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WHERE IS GEN. WARREN ?
13elief That His Division Is Attempt-
-km a Flank Movement.
A despatch from London says;—No-
thing fins been hdterd of Sir Charles
Warr'en's division of $oath African
troopa for ten dame. The lent dive
sem is known aa the fifte divlaion,
and joined General Bullerat Frere
camp several weeks ego,
The complete abconoc of newe .con-
cern ng Iden, Warren's force, tcgether
with aevernl eigniftoant indications,
leads to the belief that be is atteprpt
ing a flank movement to the weetwerd,
hoping to turn the Boers' right,
The London experts are inclined to
believe that a flank movement i.as been
undertaken, as the abseo,ute imireg„a-
bLity of the Boer position at Colen. o
makes a #ramal attack by Butler al-
most hopeless.
In the last despatch regarding the
Hoer assault on Ladysmith, Goa, Bel -
ler said lie had Lint his ,satire am -t-
able force out to reconnoitre. None of
Gen. War'ren's troops were in,1L1 eJ to
the list, so the latter must be some-
where else. The Boers ;evidently knew
or Warren's movements, for they are
fortifying ,Springfield, on the 'Mg la,
to the westward of Colenso, inuwat•-
ing that Warren is in that duet:-
Mon.
aeo-tion.
;Alt signs point to an attempt to send
s strong force to make a circuitous
marc], in the hope of relieving Lade --
smith from the west. Leading north-
west from Ealoourt toward Ham
rismith one of the main highways
leads into the Orange.Pree State, and
intersects with two good roads lead-
ing into Ladysmith. Such a move -
meat would require a march of fifty
miles, and would necessitate Warren
to cut loose from his base,
The speculation about, Warren is, of
Bourse, mere conjeo.ure, owing to the
complete censorship, but military ex-
perts agree that Buller cannot sit idly.
by ane. see Ladysmith fall without
taking desperate steps to relieve the
Oath.
The War Office has received the fol-
lowing drspaloh from. General Sir 1
Redvera Buller, who is in command I
of the Ladysmith relieving eo.umn:—
"Frere, Tan. 10.—A Transvaal tele -I
gram gives the. enemy's Ioss at Lady-
smith on January 0 as four killed and
15 wounded, and this after, as admit-
ted, enduring a withering fire from
six working batteries, and being de -1
feated at all points.
Natives here assert that one com
mando alone lost 150 killed and wag -,
of wounded. I
"The heaviest loss is said to have
been ahstaiued by tbe Free Staters,
whom the Transvaalers forced into the
;Hast dangerous places."
STILL BOIt1BAltliNG.
The London Standard has received
the following, dated Monday, Jan. 8,
from its special correspondent at Fecal)
ramp:-
"A heavy gunmounted on Umbel-
wana IL11 bap been firing since day-
breait. Evidently the siege a lady.
smith is etill maintained.
It is almost certain that the allies
will quarrel as the result of their de-
feat at Ladysmith."
A despatch Lo the Daily Telegraph
from Bennet Burleigh, under tbe same
date from From temp, says:—
"Firing from the Boer positions
around Ladysmith began early to -clay.
It still continues, but the ettnnonad-
ing is, light and irregular."
METHUEN PREPARING.
et despatch from Modeler River, says:
—The British pickets are using bill-
hooks in systematioally nutting away
the patches of brushwood in front of
their lines, •
;Tho work is risky, and is ouly done
when a good opportunity offers,
Thua far there have been no casual-
ties among the men detailed for the
work,
The demolition of the farm -houses
between the forces bas also commeno-
ed.
These preparatons are taken to mean
that Gen. Methuen intents to make a
movement ebortly.
22 DRAB FROM FEVER.
A despatch from Pietermaritzburg,
dated Jan. 9, states that Gen. White
at Ladysmith reports the death of
three officers and nineteen men from
fever.
IS THIS TRUE?
The London Financial News says it
is
reported. that Gen. Methuen w11l bo
recalled from South Africa, and] that
be will be succeeded by Gen. Warren.
,The Morning Leader's critic makes
o.o obscurely worded reference to Gen.
