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ASUTO PEOPLE

s and

mi1istory,itianner Habits ot a Tribe of South

Africans of which niueh is Heard.

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have he-ml so much l=\¥\‘l)’ =‘l‘0“i‘ the

we bablv ahrief pen picture

_ _ ' S ith .~\frienn tribe and

dthlsintexestiiis 0*

~ ~ ' uiitr'nndiuani'e s

“ily mterestmtlfo 5

lt!" \ - ssnr rised

table. .\o om na IJ

'mufvcdgn the lioers iiivmled Natal,

Aapwplg, and only a nizin l.l-te hir God

Nhlden, the connnissionencould hope

in keeping them in check.

gh. Bwuws were first formed into a jam by achief nnnied Moshesh about “_ 1|16f§ they fought against the Bri- ayud were defeated, but their country

From 1856 to 1868 they at loggerheads with the

mates, and were only saved

by taking them under

tion. In 1871 Basutaland was

:gimp Colony, but that did not i;¢|¢uatives,who subseqiieiitly rebelled @.Q_)the end of the pother being that “mv”-ml government. took over the ,nuyand an annual subsidy of £18,- nmmfjnpe Colony towards the cost of @3531-ation. The territory is govern 'd u | resident commissioner for South ygkgbtlt the chiefs adjudicate on cases gggpnatives, with ai. right of appeal to

kgistrates court. Nd; ¢gpopula.tion of over :5`>0,0(»0 only ‘mug whiff who ei'her fill gov

h 2, \. * gil* appointments or are traders. Ilitetrldersorsettlers are at present

glowed in the countrv on sufferance

lf; mm desires to star: ai. store, or

'gp' kd,” he must first niake friends with yggiefofthe district.for. it' the chief re- |'5,\hewonld-be trader will have to re-

minsvould-be. Basuto chiefs huvetheir

||‘|¢,llkemost other folks. and if they gquprticularwealzness it is for a well- hqlluseorbull. Once the trader has pnilis store he his partically a. mono- iydtlie tmde of his district. There gggbnbout 70 of these stores through- gghqntry, so it goes without saying

do fairly well. Basutos is fairly interest-

The country has

granary of South Africa.

amply justify the title endowed with a little and up-to-dateness. the mountainous re-

annasutog wislietl to wipe out Old

”|QbY bt-lacking the Iloci`> Of il\0 l"!`t‘0

toward; whom they linrbor tiny-

sumbun the kindiest of feelings. Then, T those who know the liitsuotos of old

=i:h°h_we,,km=,-,- were not greatly us- pghgdto learn the possiliility of their `tm.y_

mswthe wiles of their little encinies

gdioining in the criisnde against British » Bnsutosczm be bought over like

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over with patches of grain-wheat, oats, htifley. meulies ond Katfr-corn. The 1 In th_ ids of cultivation,however,are primi- tive to a degree. \Vomen are largely em- ployed in the fields, and oxen are yoked to U18 Dlows. The furrows are very shallow, and when once thc seed is sown, the rest is left to nature. As a result, the crops Sm r illy are about one eight of what they ought to be. The roads of Basutolund are unuttcrably wretched, und there isn`t a bl`id8`0 in the whole of the watered terri-

There is a widespread belief that gold

exists in paying quantities in variousparts of Basutoland, but thorough prospecting has never taken place, simply because the l'll1l.lV0s will DOI- 0.ll0\\' it, Diarngnds L00 lizive been found, and at least one chief wins his own coal from a seam within his district. But ns for the white man enter- ing the country and revealing its mineral wealth-“l\’o, no, no," cries the Basuto. \Vhet.her the underground treasures will always remain hidden one cannot say.

