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THE MOLSONS BANK
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CAPITAL • • $2,000,000
REST • 51,690,000
HEAD Ot'FICE1 - MONTREAL.
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• BARRISTER, SOLICITOR.
Constipation,
Headache, Biliousness,
Heartburn,
Indigestion, Dizziness,
bows that your liver
la Out ot order. The
beat moutons to rouse
the liver And care NI
theta ills, I. found ta
Hood's Pills
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JOHN T. EMMERTON
THE hEADING BARBER
Alse Agent for
STANDARD LIFE INBURANOE COMPANY
Head Office for Canada, Montreal.
Ineurance in force, • . 5*16,000,000
Investments in Canada, • • " • 13,600.000
Established 1825. The old reliable and favorite.
Oreme-Smith'sblock. opposite Post Office.
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INSURANCE
THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE
• INSWANCE COMPANY
Farneeend isolated Town Property
only Insured.
OFFICERS
J. B, McLean, Preedent, Hippen P. O. ; Thos.
Frazer, Viee•Pessident. eremitical P. o.• W.
J. Shannon, Secyamas., Seaforth P, os,
E. Hayes, Inspector of bosses, Seatorth P,O.
DIRECTORS:
W. G. Broadfoot, Seatorth ; John 0, Grieve,
Winthrop.; George Dale, Seatorth ; Thinners E.
Hayes.Seaforth; James Evans, Beeehwood;
John Watt, Earle& ; Thomas Frazer, l3ruce-
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; John B, MoLean, leitmen : Jam es Con
nolly, Porter's
NTS •
Robt Smith, Ilarlook; Reber McMillan, Sea
fortheeJames Cummings, Eginondvele ; J. W
• Yeo, recaraesville 13. 0.; John Geveniook and
John 0 reorreson. auditore.
Partieedessirous to effect ineurance or Wane
sact other businees will be promptly a, tended
to on application to any at the above onieere
addreesed to their respective post -Maces,
FIREPROOF • CLOTHING.
Genv, Firm Claims to Dave a Process
tor nuking It.
The •importance of fireproof build-
ings canriot be exaggerated, but why
ehall there not be% fireproof ,clotteile?
When• it L 023idere1 that many
Aititrlietive conflagrations have re-
sulted, and many human lives have
been lost, from the comIca'unication
of fire to bedding, and human cloth-
ing and other textile fabrics which
are extremely combustible, the, value
of some ready means of fireproofing
such articles without • claanaging their
colors, quality and Utility, would be
incalculably great. '
Many a hotai would not have been
destroyed Lt the lace cureains had not
caught -fire, And many, a home would
still be standing had the carpets been
fireproof. The •terrible holoceeist at
the. oharity bazar in Paris a few years
•ago could AOC bave occurred had the
curtains, bunting • and decoratione
'generally been made of fireproof
goods; ands it is even possible that
'many of the unfortunate victims would
have escaped „unhurt had them cloth -
mg been fireproof.
As is well known, the sibetance
usually employed' for the manufac-
ture of .fireproof clothing, paper,.
notari Pub110.8cee e. ••theater curtains,' etc., is asbetos, a
mineral silicate,' a variety ot horn-
blende, which, can be woven or other-
wise prepared, and is infusable nt
ordinary temperatures,' hence soiled
artioles made of asbestos need only
be thrown into a fire, to be cleansed.
Aabestos nas, however, several great
disadvantages, viz.,its high priee ana
its greet weaght, the, specific gravity
being about e -that is, its weight se
three tinees, as great as would be thet
of the eeme volume of water.
Mr. Theophilue Liefelcl, Muted
Stated consul at Freiburg( Germany,
reports to the etate department at
Washington that a firm in .e'reibueg
possesses the means of fireproofing
cottons, linens, woolens, and silks,
ws.thout in any way affecting the col-
or, texture, or quality of the goods,
the aubstances used are dissolved ea
Water, and the fireproofing can be re-
moved by washing but otherwise the
proceases are entirely reliable.
• The consul details the result of ex-
periments made, by -him, which were
entirely satisfactory. Goods so treat-
ed when exposed tci a very consider-
able beat, such as that of a red-hot
anthracite coal fire, were ebarred
where they were in immediate con-
tact with the fire; but there was no
flame, and, no spread of the • fire
through the fabrics. • Some of the
cloth dipped in kerosene oil was set
on fire,, but; when the oil was burned
out, it was seen that but httle dam-
age was, done.
It appeared that the proceas of ren-
dering such material incoro,bustible
costs about; three cents -a yard and
adds a weight, not greater than one
pound to about fifty aquare yards,
Should the( announced discovery
prove to be all that is reprenented
ofit, then something exceedingly
valuable hes beea attained, and Ito
importance can ficaronlY be exag-
gerated. •
Ovirtea-Beaver Meek, Cx,mrox
CONVEYANCING
JOHN RIDOUT
CONVEYANCER. COMNisSIONER, ETC.
