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The Brussels Post, 1900-5-24, Page 3'OIL V. 11Ay 24, 1900. a .11 s .BBU8$WLS P 0 EV% • RECAPTURE OF DUNDEE. Five Days' Severe Fighting at the Biggarsberg. Lorldon, May 15h -The Wert Office to- dey has reeeived the following de- spaleibee from Gen. Buller:— hitenon's Farm, May 15.—Tlie follow- ing telegrams sent to Roberts are now repeated to you,. They begin under date of May lei -- "In accordanee with instructions to keep the enemy oecupied at the Big- garsberg, on May 110s I conoeetrated the third cavalry brigade of the seoond division and some corps oe artillery at Sunday's river drift, on the Help- tuakaar road, and directed Colonel Bethune to advanto on Greytown with the Bethune Infantry, the (Jmvoti efeuuted Rifles, and the Imperial Light Infantry. "On May 12 we mloved to Warmth' bank and Bethune ta Pomeroy, while Gen, Hildyard, from• Illandelamite, oc- Melted lndoda mountain, 'On May 13 e sent Gen, HarntRons With three battalions, up the steep SitiPe of Wiliam* hill. The third eav- alrybrigade orowned a hill on each Bide of the male road, and Bethune at.. tacked by the Pomeroy road from 3 ldee. The enemy hurriedly abandoned the position, which they had strongly entrenched, and retered to the nek in fib& of Ileipmekear, whence we hope to dislodge them he -morrow, ee many of Omni have retired. "We have gained the summit of the berg with the loss of only a few men wounded. el advance to -morrow on Bath, and Bildyard moves on Wessel's nek. Our small loes,I think, wits eertaiuly due to the excellent troop -leading of Gen - mats Hamilton and Lord Dundonald, and Colonel Bethune." UPION JACK HOISTED. Gen Renter Raises the British Flag at Christiana. A. deepateh from London, Thursday, saya:—Despatehes from the Prairie@ Strearne &stria indicate that Gene al Hunter advanced along the nort hank of the Vaal river as far asChri tiana. A reconnaissance sbowed tha the Boars bad evacuated this plac and were retreating. General Bente thereupon marched in at the head o his division without apposition, an for the first time since the outbrea at the war hoisted the British flag in the Transvaal. As the Union Jack was given to the breeze the troops oheered for the Queen, and a ban played the National Anthem. 11 is ,r ported that General Hunter subse quently advanced in the direction o Klerksdorp, 100 miles souht-west o Johannesburg, but this Is not con firmed. KILLED UNDER WHITE FLAG 4.MM Roberts' Report of the Latest. Aet Of Boer Treachery, The War °Moe posts the following n despatch from Lord Roberts, under re dote of Kroonstad: h "Two officers and sir men of Prince s Alfred's Guards, while out 'foraging t on Monday a few miles from Kroon- e, etad, visited a Cann flying a white ✓ flag, the owner uf which surrendered f himself with arms and ammunition. d They then approached another farm,' k also flying a white flag. When with- in forty yards of the enclosure they were fired upoai by fifteen or sixteen Roma, concealed behind the farm wall,' d Two of tbe men were killed, Lieut. F. e- B. Walton was wounded, end Lieut. W. - B. .Everton and two non-commissioned officers weee taken prisoners. "The owner of the earra stales that the Boers threatened to , shoot him - when he protested against their mak ing an improper use of the white flag." WILL NOT PROPHESY: - AFFAIRS AT PRETORIA Boer Newspaper Strongly Advocates Destruction or the Nines. A despatch from Pretoria says ;— The recent Boar reverses are rousing a splendid display of patriotic ardour. Amazon oorps are being formed, both here and in Johannesburg, with the object of releasing all available men for active serviee. The spirit of the burghers is running high, and they are determined to make a desperate resistance to the British. There is feverish activity in alt the Govern- ment and military departments. The Volkestem strenuously advo- cates the destruotion of the Witwat- ersrand gold mines as a necessary military measure. Michael Devitt, the Irish National- ist, who mune here ostensibly as the norrespondent of a newspaper, has started on his return to Europe, CHALLENGE COMPARISON. Another Tribute to Canada's Troops at the Frent. A despatch from London says:— When the last mails left. South Africa the British army and the army of nor - respondents were