The Brussels Post, 1900-4-19, Page 3tat 19 1909.'
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N W S$ s5,1 i S P M Ifs
BE RPM q BIG BBTT1[
They Cialrn 000 British Killed
and .9Q0 Captured.
Tho WO/ 011100 flu. Nothing Anent It,
But while the Stem Is Not Nalleved,
There is N11rroes Anxiety In London.
Loudon, April 11. — (5 a.m.)—
But that tbe War Olfiee Lias issued
ne news from Lord Roberts during
the last three fittve, there would be
Male disposition to place any Grad-
encs n the Boer reports of a, British
disaster. The tmexpeeted rallying of
the Free Sta'te commandos, however,
leave the public in a nervous (sonde
Oen,
There is Greet Anxiety.
Desilatehes from Pretoria, as late
as Monday; did not mention any fur -
then Boer vletary. On the contrary,
they said all the commandoes were
quiet, and as Lord Roberts has blth-
erto never failed promptly to report
mischances, as well as successes, or
allow the newspaper correspondents
to report them until ebnfirmation is
received, there is some justification
for regarding the lefeer'katsfontcin rw-
• mor as only an exaggerated account
of the Roddersberg affair, At the
same time the greatest anxiety la
felt.
000 BRITISH BILLED. ,
Moor Report Says This Disaster Happen•
ed at Meerkatfooten,.
London, April 11. - A despatch to
g'he Daily Mail from Brandfort, dated
Sunday, by way of Lorenzo Marquez,
pays: 'Yestm'day, Gen. Dehvet en-
gaged the British for the third Lime
within a week at Meerkatfontein,
killing and wounding 600. He cap-
tured 900, with 12 wagons, losing
6 Boers killed and 9 wounded,
London, Aprli 11. — The Daily
News nae the following. from Pretoria
dated Monday, by way of Delagoa
Bay:' "It is officially announced that
le battle has been fought south of
Brandfort, in which. 600 British
troops were (tilled and wounded and.
800 takenp risoners.
neo 1 00,0 0up steer.
London, April 1.1—The Daily Mall
publishes the following', dated Tues-
day, April 10, from Lorenzo Mar-
quez: The Netherlands Railway Com-
pany professes to have received a
telegram reporting a Boer victory
near 1Groonstadt, the Doers capturing
$1l0 'British.
Commenting on this The Daily Mail
remarks: "There Is a Meerlcatfon-
Lein about eight and a half miles
southeast of Kroonstadt, but if the
report be true, this can hardly be
the place."
liners Soy 100 lolled.
Pretoria, April 9. — (Via Lorenzo
Marquez.) — The British casualties
in the fight In Dewels-Dore were 100
killed and wounded and 459 captur-
ed,
The Transvaal Yolks/aced has been
ainwitunud to meet in ordinary ses-
sion on May 7.
Heavy cannonading is reported at
Pourteon titreatne. The British are
using a naval gun.
Lord Methuen is moving in the di-
rection of I400pstacl.
;Ia,11 Guuo Working at Natal.
London, April 11. — The Durban
correspondent of The Daily Tele-
graph, telegraphing Tuesday, April
10, says: "Our naval guns have com-
menced bombarding the Boer posi-
tions between Sunday's River and
lliggarsberg,
Roberto' wetter supply Geod.
London, April 11. — The Bloem-
fontein correspondent of The Morning
Post says: "The water supply con-
tinues satisfactory. . Entrenching is
proceeding vigorously on 'the Mlle
ootnmanding Bloemfontein. Civilian
labor is to be. utilized. Sickness
among the troops is somewhat dim-
inishing."
Leavt.t Huller. to' Sole Roberto.
London,Aprf 11. The Durban
correspondent of The Standard, tele-
graphing Tuesday., says: "Large nun}-
bore of troops are conning down foe
shipment to Cape Colony, Two reit-
talents have already sailed, Gen. Hart
is also going to the Cape, probably
in command of these troops."
Chicago's. Ald fee Seers.
Lorenzo Marquez, April 10, — Tho
French steamer Caravellar, Capt. Ian
botu'nfe, trout Havre, Feb. 25, has
arrived here with 100 passengers, in-
cluding
ncluding the Chicago ambulance corps.
A majority of the passengers will
proceed by trate to the Transvaal,
Britain's Order for 80,000 nomas.
