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WHENMWAR LORDS FIGHT LITTLE TIFFS THAT LED T0 GREAT DISASTERS. Different Ending of Battles Might Have Resulted Had the Gen- erals Agreed. Some people think it very funn‘.‘ when great admirals and generals quarrel like schoolboys among themselves. But it is’nt always funny for the nations whom the ad- mirals and generals are supposed to serve. Some of the greatest naval and military disasters in his teary have been owing wholely ant! solely to the fact that the leaders of the defeated fleets or armies have been on such bad terms that, they have hampered one another, in« stead of working cordially together against the enemy. Nobody wishes to deprive the Scbts of the glory of Bannockburn. All the same, it is just possible that; Robert Bruce woum not have Two of the most famous generals of ancient times were Belisarius and Narses. Apart from each other neither of them had a rival in the art of war. In the year 538 they were both sent by the Emperor Jus- tinian to drive the Gothic invaders out of Italy. Had they helped each other the task would have been simple. But they “were not on speaking terms,” and the result of this was that the great city of Milan, which was besieged by the enemy, was not relived in time. William the Conqueror had reas- on to be thankful that King Ha rold’s generals were not unit-ed. Two of them, Edwin and Markere, quar- relled with the others. They re- fused to patr' up their differences and join y" ,reâ€"heartedly to expel the inv' .or' when he landed at Pevensed ’in 1066. Instead, they drew off in dudgeon from the Saxon arm“, taking with them thousands of their followers. Nobody Scbts of the glory of Bannockburn. All the same, it is just possible that Robert Bruce would not have wishes to deprive the! each than Vto fight the, Duke of Cumberland. The Duke of Wellington was at first greatly hampered in Spain by the conduct of General Picton, the leader of his cavalry. The two disâ€" liked eaeh other bitterly. and for this reason Picton was always critiâ€" cising and even disobeying the or- ders of his leader. The “Iron Duke” himself might have come to grief in the Peninâ€" sular War, instead of covering himâ€" self with glory. had his opponents thought of nothing but how to beat him. He was opposed by three of won great victory had the Eng lish barons been united. UNDER THE BOLD BENBOW. It was the same sort of jealousy among the French nchles which led the King of France to be defeated by the Black Prince at Poitiers; and our Henry V.. fighting five against one at Agincourt, might have lost instead of won if the gen- erals opposed to him had not hated and distrusted one another. England has lost several times both on sea. and land through “little differences” between her admirals and generals. William III. was terribly hampered at the great battle of Steinkirk, in 1692, because his generals, Dutch and English, could not “hit it off to- gether.” The worse naval defeat we ever suffered was off Beachy Emfifigém “I can truthfully say that I believe that, but for the use of your Emulsion I would long since have been in my grave. [was past workâ€"could not walk up~hill without coughing very hard.” THIS, THIS, and much more was written by Mr. G. W. Howar- ton, Clark's Gap, W. Va. We would like to send you a full copy of his letter, or you might write him direct. His case was really marvelous, but is only one of the many proofs that ‘ Swim is the most and re-vitalizir in the world. most stubborn (consumption) ders, and in troubles,’ such bronchitis, ast or loss of fie quicker thin paw 126 \chingtcn St.. W‘ JULSI‘ ALL I uch more was hma, catarrh, :sh from any but is much strengthen as anemm, preparat vcn in t alldisea does w 58110115 1112 Du Casse. But many of his cap- tains, for no other reason than that they were on bad terms with him personally, absolutely declined to join in the fight, and sheared off with their ships. Benbow was left to fight alone with the handful of snips which stood by him. He fought desperately, and even after his leg had been shot off by a chain