Daily British Whig (1850), 18 Mar 1902, p. 5

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"ANGIER'S PETROLEUM EMULSION FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS 'S PETROLEUM EMUL- best Ho and His Family Have Obiingd Groat Benefits From the Use of Paine's Celery Compound. The Bick of His Parish Have Used The Wondeifal Medicine With Happy Results. The Rev, J. P. Renaud, minister of St. Thomas Episcopal church, Mon treal, in one of the best known clergy men in Canada. He has personally used Paine's Celery Compound and tested its life-giving virtues, The mem iets of his family have derived happy sid cheering results from ite use, and he has 'proof that many of his sick pariefisiors have been benefitted by it Peine's Celery Compound is, without doubt, the Jroaton of all spring me dicines. Tt is vouched for by physi- "cians, clergymen, teachers and 'well read, well informed men and women in every Jart of the country. It is mar vellously wuccessful because it accom Plithes in every instance exactly what is claimed for it, Rev, Mr. Renand writes as follows "Having personally and in my own household - benefitted by the use of . Jous Paine's Celery Compound, and ving from time to time used it with i the same beneficial effect among my sick people, I deem it but right to acknowledge the great benefit it has proved wherever it has been faithfully tried, ud; if this acknowledgment of mine will make your well known com found still more widely known to the nelit of the needy and sick, yon have my suthority to use this letter in any way you think best." 70 BR LRT, eo BT Sari hmm "RET en TE a A No. 1 AUGHN TERRACE, FROM MAY in Ritohen whhe a moders a Ditice the nly " - No, ¢ ol THE DAILY WHI, TUESDAY, MARCH 18 mss me --. -- INTERESTING NARRATIVE OF HIS EXPERIENCE. Life Abroad Ship--First Encoun- ter With a Sailor's Hammock --A Visit From King Neptune «Arrival at Historic Durban. Friends of trooper Frederick Suther land have just received a welcome let ter from him, dated at Durban, Feb mary 19th. It deals largely with his experience nhodrd ship. As will be learned by a perusal of it, he seems to enjoy the life of a soldier; in any event it has not subdued the humor that is serong within him. He starts his letter with the troop song, com- posed by one of the soldier boys and sang aboard ship with much glee. It runs o% a town we sailed, corner they were stuffiog "In a whip as bi In every bole ", To kevp ont the wohl, We got down in the hold. By the powers it didn's bod ball emough of uy, Nearly smothered to death For the want of breath Bur filled with meurtial ardour that would charm yo, 3: England may depend 4 war'l be brought to an end, By the victorious Kanucks in the army." "For some time before leaving Hali- fax I looked forwara to embarkation us an eventful affair; nothing could have heen more disappointing; we wore marched aboard, told off to the places we were to occupy duking the voyage, and thus ended the reading of the first chapter in what may prove a memorable book. Our horses had beens yelled, pushed, pulled, and whip- ped aboard on the previous day, and secured in their stalls on one of the lower decks, with a stable picquet in attendance. Our send-off by the citi- zens was not as large or as enthusias- tic as might have been expected, but that may be accounted for by the fact that departures, and arrivals of troops, at Halifax, in connection with the Boer war, have become some what commonplace affairs. But every member of our force will always bear grateful testimony to the many good people of Halifax for what they have done in contributing to our comfort, pleasure, and benefit during our short stay in the great northern sea port. "Our sleeping arrangements on board the Manhattan call for more than a passing notice. We slept in hammocks, after the fashion of the real old salty sailor, with an eighteen inch space between each hammock. We slept in the dining, or mess room, the tables being removed before the ham- mocks were slung at night. In the morning the hammocks were unslung and #lowed away in the nettings and the tables returned to their places for the day. This double purpose ar rangement is a reminder of the cot- tage furniture described by Gald- smith, 'which sorved as 'a chest of drawers by day, a bed by night." The ship hammock is quite different from those used