- Me a thousand stare
~ ghetto o‘er stately Babylon.
* " , from his window lattice bars
princenieeked down upon
m that flowed ever on.
.. in an old oartem
inclined at ease
. her lute with meaning rare.
t , in and out saving the trees
‘ murmurs of the dying breeze.
ed her lute with meaning rare
m . on old romantic lay.
be forgot his evening prayer,
lug up his oboe
_, in softened tone to play.
Md the maid; perchnnce he won;
Months story ended there. .
that racked great Babylon
in!” a single page to hear .
echo from the old psrterre.
(It! 14. Gibbs in Kate Fieldfe Washington.
THE ZEPHYR.
£80 Hussein-Pasha, the boy of Al-
in an impatient manner, easily ox-
pieined perhaps, but decidedly biamable,
. ‘ the face of our charge d‘uflaires
‘ his fly flap: lie was dethroned by
es, who took possession of the prov-
of Algeria, Constantine and Oran.
lug could be more natural or more
, 1 ,Bnt 25 years later, in 1855, we had
yet been able to make the Kabyles an-
d it. They absurdly maintained
ey were not responsible for the acts
hey; that if he had been a little
y it was not their fault, and they did
see why their country should be in-
fill and a tax levied on their cattle,
, they should pay tribute, especially
bate of blood, to assist the Chris-
attests against their own Mohammedan
hers under tho fallacious pretext that
, n-‘Paeha, whom the greater part of
, had never soon, had struck M. A rage
, . 0 face with a small bunch of feathcrs
issuable): really could not have hurt him
’ va much!
, t France maintained that behind the
,Wai fact were the conscqucnccs, be-
:h (lithe gesture was the insult; that her
. demanded hcr to kill 100,000 men
. . .0... both sides and conquer Algeria if it
_ were only to teach good manners to those
} ans and compeithem to pay tribute.
, E‘It was precisely this which tho Kabylcs
‘ would not understand, and this is why we
, “out for Constantine—10,NJO infantry,
V oIValry and artillery—with the intention,
"II oharltableas civilized, 0f enlightening
* g as to the reality of our rights and
, t; superiority of’our institutions. But if
, Kabyles are dull of understanding
I * 1 they'lmve a quick eye and are prompt to
act. If they were not our enemies, I
, should say that, while leading the simple
life of pastoral pcoplo of oldcn times, thcy
have retained their virtues, prcscrvcd the
pride and courage of free men and an-
fonnldablc in combat when onc (larcs nt-
took them in their own mountains. \Vc
soon experienced this. Scurccly luulwe
passed the Ouoti-Rummci whcn tlu- struc-
gin begun. Fora month our march was
only a succession of skirmishes and night
attacks through the passes which forum-rd
this mountainous country, oumuntcrs in
which we always lost nmrc 1111'" than the
«rec?-
h~fll3 plain we suffocated with tho
‘ ‘ ' (11" of thirst. ()n the mountain
we! and often had to open up a [mill
through the snow. As soon as our col-
mans separated, in order to pass a drill:-
or it'mvine, a discharge of muskctry bum
Majorit- hcads. From cvcry crcvicv in
‘ ‘mimck came a shot. Tin" brusbw'md
untied under our on. Our sharpshw ll-
, an, the ‘aouaves, climbed the rocks to dis—
' W311!) Kabylos, but they boundcd lilil'
dlurhofs from crcst to crest, rcturnimz the
are of our soldiers, whosc bodice rollcd
from top to bottom of the rurinc. almost
under our horscs' fcct. Sonatina-s it was
“Arab who fell in our midst and cr-
piled, crying. “'l‘hcrc is one find.” If he
could not speak, lac flxmi on us a look.
grave and menacing, ruiwd his finger to
mph the supremo prol'cssinu .nf fulfil, and
: his brave soul took its flight, toward lin-
' . one God whom he had just pruclninud.