The one common failure of the average

Basuto man is laziness. While their wo- men folk are laboring in the fields, they prefer to drink “itiwa.la" (Kafl`r beer) and _ gossip and smoke, or caree about madly on their fleet Basuto ponies. Very little of the cultivation of the soil is done by the men. \Vith their babies strapped across their backs--and every women seems to possess a baby-the woman will often rc- main in the fields from daybreak till after- noon. Physically the Basuto is almost the equal of a Zulu. He is honest and straight- forward, and hospitable to strangers. ,Thatlie is ti noble warrior, as well as a brave one, is proved by the fact that the Basuto war was not marked by any ter- rible atrocities and the slaying of helpless settlers such as were common in the cam- paigns farther north and east. J( As to the future of Basutoland there are

Q two courses open-reunnexzttion t0 Cape E Colony, or the continuance of the present ,i system. Both alternatives have strong re- lnnnexaition and theprivilege of settling on 3 this fertile and well-watered land; but one great objection to this would be the in- troduction of alcohol, which is now prohi- bited. On the other hand, many people would like to watch the experiment of the Basutos working out their own salvation, aided simply by the missionary and educa- tion and there is no reason to doubt a. suc- cessful result. The climate is good, the land is fertile and held in common; the gold-seeker and land grabber are rigidly _ excluded, and, in short, all the conditions

tend towards the building up of an ideal ¢0\1Hf!'.V-11 harp? Commonwealth.

GATE THE FRUIT TREES.

Apiil 24.-The Hon. Sydney ,of May and be properly disinfecte d by a

completed all necessary ‘ Government ofiicial with hydrocyanic acid

"-#HHS for fumigation of fruitlgas in specially prepared fumigating

*ld other nursery stockimrortntioii

houses. This "as is intensel isonous

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‘_'*md¢1'C@I‘ttLin conditions is now *to .“.lie.nim;il life. and to :L less degree to

pidbya recent :=_nien.f;nieiir of the *k Scale _-ict. These cozttiitions are

Sllilll ti!‘!‘l\`€ i\ef(,~1'@ thg ('ir,\'{_

|3I!!r.Lv1‘_\_\'Ect's czaol 1- crzu-3.

lfyclft the Ordinary f_`on_frl\ Cure. “lt iukht Cure in Ilnlf nu EI'\\|i‘.

3* \0n Should {)<~;»¢-:ui ijpuri

“fl Baby' Gets ('rui:p. [sc Grii- lth|’_ Menthol l.inin:e~::'t.

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rgalfe “‘5i‘»‘l_'if ft? 111%' i'tit's :A.:;A<i

"_ "hi\‘»T°?‘Y1`> f‘~i._;»i;i zit. V50 can

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h~ E-Yet; ti.»ir ~:1.iIfii'.\;i L'r<~.ti

\\1`='>";»2i.i-_' f`~:z-_":;_ ‘i'r,:ir litfiu ('7*`~?.'~"Iii!`_'_' ii.:'_i.li ezisim- and low;

If G.rimlh“` .‘~I~t:tnol Liiiiiiieni ls

fl.rec?iv»ii_s with 4-v»r_v bottle. _

.sell it. '.`.'» emits,

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Beaver Mixed Pune.

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Paints, Quality.

veg-etfztioii. The dorniaut condition can i be suojected to fumes for forty-five min-

lutes without in,?ui°y but all insect life

will in that time be quite destroyed. \\`l\en buds have burst and young growth has begun plants cannot be safely treated. It is for this reason, so ns to prevent dis- fappointrnent to Canadian growers, that the Minister of Agriculture has limited the time of importation this spring to the lst of May, and it is his intention not to i allow any extension of this time.

Owing to the late date at which the

1 amendment was passed, it was impossible

,to make nrrangenients sooner, but there | will be zinotlicr season of two or three imonths next autumn when importations will be allowed. Those wishing to import l trees or shrubs from the United States

; should do so immediately with the proviso L when buying that the stock must be at ' one of the five open ports of entry for this ' material before the lst May next. All stock which reaches Canada in an unfit l condition to fumigate, namely, upon ' which new growth has begun, ;Will be refused entry, and will be held at risk of ` shipper, who will be notified. f The only ports in Canada where these l shipments will be allowed this spring,are \Vindsor and Nia.garaFalls, Ontario, Win- nipeg, Manitoba, St. John’s P. Q., and St. John, N. B. Fumigating chambers have been erected and equipped at all of these five ports of entry, and competent officials to unpack,treat and repack the goods have been appointed. Every care will be taken that the stock is in no way injured by treatment, but the Government takes no risk whatever in the matter. The Minister

Qhl I I _ `of Agriculture has made this concession ‘-,`,T’l~ ~_ ` at the urgent solicitation of a. very large i \'A\ 'ill . -

number of fruit growers, and will t&_kB_ ,every precaution in his power that no in- tjury occurs.

