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k, rus'h- ' he bzpyf ` v.9g1'I..I,w!;,i;_I|` N_atsl_ `at $5.090. . The highest 1 astima tes gnaw III-J VV And `who '. the best horse! Tom Jones, nu`. - ` Is Tom J I?am_, sir! w - his gguty well: _ Bocausel he is ;a`n- honorable man. opodient. is tidy, tak es good care hf: `equipment-and his-horse, and do - `ma ' ms... 2 ___--1 a.\IA .IJ.l'Jl I. 3' - Bender, stormed by the Russians in 3 1770, was, perhaps, not so impregna- . , ble as C~ronje`s fortress near Kimber- - f lay; but Cindnd, Roderigo, and Bad.- gjoz, carried by Wellington in 1812, nev- , ear tail to astonish the tourist familiar _' with that glorious page in -British his- _ bury, and yet it may be doubted whe- fther the conduct of our -men, during It those ' assaults approached in sheer fheroism that di.qnInm..a L... I-'--L- ~n.u-Q66 assaults app Thexroism that displ Tommy at; Belmont. In the wr_z.r which ,1: Adlfl 4` `AAA 3-;._,..... ucpuulu uncertain `still. .;,however, reject the skeptical` that she was a more tig- :;;the poet's fancy; and, if we ;f'h`or personal reality. the poems ilover demonstrate that she was }*rie,d woman, with whom he on- '!.;==a respectful and not very in- gigjq friendship. ,, ...--.. ..-vs. |l.IA nuns HLLUI (13-yllgulv Lnat y we were able to turn the tables. The 1 French, not only threw `our camp into .3 the wildest confusion,. but Gene-ral " Hay, who commanded the outposts, Wns killed, and Sir John Hope. W119 n * commanded our troops,` was taken pn- e soneir. _ _, ` _- The loss in officers, indeed, was so glreat that,` by the laywus of war, the . "' British at daybreak, should have. re- t,tIreated,- but this is just what they _ would not do. There were no boulders and machine guns in those days, and t the belief entertained. by `Tommy that one Englishman was a. match for ' thrree Frenchmen, amounted to a.suP- _ eitstition. Their generals were gone, and of officers they had only a few, I ' but they formed in jne, gave one ring- . * ing cheer, and dashed headlong at 1 their old foes, who, disiiking cold steel " ' as much as the Boersdo, took to their ` heels, never once stopping till they ` Ihtad reached Bayonne. V I ` As a rule night attacks are given ` in thebelief that the concealment af- f fovrded by the darkness will compen- a u n 4 ea-te for the risks incurred. A general debating the chances, as Lord Meth- uen did, no doubt considecredgthnt if he atatcked in the dark,he might at-_ tain success before the Boers, for all .9 their mobility, were able. to collect E` sufficient. ` MEN TO_ BEAT US BA;CK. ti '_ H. nnhalnr cu`-:-----3 ` " 3` 'U\ll-`U LLLIVUII OVOI` I'lV81`.l E` Strange as It may seem, for the ivfhench are an excitable race--'our _ ,1`1ends across the Channel have - always been Partial to sight at- tafgxs. _ . Was on the night of April 14th, % 1814. that the` garrison of Bayonne V mmde lts celebrated sortie. At first, '_ the onset was successful, and the out- posts fell back through the village of St. E_t1enne,. which the French then Jxoqse. This is one of the sorties 5 Evhlch may be quoted in favor of noc- _1:rnaI assault, for,'though it failed, I was not tlll long after daylight that were nhln fr. L."-.-. 4-1.... 4.1.1.. mt... v -u.uuu.J. uluuga, . G_'61_18II,`a.l Crawford had often oom- 3'P_1a1eI_1d- that his men were so fond of _f~f13'ht1n8' htat, when there were no _ =' F 1' 91101} handy, they would engage each {.0th8r'1n combat. He had no cause for `?0m=IJlaAn on this occasion. The artil- g,19TY.' h-avxng `no weapons handy. E ' ..h`n`TTfIUI Itrrrnrv I`l'I1"I"I"1`l"'l \ -us:-av rnru sn-..LvDLD Llllng. Gr. How could they when the1.r ranks "were constantly invaded by `what they ealled la'boxe. English fists decided the fate `of that night attack, and the French-such of them as esca;ed- ,g' -"-'----5 an: Ivcayuua uauuy. .[ FOUGHT WITH THEIR_|BELTS, hwhglst the infantry, "or as many of tham! {is were armed,"did such execu- _ tlon With the bayonet that the French gb6g_'a.n t6 waver. It was `no use their ouffncers telling. them to keep togeth- HO? I`.l'\.