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Sniiviror. etc. Office over 0. LGmnr< ~'0re. anm- Town. mamoun! of mom-y to loan at 5 percent REsIM:\'U-Z~~ Middnugh House. lice hours-93.111. to .; p.m. :dbeat- the Cunnnerwml H otel, Pricoville, :mthim \chncuialys‘ in each month. Hotel, Lunbton Office hours from G. LEFRO Y McCAUL. his!” mm '9‘" "Id :5. 5'! ER 502111 Dzrectory. J‘ P. TELFORD. BROWN. U iscell (menus . Low sums, suLICITORS, mm, (JHNVEYANc- Hus, 1m). <OX lluL’l‘, L. tgdgm paid 0}! on the t. we and Li! lnanr :e but Stock Commniu I. Correspondence to . or a call solicited Jim-ham, Licensed .z 31.. County of Grey »:1 .2 . x the 2nd Division Nix-w umtters promptly 5* miexences furnished : business transact- ‘in 3L 8 ("BIB LLY. Axent )wn. led t 1 Auctioneer for the s promptly ‘ntended il'L‘ctory. , 'l‘nront 0. REID. arnam, Land Val“ I] a short distance 81 Baison, etc tr. MC. Intyres Collection and Searches ma do N0 LIQUDRFUR THE TROOPS ers calls for serious consideration, and attention. It is probably the first oc- casion that so brilliant a feat of arms has been achieved by a body of white troops who for months previously had not been permitted to touch a drOp of any kind of stimulant whatsoever. For if “Tommy Atkins” of the line, and his comrade “Sandy,” of the Highland re- gim-ents, have refrained from alcohol in any form whatsoever, and have restricted themselves to tea, lime juice, and Nile water, it cannot be attributed to any conscientious scruples on their {:art or to the. sudden develoyment of high-fledged principles on the score of drink, but smer to the establishment of a new system by the British mili- tary authorities which is exciting a good deal of interest on the part of the War Departments of Continental Europe. ' EXPERILVIENTS IN ENGLISH ARMY. THE ORDER GIVEN 10 E IN THE SOUDAN. It seems that for some time, by ord- ers of Field-Marshal Lord \Volseleyo the British Commander-in-Chief, care- ful and exhaustive experiments have been in progress with a. view to ascer- taining the relative effects of alcohol and of total abstinence upon the physi- cal endurance and staying qualities of the troops. Advantage has been tak- en both of the annual manoeuvres, as well as of these petty wars of which England has a few on hand in one part or other of the world almost all the time, to examine carefully the question. One regiment would be de- prived of every dl‘Op of stimulant. while another belonging to the same brigade would be allowed to purchase as usual, its malt liquors at the. can- teen, and a third would receive a sail- or’s ration of grog in the form of whiskey. In each instance the experi- ment went to show that, whereas at first the corps which had received an allowance of grog surpassed the oth- ers in dash and in impetuosity of at- tack, yet, after the third or fourth day its members began to show notable Signs of lassitude and a lack of Spirit and endurance. The same manifesta- tions, though in a minor and slower degree, were apparent in the regiments restricted to malt liquors, whereas the men who had been kept from every kind of stimulant increased in staying power, alertness and vigor every day. DECIDE D FOR ABSTINENCE. The result of these eXperiments led the British War Department to decide, not on the ground of principle, but solely for the sake of maintaining the powers of endurance of the tr00ps now engaged in the Soudan campaign. not to permit a single drop of stimulant in camp save for hospital use. Wine, spirits and malt liquors have been barred from the officers’ mess table as well as from the regimental can- teen, and from generals in command down to the drummer boys and the camp followers liquid refreshments have been restricted to tea and oat- meal water. L,‘ WK“; vvuvv50 When one remembers how devoted the Englishman is to his beer and the Scotchman to his “mountain dew,” modern history abounding in the up- sets of Cabinets, ill-advised enough to attempt an increase of the tax on these stimulants, which are regarded not as luxuries, but as actual neces- saries of life, the boldness and likewise the difficulties of the innovation W111 be appreciated. p,1f:ll...l nll AV- W allylvv vvvvvv But the scheme has fulfilled all ex- I’ectations. Thanks to total abstin- ence, the men have been able to make forced marches of the most; extraor- dinary character across the burning desert and under a. blazing sun. the heat of whose rays can only be appre- ciated by those who have lived under the equator, TROOPS F REE FROM SICKNESS. 1y climate, which either kills or pre- maturely ages the majority of white folks who penetrate beyond its fron- tiers. Indeed, it has often been nick- ' d cause too, “The LUWL "Unv" under a. blazing sun, the ac rays can only be appre- 1036 who have lived under THE FORCE S-PAIN’S FIGHTERS IN THE EAST. lGopd {reatment and good pay _is the Native troops in the Philippines are enlisted under the banner of Spain to the number of many thousands. Their Service is described, however, as not altogether whole hearted. But the dis- cipline of an enrolled body of men is not lightly thrown off. The Spanish battalions, too, are a corrective again- st revolt on the part of the native soldiers. whose sympathies naturally lie with their brethren in rebellion. bottle and barrel to be mercilessly de- stroyed, the liquor merely serving to poison the sand and slake the thirst of the ever parched desert. NO