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CURIOUS BIRTHDAY GUTS HOW SbMS GENERALS ANNOUNCED VICTORIES. One Cabl«£ Defeat as a Triumph-- While Another Wired a Pun. Next to winning a victory, the chief concern of a general or admiral now-a-days is how to spring the news on the public in the most effective way. However great and glorious the triumph it is not considered complete unless its announceirent is served up in a spicy fashion through the news- querors themselves have departed from the stern official language which had to do duty in the days of our ancestors und gilded the pruni of victory with some suggestive phrase. happy day at Sedan. The French are said to have captured thirty guns, and Bazaine is said to be driving the Prussians towards Sedan." This was received with much satisfaction in Paris, until the next day Was published the following, addressed to the "Queen of Prussia, Berlin," i ■ • Wilhelm." "A capitulation whereby the whole army at Sedan are prisoners of war has just been concluded. What a course of events have assumed by God's guidance." The defeats of the Greeks by Turkey in 1897 were put in quaint phraseology by the deafeated generals. Overwhelmed and driven back at Pharsala the general announced to the > actually got 1 snt of the of satisfactory, n whispered, though vith truth, that our a view to the anni- rl was that the Spanisl Waterloi the first i victory. Balaclava first reached Britain as one of the many "regret" battles. That it was in any sense glorious did not strike the public until some weeks had elapsed. The bare fact was announced after the "I deeply regret." "Eight hundred Cavalry were engaged, of whom only two hundred returned. The 17th Lancers were almost destroyed. We require reinforcements." Nothing was said, or thought at that time, of the "six hundred" and "the cannons to the right of them part of the episode, which simply read like a very unpleasant defeat occurring at a very unpleasant mo-,.--Pearson's Weekly. fossils yet found in the Antarctic con-They were found on a sand-stone ledge in a carbonized bend. ap-' ly carried there by torrential s. Undoubted glacier marks found at considerable height, ; noraines were found on Cape | Royds at a height of 1,500 feet. When C.apt. Scott returned to the ship, after an absence of eighty days, j ■k going on, the crew at-tempting to free the ship from ice : iwing. She was seventeen miles open water and in ice ei,ghi feet thick. The best cut made was forty four hours; and as soon ais 3 were made they were frozen again, so that at last the work had > l)e abandoned as useless. Meantime, another expedition had t out under Lieut. Ro\ ds and Mr. iernachi. They wished to ascertain sheet and to see 'ring a birthday present ?an public, and wired-under my command of-n. as a Fourth of July WATERLOO AND INKERS!AN came ot course in the first category. The former was announced to the public as follows, m a telegram to the Lord Mayor of London: "I have the greatest satisfaction in informing your Lordship that the dispatches received from Wellington, dated the 19th inst., contain" the account of a most decisive and glorious victory having been obtained over the whole of the French army." Lord Raglan communicated the news of Inkerman as follows: "I have the honor to report to your Grace that the army under my command eKerUioll.v repulsed and defeated a most vigorous and determined attack of the enemy." "Deeply regret" has a fearful • the s of reverses in South Africa, many times that word cam through dispatches we do not remember. The most heart-1 "regrets," however, were tl tnd Gat. Hov I have me attack this And in s of the scoi The :amc the news! METHUEN DIDN'T "REGRET" his defeat at Magersfontein, but conveyed it in terse "enough words: "Highland Brigade attacked at daybreak. Attack properly timed. Attack failed." Our victories dining the South Af- "French, with hors airy, and mounted i Kimberley this afteri Ladysmith's relief ' similarly brief terms: "Dundonald, with eers, and composite r Ladysmith last night Charles the11 6] (Scindc > briefest OUT OF AETAEUIIB. ICE DETAILS OP THE RESCUE 0F| THE DISCOVERY. e Antarctic explor arrived at Lyttlet land, on Good Friday, aft( S1' ATTITUDE OF BOERS. "Though rge section ike kindly of ! Boers de of the Dutch n Capo Colony forms a permenent ■lenient of unrest." says a writer in .he London Times, "I do not share he views of those who anticipate a busy org it; thei •e polit sight The FREE FROM ROCK MASSES. crely grTat' success.1* They from frostbite and from a shortage of food, which eventually', compelled them to turn back. y to carry light loads, but their appetites increased, and in the end they suffered from_ hunger to such an extent that thei could think of nothing else. One the men describes his longing foi glass of beer. They dreamed horril nightmares of food being tant.ili near, of splendid banquets read the eating. Observations were taken whic be found most valuable in det ing the position of the south netic pole, and there will be ir ingly less risk of sailors gettir aibjec imediate aims, however, , and, although the basis anization for political >pens to be identical with M-ganiz the . for that occurs