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BRUSSELS POST.
BOE: ULTIMAT
Kruger Demands Arbitration and
Withdrawal of British Troops.
tie Wants an Imrnediate Answer -The Transvaal
Will Regard a Refusal as a Formal Declaration
of War -Londoners Cheer the Australians -
British Force on Natal Border.
A despatch from London, says: -Tho
Transvaal ultimatum, which is sign-
ed by etc. F, W, Reitz, Secretary of
Slate, concludes with this following
four demands:
"First, thatall pouts of mutual dif-
fer0110es be regulated by friendly re-
oouree 10 a bitiation or by whatever
amicable way may be nlrreed upon
by this Government and Bev Majesty's
Government ;
"Second, that all troops on the bor-
ders of this Republic shall le instantly
vrit.hdrewn ;
"Third, that all reinforcements of
troops whioh hacvo arrived in South
Africa since Jute 1, 18011, shall be re-
moved from South ,lfriva within a
reasonable time, to be agreed upon
with this Government, and with the
mutual assurance and guarantee on the
purl. of 111is(Iovereuieul (hot noalLeek
upon or hostilities against unyportion
of the possession of the 131itish Gov-
crument shill he made by this Re-
public during the further negotuntlons
within a purled of time to he subse-
quently agreed upon between the Gov-
ernments; and this Government will,
011 cutupliuuca thouutilh, he prepared
to withdraw the armed burghers of
this Republic from the borders;
"Fourth, that, 11er 51ajesty's l ones
which are flow on the high seas shall
nut be landed in any part et Saute
Af dem."
To these demands is appended the
definition of the Lime limit fur a re-
ply :
11ME U1' TO -MORROW.
Thin Government. presses for ten
immediate and affirmative answer to
these fear questions, and earnestly re-
quest ller Majesty's Government to
return an an2w'er before or upon
Wednesday, October 11, 1809, out lat-
er than 5 o'clock p.m,
"IL desires, further, to add Thal, in
the unexpected event of an answer nu.
satisfactory being received by it with-
in the interval, it will:with great re-
gret bo compelled to regard the action
or lir 11lajesty's Government a5 a
hOIUTAL DECLARA f1:ON Ob' WAIL
and will not hold itself reS1ion2ibte for
the consequences thereof, and that, in
the event, or any further movement of
troops occurring within the above-
utenteoned time in a nearer direction
to our borders, this Government will
138 compelled to regard that also as a
formal declaration of war.
"1bees the honor to he respect-
fully yours,
"F. W. R,li1"fZ,
"State Secretary,"
LONDONERS CIIEElt TEM AUSTRA-
LIANS.
A despvLch from London says: -
There is no mistaking the significance
of the great manifestation combined
with warm spirit of Imperial swlider.-
ity, that occurred in the streets of
London on Tuesday morning when the
New South \Vales Lancers [reversed
the oily to embark for South Afri-
ca. Tens of thousands assembled to
do homage en the little handful of sol-
diers representing the Empire'8 loy-
ally. ,
From the arrival of the squadron at
Waterloo elation to the entraining
at Fanell.urch street station tumultn-
ous socnee of wild enthusiasm marked
the ra11Le traversed. 1'be bands were
allowed to play nothing but "Soldiers
of the Queen,"' "Rule Britannia," „God
;ave tie Queen," in which the dense
crowds jollied. It is daubtlnl if such
a freuziod weleone Wild ever before
witnessed in London. There was an
inclement rime of cheers and song un-
til the Holston house, the offiviul resi-
dentw of the Lord Mayor of London
was reached, it John Voce
The Thiel Mayor, Sir
Moore, in the full robes of office, re
8train011 the singing and vociferous
cheering while he addressed the col-
onial troops, wishing them Godspeed
unci expressing the interest of the
00001(3' in their hereto deternlln'l lion
to assist in assorting Imperial nethor-
ity in South Africa, Sir John 51:1 )r0
said: -"I hope there will not be wile
bei: the neeesel ties or the moment re-
quire n. demensl.reti011 of authority."
An inspiring some elase(1 with the
singing of the. National Anthem, the
Lerd Meyer leading,
A Simi ler delTnnstrelion Look plena
0t ifrenehchuroh street station, The
windows In the neighbourhood were
crowded with sightseers, who :Mower -
ed miniature Uni in Jnclts and squares
of bunting heeling po'treit.e of the
Queen spun the passing troops,
7?UTCU GIVEN A.BMS IN CAPE
COLONY.