Buller, apparently bated on unpub-
lished. information, implying that, the
state oft his health renders it desirable
that he speedily return ata England,
GEN. JOU ERT
BADLY INJURED.
BUM 'LOSS TO DATE.
ARTHUR BALFOUR SPEAKS.
A despnteh from London nays:—Mr.
Ai thus J. Balfour, First Lord of the
Treasury, speaking on Tuesday even-
ing in East Manchester, said:—
•'1 knowot no war to whittle' Great
,Britain has engaged, except thau Le -
suiting is the independence of the Am-
erican colonies, which did not end tri-
umphantly, Yet I do not know of
0118 which has begun triumphantly.
True, the war in, South Afriac 10 dis-
appointing, but it is not a fact that
Great Britain has suffered excep conal
reverses or great disaster.
"On the other band, the war had
knitted together every branch of the
lenge .h-si Baking ram, making all feel
the; they have a great eommon, de., --
tiny, whluh is their duty to accom-
plish. These are things which ought
to support us in far greater trials than
any this war may pa'oduee.
"Remember that a nation which
cannot bear defeat is a nation unwor-
thy of Empire, and although defeat
has not yet come, and although, we
hope end believe+ it will not come in
the course of the present wart yet, if
matters should turn out otherwise, we
should rely upon the courage and
patriotism of our countrymen."
Cheers.
Addressing a amend meeting, held
et Hardwick, a suburb of Manchester,
Mr, Balfour said:—
"While 1 am loath to claim in any
proud and arrogant spirit that we are
in any special sense the leaders of a
humanitarian cause, I deny in the
strongest manner that we are an'mat-
ed by ignoble mo'ives. No more fel, a or
etupi Teel may wai ever inv. a'ell than
the accusation that Great Britain is
animated by a petty desire to add
.- weitl by regions town alrea'ly gigantic
Empire. No tnere acquisition of tea,:
ritory could compeneuto for a war'
costing so much blood and treasure." 1
FAULT-FINDING IN EASHION. i
A despatch from London, Wednesday'
says:—']the critics range tip and down
the entire field of war transactions,
finding fault espeolatly with the lack
of transports for troops who aro ready'
to depart, and with the concealment'
of news; averring that the censorship
-, in South Africa embraces the mails '
that the reports of correspondents aro;
. e , 6a131g mutilated and entire Letters:
suppressed. 1
The Admiralty in seeking Menet:arts,
is reported to have ohnrtered the Am- ..
ter. e eriatu; lite eleamor St.Paul, which.
was inspected previous to chartering,!
and three Liverpool steamers. ,
• + '.1'bo Daily News etlti:orinlly defines;
the public .opinion of the Continent es'
"in it sante which should not be ig-
a
It Dulls for '- renter vigil-
kr
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nbre 1
d g
g
cute than ever on the part of those
responsible for the efficiency of the
navy," and urges 'cautious, circum-
spect and husiuesslike diplomacy"
JOUBERT SERIOUSLY HURT.
A despatch from Glasgow, says :— The
North British Daily Mail's Estcourt,
Natal, correspondent, states that
Commandant -General Joubert bas
been seriously injured and will take
no further part blithe war. lis horse
was shot from under the general, and
rolled over. on him, causing a rupture
and serious injury to the spine,
QUEEN TO WHITE,
The tTueen has telegraphed heron-
graItulaiions and thanks to General
White and the troops ab Ladysmith,
BUILDING A RAILWAY,
From the Boer headquerters'it is
reported that General Buller is con -
situating a subsidiary railroad from
the main line to Colenso westwardly
in the direction of Potgieter's drift.
A despatch from Frere camp late on
Sunday night said all was quiet there,
thus dispelling the widespread hopes
that Gaaeral Buller had followed up
his demonstration before Colenso with
an effective move elsewhere.
BRITISH LOSS TO DATE.
The Latest official returns show
thus far the British casualties in
South Africa, excluding those in the
recent fig/ting at Ladysmith, are 1,017
killed, 3,675 wounded, and 2,511 mise.
ing.
GENEROUS OFFER.
Lord Melanoma W111 CIataip and Maln
tele a emulated eerie.
