SW rom _\';iral and Cape Colony and

ITS" W-my, but such is not the onthree sides the mountains rise

‘t eve,-y point to the sweep of any

from Johannesburg.

wthe town. and it would take at

"Qty thousand men to properly

the railroad fiom Johannesburg to

mov - the line was Enally forced to en- W, city on a line resembling the

yu look at the mountain frontsas your

smggies to and its wav into Pre- iind wherever the eye rests there

' d b

front of masked batteries or the

of bomb-proof rifle and cannon

They command the few, and very narrow entrances to Pretoria.

my command the railroad to Lou- ,nyl/larqiiez and the railroad to Johan- ,sbm-g They face the north of \\'inder- “wand guard the ways to Beersheba. pbron and Polonia. These two formid- ;5l¢ fortifications were built by the best

other of the

lnggtgrnalappearancc the seven forts

an-alike. Theyhave masonry faces. with THE ONLY HELP' ` W

earthworks which cover their front to a gpggtdgpdr. In this they conform with AVictini of Bright`s Disease for Many

»»---» to b-.f;~,;»d; M- r.i.fi;;ivfii.r

Studied Work e “ture formally of Listowel,came here as a last

Pile upcn pile Of S8-Uflbflgs fl-fe resort. Had suffered ten years with wherever shot or shell from Bl"l8l1l»'S Disease- R@D0Yl»€d \0 be Past

~ ` .EL “Z ' i. . 1 `

my nigh- Th--= af- ---1 ;‘§.‘i>.:~::;.‘3.";‘c.1;§;i°:i“ea”;?°ii';ifl - ‘ ~ o' a

NC€SS€S, S@C1‘€t Passages- C°mPlel'e planation given was that!-her little boy ,

9s`

mmulated within the forts and the city (Pretoria to last the iiiiibitants and i . VAAL RIVER llkarmy in the event of a siege for five . NH The ammunition supply is est-im- ____ VERDEFORT lcd for three years. How many guns are ‘

limxitel it isdifiicult to say.butundoubted-

lllmny ofthe Boer guns have been taken “_”

lo the mountains north. The guns ‘ llginally placed in the fort were fifteen LROODEWAT Mfimeter Creusots, but their Dumber is

Ut d ` . f f.,,,‘_‘f,f"‘.°'l' k”°‘"‘ S _,ts ,he most 'rn Pfeiifu -liioNN|Nc srnuir

hi!! “Pretoria is not as prett-Y 8 WW” ’ _

lBloemfontein," says Poultney Bigel0W- To Pretoria m“'”']KR00NSTAD 5'-I that is for reasons which |43 mlieS

7".’»’7'f3f¢'7§'5,7‘g77_.i’;§i' . -'-._-.:;_,;.,.-V __ _ E, » , .,.: _ .

" e ` ="‘~.’~ -1 -api . -' ,. --3' = ~ .=-;f.»~,» _ -

. z.. -'>'f_. i.. `;? `.`-f>~=-1'--_ _ = ' f_='-_ ;-,.=is» ‘.2 ,, -1- ». _

-f . , _ Wu; ,saws ,..

or

,. - . . ~ i' "Puri: f:irARprAu. c.°.i4.An1.<»1‘r »‘ - ~ i ° . f' »‘ 1

i-"roiviv riiivcu EDWARD ismilo :UNE ooo ~ -4.

IORIA A CITY

0F

,ve ~.~. ~~/~~~- ---` ~-‘------:v~Y~_~.~_~_-_ _~.~_ ,»,~_~,-_~T-___ ______`,.

,tgp the lloers have been pres- `

Su-Ongholils have fallen into

incluilinzPretoria., capital where the plans vi er: laid

bv Ooni Paul and his iulvii-

wap now in progress. lt Was

shit the1a_-t great stand of the

be at Pretoria but from

indr-at ions the Boers intended to } to (39 mountain fast-nesses beyond

city and there make a stand

the M-my of Lord Roberts.

the city seems easy of ap-

alongside of pretentious Governmen

beholder by their size.

ticully without money. The gold mine

wgwo thousand feet above the of the city, which is itself 4,5(l) p

sea level. Onltne forth side facing Johannesburg, the range

to a vast level plateau ex-

may command it. The city is from Cape Town and about

mod¢m forts command the ap-

i¢_ The civil engineers who

found mth problems of grade erted into the building of huge forts.

