The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

5 Champion C0. .‘CCGG®®®6®$®€€DSZ A DETAILED STORX’ OF A COSTLY FIGHT IN THE LAST TRANSVAAL WAR The following detailed account of the fight at Majuba Hill in the last Transvaal war is recalled by the present threatened hostilities in the same country :â€" Majuba Hill is a flat-topped and very steep mountain, which commands Laing’s Nek. After his first repulses Colley found himself encamped opposite the Boer posi- tion waiting for reinforcements. The Boers were steadily entrenching their position at the Nek, so that the storming of it would be far more difficult than it had proved when first attempted. So far the Boers had made no start at holding Majuba Hill. on account of the difficulty of ascending it. Consequently. (a) if the‘ Boers occupied it they would complete‘ their line of fortifications, (b) if the British occupied it they would outflank the Boer line, and when the reinforce- ments arrived, could attack with excellent chances of success. Sir George Qolley accordingly deliberately kept back his reinforcements. a strong force of infantry and cavalry, at Newcastle, so as not to tempt the Boers to occupy the hill, seized it by a night march, and then ordered by flag signal from the hill that these troops be hurried to the front. In two or three days they would be at his main camp, and then a combined attack would be made. This plan hinged upon one consideration . that either of the two small bodies into which he thus divided his army could be attacked and over-whelmed in detail. The hill appeared to be impregnable, and Sir George carefully provided for the defence of the main camp. The force which set out for the hill in the night was smaller than is generally given. It mustered 554 rifles, and 200 of these were left at detach- ed posts on the four-mile road to the hill. The top of Majuba Hill is flat, triangular, and covers about ten acres, and the crest- line measures about 1200 yards, so that 350 men made a small garrison for it. A hollow occupied part of the top. At thei angle nearest the Boers the hill rosel steeply to the edge and t‘wn from this tip a slope ran up for shout 150 yard s 1., :- ridxze, about 40 feet higher. “men cut, across the top. Behind this ridge lay the central depression, and from the summit of the ridge, owing to the convexity of the slope, the tip of the hill could not be seen, much less the steep hillsxde. At the corner of the plateau nearest the Boers, and in advance of the curving slope iust men- tioned, was a kopje (or kopple),arocky mound. A party of Highlanders, after- wards reinforced bv some 58th men. held this kopje as an outpost. Behind them, on the true edge of the hilltop was a line of troops composed here of Highlanders. Behind the transverse ridge, in the central hollow, lay the reserves. Finally there seem to have been three paths up the hill. One was by the Highlanders’ kopje. The sec-0nd was in rear of. and to the right of the transverse ridge. The third was that next to the British camp, by which the force had ascended. When the Boers perceived the troops on the hill and determined to attack, a num- ber of. parties advanced to the lower slopes of the hill, and from early morning till 71.30 directed a. heavy fire on the mountain top. Only three or four of the British were shot, and the fire appeared absolutely wasted. But while this was going on smaller parties of the Boers were silently clim hing the hill. A good deal of the hill- side is “(lead ground,” i e., cannot. be seen from the crest of the bill, so that they could climb safely over these portions. The fire from the covering force at once: attracted the attention of the British, and by plating it unsafe to show one’s sell on the skyline prevented them from watch ing the slope of the hill. By 1.30 the first 01 these parties, about 60 men, was close under the Highlanders’ kopje. Something had been seen of them, and the post had been reinforced, but no idea. of their numbers was entertained. The Boers deliberately prepared for the destruction of this advanced post. The party collected under a rock-ledg‘ which hid them from the soldiers on the skyline above them. Then, at a. word they stepped back with their rifles at the “present,"and instantly discharged 8 vol- ley, which brought down almost the whole of the picquet. The rest. panic-stricken by the sudden slaughter of their ecmrades CHAMPION E033 All the New Designs in ; Fall and Winter Suitings and 0 Overcoatings. Nobby Goods, 0 0 Low Prices . - THE MAJUBA HILL DISASTER THURSDAYJOCT. 