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Graphic Descrip n of Its Cap- tureâ€"Carried the Point of the Bayonetâ€"A Bril- liant Charge. Ezc‘n battery had two nine pounders and “A” Battery, in addition, a. Gatling gun, which was taken into action by Cap< tain Howard, United States at ny, and Lieutenant Rivers. As the column ap~ preached thac‘ae'a I was riding along with the urinary. Captain Freer, A. D. BEARIhH A “'HITE HANDKERCHIEF. The General and his stsfl" advanced and asked the priest to come forward. After a short time, during which the door was shut, the priest, accompanied by three others and five Sisters of the Faith and Compassion of Jesus. advanced and explained that they had gathered here from all parts of the Country to obtain the rebels prots c ion from the Indians, who were committing depredatlons and threatening the whites in all directions. \Vhile this conference was pzoceeding, Boulton’s scouts. on the rlgnt. engaged a score or so of Indians, who retired to shelter in a ravine. The priests explained to the General the lay of the land, and we proceeded at once to the height of land on the left of the parson- age. from whence we could see the Village of Batoche. The guns of “ A ” Battery had meanwhile been busy shelling the houses on both sides of the river,-a num- ber of rebels being seen retreating from them as soon as the firing commenced From the position we now occupied, it was seen that opposite the village proper a large camp of tents and Indian tepees. some of them grandly painted, was estab- lished, and some shells were thrown from our guns into its midst. When shout to limber up the gfins a couple of shots were fired from the brush down the slope, and a strong fusilade began on both sides of us. The Gatling was immediately brought into action on the place vacated by the Battery guns, and a ccuple of hundred shots were poured into the brush in almost as many sec )nds. The rebels did not seem to relish C., galloped up, and asked to have the guns sent. forward at once. The order was promptly obeyed, and we went, for- ward with the guns at a gallop. After proceeding a snort distance we found Boulhon’a mm, with the General and hi3 staff, halted about five hundred yards from a. large house, said to belong to one Caron, from which we saw some mzn run- ning. This all occurred on our extreme left, on the height of land overlooking the steep wooded river banks, and as the rebels were seen advancing along the banks it was feared an attempt would be made to attack our flank. The garrison detachment of "A" Battery was im- mediately extended on the brink of the hill, from the advance liri'e towards the rear. The Gatling gun was also turned to check the rebel advance and many shots were dropped to the rear. While the Gatling was engaged in this work, Driver Carpenter, of “A” Battery, was shot in the legs. On reaching a point di- rectly opposite our flank, the rebels took shelter in the heavy brush, and opened a heavy fire, out of reach of the Gatling, which was returned to its former position. The Battery guns then advanced to shell the village. “A” and “B” companies of the Royal Grenadiers, who formed the advance guard, extended, and advanced through the bluffs until the guns were reached, when they halted in line with the guns. The 90th, which formed the support, also extended, while the Mid- land Battzl'on and the Winnipeg Field Battery acted asf reserve force. No. 8 gnn of “A” battery was imme- diately prepared for action, and fired on the house, successfully shelling it. We then advanced, a Gatling gun being or- dered to proceed with the mounted scouts. Ac this juncture some persons were seen to emerge from a house next to a churzh, and Lhe Gatling was turned on to the buildi‘g After firing a few rounds a man in the garb of a. prlesf. ap- peared at the door of the house which was being attacked, THE WARMNESS OF OUR ATTACK, for many of them were seen in the dia- bance breaking cover, and taking to the bush on the banks of the river. Soon after the Gatlinghad retired, heavy firing was heard in the centre. and the Gatling Win at once sent there. The Grenadiera at this time were maintaining a heavy attack from the rebels, who were in the brush on the slope of the hill. and who made strenuous and decperate efforts to turn our flank. The Gatling and the nine-poundera Were immediately brought up in support of the Grenadiers, and THE REBELS BROKE FROM COVER and made a. dash for liberty. While this fight was in progress, Captain Mason, of the Grenadiers, while at the head of his company, was wounded in the hip, and had to be carried to the rear. After the artillery