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rigade under Kitchener ensuing campaign will ilar command, is a cati ershire, the county of ‘Q ir Henry E. Cclville, w nd the brigade of Guar Mr. C. R. L‘olville, of L Derbyshire. General Hi illiard, or to give his f title Major-General He ton H'ildyard, is one of ' ildyards of the Shires and York. 0f other chi General Barton, comm Fusilier Brigade; Colo t, a cavalry ieader, 16, who conducted the Dundee, the probabilit also are Englishmen, W'alea is the native l \Varren, an officers seen much warfare 38!! They “as! Not ted Will: Severity. tunately large number ho have been captured rompts the question. H deal with its prisoners 'heir escape, but no gre. is to be exercised towar is necessary to effect t number of Generals of : Scotland contributes Hunter and Ireland Gem vho, appropriately enou >pointed to the IAN D 01" A BRIGADE Walker is the son of ther, General Sir Edw. Valker of anhey, inHe t0 “'0 t not ‘ ‘he “F3 '1‘ n victor, as a son 11g, slain regiment 1* OF WAR PRISONERI regiment, the King’s R , Glcncoe, was a son of} ham Gunning. of Harm: uptonshire, wh’le Colo: on, who fought so well arts, is probably a Scoi r Sir William P81 11 of Cornwall 0 wmle l Kin“... l'Mu-s 1'! here mainta E W m to devise | ¢ Jo UUU- â€" 7 3r afiugmcr light and low 3"“: is get: In the starlight ‘heils across the snow: ""31351he decorations were so “I“ and Eifective, that a descrip- : °f LHm any prove helpful to 0" “ho arc muzemplati mg a holiday Era “1180: In the centre of the g: “be \\ as a long flat mirror ted w. ‘5 H0? 5 and ferns. Over the ~-:. “C" “'35 scattered a number of t»: ‘ o: . tic 3" L-Hé‘ boats and vases, in the 1“ 6‘ SW3“: fILmi with: scarlet car- QHS‘ang xr .i1 n’s hair ferns. Sus- t~ee “931 123 1 undeliers were two 13:- ba.15 0t 3 Chrysanthemums. if {”33115 ‘aues tied With huge L.‘._°'~ libbou were used as flowers. . i ‘ niches were banked ferns and palms. 1‘ pretty dinner pariy,scar- 1H1 clusters of holly were 10 me four corners of the “we 1:111 ce crrds consisted of . h sprays of holly 3% ‘, aVfifiiiozis palms, ferns and holly [m‘ 141;; usel throughout the g: a 59% 7f}! the ho “15 1mg DECORATIONS. ! f :a: to devise in the way of neWi 0’8‘ Hal decorations for the 1105-; “35011. Is Lruly a perplexing ques-i 05L mCturesque of holi- msby a clever little _0 bus 50‘ 15 GOOD RECIPES. 1 uffs.-â€"Two eggs, one-half .zer, two tablespoonfuls sugar, ,milk. two cups flour, two ufuls mung powder, one cup mowed fine. Steam one-half *U Walls n9 n0; easily to solve in thisi ge. Florists and decorators: at deal of thought and at-I {his subject. delightful gathering last ;‘.‘ \Vkuw â€" U memories and greetin s, and with its paii? . V0 } to V C minor in the carol, adow in the Ugh}, big; of cypress twining ' a ho l§ u. reath to-mght: evergreen will transform . a :11 most commonpla 1nzo :1 veritable bower Of here is an. unsightly place {gmake a. huge screen of nzch will entirely cover it. ted here and there with 911; can be used on the Q in the windows. The be a symphony in scarlet ISTM AS BELLS. 5 merry Christmas 00338 again, 5 never broken A good thing to use for labeling can- ned fruit is the flaps of unsealed enve- lopes, letters and circuars. It takes no time to save them, they are always ready and as easily applied as stick- ing a postage stamp on a letter.â€"-â€"A recipe that will kill those little pests which are everything but fireproof, namely rose-bugs, is to mix two-thirds skimmilk with one-third kerosene and spray rose bushes, grape vines, etc; Be sure to mix thoroughly, as the oil it used clear will burn the leaves. This comes rather, late, but is a recipe worth saving for another year.â€"â€"â€"To set the color or dye in clothes, dip them in a pail of cold water to which 1 tablespoon turpentine, and 2 table- spoons salt have been added. It will not injure the fabric or the most deli- cate colors, â€"â€" WV...“ LVDU‘ V IL, 0 Many housekeepers prefer to banish their palms, ferns and exocics at this season of the year, and use only ever- green, holly, mistletoe, and other holi- day greens. It is a pretty idea to use quantities of running pine and fill old quaint. shaped bowls and jardinieres with branches of pine with their cones still clinging to them, and bright holly berries. skill than money. The space z 1116 picture moulding was filled in igly with eveygreens. . All along ginal, and devise something novel and appropriate to the season. If it can be something amusing which will pro- voke a laugh all the better. Santa Claus with his pack and the small lad How Long Distance Photography 15 to Be "made- [so of In the Transvaaa. 