“tain resistance orfereil them

twists of a giant boa. constric-

offices, where much money has been spcn

ff ts, a re ou t,

to be 3 hue 0 or for show and little for beauty.”

water.

men :ind engineers of Europe. _ ` ` ’

hmewem "_1 Ap t *da While costing much to keep them in repair

géhg .(;£§‘§rb;li;rr?I;lngir?;;r;rc 0;1;`t_r“ Ct e d But this is a good fault and will abound

li

defence* to the benefit of the city in the future.

connection not only with each had insisted that she should use Dodd

an bniwirn the niiiciai buildings in KidI=°YPil1S and P1'°PheSl€_d _Phat wel; _ @ by _

._ o .

y \A¢

_ h would cure her. She says,- From th

It IS 5190 reported thas t' e “ear first few doses I began to feel better, an

appoaches are mined. and that it would after taking four and a half boxes, Isa -- =° an my ii;i:§2.lfeii.£ii@.gaii:;3i>ii:izafsiiii l*"'°fkS- medicine in the world that has ever cure '°l'll-flee” Ye.9'1`9 00|” Paul has bw" a case of Bright's Disease at such a stage. petly with secrecy, putting up 1311652 Hences, paying something like $10,000,

Hit is said. You would know more of i '

illese forts, but it is impossible to find <

out You ask questions, but they are not mswereil. None seems to know the in- rml me@h,mi_t~m=, nor how the batteries mplaced_ All say that Oom Paul can kll,butnot even an inquisitive American Iould ask him. When the forts were

hlldmg workmen; employed on one part i . U the structure were not allowed to work A i

manother. Scntries were posted at all &L-°'-‘KRUGEKSDURP

s. Details of the work were ‘

from all but the President and the ,__ ~ 5 UOHANNESBURG

Umunanding oiiicers. lt has been said gg ;‘{f£"a

that B itish spies have gained entrance.

that enough food has been ac- VEREENKHNG

mf W

LEEUWSPRUIT `

ia is in many re pe of all South African towns for lm 'File'

residence. The nil- is dry and ` ‘-1 Joizn/in

and is admirable for persons weak `

Tie case recorded here 58 °f the

Cbase’s Ointment was successful U1

Wal for nearly three Year! “met ith u bad form of Eczema. ot il” »

which was very unsightly *nd

t _

MP James Scott, 136 Wfikht lnnue' ,i ~

' .

fn:=_ __ _ “.#“_VENTER5BUR(i Eczema on --- --‘ir-l

the Scalp 'gfifflffm

Inu me ana sum uno: the “N i ,_"_*3",__‘*,_- ,_-

¢meneomauynr.ciiaso’sl.U__U°°"f~

ever brought to the attention of ` Freud.

s best physicians, audi _when gg.-‘ky

gave up all hope of reeovérf-

I. IMBERLEY y

a. perfect cure. » ,_ ._

.t..t.,,__ My boy 'rom and _ Cwsml.

¢¢_»`f\|ln¢*

all kinds of remedies and doc -

reatment. His head was in t 1.98",” .` EMR

state. We had to keev Ulm ff°’° Q -;|¢g and at times his head would * :.,~ _ __ Ind me child wonidpcrea-ul lil” * ' f `_ For two and a half ifetfl o

with ii in vain. but at last A cure in Dr. Chase’s Ointment- J five boxes were used. The sores dried np. leavin! *he ‘km l

normal condition. To MY ll l' "

of Dr Chase s Ointment is PW i

Cliearsyefsmgllltmen at all 5_»¢33°"s";T '

Bates I: o.. T°¥°ntP~ _ 3' _*_ ._,»*,;. ,

_ .€1»?#:2L':£Z£.

Measure to testify tn the wonderful ` g .r.4Pf¢t“h,“-51;., - it ° -° ' ' 0

1 'wxa -, .. ii.

PORTRESSES.

may be obvious. Bloernfontein gives the impression of good taste, o general comfort, of harmonious develop- ment. At Pretoria, on the contrary, we find Boer cabins with mud floors ranged

f

buildings, built obviously to impress the

The Boer Government in i881 was prac-

s

snddenly threw into the empty treasury of this “cowboy” administration so much money that it was rather embarrassing to know what to do with it. The Boer legis- lators who had probably never seen a five pound note until the Outlanders opened the mines at Johannesburg, commenced

their career of political independence much in the way an American cowboy celebrates his return to civilization. ln- stead of working slowly and spending the money for the good of the country by es- tablishing good schools and building roads, bridges and things calculated to increase comfort they acted! on the assumption that intercourse with their neighbors was ia bad thing, and that to be strong they P ‘must remain a peculiar and isolated peo- iplc. The money which would have gone to the construction of railways was div-

Instead of welcoming Afrikanders to

assist in their administration they pre- ferred to import clerks directly from Hol- land and Germany, as though ;these might give more loyalty to them than even their kinsmeu reared at the Cape 'or Natal. The private residences at Pretoria are overtoppcd by monstrous government

One thing which Pretoria has is an ex-

cellent supply of water, which is in abun dance throughout the city. Johannes burg on the contrary has a most wretched supply of water and it is said that people there often wash their hands in soda

The streets of Pretoria are wide aven-

ues and were laid out with reference to the ov trains and are to day much too

b .R from mnb obtained in wide for the normal traflic of the city, `

y _ d .