fire had ceased, the sharp- shooters continued the action, and kept upa fire with skirmishers all the after- noon. About noon therebelsfiredtheun- (let brush along the Whole front. but the About one o’clock the garrison division of “ A” Battery, with a detachment of French’s scouts, made an efl‘ort to clear the short ooulee from the rivet, running parallel to the large coulee at our fronb. Thor: were a number of rifle pits here, wnich were filled with rebell, and after akirmishers were not interrupted extent, as the fire burned out. 1 convenience was, however, given of the rebel markemen. who ma yards guns EEOC of the re a regular The gun to ailenc house in BATOCHE. fire, {ind n acr ‘tery «ccupled mai :0 river. ordered to any teat in- )y some u'mined undred 1 were BIG. l.â€"This costume, made of bison cloth in a blue gray and trimmed with “Kursheedt's Standard" silver-spangled braid, is exceedingly stylish and thoroughly practical. The “ldonea” basque is united with the "Chrystenah" skirt to form the costume, which is apprn riate for calling, church or street wear. he basque is curv- ed over the hips and the plaits at the back make it a. trifle longer than the front. Braid is arranged on the front of this. and on the Wide hox-plait in the middle of the front of the skirt. The short drapery, which is only at the hack of the skirt, is bnufl'ant and stylish, and can be easily arranged. The hat is of alternate rows of silver braid and straw, matching the dress in color, and is trimmed with a. full bow of green velvet rih- bon, the numerous loops being set high against the crown. All woolen and silk ma- terials and some cotton fabrics can be made in this way, and the garniture should al ways harmonize with the goods. The tas- que and skirt are illustrated separately e sew ere, and the quantity of material re- quire is stated in connection with each. Price of basque pattern, twenty-five cents each size. Skirt pattern, thirty cents. words wereâ€"“Boys, I did my duty ; to- member I loved you." CaptainFitch, of the Grenadiera, died while charging down the alcpe et the head of his com- pany, and Captain Brown, of Bolton's Horse, was directing his men to take cover when he was shot. firing away for an hour, tha men had to abandon the task and return. Gunner Phillips was left wounded behind, and the Battery had to make a second rush to bring him out of the coulee. Dr. Uodd. of the Winnip9g Baht-aw, “stated the ambulance bearers, and want down the coulee with them. Captain French, com- mander of the ac huts. performei A MOST HERON} ACT at this time. Cook, one of his men, had also been left behind wounded, and the captain returned at once to the coulep, and raisirg Cook upon his shoulders, su :- ceeded in bringing him mm amid a. brisk fire from the rebel shaxp hooters. The Midland Battalion Lubsequently made another (flu-t; to clear the coulee, bus like the previous ones. it was unrucceea- ful. After this the firing Blackened, and not a shot was fired fur half an hour at: a time. making a complete line from the river. “ Come on. Grenadiers," said 001. Strau- benzie, “ I am proud to command you ; keep ateady, and we shall clear them out.” and with loud cheers, which were repiied to by the force in camp and the Midland regiment below, the men made a. dash down towards the rebels, who had retreated into the bush, firing as they went; through. HOW BRAVE OFFICERS FELL. About one o’clock the Tenth Royal Grenadiers. under 001. Straubenzie, ex- tended in front of the camp, the Midland Battalion extended on the extreme left, along the edge of the cliff, and the troops advanced with loud cheers, which were the first notification that ths left camp had that any advance other than the usual daily advance of the skirmishors was to occur. The Grenadiers made a magnificent advance across the open above the church in a “ B” line toward Batoch The rebels were driven out of the large pltson the top of the ridge without a. check in our advance. Here the fire of the rebels fell OH a. trifle, and the men halted some minutes. Meantime the Midland Battaliou had wheeled round the edge of the plateau. where “ A” Bittery Mldlaud battallou had whe edge of the plateau. where guns had bombarded Bato and were in line with the] making a complete line f FIG. 2. â€"This gives tbé from]: view of the ‘Ptaln FPS CHARGE OF THE GRENADXEB. LA DIES’ S FRET COSTUME ‘15 firi: nqay from “Lorraine” cmtu'ne nu la in ecru camels hair cleth, with the polonaise or overdress in figured goods of the same quality showing a pattern in dark brown on the ecru ground. Dark brown vel vet is used as a garniture on the front drape ry, and the collar, cuffs