Ayers 20th Century Almanac ( Not th Ordinary kind ) A handsome yeaf-book filled -with beautiful illustrations, and a complete calendar. It is sold on all news-stands for 5 cents, and it's wortb five times that amount. It is a reliable chronology of the progress of the 19th century and a prophecy of what may be expected in the 20th. Here are a few of the great men who hare written for It: Secretary Wilson, on Agriculture Sen. Chauncey M. Depew, on Politics Russell Sage, on Finance Thomas Edison, " Electricity Gen. Merritt, M I-and Warfare Adml Hichborn, M Naval Warfare "Al" Smith, u Sports You will enjoy reading it now, and it will be a book of reference for you through the years to come. Sixty-four pages, printed on ivory finish paper. If your news-dealer cannot sup ply you with it, cut out this ad. ana send it with three one-cent stamps and- revive this elegant book free. Address J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. The First Steps. Before encouraging children to use their feet we should look to their sctual strength, not deciding how far they should be urged to walk by the actual number of months they have Uved. If a young child once acquires the art of crawling, It will soon do more, and try to use Its legs. It will soon raise Itself by the support of a chair or stool, will then totter up from one side of it to the other, holding it self up, and by repeated exercises of this kind, the limbs will gain the re quisite power, and the infant will gain courage to trust to that power; then to walk alone. However, in beginning to walk a child must have some assist ance, This should be given by hold ing it firmly under, not by the arms. Peculiarity or Sunken. A snake tamer who had trained a serpent to follow him around the house and even out of doors happened one day to take It with him to a strange place. The snake, unused to the local ity, suddenly seemed to forget all his training, and, escaping into the bushes, resisted capture with bites and every indication of wildness. When caught tt at once resumed its tame habits. The tendency to become wild immediately upon obtaining their freedom and to again become tame when caught is said to be a necullarity of snakes. Siuilli.it PoNtofflise. California claims to have the small est postotflce in the United States. It Is located at Virginia, on a beautiful stretch of road between Escondldo and San Diego, and consists of an old piano packing case, in size about seven feet high, six feet long and five foet wide. In lts front are the locked doors to five private boxes. In addition to the general delivery window. No money order business is transacted there, but the office has the monopoly of Vir ginia's Btamp trade. The great army of Smiths in the United States is well represented in the Peerage of England. No less than six Earls' dauglitrs have acquired the sur name of Smith by marriage. Dr. Bulls The best remedy for OOUgn Consumption. Cures wVIUP Bronchitis, Hoarse- J * uess, Asthma, Whooping cough, Croup. Small doses ; quick. sure results. Dr.Huli il*iLU*.ute Constipation, 1 rial,o/or^c. DROPSY3fiKS: : ;S eases- Bo .k of testimonials and IO fluvs' treatment Free. Dr. H. 11. OKEEN B BOND. Box B Atlanta. Ga What do the Children Drink ? Don't give thorn tea or coffee. Have you tried the new food drink oailed GRAIN-0 ? It delicious and nourishing and takes the place of coffee. ■ The more Grain-0 you givo tho children tho more health you distrib ute through their systems. Grain-0 is made of pure grains, and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee but costs about \as much. All grocers sell it. 15c. and 25c. Try Crain-O! Insist that your rrocergive, you GRAIN-O Accept no imitation. I ELMDMASTE, FIERCEST " | OF BOER-BRITI2H BATTLES. | HH /\ Detailed Recount of tKe Fight, Illustrated by pictures ||j §1 DraWn or\ the Battlefield. §ll 1. „ _ 3i Cable dispatches have already given the general outline of the British light with the Boers at Elandelaagte, but many interesting details still remain to he told. Rain began to fall heavily at 5.30 and at that honr it was so dark that General White decided that an immediate attack on tho Boers' posi tion was necessary. Intermittent shelling had been going on most of the day on both sides, some of our volunteer commands usiug rather an tiquated muzzle loaders which had comparatively little effect. In the aft* rnoon the regular artillery took up the running and from that time on the position of the Boers became exceed ingly difficult. As Colonel Schiel said after his capture: "You couldn't shoot for nuts in the morning, hut yon told us a different story in the afternoon." I ~ ' f B Aj?nu.eHr' <Ti=> GENEHAL VIEW OP THE BATTLE OP ELANDSLAAGTE. The Boers held a very strong position aloug the top of the ridge, on the left hand of which rises a oonical hill. Here they had pitched their carap. Our infantry attack was magnificent. The Devons skirmished out in very open order on the left, the Imperial Light Horse were in the centre, and the Gordons on the right. The Gordons and tile Light Horse gaiued the top of the ridge and drove the Boers back over the plateau to the western end of it, where their artillery was placed. It was during this part of the fight that the Gordons lost so many men. The bat tle ended with tho complete rout of the Boers, who abandoned their guns.