• Fire Insurance, Real Estate, •
Money te Lend. •
• OFFICIE-HURON STREET, - CLINTON
MEDICAL.
W. GUNN
It. C. P. and L. R. C. S., Edinburgh.
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OFFICE -ONTARIO STREET, CLINTON.
DR.WM. GRAHAM
(Socasssoieo Dn. Tcrionsull.)
Licentiate of the Royal College of Phy-
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DR. 0. W. THOMPSON
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
OFFICE AND RESIDENCE--
Nextto Molson's Bank
RATTENINORT STREET, CLINTON.
DENTISTRY
DR, BRUCE
SURGEON DENTIST.
Specialties -Crown and Bridge Work and
preservation of the natural teeth.
Orrice -Coate' Block, CLINTON.
DR. AGNEW
DENTIST,
Criows AND Blanes Wong.
Orin's-Adjoining Fedora Photo Gallery,
Oturrtur, • OST.
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MISCELLANEOUS
CEO. TROWHILL
/10itHESPi0ER, AND
GENERAL BLACKSMITH,
Woodwork Ironed and arsteelase material said
workguaranteed. Farm implements' and ma
obinee rebuilt and roneired.
.lonlitNol A SPECIALTY.
Amisat Sutter, NOMA Morrow.
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EXPERIENCE
PATENTS
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ilfch Cold
tog?
Are you frequently hoarse?
Do you have that annoying
dckling in your throat? Would
you feel relieved if you could -
raise something? Does your
cough annoy you at night, and
do you raise more mucus In
the morning P
Then you should always keep
on hand a bottle of
Ayers
Gam
Pectoral
' If you have a weak
throat you cannot be too
careful. You eannot begin
treatment too early. Each
cold makes you more liable
to another, and the last
one is always harder to
cure than the one before it.
Stilicrsebeiti owlet
pink* Ike fro Wit
Help at Hand.
rt you have any complaint
*whatever and desire the best
medical advice you con pos.
eibly obtain, write the doctor
'freely. You will receive
prompt reply,
AddreidoM O•
Lowell, Me*
PRETORIA AND ITS FORMIDABLE DEFENCES.
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The Transvaal capital is well foe -
titled, and both by nature and at lain
a good position to withstand a siege,
The question of feed supply, however,
Is another matter.
On three sides of Pretoria the
mountain ranges rise to elevations of
1,000 and 2,000 feet ,abeve, ttte
of Pe -oity; Which is itself 4,500 feet
'above sea level, but 1,100 feet lower
than the site of Johannesburg to the
south. On the fourth side -the south
and facing the approach. from Johan-
nesburg -the range flattens away to
a vast and level plateau, treeless, de-
solate, exposed at every point to the
sweep or any guns that mar com-
mand it.
Wherever the eye Tests there ap-
pears to be the lines of a fort, a re-
doubt, the front of masked batteries,
or the domes of bomb -proof rifle and
cannon pits. To the north, east, west
and south these engirdle the city.
They eommand the few. -very few -e
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narrow entrances to Pretoria. They
E
ron and Polemist. Their construction
face the north at Whhie t
guard the ways to g
has been with purpose. Captain Shiel,
now a British prisoner,, etopetreefed
the one at Daspoortstrora plans ob-
tainett ti'Berlin. He brought special
'assistants from Berlin to aid him in
the work. Amsterdam engineers built
others of the defences. After them
came French engineers, and then these
of Italy, so that the completed striae,
tures represent the genius of four ne-
tions,
In external appearance the swain
forts are alike. They have masonr7.
faces, with earth work whieh (savers
their fronts to a great .depth. In this
they oonform with plans and sugges-
tions to be found in M. Eloeh's innah
studied work, "The Future -of War."
Pile upon pile of sandbags re stack-
ed up wherever shells from the enemy
Might strike: There are many }
den reeesses,.secret Oassages,-complete
telephone connectione, not only with ;
e overnment
buildings in Pretoria. Searehlighte
. are 'mounted in eaeh steucture so as
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to command the. surrounaing. coun
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tees at night. The magazines are
eaoh other but with the G
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under ground, and are reported to be
mined. For food, In the event of siege
enormous quantities, of maize ere sahh•
to have been necurnalteted; eiroutifi, it
is said, •te-i".eed, the army and the
pap -dation of Pretoria for five years.
The supply of .ammunition its calcul-
ated to be sufficient for two years.
How many guns are mounted, or will
be, it is difficalt to estimate. The to-
tal artillery force of the Boers at pre-
.serit Is estimated at 450 guns.
The centre ol the system of forts
Iles about 3,600 feet to the westward
of the northern end of Pretoria, and
has a radius of something more than
7,000 yards. The centre of the city is
onlyabout 11,000 feet, nearly due
south, on the fort on Signal hill,
NE.bieh le about 400 feet above the plain
on the west side of the railway to
Johannesburg, and about 13,000 feet
from the fort on the hell to the east •
of •the railway and the Aapies river,
running to the north. Between this ,
fort and the river are the foundation
that furnish the water supply of Pre-
toria. The dietetic° between the
forts on either side of the railway, is
7,100 feet.
