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RANUHING IN THE WEST.| The ranch consists of asmall house or shack, a stable, _a few sheds and one or two corrals with the addition of a potato patch, there .being usually `I very little money put into the build- lings so as to leave more to invest in the Chinook belt. These strong, '| warm winds blow from the west, and lstock. The new comer takes care to see that all hisstock is carefully ' marked with his own brand, these brands being issuedlin Regina and used all through the west, The`y con- _'si-slt of combinations of numbers, let- tersand bars, circles, etc., and are maurked on a. particular spot of the ' animal, such as the right hip, left ribs, jaw, etc. There is a brand book issued containing a long list- Cana-, ' diam brands are registered in the :: States, as cattle f-requently stray ,, across from Montana and vice verse. I .-. .. |c.T 6. SMITH. "Barrie & Stroud 'r.u~: RANGES cogms THEMSELVESI TO THE CHINOOK BELT. T | llovr (mule llnlslng I-o fnrrled on In the Czxnmllnn Norm-WesI-An Important Industry--l'alves Imported From` me I-lust. {Eastern Canada knows little as to the extent and iinportancc of the cattle ranges in our great west. Thei range countryihas no definite limits! but may be described as lying within the south-west and are strongest at the base of the Rocky Mountains. They confine thexnscives to a certain; strip of country, not going as far? north as Edmonton, and their eastern- limit being abou't Swift. Cu.rrent,West- I ern A.ssiniboi.a. All winter thesei occur at frequent intervals, licking up? the snow and changing the tempera-Q turefrom away below zero to that of_ spring. Owing to this and the facti I that the grass in the summer is cured; ,by the sun and turned into good hay} gas it stands, cattle are able to graze: on the prairie all winter. ' `l'\__._L!___ 2, ._.,Ll'4_ L- L- A _..___,i Ranching is getting to be a`ve~ry important industry in Nvestern Can-I a.da, and pebple are rapidly coming: in from the old country. eastern . Canada and the VVe.stern States in or- lder to start the cattle business. A1- , ready parts of the country, though to I appearances ' sp`arse1y settled, are pretty well filled up, as cattle require _ 9. lot of land on which to range. I 1I'rL,,, 2, 21,, .A__ L,,., 4 I... .-- .. ...._.. .... .u...-..,.. .v ...._c,... ` When a. man decides to start a ] ranch `he first rides well over the dis-` 1 , trict he intends to settle in and after; I . gdilig-ant enquiry from the neighbor-] iing ranchers, the nearest of whom is ; 5 often several miles away, fina1ly;w locates in a place wherre tl)cx'e' are good grass, shelter, and most import-' ant of all, a plentiful - 1 Cattle are left out to rustle for themselves on the open prairie at all seasone of the yezur, and though they generally keep together in a. bunch nu .Fh.n~7.1- flrrvvn ........_.. A.L-, at ........A... `II: u--..._.-- if possible asprinvg brook. Shelter is; `also very important, and :1 man tries` to get his ranch in 21 place wlierethcre fame sheltering hills and poplar or jwillow brush, where the cattle can go ito protect themselves from piercing, [winds and blizzards, natural shelter 'of this sort being preferable to sheds, though most cattlemen have both. rn\__ __,..,I_ ___._:_A._ -2 - ,,__,,II L.,, 0111' 8XpUUiIl0ll3o ` ` They are a splendid remedy," and to any [one suerlng from weakness, or heart and nerve trouble I cordially recommend_ them." I \l'\u-n. n II;-u-4 and `Nfn-urn Dllln nun `n In addition to this the 'o:Lves are of- ten marked by "having the tops cut; off their ears, a piece of skin lefti pendant from the lower jaw, called a. wattle; or a long strip cut so as in 1'\n`rsrv- t......-... H... .....|_ x___ , ..-..-..u guy `A: uu. u.LL' L. I u,__._,-.,._._, ...,.,,_.- uv-6cI.|.|Ul. in u. uuncn on their own range, they frequently get mixed up'wi.th others and wan- der away, the worst time being in the early `spring, when the green. grass comes up here and there; then they `will roam for miles, getting a nibble now and then. Naturally aman must spend a good deal of his time in the saddle. . , ....,- -...