g ~ _ ..,. , ,f , aa ,t ..,. -.-,_; g - 'THF GUAR ,__ - _ ,i_- - ,»»,.., .I _ . e... _ _ ' 4--. »" Y ‘ ~ -5- 'Fu ' .-<;. ' _.1 , -.I-es; 1%-s~i;,v;.I .~~.I. .521 -- -' I .. f V , " -_ .» \ I _. -_ ~; ~\ , .. ...J-2” ._--_ .4/--Xa.) -. L _,~.» I, _,. - = ,K _,~,_.,;». wet- ~ ..;@»,, .-.,< '~.- .,Vf.l'..=¢\,-5,;-~.,,, _,¢-.Y 1_2 -ll,-/_-._ », __‘a__.-.:f§_-;?§_.»_f. 'I 3 ... " " ' " -;.- » ` 't 1‘ .,.‘_»»" ` '~»_~._f'-.f lf’ , v .... , - -1 A =¢=>'~'" " . t t t g r.lA.v. on/\lil.tlT'rE'rowl\ PRINCE Lowmo tsl./iso. M/lv 22. 1900 ` _ I NW Y H IWW' 77:7 Y Y' ' ' W _ _. *__* -_.Wm llellsigsmggglf-lilgllliggggglgllls l‘~lioN T. LETTER r;:tv.l tri-tizrzilir if. mimi-.v. }3;_oi:\l'f`o,\'1.tl_\'. April lil, 1900. ' to Thr. Pxrlxzor and tho donors Spgfclgdr Xnlas lioxvs : You folks at home have had Xnias festivities some three and a. half months _ We are liavilig ours now. and that shape. The boxes arrived here on the 5th. and wc iwsceived them on ihe “_ Almost ever_vt_hing turned out in .u good shape ;is_ if it had Just been Igmfactured. which can no _doubt be mounted for. by first. the quality of the awp.,-ent. articles; second, (in some um) me quality of the cook; third, “a gre taken in packing. As I men- gped a week ago, we _got the_ news of ,hgarrival of the boxes. _immediately on w return to camp. having marched 40 ,me The time of our arrival at _camp the vicinity of 1 o`c1ock, and if followed out the usual routine, would have at once set to work to “img the dixies, go to the pump and ill them with water, and then hand it 0”;-to the cook to bemanufacturod into mp; but no thank you. soup was out of ge uestion that day. The cook’s had I, hgiday for once in their hves. We immediately set to work to open the mms, and Lieut. Jones. who nowhas eammand of the boys, owing to Capt l;cDonnell`s illness, distributed to each mm the parcel that was addressed to him. I can tell you, and friends, it was a day in our history that we will aa; ES' 'mr remember. I am sure it would hy, gone you all good toseeeachof our elastic counteiiances drawn into a grateful and meaning smile, ai inour mm we heard our several names called wg, and saw the huge parcels taken gem the box. As each of us answered enero, Sir” to the otiicer, we at once ad- vmeed and seized our parcel with a grasp as strong as a miser would grasp his gold. Why wouldn‘t we? Itwas of a thousand times more value to us mm gold. We were hungry; and we felt coniident that they contained the where-with-all to supply our want. That’s not all. nor the half of it-:they omtained tokens of remembrance and love from our friends at home. It demonstrated more clearly than ever that we are far away, still we have .very nice supper as well. So far, s girlie of my trips into town. I °QHl`Sf‘-» as ani slow at niaking f‘7q"m“Ul-11098. It took mea few days ooforc I could travel far to any advan *asv to myself. well, 1 will just tell you how I happened to make the first break. It was ti very wet afternoon, night was drawing nigh, we were ul wct to the skin. our blankets were just &S_WB€_. the ground was worse, and the mm Bflll _poured dow_n. Of course those S“"'°°ndm_8S were just the same as we , had _oft times had them before-save the Vl119189» Which, as I have previously m9\1f10l16d_» was but a mile distant. After taking _in the whole situation I decided that it would be nothing more or less than cruelty to animals to stay out in the cold and rain when there were so many comfortable houses at such a comparatively _short distance Once decided, I immediately talked the matter over with several of the boys, and m a very few minutes we had a. Crowd wlip were wilhng to “chance their arm. As soon as it became sunl- ciently dark to get out of the way with- out being noticed, we commenced our tramp through the mud. After arriviilg in town we had to be careful in keeping clear of sentries, pioquets and police- men. Of course we’re used to dodging the latter. Luck seemed to be with us, for it did not take us long to find a. lady kind enough to let us in for the night, Not only did she us comfortable lodgings, but she provided us with good. The next consideratioli"iv`s.s to be into camp m the morning before " daylight. .We soon arranged on a. plan; it was this: One man should be awake all the time; when one would get sleepy he would arouse a relief, and so on till morning. We provided ourselves with candles enough for the night, and the man on watch (in most cases) monopo- lized his time in writing letters. We arrived in camp