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JAN. 245, 1900,
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BULLER CROSSSTHE UGEL. ,
A. S>aecessful IViov'emeiXt ,A.eooraplished--'('ei erai.
Warren Engaged, Boers on Left Flank While
the British 'Troops Were Crossing,
PREVIOUS TO THE BATTLE.
;A despatch' froze London, Jan, 17,
says l—"Thera ie me newel from the
treat but heavy firing was heard to-
day in 11x0 dirootion of Freee..It is
probable that General Buller is en-
gaging the enemy.
"A rumor' is current here that a
portion of the British' force is, near
Ladysinith. "
A despatch to the .Daily Mail from
Pietermaritzburg, dater! TnesdaY,
says:
"There was very Heavy firing ln, the
north yesterday. I behave the Boers
are contesting General Buller a paae-
age of the Tugela, howitzers were
evidently 'busy, as the firing is de-
scribed as the heaviest yet heard in
Natal."
The. Timespubllshee the following
from Pietermaritzburg, dated Tues-
day:—
"Very
—'Very heavy artiileiry firing was
netted yestemday in the direction of
Springfield."
BOERS ROUTED.
A despatch from Runeberg, Care
Colony, says: --The Boers this morn-
ing attempted to rush a hill tihalci by
a company of the riorksiiires and£ the
New Zealanders, but were repulsed
at the point ,of the bayonet. The
Boers had 21 men killed and about 50
wounded.
The assault waa a daring piece of
work, The enemy crept up the hill in
face of the fire of the Yorksbires, who
were behind a wall.
The Boers used every bit of possible
cover wish their charnoterlstie skill.
Tbey nearly reached the wall, but
when they iushed forwent the York-
shires, who were only one company of
the battalion, and a handful of the
New Zealanders, leaped over the wail
and obnrged the Boers with their
bayonets,
Desultory Bring continued for some
time, but the attack was an utter fail-
ure, and the Boers retreated to the
shelter of. the small kopjes at the base
of the lull
Capt. Ivtaddocks was in command of
the New Zealanders.
The hill commands a traok of coun-
try east of the main position of the
Boers.
The enemy turned and fled, falling
over one another in their burry to get
away. The British opened fire an
them at close range, completing their
rout,
Thel3oers were compelled toaband-
an their killed and wounded.
The British troops were very steady
and pool, though many of them had
never been In action before.
General French's cavalry and horse
artillery have reconnoitred as far as
the Boers' position on the border of
the Orange Free. State.
CANADIANS AT IT.
A despatch from Madder River says:
T have just returned here with Bab-
ington's force of nearly 900 mounted
men, which made one of three conjunc-
tion raids into the Jacobsdale d s-
tria of the Orange Free State. Var-
Loos agencies will have supplied full
details of .these operations, and I shall
confine myself to comment and des -
caption.
, If the immediate results of the re-
connaissance seem meagre --as we saw
no Boers, and destroyed but three
houses, the residences of Lubbe, com-
mandant of the district, end his•mar-
ried sons—the moral result is believed
to be may effective. The rich and
beautiful country which' we invaded
was not new to our troops. The won-
derfully active Canadians and Austral-
ians have already traversed every foot
of it time and again, causing all arm-
ed Boers to abandon their positions,
Now our incursion has sent the rest
of tbe inhabitants to follow the armed
men, at the cost of the abandonment;
of an extensive region.
"On Babington's march alone we
saw six or seven empty houses, repre-
senting a loss to the republic equal to
the same number of enormous farms
which are ',mutter to that country.
"Cale place which we visited, known
as Reendem, had for months sent a
commando of 7D to 80 Boers from the
neighbourhood, who fought us at Bel -
motel and Graspan, or Bustin. Then
the Northateptons invited them in a
small notion. Tbey will never again
aonceutrate at Raundaui to enjoy their
bones or work their farms till tbe end
of the war.
STOP SMITING TROOPS.
A despatoh from London, says:—Tice
War Office has wired to countermand
the departure from Egyptof a number
of officers who were previously order:
ed to South Africa.
The Daily Chronicle, oommanting
upon this, and upon other uews relaL
ed to it, says;
"There are some curious reports in
etre alation—appareully with some au-
thority behind then,—which point to
the stoppage of the despatch of fur-
ther reinforoemonts when the troops
now mobilized shall have embarked.
The new cavalry brigade is not to
leave England at present."