for lawns and veran- dah purposes, on which the summer- girl may vest her weary limbs. The ship hammock has deep sides and shaped like a canoe at the ends. Each end has a dead eye, through which the slings are rove. These narrow sup- ports make the hawmock very une steady, in fact it requires a firm clutch, true eye, considerable amount ol nerve, judgment, gnd experience be- fore. a fellow can mdnage a hamwock with safety. My first three 'rocks. in the cradle of the deep' were somewhat amusing, Bliit not so at the time. After being carefully assisted into the hummock on the first night I felt as though T was a recruit in a camel corps and having my first ride across the desert on a camel's back, the ani- mal 'vawing' awkwardly from side to side as--his soft-cushioned feet spread out oh the sand. With each 'vaw' I felt as if 1 would be thrown ten or more yards away from the camel. The second night 1 believed myself to be the original hush-a-bye-baby upon the tree top, with a ten-knot breeze agi- tating. the trunk and branches. On the third night, wearied nature asserted its right; 1 slept, but the sleep had a rude awakening as the scoop of a harbor dredge lifted me from the bot- tom and deposited me with the fest of its load in a mud scow. This brought on an acute attack of nightmare, and LJ! was, no doubt, in a fair way to find STONE HOUSE, wo MRS. CAM ET THAT VERY DE osorver o rooms ho w, 118 on a mare's nest. | struggled frantically to Fxtrieats mynelf from hy kindred mud, and, like young lady in Don Juan, 'I screamed out.' My flanking files in their haminocks stretched forth their strong arms in time for me to hear from different divections, 'What ! what!' 'Struck a rock!' 'Sprung aleak I" 'Going to the bottom !' 'Naw, said an authoritive voice from a hammock near me, 'you're goin' to Cape Town; fellows like you are too light in the head to sink with a stone tied to your necks. I'll tell yez what happened. The Boers boarded the ship an' began snipin' at Sutherland; it made the kid a little homesick; that's all.' "The timely assurance of our bron- cho breaker had the effect of averting whit might have proved a serious panic, and saved the ship's officers the trouble of entering the same in the log' with the latitude and longitude in which it oecurved. "There is a general impression that time drags wearily along on a troop ship during a long voyage. This is a mistake. Our time is pretty well om- ployed at drills and other duties in connection with a soldier's 'life on the overboard during the voyage: 'mers 'might have died had they been left | with their former owners~ I have formed a sirong attachment for my dumb friend, which 1 look upon as the finest animal in the contingent, and trust that my noble steed will be spared to bear itsell and rider safely through the dangers to which both may be exposed For horsemanship and shooting we have of the first pick of the western ranches: these could give a wilder west show than 'Buffalo Bill's." On January 22nd, we crossed 'the equator, the customary observances in crossing the line were strictly carried out. Father Neptune, with crown, trident, long hempen hair, and ouken beard, came up from the ocean's depths and bossed the job. We were disappointed that he was not accompanied by a train of pretty young mermaids. | wap lathered with #lush, and shaved with a notched hoop or fine tooth saw. | was also plung- ed in a tank, scrubbed and scoured, until my skin was nearly 'raw; they mast have used a brick for a serub- hing cloth, as I feel very thin skinned since my equatorial bath, | will not dwell on our messing arrangements as they are as good as could he expect ed under the circomstances. We live to a great extent on a savoury dish, known at sea as 'lobscouse'; on land it is called Irish stew. Three times a week we are served with rice and curry. 