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vunnsru. ngfthe 3 battle. that prong Lra1ians,q` lishedot i a the v,1c~" place. A ` Assocxa, mmn sayszi 10f c0I._ ire dispeq beam govei Qst six wec iptured .1 nger fqqq `in body 1 ng the whi bs and La 5 in garrus I) force _th Le T-oronj ragons. pops entej `ilmid bitants W1 `Pout the i 0276;; % -1403511 `wk 1`-I1E`SAllEAS ENGLA_N.D.` % _ f!lin.'G0nf`ed`erate'a,- or isoutiherhbre ` like the Boers, were E eople` to-med" to an open air life-4a\race' `of fathers and planters`-while the Fed- erals,= or Northerners, were like `the Enklish, a people or manuteieturers. It was anticipated," `and it `did prove tdbb `the fact, that the people accustomed to the open. airwould do better in'~bat=- tle until their opponents "acquired their .ha.rdness,. mobility, and art of skirm- ishing. The woodman or the hunter will alwais be more skilful in: taking` cover than the city bred soldiers." But with time the citybred soldiers can learn all the woodman knows, ' _ --v vv _ur-<--.-u--- 1...`; vv -v Then. too, the Confederates, like the Boers, fought in 9. country with which they . were thoroughly aequainted. They know every inch of the ground and the` tactics bestsuited` to the ter- rain-. At` the outset each side expected an early e.ndia_.n easy. victory. The South imagined that u fewvsuocesses would lead to European interventionfiznd in- tervention was very near at hand at many .points in the war. Englaud and France wjereiboth` inclined to re- _cognize,the South, but fortunately the popular will in this country was stronger and more far-sighted, than the statesmen. Still the hope of "foreign intervention led the Southito use every imaginable effort and till- ed" the North with" disaquietud,e- " . They had `the best gen'erals-incom - parably the best generals in the ear- lier yearsof the war. The North had no man in "1861 or 1862 to march with Joseph J ohuston, or Lee, or Stonewall Jackson.` % b 1 - UNDER-ESTIMATED. The North started by `fatally under- `rating the resistance with which it would meet. It wiis ruled by men who `had no knowledge otwar and `little comprehension of policy.` President Lincoln though a very able and usually far-sighted man, tailed sign- hally to understand the `greatness of the emergency or the -`bitter resolu- tion of the South. . "r.;;s;;;h*;,;;l.;la;;;.; `war by rash and hasty movements. It refused to listen to General Sherman, who from the outset accurately foretold what would happen, and get him down as a. madman when he" called not for thou- sands but for hundreds" of thousands of men. `It was weaker than England in this respect, that it had virtually no Army. and consequently one had to be provided instead of merely expanded. But then the Southern preparations on the other hand had not been as fully developed as those of the Transvaal have been. great victory would bring the South- erners to their knees. As a matter of fact the South gained most of the vic- \ tories, and wasionly crushed by sheer brute force, and by the terrible policy of attrition. which meant that the whole. Southern manhood had H to be decimated in the field _at a cost. of hundreds. of. thousands at Norther- ners killed and wounded. It enerally imagined that one 3 Owing to the faulty operations of 1 two Northern columns the first great battle of the war was a terrible de- feat for the `North. At Bull Run the green Northern troops, indeed, fought splendidly, and there were moments when it seemed that they had wont-he battle. But as the day wore on an- other hostile force came upon their flank, and they, broke and ed in the wildest. disorder, The Very capital of the'1North all but fell into the enemy : hands,` and there was at once a cry l that the South could never beibeaten. mL-a. --..._ :. 'L`I..... .................. .1 11:41 nu... ' Lllul. IALIU UDIILIJ-LI \Ij\l|.I.l-ll IIUVUI. UU'UUu-LUI}; That was in the summer of 1861. The defeat in no sense weakened the rim determination_ of A the North. tops were `taken ` largely (to increase the army. One hundred and `fifty.-eeven thousand men had been cal`Ied'for be- fore the battle; now 400,000 `were de- manded and raised. V _ 0 nu.-. J3`l3..--IL_. --__- ._-x.- `__ K_...`_-o. L, mp the ma.-.4-In LIIHUUUU LIL! |lIaIDu0 _ The difficulty was not so much to }find soldiers as to discover geneyals. Many ypfficers had been` ap-ponnted to high cbmmands through interest and jobbery; many were much too-_old for a bold, aggroaiiva war; others. again, who seemed -topromise. highly and were appointed on their merits. fall- ed lamo'h.t.a.bly~ when put to the test. Ijcceas iznthe field ia_ the one thing ich proves, the genora1?a, capacity, and from the nature of v9i1:`.,_,,,;stancqs' all Power: must grape ,vory mt1gh_i.n the. dark when .th_ey,a'pvpoi,n ` to his service A on ,the"irV 139001; V .a+.an~"hm1rv nuni;~`i{hi`3`hTtui5l+h m command` ni,e_n ;whi_`:. have 9:_nj1y' fpeac Beaten badly once, `the North had to spegndvmany months in reorganizing its army. In 1862 it again trned con- clusion `and though some victories were `gained in tI_)o .youn,e,r. geueralgu--.