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TIJL HORRORS OF THE WAR,
eteemessamareeseelu .i....esoefi rceml-_-""easet:wx.ra•a:,,"ee ... ..
AS REVEALED Li THE LETTERS AP iiThil1 SOLDIERS.
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,War Is begisulug to tome closer hose large number of Germaam mad Sot-
to the KNOW* people, and It is the Janda:a."
pommel news that brings It t„.„. Private Prichard, of the Mounted
say. a London torrespdudett of the
New York Press. Ou the strength of
the delimitates and the prem corre-
spondence It was possible to talk
loftily about right and wrong and to
criticise the movements of tai troops.
That was war In general. But the
harming five permute who calmly were
taking breakfast lrrrble. A soldier ea
(-aped death, or even Injury, although
n paint Twined so elute to him that
tarn, Ilk alert Into ribbing'. Another
struck a table where two ofilomes
were nevi
.tUoneel hot 4 i Iy.
However. thew is a puseibtllty that
there were mecrulukoua inane, widen
played pisrum with dark purposes.
for when Dr. Work. a naturalist. de -
oared by there utlld-marnered .Lions.
ventured to it on his vented& he war
hit and had both lege tura from his
body. He diet, cryleg, "Look after wy
oat!"
A *shell founts a vtotOn Ina Natal
policeman wbu was ocmidne in u tel•
ear another tore Iuto a hwpltaL
made the when* heath of the building
and killed two orderlies "Lauding ma-
shie. and next day the same hospital
was strnok and another man killed.
Ono day Iaset week a correspondent
telegraphed that while the Boer shells
were flying about, English women
were parading the streets of Lldy-
amlth in utter contempt of therm. To-
day comp the huunic dwemnit
"Lady killed by shelf ; another Injur-
However, the butane= is not at all
ope-olded. A Blettrh shell dropped
into a crowd of Itper saddlers, killing
one of them and wounding seventeen.
'The Some have found Mill another
'me for the shell, and one that Isn't
without IW cleverney.. A lot of Use
"trek" oxen belonging to the British
la Lady.mlth had been feeding on the
veldt outride and wandered further
than their dlyoretlon should have per-
mitted. Thu, Boas saw and coveted
them. Accordingly they began to
throw shells between the oxen and the
Bettie!) camp, and the former natur-
ally took to their heels.thward their
vwneri' euemlea. The Mars contin-
ued f%rlog, gradually shortening the
range, until the oxen got convenient-
ly near, when they sallied out and
gobbled them.
Curtis Brown.
real war. the war in particular, 1461
stories of individual struggler, the
madness of butchery, tier last cr se of
the dying and the heart.breaking
pictures of the dead --all ti *toil Just
beginning to tune to family letters
(roes the privates who are W the thick
of It. mud. In cvIloequeu'e. the fight-
ing has mimed to be distant and
impersonal.
And the tragedies at home, when
the women must weep, are no less bit-
ter than those at the front, where the
men mutt work. I'robsbly no army
surgeon has wit eyed more pltltal
seems than has the doorkeeper of the
two mail rooms of tttc British War
Office. in Pall Malt, where the bedle-
tlns are posted up, and the mimes of
the dead and wounded given out.
THE DOORKEEPER'S W1'ORY.
Tbe pprrooesston of relative+. chults.
and •Meethearts torn by doubt and
anxiety is never-ending.
" Yes." saki the doorkeeper leabr-
dsy, 'It's just lees tale all day lung.
lied; yes, air, its mighty earl pFut
0t+sy hard to see rlgkt aloft.1'6.
OHM, notUise the (thuds of them
whose *Adman they know, but they're
only a few, after a11, and mauy find
out here for the first time that their
huabsads and fathers and brothers are
dead. It's a grim business.
" One day a tall. dark -eyed girl.
nicely dressed and with plumes on her
hat, came In with a little shaver of
amby the hand. He was a pretty
Muth; nicely got up, too. Weil,
they came In together, and the girl
began to read the bulletin that was•
up, and the little chap saki quick 11ke.
•You'll boogied, won't you. Maes Mabel,
when my brother gbte boom?'
" Well. she said something to him.
and thou hems redia' again, and
yosai sly site these believer, anti dtk^
turned and looked at the little chap
a. If lightning had struck her and
111m.. and thea site Just dragged him
*why hanirtberer sad as the/ walked
down the .treat I could see that .he
was crying and sobbing with every
step she took. 1 knew mighty well
what she'd read"
TRAGEDIES O# PATTING.
Ties news that awepi 5argt. Archer
I. yet more pathetic. He le young. and
We elle took 1t hard when he war
ordered to the (root the other day.
