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`mice of as low `article rre. If H month -; 3 thing nuke (a will. he; \/Ill-I(l\.I(Iu \.V11C5U- ' i .VValter McC~onkey, the other suc- 'cessful Toronto boy, is a son of Mr. ,MeConkey,` formerly manager of the" !Bank of Commerce at Guelph. He at- itendec`. school at Port Hope. A V{`o`r`u1nll :n n rs:-\ .3 LL. - vvoxx-njxuvvu 1I.Ll1.ILrU1l.I.lil-Ll UL LLIEI-L name- E Cadet Keath is the only one so fa r.t.o {accept commission in Royal Horse Ar- tillery. He leaves to-night for` his vhome in Halifax, to prepare for de- kparture to England. `> (`nr'n" `AI-Innnn :5 ll an-n AG LL- I`__-,- uouuou. Bvuuux at. J.U1Io 1.1.0 I `Boyd A. Caldwell is.a sex} of the ; we1l-known lumbermsln of that name. ` {Val}.-.+ 17`....ll-. :. LI... .....1.. .._.. _. a_._, -- A despatch from Kingston says :- The seven additional commissions in these members of the senior class of `Cadets. at the Royal Military College: --Cadets McCo-nkey and Vivian Deni- son, Toronto; Johnson, Belleville; Keath, Halifax; Harty - and Pense, Kingston; and Ga-ldwell, Lanark. In the event of these mot being able to_ ac- ioept, the openings will be tendered gother members of the senior class. Ca- !dat Caldwell has a brother a lieuten- lant "in the first Canadian contingent `in South Africa. TT!_2_.. 'I'\__2_-_, 9,, ` " the Imperial army have been offered TORNADO` m NEWFOUNDLAND. Seven Kingston Cadets ,_ otferecl (`om missions. -viiie E_. J.` Senkler, County Court judge of Lincoln, .was a son of the - da- inj1843, and was some time rector of (the High . 'S'chool, Quebec. The` late judge --was born at Dock- ing,- Norfolk, England, January 29th, 1885, and was educated by private tui- tion. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1860, and practised his profession in the town of Brockville. He was ap- pointed County` Crown A.ttorney`for Leeds and Grenville in 1863; clerk of the peace for the-same counties Novem- ber, 1876; created a Q.C., by the On- tario Government in 1876; became a bencher of the Law Society in 1877; was appointed county judge of Lin- coin the same year, and served subs- que-ntly as judge of assize on several occasions. He was a commissioner with others in 1895 to enquire into the efficiency of the staff of the Uni- versity in Toronto. In religion he was an Anglican and was often a delegate to the Church synods. He married in October, 1862, a daughter of the late James Gumming, of Glengarry. [Rem E. J. Senkle-r, who came to Cana- aA._ despatoh from Winnipeg says :- His Honor Judge Edmund Senkler, of St. Catharines, who was here as chair_- man of the Elevator Commission ap- pointedby Dominion Government, and now in session daily. in this city,` died at the Winnipeg General hospital, after five days illness; of Brigi1t s disease. Bright`: `Disease Carrie; lllm or Alter Ffve Dan Severe Illness. INTO "THE IMPERIAL ARMY. Boer marksman and snip-ere. gt. Mason, of '.[`horneycroft s. ted Infantry, had a duel with`! , who drilled four holes through] met. Mason caught three Boers us; up behind him with fixed . One the instantly killed, mother, while the thirdtook and $1.... 4:... I....1.c -.. 1.-....` I\JtI.tlLlL3l.lJ U]. L51 0 L`\I\JUluB GLILI ` KISSES VON- INTEREST. JUDGE SENKLER amp. Every shop you go into in Paris is -loaded `with _fox furs of all kinds, dark and light. Lynx, -too, is g.reatly inevi- dence. Blue fox`,-what is called blue fox, which is really a sort of grayish fawn color, very becoming to dark peo- ple, and going well with the beaver and mastic and gray colors of the cos- tumes.worn-is also prominent. Every `muff and collarette, of course, car- ries the fore head, or several foxes heads. Fringed cravets of soft satin and,color-printed panne are greatly favored, tied into bows with long ends. Nearly two yards long must have been, some of. the cravats. The fringed scar! "appears onjthe hat` as well ,.:8.1l,d. is pop- L _ `r-,t`though not the most @651. '- f'I'he`toqI`1/e is the-chic hat = ring ts`. hqwinhdormqd-9nti'rol!-:0!` V ' an :5. u. on-ull nro .-4`.`H ,=.. management of a bull-ock team is wonderful, but nature has not an- dowed him, with commercial in- M stincts." I II`: _There. are a dozen Scotch store-keep em in the Transvaal. each owning` a` d.