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WOMAN’S WORLD. Tn no other thinji' are men so Illogical nd > unreasonable, says Dorothy Dix in the New Orleans Pi ;ayune, as in the way they treat their wi -es about money. Ev ery man. worthy <ji' the name, expects to support his family e'hen he gets married. In reality, he prol ibly does not object to doing it. He is perfectly well aware that servants must be paid, supplies for the table purchased, clothes bought, and mat children are apparently born for the sole purpose 0.l enriching the shoe maker and the schorl book publisher. .Yet. knowing all this, ah >ut half the men you know seem to take it as a personal In jury and grievance when their wives come to them for w >ney for the common fnmily needs. “Gre it snakes, you want wash money again? • they cry. "What, •he ice out again! 1 ->u need a half dollar to pay for getting J ihnny’s shoes mend* ed! By George, I be; leve you think I am made of money!” ;nd alas, for human frailly, the woman :* more.than apt not to return the humbli answer that extract money and turns aw ty ■wrath, but to re mark. instead, that • r she was a miracle worker, and could i an a house without money, she wouldn't be working for any man for her board aid clothes—she would be secretary of the • reasury. There are plenty of such homes—and the men in,them ore not necessarily mean, only thoughtless and inconsiderate— where every single item of expense is argued out at as much length as If it was a Mississippi river improvement appro priation bill, and where n pair of shoes can’t be bought for the baby, or a cali co frock for the wife, without a debate that is hot enough to leave a blister. The Inevitable result is continual friction that spells disaster to the family, and the very best thing any woman under such circumstances can do. is to take her hus band as a boarder, charge him enough to run the house on, and spend the money in peace and as she pleases. As long as ■he makes him comfortable he has no more right to interfere in her manage ment than he would with any other land lady’s methods. Women confide too much, anyway. There Is no earthly use in tell ing before hand everything one thinks she is going to do, particularly if it is liable to be objected to. Do it first, and discuss it afterwards. Saw wood and say nothing, is a wise motto for wives as well as politicians. Another advantage that many women would gain If they could induce their husbands to regard themselves more in the light of a boarder, and less In the light of a boss, would be a very superior article of manners to that to which they are row accustomed. No man would think, for a minute, that because he paid his board it gave him a right to sneer at his landlady's opinions, deride her views, ridicule her sentiments. These are privileges that matrimony alone bestows upon a man, and ijjany a woman’s fond est dream of happiness is to wish that her husband was as polite to her as he Is to other ladies. He will listen with apparently absorbed attention while an other woman eirs her views on the South African war; he is quick enough to re spond to another woman’s witticism, but let his w-ife undertake to expound the political situation, or tell a story, and he hasn’t the slightest hesitation in shut ting her up by telling her that she doesn’t know what she is talking about, and that he* read that joke in Punch during the deluge. Likewise, as a boarder, he might even he roused to express some gratitude and appreciation for the tireless devotion to his interest, the unceasing study of his pleasure and comfort, the love that never .ans, that now. as a husband, he takes ■or granted, and doesn’t think worth men tioning. So, too, wtien he is sick. He feels that he is at perfect liberty to re v-.ird his wife’s sleepless nights, her wor ry and care, w-Ph grumbles and growls, on,} ill temper, but he would never dare to treat an angelic landlady, who was nurs ing him, that way. He would feel that be never could repay such self-sacrifie goodness, and besides he would be afraid that If he didn't, behave himself she would turn him over to a hired nurse, and go off and leave him. Nor would all the advantages he on the side of the woman. Many a man would have everything to gain in being pro moted from the rank of the husband 10 nat of the star boarder. It cannot be denied that if there are cantankerous hus bands—and I am talking now not of the happily married, but of the disgruntled of both sexes, to whom matrimony has rought more kicks than ha’pence—there are also neglectful wives. There are women, good women, in whom the moth er kills the wife, and who after the com !? s . of . ,Vl e first baby simply, exist for their children. Fashion now prescribes that the Inter val between an er,gag meet end a mar rlage should he as short as noss We, and this is a sensible rule. Recently, however a marriage occurred within such a Wo t I cT °J the en S’ a sement that i mav b L?" 1 t have come off at express ep ed. Tne circumstances were thow: you g woman became engaged ;o a man who n she did not love, but was rea-’y o mar y for worldly advantage. Shortly"bef re lie marriage she went, on Monday, to . tay tvith friends in the country. Her