The Exeter Times, 1894-2-1, Page 7118AVE CAPTAIN WILLIAMS'
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The following interesting ineidente of the
Matabele eampeign weto eupplied to the
London Times by Mr, Corand Paget, who
teterned to England by the last mail from
the (ape, fie left Beltwey° on November
13 end rode straight through via Tull
without stopping, to the head of the rail.
way, where he took the train for Cello
Town. IvedjaEeglend on Deeern-
• ber 16, thus amsomplishing a land journey
of 1800 miles and a sea voyage of 6)00 miles
in a space ni 33 day& Mr. Paget in his
narrative says:
A troop under Captain Heetey was now
• sent out to clear the hills, but they had to
retire on the laagnir under cover of machine.
gun Ore, as they rode right into the Mata -
bele, reserve, who followed them until they
were driven back by our guns, In the
meantime 13 troop, under Borrow, was sent
- out to claim the bush in front, and met
with a good deal of resistance, losing sev-
eral horses. The diarnounted men, how-
ever, were
•I, tRDEETIMIR COMRADES,
who rode ouble back with them to camp.
The enemy 'gradually cleared out of the
,buali and off the hills, and we lastesaw them
on the high kopjes two nano off,from which
they were shelled out ef sight by Captain
Lendy'e 7 -pounder.
From prisoners we learnt that the fore
we had defeated was composed of the Insu-
karnini Regiment (Lobengula's creek yoang
corps), with the Pleat*, Enginga and Egappa
people, about 5000 in ell. They had been
waiting for us in, the Samtabula Tercet, but
Major Forbes had fortunetthly altered his
in the forcheed. Poor boy by made a
soldier's end—perhaps the one he would
heoe chosen for himself. Re wee is brave
and tramhearted Man of bright intelligenoe,
and more than erdinary ability. Re had
deem yeeman's service all through the cant-
petite'having for weelte keen the eyes and
ears of Salisbary column. lied he hoed, I
believe he would have done something in
this world ; but I know thee that he will
be remembered by time who served with
him.
For the next few days I have nothingto
record hut weary marching, and being sick
with fever, There was contitmoue firing
by the flanking parties and advance guard ;
we were evidently getting into the thick of
it, and the crisis wee coining, We were
told that Lobetegula had fled, thee he was
disgusted with the defeat of his reeitneets
at Shango.ui, and that we should have to be
prepared to meet his final effort. We knew
afterwards that, at this time, he had order-
ed his two crack regiments to advance
againeb us, and we heard that it was upon
the line ofmarch that we should be next
attacked. The columns were working
;splendidly together, and Major Forbes had
redeubled his precautions against surprise.
We wereemet disappointed. On the morn-
ing of November 1 we had heepenned our
waggoete and were slowly advancing along
the ridge of the Matoppo,
LEADINE ournmeno.
We were in a difficult country, with bush
on all sides. I was out with the scouts,
seeking the best road by which the column
could advence. It was impoesible to go
straight ahead, and a detour had to be made
in order that the column could laager on
open ground. This, by great good chance,
we found, and after a difficult morning's
work, the waggons were laagered in an
open space on a slightly rising ground, at a
spot where there was a email kraal to the
right of our camp. We ontepanned ; the
oxen and horsea were turned out to .graze,
and the men settled down to have thew din-
reto to ani left the forest on the right. They leers. Just at one o'olook those in advance
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• THF MATA13ELE WAR: DEATH OF CAPTAIN WILLIAMS.
The fate of Captain Gwynydd Williams is now planed beyond all doubt ; but he died
like a soldier, with his back to a rook, fighting to the last.
had only eaught us up the day before, and
had intended to attack at 10 o'clock in the
evening, but were frightened by the rock•
eta, explaining that they thought we were
talking to the stars.
In going round the bush afterwards we
came upon an indium, evidently of high
rank (as he wore sPure, carried a pistel,and
had plenty of rneelles for his horse), hang-
ing deadon a tree. He had been wounded,
and, rather then ba taken back defeated to
his own people or fall into the hands ief the
white men, nad Chits put an end to his life.
