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’l`Hl~. (iLARl)l.~\N, LllARL()T'1ET()WN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, FERRUARY I6, .I9oo. _ ” _

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_ “in” Munn, Montreal. are interested.

”ff‘f.f__ff`?ff.f"§__ifff`f§if§_______'PRETORIA IS NOW READY POR A SIEGI-3.7 " M'

Bggon _pi,.,w\i_~ ;_':ill:illll'_\’ ill lilo liilli . c r

“L o li~i< iii:iili‘ :i lil," lil! \\ illl l‘ii_\';i_l[_v_ < ng , ~’ ~ . .

1 _ _ _ _- . (Diet it-ook the l’i`iiiva‘~\ l llllrllflll ‘~ lsited L” _ °_l_ iilieri' lluiin :intl t\\'eiit_\'

‘.i‘.1I.‘lJ.‘_;i.. The Enormous Fortificatioiis Which the Boers Have Put up Around the

__ _ . 1,,»i|i\_;t1‘i';il<‘1l. .\_\ \'li0}i.‘l.\\~11l `

- .iii _

1-‘usileers _

1~;1,;=_~,‘,‘_t;,_:‘i‘,§f_;'1,;,',‘i_‘,_,§;i;‘f§‘,‘_1{;;f;f“;,_;,:;;;;j; 1 Transvaal Capital in an Attempt to Resist the British.

."l`l1i-is ini' lim." 'l`lli'll f“l‘ll`*`-“lllkl llliiiii

`_‘______..\\'m1l,i`_\|\ii liliv iill‘ QIl0!‘ll lil '

i`ihei.ii\'tliiii"f“1"“‘liH

0* - ". ` . -~ -_ . . ~. ~. --\’¢_-.-"l1‘lilii~<l iliv l\<l_\_ I ‘h‘"ll‘l ilk? fOr I .\:it ° ‘ lcl b '

li to <on<l -n1~ l».~.i~l. to ilu- i`i'<iiiI :liriiiii."

Yoeterrliiv lliinii :ind lii.\_ io.iii.id¢.\ \\ ei .i town. It- is not impregnable. Probably no

ilfroin ilie li»i.~iiil;il. llie boys

wei'ec11r1‘ieil .~lioiil~lei' l1l_L‘il il_ll`<ll1.‘-"ll ill? llibraltar, is tliat. But the natural loca- s

' »tre<’t.~'totlieii-li;ii'i';u~!.>_i1iiil>iiii|il_\' load- tion of the town lends itself d ` bl `

_`_dd0“.n with liiesciiis. llie_\' will be

~- -- - lie

_ltliiii ii<|i.<\i io ittnin to t

gmnte(

,_.____g_----i-

N0_\_T,,,_,,,__ poi., ii.___.iohii F. sions, oxl “_ p_'_ Halifax. and Graliaiii l"r.i.scr, New _ G_“g0“._ are in town making arrange- mmts for the flotation of a big steel and waz works of the same nature as the Dm-,iuion Steel Co., to be located at North ‘

Kmgig, Toronto, Frank Ross, Quebec,

l i ' \ K1 ~

nie, .iii ig y_ai~t and sc-it-nic, has ‘distribution of palm-oil, had the lion`s

niiidc Pretoria la verylstroiigly fortified share. Captain Schiel, now our prisoner,

and a man who has achieved notoriety in

d_s__hm.g,, fo1'trei~‘si1i the world, not even excluding other fields than those of battle, was

pecially sent to Berlin to obtain the ex-I But _the regulations, altho' drastic in

_ .~ .‘ so a mira y pert advice of engineers in the matter of letter,were lax in practice. Several entire-

to simple protective measures that little, fort building. :He returned with elaborate ly unauthorized persons penetrated the if any. military genius was required to_ plans and asrnall army of assistants. 'Phe ' mysterious strongholds. One Englishnian,

_“___ suggest the positions' of the defending- fort at Daspoort, not far from the cement it is known, speaking German fluently, ‘ forts. ` factory, was comm :need under his ' passed the seiitries by pretending to be a

Pretoria liesfin ifdeep hollow or depres- auspices. “ _ German oflicer and after learning the

Sydney Iron w0rkS~ sion,:whiclilmaylbeflikened tohiltelf-Tiipi For some little time work went on password at a knelpe' held :the previous

1 with a broadened lip]all around it. On briskly,if notaltogether smoothly. The evening at Jalin’s Transvaal Hotel. Two

