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THE annual demonstration)! of the London United Temperance Council were heM on Satur- day in Hyde-park, Battersea-park, Regent's-park, FTnabury-park, Southwarh, Viotona, BrockweII, d Peckham-rye PartM.

t NEWS NOTES. I DE WET, the ubiquitous, has again been in touch with a portion of the British force in South Africa, this time near Reltz, where he was engaged by General Elliot's columns march- ing from Vrede to Kroonstad. We drove off the guerilla leader after severely defeating him, and he is free again to trouble us when con- venient to himself. His loss was great and ours was by no means inconsiderable, including as it did three officers and 17 men killed. But a much more regrettable incident was the surprise of a British camp at WIlmansrust, near Middel- burg, in the Transvaal, by a superior force of Boers. In this affair we lost two omcers and 16 men of the Victorian Rifles slain, while four omcers and thirty-eight men were injured, and two of our pom-poms were captured by the enemy. The disaster arose through the Victorians having become detached from the main body of Beatson's column. It is at once regrettable and exasperating. THE Maori reception to the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York on the Roturua racecourse near Auckland mE:t have been most interesting as well as quaintly' picturesque. The weird war dances of the aborigines who are being pacifically extinguished or absorbed by civilisation was expressive in the extreme. LATEST news from Pekin points to the conclu' sion that the Ministers of the Allied Powers have practically arrived at agreement with respect to the chief points in the Chinese in- demnity business, which is well. The general idea is that the British scheme of payment will be adopted- The United States, however, manifests opposition to China's desire to increase the import duties on opium and nee, so that friction may still arise. BiSMARCK has in Berlin from henceforth fitting memorial. A gigantic bronze statue of the Iron Chancellor, erected in front of the new Reichstag building, was unveiled by the Kaiser the other day, an eloquent eulogy being pro- nounced by Count Bulow on the occasion upon his great predecessor. THOSE in peril on the sea are often in our thoughts, but not always with the practical resultant one would wish for. The claims of the war-broken and war-bereaved are making heavy calls upon the benevolently inclined, and this causes general philanthropy, we are sorry to say, to suffer lack of needful monetary nourishment. That noble incorporation, the Lifeboat Institution, is a considerable sufferer from this cause, and in order to make up, is possible, in some way for the falling off from the funds, the Duchess of Sutherland and other big-hearted ladies have arranged a fashionable fete for the 26th inst. in the grounds of Stafford House, and we trust the result may be all that Its organisers can desire. It is no new thing, it is pointed out, for the historic mansion beside St. James's Palace to throw open its doors to a deserving cause. The second Duke of Sutherland and his beautiful and gracious wife Harriett, daughter of the sixth Earl of Carlisle, and his son, the late duke, were every ready to lend it for the advocacy of freedom or advancement of the people, and within its walls the seventh Earl of Shaftesbury made some of his most impassioned speeches on be- half of the overworked operatives of the mine or mill; while Garrison pleaded the wrongs of the coloured slave. Livingstone and Sumner have stirred vast audiences here, and a simple medallion tablet in one of the ante-rooms com- memorates a visit of Garibaldi to the house in 1864 and the generosity of the late Duke to the Italian nation. These traditions have been well maintainedbythepresentduke. Two years ago the Duchess of Albany held a meeting of the Deptford Fund here, and gave a most interesting speech herself. The Duchess of Sutherland has for several years in succession had a sale of tweeds and homespuns, collected by the Scottish Industries Association, in the grounds, by means of which thousands of pounds have gone to the poor cotters of the most inhospitable districts. The Stafford House evening fete will be the most brilliant function of the London season, weather permitting, for every- body who is anybody in Society or Art is help- ing. THERE is a tendency for the earnings of the worker to go down. According to Board of Trade statistics, the changes in rates of wages reported during May affected 375,756 work- people, and the net effect of all the changes was a decrease of Is. 5d. weekly per head. Of this number 15,785 received advances averaging Is. 7-¡-d. per week, and 359,971 sustained de- creases averaging Is. 6!d. per week. This may not mean much to the body politic, but straws point the way of the wind. THE mastery of Adam's profession will be classed by most men under the head of useful knowledge. Therefore the majority will hear with approval of some interesting experiments in gardening which are being carried out at two Norwich board schools. At the Nelson-street school a number of boys are rearing each on his own plot, crops of vegetables. They are managing it so well that a pront of 92 has been I made, while an additional grant is also earned for this subject. For boys from Crook's-place school the Corporation has granted a strip j of ground sixty yards by thirty in the Chapel Field public gardens. Here these boys are cul- tivating flowers only. In this way the boys are not only learning floriculture, but are studying the soil and the atmospheric conditions there- on. The scheme is being carried out under the superintendence of a committee of the Teachers Field Club, with the very best results. This practical education has an actuality distinctly more alluring and more convincing than mere book-learning. THE Royal Military Tournament at Islington was once again a brilliant success, spectacularly, but the fear is that financially there will turn out to be a drop from former years, which will be a sore pity.