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Sydney, C. B. C. I. LAGUE

nuns L1N1na;I-INT.

‘CHARLES PLUMMER.

Yarmouth. '

Paints, Im wma of scimw Rheumausm.

MINARUS LINIMZENT.

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“TOMMlES.”

Of all that I saw of the process of occu-

D8-tion nothing affected me so much as the great parade of the majority of Lord Roberts’ troops on the next morning- that of Wednesday. All the men had en- _ioyed a most unusual wash, and showed

shin faces and unwontedly 0168.11 hands.

Y . but their suits of khaki were so stained and discoloréd and their accoutrements were so worn and battered that at first I

preciatejthe fact that thev were Washed

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Parade Sunday.

All members are specially

requested to meet our Mr. Brehaut in-the furnishing de- partment of the big store where ‘

he will cheerfully supply you with the best I

Black Suits

A-r l

so oo to sisoo.

Silk Hats

A AT

$2.50 to $4.00

White Shirts

AT '

35c- to Sl-50

Black Gloves

AT `

150- f

White Gloves AT 15o. to 150-

W-hite Ties

AT, - v

10c-to40o- °

There is always one best g

place to" get th ‘ p A

more)i"ftbgt"”s__-l'1§,,prWe it We . will if you’ll letiiiiif'

iowso B1 s.

°' ‘ v l .Agent,Ch\rlottetown,P.B,I

feared the townsfolk would not fully _ ap-

ENTERIC ' FEVER RAY

One oi the Many Enemies to Be wild W I Our Island Boys

Africa., as told in the tales sent ln from

about12 per cent is the maxium of those

collection of victims from their ranks.

The frightful ravages of enteric fever wamy, mm

among the empire's troops in South ‘nu 1”.”

isiiéiilgs s l!it§§¢§;i;il oitiritiilti sirellrair

headquarters in the despatchcs, are ex- “than

tremely apalllng andpaiuful to hear. ,gmt

More men have been swept into tbejuws qugn, ¢

of death by this fell disease than hive than fallen by the deadly Mauser bullet or .nm gone into the hands of the enemy to bmah hm (1

stones at Pretoria. Many apoor recruit maghwy who has gone out to fare! point: seek- workin..

lug glory on the battleneld or possibly ,mum mst,

death in war has “bitten the dust", lying vnu gmm "3

in his bed. after fighting many an lmogln- (ug gm N.; ggggg, 'Mk ary battle in moments of delirium while -5-.mid 5°; g* gg 5; “ggi a. victim of typhoid fever. Entcrlc is no mngggg Q* Q39,"

merely a substitute in name for the only wmitgfg qggggh any

too well A known household word jggugi gg “gg §qg|»

“typhoid.” fp gh- kg, or Great as are and have been the gf mwvgryi fatalities in this way, their number must wnvgnigqggg I indeed be insignificant as compared with nqrwthg hon,

the companies of fighters who have been The ggggg

laid low with fever, but have escaped its ding” ravages, or are now lighting a battle for mgny

_ their lifewith this treacherousfoe.'I'hlsc\n near

T .__';f____ _ _ ___.____..» be»subst,antiated by information from reli-

THE BANK oi= AFRICA in JoHAnNEsBERe. ;?,§;,,f‘;§;°,3; ,,§';m‘§°,,',§,°,§;°,,§*,;§,°‘;°,;;;;

A Notable piece of Architecture in the Gold City. - “ry °°ndm°n5 l"° be 9' Very mm" p°"°”t"

age of those who are smitten. From o complication of ngures it is adduced that

ii§i?i§ ig .sttiiiéiii _

25°' i if S = ~;*§.rsg ti, :ig iegriigrttlsig gg- liii iligl il” I I 49.! li*

who die by it. A report for 1899 from Brandon, Manitoba, lately published,

shows that only three deaths occured in the skin that city out of 112 'cases treated during grvat/e the trouble.

