- - .,5 -.--_ we-,f-:-1. -- ~ ..._ 5 __ _ _ _. ; _-_~.-»=... _ ,,. ~ .-_~ » -:st ~‘ ~.-‘ " ` "$9 ' ix _-#li-"-“ ~' -':_=>_f~.~;-_ls-§f§*~“"_._ 9°- "- "‘.;i,i~= 4? ' - _ -“';.;‘-;= ~ ~ ' - ~’..i»¢-wi ‘:: y' --. 'I . THE GUARDIAN ggi# _ 5 'V15' ' 5'¥*"_~ges--_-_-_ 5 . ;'§.°`»-,, (_, »<`§*, GM“g #7/5 }’ ,.> , ._.ff4~\»~/7 il(-“\ ~.' ‘.1 //-°» \ ~ :_\__` J; \~`\\ . °"`_¢...:. ,=:.=`21:'?" /\ ;__,_- -__ d ___j-- Q / , - \ A r.. "`-_‘.11 - f ,,j ' _Q . _ Z/ /.__ / .,*._ __ /f ‘ /~».%_\\___ =,.~f_` ’“ ' @Z"/ ` '- _ls ` "Z v ` ` ' .‘.7.‘;f'_;___ ' `-7' .1--__ ____."~:. _ ., , 'ff `°»~a¢i. .. ” »\\ //\ . 5/ . -11:-'-gf. ‘?.',"”..” 27:35. i l-'... -- ,:'.<‘.: \ ....-'__‘. --_ __ . N _ sq:-;{'__'..‘\`\_\;§` _ -nv" _.m - --_~°:.-. ¢' ~ :.:f.f.-_-_‘_ " f* I ~‘ s 1°; \ -_"‘»`..`_ _ /_ - A ’\`__"-~q;_‘t; .13 __ Y '\. __, ° -`&~;3,‘_t.-35 _ _.~‘\\\_\ . ` “"` @ i l ( l STOLEN THUNDER. CHARLES Boo-hoo-hoo ! That tune is mine. It's mean of you to steal it. . -of /""" 1”" , ' - l' ` ‘_ 3 ‘--_ o e q 4°“\ #QE ` _-\-wt '< "L I //1 l A I F - -$T_§.`..ff .intl 4; li // it ii / _, f 1' ' ~f:»-<2'/="f .\-fl, 'R // f #__ f §\ 'h - >- 1 ‘ `¥ -_`\`_\. \»| / \\;-_ ililllk O A CANADIAN BATTLE SONG. nl Br rm; Rav. A. MACLEAN SI>roLAx1:._~i`°§_,7,._ _ _ _iii ' Wsken, Britain rise and stand Grasp thy sword in thy strong hand Throw the scabbard on the strand; Waken in thy might. Let thy fleet so strong and gay, Bc prepared for any fray; Spend thiegold like bits of clay, Do not edits flight. Raise thy dag with arduous thrill, Beat y drums with right good wil Blow¥hy pipes with strength and sk Call thy warriors wight. Give them men of brains to lezég, Give them all the guns they n d, Send them o'er the seas with speed; Fear not guile and spite. Let thy Rose and Shamrock green, Let thy Thistle fierce and keen, Side by side with jo; be seen Waving in thy lig t. From fair Canada's domains, From Australia’s champlaigns. From New Zea1and’s hi s and plains Bring thy sons; they'l1 iight! / Half a million men and more Stand on Indlafs sunny shore, Keen to cross the billows o’er In thy cause to smite. We are Britons all by name, Britons, too, in heart and aim. And we'll stand with British flame By thy colours bright. _ Trust in Him who reixis on high, Keep His law before ine eve, Let thy shells and bullets ily; Strike, and strike aright. Break the yokes w ich they impose, Save thy friends from wrongs and w Spread abroad thy light. Crush and tame thi stubborn foes, 06 Feb. __ _ _ __ .~, _- . ' ._.‘ ".- , _ “_ which make long sieges possible. Take the ` ‘ I nf y t e fort su-nendend° 12th, 1900. _ was cut oi? from any communication, ex- Aby thyenem _ y I il C3 For over eleven years l _ Problem of Modern Warfare Sev e ses _ The London Daily Mail has received a letter from Julian Ralph, who is at Mod- _ b der River. He tells in clear language of the problem in warfare which the English _ y _ are now forced to solve. He sa.ys:“British A I defeats at the hands of the Boers are due and Healer’ to the facts that tlé methods of modern _warfare have been brought to a pause by the demonstrated power of the weapons of to-day. The essential qualities of the army of 20 years ago a.re no longer the supreme necessities for success. The' man