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THE FOUNDERED m* WKATIIKni V < >n sMET AND AI.H K (Copyright. 1 . '> th Author* ) Tho furniture of the chamber waa simple. There was an old fonr post bed- Stead of hviivily carved Spanish ma- BOKIIIV, with a roof over it strong Mr nigh to resist a waterspout; there was M -mull oak table with three tripod tool* to match, and there was a clumsy MUM N chest, made of oak and tilted with rope l> kcts at the ends. The lid ef this chest was locked, but a vigorous kick from Unthrie sent it flying open. D- ily and h at once began to overhaul Its contents. :u,i| the ti*M thing they found was a drinking pot, which toe girl pii.inniiic.il to be silver. Uuthriu tested it with a knife scratch II was only pewter. Then Dolly found two gray platters and CM. ..I that surely these must be nil- v*r. but by trying to ring them on the aids of the box she quickly HI -tiled the jneMioM From the sound they might bavH been lead. With a grimace f dis- appointment. she threw them away in- to corner and turned to the rilling of the chi .-t again. Further research discovered a truly BaiHCrllnne.au* collection of oddments two black jacks, whoa* leather sides Were bonud by stont copper hoc. JIM; a Tar* bound pistol bntt. broken oil close Behind tin- lick; a short seaman's jn-tti- OMt of yellow oiled canvas; tln> he. id of S boarding pike, whose point wa- I, hint ed and twisted over into H hook . two brans shoe buckles of different pittti rns; i-nilor spitlm, with its triangular nee- 41e ; a decayed molar tooth, and 1 4 as- sorted copper nails. Excepting one oth- er item, these and a neat bundle uf quill toothpicks comprised the whole collec- tion not, in truth, an inheritance of any very dazzling value I The other item was a Spanish pillar dollar, hammered up into the form of a ballet nnd tinl to a yellow paper which bore tin-, in.-cription: "Mem ton trye yat Inbberlie prieste wl this* next* tiiu* and aoe stittvl hys did be mean by that?" Dolly in wonder. "As I read it," replied the other, "that bit of hammered money is a strong proof that, although your re- tuiilitiil IH ancestor Nicholas the First anight have been sacrilegionii upon occa- sion. he was most certainly rnperstitioni too. Tin- 1. it of gold wasnicnnttobensed B* bullet, hut apparently Mr. Nick ColejH-pper never got the chance of send- ing it to nestle within 'ye Inbberlie BTinxte hys ribs. ' I wonder whether he amiiigi-d to 'settel hys hasclio' in any eth-T equally efliciicions way I" "Vv'.i'" fdinddered the pirate's de- scend. mt "What a bloodthirsty old ruf Bmti!' Tin afraid be was," agreed h.-r eoiii,..ini,,ii "I congratulate you npon your relative. Mi us Colcpepper. H* PIUS tn Imvfl been a thoroughly pleas- ant Hinl gentle minded sort of person." Miss Coli -pepper acci pted the con- gratulation with a laugh, and, though ho did not say as much, it is probal le that HIM thi light of having owned sncb i iint sort of ancestor was not entire- ly displeasing to her. It nm-t be re mt-ml,, r.d that the man was most dis- tinctly dead Had be been alive ju,t then, them can be no doubt that she Would hav* regarded him as a decided sisMBW The two explorer* spent an honr in rummaging through that queer old time snuggery, examining its rnde furniture tiiid nfter time, in the vague hope of luting Home secret drawer or cupboard Which might contain something of greater value than they had as >ct dis- oivcic'l They pictured to ono allot In-r th r cues \s Inch the room iiiu.~t have witnessed and took a curious pl.a-ur in hminiig out from his surroundings a fun- y |>ortniit of the original owner Truditi in gave them every warrant for a.ng the moat lurid pigments in their k.-i "llndn't we better go, AlanT" *ng- gwle.| Dolly at length "Ami. by the Way. which is thu way out?" "IV.nt know." replied the. nmler- gra !'i..le us carelessly as IIH could "\V.-'VH still got to find it. hut if that old I.; i. -.in. I hail his shor . In ro b iiniNt IIHVB hud some way of getting in i out. " "I expect there's a secret door in on* Sf tin'-' panels, " suggested I),,, girl .l.lv II,, i, |s," :, -ellted b" iii. .n II.it In- could not throw Wdbenthnsissn into his totm. tii,iii,h. tur :. ill'. nal.e. he tind toil, .MO. v t-|H'iit nn. .ther half hour in ex- SminiiiK the \\ ..... l.-n 1,11,-, ,,tin of tb* H-iillN, titppin ', lniving and kick- lug. in tun hop- the hid- den .I.Mirway, out in viiin Tim only spot whers the. wiMiden burrie.r wm Woken wag at tlm tiny d n u l,ich had given them intmncu. And by that way tli*y knew that there van no return axwuihln The sloping shoot of plauki Wa> utterly nnmalahlo "Dolly." said the nnnVrgrudmit* jaletly. "things are beu'inuing to look MB*, 1 in M| i.u>l W* > ui to INI bot- tled. " But Dolly had an Idea. There wan small Imtcbway or manhole in one cor- vsr of the ceiling. Would it not b* well to climb np through tbat aud see where it led to? Quickly the table was drugged arrow the (I,, or and one of the three leggi -d tools placed on the top of it. Unthn climbed up i;nd beat at tba batch wit! ' bis nptnrned palm. It was fasti n. d i from above. Dolly handed him another of thu heavy oaken stools, aud with this he hammered at tb* batch savagely. A staple gave The door of wood rose and '<!! back Be wrenched it away, and ! then, clasping bis fingers round th* couiliing. pulled himself up. Around him on every side roue steep, hare walls of rock. The snuggery had been built at the bottom of u regular well Far away above tb* young man conld ee the shrubs and creepers which lined its edge. That was where the light stole down from. Bat surely tb* old buc- caneer had not been accustomed to climb in and ont of hi* sanctum from all that distanc* shove! No, there was a bluck opening abont IA feet op the wall. It wa* a month of th* name cav* which had led them to the first oaken do-.r np above. That this was to was proved by the fact tbat there projected from it some four feet of wooden lad- der: th* same ladder whose top they bad seen at tb* moment when the/ itepped npon th* swinging trapdoor. "Well?" cried Dolly'* voice from be- low. "Any snccessT" Qntlirie hesitated. Conld they reach tbat ladder? No; tb* sides of the rocky wall aUive him w*r* quit* smooth; t!i.