The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-17

rufkS thry hfu IAN among the rNRcnCifS OI
their routine uf living sixteen IN one tent
Look at any REPRODUCTION Of photograph
Of British officers in Khaki uniform which has
been published in the London wcckli"s, and you
will s~c that their buttons and golden insignia
or rank gleam like diamonds against their uni
SEE them in the blazing sunshine ON tn" vcldt
Tommy hns few such points of metal and these
he Is forbidden TO polish, lie must keep them
dim. lie must paint thu sheath IL his bnyonct
brown. and h" may not even polish his boots
Ills riti" is his protection Just as the absence OF
now under discussion to have all officers who
march with their men provided with light carbincs
In that cas-" tn" swords whose silver handles now
CLEAN ike electric lights on the h"ld OF battle
would b. discarded and would the colorcd
collar bands and shoulder ornaments which make
such shining marks. Such matters as these
tho Borr do-s not have To consider lie fights
bohind rocks and except in the case II his blue.
clad artillery nc fights in his civilian dress"
idea Of the climate
ITO br. perfectly happy anywhere between the
fg-lca, for a daytime crstum" and Lanlnnd.r's
s,i' Of furs for the nighttime. ! take of all that
the law allows every day, and then gasp in the
lnmbswool blanket two ordinary blankets and a
steamer rug. and lie down listen the rattle Of
canvas at daybr.ni W. who are a, the head
quarters At NJ Aar are having what the trades
men would call a choice line 81 selected wcnthcrs
every known kind coming in each tweniy-tpur
hours and all served to us in wholesale lots Often
half dozen @'rts Of weather get mixed I'M Al
Antarctic brcrzc blowing through IT, In the mid
die ot that comes a SOudnnrSr SandSorm made IN
of whirls that obscure the sun and play hob with
the camp lifting up the skirts Of tho tents and
coating everything red In one 81 thcsc whirls
you can lay clean white handkerchief between
two overCats and when YOU take u cut II viii look
a. II Il had bcen saScd IN beef tea. After the
dust whirl comes tropical thunder shower. at the
end 81 which the sun sets with splrndur no painter
would dare To- try to put on canvas As Tor the
effect 81 the climate un man II is not fair 10 say II
I, , asA ,hiy and LET g" q! that il air,
actually hats Colorado IN the United States
To 60 To Colorad" you must be millionaire with
part with your million. But here IN" rule IL to
come pennicSs wi ne lungs Thus established,
All the African monaires started with neither
money nor respiratory organs, and are now tho
most energetic able bodied men 81 business alive
Paul Kruger ~ an exec ton He IN having had
luck, But he began unfairly, with sound lungs"
The Capc boy and the mule have already hg-
nrcd pretty largely in tories Of the present. wsI
Tor the capture 81 tn, 200 men at Nicholson y
N Mex MI knight the correspondent, Of The
result Of a wound made by DUN. dun bullet fired
under white flag al the battle of Grns Pan saw
De Var, and thus records his impressions Of the
mules.
There is small risk OF losing oneself even
for man ccustomcd TO the ycldt in the cour 20
Of ride out Of DE As-. unless one travels many
miles ahcld for this camp makes itself visible
a, an enormous distance BY the great gray cloud
less mules which ever hovcrs over IL. one can
always thus distinguish 1t from aiar, by night
wind raises the brown wave Of the yeldt dust
storm. obscurng everything as eHectually az
does the densest London fog Tho above-men.
toned myriad mules, BY the way, are worthy
Of remark. ! have often lived among mule
before but never ! think, among such mulish
mules AZ these. The most fendish ~ them are
some biz brutes imported from Italy who have
declared themselves the enemies of men and beasts
they are ever breaking down the fences Of their
mn taI All f.aKN Hsrl
ing the horses and escaping from their kraa ais
In bodies TO raid the camp for food, To rob the
fortunate animals away from the rcpasts laid
out for them, is one OF their most frequent eSca-
padcs. II IL funny Ia see the men Of the Army
Service Corps struggling with these animals.
Yesterday We saw u soldier who was attempting
10 lead huge mule by the halter, being dragged
all over the camp by the brute which irippcd
over tent poles innumerable. kicked out vigor.
Ously at everything he met. and could moi he
stayed Stop, you long noscd devil; don't you
know that you haint in liitaly now" cried the
man, az the mule Numbered against my tent.
There was stampede Of these mules last night
one OF my own, as wicked az the rest, among
them; and hundreds Of men have been occupied
all this day in securing the country for them"
The TeIegrdpas Cape Town correspondent
says OF the lighting: 1T is well known now that the
Beers have an aversion TO cold steel This is not
mere conjecture we have II on their own testimony.
The bayonet snot kind OF thing that one takes To
AT first sight, and, like lyddite shells regular
artillery fire and cavalry charges il in wholly
new TO the Transvaal buTghcrs Dutch prisoners
on board the Penelope in Simon's Bay confess with
refreshing simplicity that they don't mind being
shot-that is fair; but they object TO being muir
dercd by the bHyonet stabbed like so many sheen
A friend Of mine Mr., ID, G. Greig Of Johannes
burg. who speaks the raOl perfectly, was one OF
a party o! BritisherS who fell into the hands OF
the invaders after the fight AT Dundee. During
the four days that he was detained he listened
to many stories Of the fugitivcs from Talana Hill
and Eiandslaagtc one Of these declared that
the Gordon Highlanders were perfect demons.
lie saw them run their bhyonets through tho
bodies Of the burghers and throw them over their
shoulders like ShcaveS 0f corn II was evidently
part of the design OF those who had fled from these
fights To invest them with as much horror as pos
slble in order 20 minimize the defeats
beyond all question, the Bocr losses in this
campaign have been great, II IL n tradition
with Pretoria 30 conceal them but the truth will
out this lime Notwithstanding that they have
held natural Businesses every one Of them q
first class fortress and that our men have done
all the hard attacking work, involving reckless
exposure, the enemy have suffered losses probably
many times greater than ours, this being due AT
Mafcking TO superior leadership, and In Natal
mainly 10 better artillery fire. II IL said that
every member Of the Transyaal Executive in
clulinC tho pr~ri-'' has lost some EelatfvA