Seventeen more militia battalions
will by mobilized blithe course of a
fortnight. A11 the regulars are now
out of the country' except fourteen
infantry battalions anti eleven cavalry
battalions. The War Office hadifplac-
, ed an outer for 32,000,0001 cartridges
in cases.
The Yeomanry Committee announces
that It has excepted 3,000 out of thel0,-
000 Which ]t Wishes to raise, andi still
has 00,001) applicants for be examined,
The Daily Chronicle asserts that the
committee was: goaded into this state-
ment by the reports/ that there was
nn hope of getting .the full number,
• FOR K10UGER'S ESCAPE,
A' despateeh from London„ says:. -1n
connection wilt the arrival) q0 Presi-
dent Ringer's son-in-law, Tl.or1, at
Lorenzo Marquee, aboard, as is alleg-
ed, a German wersibip, a lelegt•a,in from
Durban ea ye that his purpose to to ar-
range for Preeident Iiruger's escape l.0
German Dema1'alanil in the event. of
Pretoria beteg captured. An old friend,
of 'Ringer's, a man nettled ilerriksnn,
18 settled there, and itis Ibelieverlthat
a
the . Germane will help! the President
to 00011510 as they did the Sultan of
anztbar.
A, despatch from, Spearman'$ Farm,
Natal, says :—Lord Dundonald, with
the Mounted Brigade, pushed sudden-
ly Forward and seized the Springfield
bridge. `.Chen, hurrying forward, he
took a very strong position at Zwart-
kop, commanding i'otgieter's drift,
finding the Boers totally unprepared
for the British advance:
A number of the enemy were bath-
ing in
ath-ing'in the river when Lord Dundon
aid's force appeared.
Gen. Lyttleton's brigade was sent to
hold the position.
The wbole British force, with the ex-
ception of a force to garrison at Oolenso
advanced without delay.
Gen. Iiildyard's command is now at
Springfield.
The South African Light Horse de-
sired tto bring the pont, or terry boat,
to Lhe south side of the river, and six
men of that command therefore swam
the river and brought the boat over
under Lieut, Carlyle.
After a wait of four days, the Bri-
tish advance was resumed, Gen. Lyt-
tleton's brigade crossing Pot.gieter's
drift in the evening and holding the
kopjes on the British right.
Gen. Warren's division made a left
flank attack on the enemy.
A despatch from London says that
Gen. Lyltleton, after crossing the
Tugela, seized with little opposition a
line of low ridges a mile Prow Potgle-
ter's drift.
Howitzers were carried across tbe
river during the night.
The naval guns and howitzers effec-
tively shelled the Boer position from
Mount Alice near Swartzkop.
Gen. Warren crossed the river six
miles further west, near Waggon
drift, in the face of a hot and heavy
fire from the Boer cannon and rifles,
He has effected a most satisfactory
ledgment two miles further, towards
Sproerkoa.
A despatch to the Times from Spear.
man's farm, filed at the same hour as
the Daily Telegraph's despatch, says
that General Warren is now crossing
the river without opposition, though
the Boers are holding a position five
miles from the river.
1 A. despatch to the Exchange Tele_
graah Company says that the diffi-
culties in crossing the swollen river
were great, the waggons being
quite Covered,
THE OPPOSING FORCES.
The forces ole either side. may be
roughly stated as follows, though from
Jt.he nature of things the figures for
the Boers can be little more than a
guess:—
General Buller,
22,000 infantry.
3,500 cavalry.
2,000 artilieryinen;.
70 guns. 1
General Joubert.
18,500 mounter: infantry,
1,500 artillerymen.
60 guns.
If these figures are correct, the
British have an advantage in numbers
of 7,500, or more than one-tbird. But
the mobility of the enemy quite coun-
teracts this advantage, and puts the
two sides upon an equal footing.
BOERS SHELLED WOMEN S
LAAGEIi.
ei Despatch trona London says:—A
news agency despatch from 112afek7ng
accuses the Boers, who are besieg-
ing that town, of shelling the wanton's
laager with seeming deliberation.
Six and nine -pounder shrills fell into
the Mager, killing a little girl and in-
juring two other children,
_
HOIVITZE,RS1.TING HAVOC).
A despatch from London says:—
The officials, of the `,Far Office here
are satisfied that the tide has turned
and that news of a more hopeful
character, from a British point of
view, will hereafter be the rule in-
stead of the exception. That the
British advance in a north-easterly
direction will be fiercely resisted is
fully nnticiiated, The Boer fovea is
probably superior to the British, and
the despatches show the burghers oc-
cupy strong positions.
