The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

 4i- • â-  rm m^ Hi! ' Pii- One jKnall BojiB GhiistiBas. -^BhaaowU ^koUa •« «ie CferbtanM tne, .ilal atnlnils 1^ eagff eye* tpiwe. Sftyibi: -« JTofr. I iNpisr jul wha* Hmj hftve tot for me. ^^Tken'n m bully old p»ir of idckeled ikatea, llii til I of wUoh olMurly fadi o at M '^ElMt they're meant for a boy of abont my aiz3 â€" ~Xt I gat tfaem TU draw a prize. "**'1Aen over there U fk dandy dmm, '^irUeh I'm rather Ifid to believe will come M^ m^* "Oil printing preaa and type I eWJiich wonld be joat about the thing for ' ^ISwt dUpper sled looks nd^hty fine, SiLad I dioaldn'fr wonder if that were mine, J^ai I'm rather budined to think, from the ' looks -^f tiungo, that Til get that box of books. •**Aai the shotgnn np there behind the tree ;2'b mighty snre is designed for me •JLisd the camera and the baseball bat .Are coming to me, 111 bet my hat " -9!h««Hnera went to aaotber boy ..An4 leaded }um no withi peaceful joy, 'WiiBa 0i9 oasf: #1 ^pe and the (iriaiisg presfl ' "^ffled his cousin Tom with happiness .Aad.tiie nickeled skates, his brother Jim -^SflOiarked, with a grin, belonged to him, JkaA the dandy dmm and the dipper sled Were bctfa designed for his cousin Ned. flu when the si^aB. boy sadly saw "ffiM fldtotgan go he dropped his jaw, .jiiid doleful indeed became his looks Whea he lost his grlj^on the box of books, ^Wldla the thing that simply knocked him flat -Was the fact that he missed the. baseball bat. AND MM tiut gladdened that small boy's life '-Was a candy bag and a new jack-knife. .. AUUT JAHE S PAPES OF PINS. "I say now. Aunt Ji^ne, wh»t would you 7Mbs ior a Christmas present " .,Asmb Jane looked at her small nephew, --«3h froB his comer by the fire hurled this £aaation at her in the twilight. " What -awaM lUce}' she said, briskly. "Oh, a aet of Brownfaig in Russia leather, or Omar S.kayyam. or a new silk dress, or Millet's Ins,' the etching, in a cirved frame, '"'Oh, pshaw, now. Aunt Jane 1" Fred -^tarn^ied, " you know we can't get one of Iktmo things. I mee^nt â€" you know what I '«8Bat.' '^..Yau «aid what would I like " answered V AmfftiffaBa. She was lather fond of taking iisB children up for careless speakinc, but Wcad knew well enontrh the twinkle of fun .4iuA was in her eye now. "Well, I meant what would you like ^Out W8 could get," Fred ssiid. •• I do -day picking and choosing is worse than saa^iiung wlten you haven't much money, u.. -aadl we haven't, you know." r^ 'IfToJ" Aunt Jane Raid, dropping the "^mm.t -mitten she was knitting for Fred. ** W'ell.then, a paper of ^ins." "Ohioome now, anntie, that isn't fair ..-!fba) isn't any present." 'f t's aometbing I want, and something jroaean afiord to buy, isn't it(?" Aunt Jane jnid, langiiing a little, as she picked np Iter knitting. "But be aurs they are the liestmake, Fred I can't use poor pins. " Aad with that she left Master Fred to his -aaeditations. "A paper of pinsâ€" nshaw 1 Aunt Jane • jaab Mkes to tease ns b -ya. If she wasn't faat aa op-and-dowa J4wel of an aunt MHmt kites and ginger l»ead, and pfun^'ing jdads and all the rest, I'd feel like taking 'her at iier word. A paper of pins â€" hnm " And therewith tnere crept into Fred's inaia the first glimmer of an. idea. Pre- amtiy he shared it with Kate, the sister laeKt older, and then with Will and Mary, aad then with mamma and the result was Ob Christmas morning there appeared at SuA Jane's doer a prooesdon of dUldrtm -dKqring a lartte roll, which, after due greet- cney'solemnly unrolled on the Ied lAant^Jane lay. At the head of. the I was a pretty laoe-pin from mamma (a ^griden arrow in flligre«), next a handsome ukawl-i^ ia wrought diver from papa, then soam faoey hair-pins in tortoise-shell from ftta^ and then every variety of pin the shops aJEsrdâ€" large and small, black and whitn, milUner'a pins, hat-pins,, hair-pins, safety- â- leave bnttoa-pincH-all rangeid neatly tawB the {Aper. And under all was fasten- ed* handaome card â€" Mary's work â€" which tliat thelinchi^ and the tholr-pin i their oomplimenta, which they thought wostd Im more acceptable to a lady's toilet- taUa tiuB they themselves would be. we knew the express would have a hard time to get through. ' "We made up our minds to liave a.'