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on the other hand, there was no earnest
effort to keep families together. An
accidental separation for few minutes
when the troopers came up might re-
suit in the members of the family never
seeing each other again, nor ever hear
ing Of each other, as one was taken to
the east and another to the west.
In other words, the depopnlation pol
icy of Mr.. Chamberlain has been virtu-
ally another Acadian expulsion. There
were kind hearts then among the Brit
ish who shipped away the poor Acadi-
ans to the Gulf of Mexico, in obedience
to orders. And there are chivalrous
souls now who detest the work to
which perverted moral sense in the
British government has set them. But
the fact remains that in the year 1901
the British government revived its an
cient Acadian policy which has been
excused for century as belonging to
barbarous age.
When Weyler depopulated Cuba in
order to starve out the armed insur-
gents, he at least let the families march
together to the reconcentrado camps.
But the British authorities in driving
non-fghting Beers from their farms in
order to make the land desert, were
not careful to keep children with pa
rents nor wives with husbands, and, in
consequence, hundreds of Dutch fami-
lies, whose only crime was an obstinate
love of liberty, have been torn hope
lessly apart and their members de-.
ported to the ends of the earth.
Americans would never do that kind
of thing to foe; and to the English
people, right-minded when rightly
aware, the thing can be no less detest-
able
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himself into doing with very little wa
ter. But it was slowly learned les
son. In the long tricks of the infant
rvs northward march it availed nothing
to put sentries around condemned wa
ter to save men from the contagion of
enteric.
If the sentry warned his comrades
their thirst outweighed by far their
patience. If he tried to drive them
back he was thrown down for a GER
tainty and the mud, germs and all,
was scooped up like nectar.
Out Of the tens of thousands that
took the chances of fever by drinking
any water they got near there was
evolved an enteric type. He was the
man who had abruptly changed his
mode Of living.
If he used to drink considerably be-
fore the campaign and its privations
kept all stimulants from him he was
very Liable to go down. If he had
been abstemious before and sought to
brace himself against exhaustion with
spirits when he could get them then
again he was likely subject. AS
with most fevers of the kind scarcely
a man over forty was infected.
The Beers had comparatively little
enteric. They moved in smaller bodies
and consequently there was more good
water to go round. Their mode of
transit saved them from the thirst of
the foot marches.
The Boer and the ''fontein" were
made for each other. For the size
of their country they do not happen
very frequently and they haven't
proved accommodating to strangers
who have sought to put them to I'M
tried uses.
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RETAIL GROCERs' ASSOCIATION.
MILWAUKEE,. OFFICIAL LINZ,
''THE MILWAUKEE,"

The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway has been selected as the Of
fetal route from the Twin Cities and
Northwest to National Retail Grocers'
Association meeting at Milwaukee
January 27-29
Special cars for accommodation of
grocers and their friends will leave
Minneapolis 500 p. m. and st. Paul
S.35 p. m. on the celebrated Pioneer
Limited, January 26, arriving at Mil
waukee 700 a. m. the 9th.
Rate will be fare and third for
round trip on certificate plan. Tickets
on sale January oath, 25th, 26th, eth
and 2Sth.
"The Milwaukee, also has day train
leaving Minneapolis $50 a. m. and st.
Paul $50 a. M, arriving in Milwaukee
7.O5 p. m.
Apply at '"The Milwaukee's" Office Or
write J. T. Conley, Asst. Gen. Pass.
Agent, st. Paul, for further inforna-
ton.
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BERMUDA PRISON CAMPS.
Boer Captives of War are Treated
BarbarOusly.

The following letter appears in last
Sundays New York Sun. and is calcu-
lated to excite sympathy for the Boer
prisoners at the very doors of this re-
public:
A recent pamphlet by Capt. John A.
Hassall, M. e., concerning the British
treatment of their 1000 Boer captives
in Bermuda, reads like the exposure Of
Weylerism in Cuba.
Capt. Hassall is a mining engineer,
of American birth, who lived in the
Transvaal republic for dozen years,
while developing it's mines as an en-
pert. lie is said to have fought at
Majuba Hill and helped to capture DIR.
Jameson. When the present war broke
out he was appointed to the captaincy
of the American scouts in the Boer
army He went through the Butler
campaign, and fought till broken down
by severe wounds. Then he returned
to his family in New York.
- II" "SSAo ASO OupL. IluSSill lliuS
an expedition to visit the famous con-
centration camp of his former COM
rades in the Bermuda Islands. The
visit was attended with personal dam
ger, as his name had been implicated
in the plot to capture Lord Roberts In
Pretoria. But as an American tourist
he gained the confidence of a British
official who was himself outraged at
the cruel treatment of the Boer cap
tives. and through him he gained adj
mission to the various camps, and he
now tells what seems like plain story
Of what he saw.
-Four thousand Beers, of whom over
20 per cent. are very old men and
young children, are confined on five
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A ROAST FOR ROSEBERY.
John E. Redmond Says His Speech
Was LudtcfOuS.

