| Show EGRET SERVICE AMONG TUE BOERS BOARS JIE HE South African war has hall shown hown one thing In which the tho Boer Dor Is superior tu to tho English and that thing la Is secret service As II a IP spy he burgher ot of tho Transvaal has no as the tho F English have found to heir cost Since the tho opening ot of hostilities there thero thereas F as I been 1 n nove v made mad on the theart I art ot of the h that did not seem to top toc p c tull fully anticipated by the tho In at the signal defeats which at eve arms during the uth African campaign may be at to the tho efficiency or of the tho Doer Boer Boerr Crt r nt t service serIN l m Paul and Joubert It Is well Tell out of Information rhe present tion In South Africa la 18 something like that In hr the 1 Philippines find It difficult to determine just juet who are arc and just who are arc to bo ba count counted ed among the enemy enem Ilow many epic for lor Instance there thero may bo be among the tho supposedly burghers ot of the tho Capo Cape It Is fa to tell This peculiar position of forted 11 Gen General General eral not long ago allo to Issue n a that any Capo Colony burgher traveling from town to town would be arrested on tie He forbade them to go to market towns oftener than once a week This was obviously to prevent the tho draft will have a speed of G knots per hour At Al this rate she could cross the In about four and a hat halt days In nORton spectacled are frequently seen on the streets etA The London flatly DoUr Mall refers to the tho j Trench French journalists who have been 1 against a Doer Boer force oree thoroughly prepared to meet them has naturally given her o officers II a very die agreeable that movements were only too well known by the enemy In tact fact It Is known that Cape CUlle Town fown Itself Is full III ot of Doer Baer spies yet et no move moo con can be made madu to toward toward ward stopping their operations The rhe knowledge which the Doer possesses of the country his well guarded means of 01 secret communication and the tho mobility lag Queen VIctoria as the absinth minded beggars Th The Is to tr try a telegram card on which a person writes n a message and posts It In the us usual usual ual way but the tho telegraphs the contents which are red to the tho thoI I address b by the postman The plan isa Is a 11 combination o of the post pod and nd telegraph I r e cret service or of the tho Transvaal Is the tho most moat and the tho most effect Ire Ivo affair ot of Its kind In existence When It Is remembered that the simple simpleminded minded veldt burgher has hoa such an adroit and experienced secret service agent on the tho continent ns as Dr Leyds and aud It Is borne In mind that thai this official receives n a salary of a year ear for tor his services some Somo Idea of the faith which Oom places In his spy ya tern tem ma may be secured Dr Le Leyds ds Goes 1 1 t P Py y 4 I IY Y II it V 7 IA I f f It J A al v q lei DR Vt J L VOS 11 I 3 I 1 r NOTICE T SPIES SAXES THERE are re I is toga to dry II sine IC hOD spies pitt They Ire are to 10 lu l are re 12 sons DOOD to mirro or Of Ibe they will sill too bo UI DI order B Il II CECIL known have spies everywhere and to the tho peculiar conditions under the war Is being belne carried on It Is practically Impossible for the authorities to put u a stop to the leaking 1 N L Hi HC AI A rE r CS OA r A Spy of information regarding the movement and disposition of the British forces forcel In III the tho town ot of Mafeking too early In the war Major Cecil was forced to post up notices to the effect that In III Information formation had reached him that spies were operating In the town and that unless the tho same left Mafeking by noon of the following day they would hp be apprehended and punished according to the law governing aU all such cases The number of times the tho forces Corcell have been led Into am amI ambuscades I or have marched A FROLICSOME YOUNG ORPHANs ORPHAN I s 1 I i w 1 Y f 4 r y Ir pl I Il I i 11 1 1 j jr t I I I t Il t r i I 1 1 I t r u i r I r r r t a aI I n nr I d 1 r x r 4 rY LY L Y r rIn In 1 I Y u 1 v r r rU U r s I o ot J t here lIere Is II a very ery cute little bob baby lion who though just JURt 4 1 months old Is 19 l III willing to pose for tor his picture lie He Is at present In an Inmate of IC r and Is known b by the name ot of King George Just at present he hc Is 1 a at t r ry docile little fellow lellow whose favorite playmates are arc two nervous nerous looking is who II fly from the caresses of his big cushioned paws as he springs upon Ullon tt 10 On the whole he Is a r remarkably gentle little beast having a great d at dt att t lion for lor his keeper who carries him about In his arms like hike n a child King r b by the way Is an orphan and after aCter the death ot of his mother a large larse u Ig g was secured as a foster loster mother for tor him A I Here Is an antique baptismal font that has been In active service for over oer too boo years ears This old font stands In pit atone stono church near the town ot of TrIne Tring In InH H erH t England n a n d dIt dr r It Is estimated that tho t at lent least In infants fa n ts I have been i christened be bet bet t side It This old and much used tent tont Is stilt In fn Ina a remarkable tf ot of pres con considering Its age and In all probability