LIQUOR BEFORE A FIGHT. Orders have recently been issued to the commanders of all British men-of- war in commission that in lieu of the double rations of grog formerly served out to the crews when going into ac- tion, not a drop of alcoholic liquor, no matter whether spirit, wine or malt. is to be- allowed when there is any fighting to be done. In order to satisfy the thirst engendered by the heat, exertion and smoke inseparable from a naval combat, supplies of oat- meal and water for drinking are ar- ranged all over the ship. This, of course, is a radical departure from the practice, which has existed until quite recently, and which still prevails in the navies and armies of every continental power of the Old World. But it, is a. step, which is ren- dered imperative by the extreme imâ€" portance of sighting with the utmost degree of exactilude the guns and rifles, upon the precision of which the success of every action, no matter whether at sea or land. nowadays de- pends. CALMNESS IS MOST NECESSARY. "Luv“ 7 Av“ vâ€"vâ€" guns, some of the men-of-war of the early Victorian era having over a hundred of them. Modern battleships and cruisers are equipped with gigantic pieces, relatively few in number. but carrying projectiles of colossal weight over a range of several miles. It is no longer necessary to pepper the hull of a man-ofâ€"war full of cannon ball holes in order to sink it. This can be ach- ieved by one single well-directed shot from any of the great guns with which the warship ot the present day is arm- ed. Everything depends, therefore, up AL‘ Aâ€"----nn‘n" flnf‘ It is no longer fierceness, fury and reckless dash that are required of the men. but calmness and collectiveness. In naval engagements there is little boarding to be done in these times of ironclad warfare. Vessels are no longer armed with tier mpon tier of small ships are going into action, and no one need feel surprised if the present war leads to the grog ration being abolished altogether in the '° these 0535, Col. ...... _d quick-firing rifles and guns, there is a. tendency on the part of the tr00ps 'Idly and to squander their OPERATIONS 0N LAND. In the case of hostile Operations on land the some conSIderation prevails, tory or defeat. It is not merely that the soldier’s staying powers are aug- mented by total abstinence, but likeâ€" W1se his shooting. his improved. In these days, espemally wi navy. rule also for native soldiers in the Philippines. As to the high character of the fighting qualities of the native soldiers, there is no question. They are game to the last. When Great, Britain captured Manila over a cen- tury ago, the native fighters resisted desperately the final assault, andin a sally which was made, it is stated many of them, in their dying agony, bit savagely at the steel bayonet by which they were transfixed. so I'luulful In That (“IIIIII'J That a lieg- gur May Ride. The land of the kangaroo and the wombat, where the mammal was noâ€" thing less marsupial, till the European arrived on the scene, may now be call- ed the land of horses. In New South \Vales the sight of a beggar on horse- back excites no surprise. The poorest settler has a nag or two of his own. and his children may be seen riding to school like little lords. A one- horse township would be inconceiveable in a country where each village, al- most. has its me meeting. With a RHUPPINE lurks in every human breast. This be- ing the case, is it wise or polite still further to loosen the restrictions of civilizations by the use to be enforced and become of surpassing value, it is in times of war both on land and at N. G., J” MCKECIINIE N. 9., J . MBKechnie. Cash Svstem AUSTRALIAN HORSES. We take this Opportunity of thanking our customers for past. patronage, and we are convinced that the new system will merit a continuance of the same We beg to inform our customers and the public generally that We have adopted the Cash System, which means Cash or its Equiv alent, and that our motto will be “ Large Sales and Small Profits.” Adopted by EVERY THURSDAY nonmuc a nu cumulus mama noose. mum“ tum DURHAM, ONT. wusmw'no" Tm: Calm-Km will be sent ‘.-‘ any addrcs<. free of poqagc, I’or Snxm pct “YES . . . . year,pnyalulc in advanceâ€"shfu may be charged “not so paid. The date to which cvcry wbscription is paid is denoted by the number m, [hg nidre~< label. 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Its Local News is Complete and market reports accurate. population scarcely over 1.260.000, the colony owns more than 500,000 horses. And she now exports horses on a rap- idly increasing scale. In 1895 the col- any exported 1063 horses, of the esti- mated value of £12,745; in 1896 the number was 8138. value £123,500; and last year there was a further increase India being the leading customer. Aus- tralian horses being found admirably adapted for military purposes in that part of the British Empire. Horses are exported also from New South Wales to Victoria, New Zealand. We!- tern Australia, Fiji. the Straits Set- Itlercrlignts, Java and the Philippine Is- an i Romafitio Daught'erâ€"Oh, I'm not go- ing to marry into his family; he's so- ing to my into our family. Proud Duneâ€"I do not see how you could think of marrying into such a. commonplace family as _that. fouling facilities work. A FAMILY MATTER. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. W. 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