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- lljllll LIIU JJLILIBII i.lllll_V. 5| _ "]f the EnglisI_1 have rnade any 1 mistake in -their trcntxnent of tho |Bocr_.<, I can only say that in my up- e inion, ithns been in treating 11mm 3 with a great dcal`too much gum! na- -'tu1'c and forbearance. ..l Member of -Burgher Force. The leading non-oicial newspaper of Denmark, Politiken, the sympath- ies of which are pro-Boer, `has had the candor to give prominence to What. `it calls "A Defence of the Eng- lish," in the form of an extract from a. letter from a Dane who for many years past, has resided in the Trans- vaal, where he married a Boer wife and has occupied himself in the cul- tivation of a farm which she brought him in dowry. He is much respected by the loers of his district, and has held several local posts of responsi- bility such as were rarely entrusted to ``foreigners ' in the Transvaal. The editor of the Politiken states that when the war broke out this. Dane took his place in the Boer ar- my, and fought the English in sever- al battles. He was, in course of time, given, leave of absence to look after his farm, and surrendered with the rest of the population of his dis- trict, at the advance of the English on Pretoria. As the Danish paper points out, this man, wlmse entire domestic and material prosperity is `bound up with that of the Boers, ` cannot be suspected of partiality `for ';the English. Ilis protests, there- Iiore, it says, ` 1'\1'.`~xI' A \YI\ rvr r\(v1 .V A VI"VT\`l'."\`Il \Y(\\1 Letter From An Ex-So1dier-Was I and should be allowed to weigh iagainst. the" vague accusations so `readily and copiously pre1`:_-i'l~:d fagainst. th'e behaviour of the En;.;li.~h in South Africa. 'l`lic~lette1`, written Evin Danish, runs as follows 2- Schweigcr-}{encke, Nov. 20. 1900 Dear Sistcr,-I send you this let-. ,ter to let you know that my fmuily tand I are in the best. of health. 'l`hc .telcgranis in the newspapers will tell lyou all about. the progress of tho ;war, so I shall confine myself to 5 family matters. I I '[`hn Tlritiuh zsuthnrilir-Q nrn H`:-rut- PRO [BDERS TREATED KINDLY. [Hy Kupb LHL'll' Ullkll, IU-l LHU Jlflllbll `authorities protected them in _~\'nry .respect. They might have fanned a. camp in which, with their faunilies {and cattle, they could have rc~mnim,-d pcrfectiy_secure under British pm- "tecLion. Instead of doing t|`m1.. the `moment they. could they }mv_c L-rukcu their oath. and have .~.iunk round he-' "hind the British m'm_v. I --1: um [Fun-Huh havn ....uI.. ..u'.u I.lI|: u1ll.'l;\.lUIl U] illlfllll IlitVlgill.llJH. I Mr. -Percivztl Spencer. the noted Eballoonist. stated on \\'c(lne:~:du_v tlmt {Min F. Duclmmm. 0. Cm'r_vwood, gnear Port_s1nouth, as the result of |tl1c Work of 20 years. has perfected an airship destined to oclip:-'0 the creation of M. Santos-lhmimit. Mr. Buchanan's machine is un an-riul yacht, with two propellers. and is said to possess ten times the (mm.-:- of the South Americun s motor. It `is so rigidly const.ructc(l- that a cul- 4 lapse in mid-air is impossible. 'l`hur- loughgoing tests will be made soon if suicicnt funds can be colloctml fo1' the trial. I 4-! an A6 ...:..1. H ... Invention that Rivals that of Santos-Dumont. I A dcspatch from London says z`- English aeronauts are preparing t nmke an ambitious experiment i `the direction of aerial navigutimi. | NH` -T m~('ivnl Knnn:-nr tl.n uni. IUI LHU Lflfll. "I do not wish. said Mr. Spa-nc~ or. to be1iLtle the achievement ut` M. ISant,0s-T)umont, Whose balloun. in !my opinion, is ult_(>gct.h(-1' .`-'ll[`-('l'iUl` ntn (`.nnn1. Vnn '/.nnnnIin't: r-nnetrm-1 inn "No," said Constamia. without addition to this bold do-uiul. .Ncvcr- Vthclcss, the denial cost her 9. blush." "Nn 9 wan. 41...; u....,.:., Mu-.. .... rcuu 1 yuu : Mr. IIurdroW-\"ou do love nu sweetheart, don't. you? n ` _.-_-&._._._. I 13uzclmrd-I belong` to the `.\u Treat. Club; do you`? Tipstc1'-Not. much. _ l3uzch:u'd--Uoo(l ! .1 can Lh'ix.k wiih yuu uild keep my pledge. I ._-:inj._.__ P(')liccxn-.m--V-(.`omo along h-.-rr rest. you for vugrancy. T,nv:n'nnnd I II(::1\ --'| znnks ` lU.`l. `vutp IUI L'.1_v'.u'm1n(l I thought. I `sleep out. all Y .\ Eng!-.md has .'.':.91(` chum-In 41.320 clergy. .Irol:u1d, how:-\ more churches than clcr;z_\~'. U1 fbers being 45-10 to 4,11U. I - , 91,000 horscs have been ship: `South Africa. during the Wm`- 1isI|-bro(l horses cbst .875 tihi ltn South Africa, Argentine onl: Miss \\`oo(lWed--My wc(l(lir.g =cuu is so complete that -[ km :hun't need any gowns for an. inn 1- I '11., 4 .n..._,..-, DEMAND CLOSE ATTEN J`I0 N. ICV1 DISNCI-I C()NCLUSl\ l`I. uu:II.:.s's, we uenml cost her blush." "No ? With that lovely color on your cheeks ? Will you swear it has not been born for him ? Do you know where even good little girls go to when they tell (L b ? There ! Don t eat my head on ;_it wus a simple every-any question, after all. And you must. pardon me if I still} go on believing that, if he is not the one, he is at all events one of them, Naughty girl ! At. your age to have so m:u1y..string's to your bow !" . ` Constantin laughed. "I don't funcy I have one real string, she suid.