Two or three other woonded assegaied
themselves to death as' we came round,
fearing, no doubt, to receive the measures
which they invariably mote out to their
fallen enemies ; but their fears were of
Course unfounded. The few wounded
Matabele who were brought in were well
treated and teen became reassured and
communicative. One of them laughed at
the idea of Lobeneule's crack regiment hav-
ing been defeated by a "handful, of boys,"
as he call Us.
toe' t day, Oct. 26, Iliad a slight, at -
auk or ver, and was sent to thee,Orpital
waggo 40—scouts- sulassteeently went
out without me. In the evening Ifa.h. Will..
jams fade into camp with a note irons his
brother Gwynnych It seem they were be-
ing pursued by the Insukamini Regiment,
Whose kraal they had just burnt. Soon
after the other seoute came in, but without
Captain Williams. They said they had.
beim surprised •
WHILE .BC.RNIXo TEE KRAAL,
• and had had to gallop for dear life: Gwyn.
nyd °wag riding a horse he called Bulawayo,
which had boltel when the firing of the
natives began.
The horse, the scouts said, had bolted
with Williams and had galloped right doWn
the line of nativem He got olear of them,
but met another party of Matabele coming
round to the right, The other scouts
wheeled sharp to the left hi time to escape
them, and got eleat of both parties, and
they said that before they lost sight of Wilt.
lame he also had got through the second
batch of ltilatebele.
There Was Ito nerve of him iti the morning,
so the column was halted, and the Kaffir
boys tent out to trace his spoor. They re,
turned, having found the track with blood
marks, but had to retreat, having been fired
on by Matabele. Borrow's troop were sent
out and followed the spoor until dark.
They made out from the blood on the bosh
that the Captain's horse had been wounded,
The blood marks gradually ceased, how.
ever, and they codoladed that the wolind
was slight and the horse had held out, but
there were embattle sign§o netivee follow-
ing the Spoor, end of °there coifing (1.01V11
from the kruala to join in the cheese Per-
liottelly, geese up all hope Of poor Geoyertml
,after this, although the spoor was takeemp
the next tnornitur where Borrow lied lefletee
My worst Otero wet() confirmed by it
W0411(10(1 Matebelo, who Was brought; izt
Penne &We ettbecqueatly's Ho told tut that
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the horse hem gone on ts/ he teeth4 ,gor�
further, and trigiti.0114, hadildititiats
came galloping in with a cry, "Look out,
i
the nggere are coming ?" True enough,
there they were; swarming on the right and
front of the laager 1200 yards away. Cap-
tain Lendy with his, 7 -pounder opened on
them, we reserving our tire until they oarne
closer. The pickets were still out, and
they fired and ran in towards -the camp ;
unfortunately, *mover, . one man was
assegaied before he could geten. The enemy
were now well within range, and a deadly
fire was poured upon them. The machine
guns were brought into action and swept
down the front ranks of the advancing
•Matabele. We blazed away for fully half
an hour. The smoke was dense, but still
we oouldesee that we had not as yet serious-
ly checked the enemy, They crept up behind
the kraal, under cover of whieh they enfi•
laded us. In the meantime the Victoria col -
mine had run out their Merlin and were do-
ing deadly exeeuttmens We had to fire at the
ittaal and through its reed huts to get at
the Metabele who -were behind it. We had
been Eghtitig now for fully half an hour
and pouting a fire into the enemy which
no troops in tits world, unassisted by ar-
tillery, could possibly withstand. Sudden-
ly the enemy seemed to waver, and a
shout went up from the laager that they
were retrieating, leltjor Forbes, who had
all this while been directing the notion,
gave an order for C troop to mount and ad.
vancedm purtinie. When they reached the
edge Of the bush the Matabele rallied and
attacked them:, A company from the
Victoria leager wee sent in support, and
afteret there and sharp fight the Matabele,
who had attacked OA the righe, retreated
in good order, (These' Matabele are splen.,
did infantry; their skirmishing is worthy of
European troops. They avail thenvielves
of every bit of cover the country affords,
They sit down, shobt, get up and rein a
abort, distance, sit, and Shoot again, They
are brave men, but against modern weapons
they have no ohance,)
Ili the meantime a body of the enemy
had boon ;tightest on the left, and the Vic-
toria Jaeger desPatched a troop oi their
horse to dieperse them. They advanced
some distance over the brow of a hill.
