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A FAIR DIPLOMATIST.

"Lady Markhan, you have some influence with Hefty; for pity's sake give her a word of warning.

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Warning! Why ?" "Look at Jim's face, and you'll understand.". Lady Markham turned to glance at the mar her companion pointed out to her; he was standing alone in a corner of the ball-room, an angry lush upon his checks as his eyes obstin ately followed the gyrations of a pale-green gowned figure.

He looks rather stormy, certainly," she ad mitted, with a smile. Has lletty been be having particularly badly to-night?

Hetty's elder sister laughed "Abominably: And poor old Jim isn't seasoned yet. He looks just now like thirsting for Lord Hewin's blood."

Lord Bewitt? Oh, but that alters the case happen to know that Betty's flirtation to-night has been undertaken from a sense of duty."

You mean that she wants to enlist his in fluence as to the vacant secretaryship in Paris?"

Lady Markham nodded.

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is practically in his hands, you know. Betty is dying for her husband to get the post at the Paris Embassy, and Jim himself is scarcely less unger; so, you see--"

"That the cud will justify the means? Perhaps so: but at present fim fanks dangerous, and I think better for and attempt to soothe his rullied spicit, or his diplomacy may not be equal to the occasion, "

Very well," returned the hostess. "I try to catch the late criminal. Tell Jim to wait for her in the Japanese boudair. I'll send hun the culprit, and he can facture her to his

bearts content."

Jim Gevereus certainly felt as he looked-in an exceedingly bad temper; and the fact that his wife was the prettiest womas in the room- in no way molliñéd him.

Betty was flirting omrgeously, he told him- self, and the woman to could do that was incapable of caring for her husband.

All sorts of grim thoughts came into his mind as he watcher Betty's "graceful figure whirled lightly along by her not very youthful partner. Lord Hewit's reputation was none of best, and li felt bitterly angry that his wift should allow herself to be monopolised hy him. As they passed his corner he caught the expression on lier face as she laughed up at

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1900,

he said "obtained the appointment which your husband desired. You will receive the official communication in due course, but you, may begin to pack your trunks. So clever a little lady cannot fail to lielp her husband in his diplomatic career. One word only of ad- vice," he added quietly: "never take things for granted, and-beware of discrectly lighted roons."

ALL FOR UNA.

The path of true love, never runs smoothly, and the fairest of girls, like the fairest roses, must of necessity be plucked by the bold lover from a surrounding of thorns,

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from Oxford to read with the recior-a man who hud plenty of money, plenty of small talk, and no end of a quality which Billy Martin stigmatised to himself as "check."

The other man, whose name was Grosvenor, seemed to be getting on very well with Una He used to sing ducts with her after dinner in the dhuly-lit drawing-ruone and talk about "Ait" by the hour.

Poor Billy could only sing such songs as "There is a tavern in the town" or "Wrap me up in my tarpaulin jacket," and he was entirely innocent of all pretension to artistic know ledge.

I used to make him sick to hear Grosvenor warhling in his sweet tener voice such lines as "Kiss my heart to love. thy dear, sweet, sweet eyes and to see hith watching Una ali the time he sang to mark the effects of the sickly-sweet sentiments of his ballads:

What

And the thorns that fence the sweetest roses in the garden of girlliound are many and varied. Sometimes they take the form of brother-objectionable young brothers, whose

He got to thinking disparagingly and des manners are sufficiently course and uncivilised pairingly of his own attractions, for, like ali to knock the romane put of a whole garden of big men, he was timid and modest. roses. Sometimes it is a crusty father whould he do? he demanded of himself. Shoot plays the them, and not seldom a small sister, straight, perhaps, ride straight, and play a far who timid bachelors desire the love of the good game of billiards! He could certainly gods so that she may die young,

swim like a fish and fight well with his fists if necessity a rose..

The young brothers we may kick into decent behaviour, while the prickliness of the stern father may be softened by gentle words, and by the exhibition of business-like qualities hitherto missing from our character. The small sister may be bribed into friendliness and deathly sickness by means of unlimited sweets.

11 But what on earth is a fellow to do with a

girl who will insist on keeping a beastly goat"

Such was the impatient exclamation that cap ped the thoughts recorded above as Billy Mar- tin, dripping from head to foot, crawled out of the fountain on the rectory lawn where Billy, the goat, had just burad him.

Billy Mardo, squire's son, was sickening with love for the sectors daughter, Una. She was the rose at which for a long time he had been gazing longingly over the hedge of the rectory garden., Billy the gear was the thorn that hedged her away from Billy the lover.

It was, therefore, not remarkable that Billy the lover, hated. Billy the gout, and that Billy the goal should retain the sentiment with all his heart and horns,

Billy Martin was a splendid fellow, and stood over six feet in his socks. Bily the goat was an equally splendid fellow in his way, for he

pony, and pussessed a pair of splendid curling horns with which he could but with the power of half a dozen carthurses.

