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If you intend to build, look at this before purchasing. ' Water, gas and sewer on the avenue will be sold at a Bargain. _ w. H. avmcron, Real Estate and Insurance Room I. Gazettem ’l’d. News and Opinions :-———Or+— National Importance, The SUN ALONE CONTAINS BOTH. Daily, by mail ............. $5 a year ' Daily and Sunday. by mail. . $8 a year The Su nday SUN nday Newspaper .n the world- Price 51: a copy. By mail $2 a year, Address THE SUN New York .1“ c i, * '- , it . . f Wizard file use of . . eastern part of the Transvaal. 'some interesting details of the Boer I ARMY 'OF THE BOERS. .-.--—-———- l Fighting Men Who Offer Prayer Be- fore Going Into Battle. 'i‘he First View of Gen. Joubcrt’l Forces Is Not Very Impressive, But They Perform Wonders with Their Long Rifles. .An Englishman who accompanied the Boer al'my under Gen. Joubert in the recent campaign against M'Pefu, chief of the Makatcse, in the north- gives military organization and other mat- ters. .The commandounder Gen. Jou- bert was the largest ever assembled in the Transvaal. numbering with the na- tive allies, nearly 10,000 men. This force was divided into five laagers, each under its commandant. The first impressipn of a Boer army, the writer says, is not flattering. There is no ap- pearance of order and the men are not uniformed, which is in striking contrast with the regular armies of other coun- tries. But the apparent absence of dis- cipline is only on the surface. Com- mandos are made up of burghers drawn from various districts, each man con- sidering himself on an equality with any other. They are only subject to orders from their own district com- mandants, who in turn are responsible to the general. In the field all fare alike, the commissariat knowing no dis- tinctions. The only regulars are the state artillery, drawn from the sons of the burghers and paid about $2 a day. One of the principal features of the Boer laagers in the campaign was the religious exercises each evening, when the men would assemble under their , leaders for prayer, concluding with the Singing of their battle hymn, “Rust, myn ziel, nev God is Honing” (Rest, my soul, your God is king). War with the Boers is considered a religious duty, and enforced by the state only in self- defense. The night before the storm- ‘ 373'; . GEN. JOUBERT. (Commander in Chief of the Transvaal ' Military Forces.) ing of M’Pefu’s stronghold in the Ma- ' gato mountains a united prayer meet- ing was held of all the laagcrs under the personal leadership of Gen. Joubert, "and the scene is described as singdlarly impressive. The day following the Makatese position was carried, with only trifling loss, after the kraals had been subjected to a heavy artillery fire; and the remainder of the campaign was pushed with such vigor that several of the chiefs, with their men, surrendered, and M’Pefu, with about 10,000 followers, took refuge in Mashonaland, in Rho- desia, across the Limpopo river. The victory of the Boers was complete, and was a signal triumph for Gen. Joubert, thaiMagato mountains having been con- sidered impregnable and the strongest natural fastnesses in South Africa. Of . Gen. Joubert himself, known among his men as Slim Piet, the writer says he has been uniformly successful, notwithstanding that his detractors have proved to their own satisfaction times without number, that he has neither military talents, courage nor backbone. That may be, he says, be- cause of his appearance on the field of battle, which is not impressive, his cos- tume during the Magato campaign having been a tweed suitwith atailcoat. But neither the general nor his men care for externals; and although their clothes would hardly excite the envy of a. self-respecting tramp. they do ex- cellent work in them. The writer says it is a great mistake to suppose that the Boers hate individ- ual Englishmen. It is only against the government that they entertain hatred. Throughout the campaign he describes himself as having been the recipient of nothing but kindness from the general down, and that without any sacrifice of his own opinions. The only question on which he had to be a little circum- spect was as to what would happen if war broke out between the two coun- tries. Discussions on this subject were hot and frequent, the general'conclu— sion being that the conflict would be the greatest disaster which could befall South Africa. From ~what he saw, the writer says, he could. well believe this would be the case; for, while England must eventually win, the obstinate re- sistance of 60,000 burghers, fighting for their hearths and homes, and. with .a thorough knowledge of the country, would mean that England could only assert her sovereignty over the repub- lic after great bloodshed, and then would have to face after consequences even more serious. - Iron House. for Africa. A British firm.has just completed the last shipment to Mombassa of 100 