Both river' and- railway pass under
the guns of. a large fort, 21,000 feet.
DARK BURS FOR BRITAINar:h0II . fall off, in the mire on the
Their .embarkation in the vessels
worm.
SOME HORRORS OF THE CRIMEAN Which were to carry them to Scutari
;
presented fresh horrors as bad
WAR RECALLED. . or worse than previous hardship.
"" • • tame lancetv:1 athrreivsihinr laden
Awful Einirering Which rodowed she lie.
moon toCwinter the Army 1,1 the crimes cre nestliaextedro:111 meagred eekwaseos f.
-now the Wounded 1. et felted. 1 ersicantii
Perhaps one of the most terrible a• s?Idansbilisddeveedry" Puelewoefli.t1)ine
examples of privation •and hardship • vessel meant ags'eny and inexprg essible
in . the history of modern weheare !•stotrritsukre,, ento Cl
ltubsealypacked,
and fever-
ed, without
arose indirectly from Lord .Redner's
decision, immediately after the mem- !rmeaskellneanulinest, proper food, victuals,
arable battle of Letterman, that the !owl medicine, 05
neiherhttee air, -attendance, asnbcrel,stkhae,
entire army then on the SCOW
battle should winter in the Crimea.
et: fithirr0 ifs! ,bt Sent -tree gan_df
with thpersagfit-
,mthearssaaenng tmheusttritmping
01 tbe
At that time, however, the troops eeeew,
had not been compelled to undergo a veritable hell on ea.rEttiiml presented
Scotari at last reached was tonna to
any special inconveniences, es the
tents were able to be pitched an coin- be already erantsined. The huge rooms
d pa sages rese ted
teinge closely clit dmass ft"
partitively dry ground, rations at the hurnan
same time being regular for both 1feet, cold miserable,Yeet brffivelayatinito-
men and horses. The cheerfulness fering„thbeneinpa
elironly the sfyormtatnhdy d
con -
and field ability of the men ware also solation
work being terribly heavy in prepor- di
tion.
T▪ ts MP' to be derived from
goodhnotwithetending the fact of the their side in &similar con -
tion to the numerical strength of the HEROES END THETR LIVES.
army, and taking into consideration Every day saw one -hundred or more
of these noble and brave heroes end
tbe still lingering cholera pest. In
tbe midst of these favorable condi-surroundings
there s stheir lives In stash a way and in such
00 fuou4ndinggli, yet ready and willing
suddenly arose a terriii Iseunrtvlrvianngd rattitemn age -
hurricane accompanied with blizidine fering,clea. each ot
horrors of war saw ever fresh relays
rain, whieh, lodging in the billowsof of wounded flocking in even faster
the tote, together with the pressure than the dead were carried out-
set the wind, prostrated the tents of crowding, always -crowding, until even
this place overflowed, The news of
the whole camp, or else hurled thein
bodily in the distance. The effect of ttras nation
of _affairs naturally shook
this was terrible as all the hospital which expr
on ewest% ifsneelf D'nigjt2w%lo tremor,
tents were also carried astray, leaving one to furnish itnniediate relief in the
slicipe of appropriate nourishment,
the sick and wounded completely at
medicine, Wisher and clothing, and
the mercy of the storra, dripping the other to And out, if possible, on
with wet and perishing with cold, who the eesponsibility rested. Soon
and causing at the same time the loss thousands- throughout the countrY,
of enormous geantities of food and who could find time, set to work mak-
ing warm clothing of every descripe
forage. tion. Presents, even as to -day, et
little comforts as well as necessaries
mune pouring ie, rind last, but not
least, alorence- Nightingale with her
Staff of 02 trained nurses arrived at
Seutari on their errand of mercy,
bringing joy and comfort and peace
where before had reigned only misery,
combining military precision with
tender warmth of heart and impala -
kindness and. winning all hearts
with whom she came in contact.
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• THE WONST Por RA,'34 Japan AreASITES.
down, without floor or covering 'the The Aristocra
half frozen Bluish and mud. The ot NA Earthly Esc.