-ozevnh wagons which traverse the `whoie country all the vear round. :01` .1- ._-A. `l__-__- _A ' u vvuun: uuuulty an tut. your !`U'll.U. ` "I do-not know of any `Boer run- mg` :1 storm. llT?!_ -..___------ V71 5 ` " ` _wi+h fhe Scotch. LJILIIA " Ill] LILKILLIIDI "Sme of these Germa-n; traderex are very enterprising, still. for sheer com- mercial aptitude. they are not in it l'I.IA I ll`; IIQTIJ O In the eastern districts of Na-_ fal. the stores are mostly runby Ger- mans, who do a good trade with the Zulus Ln gaudy cloths. ll__.-us- A` LL--- IV-____.__. A__,'.1_,,_ "I \A`|-l-l "-51 r-lv\'V L`\Ll~l\J\llJ\AlaAa|'6 uuvuglvbwo "In the intervals of worship, Mr. mnd Mrs`. Boer and family visit the st-otre, their purchases being so heavy that the hcmeward journey is hard wouzk for the oxen. uvI.uvL, vvulho lnl-LO |.uu.u l.oU\.I&r r, and they for half an hourf ged shots. The Boer hit Mason . shoulder, but _Mason `returned nlpliment, and at the next shot, his antagonist. MOBILIZE THE FLEET. ' Admiralty has warned all half-' ml officers to hold themselves, lness for service. This, with the hut able seamen not thorough-i -rienced have been withdrawn; the Channel squadron, is taken irate the early mobilization of sierve fleet, especially A aqua-_ lS taken to indicate the -earlyl alion of the reserve fleet. as- y A" squadron. [ I OERS AND THE BUND. Di` Town correspondent of the News says: _ deuce is accumulating that ing beyond a tacit understand- isled between the Boer execu- nd the inner cirdle of the Afri- t Bund concerning what shouldl; the ripening rebellion at the.`- ak of the war. Fully 5,000 col-l utchmen havejoined the enemy. '1 Is, however, believed that this H would be multiplied ten-`fo1d.'H uently the Afrikander Bund is;-_ e'c.mted at Pretoria and .B1oem-;`4 "Although Boers profess to regard their medical men with great vener- atinrn, satin their mode of life, mon-' otorny of diet, and a bane'fu.l- habit of o1.osim.g tightly the windows and doorz? of their sxlebping apartments, _which are always overcrowded, produces sruch geneu'a1 baod~ `health, that they paronize patent medicines as much as they do sweets. IIYIVL- I.......2....J. 1.2...- 3-.. 1.1.- _L-..-.. 2 uuxn unv crvvu .lllu.u. u "TB attend t'i{s' the `lagers traveii im their wagotns with their families. frcrm all the surrounding districts. u'r_ 4.1.- :..J.__....-1._ -1 _._.....L8... 11.. \ IL? LIJIJJ `J\ KJVV \/`(I-$0 "The busiest time fotr the stores ii dsulrimg the Church festivals, of which there are sevral annually. 11711, ,4 , I II Va A. -unv\l.Ln A11 stotrekeepers when stocking. Lay on plenty of bamboo for whip 'hh ndlesa and a c-urfous sort wt bas- kei. made by the Kaffixs tot carry the native beer a 1:11;` -1 CI: A n q vuv .n.r\r\.u uuuuau 1\,aL.|.AI|L.|Llo V"The best description I can give of a Beer saddle is that were they in` use irn England, horse exercise would go } out of favor. vuv Lavucbtalz Ill. untou- "`Dynasti.es have come and gone. but the Boelr saddle remains. nan-It ' I I-l\Il\I LIDZW \JlLJ\I\d OI \-IKIJ I Just before di:11>I16`I` a basin con- taming a little hot water is handed- round, and all pyeseont having dipped their hands in it, rsprooeaed to dry these members by Wa.Vi!n,-g them about for a few minutes-. N.B. No soap is used. "The fidelity with which the Boers cling to articles. the outside world discarded years ago. helps to swell 1 the stoares profits. ' ""11"-.-..J-..... 1.....- ........... ....,J ..A... L--J. eA.\rIv A1516: .l`r-ansvaal stores are always pro- vided with jams, oliveioil, and small basinsa The people prefer drinking their coffee from small basins instead of cups, and: a basin is `alsd necesssaxnq for ablutions, which. in a Boer (house- hold take once. a day. T|1n{- A:u\v\o\u\ 1. 1-u4..-:.n -1.`- vur uu-.n.ua.uu: n..:.uG xv. ""I`hesr owners; besides supplying the wants of the people, are expect- ed to buy from them all the wool of the district, and any tobacco the. far- men-s do not require for their own grovwim g . ttfl`-............_..1 _ g _ _ . _ . ._- -1- --_-- _..v..v q.\l nu-1.~un,!nau. vunc U1. I.'I.7'l.ldJ4 . "At last, having purchased a pound, made up on`. ounce packets; the mas- sive. fetlbotw with.` the self--same expires- sbonn you see. on the face of an Eng- lish urchin when making himself sticky, will go where his horse is standing, and damokish the lot. "VI"... .J........:L... ......