New York, April i1.—The Journal
says; "A contract •to buy 80,000 to
85,000 horses for the British Govern-
ment was completed in this city yes-
teeday (Tuesday)."
„ HEAYT FIGHTING AT WBYHNIIB.
Continued From Monday Until Tuesday
-Three Com,nsndes.
Aliwal North, 14totiday, April 9, —
An engagement took place to -day at
Wepener, The Boers Victors -Maxim
.did considerable executionat first,
but the British guns Boort got the
rangeand made great havoo.
• levenbtg.-Tho fighting at Wepener
was severe, and lasted ali day long.
The Boors received a ohmic. The ca
a1t1es were rather heavy on both
sides,
Another canemando IA advancing to -
waren! Wepener from Dawetsdorp.
The ltouxville commando has gene
to Wepener, -
Aliwal North, April 1,0. Heavy
fighting was continued at Wepener
tine morning. The result is un-
known. Three Doer commandos are
attacking the town,
h meat 8 Now AT WORK.
'11 is Sala Re Hat Cnnin sell Of One of ilt
Brahmanism Passes.
T.,mtdon, April :1.0. — Th connection
Witte the resumption of hostilities in
• Natal an interesting rumour is cur-
rent that Gen, Duller has obtained
commend of one of the Dr'akens'berg
Passes wherehY be hopoe to tape the
Moors in the rear, In the event of
hie being encoassful, Gen. Buller has
enough troops to leave 20,000 mon
to hold Natal while be should (1(1-
vanco by way of ]Tarrismith whence
he would bo able to threaten the
Boor posititnre at Bethlehem and
Icroonetadt,
hoary $i,i,, Nan/ I,edremitn.
Laclvsmlth, .tpl'11 10. — Heavy fir-
ing was heard early this morning in
tile direlttion of Sundays River. l't
continued fora few hours. No de-
tails u1 the engagement have been
recelved.
OaulsOAPdln5 at Blandel,isltto.
Pletermarltzburg, April 10. --
Heavy cannonading commenced this
morning in the vicinity of Elands
lite ate,
Doers Now at Si, Helena.
Island of St. Helena, April 11, ---
The
The Niobe and the Milwaukee have
arrived here with the Boer prisoners.
The health of the: men Is good with
the exception- of four cases; of meas-
les, which necessltaled the Milwaukee
being quarantined. The prisoners are
quiet and well behaved. Tliey will
probably land to -day,
Leyds 0"o' u, 40111 Thom.
Brussels, April 11. Dr, Leyds
left Bruesele last night to confer with
the Boor Peace Commissioners.
Boers on 1l int, la„ It Aa iea,
Cape Town, Tuesday, .April 11, --
The
The remainder of the Boer prisoners
that were on board the transport o11
Simonstown, about 2,000, have been
transferred to the mainland,
n,.,,' 10»,4nsead mw at Naples.
Naples, April 11, The Boer
Peace Commissioners, Messrs. Fisher,
Wolinarans and Wessels,_ arrived here
yesterday, and were welcomed by
Mr. Muller, the representative of the
Orange Free $tete, and Mr. an
Doet:schoten, the secretary of the
Transvaal Legation at Brussels.
They will remain here for some days.
MOBS STBATBCONA RBOBUITS.
Fifty Mere Mw Required la Prospects
of Heavy Work.
Ottawa, Ont., 'April 11. — Lord
lc the Mil-
itiathcona la ht cabled tea Met night
ilia Department to recnvir. 50 more
Wren for Strathcona's Horse, to fill I
vacancies that will pnobably occur
when the men got Into the fight.
This Is taken as significant of the fact
that hard work ie expected in South
Africa:
Major Drummond Homeward Hound. 1
A privato message was received
last night; from Cape Town to the
efieet that Major Drummond, the gal
laut fighter that accompanied the
first, contingent t'0 South Africa, is on
its way 11ouie. The message does
not say whether he is sick or wound-
ed.
BRITISH PRISONERS
Itysrnlm'y and Typhoid Rife, and Slott stud
\lull
Without 'rents and Obliged to
Sleep on Straw,
A despatch from Cape Town, April
11, says: A lady who left Pretoria
cm March 20, and who has arrived.
tere, r'eporl.s that the manner in
which the Boers are treating their
prisoners is shameful, and that dy-
sentery near typhoid fever are rife
among the captives. The prisoners,
who aro confined at Waterval, had
no tents, and the sink, as well as those
w,hoee health lilts niot yet been affect-
ed, ,were obliged to sleep on straw.