—Special Artist-Correspondent of the London Daily Graphio. But in the afternoon we could see hundreds of Boers forming on the top of the spur, just above the spot where their maiu battery was planted. Our artillery was turned upon them and through field glasses we watched the awful eft'eot of the fire. Two shells at least burst right among a mass of three or four hundred men and the result was afterward told by a wounded pris oner who was carried into Ladysmith Ah INCIDENT OF THE ACTION AT F.LAND SLAAOTE. (A Boer shell burst under h limber of the Twenty-first Field Battery, shuttering it to atoms.) .by the ambulance train: "It was sim ply slaughter," he oaid, "it wasn't fighting." He had been wounded three times in as many seconds. • At 6 o'olock the movement which General White had planned for the purpose of turning the enemy's flank took effect and from the wild fire of their artillery we knew that they were in a difficult position. Then the mus ketry fire was resumed more fiercely than ever and above the sharp crack BATTLE OF ELANDSLAAGTE—CHARGE OF "C" SQCADUON, FIFTH LANCERS. or the Lee Metfords we could hear the • ernal quacking of the Maxims and the hammering of the field batteries. Then the leading British regiments began to converge upon the face of the Boer position, the Gordons from the top of the hill, the Manchesters from the left and the Devons in front. Be side the Gordons charged the troopers of the Imperial Light Horse who had left their mounts at the foot of the hill in order to he in at the death. Gen aral French leading the Gordons, yelled: "Coine along, hoys; this is the hottest business I have ever been in," and his men responded to their leader's shout iu a manner which showed they were determined to add to the laurels won at Dargal. Close beside General French was Colonel Soott Chisholme, who was leading the Imperial Light Horse, a corps which under his oare ful training has attained a degree of perfection rarely acquired by irregu lar troops. Colonel Chisholme was shot three times in less thau half a minute. A Mauser bullet tore through his thigh but he still struggled for ward. A moment later ho was hit full in the cliest. A trooper caught him as he stumbled and said, "Hadn't you better go back, Colonel?" Be- Jore Chisholme could answer a third bullet pierced his brain. Everyone knows by this time how the hill was carried by the bayonets of the Gordons, how the Dovons cap tared the enemy's machine guns and flags and how our cavalry reserve in the falling darkness took up the pur suit of the fleeing enemy. A party of iancers caught u number of fleeing Boers some three miles from the bat tlefield. They charged through the enemy once and then turned and charged again, killing it is said at least one hundred. There were some awful incidents in that night pursuit. One lancer drove his lance right through two Boers who were riding on one horse; another pinned a burgher to the neck of the man's horse and a third killed a Boer who was pleading for mercy, saying, as he sent his lance through the man's body: "You didn't show us any mercy at Majuba." Even after the enemy had aban doned his gronnd and darkness had fallen it was by no means safe to walk over the battlefield. Boer stragglers hung around the kopjes and fired on everybody who looked like an Eng lishman whether he happened to be a hospital worker or not. Major Woods, while attending Lieutenant Bradley of the Gordon Highlanders, was tired upon by a Beer officer, who was promptly shot on the spot. Near where he fell a number of explosive ■cartridges were found such as are used in the shooting of big game. General regiet is expressed by our of ficers that the Boers whom they re spect as first-class fighters should in- jure tlieir reputation by using mis siles that are not countenanced bytha rules of civilized warfare. A CRACK BOER BATTERY. (These guns are man nod by artillery ex. perte from other armies, mainly Herman and Frenoh). Trumpeter Sherlock, of the Fifth Lancers, is, however, more popular with the men than either French or Hamilton. He is not much more than fourteen years old, and, while he can not curry a lance, he is allowed to have a revolver with which he shot three Boers in the Elandslaagte fight. It is neodless to cay that he is the special idol of his regiment, the Fifth