-`$.I1t$h`ao8 Grant; who.-was now oin_t_o.noti6e-aithel gouoral result was j_1)9q:`fdisast_r6un?. - ?B1_o,d3`f '8nd,1_in -f` `d?3!iV :! 'M_ 16.`'!!.*P08WY:-`' \ `ex-ri-. ` 3{4f! i %43v1$BLo1'Y91`='.`h3 ' .5. .ws at the w:.i}a?na o`:-mt -* -`-:<-mu. TERRIBLE DEFEAT. ivryl him!` tghtin?c';'? jrexitta` em: 'nfnnf___nin3`-1li-r- In.-su'u'nrA-r 'I'\`ntI_'n`I"I niIl' the V ._ "95s.f`I;i'B`:$1`f1'9df *c9li.d;ic,t O1? tha` '3` ;erieksbtiig ehsjilidrtne, "_:_I,en`t4 in to. inak .a ~rontal:':attg9f `UP-3 on >a strongly `_ei1t1`en.3h'6d.+ So.uthm positio with`. t resiilt-T."tT11it_ there} .wassim'ply a massacra of N6rt1her n troops. "It ,waa aV butcher! not a battle, said in eye-witness,` Yetitho North did not lose hope orfaith. but grimly set its teeth and detefmizied to conquer in the` end. 7 Qt; 4-Inn.-`.4.-nu-L4. 23.1 $1.... :4-:eAn magi our uvlliuux Ill.` I-HO Billie` ;so desperate fdid7-the position it new that in 1862` Pruiaentgpinmln. tele- graphed with pathetic ithankmlness, "God bless yott, to a gene1`ale'whoh'aid ' fought a drawni battle, 9.-ndg who had: just held own, `at. thecost ot_ ap- palling bloodshed, In 1863 came, fresh `defeats and trash` disa`ste rs.f It- was not till Jury of that year, twenty- seven months after the beginning. of the struggle, that the tide began to turn. That the tide ever turned was. indeed,` due only to three things--the tenacity of the North, its ability to cut off `all mi'litary snpplies,- and its overwhelming numbers and resources. It did not win b? better 'generalship_ or by superior fighting and courage -in- the field. 13..-- 2.. LL- -I-_,!,,, _.-- 1 ,3 1:I__ ___ rguson. W 5' dan-gerc I\ II "' 91*` 110111. . _Even In the closing period of the war there-were many terrible and anxious m"omenta'.' Grant"s" frontal. aesults on the Confederate army` in? the Wilder- ness and before Richmond issued in such `loss of life as to lead many in the North to cry` once more for peace. VI-in 9nnn-- v\m1:\~nv\:u(nu'1Jw and via moo yuc &1U1Lu' LL! U1." UHUU l.IlU.l'U LUL pcuvu. The most prominent and, as was supposed-, t.he,most- patriotic editor in] the North shrieked` of `four bleeding and despairing country. To add to the danger; a Presidential election was impending, and the butcher bill was usedras a strong argument y party men against the Administration. Con- 801`i'Ption had been relentlessly enforc- ed, , `leadirngto bloody riots in New York. and bringing yet fresh un- popularity upon the head of the Presi- i d6`!1t. ; ', - I --5.; -.5-9--._.a .-.s-- u` BRAVERY TOLD. V Yet once more the bravery, tenacity, and insight of the Anglo-Saxon race told in this psychological moment. The wr President, Lincoln, was re-elected. '_I'1'00P6I by the` thousands were poured Lnto the field to fill the depleted` ranks, and et the seine time war stores began to gzve out in the South-. .ql1\1uIuv p-L--g In_ ..L-.. (`_..~..L -..au-uI14..I vv 5570 Uub In LLIO D(J|.l|u|.|'n _Slowly, step by step, Grant worked his stubborn way, fighting every inch, round the_enemy s flank before Rich- mond. At last thelong-looked-for mo- ment came when the enemy s~position was turned, and in that hour the Con- federacyhfell to pieces, after four long. years of battlexand slaughter, and at- Qzer every vicissitude which the imag- xnation could picture. V Thu fnalr `xngnwotu gun :n on lanai`- as-an `H-out-J11 uuuxu. }_.rl.Ul.I.l1Uo i The task before us is a lesser one ` than that which confronted the North in 1861 or 1862. But from the past we can and` should learn this lesson, that we must not. underestimate our enemy s strength. Better, far bet- ter, 50,000 men too many than 5,000 too few. With inadequate forces frontal attacks become an absolute necessity against a `mobile foe, un- less the generalship on our side is of the highest order. U'\I\Ql\`lL:p\U\ e-AA u.-.. 4.... ._..LIy...- Bu .-as ""EoK%i'iLn`T?3,' we can gather from the Past---from this war or 1861-5, and from our own glorious history. We. -like our American cousins, won in the end. Let us not minimize our reserves in South Africa, but let us `remember that with time and proper administra- tion we can and shall win. Only, those responsible for the present errors ought to surrender power, that stronger and wiser minds may direct our arms. \Vars are won or `lost, by Governments, not by soldiers and gen- era1s--Governments which know, fore- see, prepare, and dare to act. BRITISH sowma ASA arinuasr. Ills Physical llovelopncnt In Attended `lo i_. I-II.- A____- `0__._. ._.n__.__ _ __..- _ __' --_-._- - v_V..-_... .