The medical comforts are scnn1y. Dr,
Hazlitt, the medical officer, resigned
owing to the fact that it was impos-
sible Inc' Inn to obtain methoines, and
be' was succeeded by Dr. Van Grelat,
n R.usalan physician. The latter, when
he fully learned the condition of af-
fairs, also threatened to resign unless
' meddeines and teats were furnished fox
the seek. The Boers then partly remo-
lded the evils camp]ained of.
The endon?al prisoners are treated
I aa common malefactors, some of then
working on the etreeLs rather than
to remain in gaol.
The lady has sent a wait ten report
be the Inteiligenee. Department here.
FLEW WHITE FLAG.
Theo shotclown the 11,11101. 7Yho Carne
le ward.
A despatch dated Bloemfontein,
Tuesday, says that a strong party of
Boers has been located across the
river at Donker's hoek, where Diok-
son's cavalry is quartered. There
has been considerable sniping, Two
BriLis'h soldiers were shot from a
point near a farm house from which
a whale flag wns flying. 11 is reported
thirty Boers Were hiding in the farm
house, and that a mon named Rich ler,
who hands a British pass, was one of
them. When the British sea 'rchod.the
place Richter's daughter said he was
not, at home.
DUMB FOR LIFE.
•
,.-.t
It utter Severed Private IIpaeNhatv'0 Va:n1
Cords.
A despatch from Kingston, Ont:,
sayst-Private Bradshaw, of "l)" Com
any first contingent, writes to a
friend that he suffered a severe
tvound during the fight at Paardeberg,
The wound was not so serious, but the
oonaequenees following, it are terrible,
for the bullae Lha,t pierced him enter-
ed his neek and severed the vocal
oorde, depriving him forever of the.
pewees of speech.
Bradshaw belonged to Pioton, end
hoc] been attae:hed to the Standard
Renk staff atlCingsten and Belleville,
lie has relatives in Toronto.
f,I. is said the Connors syndicate is
interested in u new line of vessels be-
ingebuilt by the Anemia= shipbcild-
inc Company to Carry grain from the
upper lakes to lktantreal.
BOERS TRY TO TIlill MARKING
Qpened Fire on the Town on
March 27 With Seven Guns,
Tray were Repulsed When They Game
Within R1fle.Itange-bol. Xlutaer WPO
Near lIefeking-Fought 0 Ten 78111so
Retreat All thy Way Front Within Six
Gilles of the Besieged Town -flamer
0(m0011. ~rounded- Hie Cunualtles.
Alafeking,Tuesday, Marcel 27, --
News was received yesterday al the
advance of the Southern relief col-.
uumn.
The Doers thin morning opened fire
at sunrise with seven guns ltWltrding
one 100 -pounder. This - has been the
most vigorous bombardment of 'the
season. The Boer ' siege gun aeon°
has already fired over sixty rounds.
;Under cover offirethe Boers advance.
ad to the northern lane of the works
but -retired precipitately on coming
within refits range. They also ad-
vancedto the southwestern poets
but were repulsed, There was one
casualty,.
To Beane. the Town,
The Boers ander Commandant Jaen
Oronje aro' evidently falling back be-
fore the advance of the southern re-
lief columnand are concentrating
n lth two commandoes who are re-
tiring before Col. Plomer in order to
make a final effort to reducd the
town. All the fort and outlying po-
sit.ions are manned, the troops are
standing in arms and everybody 1s
under cover,
Al] are convinced that this is the
Boers' last attack.
Baden-Powell Hopeful.
Buiuwayo, March 81. — Col. Bad-
en-Powell wires .from Mafeking, un-
der date of March 27, confirming the.
report that the Boars had been push-
ed back go tar that the town was
comparatively out of range of mus-
ketry. Ile concludes with saying:
"All promises well for eventually
cutting off this force of the enemy if
we can hold' boyman here."
FLUMER IN A HOT CORNER.
British Version of the EAgataneut With.
In Sight of Hoicking -Baer, Were
Two to One. ,
Gaberonos, Sunday, April 1.—Yes-
terday Goolpnnl Plunger with 270
lnolmtecl and a fevv dismounted in-
fantry and one Maxim gun arrived at
Rainuthlabama, where he left the
dismounted men, and proceeded along
the railroad to within sight of Ma -
faking. The advance guard under
Col. White encountered a large body
of Boers and almost simultaneously
the left and right flanks were attack-
ed and sharp fighting followed. The
Boers ware in crescent formation and
outnumbered the British two to one.