After his arrival in Ireland from the
United States John E. Redmond, NJ.
p, delivered an address in which he
referred to Lord Rosebery's speech at
Chesterfield as follows:
II notice that recently some Eng
fish statesmen have been turning their
attention to Irish affairs. I notice
that our enemies among the English
statesmen are giving more attention to
Ireland than ever they gave before,
and l say that, in itself, is a conclu-
sive proof that our movement has
already gathered sufficient strength
and momentum to make it dangerous,
and, as believe, irresistible. (Cheers.)
read since landed, with interest
and with great amusement, a speech
delivered the other day at Chester
field by Lord Rosebery daughter
and lisses.) Fellow countrymen, the
thing that amuses me is that Lord
Rosebery's utterances are still able to
command so much of the attention of
the world. To me the speech which he
made the other day is absolutely ludi-
crous. What is the position that he
takes up? He has denounced the Con-
sentative party in all the moods and
lenses; he has denounced their policy;
he has denounced individual Ministers.
He has denounced with equal candor
the Liberal party; he has denounced
them and their conduct and their
policy for many years past. He says
that they have been suffering from
long and painful illness. (Laughter)
But now he says they are convalescent,
Qaughter), and if only they will come
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tints, which had their counterpart and
translation on the margin. The color
of the place we were on meant "copious
water"
Beyond a doubt there was to be seen
a ''fontein' not quarter of mile
away. 1t looked like big enough
pond for a farm, where hundred cat
tie might wade and drink in comfort
daily.
But here was division of cavalry.
The transport wagons and gun car
riages were parked in rows for the
night. Their draught teams freed
from their weary pull turned water
ward. In ten minutes the "fontein"
was of the color and consistency Of
black porridge.
A few horses and mules not strong
enough to pull any further put their
last remnant Of energy into trot that
brought them to the middle> Of the
pond. There they were too perfectly
happy to drink, so they settled down
forward, rolled over and died drowning.
The others drank their fill of mud with
gasping sides.
And the men made the best of it,
loading their cook pots and water bot
ties. BY rest time the 'fontein" was
so drained that Lancer could have
stuck lance in the middle of it and
it would have stood upright.
But the cavalry division had had it's
''copious water" 1t could get scarce
~ drop more in the morning and was
in consequence not at it's best for rapid
work. So much the worse for the big
crowds and so much better for the
agile, rowing commanders. For the
"fontcins" decided the question of
transport and they were on the side of
the burghers.
Other means of getting water are
not readily devised. Near Kroonstad
there have been for years two bore
holes 5000 feet deep. The water they
have tapped comes to within fifteen
feet of the surface and by pumping a
good stream of clear water could al
ways he kept up. But the idea of ar
tesian wells to water field force was
altogether too slow even for such a
deliberate organization as the British
Army.
The thing that a man would not do
for the sake of water cannot be named
Life itself was the price hundreds Of
times. If the British soldiers were
ever near mutiny it was at nightfall
when they We're without water and did
not know where to turn to find any
On the night after the first Modder
River fight darkness came before half
of Lord Methucn's division had got
within a mile of the river. The
agony of thirst so mastered some of
them that they would have drained the
boilers of the locomotives of the mill
tary trains ut rail head.
In case of emergency the locomotives
were kept with steam up and boilers
filed all night through. Their en-
gineers in compassion gave one after
another his water bottle filled until
hundreds clamored round them
Very soon peremptory orders were
shouted from the railroad officer that
the engineer who gave another drop of
water would be court martialed. The
thirstmaddened soldiers groaned as
under a death sentence. For the rest
of the night they waited their turn to
lie across the rails under the engine
boilers catching the hot greasy leak
ages from the waste pipes.
Army doctors who had experience at
the business said man could school
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to his view of looking at the future he
is welcome to assist them,

