HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1901-5-16, Page 3BRITISH VALOW
IN THE BOER WAk.
JUllan Ralph's Thrilling Story et Korneeprult Fight.
Julian Ralph, in him book, 'Au A.m-
erivan with Lord Roberts' Aruay," de-
votee it oltapter to the valor of the
Brilleh. lie *eye :
The matylsi for the beset exposi-
tion of thie high quality which this
war haso provided iit an account of
tee fight at Kormosproit -with which
un engagement that has taken place
call compere In Hennes' of examples
of thiss inueh prised force.
begin with Colonel
j might well
Peeler* visit to Latlybrand with
tliirty-five men of the 10th Humana.
There he was welcomed lay the tricky
lioere and entertained with lavedi
that thous/ands of Boer* were near
waitiug to attack hie little hand.
ite gave the order to retire. and in=
Meetly the false-hearted people of
Jim place epened fire front windows,
414stre, and walls -but ho gut off with
the laocidrost, and slid more injury
teen he siefered. He was in Oeneral
lireadwoodes command, which was
Broadwooti aware of the massing of
memo: thoustinsi Boers. Tile consid-
erable tranaport of the force (of
newt 2,000 Olen) W Ike ordered to
retire in advance to Bloemfoutein.
while the combatant. goerded the
nook loading 'vette valley: In which
'nutlet Nestle lime This was before
linealwood had heard that another
trots lirttreifort to jolts the Lady -
Menai ftree. and lie Milli W441.41 to
Itoberte. apprising hint of
lee plight. The fieldmandial sent out
• SufflOtellt Nippur t, but the dis-
tance from Mktemficlitein gave nit
selvantegio to the tioers. In Broad -
synod. little armY were 'e00 1,t1c
j1;ttefakt, 200 of tee 10th Hussars, en-
der Colonel Pieter ; Bri-
gade irf Mounted Infantry. ceneirt-
_ lag of the first regiment, the third
regiment, the Burmese regiment. anti
Teter" mod Roberta' Horse. With
!Kat id thee force Brotenwood fought
• emell rearguaed Actaeon from noon
until night, holding beck ehe Boers
sue be imagined. At nine o'clock .at
night he ma.rcheal hie men oat of. the
worker Itemiser the itliostrloY, two hours
lifter the wagons had outmanned
,A II had passed some .hille 3.000
yard.. behind thiar place of hiletiae,
441141 trout one of thewe muse oinele
et daybreak. awrikentng them Thin
attar'. change,' to fr.int what
lorry general would do, he ordered
him eon% on-tlut.t le to any, be
hind, towards Bloemfontein. Ile sent
Roberta' floret+ with the wageno as
an eiwort. end with theme he oleo
despatched Batteries Q soul
the Royal Horne Artillery. Quickly
the animals e ere itexpanned ane
et idle! off. while the main body of
tine combatant.. faced abent to get
into touch with th, enemy.
The nest Boer 'reap.
the ranat dramatic coup and the
'cleverest hit 441 Brier work- in thin
ar. The Poem were in force be-
tel Brtin4144,44nt Me all in (rola.
11 Ile he hail retreisteel from Thalia
it large number lout i ost
on Ida road to Bloemfontein.
11 lira ty firing en the ewe
I him ridge of slight
ite•I hint f root seeing Its
((tin Cheater Atneter.,.1
ger& beck t» find a
text lie knew to lie
hiell ins ft ree had
the ennvoy. It
y morning Alen
The iini-
timed, and
iv. on all
tie 4441414.
41 wof
I net
144
the riflew of the soldiery on the
In the meantime Itoberts' Honer
were riding ito to take their plum in
the line, when they were met by a
ouguluctor 44( A. B. C., wile had
tented In the spree nod ridden hark
without being *topped or fired att.
' For heaven's rake," Ite shouted, "gu
back. There tire• Beers there." The
unower lie got wee, "Don't be it 1061."
and t hey advanced. Innweillately
motive iirlyer mow hack at full ..peed,
Boers! Boers!" Not a 'shot had yet
be .0 fired.
glee war taking piece on the right
of ch.. 4.44neny. On the left the
two lotteries; en me along and. find -
the wagon., to see went wax going
on ahead. In Mae await n mole of
the Cataley had 4136116ml
Ilia rifle at the pit of it Ilkier'e
U Battery leading the way ^dere
into the oral. -alengelde the (vin-
yl/Y. reached tite scene :Mei es the'
Boers rose in great numbers. cry-
ing out in good English. "Oive up!
We've got yeti covered." and the
like.
[low Tretteely Was l•rovolteell.
