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BULLER STILL SANGUINE:
Sow the Reverses of Spon IKop Are Taken —Lady smith Weli
Supplied and in Good Cheer-1)10re BoerTreachery—To
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fry and Hood Ladysmith—Big Army at the Front.
BU[.LElt;S SANGUINE TALK. From Observation hill many of the
A. deslrateh mein London says; --Gen. 'Uasr movements are vis1ble, also.
somotimea the do[ngs tie ilutler's men,
Buller read the fQJlow4ng grout the I k After our Men evacuated Sedan
Queen to Gen. Warren's. forcer.— op the enemy quickly brought up
I roust eepro..s my admiration of guns and fortiRiad rho pcnitlon.. sent that Most, earnestly1 k d f th
t,
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSQN, FED IL
'"ear /slid eO lmveel lho 1Yur1d 'That Ile
(lava A 1 4niy isegelten eel, Thai
ttliwittever' i,etlevellr 4i !Aloe Should
Sot le eelsli, $ U neve Aev'erlestlrjtl
eine" (Sateen 'levet. Joie asst.
PIIACTIOAL NOTES,
Verse 1: There was a man of the
Pharisees, A representative of the
most religious sent o2 the Sews, the
my Ismae during Lila past trying l'h0 Boor laagers on hi plains be tree pop or e
week, eepacu,lly lha regiments yore' Ladysmith aro agate full of men, .Me;slab, but a sect nevertheless that
g you who returned after elle retreat of the
spaotfy, and the n°0onipliahruenG of British.
yuuc '1 rdu,ua m.rch." I "A new Magee was formed this morn -
teen. Buller audieseed the men, say- ing on the heights near Coterie°.: The
' fug thee eugh, n.,t eo th,uk because boars have a great force on the plains
they had te,lred that lilt elites work there,bo.its. Reinforcements are as par -
wee of no avail, entry coining from the Transvaal.
They, in hie opinion, had gained " TThe British guns are still on Mount
the key of the than to L dysmrth, en Alice,
want h.l I1lp01 10 be Wl,hia a week. ' There is a strong rumour in camp
Una. sullen called for tweets for the that Gen. Bullet .is advancing along
Qu.eu, aril they were giros embus- another lino."
iastte,illy, _
• JOIN FOit AN ADVANCE, BOER TREACHERY.
A dameteh from Loudon says:—Tho1 Col, Tliorneycroft had a narrow ea-
,
important now tea.tnro of the cape last week. He wenn to meet a
operations 10 beetle . Aertrsa fel Gen. Boer flag of trues, which asked a par-
1.iedyrKeony's pt.cupntlon of T'hebus ley, but having become sus/riotous, he
stalioi". The asnoun-ement, however, told the Boer 'commander that he
is uugff[oial . 'Tae strangest( of the would not parley. Both retired, and
enuiun le not stated, bee et is amuse_ the Boers fired a volley; the colonel
ed netts that the wh„ae.,treug1h oaf the only eseaping in consequence of their,
stem divf.,iao wad emp,oyea. Ilia bad shooting."
pra.,umption is that Lhe ememee Is ue- ---
sig„ed, to co-opscaLe with, Gen. Gat- WILL ,TRY TO FLOOD LADYSIWUTH,
aide against sue Beene et Seorenberg.
SuA despatch from Lorenzo Marquez
Suma de°lsr,jrt would seem Loi ,unply
that the ta,mpa.g;1 in, osteal ie. to be saye:—Intfor•.mation has been received
deft Lo mare fur ietelf, for if the sixth from the Transvaal that the Boers are
divteion is al Tncbua, there is no other convinced of the uselessness of again.
foree available to tura the scale in attemp,ing to 'steam Leedy-mth, and
Natal.
Li addition to Gen. Kelly -Kenny's
moveLienes, Gen. Brabant, 1ltref of, the
Gape colonials, has alrlved at. liters-
stl oom
Mr Si erser Wilkinson, reviewing
the mi -nary situation, in the Morning 0(111 LI tee b,snb proof caves, so 0.5 10
Post, rays: -"The oclumn undue. Gen. expose Item to ,he . hall fire. Hund-
Iiellj-!fenny has oeoupied Thebes, reds of Kettles and huge quantities of
abes. ninety miles by railway i.rom timber and sand -bags have been sent
Galesburg; where Gen: French is aper- from-Jchaunesburg and Pretoria to
atoig, and about ea, miles from Stam- perform the work.
