Exeter Advocate, 1900-1-11, Page 3STORIES OF IIATTLE.
SOW° Picturesque I eeidente at Glen-
coe and Elandel eagle
•reOlioirs of Men thatch, /aro for rire TInlo
I ,-Toanin^y and Ole neer.
Letters from South Africa still tell
• the stories of the battles of Glencoe
and Elandslaagto. .A. genial account
of these eagagements you have al-
, ready had, but there are many details
and iucidente which nude() good ,read..
A titivate in the King's Royal Rifles
in a letter to his parents describes his
feelings under fere, as he went with
his eegiment 'up the now famous hill
of Talana: "I can tell you it was a
very funny sensation, indeed, stand-
ing there with shot and shell flying
all over you, but we get the, order to,
advance, and then the worst time
came, for we eveie Viithin rifle range
• then, awl there was aboutseven hun-
dred yards of open ground to cross,
with absolutely no cover at all, and
the bullets did fly around. I felt
rather Lightened at first, but it soon
wore off, and then I felt very deeper-
, ate, and did not care much what
happened, and that was what most; of
us thought When WO comparecl notes
after." '
THIS CI -IAP WAS CURIOUS.
Tlie correspon,clent of the Morning
Post gives the following account of
his feelings wheu under fire for the
Lest time at Elandslaagte. Ile was
under cover with,Some troops, wait-
ing for the advance, and says: "This
was niy first experience, of rifle fire,
as it was the whole force's firSt ex-
perience of modern shell fire: I found
that my strongest instinct was curi-
osity.. If a shell went near m.e I al-
ways went to the spot to see what it
had done. When the rifle fire was
heavy I found it ahnost impossible to
keep cover. I felt that I must, simp-
ry must, lift" up my head and see
what was going on. All the same I
had rath.erleen under such.: shell fire
as the Boers put into us than their
rifle fire. The swift whistle of the
passing bullet is not a pleasant sound.
Its furious `phohtt' as it falls into the
ground is rather quaint. What I dis-
like most of all is the ricochet. The
bullet that rico'chets comes for you all
ends up with a grim, uncivil 'bezz'
that is distinctly annoying. Perhaps
2ny sentiment in this matter has been
strengthened by observation of the
clean wounds made by the Mauser
bullet in full flight and the nasty
• holes that result from the contact of
the ricochetting bullet with the hu-
man body."
• DOINGS OF THE "DUBS."
The following incidents of the
eetorming of Talana Hill are tOld by
the same correspondent:
'It was a sight never to le forgot-
ten to see what the British soldier
could stand. One of the 'Dubs' shot
through the felt leg and botli arms,
shivering with cold, and soaked by
rain, being helped slowly down the
hill, jocularly -asked his two comrades
not to let him go, as having, no arins
to protect himself, he was sure to fall
on his face and spoil his beauty. Tin -
mediately after the hill was taken
many Boer ponies were captured,
matey of them with all equipment and
even. Mansers strapped on to the sad-
dles, and it was a comical sight to see
'Tounieje careening. round on Boer
mounts over ground which even the
Boer would have picked up his way
'carefully.
"There is 1101d011bt, our shell fire
•ternst have disconcerted the Boers.
An officer ,of the 'Dubs' placed his hel-
met on his sword and placed itabove
the stone wall; it Was immediately -
•pierced by six bullets. Contrast this
shooting with the double • across the
opeii to the homestead below Talana
Hill, when only four men dropped.
"Otte of the King's Rifles was in
the act of pieleing off a Boer; he had
• just pressed the trigger. when a Boer
popped his head up directly in front,
with the result ,that'he got the bullet
through his head: 'It was quite an
occident, sir; you see I was aiming at
the other man,' said the King's Rifle -
:nazi as he showed me the corpse."
• INDIANS DESERVE PRAISE.
The hospital attendants who came
With the British troops from India are
native Indians. and are probably un-
eurpassed.,by any men in their par-
ticular branch of work. The lost'
;correspondent says of them, in this
•same engagement:
, "In Friday's engagement the I3oers
•'tired en the doolie bearers of the field
hospital every time •they crossed, the
,open ground:from the nullah to the
homestead, anti Major Eerin lost four
of his, Dien. The way he define bear -
'vs worked was beyond praise. They
started off at 5:30 a. mat and worked
hard all day until 12 Friday night,
-and when they got back to camp not
,a bite would they have. Major Kevin
,forced them to take some brandy and
'eat a little sugar. They will eat noth-
ing unless cooked by themselves, and
this cooking operation lasts' about
• three hours."
