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bfort trom him j tickets hire so ocee more hetp rtth j apoa the fire london bffrii harness harness 4po6tropha to uie watermeloa coas to tb9 mortil ss be tits upoo try tn uu ap tbe nedsf iroai thy jafcy ups coaie to tttf roaaevter ts h fitc acroes the hish sad pexked fence im mores vnut ecrtiiy atens toy cisnns cromoff the entire tine and thro art tcrnble i o antoitbtniiaaast rarity 1 locsraste eoucosity 1 eeaesth thy eawrstl boitn ejlov lita rlitxiarinf bobblec la the tine the lem arts oc deadly oe i aod front thy tudsxuaa cra the pio the ersap the ric tfco throe aai til s fesr or drcva or tno of kot tsthln indiis venomous snakes i ay person in wxnt of 2 hsmess etcr good sett of sikgle oe double sbojld c3m st creechs saddlery whciethey csn get better rslue for their noney tbta sny pee in the county a good tnjrtiaent of tetjkks aktj valises on hand a of which will be cold cheap tor cash r repairing proxptly attended to r creech acton feb 2a 1st9 ash for skixs i aoi prepared to pay the highest cifh price for all cliises of lamb and sheep skint delivered at my tannery lace leatherconstantly oa hand tlly jakes moore acctiok sale tdtertiaenknti inserted in the acros fete fess it wrtt the best local piper of hilton co btbths ilirriages and deaths inserted free in the acros freepeesj the beet local paper cf hilton co idroff in tbe- rderera it taeds billheads and ctrcalara of every j description erecnted neatly at the acros feee pa osce the beat local paper of hilton co rtosiifuxlcatioks on qttesions of vj interest will gladly be rewired by the actok fee feibs the beat local piper of hilton co e xvelopes printed in the neatest rtyle aadittelnretpneat at the aotk feee peess the best local paper of hil ton co rvoi fare farms or farm stock for rale the beat local paper of hilton co i reechakts and farmers alike thonld t adrertise and support the acros feee peess the best local paper of halton co strayed or stolen advertisement o this nitnre inaerted very cheap in the acrox feee peess the best local paper of hilton co tot ffj- w lie tflpirlrtfj ils irfbanj peattys gctde xo elegnt writing ontario busihessjcollege sabeltttcoj bexletrdnil 0htabi0 the desgn of th shove institution xnd the- wort it is most saccessfally sccoin- plishing ss shorn in the gresfc success of its graduates ihronhoot the coantry is to gro- pire boys snd yoang ind middle sged men lor catnmercisl pcrsaits by giving them thorough sad practical educttioa in bookkeeping in ail its forms penmin- ship arithmetic correspondence grsmmsx snl spelling bnkmz methods ho v to desl nth notes orsfts bills of exchange cheefcs and all kinds cf bosiness paper graduates of the college who have coot monthr conree snd taken their diplomas sre each week stepping into good positions in which omng to the corn- pleteness of their knowledge they speedily attain promotion a our stadects are those who hare been through the grammtr schools anduci- renetiec as well as those whose education in early life has been neglected the conner come to receive a practical education such ss is needed in every day life the latter to remedy past cegect sod all to recore that knowledge which will help them to success in the world 3 the college journal containing full particulars and specimens of penmanship are sent on application address 8 g beatty k co belletflle ont sept 1st iss il a complete stltix3tcctoe is flajk akd oesamzxtal penmanship young people wiahinf to acjnire a rapid eaty and beantifal handwriting without a teacher will find the gcnit a perfect in- ttructor hundreds are becoming besotiral writen throughoat the dominion in the uniteostaffis by using it it ooaisrt o a aerie of copt suk of conrenieot size for practiitng which cou ttin copies beginning with the rst princi ples and gndoally prcgresaing to the most elegant plain and ornamental writing an oesajiixtai sarzt containing- german teit oti enghah and ornamental letter ing offhand flourishing of birds ie a boot or fxmr pases with full analyaia and instruction and a beautifully engraved cue to contain the whole price loo postpaid address sbeattytco ontario business college i belleville ont i sept 1 1678 10iy port office box 4586 a leotxjeeto young men rluxe recently published a new edition of dr cwterweltg oelabrated 3837 ch the eadicat akd feejukest ccfis without medicine of nervous de bility mental and physical incapacity impedimenta to marriage etc resulting from excesses jar price in c scaled envelope only six cents or two postage stamps the celebrate 1 suthor in this admirable essay clearly demonstrates from thirty years successful practice that alarming con- sequences may be radically cured without the daokerous use of internal medicine or pointing oat a certain and staes for whlco no core is known un ices it be to jugtlers tha