HOW MUCH OWEST THOU?) Rev. Dr. Talmage Tells of the Many Blessings ‘A’ despateh’ from W: m say: «#Rey. Dr. Talmage preached from the ‘When the first of next January take an account of will stock, and you will bring up in 4 Indeed, often ak I sappose that to-night you could put down on a piece of paper, in five minutes, in round figures, your whole indel to men, ind yet how tion is put to you to-night, that was propounded by the steward to the debtors of bis’ master, “How on owest thou untotmy Lord?” The fac the five Thumdred dollars that we! owe to our neighbors than we are about that Saas ee into ae we have plunged to. an amount so far be- be millions, and the “billions, not room enough on the scroll of the | sky for the git to put the & ures. I want to bile ‘on your table tone yyou children i eyes gether all the things Bee have ever done for God, ahd put t! in 01 io and add them up; and ee gath- r together alt the things that God, re eee them in one hem up; then sub- tract = lesser om ne pee ONT BE The manic ey ae Habe It us, he is rich, and can pay.! If we owe God, we are honest, and will try to wy. put on your table these hills “of tatebiednaat If they are We Enjoy. est thing, “ee to-night there is put upon your table a bill for board? ‘Phe next a I find upon our table is a bill for clothes. Thore is but one ry Gobelin | tapestry, and that is at Paris, under the con- trol of the stress and these fab- rics are woven for royal families only. But in all Bk eintie tire aco ‘toe: tories going day and night, weaving ‘a more wonderful fabric than royal tapestry for us, the King’s children. ‘The cotton plantation sends us socks. ‘The flaxfield sends us linen. ‘The | what muffles it takes to supply = all your life! \much? fwo hundred © dollars as for and dollars ne shot es sixty Saud twelve thousand dollars for clothes. The next bill I find on our table to- did you get your ‘om? “God setteth the soli- \tary in tis ” Have you a |ion, who is kind, gentle, sympathetic, Sipe agenpatiotic with all your -joys and sorrows? Was it good luck ‘to you? No. Proverbs xix. | good wife is from the pee > Have round about your table? as they eyesight, when so many ye been born blind ? Have they hear- ing, when so many have been born deat? Can they talk and sing, when so Las! have been born cripples ? Who ing i children How much will you take ior them? If I should offer to you the, Kehinoor diamond for one, Chats- “wol Park for another, and ten millions of dollars for another, you | LAUGH ME TO SCORN! ‘You yuld not sell the eldest one, be- cause it is the first-born; you would not sell the youngest, because it is = youngest and the pet; nor this me, because it looks the very image of oe REE: not that one, because it coks like its mother; nor this one, Me ee it has always been sick, and ! tion. I ask up fer us to liye in, and the rent is due! Are we ready to pay it? The next bill I find on our table Bee indebtedness e bill for board down low—at same hand. called you from the ha; ago, to the silver bell that tinkled on your table at noon to-day; you have never known the pang, the sickening horror of having nothing to eat. We pay the butcher, the baker, and the fruit-dealer, but we do not pay: that God who makes ths food, and who gives us the money with which to buy it, If on Saturday night, or at the ‘Y: after year, and for scores of years, have wo Deon permitted to aif ot God's table, 7 WwitHoUT PAYING, and the Juxuries are po a eR flooks of birds, whole whole herds of cattle. ‘been no’ cheap thing ta feed your ap- petites for forty years: and do you shin # is a mean, unfair, or dishon- you especially love it; nor that one, because it is so healthful that you could, not think of giving it up. I do not want you to give them up. Tonly want you, if gold, and Pe and all. the earth cannot think of the BPS of Ae anes: you, standing