But he could not play the piano or the violin or sing a love-sweet ballad, or write poems that were published in magazines, or frag ments that were printed in small volumes with high art vellum bindings and torn edges

He did not wrong. Una by considering that he was next heir to a very old baronetcy and that he was pretty well off so far as the goods of this world were concerned, but he saw fit to think very lightly of his strength and his man- liness and his handsome, proper, well set-up figure.

"Which showed that he creditably knew very little about women or women's ways of thought.

He half made up his mind to go out to South Afrien with the Yeomanry without asking the question at all. ffis foolish modesty told him that he would only be courting rejection by presuming to measure his-strength against the singing of drawing room ballads and the recita tion of drawing room verses.

About this time, 100, Una became somewhat perturbed in mind. Mr. Grosvenor's fervent singing of sentimental ballads had not passed unmarked, more especially when they were in their intention.

She was not quite certain whether she liked Mr. Grosvenor or his flattering attentions.

Moreover, she was beginning to think rather

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-in mind of a bit I read in the paper the other | torpedo-boat might require which the Vulcan, day about a dog what spotted the man as ad could not promptly supply that renders har so murdered 'is master.”

unique a naval force.

It's a lie shouted Grosvenor from the cosy comer in a voice that brought the Rector hurriedly from his chair in the remote depths pl the back drawing-room. "The beast tum- bled over of its own accord. It was drunk, and I was only trying to save it?"

"You did not tell me that my goat had tumbled over the cliff; neither did you tell me that you saw it on the cliff at all, Mr. Grosvenor," answered Una coldy.

"How did you find him,' Williams?" she continued.

"It wank im we found at all. miss." It was Master Martin that we found. We 'eard 'im 'ailing us from the Ledge this afternoon when we were out with the bou, and we got ropes, and it took us a couple of hours to get im up 'E'd been down there on Brandy Barrel Ledge all night; and that blessed goat had pretty well hutled 'im to pieces. 'eard the goat bleatin' on the Ledge, an, foolish like, 'e climbed down after 1, and the beast went for 'im and gave in such a doin' that we had to lift im up in a cradle. I ought to have told you, miss, that they're bringing in along 'ere on the am- bulance."

AUSTRALIAN VALOUR..

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How dare you say, such a thing, Williams 1

A young Boer has given a graphic account Admiral Colomb has said about the craft

of the ambush into which the Worcesters fell. Do you mean to tell me that Mr. Grosvenor | that, " without her, the torpedo-boats of a fleet

"It was a cruel fight," he said. "We had am. pushed my goat over the Smuggler's Leap?" would be as chicks without their mother, and

bushed a lot of the British troops--the Wor- demanded Una stemly.

the squadron would be as a soldier without costers, I think they entled them. They could "I do that, Miss. I saw im with my own

reserve ammunition. Of herself she could, neither advance nor retire, we had penned eyes, and so did Bill 'Awkins, my mate,"

with the vessels she carries and her mine store, them in like sheep, and our field comet, Van replied Williams stolidly.

play have with the best protected harbour in the world. She is a complete fleet of herself. Leyden, was beseeching them in throw down their rifles to save being slaughtered, for they Well, may sailors call her the Nurse of the had no chance. Just then the shot a bundied Australians come bounding over the Navy

One of the greatest engineers of our time has referred to the specially devised and uniques in the gully behind us. There were two

big men in front cheering them on. |-system of derricks as "one of the wonders of

the world," and of the Vulcan herself he said: turned and gave them a volley, but it did

not stop them. They rashed over everything.. She is worth any two protected lockyards firing as they came, not wildly, but as that Britain possesses.”—/1: India,

men who know the use of a rifle, with the quick sharp, upward jerk to the shoulder, the rapil sight, and then the shot. They knocked WOMEN AND WAR.

over a lot of our men, but we had a splendid The most famous Sindar of the Egyptians is position. They had to expose themselves to a man whose life has been employed in meets to us, and we shot them as they came at ing and overcoming obstacles in varied shape; English. It was splendid, but it was madness. us. They were rushing to the rescue of the both great and small, writes an old member of On they came and we lay behind the boulders, his Staff in "King" "impossible" has no place in his vocabulary, as many a less resolute and our titles snapped and snapped again at pistol, range, but we did not stop those wild subordinate has found to his cast: Strangely men until they charged right into a little enough, the most reckless opposition ever

basin which was fringed around all its edges, encountered by this man or “ice and iron" has

by rocks covered with bushes. Our men been at the hands of the soft, superior sex, who lay there as thick as locusts, and the Austra are often ready to rush in where angels fear to

lians were fairly trapped. They were far tread. At any rate an excellent story might be fold of a recent feminine stack of this kind. A

worse of than the Worcesters up high in the ravine. Our field conset gave the order Without a word Ly churried down the gar lady, imbued with the fond resolution of a den to where the grim outline of the coast-mother, resolved in the interests of her off

to cease firing and called on them to throw guard's ambulance showed at the gate, escorted spring, upon a direct appeal to Lord Kitchener down their rifles, or die. Then one of the big by a couple of the coastguards.