The night be sailed she and the three
d:ltlkttes' mat up all night In their room
Is the sergeants' quarters, th, children
la thee- nlghtahlrte keeping awake to
Seo oke last of their father. At 5 le)
the morning the bugle sounded. and
the sergeant hugged them all and tore
himself away. But his dtlrtracted wife
ran alter him and followed tbe regi-
ment up the street, keaving the chit -
Area behind her. While e6c was gone
the clothes of the little boy of throe
.-aught fire. The esightore beard the
.•hthbvtn rreeming an1 put out the
flames, bat when the mother returned
the little boy war dying. Ifs breathed
his last that afternoon. The official
record of the toques% that foUgred
contains this line: "Incluse somewhat
delayed through mother falling pros-
trate Mem kientlfying boly of de
ceased."
When the Routh I.aetnashlre liege
moot marched out from Preston a
few days ago. Lala of We privative who
sight of Itda white -fared wife
cel N.. baby le her arse.. in the
midst of the crowd couldn't "Wel it
lie threw dsetplirw, to the wind's
ousted from the r'enkn, end gave them
este Isar big hag. The crowd broke
forth into a nighty cheer. relent Ihlm
do their shoulders with the baby la
his sena, and carried hint to the cita-
tion.
BAYONET SCARES THE BOEltit.
The moose at home when the Oris
tate letters and fatal official 1.4. -
ate feeeived AM such an should
not be dwelt upon. but from thecae
lettere we gat the real news from
babied tam semen of the war. I have
slithered eta many as ponebie of these
le, and a careful com arlena of
bring to light a fact of which
the full etgrilfinanos km not even be-
gun io be realtaed-a fact that may
have, a great deal d weight In pre-
parations
re.
paratio s for future ware ft le that
the Ira on.1. /sod not the bullet or
the Mid
Midi. will whip the 'Boars in the
Transvaal. Of comres many of the
teeters premia In
In from the Partici-
poets are colored by
prejedlee or enthudasm. Atterthrojegoing
los a great mase of them li osn
In the
matter off positively 110.1
moot std anent the
Bosh have been
jest u courageous
and dogged as their opponeote. But
when It Daae to bayonet and lance
they eMMrty were ovennetchedl and
often frigAlested. It Boar seedier writ-
ing hoes alter Nee °barge of Elansye
Iwtagtet says: "Men on hors carry.
og shoes with spikes on top came
galllegisg at tea 'foly picked us op
o0 the imam like bundles of hay,"
eam.e:tractig tetter writ -
tee by BMA soldier. give ibis•
idsal bloodcurdling glimpser of the
actual asst of the bayomst anal of it.
mad fury Of rho chary! and of the
m rehe.e boron d war la generst-
tkas will appear In any history of
this war that .omen to be written.
P r example: "When we slatted the
Boers with our long bayonets, thoue
who did not got away went os their
knees for mercy, and 1 ear telt you
they got it with a tong book. I had a
narrow escape hoes beimg captured
by three d them but 11.t1 down and
a hot the three w%t in 110 eerie of me."
A !trauma on the el the armored
Iretea who was is the mldat tM the
baths- of /theft Leaggtt. days:
Davao wefts, the 9ordew I Mae
hsev�s. The greatest number were
kl#Md while descending a slope under
• aearderese Kl1e fin, 'but ones at
foot od the bill they charged the
With fixed bayos.ta. The
oaths sot stead against
Med fled precipitately. Mean-
t L1., Lamer. had bee. septet
ley bs46and a. the Boars remised
Me blittees the Leaoar. Margot on
them at full gallop. Ota. of the 1Jev•
ma tad lige that hat bed *Veer Mel
M
wads' a 'mf, el 1. nqh he lead pawed
through mew- we engagement•
elsewhere. P . tee et their
1�Mle rover ,, , threw them
Mies m,
but Id wis • p'f++. 1•,.e, with
Amite of a were
nem the e+cta-
neeseed i and
the greed -:•
up as pre
leasing t
or Sept u'
Infantry Cowpony, Fleet Klug'l Liv-
erpool Regiment, has tide obreervatdun
to make, after one of the fights et
Ladysmith • e War 1. all right so long
a► the actual fighting s on. A man
doesn't seem to rare whether he gets
shut or not. It change, a fellow dem•
pletely ; all Ise seems to think about
is getting .p to the enemy and mak-
ng a baud to hand fight of it ; but
the Duerr won't face the bayuoet-
they turu and run • • • IS 1
after the fighting Is over that a fele
low feels it, wheu he ldxokr mond and
wee the dead and wounded. I can tell
you It maker you feel IS bit solemn,
and wish there was no such thiWg as
veer."
GHAWPLY WORK.