- --..-.- ...v...,....-.. uuu - Ivu -`.4-nu. Branding strikes the pilgrim" or easterner as being` a brutal operation, but the westerners rather enjoy it, Every spring the eaulves are got to- gether, separated from the covys and! driven into aoorral, where one or two rope men on horseback and several ..,IA , , 1: ca.-If wrestlers are on `hand to deal with the unfortunates. In the mean- time a -good hot fire has been made in which the branding irons are heating, one man being detailed to watch them. Presently the rope-man deftly throws his lariat so as tocatch aca1 s hindj leg, twisting his end of the rope round the horn of his saddle. The wrestlers; ru-sh` forward, throw him, apply the` brand and finally up he jumps, `RPA1\Tn13n urn) rum. '_-r.. ........ vu Aavnaau-rLA\JLn u-nu avvusuni .. . . _ . . ...., u. u .ug.5 aptly cut 50 HS to hang from the neck, known as a dew-lap. Cattle marked thus are easy to distinguish from others, in the winter when their long (mat of hair lhides the-brand. n. u.- :When a blizzard comes. cattle t their backs to it and drift over prairie with the storm. often go Orders by telegraph or telephone promptly attended to Collins and Caskets of all kinds kept iu stock Robes an_d Crape, and all Funeral Requisites furnished D O DOLMAGE, Manager, Stroud Show Room and Work Shop. Collier St. Barrie- _ _ _ . . . . . -._, pry uo Juuxj BRANDED FOR LIFE. .l.'L:..__ 1.- 1!,` warn." I - Milburn s Heart and Nerve `Pills are 500. (box or 3 for 81.25. at all druggistl. , ] ~ --A - 3 SUPPiLY OE` VVATER UNDERTAKEB is turn at the coins 3 `for many mi1es,7till they strike some shelter, and often in the blinding, vstupefying snow and wind Walk right :over 1 "icut-bank" or cliff into a swift river. It is than that the stock- man has to ride in anxiety and dan- getr, not only of missing his cattle, but `getting lost himself. Sometimes men `have given their horses n free rein Jvhen lost, and eventually arrived at ; their -ranch. A . i A round-i1p is organized in each ;section every May or June, and isu ;very important and interesting event. EAV party of runchmen is formed. and Ewith waggons, tents and provisions they start off. Each man has his "string" of saddle horses, riding M30 "or three fresh horses daily. They isoousr the country, gathering up i A nth rrrmnn An nnmrrrn A BIG HERD OF CATTLE, these being d-riven to some point, when they are separated and handed over to their respective owners. These trips sometimes last for two weeks, and a captain is chosen to conduct them. Needless to say, it is every} western boy's ambition to go on the round-up. u1'\..._:_vI :.. LL- _ _,, 1- 1 n " Dogie" is the name applied to eat- tle btrought in from Manitoba and On- ta.rio. This is to distinguish them from the western range cows. Large num- bers of these young catt'le are shipped west every summer. and ranchmen say it pays far better to buy these young "stockezrs" than to breed their own calves. These yearrlings may be bought for about $15 a head, often for much less, and after being fed hay during the first winter are allowed to "rus- tle" for themselves and consequent- ly` are no expense. At from three to four years old they are sold as beef `cattle for from $90 to $50 and over. I Large shipmentsof beef are made to Great Britain every fall. and the ranchman is never at a boss for a mazrket if he has good beef, as the buyers go right to the ranches. Win- nipeg is the great centre and collective point forcattle consigned to the old `country, the big-firm of Gordon &. Ilronside, handling the bulk of the ex; port cattle. It is said about 37,600 head were shipped there last summer and fall, so one can imagine the scene of bustle and confusion that confronts the spectator at the Winnipeg stock- yards. n_L_ . . . . . .