in your family group, “How much owest thou ‘unto my Lord? Ali! he gave them “to you. During all those sick nights, when you rocked that young life, or ug in every little while to see how things were goi after ‘hour carried the suffering little one [ona pillow, and it did not grow heavy, iz i found-no rest re it was Lyatohed with you and kept your heart |from breaking, and answered your pray Whe, next bill I find upon the ta~ | ble is a book bill. | Bible worth? Scientific men are try- ig mei ‘nnot stand the origin of this world. ‘We ‘open our Bibles, and we feel likethe Christian Arab, who said to the scep- tie, when asked by him why he be- lieved that there was a God, “How do I know that it was a man instead of ‘a camel that went past my tent iast ight ¢ Why, I know him by the King over at the of a man; that is the track of a God.” “We have all these things re- vealed in God’s Word. DEAR OLD BOOK! My father loved it. It trembled in my mother’s hand when she was nigh fourscore years old. It has been un- der the pillow. of three brothers when they died. It is avery different book le poem &: read it as I read John Milton, I oN it up sometimes as a treatise on law, ona reed it ag I did. Blacks tone. I ou those glad, healthy, romp-| measure Hi How much is your | jy, LRA ed © taegalary, andcrend AP as I did Josephus. Ah! now. it is not poem; it is not the treatise of law; it is not the history.: It is sim- royal family dies. The thunders in the dome of heaven never tolled so dole~ fully as when they world the néws, so Jesus is dead!” When a king di whole land is put in black; they shroud a nie they put the ion ; they march to a Sen Tiacent! What shall we do now that our King is dead? Put blackness on the gates ot the morning. Let the gans wail; let the cae sob; let a the generations of m« fall in fs and beat a funeral eahat wea woe! woe! to the grave of our dead Kin; Eight oisieel years after Edward I. was buried, they brought up his body, and they found that he still lay with acrown on his head. More than eighteen hundred years have passed, and 1 look into the grave of my dead King, and Ieee not only a crown, but “on his head are many crowns.” And, what is more, he is rising. YEA, HE HAS RISEN! Ye who came to the grave weeping, @o away rejoicing. Let your dirges now. change to anthems. He lives! Take off the blackness from the gates of the morning. He lives! Let earth rang out to the i whom that Cage and that victory ¥ For whom? For oe get some Satie scale at is burdens. Get some delicate chalive that you may. to save the world. tempests that struck him, of the) women sh thou unto my Lord?” There are tae dreds of men and women in this house who will respond, “Everything I awe to him—-my time, my talents, my to you to- house-rent; th: for clothing; the bill for the family; book bill, and you pay? “Qh yes,” every man says. The only question is, day by day, with this man anid woman, “How much?” I cannot fell. I simply know that in the olden Is not our religion worth as, much to ust That question Ileave to the oonsoience of every man and woman in this house. Where are two ways of paying an —to the law and to the creditor. af we owe and do nati pay it, what is dome? ‘The matter is put into the hands of an attorney; a sum- mons is seni; adeclaration is filed; he 2 Goi ‘The debt is dollected by foree. there is amother way ‘of paying a debt. We take up the bill and say, “This bi is due. Here is the mimey.” ‘he one payment is made oes the other by the ficree of the ‘Ged collects bis villa in bot hy Ways. Two men I knew very well, some yt ago, reel of New York. ‘they were talking about the matter of lence. 