behind 1 the gun stands more supreme than ever, l Dig a trench and line it with good shots, __ supported by modern artillery, and no enemy can advance in face of them. They may be outfilanked or starved, but while their ammunition holds out none can oust them, for they can fill the whole plain over a radius of at least 4000 yards _ 'aaa S R, d _ h __ _ with such a. withering blast of shrapnel , I ' u ere WK _Dyspfpsi _ann rifle bullets that no troops can stand evcnthmg I could thmk °°’ bw in the open before it." Unable to get reliefuntil I tool: Bur- 1 _ -~- -*- “_ Blood Bitters Ih"d onl_v_t:il¢en on. whenl commenced to feel better fi '-A-“rr after taking the or six 1,9,-_tlcs “-3, London, Feb. 15.- As the conviction w¢1l_a-,d haw, remained so ew, gi-oivs in Great Britain that the war feelaqthough B_B_B_had save( will be long, the efforts for providing T G S‘“‘*‘°P*» R9' f§f.§ii`.1`S$§kih§”§f.iIii§,`§1‘f.‘l“;h§’fl'f...if-Z Mv little boy, aged if redoubled. There is scarcelya \vom`an_ SGPCS. wears, was a. completc in England Who, _in addition to mai:ii'ig` Ufsoi-es, Cadsed the domoi- said, by articles of fclothing for the men in the blood I-1,3 head and bcdy wc,-5 ,field and in the hospitals, is not working cov¢,-ed mth so,.c,_ and we soul( for and contributing to some special °`éi§.dFi.‘ITff.f.' .iff l`.f'§fl"2.`l_ nniiifs Arthur Page” fmmlnmentw- me home was g’°ne he began tc _nightnbrought in over 5(Il) pounds for and by the time it was Enished A' tneffamihes of the ¥museh{)ld troops’ m ‘ “snot ___ sore on hm whichlher husband is a_co onel of the ‘ Slots Guards; the Mansion House Fund i-5° B B B as a wash as well as exceedS(g)_(u)_p0undS;Th¢D8i1yTe1egraph and it seemed to give greai fund amoungszwgugdm pounds and the ‘U 50°!! as it was put on.-Mrs. Daily Mail totals 77,11” . ds- 111888; -i........, S. ....,.. <>»»- ln°.‘;°f:.i°lz', iii" provincial funds gfsiarse amoimisi'_r°'°°"°" - ’» l, v - ul 1 W _N19 /9 ,éi;;fl_CiE_A,5 ' NUTA BLE S C ` ~ 7"C*,*_/-_->l<-_D’°* - Z2 ` _ ` ' ~"<;»frlR&'*‘£><"f,ll,5»§ ‘ ~ w -‘ /” ’ _ /-;:'<;_,»’ / / A' A \ ‘V I I ' A 1 . 5'- ` - -1- .\ /. .. _ ~ ._ . ' -- ,jf ' _- »‘/.1 1 . _ _ , _ -~:‘ 4 -' 5-' '///9 _ ' ' ` _ l " _,i { _ _ ,#0 -3 5 _` . ° ,\ 1 si \ V - ._ ¢ 1, _ Bclcagucrcd Cities That Have Surprised the Eiicmy By their Ability to Hold Out. *held out no one knows. __ \L°»d¥3mW1» UW 81\lTiS°¢l| WB-B _ -The English papers now speak of their ‘by the troops of James 11., and held the -petty reverses in South Africa as “the Pla” “gain” th°‘b°si¢8in€ f°1'°°° fm' greatest' disaster since Yorktown. 'Yet so d°Y9 °ml°\18i1 the Irish fn ngghing which has takgn place Inliobliged notonlyto feed the garrison isouihsirieaisa-pamuei in Y<»ris>w`¢i,_°_i*"'°'1°-\>°*» “KN” Hwefm °f mfvsws 'Nm siege of Y0,-kwwn was as -near _a _which had flocked in from the country. l-oompletainveslzrnent as the world basl 0“°°f *'h¢’8l'¢41`»°Sf M9808. at history, __5-ml- s¢,¢n_ yvaghington invested not the greatest, was at Vicksburg, mwn on Sept 3_ md Comimms sup 'invested the city on May 18. /Inside the rgndemd on pct '19_ siege was__eity was Gen. Pemberton. The posses- one of constant advance .53 pam1_ sion of-Vicksbur_g_me_ant the control of lets.. according in the pswgis i.,id___ f»h¢ Kmt M_iSsisslopi!Va-lley- Pemberton in the bo0k,_ jwhue it lasted-_had-\vith_hlx_\i1`@-"men audfliti&s for was ,,},,°|u¢e|y and completely Hldays. Hewasobllgedgsurnenderbefore c w In the ivii ai- .ii be.