'STORIES OF ELANDSLAAG-TE.
Here aro a few stories of the battle
,Of Elendslongte, told by the corres-
pondents of the Post and Standard:
"In the few` nainutes at my disposal
I may relate how ono Imperial Light
Reesman: was, absolutely paralyzed
with fear. 'Come On, don't be a COW*
said Major Sampson. The man
tried, his heart end will were good
,euough, but he tailed phys cally.
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;Soon afterward Sampson saw hint
rushing to the front with all his
inipnt, blood pouring froin a wound
on his fa00. • When are the Boors?'
he cried. 'Let me get at them.'
Another Light Horseman did not
know he was wounded the ab
-
denten) until the next day. 1. -Ie
thought that the slight pain he suffer-
ed. was due to drinking beer on an
empty stomach after the fight was
over.
'`One Dutchman was found moaning
aild crying under a thorn bush.. 'I'm
dead, I'm dead,' he cried; `it's that
dreadful lyciclite.' He was told that
no lycldite had been used in the
battle., 'I know it was,' he said,
'because I read it in the Standard and
Diggers' News.' A quaint reason.
Ho was examined and ,punched • all
over and found. to be not so much as
eeratched. 'I know,' he said, 'but
I'm dead. I'll clie soon. The Stand-
ard and Diggers' News says that lycl-
dite kills you without hurting you.'
It is a singular fact, by the way, that
of the wounded and prisoners the vast
niajoeity spoke English for choice. .
"One fine inoident must be told:
When Mr. Pearse was looking after a
wounded inane and asking what he
could do for him, the man said 'Get
tinder cover, sir, or they'll kill you.
A Gordon private told me he did not
mind bus wound; bitt he wished it
had come four minutes later so that
he might have seen the job through.
"By the way, Capt. Travers of the
Doyens was grazed on the knuckle by
a bullet the saine moment as another
smashed his water bottle, and a C0132-
paniqp. Devoniau had the iniscle of his
right sleeve ripped„e
"The Gordons had reached the
brow of the kopjo and the Imperial
Light Horse were a little ahead of
them. "Ye're gluttons for the fight-
ing,' said a Gordon, "but you've got
yer bellyful the day.' 'Mon,' said
another, "there's no cloobt that this
is yer Dargai.' The Gordons who
were not at Dargai are as proud of it,
by the way, as the Gordons who were
there.
"When the 'cease fire,' eouncled the
Gordons were standing in far to
close a line—a splendid target o
which the enemy did. not fail to take
advantage. For some unexplained
reason some one used the word 'retire'
in th,e hearing of a bugler. I have
since discovered that the retire was
sounded bY a'Beer with a bugle near
the Gordons, close ,enotigh to cause
the regiment to think the 'order was
meant for them. The same trick- was
tried on the Dublins at Talana with
out success. Retire be adjectived,'
he said—or didn't say—and promptly,
sounded the advance. In they went,
the Light Horse on their right, curs-
ing for all they were worth, erases
not loud but deep: Man fell behind
man, but the line never wavered nor
broke till the bayonets got among the
Boers. As one loan prodded a Boer
he remarked, in a broad Scots accent,
'I remember Maiuba; you'll reinem-
ber Elandslaagte.' I don't think the
victim's memory of Elandslaagte was
very prolonged., 'Yonts for Jock,'
said another with a thrust, ridclieg
with a second thrusteivand yon's for
"The Boers could not stand up to
cold steel. They ,knelt and held up
their hands and cried mercy. Meicy
they got; but in some instances they
returned treachery and got justice.
Trooper White of C Company, Imper-
ial Light Horse was running beside
Capt. Mullins and a couple of troopers
when three Boers held up their hands.
Dont fire, said Capt. Mullins. A
fourth Boer, standing close to the
three, then aimed. at Capt. Mullins,
but hit Trooper White, inflicting a
wound frona which he has since died.
Then he shot Capt. Mullins through
the shoulder. The ,others picked up
their rifles and attempted to get in
their shots before the reward of their
treachery could be inflicted.. But
they failed. A Manchester soldier
told Tae that an old Boer prayed for
quarter to hes pal. The pal gave it,
withdrawing his bayonet; but after
he had passed on the old Boer put a
bullet through his head. There was
a piece of cold steel in the old Boer's
ribs before very long.
oirom Aliso to irred."