is welcome to assist them.
ut reminds one of DR.. Johnson's
famous definition of patron. He
said to a famous Englishman, Lord
Chesterfeld: "My lord, a patron is a
man who, when he sees another strug-
Cling in the water drowning, does
nothing, but when that man has safely
reached the bank, then encumbers
him with his helps" and cannot help
thinking that the Liberal party, those
Of them, at any rate, whom Lord Rose
berry desires to cumber with his help,
must regard him much in that light.
(Hear, hear) He is not satisfied with
the Conservative party; he is not salts
fed with the Liberal party, and need
not say he is not satisfied with the
Irish parity. "a voice-'We don't
want him.D There is one party that
he is satisfied with, and that party is
the party of Lord Rosebery. (Laugh-
ter) I could not help thinking when
1 was reading this speech of one of
those witty amusing comic operas
written by Gilbert and Sullivan. In
The Gondoliers' there is famous
character who goes by the name of
the Duke Of Plaza Toro, and this gen.
tleman offers himself to the public as
limited company. Naughter) He
suggests that he should be turned
into limited company under the
name of the Duke of Plaza Toro, Linn
tied, and he asks the public to take
shares in the concern. 1t seems to me
that Lord Rosebery is the Duke Of
Plaza Toro of to-day Qaughter), and
his policy is, while he rejects the Con-
sentative party, while he rejects the
Liberal party, to put himself forward
as limited company, and ask the
English public to take shares in him.
0aughter.) In a few witty words Of
that opera Gilbert gives description
which, think, with the alteration Of
just one word, exactly fits Lord Rose
berry. He says:
"'In enterprise of martial kind, when
there was any fighting,
He led his regiment from ,behind-he
found it less exciting;
And when his party met defeat, his
place was in the flllrow-
That celebrated, cultivated, moderated
nobleman, the Duke of Plaza
Toro.'
Uaughter)
"Really, gentlemen, find it difficult
to treat this subject of Lord Rosebery
seriously. But think, if one may for
moment regard it in serious light,
it is great advantage to us, because
1t clears the air. 1t shows those of the
Liberal party-and there are many of
them, both in Parliament and out of
it, who are honest Radicals and hon
est friends of Ireland Clear, hear; it
shows them, once for all, that Lord
Rosebery has ceased to be a Liberal;
that the Liberal party can have no
hope from him in the future; and it
shows us-if, indeed, we need to be
shown it at all-that there is no Eng
lish statesman of to-day, whether
Chamberlain or Salisbury or any Of
the others, who more deserves to be
distrusted by the Irish people than
this man. who proposes to the Liberal
party, as a new policy, to clean the
state, and thereby remove from the
records Of that party its most glorious
chapter when it followed the lead Of
Gladstone in the effort to do Justice
to Ireland. (Cheers.)
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SUFFER FROM THIRST.
Harlships Endured by Soldiers In South
Africa.

Water more than all other needs put
together is the constant craving of men
who march under the sun, and shoot
The immediate objective of every fight
in South Africa is the control of a
SO Ontein." The side that fails to re-
tain it must sheer off-must seek the
next one, which means retreat, for
there are rarely more than two in a
days journey.
The big pitched battles decided the
command of the main rivers and the
hills that bound their watersheds They
were the scenes of the early strategy.
Lord Methuen had to get back to
the water after he failed to dislodge
Piet Cronje at Magersfontein, for there
was no water near where the unsuc-
cessful assailant found himself after
his attack. Cronje himself when he
saw the danger of being surrounded in
the same Magersfontein stronghold
was compelled for reasons of water to
keep along the banks Of the Modder
in his forced march to the east and
it was in the river bed at Paardeberg
that he met his finish.
Every one knows how "Ferryman"
Butler chung to the river up and down
the Tugela. These were the big fights
between large numbers and the SOL
diers needed something like a run
ming river close at hand if they were to
keep alive.
But for a long time now all the
characteristic manoeuvres of the
mounted feet ON both sides-of the
Beers who have moved on horseback
and fought on foot all the time and
of the British mounted infantry who
are now trying to organize on similar
lines-have had for their Indispensable
end access to enough water for man
and beast to refresh both for the next
move.
Every ''laagtc" and "pan' and 'vlei"
belongs to the "fontein' family and
each denotes an oasis in the dry land
scape of the vcldt. These "fontcins"
are never the limpid, plashing water
that is brought to the eye by the
charm Of the word fountain"
Assuredly they are not wells, which
is often ventured as a rough transla-
ton of the word. They are like moth
ing except themselves. The military
map maker has been known to describe
them as "copious water"
Late in the afternoon before the bat
tie of Driefontcin, or Abrams Kraal,
as some call it, this writer was with
Gen. French's staff. The English
cavalry division had finished it's pre-
scribed trek for the day.
Its outposts We're within skirnishing
touch of the burgher patrols of Della
rey and De Vets army. The rapid
twilight closed around G,OOO men and
as many horses, besides an odd thou
sand of transport mules, and every
mouth and limb among them asked on
ly to quench thirst and rest.
The Generals ade-dc-camp unfolded
his War Office map and remarked in
disgust, "rhis is what we have got to
go OH with"
1t was an imposing and artistic docu
ment. Its scale was large in propor
ton Of inches to miles; much was
printed over 1t about the traversible
possibilities of the country it represent
cd; and some Of its most important
features were distinguished by colored
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A cu,hla Gal No chree,