- I l1----~----` J . duringvthe ghting one of the caster Fusiliers, while _lying e on `the ground firing, `was my decapitated by_a shell. The` less body rose, stood upright for] w seconds, and then fell.` .- , I Nothing can be more ludicrous than to see a big yellow-bearded fellow, booking for all `the world like a great sc.ho-olaboy in his short jacket, stand- ing in lromt. of twenty g.asa jars full" at his favorite daintias, anxiously con- sixd-ezring which of the vaned assort- ment he. shal1.pa.rtake of to-day4 "A" Tani l'IaIIi.n.n runnvnknnnrl .. .m.~.......I nrvialnatn-I-lab uuu \L\JH.l-ll'\.I&lDlJ Luu 1!)!-o To describe one Transvaal: store is to describe. the mt. ttfni. ,1" _ "As arrule great nmokera are not partial to sweets. but the Boers, be- ing unlike any other people in the w-arid, simply adore them, _`vJust as up shop in India. is come sidered properly stocked without a goodly supply of Macassar oil, tapes, and seidlfltz powders, so in the l`ra.na- vaal the first thought of the store- keeper is to see that hedoes not run short of sweets. Wwiaen 1 was in India, the wand; was Exshaws' Oovwmrd supplied the tinned provisions, and `A11:-zopps tha ale. __.._. -- v:- _.-- -ulna.-nu "It remarkable how various coun- hries get accustomed to certain manu- factures and modes of buying. The potwer of custom_ and ha.-bit is won-" derful. Go where you will _it in the If the British wi-n,"' he. says. "the country will be at once. opened up. and as settlers from Europe would not tolerate the old-fashioned store! dotted all ever the B0036 Veld, they, will have to make way -for the up-to- date shopvman from Britain. ' Shopi Are Kept Mouliy -by" Scotsman. - ' . The peaceful pursuits of com-. merce are apt; to be so disregarded iii` ` time of war that no . one has `paus- ed to considqr what effect the pres- ent conflict in Sauth_Arica will have an the traders in the Transvaal who run what are; called. the "stores. In the opinion of the authority, whom P. W. consulted! on this subject % the struggle; however; it ends, will. be a disastrous thimg to the atore.keep~ FURS IN PARIS. IN THE TRANSVAAL. The troops retired from the 11 good order. is morning several men were in returning to positions they eld before they carried Spion orneycrot s Mounted Infantry he 3rd Battalion of the King's. Rifles lost heavily. The men oil Iperipl Light Infantry received` baptism of fire, shooting and; nor nnuv-lrnrvlnvn ant` l:!\:n.nrn Week's Elghtlng Splon Kop. V % _ -. _ . ccounts of thb battle of Sp9h' continues to filter in. Al,lf-tee- to the terrific Boer tire- _; `L 1 hen` `reinforcements arrived. the , pr, were much cramped on the top I Spion Kop. Preparations were e below to eeoure the position, s were on the way, and engineers been ordered up to strengthen the 5 f ~ench.ments. - Col. Throneyoroftf,` not aware of this when heorder- 5; he retirement, and he actually met 3 artillery coming up. - n Woodgate was `wounded about o`clook in the afternoon. Even'] TTISFIED WITH NURSES. Marshal Lord Roberts author.-L e representatives of the A630- Press to say that ass. result `of ; Dection of the hospital service i fV.lI`rn1\+`I-I can`-:a'=n-1:` I-`|'n' 311..` ' (.1.at'e(0f Satuzay: ""1" " ""nrv ere has been a long train of*am- ces arriving at Spearman s field hospitals with the wound- The Lancasbire Brigade suffer- e h:~-aviest losses. Therewas no: nett Burleigh cables the Daily! 1-:naHvh from SIpe,arma41 s Caump, ELD BY BOER PIC_KE'1`_.`j v series I ysj will V0 have r store. : makes usiuess. he pub- 51: Store 'e. On Se 15th. despatch to theTDai1y Chronio le,"` I Srpearman s Camp, Jan. 27,saya_ ....-u nu LIJU uuapuux aervuw; is Perfectly satisfied that `ev-_ E medical skill suggests to: the and comfdrt of the sick and d has been done. He is satised e authorities are sending out nurses who will possibly be_re- .