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on March 13 to the London Mail, gives interesting descriptions of “Woinen‘s Life During the Siege." He says: “In the first place the women stayed at home while a great number of their men were in the various volunteer forces. manning the forts. living in camps, skirinisliing with the eneziiy. busy at soldiering. Tliev were not bombarded as much as the woxiieii in the town were.but even if thev had been it would not have been so had for them because it takes half the ‘t~iis=<~'liiess` vzzt of dmtrer to be tigliting the fellows who are trying to kill you.

‘Nlieii we eoine to ninking the terms

of settlement with these inliunimi Boers, every woman in Eiiglaiitl ninst reineiii- ber why her sistei'_~' in Kimberley were in more danger from shells than their husbands. lt was because the Boi-IRS PL'RPosELY SHELLED THF. Hot’siZ_~‘ knowing that only women and children were in them. The Boer coinniandnnt was quoted in u. Free State paper as saying that lie was ‘putting his shells right in the middle of the town' on purpose. `

seusrna Paoors.

The ordiiiary houses. the writer was

told by Dr. Ashe, were not originally intended to resist one hundred pound shells, and therefore the people prepared what were called “splinter proofs" in their yards and gardens. These were little chambers or caves hollowed out of the earth. Some were as good as brains

could devise and money could obtain.i

They were very deep. and were roofed ovor with gigantic beams, steel plates, earth, and then another layer of steel and earth or sandbags over all. The one in the grounds of the dwellings of of Mr. Gardner F. Williams, general manager of the De Beers Company, is

well tloored, ciongaicmsu walld hangings,is eec i_ y ig e. an ventilated by electric fans. _As the ladies of Mr. Williams’ family were away, the servants benefitted by this haven of safety. I have no doubt the shelter proof-at the Sanatorium. where Mr. Rhodes lived, is equally well biiilt and apbointed. I do not know that he ever made use of it.

But. to return to the shelter proof ichambers are .aid b D1. Ashe to have

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most of them were,” says Dr. Ashe in his absorbing diary. They were often without ventilation, and were more dan- gerous than even Boer shells. Yet to these ran many women (and men, too, you may be sure) when the shells were, flying. In these lived many invalids, and children and nursing mothers, and, in one a woman stayed from a Wednes- t day until a Friday evening. l

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Diferent women behaved diferently. Lownaun nero Tm: DEPTHS,

_‘As a rule, we think, they showed more pluck than the men,’ a leading citizen I said to me.

Two women were sitting on diferent stoops on diferent days. In each case al shell fell near by and exploded in ther street. One-an Englishwoman-looked on rather amused than otherwise, and I went out and gathered the pieces to give away as mementos. The other- ,

A DUTCH WOMAN DIED OF FRIGHT.

Two Kadlr women were walking in the main street side by side. A shell ‘ came, killed one and did not touch her

Dr. Ashe tells of a lady who walkedl

or rode out with her husband every day ,' shells or no shells. Plenty suffered ,I dreadful deaths. Plenty enjoyed amaz- ingly narrow escapes, mainly while at, theirdaily work in their homes. One `, young lady hid in a shell~proof pit until I it was time to dress for dinner and then went to her room and was killed. That I is precisely how death came to George Labram. the mechanical wizard who made a big gun for the town. Another shell fell under a. bed on which a babe was sleeping, but it did not explode. Another fell under a bed on which lay a 3 Hindoo mother with her newly-born' child. This shell did explode and set fire to the bed, but l

norm-:R Asn emma Escher-:D INJURY.

Again a shell came to the breakfast;

fable of the family of a volunteer who- was on dutv on the town’s border. It' burst and ldlled a six-year-old child, broke the arm and leg of a younger girl, and badly wounded the mother. "‘

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DURING THE SIECIE

What Dr. Ashe calls the most wonder-

ful ot the many narrow escapes was one which I will narrate in detail, be- cause itfcarries a profound moral with it. It proves how far men go out of their way to prove themselves absurd when they venture to criticise the ec- cent-ricities of feminine fashion in dress.