We had been gone about a month from
f? - Constantine. advancing slowly on account
‘ at the enormous convoy which foliowcd
m‘the men almost exhausted by iticmsunl
skirmishes, and tho pom-tail, anxious per
M as to the rcslilt of tltc cxpcdltinu. ill'
eldedlvin a bad humor. 'l'hc principal
cause of delay in a pouch, which ought to
7 have been as rapid as possible over lin-
mouths, was a flock of bJJUfI 511W“,
‘ are the general rt't-‘nlvctl to abamion
them. In order that thcy might not. say
that he lost thorn ho decidcd to 1mm tllcm
in ohflgo of one of tho chhyrs. iic (‘lltmfl
arm from this corps bcmuscbc was con»
11!)“, (til we all Wow, that thc Inmr devil
I ' mldbekillcd aml tbo slim-p Wulllti lu-
,nl‘rletl oil as mm as We Wow your. lie
erred to sacrifice a chbyr to a proud-
or a zouave.
a battalion of zopbyrs. whose rcal
name it! the African battalion, is rerun-d
"’ inclusively of Miiln'guuts.
pond of rubber: or murderers. but all lln'
Wilma orinsulxirdlnnto ul' tlumrmy
‘ “DION!“ to the mpbyrn cit-“joyfuls.” as
“I” call thonwcivcs. Tbcy are usually
Intelligent, Mid if it be true that u zuum‘c
infiltrate nsono lion it may be mid ibul
. inlay! lens brave as two. in n profcs»
also where discipline and passive ulti'tiil
.ence are the first requirements of order
and the mrntlnl conditiohs of sin-cw»
'Mtlndcpcndcnt natures, lndiil’crcnt to
Winner“, for which they often avcngc
km by a cutting witticimu, arc
‘ dangerous, so they : roscnt to
.. - 7. , ”w l lmttallon. ()ntwcoautof their
' w oil for bravery they are always
‘illio front rank during any par-
». igcrouscngngmncnt. bustin-
c defended Mazmmm for thrw
,. an army of moon Arabs, who
to gain possession: of tho vil-
eophyrs, commanded by (top.
, m about to resume our march
, Winsome in a valley ammo
. ’ 'g’futulike grosswcniiar to
when the general called the
. of the uphyrs and told him
~ Imminent his imetallrm to
, which he had decided to
, Ipot until our return—pin
W; ,"Give him," he adios].
‘ ' imbalanced. rim-newt
, _' . mkmacbeepwbcnbeneeds
{mil-call forhiaiononrmm."
whether “Imminent in
pail no teal-to when,
l
it is not com '
may. it early m,mmw
blue eyes touristighing mouth, stepped
out of the ranks and "repiied, "Present.”
Baiting in front of the otllcer, he presented
sum and stood looking him full in the
face. The latter delivered the goneral'e or-
der, and in spite of the ordinary harshness
of his manner he could not entirely con—
ceal a certain emotion which touched the
soldier. When his comrades heard the or-
der given, a murmur of insubordlnation
ran from right to left of the company and
whispered protestations, which the officers
feigned not to hear in order not to pun.
lsh. They might have expected it. Go-
, rette, for numerous reasons, was greatly
beloved by all his companions. Among
the joyful: Carotto was the joyful par ex-
cellence. in his youth, which had been
very varied, he had first been one of a troop
of mountebanks, then he had traveled
with a dentist, and, thanks to his wander-
ings with this chariotan, he had madea
considerable collection of puns and jokes
which had an enormous success in Africa.
He also pretended to certain surgical
knowledge, and his talent as a prestldlgi-
tater delighted the chhyrs. Moreover,
he had a fine voice and played the hnutboy
in a manner that the joyfuls pronounced
remarkable, especially when it constituted
the orchestra at one of the soldiers’ bails.
. In short, not one among all this undiscl-
plincd band was more unruly than Caretto.
His rcpartce, often clever, always saucy,
enlivened the whole battalion, and when
any force was organized—and heaven only
knows what the forces of the chhyrs are
—Caretto was always the author or insti-
gator. it was probably for all those rea-
sons that tho commander honored him
with his choice.
When the column began its march, more
than one among those fearless men was
moved when be abandoned this gay com-
rade, and :cach one wanted to shake his
hand and say farewell in some form or
other. “Goodby, Cnrette." "Goodby, old
man.” “You're a sharp follow,” said an-
othcr, "but keep your eye open." “Have
no fear," replied the poor boy, greatly
touched by those proofs of sympathy, “you
will find me here when you come bac .”