19th, 1899 tor. Kent and Cambridge-5:5. REMEMBER: ..... k T... fell back, the hne along the true crest in their rear seems to have shared the panic, and fell back to the transverse ridge. To this ridge Coliey and his officers were lead- . ill: the reserve, and as the two waves the retreating and advancing, met there was a scene of intense confusion' as High- lenders and 58th .men mingled. Fox" a. While the retreating men bore the others back; then the officers got a little line of battle formed along this ridge. and here ml... ‘:nn WUIJU Lullllvu w--_n took place the fight of the hill. The line was confused, companies and corps were mixed up, the men were badly bunched, the flanks were left weak and unguarded and the men were dishearted by the sud- den and amazing attack which had befal- len them, and all was wild, dim and tumult. Then the Boer force which had thus stormed the true crest appeared. For a while the two lines exchanged a heavy fire, but no loss occurred on either side. But the Boers were hugging the ground, covered by the convexity of ; of the slope. All the British saw were spurts of smoke and rifle muzzles, and a head cautiously lifted. The British lead was whizzing over their heads. The Boer fire was striking the ground in front of ‘ the British line; gradually it crept up, and the soldiers began to drop. The Boer line was being fed by the climbers lower down the hill. Then a fresh party came up by the path to the right of the ridge on which the British line was; then that right was enveloped with fire, and, outflankcd and outshot, the line gave way in rout. Collev stood to the end, and was killed while urg- ing his men not to run. The official statement showed 20 officers and 266 men killed, wounded and missing. AN INTERESTING AND USEFU L PAPER BY INSPECTOR KNIGHT 3 In a recent issue we made reference to a new book entitled “Nothing but Names‘ by Herbert F. Gardiner. M. A. This book gives the origin of the names of the counties and townships of this province, Inspector J. H. Knight has taken the pains to make a digest of the pages that refer to the townships of Victoria county. Sincetomost people the names in their own locality give the book its chief interest, the Inspector's pape r, will, it cut out and preserved, answer all the purposes of a copy of the book itself. It is as follows; ’ The origin of the names of the town- ‘ ships in the county of Victoria, condensed from “Nothing but Names” by Herbert Fairbairn Gardiner, M. A. (Toronto, George N. Morang 3.: Co. limited), for the use of the teachers in East Victoria, by J. H. Knight, P. S. Inspector. This book should be in every library in Ontario. HOW THESE TOWNSHIPS WERE NAMED yawâ€"-w , Emily township was called after Emily Charlotte, daughter of Lord George Lennex, and sister to the Duk: of Rich- mond, who was governor-general of Canada. She married in 1784. the Hon. Sir George Cranfleld Berkeley, who be- came Admiral of the White and Lord Admiral of Portugal. Admiral Berkeley died in 1818, and his widow in 1832. uuzu. lu LULU, uuu “nu n -u- .. Ops is a Latin word meaning wealth, riches, generally used in the plural. Ops is personified as the goddess of plenty, riches and power, the wife of Saturn, and the patroness with Terra. Marioosa is the Spanish word for butter- fly. - v _ Verulam was named in honor cf James Walter Grimston, Earl of Veruhm, born 1775 died 1813. He was a bro .her- in mm of the Lord Liverpool who was premier of Englmui iron: 1812 to 1827. The title of Earl v1 Verulam is taken from Vcrulam. mm or Verulam, the ancient capital of Britain nnu afterwards a Roman station in 