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{ht of “I acknowledge that I, E. Ramard, lien- Wemy-second â€"â€", am a EUGENE RAMARD. He read in. “There, sir," I said, “ kindly add the :late, as I have forgotten what it is. and please leave that behind with the baggage when we march to-morrow. If I do not do better .worl: for France than any man m the regxment, it is my wish that this paper Qe publishe ” ,_ ' . The colonel nodded grimly, { and tnefiowned. “Have I your permission now, sir, to withdraw from the room '2" A refusal was framing itselfâ€"I could see it; but the lowering faces around made {m nurse‘s L:â€" H ‘0 I" I“ I am 7 .;vt$ capable regiment of lost sheep for advice from at Lieut. Ramard, you he presume 1‘ Please have awer.” “ Coionerflgfi make all you are going too far ‘ st-er.” The colonel scowled to for aminute, and then he acnvlty to-day. You have mistaken your vocation, mon cher. You should not have come into the army. You should have been a professioral runner.” Eugene? Or had I better have you hand: cufied to some steady old soldier '3” A dozm of the other oficers sprung to their feet at; this ghastly taunt, for when such a thing as this‘was said to one of their number it touched all. The old major was their spokesman; ‘6 0-)-" 7‘ - Myself, I was stretched out on a. sofa away by the far wall and lay there mutely, having but little taste for the wordy sav- xageries which were being so freely dealt about. And the night grew older without my being disturbed. But the angry man at the end of the table singled me out at last, perhaps because my outward calm and listlessness jarred upon him. “ Tired Eugene ‘2” he asked. “ A little, sir.” ‘ “Ah, I can understand it. I noted your activity today. You have mistaken your vocation, mon cher. You should not have come into the army. You should have been a professioral runner.” He Of course, the matter hal or. .so at headquarters. There the “ Most important strategic point- taken at whatever cost. You: will again have the honor, Colon "on. ‘ But, summed up bluntl; neither more nor less than I have all understood the order of the there was not a. man in the regi his share. Each private soldier, cer would march with firm dete 'to march then his last. That give in a nut-shell. Bnt- the. secure knowledge t] would be no skulkers along this r ecution did not pacify the colonel. thing, it increased his bitterness. make his ungrateful memory last tl U- â€"- A ‘ ' ' _ uere, szr,” I said “ kind] ’ , y add the 9:25: [ago forggtten what it is. and ‘ et at‘ behind with the baggane Ira m-__l . , ,.__o ...v "ow/cl. Path UK [He campaxgn, been more than one case of wavering. An example accordingly was to 'be made. On; corps bed been singled out ..... , "c "Lane au auowances, but we oin too far with the can . 8 8 y g Colonel scowled round tight-Iipped winute, and then he said : "'7 7 up: capable of commanding this :nt of lost sheep, without unaskedy [vice from subordinates, major. ‘ Ramard, you heard my question, 1 le? Plonun I'm..- .L- -3 u.‘ _...-_â€"- v... --.v .uvnc uiuueny. It seemed as though the very stars in their courses had been battling :against us. Everything had gone wrong. The blame was not ours; but this in an army where Want of luck was the greatest crime, told nothing in our favor. Many men had fallen, and panic had seized the heels Of the rest. Which of us initiated the run cannot be said, but in the rush of some all had been carried along, few (except, per- haps, one or two of the older- officers) re- sisting very strenuously. The colonel, burning with shame, had gone in to report. What precisely had been said to him we did not know; but we guessed with some accuracy, although he did not repeat the ' The gist of his interview was that the regiment was to attack again on the morrow; and, if unsuccessful then, once more on the day after; and so on till the bridge was taken. Yesterda the thing had been barely possible. {at to-day it was far difi'erent. During the night the defenses had been more than trebled. The Austrians swarmed. Enouzh artillery was mounted there new 'to have demolished an entire army corps advancing against it from the open. The deduction was clear. The bravest men will turn tail sometimes; and in our army, which was the bravest in the world, there had, durina flap Inna. nn-e -' ~‘7 .. _-_.-.. m, qucauon, 1 ‘3 Please have the civflity to an- gthe minute’s reapite 1 had been r and actingâ€"that is, writing. 