They advanced with skill and stub-
bornness and persistently endeavored
to encircle the British. After holding
his .ground for an hour Col. Plurner
retired, with the Boers slowly fol-
lowing him up.
It W110 a Stiff Fight.
The lighting was continued through-
out the ten mile retreat to Ramath-
labaana, where the British Maxim gun
was brought into play. After a stiff
fight Col. Plumor reached his camp,
tuition eeseet sees.
The British casualties were: Killed,
3 officers and 7 man wounded, 3 of-
ficers and 24 men; missing 11. ,
The Boer loss was serious.
At the conclusion of the fight Gen.
Snyman informed Col. Baden-Powell
that he had souse British wounded,
and both Baden-Powell .and-T'bumer
sent ambulances. The Boors were
also busy Sunday collecting their
dead and wounded. Most of the
British wounded were only slightly
hurt.
Col, Plainer w!eu..dr,i.
Col. Plume)* was wounded but was
able to carry out his duties,
While the ambulance was still at
RamathlnbaInel April 2nd, Gen. Sny-
ntan, with 800 men and three gens,
arrived there, and finding no. British
troops hl the vicinity returned to
Ma (eking.
It is reported here that the advance
guard of Lord Methuen's ,'eller force
has left Vryburg for Mo1eleing.
Others 11 oulided and
Col. Pltuner's voted was in his
right erne. His horse was shot, Col.
Dodie and Capt. Rolt were wounded.
{lnl. Plumer's orderly is missing,
8ergt.-Mnjjor Hailingof the 5th
Dragoon Guards, Who took up the
ditties of orderly, did excellent work.
Capt. Fred Crowe was shot dead
while covering the retreat. of others.
Capt, alacl'.aren was severely
wounded, and Lieut. Milligan, the
famous Yorkshire cricketer fatally,
while holding an assigned position,
Medical Orderly Waneford worked
pluckily on the field, which a0oldod
little cover,
Brlti,5 Had 1,1111. Cover.
Saturday's fight in the environs of
Man:Icing was conducted on Col,
Plumer's side under groat difficulties,
being hi the proximity of the Boer
Mag055, whence reinforcements could
he promptly sent to the burghers,
and there was little cave!' available
for the Britisli when the fight began,
the plain being but sparsely wooded
and the railroad embankment, the
chief protection, being only two feet
high. 'The men behaved gallantly,
however, and the officers Were excep-
tionally conspicuous in the affair.
Nearly A11 Rifle tiro,
With the exceptioe of it few rounds
fired by the British Ma.tiro g'un at
Ranusthlaleama, the fire on both sides
was entirely by 'rifle, half of the
.Drittsh officers were more or lessser-
iously wotlndeti,
neitted le Gond Order.
Bulawayo, Tucaday, April 9.—Col,
Plattner engaged the Beet's between
Ramatblabama and ttatetting, March
81. The Boers appeared to consider-
able lone Mx miles from Marching,
and to prevent, being oullhnketl On
both sides E'lrlmer hod to withdraw
ea Ilareatblabamn, subsequently re-
tiring to his base camp, 'l'11e en-
gagement lasted three hours, and :the
retirerr,est wee well carried out In
good order under a heavy lire,
The above desputclia'l give the
British version of the retirement of
Col. Plnmer's force sires annotiaeed.
April 8th, in a special dospathh irons
Lorenzo Marquez,
Xlnman RO able 400
Loudon, April' 11, --- The Baii,y
Mail has the following from Lady
Sarah Wilson, dated Illtifeking,' March
30:
"Col, Plumer's column le now
within' 20 utiles of us, Intl its +tdvebt.
3s undesirable, unless accompanied by
food supplies. 'The opinion prevails
here that young ('ronje bas returned
to the ranks of the investing Boers,
and le trying to avenge Paardeberg."
Al, (bran Captured.
Bulawayo, Thursday, April. 5.
Lieut. Milligan of Col, Plumer's col-
umn le a prisoner in the hands of the
Boers.
NEWS SUMMARY,
moirmeromov
• CANADA..
