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WARREN SURPRISES THE BOERS BIETHUEN’S VIG OROUS ATTACK. A despatch from Modder River says: --A vigorous reconnaissance that was made last night engaged the enemy’s cannon on the kopjes and highlands. " The British Light Infantry advanced smartly in extendnd order to protect a half battery of howitzers, which swiftly took a position on the left facing the kopjes. ‘ 9.. The guns were uniimbarea auu action within a couple of minutes the tune they halted. ‘ - -_,.--- There was scrong and incessant shelling between the howitzers and two Boer guns in kloots in the hills. The British long-range guns sup- ported the houitzers. The firing last- ed from 5.55 to 7.3? pm. - nn-u‘ The Boers were facrng a strong sun- set, and this seemed to hinder their. marksmanship. Though they shelled both the infantry and artillery they both the infantry and artillery wey hit nobody. *\ The enemy’s loss, if any. is unknown. The infantry were within seeing dis- tance of the Boers’ trenches. They were wide and deep, and banked with sand. They were strongly occupied. BULLER’S ESTIMATED STRENGTH The forces under Gen. Buller’ 8 com- m,and incduding Gen. White’s forces. at Ladysm1th, number nearly 40.000 men. The following is the list of generâ€"g; ' ' 'n the move-i mention: the relief of Ladysmith:- { Natal Field Farce, Ladyemith. 3 Fourth Divisionâ€"General bir George W'hite commanding. , -. Ladysmith’s Relief Force. _ General Sir Redvers Bullet com-; manding. Sewn-l: Divisionâ€"Lieut-General Sir: C ‘. Clary ’ becond Bngadeâ€"Magor-beneral H J. Hildyul‘d. ‘ Fourth Brigadeâ€"MajorvGeneral N. G. Lyttleton. ‘l'hird Divisionâ€"5th BrigadewMajor- General A. E. Hart. mm Divisionâ€"Majorâ€"General Sir Charles Warren. . Eleventh Brigade â€"- Major-General Woodgate. lurlualmg the eight battalions of the Fifth Divuimzhe ha's'now six brigades, numbering 24 battalions. Admitting that each battalion stands only 900 strong. the aetioiency of; 2,400 under the total war strength of 24,000 is all bur made up with the large drafts for the battalions of the Ladysmitb. gar- rmon. In ths manner Gen. Buller’s form may be summarized. as, follows:â€" 1 Manny. . . . . 24. 000 Cavalry. . . . . . 3.2120 A1 tillery. . . . 2.200 -,E gmeers . . 400 Add White's Force. . 9,000 A despa-tch from London, says:â€" Three Englishmen who had. received passes authorizing them to remain in the Orange, Frge St.§te,_*were cam- ‘ A despatch from Spearman’s Camp ‘ says :â€"-The field artillery and a few '_.howitzers this morning shelled thej , Boer left from a kopje on the right, the infantry keeping up a continuous rifle fire from good covera The Boers abandoned the summit of , the kopje which they had been hold- ing. and the British then occupied it. ,. The enemy then took shelter behind ' a stone wall on :the side of the kopje 'and he'ld the position for hours. They retreated in the afternoon. the British dropping shrapnel and lyddite .~ ‘isbells on them as they crossed a ra- ,; ,vine. . L. The British then occupied the posi. 51‘ tion the enemy had held. The casualties were tew. '3' huv â€" mamjee‘tEE-on Dec. 25. 'They refused to fight their countryman, and were shot in the market place. A despatch from London says :--The assemblage in Pall Mall outside the War Office, and those priviieged to wait in the lobbies, reluctantly dis- persed at midnight, after the final word that. nothing more would. be an- nounced. The morning papers went to1 press with conjectures and forecastsl of all sorts, striving to guess out some- thing from Spion kop. Topography maps show that Spion kop is the highest part of a rocky plateau. Eastward for eight miles are the Boers’ positions along the Tugela. Nonhdwestward. from Spion kop the plateau runs gradually up to agreat spur of the Draisens'oerg. ' ** ‘- --â€"AL Gkn D L v- '“v â€".â€".___-_ _ AN .. Gen. Buller's infantry, to reach the‘ summit of Spion kop, must cross a na- tural glacis three-quarters of a mile wide, and climb 500 feet up a steep slope. ' A Nobody here seems to know, not even the “Tar Office, :what Lord Rob- erts has done with his large reinforce- ments. Six thousand troops awaited his arrival at Cape Town, and since then 6,000 others have reached there. MJitary‘critics are all hoping that a an n\l\l\ L---- “Ann fn l is Now in Possession of Spion E Resistance by the Enemwaen. Killed in the Battleâ€"L ong Lis and Woundedâ€"~“Advance” the Jm good share of these 12,000 have gone to help Gen. Bullet. and they argue that a few days‘ wait may make him strong enough to overcome the deadlock. BOERS SHOOT ENGLISHDLEN . Grand Total BOER POSITIQN A TERRIBLE 'ORDEAL. despatch from Inmdong‘eayszâ€" Moiday Sir Charles Warren's camonadod and fusilladed the position west. of. Spica kop, near were uniimbered and. IT IS SLOW WORK. m the Acton Homes road. A. lyddite bat- tery CO‘C‘perated with the other bat- temes am; Maxim. Cenamly the fire was effeguvc, caugisg me enemy sen- ous losses. The Boers, however, «lu;.g deg-peraLeLy L0 their \Vur5531r0m xx hath they are o.