.oowjFa Christmas all to ourselves, and tried to oo^ fart little Som, who liad made np his n^M thatlia m«i* â- â€¢â€¢ P»P* â- '"' mamma ttet v«T BiahV IpBthimtobad aidwithttai^ tronUas bMtan; for T«n, drtd « W^V awakafocperhs^ «ea mfamtaa. got up te Ae dark, tried to find liia way downatalrs and fell from top to bottom of the steep gtaircasa. "We picked him up in a twinkling and lb ^pas BOt many mfaiates iMfore wefoand, tliat one of his poor little legs was broken. " '111 so for the doctor,' aidd grandpa, at once and then he sank back into a chair and groaned, remembering that we had no horse, and that he conld not fight his way through those drifted roads. I dare say we were foolish old people, but we absolutely didn't dare try to set that leg, and mean- time it began swelling, and poor little Tom never for a' minute stopped crying. " 'And to think, father,' I said, through my own tears, 'the express will go by with- in a quarter of a mile of ns, and we can't stop It. Oh, if we could for maybe there' is doctor' oa board, and he'd come for little Tom's sake.' ••Bat the express did not go by. It whistled, and we could see from the window that the track was again blocked, and that it would have to be cleared. •• •Hurry, father,' I cried • see if you can wade across the fiald, and get help.' " But there was no need. While he was tying on his scarf, there came a kicking and stamping at the kitchen door, and when we opened it, thare stood your father, and weren't we glad then he'd studied to ba a doctor " Train had to stop, he explained, ' so I got out and waded across lots. Mary's gone on to town, and is going to spend the night there, but I haid an impression I'd batter stop and see to yon.' " It wasn't long before the poor little leg was safely witiiin splints, and Tom had gone to sleep holding his father's hand. Next day, the roads were broken, and a horse sled brought Mary, your mother, to us." A Faithfol Pz-Slave. J? Giandma'a Ohhstmas- '•Were you ever tmly thankful at Christ- grandma " asked Jean, the household l^sgaeandpet, •'right down thankful for «aalchings, I mean, and not jajt thinking ««tiier the tar key is Ing enougu or the eqtiaeb Mir ffnod sa it wu last year " '"iLoItea think I am," saidgrandma.emiling «war ner knicing, "and once I know I was.' "Tell me »b rat it," was, ot course, the 4MZ6 demand, and grandma, unrolling aaather largth cf yarn, began her story. '*It was » long vime ago, according to the «aekonijig of snctt young rhicgs as yon, when 4;raiid{ia and I lived in the little house in jmaban, not far from the railroad track. ^tiil, it was a good ways from the ttktion, ami though the txpress trains wh'zaed by -widnB a qnattir of a mile of ns, we had to -teanral aeviin miles before we oo(^ take one. "Ooefail, before yon were Iwm, yonr -Cathar and mother went out Wast to visit -yaiK otbar grandma and left your brother jbaas with me. fie Was only four then, and a •dear little pet and camfortL W« hoped tliey -waald bo borne by Coriatmaa T«y, nnt two vdaya before, tiie greateat snowstorm I ever Jcaawfe aady ia tba â- a waon, began to pack the rn^da. and tfveaoAar taa teooea. â- * *Ko asa to expect 'em.' said grandpa, '"^ha tn^ win be blooked np, and ve might *• w«U giv* 'dm up for a week or so. ' 'n«.«aric^^pefioadB|,^sadcak1iie very .««• of Coziataiaa laa raOway track «raas6 CMipletely covered that, althengh ^....flDkuhad btiB t n^ vo c ear I: »ll»ii iuag The superintendent of census comes nearer the throbbing heart of poor humanity thanj any other offiaial in Washington, eays a letter i to the New York "THbune." Of all the departments his alone is not governed b; oivil-servioe laws, and consequently that class of people whom Victor Hugo sweeping- ly described aa •'Las Misarables" turn to the census bureau. Same who apply are gentle- women of middle age who can not past a civil-service examination, because when they were young, girls were taught to be house- wives and no provision