own hue they lsy dose covered by reck or bush bat from time to time one spring into sight the suegsi whistled from his head a dozen boers fired and the sir- age vanished if ill the rciffin hid it- tacked in this manner the fight would havel beea tembls but their new pride of hone i maaship ruined the baiutoa weit sum moned a few men who could be spared to reinforce the detachment on thit tide then he got outthewouaded sol the dead lilted the formerfattta waggon whose itroug sides were most likely to resist the enemys darts for the attack elsewhere hid ceased awhile though the kaffin thowe i no sign of with drawing they stood roued their chiefs who eagerly ditcuaied the situation the boers sjso crept from amongst their wiggou- wheels ind assembled to hold counotl few men were wounded tod none killed whilst scores of the enemy dotted the space all around but they felt no incliuition to friumphti long as the kaffirs kept the field light began to fsil snd in 1 night luack numberi will tell it was likely that the supply of ssscgiit til exhausted but in the dark other weapons would be used west moved from group to group 1 sterling saxiously to the opinions of these men at- mort every one of whom had his story of fight knowing well the character which boersgilned in their lonely silent inde pendent life he was not surprised to see that they meditated escipe tbey knew quite sa well as be the enormous risk they knewthst a proportion of them would surely die snd that the waggost the oxen and the property they loved mutt fall to the enemy but every mm for himtelf it t lottos which their existence duly teaches ud one which no cousideratios for the rut- fericgt of others un temper west spoke to the men with such warm ing eloquence at hi could command re- rmodflir them that bela dared not stay be yond dawn tad appetled to their pride but beers ire little moved by talk then h urged the dsngir to which they would expose their women tut thew resenting the pity of sn eaglandu- declared this where the hnsbsnd went the trow coud fol low birclya dozen backed west in his re- olre to hold the lasger snd unless ill stood si must go words ran high ud charges of cowardice- patted freely the boer lan guage it singularly frank and if englishmen hid said to one another thingt at rude btoodihed would hive fallowed at length tho majority now all assembled declined further argument and withdrew each to se cure his valuables and his harse at the iastsat the council of feathered warriors broke up their movements eoald scarcely be seen through the mitt ud dew which blurred ths veldt west appe jed to hisre- mainf og zola and that eavage left for a nument hit comrades body climbed upon a waggonpole sad looked long the basu- tos ire tethering their horses he isid coolly ud they ira spreading to sttack us all round f every mas to his place cried west the kaffirs are oa ui i ior your lives hurry f those near hid heard the zaus speech sad the comraandera loud votoe overawed ths reet each man sought his post without mare words lying szaasg the wsggw- wheeis for hslf sn hour the silence wax broken b ao sound except a hones neigh the snort of oxen but half reassured ud the mutter of comrades watching the veldt pitchy darkness settled over the plain ud cventonda could not see i movement sud denly in the deep stqlneis a shot ud a cry tthen he rattle of firearms the threatening chorus of the wartang and the hurtle of assegais mads a dm infernal by instinct rather thin by sight wast knew that the enemy were concentrating their at- tack oa the weakest point of hit defense an opening through which the cattle had been driven he ran thither for the herd kept quiet at yet standing in solid mat far thest from the point he arrived too late the basatos charging is i crowd hid spear ed every boer st his post and bid stormed the barrier which they ware now demolish ing athrong of naked warriors pulled it the ropes ud chains aad plukv howling the while mi throwing their darts at ran dom mad with the hope of carnags while he fired into the black dim crowd t spark of light geuned oa the wiggaaliltt os either aide the bearers dropped before hit pistols bat othen caught up the brand blew it ud the cuvtt flamed ran up the bit lai bunt info a paranoid of fire it the dry hoops caught at that tgnal theeuemyraa up on eithec tide bltck shadows thathur- ned past all yelling snd quivering many of the boerr seeing their strosghole forced slipped out into the veldt but the enemies rose in thcx path and theydroppedscrcm- iuif start the cattle cried tonda running back picking up fallen assegais ss he went west caught the idea and followed at the farther end of the camp they saw the oxen wild with fright pressed togother bellowing ud steaming tai tossing to ud fro a dozen thruttt at the spear with the zulus ssvsge cries set them off in one body i solid phslanxagamit whichregimena could not stand in their thundering course a dozen boon were trampled into clay the kaffirs wedged in at the gate yelled with terror and those who could spring aside but the ponderous matt fell upon those re- f msiuing they went down yinished ilid a tsiv great ctan the war office tad the admiralty have bcea invited l fferr krupp to lend repre sentatives to be present at tae trials of t new tteel gun of