-i . was not a singl* crack or fissure for a foothold. "I'm coming down again, Dolly!" be cried to the anxiously waiting girl below. CHAPTER XV. BHKAKINO JAIL. Dolly took the bad news qnietly nough. She beard what Gnthrie bad to tell her about the hopelessness of trying to escape via the roof. Then she remarked philosophically that it could not be helped. They must just discover some other way ont. "There's no earthly nse in onr vtnying here any longer, yon know, " she ad. I- d. "We've discussed Nicholas the First and Ins doings with thu most compre- hensive fullness, and as be hasn't left me any legacy worth carrying away I admit that my interest in the sinful old filibuster has quite evaporated. Beside*, bow long is it sine* yon bad your lust meal, Alan?" "Breakfast, " returned the nnder- grnduate promptly. "Abont eight hours, isn't itT" "Quite. Well tbat'* longer than I'm ecu- ti >iiicd to. Therefore I'm develop- ing a most unladylike appetite. Tin-re- fill- I mean to return to the Eureka to sati-fy that snine appetite. Therefore. to put tho situation tersely, I mean to leave Nick's snuggery immediately q. i: D i" "Perhaps the others will contrive to find us." suggested the undergraduate, but with little enthusiasm. "I'm inr* Captain ddepepper and Dr. Tring will both iio their best soon as they know we're missing, and they'll root np half the isl.ind sooner than not find us." Dolly sat on the edge of the table and w n ng u shoe. "Now. Alan," she said qnietly. "you know us well as I do that it's non- to expect either dad or Dr. Tring to nnd us down here. They might per- haps luive just a bare chance of doing to if they gave np abont a month to th* job and were lucky. Bnt I don't think we can wait quite all that time with- out considerable inconvenience. No; if we don't liud some way out of th* IK. '-v trap by ourselves ws shall b* ta..rd to death. That was the fate, you remember, which we agreed would probably overtake tb* members of tb* Pry family who poked their noses in Ill-re. " "t)h, Dolly, "broke ont the under- graduate with a sudden burst of self re- proach, "what an idiot I was to let yon get into this scrape at all I" The girl langhed with a gm-ty which wns <|iiitn genuine. "As if," she exclaimed with H tine scorn, "as if you had anything to do with it! I like that Do yon really mean to imply. Mr Outline, that Von imagine you n uld h.n- -t' pi 1 IIIK if 1 wanted to roimit Don't you In. w thnt red haired people urn always obstinate?" "Your hair's auburn. Dolly t" said tig man "Tlcit's a nn re qnihble. Resides, nn- burn's worse, if anything, for obstinacy Hut in vi-r mind my hair now Wi-'r* wasting tiin.j I'm junt horribly hungry i- n, I as I don't want to c-t much hungrier. I'm going to leave tun j i :,l cabin with the email 'st passi- | lay. " <n ie looked it the (.:irl admiring- ly. Hi i i ouiai.'H wsi 11141 and it \. .i'. inoi c. ,vcr. of tint quality u Inch. in straits of this kind, h.n a u H- ,.f working tin;,, man -c. in-.; it felt the i:ilY lion nnd wa-< H-.II. mid) of his own pcrhctly nat- ural misgivings. "I'm \\ith jon In that, Dolly." h* cried heartily. "Tell me what to do, and ' I'll do it." "Then go snd inspect thntantomntlo letter lu,x thing which dropped us in h. H-. an) neti if th* return journey by the Mime route isn't possible Hlclmih np through th* skylight, meanwhile, nd admire th* prospect np ther*. " Outline helped her np through th* little manhole, and, then dropping tack on to the floor cf the dusty den. set about the piece of exploration which rhe had commanded. Be opened the low door which bore the insulting inscrip- tion "YeBobo, HyaTrappe. " andcare- t ,liy inspected, for the second time. th wooden slide and its surroundings. His survey was no cursory one. R* examined every nook and cranny, h* pulled np the heap of moldering ruhe* which lay at the foot of the sloping boards, in the hope of finding a vague something bidden beneath it He tried to pull away one of the planks of the fhisit. thinking that, perhaps, he might I.e ulilx to swarm np the edge of iti ii'-ighUir Bat without tools he found that be could not even start the boards. and. if li had been able to do so. it would still have been useless, for above thenpptr edge of tb* plunking was sln-cr drop of at least ten feet beneath that fatal swinging door, and the rock which guarded it sloped outward. Nuhoias the First's ingenuity had been little short of fiendish when b* schemed that safeguard to his snuggery Having finished his survey unsuccess- fully. Qnthrie returned to the li'tle room, threw himself down npon the lid of the sea chest, and, moodily drumming his foot against its aide, waited tor Dolly to reappear. His thoughts wer* not pleasant Ton Jelly had once told him what starva- tion WHS like, for tb* one armed man bad tried it. tome ten years ago, in an open IK, ut. It was the solitary subject ! upon which be could be anything like eloquent In the memory of the horror* : of thai terrible cruise his generally t or . pid intelligence wonld waken, aud the tale that he then told was not pretty hi arii;g. Onthrie remembered something of what the man bad said and shini with u bcrror of loathing fear And ui.