Daily British Whig (1850), 26 Jul 1902, p. 2

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{Ol warm veather suits. We Have them, all styles and prices, #0 that gou are sure to be suited © if you come here. Best workman- and fit. Let us show you stock. "Require furnishing in keeping th their surroundings. We have | ideal stock to choose from. Mattings in pretty designs and plors from 12§¢. a yard. _Frilled Muslins in dainty pat- ferns at 12§e. yard, = 12ND CMR. SAW THE WAR CLOSED, The Canadians at Hart's River ~Participated in Two Big Drives, When 800 Boers Were Captured=The Brilliant Re- cord of the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles. , During course of the campaign Lin South fragmentary reports were recpived of the operations of the 2nd Canadian mounted rifles. There wes no complete record of the course this gallant corps pursued in the clos ng annals of the, memorable cam- puign. With 4 view of obtaining some thing resembling = a short history of the work of the regiment, o Whig re porter called upon Surgeon-licut. Col. Duff on' Friday, and elicited some information that will be interesting to every Canadian. There is perhaps no man more qualified to state the facts than the birgve colonel, who, besides being senior officer from Kingston, was also prosent at oll the "drives" and engagements, and who rendered heroic service to the wounded and dy- ing Ushadian lads, often perlorming his duties at the side of the suliering dying, while brisk fire was raging around him. The 2ud mounted rifles left Halifax on Jenusry 14h, 1902, and arrived at Durban on February 17th. From there they proceeded to Newcastle, go- ing by way eff vatal. This took them i ple places made his eventss Ladysmith, Milk Hill, Laing's Nek, * was reached on the ¥ ations, for active ser- vige were In , and soon the whole force was ready to take the field, On March 13th, the regiment left, the left wing being in command of Maj Morritt. They trekked to Volksrust. On the 19th they reached Klerksdorp, the British headquarters for that part of the Transvaal, and the base of op erations Tor the army in the field. . - Hore the Canadians joined Col Cookson's column, and on the 23rd, they started on the big drive, known af the Klerksdorp drive. The troops thade eighty miles in twenty-three hours over rough and unknown coun try--a romarkable record. Three hun dred Boers were captured, and anv amount of cattle, wagrons, ete., were secnyed. This was the hardest drive of the whole campaign. The column re turned to Klerksdorp on the 26th and three days later started out again = Little Hart's River. It was during this march that the column 'stumbled' upon the Hart's River fight. Thive columns unde: Cols. Kerr, Low and Cookson, had gone out to search for the Boers. Gen. Walter Kitchener, a brother of the commander-in-chief, was in com mand of the bri The columns were in touch on the morning of the 31st, After marching all morning and not coming in contach with the Boers, the native guides were dismissed ax useless, Col. Cookson sent for Lieut. Callaghan, of the Canadian scouts, and he struck the marks of the Boer guns at once. The columns then took an .entively different direction, goin roward Boschpan. In some wav Cook- sot's column got out. of touch with the other columns during the night, and it was this column that bore the trunt of the desperate but brilliant fight. 1t was 1.291 strong, and 000 of these were Canadians, it might pro perly be regarded as a Canadian col umn. At 2 p.m. next day the column came in contact with the Boers. The scouts resported that the enemy had 1.500 men, but since his Capture, Delarey. who was in command of the Boers, has stated that 2,500 of hie crafty countrymen eng: in the hattle. The Rritish and Canadians, with less than half that number, did not shirk a fight. "They had found the enemy at last, antl did not that Sho should escape again. It was a stub bornly contested battle. The Boers were in the woods, on hoth sides ol { column, and thereby a grea he or two hours and a balf then the Boers Carruthers' Gallant Stand. "Capt. Bruce Carruthers was in command of a company of Ci i " said Col. Du 4 ised { after his experi a# to prevent the Boers from obtsin- ing supplies. The Vryburg Drive. Matters were quiet until May 5th, when the 'eolumns started on the Vry- burg drive," through the whole of the southern Transvaal to the border of Cape Colopy. The troops marched 125 miles in seven das, coveri fifty miles frontage hale. Way. is was campaign. The igveral small pl grounded up over 9 Boers yt day. the 16th they Bick, reaching Klerksdorp on 8 Sl On June Ist "pencd was