Lancers. It may interest people to know that Sherlock is literally aohild of the regiment, having been born in the barracks of a garrison town where the Fifth Lancers, of which his father was n member, were doing duty. He was what is called in India "a line baby." The Boer allegation that the Filth (British) Lancers raassaored sixty burghors at Elandslaagto after they had thrown down their arms is re ceiving confirmation in private letters from tho lancers themselves. One officer writes in a letter published iu tho London Time 3 as follows: "After tho enemy were driven out one of our squadrons pursued and got right in among them in the twilight, and most excellent pig-stiokiug ensued for about ten minutes, the bag being about sixty. One of our meu stuck bis lance through two, killing both at one thrust. Had it not been getting dark wo should have killed mauy more." A dragoon corporal told a Loudon Chronicle correspondent: "The Boers fell off their horses and rolled among the rocks, hiding their heads with their arms, calling for mercy, calling to be shot—anything to esoape a stab from those terrible lances through their backs and bowels. But not many escaped. We just gave them a good dig as they lay. Next day most of the lances were bloody." Another lancer trooper writes of the same incident: "We got a charge at them. They threw up their arms and fell ou their knees for mercy, but wc were told not to give them any, and I can assure you they got none. We went along sticking our lances through them. It was a terrible thing." The Ticket-Seller and the I-.ndy. She was quite a well-dressed woman waiting for the 10 o'clock train, and it was then 9.30. "How long will it be until that 10 o'clock train goes?" she asked at the ticket window. "Thirty minutes, madam," replied the clerk suavely. "Will I have time to go out and buy something?" "That will depend upon circum stances. madam." "I just want to go across the street." "Where is your money?" . This was a queer question to ask and the lady rather resented it. "In my pocket, of course," she an swered somewhat testily. "Then you have scarcely time, madam," said the clerk with gravity, and the lady Hirted herself away from the window in a dudgeon.—Detroit Free Press. Novel Declfcion of a Court. While remodelling a farm-house which Henry D. Murren bought in St. Louis County recently, the workmen found an iron pot which contained S3OO iu gold coin. The courts decreed that the money belonged to Murren, aud not to the man of whom he bought the property.—New York Sun. OUR MACABEBE SCOUTS. Snccens of tlo BatHon I'lan of Km ploy iiiC Nutlre* in the Philippine*. Word conies from the Philippines that the two companies of Macabebe scouts under Captain Batson are do ing so well that it has been decided to organize a full battalion of these na tives. The additional two companies will be very useful in the present campaign, in tracking the lleeing rem nants of Aguinaldo's disorganized army. When Captain Batson. of the Fourth Cavalry, organized his regiment of "Macabebe scouts" thero was much speculation among army officers as to whether the venture would prove a success or whether the Macabebes would prove, like the American Indian scouts, unreliable. Many were of the opinion that the Macabebes would prove disloyal and that they would eithei sell or confiscate their arms and equipments. As a race the Ma cabebes are enemies to the Tagalogs; still there are many Macabebes who have married into Tagnlog families and who, through domestic and com mercial association, have forgotten the race feud and become strong friends of the Tagalogs. It was feared, therefore, that some of these men would join the soouts to secure guns and ammunition and then desert and join the insurgents. MaDy Maeabebcs volunteered their aervioes to the United States long before the present regiment was organized, and, while it has been experimental, until recently the Macabebes have beeu found both loyal and brave. The organization is now recruited up to 200. There are four companies of fifty men each. Their uniform consists of a blue linen shirt, khaki trousers, a straw hat with a wide, blue band and eagle ornament A MACABEBE SCOUT. (Sketched from life tor the Chicago Roe ord by C. D. Rhodes. Average height ot scouts, live feet.) mounted on a dark blue shield of felt. They are armed with the Krng- Jorgeusen carbine and wear the regu lation web belt across the left shoulder instead of around tho waist. They do not wear shoes, preferring their bare feet, as has always been their custom. They are very proud of their equipment and take great care of their carbines, which are never out of their sight. They show deep re spect for their American officers—a respect which closely borders on love —and in return tliey are treated with the utmost kindness. Filipino Method of