fi-roe was to arrive at the same house on Sat urday. During the week she mad the acquaintance of another man, who "as staying in the house, and. h-'efl", th y tell violently in love—so viclentiy that the girl determined to throw O'er her finn e and marry the new man. S u e felt that it was impossible to await the a rival of her nance under the circumstances, and -o she and her lover eloped by rail early Sunday morning and were "married at once. Here is another curious matrimonial story: A young and handsome engn er coming home to London from E™ypt, made the acquaintance of a good looking, lively woman on the liner. They got on " ell, and he told her a great deal about him self. Among other things he menti nei • hat he had at one lime hod p-osp cts of wealth from a distant eousiijf but ihe lat ter had married again, and, dyi g noon after, left all to his widow. “And I sup pose you hate the widow?” Inquir'd his hew friend. “Oh. no," rep’i and the young man. laughing. “My parents and and, but w y should I? I was quKe a b y at she tire, and did not understand. I have always been brought up to work, nrd am ,’oi g well. After all, a man’s wife Is more to him than all his relations. I dare ray the old lady needs It more than I do, and she can’t be going to enj, y ii much longer” ‘How old is she?” “Well, I don’t k ow exactly; I never saw her, hut she mu t be decidedly elderly. The old chap w s dl enough to be my grandfither. He died ten years ago. and he married seme five years before that.” “And you don’t grud e U-to her?” “Not in the least.” In -he course of the voyage the acqualntanc: gradually ripened, and the result was an engagement. Then the fiancee confided to her intended that she was the “old lady.” The dirtant cousin had not mar-l-d a woman of suitable age. as had t-een sup posed. hut a young girl of seven een, Just out of the schoolroom. And so the money returned to the family. The tragedies of fashion, says the Phil adelphia Times, are numbered by the soores, but one of the meet extraordinary on record and though early In the scuon comes from the seashofe. It is related that a .young woman tarrying at a tesort one morning wore a gown that had an unll e 1 yoke of heavy lace. She was templed by ♦he bright sunshine of last week to o down upon the sanjls, where she rema ned until forced to return home by an aching head. Upon removing her gown the w s startled by an exclamation from her sis ter. who asked her what was the matter with her neck, as she looked like a t t looed woman. An Inspection showed’that upon her white skin the sun had sk 1- fully Imprinted an exact reproduction of the lace o t which her yoke wa compos and There whs no low-necked dre-e or t Is roung women at that evening's ball, 'or no amount of scrubbing oould efface the photographic print from her ekin. Now however, by dint of many applications of cold or earn and such lotions, the mark* have disappeared, but mademoLel’e has put a lining in her yokes and irusts no more to cobwebby materials for p ctec tion. This accident is liable to befall any woman who arrays herself in such a dis mal raiment as lace. Tne su est v. ay o avoid such misfortunes is to k.ep n the sheltering shade of a pa.asoi w.,i10 ex posed to the sun’s rays. He stooped and picked a handkerchief Up from the floor near where she stood And, bowing, said, “Permit me.” in 1 The bravest, courtliest way he could. The maiden blushed and sweetly said; “It is not mine”—he knew ’twas not! The dainty thing he offered her Was one that he himself had bought. But there they stood and wondered who Might be its owner, and before They parted talked of much besides What he had found upon, the floor. Thej% walk in pleasant it 1 ays to-day; Of ail mankind she loves the best; The handkerchief is locked away. One secret still is in his breast. —S. E. Kaiser, in the Philadelphia In quirer. trousseau of a bride, says the New York Times, is always Interesting, but the bridegroom's wardrobe does not at tract much attention. However, here is a Denver bridegroom, a young miner who tad invested in $215 worth of shoes to adorn his wedding outfit, and the list is worth giving. Here it is. as published >n the Shoe and Leather iteporter: "Two pairs calfsk n lace walking shoes, two pairs of patent leather lace shoes for afternoon wear, two pairs of patent leather button boots for wear between t and 6 o’clock p. m., two pairs of oxford ties, the latter ‘to make me appear 3S though I were going to dinner or to the theater, and not to a dance;’ also tw-o pairs of pumps with medium toe, per fectly fiat, for dancing; congress gaiters with satin delaine top. ’.’For sporting wear, two pairs riding boots of Russia leather and black calf skin, with box spurs; a pair of lace boots for country walking, having a full swing to the outside, medium double sole, extension edge, and straight tips; a pair of golf shoes, also golf boots of russet leather, calf lined, double sole, rubber disks, extra full extension sole, medium toe and absolutely waterp-torf; tennis shoes of white buckskin and canvas, yachting shoes of canvas, steamer shoes made of Russia leather, with smooth rub ber bottoms; red morocco bootees for veranda wear, these are half boots