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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-05
BUTLER
AND
JOUBERT.
The Two Leaders in the
South African War.
BOTH ARE GOOD FIGHTERS.
Butler Has Fought in Asia, Africa and
America, Jouber. Only in the Trans
vsal and Natal-Buler Stub
born Briton, Joubert
a Liberal Boer.
BOTH ARE GOOD FIGHTERS.
.HE two leaders in the war In South
Africa are ciriously unlike Yet
they arc both good soldiers

they ara both good soldiers
Archibald Forces once described Gen
Sir R~tvers Henry Butler who Will COM
rnan3 the British forces against the Beers.
as "a silent bloodth.rsty man. as resolute
Il tighter ever drew breath"
Gen. Bjuler is - years old. and may be
FemeFTl oerei IN America as attached TO the
Ee1 river expedition In $50 he began his
life as 3 soldier IN lS1s. in connection with
The SixtietA rines. He has serves In Chi
ma. In the Ashantee war. the kaifir war.
the Zulu war and the Boer war In Egypt
and the Soudan He has been deputy ad-
Jatant general. under secretary for Ire
land quartermaster general ans: aatutant
general When Re received his present as
slgnment 10 South Africa he was In COM
mani II AlGershot Ills mother was a
daughter q Lord II N Howard. and he
married In 1872. Audrey daughter Of the
fourth Marquis ToWnshend and widow OF
the Hon q T Howard. Gen. Butler bears
these significant Initials after his name:
Il g L. *. c, NJ. Il. X. . II. Y. c.
which prove him to he both brave and dis
tiurufshe9
Gen Butler won the Victoria Cross by
taior IN the Zulu war. He saved the lives
of three officers and men from the Zaus
He knows South Africa wel. for hs was
CHies Of STAT ~ slr Evelyn Wood In the
poer war of lSSl and was Ia command OF
cavalry In tne 2ulu war re has a repu-
tstiou ~ determination. oastinacy and
sr&nkHt$S Some g his cti 'ers call him a
brute hut british general n9sy safely e
expectr6 to cuufuet this African exc 5itt0u
@ith dus attention - tire aueai.ies ~
warfare - matter how stubborn a fighter
he may bs Il = lyrical ~ him taat ne
refused - 81 20 south Arrisa unless "a
.ealt }-e entirely unhaunsr~i y re now
loses. th- faH't viii Sc al hts oou Bat
p. Wisely tnsf@.eg7 vnar ka.tn. rrr-v =
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-05

He shall mark our goings; question whence came:
Set his guards about Us. all in Freedoms name.
He shall take his tribute, toll OF all :
He shall change gold for arms-arms We may not
bear.
He shall break his Judges IL they cross his word:
He shall rule above the Law, calling on the Lord.
He shall heed whispers. for the night shall bring i.
Watchers meath our window lest mock the King.
Hate and all division hosts of hurrying spies
Money poured in secret, carbon breeding aies
Strangers of his council hrelings OF his pay. .
These shall deal out Justice: se-deny-delay. .
We shall drink dishonor, shall abuse .
For the Land we look to-for the Tongue use
We shall take station. dirt beneath his feet,
While his hired captains ieer US in the street.
Cruel in the shadow, crafty In the sun,
Far beyond his borders shall his teaching run. .
Sloven, suilen. savage secret uncontrolled
Laying land evil of the old:
Long forgotten bondage. dwardng heart and brain
All fathers died to loose he shall bind again.
Here is n0uOht at Uenture, random untrue
SlCings the theel fallcsrcle. brims the cup dneic
Here nought uapr0ren. here is nothing hid:
step FOR step and cord for soord-So the old Kings
did
Step by step and tUord by cord: ,oho is ruled may
Suffer rot the old K,n0s-foy kaoo the breed
All the right they prOmise-d the torong they bring.
Stewards OF tbs Judgment. suffer not this King,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-05