sapidity with which tuei cobras venom is disused in the blood- a lucky alt it the dork how jugglers exercise reptiles i we have iu india said a gentleman much of whose eirly life wis passed in hin- dostan snakes mere venomous than are to be found in the western hemisphere or even is africa the cobra has but one poiinoua fang and when he ic undisturbed and not angry tins lies fiat en the jiw bat the moaient any ememy appears the aspect of the cobra changes he assumes an almost perpendicular position which it the only one from which he can strike his tail it thrown into the form of a ring and on this he stands erect hia head is bent forward and he makes a figurelike ithitof an oldfashioned walking stick with a crook for t handle a ftethy hoed rises along the back of the neck and expands into a faolike shape behind the head while irottad his flashing little eyes sp- peir bright yellow rings looking like specta cles seen thu- his tongue darting out and in he it about as repugnant t creature u exists when in a position lor striking he can spring probaur about ten feet bat he is easily tilled ha never runs away snd though he will not move toward an enemy to get within springing distance if the intrud er approaches him he does not retreat snd it is only necessary to stand about twenty feet away and hurls stick at him a slight blow will break his back and he u then powerless once i stood with dr fsyrcr in his studio when he was sbout to nuke an experi ment to determine the rspidity with which a cobrat poison would do its work la the middle at the room was a wooden box oou- itainingr a fourfoot cobra which had been confined there without food for three days and was in a horrible state oi rage and stock ed with venom not far from the door of the box was a targe dog of greater strength and vitality thin an average man he was chained and nearly all the hair had been shaved off from one of his hind legs at a signal from the doctor an mirfint pulled a string the door of the box rose sad the cobra with a cord tied around hit tail glid ed out like a streak of light the unfortun ate dog had been anxiously watching the box for some minutes and giving vent to his unessinees by a low whining noise the moment he saw the snake coming out he was thrown intoan agony of terror as is nearly every animal when he sees a eocrs albeit he has never set eyes upon one before everybody in the room stood ss far away from the snake ss possible the tssufxnt holding the string that was attached to the reptile s tail in a second the cobra had fastened his eyes upon the dog which was tfie object nearest to it and rising upon its tail it assumed its haribls nositiou of ittirfc then launching j its body like lightning through the intervening spice it fastened its fangs fairly in the centre of the bare con spicuous spot upon the dogs bank instantly the assistant pulled the string and drageed the writhing reptile from its hold and dr fayrer seised the injured part of the dogs leg between the thumb snd the first finger ot his left hand and with a clean swift sweep of his scalpel cut it out down to the bone remedies were at once spplied to stop the bleeding snd stimulants were given but in a few minutes the dog began to exhibit those symptoms of drowsiness that always precede death from the bite of acobrs every effort was made io arouse him but within a little more than twenty minutes from the time the snake bit him the dog lay dead on the fioor in this instance i do not think more than two seconds elapsed after the bite was given before the injured flesh was swept out the result conveys some ides of the sooa we were startled by seeng the canvas quiver sad then undulate iu a more decided manner then the mouth was pcihed open and an immensscorba glided out it lud the sppeannce of a wild luilcc excited to the utmost pitch of ferocity ind as it worked its way rapidly along the veranda its hood erect the ipurtacles encircling its qyes snd its toogue darting quickly in and out we all thought we should obtain a better view of the reptile by climb eg upon the table we got up there as quickly ss possible snd the lagiltr seized the snski around the neck and held it cvmo to hit face in soother moment the cobras fangs were burisd in tho mans forehead but this did not teem to disturb the rata in the lout with the blood streaming down his face he gnuped the snake tightly forced open its mouth with a slender piece of stick tod showed us that the poisonous fsng wis there for he railed it up and pushoi it dowa with the little twiich then he put the terpeit back into the big when it writhed for a few minutes and then lay ttill wuejt e looked io it was not there and we rubbed our eyes and thought we hid taken more btinoy and soda this was good for us but there on the mils forehttd wcrs the two little holes the unmitukibte mirksof