But when the last wagon had passed
and the last man had disappeared in the
ravine, when he found himself alone, sur-
rounded only by the sheep, dreary thoughts
began to assaii him. He had a vague in-
tuition of the grandeur and sacrodness of
duty and understood the necessity of dis-
cipline, that mystic bond which united all
his companions in an invincible whole
while he remained alone, isolated, proba-
bly lost for having discarded, like a heavy
yoke, the necessary order and discipline.
But tho joyful’s mind could not long
remain m'cuplcd with serious thoughts,
so, raising his head, he sold, with a smile:
“Won’t the others be surprised if they
find mo hcro with my shecp when thcy
come back? And the comnmndant,” solo
hc, laughing heartily, “how astonished he
will ho!" Thcn. looking at tho sliccpscdt-
tcrcd on the plain, grazing like Mme. lic-
shriulicrc's lambs- on the tranquil banks of
the Hand. lu- mldcd, “All the sonic, I
shall be confoumicdly bornl hcro for thn'c
months.” Suddenlyahright idcnm-currml
to him. [in Would train one (if his pon-
sloncrn‘ and mokc u lcurnml sliccp of him!
For lhcrvwns in (.‘nrcttc mmcthing of
(lavroclu: ondof Barnum, unitcd to thc
carelessness of tho chllyrnud tn the runn-
ly mnfldcncoof tho soldier in his arms and
in his courage. Aftcrwardhc buslcd him-
self in preparing: a slicltcr for the night,
which he tried to make as solid llfi possi-
ble, propping thc gourbi (a but made of
branches and brushwood) against a rock
and strengthening itns Well as ho could
with the materials at his disposal. This
took some time thu he saw the sun
sink in the horizon, ho mmlc a tour of the
little plain whom he had liccn abandoned.
Si't'llifl nothing to make him anxious, his
mind was at casc, and he began to prepare
his cvcuiug incal, whistling mtyly.
The night had conic—n calm night, sl-
lcnt and serene, such asouc sccs only in
thodcsclrt. Tin-re was not a cloud in the
sky, and the town, which. on account of
the purity and transparency of the utmost-
phcrc, uppcars lnrm-rnnd tuorc brilliant
than in any nthcrpurt of the carllt, smucd
cntlimnml in the midst of a host of stars,
also inure Humorous and brighter than
olscwhcn‘. (ilwdlcnt tonn instinct com
mon to all domestic, nniumls, thoslm-p colv
lcctcd for tho nlnbtaruuud tlu-irsluplu-rd.
'l‘licy covcrcd the plain for a great tilt-41>
tuttcc toward tlic cast. At tlic “cut
of thc ruck against which the chhyr
bod rrw-cn-d his gourld was a ravinc,
not vn-ry inrm- lu that spot, but dccpcn-
int; toward the north and south. At thc
north it tiltilillltt'ltl’t'fi bctwm'n slopes cov-
crcd with cactus. rows and llurbary fig
tret's, whose interlacing branches offered
to the rcptlies nnd animals of that rcgiou
haunts ixmu-nctrablc tumnn. At the rumth
tho ravine lmrdcrcd upon a vullcy, in
which was csinblisbcd the llnuor or Arab
villuuc, which had furnished our lntcst au-
gn'umrs.
'l'hc poor soldicr, ignorant of tho cxist,
once of those- mioubrublo spots, hcnriuu
no mood. scutnl ltimsclf on u rock and
lifllilll to doom.
it will be iuqmssiblo to cnumcratonll
tho tumuorics which his tlmuuhts evoked,
norm: touching, oven poctlcnl, others slur
ply gay or guilty, but all full of charm to
him at that hour and in such circum-
stances. After a hasty lmk on his past, a
look which embraced his childhood, hie
wanderings and his success as a module
bank, his cscapmlcs, his love affairs, he
bosom tothlnlt of tho sorority of his chiefs,
of the council of war which had sent him
to the African battalion, of his popidmity
among his eonirmlm, and finally of his
prmcnt situation. The result of all this rot“
mpcotion was a melancholy look ad-
dresml to heaven and these few wonls:
“It (haven't matter, but it would be strange
to die on such a beautiful night.” With a
versatility peculiar to thesabndly balanced
brains, he struck the ground with the butt
end of his gun and cried, aimmt gayly,
“Bah, l have my illngotwunland my
cartridges; chrythlng is quiet, and it will
be light tomorrow."- In order to drive
one the ideas that saddened him and
cried his courage, hctook his hontboy
and Wm] to give a little concert.
