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Exeter Advocate, 1900-5-3, Page 7• ClIANGEOF RESIDENCE A Sermon by Dr. Taf maga on Springtime N/loving. ITS VEXATIONS AND WORRIEo. A Tiuicy oisoeurse in II`Welt tile Need of Patience itnil Cattipoise113$‘et -'re Joy of NiosiinfX tote the En'ther',, WaShing3;00, April dise ©onset: of Dr. drainiage is pertinent, at this timer of year, When many peo- ple are moving from house to house, and it teaches lessons Of patience and equipoise in very trying eiretun stances; text, 1.31illippians iV, 1 know both how to be abashed, and I know haw to abound." Happy Paul! Couldi.you 'really ac- commodate yourself to all circuits- stanees in life? Could You go,up without pride, and could you come down without •exasperation? Teach the same lesson to us all. We are at a season of the year when vast populations in all our cities are changing residence. Hay- ing been born liT a house, we do not have full apprecia'tioto Of what a, house is. It is the growth of thous- ands of 'years. The nunian race first lived in clefts of rocks, the beasts of the field moving out of the caverns to let the human race move in. The shepherds. and the robbers still live In caverns of the earth.. The troglo- dytes are a race which to this day ,prefer the caverns to a house. ,They ,are \vertu, they are large, they are very -comfortable, they .are, less sub- ject to, violent ,changes of heat and, cold. We come on along down in the, history of the race, and we come to the lodge, which was a home. built .out Of 'twisted tree branches. We come further on doWn, in the histore of the 'race, and we come to the tent,, which was a home built with a round hole in the center and skins of ani- mals reaching, out in all directions, mats' on the floor for the people to Sit on.. Time passed on, and the world, af- ter much invention, came to build a house, which was a space surrounded by broad stones, against which the earth was heaped from the outside. The roof Was made of chalk ,and gypsum and coals and stones and ashes pounded together. After'awhile, . the porch was born, after awhile the gate. Then hundreds of years pass- ed on, and in the fourteenth century the modern chimney was constructed. The old Hebrews had opettinge in their houses from which the smoke might escape if it preferred, but there was no induceittent offered for it to leave until the. ,'Modern chiagney. Wooden keys opened the door, or the keyhole Was large enough to allow the finger to be inserted -for the lift- ing of the latch or the sliding-, of it. There being no windows, the peopla were dependent for light 'upon lat- ticework, over which a thin veil was drawn down in thate of winter . to keep out the elements. Window glass was, so late as two or three hund- red years ago, in England and Scot- land so great a luxury that only the very wealthiest could afford It. A hand mill and an oven and a few leathern bottles and some 'rude pitch- ers and plates made up the entire equipment of the culinary depart- ment. But the home planted in the old cave or at the foot of a tent pole has grown and enlarged and spread abroad until we have the modern house, with its branches and roots and vast ' growth and height and depth of comfort and accoinmodea- Architecture in other days busied itself chiefly in planning- and triumphal arches and basilicas and hippodromes and mausoleums and columns, while they allowed the people for residences to burrow like muskrats in the earth. St. ,Sophia's of Constantinople, St. Marks of Ven- ice, St. Peter's of Rome are only the Itapliaeled w.alls, against which lean the- squalor and the ' pauperism of many nations. I rejoice that, while .our modern ,.a,rehiteCtS give US 'grand capitols in which to legislate and grand courthouses in which to ad- minister justice and grand churches in which to worship God,' they also give much of their 1 hee to the plan- ning of comfortable abodes for our tired popdlation. Thank' •G-od for your home—not • merely the house you live in now, but the house you Were horn in and , the many houses'.You have resided in since, you began your earthly resi- dence. When you go home today, count over the number, of tlease houses in which. you have resided, ---seaL"teind you will be surprised., Once in ' awhile you find a mon who lives in the ',house where he' was born and where his father wasbornand his grandfather was born and his great- grandla,ther was born, but that is not