to the Boer mind, namely, that of field cornets. The average Boer has neither the means nor the inclination to make up his mind on any given point; he linds it far more convenient to have it made up for him. Hence the power wielded by the field cornets, and in turn by the two or three men to whom the field comets look for guidance and instructions. This power can bo exercised indifferently in the direction of the ballot box or for purposes of armed insur-ld there be any scru- at hand, and t . the STRANGE SEA STORY. Do you know why the sea ebbs and flows? This is the legend:--The army of drowned twice daily gather their forces at the bottom of the deep and march toward the four points of the compas to lay their weary bones on earth and escape from their watery tomb. You can hear their tramping --they call it sea moaning--and see the waves being pushed on before them in great water hills, which dash against each other in their furious flight from the escaping host, and when they break and hurl clouds of snow-white spray high in the air it is caused by the lashings from the swinging, bony arms of the army drowned. And did you ever listen to the weired noise as these mountains of water leap up on each other? That is the cry of the victims of On and on the waves are driven, farther and farther they encroach on land, and the feet of the mighty body can be heard scraping for foothold on the smooth, shifting pebbles. Only another incoming wave and escape is theirs, but it is just too late. The reacted undertow sets in, and you ear their bony feet slip from under lem, and back they are carried, the thausted captives. Then look when the ef ships were fitted ;xpense. These vessels, the and the Terra Nova, found Exph the l>i: bende i lief ships tried butting the ice. The way of it was thus: The ship had to make way astern 300 or 400 yards. Then she would full speed--which with the Terra No-' 8 knots--and butt at the ice. s abundant. Four kinds that known as Wed-The Ant-marketable The bered, had 1 be i than s Zoologists have puzzled t the s , old there was a big mass of solid ice get through before reaching her. The results of the butting v various with the Terra, Nova. So THE DISCOVERY When j breaking ) frequently found ! smaller seals. The Discovery expedi- i A LIGHT ON THE MATTER. J When a large sea-leopard, a variety j an ordinary seal were found in the 'animal's stomach. As he possesses !an unnsiw'.iy fierce set of tctHtti,-it is' ■ supphsed that the se,a leopard is in ■ i the habit of acting the cannibal to-jward his smaller brethren. ! The skua gulls are the scavengers : of the frigid regions. They arc not I timid and will come up in numbers las soon as a seal has been killed and 'straightway begin feeding on the car- j The giant petrel shares the distinc-. ! tion. Ho feeds till he is too gorged , I to fly and then runs in a peculiar way when chased, spreading his wings is sails. 6If the chasing lasts long 'enough his digestion comes to his ; rescue and he suddenly raises himself ' and flies off. j The penguins seem to have provid- I amount of amusement. They used to , ! prod the emperor penguin (a great j fellow, standing three feet and weigh-• pounds) with [FLUENCE OF THE CHURCH ited. It may be thought non-fulfilment of its proph-rding the issue of the war have impaired this but the ecclesiastical mind I not so lightly caught napping, he arguments which I have reason y believe have been used to explain Iky the unfortunate discrepancy be-Ki prophecy and e' hat as follows :--God must always Ml Sin; the internecine feuds of the Boers in the curly days led to a visitation from the Almighty in the 1877. Four years of pens brought about their liberation. fallen from grace; their minds ' been set on righteousness, money-making, forms of sin; punishment and, although inishm this (and, phat laboured this point, it o bring home the special ch sties of the Boer mind that dil o strikingly from the more famil fays of thought in modern civili: .ion)--from this it will be gathei hat there is excellent material land for any agitator who may Ci o make use of it. The agitati ire here, but the opportunity ising the material for other tl Political purposes is wanting, e >ne confidently hopes will be wanti CHINESE POOD PRODUCTS. far out ai feet, and j s the i : thei rill know why the s EARTHQUAI international i that they may THE TITTOOIM QMS Birds, Butterflies and Portraits A::e Popular in Society. Tatooing has _ broken out afrasb among society people all over Eurvpts and this eo miry, as a result of war in the far east, and the curious fashion is spreading rapidly, representatives of European royalty and the leaders in American social circles be- the fie. th^ Welt0' hands ful skin" arti:-charge abc butterfly 0 » give being punctured ! he knights of the needle ci row have their hands r out Japanese designs, ear to find special favor devotees of the "art." ble Japanese tattooist in ]nd of London has his at present, and charges for his works of art. The t a dollar for ,a smali ■ flower or simple design, as $30 to $50 for any-.» wayt of a really elabor-p dragon. A favorite sub- n is a pretty little Jap- arted by the ,ed horifs do Congress. All the na' the work