The Clinton News-Record, 1900-02-01, Page 3A
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IXARKETS OF THE WOD
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BRITISH CAPTURE SNON KOP . • - ••
e•en. Warren Surprises the Enemy and 0a,ptures
Their Position—Boers' Desperate Attempt to
Retake It --Many Kiiled and Wounded-- Gen,
Woodgate Among the Slain—White Flag
Raised,
HOLD SPION KQP. Generals in the Field.
The following is the list of genets
A despatch from SPeitraan' cam° els working conntly in the
-'fl aysnePGen. 'Warren's 'troops last 1 meat for the relief of Ladysmith
: -
eight occupied Spline kop, surprising Natal Field Fore°, Ladysmith.
Fourth Divieion-General Sir George
the small garrison, who fled. . ' White com 'd' .
It has beep held by us • all daY, . Ladysmith's Relief Force.
though we were beavilY attacked, es- General Sir Redvers Buller mem-
pecially by a very annoylag shell fire. mending.
' "I fear our casualties are consider- C.SrosideryD.ivision-Lieutetteneral Sir
able, and I have to inform you with Second Brigade-alajor-General 11. J.
regret that Gen. Woosigete • was dan- tlildyard.
gerouely wounded. Fourth Brigade -Major-General N, G.
Lyttleton.
"Gen. Warren is Of the opinion that Third Division -4th Brigade -Major..
be has rendered the enemy's Position General A. F, Hart. •
untenable. Sixth Brigade -Major-General G.
.' Barton.
lisifth Division-Mejoaseleneral tSir
"Tb 3 Men are splendid,"
LONG CA.SUALTY. 'LIST.. Charles Warren. t • ;
A despatelt front London seys:-No- wiillci,dsveuttels. Brigade - Mejor-General
thin,/ can yet be added. tp the brief Inerding. the eignt battalions of the
news of General . Warren's success, • Fifth' Diviion he has now aix brigades.
which has brought intense relief to nurabering24 battalions, Admitting
• • that each battalion sta ds is111y 9
Great Britain. A few smeak of the strong, thet defimency ori2,400tinsrer
possibility ,that the British may be un- the totes. war :strength '..ot. 24,00 le all
able to retain what they have so hard- but made up with the large drafts for
Ly won in view of the "very annoying the battalione ef the Ladysmith gar-
, mon.
shell fire" mentioned in General B, n's r In Um manner Gen. e
, Bull .
lens' despatch, and that the hill may may be su•mmartzeilak folloWr's6:-f(v•re
have to be retaken, but, aseunaing that, Innantry. ,
24 000
• the position is permanently held, .andCavaltillry ,, . . . 3:200
Arery. . . • 2 200
that the Boers are driven Leen the re- -nngineers . • ;
. 40Q
mainder of the plateau simulated by, Add White'a Fa' roe. . 9,000 •
4.41.
8pirwo mom I Entus:LttEolson lot 'and letilleg Ethel.
n. 1 TIL4 tl 1 1 nDeg Mos ;a r6r lead 4: "
the
lobbay of the Capitol Betel, and was
the outcome3 of eased() feud.
.loh11 l• I ht a o to tbe
13;j1d d...Ofrebertogrs 'of rat efei:
u lo Ii'ine
Arts Academy Me intention to preeent
to that city an art gallery, to Cost not
Ie ss than 6250,000, and to begut its con-
etruction fmniediatelY.
Ai the result of a family row at en
Italian tenement bowie In Eget
Eleventh street, New York, Antonio
Collett!, aged 37; Casper Gonad, tos
is • brother, aged 19, and David Salvatoro,
a cousin, aged 40, were ehot and killed.
Vincenzo Spinella and his' son Frank
are under arrest, cbarged with the
murder, and the 'police are after
others.
^
Pries o,' Grain, cattle. C11033a &0 UJd 11
in tile Leading inarta.
Toronto, Jan. 29. -What- Outs:
Newsy Items About Ouraelven and
de Our Neig1ibor8-4=00W of
markets made no further gain to -da
but the undertone continued, good. Lo -
cat trade was dull and prices were un-
changed. Ontario red and wnite, 65o,
asked, and ate bid, at Western Point
Goose wheat, 581-20, midale freights;
67 1-2o, north and west; and amen
east, 65 to 00 1-20; Manitoba No. 1
hard, 70 1-2c, g.i.t., and 75 1-20, To
ronto and west.
Flour --Quiet. Outside millers off
straight roller, in buyers' bilge, mi
Ole freights, at §2.65 per bbl.; and e
port agents bid to2.55. Single oars, i
j`wood, for local use, offer at 42.90, an
$2.80 is bid. Speeiai brands sell aroun
$8.
Millfeecl-Continues very (emcee. Di
ficult tonick up ear lotssBran is quo
at §13.50 to (014; and shorts at $1
to 416, at the mill door through Wes
ern Ontario.
Corn -Quiet. No. 2 American aellot
quote d ut 400. track, Toronto; au
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Ttnr3e$4 3&.at-cfc°,,, T=3111t n c°131 u11
Peaa--Firm. Car lots, 580, noelh and
west; and at 59e east,
Barley -Steady. Car lots of No. 2,
middle freights, sold at 38 1-2 to Ole.
anRdy•Oel-eSeatesat.dy. Car lots COo west,
Oats -Tone firm and denaand fairly
good. White oats, 25 3.4e., north, and
west; 20 Lk, middle fretghts ; and
26 3-4 to 27o east.
Buokv;heat-Quiet. Car loth, east,
490, and west, 480.
Datmea-Rolled oats, •in bags,
track, Toronto, a3.25 per bbl.; and in
wood, $3.35 per bbl.
Spion kop, there is Issa illusion respect-
ing the gravity of the leek involved in
covering the twelve or fifteen miles
separating the hill and • the
Boer lines outside Ludysmith. There
is complete ignorance nere as to the
a e. toy ot the Boex-e to obtain reinforoe-
meats, and es to whether they.have
prepared a second line of defence. Tine
ignorance prevents any forectiet of the
operations. The critics continue to bid
the public to prepare for a long -cas-
ualty, list, they attaching tbe fullest
eignificance to General Buller!,s intima-
tion. No full list of Ithe losses in the
fighting previous to the attack • on
Spion kep has yet been received,
though each day beings additions.
General Barton's force, winch m
holding Chieveley, had a few kilted and
wounded on January .28, which indie
cates an engagement which hitherta
has notbeen reported, It- was Preh-
ably only a reconnaissance. „
GEN WOODGATE DEAD.
A, despatch has been received from
Spearman's camp, that Gen. Wised -
gate has succumbed to the wounds he
received in the attack upon Spon
kop.