Pneiouu ii? e

~ » f=LoEliii¢oN1e|N

oiuuvoe Rive

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@%@%@%@%@%@%

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c-if v.;f‘ in use ft'-=s.>>

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airs .lam

[With Whiske_rs.]

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There was a boy whose name was Joe,

And he had a goat that wasn’t slow, .1 -

_ .And everywhere that Joe would go, '~`

That goat would want to go, you

know.

It followed Joe to school one day; The teacher said it could not stay,

Told Joe to take his goa.t.awa.y~

Just then there was some fun to pay.

The goat he raised his tail on high.

A wicked gleam came in his eye,

At the teacher he did take a shy; `

The teacher thought he saw the sky.

He knocked the teacher on the lloo

Butteg four children through the e

oor,

_ And looked around for something I

more- " ‘

For he was mad, he wanted gore. He started down the centre aisle

With a swagger of the dndest style. He butted nine children into a pile

And shook his whiskers wi li a smile-

He' saw a boy who looked so neat, v

Who camly gazed into the street The goat he says, “Ah, there, my

meat."

But that is where he met defeat. He struck the boy below the belt, r-' -.

i But it seems the blow was hardly felt;

But on the goat it raised a welt.. _ - And he died as dead as any smelt. _ "“ The moral of this poem bad. ( ' - Is that the clothes worn by this lad

Were ghg toughest kind that’s to be

3. »

And we sold them to this lad’s dad. _

_,_ The suit was double pleat, ‘ i

Was in pattern smalland neat;

Was made-_for wear as well as heat, And the thickness caused the goat's

defeat ~

They cost him just one seventy-fine,

Allwool asfsure as you`re alive;

@ They saved him a dollar twenty-five,

` .J

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%@%%%@ %%

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T iii' 'si' @%%%&

T-/__ Z /1

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ananamanasananaasna

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1 And thegoat he never did revive.

Our 551.75 suit is a better stayer than the boy. The strongest boy has to give up when he tackles this suit.

What Trade We Have We'll Hold and l

mama

What We Haven’t» We’re After-

nsnananasasam

"‘ ' ' I

This is the inducement we are oifaring for your patronage. _ Why suclibig reductions ‘!. You may ask. We" will te‘l you frankly.

We bought more colored shirts, in sfiff bgggmg, Ngg

Iegee silkfronts mem working shirts *hw i= fe quired for our ordinai-y trnde- In' addition to the large purchase made

in ,M-]y spring 2 ¢a5¢s_ 5|»\||»t3 were shipped to us that had been cancelled: Bother than?-take them back manufacturers 5g|d thgm

to us at abig reduction- _ _ _ We believe we have now the largest stock of any retail house in the

city. To dispose of this stack we oder such |ib¢|-3| diggquntg.

~ ~ = our Hmninsnninnnaried white shim nm an Qin- its mni-im use

Flannellette Shine-. _ 17c, 25, 35 and -upwards Buck snieen shim ._ _ - 45°. 55.. 65.

Since Lord Roberts assumed control of British destinyin South Africa there have 'een many attempts to delineate, for they

istics and his doings at the front. None has so pleased the people as the brilliant

-vhose actions daily rivet the world's- at-

5313-1*-°. , _

Modder River He sent for them and nd-

go. ' i

granite mountain, seamed, lined buttered " tineiixth

by the storms, strain,and rackingchmige. ` ` It'fiwa.s the

It records acquaintance with every trial -Guards-who

to which mortals are put, all _lnfered in A the solitude nf undivided responsibility. Iusteadofgrnmbling

e

yet seldom stern, and wholly ignorant of passion. have known many great faces, but that of Lord Roberts is a face apart.

