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we CnseTlully rec
ommend II TO all suffering from like
causes. am convinced that after thor
ough trial II will do all that is claimed
for It,"
Mrs. Bccking. East Toledo. Ohio, says!
"Pe- ma 10 the best medicine | ever had
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pi-a he was entirely cured. ! can not
praise La-ou-pi-a and Pe-ru-na enough. ;"
All letters should be addressed 10 Or.
Hartman. Columbus. Ohio.
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ught
commenced taking according directions That
November birth
give Pe-runa much praise Dr. Hartman the author
OF book womens da their called
suffer being the straigh ward and plain advice OF physician
has these speciality The book will
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Mr. f. w. Mosher. OF the firm of Mosh
er & KNITTED, Grocers, 406 Fiftyhfth ave-
nue. west, West Duluth MINI. writes:
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Hon. J. s. Kendall, Austin. Texas.

Hon. ]. S. Kendall, Austin, Texas.
Plano, Texas, February 5--DsRr Sir;
Your letter OF the ath has been forwarded
to me here. ] am now with my brother.
who is seriously III.
Referring to the John Tarleton papers.
permit me TO say that all letters and other
papers in reference to that school are in
the metallic file for counties In box
marked John Tarleton College and in
special letter Ale on top OF the letter
cabinet, The record OF all business tuns-
acted by the board OF trustees In the book
kept by the secretary. | have the imam
clal record, which ! will deliver with my
report and all funds to my successor as
treasurer OF that fund as soon as ! an
so.
In reference to the Peabody funds sent
me by Dr.. Curry, / have to say that l
have adopted the plan followed by my pre-
decessors Of turning the funds ON hand at
the close OF the term over to the local
treasurer I had talk with Prof. Pritch-
EFT about this matter when he was In AUS
tia some time ago. and he said that this
would be satisfactory to him, and ! wrote
DR.. Curry advising him OF this course.
have indicated to the president OF the
board of trustees that have small bal
ance promised the Prairie View normal
school TO aid certain students for the year
the students having been selected by the
principal OF the school. ! am ready "a
send this sum TO any person authorized
10 reeeive II, / will do as directed by the
president OF that board. II Or, Curry will
authorize me TO pay this balance to you
I shall certainly be pleased TO do so.
| ] have heretofore made all reports IN
reference to this fund direct to Dr. Curry
and as ! have been acting as his agent In
| this matter, have thought that my re.
| sponslbility as to this fund was with him
and ] have acted upon this basis.
Hopipg that this letter will furnish
the desired information. ! am, most re.
sreetfully. J. M. Carlisle.
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II
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II had we'll
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was three months
old. and when he was seven months old
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ly disposed as was Mr.. Gladstone, de-
clares that the alien laws of the Trans
vaal republic constitute breach Of
the London conventions and that CON
sequently said documents are annulled.
Hence, he argues, the suzerainty is
still i'm force.
Possibly there is flaw in Mr.. Cham
berlains argument, but 1t Is backed up
by British guns. This sort of reason
ing has won before, but not against
the Beers.
Although in 1891 England definitely
and specifically renounced all right to
Interfere i'm the internal government
of the Transyaal, she now makes n
very distinct demand. She says the
volksraad must pass law which will
make any white man eligible TO full
rights Of citizenship after a five years'
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the native tribes. The British contest
ed the alleged right. In 1884 emanci-
patton was proclaimed in the Colony,
which till then had been peopled by
British and Dutch alike.
What added to the grievance of the
Boer was that the slaveowners among
them received as compensation orders
on London which they were compelled
to cash on the spot at ruinous rates
The great exodus, or trek, of 1896
was the result. Some 5000 Beers by n
concerted movement abandoned Cape
Colony and moved on to the unknown
Interior. The bitter memory of their
sulferings from hunger and thirst and
from the attacks of savage natives re-
mains as n legacy of hatred among
their descendants to this day.
At the orange river the trekkers d.
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is contributed by ultlanders. The state
which they found nearly bankrupt has
now an accumulated surplus of some
S15,0OOOOO.
