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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-22

istrusts the other and the city Is IN q
ace of laDored inaction. The president
ONES and goes. wiln mis- usaai regu-
arity. but the people notice that he stays
.ong time az The capitol building.
Then there a4e troops I'm the streets.
j. able bodied BOeIs have their weapons
md are gathered in.o companies and
very few days a company marches away.
And yet there IS p.en.y OF food and mon
FOR supplies arrive regularly. and the
nine owners-aH Uitlanders, pay large
wages
man knowing no Dutch could live
al his life IN Pretoria without difficulty
or half the people he meets speak En-
dish.
But Dutch IS the language OF the city.
-he streets are marked In Dutch. the
shops display their wares In Dutch co n
md numerals. the craftsman speak Dutch
But as you enter. you Viii be provided
With an English speaking clerk who VIII
emaln with you while you shop.
SJME LITTLE DUTCH WORDS.
Here are some Of the Dutch words that
lre oftenest In print IN connection with
no news Of the Transvaal and their
pronunciation and meaning:
lomw .ubTOkBhB etaoitacin taoinoinno
Blocmfontein (bloo n-fon-tire)"...4
Flower fountain
Boer (boo-er). ........,.........".'.'f dIiner
Bui,enlander Cboy-tcn-lont-er,....
Foreigner
Burgher Cbuhr-kep) ..............C Citizen
Burrerregt chr f,aT-rey} p.7tezerfRIt
Burgerwacht Cbuhr-ker-vokt)....
Citizen soldiery
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-22
SHIRT WAISTS
OF THIS YEAR
Miss Goodwin Says They Are fabu-
Io6sIy Expensive
AND ARE MADE OF MANY C0LORS
And Different Ninterials-Ar 'ohs-
binc the TOucs-Iic Seamless ono
Grows ia Il pularty aud the
Bolero il H. Great Vogue.

PARIS. oct. i2.-Thc Efforts that have
been made for the past two years to Gust
the shirt waist from the wardrobe Of the
well-dressed woman have al length been
crowned with some degree Of success
Like BanQuos ghost the shirt waist re-
mains. but in slightly changed position
r. is still a separate waist. hut as con-
cessIon TO the fashion for fun suits II
matches the skirt in color II not I'm ma
tcr.aA
Many OF the leading couiurieres make
these waists out OF hght-w eight cloth,
such as tweed of the thin English make.
plaid Scotch suitings ladies' cloth and
the finest and thinnest of serge They
combine them with thinner materia :,
giving the tweed q seamless yoke Of taft
feta overiaid with Venetian lace of the
heavy variety and Ike as not they ft the
tweel with a square neck OF thin velvet.
bOrdered with shIrred ribbon or with
tucks Of silk. or the tiniest edging.
The next ronCess on TO the full suit
idea is the short basque. Instead OF be-
Ing cut of 40 the waist line and blOusng
over it the shirtwast i's the figure very
tightly and is finished below the belt-line.
You see these waists IN the windows. well
fitted and fully trimmed so that YOU have
only 10 make your selection in order 70
get something 20 match your skirt and
thrs you hive a suit
A trimming 0t narrow ruchesses Is us-d
for bordering he short basque. Thin silk
IS doubled and shirred upon both edges,
n aking thick soft border. Thi. is sew
ed upon the edge Of the basque and also
upon the waist In a way TO form large
Greoian designs. which are. in them
selves a very becoming trimming It
may be said On favor Of the basque that
& tends 20 slender the figure, though II
is not as comfortable or az universally
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-22