himself. Lord Kitchener, on his side, was like a bull-roared out. Forward Australia!: officers agreat rough-looking man, with a voice Billy the goat followed her, which gave Mr. equally determined to make no concessions to Grosvenor the chance of escaping to his room,

such irregular influences. The lady besought

-no surrender.' Those were the last words ho where he promptly packed his portmanteau, a personal interview. The Sirdar excused him- The rector was so astounded that he could self. Nothing daunted, the lady presented do nothing but rubs his hands and remark, herself at a time and place whichdaily claimed "Bless my soul !"

the attendance of her victim in the routine of military business. The Sirdar posted an officer on guard with strict injunctions. Thrice in duced by this sentinel to believe the great wan was not at home," she timed her next visit for an hour at which she deemed it impossible for her quarry to have escaped her. The faithful sentinel again stood in the breech; "How tire you tell me he is not here she gasped astounded subordinate could muster sufficient resolution to actively oppose,

"Fin all right," said a faint voice from the ambulance, a bit bruised, that's all!"

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Two hours later Billy the lover lay on the sofa in the drawing-room, fed, washed, a band- age round his head and his arra in a sling.

He was entirely happy. Una, seated on the floor at the head of the sofa, was nursing his hand, while Billy the tatively chewing a pile of very sentimental bal- lads in the other corner of the drawing-room.

So a great deal must have happencil in those two hours!

ever attered, for a man on my right put a bullet clean between his eyes, and he fell forward dead. We found later that his name was Major Eddy, of the Victorian Rifles. He was as brave as a hon, but a bullet from a Mauser will stop the bravest. His inen dashed at the rocks like wolves; it was awful to see them; they smashed at our beads with clubbed rifles or thrust their rifles up against us through the rocks and fired. One after another their leaders felt. The second pig man went down early, but he was not dangerously. El name was Captain Mc killed. He was shot through the groin, but not

named Lieut Thom; he was shot through, the heart. Some of the others I forget; the men would not throw down their rifies; they fought like furies. One man i saw climb on the rocky ledge where Big Jan Aldrecht was sta- tioned. Just as he got there a bullet took him and he staggered and dropped his rifle. Big Jan jumped forward to catch him before he toppled over the ledge, but the Australian struck Jan in the mouth with his clenched fist and fell over into the ravine below and was killed. We killed and wounded an awful lot of them, but some got away; they fought their way out,"

her partner, and it was all he could do to sup- stood as high on his cloven hoofs as a Sheiland backed by attentions that were unmistakable | goal, unchecked and unrestrained, was medi-"you shall not stop me." And before the Inneray. There was another one; a little man press the very ampuliamentary exclamatisa which sprang to his lips. It was at this precise moment that his sister-in-law, Lady Everett, laid her land gently on his arm. He looked round haply, and her deprecatory glance served to open the dot-gates of his wrath. Lady Endre wa, sone years older than Betty, and had pnsiderable experience; there fore, having established herself and her com panion in a secluded spot, she allowed him to Trail against the green jgownal culprit withead interruption of tempt at excuse, these woll

heat things never serving any other perse than to add fuel to the fine

In due course, and as a logical conclusion to his own indignation, it was Jim himself who began to fed extenuating circumstances for what a few minutes eather he had called Betty's unwurntable behaviour-she was 50 young, so pretty, so &c. &c. Lady Everett knew the pleas people always put forth in absolution of Betty's sins.

But by the time they were concluded shi judged that her brother-in-law had reached the proper condition to administer an admonition

his 10 erring wife, and consequently she in fed him that in all probability Mrs. Devereux was to be found in Lady Markham's Japanese bondo, and thither fins immediately hied him. Betty stand at the door of the little dandy lighted roan a tride undecided. There was a long glass in the corridor which led to this small apartment, and she stopped to survey herselfin it Her pigoant, almost childish face was flushed, and there was an ominous dibop at the comers of her mouth. Betty felt that felő once in her life the had not deserved the scolding that Lady Markham had given her. She was a lace rebellious at the prospect of the second edition of the same from the lips of her lord and master. But a smile dawned in her eyes as she pushed back the soft hair from her forehead. Jim's lectures always ended in one way-and that was a not altogether, unpleasant one; and so, with a totally unnecessary pet to the laces on her gown she pushed back the portière and entered the bonduir."

Petty blinked a little, for the room was very faintly lighted, and it took her a second or two make out a man's figure leaning against the window, with us back so her, apparently engrossed in gazing at the leafless tress of the park below. She advanced softy and put her hands on his shoulders.

