... to see 'Long Tom,' which is being 'doctored' for exhibition in England. The Boers tried to blow it up with dynamite, but Kitchener's fighting scouts captured the remains, which they are most patiently patching together. One wheel had only one spoke left ...

... the officers and men of his regiment the Queen's West minster Volunteers and while out he is to offer his services to Lord Kitchener. There is no more enthusiastic volunteer than the commandant of the Queen's Westminster. Even the poli ticians know the value ...

... they are idle luxuries we turn into necessities. The practical part of house furnishing appeals to no one; beds, washstands, kitchen chairs, arouse neither enthusiasm nor affection, but the dear, delightful, useless things we can do without are the ones we ...

... Puranpur his niece, Miss Pole, who was one of the party, carried a '303 rifle and made a notable contribution to what Lord Kitchener would call the total bag. With a single shot each she accounted for an alligator and a swamp deer the first day on the ...

... service. In 1 899 he got a com mand in Kitchener's Fighting Scouts, and last year he was made colonel of the 2nd Regi ment of Brabant's Horse. His brilliant record naturally makes him a prime favourite with Lord Kitchener, and now at the age of thirty-four ...

... meek ness). Once upon a time he would have tyrannised over his servants, but nowadays he has to stop abruptly short of the kitchen. By the time he is fifty nobody can endure him selfishness has become an ingrained quality of his soul, and he thwarts his ...

... Cornwall, which maybe de scribed as the prince of coaches, was divided into a reception-room, boudoir, dining-room, and kitchen. The reception-room, the largest of the suite, was fitted with Circassian walnut beautified by ornamental mouldings. The entire ...

... used of all metals, and until superseded by earthenware formed by far the largest part of the articles used both for the kitchen and table and for many really beautiful pots and mugs and candlesticks. It lingered a long time in use in the old country ...

... the improvements at Buckingham Palace which has been sorely needed for years is the insertion of a large lift between the kitchens and the state supper-room overhead, which is capable of carrying considerable loads. It will be used not only for ordinary ...

... Breightmet, and assumed her name. 17. Mr. Pandeli Ralli is one of the family of Greek merchants. He is a great friend of Lord Kitchener, who stayed with him on his triumphant return from Omdurman. He sat ten years in Parliament. 18. The A us tro-H un^arian ...

... King has presented several others to his sisters. These gifts are mainly of the small pet tribe. The kennels are near the kitchen gardens, the Shaw Farm, and the mausoleum at Frogmore. They are an ex tensive range of buildings, providing accommodation ...

... kept solely for the credit of the parsonage, and who never did any work to speak of, had not come down to muddle about the kitchen while I cooked the breakfast, so I thought I would have a run round the garden before I began to work, and opened the side ...