And now came the cioudbursi of
shot. A apergeent-nuter of the Army
sterile loose provoket1 It. He gave
up his rale demaed. bee when
he wets handing over hie revolver he
clapped it, to the head of hie Boer
captor and shot him dead. Then the
Boers loured all their eines with a
fire that eanseet be described -it
bleeding. terrible fire-oue so thick
that them who stood against it say
terry cannot underetaue bow une
wan got away. The Maurer bul-
lets flew like roper of lead from near
at lien., upon those in the sprint,
and just, am thickly tierters the ielitt,
wimre tunny of the troops and the
audit hotly of the convoy were.
A panic which followed war like a
be. of Bedlam lt wur mainly a Mane
pole of the homes anti melee which
multi nod he rentrained. Those who
e ere well back on tAirt veldt law
more rideriew hordes than they hail
ever seen en batele Lefore. They
raw it atm l' Battery 'without
a man nettr It being ewung right mei
left along the veldt. and letwk
tie horse, limbers, and everything
Mita' It. Men too were dripping
In their tracks, and falling from
their saddles. witilet la- the tore-.
ground stood Q Battery. all but de-
serted by Its men. .
Tao Bons were albooting arrow the
British In the sprat and killing earl,
other. They Mot rx refugee mother
and baby on one of tha carte. It
'teemed as If nothing mule eNrAps•
their ImIleta. They endeavors' to be
put. and ordered to one side the men
.01 I: Illtitefi. who had been obliged
to eurrender. Ir ever the human eye
sad ear anticipated the hortorto -of
hee It was there end then. Two Tom-
mie* hiding ender wngon were
pined by n Boer. They •Iragged him
between them end pttnIMPIIP4 him
the Permit, drew him pword an.1 rut
oae Burr down ethen be wounthel an-
other nneetherrefewas ithete-The *er-
go nt• major nf U Battery. who bad
Men pnrleyIng with the Boers when
the firing Minn. cantered out of the
*welt awl the uther battery
In safety.
Major PhipmeHornisy- end lols town.
of linttery, esti:bled on the rine
in the Nee of the ful fire, and then
the- edge of the oporialt tad seemed
their rms. They were able to get
four of them. Three and the One gun
cif U Battery, which 'veered from the
emelt. Made np a hatter, of nve
gene. These Were actuante-rained on
the Poem nnil fired for n' long time
the Boor rifles were ne effertiVe am
If they were firml nrni'm length.
Gunner' rind °Merv! dropped. Mit
ties.. who were no'. hit kept on
The tin house. were on it rime
groniel. Oda Hee was n
Town r.1 this drift raced nil the
pnnie•strirken heroes. and it %yam
here that thy men begn n to rontro!
brought with n violent effort nut of
4.11:409 All n•-er the iehlt was the mad
tine steeds of eoldlers. The cerifiteion
in the drift was awful. Hermes and
wagons ran other home. down. But
t Inet order tame oat of it all.
the meantime wt. have left pert
of the *convoy end all of Roberta'
In the heart of the drench -
In of belleta Major Dawson.
ling the Horse !tenet thr or -
emitter, end replie4 simply.
it, Onllop !" Thee is also the
peroest eat Tamer says
who had serrentlereti
-ere shot hy the liners.
wholly false. An I
limners were told to
ow who were Melt
did -even mnny
Pe -from a creme
ing from nn
dowapour of Wiens and raking of
Maurer bullets'.
The Burnoose Mouuttot Infautry.
Crulkaliank in continued, form
tol up at the front edge of the rise,
find gave the Boers idiot in etre/tale
lik.• molten leash The New Zeal/mud-
Mounted I floe dhl ma well in cover•
ing tle. final lin., the retiring
fore... IllianountIlly awl putting
their mounts' under coier. they bleu
1.1 away at lie Bocre-staindIng. out
in lie open end in the worst. of the
fire -me if they were defying the
'Math that kept settrehtng the whole
eldt with Its snaky fingers
(len. Brototwood lettrni41 the
filets, he felt, aa did ery other itol
dier there, that all were trappetl.
Mitt that there might be no way
.m1. To surrender twourreit to no
To filet a way out. tool. that
ttl.P. weir the single Idea common
to all. Broatiwood came into the
torte,: tif the battle anti rtempede
and brought hie command to order.
mut thee to safety. HP sent the
cavalry and Dome mounted infantry
arrows the Korneepreit te the right
of the Boer position, to flank anti
enfilade them. HP erre:wed for the
covering of his retirement with
gums stud riflemen -and he got hie
ftorto away mickly. nee with the
least hour of life that wail !smoothie
in it dltuallori which evened en of-
fer tweape to no one. Ile •ieseevee
tie. thanks &lid erotism of hie men-
trymen for the eenittema. the intro -
panty. and tee skill with which he
thus saved five -mistier of him (twee.