A CusAla Gal No Chree.
The long, long wished-for hour has
come,
Yet come, astor, in vain;
And left thee but the wailing hum
OF sorrow and of pain;
My light of life, my only love!
Thy portion, sure, must be
Mans scorn below, Gods Wath
above
A cuisle seal mo chroidhe!
I've given for thee my early prime,
And manhood's teemihg years;
I've blessed thee in my merrieSt Vine,
And shed with thee my tears;
And, mother, though thou cast awaI
The child who'd die for thee,
My fondest wishes still should pray
For cuisle Seal mo chroidhe!
For thee I've tracked the mouaAia
sides,
And slept within the brake,
More lonely than the swan that glMes
On Lua's fairy lake.
The rich have spurned me from tAear
door,
Because I'd make thee free;
Yet still I love thee more and more,
A cuisle geal mo chroidhe!
J,1,o r,,,, tina o,,tJo ,,,so wild ooroon
And borne his load of i'll;
His rocky couch-his dreamy fear
With fixed, sustaining will;
And should his last dark chance befaN,
Even that shall welcome be;
In death I'd love thee best Of all,
A cuisle geal mo chroidhe!
Twas told of thee, the world around,
Twas hoped for thee by all,
That with one gallant sunward boual
Thou'dst burst long ages thrall;
Thy faith was tried, alas! and those
Who periled all for thee
Were cursed and branded as thy foes,
A cuisle geal mo chroidhe!
What fate is thine, unhappy Isle,
When even the trusted few
Would pay thee back with hate and
guile,
When most they should be true!
Twas not my strength or spirit quailed,
Or those who'd die for thee
Who loved thee truly have not failed,
A cuisle geal mo chroidhe!
Michael Doheny.
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NJ FAILS AMI lSh.
Sugar Cured Ham. Observation-Disclosures SHE
Choice Bacon, lb Observation-Disclosures. 10
Fancy Shoulders, Id observation-disclosures. .O8
Fancy Dried Beef, Id. ............... IA
1Olb pail Lard NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Ito
Pork, clear bean, lb. Observation-Disclosures. 90
Boneless Cod, 8 lib packages. ....... 20
Herring, per box Observation-Disclosures. 20
2-lb cans Corn Beef, 3 cans. ...... go
2-lb cans, Roast Beef, cans. ......... 80
2-lb cans Lunch Tongue, 3 cans. 800. S5
Lib cans Plum Pudding, 3 cans. $500. 80
h-lb cans Veal Loaf, cans. ........ .55
1a-lb cans Chicken Loaf, 6 cans. ....... 80
1a-lb cans Deviled Tongue, per doz.. 90. As
1a-lb cans Deviled Ham, per doz. 900. AS
h-lb cans Sausage with Tomatoes, per
uoZ. ............ 1W
h,lb cans Chicken Tamale, per doz. 80. ITO
Holland Herring, 1O-lb kegs. ........ go
Armour's choice Mince Meat, 10-lb pals rs
5.lb pails Virginia Mince Meat: ....... 40
PURE SPICES AND EXTRACTS.
14-oz cans Black Pepper. .............$ IL
14-oz cans White Pepper. ........... .32
14-oz cans Cinnamon. ............... 90
14-oz cans Ginger .................. 20
14-oz cans Allspice. .................. 20
14-oz cans Gloves. observation-disclosures. 20
14-oz cans Mustard. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 20
14-oz cams Cream Tartar. ............. .3S
14-oz cans Nutmeg, whole. ........... 80
Lib can Prices Baking Powder. ...... SO
lib can ROYAL Baking Powder 90
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AN ARABS PRAYER.
The Plea That Was Uttered by a Pill
grim TO Mecca.