-ly beug \egy .luwly (L123- Ln. ”To-day the enemy ured Lheu‘ guns _ ‘ ‘ ”A _, u *H- they are Ody beug xexy uluVVly bra Lu. ”To-day the enemy nred Lhezr guns Oftener, ‘12:ng uLs.) Lhe capturcd 15- p-Ounders whh shrapnel. Out Â¥asual.» mes toâ€"day were less even than these 0i yesterday. “’-'--'â€"‘--. -- Luann“ nhmlt six: m -the ! HOLD SPION, KQP. A despatch from Spenrman’s Camp gsayszâ€"“Gen. Warren’s troops last Qnight occupied Spion kOp, surprising lthc small garrison. who fled. ‘ “It las been held by us all day, 7though we were hmvily attacked, es- pecialiy by J. very annoying shell fire. “I fear our cxsualtie» are uonsmer- table, and 1 have to mform you Whh Tregret that Gen. Woougfite was dan- Lgcrnu-Jy wounded. . "Gen. Warren is of. the op'xmon that he has rendered the enemy’s position untenable. v-Elé;{1:grbegan about $31.31; It: morning, and conunueq and. uh:- but. there has been nothing lakeage 131‘3I engagemQM' -._n‘n‘-ot‘ frnm “The ‘na‘vai fiblg. g Petgleter’s drlft 111 positions.” CANADIANS IN AUILULV . A despatch from Victoria, B.C., says: -â€"Word reached here Inst n'ght that I’fivate J. W. Jones, of the first Brit- ish Columuia contingent of the Can- adian force, had been kmed in action at Dover’s farm. J ones L5 a graduate. of West Point, although of SCOLtLo‘h birth, and one of the best-known mining men of Van- couver, ”Black J unas' Deng his com- mon title. A dos-patch from London :uyszâ€"No- ‘ and ail . i '4 thing can yet. be added 1.0 the brief, (ienb ‘ , . ' ‘5', news of General \Vurrens success, ;003 e - at, any which has brought. inLen.;e relief to 1 {rained Great Britain. A few speak of the i town b possibility that the British may be 1111- includu able to retain whaL ihey have so hard. 1y won in View, of the ”very annoying S shell fire” mentioned in General Buiâ€" A 69» lers’ despatch, and ihat {he hill may says 3'â€" have to be reLuken, but, as. uming‘ that ‘ mam C the position is perm;.inenLly held, andi The ' that the, Boers are uliVULi from Lhd re- E and s] mainder of the plueiu -.,')mina.ed by casual! Srion ko-g. there is no iilu ion .espec .. ting the grainy ofi .he Lusk involved in favoring the Lwelvc or fiueen miles TWO separating the hill and the ‘Roer lines outside Ladysmiih. There! 1.5" complete ignorance here as LU one A “'01 abJLLy of the 6091‘s to obtain reintor-.e- M“ men-Ls, and as to: whether they’ have 13““ preporedaseuond line or defence. This A) d: iguoranceprevents any [forecast of Lhe A irei Operations. The critics continue to bid {the pubiic L0 prep'are‘ for a ion-g (73;- .uai‘iy; list, they alta~;>hi.;-g.' the lullest the G1 '1 s.g..in:ance to Gun-era: Lulier s imima- {mg a tion. No full list. ofzthe losses in the engine fighting previous to the attack on . Spion kop has yet been recelved, ,~ though each day brings addiLions. 0D Wd I'- m‘ I uâ€"'w°â€"_ _ General Barton’s force, V‘Vthh 13 holding Chieveley. had a few killed and wounded on January ‘23. whxch inch- cates an engagement which hitherto hasx not been reported. It; was prob- ably only a reconnaissance. A despatch has been recexved from Spearmn's camp, that Gen. Wood- gate has. succumbed to the wounds‘ he reéeived 1n the attack upon; Spnon kop. A despatch from Spearman's Camp, sayszâ€"The battle continues. The inâ€" fantry fire is concentrated at the crest of the hill, near the) centre. The Beers are holding the corresponding crest in i the valley. It virtually is an artillery bombardment. The 3031's are replying occa‘ionally and moving their. guns ,when they are located! by the British, I but seldom firing more than three shots from one place. A corps of stretcher-bearers, raised by Major Stuart \Vortl-ey, behaved well during the fighting after volunteering to bring in the wounded under heavy The men are splendid." :a, the Jnxy Order. fire Luc- . At 2 o’clock the Boers raised a white flag on the summit of a high‘ hill, but both sides continued firipg. 1 i £1th WVIJ vv_-â€"_-v_, The casualties yesterday included Capt. Raitt, of the; Queen's Own. kill- ed, and Capt. Warden and Lieuts. Smith and Dubisson severely wound- ‘A despateh from Spearman’s Camp} says :-â€"-Details of Lord Dundonald’s engagement west of Acton Holmes on Jan. 17, show that the American Colt gun did great work for the Bri- tish. As previously cabled, the British and Boer_s made ‘ac rush for a 91L-_ 1..) "(-Tapt. Ryan, of the Yorkshires, was killed, and Lie'ut. Barlow severely wounded. D‘l“°“ ”A.