- Not. one tlmt would not s_nap,vwex'e I `to pull it a. thought. too line. - run.-..n nu ru.. -,, _._..I I7 I - t - BOER PAPER PRiNTS STRONG TESTIMONY. AN AERIAL YACHT. _.____,-_ FORTU NATE. was gain. night. .:_.A._j juj LUCKY. lung- drztivored 2 only 25. I.\'V'F.STl'Ll) I.\' A(`(Zl.'.\l.l7l..-\'l`l- T()'l'A I. 'I'()'l'A 1 -1:\`co.\u-_:. -.......D--u uuu nus.- "Pouf,! She snapped her long. lovely jewelled ngers in the air. f"l`lmt, l for such it fancy." Then with 0. guy little air. Seriously, I should be only too glad to `believe you. The county suggests itself . to me as being dull, und if all these young men were your special ])1`0_- perty I would not be uncousin ly for words, but you will under- stand that it is a. necessity for me to amuse myself. ' As how ?" _ Have I not said ? The tyrant. man is the one thing that truly di- verts me. Not " `this man or that- nny man will do, provided he can. speak the Queen's English. and` moves in the world in which I live. I hold that it. is quite possible to knock u'n1onth s laughter out of the very dullcsl. of them. . l -Vnu son, '1 nm nnt nrrnpdv. Vml STAINA .L| WESTERN m] . HUB! Vilma Cookatux: Llvc -l(c.`!~ H1: H `Hm I N-.. *- your-:!nu|1n1.u'1,." MUNN & 83,5 Branch gm -. W35 Pln's_1(,'IA.\, x ! 1 ()l=I'u-y.- `us. I'. .1 1H.` l,`<: R`H\!( me n .\muu:.~x lnventiis-n N 1- tlons ntrlclly m Ie_ry. free. UM: Iors .. Loan. 13-` tom ` VL'I'y UUHUSL DI LHUIIL I You see. '1 am not greedy. You, shall have your choice, and I shall- not interfere ; butthe others mustl be free game." . Miss Mn.cGillicuddy' grew slowly red. She looked. down. For the. moment she knew tlmt she wus.look-: ing shy, and this increusetfthe ex- treme mlger and disgust she wus feeling. She knew, too, that Mrs." Ilundns was watching her with eyes` openly amused, and this did not! tend to decrease the indignation. She conquered herself sulciexxtly alter (1 while, to be at. last. able to! speak. "Vnu Innnn," she said. still` with. Lzrmox. Amen E:\Iu;1.~'r';":~. II.-ll-;4 I` \\ `~. .` - Ixacoz-1101-: I)((`[ IIHL l`, \'u'Hh:-:2` ` Sciemiiic A ".n'\'l'.-nrn.\l- m.. .. . ASSURANCE `1om<'1'\` ( I Hm l`..u: MQCAIKTHS , B} J0.*:NJi@ ?iEi5s (i's'; {A1:1:I.~"1`|:1:.~'..<. -~ (`An 1'! HI lvv STRATH )AlHll.\'J ]'I.'&g `s I Iusliu. `. noss srr SOI`(J." "That is in lesson, returned Con- stantin. "But I cannot benet. by it. ~-I did underst-and you, thorough- ly. You meant. you would nd your amusement. - in making a man love you, and then laughing at him. ' I _thought one never did that after one was nxarried.- _- -n ` 1.-,.,u,. 3,`- 1-_.__u_;-_. II II` I`\ lIT.~`I|I-:11:-I c. w. 12' MOI` vuv vvu-J Cllvvlcavwuo Mrs. Dundus broke into laughter,- noisqless, but full of mirth and over- owing. Yet. not (I. sound escaped her. It was LL little way she had. 'I`here would be no sudden declaring body, no click even of the never ab- sent (an, `and then all at once, when you turned to her to know why. she ' had not answered your last question, you would Jlnd her in a. very agony of laughter. She did .not pur- posely suppress jt. It. was only, as I have said, one of her little ways, and she had many. Strange as it Was, there was something in it catch- ing too. Something`, that if you `were in the mood of it, would take you, and compel you to join in with her in her silent merry-1na.k,ing. If you were not in the mood, l1owever,. it was indescribubly. annoying; i 1....-6 nut {lnncfnuufin wng nnf, in of her mirth--no movement of thel , enmgmg Kmu. "You are propriety itself, she said. "A very Una. It would be impossible to say how -much I ad- mire you--tmd do not desire to imitate you. I hope it will fast with you--or perhaps I should rather hope it won't. `Be virtuous and you'll be happy, but you won't have a. good time. You lgnow the, new copybook text ? '.W1Icn cncvis mar- K. ! "You mean, she said, still` with . her eyes on t|1c`curpct. "that you; would permit. them to7t.o-Lo pay: u.ttent.ions to you ?" 'l`hm-n Inn n vinrhfnnug hnrrnr in l.LLUllLlUl| LU yuu .' There was (1. righteous horror in` the girl's tone. Mrs. Dundas, hum`-E ing it, und seeing the girl's pretty, ' ushed, and angry face. fell back. amongst, the cushions. She looked. What she \vus-unut,teI'u.bly mhugsetl. i "To put it so broadly Eh()WS| crudcness, she said. "Time, how-I ever, the all powerful, will no doubt `teach you tlmt--so that I shall spargl you my lecture, aid refr_1.1'x_1 from gly- ing you the lesson on the polite skipping required indecent society, that is on the tip "oi my _tongue.. Just now, i! you were at a. loss, you_might. have said you failed to understand me, or something of that` sort." I IU`lVI~n4 .1. .. Inccnn " nnllivnn Pnn- II, was .IuuUbUl'u.Ju.u1_y _uuuvyux Just now Constantia was the mood. \Inu 9" aha cnid Wit}! the 11100 Yes?" she said with distinct and scornful interrogation in the innocent monosyllnble. `She gazed at her cousin steadily, with somber eyes, and pulled herself together in what. she meant to appear a. very penitnt mxmuer. But it was still uboxuixmbly full of enjoyment of an enraging kind. - '-Vnn nvn nrrmrietv itself. 