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LUE OF THE “TWIST.” ban-915i: of the uninitiated, it Pinned that. this twist not es the bullet to cut its way 0 its biLlet, but also give! longer and more accurate 8 grooves thus out are sev- ber, but the process b] are produced is too techni- un-professional reader. fishing and “browning."(uh‘ rder that no -te11â€"tale 81“}: est 0! count By a most Ingenious of the lath the entire butt homer and MW”... ring ceil. Here it is repeat- red, with the aid of charged pea heavier than it. will actu- aired to cart; in battle, I is again repeated; after thc rifting. . , . cess of titling a barre! n which are cut the spud which run inside the hon . h to muzzle, and {in do- I the purpose of. causmg thfl L to rapidly rotate, 31mm its flight. . dose-fitting gauge is the at the top of the bore, who rre _is mathematically; correc 311111 on the part of the work The boring is conducted »i a pair of drills, worki Lher end and meeting in They are kept. cool by mea run of soap and. water, whi 1 into the barrel by! hydra rred it is polished ready t: he rLfiing. The accuracy: ex-l E the driller and polisher Md appreciated from a (168an i. will finally elongation h IL VIA; vvv-o "v 3 extracting the épent all“ Intains the “striker,” 5! cartridge is exgbded MOOt be barrel, should drop easily the same, from top to hot- noun wedging. . the barrel goes to the “nth .inclosed in_a strongly pro- z MERC‘Y’S SAKE- name is Mere!“ Sh H; Li) mauucmuucauy} CUIICC 2 should not only be support‘ “air within the bore, but, up-i moval of the. seal from thm mpued a with an i causes 1: :13 me .‘d ‘08! the past ion] Martini-Hen Be“Metford V '3 Practicauy Feet employed to check In" on 611.21 Eds MAGA’Z'IKE, “ecu“ British that M; Least doubled. ( ~ ! Ice 01.3.:c: 01' these plans. involving;i a: nu) uo, an immense ouLiay, is to 33:1". Lne grain-carrying trade which nos. gee: by Lhe Buffalo and Erie Canal m: LU New York inio Canadian }:'...m.c;a. This has been rendered pm.- sm a) Lhc deepening of the 5L. Law. Din-Jr L‘Afl‘ulb LU a uniiorm 6691.11 of {mu-cu £eeL. Hitherto the incl, thuL mm; m nuge uruuguz could nUL puss hug me pom". o1; Lrans‘uipment. on us upper Lanes su‘uigm Lnrougb LU Mvudcu. nu: gmuuy nunuicappeu Lne Luna-gm Lou-.e. 'Lne cmnpxeuon 01 km; on we DL. Lawrence canals has IMvVCL‘. 1m; urawbucx, uni now 1;. 1; pose-mic Lor grain-carriers on uz'uuéu. equal Lu Lhoee which are seen on Lne \\e11und Canal Lo reacn in: scar..w1‘d Lnrough Cunudlan wuLer- by). BuL Lne Luck of a sul- nucu; “an oL wane: in the canals hum gne bug one u‘om winch Lne anuuxun route has Buttered. Tne want. 918v:\‘uLUL‘3 an we pom: where gram LSLruUehipptd noun Lne upper Lakes m use u. )iunLreal has been severely tun. .\U\‘.' um; wunL is L0 be made good an; unuez‘ .‘ne proposed scheme eleva- ~azs u: Lile urges; cupucxty are L0 be efficieu u. Monareul, Quebec and Port. L~"«'-~Ul'z1e. inc 1-435. mentioned place 13 FNDN to pm); at mUSL ImportanL part 3.4:: puma, unu WLLL been the same :mupn fee we Canadian grain route f-‘gh bunuzo uuea‘ L0 Lhe routes vxa Lhe T HE FALL OF 1901 Me outside date for the completion alhr \‘caeels. it is hoped, however. want: we or three ready for opera- ons next summer. it is not consid- uea that even a dozen steamers will “g suiiice to meet the immense trade which it is hoped to divert to anmiau waterways, and the view of ,tcb'cntiemen who have engaged in iflchLCL‘pL‘ioe is that at the expiration Oil'nit'c or four years their fleet will bed; LOI‘ w“ “’9 for west! .