one out of a, thousand cases. have not 'been more • perambulatory than'inost people, but I was amazed when I came to count up, the nuinber of residence I have °ecru:heel.. The fact is, there 'is in this world no such thing as permanent residence: .41. clay this spring the stteels vylil be filled with the furniture carts and the drays and the trucks. It will he hard day for horses, because they will he overloa.ded. It will be a ,/hard day for laborers, for they will overlift before they get the family fur- niture from one house, to another, It be a hard day for. bousekeeperS to see their ftillmItore scratched, and their crockery broken, and their' car-. pets misfit, and their furniture dash- ed Of the sudden shOwers. ft will be 11 hard .d.F.,Ly .fdr landlords. It will he a, hard day for. totatints. Especial grace is needed for 1110ving day. Many a man's religion has suffered a fearful strain between the hour ati ,the morning of the first of May, When he took his immature break- , fast, and the hour ot night whoa he r�lled'‘ Into his extemporized couch. ' The. furniture broken sometimes will ..teitilla ;in the- breaking , of the Tea miknciMerate There is no more fearful pass) than the hall of st ItintSe where tWO families meet, one mov- ing out and theeothet movintg in. Tile salutation is,'apt to be niore Ve- hettleat than cottiplimentery. The grace that will be auflicient for the first of ,Januars, and the Met 'of Feb- ruary, ,and the first of March and 'the first of April will not be suflicientior the first of May. Say your prayers that morning if you find nothing bet- . • tor to ,kneel down by than 'a coal Scuttle, and say' your prayers at night thotigh your knee coulee down, on a paper of carpet tacks. You will want supernatural help if any of you move. Hole in the morning to start out. aright On the day's work. Help at night t� repent. first word. ,then, in this .part of my discouree is, to all those who move out of small houses into larger oaes. Now we will see .V1,hether, like the apostle, you , know how, 'to abound. Do not, because your new house has two more stories than the. old one, add two, stories to your vanity or, 'Make your brightly polish- ed silver doorplate the eoffin plate 10 ,your buried humility. Many persons moving into a larger house have be- come arrogant and superciliolle. They swagger Where once they wadlsecl, they simper where once they laughed, they go abont with an air which' seems to say,, "Let all smaller craft get , out of these waters if they don't want to be runover by a regular Cunarcler.." I have known people who were, kind and "'amiable and Christian in their .smaller house: --no sooner did thee, go -over, the doorsill .of the new house than they became a glorified nuisance. They were the terror of drygoods clerks and the amazement of .ferryboots into which they swept, and if compelled to stand a moment: with condemnatory glance turning all the peeple seated into criminalsand convicts. , They began to 'hunt up the family coat of arms, and had lion couchant or uni- corn rampant on the carriage door; when, , if they had 'the appropriate coat of arms, it would have been a ,butter fitkin or a shoe last or a plow or a 'trowel. Instead of being like all the rest, of us, made out of dust, they would have you think that they. Were trickled out of heaven on a lump of loaf sugar. The first thing you know of them, the father will fail, in business, and the daughter will 'run off, with a French dancing master. A woman spoiled by a finer house is bad enough, but a man so upset is sickening. The Ia,vendered fool goes around so dainty and so precise and so affected in the, roll of his' eyes or the whiel of his oane or the clicking (If the ivory' handle against his front teeth or his effem- inate langciur, and his conversation SO interlarded with "oh's" and "ah's" that he it to inc a dose of ipecac- nanha. Now, my friends, if you move into a larger house, thank God fo'r more room—for more room to hang ,your pictures, for more room in which to .gather your friends, for more *room in Which to let your children romp .and play, for more room for great bookcases filled with good reading •or wealth of bric-a-brac. Have as large and as fine a house as you can afford to have, but do not sacrifice your humility and your com- mon sense; do not lose your balance; do not be spoiled' by your successes. Years ago we were the guests in an English manor. The statuary, the