A despatch from London. says; -
04 continuing their inetteolive hom-
bardment. They have resolved ' to
dam. the Kip river some miles below
the town, hoping to flood the place,
and drive the euld:era and inhabitan.s
berg Junction, where the Boers op-
posed to Gen.Gatsore are believed to
be. The strength of Gen, teeny-Ken-
,ny's column is not told, .but as that
officer commands the sixth division -"A'1 welled the t fortnight.
any toward's theen_my's
part of It having gone to Natal, thebig guns, and on
probab'lity is that the column is Men- Jauuary 10 their 94-pu eller and high
tical with the dsion•
I3ADEN-VOWEL', AT WORK. '
u1 deelpatch from li2afeking says:
the whose, of which has reached Cate uran'g ' a pas,
Totten, and as there is no word of p Have been pushing out the trenches
RETIRED IN ORDER.
A despatch from Spearman's Camp
;says: Tho 13ritish .troops took the-yeLints pushed the enemy on
heights of %eiun kop, but the position throe sides wed out of rtfie shot.
Have pened a new grazing grime.
was considered untenable, and the for Wale.
troop were withdrawn under cover of "Tbe enemy still have two strong
dttrtches,. There was much surprise positions on the east side ,which we
hope to drift with dynamite."
that thein tvera no troops on the hill. ---
The various rumors of defeat are REFUGES 714 jello HUEN'S CAe.
quite untrue.'OnewWaimea' Was .COp-
Ade
suitor! in an order., manner, the
slraLch from plodder Rine says:
troolii being withdrawn to Spearman's —Two refugees, Messrs. Norton and
camp, ,he flank mo.emont h Ing atm- Coulter, with . their families, enteral
Live. The Sritise 10.15 was heavy. The the camp here. The party had four -
Muni numbers are not known. The
greatest loss was owing to a cross- teen horses and twenty mules, all in
.Vvel''ocLty lirnpp evacuated their posi-
tions and retired eastward of the
town, whence they are capable of lit-
tle damage.
in the morning when it was discovered
Erre ofshrapnel and : lyddite, ,good condition.
Messrs. Nur,on and Coulter deserib
1fl'. CLING THE HOSJ?ITALS, ed the eondiLiona in the Tranavaal and
i
Kimoerime is receiving severe treat -Free State.
meat from the enemy, who according They said that the Republican
to heiiograms from the garrison, aro f°roes had salt their last ounce of
strength' in the field.
firing indise•rrminately: The report 'The lxirLy was not .stopped by the
that the Boors ere shelling the hospi- Beers. :!'hough they had a pass from
tal or sanitarium, if true, can perhaps Barkly West, which permitted them to
be explained by the tact that Cecil go to Jiopjes dam, wnia:'h is the Meg -
Rhodes was recently residing there.' ersfontein head !sager, they did not
CANADIANS AGAIN IN ACTION.
A despatch from Belmont, Cape Col -
report there, because it was certain
that, on aeoount of their good condi-
Lion, the horses and mules would be
seized,
any, says:—The colonial troops are now Norton and Coulter state positively
that every available man on the west -
the operations whtoh Lord Roberts is inBe0huana111nd and Griqualand has
inaugurating, for the "invasion of the been commandeered and sent to the
Orange Free State. Boar positions between here and Kim-
berley. n
being given an important share rn front[ers of Lhe two Republics, and
Batb the Canadians and the Aus-
tralians, who have been employed upon ( SHORT OF SUPPLIES.
the limas of communication, rale being •
used to nid the imperial authorities A despedteh team Sterkstroom, Cape
in (dealing the northern(pare of Cape Colony, says: A runner who has ar_
Colony of the rebels Who are 80 one
poding the progress of the British rived here brought a letter from'tAli-
(0 cops. i wai North, in which it is announced
A strong party of the Austrahane than the Boers have reopened'the line
and Canadians. left Belmont' a week to Burghersdorp, as ,;iheir supplies
ago, 50J strong, for a reeonnrussanco were short at Stormberg.
in. the Tredear district. The enemy I The plains being bare, the Damp of
were found 10 force et dadenborst, 00 the burghers, it fs added, his been
the Riet river, !.moved back of Stormberg heights,
After a smart fight'in which none which are still held.
of our man wore injured; the rebate
wore cleared out, and Colonel Boyd,
Um commandant at Belmont,ordered
the establiehrnent a a permanent
force of at Richmond, twelve miles W850 G
Belmont.General Joubert's wife ;,necolnp
: anies
l em fRS, JOtIBERT AT THE FRONT,'
A despatch ,from London says: -
A coaapuny'of the Canndians,with a
mounted force, will be left to garrison
the post, croon which an advance will
be made to clear out the rebels 00 the
district.