While General Warren's force was
crossing the Tugela river the Boers
0ccused a thickly -wooded plantation
a -mile north of the river, and sent
several votieys into the advance guard,
The British replied and the artillery,
opened on a neighbouring kopje. As
Lhe British pushed across the liver
the Boers found their position union
Portable and retired to the hills, Im-
mediately after the pontoon bridge
was coinpleLed the whole British force
crossed.
The British transport extended sev-
eral miles, and included pbobably five
thousand vehicles. All suspicious
country as far as Mount Alice had
been thoroughly reconnoitred, and no
sign of the enemy had been found, 1
Lord Dundonald's force advanced
rapidly, meeting with no opposition.
The Boers had been at Potgioter's
drift the day before the British arrive
ed, They had had a large camp on the
opposite bilis, but this camp was
quickly struck. A buggy with an es-
cort prosuniabiy the Boer command-
ant's equipage, was seen leaving the
hills.
General Buller took quarters et a
farm -house belonging to DXartintus
Prolorius, who had disappeared.
A loud explosion was heard on Jan.
12, and it was subsequently learned
that the enemy had destroyed a bridge
thin was he course of construetioe
seven miles above Polgieter's,drift,
ROLLER TO ITIS MEN,
Gen. Buller issued spirited ineLruc-
tions to his force, beginning:
"1Ve are going to relieve our 00111-
radee at Ladysmith, There wilt be no
turning Imola '
The order proceeded to advise the
men when to charge and on whatnon-
cli(ions to teeelve the. surrender oe any
of the euomy,
It warned the troops against a trete-
flag,
use ey the Boers of the white
flag, ,
The order eroated epthusil,see. in the
comity.
The mnreh from Frere to Mount
Alloe was very trying, 'but the health
og the troops is excellent,
a The despateb adds that everyone is
oonfident, .•
K,GAVY BOMBARDMENT,. 1
A despatch Rican Natal, says:—Gen.
Lyttleton's brigade, with a.eowitzei
battery, crossed the Tugela river at
Potgieter's drift on Tuesday, 'Jan,' 10,
The water retie above the waists of
the men, The Boers fired two shots
then revelled'their emcee to the
trenches, the passage being uninter-
rupted.and
Tito Brllish advaneed in skirmishing
order, and the mall .kopjes on th
summits were ocoupied by 0,331 P.m
During the night it rained heavily,'
Yesterday, were
the Boer
trenches were vigorously shelled in
front of Mount Alice, 'while the Britisll.
remained in possession of the kopjes
and plain. heavy mists enveloped
the hills, but the naval . guns and
howitzer battery made good practice,
thoroughly searching the trenches.
01 the Boer right a breach was
made i0 a sandbag emplacement,
where it is supposed Boer guns had
been placed,
The caenonade was heavy and con -
tenuous, and the Boers were observed
leaving the trenches ib emelt parties.
The hill f.aoI,'g the Bri-ishposition was
shelled next. .
Gen. Warred has forced a passage of
the Tugela, seven miles to the left.
MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED,
A despatch from Cape Town, says:
—The names of the deputation from
the Cape irregulars meeting Gen,
Kitchener were ;Bailey, Brabant,
hrlterobrucker, Frost, and Farrar,
The Cape Parliament hes/been fur-
ther prorogued to March; 2.
Governor Sir Altre,d Milaerhas,pro-
claimed martial law in the Prieekaand
Hoipetoen, districts.
The Onsland continues its unfavour-
able .deductions, based on (he absence
01 news from T,adysmfth and Kimber-
ley. 11 sneers at the assistance the
colonies are lending the Empire, de-
claring that It is based rather on busr-
tteav than patriotism. It•also pob-
ltahes a letter referring to the rum-
ours' of the murder of' wounded der-
vishes by British, troops in the Soudan,
and asks if similar 'deeds will occur
here. Alt these comments are skilfully
calculated to increase the unrest of the
colonial Boors,
BOERS STRONGLY ENTRENCHED,
A despatch from Spearman's farm
describes the Boer position as reveal-
ed by a reconnaissance. The enemy
were strongly entrenched on a series
of low kopjes close to the! river and
extending to Ladysmith. Their sec-
ond main line of defence was at the
edge of a long plateau, iwllich' was
fortified and flanked by a lofty bill
called Abejmana. The position was
further' strengthened by the sinuous
course of the Tugela river, which, aft-
er flowing beneath the precipitous
slope of the ICabamyama mountain,
winds about until it forms a 'sort of
peninsula, over which the Ladysmith
road passes to the plateau.,
A despateh.to the Telegraph, dated
Spearman's farm, Jan, 18, mays:—"A
howitzer battery bombarded the Boer
lines occasionally during the night.
