. LARGE "AREA popuiation is less ..... ..u an: uuuu U) .0 keep their ridge may; be In fn I,....'.. LL- I , - .._,..,-g_-,-rpnaouu-A5 ueugqgqrueungnse -from Lake; . Erie` and p6hit's still .ta1:hez'.ea_st.~ .- ] ' sl:`B.EI_GHf1` _'.I`HA-T'P:A'$S_`ED THROUG." '1 - The "total fr_e ig ht ' passing through the canal in "1899 was 25,255,810 tons, against -but ..7,516.022 tons in .1889, ' showing that the freight has increased ` more rapidly than the number of ves- ' eels`, thus .indic_a_t'(ng fin` some degree 1 the repidj i n<:"reae' in the eiie and capacity of the freight carrying. ves- `eels of "the great lakes. The develop- _me,ntf,gf,_ g'rehin.p2`educ.tion of the ex- -_1:-gggpe __No1f,U>weet rd.u_ri,ng the `decade fie; idieateby the fncfthat the wheat fqag_'ried_; th.rojuh_.,t~he "ca-n`::I in .1899 was ; `.5.3;3_%W-3=35.,:!3!1shele,,.-`and in-.:1899 16,231,: `.'.'_.s,'I`-a-in` other than wheat," and ;n me, buy Lake Superior, with Duluth. as its great distributing point. It is the great gateway through which the wheat, oats, flour, iron ore, copper and lum- her at Montana, the Dakotas.Minne- sota _ and Northern Wisoonsn and '(`.uI~IulcI-able Increase 4 ` `___v ..... vgynnv wuo Lllglunus produce so few such men. It is not improbable that Lord Lov- at, who is organizing the force, will "go out with it as leader. A better or`i more popular man could not be found.` He is a thorough sportsman, and has proved himself a foremost supports `of every Highland game. He has, more than any one, helped to revive "camanaohidl," or shinty, and -he is a skillful and energetic manipultor of the "'caman." He has had, too, a `Militia. ' battalion `of the Cameron_ Highlanders. . ` ' Aljgogether, this force of Highlanders is a uniqueexperimenr, and its opera- tions in South Africa will be watched ?with great interest. ' ' ...__ ...r-V-, uvos 1-KILLIIXB Wastes ,'and' mountains that seem unscalable. 1 Forty miles a day among heather and rocks is an ordinary walk, and they 1 can keep that up for days with ease. Blistered feet they know not. Their diet is often of the most meagre kind. Of course, they have breakfast and supper at home; but the writer has seen:-them- often on the hills all day, tramping continuously, with no more than a little oatmeal made into brose in thepalm of the hand at a burnside. They can carry heavy weights, too. To see a shepherd complacent}-y car- ry home with him, after twelve hours tramping on hills, a good-sized sheep is a revelation of strength. The pity is that the Highlands can now ` sueh . 1'4. L. ...L L ` _-. _..._._-........;;.a.nvu n..u.uI.11J.- I Some writers, in dealing with this! new contingent, lay great emphasis! i_ on the utility of the Higvhlan(ler s pony. - Lord Lovat, however is careful; to point out that only part of the-` force will be mounted. The fact is, the Highland pony is a user of horses. 9 The Highland pony a little, wiry. animal, but he is not much ridden. He is....employed on deer forests to car-, ry luncheon baskets, sometimes sportsmen or sportswomen, or to carry home the trophies of the chase. Besides, there is only a very small stock of such animals in existence. 4 Truth to_tell, the Highlander does ' [very well with his own legs. No I one who has lived among the native J sportsmen and shepherds of the North I can help being amazed at the distance I 1 they can cover, over pathless wastes`! and mountains. i`l--_J ,-,_._...-.. _.... nu uuwyL, Duu-uI.l.J..|v5 ID a. thing ,he starts early and leaves off late; and in utilising cover be is very skillful. To stalk a stag is a more tickliduh operation than to stalk a. Boer, and to wtatcsh the Highlanfar at the former business, creeping from` tuft of heather to tuft of heather, from stone to. stone; is - AN NTERESTING SIGHT. p__;. _ _, _-..., ....,. um taut: UL ya, 10!` U] a powervof dust on the road to jatydihe wind-bad cess to it!--I ing ibup like gossip intoour. t And better would you have don wait for the car, colleen dha_.s. "I lilm'l-mum gnu .. ..