Had Colville's. large force. which was
chew at hand. come to his relief -
even had he known that Iloernankop.
lying In the line of hie retirement,
WR6 in British hands'. he would have
got back his moven rum.
roe a- week collecteel Ineattowee
of valor OR the part of Ituesbler in-
dividuals in this tight. At the end
1 Walt overwitelmee by their num-
ber.
A Baer. speaking after the fight.
mild to nly Wry able comrade. 11.
Oltanne, "The whole force •4
Boers wan toncited with admirittion
of -ehe ',tented behavior of 3,our
trove. We looked upon that form.
confese If it lead been a Boer force.
It would have given up its &rine"
Title, then, is Pelted' valor. le the
reader able to jedge by these ex-
ample. of it wlutt its commercial
value ix, what it weighs in the
reale* toothed what it emote'? In
title case et /saved ft little army be-
came.. practically every Man in that
army poneeseet1 It. In other Cnafte.,
It hail lost .nearly as heavily.
Can any one, then.-etrike the bite
ante T
LIBERAL PRINCIPLES
A8 Defined by Three Canadian
Liberals. Tooth Powder
FRAGRANT
SHORT SYMPOSIUM,
In a bandy Patent Box (newt 2
Lars* LIQUID sad POWDER. 7k
mall Mere& or by Mall tor dm prim,
HALL & RUCKEL, MONTREAL.
5°
Whom, It is rumored, the Pop e favor. am his etwoessor.
RICH, RED BLOOD
ENOCH ARDEN OF THE YUKON
eel
tie
pestle
Ile lien
444y. lwh
and sent to
tiny out isf
a trap Into
luel (wattled the Pe
fire against the tr
mile were quickly In
the long line of wago
king over a nearly f
pritirie with the multi oi
Ahead was a ifliaat T140
emelt (4 the MM. IOU won
have teatime* It. th•ough it
tie hide from Broatiwood what
to bilaWn beyoed it. The wag
eitme first to a 'nth" wend ,
nearly dry at ream -bed. nntl th
OW they losd-to elionese for a cross-
ing brought them into the Moon
fire. Tbe feet of the hundrietire 'elf
animate churned up the limit bettmn
into a mire. and neven wagons stuck
there. Captain Atcherley. of the .A•
P. 1%, siuMMOned help of About forty
men of Robert's' llorse, who Mayed
mall it wag nowleve to May lateen
etemounted, with their :teen' stairk•
t41. tugging ftt the wagone in
Nein endeavor to shift them. Every
Amin of Crow wag et hero. for 11011P
d their Ilia wail wortit it pin. They
antationa of one of their offl,
cervi, who kept on nhouting. "Do
not !ante ft pennyworth to the
In the enenntinte tbe reek of the
long tomtits' lind goof on,". SVir 1111111
4.144114 rime hey441INI the first er little
owlet t» the Korneeprult, the larger
.1 t he two sprees. and the plore of
!Minding the await nd veldt foo ran -
'steeply tlint Hwy
I.,th with shot. The
on the farther honk o
The eeeond, third anti
Absolutely Necessary to
Health and Strength.
Tbrourfh the Wood Kvery Organ,
Every Nerve and Every Thome 1 n
the Hotly Is Nour.shed If the
Blood Is Impure, illsettae 'rakes
Poseessies of the System.
. If yell want. to he well take care of
the blood. The blood is aptly teemed
the tied flui nal it is4 thrOttgli it
att. seery organ and every Orinoco(
the body is nourielied. If the blood
becomes' impaverielleil. the entire eye -
.tem en user a breakdown, and
whit t Is termed Atiglemis, genernl de-
bility, or even cone...a:option may be
the result. Prudent people occlusion -
silly haTteelletenie het tee purpose -of
keeping the Mood pure, but the ink-
well are Orme to whom tide nrtiele
in chiefly %nimble. nu it will point out
41104y an I verily menu* to renewed
health. Um. Jeeeph Herbert. who
keepa n grotery at. the muter of let.
eauveur. (ewe tells the feller/Mg
Ins r
coentem
der to
the-. why
that the
in the epruit
I believe thief
Imre the p
of the Doerr them.e
the Bewr right.
Uroadwood Are'
It was then thist eenern
wood mine over the ridge.
hie einem/to' to begin na,gal
fight rui is overawe' in nny an
fire In front, on (Tie righTeirflireffl
riglit rear, nt 1,000 yards, with nw
an I horsier with Berri Moot-
ing Boer., with e‘erylx),1 else in the
.1Ireort, mntlekmt confusion. this little
14.1 lb& force remain., tinder perfect
diselpilne defending itorlf in the open
AXIOMS the nmetierme, fire ef a hid-
den three to 1411P. Under them eircum-
brIllinnt ft retirement no human brain
nal nerve could devisee rind execnte.