was made for a widowhood or adverse circumstances when they would be forced to earn their own and their children's bread. Mr. Porter, the superintendent, says there is always one question that he is forced to put to appli- uanta that goes through them like a knife. It is the simple and legitimate question. " What can you do?" Marvelous It is the number of people in the world who have no definite idea of their oirn capabilities. When the question doesn't bring tears it ia nsnally follevred be a wringing of the hands and a helpless •' I cannot tell," but rarely by a direct confident answer. One of these cases is unmatched in pathos. Mr. Porter boarded for a dme after coming to the capi tal at a hotel where he noticed that his waiter was unusually attentive. The man did not seem to care for fees, nor did ha ask anv thing for himself. For a month or two this dumb admiration was carried on until finally Mr. Porter said " What is it, Wallace You seem to have something on yonr mind." "Yes, sah Ise been studyin' sab, as how like nnff dey mout be some place in tho cen- sus for my yonng missis. She's desarvin' but is to proud to ask fob anything. Ise been ctudyin' nighJa yeah how Wallace conld get somethin' fob de missis, and when de head waitah, sah, sens you to my table, I jest said, de Lawd will provide." ••Who is the woman, Wallace?" Mr. Porter asked. •'She's de only chile of my ole massa 'fo da wah. Massa was kild an' minis an' de chile came norf when dey loss' all. Dey lib alwve G^eatFalls, an' doan tell It^ aah, but dey's ver' peah." As Wallaoe finished some one came up to talk with Mr. Porter and the matter was for- gotten. Wallaoe knew how to wait, and it waa not untdl another fortnight ttiat he said, hopefully " My young missis, sah, I fohgot to say dat sha ver' intelleotual an'do everything consciously." Wallaoe had the darky's aptitude for sonndinfr words and passed among ids oolleaguea as that myateirious Tidui, a " college graduate." There waa a Indiorons pedantry b«ut lilm th»t made ona think he must have been bora a college graduate. lo waa his elect destiny. Mr. Porter recced further oonfidenoe from the Ironest fellow, who could do what few white people wonld do in this selfiih world â€" ask a favor for some one else liefore himaelf, and, in this case, for the daughter of the man under whom he Imd sufferad twndage. QPromising to rememter th^ "young missis," Mr. Porter left and might have for- (Totten her if it had not been for the faithful, ever- watchful Wallace. Finally one Satur- day night he said "Well, Wallace, 1 have something for your yonng mistress. Tell her so come around to the census bureau next week and there will oe some work for her. " iiater he learned from the lips of *be "young missis" that ^Vallaoe had walked fonrreen miles thmugn the rain that Satur- day night after hU w«i k vr%a done to tell her the good news oi nar A^volntment. She had not known that he w«o seeking the place for her, although for some weeks he tiad remarked mysteiiously " Da Lawd am providia'"â€" [Chicago Mail. Preparing the Christnuui Dinner. Many of the extra preparationa can be undwiched in among the wgnlj* duties of aach day, and Christmas avawni find yon bash and vigorous for tha next days wort. iPian to have part of the bakiaff done eawy bthe week. Mince can be made tte waek before, but the pumpkin and appla pUa should not be mada baf«aa Tneaday. 5a Monday select and oook tha meat, and white that is simmering atone the ralsina, and prepare the fruit for the pies and pudding also pound and sift the aweet herbs for the Btnffi5«, and see that you have some bread that will ba itale enough for it by Tues- day. If you have time chop the meat and apples and m!x all the ingredients for the mince meat. HOKDAT Mix the white bread and alio the brown bread. Stew the pumpkin, and make the pastry. The plain pantoy, if properly made is rich enough for any pie, but, if you prefer, you may make puff paste for the rims and npper crust and use the plain pastry for the lower ornet. Make the pies and while they are baking, roll the crackers for tho pudding. Bake