=.v- L , These men `have the true instinct for guerilla warfare. Most of them` are followers of the red deer, ac- custormead to rough country, able to judge distances in all kinds of wea- ther, tough as` leather, and sparse eaters. "Brother Bqer will} find such m more than 9; match in the tricks gfhting. in handling a rifle tj Highlanderis an aeprt; shooting n fhi-up In- ..a-_L- ,- e Scottish Gannelteepersnnd Glllles to be BI .- listed to Flgllt In south Africa Against A ` A tile Bgrghcrs. , . In many ways now, the initial want of our armby in South` Wfrica, of train- ed and reliable scouts is being supplied but perhaps the most interesting force of military "ears and eyes be- -ing raised is.that which Lord Lovat has just receivedauthority from the .'War Office to organize; This is a contingent, 150 strong, composed of stalkers, game-keepers, and gillies, ers whose lives have been spent.` among the hills and glans of the north coun- try, says a Londoxfletter. ' There is no conrmation of the j rumour that Mafeking has been re- , lieved; but once Baden-Powell is free he could ask for no better men to ` carry out his ideas of scouting to per- fection than th;se sturdy Highlanders. AFor suchfightin-g, too, as the Boers are likely to wage when they have been scattered into small parties, Lord. Lovat s contingent should be particularly -effective, for the men from whom the force is to be drawn recall the old type of Highland fight- er, the man who spent his life among the hills. `. l 1 i I , I e t V -.---- ' TRAFFIC ON THE-`LAKES. to the cont}rary,_.every gun ` that was mounted around_Pretoria is still in position, andthere-is no ,rea- son to doubt that this beautiiul little city among the hills is prepare ;to stand a prolonged siege. _ _ TO STALK '1`-HE BOERS. -_J vlI-rluvl 7 bet/\v;x-1 the singlo 3 I tbe Dakotas.` Minne- mrn \U:n........:.. -_ 1 2 of Business `l'|u-nil: (In uni- ' men ...u-ua Jun LU EU." fie helped her into the enough, though even his not help` but make open c her beauty. QM `nuf 41...`... -_,1 - Malor Raeiflenstein, tb"-. .1 ` " 3'11} "18 Garmap officers WM joined thb.B-oer-5. Well known! Of ..U!'-`V*i-nest; horsemen in tho, .'?'9 7138- great I.ong.da`atal" rnm~AB~n-ism =Vihnzu. . , J`-"I" UWIDI-'IJl.l g_u_IlIl6ulBl .. . M.r.s,; Plainface --_I `didn't know. t-hf. 795 3&1-_ You Seem {QM line` `t9 zet_` my uhubaxid. 1",. _.;`_.._V. . .. . :~;:%ngs%. r;z1a;`nzaq;;;;:{ hm 013 ':Whch`.i=though' somewhat worn: *9 flt`:i. Would: you aliJzn'i I\_fisa I50 ynu I ..ina)nu:_1te:that I would wear! F011!`-cast-off garments? > Mr: `Dl-X..l.-;" I`-J:.|_u I--nh` the u. an ucuul a any.` The children who go to the 11' gaarten have lots of fun mnkin`-' for the (lollies, and so fund '7'` mat of some of the little wnxfli` am`at_ures that they are often 90 haart when the matron conmsc :1 apngd collects them all, to be sent many to Amnrica, where more who little girl; may buy them M15 'them fqxj their own.. --W-0 vuuuuvu LIEVB tnree ()l` |'.'uH at study, when they are allowed into,-the doll and toy factorim W `.0 IE family`: income to the 91 01 8; few` cents a day.` Thu n\hi lA-nan ...l... .. s.. .1... In ,_,..... W... Lvs us. want one year, uuu term is devoted to such things! ligklng of dolls, and dressing Ad18. everything in ram. ex mldinz. the heads, which is can mn expert at it. After that the warn children have three or foulI' >n:f nfnuin ...|.-_ ;|.__ Britten} for at least one year, and term is nvnfad on -....L. n..'..,.au ,uvL IICII LIL % Sit fast. then. and . hood over the face of n nrimnp Ac ..I.-...z. -_ ,0 ..) `w 3`-,_.;;:_; A A F.l.1lt'l'. L" .- Over in Germany there :11:-5,0 dotrn_ In one district alone who an Illoyed to dress dolls and }z(~!I i' Wnlamltaoture of various kiwi.