The Plea That Was Uttered by a Pill
grim to Mecca.
A correspondent Of the London Post
who witnessed pilgrimage to Mecca
records the following prayer which he
heard delivered there by an Arab pill
grim:
20 Almighty God" he cried, now |
am sure you will not send me to hell!
A place in paradise is surely reserved
for me. You know l was not rich, be-
ing only poor barber, but through
my economy and perseverance | laid
by some money. My first intention
was to buy wife with my savings;
but, being, as you know, a sensible
man. | thought it more advisable to
make use Of them to come to your
house first of all to insure to myself a
hOuri in paradise, and remember. 0
my Lord, that want palace as well.
| do not want to be a shaver In the
next world. We read in the traditions
that those who hold high positions
here will be miserable hereaft er where
as the wretched in this life will be
rich in heaven. SO | implOre you, in
the name of MohammCd. our prophet,
who was created before this world
was made and who will sit down on
your right hand on the day Of judg-
ment and plead on behalf Of his PEG
pie, to listen to my requests. When
return home. l have nothing to live on.
Therefore | want comfortable living
to begin with, and, since it may be
long before | meet the houri you are
rescrving for me in paradise, | want
to have a nice little wife now. You
know the kind Of woman like. Moth
ing is hidden from you. am not
greedy. and so shall not ask you for
many. But, o Lord, may | ask you
for two? For, as yOn know full well,
it is not in the nature Of man to be
with one"
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IL Was Revised.

"Have you Il revised copy OF the New
Testament in the library. Miss Reid|'
asked the young man who was max
ing an evening call.
NO, Mr.. Slow" she replied. II re-
greet to say we haven't"
whats u revised cOpy?' asked Bob
by. who had been permitted to sit up
later than usual.
You are rather young yet. Bobby.
to understand such matters" said his
sister kindly a revised copy means
that certain changes have been made in
the Bible which were considered neceS-
sary to better understanding of the
text. Now you had better run off to
bed-tbere's good boy"
The young man could scarcely con
ceal his admiration.
"Well, If that's what ii is" said Bob
by, "our family Bible is revised, cause
pa changed it the other day. He
scratched out the date of your birth
and made it three years later He told
ma something about you and Mr.. Slow
and said that it wouldn't do any harm
nOhow. and If Mr.. Slow wanted to look
at it 1t might do II deal of good"
Presently the young man went away,
and a family consultation was held. 1t
resulted in Bobby passing a sleepless
night.
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Indian HeadSmen,

Nowhere is to be found Il more pom
pous or more awe inspiring person
than the headsman. who plays in India
the role which the official hangman
plays in European city.
His deadly work he performs with
great skill. and in his bearing there is
a certain dignity which is never seen
in a European hangman. Moreover,
while in Europe the pOpulace regards
q hangman with IL feeling which is
partly contempt and partly horror, the
people Of India respect and fear the
public executiOner and never seem to
think that he has lowered himself in
the social scale by accepting the office
of headsman
On festive occasions and when ar
rayed in his robes of office the execu-
toner is decidedly picturesque figure
and altogether different from the SOM
Der and grim hangman Of Europe.
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His NiSbtc1D.

Young Husband Oicking up bundle
from tablc)-What have you here. love
something for me:
YOurg Wifc-Ycs, dear. | went shop
ping this morning expressly to buy
them for You. hope youll like them.
Young Husband 49, Like theml OF
course III like them if you bought
them. But what are they?
Young Wife-They're nightcaps, dear.
heard you tell Sparkles this morning
that you'd go down to the club with
him this evening and get nightcap,
and l made up my mind at once that
I'd save you that trouble by seeing
that you had some In the house. Just
open the parcel and try them on, won't
you, lOye?-Pearson's