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■flL , iSin THE PUMPKIN. It Is born beneath the shadow of a ,lelrt °* w,lT| nx oorn [( Mfi'mljl frmVi dA •tfJI From n flower whose golden color (i yy J) ' ,\yJKHIk -*•&- raff outshines the glow of morn. ffc ll! uH j 1 fi Where the bumblebees are work- I ! tug, their rough backs all lii ,1 ill/ Bfotf* V. V'V \ bright with gold, II MYS&kf And we loarn the wondrous secret / 'Mm their busy hum bos told. I i' v * m lVSlltlWl They say this flower sometimes V k 'Sj Will take a different form Ilf^.Uißn 11 ink And be the yellow pumpkin I t\/H~‘ ~'V\\Y Ml When autumn sunshines warm. ’I I \\ml, Ii iirl When the skillful housewife turns j - J/tf I lilt’® It by some necromancy keen l ~*yl\ [ 'MI / Into the pie so toothsome, with a ffeWj v.. 1 MH §f-?5 color bright and clean Sis'llf 1 \V>Ja 1 M| As the yellow of the pumpkin us jfbjjf ffiiS I Vi It y.'M It lay the corn among, 9>!ff ffvl \®3 1 • up Has a flavor sweet whoso richness SfH *1 18*3 'tP jIRA by poet Is unsung. J.-j I HjV V W Tk. So give to me the pumpkin Wq H v YmT* With the good old-fashioned pie. Mfy All hall, ali hall King Pumpkin, Vl3 Live ye long and never die. THE BOER AS A FIGHTER- The Boers are born lighters, u na tion of sharpshooters, they never waste a bullet; each Boer selects his man and kills him and keeps on doing the same thing all dny and every day un til the war is over. It is a common boast with them which they have made good iu more than one clash with the British, that ono Boer is equal to ten Englishmen. They do not come out and fight in the open, but swarm all over a mountain side, hiding behind trees and rocks, and woe to the thin red line or hollow square that comes within range of their unerring Mar tinis and Mausers. In fact, the Boer victories over the British soldiers are largely accountable for the British feeling against thorn, and in the bitter warfare against the nation the Success of the lloers bus been extraordinary. Fewer than 450 Boers resisted 12,- 000 of the fiercest Zulu warriors on December 10, 1838, and 3000 natives were left dead on tlie field, and this with old flint locks. President Kru- Kl !pi rf'>. FIELD CORNET'S MKSSENGF.It HANDING OVER COMMANDOS TO BOER FARMERS TO UK READY FOR WAR. ger, as a boy, helped the forty Dutch men hold off 2000 of the men of Mose litkuse, then the most renowned na tive captain in South Africa. The bravery of the meu is shown by the Attack that 135 of them made on 10,000 Zulus on the Marico River, driving them out of the Transvaal. These are simply better-known iu ctauees of the lighting abilities of the Boers. Every man has handled a gun from infancy. In the old days, when a Boer was not fighting the liorce na tives he was defending himself from eavage beasts. Every Boer has been trained iu warfare. They discovered the method of laagering their wagons, placing them in a hollow square, which the British generals have adopted as the most successful way of lightiug the natives. The Boers have shown thomselves masters of strategy, the result of constant warfare with a cruel and treacherous foe. WfttfS OM PCIUaTE ,f STATE- ARTIU.6RV TYPES OF BOER INFANTRY, CATALRY AND ARTILLERY. ' The Government of the South Afri can Republic is empowered to call •t any time the burghers for armed service. The Field Cornet of each district goes round and serves a no tice on the oonsoripts, who, mounted emd fortified against hunger for ten days by a supply of buck or^^ef, cured in the sun, and called “bil tong,” concentrate in the specified “dorp” or village, where they invaria bly meet in the markot place—the church, iron gated, iron steepled, in the background. Arms are distributed I . v \N< N >\. l , ~ & %k \\-X v - v : w x ,/y iflf : §H" W&'M fll : mji : • i ii ■■ mi 11 ■Mm s ii i" '■ 1 ■ ■■■'■■ ....... .i . .. INSPECTION OF A “COMMANDO” OF BOLUS IN THE MARKET PLACE OF A TOWN. to those who are without them; and as for forage, the velt is trusted to supply it at need. The commandant, who is the Dutch equivalent of. the English colonel, drills his forces as best he may; and a certain amount of military discipline is easily ac quired, despite the rather sloucliy ap pearance, duo in part to the absence of uniforms, except in the ease of the commandants, the other officers, and the “State Artillery.” The Boer much resembles our Amer ican Apache in his ability to live ou the shadow of things when in the field. A writer of South Africa, iu a contribution to u Loudon paper, calls attention to the ability of the Boer to live on rations which au ordinary trooper would not endure and his ca pacity to