shot, insisted on remaining on the quarter-deck until he was forced to give up the action and sail away baffled. Benbow died of his wound, and several of the sulky captains were tried by court-martia1_ and shot. WHY PRINCE CHARLIE LOST. was lost mainly because ther no confidence between the 14 on the ‘losing side. The Briti miral, Russell, openly accused of his chief captains of being 01's to the country before th. cannon shot was fired, and th turned the compliment by ‘1 ing him that he was another. In 1702 Admiral Benbow cruising with his squadron i1 West Ind'cs, and off Santa. IV (rave chasc to a. French fleet In 1702 Aan cruising with his West Ind'cs, and slave chase to a. I There might have been another and different result to the battle of Culloden. which shattered the hopes of “Bonnie Prince Charlie,” had not dissensions and rivalries crept into the Highland army. Two of the generals. Lord Elcho and Lord George Murray, were far more anxmus to get up a duel with each other than to fight the Duke of Cumberland. The Duke of Wellington was at first greatly hampered in Spain by the conduct of General Picton, the leader of his cavalry. The two disâ€" liked each other bitterly, and for this reason Picton was always criti- cising and even disobeying the or- mm. he Napoleon’g Napoleon’s greatest marsnals, Massena, Ney, and Soult. At one time they had a good chance of deâ€" stroying him had they wiorked to- gether; hilt Ney and Soult were personal enemies of Massena, and, though he was in chief command, they refused to carry out his plans and wasted time in futile wrang- Napoleon decl Waterloo throng der him hating e It is not unusual to hear one say that he has been dreaming about something all night, when possibly his dream occupied only a very short time. Many attempts have The numbers ,representing in dollars and cents, were c of six or seven figures. '1 would read, for instance, teen, one forty-two, twelw ing the amount of $14,142. could ceu'ir. drow: Jeen made “Chel W38 C exc to \v ‘3' ¢ 8.5 C( “'8 wastec drear Dream An l'nlived Life With- in a. Minute. that orrec rea‘ be u g the ‘ENGTH' 0F DREAMS. d keep n‘enty C harhe zt-rd a. V {II‘C to indic declared that he lost rough the generals un- ng each other too much 1 together. There was in it. Grouchy dis- Page after page rapidly as the m red, each number heck.” The work it was witn diflic 1210 IDOL ’lre Soult was envi hated bow of th be expected to they were. so hurling defianc‘ arson’s Weekly ure the and re ures )urte ed accused some f being trait- fore the firs1 and they re- [II as envmus m of them. acted to do re, so to defiance at ft} w to beat r three of marshals, At one ton, the two dis- and for s criti- in the Martha. h under and the l ish 1m, an he CODY hey we nform Ol‘( {LIN 11t ad twelve, but had slept and dreamed during the time occupied in rapidly uttering the words “one forty-two.” He tried, by reading other numbers, to measure the time, and thinks it could not have been more than a second. Another story is told of a man who sat before his fire in a drowsy condition. A draft, blowing across the room, set a. large photograph on the mantel to swaying. A slend- cr vase was in front of it, and the man remembers wondering, in a mood of whimsical indifference, whether the picture would blow forâ€" ward and send the vase to the floor. Finally a gust of wind did topple the picture, and it struck the vase. The man remembers having been curiously relieved in his state of drowsiness that at last the “old thing was going to fall and be done with it.” Presently he was in the midst of a. complicated business transaction in a. Western city, miles away. All the details of a. new and unheard-of scheme were coming forth from his lips, and a, board of directors was listening. The scheme prospered. He moved his family West. Frag- ments of the journey _thither and glimpses of the fine house he bought came before his vision. A crash woke him. The vase had struck the fldor. He had dreamed an unlived life covering years, and all in the time it took for the vase, which he had seen toppling before he fell