They are not mere birds of passage
fitting through the land, accommodating
wealth and returning to spend it in
their own country. The uitlander, so
far as the laws allow him, has made
his home in the Transvaal His chill
dren have been born there The mag
niiicent climate and the wealth of the
SOIL neglected by the Boer, give every
guarantee of the permanent settlement
of generations.
1t is exactly that permanent settle
ment which the BOer statesman breads.
Nor does he dread it without reason.
The denial of the suffrage is not the
only grievance of the uitlander. lie
complains of unjust and oppressive
taxation of the misuse of the proceeds
IN corruption of the civil service The
Boer has little reason to complain Of
either abuse. The taxes by which the
treasury Is filled are not levied upon
him. He consumes his own uutaXcd
products. lie has few wants which
force him to contribute to the duties
levied on imports. So long as it is not
his money that is wasted he cares lit
tie what becomes OF it.
Monopolics have been imposed upon
everything from mining machinery to
mineral waters. and after enriching
their own Golfers to the bursting point
the shrewd minded Beers have ex-
pended IA goodly fraction Of the re-
naming revenue to arm and equip
their countrymcn with the most mod
ern munitions of war in anticipation of
coming unrest.
According TO the malcontents, it has
become a habit with the Boer to hold
one hand on the throat Of the ultlandcr
and the other on his family Bible.
Then the uitanders have no voice
in educational matters. Their children
are taught only the crude Boer patols
in the public schools. They are de.
MED the freedom of the press and, in
certain ways, even freedom Of speech
for it is criminal to hold public meet
ings They nave no power in the mu.
nicipal government Of Johannesburg
and when they appear for trial they 10
so before iuries Of Dutch burghcrs.
The president has the right to eXpel
any member of the community from
the republic without trial
In fact, everything possible has been
done 70 eliminate the Anglo-SaXon
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or trek. Sometimes they fought; some
times they trekked.
When they finally moved beyond the
Vaal river they thought they were
safe from the English The country
was a savage infested wilderness But
somebody discovered gold and dia-
monds in the Boer territory. Then
the English moved in and began to
work the mines. The Beers are not
miners. The golden rocks of the Rand
would remain uncrushed forever If
they had their way. They wish only
TO till their farms, raise their stock
and read their Bibles.
But the glitter of gold and the CLINT
of diamonds attracted more and more
sons of Britain. Men of other cOun-
tries came too. There We're some Ger
mans and few Americans. The Beers
call them all uitlanders, or outlanders.
1t is an expressive name.
Finally the utlanders became more
numerous than the Beers There are
now in the Transvaal about 245,
whites. OF this number more than
1905 are English. Besides these,
there are 10000 Germans, 10000 Amer
leans and a few hundreds of almost
every other race on the globe. So the
Beers are actually in minority In
their own land. The remainder of
their 100000 population is composed
of blacks, chiefly Katllrs.
But this little handful of, say, 3d.
600 Beers has retained absolute sway
in the territory which was wrested
from the sayages. For all practical
purposes only native Beers have full
rights Of franchise. They make the
laws, levy the taxes ana grip with
Jealous hands the rcins of government.
Toward the uitlanders the Boer at
titude has been aggressive, autocratic
and possibly oppressive. 1t depends
on the point of view The British min
ers have had to pay handsomely for
the privilege of taking out the treas
ures which the Beers themselves neg
lected, They have been heavily taxed
They have been bled by government
mOnOpolics.
True, they have prospered and grown
enormously rich in spite of it all, But
so have the Beers, and 1t is the Eng.
fish who have done the work Year
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LWho commands British forces in South Africa
were finally harmonlzed by n union in
TO one republic. In 1913 the gronwet
or fundamental law, was passed by
special volksraad elected for the pur-
pose, and it still remains as the nomi-
nal constitution of the country
But the Beers found themselves UNI
able to cope with the savage natives,
who harassed them on every side and
threatened the security not only of the
Beers themselves, but of their British
neighbors. Yielding partly to n desire
for self protection, partly to show of
British force, the Beers consented to
annexation with the British empire in
spite Of the protest of Dom Paul Kru-
ger and other sturdy minded young
patriots,
So for awhile the Beers and British
fought the blacks side by side, but the
Beers fretted under the British yoke,
and under the plea that Britain had not
performed her promises they rose in
rebellion in 1880 and, after the bloody
victory of Majuba Hill, succeeded in
again establishing their independence
subject to the suzerainty Of her maj
esty," The treaty which contained
these words was signed at Pretoria in
August, 1881.