81.10 O _ I 34 r-1` not in ricd.' Was that your text. ? Do you know," she glanced up here, and changed her tone to one deeply con- Ilden-tial, "it. is an cLl)su1`d--_an al- most incredible thing, but there really are moments when I entirely forget. "I `ever was -married ! "Do you forget Mr`. Dundas -too ?" - ".0ft.en, often !" with airy" com- punction. " l`crribly to he deplored, isn t it ? "But. now that I IIILVG found you, my Una, I feel sure that 1, shall make an immediate depar- ture towards the right path.` You will be of inestimuble value to me. You will jog my meinoxfy, You will expose my sins. I shall presently be a reformed creature-a new light. You think honestly you will be able to undertake me '2 I -*1` fhinlp . . . . . . .... -..n. __ ....---- I LU uuucrLul~;C X110 7" ' "I t.l1ink you can talk as much nonsense nowus you did in those old days whexi I was a. little child, and fondly believed your folly wis- dom. ' V ` ' wu\rCOC V. `nub why "What_ a. fem'ful speech .!" said Mrs. Dundus guyly. "I expect you'll turn .my hair gray before I've done with you. 1 don't mind the accusa- tion of talking only nonsense. Nowa- days that is ll. churn), un uccomplish- ment._ But that remark about your age ; that was mnlihiluting. Were you only (I. child whenlast I saw you ? Was I quite `grown up 7 Am I so many years you1"senio1' ? Come let me face the horrid `truth. Your ` `Eighteen. "And I am twenty-ve ! Quite seven years between us ! A cen- tury, rather ! I should be looking for my -Iirst. gray hair." .She rose, and run to 11 mirror let into the wall of the little bijou apartment in which tea. hud been served. It ran from ceiling to floor, and reected i her beautiful, tall, radiant gure and lovely face, as though it loved them. "'T`|\m-n in nnn nnnxfnu-t chn m-inrl Inge Constantia ?" uuux. , ' _ ]t was not a pretty speech, ceri- tuiuly ; but Miss .'.\Im:GilIicuddy was the oldest of a family \vho were all famous for saying just what they thought just as theyythought it, and who seldom lnchcd from calling. u. `spade a spade, no matter what. mig'l1t be `the cousequence_s. `Of each other they expressed their opinions-- favorable or otherwise (oLlu:r'.vise-us n. rule)-\vith u noble openness and an enjoying frzmlmess not to be surpassed. Life in such .un utmos- `phere could not but produce _u. cer- tain honesty, which gene:-`ally menus when you come to look into it-thut is, when it is directed 11p,`ninSt one self-n decidedly ' objectionable free- dom of language. "" .. r......e..I .......-_. nn ..,.:.1 JUV!.'ly IKLUU, lib` LIIUUBII IL IUVUU LHUIIH "'TllCl'0 is one comfort, she cried, running` her lingers through her icrisp locks, rt.-ll-lmircd folk seldom grow gray until death is near. It I is hard to kill the obstinate crimson. That. is `the consolation Nature oll'cr- ed us when I she dyed is this unholy color. Wcll~-she ~turned back to ConstunCi:1-"And so, when last. we [were together, I was as young as Iyou are now. T ` I Nn - vm-v much nldor. [you RTE IlU\V. . No ; very much older. maid, you can hold your own pretty \_vell. Confess, now, it was not civil [Of you to renlind inc that/I grow an {old wonmn. slu" laughed merrily; ; but. I am mugnanimous-1 harbor _no ` 1mclm1'ita1blc' thoughts, I forgive you. Be equnlly g`cnerous+-y0u-a.n(1 grant. rme absolution for all the misdemean- iors that in your llC11l`t you are `im- putjng to me. - i ll'\7.... ...._ 1 ._...._ ._,.s A-.- "I don't. `think so. For `xx country _..., W -,.., . "You are wrong; 1 was not con- gdemning `you. Why should I con- -demn? asked Constantia, with a {slight contractio/xlof her brows. I CI... CI`.--1 :....lL..4...l ..n'.....)...l. "LA ! She was irritated, oentled; she iherself was lmrdly conscious why. ,Some inner sense of delicacy was lhurt by the other's Whole air. She Ilookcd at her cousin with wide eyes, in which my surprise mid distrust; her `beu.ut.ifu'l cousin .lying bagk amongst. the velvet.` cushions, in the lounging position that she had learn- ed wus so well suited to her. Donna. as 11. girl had been n. favorite with her, Donna. as a woman is strzmgely -distasteful. `Yet withnl, there is lous charm that attracts her even as something about her-some marvel- `it repels. "\Vhv' indnn:'l ) rnnliml 'l\.I I-: "nun- u. repels. ' dos zu't.IessIy. I say what. a game little gown you've got. on! Where, did you get it from? White? Worth?" V Constantia colored. "I-Io\_v likely it is, f she said, with a. reprouchful glance, that. I should be able to order a. gown from White. -or Worth! "No? `I'm often stupid, smiled Mrs. Dundas, penitently. "But. to look at it! And`do you mean to tell me you have a woman in this be- nighted village equal to that icos- tume? If so, it's a shame; she has evidently a.- soul above the buttons to be procuredhere, and should get. a. helping hand to a higher sphere. "Qhnnld Rho`? I'm the wnmrm. I "Why, indeed?" replied Mrs. Dun-I LIUH. . . Mr. Dunclns is always raving about the su[.eriority of simple ele- gance over the more orid tastes, Mrs . Dundas went on, in her soft monotone. "Between you and` me and the well. he is 9. trie close, and keeps a. regular Judas eye upon the money-bags. If he could see you in tlmt gown 1 should not hem` the end of it until the gown itself was in the rug-basketu If, my dear Con. he should, chance` t.9---- Ah! ' Talk of al... _ ,,..l an l\D\fUl\`I luuon Isa auuunu` N ll. llulplllg uuuu I_.U u IIISIIUI aylxulu. "Should she? I'm the Woman. I .