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; l 1 ‘for its dutles If your eyeSlght dually thickened and contracted until it THE ARMY WAs ., LIKE A_ GREAT FAN An Interesting Letterfrom Sergt. McCrae to His Sister. WINBURG, May 13th- DEAR FLORA,-â€"I have not received a letter since we left Bloemfontein, but I found an old one of yours in my pocket with this piece of paper in it, so. I write you. It is not easy to get names right and you may find discrepances in my versions 1 of what happens. We left Bloemfontein on April let, and camped at Springfield, nearby. All Sunday we could hear fight- ing to our right. In the evening we could see the smoke of cannon. On the 24th .we could see the chimney of the pumping station. I had a splendid view of our force that morning Ias theylalgvanced t: ’ .° . i take the station. t was i e a grea , Take a sufferer s advrce. D‘ n t elegant fan formed of different materials hesitate, young man, to have and colors. The centre portion was made .3 ‘ u of infantry on either side of that the your eyes treatVd' You ”Will come a1Ptillery, and,out-side of each again the to middle 3 e 001‘] C Di Ped mounted infantry. The edge of the fan g P Y q p began as a very light fringe, which gra- converged in the handle, which is made of the transport. The end ofhit was finisheid r e for exam- by a tassel ot erwrse t e rear guar . - “(a make no Ch? g, - There was no resistance worth mention at lnatlon and adv1ce s It may the station, although our advance mount- ' Old value to on. ed infantry had been driven back by shell £13535: fiésiilantte y the previous evenin . On the followmg day we entered Tha anchn at noon. It seems as if the Boers do not intend to .. make a stand at any town. t On the ?Sth we went north of the town I and had a lively half-day. That was the . (1 first day the R. B. were under shell fire from anything larger than a pom-pimp. . Towards evening we were suppose 0 Lindsay have anumber of enemy and some guns surrounded, but another lot came at our mounted infantry with such force that we had to fall back, and we had to leave a tremendous kopje, which it had taken all day to gain. Sunday the R.C.R. rested, but the fight went on beyond the hills to the north-east. The rest of the march to Winburg I have described in mother’s letter, which I hope she received. We rested there on Sunday and received con- ratulations through Col. Buchan from fiord Roberts and Ian Hamilton for the work done. We left Winburg at 6 .m. to steal a march on the Boers. We id eight miles, but to our surprise stayed there till 7 a.m. on the 9th. At 11 a.m. we camped at Boomplaats, which is a very fine farm. There were hundreds of Springbok and hartbeste about. Bunches of them ran through the camp. A few were captured by the men, while the officers shot a few more. Our guns shelled the enemy that evening, and in the morning we moved on and in about a mile came in touch with them. The R.C.R. were posted to hold a hillâ€"a supposedly easy task, but it turned out to be the hottest fight. We had to move our ammunition carts .back to escape rifle fire. Not long after that the 'Mail and Empire correspondent was hit, far from my cart. The Boers were using a po m-pom freely on our mounted infantry, ' ° l but One shot from our 6 inch put them on lldlllgdllOll CO. ’ the run. Our field guns shelled the Boers \ofl the kopjes and out of the dongas. and l is impaired. Druggists and Opticians, Kent-st, - - O. g..;..;..:..;..g..x..g..;..g..p.g..x.4.4. O 9 Q 9 0 9 9 O O 9 0 O O 9 Q 9 WW .0- WWWWHW a a O O A O O b b c O A A A a c I c a a do ’1‘ 3: ; BOOKKEEPING all forms). SHORT- : HANDJITYPEWRITING. PENMAN- ,3. SHIP, CIVIL SERVICE COURSES. '3‘ Individual Instruction by Experienced :5: Professional Accountants, Stenographers .3. and Teachers. Unparalleled record of good results. No vacations. Hundreds of students placed in positions in Toronto alone. Write for new catalogue. Y I once“. 