_ three sides the hills that surround the town Government insisted upon the H10S1>_ dip again on the other side to---approxi- stringent S00l`¢CY b€iIl8 0bS¢l'\'@d»&l1d Wen, mately---the same level as on the town- WCDU S0 far 88 £0 Sf»iD11l8-te $11115 11 batch Of woio o1<1o,i>ot on tho foto-th, thot io toyvorkmen encased on one particular Job say in the direction :of Johannesburg, the ;Sh0\1ld be 9X°l\lSiV€Iy Wllfilled t0 that

__ _ _ hills flatten away to a plateau, the height, part of the fort, and :not allowed in any

Syney. The reD0l‘i is thai Vi llllam Mi-\C' of which may readily be estimated by the 05h€1'» ` G ,

fact that Pretoria is 4500 feet above the sea. ’ Gmdually the preponderatin German f ro leveh and Jghannesburg 5600 teen _influence waned_ to be succéegéd by the, Ei..inoR.i'riii.Y FINISHED. _ pe hed sullgly on the crest of the low

toria forts should be nearly perfection, as `tl1ey were built out ofthe combined wisdom of at least half-a.-dozen different advisers, ‘ '

English engineering omcers are said to have worked as navvies with the object of making themselves thoroughly acquainted with the structure of the forts;_a.nd it iS alleged that full plans of the minutest de- tails arc in the possession of our War Office. -

Forts South or Ptcterh is

miles from the centre of Pretoria. md

NW

i~ .: m, George A. Cox, Toronto, who is in the Whitney syndicate, is also “mm interested. He believes there is in Canada for two big concerns. _

Feb. 14.---In the house of com

on October 23rd, 191). In reply,

Wyndham, parliamentary under sec-

act of 1858 prohibits the appoint~

uiikgistcred in the United Kingdom. The

ie wa. telegramsent by Right 5 __ , _. _ _ _ Joooph Clmnberloin to the Earl of di3’¢!;fd,_%~9ll-S Of diverse nationality

range of hills _which protects the to

The obvious defences of this' tea-cup for- H01 lldel' Dumb, *nd V8»l‘i0llS ‘imeterdam l The f0!'ffS are Gertainl 45350' W1 f Wu on

__ _ _ Y Fil- Y lil" thenqrth.0nSignalHillfo imilessoutli

motion of oounoy are of cours., fum com. onxieers were sent out by tho loco Jonk nished with all the requirements of mod of the cow <1 ur

' ` erlooking

manding the various o,pp,~oaohoS_ of those _beer Blaerlats van Biokland, tho Trans-iern warfare- Piles Of Sandbags are Stack- and theJolriii.iiiicsi»w 1-u ,iomothobhe ,fon- thero are seven Two » t d d vaal Minister at The H ' 'H ed u tothe level of the closin walls A ' -mg

f' 1 itioo wiiooior oiio oompany ` ° “ere me e an th d'd t 1 1 l ague' Never" pi-fui iiii ii ' ii g ° ° ° lwhueathud is.“1'“i‘"y"'°”“’°‘“

lt;_$n0tYe:rde¢__e__e ____ ___ L0__d0__ but the, ;;;;iplet§\_d hbetween the years _1894 a.ndtMe);. _ieriioth as_t_,_ 0ng‘_,_I1ndtheefTorts of gilwef seaas _lg tineac dfllrt is_ caps- of,at the si_im_rn1tofahigh,bonld_enstrewn fgbefloa ;eW_________ ___I__ck____z_e._o__ L_____ _ __e,i_1_n t e others are of a somewhat u_ , e drgnc Consul-General at __ e o sweei;_ 8 Te_siirk~i_»_oun ng igomor Qui; atpgspoortgsyet momerhn iqrtureo k is reD0rtefl to be in connec- “Tir ' Intl, succee; buns-ing abo-“ta i ormanlinfl es. de lip nes are laid ° In the hills °b°v° Skinner* SPm"7» “Nl gg next wee . _ ___ _ e uilding of these forts gave cause to 901119 e e change. ctivity again prevailed, bwefh t 6 Orts M1 t 2 GOV€1‘nll1ellt lllllld- away at Hermamfs Kr¢al,Erl.smug‘Fol“ll, gig with 8l'!`8-ll8‘1‘¥11e”t“»' l_1°W ma mg- endless _friction, jealousy, and, in fact, al- __ find the bus? F1‘€l1¢h 011V1‘i€l’S 0V€l'I`8»l1 ing In Prebona- There are large Swckg °fl &l1d‘M_0S8lik8-t’8 Nek are three mole, but

most a kiiid of lo_<_:_i:l__iiitei_';iational _:1_;;__v,~_;>__1;,igca_t_i<_;iiIi;_,___¢{nly to be__0r_e_placod_ ;i;ea.l1;ss (maize) ready for iii; eventuality command the north_em,;oi_- _