1 and handed the colonel a. slip of n if, ‘l-a-A ‘L- A’ “ Do you think I don’t know that? DO you imagine I fear getting killed to-mor- TOW? Do you suppose I want to live on after What has happened? It’s the eternal disgrace of the thing that’s cutting me,” Shouted the Colonel. “ Once comfortably shot,” remarked the ‘Eaior major in easy philosophy, “ it doesn’t ‘ magi; maltter to me personally where, or‘ for why, I go down. Not a. soul will be left behind to care. ” This last remark added tinder to the blaze. The major was the peasant/s son who had hacked and thrust his way from the ranks by sheer and hard fighting. His com- mang'ffig officer was a noble of the old re- gime. He had hoped and reasonably ex. DeCted, that the previous day’s engagement would give him a. brigade ° and ‘so the ’ asco had fallen all the more bitterly. f. Canaan“) .. £L-.-..L A: " The regiment will be annihilated,” 0b- Oen'ed the adjutant, coolly. And then in the same immovable tones, he asked some one to pass him a. biscuit. uau messed, with folded arms ms fingers kneading at his muscles. ular irony we were lodged in hereâ€"we, who had got; to go out. on the morrow~and he must at us with it, as though it were such as we to live so tolerable a. ion was the bravest in the world, 1, (luring the leaner part of the rowan: strategic point. Must be whatever cost. Your regiment lave the honor, Colonel,” and so summed up bluntly, it was 'e nor less than I have said. \Ve )0d the order of the letter, and 01:. a. man in the regiment who ‘ ate a. moment in carrying out Each private soldiier, each ofii- n SPIKIN G THE GUNS matigr hal not been .. uu-u lemorylast theâ€"lo er. 0f nails Ff .. . [:1 of that inn :Eom The mxhtary smith dropp1 ‘, with folded arms from his lap, came to attention eading at his muscles. But he 1901““! at me queerly, we were lodoed in ed notlixng. I could see he 0 ‘30 had got; to go out mad. Very likely excitement I nowâ€"and he muut 100k 5°~ ____~ â€"v- v-‘wv {lullllllll‘ . ____.â€"â€"Avu ;. That gives the case xer am not been put The_re the words ran : edge that there g this road to ex. colonel. If any. erness. It would ?- officers) tre- The colonel, 3 in to report. i to him we were ,,,,, a»; a uuuu: . I. Then I got to work. Th loaded and primed. The 1001 ed with leather aprons. I caution ; crawling like a. cat deepest shadows, stonninzr- nr ‘ ~_.5..-- vunu we ursn cnnk would awaken‘the redoubt. My life? No, pah! I didn’t count; that. But; it would mean only one gun spiked effectually, if so much. I dre w tack into the embrasure and knitted my forehead afresh. The right tlmught was tardy, but it came. I drew off my boot. It was new and it was heav ' 3â€"badinage had been poured out; by my comrades over its heaviness,, The strong sewn heel would drive like a calker’s mallet. ‘ Then I got to work. The guns were! Luau V - â€"-Huu, “Jan!" I The ram was coming ( sending up spurts of mud within a. dozen v 3’ 1 then, and not bef did ‘that my farrier’; nm weapon. Fool tha. I ‘ Idiot I must have bee: the first clink would awa My life? No, pah! I d But; it would mean only efl'ectually, if so much. I the embrasure and knitt afresh. The right though it came. I drew of? mv ‘m mm to me. 7 ' ' Overhead was the round black chase ot a. sixty-pounder. I crawled farther and look- ed down the line. Sit more guns loomed through the night, making seven in all. The rain was coming down in torrents- mun-Hr... ~-â€" __, V _, vuv ove me other, were in'a dlrect line with it, so that the causeway could be swept from end to end. - I: was in the lower of these last that I found myselfâ€"by what route come I cannot; say. Only then my senses seemed to rc- turn to me. I was: him»: in on n~Lâ€"-H EU _ , _ .. numb FOR CRUEL’I‘Y, in en nothing. I could see he thought _ . me but the prosecution failed throucrh lack c it {2:13. 