THE King has given :E5 to the Clewer Horti- cultural Society, Windsor. THE Portrait of a. Lady," by Sir W. Beechey, B.A., sold by auction in London on Saturday for 1650gs. Two of the King's wild boars were sent on Saturday from Windsor Great Park to Western Australia. SIR WILLIAM S. B. KATE, C.B., for many years Assistant Under-Secretary for Ireland, has died at Dublin, ased 70. AMONG other aspects of the education question is that of protecting teachers against arbitrary dis- missal. An interview with Mr. Yoxall grotesquely illustrates Its importance. THE recent Paris powder magazine explosion was caused by a plumber mending a steam-pipe wtih a naked sokdz,,t-light. This man was de- capitated. MR. CLINTON DAWKINS, who sat as eha.iTTr.M of the Committee on War Omce Organisation, is one of Mr. Pierpont Morgan's many spoils. Two years ago this capable organiser was appointed Minister for Finance in India, and he had hardly taken over the duties of that responsible post when he was enticed back to London by an offer of partnership in-the firm of J. S. Morgan and Co. He set to work in that great corporation, whereupon he was immediately called away from the City to take the War Office in hand. He will now be able to return to business in the City well primed in the methods-or want of method-of Government de- partments.

SOUTH AFRICA. SERIOUS DISASTER TO VICTORIANS. MANY KILLED AND WOUNDED. TWO GUNS LOST. The following telegram from Lord Kitchene? has been received at the War OfRce: PRETORIA, June 15, 9.15 p.m. "Near Wilmansrust, 20 miles south of Middel- burg (Transvaal), 250 Victonau Mounted Ernes, detached from General Beatson's column, were surprised in camp at Steenkoolspruitby a superior force of Boers at 7.30 p.m. on the 12th inst. The enemy crept up to within short range and poured a deadly fire into camp, billing two omcera and 16 men and wounding four ofncers and 38 men, of whom 28 slightly. Only two omcers and 50 men escaped to General Beatson's camp; the remainder were taken pri- ttoners and released. Two Pom-Poms' were captured by the enemy. Full details not yet received. The names of the killed and wounded are being reported separately." I SEVERE FIGHTING WITH DE WET. BOER CONVOY AND PRISONERS TAKEN. The following telegram from Lord Kitchener has been received at the War Office: "PRETORIA, June 15, 13.40 p.m. "During march from Vrede, General Elliot's columns engaged enemy under De Wet near Reitz on 6th. After severe nghting; captured convoy of 71 loaded waggons, also 45 prisoners, 58 rines, 10,000 rounds small-arm ammunition, and 4000 cattle. Boers left 17 killed and three wounded. Major Sladen's Mounted Infantry behaved with great gallantry. Our casualties: Killed, three omc&rs and 17 men; wounded, one omcer, 24 men. Elliot's columns have reached Kroonstad." THE SURPRISED BOER LAAGER.—AN EXPLANATION. A Reuter despatch from Durban describes the tturprise of a Boer laager by Kitchener's Scouts on the banks of the Pienaars River on May 31, when the enemy lost the whole of their waggons, 7000 head of cattle, and 40 prisoners. They had 27 killed and 86 wounded. The British lost five killed and 21 wounded. Router's Agency points out that this report is plainly a confirmation of their tele- gram reporting the surprise of a part of Beyer's commando, which has been stated to be without foundation. The omcial denial would seem to apply only to the single statement that it was Beyer's commando that was surprised. THE OATH OF NEUTRALITY. In view of the frequent violations of the oath of neutrality more rigid regulations are being im- posed on householders in all towns of the Trans- vaal. BRUCE HAMILTON BUSY. General Bruce Hamilton has cleared a large area of country between Bloemfontein, Petrus- burg, and Abraham's Kraal, capturing 100,000 eheep and large numbers of cattle, waggons, and horses. RETURN OF FACET'S HORSE. The transport Tintagel Castle, with 800 Imperial Yeomanry, including Paget's Horse, arrived at Southampton on Sunday night from Cape Town. Paget's Horse saw some hard fighting and took part in the defence of Lichtenburg. Major Paget, second in command, was captured with four of his men by the Boers and kept for three months. The prisoners, generally speaking, were Tory well treated