1 e ‘+~?.°“" _ ew _ or t is W-_ Y fm. _ _ ===°f°i #ew _ oeeemeei _ -»`

Ffum _ e`Pretona. Government, having learned fcorrect by the Franco-Italian Building So- _tionbymeahs of th; vm; ‘ . _

____ 3 lesson by bigter expimenco, trusts ,,,,__,_c_ioty, which did its’ share in the complei _twecnthc _lotto-a_nd’°6i1eam;in\1n1tionstoms' _ ,uiiaieforiu-om;||k¢

_ body, and being _afraid of treason and 9fth¢T0W¢1"°f'B9~be1St1`\lU5\ll‘¢-S, lm- and" 5138555105- '_L5StlY»;i¢ i5 fe!1l8l.fe&tlues;ltheyare\rui|to[

yesterday. General J. W. Laurie, divulglement of secrecy, detemiined to 455-ith¢S’i°00'.iY1'th¢i1‘17\1-\‘D»'W€l‘€`0\1Sb€d- @1135 tH°'5PD!`0f10h¢3t0th¢ 7f1l’¢1'i3fi‘l'i0d`

for Pembroke, asked a. question __t.lie contracts for the forts into _. -...__ in va-ri0uS directions. "

diooribooo tooo. among _ T” "°‘i"`s"."“”SHED- '1‘hcBoersmusobc credited with a cer- metro Crousot

_ ; Evoocooiiy one forts woro fioisiiooi, ood, coin method-iojonon

- =”l~;xPEm_ ADVICE WAS GOT_ according the accounts of those who and what can be done ‘ _Conti-

»did not strictly maintain the i 'u ti

_ _ _ 11,] nc on of nental advice aided by lavish expenditure ext-,onsivoiy mpolted g|mt__¢|m guns

of State for war, stated that the asgéfgazft gilhghe 0(_;°;_1'm_:*;S» l_)€éI18 111 the secrecy, theyare not lacking in formidableiof Utlanders inoney, has been done._ ` G

9 0 0 all I'l18`€1'»a~l1d 3 P1`0t¢Cl510I\S- Certaillly On the prniciple of ‘WHERE 'rim roars ARE playing 'upon Mafeki ` bo;-ly

. _ _ ’ _ _ ° ng, Kiln and

moms amy Surgeon of __ practitioner being, perhaps, somewhat more free in the two heads being better than one, the Pre-, The Wonderboom Fort is about live

I question of reciprocity with the oooooo-3_0 _ma WLLAGE S UARE @_ . _;__ _ _ __ _ _

’ 0 I - 4 \-xi ` T"';1 i

___ Q _ _ _e-1;., (C-;=;"_ _ ifsii

whim; regarding medical qualifications wlto broad a question for the war office fo deal with alone.

2- -

Rulers Of The World.

Mg; Nations are the Leaders

in Branch of Human

` ` Achievement.

The ruling nations of the world are

hun and history records that

have been.

and food cranks may ex- I

in any way they choose, but remain that the Americans, Fiench. Russians and Ger- man! eating nations, and they most energetic and program

food of _fthe lvric

5

I-ROM THE FRENCH OF PAUL "H DEROULEDE.

As onward through the village

square ‘

Our column tiamped with tap-

ping drum, '

I spied, with those who came to

star

ea

A maid who cried, with Winsome

air

And laughing lips, a rosy pair:

“Courage lads l” Quick as speech

could come:

“Courage l” I said: “I'd have my

“share

If I might kiss a. face so fair.”

She eyed me, arch and debonair.