- [A Terrible Cough; neaung IBTDCUY. Read what Mrs Thou. Carter, N01-t-hpnrt, Ont , says: I caught n severe cold, which settled on my.tlnroa.s and lungs. so that I could scarcely speak above is whisper. I also had a. terrible cough which my friends thought would send me to my grave. I tried different remedies but all failed to do me any good .an'.il I touk Dr. Woorl s Nor- ` way Pine Syrup. and the cements of one bottle completely cured me. nsedthem: `"1 have tsk/en Doa.n'e Kidney Pill), which I procured at the Medics! Hall here, for rheumatism and peine in the small of my back, with which I have been eiicted for the past six earl. They did me lo much good tint I esrtily recommend them an an axoellant medicine for rheumatic trouble: I For Over Fifty Years Mn. \\`.N~I.o\v's Soorm.-Iu SYRUP has horn used bymmiuns of mothers for Weir (-hllcln-:~n when teething. If (li1'I.ll}`L`Cd at nigatnnd In-ukm of your resmy nsxck L-mm suffering and crying with ginin at` cuu'nr_r teeth send at once and 42-3! 3. bottle of .\I:`s. Wm=Eow s Snoahing >$_y'r1|p" for children teething. It wiil relieve the mar iiLt'o sufferer nxunedzately. Depend upon it. moth`-,r, there is no nn;st:nke about it. It cures tliarrluen, regulatesmcsc.)1n.w11an-ibowgis curcswzml colic soxtens the gun, reduces 'xnti:1mm:uinn. nmf ' ves tone and energy to the wnolesvstem. )1 rs. \'inslow .- Soommg byrug for child:-'-n let-thin. is pleasuxt to the taste un the prcscjrlptinn 0 one of the oldest and best lemme physu-izms and nurses in the Unused states. Price :55 chnas; bottle. S-all bv all_ druwgisua throu mu: zn world. Be sure nnu A51; For Mu \ unlnv Sathing syrup. -, _ .. --......nuun; IJADL ulcu. umy Sensible persons ever agree with us. Don't measure 1 well until you got to the bottom. W au-uInu.--u I In 3 -:1 1 ; If people would only trout coughs` and ycolda in time with Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup, there would be fewer homes ` desolate. rm. ...............4 ..,....d... ..~,.A ...-JR. `In-m...1.:-ta GOEOIBIB. The severest coughs and colds, bronchitis and croup. and the rst. stages of consump- tion yield readily to` this powerful, lung. healing remedy. Rand tvhaf. `Mr: Than (Ynrtnr. Nnrthnnrt. Stock is being constantly improved, I thoroughbred bulls from eastern Can- 'ada. being brought out. Short-horna late held in high esteem, Highland cat- i tle'being found to endure cold \\'811thf`l` `very well. Many of the original cows in the country came from the south, and "cattle have, been gradually bred- up and improved on from them. Not- ,withstanding this. Canadian ranch- lmenhzwe a lot to do before our beef will compare with that from the cat- tle ranges in the western states. '-Before the bud becomes a. rose it must arise. --i-T--.--- It is aremarkable fact that on! sensible non-sxnnu nvnr on-run ...:n.. ._ . -.-cg a.cuuu:_ ' ii.~;turL'ed nigat and R u=3ow syrup It r. upon mother, A l)AUGHTER S DANGER.E K151?! _VP!7-LS-. in agriculture: un lemon", uruuu, uni. Doe.n'| Kidney ille cure beokeohe. lune or week beck. Bri'.-zht'a dileale, diabetes, ,' droply. grevel. sediment in the urine, too i frequent rising: at night, rheumatism, end weakneee of the kidneys in children and old people. Remember the name, Dean's, mad reluee ell others, The Dean Kidney Pill 00.. Toronto, Ont. LAXA- 32 LIVER 212% PILLS `ii Runrm` Sores. "2 Mr. Stephen Wescott, Freeport, N.S., gives the fqllowing experience with Burdock Blood Bitters; I _____ ______ _____|. _._,A .1-__._ !_ `VILII aauluvlan IJLUUH D1l|.l3u I was very much run down in health and employad ourlocal physi- cian who attended me three months; nally my 1: broke out in running sores with` earful burning. -I had, thirteen running` sores at one time from my kneo to the top of my foot. All the medicine I took did me no cod, no I threw it aside and tried .B.B. 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Urinary _trouble,gonera.lla.nguorAnd `pain in the buck are the natural results. A mm can't attend to bnuinesn properly it his backfaohon --no use trying. bulinesl man. Kxdneyu. can't stand it ; they foil to ' Only one turn remedy that neyer .