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Show A CHAT A1I0UT THE BOERS. ThIr Keo-on for Kot'lt. Knuland at ArmV LntU A SSl.ort Sku h of Tlielr History, Cuttoiiii, Kto. I "Where U this TrnMl, unyw-yr" I "Oh, It Li tb plc that gold comet J from.1 Such ft remtrk dropped ouUM ol the j Cullen ft couple ol dy . mud m ' wooder U the mjority ol newtp. per ! reader' c totjfftphy wu ai haay. Prub I ably the averajce individual would haz ard the remark that the Trannvaal if In Africa, but when pruned down to a more conciaa atatement, a to longitude and latitude, would hurriedly murmur ! eomething regarding having learned it j at achool, you know forKot prelng ngagement-au revoir-pelantic bore. The Tranavaal, otherwite known at the South Alrican republic, la at pre, ent undergoing the dintincllon ol having the eyea ol the whole clvmaea worm upon it, who are ansioutty awaiting the outcome of the firat act played lnt week, when 700 men alter their Ual cartridge wai apent. with 150 killed and wounded and atarvation atanng them in the dee, aurrendered to a aupcrior force of 4,000 Boer burchera. Thlala not by a long way the firat time that the Tranivaal baa been the theater of warlike acenes but that'a another atory. aa Kudyard Kipling would aay. Cape Colony proper, the ealremo southern limit ol the continent ol Africa, waa originally Killed by the Dutch in the seventeenth century; but Kngland, who had even at that remote period paseed through the kindergarten stage of her landgrabbing propen allies, looked upon the Cape ol (iood Hope aa a very desirable coaling station to poiiesa, it being a convenient port for hast In Ota men to call at. To cut a long atory ahort, the wish was father to the thought and Cape Colony has been under the Union Jack for a couple ol centuriea. In 1HJ3 the elavcry agitation waa started. To be a alava owner on IJriluh soil became a misdemeanor, the Boer who were large alav ownere, took very mutndly to thi, noiwitli-aUndiug noiwitli-aUndiug the Imperial government allowed al-lowed them cooftolatlon money. A great many ol the Boera indignantly declined to take any recompense but - witu muttered imprecations packed up their belongings, leit llieir liotnea ami I participated in a huge Trek anglice eaodua. These aluruy Dutchmen, wnh a couple of thouMnd wagons, herd, etc, etc., beaded northward to found and settle up a new republic. The his lory of this great "Trek" reads like a romance, the Hoers contending every sup with the native tribes, nuiuoly the Zulus, who in oue battle annihilated ttuo .'. ol the white vanguard. Kinaliy lead and powder triumphed over awgah, under the alle gem-riiliip nt Anlrir I'reiur-in'. I'reiur-in'. The "Trekkers" split up into two parties, the one occupying wiul is now the UnMh colony ut N-i.nl, the other (oundrrl the Orange live Sate. In both rases Knifl-nd again ewayed the anneiing art When diamonds were ducoverett in the Orange Free State. Kimberley, which was umkniabiy in the hrre Mate, waa added to l.ngiand'a poieilon. Natal, alter some diplomacy, diplo-macy, w also nnn'-xed. Tne B jer in disgust again 'trckking" northwest Into the territory that la now called the Transvaal. Internal distentions, native na-tive wars, and an empty treasury induced in-duced the Hucra 111 '77 to ctll upon Kng land to help them. I'cace under ihe Hritith protectorate, however, waa ol short duration. In IH&j, the Itoers broke out in open revuh. A delated metit of troups was lustily disuaiche 1 from Cspe Colony as a precautionary measure; and at linmkers Spruit on the I border line, one hot morning the troops were met by a scorn ut horsemen wno ! wamed the roibi-ijes (rrd-coais) not to cross the line. 1 ho JJriii.11 oltiter j with a aarcastic remark sounded ttie ad : vance; hiteu minuUs later the entire I cmif.nies were annihilated (with the I exception of some live or sis men who lived to tell the laic), being shut (rum ambush. The niMjomy ol the trouper-, caught napping, were shot, lolling on ihe transport wagons tn their shirt sleeves with pipes in their mouths; which lact although not reported m the papers, 1 got hum a man who waa on the scene. Untish disasters followed thick and fust. The Hoe is schooled in native wartare, never exposed them-elves; them-elves; every rock and krauts concealed a deadly alurpnh outer who wuuld bag ins man, and when things assumed a tropical aspect, would ailcntiy steal away on his Wily to where the horses were comealed and skip. The war practically ended in the Majuui tlnl , disaster, where hall a Scotch regiment was shot to piece, the general in com- , mand, air George Colley, being among the slain. Gladstone, much to the indignation in-dignation ol the hugli.h war jingoes, coin eded to the plucky pioncera tueir lepub'ic. bix years later came the gold discoveries discov-eries at the Kandt tiial have nude Johannesburg Johan-nesburg lain jus as bciug the Opur ol the nineteenth century. A'ltn that came a great Influx ut immigration, including in-cluding gold seekers trout America, Australia and Kngland, whose modern I progressiva go-aUcad Ideas, Uir.y