It may he that we are i'n for some
enter) work.
All are well.
GOOD NEWS FROM LADYSMITH.
A despatch from Ladysmith says:
P'We tittle dreamed when We received
raeseages an January 25 that 'all ie
well,' what the; night would bring
forth. We know now that General
Buller has failed. There is a natural
dieappointinent, but little despond-
ency,.
We ear ahold on Hero,
Thu garrison received the news
with fortitude, The privations of the
siege edit. fall more heavily On the
sick.
him everywhere, and insists on person-
ally providing for his table.
145,700 11•IEN AT THE FRONT.
.A despatch from London says:—
The first authentic statement of the
total British troops and guns now in
or on the way to South Africa was
given in the House of Commons by
Mr. George Wyndham, Parliamentary
Secretary to the Foreign Office, in
the debate. On the address. Mr,
Wyndham read the following list,
mentioning that it was exclusive of
the 8th division, nowbeing mobilized,
and the fourth cavern, brigade, under
orders to proceed to the front:—
Vont and artillery , . . 141000
Cavalry . r . . 3,70p
Totnl troops . . , . 145,700
Siege guns . . 31i
' The garrison las arrived at a Naval galas .......48
healthier please and disease has been HMw[teegs _ . r .36
weeded otrt. *tette* ariillery' . 64
eine health of the garrison was less Field guns , , . , 2 .
obuas during sail i. 81
r $ e fret pinch than.
now, 'These is ne horse sickness, t
, and Total gums r 308
the rain have given iven a
supply of Mr. Wyrtuihaan added that in 1868
grass. We can hoar Bnller's gu ns the 00500inie, dfurcoe of the two 30e-
01111 working,. (publoea were, estimated at 50,0110 Men.
was narrow, and becoming constant-
ly more depraved; fulfilling the law
at Moses to the letter its members
too often neglected its spirit In
their p:et'iotism and their orthodoxy
they were 'bigots, 'Nieodenius, A
Greek name. John is the only inepir-
ed'writer who uientlonshim. His la
ter career, from descriptive touches
by John; showed firmness of charac-
ter. The Talinuds' mention a Nicode-
mus who had enormous wealth when
Titus began the siege of Jerusalem,
bat, was reduced to abject poverty, It
is Impossible Lo say whether the two
ars identicai. A ruler of the Jews,
A member 0f the great council, or
Sanhedrin, chap. 7. 60, evidently an
authorized doctor of the law, and pro-
bably a ramous Leacher.
2, Coma toJesus by night. That
he was a hesitant' inquirer seems
plain, but this is not necessarily a
sign 01 cowardice—ea.hu a bight of
wisdom; for the new Teacher was not
yet weal known, and at doubtful auth-
orization, and Nieodemus's visit was
made Ln a spirit of investigation, at
once candid and reverent. At least
two reasons are plain for his coming
at' night; the hostility 'of the Sanhed-
rin, and the holy industry of Jesus..
The Saviour had no leisure all day
long; crowds constantly flocked
around him to listen and be healed;
but atnightJesus would be at lei-
sure. It isnot unlikely that John and
other disciples were present When the
two great teachers met. Rabbi. It
would be of great interest if we could
ascertain by what means Jesus came
by this title, It was new, unknown
until the time of our Lord, and one,
Malt. 23.7, of which Jesus did not ap-
pmove, We !snow -that thou. art a
teacher come from God. Our Lord's
miracles had convinced many that his
mission was divine. No man can do
these miracles, signs, ,that thou Joest.
We have not any record in detail of
miracles wrought in Jerusalem, in the
Lirst year of oar, Lord's ministry. Ex-
cept God be with him. God will .not,
pertoran miracles for those who ,do
not glorify blest in their teaching.
8. Jesus answered. Probably Nieo-
deenus bad said many things not re-
corded. Verily, verily. 1'Amen, amen,”
a Hebraic phrase of emphasis. Ex-
cept a man be byre again. Either
"born from the beginning," or "born
from above." He 080001 see the king•
dom of God. Cannot even see it. And
so, as DrAbbott says, the declara-
tion is explicit that. the new
spiritual life is necessary not mere-
ly so enter into, but even to form any
accurate conception of, the kingdom
of, tlod. "It 10 not learning, but life,
new life, that is w..nted for Messiah's
kingdom, and new life must begin be'
new birth."—Alford. The kingdom of
Go, in Nic.o,teujus's mind is the Hary im-
perial .Hebrew stale. Christ would
have him teaderstInd thee it is a spir-
itual empure, wherein citizenship de-
pends upon renewed human nature,
Strange to say the phrase "kingdom
of God," so frequently used by the nth.
er evangelists, odours only twice in the
gospel of John--buth gimes in our les-
son to -day.