1 do not like it, and feel that I would have to live for a long time before 1 could relish this fare, The water is rather disagreeable aboard ship, but that which we will get from 'Africa's' sunny fountains' may be far worse. We have seen some of the wonders in the form of whales, fly ing fiches, dolphins and shoals of hOT- poises tumbling about in the sea like 80 many niggers withouv legs. Mother Carey's chickens kept us company most of the time, : "On arriving at Table Bay we re. ceived orders to proceed to Durban, where we now are. The town is ga bright spot on the dark continent about which Stanley has written so mich. It will be borne in mind that Canada contributed a notable addi- tion to the list of African explorers in the late Capt. Btairs, of Halifax a graduate of the Royal military col. lege, Kingston, whose name and fame will go down to posterity in connee- tion with African exploration. This place is at present the scene of a large military camp, The war is res ponsible for the additional! life which has been put in it. It is noted as hav- ing been the home of the late Dr. Colenso, bishop of Natal, the world's greatest mathematician, and the tall- fst man in the colony. By mathema- tical calculation he timed the end of the world to the one-thousandth part of a second. Bishop Colenso was at one time in a fair way to cause a dis ruption in the Church of England, "Most of the famous battle grounds of present and past South African wars are in Natal, and near here Isandula, Rorke's Drift, Laing's Nek, Majuba Hill, Dundee, Glencoe, Colen 80, Spion Kop and Ladysmith, are within comparatively short distances from Durban. Awid the changing scenes and excitement of a soldier's life serious thoughts will at tithes in trude, when we think of what the fate or fortune of war has in store for us, as we are shout to take an active part in the stern realities of war. Of those who have gone forth in the flower of early manhood, how many will return unscathed * Who may he stricken with disease, or become maimed, mangled, or fll a shallow and hastily-dug grave under the Afri- can veldt or the kopje's side or sum- mit ? Committing ourselves to the keeping of Him who watcheth the sparrows' fall, we await the issue." LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. The License Fee Of Butchers. Kingston, March 17.-4To the Edi- tory: It is time the taxpayers of this city made some effort to elect aldermen capable of running the fin- ances and business in general, with- out having the citizens trapped in every deal and business transaction. Just take a glance at what we are paving hundreds Bf thousands of dol ars for, for instance the show grounds, railroad bonus, elevators, smelting works, every one of them worse than money thrown away, to say nothin about similar deals where the city got the worst of it You must remember two or three Years ago, some of the council thought the city was not paying en ough for cleaning streets and corpor- ation labor in general, so they short ened the hours of corporation men and raised their pay. The next year or two they thought it was costing too much, and purchased machinery to do the work. Now, as predicted by judge Price, five or six years ago, they find themselves in a hole, with the rate of taxation as high as they can raise it, without a special act of parliament. To the surprise of al most every citizen they have raised the salaries of already overpaid of ficials. To raise money some aldermen have proposed imposing a license on all parties cutting up and selling meat, which nleans that the meat eaters of the city will have to pay between two and three thousand lars a year more. What are the la- 'baring class going to do? Will they priv J stich a piece of imposition ? There good men at the city council board, but they are hampered by a few wire pullers. How those wire pullers conceived the grand idea of raising the revenne from the labor. ing class by taxing their meat can oy be accounted for by a dream caused by an overdose of turkey or ing else before going to Some i 7 ! BT i GETS F TEE DY. PARAGRAPHS PICKED UP BY OUR BUSY REPORTERS, The Spice of Every Day Life -- What the People Are Talking About--Nothing Escapes At- tention. Aired Kent and daughier, Napanee, are visiting in the eity. Thieves carried off about fourteen feet of brass railing from the mili- tary yacht, V.R.I., wintering at Tete de Pont barracks Some maliciously inclined person has deliberately broken two spokes out of the waterworks delivery wag- gon, stored in the fair* grounds. The attendance of buyers at to-day's market was very small. Some gard eners did not disturb their loads of produce, not selling a single article. The young lady who, on Sunday night, lost a letter addressed to Ar- doch, Ont., need not worry; the find er mailed it av soon ae he picked it up. The annual meeting of the