with out heel; also tan slippers and mules. "For prospecting In ihe mining coun try he ordered extra high undressed grain, calf-lined lace boots, with heavy sole and full extension edge." In a New York shoe store where this collection is beiqg prepared they do a great deal of fancy booimaking and much work for the stage. But while they employ twenty-two men to work on men’s footwear, they have fifty for women’s There are not many masculine customers like the Denver man. One of the most interesting women in France is Miss De Broen. whose name is as well known throughout the slums of Paris as that of Jane Addams, of Chicago, is in this country. Miss De Broen is a woman of Dutch ex traction. says the London Quiver. It was in 1871, Immediately after the sup pression of the Commune, that Miss de Broen visited Pere Lachaise. As she stood at one end of the cemetery she heard in the distance the wailings and shrieking of women, and .hastening to the spot whence the cries came, she found a'mad dened drowd of Communist women mourn ing their dead. Going up to one woman, who had lost both husband and son, and who was rending the ah’ with her scrieks. Miss De Broen, then a young and delicate girl laid her hand upon her arm and said: "Let me comfort you. I can tell you about One above Who cares for all your sorrows.” And so she moved from one to another, carrying her message of God’s love, until she brought a great calm into that maddened crowd. This was a reve lation to Miss De Broen of the power of the Gospel, and she determined to devote herself to work among these outcasts of Belleville. The government has always recoginzet* the Important influence for maintaining law and order which Miss de Broen’s mis sion has had in Belleville, and has sup ported her eoffrts. Some ten years ago. when a law was passed for regulating the , collection of household refuse by the city authorities, it threw out of occupation thousands of chiffonniers in Beileville. News came to Miss de Broen one Sunday j afternoon that the people were rising. She , hurried at once to the city, where the chif fonnters lived as a tribe apart, and she found them gathering round a chief who ] was inciting them to deeds of violence. “If ; we have no weapons, we have stones,” he was saying when Miss de Broen came up. “What is the matter?" she asked.. "We have lost our work, and are starv ing,” was the reply. "If I give you food and undertake to get work for you, will you separate peace ably?" "Yes," replied the better disposed, “it is only food and work that we want.” "You shall have both,” said Miss de Broen, and to show that she was in earn est she dispatched a messenger to the nearest baker's shop with orders to send immediately all.the bread which he had 9* the premises. When (he cart arrived. Miss de Broen and her assistants cut the loaves and distributed them to the hungry people, who dispersed to their homes. Next day Miss de Broen presented herself at the Elysee and asked to see President Grevy. • “The President is dining," was the re ply. “and cannot b£ disturbed.” "Tell him that I come from those who have no dinner and he must see me.” When she was shown into the Presi dent’s room, Miss de Broen/told him that there were some thousands of desperate characters In Belleville on the verge of a revolution, arid work must be found for them. Mr. Grevy promised his help, and sent Miss de Broen round to the various ministers to lay the state of affairs be fore them. All promised to see what could be done, and while the cumbrous govern ment machinery was being set in motion, Miss de Broen. with the aid of charitable people, opened a soup kitchen, and by her individual efforts fed some two thousand people for six weeks until the government had arranged to give them work. Two o'clock is a little early for the afternoon crowd at the Paris Exposition, says a writer in the Chicago Record, so those of us who were there turned, alert, when a musical French voice floated over to us from the adjoining room. "Oh, yes, yes.” it said. “I am next the Queen and I can scarcely wait to see. They tell me the picture is glorious. Constant has caught the shine in the velvet exactly, and then it looks like me. Ah! here it Is." And Calve, Carmen even without her shimmering, alluring Carmen costume, walked rapidly into the magnificent room m the French section and stood beneath her own portal. . “Yes, good, very good,” she said. "I <!m happy to look like that. Am I so tall really? Would you think, Marie (to her friend), that iife could be so perfectly reproduced—that one could live again so completely?” And the singer walked back and forth gazing at the picture from this point and that, getting a light on it here and another there. She wore the plainest of street costumes, dark blue, with a pretty bat set back from her face, and as she waiked sho threw aside her long feather boa. She paused n moment near me and I had the opportunity to say: “You like it, do you not?" Oh. very much, very much,” she answered quickly. "You, too, cer tainly, you think it good? But I am so happy to be again in Paris that every, thing seems good to me. The portrait !s Just one of many things. America is fine and large and Us people are