Itt an interesting and graphic letter
from Ladysmith, One Of two brothers,
both peivates in the Royal Army
Medical Corps, says:
"1 have just returned from Nichol-
son'e Nelr,' which is several miles
away from the toWn., Herbert and I
with the rest of the corps have been
collecting the wounded who fell in
the big fight here. 1 fouud one rate
propped up against a rock. When /he
•SaW me, lie called out in a weak,e,faice,
and I went up to him at onceamae. saw
that both his arras were breSkon, aud
that he could not raia either of
was a cigarette t hich some ono
thera. About
case tt two, ya de away there
igae
had dropped in tha, eattle.
" rightee, old boy, said the
wounded man. `IShere's lots worse than
me all rour d. Get them on the
stretchers f rst. I can last out a bit.
I'll tell y what you can do. See
that csee, f "fags''? Well, just take
one out s' d stick it in my moitth.
I've beehe watching it for ever so long,
but I e'r 1dn't pick it up I'd give',
anytirh for a smoke.'
"I g: ve hiin a cigarette. It would
have dc
he your heart good to see how
he. puff 'el away at it. The poor
. eeeied. quite contented and
happy 'evieesie. he had got it. I eaw
this hiscripeaton inside the cigarette
case: 'Aliee to Fred, in mem-
dry of happier "
Why Beer Shell* Doh" L yeelede.
A Private of the Liverpool regiment
sends an admirable descriptiosi of an
engagement ouleide Ladysmith.: ''We
had marched about six miles," he
says, "and were thinking that the
usual disappointment was awaiting
us, when wo were surprised by a
large shot from the Beel'S which, fell
among the horses of the 42nd Field
Battery. Like the usual. Boor shot it
failed to explode. I think the Boer
ammunition must have been tampered
with (probably by disloyal men in
their ranks).
"Our artillery took up position,"
the letter continues, "and with about
ten shraamel shells silenced the three
guns poesessecl by the Boers. The
Gloucestees and Doyens forinecl t,he
firing line, with the Rialea and our-
selves as supports and reservee resPea-
tively. We advanced slowly, and the
shots started singing round our heads
like so many wires knocking together.
The Boers had a splendid pos-
ition, and, but for gur artillery, we
would have had a hard time of it:
Our infantry could not get nearer
than 100 yards, but the shrapnel 'play-
ed. the deuce with the Boers. After
5e,S, hours' artillery flee, they ceased to
re,spoied, and our object' (to give, the
Dundee and Glencoe parties a chalice
to get through) baying been accomp-
lished, we retired to Ladysmith."
COOL AS ON A FIELD DAY.
The above writer concludes his let-
ter as follows: "It would be impos-
sible foe 'me to describe the battle, so
as to giVe you an adequate idea of
what it is like; the dead and wound-
ed being, carried off, the rattle of
musketry. the sing, sing, of the dead-
ly Maxims, the dashing: of the cav-
airy, the shouts for water from the
wounded, all go to make up a picture
which my pen cannot describe.
"The troops behaved splendidly
under a burning sun, and it would
have done your heart geed to see our
fellows lying down in the open,• with
the' shot falling around them thickly.
They were as unconcerned as if on
usual field day. We scarcely ever get
more than four hours consecutive
sleep, but are in splendid health."
Boer Atrocities.