many thousand more will be celebrated before beCore It t The font lont I is an extremely large one and Is ot of gray now well worn and rounded with age I r LITTLE POINTS POINTS I OF INTEREST I A Vienna lenna scientist has written a 11 earned article to prove proe that dogs Augh The fastest cruiser cruler In the world hu has been completed for lor China Chinn The PV ew cruiser Is to be known as the tho Hal lea of 1000 tons and under natural 1 y ot of his forces all unite to neutralize the advantage which his enemies possess In their more perfect organization In die dl and In superiority of numbers It explains to a great degree just why the little republics ot of gouth Africa have havo been able to make such an excellent showing when facing the tho most power powerful tul ful and the most moat aggressive empire In existence nt at the present day While the tho Doer Boer Is by no means n a dip diplomat diplomat lomat he Is In state tat antI political at af affairs fairs airs always II a wily and tox foxy schemer This perhaps wh why tho these se A t rax the trench French actor Is not al ai altogether together a handsome man though n a certain Parisian artist has seen fit to put the the great comedian come comedian I dian on 11 medal medallion t lion the char actor ot of which mil may be JUdged Ira from IT the tho nc ac accompanying companying lit little fie tle illustration 4 This medallion created In commemoration n of very successful presenta presentation lion tion of great Ilia play of 01 Cyrano Crano de Bergerac with which made a 11 hit In III both Parts Paris and London before It wag wai taken up In America by Richard Mansfield A NEW KIND OF AMBULANCE r J 1 One ot of the Int latest st conveyances to b be adopted by the and invent Parisian Is the tho ambulance the general character ot of which may be r realized from the accompanying illustration While this sort of host ho conveyance ma may bo be practical on the tho smooth boulevards of the French Frencha capital a there Is little danger of Us its general t the o United States As used In larl at present the new ambulance Is provided with a seat Beat for lor forthe the surgeon on behind whom sits BitS the operator of oC the tho motor drawl drawing the tho two wheeled heeled carriage In which reclines the patient about under the official but delightfullY I ambIguous title of European retire of the Transvaal It Is said Indeed that some Homo of the tho most Influential continental newspapers have been b by the Transvaal govern goorn rent ment through the wily VII Dr Leyds and It le Is known that ho approached Lisbon over and over again on the matter of the purchase or of Delagoa Ba hay but could buld not succeed In shaking friendship for Great Britain It Is 11 a recognized el tact fact that Le Leyds s by some ome means or other has found lound It possible to obtain audiences with European rulers unwarranted by his own on Importance or the tho importance ot of the government which he represents But Dut It Is rumored that this same samo govern goern government ment Instructs Its European agent to his gold lavishly when once he has ascertained where such gold will do the tho most good It Is worth while noting that the specIal expenditure as such liuch funds are termed or of the t rans mal government has amounted to 11 during the last 34 14 years ears This go goes s to show that the secret of even een such a small r republic os as the tho Transvaal Is no Insignificant affair INDI INDIAN N BEARERS IN SOUTH AFRICA te i i f e r v vp a ai p 1 p GI I i r I r I I I I Ir JI I t Y 1 I I Ilc I I 1 lc I I I e When hen t the te British empire Is at war t warns as might be sold said ot of that empire during the present time the thC war office Is able ablo to call upon subjects from Crom oil all corners of the earth Canadians Australians Irishmen East are ready rendy to respond t to the call of the homeland and curious Indeed are some ot of the forces which so go to fa h front under the tho union jack Perhaps 5 the most out la element In fa this motle motley army are the tho Indian bearers who dill did such good work at and after the of oC Although t acting only In the ta t of nurses and u followers those these experienced and Intrepid gatherers of at the wounded were ere the means ot of saving ln many n s life lite by b y the tho t die patch and thoroughness with which they went over ocr the battlefield clOd and carried tile the wounded to places of 01 safety where surgeons and stimulants were await awaitIng awaitIng Ing them and scenic useful nil as having a cost and speed intermediate between post and telegraph eVen ne new cotton coHon mills have been built In the south during the tho past 12 months m Australia has hns on the one Brie ho hoe punt for every oeo 1 1290 9 persons Drs Dr n It J Gatling Gatlin has j just lt Invented vl Aril IS IN WAn The Illustration the tho type of howitzer used hy by the during the siege of Ladysmith by the Hoer Doers These ho how were werl used for tor throwing shells up over the hills that surround Ladysmith 1 t 1 un ii S r rc s c A 0 t 4 1 and dropping them behind the Doers Bocra natural fortifications of rock and kopje As II a general rule though the howitzer Is being supplanted b by moro more accurately firing lipId field artillery on the one hand and the machine gun gUll on the