`I`l]t' `hair tnrlunn I-Inn:-s int!-\`ra rivvuuuv wan! VBVC-.5141 BIJSPBGCBG-.. , Their. orders being not to separate, they" presented so formidsa_'_ble an ap- pearance that the Portuguese incon-e tinently bolted, an example which was P'I'8SentlyVfollowed_. by the German Hussatrs, who, although pridinf -them- selves on their appearance an mansh-ip, were not suited to a rough "and tumble. fight in a. camp in the small hours. ' I r a.........__a n v- - - - -- horse,-` 3' :""rE3$ werethe` reasonswhioh indueg ed. the 4F.1'9m`h to. steal. across the A511-y . Ode, .on the banks of which Spanish} S l'iV8.1` we were stationed in 1810, be- eause thefire rendered the crossing Impossible in .-the day time.- General i Cr:_uwford s army consisted `of three British regiments, the, 1st regimentof `German `Hussars, two battalions of Portuguese Cocadores, and _a, battery of Horse Artillery. The night was ex- tremely dark, and the French antici- Patedan easy victory. The sentry not h3V11l8` the slightest idea of danger, had his back turned to the river as the French Grenadiers, 600 strong, stole u up the bank. As hewas; dispatched before he. could give the alarm, the Presence was even suspected.. Thif nrnra kn:-nu n..J- J-A n...ru.....J-... Erench: were in the -oamp before their """". 1'!-MIR u uqus:suu,y HIKE! P1.UU,_ 01' _a8 lngthe case-of' anight attack in Natal, the whole operation is. likely to has dnfa.n.+ml- In, H... .......'.-.......: ::..:....= .4: [pm 5:03:51; % hating that panics frequently tzike place,_or as in nnnn_r.F- o n:rr}\l- if-1-only in heir Jengtah, the tigiue t`hey'ti._oii'i;` in '` rt, or from anything ens `_ ' ut -of the `common connected with hem. Or they are.`tamo_i1s_because hey are or were the affairs o`f"cele- _Ijated peopl_ev_ It is in this latter "_js_ense_that we use thephrasef It the ghost _common_place wooing 6! 9the t -most commonplace people possesses an; 1irr_esistible interest, mi 'shall_ be [|;aid_gwhen_ theloves on7 which" we loci`: .__,ere the loves of, the immortals? A` _ Andotirst letus th'ink"h ow some 01 _;_thoso whose especia1,su,idy, ishioire, \ `gthat is_to say the poets,. have managed ` f __i;heir own love affairs. It is true that `, poetasters and pretendersto genius 1 -"have always had short temnersgxand `ivwild. undomestic` ways, but what .of xreal poets and those who have the-iong rpatience _o'x real genuis? : It would ,jeem,that for good family man who bean love their wives and bring up ,'Vt_heir_ children respectably. they can not be beaten.` "'Men do not make their homes unhappy because they `have genius, says Wordsworth, _"but because they have not ',enough"g_enius. `A mind and sent.ir`nnn+ na i.:...u.... ..'_.--- Joqesf ..,,.. uauucu 1n sneer displayed by Master mnt_ V best rfdgr soldier it . t` >7 LP! mth. - Itlil U! does "of the 1`:he: n. is B. of `to construct violins an ipatrglmonte of this mgtal have Leon (1 other at ring-~ j j 1-` icxgeption. to, the llule or .1IIus"x->1-.'y1j:;';` nu} _ { ;u'.Qtqngv`[e_l,_l *au_a ._._4An_-a'u;,c yovgr yr my -Wm; V_ Love affairs may becom _tt't.1 no'1 1sVin tl__1emselves_ from their_ integity, the figure they _cu_t in A- A_ _._L `_l_lia_sAc and llepelmnun l.e`Iaur'e--'0;vg,v,,e_r` .t_hex:o `are no /Loud : Island, on the coast of Maine, is one..ot the few places on earth where taxes. This island. 0! 11- .erw:ae known as Mus A " ` I Horses V ` : hoesareanj ; `d A ` .u -- lnpottant bra n y ' N"'-'!y- About 6.004 SIPA -n1-n.....L- .1 on to the Rqmans`. _The' fourth finger was dedicated, to Apllo, the sun god, and gold $3 an additional emblem of . n ' ` `was most _appropriate that the sigh: A _of_ the lav` ` 3 union should rest on this nnn Christianity the tin "man of t uyulool or remembrance and eternal Since theveurliest days of g has been a prev- faithfulness, the talis- wo souls forming a sarred life-union. ' l'l`I.- --- - ions pledge of -, -nu-Inlv to the next, or. or idea; the rain nity. _I.uu once from this wcrlil according to anoth- bow symbol of eter- 0-IJ X-II t] e1_' id _.I v- L551-II l.