น Jim," she whispered; she felt him start, but. he did not turn. Jim darling," she continued, trying to make himi veer round; "Jim, surely you are not so cross with me that you won't look at me? Lady Markham said you were vexed, and she was altogether rather horrid: * but, Jim- 'and the small gloved hands ninde another effort to turn the unresponsive male figure-and again without success,

The hall smile faded from Betty's face and her voice grew earnest,

"Darling," she went on, "won't you even look at me? Are you really so angry because

I've been civil to that unspeakable old bore Betty's lone grew injured.

It is rather cruel of you, and so absurd I've lost my whole evening, for he dances vilely; my poor toes are minced to pulp, I assure you, and-fim"

Still there came no answer, and the speaker's lips began to tremble.

Billy the lover had known and loved Una from her childi, sunt Una, in her turn lad nursed and loved billy the goat ever since he was a litle kid and had to be fed with a tag dippedisin milk.

She loved him none the less now that he had

grown into a great beast, who could cat half a down special editious of an evening paper at a meal--and digest their contents. She had not him very much, and that was all. yet learned in love Billy Martin. She liked

Una approached across the lawn as Billy Martin, climbed out of the fountain where he had frightened the rectory goldfish nearly out of their wits.

Billy, as wet a Venus rising from the sea, threw his soaked cap at Billy the goat, who was eyeing him threateningly,

"Get away, you brute !” cried Billy Martin. "Ma-a-a!" answered Billy the goat, angrily, and dropped his head as though to make another charge.

But Unn, hurrying up, saved the situation.

Oh, Billy, Billy! How could you be so naughty?" she cried, shaking a reproving Anger at the angry animal, who forth-with rossed his hors goutemptuously and trotted off with as near the smile of a thoroughbred satyr on his evil face as was possible.

You might just as well live up to your name and keep a lion, instead of that beastly gut. He wouldn't be more dangerous!" femarkedly Marin, as he emptied a box of wet matches out of his pocket and carefully examine the contents of his tobacco pouch to ascertain the full extent of the damage suffered in his unexpected immersion.

Pawfully sorry, Billy; but you know it's all your fault commened Una.

fully of Lilly, Mario. She had indirectly heard of his expressed intention of going to South Africa, and she did not want him to go, Why she did not know, and not being posses sed of more than a womans normal reasoning power, could not find out.

Ait she knew was that she did not know,

and when woman gets into this state of mind is a sure sign that she is waiting for some big event 10 mke up her mind for her.

Billy, the goat, had fallen somewhat in her good graces. Of late he had acquired two dis. graceful habits. First, he had learned to chew any sort of tobacco or cigar ends that were given him. Secondly he had taken to drink, and had struck up a boon com In the neighbouring village. It had all come out one day, when the village constable had been obliged to run the hilarious goat into the pound for riotous and disorderly conduct at the Pig and Unicorni,"

́"THE NURSE OF THE NAVY."

FIGHTING SIHP, DOCKYARD, FORGE, FLEET

AND ARSENAL COMBINED.

If the British Navy of to-day were celebrated for nothing else, it would yet stand out distin guished for the possession of one graft that exists alone and unique in the world. This is

M. torpedo-store cruiser Vulcan, the most remarkable combination of fighting force, speed and scientific ingenuity in the world's history," as Captain Mahan, of the United States Navy, calls it.

THE ENEMY HAD RUSHED THE POSITION with a wild rustle of silk petticoats and parasol at the charge. Down the passage went the attack with unerring instinct, and into the room at the end, and lo a tall men, startled at his ablutions, garbed in deshabille, who, with the genius of the great general that he was, in stantly took cover behind a green baize table and a couple of chairs. The victor of Omdur man had never found himself in so ignominious a situation, and acknowledged later that but for the fornire zariba he must have been lost. But help was close at hand, and by a series of masterly operations the siege was raised. It

chief had ever had. But when the enemy re- was undoubtedly the closest shave the great tired it was with the wholesome reflection that

HEALTHFUL RECREATIONS.

panionship with every loafer and bad character responsible for our Navy that every fleet, and any attacks must fail when in the nature of a entirely relieve both body and mind from their

Years of experience showed experts and those specially every torpedo fleet, must have a mov able base, a vessel fast and capacious ne she was powerful, and one that could act only give out stores, duplicate parts, and ammunition, but execute the most weighty and complicated Finding the last shreds of his character repairs with as much completeness as though goas, the disreputable goat had thrown off all they were done in dock. The Vulcan is the pretence of sobriety, and was constantly break-wonderful outcome of their combined notions ing louse from the rectory garden and making on the subject. his way down to the village, where openly and unashained, he would beg for beer to drink and tobacco to chew,

They were at dinner at the rectory, Una Grosvenor, and the recton

Una was silent and pale; and made but a paar pretence of eating. The rector was nervous and tumid in manner.