1' clluldbhil‘e, anland. brancis Bacon was an earl of Verulam. Fenelou is named after Abbe Fenelon who 814mb" ~-h. d a mission at a village of thr- C 3.64;. on the Bay of Quinte and «Wurst-cs lived at Pickering Harbour, which for 200 )ears bore the name of Frenchman’s Bay. He was an elder brother of the celebrated French Arch- bishop oI Cambray. They were both sons of Count Fencion-Salignac, though by different marriages. Eldon took its name from John Scott, Lord Eldon, the famous Lord Chancellor of England. He was born at Newcastle NJ 1751, entered parliament in 1753, and died in 1838. He was a tory in politics, and opposed to toleration of all kinds. (1) Sir W. Somerville, who was chief secretary far'Ireland in 1846, and was raised to the peerage as Baron Athlumey. of Somerville and Dallardstown, County Meath, or 'éomerville may have been named in honor of (2) after Anne Somerville, grandmother of Sir Francis Bond Head, 10:11 Lord Somerville. or (3) from Rev. William Somerville, a brother of Lady Head, and who was mar- ried to Charlotte daughter of Rev. Walter Bagob. or (4) from Robert. B. Somerville, who re- presented Huntingdon county, Lower Canada, in the Canadian Aesem bly before confederation, and sat. in that house {mm 1854 to 1867, or (5) from Mrs. Mary Somerville, author at “P213 aical Geography," born 1780, died 1872. Laxtcn is called after Lnxbon viHage in Northampton, England. There i° another Laxtou in Nottinghamshire, and a .third in the East Riding of York. chley was named in honor of Right Hon. Nicholas Vansittart, BuronBL-xley, son of Henry Vansibtart, Gowrnor of Bengal, born 1766, died 1851. Admiral Vanslttart, a cousin of Lord Bexley. came to Canada. in 1834, and settled near Wood- stock. He had also a place in Bexiey township on the shore of Balsam Lake Bexlev is in the county of Kent, England. Garden was named after Captain Garden, who was complimented by General Sir John Hope for h s unremitt'wg exerticms in embarking the army after the battle of Corunua in 1809. General Hope took command when Sir John Moore was killed. Garden is the name of a village in Cheshire, England, 10 miles from the citv 4: Chester, and close to the river Dee. - 6t husbandry ; identical Digby is named after Captain Dlgby who helped to embark the English army after the battle of Corunna. Digby and other captains were complimented by General Sir John Hope, who took commaLd aftei' the death of Sir J obn Moore. The seat of Earl Digby is Sherborne Castle in Dorset- 1shire, England. , Daiton is named after Dr. John Dalton, the famouq English chemist, born in 1766 at Eaglesfleld in Cumberlanfi, died in 1844 at ‘Manchester. He left valuable papers| on evaporation, rain, the aurora borealia,‘ winds and dew. In the reign of William IV.. the government voted him a pension. Lonqtord is named after a town and county in Ireland. The river Shannon borders the county for about 50 miles. The earldom of Longford belongs to the family of Pakenham. The first duke of iWellington married a daughter of the } Earl of Longford. The Breeding. Fitting and Training or 3 Cali Is Necessary to the Production of a Profitable One. Breeding, fitting and training horses for the speed track requires knowledge, jugment, skill and patience. The young animal must be the get of an ancestry Whose distinguishing traits are intelli- gence, action and endunnce. He must be W _ .1 _I_:11 HUD, uuunvu u.â€" â€" vâ€"__._- bred tor speed. good judgment and skill gained from experience, and the breeder must determine whether the young thing gives promise of possessing the qualities essential in an animal bred for speed. Judgment, skill and patience are required in feeding. fitting and training: the young thing for a winning performance in the speed contests. This feeding. fitting and training begins at a very early stage of the colt's existence. and is patiently per- sisted in until the time of development is reached. The production of a profitable dairy cow begins with a breeding, fitting and train of a calf. The ancestry must be the best we can get for the purpose, and the calf must be