rng i ied 8 PS “BAPTISM OF FIRE,’ , Meee ~ oir Cnc ' Qn THEY NEEDED NO STIFFENING, Kind Words of Praise From the London 4 an Papers on he Vay Our Rove ‘Doubled Inte Action’ ~The, Were Glad, Too, That th Jp portunity 4 Them ' r ) i ( : ed Ss ‘ WW ‘ ; ; ‘ el S t i 3 ‘ ‘ ~ \ a — \ > . A L i %., Sah | \.S . ° t~_— . N ER PRISONERS ' | the news of the Canadians’ guccess at Sunnysice created ereat enthus- | iasm ny Canadians visiting and re London, I woud be right | f n d e- | pe “ or i i l Ss eC i : loro s being an ace | ti jubilant not only bh { ks were in at the | de bt heir good luck in| £ t ut aving Lo Rive cae te | & “met Piece of Work. ,’ } The Dail News, referring to the! narticipation of the Ca: and Australians in the e t Sunnyside, says ““The co. vLnie d not ¢o into the War as into a pan! or a parad They wen prepared and hor g to fight, and, if need be. te die side } side with other sol- dicrs of t! Jueen in Whatever work mizht be allotted to them Their only ¢ piaint hitherto has been that thev have not had ts bear the brunt f the bat‘le In this affair near Belmont. however, the honors of e ( were all with the colonia! troops. and the Empire has to thank then for a smart piece of work well C4 he Times says: ‘“The mother coun- tr ' Share with the Canadians and the Australians the pride and gratification they must feel at the fir ualities displaved hy their troops in this dashing little engage t The conduct of both contin- vents appear to have been most sol- dierly It $ an earnest, we doubt not, of what the behaviour of all our colonial forces will be in manv . ] fought field wnder the old The Morning Leader save: “It is interesting to notice tha Queens- land, Canada and New South Wales were all represented in the attacking force, quite the most practical wav that could he devised to show our appreciation of colonial loyalty.” Need No stiffening. The Globe says: ‘‘In the action of Sunnyside, nearly the entire force ac- tualiy engaged was composed of col- onlal contingents, some froia Canada and others from Australia, and the | Way in Which they acquitted them~ | selves con lusively demonstrated that i Buch troops need no stiffening with } British reg ilars.’’ f The Cape Town correspondent of the Daily Telegraph cables that ‘‘un- een Why; is it that one man is old and de- crepit at 45, and another hale and hearty at 0? It depends on the care he takes of himeelf. Often a man’s body gets out of repair—the trouble grows wotil it laye hiw Out in bed. Whenever a man feels that he \» pot as well se he ought to be, when tver he ie listless, without energy and Without vitality, whenever be finds that he is losing weight and that his ordinary Work gives him undue fatigue, he needs t. Pierce’sGolden Med:cal Diecovery. 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I ‘versal adimfration js expressed at Dam ee . , the conduct of the Colonial volunte: rs ’ | } da i Sunt bale \ ilians i nVuaians in Cape ) ti i! rn \ 1 1) ; Su i n { tir . tr ar Cngagement they have fought : , : Sr) Tr The Speaker says ““Queonsland { { ! an troops 1 | i n ‘ \ ent “UNnNnYside), and rov- ea trus | rs LAP ¢ ii EI i The Canadian Contingent is Brigaded with the Seaforth Highlanders az the Black Watch, ff, 7 act L i I § prin Ly ‘ osed ¢ Australians and ( - ‘ hy : h Vs | j Kk ‘ \ : I | L\¢ t t Lo a t e fronti : 4 their Spi did Werk, es i Says In t S i s \did work S Q nsiat rs and ( ( V ‘ Lu er- lal t . ihe incident of the Can- adians carrying the babics cf the place away in their arms appeals to us, not only on account of its pic- turesque qualitics, but because its elect may easily be far-reaching.” The Evening Standard savs: ‘‘The story of the stalwart Canadians car- rying the babies and cheering the women on the march with songs isa pretty incident, and will take the place by the picture of Lucknow, where the Highlanders could not kiss often enough the children of the re lieved garrison.’ Steady, Irave, Cool. The ‘At ta Army Sunny adinge SS, and Navy Ga sice they bravery, coolness the British soldier, and against the enemy, that they even beat at his own game.”’ Referring to Sunnyside being the first time in the history of New South Wales that any of her sons have fought on a field of battle, the article continues : ‘With Canadians the case is different. They have added fresh lustre to an honorable tradition. Canadians have fought with distinction in every war, great and little, since Canada he- zette showed says the s and ludzment of ; Came a part of the British Empirc.’’ THE GRAY MOTHER. (To an old Gaelie air.) From The Spectator, (The Colonial Volunteers proceeded to the front.