^t Dolly Tb* apple in bis t' got glued tight somehow and refused to move, cither np or down. M:.-s (V!. pepper let herself down through the mauhol* and stood beside him. "N<>w. Also." he unid cheerfully. "if yon are quit* ready, we may a* fell . , .ii ,i. [ to go W ilu. Nil i ' y " "What 1 ' cried Qnthrie. unable to rs that he ifad heard her rightly "I caid that we might start i;eitnig ready to move ketch ward. " repeat- -I Dolly "But. of course, if you haven't finished admiring old Nick's sanc- tum" "Do yon actnally mean to say yon've found a way out v" he interrupted "Of course I have!" the girl answer- ed gayly. "Didn't 1 say I wouldn't stay much longer? Didn't I tell yon I was get mi); abominably hungry? Now lo. .k here I A rope made of those ancient In di loth.s. a weight at the end t, throw over that projecting ladd-r; n bit of a climb, and there yon are' Nd Alan, don't! Mr Gnthrie. rein>>nil - r our contract ! There, you've tumpl.d op all my hair!" "You're the cleverest girl in all crea tion, Dolly'" cried the youug nun eu ropevs far up as he con Id reach. Gnthrie cautiously drew his weight on to it Dolly watched breathlessly and then gave a little gasp of dismay For when the young man's toes were nearly off th* ground, and there wen- only a few mor* pound* of his weight unsupported, tb* ladder moved. Its in- ner end was being tilted up. Qnthrie let go of th* rope and leaned back against tb* rocky aid* of tb* well with a groan. "It was a good Idea. Dolly." said h* quietly, after a little, "but my beastly ooooooocoooooooooooooooooo FEEDLNG SHEEP. o o o She raltcil hrr knrn and Knitted hcrtelf a Inut further up the rope. weight has spoiled everything. Perhaps, though." be added, with thin, nn enthusiastic iniile. "after a conple of days without grub, I may be just about light enough. " "H'ui!" commented Dolly "I don't admire the prospect of two days' niorij tnrvatioo. I've bad quite enough of it already Don't yon remember. Al:m. that yon were heavier than I was by over a utone wh- n we got weighed at Bristf 1? I don't think I'v- K ,.t much plnin per since then, althon^h th.-.' wan chaffing me about it only yesterday However, we will aoon see. " She grasped the rope and cantionaly raised herself up by it The Ud.ltr bore her weight without movement "But, Dolly." exclaimed the under- graduate, "you can't go np that beastly thing!" _,, (TO BB CONTUTCKD.] ^ V "Am 1 really?" asked Dolly with a deuiure courtesy "\Vi 11. We II take that for set tied And n w. in MI- i.n gunge of the doctor. 'Dry up. and get to M-ork!' ' Age had rendered Nicholas the Kir-t * bedclothes uncommonly brittle, an i t.i- manufacture of a rope w.is u work of time. The sh, lound to the purpose best, for they were of liii, -i doubtless the loot of some luxurious hid.ilgo. They tore easily into nun. .v strips, and thine the two pri.,n.i- plaited aud then | laited ngoin into ., nine strand cord Lint whin to-. \\.. done the rope was still too short N they bad to make ont the rest with blankets, and these were by no mean- so satisfactory At lust a sufficient length was com pleted, and the ropemakers tested it fathom by fathom by taking u hitch round a post of the heavy inahoKiuiv bed-lead and pulling at the length t,. be tried with all their combine.! trength. It stretched, bat it did in ' break. Oiithrio thought that it won.) bear the strain of his weight So. hi-n.i ing the old brass bound p>to) butt nt one end. b* passed the coil np through the hatch and went after it However, they were by no mean* ont of the wood yet, for to shy the un with its dangling burden of rope over tlm projecting rungs of the ladder WM-. no. asy tusk. Again and again it m aud tiimi! clattering down nhout tin young m in's ears. And what with the h- it nnd Ihcdu-t lie v\ , is M, un.wh.it 0111 of breath and just ulNiiit tin d < I excr, tlm l.toi.i n p>tol butt d to eitect a loilg; n-nt on one uf the i i.,;n ting 1 nlder rungs. 'lin-n u good ilciil of mam-nveritr: ' Wiis i i. I. i it could be per . nadi-d to slip down on the other side ] i v cautiously "snaking" the i w !n, ii he h.id in Ins I, u. I I-.- ess I i!i ..u little by little, till with a > OUN jump he ranched it wiih hu I and brought both uds of th* rope to get her IK- wait-d a uilunt* to recover his h nnd then reported progress to I . who had remained below "III 1 1 mi- and nee you climb," Mid he, an I Ouihm helped tur through the Latch. Will it bear?" she asked, looking upward at th* clumsy cord on which so much depended "1 haven't tried yet, " was th* reply "but her* goes!" And, gripping th* HOT* Bor *pl* Ar Trrmd. Tiiinuer Alfred [ladnall of the field artillery. In a letter from Orange Ulver. South Africa, says: "The most painful thing I have een waa a Dutch spy who was caught try- In,- to poitou souie horses, lie waa tni-<l iiinl sentenced to be abot. ami (lie |>oor fellow was made to march ami Mi.' Irs own grave, and when he bad uiilshcd It he stood over it Then 1J soldiers marched out and each man bad to nick up a rltle out of a group of 11'. There were ilz of these loaded and all unloaded, to none of them kut-w who shot him. And the poor chap never aald a word. It was all over In a few minutes. I shall In' thankful when we get Into barracks If ever we do so as we shall have a bed to sleep on. It will be quite a change