5Very likely excitement had made me - They were again arraested thi st “ To. 1 . Th , tl ‘ , week. Phelan isastout, gray-haired ma: re old ”en ouis. ere ‘3 1e 1‘. oney, "1' of fifty With a military beard. The Wife i a. g “ My office‘- the things are yours ,, l Stout and handsome. Both were elegantl; ' ‘1 _‘ ' . a ' ‘ ‘ Steel spikes, brittle rods that would snap I bggitedhlfidcourt. A wit-“(1:53 testified tha of? short, would have been better. But ' be c ‘ ren were 10 e ’ cuffed am time was growing narrow, and I must take l "eaten pierpetually ; that the younger was what offered. These soft bent nails would given a ose 0f castor cil'every day and a" serve my purpose. And now for the river i e dcr was dosed every other day ; that the The current was swift and I could not i younger wasstrappedto a. chair and placed SWim a stroke I must ’ 0 u -streaxh and : in the lawn m the broxlmg sun eight hours trust to find some tree gtrunPk or wobden lata time, then taken into the house and ball: that would aid m in floatin' down keptstrapped .to aphair tillbedtime, then Of the matters that ha pened lifter this lald} 111 bed, with Its feet tmd’ flat on its I cannot speak with an p minuteness I‘o bacx and a night-gown pinned over It to the think backk at the wholbe time seems like a. bedclothes on either sxdes ;. that the father blurred dream, broken by snatches of dead often beats the younger Child With a belt sleep. I know Igained my point on the l havmg a heavy ‘buckle; that .the mother river bank, some miles above the village, ‘11.): offtgdwifuga}: £21.32; ovlfr “'8 hheiadb 131, and entered the water there, findingit chilll .P” b l E’ ’ ‘3' e was e o as ice. I think it was a. Simll fence gate ! gm ( I}?! y}? anngtlfiem In a bathtub and that aided my choking passage. I can onl ‘ renc mg t err: w“ buckets Of water; I . y that-she once picked up the younger by an I recollect clearly that the thing I clung to arm and le and threw it t n f at t ftl was terribly unstable, and that on being I bedroom the child 1 d' e ectlpu bo'd 1e landed our; chance eddy on a. strip of shoal, {of its nose cuttin “age 1319‘, (-nth til “I if: I lay there for fully half an hour, listening I once ran {0 its goth rep yd’ ta 111:0: toa sentry treading past and past through d ' h m e - an . one 9 er- th mud ten Yards away unable to move a ress, w ereup on she seized m by the ear limb. Then I gathered ’strength and crawl- and threw it the length of the room, tearing ing, not only from caution, but through t e ear. sheer helplessness, made my stealthy way ' THE MYSTERY still further along the shore. of the case is increased by the fact that the Four batteries commanded the approach- woman gave birth to a fine baby on Sep- 88 to the bridge. Two were on either tember 4; that when the mid-wife left on . flank, to deliver a converging fire ; two, one l September 19 the baby Was in fine health, ‘ . a direct line with l but its death was announced on September ' i it, so that the causeway could be swept 25. The autopsy shows that death , from end to end. In"... .2.-- L : n .. - - u u , mm 1.6-: uuruuu, unu , . . *~â€"' \ VVVV J . .. we»: ueavyâ€"badxnage had beenfbas not yet come back.” “ But that 15 mred out by my comrades over its Impossible,”saidthehouseholder, “because 'eviness., The strong sewn heel would,Elbe has the baby in charge.” “ She has we hke a calker’s mallet. {token the Baby wrth her.” Mr. Payne’s Then I got to work. The guns were 2 frxend was incredulous, but on going to the Lded and primed. The lock . s Were cover- nursery found it empty. Then he went to Wlth leather aprons. I used infiniteltne (1330ng room and was admitted by 3. mon acrawling like a cat, crouching in § dreadful-looking old bag, with his baby in apest andovrs, stopping, making detours 5 her arms. It had been given, it appeared, b for more life’s sake, be it understood, ; mto this lady’s charge While the nurse was 1 because life was wanted for work Yet ' dancing. This story may be used as an 0- done. ‘ [set the next time “ Bobby” is accused of Che seven guns were out of action, and makxng “ cupboard love" ‘70 the c°°k" 1 the night was dark and the Austrians M .e Ignorant behmd the curtain of rain, { The least “movement is of importance to : * And then on to the upper battery. all nature. The entire ocean is affected by 1 Two, four, eight guns .' » a. pebble. .Lne Ieuow picked up a. hammer, took a. nail from his mouth, and drove the nail first gently, and then smartly home. “ There vicious one,” swore he. that spike through the vent in a. matter of but with these four others beside it, bhou’lb not rid thyself of its in as many weeks.” use”. nueiu Iorce, an anvil, and couple of grimy farriers, and a half-a-dozen troop- ers with horses. The cavalrymen were re3t~ ing on the ground, watering bridle in hand, awaiting their turns. The smiths were slaving, sweating, swearing, doing the work of thrice their number. It was a. queer enough group, and I gazed at it for