Kxeoution. Perhaps tho most horrible form of oapital punishment practiced in any pnrt of the world is that still in vogue among the Negritos of the Philippine Islands. It seems to be a native A HOME-MADE OABROTE, adaptation of tho well-known turn screw of the early Spaniard, the victim being tied down in a strong seat and his neck surrounded by a stout iron collar. He is then slowly strangled to death by the executioner, who, by means of a screw at tlie back of the crude mechanism, slowly tightens the collar ou the throat of the unfortu nate criminal to whom barbaric justice is being dealt out. There is 110 such word iu correct English as "alright" or "allright." The expression "all right" is entirely proper. If we consult the Encyclopedia for information about soap, we find in it this statement: "The manufacturer of toilet soap generally takes care to present his wares in convenient form and of agreeable appearance and smell; the more weighty duty of having them free from uncombined alkali is in many cases entirely overlooked." 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"yr will Inst longer and nfiord more pleasure cliau u dime's worth of any ochrrb,ttnd. MAKE THE TESTI "At Scnd la< i s 10 <-'o\ 'Xi:\T.4l, TOBACCO (>., SI. Louis, Mo. LIVING ON THE WATER. Borne Families Spend Their Time on Their Anchored Yachts. A wet sheet and a flowing sea has ' nothing whatever to do with life j aboard a yacht, as exemplified in the j Bay Bidgo Yacht Basin, in South j Brooklyn, says the New York Herald. There are five or six yachts there, one of them a roomy schooner craft, which for various reasons are not in commis sion this summer. Nevertheless the owners and their families or their friends live and sleep on board. On one sloop are five young men, who go to a skyscraper building in Nassau j street every morning and take out ( two or three vivacious typewriter j girls when work ia over to make the evenings merry. They rented the boat ou condition that they would not take her outside the basin, and hired a retired sea cap tain, who lives near the basin, to look after tlic boat during the day and to "mess" for them. They And it cheaper than paying board in the city, and ever so much plcasantor. Three families wintered on yachts in the Bay Ridge basin last winter, and they en joyed the experiment so much that they talk of trying it again. The bliz zard and the rough weather had no terrors for them. One sloop, the Pen, was housed above decks very much like those in the tales we read about Arc tic expeditions. The families who lived in this way were on terms of sociabil ity and visited every night for games and cards. They gave a boat party in January, and their friends in Brooklyn who are given to assisting at social entertainments, joined them in a modest little vaudeville. When the basin was frozen solid one night they gave a skating party, with a pip ing hot supper below decks as a wind up. There are still novelties about for persons who know where to look for them. Attention Is called to the very useful articles contained in the premium list of tn Continental Tobacco Co.'s advertisement of their Star Plug Tobacco in another column oT this paper, it will pay to save the "Star" tin tags and so take udvantage of the best list ever issued by the Star Tobacco. Plso's Cure for Consumption relieves the most obstinate coughs. Kev. I). Hiuiiiugj,- utu, Lexingtou, Mo., February 21. 18114. How's This T I We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for ! any ease of Catarrh that cannot bo cured by i Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney Co., Toledo, O. t We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Che ney for the last 15 years, and believe him per fectly honorable in all business transaction* and financially able to carry out any obliga tion made by their firm. West & Tkuax, Wholesale Druggists,Toled, Ohio. Wai.dino, Kinnax Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Hairs-Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucous ear faces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Hall's Family Pills are t>< host. t| OVELY sc.no LAMPS 3= All hand-painted. No handsomer lamp made. Hold at manufacturer'* Mukcs a most accepta alogue of liumi-painted Every Lamp Guaraiv- Manufactured by I WE MAKF THT I.ASIPfI, WtlSbUfg GUH [ vol' cy dibect. Pittsburg, Fa. FREE* n '■ ■ 'M Permanently Cured H Insanity Prevented by m D H WB DR - kune'S great ■g ■ ■ W HERVE restorer feral] fTgnmta l>Utasu. Sit,. fl " p, * <u 3 r Treatise and $2 trial bottle trrn Hi paUaau, U.ty ciprMt rliergracoij' ARNOLD'S COUGH i- r cSnu u fi:. , ; I , i:!pS" v ? i i r n All DruuKiats, 25c. •* I A. B. E§l fARTER'SINK j Grow up with it. IiENSIOIIH^m j.yraiu elvll *ai. l-xufjiulieatiug eluiuis.aUy tUoea P. N. U. 51 '99
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