“ ~"â€"â€" ___, kopje, which, unknown to either, had been previously occupied by a de- tachment of the Natal Carbineers. The British, of course, won the posi- tion, and then turned their Colt gun on“€he enemy, who could not stand against its tire. - Twenty-three prisoners were taken. .They fraternized with the British, and showed no signs of animosity. The British troops displayed great consideration for the wounded Boers, and everything possible was done to ialleviate their pain. ___ _. ._-.......s. A}. l l 1 GE} LICVIGLU Lufis“. rw-._- The honors ,of the engagement at DUNDON‘ALD’S GOOD WORK {N VVOODGATE DEAD. NS IN ACTION. gun? ussxsted from u sheiling‘ the 3091’ Actor; Holmes were with the Imperial Light Horse, Natal Carbineers, and sixty men of the Mounted Rifles. BOERS PLUNDER THE DEAD. A' despatch from London says :-â€"-The Mauser’s bullet, is no doubt . a‘ very humane one and inflicted some wonderful wounds. Some of the bullets, he says, took extraordinary courses. A ‘ing wrong with him. i ' he Boers treated . our wounded 1we11, and, in fact, did not take them } prisoners, as .they saidgthey could not; 3 be bothered with them. They took two 3 wounded colonels, as they like colonels, 'gand would prefer one .with atitle, but 1 they rifled their pockets and went for shread in the haversacks with greed. i I don’t think they can be getting much ”Wald now. They also stripped our 'd-nsid'of all clothing, for they have no i I’imlico behind them, and officers’ [breaches were bighiy treasured: FRENCH COULD TAKE COLESBURG. A despatch from London says zâ€"Gen. French, with the utmost deliberation and the greatest caution, is drawing his lines more closely around the Boer position. Every day he tightens the net, greatly to the alarm and uneasiâ€" ness of the enemy. The Boers have made several attacks on our outposts. The tactics of these engagements _ ._ Jam, a; Mnjuba hiil, but everywhere they have been plucklly repulsed. The Boers have\ been outâ€"generulled in this region. In-. d'vidunls frequently desert to our; lines. ‘ Tm latest arrivals say that thel Boer strength is now 7,000. Three; ’ weeks agothey were reinforced by 1,-' in)" men from Ladysmith and 600 from D'Iagersfoniein. The centre of their ,position appears to be at Coiesborg junction. Their lines of communi- cation are s‘rongiy protected to Nor- val‘s pout, while they still command 31hr; road to Coiesberg and the wag- : on brigade. 9 Gen. French‘s position, as viewed [from Cole’s kop, is a great semiwircle. ’LAâ€" A“’fl UL“ V\"\1 v ---‘_. _ Ll U The Boer k pjes are lower than ours, and are comn‘uunled by our guns. 011! lyddiie shells h-we apparent- ly :-ile_r_med the 802; artillery for good auu uua Gen. French soul-d undoubtedly take Colesbe-rg, which is Wm miles away, at any time he. p!eaced,but he has] re. {rained hitherto from bombarding, the town became of the non combatants, finclud'mg women and children. A desxpatch {rum Spearman's Camp, says :-There was a heavy. bombard- ment of Ladysmith this morning. The Boa-{did some lively sniping and shelling this morning, but the casualties were mot heavy. " A Flncmnn Injuredâ€"4 revs Saved The" Live. by Jumglug-lzoumg neck Loss Heavy. , A? despawh from Newcastle, says:â€" A lreight double-header gc-szg sax-t and a westâ€"bound freight collided at the Grand Trunk Railway station here '1th afLernoon about 4.30. The three engmes. are a total wreck. and several cars are off the track. Fireman High- ;on was badly hurt.“ around the, head. The lure W111 ’be’ blocked for. some hours. The injured fireman, C. Bishon, aged E: “2.5 years: was brought to the city last .0 evening from Newcastle on (the Mont-'- l 2 real express, which arrived at the 29 U non Station at 11.45 o’clock, being 3 C three hours late, owing to the .block- C ade of the tracks. He was immediate- ly transferred to the police ambulance, . e which met the train, and conveyed to t St. Michael’s Hospital. Upon examin- 1 ration it was found that his injuries El ‘ consisted of an ugly gash in the back 1:: of the head, and several small fractures ' around the shoulders and body. Bishon stated at the hospital last night that the accident happened without the'1 least warning. ‘Be said that hei and driver Elliott of Belleville,l I who had, charge of the engine. the reâ€" gular driver being off duty, had been t side-tracked a short distance from a iNewcastle for a few hours, to allow} some regular trains to pass. In the‘i l meantime a double-header freight train i east-bound from Toronto to Mont- I real had pulled up in front of the 2 station. The westbound freight etart- : ted on its journey, and was making fast ‘ - ‘time until it reached a curve. when it - entered upon the main track. By this - at a lively rate, when Fireman Hishon ‘ noticed the eastbound freight on the 3 same track. He immediately jumped 7 into a ditch. Driver Elliott applied the brakes and, shut off “the power before he jumped. but it was too late, and in a few: seconds the engine crashed into the western train which was at a p