indeed. LOSSES OF THE ENEMY. The following telegram from Lord Kitchener has been received at the War OSice: BLOEMFONTBIN, June iV, 5 p.m. Following are Boer casualttea since last report: Killed, 24; wounded, 14; prisoners, 265; sur- rendered, 165; rifles, 137; smsjl arms ammuni- tion, 8200, waggons, 198; horses, 1500; cattle, 3000. This does not include casualties during General EHiot's operations, wired separately." MURRAYSBURG LOOTED. It is officially announced (says Renter's Cape Town correspondent) that Murraysburg was partially looted by Scheepers's commando on the 13th inst., and that a small patrol has been cap- tured by Maritz, four men being killed or wounded. LOSSES AT GRASPAN. OFFICERS KILLED AND WOUNDED. In an engagement at Graspan, near Reitz, when De Wet's convoy was captured by General Elliot's column, the Mounted Infantry of the 1st Gordon Highlanders suffered very heavily. Besides Lieu- tenant Allan Cameron, six men were killed, and four have since died from their injuries, while the wounds of five of the 10 men are reported to be severe. In addition to the six South Australian Bushmen killed on the neld, two of the eight wounded mea have died. The 2nd Bedfordshire Mounted Infantry suffered heavily, five men being killed and nine wounded. Captain Alexander Russel Finlay, who is re- ported as wounded, served with the Waziristan Field Force under Sir William Lockhart, in 1894-5, as Brigade transport omcer. He was also with the Chitral Relief Force uEder Sir Robert Low, in 1895, with the 1st Battalion of the Bed- fordshire Regiment, and was present at the storm- ing of the Malakand Pass and the engagement near Khar. Lieutenant Allan Cameron, of the 1st Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders (Mounted Infantry), one of the two omcers killed, was in his 23rd year. Born on November 4, 1878, he obtained a commis- sion in the Militia in 1898; and on October 18, 1899, passed into the 1st Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders, which embarked for South Africa the following month. He had been throughout the campaign, and had already been severely wounded. He obtained his lieutenancy on May 31 last. Lieutenant Charles Powlett Strong, of the 2nd Battalion of the Bedford Regiment (Mounted Infantry), the other officer of the regulars killed on the same occasion, had seen six years' service. He entered the Bedford Regiment in 1895, and obtained his lieutenancy in 1897. Mr. Strong, who was 26 years of age, was the second son .of Colonel Charles Isham Strong, Thorpe Hall. Peterborough. The deceased onieer, who was educated at Eton a.nd Sandhurst, was for some time stationed in Ireland. He left with the regiment for South Africa in December, 1899, and then volunteered for the mounted infantry. He was a fearless horseman, well known with the Fitzwilliam Hounds, and, liko his father, who rowed for Cam- bridge in 1877, he was a sood all-round athlete. KRITZINGER'S PROCLAMATION. I Kritzinger has issued a proclamation recalling the fact that the northern districts of Cape Colony were annexed to the Free State at the beginning of the war, and warning persons against divulging the movements of the Boers on pain of various penalties.

VOLUNTEER TRAINING CAMPS. I The Treasury has informed the Admiralty that it is prepared to assent to the grant of special leave not exceeding a fortnight, without civil salary, to civil servants who are members of the volunteer battalions and bearer companies selected by the Commander-in-Chief for inclusion in cer- tain Army Corps, and who attend the special camps during the present year. The concession of special leave does not apply to the short camps for a week only. Volunteers who spend the whole or part of their ordinary leave in camp will re- ceive their full civil pay. The resolve of the Trea- sury in this respect was on Tuesday made known I to the staffs at the Royal dockyards through the Admiralty.

JOSKINS: There's one complaint a doctor finds hjcurable." Hankins: "What's that?" Joskins: The one people make when they get his bill." EASE What was the cashier sacked for ?" De Sales: For giving away one of the trade secrets, I believe." You don't say Yes, he told one of the customers that the guvnor was a.n old Mockhcad, and he overheard him."