and lower edge of the jacket fronts are also of this veIVet. The “Eton” jacket fronts open over a plaited vest and belt of surah in the ecru shade. and the effect of this is jaunty and generally becoming when finished as illustrated. The full front drapery is not long enough to "onceal the skirt in front, but the back drapery covers almost the en- tire skirt, as the hack pieces are cut the length of the garment and laid in plaits underneath. The Eng‘ish Walking hat is a dark brown straw faced with velvet to match, and trimmed with ecm and brown velvet and ostrich tips which are massed hi h in front. Tan-colored kids are worn with this costume, which can be suitably made in silk or woo‘en goods, and while a combinat on is attractive one material may be used throughout. The quantity of ma- terial required for a medium size is given in connection with the double illustration. Price of pattern, thirty cents each size. A Vermont husband got wind. of the proposed elopement of his wife, and frus- trated it; by keeping guard over her zilk dress. She wouldn’t run away in a calico gown, and he knew it. “ Well, I never saw the like. ” Such was thu exclamation I heard while Whlzzing along in an expnss tram 10' the New-York. Lake Erie and Westun Rail. road the Other day. I had bsen deeply immersed In 1; “incl and had 1-0.5 bonced than the weather had changed and than it was raining. “Uh, thaws nothing; we see it every spring and 1axl.” The speak- er was a. brakemun and his remark Wu! addres‘md tufhu man who hum nevus seen that like. '1 he Ia'Hl‘ hand ar‘sen {ram his sent in from, of mum to gel: 3 dxink of water and hal hulmd no gnZd our. cf the op,;os2te wmauw. The brakeman stood by nu side and continued : “ Thus no- nhmg; ths is the dividing line between rain and snow at this season." “ Why. this i the point where the dividing line between rain-storms and snow-storms crosses this road,” said the brakeman. “ Of course 1 don’t; mean that every storm here is snow to the north of us and rain to the south of us, but at jusb this seaon of the year a storm is sure to be divided within a quarter of a mile of this spot, nob far from Allendale.” “ How do you explain it 7" I asked. “Explain 1t?"aaid the brakeman. “ I don’t pretend to. I only know our train- men nave noticed it for years every spring and fall in this neighborhood if a storm CI'ITL Glancing from my window on the south side of the earl saw the pane mottled with raindrops and a board fence running parallel to the track black with wet. Then peeping out of a. window on the north aid'e I understood the stranger's surprise. The ground on that side of the crack was gray with snowflakes and they were still falling. “The dividing lineâ€"how '2" atamml the mam ad_d_res_sedAby thg brakerxnan. inland as this and warms it, while beyo: this belt of country the breath of ti Gulf Stream, as you might call it, has I effect. But; I don’t knowâ€" I can’t tel I just know We this way onsb a year, : vou can see for yourself,” and he vanis] ed in the directlon of the baggage car. claim came up at the righf season. Some folks as is wiser than I say that the air frnm @119 39a impyegnnbes the other air as far The Stranger waslSurprised.“ A x mem aye behind,’ is her foobn he took his "’ stammered pebtiahb ex m m pk“?e rhile beyond aath of the Ill it, has no I can’t tell. Its year, as i he vanish- ‘gage car. Ababakor, Maharajah cf Johoro and sovereign of the peninsula of Malacca, was received at aprivate audience by Leo XIII. the other day with all the honors due to his rank. In the course of the course of the conversation, which lasted some time. the Pope thanked the Mah- arajih for the protec'ion that he had giVen to the missionaries and to the Catholics among his sul’jects. After the audience the Miharajan presented his brother, Prince Khlsid, and the members of his suite. Dr. A L. Loomia is credited by the Canada Lancet with saying : "A man can take two or three glasses of stimulants daily and may continua Hm habits for, perhaps, 25 years without ham, but when that man reaches that; peliml M Ne w» hm the vital powers are on the dtcllDE‘. in: suddenly findahimself old b Jtoze hAB tune, for he has all EEBJB yeaxs been lay 1ng L113 foundation for tndmfl‘tellil. l beiiu'e rhat: 50 per cent. of all diseases arise from the an of atimul mts. ” At a recent meeting of the Boston So- ciety for Medical Observation, Dr. Fol- som cited the vital statistics of Massachu- setts for forty years, as showing a. de- crease in the number of deaths from con- sumption in that State. Only about one- sixth of the total death rate is now caused by the disease. The Doctor thought phy- sicians