asleep, to fall five feet and break. How the Old Sm Captain Wrecked His Vessel. Strangerâ€"“I resume a man who has followed the sea so many years must have been in some wrecks?” Oldfiea Captainâ€"“Wrecks? Well a. few. The wust wreck/I ever had was on the Jersey coast.” “Long ago?” ' “Somc’at. You see, I got be- calmed off the coast of Ireland.” “Becalmed’l” “Yes. Well, I tried every way to start a, wind, but it was no go. Not a. breath stirrin’. At last I got desperate.” “I presume 50.” “Yes, I got so desperate I made up my mind I’d try a plan I’d of- Iten heard of, if it took the last dol- \1 u...,__. “Jesse. Well, then, I took a big silver piece, kissed it thre times, swung it nine times round my head and then flung it as far as I could inm the sea. in the direction I lar 1 wit‘hot scuddi sand I thing I knew an’ there we to bits square sir, we struc stitch o into the sea, in the dlrcctlon 1 wanted the wmd to come, you the hotels was closed. after that I never tr1e1 five cent pleces when 17) win . anytl you back your bal killed one of my The Boyâ€"Well got ten children only one ball. now The Angry x awful ne ‘Well It 'di Did shore 0111 in three ricky RAISIN G THE WIN D . III suppose not 0, 511-. After ling: bxgger’i ng Ln 6 words “one torty-twc ‘y reading other numbe : the time, and thinks have been more than oney YOU TO SPARE r Motherâ€"You’v rve to ask me u Well, you just ought e fust blast took every l clean off the yards, minutes more we was 191' bare poles a. thou- n hour.” came er’n a cer bump went ’er how, was bein’ dashed all up agin Jersey. Why, : with such force we up the beach an’ 2d right into a. hotel.” air of tha .” season was over an’ .5 closed. Well, sir, never tried no more d;a1 the same way 3GP? FREE 11] 01110 1a 1‘31 Well, the have a sam- zu'mer's Ad- Magazine! se the wind never flung ’ “Ofte We alwa urovs 53' g across rtograph A slend- and the :. in a. no more wanted 'ith it. you’ve ve got mmed $013 vealed the fact 500 dozen camb 430 shirts and (50 have As for jewels, ftven; diamonds and ways clothes, shoes in day a. man of re â€"- fled with a, m( links, a. little pe and a large stor Hospitality th Lm- greater scale tl id- would be dilficw glve arly got fiilTXTRAVAGANCES OF OLD those days managed to dress in a cheaper way, though dress was the main expense. Diaries and memoirs establish the curious fact the upbringing of three children cost a third less than the clothes required by their mother, a, modest woman! Men wore ribbons, lace, embroider-ies, and jewelry in as large quantities as women. Certain gentlemen's suits cost as much as $3,000 and three of these were required by each guest for .great wedding festivals. These were exceptions, however. An eleâ€" gant man could “manage” with six summer and six winter suits, at $500 apiece. This, needless to add, does not include the gold or silver buttons or the lace! Let us turn to women. In 1720 Mlle. de Tour- non married in Paris. It was an elegant marriage, but by no means a. great affair. Her aunt offered her $3,500 for “fans, bags, and marters.” The bride herself bought We hear it said cvcrywhcrc~at the beginning and at the end of each seasonâ€"that modern extravâ€" agance is appalling, that women overdress, that they spend more for a. single hat than their grand mothâ€" ers did for their whole trosscau, says the' London Daily Mail. Like many other often recurring general statements, this is far from being accurate. The well known French writer M. Henry de» Gallier contributes to the current issue of La Revue a remarkable study on "Spending Money in Days of Yore.” From statistics carefully compil- ed, from private documents of one or two centuries ago, from letters and bills dating from those distant days, it appears that extravagance was far worse then. The greatest change in the matter of expenditure is that during the seventeenth and the eighteenth centuries men spent quite as much â€"if not moreâ€"as women for their Modern 0WD at Toâ€"day the average man spends considerably less than the average woman on clothes, and in the wealâ€" thy classes the difference is