Beginners may enrolltheir names now.
Ina' the new term beginning Sth January
ladies and Gentlemen 8 p. m. Children
lp. m.
Private classes and lessons arranged
for on application at Miss Macdonald’s
rooms, Prnwse Block, Sunnyside.
During the coming week Mies Mac-
donald will be at home to intending
papilairomlla.m.tclp.m.and4to 6
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The Rink will open for the season
Xmas afternoon. Tickets same price as
last year.
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Present your lriend with a _ticket for
Xmas.
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earies Hiial. or the managers.
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Crisp Malaga Grapes 2 c perlb
Choice Table Raisins Bc an
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l AT LADYSMITH.
A correspoziderit of the London
Times writing from Ladysmith gives
much more dctinite information in re-
gard to the situation within that town
in the early days of the siege than we
have yet seen. From this account it
appears that Gen. \\'hi.e’s total force
is about 9,000 men, of whom but
little over 5,000 are regular infantry,
the balance being made up of cavalry
and the naval contingent.
‘ He has 36 field guns and two naval
guns. Without the latter he would
have been unable to hcld his position,
as the field guns have only an edec-
tive range of 4,500 yards, The Boer
guns attackin him hav a
g e range of
6.000 to 8.000 yards and are fitted
with telescopic sight=. The garrison)
supply of shells for the field guns was
limited to 200 rounds per gun. It is
easy to see that this supply must now
be pretty nearly exhausted. Rifle
ammunition and food was more plenti-
last till February lst.
`W e have been accustomed to think
of Gen. White and his little firce
holding a. small, concentrated position.
He had to occupy the hillsand kopjes
surrounding Ladysmith, or they
would have been seized one after
another by the enemy. These out-
posts make an irregu'ar circle extend-
ing for eleven miles around the town
To hold such extended lines while
surrounded bya force two or three
times as great as his own was the
Herculean task to which Gen. White
set himself to work, and nobly has he
performed it.
The Times correspondent tells that
the Mauser rifles with which the Boers
are armed are superior to the Bri-
tish small arms, and of greater range.
With a Mauser ville and a good pair
of field glasses it is possible to make
tolerable practice at 3,000 yards. The*
British infantry iifov mining of the
use of glasses in riile shooting and are
not trained to an auch lon ran
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while one in every four of the Boer
riflemen are equipped with powerful
lield glasses The inequality of wea-
pons is, however in part equalised by
the inferrior ammunition with which
the Boer artillery is served The
enemy has, fortunately for us, been
cheated by the ammunition contrac
tors
The splendid and resourceful de-
fence, with many brilliant sorties
made by the Ladysmith garrison
since \’oveinber lst has called forth
,Of ¢ll'l'lA¢\0 !'0q would in any case bend all their en
painting. Apply to ergisam ini-food lies.
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me admiration of the Empire ard
dwpened the intense desire that they
in is be relieved before bein" reduced
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o _reatei straits than they are now
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BREADSTLFFS AS COWTRABAWD
If the Dutch republics had a sea-
port there would be no question of
the right of Britain to blockade it
and prevent the admission of any
goods or merchandise that would be
of use to the enemy As to ship-
ments made by neutrals to Delagoa
Bay there is a pretty general agree
ment as to Bntain’a nght to stop
tne importation there of arm°, muni
tions of war or soldiers for the ene
my-i armies. But the right to seize
and stop the importation of foodstuffs
is challenged
The challenge is made on two
grounds One of these is tha inter
national law and usage will not war
rant such seizure Tne other ground
is that Britain cannot aiford to estab-
lish the precedent of declaring food
to b= contraband in this case, because
she, herfelf receives half her ordinary
food supplies from over the sea and
would be in danger of being starved
into submission in case of a war with
two or more great powers, who would
then declare food to be contraband
and p‘f‘ad Brita.in’s present action as
their Justification This objection is
from her foes in regard to food, no
matter what precedents may have
been laid down.
\\`e therefore antic`pa.tc that Bri-
tain will pr. c-:ed as she has begun,
seizing foiiil supplies shipped to
Dt-llig-ia. Bay in transit to the Trans-
vaal. But ilie neutral shippers will
be paid for their merchandise. Food-
stuHs will not be confiscated as will
arms and munitions of war. This
seems a reasonable and fair method
of dealing with the matter.
Colesburg, near which Gen. French
has been making it lively for the
enemy, is a town of about 2.000 in-
habitants, who are mostly all Dutch,
and in sympathy with the Bcers.
Colesburg was seized by the butghers
,of the Orange Free State early in the
War.
There is nothing at all surprising
in the fact that a number of foreign-
ers have offered their services to light
on the Boer side in the present war.
The same thing has happened in every
war of the century. The British Con-
sul at New York has made public the
statement that many are constantly
applying to him. either personally or
by letter, to enlist on t-he British
side, and though he cannot enrol
them the number who have applied is
over 5,000. It was so in the Ameri-
can civil war_ Canadian sympathies
were then largely with the South, and
many Canadians fought in the South-
ern armies, but probably tive times as
many took part onthe Northern
side. It is said there were 40,000
Canadians and other British subjects
in the Northern armies at that time.
Sheer love of adventure or want of
something else to do leads many to
enlist who may nos care very much on
which side they iight.
Use for the Wreck.
The dead oi the Maine sleep at last
in their native soil, but what of the
Maine herself ? The hulk of the bat-
tleship still remains where it went
down, a menace to navigation and an
unsightly object in the fair harbor oi
the redeemed Havana Why not use
the steel recovered from the cruiser in
e greet monument to be erected at
Arlington, where the 150 msrtyred
members of the crew are now buried -
entucky Journal
Ho0d’3 Pills
Are prepared from Na-
tures mild laxatives, and
while gentle are reliable
and cfiicient. They
ouse the Llver
Cure Sick Headache, Bil
iousness, Sour Stomach,
and Constipation Sold
everywhere, 25c per box.
2reparedbyC.I.Hood&Co..Low8ll.lhll.
suifiiiigiiiw
1 900
1 Case of Oak mounted goods con-
sisting in part of
Salt Sellers,
pp°r Boxes,
Mustard Pots
Butter Dish ,
Breakfast Criiets
Mudiners
The above are nice looking and
duruale
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A Happy New Year "   °°°‘°°°" °°°
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And let one of your good resolutions be to use, during 1900
Welcome Soap
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Never since we ba;an business have we shown gg well a stock ol len 'el
Furnishings atpopular prices, as that which now greets the holiday buyer
in Nwrwesr there is little of marit in the way ol shape, colorlngs and
patterns, wnicn we cannot furnish you. The “Aldershot,’ the new “Pul’
in checks, stripes, dots. etc., etc., is hm isrni nd drouy Tney are put up
one in a box, would make a very suitable Cliristm is present. Price 30 to
70 cents. Four in-hands, clubs, bows, and other styles, direct from mann
Clll"‘U‘l0D» the new Mndler in plain Black Silk, Satin and Plaid very
Suspenders, Gloves, Sweaters, Sleeve Buttons. and many things that a 
first-class and exclusive entlemen’a furnishin
g g house carry
Our prices will bs found very low for the quality.
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