` of ..... uxluu neueves the British to be. He "hunts the tiger in the elephant in Africa, and the everywhere, and is always r adventure; "For the most [art despise strategy and tactics," 11666 are samples of that which the European C'ontinontal_ speaks of the British Army. credit to the merit of the fi;_zht'_ !ment, but as a general rule c ing severely the generals and , criticism from again a d` 1 point of View. In :1 gm-neral has a fairly good opinion of t tisah soldiers, but cannot h Alp ing that they are of a low cl `marked with the "gross and character which is funciume the Anglo-Saxon. ` The army ing however has emancipated from the defects of their origin they fight well, but without sense. of patriotism though they a_ certain traditional Ioyalt. dners of this class require ofi a high order and that the B ian critic believes the British [to be. 'l'-7.: "|u...4.. LL. :3 - 4 .,...,...m uu. mums n.a.1s. Lied 9. palace, has a negro for :1 gr I a. Frenchman for his chaf. He g the army that he may wear a iand live at a military club, [cares nothing for his profcsai [pas no interest in scrvice. `!s the British oficer as seen Vassilevski and a-pvpreciaued Denes. In..- r - - I , ,._-V...v-. ;.uuu\L Lu U18 6 of the more `humble Tummy ; Mr. Vassilevski was much at the tall, well set-up fi.guI'S of . ll ' well-dressed hair and (`bins im `, shaven, and their bmts Ix) such . degree as to throw in ' to build a ta. the ,whole world of boot A J 6 La ,ptroved to him clearly that th Mg`. (sleigh (were of the elite and the dar thwvismn the narsemaids in the Lurk, " This picture of the ptinzte :-. to B r aristocrattc corps of tm Bnttu mg g is matched by one more ima' 9"! that still of the officer. - and 8 00 V\;ritt; thie British ufzicer ion of land n.. 5 oo: the $31-25 "fii-3 "' "" perverted, cap1'icioue ztnd `b reader of French novels, and ~ quenter of music h.a;ls_. Had (I f\1I`4In4u I---- A ..- y for wh them are no it-"' T ""'- `AlI[lIlAh_ soldiers I-`roma Ge Ed LV .. audnllomaniun V. ~,;j: T. the more friend} ties ofthe British Amy . now takins notes of its if?` T and; better-qualities, is the, h Heeres-Zeitung. xvhue. an ticisinge and making the m , mistakes committed in it has high praise for 1 `mental officers for the can intrepidity with which they ing their men. Where E been made, it holds may with those highly placed seemed to believe that their versary was `half bu-rb - f. 116 is ;'eeJ.ly 9. `highly. train; and effncnent 1n the use of weapons. The Dtzuische Zeiz es the rank and Lilo and dim" tion to the max-chcs made u , inig- conndi.ion.s, _ without sufficient VVa.\.cr, 0 , bivouacking in the op,-n on sometimes rainy nights. _ The Nouvelle Re.u.. _ ject of its criticism 1" point of View in u IJi:3CllSSion ` Michel Delines on a j.zJ,per by Vassilevski, a1/paremiy 3 This gentleman had been mi- barracks of the Household ('3 London, the comfort of which Ode him, especi.-My the exge the table servi:-nu, with its lreats F011) 3 ' I `I may ,marked, arenot found in me Ina ob... ----- ~- % HE'S A BVOEI-I` NOW. DOLL KINDERGAR rzm. . , -__. _ I . ' _i -.;'I'i.red indeed I am this hot day. "and I > tootsore, too, said the dark _girl, throwing back her shawl from her fabeithat was as pale as a bramblg ower. "And I thank you kindly__or 4 the lift; but it's empty-handed, too, I em. and I cannot pay you for it." ., "Get up, empty-handed or ull-hand- ed, grunted the farmer, "and no more words about it, colleen dhu ! '"'I`ben,he turned; to the fair girl, speaking un-" graciously. "Come up with you. then,, it you're after wanting; a ride in earn- ` e.st.~and will pay for it, oolleenidhas; jtor it s 9. beggar on" the high road'I d j _ be, if I gave two` free rides in a day. ' "0, I will pay for it, man, never 1 fear. I am like you, for lalso do no-. 1 thing for nothing, she S-arid smiling. '1 "And like you, Martin Keenan, it's bit- 1] ter `and ugly and ill and] cross I am to them that help .1 me on the road. And like the wand- 1 ering-dust I am, and like the wind, 1 since far have I gone. and I've far- ther yet to go. A Q kn :mL.. `LL- _,,,A In in - owever, it t, umble '1 at [-up u uuvcm, unu h.a;ls. He dul Lxrvvuru PA... ,____, \,....,, ioer seen oull see elsew ou re Sn re of " Adv `Miss Ethel 3 her mother `The first si Vvigation. T [grbelized Ir `that Martin Keenan spoke rst. . : "Wanting a ride down ' the Cork mad, are you? and you knowing my -` name, colleendhu? But up, with ya first. and answer after..tor it's tired Vye, look." T - v w-_. Fe is receivin# Mr. Alex "ded visit` __--........ .vua-vu. nu. I.uo.u.I. Lung The fashion of their clothes was `due. terent and:even's'o was the color of their hair, but themselvgoswere as like j as two sisters. The fair g-irl s gown was a red colorand rich stuff, and the hood on her shining hair was of quilt- od silk, but the dark-haired girl wemit barefoot in a gown of raggedgreen, the red shawl cast over her head, fad- ed and patched. ' ggm;1;;"n5] . 1{a,% size] 3quare < K ~tv"(;!f1drwhb's to pay my .t.roubl`e..thon.' mud` the.maro s 1" he said. He drew up his out with a oreak and a jerk, and ` looked bard at the two girls who had 3 stopped him by the wayside a gntile and 0. bit from Lismaagay. Would they pay . him. for the lift? hep wondered. Stran- 80rB"t0 him both they were. but part.` Voiced: and very tarir to see. and Man- T tin `Keenan looked at them long. 'l`hn fn.ak:n.-n .. J.'L-.. -I_L|_ ,_ -- Adm "Save yon kin,<.lly,A Keenan" nf I_.sma ._n'-' Qy, and will you give me a ride to ' (Bork V" ' ` j "And me. 'Ma~rt1In_! ` "Sti'ong farmer `as he vfraa, Martin Keenan was none too ready to give away even the courtey that cost him nothing.` I non IHE noun. I1. draw close th FRED nF no can JI.-._-I-* u. u. u uauv bub ye, for there's he to-day.` as it I-blow- iwn-. ....... 1.-_ _ -,, i1t:'o.our. faces. done to AU` .I'L.... 9! e cart sulkily 3 eyes could confession of opened suddenly, came in. with 8. wild, gray face. ~ His hehvy step drowsiness of death, and at `arm's length from him for-a min- .ute s breathing-space, whileihe drew Gmcey down to h At rat the boy and girl elung silent- it s little we then b we wanted food ucx uuuUan(1'S nead, and-then sat down on the edge of thepoor bed, waiting, with folded hands, till `Maurice Keen- an should have lost his last battle. `t. was nearly ended the door and Martin Keenan -roused Maurice from the he held peace rim and held her go home, Keenan, for .wn.nt of you `to-day. last night." auriee," Martin Keenaln fnlteted. " You'd best Mn-uriee boy, _won't you speak to me? In it the tongue of h tome or a wag-se thing? Is, what she _ 3&1! truth. - - . ' 'yo3; ve -_w'en.ted_ fer,`-V. I petill Int;-t;e . an ' 9. `lie ? I L ,.Lif8IIiiihay"7 t said hoarse y, hsmtiank at Liammgyv A ".'~Y``;98.r-'#aiIt*h"o`r;".1 '..M.9:i1*i?'.i"93:;VV'ii.i;IV'17`I%l".`(i-i ~i beeping his tune hairlf-`hi-dden`trox1`v:rsigl:`t:' i.on-his-wife7`s'-henvingwb` ` -` " God forgive me for.-it, , nh.isiifa:the`r '_' but t " time for me-to-make it up-yet to '!0.|,1--and Grin-I , cey. here.-ands the &.01|d'. tha.t`.s..oo1nin. And. N11 liava 86od-=.do6tot.in Mcnrioia I I I I I 3 re." and y`e'll, tee" " t_ r `oh'd_,_yet. ` tel .! Grecey, hi1n-;;`w_vp`-wo;nt_ ..;_ sxqiotherteisetf ti; , ~.... ....u.c uxuguluue am - son s feather in it. annyhow." -- She dragged the thin pillow from under her hu.sband s head, and then dorwn the 9dge_of bed. waritinnr. ` --._'L I. Vuuv u uuw 811131101 " A ~`-.'? `_'Why. should he lie biotin wlo7haai :"%:!_ua;;no `il_l1.j_sa.id ..tlna"q_a",r-l:_gi1;l. .'11ro ;~ d.-l,d, 9 hit _ofGqd 5 work` a'.I_1d.Ilfted `up, a A woman ' tro_m " the `mud-one ho? knemiwhon 'al1awwaa a- slip `tit Iychild.` `and as clean of heart gs the cum: ll clean oolor. Nowlhb and the wd-f mu; have loved greatly. have lived A ' A _ `them; "Then I lllhd-`raw the pillow mm 1111-, agra, suffd' wi_th ..,_, 5u.1m:u'B nungry, too." 'Shnamed oolorcame rworn young face, and'she laid her head on her husband s arm, with a aoIb.- "0, it s_the bitter woman I am, she (Said, "and you putting the food from your own hungry mouth into mine. It wasn t`my heart spoke so, but the hunger ,dear. ` uA`|,. lV..---- up izito Gracy s ' 'Ma!l1!ricue--- " V`... ___n_ - [_VV`" uuwu on [De `:3::'x't hMany"5 "9 day at 1 u8".Y. and the shat; 81 n." *0 me is the km hi`,`2::;:.E:":='.z; !`_`:-ff ,-_.- -.