engaged in the hardest task of all waiting for the word to advance. H. H. Pears, chief correspondent at the front of the Lohdon Daily News, brings out more eles.rly than has been done before the mervallous and varied composition of the British forces. Ile also takes ow • elision to pay the Canadian contin- gent one of the higbest of the many compliments they have received. He writes:— " To Canada we take off our hats She has sent us, besides other worthy representatives, a regiment. of infan- try that wine admiration from every source: For marching, or endurance, or fighting it Can aballenge compari- son with any battalion of Lord Rob- erts' army, and that is saying a great deal." TROOPS REACH BEIRA. Change in Railway Gauge Has Caused Great Delay. A deepatob from Beira says i—About 3,500 liritish troops have arrived here thus ear, Tbe Portugese officials have been most friendly and helpful in passing them through. Changing the railroad at Bamboo Creek from narrow to breed gauge has roused ae great delay to the T troops A number of horses died there. There is mach siokness among the men. It is an unhealthy plaoe, es- R pocially at this time of the year. ; n 79 FATAL CASES. Ge neread or she huntionte emigres In hi/40AM. la A despatch from Sydney, N, S, W., throe -Tem hundred -and thirty-five te caries el the belbenic plague have thus tr far been officially reported. Of these 31 10 have proved fatal. A mooed death 1)1 from the elegem has, (recurred at Rook, at .hatept on, Qucenolaucl, Roberts On the Probable Date Of i Cessation Of Heseilltiee. London, Wednesday, May 16.Lord Roberta contributes aline to the dis- cussion going on in the press as to when the war will end by the tolrow- ing telegram, dated Monday, and sent' through a correspondent, who had made the (Urea enquiry:— "I regret that 10011001 give any re -IL ply to your question, as its is impos- a Bible at present to predict when, the i campaign may end." 4 A The view of the other side is report- 0 ed by a correspondent, to whom Pre- p sident Steyn said:— "Sooner than, leave this country to fall into the heads of the British,. 1 i would destroy all our houses and leave 8 it a desert." KUSIASSIE STILL INVESTED. p Euless Relieved Soon 11110 GOTT111010 Will g trey to 'Weak Through. i Altera, Gold Coast Colony, May 15.— w The situation is unchanged. It is said: in official circles that Lhe Governor :17 and commander-in-chief of the Gold g Coast eoloey, Sir Francis Hodgsomhas annaanced his intention, unless ten- d mediately relieved, to make an at- t tempt. to rush the cordon, U There are now 450 troops at Mums-, sie, 450 between Cape Croat and w Pamehlit, and 500 on their way from fo Jebba. The disaffeetioe Is sproadingetraong the northern tribes, Kings Tirkie and eudgee, of Accra, have been approach- ed by the Ashantis. • KRUGER GETTING READY - NEWS SUMMARY, ° Ottawa builders AWDUA' laf ter July 15, demand 20 cents an borer. Owen Sound's PoPeletion is 8,854, an inerearee of 450 oyer last year. !Mgt:tones emelter project will be antbinhted to a vote of the elootore. Montreal has tee peach of small- pox. The first mine from Winelpeg. The strike at the Sydney, C.fie Palms tit nwroerrkre the drivers have returned By a recent militia order infantry battalions will henceforth be called to- gtmerats. The 8E64=14 Tunisien is bejageng 100 itoyal Kngineers to strengthen tits Ilequimalt garrieon. The Noethwelit had 0,536 immigrant arrivals in Aprie an inoreaee 01761 over April last year. hirantford has passed by-laws to raise $25,600 for flood preveation and e.12,000 for hospital hiaprovernenth Mennonites orSemmerfelcl have trent to the Speaker of the Manitoba Lege: - lettere 3215 for the Patriotic jetted. W. T.11, Preston stated at elontrea I tbat one thousand Icelanders wall lo- cate in Canada daring the oomin summer, An Ottawa despatch says the 43rd battalion will shortly be furnished with khaki uniforms as an experi- ment, g Ontario and New York will take joint action to prevent the " dyna- " of fish in the St. Lawrence river, The advantage of the new Soulanges -Canal has been already shown by the number of large vessels using it and the time saved by them Commander Herchmer, of the North- west Mounted Police, in his annual report, says crime is on the increase all through the territories, The Sanford