‘f’it‘iicul evia :13 asso-iazi mi. ““91 Pris" “fume“. w; fibril? of Li R Sm. at 111': going. wnere grain: destined 1 or MUDLIt‘;Li or Quebec wiil be trans- _e;rm t‘rom we huge Vessels navigatf 'tné .23 upper lakes to the canm img'utcrs. Port Coluorne has aharbor "81. :xgap'texl by nature 101‘ the an- (flung: at large vessels, but. in order 10mm: it still more accessible and se- i'éu: 1hr Government have determined FWD Lhe conSLruction of a large Ewmvmer. piers and Other works. f: erecuon oi the big elevator con- #1211911th 1.2:; the syndicate referred to *5 rumpicte Lhe iacJLies needed. Ll‘nt hating member oi the syndicate $141”; Connors, proprietor oi 'lhe 53mm) Courier. Inez. gentleman is $58813 interea‘ted in the grain-handh filrag‘e at Buffalo, but, in common 5 O @1333 WILL BE SPEET Kl. U} 574/0300 "‘f tuners m .n-g same business, has filmed Considers-ole loss and had his frat: sorely tried by vexations oca firmws, such as Lhe same 03 gram-' fliers, which paralyzed the move-: f?“ “of grain at Buffalo ioraconsiderâ€"; ’8 time last summer. Mr. Connors! 2“ 39318 to the conclusion that ghe? fawn is the cheapest carryxngi 55538 {or western grain, and has gzven. .‘F’iCLicul evidence of his views by acâ€" “7-15 asso-ix' in; himself with the pre- f? mewsâ€"e. Many of the Buffalo! ' attra. While conceding the 311-1 55"“3 of the Canadian route, have €.“3ft‘i 1113.: it could onlybe trade pro- Vd“ blv' the vessels employed bring- Eng zersrn packages from the seaboarn. 1‘15 @1111 has not been overlooked 1n ifiéians of Mr. Connors and his Can- ‘14“ assouates, and such arrange- 3:353 am: being made as. will insure I: j“; flee‘ of gna3n-osrners an ample in“? ”1 Wmmodmes Intended 101' the in ‘3sz Large receiving and {Orward- a-iwarehous? at Toronto and pheap fre' 0“ of nawgation are Included 11: the ‘81“: r R ates from the east during tho _e m LDC P 34‘ 5011_ Do you tab for worse 3 'ief t? 01 as are being awarded for the Jwiou of a fleet of a dozen grain- 5, and these are to be ready by .l of 1901, so that! they may take x that season’s operations. Each w vessels will c03t from $150,000 woo, and in dimensions will be 43 feet. It is understood that mum shipbuilding Company of U has received the con- for building six of the new steamers. Of the def, some will be built by the wool shipbuilding Company, :1 the shipyards at Three Rivers e res". on the Clyde. A repre- vt: oi the syndicate left last ul' we Clyde to give the neces- Lfll‘lngiOllS to the contractors “4-77 awn and Canadian capitalists. {ox-Me for the construction of lib «lenitors at Montreal, Que- Pou Colborne, and the con- ; o; a fleet. of steel vessels to ,: grain from the upper lakes to Man seaboard, are now prac- melete, and in fact well under 3e eevators are to be 01} steel, 3 of them will have a capacity 0J- ‘;__,u\n:ls. Their construction a total outlay of $4,500,000, 1:9? DIVERTIKG GRAIN TO caxADIAN ROUTE. ( mun: L’U KI L 0L BORNE .nng $4.7£"0,1;00 and a Dozen to In‘ (‘onslrnctcd-I’OI1 C.“ :mrr lfiufl’alo. originated by a syndicate SUBLIME FAITH. This picture of oxen fording the Tugela shows that even though the bridge at Colenso should be des- troyed, the British troops can easily cross that stream to relieve Ladysmith. ' Passion, l’athos and Pans Over the Telc- graph “11123. If any one wanted to have another testimony as to what a brave yet cheerful soul Tommy Atkins is, such aseeker might fitly have taken up his stand near one or other of the tele- graph offices at Southampton, nearest to those points of departure whence the recent transports have sailed. says a London paper. In its humor and pathos the scene has been unparalleled for years; in- deed, it probably has no fellow, for Tommy, as a class, seems only just to have realized that the “last of the very last” of his messages of love, cheer- iulness and hope can be sent at the very moment before he steps on to the transport ; and he has been taking such an advantage of the discovery that it is declared that scarcely a man who has left is there who has n0t sent at least one message over the wiresâ€"even though he had to borrow: the money, to do it. with. The “good-bye” by Lelegrap‘n craze began with the very first extra troops who left; but. lately the spectacle has become one to be witnessed. by the philosophical observer; and on Satur- day 133:; Tommy pervaded the whole neighborhood of the telegraphic of- fice, someLimes framing a message with difficulty and then asking his comrades if it were all right; some- times borrowing another