Mr. Grosvenor alone seemed satisfied with himself as he smoothed his long silken mous taches by the aid of the glass opposite and laid down his views on art.

My fault! ejaculated Billy Martin, with indignation. "Why, I didn't even look at the

"I hope it is not unchristian," thought the beasi-didn't even see him. I was just walk-rector to himself as he looked at Grosvenor, ing peaceably across the lawn and the brute "but it somehow seems to me that his head is charged out of the laurels like an express train shaped too much like that of a cat, and I sin and sent me flying before I knew where Icerely hope my little girl has not taken a was !"

fancy to him and his fine artistic ways. I wish don't mean this time," said Una, she had not quarrelled with Billy. Martin yes "But you're always teasing him, Billy you terday. Poor Billy! I am sure he would not know you are. I saw you the other day have harmed the goat." from the drawing-room window, when you were watering the lawn. You remember well enough what you did then."

Let me sec, what did I do ? queried Billy Martin, innocently.

You turned the hose, full force, on poor Billy," protested Una, reproachfully,

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That was only in self-defence replied Billy Martin, apologetically,

"It wasn't replied Una. "I saw you take that horrid 'Sporting Times' out of your pocket and tempit him acmss the lawn with it, and then you squirted him. And, Billy," she con

inued plaintively, "I don't think that it is kind of you to give my goal so many newspapers to eat. The other day I caught him chewing up a whole magazine with your name written on the coler. Now, I know that no one but you gave him that to cat, and he was so ill after it that I had to give him a lot of brandy."

"You think a deal inore of that blessed goat than you do of a human being," growled Billy Marin, "Here am 1, shivering and wet, all

through that wretched animal; but

Then he sighed aloud, and politely agreed with Mr. Grosvenor's Inudly-pronounced views on art. Mr. Grosvenor was very well satisfied with himself to-night, First of all he knew that Billy the goat, in a drunken stapor, aided by his efforts, had tumbled over the cliff edge at Smuggler's Leap, and was, without doubt, dashed to pieces...

He also knew that by his insinuations and certain circumstantial evidence in his posses. sion he had caused Una to believe that the disappearance of Billy the goat was entirely due to Billy the lover.

A quarrel had resulted, and on the following day Billy was going over to the county town lo enrol himself in the Yeomanry for South Africa.

They moved to the drawing-room presently, and the rector promptly and conveniently went to sleep.

The length of the ship is 350 feet, breadth 58 feet; her displacement is 6,630 tons, and her draught 25 feet. Besides her,"

POWERFULL TRIPLE EXPANSION, ENGINES

driving twin screws, she has on board no fewer than 110 separate and distinct sets of engines, steam, electric, and hydraulic

surprise against a position held by a master, not only of war, but of a set of ironclad

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of the werd, recreation must be of a kind to In order to be truly healthful, in every sense

status quo during work or toil. All thoughts susceptibilities which are not to be diverted must be for a time diverted to an entirely new from the best interests of the public service by and pleasantly interesting channel, so as to rest most completely that other portion of the the private and personal influence in the world. The memory, however, of this terrible brain which presides over the thoughtful adventure has remained with the Sirdar, who, performance of the duties of the day. The whenever reference is made to the subject,fore depend, in a great measure, upon the find of recreation that is chosen must there- observes, with uplifted hands and eyes,

sort of labour that has been performed, says Health. What is rest to one would be labour to another. Recreation ought to be in every way the opposite to la bour. If it be not so it is not rest. From this it may be seen that the individual himself must choose that form of recreation which is best suited for his health. But the busiest men among us, even those to whom work is really a pleasure, should remember that recreation or relaxation is in reality

A NECESSARY OF HEALTH

"THAT AWFUL WOMAN.1" Lord Kitchener has been described as a woman hater. This gives quite an erroneous idea of the general, who is too great a man to harbour prejudices which belong to smaller minds than his. The truth is he possesses too just a view of woman's sphere and its appro- To give some idea of what her workshops priate limitations not to regard with all severity must be like, it may be said that she has on those representatives of the sex who transgress board nearly 2,000 separate machines of the its boundaries. The present campaign in South most expensive and modern kind, and it is Africa, however, presents one aspect-we may claimed that in the repairing shops alone several call it the feminine aspect which the late Sir and life itself. To use a plain and homely thousands of distinct patents, many of them the dar is not the only British officer by any means simile, well-timed, well-chosen recreation is to exclusive property of our Navy, are included. to regard with considerable disfavour. In our bodies and minds, or to these hearts of A vast mass of delicate and intricate machi- Lord Kitchener's eyes war is the very sternestours which are beating, beating night and day, nery the Vulcan is, nevertheless, thoroughly of business, and demands the sternest of busi what oil is to the bearings of an engine. It fit for all the tear and stress of warfare. She is ness like application. In this opinion and the saves wear and tear, and makes the lang rough at the same tine a cruiser, fighting ship, re-opinion of those who think with him, the mul- road of life seem shorter and smoother to us. pairing shop torpedo depot, and floating cock- titudes of women who, impelled either by Brain-workers probably need daily recreation yard. Without calling on the services of a by curiosity or love of excitement, or because