„ sour UP TUE ENEMY
with whom we Mid' been engaged on the
right, seetng that they wore separated by
the hi I from the laager, crept toned under
cover of the bush with the object of ctitting
them off. A well -directed fire from Captain
Lendy's 7 -pounder frightened and dispersed
therm and after a slight Skim -nigh the battle
on 'Bitable river 'MO over.
WAS ALIVD DT ftIS (10r1114.
nitneattde WedinsitInwed 'for the ihtneral
' —signs or leen Obeervott as, the Casket
• led Weenie -teen ons
A London special says eosTliotutende -of
piteous gathered in the °Mee' trity et Bar tons
Ott -Trent today 60 attend the funeral of
Tons Pone eillee Charlet 'Wilt -nen, When
MOM 'Ifftf fathilqtre cithed :14 take
ete 3t le "4,0,1tefertiatlie,
teftesentetataient
AGRICITIMCIBAL.
PraRtable Pealtry MetteMeneent.
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The saying, with Pigs, that " all the
i
breed is. n the trough," would be very
applicable when used with poultry, for it is.
very evident that as much depends on food,
care and. management as on a careful eeleo.
tion of suitable kinds. It very naturally
followe that it you can succeed well with
the common dunghill fowls, you cam, roost
assuredly, deo reach better with unproved
kinds, for lboittee evident feet that tmprev.
ed breeds of all kinds will give better and
quicker return e for good care than common
or ordinary breeds will, while, with but
oorrimott care, the lower grades will give
the best returns, for they are ecceetofttecl
to such -treatment, and the higher or im-
proved grades or breeds are not.
If you do not happen to possees e. flock of
improved poultry, by all means become the
fortunate possessor at once, or else put all
the old common dunghill cocks to the
block, and in their places substitute im-
proved ones, in the proportion of one cock
to six "hens, and thus commence an im-
proved system of poultry management, for
tfaenyou will find it a profitable auderta,k,
inm if otherwise properly coneneted.
Let me next take a -peep at your hen
house, and see if there has been any etint
of whitewash. This greet deodorizing and
dieinfeciting agent should be amplied,in the
summer months, inside and outside of the
house, and on the roost poles, about once a
week, and oftener if neceesity requires it.
Give plenty of air and light in the summer,
and restrict this to ventilation, light and
warmth in the winter.
There are several ways of managing the
poultry housee, adopted by persons whose
meansitvary as widely as do their tastes.
One very good way is to have the hottee
large enouga (with hens enough to warrant
this) to have ie small, stove inside, to be
warmed only on very cold days, the house,
the rest of the time, to be kept warm and
comfortable, by having it fastened up nicely
wherever the cold could gain access.
The fowls are confined to the house most
of the day, the exception beine that Monte
nine or ten o'olook we give them a run of
about half an hour or so, to give them an
opportunity to exercise their rather cramp.
ed -up limbs,ancrto get some pure fresh air.
They are allowed to have another run
toward evening ; and we have found that
they will continue healthy if this "run
system is at all times adhered to during the
winter months, roup, pips, cholera, etc.,
being preventei.
Depth of Tile Drains.
It is generally conceded that 'tile dra
age is the most valuable improvement tie
men be added to wetlands. It is equa
true that it is a costly improvement, Con
ing the hard labor and money.
• The most difficult mentor now to dein
for the general satisfactionetteall, appea,
to be the depth they should be laid to
the best work. For three or four years pa
it appears that a more shallow depth is a
cepteti in many cases than formerly, or el
the sources of information have been mo
extended, and brought to light the work
these men that practice shallow drainag
In reports of farmers' institutes the fa
conies out that many farmers believe th
less than two feet is the best depth.
The truth is, that what suits one farm
hardly suits another in all respects. Far
ens work on an economM basis that gover
all their ections. Some figure for Ounned
ate returns, and unless they can cee return
en the near future for an investment mad
they take no stock in it. It is a good de
easeer to cue an 18 or 20 -inch ditolt and la
the tele in it, than to mit 24 to 36-inchgrade perfectly, and lay the tile. For th
former, the work is cleaner, not so hard o
the 'back and muscles generally, as the la
ter, and besides it does not cost so much
We have eiever yet seen a soil or clay tha
would not get soaking wet at a ;greats
depth than 18 inches, or two feet. Some 6
the most uncertain cropping soil on thi
farm, before drainage, would dry out, an
crack to a greater depth than this. W
believe -that any soil that will absorb vete
will in.time become areated if the water i
removed. .