\u.l1.Vl7- ' - The origin of the marriage ring date: back many centuries and is in- `volved in somew hat of _ a mystery. According to an old legend of mythul- ogy. Jupiter sent to Prometheus, in honor of his-deliverance by Hercules, a ring in which was set- a piece of the stone to which-Prometheus had formerly been bound in chains. ~ In northern mythology the ring `symbolizesthe bride from world -next- nr n.........a:._~ A ' umpn. When B=.:den_-Pou;ellr;!We- 1}'p}}{o mean was picking himself out of who water. He foresaw at once that the _event of a similar accident lmmu-n- ing to a couple of scouts retiring be- fore an enemy on horse would huvo tojsuffice for two men. He immedi- ately stoppcd the flying troopers and ordered half "the number to dismount. Then, giving half the horses in (`h-.'ll`l7R ..-.....vu_u_au we number to FThen, givmg in charge _of one man, he mounted the 0tho.rs uu-o Llcuo . BadeVn-Povwell took a pmrty of snout: out eight miles. On reaching a I:9I'f:nin spot-he turned to the men,':.nd said, "Now, turn back and gallop honw as .hasrd,as you` can. Stopat nothing Go oven? everything that comes in ynur way. In complying with this urdar one of "the men failed to clear :1 nine- :41 A DVD ' the me. f).-J--- "` in trees with thick foliage. A radius of fatty yards was marked off {mm the tree, and on this ground the sec- ret scouts kept ,a watchful" eye. It was the business of the moving-.~4:-out to discover these positions wi1huutgo- ing within the forty yards. The faint- est (ray of light might enable him to do so, but should he cross the forty- ylard radius herould be taken prison- em immediately by those con:-enied which was accomplished by a ye-H oi "1131! l\---- ` _.' v-QAQJO He slept most of the day and scout. 'd`_all night. On particularly black and starless nights he sent out b ies of men to find their xvmy.-4 aboui the country with nothing but their own Intelligence. to guide them. 59. lecting 9. starting point in tho ink, blackness, he would order, ` 'I{i;ie out seven miles from here, and find your wna-y back again." The onle ll`-lg he gave tovthem in this problem was an injuction to look back at every object; passed, asmost landmarks present (111. fetrent views from opposite sides and as the opposite side would be the one seen on the return journey this was 9. useful hint that tective would offer. - mg` I -.n:- L5-- 0 . none but a burn do-I . where the Fifth Drag'oons~.';1y, ,_ -_... ..,.-yuan: all , '1 The neighborhood of Meerut= [Mi '1 3. `t off splendid facilities for the work?! _scouting, In all diI`ecLionq gm Iedhis, body o fVsco'uts and taught them to` 83061 in their work by the .~;i.'mrIg pm 5 oess of outscouting one a;n-,~U.s-2'. Upon th'e -ptroficient men he thvn mnferred, 8. special badge, resembling; ;1{1eur_. de-lys, otr "north point, to he won upon the arm. 'num.bero~t o thir-_ty, sleuth h< {Baden-Porwel1 s Specials are _ ,___, ... vuu.:.Iv1qL. "6373 `- ~When Baden-Powell was` ap.po-int colonel otmhe Fifth Dragoons one the first things he did w.:.` to twig a.-body .of.scou fs, to W'h0s('-; traimnng he~ s 1'vg-- M39 benefit of his own ya}? and peculiar experience. I.i.~,ginnintr with six, volunteers, he int-reased Jund.-1 guchggj as no other Bntxsh _re.gin1enl; ]}'USSeg5ea 3 I) robam, :_'f the only thoroughly trmma cavalry; ` _ ii- ---- ----vvoub as th : "vBaden-If`ovwell s_ Special.- vath -the `Fifth Dr-agoong 'ii1_L-adygxmith, the British Lihod would have had mm to, their credit. It seems general "opinion that in s] and_"o-utpost work the Bri generally is deficient. Wham '3'--'* T` -- ORIGIN, OF THE :2 3` lndbn-Bowen ; gpecms ,, " " "--9-`v"l '3 Mdysnnnh ` .`~ Welcome Addition; .., ,.,,u . . . , `fl - 1."..- scours. j ~--- volv IVVJLIIIIUE ourth finger of .thc Ix-It ck for its origin to the Mn Whbm-_5`,Vthe Gr:-1-ks custom'_f`an'(1 handed in land. Th.` ?.......n. c:.. RING. ranch of nnn - A__ Van- I9 j Men's Pure ankle, 1 Cross by $1.85, si Hen s P ure plfice $2. -l[en s Hea low sty brand, si l!en s 1-B1 Good yea $1.50, 3 Since Morgan -pntties i noufving ` Barrie investiga - _- _: Strathe it. and Vedneedu `ary prett. ranting anghter, Ir. Davi `he nupcl Ir. Puto 'aa richl Ibit. clot ad velv 'rrock w retty go aria clot ad valve .7 `Mr. B rphu Fle mg mare --__.I AL ..;e;n.,1.