---v-o-yv- -v In The Anny Iiynnasiund. Tommy Atkins--that is to say, the typical-`British soldier claims to be stronger and more enduring than the fighter of any other race. And it in just-fas well-.to know how he comes to huge this physical supe1ji_ority. ` .The reason is found in the army gymnasiums. The beat of these. gymna- siums is at Aldershot, where` the sci; ence of physical development is mad`- vellously understood and ,,practised. Raw recruits with stooping shoulders ` and shamblitlg Bait are turned out af ter a few months big, full-chested and muscular, proud of their bearing and mastex-9 of their weapons. A`LA.. n InIuOn4 1p\A-` nun:-I I-n-u An--.. -1 Alvs tltluxvl E had be} y the m1 ning a smg P'118- [ Loadge-;];:eeAg ouse 13 `lg iss Far" Vane: go has that .u.1_a.bu::.u U.I. l,uU1.L vvva.puua- . After a_ hundred and ten days of training Tommy must be ready to join any regiment in the British service. The soldiers nerves and headsvare trained as well as their muscles, for they are taught tn scale walls, climb high scatfoldings and mount ropes and laddersnt fast time. ` vnL_._._ _..- .:_l.)_. _n. i_I._.. D- -_ ..-_;, _'n- 1 K1 \I\l.I.Lll ll 6 IJIILQ _ Probably the hardest ofia British oldier s duties is the wearing of his uniform. The British Army -dress is exooedinglynd. unnecessarily burden- some, but there is littl likelihood that it will, bezmbdified. A ` " ' `l`I_..I.__L 2;. _.........o2..-._.4 ........I.. ..,......2....A. IGUHUIB ll-la Luau vauuv Them are fields of labor for out-Ob-' door work` and forparades, and there is an 6n0l_`n10I1B outdoor` framework for climbing` and swinging. ' One entire `building is devoted` to the practice of fencing. Indeed. the. variety of ac- complishments in addition to p1ain-sol- dieging that Tommy Atkins has to ac- qire is enough to justify his strut and swagger on coming out.` - `Ike :-.14-\A`\`lI `Rho `Inn I`l"a." of-" an "Duu:`-:a1]n I `4 `V I II VI? -I-II`-IIILLIKIQI Protoat is sometimes made against the great bearskinshakos of {he Scots Guards and the gorgeous but heavy ctiirass of the Horse Guards, but Eng- lish sentiment as a whole `would be. scarcely more _opposed .to the tearing down of A'W'outminst:er than.to the ana- minating of th'.se'eatu`1res`ot. tha`mil- itary `magnificence at the` nation. L CONSULTTHE BIBLE. .-It is; Said in Scotland thatfchose who desire `tolearn _what` fate:o: fortune. the new_~,: 19: has in. store {or them` may do .so`-by ooniulting the Bible n `New Year?a-_ mdming= __heq:"h1fgka`. we ;F}'1?h ma _up;o:`g a . T_tablo_. sand`. ~;;1vho_z_ tb 1't-l3'1.tI.3i; 9l!bI`.At;`1!3_`!*N3933-lI .:Ii1a9&.*':a_ -;$3!9i i~ IP95.-r'ii3 99 ? .5-E3i"h'B55 7 " I it . . g % - .POB.'l`A_N l` Inpusrny. hum-.~ 1- 9-tn-`Io-L `tnilstlost concerning the V A rlncereus; at the Province. I. "rI:e+~tjp*ort at the Bui-ea.u._o1 Indus`- -try o'oziCb.`ix_:in" coxplete statistics of `the agrioqliuro of, the Province, . has just/appaured. The information 6:- ceeds imytlsing published elsewhere, and tells` pretty well the story of the Ontario farmer. o V `1`h6:story that this book tells is the vu jiznportance of the agridu`-Itural in- terests in-` Ontario . The /mineral" wealth of the Province may` be great and the business wealth enormous, but theagricultural wealth ovettops any other` industry. . }' . THE ASSESSED AREA GROWS. 1 The rural area" assessed is 23,892,584 acres, and the Province is growing in this direction. The woodland-, which amounts to 7,198,906 acres, is naturally decreasing, and the `marsh lands, which Mr. Ross i'ntend s to reclaim,- cover 3,200,065 acres, During the year 18,300 acres were reclaimed. `But the foundirtibn of the country is itslield crops.-Taxing the prices paid on the markets and applying `them to the graingrower, some idea may be gainhd. ' ' Bushela . ' ' ` Grown. Value. Fall~-wheat. . .... ..25,158,713 817,460,417 .Barl_ey. . .12,663.6t,'8 4,812,194 3D'ring' wheat. . .6.873.785 4,756,659 ~oata._. ._ . ` ..........86-,858,293 22,409,440 Rye. .- J. . .2,6'73,234J 1,162,857 Peas. . . .13,521,253 7,058,099 Dual:-mh...-L one 2.4: am: '79:) uyxxug vruuul. . U.OI0.lOiJ oats- " .- Buckwheat.- . . . 373,645 Corn for husking 23,442,593 Potatoas. . . 14,358,625 Beans. . . . 709,657 Mangels. . . 21,957,564 Carrots. .' . . .... .. 4,313,861 Turnips. . . -.4,`727,882 Corn for silo, tons. 2,128,073 Hay, tons. V , . .[ . 2,128,073 . 2,673,234. . / v.I..I.\I,IJ&U,U'8 I But this `is only a. part of the revenue from the farms of the Pro- vince. Inthis list fruit is not con- -sidered. There is in orchards and gar- dens 335,420 `acres and in vineyards 10,-! 118 acres. Of apples alone there are 9,670,000 trees. - The live stock is another -important feature, `and the census give 611,241 horses, 2,215,942 cows, 1,6 t'7,014 sheep; 1,840,787` hogs, 9,084,273vfowl. It is esti- mated tha the sales of live stock I__A__.;I_'A, 2.. nnr nnn nA1 The value of dairy products is en- ormous. From the creameries $1,294,- 220 was received, and from cheese fac- tories 810,252,240 was taken in. `In ..........