A despatch from Ottawa says ;--A
generous offer has been made to the
Government by the High Commissioner
Lord Serathcona is witting to equip
and maintain at his own expense 400
mounted men for service in South Af-
rica. , I
Communications have passed be-
tween the Premier and Lord Strath -
cone on the subject, and it will be
known in a. few days whether the otter
will be accepted. Ono of the obstacles
in the way of assenting to aproposai
of this kind is that it would make a
big drain upon the good officers re-
maining In the Dominion, and there is
n feeling in official circles that it is in-
advisable+ to Bend out arty more.
Should the offer of the Haigh Com
ndsslonsr bo accepted, it is likely that
the mon Will be •rearuitcd in the mine
ing districts of British Columbia.
There has been great disappointment
In this section that none of the mount-
ed nled have been chosen from British
Oo1umhia, Work is slack in the mines,
and there would be no difficulty In so-
euring 500 good shote and good horse-
men in the Polite Province.
The average salary 'paled to Mctho-
dist preachers in the United Statue
stet year was 0173.36.
30E11 LOSSES
UP TO . DATE.
MORE TROOPS FOR THE CAPE,
TOSSES AT LAlDYSM"ITH.
The London Daily Mail says:—ilWe
Mare that in the attack on Lady -
melte lost Saturday, Jaeuar'y 0, the
iiri41sb lemma were 14 effteera killed,
34 wounded, and over 8)0 Doe-mom-
enisaioaed officers and rnen killed or
wounded. Tho hoer losses, we hear,
ere estimated a4 between 2,000 and.
3,009 men."
NO LAOS OF FOOD.
A deepateh to the• London Daily
Matt from Pietermaritzburg, dated
January 8, says:-
"Private adviees front Ladysmith,
dated January 2, eay that rations of
bread and meat are irlentiful, and the
garrison had not then touched the
bully beef and biscuit supplies,
"Luxuries are scarce in Ladysmith,
but the hospitals are well supplied
with milk, and the horses are in good
condltion."
GREATLY WEAKENED,
The correspondent of tee London
Standard at Frere, telegraphing un-
der date of January 8, says that pat-
rols of the Natal., Carbineers
and Thornsycrpft's gorse thor-
oughly searched both flanks • of
the Boer position on that .date. They
found a considerable number of the
enemy encamped five miles east of Col-
enso.
Natives say that the Boers in the
Tugela river were greatly weakened
oat January 6 by the withdrawal o1
the bulk of their forces to Ladysmith.
EXPANSIVE BULLETS,
& despatch from London says:—
Lee-Melford cartridges are running
short in the British magazines, and
aocord'.ng to semi-official report, the
War Office purposes to fall back tem-
porarily upon 100,000,09D " Mark IV. ex-
pand:ng bullets," most of which are
already in storage in South Africa.
The War Office, however, bas issued a
strict order to the regiments that the
ammunition of "Mark W." given out
in England, must be used in practice
at home, none being taken to South
Africa.
After the public announcement that
no such bullet would be used in this
war, its employment, the Daily Citron-
icle thinks, would be a serious breach
of faith, especially as the British com-
manders complained that the Boers oc-
casionally use such projectiles.
BOPRi PUIISOMERS,
A despatch from Modeler River, says:
—Forty-one prisoners, belonging to
the Sunnyside commando of Colonial
Dutob, took a train here on Monday
afternoon for Cape Town, under escort
of a section of the Duke of Cornwall's
Infantry Begbnent. The prisoners
were allotted to comfortable seats In
the railway carriage.
Like all the other Boers, except the
Stoats artillery, they are without uni-
forms. About a dozen of them wore
blue white -spotted scarfs around their
wide -brimmed hats. Most of them were
men at least 40 years old, but there
were half a dozen youths. They looked
likt lypic'1 veldt peasants—loo'e-joi.1-
ed, unkempt, and round-shouldered,
They carried blankets given to them
by the British troops at Belmont, and
watched the preparations for sending
them to' Carpe !town with' stolid. indif-
ference.
Among the prisoners are the second
and third leaders of the commando,
The documents captured include the
political records of residents, of the
country' for fifty miles, ire the neigh-
bourhood. The. stationery of the; Brut-
ish Government has been used for
Boers' correspondence, which was
found in the magistrates' offices of the
evacuated towns.