I fancy that, in the minds of their wor-- 511;!

shippers, some of the sobcrer gods- of the -°1' ls. om niyinoiogies hncfnonn like ms. . . Sewufewfi

“He dresses in ' serge khaki, which,

plain as that always must be, he .renders more plain by ridding it of all orders and

wearaline anda half of ribbons. But

_the chief, who is entitled to perhaps four

lines, appears every day, for every duty and function, with a tunic as bare of de- corations as that of any civilian. He is so

pect lie must have been a dandy in earlier life. He isquick and nervous in his movement, and his constant habit is to thrust either one or both hands under his belt-a practise which makes it easy for artists to familiarize his Bgure with the public. .

“He is instantaneous and direct in

versation, and goes as straight to the point in viewas a. welhaimed bullet to a target. I -have noticed that when he meets new people he advances toward

minutes either engages the new acquhin- tance in earnest convenaticn or has done

With the army, in Africa' his head"-

were a part of the royalty he represents.

name ina book, and he sends for you later if he wants tosee you. It may be a duke whom you find in the Salle of the residency-as it was in my case-and who offers the register for you to sign.

WORKS CONTINUOUSLY.

“The field marshal works continuously,

and to do so has to be free from interrup-

asmall one, standingafew feet from the

of distinguis e men 0 t c aristocracy

lg 0

.. cf pri. E.

i

.

\.

iw..-

I

t curesf-w

Every kiudof disease arising from stones-howvhecaaposaess

in-rg

on ho' ‘ i

v _persistently presented that it cannot help _

but be powerful. _ ' l ms srxrnn rnrrn.

V -' Victorlh Biol. “When he took the sacrament at Drie-

5 fontein the other day, in the face, one

T might say, of the whole army, - it. was

rading of

fo y _C without a hint of ‘the pa '

r _ ». . _ - religion. iiiisnwinicnn net _

R ~_..__.' ' v -F ' _~ ' `fni¢n.1tinn1nm»¢»,»nni-aw

,;`pv`r--IU, ' - f-‘ ’ at his gentleness and sympathy with the

_ _£1-m--nometimcsstem-course which Y-in

A ` generalsosnprcme in command, audit

hnvetofollow Ilmve askéll manyo! ffriendzhowheeoubebothsortsof m

the”h¢ad0f3°1ayg¢ang1-my, mngtgfwg

. Bl

*we imagine mutt WSI* With

*I gut. I don t

fhinssfroi l

5

95% SWRE

gi i

gi. il;

° ° ' ii ii ii. ‘

Britain s Great General. _ __f;?;;;§§geve1§’f£;;fh&_

`“"` _ ._ ynality. of flawless tact, the a~s_up¢riofi'_¢-==;¢..

dressed them as one who speaks tcl ’~ f wmI‘-D?L¢r9n'Bm" __ . friend. 1ine¢me¢i'wi.iieni maine lifted . “Hia si-my daonyuiing-.lion P ’ every disability and brushed away every _march longer; otarve=:hamder,-gn ‘limitation which had hampered and al- tents, blankets, and-. run more numbers

most crippled them in their workup to 'g¢>e~ that time. They wereto write what they '\¢hoy’¥ilfdoill_ pleased, he said, and this _was notto bt; 359611! Wl\°l'° lnlllllt Protest l ~ censored. Only their telegrams would ‘Maud irruinble Qlleodf-l‘¢jt¢h i,$ull¢g._~_»_'~;_ __ be scrutinized. They were to go where- ness- an ever he went, wherever they willed to- f1'0ll_\ the, G!l§`!‘ll.$£lb1_|§’!’~__to the xou_¢_hent,_;.§'

i,fom'.__1u_‘ne _aid ’

°‘To me his face suggests thefront ofa extorliedvrith' iro1r`diiblpllne'and

mere!

ii

Care worry, sickness, danger, nnceasingi WY f°F lllllllmii’ reflection, all had left their marks there, W0”-id dim” yet all were written across A gentle, sym-~ m¢.‘_\l W°\_ll_@ ‘S5 pathetic countenance, never gay or merry, V53# _¢'° 0-l>°‘lf~

yi#

decorations. There are men on his staff"-gt -there was even an American newspaper. bug, tkere' has reporter with' one of the armies-who gl-t5§|-_ievgr in

neat and precise in his dress that I sus-i found' Lord- Methuen established. in

con- “When his army is in motion.

