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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1900-1-18, Page 3$ t0. 1• ;TAN, 18, 11100. Et- .23RUBSOLg Q S T, 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 i ! - 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- erte iSo .Hua;,; 1�1.JoK W.6' LL, e.0. t TMrd , ori . 1 HAM! s. 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,