.E. F. Hubbell, the Ottawa broker,
who absconded in 11307, died in; Mexico
recently,
Lord Stratheonu has given 0'2,000 to
the new Normal training school at
Hamilton.
Travelling Passenger Agent Quinlan
will eepresent the G.T.lt., at the Paris
Eatp psition.
The 'C. R R:., Imperial Limited be•
tween- Montreal and Vancouver, will
run again in Juns.
During the past year $23,800 has
been collected in fines for violation
of the law in Dawson city.
The capital stook of the Montreal
Rolling Mills Company, has been in-
creased to $750,0000 from $600,0000.
The American Tobacco Co., the big
trust, are} after the Timken Co.'s fee -
tory in Hamilton. They will not gat
It is reported that ]Hamilton citizens
who oppose the lease of Dundurn ball
grounds are going to test the legality
of
tbe matter,
Rev, Dr. Antliffeas u
h hes u uintad
acting Principal of Wesleyan lheologi-
eal College at Montreal, to succeed the
Rev. Dr. Shaw.
A survey is being made preliminary
to the work of constructing the. elec-
tric street railway line between Wood -
stook end Ingersoll.
Fred Lacey has been appointed gen-
eral manager of the Montreal Cotton
Company's mill at Valleyfield, sue -
Deeding Louis Simpson.
Lieut. Reginald Scutt of Ht M. S.,
Pheasant was shot and seriously
wounded by the sentry at Esquimalt
navy yards, whose challenge the of-
ficer ignored.
Evangelist Joly has been- arrested
at Montreal on suspicion of being im-
plicated in numerous robberies that
Jotookliette. place at the C.P.R. station to
The authorities of Laval University
have transmitted to the Council of
Montreal the account of the damages
occasioned during the recent disturb-
ances. They ask for $170,78.
Jack Roach, who was implicated in
the Dominion Bank robbery at Napa -
nee, was arrested at Montreal on aus-
pacton of being connected with the
held -up of a grocer for a,100 last fall.
Large numbers of American settlers
are going to the Portal district, on
the Soo line. The 0. P. R. land de-
partment sold 2,000 acres of land in
that district to farmers, and 2,400
acres to western farmers going to the
Weyburn district on Friday.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The British steamer Memnon, at
Bristol from Portland, Me., lost 175
cattle by heavy seas and terrific gales,
Lord Londonderry suraeeds the Duke
of Norfolk, as Postmaster -General in
England, the latter having betaken
himself to the war.
Large crowds; including the Marquis
of Salisbury and Hon; Joseph Cham-
berlatn, attended the Prince of Wales.
levee at St. James' Palace.
The Princess. of Leintngen, while
visiting Liverpool last weak, with her
husband, Col,. Atkinson, lost at the
hotel, jewellery tattled at about
£5,000,
The CoanmiLtee of Lloyd's Patriotic
Fund have informed the Canadian
IJigh Commissioner 01 their intention
1,o make a grant of £1,000 to the Can-
adian Patriotic Fund,
UNITED STATES.
The canals of New York Stale will
probably open( on April. 21st.
Over 20,00a ooai miners ore on strike
to the Pitteburg, Pa., district. ,-
Six thousand men from the building
and other trades in New York are on
strike.
A bill providing for the tuspeatton of
tenements is bevels the United States
Sena te,
The Ferris Wheel, one of the won-
ders of the Chicaget World's Fair, is to
be sold as old iron.
Admu'u1 Dewey' bee elven hisrollec-
tmu of war relies to the Smithtianian
Institute at Washington.
Four hundred men are out from the
works of the New York Air Brake
Company, at Watertown, N.Y.
Gen. Otis, commander of United
States forces in the Philippines, re-
turne to the United States in July.
Ohairnia-n Cutting of the New York
0itizens' Union, declares municipal
ownership would quicken the social.
cone0ienee.
The Saunders bill, whiob will olose
up pool rooms in New, rode State,
liar passed the Albany, N. Y., As-
sembly.
Throe robbers seized four men at
Belleville brewery, Chiang°, locked
thein in a refrigerator ear, and took
0'50,0011 in securities.
The grand ,jury at New York, has
indicted Police Captain Thomas, for
failing to suppress certain resorts in
the "Tenderloin."