Tihere is not a mnn who wen with
oadwood on that dny who ior nut
Ihng to follow him anywhere -even
toll's, Inferno. if the Boer. do not
glveeep when they are driven there.
The \fieir mites which micaped the
orl,,to Cover the retirement
of the mottnte.I inert, and to try to
recoter the two they Were obliged
to nixie Ion. 'the tibell ))1
were only n. few tatter. of the orig-
crippled thing. Tint what nwo were
left mit holt upright throngli the
l -tilt a sign of what they lind expert
enim.1, or of whet they knew ley he -
fore them. They 1 reed, bleed t he
position of their dlimoter, anti epened
flre steeliest fire Boer leng-rn nee mew
IleernP•1 to fail In the middle of their
little 'tree nearly the whole of the
Mennted Infantry Regiment W3A Obis
to retire, nn 1. them. tieing the Inet,
the gene Men retired imeinining to
store of IKoken health and renewed
tiger.: el stffermi for many months,'
seed Ore. Herbert, "from nn Inlpov-
eri .l.ed 1•tinditlon of the blood, cou-
plet with extreme nervoltsness. 1 was
fiery pale- end felt languid and ladle -
tweed too exertion. A dizzy sensation
un arising quickly from a chair. or
mining down stnlrs, often troubled
sue. The 1;sod eeereiee wuald leave
ewe almost out of breath. and me
heart would palpitate violently,
% line :It tither times I would feel n
emotheting sensation. Often any face
ani arms would swell and puff. and
the nrms became almost useless. I
ehoetored more or lees for the trou-
ble. but did not get any real benefit
until I began the use of Isr. Williams'
Pink P111t. 1 had 'been ming the
pills only n few weeks when I found
myself glowing stQ.eng 'r and better In
every way. I continued taking the
Dolle for nearly three months -for 1
w1N determined the cure would tw
tinrmtgdl-1.at esouw'tIme before I rile -
mutinies' using then I felt In letter
health than 1 had en,j;oyed for years
bplore. My sleep IN now, healthful
and refreshing. my appetite excellent,
anti I feel equal tit atmoltt any exer-
tion.. I fellthft Lowe all the, to
11r. Williams' Pink P111., and. It. *HI
always give me plensure to rPenm-
Ilenit them."
It Is the mission o1 Dr. 'Williams'
Pink Pills to make rich. red blood,
rodtieh ' the nerves, Mayes vert vete-
one orga$N of the body, and thus by
reaching the root of the trouble drive
dlsa.ee (rum the system. Other mull-.
eines net only upon the aymptome of
sere hen ench mesticines
aro dlwwmtln eel heTronfMr" PtilrnM
-often In an nggretated form. If
on want health nqd strength be etre
p n get the genuine with the full
- 'Dr. Williams' I'iak Pills for
People" nn the wrapper around
hoc. 1f your denier sennet enp-
the pills will 1w Pent prat
)(ants, n box, or six heves
y alklreseeing the Dr. Wil-
lie Co .Brockville, Ont.
Ca/nes-Back and Claims PHs Long Mardad Spans.
1). 1..411.114411411.4011) PrPnlier 441 Prince
Edward Island. writer : Terms of Ilsbeeriptileas
It
I MAY manthe so
1. Beeman I believe in the ancient Oss I 110
moth+ of the Liberal pitrty the world
"Freeway, retreuchmeut and
2. Berliner Liberalism Ole\ a 1,es Lite
1/1414.1smi, and pats utowy into the
ptiekete of th.. Bogner and the nrtl-
Ian, by creating a Just and equitable
enstome tariff, by reducing the tuxes'.
by placing a ditty Ian 111‘lif les
rather 1111411 nimensaries.
3. Because the Liberal Party ale-
airer a fair anti bread reciprocity
treaty between t'atiallit and the
American Republic .and freer trade
with the mother land.
Becau.ce the policy of that
party la to erush the hydrneheaded
aster ettlled "protection," with
Its reesulttints--tnonepoiies and the
enrichment tif the few at the expecte'.
of the inlay.
!I. 'treeing'. gives to the
pure usittaluistrittion. keeping Intact
Lb.! independence of Patrentnent. an•I
'reserving Ilrevincial
equality in Church and elate end
in their smetlement of difficult iptes- lrebtlialsese. notice.
ti011e, avoid racial religious strife.
and promote lrarmony. good will.
and fellowitaip Pimoug all races.
creeds anti el/tomes.
T. Becauee under the Liberhl ban-
ner, the great question of prohibi-
tion half heel' tellullit t., a i..te
id the !oomph. : the Superanmuitien
Art haw boon ; and he the
repeal of the Friebeltiew Act. the (me-
rit -lee hall been exteeniest and nian-
N. Boater I believe in the policy of
developing the row lames of "'hie May iLLDIO °VIDE.
