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The Brussels Post, 1900-4-19, Page 3tat 19 1909.' ILO 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. x 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,