There was the usual outpost cannon-
ade on, Tuesday morning.
BOER CASUALTIES TO DATE.
•
Assording to official despatches
from Boer sources at Pretoria the loss-
es, on the Transvaal sides to date ap-
proximate 2,100, ]without including the
oasuelttes at Ladysmitb, which are be-
lieved to be au least 2,000. The figures
winch follow are these of the Boar hos
petal reports:—
• Killed. Wounded.
Dundee. . 42 01
Elandslaa.gte, , 36 112
Modderspruit. . 11 148
Mafekiog. . 25 98
Kimberley, , . . 22 88
Belmont. . . 27 48
Graspan. . . . 18 32
Molder River. . . 118 .190
Mngerafontelm . 08 206
Oolenso. . 81 296
Miner engagements in
Natal. . . 87 41
Total 557 1,694
The Boers have lost in atidition' 596
prisoners, of wham 188 are at Cape
Town and 40 were anpiured by. the
Canadians.
2,200 TROOPS SAIL.
A despatch from Southampton, Eng.,
says;—Tho Cunard line steamer Um-
bria, which has been chartered as a
transport by the British Government,
sailed from Southampton on Thursday,
with 2,200 soldiers for South Africa;.
TIIE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
ds ter oh of.Galtlee, and Amens and
a.aimeett0, mentionsd as leglr priests
ail of them held offle0 throughout 0441'
1.4411'8 mtnietry and were concerned
with his triol and death. They were
all ;four, eoatsoria°06as$ rnen, fora
true kilato Waa an arbitru'y, van
Roman, w•il.hoet any eri.at ability
ltcrou Antipos was a 113$.111.3uu%, 01111
8°1:1'0;1:
uai despot of a typi frulttunt to
ol•lentul history; Aanaa ane l;aiai'hti
ware eeolestasliaal 1.o11•iu18084 wb
have had their duplicates In Chrlstian
hivtory as well es in Jewish and
pagan, Tetrat'ah means "'governor 0
a quarter." Philip and Lysanias hay
no part in the gospel story except a
timer reigns are convenient to
date from; Iturea, Ts•aehoni.lis, and
Abilene were promos near to Gall
Ise, The word of God, Or, as we
would now say, prophetic inspiration
Zacharias. A priest whose strand
story is told in Like 1. The wilder -
ems. The untitled and. rocky margin
of the Holy Land whi.ob stretches
004084 lowsr Judea, but rounds the
northern end of the Dead ties. 1444
whteh division of the wilderness John
mane his borne we are not told.
3. He eaiue into all the eountr
about Jordan. A high and relatively
barren region, ranged over by ahem.
hares and deerf.o.:ks, and interseoted
by great rode which led to and from
great cLti:s. John's solitude became
a matchtesa gathering plane for the
mu,titudes. Preaoning, Proclaim'.
lege The baetism of repentance for
the remission. of sins. The duty of re-
pentance and the apravilege of forgive -
nese, and the use of joap'tism as a
symbol of both.
4, 6. As it is written. Dere comes a
citation from Isaiah. The voice of one
Drying in the wilderness. Of. Hebrew
prophets Isaiah was the most drama-
tic. Instead of prosaically foretelling
the career of a frontier evangelist., he
Bear J. bn'a bot words ring ng back
tlrruugh the centuries, ane asks his
oonternporarfes to heed the appeal of
the unborn preacher. Prepare ye the
way of the Lord. These words and
those of verse 5 allude to the abomin-
able roads of the Orient in all ages,
and peremptory manner in whish
these roads are prepared for the pro-
gress of some official of high rank.
There is never any care taken to keep
public roads in order for common use.
Farmers bahitually g ttber the stones
from their fields and cast them into
the h.'ghway; but when the sultan or
one of his honored officers or guests
is about to make an official tour the
roads are prepared by forced labor; and
often on a grand scale.
6. All flesh shall see the salvation
of God, No confines of geography or
(of race shall limit the advance of the
kingdom of heaven.