When we commenced draining this farm
about a decade ago, after, consulting al
authorities at hand we concluded that thre
feet would be the best depth for us, and th
first winter we put down something flea
400 rods at an average of three feet: Thirty
to thirty-two inches of the soil as a ml
worked easily, and sometimes the ful
depth was reaehed,nvithouegreat difficulty
but usually from titio to six inches in the
bottom of the three-foot cut had more or
less limestone gravel mixed with the clay.
Often it took as long to remove and grade
this for a smooth bottom for the tile, as it
did to cut the rest of the ditch.
Those that have had. experience know
how difficult et is to get a smooth, even
grade when the clay is filled with small
pebbles or gravel. We found that by out.
ting 30 to 32 inches we could avoid this
hard work and additional expense; <tense.
rquently our rule now is to go as near as
we can -to this gravel deposit. If the soil
and clay could be worked, our preference
would be to eat at least three feet deep.
The deeper we have the tile laid, the leas
liable the land is to surface wash:"
In one instance we cult through Intrd,clay
at a depth of three and a half feet; for two
or three years after the water would stand
on the surface within a Sew feet of this
drain, and it began to look like the advo-
cates of shallow drainage were solid in their
claims, but now the water disappears as
quiekly as desired atter hard 'rains. • We
have a few rods of tile laid aortrea a. pond
or hole, that are only 15 to 18 inches under
the surface. They do the work, and clover
and grain crops flourish over them. The soil
is very rich, and we would be much better
itatiefied if they were laid deeper, but the
surface wash will cover them deeper as
years of rotation go on.
Where it is possible to cut a greater depth
than 18 inches to two feet, We should
always do it, regardless of the density of
the clay, and wait petiently for the air and
frost, to do their w Ir of opening up the
soil. If weedy 'Ito 22 Inches of soil
above water line, eild expect to make
a 'great stieeess owing cloeer. We
weithi want a el m depth to work on,
and aim to make corer help open up the
soil.
In the consideration of this matter these
questions come up ; Has shallow drainage
given entire satisfaction after having been
in operation for a term of years ? Do men
practice and advocate it, that have thor.
°rough knowledge of the prinoiples that
govern Such Work and the results that are
to be expected?
We admit that our experience is limited,
but when we hear of tile being taken up
and relaid bees uee too deep at that, WO are
anxiette to know if they were ptoperly laid
at first; said when we hear of men cutting, two feetileop to lay an eight -inch trim,
We can but think that in the end there will
be money wasted. In our work of tile
drairtage have struck herd, await places
that suede the temptation strong to let up
on the depth ; but eve started out to seenre
greater depth of soil in just such places, and
we are are now glad that We pereeveted to
finish these places as we piatmeci. It would
require most adverse aircumstateee in pros.
ecuting the wotk to Satisfy us wish lees
than two feet of earth above the
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O. —First clip hal dog. Apply I
bienloride AI -tertiary, one rt to five bun.
fired parts lot ..vater. ply'a little gly.
cerine to sore parts of s'414 Once every tve4
days.
()pampas—Some of my four,monthe old
pige act crainpy. I feed them on middlings,
ground wheat and corn meal, They ere
opt in n dry, warm stable, A, W,se-Oliange
thmr feed and give half a teaspoonful of
nitrate of potasnsto each pig twice a day.
Allow them to take more exercise, Apply
spirits of camphor to parts which -cramp,
twice a day,
Ofegrarts.--Jersey heifer was taken with
what appeared to befits, last spring, Will
twist her head over her ehoulder, fall over
as if dead. She eats well. Veterinarian
treated her for six weeks and did not help
, Your heifer ettffers front meg-
rims and is incurable, Keep her bowels
open; do xtot feed her high and feed her
well cooked food. Avoid getting her excit-
ed, and she may do very well.
Supposed Hog Cholera.—There is a dis-
ease pestering the bogs in the; neighborhood.