__-: -1-ILA `rho Hardware and Motel llerohent `the Dry Goods Review The Bookseller and StetIoner._ L...._.._8emplee Free The cenedlen orooer and storokeeoer GOODS WELL BOUGHT, ARE. HALF SOLD MacLE_AN PUB. (30.7. Limited llontroal and rfnt _ g , To buy veil, watch the latest rices and in- Wormatton in the special TIM E PRESS. - work while you sleep without 5 gripe or pain. curing bilious- . nesa, constipation, sick head- ache and dyspepsiafand make {ya feel betterjn the morning. tioo 250. at all druggistn. ' . , - ` H Further, ignorance is the mother of | bigotry. . Knowledge enlarges the" iminil. You seldom find an intelligent ' mauwhois a thorough bigot; it is the iman who thinks he knows .a great deal, but does not. Better a _man whoi by his intelligence and Christian aith,! any man to be pitied, it is the man who has just one idea in his head-no more, "no less.. Let a man -give his` life to the discussion of the doctrine of election, or the doctrine of free agency, or the subject of baptism, or the perseverance of the saints. and ;he will be imbecile in body and in "mind. :Big'otry puts its hand on a _man s head and flattens his skull, and ..`n1akes him lean and cadaverous, and exhausts him. Run up your collegesi land your `schools and univei-sities,i Bigotry cannot live under these in. fluenoel. ' can walk all around the religious sub-: `jean and know all sides. If there is; i Business Men s Backs. . Men have tried to_make. us believe hide. IIIIINIIH QIVI 90 I propose, to-night, to speak or bigo- try-.-it5 causes, its evils`,-. and its cure. i I that this monster with horns and hoofsly is religion. . We shall, to-night.` try to` hunt it down andvdrag it out ot_the` caverns of darkness, andrip off its` . Distinguish between bigotry`; and lawful preference for any religious - belief or form. We will, by our early education,`and by our physical tem- perament and mental constitution; have proclivities 'toward certain churches. and certain forms of wor- ship. Some people are more impressed when "they see a little child presented V _tor baptism, and .its white brow is sprinkled with water, in. solemn bene-_ diction, in the name of the Father, and" the Son, and Holy Ghost; whileothers are more impressed when the penitent comes up out of the river, his garments dripping with the waters that typify the washing away of sin. You like one way best, and I like the other way. I have no quarrel with my neighbours. They have quiet im their house; I have quiet in mine. They do not think that the prosperity otrtheir house de- pends on. upsetting the peace of mine; not do I think that the happinessot my house depends upon marring theirs. A despatoh tromwashington eay`;s4_:'-"| Rev. Dr. Talmage preachedlrom the; following text:-I2et every man "be fully ixerauaded In lgia own mind."- Romana xw. 5. A L- -3 LL 1.- ___,_u. -1 1.)..- 1 I I I nnnnvnnnll In the (first place, bigotry orten starts in wrong education; in the home circle. There are very good people who educate their children in the wrong direction in this respect, saying things` about other denominations of Chris- tians, and caricaturingi them, and throwing slurs upon them. which al- ways have a baleful influence in the household. I could mention the names of prominent ministers of the Gospel who once spent much of their time in bombarding certain denominations of Christians, who lived to see their own- sons preach the Gospel in those de- nominations. - - Then the superior power or any, one denominationr in a. community often makes bigots. People think that all other churches are "wrong, and that theirs is right, because it 'happens_ to be more fashionable, ' Ivnvluvn uv-1vuuu._y. v MORE WEALTHY, - I line!" I do not_car or more inuential; and they talk tiou `carries it! 01 about our choir," and "our minister."; boat! I `do not car and "our churches," and they toss` tiom rows it. Plen their heads and` have a patronizing-_ to `toil, for` all t( air, wanting other denominations to" work. You