'l‘he telephoto equipment which is being sent by the British Goverment to the Transvaal to be employed.- in in- dicating the exact position and for- mation 0‘ the enemy, represents a valuable advance in photography. It is intended to give in accurate detail of what has hitherto been done in a more or less rough and uncertain way by reconnoitering parties. sTheprints are ready within seven minutes of the focusing of the picture. A balloon can be sent up to a. height which commands a vast area of country, and from the car of the balloon acompre- hensive picture can be taken, which can quickly be developed and passed down a line to attendants in wait be- low. The advantage of the telephoto lens is 'that it enables any particular part of a landscape to be enlarged and shown in greater detail than the rest of the picture. For instance, a fortification say, four miles away, which would be almost invisible in an ordinary photograph, can be brought out so distinctly as to afford all the information which the photographing observer is seeking. To produce on a photographic plate an image that fairly resembles what our eyes see, re- quires a lens of much longer focus than is generally used, and the cam- era that would permit 'the use. of such a lens would be unwieldy and far too cumbersome for ordinary photograph- ic work. The telephoto lens overcomes this difficulty by producing the ef- fect of a lens of long focus in a very compact camera. While the method of using the telephoto attachment is very simple, it requires extreme care, es- pecially in the matter of focusing. Af- ter an exposure has been made in the ordinary way upon a certain object, the lens is removed from the camera front and screwed into the tube of the telephoto attachment, forming a small telescope. The whole combination is then put back on the camera as if it were the ordinary lens. There is then seen on the ground glass,_or fo- cusing screen, an enlarged image, which may be made sharp or distinct by adjusting the focus by a rack and pinion movement on the telephoto .tube, just as a field glass is adJuSted to suit the eye of the observer. If .lt is desired to make the picture still larger, the front "of the camera is moved, carrying the lenses Iurther from the ground glass, and the focus is readjusted as before. In fact, the at- tachment forms a lens of variable fo- cus, changeable at the pleasure of the operator within the Intuits 'of the cam- era. With an attachment 8 inches from the plate, the‘inqa-ge IS equal “3 that formed by an ordinary lens of, 2: inches focus; while at 24 mches from ‘the plate it is equivalent to that of a lens of 64 inches focus. The tele- photo lens has already done 809d 89" vice in military operations, particular- Ly in Africa, and it is expected that ms losing their way, as well as ren- dering them practically independent of 205468 vb!“ “We” . -1; . or lassie taking inventory Christmas morning, are by no means new, but they offer suggestions to the artist. An amusing couplet or quotation adds much to a' name-claim. Novel and pleasing favors especially suitable for the little folks can be found in the German confectionery shops, for a comparatively small sum. Christmas decorations can be a thing of beauty and a thing of cheapness as well. J udicious care should be used in the planning and purchasing, but the clever woman is she who with a little money, has the skill and ingenu- ity to make her simple home a para- dise of beauty. {an money. The space above are moulding was filled in sol- th evergreens. All along the mouldings the rieh green of the TELEPHOTOGRAPH} HELPFUL HINTS. WINTER FEEDING OF STEERS. In feeding steers for market, there are at least four important considera- tions to be observed at the startâ€"the selecting, the buying, the feeding and the selling. Any one of these, poor? ly managed, is frequently enough to spoil the profit in (feeding. If we contemplate winter feeding, it is to be supposed ‘that we are prepar- ed for the enterprise with? warm, dry, well-ventilated stables, and with feed of our own raising, not having to buy,’ unless it be some bran or a little oil meal, to be used occasionally1 in con- nection with the home-grown feed. But the feed produced on the farm must be the main: dependence. Gen- erally the shorter the time required in fitting the cattle and getting them into market, the greater the profit, unless we Wish to feed more lightly of grain. through the winter and sell from grass next season. ' '. In either oasetnough-boned, ill-shap- ed cattle are 1:01: desirable. Even a