yacht elub will take place on the first Mon day in April. ome amendments to the membersh# ruled will be present ed, Bicvelists made their appearance on the streets this morning for the first time this season. With dust, bicycles and robins in evidence, surely spring cannot be far off. Messrs. Crosby, Thornton and Mur ray conducted a dance in Miss McAu- ley"s rooms, foot of Princess street, last evening. It was largely attended, and an enjoyable event, - Their gentle action and good effect on the system really make them a perfect litue pill. They please. those who use them. Carter's Little Liver Pills may well be termed "Perfec- tion." William McCammon, of Starr & Sut- cliffie's dry goods store, will leave soon for Winnipeg to aceept a good position; in a big dry goods store there bie will be greatly missed in the city Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Vandervoort, Napanee, and Miss Wright, Sand hurst, in the city attending the jubi lee events in Sydenham street Metho- aist church, are guests of J. A. Asse! stine, Alfred street 4 The bicycle club members have made all arrangements for the big banquet to be held at the Grand Union hotel this evening, Covers will be laid for about sixty members and guests, It is probable that the counter in the office of the waterworks depart- ment will be improved by the addi- tion of a glass top, with frosted pan- The present one is unsuitable. An agent for a Toronto publishing house has been selling large illus- trated bibles on time, to members of the RIC.F.A. Some of the bibles have been found in second hand stores. The agent is investigating. Rev. Fr. Fallon, rector of the Holy Angels' college at Buffalo, N.Y.. but formerly of Ottawa college, was in the city yesterday en route to the Cana dian capital, where he last night de livered an address on Ireland's na tional day. ol els since Desmond Doings. Desmond, March 17.~There was no service on Sunday, as our minister was unable to get here. Rose Bell spent last week in Newburgh, visiting her sister, Mrs. Robert Paul. Mrs, H. F. Bell has returned after spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. Galbraith, Bethel, Florence Swit- zer, met with an accident on Friday while at school. Miss Gertrude Cars callen, Newburgh, spent last week the guest of her cousins, Emma and Edna Carscallen. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Bell, Kingston, are stopping at his fath er's, A. P. Bell's. Miss Ethel Switzer and brother, Foxhoro, have returned after spending a few days with rela tives and friends. Visitors : Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Batelle, at" Joshua Swit zer's; Mr. and Mrs, P. J. Switzer at Coleman Switeer's; Roy Lampkins, Moscow, at Melbourne Lowe's: Acton Robinson, mother and sister Ethel, at . W. Stewart's; Frank Switzer at Mrs. Lake's, Moscow; Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Wagar, Centreville, at James Henderson's; Fraser Bell and sisters Amefia and Edith at Miles Wilson's; Roy Stewart at the post office. Maberly Musings. Maherly, March 17.--Mr. Young and family are about to leave for Cloyne. They will be much missed, for they have been in Maberly for many years. Mrs. Young was an active worker in the ladies' guild. William Barker was here on business this week. Thomas Manders "and wife are at John Man ders'. Sugar making is the order of the day Sir McGregor has his saw mill running at full speed, with Mr. Pennock as =awyer. Quite a number of people from here attended William Garrett's funeral at Westport. Mrs William Hughes is seriously ill. A trained nurse from Kingston general hospital is in attendance. James Rog ers. Bathurst, an old and respected resident, passed away on Friday. His funerpl took place at St. Stephen's church on Sunday and was conducted by Rev. Mr. 'Fisher. Died On Monday. Fellows, March 17.