standstill in front of the station. The 3 three engines were completely demoL ished and a majority of the cars deâ€" ’3 railed. An auxiliary was sent out n from Belleâ€"ville and it was some time i- before the trac__lrs_were .cleared again TWO FREIGHT '1‘ HA NS COLLIDE. Ux5vtv wâ€"v -_ for traffic. Hishon’s injuries {vere dressed at Newcasrle. He. lives at 385 Brock aV9na?. in this city. (3mm SWnllows (‘arbolic Acld and Sue comm In a Few Minutes. A daspatch from Kingston, Ont, says-â€"A little child of Thomas Rutherâ€" ford, Victoria street. ., this mornmg swallowed some carbohc aczd, winch it great agony. STILL SHELL LADY‘SMITH. MOST AGONIZING. sum: GHOSTLY VENUES. THEY ARE NEVER WELCOMED BY THE ROY AL FAMILIES. “Black,” “ “'bue" and "Red Dulles” ‘ Who Won: Royaltyâ€"Apparition: That ‘ llave tortended Disasters and Death ‘ From Which There Was No Escape. Rumors having been whispered in Austrian court circles-but which have assiduously been hushed, upâ€"of the ap- ;pearance of the specter which pro- gtends woe to the imperial house of ‘H'apsburg, the ghostly “ Black Lady” in the corridor of the apartments of the hapless EmpreSs of Austria prior to her terrible death, some reference .â€"- itria may be of interest. En passant [may be mentioned that they are the‘ 'supposed ghost of departed ladies in “black,” “ whitefi’ or " red,” robes of I‘ the middle ages, who are supposed to ihave suffered a terrible wrong at the hands of some ancestor, for which they are casting a bane on the family. The .best known of these ghostly ap- Paritions is the soâ€"called “ White Lady," of the house of Hohe'nzollern, which haunts the old royal residence in Berlin, and in the repeated appeal" ance of which has been so oftimes cor- roborated by the most reliable wit- nesses that it can hardly be doubted. And here be it said that all the three Emperors of the century have firmly! ibelievcd in its apparition when death1 'stalks the ancient halls of the house \of the Bradenburg Markgrafs. This iwas even the case with the broad- im'nded Emperor Frederick, who. it {may be new to learn, \(LS' quite as suâ€" iperstitious as his father, and as. in- tdeed, his matter-of-faot son, William 2 II. DEATH WITHIN THE YEAR. This apparition has at various times been seen at the hour of midn-ight.‘ dressed in along, white robe, flitting‘ along. the corridor of the chamber of} death or sitting in the moonlight, in} the recess of a window. \Vhen ap proached,‘ as some bold servants have ventured to do, it raises its right hand with a warning gesture, pointing to! the chamber in question, and disclosing‘ a marble~white face of exquisite beau- :ty and youthfulness, but with eyes {and mien of despair and woe. On the llittle finger of the right hand is a iring with blood-red stone of great lus- teir. It is said, too, that the person thus warned, will not see the year 1 out. a 1n the present century there are sev-i eral authenticated appearances of this specter, notably on the three nights preceding; the death of the Kaiser Wil- liam and of his son Frederick. On the later occasion news thereof was in an instant brought to \Villiam 11.. who {at once gave the most stringent orders to close all exits and make search ev- eywhere in order Loxdisoover if it was some ill-fated bogus ghost, but of course nothing was run to earth by the terrified servants, and the Prince with those concerned, knew. that this noble life was fast ebbing away, and he died within an hour. 0 l 1 __ “D “Ax-u I! by“-.. w.â€" The specter is also reported to have appeared on the night before the then Crown Prince and Crown Princess‘si baby boy, and idol, Pnfice \Valdemar,‘ fell from the arms of his nurse through the open window of an upper story, in the Berlin Schloss and was killed on the pavement below. It is, by the way, curious that the “ White Lady ” only appears at the death of a born Hohen- zollern, for insmnoe, there is no rec- ord of its having been seen at the death of the Empress Augusta, wife ‘of the Kaiser. MYSTERY YET TO-DAY. Another ghost of the house of H‘oh-' enzollern, of which few have heard, is that of a spectral young and beauti- ful girl who haunts- the old Schlossi in Konigsherg, the former residence of the Markgrafs of Bradenburg, and the Electors of Prussia, where the crowning of Kings of Prussia also used to take place; {1nd whereas the identity of the “WhiteLady” is shrouded in mystery, here we have a fairly reliable story to gp‘upor... 7â€" J I--.\A amor;_ DU 5V uyvuc U It is said that the sad-faced appari- tion is the ghost of a beautiful young maiden whose heart was already giv- en to another, but who was forced into graf old enough to be her father, with the usual result. Love. found a wa _1_.__ ‘_.