Then tiu'ned her check, and said:

“Take som ”

_ e. _ _

More I‘d have had, and [some to

Spare, '

But onward through the village uare ` ’ -

sq _

Our column tramped with tappin

drum. g

*-4. '

as Biltoiig, ii ii

drlql beef. :Harding ii gre_1it-- olncerishmont ina highly con~

form.

miss of people are the rice

the dum ol history as

superstitious audio-

bod,meat.fiuit and in' S8

_coiivalescents should make meat

principal food, hard working peo-

Ece men should eat not so much

book on stomach diseases

NEARLY 1000 MILES l

H;,,d°°,_ and 31,m¢5e_ ` Between Diiiiitli or Chimp and Liverpool by

The rail route would be about the same

digoggivg “gms 1-_,N55 gg pfg- *length as that from Buffalo to New York, digeot moot, eggs, and gimiigp, saving all the lake distance between and wholesome food. but it is G€01`8ai9-11 Bay 9~I1d'B\1ffl\l0- _ 58811189 such food ig unwhglgggme, “From Quebec to Liverpool is called liitenl rgggon is gint me gggmgch 2660 miles; from New York to Liverpo0I,`

fwm dilease or weakness, some 3130 miles, giving us another 470 rniles__

digestive element; hence saved on the ocean, or nearly 1000 miles

in and latfr on chronic less distance over our road to Liverpool

from either Duluth or Chicago than over

Nervous people should eat plezty of the present routes."

i_...o.i.-.so .no ,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,., Patriotic Announcement: _

but 1,; least once _ i _ A most patriotic announcement is made SIS perfect divesiibudiiynzlzg- iz() 2( to-day on behalf of the E. B. Eddy Com- 5 I)y5peP,ia‘_’Tab1e,_S should be _pa.ny,of Hull, Que.,the large paper,vvooden after each meal becausa ,hey ware and match manufactures. This coin- thg p.PtmS_ diaétase and fruit pany has already subscr1bed_throngh its lacking in every case of stomach head ofhce $1,(ll) to the Canadian Patriotic _

Fund, and responses have been made to

NGIVOQS dyspop§ia_ c,,t,u.i_., 0| St,m_ this fund from the vsuious employes in the

§l5iriiig_ sour gt ,mach gas and numerous branches of the company all

aruouiy different names for in, over Canada, at Montreal,Toro1it_o, Ot_tav_\_'a,

the failure to digea wh01e_ Hamilton, Quebec, Halifa.\',_St_. John,\\_i_u-

food, and ,hp use of Stuarvs Tab_ nipeg, London, Kingston, Vancouver, \_ic~_ Uilres them all bemuge affordimr toria and at St. John s, Bfld.

digestion the stomach has Z For the “gentlemen "1 khak fzrder rest and recover its natural ,i Sollth" the °°mp‘my “°“,', pmpqses a War

*Rd vigoi-_ ltax on sulphur matches. . The announce- ‘

5 Dlspepsia Tablets is the ~ mem States? “Until the Souih African

medicine; it is as safe war is ended, we shall voluntarily tax our-

,or me smmach ache nf selves halfa cent on every gross of boxes

881i is for tha imperfect di, of sulphur matches we sell from lst mst., _ 01 thi; grand 5ire_ and will give the _amount so raised to the gl are not a Cathatlic, but g gi- 'Canadian Patriotic Fund on behalf of the and ug pii] habit can ever foi_ Canadian volunteers at the front or to . use; lhe only habit S'uari’s help H1059 WPOD1 any one of them may iodooo is iiio oobii-oi good di- him left b°h‘”‘1‘““ "°’“° ""h° may .be in and cousfquemly gosd health need of_help or comfort.

lk

_ _ h f il remedy for Cou hs,

‘ne by 8ddr€S5lDH F. A. bll1‘3l’l C§£d;_.Cr;§p_ ne$ and every firm Islgfllf Mich. All drug stores ‘of inflammation is _§3entl@y`§ _§»__l_1__1_lI11¢I1_t- ii g, _ = _ ° ts nera cis in

a oO cents for complete §_<2_‘_i__lgeDs_1'“§i‘;‘e §,‘;,__, and twenty

five cents. Full directions on the wrap=

sivro. .

Propose! l|liit¢"l`irel¢li Canada. W

_-i

»

yper.---Be sure and get BentleY`S- '

About 'the new arrivals-30 doz.

-_--- of the latest, nobbiest andneatest Ties

l.y and mentally to ihe Dzrriioi-r, Feb' 13.---John M. Nichol Mon- ngiigug who Jumiugtg day admitted that he was the projector

of the Quebec and Lake Huron Railway,

lffuctura 0! the' teeth plainly in- the proposed new air line between. that humgn bgiugg gubgig; upon Georgian Bay and Atlantic tidewater,

gn g, id Mr. Nicol:

uuhygignig go ¢0n5u9 guy; “The line will be about 461 miles in a.

lliy one of them clggggg 10 the straight line,thro'ogh o. new and unsettled

of gnome;-_ portion of Canada, ani would shorten the lathe most concentrated and grain haul from’Chicago andlD\1l\1th to

digested of foods, but our the seaboard by fully 5(1) milles.

