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1131's a will be Ship’s 't to 83-0 don. Mr. B company Th I6 121111113 over. one { free everything IShip‘s washing to miles from Balti- thus duty to go at ithe great wreck. a few valises, or- pd drove to Balti- ‘ity about two in artered a special to carry him to 'd there at eight nine was on the amer: which was pier and headed tbs- Between -, 1899, she car- d sick soldiers Eco to the Unit- ven died during were buried at 8 saved. 1: having made of the Missouri hasfl her last on her way to the ill and in' kLECTRICI'rY. 13311., by clean- ntry, by rub. lfelotb. could be : would at once .1. 11):de no; be but into strips me United States ; Baker lent the rd States govern- ne conditions on is been lent to was operated by and crew at an 'of dollars every :teel steamer, 316 ide, and L914). feet he registered 21,780 'as buiit. in \Vest. ., in 1887. She has tines and six bulk- Lerick Stone is her --__,uu,. me ships ericans, but are sail- sh flag, because they 1 and operated. more .der the Stars and (1 business office of t. Baltimore. Short- declared; Mr. Baker g cablegram to the in Lon-Jon:â€" of Lhe first citi- » an<i{ social life of 3 described. as not. :ier, but a "hust- 10 news of the less many 3 govenfgment m-crs Mame, Mary- .a as hospital ship Dance of the war, Isoiuiely free, with. ,Ke any alterations a man he English Chan- telephone at mid- hom‘a in Catons- at London, and the Sites tell how the i London are rais- Ua_rs to fit out the hat he offered the {ppreci ation of the is ships \\ bile un- .OVVS. g and aquar- mama then be of a pair 3‘ :le. the $100, MOHEGAN ésuch 9n“ acc a. ton ems offer, not MONTH mon (.th d an to H). te ms. 111 VZCC ‘ DISREG ARDS DI W god 50f t: 2t: 'l drum major there is hard- La:_=:‘~: imposing sight of the kind 1 La: which a piper of the Scots - (:5 presents. “Silver buckles are is saws," like pretty “Johnny = 1.0Ll there are silver “fixings” ‘ > a. an baldric, plaid, dirk, 3“ 0rd 1.» : innet with its eagle feather ; gixe drapery on his pipes is of :«iik. with gold insignia. The i:;_~ tn the pipes and the -.kilt are -..'-. the tartan o£-'the regiment, . 1:... :unic is of scarlet. uM-L Uk‘ LUNDUN‘S SIGHTS. s 1' ;. x tie-tor in London has the Roy- sulbx‘ ma. {LlS poz- nted out to him as c: 1;»; l tgular s ghts of the Britishl ~ l ne men of their inchesl 1mg. pl tked for their physique: 15:.15 pittu'esque they 1003.“ 'lthl 1‘ zin: itti heime s, cuirasses andi '. 1.x Iheix popular name is “The s Iljirii‘ uniform bemg blue, with ' {Liiiilgi and red plumes. They . .:;-. guise pi petlayed gauntlets; - i- if: 1' polslied black Boots, with ' ‘ mheir breeches also are l‘neir helmets and cuirasses Ac '2 urnished silver. But all this .~ 5 g-ut aside. when they take the 'ilid they fight in khaki as do .7 ”as? Lu; srili rich, is the uni- ' ' :in officer of the Royal Horse g -::~'. I: is of blue, with scarlet ~? r» He wears a bushy bag with ‘- 4- r ’ , lune. H3 blue saddlecloth is 7;:. ‘ “fill gold braid and heavily em- vaIh [11% royal monogram, the “am. of his regiment, and its {1 ,. which is “ Everywhere.” So, too, ;. s migreLac-he. The privates wear a 5 {rather}- plume and lack the gold‘ n.; of the officer, so that their ap- '1‘ T“. nee is more somber, but still mar- «.‘ with the scarlet: bags on their ‘ji’éear and the scarlet facings on 61? backgmund of. dark blue. 31==gnificent Indians, officered for e 11:05: part by Englishmen, compose e. Ninzh Bengal Lancers. The offi- TS Weir white helmets of pith, stif- {l '1 by wire. 2.: some ten years ago. Lord 3:. advocating a differentia. ween the uniforms of peace ,said:-â€"“\Ve must make the ‘ clothing acceptable to the* o hive to wear it, and, strange :hey like very tightly fitting .1 trousers, to swagger about :heir sweethearts.” And then‘ i oi their joy in; the shelterless,. ous forage caps stuck on the :neir heads.” -. it recruit has been gained for sh forces by their gay cloth- ; although the more elaborate ; c involves a corresponding” of preening, the smartness of en‘s appearance is proverbal. rs anu not so very long: ago, as 1;: know who have seen Lady 5 wondrous war pietures, when1 soldiers fought under the . of tight tunics and. various Lentil, such as no moderncom- : would for a moment tolerate. it instance her famous painting 1‘ wenty-eighth at Quatre Bras” :npare the garb of the Glouce51 .en there in the Crimea with the .‘ “w. British army is dependent .rv en nlis tment, many of its j"‘~ers have said that, it must 3:; finery which the private 3:: own gorgeousness and {"2“ the attraction it has r goes zx-courting. And 80, al- retent years have worked a reform in the fighting clothes :i'ish soldier, uniforms ofi the chsque type are still preserved 0:83 of duty and pageantry, at h which they were captured re- by the Boers in the regiment’s gm of aczive service. .;hu;ng the gay home uniforms : Lhe drum majors are proverbi- most gorgeous. \Vith one of . 