Manufacturing Com- , of el io e glger for 3P0tItti sbeerg'e gunvief • for the imperial troops now fighting in Sough, Africa, Lieue-Col White, D.O.C., Quebec., goes to Halifax to Lake over the com- mand of rho provisional battalion sta- tioned there from Lieut. -Col. Vidal, who returns to his duties at head- quarters as Assistant Adjutant -Gen- eral. A lade clerk of a Hamilton law of Tice, while going to the bank with cheques, which she carried in her hand, met a gust of wind which blew the prealous papers down the street. over a stare. GREAT BRITAIN. The 'University of Cambridge will make King Oscar of Sweden. an LL. D. Eighty-seven London laundries formed a trust and advanced prices 50 per cent. Lord Wolseley was thrown treat bis horse on Saturday and had his left arm severely injured. The end of the famous Old Bailee, ondon is near. The judges have pprovi;r1 of plans for e new build - ng. Britisb Board of Trade returns for pril show increases of over $16,300.- 00 in imports, and 416,900,000 in ex 'arts. The British Government will appoint committee of scientists to enquire nt.o possible improvements in explo- ivee. Sir Walter Resent, the author, ap- roves the propueed workingmen'sg onvention of the English speakin apple, in England next February. Gen. Sir Charles Warren has been treated Military Governor ot Cape olony north of the Orange Ri,ver, with the exception of Kimberley. The British Government seeks to lleet inheritance tax on $40.,000,000 eft by Baron Hereoh to assist in err& ration of Russian Jews to America. M. Blouet (Max O'Rell), now in Lon - on, resting after hisAmerican lea- uring tour, says the Meting in the nited States Is "absolutely" with he Boers. The biggest pontoon bridge In the orld is being constructed on the Tyne r the Spanish Government. It will be In six sections and Is capable of bearing up 12,000 tons. A thug who robbed a saloon in London, Eng., and assaulted the own- er, has just been sentenced to six months' imprisonment at hard labour, and to receive tweiety-live lashes. Ernest: earth Hooley, the noted speculator and company promoter, the millionaire who became a bankrupt in 1898, is at the head of a $5,000,000 eameeny which will u-ork the Czar's gold fields in Siberia. John Ruskin was born in Hunter street, Brunswick square, London, on Feb. 8th, 1819. His father, "an entire - honest men," Was a Sootrehinan; The Boer Capital Will Be Retrieved to the Mountalne A despateb to the London Times from Lorenzo Marques says there 1 seems to be no longer any eloubt that i,1 is the intention of Lhe Transvaal be transfer the seat of Government to Lydenburg, and to endeavour to make a final 'Land there. The Yolks -1 read le reported to have endorsed the proposal. 1 The despatch adds that there is general talk in Pretoria that Presi- dent Kruger is contemplating an im- mediate (hypertexts from the capital, A number of officials are already pre- , paring for flight, It is stated that 1' Stale Secretary Reitz has chosen South America as his future home. ly partner in a prosperous firm of wine merchants in the city. Sir Nathaniel Lindley, Master of the Rolls sinee October, 18,1 has resigned Sir Robert WebstereAttorney-General, succeeds him, and Sir Robert B. Find - ay, Solicitor -General, succeeds Sir Richard as Attorney-Geeeral. As illustrating bis question to Mr, Horace Pluakett regarding the ant- tivation of the fragrant weed in Ire - and, Mr, W. ttadmond exhibited in the lobby during the evening a solid block of tobacco, two inches square, grown in County Meath. 44444444444..14.44-4... FRENCH LOCATES BOERS. 44..4.14 hey Will Make a Stand 30 Miles North of KM:tended. A despatchfrom Leedom Friday, ayse-lt in not known whether Gen. oberts has again started ou his orthwurd march from Kroonotad, orrespondents at !that p -lace, in des - etches dated Tuesday, report that en. French has located the Boers in trong force tit Rhenoster sprult bout 30 :Mks north, Guns. Delareve, otho'e, mad Olivier's commandoes, ith several guns, see holding an on- enelied position there. 