And hen Is another picture from a
participant In the battle of Elands
Langte, and It Indicates pretty clear-
ly what you may have suspected
from the statements already made,
that many of the Boats who begged
for mercy lotted It not, even though
they individually laid down the -Ir
auras. "I tell you," says the private
at Elands Lamle
"It was • great
but terrible aright to see those horse-
men hew their way through the Boers
with their ,worts. Three times they
rode right through the !doers, hacking,
cutting, Blasting. We had suffered
pretty severely, and 1 suppose we
got our backs up a bit. Anyhow, we
got even with Joubert's mem. 1 saw
several Boers whose heads had been
out right off by our cavalrymen's
rewords. It s ghastly, Wet it 1' But
It's the plain truth. Some of the
Boers had died In praying at -
Medea. Many, I was told by a
friend In the b'Uth Lancers flung
down tlelr arms as sown as they
naw tbs flash of the lances, mads
claspYg their heads above their
The "Drifts" and the Habits of
Natal's River.
A Fvere correspondent writes (Dec.
Tthi to the London Times: If we are
to take Colenao, it will have almost
certainly to be by crossing the river
higher up and outflanking the I3oer
parities. There are three forde by
FUTURE OF THE SDUDAL
The Count,Ma, r NQU[
Down to irrosperity.
OPEN' TO RAILWAY TRAFFIC.
The EMMA was dertr'uyed as u
aer.uus power Lu the butt's of Omdur-
man hut that Ir not the same thing
aur eeetabltehhrg an aetlag (Main km
otter u rtretph of roadie* and geuer-
ully waterless country 0e1n3 70J mallet
from west bo met and ZUJ from purth
to youth, On the provinces west of
the 1.1e, tw' aoldl r of the Egyptian
Government hes reset (gut in the
weeteruntmet, Dafur. Kordofan, be-
tween it and the White Nile, Intely her
Lord the Khallfa. Attempts have been
made to push foto the Bahrettlhasal
and up the White Nile to the equator -
la, Iukce, but they hate not beau spe-
cessful. The said, or feinting vegeta-
t on, had effectually helmeted the gun -
touts, and become inure owl more
dl(fkult as the river falls. A down•
✓ iver expedition from Uganda has nu
far beer, baffled by the same dlffl.
culty.
On the other baud, the country east
of the Nile Inas teen fairly eovere 1 up
to the frontie4r of Aby.elnik. The River
Sonat and Ito ttibutaries have beeu
explored for a distuuoe of nearly 300
miles. and a fortified port, the ouuth-
ernmost In the 8uudau, establlal,ed at
Nassar, over 250 males by water from
l'asho,4a. The Blue N la and Ito tribe--
tar:es are coesmnnrled to the bet.d of
navigator'. The "Island,' or country
between the White and Blue Niles -
the hest cotton land In the Sudan -is
pacified. Gedarif is being connected
with Kameda and the ed Eta coast by
telegraph. As soon us possible a rail•
way wit probably be constructed frau
Khartoum, along toe Blue Nile, by
Abu htaraa, Gedarif and Kamilla to
Bueklm. GedarU 1e the granary of th.i
Soudan ; grain there can be bought
double as cheap as at Kassula, and
eight times as cheap as at Omdurman.
Netter communkation between the
capital and Its bread supply is the
first necessity'cit-slteatlon.
7 fie remaining section of the Sou•
FIGHTING IS HUNGRY WORK.
lifejole ;solo
• The Rush of the " Leicesters" for Lunch After a Skirmish Outside Ladyemith.
he/mkt begged for matey. But they
bad shown no mercy to our men.
Some day. If I am limped, I will
te.41 you worm incidenta of bow the
Boone behaved to our men -kitting
and haeusisting. oar emended as they
lay Meths field -and this was our
elF:ADit SMASHED LIKE EGG&
One more "tory from the many
available met be told to clinch this
kis& of the bayonet's deadly work.
sad to show what madmen stagier'
hays to become in the heat of bat-
tle. Private Thompson. of the
Queen's Royal Rifle,. after telling
how a comrade fell dead in his arms.
groaning " Motber," and bow he was
almeart. blinded by the life -blood of a
SOW next to him. who had been hlt
by a tame, proceeded thus: "Our ad
vance had now Mated tive and
half hears, and we were about 100
yards Nom the top when came that
order -which put mw life into us-
" Ftx bayonets." As he gave this
order. our co:onel fell, shot dead. We
then closed In, and with hr-eled bay-
onets went at them for all we
were worth. With a wiki cheer we
were among them. The bayonet&
went to work. and beach Were
aranshel ilk* puroptina Then, with
another cheer that coved be beard
above the roar of artillery, the see-
ond line of the King's burst upon
tbem; but that cheer frghteeted
the Mere They were speechless
with terror when they traw. that line
of cold Meet coming at them They
thaw down their arrive and fled In
confusion. only to be ent trito
travelers* samples when they reach.
ed tbe bottom by our cavalry, '
It is soli that the Bowe were
e moted at the woandu biflicted to the
hum at Elands Leasta that, tnetead
of burying the bodies. theY took 80n10
of them to Newreertle as prolate thet
QUEER TRICKS OF TH• E SHELLS.