acjbrtshite they were alreadf changing om t rel t j a livid hce tn i there icmed o be bat little time to be lost if the jugglers hfo was to be saved takiog a little pod like a coffee bean from his pocket he placed it upoa the wnund oa his forehead where it stuck fatt the flow of bood soon stopped and the msn hiving received hit rewird undo hit ttltim and walked away with what teemed to be an empty bag ucder hit arm since that time i have ken many jogglert bitten ky cobras apparently withoht evil result thaee menhave- a wonderful influence over snikct they tame them to an unit ing extent tnd very often come to a euro- p nt bungalow snd effer to clesr all the tcrpenta out of the compoucd or eneoeed groand for a smilt consideration if the proposition be teccpted they squat down upon the ground and play a quick horrible jangling tune on a reed nute very soon the owner of the compound it astounded to tee snakes of all kinds and sizei coming out of hole which he fondly hoped wee tenanted only by toada or rats they move witjl a toft measured motion towards the musician wba toidfclfr guepe limn and nllac them in his bag until twenty or more are there then having as he stys cleared the compound of tnaket he receives his money and curies off his prey to let them loose en another mans property sad whittle them up sgsin for a new reward for they are all his own tame fiilir snd come to him when he blows las flute the chief food cf the cobra it the frog after the rxmy season these creatures fill the sir with a loud ttetdy croaking al oighl occasionally however a ihnll shriefc is heard above the ordinary noise md the practised ear dteens the cry of the unfor tunate frog when a tnike hat seized it eirly one mominr by the roidtide i found a cobra in the act of making his mcal he was sowly seeking the frog dawn his threit tul first i tilted the snake and releuei the frog but for a long time thc ater liy antble to move its eyes were bright audits head wit lively ecough bat the resr part of its body seemed tooe piralyted the hnd ios which had been down the snikee tlirat were helpless finitly it eoalnired to drag itself away into the long grass formerly the government gave a rupee for every dead cobn delivero 1 to itt sscnts hat i think this custom his been abindcued for it wis dicavered thit breeding ytrdt hid been established in various parts oi the country tnd uamerons nitives were making a comfortible living by resring young snikit tho irish jaunting car the story of tw introductlonan tuilan peddlers breve andsacoeesfut career anecdote sbout the llborstor a hsadtome ttalitn boy with curly dark hair and laughing eyes peddled tscred pic- tates snd image i during the erst fire yean of this century iu southeastern irelssd ht becanu a famuiir object on the roads that skirted the beautiful river between water- ford and clonmet as he trudged day after day with a pack of prints on his back and a board of statuary on his head he wtt theu kown at carlo and was a favourite alike strthe fine houses of the gentry tnd cottsgei of the poor smiles and ihiuings lolvmowsd with considerable liberality i t rt 1 rti n wuk uwuxiu4 klui wuiuciwig uuviuuj on the lad who afterwards u charles bian- ccai became next titer occnnell and father tthsw the most popular and in- ikumsi man of his period in ireland he vat moreover the father of that irish jaunt ing oar ot which father proat sang and which thackeray snd lever immortalized in the i writings charles biinconi wit bom at trogblo near como in 1706 snd was the ton of a humble lombard peasant in after ufa ha hkd to d rilx the beauty of the aeenery amid which as a child he lived every ipot of wh ca was ftmiliar to his memory to his dying dsy like the little italian harp p ayen are with us he wtt sold to a pad rone this man named faroni seat turn and two other boys to ireland as readers of picture i sad images of religions subjects bunconis district ofssi was from cloumel to waterlord at the end of three years he was released from his engagement with ftr- oui bat he kept at work on his own account being threwd and thrifty he lived enough money to go into business in 1806 ss s cilder st carrickonsuir twelve miles from water- ford but he removed inlslq to cloumel which was his home during the rest of hs life iu his walks through the country ss a peddler bancoai learned of the hardships enlurodby the peasantry from the absenec ef any public mode of conveyance car- rickoii4tiir for instioce was seventeen miles distant from waterford and thirty by the river and there was only tom mnrris- iey rowboat to carry passengers between timmpuom wiiktliairrjapalltioao5q0fq this craft would hold only ten persons timed iu movement with the tide and occupied five hours in a trip bianconisoon had a boat capable of conveying 100 pissen- srs going over the route iu two hoars st a