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otiglit, to be gilt-ed-gedl evi- deueomet, comînglý, as .lt dee-s, 1direct from a druggist whio has for years been llg Uwvaint a A LEGISLITIVEASEMBLY. NOTES OF' PROCEEDINGS IN ýTHE ONTARIO HOTJSE.' VOLTINTEERS' LAND GRANTS. Mr. Whitney enquired:-ls it pro- posed te allot, or locate, the lands te the several volunteers entithcd thoeto, ' nder the Art of last ses- sien, before the gcnero.l ciections? lion. Mr. Davis replied:-Not know- ing whecn the generalI elections take place a specific answe)-tote e fies- tiQa cannot lie given. There is, howexer, exery reason te behieve lo- cations willibe alloted te volunteci s entitlcd bof ore the general elections. AID F011 BEET rSUGAR. The delegates ln attendance at the convention of the Ontarfo Beet Su- bil to aînend the Electrie lRailway Act. It pro vides that after a cer- in Council may cause an inquiry te be made so as to ascertain the comi- pany's gress recipts, and wlicn theslO after dcducting the working expenses sh a aount to a suni greater than te-n per cent. of the stock paid-up, a reductieoliiin tolls and fares shahllie madle se that the probalfe net arfi- intgs shah net excecd ten per cent. of thie pafd-up stock. The conipany, un the comnpletien of the railway shaîl make a return te the Gevern- ment, showing iii detail a-I suins of nioncy oxîendcd on construction, The affidavits te accompany such re- turn shah 1aise show thatlail con- tracts were let te the lowest bidders or that none of the tenders were ac- cepted, for reasons te lie stnted ln OUR GNRL NOT ALWAYS TO BLA1V.E FORE, DISASTERS. Enemny Stalked ?tety Silently and Warily as if a Wild Writing ln the London Daîly Mail, H.H. S eresi vs:--hein a Brit- isli oun ufr a disas3ter that, canniot lie diectl tacedte a corni- mnanders icemetocerîcarelessness Iwe are Perhaps tee apt te assuime that the Ineliene ficer lias been negligent iiiSoi e 5pec~t. Wonder thfat Boers nunmbering a thousand er more can get within striking distance for an effective rush at nighit without bei ng seeii by back to the nearest group of coni- rades whose hiding-place lie knows, wvhence it is carrh'd on by short re- lays to the comîinandant's head- quarters; the other remnains to give warning if the British coluinn should break.camp or show signs of greater vigil-arce before tLe Boer main' body can coic up.' That niay possibly have been a dozen miles off lat nigit- fali and flot even concentrated. Býut the different detachients keep touch with each other, e-ven when scattered over a wide arca. At a word tliey are ready to inox e forward, converg- ing- as they advance, and always se- cure againist surprise tintil they have p-assed thoir formost line of watch- crs. 'Thus a formidable force is brouglit together at a point leagues distant frein the billets its mnn ccupied two 1