few head of roughs will often injure the sale or profits of the whole bunch. A wild or nervous steer is not desir- able as a feeder. A good indication of a quiet feeder is to be able to put your hand onto him in the open field or yard. He should be square-quar- tered, well-meated down toward the hook, with low, thick brisket, wide back and shoulders with round bar- rel back of fore shoulders. A steer to commence winter feeding for market should usually weigh at least; 1000 lbs. :1 seldom fail to keep a year’s sup- ply of wood on hand, and we always have seasoned wood under cover, writes W. H. Jenkins. I have been able to get my wood with, -I think, the least expenditure of labor in the fol- lowing way: I go to the woods before the snow comes and cut the wood ready to load on the sleigh. The logs that are above six or eight inches in diameter are drawn to a convenient place toload them, and placed on skids. The smaller wood is cut: and thrown in piles near a road. I use the first sleighing to draw the wood to some place near the woodhouse. ‘We use horse-power and adrag or cross-cut saw, and a circular saw for sawing the wood in stem lengths, and make a short job of it, aswe can saw 10 to 20 cords in a day. During the winter we split the wool re:.dy for the stove, but allow it to punk season‘out of doors before putting it in the woodi-house. 'I I have learned not to put green wood in A steer of 1000 lbs. weight whose esti- mated value is 10 pen‘lb. less than he seiis for when marketed, allows a margin of 810 over first! cost in addi- tion to his gain inmveight while being fed. There is an opportunity for the use of a good deal of. discretion. in buying. a V."‘ I*-~M- '“J __O. First impressions are often the safest guide as to the quali~Ly§ of the cattle, and What you can afford to pay for them. Oftentimes a man beats him- self by deviating from this rule in any kind of business. If a steer or a bunch of steers are found that seem to be about what; are wanted, it is faliacy to pay too much money. for them and \Viith the eastern farmer it is usual- ly a good rule to sell when his cattle are ready for the fat market. As a steer ripens, his gain is apt to be pro- portionately less, after which ex- penses are apt to crowd(profiits, Winâ€" ter feeding is fascinating. ' The trou- ble in its annual successful repetition is to get the ri-ght‘ kind of feeders at the right prices. The plant; food re- turned to the fields on a farm where cattle are fed tends toward' a higher development of a farm’s vitality rath- er than toward its depletion. The labor required in the winter feeding is not so great as in dairying. And the necessary machinery and devices are not so expensive. 'The spare hours are not so few nor the drudgery so great- have learned he»: to put green Wood in the woodhouse unless the house is an openone; for it xvi-ll mold and Spoil {or burning. : My wad house is so built that there is a' door that opens into the kitchen near the renge, which lose a portion and perhaps all the pro- fit in feeding. If a man’s. cattle can- not be bought so as to allow a margin of profit, it is better, to let him keep them, or let the other fellow buy them. One can buy at any time at a loss, but he cannot always sell at a profit In winter feeding, corn is the stand- by. "Vith the eastern farmer who usually feeds in stables, it is better ground. Corn can be fed without grinding, if hogs can follow. the cat- tle and take up the undigested corn. But it is not pleasant. or desirable to have hogs running through stables among fattening cattle. Care should be taken not to overfeed, as a steer is always at a standstill or losing in flesh until he gets back to his feed again. .The feed should be given in moderation at first, and increased as the feeding advances, and as the steer will bear it. They can be turned out of doors to water or if not too closely confined they can be watered inside of the barn andnot turned out at all. Better the latter tham to be out too long‘ in chilling weather" unprotected. ' OLE BLVU tpxo u"d"' . tantlon untli the next wmter. 