living is often so unnatural 1 “

‘ 5 ""Ma_,i5yo!tliesuia11i_sctcom’e_.!oroti|n_o

to be found in Tiedom-just arrived‘at

Prowse Bros( s

15 doz. _Four-'in-hands --The Tied

of Ties. Just what you need _to brighten up your wintersuit. 'One

look will convince you of this. _ _

10 doz. Flowing' End Ties in rich

grouped stripes and checks, furnish 1f=gm°°f°n~wh‘¢hw°S°"f‘°d‘»'°*°°°°‘iooo oopoofile. the ,neat and gentlenianly effect de nianded by correct fasliion. These

Ties are a forecast of Spring.

5 doz. Bows-These are goods;

that speak for themselves.-See them.

0111' new Ties are al stock. that

jblosoms with beauty. New season, .goods at old season prices-TIES Qici [to 950 each. " _ _.

li

with _eartiiworks on tlie`outer_ faces. were originally with E

possible' to su; armament mayf

been brought down to the front, and am

_Ladysmith respectively. This may or may not be true. Events will show.

It is, however, abundantly certain

Kruger means to make a last Stand at Pretoria. The siege 'may be lengthy,or by some lucky ooiimtcuucion of events it may speedily' be rgiumi, any rate, forewarned being foreamiud generals may be credited _with ii. good ded

_ Ju St a _ a~“~=~c~»'““ Whisper Owld

Iii' The- London Theatres

1, The Deonza Brothers are still enormous- I ly strong. Everyone is talking of them.

of the conflict more vividly. _ 1 I

No where can the courage, temper audi vivooicy of___oho Bi-ici.-iii notion bo hotter' sooo oiioo' iioro. 'rho roioir in i=1io_goomio and in' the government is shown by the

The '__ scene depicting the Red Cmos '

Society tending the wounded on the Held always' causes a profound hush to creep _over the' house, and in the 'impressive stillness one can feel the syrupa,thy,s0rl'o_vr emotion with which the people are `moved.~ But, Britislblike, than is no

osientatlous display of grief. _

tothcAlhiimbrotb seethese pictiujos,in» cluding some society ' folk, who hove_pi'o¥ balily never been in amuslc hail baton uioiriivoo ° 'riioouiér doyiuouooa _ Grey *Egerton and PQet, both with a party of friends, Who ell for only about an hour. ‘ _

Alhambra, and a yeomanry uniform'

ofthe house. - `

NCWSDRDU PUSIIIB. i

warm discussion on newspaper

za to iz; “riioe aio Pootmoocooooooioi ~

o e quarter cent perpound _

Inthoshts

wutoho

ii' gh

_at the Adhambm, many of which are palm tn

They constantly renew the war Dicbureoi "

fully realistic, bringing home the horrors _

ii

enthusiasm with which_the-<pic_tuns are received. Even the night after Buller’s 1 0*

__defeat` his picture ’was with ' 3 rousing cheers. ` ~ '

- All the volunteers have tlieentree at the to serves as a ticket of admission to any part C It

At the CanadianPiessAssociation meet- [wg ing at Toronto last Friday there was ul ~ i

The matter ended with the submission by R \a'\’ '3 w the resolution ,committee of the follow- ,i \vh\@, lad' bl” M

be advised to recommend the Government _ the nat 'lik' spam

- to make the, postage on all newspapers _cgunts fgr wmgrfg' H

n - o I

B ro ke ' Out in _ Sores.

_ Any one troubled with sores or ulcers ofthe most malignant kind, that nothing else willo cure, should try Burdock Bl_ood1_ Bitters. Its_ _blood-pl-l{Q'Yl“g»,

healing qualities are [l1llSl~lf"- passed. _ _

M;-5, james Thompson, Corrw

P,O,, Que., writes: “ My httle boy» 4 yea.;-slold, got so run down in health that he broke all out in sores. The doctors could do notllng fer him, A_lady told-metotx-yBurdock Blood Bitters. I am thankful I did so, for this remedy made a raprd

_ ____ ' '; ,_ _ _' andcomplete cui-e,and,lbelieve_,__

in suIa‘-~ffr~r~

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WWW Cornish

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Con be hid at alydtbe follcwmglnoolonstlol.

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vu rsoiweioo vU.A.l'lutcIuooo. W F (Bono: ltowartoduoo- Saoddfouildo.

Johnsen tuition.