4. How can a man be born when he
is okl7 To some Nicodemus has seem-
ed en1Jre,y to misapprehend Jesus,
and to understand theSaviouras al-
luding to Ishysieal birth • at first
reading the allusion to the mother
would seem to imply this. But to de-
termine precisely what he
meant We must put ourselves
in his place. Jewish teachers
held that alt descendants of Abrah,a'm
were, at birth, born into the, kingdom
of God. .When a heathen became a
proselyte he wets baptized Tend said to
have been born again, In view of
these Lacks Nicodemus's question,
while not excluding physical birth, is
seen, Bather to refer to mlan'e moral
nature. Character is the result of
moral decisions which have been made
all through a man's life, How can
character be changed? It is exactly
the questfon of the modern, ekeptic.
How can a man change from drunken-
ness and dishonesty, for instance,
tato a pure, sincere Christiane Shall
he become a baby, and start life anew0.
5, Except; a man be born 'of water
and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into
that kingdom of God. Hera again we
must try to place ourselves 'beside
Nicoden:we, It is. unfortunate that in
both the Authorised and the Revised
Versions "spirit" is spelled with a
capital S. There is no direct allu-
sion hers' to .the third member of the
Holy Trinity. When a pagan be-
came a Jew he was.admitted by bap-
tism of water, and was expected there-
after to show a Jew's spirit, not, the
spirit of a Gentile, John had come
and astoniebedlthe people by "preach-
ing the baptism of repentance" and
teaching that even the ehildenzi of
Abraham needed a new spirit, And
now Jesus teaches that both the' sm-
ite! and the thing symbolized are re-
quired—the outward sign and, the
ward grace. He cannot enter into the
kingdom of God. Because ihe king-
dom of God is notof this world. It is
a spirituals kingdon, and those who
would belong to .it can. only do so
by virtue of their spiritual nature.
'6. This verse explains the last—kind
begets kind.
7. Ye must be born again. Even ye;
even Israelites; even mesterei in Isreal,
8. The wind bloweth where it list -
etch. , It is pleasing to fancy that at
this moment the soughing of the night
wind was heard around the earners of
thereof, but eanst not tell whence it
teauhora eat, '.Thou beareet the meted
cometh, and whither it gooth, The
erica, but 861110n1 indicates its
notion. "Theppoosssibilit:y thutj this R.
stewed of the Wind indientes its pres-
instl'atIon would not be ayzriieable to
the modern eelentia1 does not lessen
its Aimee and be,uty,"—Gobin. So is
everyone that is born of the Spirit,
The 'phenomena (f . el -Arita 11ty aro
clearly discerned in the good meats
life,' although the apiritu sl 01)ange 15
not to be eeplainest by hum in philee°.
poly. 1n Hebrew the word for "wind"
and spirit" is the same. So is every-
one that is born, of the Spirit. Td'it
18 10 say, a' man morally Wesengec1 le
conscious of the change; 7L is a par-
stinal experlenoa,
9, How aan these tbinge bel Nioo-
demos is not incjredulous;'he ie situp
ly bewildered.
10. A master of Israel. "The leath-
er a lsracl," I(nowes( not these
things? This question has the force
of a rebuke; You are seeking to teach
spiritual .truth without spiritual ex-
perieSOe.
41, 1 say unto thee, Emltbes:ze the
pronouns. 1 to thee. We tweak that
we Jrnow, and testify that we have
scan It is not hypothesis, nor in-
ference, nor philasophioai speculation,
with us, butour hearts' deep.experi-
" What we have felt and seen
With confidence we tell,
And publ'sh to the sons of men
The signs infallible,"'
Ye receive not our witness. You, and
men of your class, rejectour testi-
mony. Very evidently, however, Nice -
demos land to a good degree received
this " witness."
12. I have told you earthly things,
What I have hitherto taught is the
principles of ethics and godliness, and
has to do with man's life on earth.
Ye believed not. Not fully, in any
case; in some cases' not at all. Now
shall ye bel'eve, if I fell you of heaven-
ly things? These words are at once a
tender rebuke and an introduction to
the heavenly teaching which Jesus.
felt Nioodemns was barely rbady to re-
ceive. The "heavenly things" sire the
eternal thoughts and purposes of
God,.