ANOTHER RUSSIAN PRINCESS. The Czarina on the 18th inst. gave birth to a daughter. The newly-born Princess has received the name of Anastasia. According to an official bulletin the condition of the Czarina, and of the newty-born Grand Duchess is most satisfactory. The Empress-Dowager, the Czarewitch, and the Grand Duchess Olga arrived at Peterhof on the afternoon of the 18th inst. from Satshina. Flags were Sying all day on the build- ings in St. Petersburg, and in the evening there were general illuminations. [Previous to this the Czar's family consisted of three daughters—the Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana; and Marie. He has no sons, and his Heir- Presumptive is his younger brother, the Grand Duke MicheL]

) —————————————— MORE DAMAGES FOR MR. BENN. Mr. John Williams Benn, L.C.C., brought an action on Tuesday in the King's Bench Division against Messrs. George S. Smith and Co. (Limited), publishers, to recover damages for libel. Mr. Benn was formerly M.P. for St. George's-in-the-East, and in October last he was Radical candidate for the Bermondsey Divi- sion. On the eve of the polling day a pamphlet published by the defendants was sent to 11,000 electors containing statements to the effect that he had criminally charged trade unionists for uniting in self-defence, and that he could not legally sit for Bermondsey if elected, owing to the judge's decision in the election peti- tion presented against him by Mr. Harry Marks. The plaintiff attributed his defeat to the public ac- tion of the pamphlet, which was ptinted by Messrs. M'Corquodale, from whom he had already re- covered £300 damages. The jury awarded the plaintiff &250.

I BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain has addressed a letter to the Birmingham City Council, placing before it the needs of the Birmingham University; and asking for financial help in order to make the necessary provision for instruction and research in chemistry and physics, together with libraries, laboratories; and museums; which will be required to complete the organisation. For established pre- cedents he refers to the grants made by various provincial corporations to the university colleges, and points out that ?d. in the pound would, in Birmingham, provide an annual contribution of .E5000. He believed that if Birmingham set the example, the counties deriving benefit from the proposed extension would willingly bear their share of responsibility.

A KHAKI CASE. On Tuesday, In the King's Bench Division, before the Lord Chief Justice and a special jury, the hearing was resumed of a case in which Major Alfred John Chamberlain Wrench sued Messrs. Langworthy Brothers and Co. (Limited), of Greengate Mills. Salford, to recover £248, and to obtain an account in regard to other sums which he said were due to him under an agreement re- specting the sale of khaki to the Government. The defendants denied the agreement and that the plaintiff was entitled under it to the sums he claimed. In the result the jury found for the plaintiN, awarding ;E320 damages, and judgment was given accordingly.

A FISHING FLEET SOLD BY AUCTION. The great North Sea fishing neet, known as the short blue trawlers, which for a century had head- quarters at Yarmouth, after having been with- drawn from sea for some time, was on Tues- day finally dispersed, the last of the vessels, which formerly numbered 400, and employed 1500 men and boys, being sold by auction. This fleet was un- able to be prontably worked on account of the North Sea being overnshed by the steam trawlers. The prices realised were remarkably low, the highest being JE180, while there were many vessels disposed of at £24, jE30, .635, and .S40 each. Some of the purchasers were Dutchmen.

THE WINDERMERE BOATING FATALITY. The body of the young man who was drowned on Monday evening on the north-east shore of Lake Windermere, near Lowood, through the capsizing of a rowing boat in a squall was re- covered by the draggers on Tuesday morning within a few yards of the spot where the accident occurred, and proved to be that of Alec Gibson, a draper's assistant of Ambleside. The boat drifted two miles lower down the lake and was found bottom upward with the sail still nxed. It belonged to some Ambleside boys, who were camp- ing out, and the deceased was bringing back some provisions.

IMPORTANT TO AGRICULTURISTS. Mr. Hanbury, President of the Board of Agri- culture, on Tuesday received a deputation from the Central and Associated Chambers of Agricul- ture and a number of other societies connected with agriculture, who urged that in the case of outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease and swine fever the Board of Agriculture should pursue a uniform policy of slaughter with compensation for the affected animals, Mr. Hanbury, in reply, pointed out that swine fever differed materially from pleuro-pneumonia. and foot-and-mouth disease, and the process of stamping it out was much more dinieult. Experience had proved that the Board's policy of isolation, when properly carried out, was just as effective in stopping the disease as the policy of wholesale slaughter. But it was intended to increase the strength of the veterinary staff, and to take such steps as would enable them to be as successful with swine fever as they were with the other diseases under the regula- tion of the Board.