- -. :\-IAIAU L b\Jl&JH&O -9_I;oin Kop was taken it wad 1d by a small pickezt of the any 0 wenre siurprised, probably ex- otur left to attack. `However, 0 their wonderful 'mobili1y,,: aixnder of the .hl-`w'as anon`: force. `Had it vl)e!1__v`;:oVIAsiAbjl;ioAf* ;. a;;g);o;st;a` ;i,1.;e1;.;'wa;".;1i % ht; and had to behold down on? stretcher. . IITISH Lnssms IN THE VICINITY DUEL WITH THE BOERS. TOOK HIS HEAD OFF. (I. Ho'z(-se. ;|m7lh:1:uvt`z`a1j1`1I(sl.z1.rd s co`rr_es'p-onden't de- . scribing the Spion kop ght. 8883 that fthve Boers displlayed Bplefldld oourug-' 2A "party of them on three separate pc- icasions wxlked up to a trench occupled 3 by the Lancashire Fus-lilie1_`8. With _ their rifle flung across thenr shoul- * ders, a.tI|1d their hands up:hpal%?ms_1?ut- ' ward, oping to entrap e usI~_el`B "into a surrender. T While perleylng "the first time somebody fired, a Shot- ETIL1stan !l1{ all gas :`(i)nfu:(l>llI.b80m0 gf gt e Fun iers c erg ~w1` ayone . t1w`hi.le others threw themselves on -,tho Boers and wrestled with vthm. The , enemy, htzwever, succeeded in di chttrg-i ijing :11 voll`leyz 11x`1d l:i1ll'u;g_ xgany oi .Fusi' iers. en _e no was `r! 'aguin the British` did not stop! to per- 1 `ley, buffired on- the Boers. Acoordmg ; to glue 381:6 oorrelspondent. eon-at:-E . riv` o t e nave` guns on . esumm . . of the hill was owlbg to the tpcrecipi-, iitousnese, "which made 1119 hauling ,the guns to _the top a sheer 1sn_1pu'seibx'l-__ .ilty. .1 > I am glad there are a few honest people left. Two years ago I sent a boy arround the cornea` `to buy "ea post; card. I have newer seen; the buy to. bhtsa `day. ~ . " You don't call that boy honest! " Yes, sir! -This ,mo'r:n'ing I received a_ postal with "this an the back`: Dem` air, Here is your posfal. eI7eta,r.ted in businesef with the] penny. I011 save( me_ and `hevevroapeglred; , I'haVnks.-:* rim-, ` 9, Col Thorneycrott had a narraw tescaupe, last week. He went to meet a Boat` Ll-aug of truce, which asked: a par- ,'l_ey, but having become suvpicious, he :tolld the Boer commasnd-ant that he {would not parley.- Both! retired. and the Boers fired a valley: the colonel only escaping in consequence of their bad shooting." _ ' t '[`hn .QI'n'n1I.1uuI9g ...... .........'I-...L AA. I '"X~ae_;;~a;;;i1g F &"n`` '.l?.iun`;e`s.+fu1"<;m. Piet- ierm-arntzfburg. dated `Sunday Ilast says: % "(L-u'I 'I'I....|. ..... ....AA. |._.1 A ____'___..__- ti-nued arriving. and at there was no `room for a 5'ery large force onnthe hili to manoeuvre, this made the loss i ` or life greaier without i..crea.-iiig_Lne' security of. the position. Col. Thorney- i croft therefore decided to withdraw , certain regimentsaatter dark. Mean- _ while prepar-ations for securing the rest of the-hill,, either that night or t I the next day, were progressmg below. i Gu-nie were on the way and `the engi- neers: had been ordered up to super~ vise the making of better entrench- menits, At 8.30 Colonel Thorneycroit, then being in command, and being uanaiware that the guns -and engineers were coming, decided that the bill was untenable, and accordingly ordered a general retirement. iThi'.s lasted all night, and was most orderly. The hill was deliberately evacuated because it ' was considered u~ntenr'ib.'e inthe faceof to fire to which we `had no means of irepiying. Our casualties were heavy. `Trhorneycrotts Mounted Infantry, be- ` ing in the firing line all day, natural- * fy suffered especially heavy loss.` On `Friday night Major-Gen. Warrenfs force retired across the Tugela. Two p-on-toons were `used, and despite the 1 fact that it was a very dark night` the xmoyement was carried_ out perfectly. ' The torce Is now encamped some :dis- - tance on this side of the river. ' V .1 .I.._..__L_L L- L1,, 01?` s1>Io1~'z`. KOP. -.|>ni' rd"duir' beret; `l'ayTli7ght.v ilwheny thr.mqunt_aln- - was covered bygefthielr mist, and so .' secmre.-thewh;ole',hillt.-op. As it was, the erce. was in a. cramped position near the point of the triangular table-' ' land. The men dug trenches during - the night, but,_untortunate1y, owing to the dark-nese, these were badly. eit- hulated, end aotrdeod little shelter _'aga.inst the heavy fire. poured: in by i the Boers, who arrived in la rge num-` ;be.rs. When the mist cleared. it was . forwnd that the Boezrssh-ad atleast one a gun on the. hill itself, a Maxim-N=ou'd- ,;_enfeidt, and probably altogether six guns were playing on the hill. Their gmarksmen were scattered singly in :l:aJrge numbersell over the hill, and flying behindithe, rocks on part` of the !ln-un `W. ~......