A despatch from Spearman's Camp,
says :-The battle- continues. The in
fantxy fire is concentrated at the cre,t
of the hill, near the, centre. The. Bosses
are holding the corresponding crest in
the valley. It virtually is an artillery
bombardment. The Boars are replying
occasionally and moving their guns
when they are located, by the •British,
but seldom firing more than three
shots from one place.
A corps of stretcher-bearers, raised
by Major Stuart Wertley, behaved we'l
during the fighting lifter Volunteering
to bring in the wounded under heavy
fire.
At 2 o'olock the Boers raisede white
flag on the summit of a high hill, but
both sides continued firing.
The casualties . yesterday . included
Capt. Raitt, of the Queen's Own, kill-
ed, and Capt. Warden and Lieuts.
Smith and Dubisson severely. wound-
ed.
Capt. Ryall, of the Yorkshires, was
killed, and Lieut. Barlow. (Severely
wounded.
DUNDONALD'S GOOD WORK.
'A despatch from Spearman'a Camp
says :-Details of Lord Dundonald's
engagement west of Acton Holmes
on Jan. 17, show that the American
Colt gun did great work for the Bri-
tish. As previously cabled, . the
British and Boers made ac rush for a
kopje, which, unknown fo either, had
been previously • occupied by ea de-
tachment of the Natal Carnineers.
The British, of course, won the posi-
tion, and then turned their Colt gun
on the enemy, who could net stand
against its fire.
Twenty-three prisoners were taken.
fi'try fraternized 'wiCti the British; and
sl%awed no signs of animosity.
the Beitish, troops displayed great
coAsideration for the wounded Boers,
an everything possible was done to
alleviate -their pain. .
The hanors of the engagement at
Acton Holmes were with the Imperial
Light- Horse, Natal Carbineers, and
sixty men of the Mounted Rifles.
BOERS PLUNDER THE DEAD.
.4. despatch from London says :-The
Maurer% bullet, is no doubt
a very 14mene one and inflicted some
wonderfulsyvotInds. Some of the bullets,
he says, Wok extraordinary pourses. A
man was ehot in the head, the bullet
came out of bin- side, and he is doing
well. An 0 ker was shot in the left
breast, the b Ilet ssalne out lowdown
the back, a'nd. he wee walking about
on Sunda.y las and Sai4 he felt noth-
ing wrong witfr him.
The Boers tteated our wounded
well, and, in feet, did not take theta
prisoners, as they said ithey could not
be bothered with thein,,,They took two
wounded colonels, i they like colonels,
and would prefer One ;with a title, but
they rifled their pockets mad went for
bread in the baversseks • with greed.
I don't think they cart be ketting much
bread now. They tilso,stripped our
dead of all clothing, for they have no
Pimlico behind them, end officers'
breecheg, were highly trealdired.,
FRENCH COULD TAKE COZiESBURG. •
A despatch from London"says:-Gen,
French, with the utmost deliberation
and the greatest caution, is drawing
his lines more closely around the Boer •
position. Every day he tightens the
net,. greatly to. the alarm and nneasie
ness of the enemy. positions "
Grand Total . . 38,800
BOERS SHOOT ENGLISHIYIEN.
A. • devfach from Loedon, says:-
Three Englishmen who had received
passes autharizing theon to remain in
the Orange Free State, were coon-
mandeered on Dec. 25. They refused
to fight their countrymen, and were
alsot in the market place.
METHUEN'S VIGOROUS ATTACK.
A despatch from Modder River says:
-A vigorous reconnaissance that was
made last night engaged the enemy's
°maim on the kopjes and highlands.
The British Light Infantry advanced
smartly in extended order to protect a
half battery of howitzers, which
swiftly took a position on the left
facing the Iciapjes.
The guns were unlinabsred and in
action within a couple of minutes of
the time they halted.
There was strong and inceasatit
shelling between the howitzers and
two Boer guns in Woofs in the hills.
The British long-range guns sup-
ported the howitzers. The firing last-
ed from 5.55 to 7.80 pan.
The Boers were facing a strong sun-
set, and this seemed to hinder their
marksmenship.• Though they shelled
both the infantry and artillery they
hit nobody:
The enemy's loss, if any, is maknoWn.
The infantry were withiri seeing' dis-
tanee of the Boers' trenches, They were
wide and 'deep,. and banked with sand.
They were strongly oecupled.
• A TERRIBLE ORDEAL.
A despatch from London says: -The
assemblage in Pall Mall outside the
War Office, and those privileged to
wait in the lobbies, reluctantly dis-
persed at midnight, after the final
word that nothing more would be an-
neunced. The morning papers went to
press with• conjectures• and foreeasts
of all sorts, striving to guess out some-
thing from Spion kop.
Topography maps show that Spion
kOp is the highest part of a rocky
plateau. Eastward for eight miles are
the Boers' positions along the Tugela,
Northewestward from Spion kop the
plateau runs gradually up to a great
spur of the Drakensberg.
Gen, Buller's infantry, to reach the
summit of Spion kop, must eros a ne-
tural glacis three-quarters of a mile
wide and clirab 500 feet up a steep
Nobody here seems to know, not
even the War Office, what Lord Rob-
erts has done with his large reinforce-
ments. Six thousand troops awaited
his arrival at Cape Town, and since
then 6,000 others have reached there.
Military critics are all hoping that a
good share of these 12,009 have gone to
help( Gen, 'Buller, and they argue that
a few days' wait may make him strong
enough to overcome tbe deadlock.
BOER POSITIQN CAPTURED. • -
A datipateb from Spearman's Camp
says :-The field artillery and a few
howitzers this morning shelled the
Boer left from a ko th
Pe erght t, he
infantry keeping up a continuous rifle
Lire from good coven
Tbe Beers abandoned the summit of
the kopje which they had been hold.
ing, and the British then occupied it.
The. enemy then took shelter behind
a stone wall on the side, of the kopje
and held the position for hours. .
They retreated in the afternoon, the
British dropping shrapnel and lyddite
shells on them as they crossed a ra-
vine. - •
The British then occupied the posi.
tion the enemy had held.
Tha casualties were few.
•
At despatch from • Lomdcen (says:-
"d'n. lYloaday Sir Chariest Warren's
force cannonaded and fusilladed the
Boer position west of b•pion kop, near
the Acton Booms road, A lyddite bat-
tery co-aperated with the other bat-
teries and Maxims. Certainly the fire
waseffective, eausing the enemy ser
ous losses. The Boers, however. citing •
desperately to their works, trom whieb
they are only being very slowly driven.
"To -day the enemy fired their guns
oftener, using also the captured 10-
pounders with (shrapnel. Our casual-
ties to -day ;were less even than those
of yesterday.
"Fighting began about six in the
morning, and eontinued until dusk,
but thera has been nothing liken gen-
eral engagement.
"The naval big guns assistedfroni
Petgieler's, drift in ahelling the Boar
The 13oers have nude severeli attacks .
on our outposts.