Some neighbors call it hog cholera. If en,
is there any remedy to housed or preventive
so as to keep well hogs from taking it? H.
G.—Separate the healthy from the un-
healthy. If hogs once take cholera they
usually die. I do not believe that they
have hog cholera.
Cracked Heels.—Gelding has little sores
below fetlock joint; leg began to swell,
and about two week's later found several
more little sores on and about fetlock joint.
Matter continues to.ocize from these parts.
S.K.D.--Poultioe the heels with carrots
or turnips that have been well boiled and
mashed as if for table use; then applyto
heels twice k1 day, iodoform 1 oz., glycerine
4 oz.
Malignant Sone—Mere got calked or
snagged about one year-ago, just at top of
hoof; wound about as large .eas a nickel;
have tried many remedies to heal it and all
have failed. No* there is a sore; the lump
looks like proud flesh; bleeds -easily, She
does, not go lame. G.B.—Apply equal
,
parts glycerine and todoform to sore twice
a day. Occasionally' touch the raw surface
with nitrate of silt, er; that will greatly
assist in stimulating a healthy action.
Mange—Indigestion.—Colt coming two
years old, during the past month has rub-
bed nearly all the hair off her body; seems
to be scabby • have treated her for lice.
SO—Clip colt, wash skin with soap and
water, end apply equal parts vinegar and
water once a day. Give two drains Fow-
ler's solution of arsenic, three times a day.
Keep bowels open and feed well.
Stringhalt—Thrifty five-year old mare
useettor light driving mostly. For some
reasons she steps high witiiiright hind foot;
the action resembles stringhalt or cramp.
I notice swelling four inches above the
hock; swelling sore to touch. I do not
detect any -fluctuation. H. P. M.—The
swelling you refer to may be the cause, of
stringhalt or cramp. Apply tn iodine
three, times a day. Should swelling not
disappear then open up freely with e knife.
Hunting the If oeth Pole -
Arctic exploration hasmecle advances dur-
ing the year 1893, and two expeditions are
now locked in theeeold embrace of time frozen
North. These are the exploring particle of
Peary and Neilsen.. Lieutenant Peary
sailed from Portland,Mementending to visit
a number of the Labrador forts in search of
dogs and other equipments and then push
on north. He was to leav:Upernavik and
attempt the passage of Melville Bay. His
vessel is the Falcon.
• Under date of August 11 Peary wrote
from Falcon Harbour, Bowdoin Bay, Groan.
tend, to Ohas P. Daly, president of the
American Geographical Society. He said
he had landed there with 84 dogs obtained
at various points along the Labrador and
Greenland coasts, and had. been scarcely
troubled at all by the ice. " He wrote also
that he hed made the passage of Melville
Bay, from the Duck Islands to Cape York,
in nearly a direct line, audio what he be-
lieveel to be the shortest time on record -24
hours and 50 minutes. At Falcon Harbour
he said he had a perfect harbour for his ship,
and a good site for his house, which ms to be
his arctic home this winter. He was confi-
dent of success in his explorations as soon as
the spring opened. The scientific results ot
hie eassage of Melville Bay made an inter-
esting chapter in the history of arctic ex-
ploration.
Dr. Neilsen, in his ship, 'the Pram, sail-
ed from Christiania June 26. Under date
of August 2 he wrote to the London Times
from Yugor Strait, which separates the
European mainland from. Walgatch Island
at.the south end of Nova Zambia. He re-
ported that the Pram, which he had had
especially built to resist ice pressure, had
ben tested by him, and had. given excel-
lent satisfaction. He had received 35 dogs
but his coal supply had nob arrived. at the
date he wrote. He intended to steer east-
ward along the Siberian coa.st until he
reached the mouth sef the Olenek- river,
west of the 'Lena Delta. There some more
dogs were to be in waiting far him.
After leaving provisions in the New
Siberian Islands, he intended to go north-
ward along the west coast Of these islands,
as far as possible. Reaching there in
September, he expected that the Pram
would get caught in the tee, .and would
driftenorthward, which would carry him a
considerable distance before the spring
opened.
A BATTLE FOUGHT IN 15 MIN IT 1E3
Defeat or the Sabot by the' British—goof
the Fanny KtIled-400 kaves Kat Free.