'My farm work is not interrupted or de. Agriculturali FARM HOUSE F UEL. mg in the mouth or opening the veins of the neck, hang by the feet until properly bled. Leave feet and head on and do not remove intestines nor crop. Scalded chickens sell to home trade and dry-picked best to shippers; so that either manner of dressing will do if properly executed. For scald- ing chickens the water should} be as near the boiling point as possible, without boiling; pick the legs before scalding; hold by the head and legs and immerse and lift up and down three times; the feathers and pin fea- thers should then. be- removed imme- diauJy {very cleanly, and wirtlho'ut breaking the skin; then “plump” by dipping ten seconds in water nearly» or quite boiling hot, and then immedi- ately into cold water; hang in acool place until the animal heat is entire- ly out of the body. ‘ To dry-pick chickens properly, the work should be done while the chickens are bleeding; do not wait and let the bodies get cold, Dry-picking is much more: eas- ily done while the bodies are warm. Be careful and do not break and tear To dress turkeys observe the same instructions as given for preparing chickens, but always dry pick. Dressed turkeys, when dry picked, always; sell best and command better prices than soalded lots, as the appearance is bnghter and more attractive. ‘ The Experience of Capt. Wellby In the Unknown Regions ofthe Nile Valley. Captain Wellby, an Englishman, who has been exploring the unknown re- gions between Lake Rudolf and the Nile Valley,â€"a man whom (the London Spectator describes as a “ competent observer, with some scientific knowâ€" ledge and a habit of mental recti- tude,”â€"in relating his experiences among the people of the W'alamo dis- trict, deals in occurrences so strange as almost to stagger credulity. To quote the Spectator: layed by cutting wood in the sum mer. These directions are given by :: large commiaion house. Kill by bleed- Pondering all these facts, Captain \Vellby, like an Englishman with steady nerves and the fine spirit of curiosity which keeps us blundering about in all unexplored regions, reâ€" solved on a supreme experiment. He solemnly ate his dinner, in the pres- ence of a hundred Walamo. Nothing hapened at the moment, but two days after, the explorer, one of those men who are never ill, was so “ thoroughly ill ”â€"he does not say insaneâ€"that he had some difficulty in hiding the fact from his own people. “I had been told that once a man had become ‘ 'Walamo,‘ or devil-possess- ed, he was always liable to a second attack, and as a measure or precau- tion the man’s rifle was taken from him. While on the march he had an- other access of madness, in the course of which he drew a knife ,and rushing about, threatened to kill everybody. It took several men to hold him down.” . lit is supposed to be specially dan- gerous to eat food in the presence of the Walamo people, and on one occa- sion :1 Sudanese in the expedition who did so, (became a raving lunatic, while on another, a heademan, a peaceable, orderly man declared that he had be- come possessed, raved and kicked, and at last injured three men. In all cases the fit seems to last for two or three days, but it is liable to recur. The natives about Lake Rudolf be- lieve that the people of \Valamo are "possessed of the devil, and Captain VVegg‘by is obviously not quite sure that; they are not. Their land. is beau- tiful, a grand tropical park, well-wa- tered and well-timbered, “ a fortnighi's journey south of Adis Adeba,” and the peUple are friendly to white men. The Spectator, accepting the capâ€" tain’s words as truthful. attempts to aceount for all this by venturing up- on three hypotheses. First: A collu- sion between the captain’s men and the \Valamo folk. This, however, is dis- missed as untenable. Second: The in- troduction into the drinking-water of a drug so virulent as to affect the drinkers in the manner described. Third: Hypnotism. This last seems a far fetched supposition, and the Specta- tor, while advancing it as conceivable is disposed to consider the second hypo- thesis the most‘reasonable. The facts, however, leave room for Wide conjec- rtnre. They are accused, however, of pos- sessing a gift, nothing less than the power of creating, by suggestion only, insanity in those upon whom they gaze. Captain ’Wellby, of course, dis- believed this SLory, but he was soon undeceived. “1 only state the facts. The first sign of anything wrong was when one of. my Somali escort rushed into camp shouting, ‘W’alamol Walamol’ He shook violently 'and kicked lie amad-- man, and in the intervals between his shrieks he told me that he was possess- ed by a devil. All the night he was neither more nor less than a maniac, butt the next day he was perteotly well. Hixonâ€"‘Accqrding to the market re- ports hogs are scarce. Dixonâ€"0h. I don’t know, I went m- 10 a barber 51:01) last Saturday night 9:0 get shaved and there were three fellows ahead of me waiting to have their hair cut. WHAT “ POSSESSED ” THEM ? OF A, DIFFERENT BREED. TO DRESS CHICKENS. At noon on ,the succeeding day 31: the members