Caahue.r Mussay of the Merehanla'
National hank, of Rai,tinnd; fe under
arrest alt Rutlancl,'Vt., en a t'lterge
of embezzling $145,001
Imre proprietors of notorious re-
AWLS in NOW York, hove been inclined(
by the grand ,jury as 0 reeolt.of this
movement against vivo,
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON, APRIL 220
"The Costurlelr'N Serrault flelilt'ell" take
7. t'to. boldest Text, Pea: Ie3, 53.
SpxLACTlCAL NOTES,
Verse, 1. When be bad ended all
his sayings in the audience of the pea,
pls. "Sayings" here refers to the icer-
mon on Lite Mount; "andlenoe" has its
original meaning of hearing;"the peo-
ple" are the multitudes that eenitiant-
ly thronged him; and the whole V8I'se
simply means that at the conclusion
of the Sermon on the Mount Jesus
went. lc hia home in Cepernttum.
'l, A certain centurion's aer'vaat. A
centurion In the Raman army was an
officer In Command of one hundred
men. Each of the Several centurions
of the New Testament is mentioned
favorably, 11 hits been guessed that
(bis centurion was in the army of
Herod Antipas. He was a Gentile,
Matt, 8. 10, That bo was a "proselyte"
is not probable, fur proselytise are us-
ually referred to as either "devout
men'" or "men who feared (rod, while
our Lord draws u definite line be-
tweee this heathen and the sena of
the kingdom. But evidently this cen-
turion was a man of lofty morals and
wide human sympathies, or his Jewish
neighbors, whose prejudices ut the
beginning must have been all against
him, would not have been won over to
his side. He was nub also and gener-
ous. The "servant" was a slave,
whose duties were those of a personal
servant, possibly of a .confidential
clerk. Matthews says, "He Meth at
home." Dear unto him is literally
"held in value by" or "precious to"
him. The narrative throughout in-
dicates the master's respect for and
fondness of the slava. Was sink. Lit-
erally, "he was in bad condition," was
i11; and Matthew tells us that he was
palsied or paralyzed and grievously
tormented. Bis disease may have
been progressive paralysis or tetanus,
seine' form of nervous cramps. heady
to die. Apparently past all help.
Palestina is to -day, us it was in the
time of Christ, a land without com-
petent }physicians.
3. 1p hen he hoard of Jesus. Not
n
beard that, he was corning down a
certain street, but heard of his
teachings and miracles, See Blatt. 4,
24, 25; Luke 8, 17. He sent unto him
the elders of the Jews, Omit "the"
before "elders." 1t does not seem that
these mune to Jesus. as rulers of the
synagogue or eacjeeiestical officers
of, any sort; they were venerable sten
of influence in the community. Versa
7 shows that personal applecatson
was nob made betteuaa of the mem
turton's humility, fie assumes that
men of, high rank can most readily
influence Jesus. Beseeching) him that
he would come and heal. Me afflict-
ed man wss too ill to be brought
to Jesus. It! is interesting to
observe the renturuns s steady increase
elf humility as Jesus approaches the
house. His shrinking from meeting
the Prc>&dret,develops into a shrinking
from even having Jaim enter his home.
4, 5. Instantly. Urgently, These
elders may not have been disciples of
Jesus, burwere respectful of his pow-
ers; certainly, if they had been re-
cognized as opponents, the centurion
would not have }selected them. He
was worthy for whom he should do
this. The Revised Version makes the
phrase more drunlatic, "He is worthy
that whoa sbouldest do this for him."