. • CANADIANS IN ACTION.
The tactics of these engagements
are a repetition of those employed, at
Majuba hill, but everywhere they have
been pluckily repulsed. The Boers hive
heen out-generalled in this region. rti.
diViduals frequently desert to our
lines.
The latest artivala say that the
Boer strength is now 7,000. Three
week; agotheY Were reinforced by 1,-
609 men from Ladysmith and 600 from
Magersiontem. The centre of their
position appdare' te be at Colesberg
junction. Their lines of communi-
cation are strongly Proteoted to Nor -
vat's pont, while they (Still command
Lha road to COlersbcrg and the wag-
on brigade.'
Gen. PrellOh S peeitiont as viewed
front, Cole% kop, fa a great semi-cirole.
The Boer kotijes nee lower than
and are commanded by our gime.
Our lyddite shale have apparent-
ly silenced the Boer artillery for good
and all.
Gen. Pieneh could Undoubtedly take
001ft:berg, Which Is two miles away,
at any time he, pleased, but he hat( ra.
trained hitherto from bombarding the
town because of the noincombetants,
including women and children,
STILL SHELIA LADYSMITH.
A deenateh from Spearman's Camp,
says :,,---There was a bettvan bombard-
ment of Ladymuith this morning.
-101The 40eirs did some lively iniping
end, shelling this Warning, but. tho
eMU 'Ries were ,not hositvy.
But rtm 1S ThUV» STItENGTH.
The fermi undef Gen. Buller's eon -
mend, ineluding Gen. White's forces,
at La ysitiith, nureher nearly 40,000
meti.
A h
espate from Victoria, B.C., says:
-Word reached here last night that
Private J. W. Jones, of the first Brit-
ish Nimble contingent of the Can-
adian form bad been killed in action
at Dover's farm.
Iones is a graduate of West Point,
although of Stottleh birth, end one of
the best-known raining men of Van-
eouver, "Blank Xones" being his coni -
Mon title. '
MILITARY' TAILORS ON STRUM.
Among the minor perplexities of the
War ()thee is a strike among the
military tailors, which causea delay in
uniforming tbe reculte.
The Birmingham, Melt, the ,organ of
Mr...Toaeph Chamberlain, sitya: "We
understand on the higheat, authority
thai if the Govertiment is defeated in
Parliament on the question of the war,
the Cabinet will immediately appeal to
the country, all the Ministers having
deeided tol stand togethen.and not to
permit, any individual 'Minister to be
inade IL
et pegoat,
•
Toilleritl but trusting Zeixo's mad
A, sour went svailing Erten the world
al gro ,
A. wild hope led the way„
Then suddenly -dismay 1
Lo, the old toad was theriS.,,. •
The duty, the despair! •
Nothing lied changed; still onle, one
eseaPe
From its old melt Into the angel tittle,
kilho
Butter - Receiptsare absorbed
promptly as they arrive at full prices;
buyers are, however, only taking en-
ough for immediate requirements, as
they anticipate lower prices. Dealers
here sell to the trade as follows r -
Dairy, tubs, medium 15 to 17c; strict-
ly choice, 18 to lee; lerge rolls, 18 to
19c; small dairy,I lb sprints, 19) to 20e;
creamery, tabs and boxes, 22 to 23c;
ponds, 23 to 240,
Cheese --Market is very firm, and
some enquiry. Stocks seem to be
light. ' Sales are made here at 12 to
121-2c.
Eggs -Strictly new laid and limed
stock are in fair demand. Cold stor-
ed and No. 2 stook hard to naive, as
there is too much of tbis grade on the
market. Jobbing lots of new laid
sell at 21 to.22o ; held fresh, at 16 to
180; NO. 2 at 18 to 15c; and limed at
16c. Ten -case lets will sell at.a frac-
tion below these figures. '
Potatoes -Receipts fair and market
without change. Car lots are sold on
track here al 38 to 40e per bag, and at
farmers' wagons at about 45 to 50e
per bag, . Out of store choice stook
being about 50e per bag.
Chicago Zan. 29. -Flaxseed -Closed:
-NortheWestean and South -Western,
cash, $1.50; May, $1.49 ; Septessals,
31.05; Duluth, to arrive, $1.44; May,
e1.48 ; September, $1.03.
Detroit, Jen. 29:---Wheata-Clowd
No. 1' white, Cash, 69 1-4o; No. 2 red,
cash, 09 1-40; May, 72c;• July, 71 1-2c.
pi -Ural -a, Jan. 29. --Spring • wheat
Strong; No. 1 hard, 73 7-8c; No. 1
Northern, 72 1.8e; No. 2 Northern, 70
.178 to 70 7-80. Whiter wheat -Nomin-
al; No. 2 red,' 71 1-2c ; mixed, 70 1-2 Co
71c; No. 1 white, 70 1-2o, Corn --
Strong ; No. 2 yellow, 371-2c-; Ne. 3
yellow, 37 1-40; No. 4 yellow, 36 3-40;
No. 2.corn, 36 3-4e; No. 3 corn, 30 1-2c;
Oaten•Dull; easy; No. -.2 white; 29e;
No, 3 white, 28 t -2e; No. 4 white, 28c;
No. 2 mixed, 26 1-2e; No. 3 mixest,. 26o;
Rye -Quiet ; No. 2, in Store, 59e.
Flour -Steady; unchanged. •
Dutiful, Jan. 29. - 'Wheat -1o. 1
hard, cash,•••65 7-80a No, 1 Northern,
64 3-8C; .May, 063-8; :July; 67 5-8c; No.
2 Northern, 61 7-8; No. 3 spring, 58
Milwaukee, Jan. V. -Wheat -Nunn;
N,o. 1 Northern, 66c; No. 2 Northern,
nee. Rye-tennes No, 1, 551-2 to 500.
Rarley-Steady; No. 2, ak; sample;
26 to 440. •
Minneapolis, Jan 29. -Wheat -Jan.,
631 -les May, 64 1-4e; 3uly0 641-2 to, 64
5-8c; No. 1 hard, 651-20; No. 1 North-
ern, 64c; No. 2 Northerns 62c..
Toledo, San. 29. -Wheat -No. 2 cash,
603-4c; May, 713-4c. Corn -No. 2 intsc-
pd, 32e, Oats -No, 2 mixed, 23 1-2c. Rye
No .sales. Cloverseed-Prime,cash,
Old, 64.90; January, new. 315.771-2 bid;
March, 35.75. 011-eXanchanged,
Minneapolis, Jan, 29.--Flour-Good
sale; filet patents, e5:15 to $3.551 other
grades on that basis. Bran--Unchang-
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FATAL FIRE AT ATHENS.
ioire.riebter meets new,i Iti ti naming
1110111SP.