'rho trines - on is that they will fight at this ;zee, and that this will be the last end the were will make south of the eat river. The dispute in the British potteriee trade uow involves 20,000 men, many of whom belong to rio &note acid are tberefore dependent upon charity. The manufacturers Waist upon 0103- \age I:lgd:7ln their work e rather than glee in to demands for inoreased UNITED STATES, Chioago wheats aontaln 247 blind paid Is. Vire loses in the United States last year were 3153,597,330. Seattle, Wash., has subscribed $35,- 000 to pay off its debt on its Yeelee.A., The Seamen's Friend Soolety has Leaned, 1,068 libraries on American naval veersels. The ficial report of George M. Pull- man's ea/touter will show an estate of 315,000,000. South Carolina, wilt Start half a million new spindles in her cotton this year. erwil sal tte eensiploNyPeratb7012,000aleillYnaerVes stook et par, Chien° erne ehrirees a population o 2,000,000, AP in0fOL3e of 1,000,000 ix ten yeare, Wireless Wegner/3e has been 840' 035sfully teeted between vessels ut Milwa ukee. Mrs, Sarah Gaff, a Withered woman, died at Ruehville, Ineinna. She was 110 years of age, Swedieh landlords in Chicago pro- pose ralsing rents to order to drive oat teethe tenants. Denver eepended over 32,000,000 on new buildings for bueinese arid public purpoess in 1899. Tho American rimy needs 100 men a week to replace discharged soldiers be the 'Philippines. A.merlean publishers have asked Congeese to investigate the United States paper trust, A syniligate beaded by Russell A. Alger, Michigan, purchased 200,000 acres of timber in Alabama, Chicago policemen were forced to draw revolvers to quell a riot which followed Hie making of an arreet. The United States Navy Depart- ment has a shell that is said to pen- etrate the heaviest armour plate. John Garrabrandt. aged 19, has confessed that he killed Henry Maas, aged 16, in Jersey City, to get bis week's wages of 43. Chicago's chief of pollee believes piekpookets in the, city have formed a trust and assigned members to at- tend celebrations. Rev. Dr. John H. Boyd, of the First Presbyterien church, Evanston, de- clared against golf, bicycling, the daily paper, social functions and pot itical and labour meetings on Sun- day. It is asserted thaehnowhere in the world le so much candy consumed as in the United States. During the last year figures show that the out- put of these sweets amounted to 375,- 000. e'rank Lanese a tower operator in the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company, stationed at the entrance of the tunnel at Philadelphia, is held responsible for a railway col- lision that wrecked several cars, kill- ed five or six men, and caused afire that the firemen could not cope with, President McKinley will invite Great Britain to join in an interna- tional commission, four from each Government, to consider the diversion of waters along the boundary of the United States and Canada, caused by improvements at I be Welland, Sault Ste. Marie and Chicago drainage canals. American ships built in 1899 num- leered 954, and they had a gross ton- nage of 267,642 tons. This is very close to 1898, when one ship more was built, and the tonnage was only 42 tons less. HALF A MILLION IN SMOKE THE WELLAND VALE COMPANY'S WORKS DESTROYED. mom IsestructIve Fire at St. Catharines -Heavy Loss to money and Huey Zilma T11140WIL Out of Work. A despatch from St, Cathurines, Ont. says:—The most disastrous conflagra- tion that has occurred in the history a of this city was Cleat which destroy- ed on Wedneriday, the large factory t buildings occupied by the Canada t Cycle and Motor Company and the u whole oft the Welland, Vale Menefee- le tartng Company's shops with the ex- r copilot' af the two storehouse build- a tugs at the north end oft the yards, o A fortunate change of wind saved these buildings, the fire having eat- 0 en. its way through, the whole premi- ries just to the point where. a spark would have ignited the oof. THC SUNDAY SCHOOL, INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MAY 27. "rarabtes at Ike Hingdent," HAL 33, 2443. Golden Text, Staff, 10. 