AIDES-DE-CAMP TO THE KING. The King has approved of the undermentioned Supernumerary Aides-de-Camp to his Majesty for the Auxiliary Forces being appointed Aides-de- j Camp: Colonel the Earl of Derby, 3rd and 4th Battalions the King's Own (R. Lancaster Regiment). Colonel the Earl of Wemyss, late London Scottish. Colonel C. B. Bashford, 5th Battalion Middlesex Regiment. Colonel the Duke of Montrose, 3rd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Colonel the Earl of Clarendon, late Herts. Imperial Yeomanry. Colonel the Earl of Harewood, Yorkshire Hussars Imperial Yeomanry. Colonel Viscount Galway, Nottinghamshire Imperial Yeomanry. Colonel the Marquis of Londonderry, 2nd Dur- ham (Sea,ham) Volunteer Artillery. Colonel Earl Brownlow, 2nd (Hertfordshire) Volunteer Batt. the Bedfordshire Regiment, and Home Counties Volunteer Infantry Brigade. Colonel the Earl of Kilmorey, Shropshire Imperial Yeomanry. The King has also approved of the following officers being appointed Aides-de-camp to his Majesty for the se. o of the Volunteer Force Lieut.-Colonel aIb Hon. Colonel Lord Clifford, 5th Volunteer Batt. the Devonshire Regiment.. Lieut.-Colonel Commandant and Hon. Colonel the Earl of Euston, 1st Volunteer Batt. the North- amptonshire Regiment. Colonel the Hon. H. G. L. Crichton, Portsmouth Volunteer Infantry Brigade. Lieut.-Colonel Commandant &nd Hon. Colonel Sir C. E. H. Vincent, K.C.M.G., C.B., 13th Middle- sex (Queen's Westminster) Volunteer Rifle Corps. Lord Clifford, Lord Euston, and Sir Howard Vincent have also been promoted to be colonels. I

——————— MR. FREDERICK EvANS, C.M.G. (late Colonial Secretary of Jamaica), has been appointed Colonial Secretary of Gibraltar. MR. EVERARD FERDINAND IM THURN, C.B., C.M.G. (la,tc Government Agent, North-Westcrn District of British Guiana), has been appointed to be Colonial Secretary of Ceylon.

) A RECORD SALARY. The Cincinnati Enquirer prints a story to the effect that Mr. Charles M. Schwab, president of Mr. Morgan's steel combination, formerly received £200)000 a year as salary from Mr. Carnegie. It states that Mr. Schwab loyally declined the offers of German corporations of a much larger stipend than he was getting from Mr. Carnegie, but said nothing about this refusal. On the fact coming to Mr. Carnegie's ears the latter sent a five years' con- tract, giving Mr. Schwab the sum named. When the Steel Trust was formed Mr. Morgan visited Mr. Schwab, who had drawn only E40,000 against his salary, and explained that the existence of the contract might embarrass Mr. Carnegie's deal. Mr. Schwab tore the contract to pieces. Mr. Morgan informed Mr. Carnegie, who said, Now men, like Schwab. shan't lose anything," and sent Mr. Schwab a cheque for V-960.,000.

I MORE MEDALS. The King on Monday received at Maryborough House 32 officers who were unable to be present at the distribution of last week and presented them with the South African war medal. Later in the day the King and Queen, with Princess Vic- toria and the children of the Duke of Cornwall, left St. Pancras for Sandringham.

COMPENSATION COMMISSION. The South African Compensation Commission sat again on Monday. Sir John Ardagh put for- ward propositions, based on a statement which he had prepared, to the effect that the Netherlands South African Railway Company was a belligerent body, hostile to this country, and that consequently all the employes were presumptively hostile, and not in a position to appear before the Commission as subjects of friendly Powers. After some dis- cussion Sir John intimated his intention of with- drawing the statement and preparing another. Some evidence was then heard regarding the claim of Robert Reimann, late engine-driver at the Pre- toria Mint.