penny in or- der that he might just send one more wire; “Our Tor; would be so pleased, and show it about," sometimes askingâ€"'- both seriously and laughingly- “Ere. Bill, how can I send kisses by tele- El’aph 3" sometimes heaving many a sigh, and looking as thoughagood sob would do him good as he. has bitten at the pencil. that has indited his missive, for Toniny is often very young both in years and heart; sometimes reading his words loud and hilariously out;so that his comrades might see what a funny dog he was, and how cheerful at the prospect of a fight that might In and around the office the reader might have seen more Spoiled tele- graph forms than he ever saw before at one. time, and the persistent and allâ€"pervading relic-hunters who not- ed this fact saw a chance of having mementoes of an event likely to be- ,e£_.l bkn;r mp... at. uur- L-wv, uuuuuu ‘ allâ€"pervading relic-hunters who not- ed this fact saw a chance of having momentoes of an event likely 10 be- come historical, and stuffed their pocâ€" addressed to a “Mrs." at Manchester, and must] be from a boy to his mmher, in spite of the familiarity- of the "old gzrl. IL runs: “Cheer up, old girl; shall come back to match Dad in gas- sing about his battles.-â€"Arthur.” And anonher, from son to mother. judging by the addressâ€"says, “God bless you all. Shall bring youaBoer’s whiskers as chimney ornaments.” A youth, who seemingly hails from the 01d Kent road, after telling the lady to whom he addresses his message to “boss up,” goes on to say, "Look. out for a pres- ent of a gold mine from Johannesburg SOLDIER’S LAST MESSAGES. n'dmthe office the reader seen more spoiled tele- than he ever saw before and Lhe persistent and THE TUGELA A SHALLOW RIVER. his After Living In Poverty for Seventy Years 3: “'oman Gets a Fortune. This is a story of a woman: who, af- ter a long life of hard work and pov- erty, had no reason Lo echt any hap- piness in the few remaining years of her exisnence, but now, at the age of 70, after having been poor from child- hood, she suddenly finds herself L0 be one of the richest and luckiest women in the States, says a despatch from Bridgeport, Conn. She has fallen heir l0 six million dollars. She is the widow of the late George Hillson, who died several years ago. She is very modem in the pissession of her new- found fortune. "IL seems comfortable.” she says, difâ€" fidemly, “to feel in one’s declining years Lhzlt Lhere is no longer any need Lo worry for the future.” Mrs. Hilison, it see-ms, is one of the direct heirs of Elisha Croweii, an Eng- lishman, who, at his death, many years ago, left an amount equal to $30,000,- 003 in the Bank of Bristol. The in- terest which has accrued since that time has increased the original princi- pal enormously. It has been impos- sible thus far to ascertain the exact amount of the estate. There are about 150 heirs, but as Mrs. Hiilson is in the direct succession from the ori- ginal millionaire, her share is to be larger than that of many of the others. vvuv-n-v- ward Island. She was married early in life and has sewn children still alive. She is a motherly old woman, and, in spite. of the yo ars of constant selfâ€"denial and poverty, she maintains a slight vivaciousness that one would scarcely expeCt. The fact that she is now very rich has naturally cheered her to a considerable extent, but it has not created any appreciable rip- ple of excitement or induced her-to make the slightest change in the daily methods of her life. ‘ It would easily be possible for her to raise money im- mediately on the strength of the for- tune that is to come to her; she stead- [inut‘fib LU ILVC aluus Lu vuv we .7, v..- way on the top floor of a smut: plaini IF YOU CATCH FIR-E- house, wjth her daughter and her four; Don‘t run and scream if you catch grandchzldren. i fire. Scream if you want to, but don’t _â€"_.