`ma.de the gown you so (meet to ml- mire myself, said Constantin. not.- I regret to say-wiLhout xi blush of . shame. Tllis, betrayed a poverty of mind; for which she was even more uslnuned afterwards. ~ "No, really? questioned Mrs. znundas. "I wish I were clever like that. It s about the most, desirable t_.1'n'n-out I ve seen this many (I. day, and it Ilts you like em glove." / T-Tnv +nnn WAR vnrv kind nnd anarc- 1110 II. 111.5 you Just: an gluvu. I-Ier tone was very kind and appre- ciative. Indeed, it was_true. The girl's dress of simplecotton looked charming. and suited her lissome g- ure nnd dcbonnaire fade to perfec-` tion. 441M -. hlvnrlnu {cs n'ln.-nun vnvinrr JSIIUUHJ UIILLIICU bI.J' ILII: LILIIS U t.hc---ot' an angel; here he comes." Mr. Dundas entered this room. He was a large man, tall and well built; at least twenty years his wife's sen- ior.. `I-In min-ht nnf +..L-n .. \Inf'v\vvir1n cu. lcubh Lweuny years ms Wl1e'S He might not take a fn'st/prize where beauty was in question," but certainly he would be highly com- mended. His face was grave, his hair slightly grizzled . His mouth was rum, and perha.-ps n trie stern when in repose. There was. indeed. :5 touch of severity aboutftlle \vhole mun tl1atimp1'esscd'one,v and sug- gested at the first glance that he would be an unsafe clmracter with whom to play fast and loose. IIe looked vigorous, strong to endure, and silent. V He was in all respects such :1 contrast to the graceful, easy, smiling creo.t.ure who was his wife, Lhnf. nrm rnulrl nnt {nil in vnlnnl-I! 11111` that ( `upon : [In '1 xuxuu ncr: one coulu see man. And then his eyes soughL,his Wife; and. then it. was clear tovull the world, had it. been present, and cer- tainly` to , Constantia, where his whole he-.u'_t and soul lay. Such IL wonderful b1'igl1Le11i11g of the cold eyes! Such a. softening of the rm lips! ' ' . TVS Thlnllne 1\1(\\YI`Al` n H11]:-u nu hn upuu II... , He `c-.une'up the room with a long, steady stride to Constantin, and` shook hands wurmiy with 1101'. I-10 likcd her: one could see that. And flunia hie t\\yn(v cnnmlu `e. w-witn- ups: . Mrs. Dundns_n1ovcd a. little as he cuu1e'to\v-.u'ds her, midclianged the expression of her lips. She leant, now across the tiny table at her side and held out to hi1n`u welcoming hand,` with the pretty pink palm up- wards. .7o\ um...` :....s o..n..-........L-..4 -..... H u:ugl:: This playful cognomen had natur- ally dwindlexl by degrees into the more easy vJo. It delighted him. The simple word, falling from her lips, could, even at his gravest mo- merits. win a smile from him. He now held her hand for a. second or so in :1 warm. fond, clasp, and then dropped it, He could not kiss it, .Constantiu being present; but he felt, in letting it go without the caress, us ithe -had sustained at loss. ""l`ire(l? No, he said with his calm` smile. _'Woul(l nine or ten ' miles tire any man worthy to He so called? I assure you, Miss Muc(}illi- cuddy, this little wom-.in, laying his hand softly on his wife's arm, "re- gards me in the light of It puny boy, V and deems me `tired if I wander from.her sight for an hour or two. Bliss: l\[nl'l3illI'r`urlrl1r in en cf:-nob hu u/u.rub'. We were just talking about you, she said, and an enchxmting smile; "wondering what kept you, and how long you could keep away. There was at most exquisite reproach in the last words. -'~"l`ired, Jo? This ".10" was :1. little pct. name she haul for him. John he had been - christened, an appellation that ex- tctly suited him; and "John Ander- son my Jo" she used to call him in those `first, days, when he had been intoxicated by the knowledge (deli- cately conveyed to him by her) that he was more to her than any other mun on earth. .l`lu'ice blessed know- ledge! ' I`hic nlnvful I-nrrnnnunn `hurl Lu-.4nv_ uuul-Mel` sxgnt. 10]` an nour or two." Miss Muctllllicutltly is so struck by the dilTerence in his \vifc .<: expression since his appezwmlce, .:nd so lost. in an endeavor to reconcile her allu- sions to hixn. when absent with her manner to him when present, she fails to make himnny reply. " 1`e:1?`sn.id Mrs. Hlnulns gwnntlv that I mu: nuns w muxc nun_nny reply. _ 1`cu? `said Mrs. Dundas sweetly, looking up at. him. ~ I - :41 4|.:._I. ..- >>:44 n .v . ....v.....,, my nun .-nun. "I think so-yes." He spoke asl one whose thoughts are elsewhere, and then brightened. I knew there; was something, he said some-i thing I wanted to tell you. As I came through the lime walk, I saw It carriage with the Vm-ley liveries driving down the avenue. 1 Mn-q nun:ln;- u....om1 n.......