more marked still, since it was recently stated by a queen of fashion that while a man coull be quite “ele. gent” by spending $2,000 a year on himself a woman needed $2,000 a month to' dress stylishly. as in the ai~istocfa03’, 150 years ago more things were required by a man. He wore night cuffs of lace, his black suit cost $20 (of our monâ€" ey), his hatsâ€"he needed half a. dozenâ€"$5 egoh. He required silk stockings, woolen stockings and “skin” stockings and five or six different kinds of boots. elegant: marriage, 1) a. great affair. H4 her $3,500 for “f garters.” The brid several gowns at from $750 to $2,000 These were “orc For the. court she gown o! wmte embroxdered : same dress 001 But gc Underwe have to mg dress: The inv Mme. de ER! 'ealed the fact ()0 dozen cam :30 shirts and ( As for jewels iiamonds and OulS 011m 10158 IN THE MIDDLE CLASS, Compared With Those of a. ma w1th ress could be worn on EW OCCASIONS ONLY IIo worth 0 ur A ncosfim shoes )uschold and Dress entc nof ~CH GREATER THEN THAN NOW. is are not and -ry alter n rrue‘s pro ct that sh mbric handkerc l (50 pairs of stay ls. men formerly thcr often recurrmg ents, this is far from . The well known M. Henry d6» Gallier the current issue of :markable study on 10v in Days of Yore.” and hands refined tas modest ri ‘nsm'er w1fe 0 of 1a at pric nge in the matter that during the the eighteenth nt quite as much women for their Jest rlng 111 as a s} rdinm : requ .1! er her death 0 VBI‘ r13 3 Woman ‘ 3 dress 1n rcss was t} Minisu a1 thou everything 1' “t-rifles’ Mme. (h wmm borately and the of one letters distant 'agance Bills CVG lI'S mg The “bills” of Mme. de Choiseul prove that thirty sheep a month and 5,000 chickens per annum were required to feed her guests. Three hundred pounds of bread was nec- essary daily. These receptions were elaborate, yet the guests en- joyed THE GREATEST FREEDOM. meal disp( horses more Dunn of embas masters them. F in a. 1'0“ their hc estates. 110 the son tool father had lef ed them to‘f was the fat-Li The costs wer man was able ing of the tion They tho mg of the mneteenth century: “My grandfather had thirtyâ€"three suits; he won every one of them and it cost him several thousands.” The amounts mentioned in the article are not of course the amounts appearing in ancient docâ€" uments, but their equivalents in our money. ‘ day, as pleasan‘ weather the time Iblackbo lthe grae I‘h BABY’S UWLL TABLETS ‘ A LITTLE LIFE SAVER. 1TH hams Ont. London is ex; open air schools. for poor children from June 1 to 0c are proving a 5110 mer and was The authoritie $2,000 to see h They have inc tion for next 5 three schools Experiment seventyâ€"five cl three classes The staff will teacher, three nurse, cook a itor. which are occ Gambling mere were 1d “phara any Echen 1 month e1r horses, tates. The aked his dia' .15 one son le Lawsuits de Saby ta ant “'61 a p1‘ec10us mu 1ermed1cme 1 .nd sure In Its ;s cure es, teet} :. break as well on many occasmns uuu :4 medicine equal to thei _ the common ailment and young children.” dicine dealers or by ma its a box from The Dr. ‘the worn Me ve increase next summ hools will school Own Tablets have s recious little life. Th6 n11 mmng weathe ‘dlcme is experimenting wit went on in most houses. games of “lansquenet” oh” even 111 the salons were Sluts nu in London Ha Aireth Success. nes wen >k up cases where hls fl them and tmnsmitt- his heir later on. It ion; it was a luxury. re colossal. A gentle- 3 to say at the beginnâ€" AIRâ€"SCHOOLS. 1n pu 1‘ upxe than they are now. enteenth century a was paid $15 or $20 including wine and CODS 1t 1n ervants e thelr ldren W c a specml mcn another craze 0 were everlastmg nae as made Iasi :ly experim Ol'C M asant as m but unless y had almost the open air ans .2; 00., Toronto. People houses the appro] to $10,000 611' ac< ml‘ley, believ es, destroy nd prevent art c Brockville, teachers, : and :1 jun hildre ked their ages for and won mmodate 1ded into them in Jents of , their 1n once He had ildings .f each in unâ€" is the $101} 13 d they g. The on the re day aved re 13 The )wel ead lus um tal )on and ed tor all