A Cape TOWn correspondent writes:
Most of the men with whom I have
talked are bitterly complaining of
,
Boer treachery, and those who are not
badly wounded say they will welcome
the day when they 'can have another
shot at the invading array. .A. Gordon
Highlander with whom I oonyersed in
the hospital here told me that during
the storming of Glencoe he was lying
snugly under, cover during a tempor-
ary halt of the line, with the Boer
position within rushing distance,
when the Boers hoisted the white
fag. He, with thirty-nine of his com-
rades, stood Ma and itreared to ad-
vance to take the Boers prisoners,
when the latter fired a volley, killing
thirty-seven of •his comrades and
wounding him so that he will be in
the hospital for many weeks to come,
The Gordons were not to be restrain-
ed after that. No quarter was given,
and the white flag was not again rec-
ognized by the regiraent during that
fight. t
Another man told me that a party
of Boers were caught in an open
stretch of ground and raised no leas(
than five evhite flags. This man's
story agreed with that of the Gordon
Highlander, that the result of an at-
tempt to take the supposedly sterren-
dered l3oer prisoners was a terrible
fusilade that ' decimated the British
force. Close by were three' regi-
ments of cavalry, lancers,. hussars
and dragoons. These seeing the
treacherous act, withoutAaiting for
orders, charged the white flag brigade,
followed by the •infauOy with fixed
bayonets and mowed them down like
grass. "The Boers hOwled for mercy,"
continued my inforatm,nt, "but they
got none, and neveliewas there such a
killing and cuttiefe. While the cav-
alry/ were outdate: and slashing and
lancing, •the infantrymen wore at
work like .'''urries with their cold
steel in,beti‘-veen. the horses. The field
.s
was covairsed •with bodies. 'The men
were macil witb rage, and the officers
could cnothing with them. The
white lag treachery was a bad busi-
f.)
ness foie the 'Boers."
,
Jean 13ti11 is 7ititgn1fleent.
he young journalists ha continen-
ts newspaper offices who are °bort-
rng over the "decadence of Britain,"
wia declining that no power in Europe
leaNre the principality of Monaco need
henceforth fear England, will not get
a rise out of Mr. Bull by idle taunts
at this juncture. '
He is pulling himself together for
serious work, which he no longer un-
derestimates. '
But, meanwhile, no European pow-
er, from Monado to Russia, will take
any step whatever based on the as-
sumption that the 13ritish navy is a
negligible quantity in international
complications.
The display of British pluck and
patriotism is raagnificent. The people
are ono with voice and arm for their
government.—Buffalo Commercial.
To Prevent 13114=111r.
Customer—Will these pante liar at
the knees?
ISealet—Mein fri.ent, no pants will
bag at de knees if yoti treat dem
right. I tell you how before you go.
It ees my own invention,. ,
C,ustomer (delighted) — Then I'll
alto them. Here is t,lie money. ' What
Is your plea?
• ttealer—Neffer sit down.,
DISLIKE CANADIAN MONEY.
ow then:luta ere laying, to Drive it Out
ot ureter,.
Until lately, it appears a good deal
of Canadian Paper mohey wad in cir-
culation in 'Buffalo, and pre,suumbly
at other points along the border.
The banks have been, doing what theSs
can to reetrict tlie circulation of ibis
curreney, says the Anierican Banker.
Sneaking of the rna,ttee, Cashier J. L.
'Daniels of the Bank of says:
"Of course, we refieiVe a leap num-
ber of the Canadian dollars at the
bank, but we do not pay them out
again. When they once enter the
building they are shipped back to
Canada unless they are called for by
way of exchange. 1 thinit their dis-
appearance to any extent is greatly
due to the system adopted by the
banks some time ago of charging; a
discount of 2 per cent. Another thing
is that many of the large firms doing
buseuess here do not bring Canadian
money to the bank, but eend it to
Canada themselves. I think on ac -
°omit of the disoount charged many
people refuse positively to accept 'it.
This, of course, helps to drive the
money out of the country." The Can-
adian quarter, which threatened to
supplant the American coin. in Buf-
also, is also disappearing. It is only
a short tinie ago that a man having
$5 in quarters in his pocket, would
find, upon investigation, that neaely
$4 of it was in. Canadian money.
There is no discount on Canadian sil-
ver in small denominations in Bel-
isle, but the disappearance of the Can-
adian paper bill seems to havetaken
the silver with it, to a great extent.
RI rottener of Ichartouin.
Gen. Herbert Kitchener became
famous as the Sirdar of the Egyptian
Army, the command of which he 'as-
sumed in 1890. He was born in 1850;
the eldest son of the late Lieut. -Col.
H. H. Kitchener; was educated at
the Royal Military Aca.deray at Wool-
wich, England; entered the Royal
Engineers' service in 1871; became a
Major-General in 1896; he assisted itt
the work of surveying Palestine,
which was begun in .1874 anci finished
in 1878, after which lie took part in
the work of surveying Cyprus, vhicli
was completed in 1882. From 1882 to
1884 Kitchener was in command of
the Egyptian cavalry, and during the
years 18S3, 1884 and 1885 he served in
the campaign against the dervishes
in the Soudan. He was Governor of
Sleek -lin, Northeast Africa, from 1886
to 1888, inclusive, and Adjutant:Gen:,
eral of the Egyptian. Army from 1888
to 1892, and in 1898 commanded the
successful expedition to Khartoum.
