The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-22
BITS OF HUMAN NATUPE
In the Transvaal war-somo Of It
4 Told Of the Beers, and DosGn't
Seem at All Lika Numan Natnrn.

Seem ct All Like Human Mature.
In all wars the trampiIns Of armies.
the thunder Of guns ana the fulmlna-
tlOns Of politiea are noises which only
now and then give chance for the
sonud of the little things OF human In
teTest to be heard while the night Is GO
ing on. Yet these fylng leaves aha-
ken on by the storm, appear scattered
here and there through the contempor-
aneous records Of the struggle. Here
are some Of the little things which have
been collected from the information
sent out from South Africa concerning
the BOsr war;
Among the largest capitalists who
lived In Johannesburg before the war
broke out was Abe Bailey. He had a
home in the city which was celebrated
throughout that section OF the world
for its sunptuousness. When war
came Mr.. Bailey sought safer abiding
place IN Durham Eleven Engllshmen
were allowed to stay In Johannesburg
with permits 10 remain and sec the
CONFLICT through. One OF them recent
~ got letter out by way Of Delagoa
Bay. In which he tells OF having been
stopped on the street by q Roer ''vrow,"
who had come from the country with a
long trail Of children, She marahaled
her numerous progeny around her ana
inquired anxiouSly Of the RnGllshman
''the way to Abe Bailey's house"
why do you want Mr.. Bailey's
house," he asked.
Because" she replied. ''that is where
have decided to live"
From her mud floor and sQualld sur
roundings her imagination often had
flown to the reputed splendors OF ABE
Bailey's house." and when her man
rode Oft to the war she, like a thrifty
vrow, was early In the field for the
spells.
A newspaper mani. M-who lived
In johannesburg, applied for permit
to stay there through the war, but
when one morning he found this doc
ument showed under his Ofice door he
decided that he did not think much Of
johannesburg as place Of residence
anyhow. and started for Durham:
eve, the undersigned. fully enfran-
chised burghers Of republic. do here
by state that j. NJ is dangerous
rolnek. by profession a journalist, Is
one Of the greatest LIMOGES and sedl-
tIon mongers, hater OF Afrikanders
and everything that tends to the pros
perity and well-belng Of our social and
moral welfare. a strong writer and al
together. to put 1t plainly, a wlDer-out
OF AfrIkander nationality. request and
urge our honorable government to Inn
Inedlately and peremptorlly expel the
said j. NJ from this state. with
an injunction that should he refuse
such warning he be publicly hanged
on the Market square as an example to
similar rebels: us we consider and know
him to be extremely dangerous to the
reace OF our dearly cherished father
land.
y. ], van spuy, G, A. de Beer. P, o.
Olivier"
Just before the war broke out two
Beers who were visiting Durham were
overheard talking:
mice place, this Durham" said one,
"well, 1t will son be ours" and then
they went TO the city hall and agreed
Upon the place in that building where
they would stable their horses.
When war seemed certain a younS
Boer woman LEFT Natal for Pretoria
for safety," as she said, and was en-
tertained on her way by q friend, the
wife Of an EngliRhmnn. When she lett
the hospttabte house she Kissed hef
hostess goodhy and assured her that
she need have no fear In regard 10
the coming war as only the men were
to be shot by the Beers when they took
Natal
When It was decided to send naval
force from the Terrible to aid in the
defense of Ladysmith, Captain Scott
turned that ship into n blacksmith and
carpenter shop. He wanted to mount
long navy twelve-pOunder. He pick
cd up. somewhere, pair OF wagon
wheels, used O heavy piece OF timber
for trail and In twenty-fOur hours
had the twelve. FOUNDER ready for held
service. He then designed mount for
Ive-inch ships gun by simply bolt
ing the ship's mount down on to four
rIeces OF heavy pillng. Everybody dc,
clared that the twelve-pounder would
smash the trail and that the five-lnch
would turn II somersault captain
Scott, however, insisted upor trial,
and nothing OF the sort happened. Then
the captain went ahead with his novel
gun mounts Each gun mount, when It
left the ship. was decorated with an ap-
prOprIate Inscription III white paint,
One Inscription read: "'Those who sup
with me WIN require a devil Of long
spoon" Another was: For what we
are going to receive. the Lord make us
truly thankful-Oom Paul" And
third was: Lay me true and load me
tight; the Beers will soon be out OF
sight" 1t looks as II Captnln scott had
some Yankee blood In him.
Nothing in the military line Is more
gorgeous than a British Guardsman in
his shining culrnss and FURNISHED he'll
met. One likes to picture them going
into battle thus splendid. They don't
do that sort OF thing at all, however
In South Africa they wear cork he'll
NETS and khaki uniforms, for all the
world like other troops.
Tommy Atkins Is extremely fond OF
nets, ana when he goes to war he will
carry his pets with him. orders or no
orders The result Is that In spite Of
every prohibition the transports when
went out to the cape became popuIous
with unauthorized animals IN soon as
they got fairly at sea. one pet the reg,
mental dog Of the Fighting tlItn,
now on Its way to the relief OF Lady
smith, went to the war by special and
oiIIcial nerrnlssIou. This ID the dog who
distinguished himself by his gaIiantry
al the battle Of Omdurman. charging
over the field with his regiment and