`=] npmeapu .1-immed atone buc returnin Groenw -.....vv, -v - eclared election ed anoth day, Fe doing be -s_L._ --.. Thes_e 1| we prefi list cur` repent ohoicm EB'BUAi - -' -g-u.`; _ , .A nd the;pe6plo.!53d.`hr:qiuh.; I . % +r`m;m _1~*i'Irs'iws`,:3xr;:43\:{jg;-3p;'. fi i'I'ho,Ii j u = . lo- a storm of thunder and rain, and,'as the rain got worse andworse, begged that he might be avllowedito. stay till .mornin_8. even it he had `only a olieir 1-to rest ~ upon in the lower room. This request was grudgingly granted by Thomas Hoggins, the owner of the house. because. in answer In :......:-:-- -avg: uuu; U 110 looked up with the `siin question on ; hiselips. Thereupon his sister broke in :_ "Why, really, John, it would seem ' as If you could not get. on five minutes without your wife. That's why I married her," he replied. . My face is my fortune, sir, she said. From the day when King Cop- ` hetuu wedded the "'beggar maid, cases have from time to time occurred or men of high position marrying girls `had taken shelter in 'a"c'otto;g"e from ay storm of thunder and .-.'.a.. .....a -- .. um; we scarcely less celebrated Lord JohnvLa.wrenoe was sitting in his drawing room at Southgate with his sister and other members of the fan_1ily. Looking -up from the book in ' which he had been engrossed, he dis- covered that his wife had left" the room. Where s mother ?.he.'aeked one ofhis daughters. ` "She's `up- stairs," replied the girl. He returned to his book; and, looking up again a few mi nutes later, he put the._eame question to his daughter, and receiv- led the same answer nm... ...-_- ,- __-- .. u uuuur uuna I200 much. Thou art dearer to me than Aanyscreatnre; let that suffice. Gen. Gordon said he never married because he `never found a woman pre- pared to accompany him to the ends of the earth. Such aewoman Sir Henry Lawrence did find. She went with him into. nearly every place in India where his work brought him, however `uuu Gal I: u `ax/13"}-:'1'eatnre; th tot to acgompagy 049 ml... ---- uauwll-I I On August`22, 1620, 0 well "married Elizabeth daughter of `a knight ` a London. merchant. -Mrs. Cr: not have had much charam husband never ceased to lc thirty years after their a wrote to her, the day an "Truly ~if I love you not think. I err `not on the 0th: nearer 1 [gnv-nrnntn..- . I-` .....u uuugul. LIOID I a perfect shout, "L mum, who over them 1 ` ' n(_ A [ .._.......... answer, wmch Hood he wnth delight from _behind the door, shout. "Lam! Inna-.. ..,..... - ,__ _.. vvaruuu`-' . D116 hinted to the `trishwvie that they were not fresh, and,` upon --being` assured that they had notbeen longout of the water, she observed, My good we- man, it may be as you `say, but I could not think of buying any plaice with those very unpleasant red spots. The w_oman s answer, which Hood heard delight from hahin.-I rs... .:.~..- ---- u Ill ' __t_`e triend:1:ip. e poet and divine. John Donne, _lfec`au`1e Dean of St. Pau_l s in 1621, family without the consent of her 1 d in consequence. W-as treat- th great asperity; in fact. he V his father-in-law that he ._ me and pen- pithy note! "John Donne. An- L e -undone, which he `sent to A man in question, and thisi` toting them to eon mar- 6 yeatfa tot ae.`di_ed_ erd at the, birth Dhchide. . '1 e` `spbetand, divfne who was . M; by his mar.rla_ge, but ' 'd_. ` and comforted, was ' M t ` wan. an excep- ryiug. in,`hnste` and ,re-' f_ ` or.__,he and hit, . t_!;e'third day after ` _ _'-cud 7.'tnef- was J n L` betwixt ..tl_1`em~`_3 aha I I 1 I 4 I `. wa x l u which. H00 that truth ` remind -me N otwiths hints on saying. "If served which she hinted In 1.19011 lllng _ _ Many women deserve, butxfew swo- men.receive,s such. an I. O. U. as that sanythin `. and I have I? ' more prosperous man ever since. would occasional practical jokes up-on staying at Brighton`, ' buying fish, and concluded by came around it happened that she had little except plaice, and Mrs. Hood .ob- that d gavehis wife. "'1 never` dearest, till .I_ knew you. _ eeu a better, happier. and Lay in lavender, sweetest. an` of it when I. fail. V tanding . this lappreciation. , ly- play harmless hera ;Qnce, when ` hegave her `a few the fish you are "buying is all had spots against been warned.