A Londob despatoll aaYs i—The War Of -
floe has received a despatch sent from Free
Town, Sierra Leone to -day, giving the de•
spatchee sent by Colonel A. B. Ellis,- Com-
mander of the British forces operating
against the Sofas in the interior of Sierra
Leone. Col. Ellis' deepatohes are dated
Tiengea, Jan, 9, He says that he started
from Warina on Dec. 243. After crossing a
Section of the country 4O miles broad,
through the whole extent of which the
Sofas had been going recently, the British
expedition reached the Rum River on Dec.
29Ftre a successful attempt was made to
establish communication with the Konnos
who were hidden iii the forest on the fur,
them- bunk of the river, The Konnoi in-
formed the 13mtieli that tisennitin body of
the Sofas had crossed the river on Dee.
18. They had destroyed Yardu, though
the people of that place had hitherto been
On _friendly terms with them. The • Sofas
then proceeded to Korrayetntia for the
purpose of joinieg others of the tribe, their
Intention being to atteelt the British ,t
TurIgieeae
Toltunn crossed the Bum River, in
pursuit of the natives and reached Xerra
5(4:mina on Dee. 31. The place wen found
to be a perfect charnel !tons°. The Sofas
had slaughtered the inhabitants, men, wonten
and children, and then left. The British
bivouacked in the forest on the night of
Jan. 1. Long before daybreak, oti the
morning•of the 2nd, the British started in
pursuit of the enemy, who had evidently
changed their Minds about attacking the
BrAitti6flo."ur o'clock in the morning the 13ritish
Okalei upon `the Sofas and fell upon them
The enemy was taken completely by stir.
prise. The place had been strongly block,
ailed, but the Britieh carried the position io
querter of an hours Two hundred of the
Sotto wore killed and 70 were taken Needle,
eve, Oe ,r too eaves, women Afta ehltdrien,
'Oe enter not. The hotde rut ,Ser
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Iral:r4SIGE FOLKS.
ToeMe OhktrieY'
Onreogaantiunea,Slsoowly up u hteim m:ittY5: ot"
Limning on the doctor's, cane?
he could net else aga0*
'While we natered Naha iW‘tiOU,
PO111'1110, 0118 oorguntsorasiort,
ifad Malan on the Ice?
Hurt Me foot le any. Way?
Wrest)erl with big Sohnn7 Price,
kneed it annthirtg but play?
Would he tell us in a hurry
We were dying of our worry
°hurley tried, to stop hie grorts
IsOng'oteoiig'),i to
ow uric MY
"I've been skating till I'm tire;1,
And my ankles are unwired: '
Mitt's Trouble.
Mitt eat in a corner of the old lo
with one hand thrust hard into her
pocket, and with sueh a woebegone ex
sion on her spare face that her do
Spitzy, noticing her silence came and
down before her, watching her wi
longing to help her out of her tro
seemingly. ,
She wart indeed a picture of forlorn
and dejection. „ Her hair had escaped
band and fallen over her fame, her In
terhead sPtolehedtoicwdnroinop,Iia.tntfienrotwmaandovtallt
cheek,
By and by grandma, bustling in front
kitchen, noticed her too, "Why c
what ails you? Are you eiek ?"
"N -no, grandma," faltered Mitt, p
lug her hend down harder and swinging
foot nervously against the lounge.
"Toothache, then ?" queried 'grand
"Better let me pull out the naug
thing !"
"N -no no, no, grandma! I've lost
p•pen•knife !" wailed Mitt, with a dry I
sob in bet throat, as she took nem her s
and displayed to ;grandma her small pa
with her brown finger run through a
in one corner at the bottoin,
palt`hteeadr g! rdaeuadralla. That is too bad 1" a
"It fell through when I was going
the hill this morning, I 'xpect V" sig
Mitt; looking at the hole ruefully. "
I've; hunted, an' hunted every" inch of
way!"