Humor, he was mistaken. Everything
med quiet, but there is for every man a
night without a marrow, thntef death,
audit mutuitohsvo come for thcpoor
cephyr, for tvw comics, «gently formula
hie, the lion and the Kabyics, ware ode
vanclng silently in the shadow.
Thckingof the mountain. whom the
Arabs all field, had just evaluated in his
den, his eyelids still heavy with tinder»:
» no: but bad along nominally
- it one ,. ‘ ”M’ ‘
.1.
. than all!
- RSDAY
and sure, seen ugwi _ tattoo or
fear every obstacle on his patli‘, exploring
with atrauquil air the shadows met by
the rocks. boundln with grace over the
clumnis which open before him. When
he reached tho summit of a hill or one of
those cscnrpmouts which the moon inun-
datcd with hot rays, his grand silhouette
unituutcd and filled the landscape. (in
arriving at tho entrance of the ravine ltc
stopped, took ,lircntb. and with the some
majestic and on” step turned toward the
Zephyr‘s cncampumnt.
The rock upon which the soldier was
scaled did not rise more than 15 feet above
the bottom of tho ravine, so that with a
single bound the lion could have numbed
the top. He cnuu- stcudllyon in the shadow
thrown by the little cmincnco, raised his
head to measure the height, crouched as
if ready to spring, but instead of doing so
straightened himself again and seemed to
listen.
The sheep, not very intelligent, as every
one knows, reassured, as men often are,
by numbers, sit-pt quietly, suspecting he
more than their guardian the approach of
the cncmy. 'i‘ho chhyr at this precise
moment was playing the most joyous
waltz in‘ his roportory. lie displayed
in its execution n scutiuu-n‘t, a' sweetness
of tone which ought to have charmed the
king of the mountain. Perhaps he was not
Vcry hungry just thou unless the proverb
which says, "Hungry stomach has at.
cat‘s," be false. llowcvcr that may be,
after two or three rnovcmcnts betraying
great uncertainty, thctcrrlble beast coded
by lying down at the foot of the hiliock,
supported his grcat hoadon his outstnatched
paws and with half closed lids seemed to
listen, which proves that the story of Dr-
pheus is not a fable.
Now the abandonmcnt of the shccp was
known to the neighboring douar. its in-
habitants, supposing that tho lnfldcls had
icft a guard or a number of mldlcrs sum:
cit-nt to dcfcud the flock, decided to await
the night to rcoonnoitcr. As all the war-
riors or men from the “great tents" were
away, the old Cold, who commanded the
tribe in the absence of the sheik, thought
it best to do this. At the hour when the
lion left his den i0 men, the Cold and a
young boy, almost a child, son of the
sheik, also left the douar and marched in
silence toward the plain, hoping to stir)
prise the Christians and carryolf their cat-
tie. Being ignorant of the number of the
enemy they were to encounter, the Cold
recommended his men to advance with
great caution, either that the surprise
rnightbc complete or in case it scorned
best not to attack that they might retire
without raising the infldcls’ attention.
They approach“! noisclcssly, arms in
readiness. finger on the triggcr, with the
Rental, tho slicik‘s son, sonic stcps in ad-
vance, for even in tho tlcscrt “nobles-:4
oblige.” ills old kinsman, the Cold, un-
pmud of the child‘s courage and folluwcd
his cvcry movcnu-nt with a look in \\lll(‘ll
could be read mingled solicitudc and ad
nitration.
’l‘luy wcus noorimr the cod of iluir cx-
pcdltinn whcn the lion. who sccutcd their
approach lwl'oru swing lhcm, upcm-d hi.»
lnrm- cycs. kuittcd his brows and row, A
bycna \vnnld luu'c fimi Him a coward, u
puntlu-r would lmvc lain in ambush tosun
prisc thcm lutcr. but the lion advanced
proudly to tho m'uldiu of thc ruvinc. iir
snillcd at tho carth. Then with swinging
tail, which su'cpt the ground from side to
side, withbrlstliug mane and sparkling
cycs, umjcstic and terrible, ho paused.