â€"â€"â€"-â€"-â€" - ‘ “a V ~. lrun. Sink on the floor and roll your- A MLRCILILDD JUDLIE- {self up in a hearthrug if there is one Horrible! Horrible! he exclaimed. ihandy. If there isn’t the flamescan What’s horrible? she asked. ;mobal;ly be crushed out against the Here‘s a story of a man with five f floor. It is fatai to move about, as the wives, he explnined, gleast current of air will increase the 1 should say it was horrible, she as- i fire. sened. ' ..___4)___ - And when he was arraigned in Court . all five were there, he went: on. .i HIS IMPRESSION- “And when dld we judge d0 to; W'hat key did the programme say bun? she asked. What composition was in? asked the Abandoned him to his fate. he aS-Iriend at a ('lussical concert. ily refuses, however, to do so, tut con- tinues to live along in the same old way on the top floor of a small, plain house, with her daughter and her four grandchildren. wâ€"v ‘XlSu-ndohâ€"eâ€"(i Him to his fate, he as- swered. He discharged him. 0h, isn’t it horrible? Young man, asked the proprietor of the store, who was making the rounds of the various departments, how can you afford to dress so elaborately and expensively on the salary we pay you? I can’t, gloomily answered the sales- man, I ought to have more salary. HEIR TO SIX MILLIONS. OBJ ECT LESSON. Boer bread, butter and tea, or cof- fee, furnish many a farmer’s meal. In 1877 England annexed the Trans- vaal and evacuated it in 1881. The Transvaal is probably the rich- est country in the world so far as mnnerals are concerned. The supreme court of the state of Michigan has decided that women cannot. hold elective offices. In 1848 England conquered and an- nexed the Orange Free State, and ev- acuated it six years later. Missouri chickens to the number or amount of 365,001) lbs. have been or- dered by the British \Var Department. A jury in Chicago has given a ver- dict of $31,000 against a trolley com~ pany to a boy who had: both legs cut off by a car which ran over him. The southern part of Africa is of volcanic origin, and the land in the neighborhood of Kimberley is so sul- phurous that even ants cannot exist in it. ' Fewer death are caused by mining accidents now than in 1855,. although at the present time there are two and one half times as many people employed underground. Literary attainments are not in high favor in the Transvaal; the only book of the Boer being! their beloved Bible. Letter writing is almost to- tally neglected. The forest fires devastated the Grampian hills of Scotland and burn- ed century old trees and ' the moor- lands of England durfug the unpre- cedented drought last summer. A domestic, newly engaged, present- ed to his master one morning a pair of boots, the leg of one of which was much longer than the other. I really don’t know, sir; and vs7hat bothers me more is that the pair down- stairs is in the same fix. How cofnes it, Josephâ€"John, that these boots are apt of the_ same length? “I don’t belinve it was any partic- ular key,” answered Mr. Conroy, “ It sounded to me like a launch of ’em. That carpenter says he hasn‘t had anv work for over two months. Guess he don’ t to work, then. Why, every time I take up a paper I see a whoie ls't of ”Boarders Wanted.” THE WRONG KIND, THOUGH. ODDS AND ENDS. A. MIX-UP. A HUGE MILITARY TASK THE PRESENT WAR IS ONE MAGNIFICENT DISTANCES. Only Once Before in the W'ofld's History Ens Such a Large Army Been Sent 80 Far. A war of magnificent distancesâ€"the phrase fits and epitomizes the present conflict in South Africa. Probably only once before in the world’s hiStory has such a large army been sent so far on a war or conquest involving a plunge of several hundred miles into a continent. That was the task of Great Britain in the Indian Mutiny, when she sent about 50,000 then around the Cape of Good Boy to save her empire in the East. The factor of distance is easily the most important one in Sir Redvers Buller’s campaign. Practically his entire force must be taken from Eng« land, six thousand miles away? by sea. an eighteen to twenty. day voyage for the average transport. Should be de- cide to land his military host, as is shrewdly guessed by home experts, 3‘ Port