the following morning just as day was breaking, and no one but ourselves was any the wiser. Every wet night since we have done the same thing, and as yethave had no trouble in executing our plans. Yesterday A and G companies were presented with their Queen’s Chocolate Boxes. All of the other companies got true friends in our native land who have ,theirs about tty; lst of Feb. We were not forgotten us; and We feel that l out at Richmond at the time, and this “friends in need, are friends indeed.” All I hope is, that the time will some day come when we will have a chance to repay in some manner at least, our many true friends who have been so kind to us, ever since we started on this expedition. For the present, I ani sure we all join in tendering our most hearty thanks, for such a valu- able and unexpected remembrance. 'I sugitm that by this time you at home have realized that your winter season h almost over and you are anxiously looking forward to the time when the remainsof the snow will have melted away, the streets and roads dry up, the grmtmce morebegin to sproutand that soonyou will be ushered into the -sum- mer of 1900. It is slightly different hole. Oursuminerseasonisalmost over. Tnesun has ceased to be 'so hot, the ° t’s are much cooler, and eve hin L Fish _» . UF- 8 ispointing in the direction of winter. As yet we are ill prepared for any cold weather. We have had no clothing imiadsince we left the Cape and not mly are we getting terribly ragged but the ordinary khaki clothing is not in- tended for anything but warm weather. We expect to get another issue soon, as lhave ieason to believe, it is herein stores for us; also our heavy winter blankets. We me very comfortable the last four days. We have got tems up from Belmont, where we left tiicni some two and ahalf months ago. _l tell you it is quite a change to get in under canvass once more. The differ- ence is not so noticeable on a clear night butlcan tell you its pretty tough on 0ne`s constitution lying out on the wet gromid withgnt any shelter and the rain coming down iii torrents. Often we had to stand up all night with our backs tothe storm, like so many horses, after just finishing a. fifteen or twenty miles march. But then in the morning, when the sun comes out and we get nice and dry, we forget it all and go along on our Usual route as if nothing had happened- Since our arrival at Bloemfontein we have had a very pleasant time indeed- We are camped about a mile outside the City and are allowed in on pairs, tive per cent of the regiment at a mme. By this time we have all had several turns. First when we arrived here the stores were fairly well supplied with goods of allkinds, but its not so now, one can scarcely; buy anything in the line of groceries or eatables at any prlce- 'i`1'ains are running regularly and trans- Ports are continually coming 111, 511535 yet most of the goods have been for fhe Iroops, and the storekeepers have had little or no chance. After this the mer- chants have been promised so many car- loads per clay anti 1 have no uoubt but that they wi.l fare all right. Probably it might be of interest to some or F00 __ to give a short___account__0f llc Walked The Floor ixnligeey rms mm in uiosaoli-Slow Impossible-llodlotne of no Mall lm- \ til Ho got ar. chaofo KldM¥'|-|\'°" 5"* I Mr. Patrick J. Mciiaugblan. B€9»U° hai-ncis, Que., states:-" I was troubled ‘ with Kidney Disease and DZYIPGPSH f°" N years and have been so bad,-that I uld not sleep Q 2118133 05 5"-"°°°m' °t Pains in the back. but would WSW ihe Root all night. and Sufleted Wffllile agony. “ 1 tried all sorta of medicines but SM no relief until I b€G\U ‘mug Dr’ Chase’s Kidney-Liver Pilll- TIWY made 8. new man of me, and the old t.r0\1bl€8 seem to be driven out of my 8YS¢€¥¢\-" Dr. <.'hase's Kidney-Liver Pills he-VO an enormous s.%e and owe their 909°’ Iarlly to the fact that the? can be 9-P- solutely relied upon to cure all 31|' ments of the kldneya. liver. Bild Umm' ach. They are purely végeilble ln composition, prompt and effective in -action, and cure permanently. One Dill o. dose, 25 cents a. box. st all dealel1» 01' d - J -Y still alive, and ready for _the next emer- has been the first opportunity since. The boxes are nicely designed and con tain the genuine article. The most of us are sending them home by mail, so you will all have a chance to see them. A number of the regular troops, as well as a few volunteers. are offering theirs for sale. The price ranges all the way _ . . d from 10s to £2, according to what time of the month it is. One thing I ani gla to tell you is that the vast majority of Canadians would not sell theirs for love or money. We notice by late letters and papers that the affair at Paardeberg has caused considerable excitement in almost every part of the world; but by the accounts we get “Canada has eclipsed them all.” Itis quite amusing to ust-,o read the various accounts of the elaborate cele- brations. While I do not for one mo- ment claim any right to interfere in the matter, still I think that in this case as in all others there is a. possible chance of mople making too much noise over small matters. In my “pinion there is no doubt in the world but that I the Canadians on that occasion did their duty as best they could, inasmuch as on the morning of the surrender of Cronj thc, got the order to advance, and they did so, the result of which was the en eniy, seeing that the new position which they thereby took up was so close up- theni that it would be useles to hold out , any longer, at- daylight surrender- ed. Possibly we look on the iilat- ter in a. slightly diiferent light from e what you do, on :account of our being altogether differently situated ; but that morning when we were ordered to ad- vance wc did it as cheerfully and obedi- ently as ever we obeyed an order before ; we considered we were doing our duty, but no more.a.nd that’s all we wish to get credit- for. Be that asit may, there is no use of us trying to deny, that when daylight came, and we found out that our advance had been the cause of the ene:ny`s surrender, we were pretty hap- py boys, not only were we happy because of the fact that we have won a. name for ourselves; but we knew and felt that we were debtors to Canada. We felt then or we did for 4% months previous, and as we do now, that it is Canada we have to thank for all we have and are, Canada is our home, Canada has sent us here, and it is the honor of Canada, as well as Great Britain, that we are there- fore duty bound to uphold at any cost. For along time previous to that en- gagement we were very uneasy, we feared that we were never going to get the chance to see what we were made of. We lived in hopes, and our hopes have been realized. We met the 'enemy and efeated them The ma/orit of us are gency, but sad to say some of our com- rades have gone to a soldier’s ' grave, to be rewarded, I _believc, by the happiness of a never ending! eternity. For they died fighting on t e side of Godand Jus- tice against a. people who were guilty of wilfully breaking every divine law. So much for the dead. It is our hope that they will be rewarded thus, as for us who are still alive, we consider our- selves, and th8 Contingent as a whole, _ amply rewarded, in our knowledge of Edmansou. Bates and C0. T°r°n!°-; Il . ._ a the fact, that the little we have done has been appreciated by our people at home, by Canada as a Colony, and the_ British Empire, whose flag we are ti htmg Elmclstlhe bubble will have burst. ` As fcr .io and boys they_ are all doing well li few have been sick, but not at all serious. We_are _more than holding our gwn- IBY_th18 _time I_ expect you are fired of this_sort_of reading. I will there- ore close with love to all. Good-bye. ` Hl~.~RB. mlm.. 3 LETTTR FROM REV. T. F. FULLERTON BLoil:nroNria:iN, April 12, 1900. MY Dam DR. WARsUi_vroN,--I desire 'h1'0“8|1.70\1 to express m behalf of all from the Island their thanks for and keelluapprepiation of the _many great and solid comforts, which came to hand the other day. They travelled, as you know, far and wide, and while they mil? have lost _somewhat in the course °f their P°1'08'!'1l1ations; they also gained m_U<>l1. YQS. Vory much. they became high and in some cases mighty (mitey) 0- 8-2 Yosforday two officers were sick and both acknowledged that the widely travelled cake had proved too many for 5119111. and yet both _are brave and cour- ageous fellows. I see that, in common with other pa_.rt_s of the Empire, our Island home rejoiced over the surrender of Cronje and the raising of the siege of I-'_N15'Sl111th, both of which were the direct results of Lord Roberts’ invasion of the Orange Free State-I presume one of the most successful moves .ever and carried out by any strate- 8}St either past or present. Your parti- CIDM-IOD in the joy of victory should be deellflrl even if more solemn, than that of most places. Your representatives in the contingent have covered themselves with glory. They showed dash and a daring 'such 