ARM:Nigh the lot nf the people cooped
up in Ladysmith, Kimberley and the
other besieged towns can hardly he
d escribed as "a happy one," it appears
to hare ite compansattons in the
opportunities It given to them for
oliservaton, particularly of the way.
of the Isbell. Apparently, the *hell la
an odd (caterer. n thing of whims
and seeentricitlisa. Yon never tam tell
hist What be is going to tin next. It
S said time few of the Boor resells
explode. hat merely fall on the plain.
e tendsg up enure clouds a duet, or
Meow Into the earth. home enter-
lepr= folk dog up one et feelysrmith,
it delfeately and found inside
nothing on earth but a chunk of newt
Another pinned thtonah the root of
top Royal Hotel, glmerell off the well,
passel conveittionally out of the treat
done ands_tV....iseed a paving Mom
without . A hotel at Mate -
king haw ..ii7;7117ar stoi7 to tell. A
Monett awl fits tetwatilther elea who
wore madam ne.., in the billiard
room made invc.iontary earwig*
Sion Wm ladkertml in the note
'Aent of another thigh width sewed the
attirineaft apse*
•
which we can cross to do this. They
are called Maritzer's, Cotgelter's and
TrIchard's Drina, about 10, 15 and 20
miles respectively from Coleus°. We
rare not to be allowed to cross any of
theme drifte unoppoeed, for the Boers
who trekked westward from ,Colenno
have fortified no law than eigbt poen-
Gone along the river. Many of times
ponitions are supposed to have been
made under the supervision of Ger-
man engineers, for native scouts who
hare been among the Doerr report
that the orders were give° by men
wbom the Boers addressed Oa "Bir."
et moat unusual thing for a Boer to
do, and who were dressed in uniform
Beeldes occupying these peritions
along the river the Boens have nevem-
bind In ormulderable force at Mount
15 miles southeart of Indystuith.
The choice of tide position "hews
excellent generalship, for it com-
mands the approaches to Ladysmith
Drift,. and, in rase of defeat rovers
the retrent lower le the western
passes. This extension of front ham
position at Cole's*, as they have
withdrawn front tt a certain number
of both men and guns. What their
e trength is at the present moment it
is impersonate to say.
The news from 8 r George White
that he could need the mensocee
needled LO him from the searchlight
of the Terrible that has toren mounted
here is of extreme Importance. asi it
means that ke la acquainted with on
movements, end be *hie to co-
operate w:th them. There le setill,
however. one element rif abooleo un-
certainty against whi^h nothing nen
be done We are ninointoly dependent
uPon the river remaining low in order
to ernes the drifts. The name Tugela
insane "fear." and it heir received the
name from the rapidity with which It
w:II enene down In flood. A thunder -
'dorm 'moue the mountains in which
it rhea win rale, the river many fret
'Go banks toll roe that he has reen
it rise forty het In a *Ingle night!
The ourrent fa at all time exerevelingly
swift. and a comparatively alight rise
ire nufflelent to make the drift impaso
able, while a hey', rise will sweep
*way mar testripterary bridge that Mat
Imre hem everted.
1 think that the majerity of e.herrh
choirs In Brooklyn are helm to
churches Rnt some of them here got
a. toil Imbit a lac. the quertette
habit. They dale wittiont the anche-
panitneett of an awl tem ex•
Malt all the of their velOM
Only wett•trabied and highly oultl-
vete! wingers naty /safely mature to
Whim the erantssera try the experi
sweet taw MGM% neediere pais aeon
thee bearer. And the moiern an-
them I Small an otinsains whets
tiopreno-"Olt. take this pill-
Minlirrelto-"04a-h. take that "
Illatere-"0 oh. ham this pin
Mae
AR tri4=ilimitriikake Ude pilertne
dan-the Nine bank; 'from Wady
Haifa to Khartourn--ks the one
where movt prowess* may naturnlly
be looked for. It le the longemit eon -
n a with. But what a country!