Elizabeth, Port Alfred and East London, or even part at Durban, it means from one and a half LO three days more Steaming to port. These are all seaports round the corner, as it were, from Cape Town, the politi- cal centre of South Africa. When the 50,000 or 60,000 men of Bul- ler’s corps are disembarked from the scores of streamshirps transportation difficulties of great moment confront them. Without the railway these could not be overcome, and even with the railway they constitute a huge military task. It can be assumed that the present. Natal campaign is only an incident. though a bloody one, of the war. The more serious and decisive combats will come when General Buller hurls his troops over the southern border of the Orange Free State on his way to Pre- toria. This is the well defined plan of the British commander, according to trustworthy reports, and is not likely to be modified greatly by even the trapping of Sir George White in Ladysmith. PORTS FAR APART. From each of the three Cape Col- ony ports, Port Elizabeth, Port A1- fred and East London, runs a line oi railway northwesterly toward the Free State frontier. By no line is the diSLance to the enemy’s country less than two hundred miles. Whether the troops be forwarded all or part of the way by train, weeks will be con- sumed in organizing them into coi‘ umns and gathering together all the horses, artillery, war material and food indispensables for such a host. As an army moves “on its belly,” in Na- poleon’s phrase, and the Boer repub- lics will have scanty resources for either man or beast, the. commissary problem is a vital one. 1‘ Finally equipped and ready. Gen- eral Buller enters the enemy’s coun- try. He is not likely to cross the 0r- an-ge River without a sharp encounter, perhaps a severe engagement, with the strenuous defenders of the Free State. All the bridges will have been destroyed, iords will be almost impass- able in the present swollen streams, and a pontoon bridge will be hard to maintain. But when once across, the main in- vading army will move cautiously for- ward toward Bloemfontein, the capi- tal, one hundred and ten miles auay. The solitary railway line will have been torn up and a slow march northward is the only choice. In his coming invasion of the Orange Free State Bullet must count on cop- ing with a foe much more nearly his equal in numbers, and fighting with the religious fervor that characterized CromweLl’s Roundheads and the des- peration that comes in defending one’s own land. \Veeks, rather than days, may measure his progress toward. the lesser Boer capital. TOO MUCH PRO"_ . Why do you think {)4 3e: iers ought £04331 2 -vâ€"wvâ€" W hen he enters Bi oemfontein he will be in the heart of A HOSTILE COUNTRY, nearly as large as England, sparsely settled, to be sure, but with many na- tural features that invite long guer- illa warfare. Every important point in his rear must be strongly garrison- ed lest his line of communication with the Cape Colony base be cut and the experiences of the Mafeking siege be repeated for many an isolated British fence. More than two hundred miles to the northeast, along the line of the only railway, muSt the British invader: then move before the frontier of the Transvaal is reached. Johannesburg, the commercial capital of the Repub. lie, is fifty miles away, and Pretoria, the political capital, is fifty miles be- yond that. Here a last desperate stand seem. likely to be made by the Boers. Bul- ler will be more than four hundred miles from Cape Colony territory. Th: nearest seaport, Durban, will be at equal dietance away, and the railway will have been made impassable by Boer destruction. Port "llizabeth and East London will be more than six hundred miles distant and Cape Town nine hundred. From Pretoria the hostile territory into which an alert enemy may escape to prolong the conflict stretches one hundred and sixty miles to the westward, two hun- dred and thirty miles to the east- ward and two hundred and fifty mile: to the northward. - / 0F