ferneries, the botanical and horticul- tural genius'ef the place had done all they could do to make the place at -- tractive. For generations there had been an amassing of plate and costly surroundings. At half past 9 o'clock in the morning, the proprietorof the estate had the bell rung, and. some 20 or • 30 man -servants and maid- . , servants came in to prayers. The proprietor of the estate read the Scriptures, gave ,out the hymn, his daughter at the organ started the music, and then, the music over, -the proprietor of the estate kneeled down and commended all his a.Lies ts , all his family, all his employes, to the Lord Almighty. God can trust such ra man as that with a large estate. He knovva how to abound. He trust- ed God, and God trustea him.. And I could call off the roll of 50 merchant princes as mighty for God as they are mighty in worldly 'successes. Ab; nly friends, do not be puffed up by any of the successes, of this life, do not be sPeiled, by the number of liver- ied coachmen that maystop at your door or .the sweep of the long' trail aerosa the imported tapestry. Many of those who, c.onte to your house are fawning parasites. They are not) so inuch in love with you e.s they are in love with your house and your suc- cesses. You move down noxt year to 320 Lew 'Water Mark street and see how, many of their carriages will halt' at your door. But X must, haves a word with those who in th is May cl ay Lim e mo ye out of larger residences' into smaller. Sometimes the pathetic reason is that the' family has dwindled in size and SO much room is 110D required, so they move. out into smaller apart- ments. 1. know thece ore suth cases. Marriage .has taken some of the members of the fait:lily, death has taken other members of the family, 'and after asehile father .and mother wake up to find their family ,just, the size it was When they started, and they would be. lonesome and lest in ' a large' house, ,hencethey move out of it. 'Ale -vies' day is a, great sada I ness to Such if they have the law of asSociation clOnfinant. There are the rooms named after the different mem- bers of the family. I suppose it is so in all your household. It is so in mine. We name the roonis after the persons Who occupy them. And then there is the clintng hall where th,o festivities, took place, the boli4 day festivities; there is the sitting robin ,where the faintly met night af- ter night, and there is the 000111 Sac- red because there a life started or a life stopped, the Alpha and the Ome- ga of some'earthly existence. ScelieS of meetieg and parting. of congratu- lation and heartbreak! Every door- knob, every fresco, every mantel,. ev- ery threshold meaning more to yon than it can trees Mean to any one else! When Moving oat of a house, 1 have always becm in the habit, nt- Lo' everything' was gone, of gOing into each room and bidding it mete fai,ewell. There will )30 teere running clowri 'malty cheeks , )1 the ytime moving- that' the 001100 will not be able to uo'deltitand It is a SOlepin end a touching and an over- Whelmiiig 1r)g to leave places for- ever—ple cies whore we have strug- gled and toiled and wept and sung and prayed ,and anxiously watched and agenized. 011, life is suCh a strange mixture of honey and of weddiegs and burials, midnoon and midnight clashing! Eyery home „a lighthouse against Which the ,,bile lows of many seas tumble! Thank God that such changes are0101: al- ways going to continue; otherwise the nerveg' would give out and the brain 'would founder, on a ,denientia, like that of King Lear when his daughter Cordelin eame to medicine his domestic ealamity. But there are others who Will ineve out, of large residences into smaller through the reversal of fortune. The property must he sold or the bailiff will sell it, or the income is less and you Cannot pay the house reut. First of all such persons shonld ,derstand that our happiness is not dependent on the size of the house we live in. ileVe koowim people., enjoy a 'small heaven in two rootos and others suffer a pandemonium in ,20. There 'is as much happiness in a small house as in a large house. There is as much satisfaction under the light of a tallow candle as, lea- der the glare of a chandelier. all the burners at full blaze. Who was the happier, 'John Bunyan in Bedford jail or Belshazzar in the saturnalia? Con- tentment is something, you can nei- ther rent nor purchase. It is not ex- trinsic; it is intrinsic. Are there few- er