New-York tribune., 1899-10-28
THE PASSING THRONC

"I was IN the Transvaal for several .,..
Howard Clasett Of San Francisco a, the ~,
Imperial yesterday. and beoa,1'
SEES THE pretty well acquainted Win ,s
END or Boors and their obsr.,,,-' b,." 'n9
BOkR RULE We've all heard lot OF taik -.
their great bravery. unsu-,..s.
fighting abilities and wonderful marksnansb,n 80
! think before this ends you will 10 &c.,. '''
more or less Of surprise. don't belley. ~
Will stand up and agnt when the numerical s,re,y,s
or tnelr forces anI Inat OF me English are resf,y
equal, especially if the battle goes A. ali acsirn
tht m. And when they do lie down hey oin1 "'ls.
80 suddenly and completely that every one viii b.
wondering how on earth they ever achieved ren"
tations as fighters / may be wrong Dut thai r. ~ ~
honest belief as 10 what they will do. ny
II hardly think the English have any in.e,,,o-
Of trying 70 enter the Transvaal by ~av ~ spn .p
Tongue oi Natal and through the mountain rassss
course but If they do Il Will be an almost sueiasi
plan OF campaign as In those mountain g0rges a
Few can withatand the many and 10 win them ,hs
entire way Will have 10 be marked with tho corn.t77 7
Of English dad. and from The mountain sides e'n
run streams Of Tommy Atklnas blood Orre
through the mountains and on The ve.df ~ ,hs
Tr1nsvaal the fight will be over. and tho Boer re-
country closely resembling tha, Of belgium Ing sss
field Of Waterloo LOOKS like scene from The yta,
The operations in Natal and A. Mafekinr and
kimberley are, ! think simply Intended % cheet
army corps arrive. When this corps gets % soa,s
Africa | expect 20 soc the English work inio 'ss
Orange Free state from tho south. along the route
Of the railroad. and believe they will attack ~
Trangvaal from the Orange Free State and aso
Orange River The Free state Is doomed and wen
their troops appear the northern sde OF ,ss
Naal River it will be all over WITH the Beers"
Il had to go down 10 Eagle Pass Tex couO,.
Of years ago" said VI y Ous a s. Louis railroad
man az tho Hoffman House yes.
BRILLIANT terday. and found Il an exceed.
SOCIETY At ingiy lively place. There were. :,
EAGLE PASS begin WITH bull fights galore he'd
A. Porfro Daz Just over ne sor.
der on the Mexican sido. and good fights they vsr.
too s they had imported ono of the best matad6rs
or foroadors IN Spain TIE Mexicars go mad ogA,
the fights and lots OF Americans ATTEND also. Tass
We used 10 so on picnics, tnore wss place over
Mexico 4 couple Of miles beyond porifiD Difz Al
the mon dressed In bright coiorod cofhee ars
the native orchestra combined 10 make rho danclnz
entertainments. as picturesque 7s possible ThsJ
had II Pink domino narty. too. While I was there
brilliant ball ever held a. fhe Tueres IN no
pslmiest days Of the Third Empr" T. was hes
all odds the most wonderiul dance ever attend.
I'd The members Of tho club gave o.. and s0me o
the costumes merit description ] saw ore toHing
swell Of the town. whose modest costume i1cIuiet
. brilliant purple neokfic and chocolate ceorei
worsed gloves giving coffee 10 MS o.st er or =
the saucer. Most of the d0min0s were u rrk
cheesecoth and II was only when they droppei
them that their costumes revealed themselves "a
,heIr f ocs"y -. The ~ nome1 Trre c9.ered sila
OTHERS looked as If thy had taken mad dash
through q curtainea and hedeckeI horei window
them Then after Tho dancing over and v.
had supper q woman played and sang to ls. n.
had queer lookins yel low hair thai gir-ed tightly
all over her head. and funny. sq1eakv voice. ani
for the life Of me [ could only think that
watching particularly inteliser' French poodle
pecially so when she insisted on fsv0rinz gs vrh
'rostis Goodbv' which resulted ip her getting
inextricaby mixed on her high notes