A deepalch from London,\Vednesday
5x1111: -'.Cho Cape !Town correspondent
of the Daily News says lhnt at a meet-
ing of the Dutch ut. Slerkstroonh, it wile
resolved to ask the Government of the
Cape Colony to supply f hem With arms,
and in the event of a refusal Le 11 1 rly
t[
to the Orange Free Stele,
The c n•reepondeul odds that n mss-
terinus distribution id Mouser rifles la
lDro(teed ing at Sletnsbttrg and et her
t1(.(th diehints 10 the. tape Colony,
Outside Use momentum( solve or the
ultimatum, nothing of moment. has
been ree(iived in Louden from the
SC0110 of likely hos111itas except the
aneedneemenl that the Beers hews
,
constructed forte commludingLning's
Nek, and that ggens have been mount-
ed on 510lint. l.'ogwanc an.i Mount
Prespeot.
•L"eiday's Cabinet Cannon will have
to duel wile the military situation,
and Parliament will neve little else to
do than 10 sanotion the necessary
credits,
The Portuguese Minister to Great
Britain, Seedier Several, culled al the
Foreign Offioe 'Tuesday afternoon and
bad au interview with Lord Salisbury,
awl his visit Is naturally connected in
the public mind with 1(11 alleged pur-
rhuse by (:real Britain of Delagott Bay,
A
despatch Lending to 00111trml the re-
port of this pubic report comes from
Lorenzo :Marques, 11 slates that the
British thirdeelass cruiser P13ilemel is
ancbored 15 miles off the port, and is
supposed is be tvaittug the arrival of
transports anti. warships to pilot them
lute the herb 01.1r. 111 I5 quite Certain,
however, that the trartei/mei would
not go to Lorenzo Marques int I3ril.ish were about Lo fly lberr £Lag
over the part,
8,00.3 110 NHS NEAR MAJ UBL1.
A special war correspondent of the.
'landau Times, dating his despatch
Sandal:reit, Oct. J, reeords therein the
detail:, of a foa.r-days' visit thaat ('oud-
rna.ndn111-110nera1 Joubert allowed
Iden to make among the .Boer forces
in 11111 neighborhood, Ile says:-
"The
ays:"'the 21101)9113 of Lhe Boers at' this
l.o3nt on the frontier is about 8,003
111(.11, scattered in ve1dew camps over
at wide area. The general's headquar-
ters 11n41 the artillery cram8(11 half
n mule frons. Sand8131011 Station, and
about. 111 miles from tee border. In
111111itioa to the Boer c0mmandees a
11oi1ander corps and an Irish corps
are lure; well is about 2.50 strong
'there are 1311) Genm01,u corps, one of
the letter, wader Col. S.'hiel, being at
the Kite river, near the Orange Free
State border. 'Lhe frontier is care-
fully patrolled, but by special orders
Ito large bodies of nrmed burghers are
allowed to show themselves near the
frontier, and none is allowed to cross.
"The arrangements of the camps and
commissarint are rough and ready.
There is little drill or discipline as un-
derstood in European armies, but the
gemerltl result is quite satisfactory,
each man or small mess looking after
his or its own affairs. \\'hen the
burghers first arrived there was con-
fusion owing to tihe delay! in the ar-
rival of Lho commissariat, but now
there is an abundance of food and
equipment. The only defect is the
want of good water.
"The whole or the Pretoria com-
mands shifted their position to -day,
and got nearer drihkable water and
better grass.
"The w eather is cold, 33311.( heavy
rains and hailstorms. This pleases the
Boers, as it helps on the grass for their
horses."
GREAT BRITAIN'S REPLY.
Right floe. Wm. St. John -Brodrick,
Linder-Seeretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, announced in a speech at
Guildford 00 Tuesday night that the
Government bas made the only pos-
sible reply to the Transvaal, namely,
that " We are 1101 prepared to discuss
such terms."
, 50,00(1 REFUGEES IN \VANT.