extraordinary tin to take place at meppen ia westpbilia on or about the loth of march 187 the invitation hu been accepted by the war office whiqh will be represented by two officers deputed for that purpose the admiralty have ligais fled for the present that the subject it un der oousideratioa the gan to be experf- meated with oa thit oocation ia the largest apecimea of tteel ordnance yet made it weighs 72 tons with a calibre- cf 40 centi metres or 15 inches the jlength of the fon is 31 fee 8 inches tad that of the bore 3 feet 6 inches the english 80ton gun his t calibre of 16 inches a iota length of 27 feet and i bore 24 feet long the supe rior length of bore is the krupp gun is thus spparent being2l calibres las against 18 calibres in tho english gun the material oc which the krupp gun is composed is steel throughoat the core of the gun consist of a tube running its entire length ai in the wodlwich gun but open at the rear the loading being at the breech iniiead of the muzzle the tube of this urge weapon be ing of such great length it has beesmsde is two portions the joint being secured is i peculiar manner we may observe that a sectional drawing of t krupp gun it not to be obtained that thevact nude of build ing up is not discoverable except by cutting the gun to pieces over the cube ire four jsckett or cylinders of virions lengths supplemented by i nag over the breech por tion the cylinders are much lees massive tbsu in the filler gun aad approximate more to the pattern of the armstrong ord nance the gun if chambered that k to say the powder chamber hat a greater dis- meter una the bore the form gives to the powderprisms and the adjustment of the cartridge ia the bore allow together u amount of space which give 40 per cent of air to the powder actually compotink the charge the gun is rifled on tte polygroove system vith a uniform twist ud the shot is rotated by means of a copper ring let into it circumference near the bate this ring by fining the groove of the rifling alto act aa a gatcheck ud tealt the bore from the moment it it rammed into it place withoot waiting or uy letting np by the pres sure of the powder on lgnitiag the charge the closing of the breech it effected try meut of a sliding wedge which pi tte serges the bore snd if there fixed the con struction of this wiga is highly iegenious and simpleone featare being that of ren dering it impossible to fire the gun until the breeon it effectually doted the wedge is rounded at the back into the form of the letter d so it to prevent the splitting of the gun by ihirp tagle thit modification of the wedge has made the krupp guns mach more secure thin they were some yean ago when the wtjdge wat made tqusre st the rear i the charge for this monster gun it to be 3s5 pounds of prismatic powder the projee tle beiog a chilled iron shell of 166q pounds with a bunting charge of 22 pound of pow der it it estimated that the velocity of the projectile u it leave the muzzle of the gun will be 500 metree or 5t0 feet pet second corresponding to an energy of very nearly 31000 foot tona calouiationf have been madefor certain distanoeit namely at 547 ytrdi i velocity of 1565 eet it 1094 yards velocity of 1502 feet ii 1641 yards a velo city of 1443 feet at 2187 yards a velocity of 1391 feet ud it 2734 jardl i velocity of 1345 feet per second tail lift range it will be seen u equal to 2500 metres the other distances given beiog respectively 600 metres 1000 1500 ud 2000 the meppen shooting ground is admirably adtptedt for the the tnal of this great gun there being an available range of 17000 metres or nearly eleven miles with a breadth of 4000 me tre it is not likely that the gun will be fired at uy great angle or elevation or even this noble ruge would be insufficient if it estimated rst her ss i nutter of curio sity than otherwise that if the gun were fired with its axis raited to an angle of 43 degrees with the horizea it would sead iti projectile to a distaooe cf 15 miles great accuracy it alto claimed for thit weepon at far all the krupp breechloading guns at the forthcoming trial target wul be placed at such a distance that the gun will have to be directed by other meant than the visibility of the object to he hit at may be supposed the cost of thit grest steel gun will oontiderably exceed thst of the frazer gun of 30 tons the larg est steel guns nreviously made are krupp s two 5ston breechloadert one of which is at constantinople ud the other at cron- sfadt i with a- view to correct inndry misstate ment concerning his guns herr krupp is now issuing a document dated from essen ia ehenish prussia giving the history of his ordnance since 1847 we thus learn that of about 180x guns suppbed to continental nations twentytwo is all have bunt- of these twentytwo gum is many at seventeen were constructed according to a syitem which was superseded in 1870 while of the sew construction only five catuiltivi are known only woo guns were nude before 1670 so that the failures since that date have roniy been one in about 2300 not withstanding the most severe handling a list of the entire number of failure twenty- two iff all is given so it to indicate the cause in each cue herr krupp claims that when the facta are daly weighed it will be seen thst his guns are highly satisfactory in