more than any other class of individuals. It single man except her own engineers and thok-men are fighting, have flocked to South is a pity that it is the custom with so many stokers she has, with normal draught, steamed Africa in the wake of the forces, adds a feature of them to sacrifice the precious hours of the 850 miles in forty-eight hours, an average of to the present war and to the British Army as night to work that might be done far beter 17 knots an hour. This speed has been reach well, which, to say the least of it, is wholly and more brilliantly in the morning, or in the ed on several occasions without a sign of strain, unbusiness-like and unprofessional.

forenoon. We do not speak unadvisedly, but She can at ten knols an hour cruise 10,000

from long experience, when we say that the miles without coaling. As a repairing shop she

bours between the evening meal-whether it possesses enormous lathes, drilling machines,

be dinner or supper-and bedtime should be planing, slotting, and punching machines, cir-

devoted entirely to rest from labour, combined cular saw,

with, if possible, recreation. The sleep there. after would be far more useful and refresh- ing, and in seven hours after retiring to rest the brain would be

But most wonderful of all, the Vulcan has

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CARPENTERS AND JOINERS' SHOPS, blacksmiths shops, forges, and blast-furnaces, and some of the best artificere in the world. board two derricks that have no parallel any where. They not only lift in and out of the water the ten completely fitted torpedo boats that she always carrigs on her decks, but can raise seventy tons in less than thirty seconds out of the water on to the deck in any position and back into the water again,

These mighty cranes are worked by hydraulic power, and are fastened into the very keel of the vessel herself. They do their work while reaching completely over the torpedo nets all such lifting would always have to be done in war with the ship stationary, and therefore with her nets out,

say that The Vale, derricks would if in action a torpedo-boat was badly

her and crew bodily out of the water in a very few minutes, as though she were a toy boat. In an incredibly short time the injured craft would be dropped in a protected position, where the Vulcan's artificers.could get to work on her instantly,

How often during the past few months have we been confronted with the strange-looking intelligence that Mrs. So-and-So-in emu- lations of Mesdames Cronje and Kruger-"has just left England to join her husband at the

seat of war."

READY TO COMMENCE WORK

There will be some funny stories to tell later from the existence of this feminine on, arising base of the Army of South Africa One-invari able consequence of such a state of things basagain with healthier blood in it, and with already beer, remorselessly dealt with by the clearer and therefore more critical perception. adamantine Chief of the Staff. The presence The purer and more wholesome the air in of so much seductive society at the Cape proved which, be they what they may, our recreations too powerful a loadstone for many officers for are enjoyed, the better. Pure Bir can usually whom war should have formed the only attrac- be secured at home in winter and spring even tion. At a certain period of the compaign a ings. We can manage to have our room well number of these, on some pretext or another, ventilated. From home it is different. The had managed to get down to Capetown, when brain-worker, or the man who has been wor

ried, no matter how, will often find mental re- suddenly Lord Kitchener came down like

creation in the concert-room or the lecture-hall. however, for the systems of ventilation in nearly

all places of public resort are sadly in

ment after breathing the vilest of atmospheres need of reform. And so from places of amuse. and the most noxious of gases, we return home, exhilarated in mind probably, but too often jaded and weary in body. Restless nights are the consequence, and, on the whole, we feel next day that it might have been better had we." not indulged in such doubtful recreation.

A VÉRITABLE WOLF. ON THE FOLD..

You know quite well I've only been nice to think off offering me any brandy, you don't more or less of a tender and passionate nature. round the vessel. This is important, because His first action was lo rush a staff officer round . It cannot often be called healthful recreation,

Lord Hewitt for your ... $0.”. A slight move- ment of the black-coated snoulders made her cor- rect herself. "Weil, a little for my own too, of course; but we both want to go to Paris, don't we? And you said yourself that old Hewitt was the one man who could,ive you the berib and that Jeas to be as charming as I could to him. If you think I found him interesting, you are very much mistaken," she went op, her sense of wrong leading strength to her indignant voice, "He's the mest insufferable bare I've ever met. He talks like an old fashioned novel, and bows and ogles and makes himself perfectly, ridicu- lous. Do you suppose that is a particularly enjoyable partner for one to waste an rening on i And instead of being grateful to me, you pretend to be injured and won't speak. It's just horrid of you, and I'll never try to help you on in your career any more. As for this Paris appointment, I feel sure it's all right, not that I care for it now, but that old crenture said to me, with one of his leers and-"

Betty!"