Cattail* of owe," 111141 of opening lap
mar litablie land, fur 'settlers and mit
for enewulaerm.
teriateas of elie Liberal Porty. tat- z. prem.
Becauee, In a word. Lib- lea :
er,allent lietgateeemoos with good Mali sad 11111)Yese
of trade, increase! tof reventre, end
The Signal
eV 111.2111111D
IIVILRY THURSDAY MORNING
"William Harrimm Shaffner and dike, Hoover bad moved on with the
May Hoover, both of U. K. L., throng to the newer fields of Nome.
were to -day united in the hely bonds
of matrimony, at St, Andrew'r
Misch h, the wording of an 'tepee -
teatime news item mope:trine in the
New Westminster Vphitilbiallii it:Sat-
urday Mat -an item t lint imemingly
tells all that there•im to be maid of
the iermal eonsummat ion of a mitring -
time eirtirtship.
A stranger reading the printed ee-
ferenee to the ' happy event" woad
have 1144 difficulty In filling out ail
the pleasant little details quite to
his own enlist aetion. A. ettatt,14
betaking acquieecence-the novelty or
a., trip up into canaries for the- wed-
ding -and the usual tiovellstee
mitten' of the ambjeet, "mei they were
happy ever after !"
Anil yet thee! who can rend be-
tween tite lines will from the skeleton
text given by the Columbian put bit
by bit together a Mary emit a. a
novelist might use relnetantly, cer-
tain' in the knowledge:that he wowed
beoccuemi of weaving into his fiction
the utterly improbable.
Neither Mr. William Hurrieon Shaff-
ner. nor May Hoover enter!! the ma-
trimonial alliance throtah Mr. Vert's
good offices in the first flesh of en-
theeitbatielle
riaturilny is. Indeed. the "meow! in
which they have been the principal
churnetere playing the 'same partn-
eri -vory.lew r -an. say. it eat not the
first time that they leave held each
others' handx at the altar, and puebl-
o! their troth with the giving and
receiving of the ring.
How it MI comets n.hout Ito this pe-
culiar fiteliion makes the story. '
May Hoover, now Mrs. Willem
Ilarrieon Shaffner ail severely as a
repeated marriage can make her.
waft in her girlhood Miss May Deploy,
*natives eof 441W of tee smaller towns
of Wnehingten. She had not yet
reached her maJority when whe wax
wooed and wed by Mr. Hoover, their
marriage taking place five or nix
year. ago. from whin!' date elle and
her instebeind lived apparently in har-
mony, their lenerinetee augmented by
tlbe arrival of two pretty chiklren tei
complete the meaning of home.
141 1M found in a day In tho cold
etretchee of the magic Yukon.
popular infection -finally it came hie
'turn, and returnees to his :settee..
home one. eien.ng he capped the cli-
max of hits withes suspicions as to the
way his thoughts were tending, with
the announcement :
"Well, I've decided to go, too."
-- She knew without turther explana-
tion what was meant.
A week Inter the hesitated Waft one
of flee bemired mneklitaw-clad tree -
Imre seekore on the deck of a Klon-
dike Mennen pulling awny from the
Seattle wharf.
on the wharf nod watched the dis-
appearing crnft nate it rounded the
poled and /taped a course Into the
•
lei comb them
loot tier wan
the epruit.
tote tiers
were hidden behind the • ne wade'
of a double cattle kraal builtIlltingly
on the slow+ beyond the stprdit.
lending W11414P1 in the long convoy
st mot wifely down the 'Trutt end
tip) rly eerier, the drift. 14everitl Inrite
heck 'engem believe! le
/goers Melted Convoy.
They had no rensein einspeet the
truth, which wore (lint ‚Wren hundred
a Dorms were almost clone enough to
bre:, t he In their coven, (nit fittifil thew
aiieltrr ram^ n few who, like Picea-
,' dilly 'policemen handling fi blockade,'
it mit lineed holding lip thee. ban+, end
',elec. -Stop! Tee nre storramled.
You can th) nettling. Drive there-.
er they met " Drive over there"; or
"There -Fro until we ten eon to
The negro driver, del nattier
r. the earte lifi41 ihroWn their rifler'
hind them- an they genernlly .10. and
theme they grave tip when ordered to
Imre Mown In nwending the forther
'r oide Thum. with it number of (telly's,
the wagon, rnme Humping. )(nine -
le 1,1g rind humping down int., the lit th,
rliN end the Poem@ risk. uo and
pr
erying ...it that it wax '1111 gellnp, or iseiPn t4) (Vit. t1114:4
liP-no nee tlightleg," and demanding theta. bombe away older that Internal
Pa le
ply yo
paid nt
linme' Med
Merely filled Oftouble.