all respecte they have psssed through the ordeals of several campaigns in which they have been subjected to the roughest truo the wl ijill qatrtu j 1 sr virtbeo uvtttooe pitted bii court mtrtisltfttag t ottttda i i gsete named jos de gotta hu jntt been hot i for the murder of t police officer it ptaca- pnente is th prtrntam of grenada tad the circumstance under which the crime was etimntitedsboir hew deeply looted ittjer atitfon strutt among the fewer nlfia of spain during ieerel month oi last year shafts wen sunk ia a tnmintirn per pisot- puanta which kit believed to contain con jtdderable quantity of gold tb aearehhad proved nrawotettal tad the prcttjcn i were ibont to baaddn the enterprise woe oae of them made the aquainuiioe of jote de coita i portnguesebarber who suggested that they should work on the religjoniraper- ititiont of the people they acceded to this proposal ud appointed him foreman trtse works he had bo toon tatotd upon thit employment than be told the men whe where woraing under hua that he had tees mysterious visions and hit the virgin had attared him that the enterprise would be i orowned with success finding that his statement were eagerly accepted he ai lugth proclaimed himtelf to be an inspired prophet of god selected twelve of xqe workmen it bisitwelve apost le ud tppointed boy ud girljaagur ud tbyl he went about the country ha ranguing the people declaring that tiny would soon be in aotsetxion of immense wealth ud that in the muntfnie they must contribute a much at possible toward th necessary expenses in order to knpresa the rjeatsntry all the more ht appointed certain dsyi to wash his spottier feet snd the water used for bis purpose was i eagerly drank by his followers and srototjed over the mountain so a to softeri the stone thealcaldeof prnoepueirte unableto exercise authority over the villagers applied to theu- thoritiei at granada ud jose de costa bear ins of this told bit followers toermfhem- selvef u upon the evening of thit day the mountain would opes and deliver over to them lit treasure whenthe police appear ed upon the scene they met with a stout re- listence and in the coarse of the rtrucgle jose de cost shot one of them he ud most of his follower were eventually raptured ind tried by court irnarhal hot jose de costa wai alone sentenced to death it ii stated that the peaieatry believed in hit devise mission to sthe last and a girl who was styled one of the three marys and who had carried a ban- aer during the processions uked the court martial to let her nffar death in his stead the pig of the pajsdora jtie romance of tv traveler from- oreemlond sir allen young writes ia his two voysges of the puaora while at ivigtnt south greenland cryolite mine on our out- wsrf parage tbetaflrrr brought pig which wat petted to the latt degree and to jealous were they of his rights that the dogs were driven is all directions that poor dermis a they christened the pig might not be dis turbed the dogi roaoeiaeveralattaznptato attack thit favoured animal tratja oontant lookout such u one could never expect for ice rock or lend from uy tumu on board was kept ud the dog were driven off at the moment when victory teemed cer- tain petsoup broken biscuits and atop of all kinds were given to the dainty suite whereat if a dog attempted to ask for t share of the remain of the uhors dinners he wat scouted with derision in fact the pig wat the pet ef the ship and the only thizuwotth ungating the arctic tea for finding that he wat ancorsfortable under thq topcllant forecastle ud liable to be disturbed by the chain running out when uchoring or the water oozsing in it the hwtepipe when at m a snag cask wat foundfor bun tad he waa honied in with canvas ud straw under the bows of the longbolt never i ehoald think had any other pig tuck oomiarta showered on iiim bat now came change oar deck became mil of mow ud every thing froze it wat necessary to clear away the loe and dirt from mr pigi sty u well u from the other part of the ship ud to do this involved u amount of tcripinx which was act agreeable to his former friends ud with the decision isd readiness in moating dinicultiea for which the seaman is so preeminent the pig wit condemned to death wrthoutremorseorapology lnfactlramthat moment he was a nuisance and only fit to be killed ud eaten his throat was cut by his dearest friends snd he was eaten for dinner os the 7th of september having died only it 10 am t m eugenies goodby usage the rounds being fired sometime is tucn t i i s bllllliag jucjt qu uunu buwuw out of sight tearing nanght human to testi fy of their existence betwixt the burning waggons where hid stood three hundred nv ages the stream of cittle plated wet hides f teaming horns tossed up black tongues oiling ud eyes starisg those kaffin who had saved themselves ras after pursaed by ballet ud whizzing txttgiit they reared at they ran ustil ill the tumult vanished behind the pall of night cries resounded for awhile then ceased in the distance the boere experienced in kaffir fights knew that the peril wis over they aought their dead by the dying light of the wag gon west looked or his zulu but did not sad him hext day a patrol reached the ipot announcing help ud presently came tonda with bloodstained buds aad u much loot ta he could carry in a