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun
Does his successive journey run;
His kingdom spread from shore to
shore
'Pill moons shall wax and wane no
more,"
7, Then said he. "He used to say."
And his words are in harmony with
the wards of Esalas the prophet. To
the multitude. 141's bearer's embraced
all classes, Pharisees, Sadducees,
priests, scribes, sol.. l 'rs, publicans, and
common people, from every' part of
the Holy Land. Elsewhere, Matt, S. 7,
. the rebaks which follows is especially
directed against the Pharisees and
Sadducees, but it applied to others
also, for the opinions of the people and
prevalent. views of religion were con-
trolled by the off,cial few. Canis forth.
Prom the populous parts to the wild-
erness. To be baptized. Baptism was
not unknown to tbe Jews, for Gentiles
embracing Judaism were baptized, But
by declaring that the ortbodox ebilo-
ren of Abraham, like the vilest of
heathen, needed to repent and be bap-
tized, John taught that they had lost
their Judaic birthright by sin, and
count never enter the kiogdom of bea-
ten except on the same plane w.tb
their heathen neighbors. People' bytbe
thousand bowed before John's denun-
ciations and ,lid as he prescribed. The
nation was profoundly stirred. Genera-
tion of vipers. "Brood of serpents."
These children of Abraham., sole in-
heritors of the covenant, in true char.
rioter were serpents, poisoned them-
selves and poisonous also in their in-
fluence — a fitting characterization of
the Pharisees and Sadducees• And, it
is a singular evidence of John's over,
whelming popularity that even two
years atter his death its. represents-
Lives did not dare to deny! lits Menne
authorization for fear of mob violence.
Ln all ages none are so harmful as
those who possess tate form of gedla
Dass without its power. Tba wrath to
came. Wrath was impending over
the cation as a whole, and over stnners
as individuals. The faithful teacher
does not hesitaLa to warn of "God's
wrath as well as to proclaim hts mercy.
8. Fruits worthy of repentance. Not
mere faithfulness to outward forms of
worship, but just conduct the rtgbte-
ous ohtraotsr wore regarded by John
as the beat preparations for the Lord's
coming. Repcutance means "a change
of purpose," a newness of aim In Jife,
a reformation from the inside out.
Began not to say. Do not even begin;
do not attempt to excuse your-
selves, We (lave Abniham, "and not
vi•pars," to, for, our Bather. But not
the virtue of even their great fatber's
faith can save them from "the{ wrath
144 come;" s:alvatioti must come through
personal faith and, faithfulness. Sal-
vation is not an inheritance o9 birth,
but an individual possession by faith.
Of teem stones to raise up children,
He referred not only to the pebbles on
Jondra,n's those, but probably to the
Gentiles also, stone -,dead in sins, yet
destined to became the true ehildron
of Abrahapa.
0. ;The car is laid unto the root. A•
wn.rming en ciolunig doom, A lemma
ing knife ]lar the branches wets 11 sym'r
bol of discipline, but an ax• at the
root;, betokens utter destruction. Ev-
ery tree, Each tree stood for en in-
dividual. Each man stands before.
GolO's eye to be judged singly, as 11
he were the only main in the universe. I
Gorial fruit. Not leaves, nor blossoms,
but fruit of personal nbn.raei'.er in
deedsext goodness is tate divine require-
ment. Flown clown. Tho temporal
destruction of the nation and the
threat woe of the guilty among
Ls people are both here foreshadow-
ed,
10, 11, The -people. nits words sur-
prise tbo people, whose conception of
rehglat' was of forms, sacritieee,
titbings, end minute legeliams, and
who could not sea the close mention
between worship tine praolool moral
ity. What shall we dot "They that
woul1 do their duty must seek to
, ;raw I4) it duty," -eine livery. TOM
popple needed tralni,?Si in Morals Le-
fare they 00,11/1 ceMp10ettee the deep-
, e1 prinelplo et love which Ceriet wee
10 1ay down. Two .coats, ":i'wo
al 1041111 ;" 14)44 laver garment worn heat
; • to iii., sk. n, a ODA of shirt reaching to
- the kiteay, Loi hive inipert. Tbatte,.