A despatch from Athens, Ont. says;
-This evening a fatal firs occurred
here. A, large double dwelling, erect-
ed. abaut 2() yeara ago by, Dr. T. if,
Chainberlain, inspector or presons and
asylums for Ontario, was discovered
to be on tire, and despite the strenu-
ous efforts of the fire brigade and citi-
zens it was totally consumed.
Rev. William Wright, rural dean of
South Leeds, who °coupled part of the
building, lost many oft his household
effects. Dr. Chamberlain was in the
village at the time superietending
some repairs to the vacant wing, ana it
was In this part that the fire' started.
While the hook and ladder company
Were tearing down a wooden annex
the building they were working on
suddenly collapsed, and one at the
workmen, named Herbert Hall, who
was engaged In ehopping out the
studding, was buried in the ruins. IIe
was promplty extricated, but life was
extinct,
Lose on building $700. Rural Dean
Wright's loss hi books alone was
a500, besides about 3700 in household
furnitifee; no insurance.
HE ADDED TWO CIPHERS.
lentreitt Man (herded milli itoitm,
hog a 318 cheque is 31,809
A despatch from Montreal, says: -
E. Scott, a young clerk employed by
Oswald Bro:horer, stO kbrokers .9 as ar
rested to -night on a charge of forgery.
A couple of months ago, it is alleged,
an raised a cheque for .§15 $1,500,
SubseqUently he went to New York,
returning yenterday.
•
RIVAL BEAUTIES.
Paul Kruger is not a handsome iron.
It is said, that he is the ugliest man
in the Transvaal, but he met what
he considered his match one day. Be-
ing out on the veld shooting, he fell 00with an Irish Outlander of ferocious
appearance, whom be immediately
covered. with his rifle. Wi
" Oi say!" said the Hibernian, "phat
are ye going to do 1"
"My People," replied Oom Paul,
told,me if ever I came aeroas an ug-
lier man than was to shoot him.
And I think I have found him.
"Well" said the Hibernian, after a
good look at Kruger, "shoot away, for
if I am' aa ugly as you are I don't
interest From Every Quar-
ter of the Globe.
CANADA.
Sheriff McKim of Wellington
dead,
Tlie Methodist century fund aim
totala $590,000.
'file number of failures duriug 1880
was less than in any year sinee
1882.
Mr. Cornelius Neville, DePetY
lector of Inland Revenae, died at
Col
pt-
tawa.
It is rumored the 1 Mr. Edward /Vial),
Commissioner of Inland Revenue, tvill
retire.
The Toronto 8c Collingwood Railway
Company is applyIng for incorpora-
tion.
Au agency Or the sale or mining
lands will be opened by the '.'entario
Government at Sudbury.
The Provincial Legislature will meel.
about the middle of February, but
it;hi dee dn
e xoae.t date hle
aa not yet en (te-
lly n fire in Peole & Cm's bloele Win-
nipeg. the Consolidated Stationery
Company loot 330,000 by damage to
stock.
Tbe name of the steamer wrenkel in
St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, is stiil
it naystery. A diver will go out to the
wreck tteday.
The man wno murdered Miss Fergu-
son, of Toronto, attacked several oili-
er versant,. He is supposed to be it
maniao. , .
A large part of tbe businees' quarter
of Dawson City was burned on Wed-
nesday night, January 10. The 1
exceeds $500,000.
An order in Colwell has been ache
ed by the Macdonald Government
Manisoha diswnsing with the ssrvit
of. 3. A. Maedonell, Chief Previnci
Engineer.
Fourteen people -women, childr
and eripples-were taken out in an a
most unconscious state from a fire
Lang & Co.'s departmental store, 0
tame.
A case of smallpox has been diacov-
.eresi al. the Windsor' Hotel, Moncton,
N.B., the patient being an Intercolonial
Railroad brakeman, who brought the
disease from Campbellton,
' The Conners syndicate has awarded
the contract for the construction of
the big grain elevator at Montreal to
Barrett le Record of Chicago. The
building will cost about 31,500,000.
Captain Philip H. Gibson of the
Montreal Fire Department fell down
headfirst in the shaft of it spiral stair -
ease at No. 2 fire station, and died In
the ambulance on the way to the Notre
Dame Hospital.
eGENERAL,
RuseiansuidieI:are
upeplied wih
handkerebietsntthexpense of th
Govelivant,
The outbreaktyphoid
fever on
the Montezuma may cause some de-
lay in her sailings
A dynamite factory in Italy near
Turin exploded, sheltering five build-
tinhgesr.oukiniTese:
aiabodies have been found in
•
has broken out aniong the
cattle iu the Uleavale distriet. A vete
.erinary surgeon vaccinated the ani-
mals in Lae affected district,
The Japanese 'Government has of..
fered to establish a military academy
at Pekin to educate Chinese under Ja-
panese officers, 'China may accept.
Ste. Cunegonde, wan bandling an in -
Mph. Girouard, a hotelkeeper, of
caneeseent electric light when he ye-
peived a -shook and dreppetislead.
Horses shipped to South Africa for
the war are allowed a space of 211:,
Stn, ny 8ft, on board the trensport.
Mules are packed in pens of four, each
animal being allowed 2ft. ein.
ROliBED OF 118,000,00wiT
IIDREW FROM SPION KO?
A St GEORGE PRIVATE BANKER,
J. P. LAWRASON, THE VICTIM.
or......
Folsom' Arm:want Arrested by 111141C1r01.
uurrey itypo.i,s Mode Devine Polar
'weave 101 Med Ip lo MANY '1114.1e.ntaillA
or millers.
A despatch 'frorn St. Gorge says: -
Arthur E. Laing, a resident of St,
George, in Brant county, was arrested
by Chief Inspeotor John W. Murray
on a charge of having stolen sums to
the amount of between #8,000 and
$10,000 front his former employer, J.
P. Lawrason, of tae same place. The
ease is a remarkable one, and has in-
volved a great deal of hard and credit -
\M
able work on r. Murray's part dur-
ing the past ouple of months.
J. P. Lawrasson is a private banker
in Si- George, and does a very large
business with the prosperous commun.,
ily in its neighborhood. For about
seven years he bed Arthur E. Laing
in his employ as accountant, cashier,
and general clerk. Laing is a, marrled
man, with two children, and was in re.,
oeipt of a salary of $35 a month. 1
About a year ago Lawrason beeame I
suspicious that everything was not
right mails office, though he mild noi
find tangible proof that his suspicions
were eorreet. He spoke to Laing, who,
it is stated, made some admissione to
him, with the result that be vacated
hie position in the office.
Laing was arrested by Mr. Murray ;
at St. George, where be has been earni
rying on business recently as a deal-'
er in agricultural implements, and
was taken befoke W. G. Powell, Police
Magistrate. at Paris. He was re -
mended at his own request to Wed-
nesday, Jan. 318t, ahd taken mean-
time to Brantford gaol, He broke
• down very pitifully when arraigned
before the Magistrate. .