fed and cared for with that end constantly in view. The food provid- ed must he of that kind and quantity which will most completely develop a milk-giving animal, and not a flesh and fat-producing animal. Nature has furn- ished this food in the mother’s milk and in grass, but as we must rob the milk of its fat we must replace this element with something equally good and much cheap-‘ or. One cent’s worth of corn and flaxseed meal is worth as much to the calf in combination with sweet skim milk and grass as one pound of butter fat in the whole milk. The value of cats, fed in connection with skim milk and choice hay for a dairy calf food, should not be under-estimated. Vigorous growth, exer- cise and development is what we must get if we are to have a cow capable of large performance. The cats and hay are bulky and increase the capacity of the stomach and digestive organs. and their exercise develops the capacity of the ani- mal for properly tal..ng and using large quantities of bulky milk-making food. Good sweet hay, preferably early cut. well cured clover. should be supplied from the time the calf is three or four Weeks qu van- v..- -â€"__ old. A clean. Well-bedded, well-ventil- ated, sunlit stable is the place for calves in winter and the same with screened 1 windows for summer. Milk cows and l calves should be kept in screened stables during the heat of the day in summer. There is no profit for the owner or corn- i'ort for the cows and calves in fighting flies in the hot sun. Developing the milk- giving habit, which comes with the office of maternity. is an important fea- ture in the fitting and training of a good cow. Maternity should come neither too early nor too late. Growth and physical vigor are often sacrificed in forcing the office of maternity upon the young things. Much depends upon the develop- ment of the animal, but it may be safely said that no heifer should drop her first calf before she is 2 years old. and not later than when 30 months of age. The handling of the calves and heifers is also an important feature of this development and training. They should be trained to the cow habit of dependence upon and regard for their master from infancy to maturity. The heifer or cow that does not repay her owner for gentleness. kindness and intelligent care. has not sense or capacitv enough for a dairy cow. and the man who withholds these from the good cow has neither sense nor capac- ity enough for a good dairyman.â€"Dairy and Creamery. Make a. foundation of 4x4 scanning, in the shape of a frame, about as long as the building. and wide enough to make the roosts of suitable capacity. For the porches use 3x4 or 4x4 scantlings. ripped through the middle so as to make two pieces 4xi% or 4x2 The upper corners are rounded off as shown, and the perches are supported on standards of inch pine, 18 inches long, or half-inch iron rods. An old fruit: can is attached to each sup- port by being soldered at. the bontom of the can. the top being left. open. These cups are kept half-full of coal oil or crude petroleum. . 1". ‘ 1.... ,-,AA.- ‘ The roosts can be lifted off the supports for clmming and no give access no the floor of the building. They may receive an application of coal oil or be white.- wosned themselms occasionally. Instead of using the framework for foundation, the pipes or rode may be simply driven into the ground in their pxoper places In the cut but one support and one end of a. porch are shown. The porch may be any length. and is supported at the and not shown, in the szmw manner as of; ‘Lhe one illustmted.â€"-American Agriculturist. Watching: in Plant Grow. Any of you who are fortunate enough to have access to a misoroscope may try the following experiment with little trouble: Take a. oollomia seed and out of! Eithin enough slim to let; the light through clearly. ATM? place the_slice or} a slide, cover with the cover glass and place under the microscope. When the instrument is well focused, standing: in a vertical position, moisten the slice of seed with a. drop of water. Almost in- stantly the seed fragment will absorb the moistme and develop a number of little spiral fibers which illustrate an “t'lv nroceas of veletable germination. WATCHMAN-WARDER: LINDS AY. 0N T. A DAIR’Y COW. Louisv- l’ruof Roost. LOUSE PROOF ROCFT, Turned This Way MEN’S EYES ARE TURNED now toward Fall Suits and Top Coats. Many of them have turned this way, and their o.