then t I available Gove parlm.ents to gather stati rthquakes, and to for ; de- ities about 1 ward them i Strasburg. id regulations have been laid |' down for observation, and the members know just what facts should be gathered. Whatever money can be raised will be used for the establishment of observatories and experi-ment stations in lands that are suf- small beetle, apparently ». ferers from these disturbances. The ace of being swallowed by t reports which arc sent in to the cen- | The Grand Duke Alexis of tral station will be edited and pub- ! most elaborately tattooed lished periodically. j ent parts of his body, lit: ----------*---- Grand Duke Constantin heir appaic arm. The ticularly fa-wide open midab'a ixv Peculiar i Teck. toad, I the. design louth of ■< STRENGTH OF MAN'S LIMBS. As a result of some very interea iologis-.s Dr. Yar !the i 5 dis- : ion made the hand tingle ne time emitting curious tick, when gut ; had been ould be acc< mailer kind, are 3d liis ! coming to see what is going on j vot , scrambling along the ice on their bel-sei-'l.re lies, using the fliripers like canoe pad-■t lost ' dies. The penguin dives and steople-ovol. | chases and jumps straight out of the final- water on to the ice, falls flat and jjV „ 'goes through the funniest manoeuvres. sno... Large numbers of penguins march where nl'.mg like regiments in Indian file, ceased w,looi and turn and generally act as skirl though on parade, "Khartoum fell on the 20th. The fate of General Gordon is unknown." The utter rout of the Poles, and the capture of their capital in 1831, which led to the partition of Poland between Russia. Prussia, and Austria 7 the general in following choice words: "Order reigns in Warsaw." Curiously enough, irony great victories were first reported as defeats for the victors. Amazing as it seems the first news of Dewey's defeat of the Spaniards at Manila represented it as n NOTABLE SPANISH VICTORY. The Governor of the Philippines actually proclaimed this in the following words, which on being posted up in Madrid were hailed with cheers: "Our fleet engaged enemy in brilliant combat. They obliged enemy with heavy loss to change their position, and to manoeuvre repeatedly. At nino o'clock the American squadron took refuge behind merchant shipping." Dewey's telegram, a little later, however, put a .very different eomplex- They had taken light folding t feet i leter, WHY BABY EATS A LOT. adult diet depend i ; ledges wled by which, when they were in, closed. . They, warmed : of the eater, but and cooked their food by,his bodily surface. Primus lamps, and the I children this rule tea or cocoa were limited, |An infant may w had to be carried. The led by the men. This In the case of further modified. ;h one-eighteenth , but its iei i the c Still more startling is the fact that France's most fearful defeat of history. Sedan, in which McMahon surrendered with 70,000 men. filtered through first »s ■-, French victory. On the day of the battle the following telegram reached tho newspapers from Brrifwt-lg: <'A sew encounter occurred yester- hcight of 7,200 I feet on the glacier, Capt. Scott and his men, in the teeth of a driving blizzard, crossed the 180th meridian at the point furthest south yet reached in the history of the world. Then the compass was pointing EXACTLY THE WRONG WAY. But the weather now became so severe that the party was obliged to 'stop, and the captain tucked out two ! of his strongest men, and they proceeded alone on their journey. For jnine days they kept up, making latitude 77 deg. 59 min. south and : longitude 146 deg. 33 min. e.nst, to I the summit of Victoria Land, which they ascertained to be a plain of 'uniform height, 9,000 feet above sea : level. I The geologist of the party made some important discoveries in the way of fossil plant life and pebbles, which serve to show that at some past time the climatic conditions of this great mass of land were cons-id-' erably more temperate than at present. These are probably the only u ■ ■ailia; the first requirement food is to replace continually being from nil parts of "" i deti of noi needed propo rather than the former. ±si e case of a growing child foe 30 needed to supply the incrca: >odily weight. In all, an i s ration may be five times i as would be estimated from i 1 weight alone. DOG FARMI.VG. In Manchuria dog-raisi tised upon pretty much scale as sheep-farming in Australia, proportionate to population, of course. A pretty bride--if such there be in the land--does not take her dowry in specie or in land. Dogs aro the dowry, six if she be the daughter of poor parents, more if they be wealthy. The brutes serve as meat for human consumption, their magnificent coats being converted into rugs. Forty to fifty-thousand of the friends of man are so treated every year, Kin, a Chinese woman doctor, now studying in America, gives some interesting facts about Chinese food products. One surprising thing Dr. Yamei Km tells is that Chinese soy is made from a sort of red bean ground up and fermented. While fermenting it smells much like sauerkraut, only worse. The fermented product is shipped in large cases to England, where it is mixed with vinegar and other products and is sold as