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Show The old prophecy that "a nation shall be born iu a day" is occasionally verified in a political sense. A short time ago the United States of South Africa was officially born and thus another nation was added to the English Eng-lish speaking powers of the world. That peoples wbo but eight years ago were engaged in bloody strife with each other should now be cordially united uudir oue government, and tb.it the leader of that government was duriug that war one of tha lead- r generals, is a triumph of states iiiausbip aud goud souse Further more it shows the value of mutual tiii8tfulne68 and the blessings of an leiligeut self-government. |