—Public Press.) : Lo, how they come to me, Long through the nigbt Ah, how they turn to me, I call them, Bast and South my children seatter, North and West tue worid they Waluer, Yet they come back ‘to me, Come with their brave hearts beating, Long.ng io die fur we, Me, the grey, old, weary mother, Throned amid the Northern waters, Where they have died for me, Died with their songs around me, Gird.ng my sbores for me. Narrow was my dwelling for them, Homes they builded o’er the ocean, Yet they leave all for me, a Hearing their mother calling, sringing their lives for me. Far from South seas swiftly sailing, Out from under stars 1 kuow not, Come they to fight for me, Sous of the sons I nurtured, God keep them safe for me, Long ago their fathers saved me, Died for me among the heather, Now they come back to me, Come, in their children’s children, Brave of the brave for me, In the wilds and waves they slumber, Deep they slumber in the deserts, tise they from graves to me, Graves where they lay forgotten, Shades of the brave for me, Yet my soul Is veiled In sadness, For I see thew fail and perish, j Strewlng the hills for me, a Claiming the wozid In dying, Bought with tbheic blood for me, Hear the grey, olf Northern mother, Blessing now her dying children— God keep ye safe for me, Christ watch ye in your sleeping, Where ye have died for me. And when God's own slogan soundeth, All the dead world’s dust awakening, Ah, will ye look for me? Bravely we'll stand together, I and my sons with me. ~—L . MacLean Watt. THE SOUTH AFRICAN CLIMATE. A Low Rate of Rainfall anda High Tem- perature, Observations of the weather have been systematically made for many years in South Africa, and in the Cape Colony the meteorological con- ditions have been as carefully and completely studied as in England, says The London Standard. In other parts, however, the observations are far less satisfactory, and in the Transvaal observations may be said to searcely evist, our krowledve of EXA M LN Putt. Minaré’s Liniment Cures Colds, ete. ioe ) @ EETE? the Weather changes being extremely mome bow c ' ) t ¢ rt of the Meteorciogical Co! mission’’ at the Care of Good Hops : i cet i] i rej each month, showing the adistripulion of the rain in different paris of South Africa. The average results for the vear show that, with the e ention a @ all area in tne aint vi Cinit of Cape Town, the total Lin fall f r the year 1s al Ost whol \ be low 20 It) hes, that is, considerably rer « hy : 5 less than in London. In most places the average for the year is not less than 10 inches, and at some stations } Fey ]] ag - > 1 falls as low as 5 inches for the Whole 12 monthgs. In the Orange Free State the aver- age rainfall for the year is about 20 inches. The winter rains are very small, the aggrerate for a month be- ing Only a few tenths of an inch on the average. With the commence- ent of the southern summer the rains increase, although it is not un til November and December that the verage fall for the months exce ds im inch, and even in those months | the rainfall in many places is only 0.3 inch or 0.4 inch. In January, February and March the average in the Orange Free State is 4 or 5 in- ches in each month. ‘The meagre re- turns for the Transveal show that in I89O the rainfall cight miles east of Johannesburg was practicaliy nil in July, August and &« October the rainfall was ptember, While in 5.77 inches, which was the wettest mont f the year, and rain fell on 11 days In both November and December the rainfall in the vicinity of ar nann sburg eXcer ded 5 wWcenes and the total number of days with rain during the year was 61 In the Orange Free State the results for 1890 show that there was practically no rain in September, but in October the rains were fairly heavy, and the Basutoland September is also exceod- ingly dry. * Free Treatment For Catarrh, Asthma, Bron. chitis, fuffluenza, Colds. You bave probably read of the rew Caiarrhogene methed ef weatmest and its wonderful cures of these disesres, We want you to try Catarrhezeue and be ccn- virced of iis merit. 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Frank Cclleaux, of Oak Lake writes; “It gives me great pleasure to testify to he excellent curative qualities ot Dodd’s Kidney Pilea. About two yearsagol was attacked with kidney cisease and severe pains in the back. A friend of mine advieed me to try Dedd’s Kidney Pilla, 1 did so and eix boxes cured me. My back har pottroubled me since.”’ When a girl refuses to merry a man, he concludes that she doeen’t know her own micd; when aman refuses to marry a girle, she generally comes to the same conclusion. —_—— + <i To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. A!l ruggiste refund the tmoney it fails to cure be. E. W. Grove’s signature is on each box In Syduey, Australia,3000 penny~ip- the-slot gas meters are io use, Minard’s Liniment Cures Burns & etal Roofing tiles are row made of paper They are hard and tough, glazed with something like Japanere lac, may be fashioned in any shape and are cheap. An Interesting Case, Mr. W.G. 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