-.I- an-. L- ......I.. AF 6-`Inn `A-\V|lut\ ` Luuuvu blultlla DLIU Du I05`. brought in $65,307,301. W3?` +hII `VII `I'll Inc kl\ f'i"1`;:;1tl`1lJa` \`rPz:i'1 1:3w(;`f~i).ees is placed at `$998,049. ' wiI.omac"c`o'1,1:t can be made of the large amount of money which farmers make from the private sale of eggs and but- ter, 'but' this certainly` is iarge. PASSING OF THE HORSE. Betoreleavlng this branch of the re- port, it might be well to notice the passing of the horse. In 1898 he num- bered 61l,24l; in 1897, 613,670; and. in the y.ea.rs before, 624,749, 647,696. 677,- 777, 685,187, 688,814. . ` Thou :w\'n4-spent; on` I-`ca `nu-I-ass: 8,33 '7 IL-3 L KIDVIIJ III` 4 in (1114-or-in. TH, 060,161, ouopu. ` I The income of the farms in Ontario; accordingly must reach about $200,000.-l (D0. The value of the farm is given as `follows: Faun land. . . . . . $556,246,569. Buildings. . . . . . 210,054,396 `Implements. . . . . 52,977,232 Live Stock, .' . . . . 103,744,223 Total. Q . . . .~ .a923.o22,427> This in compagred with $905,093,613 in 1011'!) i1xir}'._' P03 it ta llipg int. [ hour. V , 1 The average per 100; acres, which in` the usual size. of a farm, is as fol- lows; I T I Farm land. . . . . . 3,387; Buildings. . , . . . . 898; Implements.` . . . . .' . 226- Live stock. . . . . . . . _ 414! The art 01 ha-ll` dye-lug` has made tre- mendous strides within the last few years, and there are many artists in that line} `whose work defies critic- `-ism,` another wu"d for detection, but Ameficag, as a class. have not` tak- n kind1_y- to thaysrl Of thing, and `tho remthfk, 3'. thatgshe; dyea;her hair," is Still consxderedby many as a` term of` __.. :'_..4.`. -1. reproach.` _'1`he Princegss of Wales has avarietg of wigs, which she changes with, her "toilets. On her`. return from adrive or receptidn another gown, with its .wig, is in regdiness, and _t at `her lqc,_ "A are red ta-day and brown waznnrrow in _no wiaef discon- ofts !ih_oj`Prh:1o9a;s. All. such matters jqf .i`etil_atQd l_)y"6ust91; and th day `1g;au;u_n%wbenv~_ch'em1al hain dyes lair v:e;ohbngeb16_.`eh:g'uona will he putt of .?.W%rdr`qb- . ; i ) Total. . . `. . . . 33,946! PAYING OFF MORTGAGES. ` The chattel mortgages are decrease i as will be shown in the following `_1_s9e; . . . . . . .31-2,232,21s{ v. - '. -. . 18,561,716; I Titian bronze, the new shade of hair, 3 is still too much of a novelty to be, common, but whd has seetilt and not` longed for tresacs of that wonderful; M him? It is too expensive an operation toever become the popular shade, and : no amateur alzhair dyvsing can accom- I plish deq1red_ resit, so the fortun-i ate few who possess locks of Titian; bronzeLneed- have little fear of many; duplicgtes. A 5 A 1...- -_.__i_ `._.4 i . ~. x . - .j.-Bigglj--I'_m :_sI.1raT-`at 1;. I `Jpst read. nfgjnlmbgr: 114" .L."`r'3}:}.I.&`_vvln n " L B`V.ig8:I!-4It'B, Q1l _'0I180l1S6 about there zpeigg `honor. f_aves`. ` 543%-Vizxrnongv THEORY; WEALTH I.N DAIRYING. - `i rost and end the pld; 9 -unmouq J8 entrenci ities of nd destrq FARMERS REVENUE. THE LIVESTOCK. TITIAN BRONZE. M $1 Q.J.QU \ lII 'x ElJ\J,L'l\I 27,362,172] s1?.?1 I mi-F AF I-lxn 52,977,232; 103,7 44,223 I \lIlk),\IIIIl 906,7 3 4,711,961 ` 6,332,154 [:01 PICA A, I IJ\J,\l\lll 539,233 6,472,788 4,256,146 077 9126) 1'75) v,uuu,;ua. 531,760 ! 1,756,605 1 K90 099' Sanders -4. `Y 117` ..1i`dw` ' ` ys,,t`}iB*_ I - `fml1,.I{t?rhAt1et1.~6 Ldndo!i .`_;-_'f .. ~+~ Q'vira'1"__e_ bi th=numm:r or " fit;-W I ~ % sfill'~a:kiating on harbor a1"nii"i,6t 30;r7i="_ :,,.A"-5 vied "in `our dockyards and Have helped, it! their d&y,.'f**td.',;igit. nairal history. As a fat,` theif"u.i`6":5 more` than a score of such, add; some of them are to be found today. in-tbs most unlikely places. ' ' The Hibernia, for instance,- is, _ Imps`-'-indeed, she must he certainly--:`-_- the ' oldest" British man-oi-wa_r' `in : existence after the Victory. F`or"p'1`o? sent purposes the old Implacable, at-% (inched to the Lion trading ship at- D`e.voup'ort, does not count. nrvvva-rv. V uvvu navv vvuuuo The Hibernia, in point of fact, was launched. a; few months before Trafal- gari, and hoisted her first pennant and admiral s flag 9.` few months after that battle. She was a. sister ship to V Co`l3li'n`gv'vood s favorite old flag ship. tke Caledonia, long since gone to the ehipbreaker. The Hibornia's first cruise was luf- .1806, as` flag ship of the Channel fleet, with the Union at the main of- the famous Earl St. Vincent. She flew St; ' Vincent's flag during the old chief's best service afloat, and after it "was hauled down on board the Hibernia St. Vincent's flag was never again hoisted in any man-of-war. In the closing years of the Napoleonic war the Hibernia served in the Mediterran- ean, and in the various small affairs that our ships blockading Toulon un- der Lord`Exmouth`ha.d she took a i'....._.4. `puma. we After lying up for years in the Ham- oaze she went to the Mediterranean in the forties as flagship to Sir William Parker, the last of Nelson's cap- tains," and there, with the exception of two brief returns to England to re- it,'she has remained ever since. 