‘1°h°°0dsnw¢r¢si>;f£e§_ Q9” _ its surrender. In the siege” - , i*”“`“?i _ #5557-.I I A ?1-ationsjooulrl not support th _ Brilié 5 ° mm-ly men e_ Ame,.i¢a_',,s » with him, and the refugees __ French- ies, than m,e_h,,_1f that nmnben citizens at the same time. It is necessary rn rs, Co Wallis was unableto get word of his w read the det’anéd` “wr-7 °f condition W the other British cqmmandy to how iiievitable'tlie,suri~ender e his-.position was absolutely mumble,-1?” ` .0 _ ~' ' - ' ‘ a d he surrendered about9000 inen-- rob- - In L“`kn°Wv "1 the time °f the ml’-fi¥U» have taken place which are as worthy of withstood- in other years. If we m¢yi~,,-we I ' .. tained stthedhmer bdmmhc twill believe Homer, the siege of Troy lasted 10 “séxthag mms: og;h;ul;le;g1u7?dP;};;e:u;f 1°” mm 5° l'°‘l\“l'95“Y‘|5m|¥ 9° 5* °l' ‘kink years. '_ e ’ ’ ’ athis house. 1iis‘inel__:‘r<-_I__i_»i_sP:l _three bottles of _,here 35 any other Moslem lady Of hcl’ a?Llg;'g0l¢r’:i{ll(s)r are of inesiiniable value. more. and sin'-euiiiiriinrletiilfifellhb .I-ank’ and Wm #tend t'h° same devmnm -1-heyegct dixtecd, and natmayln and ma_k¢ um J with this reniecy :give 1,5; md' a Singh; E and conduct her household exactlvas if kidneys, liver, and bowels regular, active, and _-;_Y;;l_gl_<_-_g IDt;_ik<_;___.f_;_r_<§2_ts plIei.';s_§i_re £_;é:imr_e_<_r_<;_1l‘1__- lshe were at Constantinople. She will b i - ‘ ' ‘L i ' - hea.thy. _ _ _ ' _ _ _vel _ _E-high 1 _know has up _,.;_,,,_.,, for asthma_ ¥eble toreceive lady visitors.She ca.nnot,of Dr. Chases Kidney-Liver Pills posili y, per- : ni_i_i_r_~_i;e3ci__ii_,'€__c¥;_‘;:_<_’l___;__\_:ii=-e §;»_qu<»~niiy recom- _ ofeom-Se,r¢0¢¢ve¢a.]13fmmgentl¢mg,n, ng poisons in. the system which will in time produce terribly fatal coniplications. - manently. and promptly dire Bfighfs ‘1iS¢i1S¢, kidney and mer disamas baclmchq 1umb,,_g0_ and they ‘fill speak Lgegy `;?i1g;3y°ugt°§:Y: imatterhow high their standing. liywifg i-hemlmjsm, and all me painful and fatal mm. Clarke s Kola Compound is the only will return visitsto ladies, butof course it piimgions of me ghging organs of the bog. £§f,":;_’;f;f`°t(,f;'§_“`a f§f;m§§§’“§§m9,§°t 'W' lwilldo this in the absences! their Tht Sale Of thiSgl'¢8!kldll¢I f¢m°dYl5 °“°“”°“~‘ are recorded in Ciinafhi alone. ` .-itll gui-;§: When she pays herrespects to throughoux this continent and Europe. The fists sei. it. Write for hook telling all h pmsuient gym bg '¢‘p¢-°¢him¢dbyscoresoftheusandso|_aboiit Cl.k' K1- 5; _ ite Shay' §l'¢fii'iseiina°se¢. one piiiadise, =5¢eiiaii criiriiiis fi 'iifii-»i§°¢`lm c`§‘f'°i'fi'§iis§'i’, iii ‘that the gentlemen of the errata .a1=lldeal=i=.wEv=w1S°N»B#T=S°’=C°-» ‘-'_*‘~“'°*= sires- 'f°f°m°- " liiimseiioidiiiiaiinocb present. leirg mireto equip:vol1mteers. ____ ~ ' 0 - ; In the Crimean war the City of Scbas- _l cept by heliograpli, with the outside world topol was besieged by land and sea for 11 on Oct. 23, over three months ago. Yet -months by the allied armies of the General White not only has been able to English, French and Turks before it maintain himself there andtomake sorties _?.pitu1ated. A beleaguered city always and torepel attacks, and alsoto support ._ .