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good for the whites was not good for
them. and their children also returned to
us. So that secular education has proyecl
failure, and last year the Govern no enE
school had 10 be shut up. simply because
there were no scholars.
I'm spite of all this, must not charge
for my pupils; ii Id.d they would 20 over
to the Protestant schools, which are also
gratuitous. To be sure, might insist on
doing SO. but should then offend the
Bishop and thereby lose the one little help
we have-house room, for our home is the
MISSIONS property. The last Bishop
helped us more substantially, providing
LOT board, but his successor cannot meejA
the expense. However, / hesr that durS
ing my absence. nv nuns being in great
straits, he has helped them with food"
Times must be pretty bad in Tahiti for
thls poor struggling sisterhood, and the
natives must be less generously disposed
toward their religious teachers than they
arein other parts OF the South Seas.
Life ia easy there" explained the
mother "but people are very selfish. Yet
they have many good points. They are
very fond of their children-so much so
that they will hardly hear of their girls
marrying. Yet nearly. all our female
pupils are married, often to white men,
as soon as they are old enough. Oh, ye,;
there i. a great demand for our girls. be-
cause of the way We train them.
II want some bon bons," quoth the GEAR
old mother. when asked If oil her needs
were supplied they must not be very
dear. for want so many" Then, detect
ing a glance of astonishment, motheriy
smile beamed from under the black coli.
III 90 TO nv baby class every week to in.
snect progress and bonbons ars the re-.
ward. They are SO pretty, my babies, and
the smile deepened, little white or ereamf
coIored creatures, scarce one that yo%i
could call really brown. promised thsm
ALI TOYS. l have case full OF drums ana
trunpets and dolls. but / must have
enough cnbons to go round our six
schools. and if YOU only knew how
many that means" *
And thus the venerable mother who hs&
never known maternity. whose life has
been one long SELF abnegation, sails away
from us, her first and last desire being
the gladdening of young hearts.
]. f. RosE-SoLEY.
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ptiments to the Boer commandant. I
jumped into the saddle and put spurs to
my horse, dashed through the river and
rode up with the lancer. We had come
within almost seventy yards OF the Boer
stronghold, when they opened fire upon
us. The charge was unexpected, but
swinging our horses round We retired un-
der stinging shower of bullets. Our es-
cane was miraculous.
Among the Boer prisoners was Hans
Botha, a big, coarse man, whose skin was
tanned by exposure TO sun and the ab-
sence of soap. He was badly wounded,
and as assisted to place him on one OF Our
ambulance felt that some OF the Ninety
fourth had been avenged, for he had been
most active during that massacre, and as
he lay groaning and asking for help he
had plenty OF time TO experience some of
the pains he had inflicted upon hi3 VIC
TINS at the Honde River. however, We
gave him the best of care, ana he recov-
cred TO bear the avenging scars.
Numerous engagements followed, and
the list of our casualties became larger.
Supplies began to be scanty. Much hard
ship had to be endured. Our daily
expectation of relief from the column OF
very extensive plan of attack was
laid, and We advanced along the
main road, on which we expected to meet
Colley's advance. The Beers were
strongly intrenched, and We had a hot
engagement The Bosrs succseded in
cal turing one of our ambuIanees, With
the doctor and the wounded.
The brunt of the battle fell upon our
carbineers. We lost many killed and
wounded, myself among the latter. This
was our last important engagement.
Starvation rations and sickness nearly
drove hope out of our hearts, but still we
held the fort, and one ana ail were deter
mined TO do so until the bitter end. There
was no communication with the outside.
Absolutely isolated we remained until on
the morning of the one hundred and third
day of the investment, A flag of truce
was seen approaching and we learned the
sad news of the death OF Colley and the
news of peace with honor. We felt
keenly when we saw our hopes biighted,
our prospects ruined and our life blood
spilled in vain. Six weeks later bullock
train of sick and wounded started for the
coast with the red cross floating overhead,
but still parting shot from the Beers
was their last good-by. The roai turned
abruptly and shut out forever the DESC
lated city OF Pretoria, and we knew the war
in the TransvaaI was over"
GERTRUDE r. SPELLAN.
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since, had it not been for the accidental
preseHce OF hotel employe, both she and
tie Mother Superior would have passed
away unconsciously and the newspapers
would have had another tragedy 10 rec
ord.