A LADY ‘NAS LYING DOYVN FULL DRESSED

on her bed. resting before dinner. A :nun came in to say that she found a man with firewood (which was very scarce.) who wanted a certain sum for a load. The lady turned over on her side, to get in the pocket at the back of her dress, and just as she rolled away from the side of tlie'bed a hundred pouud Shell came and bored its way through the bed in exactly the same place where she had been lying. It went through the bed and the tioor and into the foundation of the house without exploding; but it would have cut her to pieces had she been dressed as men are clad and been able to put her hand down at her side and take her purse out of apocket there.

Plenty of women who stood the small-

er shelling very well, found their nerves at the breaking point when the Boers brought the hundred-pounder to play on their homes. That was when, as if by common consent, the servant girls used to dive under the beds whenever the alarm was sounded to announce the coming of the big one.

DOWN IN THE DIAMOND MINES.

t There came a few days towards the end of the siege when Mr. Rhodes invited all the women and children to seek per- fect safety in the diamond mines. Im- agination runs riot at the mere idea of their treasure caverus becoming the fa- miliar haunt and rendezvous of a popu- lace. Their thoughts on finding them- selves walled about with rocks whose contents could purchase principalities and stir the longing of queens-These and the emotions of a thousand fair wo- men of more modest mould, who are of common clay, and yet love diamonds full as fondly, are too complex, too in- tense, too tremendous for handing here. But, appart fpom these suggestions, the actual scenes in those subterranean

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llijegxn too strange ever to be forgotten by

To one of these gem-encrusted caverns

hollowed deep in the earth’s interior, came tlfteen women and children; to another came a thousand. Small as were their companies, it seemed impos-

sible to move without treadinga on a sleeping child. Rugs, sheets, b nkets and mattresses had been brought to the mont-hs of these treasure wombs and

and those who lived in these strange re- fuges were fed as were no people on the earth’s surface overhead, for the great monopolists produced milk and tinned soups and many delicacies for their guests. A few wretched men, shaming the honor of their mothers and the sex of their fathers, crept into themines to share the safety of the babes and women, but such was the silent contemptthcy inspired that they presently [fled to the upper air, and none of their kind took their detestable places.

Many women' worked in all the ways

that charity, humanity and benevolence suggested and those who formed an or- gamzod corps distributed the few deli- cacies obtainable, and especially the tinned milk, which was most precious, taking care that it went only to the nursing mothers, the babies and the wounded. ,

One thinks of all the fair and gentle

sistei-hood as lamenting the carnage and cruelty of war. One is apt to forget in war that, after all, a woman contributed to the make-up of every warrior.

A WOM.AN’S HATRED OF THE BOERS.

I had forgotten this when I said to

gentle Sister -_-, yesterday, “Does it not amaze you that men should butcher and mangle each other as these poor chaps inthis hospital have been butch- ered ?”

She hesitated, bit her lip, and then,

between set teeth, she said: “Only make it possible for me to put on men’s clothes and carry ariiie, andI will shoot the cruel and cowardly Boers as long as I had life and strength to pull a. trigger.”

JULIAN RALPH.

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. We. have about 300 piii' Women's and Girl’s boots in Dongols, Polished Calf and Oil Goat, int buttonod and laced, some are wide toe and some

“Clarence caught a cold nearly a year

ago that he hasn't got rid of it yet."

“You don’t say l”

“Yes. He married a Boston girl.”

“Mamma sent me to get a hairbrush.” “What sort of a. hairbrush do you

want?"

“I want one with a softlback.”

“Exorbitant prices never scare me,” “Why not T' - '

“When prices get too high, I quit need-

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this Institution. Young Ladies be-. tween tho ages of 20 and 35 years de-

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Mr. A. McKinnon of Coleman has been

ln Snmmerslde during the past few days superlntendlng the laying of a. 'platform in front of the Strathcona Hotel and mak- ing other repairs to that popular hostlery.