made I ute mosibacKid Doers sit up ai. drub their eyi-a with a.tumsli incut Kail-; Kail-; ways were demanded; that waa prcpoa-terous, prcpoa-terous, it would ruin tne transport riders (lr:igbters) wbo made up tue larger proporiiun ut the Alncaudcr pi p ila-tion ila-tion ol the Transvaal, liridge were ured "lull a us a teas expense our lathers got along without them, why not we'' L,awa were made making the burden oi taxation fall upon the should era ol the alien mining popuiauuu; at the same time, all privileges lo have a voice in th government and vnt, which these hevy taxpayers deinande I, was made practically beyond their reach and this Male ut affairs ha been growing grow-ing worse stnre '90, until it culminatrd in Dr. Jamison's fatal expedition on be hall ol Ihe chartered company's polic, ten days a no. Mad the program heen carried out in Its entirety and the min Ing population, 130.10 strong, risen ami outflanked the Itoer amhum, a new progressive pro-gressive bus 1 ling republic would have been the seijuel. 'I a ken as a class the Hoers area rough, uncouth lot of peopla with very IV w exception. Af er being In daily contact with them for a couple of year, I cannot recall any individual blight Ilk-Ins nf elwiurnce or intellect on ilinr pan. From the fact that Ihey are farmer farm-er more or less isolated from the nut-side nut-side word, their conversation never soars anove cattle and hone, lunicslrk and red ate r. A big percentage H them can neithtrrrad nor write ael when (old about modem inventions and distant dis-tant land they smile in an incredulous manner. I. ike the Hottentots, ihey are superstitious to an absurd rxent Modern Mod-ern inventions are looked upon a Hying in the lace ol Provident e. Aa I -r railways rail-ways they are thought to be instigated by the evil one to ruin the transport riders. I have in my mind's eye a typical Boer fx nil, say on the Karroo. You have been ruin g lor an hour, and or all side and thrra with conical shaped bids called Kopje, which apparently are composed ol huge boulders ranntng tn Mrs from a house to a coal oil tan, that appear to have hern thus piled three or four hundred feet high by giant hands. The whole landscape seems lo ipnver under the brassy sun. Nut a sound is 1 beard but the occasional chirrup ol a I cricket, the trpieuk of your saddle and I the patier of your horses' hoola. Yea, there is a taint hark ol a dog heard in the distance! On rounding a spur ol a kupie, a low looking white atone hou--, wnh Its adiacent shed, Kraals, ostrich caripsand Kalhr huts Ilea before you. According to Alncander rules ol hospitality hospi-tality you rule up and dismount ainuM an assortment ol yelping mongrel cura, A Hottentot boy clad in a fragment ol a cast-oil shirt and Irratt air takes your steed. 'I en to one no une will appear, so you stride on lo the sloe and through the door. Ten to one again O.itn I'aul and family will be silting in the room drinking colic e minus milk and iuar amidst a cloud ul tobacco smoke and Hies (screen doors are unknown In 1 South Alnca). I'ater lami'ias grunts 1 "dang," and you proceed to nuke a 1 circuit and touch the outstretched hands ol the entire tamily, including thejuven ! lies who are always omnipresent. I hey all sit soil and stare you uut ul countenance counte-nance or make derogatory remarka in Duich. bile nee reigns supreme for minutes. Finally you are ottered a cup ol awtul col lee, and by degrees mine host aiarta the conversation by asking your name, occupation, age, destination, state ul your nuances, married or sing e, and other (pjcatiuna that would make the most callous .-ens us taker green witn envy. Finally ll you happen to be ol lo reign birth, you get nicknamed, rtioiiH'K 'rvd-ncck' because the way j tenderfoot newcumer'a neck bum in ' the suit. j Whilst on Ihe coflee subject I highly offended a U 'cr lamily by refusing to participate. 1 caught the frau in the very act ol wiping my cup, preparatory to tilling it, with a napkin ahe bad been usin to wipe her opthalmic eyes with, just previously A visit to a II r family Is, to ay the least of It a vry ttying onlr.il until one fet versed in Africander enqueue. , urn her being a scar re commodity, the floors are constructed from a concnilion of pulverized ant heap, cow dung and bullock' blood which fom a glossy cermnt-like surface, l or fuel, the t attle and stock kraals are cleaned out twice a v"ar, the deposit being cut up into blocks, that burn readily. Taken as a representative rtaaof people, the ilie'a are a phh g.natic, ea.) -going, hospitable and wh 11 Ihey take a fancy to one, staunch ihcc. I he men are all good r.dir ami wondrous won-drous shots, with mighty Iramt-a and hand like shoulders ul mutton. Ihe m.-oritv of them nuke their on shoes, vt'ldtsi hoens, from undressed hide. They one and all entcriain a great antipathy for the native. The Urniuine portion of Ihe community, like their consort, con-sort, have a ;enilency let atcurmiate avoirdupo.a. a three hundred p luu l 'frau" being of so comm. n occurrence as to cease causing (minenl. t.k iK'.R 1., CaRI'BNTKH, |