38, PRACTICAL NOTES, Verse 24, The kingdom of heaven ie likened unto a nitin %herb sowed qaad Seed In his field, We are Le think of the seed as already sown when the story begins, and a good and whole,. some growth already begun, For a key to the explanation of tbiti parable see verse37-39, The sower of wbeat is the Lord Jesus; the sewer of tares is the c1evU the seed is human char- acter, good and bad ; the Geld is "the world,' human life, But what is the kingdom of beaveh 0is " the con- dition in human affairs in which those two petition's of the Lord's Prayere ' Thy Kingdom comee and ' Tby will be done in earth are it is in heaven,' shall be fulfilled." Salient features of atibobauttklitgduceenenutheb da:r plain, praonmd tahrifse parable we leare' that in the earth- ly organization of the spiritual king - done what we call the visible Oburoh, there are pereons who do not belong to it. Other applications may be made with profit to our classes. Most boys and girls, recognizing Lleemoni- Mons of their 'consciences, will agree that there was an original sowing in "their hearts of good seed—holy intui- tions, imIpuises, etc. They may, by a little graphic description, be made to realize the base interference of Sa- tan, with bis false seed. Their ereperi- ences, like our own, are of conflicting growth, good and bad apparently thriving together. Rut in personal Life one sort Leeds to kill the other; and there is no need to wail for the flea' harvest before extirpating the tares. 25. While nien slept. At nighttime. There is no hint that the servants of the fanner were negligent. His enemy . . . sowed tares. . . oaut his way. Satan often does his work in the dark, and hastens away knowing that evil seed as well ELS good will germinate. Tares are darnel, which in the early stages of growth is nol to be readily thstlxiguisbed from veheat, 50 counter.- reit Christiana are sometimes indistin.. gaishable from real Christians. het is notorious," writes Dr. Tuttle, "that many in the Church cannot be aven- ge:shed from avowed woridlinge." 26. When the blade wan sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appea. r ad the tares also. The tures were sown goon after the wheat, but not until the graiu appeared could the ditLer mum be seen. So only by' the full 'fruit" of ruen's lives can their char- acter be diecerned. 27. Whence then hath it tuxes ? How can the Church or any portion of it ever do wrongi Wily is evil permitted? 28. An enemy hall done this. The :f ortior voereitlieortiorror istetddk!or dolfoor upliocio t urocoeasqule. dent could 'have brought this evil rim. Ile whose ripe powers are bent n the destruction of every human oul is the great sower of tares, Wilt hou then that we go and gather them hoe then that we go and gather them pi The question is ignorant zeul. 29, 30. Nay. There was a greater ifficulty than even the similarity of he two plants; their roots were so lowly intertwined that to get rid f the tares would destroy the wheat, ur Lord distinctly applies this pare - le to the developmene. of the kingdom heaven on earth. God's method is or us to wait, not hastily to decide questions of character and life, but to ive good as well as evil time to grow, This is a difficult course for a zealous oul to take. Almost ,aey action is asier than that ot patient, waiting, rid the purer and the more progres- ve men are, the more impatient are hey of evil. Cowper's nervous hymn, God moves in a mysterious way His coders to perform," draws he lcey- ite tlie strange patience of od, who waits by the (Meade and e century for the development of Christian games in the Church; who lows good and evil to work to - ether, even to the apparent peril the good, until the trite character each is shown and the final %ee- ry tomes to the good. God would ach mankind that there is only one le time to make judgment, and at is the last hour. Do not decide Ail all the testimony is in. Do not reap until the harvest comes. Tbe reapers are the angels-, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them. In harvest time there is no difficulty in separating the tares from the wheat. I Lord expiates the harvest to bri e end of the world, the consurnma- n of the age, the time of final de - lou, when nothing shall be left in e kingdom of louver' but the sons the kingdom. We are not to ex- in this parable as referring to urch discipline an much as to the I velopment of the kingdom of God on earth. That king- dom Was to he, as Dr. McLaren says, "a rose amid Gloms," to grow up amid antagonisms as the next two parables eet. forth, at Another parable. Still our Lord bee Lhe field's in full view., and his third story also takes its figures and symbols from them. A grain of master(' seed has remarkable growth" tin size when