kind to me. but after ell home is the best place.” And with n wave of her hand she swept down the hall. No Irish nurse will willingly weigh a baby, no matter what the doctor may aay or do. She will aaaure him that she has weighed It; will tell him its weight to the : fraction of an ounce; but weigh It she THE AfCltftJKG ET\S: SUNDAY, JUNE 3. I'lOO. Dorfiincjcr 61ngsciraft Our Glassware at HUMBER TEH. , a Wedding Anything that is not at its best at a wedding is sadly out of keeping, and here our fine glassware certainly finds its most brilliant expression. Our special pieces, encased so as to do full justice not only to'the glass itself but to the occasion as well, are radiant with a beauty transparent, intrinsic. ©Wedding glassware is our special pride. Sold all over the United States by This trade- C. DORFLINGER & SONS mark label on every piece. 915 BROADWAY NEW YORK will not. for if she did it would surely uie within a year, she will tell you, with a ring of firm conviction in her voice, and she will string off a long list Cif babies she hns known that have been weighed and have died. There is an other ihing ih'at she cannot be induced to do, and that is cut the nails of a baby before it is three months old. If they grow too long she bites them. N6t that she thinks the baby would die if she cut "them, but she knows that it would grow up to be a thief. Reasons for this con viction of hers she has none. No amount of coaxing will induce her even to try to explain what honesty can possibly have to do with uncut nails. But. none the less, no charge of hers ever has Us nails cut. Miss Sannle Kruger, a niece of Paul Kruger. President o’ the TiansvaaJ Re public, is paying a visit to'San Francisco. She is an excellent performer upon the guitar, but is not as proud of her accom plishments in music as she 13 of her pro ficiency in the use of firearms. Her fam ily has mining interests in Aiizona, and it was .to look af er ihese that Miss Kruger came to.the United Sta’es. She says that one of the first requirements of a Trans vaal girl’s education is to hit a bull's-eye at long range. She 1 -oks pliant and wo manly, but no anti-Boer fee ing can be safely expressed in her presence. She is antagonistic in a moment. All the rugged de e miration of her fam ily and her race shows then. In an argument she will stand up to the end and show that she has a remarkable arraignment of facts aod statistics 10 prove her side of the question. She has been idolized by the pro-Boer element in California, and has been the central figure of some of the largest meetings. She do-”s not bo ieve the Transvaal will succeed. She believes that the English will win, but all the pride of her race comes to the surface when she says; "We sha 1 be defeated by the English, I know, in the end, but we will show the* that we can fight.” Women make a great mistake, says the New York Tribune, when they try to "entertain” men who visit them for a Sun day. Business men. when they go out to the country at thrs season of the year, simply love to do nothing at all—to b 6 al lowed to sit under green trees and tallf, as they feel inclined; or. If they wish ex ercise, to take it in the way that suits them best. To propose drives, games and other entertainments In which a guest feeis bound to acquiesce out of courtesy, is often sheer cruelty to a tired man, who would so much enjoy a couple of days in the country if he were only let alone by his over zealous hostess. "Did you enjoy your visit to the Z—’s?” was asked of a clubman who had just re turned to town after a few days' outing. "Not at all.” was the decided answer; "I had a beastly time. They kept me going every minute. I hate driving, and Mrs. Z took me ail over the country in her t r ap. Sunday evening I was taken to the M 's for dinner, and put between two women at the table whom I dffl not know. Mr. Z . who is a golf fiend, insisted updn my playing the game, which I detest. If they had only let me alone I should have been happy, for they have a lovely place and particularly good fool, and I '.ike Mr. and Mrs. M very much, but they Used me up completely, and I wouldn't go again for a good deal.” “The nobility,’’ say* a photographer with a wide experience, in Success, in faking pictures abroad, “understand per fectly what is expected of them, falling naturally into poses, and making far less trouble for me than do singers and the atrical people. "They are also very reasonable In their exactions as the following anecdote of the Empress Frederick will show. She was at Windsor Castle and wished me to come tijere to make a photograph to be sent to her son, Emperor William, as a Christ mas present. The message was tele graphed me in the Isle of Wight, and I wired ahead to London for extra plates to be sent me at Paddington Station. When I arrived, no plates were there. I hurried across London to get them, missed tw-o trains to Windsor, and arrived at the castle more than an hour late. Three pages in livery met me. They said: ‘Hurry up! Hurry up! me Empress has been waiting for an hour.’ “Well. I'm sorry, but I can't hurry,” I said. Every busy man knows the feel ing he has. after hurrying until he can hurry no more, and the determination that comes never to hurry again, even for the Queen of Sheba. Presently the Em press entered the room where I was waiting. "I am sorry," she said, "but as you are late and I have an appointment to drive with the Queen to-day, I can only give you five minutes for a sitting.” "Empress,” I answered. "I am sorry, but I cannot do you justice In five minutes. We w-ill postpone the appointment.” I began to pack up the plates that had cost me so much trouble. “By no means,” s'he answered. "I shall see what arrangement can be made for one of the princess to take my place." This was done, and I worked away for two hours. The passing of the old-fashioned price less lace handkerchiefs that our grand mothers used to consider necessary, says the New York Evening Post, is empha sized by the announcement that they have come in aga n. It will hardly be possible to re-establish them to the point of carrying them, although the dictum may Influence on additional purchase or two. Time was when a "best” lace hand kerchief was included in the wardrobe of every well-dressed woman, but that time has long passed. The "smart” woman to day has dozens of fine handkerchiefs whose cost and beauty lie in their ex quisite weave and In the daintiness and perfection, not abundance, of the embroid ery or lace that decorates them. Next to their fineness thefr plainness is a dis tinctive mark. A handkerchief heavily trimmed with costly lace, obviously un sulted to frequent laundering. It not often seen nowadays. A north side physician, says the Chi cago Record, who has had several can’s of scarlet fever to treat We’y brought home some bright red scarlet-fever signs the other evening. “What are you going to do wiih those red cards?” asked his,little girl. The doctor explained that trey were to be put in ihe windows of the hou'-’d of his soar'et-fever patients to kecpp’ople from going there. The next day the doctor s wife was sit ing at the window of the slti'ng ro m and her attention was nt racted bv ihe queer antica of a boy across the street He started for the house, then turned ba k and looked hard at the door, and A ally went away. In the course of sn hour several people did the same t v lnf. At lest an old friend drove up in hr c*rrle* | alighted, and started up the fmt t'e. j Half-way up she paused, stared at the [ door end fled down the steps, The doc tor’s wife rose hurriedly, jnterdi-g t -> ! slop the caller and have an explanati n. but before she could gel to t! e d.xir e visitor had driven away, wavi g her ha and and nodding pleasantly. An lour or >o after the telephone rang. Ii was th ■ friend and caMer. “Hello Is! that you, Mrs. Smith?” "Yes. and ” “Really, I was so sorry to d-i e off that Way this afternocn, but tie chil r n you know-—and they have n ver ha I it, and ” “Had what?” "Scarlet fever." "But we haven't got sca-Tet fever." "Well, what's that red sign n y u door, then?" And Mrs. Jones ang off. Investigation developed ihe fact t’ at t’ e doctor’s little girl had been difturt ed in .getting her geography lessen by to mary people ringing the door bell. Wh-n the servant girl was out the eMld bad to an swer the bell, and it oceu red o her t at a 6acrlet-fever sign weuld s, lvp n and f Acuities. The doctor estimates that the sign, in one afternoon, lost him about sls worth of fees. Most people who have read of the sangu inary disposition of the Dowager Em press of China have pictured her as a veritable tigress with an inordinate appe tite for blood. To a casual visitor at her palace, however, she appears much as other women. Recently the wives of for eign representatives and several other European women were entertained by her at Pekin. From the entrance gate of the paialOe grounds they w-ere carried in Imperial sedan chairs over ihe marble bridge; the rest' of the way to the recep tion hall they traveled In a tram drawn at a fairly rapid pace by palace eunuchs. In the reception hall the Dowager Em press. a benevolent-looking old lady of 64, and not at all the relentless virago she is commonly depicted, was seated on a raised dais, and on a slightly tower seat sat the Emperor, who looked more cheer ful than ever, but was evidently in very feeble health. After the formal reception the ladies were conducted Into an adjoining room, where tea and refreshments were served, ahd soon after the imperial pair came in and mingled unceremoniously with their guests, saying a few words to each and shaking hands. Every time the Dowager Empress made a remark her Chinese in terpreters fel prostrate on the ground. Young Prince Fuc'hun, a well-grown, strong and healthy-looking hoy of 14, who has been recently selected as successor to the throne in default of a direct heir, was brought forward and introduced to the ladies, whom he saluted by suddenly throwing himself at right angles on a line with his face, probably bis idea of shak ing hands. The Dowager Empress pre sented each lady with a pearl ring and some handsome brocades and each of the Chinese secretaries received four rolls of silk. Of course the crown jewels of the Quen of England are the most valuable In 'he world, but there are other women of rank who boast of trasures of priceless v ue. The Czarina of Russia has the fines