'I\L... T.\.___l_ :_ ,_._A.L-_. _.._1 ,I._ )3.) Action or xloclder llvrr Connmrnl Wltl some other Fngagenia mu. Lord Methuen s telegram after the {fight at Modder River told us it was 'o_ne of the hardest and most. trying in [the annals of the British army. To the ordinary mind a battle is hard. and trying in proportion to the danger the soldier encounters and overcomes. and the only possible gauge by which that - danger can be measured is the loss in- curred in overcoming it. It may be in- teresting to compare . the action of Modder River with some other battles in which the British army has been engaged _in the present century. T,nt-A Mnfhi1bn n fnrno Itrnu nhfnlf R- \ ..., ....v ....., ..,.........,.. \.I'\/L 9.-.... The Eagle is another, and she did isome very smart fighting service in-. deed, off the coast of Spain and, in the Adriatic down to the close 013 the grgat war. Her list of principal battle honors is as fo11ows:---Duke of York's victory over Dutch, 1665; victory over French off La Hague, 1692; capture of Gibraltar, 1704; Rook:/s victory over French, 1754; H:-1wke s victory over French off Finisterre, 1747; actions in- East Indies, 1782. H1}... -1.) `r)..I--:-l...... C_!.._..L- 2.- LL- I_..L uuguguu Vxu uu: ulunouu ucuuuny. Lord Meth`u'e1;a s force was about 6,- 500 strong. His losses killed and .w'o`u'j1`1ded, were 475, or '11-! per cent, }The otl1er`fig`ures given below are taken -._from atable` `published; by Colonel He_m_le_rsoh, Professor bf Mili- tary Art and History at the Staff Col- lege. in his "Life of Stonewall Jack- ison. ' z O` The old Belvidera. frigate is the last of the old shipmates, in the most: lit- eral sense of the term,.of Broke s fam- ous Shannon, with whom she served through the American war of 1812. It was the Beividera which fired the first British` shot in the war, and her ad- ventures were many and notable, a brilliant and spirited page of our naval story, were there space to do more than briefly allude to it as W close. . ' r1--1,, ,_,2_ :2, 41,, I__,,I_!,, 2 .1,A~ 'Talavera. 1839. Chimanwnllah. QDAII .----1 u . .14: Davidsongg; `\/LJIILALLLI VI IIIIIA L51 1849. . . 15,611) 2,388 15 Albuera, 1811. . 8,200 3,90 48 ;Bar~oasa, 1811. . 4,4o 1,210 27 Salamanca, 1812. . '. 6,~= 0) 3,396 13 Quatre Br;1B,1815. 1z`,t00 2,504 20 VVatet`loo, 1815. . 23,991 6,932 29 Firozshah, L845. . *l6,L00 2,415 15 Sob-raoni 1846. . 15,511)" 2,068 13 9Alma; 1854. . 21,560 2,002 9 . |Iuketman,. 1854. 7,464 2,357 31 _ !Modder River. 1 1899; V .- . 6,560 475 7.1-4 3 . Lord Methuervs loss in officers was; Iliilled. 4; wounded, 19; tdtal, 23., One `battalion or British ihfatitry tered thaaotion at Salamanca witli 27 dffim. era and 420 rank and file; it had 240 loflicer and 342 rank and file kilied E and wounded, . m'i71: Hibernia is the flagship of the` Admiral Superintendent of" Malta doskyard, the Eagle serves as a drill ship for the Royal Naval Reserve at Liverpool, and the Belvidera acts as receiving ship at Portsmouth. Jones--I had a godd `chance tb "sa'y I "told-y'ou-so to Thompson to-day. Br0wn4-How ad? - Why, I.sti`ang1`y advised" him` dgainst marrying Miss Erglot.-"but he wo;u_1an`t listen 0 me, and mm he tepet it" _ '. ' I , "r-u , Hahilor--ADo you 1)e}Vieve}.tL[iVat -`bgttex t9 .l.J_,ai.ye; ved `a ,l.0`s`t "`..`Z.`_`E ' .1...-5?: "11.; .....' -L bout B1 (.0 u(d.Vu vtuvuu. a, and - B.ene_.di<:t-I _Vdnon tV know` , b`u_t_= it"s.h_ette:_ra to havagvl I'db.n t see w~h- ' She is a mosst charming woman. , . V -B11-t-s`he's as deaf zis_a post.` ' That isn't aliy defect with her.- She aan= rd your lipase _cQv'.1"ly that you .wou1d_ngver,~at1pect she wasn't hea_1_~.-~ angevery jord you said. : w ` ....'.L. ..L A.:..._.; |'..-.L. 1.- LLI6 WIVLJ xV\JL\J JIIVI 331L1- "I`hat's`_1'.d. right at t;ime_s, but he claims that it is wearing him to: skin and benes-to have to get up and light ' the gas every time he has to tellghr ='ha_t.the baby is"crying., . ~. -. ,1-'" vmama SOMEWHAT INCCNVENIENT. BLOODY BRITVISH BATTLES. 6iIZi.A ,,duI-3 THf'? CER'1fAIN_, Killed and P 1'- `St (math Woitmzed can ag en mm A can an ;`6,-:0) 1;`,o0 "1 6,L00 155(1)" 21,'5co VI IRA .5 u)u;(.n 20,500 1 _- nsutf that ad and (won, W ounueu 6,250 U,UvU 6,932 -) A1K 2/- s%.`3`? V' ODE!` g":;,e;;;,% heir deli 3, Australiaii anzieid. 13* heersas `_ street, `-11 for them ; ds be ing` the com; ...,. ...., kreatly d" that 2.15 o'cI_ "e"bJ{'uef ved the .1 A III istor J: rah}; of Lulu An iibert I . B. Eusfnj JIKJ VI` iigtle whij ./v\.;A us: ck] y foil 1:.-col. HAND.