trenches still held by the troops were The aristocracy of China are lthe
deep in water, and when the firing
ceased at night they could only mid. moat uselesrs human beings in thp
World. It is no uncommon thing foh
Ole together on the Meld, .wet earth
the ancestors of some man who h
until dawn, when began °nee Mere done serelee to the state to be e
the eeeselest3ttring.The men'eeldeee nobled backward for several genet
pulled off their boots, fearing lett
tions, and no aristooracy can be mo
theyshould be unable toget them on useless than one which consists iarg
again Consequently their feet swelled ly of those whet are deceased. Amo
in tham,..the circulation 'was Impeded,
and resulted on Cold nights in In- more advanced nations the aristocra
at beat in amputation. Add tete The grail° of Moorish blood runnin
In-
numerable cases of frost bite, n I
want at fuel wherewith tocook their I In Many of the oldest families 00 th
Salted meat,and the absence of vese.,, peninsula appears to conduce tower
table food or lime juiee to mitigate an Indolent pride, which prevent
tbe ravages of scurvy and other dis- their members from taking part
eaSeB, and the extent of the eUfferings
will readily be seen. AB men became any profesisions but those of the arm
incapaeitated So Mich the more work and navy now open, to them to a lin
ited extent. T
fell to those that remained well, he constitiltion of 187
ANIMA I eh' GREAT StIFFBRING. ; by Making the 'Maier Melee of th
i Cortes, or Parliament, Cambia wholl
The suffering of the animals was of life members,and therm mainly e
indeed frightful, the horses falling in festive, deprived Many aristocrat4 d
scores from cold, neglect and fatigue, the opportunity OP usefulness aa pol
The carcasses, ,Cor there wait no tire° Mans, while the backwardness of ag
or facility to bdry them,formed it riculture and the poverty of much o
revolting and terrible additional fea- the land are become given by othot
tore to the deeolate scenery. M the for hot employing themselves upo
eonnd of the feeding trumpet the poor their own estates. The Spanish nobl
creatures, maddened with hunger, moreover, generally prefers foreig
stampeded in Me direotion of the health or pleasure resorte to hie oW
forage gores, andetereed ba whips oreountry.
etones, enateiting the hay in their ,ihn Ameritazi who has spent mor
desperation even from each other's of his life in Spain than in his o*
rnooths. The pathos of the sight of country recounts n eonversation b
their freney in the firat pangs of had with 0n6 of Spain's greateet Ile
ituager was only exceeded by the ing statesmen about the Spaniard
patient Misery of the eubsequent ex- national dream.
haustion which folioveed. Many died "Senor " said the Spanish grande
OM a Dail air a ei le W d 6 r
whitil frit* l'"tlif "NCI= ;X dals not want.:Cf ft
thinner and thinner, and daily the Wit have in the past filled the prou
roadways presented a More tertible position of the greatest empire. I
al:totemwas very fatiguing. At the preen
Another Val liaddellIng ,feattire was day Spain has got back to her settee
the removal of the wounued from the We teach out youths to be refined. -4
'mines to the great hospital at Scutari be gentlemen:,
-In all nearly eight tholisand. TO,
many, suffering aa they already'
strum PLAYED IIAVOC.
The devastation of the sterile' was
hot alone confited to the formes on
shore, for in the harbor of Bakiklava
21 vessels laden with stores most
urgently needed by the army were
totally lost, and eight others disabled.
The morning after the whole harbor
was strewn with wreckage and dead
bodies. The storin was immediately
followed by snow; the sick and
weary wounded were oempefled tolie
of Spain is probably the most useles
THE FORCE OF HABIT.
.
-With an iiinatration Or now completely
One ilaldt Day Supplant A110111PP,
•elefabie is a -mine -us thing, said Mr.
Joggleton, "but the completeness with
Which one habit can be supplanted by
another semis more curious,stillt
"I had a chair I had useh for years,
and which, I was firmly convinsed,
was by long odds, the most comfort-
able chair ever made. After break-
fast, when Uread the paper, I used to
sit in .that c.hair, and after dinner at
night I Settled down ,int9 it, with a
cigar, in peace and happiness and
thought there neer was a chair that
combined so many good points as to
height and pitch of seat and slope of
back, and all that; 1 lacid never seen
a Chair that suited me so well.
"But one day this chair was tipped
over, or something or other happen-
ed. to it -I don't know what --but
something so serious.,that it was put
out of commission. ,With .our usual
conservative slowness, we put off
from day to, day and from week to
week getting testi; char epaired, and
as a matter of fact, it was too or
three years before we had it heed up
and brought into d Rae., again. Mean-
while,
A singieci out another
chair whicli I came commonly to oc-
• cupy. This didn't begin to be, at
first, ad comfortable as the old one
had been, but gradually its objection-
able points disappeared, and I'm bless-
• ed if it didn't begin to develop good
poihts that I had never suspects:el in
it, and I came tit last to took Anion
it as very comfortable sort of a chair,
indeed. But at last the old chair, the -
good old chair, was fixed up again and
brought back Lute use, and the day
it appeared I looked foevirard to settl-
hes; down in it at night with all the
old-time coinfort.
"But when, with all those .pleasant
antimputionsi I came to sit in It
again I did not find the pleasure that
I bad expected; it was too high, or too
low,,or the seat sloped to much, or
something -I don't know what; it
wasn't as it used to be -to me. I tried
It once or twice more after that and
then gave It up and went -back to the
new chair. My new habit had become
firmly fixed. I liked the new chair
better, and now, as I settled down in
It, its good points were at once em-
phasized and softened, and rounded in-
to cdrupleteneset and 1 accepted it in
full as the chair of satisfying eora-
fort, and wondered as I looked across
ut the other what I ever could have
seen in it to make me like it ao much.
-"Such is the force of habit."