- LHU uuuw- _. for the rendezvous of the hapless cou-Ej ple, and information of the meetings‘H coming to the Lord’s ears, he extortedi; from the terrified woman a confession! , of her guilt. Upon this the infuriat-f; ed husband took a fearful revenge. 1‘ .This fiend in human form actually{ had his erring wife immured in asec- ret passage leading to her apart-i ments! For through this passage her :lover had been wont to pass to and retire from her boudoir; so here the wretched woman was starved to death, {having been furnished with food and drink for three days by her husband, ‘50 as to prolong her fearful agoniesl She might indeed have cause to haunt his family for all time! But the most remarkable part of the story yet re- mains to be told; for the walled-up passage is shown to the present day, and many suggestions have been made to the rulers of Prussia, to have it opened to ascertain if this ghastly story be true; but all have met with an emphatic refusal, there being a rec- ord in the secret Hohenzollern ar- chievessetting forth the facts of the tragedy, and inhibiting the opening by any descendants of the ’house. * , The present fin de siecle Kaiser, too, has angrily refused permission, and he, like his predecessors, has never slept? at the haunted Schloss, in spite of its _ being, so to speak. the cradle of his race. So thus this awful tragedy still remains shrouded in mystery. TEE KAISER‘S TALISMAN. l Apropos of the 'Superstitions of the Bohenzollernsâ€"superstitions, by the r. “‘5’"? £4: way, found in all ancient royal fami- liesâ€"the rulers of that house possess a talisman brought into it by a good spirit said to guard its destinies. This is the curious “ black stone," to which _is attached the following quaint tra- dition : ‘nvnvâ€" . Since the, time of the elector Johnl Cicero, who flourished toward the end] of the fifteenth century, each ruler has been wont before his death, to hand to his successor a sealed packet. This contains a ring in which is set a black stone said to have been drop- v- "-wvl- wvvâ€"w ~â€"â€"‘- ped by a huge toad on the coverlet of. a Princess of the family just as she had given birth to fa son. Frederick the Great found the ring in a'cover which also inclosed amemâ€" orandum, written by Frederick 1., stating its value and its mode of trans-1 mission. Schneider, the librarian. of William I., declares that he saw the packet handed by Gelling, the treaâ€" surer, to his royal master on his acces- 'sion, and further asserts that he read his account of the talisman to the Em- peror, who fully confirmed it. L The present Emperor never fails to wear on all great occasions this queer old ring, and has, like every H'ohenzol-1 lern, the deepest reSpect for the quaint little jewel. Frederick the Great’s fa- ther-had the black stone, mounted as a ring, and bequeathed it to his son. who believed firmly in its value as a talisman, and many of the documents of that time deposited in the archives at Berlin make allusion to it. But almost stranger and more un-l canny than the :‘ White Lady,” of woe‘ of the house of Hohenzollern, is the “ Black Lady ” of evil omen to the house of Wittelsbaeh, the hapless in- senity tainted royal family of Bava- ria. This weird specter has been sev- eral times this century, walking the old family casiles of Nympherburg and Furstenreid, the former now occupied by several members of the family, and the latter by the insane King Otto. But the " Black Lady" differs from} her “ white” sister by being a“ maid~3 en young and beautiful ” but of mid-Il die age with a “sorrowful and care; worn face." As indicated, she wears a‘ long, black robe, trailing behind her, of medieval cut, and her hair is white. This specter is said to have been seen even in broad daylight! This occur- red three days before the sudden and inexplicable death- of King Maximil- lan II. and; is vouched for by no less i3 personage than his own wife, the ilate Princess Marie of Prussia. 'It was at Schloss Furstenstein in the Spring of 1864, of course before the days of King Otto’s affliction, when {small luncheon party was one d”?! glven for the late Landgraf of Hesse-' Cassel and his wife. The meal was pro- gressing merrily when the Queen sud- denly happened to look up, and, to her intense astonishment, beheld, standing behind the chair of her husband, who wee segted opposite her, a lady rob- ed 31151301; gagingéoffo‘vfully fit her. AS‘ QUECkly the visi013_ va_nis_he‘d.. ‘ L 0n recovering herself, she told what she had seen, knowing nothing of the dire tradition, when a dark shadow crossed the face of her doomed spousal He instantly arose and rushed to the door, which was screened with heavy curtains and guarded without by an officer and two sentinels. But on an- grily demanding who the “lady ‘9 black " they had allowed to pass was all three most emphatically denied that any ilving soul had entered. The King explained the mystery to the {awe-stricken party as being a hailu- leimtion of his weak-nerved wife.