The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-08
uue TRANsvAAL


Pr~.xA<.f Kruger Il . Brave o1a Da
sa. WHO Ksovs No reAn
Although The TrArsvaal Is In nan
rpablic, II L. really govsrnef ny
despotie olig4rehy- Indeed. ~ neA'
be said 70 be ruled b. triuIn'ils'e'
consisting Of President krngsi' ~
Joubert and Gen Smit- The en1ei a-iH
t.st known of these Is President hro-
GER. or -Oon Paul. - he Is almost
universally called BY the boer ne
IL a robust old nsn OF something rno'e
than 20 wears In early life he was
physically the strongest man IN inc
whole Transvsal. and he Is even no"
by no means decrepit be has long
narrow bead, with small cunning eyes
deeuly set under furrowed orows-
large and rather coarse nose and mouth
and q struggling beard There Is httie
of the phlegmatie Dutchman IN ms
manner and conversation; on the con-
,rsry. he is voluble, excitable and given
70 Z prutusion OF gestures
In religion he is -Dopper that y,
a member of the most conservative ahc
biguted sect among the Doers- lie usen
70 be q great fighter and leader OF raids
a,,aiast the natives When he was
r.rre lad he distinguished himself IN
cauuaiayr against the Zulus- y Boer
eyuedition on the upper waters OF the
Vaal river received tidings at the close
OF days fighting that Zulu impi was
advancing 20 attack them. The Beers,
all excepting young Kruger, refused %
believe il and lay down 10 sleep, but
kruger believed the news, determined
10 keep watch all night and persuaded
one cornrade 10 sit up with him
Sitting on wagons On opposite sices
OF the camp. their rifles in their hands
they watched all night At length, just
before daybreak. kruger's keen ear
caught the sound of approaching feet
lie had just time 70 give the alarm
when a thousand or more Lulus
charged full upon the camp. There
wes desperate struggle, but the Beers
were at last successful and the Zulus
were repulsed. But had IL not been tor
Krurer's watchfulness there is little
doubt that every one of the Beers would
have been slaughtered.
Kruger bears upon his body many
scars of bullets and spearheads. his
| left hand is minus a thumb. which he
lost many years ago. He was out hunt
ing when his gun burst and terribly
| rnangled the thumb. he was afraid
| lockiaw would set in. and 50 entreated
his comrades TO amputate the mem
Der. One Of them tried 10 do so, but his
| heart failed him and he gave II up
Thcreupon Kruger seized knife VIII
his other hand and himself cut of the
rnangled thumb. The very small scar
now remaining shows how good jot
he made of IL. He has several times
visited England on missions for his
countrymen.
He first went wearing the broad felt
hat, the short jacket and shoes OF un
tanned leather which form the usua
costume of "Doppsr' Boer. But or
his return home his astonished friends
bcheld him clad in a high silk hat
long black frock coat and polished
boots. He told them that England was
"A good enough country and contain'.
some fine houses. but all the land seemed
TO belong TO some one. Even OUTSIDE
of London you could not SIT down unde
tree TO smoke pipe without havini
some one come UP and say the LAM
was his and ask you what you wer'
doing there. Kruger has stubborn.
refused 70 learn word of English
and there is no man in the whole re
public who regards Euglishmen wit
more hatred and contempt than h
| does.-N. y. Tribune.