re of fifty centi he always behoved thit hit going to the coantry without a knowledge of the language was of great service to him because it rave him time tnd nectiity for the observation and reflection out of which his idea orignated when peace was made in is15 a number of hor ses porchised for the army were thrown up oa the market at low pricet he seized thit opportunity of carrying out an idea which hid long been in his uund and made ha artt experiment with the jtunting car wh ch afterwards came into use throughout trclaad and after him was called the dian at first he confined hit busiaets to his own neighbourhood although hs carried some local mails he did not get capital enough to mike much advance until 1826 when aar accident put him in ths way to wetlth he hid aree i to supply the tories with cart to carry voters st the memorable election of thityear in waterford when the rouun fail he never offered the pabbo snyfliing better theu he could give with profit to him self and slowly tried experiment after ex periment when lailwmys were introduced he wu far too wise to contend with them he grasped the notion which few in his po sition would have done that one kind of traffic helps another snd that lnt ears driv en off the main reads might find as they did plentyof occupation i feeders tothe railways j biinconi wu more irish than the irish themselves tn his relations with the humble with whom he had principally to deal he wu aided by being a catholic and for a busy maa he wu defeat he became au eager and able politician and devoted himself sohesrtily to the service of ocon- nellthat although thinking repeal a mis take he supported the movement and boasted thit while other admirers bscked np ocouaell because he wu in the right he did so right or wrong his attachment to oconnell wu unbounded and the affection wu mutual biinconi wu fond of telling anecdotes about the leading irish politicians of his time with all of whom he was inti mate he related that he and oconnell onoe received the communion together at early matt in the cloumel franciscan friary church biinconi noticed that at the altar oconnell wore a white glove on hit right hand andtsid liberator what makes you wear a white glove at communion oconnell looked at him raised bis bat sad said iu a low toae which ianconi could never forget that hind once took a fellow creatures life i never bice it in the presence of my redeemer suadmg ot coarse to ths dettcrre duel among buaconit allies in cloumel were the kraaciscan friars from their order sprang the man who originated the great temperance movement and who at one time divided with oconnell iheaffeclioasandvia fict worship of the irish people father uttthcw was kntwn by btancoai as a boy gifng to school at thurlea hewaiasingn- urly handsome lad with gentle and winning msnuerst biinconi who could not hoastof so mild a temper became engaged one da j in a boxing match with one ot theother pu pils and got decidedly the worst of it the future apostle ot temperance- acted it his second and bathed his bleedin nose a friendship wu thus formed which stocd unbroken through life ilr gladstone was another of biancouf t friends it wu bianoonis way to be always doing something for somebody especially iu the line of getting government places and ar ranging marriages in many respects there fore he was most popular he worked with the people an i for them in memory of his own eirly diys his drivers had orders to give a free ride to every peddler whom they overtook on the roid u well u to poor or weak women travelling with children the bttleof diondi archibald forbesa account of the nnad victory over oetywyotho griialf firm square tbst the british rjppcwd to the 2uu eushlxinl chelmsford in actontno charge of the lsnor- brltlsh soldiers scalped by the zulus irom itt diuv xel itilyg laximhaks drift july j the combat at dlandi wu singularly unvaried by strik ing incident there wu a big hollow square sod men in red coats on the back rifles in hand for hallin hour this square stood dog gedly pouring the sleet of death from every lace outside this square mostly at a n- spectfal distsne surged a furious throng of savages brandishins shields sod ssaegais and firing heavily but fitfully from their jagged frost presently htae black own wavered thin bolted seat to fight by the steady ad- t ministration of canister the square still grimly firm give pne ringing cheer that wu beard in the luger behind the bayonets wivered in the air for a moment then the busiaets recommenced the infantry betook themselvei for s few minates to long shots i a centrifugal whirlwind of horsemen sped from the square u the lightning bunts from the thundercloud and dished hot and fierce after the flying foe before the cavalry had concluded their innings the infantry were placidly ionching and the corks were pop ping off