“ V“H"-‘\Ivn v; Lbs” ‘v \I‘~p‘ “v- . But ominous stories soon floated through the castle. Three days later, in the best of health, the King start- ed on his usual morning ride, and was suddenly taken ill. In three'hours he was dead. His death was said to be caused by gastritis. KING LUDVVIG’S SPECTER.’ More creepy still is the story of the sentinel who d'ed so mysteriously on the night before the fearful tragedy on; the banks of the Starnberg Lake. when the insane King Louis IL, while out walking, first drowned his faithful physician, Dr. Gudden, and then pro- ceeded, as was afterward shown. into deep water and drowned himself. The {unhappy soldier stated that he was i on duty at midnight in the King’s cor- ridor. when he suddenly beheld in the. moonlight :1 dark figure moving along â€"â€"-_.J.-m ‘t‘n M’UULLELLL u. u\ at the other end and descending the stairs leading down into the court- yard. Nothing daunted at the weird ap- parition, be rushed up and challenged “ Who goes there ?” But no response came, the figure descending and the soldier following When he reached the bottom step he saw the figure in full moon light glide across the courtyard toward the chapel, where it turned around, and, failing to get an answer, he fired at it. But the gun ,exoloded in his hands, with fatal re- !sults, and he had barely time to tell lhis strange adventure to the alarmed ‘guenr-d' before he expired. The appear-1 ance of this specter is also shrouded Such is also the case with the Red iLady said to haunt the old Schloss at iDarmstedt. which, according to the ireport, was seen on the tragic death Inf Princess Alice. But there is no ru- Such is also the case with the flea Lady said to haunt the old Sehloss at Darmstadt. which, according to the report, was seen on the tragic death1 of Princess Alice. But there is no ru-r mat of its having: been seen prior to the death of her husband. Finally, it should be mentioned that the White Lady of the house of Hamburg is posi- tively said to have walked the corri- dors of the Hofburg, near the Crown Prince Rudolf’s apartment on the three nights preceding the awful Mey- yup-7v â€"- IJ' erling tragedy. Thirty-Five Towns In Flood“ ‘ A despatch from Tacoma says:-â€"Of- IlClaI reporos just completed gwe de- tails of‘ terrible inundations which: de- stroyed property valued at oyem 51x milhon yen in Nokkaldo‘ Provmce, Northern Japan, In December. .Thl’rty. two towns in the district of Ishikari were devastated. Since September no Less than 17,288 houses have been. subâ€" ,,merged or washed away to H'okkaldo 'alone, while 'the total damage is plac. ed at thirteen million. yen. A 11-:1. -g;__‘_ cu. av $.qu \vvvâ€" .__-___ omplete returns show that abdut 190 h-shmg schooners and; other craft were dwtroyed or sun): durmg the severe storm which swept. over the Japanese coast December 23 to 25. The, tonal number of lives lost is placed! at 189.. THE “BLACK LADY." . ' :15 189 LIVES WE'RE LOST. Japan Déstroyod by THE TORUNTU MARKETS. Toronto, Jan. 29.â€"-Wheat-â€" Outside; markets made no further gain to-daY. but the undertone continued, good LO‘3 cal trade was dull and prices were un-fi changed. Ontario red and white, 630.7 asked, and 640 bid. at Western points. Goose wheat, 681-26, middle freights; 67 1-26, north and west; and spring. 'east, 65to 65 1-26; Manitoba No.' 1 hard, 76 1-20.. g.i.t., and 75 1-20, To- ronto and west. Flourâ€"Quiet. Outside millers offer? straight roller, in buyers’ bags, mid- d-le freights, at $2.65 ‘per bbl.. and ex- port agents bid $2.55. Single cam, in wood, for local use, offer at $1.99 and $2. 80 15 bid. Special brands sell around $3. - Mfllfeedâ€"Qontinuos very scarce. DEE-1 fiou‘lt to pick up car lots. Bran is quot-i ed at $13.50 to $14; and shorts at $15 t0 $16, at the mill door through \Vest- ern Ontario. Cornâ€"Quiet. No. 2 American yellow quoted at 40c, track. Toronto; and mixed: at 39 1-2c; Canadian corn dull at 38 1410 track, Toronto. . 1 fl v’vâ€"vâ€", pâ€"vâ€" - Peasâ€"Firm. Car lots, 58c, north and west; and at 590 east. Barleyâ€"Steady. Cur lots of No. 2, middle heights, sold at 38 1-2 Lo 3%. Byeâ€"Steady. Car lots 500 west, and 510 east. Oatsâ€"Tone firm and demand fairly good. White oats... 23 3-40, north and west; 26 late. middle freights; and 26 3-4 to 27!! cast. Buckwheat~QuieL Car lots, east, 490, anu Wchl, um. . Oatmgalâ€"Rolled oats, in bags, track, Toronto, $33.25 per bbl.; and in wood, $3.35 per, b‘ol. Butwr â€"- ReceipLs are absorbed promptly as they arrive at. full prices; buyers are, however, taking. only en- ough for immediate requirements. as they anticiprue lower prices. Dealers here sell t0 tha‘ . trade as. follows:â€" Dairy, tubs, medium £5 to 17c; strict- ‘ly choice:_18’ yo 1:20; large rolls, 18"10 Ye; Shah dairy,- lb' .pnBts, 19 to 200; creamery, tubs and 'boxes, 22 to 230; ponds, 23 :9 2-40. I. (Iheeseâ€"Market is very firm, and some enquiry. Slacks seem to be light. 