The firing was resumed this morning.
All's well,"
A despatch from London, says:—
The-artillery reinforcements for South
Africa, which it was announced a
week ago would be sent, will begin
sailing on Jan, 21.
Seventy-two guns, 3,710 men, and
2,210 horses will sail between January
21 and January 27, which it is believ-
ed will be a record performance:
PRAISE FOR THE CANADIANS.
A, despatch from London says: The
Standard's special correspondent at
Prodder River says today :—"Otez la
depeohez. vows," "Say, there, bringher
over," and similar commands and ex-
hortations in England and Canadian
French greeted my ears at Orange
River station while a train was being
boarded by the Gordons who were go-
ing to the front. : The Canadians had
arrived the day before fronx De Aar,
and in one day had laid anal completed
a mile and a quarter of railway and
built a new platform. Railway -
making under a South African sun in
December is no play, end the sight of
these sons of the north handling
sleepers and rails with the greatest
despatch and enthusiasm, working as
white men seldom work in South Af-
rica, was an object lesson for the
thoroughness of spirit and patriotism
animating all ranks and sections of
the .British force now fighting the
Boers. ,
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
NTERNATION L LESSON, LES ON, JAN. 28.
`The Ilaiflim and Temptation of Jesus,"
Mil, if, 131114,11. Women 'rex'. start 3.11,
PRACTICAL NOTES.
Verse 13. Then cometh Jesus. He
was now lhia•Ly years of lige; not yet
widely kuowu as a prophet or rabbi,
otherwise his townspeople would not
have been ao astonished a few weeks
later al his mighty works and words.
From Galilee. Where, in the town of
Nazareth, he had lived from childhood.
To Jordan, Probably, to Bethabara,, a
ford of the Jordan, near Jsrioho where
John baptized. It is between seven-
ty and eighty miles from Nazareth. To
be baptized. If sinless, how' could
Jesus receive a baptism which betok-
ened repentance1 He stood as the Rep-
resentative Man, and, standing with
his fellows, sought " to fulfill all right-
eousness." He aecepled our place that
he might lend 118 out of it. And his
baptism, as we shall see. with its nee
c0mpanying manifestations, was mad
by God as a formal induration into the
Messianic form.
14. But John forbade him. "The
Greek verb denotes a strenuous oppo-
aniot11 It implies the active and earn -
1101 preventing with the gesture, or
band, or viiia." -•-Alford. I have need.
Brought faro to tact with the purity
of Jesus, 1 11 soar felt his 0910 Star el.
ness and need of !signer elenneing. To
he bnptdzed ref thee. Whether ,john hail
seen J'asus before is not ('01•tain. Ile
limy have known of hint, without
knowing him, but now the inner pro -
gohetie light revealed to John our
wh
Lord'sle spmirostitualyl edeepruinelyneonsoioce, Tlieus oteacher
f •1138
own spiritual needs le heat qualified
for 1110 high and holy officio.
10. Suffer IL to be ea now, As if Le
had said, "True, to bestow: the bleier
balrtism is mine; but for the present
let it peas," Thus It becometb us, Both
are embraced In the word " nal" John
in his office, and Jesus In' his. To
fulfill all rigleteousnoss. Beery holy
custom, every godly ordinance and in.
Lltution, .Jesus seams Ib reoognixe the
incongruity of the act wbiebt so
startles John, but aa{ the repreeenta-
tive of mankind it becomes hie duLy
to receive the rico, end'as the baptizer
rt becomes 3011(15 duty, to'ationneseer
it, (Baptism wee the visible sign of,
eltizenehip in ,the kingdom of heaven,
feet, obedient to Me Father's will, and
King ' as lus Father's representative,
10, When, ne was baptized. We do
not consider the form of baptism,
whether by dipping, pouring, or
twinkling, Lo bs worlhr of the heat-
ed discussions that have arisen eon -
earning it. rl'he earliest pictures of
it, in the eataeon be 110 Rome, repre-
sent Jesus as standing waist-deej4 in
the water, and John pouring water
upas his head, Sbraightway. lm-
medla•tely. jI1re heavens .were opened.