TM fnet tItat I has been *track
who hail plenty o time and eapItal
In %letting the coo ry, discovering
where the "gaiters" re. end took -
vestment or eppetilatin This hil
&bent ea fat as tine ran In the
way nt commendation. 11 ;Mire
clear Hutt any investmen made
in person or by trusted agent nre
pere ellinnees. tench the same if
one 'thank* bet oh ell nnhne„
hong running in st rm. In Set Fran
and would write from Mere.
lie did not.
eo other woril direct or indirect
wete load by the waiting wife until n
her hushrouCti brother told her the
story that had comes to him -the old.
wet rtory of fairy castiee crumbling
into a grave beneath the northern.
Hoover had, wetbe brother wrote.
ginge with the mercury eao low as to
be beneath contempt. His conetita
(kite had been undermined by over -
Work and exposure. and he had pollen
by tho wayside, tuna- -body been'
coorrigned to a trench scraped In
the frown 'now.
lAitoe, placea, all detail* were given
with apparent certainty. of correct -
areal, and Sire. Hoover retwired the
romeniseratkme of all who knew her.
upon her widowhood.
It cannot truthfully be sale that
leer long sepnreelon from Hoover and
the many weary months in which no
word had mime from him. had not in
innutv.r 'ventured lib-. wife the bet-
ter to boar the Wings of his death.
Her mourning was *hurter than it
might have been, anti 'tome four
month" later tv.r heart re-awnkened
to the pleading,' of Mr. William Ilnr-
rieon Stieffluir, to .W114) In Nix Menthe
0,04 slie_w_u_wedded by n clergyman'
prepared a home tn Plaine, une there
lir. and Mr.. Shaffner have been
living In unclouded huppineam ever
attneet-TT "Weir on Monday last that
thitisPrbelt broke.
Hoover in tn. emelt appeared to
give denial in 11,11 repPortn et his ine
timely death. He was Male. like Mark
Twain, to pronounce even the hoe
tlboeto report a groom exaggeration,
able teetimtony for himorlf.
Here was a dilemma.
Pheffner conk, eenreely pone
ewehend eat who -or where elas woe.
ethe wa. Moe Hoover still, nal yet
idle had the documente to prove thnt
Him waa Mrs. -Shaffner. Mhe was the
wife. of two men, yet see wax not a
bigroulet, for the evidence of her
widowhood wnw tangible arid suffi-
cient for any meet •of law. -
In her perplexity Mir wax forced to
trek at 'lawyer. and the lawyer wool
pliented
willing lawyer crui find no solution.
T110 remedy propowed to Mee Shaff-
ner -Hoover or Hoover -Shaffner had
all the write of aimplicity. She was
advised not to concern hernelf with
nny of the romantic te.taile of bow
nal why It happened. Hoover wire
emit the other parties. An' se on
!Malay !tun at Wheteren petitial
in discere ware filed, the woman, ap-
plying for relents; from Mr. Hoover
on the grounele of defortIon nrid neg-
lect. Proceeding. moved nonce, and
on rrhttsy nn order granting the peti-
tion was duly handed down.
The Inely who find been two meten
wife the day before wne legally at-
taehel to neither,
Ring'. blewereinew is not oteeeptable
for any length ef time.
That 1f4 whnt She thought, tin
letter cione. . So on the fellievine dny they took
Then rumor brought the word In the trip to W4eittninOiter, find WiTW
round/deed meaner that, unable to they are Mr. nal Mr.. Shaffner onee
get In on anything geed in the Klon- again.-Vanemover Province.
ethiertlatatir natant
.cfas nat. ed.„., le 'lit.' anitspiwwts, 010:1
for ends cibirement luarti wt. !teases el Ist
• nonpareil Nettle.
U.utiusas cards et als Una aid usd•r. psi
year
Advertlantents of lost. reee4i.
Situations Van.ut, Situations, 'anted and
nue. nonpareil. St per month.
lioness on Kale sod Vanua ea Sale. sot ta
scooted lines. 111 for tint month, 30o. per sue
• opeolal sours, the otuoot of which ts to
promote the pecuniary twutelt at asy indl
set or company. t, be considered an ad vertigo
ardnoq11,aorgedin Itrinpardrie4711Ype on* cosset pet
word. •• notice loss thee 160.
Local notices ordinftry rending typo two
Goats per word. No nodes for lem Was 30o.
Notices, for °Minims •nd other retigisoss ant
Suberribers who fed to resod v• Two Sionst
roguistrly by mall will confer a favor by a.,
enalnfing as of thil fact at as swirly • dot* all
When • °hang* cd address is desired. boll
the old and thane. address should Ivo irt••4
pointed local Travelling Agent for the Town•
ships of Gederirls, Colborne, Asblold and
Local postmasters over the district ars ales
empowered to receive aubeoripUoiss ta Tan
All oommunioations must be addressed
Tun 81014
Telephone Call 20. Dodertini&,bna.