of the party with the exception of Mr. Watson, concluded to examine the north cone of the crater, while Mr. W'atson, filled with the idea that the southern cone was the most interesting, separated from his com- panions and guides and moved in that direction. After a weary and danger- ous climb he arrived at a promontory of rock and earth. Close upon the far side of this point a great river of lava was bounding in a straight line down the mountain while about 800 feet above on the slope of the hill, the crater, like the mouth of some infer- nal monster, was POURING FORTH MELTED STONE 1 Thrilling Story From Hawaii by Was of the Old Country; , Mr. A. R. Watson, has just had one of the most thrilling experiences that ever befell a mountaineer. He ascend- ed: the Manna Loa volcano, in the Ea- waiian Islands, while it was in astate of furious eruption. The party number- ed five, with guides, pack mules and a week‘s supply of provisions. By even- ing of the first day about a third 01 the hazardous climb had been achieved and the men camped in a grove of palms and ferns. The orator is what you’d call amav of metal? Why? They call him silver-tongues, he has gold in his teeth and he certainly has plenty of brass. It was clear the honeymoon was or its last legs. ‘ Now I find I have got the whok family. Saloonist, to new bartender â€" 0m rule of this house is never to sell ans more liquor to a man after he ha.c had enough. W'OULD COME AROUND ALL RIGHT, I married you, he observed, for you self alone, but now- BartendErâ€"How am I to know when he has had enough? Saloonistâ€"As soon as his money gives out. " Mr. New]ywedâ€"â€"\Vhat..is this I am eating, dearest? Mrs. Newlywedâ€"That is angel cake, darling. They were seated side by side on the parlor sofa, and there wasn’t room enough between them for an argu- ment. Toward night he arose from his seat below the rocks to go over the summit, down the hill and walk out between the lava on the side which he was to cross. He thought that his eyes had been resting too long on running lava and that he could see such a stream“ in whichever quarter he might look; so he went forward. Mr. Newlywed~Hal See me make it fly. Geoe e, murmured the maid, after'a blissfu silence extending over aperiod of Several minutes. I’m afraid your arm must be very painful " Because, she coyly replied, i to be out of place. . Mr. Watson sat for a considerable time, probably a couple of hours, gaz- ing upon the vast estuary of rolling, flowing, bursting fire rushing down the side of the mountain. Some thou- sand or more feet below this stream entered a thicket of trees which, Mr. Watson observed through his glasses seemed to have wonderful power 0 resisting the attack of the flames. :X‘Vhy do you thifik so. dearest! he asked. By daylight he had the stilts made and, mounting them, started off t: the edge of the flow. The wood smouldered, but did not blaze, as he waded through the lava. The heat was frightful, blistering his face and hands. As he arrived at the oppositd edge of the river of fire one charred still broke off, but eager hands grasp! ed him and lifted the swooning man onto one of the mules in which man- ner he was taken to a rancher’s house, Mr. \Vatson is at present receivin medical attention, but is making rapifl progress. But he had not been mistaken. While he had been sitting with his back to the direction from which he had come and in which he must go, with his eyes on the flowing stream, enchanted with its marvels, there had broken from the lower edge of the crater and some feet to the north of the one he was watch- ing a second flow. He started on down and proceeded several hundred feet when, to his horror and amazement he discovered that the new stream of lava ran directly into the earlier stream/A As he meditated on the best means of escape, ‘his eye fell upon the singu« lar forest, at the bottom of the incline and he thought of the heat defying properties of that wood. If he could only turn the bunch which grew above him into service. Ahl he had itâ€" stil'ts! He had been an expert on stilts when a boy and felt certain his skill had not forsaken him. Drawing a strout-bladed knife from his pocket he began hewing at the base of one of thk smallest trees. The wood was of the species known as iron wood. \Vhen the blade grew dull he whetted it on the rocks. All through the night he worked while the terrible furnacc belched above. ‘ THE STREAMS JOINED and his retreat had been cut off. He 1yams hemmed in by a running river 04 Ire. WADING- LAVA 0N STILTS. THERE WERE OTHERS. A \VISE SYSTEM. A MAN OF METAL. ANGEL CAKE.