the Past year- The maiwrity °f the & atients in ordin life are shown to

Eontract the ftvger between the T1* M mu

ages of 5 and 25 years and as most of the Canadians at the front are near to the latter age or younger this may account for the large

Just as Eusytoibrhosliy li

We do not dcllbelitely

habits but they an and grow as we grow, and team they are huttug ms,

The percentage of deaths from fever

on a campaign carried on in an

They were,indeed,a soiled and bedragglcd

a. biscuit had been all they had to eat ou more than one day, and not in weeks had any day brought them a solid meal. I wished the gaping crowd would know this, and regale them with warm sympathy, if nothing more.

and wrinkles on their clothing were well earned and proudly borne. Iturned aside and whispered under my breath, “God bless Tommy Atkins. He has done his duty,and is rich in the new territory he ha

given to his country, satisfied with the

rewards of merely marching thx-hugh the capital of the Queen and nation."

The Oxfords swept by thinned in ranks;

the Welshman, fresh from the lurid jaws of Hades-like Paardeberg, strode lightly past; the brave men of Essex, covered with new glory, marched proudly along;

been tattered by battle strokes, trooped

jauntily Looking on at them all were thousands who never had heard of

the feats these men were fresh from or the Tablets Mid SCG if ¥0\\¥' dllelmll

I dangers they had braved. But what next month is not vastlylllpmved

didtne soitiieri carer what me their Ask the clerk in my dns Ml' kioh and kin inhuman An alike. in time name of the most wwwhi 'md N93 ranks are Toinuiies just as nearly all <l'»0\l1&¢l\\”¢ll1¢dY&ll¢“l¢ WmS$Y *ive Tommies are alike-fearlessly doing their ,-

duty, cheerily bearing their hardships, laughing and singing defiance to hunger and heat, frost and fatigue; all genuine

unpretending, usually invincible soldiers of the Queen.-Julian Ralph, on the occu-

pation of Bloemfontein.

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can Labour Troubles.

strongto be easily broken. Then, why not form :good is hich will counteract the in other words contract the habit of being always well

The best health habit to

have and keep a

lot. All had been soaked in the heavy ruin of the preceding night, and their uniforms had dried in wrinkles. I was sorry to feel that I, and not the others, knew that they were clean. Presently I 'thought of how hungry all must be, for

com

tobacco, with little Q chief begins when thee upon the faithful stomach,

hatluhmbut

roltevetbenuaubuhot

Nstnrefumtnlesmswlth

Next I noticed how proud every Tommy

of them all was feeling-how briskly and lightly they marched, how high they held theirchins, and how bright were all their eyes. I had momentarily misjudged the brave and uncomplaining lads. They had no use for sympathy; they were no longer hungry; the strains

ant preparation

lets, they gh

the necessary assistance to digestion vdthootunyolthe of catlmrtlcs and similar drugs. The habit of taking Stuart ti

Tablets after meals is as

weak stomach as food itself to getthe benefit from the food

I ing safer can be used

Many families consider

as essential ri the house as

They consist entirely of nstlnl ii principles without the effect or ellU&&f» | isticts of drugs, they have no i* action, but simply go to work on thi

t d digested

eaTTiTu:l‘nto account voor bod l\l*l

lr!!

the expense they entail and t fifty cents lhnhox o!8tu»1ts

the splendid Yorks, whose ranks had just

CJMBINBD

Englantrs Gain from Amert- nr S N EAQLES ____ ..oRAND

Whatever may he said to the contrary, *

regulation of the labour traflio.

But what the British manufacturer really

requires is a levelling of wages the whole Iv

world over, and he should pray most

earnestly for the success of the trade unions in those countries which do not at

UP _ill

there can be no doubt that masters' unions and men’s unions are alike desirable and necessary or the

present enjoy their attentions.-J. Slater Lewis, in The Engineering Magazine for

No dye is sold in more shades, or finer

ones, t an Magnetic Dyes. Price 10 cents

for any color.

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Ccver disablcment caused by any Blok

ness or Accident.

issued by any Company.

J. J. JGHIIBTON,

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ini tionii it tonite: f nooini_tii. ..._

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