Worcestershire sauce. The Chinese laborer lives on beans as much as does the Boston typewriter girl. The bean in China is more like our small round cowpea. This is ground fme„ mixed with water and a little salt. Then the water is pressed out and the bean cake is sold to the poor. This bean cake may be cooked and mixed with other things, fish, chickens, etc. It is highly nutritious, and explains why the Chinese laborer can endure so much on so little food. Vegetables are eaten in quantities, and so are cliickens and ducks, incubator ducks being known in China one hundred or two hundred years before America discovered the incubator. Fish is popular, but very little meat is eaten. An animal is never killed to be eaten until it is too old to work; hence the Chinese do not liEe beef, considering it too tough. Pork is popular, and every family keeps one or two pigs. The Chinese are great cooks, and love to give elaborate dinners. This Is the chief means of entertaining in China. However, the dinner consists af sixty- courses, ,-ind it takes several hours. The guests are seated at small tables, and ten courses are served. Then the tables arc cleared and the guests enjoy games, matching poetry being a i A guest und pin:- determine tnc relative s-iuiig. right and left limbs, it has be certained that over 50 per cer the men examined had the rigt stronger than the left; 16.4 pe: had the two arms of equal Sweden, Prin Waldemar of Denmark, and Queei '• ga of Greece have also boon ad< I with flesh pictures. Among . ■ personages might be mentioned . Randolph Churchill, the duke of ! castle, and Sir Edmund Lechmer. , j of whom have submitted to the , j tooer's needle. . | . WOMEN LIKE COLORS. than the right at the average skeletons were had the right i six the left an .he right. . had the the left; Of these twe;i!y-thre< rm and left leg longei i and right leg, The designs in Fit::: and ■ty women, fact that so many beautiful colors can be introduced into them. Sporting designs predominate with men, who often have the Regin A SCENE OF AVOE. saw her sadly weeping, Big tears rolled down her 5o bitter was her anguish, ' seemed. She could not even As pitying I watched Yet faster still they Her face was pale wi Bowed down with v I wished that I could comfort; Alas! what could I say That would assuage her grievi Or wipe her tears away.' I could but stand and pity: But pray, maje no mistake-She was but slicing onions To fry them with a steak! THE WALKING LOCOMOTIVE. ■alent, while not a few are partial to serpents and dragons. Perhaps the most striking of all represent at ions of two celebrated paintings, "The Crucifixion" and "Ecce Homo." One woman has depicted c~ her skin a pict it ing a " hus- Portraits of bands are popular with some women. Monograms, initials, and family quarterings abound. It is surprising the number of young people of the fashionable set of large American cities who have been tattooed. Some of them are as variously decorated as the saltiest old seaman, and those who have escaped the needle thus far aro enviously awaiting an opportunity to join the ranks of the "skin pictures," as the tattooed fashionable are tailed. WORK RAPIDLY. An electric tattooing machine has been invented which accomplishes the worlc much quicker and neater than the needle used in the old method. The "professor" washes the skin with ,j ! antiseptic and shaves away the hairs. University recently made it the sub- I Rubbing a little cocaine into the skin iect of a lecture ' The inventor culls he next proceeds to stencil the de-it the "pedrail." Professor Hele- ! sired design. Shaw regards it as successfully solv- \ He then turns the current into ah ing the problem of adapting the In- '■ electric outline machine, and at l animal walking t ippli ses half a coup-other half. Im-making is another fa- The bin orite Chim Rats and cats are not eaten save .y the very poor in times of fam-ls' nests eaten are those allow, which eats quan- ____weed until its craw is full. Then it selects a high cliff and builds its nest by throwing the seaweed, which is now in a mucilaginous state from its mouth round and ! by revolving frames | pedals, and bear sm; of thp s ; the body of the RAILWAY CARPETS The French Minister of sister of Public ? the question of ay carriages. Cii<- ind the cessation FOR EXCELLEN Minister--You seem REASONS, o be glad t . f 1,000 traces the outline. Generally the patient winces several times, but finally becomes used to the pricking sensation and makes no further complaint. There is little or no sign of blood during the time the skin is being punctured. The designs are finished with a shading machine operated by electricity. Although eight needles go into the patient's arm at each throb of the current, it does not hurt as much as the work" done by the outline machine with its single point of stool. After a little more color has been worked into the holes left by the shading machine, the "professor" as a rule concludes his artistic operation by binding up the arm and letting nature have full sway In heal» ing the punctures made. NOVELTY IN TOWELS. uire soap and When are among the They do not re-iter U> 1 cleanse led it is said thai they may be thrown in the fire