were too much inclined to give un- favorable prognostics in such cases, and he The Detroit Lancet describes the four plans for reducing obesity: The eating of nothing cmtaluing starch, sugar, or fat called the Banting system; the earn-g of fat, but not sugar or starch, called the German Banting; the wearing of wool and. sleeping in flannel blankets, instead of sheets, or the Munich system ; not eating or drinking at the same time, or, rather, the allowing a. couple of hours to inter- vene betwwn eating and drinking, the Schweninge, system. The population of the State of Nevada. has dwindled down to 12,000 in come- quence of thecollapae of the mining in- tereab, and there are scarcely enough in- habitants left to maintain a State Govern ment. The saltpetre beds, however. may induce a fresh immigration, and add to the population. The deposits are very favorably situated for working, being in the vicinity of a rich farming country, with an abundant supply of wood and water close at: hand. Mr. Maskelyne. a well-known English investigator of spiritualism, says: “After my twenty years’ experience in investi- gating spiritualiam I have never seen hything take place which I could not re- produce and account for, (xcept the gy- rations ofa table on two occaswns. Un one of these, withoub the presence of a medium, by myself and a. few friends, we produmd movements on the tableâ€"a heavy oneâ€"which we could not accom- plish afterward by exerting all the mus- culsr force at our command.” ‘ A colony of infidels was founded five years ago in Barton county, Missouri. A correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-De- mocrat, who spent a day and a half in the new town called Liberal, says ti» at the ex- periment is a failure ; that the town, in- stead of keeping pace with other towns of the same age, has fallen far behind them, and instead of being the happy, prosper- ous community it promised to be, is shvivelled, contracted, torn in two by dissensions, and in a condition where only prompt action in behalf of its friends to- the nEmBer made their in 1883. There are 157 factories in the State. Nlilllonn of flga'flfllingllsh Recruitsâ€"The Use of Sllnnllamlflvs no of Blsnmrrk‘s Prcficnls#d ., 4N. Disease itself may beablessing. for it appears that; in Philadelphia “interesting casts” hire themselves out to clinical lec- turers at) from 25 cents to $2, according to the “instrucbivenoss of his malady." Invalids who depend upon cod-liver oil to sustain their Vltal forces should be careful to get a. pure article. Cotton seed oil is now doing for the cod-liver product: what it long since accomplished in the matter of olive oil. A Spaniard named Phillips. butcher at Poplar Creek Agency, M. T., recently lost. one of hi) children by death, and to commemorate the event: cut off his left forefinger, and sacrificed 9. fine mare and a three-year-jld steer on the grave of the llbnle chlld. According to the annual report for 1884 of the Ins; ectur-General of Recruiting in England. there were medicallv nxnmined 64,853 recruits, of whom 27,807 (or 429 per 1 000) were rpjected. 0f 35 653 who joined me rf‘gular service. 12,896 volun- teered from the miliria. The proportion of men invalided during their first year of service was only '.-.7 per 1,000. Florida manufactured last. year 60,293,- 7732 cigarg. an ingreage pf_15 500 000__f)ver Several thousand houses, ranging in size from eight to twenty rooms. and provided with every modern convenience, are to he built. in Philadelphia, besides a. number of French flats, several large and costly churches, and half a dozen or more public bastitutions. In the London Grocer, M. Nikatinski states than the weight of the ash is a very fem test of the quality of the tea. Good Shanghai teas gave 5.16 per cent. green "hrick’ tea 6 87, and Orenberg teas, which were known to have been adulter- ated Winn rose leaVca, yielded from 787 to 10.42 per cent. cf ash. The London Medical Press says that the fact has at length been made abun- daubly clear that tricbipiasis is contracted manniy by those who consume pork de- rived from the male carnivorous wild swine which abound 1n forests. Persons whose pork diet, is derived lrom animals carefully f‘d on ixrge dairy 1arms do not suffer from the bfi'ec'ion. ml NEWS (1055] P. ‘egration save Ah the firing of the first picket gun he sharpens hla asock of blood-red pencils and, marshalli 1g his array of aangnlnary adjeczivea, forms himself in a hollow square ab )ut both armies so that he may not miss cztching on his blood-sputtered page any hornble incident of the tragic engagement. Now that the war correspondent is in readiness let