Luke adds, "wbile praying." ,So eo the
believer the heaven is open and the
Spirit descends. pie saw, The vision
was seen by Jesus and also by John,
John 1. ne-34; prodably by them :Daly
The Spirit of (Tod; descending llke a
dove. Luke adds, "In bodily shape.''
Thus, typically, was Lhe Holy Spirit
manifested. The Spirit came upon
Jesus that through him ba mtgbtl ale
descend upon us, beer all work for Go
we need the baptism of the Holy Gau..,,
17. A voice from heaven. Three
times during the Saviour's life we read
of a voice from heaven ; on this, the
opening day of his ministry; al the
transfiguration on Mount Hermon;
and on the last day of his public teach-
ing in the temple. This is my beloved
Son. Mere is the divine attestation
to Jesus as the Christ,and as the God-
man. This answered all the questions
that were whirling in the Baptist's
excited mind, an , whom I am well
pleased. The translation is scarcely
as strong. as the original, "I delight"
would be a better expressing of the
infinite complacency with which the
Father' regards the Son.
1. Then was Jesus led up by the
Spirit into the wilderness, 'Up from
the law valley of the Jordan. Luke
says be was "dull of the Spirit;'
Mark says "the Spirit drlveth him."
The presence of the Holy Spirit
throughout our Lord's human life and
ministry is very remarkable. Con-
0eiveo by the Holy G4tost; baptized, as
we have just seen, in the presence of
the Holy Spirit ; he was led into the
wilderness by the same divine force,
anointed to preach the Gospel, and
enabled to - do his mighty works.
Through the Holy Spirit be offered
up bimsell to God as a sacrifice for
our eiaa, and by that Spirit he was
raised again from the dead. A Parti -
outer lesson for the ,modern Cthristian
is that as the Spirit attended him
through all the vicissitudes of iris
life, so he is ready to attend us. To
be tempted of the devil. Or, as we
would say, "by the devil." The devil,
as Dr. Pentecost has clearly shown,
appears at the opening of every dis-
pensation of God. He wrecked God's
Lair creation in Eden; he entered
Pharaoh and resisted. God's purpose to
bring his chosen people out of Egypt;
he embodied himself in Baal and Ash-
toreth, and corrupted the custodians
of the divine truth; and now he dare
not stand idly by and sect/ the Son of
God, undertake the redemption of the
human rape without striving to over-
throw him; and even when he is de-
feated it is only for a season. The
word "tempted" is used in Scripture
in two senses. "God cannot be tempt-
ed, neither tempteth he any man;"
that is, he cannot be induced to sin,
end he never solicits any one to sin,
That sort of temptation — solicitation
to sin—Jesus now suffered, But the
word is also used for tbe tasting of
faith, as when "God did tempt Abra-
ham."
2. When be had fasted forty days.
By the intensity of his soul's com-
munion he was lifted above the wants
of the body. In times of excitement.
appetite is forgotten. Moses and'Eli-
jab had a like experience. Through-
out this forty days and forty nights
we have every reason to believenue
Lord was tempted. He spas afterward
ehungered. Thera name a natural re-
fire n Irvin his intense spiritual ex-
citement.
3. The tempter came. to him. en
his hour of weakness. How the tempt-
er came we do not know, and we need
not guess. Speculation on such eo ala
is Ital profitable. If thou be the anon
of God. That is, peculiarly and emin-
ently hie son. "Che forty days had 1
probabi,y been filled with Satanic ar-
guments to distrust the divine testi-
monials given at our Lord's baptism.
Oommaucl (hat these stones tie,
made bread. Little stones shaped
and colored like Ilse loa.vets of the
country were voiced all around. A
glenee at thein wrould make the Leat•r
fag Saviour feel additional pangs of
hunger; and here is the temptation,
"Simply satisfy your hunger." Why
would it have been wrong to have
done sof It would have been wrong
to have followed Satan as a leader;
besides, God's Spirit had led to the
wilderness experience, including the
prolonged fast, and God's Spirit can
Dow be trusted to furnish food, •
4. It is written. Or. 11f. R. Vincent
eells attention to the faot that when
our Lord addressed me he said, "I say
unto you," beeauso, as wo may 30p -
pose, b.' was uttering divine truth; but
when he addressed Satan, ho said, "et
is written," because, as a man, lte was
being tempted. Man shall not lire by
bread alone, eta. Deur 8. 3, There
are deeper needs than hunger and
higher ; ntiseaotion than food. "Tbou,
Satan, lciowest little of what I have
endured, and little of any abundant r£1.
eonipanse."