many minutes, Stlll unable to frame the gauzy idea. that had reanimated me. Then 1 one of the farriers who had been fitting a. hissing shoe on to a bind hoof, chilled the hot iron in a. rain puddle, and humped up the horse’s fetlock on to his apron again. I started. The fellow picked up a hammer, took a. nail from his mouth, and drove the nail first gently, and then smartly home. ‘6 ”Wu“... --:._:_ .. Farther and further toward the scattered outskirts of the hamlet did my doubting feet lead me. In one more patrol up and down I think my mind would be made up, and after that, whatever deluge the Fates desired. But a sound fell on my ears, faint. and not unmusical. I was dully conscious of some new scheme beginning to frame it- self. I changed my path and walked fast- ‘ er. Presently the cause of the sound disclosed itself. A field force, an anvil, and couple of grimy farriers, and a half-a-dozen troop- ers with horses. The cavalrvmnn "mm ___. I w uuuwn no moreâ€"aid yet live '3 withholds from e world, is even a. dog barked. The thought came : You die only to gain a. wreath of craven plumes. \Vhy nor, pass away from hereâ€"escann_ancm: ' _‘_,_L e ...- u vulu w uxauueu Intamous ! The paper would be brought to light ; the curt, bald confession would be read, ' me. To leave behind nothing but; the name of a. self-avowed coward ! Oh, agony ! bitter agony ! I wandered wherever my blind feet led ; streets. The place, with its armed tenan- try, slept. Only the dripping sentries were . open-{*yed. These. takinor m“ an- H 7 m ‘ - n- u-.- tau empty boast, made in the wild hope that I could hold them good. But how could such a taking be done? The most furious, desperate courage, by itself, would avail nothing. There would be a ‘rhan deathâ€"and to do “b France” than any of them! Ah, no, the] thing was impossible. \Vith them Ishould , fall, and among all of chem I alone would] be branded infamous ! The paper would be brought to light ; the curt, bald confession would be read, with no explanation of how . ld form ! the P133389 were -y- n. 9“ Un‘, ”ts of ufixd. There were men 1 y 3213, wakeful men, and pef did it flash upon me :z-’.~ nmer was a. useless the. I was to bring it. have been to forget that Haul/J ~â€"-- L x“ .cx'ea wherever my blind feet led ched by torments that God alone strength of, and from which there 0 human means of escape. The n-squalls moaned down the village The place, with its armed tenan- Only the dripping sentrics were L These, taking me for an officer ‘ my or them! Ah, no, 6256.: aib1e. \Vith them Ishould all of chem I alone would )nnn 0 m dropped the hoof an em??? , boast ~v-.v\. uv 7' u, . . * " I makes both molasses and sugar of a peculiar, ven in all. ’ them from their parents. The case was I . but delicious flavor. u in torrents, adjourned fora. month. On one estate the trees grew in such nere were men --~~-~~Wâ€"â€" numbers that once it was determined to aful men, and u Bobby” and the Nurse- count them. After counting several hun- flash upon me I ) h f 11 . dred thousand, more than half remained vas a. useless , M“ James layne relates t e o owing uncounted, so the task was given up. to bring it. meldenb t0 the "edit 0f the London police, What “ larks ” it must be for the children ‘ _) forget that whose general sagac1ty ’ he ’Qh‘nks' ‘3 ‘lnder' when “snapping time ” and “ sugaring ofi‘ ” “the redoubt. rated. The 0911911“? a (“mid 0f. hls was come round! But the Chilians do not col- t count that. called up by a policeman r mgmg ms frfmt' l lect the sap in the way the Canadian farm- ’ gun spiked l door bell at 2 a.m. “. Do you know? where are collect sap from the maple tree. No ; 8W l‘acli into ‘ Y0“? nurse 1'5?” was 1}” “HBXPeCted Pauly)" instead of boring small holes in the trunk, my forehead l “ She 13' I suppose, 1n the nursery. 1‘9’ the palm is cut down and beheaded of its IS tardy, but ; she 13 not ; she went to a dancmg room in , crown of beautiful leaves, and then the sap It was new i hlng Street (close by) at 12 o clock, and 1 . .