travel groat distances with horse in incredibly short timo. The Boer knows every road and trail of the Transvaal; as a hunter he knows the devious ways of the wastes beyond. He is an agriculturist and a hunter. By the law of self-preserva tion he has learned the wily ways of tho savage whom he displaced iu the Transvagi. The secret recesses of the mountains are at his command. Asa horseman ho much resembles our American cowboy. He can ride on top of the saddle, or over his horse’s neck, or Oossask fashion, with one foot in the stirrup, one leg on the snd dle and his bond and shoulders on the ground, ilis horse is part of his fam ily life. The beasts ave very hardy, sure-footed and affectionate. Then, too, the Boer is inured to the hard ships of the mountains, to long horse back journeys, scant allowances of food, treks on which the water supply is scarce. In the campaign of 1881 against the English the Boer took good care that his forces never faced the enemy iu the open field. He never offered open engagement. He chose his eyrie in the mountain gorges, and from that vantage-point he picked off the foe at his will. Even when he assanlted Ma juba Hill he came up rook by rock, squirming like a snake, twisting in and out and not firing until he bad a mark to hit j An English correspondent who went through the 1881 campaign wrote at that time of the fighting qualities of the Boers: “We never are able tc see the enemy. Except before the fight at Majuba Hill, 1 never saw but a hand ful of them at any time. And when they thought we noticed them they and their horses disappeared as if swallowed up by the earth. I think we all feel that they can shoot. Our losses at Hatley and Laing’s Nek showed that. We were very much in the open, but not a blessed Boer was to be seen. But every once in a while there was the crack of a rifle, and then one of our poor boys would go over, the line would close up and we would begin chasing again for the enemy we conld never find. I was taken prisoner just after General Colley was killed, and I can say that I could not have been treated better by any people. They were kind to our wounded, did not molest the dead nor insult us of the living. I think they are a very brave people, and, as I for fighting, they seem to know just as much about it as we do.” The Boer loves his country with a passionate patriotism. He is not a miner, or an engineer, or a railroad ! constructor. He is pre-eminenly an agriculturist. In Gape Colony nearly the whole pf the wheat growing is done by the Dutch farmers of the Western province. In the in terior the bulk of the grain used is supplied by the Dutch farmer of the Transvaal. The whole of the fruit crop is produced by Boers. Evou far up in Bechauanaland you will find Boer wagons from tho Republic loaded up with fruit, oat forage and other products. The Boers, in short, are a pastoral folk, stolidly content to be that and nothing else. They shun towns, shop v-py BOERS RECEIVING AMMUNITION. keeping and gold mining. ask only to live iu a moderate degree of comfort, iu a rude plenty; to provide for their children as they grow up and to he let alone. German Viceroy in the Caroline*. A correspondent of the Berlin Tageblalt calls attention to the fact that a German was Viceroy of the Caroline Islands thirty-five years ago. His name was Teteus, and he was captain of a ship which exported snails to China. Iu 18fi5 he married one of the daughters of tho “King” of the Carolines and bought of him one of the islands. Mule Gont* Among Sheep. A correspondent, of the Charleston Nerws and Courier sends the following information, based on personal ex perience, to the farmers of South Carolina: ‘‘lf yon put among a flock of sheep from three to four male goats the dogs will rarely attack them. Sheep always run to the goats for pro tection.” Novel Sport In the Fur Fust. The effete Parisian has just taken up the sport of fish contests. Oriental sporting men in Siam, Cochin China and some parts of Japan have long taken great delight in the lively con -5 *• - SIAMESE FIGHTING FISH. tests of the little fighting fish which are bred in the East for this particular purpose. The little finny belligerents are prettily colored red and blue fish, and when it comes to a matter of fight ing tlirsys stick to it to the death. BOERS WERE WAITING Further Particulars of Destruc tion of Armored Train. TOWN ON ENGLISH SOIL BESIEGED The Transvaal Flat: Is Raided Over New Castle—Kimberly Mines Are Threatened. The London Daily Mail’s Cape Town correspondent, telegraphing I Sunday evening, says: “Kimberly is besieged and the Boers are massing