the bread. TUHSDAY. Make the plum padding. The oraokers and raisioB having been previously prepared, it can be put together in a short time. Bake it and set it away ready to be warmed over the mx: day. Stew the cranberries and make the hard sauce for the pudding. The pudding and chicken pie can be baked on Christmas day if yon are so fortunate as to have a range in which you can bake them in tho lower oven. Boil the chicken for the pie. Clean the turkey, stuff and truss it that it may be ready to be put into tha pan the next morning. Stew the giblets till tender, and pat them where they, will not become hard and dry, but do not chop them until Wedensday. There are naually children or gentlemen at any such gathering, who are glad of the chanoe to crack the nuta for you on Christmas morning, but, if you must do the work yourself, it is pleasant occupa- tion for Christmas eve. (This reduces the actual labor for Christmas day to the making of the crust kf or the chicken pie, the cooking of the turkey and the vegetables, a -id the making of the gravy and tea and cof- fee. CHBISTMAS HOBNIKO. Make the chicken pie, and bake it as soon aa poEBible after breakfast. It cin be warmed in twenty minutes, while the turkffy and vegetables are being prepared. Then wash and pare the vegetables, and put the celery in a oool place. Lty the table, aad get every thing ready that will De need- ed. All these preparations made, you will be ready to change your dress and greet your sruests, who^ at a •'Cuiadian Christmas Dinner," are not expected to wait until the dinner hour, ^f ore they present themselves. An hour /before dinner will be sufsient time to cook and prepare all the vesetables, to reheat the pudding and put the fisishing touches to the arrangements of the table, Li^y your table with your largest plates small dishes will be needed for those who do not wish the cranlierry sauce or onions oh a plate with the meat. Put the bread, bnt- er, cranberry sauce and celery on the table, and arrange the fruit, nuta, puding sauce and pies ready to be brought on when needed. The vegetables are to be pared, aiid oeoked in boilinr, salted water about half an hour. The squash may lie steamed over tiie pota" toes, and the water on the onions should be changed twice. The eqaash and turnip should be drained, mashed and seasoned with butter, salt and a little pepper. A speck of sugar will improve the squash. The onions snonld be drained, heated again in milk enough to oover them, and seasoned with salt, butter and pepper. The potatoes may be drained, beaten np thoroughly with a fork, sprinkled with salt and piled lightly in a dish. Keep each vegetable warm in the dish in which it has been cooked, while you prepare the gravy, pub fresh water on to boil for the tea, and heat the plates and diffhes for serv ing. The padding may be set into a large kettle of boiling water on the back of the stove. Chop the giblets and put them over the teakettle to Warm. Make the gravy, and serve half of it plain, and half with the gib- lets. Make the tea and serve it with the dinner, as your elderly gueata will perfer it then. Those who wish oeffee will deubtieea prefer that after the deaaert, and it need not be â- lade till the first o«urae:has beemaerved. It is alwayi^wise ta lOlow ample tims for a dinner, but H ia imperativa on ChrisW mas day. DenbtleM your gueata will understand hew to add to your enjayment of the dinner, by ao enrbfaig their own, that you will not be eompelled to make a pratenae of eating to avoid belnr " left belilaS in tlia raoe." Of oourse jrour "bettor half needs ao hints about carving. And if yoahava no help in the kitchen we hope he has the happy tact of so diverting the attention of your guests that yonr neces sa ry work ia ahani(iaa for the second oourse may net be done with llie con- sciousnees that every eye is upon you. If a deUshtfnl oostem of Christmas day in the olden tine ba not forgotten, thera will be a spirit of kindness and informality among your most familiar (ueats, that will prompt;them to via with each other, as to who shall have the Iionor of