South of Khartoum rain falls freely
eurnmer-lore. hardly ever. Red-
hot rocks and white-hot sand -eye -
see ring glare, coaxes, sapless gram
mucosa thorn, woodentrulted dem-
palrue. empty bladders of Deed iisti
fruit.. white ants and iroorldolle. tan-
gle -haired. herring -gutted, half -
human men. Yet everywhere there
is bad and a not quite eo bad.
There In nearly nlways a lip of Roll
akmeg the river bank. and that will,
Irrigated by water -wheels, will sup-.
port men. The water -wheels have
been broken and burned, It is true.
The men have been nereared. the wo-
men taken for concubines. and the
blew flung into the river. But the
experience at Demote, now rewtor-
ed to Egypt for tlwee years. en-
courage the hope that the soon -
try will fill ap nooner than you
from everywhere to claim their dere-
lict lands in Ihnieola province:
soon water -wheels creaked again and
the green corn embrokiered the
river. Dowd& went far to eupplj
the Khartoum army with grain.
But even 11 the country fills up more
quickly than there Ls any right to
expert, It mulct atill remain for
years half peopled, half desert.
WitiOn ea matter of weeks after
t heee lines are read the railway vhould
have reanhed Khartoum, and the Sou-
dan adoceuld he 'mein to tradrollot whene
there is Ettle to bring oul of a coun-
try there will be little to be taken
in. There tsetse°, and otter good tim-
ber oa the Blue Nile; there ars also
gum. Ivory and ostrich feathers to be
had, but not In any gem t qsantItyt.
The (obis( Impediment -to trade 'will
probably be the difflohlty of bring-
ing up bulky raods fabrics, for
the railway if. blocked vrith stores and
materials for the d•ns •4 Atsuan and
the rebuildlng el Khartoum.
Arlefir there la no plat" ftw heroine
•bout the reopened Bendel. Khartoutu
is being slowly transformed from a
eollection of old ruined mud beta to
oollection of sew, stable omit The
Governor's. palaes will Its as palatial
se an Italian rural hotel. The (helm
College will he an elemeatary wheel
for little bays between seven •ed four-
teen. Thy. provinolal governments am
soldiers is their thirt-alseves, the law
courts the same as the provincial gov-
ern:mats. it •Il lase to be made out et
mythic,. The Months has no *lenient a
• country -not even population. It la
a Scraped tablet ; and only the lensed-
ean as /at be drawn upon it. Bot
thee* will he drawn with firm tone&
/temerity la the first repshita. As the
new generation grow* ft will Gni tke
pa t ha a 'ready marked out for 11.-
0. W. !Reeves., is Prank Goalies Po-
pular Meath!, for /emery.
Leander K Cobalt. towed guilty of
having dynemite in his preennerm for
irniewfni purples' end *hovel to be
rulaneirite of herglevra wan sett -
teem, hy feel Wereellth to
ilievelle refire in the Penitentiery.
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Mr. I'. Mission. Deleon, Man., writer : " 1 can eps,,k In Go- high
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I du at present. thanks' %o ,Dr. Williams* Pink Pills. Similar sof•
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LITEDITHE IN THE
It Ought at Least to be Cor-
"- rectly Presented.
EXACTITUDE :THERE A DUTY
fond of illiterations. like mud and
aft,er reading one ol the printed
sermons of the successor of Henry
Ward Beecher in Limmouth Church.
The Rev Mr. Mlle Ilter now brought:
out a 'Wow of Me literary <1
courses. "flreat Books am Life Teach-
titentieauction df such theta=
the • pulpit on the ground three " for
some reason. our geuoration has
reused Its text books on ethics and
morals." Hence the duty of the
preacher to turn to " the great
poem". amyl and novels." As a
Menne of temporarily conciliating
our geateration, theme lecture -nor -
mons have been, if we may June by
newirpaper reports. 11 great 011C.
CM/. But it remains a grave clues -
tion if the experiment has really
been Justified, and more tlutn doubt-
ful if other clergymen would do well
to follow Mr. ilinbe examp:e.
We my this. because his volume
of sermons yields evidence to the
hasty reader that for the pulpit to
take to expounding literature
would be t.he mere meatus of dimin-
ishing hurtead of enhancing Its au.
scepticism would surely spread
abroad If preaching in general were
am loose and carelesm in statemente
-of fact as Mr. 114114 thie book. We
my nothing of rich nmertiona of
his aa the one he makes in deacribing
the death of Jean Veltman : " Doubt-
leele some angel was "tending in the.
gloom. with outstretched hands,
waiting for the soul." That la a
vecies 61 literary criticism in whicb
the clergy must necessarily be the
bighorn authority. But even a lay•
Mon may " Mt up" when lie hoar
mlnierter say of Olaeistone: "Among.
kia close friends at Oxford were
Tennyson, Camille, ilauric.e, Lowe
and that youth who was to be known
as Cardinnl Manning."