0 to the other, “Y too much. I wil wait until I get a large pile of money, and then I will give.” “No,” said. the aise, aiwnll eve, God prospers sequel. ‘The former fe We io New York City to-day, doller- less; the latter gathered two bun- th Mark that; will stand by him mali wil) staad: Ye Obrigt ‘will tind Christ standing by him. cathedral or- | © TOLD OF A CHINESE HEROINE. See to Vistas 0f Emperor Gave Her Life (0 infant mae to the Tyrone. The moral and Le ieion Hine witching as they so diffe : ent ours that their pate hares: glorified by light “ena see ee oe we beautiful ous in our owim eyes,ag to loom su ime. When, for instance, they ac- cord memorial honors to a young woman who cut slices from her arms and added them to the medicine of an|¢., aged parent in the hope of arias Sh Chinese historians and poets- 1c The ice pillars and silver pinnnacles, Mi, wite of the Emperor Liw, (adinta ane eecson eae Durimg the rebellion of Tsai like the sculptured marble of temples reat battle was fought, the shcone crumbling to ruin. Glittering pen- clers relate, in which the forces of|dants hang from the rim of bluish the Emperor turquoise of ow combat still raged Queen Mi found|erystal walls. Rivers that fl herself alone, abandoned, cruelly |‘through valleys of ice and lakes, wounded mn arrow, and tottering | hemmed in by hills of ice, shine with by a feobly es the bloody grass m azure depth that is yery imfinity’s inch gold lilies”, com- | self. pressed oe bearing in her armg the} In the morning, when all thaw has little A-tou, heir to the line. been stopped by the night’s cold, there Sh own mother, but |is deathly silence over the glacial her maternal devotion was none the | fields, even the less perfect. Dragging herself pain- | fall fully to a half-ruimed but ed against the wall with the baby | But with the rising of the sun the wrapped in her robe. Presently a|whole glacial world burate to life im horseman rode up and discovered her. He proved to be Chao-tzu-lung, a |over the ice with a glee that is vocal faithful General of the Emperor. Pro-|amd almost human. The gurgle of strating himself at her feet he beg-| rivers flowing through subterranean ged her to mount. his horse with the |tunnels becomes a roar, as of child; he would fight on foot at their | img, angry sea, icegrip no longer holds side, and endeavor to break through Ree eres I the n'ght’¢ enemy's limes to the loyal army | fros! on the farther side. nd there is the reverberating thunder of: the falling: avalanche. eee BEST TRERE WAS, ‘An old woman who kept) a village shop and post office combined in a Te mote country parish was ecetlaae Vidi ba uct leaps har ay aie 4 | OP teetne Neow Der eaaomrera: i : : @ | fet that she allways sold the ‘best of oe ey es t fatal disadvanti stamp: ata fatal disadvantage, He must eee ar. rel, ae roe ‘ide and carr, a sh gS . 5 “Place him OR Aa A A omy aap Chen Ne AL Us I sect make these stamps stick. t know why, I am, sure, mum, plied the offended Mrs. Fell, for 1 ss uae keep the very best. Which she suddenly stoopsd, laid A- uae tou at his feet, and running. with the AN ENGLISH VIEW. last muster of her strength to awell| Old Boy. Amd you never carry: as near at hand, sprang! down it; to ber | umbrella? How’s that? jeath. Swell. Well, you see, if you) have Then, indeed, the General took the | an umbrella peopic think you've only baby as she had bidden him, and| got one suit of civthes, charging the enemy in a fury of grief = and rage broke through their lines, bore the heir in safety to, his father, Liu, and told bing aind his euia the story of the Queen’s sel next your heart,” ee said “not too 108 A A MISNOMER. + First Rabbit—You meedn’t mind calling me a cottontail hereafter. Second Rabbit—Dear mel hy mot? First Eoneces the hunters shot off my tail it’s a misnomer. ~~ You may call me bunty please. USURPING HIS PREROGATIVE. TABLE MANNERS. Say, Pa, cried little Tommy, at dinner, gimme some butter. What do you sayt papa corrected. If—tr— his tumbler with @ spaon, that my wife is the head of tthe family to such ‘an extent