A ranch or plantation r. peru Is ha-
rttf.As 81 ErneT ELLA q 81 50 nktGa. IL Tho
AFFert5ne E@t@D3te a1 estauNfa. ia Chils
"a rauen ~. Is TrugasY 81 foea. and ms
rrrersaturw are called haeteaGaGos ha-
toraF. @sfanrlares. Tsuch@roa ard flncaFoa
respectively. In Pers there are volunteer
fre cofapa n3ss ia nearly all the cities
s3s0llt F ~ those w@ used 81 hsye IN tas
{ nit~d siates bafgfe tbs lays - paid or-
Etaiza'3ons. ard they afe called bonn
Eraaroa
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-05
Kiphnq's Latest Poem=
As Hing.
SrCIURES sKAGAZME

ALL We have OF freedom-a use or know
This our fathers bought for long and long ago;
Ancient RICH. unnoticed the breath we draw
Leave 10 live by mans leave. underneath the Law
. Lance and torch and tumult. steel and graygoose
wing
Wrenched It, inch and ell and ALL slowly from the
. King:
Till our fathers established, after bloody years,
How our King is with u.s. first among his peers.
!. SO they bought freedom-not at little cost
Wherefore watch the King lest gain
be lost.
!: Over all things certain this is sure indeed.
Suffer not the old King for know the breed.
Give no ear to bondsmen bidding endure
Whining, He is weak and far" crying Time shall
. cure"
thine himself is witness till the battle joins
Deeper strikes the rottenness in the peoples Ions
!. Give no heed TO bondsmen masking with peace,
suffer not the old King here overseas;
They that beg us barter--wait his yielding mood
!. Pledge the years hold in trust-pawn
brothers blood
Howso great their clamor. whatso'er their claim,
|. Suffer not the old King under any name.
II is written what shall fall. If the King return.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-05
One OF Them.

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Mamma -FOUR fathers Dcckst.-~bsook!yn
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-05
AMERICAN MULES
FOR SOUTH AFRICA.
Army of Great Britain Is Drawing It's
Pack Animals From the
United States.
War With the Transvaal Has Increased the Demand
at Least Is Per Cent-Experenced Drivers
Will Be Taken to Handle Them.


Will Be Taken to Handle Them
it: rs ss s ss hat cen: MAX ..s: f: ana
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Texas b1"sas viii prove more han equal 10y ~ ~
WANTED
a@ ao"s
s 'at.s 9 a S heard 1 New York r a S%s @ sH
sock ssasrany. sa'sr;s.a mule
peieFe .
The n'1s e s,. n has there r4 he afG m aSs The ns
Win
5n '5 port s have H @ As s 5 s a ts nsSa
to
% ass'a .: s.' ss . ~ the | 'a. " aas
5 a S, a % s %rs for % the s s.n
price somsat
aPTsaan sonslaa,ea
ssr s sas n s s ruin 's s s,s '' ny
DRIVERS SOUTHWEST.
ss s% s s the sGa so. s mar; sn i WIN them.
dp's % ao smPse m across Fors'n ses,
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considered 3 sa the ds@ 5 aS 0' for hs.s n for
HORSES
1fSa9s the w a sSi for Ian, .n s .
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cn asn "a
wv mn
American
brilliantly successful Smaller than the English dn they
equal Dover and greater speed Many cab In London and elsewhere drawn
satisfaction
s"9 . o Al @ l bushes. from p a ,o to- 1 ss s 80 m
0
a ,sos SINCE
ran rome" to .
horse TINT through New YORK bound r rosn *o ror nt TO one u
The " The pls ana he horses nenrea
poo
the water Is now worth many Thousands" and today making at
Ne" s v A's. 'aa9'st se sa e a." s a.2 P
figures fer i year were 80 q a one >e% & line alone took 300" and ,no
Mll3e state horse
hs. fe[ o being r@Fr & - ar vel fsaFi h@'r ana ta, inc
These give excellent sturdy we'll 'lt
nearly -ess They stant h'sh afd the l
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%; f ' s '' Of 81 s:";: :. h e.
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-05

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-05

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-05
AMERICAN CONSULAR be KEPT busy.

throughout
will
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'front.'
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-05
Uncle SANS ROLE
DURING THE WAR,
government Will Have Many Representa-
tives on Duty in South
Africa.
doRK FOR CONSULS AND MILITARY ATTACHES.
Must Look Out tor the Interests of Their Own Country
and Of Great Britain as Well-They Will
Gain Valuable Information.