\`` She fish wife ha d 5...... v.v;uu. -reammqre exquisi.te,ly7-;:- when all af once-i,the_~lady~,- 1te1E'II&ing herself from his arm, `jumped . up,'*s`ay-`e 1n8' 1"0h, dc1.stcp, Walter; `tlfer e s'.h_at dear` delightful Punch perfprming `in the street; I must, lock `out ot'1...the' v vindT)'w.f' , . , _-.~ t , ~- V And._ oh! eitthere-the an Elysium ..on. earth, - _ . - `It is this, itis this. , Thomas Moore,` who wrote these words himself tasted the Elysium Qt conjugal happiness. From .1811, the _ Yflar of his marriage, to. 1852. that of ` his death, his Bessy received from him the homage of a lover.,' tWhatev,e;r ` amusement he might findin the grand I society in which he mixed, he always I returned to hi_8.,wife and children with .1 a fresh feeling of delight- 1 .. ,_ _ Many Wnmnn .1...,'..-...... ....'ar.... --:`. ;'V--.-yawn: wI.LUl_lL a4q_ua.rre1.-" EVE!) In -the hone'.Y_!1!_0ll.. she .wounded the Door man's vanity.` I Landor__Was "read- Vi._ng some at his own verses` to his Bride v..gmj whn -am: .......... ...._.-:-:L--- n Vpsnttnz 9 t'='lia!_iii71fa`-e{11e`:}*.h -o"'a,l 81.'..S_nv.age~ Lander` and his '/wits. !.l?ha A e_ t met hisetutnre wie'at;a M11. and- dt-arxnined on the instant. to marry` her. Not long after he" had done-`so Mrs-"Landon `came to think t.hat-`'a n conversation` with` her husband was in- complete without a quarrel. ~ Even in hnvllln un uurnuunJn:3 515-` .-..,...... ca, mzu, Uuver Crom- Elizabeth Bouhcer, H61` Of `a knin-hr an.-l .......nn_-- H-0 W: um uw-u verses to ma nude Who. read _ ' ' V all at mm`. "3?f....f3i:t3Z={? I :you'n5t_ `I. other hand too mu art .1.......... en M -1-` - -uuv`-`Iv Ll uuav 5116 Lluu It plzuce , at against had he And, rnunn -.k.-.:...... ....._-_d- I -. uauaauut bouncer, and wealthy hant. Cromwell may character, but her :1` love her, and marriage he` '. (`LIV nffnn I'\---a'L--- 7919 the dooz-7,V\i};.\ L. Lord bless your eyes; 388,!` ' anv utI'-hnnt -V-"4 HM-no -oaquxukbigly. I- once `the: lady, 're1e`aqi1;g his arm, `iurnnm-I nn ~nau_* Oliver Cvrom- Cliquhnrh D...-|.____ avsu uuoaa your eyes,` see d any without /xV11'aV1'1'_i;a..g;e 3;` after Dunbar: Inn nnf 4-,. ....n I 2]" " for `tho ~._sao'iation tor"gt.h_u first : you; ptatea that `it has` wX.1:;;`"e;.sing the ` meeting, Lady Warwick said that the gredt thing for women was thormzghness-' men ~: .nn`.';_" -' " ' ` were a!`wuys`d'oubtfuI` of a woman's perueveranca -;-"but -only. let. them` the _ rough-,honaat. work:-ndy men` 'wou.ldV "bet `tho.-rtirst _to `reoogniab its` uu vugubcl IIIWIAIIUIIBE OI 8.811! Iiilfct;fugaci.1 of _c?n_e Reading.- % provids the ;nece.s a"ary ooluraea s`t m_uction' and"ra.am*nize's'he : Warwick Hostel as 3 place for % studaentq. . uv-ova I4 `t-ainin 1.... , A - --- -..-....-u--u aymwcny. ;f;;pres"e1-vod their union in rare beauty the end. But to say that it thus `uaintained itelf as it by magic with- :out effort of self-sacrifice on his part `or of resignation no hers, would he ...__,s unjust to the noble qualities of r2bo'th as it would be talse-to assert f_t_hat its compensating happiness had "ever tailed them." . The other great aster or song belonging to our time %.fg=nd"' country was also conspicuous tor` fbonjugal felicity, In 1850 Tennyson 1 'u.,_, rrind Wan h1__,_:|__ a-n - ._ The first" dnnual 'meetifig 61 the` Lady Warwick ,Agricultu1`al Associa-3 `titan for Women. was held at! Stafford House. London, `recent!-y.: ' ' rm... .............| _-L-z - - - - WOMEN .. FARMERS IN `ENGLAND. VIII. - D` , V _-v uvovuv av I-JLUIIU-o OW`!!! behaved to Vanessa as a father might; ; have behave`dft"o a daughter. He was; 3 attere`d,.however, that a girl 0"! 