in force. No de tails, however, are obtainable. “The Boers have cut the railway at Belmont, have seized the Spyfontein railway station and constructed forti fied earth works. There are strong defending forces at Modder bridge and the Orange river bridge. “The object of these energetic oper ations is believed to be the capture of Cecil Rhodes. Kimberly is now iso lated, both railway and telegraphic communication being cut.” The Daily Mail’s Glencoe Camp correspondent under date of Sunday says: “A force under Commandant Viljoen from Spitzkep, occupied New Castle Saturday afternoon, and it is reported planted their flag over the town hall. “It is rumored that the Boers have captured a police patrol of six men at Dejagers, on the Buffalo river.” So far as actual news is concerned, very little change in the situation is noticed. The state affairs at Mafeking can only be conjectured. The occupa tion of New Caytle by the Boers was prepared for and expected, the place having been abandoned by the British. The Boers are reported by press dis patches to be menacing Kimberly. Boers Were On the Watch. Further details are at hand regard ing the destruction of the armored train at Kraaipan. These show that Captain Nesbitt, who was in command of the train, was warned at Maribago that the Boers held the line. He re plied that he was bound to proceed. Nearing Kraaipan, the train dashed into a culvert that had been blown up by the Boers, v’ho were lying in wait for the train. The Boer artillery im- I mediately opened fire and a desperate i fight appears to have ensued, lasting j four hours, with the odds greatly against the British. The precise de [ tails are nnoertain. It seems, however, that a police patrol, attracted by the firing, ap proached within about two thousand yards of Kraaipan, saw the train ditched with the Boer artillery still pounding at it, but noticed no re sponse. The Boers seemed afraid to approached until the wreck was com plete; and tho police feared, as there was no sign of life near the train, that the entire force had perished in a des perate attempt to get the train hack to Mafeking, where they knew it was anxiously awaited with itsload of guns and ammunition. It i.s reported that the Boers lost heavily, but there is no means of ver ifying this. Two miles of rails were torn up. There is no authoritative confirma tion of the report that a battle has been fought in Natal between Sir General George Stewart White and the Orange Free Styite troops, although there is no question that the Boers have crossed the frontier at several points. MA*Y EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS. Death List on the Inland of Coran Said to Have IJoni Fotir Thousand. Official dispatches from Batavia, cap ital of The Netherlands Indies, con firm the reports regarding the recent earthquake on the island of Cornu. Not only the town of Amhoi, on the south side of the inland, was destroy ed, but several other villages were wrecked. The official advices declare that no fewer than 4,000 people were killed and hundreds of others serious ly injured. Mareliand Wanted Revenge. Advices frotn Paris state that Major Marcliaud, who commanded the French expedition in the Soudan, wished to go and fight for the Boers for revenge for being compelled to withdraw from Fashoda, but the government refused him permission. SOLDIERS OX THE RACK. Misconduct of Georgia Troops IVfori Court of Inquiry. An Atlanta, Ga., dispatch says: The court of inquiry appointed by the governor to investigate the miscon duct of the Georgia troops in North Carolina, while enroute home from the Dewey celebration, began its la bors Wednesday night. All the offi cers who were aboard the train at the time were examined. The hearing was held behind closed doors, but nuless all signs fail, the issue was not entirely satisfactory. It is given out that all who are shown to have been concerned in the depreda tions will be dishonorably discharged. JUDGE HENDERSON DEAD. Was For Twelve Year* Georgia's Agricul tural Commlstloner. Judge J. T. who was for twelve years commissioner of ag riculture for Georgia, and for many years a prominent figure in the state, died at the home of his son-in-law in Atlanta Monday morning after a long illness. He was seventy-two years of age, and had been in feeble health for sev eral years. (iov. Mai It \g^ as,lin 2* too Utscii Speak. SOME Y§t TL^DEDUCTIONS The jrs Held Different Vie*r I* Were Liberally \ ipplauded. rag At Huntsville, Ala., Thursday, the two foremost negroes of the country and a representative white man of the south talked plainly and fearlessly on the race