rooms in the house to which you move? You will ,have less to take' care of. ffs it to be stove instead of t furnace? All the doctors say the modern modes Of warming ,buildings are unhealthy. Is it less .pier 10 ir- rors? Less temptation to your van- . ity. Is it old fashioned toilet in- steadsof water pipes all through the house? Less to freeze and burst when you cannot get .a ,plumber. Is it 'less carriage? More room for ro- bust exercise. Is it 'less social posi- tion? Fewer people who want to drag you down by .their jealousies. Is it less fortune to leave in your last will and testament?Less to spoil your children. Is it less' money for marketing? Less temptation' to ruin the health of your family -with pineapples and indigestible salads. Is it a little deaf? Not hearing 50 1.00103'. disagreeables. I meet you this springtime at the door of your new, home, and while I help you lift the clothesbasket over the banisters and, the carman is get- ting red in the face in trying to transport that article of furniture to, Some new destination I congratulate you. You are going to have a bet- ter time this year, some of ythe, than you ever had. You. take God and the Christian religion in your home, and you will be grandly happy. God in the parlor—that will 'sanctify your sociabilities. God in the nursery --- that will protect your children.. God in the dining hall -that will make the plainest meal an imperial ban- quet. God in the Morning—that will launch the day brightly from the dry- docks. God in the evening—that will sail the day sweetly into the harbor. And get joy, one and all of you, whether you move or do not move. Get joy out of the thought that we are Soon all going to have a grand moving day. Do you :want a, Picture of the new house into which you will move? Here it is, wrought with the hand of a master, "We know that, if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building, of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in -the heavens." How much rent will we have to .pay for it?. We are going to own it. How inuch must we pay for it? How much cash down, and how much lett on mort- gage? Our Father is going to give it as a free gift., When are we go- ing to move into it? , We are moving now. On moving day heads of 'fam- iliesare very apt to stay in: the old house until they have seen everything off. They send ahead the, children, and they .send ahead the treasures and the valuables: Then, after awhile, they will come themselves. On almost tho first load, we, the children., were sent on ahead to the new house, and .we arrived with shout and laughter, and in an hour we had ranged through every room. in the house, the barn and the gran- ary. Toward night, and perhaps in the last wagon, father and mother would come, looking, very tired, . and we would -come down to • the foot of the lane to nieet thc,3.M' and tell them of all the wonders we discover- ed in the new place, and then, the last wagon unloaded, the' candles lighted, our neighbors who had help- ed us to move—for in those times neighbors helped each other—sat down with us at a table on which there. was every luxury they could think. of. Well, my dear Lord knows that some of us have been moving good 'while. We have sent our chil- dren 'ahead, we have sent many of our valuables ahead, sent many treas- ures ahead. We cannot go yet'. There is work 1: or u,s to do, but after awhile It will ,be toward, night, and we, will be very tired, and then we will start for our new home, and those evho have gone ahead of us they will see °Ur approadh, and they will come down the lane to meet us, and they ,will have much to tell us of what they have discovered in the "house of many mansions," and of how large the rooms, are .and .of howbright the 'fountains. And then, th.e last load unloaded, the table will be spread and our celestial neighbors will come in to sit doevn•with our reunited rout- ines, and the chalices will be full, not with the ;wine that 5 weatd,In the vat of earthly ,intoxication, but with "the new wino or the kingdom." And there for the nest time we will realize what fools we were on earth when we feared to die) since death has turned out only to be the moving from a emaller house into a larger one, and the exchange of a pauper's hut for a 'prince's castle, and tho go- ing upstairs from a miserable kitch- en to a glorious ,parlor, 0 house of Godnot made with hands, eternal in /the heavens! reesbntrao,, Playing