Worthy frosn the elders' point of view,
because, "'he lovet-h our nation, and
himself built us our synagogue, Re-
vised Version. He was a foreigner
by blood, a heathen In religion, and
a representative ref tryenny, but by
his kindness of heartand justice of
behavior he had won the friendship of
the loyal religionists and hot-headed
patriots of Galilee -a truly remark-
able man. Se had "himself" built
this house of worship -drat is, entirely
at his Own expense, A little of Gali-
lean f,'ee ate and largeness of concep-
tion, as well as much of the centur-
ion's nobility, is Printed at by the very
fact that a heathen was permitted to
build so holy a structure. Such a
Thing would hardly have been toler-
ated In Judea,
ti. Jesus went ti'ith them. Promptly
responded to the faith of the centur-
ion and the messengers. "f will come
and heti him," he said, He wait now
not far from the house. Near enough
for one of the elders le hasten back
to the centurion with the news that
the great Rabbi was coming. The
centurion sent friends to him. With
every step that tbe Lord took
the centuriou realized with increas-
ing intensity the awfulness of this
Master of nature. Like Dwight. I.,
Moody iu his early Christian life, this
officer could shot have passed it credi-
table examination in theology; but he
had in his Saari the "root of the Mat-
ter," the essence of faith, holy prin-
ciples which, doubtless were developed
ed later tate genuine Christianity. [
am not, worthy that thou shouldest
enter under my roof. His humility
end his faith were equally remark-
able. To his. view Jesus was a peculi-
arly holy rabbi, Rabbis generally
avoided the* houses of Gentiles as un-
cleali,and association with them' as
defiling, "The higher this men placed
Scene on the pinnacle of Judaisun the
more natural }wits it. for bio not to
expect the personal presence of the
Master. -Edensheim. The holiness -
be believed Jesus to possess increased
the necessary distance between them,
7. Neither thought Imyself worthy
to Lome unto thee. This man is one
of it type, and should be oltrefully Mix -
died. Thert+ are people in our own
day who deeply reverence God and
goodness, but who from undue diffi-
dence or beelouded religious view's
shrink from identification with God's
.people, It may help ns to get close
to such if we can understand 1hie
Man's position, who, though classed
It a pagan, was ie full s,i'n1padhy with
Ile Jews, and had the. faith of e
lion Every ;Every sinful soul should be a
subjo:a of special study. 'i'he Clhureh
will never outgrew the so-called "re-
vival methods;" but every good meth-
od has tueidenlal faults as well as
inherent merits, and the fnttlt; of the
' revival methods' is thnt they too
often dead with souls by the whole-
sale, and regard sinners in MARS. Na
Iwo snhjeris of Christ's saving pow-
er nee alike or need exaeily the same
manifestation of grepe. Sunday school
EDITORS CLERGYMEN, PlitAlf NS
"i':7I i ' nE11 ie"` "".
len and Women in all Walks of Life Tell of the Remarkable
Cures Wrought by S oath American Nervine Tonle.
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COSES VAL CONVINCE THE MOST 6NC.IELWLLU$l
EDITOR COLWELL, OF 'PARIS, ONT., IiErEE,W.•
Newspaper edi+'ors are almost as
soepttegl as the average physician on
the Object of new remedies for sink
people. Notblhg short of 0 series of
most remarkable and well anthenti-
sated ores will incline either an
editor or is doctor to seriously consider
the merits honestly Claimed for es
me®}cine.
Rundreda of testimonials of won-
derful recoveries wrought with the
Great South American Nervine Tonto
w@ris received from men and women
all over the country before physicians
began to prescribe this great remedy
t,n� chronic 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 dolt -
1201113.
During his experience of nearly a
quarter of a oentury as a newspaper
publisher in Paris, Ont., Editor Ool-
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 is
matter of business, hat in only a
single instance, and that one warrant-
ed try his own personal experience,
has he given a testimonial over his
o\rn signature. No other remedy
ever offered the public has proved
such a marvellous revelation to the
moat sceptioal as the South American
Nervine Tonto. It has never failed
in its purpose, end it has oured when
aerators and other medicines Whet
triodl in vain.
"I was prostrated /.n+i3.t.
d,& ._.tta partion l
holy sevegto pt491f t Tri
soya r.dol ®�
m#
relief from the Q/*tenrse '@r.",eiis aid �u11
tress of the maiairy.1 . Moored EI
and night. The doctors din mot het
me, and I tried a number of moil
ohms, but without relief. About th•
time I wee advised to try the Sent
American IfTorvine Maio. Its clogs
were instantaneous The Srpt dos I!
took relieved me. I improved rolldly
andrew stronger o pry day. y!el$
4 � �
Nervine Tonic awed 1118 in a siftgl�
week."
Th. South Anserioar Net )uf
Tonin rebuilds the lift forces be itis
direct action on the nerves and the
nerve centres, aald it is this notable
feature whioh distinguishes it fro*
every other remedy in existence. Tim
most eminent medical sutberities ow
conoedethat fully two-t)irdh of all the
physical ailments of humanity arise
from exhalation of the nerve force&
The South American Nervine Tonle
acting direct upon the nerve centres
an$ nerve tissues instantaneously
supplies them with the brae nourighe
went required, and that is why 1111
invigorating effects upon the whold
system are always felt inarnetlin.felyi
For all nervous disoaeee, for generigi
debility arising from enfeebled vital
ity, and for stomach troubles of eve
variety no other remedyroan potlstlt
take HeWear,
Sold by G. A. Deadman.
teachers especially should keep this
in mind, and take a timely lesson from
the notable feet that Jesus never
spread out bis hands over a town to
'pure all its sufferers at once. Indi-
vidual needs must be individually met.I
Say in a word, and ma servant shall
be boated. He saw that this Healer!
was neither a physician using reme-
dies nor a magician using rites, hut'
a Master who simply exerted his will
to banish disease and infirmity.