In response to a long despatch from
1'ir Alfred Mined', Governor of the
Cape Colony, and Britieh high Com-
missioner in South Africa, eta tting forth
the sufferings of the refugees from
the Transvaal alld the Orange Free
State, Sir John Voce Moore, Lord May-
or of London, has opened e, fund at
the Mansion house for their relief.. Ile
appeals .for subscriptions through the
press. II: is estimated that nearly 50,-
(100 refugees aro already at various
places in Cape Colony and Natal, and
hundreds are still arrieing daily.
INVASION 01? NATAL.
A despatch from Bennett .Burleigh
to the London Daily Telegraph from
Ladysmith, Natal, s0ysthat a(solemn
of :13081st numbering 3,000 111er1, is 11019
aL Lhe Tugela river, inside the Nadal
boder. Others are at 1\liddtedale
farm, below Tintwe. mounts in,
Judging from lite 'Telegrrttd'lt'e de-
spateh, the, Boer move apparently aims
al cutting off the British northern gar-
(isons. They will probably be ,joined
snuthwnrd of Ladysmith by a1 column
Which ie believed to beadvnnliug from
the .Buffalo river.
A despatch from Barbee doted
Thursday, 8 o'clock Item, (11111001101'e
that the Boers seised Alberti 11F1 81 111
and demanded the keys, Whie.h Were
delivered to them by the titmicemins
. ter, who reached Ladysmith on a trol-
ley. The excitement at Ladysmith 3s
inerensing and the troops fire ready
to net lit a Inotnea(1's noise.
2,0011 BOERS ON RAILWAY LINE,
A despatch from Vrybarg says: A
• body of Boer8 have 0131 the border
fence advanced to the railway, and
cul the telegraph wires. Two thou -
1 5atld Boers are11039 occupying the rail-
Way line,
A panic 131111 broken out here, and a
hurried o:iodue has begun owing to
,13x111811 refugees front 'the Transvaal
,clealer1ng 1. hat n. ln.rge force of Boers
was advancing on the (039(1, '.l'ho
'rumour that New308te hes been 00-
03191e1 by the Boers. is Wi111001 00n -
(intuition.
BHT VISIT 110110EE ON NATAL BORDER:
The situation in Nadal. need 1101180 no
undue alarm, The force in the vieln-
1ty of Glencoe is sufficient l0 slop tiny
' He1'i11Ltm (1)33111l011, IL COLISists or 'five
bn:LP,n[ions of 111fant'y, viz„ the 1st
Leicester, 2nd Royal Dubber liewilier5,
1st Liverpool, 1st King's Royal Rifle
'Corps, inti lot Man,ahestat' Regiment,
the two lest named being on their road
to IIds point.
Tc these meet be added the 5111
lancers and 18th 11 emirs, together
with two field latertes and 1118 10111
Lltounlain Battery.
Over and above lltese there in a force
nb rut 50) voluaaee(M, It will thus
be seen that some 0:590 mon, with
e'ghteen guns, are avaibihle to deal
with uuy Beer incursions , 1t, may ho
rhiffi('al1 to stop them aleslruy6ag the
line b'lween Glenl',l1 and the frontier,
tis 11 would not be prudent to push the
NorvllL's Pu1n1, on the tape Colony
side of tine Orange river.
Every' precaution has been taken at
Mnlelrieg against attack, and all the
invents etre barricaded with wetrEen31.
The, Beers intend, to shell the town be -
(Ole delivering their attack, They are
S11 111 to po88csa 12 guns. Every man
in Mnfiecing is (tarrying a rifle, and
the military hlutlulritieil etre eunfide»nl
1138y: hill ba able Ice repel the attack,
but they lack the niece necessary to
follaty the flow' retreat. The town, Is
fairly quiet, Three Beer seise have
twee, arrested in the lawn,
Railevay communication to (13e south-
ward is practically at the mercy of
the Boers, over 2011 miles of the line
b^lug 1111.11111 easy striking distance of
enterprising r(llnulandoes, Sad ,scenes
n0eurred Ili the railway station upon
nlve departure of Women and children
by train. It fs thought even sh.,u'd
the main line be blown up at any
point the da nag.l can be repaired
within It few lours.