Is
bu most
theater OF
- His military attaches a
Of of
but in successful colonization
IouC5
Gto learn n
Charles
Of He
for GreaB
nmrngt
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-06

near the town in q meadow probably
by the stream, and live in and under
the wagon during the Nachtmaal,
cooking for themselves the food they
have brought along. Tt congrega-
ton gathers, during this time, day
and evening. Their neighbors meet
between whiles and gossip and per-
haps transact little business. They
would not belong to the human family
if, of course, the lads and lasses did
not walk and talk and court and ex-
change vows. These are the great
outings, the picnics, of the year, and
small tradesmen and peddlers are on
hand with knickknacks and trumpery
to sell to the young folks, SO that,
outside the services, the meeting is q
kind of fair Sometimes also there
may be wrestling match or jumping
match between young men, in which
all, old and young, will take a deep
interest.
So the Boer farmer and hunter pur-
sues his even way, as his people have
ever done, and if what he considers
the accursed gold had never been
found in his land, he might so pursue
it to the end of the chapter. 1t is to
be feared, however, that foreign
capital and railroads and teisgraphs
and lightning-rod agents have broken
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-06

e.-.-..J INV ..,o younger 1ol-
lowers, carries the silver box contain
ing the beetle root and lime. These
substances they roll up in wad and
chew continually, much to the harm
of their teeth, which get coal black,
and their gums, which turn bright
red.
A third follower in the retinue car
ries the umbrella. A fourth, and the
most powerful and long-haired man of
the lot, takes the part Of the beast of
burden and carries the Datto himself
about OF his shoulders.
In the lower left-hand section of the
Sultan's flag are two implements of
warfare. The upper one, white in color
on the red body of the flag, repre-
sents one of the borongs, or huge
knives almost universally carried in
peace as we'll as in war, while the
lower, also white in color in the flag,
is section cf spearhead, which i'm
plement is only used in fighting and
in the chase.
I presume there have from time to
time been exhibited specimens OF the
Manila insurgents flag by returned
soldiers who captured them in battle.
These have golden-colored stars on the
white field, representing the chief
tribes engaged in the uprising against
our forces, while the rising sun in the
centre stands for the rising of the
young republic as proaaged by Aguin-
ado,
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A CHAMPION sNoRER.
When snogglos Slept He Would Wake
the Whole Neighborhood.

the Whole Neighborhood.
zone of the worst snorers I think
that I ever had the misfortune to be
personally acquainted WITH" began
the white-haired dry-goods drummer,
refectively, "was a chap named Sam
Snoggles, who was in the same com.
pany with me in the army during the
civil war. The poor fellow is dead
long ago, I believe, and I don't want
to injure the feelings of his friends,
but the truth of the matter was that
when Snoggles slept there was mighty
little rest for any one else in the
neighborhood.
"The minute he got to sleep he
would roll over on his back, open his
mouth and tune up. he would begin
with noise something like man
gently scrapiug o fiddle bow across
the strings, and as he went on the
sound would gradually rise higher
and spread out and increase in volume
until the whole tent was packed SO
full of ait Shat the sides bulged out;
aud then he. would suddenly wind up
with o snort that fairly shook the
ground.
! NATURALLY, this was rather wearing
on the rest of us, and we tried vari-
ous, schemes to break him of snoring,
but without success, Finally, we hit
upon the plan of tieing piece of
hardtack tosra string, attaching the
other end OF. the string to pole, and
then after dangling the cracker over
the yawning cavity until it was in e1-
,actly the right position, dropping it
gently into his mouth. This would
Tickle his palate and set him to cough
ing, and as it would take him some
time to settle down and get his snore
foundry going ut full blast again, the
other occupants of the test would
manage to get little rest.
( But it used to- puzzle Snoggles
greatly to know why he had these
sudden choking spells in his sleep,
and he finally consulted the company s
[ surgeon, who-examined his throat
I InO COlQ ultu luetC WuS uoGuluio wing
there, and that his choking must be
all in.his Imagination.
g Imagination be hanged! growled
Snoggles. 4 reckon mans imagina-
ton don't set up nights tryin' to
choke him to death.
swell, he began to suspect what
the trouble was finally, and one night
when we were trying the cracker game
on him as usual, be suddenly shut
his teeth on il, and the next instant
he was up splitting up hardtack and
harder language out of his mouth,
and as socn rs he got fully awake
and had secured club we had to fly
for our lives.
"Snoggles went to the captain the
next morning and entered complaint
against US for disturbing his sleep,
and we promptly entered counter
complaint against him for his diaboli-
cal snoring, and the matter was finally
settled by giving Snoggles and that
donble-bass snore of hi. tent nil
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e.