from sleeping ou the bard, bare ground mid only your topcoat to cover you from the wind and rain." Old Orromlmo. The Chicago Tribune says: "Geronl- mo. the Apache chief. In capturing whom the late Ceueral Lawton won fauie * an Indian fighter, still lives at Kort Sill. 1. T. Ever sine* he laid down his tomahawk, 13 yean ago. In obedi- ence to the fearless Lawton the old chief has been a prisoner of war. Im- mediately after their capture (.ieronluio and bis baud of warrior* were taken east, but the climate did not agree with them, and many died. Then they were removed to Alabama, finally re- turning to the land of the netting sun lu ism. At Kjrt Si|l (Jeroniuio and bis once savage braves have settled down and. under the watchful eyea of the United States authorities, have be- come at least partially civilized. Old lci om im> In a great gambler and never misses a chance to bet on a bone race." Only limit Footpad* Wanted. Chief of Police Hroder of St. Joseph, Sin., bas posted a notice at headquar- ter* offering a reward of $100 for *v- ery footpad killed by an officer. "Mind yon." the chief says, "this of- fer ^s not for live ones. They must be dead. 1 must have the coroner's rertillcate that the man was a foot- pml or n daft-blower and that he baa been planted under nix feet of cold sod before Hie reward will be paid. The >iil\ way to mop this flotirlahliig Indus* - lo kill off a few bad men. It's 'lie rwtpnd's hide that I will pay $100 for. not a live robber's. We have too .nniiy of them now." Kansas City Jourual. O nnmgrr of Too Mark Grain Com- Q O formllr Wllli Hnliltn and I uiiuiui..>n liulkr Food >ccrr. Food >ccrr. o o oooooooooooooooooooooooooo Sheep are not robust animals. OB the contrary they need every possible attention and conformity with their habits and constitution, says The Sheep Breeder. This Is most applicable to their feeding. They are naturally adapted, as to their teeth and digestive organs, to short fine food. To graze on abort herbage and to clip the tender shoots of bushes IK their vocation. Hence the "roughness" of a farm Is not desirable or even suitable for them. It will nut do to throw a bunch of stalks of corn to sheep, as It may do for cattle or horses. The blades of corn even are too rough fodder for them. The best possible dry feeding of sheep Is early cut. tender clover hay. with the addition of sliced roots. This Is the beat possible dry, coarse feeding for the winter. Ewes may be kept la the best condition on this feed without grain. The addition of some grain lat- er. when the lambs are to be thought of. will be necessary, but only a moder- ate ration need be given. Sheep are naturally herbivorous, and mischief In frequently !oue by over- crowding them with grain wlieji their ive apparatus Is suitable only for herliareuiis ft idler. (Jrain cat lug ani- mals ilo not need a large stomach nor a series of them for the gradual reduc- tion of the hard and concentrated food to soluble pulp Doubtless the majori- ty of sheep lost during the winter feed- ing season die on account of a misun- derstanding of this natural condition ami requirement. Bulky food Is risen tial to a herbivorous and ruminating animal. Si-metimes. for Instance, corr* have been fed a whole winter on finely ground cornmeal without any coarse food whatever, even bay. The result has been that rumination not being re- quired for the due maceration of the food, this function waa wholly sus- pended. The size of the stomach even decreased, shrinking, as the common adage goes, "to the size of the ration." Life was preserved doubtless, and this might have been useful In times of shortage of coarse fodder, but we nev- er beard of any person tut the discov- erer of this new method of feeding IB the winter who tried the experiment. This Is a typical Instance of natural re- quirements of herbivorous animals. Nature bos been an exemplary pro- vider for her own need*, and the natO> r:il habit of feeding of any race of ani- mals which has been In existence for we know not bow many thousands of years cannot well be set aside or dla> turbed by modern Invention. The shepherd must take his flock as they were made and now exist. And the closer he can Imitate the natural meth- ods and habits of the race the better stu-cess he will meet with In rearing the Hock. Hence the winter feeding should be spare of grain except for the fattening flock, and fattening any ani- mal Is only a method disturbing the balance of nature, and excessive fat- uesa Is a true disease, so that the saf- est Mud of feeding will be that which most nearly approaches the natural habits of the sheep. Fine, tender, sweet, nutritious fodder, with a moder- ate proportion of coarser stuff, as roots or straw, to distend the bowels and help their most effective mechanical (the vermiform) motion of them, by v Inch the eaten food Is gradually pass- ed aloni the digestive channel, will be far more congenial and healthful than overcrowding them with uouatural ra- tions of ura in. Of course it Is under- stood HUH this applies to the flock In its ordinary condition, as ewes kept for the Increase of the flock and not for fattening for the market Wmitrd It Krom ihr rnrt. Little Willie- Say. pa, waa the earth cre..|to<l before mail? I'H Yes. my Ron. Little Willie Why was ItT Pa-It was probably known that It would be the first thing he'd want when he arrived.- Chicago Newt Ideal P*rdrr.. It Is something of a question aa te how fat the Ideal feeder should be when bought. snyi John O. Ickls In The National Stockman whether to buy them fat and run them through the winter on Just sufficient grain to keep them In order or to buy them thin ami try to fatten through the winter. ihlus will depend on the kind and amount of feed you have on hand. With corn scsr.