OF' SHORT DURATION.
from the centre of Pretoria. The
weeterp meet fart is on the eange,
'shins behind Pretoria, and lies at s.
distauce of 31,603 feet trona the cites
centre. There is a powerful re-
doubt to the south-west on the range
of hills through which the transport
road to Johannesburg passes. This
conialletee, with Various earth bat-
teries, the circle of the larger works
defending the Boer capital. Behind
the great redoubt mentioned are the
prirenpal magazines, one excavated
out of the solid rook, with it bomb-
proef roof, and the other built into
the kloop, also bomb -proof. Communi-
cation between the redoubt and the
last-mentioned magazine is by means
ot,a covered way. Roads connect all
these forts .with the capital, and
they have pipes laid for water, as
well as electrichights for the ream!'
gs
utisme
time ago,
glamAbbnlm
before
etyealnat dtteI
the
eadysmith wire
Boer a dega snhs o nt
started back to Pretoria, gave the
number of cannon in the torts and re-
doubts at 120, large calibre and quick -
firing. Some are said to be of 23.
centimetre, calibre. great many
Krupp, Maxims, and other machine
guns are ready for service.
PRIZED VICTORIA CROSS.
ROW A SOLDIER RECEIVES THE
COVET,ED MILITARY TROPHY'
•
,
Usually From the nano Bus Queen -
The licatater la me 31o,it Democratic
- 19016 lit Oreltt Britain.
I On reading about the Victoria Cross
you may be inclined to ask bow it is
obtained after it has been' won, sepia
writer in the Dundee "Ceuriera'
1 Why, there isn't as much red tape
about it as yeti would fancy. The ac-
tion as a reward for which the 041)813
is given Must be performed in thet pre-
sence of the enemy, and it is clearable
that the super's); officer of the man
Who distinguishes leinmelf should 'have
witnessed it. It happens sometimes,
however, that no °dicer is present,
and in a ease like that the candidate
must prove by hie companions that he
did what he `asserts that he did. When
bifi immediate superior is satislied
that he ought to be rewarded he writes
an account of the business, and hands
It to the oifioer in command of the
forces, and he endorses the papers,
and sends them on to the \Yip Odic°.
Bere they: are laid. berore Lord Weise -
ley, the commander-in.obief, evil°
pesos upon them, ana decides to %Wile)/
applicants the Cross shall be given.
OL course, the Cross goes most often
to a soldier, sailor or marine, and
when it happens aid the iortunate
man is in • England, he reeeives his
reedit! TrODI. the hand of the Queen her-
isele la he is in the field, however, or
on his shipboard, he receives his de -
;solution rom the general or admiral
in Wet commaed on the semi-annaal
inapeet1014 day, and in the presence of
the Men who were at the
SCENE OF HIS NXPLOIT•
Men ivho have dozie breve things
apply personally for the V.C. That
is in keeping with the epirit of the
warrant vvhich the Queen Brat Is -
in 1856, and whioh says that
Her Majesty desires that the new, de..
°oration should be highly prized and
eagerly sought after. In that war-
rant she said that as the third-class
001itseerricisfintheet3ath was liinited to the
the higher brandies of the
service, and es no way then existed
to reword heroes adequately for men.
toriotte actions -for army medals of
tbe ordinary kind are given only for
long service and exceptioxial conduct -
the VictoriaeCross was instituted. .
4 S omitinfes it hes happened that
(several men have done it deed dewy -
iong Struggles Between Nahum Are No
. Longer Possible.
I
Although the existing War • in the i
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1 t
were, the Journey proved fatal. Wrapt 6 THE MEWS PUCE.
In wet blankets and covered with' Stubb-It is becoming more en
mud from the fleet of the tette, they more pronounced every day, that th
were placed on horees, all the time bicycle is taking the horse's place.
moaning diaritaIly with half.elofted Penn -Pitt not se litirS about, tha
eye* and tired faces, and dittoing dee. nave you ever Seen any one keep hi
periitsly to On* waddle*, lest they i movie 1 * livery *table
Ing of the Cross without any one of
them having distinguished himself
abotre his Comrades. In that case the
several el/Beers meet enel - select one
Wieser to be decorated; the non-com-
missioned alt tear' to be decorated; and
the soldierti,'marines, or seamen also
gather and appoint two ol their num-
bar to receive the Crosses.
"Besides tho ceremony of preaerita-
tion in the presence of his comrades,
the Victoria Cress man, has his name
mentioned In a general order frem
the War Oakes, with the particulars of
his heroism and his name elect ap-
pears in the London Gazette, likewise
withl an account of what he did, and
the original papere are kept eacredlY
in the archives of the War Office
FOR EVER AFTERWARD,
I The regieter is probably the Most
:deinoeratie 'roll in Great Britain, for
upon it thananles of nobles and high.
ly-picieed °dicers precede and follow
those of lowly privates and drummer
boys, the one as much honoured as the
, other,
They hare been erasures from that
rell, but they min be made only by
direct order of the Queen, Who decide
'personally all cases where charges are
made against V.C. men, Treason,
cowardlee, felony, or any infamous
(While are the tunnies for which a form.