1t is difficult to imagine more stran gely
contrasting couple than these devout mis-
sionary nuns. Both wear the blue garb
with the becoming black headdress OF the
order of 81. Joseph CT Cluny, but here the
resemblance ends. The Very Reverend
Mother Superior Meianie is old and griz-
zied, her complexion darkened by many
years OF tropical life, her expression set
and determined, as becomes one who has
been accustomed 10 rule for many years
Yet her look is not always austere. Her
gray eyes light up with a sly, humorous
twinkle when an idea strikes her; her
language is quaint and expressive, albeit
she knows not a word of English.
Little Sister Theresa is just the opposite
OF all this. She is young and, al
though 1T sounds rather improper to say it
OF nun, pretty. She is innocence per-
son flied. All her short life has been
shielded from any contact with fne world
and before she began this terribly long
journey she had been shut up for two
years in a Partisan convent
1t is no wonder the journey seems ter
rible one to these two inexperienced
creatures. The Mother Superior is help
less amid all these bewildering foreign
sounds and, to make matters worse, the
young sister, despite her Parisian train
ing, speaks but little French; so that con-
versa,ion between the two is out of the
question, and they sit hopelessiy all day
In their bedroom. wondering when it will
be time to sail fer Tahiti
The little sister pIsttles away miably
about her journey, which to her was the
most wonderful thing that ever happened.
1--WE came over on French steamer with
three other novices. and oh. it was awful
They kept on crying 'C'est terrible all the
time, and thought | was going to die,
sure. Then, when We got TO New York
they put US on board great long train,
and We sat up for three days and nights
and We went through place like a tunnel
forty miles long. 1t fatigued me very
much"
Didn't you have q sIeeping-c 1
asked.
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"Oh, no." explained the Mother Supe-
rior, at was part OF my plan. / wished
to judge for myself wheth .r /. would be
right to expect he sisters coming this way
to travel through the journey without a
bed. 1t is such an expense, you see. Bu,
L found it was not possible, and on Sat-
urday night we slept ourselves. 1t is
possible 10 be too economi CAL"
The Mother Superior knows the value OF
money. Her life in Tahiti, where the
order has to support itself by mucn hard
labor, has taught her this. She travels at
her own expense, and the cost OF the
journey has been a serious drain upon her
slender resources.
This is ony the second time I have
visited Paris during forty-two years, and
it will be the last. l was sent for to at
tend the general congregation OF the
order, but / cannot afford 10 20 again. I
shal! remain with my work for the rest of
my lif,."
The little sister. too, never expects to
see her home and her friends again, for
with these missionaries there is no return.
1t is only in rare instances, such as the
Mother Superior's, that the old country
is revisited. But the enthus asm of the
work sustans them. and yearly hundred s
OF delicate, well-bred young women 60
forth TO savage Africa or the fever.
stricken Indies. ana brief record of their
death is all the world learns of the mat.
ter.
I'VE used to hear such lovely stories
about the missionaries at the convent
school, says the little sister.
Exactly, the romance of the work seize /,
upon her, and after two years OF training
in Paris she was sent off to Tahiti, know.
ing absolutely nothing of the life task
which lay before her. But whether she
likes it or no. 1T will be her lot until the
end, for having once ''professed" she has
neither home nor relations. She belongs
to the church and no return is possible
Even her parents do not know her where.
abouts. II have not written to them since
l entered the convent" she remarks. sim
ply; "they would no. have liked me TO 90
as missionary"
But the kindly old Mother Superior has
no doubt about the result of her life
work. She is full of enthusiasm for tbs
cause, and will talk for the hour about he
GEAR scholars in Tahiti. The first thirty
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OFFICERS GRAVES, BRONKHORST sPRUIT.

In a rash moment some one told me
that DR.. Fred u Evelyn was an activ.
participant during the siege of Pretoria.
This took place in South Africa in 1880
when there was so much blood spilled by
the brave fellows of the British army in a
vain effort to put down the uprising of the
Beers. This story has never been told
here by an eyewitness. l Immediately
Planned a siege myself, and for two or
three days made several unsuccessful at
tempts to get talk with him on the sub
ject, never getting any further than send
ing in my card and being told that the
doctor was too busy to see me. l after
wards learned that D'Evelyn was a
remarkably modest man, and disliked
anything that approached notoriety, hid
ing from reporters religiously.