that she would object very strongly to my taking this nighteap if she were here. If you kin reach it. te fi DR. CHASE PREVENTS CONSUMPTION By Thoroughly Curing Coughs and Colds Before They Reach the Lungs—Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine Has an Enormous Sale. _ There would be no use for sanitar- if Dr. Chase’s gest sale of any. similar | rf emedy. It should be in every hom | Chase’ Syrup of Linsee: rpene in the L for i ine, and am happy’ to seats that the ids expectoration, loosen and positiv: for the sake of a little more pro: colds. [25 cents a bottle, all de ‘Mr. J. J. Dodds, of k- avenue, manson, Bates & Oo, Foronto. veer Park, Ont, writes. 1avesuf- by far the largest eale Ff any she crouch- | ledge in tenuous, windblown threads. ~ RAIDING NEAR KIMBERLEY. Stores Looted and Mail Bags Rifled By Boers. ‘A’ despatch! from Fourteen Streams says;—A party of ten Boers, mets Border Sidingon Sunday, two of the Cape Mounted Police, who rifling the men, ordered them eed to Fourteen Streams and tell the British that 1,000 Boers were await- ing them. They looted a store, and the mail-bag, himself prisoner, subsequently releas- From = lies” quantity of Tone for which the was immediately released, The Boers subsequently evacuated the train, and that passed through a little girl’s hand, afterwards wounding a man and a woman, railways nor have been injured. ed passenger trains proceeded south. A patrol of ten men, under Lieuten- ant Fitzgerald, visited the siding, but telegraphs » found no signs of the Boers, although dition that he would compelled to walk. the afternoon, and walked for pare and M party of the Hendrik Snit. bed with rheumatic fever, but he was . and made Barnes |made to get up and was placed in cart, while his wife ane d children were eyt st four in twelve miles, when they halted for the night. Next morning they walk- farmer, for the family, and two days later they arrived at Petrusburg. Here they with a mud siding. nothing to eat or drink until the next atives’ state that the Boers fired | day at noon, when they received some hey were only in Boers for a fortnight, Roberts be- JAIRY MARKETS. Butter—Trade is active. Demand is | gcice butcher RELY at gous Eto good, supplies large and prices easy-| 5 per 1 mealies. hands of the and during that time Mr. came so ill that he had to be attended x doctor, through whose in- Monday armour- | fluence his family was eventually re- by a Boe Jeased. He then procured an ox-wag- q a n and came to Kimberley. He is| as follows: Dairy, tubs and pails, still ignorant of the fate of his i farm and belongings. Boer rs, Roberts, of Dgeefon- | 450. 900 cae vnabitants .of |tein farm, twenty-eight miles east Of | five loads of of hay ate and seized | Boshof, with their two daughters and their son, who is only six year after suffering ne hands of the s old, CS at the THE CANADIANS: SAIL. Second Contingent Receives an En- husiastic Send-Off. A ok from Cape Town says:— A public farewell was given this morn- ing ‘to 1,800 Australian and Canadian troops, who were about to start for their homes. The Mayor made an ad- dress, in which he hailed the colonial ag heroes of the Empire. He said they had many times been in tight corners, but the idea of hoisting the replying to the Mayor's address, said that the Dominion troops had not been fighting solely for Sonth African in- terests, but for their own. Governor Sir Alfred Milner, accom- panied by his staff, went to the docks to bid the troops farewell. He thank- ed the contingents for their services, and dwelt upon the fact that thei presence in South Africa hadstreng- thened the bonds of the Empire. DUTCH ES Definitely Dectins #2 Do Anything | A eet te ie pie eae The Dutch government on Tuesday Transvaal and Great Britain. sage tview be- the Dutch Foreign Minister and th , N. G, Pierson. ier explained that the