Lord Kitchener is England's latest
and most popular war hero. His suc-
cessful couquest of the Egyptian Sou-
dan won for him a fame in England
to be compared with Adrairal Dewey
in. the United States. In return for
the services General Kitchener render-
ed his country in Egypt he was raised
to the peerage, and was voted a gift
of 5150,000 by the I-Iouse of Comraons.
His visit to Engalnd was the occasion
of a series of herniae t celebrations in
hishonor. During the Exanco-Prus-
sie4 war he served as a volunteer in
the French Army.
The Wealth of Yone Leo xm.
Pope Leo XIII. has amassed enough
valuable presents to fill a museum and
his jewels are famous for their worth
and beauty. He is the owner of the
largest diamond in the world, and
this, oddly enough, was given him
by that staunch Protestant, President
Kruger. It is valued at $4,000,000.
Among the Pope's treasures are
thirty tiaras set in diamonds, emer-
alds, rubies, and pearls, and one of
gold, thickly studded with dietenonds
and topazes, which shoot out rays of
white an orange light. Then he hai
100 rings, one af the most magnificent
being a present from the Sultan. This
ring contains a naarvellously beautiful
blue diamond, and is valued at $100,-
000. Of gold crosses the Pope has no
less than 318, set with all kinds of
precious stones. Besides 1,200 chalices
and 000 ostensorli for the exposition of
the host, „ he possesses 18 pastoral
staves, all of these things being of
richly chased silver or gold and adorn-
ed with diamouds, emeralds, rubies
and other precious tones.
The Popo also possesses a number
of statues of gold and silver, those
representing the Blessed Virgin hav-
ing crowns a the richest jewels. 13e -
sides all these jewels, there are a
thousand other valuables -- statues;
pictures, porcelain, etc. The Pope
is said to have amassed $20,000,000,
the greater part of which is in the
Bank of England and the rest in vari-
ous state banks. He is considered by
Romans to be an excellent financier
and an accompliehed diplomatist.
Not only has he entirely freed the
Holy, See from debt, but every year
there is a good surplus.
Diving for Tlailit
Soundings and divine's are taking
place near the island of Terschelling,
fat the north of Holland, at the spot
where a French warship sunk 10 years
ago, says the Chicago Record. Slie
was loaded with silver• and gold to the
amount of 40,000,000 franos, Or $8,000,-
000. The captainSselog mentions the
• amount, and as early as 1800 eSrench
sailors succeeded in bringing to the
surface a box containing 1,500,000
francs' value. The warship sunk in
230 feet of water and divers have
great difficulty in 'working at such a
depth. Dynamite is now being used
to 'break up the irou
•ttet ,1
LORD ROBERTS' ROPULARITY,
Tie Wilfl EOO eated for the A.t.iny d,
,Thoroug-hiv,tinbl,10(1 With lis 'fr,,id It olls,
Ge/101'fil Sir Iseedericle Sleigh Rob-
erts, 'the new Coearnalider in Chief of
the Lriti.sh, forces in South Africa, is
the most popular of lemaish veterime.
lle is, indeed, the object of almost
idolatrous devotion of the Army. He
is popularly known as Dohs.
He was born. at Ottevapore; India,
September 30, 1832. He was educated
for the army; entering the Bengal
Artillery as a lieutenant at the age of
19. He saw almost continued service
until the Indian Mutiny. He was
with SileColin Campbell at the Alief
of Lucknow.
When the relieving army got dose
to the rebel lines outside Lucknow,
Sir Colin, wishing to lot Outrain
know of his progrese, wanted a flag
raised on the mess house. Within
plain view of the mutineers, Lieut.
Roberts climbedto the top of the
building. and, amid a Of shot,
raised the flag on the turret nearest to
the foe. It eves shot away and he
replaced it. Again it was shot away,
and he raised it aeain. But it was
not Lir thiS deed that Roberts won
his Victoria Cross. That was done at
Khoetagunge, Snnuaty 2, 1858. He
saw in the distance t WO Sepoys going
away with a stinidarch Patting emirs
to his horse, he overtook them. They
tinned and presented their muskets at
him, ancl one of the men pulled the
trigger. It snapped, missing fire, and
the Sepoy was cut down ,by Roberts'
sevord. - The other, mutineer rode
away, amcl, the youur lieutenant
brought the standard 'back to camp.