\:....: n... 1.:...1.....4. .....:...; _'.l`he fier::e-.s`t;"fvi-'g_;t.i`.n.g_'u;.v;efffrom' 8 `U0 11 o c.1ock,Adurirn-g parts of W-h1ch_ _time our mernwere nearly forced off. % the hill. However, afterour gums had located and `temporarily silenced the enemy's guns. fresh re nforcemen 3 ar- rived, end any danger of losing the hill seemed "over. .U.'nfortu-na.te_ly \ Major-General Woodgate and ms aide 1 were both wounded, and the command `devolved on the senior officer, Col- 'oneI T-horneycroft. During the rest I of the day more"; reinforcements con-i orsteds and (300 Sample ercoats and es at prices ; -J mug wuuuuu. EHO] {U055 [JG-I L` UL LLIU jkap. We occupied the highest point coat the hill, but it was not flat, hav- iimg rather ho'3baok' aides on the. man-thern slope, which was raked. by the Boer.i;`e. - e . _ sum: HON ES'fY LEFT. iiijRcEstn FIGHTING. voTe\ET"?{/arr? ,.____ _-----~_--_T . , A onble`- despatbh from London 213-} a`ertstha-t well informed Englishmen} _jb,e11evo Japan `will soon strike :1 blow; fat: Russip, : A % . _ .. . I - A region tu-lly ten miles square on -both sides of the Detroit River, wrzua shaken.by' angxplosion of .500 pounds of dyqagnite_at thq stone` works of the Sibley Quarry Company on the Ameri- can ai_le,_0ne man was killed. V ; L ,GENERAL. .1 Mr. . imtry. Gray Mafia will .'piesent documents to. prove her claim to, the ' i `millions by Generl Maxis, :_x.M ax-3 ir9.n_~statesn:1aVn-., ` ' .- .T 5 jj - U A Fire destroyed the electric plant and .laboratories of the Bellaire ! works owned bythe National Steel Co., at Bellaire, Ohio. Loss Aa1oo,o_oo.r Over i2,000 men are out of employment. ` The United States-Circuit Court of iAppea.'1s"hasgo'onfirmed the verdict of _2,000.re,c`ov_ered by Col..A._ Hr. King in h'is,'s_i1it against the.'P`ullm.an Car` ,Company for `being wrongfully eject- ;ed from a sleeping car (it Baltimore.- 5 region tu-lly ten miles square `sides Detroit River;wzLe _'L._I___; L`_."`<-__ _____1_,_.v `D 145:; - tstafi is tried . to the ut;.nost?.'- (urecteu the movement which won us .\ the_.day." `steel i After an action, making out lists of killed, wounded, and missing men, re- turns of guns, stores, and prisoner? captured. the buriaj of the dead,.:md the formation of the camp or- bivouao. comprise the, work of the Staff. On the march _.the 7'eaIl-.:1`n'd abilitypf the ; Elm-.k`ed '1 roads, advance-g,uax-ds. without . cap] umns,vlost` brigades, and wande1'in`g di- 1 visions", missing `_bng*g:ig'e, `and need-.' -lessley-fatigued menein short, chaos ' mnai- l`|n.nv-I-_I-nu-n.lo!.... _l_.-_,.. v__ _,___ ..-...--. ......,...,,... . Brigham Roberts, of Utah-, the ex-` polled bfgamous Congressm-a,n, now a-.ry and mileage. ` I'.1!'...A .I__L_.___-.I 1| , I 1- u I - - seeks from thefGovernment 82,000 921.]- Dr. Paxykhurst. favored the legal open- ing of saloons _on Sunday, while Har-` lem ministers are moving to `close them altogether. A The Rev. Dr. Porter as- sailed"the Raines law as responsible for much vice. in Brooklyn. `l)..2_I_;__. r|_l.-__A,_ 1- +1: I A` z'.I;1Z)Vomas- Bo;lger was knocked` from a surface car at 125th\ street and . Seventh avenue in: New York by 4 a stta-nger, who followed him from a ba.nk,.nnd'tried too rob him in broad. daylight. ; ' hs- and ill ef I [Governors of many States say that` the people favor a contitutional amy- endment providing for the election of United-States Senators by direct popu- lar `vote. " *` I The Mayor nf 'l`r'oy,~ N. Y., issued :1 p-roclam-Jtion calling on a street car om-'p'a.ny hampered by a strike either to run its cars or forfeit its franchise. ` 'I 1-.__!J__,A_ in 1'70 . - ` . President McKinley contempl.-ates is- suing a proclamation granting amnes-; ty to all Filipinos who lay down their arms andideclaring n others out- laws. 3 *Eo1;x;'13.%1?x2bLL';aT5 ?I'IE.2'yet. qual- ified as the builder of the (rapid transit road in New York. ` A -enue Street Car Company. New York, Q9- I..n\I\J\J vv gnu Vlvbllulllutl ldlllin ] Isaac Jacobs, Au -tailor recovered $1,164 damages against the Third Av- ' for` false imprisonment, having been arrested for refusing todpay :1 second fare [after receiving a transfer that had been improperly punched. ' 'f-I-# 11 -|.r -I-\ n u'l`;wo deatllsv were caused l;y the {sold William F. Rittenberg, .a Michigan -weathering Chicago the otherday. lumberman, robbed of $600, ~ by the green goods game, _searches in vain for those who victimized him. it is i-p.E.1-{J Jtlialagili (1.; {the chief object of Dr. Leyds in visjiiing Paris, Berlin and St. Petersburg is to! induce France, Germ`:-ny and Russia to inter- -vene if Great. Britain should attempt ` seize Delagox Bay. V TYQVYIIQI-"rs n.