CAPTURE OF ESCAPED CONVICT. EXCITING EXPERIENCES. After a pursuit lasting 84 hours Walter Sil- vester, the convict who escaped from Dartmoor Prison, was captured at daybreak on Monday morning at Roborough, on the southern fringe of the moor. The capture was effected by Warders Hodge and Luscombe, who were watching the main approach to Plymouth. When intercepted Silvester submitted quietly. A knife, watches, and other articles taken from Messrs. Toops' farmhouse at Horrabridge were in his possession. While waiting at Roborough Police-station for a conveyance to be obtained, Silvester related his experiences since he escaped. When chased by some railway men he fell and hurt his ankle, and was passed by the pursuers, who turned their attention to overtaking his companion Frith, thinking he (Silveater) was incapacitated. Directly they had gone by he made off in another direc- tion. During the day following his escape he con- cealed himself in a drain abutting on the main road, and watched the warders and police-omcers pass. As cpportunity offered he bathed his swollen snkle, and made a further move during the night. On Satur- day he concealed himself in long grass and ferns, and some men passed him so closely that a dog whieh accompanied them came and sniffed him, but it did not bark, although he pushed it off. He admitted breaking into a house at Horrabridge and stealing clothes. Throughout Sunday he lay concealed above Horrabridge Station, and shortly before midnight was challenged, but made no reply, and climbed a steep railway bank with the aid of a lathing tool taken from prison. It subsequently transpired that it was Assistant Warder Bonney who nearly caught 'Silvester on this occasion. The warder, however, tripped over signal wires and fell. On recovering himself he found the railway embankment so diffi- cult to climb that by the time he reached the top the convict had disappeared. From this point Silvester made in the direction of Plymouth, and evaded several warders by making wide detours, until he ultimately fell into the hands of his captors.

THE new bridge over the Clyde at Glasgow for the Caledonian Railway will require about 900(): tons of steel. The spans will consist of a south street span of 65ft., three river spans of 180ft., 200ft., and 150ft. respectively, and a 90ft. street span on the north side. At the south end the bridge will be 100ft wide, and at the north end 180ft. wide. The lines of rails at the north end wiU be nine in number. The piers are to be founded on rectangular caissons, which will be sunk under air pressure. These caissons will be filled with concrete, and on the top of them will be circular granite piers. On the tops of these will be lintel girders, on which the main girders of the bridge will rest. DR. BoYD CARPENTER, the Bishop of Ripon, possesses among his treasures three volumes con- taining the autographs of nearly all the Arch- bishops and Bishops of England for nearly 300 years. One of them is that of Juxon, the Bishop of London to whom Charles Stuart spoke the word "Remember," with almost his dying breath., Another album contains a photograph of every church in the diocese of Ripon. In his palace, too, the bishop has the Saxon chapel supposed to be the oldest place of worship in the kingdom. THE Duke of Norfolk is one of the most chant- able members of the peerage, and gives enormous sums away yearly. He has a great contempt for appearances, and a story is told of his having one day been met walking down Pall Mall with a big brown-paper parcel under his arm. Upon a friend's inquiring what he had there, he informed him that it was his uniform." He was on his way to a Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace, at which he would have to apper gorgeous in red and gold. The Salzburger Volksblatl mentions a case which beats the Servian record birth-rate recently reported. Johann Steiner. a farmer, married his wife Martha 19 years ago, when he was 53 and she 25. In 19 years they have had 37 children- triplets three times, twins 12 times, singles four times. Of the children 34 are living, and all these are healthy and normal. The 37th was be rn on, the day on which the father celebrated his 72nd birthday. THE decision of the War Office to send nearly a. thousand volunteer cyclists to the front is a striking instance of prejudice overcome. Fifteen years ago the idea of a military cyclist was treated with mild derision. Now, however, thera are from 10,000 to 15,000 Volunteer cyclists im this country; at the beginning of 1898 they only Numbered 3400. It is interesting to notice that, other countries arc begh-ming to regard the bicycle as a serious item in modern warfare. The French Minister or War h.s decided that two, companies of regular soldier cyclists shall be el formed.

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PRESERVED EGGS. An American journal gives results of experi- ments made in preserving eggs. Eggs preserved in salt water all become bad; wrapped in paper, 80 per cent. bad; plunged in a solution of salicylic acid and glycerine, 80 per cent. bad; rubbed with salt or coated with paraffin, 70 per cent. bad; plunged in a solution of alum or of salicylic acid, 60 per cent. bad; boiled for 15 seconds, 50 per cent. bad coated with soluble glass, or with collodion, or with varnish, 40 per cent. bad; coated with mixed varnish, 20 per cent. bad; treated with boric acid and soluble glass, or with permanganate of potash, 20 per cent. bad; coated with vaseline, all good; plunged in lime water, or in a solution of soluble glass (silicate of soda), all good.