8. 1 also am tt man set under au-
thority, having under 1110 soldiers.
9'hat is to say, Like you. 1 both obey
authority and exercise authority. Go,
and iso goelh Coma, and
he cometh . , D0 tb,is, and
be death it. The next. verse
tells of our Lord's astonishment et
Gas saying. Nell might he "marvel,"
for probably. not another man In
Palestine would have thus frankly
acknowledged the, mature and sweep
of Jus's power, Tha cenlurtons
nuqueesstioning obedtenre 10 the kung,
of emperor, helped him! to understs.nd
our Lord's unquestioning obedience to
God, "Le, I come to do shy will, 0,
God"; and his military authority help-
ed him! to understand our Lord's
mastery of winds and waves and de-
mons and mobs and fevers and blind- 1
nese and strokes,
9. He marveled, It will not! do to
say that Janus here expresses a won-
der w'hirh he does not feel. T4ae
words turnedhim about, and said are
the -record of his expression of gen-
uine astonishment, If one says that
all this is inconsistent with the
ommisoience of divinity, the reply is
simply that! the four gospels teach nn
every line that, as Dr, Kendri uk has
expressed it, "the Lord's divinity and
his huunanily1 stand in inexplicable
=ton." Jesus was. not an ardor. He
who could silently will the dying man
beak tee life was really laicise by set' -
prise at what this centurion said. is
have not found so great faith, no, net
in Isra,Ellie riasm
wham Jesusel, is saidone toat41avale moccarveln-
ed was at unbelief; Murk, 4. 0. Tits
comtmmn.de tion of the mddief"'s faith
o15bstessentiabCterlly a o aomono :Pn010d51alion fuof his
, for nihr ll of
faith in (1od without being Ieilhtu(
to God,
19. !Bound lho_ servent whole that
bed been sink, '&`hat }vas just what
rammissampal
the centurion, has asked for. "Adel
and it shall be given you; seek, and yo
shall find; knock, and it ehal] he
opened unto' you."
HOME FROM THE WAR.
Portsmouth's Welcome to the Gallen*
Ilea of the l'oweNhl.
A despatch from! London, April 11.
-The British First -close cruiser Pow.+
erful, whose brigadd did such spies.
did service, in the defence of Ladya
smith, arrived at Portsmouth this
afternoon, and\ was received witill
immense enthusiasm by thousands of
people. The whole town, appeared to
be in the neighbourhood of lira water-
side, which was lavishly decorated wi
bunting, while the fortiIientiou an
r nge
v to •e ware th o
r>tutsof an a B
erne points Jl
with cheering crowds waving flags
The warships in the harbour were
ablaze with bunting, and their craw
manned ship, and Cheered again and
agate as the Powerful entered, the
babel of sounds caused by the bands,
tba cheering, and the Shrieking of the
sirens befog deafening.
The First Lord of the Admirelt,yy, Mr
Geo, J. Gosehsn: Admiral Sir Michael
Culme-Seymour, the commander-lna
thief at Portsmouth; Lord Durhaln4
and ethers, welcomed Captain Lamle+
, ton, IBS officers, end craw.
1 To -day's intensely enthusiastio re+
rep'tton of the Powerful was merely ni
welcome from the soldiers, sailors, and
inhabitants of Portsmouth, 'kite of
offal civic reception for which elabon•
ate preparations are being made, hoe
best postponed to April 24,
FOR BOER PRISONERS.
•�
Roberts,Roberts,'Says Clothing And Luxuries Ara ,
Freely Distributed.
In a despu,tu'h to the war wilco
Lord Roberts says the telegrasmia,
books, clothing, and luxuries Bard
freely distributed to the Boer prti*
otters its his bends, that small sums
txf money ore ISivon direct, t tint larger
amolln[a are fovea to the commandant
for dist ributron, and that clothing 18
being issued to 5lrisoners in need at 18,