do you _ know` their places. Let us remember way; I do my work that more outside `prosperity A and K [wow this; that the worldly power are no evidence that a demomination whit-,1 ,church is acceptable to God. That Zen em-f end qempee `religion is a poor, mean starveling the meet eeulete 1;] thing which IS made up by bookbind-'ee_fety_ W311 be the era and upholsterers. The religion of God `Wm out tho Christ oitener sits on the curbstone Vaend the ene that with. Lazarus than in the palace with Wm; the leudeet Dives, and helps Naboth to cultivate gm sue}; gee-vice eid his vineyard oftener than Ahab to};-hough we do` helm rule. his kingdom. Men often do the',oomine_u0ns_ she opposite to what people suppose. They` memory of oommo sometimes go up to hell and down to oommoo tou5_ and heaven. `Dives went up, and..Lazarus om oommoo. too went down. Do you know where they with eooh other, C came out? Transpose the positions. [hasten the day wl . . ......-..-- Look now at the evils of bigotry. In the first place, it cripples investiga- tion. The difterent denominations were intended,_by holy rivalry,` and honest competition, to keep each other wide awake. :While, as . I say, each denomination ought to present all the doctrines, each denomination ought to make one of those_ doctrine especially emphatic. Now,; bigotry shuts one out from all thesel lessons. The man will not make anl impartial investigati-on, and he can-l not reason. " All others are wrong, and I am right," and there the mat- te;-.ends. From the glorious realm of God's truth, over which the archangel might flyvfrom eternity to eternity without touching the limits, they shun: themselves out, and die. like blind moles` T ' ouUv\v1v\ ; Aug- ..-__ . _ Rex}. Dr. Tllmagge Says 'l4_`%l1j_gn%_-f Must Be No, l.'%ntole%ra%ng:Fe;. _ UNDER A CORN-ISHEAF. Another evil-of bigotry Is, that it prejudices people againsht Christianity. The churches of God were not made for war barracks. Ah! my friends. DIFFERENT M 'REL-IGIONS. .._-_ -..- -.._--.... ....._..-.... ;........, Bbim. side by side, whati 9. though belong to different de-' 3_'mani.inati0ns. shal_l we not, by the Vmemory commun hardships, "and " common prayers, 3 common` tears. be sympathetic V. Oh! that God .wo_uld days when all the great denominations of V Ghristians shal-1 "join hands around the cross of Jesus and recivte the creed; "I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of -`that relligia-n i not worti.1,n14IIl-.11 which ;is not tall enqugh to 101)]: over the fence. I hav'emore admiration for a ;spanish bru'11'-_tight,~ and .b_e`1iq.ve it -to I be more merciful a_nd honourable, than `the combating of "those camnivorous ecoleeiastics. ` , u , u _L |_2,,1_A- LL_'r1L_._,L-_ vvy So, also, bigotry hinders the Church's , triumph. .How'muoh wasted `energy; :how many men of large intemect who _haveggiv_en their time to abstract and `controversial dispute, when. if they Ehad devoted it in the right direction, `they would have been gloriously use- full Their books 159 on the shelf of college and State libraries, sleeping ` the long sleep of the ages. Who cares now-which of t-he doctors of divinity got .the victory in that thirty year's war about a `participle? I go out some summer-day, and I find that there are two bee-hives qllarrelling _.with each `other. I come up toward them. .-`I -do not come near enough to nvuau...-auvuu ` get stung, but I come near enough to I hear the contest between them. The oneioried out, "That field of cllover is the sweetest." The other cries out, "That field of clover in the sweet- est." I say, "Stop this quarrel._ If you `thinkthat is the sweetest". go `there; if you think that is the sweet- est, go there.