In 1888 the Beers sent a deputation
to London TO secure the abolition of
the suzerainty. Gladstone was in pow
er then, and under his leadership new
agreement was signed by which Eng
land gave up her rights of suzerainty
except in regard to treaties with for
eign powers and the Orange Free
State. This was signed In London in
1884, and the documents are now
known as the London conventions. The
Interpretation of this agreement was
the subject of the discussion which has
led up to the present state of affairs.
Mr.. Chamberlain, not being so kind
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republic. Each entrance to the Trans
vaal except from the north, is through
n mountain pass, and the Beers hold
these passes,
On the other hand, the Beers are
practically surrounded by British ter
ritory. Beyond the mountains wait the
redcoats. Germany Is far away. The
only friends upon whom the Beers can
count are their brothers in the Orange
Free State, just across the Vaal. But
to the southeast, to the west and to the
north extends British Africa. The
Beers only path TO the sea is blocked
by Portuguese East Africa, and the
Portuguese are under British influence.
These, then, are the causes, this the
situation. Now we can watch the
making OF history.
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residence without forswearlng allie
glance to his native country.
At present the only citizens entitled
to vote for president of the Boer re-
public are those who were residents
of the Transvaal previous to 1876 or
who carried arms for the government
in any of the various wars of indie
pendence OF course this applies only
to white males. Voters Of these quail
fications are known as first class
hurghcrs, and, SO far as numbers go,
they are in Il ridiculous minority.
Should the request for five year
franchise be granted the Beers would
find themselves speedily legslated out
of existence. Such a concession would
hand over the control of the govern
ment to the ultlanders. Do you won
der they object?
Stlll, there remain the grievances Of
the uitlanders. Some of them deserve
to be classcd as outlaws, it is true, for
blacklegs from the four quarters of the
earth can be found in the streets Of
Johannesburg. Yet the majority are
not of this description.
The first hordes of immigrants We're
naturally enough composed in part of
gamblers and adventures, but these
We're soon succeeded by earnest, prac-
teal workers, by men Of Drawn and
brains. They worked the mineral
wealth of the country; they spent their
savings in opening out mines, in put
ting up the finest machinery, in costly
experiments Of every kind; they col
lected the cleverest engineers and man
ayers, assayers and chemists from all
the mining centers of the world; they
redeemed the land from desolation;
they built the towns; they constructed
the railroads; they established the com
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led Roers

sent the number Of ablebodled Roers
who can bear arms.
The real army is the nation In arms.
1t is impossible to give exact figures
concerning its strength. \ German
army officer who recently made a re-
port on the Boer fighting strength says
he asked men and boys of all ages in
all stations of life in all parts of the
Transvaal whether they would go to
war, If it came to war; without ever
receiving n negative or even n doubt
full answer. Even the oldest men he
met thought they would be good for
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These figures throw a lurid light upon
the potential earnings of railroad
which, like the Netherlands, charges
from q to "a cents per mile.
Although there are many minor ones,
these are the main grievances of the
uitlanders, and 1t is because of these
that England demands the right to in
terfere in the internal affairs of the
government, the London conventions
Notwithstanding.
Whether the Beers are able to de-
fend their country or not Is a disputed
question. on the face 1t would seem
absurd that a nation which shows a
fighting force of only 10000 could sue
cessfuily resist the great armies which
England could send against 1t. But
those figures do not truthfully repre-
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question the savage African tribes
whom they subdued, Their ancestors
went to South Africa from Holland.
Boer is Dutch for farmer. That is
what the word means and that Is what
they are.