pearls in Europe, the Queen of lialy ra k ihg next. Ic is King Humbert’s custom to present his queen with a rope of pearl* on every anniversary of her hi th. The German Empress possesses a most valuable rope of pearls, which she dis plays to great advantage In her beau ifu! blond hair, where the coronet of pearls and diamonds receive added usier from the "shinging glory.” Princess Maria Pawhowma is the 'orr;>- nate possessor of a most remarkable and costly necklace, with pear-shaped pearls as pendants. Lady De Grey makes special excursions lo the country with her maid so as 10 give her magnificent pearls a course of sun baths. The Princess of Wales introduced ih“ fashion of winding a number of pearl necklaces around the neck, fastening th m wiih a diamond clasp. The advantage of this fashion to ladies with long necks is obvious. Princess Henry of Pless has cne of these pear! collars with twelve‘rows of pearl*, and she wears it with reval gra e. She it was who by moving the co one: from the back to the front of the hea l added to its powmer of adorning the lace of the wearer. Great care is exercised by these royal ladies in preserving the brilliancy of 1 ei pearls, which seem to requite the heat of the human form to keep them in their best condition. For certain fours in he day their maids are compe led to wea their misiresses’ pearls or the royal own, rs sit for hours with the pe iris about (heir necks, that they may not become dull. More bogus Jewelry and gems may be found at a fashionable New York recep tion than most people imagine. It is not always the sham aristocracy that array themselves thus, but many of the wealth iest people of the metropolis appear load- ed down with gems that are sold by the pint, instead of by the carat. This is due In part to the fear of robbery, for at al! the swell functions there are present some of ihe most expert thieves in the country, ready to snatch a Jewel of value when they are unobserved. But in the wearing of-ornaments, as in most other things, much depends on the woman who wears them. For instance, a large row of sham pearls worn In the daytime is stigmatized as bad tasie, while n smaller one worn round the neck in the evening would be unnoticed. Large-s oried imitation diamond Jewelry is at al! times vulgar, but a pre ty, well mifde French ornament of sparkling paste for the hair gives as good an effect as the real thing and is only less good be cause it haa cost less money. The grea-iwt disadvantage in a woman's buying sham Jewels is that i is such a terrible was-e of money. These th ngs are not very inexpensive when ihey are good, but they are worth nothing if one should want 10 sell or exchange them. Asa rule they don't last long, needing often to be replaced, so that tmita ton Jewelry becomes a very expensive fancy. A woman of reflne’d taste and good Judgment will avoid buying too many sham ornaments or those of too remarka ble a size, and then—if she should ndd a Reman pearl siring to her real Oriental one or put a glittering Parisian aigrette Ih her hair—she will find few to blame her or call her vulgar. —Upward of 70O.(KO young shad were recently sent to England on the steams lp Oceanic. They wii; be used to sock sev eral English rivers. . — 6ld Gentleman.—"And hove you any brhthers or sisters, my little man?" Booby "Yes, g'.r. I’ got one sister an’ one an' o half brother*." Old Gentleman— 'What!” Bobby—" Yes, ir. Two half-sisters and three half brothera.”-*-Phlladelph!a Press. Equally Horseless—“Ha’.” Jeered the by standers. "The automobile hoe Come to stay! Bee It itey!" "That'* all right." re sponded the men on the seat, calmly light ing a cigar. "But why should a 'machine , that merely displaces the horse excite the ill-will of asses?’’—Chicago Tribune. AMERICANS IN TAE BOER WAR. M MBERS OF THEM HAVE SERVED WITH CREDIT IN THE ARMIES OF TIIE BRITISH. Cowboj a nml Veteran* of Onr Fits lit With Spain—They Have .Wt Only Showed Bravery, Endurance and Dincretlon, But They linvc RxolleU Admiration lU**unwe >f Their Capacity for Hrenkln#;* Horses. “An Erratic Whirlwind in the Shape of Horse und Man**—The Thrilling Story of What Todd, tlie American, Did at Corno Spruit When “The Doers Played tlic Game.** (C pyrlght, 1900 by Jamas Barnes.) Care Town, May 5. t is rot surpris ing that il e c< n ic betw en the Boer re l-ub Icj :.nd Gr at 1 ri a.l &..ouM have Ht act and the id e urers of all nations, it has b en so in every war. but the num ber o. p th m e gaged on bo h s des .n this c n tst is some h.t a tn .hing. Every squadr n of the g lar hor e recruited m th * col ny contains a s.u inkling of for gncis ad a t.uota o Americans. The anka of t e Royal Canaci ns conta.n ma y a vet ran of ti.e Spanish-American war. \V th the s ipmen‘B of mu sand horses f • m Tixas and he Sou him states have ome many you g fellows u ed to rough ing it and well acquainted with life on the pra ri s or s rv ce in the American army. Ala #e m jo ity cf them have s t ght the recruit.ng carrps and donned tie kh ki inifirms of ihe queen. With ut exception they hav m de good sol i sand th ir oflic rs have spoken of hem in tern s of 1 raise. Before procuring 0 the front, after I 1. cl (1 in C>pe Town 1 st November, I visit and t