-m4:)\1.. ur1vuJ_!," uown Lne avenue." Mrs. Dundas stm`t.e(l percept.ibl y, and in so doing shook his hand fifom her shoulder. -She glanced at the mirror near her, and involuntm'ily lifted her hand to Smooth her al- ready beautifully arranged hair. This is. however, it trick common alike to all women, good and bad. Con- stmitia; Ulel'Cf0l'C,, thought. nothing of that; but. she (lid notice the start. and the change of color that accom- panied it. ' "\Vh\r tl3Iln'f vnn - - n v v ~ A - A A - ~ A-*"" pumuu 11.. "Why didn't. you say so sooner? ' said Mrs. llundus ulmost. sharply, with :1. quick glance at her husband. She was evidently shaken :1 little out of her usual idle complnccnce. He had no time to _reply, ho"\?cver, be- fore the footman" threw cpen the door and mmotgncecl "Lady Vu:ley." ]`o be Continued. SOME `AFRIGAN mm DETAILS THE WARM BATES! AFFAIR. I I LlU.llBVi|.i.l.l, 11!.` says I . l _ I`here have been many brisk little g.ht.s` of late, Colonel 11. Grenfell ' has been operating successfully in the directiuu. of 1`iete1'sburg*. and detach- ments of his command, "l{.i!.cI1enu:1`*s Ffgxhting. Scouts," under Colonels Wilson and Colet1brm1der, nave done good work towards the \Vut'ez-berg range, east. of Nylstroom. Quite re- cently Co1mmmdm1t Van Rensburg, with 100 tu`med `Boers, slxrremlered to Colonel Grenfell, and that is but :1. portion '0! the burghers out. in that neighborhood who have decided to "null ihn war hu Inuinuv lltlnvn dh..:.- I Over Fifty Boers Were Killed And a Large Number Wounded. Writing` 1llldCl"'d:Lt0 of Wonderfon- tein, Bonnet "Hun-lcigh, of the London Daily .l`eIcgro.pl1, I gives `details of some nf Llu-, rm-mu no-m:...r :.. um uuisuuuruuuu wuu nuvc ueciueu 1.0 "end the war by laying down their arms. The .K.-F. S." have also made several large hauls of Boer prisoners, cattle and wuggons. On the 3rd inst., Colonel Wilson, with the 2nd Regiment Kitchenm-`s Fight- ing Scouts, a few l\I.l ., and two field guns--in all, about 500 men-:set out from \Varm Baths to attack u. Boer 1:u\ge1',' 30 miles or so to the westward. Dividing his force into` three small columns, M'n.jo1' Mcl\1ick-I en was sent` with the Mounted ln- ' fantry, and guns, two days in ad- vance. to_ demonstrate against Gen. Beyers'" COl11lll&`ll](](), near Znnd River- port, where it was said there were 500 Boers. The object of this man- oeuvre xvns to engage Beyers- atten- tion and prevent him from galloping to the `assistance of the burghers Colonel "lson meant to attack. The second c nm, or rather detachment was also sent on" in advance `of the main body. It consisted of 9. com+ puny,-under, command of `Captains um-.v n-'w1-.'.I'-uni. ,_g1vcs`ucLa1Is of some of Lhc recent, Iig`ht,ing in the ` 'I`r(u1sv-.uLl, He says : I`hm-n hnvn hnr-n Innnu }...:t.|_. nan- .115 c1`uu.I.uru \VllU \V'clS H15` H10, 1'1 one could not. fail to remark THE BARBIE EXAMINER, THURSDAY. AUG. Carroll and Gidye, and eir duty was to hold the crossing at Pienaurs River, engage, and drive back any of the enemy moving in that direction. Colonel Wilson, with the remainder of hisimen, rode out from . Warm Baths, making at night march of 35 miles. By that means they got into position before daybreak in front of Commandant, Prctorius zind Piet Uys' retreating` commandoes. HOT FIGHTING. Carroll, however, had come mto Contact with the (enemy at Kwits Drift on the morning of June 1, sur- prising the Boers, who outnumbered him three to one. The ghting which ensued was hot and fierce. Having. got over their iirst tight, the enemy . cal superiority, galloped up to where rallied, and, relying on their numeri-' nnr TYIDN \vnrn rinrr nf fhnin frtiln you uyullullby, guuupuu up bu \VlIl:l!: our men were ring at them from horseback. 'But Captain Carroll's men were well set, and. never flinch- ing, they stuck to their position, shooting down the enemy right and left. The punishment was too severe | for the burghers to stand, so `they bolted" in the very direction it was planned they should go. Carroll's losses were one man killed and four- teen wounded} three of whom have since died. The actual known losses of the Boers were fty killed, and the natives have reported that many were wounded. Now, Col. Wilson- was so situated that his" scouts over- looked `the enemy s lines of retreat \Vt1terberg. After what. had happen- ed ut 1{wits~ Drift, the Boer patrols and outlying parties lmd fallen back, believing tlmt. big columns were out to sweep the country, and the whole of the rennmnt of the smaller com- -mandoes were on the move to Zand upon Commandant lleyers and the` River. I K.F.S. secured 7,000 cattle, 50 `wag- gons,~'m'uch ammunition, and a quan- -`At 6.80 a.m.- Wilson's pickets re- ported that the road was full of oncoming Boers, who had arrived at Clarke- s Stone, six miles distant." Wilson's column, numbering 220 men thereupon. saddled up, and the dis- positions were made as covertly as` possible for an action. The Boer force was pra_etically surrounded by detachments of Kitchener s 1ight- ing Scouts, who were ordered to begin a simultaneous attack at 10 a.m. All went well, and the Boers had no suspicion any khakis were near until one of their outposts no- ticed a small cloud of dust rising from the _Bush upon the Warm Baths Road. Believing it to be only a British patrol, they promptly laid a t_rap to catch the soldiers. They al- lowed the troops to come in the usual way, hiding from observation Wed group of Boers lying behind at kraul wall. Then the second group of Boers, lying in a mealie field, opened fire upon our