long hoarded champagne botueain- side the square a few dead britons lay whrr- had spent their lives for their queen snd country the green sward outside wu itfc dead zulus who not less join wesley frroa the foctolitllj he view among the figures contpicuoos in the hit- tory of england in the bst century there it perhxpj none mora worthy of careful study than that of john wesley ilake all de ductions yoa pletsefor hit cairoweness his selfconceit hit extravagance tad still it remains tatt na one so nearly approaches the fulness of stature of the great heroes of carutiauspirituslism in the earlyand uidnle kgm he hid mere in common with st boniface and st beraardine ot sieana with st vincent ferrer and savonarola than any religious teacher whom protestantism hu ever produced ntr is the rise ot the sect which hu adopted his nsme the people- called methodist was his way of designating his f illowcrt by any meint the most important of the results of his life snd labourr it is not too mneh to aay thit he tnd those whom hs formed and influenced chicly kept aive in england the idea cf supernatorj order during the dull mite- riilkn and t elfish coldness ot the eighteenth century to him is untoubtedly due the evsngelical party bomaine and kewton venn and jowett liilner and simeon differ ing u they did from him on partiiralir dotrinet derived from him thst fundamental tenet of religious conversion which they termed the new birth it iseuynow u it ever was to ridicule the grotesque phraseology of the evangelical school to make merry over their sour superstitions their igncrant fanaticisms to detect snd pillory their intellectual littleaeas it is not easy to estimate adequately the work which they did by reviving the idea of grace in the estaboshed church they were not theologians theywcreuotphnosophersythey were not letourt foasioly oaiy two of them cecil and scott can be said to rise above a yery low level of mental mediocrity but they were men who felt the powers of the world to come in an age when that world hid to moit uttie more thin an un meaning phrase j who spoke of aod to pray to in a generation which knew chiefly of one to swear by who made tall proof of their ministry by signs sad wonders psnuel to those of the prophetic vision it wu in truth a valley of dry bones in which the evangelical clergyman of the opening nine teenth century wu set and u he prophesied there was a noise and behold a shaking and the breath came into them and they lived and stood upon their feet an exceeding great army the causes of long life a centenarian who van s uoderata drtncer and ita whatever ha laked from the cndca ltncetj the cause i of life snd cf death arerto soms extent ideatical influences which i kill the weak strengthen the strong ind in the matual reaction of a perfect constitution snd a mode of life free from these lethal in- sxtyeatia wierford when the ronun i flnences which no strength otconsfafatinn cathoics unler viuiers stnut firrt cheok- n resist inay be found the secret of extreme r f i 111 liongevity the history of centenarians of ten ithutrites ths but it it not often that the conditions of taeir existencs can be ac curately known not long ago the death wu announced at the age of 102 ot the rev canon bodon of stoaehim the par ticulars of whose life are in thit respect of some interest born iu the year 1777 he succeeded his father in the living of stone- haa in 1312 the living having been held by the two father and son for more than 100 years his ancestors presented examples ot moderate but not extreme longevity his fatherhaving died at 81 and hia mother at 86 caaon beadon wu probably the last person living who remembered the lord george gordouriets at the time 1780 he was 3 years of age and ha distinctly recol lected hivinq been held up to the window by his nurse to tee the soldiers in the streets ed the icendaney the biresford but h quarrelled with them and ptsced his vehi cles at the service ot the liberals who re warded him with 5000 he at once mar ried advautigeously getting with his wife a considerable fortune and set himself to car keeping en a large scale he7 began with the twowheeled jaunting car larry dooltns lawback car any attempts hive been made t define this vehicle snd much wit his been expended npou it archbishop whatetey aiid to lord welles- ley that it wu a type of the country people who sit on one side of the ctr see everythiag green and beautiful those oa the other all that is gloomy snd hlack and the driver itsappoeed to sit between them bit unfortunately he generally drives from one side visitors to ireland catch sight of it ths moment they step on irish toil st quesustown one ot the firruclass horses inteuled for the army drew a car with sir srrsons easily seven miles m hour but iincoai wunot sble to keep tip the quality cf his stock and eventually