-5-bl-ID 4.u.au.1.l|E- 1-` -wasn t kindly done to stop_ me-n_o,` and it wasn l' wise! For, wanting me, !you d be in your own home now. "Grace , dear, these are better days than the days at home. said aurice Keenan. slowly crossing the [room to the one small window, and [looking down on the ldud street `be,- law. Many s the Lismanay I` went hungvy, the sharpest strug- gle now the knowing that ~ 'mz_girleen's humrrv rm. " And are we not. stating here ?" Gracey clied. ` `'0, yes, there's a roof above us, sur, me-n_o, now._ u rnag' A4,... ...u.u.5uuu uauu. H0 yestefday, a"gVra, a_1'1;1 6vhat will I do my lone? You'd better [left me to Jimmy, after all. Do_n t tall_:Ts9. my girleen; it hurts," Maurme said-Vgn a sharpened voice. (I You were fun n-nn n... m... n..---_ -.,u-_.uu:u_1wI 11. (BB sun E "Nver, anny more) ad hopelessly. "Dr. 1! yesterday, agra, and iv bet u'n,...n. ;. n_ , "How" can I talk 8" Gracey answer- ed, wearily. "You'll not let me lay a rough tongue to your father ,a name; and-it's I that have no more words to say, Maurice." n _ ' "I ll _go out the morn s morning. her husband said reatlessly, and see if Mr. Don-nell has any work that I can do. It's better I'll be the good .to-emorrawi if the sun shines, maybe. I pp, .sa_id t _fV&h,`; _.-3 rl. Lloaniazhoaro at, tr; hum, 'fA.nd he does not.wx`ite. to you`:-n sorrow. hItn,'l'. break `.pri_d'e 6 little smaller 1" T 7 .v MW-nu `IA: |_*"-' I__. n --A` * I .cold in their sky parlor. looking `in ` 0- v 0 V 0 4 '5 0 .. 'Theseme fore-knowledge came sud-i denly t'o Mauriee~ Keenan himself where he and his'wife sat hungry and down on e by-street in the city of Cork. He turned his faoetov thewall. that Gra- oey might not see the heavy sorzr his eyes ;a.nd then he roused him-` seltrfrom his owm trouble of human love and `tear. to touch his wife's hand, and to smile into the ' peevish face that_stooped over her fine `stitching. ."Grace . put up your sewing, my colleen, and rest` your pricked fingers ` and take to me; a whiley. I m too tir ' ed to sleep, and there's time enough for that. ` t u.___; _V- V ' ' sou nvvuuu l.aGO.- - ` ' "Will it, Kathleen 3" she cried. Will ` it` now? I think the quarrel "will live. Martin; but_I know Maurice Keenan: will die to-night. .,,..,..uvu ups ueuwean me 8~nd'hO_1` _son." ; "The quarrel will die-to-day, my sis- ter Sheila. the dark girl said. The fair girl broke into screarq of mock- ing laughter that put terror into.Mar- tin Keenan's taco. - '-\1r:n:4. 'l7-n_n,___.... . . - ..------ auu, mm-un 1_s.eenan." ` Q = ' "Let Mary be-you ote , the bitter 1 tongue! Keenan said. grutfly. She's `dead ten years back. and to-day the qurrel lies between me and-her eogl` . "Tbs I`I1i'I`l'A.' man .l:.._J-.. .I.._ -- -- the house -wiJl got noltenunt. but ..e_mpty Lis- , host "will haunt ma.-nay, and you'll watch still, Martin Keenan. "T.+' "anus -LA ----- your money .4 be but one month! th'e fewer to k p and feed! _ A-`nd you'll` sp_end.,yo11r. old 1 age putting `coin on coin. _gold, and copper with! silver: and when you die Chi n--'{*nn.onI> '5--4 I was that in the s fine lady with the gra ml silk h her, Maurice; e at vnn 2 for sh A -`.11! `treet below her yellow hair, ood? Sure, and 0 _look_ed 5 1: iii`. ey, age. machree, sure, and 70 nungers; and `the worst * zhem is the he-art-hunger, I know this of myself, for H1611} hnfih, ' `you? And (jealously)! 0 you that you d look so 1 e another 9` Doye know 1 mu . . V ..t!.:`om. gm .. 3 " . ' Wig: 1; 1h "*2 '.!h~!not.rrm vj ` ;.`-.". -51i hi :rhuA oar.` _"-119;"-__._p -4-Avid .l.l.l.l. LLIIHK` of (`lie standing up, 1 be able to do with ` d s be too `heavy for me bank fn H... 1.-.: Woman, bservdn ` _ . A. gnu; ` %`?'* "?!*9' Hnh?.%%Vanoxtdi%Mn. -Ebriir`qp5_. % 9?; NW; (3? .~s*ofman% *W.i;tAhoi:'t7' gm, ,1 : \. "BOBS" AFRAID OF CATS. Lord `Roberts, commander at `two; {bu-udxfed thousand British soldiers in_ : South Africa, possesgor `of 116 Vio- tona Cross and all sorts of) medals, I8 about paralyzed with fear at the sight ` `of aoat. No cat has been admitted' to the Roberts house for ye_ars. Duruig one ofthe actions outsidejd-a:bui; when bullets; and gunshot were treejyr tall-n xngdronnd `the General `gnd his staff, as jxsnul, 'cooIIy`.' x3ridiferah,. but `_.ll__fa;t" tlxqyras tv'rem4bl.'o'_ 5 `_n_nd - nale ".'