object of his journey was to disseminate the | rx: raorainary idea of arbitration, and the Dutch Ministers replied that the role of the Netherlands must be passive, The in- itiative belonged to the great powers, they added. DE WET AT BAY Reported bee Knox Has Foreed to Halt A es ae London says: erating with the British column at! Reddersburg, has stopped General De) goiling stoc Wet’s followers have been captur in the sec able, and prices were firm. hfield| were especiatly d De Wet’s com-| to the large exports t it is staal that they are | Christmas trade. insufficiently armed with rifles, and | iz|in the the Boers ar amd are paying a penny a oe i ‘A wounded Boer who was captur in the fight on the 27th, states fae attack on Dewetsdorp the of. their very best) | Boers lost eesaee fig! ge me} reassuring feature about this district, Wot incursion into ~ mites many of the inhabitants have ined him, these recruits are chiefly poor whites, employed. rowieee or resi bod an and Smith: MARKETS Ow THE WORLD Frices 0° Cattle, Chea: Grain, in the saan Markets, ane ommaer MARKET. Toronto. in the street to- 671-2c., 400 bus! to Gipl-2e.. 1.000 bush. $12 to $12.50. Whea 2.5 W heats soring , Lambs, "spring, per hoice, 17 ust make, sells at 111-2c. PI ns, he pair, ollows 1 to 400; per Ib., 6 to Tc. store, are made, at 35 to 4 1-2 to 4c; and evaporated a on the farms. Many farmers absolute- beans are quoted at $1.40 to $1.45. ly refused ‘These men dared the Boers to do their contained a { plies, forage and plenty of stock. Small The decision of the government wus raiding parties of Boers are taking nearly every good horse in the dis-|jivered, sell at - Leyds ae trict. Water is scarce. a ECONOMIC Soe there has been prices of mortgage bonds When they should have less public confidence is restored the |came in. Cattle to join the commando. country traversed the such a slump in the |cgitle yards to-day we have track here, $10.25; two-ton ‘i ? of good'straw, on track here, bring $7.50. ops—Quiet. New crop is quoted here would 8h Prices of Morte if See at 14 to 150; and yearlings at 9 to 10c, acberiine to a Berlin despatch ‘Toronto Deo. western a heav. run, as about 80 carloads of live stock has been arriving reached a decision “he Dutch govern | cconomic stability of Germany will |every day this week, and some excel- perilled, it see what it could do. scholars fixed for Tuesday night, was cir $1,250,000,000. The re the principal sourees of sup) prohibited by the police-out of fear ef disturbance. eacgrceees A petits CARGO. 2,500 Dead Sattors 2 favuae Rrewcisee, A despatch from San Francisco, cays —The transport H. r Monday from Manila by way of Naga- saki, with a gruesome cargo. It consisted teen hundred sailors and soldiers who either died in battle. or succumbed to the ravages of disease, in the Phi ippines, China, Guam and Honolulu. ‘Phis is the largest number of bodies cock will likely remain) in (quarantine for a few days. The bodies will be conveyed to Pre- sidio and placed in the homes of the relatives. Mr, Kruger by the} Soldiers Krouzht Lor dent of the Canadian ildings gonatsa £25,000 to the Provost of see: here, and the enquiry was dull. there pending interment or shipmeat geen for the purpose of clearing the Aberdeen infirmary of debt, ‘The amount bf mortgage bonds in he public are selling bonds indiscrim- meranian Bank in week purchased $4, 000, 003 worth ot its imately. own bonds. The Grundschuld Ba: the strain, and the Sanden and Schmidt. ee, A Raper GIFT. Al despatch frour one : I Government has of the bodies of about fif- appointed receivers in both cases. The papers demand the arrest of Directors pen ae Aberdeen | from 21-2 t feeders are quoted at from 8 to 31-20| the War Office is as follows;— fe ae ny says:—| per Ib, with a little over for prime] | lent specimens of Christmas cattle are among the receipts. There