declared, and the coleman started on the howe trek. On the 17th the horses weve banded in at Elandsfontein, where there was a large remount depot. On the 24th the men entrained for Dur ban, and three days later embarked on the 88. Winnifredian. Not a mo ment"s time was given the Canadians in Durhan, although - they desired it in order to make some purchases and to pick up some relics and souvenirs of South Africa. The passage home was a pleasant one, the best ac commodation being furnished. After twenty four days' sail en the Atlan tie, the Winnifredian again landed her gallant passengers on Canadian soil at Halifax. -- Boers Welcomed Peace. "The Boers were all glad when peace was proclaimed," said Col. Dufi. "They were happy to come in and surrender their arms, ana they dil so readily. y intelligence de- partment esti "Lhe: and 10,000. Beige 19.200 men had # not include the ig away. 4 in the field from thé beginning to the end of the campaign, and it was thought that not more than 50,000 were under arms. This shows how we underestimated the strength of the enemy. » "There were no hardships in this campaign when compared with the previous ones participated in by the Canadians. We had few night marches, and we never wanted for food. It was extremely fortunate that the 2nd CMR. went to South Africa. Had they not been sent, Canada would not have heen represented ip the last campaign, and there would have been no Canadian corps there when peace was proclaimed and the war came to an eng." From The Battle Front. "1 tell you that kittle shaver Jamie son is nn brick; he is a plucky little béggar and no mistake," remarked a returned veteran last evening. "How many boys of fourteen would have faced u ride from here to Halifax? Not many. Then when he got there, not being content with his ramblings, he hia himself away on 'the steamer and diqynot show himself until the boat wal\so far out that there was of his being put ashore. the only wav he showed Hart's River during of the isted in shouldering place on the fir a difficult tine full = of grit, soldier if westraining him! and would make a cap? be continued in the service. . "Fhe eitizens of Kingston are a frigid sort of people," remarked a well-known merthant last evening. "It takes a lot of working up te arouse their enthusiasm. Just look at the cool reception they accorded the re turning soldiers. Do you mean to say that if Capt. Carruthers or Col. Duff hed d to Toronto or Montreal they would have bheén allowed to return home without fuss being made over thom 1 Not much#*C "ir feats would have been heralog Bl \dcast as the only - incidents wi sof note that took place during Wear, and whin they returned hon would have been greeted with aning of can non, the music of BF. Hanes und the cheers of the entire populace. | Uh. yes, that little reception tendered the veterans yesterday was all right da its way; it was Kingston's limit. The people here are afraid to turn around or fear it will cost something. | would 'like to suggest a banquet for the veterans, but I gm altaid' to do so out of fear of being looked upon as insane because of my extravagant Trooper David Carson, one of the three sons of ex-Sergt. Robert Carson, in the customs house, whe enlisted for service in South Africa, to fight for king and country. has re- turned home, looking remarkably fit Trooper James Carson is en route on the troop. ship Cestrian, whil® trooper William Carson, of the 8¢ th African con- stabulary. is stifl South Africa. He likes the work in likely to re main in the dark t. Trooper Emerson Tilin, of the €. M. R., was leit behind at Kimberley on pocount of illoess: Wis many friends here hope soon to hear of his recovery. In hix Inst letter home trooper E. Aiken, eax. son of Capt. R. FE. Aiken, he expected to re winin ih South Arica al least six x 1 About--Nothing Escapes At- tention. Fry Oak Hall for shirts. Has summer really arrived ? fFhere was a blank docket at the po lice court this morning. Three tramps were given shelter in the police cells Jast night. Will the Belleville Intelligencer let a wondering people know who "Billy" Ponton is ? Another confectionery store is to be opened on upper Princess street, near Clergy street. A youth learning to play on a cor: net otherwise so sopular that the neighbors permit him vo live. Have you tried our chery You won't regret it. H. successor to KE. ©. Mitchell. Elliott Bros., plumbers and tin: smiths, have retvived an important contract in a near-by western town. What do you think of $1,132 from an acre and a hall ? That return was obtained in Niagara district last year. Outing shirts, silk fronts, $1, The H. D. Bibby Co. The