` I want you to under- stand that that hive is the- best that gets` the most honey. I see dif- ferent. denominations of Christians in )contest with each other, some prefer- ring this field of evangelical belief, and others that field. I say, "Take your choice. If you like that evangel- . ical belief the best take it. If youlike this.evangeliou.l'belief the best. take ` it; but understand that Christ thinks most of that church which gets most ` otthe honey of Christian grace in the M heart, and most of the honey of Chris- tian grace in the life." 1 I I I 7 ' - :Bu-t more than all will you over- come this evil of. bigotry by toiling in a Christian work_ with men of`other abeliefs. Here are two men in hostil- ty. Let them go and kneel by that. dying woman, and commend Christ to her soul. If they - went into that room. with antipathies, they will come out with love. _ - h([EN TOLL TOGETHER notcare w.hat denominw- in- Christian work can never tight. in : bitter hostility. Out with the life- 'onVcarries:itl Out withthe life-_ ;boa.t! care what denomina~ ' `Hon; Plenty ot~room for all `to to pray, for all to "work. your work in your A work in my way. But that church and that which is most fearless tempest. and that brings souls `to the shore of eternal "safety, the one upon which 11...: `...:n -.-A. 4.1.- n__;_u_r,_. 1. For woman's guidance is. found in the i fact that Dr. Pierce s Favorite Prescrip-. tion cures female weakness and the dis- - eases of the delicate womanly organs which darken the lives of no man wom-' en with sutfering and sorrow. Tint m of light has penetrated many darkene chambers "where women moaned in` min- -.. nut` 1.... ....:.1n.=I 4...... ....- 4... c.-..n.1.. : CHKHIUCIS WHCIC WUUICH IIIOHHCU In` HUI- ery, and has guided them out to health ' and happinesp. "Favorite Prescription " is not a tonic, not a palliative, but a pos- itive cure for the" diseases which are peculiar to women. It gives vigor and vitality. It banishes nervousness, head- ache, and all the aches which come from ` a diseased condition of the womanly 1 rgans. A temperance medicine, it "con- i tains neither alcohol nor narcotics. ' W '1 I was troubied for three years with ulceration and female weakness and my doctor gave me but little relief," writes Mrs. Lulu Hunter. of Alleuton. St. Louis ('20.. Mo. "1 saw an adver- tisement in the naner of Dr. Pierce`: Favorite Aueuton. St. Louis Co.. Mo. I adver- per, Dr. Pierce`: Favorite `Prescription. I gen the use ofit about a year :20. "I took ve bottles of it. and one bottle of `Prescription. I began the oflt about ago. I bottles it. 1 ` olden Medical Discovery.` and In health is l better now than it wus for years. have also 4 recommended these medicines to some of my friends. who suered from female weakness. and goocl results have followed." ' A any I ugm good the! I necrlsuy recommenq mam u ~ In excellent medicine for_rheuma.tic and backache." Clmums C. Pxuu, dealer in a.gricultunl_ lm lemenh, Orilliu, Ont. Donn : Kidnev brightest honoura,! heaven willv greet anthem. Toiling ` An kn -:.:I.. ...L..L : "THE BARBIE EXAMINER. THURSDAY. JAN. :4, Igor. heavn _a.i1d ea_.r.tlJ;aI_1dVin Jgaus Christ` and in the ommunion of saints, and in the life everlasting. Amgn and A.._-L_ II Boer Commandoes Active in Various Districts. AA deapatch from Cape Town, eay_e:- The Boer commando which lately oc- ` cupied Sutherland has mow` gone west toward Calvin1a.'- Scattered comman- does have appeared at Ceres, appar- ently proceedmg to Vanrhyusdorf. The Aliwal commando has recrossed the Orange 1-wet. Still another commando is movmg toward Willowmore.` The Gnvarnvnpnf rnnrii-fn nnrlnr am ID l.l.l`UVll.lg l.U\VH.1'U. VVIIIQWIHUIU. The Government reports under 500 Cape Dutch altogether have joined the invaders. _ Peace Envoys Who Have Broken Their Oaths. 9A despartch from Pretoria. says :- Two" influential Boers who were re- lease-d from Pretoria for the purpose of persuading the rank and file of the Boer oommandoes to surrender, and who passed through here,'were seen by Katfir scouts to meet four other Boers, and after a friendly palaver to to go on to Rnstenburg, where they; stated that they had seen no Boers.5 They have since `gone wesltward, and are `probably now cleaning up their rifles. - A [SAYS IT IS ]>1sIAsTEFUL.