Of Mitt's treasures—and they were
many—the little penknife, with a butt
hook at one end, was the dearest. By
morning for a long time Mitt, kind, syrn
thetic little girl that she is, had gone
the hill, through storms and frost, to co
Ma'am Littlehale's hair; for Ma'am Lit
hale had broken her arm, and couldn't
it herself; and there were many Ii,
children to take care of, and the inva
grandfather, and oh, I don't know w
else to do! And Mitt pitied her. T
morning a light snow was falling, cone
lag entirely the half -bare,. frozen no
and through it the little girl had gro
and wanderea about in her fruitless sea
itonee for, to tell the truth, she
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shamed to let anybody, especially gra
ma, know she had lost the knife through
ery hole that the dear old lady had cauti
d her to mend only the day before.
",Why don't you get Arty to help y
ook ?" suggested grandma, without a Ivo
f reproof. "His eyes are keen's a hawk
The trouble was out now, so Mitt start
p with new courage, and with broom a
ake the children began the search from t
itcben door.
Bake ! Rake ! went Arty slowly with
ide blue eyes fixed intently on the groan
Whish ! Which'! Mitt's impatient broo
ado the snow fly up in little clouds,
On they went around the hose, past t
cldish-brown bank of primtose-bushe
ending stiff and hare betide the wall
e sifting snow, along' the flat and on
e first hill.
"For the land sake, mother Wh
e them children up to !" cried grandp
,ning in from the barn with some hen
gs. "Here I've been wait -in' an' waiti
r snow, au' seraphs' over bare ground eti
et teeth (grandpa didn't have but on
e all on an edge, an' now them children
eepins it all out o' the road I never d
e such craza- work in my life ! The
ust be stopped !" and before. gran tint
uld explain he had sheeted out of th
tchen.
But just then Arty waved his cap t
andma, watching them from the baa
ndow, and the next moment he cam
atang down the hill, shouting and bran
hing the rake with. Mitt racing along be
nd, her broom over her shoulder, he
od in her hand, and the snow falling on
✓ Yellow head. They almost ran lever
eapa at the corner of the house, in their
gerness to tell the good news:
The precious penknife was found, and
tt sat right down and sewed a little
oh on her pocket before she stopped to
sh the snow out of her hair.
Grandpa "guessed" she found it again,
ause she lost it while doing so much
d. But Arty thought that patience and
rp eyes had something to do with it.
way from home India always absorbs
greatest number of regular troops, and
men of the ,Imperialrermy there now
Iron up about 77,L00, or about 600 more
n at this time last year the Bengal
sidency and dependencies containing
500; Madras and Burma1,500; Born.
, 13,500; and. the remainder being
ops on passage on the Indian establish -
at. The British strength in Egypt has
n somewhat increaeed latterly, and the
0 men there are nearly 2000 more than
ear ago, the principal increase being in
ntry of the line. The regular forces
ttered over our oolonies in all parts of
world are 31,000 in number, and the
diterraneen stations occupy a cons(der
-
e portion of these. Gibraltar has in its
risen 5,000 men, and Malta 8,000, while
rus has only about 600, mostly infantry,
no artillerymen. After these stations
e been reckoned the remainder of this
00 give 3,50D to the Cape and Natal,
0 to the West African settlements
are the regular troops are .principally
colored soldiers of the West India
intent), 2,900 to Hong Kong, 1,500 to
Straits settlements, 1,500 to Ceylon,
0 to Nova Scotia (the only portion of
Dominion of Canada garrisoned by Int-
el troops), 1,600 to Jamaica, 1,409 to
mode, 1,800 to Barbedoe ,e $300 to
ritius, and only 200 to St. H' °lona,
esides the helm islands, India, and,
pt, Natal it the only pert of the world
re British cavalry is stationed ; Rome
India, has all the horse artillery, Egypt
field artillery as well as a cavalrY rem.
t, the former being an addition since
year ; the monntain artillery are
ned to home, India and South Africa,
e the garrison artillerymen, numbering
nearly 18,000, are to be found in all
olonies (as well its at home and in In -
with the exception of Cyprus, Natal,
ug, and the Gambia, The Royal
ineers, ArmyServica Corps, and Medi.
taff Cores are similarly ubiquitous
t in where.their duties ate per.
ed by native troops,
ad.
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A Would.Be Lire Saver.
Tommy---" Say, Billy, d'yo see Johnny
Jerkins' es gotten a medal froin the Humane
Society for fishing outen de river little
Jimmy Jolioein
Billy—" Yes, I'd lilt()to sport atneeet
licee that,"
, Tommy (in rt. whisper) Wott'l yen gi'
0 ter atettleentilysktrit into the, etilr ee
▪ triO
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REV W S. BARK
or PETnitaorto.