5. Then the devil taketh him, up into
the holy city. That is, into Jerusalem,
And so(teth hits on a,pinnaole of the
temple, On a little wing of the great
building. Fanciful explanations have
born mode of the particular glare
whet: . r. Lord eat on the temple. but
ell surn speculations were Idle. Whe-
ther he Damn there pbyaienlly or in
mind, merely, is an equally useless
question,
6. If thou be the Sun of God. Again
Satan ,tams with a doubt. Gast 1117'.
0011 down. " ee you will not exercise
your divine power in relieving your-
self from tbepangs of hunger, perdops
You will be willing to exercise 11 to
liazele the world by your own majeee
ty, and demoustrato your .divine son -
!Mile" It is written. Satan can quote
the Bible as wail as Jesus. lie shall
give, etc,. Pas,. 91. 11-12, If yon are
Ibe Anointed, claim the promises made
to the Messiah. The Messiah is to be
guarded by angels, and if you are be,
You aro so guarded," It was a temptsn
tion to presumption; to pride, and to
rash confidence,
7. 51 Is written. Because some peo-
ple misuse Scripture, is no reason why
we should not rightly use it. Thou
shalt not tempt the Lord thy God,
This dons not mean, " Thou, Satan,
shalt not tempt rne, Jesus ;" It means
rather, "I, Jesus, am warned by Hetet.
0, 10, not rashly and thoughtlessly to
tempt God." He who looks for God's
protection outside the patb of duty
tempts God. This phrase seems ana-
logous to taking " the name of the
Lord thy God In vain."
8, 0, An exceeding high mountain. We
MOM/ not just the kingdoms of the
world, and the glory of them. This
must have been as magnificent ashow-
ing in that age as it could
even be now, Remote as that
Lime was, the kingdoms of
China and India, Central Asia and Per-
sia, were in their glory. Roman power
extended from Persia to the Atlantic
Ocean on both aides of the Mediterran-
ean, and as in panoramic vision our
Lord saw the cities, pelaoes, courts,
and camps, he saw as magnificent a
• irtaele as ever carne oelore the eye
( human being. All these things wi1l.
give thee, if thou wilt fall down and
worship me, Teens would really have
worshipped Satan if he had turned
'a:side from his holy ideals and used
force to establish a kingdom. ft is a
,temptation lute which a great major-
'ity of tbe strong rulers of the world,
have been led.
10. Get thee hence, Satan; for it is
written, Thou shalt worship rho Lord
thy God, and him only shalt thou
serve. Deur. 8. 19. Serving God and
worshiping him are two shies of one
religious obaracter.
11. Then the devil leavetb him. Re-
sist the devil, and he will flee from
you. And behold, angels came and
ministered unto him. As they always
minister unto the faithful, suffering
soul, whether he knows it or not.
en regard to this temptation we
may say, Lo condensed form, that
every suggestion was that of sub -
=anon to the, force of evil, doing evil
that good might come; that it is im-
possible to say whether Satan ap-
peared in human form or not, proba-
bly not; that it is not wicked to be
tempted, nor is it debasing, so long
as the temptation is antagonized ; that
this was an actual temptation of
Jesus, as real as any temptation of
our Own soul—be was not so encased
in divinity that he might not have
failed; that two-thirds of the temp-
tations recorded are doubts concern-
ing his own divinity.
NEWS SUMMARY,
CANADA,
Winnipeg wants another infantry
regiment.
The Queen's Hotel at Pilot Mound,
Man., was damaged by fire this morn-
ing.
AAnother Brockville man has been
fined 510 and costs for using cancel-
led. postage stamps.
British Columbia's offer of a com-
pany of m0ueted scouts for South
Africa bas been aceep,ed.
Smallpox which has just been stamp-
ed out of Kamouraska, hos appeared in
the parish of St, Germain, 'Que. .
The medals for the veterans of
1866-70 are now being prepared for
distribution at Ottawa.
Fish -spearing will be allowed in
Hamilton Bay this winter, but each
hut will be taxed 51 as a license fee.
The Bank of Montreal has purchased
the old Government Printing Bureau
at Ottawa, and will extend the bank
building.
A. P. Low, and E., R.. Facibault, of:
the Geological Survey, Ottawa, will
have charge of Canada's mineral ex-
hibit at Paris.
The Hamilton potriolio fund. has
reached 58,800.05, among the latest
contributions bang $3e from Ido.11on
Moulders' Union.