| Civilians Forbid_di:n to Wear Khaki ` in Future. ' A despatch from Pretoria, aaya:-No reports of fighting have been received, lately. Pretoria is full of troops, who! 5are getting ready for further opera- `tions. ' ' u :- unvnu-an ,bidding civilians to wear khaki. Per- Vsons wearing clothlng thatls likely to be mxaiaken for British uniforms are threatened with arrest` and punish- ment. -~ - A pxoclamntion his been issued for-' Roberts Declines Accepting a Sword? `of Honour. ` < A London despatch says ;--Lords Roberta emphasizes the unsatisfac- tory condition of South -Africa in at letter to the Miayorrot Portsmouth,- -poetponing the presentation of `a. sword `of honour from that city. He {says ;-" It is most distasteful to me 'to be honoured and feted, and called lupon to rejoice while so many are in gbitter grief, and beforewe can pro-. 'perly return thanks that the cloud is I being rolled away, which has for more ! than a. year darkened the homes and I crushed the hearts of. so many tn our .' country." 4 . l _ A Take I hint from buiinesa men who have 4 h : tkneun: Onirgn T`:-inn : WMIIAV Pills. IPRETORIA FUEL 0F TR.00PS.l Tunnels Through Ice .\'ecess:u-y Io Release Cara. l The Odessa correspondent of the 'London Daily Mail says! that the last of the trains that were snowbbund in the recent blizzard has arrived at 0de&sa. The snow drifts 161- miles hardened into ice. Through one of them, which was 400 yards long and thirty-eight feet deep, it was neces- sary to out a tunnel. ` 6-..-.. 1..__.l__.I _ LL- _ A _ . . _ _ A _.- -.--J -- w-.. .. ..-...._-. Seven hundred of the passengers`. mostly peasants who y quitted the trains before they were dug out, have arrived by sleighs. which they obtain- ed at `a point twenty-fi.ve miles north of Odessa, Many of them! were more E dead than alive . Several who were unable to get `aleighs attempted to; [walk the whole distance into the' icity. Many of these were exhausted` `men an`) t\w\J Luann-5- ..-.4 _.....I- .-L;. -_- ..-....., ......... ....,, --.,.... .. ........... I. There is` a great outcry against` the railway7 authorities. yvvhose alleged [niggardliness in refusing to pay snow Fdiggers two shillings for aday's work gof twelve hours, is regarded as the loa.u.s_e of the sufferings and death. It is asserted that three days were wast- in telegraphically neg_o~tia.tin with I St. Petersburg on this question. When the demands were ultimately granted the drifts, thirty and fortyfeet high. extended for miles. The railroad com- ipany's- loss through the blizzard is `. stated to amount toinore than $350,- I l\l\l\ -..,. ......._, .. ......... ....... -............-..A {by cold and hunger.` and sank into {the drifts, where they trqze todeath. I I`I....... ...- .. ._....'..L ....A....._. .._...!....J.-L'I.... vvvo Business in Odessa has been:stop- 'ped formany days. The poor in many of the outlying puts of the country `are starving. The prices of provi- lsions have risen 500 per cent. Burned at the stake by I Kansas Slob for Assault. A despatch from Bulietin, Leaven- worth, Kan., says ;--Fred Alexander. the negro who Saturday evening at- tempted an: assaulton Miss Eva Roth, and who was supposed to -have aa- saulxted and killed Pearl Forbes in this city in November last, was on Tuesday afternoon taken from. the sheriff : guard and burned at the stake at the scene of his crimes, half a dozen blocks from the centre of the city. Probably 8000 persons witnessed the lynching. Alexander was tied to a railroad rail placed up- `right in` the ground. REcRoss7_1RANc1s RIVER. J OINED THE FIGHTERS. WINTER m RUSSIA. `A Ghethem Mother Tells how Her` Daughter, who was Troubled with Weak Heart Action and run Down System was Restored to . Health. ' A -NEGR(; S FATE. Six and Seventeen Wounded. A~ deepatch from London, Wedneeo day;5ee.ye:-".l`he~ casualty list Vlhnwl . that there has been 1 severe engae- . ment, with a loss of six killed, seven- teen wounded, and five ` missing, at Mun-ayeburg, where the Dutch are said to have been joining the invaders. Murrayeburg Le 16 miles west ot Grant Reinet. . AA .u .. nu` luv In .