let each 0418, avow the poorer class, it
s he possesses inure then is absolutoiy
o 'necessary, endeavor to do good lo 4414)e
ers, e'lt0 are leas favored. Meat. Any.,
pend o, foo.i. Lo 111.COiae. Let Wee-
1
ene-
1 --valents. ani not sa4tishnese, be thelaw
c of life.
s le, M. .Publicans, 'These were the
collectors of Lits revenue, appointed by
• higher 0114olals 01 ilea Roman «l'51,-
-'meet, Ai the assessments and co:-
ileotions were made by the same per-
Sons, withnone to au.,it their ae•.oun,.s,
t ! there was great temptation to wrung
the helplose people, and tee publican
generally deserved their bad repute-
1lon. ie shows the universal reach of
John's inf.uenee thea such as these
carne for batrttym. ,Leen in the temp -
tattoo of office a man may b.4 a serv-
y1ant of rod. Appointed you. No more
than caoh taxpayer should be steely
; sotmpelled to pay for the suppurt of
ithe State.
14. S.,,diers. Soldiers were then em -
played 84 a sort of police: to keep ithe
p.op.e iu check, and in foreign wars.
These mem have been Romans; there es
no certainty about it. Do vielenee tone
man. bo,oi.er's in ancient times often
p.undered the peop.e among whom
they were quartered. Amuse any
fnisely. Soanei,mes metiers mouse,
wealthy citizens of disaffection, us an
ex:•use for seizing their goods, and
sometimes they extorted b.a. kmail by
threatening to amuse them. Con-
tent wito your wages. The word
here includes rations of food as welt
as money, In every calling there is
n ahanee to show forth the Christian
character.
15, In expectation. "Suspense." It
was en 'ago of expeetaney when
men's bearts were prepared to re O:ve
a divine messenger. Mused in their
hearts, "Reasoned; debated." No man
could speak such words without Mils -
Ing the deepest thoughts on the part
of those who heard him. Wheth-
er he were the Christ. There was a
un versa! belief that the "seventy
weeka" of Daniel's prophecy, Dan. 9.
24, were completed, and that the hour
for Messiah's conning had arrived. It
is not wonderful that such a messen-
gerwhose words bore the stamp of a
divine authorii.y, should be mistaken
for tbe'ki,ag himself.
16. John answered. His answer
ahowe a deep humility, reverence, and
self-denial, Unto them all. His
denial of Meesiabship was open
and public. See Jobe 7. 17-117. I ,
baptize you, As a token of renun-
ciation of sin and sincere turning to
God. Mightier than I. liethat Christ
performed what John promised;
wrought miracles in proof 'of his auth-
ority; and bestowed the liieher bless -
lege of the new convennnt. L'atehet
1 of whose shoes. To stoop down and
unloose the thong binding the sandal
to the foot was the offien of a ser-
vant: whenever a noble guest en-
tered the house. Thus the greatest pro-
phet andp reacher of his clay announces
himself as infinitely below the rank
of the coming Saviour. So let every
preacher and Machete hide himself be-
hind Christ. With the Holy Ghost. The
direct enduement of power from on
h'gh; fulfilled on the day of Pente-
cost, Acts 2. 1.4, and still the posses-
sion of the Christian believer. With
fire. Referring apparently, not as in
verse 9 and aiterward in verse 17, to
the fate of the ungodly. but to the
fiery tongues of Pentecost, which
some of those present in John's audi-
enee, Peter, John, Andrew, etc., see
John 1. 40, were destined to receive,
or, at least tc the gifts of zeal and
power wbicb those fiory tongues sym-
bolized.
17. Whose fan. In the East grain is
winnowed, being thrown up in the air
by one man. while another Waves a
large fen to and fro to drive away
the chaff. Purge his floor. That is, fig-
uratively, to separate the precious
from the worthless in the nation; the
one to become the founders of Chris-
tiantiy, the other to be scattered
abroad on the earth. His g.trner. This
was generally a pit in the earth or
in the ruck. Hera it represents the
true Churoh of Christ on earth, not
merely the organized churches, all of
which must necessarily contain some
chaff as well as wheat. Fire unquench-
able. An expression whose fullest
meaning we may not comprehend, yet
pointing to a' terrible bereafter for the
impenitent.