The same day he rescued a wciunded
comrade under almost similar circum-
stances.
In the years that followed the mu-
tiny Roberts saw almost continual
service. He was at Umbeyla, in the
frontier campaign, in 1863; in 1867 he
had charge of the embarkation of the
force for the Abyssinian. campaign.
In 1871 and 1872 he was the senior
'staff officer in the Lushai campaign,
and from 1875 to 1878he was qearter-
master general. All his promotions
were for merit.
It was toward the end of 1878 that
the eeat opportunity of General Rob-
erts' career came to him. The Ameer
of Afghanistan rebelled against the
authority of Great 13ritain, and Rob-
erts was sent at' the head of the army
to subdue him. He carried the en-
emy's stronghold at Peiwar Rotel
with a splendid rush at odds of almost
ten to one. The next year the news
of Sir Louis Cavagnari's murder in.
Kabul horrified all England, and
Roberts was called upon to lead an-
other avenging force. With 6,000 men
he cut nis way straight through the
hostile land, and itt thirty days placed
the British flag above the citadel of
Kabul, after routing the Afghan
army, which outnumbered the British'
by twelve to one. Then, after rein-
forcements' had been sent to him, ,he
began one of the most famous maeches
in history—over towering mountain
ranges and through hostile territory,
straight from. Kabul to Kandahar -300
miles in twenty days. At tb.e end of
the march.' he crushed Ayoob Khan,
and the whole Empire rang with the
praises of the man who, a few nionths
before had been alraost unknown,
Since then Roberts has advanced
slowly, and always for merit, to the
position of Coinraancler-in-Claief of
the forces iii Ireland. He was put in
command in Madras, then in com-
mand of the army in. Burmah and
then was made Commander -in -Chief
a the British Army ie. India. In the ;
last named capacity he did work the ;
value of which only soldiers can ap-
preciate properly. He fortified the ;
northern frontier of Hindustan with
a chain of fortresess from end to end;
he made both the British and native i
troops far more effective thau ever be- ;I
fore; he obtained better rations for ;
the men, and he secured better equip- 1
ment.
1
"That Blessed Prince..
The captain of a liner running to 1
the east tells this story of the Duke 1
°fYo°rk:
Snaetime ago 1 was wa-rascl at "
Malta to man the yards for the Duke
of York, who was going home with
as. The coaling operations took long- 1
or than usual that voyage, but every
preparation was made to, receive I -lis
Royal Highness, the men at the Sf11110 1
tirae being einployed in clearing up
and standing by for the order to run
aloft.
The officer on the watch was aux-
iously looking out for him, when a
shore -boat came alongside containing
a quietly dressed gentleman. The
officpe hailed him. "As you are just
from the shore can yon give Me any
idea when that blessed l?.rince is Corn-
ing off ?"
"I suppose yon mean r,ne," good'
naturecily replied the gentleman. I
stepped forward then to receive His
Royal Highness, and express my re-
gret that we had not recognized him.
"Gh," said he, "Isaw you were pee.
paring to man the yards; but we sail
ors know what it is when one is busy
aoaling, and so I thought I would
save you the bother."
THE DOUKHOBORV THANKS;
A Ounint4ly Worded t,otter o Ageko
lecinv UV; nt,
quaint docuineut has jast earne
hand which will be of interest t
theee who laet spriag 'contributes',
clothing and a eifi ef raetiey as an
expression, of sympathy with the- 'pea
secuted Doulthobor exiles. On Tale
ung their destination they wrote a IP
ter of thanks, a translation of whin
arrived recently. It roads:
‘`Liveth our Lord God filling
Heaven and Earth with tlie Majesty
of His Glory.''
health
sriseno ym. I"c
"The Lord sendeth His` pe eel a
Blessing upon you."