st eviiist, it is poesible for pleesr to hold 685,0.13,555,000 dif- ferent Ilan de. \ELSON NEWS Live° ntarioViliageftere Dodd's kidney Pills Are Vaiued, trs. IL Fitzsimmons About A f•r, MA-- Thanks Wilkes Side ny I Pills for t -Used About Two Boxes and llealth Now Perfect. Nelson, Ont,, April 23. -Fiends of Mrs. R. Fitzsimmons of this place will be pleased to learn that she ie about again. As i$ well known in this district, Mrs, Fitzsimmons has :been more or less of an inyalid for the greater part of the last twelve months. She is now, however, in ro- bust health and thanks to Dodd's Kid- neyi Pills for t. Mrs. Fitzsimmons, her friends will remember, WM 1101 at first aware, of the cause ef her ailment. Kidney Disease attacks yietines in so many forms and so gradually that its pree- ence gees generally undetesited, until its ravages have affected some other vital orean. Then the malady is call- ed Heart Disease, Riseuniatism,,Blad- der Complaint, Dropsy, Woman's Weakness, Paralysis, orsome other of those many forms of diseased kidneys. Such, no doubt, was tbe danger into which Mrs. Ftzsimmons was running when -arrested by Dodd's Kidney Pills. She complained of a plan in the side. She grew so weak that she was, as she herself states, almost unable to walk. She took various medicines, never dreaming, of course, that Kid- ney Disease was the cause of her trouble. When the truth did occur to her, she at once had recourse to Docal's Kidney Pills. The result is she ds now in perfect health. What Little Jaelt Wished. Jack entered the barn with his uncle, and, being a city boy, hiS 'eyes opened wide at sight of a great Tile of apples heaped upon the floor. As he wistfully gazed at the fruit, his uncle, reading the desire in his glance, said: `'Help yourself, Jack; take all you wish." Jack sprang to - Ward the enticing pippins, and after gathering up all that his pockets, hat and blouse could hold, straightened himself up and theu stood gazing at the apparently undiminished pile. Observing his looks, his uncle asked: "What's the matter now, Jack?" "Nothing much," replied th.e boy, "only I wish I WAS twins.'' The great &metal for a pleasant, safe and reliable antidote for all affections of the throat and lutig,s 15 fully met with in Bickle's Auti•Consitinptive Syrup. It is' a pureleVeg,ezahle CoMpound, and acts promptly and magically- .d.11 subduing all coughs, colds, lii‘onellitis, inflammation of the lututa ete. it is so palatable that a child will not refuse iD, and it is put at a price that will cot exclude the .poor from its benefits. The Pride ,of the Neighborhood. "Any interesting people in this neigh- borhood?" - "Yes, indeed; we've got a man who wears a straw hat all winter and a sealskin cap all summer."--Indianap- oils Journal. Paradoxical. "Raw weather," suggested the first. "True," replied the other. "And yet I just saw a man who stepped on a coal hole cover 'thaw to a turn.' "--Chl- cago Post. Callit!g• Down a Poet. The Indiana poet who blightly sings, "Ho, for ehe maple and ho for the sap!" is respectfully informed that the "Sap -ho" isn't running to any es - tent this spring. -Cleveland Plain Dealer. 'Bacot' Purlding. Line grated basin wi h a good suet crust. Ingredients -three-fourths of a pound of flour, three ounces suet, chopped, and a teaspooutul of baking powder. Work up with water into rather a stiff paste. Fill the interior with onion cut in slices and pork cut into small pieces. Season with pep- per and salt and a little sauce, if you have it. Put the top crust over, tie the pudding securely in a cloth and boil for three hours without stopping. Miller's Worm Powders are a wonder- ful medicine for the ailments of children. Turkey :Molds. One pound of cold turkey, three ounces of flue bread crumbs, a little chopped onion, two ounces of batter, one egg and 0110 tablespoonful of cream, Mince the turkey very finely, put it into a basin with the bread crumbs, onions, butter and egg well beaten; mix thoroughly, then add the cream., put in small butter cups, bake for 20 minutes, then turn on to a dish and serve. Spiteful Thing. Mabel -I don't understand palmis- try, but there's something in it. As soon as Jae looked at the lines in my hand he told me how old I was. Mildred -He could toll that by the lines in your face, telelealtealematesealeatinseteeneemeaseeeeemeefesasi e a Or rt JOHN LABAIT London • Are undoubtedly THE BEST. Testimonials from 4 chemists, le "medals, II