It. was at this mnmcnt that tho chhyr
saw him. The hautlmy, from which hc
lntcly drew such swu-t sounds, sllppod from
his band, and for n. minute he remained
pctriflcd with stupor, but soon recon-ring
his pn-scncc of mind and his courage luv
sclzcdlils gun, cockcd it and tonkulm.
lie was just about to lin- whcn a noise,
which he could not cxplulu at first. prc»
vcntcd him. Alliuu‘t at the some instant
be heard u voiw, with an accent of pro-
fuuudcst tcrror, cry, "('ald!" it was tin-
iiuumi, who luui Just [wrcrivml the lion.
Scizcd with tho burriblo {out which that
animal always product-s on the Arab, lic
tut‘ucd and run toward his companion.
All saw lillll tlwn. ’i'liu ('uid, form-fling
the ('lli‘lxliullfi whom be had come to sur-
[if'lNu cnmmmulnl, "l’irc!" 'i'ctt musket
shuts rungout in the night. lighting up
tbc ravine. but tln- lion rcumiucd slalilti‘
lug. llcuuva- u rour \\'iill‘li\\’lirs’ ccbmd
iilu- tbundcrou cwry old.- of thc mourn
tuin. 'i'bcn with ui‘t' prodigious bound
lu- full on the slxvil.‘s .-ou. 'l'llc lion was
holding the Round umicr his llcuvy paw,
his clmvs Wcrc digging into his ill-sh,
whilc with tllii n plumb, panting brmtli,
his t yrs blazing “llli icrm'liy, ho swutcd
rvmly to dcwur him. it was at this um-
ilu'iit lliul (,llii't'llc ill'l‘li. 'l'lic nulilv in'ttst,
struck in the temple, prove a sccomi roar,
but it was only a dcuth rattle this flow.
and [to fill tn risc no u ore. .‘lvauwhilc,
Not knowing that ho \vu. icud, thc widicr
Jumpcd lutu tho ruvluc , ud advnnccd
lu'uvt-iytu tho ferocious be: . \vllllctlw
Arabs, in spite of theirinconwstublo cour—
nuc, netted on the dcfcusivcpnot daring
to approach to dispatch iill' lit/n orlturuisc
tin-1r young cultirmic. it who the Zephyr
that lifted him and pluccd him upon a
rock. I have said that (Inwttc bad trav-
clcd with a oharintnu and prctcudcd to cor-
min uu-dlcui kuowh'dgc If his [li‘t'll’fl'
hinlm were not fully instilled, ibu-y were in
a memoir, his master taking about with
him a skeleton and sumo anatomical
plates, which be exhibited to the public.
ills pupil had offs-n cxamlncd thctu, and
bc bad in addition ll lightucss of touch. a
dcxtcrity acquired in prt-stltligituilou dur-
ing another photo: of his mln-nturous
youth.
This explains how be stauclwd the blond,
bondage-d llll‘ wounds and tcndcd the lion-
mi with skill which gnvollu-A min-x on cit
ultcd him of his talents.
Win-u bin ncphcw come to hlnuwlf, tbc
(.‘nhl, who until thcn'luul not» spoken,
u‘cnt up to (.‘art'ttc and thunkcd him
without lunch effusion, but in the grave
toncsiwculiarto the men of the incon-
taino, which, if it is loss cxprcssch, is
more simeero than the loquacity of the
(locks. 'l‘ho trophyr, who spoke a little
Arabic, like most soldiers whohnvo passed
sonic time in Africa, expmscd to the Cold
his desire to llVo on good terms with them
in no earnest a tone that his new friends
could not doubt his sincerity. From that
day he was, so to speak, adoptcd by the
tribe of licnl~llmmncrs and almost liml
with them. The sheep were guarded by
the men belonging: to tho Driuar, to which
the scphyr had rendered a service. Dur-
ing this time Coretta tended the sick,
played on the hautboy, on: hot dishes,
swallovrcd yntcgnns and juggled for every-
As he didnot kill may more patimte
d. .
illicit mus.- his boat-
, . V , “ill ’
"g... ' ‘ _,
housemamminfi
of the tears shed when speaking of the de-
parture of the "Joyful.”