men. and as they veered to take position a third lot treated them to a Mauser serenade. This lasted a few minutes, till the soldiers` dismounted and be-' gan engaging the enemy, who quick- 'ly grew more cautious and moderat- ed their fire. But meanwhile `a sec- ond detachment of Wilson's men had come upon tliescene, and the bur-`n ghers in the mealie eld and those: who had Iain farther back, found out `that their retreat it was that had, been cut. oil`, and that their skins! were in -_ the greater danger. Num-' bers were shot down, and others sur- rendered or adrightedly galloped from the scene, breaking througlrl where the cordon of troops was weak- est and the soldiers farthest apart. g It was a wide and rather rough arena that they had been caught in, so numbers of `them took what cover they could and -fought on till about four o'clock, in the afternoon. Having then discovered an opening in the cordon, the remainder-(some 350 burghers) made a dash for it and managed to break out, but left their cattle an(1\waggons. Wilson s casualties were two killed and eleven wounded. By count, the Boers left upon the field seventeen dead, forty- three wounded. Oven--100 prisoners were taken, and in addition to the tity of dynamite. Colonel Wilson went on and destroyed the Boer laug- - er,` which was`ii`ear, and then. pre- pared to retire` with his prisoners, wounded and Baths . In riding from the field the enemy `sent. messengers post-haste to Beyers to come to their assistance. Wilson, however, drove off the stock and retired fourteen miles the same 1 day. He had information that the` enemy were rallying, and,_ with part! of Beyer"s commando, were intend-_ ! l 1 1 ing to return the complinient by surrounding him. At 2 a.1n. the K.F.S. moved on again. and .llc_vers, who had planned a.beforc~daybreak attack on the Scouts` " camp found himself just two hours too late. The troops got safely back-to .W-arm Baths with all their wounded, _, prisoners and loot, the Boers only `venturing to feebly snipe at the rear- guard. It may be"said of Col. Wil- son that this is not the first heavy blow he has dealt the enemy. ]le usually moves during the night. and as u. rule, never hampers himself with any convoy or wheeled vehicles, the men carrying all they need for three or even four days` operi.lU0llS in the field. Major McMicken also had a small engagement. in which, I understand, he lost three killed and had five wounded. lle succeeded. however, _ in inflicting even greater. loss upon the enemy and bringing back 700 cattle. and letting the men pass at conceal- _ l i l l captures, to Warm ~ oersmp. . \ 1 Lady of the 1Iousc- What is, your sot-.ic_ty? ' l`hn Rm-intv fnr Hm Rnhrossinn of Cullr (to imly of the house): Per- haps. nmdmn, you could get your husband to put. his name down upon ~ | Who` roll of our society. ' .l`hc sub- scription is only $5 for u life mem- bership. T-uh: nf Hm Hnnr-- \\ i1nt_ is vnur. Irdon t- think -my husband would- care to put. his name down for any such thing. ' Why not? _ _ I 'Bccnus he makes his "living by` crime. A What! Is he aycrhnnml ? . ..-1.1.. .11- in -n claim-Hun, . | _ . WOULDN'T JOIN THAT SOCIETY. 50('.lL'_Ly. l`he Society for the Repression of NI-5 vnn wnuu is In: 81 \;ruuunu No. He is a detective. ROAD FULL OF ISOERS. I V ` A REBEL TRIAL IN BLOGMFONTFJN: FA I`I;IER AND SONS II\ THE ~ ` DOCK. Several rebels were sentenced last, week to periods of imprisonment. varying from two yenrsto six months, and trials are very frequent. in South Africa just now. The above illustration shows the trial of the Ifinurds, father and two sons, at Jiloemfontein. }ga9ssaeeam%eg[ `Ull IIIL I llllh Aeagaaessssss Or L Constantia. The ,. Wooing \r r\;\ \ I `;\/\I'\; cu v II\ v/vvrnx V /v\vIv\v/vxv4v\VrT\\r r`T\V7r\V}K CHAPTER II.-Continucd. 7? "I )u,11`:.sorry if I said what vgvns 53 k11 Wl',"` displcusm-8, to you," Said Constantia cmzmnggz t. coloring higmy_ den-tw.l_, 1t..1s c.s.bsu1'd--,m1 ..I Wm tn mm mm ,,,.,,,,, ,_.,,,,, mcredxble 1_h1nn'_. hn+ mm... 2 \ . 1 . ' ure may not only cause at second RENOVATING THE SOIL. I There are some elds where the crops of grass will not be hea.v_v and if this is due to a lack of fertility in the soil, :1 top dressing of fine man-' crop of grass that will be worth cutting next month, but it may help :to keep the crop good for one or two more seasons. We know that this is` not`tho ught the best way by the advocates of it three or four years rotation, but there are many lwho do not want to plow up and re~ seed the grass lands that they can make :1 ton of hay per acre, from having kept a. field in cultivation for two or three years, and nmnured it liberally according to their ideas they think it should be in grass for the next. three or four years. Ihnn fhn land :5 .m.I.......I :. :....4:v uu: uclu. Lurcc 01` 10111` When the land is reduced in fertil- ity, or the grass roots killed by the . ,\vhite. grub or by drought, there are many ways of renovating, and if . neighborhood `there will be almost' as many methods of management. Perhaps the best and most effective way is that of plowing in July and `giving a. liberal coat of manure, then Working