18,1, of beauty and accomplishments, "sigh-hf , ed for a gown of forty-tour, and he-, did not stop to waioh M... ----: ' -uuv |lJV"IIu 8 it! _ never meant Vaness Vanhomrigh, to fall in love w when he acted as` her tutor, was` a cage of Abelard and over ,again. .When he was in lessness," as he wrote to Stella tathez 1 th_a girl nf hQIIII ll-U`. " Human nature has perhaps never be- presented the spectacle of` a man `of such uncommon powers as Swift" involved in such a pitiable laby- ' rinth of the affections. Who has not heard of Varina, of Stella, of Vanessa? The first, Miss Waring, was the only woman who had the honor of r,efusi-ng the hand of the mighty dean. :We ' ' tried to decipher in which I he to Stella, Esther Johnson,` whose hair was "blacker than a rav- en." and every feature of whose face was perfection. Of this hair a look was found in Swift's desk after both he and Stella were dead, and on,the paper inWhich it was wrapped were; written words that have become pro-I -ver_bial for the burden of pathos that brevity seems `to. hide, f .uuuwu uu_1 come, ` a womans hair. It is for; each reader` to read his own meaning 1 into them. - (....:l- ~ repose. Be careful not to take cold not to rise too quickly, not to stoop, not. to rise for anything, not to be! angry with the servant. Take care not _to. fall upon the threshold -in she was an inv'alid, and he used to; write by her bedside while she.slept. i When he went. out in the morning; her room,~and leave a tender note to, greet her waking. He is oneof them, 5 I .1 wish. you a good morning, my dear eposer` as well .u,cmu-, are or--some of the most cele-`V brated of them. After `twenty-eightli years experience Faraday spoke of A (his marriage as an event which, morale, than any other, had contributed to his] ` earthly happiness -and healthy state!` of mind. Speaking of his wife, James 1 Nasmyth, the inventor of the steam"; hammer, said: `.'For4ty-two years of! I married life find us the `same _devoted `cronies" that we were at the begin- ning. . l I -It ispleasant to find harmony in E the house of a great `musical com-' as in his compositions. ' " There was no discordant note in the 1 matrimonial duet which Mohart and t his wife played_ together. For years % mestic. life -,- ..-._~.ug :..u5u.m.1`ly,.tO ner-letters which `in l'ate r'years he used to call the love letters of your old husband._` The contemplation` of nature's calm` ,and orderly working would seem to. ve- a soothing influence V `upon her `students i_we may judgelrom the do-: V ` of some of cele-I `After `twenty-eight, ygars Faradnwr am. ..a fed, they had note. home V to~*go~$0.$I!d gt?he__; did noteeknow whether pthelr friends - would i ever speakgto fihm again." "a " If. however 'the`_early? .h_t_'e of `Mrs.` Sgoti; was a.a_trugg1e.. Sim. W118 rewarded when she saw `her husband take his fseat, "ixp-`on* the fwoarsagk-=ag_1d become Lord'.Eldon. = 'l`hsa.t this`-W8-8 due largely to her `was shown by the vwordswhioh the King -used atter g1v- A ing the. Great-Seal intogLord_ Eldon. s hands, "Give my remembrance, he said, to Lady Eldone . ~ The -'Chai1oel- , lorr acknowledged ..th'e.-eondescension. but intimated his ignorance of Lady vEldon s claim, to such notice. "Yes, 1 ; yes," the` King answered. -"I linqw . how` much I ` owe to Lady Eldon. I knew` you would-have made yourself` ,` `a countrycurate, and that shehas 1 made your; my. Lord Chancellor}? ""_Eor" `forty-three` years the great nell,, poured out his heart to `his. wife. like a school boy in love for. the first I time-,. ,,His first thoughts were al- C ways of` her: and neither the lapse of t yearnnor the tremendous pressure of his professional and political engage- 11 agents seems ever to have prevented iw 'h1s_ writing regularly to her-1etters t, in _'at_e`r'years he to call ` no ionngwn. gm 1` m'r2:i'e'd`-`, At first it am` t look as ,$th.18.;Wre a o.a.s.e qt 3:. aQl pal5ing ex. rtune. to: con , the t.h11`I' day; `atten- {heir Ilanion their"tund_ a were exhaust, ad! they had nnt ll hnmn `'11 no in and _ .~-j_-__ ----A-1-.