SECRETS OF VICTORY AT SEA—Victory, as in all things, must come to the attest. Excluding luck, which, in truth, we have no right to consider, it is the fighting machine which can endure the most, which is the best armed, handled, and pro- tected, which is so designed as to supply coal and ammunition longest, and, perhaps above all, whose gunners are the most skilful, which is destined to win. So much for the machine, but the real crux devolves now, as it ever did, upon the man. Ships? it has been said, are more likely to suffer defeat through loss in personnel" than from damage in material." To-day, therefore, as of old, it is the ¡ man, whether in conning-tower, casemate, or en- gine-room, who, in the last analysis, is the arbiter for victory or defeat. Courage, endurance, and sacrifice are demanded of the sailor as in the days when Sir Richard Grenville fought the Spaniards, off Azores. Transition from oak to Harveyed steel, from canvas to water-tube boilers, has changed no quality in the human nghting machine. Admiral Dunean, off the Texel, with his two British ships against the whole Dutch squadron, cries to his cap- tain, "I have taken the depth of the water, and when my ship goes down my Hag will still Hy." Nelson's seaman trund ed lame out of hospital at Gibraltar that they might follow their leader tonght Villeneuve; and* on the Birkenhead Britons went down in line, heel to heel, with beating drums. So in the old days the man triumphed; so in the future the man; and not the machine, must triumph' aJso.—TToM; .Sm'Vor.s .Fi<y/t<B7/ John Blake.

"WHAT SHALL HE HAVE WHO 11 KILLED THE DEER ?" Justices Ridley and Bigham on Monday, in the King's Bench Division, heard an appeal from a con- viction under the Larceny Act, by the Justices of Westmoreland, in respect of the killing of a wild deer. One of 400 animals belonging to Mr. John E. Hasell, Lord of the Barony of Barton, strayed and was shot on an unenclosed com- mon, the carcase being afterwards found, covered with hay, in a barn belonging to a farmer. He was proceeded against and nned for having the deer in his possession, and he now appealed, it being contended that the deer, being of a wild nature, if any escaped the property in them was gone, and that, therefore, there could be no larceny. The Court came to the conclusion that the magistrates were wrong, and ought to have held that the deer was lawfully in possession of the farmer Tirho shot it. They therefore quashed the convir jon.

A STAFFORDSHIRE TRAGEDY. An inquest was opened on Saturday at Cosely, Staffordshire, concerning the drowning of two children, Flora Cox, aged three years, and Mary Madeline Cox, aged 12 months. A police omcer stated that on Friday afternoon of last week Sarah Ann Cox, aged 30, came to the police-station in an hysterical condition. She stated that the family had been turned out of the house through inability to pay the rent, and as they had nothing to eat she had thrown the two youngest children in the canal to put them out of their misery. The bodies of the children were found in the canal tied together with an apron, which, it was stated, Mrs. Cox had borrowed from a neighbour. Philip Cox, the husband, said he could give no reason for the tragedy and said his wife had sometimes been irritable when work and money were short. The inquiry was adjourned.

DOUBLE MINING FATALITY. A serious accident occurred at Swillington, near Leeds, on Saturday. Two pit-sinkers, named Conelly and Booth, employed at the Fleetingley Beck Pit, owned by D. and R. W. Bower (Limited), were engaged in the sinking of a new shaft. By a mishap, a wrong signal being given, a platform used in the bricking-up of the walls was upset. The result was that Conelly and Booth were hurled down the shaft, meeting with instan- taneous death. Four other men had a very narrow escape.

I FATAL FERRY-BOAT ACCIDENT. The ferry-boat Northneld on leaving New York for Staten Island shortly after six o'clock on Friday evening of last week, with 800 passengers, came into collision near the slip with the ferry- boat the Ma,uch Chunk, belonging to the Central Railroad of New Jersey. A large hole was torn in the Northneld's starboard bow. The Northneld drifted close to Pier No. 10 on the East River, a short distance from the scene of the disaster, where she sunk. Many of the passengers jumped overboard, and were rescued by harbour boats, which also took off those who remained on the ferry-boat. The persons missing include nve men, among whom are the retired General Charles Bartlett and two boys, and one woman.

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