helping you in that usually dreaded task, rtc, the clearing np after the Christmas dinnerâ€" « tlm when, if ever, is proved the true tA tha old saying, "Many hands make light work." Because. "Freddie," said a little gfrl to her brother, " do yon know why the world goee round and round ' " Yes," replied Freddie promptly. ••Why?" " Beoanie it has its axis to grind. " 'From He Enew- yonr dwoription of tbei symp' toms," said the doctor, **I gather that your wife in saSering from the dumb ague." "Fromttfednmb'tfguet" ' "Yea sir." "1 don't think so; i^ mvc be tha bnj i: ist' tfaa r uab vuiici). ' agnr. Mr. H-'CongrttuUtlona, old fallow. Boy or girl ' Mr. B. (sorrowfhUy)â€" ••Both. Twoo"em." " The disappearance of the bnffalo from tha North American plains is leading to tha con- aideration of a pdseibUity of the elephant be* coming extinct in Africa. The oonatqeaoea to the ivory trade would be dire, and tha oontingeBcy may not ba ao ramotpasaoma think. The bast ivory ownea from Afrioa. and the destruction of elephants there an- uuaUy is very great, ona authorityeatimatlBS that in fif »y years tha aafaaalai^ b« »]ctlaoi^ The ooaaumpii'iQ of ivory haa bean a*timat»d at about 15,CO0 cwt, yaarir. which would mean the deesmotion of perhapa 45.000 etephanm. whOa the aaHvM of Afjlba thsm- Bslvea kill a good many and retain tha finest tusks for their own decoration. Oat. olviUaa- tlon demands knlfe-handlea, booite, piano keys And bUliard balls of ivory, sad Whim, the supply of material runs jQat vawne inventive genins will have to try his hand «t a tnbsti'iule, though the connois«ears »ffdot t» baliiv« that no'htott oan ever take the CHSIBTMAS OAHDT. mcKoaTHXi* Caoty.â€" Two oupa of wgwr, hi£^ri^oftrater. BU untntick. flavor with axmct of le«m, rta^^n omfpot hickory nnt maat^ tnm In » large flat fflA. Whan cold out la cqaaraa, ALMoro CA8»T.-Topii#|oima Jfwr take half • pint of water tha whtt» of e«, lat^tand a abort tfme, then boil a few^utee, skim and 1mU until tUok. Mix In a pound of blanched almond^ take feom tha^ra. rtfr. and pour on buttered CocoAHxrr Caott.â€" A pound and a half of white auaar and one pound of grated cocoa- nut add the milk of tha cocoanut to ragar. boil five minutes, put In the grated oocoannt, beUten minutea longer, and stir *© keep from burning. Pour on buttered plates to harden. NouoAi.â€" Drop a pound of almonds in boUiz« water, skin, whan cool, cut m pieces. Dissolve a pound of sugar with a little water. Pour in the almonds, and cook eight minutes. Grease a pan, set in a warm place, put the almonds and sugar on, press them to the side and bottom of the pan with a lemon cut in halves. Take o£F the stove, turn on a plate and cool. Chocolate Caramels.â€" Pat half a pound of chocolate, half a teacup of molasses, a cnp of sweat milk, two pounds of broirn sugar and two ounces of butter in a preserving kettle, net on the fire, let heat slowly, and stir until dissolved. Then boil until stiff.. Take from the fire, fl»vor with vanilla, bum in a greased pan, when partly cool, mark in tqaarea with a dull knife, stand in a cool place to harden. Cbbam Dates â€"Pat the white of one egg and a little cold water in a Iwwl add a tea^oonful of vanilla and beat uatil frothy, add sugar to make a stiff paste, work with the huida until smooth, form in small balls, lay on greased paper, and put in a-cool place to dry. Bemove the stones from large dates and pres« the little balls into the place, roll in granulated sugar and set away to harden. Quick Molasses Cahdy. â€" One cup of New Orleans molasses one- half cup of light urown sugar, two tablespoons of vin^^r, a piece of butter the size of an egg. Boil steadily about ten minutes, then try in cold water, if it hardens it is done. Just Iefore taking it from the fire add one-fourth of^ a teaspoon of baking soda do. not dissolve it, but put it |n dry. Pour on buttered plates to cool, and pnU as soon as can be liandled. Very nice pop-corn baJl* are made by having the com roasted and leaving a little of the candy in the bottom of the kettle, pour in all the p3pped corn it will dampen, stirring carefully