--3" Iauuogp "`. *``3'. '|!r_" 'f~in-'~ ad" rauogmzes the "Lady 31:61 a num. fnai ..m........ `"2 I-unto, uu; of mere _list_ Stella. Swift Vanessa as A fad-hm. ....:_u...'; .. ..u.m you nave slept well, V othing. has disturbed your, . 3 cold,`; - 1 ll unon l'hnth---1--'-' -'-- asant harmonj rell II duet mm. 1M'-`~--4- ---- Vanessa, Miss with him but it E Ahnln-rd on-3 D-'-3- guulalu lulu 1 London "gown and periwig, or mother, and tre-` .9` unnf at .u...... I2_;_ `-V4: uuu Lu!- . of -list. V gfnlln \.._.'nL ' ,a"'U "' ?fRo`bert_ Browning there. are the fol- ilowingwords, which ought to be con- iaidered by all who would solve the ipwoblem: "How to be happy though jnerried-"The deep heart-love, the `,;_'n1any-`sided intellectual sympathy,` ,j;`;;nres`e1-vad thnir nus..- :.. ---'-- L - aul. , uuu 11 the consis- -vu- can: u Gollegg :3 `AP In . .___` women I ~~~~~~~ .1 j . yery great. ,_ They recognise that in _the`dark it is `impossible to control t operations ,I1_fter fighting h . menoed; -that even, it the place to be stormed has `been ,.tho_t;guhly `recon.- opoitmd, the dBl'EYI9S", ii` let olo1)e rapidyjnovemeiztsgt- ; t Wu mun; [mm/e in the .When an investing tomevfinds itsoit withu ti.lleu'y,- t~h't temptation night attack is, of. calm hay in 'iD0ISHihIn in n--`-*` ` wen __ -..- nu-L wuuzn iosc us our Ameri- _ _ - .. ....u~.a.un no uu , V 0 P- and waited in qui r , .. . . f 3 ing to complete their achievement. Theme were not wanting those who lmgmn Heights was wt On If by 3.000 were not hopeful for the three bodies Americans who encvamped at Stoney e into which the force was split was 'o"k sm "9" mil {mm the Bri' V _ 9 ' - . . tish position. Colonel -t are: :;:i.:W2:i:;:,i.:;::*s:i.:r:i:: ren-ma n O nu-m-bered about 2,311) .men. were form- a night `Puck was intmsted with d ed, on the contrary. en masse, so as g`:h:`.m" "nd gtfihe ht"1;`d "tum . to support each other and, in addi- . 3'mn ' _ `"1 `"5. ' er ."' tion. had a perfect knowledge of all p'am5 f.th,8'h' h`.p'b.` Amer" ; the defences of the place, which we "3 t msht and mm` 8 wmm" 1: ye ,beIred. with a force which numbered For all this the assailants so little i only 704 "wk and me` His 185 am anticipated defetit that they paid and `"`*" ` ""`3""'? ""- 133 . . . . wounded, and tw'-nty-five missing. ' 5Z3i3Zi~e*"iei.L& %`L`'. .;5'33i%`3: Nights aitmik t . V . ly given far reinformmnts and or_, void.` of the science which warfare _by 5 dated back some engineers ind artil-5 d*73'ht"`."""d .3.p' f"' ~ lery which had ui-i'iv e d--i-a most fool-"dew "r't'"n ndm"' ~ ' V sh-m.-do, torfho mornmg f'ouhd.Tomi shown, they are not wi`ihouv,fheir my ;1n irti'e`dei:iaralised; Hekwill.niarch "`l` .. V. I ' ` `as ongasyuf ,uut t . the ground pi? eaxtremgfy STUCK UP FOR HIMSELF:-"i ' cold night, and he be comes veryides- An` English general`, in `reviewing a 3 pondent, especially when he ha_s,a's_kg- 1 corps oteavalry, `suddenly stopped b _ ed himself and his mates what would fore it splendid-looking ' fellow fund ,5 _h A ` y to meet: their asked, abruptly ---. 7 . ' ._~ . troops and attaok each of the` ' ' ' x`.....=u wgunents in the service of. although greatly out-, 18-; numbered, fought in their, nightshirts h . with such` desperate courage that he . ;vms at length compelled to retire. 9` " What could be done, he wrote den-`i pariringly, "against men who AFVFIFD Qtfhtuvvvvuon ---- ` {nble profession to wed. " Contrary to qipectetions, the result was excep- ronal happiness. Q In the biography at BY\Hniha fhnrn n-- `-L V ` ' I_n.the attack of six Thomas Gm-f ham. on. B3;-3-an-cop-Zoom, ' t_he assatl-' ants, who numbered 2,270 British. - troops gained the ramparts unseen.7 . in quietness till the morn- _ ing comfrlete achievement. Theme were hopeful. three bodies split, ' spread over'tw'elve of the sixteen fronts of the place. The garrison, who also nu-mbered 2,200.men, form- each other, and. in T perfect knowledge - I V I I For all this, thevassailants 3` `anticipated defeat, they paidand ` dismissed their guide, countermanded ` the orders which had been previous-,` :ly give; reinforcements,/and _o_r-fj ;c.la.