In. Mr, Lawrason's ledger nearly
poison His cp. .taTtg 'siztifes that
been burned out.
4.1101=05 on tletopahlanwIli13V)i'lane
'13 lamp failingon
statement is evidently untrue, as tbe
leaves could not possibly have burned,
in such a way.
AN OTTAWA MAN ARRESTED ON
TH el CH AlIGE.
Drugged the Tea Over-Nlalat-blerovered
by a Lady itoirder weer& 11 ger.
114Not
t- A despatch from Ottawa says nnEd-
ward..St. George, 58 years of age, was
arrested at his home this meaning on
the charge that on the 14th inst., he
attempted to poison his wife, Adeline
St, George. The matrimonial relations
of the prisoner have not -been of the
happiest, and he has, it is said, made
laureate on bis wife's life.
Be is alleged to have procured
poison known as coeulus indices, whieh
is in the form of a small kernel, brown
in colour. Ile took this home, and, it
is claimed droyeed it into the teapot
on the stove.
DISCOVERED BY A BOARDER.
t In the morning, a boarder named
The contract between the •Greri
Northern Railway Company aet
Messrs. A. P. Chapraan & Co. of Bu
falo for the construction of a 3200,110
grain, elevator at, Quebec has bee
signed. , '
Walter L FellOwes, the. stock
.broker, who carried on the bucket
shop transactions for the °leeks o
the Bank Ville Marie, has been arrest
ed on a charge Of receiving stole
money knowing it to have been stolen
The Winnipeg Free Presi was in
formed a few days ago by amen call
ing at the office that the reports o
contemplated attacks by Fenians fro
American territory were sober trut
se far as Winnipeg and 'Manitoba, ar
concerned.
Mrs. R. David happened to notice a
4- scum on the teas and mentioned the
° matter to Mrs, St. George and her
11 ,daughter. The fatality- took the teapot
and contents to,Dr. Paquette, of Hull,
- An analysis revealed a dangerous
- poison, The early morning discovery
prevented the family from drinking
11.131 ofPLEtbeAtEuDif*NOT .GUInae.t„
• At the Police Conal St. George plead-
_ ed not guilty. Prisoner was remanded
until Seturday. St. George was plate-
ly nervous 'and uneasy. •
hs The information against St. George
h was sivorn out by the man's nephew,
e Rosario David, and the mother and
-eighteen-year-old daughter of • the
_ prisoner this morning endeavoured to
have the charge withdrawn.
The Bridals Colembia Provincial GoV
ernment have dealared their intentie
of MO amending their Alien exclusio
law, as to hereafter perm'it American
to hold claims purchased from Cana
dian locators. Snell a concession quite FATAL WRECK ON G. T. P.
satisfies the Americans in Ankh,
;.; .
The New Brunswick Governinent ..-•.., ... 1515111 'Trains Collide .1triwee
wititby ''
has been reconstructed. Premier Bm- ' 111111 Pert II .ten,Two non iii leo, ::
.1•11M•M•
inerson, while, retaining that position, •
becomes Attorney -General, while Hon. A. despatch from Pert Union says:
Mi'. White, late Attorney -General, -A head-on collision whieh cost the
missioner of Public Works. H. A, Mc-
Keown, at.P.P., St. John, enters theoccurred on the G.T.R. line eboue two
Governraent without portfolio. miles east of Port Union shortly be.
S. D. Vallieres, one of the candidates fore 'nine o'clock last nights At an
for Aldermen in Montreal, makesa early boar this morning the Wadies of
serious charge against his opponent, the victims hail. not been reCovered
Ald. Pr snoveau, of offering him $500 to though two wrecking trait's, from To-
leaveethe field, eccorapanying the of-
fer with the assurance that he would route and Belleville, had been working
endeavor to have Mr. Vat:Mares elect- at the spot for ,hours. •
ed two years hence for the same seat A light freight engine, in charge of
by acclamation.
succeeds Mr. Eramerson as Chief Com- lives of Wm. Hatton and Henry, Meek
BRITISH MILITARY REPUTATIONS
Vt. "a Slagle Prominent emcee Escape
Crtilehni.
The criticisms of the generals wh
are conducting the British campaig
in South Africa, with Which Englan
is now full, are remarkebie only i
their character. Officers whose op
eretions are almost uniformly. .un
suciessfill are sure to provoke publi
demo; against them, and all the mor
,so, they have previously been mill-
tary heroes in the popular estimation
or rather imagination.
When the South African war began
the special fitness of generals like
Buller and Methuen tor command was
doubted in no English quarter, unless
it might be in railitarY circles jealous
of the opportunity for distinction ac-
corded to them, and if there were any
officers in the British Army entitled
to such confidence it waa they. No
'British general has had a better
re-
cord in the past than Redvers Buller,
and when he left London for the field
of war neither he himself nor the Eng-
lish public had any misgivings as to
the 'propriety of his selection for high
command. His raphl viatory over
lbe Beers was assunied as a foregone
c
onclusion, for •hi4 previous service
had been wholly and notably success-
ful, and he was hailed as a natural
leader of mens He 300 been in the
British 'Array for more.tban ' forty
years and had risen from the lowest
grade to the Lieutenant Generalist, as
is reward fox' • services in the field re-
cognized 'as peculiarly distinguished
and brilliant. In .A.frica, more es-
Pecially, he had been conspicuous in
varions wars and expeditions, had
served as Cblef of Staff to Gen. Wol-
seley in the Soudan campaign and had
been decorated for personal valor and
extraordinary ability as a commander
in the field. Gen. Methuen, too, is
one of the most distinguished officers
in the British Army, with a brilliant
recorl' of exactly such service in the
Gen. Buller Abandoned Splo
in Trenches—Geo. Bull
GENERAL BUItLEIt'S MESSAGE,.
A. despatch from Spearman's. Cam
nays: -"(leu A: 'Warren's garnison 1 a
sorry to say, I find this,nearning, bit
in the night abandoned Spion kop."
Gen. Buller reports that Ole Britie
casualties; on Wednesday, Jen. 24, a
Spiont kop, were:-
Hilted:-
n 11111-200 Boers Found Dead
er's Account—Boers Still Shell
/HAUSER AMMUNITION EXHAUST,
Pe
in A, dewpatch trona Durban, says: -
d Stories of General Warren'a tight on
Sunday brought here are to the et -
feet that the Britielt found 100 dead
h in the first: Boer lines, and took 1611
t 'prisoners.
Tixo Prisoners, who were brought
here, stated that the Boer Muller
ammunition was nearly exhausted,
and that the burghers were using
cartridges Which' hhd been condemned
by Commandant Gen. Jouhert,
BOERS AROUND LADYSMITH.