Finally | procured letter of introduc-
ton from friend of his, and presto-the
forbidding door of his little office flew
open ana l had attained my goal. He
greeted me cordially. anu explained 10 me
the many curios and things with which
his office abounds. AS he handed me a
queer little inkwell formed from a horses
hoof, and TOLD me how the hoof had been
found on the battlefield, shot off a brave
charger. l took GOOD look at the doctor
himself. He is a little over medium
height, rugged and hearty looking, with
sandy hair and bright blue eyes that look
one steadily through and through. He
dida't look like a man that would be
easily "rattled, and it would be strange
indeed it any one could be very much dis
turbed after passing through the horrible
experience ces he has and living to tell the
Iaie.
Alter showing me several more trophies |
the doctor settled back in his chair, and /
picking up a rule. to check me If l asked /
too many questions, suppose, announced |
himself ready to talk about the siege of |
Pre- oria
"Mr. Blank tells me-" he said, ''that !
you are interested in the siege of Pre- |
toria. Now, what can l tell you a bout it?
l m not very good at telling stories, but |
III answer any questions you may put to
me, that Is, provided l am informed on |
tkat particular question"
mildly suggested that he was in posi-
ton 10 know the whole story of hat awful |
siege told him how l had heard that
after having his knee almost shattered 10
bits while helping the wounded be
mounted his horse and rode to the
aid of the carbineer5; how he was the /
only man who had survived that charge; |
how after that be was dragged for ten
miles in mulecart to camp, two of the
mules being shot during the trip. For
twelve terrible days be lay suffering at
the camp, with no one TO look after him,
and last, but not least. how be was recon-
mended for bravery to the ma aior-general,
and how that gentleman, fguratively al
least, patted him on the back
During this storm of words the doctor
got redder and redder and pooh-poohed
all these little trifies, saying that he Only
did his duty as a soldier of the Queen.
People exaggerate these things, you
know" and then he began his tory:
Just seventeen years ago lost Sunday.
after six molths' drive with a four-in-
hand through the wilds Of Southern
Africa, Immediately following the Zula
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Govern nneut Auditor sawed wood for bar
riers, the clergy dug trenches, the ladies
carried arms, did sentry duiy and cheered
us with their presence. Some made band
ages, while they tended The babies and
ate 'hardtack' with never a word of dis
content.
"On Christmas day was issued from the
press the first copy of a little journal, the
News OF the Camp, record of all we
knew, and that toward the later days of
The siege was little enough. but still we
welcomed this veritab e journalistic Curl
osity. and its files to-day bring to memory
many sad thoughts"
The doctor stopped suddenly and for
almost q minute stared abstractedly at a
picture on the opposite side of The wall. /
don't fancy he saw much of the picture.
He was looking over again the scenes of
the past. sheet of paper fluttered off his
desk and rustled TO the floor; that broke
the spell, and he proceeded with his
story:
ION Tuesday. Dece mber 2S had the
good fortune to be one OF a patrol party
which left camp at A. NJ. We had
patrolled for TOUR hours and then dis.
mounted, when sud ienly over the hilito %
Came large party of armed Beers. In a
moment We were in the saddle and rode
to the cover OF few trees, where We dis
mounted and opened fire. A conspicuous
rider on white horse received my per-
sonal attention, and-weli, he suddenly
be anne quiet. l think have picture of
him somewhere. Here it is" And the
doctor handed forth the portrait of a
heavy-set, determined-looking fellow with
rife in his hand.
Two of our men were shot and several
horses killed. l had to attend to the
wounded men, and taking one poor fellow
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TED instead OF joining the oppos n. inter-
ests- After that the days grew more preg-
nant with possibilities. The first week in
December found the city in very dis
tracted condition. Business was sus-
pended. outlying families were coming in
to the town for protection. Food supplies
were be ng put into the storerooms. 10y
alist caIlsior volunteers were responded to
literally, myself joining in the capacity
of surgeon.
at was the eve of Dungaan's day, the
day that commentaries the defeat of the
great Zalu king by The old Voortrekkers,
in fact a Dutch national ho.iday-it was
an ominous eve. The very elements took on
an appearance that to the over-distressed
citizens was fore bod ng of evil. noticed
little groups here and there awe-stricken
and terrified, as the lowering cloud,
deeply dyed in crimson and red, spread
over the entire heavens and heralded the
coming day. 1t had scarcely dawned
when the Beers entered the town OF Held
el5er &. on the post road sixty-ive mile,
from Pretoria, hauled down the British
flag, proclaimed republic. cut the Iele-
graph wire and we in Pretoria were shut
off from the outer world an isolated
city in the midst of an enemy's country.