5 military bands in the world gels, the drum major of the an Guards is especially re- His regiment’s record in- :5. ' k3; " rut Oudennrde, Malpla- t_;_;z.gen, Lincelles, Talavera, .. the Peninsula, Waterloo, lakerman, Sevastopol, Egypt, -c;-Kebir and Suakim. ’85. as on in heavy gold letters on his snow. His tunic and trousers scarlet, the facings blue, and $1.; of gold. The red: plume :9. their gigantic bear skins is .1( Lul mark of distinction be- iuée uniforms and those of the '1; Luis, who have no plume. "l’he Armies of Toâ€"Day,” Lord "-v’mj' says:â€"â€"“ We have lately dime :‘uing to improve our style 0“- Or‘s dress. for no men tied up 33 are. in tightly fitting tunics. (Ean satisfactory day’s work dunng gzches from South Africa: 1;;1’. the Boers miss the red. :hey had found useful as imagined inseparable from .rmy. They did not know :1; by her many “little And had learned to clothe s in keeping with the : have to bear and the re called upon. to do. While of peace is preserved for kins" at home, because, he 1': tiispl'ly, despite its dis- ;- men in the field,- are ra- e=sed in loose and easy 803'. “ : 1'35““. EES' ULUTHES. SCOMFORT. This position of extraordinary Zulus under Ce‘tewayo. The Tugela not yet been called into used in the place on this river, Colenso, where war. We dress our sailors for the’ work they have to do, but we still cling to a theatrical style of garment; for the soldier. . . Is there any one: outside a lunatic asylum, who would, go on a walking tour, or shoot in the? backwoods or the prairies, trussed and? dressed as ,the British soldier is? This applies to all ranks for I confess toi a feeling that the dressed-mp monkey on a barrel organ bears a strong reâ€" semblance to the British general in his meaningless cocked hat and fea- thers of the last century, and in his very expensive coat, besmeared both before and behind with gold lace.” THE GERMAN SERVANTS ORDEAL The young person who fills so im- portant a place m our domestic ap- rangements as housemaid, parlormaid, or “ general” often enough takes a. pride in her appearance, which, though: entirely natural is sometimes irritat-ir ing to the less reasonable type of mis-g tress. VVhat would she think if it were necessary for her, as it apparently is in Germany. before taking a place as domestic servant, to provide herself with a special passbook, in which full description of 'her appearance must be entered? This description of the German maid servant is entered by the police5 of her native district, and is sometimes i dictated more by candor than chivalry. The color of the eyes and. hair, and the lshape of the nose, are all duly chronâ€" icled, and if the constable is of opin- ion that any of these features are ugly” he has no hesitation in say- [ing so. What possibilities sucha system lsuggests! Imagine the young person about to start a career as cook pre- senting herself before the local con- stable to await his verdict on her nose and lips ! The main body of the Post Office Corps, attached to the 24th" Middlesex Rifle Volunteers, have left London for the Cape. The corps is com-posed"mainâ€" men Their duty, as the names of the corps implies, is to keep open postal communication with the various places occupied by British. forces. It has been found that an apparatus for killing animals with chloroform in England would not work in India, be- cause the high temperature prevented the. concentration of the chlorofrom vapor. That this was the cause was proved by the fact that by placing ice in the box the animals were readily ki llewd . CHLOROFORM \YON’T \VORK. A REMARKABLE BRITISH FORT ON THE TUGELA RIVER, EAST OF CAPTURED COLENSO. iJDTTINGS ABOUT THE WAR strength is a relic of the time that the British were fighting the River was the boundary line between Natal and Zululand. The fort has present war, for the Boars have directed their attention to but one the railway crosses the stream.” ITEMS THAT WILL BE READ WITH MUCH INTEREST. Incidents In Connection With the Troops} From Britainâ€"The Last English Per-'5 sons to See kmger. 1 The cost of living in Cape Town has risen 25 per cent. during the last fort- night. 'All the soldiers who went out by the .Kinfauns Castle were inoculated against typhoid on the voyage. Some two hundred horses belonging to the Liverpool Corporation Tram- way stud have been requisitioned for service by the \Var Office. I One of the new Colt automatic F guns, capable of firing a minimum of j 400 shors a minute, is due to arrive at lDurban early this month. The Orange Free State has comman- deered two resident English doctors, Messrs. Bidwell and Ra-msbotham, to assist their Ambulance Corps. The ColdSEreaam Guards rejoice in the possession of four brothers with the appropriate name of Battle. All four left with that regiment for the front. \Vhen the Durham Light Infantry left Aidershot, Lady Audrey Buller distributed paper and reading matter in every compartment of the train. The fievonien Club has telegraphed