Show PRESENT DAY THOUGHTS communicated I 1 0 I 1 tl e be lively holi dagg in leed not la there glenly 0 work t r U e ban I 1 an 1 lent 0 tor t e bod this country but also plenty 0 t ail or and v rk fur the mil I 1 in the coi liann of thedarl th edail drogs all in are boon ing and the larget e 0 er known trans acael nd et tl e e erv fali affire ta ere ure rumbling like tie re eions ta under lich makes one wonder if irn t A ing alarca ly it axas it ta fi annal ro all has 11 it coning 1 as A conge quence lie bulls and bears went ina I 1 in ta e areni ul tin makes one look bauc win hare really net hard to find in as loiero are several winch could or prod ice ta viable or 11 tance ta e combinations of capital ailed trusts are ta rices on commodities far be rus iii e i i jus tillable or ible to n ta en then la t at work the fich stan larl on tie while indian abe moi eel nation 13 meeting with ar J ei nou reveries on the atlle held ancl causes her to considerable of I 1 er ei thie coiner incani all ta s biffi nent to create alarm alie C rs ali ugh bev and weal liae demonstrated eliat their ability la of alie first order and eo stubborn and 11 directed has been their opposition to antish in tie that ta succeeded in killing kil lint wounding weun ding and capturing nearly eight I 1 thousand angland soldiers be aide jakine many cannons and arge am antt of and all atin with a lost ie but trifling put strai LC as tins may seem it is not to ie won alered at when one notes and under elands ta e of affairs and and disinterested enough to be honest with inn belf to ta e extent of aabling credit ani placing blame here each belonge hen tins Is done the 1 buet be acknowledge 1 as amon the b t goldiere eol diere that gone to war and skilled ns they are in 1 e use of tire arms it is natural to ex pat ll 11 at ta e would deal death and josol ilio i to their enemies in a whole well 1 oars 0 to be plo eu tl en commanders lia been faultiest fault iest in PO far as n outsider is able mojie anil if but consider the boere from alie standpoint of results ac they are a huge success on the other hand england 1 as met with tar greater reverses than have been her fate tor a ir ith an a of 75 in alie field ehe lias met defeat after defeat until a feeling of fer for the safety of the empire is felt through out the nation it is doubtful it ang land s splendid isolation is in an beene a source of comfort to her these days when the great nations of europe with their insatiable appetites for more territory are all watching the champion land grabbing grant Btag gern g from the blows dealt by a mere pigmy an J what is the cause of angland g present humiliated condition it nn t because ef any lack of qualities in her soldiers as they are ad d among tle best fighters of ll 11 world Is it 1 er lack of competent gen brals wandi of her leading people are beginning to recognize and delun although abe newspapers lauded one military leader after another et every time they have met the enemy they are easily his of course national pride could not be subdued to the ex tent of placing a foreigner in command of the arav in the field so there is no how for enterprising american cr to get alie iob however it alie british commander comm anler would entice american captain who is out of a job I 1 to accompany 1 im du ing the cara and quietly agne him pointer in modern ni ethoda of handling an army a marked i in prove en t would at once be noticeable neti ceable under such a tutor even it the commander coull not whip tie boers he would a least know where to nad them |