-e and high, even though hay be plentiful, you could not expect to pet sheep that were thin at the 1 - .if winter ready for an early market, while with plenty of good hay little grain will be t led to carry a fat sheep through the coll weather. To my iniiul. at thv present price of Wool more money can be iu:nli> out of a given amount of feed by carrying fat p through the winter than by at- tempting to fatten sheep that are thin when they go In the feed lots. The Ideal feeder, however. I > the. sheep that I -i. -Us the fat that can be put on In the next six weeks. This Increase can be made at small cost, nnd your Sheep Is ready to go through the win- ter on the lightest possible ration ef Mop* Bah? Minion. The scarcity and high price ef beet are turning many a good liver to more liberal use of baby mutton. 8hep breeder. HEAVY CONS BOOMING Notified Ladysmith That Gon. Buller Was on His Way. NO NEWS TILL RELIEF IS GIVEN Gxrri.ii I. I h-.rlui - Bullr-. rre* rliittK bv A- tua ! C*>uttdu ., r. . ., ib L^,.m,i,. WU1 ,-. bllV4 IU,. I, .u J- u- k.r vt HU 4l.d Wrk rl- L*.dj smith. Feb. 4. (By helio- graph (rod Slgnu.1 Hill.) The gar- rison waa cheered by hearing t..-n. Boiler'* gun* yesterday. The result Of the entitlement ia not known. The llocrs ore again iniiseing near Ladysmith. also moving anuther gun tov.urd Surprise liill. We a.r* guile ready for ihem U they contamplat* another attack. * lir lh Br* Ar. Gen. Duller's guns have (>een hoard again. Otherwise it is very <{Uict. W* are awaiting further new* of bis progress. There h.i\e been no further developments here Verv few Boers remain northeast of the camp. Th majority are concent ruled south and west. The health of th* garri- son la improved. KK. RGI.I.CB IS MARCMINO MORTH. Will GIT* <lu IX-Snlt* N*w* Till Durban, Feb. 4. Gen. Buller crooned the Tugula Kn.-r Friday night and is marching on LadyMiiith. No deiiinle nuvts will be peinntti-d logo eut until Lady-smith is relieved. n. .r. t.uu. I- i .-...,... l.u.iitr A number of guns have been sent from here to <>eu. Duller* forces in Koithern XuAul. k lir-ioii I- ll-.- < --lai-. A Hying column, winch waa des- patched hence eurly in Dcwmber, hu* re.icluil North Ziilulumi. 'Ihe osten- sible object of this movement waa to cl.eck Boer cuttle ruiders. It is be- lieved now, however, that this col- umn really intend* to harass th* Bor Inns of communication abov* Lady smith. l.u *r -i Fccl. Hat I itiB>t**l . Durban. Wednesday. Jan. 21. Duller personally supervised the re- tirement of the army ucnms the Tu- gelu He then returned to Ins old headquarters ut Spearman s camp, looking much fugged, but impawiive. UINO VIA ..ir -. Bmrhi. l).p itk -...,. Ilu .r I. Kip|. erf t* i. .1 u i toiy.miiii i... -mi. t. London. Feb. 0. A siciiil dea- paUh iroiii Uurbun, Oau-tl Sunday, aaid relurring to Oeu. tiuller n- crussing tno 1'ugela in his ad\ anc* U|'uu Ludymuith Hays: "It i* prob- able that tjcu. lUilu-r cro.-Mi.ti at a i|>"t above the Trichard s brill, and Uiat, leuvinc the unuuiy lo lh riyht, h* is iiLirchuiK to Acton lion,**, whence the road to l^adysnnlh runs lino.-t due east through a i.nrlv open country. It ia . \pected here that be will re.ii h lAdvsuiith to-uiorrow (.Monday) night." KIU r ,..! %tya London, F*b. 8. A heliograph mcaeuge, sent from Ladyviullh yve- t- r.lj . reported all well. It wu* also eald that President Kruger th* Transvaal and President Steyu of the Uran^o Kren State visited the laager* in th* neighborhood of the beleuuuered town for the purpose u making peace between th* troops o! the Transvaal and Free Slut*. It WHS said that thorn were irrav* dis- ser"*lons between the Transvaal am Free Stute force* in regard to the pronecution of th war. The result of the visit of the two presidents ia aot known. -,'h. .1 l.l,-m.< The War Office announce* thnt there were 13 deaths fpmi flisense t Lndysuiith on Wednesday ami Thursday. THINK* MDLLKIt HAS THE ROAD. lio.i J lt,rh I ..,,-iu,ili Thi* W*k JuubtTi UOT HIM 1'lvld. London, t'eb. 5. The IMoteruiur- llzburg correspondent 01 Uie 1'iiily ilail, tclo^rapmiig yusturuay, says "Uoncroi llullur baa unouuotcdlv cuietl th* road to 1-ad .s.oitli auc hould reach bis olj.nc.m.- th.s \\ . it is l,e,ic\ed that thu object of the Doers in occupying Ngi'tu, /ululaud is to secure thu road from Dundee to Vryheid i" case of rcireut. "I leurn from a ru.UiMe source that Gon. Joulierl wu.s seriously In- Jurtl by a shell in the Hi.ht ut \MI lo\\ flTiiuije, and that he will I>C\,T be aliU 1 to command aeii'i '.'" hors,- My informant says that he has in fuel retired ,'roin the It-Id. "'I he liners ailn it Mint the utt.u-k on I.ud.vsTiiilh \v is a serious blunder and woiiM not h;iM- OOCVrsd if Gen ert h;n! Iv-en in cori'ii.ind. "(Jen. 1 IIOIH Meyer i- row- rd ivt Tul.-imi and Rhcltornl himsi'lf in a: Bad Ci - niiiii'.' slckne s' He hus hoen iinu>'!e to face the Tm-!i *nco, and they threaten to shoot him." Thu Minister Wh.r no glumT Every tbiiiK linik tiriirhi t.-d.i Th Sm irc.-ii - Noi fur we. The foot- U MIBUO'S uver. Yiinkers Stalesnias. lltil-K- I t>- I III Wll T. Caltl> In K.--.., I ..- i.-^iii-iit. 1.1OO Kill. -I ...! UO Wouudf-d. Sterk's iSprult, Jan. 29. Com- maiitiaut Olivier of Iha Uranire t ri State, in a speech to the Boers at I jnl.\ grey, said thai his uien w .