- It. For! LA-.. gluon nAL , . ' ‘ .. m, and saluted. ‘s and answer- . , , ,e n, 1;.vavulvv |uc GLCHLE :d to rc- 3 for _mxu~der, believing that death was nbrasure, caused by wilful exposure, but had no evi- mse 01 a; dence. The society’s agent declares that and look. I the death of both of the remaining children s loomed is certain unless means are found to take 1 all. them from their parents. The case was torrents, ! adjourned for a month. , â€"v-v \dn'UL‘AJJLl’ M me but the prosecution failed through lack of ‘de me evidence. They were again arrested this week. Phelan is a. stout, gray-haired man ’3’! "1’ of fifty With a military beard. The wife is , stout and handsome. Both were elegantly i dressed in court. A witness testified that 1 snap ; both children were kicked, cuffed and ‘ But beaten perpetually; that the younger was given a. dose of castor oil every day and the elder was dosed every other day ; that the ; younger was strapped to a. chair and placed 1 not i in the lawn in the broiling sun eight hours ’ “d lat a. time, then taken into the house and kept strapped to a. chair till bedtime, then , laid in bed, with its feet tied, flat on its ““5 back and night-gown pinned over it to the , 1‘0 bedclothes on either sides ; that the father [(5:31 often beats the younger child with a belt ‘ .having 3 heavy buckle; that the mother r-El_leibr°kea wire hairhrlmh nvnu :4“. i.-- .1 1, A Mr. James Payne relates the following incident, to the credit of the London police, whose general sugacity, he thinks, is under- rated. The other day a friend of his was called up by a. policeman ringing his front- door bell at ‘2 a.m. “ Do you know Where your nurse is?” was his uneymnmd ;nm.;.... _v_- v- u-..a luu‘y’a. 411$ Suciety for the Pi‘a‘ention of Cruelty to Children desired to prosecute t_he parents an- mung]-.. l-_‘l:~ of the case is increased by the fact that. the woman gave birth to a. fine baby on Sep- tember 4; that when the mid-wife left on September 18 the baby was in fine health, but its death was announced on September 25. The autopsy shows that death was due to inflammation of the lungs. The C‘ ,_:_1 r- -‘ “ d ,__V.- -uv luv-ya, ugeu I twenty months respectively. ago they were J'l'he l‘helans Make Their Chllclrcn' a Round of Riiscry. A London special says :â€"The case c Mrs. Montague, sister-in-law of Lon Mandeville, who was sent to gaol for cruel ty to her children, is well remembered in Canada. This was recalled by a. brief state ment in the London papers a few days agt of the arrest on the same charge of a. rich couple residing at Sunnyside, Chester. The examining trial was held at Chester on Saturday. and a. correspondent went down to report it. The developments were much more shocking even than those in the Mon- tague case. The defendants are wealthy residents of Chester, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Phelan. The wife is of French descent. They have two boys, aged three years and twenty months respectively. Three months at)“ flint, innâ€"n 5 Live .. _ wuens. and then the eagles came through orm ' the smoke. Th _ ere was no stopping -that lust rush. Somehow I found myself among com- e of rades, fighting with a. claw-backed farrier’s ,ter hammer knowing nothing of order or rea- son, or how these things came to pass ; but led ,heated only by an insane desire to kill, and one ‘ kill, and kill ! And then I ily shod feet tram are , And afterward :er and cheering, and. mighty hand cla. re- tween my shoulder blades, and the old lot major, who gave me cognac out of a. silver flaskâ€"cognac which seemed to have been sin l sadly overwatered. LSS And that is all I remembered till I woke -- up in the afternoon from the sofa. in that ne village in. Reveille had sounded. ‘Ve n- mustered under arms, and the roll was is called. Many did not answer. And then : “ Stand out, Lieut. Remard I” V. said the colonel. 3 .I advanced and saluted. i- “You will consider yourself under arrest, l' ; 311‘, for desertion before the enemy. Pres- l- ently, you will surrender your sword, and t 11 report yourself at headquarters. The 0010- ( .8, nel turned and exchanged some words with a little, pale man near him, who sat awk- i wardly on a White stallion. He resumed: g : “l‘he emperor has considered your case,sir, i confirms the arrest, and orders you to be . reduced to the ranks.” The colonel paused 3 and_continued: v-uvou yuu LU U _"r_ , Matabeleland is about: as 1 reduced to the ranks.” The colonel paused and continued : 0 “But as a reward for your gallantry, figglfaohalaieg your commission of captain will be made - ’ out With promotion to the first vacant ma- risoned by some 800 mounted jority, and you will also receive a decora- ; by the Imperial Government. tion.” And then I was ordered to advance} Some years am Mr. Cecil Rhodes, the again and the emperor