1 Sales are made hare at 12 to 1:41-20. Eggsâ€"Strictly new laid and limed stock are in {air demand. Cold stor- ed and No. :5 swck hard to move, as there is too much of. this grade on the market. Jobbing lots of new laid sell at 21. to 2520; held. fresh, at. 10 to 180; No. 2 at 13 to 150; and limed at 160. Ten-case lots will sell at afrac- tion below these figures. PoLaLoesâ€"lieceipts fair and market without change. Car lots are sold on track here at 38 to 40¢ per bag, and‘ at farmers’ wagons at about $5 to 500 Chicago, Jan. zB.â€"â€"b‘iuxseed-â€"Closed: -â€".Nomh-Wescemn and South-Western, cash, €51.50; . May, $1.49; Sepmmber, $1.05; Duluth, to arrive,’ $1.44; May, $1.48; Septamber, $1.03. ‘ Detroit, Jan. 29.-â€"Wheat-â€"Closed:-- N30. 1 white, cash, 69 1-40; No. 2 (red, cash, 691-40; May, 720; J u’ly, 71 1-20. Earâ€"Baé Dvut of store choice stock being abou1._500 per Egg. ["1 Buffalo, Jan. 29.â€"~Sparingl wheat. ~71 Strong; No. 1 hard, 737-8c; No. 1‘ Northern, 72 1-8c; No. 2 Northern, 70 1~8 to 70 7-8c. \Vinter wheatâ€"Newm- al; No. 2 red, 71 1-20; mixed, 70 1-2.1 110 710; No; 1 white, 70', 1-20. Corn â€"â€" Strong; No. 2 yellow, 371-20; No. 3 yellow, 3714c; No. 4 yefllqw, 36 3-40; No. 2 corn, 36 3-40.; N o. 3 com.- 30 1-2c; Optsâ€"Dull; easy; No. 2 white, 29c; No. 3 white, 281-20; No. 4 whim, 28c; No. 2 mixed, 261-20; No. 3 mixed, 260; Ryeâ€"Quiet; No. 2, in, store, 590. Flourâ€"Steady; unchanged. ‘v c wvvv-v‘, , Duimh, Jan. _ 2“. â€" ‘Whe-atâ€"-No. 1 hard, cash, 657-80,; No. 64 3-8c; May, 06 3-8; July 2 Norihern, 617;-8 No. 3 spring, 58 __3-83. 16 Northern, 71-80; No. *MJI'WEIUKBB, Jan. :29.-â€"W-heat-â€"«F1rm; N9. 1 Northern, 663; ’No. 2 Northern, 650. Ryeâ€"Elrm; No. L, 551-2 ’09 56c. Barleyâ€"Steady; No. 2, 46c; sample, 26 to 44¢. Minneapolis, Jan. 29.-â€"W‘heat~Jan., 631-4c; May, 64 1-40; J uly,- 64 1-2 .110 64 5-80; No. 1 hard, 651-20; No. lNorth- ern, 649; No; 2 Northern; 62c. - Toled-o, Jan. 29,â€"Wheatâ€"No. 2 cash, 69 3-40; May, 713-4c. Cornâ€"No. 2 mix- "A J 4“ ed, éééféXtéâ€"Nb. 2' mixed,_231-2c.‘ Rye No 531%. Cloverseedâ€"Prime. cash, old, $4.90; January. new; $5.771â€"2 bid; March, $5.757. Oilâ€"U ;§hafxl‘g:ed. I" ”w- V-’ Minneapolis, ‘Jani; :59.â€"-_F'l-our-â€"Good‘ sale; first patents. 5.13.45 to $3 55; other grades on that basis. Branâ€"Um hang- ltody of Allen l2. )leacl Picked Up in the East find. A despatch from Toronto says :â€" The mangled body of Aileen El Mead was found on Jihe G.T.R. tracks 1 near the Toronto Golf Club-house, by County Constable Burns.) The head lay severed from the body at a distance, from it. Between the two were several articles of ciothing, evi- dently torn from the body by the ! train. It is supposed that Mead, who [was a news agent! fell off his train A- ) LLAL some time on Sunday night, and that a freight train passed over him as he lay on the track. ' Mead was a young man. His parents live at \Vest_§lill_, and hefllately board- wvw- _. l1ve aL ‘V Chi. (I‘ll, “u“ “V ‘Ht‘. ed at 145 Sherbourne St. ”Coroner Greig has issued a warrant for an in- quest. to be held to-day. ' Was Married to the Duke of Cambridge‘sf D fighter-Saw Active War Service. A despatch from London, *sa'yszâ€"Eis Highness Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander, Duke oi Tack. who in 1866 marxjied Princees Mary Adelaide, daughter of Prince Adolphue Frede- rick, Duke of Cambridge,‘seventh eon 0t King George 111., died at White Lodge, Richmond Park, Surrey. this evening, He was in hisfifiiird‘ year... H13 Highness the Duke of Teck served in the Austrian» army in' bus youth and later saw service. in the Franco-Italian war of 1859. He also served through the Egyptian campalgn 01 1832 on Lord. Wolseley’s staff. THE DUKE OF TECK DEAD. BEHEADEDBY A TRAIN. There are few women so ‘busy 3;; thrifty as the French middg’gffl.‘ housewife, the bonne bourgeoiee pf” towns, or the better-half of a; who has retired from business small country estate, or even- wives of notaries and doctors provmces. Many take an active retiring part in their hmband's .- ‘ nees. by keeping me booze and .~ g as cashier, but when this is not Feary they are the best houaekua, ; in the wortd. i In the Autumn they are very ginndeed. They collect the mod ' ;312ed tomatoes that ripen after: i main crop has been gathered, : leach one is perfect, wipe them} a‘ clean cloth, and pack them in; earthenware jars, compieteiy . ing them with good otive oil, and '1 . tie them down. The air is thus " . excluded from the fruit, and dug , the Winter the tomatoes come 01 '. few at a time, perfectzy fresh, and .1 01!, being quite clean and good, is]; to fry fish or vegetabes in. Not? least particle of waste attaches to? ’E thod of reservi the ular"? Mme. p,ng‘pop 1' whoeeocme fruit that ts even I t vaiued in French than in our cool: FRENCH HOUSEWI' When the Frenchwoman leaves '1 country house in Auzumn. and. turns to town for the winter, 8 __ very particular about closing rooms in such a manner that mg shall be no close or damp smell a 7 them when reopened the £0110 season. Every Sprig of mint that?