\vi"tli ."_I;`i'gli`t. "A 'I`.Xi- heovr , hun(_trd' r?`f1:g 9;ts-~ ; pointed , -A `~h`e'gpl;g.s__l. 5 - `duet! .-hisj:sho'uldr` `sto ' _a.; neimghqtnp `wngovn; and stnfi saw. almlf stunt ' ed. black `cat 'pe,ij`hed top 61? his strange tear of the onuwnasl so great as to nomplately `distract, Gengetal Roberta` attcntnon -tram the 'ot bisctle.` and * it (Was `unztil,/g.au.ba1{_ tgrn. drovo'the_ a\iiay'_ jt.lin_t the, English` `gionerol * was ?.a_ble; tin: b"x- 1'ng_ h'iSjf,h0\l;_ t8 back; to. the onic`t.; ` `: 23:- I `I-11 Va vu.l\l. In) an a'11"'bkg.llL compa.rtment- to keep it a-oat, and the center 18 awe-ter-tight compo :-t-I ment of India rufbber. IL is obvious that there ls no d-anger of swamplng-- . estorm an-nd rou1g'h;wa*ter. The cast- aways may mouxxnt "astrixde out the con- trlvwnce or hang onto the handles on the r'o_1_-:~',a.t the aide t!_lf\amore. cor.-V last import,a-ntdconsidera-tion in 'case of I vemem occasion, the appara1;n'1.s sup- . po1`ti.'I1g' ten men; Nor are they left to drift helplessly. Paddles are fast- ened -e to the eylmder, to be detached for use; and there is even a flqg and tlagstaff for attracting the j`atten- ti.o'n of `possible rescuers`. Concentrat- edfoode of all kinds, fresh water and spirits, may be stored away in :sg.tety in. the ,wa,t'er-tight _c`omparbtmem:ate in~_ eerted in the metal ends. ` .. 1* .- - ~ -- v -v-V I-la!-I-J`/`JO " ` ` "We-are agreed,'Kathlee'n; and the fmet lies upon him, and uponus. Then a little wind pushed and nuz- tz1ed.its petulant way thrrough the blackberry bushes, and found neith- ler dark womannor` fair; but far away [up the darkening hill-slopes and vthrought their wet ferns quested a. I black hound and'a white. uuu HQ tuu HUI} I'UV_e I110." - , "Ot-heir men have seen `you, 11 you. and died for (you, Shvaila.` sisterr," _ . time judge between -you, Sheila! Our doom lies on him, meanwhile. and vine two are agreed. 1 . I! W`) urn nnn-AAJ "l7.LI..I__,, , ` I` uuuu uv uus auwr." ' "' You `have the power to give him all these sorrows, said the dark girl; "but I have power to` promise him oomfovrt in the love of the Gentle Peo- ple, ourr kindred`. And I promise him. too, that before he dies he shall see t_he'Gentle People, thrice; and he shall `see you, Sheila. my sister, and_love you for your beauty s sake. . But I shall not love hi;m., Kath- `hen, said the fair girl, "because in a dream once his father sa-wjmy face, and he did not love me. ' ' l` sang.-. L'..__ -- A-- -r ' " " Not the worse for any man's ha Sheila O'Gaa'a. V "Nevearthe1ess,; here atnd there maa-nshall hate him, Kathleen. A here` and there a woman shall 1: him. but not the one woman tl: shall be his start. '" V ... l-.--- 11 _ .. ...._,. uuu mush name is not ~;Maurice; [though he gave her only shame and Maurice gave her e..ring." "And I know. said the darkgirl, eighing and smiling. that he knows she does not love, him; but neverthe- less he loves her may all the seme.. `And I know the these nine wedded months have been dearer to him than 35-X;teen years that be -m---* `- - ULII `femsgiiall not be the better` woman s love, Kathleen, howev he lives. lllT_4 AI ` uuua all In " I lay the same ret upon him, said the dark .3-irl, smiling still; for the satisfied soul is a rotten kernel in at airr husk; and_ therefore shall the child suffer hunger and thirst and shall not be sufficed by the fruits of Tim na. n Og and the mead of Flath- Innis, but he shall feed the hunger and quench the thirst of other months than his." V HIT- _L '1: - -' -- New I-ingllsln lnvenumg That Is Consider- ed Velfy Goml. . V T _U`l.lIll.ll.I'5 1115 wnu Oyes vsnining` 110119 the less for tours, "but. as ablessing sure, and not as a curse. -' - " But I lay it upon. him to live hun- grryas wall as d:ie'hun-gry, said the asr szirl. - rpuv puau apuuu It` too," _ ' _"I lay it upon the child unborn to aa,woman-souled as his father Mau- riooand to die heart-hujngry, even_ as he died, aried the fair girl, gngrnfy. `smiling lips and Vshiningl ablessing i sure. not as a mu-an so yu. I blac u.