all-- iron houses, amounting to over $75,000 in. value, and required for protection to the workmen employed in the forma- tion of the Uganda railway, which wlil‘ ultimately connect with' the much- talked-of railway line from Cairo to the expo. - l’ ' in" mm smiths?” i'i'hose \Vho "Know Baptiste Gui-nice Best Call Him the Greatest Hunter In the World. aw ltitle of a. paper by Capt. James Cooper Ayres, United States army, in the Cen- tury. The hunting expedition ‘made in 1893, and Gen. Brookeytook part in it. Our hunter and guide par excellence was Baptiste Garnier, or “Little Bat," as he was generally called. He was five feet six inches tall; his frame was well knit; every muscle was developed; his lungs were as sound as an antelope’s; ' r \i1 ’I' 2/4 of HOW BAT SHOOTS. (From a Drawing in the Century.Ma:g-. azine.) . his eye had the power; of a microscope; and a. rifle had been his plaything since boyhood. His father was French and his mother Indian, and he inherited the energy, bravery and endurance of’the old Canadian voyageurs, with the re- markable observation and instinctive knowledge of topography and of the habits of animals of the aborigines- of the plains. His mission in life seemed to be to kill, and probably his aggregate bag would surpass that. of any other- hunter in this country. He kept :1 rec- ord only of the bears he killed, and that record had then reached 85. Mr. Webb Hayes, son of the late err-president, who was one of our party, called him “the greatest hunter in the world.” His wonderful powers of.“ trailing game were our admiration ‘He would ride along on his pony and occasionally make such remarks as: “Two mountain sheep crossed there yesterday,” or “A blacktail deer and fawn passed along here this morning,” and we would look in vain for a sign. He would trail a deer or an elk at a. trot, and presently-re- mark: “He’s over in those bushes,” and, sure enough, there he would be. He had the true Indian taciturnity about his success as a hunter. Mr. Col- onc of Bat’s elk hunts. He was on a hunt with Gen. Crook some years ago, and one afternoon strolled off alone and on foot. When he returned at dark, Mr. Collins said: “Well, Bat, did you see anything?” “Saw 13 elk,” was the re- l ply, with an intonation that seemed to : end the conversation. Mr. Collins persevered: “Did you get any of them ‘3”. “Yes; I got them.” He had actually ' slaughtered the whole band of 13 elk. coon APPOINTMENT. fl" l l | Rev. Dr. McDowell, of Denver, Made Secretary of the Methodist Board of Education. Rev. Dr. W. F. M‘Dowell, the new secretary of the Methodist Episcopal board of education, and until now chan- cellor of the University of Denver, is ”an educator of exceptional ability and conspicuous reputation. In the labor to which he just has been called he REV. W. F. M'DOWELL. D. l). of the. Methodist Episcopal (Secretary , Board of Education.) all the universities and“ colleges' in America that are under the wingof the Methd’dist church. The doctor was born in Holmesvcountyyou and took his bachelorship of the arts from the Ohio Wesleyan university in 1883, Some time later Dr. McDowell was gradu- ated a bachelor or divinity from the Boston Upiversity school of theology. ‘He at once began to preach and won recognition as a brilliant orator and scholar in the pulpits and councils of Ohio: His eminently scholarly. qual- ising educator, and the executive abil-- will come in contact with the work of. '1 an EN EN in G“ G 1‘, “After Big Game with Pucks" is the ' was lins, of Omaha, likes to tell the story of ‘ ifications singled him out as a promy ity he early displayed only served to. emphasize the good opinion of him his scholarship had won. McDowell has been chancellor of the Denver university, and he' reccnfly dc.- clined its presidency, after having’neen elected: to that post. of honor and more widely useful activ- ities. His headquarters as secretary of - the board of education will be in New York city. "'l‘h'e Great Myst'ci'y 'Gt' Sloop. That little is definitely known as to the cause of sleep is decidedly. curious. says the Medical Record. Sleep—~per- haps the most marvelous phenomenon in the world—may rightly be termed a mystery. .v A‘b-w—D- - Since 1889 Dr . His future is full ' ' the Cincinnati Azn Staff is GOLD MINING. There- Is Reason to Relieve It May Be Curried on Profitably in the Philippines. ‘ At this distance and. with the slight exploratory work which has been car- ried? on in the Philippine islands, says the Engineering Magazine, the miner- als that can be profitably exported are best known. Mr. George F. Becker in his recent investigation has given a very clear view of'the present mineral exploration in the Philippines, and has shown that gold is found in a great number of localities in the archipelago, from northern Luzon to central Min- danao. In- most cases the gold is detrital‘, and is. found either in existing water courses or in deposits now de- serted by the current. It