hitched two of the inferior beasts to an enlarged vehicle holding eight psasengers he continued to increase- the tize of the can until they were fourwheeled tnd drawn by three or four horses scooding to the traffic freedom of comaiunxatioa wu unknown in ireland until tec ated it and it proved of incal culable benefit tt his been called the meiteat reform after father matthews the peasantry were enabled to mingle to some degree with the more intelligent clast- es and their moral elevation in consequence his good health wu almost uninterrupt ed in early manhood he hada slight illness tho exact nature of which is difficult to u- certain since it occurred iu the year 1788 se wu about five feet nine inches iu height broadshoaldered snd deep chested with very torn srma and large hands in early life he possessed great muscular power which u veil indicated by his frame even when long past 70 his strength of wrist wu remarkable he wu fond of shooting and fishing i the former amusement he kepfuptillm the latter till 88 when middleaged he could walkout shooting from morning till nigbt exposed to aay amount of cold and wet and completely knockup many younger men he seemed quite impervioas es and their moral elevation in consequence junug ttt 1 wuot idecided character the opening of to the ailments to which ordinary men are communicatioa with the interior of the coon- subject he never kejew what a headache or l nf rhanmstiaai was bos digestion appeared marvels of a minnasota swamp the dangerous use e application of the knife p mode of cure at once simple fmsnil brmeans of which every sufferer eflectuslj r iitioa be may helfy1privately tud radictf- ly lecture should be in the hands o ev eveiy tie colversrau hew tort npidity with which the poison acts the doeexhitntednomdictticnsofsuffenng but once while i and two ot my friends were tilting on the verandaof our bungalow in allahabad a juggler wu announced he wu a ljarahfeatured old man and his sola stock in trade consisted of a heavy canvas hsg which seemedto be empty at all events he turned it inside out jnd thook it and allowed ns to- examine it then he threw it upon the ground and did not touch it any more until the exnimtion was over we however looked into it again and walk- ed over it and satisfied ourselves generally that there wu nothing inside o it pen the juggler squatting down half a dozen vardtaw began to wave his wand at the bidmultertd pells and incantations j w blinding one of the commissioaers appointed by ths governor to appraise the salt lands tn minnesota hu given an interesting sccouat of a natural curiosity visited by ther commissioners daring their trip t in the- course of their search for and examination o the above lands in the north- eastern part of the county they came upon a large tract of quaking bog land run ning in a northwest tad southwest direction wu a line of mounds trom six to three ban died feet in diameter it the hue snd from fifteen to thirty feet high of a conical form the slope being about fortyfive degrees these mounds were a shaking bog to their summits where wu found a circular open ing six to eight feet in diameter filled with clear cold water and of unknown depth a pole eight feet long being the only meant of testing ths latter most singular of all a few feet from these wells upon digging from sixteen to twentyfour inches a solid body ot ice wu found conununicauuu uu w 11 w try greatly increased the consumption of manufactured gooda by enabling the consnm cr to bay his wares more directly from the manufacturer the jaunting cars became after a time irish national pets bianconi used proudly to ut ily conveyances many of them carrying important mails have travelled tt all hoars of the day and night often in un frequented place and daring the fifty years not the slightest injury hu ever been done by the people to my property or that intrust ed to my care tnd this fact gives me greater pleasure than any pride i might feel in re flecting upon the other rewards of my lifes labour the success of his enterprise is indicated by the fact that ten years after the cars were started he had 1400 horses snd covered daily 3800 miles he suffered for a long time the legal diaahilities then im posed on foreigners snd the support of sir robert peel u home secretary did not ob tain forhim letters ot naturalization until after being t resident for twentynine years this recognition of citiuuship wu granted in 1831 under the adininistration of earl grey he was theu made mayor of don- mil for two successive years t magistrate tnd subsequently deputy lieutenant he bongt land to the amount of 450900 in tipp rary and wealth and honours flowed in upon him when his eldest daughter be came ah invalid he took her to italy and in passing through london visited the queen at windsor tt her request when he reach ed rome he wu