9 4" NIMMO HARRISON, Business and Shorthand College. TORONTO. - ONT. 0 I 2. >10 9:1 610 o O O O £439.0h-co “-MHMAl‘FMWLOMéAh. o o b 6 L - O O c A '1‘? a - £;wr.v?m--râ€"wj W‘ -~~W-â€".-_~ ; _-_‘,_,___'_,n._ Trent; 211 y (LIMITED) shortly after noon they were in full flight. The ROB. had one killed, two mortally wounded and five others hit. We crossed the Zand river at dark and camped there. It was a bad crossing, and the last of the transport did not get over till morning. We left at 10.30, and over- took the Gordon Hfghlanders and Sussex, who had ten flne prisoners, amongst them SAILINGS OF BOATS MA Ivâ€"ITA Coboccuk, dep. 6.15 a.m. Arrive 7.45 p.m. Bosedale, “ 7.15 “ “ 6.45 “ a field cornet. We marched at 3 p.m. by Fenelon F8139» “ 845 j: :‘ 6.00 2: a very dusty road and camped at nine. 3mm?” PW", .. 9'30 ‘ 4-30 We left that camp yesterday morning at Lindsay, arrive at 10.30 “ Depart 3.30 “ T‘me allowed at Fenelon Falls for breakfast and tea. Connection at Fenelon Falls with 7.50 a.m. train for Toronto. ES Tâ€"IT-RION eight, and were surprised that we heard no firing of any kind when we rested at noon, but soon had the news that Kroon- stadt had fallen to French the day we were at Zand river. At 5 pm. yesterday I sighted the railway, and the effect was magical, for presently I heard a train run- ning, but it proved to be the lead rope of a Bol‘eaigma depart 9’1? “‘P‘ “3‘1 3-10 '9,“ mule, which was tied behind, rubbing Sturgeon Pout, “ ..lo 4.10 ‘ . ‘ ‘ Lind-ay arrive 840 n H 5.35 H agalnst Lhe Wheel. . Lindsay: depm 11.00 “ “ 6.30 H Therountry we are passrng through Sturgeon Point, “ 12.30 p.m. .. 7.40 " lately 15 the finest yet. More trees, grass Bobcay geon, arrive 1.15 “ “ 5.45 “ and water. Nearly every farm has orange trees, and I have had several oranges fresh picked. Although we are on three-quarter rations. it h n... so bad as it was from Graspcm '0 Belmont, as we are in a more ponuwus country and it is easier to supple- . ment the rations. We can buv corn. meat On Saturdays boat will wait arrival of evening train from Toronto. OGEM AH and fowls. The Boers had fine trenches Tue‘day’ 1““?de made f‘" the defence of Kroonstad, but Monday, Wednesday 8.11: - . . . - - . and ““3 made no stand at ad. I think Cronyes and Friday 52:13:31,350“ dell?“ (5-3:? 9",?" Dem” 7'30 a'm- ; fate must have taken the heart out of Bucmgm” .. 11:45 .. ”up,“ 1030 them and I hope so, for I am fed up with Burleigh, arrive 12.45 pm. Arrive 11.30 “ the busmess. JOHN- Burleigh, depart 2.00 " Depart 22.00 pm. ‘3‘ ckh d r. :5 “ D fig; “ ‘Rl Odemoligru.’. . .eupa. r. . .30 .......... Dilly:- 5 ad “ NEWS 0f the 661‘ Bobcaygeon,arriv'e 6.00 p.m. Aunt: 7.30 “ i 1 â€"General Gascoigne, a former Canad- Meals are servel on the Esturion and Ogemah. hn G'O 0" is {n command Of the British 20 and 50 Trip Tickets for families may be had at u'OOPB in H032 K008- reducrd rates at the Odice of the Company, or W. H. â€"The steamer North Star of Pet-er Hamilton, Bowcayreon, D. Gould, Feuelon Falls, or 15:23:33???xgeagon‘iigeu-DER' G.T.R. Town boro took an excursion Saturday from b ’ ’ ’ ' Gore’s Landing to Healy’s Falls, but on ‘reaching the Falls, it was not deemed ‘ ‘ ' advisable to attempt the return trip until PILES I PlLES . FILES I about eleven o’clock at night by which time the high wind had abated somewhat. The return trip was made in safety as far . , _ . . as Hastings, but after assln throu hthe PBITIII S A“ fleallng Ointment looks an attempt was Iinadegto tak: the the greatest thing in the world for Piles and al: steamer through the new channel which itchiness cf the skin, heals every kind of sore has In“ been blasted 0m: Wlbh thfi 1'93““ from a. common pimple to the most malignant that the wind having a clear sweep caused ulcer, OLD Scans, Salt Rheum, Eczema, her to loose her headway and drift on the Ringworm, Chapped Hands, Scalds and rocks. The passengers numbered about Burns. 