to the commanding officer of the lst Devonshére: “Every man, woman, and ch11d of Devon is proud of you all. The 2nd are coming.” The Home Gavernment is hearing the whole of the c03t of the armed assist- ance which Rhodesia is rendering in the war, none of the expense falling on the Chartered Company. The expression “plugged shell,” which was contained in so many of the telegrams reporting the battle at Glencoe, is applied to shells which are not filled with any explosive. Considerably over 6'30 women and children refugees from the Transvaal are in receipt of reliefl from- the local Women’s Fund at Cape Town, and re- fugees are Still pouring into the town. Messrs. N.M. Rmhschild Sons pre- sented one thousand pipes, one thou- sand pouches’and one thousand pounds of tobacco to the 15L Scots Guards, who left for South Africa on Satur- day. 'i‘he joiners at Chatham dockyard have been warned that they will be re- quired to work all night on transports which are being sent thitherfrom'l‘il- bury to be fitted up for immediate ser- vice. Captain Penfold, who is one of the managers of the De Boers mines, states that on the outbreak of the. war. there would probably have been 1n Kupber- ley 6,000 cattle and 200 tons of tmned rations. The battle of Dundee began at day- break and lasted until midday. In the afternoon the London papers, 7,000 miles from the scene of the battle, were selling in the streets with a de- scrxption of the fight. There was no particular reason why Mr. Rhodes should have gone to Kim- berley. In a letter written to airiend just before he started, however, be ex- plained that he “had obeyed a resist- less impulse.” Mr. Leslie, clerk to the Newcastle bench of magistrates, who elected to stay in the town when. the Boers en- tered, has been arrested by them on the charge of having given informa- tion to the British. Up to the present some £200,000 worth of Transvaal gold has been im- pounded by the British authorities at Cape Town and Durban. About £300,- 000 worth more is now on the sea, and will be seized on arrival. When news of the victory at Elandslaagte reached Cape Town on Sunday the people were at church. They at once trooped out of church, and the special editions of the evening papers were all quickly bought up. The last British visitor of President Kruger and President Steyn were Mr. Evelyn Cecil, M.P., and the Hon. Mrs. Evelyn Cecil, who have now arrived at Durban. They had interviews with the two Presidents on the eve of the de- claration of war. The King's Royal Rifles, who fought so splendidly at Dundee, have had pre- vious experience of South Africa. As the old 63th they left some of their best and bravest in that corner of the country where they have again distin- guished themselves. A circular has been issued from Pre- toria headed “Burghers, take care,” warning the Boers in the field against the use of Mauser cartridges marked “N. F.” or “D.M.Y.A." which ‘muSt be kept apart as, when used, they cause the guns to burst.” ‘ E Mr. Arthur Fithatrick, a volunteer {of the New South \Vales Field Artil- : lery, now in England, has been appoint- ‘ed a special service officer by the .‘War Oifice. In recognition of the fact ibis Government have cabled him pro- ‘motion to the rank of captain. Two ladies who visited the Boer icarmp at \Yinsorton Station to inter; cede for their captured husbands were fcourteousiy received, and their re- ~quest for their husbands’ release ,granted. They reported on their ar- rival a't Kimberley that they had been well treated. A train carrying 20003 sacks of flour, weighing 230 pounds each, which had been consigned by a colonial firm to the Transvaal, has been stopped by the auLhorities at De Aar Junction. The flour seized would have been enough to keep the whole Boer army for three months. *XVhile the transport Malta, with the Coldstream Guards on board, was de- tained in the Solent by fog, the de- stroyer ann went out to her, and greatly gratified the troops on board by supplying them with newspapers conatining the accounts of the battles at Glencoe and Elandslaagte. .As showing the keenness of spirit existing at Mafeking it is stated that two ladies, the wife and daughter of a railway employe, have absolutely re- fused to go into the women’s laager, and as b0th are good shots, and have their own Lee-Metfords they are capa- ble of taking care of themselves. - A troop of volunteers is being raised in London for service in the Transvaal. The corps will be self-supporting and not cost the Government anything. The minimum subscription for mem- bers is £150. The offices of the com- mittee, who are making the arrange- ments are 231 Shaftesbury avenue. WNWNW - «w. A sudden stir among the maiden leaves, And little murmurs from the widow- ed grass, The hurried trumpet call of windsâ€"the 0f qu‘s great drums across the echo. mg hills, And uniformed in gray, with glitter- ing spears, The Regiment of Raindrpps marches back, And all the world gmws beautiful