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Show A Religious Boer General. General Cronje, who has been bombarding bom-barding Alafeking. where Baden-Powell is shut uo with his little garrison, is the man who defeated Dr. Jameson and his band of raiders. Like most of the cider Boers, he is religious and haa perfect faith in his Creator, says Xri evchange. At Krugersdorp he was squatting en the ground in a position, which struck one cf his companions as being exposed. "Come over here," said his companion, "this is better." But old Cronje remainei squatting whera he was, and replied: "God has caiieet me here to do a certain work. If God I means me to be taken, I shall be shot, wherever I sit, and if He does not, I" am as safe here as anywhere else." It j was he, too. who showed his dislike I to the shedtling cf human blood by or- dering his men to fire at the horses, i as this would stop the advancing col- umn just as well. . |