Mr. W. S. Barker is a young
minister of Peterboro who has by his,
great earnestnees and ,able exposition
of the doctrines of the Bible earned
for himself a place amongst the
foremost ministers of ,Canada. He,
with his most estimable wife, believe
in looking after the temporal as well
as the spiritual welfare of mankind,
hence the following statement for
publication:
"I have much pleasure in re-
commending the Great South Ameri-
can Nervine Tonic, to all who are
efflicted as I have been with nervous
prostration and indigestion. I found
very great relief from the very first
bottle, which was strongly recom-
mended to me by my druggist. I
also induced my wife to use it, who,
I must say, was completely run down
and was suffering very much from
general debility. She found great
relief from South American Nervine
and also cheerfully recommends it
to her fellow -sufferers.
"REV, W. S. BARKER."
It is now a scientific fact that cer-
tain nerve centres located near the
base of the brain have entire control
over the stomach, liver, heart, lungs
and indeed all internal organs; that
is, they furnish these organs with
the necessary nerve force to enable
them to perform their respective
_ work. When the nerve centres are
weakened or tleranged the nerve
force is diminished, and as a result
the stomach will not digest the food,
the liver becomes torpid, the kidneys'
will not act properly, the heart and
lungs suffer, and in fact the whole
system, becomes weakened and sinks
on, account of the lack of nerve force.
South American Nervine is based
on the foregoing scientific discOvery
and is so prepared that it acts
directly on the nerve centres. It
immediately increases the nervous
energy of the whole system, thereby
enabling the different organs of the
body to perform their work perfectly,
when disease at once disappears.
It greatly benefits in one day.
Mr. Solomon Bond, a member of
tho Society of Friends, of Darlington,
Ind., writes: "I have used six bottles
of South American Nervine and I
consider that every bottle did for me
one hundred dollars worth of good,.
because I have not had a good
night's sleep for twenty years on
account of irritation, pain, horrible
dreams, and general nervous pros-
tration, which has been caused by
chronic indigestion and dyspepsia of
the stomach, and by a broken down
condition of nay nervous system.
But now I can lie down and sleep all
night as sweetly as a -baby, and I
feel like a sound man. I do not
think there has ever been a medicine
introduced into this country, which
will at all compare with this as a
cure for the stomach ancl nerves."
C. LUTZ 'Sole Wholesale and Retail Agent for Exeter.
Dn. 1V1cD.A.eamen, Agent, Hensall.
A Ring Under a Tree.
Durieg the recent gale a holly tree grow-
ing near the Lake of Menteith Hotel in
Scotland, was blown down,leaving a pretty
deep cavity in the soil where the roots had
been. Shortly afterwards a young woman
found in the loose earth a gold wedding ring
with the intials " W.A.G." engraved on
the inside. Singular to state, about three
weeks after the great storm, another gale
from the opposite direction lifted the holly
tree into its original position, and it ap-
pears to be thriving, beingcovered with
brriee. The owner of the ring so strange-
ly recoverecl has not yet been found.
How to Gat a "Sunlight" Picture.
Send 25 "Sunlight" Soap wrappers (the
large wrapper) to Lever Bros., Ltd., 43
Scott St. Toronto, and you evil,. receive by
post a pretty picture, free front advertising
and well worth framing. This it an easy
way to decorate your home. The soap 18
the best in the market, and it will only cost
lo postage to send in the wrappers, if you
leave the ends open. Write your address
carefully.
"Row did you like the ruins of Pompeii,
Mr. Joyttson
?' Mrjoynson (who has just
returned from a Continental tour)—" /cot
very well ; they are so dreadfully out of
repair,"
'77hen Baby was eft*, we nave bar Cristoefa.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When the became 731Iss, she clung to Castorla.
Whale she had Children, she gave them ettetori2to
Teacher (after reeding the o.tome)'--"So
your three days' abaenee from ;1611601 Wa2
oil ancouet of your vaccination, was it,
Bessie? You meet have had a prof ty some
arm." Bessie—"No, but I—I had. it walk
on crutches."
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