until it takes np the candy. ALoBt ObristiLas Dinner- The Bwker family consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Barker and a grown son. They were all posseued of good appetites and a fond- ness for the fiaah-pots. The family being small and times hard, Mr. Barker did not buy a turkey for their Cliristmas dinner, but in its stead brought home a nice, plump chicken, just right for roasting. Some economies had to be practised before the Barkers conld afford even a chicken, and they viewed their purchase with great sasisfaotion and pleased antioipatfon. Just as Mrs. B^ker waa laying the ?Ioth for dinner, there oame a rap at the door, and a round-faced, rebust-loaking young Scotchman, a new acquaintance of Ben's, came in, and of course ha was invited to stay for dinner, as jthe Barkers were the moat hospitable of people. jThe ch'cken came on the table so brown and delicious that Ban could not help smacking his lips, and Mr. Barker was iu the happiest mood. Instead o^ himself filling and passing *be plates of his family and guest, it waa Mr. Baker's custom to •'pass things," witn a "nelp yourself" invitation. He carved the chicken to the bone in the neatest manner, and putting cdl the meat on a separate plate, pasead it to the guest. To the amae«mnat and consternation of tha family, Scotch Joe passed back his empty plate, with a polite •'Thank you," and im- mediately began operations on the entire chicken. A half-tearful, distressed look oame into yonng Ben's face, Mr. Baiker glanced sadly at the bare, white â- keleten of the chioken on the platter, and at the meat on Jee's plate. Mrs. Barker remarked soberly that she wonld take some of the •'â- tnffing," if there waa any left. isan'a twenty-one years and prominent mustache did net keep him from saying, â€" "It don't look aa thought we was going to get any, pap." "We aini," said "pap," aa he slowly turn- ed the skeleton over and over, only to dis- cover that ilia work had iieen but too well done. And they did't get any not alite. Scotch Joe ate every fibre and shred of that chicken and as Mrs. Barker tossed the bones into the swill-pail, she could not help saying,â€" "A two-leggad pig haa liad the first ohanoe at them." War's In a recent article «. gFMt Eoropsan war £o? k piropheUas that the JlfSt^ wounded wiUb on, d;'^«ki wni novat have soskedT ^ijj^ York "Sun," PrrSfeCj regarded as a wofe»ii«.7"»ikl most of hispubuSej!^.«lv5l preach and magnitude of*^J have been taken with, J S] late,_however, the m»i»iL"»,«ll continent who wiite UtlS' military subjects have beenl ing around to his nitZf in furnishing their armiBs'iv* and_ deadliest ..^S^Si^ ThevastsnpsrorityofthM,, all wwpons of former time, uV- recent estimates of -Xpert, it' war the loeses of tha oomkw'"*! or40percentofthemenh ^•3 that ir. far more than^oSft-' the war of 1870 71. The C„ " 77ith whicjh Germany woaHfevJ twenty years ago ia to day W*.' pretty antiquated weapon" V,^. offiveandone-halfkilognCd ber of nmeteen millimetere it C.,! " but 500 meters, hardly ote-'S To-day the Frich coasidet •" Interesting to Horsemen. The following, from the New York •« Sun," is well vr-*h making a note of by every horse breeder in the country •• The wonderful jumping of the Canadian horses at Chicago is In line with what is supposed to have been the hobby of New Yark riding men. It has never iMen commented upon in the newspapers, but it is a fact hat a large number of hunting men around New York, like the BdmontSi Chaever, Kemo- Chan and Collier, have for a long while been developing the breed of Canadian horses here and keeping a sharp lookout on tha Canadian market. Same of the best j amp. ing in the New York horse show of Isil* year was by Canadian horses, and, though r7 *? ""J ' •'•*'• **'»* *»» huntere IraUad aad SngW, there aeema to be no doubt amoivtho lovers of good horKfiedi that they wtU eventaadly take the first rank. The magaificent peKfonnanosa of Oatarioand Rosebeiy, both of them Caaa- dito jumpera.ia beating the New York reocvd to]i^^, has again drawn atceadaB ho SVSh5!.!??