Or bete can lose his place na the, nes..
ter. The Queen says in her warrant -
"We, our heirs, and suceemors shall
be the judges of expiusion or, restore -
thin."
Winning a Victoria Cross means a
fairly decent pension front the date of
the abt for Which the CrOSS IS bestow-
ed. Then, in eating where the holder
Of the Cross become deserving of it
once more, a clasp is added, and each
okay means an 'nonage in the pen -
.0 1
The number of Crossee betttoWed 18
kept down by it striot observance of
the speelfleation which the Queen
Made In her original warrant in 1850,
and made emphatie by another In 1 if
that the Cross othould be given not
on account ef "rank, nor long service,
nor wounds, nor any other *Article.,
circumstances, or condition save the
merit of eonspieuous bravery." PON,
ties never Is allowed to play s, part
In the Matter.
THE S. S. LESS-6N:filtai A Up SOBS Fla'
.0,404. 4. MON
TE RNATI ORAL LESSON, APRIL 15. AWFUL SCENES 'WITNESSED ON TON
•••••1.1. BATTLEFIELD.
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be inresater .tharua Steleed." Mirk
41. ilaile, 35e13. eteldes Text. IMIkk 5. 3.4 nrylniog toter swat tt lloang medical
FRACTICAL NOTES,. emcee 111se Was at aptea kop-Oite
Verse 22. One of the rulers 01 the' moo'o mom or Wolandle
_ synagogue. ft ia understood that For real ghastliness, for a glimpse
44oveuralblYy eabfloYdnyagoiDgeldeersW,afist trill into the gor,y realities of war and
- eofaorhi4eitynwagaosotube. eruler, ornuesurmmulerfaoyr titteeholerrttoor: croft a
theyboautntgletmicelddietahleophli:
have bad more synagogues than one, tier at Sidon Kop, printed in the Lon -
but we do not know enough of the
facts to justify a certain explanation; don Deily GraPhio,
had been built by the centurion whose writes, " overhang by steep clay banica
It was the town in whicaa a synagogue beaten. "X 8010004 a Pass." 110
Can seemly be
servant had been miraculously heal.
en the top of whieli I got iv a Bed
" ed, by Jesus. This healing, we will
' study next Sunday, but It really, so Cross flag. Cases now began to pour
far as we are able to arrange the 1 down from Solon Kop on etretehers,
dates of the life of our Lord, had oe.
°lured some them before this. aalrus
is an old Hebrew name. See Num, 33.
el; Jude. 10, 3. He fell at kis feet.
Not in adoration, but 10 supplication.
23. Besought Mm greatly. Ite was
himself in
ly little daughagonyter of crushed affection. ing over to it, eitber to take cover there
lilieth at the point
sofuddelaathtby"Ibnandesxturnembletireu.'T' hisCormuic: porronitoptelyess
ordeareclwt°hewrue-reawda°yin. IP
".A. few minutes after, the Beors
tired five shells in quick succession
in my direction, bat they fell short
and did no harm. This sort of thing
went on arolund me for the rest of
the day, but I always kept well in the
shelter of the bank.
"Prom ibis time to ten o'clock next
morning the wounded came through
my dressing station, AS the pass was
the only exit from the hill. I saw
every ease, and some of them were
mutilated beyond description.
CHEERFUL WOUNDED.
"Fully 390 wounded, and the dead
who had died on the way, passed
through myhand,. The cheerfulness
of the wounded struck me as remark-
able -men with shattered limbs smok-
ing their pipes, and although Starr-
ing, not a grumble did I hear. Many
a poor chap, abet in the morning in
the front trendies, who could not be
reached, lay in the blazing sun all
day, One 91(1 colonial in Thorneyoroft's
florae, with a grey beara, walked down
The Boers opened tire on, um, and three
bullets went Into the fire, knocking
the sticks about. The reason for this
was not the Red Cross Flag, but ow-
ing to some Tummies who were stroll',
er a fa th may net have beenquite as
great as that of the centurion, who
was confident that if Christ pra-
t:minced a word, his servant should be
healed, but that he had strong con-
fidence in Christ is shown by Ms
taming words!, she shall live.
Oa lYfureh people followed him. Led
by curiosity.