23 cents per box. 25, the majority of whom were able to reach the shore by scrambling over rocks Those who 00 P E R R IN , S «ad through shoal water. left the steamer were cared for at the hotels in Hastings and the following morning the remainder of the passengers were safely taken off the steamer. \ -â€"The passengers on the Rlchelieu l ' Ontario Navigation Company’s steamer . Spartan had a thrilling but fortunately very rare experience Saturday. There was a large number of passengers, and . .. also a big general cargo of freight. The ‘ . , _ . y ' result was that the boat was late in leav- ANOP ll 7 ' lng Lachine, and it was growing dark as ATOGPICQD “LEV lt approached the rapids. There was a ’{c ‘ regular gale of wind, and most of the passengers sought the shelter of the cabin nntii as the steamer drew near the rapids they were called out to witness the famous scene. The Spartan was In com- mand of Capt. Grange, one of the most experienced men on the river, and all The North American Life Assur- went well until a short distance below the ance Co. has now mule prowsions to accept C.P.R. bridge, when a terrific gust of gillinadxtrahbigoscageth:t:aEasemen' Many are wind struck the steamer sideways and . b . ’_ heeled her over to such an extent that Full particu'ars given as to Rates and Plans she fell off from her course. - This necec~ DY Wmmg 0‘ “11mg °n sitated a sharp turn of the helm, and, ill. CAMPBELL 0‘ J- W- GARVIN: BAu under the strain, the rudder chains Lindsay. Peterborough_ parted. The vessel bad at this point a Instantly relieved and positively cured. Drug Store, Lindsay . 50! id as the .' Continent , great deal of headWay on, and for a few seconds the position was certainly very startling, as the vessel, under the In fluence of the high Wind, and released from the control of the wheel, dashed almost at a right angle to her course Firtunately, as is always the practice on I the R . O. steamers when running thei rapids, the tiller at the stern was manned, and the steamer was brought up to her} course, captain Grange at once proceed-l ing to the tiller and directing the course? from there. He realized, however, that; against such a wlnd and with a crippled, shlp it was not advisab'e to shoot the’ rapids, and accordingly he ran her on a: shoal near the property of the Lachlnel Rapids Hydraulic Land 00. There! W was na‘nrally a good deal of excitement, and several cf the ladies fainted. but the l captain Went around and assured every- one thar there was ro danger. The passengers were nearly all Americans, and there were at least half a dozen bridal couples on their wedding trip. The caplaln says that the passengers had a very narrow escape, because if the'boat had gone a little farther she would have been caught in the swift. current of the! rapids and would have been helpless. __..+_ O c é HABITS OF HOGS. .i. . THEY ARE INTELLIGENT AL- ; WAYS AND FASTIDIOUS WHEN ’ THEY HAVE A CHANCE. {W'ZW Hogs are not stupid, the proverb and the popular mind to the contrary not- withstanding, says the Washington Post. In herds they are tremendously gregarious. They feed and range and sleep in gangs. Their leaf beds are heaped together’ as soon as frost falls. The older animals begin the heaping, and the pigs quickly fall in line. At first the mound is moderate, but when cold or snow threatens it grows as if by magic. Not only leaves, but low, bushy brush and strawy sedge are gnawed off and carried in great mouth- fuls to rc-enforce the bed. If 20 hogs are to sleep in it, it will be breast high to a man before the accumulation ceases. Then as soon as feeding is over the hogs make a dash for it, bur- row under and bury themselves, head and ears, in its depths. They lie cross and pileâ€"any fashion, indeed, which brings them as close together as possi- ble. As the cold strengthens in the night those upon the outer edges push themselves under and between their squeal discontent. A suckling sow makes her own bed and fights away from it everything ex- cept her pigs. She heaps it comically, gets upon top, works herself half way down in it, then whirls around and around until she has hollowed