Some traders at Zerust with whom
storekeepers here had contracted for
large shipments of ammunition have
refused to execute the orders, it hav-
ing been reported 10 them the supplies
were intended tot' Boers,
1131TIS11 ARTILLERY READY,
A despatch from Kimberley rotates
that the artillery stationed there has
been out practising at a dummy force
ata range of from 2,5)11 to 2,900 yards.
The 91(111131,191113111 was witnessed by,
many spectators, among them it 1a1931
number of Indies, showed excellent re-
ale:1. Trees have 'Leen felled and
elcclree away in order 'to give that ar-
lillerymena good field for their fire.
Aecordnng le the Same despatch, de„
fencers have been erected in all three -
Goes, and the garrison declare that
they are 'quite ready to meet the 101' -
(Mee and giro himl a warm reception
when he puts his head above the
kopje."
VICTORIA'S WAR CREDIT.
The Landon Daily Meil's Sydney de-
spatch says: -"Tho Vict0(11011 Parlia-
ment 0u Thursday, on motion of Sir
George Turner, Premier, voted a credit
of 480,0'0 for the purpose of sending
the Victorian oontingenl to the Trans-
vaal.. 'The leader of the Opposition
seconded the motion, and the pr0-
pesal was carried by a vote of 07 to 13.
The members then sang the National
Anthem, and gave cheers for the
British Empire."
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON, OCT. 22.
"L•••rra's Journey to .lrrn4alem.“ Ezra 8.
11-S2. 414iden. 'Text. Ezra S. le.
PRACTICAL NOTES.
Verse 21. On the twelfth day Ezra
and his caravan halted at the river
Alava. This is not certainly identi-
fied, but Stanley and others believe
it to be the spot where carrtvans now
maks their plunge into the desert, I
proclaimed a feat there. He had near-
ly two ,thousand people under his con-
trol, including heads of families, mem-
bers and servants, priests, L0vites and
temple slaves. Fasting as a religious
act was popular among the Jew8. The
river A.buva flows into the Euphrates
from the oast. At the junction was
Itlt ancient city called Ave. That we
might afflict ourselves before our God.
The superficial n,fflietion was the for-
mal abstaining front food and from
the bath. The deeper affliotion 1vt 3
What all therm things were signs of -
Profound penitence, close communion
with God, submission, consecration. To
seek of .him a right way foe us. With-
out the guidanoo of God they would
be adrift on one of the most savage of
deserts, but it was not sand and sun
only that they must fear. Hostile
tribes, especially those who lived on
plunder and loot, were plentiful, and
there leas already political opposition
to their plans. For as, and for our lit -a
Ile ogles, and for all our substance.
We can hardly overestimate the dan-
gers that beset Ezra. No one now
would erose from Babylon to Jerusn,-
lem with children and treasure if he
could possilily help it, and certainly
no one would venture Without military
escort, IL ells known to many that
Ezra was to curry the treasure destin-
ed for Jehovah's temple.
22, 1 was ashamed to require of the
king n heed of soldiers and horsemen.
t,;zra knew that he halal made a. pro-
found Impression on the mind of the
Persinn Icing, end he termed that that
impression would be neutralized if he
new nske.d for human 111(11(10. The
enemy in the way. 'Thi' enemy was
made up of marine of mould tribes
1011, cured mottling for the Pc'rs1a111
king or the Pc181,11 or rhe Ilebrew
god8, 'I'b1tt. Ude enemy knew of kismart
sl'u't, and deliberately planned t"
plunder the earnvan, 114 evident (1111
verse I. lt'llile J;zra a,lrtinull in Ilse
king's undisputed territory he 33,15
reasonably safe, but Mese. wild 1118111 If
Ute desert oared nothing for the king's
authority except es it wits mculitl'et-
ed by s'ldierl. 1'b.. hand of 1101 God
is upon 1111 them for good that seek
Lim. This le immutably true. In the
midst of all uneerlaintles God's hand
favors 111eme that love hire ands oppose
11108e tinct nppmeo him, It is true
Christians are given worldly p0spel'-
11y, but, Clod, never forgets them. Ezra
had every toile "(3 the journey leaned
on "the hand all mod." In another
ribose he says, "1, was strengthened 118
the 11a011 of the Lord my (nod was upon
mc;" and again, "The hand oil our God
was upon us,"
29. So we fasted and besought. our
God for this. '141 fast would have beers
hypaoritica 1 without the prayer; the
),neper wile greatly intim:ified by the
fast, Ile was entreated for us. Ezra
had the 115eu1'tinee that his prayer had
been heard,
824. I" sepnrated twelve of the chief
of the priests, etc. The old Greek
tranelati0n, Septuagint gives a :more
evident me1.1)11)ig, "1 assigned twelve of
the chief of the. priests," That is le say,
twelve unnamed leading priests were
added to committee already appoint-
ed, cmeieting of twelve Levites, Shere-
bi;ih, Uashabioh, plus ten, As the
vea8ele had been set apart fur God's
worship, he desired Io set Apart cer-
tain been who would have no respon-
sibility on this journey but to take
care of the vessels.