is saidthatin 'Mindana-o some of the gravels are in an elevated position and adapted to hydraulic mining. There are no data at hand which indicate decisively the va ue of any of the placers, but the fact that they are washed largely with cocoanut shells for pans by the natives is an indication of either rich deposits or quite coarse gold. In the province of Abra, at the northern end of Luzon, there are placers, and the River Abra itself yields auriferous gravel. In Le Planto there are gold quartz veins as well as gravels, and here also is the best; developed deposit of copper ores, although these are also reported from a great number of localities on the is- lands of Luzon, Mindoro, Capul, Mas- bate, Panay and Mindanao. The last island is practically unexplored and full of possibilities. ”ENGLi‘s-H PLUCK. in This Instance it “/33 [tough and Not Owen-nice, But It Won the Victoria Cross. Maybe it was at Isandula, with Lord Chelmsford‘s army. or it may have been during the Zulu war, says Collier’s Weekly, after an engagement in which the British troops were defeated by Cetewayo’s black warriors, and were compelled to fly for their lives, an Eng- lish cavalryman, whose scraggy little pony limped from an assegai slash, de- tached himself from the retreat and galloped back upon the charging Zulus. A glance over his shoulder had shown him a. dismounted comrade, stumbling painfully along, trying to jam some cartridges into hisclogged re- volver. - When the troopcr’s pony trotted up the Zulus were almost upon the two soldiers; fortunately they had discarded their spears and were mis- handling captured carbines. Now, in a melodrama or in a realistic novel edify— ing to schoolgirls, the language of these two gallant soldiers, one to the other, there amid the squealing Zulu bul- lets, would have been noble, lofty, in- spiring and godlike. This is what they really said‘: ‘ “Get out 0’ this, Bill, ye bloomin’ iji’t—the black beggars’ll skewer you!” gaspegthe wounded man. “You climb up on this ’orse or I’ll punch your d—n head off!” was the re- ply from the trooper. And it is delightful to be able‘to say that he did climb up, and they both es- caped from the “black beggars,”. and the trooper got the Victoria cross. SIZE OF ANIMALS.- Certain Species of Our Day Are Much Smaller Than They “fete- in Early Eras. Most of the gigantic animals of geo— logical eras belonged to species which have completely vanished, and of those which have living representatives it is difiicult to say whether they have un- dergone a true change of size or wheth- er their modern examples are merely survivals ofsmaller contemporary va- rieties. The larger animals, Enquirer, have "a tendency to disappear first in a par- tial failure-of food supply. Gigantic armadilloes closely resembling those of ‘the present day were formerly abun- dant in South America. The remains of huge sloths are found in Cuba and North America. Sharks attaining a length of more than 100 feet are found. in comparatively recent fossil deposits. Another fish which represents a larger prehistoric species is the American pony pike, which is one of the few survivals of the enormous Ganoids of the secondary strata. The tiny nautilus of the present day had kindred ten or twelve feet long in early times. An- other small shellfish, the pteropod, whose delicately complex structure is packed in an inch of shell, is found in fossil remains to have reached the re- spectable length of a couple of feet. Queer Blunder at a Wedding. A marriage of a singular character recently took place at the registrar’s oflice, Langport, England. The bride and bridegroom, supported by the usual escort, having presented themselves, the registrar requested the witnesses. to be seated, and, addressing the bride- groom and lady, who remained stand- ing, elicited from them solemn declara' tions of knowingno lawful impediment to being joined in matrimony. Having called those present to witness, they took each other as husband and wife, it remained only .for the bridegroom to slip the golden hoop on the fair one’s finger, when, much to the astonish- ment of the registrar, the bridegroom mustered cOurage to ejaculate in the Somerset vernacular: "Thic be the young ‘oomau I wants to get married to over there.“ pointing to one of the patient witnesses. It was then discov- ererl.,that the bridegroom had married his own sister. The marriage, of course, was invalid, and after rearranging the rtrties the ceremony was“ performed vith the proper principals. The remedy for Goose apple failures is to cut down many of the orchards. For the remainder, the treatment is cui- tiva-iion. fertilization, spraying - the trinity of orthodox apple growing. says' a. . ; NURSING MOTHERS?" Particularly llisul-a’l—‘anie Reconstitution The Mother’s: Life and ghild’s Health Depends ourmpcr Nourishment. Vinol,'Wine of cod Liver Oil. Helps Nourish Like. Nothing lse. 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