` Baker, ,. It was a fitting spot for 8. murder. The sandy road, arched by meeting trees that shut the sunlight out. led abruptly to a covered bridge, which spanned. a" bleak and sluggish `stream; and just fifty yards from the watar, in a clump of bushes by thel roadside, the body lay... I __, :;,.L1.'_..:..o ...-v.--._= - _ . V . _.. _ _ The woinan had ben stran`gledA; the` print of human fingers was visible on. her white throat. The fingers of the: right hand were [closed tightly, until the blue nails seemed to pierce the; bloodless. palm. Evidently she had not died without a struggle. ty retreat to` the v'_'tll_ag'_e,' `_ nder great excitement, they he matter to `the authorities; ,. AIICL rounfield was excited over thBft'I'.' ible news. Never in the '-h;isftg')~ry.`jt', he town had such a. tragedy oooutreds, he woman was `well kn-own; ~in- they tommunity as a young wido?v,:whoae -usband. had led a somewhat reeklessj life, but who had left` her wellr pro- ided for at his death, which occur- ed after two years off wedded life. ` The s.;ui`1e, five touncilmen, the chic! 'nspectors, and perhaps fifty Villagers: of Bro-unfield, after they had heard the tory of the two laborers, follbwed them to the spot where the body lay.` ""r -- -L A--. - .....-..J..- `"07 Why did thmuraerer leave it-'th'em"e2. was the question we involuntarily ask- ed ourselves, as the white face and: staring eyes met our gaze. _ Why did he not seek to conceal his crime by throwing the body into thqriver? 1,]. LL- ' 'J.'ixis, may be a (:J.ue't0 the- murder- er," said the _squire. "Mr, Brown,` you will hold the inquest. Had Wet not better remove the body at onc to_ B1'0unfield- ?" T late. L and Su .. .,...... us vvunnnnua uuuu `nu us uuuua Who could have committed the crime? Robbery was not the object.-. for the.wo-man's purse. containingtwo dollars, was found by her side, or miner in" :1 little satchel which-she carricd suspended Lrum her neck. My business kept me in Brounfield a week aLe1j mus event, but when I left they were no nearer to solving the mystery of the murder than they were when the body was found. ' I .-.-..n.....L..... Ln... .. -..n-..|.. ..:..-______.,u Look !" cried one of the men, point- ing to the closed hand, and we saw for. the first time that it held in. little. tuft of coarse, black hair, Brown assented, and we foijmed 9. little funeral procession and bore the dead woman to the town, The two laborers who had discovered the body were witnesses, but the in- que.sL developed nothing except that the woman was fond of t,a`king.Along walks in the afternoon, and that on the evening` of her death she -had been. seen `leaving her house, by a. woman who Lestilied Lhut she saw a man, who were no coat, join her in the little town park and enter into conversation with h.;r. `Here the wn.`ness'io-.3: sight 0}. Lhem, so Lhongm nothing of the inc-idem... She oourd not describe the man in his shirt-sleeves, _1'or she was; 1101 near enough to distinguish his fea- Lures. she remembered, however. that he was u tall man and seemed to have a stirk or walking cane in his hand. \\;'n.. ;..uni.l l\..n.\ .....->14-4-.J LL- 1-4 vvuvu. vuv uuug Ivua LUIAIJUI ' remember how, 41 month afterward I51 my on my bad in _a distant town thinking it over, the testimony of that woman at the inquest recurred to me and, set me think'iu'g. .\`nx-. l\-nal qn.nl!u.n AF n -1.-\ *`...:LL 1...}... \\I ....\- \vo.|\A` uvu nungw uaAauaLou6- sun had spoken of u mun with 5:3 cuul cit" who had. stopped the woman and V-engaged her in conve1's9;tion in the park. Had they looked upon't_his as. u. clue-.1nd followed it up? \l'..u alum... .. I1r\c\r\ :.. 41...... 4...... ___x__ The more I thought ofthis the more it appealed. to me. 1 could not ridicule it into silence. It seemed to take in my mind the indefinite shape of a c_1 ue to the m1u'd.e1f, until at last I felt con.- fident that 1 could clear up they mys- tery in which it was shrouded. . I .\. - ` .,I. .1 -..... 1.... ...._,J L___._LL _ .0 u Cuwg` no snwwllsuoayn owoouvvutl `In I51! I Was. there a. man in that town` who lmbituzally went in his shirt-sleeves? A nun who had been ta miliar enough with the woman to address her as thus mu :1 did 9 { run I .| n. u... .. uspaa :1. VIII}: QLJJUU i"1):1-Fix:-';iT1_x1y "bug and bougyu `ticket, to Bmunfield. 1 had yet some-unin~ she-d business there, and so a good .xn.-use for going. V `\....:...`.a 4...-.. r ..,-..\.n'.. :_....-:..:-A... -4, A beautifuil. __ . he gray morning on tlvia"`ou`t`Iskirt Iiv~9f-` he town! V Two Laborers_':*g_oing-jg heir work in the woodsghad V(fisoV6t"-`V d. the body,`and in their ,.frig'3t_iha._d_- hrown their axes down and fbea.t_ a._ ---n - .._ _-I...`.'... -a_1 .1: `Ln I (lo not know that the n1un s`ma.1i- 1:-r'woul=d. have impressed if; I had. 01 Heen him in his shirt-sleeves,' but >u1i;in.g this and that together-.