18. No man hath ascended up to heav-
en. That Is, no truthseel-er, no phil-
osopher raesacktng creation to get
truth to satisfy hungry humeri souls,
boos ever got so for as heaven in his
search. I3envenly things have not yet
been fully revealed. He that came
down from heaven, even the Son of
men. Elsewhere John, who reports this
conversat'on, tells of the eternal, pre-
existent Word who came to earth to
bring spiritual knowledge to men.'
Which is in heaven. These words
are omitted by some of the best au-
thorities, and hardly add to the sense.
14. As Moses lifted up the serpent in
the wilderness, even so must the Son
of man be lifted up. Read carefully
the story of the brazen serpent in the
wilderness; ;how it was made the
means of a miraculous cure of mira-
cu:ously diseased sinners. This verse
white not prophesying the oruoifixion
in detail, nevertheless was fulfilled by
that event,
15. Whosoever believeth in him.
Trusteth in him. Commits his all to
him. Have eternal life. As a pres-
ent possession; the life of God in the
soul of man.
16. dlany of the soundest scholars
and exegetes hold that verses 16 to 1S
are not words of our Lord, but rather
the inspired evange,isl's eominenls' on
the narrative, "No other possible
statement could give to the world
such a conception of the intensity and
persistency of the love of God toward
the human race as is given in this
•versa."-Gobin. a
17. God sent not his Son into the a
world, Those wbo shrink from their e
Saviour are unjueS.L•ibly fri htened,
He is the JuJge of the earth, but un- a
til he sits upon his judgment throne
NEWS SUMMARY,
CANADA
1nM01,, NE,, Ia, h'lyun, ex-4X,P,' for Bleb.
n11
Earl darker, au el -year-old hey, wee
'frowned ae li111511 n,
Tito Siauderd !sank has oontrlbeted
1i,VUu tq the l'atri0,ie ruud-
tar. 11, beau A11.4, a well-known
WeeLe0n ()einem eeuretellst, Meed et
Lurnin, Onto, '
,(grants of trilee to the National Pat„
pi01•ie 1104.1 have been matte ey ,he
County Lemmils Of Weiland unu Luo•
feria.
'lewd weeteiu railways, with the ex,..
l;ellil011 011 the tee.,., have 0eelued LO
abolish, all eomml,iei0w5 to ptebseegar
agitate,
York UOuncy Council asks the Oniario
i. i,u.da.,4110.,. c., uy.pu,n., a ,.OL,ln.,.u,0"
to ' QnLr0, el 5511,0 r.usway.j uperst,,.g
in the 1 O'QVlaue,
The Canadian Engine and LWemo
tive Wor,.s, of kiugslon, Ont., Move
gone into iiquldet[uit, 1ne words will
ossILinue themes.
The h'ronLenuo County Council has
decided- to petition 11,0 Onterlu Legal -
!alum to se amend Inc taw to relation
to the summunn,l ol.jurers as to se-
duce tee expenditure without lessen-
ing the ettiwuney of the service,
t:liltnuawlur WIN o$11, of V1Lit ori a
University, w..0 watt elri:lien Wiwi
heart failure, w.nle preaunmg at Ann
Armor, lvl,en„ uw bueutey meet, Was
hrougnt :time co Turunto uu 'lassie,.
He is very moon better, and no serious
results are ant.oipated.
Jack " lereeeoru, woo played cen-
tre 800immege rot' the Genesee leout-
ball oleo, wee fined .010 or 8J uays at
f•[anaLton Pollee Lourt for assaulting
d e wlte.
Greve fears are entertained for the
steamer Ashanti, wnioh .1011 14LoViLe
Jan. 6 for Halifax, with mulls, Ste
has no passengers.
7'he I1eml,tun 110rtioullural Society
has deemed to give 6,00u young 1010ss
to school children next Akre., the
plants to be swwwn in oumptation tor
prizes at the society's exnioition in
June.
,,mayor Teetzel asks the citizens of
Hami,ton to make ail the demunstela-
L10n possible by isle ringing of bels,
bowing of 0(1151185, e10,, tepee auth-
oritative news comes of the relief of
Ladysmith.