4
INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JAN. 21,
"'''he l'reachtn5 or JAN the ttaiatlai."
Luke 7, 1.17. Golden' Text. ;nice ti. 4.
Verse 1, 2. Ti,berine Caesar duOoeed-
ed Augustus Ceoear in Roma. Pontius
Pilot, mobtioned here ace 'governor of
Judea, and .Herod, Anttiiate, mentioned
WILLIAMS FOUND GUILTY
HE WAS SENTENCED TO BE HANGED
ON APRIL ISTH NEXT -
Foe the Murder of itfeoe to Toronto
eh November Sth-rSeray Was Dream -
mended by the Jury.
A despatch from Toronto says:—
After being out one hew the jury in
the Varcoe murder trial eh Thursday
returned a verdict of guilty, ,with a re-
commendation to pnercy. When the
jury filed in the hands of the clock
pointed to 10 minutes' to 0. .Tba old
Wert -room was; crowded to suffoca-
tion, but one could tell by the death
like stillness that ensued when ih, ,ury
made, its appearance that all, present
were cognisant that a human life was
trembling; in, the balance.
THE P1MSONER
was apparently the most collected
man in the room when his Lordship
asked him if be hal anything to say
why the judgment of the court should
not be passed upon ]rim, In a firm,
unitesitatiug votoe, Williams said; "f
ale not guilty, your Lordsbip. I had
no intention of committing any crimp
wbatever, 1 was walking along the
street looking for a place to go to
bed, when Mackintosh induced me to
go into the store. 'l did everything in
me power to prevent Mackintosh from
eommitting the crime,"
"Solar es the question of your gnat
or innocence is concerned, mill his
Lordship, "in as far ns this (ourt le
cottoned, it Is closed forever. You
have been well defended. Your man -
ter has oonduoted your case with nhili-
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James A. Bell, of Beaverton, Ont.,
brother of the Rev. John tt esiey tSeil,
B.D., prostrated by nervous l:eanaches
A rictim of the troub:e for several
years.
South American Nervine effected e
complete cure.
In their own particular field few men
are beter known than the Res. John
Wesley Bell, 13,1). and bis brother Mr.
James A. Bell. The fernier w111 ne re-
cognized by his thousands of friends all
ever the country as the popular and able
missionary superintendent of the Royal
Pemplara of Temperance. Among the
20,000 members of ties order in Ontario
his counsel is sought ou ail sorts of 00-
asione. On the public platform he is one
tf the strong men of tbe day, battling
lgainet the evils of intemperance.
Equally well known is Mr. Bell in other
erovincee of the Dominion, having beta
or years a member o1 the Manitoba
Methodist Conference and part of this
time was stationed in Winnipeg. His
brother, Mr, James A. Bell, is a n'ghiy
respected resident of Benverton, wasre
hie influence, tbougb tethers more eir-
cumscribed than that of hie eminent
brother, is none the less effective and
productive of good. Of recent years,b,4w-
ever, the working ability of Mr. James
A. Bell bas been sadly marred by severe
attacks of nervous headache, Amore -
ponied by indigestion. Who can do fit
work who this trouble takes hold of
, them and especially when it become!,
chronic, as was, seemingly, the ease wee
-
Mr. Bell? The truubie reached such in.
tensity that last June he was compete-
ly prostrated. In this condition a trtend
recommended Booth American Nervine,
Ready to try anything and everytning
though he thought he had cameo th
list of proprietary medicines, he secure
a bottle of thisreat discovery.
second bottle of the mediciue was taken
and the work was done. Btaploylug bet
own language: "Two bottles of Bomb
American Nervine immediately relieved
my headaches and have buns up my
system in a wonderful manner." tet us
not deprecate the good our clergymen
and social reformers are doing in the
world, but how ill -fitted they would be
for their work were it not the relief
that South American Nervine brings be
them when physical ills overtake
them, and when the system, as a re•
suit of hard, earnest end continuous
work, breaks down. Nervine treats the
system as the wise reformer treats the
evils be is battling apainat It 81111185 s
the root of the trouble. Ail d'.
ease comes from disorganization of the
nerve centers. This is a scientific fact.