transferred a Cross 1 Premier of Capt: do of the Legion from his own breast to mine . ' 'cession from Loben “Captain of tha twentyu‘second,” he said, ' ° “thou art my brother.” the Im erial Government. I never asked for the colonel’s apology. p ,, ‘ - - , V v“-..auvu 0 “But as a reward for your your commission of captain wil out w1th promotion to the first jority, and you will also receive tion.” And then I was ordered again and the emperor transform , «unavuo The French were advanci in the wet, gray dawn. Bo teries, fully manned, had ,thcm ; but of the guns ,1 command of the bridbe, onl] nfn-‘L‘ “ ‘ Into - tfié - 1: brought yells sh rieks. And the smoke. {I rush. prang openly at; another: with shouts, and stink- , and crashes and the red u-a love" to the cook.- ~ Wife: “ Oh George, _..>__~_ .the water pipc is leaking, and the water 18 spoiling the car- ement is of importance to pet. G0 and get 8- plumber, auick.” entire ocean is affected by: Husband; “ That’s all right, my dear, Vlet; it go; it's cheaper to get a. new carpet.” TRIED FOR CRUELTY web, gray dawu. Both flanking bat- fully manned, had opened upon but of the guns which had direcn ad of the bridge, only one spoke. -the roar of artillery, the wind b yells, and oaths and bubbling Andythen the eagles camp l.k-A..~L 1 m... ”out no gum IOl' cruel- “‘Wuwa n, is well remembered in guarente as recalled by a. brief state- invasion on papers a few days ago recourse be same charge of a. rich U der I.“ ; Sunnyside, Chester. The : aggressm was held at Chester on I correspondent went down ml Office : developments were much Lobeng :n then those in the Mom I defendants are wealth l . . . . ;er, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Jlmsliwm e is of French descent. e. mud-m: ya, aged three years and seem. t? 1" spectively. Three months gigefig’gg; FOR crummy, mum” on 1 failed through lack of away then , . Chartered rere again arrested this . has been 0 .scout. gray-haired man Matabelem tary beard. The wife is e. Both Were elegantly Ti A witness testified that re kicked, cuffed and Had Ph ; that the younger was selves Wltl ,or oil every day and the puny alone :ry other day ; that the heve been] ed to a. chair and placed With the 1‘ mailing sun eight hours for the Cha, en into the house and have news. :hair till bedtime, then land and 1 ;s feet tied, flat on its "191155 Eng wn pinned over it to the W1“. be 05.1 sides; that the father lend police. zgez child with a. belt and not'he kle; that the mother to £905 the 13h over its head by garrison for phat she washed both 00101153 and ;hem in a. bathtub and l the Charter ah buckets of water ; l can whip Lo up the younger by an I from the hon w it ten feet out of the ending on the bridge A LC deeply ; that the child her and touched her - isnizorl it I“, «I..- ..-..lA “’ondcrr: vs me cognac out; of a. silver which seemed to have been -AJ ""' wmwwerea m Paw-saluuccd 5.0 protect {us possessions. from :alled by a brief state- Invasmn or mternal dlstorbances w1thout Lpers a few days ago recourse to the . Imperlal .Governmeqt. .me charge of a. rich U del‘ {(25 charter It has yhe mght to resxst‘ nyside, Chester. The ‘ aggressmn, out may not 1tself held at Chester on ewe steps thhout_the eonsent of.the Colon- :pondent went down zlopments were much am those in the Mon- I nanni-u on... â€"-â€"- A 1A ‘ ‘ quite rigidly respected ,sthe property and other rights of ‘ th ' ‘ ‘ ’ uea madly on both of us. are was more shouting mighty hand clasps be- ..- LIA _., ‘ ‘ advancipg _to the . - w .v -uv uuuauuul lilI‘m' ers collect sap from the maple tree. No ; instead of boring small holes in the trunk, the palm is cut down and beheaded of its I crown of beautiful leaves, and then the sap 1 begins to flow from the upper end and keeps ion flowing for months. Every morning a. ! thin slice is cut off to prevent the wood from hardening and forming a. crust through ‘ l which the sap could not flow. l upward. A good trele Wiilyglci neai'ly a. hundred gallons of sap. A queer thing is the fact, that the sap will not run if the tree lies wit-h its head downward. It will only run nnwa r8 -‘.â€"-vu~~ AAWVUI. On one estate the numbers that once it count; them. After cc dred thousand, more uncounted, sq the task .