The first Beers settled In Cape Colo
ny. Trouble with the English led
them to move farther inland and
farther north. They would build their
kraals In one place and stay there I'M
ill the encroachments of the English
made It necessary for them to fight
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vlded into two parties, one of which
founded the Orange Free State. The
other, continuing farther eastward,
founded Natal. Both states were CON
quered by the English, A majority Of
the Beers, once more fleeing from Brit
ish thraldom, crossed the river Naal
and intrenched themselves in their
present position in the Transvaal.
Here four rival sovereignties were
established whose internecine feuds
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after year the taxes have become high
er in spite of the indignant protests
sent to England.
In the meantime the political rela-
lions Of the two countries the little re-
public and the great empire, have
swung through several interesting
stages.
The first time the Beers and the Eng
fish clashed was when both were set
tied In what is now Cape Colony.
There came up the question Of slavery.
The Beers claimed n right to enslave
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The quarrel between the British and
the Beers has its complications, but
even at this distance it is possible to
distinguish the main points Of the con
troversy.
1t is not the whole truth to say that
this is merely another case of British
land grabbing. Neither is it entirely
fair to charge the blame wholly to
Boer stubbornness. There are two
sides to this as to every other ques-
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yeast that has been leavcning the
Dutch lump of that distraught repub-
lie.
The governments method of protect
ing the Netherlands railroad forms an
other grievance. The charges for car
rying passengers and freight are right
ly complained of as eXOrbitant. The
average charge for freight in the Unit
ed States is half cent per mile. In
England it is three-fourths of cent
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lCommahuer III ehei OF the boer lorceAI
merce; they fought in the wars against
the savage native tribes, who despite
all the courage and fortitude of the
Beers, must finally have trlumphed
over them If they had been left single
handed.
And they paid and have paid and are
paying practically all the taxes. 1t is
estimated that 90 per cent of all the
magnificent revenues that flow yearly
into the Golfers of the Boer government
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from his most recent photograph
ton. Before you give your sympathy
to either contestant there are n few
facts which ought to be considered.
Here they are:
The Beers We're the original settlers
of the country now known as the
Transvaal republic If we leave out of
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der. Shut in on all sides by mountain
ranges, the Bocr could not be safer IL
lie had n Chinese wall all around his
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with. In fact,
there has been
SO much eXag-
geration that II
Is hard TO say
W h at is the
truth and what
is m ere ro-
mancing. But
even the Eng
ish admit that
a BOer with Il
rifle is a dan
gerous custom
pr. even at Il
distanc e of
1000 yard :,
and Tommy At
kins must be
m u c h nearer
than that to do
effective work.
The best de-
Tense against
an invading ar.
my, however,
is found i'm the
character of the
Transvaal bor-
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Where the Beers thrashcd the British in 1ssll
something as long as they had fingers
to pop gun with and eyes to see n
redCOat
The kasers informant thinks the
citizen army comprises at least 10000
meme between the ages of % and 50
years. Though the majority of uit-
landers are exempted from military
duty, the younger men win readily
help their ncighbors, lie thinks. OF
the 10000 blacks able to shoulder
arms, 10000 may be relied upon to
fight with will.
The nation in arms really means an
army Of mounted infantry, for every
citizen soldier reports for duty on
horseback, and there are no better rid
ers or sharpshooters in the world. The
German observer says it seems to be
impossible TO tire out n Boer or his
mount, "As to getting away from his
bullets, the English have tried it once.
Their losses i'm the war Of 1880 and
1881 We're 1,159 dead and wounded
against 113 Beers, who received
scratches"
This subject of the remarkable fight
Ing qualities of the Boer is n fascinat-
ing one which has been often dealt
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-09-29
THE BOER SAYS

This IL ourcoun-
try. We snatchcd
IL from the saw
ages. We made
farmland of the
wilderness.
You want II he
cause of the gold
and diamonds,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-15
SPALDINC BICYCLES
at $40 and $50
ARE HARD TO BEAT.
OPPENHEIMER, SLOAT & co.