-rn uhoixit surrounded at StormherK, and inlcss recruits were forthcoming he would be compelled to abandon the >OHition. It is admitted that in the recent iirht at I .id NIIIII h the Doers lost 1.1 00 killed and 60O wuutid^d. l; i-h 11 ,v. lu. -.it NWI*-I. Berlin, Jr'el>. ~>. A speciul dHS- (">ui the seat of war via Urns- ' says lou. Jou^.er\ has rut-eived n t ' re of a, movement by the , British in the direction of Monger a Spruit. which John Phillips was killed and several others iall Indians) were In- jured. A reward of Jl.OOO has been olTi-n-d for the recovery of the body of the missing messenger, Cluysou, dead or alive. A KKfOUr Kllllll HABI9. AN UNKNOWN KINDNESS. BOEKt ABB KA I UINO ZUI.OLAMO. Allrk.,l II,. N ;m 11 >l i.,.1. .. . ....I , -o- lure.l II,- >!,. Ir^l. Head Laager, Ladysmith. Feb. 2. With the exception of desultory shot* from Long Tom. everything is ,|ui -t. Uoera. wiih artillery from the \ ry- tiei.l dihlrict, ut lacked Uie .N-u-u Magistracy, Zululand, Jan. 31, and captured the magistrate and 11 whit* and 34 colored police, their horses. 34O rirles and much ammunition. The prisoners wero sent to I'r.-ioria. Sir Edmund >lon.i,. llritl-h nil> -.ilor, II .4.11, r -uiuiuuin-.i to II. .in.- Paris, l-'eb. 5. Tho Echo da Paris Btt\s "Sir Etlinund Moiison, th* llnlish Amboai>auor. left I'aris has- tily yesterday (SunUtti') moriung ior Umue. lie had received a cipher di-s- paU'h inblructiug him lo support un- ergeticaily th* Briiiah Amb.i s :nr in Home in negotiation* with the Ital- ian i.uverumenl. *>rut liritain a.sl;s Italy to land troops, in accordance wtth an agreement made since the Italian defeats by Menelek. The Ital- ian Cabinet is embarrassed by the anti-English allitude of Ihe popula- tion and by the position of Italy In the Triple Alliance " HBAT AT III , o- ATKK*. ROEB1 BLOW UK M4 DT>.I>H< S.OOOT.r*. Marth f th. Rrili.h lit M-l-l-r B,-r Modder Wvcr. Feb. 3. The Boer* yesterday were bu*y destroying th* railway Iwtwwn here and Ijinge- hurv, from a point 'J.OOO yards from thellritish advanced position. Thirty- Uiree explosions were heard, and doulitless the line and culverts were wrecked for a considerable distance. l M.n|.l>r K w-. >, Kriu. Madder River. Feb. 8. A strong cavalry and artillery reconnaissance was made to-day at the Boer position to the westward of Modder liiver Station. The balloonist saw a con- siderable nuinlimr of lioers trekking toward* Jacob*diU. 'I~he British shell fir* directed ut the Hoer* wo* in- effective, owing to Ihe prevalence of a dust storm. I ii.. i i> M.ihu' l-.r.nlrr Spearman'* Camp, Saturday. Feb. 8. 'Hie Boer* tired from the hills on several squadrons of I'-ctliune's mounted Infantry, who were recon- noitering. They continued to set fire to the left of Mount Alice in or- der to destroy the cover of the Brit- ish troops and to enable the Uoers to see Ui* advance. BCSHED A HOKB KUPJB. Hcr..l..l H.f-r. nn, ., H,,,.* A > ZlM<4r M,,H".I^. Rensbunt. Saturday, Feb. 3. Th* New Zilaniler. Kemlrgton's Guides and a squadron of Life (Guards made a sweep of several miles along ths hills adjacenl to the British right flunk. One kopje occupied by Bocra was rushed, the Bfters clearing out after a slight resistance. One New Zee.lui.uVr was \vuunded. Smull par- ties in the dlHttince retrealotl when- ever British horn* appeared. I r*ll,..- I ... Ml* I ". Cap* Town, Fob. 4. Corrospond- enoa ha* been exchanged between Lord Uoberta and th* Commsnilant-Ceneral of toe Boer force*) at Pretoria regurd- ing Iha release of Couuiuuidanl 1're- torious. whose lutt ha* been auipula- ted. Lord Ri>bTt* s.vs he does not wmh to i:i'tiil so gallant a soldier, and asks where lie shall send him. The reply to this communication states that Commandant I'retoriou*' wife desires to thank Lord Kol-ert* for his kindness and asks him to send him to Hen M.-iliuen, stating that r.en. Cron.ie will then arrange for hi* conveyance home. BOKBS HI- AS WRLL AS FIGHT. ubilclr br -- in~ +li ,4* I'fi Sa>- trk, 93 Fatal. Buenos Ayr**, Feb. 5. On* hun- dred and two sunstrokes were report- ad in this city Saturday. Of tii.-w 3 wer* fatal. Th* temperature 120 in tb* chade. Tb. rk *t*rr ' "U I'u ,i-.i i of >* .i-h.ii. Modder Kiver, Saturday. Feb. 3. The Uindrost at New l' shof. read publicly ou Jan. M. the following teleKiiuii which he said hud just , ...... fSd "1 onl UolH-i is is a prisoner. i.en. Itullcr li.is l-ecn kill- ed Nine tin.,'. sand llrinlh have been killed und T.i'iui eupiiinsl. The Brit- ish also lost 4S juii8 last Saturday." <ii- k,.. n u. J . 17. London, K,-l>. 4. The War Office has rifcmxl the following from Lord i;.. . rts. ,l,iti-l t'ape Town, Keb. 4: M.i'eking wdl oil Jan. 17. Trenches extended towinls enemy's big gun b.ittcr>. c.iii.-ii-u n '<> ''c \acaied. Enemy now jmsliiiii 1 buck on north- ern, southern u"l western sides, all (nit of n c lire. Otherwise no change in situation " in: !>>. K--O i A ~i , i -. Aat FIT* Hun<ru C.pl IT.....I.U t> I li Ir Eicll*ni*a MI -ni.w.,. Ottaw-a. Feb. 5. The Governor- General'* liruwing room was held on Saturday night, and proved to be highly successful. The Senate Cham- ber, viewed from the outsulu. present- ed a baautiiul sight. U was lit up with a, thousand lights, and shone out from Ihe foreground of slar-ilot- ted, moonlight sky like a thing of life. The moon dropped just on th* west of the tower, uml the pic- ture wus superb within. Miorily after 9 o'clock the s|<ccluclu presented was Incomparable. Canada hus nothing in Hocuil functions to oiler that com- pares with Ihe brilliancy, beauty and majesty of tb* Governor-4-cnerul's drawing room. Tb* pink of the Do- minion >. society gathered there. a:id their costly gown* and ruihunt per- sonal charms guv* evidence that ..la's daughters. in taste and U'liiity , npiul the daughters of any land. The military was a s[>ecial fea- ture of Ihe alfnir. Their gorit-ous uniforms, scarlet, blue, black, silver and gold, formed a brilliant circle, tho court costumes of His Excellency anil 'he Countess of Minto. ami Il--r M.I .