-dcrs are being made up from the most fashionable fabrics of the season. We will be glad to execute your "”1“. and will give you perfect fit and Lid-Unlaction as re uonably as you could Dossibly ask. 'A. F. MORGAN l ' .\ E’Druggxst 0W MY TAILOR. 3 doozs west of Post Office, - LINDSAY, Om». Is successfully used monthly by over 10.000 Ladies. Safe, efleetusl. Ladies ask your druglgist for (looks Cotton Root Coa- upd. Take no 0 or. as all Mixtures, pills and mutations are dangerous. Price, No. 1, $1 er box; No. 2. 10 degrees stronger, $8 per box. 0. 1 or 2. mailed on receipt of price and two s-oent stamps. The Cook Company Windsor. Ont. WNos. i and 2 801d and recommended by all reaponsible Drugsista 111 Condo. Pros erit is not comingâ€"it is here- Lindsay'is feeling it. Grah is. feelingpit. 3gaarvellous harvests, Wlth good prices; the demand 83}; labor almost unprecedented; every branch of commerc1al industry active. These are indisputable facts ; we state them because golden opportunities demand prompt recognition. NOW is the time to GHAHAM’S [ALL AND WINTER BLUTHlNG, Every department bristles with interesting offerings at interesting prices. We keep people moving inward and goods moving outward bi, moving prices downward. Not old stock, nor seconds, as the price? would perhaps lead one to thlnkâ€"but fresh, perfect goods, out of th factories but a few days. Don’t skip a paragraph of our bargain lists, Graham’s BARGAIN LIST Men’s Overcoats. three special lines, that) we can sell ab two thirds than actual value, for $3.90, $4.75, $5.50. Men’s Suits, that: are selling like hot cakes, manu- factured to sell 20 per cent. higher, for $3.65, $4.50, $5.25. Men's Trousers, three specia‘s, to sell at 98c, $1.35, $2.00. Men’s Fur Felt Hats, latest American and English styles. $1.45. $1.75, $2, $2 50. Men’s Underwear, for winter, to be sold at 35c, 45c, 550, 70c, 900, $1. 'W’A'I'Uh. US (Sr-ROW O WATCH US GROW 00”»DOOWWOO OOOOOQOOWO’OWOOW L l ‘J. fiLUJ 31 $1 0 E .3 i ‘4‘ C: 7. of 1).: and awnnsnn The One Pmce King Clothier .Goak’s Cotton Root Compound. WATCH US GROW d 2 sold' m Lindsay», E Greg- NE W STORE éQ©¢¢DQfl©6©Q®a® 5 "Watches” HATS, CAPS AND MEN’S wwsmm Our aim has been to keep AI goods that would win {or :5 Lindsay is our native heath, and we have an interest in 5: want your custom for twenty years hence, the tame as now. . Our prices are lowest in town and we guarantee satisfactzo LIN DSAY’S LEADING CLOTHING if. G. BLAIR @031 â€"LADIES WATCHES -â€"BOY’S “ â€"GOLD " -â€"S! Made to fit don't cost any more than thaw” does not. We make clothes for hundreds of 3:05 n and give them perfect satisfaction, and we C3 1:; vour same for you. Now is the time to order) 1 t or? “n x - . . 33c Yéntfer Sunt or Qvercoat. Don’t put 1 . thcffl o .weathcr sets 1n. Have the benefit 0{ 1‘ season. Prices always right. Remember the place JEWELERS BARGAIN HS Yonbbs’ three-piece Sui's. different patterns, tweed, $2.75. $3, $3.60, $3.90, Boys’ twoâ€"piece Suits, of very heauy goods : $2, $2.50, $2.75. Boy's New Autumn Hats, 55c, 70c, 31. Men’s New Golf Caps in checks, etc., 30:, i Boys’ Tweed Caps, 15c, 25c. Fetching Fall Neckwear, 35:, 30, 25c. 202.13»: A chance in Fancy Coléred Shirts at 58c. Woollen Hosiery, per pair 20c, 30c, 40: and.) â€" SILVER WATCHES 2 Doors East Benso on Hon Two Door: West BRITTON 3 GENTLEMEN GOLD FILLED _NICK i011. cmng YO“ '(L. E WAle Gertie Foc‘ mu" VA’L '- 5' Former, nea‘ Shieids is run? '1 shingka mi! Hmontly pl I01 report. 1 0‘ Standing [I evening fowl supper D. After d for To“? ’0 .nfl fling nor: Junction IV we“ (1-me Port 33 from Toroni IF": ' win 9““ ’m- .3me CA Ml weary set-v Methodist ”333p. LETTER COR :1: For n 3 rti 'h'i'hfib)’ north 1212' Id . Ange '. Avl 4th I. Junetid man an I“: Shou< ‘18 ere W11 W A