25, \Neighed unto them 111e silver,
and the gold, and the vessels. In spite
of the fact that coins were current at
this time Lite Persian treasury kept its
wealth in bars or nuggets, We may
suppose U10 vessels I0 have come
engin:illy from Jerusalem. The offer-
ing of the house 00 our Goa, which she
king, and his counselors, and his lords,
and all .Lrael there present, had offer-
ed, ' The sacredness or the 00(1010
when these lavish offerings were made
impresses Ezra profoundly,
20 Six hundred and fifty talents of
silver, etc. It has been roughly estim-
ated that the wealth of this. verso
would be represented by a million and
a quarter of silver money and five mil-
lions of gold.
• 27. Twenty basins of gold of a thou-
sand drums. Or, as the have it in Iii,
Revised Version, "bowls oil gold bf a
thuus1t.ld darks." A cleric was worth
about five d01101s, Fine copper, pre-
cious as gold. Not, however, what we
33(11111 011 1 1 copper, but a beautiful
amalgam made by the ancients, which
.had almost fabulous value.
28. Ye are holy( unto the Lord. That
is, separated, consecrated, The men
themselves by their birth were ounse-
crated men debarred from many of
the privileges of other Israelites, be-
cause they inherited the sacred duties
of the temple. The vessels are holy
also. They too had been set aside by
a formal consecration, and some of
them doubtless made for the holy
temple. Let the holy vessels be given
to the holy mea. A freewill offering
unto the Lord God, Not 0 tithe or
tax of any sort, but the spontane-
01.113 outpouring of their hearts. Of
your fathers. Jehovah, the God of
your fit thers.
29. Watch ye, and keels them. As if
he had said, ".be rest of us will de-
fend you; you defend these snared vis -
sets." Until ye weigh them. Make
a definite account of the treasures.
Chief of the fathers of Israel. The
appointed heads of the several com-
munities, as well as of the sacred or-
ders. Al Jerusalem. In the capital
city of the rejuvenated nation. The
chambers of the house of the Lord.
Rooms on each side of the main build-
ing, used sometimes for lodgings of
the priests, sometimes as storerooms.
30. So took the priests and the Le -
vibes. The commands of the forego-
ing verses were all obeyed,
31. The twelfth day of the first
month. 11. took Ezra and lits com-
pany 8 or J days to journey from Baby-
lon to Ahava. To go unto Jerusalem.
To go straight across the desert.
1911(011 is in the middle of what
is now Turkey in Asia. The hand of
our God Was 11111 10See note we
verse 22. ire delivered us from the
hand of the enemy, Whether with or
without fighting, we are not tolyl. Such
as lay in wait by the Wily. See note
an verse 22.
82. We came to Jerusalem, hour
t words describing a journey which
I must have been fraught., morning, noon
, and night, with teietur'esqua incidents
' and clangers. The strange sound thatl
' 8tt11 make that journey a terror to
the traveler, the tropical sun, the mir-
ror of sand, the dry, stale food, the
want of water, the echnu51hon of the
children and the aged, the constant
fear of wild beasts and wilder men, the
endless anxiety of Ezra and his eoun-
selors-all these go unrelated. Abode
(here three dais. Prior three days Ezell
remained resting from the ,journey
before undertaking to execute theco11-
mands of God,
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NEWS.
1NTERis5T1No ITEMS ABOUT OUR
OWN COUNTRY,
(lathered from Various points from the
Atlantic to the Pacific.
(lot. 'I'Im1(1•nksglviute Day this yeas' will be
11e,l1111011114 high school has been
destroyed by fire.