was some shipping trade i ed, | eee cattle selling w So per tances a little more was ‘paid for selections. Prices ranged from 41-2 to 5c. per Ib. For ordinary butcher cattle as was not much change and business wa: quiet, but all the good to prime ies tle sold quickly at firm high prices. For loads of best cattle 41-2, 43-4 and 50 per Ib. was paid, and a, load or two of Christmas stuff sold at 61-4o per Ib. Medium cattle was a fair sale to-day, but“common cattle was slow and not wanted. the prices of last Tuesday. okers were qniet ; light are worth Se per Ib, and heavy rd Mount Stephen, formerly ae stockers. Pacific, There were only a few milch cows ‘A loud of extra choice butcher cat- Je, bought by Mr. Crawiord, aver- 18. day 400 bush it tat ‘sold at 67 to " red wheat at 671-2) ‘ had already visited the stores | to §8c., 1,000 ‘bus! ae cose wheat at 61 say: : es = ae at 40 to Saat from Gen. Kitchener to the | cattle. The British lost two killed. ~ ‘at $12to TAG Re at Vryheid last Monday. The ed a gl4 a ton, and six loads of straw at engagement all day. | Dressed hogs sold at $7 Boe t em Sollenue are the range of quota- losing 100 Killed and wounded. The | British oe ounded. Wheat, eet bea tetis ae ee 1-2 four men killed, 19° wounded and 90 Captain | Straw, 1-21 butcher cattle at from 4 to 5c. per Ib. ‘o 18 1-2c; medium, 16 to =e avaragges/1,000s1be,t: atid J: 3 oe 18 ‘s 190; large rolls, good to 0 18c; creamery boxes, 20 1,200 Ibs. sold at 41-80 per Ib. “che ce ll Sy Hes and Aug-| "There ut ae Eggs—Fresh eggs are getting scar-| mand; sheep were perhay It| cer as cold weather becomes more easier, but is reported that General Knox, c0-op-| eases Limed are in fair demand a shi and steady. Prices are as follows— | , 22 to 280; fresh gather- firmer. Prices were firm. Quotations fi Chicks ducks, per pair, 40 to 650) urkeys, per 1b., 81-2 to 91-20; geese, Potatoes—Firm. Car lots, on track here, sold to-day at 30c. Sales, out of Field. produce, ete. —Turnips, A act Calves, each 2 logs. oh +| Choice hogs, pet cWteww. 5.75 6,00 Dried fruits—Dried apples sell at 3 t 5 to 51-26, Beans—Ordinary white beans bring to $125; choice hand-picked Honey—Dealers quote from 9 to 9 1-20 Baled straw—Very scarce. Car lots 4a Feeders are quiet and unchanged at| withj a force BOER LAAGERCAPTURED — One Hundred Burghers Were Killed and Wounded. nya: A quantity of arms and’ a a ibertiok \A decbateh from London sa of Boers recently a y of Brabant’s Horse The | Zastron ase, and compelled ‘120 of o surrender. ‘Three of ithe killed’ and 14 rt Office gives the details of the & ats were a Gen. Methuen Beard ine edd missin; us ae death of Gen. Lem A British column which was niarch- n. Methuen attacked a ae foree ing towards Vryehad on Thursday oi Des ee red be eee Fonted 0) Boers at Scheeper’s ne: | 999 roun ‘saimnton, 1,460 cattle inflicting heavy loss and» capturing | and 2,000 s ge 1,250 Ibs., price 51-40 per Ib., iess| ers again to-day. No. 2 sold, middle on on the deal. Barley—Steady, but rather quict. Messrs. Dunn Bros, bought several See at 611-2ci and east, 62c. bunches of steers at ee ranging the exporters will ‘probably from 41-2 up to 5c. Ib. ae ie again next week, as Mr. W. H. Dean serdaad several| more ocean freight space is now bunches of shipping cattle at from| sight. No. 2, east, 411-20, and middle 41-2 to 43-4e per Ib. freights, 401-2c; No. $ extra, 400. easti The same dealer also purchased a| and 8c. middle freights. lot of export bulls at from 4 to 41-2c ‘Easy. New rye, 460. west, and Messrs. Crawford and Hunnisett bought several loads of good to choice CAPTURED. GUNS. Most of at Ae pits Eowever: ped. ‘Mr. Levack bought several loads of ‘Messrs, Lunness and Haligan made Commission houses sell to the tr24e} several deals at 4.and 41-40 per Ib.