-u A -.-us- The war Office givesthe list of the nounc-ing the names of 215 missing men British casu1.`Lies"at Sp-ion kop by an- of various , regiments, including 137 imenibers of the Lancashi re Fusiliers. Rear Admira Lord Ch-arlas Berea- ford haosgoule to MaIl!ta to (take com- mand of the second division of` the British edMi1errame.an fleet. T x A monster meeting Mohammad-am; 1n the Town Hall at Calcutta passed a resolution express- ing unswervlng loyalty and attach- n1n.t to the throne. and deciding to offer prayers for the victory of the Brlttsh in all plants of _worship. The meeting` also subscribed 63,000 rupees to the Mansion House Fund. (`rt Hmdus ands cally v-cur vvvu-uuv\a uvuu-vow Ins v-you-vv-Q V Tue annual decoration ot_ the [statue of King Charles I. in Trgfalgar Square on the anmversary of his execution In 1694 took place Fxfidey. v-Iv 1 ,_'a' . special cable despatchu from Lon- ` don says that the pinch of war is felt everywhere. T The boxes of\choodlat`e sent to troops by the Queen have been distributed LO tVn_e wounded soldiers at Wyuberg. Fl`--`. -..__---a _|---__L!-_ _D LI... ..o.-.{..n `--._.. ....- The Chemainus -& Northwestern Railway bill-, looking to the cxtenuon ` of the Eaquimalt & Nanaimo lioad to the north end of Vancouver Island. "has passed the Rai1way_(Committee of J the British Legislature. | I . BRITISH-. ? " The overdue steamship Ethiopia? from Glasgow,'has arrived at New York. ' roux" cases of smallpox have been re- ported to. the Provincial Board of Health ot Quebec` from` St. Bru-no, Kamourn-ska County, and two from. Carleton, in Bonaventure County. Not one has proved fatal. tn 5 no--co IQIIJJI ' The uh-ecuors of the Richelieu &0n-1 tario Navigation Company have ap-` pointed. Mr. Tnos. Henry of Montreal general Trahio Manager of the sys-: em. .._ ,4 I uesuucuon not the home or John` '~.* *-W "='*"*-Y Stewart, at `Cypress River, near'Win- Th French government expresses it- nipeg, ` ' A self pleased with the settlement of the The `Elder-Dampster steamship Mon-= S8-Dgto DOIIIUISO U!`0l1b19 Which, it is terey has been chartered to transport, cl.-ailnled, was a complete victory for Strathconas Horse to SouthAfrica. Fzragnce. .. and wixl sail from Halifaxst the end, Premier Waldeck-Rousseau has. sus- of` February. _ ` gpenzde-d the allowances of the Arch- bishop of Aix, of the Bishosp of Ver- tario saiiles. Valance, Viviers, Tulle, and pointed M/omtpelietr, and the Vicar of Avig- General non, for sympathy with the suppress- mm . . ed Assumptio-nists. >.b our cases of smallpox have. beam. re- ` ` Elton Vermette,` Manitoba's oldest: pioneer is` dead at St. Norbert.-aged 109 years. { V , e`= V The National Trust Company 118? contributed 31,600 _to the Nauonal Pa-j triotic Fund. T - I iung, aged 90, was brned-to! death, and hendaughter, Mrs. Stew-Q; art. perobabiy fatally burned in the; destruction of the home of Johnf Sgewart, Cypress n`ear'Win-U D1998`: \ _-f.\11 rs , . .I -r v-. ..-an--u.,u-J no IVictox-ia, RC... has offered to equip 50 mounted men for South Africa. T I).......|_.__1 L-.. ___:_-_1 nsnnn 4--.. LI.-. * 1~i{.` dlfmlfo 'i;};};I;c&}e"v}:"a2et on February 14. ' ` I'?!-1_- 9 I an, n A ININE. UV ILIUUIJLUKI IIJUII LU]. QUIJLLI 1LlLUa- I Bossland has raised $3,501) for. the: ;Pat1_'ic tic Fund. . _ ` _ U !1`he. Toronto Polie; Commissioners have enforced the Ch1ef s recommen-' datlon for an increase of the force. N wsy Items About 0urse1vesja.nd Our N eighbors4Something' of_ % Interest from Every .Quar- . % ter of the Globe. isvnnxs mom nmmsl f3N1d:1:13 STATES. .GANA'l_)A.. - Nevertheless, a Staf appoim_1tment as \ ,intense1y coveted by the latter; and ` jtha English system of f making Staff `regimental officers ipterchangeable en- -gend.-rs a` proper` sympathy. "and pre-' {vents the format from being looked- zupo-n,.or looking upon themselves, as a `corps ,,,ap`;nrt..; ~thu9` causing,` rivalry i i,v`vh.iclr cannot; be hutvdetrimental to the `I-`AiYtny s..ix1`}9I.'