---ty's Privy Councillors, in pre- ,-d attire, and other Uignilanes of state, church, bench and bur, lent an intellectual as well as a tociul nt- IIM -sphere to the assembly. Nearly .-. iple were presented, und un un- usually large number of debutantes ,.,...!, their Urst bnws to the vic- ri-v'.'l party. The function is voted to ha\ lioeti "eminently nurcessful, and gives evnience of the uiiliinited popu- larity of Lord Mlnto and his charm- ing consort. tIA-KhU I-L....I > - l> MO.NTRStAt- H,( t>o,, f 1 h. With Unu S1I4 I l> a -i.., ,- . -i .It Montreal, Kelt. 5. Half a dozen mussed burglars entered Strong * s>trong'(i grocery tor* here on Satr iirdnv night. Two of tlieui held up the proprietors and clerks with guns, while the rat went thrnui h the cash drawer and got about J:iit). They then locked the doors and skipped. Two men Eh Ing their names as August K. Morel and Antolne Robert are in the hands of Ihe police. Thev are wnnted at Scran ton. Pa., for lh* ut'empted murder of a poli.e- nian. It is expected thut thev will be extradited. For Whlrh Hr Exprctrd to Br I.I ally ll-iiiU-a. "I know." said the poor cousin to his haughty millionaire relative, "mat I buvc uo claim upon you except my des- titute condition and a sli- 'it tie of blood which is more of a dumper than u incentive to bestowing the humble dollar which I liave asked you to ad- vance mi- for a few years. Of course you are within your nrht to refuse, Yet I cannot but recall with what glud- siniie Joy ! compiled with the only re- quest you ever made of me compiled with such sympathy even though I could not feel that In the same cireum- stauces I would ask as much uf you." "What are you talking about?" shouted Mr. Bullion, bis face flushing with wrath. "I never asked a favor of you In my life and never shall. You have a bard cheek tbat would make th* Sphinx take a back seat. Favor! Bur-r-r!" "It ws* done secretly. Ton do net know to this day that I did It. I never mentioned It to you before, nor would I now except that I cannot but recall your Instantaneous, stony refusal of the flrst request I ever made of you nd despite myself think of the unhes- itating way In which 1 compiled with the only miuent you" "Don't drive me crazy with thi* IB- sane talk. If you can tell me of any i request of mine te you. whether you compiled with It er not, I swear to draw my check her* and DOW for yon for $100." "Charles. It I* not the hope of reward tbat leads me to speak of my consid- eration to your petition. I have never breathed It to a living soul before. I will accept your cheek, dung to me SB one throw* s bone to s mongrel eur. only tbat the moral lesson may be Im- pressed upon your mind better. When your wife died. Charlie. *nd you ad- vertised your loss In the papers yon added. Tleise omit flower*. ' I didn't end on*." New York World. CANADA A.\D ENGLAND THE SKRVICKS CA.V4DA HAS RRS- Ur.KI.il r I I.I \ APPRECIATED. A Prominent BrovkvllU llul,i Pay* u Trlliotx tothoUood Work *f ( ui, u, II. to Iiixltulluu lu FIYB 41-M tlillo li.tZKTTKD. Tli* 1-0 Wh wr Ut >-t In lli < hinilfr Ottawa, F"h. 5. The following were ga/.ettisl on Saturday us Sena- tors: i;.',.r"i- T.I \ lor Fulford of Drockville. Ontario, vice Hon. W. . Sonford. ilerensed: Joseph P. B. Cos- Biliin of Montreal, for clrrtonil divi- sion of IVi.inil.Mio .-re. in Queboc.vlc* lion .1. H. IVlVr.'se. decer^isl. Uob- i ert Wntson of Portnffe In Trnirle, In N tuv- nuB. Bank i-f I'. -m "'. c-n-, "> Mou4 n. -it-.- Wi-i i 11 ..... 1- Victoria. 1.'.. 1 cb. 5. The ste>in.<f Ic's ..i i r. --I -it y o'clock muhl, b: mi ing ti I . L.uia of Ihe Uawson . .- N n,- Ii., ,-s ami saloons wero n..l'.<led in t 1 ,-- i-uriied districl. Hie l'..ii,,. oi > omci, rcc iviul iiiinieroiis I.IIMIII.'.SS house* were also bunieil, \vnli a 1 '-s .in, relating half a million. 1 o t SJ lit s arrivals dime from I'uwson Jun. ;J, and ro- port the trail <;.eii and railways clear ul d in opci , t ion. l)n Jan. 2V a wreck occurred On the White Hume l':iss K.nl\\(iy a uiiiu and a half from Skajjuay, bv Manitoba, vice the lion. John Suther- land. Kimlluv M. Young of Klllarney, Manitoba, vice lion. C. A. lloulton, decniseil: rh.ird-s IJurpee of Slu-tllelil, \cu r.riinswirk, vice lion. Tuuiuas l.r-trfr. "Te*. George, you very dlsMnrtly said 1 In your sleep. 'I* It my anteT Now. what did you mean by thai'.'" "Mean? Why. that'* simple. I was dreaming I wa* a boy again, waiting for Christmas, and when another boy asked me If t didn't know who Hants. Claim wa* I said <|Untlonlngly. 'I* It my aunt ie T The dear old lady brought m* up. you know." "Ob. you darling, big hearted boy r Cleveland Plain Dealer. IdBtBkt Phllnopbr. Mrs. Squills-Quick: Quick! Wake up! I btdleve there are burglar* down stair*. Co down and see. Mr. Squills (sleepily) Nonsense! Nothing but the cat! Mrn. S.-Hark! There! I know there are burglars down stairs. Mr S. (nervously i- Well er If yon know they are there It's no use going down to nnd out. New York Weekly. !. ..r I" < vrrlmrr. , "Poet Ceorge Ma--, I, -mild sskS What money ran Uo to connote a mas wtth a headache " "It can buy s seltzer, can't Itf Cleveland Plain Healer And U.r Smld TM." Hand (earnestly) I want te ask yon a question, George. George (also earnestly ) What is it, dearest ? Maud (still earnestly) If von had never met ma, would yoB hsvs loved m* just th* came? Impurities in i he HI ..!. Wu*n the ac- tion of th* kldneyi becomes impaired, IIP mriti.