other though It ft was effectively made mado use ot of by General at the tho second but buttie buttie tie ot of Modder hirer Turn The accompanying little illustration shows hows the tho head hend of that interesting coin of the tho South all as the tho Kruger ruger penny This penny penn Is em t with the tho classic ten fen fent 1 t lures ures of the president ot of the tho Tran Transvaal laal and bears the tho In Inscription Although Allbough the coin is III on an Interesting one It Is not likely judging from rom the present situation that It will be In general circulation for lor fora 1 a Gront groat length ot of time AS A I G I Ono One of th the latest outlandish Places In Inthe the tho far east to attain atta In to the dignity or of having an official postage stamp of It its II own Is Wel Wei lint Wel Since the English too took k Possession 0 of f C this town a reg regular r ular e courier 0 u r I I r I I mall has hils been established and au leave II II Wel e I Hal lieI Wet Wel 1 I I II twice a week to connect wit with h the tho regular English m a II t I from Cheu The letters L J K Tr T on I Ito tile the stamp stand far tor the Island adjacent to Wei Vel lint Wet Wel known b by the name ot of Lou Tau The C P of course stands for tor courier post THE TOWER OF LIBERTY 1 IJ ti tin tiN f N M n I S J J I r araa V r w AIM tt r rI j I I There I Is at present an agitation going on In Paris for or the purpose ot of bring bringing Ing about the removal o of the remaining foundation stones of 01 the ruined Tower rower of at r Liberty famous for tor Its associations of the thc time of the commune These few lew foundation stones belonging to this once once historic tower lower the remnants ot of which lire shown hown In the tho accompanying illustration now stand In the hue St Antoine and It hM has been beon suggested to remove them to the park facing the tho Pont Sully on the I 1 an automobile plow It Is built on th the i ot of the tho ordinary automobile I with disk Illo plows so IS as to do dothe dothe the work ot of the Implements now In use The Id idea a III to operate n a machine by n a single mono man Jl It Is claimed that It win will windo do the work or of eight men and 12 horses bor gasoline or kerosene ma may be used It can also ho bo used In driving a h B BOER ER rOLi EMEN OP OF U I r r I S V Vi I i W ii Ij i f i p r rA r A 1 as iI 5 S I I a I Among the tho familiar and more or Ie less amusing sights Eights ot of the elt city ot of Johan JOhnn Johannesburg I are the big stalwart Doer Boer policemen who ride about the town main taming peace and order according to the tho laws or of the redoubtable Oem Paul These TheBe policemen are arc not the most military looking individuals In the world for Cor Cormore more often octon than not their outlandish looking uniforms are two or three sizes too small for them and when once dismounted they the seem to be nothing r but hands and leet On their horses however they are aro the tho most mott expert ot of riders and cnn can manage to keep keel their seat on any sort ot of mount j jI I AN AFRICAN QUEEN AT HONE HOME I W WF F dl t ty y The accompanying illustration Js s from n a photograph of the queen or of Swaziland Swaziland land and shows her majesty majest sItting In front ot of the or royal kraal with n a royal of the tho on either fond fand This royAl kraal Is near and Ills It Is Interesting to know that this Is the first photo photograph graph ever taken ot Of the Qu queen en who Is 11 known to her r people under the name ot of Swaziland b by the tho wa Is ono one ot of the most prop prosperous rous of the British In Africa for unlike their cousins the tho Zulus the prefer preter following agricultural and pastoral pursuits They are u a hospitable and democratic people the women working In the tho fIelds along with the tho men and both living on the fruits of their industry when they have bae passed middle life lite WWI Ol 01 OI G The accompanying picture Is from I the latest photograph of 01 Lad Lady AUdrey t l Huller Duller the talented and gracious wife I 1 of the English general who has hils been t J lighting fighting the Doers In South Africa I Iad Lady Huller Buller Is no longer a young oung woman wo 1 man for site she has a daughter who has just made her debut Into the London social world She has hili nevertheless e re i I r I 7 J 1 shown herself bersell ono one of the most moat energetic or of the man many I English noblewomen who have been Interesting themselves 11 In QI al the sufferings of the English sick and wounded nt at the Cape Owing to the tho recent severity of oC the fighting there seems plenty or of opportunity ahead for Cor nil all such relief work AN EAST INDIANS IDEA OF FALSTAFF J 1 1 Y s sf ft l I t try t ii i t i j lIW f f n ry t a 1 j r NV n nI 1 a r JJ ff y jt 1 s ss 5 s S Ss r i ji i i ii i u 1 s r tt i it J t tr i s 1 S SI SY I ji Y was 1 tiff s i r rr rr rr r s r t j Yi r fI i irit r rit 1 it e i 1 Ie r I i t h I t l I iJ I II r v W f 1 iF iFt t ii ii I M riC t I h 7 r u r I r 1 I M 1 fw I I If t I f r 0 I J I g i ir Ii IiA r n A t ti I i i e I 11 I r rj r I IJ 1 1 j J J I 1 Perhaps the most unique impersonation ot of Falstaff ever pr seen on a t W was S that ot of Mr Jr a 11 promising young Ung n aa re ff live actor 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