` Iudioatxonn are not wanting that the decision of the Government to and re- inforcements has not been tnken a mo- ment too soon. Samuel Lewis. the gilloney-Lender, Left 0Vl $3t7.000.0l)0. A despatch from London, says :-It is `understood that the estate of Samuel Lewis, the notorious money-lender, liwho died a few days ago, amounts `to about 4,000,000. He bequeathed every-` thing to his widow, with the exception of 200;000, which is divided among re- latives and friends. Icahn-wu u-n`\n ---v-...u ' In his will ne expresses a desire that` his widow give in her name 400,000 tol gprovide dwe.ll1nga for poor persons of. 53.11 creeds, 250,000 to the,Princess of: `Wales Hospital fund,`100,000 to the` Jewish Board of Guardians, and 200,- 000 to various hospitals. De Wet Now Urglng Bald Into -Natal Tmritbry. A despatch from Durban says :-It is; Stated here that Gen. De Wat is at Ermelo, where 8,000 Bders are concen- t.rated preparatory to an invasion of Natal, which Gen..De wet is urgent- ly a-dvocating. \ Couugrntlon Dlul $50,001) Worth of! . I):nm:n gx-. ' .' A despatch from Victoria,` B.C., says; -Fire at Dawson on Jan, 6 destroyed} in building occupied by Cribbs andi |Rogers.' the west end of the Ranier! ' building, and the Ranier hotel. The `firms involved were Ruddy and Kal- ' tenborn. druggists; the_Bona.nza meat! market, Antlers restaurant, San} Francisco oyster house, and Cri-bbs` and Rogers. The loss was $50,000. I _ . Two Couples Allnckccl um! Devon:-ed by `Valves. I A despatch from Bucharest, says; -Advices from many points tell of; packs of wglves killing and devouring: travellers. Two wedding couples. who - were sleighixng in Marmaros' district were attacked, and all four persons were killed. The driver of the sledge escaped up 9. tree. but was _nearly I frozen to death. i ,. I The good man was working in hisi shirt-sleeves on 9. new church. A stout sea-capta.in hailed him: K A_., _.__. LL- _.!__2_L,__ L-__,n `had been preaching on an island whose Some yearsvago aphome missionary principal product is the clp.m. One day: hebreceived an unexpected compliment as to the thoroughness of his spiritual work. |. Every mother who has a daughter droop- I mg and fading-pale, weak and listlesa- 5 whose health `is not what it ought to be, ' should read the following statement made I by Mrs. J. 8. Heath, 39 Richmond Street, knthnm, Out! I Wen; I've got ten dollars for you. For the church? No, for yourself. I like your way of doing things here. I've come to this island for clams a good many ` years, and always found them a thou- 'sand or fifteen hundred short when :I got home. It will pay me to have` jyou keep preaching doctrines which* gmake people count their clams hon- lastly. Self-dis-trust is the cause of most! of.our failures. - Running water often gets its start from a. spring. ] Car'ter s jLitt1e Liver Pills. ABSLUTE SEUR!]'Y._ CARTERS 1 I . : 5=I`.m'5`s- : ===-..r-'...,...' "'.;;_:.::""..;:::*"' 1.23 mwnmma Vduvuuulluuluouy touumungu. ' um. \l-r-r\-n-Q ....-...vu _....... Are you the minister here! '(7'__-. _._ -SEVERE ENGAGEMENT; y Mrs. J. 0. n ghatham, Ont: "` Roma Hm: 1 FATE OF WEDDING PARTIES. THEY COUNTEDi H6 NESTLY. cures EEK HEAQAGHE. Must Bear Slgnaturo ot 8.005 1U'EG3ERs. see Pu-shun." Wrapper Below. A LARGE`.vliS'l7`ATE. FIRE. AT VDAWSOR. . ~ run mucus. [R3 run mzzmzss. ron IIUIIIISIEB-.l , v ran mm uv:n._ LL5. ran soessnrmon. ' ran smuw sxnl. run we cormzxnna OINDINII uuwguvz vurruu. ` nun). inunuoqvng -j9f4 Genuine unntnarn, mm Some time ago I got a box of Mi1burn s Heart "and Nerve Pills at the Central Drug Store for my daughter; who is now 13 `years of age, and had been aiicted with weak action of the heart for aoonsldersble length of time. _ . ` These pills have done her a world of good, restoring strong. healthy notion of her heart, improving her general health and giving her physical strength` beyond our expectations. Whnv mm a nnlnnrli rnmnv: and tn nnv