feted by the pope tnd had the satisfaction ot being allowed to raise the money for the oconnell monument there tnd to control the design when nearly 80 years of age he broke his thigh by the np letting ot hit ear but hit vigor was untbat- ed until his death in 1875 st the age of soi to organize t system oi conveyances may not now seem a gnat achievement but it needed more than ordinary qualities of char- aoter in a foreigner without capital experi ence of management or patrons to do such a thing in ireland when that country wu poor ind downtrodden bianconi had that domineering shrewd buoyant nature which fits a man to carry out an enterprise with such a people u the irish the secret ot his success was that he could make men obey him implicitly he could get work out of every horse that had a leg left to stand on however low the price or numerous the faults of the beast he looked into every de rheumitism was his digestion sppeared perfect and he could eat anything with im punity he not only ate heartily at every meal but used eften to eat biscuits ic be tween meals he wu t moderate drink er by no means a total abstainer andwu to the list extremely fond of sweet things as he grew older his steps became slower but he never tottered in his gait to the last his complexion wu ruddy in tint never showing the parchmentlike appearance so often an accompaniment of extreme old age his condition remained u in middle age up to his death neither stouter nor thinner at 97 he had his first severe illness an at tack of bronchitis contracted through going out on a very cold day tni ha wunevexj afterwards quite the same up to this date he had taken service in his church every sunday snd his three months duty in wells cathedral his voice continuing distinct tnd powerful but liter the attack of bronchitis he wu more or leas an invalids neverthe less he wu sble to answer himself seventy letters ot congratulation which he received uttered thick ww thin our dead hive fsllen for their sovereign there is nothing more to tell ssve of the gen eral fire tnd smoke thst teethed in the bosom of the beastifal valley u we marched from it i bare no manoenvriag no elaborate tsetjes to recount the iffjur wu simply a struggle reduced to the first principles of dingdong fighting with the natural advan tage to the zulus in numbers f to ui in the character of the armameot the only mancsavrinz done wuby boilers men whose horse work wu superb clesr- ing the front masking the division while in the rows ot formation in square stinging the enemy into opportune reprisals and finally i chevyiag the fugitives many miles boiler s men had the score of zlobsne to settle with the zulus and vengeful fury raged in their hearts because of the spectacle which met their gaze yesterday la the long grass they found three comrades who hsd fallen in a reconnoissaoce the previous dsy mangled with fieadith ingenuity scalped their noses and right hands cut off their hearts torn oat and other nameless matilations strange to siy the battle waajought on semisacred ground the sol of a mission station the ruins of a norwegian mission snd house were a few paces off they were pulled down to open the range but before this was done these dead men were brought into the pre cincts s grave wu dag and tho chaplain hutny donning hia surplice read the burial service to which the shell fire gave stern re sponses while the bullets whizzed round the mourners i never wish to tee soldiers steadier constant laagering had been threatening demoralization v apprehension was nnquestlonsbryf driest the luaden con- front of the men with the fierce zaln rush should shske their nerves but the british soldier was true to his manly traditions waen he found himself in the open and taw the enemy face to facs io the daylight lads of cew regiments who hid never seen t shot fired in anger were u cool u the seasoned veterans of the thirteenth and eightieth lord chelmsfords soldierly coojneu snd decisive clearheadedness in action go far to redeem the puaiveness and peevish vicilla tion which arc his characteristics when no battle is raging one might wish him a mili tary kip van winkle only wakening to direct a battle evelyn woods face wu radisnt with the rapture of the fray u he rode up and down behind his regiment ex posed to s storm of missiles alithe officers of the headquarters staff and kewdigites stiff were anscalhed save lieut milne of the fiist who wu slightly wounded and cjpt cotton of the second whose temple wu grazed by a bullet owing to the con- fprmstoa of the ground the dressing place in the centre of the square wu peculiarly ex- posed the surgeons worked under a heavy double cross fire with coolness and skill the lucera hid their good day at lastand lost several horses col lowe wu knocked temporarily senseless by s shot in the back and fell from his horse