26-34, Omitted. lie the midst of this
throng came to .Jesus one of the
most pathetic appeals for help, al -
1 hough not a word was spoken; and
woman who had suffered PhYlIteal
leery for twelve years,•touching the
ord'e garment with faith, "straight-
. , felt in hey bodythat she
was healed of that plague.', When
jesue asked who touched him his die -
espies wondered, for many were presseing cease, but one touched him with
effective faith. When the woman, fear -
!lig and trembling, but at the same
time rejoicing, told him all the truth,
lie said unto her, "Daughter, thy faith
.hitth 'made thee whole; go in peace,
and be ;whole of thy plague." In the
treatment of this lesson before inost
classes this incident should be merely
mentioned and dismissed:
35. While he yet spake. Words of
oomfort to the woman, There came
from the ruler of the synagogue's
house certain which said, Thy dough -
ter is dead. This news must have rats -
ed in bis own mind the question. that
the servants proceeded to ask, Why
troublest thrill the Master any ble-
ther 'I
38. As soon as jesus hoard te word
that was epoken. "As soon as"is not
in the original text. The Revised Ver-
sion gives us, "But Jesus. not heed-
ing .the word spoken saith," etc. An-
other reading, vvhieh is perhaps pre-
ferable to either, isgiven the mar-
gin, Jesus overbearing the word."
The sereents had spoken confidential-
ly to jairus, but Jesus, overhearing
jtiheeve.words, .reassured him that all
would be well -Be not afraid, only be-
n He suffered no man to follow
him, save. Probably the twelve had
followed.hira to the house, as well as
an unnumbered multitude, but not all
could enter. The three chosen,
Peter, and James and John, were our
Lord's most trusted friends.
38. Seeth the tumult. Hired flute
p ayere were performing and hired
wailers were howling, while others
tore out their hair, beat their breasts,
and rent their garments. It was a
who had been bereaved and their sym-
patheticdeath is a mixture of thes most dolor-
eeseirled, clamor of despair, of which those
ous 'sounds that ever come to mortal
friends did tbeir full share.
The wail of the oriental chamber of
35. Why make ye this ado. The
word for "ado" is. the same as the
word already translated "tumult."
The damsel is not dead, but reeepeth.
Regardless of what may be the liters.)
meaning of these words, the whole
story shows that everyone regarded
the damseI as dead -the mourners,
the Miracle -worker, his disciples, and
the girl's parents. We are to under..
stand the words as our Lord's way of
declaring that to those who believe in
him death is no more than slumber.
40. They laughed, him to scorn.
Here, they thought, is; a wild Mien-
arY; those who had mourned niechant-
pally now. laughed -spontaneously.
When he had put them all but. Out
of the house probably; certainly out
of the women's apartments. He made
every effort to have the surroundings
aer solemn and wors,hipful as possible.
The father and the, mother of the
damsel, and them that were with
them. Six persons entered this room
-the father and mother, the Miraole-
worker and, his three apostles.
41. Talithe. muni. Ouv Lord speaks
in the% dialect of the provincial neigh-
borhood. Damsel, I sar unto thee.
arise. The whole, might ba.translat-
ed4,2,"CTobmse,ama jpsey. opuadrues' a, and
wanted.
Arose front, her bed with the elasti-
city
of youth. They warm astonished
evith a great astonisluaent. "Axaaz-
ed with It great amazement,"
43. Ile charged, them straitly.
Charged them, strictly, narrOwly. No
man should know it. Nene of the
apo.stlea, not even the parents, not the
girl herself, were to advertise it; but
of coarse. all these mourners, whether
sincere ox hired, must know that she
who had' been dead was now alive.
Something should[ be given her to
eat. This shows the unme,asured ten-
derness of our Lord,
BITS OF FEMININITY.
Diabroidered swisses bid fair to be
the raost desirable goods- for ,thin
frocksAfir the co g summer,
A. oeve model in as shirt waist is
made of vertical ro of wash ribbon
two inches wide, and lace inserting.
Long openwork gloves and mitts
will be a feattire of the sumnier for
sWieseavre, velth the fashionable half -long
The Tong, poinied waist Is an out-
come of the present style of. sloping
waritstisline.
rumored that there is to be, a
revival of the broad lace collar.
Skirts of white. serge or camel's
hair will be all the rage for wear with
;shirt waists the coming season.
I Straw hats have already begun to
beTridesinigtnileIngensoti one's own goivns
Ls quite the modish thing just tow.
REC'ORD PROFITS.
Papers received by the last Austra-
lian mail give particulars of the final
work of winding up a, ay/Amato
whose profits! are probably' the larg-
est on record. In June, 1893, 10
Adelaide men subscribed $75 each to
terra the Coolgardie Prospeeting Syn-
tdrarstetn, wuh,eiseth Asuesnttratin. insgevepraroisrpleoch-
propertiee, including the Great Bould-
er, the Assoenited Gold Miners, the
Ivanhoe and the Lake View, were dis-
covered. For these the syndicate re -
calved in cash 57,500,000, and nuniber
of shares, whteh, if capitalized at pre.
sere, Would realise about $45,000,000,
ELECTRICAL TRBE.