'as ven th h °.k11ew them best, cguld hardlse 13.1% anticipated. The section of G that went with Mr. Jones up to 31 ces in front of the B_oer trenches. and” whose valiant stand in _conjunctien with that of H Co. hastened the surrender of Cronje, was composed very largely of our Island men. It was they who made the Boer say something to the ef- fect that the Canadians were tremend- ous iigliters. The Gordons, who fought alongside, seeing how our men acted in circumstances most dangerous, declared I that they were “fire-eating devils,” “reckless loons,” etc., etc. I need not afld any more concerning the victory of Paardeberg, the press having given you all particulars; but I do wish to say that you cannot be too proud of, as you can- not do too much for, the brave lads who so manfully represent you in this great conflict for toleration, freedom and brotherhood. There is, as I have indicated, a solemn element in your rejoicing. You are called upon to mourn the loss of two very excellent young men, who sur- rendered their lives for the Empire’s cause. Better boys than they were me not to be found either in or out of the , army. While we most deeply sympa- thize with those who grieve over so great a loss, we must at the some ti' me feel that through the death of these brave lads our province has contributed of her very best for the achievement of a grand and glorious victt ry. Permit me now_ to express to you, and through you, to the citizens gen- erally, the heartfelt thanks of all who are here, for the many tangible expres- sions of kindness which have arrived at such an opportune season. Remember ine to the “milita.i'y" of P. E. I. I have just heard that Col. Otter has wired for McDonald, and conse-` qnently we expect him now at any moment. Lorne Stewart, who, by the way, is every inch a soldier, as well asan ex- emplary young man, has shown me the picture of your soldier boy; tell him II ccept the salute for myself and return the some. With kindest regards to Mrs. Warbur- l ton, your family and yourself. I ani yours sincerely. Ti-ios. F. FULLsR'roN, Chaplain, P.. C. R. Lieutenant Macdonaltl writing from Bloemfonteill to a friend in this city says:--I have reached the Canadian camp at last. I reported to Col. Otter and he assigned me for duty as subalte-rn in G. Company. so I will :oe with the Island boys. The whole company is out to-day guarding the i-a.il\vayline andl will not have si chance to see them until~ this evening-saw the Island boys who arrived with Strathcona Horse if ="° 'ii */* The camp is about fl mile and a half from the station. 1 walked out- saw Revd. Mr. Fullerton and Major Weeks, both in excellent health and spirits. I received a very warm wel- come all round. I am in excellent health and ready for anything that may come. Dou’t imagine the war is over-the heavy fighting will have to_ come yet. I went up to Bloemfontcin in charge of Lord Roberts’ mail. also mail for s taif. I delivered mail to Lord Roberts person- ally and had a short conversation with him. -' , ‘ =~r - _ ‘ ' WHY D0 YOU SUFFEB > , ` >.' `~ I ` prom Rheumgt£sm,_`“/'lien an Appli- -=-\f<>1» “fi-,»~€`ts€%9§_'P7§§I!‘9l?“'¥°‘ 9”" ment \Vill Relieve All Your Su!- feriug in a Few Minutes? It il all Antidote for Any Plin- . I. A. P"l"'l~iiii of l’il"’i'l\11 Bi`09-- Ivatcr ihinnfactlirer-‘. a H“mm"'“l Tues- A short time ago l was attacked “ \,ud'l with muscular i°hen~.nlltlsnl in 1115 sq -.t ‘img it caused my arm to swell to :`h2°01b0“» the pain bcliig almost unbear- able `ol-iflitlis’ menthol Lilnment was lah plied, and ln :i few inliiutes the Dtlln e .... III »-_“r f.l§:.i."..‘f.f °f s“'°‘m‘g “nd sgier-“S3102 csire r'1ieuma\~ alJDeared._ lt _certainlyl H drugs Ns. tlsm. Price 2:: cents, W 3 '. . _,_ , ,. i Ladies’ Sllk Walsh. _ We have just put on sale s line of Fancy and plain Silk ~ Waists made with shirt waist cuff; they are handsome styles and were made to retail for $3.50 we will close out the lot at a sacrifice. and have put them cn our counters at $2 25 Ladies’ Wlllto Walsh. Our large line of White Waist; mm? Out of pretty Piquos Lawns. Linens, beautifully trim- ined. tucked and tancily made in diietenl ways; they are gpg. cially attractive values in quali- -~-1i°»'~fr°m Si oo to $2.75. Golorell shirt Waisis. Fancy Colored Shirt Waists. made up in a large varietv ot ways out of American and Scotch Ginghams, as well as Percales and Chambravs, the prices ot the diiferent qualities are 50c, 850, $1 25, $1.50 to 82.75 S l 1-ty---,l_-\ _-- 5--1_~ -.-»~v~,.I5