for her- self and her piggies a snug nest. After she lies down in it with her pigs strung along her side she rises upon her fore legs and with her snout flirts the bed stuff all over her litter. Upon a bitter day the pigs do not leave the bed. llogs of every sort indeed lie asleep through the cold unless driven out by hunger. Ilogs learn quickly to discriminate. They will set up a prodigious squeal- ing when hungry at sight of their habitual feeder. yet pay no attention WIRE COVERED HOG TROUGH. whatever to any other person. They also learn their own calls as distin- guished from those of other anhzzais. Up in the region of mountains and moonshine whisky hogs are called with long wooden trumpets, whose sound is like that of a hunting born, but more powerful and carrying farther. Reve- nue vigilance is of course the horn‘s reason of beingâ€"its blasts do not awaken suspicion as would the usual calling. The hogs ranging miles of mountainside come when they hear the trumpet a. little before daylight for their beloved swill, but cannot be fooled by blasts of any other horn. Similarly once upon a time three pet pigs were trained to come for their morning mush and milk at the sound of Dixie most vigorously sung. They never failed to hear and heed, even though half a mile off, yet paid no at- tention whatever to any other song or sound. Another pig, friendless and estray, fell into the way of feeding with the cows in pen and until he was transmuted into bacon answered only to the call of “Sook cow! Soo-ookl” And still another learned to regulate feeding by the sound of the big farm bell and came grunting and galloping to the trough whenever he heard its clamor. While a fat pig is about the laziest and the clumsiest of created things one lean and hungry is among the most active in mind and body. A fearless forager, the fence that turns him has to be almost bullet and bomb proof. He learns to climb post and rail as a dog climbs. to throw down snake rail after the manner of breachy cattle, to evade barbed wire as shrewdly as a politician evades the fulfillment of a promise and to worm his way through everything in a manner to justify the angry farmer who said, “I don’t know about a camel going through the eye of apneedle. but if it was a hog I’d bet on his doing it every time." Subscribe for -Watchmans Nam»: THE WATCHMAN-WARDER :‘iLINDSAY. ONT; M USKMELON VARI ETIES. Results of a Testâ€"Several Kind. Il- lustrated and Described. Farmers and the general public ap- pear to be taking a great interest in . muskmelons. Very apropos, therefore, , is Professor Bane’s report of his ex- perimental work with this fruit at the New Hampshire station. Of 96 varie ties tested a number are illustrated: 60. Large White French. Color, hltish green, turning to yellow when VARIETIES OF MUSKMELONS. ripe; flesh, orange; size, 71/2 by 11% inches. Too late for the north. 01. Netted Nutmeg. Fairly produc- tive, dark green; flavor, sweet; flesh, green. 02. Large Black Paris. Many vines, few fruit; flesh, green; size, S by 12 inches. (33. Anne Arundel. Flesh, green; size, 6 by SE; inches. (54. Atlantic City. Dark background, netted and ribbed; flesh. green: medi- um productinncss; size, 0 by 10 inch- es. (5."). Improved Jenny. A typical dark green ll:1<-kcnsack. 3‘: inches in diame- li'l'. lig‘l;l.’.~'ll green; lwsll of lilil' quality. on. Acme. Dark green. 4 by 4‘3; inch- es; flesh. green; Ili'lhlliL‘IIVG. £57. (”itron. Dark green. all sizes, productive. l':llllCl' late; llesli. salmon. ‘ 43S. \‘v'nrd’s Nectar. Dark. 31.. inches l in diameter. fairly lll'UllUCthL‘, but few ripened; flesh, green. 00. McCotter‘s Pride. Large vines, sleeping mates, thus rousing them to fruit irregular, orange red :lesh, not very productive, late last season. . 70. Shippers’ Delight. Vines small, but productive, fruit 31,4; by 311» inches, good quality; flesh. green. 72. Ivy Green. Medium size, yellow flesh, skin light color, good quality, not very productive last season. 