__ as ii steady but precarious source of his own troops and those of.General Yule. SPEARMAN S FARM GENERAL Zl’.i"2,'.’I§§2?.‘II.“$? 2’1§`.fs`i‘l‘i.“§§`1‘l;.p§.°iy‘s.fi‘§liiiiifimiigailiiiETEEZYSYTETRZi NEAR THE il > ' demand. In any place where any com-_ was declared, and who are driven back to modity commands a high pi-ice some Ladysmith bythe Boers every time Gen. darin o lc d Wh°te tte _ g pe p am Sure in be fouu to i a tnpts tosend them out. The nike the risks of furnishing ii.. There fire investment of Ladysmith 'LS Supposed to be blockade runners _by land as well as by °0111Pl¢f'°- Ye” G.el1°l`5l 'White 1135 110i ' sea, and noless daring. When war was only been 0-ble to get native runners LINCOLN AN inevitable between the Boers and the f'h1'°“8h _f»h¢ H1188, bull 118-S been 81118 150 , British, Cecil Rii<>desb0ught2s,000a01im lsmussle General Yule mit of the be ` """“""“‘““"""'~ ‘ worth of chanipagnqand ,wen£f,0Kimbe,-ly Ieaguered city and forward himtoEng- saying he would Ueassa.fe_there asin.l¢\_Ddf» - ' A RW” °»8I'°°»¢dH-I illSPfll\89¢3¢lWl\'Ui\ Pieeadiuy, Kimberly has been invesmd _ Inithe siege of Londonderry, which may nnwm WHS “°ll\il1l»U°df0!’5|l°1°l’°SH9l¢Y The bells rangallday endwhen t tele# was received hum Chiego that a from the convention would ar- in Snrlnzlleld thsaestelterneolimr~ mdlr to mi- mmm sf na town ld. i slime 0¢¢;, 21 Hoy tm cgmmpagne has becomparedin some ways tothe siege ‘ notify nomine- toputlt milmy the greairmany hogs-ntoan-i hen excitement by stoi-eandwasalonew Hisfaeewaslang mdhewelveui 0 extreinedepression. Hedmppsd isthe matter co1nl”I askedanxiously Iiecall thatllr Linoolnwentnnto committee, foldthe dilliculty he wssiq. It that Mm. Lincoln had Oollliihlied ii __ _ _ _ P _ - _ _ thinsworevarvslulsvrst ably f,h¢ number White has at Ladyémith ' garrison in that Indianiiéity was be- house for the notification lt;-day, after fever and bullets havedone 5123;; him 257 lg! 3 i_J01§°V°- '_ fda; th :?'_;;h;b'fS‘sg°dth?t°{° dwmauh t eir work--together with 106 ns. Tllhat ' _ _ 3. ° 3 9°” ma”-389 NW e' ° “PW” 5° l____~ Wasndfsasteew the British 5-gms; _h“‘t.~,, awsmall force _into the,_ city. -This only e0lnwasentireiyooi1ect,judgiugI5tum ‘ i 'forihenriisn weompare ii to their-fin. “de i'-1*” Si°““°i°1-`~i 'i'°1‘S¢»f°1‘ them were usual cutsom of the times. butlllr- I-ln cent defeats presupposes that Ladysmith s9Jm’my umm m°f‘ths feed' on N°v°' 001505190505 U0 550 Wlii- surrinders. Even supposing' that Lggjy. ilfilrlfjligafflflfgll m~P~1`°;l¢d s0\ll'»Co8»_l:li ‘Doyou Wantto have itl' smit 'does not surrender, the " .evmg °‘f°§..‘m elf if _ _ 'll BS him would ‘_not_ h01d_ suppose' the Cmnpbell, Wl10 thB1_1` ]Jl'6€88d8d_t0 &VBD,g’C m nevgr Wm in army at Ladysmith cooped up at Cape, the honors °f f'h°`3l9S2,=andi4f°;d I don t Want to commence now if I _Town,be and then surrendering---that 02,22 siege f P _ h th __ ` . 