compared with its small- ness. 32, Is the least et all seeds. It h uol needful to prove this mtatement to by scientifically estaet,1 Josue was holding conversation with country folk of. Galilee; lee Wee 1101 ,teaChing smenee to to cause of seu,dents. He talked to them as they were accostotn- eh to talk with 0110 another, It is not certain to what Went he referred Most tird," The birdsof Ibe air come and loage in the hraniehes, A feet that ie mentioned, to show the groat size of the tree, The thought is not so ninth now concerning the sower as coneerning the creedeloces great things sewers have small begienings, is IT WAS THE FIERCEST FIRE '9 that the city has ever known, and the brigade were driven from point to si point by the intensity of the flames. Several lines of hose were destroyed " Inhere they could be taken out, but w there was ao shirking. from the ardn- G one task that was before them. th It was about 3 o'cloole in the morn- C, ing when the fire originated in the boiler room of the bicycle shop; a re room attached to the main building. of There were a few toolmakers at work, tt° and when the flames were &hovered el th 01 an alarm was sent in from box 38 Which is situated just across the canal at tbe end of the float. There was a quick response, and meanwhile the south end of the large bicycle building; was A MASS OF FLAhIES, The wind was blowing down stream ulti and fanned the fire to such an extent tie that it was readily seen that the cis Welland Vale shops were doomed. nil From the ben -cite shops the flames tee leaped aoross the lane to the office oh and the axe fat:story buildings, con- suming the axe sharpening depart- ment, .the general mainline room, the forging depertment, the grinding room, and the carpenter shop. These buildinge Were of frame and of one storey and (severed a large area. The two laige warebousos, which were filled with goods ready for ehiP- ment, °hoped by the wind suddenly changing. This will throw 500 men out of em- pleyment and cause a loss Of half neither dollars. AMOUNT OP INSURANCE, The insuraneeon the property of the Welland Vale Manitfaeturing Co., and of the Canada Cycle and Motor Co„ at St. Catharines, totalled 3253,- 000. Insuratioe men Interested esti- mate the loss to the Welland Vale pro- perty at 85 per cent, and on the Can- ada Cycle and Motor property as total, or 95 per cent, on all. ^4.14 WIT HP T SYSTE I 0 INA DERFUL ER, A lettltittien====aiteimer,==leerste James A, Bell, of Beaverton, Ont., brother of the Rev. John 'Wesley Bell, RD., prostrated by nervous hes.daches A. vletim of the trouble for several years. South America's Nervine effected complete cure. In their own particular field few mils are beter known than the Rev. John Wesley Bell, &D., and his brother Mr. James A,. Bell. The former wet ee re- cognized by hie thoutiande of friends all over the country as the popular and able missionary superintendent of the Royal Tenaplars of Temperance, Among the 20,000 members of this order in Ontario his counsel is sought on all sorts of oc- casion's, Oa the public platform be is one at the strong men of the day, battling iigsingt the isvtlo of Intemperance. Equally well known is Mr, Bell in other eminent of the Dominion hayteg beeu or years a member of the Manitoba Methodist Conference and part of this time was stationed In Winnipeg. His brother, Mr. James A. Bail, is a nicely respected resident of Beaverton, wisere hl ence, tbeugla more eh- gunTerribr than thfrohful'iri otranehierd!pbe workingdgrar!ib°w- aitacks nioneryous headache, eco prooduentlbeincasofegaeooctoa.hdOirrrmseleeleTrefedesbtly.evameseoiavntearne:to Work wiao tip:Hon. Who can do mfii Id trouble takes hold of them and especially c,400s it beet:asses chrOnle, as was, seeta the caio Wite Mr. Bell? The teeth: 'earilied Shen We tensity that last June ho was coin/eget ly prostrated. In this ceedttion 0 theta reoommeuded South American Renders. Readyeto try anything and eVerytiain though he thought he bed goveree 119 list of proprietary meeleinee, he smote a bottle of thisjreat 4tsaerery. A second bottle of the mo alas was taken and the work was done. Employleg hi ' own language: "Two bottles of Boutb I American Nervine Immediately relieved my headaehee and have bunt up my lay/item in a wonderful manner." Let 55 not deprecate the