-red, have auccedd, but .fo r what 3 he_ called the "idiotic bravery " pf two .Ir1sh regim;_en`ts` in the aervwe EFTBDOG. Who. balthnnsn-h n-~...u.. ---A ; in mind that even with the most fav- .oura.vble elements it is still possible, _ tq fail if the garrison thus surprised fie animated with a good spirit." -_, T V , :, NEVER T0 SUFFER AN ASSAULT I to be made` at night upon an enemy ' who is-`prepared and strongly posted, \ and whose posts have not `been recon: no-itred by daylight. The hereof Wat- ` erloo,never altered his opinion, for in 1814 we find him wwriting in reference to the disaster at Bergen-op-Zoom; "`Sdr`Thomas Graham is very unfor- tunate. However. well `planned, night, ,- __-....... usauuul us very untur- night. ; attacks on good troops are seldom sue- eessful. Mars'hal Marmont, or-1e at the best soldiers who ever fought under Napol- eon, was of the same opinion, for he " `H nnnnunn 5- L` " 1 v~--v-----val; ulwy BBC 3.5108. .| Our soldiers require no flamjoks to keep them ag their post. Indeed the _ great` defect of Mr. Thomas Atkins I ---unilllo ; 1`h.e'Duke` of Wellington s qpinion of the night attack, merits, of course, ? more serious attention. After the 153i`.- Vu=;e pf an enterprise a_g-ainsta fort in if-rout of Seringapatam, in 1799, Wel-`_ lington said in a despatoh to his bro- , ther, Lord Mornington: ' to the determination, wh er. - `'- I have come en in mypow.-_' I ,~._...._ " nn:.LuLO was owm-g `E0 `fusion which darkness inevitably oq-. Icesions, and the necessity of keeping} ` the-soldiers _under the e'ye`of their of- ` I fice=`rs,` toinduoe their) to do theiruty, 1 [his `testimony may be set aside. '4 ` c F : i fhnf kn:-an. L_A.-n_,, 0 ., -,.. ---o-v ,-avv-V9 -"9 VB" ; notdouir troops--itbeing impossible to '. storm entrenchmetits in these `days of E Q-F- W0 ap0ns-.toi~1_a.'z`gely rely onnight Ev attacks and the bayonet? In the mili.-' I tarry `world there i'smuch difference: I `of o_pinion`a.s to the valuielot the night j a_ttack.in war. Butassaults in:day1ig*bt ,_'|inv ant"-reinched positions causes such loss of life, _ unless the artillery ,_first Olars the way, that nocturnal war- ._ a-`re/will always be resorted to.` It 4 has one great` point in"-' itsfavor: that . it enables the attacking party n;ot"only f to conceal its plan of "attack, but steal. I .on the enemy unobserved as well. _` ti Some of the greatest generals` the_ : ,world has ever known, were not iz_1;! {favour of night-attack. Frederick the '1 `Great hada poor opinion of its uses, 3% `but, as that monaJrch s disl_iIne ot_not>- tu:rn.a=l_ warfare was owing to the-_oon- c_ fusion ml-.:..1.. .1-..v__-M - ' -- ' - ' " gnornu nmxn AN. Esrnc1:,u.. 7 ?*'=s'run OF-IT-. "':"-'-'V'-I auxyno II. apparent CUBE U18 kopjea and bther natural fortifica- tiions of the7co1_1n trVy contain so tnany hldlnz-Placg as {,0 render __even a bom- b81`d.ment by lyddite useless, ought - n'l'l;'l' I~so4`un-5.. .' 1. L , I 0 T V ~ : . ` . -z` .. -_ V, ,Na,taJ,t1;e,whole operati niqlikely `50..ME~.TH.A-"1' HAVE SUCQEEDED, AND ba getea-tog: by the _a(_:cid eontal. firing` of SOME `THAT HAVE 1v`A[LEp_ ` ` V_I_ n_e. On the` other hand, it is pos- - ` - _- _ _ _ sable In `the darkness .to creep close to entrenchments quite unapproachable j Thin oplniions or` Glc`at comm-s on the by day` sn$:::': , ._'_ "' "'3'" 5`3 0" These were ..the reasonswhi-ch induce the French to nfpn.l nr-.1-nan Hun Au-I1- {NIGHT[ ATmKs%%Tm ml -.. u.-sun ID 0110'` was "relied/o n as evidence backs of night-`attacks. As fact, the defeat was due string of our` men. . It. was of the darkness that we rammrtr Hm -I-'~* It attack, ious n Wel-T In::l 3-- - -`- ~:ll-G. attacking Drnnnr n u._ -_.v., nnwvv BUD _uuUug.I.l`Ul1lll3. : A miindi and'senLiment of higher `order ;`.wo'uld render` them capable of seeing 7 ind feeling all the beauty of domes-. ',t}ic ties. Of this Wo`rdeworth'him- giself is an example. Miss.Martineau, `who was a neighbor at his, describes _:how. very happy he and his wife went ~-inurn 9-ho l..:I| -1 12;, A --