irliidoinas, The Most wholesome d'f boverageia itscommend ed. by Physielans, For sale every. whore. NEW SOUTHERN WRITER, ,Soinetbisir About the Author of eipto Dave and to Dold.P' The author of "To liave arid to Hold," one of the most popular of the historical romances of the year, is Miss Mary Johnston. She was born in Virginia, but Sot' eome years bet home has been Birmingham, Ala., where she now lives. "Prisoners of TIope" was her first book. In fact, its manuscript was almost the first of any kind be had ever submitted for publication. The first ed- itors to whom it was offered promptly accepted it, !And Aliss Johnston's fame has been of quick growth. A sweet faced young woman is Miss Johus-ton. She is not very tall, and her MISS MARY JOHNSTON. figure is slender and fragile. She car- ries herself well and has that high bred air that gives her a distinctive charm in any assembly. Her eyes are large and brotee. }ler light brown' hair is soft and wavy, and she wears it siniply. She dresses quietly and fashionably. She has traveled extensively in this country and abroad. Afiss Johnston's life is that of any well born girl of the south. As the eldest ditughter of a family of six, she has had, sinee the death of her 'nether, ten years ago, the cares and responsibilities of her father's household. 1 -ler father, i)lajor John W. Johnston, was formerly presi- dent of the Georgia Pacific railroad, now a part of the Southern system. He is a civil engineer by profession and has been prominent in Birmingham since going there from Virginia in 1878. They en- tertain during the season, and their home is frequently filled with guests from other states. )liss ,Johnston has a sister who is a graduate of the training school for nurses of the Old Dominion hospital in Rich- mond. Aliss .Johnston is naiurally de- votedly 'fond of Virginia, many illustrious names of its history being those pe her ancestors. ' A PATENT .'EXPERT. eels welter a I Chamberlin, New Assistant i ant commis - Commissioner Knows t onmor of pee. ti • + ents, is a Chula- : the Dopes. go patent law- ' • T yer end so he is - familiar with most of the duties which he will be call- ed upon to perform in his new post. He succeeds Mr. 'Arthur W. Greeley, who eecently resigned. The new assistant commissioner is 34 years of age. He was horn in Detroit Feb. 9, 1S66.- Ilis early education \vas obtained at the public schools in that city, after which he was elven a business education and selected law as his pro- fession. He entered the office of Wells W. Leggett, a son of a former conitais- the new assist' 11. C0IA14:13E111.1.11. stoner of patents and an attorney of rec- ognized ability in the patent world. Mr. Chamberlin graduated in law and in 1890 was admitted to the bar in Chicago. He at once began the practice of his pro- fession, making a upecialty of patent law. Mr. Chamberlin is a member of the Un- iOn League club of Chicago, a member of the Loyal Legion, Knights Ternplars, and a prominent Mystic Shriner, Mr. Chamberlin is married and has three children. 1 -le has been a prominent factor as a politician in Republican campaigns for a number of years. In 1806 he gain- ed prominence because of his ardent, sup- port of President McKinley before and after the convention, Eminently Nattural. Teacher -Your recitation was extreme- ly good, Johnny. The gestures were par- ticularly natural. Where did you get them? , 'Johnny--Git what? . , Teacher --The gestures. Johnny -I ain't got the gestoors. It's hives! --Catholic Standard and Tim. Athletic Swedes. ,Vbe Swedes are probably thO tallest &toile In Europe and have on the Whole erect, handsome figures. To scene extent this edvantage is due to physical exer. , care, for gymnastics are conmuleory in ?the elementary echools and Mach used in other'eclools and colleges. A PMGE NATIONAL BUNTING TO Be fiECOVERED, liritisit Flag )i ,s ieterr Cori., at Lite Very 0.1100. 