milk. he is good horseman, and q
remarkable marksman. He under
stands that the man who can shoot
straight and without excitement
makes, nowadays, the best soldier.
He fears God and loves his country,
but cannot understand the need Of a
taxgathefer. He is, in fact, the back
woodsman of last century in the
United States, come to life again in
Africa.
At the first hint of gray in the East
ern sky, at the first crow of the cock,
the farm household is up and stirring,
and breakfast, with the usual atrong
coffee the Boer loves, is over by the
time the sun rises. The men are out
and about at once, looking after just
the same chores al on an American
farm in the West, save those who are
of to replenish the larder by shooting
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-06

pine group, writes the Manila CORE
spondent of the New York Times, has
shown On unexpected practical side OF
her character lately hy actually max
ing with her own hands copy OF the
royal standard of Sulu.
The flag is red and the field carry
ing tie five stars is blue. These
two colors appear in very many diff
ferent shades. The four small stars
in the blue field are the four principal
tribes of Sulu, while the central and
largest star is for the Sultan him.
self. :,
The wiseacres say he would do we'll
to be somewhat more modest and take
less conspicuous place in the galaxy,
as there are two tribes not more than
fifteen miles from the capital whose
Dattos, OF chiefs, are very powerful
and who are not on very friendly
terms with the Sultan.
The Dattos WELD the most absolute
power imaginable among their fol-
lowers, who seem more like slaves
than Independent members OF the
community. The Datto is. always
accomp anied by o sword-bearer, ?:!ao
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-06

You will hear divers answers as to
what kind of people the Beers are.
The more short-sighted and intolerant
travellers may say that the Bosss are o
dirty lot who don't use table napkins,
an illiterate set Of brutes who never
heard of Kipling, On utterly unrefned
people whose knowledge OF art is nil; /;
in short, g backward, stupid, unpre-
gressi7e, half civilized set who are too
thick headed to know they are stand
ing in the path of that Juggernautt car,
civilization, and must in the end be
crushed beneath it's wheels. q.
1t is mistake TO take Paul Kruger
and his surrounding politicians rs
types of the Boer. Also it is q mis-
take to take the dweller in the towns
as typical. To unearth the real iBoer
one muat seek the wide and solitary
veldt, the hidden valleys, the distant
hills, and there, on his farm. draw him
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-06

During the day he works leisurely,
content to make d living out of the
ground. He dimes heartily at noon
and sups heartily at evening. His day
hardly differs from that of any farmer
in any country, only, if he sings at
his work, it is likely to be q psalm
that he sings. He smokes 9 great
deal while he goes about-a habit de-
rived from his forebears in Holland.
He is fortunate in having no winter
no frost, no snow, only the dry sea-
son, when his cattle suffer, and the
rainy season, when the rivers and
ponds are flooded.
His house and barns are low and
roomy-simply furnished as to the
house rooms. The great featherbed
is usually the most noticeable feature
unless, perhaps, he glories in little
harmonium for his daughter to picl
out hymn tunes onof Sunday. Just
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-06

before the sun goes down. at time
which varies very little all the year
round, the Boer calls his family to-
gether, and they have household
prayers and pious singing. No lights
are needed, or if one is, it is an old
fashioned lanthorn, or, more likely, q
rush dip, floating in cup of home
made tallow. Ere the daylight has
fairly gone the farmer has bolted tie
door and everybody is in bed.
He has no amusements, according
to European or American lights.
Knowing nothing cf theatres or pic
ture galleries, he does not want them.
He hardly ever reads anything save
the Bible, and that is sacred Dirt
ord NIL ..tc---------. IL -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-06