-tI}.9 n~d then his" being in h_is'.shirt~a1e_!apf but pshaw. I wore ll'!)4(30`__'-_~1'rl:;;:' 0 zl`tv`x ho could on suah`..op;-1b;1;rpj_IgA'!,1` g;' igl? ' _ ..,f_`:,j"`:-_ ' M ' ` I do not: know".svu1et~1m Ldenca -led` mV';AtOj;,tb-hlafa now that T aj Vlxglf?v'l1""` itll K . nu uunu. uuu uouu \.uyt.u1c.u~ ' . .\l._v moan was in the second story! { the little hotel. It was a hot night u ,July, and although fatigued- by my 'uurney, I could not sleep. _ 11 xvus perhaps near twelve o'clock; vh--u the stillness ofdenth seemed` 0 reign in the house, that I `a1_'oseand 't*..~'OlVBd t.o seek. the balcony .for- a `reutht of "fresh air. As IAw`a1`ked_.oa.1t .: a man in his shirt-all-eves, bare- teuded, sitting at the tar end, with iis feet on the railing. H,eegn_v9._an' uvolunta,ry'st.-nrt at my app1'uu:'{h. "Ah," he said, -with something'lik_et . sigh, out for a breath ot_resh.ai1'., .ll 1! It was so pla.gued`hot in the, (H.139, I thought I'd try. it out here 1.\':s9H'1." ' ` . V _ ` . lvl I 1-` :.s\- $5.111 -..- ,.....,_.,. _ , .~\rrived. more, I made inquiries C0117- `t-ulillg` the [mm-der. A -reward had 1-(`ll offered for the murdenrer, but as wI- he had not been captured. `I |` vluvln Innu :u\ ll-an .~.n4~.......l .. A ._.-._- ft; `subject. But I "b`r'ou`ghtx `him i ,% . ` e sIxt.i1f`dt,. LIAE?*:idid?nb.;:31591113ihtalili, e `to talk of it, a.'n_d soon 'ohn.nge`d,thQ~_ it by easy stages; uAnti1'9.tg-last; a gesture` at impatience`, he` said:" -ll` .z.'...u. ........ ;. 4....n. ..I-...n+ if - than . LL . ~~_ 1`; .1; 2 .1 - U KBSLIITU 0\[.-1lJllp&lLl.0l.g'VI'- 5 9 In-_; ' I don'e:eaz to ta1k~vab`qt;t`:it-%;`; the authorltia are at work; onTt_h 09.399? and I e_j:poc.tT _they'l_1.fe1jre_tA out` igho` murderer in t'u ne.v"' ' I-K.I8`.G8 Ill BO0F|B8o- l1,TlK!vl`_l."lV-|l`Ff_5!' .` the woman had said- Here Wasa tall man. "A tuft of-~c6Erse, black ' hair ct -utchetf~ in {the `dead woman's: 9313- My friend - in` his -shirt-sleeves `bad just such hair. These were the_.;11_gn.- ta! nbtes fmads whifeil was! talking wit.h.-"himvthere on the balcony . _ AL. in atteng nine'o clofq ses. and Inspi ct Detectg ? The best dte c"ti'ves sdmextimns b11131 def in theiniwork. I was an amateur in the" business: hence my great 0011-. finance in my theories. _A,`t&l1m3*l1."x We parted forethe night,.and before _I retired: I decided to dismiss my fool`- lah impression of the man and turn my attention` to other` matters. > ,- # ...!...`l' uwu. way. _ , . 7 Iiwas strangely attracted _to. and the more. I thought of him more I felt convinced. that he- 13 something about the murder. - `l. J'.. (1-n:r]` Inn Illlltl o ulliriidlllli`, JJUL ULRlvUI...I.y,, HO xv-kn-I.v`\-I-0 'v- -`V been in business have a little 1110139 than three months-.- .I m a. survey-" u.n_y tshbcuhluu you vuuv; auuuvv-uv 7 But I could, not quite rid my mind of the idea thatin some way or 9-11' other he was connected with that murder. 4 _ u. 4 L- JJGIJLNKJ O` In the mrning, after breakfast, he; walked acrossvthe `street to the P095 office` in his shirt-sleeves. I MW 111311 a dozen times that day--a1.Wa`!3 lb shirt-sleeves. All that week. Whm.` ever I met the man, he was coat- less. It seemedtto be `his habit t0'.%` I ' unvnn rE'I1tiw\Iut\"II r'| semom were me 008.12. _V T _ . I sought the woman` who had `testi- fied at the inquest. If she saw that man in thepark again, wouldshe be able to raw ize him? V V Qknvlknuuankgl-nnhn 1lrnIi1.l"' Eh EUILIBLIIIIIS HUUUL LL16 l..l.l.l.I.l.u.UL- ; He said; he was 3. surveyor. Pei`haP8= :that was the reason he tock 103% walks every afternoon. had 80911 ; him in the park a dozen tlmes. but he \seldom his coat- ` 1- u . .1 __--_ '__-1-'.. kn.` I-uni ;- uon. . I slipped a dollar bil1_in her hand, enjoined. her to secrecy, and obtained her-promise to be in the park every evening after that until she met the unnn-n able [0 TBCOSDIZG Dune 1 _ She thought she would 11 . she coul_d see him standing in the, same P031` tion. V I3,____,1 - .1_1`I.__. 1.1!`! `:u\ Inns hand` uu -sou uvvvm ed all ti od of ewurdedfgj chain wh rguson. thong 'atc'h W11`; 11, but"'t her pockeh 3 1115.111 . '- 1 The next day at twilight. I saw a man standing in the park With a coat ion his arm. In his `hand he held a `heavy cane, and appeared to be co_n- femplating some object in the 4115` trance. % \~rvu,v1 1, ,,-. A 3- .Ll_!....V;.-n~:I-1.11 the Wihil hevwas in thi` positi0l1. U19 woman, true to her promise, pagsed hurriedly by, keeping her eyes fixed on him as she went. 1' AI '11 1 -_._I -..I...... non Innn I1`!-I \l-IILLI. (I5 DLIUV VVIJLIDQ I followed` her, and when we were well out of hearing. she stopped, and said: ` II`. J DGIILG Before God, I think.it's the man- I saw with Mrs. Huntley. I know him.- by his shape." . I was wild with excitement. V "Do not breathea word of this to any one, was my caution to the: W0- man as I hurried" to the squire s man- sion, aa he was the` magistrate. ur.............:|.1..m L... ......l..:nm.