What are the facts ? Tennymon was
newer nt Oxford. In the, poet's "L!fe"
Is publielied a letter from Gladstone to
071 of the fleet time he met Tennywni.
which was some years after he
let oxtord. Main -Ica wee eerier at
Ot ford. Lowe and Manning were
there, and were eontemporaraim of
Gladstone; so that Mr. If Ilim' trilitnkee
etre three out of a pomible five. We
fear that a close examinatlon of his
took would show other Inaccuracies as
glaring, if not an notny in a Riegle min
tenee. Thus we fail him "peaking of
Carlyle am heing a ''young man" ln
1850. Fifty-flve la young or nut, wa
admit. according to the elde from
which you view it. It le safe to ear
that ali of Mr. Hillis' congregation
Move 55 would flnel thie doctrine of
hat both mound and comforting. But
Carlyte's elute. at any 01 te, the
eoor is closed. for he himecelf once
flouted Thiers for 'peaking of a cer-
tain Frenchman as "youn " who tl
fellow wax -forty-orld''! lint would
110 Dave maid at being written down a
yoimg man lemeelf .be 55?
Sueh blunder., It muert be confessed,
would fo far towards timiertnIning the
niithor ty of the pulpit. It in not a
on opinion. That may be
uttered aa dogmateally from the
nacre, desk In ri matter of literature
as In a matter of religion. Homiletic
rlertor'c may be allowe.I to pass un-
quiet:oiled, as in that bold figure em-
ployed hy Mr. Hillis of ft ;regal' v -
&Irv" on the R'gi, Whom lie Imagline
to "'stretch not hie linnil and break
off a ehunk of damp elond." But
Ihe most devoot cermet ale and be
edified under the droppings of the
menet ry, whets they Ore palpable
dropp:ings into error as newts well-
known matters of fact. The dieter:AI
inimiefey el the cloth in hotel on the
supposition that it ocurfinee itself to
sacred theme. "I never prejteikve or
mums any preenber," wrote Jansen
Howell, "taking him es I finvi him."
But that wan otrly a earolisry to his
previews asserliort, "I loess a holy de-
vout sermon. fluit fiact Meeks and
then cheers the conseience; that be-
gins w:th the law and ends with the
retYpel." Yet we dienbt It oven ihe
much endoirieg Howell would heve suf-
fered mei glean ho siwn if he had
lietene:attoa; sermon on 'poem, mud -
holly , weth 001111111 1111111.41011 end
inairpreable amp as the 'FIrtsigewater
Treatises" used to nvelsheoTheresfass,
hope then in Christ ' I
ft would des a evertors Metake
think, for the pelt& to ester into an
unequal oneepetitien with greet M-
ere titre at greet critics.. The old own -
fort a the pinata wee that, if five ser-
mon were poor, "God take' a text rind
promotes patienear But if the very
tglit ia • poen Me. elegy. there will
rather be InetiedWeis_ta get -keine to
poet or emayfat at Omit mak -non-
ta seered lie a sound Melee," but
there's no dietnity that cloth hedge
in the palpit from 4Na peril of haven.
ornalearisone, if it invitee them
Itrelsber Peet.
Ae a ?yin privet* tri tee tinivensity
seemingly of the Qteestren Oter n. the pre
sent pedometer rienerstl siyresei tie
ie
A MOTHER'S (IItIKV.
Viral News ofSou InNine Veers 1. of
111s Execution.
Clev'elaud report any*: .i messenger
boy ran the door bee. of the hour,
at No. 136 Dodge street yesterday a(.
teevoott. "I've got a telegram for
Mrs. Merle Pattertaen," he said when
the door wart opened.
Mr.. Patterson is employed there as
a domestic. Mlle came from the
kitchen. sighed her starve In the hook
and tore open the envelope. Thal is
what the read :
Pitteburg Penitesdtary, Jan. 15:
Mrs. Matte Patterwon. , 1$¢_ t1re
sttb$t. Clei'Sland, Oils6:- -`
William Patter -eon. Soar eon. will be
hanged to -morrow. (kpsne at once.
The another buret into a paroxysms
of tears. ?denten/ of the family -by
whom eine los empldyet aami,rteti her to
her room. where *1re ham *ince re-
etteurk•eluaete caml.hetety Relpiteer
from grief.
lire. Patterson told her story as
ulluwe : The • terrible telegram
Drought tom the (irdt themes I have
had from my son for nine years.