bat regsiaed eon- sciousneu recovered and led bis regiment in the charge iieui jenkins had his lower jaw broken it wu bandaged and he could not be restrained from accompanying his regi ment- in the charge the zulus squatted thick in the long grass and fired venooumsly the lancers spotted them in a manner re minding one of pigsticking indeed keevil davis killed six ifts cusau young james of the seo is greys wu blued at point blank by two men the two turned on him they tnissecc he ran the right hand man through the man on the left dropped hit musket and inflicted an assegai wound on jamess bosom the latter extricating bis sword brought it round to the left with a swift swing and all bat severed his tngon- ists head the dragoons were represented by brew ster frovpst marshal who took out a little detachment and had a good time ulnadi contained many large handsome kraals ot the chief men eaolosed in thick flanked stockades cetywayot place wu a thatched european house there wu no plunder the flames were too swift as the division machedback into laager woods bandsplayed andthe bagpipes of the twentyant screeched lustily toaiay lsrd chelmsford meant to march back on the uvula standing camp retiring on kwamaguasa in order to effect a junction with crealocks division lord chelmsfords parting words to me werei sofarasi am concerned the war is over i believe he contemplates sn immediate resignation in the opportunity of which he is happy the grass is so burnt and dry that i regard the campaign u concluded for the season i have ridden from ulondi to the frontier here about 110 miles in fourteen hours riding slone all night twice i lost my way in the j tters ot congratulation which he received on his hundredth birthday the late severe winter tried him very much and he had several colas and slight attacks of bronchi tis from all of which he recovered and he died at lut peaceably and painlessly from mere decay ot nature during the last year or two of his life if fatigued or out ot health in any way his mind wu not perfect ly clear bat he never lapsed into anything like second childishness he was possess ed ot a most imperturbable temper and sin gularly even spirits and woald not allow anything to worry him the two places where he passed almost the whole of his life veils andstoneham are relaxing in climate one ot his nephews is now living aged 86 two died lut year aged 85 and sb respec tively and at the time of his death canon beadon had greatgseatgreat nephews and nieces livinp t i lager ranking exploits in drinking lager beer are re ceiving the attention of the tacinnati pa pers and some of the stories are wonderful a fireman drank twelve glasses of beer while a church clock wu striking twelve the time being about half a minute dr rloefner drank eight galtoos in two hoars and his competitor in a trial of capacity wu not left far behind kbeffier is regarded u the cin cinnati champion but there are several men in that city who have emptied an eightgal lon keg in three to five hoars an old em ploye of a brewery has drunk fifty glasses every day for eighteen years brewers men generally drink heavily in one brew- warx longfellow visited queen victoria at windsor cutis the servants crowded on the ttairwiys and inthe lobbies to get a view of him on thequeen uking them next day why this compliment wu paid to the poet she wu told that they used to lis ten to prince albert reading evangeline to his children and knowing the lines near ly by heart they longed to tee the man who wrote them the queen is food of telling tiis story men goutuuij utuib ery they are allowed from six to fourteen glasses each per day according to their age lad work cards are placed behind a bar and upon them the names of the employes are written a msn goes to the bar and asks for a glass of beer which is given him and a hole at the same time is punched in his card when the number of holer onr- respondrto tho number of drinks allowed him for the day he can have no more though the day may not yet be more than hill spent de kontjean having referred to the famous case of the boy mortars in his speech faronring the french education biq mortara himself replies to the deputy tnd declares he will not suffer his name to be abased in the interests of an attack on the freedom of the church and that he it a ot- tholic in principle and by conviction and ready to defend the church with hit blood tbz canal from crcnstadt to st peters burg is progressing so rapidly that admiral posnett who directs the work assures the raasitn government that in a years time vessels of small site will be able to put from the sea to the hevt and that is the summer of 1881 the canal the dtpthof which is fixed at 80 feet will have beet ex cavated to the extent ot lfi feet enabling a goodly sized oraft to reach the capital to rntttrrrtstt3rssstp 1j 7v7r-