_sta. e ~ *' wzuuuy-1.aL.xgue men-Jn snort, chaos` out the most: hea1't-breaking descrip- tiun_resuIts unless the Chief `of Staff ani.l:h1sjunicurs are. wail up-.in their business. '. ' _ x 5 x7-;__,.;,|_ n. .... --. \ u.uc:_.ua; Atterlau making but of missing-men, re-_T prisoners` % captured. the burial .o-{the dead,.:md }hn fnrrnafinn n! this ..........- A-- 1-2.. V . up JJQILIAJI/KI Ill-ALI-3 LI>VVl( - i. Co-ulness is a prime requisite in a Staff officer. The apparent contempt for death ,,and danger, so va._lua|)ly -`stimulating in a regimental ofiicer. is equally requisite in the Stuff. At Staff ofiicer h:a-.3 a -grasp of the genera.l s pol=a.n of action, and may ` frequently j find himself in ax -position where_ur~i gency demands that he should Lake up- on himself `the V `I,.,VERY SERIOUS T RESPONSIBILITY ' of ordering movements without actual orders from the genera.l-oo1nm,anding- in-chief. It is a matter in history," says Lord Wol-seley, "that Lord Hur- dinge. eat the Be.1tt.leof A-lbueru, when serving as an A. A. G. (assistant-_adju:~ an_t-general). on h.is`own responsibility `directed the movement which won _the_,day. ` ' " .`I-Av an :\t\`:':\-L ..;..I_:___ , ,. u . 4 .~unvu llJ|:\I \au.uAI.lO.I.d.llUl.l. . E It wit ! be apparent that staff-work jis more ofun adminttrativeihan an executive __mature.-. Staft officers do not cmnmand troops; - theyvare the mouthpiece of the general in _;whose name they issue orders. They must carry in their heads all i-m.p-ortana! in- formation about the army with which they are servi-ng-such as the strength. composition, and. _,position of each -`corps, divi-sion ,,,'z-ind brigade, and the ` namias of their _._co1nm.inding oificers. In action they must be all eyes and : ears, and anything remarkethl~e must be reported with;-u delay; Asa large Staft is tiiikely to attract an enemy s ztttemion, and draw his fire, at gener- 1 mi, as a rule, keep-3 with him the Staff of.icer whose opinion he most values; while two or `three adies-de-camp fol- low at about thirty '_,y-urds distance, and the rest. of the stunt remain about _a hundred y-ztrds away. ` - i {`.(n:'v.].nn:lu in 0) rrinqn -n.\..-.3.-J5-.. :_ _ V my (Corps: Ohe general o-f.icer com- : _(z3-c_>n-1rir1vzi:n'cier-in-Chief gives the I ffoullqwing detail of the Staff of an Ar- .ma.nding, four aides-de-camp, assist-, . `ant-adjutant-g~enera:l,v assistant-quab . . termaster-vgener-.11, ,dep-uty.-assistant-. -adjutunt-general, ',and dep~uiy-a.ssist- ant-qunrtelrmaster-general; ,,'th-2 ojmfii-V icer commanding Royal Artillery, with ' his brigade-major and aide-de-camp, the of icer commanding the Engineers, - gcamp, the co1nms1.nd;nnL- of headquar- ters. the provost ma.`rs_h1l, the princi- pal veterinary surgeon, two deputy-c commis .ary-gener..lls-:.ne forithe cem- mis.~..e.riat and transport departments, I i I i | i I with his brigwde-major and aide-de-! 9 ! I and the other for 1he'nrdnance-two ohap~l,.in.s, ;..an:l th: principal medical :1 of.icer. This makes twemy-five effi- tcers in aull, to whom are {attached fif- ty-six servants and seventeen c-lerks,! two enerzul service Waggon; b..ing :11-_ -loweg fc-r bz_1gg:1ge'a.nd_equipment. It ` will thus be seen that part of the Staif belongs to the Adjutant-Ge_neral s and part t5 __'the Qufirtermaster-General"s department, although both on active service, are under the Chief of Staff. Allinatters connected with the ge..erai ,. eiciency, duties, anddi:scipi'u1e of the e troops. and all the . vu-Av; va. -.u.ou.J. uuu ula ULLIUUID. 5 Ibis lucky that Lon-1`1x'i u:he.ner is {such a g-lutto-n for work when the var- ied duties of the Chief of _,'Staff are {taken ixito consider:1Lio1. W V V I ; ...:m 1.... _.._.-_-_ ' I 1 A 4- ' u Chief 01 Staff and his officers. I To- - ""- ` a _...._.___v v.- _..._-_-... of quarteriug. encamping, and moving the Army Corps, are the care of the `:01 1.--]--- Al.