” 5- `€`:"~""’Wf ~ ‘_-L .~.. '.,-' I ;'~~=_. .»-=' m - . :f~'i~- .11 - _ »_. , _ - " ‘t '*.<__-1.. ' 2 - .1 i.f~’-- .-1 . ' _ et; ~‘ .,..» --rx »~."' »~ - __ .@~ ff'>1_-r - ~ . - 7 _-e 1 - &, »L ¢\,, 1 ,wp ,_ __ t Z 'rnr ¢;UARn1.\_\r fuaitio't"rR'rSWN rRtNr‘F, FJ\\\‘ARi\ 1si.ANl`°_ APRZI.-27 1900, k tx =\ C: v--3 rf-=i ii’-r1'Z‘. l"f’1 UU ASUTO PEOPLE s and mi1istory,itianner Habits ot a Tribe of South Africans of which niueh is Heard. ._ ee c \`\ .-_-.`\" \~`\\`\-.""`»-..-`»`,`»\-~»~»-`,._,..,`»`,`,`, 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 IF°"°‘y° t - " 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 =- Y ‘_'*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. ltmrgntf.-. »‘ -. ~ - ‘- ~- ~»--' -‘ -».“=f» '.’.'~t~s1ii~'t-int Inky' Th0Yl5`$lli\l\‘ 1 ‘A it v " . »-- h-\"¢\ fi-rw rgalfe “‘5i‘»‘l_'if ft? 111%' i'tit's :A.:;A f‘~i._;»i;i zit. V50 can Mselentiou-2, r -, ` _ sf' ...is r.¢.t1-Grip by MINE. simmer Iwas curedof loss of voice _b¥.1HN° B€l'llIl, Mild. LEWIS S. BUTTLER. f \. \\ \\‘ \ /, \\§ Z / I ,,/ » _ ff,- \ §§\ `i. \ \ \ "l l __J_`_ _______ `,`,-_--____ r * u h’d‘h’@@§@Ed@§@`n%@d@@§nii@ i ti \ 4 ,__ gpg i dd -4 -¢ ~.- >` l rs.. ,_, THE HUNGRY ................................................................ A `~_~_-,-` -.~.-.~_~_-.~_-.-_~_~v~.~v~.-.~.~_~_~.=»»_-_»_~.~_-_-_-_-_~v~_-_-_-_~c-_-_-_-.».-_-_-_-_= “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 \ i '4 i ,. Q . ,_ A. n ‘fr 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 l 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