--. ' These sugar palms produce great quafn ti- ties of sweet sap, which, when boned down, makes both molasses and sugar of a. peculiar, but delicious flavor. This palm is non slim, and most kinds we see in tropical is about 50 feet tall, with a. very enlarging in diameter from t] to about half its height, and I again to the top, where its spgead out. wonderful tree, the palm, whose .variebies 1' also give us dates and cocoa, and cocoanuts [f and fans. .~ _ .,-_- Pups. u, auu. Ubllel‘ rights of y “ the white residents, but he claims absolute _ jurisdiction and power over the Mashonas, ' a mild-mannered tribe of negroes, who '1' seem to be indigenous natives of the Char- s tered Company’s lands. He has made fre- quent incursions into its possessions, killing without mercy these natives and carrying f away their women and cattle. This the Chartered Company has resisted and t' has been one slight afi'ray in ’which the Matabelese were driven off with the loss of some thirty warriors; TREAD ON BRITAIN’S TOES. l l pany alone its have been left to themselves to» fight it out with the Matabele chief. But fortunately for the Chartered Company the Matabelese have now attacked the police of Bechuanaâ€" in to support the Bechuana- land police. In that event Great Britain, and not the Chartered Company, will have to foot the hill. There is only a small ‘ garrison force of British soldiers in Cape l Colony, and unless the Bechuanaland and l 1 the Chartered Company’s police together ‘ can whip Lobenguela there must be a. draft a from the home army. storm Wonderful Spcclcs of Palm Sweet Sap. Knew From EXperience. Premier of C).pe Col ony, secured the com cession from Lobeuguela. of a considerable part of his territory the Tmnnnhl n _ ,, and got: charters from .Llle swuanon is peculiar, and in View of the bloody result a. brief statement cover- ing it will be of interest to Am erican read- ers. PARTITION OF AFRICA. When the arbitrary and wholesale par- tition of Africa. was agreed upon between Germany, England, Portugal, Belgium and France, the great tract ruled over by Lobenguela was assigned to England. His capital, Buluwayo, is 1,200 or more miles i north of ere flown. The situation is the bloody result ing it will be of in ere. The British High Commissioner Will be a Bloody one. A cable letter says : T 1 despatches from Sir Henry Loch, the _ British High Commissioner for South Af- 1 ties, are unanimously accepted by the Englsh ‘ press as presaging another war with the Zulus, and the fear is freely expressed that it may be as bloody and as costly as that other war in which the French Prince Im- perial was one of the victims. Lobengu-l ela, the king of the Matabele Zulus, how- ever, is not believed to be anything like such a. war chief as old Cetewayo, while the Zulus of the Zambesi country are neitl ,r so powerful in physique nor indomitable in courage as their fellow-tribesmen along Fears it his morning's Nevertheless, this is all conjecture, for there has never been a serious encounter between Lobengueia and the ‘ Lobenguela. has a. 30,000 men. T ‘these troops are well armed , excellent shots and well mo unted. 0n the other hand, Lobenguela. certainly has 1,000 Martini rifles because that amount of arms was furnished him by Mr. Cecil Rhodesa. 5 part out of the purchase price of the artered Company’s. present possessions. A LOFTY SUGAR TREE. ‘ooenguela. certainly has 1,000 rifles because that; amount of slim, and ngaceful like ZULU WAR AGAIN. -...v-.\ ll. uun, fromfli‘lhe ground up ,, and then tapering nnA :Aâ€" ‘ Dy and. other rights of but he claims absolute ‘er over the Mashonas, he of negroes, who bout; as large as Ger- a population of some t and Cape Colony 18 L. .-~ ___ s A' long leaves That Gives “ Thomas,” said the old gentleman, “ came up here for something and now I can’t remember what it was. ” “ Wasn’t it to go to bed, 811* '3" “ Of course,” said the old gentfleman; “so . V I) It was. lhank you, Thomas. He rushed upstairs and threw door. ~__.._........ u .auu 5U AB- And then Thomas would suggest, “Your purse, sir? or spectacles ‘3 or cheque-book ‘2” and so on, until the old gentleman would say at last : “ Of course, that‘s it. Thank you, Thomas. ” a» One night the old gentleman had gone to his room and all were in bed when Thomas was startled by hearing his master’s bed room bell. f” An 01d gentleman who was very absent. minded, often had toring forhisservant and say : “ Thomas I am looking for something, and now I can’t. remember what it is.” ___- -..u-u V'lll Have to face a harEssing “guerilla. warfare and W111 have to take the field again in the sprintr. The British llastening Preparations t1. 