MY WINDOW GARDEN. At the rear of the entrance hall of my home is a small bay-window about four feet wide and eight feet long, writes Elizabeth Flint \Vade. The win- dow as an addition to the house, and the opening into it, is not, as is usu- ally the case, the length of the win- dow. It’is three and one-half feet in width, just: that of the original window of which this is an expansion, so the bay-window is in reality a tiny room a by itself. I use it in winter for a mini- lature conservatory, and stock it with lplants which best bear the uncertain temperature of a house. Last winter instead of filling it with blossoming plants, I devoted it almost entirely to “ green things growing.” Foliage plants, begonias and ferns formed the Staple. products, while every available iblt Of Space suitable for such plants hepaticas, blood-root, bed-straw, wild ' . geraniums and J ack-inâ€"the-pulpit bulbs. . These I potted and put them in the cellar for three or four weeks before . attempting the process of acclimatiz- ing them to a heated house. In a week or two after they were brought up and placed in the window they began to grow, and at Christmas time I hadtwo pots of hepaticas in bloom. The blos- soms were very large and of a deeper lavender tint than when they bloom out-ofâ€"doors. The blood-root did not re: pond so quickly. It grew very slow- 1 \ ‘ly and did not bloom until February. The bed-straw began to grow almost at once and crept here and there ami- ong the plants, attaching its sprays to whatever specimen took its fancy. Perhaps the prettiest of these wood plants was the wild geranium, or Herb Robert. In this plant the‘leaves all start from a common center and E form a rounded mass, the delicately cut 'd foliage being of the most tender and bewitching green. These plants were grown in low pots, and served in turn Lt all through the winter as floral center .1; pieces for the dining table. The Jack- h. in the pulpit proved a fascinating ad- h dition to my collection. The “Little ’ Minister ” took -very kindly to his new lg pastorate and in December sent up great, thrifty leaves and later appear- 1t ed in full canonicals. It. was specially IPIUU’ 0 cu 1U .Lux; vuuvu ...... __ .. .‘ _ of interesting to watch the habits growth of these wild plants. One so seldom sees them except in full matur- ity that it was a new experience to watch them from the beginning of their growth up to their full perfec- tion. Of vines Ihad Asparagus plumosus and Asparagus sprengeri, both of which plants demand the attention of the amateur. The latter plant grew with the most astonishing rapidity. some of the sprays reaching a length of over three yards. The fine foliage of this plant gives it a sort of misty Lappearance and when placed on a high lbracket, it looks from a distance like a little green fountain, sending up jets of water which falls around it in col- ored spray. A passion vine made 1 beautiful screen across the top of the entrance of this little nook, and hung from the center of the ceiling was a basket from which depended yards and yards of the common \Vandering Jew, - of the most vivid green. 'ILis window is heated from aregis- ter eight feet away across the hall,.and the temperature was seldom above 70, and oftener at 65. \Vhen the mercury out-ofâ€"doors dropped below the zero I sometimes put a small nil stoveâ€"the tiny kind used for heating a basin of waterâ€"at the entrance anf let it re- main for 'an hour or two. I took care not to overâ€"water the plants, but the soil was never allowed to become en- tirely dry. Florists often advise ama- teurs to let the earth in the pots get dry and then give it a thorough soak- ing. I have tried this method and have found that to treat plants in this way and have them grow successfully, they must be cultivated in the moist , atmosphere of a green-house. It will ' never do for the dry, over-heated tem- perature of our living houses. The only fertilizer which I used was a ' small quantity of J adoo liquid, perhaps half a dozen times during the winter. I had one or two plants each of geran- iums, petunias, freesias, Johnsonii lily, etc., which blossomed during the sea‘ son, but it was the luxurious growth of the foliage of. the plants which did not bloom that gave me most delight, and I would advise anyone who loves Floriculture. “u“ - - plants 55:1}th does not have success with blossoming plants to try those which promise nothing but leaves. again. Double-flowered cherries are among our handsomest flowering shrubs or small trees, the weeping forms being particularly graceful. A new variety which received a first-class certificate from the Royal Horticultural society at London exhibition last May is named James «H. Veitch; the flowers are unusually large, very double, and bright pink in color; the plants bloom while they are very small, so that this shrub is likely to be grown in pots by florists. ABOUT THE DROUGHT. DOUBLE-FLOWERED CHERRIES. Ella Wheeler Wilcox.