good our eiergyrnee • and social reformers are doing tra tbe worid, but how ill-fltted they would be for their work were it not the relief that South Amerid a Ne Vine brings to them when Aye cal 9is overtake them, and when t o oyttem, as a ee. suit of hard, earnest and channel pr work, breaks down. Meriting treats tjl. system as the wise heeertratee treoja 850 evlls he is battling evilest It interior at the root of the tretsbie. Alt des% ease comes from disoreanientioa of the 'nerve centers. This 18 a scientific fact Mervin* at once everts an these nerve eentere; gives to them health and vie., er; and then there course/1 through tile system strong, healthy, Iltheasentainis blood, and Leerveus tremblea at ow r variety are things of the pan. Sold by a A. Deadman. Ezek. 17 23 has a beautiful allusion which comes to awe mind while study- ing verse 32. The first of the three parables we study describethe evil growing along with the good in the kingdom of God. The second shows the outward growth and beneficence of the Gospel in th hearts of men, and of the dominion of Christ in the world. This parable has an individual, as well as a general we rPiiatircitTui"g10 LletgrailZththegrgdone 01Gog; grows inwardly. "It spreads in space and increases fri bulk; but it transforms inert matter into its own nature, and thus grows by aseitniettion."—McLar- en. 33. Leaven, or yeaet, Is used as a symbol of the transforming power. The %Yemen seems to have no special tneaning. Three measures of meal are mentioned because probably that was the quantity most usually leavened at once, or because a 'definite number 'would make the story more realistic. But re main lessons of the parable are that the quickening influence which is to comfort and transform human nature is to come from with- out, that this world of men and wo- men nunnut of itself develop n king- dom of heaven, It is an axone. God works in seoret. His Spirit comes into the depths of the individuaespirit and gradually permeates the whole being. But this cannot be done without a thorough fermentation and stirring 195. Jia another place our Lord says he comets not to bring wane, but a sword ; that its, not at first, but mem- Wally he is hi bring peace. Till the whole Was leavened is a very beauti- ful indication of the final permeation of the mess with holy influences HOT FIGHT AT MAFEKING. British Garrison Captured Ketlg'er'S Grandson and Ninety Men. A despatch from Lorenzo Marquez, e dated Thursday, says that Command- ant Eloff, grandson of 'President , Kruger, with a patrol, entered Male - king. Col, Baden-Powell opened fire on the burghers, killing 17 of them and taking Eloff and 90 of his men prisoners. A. despatch from Pretoria, Tuesday. says :—An official bulletin announces that the Federal troops stormed and occupied the forte around Mateking on Saturday morning. The same night the Federate were surrounded! , losing, so far as known, 7 kilted, le wounded, and a number taken prison. era, The British casualties are said ho have been 50 killed and wounded, MORE FIGHTING. Thirty BOOM Killed and Wounded in Cape Colony. A. despatch from leplington, Cape Colony, :reports that, district as being till unsettled. Small bodies ot ro- be1 are toalmeng •aboutt the eountre. One party looted n atone nt GooldrInk th the neighboturtheod or lithigton, on Tuesday. There hate been a skirmish e Koeges, which it le stated that thirty of Oron's Erse brought WO Boers to bay, 3 killed 15 and wowed - d, 15 et Mean, Dreyfus is regaining his health. The plague bus broken out at Hon( Kong.. King Otto, of Bavaria, Is said to be dying, 1%Sount Ves.uvius is still in estate of eruntion. Babette plague is spreading in Red Sea ports, Siberian exile is to be abolished by order of the Czar. The Khedive of hgypt hopes to visit America next year. The Sultan has ordered the inn mediate renovating of eight iron. al a ds, Caen Rhodes is again at Cape Towu, There was no demonstration over Ms The Bubonic plague is generally showing a material decline threughe out Police al Vienna used swords to stole a Light between Gelman and Miliast udents, The Sultan of Turkey has Sixty offh cers in Germany, studying military, orgatization. The Shah, of Peeefa is to visit Eiee rope, aocompanied, by his "favourite' wife„ who will disguise herself 10 male attire.