problem to the delegates at tending the Southern Industrial con vention. Anticipating the discussion of this subject, the Huntsville opera house was crowded by delegates, their friends and representative citizens from the northern part of the state when the morning session began. The cause of the negro was upheld, but on different lines, by Prof. Booker T. Washington, president of the Tus kegee Normal school, and William H. Council!, principal of the Agricultural and Mechanical college, at Normal, Alabama. The views of these two men are well known. Professor Washington believes the ignorant negro should not be allowed to vote, but favors the placing of the same restriction upon the illiterate white rnau. Professor Couneill wants the negro eliminated from politics and his edueatian as an industrial factor promoted. The speeches of these two negroes were remarkable, and the cheering from their white hearers was as brisk as that sent out by men of the speak ers’ color, who packed the galleries. Governor MacCovkle was liberally ap plauded by both whites and blacks. His recommendation that a strict edu cational qualification be imposed upon all negro voters was received with fa vor by both whites and negroes. The concordance of views presented by the speakers prevented any controversy and *he quick adjournment of the convention at the conclusion of the speeches shut off discussion if any were intended. Transvaal War Touched Upon. The only departure from the subject discussed by MacCorkle, Washington and Councill was an address on agri culture by Prof. C. W. Dabney, of Knoxville, Tenn., president of the Uni versity of Tennessee. As he conclud ed, Prof. Dabney said: “We hear today that the peaceful farmers of the Transvaal are on the verge of being forced from their do mains. "Whither are they going? They are hemmed in on all sides by foreign powers. I believe a great crime is about to be perpetrated. But it is the result of the march of progress. It is inevitable. It is the law of nature and the law of nature is the law of God.” Great interest attached to Governor MacCorkle’s speech, as he was expect ed to make suggestions of a radical nature regarding the settlement of the negro problem. He was loudly cheer ed as he arose. Mr. MacCorkle said in part; “To the practical men who desire the upbuilding of the south, the time has come to speak plainly and hon estly. The race question is no longer a question of the south. It is a ques tion of the whole country, and is af fecting the whole body politic. “In my judgment, the negro is not ready to be left to himself. It is the duty of the people who brought him here to stand by him and to help him during the evolution of the great problem. “If you do not colonize these peo ple, how will you save the country from the natural increase? Will they not overwhelm and become the domi nant race, thus displacing the Anglo- Saxon civilization. This argument is often heard and often believed. Many people are of the opinion that the ne gro from more natural increase will become the dominant race factor in the south. “I do not believe that this danger threatens us. Since the events of the last year, I am more impressed by the suggestion that in addition to Cuba and Porto Rico, we should have under our conti ol Hayti and San Domingo. The educated black of this country will then naturally turn to these is lands, where his labor in every sphere is at a premium, and where he can live better and easier and be more effi cient than in any other part of the world, excepting Africa. Boers Possess Thirty Maxims. Hiram S. Maxim, in the course of an interview at London, said: “So far as I am aware the Boers possess thirty Maxims, but the British need not fear the Boer artillery, which has always proved a source of weakness rather than strength to the burghers.” JON'BS IN ST. LOUIS. Chairman of National Democratic Com mittee Take* Charge of Affair*. Chairman Jones, of the national Democratic committee, arrived in St. Louis Sunday evening from New York and went to the Planters’ hotel, where he will confer later with Vice Chairman Stone and other party leaders. He was met by Urey Woodson, member of the national committee from Kentucky, and the two spent some time talking over the situation in the Blue Grass state. < yHe is Wise Who Talks But Little This is only a half truth. If •wise men l.&d held their tongues, nue should know nothing about the circulation of the blood. If 2 lucre not for this advertisement you might never krtenv that Hood’s Sars.ipa niLi is the best bleed medicine. 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