-s in th blond ,ir alraom tir* te f U .. anil K*uritl ilcntniceiiirnt of th* Kv-ii-m riisiir*. Pirinelr's Vj*ta U f U- w II rt^ulait ill* kmutr*. an that ti.ey 11 maintain healthy ncllon and pr*venl Hi* ceuiplicntiuu* wlilch c*rtiu- ly come iiri tlicra U drnii|c*mQl of ,|I*H Ii". 1 liy oritaiift. A resluMliv* lae-.* p. lit AT* in t b* tlrct rank. Lrjtrt W UulapuRO* I.land*. Albermarl* Island is th* largest ef the Galapagos inlands. Its area i* 1,380 squar* miles and it ha* a peak 4,700 feet in height. ULLKK'SCOJirOCNn IRONPILLfl tb* puw>r of ... i, i.iuum, iku* ; weight anil .11x1, mU. TORNADO *T NK\\ l-ol,' > UL AH Ok Bk M..rhr |,. ..i.i I and 1 w.nti H !!>> It VWII H"ll. St. John's, Nfld., l-'eb. 5. Anoth- er tornudo s-\<.'i,t tho coast, lust Moo- day ui^hi.. Uurk Harbor was de^os- tulud and twenty houses wcro Idowu down, including the cuaton s stu.ion and Uie residence o( the cosi,,.. s oc- curs. All the funnlies t.o.,k i.;<i{elii their cellars. A Krench lott r f^ic- toiy, one of the lari;c..t on ' with all Its contents, boat nnd lisll- ing gear, \vas ilciiinlis isl, bein- blown to pie'O8. '1 ' ners wer* driven ashore nnd dlsmuuied. >rwfi>u..il> mil " .n <miil. St. John's, Ntld., Fob. S. In id- fiTi-ni'e to the desire of the Dritisii Cabinet, the New (oiindlnnd I tur* will meet In |>e. iul session on Keb. 15 to renew the An "lo-Krcnrh modus vtvendi respecting the treuty hoi*. Pnrllit UT v.i SunUt ('!. As far as heard from, proudly say* tb* Chicago Record, Chicago is the ouly city thai received a nice, new river as a Christmas nret>ent. (lnrd's Lliirapnt for sale everywlrre. (From the Brockville Reoordar. ) One of 'lie most succesaful rnininssj men in Broclrvill* ia Mr. Thorns* Nappy, the well -know Perth Street grocer Mr. Nappy i* an Englishman by birth and th* success be has aohie* ed in bunnies* here, has enabled hum for some years past to make an annnai holiilav trio to the Motherland. In ft casual conversation witb som* fi lends in the Bank of Montreal, recently, Dr. Williams' Pink Pill* bapprao* to b* montiouetl and Mr. Nappr n*>i4 that if the pills elTucted mauy cures sa marvellous as one that had oona*) nnder his notice, he wa* not surorlseA that they were so frequently the them* of conversation. Asked Ukte* by a reporter of the Recorder to give th* story, Mr. Nappy readily cotuwnt* ed to do so, and we give it practical- ly in his own words. "Don't be dis- appointed when I tell you that th* cnr did not ox-cur in this oonutry " said Mr. Nappy. As a matter of faot it occurred in Englaud and came on- der my observation on th* occasion at two visits mati* to that country. Dur- ing the summer of IbUtt I paid a, visit to my old home in England an while ther* vmited William Ledger, a rela- tion of mine bring at 40 Fitzwilliajos street, Dnncaster. In Ledger's family was a little girl, Lilly, about six years of ai;e who wa* absolutely help- less witb what the doctors said was St. Vitns' dance, but really seemed t*) me more like paralysis.. Thi* child wa* on* of th* most pitiful sight* X ever saw ; more helplnsa than a new born babe. She could not move s> inffle limb, an if the head were turn- ed to on* nid* or thi other it remain- ed in that position until some one changed it. The poor child had te be fed and looked after like an infant, and as the doctors had not been able to do anvthiug to relieve bar, rejoor- ery wa* not thought possible. In- deed, I ssud to the child's grand- mother that I thought it* earthly death would be a relief not only te tb* child, but to it* parents. This wa* the condition ef the child when I left for Canada. Again ia the *UIB- iin-r of IH'JU I mail* a holiday trip t*) England and to my amazement wbem I visited my friend Ledger I found Lilly as bright and activ* a ohiltl ss on* would tind anywhere, with sJwe- lutely no trace of th* trouble that bed made her a helpless burden th* before. I told her parents I never expected to M* her alive and asked what had affected her "Dr. Williams' Pink Pill*," said tb*) father. lie further said that return- ing from work on* night, h* found la the house a little book describing the pills, left during the dav, and after reading it decided to us* them ia Lillv's i-Hse. After supper h* boughs some of the mils and gmv* th* first ts) the child that nig'it. In a few days they saw they wer* heluing her, sod in less than two month* tira* thsca was not a child in the neighborhood, brighter, healthier or mor* active. I bav* heard a great deal oonoernlns; what Dr. Williams' Pills have don* In this country, bat this case coming under my own observation is as ues* a miracle aa w* can look for ;m these days, and shows why Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are so .much talked abomt everywhere. Dr. Williams' Pink Pill* are just as valuable in the case of children a* with adults, and puny little ones would thrive and grow fat under this treatment, which has no oqnal fo* building np the blood and giving r*>> a*wed strength to brain, body sod nerve*. Sold by all dealers or sent Dost oaid at 50c. a box or six boxes fo* ta.SO. by addressing the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, OHU D* not be persuaded to try something else said to be "just ss good." 4- IHm'I'-'-ol I, .r.,,-l(. Blr Wilfrid T.a'iricr, Canada's niter, Is un odf'ircr of l>u\nl Usir- rlrk, and has the ln-st collet lion of li. 1'i-k an' f ft>*tJL/ sCe&do