| 4 va Re nee as follows:— t “Knox drove De Wet north to the oe ae ‘of 22 butcher cattle, average ee N'Cho-Ladybrand line, which Mr. Smith bought a dozen butcher ni|om Kitchener wires the War Office our troops held. De Wets force, about 3,000 strong, made several attemipts ta get through during the day. A force of Boers fromthe north who were as- sisting his attack were driven back, though some Boers from the south got through the line. “While passing our line De Wet’s command lost considerably. We recap- Hogs to fetch the top price must |tured a 15-pounder taken! at Dewets- was a fair clearance of all) tle. PS were, if anything, o-day were | be of prime quality, and soale not be- dorp, @ pom-pom, and. several ammuni- largey, but the weather was favour-| low 160 nor above 200 Ibs. joa waggons. A portion of the enemy’s Following is the range of quota-|feree has been unable to pass to the nor! firm, probably owing] tions:— th.” Cattle. per cwt. .. Lord Kitchener's sesvaiatos showed $5.00 | that General De Wet has been follow $00 |ed by Knox's troopers to Thaba Neha, 1001 0F bel oi ried, es temporarily held up, will 4.00 |probably succeed running t) { eeontit and escaping Rae Part 5, ree, has (gone through, and 4.80 Sue is little bope among military men here that} he will be captured $0.00 | without # long and relentless chase. ‘ -_eo_ HAD ONLY 200 MEN 5.75, 4.00 | But Clements save Everything Ex« 2.50 cept Shippers. Bucks, per cw! 2. ‘Malkers and ‘ad Galves. Light hogs, per ewt. eay; we 5.50 5.75 ry hogs, per cwt. - 550 5. Stags ae BREADSTUFFS, ETO. whe ere heat—Ontario wheat is very dull. Deslers say that it is difficult to Lacigaasaces 1b., for 5,10, or 60-Ib., tins, accord- | ™*"° sales at present, and prices are Ms = se to the size of the order, Comb | /27gely nominal. nitobas are in fea ms Het es Ce ee honey sella at $240 to $2.75 per dozen | 90m demand by millers. No, 2 is in ae eat see woe aaa ae ws su- | sections. faix deniand< bat nether enct&r toctay, (SOM ae ree eee hay—irm. Choice timothy, on| No.1 hard: is firm. owing to scar- Seats a ae peti! le= 5 city. Quotations are as follows: Red ae i lots, de-| CY is. eH orthumberland 631-20, middle freights; goose wheat, @2c, middle freights: No. 1 spring fought heroically, but ee be 66c; Manitoba, ie Ihara, | Some of ea ultimately” bedsto sur oh Qc, and No. 2, at 871-20, {Tender ‘The position became. unten- Ne pe aa able for the British, and Gen. Cle- “qiliteed—Scarce. Ton lots, at the | ments wetreated. He mill door, sell as follows: Bran, $12 to $12.50; and pore to $14.50, west, | 22d save his stores, a Core Beng: SAanueieen: 3st guns. The work was done in’ fine low, 461-20. on He here, and mixed, | Sbape, however, and everything was 45 1-2c. saved excent the tents. Gen Clemen's t-off the Boer flanking parties. th sides suffered severely. Peas—Continue steady to firm, Ex- bobo? were in the market as buy- : S255 REVERSE FOR CLEMENTS A British Position Captured by Gen. pe despatch from London, says = jar red. Though the first atiack - was Lord Kitchener reports. that after repulsed, the Boers managed to get ‘severe fighting at Nooitgedacht, Gen- lates of the ees which war eral Clements’ forca was So penes. by four compa: of the | Fu: sitiers, and were to retire a of 2,500 men. Four nae pee ea ie ia other te ish officers were killed. je retired on Hekpoort, and casualties were not Tepor' took up a position on a hill in the Lord Kitchener's official ata to eee of the valley. ¢ casvalties haye not been-com- “Pretoria, Thursday, — Clements’ beats reported, but, the fighting was orce at. Nooitgedacht, enrlie Maga- |ve ry severe, and I deeply regret that estas was attacked at dawn by |Colonel Leggs, of the Twentieth Hus: |Delares, ee by. Beyers’ com- |sars, and Captains McBean, Murdoch, mando from Warmbath, making a {and Atkins were killed. Reinforce. force estimated oe feaet te han-! ments have left here.” command Clements’ ~