~Mrs. Thomas Furrs passed away last Monday. The family have hearticlt! sympathy. Mr. aml Mrs. H. Burley, Milton, were eall- ers at Glen farm last Friday. G. Reid and family will move to Hamburgh on Wednesday. Farmers along this road are very anxious that the elec tric car line shall be built on the ma- eadamized road, instead of going up the hay shafe. Mesure. Cartwright and Elgin Parrott are drawing press ei hay to Ernesttown. Briden, Kingston, is the guest of A. M. Par mitt. Rumor says a wedding soon. James Martin is in Picton on busi- Died Aged 102 Years. Camden : a DO NOT TAKE SUBSTITUTE. When you ask for MONSOON be sure you get it. Try a packet of -the 4oc. grade, it is the most delicious tea you can buy, INDO-CEYLON TEA. "OUR 20 PER CENT. 1S IN FULL SWING. It's a sale worth thinking about, it's a sale worth taking quick advantage of, it's a timely sale, a welcome sale, a money-saving sale. Twenty cents to be saved on every dollar's purchase and that at a time when your purchases are heaviest. your thinking cap and meditate over it Get on It won't last long, only until April 1st. For downright good value, exceptionally choice goods, correct styles and plenty of them, this sale exceeds all others in point of merit. You are going to buy Dress Goods---Buy them now and save 20 per cent. on the dollar. Millinery Opening, 130 to 5:50 p.m. You are going to buy Prints, Muslins and Wash Goods---Buy them now and save 20 per cent. on every dollar purchase. Thursday, March 20th. 8 o'clock till 10 p.m. Music, decorations and the choicest lot of Millinery that we have ever shown. You are welcome to come. very handsome things. know «hy when you see our display and make comparisons, in Millinery is for sale at 20 per cent. discount. Thursday evening opening. We want you to come. We're late with our opening. Yes, on purpose. We want to show you some You'll Everything we show But no goods will be sold at our 209 Discount Sale. Gloves, Hosiery, Underwear, Men's Furnishings, Notions, Small Wares, Dress Trimmings, oh, Embroideries, Handkerchiefs, Linens, Lace Curtains, Ready-to-Wear Goods, Corsets, White Cotton Underwear. Everything but Cottons and Sheetings. Get in the swim and come with the crowds. Starr & Sutcliffe. LEFT FOR PHOENIX. J. A. Shibley Gone to Get a Mea- sure of Health. Napanee, March 18.--On March 16th, Miss Louise MeGioness and Wellington Brown, Colebrook, were married at Selby, by Rev. Mr. Dowdell ly wedded couple went west for a honeymoon. J. A. Shibley, left yester day for Phoenix, Arizona. Although quite weak, he expects to be able to make the trying trip and to regain at least a measure of his health by the change. The market on Saturday was well attended. The first maple syrup of the season was offered for sale and found ready purchasers at 81.20 per gallon, Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Fralick leave shortly. for Michigan, where they. will reside. Their many friends bere re gret their departure, while wishing them surcess in their new home. The shamrock got an airing yesterday; nearly every person decorated their cont lapels with the emblem of Ire land. The new Written At Cape Town. Mrs. William Marrison, York street, has received a letter from her wom, George, who went out to South Af rica with the last contingent. The iet- ter was mailed at Cape Town, and stated that the ' writer and all the Kingstonians were well. Only five horses died during the passage out. One young man developed a sudden attack of insanity, and attempted to jump overboard. The voyage was a very fine one. Fell From a Ladder. From information received from Chi cago, it appears that Edward Chat- terton, formerly contractor here, and for a time a partner of alderman John McLeod, met his death aceident- ally by falling from a ladder while at work. He was a clever. carpenter and a reliable, painstaking contractor. For bis wife and four children--two boys and two girle-- much « thy ix felt, The bereaved family resi on Clergy street. Me. Chatterton Kingston about ten wvears ago. Applied For Naturalization. At the assive court silting Monday afternoon, Adolphus White, Howe Is- land, and Lome Cook, Thomas J. COLONIAL HOUSE, MONTREAL. DEPARTMENTAL STORE New Spring Catalogue WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF ' Every Household Requisite FREE To Any Address. SAMPLES Of NEW SPRING GOODS sent as often as desired, and Special Attention given to Mail Orders, HENRY MORGAN & CO, MONTREAL, ------ Dd& A Straight Front Corset. This new approved corset is un- sur It gives the upright poise, sloping bust, » waist line and -gracefyy / hips so much sought afte). D & A Corsets are approved by "society." Most merchants sell them, if your dealer does pot, send to us. Price $1.00 to $3.00 per pair--made in White, Grey and Black. DOMINION CORSET Mig. CO..

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