5 Take the Field Against Lo Bengnla. A despatch from London says :â€"The Marquis of Ripon, Secretary of State for the Colonies, consulted several South Afric- an experts yesterday in relation to the Matabele troubles. The celebrated Col. ,. Carrington of Carrington’s Horse, who has {held many commands in South Africa since 1877, has offered to take cammand of the iMashona expedition. The Marquis of Ripon has sent a telegram to Sir Henry Loch, the Governor and Commander-in- Chlef of Cape Colony and High Commission- er for South Africa, giving him discretion- ary power in the matter. Col. Carrington’s offer will probably be accepted. The War Ofiice is preparing to send a regiment to ‘ Cape Colony to replace the regiment sent up into the country. Theadore Bent, in an interview yesterday expressed the opinion that L0 Bengula would be defeated. “But, ” he added, “the Government must act with energy. If the Matabele are not subdued before the rainy season the British will have a- 5‘..- - L-w ' J ,_ -- _... u.“ m uuc WONG. J Each strip of paper has to be strictly ac- counted for, the Whole process being under effective supervision. The bank can boast of possessing the wealthiest room in the ed is not less than £80,003,000 sterling. Not the least interesting feature in connec. tion with the bank is the fact that the whole system from beginning to end is under constant police espionage, in addition to. military protection, and the electric ar- rangements are so complete that communi- cation with all parts of the building can be affected at a moment’s notice. l I to .. -mvméumwu mature or a. bank of England note. The paper is manufactured at the bank’s owu mill, and the production of it is entrusted entirely to the members of one family. The ink used in printing the notes is made from the charred stem of the Rheniah vine, which is believed to produce the richest b 3.01: of any ink in the world. h“ ‘1. -44, P , ,__-_-‘ u - is an interesting process. The notes are struck off two at a. time on hand-made pa- per,which,upon being cut,gives three rough edges and one smooth edge to each piece of paperâ€"a. distinguished feature of a. bank of "1!, ‘ .lannlonri “'4‘" WAR WITH THE MATABELE. MACHINES fen WEIGIIING sovereigns and half sovereigns. Each ma- chine consists of a complicated system of length, and made of brass. is set at- an angle of forty-five degrees, and is filled with a long roll of sovereigns. These turn as they slip down on the circular movable plate, slightly larger than a. soverigu. If the coin is of the right weight it slips down a metal tube into 3 till below. Should, however, it prove to be lighter than the standard the Thinki 1152; for His Master- liarvclonsly Dc Heats Instruments for Weighing Col nâ€"Prlntlnu or (Inert-chef. One of the first objects of inn entering the Rank of England b the bullion office, where silver that enters or leaves the bank passes through to be checked. Un the riwhtis the gold ;on'the left the silver. The promi- ncnt feature of the room is the “ grand balance,” or scales, constructed by the Messrs. Napier. This marvelous instru- ment is a ponderous and peculiary built weighing machine. standing nearly seven feet high and weighing‘ about two tons. The whole is under a huge glass case, ac- cess being gained thereto by a sliding panel The scale is worked by hydraulic power, and is the most sensitive weighing machine in existence. On each side the scales are fitted with weights amounting to 400 ounces. The gold is made up in 400 ounce bars, and the difference of one-thousandth part of an ounce can be detected. By a manipulation of the machine, so tiny a thing as a postage stamp can be weighed, for on the same being placed upon the scale the index will jump a distanw of no less than six inches. It is the only balance of its kind in the world, and cost about $10,000. The silver scale is not so finely balanced, and the two are respectively christened “ The Lord Chief Justice” and the “ Lord High Chancellor.” In another room are several ' (’1 rest upon uilding is all the gold and THE EXISTING PAPER. CUR “~â€" W SIGHTS IN THE BANK OF BNGLfiND. :of any ink in the rworld: per has to be strictly ac- wyhole process .being 1_mder A_ nu ! '1:I}e bank ca; BBQ; open the IRENCY Another intef. in the vaults circulation of expenc Is it original and their ‘1an tons. 0900, also ,fl