Four mouth-later we returned to the
plain where we had abandoned the sheep.
The expedition had been gone longer than
we at first supposed, but it had endtd hap-
pily. Kabylia was subdued, the -l)ouars
had surrendered, tho tributelutd been dis
charged, and the Kubyles, who had received
us with musket shots at the beginning of
the campaign, returned in our ranks, de‘
sorting as they neared their own villages.
When the advance guard emerged from
the mountains onto the plain and saw it
covered with sheep browsing quietly, a
great cry arose, and the news spread with
rapidity of a telegram from head to foot
of the column. "Coretta and the sheep!
The sheep and the chhyri Impossible!
But look, there they are!” Those phrases
and others like them were repeated from
left to right of our little army and reached
the general, who, not finding it credible,
put his horse to a gallop in order to con—
firm such a miracle with his own eyes.
The chhyrs, more interested than any-
body in the matter, as it was to them an
affair of honor, raised a ”hurrah" and
broke into a run. At last we had to yield
to ocular evidence. The sheep were there,
and Carctte, leaning on his gun, smiling,
but with something grave in his eyes,
waited our arrival with dignity.
Then the drums boat, the bands played
their gayest hire and for an hour the brave
:cphyr was the object of a veritable ovation.
Hero perhaps I ought to end this cpl-
sodc, of which 1 can attest the truth, be-
ing an eyewitness, but I am a conscien-
tious writer and believe I shall satisfy my
readtyrs more by telling them what cvon-
tuaily became of Coretta. if he had not
belonged to the African battalion, it is
probable that he would have been deco,
rated, but his artistic antecedents forbade
his having that distinction—at least so
thought the general, who gave him in-
stead 100 francs. On their sido tho Boni-
llnmmers had prepared the lion's skin, as
they know how to do it in the desert, and
when we entered Constantino Cmcttc
found himself rich. lie sold the skin for
800 francs. As soon as he was in posses-
sion of that sum he took a "stretch" (ille-
gal absence) of three days with two com—
rades. This cacapado cost him what the
regiment culls "eleven and four”-—thnt ls,
ll days in prison and four in the black
hole.
"Sic transit gloria mundi,”
I met him precisely at the moment when
they were taking him to tho “carccre
duro,” and the interest I felt in him
prompted me to rcmonstratc with him on
the past. “Rain” he replied, “if instead
of giving me ion francs the general had
givvu limo. handshake it might. perhaps
have made me rcllcct; but. no, lu' gave me
the moncy, What, could i do with it? Buy
a litilisc?" lic shrugged his shoulders.
“it was to how a sprcc with, wasn't it?
That's what i did. and now flu-y lock me
up. All, vvrll, it is not, ins-t. Because,
you scc, tile iIl’lli'f'lli ricvcr Would have not-
clcor, as i did, with from) shccp on his
hands. and a lion, and all tho limitluins—m
mm and wumcu. I would like to have
srcn him in my placc." llc mtvc another
shrug showing his disdain for ilii‘ guru-ml.
nftcr which lu- Wt‘l’if oil with the corporal
to rcnuiin unticr lock and lwy fur 15 days.
To!) ycnrs intcr i had lcft tho army and
settled in the country. (inc day, broring
a livcly t:ilrrc:ttlnu uul>i¢iv the grating, I
opened the window to find out thc cause.
It was my srrvnnt opposing must cm-ruct-
lcaily thc cntmnnv of a man, an ass, a
woman and a little girl. The Hum sccmcd
dctcrmiucd to cutcr in spin.- of all n-mon—
slrunccs. I recognized lllill at once by his
sly air, his blur» cycs and curly hair. It
was Cnrcthn i confuse that l was plcnscd
to soc him again, not only for hirusclf,
but for all fln- nu-morics evoked by his
pruncncc. I callml to tin-scrvnnt to lot him
in and run out to inn-t him. The use and
the imicscrilntblo baggage which lwcarriml
ch- put in the stable, and I made ('n-
rcttc and his family come into the dining
room Thcn he told me that he was mar-
ried and that he traveled in turn as musi-
cian, dcntist and pmstidigitntor; that.
thanks to his industry, he iivcd Wu” and
was cnntcnt with his lot. “ liut all tin-
sanic." lu- uddcd, with a sigh of rcurct, “i
have nvwr bud and ncvrr shall how such
a good timc as during the four nwnthsl
sprint with flu- litfli'lllllllllll'l'fi.”-1Vrllll5‘
iiili'tl From tiw l’n-uchuf (“Hunt Alfrrti do
\‘rrvlns For Short Smrim.
