The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05
PAUL KRUGER IN HIS HOME.
DEMOCRtTIC Wars or TUE TRANS
rams PRESIDENT.
Lives In n Modest House and IL Devoted to
His Family aud Also to Cohse-An Early
Fight with IL Panther-Friendship for
American, Hatred of the English.

non, then nEnt Is INV W'N' VI i'''"u'h' "''
kruger Of the 'Transvaal
Imagine a man less than five feet
seven inchc, III height, but in built
like a giant; his hair white with years: his feat
urcs hnmcly and coarse, wearing an III fitting
black doubled breasted frpCk coat reaching below
the knees. such a man is Dom Paul VOID OF
book learning apparently not gifted above the
average man armed only with his natural craft
ness lac has been n thorn in tho side Of the greatest
ipllntatisls aud statesmen in England for years.
lie was b,rn on oct ~, 1925, near tho present
town " Grail Rcinrl Cape Colony. His parents
were South hir.can farmers who left their
home In Holland few years before Paul was
born hoping for good fortune in the new coun
try gut 1t did not come. They remained mere
suuattrr- ard at tho time Paul was born his
ptrrnts owned only two or three slaves, which
,c,,, Iulr The future President of the Trans
,..I ,,a. ,h,i.,,,cd ( I Pan, kruger I'M, n,
Na"' was '"''H'"r" -. ~ ""' N'"e Wv
an early az" the itSt two initials were cropped
lie uses them now when signing state papers.
lie was taught early To pray and to handle gun.
| lie was n fearless boy. When he was ms par
cn,s resented British regulations and moved TO
,,c northeastern mari nj natal ma, far from Lady.
'lc h"'u'"S"'" p"'' w '"'o'' "'' ''i '''''
| smith, the hrSi important Strh"g" point III 'h'S
war There ucrc two other children in the
iii. .i,i .v, =, h,,. h,,h ,o,,,,.,, thu, Paul
,n"l''i, H''' anu ,rs' "''" ,, a .' n.
The brother was k'IIcd III hnu'e ngh' III ,he
| I'D, p,,.idcrt of ia. 'rr,,sv,aI
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! father sister and he went with the bullock team
! ,,,, ,t,.,,,r,. lat, tho ptsngc Free State Tho
somi',, ,c, n,s tn,cc,, ,n ,c,,,in ard ,nId Paul
| Ia take the team home aud to look after his sister
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| Everything went wen hhu' raul anu nus SIS
! ter were about five miles from home. Then n
! panther appeared IN the road The sixteen bul
| l'hS IA lh' 'hh '""k tIgh' ana ran away
! Tn" j"ltinE of III" wagon threw thc sister from
! ,I,, s,,t iuin the rnodvny vbrrr She was AT the
! - A., ,L ,I ,,,,,,., ,,,,,,.d
mercy W wv p"'''"'' '"u'' ''""H" "',"'"
! ran Ia her rescue and tackled the panther. II
was a fierce struggle. and kruger believed once
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"t '"''' 'n"' INV p"',n'' was R''hR !" prov w"
| much for HIM But finally he managed 10 NIL
/ The animal with his knife
It wss in The latter part Of 1879 TIM, first me,
! 49,, - A., war viii The IiSitsh when / wns
ir,i,,iurrJ la il ruyct he WAS s,,spici"us of me-
~ AK, E,u.,r wnuId t,lL Fngiish hut since the
Isl II Sir Henry ock to Pretoria in 1893 he
ms W , q, n,"n one MI'i ~,
hSI dirir,l,y IN swppIynr hisSnmiy With the
nccessics q lie for besides his wife he had ten
bnusr hut he iru the farm To- rnrr Tor itself. inT
~, had ~ r,nr. imm"rtnnt matter a. attend t. ~.
',,n ,, 4, 49, ~ ',cvI,,nm ~, AIMS, ,bs Eng,
L"h Gcn T. L Jnubcr, commander Of the
nc, t,,r,s and Wee prrs,dcnt "t a." Tr,n,, aal
] tT, ni,u .n ~ thr rcpmbr's rtst ptssi
S"mhT nJ J''I,S %n W NV. ,l' ,mmr ,he sr
W,u i,, ,b,rh r,nc tho t,lInnimy vc,r r,suI,.
w.. j." The in"rn%ndcnrc If the fnSts in 1881
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"-,Th.. r"yt ttrIc met i rrrct WAS in iSat Al.
,nus, WI, 81 nrp rTn Ito"r% Kim n, sim,
I r,,,t,, 49, no. ,,,s ~, he daWs ~ IS7a
when h" was Gnkn"w@n - fame and had had
W. " u,,' ,c,iiyrL Ne ,,cnt o,,Slitir. ~ Ills
,ra, liz. "' r,.i,Iiy invited me i" b"rnmc his
rnIst nn',s r N',, IN ,i 70 ,v '" ,rrcn,,I
IT, u,,uII nnt u,iK En,.ltsh ,o me on this nccS
.n - ma " carr IN '% Inv ,omy Ti hn
hi,' nh,,tEm wv, ,i,i -, ,,ii,,''. a., a..
old PRESIDENT never nirh "i haIkins Hn"ut NC
NE ntnnf H.I WSh' M, ny m VIZ ~, ", nj,
uh f., c, lean r'c,rh.n II. IN tr,dr
~ can W., Nrrilrans ne S"m,n scy' '"'
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is scr'c'HSrN. "Mhcn FGugo home to ne nl'd
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/ n g'''NS ri"t IN it"lt hhJ S'huN p"N lhsilI ~
, IN" ron railing. 'mS hnu',' "Hs nrr.''n''d "
nm 10y ~>in'' a'. WIFI Wy N,iHNi"hu Is w
, session soldier J. ''l''''n ~ rom M We TICS
. rrnIs h"u'' Ihu u" ON" rN,"pu,Is "i'.,ihIs MAY
'u"' III" f.S,drnS" .nNinE 'nr DAY Without per
mission N,r '"'i'"h ~ ur evening hI' are
welcome !" INC 'Hl ,N''u"E'S nom"
Every morning ~ o o'clock = negro srivHn
iAk'S cup "i hla's 'gl'' ,ahH nH pirt
ii'd WIN hhh''n "a We lL,sd"hlh room
" soon ~ he has drunk we '"''c N'uS'r IlSr'
and Smo'cS i,r Wnr "nhr ne Is 0irssihS u
Is down SlHifs 10y '"o 4" C!"k hnu II rhdN " l"h'
| the 'mlN prayers NJ O'CLOCK brrnkihSl l.
! served about 80" a N. ms morning. hours az
| taken NJ WIN mAu't1 ~ stat" nhd thr di"'a'ing
t 81 letters lhr diil'I hour ~ u'I"rk " nj
ne meals htllE'r say graz br'"f h"hh - broken
VI" l0E'~ snort nap aver lhc noon meal and u
! I ready rr"mliN ~ "ci"'h IN W" afternoon t.
. i"'-iN" callers ne Nuli"r Is served at "clnrE
and III" conclusion 81 lIiih fcp1St ends all tn
wUuimrnt ~ NE Gh' Tor Nthc"f. Many wr'r
hHv" 'old how hot CUPS ~ thlcE black coffee ~
served IT frequent inl"'khiN. Every lcrsun ="
ccsyr Is served WIN r"ice BESIDES his snlal'
81 10000 year krrur"r gets sin~l annunll'