"I waa married when but 15 year*
old. Motet after m3' marriage my hue.
bead and I had trouble. and he 1e(1
me. taking my 1D-montlroki boy with
aim. I did not Pee him again fur dr
,tetra. At the tenet 1 was living In Al-
toona, Pa. A detective returned my
boy to me. but emly to have lllin
taken again by his lather, four yearn
litter, and I haul not (ward from Min
rime that time until I reeelved the
terrible newt that ho was to be exe•
noted on the gw Ilowe for the murder
of Allen Van Ibor,t.
"1 have always* thought that my
boy would Dome to Mame bail end. I
have prayed for yrarm that the Lord
would take him from thin wicked
world. and my prayer has been an-
swered.
"I knew the Lord wontl some time
hear my prayer. although the terri-
ble manner In which my boy s to die
breaks my lertrt. I nin unable both
financially 1/1 111 physically to go to
pec my eon before he dkos. 1 want to
IN OTTAWA VALLEY.
Reuben Draper, of Bristol, P. Q ,
Reports That He Is Cured of
Gravel by Dodd's Kidney
Paused a Large Stone tine Week After
Commencing !kiddie Kidney Pills
Now Compietety /free From This
l'rouble- Recommit ode ilioddis
kidney Pills to All Miff
' Front Madder Complaints.
on the QUIPI)P1. 11:110 of the Ottawa
!titer are /diva to the loon thay
luive in Polder Kideey Tills, am It wit -
nesse! by the Inrge number who,- nre
publiely teatifyIng to the merits of
Dohi'm Kidney Pills in the prow One
of those 'In Mr. Reuben Draper, of
Cleirendon,---near too..
Mr. Draper was troubled vr:th that
latent known as grasp!. Ito Id'. Ithi-
hey PION core Greve!. and W11-111 it
renterubered that "melte! opera -
t NUN formerly the only menne of
needling thee di Pane. thi values of
Deere Kidney Pills 1 I 111/4/Omit.
Dokter Kidney Ville wen" recommended
to Mr. Drtiper. rind he tree! then,
sv.th complete Rile/7011M, It. the folhow-
lett.,er will Meow :
Dokter Medicine Co,
weer taken III with whet I thought
was gravel. I wan suffering great
wive me men, rind mail he
would rein neetin. Ile enme twice
more and cheroot me fifteen' donne*.
I was a little better tint not well.
A Mort time After I had Another nt
tack, no I tried another doctor with
ahont the same remit, only I was
getting weaker rill the time. Then a
man nibrieed me to try Dodd's! Kid
rie Pills, for he mid they had cured
try them, and in 'het one week I
penowol a stone as largo as a email
henn. nevi In four days after I rimmed
another, nionit the elee of et grain
cif barley. Thin gave me great re -
Ref mei commenced to feel better
end to Wein serength.
That le terry emir* ego. net heive
not lurid any tremble that way
Merv. I have the stones atilt In ms
anyone whs. .kmirto thief *dory. flote
ins this; may ise of *me benefit to
truly. Itenbee Deeper.
rut Ons tablespoonful of late
the chafing dish and Mir lure it tie
name quantity of flout. When (nay eve
frothy arid one map of elision and let
the mixture rem. to boil • then etir
in one and n half Ail.. 00541,1111141 11,00
have hem feinted * bedtime heat In
their rovn Meier slat drained Alia one
er. A. lege Me the aig lar stirred In
levee y In the tentan mid of le7il ""
Re bass therefor* hen /sward**, toe ettbie.
SOW MOAT lieglied. ker1.11.
...w
Advertising autos,
peirand other maul advertisements. 10o.
1 n• for are inertia t, au1 3 maw per Iloe
or each or Woae.t tame/ion. Measured by
• nonpareil scale.
Buenas' seeds of six ,lace sad ander, 1{a per
Feer.
Ad.srtlsea.seeets of Lost, Toted. Strayed.
Situations Vawat, Bttea.isne Wanted and
Buatnw ()canoe• Wasted tot exesedtos a
Ione• nonpareil, N per month.
Houses ou Sale and !arms oo Sale. not to
•:Seed d fine.. 31 for arca month. 60.,. per •us
sellout month. Larger advta In proportioe.
Any special scales the eklpt of .hoh
promote the pecuniary booed% of any Indlvtl-
W or oompaoy, to be oossidered an advertise.
moot and obarred •eeordlo 1
Lowl outlies be nonpareil T type one mat pr
word, no notice lege than the.
Loos' notices in ordinary reading type two
oinks par word. No motto* for Ins than tips.
Lamm for church.. and .thee religious mad
evolent lnstlfutlon, half rate.
Sub•eriben who bn to receive Tea fie mat
regularly by nese will confer • favor b arsquatrains ea of the fact et •a early • date Y
possible.