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I'm so sorry, Billy, You must come up to the house at once, and papa will lend you some of his things while yours are drying; and you'll stay to dinner, won't you?.

Most happy," murmured Billy, more ami- ably; “ that is, if the goat-isn't coming to din ner as well,"

Una smiled,

A smile from Una was a pleasure not to be forgotten in a hurry.

First her white cose wrinkled slightly and hér grey eyes lengthened and sparkled beneath the long fringes of silken lashes. Her lips parted alightly to disclose a row of pearly teeth, and half a dozen unexpected dimples came to life on cheeks and chin

It was only half a smile, and made one wish for mure, but it was quite enough to reduce Bill Martin into qubmission. For such another smile he would have allowed Billy the goat to but bim round the parish.

"What can a fellow say to a girl who looks at him like that he groaned to himself, as he followed Unia into the house.

Three months passed, but Billy made but little progress with courting the rector's pretty daughter..

Betty started back with a scream as she felt her shoulders seized from behind. She turned sharply, and the words died on her lips as she found herself face to face with her husband. For a second she stared him, her eyes wide with antazement. "Jim ?” A he was often forced in confess to him- ahe exclaimed at last, you've only just come self, he had no pluck, and once or twice in. Then who is

And she turned in when be halbscrewed up his courage to put the bovilderment to the figure whose back she had momentous question he no sooner found him been addressing for the last ten minutes. Be-Gelf in Una's presence thad his courage failed fore she could finish her sentence he, however, him entirely. Una's manner to him was always stood facing her, and Betty uttered a cry of the same, adatta GAY FR horror and covered her face with her hands as she recognished Lord Hewitt.

Oh, fini," she Giurmured, "take me away fake me home! What have I done?

Lord Hewittstepped forward, smiling. ^ "Ex- actly what you meant to do, Miz. Devereux,

No fellow could have a better friend," he argued to himself. Why risk putting an end to such a friendship by taking love to her and getting rejected? There is plenty of time 1"

Nevertheless, he grew restless and wretched, more especially when another man came down

Una refused to play, saying that she had a headache, so Mr. Grosvenor, moncpolising the pianoforte, gurgled forth ballad after ballad, all After a time, notwithstanding his self-con. fidence, he could but feel that his audience was irresponsive and showed but little interest, even when he implored that some one's eyes might "kiss his love."

Nevertheless, was about to press his suit in whispered, conversation, when Una started up and rushed to the French window that opened on to the garden.

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A burly figure stood outside in the moonlight and pulled his forclock as Una opened the window, and with a rush like a whirl-wind Billy the goat dashed into the room.

These wonderful cranes cause the ship to list in only the slightest degres, though when the

ides of them was first promulgated crities declared that the ship would turn over at once Besides the ten torpedo vessels that she carries on her steel decks, the Vulcan also bears picket boat, a steam pinnace, a steam cutter several very big counter-mining launches, and ahest of smaller craft,

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With an expression of alarm Grosvenor rose from the piano. Billy the goat at once divined his presence, and promptly sent him stagger. ing into the cosy corner with a vigorous butt.

Where did you find him, Williams ? gasped Una, as she recognised one of the men from the coastguard station at Smuggler's Leap.

On the Brandy Barrel Ledge, miss," ans- wered Williams, with another tug at his fore-floating arsenal carries enough torpedoce, all lock

Then, catching sight of Grosvenor, who was blockaded in the cosy comer by the irate gout, Williams smiled meaningly.

"Eknows who shoved im over the cliff, I' see, miss " he remarked,

Grosvenor could not hear the words, but be raw the smile, and he wished be had been more civil to Williams on one or two occasions.

"What do you mean, Williams? demanded Una,

I mean that he shoved the goat over the cliff last night at 6.30 when he was intoxicated —I mean the goat, not the man."

Grosvenor would have issued from the cosy corner to explain matlers in his own way, but Billy the goat promptly dropped his head, as much as to say, "No, you don't* '

Wonderful intelligent goat that, mina" ́remarked. Williams approvingly. " plata me

all the hotels in Capetown, with orders to in spect the visiting-lists and ascertain the names done, were enjoying, in the very lap of luxury of all officers, who, all unconscious of their itself, a pleasant vacation from the front. But a Nemesis with no sympathy for such an admix- ture of business with pleasure was upon them, possession of a blue pill," in which was set In a very short space of time every hero was in forth the requisite number of hours and minutes allowed him to rejoin his corps by the next out. train.