number of convicts in the King sion penitentiary at present is the lowest in. many years, there being only about 500 on the roll, The Coontown company performing st Lake Ontario park will leave on the steamer Kingston to-morrow - for Rochester, N.Y. "i The first blue befrles of the season made their af this morning. They retailed at fen cents a guart, and found ready purchasers at that figure. Have you tried our pineapple frappe ? If not, you should. H. B. Taylor, succetsor to E. C. Mitchell Silk front shirts, $1. Oak Hall. There are some guards on the staff of the Kingston penitentiary who have not been in Kingston in four years. They reside in Portsmouth and find no occasion to eome into the city. Have vou tried our delicious straw berry irappe ¥ H. B. Taylor, successor to E. C. Mitchell. ) That bicyclicing as a popular past, time iv now a thing of the past is proven hy the fact that this year there is but one bicycle livery in King ston, while there are hall a dozen ve pair shops. The latter proves that there are plenty of wheels used for business purposes. ' Shirts, shirts, shirts. No shirts like ours. Perfect fitting shirts, 50c., 75c., $1. The H. D. Bibhy Co. The Trusts and Guarantee com Jon. Limited, 14 King street west, frappe ? . Taylor, 'oronto, acts as trustee for the in vestment of money and collection of income from mortgages, bonds on other securities. Its wide experience in making investments enables it to obtain at all times the best possible securities obtainable. AN moneys col lected will be accounted for according to the terms of an agreement entered into with its clients. I ---------------- SUNDAY SERVICES. Pulpits Will be Occupied by Good : Men. Bethel. Congregational church--Rev. D. N. Morden, minister. Services, 11 am. and 7 p.m. | Strangers cordial- ly invited. Seats are all free. Brock street Methodist church, Rev. Eber. Crummy, B.A., B.Se., pastor-- Morning and evening service, 11 a.m. and 7 pom. The pastor will preach at both services. Sunday school, 2:45 p.m. Pastor's bible study, 4:15 pan. A hearty invitation extended to stran- goers. Queen street Methodist church, July 25th, 1902. Rev. J. Cooper Antliff, M.A. DD. will preach at 11 a.m. and 7 pam. Morning subject : 'Shall We Know Bach Other in Heaven !" Even ing subject © "Our Lord and the Syro phenician Woman." Sunday school at 245 pm. Mid week service on Wed nesday at § pam. All welcome. First Congregational church, corner Wellington and Johnston streets, D. M. Solandt, B.A., acting pastor Services, 11 am. and 7 p.m. . Sunday school © at 245, and pastor's bible class at 3 pm. There will be a meeting of the church management committee after the evening service. Prayer meeting on Wednesday even ing at eight o'clock. Seats are free and all are welcome. Sydenham street church, Julv 27th. ~Rev. J. Philp, M.A., D.D., pastor, will preach; 11 aumn., "The Secret of a Well Balanced Life"; 7 pm, "Am | My Brother's Keeper?" Bright gad brief services in the commoaious Sun day school hall. All made welcome. Sunday school and bible class, 2:45 m. Monday, 8 pm. Epworth .. Wednewlay, 8 pm., prayer] ant praise service. JUST THINK. You Can Think When the Food Makes Your Brain Work. ] The mind does not work properly unlonn 4116 'sight kind 'of Tod i Tur nished. young studying tele . sacl that his in the Belds ill it dried, has oll torn. i ed black owing to the excessive rains) PERSONAL MENTION. Movements of The Feople--What They Are Saying Aud Doing. Miss Lizzie Scots, Kingston, is visit- friends. ing ¥ y Miss Marion Leonard, Napanee, is vigiting Miss E. Young, Kingston, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert €oox left lust evening for Dttawa to wsit friends H. A. Raney and wieder returned from a pleasant outing Barrie, Ont. a Miss Daisy Arnold, W . spending a few days with feiels mgston. ILE W. D. Mace and family, Shiworth, arg absent on a trip to the maritime provi i Prof. Dowand has taken a house on Pagot street, aext door west of Joha McKelvey's. : A. M. Elliott, of Bothwell, visiting his parents for some time, left for home to-day. : Mis Katie Eliott, Division street; left. to-day for an extended visit . to friends in the west. t. A. Botsford, Brockville, has been appointed mathematical master in the Montreal high school. The bishop of Huron and Mrs. Bald win were in city westerday en roule vast on a holiday trip. Nial Fleming, G/T.R. Belleville, is in the city visiting sister, Mrs. Lee. Alfred street. Edwin Codd, Ottawa, has returned howe after spending a week visiting Jolin O'Donnell, Barrie street. Gourge Elliott, of Omaha, Neb., visiting his parents on Division street for the last two weeks, left