116111 lt. Would parallel. L = . ° answ en 3 _great M1' Llll00ln addedthbthe One of the most Wonderful things about qfjmn rolled ,fr°x.n the W9” manythhms h° h°d'°°'"a°“* warfareis the manner in which besieged the d lEwde and dui not want to do which hhnew cities manage to hold out. Ordinarilyf nmeteell Wgeksj Th°r_°_7W,”° W°‘1ld Nfluire of him, but N dm UW there is not enough _ food in a city of any as Fha” a‘re_m “mst Si°ge_s> 'ana Wh” the 3155 @3508 _sim to feed its inhabitants for three dam-_i_gseat suffenng, especially among the non- Iitold him that he need not and 013511 To store food in a city to stand out a siege' w,F§;a§;“gt:;__h_ch bi “ht th into not to have a supper at his house anyway of months,or,asso`metimehashap ned, ' = - _ ‘ _ “mga e' -_ A l_ffh°5l118ht- Th¢°°mmi59¢°0f5P\`i|l8‘l9|\i of years, is of itself such a gigantic xder- E°»mp.° f°?` 3 _mm f_°l’i-hflld Was __§_i>8_€j Si¢ge~ citizens already had prepamd an elabor- ,'";fj;;f *lg* “= W1* we 'sie in Z‘*`$?éi'”-5”§?“;‘§’”ii°;.§” 2?’ “‘““”' ‘”’“”° ;'.“.;“°'°..Z.f.."‘°.?§..'.‘3.?." on eci andrisk the htin L_- _ - » 9 P “A e 0\1S¢»f»11¢11f'b°| int 3° °pen_ The siegt; ufladysmithffgxafékitgzi of the Prophet, and the last oftfield, we were going to have wine and Kimberly are of small duration 't_i‘f£C€‘,;emS'g‘:,°§fd§’d - i .- 5181143? 8115 WhlSk°Y l»l1<1W*¢°l‘» “<1 th* compared with sieges which have been f ~' 7- ` ew 0 Some. sleges ¢0mmitt°¢ 0U8hUf»0b0W°u¢¥l°l8|l°|¥‘|i°!" WHEAT PROVINCE AGAIN years 'Y me and I do mine I have taken are curing me Made Suits.--Remember our _above all, of the loud lamentations df ,V7 the fwl? that the' 10118 Waiting 116% amor made suits tum spring hem" Wu the Boer women in camp for their hus- “ is telling 1169-VUY 011 the Boers. . gg fp glm the 5.54341 gk "1 ii., ;'.=f°°C..tf°°°T'::... messes ‘ ._ I - H38 n° 7° S me ‘E furthefbllts killed in the battle; Ali Kgmis have _H Serivus hardship, now that ine heavy &’@C"g‘§“"“S f°’ “PMS We” “i _ffffff iwydgg,-m eplne your onnsn. We have something 03°! “They said the Boer loss had been llllllstbe exceedingly difficult.” _ vamef lnC‘%§;gl|:i;_ :,153 méweuusne ,_s(au°n'l _ _ ,, and be convinced _il ii is ii; ._ i"*§- I ills , cm-:zo Psaiunitr-:zvrLY. - AP;-gt( F l _ _ ,_ _ NEW Xoiix, Feb 14. The fact that All ¢|llS°'S Kld"°¥'|-'V¢“ NUS- - -' » ` Teniporarn- Relief Remedies e Fei-rough Bey,the Turkish minister-tothe Cla:-ke’s Kel' C q v,'i}| _ ___ Reueve 3-ontguagxggfnlt Cure” L dStates has bronghthiswife with _ _ _ 1'e,_rmaneut:y. him, ascreatedastirin Washington,says Theiip-to-da;_ePhY5°‘a“?S°=‘{11aa'is_i_l_e h¢.»_.1ih xr. S. Tilrs case was :i most obstinate _adespatcli The Sultan however, would of the kidneys v an exzirriinrition o ic urine. one. but this |;i:1rrel_i>;rs remedy \vori~:e<':; ltis not necessary. h_o\\'e\\.r, to be an expertrm the wonder. IV.°is c-i:i':_~d wiili six bottles. give IPS consentto her coming ‘mly 0” order to tell if the kiiliicys are deranged. lou 1;-‘~€!'_ei is hi_s_)le\::cr__iii _his iiwii words. Mr. C0l1d!u0Il $113115 She 3»dl18I'B S$!‘l¢bl’v'b0 the can conduct an :saniinauun yourself. ' l‘l‘.___re;;>t_.___ c.l_' rules of the Km-an In Speaking of this tile Allow the urin¢‘\0 Stand ff" *"-'¢mY~f°¥=l’ HOW! is er from asrhnin for iieriifly ren'f\:es`isL,"1{i`i;iy ;_ minister is quoted as saying' My wife is `m°"‘“‘S' ‘“¥h‘ “`>“" ’=`*=hf- I MTB ‘NPD S0 [24 years ofageand I consider her a vcrv I ii'