Those ladies who, skilled in their work, are,

usefully engaged, in hospital work, are render ing indispensable services; but large numbers who have been beseiging the hospitals with per sistent offers of assistance have had no nursing skill, and have only proved an additional worry to the overworked hospital staff. Tommy too, DOES NOT LIKE BEING CUSHED OVER

REMARKABLE NECKLACE;

tion consists of diamond and gem omaments, A precious English-collection at the Exhibi pearl necklaces, and silver pluie, sent by the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company. In this remarkable collection may as seen what claims to be the finest pearl necklace in the With four torpedo tubes of her own, this

world, composed of 46 pearls and diamond There is a good story of one who had endure clasp, valued at £90,000. The show of pearls ready for use, to sink any two combleed Euro-ed the visits of a constant stream of fair wor alone is. Large and superb, including, amongst pean Beets, and it is frequently the case that shippers, and at last, to the offer of one minis. other marvels, a five-row neckict, valued at she has roo of these deadly engines on board tration after another to give him a drink of 637,500. The display of diamonds and fancy at one time.

water--to put his pillow to sit by his bed to stones is also splendid and of great value, Even more deadly, are, the vast stores of read to him, he had obstinately replied, "No, A special and rare department of exhibits mines, also all ready to be handed out to the thank ye, marm.” “Well, then," said the far consists of products of the "new and se fleet to which she is attached, contained in her one, will you let me bathe your bead ?"" Oh, cret" process of glass-enamelling known as hold along with every accessory. Many of these all right," replied the patient, "you can if you "Verre sur verre by which exceedingly beau mines are each charged with as much as 5ool like, but a dozen of 'em as 'ad a go at it already." tiful colour effects are obtained. There is 24- of gun cotton, and weign 1,2polb. The value The real brigade of women-helpers in this antiquarian and historical section of much in of such stores as the above may be conceived war, those who have won the esteem of every terest, in which appear fac-simile reproduction when it is said that each of the torpedoes is thinking man in the British Army, from Lord in gold and silver of the Ardagh' Cup, unearth-- worth quite £600. The Vulcan is built of steel Kitchener downwards, are those determined ed in Ireland in 1868, and supposed by ex.. and has a ram of gigantic power. Her twenty workers who have stayed at home, and devoted perts to be of tenth century, or still oldar, machine guns of different kinds are of the latest their time and money, not to an ocean voyage, work the Augsberg Cup, of the fifteenth Cen-- pattern and can mostly be trained to fire all and the vast expense of a present sojourn at tury, purchased for the South Kensington round the ship. Even looked at in this aspect, the Cape, but to the resolute maintenance of a Museum at the price of £1,000; the Norwich she is as formidable as nearly any cruiser in the constant supply of comforts and necessaries for salt-cellar, of the sixteenth century, belonging service but it in the combined fact that there the men who are staking their lives in the line to the Museum at Norwich and historical in scarcely any amicle that ■' battleship or | of battle.-C. Saturday Journal

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Consignees, NORTHERN PACIFIC STEAMSHIP

•COMPANY.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

STEAMSHIP "GOODWIN," FROM TACOMA, VICTORIA, MURORAN, VLADIVOSTOCK & NAGASAKI The above Steamer having arrived, Con- signees of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their Bills of Lading for Countersignature, and to take immediate delivery of their Goods from alongside.

Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vessel will be landed and stored at Consignees' risk and expense.

DODWELL & CO, LIMITED,

Agents.

Hongkong, 5th June, 1900.

NO!

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ORTHERN PACIFIC STEAMSHIP

COMPANY,

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

STEAMSHIP "BRAEMAR," FROM PORTLAND, OR, YOKOHAMA, KOBE AND MOJI.

The above Steamer having arrived, Con signees of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their Bills of Lading for countersignature and to take immediate delivery of their Goods from alongside.

Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vessel will be landed and stored at Consignees' risk and expense.

DODWELL & CO., LIMITED, Agents.

Hongkong, 5th June, 1900.

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THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY, LIMITED,

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. FROM GLASGOW AND BIRKENHEAD.

THE Company's Steamship

"PAKLING,"

having arrived from the above Ports, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each consigninent will be sorted out mark by mark, and delivery can be obtained as soon as the goods are landed.

Goods

not cleared by the 13th instant, at Noon, will be subject to rent

No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever.

All damaged packages must be left in the Godowns, and a certificate of the damage obtained from the Godown Company within ten days after the vessel's arrival here, after which no claims will be recognised.

Optional Goods will be landed here unless instructions are given to the contrary before Noon, TO-DAY.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Agents.

Hongkong, 6th June, 1900

"NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

(7366

THE P.&O. S. N.CO.'s Steamship

"BENGAL,"

FROM BOMBAY, COLOMBO AND

STRAITS.

Consignees of Cargo by the above-named vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are boing landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out mark by mark and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed.

This vessel brings on Cargo

From London, &c., er 5.5. Peninsula and

Sobraon,

From Malta, ex S.S. Borneo.

From Persian Gulf, ex S.S. Kilma & Assyria. From Zanzibar, &c., ex 5.S. Goa & Nostra, Optional Goods will be landed here unless instructions are given to the contrary before 5 P.M., TO-DAY.