thoroughly several Itinies to get a fine seed bed, and re- sceding in August. But both man- ure and lahoi-'sho_uld be on a liberal scale to insure good results, .and many farmers feel that they must I `there are a dozen farmers in the -I economize on both. Some will plow in July and seed with buckwheat, to be plowed under before rt-seeding in ]the fall, while others would -plow under the buckwheat, and sow r_ve .to be also plowed in before it is re- planted or reseeded next spring. These two green crops will fit -_land {for fair crops of corn or potatoes, [especially if there is a fertilizer used ,in the spring. and there are other green crops that may be even better `than these. Andyet wethink that green manuring, excepting with peas |or clover, is not a perfect substitute jfor stable manure, and where forage ;for winter costs as much as it does Ehere, A we would. prefer to feed them {out with grain enough to make a iwell-bala'nced ration, and then use the manure on the lie (is. In most farm communities sweet -cider is available for a few weeks `only. If a cider mill is owned on -the home _farm, cider can be made at any time after the apples begin to ripen. As a rule, however, the ordinary farmer does not have It `mill, but depends on some neighbor, who makes cider fol-~the entire com- ' ~munit.y. After coming from a neigh- borhood mill of this kind it will re- main sweet. only a week or two,dc- pendent, of course, largely upon the xveather. 'f`I:n.~(. :1! ns1\I1v .. zlxux-..~-.1` fan I` l\`I\I\\I I \\'l'.`iLLlll:l'.. . (`here 15 now :1 demand for a clear, lsparkling' sweet cider which retains gthc flavor of the fruit. It must be al nfninluy C1\I\II\n|--xnuuvn :7.-n1: `If (I | LEIU IHLVUI (ll LIIU ll ulb. 114 lllllblz UU ill !.xtrictly temperance drink. If a pro- ltluct of this kind is put on the mar- ket. the demand is almost unlimited. Good cider must be made from fair- ly well-matured, `apples, free from worms and rot. Old mills tainted with pomace and with the wooden portion soaked with vinegar will not` produce first-class cider. as aeid\fer- ments will be introduced,rcsiiltiiig. in :1 rapid change. ? COnSr'.n1InnH1r fn nInl.'n'(`i1la\I- whirl-1| An in. ruluu cnuugu. I Consequently, to make'cide1- which can be kept, sweet, select "sound, ripe` _f1-nit. Unless this is done ull'future treatment will be without. result. It is: not possible _to make the best cider out of poor apples. Use clean cloths, vats. pressesa: ete., keeping. them pure and clean by scalding atl least once a day. Use every emlezw-l or to keep the eiller from contact? with the micro-orgaimsins "which are; in nlrl 1!()HI:1l'(\ fnnnxl uI'l\IIr\(` nu-sot \\1Lll LIIU llHCl'U'Ul'_l.{iLlHh'IHS \VHlCl1 EXIT.- in old pmiiuce found around mostg ution at once starts and it will be impossible to completely check it.. Fermentation is more 1".1pid during hot, muggy weather, that is when? the utinospliere is very humid andl` |cider mills. if these get in, i'er1nent-l temperatures high. `Sowing will be-| gin nlmost immediately under these` conditions. VCons~:eqnently, if cider isl `to be preserved, the best plan is tol delay making until late in the f:1ll,l when the days are clear and dry, but the texnper:\t1'u'cs low. Everyone knows that cider imule in winter. keeps much longer than that made] during Warm weather. This. as e.\'-- plained above, is.due to the low `temperatures 1`0t.a1rding,' ' multiplica- `tion of bacteria. and the r.!evelo1unent5 01' alcohols and acids. Then, too,; lfruit late in the season contains at; `great aunount of sugar, which tends. to ~pr'eserve the cider. 'r`l\n hncf nnal nnlu lnnO1\ni of nun, LU pl`U:'L`.l`VL' ule cluer. | The best. and my method of pre-. "venting chnngesn. cider desired for; KEEPING CIDER SWEET. uunurulg uxgmy, will tell you one great. truth. Constantin," said Mrs. -Dundus, shutting up her fan with a. resound- ing click. You are too pretty ever to say zmything displeasing. Say what you like, thcywvill condone it..f' "They '2" - ' "Men ! Never think of zmything else. The rest don't count. VGI.-t n1cn on your side, and there you ure ! Now to proceed. We J;n.vc hurl Mr. Stronge, Garret Barry, and Lord Vurloy. Any more 2" .-rphnrn g 1\f.. l.`n..4l..\....a.u. n .. 2,`: [IN THE FARM. xgoz uuu ur iuur 2 : ys bd mnt lunrlu nt I1|a\v\uxrrnvv\nn6 4 nture of 175 to 180 (lefrces F. then.` at onceplacing in sterilized, air-' tight packages, and seatling while' hot... In other ivords, employ exact- ly the same methods used in cann- ing fruit. It properly put up'ac-l- Cowling to` this plan. cider will re-'. main sweet zilmost, indelinitely. Of; course heat causes slight changes in` the flavor, and deterioration takes; place rapidly when the package is open, but the method is the most. satisfactory one now in use. Thei'e are numerous compounds which, add-j ed to cider, will check fermentation and prevent souring, such as_ sul-i phur, salicylic acid, etc. These are; antiseptic compounds, and not Whol-I `table use is by hc.-ating to :1 temper- lly satisfzictory or to be cominendedf . I Mark the.hcns that molt early and` keep them, for they will lay eggs: when eggs are high in price -and` you wamt; curly broilexjs. 