Martial law was proclaimed; volunteers
were enrolled. All rations were served
by Government officials. Defensive
works were torn up. 1t was Sunday, and
the old Dutch church was the center Of at
traction. 1t was rapidly placed in con-
dItion for siege through the combined
efforts of $50 natives.
THAT afternoon five of us. mounted on
native horses and well armed, rode
through the Wonoerboom Port, the Khy-
ber Pass OF Pretoria, and seized 300 head
of horses end galloped than back 10 the
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"We got such a fright last night" she
lisped in her pretty Dublin accent, which
has just the faintest trace of the Irish
brogue in it. "We had only gone to bed
for half an hour and were both sound
asleep, when man came knocking at the
door and said that we would both be dead
in no time If We didn't get up"
what was the matter?''
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'Oh, the gas was wins Ting away through
the pipes like anything and the man said
1t would suffocate US in our BEDS, l blew
ii out before / went to sleep and didn't
know but that it was all right"
1t seems impossible thai such a thing
should happen at this latter end of the
nineteenth century, in these days of uni
versal education and progress; but still,
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facts cannot be beaten. The words were
those OF the little novice from Dublin.
just released from Partisan convent, but
reiaiuing her Irish voice and her fresh
Irish complexion and looking strangely
out OF place amid the luxurlous apart
ments OF bedroom at the Occidental
This incident serves to illustrate her
knowledge of The worlu and its ways,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-05-28

Connecticut farmers have found q
comfortable side profit i'll gathering the
twigs, branches AID saplings Of black
birch for the birch oil distillcrics. BY
protecting the young growth crops ale
quickly raised. The birch brush has
brought from Sl.5O to So a ton. The
birch oil has sold at So to s. a pound,
but is now less. One ton Cf birch yields
four pounds Of oil. Farmers can make the
oil themselves. The distillery may be
any rough building, and the machinery
is inexpensive. The birch tWigs, not
over two inches i'll diameter are cut in
lengths Of five inches and thrown into
water tight tanks with copper bottoms,
in which are coils Of steam pipes.
Three feet Of water is poured III, the
tanks are Theoretically sealed, ard steam
is turned into the pipes. The water Is
kept boiling six hours, and the steam,
rising, passes into a pipe which runs in
the form Of worm into a barrel OF cold
water constantly renewed The steam
is condensed in the worm, and tie oil
dIips from the end Of the pipe into a
pail. 1t was formerly clarified from a
dull brown TO a light green after this
process. Now this is done by spreading
a heavy woolon blanket over the birch
wood inside the tank, ard the oil drips
cut pure and ready for maIket.-Chi-
cagO journal
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mls.lonarr Wlth Onion sauce.

a missionary about to beput to death
by a savage king, whom be had vainly
attempted 10 convert, was greatly as
tonishcd TO find that the king bad sud
denly resolved to pardon him. The only
stipulation his majesty made was thar
be should mount his horse and carry "a
small sealed packet and a letter to an
other king some distance away.
lie started off in high glce, and on
bis way be met with a detachment Of
English sailors sent 10 his assistance.
They wanted him to 90 on board their
ship, but he declined, being DESTROYS Of
fulfilling his mission. But they would
not accept this answer, and while the
discussion was preceding an officer ex-
mcincd the packet and The letter
in the former be- found a number Ct
pungcnt little onions, while the latter
contained the simple but significant
words in native hioroglyphics:
"IIo Will he delicious with these. -
Pearson's Weekly.
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YOUTH is OUT or DATE.
Middle Lse Is Now In Fashion-Sow Drag
of Being Forty.

ll1ddle ASS Is NOW IN asnlon--NoN Drag
of Being Forty.
There is 10 mistake about ito be
young, to be in the first faint flush Of
premiere jeunesse, is no longer either
admirable or enyiable. The fashionable
age Cor a successful society woman IN
London now is between 30 and 40. 4
man to be thoroughly appreciated in
that charmed circle known as "thc
best set" can range in years from 35 20
80. Just at present the doctrine OF MIDI
die age is being preached, and from the
inmost ccnters Of Mayfair oxclusivencss
TO the outer circles Of rank B0hemiauism
the men and women who are the most
popular are those who have Give "
dou't know why or waei.l re this
strange inversion Of fancy has occurred.