Tho Ottawa tmprov,'meots Commis-
sion will speud$35,000 of the Govern-
ment's grant on a nets iron bridge
across the Rideau River at Ottawa,
Major Alex, Bertram of Dundas is to
succeed Lt. -Col. Gwynn in the com-
mand of the 77th Batt. Col. Gwyn has
completed his period of service. ,
The Central Fair Co., at Hamilton
passed a resolution expresstng the
hope that the city would again hold
annual agricultural exhibitions.
Hon, David dill,s,lllinister ofJustice,
says the sentence of Williams, the
murderer of Mr. Vareoe, to hang on
Good friday, is perfectly legal.
Nev. Thomas Geoghegan, who was re-
instated by the House of Bishops at
Ottawa, oerupied the pulpit of St,
Peter's Church, Hamilton west.
Baxter, Herbert, Lemieux and Wal-
ter and Ernest fellow•
in the Banque Ville Marie casee,bave
all been committed for trial at Mont-
real,
Toronto, London, and Hamilton cap-
italists have organized a company
with 5200,000, capital to erect a corn
Watch factory at either Kingston or
Prescott.
,Authority has been greni:ed for Sur -
eon Lieu
l o S
Sur-
geon CI. G...E�er
Ryerson son 1:0 .re-
ceive a free passage to Cape Town, as
representative of the Red Cross So-
ciety, on the transport Laurentian.
The George E. Tuckett and Sou Co.
of Ritmilton has sent about two tons
and a half of tobacco,freo to the Cane
adieu contingent, the Doninion Exp
;press Co. carrying it to Halifax for
notning.
The Parry Sound General 7'ospiLal
end the Sault Sts Marie General
Hospital have been pieced on the list
01 institutions entitled to aid from the
provincial appropriations for hospitals
and ebaritiee.
Leander Kimball, found gull ty of
having dynamite in his posses:doh for
an unlawful purpose, and shown to be
en associate 0f burglars, was son-
teneed by Chief Justine Meredith to
seven years in the Penitentiary,
EDITORS� r 4 �..G t , ,.
ii
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and Wen doll Womeu in all Walks of Life Tell of the Remarkabla
Gres Wrought by South American Nettle To
nic.
SR CONES WILL CONVINCE THE MOST IHNIEDULOUS.
EDITOR COLWELL, Ole PARIS, ONT., REVIEW.
Newspaper editors are almost as
soeptical as the average physician on
the subject of new remedies for sick
people. Nothing short of a eerier of
most remarkable and well authenti-
cated cures will incline either an
editor or a doctor to seriously consider
the merits honestly claimed for a
medicine.
Hundreds of testimonials of won-
derful reooveries wrought with the
Great South American Nervine Tonic
were received from men and women
all over the country betore physicians
began to prescribe this great remedy
in chronio oases of dyspepsia, in-
digestion, nervous prostration, sick
headache, and as a tonic for build-
ing up systems sapped of vitality
through protracted spells of sick-
ness.
During his experience of nearly a
quarter of a century as a newspaper
publisher in Paris, Ont., Editor Col-
well, of The Paris Review, has pub-
lished hundreds of columns of paid
medicine advertisements, and, no
doubt, printed many a gracefully -
worded puff for his patrons as a
matter of business, but in only a
single instance, and that one warrant-
ed by his own personal experience,
has he given a testimonial over his
own signature. No other remedy
ever offered the public has proved
such a marvellous revelation to the
most sceptical as the South American
Nervine Tonic. It has never failed
in rte purpose, sari 1f 110.9 cured when
doctors and other medicines weal
tried in vain.
"I was prostrated with a partied.
larly severe attack of 'La Grippe,' "
says Mr. Colwell, '' and could find no
relief from the intense pains and dis-
tress of the malady. I suffered day
and night. The doctors did not help
me, and I tried a number of medi
cines, but without relief. About this
time I was advised to try the South
American Nervine Tonic. Its effects
were instantaneous. The first dose I
took relieved me. I improved rapidly
and grew stronger every day. Your
Nervine Tonic oared me in a single
week."
The South American Nervine
Tonic rebuilds the life forces by its
direct action on the nerves and the
nerve centres, and it is this notable
feature which distinguishes it from
every other remedy in existence, The
most eminent medical authorities now
conoedetha t fully two-thirds of all the
physical ailments of humanity arise
from exhaustion of the nerve forces.