The thirteenth annual provincial
convention of Lhe'i. i1, C. a. 01 On-
tario anti Quebec , 1,1 be hthl. in le uod-
seock, Out., from lt'ebruary 0111 1a the
11th. .
nu•, J. 0. 0 -borne of the Massey
Harrs Company, Toronto has reeel,-
ad, a cable Croon the War Uifice etat-
l.ng 1.1101 Id., sou, Lieut, J. W. Cleburne,
of the Seoctish Reties, Cameroeians,
had been killed in atelso in the Tugela
district ori January 44,
Herbert J. Somerset, operating
manager of the leinnipeg Electsio
Street Rahway, has received and ac-
copied a position as general manager
of the erumways, Perth, West Aus-
tralia. lie is a sea of Mr. W. 13.
Somerset, business manager of the
Winnipeg Free Press.
Tne Oanadiau Grand Lodge of .free
and Accepted Masons paid a visit to
the Michigan Grand Longe at Le -
thole on 'luesday. The visitors pre-
sented to the Michigan Grand Lodge
sliver loving cup,; on which the Stars
nd Stripes and the Tinton Jack are
ngraved together.
An important deed was pat through
t Montreal, when the Mascouolie
,umber Company sold a portion of
is valuable timber limits in the
(mulles of Beethier, Maskinonge, and
o.iette to Mr. A. A. Larocque, of
iontreal, for $73,0J0.
BRITISH -
At Sydney, N.S.W., a wharf laborer
has been stricken with the taxmen
plague, and the attending doctors are
oak the op:nien that he was inoculated
with the disease through the bite of a
flea.
Col. Gough will not be tried for a-
Ieged disobedience of orders, General
Methuen not having preferred accuse -
ons ag.,in.t bun, Col. Gough him -
1f is reported as denying that he re..
sell to order a cavalry charge at lire
tale of Madder River.
A woman at horde/um/Inn died from
grief for her two sons, severely
wounded in the war.
The.American ladies resident at Cape
Town nets a race•ption on Tuesday, in
nor of Lady Churchill and the en -
e staff m the American ho.pital
he is the Atoner for the sins of the ;
world. That the world through him C
might be saved.. It should not weak- J
en our estimate of the. necessity of e
personal salvation to reflect to what
it great degree even the unregen-
erate world bas already been saved
through Christ. A minority of the
5outs born into this world some the
Lord lived, and died, and rose again
for the world's salvation have come
to him to be saved. Nevertheless to
world itself has been leavened by the
Gospel; immeasurably higher moral
standards have been adopted; and if
in the world of civliization to -day the ti
majority axe not experimental Chris- se
ttans, the world, nevertheless, has fu
been saved through Christ from the ha
domination of paganism and from
depths of social corruption.
,8. He that tee Meath on him is not
condemned. "Believeth" carries with
it the idea of committal, enlistment,
trust, identificuLion. Condemned
already. His own conduct condemns sir
hint; there is no need to twit for a sJ
judicial finding.
7,000 ARE HOMELESS,
A. Resell or the Fire taro for the Plague
in Iheolsflu,
.0 despatch from San Francisco,
sane—According to advices rec01001
here from Honolulu, ins an effort' to
stamp out the plague; it was decided
to burn one of the blocks in China
town. The fire was started, and' it
gained sueli headway that the Bre de-
partment could not control it• Soon
the whole Chineee quarter was in
flames. Hardly a house was left
standing in the district. Ae a result
of the destruction of the Chinese quar-
ters six or seven thoasand people were
rendered homeless, and thoyt are now
living in tents. The fit's destroyed
twelve blocks, bounded by [tiukuy
Queen, River anti Nueuu streets,
The moat notable building' burned
was the Kaumekapili, a promltnent
landmark, and the• Most comfortable
edifice of its kind in Honolulu, It con-
tained -a large pipe organ, valued at
$5,000.
NATIVE RISING FEARED
ih•Ifirll Troops Bent to il'eat Arrirn to Atn
to !cupprepr1e, a Yield& at Welters.
A despatch from Kingston, Jamaica,
amyl:—Tho 2nd Battalion of the West
India Regiment, Lioute-Colonel D. M,
Allen r.omsmanding, which is station-
ed in Kingston, Lets been ordered to
proceed to West Atr!eist, to aid in sup.
preesing an expected rising of native
bribes. The 10 Batttelion of the same
regiment, under'Lieui,-Col. A. 1.;. Boy.
ley, which 10 mirriso.ned in Bermuda,
Was rlwaived similar orders; and both
b.n.ttalione will leave inrmedrately,
Prof. Drax Muller it is t of• Bred a re.
laces, and his condition is causing
anxiety.