Gla in 10n,1lein (1115 beeu reduced to
$1 a lhuusulld feet. net.
11urdware nlanufaetut'ers in Mont-
real are putting prices still higher.
The Lake of the Weigle Milling Co.,
will increase iLs capital stock by 31,-
1100,01111,
A. G. Itoieo'ay, of ttamilton, presi-
dent of the Canada Life, will retire
en Dec. 31 next,
171e C. P. R. it ie said will shortly
disown Mee funning the Imperial
Limited expr885.
The Canadian exhibits fur the Parte
Nair will not be curried by a special
Government boat.
The Bank of Ilamiltcnn will increase
it capi1111 stock (road use and a hall
to Iwo million dollars,
Assessors' returns give 0:tawa a
pepalalion of 51,002, an 3nerenae of
1,010 over last year,
A rumor that the three Winnipeg
breweries and soda water works have
been amalgamated is denied.
L•mdon Street Railway directors will
increase the company's capital stock
by 350,0110, making it $400,000.
Oltawe Valley lunibormen are con-
sidering a uniform method of telling
lumber, to stole British complaints.
Enos L. 4lunro, collector of customs
at Whitehead, N.13., is under arrest
on charges of conspiracy and arson.
Lord Sbratheona has gives $10,00e
towards a sew building in connecLiun
with the .Montreal Maternity hospital,
The Canada Atlantic Ry., has bought
three more vessels for its trade be-
tween Parry Sound and the Upper
Lakes.
Arthur Murphy, ex -DI, I'. P. for
Quebec Centre, is charged itt ]lull,
Que., with the theft of 20,000 lbs. of
mica.
Children of David Baird, the T., 11.
& 13. watchman killed at acrossing
at Elamiltua. have sued the railway
for $5,000.
News reaches Portage la Prairie that
a Galician woman and four children
were burned to death In a prairie fire
near Dauphin,
Percy Gonion, a boy of 10, while
hunting at Qu'Appelle, met with an
accident, 10111011 necessitate the ampu-
tation of bis right arm.
Canadian Pacific Ity. land sales in
ltlanituba in September were 25,530
nares for 38400, as tempered with Sep-
tember, 1808, 1,800 aeries for $57,010.
The Allan Line steamship Bavarian,
now at Montreal, has been requisition-
ed by the Imperial Government for the
conveyance of troops to South Africa,
Workmen have commenced building
a branch line from the Kingston and
Pembroke Railway main track to
Caldwell's iron ore mines at Cala-
bogie.
Speaking In ,t\tontreal, C. S. Phillips,
a London publisher, said Canadian
pulp is better than the Scandinavian
product and is worth $2.50 a ton more
in England.
One of the liquidators of the defunct
leangne Ville Marie says that the de-
positors will not receive more than 20
per cent. from the wreck, and probably
not more than 17 per cent.
Customs Inspector, McMichael, as a
result of Ns visit to Dawson, will pro-
bably, Institute radical changes in the
service there. Ile says customs work
is done well in Dawson
It may be that Ottawa will lose
the setae of the recently-oreated Papal
delegate to Canada, and that Mgr.
Falconio will be permanently installed
iu Montreal:
People M villages along the line of
the Toronto, lla redeem & Buffalo Rail-
way want their mail handled over
that line instead of by stages from
the Grand Trunk Railway stations,
A Grand Trunk surveying party
commenced this week to lay out the
work for improving the grades and
double -tracking en the Grund Trunk
line from Hamilton to Niagara Palls.
Commissioner Pratt. says that the
assessment of Ottawa will be affected
to the extent of at least $100,000 by the
now Provincial law exempting electric
plants and other financial 00rpora-
tlnns,
A striking evidence of the sc11reity
of workingmen is a great placard
winch has been hung out in front of
the i'ostofflee, Ottawa, by one of the
lumber ae11ip1lnles asking for 1,000
laborers and 300 shantytnen,
The Hamilton customs returns fur
last. mouth showed that duties to the
amount of $70,283,31 lied been collect-
ed, this being an inorease of e2I,e0I.-
04, over the corresponding month nest
year.
The Good Shepherd's home at New
Westminster, J3. C., one of the largest
('01(01'0 ins, itu1i0ns on the coast, was
destroyed by fore etc \Vednesdny.