Officers.* . 6
Bank and File. • . 18
Wouaded:-,
Officers. . • :* 12
Rank and File. . . . 142
31a86ink! and Fite, . . , 31
The killed include Lieut. J. W. 0
borne, Scottisb Rifles, and .col, Buch
mon Riddell, of thel Kluge' Roya
Rifles, who served in the Niger war 1
1831,
This last deepittch is dated Sneer
man's. camp, Jan. 280 at 10.35 at,m.
WARREN S GUNS WORKED HAVOC
' A: despatch from London says :-The
Boer laagers in the neighbourhood of
the beleagured town have not been re-
s.: raniewnedt besgainnnot entho
ee, nGeneevral Btaleiltin
rehraethves:
1 ridge overlooking . the Tugela river.
Parties of Boers are continually riding
n
it:: apnodtgierboo ro,no tdherifir.oad from Beaten;
. ing the relief forcem
I
- They seem Ini to concentrating to-
wards the plateau at Acton Homes, ap-
parently with the intention of cheek -
The correspondent of the Times at
Frere, in a despateb dated Januiary 24,
- describes the activity of the I3oers.
- Trt ahl inee g ey s.hfteliit:redaigngowingthweinithintoradongs,andeowhen
. they are always at work outside the
They are 11$130 bringing up fresh
guns. ,
Every inisoner caught says that the
Boers will never let the British reach
Ladysraith, whatever else happens.
This is their last chatnee of prevent-
ing the relief of ,the town, for behind
the fieheforridtige'dt.hey occupy lies open coun-
try without a single position that can
b
r
LADYSMITH IMPREGNABLE,
Ladyamith, Sunday, Jan, 21 (by- run,
ner via Frere camp, Wednesday, Jan.
24.11 -The garrigen Is watching Gen,
O Bulter's guns shelling the Boers. Their
fire can be seen ,at this distance. and,
eppears to be very effective. The
movements of the Boers show that
they are evidently determined to stub,
bornly oppose the advance of the re.,
lief column. They show, no signs of
removing their guns, and have mount-
ed new ones, and are eontinually
strengthening their fortifications.
Our fortifications have been' greatly
strengthened -since Jan. 6th, and
L
ith is now practically impreg.
naatire.m ,
Owing to the dry weather the fever
has diminished, and the number of
convalescents returning from Intombi
oamf,* exceeds that of the patients be-
ing sent there. The supplies are spin-
ning out splendidly, all the troops hav-
ing sufficient wholesome food.
The heat is terrific, the thermonteter
registering 107 degrees in the shade.
A. despatch from London,. says :-
There was heavy firing at Lady
smith yesterday. Gen. White is attack
Ing and making a diversion.
After the, assault an Jan. 6 Gen.
White (whit to Commandant General
joubert, for internient ativenty-nine
deed Boers colleuted, in the British
trenehere."
The Post's oorrespondent describes
the operations of the relieving column
from Jan. 17 to Tan. R, and greatly
praises the pluck, devotion' and cheer-
fulness of the soldiery. He says that
Gem. Warren's guns, fired 3,000 shells
on Jan. 20.
His left on San. 1 21 moved up Bas-
tion hill, which opens'. a cleft in the
enemy's lines. The object is no tenger
to turn the Boer( right, but by antro -
diming a wedge on infantry into the
elefrto split the Tight from the cen-
tre.
The gap was widened during the
day, . and Gen. Warren'd right com•
p4eted the capture of ahe whole edge
of the plateau and occupies) the first
line of the Boer tredehes.
In the trenches he found abeut 200
of the enemy who had been killed by
the shellfire •
The correspondent foreshadows
Tuesday's attack on Spion kop and de-
clarer. that there is absolute coati-
denee and determination throughout
the army.
V° anxiety, he says, is felt concern-
ing the result of the movement for
the relief of Ladysmith. '
AN INSECT'S CUNNING,
HE WAY THE SPIDER SPINS HIS
•
tilivics 'q.t. Air and 1 Currents -Attache
11 s
,:hr:lrailinurrtanee to file Threads of
How does the common spider spin
his web? The external organs of the
little workinait-What • we calf the
weaving Zingers -are at the lower end
of the abdamen. These ergans are
generally six in number. Tbe three
pairs are slightly different in shape
and appearance. The central pair are
smaller and -rather drawn up Those
on each side are jointed at two places,
but the ,central pair are stiff. All are
exceedingly mobile, and elan be folded
up on one another, reaching the source
of the silk. . Here are the tubes whence;
the fibres are drawn, but these are
generally closed except when pie spi-
der fa al•work,syvhen they are avide.
'open.
On each " field" there are a certain
nunaben of 'bobbins, or tubes, divided
ititot two parts, the lower of which is
thicker -and longer than the upper.
Theee tame are hollow, and serve as
• delicate conduits for the liquid (more:.
field as the British officers of the
GREAT BRITAIN: Meek, left Whitby, bound foi• Port tion produced by the glands, bringing
Driver. Wm. Hutton and Fireman IL
London has 10,000 professional must -Union. The driver's instructions Were highest- distinction have ontained. it, to the surface. These groups of bob-.
But now antler is denouneed as ob- bins are surrounded by hairs or brie -
Col. Steele will command the Strath- strt
to water and then return to ten, stinate, quarrelsome, impractieable (les that play some part in the wean-
ema Horse. ,
ng of cars out Of Whitby. Hutton andid
int
aimpetent, and Methuen Worsen- ing of the web.
i'
D Blackmore, th
started out, and thinking, of course y escribed as congenitally insane! The webs of the spider are ef two
s.
e famous novel-
ist, is dead.
The Duke of Argyll is seriously
09 stemn and went flying along the
ill
tbat the line would be kept clearpput
at Inverary, Scotland, line at a high rate of speed. When
The death of the Duke of Teck is rounding a curve a short distance east
reported at Surry. of his destination the glare of a luead-
British census reports of family light on an approaching train shone
names give for England and Wales suddenly before him, and before the
253,006 Smiths and 242,103 Jones. unfortunate driver could do more than
More than forty per cerit, of the Deo-
pleof Great Britain could not write shut off steam the engines had come
their names when Queen Victoria as. together with terrific force:
(ended the throne. Now only eeVen Both engines were hurled' from the
per cent, of the population are in that txacle, and several of the f eight: cars
candition.
were almost instantly kil , and a
were also wrecked. Meek a Hutton
s e era Sir re enck Caps
iiremate an the eastbound train receiv-
ington, the well-known South Africa
officer, until now commander of the ed injuries. The engineer escaped un-
Belftt dietriet, has been ordered to nth"'
'or -G n 1 S' d
SouthAfrica. The tvvo engines are fit only for the
junk -shop, though most of the cars Lord Roberts has authorized the' maimed en the track.
re-
formation of a complete division of The freight was from York, in
colonial troops under Gen. Brabant. cherge of Conductor Feller, of To -
As a further mark of favor, Lord/ Ro-
berts it is said, intends to select his ronto.