e camp at Ros l ank, where the Su h African Light horse was being mu- er Q 0 i- ruct n I was a motley ro 1 cti 1 of o ds and e ds of all callings nd p ofissons ahd frera all climes and o>gaett* /<■♦/ \ ' _ Tst NT'X / [ a •! iTf*s y V* * "X " 1 n £ •“ u ” ~ J Dismounted Scouts Wacohi g lie Movements of a Beer Ouipo-t c untri-s There were coPulal farmers, erks out of sit atiors, st amship stokers, o soluiers, food sor s oc.d sorts, young fe lows cf nea.th and posit • n, who had g.ven up their all at h me and had come out to s‘ rve as comrh, n troopers in the fo.cts, and some Ya ke> s I had gone out to witness the enrollment of two steamer friends of mine who longoi to the "chaps from home" class. We entered the gate and st.od and up to the open field used in pi ace time as a show .ground for the annual fair. There were a number of half-baked troopers riding h no and there on ill-trained and ungroomed Easuto ponies. A straight backed Soldierly man with the characteristic voice of the drill sergeant was instructing them. Some wore uniforms and had b?en there befo.e. some were citizens and didn’t understand. Some couid ride, and some were evidently making (he.r firs; acquaintance i h a saddle. The sight was nmutlrg, and we stopped to wat.h It. But suddenly our attention was directed to another part cf the field. Rroneo Dustins In South Africa. A knot of spectators stood around an erratic whirlwind in the shape *of a horse and man. We ran over and joined them. It reminded mo of a bronco busting that I had witnessed many times on rone of our Western ranches. Tne little demon of a horse plunged and jumped in the same famas.lc, stiff-, egged fashion. U was a miniature Wild West Show, but the rider was a gam© one. He stuck to it. So did the bucker; but at last, when he had been subdued into a tremb.lr.g, snort ing captive, I had time to get the right focus and look at the man In the saddle. He was short and wiry, and I did rot need a second glance 10 fell mo whe e he came from. T xas is full of m n 1 ke him—Frederick R mington has mad” the wo id acquainted with his type. He was an Am ,1c n c w-boy, from his batt red lea her-bad and hat to his high h ti and bo is I ?p ke to an officer stand ing near me and his r.rsi words confirmed my op ricn. “Yes." said he, "we have a number of Ya kees with us and w> gve them all the bad horse to ri e T. is chap hero t Id me he cculd ride any hing with hair o ; it, and I judge he s right." It was hard w.ik, tut the cowboy ap raren ly c j yed It, for he jumped off on” refract-r br' te only to get on an il her 1 hat tock him career rg out across he parade gr ur.d, through a hedge and VllH.mii INGI HOXBAN, I. T. DR. 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Cc as cnallv, as one w ent in and about the r ks o th<=* v lun>eor cavalry, he would s*e t e same face mu'tiplied, and occ siona ly cat h the drawl or twang that stamped the owner as coming from i.c oss t e w ter The We !e ner invaria bly se m and arpy. but eig,r o chat with bis countrymen 'lh y were somewhat fie wiih heir criticisms, ad could not gel the Ade shot me hoc’s ir.to their sys i-m or reasoning. Bu’. ns I say, they were good soldi rs, di i iheir duty, and we e always popular with their fellows. TI e Australians, N w Zealanders and Tasmaniars were more like them In speech and m thods than were the young f llcws "irom h me,” and I think that open life In a wide country breeds a sim -I’arity of type. The Doers Played This Game. I want to tell a stc-ry of what a Yan kee did at this same battle of Banna’s Post, better known as Corn© Spruit. It was told to me by his officer, and, fortu nately enoush, this time I got the name of tne hero. It was Todd. He had en listed at Cane Town and had shown from the very outset that he was fam liar w.th horse and rifle. That he was a natural soldier, too, the tale proves. Every one knows the hisiory of this little disaster, but in order to recall it, I shall tell in short detail how the thing happened and what led up to it. A mounted force, consisting principally of irregular horse from the colonies, two batteries of Royal Horse Artillery, Q and U. all under command of Gen. Broad wood, was coming back from an expedi tion in the direction of the Basutoland border. It had started from the foot of the great mountain of Thaba N’Chu. In all, the men numbered about 1,500, and their rear had been harassed from the be ginning of the march by the advance guard of a larger force of pursuing Boers. On the evening of April 30 they had reached the Modder river at a point where wos situated the water works ancl pumping station that supplied the town of Bloemfontein, some sixteen miles to the westward. Here were stationed two squadrons of mounted infantry and hus sars. At daybreak of the next mornng the whole camp was surprised to find itself under the direct she.l fire of four Fo r guns that were mounted on the command ing hills to the eastward during the night. To stay there with a Eiqall number was to court destruction, and ll was decided to full back upon the nil’.s near town, as the enemy was seen to ba gathered in large force. Tlie transport and one of the bat tciles was ordered to proceed along the road, while all of the