out and study him. Your true Boer
despises the town. lie is essentially
an agriculturist and hunter. He is
extremely conservative, and with
strangers brusque and taciturn, but if
he finds you are harmless he can be
very hospitable. He does not drink
deep. he is religious, with gloomy,
stern religion which makes him be-
lieve, as did the Covenanters, as much
in the Old Testament as in the New.
He is moral. He does not believe in
divorce laws. He marries early in
life, aud is convinced the highest
blessing is an abundance of children.
He is sturdily built, as rule, thanks
to his way of life, which is, the same
as thct os his father a,n sc "neastors
fo, roonr penr-ntS
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a springbok, o hartebeest or some such
species of deer. The women have
plenty of work about the house. The
genuine old Boer farm furnishes it
self every necessary to its occupants.
The furniture is often made by the
farmer, or he has great, unwieldy,
carved chests and bureaus which have
come to him from his ancestors. he
can make his own shoes. His women
dress and weave his own sleeps wool
and make their and his clothes from
it. There is almost nothing he needs
to buy. He does not care rap for
neckties or collars or store clothes,
and full beard is fashionable. All
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-06

more peaceful days blacksmith, says
the London Strand, manufactured
armor for himself and comrades from
old boiler-plates, and to such good
purpose did these protective coverings
serve them that for two years the gang
defed all the efforts of the police of
Victoria to capture them. They were
OF last surprised, and many of them
shot whilst drinking at a hotel; not,
however, until 100000 had been
spent by the Government in its en-
deavors to stamp out tie gang. Ned
Kelly was tried and executed in Mel
bourne jail, and his armor, which
shows many marks of police bullets, is
ct present in possession of the Vie.
tarian Government.
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ready to take the field against kafiif
tribe 6t the British.

ready to take the field against kafiiz
tribe OF the British.
Then the plough end the hoe are
laid aside, and tho rifle is cleaned
carefully, but not now for a pleasant
hunt after game. The call to arms is
simple; mobilization is primitive.
There is no sqnabbling about volun-
teering, or enlisting, or drafting. Ex-
cept the women, the very old and the
very young, everybody responds, even
boys of thirteen and fourteen-but
the average Boer boy is q pretty stout
and healthy lad, and has been taught
to shoot since he was ten or eleven.
Each man takes his horse and his rifle
and proceeds to the rendezvous of his
district. The pastors are with them,
and with prayer and psalms the
tarmer-soldiers march out to defend
their country.
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he really has to buy is farming impie-
.nents, and of these he prefers the
primitive sort, though enterprlsing
agents have introduced such things as
moving and other machinery. 81
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up his idyllie life forever, or, rathor,
will soon do SO. It was not, however.
all peace. AS the American back.
woodsman was continually on his guard
against Indians, SO the Roes 10 eve,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-06
A BusI,raneer,s Armor.

The accompanying illustration is a
photograph of the armor used by Ned
Kelly, the notorious Australian BUSH
ranger. Kelly, having been in his
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-06

don't take their families to hotels,
though some may stay with friends,
but drive The two or three days. jour-
ney in the big white-canvassed w5gon,
drawn by from twelve to sixteen fat,
white-horned oxen. They make camp
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-06

6 Every year 8, $50, 600, 900 passengers
travel on the worlds Al4 640 miles Of
railway, which thus transport every
twelve months twice the entire epopu.
lstion of the world. 81 q. y. sfoT a.;E. 4
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-06

Probably what was the most unique
celebration ever given a homecoming
soldier from the Philippines occurred
at Mulyane, Kan. Private E. W.
Philips of Company II, Tenth Penn.
sylvania, had written home from the
Philippines that he would give a
months salary for piece of mothers
pies he said all the other boys in his
regiment were in the same fix. Just
before Philips reached Mulvane the
women Of the. town joined together
end cooked pie six feet in length
:and four feet wide. It was placed on
Ss tstlstin the centre of tile opera house
! and all the people, in town gathered to
meet the returning soldier. The con-
dition was made that lie eat the whole
pie that night. He had no trouble in
fulallingsst sndqoslled for more.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-06

i LIB paint .
BODY so that buyers add Lnseed oil and make the paint 80
further money the oil will cost about fifty cents gallon
Write the telling them what colors want and
much and price will gven paint contains the best material
and guarantee goes with every and package paint
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-06
A suLU sULTANA's WORK.

The Rulers Mother Has E1nde Flag
with Her Own Hands.
Tie Sultana Dowager, as we might
call the mother Of the reigning Sultan
of the Sulu Archipelago o} the Philip