own body guard from the colonial/it Hutton was a married nian and liv-
ed in York, with his family, gook, who
Forty raillion rounds of small -arms was unmarried, also lived in York,
ammunition, 11,000 rounds of shrapnel, They are both evidently new to the
Lyddite, and common shell, 251 boxes place, as neither limo is Oven in, last
ff df t bas f istle •
munition were recently dispatched to A.ccording to the version of the ac -
o uses, an or y oeo o m- ,ear's threat:tory,'
the seat of War. Vas is one of the Men( gathered from local railway
largest consignments of ammunition erne' •
s nsght, the collasion act -
ever sent irom Grest Britain, (stirred between Searboro' and Port
Military ballooning is, of course In Ubi,ent and was between two light
going from York to Belle -
its infancy, and the present war Is engines
practically the first opportunity we and a double -headed freight
have had of testing its efficacy, Eachirain coming went' It Waa also re"
balloon is furnished with nearly' a ported at the Union station that
dozen c,ameras in order to obtain pan- Men had been killed, but this '
o a single • promiaent officer 1
South Africa escapes oritisism, which
implies that his rise in rank hereto-
fore has been unjustified by any real
desert. They are all treated as some-
thing very near military charlatans
or as blunderers who -are ignorant of
the simplest elements of their profes-
sion and without inherent or acquir-
ed ability to lead troops in action.
Meanthme thee aspersions
ried to even higher quarters. Wol
seley, only so lately the great Englis
hero, the Commander -in -Chief of th
Army, begins to be held up to ridicul
as a man of an inflated reputatto
and the party in the Army of which
he is the head makes the sante insinu
ation regarding Lord Roberts, stil
the popular military hero of England
Kitonener's laurels, too, are derided a
having been easily obtained, Thes
generale themselves are said to hate
no very high minion of each other
and the distrust, by extending^ to the
rank and file of the armies in South
Africa, after a series of disasters to
kinds -vertical and horizontal snare
There are four subdivisions of the firs
elass-the complete nets, the section-
al net, the radial net and the partial
net.
The network itself is divided into
a central space, spiral space and frame-
work. The central space has three dis-
tinet parts -the centre, or nave, the
n zone of defence and the open sone.
e The nave is aeltirge as the spread
e of the legs of the splder that wove the
web, When the insect is on the watch
-, for its prey it is almost always stretch -
1 ed, out on this nave, where it lies all
' night. A careful examination shows
e that the tipe of the feet are twisted in
e the net, and the least movement at
any point is immediately felt by the
spicieS, whose twist has tightened the
threads, so that his sensitive legs will
feel the slightest touch, Perhaps the
spider Is also aided in this natural
telegraphing by the light fibre that
connects the nave with this own body.
At any rate, the chief object of this
mode of construction seems to be that
the spider remains attached to his web,
whether he be after his prey or leaves
his net for a moment to get ready
for attacking an enemy, oi, when af-
ter 'a sortie, he wishes to return to
the web.
The save is woven either shut or
open. The weave coverts it with irre-
gular meshes, across whIch we can gen-
entity, see the 'prolongations, of the
radial coedit, forming a zigzag, The
closed( nave is covered with a woof of
closely netted white silk; the open
nave is generally found in horizontal
webs.
The sone of defence is made up of
spiral lines, four or ten in number,
immediately surrounding the nave.
These spirels do not cross the radials
at right angles, but are woven round
them lengthwise at the points of
creasing. The open zone is that part
of the central space between the zone
them all, lvi‘turally conducive to de-
moraliaatio . It looks, therefore, as
if imperative military necessity would
require the relief of sonie of the ac-
cused officers before a successful cam-
paign can be made possible. Doubt
must be replaced by confidence, more
especially whenthe doubt goes to
such extremes as now appear both in
England and at the seat of war itself.
The fact that this popular and mili-
tary distrust has no reasonable foun-
dation and seems to be without special
ustification does not lessen that ne-
cessity, though it is not probable, it
s hardly possible that any better of -
kers for the task can be found.
The experience of the aeenerals at-
readt in command has been of the,
anie kind as that of the British offi-
era who have been awarded the most
distinction and are still held in the
highest esteem by the English public.
their reputations are inflated do are
11 British military reputations in-
lated, from 'Wolseley and Roberts
own. They have obtained their rank
nd honors in the very tort of warfare
n wbich the most exalted' of the Brl-
ish officers have had theit sole
°hooting. Their achleveneents hod
been in kind the same as those which
Wolseley and Roberts received mili-
tary and social rewards accorded only
to the most illustrious of generals,
- CARTRIDGES RUNNING SHORT.
Lee-Metford eartriclgise are running
short in the British megezines, and, All.
cording to a semi --official report, the
War Office proposea to fall back tem--
porarily upon It0,010,000 "Mark IV.
expanding bullets," most of which are
already in storage in South Africa
The War 011 Lan, however, has lotted a
Istria -order that fifty -rounds of
"Mark IV." given them must be used
in praotiets at home, none being taken
to South ,Africa. After the public; an-
houncernent that no au& bullet wOuld
be Anted in this war, its employment,
the Deily Chronicle thilike, would be
a serious bretieh of faith, especially as
the Britiah tomreanders have coM-
plained that the Boers otcasionelly iire
snob projectiles
oramio views of the country, which could not be confirmed, and the first f
are of great value to the Invading report given both as to the aceideet
and the extent of the casualties is
army.
evidently correct.
'UNITED STATES, The accident blocked traffic on the
line for several Imam last night, and
tile regular night express for Mont-
real was .unable to leave until 1.40 a
&clot* this morning. The express
from Montreal due here at 0,15 last
night, was laid up at Frenchman's u
All the Area car lines in Troy, N.Y.,
are tied. up by' antrike.
The first 4100-footsteamer built on
the great lakes Was launched at
Clevela,nd.
James Pyle, thereat Pearline mak-
er, Is dead. He wee a citizen, of New
York, though born in Nova &Odin
Hon. Hugh John Matidonald has ac.cepted the Linttenant-Celoneloy of the
ft DAINTY SACHET.
An excellent and lasting perfume for
scenting clothes that are not Always
in nee bi made in the following way:
Pound to Dewar' one ounce each of
+sieves teraway eeed nutme marc
cinnamon. and tonquin beans, add as
much oriels root as will equal the
weight of all the foregoing* ingredients,
also powdered. All that is needed is to
fill little bags with the mixture and
lay them :Meng the torments to In.
eute their emitting a delleious yet re.
fined and lasting odor at time*.
s'k)
nnipeg Light Difantry, a new regi-
ment now being organized.
Edward J. Fisher of Brantford, a
delegate attending the Masons' Con-
vention at Rochester, committed eui-
cid° by jumping Into Gfenesee rails.