for Omaha torday. - Miss Jennie Little god Miss rude Woods, Watertown; NW ., spending a few days with friends the city. Ca Prof. PDoward has been nolified of his appointtnent as organist of St. Andrew's church, to date from Sep tomer Ist. Miss Edna O'Brien, daughter of Martin O'Brien, Montroal, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Bearance, Princess street. Rev. W. Lewin, Kingston, Mrs. and Miss Lewin, weve passengers by . the stcamer: Lake Champlain, reaching Montreal on Friday. Robert Reid and damily, Garrett street, have gone to their summer cot tage on the bank of the St. Lawrence, below Barviefield. Mrs. 8. Marshall and Mrs. Do. W. Truesdell, of Kingston, are spendine go week in Lyndhurst, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. Brownbnidge. Nr. and Mrs. J. 'Donnell daughter, have retur from Grove, South Fredericksburg, spending a couple of weeks. Samuel Birch and son; Edgar Birch, leit. to-day for Genanogue to instal steam heating apparatus in the Mor den manufacturing company's fac tory. Mrs. 8. J. Browns, G.T.R. junction, left at noon to-day for Omaha, Neb. on & two wonths' visit to Mr. and Mrs. George Elliott, of that flourish ng city. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Wilson, Otta wa, are guests of friends on Clerey street. They will Jeaye on Monday for a trip down the St. Lawrence to Montreal. ' George Harper, principal. of tbe Pembroke conservatory of music, is in the city ona business trip. The lem broke conservatory of music has pros pered under his. management; last term there were over 500 pupils in at tendance. ---------- A KIND HEARTED MANAGER. An Incident at Lake Ontario Park and its Qutcome, It was only a pass incident, but ¥ showed the man's kindly disposi tion, his appreciation of the finer feel ings of children and his desire to please them: The mertygoround at Lake Ontario park was Spinning mer- rily around, giviog pleasiresto large puinbers of children, who had the ne- cessary cash to buy theniselyes the enjoyment. Three little {ots Jooked on silently, envious of their more fortn nate comrades astride the hobby-hots es and wished themselves as fortun is in operator, his Gert- are m and Maple after ate. "All ahoard.," shouted ihe genial manager, J. E. Jopes, as another load was ready for a whirl. Then his glance fell upon the three little wist ful faces, "Just wait a moment," commanded. Going over to the three children he asked if they would like to take a ride. Of course they would, and their faces brightened like a flash with a look of expectancy. "All right, my pets," spoke the big hearted mares cheerfully, "'a mice ride won shall have," and soiting the action .to the words, he lifted them inte pln:e, aml next instant. they were. gxperir icing x joy that gladdeus every Ha | a ride on a hobby horse. Tt was only a passing incident, Lut the haypi ess that it brought to three hitie hearts is immeasurable. 5 Some! , ¥ s Working At Night. The farmers . aré not only making hay while the sun . shines, but while the moon shines as well. Kingston inns who visi Collins Bay on Fri- day evening stale at on many of the farms the men were in' the Hela, in some cases cutting the hay and in others loading it on the big wag gone, So inclement has been the wea ther, that in order 10 save any havi at all the farmer. must resort to work: i Hence it is that, the THREE LONE © EPITAPH. IN FRONTENAC PARK, ONCE A CEMETERY. To-day the Children Sport Above | the Dust of Countless Dead-- ' Thoughts Suggested by = the Scene. The msocent child who romps and plays on. the cool, fresh grass in Frop tenae park, the laborer who walks its ah, - Ba etinng home from his y of toil, ¢ young couple © who whysper soft words of love and tender ness oe they sit on the benches be neath the bradches of its trees these shink, but scldom--if, iy fact, gt all- that beneath their fect lie the ashes of hundreds of the sity's dead. Yet it 1» so. Better for the living that they should forget. Better to let the "dead past bury, its dead." hat can mere impressively stamp the. evanesconcy of man, and all his works, than an cpitaph on a whole nation, whick shall afford the sole evi- donce of its aver having existed ! Such are cinevary urns of the Eteus- cans, of whose history we have little other vecord than their tombs, and of whowe literature few other remains than their . The sigms have survived the ideas of which they wers the sy ; the chisel has outlasted the statue. So here, in 4 lesser degree. Naught but two or three crumbling mohu ments remain to tell of those who have played their little life upon the stage, and then laid down to rest. Here "Each in bis narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the olay sheep, For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, or busy housewife ply her eveniog care: No children run to liep their sive's returs, Or olimb his koee the envied kiss to share." To the imaginative person who strolls through the park, these weathérdbeaten monuments awaken a train of thought which seeks to pierce the mystery of the past. They are the silent, faithful witnesses to the false ness of Shakespeare's contention that, "the evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred. with their bones.' The epitaphs that men leave émgraven on the stones that mark their last resting place deal cen erously with their virtues, but spar ingly with their vices. Our respect tor the dead is responsible for this. No man could pass through a truth-well ing church-yard without feeling the full value of character. A In the north-east section of Fronte nac park are three limestone monu ments--the only ones that refuain. The largest of these is a very creditable one, and bears the following inscrip tion, wisich the ravages of Time, the destroyer of all things, has somewhat effgeed : "Sacred to the memory of the Reverend John Barclay, Ficst smlinister of St. Andrew's Chirk, Kinewton, ; Who departes] this life 26th September, 1826, iu the 30th year of biz age and Sih of his ministry Fireoted by his congregation." The secoml stone tells the saddest tale of all. Pause and read it "Sacred 16 the memory of Walter Matnee, nut, Aped 25 years, snd WeKontin Meleod, Aged 22 yours, Who were Acdidentally drowned While ailing ¥, Apert 2nd, 1519, : This mosuitment ts erected by a few of their friends as a token of respect Momento mori" The third and last monumest is a small, plain stove, but it tells the story of a great life lived and a good fight fought : "Yn memory of Mavearet Gilehrist, wife of the Reverend Professor Williamson, of Quovn's collesw, Kingston. Died April 8rd, 1847. An affectionate and beloved wile, and winter, snd in all the relations of lite adore ing her christian profession." What could be more Surely she, too, deserves to be membered in death." Years ago mavy of the remains were removed to either, Cataraqui or St. Mary's cemeteries as a sanitary pre caution. Hundreds of bodies, how ever, were undisturbed. The head stones alone were taken away, the ground was levelled up, and the dead slept on. Above them today grow the grass and the flowers, the birds come and sing in the branches of the trees, while happy, bright-eved chil dren, descendents, maybe, of those who repose below, are sporting on the green. "Al ard mt ons now, roses aod overs, ot knowh of the cliffs sand the elds and the wea Not sbrenth of te time that bee bem hovers Jos the mir now soft with a summer to be Not a breath shall there sweeten the wawins Alex beautiful ! 're ter Of, the fowsen. or the jovers that Inugh now ween, . When ax tho that are fren now of Seeping and bor We shall sleep." ------------ Women And Jewels. Jewels, candy, flowers, man--that is the onder of a woman's preferences Even that satest of all jewels, health, ie often ruined in the strenuous sorts to save the money fo purchase thems. 1f & woman will risk her bealth to get a coveted gem, then let ber for Sify herself agnivst the insiduows €on- sequences of coughs, colds and brow chial affections dv the regular wwe 'of Tr. Boschee's Uweman Syrup. It wilh promptly arrest cons: jom in ¥ surly stages and "heal the afiected and bropehial tubes and drive disease from the system. It i : bot it i= a certain cure for coughs, colds and all bron: chia! troubles. You can get this veli able rmedy at Wade's drug store. The Mississippi court of the pendent Order of Foresters will oon duet a big pienie at that place on members August Sth. The of the Ci courts have received invita = "CRKTELANE BAGS We have some special values, naving bought a large number direct from the manufacturers. It would pay you to inspect our stock, Sli H. B. TAYLOR, 'Phone §9, 124 Princess Street, Succeessor to EB, C. Mitchell. Swift S ¥ Scranton! High Class Fuel. ALL SIZES. JAMES SWIFT & G0. Our Coal in as Clean as Though It Were Wash- ed and Brushed. Foot of Quesn St. 'Photie 9. A COSY ab Is an attrgetiop Yor avery omi.. The glow and ities heat of our Coal moke ftaell felt with pleasure during cold weather. Is just the kind to cook with, too. Let ug Bl your bin with BOOTH'S COAL, Phone 183, Foot of West Street tse ct NOTICE Is hereby given the public that 1 purpose making it warm for all persons using my coal next win- ter. Your order is solicited. P. Walsh,

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