them eagerly,lixtens_ intently,and in three"

with him with n. decisive nod of 'partinira

quarters form a court-almost as if he

You do not call upon him. You sign your l

tion; therefore visitors meet him only at l UGQKU'--DI' lunch or dinner. In Bloemfontein, where Flod lo¢!0|'Od _¥il'8ltI‘. he was living between walls, his table was ‘ Mrs. E. McLaughlin. "$5

head of the large, long table, at which sat W” gm' “'ea\§'tla'ngmd' and d _ - _ _ _ -.‘_. ct ewaspooraxi

his staff-hishpizinderousf, ilpipressive staff Egg igrhzépgould s,,a,ce;y° drug

You dined with ‘Bobs’ in khaki, of course, C°mPl€'¢€lY _ UHSCFQIHE-h £5118 $101110

an _ . _ -- - - --- - - - _ __‘- V - _ sleep for more t an al .an our

="1j_=§S'"a‘1 eb” ,. 'f Yerggr ¥1'g“,,‘>' 3°; ii... .-in... ...ang up .ni ..,»i....... ore . or you muy < me vi 1 iss an e in excnement_ _ , 7 _ .

E

p e sented to him after the meal for aslong ‘ As she v/is grcwlng'

‘ ` or brief an interview as he pleases. That WPHKGF I UECBZSUG _g;31`mfd» Nami

_ p is Precisely the amoiilnr. and extent of ;‘|11e°'ut:;§ °tms rkreagaigt tif'

“tale “b°“” ‘S "“"’°““d weeks. and from the first.

v ings. But all state vanishes decided improvement.--_"Her

` when you touch the hand of the little ,came better. S116 liillefi in

man andtalk ‘with him about the tw"o _ ‘ ' ‘ " ' sub}ects which engross him-the war became ,R123 ‘nd

. _ .

_ \ around him and politics at home. W,-,mggff

» “Lord Roberts never smokes tobacco, ,en such'

_ ' _ and with drink he has; iimn in ao. A bu1?l'3erC|;;*d°

W ` ' ' ¢7 glass of wine with two of the three meals- ,num merit, In pm

R I n suoices for him. He preaches temperanoe In an ¢¢g\¢;~g;.¢¢» ggimgggg,

to his soldiers, and they all know that he Co- Toronto-

shows no patience with those who drink

.tn excess. He presides at meetings of the -""”"'“'

Army Temperance Association and extoin sobriety, but, like all broad-minded men, he refrains from advocating the imposi- ible-one form of which is total abstinence; He has never been known to use an oath; and, indeed, there must be comparatively few men whose religion influences' them so deeply as does his in every adair of life. He never parades his piety, never ‘ forces it upon those around him. Yet on; i every Sunday since be joined his army he has attended divine service. Not a word ‘~ has be ever _spoken to his stall’ suggesting _or orderinf their _presence-yet he is certain to attend the weekly service-_nn example tothe army so modestly and

- - I ---Q-mr. -_ _ .._,.....__... _' ----- N 7;' ~ __ F .. . on ..’?,=_"

dmost super-human, gift of justice. Good 'j

s stern upon oeo'a.sion.’v - . 1

man who_mean”\:fas ‘well as himself .intl ~.-2

_“The first time the correspondents saw had not the capacity to realine him was at the railway car window at tion. ' . "

_ .. ,,

monde: nim. »na'.Bio¢mtoiiii£in>

mana’ He can 'mak

I f»0_ _P|l!\S¢"3 “E 'mimke cnet

B9

i "Even if considered

he

_`heis

fl

at the eu

ina ` "ve

been such idolatry such leader. ’

y IN 'rim rmnn.

“When he virited .Hirer

h_otel,;aud that generidhad been at painirto clear out a part of the and to appoint it for the Held lodgings. But Lord Roberts, hirn,rema.rked that he had ordered tent to be set on the veldt and that

he meant to stay. _

and htiug, he travels with

and._o__tent._ the Brat

and the .second 'lil work

is n light four-wheel

vous;

and

rwuomm to

street, Toronto, states:-le-“ Hy

about the house, md her nerves

colour returned to her face and

well.

too

wma

.t

Corset(

The

nike

neu like him because hols -good; hindi' ` 0 if,

l nen find a responsive chox;rl.inlhisfna".tii'fx€,!;_i oeneiit of the public, his personal charact- _ md those who are sharp -.feel that he, ftoo,

“He has complimented- Tommy on hisg; .-

-iketch of the field-marshal which Julian soldierliness in such p. way as to win the Ralph contributes to the Daily Mail. X naxfs loyalty to Che end ind surrender ' For a picturesque description ofthe man i ‘iis life, and onthe some daiy hébjgf A’ 0

°!'d°~\'*d h°¥H¢ 5 knowing that .

tent-ion, it is unequalled. Mr. Ralph lr i;iie7orderos!'rlo_dl<wi°ith.`itfch¢ ¢§5¢;g_;' __ *'

him; »