-- `l",,_n ' What. Klzchener llns In-fore illI||-Coalnes T as Prime llvqlllslto-a Ldrd Wcibseley says "the Staff is to an army what` steam is to 9. become- tive'; and the 0omma.I`1dVer-in-Chief iopght to know. ' __,__._E.. F` "I;`_tKZxix-teelzl persons were killed and ltorty injured by a dynamite explos- ilcun; near T,urin recently; nu` -uw \ VA` _Santia.g*oo de Chile despatch` says that tidal waves; higher _tha,n have 1 been known tow `a long time, have iswpt along theooast, doing consid- x e4r.a")1ea damage. . T over Sylvia Gexmeliafter all. She was --handed over to her father at _Constan- tinpvple yesterday by the Turkish offi-_ car` who -had placed her in; his harem. I Complete official figures for Ger- imzyny show that exports to the; Unit- Led _Sl a1.as last year were $90,900,461, i `or an increase. of $8.548,847 over 1898. V___12_ __ and TurIiey_wil1 not 331:0 war I _ __- vuav jll-IIJVEUIJIO A-ntaI1eg-e-.d secret decree otftthe Em:-V press Dcvwager of China to the gover- nors of the provinoes exorts to strong measures against foreigners, even to re ' I 0sm gm; m hm 0.,...,.;,;t..0.,(i0 _a Carlist arsenal` in a. house: in.Place-. ncia, capitalouf the protvinca 01 that nam_e;'`a.nd seized 100,000 cartridges a-nd a `large quantity at arms. A .........:.1 __L1. 2 I A special cable despatclrroni Ber- ` lim, gives Dr. Leyds" views at the Boer \ telfms of peace, -including the restiorar 5 from of the territory previously 'take:n from the Transvaal. ' A _!`1 , 1IUL7ri.:{1i0Us DE'1;AILS. ALL ABOUT *7TH,sTAF1~'." Amongst the Kaffirs it is the c.us'- tqm"ot_t-he bride-elect to purchase her praspective husband's wedding "trons seen" for` him. The outfit invariably includes an. umbrella, often of red, white and-blue, o.nd`a roomy tin box to_ hfpld-`the entire ggqlleotion.. . lurk Ilnrbonr lbevasxnlccl and so llmn.-ws ' Blown own. A despatch from St. John s, Nf1d., a-ays:--Axiotheir tornado swept _the coast last Mondznh night. Lark har- -_bo1`m' ' `was 'devastate'd' and 20 houses were blown -down,` including the Cus- toms station 'und_the residence of the Customs officers. All the families took refuge in their zcellars. A French lobster fz1cto1'y,~one of the largest on thevcouist, with. all its contents. boat, 'and fishing gear, was demolished, be- 1 ing blown to pieces. Three schooners _weme drives ashore and; dismasted. E I . | I 3 . no one else was tempted by your fev- Ajured in those first skirmishes with the rough old world. And then the . course, s g able as F r A father, talking to his careless daughter said: ."I want to speak to you of your mother. It may be that you have noticed a careworn look up- jon her face lately. Of course it has snot been brought there by any action `of yours, still it is your duty to chase fit away. I want you to get up to- Emorrow morning and get breakfast, ;and when your mother comes and be- gins to express her surprise, go right Eup to her and kiss her on the mouth. ` You can t imagine how it will brighten 'her dear face. Besides, you owe her a kiss or two. Away back, when you were a little girl, she kissed you when I er-tainted breath and swollen face. You were not as attractive then as you are now. `And through those years of childish sunshine and shadows she was always ready to cure, by the magic of a mother's kiss, the little, dirty, chubby hands `whenever they were in- midnight kiss with which she routed so many bad dreams, as she leaned` over your restless pillow, have all been on interest these long, long years. 01' he is not so pretty and kiss- your share of work during the last ten years, the contrast would `not be so marked. Her face has more wrin- kles than yours, far more; and yet if you were sick that face would appear more beautiful than an angel s as it hovered over you watching every oppor- tunity to minster to your comfort, and every one'of those wrinkles would seem to be brigh twavelets of sunshine chasing each other over the dear face. She wi_ll leave you one of these days. Theseburdens, if not lifted from her shoulders will break her down, Those rough, hard hands. that have `done so `many necessary things for you, will be crossed `upon her lifeless breast. Those neglected lips that gave you your first baby kiss will be forever closed, and those sad. tired eyes will have opened in eternity, and then you. will appreciate your mother: but it will be too late." you are; but if you had done , i. it I `tux 1.1.5:!) LII uuaxauu I Cadet Johnson is 21-50:: of the Mayor iof Belleville. '- Ill L7\IluI.|aLl Qlllliao Vivien Denison,` is a son of Henry ;T. Denison, who for several years has ibeen located at Davenport, Iowa. Be- ifore entering the Royal Military Col- ,-lege Denison was a student at Upper iCana-da College. ` R`-t|nAv\`91nUo 1.`... ALL... _--_ Ildsw