(‘nt or Thrust?
English cavalry sit-unis arc tuadu partic-
ularly for cutting. though with tln- stwi
scubbard it. i.~ tlimcult to undvrstomi how
it kwli t'titzc is in inc pnu-‘crt'cti. and in ilit’
ianl‘ti I‘xt'rl'ini' cutting is vcry assiduous-
ly taught, and vein cloily in tin: yutrly
ruouutml comprtitiou for atvortlmunsblp
prizes tho vnluc nf tho point is impressed
emphatically on tho mcn. liut if our cnv~
niry Wcm to go into action tomorrow can
any Mic who knows our Millicr'stinulrt find
the create-r numbcr of tbcm Would at once
brain to cut at their cucmyl
They have been tamzbt to cut, and they
will cut qultc H'uuflllt'rirl of tho cxcrtlons
which thcy entail on tlicmsclt'cs and for-
getting that thc wmpous haw points as
\chI as cdm-s. if we cuitipm’u the value
of tho [mint with that of the cuts as rc-
gards its effect on an cncmy, it is launch»
ttrnbiy the more vfit'cllvc. in a cut, own
if the smml does not turn in the hand and
if the wig" falls truc, it is din-aye more
than likely that it will encounter a but-
ton, a belt or a pouch, which will prevent
it from litifit‘il‘zttlflif. The out, too, do-
pttnds cntircly on the vigor of the soldier's
arm and is not twisted in any way by the
crash and impotus of the charge. Except
in a very small minority of cases, its rt."-
suits will gout-rally be a bruise or a slight
flesh Wound.
'l‘odclivcrn point, on the other hand,
makes little physical cxcrtion. The
sheer weight of horse and man behind the
Word is sufficient to drive it through ai-
moct anything. if the point does hits
piece of metal, it will probably only clip
onto a spot more easily pierced, and if it
does enter the body of man or bone a
Wound serious, if not fatal, will rmrcly be
indicted. The heavy cavalry of Napoleon
were armed with swords ttmdt- tmtn'cliilly
for pointing, tmtl when they charged they
left Ill'ntll in their track.~»liiackwmsi’s
Magazine.
first After Meals.
"After dinner sit awhile," is a time
hemmed saying. It. is also a very true and
physMogimlly currectrme, for when our
Judie undergoing dimion our tardy In
hing a grantee-l of important work. If,
the-fans; we in taking exercise
‘ really“bnrningthc
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Leave South Norwailt, 7:30 a. to. Leave Xew York. Beekman street. 2:15 p. 111.; Satur-
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in!
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started with less than two boats. Sailing measurement will be the load waterline and 1-3 the
overhang added. 'l’ime allowance will be that adopted by the Herveshof! Schedule. N 0 shift-
ing of ballast will be allowed in Classes A. and B. No restriction as to ballast in other classes.
No restriction as to sails in Classes A. and B. Only Jib and Mainsaii in Classes 0. and D.
)lslnsail only in Classes E., F. and (5. Classes ii. and i. Oyster Boats may carry J lb Iainsail
and Topsail only. No boat shall carry more than one man for every three feet of sailing length
or fraction thereof. not including sailing master.
ceasefire Milesto Windward or leeward and heturn.Entrance For.“
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But one in which the
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lilllll Plinth, Saturday, August iti,1894
OPEN TO ALL BOATS.
Handsome Pitchers and Prizes in Gold.
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ii if
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Meat and Perfect Fitting Shoe.
Best Material is Used. Combining Durability and Style
Making it the best 83.00 Seamless Shoe in the market.
EVERY PAIR WARRANTED.
Call and examine them beforepurchasing any other shoe, in
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‘TJUST RECEIVED A; LARGE LINE or
Baby Carriages,
FROM $5 UP.
‘ Large assortment of Oak Bed-room Suits, ‘Sideboards, Ex-
tension,Tables, li'anoy1 Chairs, and Butler Furniture at, bottom
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