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Interesting Particulars of the Struggle Between Great Britain and the Boers.

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Upon an arid plain Beneath the Durnrng sun, A soldier's life is ebbing tast away ; Forgotten is all pain War nds to him are dumb His th ts are far away in Canada. Abo m and around,

The spiteful bullets fly, The 1 air by bursting shells rent ; Thick strewn upon the ground . . . > ‘ ; 1 Redd need dates | in le Gead ana Gying iie,

Fierce Boer, brave Buaiton both to-

gether blent

It fears him not, that death Will soon his spirit free, He sees again his home and loved Ones dear ; Feebly, with failing breath, That soon, alas! must flee, He calls to those around his heart most near.

“Oh mother ! dearest friend That e’er on earth I had, Thy son must die, but grieve thou not fer me ; Thou didst thy son but lend, In soidier’s garments clad, To fight that other Britons might be free.”

‘“* Thy face, my father, too,

I see amid the mist. ever oer my visioa way ;

That face so kind and true,

How often have I kissed

in happy, laughing childhood’s golden

day.”

That

“ My brothers, are you there ? There sisters, every one? Thy brother bids you all « last adieu; ' With God where all is fair, And life forever won We all shall muster fo: review.’

the last

He ceased. That noble face On which such joy had shone, Grew white, and set in death’s endur- ing grasp;

His soul had ta’en its Beside the Great WI

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Borne hence in holy angels’ loving ciaSp : G. M. LORD CLYDE AND LADY

ROBERTS.

Roberts by in the Wo- in incident

In an article on Lorc Mr. Alexander MacKintos man at Home for March,

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and Lord Clyde is recalled. Early in } his married life Roberts was disappoint- ed by not being sent on the China ex pedition, but Lord Clyde, at dinner at the Cannings’ claimed the gratitude of "s suppose,” he said by way of explana tion to the puzzled lady, “vou would rather not be left in a foreign country | alone a few months after your | marriage.” This was too much for | Mrs. Roberts. “ You have done your best,” she retorted, “to make my hus

his spouse for not sending him.

; band regret his marriage.” Lord |Clyde was amazed. “Weil Ifl be ‘hanged if IL can understand you

|women!” he exclaimed. The lady | waS soon appeased, however, and she ‘and the fine old soldier became great friends.

LORD ROBERTS’ PROMISE.

' Lord Roberts’ success in handling ‘the civil problems at Bloemfontein 'and the manifest equanimity with

which the residents of the capital of

the Orange Free State accept the British occupation, momentarily eclipse in interest the military situation. It is believed here the Commander-in-Chief | of the British forces in South Africa will soon push on to Pretoria; but Great Britain is quite content to listen

for a few days to the acclamations of '

the people of Bloemfontein, and per- mit the troops to enjoy a few days rest before expecting further success. | Lord Roberts made a quaint speech to the guards at Bloemfontein, when in his first congratulatory words he ex- pressed pride in their spiendid march of thirty-eight miles in twenty-eight

design. “Yhrough a small mistake,” said Lord Roberts, ‘ I have not been able to march into Bloemfontein at the head of the brigade, as [ intended. I promise you however, that I will lead you into | Pretoria.

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THE FIGHTING BOERS. Mr. Harold writing from the view

,of the Transvaal, has an | ‘Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly, which

American,

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. m2 bbe qualities of the Boers has no 3ym-

pathy whatever with their ideas or ! methods of government or their

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| during the last twenty years for exist ence against tl natives, Mr. Bolce i says.

| In 1877 they were defeated with Bes Be s.iaugh:er by Secocoen

hours, and gave ample assurance of

of an Uitlander article in }

wing much admiration for the |

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IEE 1a:lY EXAMINER, CHARLOITBIOWN,

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a powerful Kaffir chief; then England, to avert a wholesale anarehy of race war in South Africa, notified and pro- claimed the Transvaal British territory. Che Boers owe their political existence tu the nation against which they are now engaged in war. © At any moment | during the last decade but one the black hordes of Swaziland, Zululand, Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Matabe- land who have foresworn the assegai for the magazine rifle, could have over run the Transvaal and exterminated the Dutch usurpers, whodispossessed them of their domain. England has held

the restraining hand, for the black races both respect and fear their imperial conqueror and protector. The natives} entertain an inplacable hatred of the | Boers, for by whom they have iow robbed, bartered, and enslaved; but

toward the British, who have organized

the tribes,and given them forms of self-

government, the Kaffirs, on the whole,

are friendly

The treatment of the blacks by the Boers is a tragic story of injustice and cruelty says the writer, and he goes on to recount portions of the story. The author shows that the Boers are not farmers, but hunters. They are cattle raisers, but the black slaves do the herding, while they themselves ‘loat’ and hunt or ‘trek’ about in ox wagons for months at a time.

There is no hint of industry in the emblems of the ‘Transvaal’ The national coat of arms bears an eagle, a lion, a hunter, with a bandolier about his shoulders, and a rifle in his hand. The so-called republic has a constitu- tion, which the oligarchy which rules sets aside whenever it proves incon- venient to its design or policy. The ordinary country Boer does not take the trouble to vote, is ignorant of poli- tics, and knows little, and cares less, about legislation as long as he is not re- strained or taxed by it. Even thecourts are set aside by the oligarchy in the! administration of law and justice. The | Boer thinks the Transvaal the most powerful country among al! nations.

“Once England,” they say, “ ruled the kingdoms of the earth, but the Boers defeated the English at Majuba Hill, and are now the champions of the world.” Mr. Bolce describes the character of the Transvaal, which ren- ders it a sort of national Gibraltar. Pretoria, 4,471 feet above the sea, is surrounded by a circle of hills, through which there is but one narrow pass. The issues of the war are thus stated : ‘Shall Africa become a new country for the spread of modern civilization, or shall a few thousand half savage plainsmen be permitted to arrest the

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march of humanity? That is the question Great Britain is attempting to answer with her guns. It is not seizing Naboth’s vineyard. The dream of the ambitious Beer is a South Afri- can confederation, dominated by the Dutch oligarchy of the Transvaal.”

LETTERS IN MELONS.

It has just transpired that another plot has been discovered to free the Boer prisoners at Simonstown, The rematk- able quantities of watermelons received by the prisoners aroused comment an investigation discovered that com- promising letters were contained in the melons, the writers planning the escape of the captives.

According to the official figures, the loss of the Ladysmith garrison in re- pelling the desperate Boer attack at Czesar’s camp and Wagon Hill on Jan. 6, was 156 officers and men killed, 357 wounded and 2 missing, a total of 515. The great proportion of killed as compared with most fights, shows how at close range bullets do deadly work.

One of the most dramatic scenes in the relief of Ladysmith was the meet-

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