Tenders have been invited for a
monthly steamship service, including
the carrying of mails, between Halifax
and Kingston, Jamaica willing at Ben.
mu a and Turk Island.
Mr. Prank Pedley, Superintendent of
Trnmigration, estimates that nearly
14,000 settlers from the United States
h b Canada :tura
Ing the peat sernion.
Mrs. John O'Connor of Hamilton VMS
bequeathed 010,000 in meth and tsventy.
ngton, Dela-
ware, by Mi ae Julia Nelson, an Mint,
Mr. Zebu It. 1300th, says there le no
truth in the statement' that it syneli.,
cite of New York eapitalists is liege.
tiating for the purehase of the Perry
Sound and Cenadit Atientio Railways
At Prenkfortli;:flry., •4,-Ciongresernan'
bay. , a
,
"SILENCING A GUN."
There is a great deal of ignorance
as to what " silencing a gun" means.
A gun ia silenced When the gunners
are disabled or driven bank and the
gun or guncerriage deranged. it is a
conniaon enough phenomenon for wea-
trona whieh have thus been silenced to
re -open fire after repairs have been
made, the gunners rallied, or a troll
gun crew obtatned. It is a rare thing
for a gun to be no clanaged by hostile
fire that it cannot be refitted and
brought into lotion again. "I saw,"
says Prince Kraft of the German Ar -
finery in the battle of Gravelotte,
many guns during the eannoriadely.
ing miserably on the ground 'winged,'
that is, With a broken wheel. But not
one WAS WithdraWII ; the injured guns
were always speedily repaired with the
help of the wagons, whieh were near,
ao that at the 61036 of the battle I cotild
riot tell exactly how many pieeee had
been put temporai•ily ont of gotten,"
,/ •
webs spread between very distant
points, and where it was certainly im-
possible for the insect to erawl from
one to the other point. some in-
stances theft paints are thirty or for-
ty feet apant, the threads of the frame
erossing roads or little pools of wa-
ter. It would have been impossible for.
the.spider to cross the road or the wa-•
ter without finding insurmountable'
obstacles if the insect had crawled.
He has availed himself of air currents,
for stretching the franie of the web.
One observer say a that he has often
seen spiders borne to their work by
ettrrents of air, and that after laying
the frame the sp:der walks on it to
weave the other threads and radials.
The spider seems to attach great inn
portance to the threads (of the frame,
frequently using there for the con-
struction of now webs; but if the
threads of the frame are destroyed
the position elf the new web is altered
The spider works most industriously
at its web at night, but it has been
noted, that if there is no breeze it can.
not work.
TYPHOID FEVER IN SOUTH AF.;
RICAe
Typhoid fever is the most prevalent
and fatal disease in South Africa. In
the Galeaka Gaika war it was stated
by the principal mediae' officer to have
been undoubtedly the in,ost serious
disease during tbe war. I/1 the Zulu
war of 1878 typhoid appeared at the
headquarters of Relpmakaar and at
Rorke's, Drift in the aniddle of Febru-
ary, accompaniect by diarrhoea and dy-
sentery. Helpmaltaar became so un-
healthful that it had to be evacuated,
The troops were moved to Utrecht and
Dundee but the fever imnudiately brolte
It is not contended that water way
not be a vehicle, and possibly the prin-
eipal vehicle of typhoid infection, but
there are teeny outbreaks that cannot '
receive so comfortable an explanation..
Some of them are strikingly limited
and their limitation is rarely 00 am,
cordance with the distribution of the
water supply supposed to be pollut-
ed.
Dr. James Allen of Pietermaritzburg
from his observations in South Africa,
came to the conclusion that tuphoid fev-
er depended chiefly upon infected cat-
tle. He describes a specific enteritis
occurring in calves, subject to re-
lapses and very contagious, and holds
that the excrements of animals affect-
ed with this distemper, on gaining ac-
cess in any way into the human body,
will give rise to typhoid fever. • He
holds that typhoid fever thus arose in •
a great measure among the British
troops .in the Zulu war."
MUCH -PRIZED TROPHY,
-This trophy belongs to the 2nn, Bat-
talion of the Loyal North Lanrashire
Regiment, the old inst :Foot. It is a
silver -mounted snuffbox, which 'came
into the possession of the regiment
under the following circumstancee.
In the year 1800 Sir John Stuart was
in command of a British force in Cala-
bria, and on the 4th of july came in
contact with a French force of equal
riambet under General Reynier. Ameng
the English regimenta engaged' were
the 8Ist, and their' commanding of-
ticer, Colonel Kempf, eleeiingt that the
men were terribly hampered iby their
blankete, made them halt end d e.
harden themselves of their impedia
meats. The French mieunderstood the
movement, and rushed with a triumph-
ant shout to the, charge. They never
made it greater mistake in their 'Jives,
The 8lett, with it ringing cheer, dash.
ed to meet them with the bayonet.
he Frenchmen, confident of victory,
;id holding their foes in mini:ems con-
enapt thought the day was won. But
hey Met bolder hearts and stronger
mu, and they were, hurled back: in
oniusion at the point of thst bayonet,
(saving 700 dend Ont the field. The
olonel of the Veen& Orenadiere was
lain in single combat by an officer
the Net, and on hie body was fotind
he silver mounted snuffbox whish ba
ver elute been treasured, among, tbe
eminent/a plate, and ia snuff -taking
tip was always ttassed! round the
(sea after dinner.
of' defenee and the spirals; it consists t
of nothing but radituls, a
The central space probably Wyatt Ms 6
protective works. No part of it eon -
tains any of the, viseotis bulbs, so that c
the spider can move 'freely all aroUnd
his centre of operations without run- 0
ning any risk of being emelt in hist
own net, though at the same time e
he can catch no prey in this part of r
t hien web.
weaving his web ,the grist thread in
that the spider spina is the frame. To
do this the insect 'crawls over the ob.
jean, on which he wishes to spread his
web ; he drags this fibre behind him,
attaching It to the surface of the
things by pressure On the thread duets,
When these are opened, provided, es
ther are, With hundred's ?of little bob. ,8„,
bins, th.s theeads stick te the eurfece AL"'
at once and harden. Then the tilaider "
presses hie weaving fingers togetber, °
and the iltinierOlia fibres are twisted t
so aa to form it single *trove thread; T
The spider sometimes makes the
afreiendinittiancouthrftern6of
Way, utiilateno
illig tt vuw
A COURAGEOUS DEED.
Jamee.Egolf of Thiene who le
hart of statute, broke through the
oe yesterday while skating near the
here on the North River. The we -
r was over his head, and he had gone
own for the second time when it Man
Vet sin feet tall skated boldly into
he hole, and standing on .the river',
ottom, held Rolf up until help earn*
he reecuer's nail* mild not bo learn-
,
He was :submerged to his ellek
isis aiding Egon.