THURSDAY. MAY 9, 1901.
that the e.ra of depleted population,
reetrieted vonimerce, and retarded
proeperity is thing of the mixt.
of Nova Scotia. writes: "Whe 'Thin
a Liberal." Nirt, at rill events.. he -
mum+ my father woes one Not Ite.
entree I hate become newociateri with
a lerty bearing tlutt name. not in.
demi widely upon political grounde.
I understand by Hut word "Liberal"
look on various, enter n queetion.
nail to seek truth wherever Ale MIS
le. found and follow her wherever
one may lead. I also apprehend that
every nine her We opeortmat les ist
the rare of llfe ; that privileged
rlitarepot should, not taint wrttlth
fn internee 011011111 not 114'
it Bogor in determining the ele•
meets a true ~cam in any -court
Although thim is intended chiefly
for eirculatien for political. pimps/Hee
the word "[Ahern.'" In connection
itil political "struggles than In
twientific. feral and religlinte Po-
Idle/illy, 1 believe in a wide suffrage.
it free ballot and absfolute. immunity
from cermet influences. The lona
tint ton .4 mooed politital 111111.1in.
thine the obtaining of the unfet •
the people. 1 laws Mune.' "be
salter and no enferceel that the mei
anti powerful could net exeeciate
entitle influence over the publle will.
The perchaare tor a vote In the first
Mete toward polleical eterfdlont.
True Liberalism win rerilst the
granting of great public (rancid/gm
to private corporation's The Incre-
ment derived from the devekipment
and prsarrent of the country
roe enretee peesible -tee
emenon benefit of all.
the granting of epecial Privilege' let
legislation or by executive itet. to ally
particular intheirtriem or hornet of
Intittettrinl' tare. The field should be
free, and tile opportunitiew both fur
Iniliertry Reel, and for the 44,4e114inge
of Industry ntoorild, in an ideal con-
dition. be not hampered in the slight-
est degree lay any not of law.
The tomjerity Ina a right in mater-
ial neater". to inipnee Ito wied and
Ils will upon :i niitIon. It. ham lie
right to 'mimeo' its will ii! the
rtisiotee Nett it, compel me to flraili
hut it has 1144 1.14 prom tut net
oompellinie me to go to (lintels or to
toubwerilw Li P any form' of dogma.
I toil Liberal in 'omen' matter.' lie-
diatinetkpne of C1/1561 except Choice
whirl, nein', inevitably front mummer
knowledge and erenter mon' worth.
That any individual or reflection of
individual. ell Id. from the mere we -
feria of Leah. drew an imaginary
line about themselves; and their
intent of thinge utterly illiberal, net'
wide,' Mould be rellentleemly destroy•
ed by the force of nn orgnitised and
intelligent puler /minket.
1 fins a Liberal in religion became
I recognise the right ef no !KIM'
by which epiritual growth ran be at -
Wined. Wert mettere pertnInIng
Lim epiritnel World ore Kill pro
ready knerwn, tad In this finite
verve Mt little will Oyer he tnOWn
Uneer theme ron•litione, dogma ere
peepeeterous. With kith and love
enn reit grope towerti the light
ea I meek ilismover the law. of epee
Houser harl-proutised to write re -
gnarly -bet the wale a those gol-
den day. of the Klondike's birth were
not to be relied upon.
Week", find mantle, passed, end no
PRESENCE Of MIND N,
OD BRAVERY.
her Rare Meant Run.
Teel - Minn Middle In rPftily ta)
he married at Mort It moot have
been tinr41 for her to sett le ilown.
ie., ineee•I She was an nw-
1,11 flirt
the men n merry race, hitt now ohe
saye slues "en her eats lap." -Phil-
ArAter
Br:1%er? In a military officer. metes
monplare thine, since no man le
fit to he nn officer uniform lie pole
*ease* It. lent presence of mind In
great danger a a rarer Quality.
and the officer W110 posseensee it
needs only opportunity hi bring him
General de Oalliffet, the Freneli
Manatee of Wee end lite mend em•
inent living Peenent general. Pee.
00P+1411)14 mermen of mind In a high de-
gree. tearing the wee of the Vont-
mune, Illf et once found tilmwelf
the Pergeries bridge. Pees. ems-
✓ tounded set theme melte by the in.
hotnon hy lieutenant only,
nntIonn.1 loul their rine elm
at the two f itsere. "We. 'shell
never get ont of thin alive!"
the lieutenant. "Well." Amid
Het. "perhem. not, but I think we
▪ 11. Follow 41101'
Onlliffet proceeded to ride. nt
Plow t rot directly towiard the in
@urgent,. Peeliently the Common
1.111
Tee pia.