A memorial service In honer of Mr.
Ruskin was held in Westminster Ab-
bey this morning and was largely at-
tended. '
A. request by the Dean of Westmin-
ster Abbey that John Ru. -kin should
be buried in Westminster Abbey has
been declined by Dir. Ruskin's rela-
tives, who say in their reply to Dr.
Bradley that it was the professor's
own with to sleep in Cools( un church-
yard, where his r'emtritrs will be inter-
red on Tbureday,
The trausport Cymric has been sent
from Cape Town to search for 1be dis-
abled tromsporl Dinuchester Corpora-
tion and tow her here,
Montagu White, former Consul -Gen-
eras of the South' African Republic in
London, had n conference with Secre-
tary Hay, al Washington, on Tues-
day.
The Australian colonies have declar-
ed Adelaide a plague infected 11001.
According to a special despatch from
Pretoria, it is reported there that
fourteen field cornets will be exchan'g
ed .for fuurtessu British officers.
A regimelnt of cavalry was kept idle
at De Asir for n fortnight, because the
War Office had sent no bridles with
the horses, but had despatched them
somewhere else,
The scheme proposed by the Dom-
inion Government for the repatriation
of the IOOtht Regiment is commented
upon by the St; James' Gazette. 'Che
Gazette says that the repatriation
proposition should meet with no dis-
couragement in Brit sire.
U.v1TA111 STATES.
Menages. ltn.msny, of the Wabash
Railway has prnlnised a detinite and
early reply 10 the demands el the em-
ployee for higher wages..
li. ite ann0unr'ed int New Ycrea GAL
led►.:'2L-1. Wlircm5.CIEELATr
p Keel 5 fonthlsl--Iiad Given 'lip All !lope
ox" Getting Well -A Eexn,edy Found at
Last to which Owe 1Vity Life."
Science has fully established the
fact that all the nervous energy of our
bodies is generated by nerve centres
located near the base of the brain,
"rhea the supply of nerve force has
been diminished either by excessive
physical or mental labours, or owing to
a derangement of the nerve centres, we
are first oonecioue of a languor or tired
and worn-out feeling, then of a mild
form of nervousness, headache, or
stometcb trouble, which is perhaps suc-
ceeded by nervous prostration, chronic
'ndigestion, aid dyspepsia, and agen•
eral sinking of the whole system. In
this day of hurry, fret and worry, there
ere very few who. enjoy perfect health;
nearly everyone has some trouble, an
sahe, or p sin, a weakness, a nerve
trouble, something wrong with the
stomach end bowels, poor blood, heart
disease, or sick headache; all of which
are brought on by a lack of nervous
energy to enable the different organs of
the body to perform their respective
work.
South American Nervine Tonin, the
marvelloue nerve food aud heal th giver,
is asatisfyin, s[ccess, awondrous boon
to tired, sink, and overworked men
and women, who have suffered years
of discouragement and tried all manner
of remedies without benefit. It is a
modern, ascientific remedy, and in its
;rwlce follows, sbounding health.
It in unlike' all other remedies in
that it is not designed to act on the
iifferent organs affected, but by its
direct action on the nerve centres,
which are nature's little batteries, it
acuses an increased supply of nerwaus
energy to be generated, which in its
turn thoroughly oils, es it were, the
machinery of the body, thereby ene
abling it to perform perfectly its die.
ferent functions, and without the
slightest Motion,
If von have been reading of the rt.
markable cures wrought by Sont91
American Nervine, accounts of which
we publish from week to week, and'
are still sceptical, we ask you to in-
vestigate them by correspondence, and
become convinced that they are true
to the letter. Sue/3 a course may save
you months, perhaps years, of aufi'en.
ing and anxiety.
The words that follow are strong}
but they emanate from the heart, and
speak the sentiments of thousands of
women in the United Statesand Can-
ada who know, through experience, of
the healing virtues of este South
American Nervine Tonic.
Harriet E. Hall, of Waynetowa, a
prominent and muck respeoted lady,
writes as follows:—
"I owe my life to the great South
American Nervine Tonic, I have
been in bed for five months with a
scrofulous tumour in my rigbt side,
and suffered with indigestion and
nervous prostration. Had given up
all hopes of getting well. Had tried
three doctors, with no relief. The
first bottle of Nervine Tonic improved
me so much that 1 was able to walk
about, and a few bottles mad me en.
tirely. I believe it is the best mode
cine in the world. I cannot recom-
mend it too highly."