A German authority hats recently
snuounced the discovery of a tree in
the forests of Central India which has
most curious characters. The letteee of
the tree are of a highly Sensitive na.
tura, and so full Of electricity that
whoever touches one of them reteivea
an electric shock. Rhos a very singu-
lar effect upon a magnetic needle and
will Influence It at a distance of even
'70 het. The electrical strength of the A- M---Allt"'S 31181(A".
tree varies atcoeding to the dine Of Mr. Woven, explaining 10 a vtaltor•
day, it being strongest at midday and .-Thia is in, wife% Malden effort at
weakest at midnight, In wet weather landscape painting. •
11,oeteeeiritagebeteeehn tooltentreepoeloithate in. ter. f'd been married meta than *
its powers disappear altogether. Ririds_roafraw, 11,1300.0.fliopiw,:tstiohlt•ity.ou know
leaning on his rifle; he was a hut"
of wounds -one ear out through ,
a bullet, his chin nook and chest also
shot through by others, and his back
and legs torn by shell. He came in and
said he just dropped in to let me take
his finger off, as it was so shattered
he could not pull the trigger of bis
rifle, and got in the way of the next
finger, which he eould toe for he
wanted to get back up the hill. to
PaY1 the Dutchmen out. Of course I
would not let him back.
'The bullet wounds are beauteful-
ty clean, just a little round hole,and
as a rule do not do much damage, as
they often go through the bone with- ,
cut shattering iL, and they don't
Weld much.' The shell wounds are
hideous.
BLOCKED THE PASS,
a "It was now frightfully dark and
put -the lanterns on a stick as a
direction to 'my pass. Shortly after
this both lanterns. ivent out eend I
had a pretty bedtime, as the pass
often got blocked with wounded. Fin-
ally I could send no more Wounded '
&Sens the drift, and bed to lay them
with the dead In rows on the grass.
I collected all the wounded officers on
stretchers ar0111141 me and gave thane
brandy and a bypodermic of mor-
pbia,
" The morning light began to dawn
about 4.30 and lit up the 'ghastly
faces of the patients around me. My
men noW got a fire read e and pre-
pared some beef tea and coffee, and
after giving the wounded some, lent
them on the ambulances across the
drifft.
BIBLE TET ON HIS RIFLE,
"Cominandants Botha and Burgos,
who were the Boer generale, came now
on.the scene. The former, who Wee ttie
chief general, was a smailiele than
man with yellowish beard, and hair,
and luta -a magnificent rifle Pantie
fully carved with his nam 'slid a text
from the Bible. He haf a eourde of
mounted Haffirs, carry' g his ammun-
ition and water botti and an inter-
preter. He seemed, ho ever, to under-
stand gnash, thotigh he refused to
speak it, but now died then said, 'Cer-
tainly, certainly,' Tbere were quite a
nunaleer of German officers. I beard -
ane of them had been killed. They let
our men searcial the dead for their
identification cards, letters and
Money. It was very sad to see the
things we found in their pookets,-love
letters, Chrietmas cards, little pocket-
books, with accounts, half finished let-
ters. Several of the Boers handed in
little things they found -a cheque for
10s., a purse with metiey, etc. Some
of the officers had trinkets round
their necks. One poor chap had a loc-
ket with a spray of white heather,
and we had to out his name off his
shirt and pin it to the locket as a
means of identification."
. COMEDY AND TRAGEDY.
. humors
ha
•EXperienee or a derive in the SOW
'WM.. •
Into the terrible tragedy of war are
inserted now and then bits of comedy •
and kindliness„ whicb, like Shakes-
peare's jesters, lighted - the otherwise
intolerable glocinm.
During the, Zola War in South
Africa. and, overwhelming force of na-
tore,s was opposed to a little band of
English eaters. ream ,the Zetlu host.
teintetPrrdeatmhY,awrrhticiarhlhadaeandwmityhmanunanntoeitte
upon a tripod in •the open, while the
sailors lookeel, on, admiring his pity*,
but wondering much what be propos-
ed to do. At last one jovial tar sug-
gested that their photographs were •
about te be taken, and by common
consent no shots Were, fired. •
Having loaded his piece, with great
detiberation, the Zulu primed it, sight- •
ed it aad leaning hard upon ite breech,
he fired. The recoil knocked him bead
over heels backward, while a great
rear went tip from the delighted
eailors. He sat up, looking dazzed,
ahd there the amusement over, he,
with his countrymen, °healed, and
were annihilated. by a volley frone the
steadily aimed pieces of the little band
of bluejeckets.
SUGAR AND PROSPERITY.
The theory was recently broached
that the prosperity of a country may
be estimated, by the amount cif sugar
whiel its inhabitants consume in a
year, and certain political economiste
do nob he.stitate to maintain that
statistics bear testimony to the truth
of this theora. These statisties SOW
that each Inhabitant of the,eoutries
timed cohsumes on an average the
following amount; of Sugar In a year:
-England, 01,81 pounds; United State,
59.301. France 31.02; Germany, 80.22;
sitnetrieelltIniarY, 17.84; Russia, 12,0i;
Turkey, 7.08; and Italy, 8.28 pounds,
THIS ,COUNTRY OP OttIM
Canada lecke only 281,008 *quer*
mile:a to be ea large as the whole con.
fluent of Europe; 51 18 nearly thlity
times its large as Great Britain and.
Irelaud. and is 800.000 antlers Mile*
larger than the United Sates.
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