the generals glvu ehe command and the bAttle proceedâ€"every man to his own task; the soldier to his figbcmg, the correspondent so his writing. The. next morning the correspondent’s readers Will be horrified to learn that the engagement lasted seven hours, and was the most desperate encaunter of modern times. Hand to hand 1h; hrave warriors fought bled, and died”. E7ery inch of ground was contested and rpcontepted. Columns of patriots swept across the plain, the living closing theyawnlng gaps left in the ranks by their fallen comrades. Lurid flimes balclxeu from the awful throats of the angry cannon, and wreaths of sulphurous smoke hovered about the glorified dead and dying. The rattle of the musketry. the clashing of cold relent- less steel, and the groans ot the dying heroes blended in one awful din of hor- rible war. The parched earth drank its full of re" life-blood and sent the residue rushing d , vn the ravmes like angry mountain torrents. He is a. genus by himself, the war cor- respondent. He fl min 011' alone, as it were, for the reason that there is no other bird of his peculiar feather to fl ml: with him. He would l.ke to display himself and his descriptive pOWers every day, but in these times, when wars are conducted mainly by cabinets in cushioned chairs instead of by warriors in the field. he has few oppo rtunities to barrow the souls of hisresdmg constituency. Therefore he may be expecaed always to make the most of the few opponunities that: do flis ath- wsrt his life. When the smuke of bxtble has cleared away the commanding (flicer writes his official report naming the two prl ates and one corporal who were killed in the engagement and saying that the six men who were wounded will soon be able to rejoin their campauions, adding, as if to give credence to the correspondenb’s graphic picture: “I have no means of ascertaining the enemy's losses, but they must have been very heavy." The proposed railway trom London to Bombay will, it is estimated, extend over a distance of nearly seven thousand miles, and this distance, it is calculated, can be traversed in nine days, or on an average of thirty-five miles an hour. The route contemplated is through Paris, Madrid, Gibraltar, Tanglers, Tunis, Tripoli, Cairo, Bassorah, Kelat, to Kurrachee and Bom- bay. Use v .11 be made of the existing railways in France and Spain, and steam transit will be established from the Bay of Gibraltar to Centa, in Morocco, from will continue through Tripoli and form a. junction with the Egyptian railway sys- tem. From Egypt, the route to India would be continued to the Euphrates, and then along the coast of the Persian Gul to Knmchee ; thence to Bombay, Cal- cutta, and Madras. whic h tional In a report upon the overcrowding of Dublin. Dr. Cameron points out certain of the disastrous results of the desertion of the city by wealthy families who prefer to live abroad or in England. Their empty houses are, for the most part, turned into tenemens for the poorest class of the populatlr n, huddled together with an ap- palling disregard of health or cleanliness. No less than 32,202 families live in 7,284 houses containing 48,116 rooms. In addi- ti( n to being overcrowded, the people of Dubiin are scandaloust robbed in the matter of rent, for 175 houses, which, as freehoids, are Vanillnd at £8,677, are sub-let to poor tenan‘s at rates which produce an income If £8,311 One house which is valued at £8 is occupied by eight families, who pay £32 a year m rent. Among the presents received by Prince Bismarck on his recent birthday, were 200 flaschs of Schloas J uhsnnisberg Cabin- eb (white seal) of the vintages 1846, 1862 and 1868, eatxmated to be worth at least £3 per flaach. There were also 150 flaschs of Rudesbeimer B.rg of the same years, and 100 of the finest growth of Grafen- berg in existence (which last Lord Bes- consfield declared was really the best: of Rhine wine»), and a small quantity of Marcobrunner Cabinet. of 1859; and a few odd bottles (f Steinberger Cablnet of 1811 (the comet vest), Runesheimer Berg of 1822 and 1738 8111 Msrcobrunner of 1783. These last two, however much have long since lost their delicacy of flavor and their strength, and can only be regarded as curiosities. rays in rrance and Spam, and steam alt will be established from the Bay ibraltar to Oeuba, in Morocco, from :h lather point will begin the interns- al railway, the woxks of which will Ito be constructed in Morocco. This will then forms junction with the am of rallwayaAnnder the administra- The War Correspondent. ma. ant A Long Railway. cn railway company in sin. Thence the route ugh Tripoli and form 8. Egyptian railway sys-