Tired women, can you do bstt,r
than become acquainted with this
truly greet remedy A
Sold by G. A. Deadman.
William F. Miller, of'Flanklin Synch-
cale fame, has been located in Canada
and is under police purve[llance.
After deliberating for over three
hours, the jury, at Albany, N.Y. to the
case of William N. Clelntnshire, and
May Loy, charged with. alleged con-
epii'aey in smuggling Chinese into the
U.tited States from Canada, returned
a verdict of not guilty, Judge Coxe
thereupon discharged the accused.
News comes trout Presque Isle
C'ouaty, Mich., that 21be Smith, a wood
eeiinutter, formerly of Detroit, %etray-
ed away from'a logging ramp and was
attacked, and eater by wolves after a
desperate struggle.
The success of the negotiations in-
stituted by Secretary Hay with a view
to insure the "open door"for Ameri-
can, trade in China., may nnw be re-
garded as assured. Every oneof the
Powers that participated in the nego-
tealions has returned to the State De-
partment this written agreement with
the exception -of Japan and Italy, and
there is not the slightest doubt in
these eases.
A report from Frankfort, Ky., says
800 men, armed with rifles, reached
ihat city to -day and have been sup-
plied with badges bearing the portrait
of Governor Taylor. A fight between
the Taylor and Goebel politics] sup-
porters is feared,
Representative Roberts, of Utah, ac-
cused
scused of practising polygamy, was =-
palled from the House of Reprosentn-
Lives at Washfngten,the report of the
cominil'tee recommending this notion
being adopted by a vote. of 278 to 50.
To offset the Pro -Boer meeting re-
cently held at the .Lyceum Theatre, a
number of prominent Beffaloninns
held a meeting at the'Cfffl House, and
adopted resolutions of syntpatlhy for
the British. A fund was started for
the relies' of the widows end orphan,
of British soldiers, Circulars calling
for subscriptions to this fund are bee
Eng sent out.
Among the bills intredueed in the
Senate was ons by Senator Ellsworth
empowering the Buffalo & Niagora
Peelle Elecl.rie Railway Context ey,
when authorized by the Province of
Ontario or t bre Dominion of Camila, to
aequire the properly of any railway
operated in the. I'rovinee of Ontario.
John D. Rockefeller will glee the
University of Chicago 050,000 as a re• -
suit 0f the recent acquisition of the
Gurley paleontological collection. The
Gurley specimens include 740,000 Mise
siesip51 Valley fossi;s, The mince, ion
was valued at $,451100, and its gather*
er agreed to contribute $50,000 of the
sum, the rest being 'paid be, the Uni-
versity. Mr, Rorkefeil rr hes al fovea
to pay 051,000 of the ,e75,000 necessary
to make up the 'required amount, if
the rest is raised by President Hareetr.
GENERAL.
The Dutch messier Zeehond stilled for
Delagoa Bay on January 25th.
Denman: continues to negotiate with
the United States for the sale of hoe
possessions in the West Indies.
The case of Pastor Sarins, thbe Gem -
man missionary, arrested in Natal last
month for aiding the Boers, continues
unsettled.
• Official reports giving details' of the
recent inundations in Japan show that
property valued at over 0,100,103 yen
was destroyed. Thirty-five towns were
devastated, 7,:188 houses submerged and
189 lives lost,
Wireless telegraphy is to be entpl0y-
ed at once on the Dover-Caidis and the
Nolkeetone-.Boutegne boats trona a
central station at Hewer, where a pole
will be craned. The masts of the
, boats will suffice for the other end of
the circuit. The system will then he
extended probably to the Dover -Ostend
boats, tot.
According to the Taeglische Itundes•
ohau, the Germ in Emperor is planning
to reform the higher schools of Prue -
sitz nceording to the domande 01 mod-
ern practices! life.
A Thracian triumphal car ba:; been
dug up, on the slope of Mount .ilhode-
pmm, near Philippapolis in' Bulgeela.
All the met allic fittingv of the , lou ioi,
,including bronze deem'ative figures,
and. the harness for: one horns, were.
found together with human remelts.
The car Belongs to the fourth' century
after Christ,
A second load oiy beef for the else of
the Boers is being purchased al Chi-
angst by en agent] of the Transvaal
Government, On aceouni of regent
seizures by British war vovselle ,of
HMO, bearing supplies destines! (or the
Crsnsv:,sl, 1rackcrs .have refueasl to
aril the beef for delivery beyond l.'.1 t-
engo, and n'g•niintions fes' tven55001Ie
Li on are pen,lilig,