Whet • change e.f addrem le deem& both
the oW eM the new addre.s should be diem.
lentillakees Notice
S. Le Tonsel, of GoderIch, bee are
pointed Local Travelling Agent for the Tows.
'lope of Goderich. Colborne, Ashfield arid
Local postmestery war the detect aye aloe
empowered to motive eabeeriptioaa te Two
AU oommunications must be add
D. MoOILLICTIDTrd
Yelepheue Cell al. rtried=b.Artlet.
*BHURBDAY. JAN. 26. 1900.
rumee 01031111111.
TROXII !RAILWAY.
MOM
•
51,•1! mid Begelde. path
lied
Mall and Express . .10.2 P.M.
Mall ALM Eiprois...
Moe turd IC
Mixed AM p.m
7.11 a.1111.
Rooms Me Poet maw
0.4 fear, oat betatita Watt
ears' Kiperiesos.
for ail dental operatiego Prearration
nal oral teeth a 'podia,. 0Mas: Cor71 /tie
st and Square (up stair* Istrasof es West
Trieldone No. 31)
e.7 • tal Surreal. .17 easeselabsd with
Dr. !Sion. of lion Gold sad poreene.
artificial Woth mounted on gold ar teturilnews
haws Special attention gives to •
•1111011 Of 1.110 natant! teeth. Ogioe ForeZ
Leen*. ma Meek. le MO
oltor. Notary Public. CseadisMr
Oematerce Chamber. the Square,
Seheiy
Notary.fre. See over
ILAr 0., JOHNSTON-SARRUITES, SOLI -
Men. 01 Hamlitos and St. Andrew
Massie. eite, Ont.
Maritime Court. ge. 0111cor : North at.. neat
door SIGNAL 015011. Pelt ate VUIVI0 to lend at
i0 wept rates of Interest. Men
T corns.. 14.C.. Charles (Jarrow. LLB.
13H11.11' 1401.7, G.. BARRINTeR.
I Solicitor, Mier', Public, etc. 0111re East
miriC COUrt houne Square. Monty to Iron at
low rates ef Interest.
MODOy to loon. (Mice, %Vest street.
on !familia° street opposite the Colborne
Hotel. tiolerieli Private fonds to lend on
mortsage. at per cent. interest. ',Armes
froth embed.
Assiut. Only first-class commodes rep ownell2
Money to leort 00 II night loan., at the loweet
rate .4 lotore4 deltic In ony o ay to suit the
•orrower. Ofilee: ...cowl door from 8,1110/•
West street, °enrich. Mott
1 0, WA rat. CONT F.IANCER, Ike. AND
recognisance* of boll. aMda rite or *Mmes.
me, delete' ker a or solemn declerat Ions lit or
concerning any action, suit or prereellos In
the 11 h Court er.i este... Me (stet of Appeal
for Ontario, or in wiy County. 01.'131 roam
executed. Residence and 1'. 0. address -Duo
LOANS A1711 10111171ANCN.
Ems:. MEWLS. BARRISTSR, SOLICITOR.
se, Notary. Proctor Maritime Cart. Offices.
be street.
V • client hemmed Agent; at lowest rates
IVA of Private Fonds for inveatinent at low
eat retro and expense on first -clam nturtesses.
Apply to Onrrow Ostrow
Oodertch, ow, Special attention given
to farm sod farm stork sales. Saler at tendert
1.. In any part of the "minty.
and Land Valuator. Gederi. h, Ont. Haw
mg had rieweiderable iixperiesee in the ase-
binewhis Wade, he la In • leoltiow to elle
*banter with thoroogh eatieteeties all OM
ploodons 1111trnabid to hint. Orders loft at
Su iton's Hotel. or met by 'WI to his addrem.
Ooderieh P. 0.. carefully &Handel M. Jr
KNOX, County Auctioneer,
MAILRLISN
-11
0°,4 Keough Per limo
TM other day mon with stu
!hash brogue entered a newsagent's
shop. reline e pewter wan exbibited
with the word. eituntlos in the
Trn nevelt, • entering the shop, t
men Raid ' shore I've il`tnno n boot
" Mir alien tine tin eneen 9" in
ono." saki the nian,/polathe to the
porter, " the Transvaal, I* cif
ter." "Pinot I" replied aim
" Iirmorre 1" Picini the men. "a
.kina ear* whoop into tin on ;
ProrWloal
that 11,000 hunt
In Ontario dortn
The number of
In esteem a the
South Armoires"
ri;r0.1 r. ornrcers than any
ant. It* isri I an rot p7 .ron
crown on earth. iset4 Mo Meow tg vs,
and elver ceed coil bum WerOillic bona
TInalet
ere Mooting deft
4.• rierreon last year.
r was greatly
ter 11/111PVI11.