The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-13
SOUTH AFRICAN oUTCASTS.
rHFIR LIFE IN THE LAND OF lost
regulations.

When the young EnRlishman goes wrong. he
either runs away to South Africa, or his family
meet in council and Danish him there. For.
merly Australia was the popular resort Of such
exiles, but of late years It has boon considered
that the prodigal has n better chance to retrieve
his reputation in the land Of the Kaffir than in
that Of tho Maori. For 1t must be clearly COM
pretended. when one is n %prodigal, a British
prodignl, that one must not como back with a
few old husks and pcnitential tears, but with
something moro obviously indicative OF n
changed disposition and q clean heart-a bank
book. or shares in a gold mine, or diamonds
galore; something tangible, clear proof that a
new reputation has been gained. The fatted
calf will DO killed. rest assured, only whom n
herd OF beeves follows the returning sinner.
Tho exile departs under varied conditions. He
may possess a e1O note beyond his steamer fare;
he may possess n few hundred pounds; he may
have a guarantee OF q quarterly n on
his promise to remain away from his respect
able brothers and sisters. with the exception
OF the class last indicated, which is speedily
wiped out by drink, the fate OF the prodigals Is
almost always the same. Nine times out Of ten
they drift further and further away from self.
respectfulness, and never acquire that will.o'.
the-wisp they seek. a fortune. But tho object
sought by the old folks at home has at least been
gained. In burying themselves on tho veldt
NASy - rs WV B"ott t"o oe"ehSs
South Africa has been called "tho land of lost
regulations
The average prodigal thus banished is q pecu-
liarly useless creature In a new land. because he IL
generally of respectable middle class, frequently
Of aristocratic parentage. He or his friends at
homo never realize how helpless he Is until a
week or two after his arrival. when he finds
there is no work for him which ne can do. He is
not n CARPENTER or bricklayer, or mason, or engi-
-L III - $500
he would be worth 81 or IS a day in Johannes
burg or Pretoria or Barberton. He is reduced,
as a rule, to very sad extrcmities. when he finds
ut last a career which is open to him. He has
discovered hat Cecil Rhodes has monopolizcd
the diamond industry, and works the mines by
convict labor-there he is not wanted. On the
gold reef in the Transvaal he has no capital to
invest, and there he is not wanted. But there
is an opening for him II he is OF sound body. and
can ride n bit and shoot a bit. He can enlist,
and the ~prodigal. in innumerable cases. gives up
all hope of making n fortune and goes soldering.
There is the real cemetery OF lost hopes, the real
graveyard of the past-the colonial forces of
South Africa.
1t is real soldering: there is always war or ru-
NOR OF war. There are several commands to
choose from when one has decided to join, and
they are nearly all kept busily moving. There
are the Cape Mounted Rifles, the Natal mounted
police, the British South African Company's
pUnee' ne o ooiuor ponee a"u
No.. H"' IVY"
that England can bring the Iransvaal TO her
bidding with 10000 men. These forces are not
,no,,o;yoo =, N. A f-;o,, commando shiloh bord,y
ihoius''oo Il III. hn"fuis
ter OF fact. although they are not great in num-
bers, each member Of these battalions ought
to be worth two regular redcoats. They are
Injured to the climate, they know the coun-
try. they understand something of the ma
tives, and they have had frequent Skin
mishes with the Kafir tribes. In the Zulu war,
some OF the pest work was done oy irreguiars OF
the country. Last year Cecil Rhodes pacified
Rhodesia and raised the siege Of Buluwayo with
out csling Tor q single imner,aI soldier III.
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B. B. T. Bechuanaland border police' are con-
country and minplinp every day with Roers.
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