few chance words west leiraed that his znluhad satisfied alike fait owi vengeance ud the mueiof hiaoomrade beta had paid for robbing t subject of kbg puda of nit arms with what iwrnl death no mis could tell after thit iffair the basnto war ran its course now historic bticking to their cavalry tetics the kaffin were beaten andi lost half their territory to the englishwhilst 1 the free state aeized the rest it it said they ire moving again in alliance with the giilii tad the tiobookies but s is i na tion they nave eeatea to exist uui rapid succession that it wat found ne cessary to throw water over the guat to keep them cool he also mention that double charge of powder were often rued to give greater ruge herr krupp wierts tost although some of hit gum of the older type became disabled before paris yet not 1 single gun made of hit tteel burst during the whole of the francogerman war sum- ming up the variout particulars herri krupp ssserts thst in ahpoiat affecting the value of ordnance namely range soonricy penetration loading speed ud endurance hit breechloader hit stood the severest testa in peace ud war he observes that the fact of ill continental nations with the exception of france hiring adopted hit ordnance is a forcible argument in it fa vour of course much that relate to gust is of 1 controversial nature ud perhaps the fairest conclusion ia that more than one ttyle of gun hat it own peculiar merit but it it ictrccly possible to combine all excel lence in one weapon hence whqe it will be generally admitted that herr krupp hat produced magnificent tteel guns it may yet be and that england ia well off with the guns which the postetset a letter trim olive logta to the cincin nati eaeiarer gives the following glimpse of the empress eugenie ud the prince i i west to viterioo station to tee thelist cf pyonng louis rlapoleon who is off to the cape to have vlook at the zulus he was accompanied u you know by eugenie at far as soutbhampton it really gave tne a pang to behold tnif anoe peerless beauty to whomi was pteeented in the day of her it- moat splendor both of fortune tad of fuse her appearance wat to pathetic that it made the tears spring tq my eye she wit at tired is a style which we ladiei onderttand as half- mourning ud carried in her beanti- fally modeled hud a large bosquet of early spring- violets the chosen emblem oi the kopoleonic dynasty ud the odorous har binger f or ut all of lovely dayt to come anon her hair it still the beanbfal blonde so in- cpirablyocamected with brnamj and this is something thit panels tne udeu tsccept the explanation which ha beea given sy observers that she wean a wig ertainly there ia not a thread of gray visible other wise she hat sged indeed 8he looked posi tively haggard paleas a ghost her drooping fatigued eyes encircled with the blue rings of care ud anxiety her faded appearance ormed1 great contrast with that of her sen a rosebud of a young f elbw in the tint blush of joyous youth npjto uythingyuu like yon know ud evidently jut babbling over with pleasurable excitement at the thought df going out to the seat of war with numbers ol the greatest swells is the british trmy one hi only to tee these two relict of the imperial ahipwreck to fully understand what i fearful ticrifice it must be to eugenie to give up her boy even for the abort period of four months which at snd the nortei on tz -t- ya lip it the only place lori napi sssa-ots- bi yots lip it the only place for i napkin i olam iisbjkf well known twentyfive years ago it the outset of the crimean war for hit victories over the banians on the line of the duube died at constantinople but month iged7l in 1867 he gained an unenviable notoriety for hit cruelty ud vio lence in crushing the cretan revolt in the lite tit he wae at first very ncoetsful in armenii bat it the decisivb battle oi ala- juduh wu taken prisoner with a number of other turkish generals he died while ittasdisj a court martial called to inquire into the cueunutueet of his defeat ud cap- tare apposed to be the length of bit stay in af rica she is the french mother to the my letter quite i different being from u eng lish or hr american maternal parent she hat ao natfnii with him her eye ire in cessantly upon him idolatry it legible n every glance since hit departure her con dition 1 heir hu been really alarming tears aobe ud fainting fits have succeeded etch other almost uninterruptedly while cries of 0 oca jiu sue jut thtkl have wrung the heart of her listening attend ants i i i taate for ueadlag sir john herechel ha declared that if he were to pray for i taste which should stand under every varietf ol circumstance ud be i source of happiaetfl and cheerful- set to him through life it would be i tatte for reading w give mas he amnsa that tatta ud the menu of gratifying it ud you cannot tail of t him good ud happy for yon bring him in contact with the best society in all ages with the tenderest the brtrert ud the pureet men who have tdorned hununitti pvig him a denizen of ill nitioat a costeinporary of all time ud sving him a prececal proof thit the world a been created for hitmjor hit tolace add far his enjoyment thi net profits divided by the eigl partnere in baa 4 oos brewery itbsrtoc an trent england last year amounted to 2100000 v j i31 -i- r il