MS tease
5.1.11 sae
3.15 eas.
•
mender. ft MaiL•mitilyirlfellitte
heard. evidently not a en er
eccupation. xtepped out anti called,
"Whet do you wont. 7" Then Halit•
Hr. pretended that lie had mime
from l'reeldent Thiers.
".Frenehmene lir obeys, "listen!
Shrill It be pence OP war between
n.m1 all veil be well. If you. permed, it
be war to 'tenth ! Frenchmen,' chrome
.k grent vintner row. amemer the
ineurgente The Communed lender
meals top. " leo trek to PreeMent
Thiene," he ehouted, "and tell Milt it
" I go," sold flallIffet. He wanted
nothing better, lin his "miteden" wnse
a mire arcielent, and het wne tom good
rode nwny. The lietitenrinto home
streek Intel, " Held em
ranee Ilailiffet. "'Moe. IP t 114411
thilik we are in a berry -they'll kneaW
wiint'a up." lee the two officer.
wanted their hornier nue of mope ef
(+moment'. Two monthe inter the
fell Into the hpruln of (tellIffet, Who
Folio him him libelee in ngreenhie
remembrnnee of the iscident.
Resew omega th• beet over
Oeld Minas. Drew' and Wilds Week s
"(Meadow,' on Wednesday aternoons at
1.1Io Surgeon -Latest rine selderwl
for all dental operations. Preservation
e t and Square inp stairs). Entrance ent W
Unice r1041041 014 Wod4404441404 ittlern001644,
Ir. , from Airy to Oct.. loolualve-
( Artie ein her new bonnet) - Mgr
kr you like mv hat. Iterthe
fleittin Wily, 1 think it le imien-
DeDlzon, of Montreal 1 Gold end
egtIlletal teeth ipoill)4401 on avid or Mundial/A
bases. Special ettention Eh". to 1 1.4 'rarer -
Lease sow Moot. II MU
1 p.m. from May to itetober Inclusive '
1.14. otter, Notary, &o. Odloo over Mencial
Wit. Beam ()edition.
ANA • Mac Commisdone Walt, 14
leen. Cor. Hamilton and Bt. •ndreve
areas, O•delloh. Out. ani
radiant, LAan NJytli at., nett
scierlie public, proctors in the
smut Private Vends to lond
Weed egos &root.
reARROW da isIta:ROW, BARRISTERS.
eX Attorneys. Melton &a Oodorich J.
1D1H.LIP HOLT. Q. 0.. DA SIVISTLI
• flollotter. Notary Public, (do. °Moo
side Courthcroae Square. Maser to loan at
low rates of Minted.
▪ tare, Solioltors, Materiel Petrifies.
micnisy to loon. Oftico, Wont Onset.
S-.• triter, notery and convertliow. gra
OD Hamilton otreet opposite the Colbored
Hetet, 00411erleh. PrIvato funds W load on
'Mortis:as sit I per cont. Infernal. Farmers,
otitis coshed.
.1 • rout ordosioner for 'skis' nod rowdotaap
Uons. doped done or solemn deelanstesso ar
the High Court et Jumble,. Ws Court of Appeal
ter Ort4ario. or in County or IMVIMMIR
Court. all Venom:atom sarefully end Pear/
ISR0011. Oat. MOW
Muni 'growth.
In one word. kat Telberallein entnee
from the heart and meet find its ori-
gin there. 10 can never he nttnineel
by any form of word., or the parrot-
holethe. It inset he n and
generotle prompting 'if the litiman
(1. W. POPP, Premier of OnInrio,
The Liberal party line niernyir aimed government And the 441
nt promoting the Intereste Of the glell before the law, (leo. W. Rose,
LOAM, INIIVRANOa
if MIT TO AmonN,
111. PrIrstaica.-4. lawildat at low
Mew to lend on straight loans. at Ws lawns%
oatioodissaa.svat gein eat Tar 10
Wrrower. 0011re Bewail dose trona are
West. setae Oeeseich.
on and Lan residre law Ohmataii Dore
Metwel Ina Ca. la ta
lay part of Ws meaty. Wag
TORN IDOL OEM
IP &ad
OX. Omar) Alis0Moular•
many, rather than the eelvancement
of the fete nt beeeeing down the
influeuee of oweteinnlionpe and caste,
than of buntline up mosopoly and
privilege ; nt extending the *tea of
popular government thin of
otrengthenIng the power of preroge-
Ore sal atuarentiam. Every step
tnken for the Pettit/eon of the civil
an I religion* liberty of the people of
ennrieln, for the enlargement of the
freewheels or foe the ronemlhlation of
the NHL* Arnerloan enhance, seri he
traced ter the nilsocney di Liberal
prewiplee hy men who hod eon( idenee
the Hifi/note t riumoli of 'smiths!