Mn. Edwin L. Ta.ylor,of North Bedeque,

left yesterday by the Northumberland for Halifax taking with him his well known driver Prince Victor, which he sold some days ago to a gentleman in that city.

MR. \Vrn. Chisholm of Lowell, Mass.,

was in Summersidc yesterday en route to his former home in Lot 10. Mr. Chisholm is deaf and dumb` and when 'a boy was

Institute. After his school days he went to Lowell, Mass., where he obtained em- ployment and learned a trade. He has worked with the same llrtn. the Lowell Mills continuously for 10 'years and _pur- poses returning after a short visit.

Avrznv successful entertainment was

given in Epworth Hall, Wednesday evening underthe auspices of the Womens M-issioncry Society. Rcv.fN. McLaughlin presided. An interesting program con- sisting of vocal and instrumental music dialogues by sozne of the members of the mission band was very nicely rendered. There wasafnll house and a silver col- lection which was in aid of missions amounted to $14.73.

Prof W. G. Cashing of Snmmerside is

rejoicing, and with good reason, in a sub- stantial increase to his pension from the U. S. Government. He has received a new certificate entitling him to a. pension of $8 per mon th, beginning with June 19, 1899. The amount previously drawn was $6 per month. The services for which the pension is given were rendered by him while master at arms on board the U. S. S. Paul Jones.

very difficult veterinary operation a few days ago. A large Bbrons tumor through which the brachial artery passed was successfully removed from the neck of a horse owned by Mr. Arsenault of Wellington. The artery was severed but was caught up and ligurated, the wound stitched and the animal is ap- parently as well as ever.

Tas Easter business meeting of St. Marys congregation was adjourned until Tuesday evening last when the vestry clerk, Mr. H. J. Massey handed in his financial report forthe year, which proved a very satisfactory one. The building committee’s dual report showed that the debt on the manse building is almost wiped out. Messrs. H. C- Mills and W. B. Mills were re-appointed church wardens and Mr. I-I. J. Massey re-appointed vestry clerk.

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Princess yesterday afternoon.

expecteé home early next. week. .,

yesterday afternoon by the Princess. ‘

Dr. James McDonald performed another/

Mr. J. K. Ross ls confined tolils house through illness. '

Mr. T. A. McLean returned yester-

day from St. John.

Mr. F. Ihrker Carvell is registered at

the Halifax Hotel, Halifax.

Mr. R. Thorp returnedto the city by the

Mr. John Davies and Mrs. Davies are

Rev. Dr. Heartz arrived ‘in the- city

Mr. Reuben McDonald of Georgetown

was among those ylsiting the city yester- day.

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Miss M. Barrett returned. yesterday_

morning after spending the winter in Montreal.

\Vliidden. at Greenfield Col. Co. N. S.

The many friends of Miss Abbott, will

be pleased to learn that she has retin"`ned to the citv, after an extended- visit' to the country. '

Mr. J. D. McKeen, Grand Master of

the I. O. O. F. for the Maritime Provinces came to the city yesterday afternoon- on. the Princess.

H. L. Chipman, Esq., agent: of the Plant

line of stcamers plying between. Halifax and Boston, went to Cape Breton: to day.. -Truro Sun 25th:

His Honor the Lieutenant Governor and

Mrs. Maclntyre has issued invitations to adance at Government House for- next

Wednesday evening.

Mr. W. L. Scott whose engagement has

just been announced returned=on Wed- nesday from Charlottetown, P.. E.. I., where he spent Easter with M.r..-Iustice

A JAPANESE SCHEME.

Vrcroara, B. C., April 24.-The steamer

Bi-aemar arrived at quarantine yesterday with 1056 Japanese immigrants, while the

tifllmore, all or almost all being bound for the United States T H. Yamma, a leading

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