"Our beloved sisters in Clirist
Jesus, we have had the happiness
receiving Your letter and the ellaritr
you have extended to us. Praised be
the Lord God, our Christ Jesus, Save'
iour. of the world, for His great mercy
and bountifulness to us sinners. And
you, dear friends, we thanle you.
heartily for your sympathy and love
to us. May the Lord God Himself'
1 grant you iu Ills Own due season Hie
heavenly reward. Wo on our part
welcome you and wish you ereryblessiug. ''
t
"All ,our Christian community o
universal brotherhood, Canacle, 15th
March, 1899."
Although from time to • time new-.
of the 001epey has appeared in the,
press, there has been no connected oia
authoritative statement, and it may.
be interesting to give seine such. ac-
count frora the letters of those whet
have been in charge of the emigration.
and others who have gone through thir
villages lately. It must ,be remem-
bered that there are only 1,600 able--
bodied adults, many of the youngmene
being in Siberia. Several. hundred at
the men obtained work on distant
railways which brought good earnings, but at the cost of breaking less-,
land for the community. This was,
however, unavoidable, , as they had.
not capital sufficient'to buy the stock;
and implements that would -have been,
needed. During the summer the-
woinen,- anxious to do all in their
power and hating to be idle, helped
-
to build the houses and'even to draw
-
the plough.
They not only trod the mortar an&
used their hands as troevels, but cart-
ed the logs, drawieg th.ena for miles
on two little wooden wheels. The
-
earth for the mortar was carried OM
their backs in baskets woven of Wil—
lows or in the huge plattershewn. Ora
of logs, the water being carried at a
times for half a mile in buckets hewn -
like the platters out of trunks a trees,.
and hung at the end of a lona Sapling,
With kilted skirts they trod the mor-
tar Until it was as smooth as paste..
Another gang of women carried it in \
wooden troughs to the houses, where
six or eight others plastered the logs,
inside and out, with the cold clay
paste, 'which presented as sm.00th an
appeatance as if the trowel of a. first
class plasterer had been at work.
“The ploughing, about which so
much has been said, arose from the -
same reason—the shortness of horses
and oxen, and the need to use them'
Lan frequent journeys of forty miles=
over rougis trails to Yorkton to fetch
flour. It has been well said that in
days to come ono of their own artists
will paint a picture, which will be a
source of pride to the descendants of;
these women who shouldered this bur-,
den with the satne steadfast courage,'
with which they have borne many
th
aon'd`eTrshsueffreerwinaag aracoonnsgidetrilaobslee els ve ea btii oe
d.
by previous persecution, the diet be-
ing bread and water and wild fruit,,
"The animals, too, have wanted
hay and been without 'shelter in the
early autumn frosts, as it has been.
heed eaough to get up sufficient shel-
ter for the people.
"'It has always been thought that -
this first year would be the hardest
for the Doulehobors,,and any one who
goes into tlie figures will see that
while the Government bonus has
ielped to keep them through the sum-
mer, the earnings Of the inen Up to
date will only suffice to keep their
families through the winter; while
the winter wages of the 500 men- who
have been promised work on the rail-
way, will be needed to last, through,
next stunmer till the erops are gather-
ed. The proposed Government loan
will enable them to get sufficient im-
plenaents and stock to break a Consid-
erable aMOUnt of land next spring,
and with an early start there seeme
hope of a surplus for sale at the end
of the slimmer, after which the colony
'nay be considered to bo on its feet."
moon*: out &Cala
"I am wondering," said Blanco, as
he turned over his piece of army mule
steak.
",What, yo xcelleney?" asked.
the minion.
"If Ceevera isn't guilty of treason
li neeePting, all ;these maniere, meals
Cressy et Necr Type.
Th,Britisli warship Cressy, whieth
was launched recently, is .a new tYPti,
of cruiser for (he. navy, for in addi-
tion to a steel protective deck like.all the commerce 'protectors
bujlt
since the Hamilton Programme Of
1589, sheltie a six inch belt of Here'
veyizecl steel. It is'abeut tbe size
the Diadene, end will be As faCtelyot,
on a draught of 26 feet „ 6, incbe it
will displace 12,000., tone—that e
about 1,000 tons more,. The. belt ,is ,
230 feet long, extending from five feet
below the load Waterline to six , feete,
aenedt from4he
ai above ow it,
from
120 au1 ending
f
,t1se stern in the theYartsbari '„
five inchesin :thickness.' Int1'4,tnett
ter of armairtelie, the ',reseiti,);
more to the bigget briiiserii,•tea
the Cape a- the Powerfill
nn the in Americo." Terrible.
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