73. Golden Eagle. Size, 51,-; by 61,6 inches; shallow ribbed, heavily netted. 74. Arlington Nutmeg. Size. S by 8% inches; deep ribbed, netted; flesh. pale yellow. 7 5. Honey Drop. Dark green, smooth ribbed; size. :31; by 6 inches; resembles osage somewhat; flesh, yellow to salm- on. good quality. 70'. Cassabah. Nine to 11 inches long by 51,-; to 7 inches broad, durkish in grooves; flesh. green; :1 good melon. 77. Blenheim. Smooth, grayish mel- on. 439 by 5 inches. Too late for out of doors. 78. Hero of Lockinagc. Very late to mature. Size. 41/; by (3 inches. 70. Conqueror of Europe. But two fruit matured. Size, 6 by 7 inches; dark green. 80. Netted Gem. Small, green flesh- ed, ripens early and is very productive. 81. Queen of All. Flesh, salmon; ripens rather late. 82. Nectar of Angels. Size. 7% by 71/;- inches; yellow when ripe; flesh, pale yellow; flavor, not very sweet. VARIETIES or MUSKMELONS. 83. No. 555. Round, smooth, netted, dark green. Too late. 8-1. Superior. Size, 4 by 5 inches; dark green; flesh, green; productive, but late. 85. True Jenny Lind. Small Gem type. Flesh, green, fine flavor. Prolific and early. A very desirable variety. 86. Giant Chicago Market. Size. 01/; by 6% inches; green flesh. Medium in .productiveness, but rather late. 87. Improved Canteloupe. Size, 71/3 by 12 inches. Flavor much like Long Yellow. Fairly prolific. 88. Oval Netted Gem. Small Gem type, 4 by 5 inches, elongated, netted. Prolific and desirable. 89. Southern Beauty. Size, 61/2 by 8 inches; dark green, netted and shallow ribbed, good flavor, green flesh, not veryproductivc. I in the market, and the C according to quali ty. He pays cash for all his best discounts, and can Chasers right prices gOOds, who. and la. terms. W. W. LOGAN :2. m =3 0â€": a 5.?â€" cl: _= 3 /s. :' . an. Kr . One hundred thousand pounds Wool still required at '_ above Mills, William Street North. ‘ Wool growers and dealers will find our market the best, as we buy to ma:;:’a~...._. to speculate. We have the largest stock of "W: .‘(vk //P~a Viv e. /, is, Sheetings, Blankets, Yarns, Underwe :' /.r' \ etc., to choose from, all our own manufacture and at wholes ale prices coragg :5, W: : Hosiery, Men's Socks, Kmtted Shirts and Drawers mamfgth; , double yarn. . . .. Office and warehouse changed to North end of Building. \ '\ \ HORN BRos. LINDSAY WOOLLEN in NOXO. NEW VICTOR ’ ‘ wBlNDER from , . , J . ‘ r-Soecialshl ' l ' Net and l ‘\ -Ladies’ C‘ ~Hnge berg} -Bcantiful l ~Nice Silk l size lror‘ “gouths’ 81 " lg drives *Caps, hart l l Oxford Clipper, FRONT AND REAR GUT A10 rivers ALL SIZES \Viz'c Roller and Ball Bearings. Serrated Ledger Plates if desired. Ask our Agent to show vou the New Patented Ball Bearing Knife Clip. Supplied only when specially ordered. 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Another Carload ' Staff Increased M REDPA'I‘H s GRANULATED and YEL- We have been very busâ€"V dl’l‘ifiéi LOW SUGARS just received. Also full Jline and to give the prompt-gm; ' * stocks of GEM JARS in all sizes for pre~ to our many friend5 We ‘ 'b serving season. services of a thoroughl.v 00mph" T 'l . goods salesman. CI 3' orln o. o ‘ g Earlier Closms _, chm. Our tailorir de artmenth " g p as been rushed While anxious to 11199t the “ Lthiflft. all spring, and has been turning out ood - . e '- work. Just now we show extra valugs in foruostomers inevery rape’vgbdvluil dfyll’ Tweed Suite to order at $12, $13 and $14; m 7 a.m. till b p.m. Mine <70?” also the latest at les in Blac . s in, and from this time t _, . , .gg Worsted Suitings )and Pantingtefmd llancy CLOSE PROMPTLE at 000 . '2‘ £1" ' w Thls “with ‘ We fissu ] -° - - - flight. except Saturday. _ . W , me al risks as to fit and work- little time to get acqualnl'ihsnxfo . . in“. ship on orders entrusted to us, and are family and give the clerks 3 cure pan please you in variety of goods to same'fresh air : selec. from, prices and correct fit and Shorter terms of credit ”ow l w . orkmanship. makes prices closer all round- Oakwood, _ - - .- I