-I nrhnn T 81011, 1.18 WEB Luu .l.I.uz5AnI.1un.u "Impossible 1" he exclaimed, when I laid the story before him. "That is Captain Carleton, a surveyor, whose character is above rproach. It. is true he had paid the dead woman some attention, but-- `I :..J._.._.-...I....I L2... nail-'1. nn 1nnnI';nn OB|a|l1-Us Yqu are bound to take this wo.- man's testimony," I said. and place this captain underfarrest. It mat- ters not what his character may be. The woman says it is the man 1"- mL- :.._...-..1.-.. ........ ....lIn.l :1: "Ii`:n}I lutumusuy, ulu uuanupau. ` Itgwas, perhaps, atzull halfhour be-. fore the captain put in an appearance-. and when he did the magistrate did not know what to say to him. . . 11117-1] In I._ ._..!J --!J.Ia. n m u n - n 1:-n:-Inn` uI.usuuuu._ u.u\.-- . _ . _ I interrupted him wlth an nnpatnent gesture. ` vain nun knun in \Ul\- LLIU WU1llil.u EEJB II. In Luv gA|uuo The inspector was called in. "Find Captain Carleton, said the squire. "and tell him I wish to see him im- mediately, am business." -TL--.-.... n.._l-unnn :1 Eu" I\nIF"It.n.I1r kn. IUILIS, WIIRIL Urtu -I. uu LUL JV! The squire said nothing. but looked appeulingly at me. ' --urn ...ln,n.nlA unt` fnn fhn uynmnn." 1" we. say 11 ' Mona. tons, of 1., have `b: Uu.vLu1. - - . "Why, captain, said the squire. in a nervous voice, "there is a.-woman here who says that she saw you; with Mrs. Huntley." VI...-. ......- -.5-n-`I-A11 tn` 4-`um n-11' Ullo LI-\AllJ|:l\lJ I The man started at the name, and a faint pallor overspread his face, which soon changed to an indignant red. He did not `wait for the squire to finish the sentence. but, stamping his foot, furiously exclaimed : MIL :. A ll- .. `m`1|4\" I5... nuupll `loll l..lUl DIIUVV wuat. LU Dug uu Luau. .. !`Well," he said, with an inquiring` look, "what can 1 do for you 9" rnl... ........!.... n.-.34! nnlkinm kruf Insulin}. aypuuuugny cu. auc- "We should and for the woman." I said. ' ' 1 u11n_._1. __-___...._. an ....l_...l {V....l.;L..... no ` auxu. I i What woman ?" asked Carleton, 9x- i ` citedlyr nun... ,.....+..:.. H n.~.:.I` cl... .mn:m. tn! NIB LUUL, I~ILIl\JItb3IJ v.nu;Vu;uvuo V"[t is a lie--a black lie; and I'll strike the mm) or woman `dead who says it." - ` lll'\gnH- nnnnn-n:+ unnnfhnr Iv;n-mI`nt S 3lJD lb: "Don't commit another murder, captain," I said, placing my -hand on a revolver which I always carried. `'1 accuse you of the crime." - Urn nnnnnm fnununynu-1] Iur:I-In n -`(L1\`.$`II" x Cu 1|; Alla uauuwvl By this time the room was crowd- Fed with curious,_Villagers,* who had Aov_e'1`-heard the oaths of ,_the - caged captain. - M V ' ' II,` -unn unamn nnnnrnAnn1I i-nlrnvi I-n `UK /l`LLI KJ JVII `J5 VII`! `JlI5CI\-II He sprang forward with a fearful imprecatioyn, but draw back at .the' sight oiimy weapon, which was `leveli- e-d at his breast. 7 ` , LL-!_ L!___- 1.1.- -._._..` _-._.. _. __.___-.`I \ \;([lJI.IlI.ID He was soon seured-and tukeli to jail. The woman was brought face to face with him, `and -he cowered before n3iTcc3"x't .t startedg Lchery iai uni` 1: min`; The lock of hair in the daad_woman s hand matr-bed his own exactly; and `finally a confesaeiun was -wrung from him; -H: bud loved thewoman, but she 1 had r.u-pulsed him. He soon found "that ` she loved another, and on the evenin ` of the murder. he had mat her by aco - jdan1`,'and wa.lk'edV wi th"her to {ha \ place whereher body was auvbsquanttfli found. In a fit of jealous ta. 0 he'ha d !.cho`kad~:her to death, A thong LA:he`~ c_I'id nottmean tOi",l`;'i'll ;h;er'.f' ` -,___.._1 ".1 - __.-~...__.. _'_..__.___1_:'_._ The sound of nkwtiggon approaching` had frightened him,` and: he Atled,~.s1eav- ing thelfovdy where._itwa.f,tound hext fuum utuczu uu. I\I_|I uvso morning; _ ; w - .. , ,` jl , 9;- `_- Lg; - LL- _:.;'=.. _.:`;_';.>-;nT*s_{_"`V 1 The captain paid the penaltyiof hi ' j_c.1-ima in due course. it was;_the _ti1f;stf jrlteotive work I,~`h4,\`d es-c.:_;dcvuu'4.and I h'op`eIit` wi;l`1fbe th e:la;t.- l'_'as.:notg wo_tking"tn4'r t.ng;;~ ewsr1,.`but%,:t;;eAsquiro ,_,tbo ;us'htj 1: degef. ifa _*[* IId1.. 1.: .j'WEi8';`S3;_}V," rsuriired%<:dbI1a*ra g3~.e-wa:xVumo~` " ~ x ` "Not exactly,` " he` repiiod; A"'~"?I'Ve Inn.` 3-. I-nu.-.c'v.n.-u Ingram n liffl -YIIIYHQV "A19a yoh 'a' stranger here,?f"x! asii`-' A J 1 LIII-In, the know I `em at ' Netty `[0111 mine has IIII'I.o_* '..`!d'mm" -we-eu".rcwse. A "Iq}_mey_' [ res`pvet_:ts the ` Etrjmggele : in Afca t6-daeyf rcall ,%n dI_ 13?` meta tIie*_.;Lmeriean Civil War." ' _,The e Ewe: or; the Jvast resoureea has been caught in&`ditei~ent1y~pre pered; and this B'Oer' Repufrlic, % like Mr. `l_`.effers'on mm.` Sbutherh Co`1`1'federacy, have b8el; allowed` t`o`ana'tch great mi- timl ,-Advantages. V` There was, it is true nethiiug quite are the eiege of Ladysm-i1:h,~--or or Kimberley, or of Metekinfane 1861-5. e Bug in -their gen-` eral- outlines the two wars resemble each` other: closely says` an English! baper. . REBEL: udder Ri` de prison` nets of w" ght in 0']