DON'T MOVE AGAIN. "THREE
MOVES ARE AS BAD
AS FIRE"

My friends q. e. parties who have been
looking at lots on Ninth street, want TO
know when viii there be a sale of Ninth
street lots. They mean at auction. Some
people like to attend auctions. I have
taste that way myself. am always hap
Ply on such occasions. Now the owners of
those Ninth street lots would like to sell
as many of them as possible at private
sale" You know it is cheaper to sell at
private sale than at auction. An auction
means big advertising bills, big posters,
and a brass band. 1t is expensive. The
auetioneer's sweet voice itself is costly. 1t
is worth IS a tune for the auctioneer for
a 800 lot! OF course somebody has to
pay for all these adjuncts to an auction. II
is simply to save you money, my friends,
that 1 am writing these epistles. If 1 sell
at auction every one who buys a lot pays
for his share of the music, advertising
and auctioneer. 1t don't look that way, but
in the immutabe course of events 1t must
be that way.
But I am now making up a list of those
who want an auction, real old time en-
JOScbtS duCIiOu WHERE tktEIt Will OC AOtS
of smart things said. ~ soon as the list
is completed I shah study over the situa-
ton and see what can be done. In the
meanwhile "cross the Rublcon" and pick
out the lot on Ninth street that you want.
Take your wife with you. for as a rule il
is her little economies and savings which
help to buy the lot and build the home. If
you make up your mind, mean you and
your wife, to get place where you can
have not only home comforts, but have a
few fruit trees and raise chickens maybe
keep a COW, 1 know you can pay for it for
less than you now pay your landlord for
rent and spend in cigars and other luxu-
ries and summer excursions, and then have
something 10 put aside. 1 know what 1
am talking about, because there are hun
dreds of people in this town who have done
and are now doing to-day what 1 have out
lined, and 1 am glad to say that incident
ally 1 am the maker of the good for
tunes. There are only three things neces-
sary in order to secure a home, namely:
building lot, industry and economy.
Cali and see me and bring your wife. She
is doubtless tired of moving about, because
just as she gets the house in order and her
little garden planted, and become acquain-
ted with the neighbors, she has to pull
up stakes" and move Many a poor wo-
mans life IS worn out by moving. Give
your wife home and she will be a hap
pier woman. Hoping to see you at an
early day, am encouragingfy yours,
c. H. DORSETT,
% Congress Street West.
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BUFFALO STRIKE ABOUT OVER.
Grain ShOveIIers VIII Go to Work,
but Others Are StiII Out.


But Others Are Stiu Out.
Buffalo, n. Y, May 1.-THE grain show
oilers will return to work tomorrow
morning under the agreement reached at
l O'Clock this morning at a conference be
tween the lake carriers, elevator men and
grain shoveIers.
The terms of the agreement were re-
duced to writing and promptly signed to-
night at the residence of Bishop Quigley
Attorney Goulder of Cleveland, acting for
the Lake Carriers Association, and At
torney John Cuneen, of this city, repre-
scented the scoopers.
The agreement provides that the grain
shoyellers shall receive $1.S5 per 1000 bush
els; that the contractor shall not receive
nigh mans pay; that a superintendent
shall be appointed by the bishop to guard
the interests of the men; that local board
of arbitration shall be appointed to pass
upon any grievances which may arise in
the future. and that fourteen of Contrac-
tor Corners boss scoopers shall be sus-
pended pending an investigation into the
charges made by the grain shovellers that
they are identified with saloon interests,
or otherwise Objectionable.
Notwithstanding the adjustment of the
grain shovellng trouble the labor situa-
ton here, so far as the commercial in
terests of the port are concerned, is
threatening The tie-up of the coal ana
ore docks is said to be quite as serious
as was the grain shovellers' strike Prac-
tically all the coal and ore handlers
numbering about 1900 men, are out The
freight handlers who struck out of sym
patty to the grain shovellers now refuse
to go back until their wages are raised
from 25c 10 35c an hour. The house men
employed in the freight houses also are
on strike.