The South American Nervine Tonio
acting direot upon the nerve centres
and nerve tissues instantaneously
supplies them with the true nourish-
ment required, and that is why its
invigorating effects upon the whole
system are always felt immediately,
For all nervous diseases, for general
debility arising from enfeebled vital.
ity, and for stomach troubles of every
variety no other remedy can possibly
tale its nine.
Sold by G. A. Deadman.
The Imperial Government has ape
Proved of the appointment of gradu--
metes from the Royal Military College
1of Canada to the unattached list for
the Indian Staff Corps to be continued
under existing conditions. after June,
• 1900.
Miss A. Drummond of Kingston hos
been appointed Lady Superintendent
for the Perley Home for Incurables,
Ottawa. She takes the place of Miss
1lurcombl who is going in cbarge of
the nursing oorps for the second eon-
' tangent,
An agreement has been arrived at
between the Grand Trunk Ry. and the
Canadian Pacific Ry. for the abolition
of Lhe differential rate on sugar. The
effect of this arrangement will be to
greatly aid the Canadian refiners in
competing with those of the United
States.
GREAT BRITAIN.
Lady Alice Montagu, sister of the
Duke of Manchester, is dead at Davos -
Platz, Switzerland.
Iuf(uenza is spreading throughout
England. The royal household at ,Os-
borne, Isle of Wight, has not escaped.
Tho new United States cruiser Al-
bany built at Newcastle, Eng., has
passed, a successful speed and general
efficiency test.
Lord Mountstephou has postponed
Ins visit to Canada, owing to 11110 ill-
id
n(gbi, Lady
Sirat "onsisst1i 1
11ness of Lady ethountstephen, Th
e con -
,of Lord Stratheona improv
-
A,
Milian correspondent says Mnjori
John. McBride, the organizer oi. the
Trausvaal Irish Brigade, wit1be a
candidate for the seat in the lionse
of Commons for South Mayo, vacated
by; Dir. Devitt, and' probably will not
be, opposed.
UNITED STATES.
The Britieli Consul at Nev Orleans
has expressed, In an interview, strong
condemnation of the pro -Boor speeches
of Senator Mason and others.
Buffalo business men want the Erie!
Canal improved, to compel 6 with the
enlarged Canadian canals.
Alfred E. Burr, editor of the Hart-
ford Times, :and the oidast editor In
tate United States, is dead at Hartford,'
The .Public. school at Milan, Mie.h,,
Ives burned, with a 51,000 library. ,
Three 1101101ed pupils loss: their outer
elolhing and two girls were terribly
•
burned. The building was worth 510,-
000,
Rev. Charles H. Anderson or Grade
Cbireb, Chicago was elected coadjut-
or bishop of the Episcopal diocese al
Chicago at a special convention called
by Bb,hcp McLaren. Rev. Mr. Ander-
son is 38 years old, and was born in
Canada.
A test occurred near Frankfort of
a newly -invented smokel,ss and noisee
less piow•der. The inventor claimed his
powder possessed ten times the meplo.
sive and propelling force of ordinary,
smokeless powder. The test was not
satisfactory.
At Washington, Gen. 4. W. Greely,
Chief Signal. Officer of the United
Slates Army, and the well-known Arc-
tic. explorer, refused admission to his
house to a drunken man, and was
thrown down a flight of steps. He is
in £a serious condition.
The Springfield, Missouri, division of
the Ancient Order of 17ibe:rnians,
which bed been Wien ed by the nasion
al president 10 contribute to the fund
for the relief of the Boers, decided by
en almost unanimous vote not to com-
ply with the request.
GENERAL.
The plague has so increased at Ho-
nolulu that they have begun to burn
the infected houses.
Spotted Tail, the well-known Sioux
chief, died of heart disease at Paris
the other day. He waS 89 years old,
The suppression of the plague in
Japan has been successful, while it
has by no means yet been stamped
out.
The Czar has forwarded to the re.
lief commission for earthquake suf-
fevers in the (.overntnent of Tiflis 50,0
000 roubles, 5:'5,000.
Three thousand time -expired Span-
ish soldiers from the Cuban war bare
offered their services to Great Britain
in South A.frira,
Considerable. fear is expressed in lire
German press that Amerinen automo-
biles 18111 in1•nde Germany, and a high-
er deny is demnnded.
Germany's financial condition Is
sound, ancording to the budget fere•
seated in the Lower house of the
Diet 00 Wednesday. Debts of over
et"O:1,C00,000 have been discharged dui.'
fig the past ten years„