'I`hr-. hnny: (in run nor-(I fnltnninu-` yUlI \ViUlL Uilfly Ul'U1lL'ljS. The hens do not need fattening; food now. They need grass, vege-5 tables and insects, and above all_ shade and quietness. 1*`.-:ed sparingly of corn and wheat. I-a9I||~n hi.-:1`. An no 1.-.-.- 4|...` 1 CUFH ILIIU \VHCi|.L. "Mature birds do in the throat. l Trent such birds promptly by removing the cheesy mutter with :1 quill and applying burnt alum to the sore. | We like to l1ave,subscribers ask questions but we also like them to read, note tions we answer through the paper. This will sive us extruv labor _und `Wearisomc repetition. Q1-nlv Inn` sand in l'nn1nrrinuc Krill `(HCTS Dtlllg YUUC OI` l'UllgH LU (lily ()1 not hrtve the our population. . "g-apes but they do gape from canker: "I really, therefore, cannot see that there is the slightest c-xcusc for :the way in which so many Boers are _taking up arms again and breaking ltheir oath of neutrality. `nothing to fear so long as they sim- 'ply kept their oath, forthe llriti. and remember the ques-' They had authorities in (_`\ 1 l'y with `and nnv-fol-tiu tn!-urn untlnr Hritigl. urn- ll-'l|Ull1U lll.H.Il li.ll.l.' IH LHU Jill]. Instead of trying to make a Leg- horn-proof fence or six-foot. wide netting placc-(1 upright. nail a piece of _scm1!.ling two feet long on top of posts at. an angle of 45 deg., the in- cline being toward the yard. Bend the netting over and fa.-ton on to thescpieces, and the slum-test hen \\`ill.not have wit. enough to get over such a fence, n Suscetibility of the Aural Nerves To Education: ~ \VUd.LID\JlllU IUHULIDIUII. Scaly leg is contagious and will I spread through a ock. For this`t reason it, is advisable to keep :1 : watch over the young birds as Well t as the old_ ones. and at u tirst indi- 1 cation of a. roughness on the shanks! to annoint them with sweet. oil and I kerosene; half and half. ' A nncnzl `h.-nn.L..- I'1"\I\ uA..... !,........ .\u1'.$. uunuus woke-'1 nxmlly at her. "Is he the favored one '9" she ask- ed, leaning` forward with -.1 .~miIing eagerness , and thus tl11'e\ving an ad- .dit.ionul touch of bI'ig'i1t.u1e.s':-1 into the already bright. pieture sin: pn-o.sc-nt- ed KC] UDIJIJU, llilll illlkl nun. I A noted breeder who roars large numbers of birds, has small houses scattered over a large side-hill n1ca- dow. In these he puts four hens with their broods, each occupying :1 corner. When the hens weam the chicks they are removed and roasts are put in, and here the chicks have as home until late in the full. Tncfnntl nf fr-uinar 1:1 vno)L'n n Tnnv_ U1 LIIHU. . ` To him there is as much difference, between the sound oi dilferent. tele-; gmphists sending` as there is: between; the handwriting of anv two men, in: the same line of business. Any; operator who is accustomed to work` ` by sound with men every day. can: tell in anlinstant. just. who is work-_ .ing the key. There is something pe- Eculinr in the way each ope-r:LLor opens :.1nd~c1oses his-key. Of course, it is entirely at mutt_er of L-(luc-ut.ion I_of the ear. - /\nnH\n|- ru.-irlnnnn nf {Inn cu;-nnno_ yl LIIU Uuh. - Another evidence of the suscepti- bility of the :1u1':\l llOl`\'CS to educa- tion is the fact that an operator can -receive and copy a lllessage, and at. lthe same time, distinctly hear and `comprehend eve;-ything that is said lby others "in the ijumu. He can be {very busily engaged at :mything,, ` thing that is said near him. - R Annthr-r nut-nlinr thinrr ic vlsn lab}. `and yet his our will take in every- ` LHAHE, Ll|l.l\. l$ auiu lll.'ill' llllll. ` ' Another pcculinr thing is_thc fact ;thut 11. telegi-aphist \vorkin_(:,' at night.` `will lay his head within two inches of 11. working instrument and sleep as `soundly as though in bed. He will !not be (1iSUlI'bC(l in the least until `his own oflice call is sounded by the `instrument. That will aw-.il him `in an instant. 01' course. ouch soumll is exactly oi the same degree of in- tensity, and it is only the training. `of the ear that causes him to dis-` itinguish his oice call even asleep. , . '3 Miss 'I"ellit--Susie Antcck says that` :young liinmr, the poet. has written: i. entitled `Lines to Su- isic s L)-'cs.' ]l:(uS 1\.\nv-:3 7.11 Y :la..~ O n.-`II -'5 . mu 5 n._\ c5. Miss Dczz.--Well, 1 don't call it.` ,vcry kind of him to draw attention `to her. cro\\"s feet; ' I EDUCATED EARS. "l`1Ii3 DEAR GIRLS . POULTRY YARD. ' lilllly lllilL|.Clb. * _ .``The British authorities are treat- ing us well in every respect, and [really are showing an extrn0r(lin.'u'y Ll` friendliness. The behavior of the sol- sldiers demands the highest. prui. Kl; one never hears a. Word of an_v'p]un- idering, or of violence of any descrip- g tion towards the people hero. 1 do -,not know :1 single case of such :1 Lthing, `and 1 have not heard the V least complaint of the British sol- diers being rude or rough to any of 0 1" "l rsmllv, tl1m~nfnrr- 1-nnnnr son vLu'n:_y. nuy l01'C ':"' . "There is Mr. 1-`cutl1ersto!1," suid Constantin. There was at mint l:es_i- tation, a vague dicrencc in he.` tone as she pronouncecl his 1121,1116. and Mrs. Dundus looked tixcdly her. he Hm fnvnl-nrl In-.n 9'-` ._-L.` not-,