fighting men re mained to guard the rear If the enemy should attempt to follow. It need not be sail how foolish it was to seed on this unarmed caravan, practical y ur.pro ected, without flankers or skirmishers, and this is not the place to attempt to place the blame. It Is enough that it was clone, and the transport and ihe battery ran Into as well laid a trap as could ever have been Invented by 3 historical romancer. A deep spruit on one side and a half com pleted railwoy embankment on the other formed a horseshoe curve, and into the open arms the transpo t entered. The Boers played the game this day. From their position of vantage they stood for It and ordered the drivers, a few sol diers, and the men on the limbers of the gun-A whose horses were entangled am dst the chaos of mules and draught animals, to surrender. It would have been madness to do otherwise, and the Boers entered the crowd and began to outspan the mules and oxen, at the same time, ordering the prisoners to lino up in a row. In the meantime the forces that were fighting, two miles tn the rear, knew nothing of what was going on. A messenger managed to get back to them, and two squadrons of Roberts' Horse were sent on lo see If the tale he had told was true. They rode bang into the camp also! This, of course, was a mistake, but mis takes often happen in warfare. The Boers, seeing that they had them at their mercy, showed themselves and ordered them to dismount and surrender. •snoot: Burghers, Shoot!” "Right shoulders up!" called the officer lln command. "Fours right about!" And : without firing a ahot they attempted to drop out of the Jaws of the cul de sac tn 1 which they found themselves. Tha bat- tery men, too, following thetr tried to turn their horses and lead cheAf guns out. Thot was suffi 'lent. "Shoot, burghers, a1.0.t: sh uted a big Boer in a veheteen coat, and into th. chaos the hidden enemy ro; r and ihelr rifle fire. 'Men and horses and mules and oxen went down tn heaps. Fart of the equed ren managed to teach the fighting men be hind, who weie now assail and on threa s'des, and then they told them that th. first message was true. Now, there were deeds dore that day that would have gained many a man tha Victoria cross if they hid taken place in a wlnr.ii g fight. Brave Sergt. MaJ. Mar tin of "Q" Battery, wiih the a-ststance of a driver, brought the only gun saved out of the tough of it. with one horse in tha wheel and a mu e harne sed in the 1 ad. These two men and a major were all that escaped from the ill-fated battery, and seven guns tve-e left to the Boers. But let us get to Todd. The liitle. force had now gathered In tha middle of the plain, near some sheet Iron hous s. They edged away southward (across the rat'way embankment into tha open veldt, the guns of "U” Bace y sup porting them From the east they wets subjected to a heavy shell fire, and front the concealed riflemen also In the banks of the Modder, while from the north and west they w-re within close range from the spruit, the hillside beyond on.l from the walls of a tir krail the shelter’d a hundred Tr.ansvaalers. they got a scath ing. That ary escaped at all Is a marvel, and the mere fact that they did is a trib ute to their determ'ned fighting. What Tod Did. Hors s were go ng and wn everywhere, and it wr s s en hat imm rllate retreat in he on’y direct on po slble was the last forlorn h pe. Any dis-'oun fd men were sure to fa 1 Into the h nd* of the ene my. It wos at ihis mom nt that an officer tori <d two rider ess horses, apparently urhurt, jalieping out t ward the Boer ii. es. Ho tur-red and ask and for volunteers to b ing Fern in. Two men stepp and forward. One was Torld the Arre ic n. Th y m unted qu'ck ly aid r de out b tween ih two armies. The o'her man f 11 be ore he had gone a hundred yards As Todd left the officer had call and to him and told him that the squadron doc tor was supposed to be lying ofE to the right nea som brushes, wounded. To and was told to take th- horse, to th. doec r f p talb e and f tch him tn. 'R ght yc’u are, sir," said the Yankee, and wry he went .If er hs omi anion fe’l he still kept on. His m nd w s centered on getting that if- e N arei a'.d nearer he got to th. Eorr I iks. Why he was not killed a doz en ti <s was a miracle for his hat and ccat and radd’e were shot through. At !as he .crisped t v e runaway by the bri ■ le, and, leading him at a trot, wont over to wh re he had b <n told ihe doctor was lylrg H kept shouting out his name as he w.nt, and ihe first thing he knew ho r dr straight into a co-ner of th. sTuit almost on to the Boers. One of th m. sa ing h m ccmi g tn so close, evl den ly mistook his ml sin. "if V' u wish to sur *n e-," he cried it* English, "go on dtwn there." He waved him down the stream, but Tcdd had not found the d-ictor yet. Ho crushed thr ugh the bu h s up the bank ad gained the open, and ever that lead swept plain he h aded once more toward the English lines and there, safe ind sound, h” r por ed, saying that as ha could not find the doctor, he had lent th horse to a won ded mm n th” Moun ted Infrntry, and. by t e same token, tha wounded man, safe and alive, was not far behind' h m. 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