-an snug none I '_ .. .. . . ;"For 'God s love'don t cry so," said Ma-rtin Keenan, Sure. Pl-I take up theweight myself, .Gracey. .and_ you shall never carry any more sorrow. Maurice, agra, do ye hear 9" Maybe he did; for the smile on the dead face was so satisfied and tender that it made Gracey hush her useless tears, and put hetrhand into Martin.Keen- ears and with it`tu ll forgiveness. t O * ` rev : _. ,9, `But this one bmmah wduld not. Imn- V" , 5 Y " `V " Why wou1d.'.Ir~h`;sh$" Graoey wail- od, "and my heart breaking in two wnth the.waei_ght_tha_t he's put off, my man lying hero I . `Eh-u-'r;...n.. `l-_L J, In: - ,w.. an: wvea not really Eu} wed: be en t1 the sixteen years that he` spent in lather ; l_1ouae.`f - ` . Il`7--- FOR SAVING LIFE AT SEA. 1 be better `for any we, however long man's hate, Zagigraxpmati n u'i119ut an_ t1ir'iit5IiTHERN LI '**?"1 PR4: l_ove.d' .love uuw, coo, wnat man's": d0OI`_ of Gr-may K9 heart to-day. and his` 1: {though ga $332 that --v-on nwul\l O , The forts are certainly elaborately {hrnished _with gull. , the requiremen to _ .-Of`-moIer'n warhtarel . .Ifi]ea `of;-sand-~ f r bags are,st_acked*"gAp to_`,the l`,eg`ql~;.:i;`f;f,_)fe`.=J `-. ehclosing`. walls. A ,po wjerfu}l"_8_3_arch-2 `light ih'eE1ch`.f6_rt islfcapable of_=we'o_;:'I- , ing the su;:rquii`g)fn'gI__cot`1gat_;_;'y {qt n;a n'y' * 'n"LiIe,s.' ' Telephones" Vdr:e- Ia-i._d;1et`wfeen' ' the forts and the Government build- ings in Pretoria. There are large , stozrkw ofmealies, maize. ready for the A . cwzentugrlity. o!,_.a..aiege..A .'1.'hor._e. i8'..a'id- I . tqjbe communlciatloxyby meansiof am; ' A stores;and5m'aga- `. Lastly, it is presumed that 1 1 . ,__ph,s `t9; the forts are_-m:inod '1 V. ,. _ . V .L._. _ho`wjwhe1.her 'ihe;f;og'ta `jc wen despgilgl` 'dt.JthVei_r 1u;_mamen tI to fl .:;_meet ,'th" ngdg ,.,o t_h3.`;g_B _)_l`_ ca;;s'_m ;.,_i:1I gi `nv9tm.rlt;LV;of%%;Itd1_a2;Iith=*Kime -; uv 70 L01 |._l`I.lU8.|-lolis : .The ort-s are certainly, .e!a tarnished. all ._ ,the ram: i-of~zn._:Ie1`-n wratrei: bass are nHu~.hnJ"---'6--`*1-- -- _..-..., usouaul. ana rapid-fire gu that the Boers desired to place position. `The -London Daily Mail, some recent appreciati e remarks 1 these fortifications? sa_i THO ` Mhn A - A - -- '. SINCE THE JAMESON RAID. They command every approach to the city. It may perhaps be unfortunate for the Boers if the British are ac- qu'ain.ted with all the details of these. forts and it: is said that complete plans of them were in the possession of the British `war office before the war began. There was a great deal of mystery about the work, but accord- ing to British authority two English engineeringiofficers worked as navvies in order to get an opportunity thor- oughly to. acquaint -themselves with . the construction and plan of the forts: (and information was also obtained` from other sour es. ' . `T ' may be, the British have no doubt I that the forts were elaborately and ` strongly constructed. They are all 3 alike in their chief external features. I ,They were built ` of masonry` with 1 enter faces ` and ` -,_.- v-o -aav ,Ul_ll-DI` 18.088 their armament includes much heavy ordnance and all the fteen centi- metre Creusot and rapid-fire guns thn_tthe Bgers nlmm 3-- been built ......e. we expert advice and direction of European military engineers. Two o'these forts were completed between 1894 and 1896 and ve of them have] ,, '--`r v\.IlJ uxxuslcllll Pretoria. Nature and` science have made the capital of the Transvaal it very strongly `fortified town. Un- less the Boers have had enough war by the time the British come within view of the hills around Pretoria, there is little doubt of their ability to make a stubborn last stand at the capital. The hills that hem in,Pre- toria on all sides are crowned with seven forts of much strength all built iunder theexpert advice and `of militarv .m..:........