Nervine at once works on these nerve
centers; gives to them health and vig-
or; and then there caursee through the
system strong, healthy, life-marntatnin$
blood, and nervous troubles of mere
variety are things of the pas.
Sold by el, A. Deadman.
My and moderation. It is always a
sad thing to pass sentence on anyone,
and in your ease it is really sad, al-
though it cannot be said that you do
n01 merit it,
THE JURY aro RIGHT
to oonvioting you. The story you told
could not be believed. Whether you ere
old or you'ig 111 crime I cannot say. It
may be that you have been inveigled
into this ease, but the evidence as to
the revolver and your oivn admiss-
ions seated your fate. I do not went
to say anything that will hurt your
feelings. Thiuk of what you did! A
man in the flush of his manhood was
sleeping quietly in his home, You en-
tered his /muse and killed biro for fil-
thy lucre, whieb you weuld not at-
tempt to earn honestly, In your case
you will have time te, prepare for
the end that certainly awaits you, but
in the 011140 of your victim ha tuns shot
clown u-i:/out warning." HisLordshtp
stated that the recommendation to
mercy would be brought; to the attem
tion of the proper authorities, but
that be could bold out no hope for
clemency.
"Henry Willinme," said his Lord -I
ship, " the sentence of Ibis court is
that you be taken from the place
where you etond to the plane
whence yen. came, and that on Friday,
the 13th day of April, you be hanged
by the neck, until you are decd, and
may God leave mercy on your soul."
The prisoner listened to the sentence
without flinching, and walked from the
court room with a Erna trod.
MANX DEER PERISHED.
bueleg Plflect' .bays of ;Open Season Leet
November 0,500 ]Pore besearehed 07
5,00e Venters,
Reports received by the Ontario
Game Department, show that more
than 5,600 deer bunters were in tits
woods during the fifteen days of the
last open season, and it is estimated
that fully 6,500 deer were killed. The
two express companies between them
tarried 2,032 carcasses, of which, 1,939
earatsses, weighing 196,524 pounds, fell
i to the Canadian Express Company.
The remaining 93 Cateasses were han-
dled by the Dominion Explress Com-
pany. The number of caroasses of deer
'carried by the express companies does
notindicate the actual member killed,
as many deer were 'potted by settlers,
while others menial were despatched by
hunters from inland towns and vil-
lages and the carcasses sent' to the
plans of destination on teams. Permits
were famed to 2,065 settlers, while rho
number of hunters tbal took out fl -
ceases was 3,559.
WAS BURIED ALIVE.
Labourer Milled While Worklna lu a
Woodwork 4444'4).,
A despatolr' from Woodstock, says:—
A labourer named Cooper, who came
to Woo4stoek recently from Hanel -
ton, Bled on Tuesday afternoon as the
result of injuries reetered while work-
ing in the Vansittart avenue sawor.
13e wee stooping beneath an overhang-
ing aroh of earth, when it caved ba,
him beneath several barging a 1 feel•' of
frosen dirt,
Ha was dug out by the workmen,
and when removed to itis boarding.
house Was found to be completely
paralysed from the nook down,
He died in less than 24 hours from
hemorrhage of the spinal cord,
$75,000 FIRE AT WINNIPEG.
r! -•e
mantl:oba rmdnee Company's llnilding
nod a Liquor Store Destroyed.
A despatch from Winnipeg, says;-
About 4.45 on Thursday morning Eire
broke out in the Manitoba Produce
Company's building, Bannatyne street
east, laud soon the whole buildings was
in flames. Notwithstanding that
three engine's were censtantly employ-
od, the whole structure end contanta
were totally destroyed. The five
was caused by a defeated stove in
a wooden shed at the back, of t11q
premises. The loss is estimated at
375,000 as follows:—Itlenttoha Produce
CSomponx, goods valued at `053,0061'
building, 312,000; furniture, ate., 38,-
700. Voile's liquor store, .$0,010. T.be
insurance uggiregates 340,010.
HORSE -POWER OF ENGINES.
An ordinary railwav engine is fsflui
valent in strength to ahodi 00
tiptoes,