1,6 '11113135 k1 Assi 2f 31,-•LrOCe8^,On 1,0 :::;;;)tskt:si1;40Crev )e:::s 1,1:i iii,s.,:ic0a:s(tis. 0'1011 11, e 10 1:11113.. ring oac4,t 2(1(11erer& .111-0(a1111; \\s' bilJel a C te1(11.11 sun d(1(6'1'seig,i1:)06u1)(, 611).lande eieeut: Wus thUto1 91 1110 ii.uus,„„i Argus, ta paper which ceies- ewducleassbiloiitilatioo jit tsal,tuoeltdiy,a,osafL,eati. ttlote trhee-, Boer Ge )01111l011L, When w e. 1(30111 10(0 found that an hope had passed 0131013' of the Gladstone ministry carrying o t 1116 promises 'ear I 0 w ith regard to the perteaumice of the Britisli pule, Inc geovinee of the Tra-nsvaal, rammer of British sabjects met te- em/els to decide upon sonie sort of' je'otest which should be at ()ilea striking and capable of being rernem- ii)Fseflreatilsag 'ante Liicileeavoeir'ybuniiaosintlige.1,2tthe i.Bvhriet-12, the, formal, alt of retrocession war being signed, and in view of the ' 'room in Government House where the shameful act of betrayal was be-. irig completed, was decided upon. It is unnecessary to say that the inter- n -rent of the flag under which . we: fought and endured the hardships ot a siege WaS not intended as an ace of dishonor or repudiation, but was simply as the burial of an old aria horiored friend for iv -horn we felt the highest esteem and the most affection- ate regard. 'The proposal met with acceptance, and a' flag was procured A P00100I4 APPROACH. and placed in a coffin and borne to the grave by about, 600 whites and a following of some 200 Kaffire belonging to the loyal chief Zwaarte booy. A grave had been prepared in the corner of a vacant) erf, which, could be seen from the room where Her Majesty's commissioners, Sir 11. Robinson, Sir Evelyn ,„Wood and Sir II. de Villiers, were engueed with the Boer representatives in putting the final touch to a deed which had led to the present most lamentable state: of affairs in South. Africa. \Then 111 was thought that the signing away of British honor and the destructiori of British preptige and good faith had been completed, the coffin con- taining the beloved flag was lowered into the grave, and a Funeral oration was pronounced by John Munro ex- pressive of the sorrow felt by all present at the solemn and melancholy duty which had fallen to the share of Her 'Majesty's loyal subjects in the Transvaal. A tombstone was erected at the head of the grave, end the funeral cortege departed. I here before me the 'in memoriam.' card which was printed at the time, of which the following is a copy: ... . .. . . . .. .. ..... ... IN LovrmG .m.rnrorty • TITE: BRITESII FLAG _ 12.11B " WI's° THIS LIFE 0.1 THIT: `,...N11 A illiGiJST, 3881, IN ITIS "In other climes nma knew thee but to 100011160" RES li.eoael. • • • • • • • • ..... ... • • • .• • • • • • • ... • ....... • •••• • When the British troops enter Pre-. toria they will probably resurrect this flag and give it royal honors. 311sn1,ii Lot 111-1,1,01I11. At an entertainment in Edinburgh, just as the Boer war broke out, the audience stopped the performance to sing the national anthem. So far this, was all right, says neie Argonaut, but tuoils followed. A few hotheaded spirits caught sight of a uniform, and the wearer, despite his proteeta, was seized and carried around the building. When he regained terra firma, "some one asked him for the: name of his regunent, his uniform not being familiar. -Regiment was the surprised replyt• "man, I am tbe doorkeeper. What's gate' wrante wi' ye a'?" Dow nruger 0,11 e() a Syslaszoszun. Bresident Kruger, when Jews first - began ,to flock to Pretoria, was un- favorably clispoecii towards them, and used them severely, but .after time relented, and finally ga,ve 'theta leave to build a synagogue, They were gratetel, says 'The Argonaut, and 'when the synitg-ogue was built they asIted him to come and open it. rilto old man accepted the invitation, atd, standing on te platform, duly said: 'lea the na,rne of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Pioly Ghost, (declare this syeagogue opened. 'Now, niy friends, I hope you will lose no time in becoinieg collocated." Isorsi 11 nl,,t,(0 0,11,11. A ninnber a girls at a Stockwell school yesterday were discussing tbei meaning of the letters O. 0., B. afters Lord Roberts' name. One girl quick- ly settled the difficult° by saying that the 'initials stood for "Gencrallsr, Called Bobs." --London Daily Chronia iclo. Africa ifas 1801 9s)ZSIII wera There 0100 six wars going on In Africa 'just at preeent. Eugland is fighting the I3oers and. the TJganr.la hill tribes. France has tlirce rether mild campaigns on her haede, ell di- rected against tribesmen in the in- terior, and the Moors are 1\e,ttling ev-ith the tribesmen along the botmcl- arieS of Algiers. • I Ttes2111,,refl II itiv;idt Tlv,nali bead. Aftee the 1)attld of Spion Top British soldier WaS .101.01d dead 'With his faiger on the aagger of his rifle, A 130er who attempti-el bo tele the rifle 'out, of his hands WiAS SilOt deed a,e a slip of the dead teen's anger, !.