“ not been dried for Winter is gamed?! from the garden and strewn abfi the floors. It dries very gradually-1; Iime goes on, and ieaves a faint and: ibui the atmosphere remains perfe 1y fresh. _ When feathered game is broug in it is plucked and drawn. and 1 inside filled with small bits of veg ab e charcoal. The birds are menu“ up m white muslin or WhaL we cheese czoth, and hung 1n :1 dark p where there IS a continuai curre air. Poultry is treated in a. sit way, but not piucked. There are two ways practised keeping fish fresh {or two or th days. One 18 to cut the princi artery. m the neck and remove it.5 skilfully done, the smaller veins 0; away at the same time. Anothei to make a paste of white bread on: and alcohol, Stuff as much as peas in the gills and the mouth. and. t] olughly wrap the fish up in a. bundle of fresh-cut nettles, oovu ithem with straw,and sprinkling 1 :waxer once or twice a day. i ULQLVO If there has been a good crop grapes, it is dosirable' to keep a :' bunches for Christ mas and other ter festivities. The French ho mistress has them cut with a long. piece of stalk on the end nea " the vine rod, and places this stew a bottle of water. with a bit cr 1: charcoal in it. The bottles must? very carefully placed in a. dry 8 room, and the stems Wired to pre them from falling out, and the g ‘ will keep perfectly. Another p z-‘; w cut the bunches in the ord'n‘ way, and put each in a bag of .. 1 paper, so large that it does not to the grapes. The mouth of the bag?‘ ‘, gathered up round the stem, and seem ed with sealing-wax, so ‘hat no air ge: in, and then the bunc es are hun from books in a. dry. airy room. While in the country. or whenevq she cam get fresh sorrel, the Frent cook will take care of the water i which it has been boiled and 'wal yher sponges in it. This method-.1 1--_-:__ 5L; WV“. n p-.. whmh it has been boiled and ’wa her sponges in it. This method. quite as effectual as c1eansing th with lemon-juice or chemicals, and a siderabfy cheaperfl _ mushrooms so abundant 1n Au'uni The peasant practices it as well the chef, and it preserves both id and flavor. Use them perfectly £13! peel, wipe, and lay in a soup platefi ‘ A -- --_ ...:.1. .. In yVVQ' 'v -rv, wâ€"'~‘.â€" a little eartherware pan, with a IE it. If. it is a soup plate, turn . over it. Put in a good piece 0%; ter and a sprinkling of pepperil salt, and stand on a hot plate 0: the oven. Cook till tender. and no metal touch them unless it 1 silver fork or spoon. Great bunches of heather are a cut and dried. \Vhen judicio picked into sprays, they make cai backgrounds for \Vinter flower v or mixed with freshly-cut bless they make a few go along way. only the initiated ever know 1 the light-colored little flower is. SIR BARTLE misses PROPHE01 AS TO THE TRANSVAAL. In July, 1879, the late Sir Barth Frere, who was High Commissioner i1 South Africa, from April, 1877, to Au gust, 1880, placed on record the fol lowing prophecy :-“ And attempt t; give back or restore the Boer Repn! lie in the Transvaal must lead tosi archy and failure, and probably. ati distant period, to a vicious initiatid of some South American Republic, i which the more uneducated and mil ,guided Boers, dominated and led 3! {better educated foreign adventurexg Germans, Hollanders, Irish Home Bu ers, and other European Republiefi; and Socialistsâ€"will become apest 1 the whole of South Africa, and and dangerous fulcrum to any Europe! power bent on contesting o'ur n31: supremacy or in injuring us infi colonies. . . . There is no escapii from the responsibility which has already incurred, ever since the ' lish flag was planted in the ' here. All our real difficulties, arisen, and still arise. from attelij] ing to evade or shift this responsifi ity. . . . If you abdicate the soil eign position, the abdication has} ways to be heavily paid for in bi blood and treasure. . . ..Your ob; is not conquest. but simply supremi up to Delagoa Bay. This will have ‘ be asserted some day, and the ass i tion will‘ not become easier by do! The trial of-strength‘ will be for: on you, and neither justice nor hum ’ ity will be served by postponing-f; ' trial if we start with agood can: 1 Sir Bartle Frere said_h_e wascont 5 to appeal from the injustice of“! contemporaries to the ultimate verd of. his country, adding :--“ It is go possible that the verdict may notoo in my time; All our history points similar cases of men who have 3. their ‘best according to their ligl and to whom justice was not dg tillâ€"long alter-tth had passed an