Somebody says because tho young mon
and girls Of the present day are o.alr
and more world worn than the mon anl
women who have passed the fist stages
of real youth Certaini,isth tie con-
ditions Of life at this end cf the century
are not calculated to keep the SPRING.
time fresh in the hearts Of its girl, ua
boys. The doctrine Of middle age is bee
ing preached with exceeding vchcmcnoe
at two Of the most fashionable theate-5
in town-at the ST. james. Mr.. Pine
ro's princess aud the Butterfly" or,
Tho Fantasies" is pursuing It's Giraffe
career with immense success, while
Charles Wyndham at the Criterion is
personifying The Physician, " by Hen
~ Arthur Jones, with his unfailing
cleverness. In 10th these plays Studies
Of social life each Of them tie chief in-
terest centcrs about men and women
who have left the white muslin" stage
and crept out to tie once dreaded prcci-
picc Of maturity.
And it is in fashionable real life as
it is within the artificial glamour OF the
stage. The women of whom we hear
the most in London have certainly no
longer any claim to he considered
young. They are frankly middle aged,
and they seem to glory in il. There isthe
Countess Of Warwick-passee we would
have dubbed her in other times She
is still beautiful, but be who runs may
read her age in Debrett's "Peorage. 80
Then there is that still lovely G0wagor
the Countess Of Dudley, a graudmother,
but with rs many moths huttoriug
about the light Of her blue eyes as
would satisfy many "a debutante's
heart. She is going 10 marry again, so
they say, and she is still "a beauty. La-
dy de Grey is another instance of the
apotheosis Of middle age Tie most
talked about woman Of her time is this
tall countess, and one Of the most en-
We'd. She holds the future as wei as
the past Of Italian opera in london in
the hollow of her slender, aristocrauc
bands. What she says or suggests at
Coyent Garden Opera House "goos, -
and when she is disploased the very
gods tremble. London Letter in Chi
cago Chronicle.
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1897. THE SUN. 1897.
BALIINoRE, Ap.
THE PAPER OF THE People
FORTHE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE.

HONEST rs MOTIVE.
FrlRLEss rs EXPRESSION.
SOUND rs PRISCIpLE.
UNswERyING is ITS ALLEGIANCE
RIGHT THEORIES AND
RIGHT PRACTICES.
The sun Publishes all the News all the
Time. but il does not allow its columns TO be
degraded by unclean, IMMORAL or purely
sensational matter.
Edltorially. The sun is the consistent and
unchanging champion and defender OF popu
lar rights against political machines and mo
nopolies of every character. Independent in an
things. extreme in none. II Is for good laws.
good government and good order
By mail Fifty Cents month, Six Dollars a
year.
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Bicycles In Austria.

The strict regulations for bicyclists
hitherto enforced in Austria have re-
Gently been greatly relaxed by an order
Of Count Kielmausegg, the official hav
ing this matter in charge. The require
ments of an examination by the police
Of all bicyclists have been dispensed
with, and henceforth riders can decide
for themselves whether they are sufii-
GENTLY skillful TO tide in the public
streets or not With this has also been
abolished the annual license fee Of o
forms (about So. Bicyclists also re-
ceiye much greater liberty as to the
streets and roads they may travel on,
and the speed they may adopt is more
definitely fixed. In respect to the rules
Of the road, bicycles are pat Gu the same
footing as light vehicles Of all sorts.
The Vienna Cycling association is pre-
pairing a great demonstration in honor
Of Count Kielmansogg to express the
thanks of the wheelmen. He is a mem-
Der Of enc Of the local clubs New
York Tribune.
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The Ruling Passion.

Husband crushing into the room)-
Come ont, quick
Wife-What' the matter?
1.-THE house is on fire, and we will be
burned TO death if we hesitate a mo-
ment. Run, run for your life!
eyes, I'll be ont in a minute. I've
got to tidy up the room a little so that
it will look decent when the firemen
get here. Pick Ne Up.
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lyon are one Of those gentlemen who
think the world owes them living, l
take it, " said the sociological student.
mary time" said Kelly, the con
king. Il work fer every cent get
brain work. When git the notion the
world owes me a liyin, I'll let you
know. don't like to have that said
about me when I never was in politics
in my life "-Cincinnati Enquirer.