Eighty children and nuns eseepcd
from the burning building.
Brantfol'd's assessment has been ad -
winced to $7,000,5'•8 as compared with
35,541.,13(35 last year, but the pc,puletinn
is 11,844, eumpalred with leeil19, The
exemptions tlnlOtlnt to $1,177,800, 115
compared with $1,828,050.
The aunt'act has been let to Thome
Powers of Levis, by Ills Government
for the extension of the Lorne graving
(look at Levis from, 445 to (10)) feet, at
an eeti111ntecl aril of 3117,000, The dote
will then be liege enough for boats of
over 580 feel,
011'1111 freight rates have edvanre(1
Aar( le bemuse a number of Montreal
ships have been withdrawn from the
Allnntie 11111e to stipple the dennnn(Is
of the English Government for the
130(11030 or transporting Lreop5 and
munitions of war to the Tren8vael.
MMaud aud Walbrook, the. young lady
who disappeared from the Red 1)teol'
Indian 8011001, hoe been given up for
last. It i5 believed that. she fcid inton
the Red Deer Itivor and was carried
down the set cant, Wilk 11 19(18 a raging
torrent at (he time of the (18eurrenee.
The I,ondon City tenme.3l unanimous.
passed Ald. Pta'nell's motion favor-
ing compulsory arbitration of disputes
between oonpenies holding public
3
BULL OF E O u , ll, . jail
Mi C.o' Jl'e: i „e a,,.ta 105Jp NAV00011=EWISM0
La Bed, 5 II/oaths-Had Given Up All Hap*
of Gettang Well -A Remedy Found at
Last to which "I Owe 1''p y Life."
Balance has full. established the
fact that all the nervous energy of our
bodies is generated by nerve centres
located near the base of the brain.
When the supply of nerve force has
been diminished either by excessive
physioal or mental labours, or owing to
a derangement of the nerve centres, we
are first conscious of a languor or tired
and worn-out fueling, then of a mild
form of nervousness, headache, or
stomach trouble, which is perhaps suc-
ceeded by nervous prostration, chronic
indigestion, and dyspepsia, and a gen-
eral sinking of the whole system. In
this day of hurry, fret and worry, there
are very few who enjoy perfect health;
nearly everyone has some trouble, an
ache, or pain, a weakness, a nerve
trouble, something wrong with the
stomach and bowels, poor blood, heart
disease, or siok headache; all of which
are brought on by a lack of nervous
energy to enable the differentorgansof
the body to perform their respective
work.
South American Nervine Tonic, the
marvellous nerve food and health giver,
is asatisfying success, a wondrous boon
to tired, siok, and overworked men
and women, who have suffered years
of discouragement and tried all manner
of remedies without benefit. It is a
modern, a scientific remedy, and in its
;afro follows ibounding health.
It iu unlike all other remedies in
that it is not designed to act on the
different organs affected, but by its
direct action on the nerve centres,
which are nature's little batteries, it
causes an inolceased supply of nervaus
energy to be ,generated, which in its
turn thoroughly oils, as it were, the
machinery of the body, thereby e¢,
abling it to perform perfectly its dig.
feront functions, and without the
slightest friotion.
If you have been reading of the re'
markable cures wrought by South
American Nervine, accounts of which
we publish from week to week, and
are still sceptical, we ask you to in.
vestigate them by correspondence, epd
become convinced that they are true
to the letter. Such a course may save
you months, perhaps years, of suffer-
ing and anxiety.
The words that follow are strong,
but they emanate from the heart, and
speak the sentiments of thousands of
women hi the United States and Can.
ads who know, through experience, of
the healing virtues of the South •
American Nervine Tonin.
Harriet E. Hall, of Waynetowa.,
prominent and meth respected 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 right 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 I was able to want
about, and a few bottles oured me en-
tirely. I believe it is the best medi'
cine in the world. I cannot recom-
mend it too highly."
Tired women, can you do better
than become acquainted with this
truly great remedy I
Sold by G. A. Deadman.
franohises and their employes. It au-
thorizes 0 petition to the laical Legis-
lature, for legislation along the lines
set forth, and instructs the fits Clerk
to write ether oorporalibns with a view
write other corporations with a view
to co-operation.
WRECK HAS :)1SAPPEARED.