**T*^ °* Canadian j|te^. Now that Mr. Clebhurdt's Leo Is da«d. File- maker la about tha cnly hofr«#. »h*t we nave I*! :*he ent to npho^ the high, jaumins record, and, as hU highest ju^ Kow been eohpsed by the two C*n«dl»^ hK {» Chicago, there will be a {^ood deal of anxiety here over the entiles for the jamp ng p.- yei f jr the comirg hoise a o* u S. yI a ' •. â-  " t kUogrammea weight, eight miS^' ber, and 2,000 meters raLrir" hind the times. The Germw twenty years ago delivered eishL the minute. Tiie French gna.llr ing out of date,delivera eight jhotii!! seconds. Daring the next jar 1 min army wiU ba provided Z magsizine guns, and the were deadly enough for it five yea J be laid on the shelf or mad a Jf Three years ago AnstrU-Hnnnrj k introduce thodern magazine gun g| iber among ite infantry, DuriM ii year, however, the introdnctiond U caltlMr guns has been f^ven m^i small caliber have taken their plug, too, has given her army gum oi* pattern. Russia alone, with hei, nearly 900, OuO men, sticks to tki" of former days. A good muf a heads on tha continent jattnow m to calculate tho effect of aU thee ments npon the condnct of the sen .. a recent issue of Die Natm,i(iaw\ ly, Hugo Hinlzj makes tiie prophecy "The various 'zones' in whidttb infantry may act are as f oUowt meters (one mile to three-fitiu olu zone of evolution 1,000 500 me! figbting zone 500-250 meters, i; creased and hot firing 250 zone of the laat firing, whence Ite volley is fired and the attempt to storm is made. The only cover attacking infantry is to be gotten lying fljkt on the ground daring tit Cover, whUe advancing from po(itiai sition, does not exist. The loneio! vancing infantry will be enoimw the nninterruplied crowdbg forwd mensely superior forces at puticulii will render its attacks socceiiM, ' a field of SOO meters' breadtli, constantly increasing voUeyi, nid soldiers a degree of moral coungti sistence that in past wars liu utiJ dreamed tf. Nor will the loam t' fantry be ooniiaed to its opandoa I the zones described, for, save iiii disadvantageous country, the arlill^ ba able to sweep the advanoiiis i wich a very destructive fire. ••The battle of the field artilliryi be leas murderonc. Aside from ra» J tions among the different kindici • the extreme range of grenade«iii»jl» aa 7,000 meten *eU over four inil»j« range of shrapael 5 000 ^leter^ dueling distance is between 2,00) wl meters. A prominent Germ«^«l artillery deacribes a modern Ktimyl thus A " 'It is a battle of life or omi^ the end ol which one of the prim^ dead on the field. It wonld be «« and inconceivable piece ot^w^ enter into such a struggle witho;! ' every poaaible means to vJcWiy. 1 ••1 would apply a simUar n»«^ whole struggle on the ba«le-MO»L ••One principal lies d^ad m '""•| other leaves the field a ""PPf .,j^f "Artillery will do it« "°f J dnrhig a battle of ibeMuf}'*^^ of 1,6J0 meters; nearer than 5Wj^ dare not venture. Aimrj^^. fire upon attacking cavalry W7"j meter Umit in au open Wa »^. win without difficulty. Wb»« ^,1 of the oavahry in such a »"7;, J annihilated. Already in iSj"" try, merely in line, rfeff,7\ atUcking cavalry. A^^ffi, factry p*ys no attention at »u cavalry till it has sppr^tti tb meters. Then it over-wheb^j^'j horsemen, unprotected, u ^^^ SAokeless powder, even ay » with twenty volleys to ttte " i â- laughter b over. ••The effectiveness of *• fP i cation guns has beenbroMM »^2 degree of perfection, i^eu* ^t have a range of 10,000 "^^^A of theprr j^ctiles of 'i'P'^J^M range runs as high ** ' gj^* Naval gun. *nd Runs oftW^ carry shot weighinc l.l'w* ^^ armor, no earthworks »»^j^^! ofthew' a 15 centimeter gw?*" :,t,r»» 40 or 45 piece*; tO'^^^ ",„,.«*• 350 pieces of over 10 P'^m\ 800 pieces of 1 ^O.gnm^^^ are thrown with reffioient' ^^^ aplankof twocentiffl«w«-^^^ fortifications can he coWO?^ ^| long withstand a bomD"' grenades." .•,, hrit" HerrHinz) also spe»« W ZiUnsky dyuamite gon. ^i aidera its fcrmidability toj^^'jtf in these times of eDorm"" » shortness of its range. ' Joggles was in » night. He came booal»» of sixpence.' " ,-Jie did!" ,..,*ytbef,V "Yes. and from the »*y^,j,i«' he must have bad W« r 0-' â-  ""-^'"•' ik