- mm ._I-...- a lILl6I3 we Briti.~:h may easily throw _she1ls into the town and be out of! reach of the cannon on the ridge, behind it.-' In brief,` the line of defence _ around Bloemfontein must be mainly a system of earthworks such as those that kept the Boers out of Kimberley during a siege of nearly four months. The conditions are verydifferent at V . Pretoria, than-n :o Inn- -..._.--.v..-._y Luv uu'.In6I' ed, shortened the rains. and drove on. every nerve or ham listening.- "I know, Ma.rtin Keenan, said the dark girl, whispering on, how your eon learned in a black and bitter` aohool, and how there was never a kindly, welcc me for "him to his own a- V ther s home? "1 know.' murmured the {air girl, "the. home he took Gmoey Roche to. and the home he took her from. And fhtnow, too, what man s`ahadow-keeps - dooroi Gr-wcev Kmm...-. u-- --II -W,....., nu-c guns; on the ridge ` us:ed_ most advantageously to lfeep the behindhit.-' line` of_ nlrsln-v-rt--`-*3 ..,...c.u uu. ua.rl;nWOI`KS for of their town, but very lit tion on this matterhhas co There is every reason to a the old fortifications on t] the ko-pje have been pla most effective condition p the Boers of the Free Stat make a hard struggle to capital, theguna on the ri used mun -.A-m-- -A -- Though the town is natuqitally widel open on the side which the British ' are approaching, it is overlooked on the east andnortheast by a long ridge 200 or 300 feet above the level of the - plain. This ridge is one to one and a half miles from the outskirts of the city; and a little beyond t_he_northern_ end of theridge rises akopje ali't-_- tle lower in attitude. From these points of vantage the only good view of the town may be obtained; and on these elevations were reared the forti- tioations which the burghers of the Free State constructed, long ago, dur- ing the period of their serious differ- ences with th British Government. We have only-_ recently heard that `___.. V- |.A.IO Free State the only-, recently heard that the Boers have built an elaborate 'v,`_____ .,., Vwguugu I.a.|vwv`Ul|ulCBo ` Bloemfontein stands all exposed on the high plain or veldt with no natur- barrier to the west between it andthe advancing British forces.. The sur- rounding country is dry andunfertile. Stones thick;y strew theplain outside the town and clumps of grass and low: 5 brushes somewhat relieve the mono- tony of the _almost level plain. In t the` town are many trees that partly 1 hide from view most of the `low, White . buildings forming the larger part, of the city. The official residence of the President.` is a'fine building, but it is only two stories in height, with room enough above, under its hLp roof, for an expansiveattic. No gun- ner outside the towncan make it,- his special target. .. The capitol, on the contrary, has an imposing tower and this ' building, with two or three schools _and other structuressimilarly adorned, are the July edifices that at- tract attention as the city is approach- ed from the direction whence the British forces are `coming. V A little stream, at times almost waterless, flows through the city on its way to the Modder River. The streets are laid out with much re- gularity and the town COVERS QUITE A. AREA considering that its than 4.000. ilerenees the` Boers sillave leafed at Bloemfontein and Pretoria. . Pretoria is the objective point which Gen. Lord Roberts has in view. Bloem- fontein is on his direct route to the Transvaal, capital and is also: an: Im- portant prize Which; he hopes to seize on his journey. * It ren_1.ains.to be seen how e.fectively the Boers will contest his efforts to capture theseaecities: 'Dl......_r-_.L ' - I was 3933 CAPITALS. _ ._--van we arthworks for the defence 'n, little informa- matterthas come to hand. arv rnagnn 4-. n ...... -- -L - ,_ __.-a... vvsuv LU uu. eason suppose that tions the ridge and placed in - the audition possible. It State intend to V no-o-In fa lvn-- - ' uv: , that AIL