The. seotsimet Ik,itetee 10 Have 8,11113 111
n 01:1.11 slow'.
A despatch from Montreal says: -
There is a good ((8111 of anxiety felt
as l0 the fate of the 131•8,ketl Dum:1n-
:on line steamship Sent8ma11, and the
officers and 0(817 who were o1 board
her, The steamship Montrose, ac-
cording to a telegram from Quebec,
tossed within a mile of the lllatc•o
11118(1' the te•oteman was wreck e, lend
though the officers scanned the reeky
shore 010se)) with their glasses, no
sign o: Ito 1.1 -farted Ship could be seen.
It la feared 1:10 she has slipped off the
ledge w'h'ich supported her, in a bard'
blow, and 11119 8111111. 11 Ilula is i. he
(.19e Cahn. Skrimshire anti the tine,
second, and fourth officers may have
been drowned; es it is understood they
31 ere staying on shipboard.
'Ude wreck lig tugs Sent hems Ile riffle
were due al 11w wreck Monday or
1'ueseley. IC she 11115 foundered slave
llion it le probable that Ih(. ('1(pin111
and officers are safe. These lugs
would them be due in llalifas in a
couple of days at most. I'here (s ale,
the 131045113! 11511)1(1 113' vete ale anti the
o:five s embarked Ga 1111 Out going side
and went cistern, on the 13111(131.
4,0110 PEOP;..4 WERE KILLED.
1.1 rlhl, -Loss 01' LW,. by 981'111ge11te ht
ihc' V,(hrvisnd 611,1. es.
A delepalrlt from Amsterd'lau, says:
l dea1,6(111 10 the IIalndleslliand from
13ainvia, capi al of the Netherland In-
dux, Java, says, one. n 7101,'nt. emelt'
(11(110' has visited the south side of the
(melee of (er1101, next to I lie (al'gesl. (.2
the Moluccas, between 13ooro) 1(11,1( Pee
91111, camplelely destroying 1110 lor.n
of A(inlral, and Milling, di is 'estimated,
mantle. 4,11(1:1 persnalsas well as injuring
134011is 500 other'
WERE MASSACRED TO A MAN.
'i'hr G90111101 GOveraar sad 11(14 Force An-
11(hll(tted.
A desputell Irom Liverpool says:-,
The Steamer Nigel', which has arriv-
ed here from the Heat tweet of Afri-
ca, reports that Lieut. minae, the
German Gbvernor of We del Rey, on
the Bight of Biafra, Guinea, a civilian
named Lovml'yr, and 0110 hundred so)-
diers and native carriers were decent+
ly ambuetheci by natives at Cross rive
er and massacred.
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RED CROSS SOCIETY.
$1511,009 Contributed by Several Itic11
Enallsnnlen.
A despatch from London, says: -
Lord \Vantage, prescient of the British
Red Cron" tiI 'tc1, 1t11 shortly Issue
nn alewal for contributions to mid in
the uric or ( Ice simiely, which, he says,
will pruci,(1' two hospital railway
tenets and. a hoeplial1 ship. The Duke
of Westminster and Lord Want,age
have given 1110,000 eaele and Iemon
Roihechiltl has raised B11,0011 among
his friends,
AMBER REI'UR (ID INSANE.
1.1 .,'l,' d, l'rovohe (i Connie/ Ltetwecll
3111.05 and Gaeelnnd,
A despatch from London, Tuesday,
wipe -The Deily Telegraph's 111, Pet•
ersburg correspondent says 13ussian
1 cooil11t s represent Abdurrehmali
Khan, Aiileer of Afghanistan, as 3n•
matte, line likely to provoke a etinfl(et
between Rossi.( end Englnd. Theme
te':'11(131 say the Andre' is menet ianinqq
Menet executions nil I the torturing al
offuaal, daily, and tont 1115 anions and
resulting in it general e2ied118,
SEAMEN') :4"1'-tiIOE OVER.
reey '11911 Resent,. -work 011 the 011
'll 1 47111x.
A despair1i from L.ive.rpool, says;--
• The seameal'11 strike, 3711ieli began soma
tae sinal, but never attained ser(otoN
dimens(ans, has entirely collapsed. 'This
mall held a meeting and resolved lin
reswne work on the old terms,