/ ..,,..-.s... .u. 0A. De uS-d !ea's - >
/ 49, ,.. f.1ul the Zu.~s. beinB u
/ ~. 'l.....,.,fcs4 turn Of mimi lie had 10
/ 80 ~ v.ssigg the fIeafm ahd "Aen
/ - necaue imminent lie got II Out ana
/ ,,.. suea IA W. A. Nas oain" s0u j" ~
/ ,oi, rarts and my friend found him WIN
/ II an his hnces Ttp.4.l4.- AZ a"u gems
| "A A., c.,,Ittton 10 Lse. When ASKED "htl
| IA i,,coaed 10 do with IL, the president
noirted inward over his shoulder ana
.aid something agout the game upon
the hills - ..oo.,.
rich man Paul Kruger was u the haol'
- r,o,ne ogt every tall to shoot on Pre-
,orie,s mountains. bringing back the
Inc for he family. lut OF iate ne
bes omitted his annual hunting ex9edit-
ions.
Madam Kruger sat opposite her spouse
dressed In a gown of light grey stuff and
wearing, a white linen cap. she Is not
y rrctfv woman though the president
slores her She agrees with him In every
hing and lends a sympathetic nod as
ne talks. She Is An economical woman
and keeps only one servant She knlts
and sews and cooks while her servant
does the lighter houSswork. she mas
nsvsr allowed her help 20 handle the
and KEY and doed out as needed.
SO much for a pen sketch OF the
PRESIDENT and his wife, q. a caller found
them
All the men In the Transvaal have q
round shouldered look They sre hunched
I'D suggesting the ape Their arms seem
longer than the arms OF Europeans.
though II may be the way they carry
themselves and their heads seem larger.
They a 80 io)k big in the abdomen. anoth-
er ape Characteristic. Here, however,
the resemblance ends for they are clever.
though not quick and are Statesmen as
to ability To govern and diplomacy.
The presidents secretary. a man with
an unspelable name is after this de-
scription. He is no boy, being nearly
sixty. but he is as devoted to the presi-
dent as though he were a lad eager to
please In order TO rise.
Now the general air OF the town IL
one of Quiet-extremely quiet. Men 80
about their business. afraid to speak
and trade Is carried on with as few words
az possible The mines are worked In
silence and the pick OF the tools on the
hills is heard duly in the town
TIE trouble Is that four-fffhs OF the
population of Pretoria are English or
German. Uitlanders they are called And
between the Ui''ander and The POer there
Is a great gulf fixed. They hate each
other with the tenacity and the ferocity
which q bulldog feels for a bloodhound.
The Beers are the BULLDOGS holding on
10 their own. Tho Uitlanders are the
o'oodhouads tearing the flesh and siHcw
our.
A Boer knows his own family, and
that OF his neighbor as loval: but he Is
afraid OF the stranger. He knows not
the man to whom he may WHISPER inc
.idings Of war In the streets. Each man
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-22

very comfortable
Tho air rs hracing and has q flne tonic
quality. In midsummer almost hot, but
tne nights are relI .Dug.y Co. An w.n-
ter there are few frosty days bat sell
dom any use for overcOats. Indeed the
climate Of the whole Trancvaal IS most
agreeable. and the s0il fertile. Almost
the hotel. for even here they are not cor
dial 10 rangers Yet their whole trade
ls vi u the English whom they hate II
they depended upon tine Beers alone they
would soon be bankuD for tho Boer
ail kinds Of grain vegetables and fruits
can be raised there IN perfection. The
country IS wei watcrod by numerous
s'~ea~'e a"d ~'rc~s AVID there 4, an annie
rainfall I'm the summer TO irracate the
VINO e country Throughout the remainder
OF the year n e were only stored IN ar
U9cial lakes as Is done IN India Indeed
there are few regions I'm the world bet
ter adapted TO De- The home man and
90 support IN plenty n large and highly
cultivated po0u'atlrn than this
The Dutch Republic consists almost en-
tirelv OF plateau land lying higher. as
its name indicates. than the rest Of the
country IL is So cool in certain parts
chat no vegetation grows, but mostly il
is temperate
Pretoria lies upou gcutie hillside
facing the morning SON. Though II is
on the south side ~ gci tie valley II
is surrounded by bleak and dCso'0te hills
n which however the gold and silver
mines he Pretoria is p'enuully sup
rhed with c0cl clear water running down
from the mountains and il there were
a system OF drainage there would he tho
nnest water supply OF any CITY iu the
world. The water is drawn from wells
or taken from the streams which are
found all about Pretoria Pipes arc car.
red from the streams 70 the houses and
small companies are formed TO supply the
water.
10 EACH HOUSE A GARDEN.
Each dwelling house stands fin a good
sized garden. surrounded by trees and
shrubs. which grow rapidly an that ell
mate. Some of the streets are we'll shod-
ed with stately rows Of gum trees In
The center Of the town is a spacsous old
rarFot e0~arc in witch efanas q larqa
Dutch church. Pretoria would be an
attractive place II it wore not GO unfidv
and dusty, There IS plenty OF wafer IN
every street, but Il is never sprinkled
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-22

Jonkherr (yunk-hare) ..................
Member OF the Voiksraad; gentleman
Dom (Ome)....-...........-...- ...'... L ll''"
Rad (rahd) ............'............S senate
Raadsheer (rahds-hare). .........l Senator
Raadhuis Crahd-hoys) ."...Senate house
Rand (rahnD ...........''' ...Marslh .edgo
Staat (stahO ..........................S state
Staatkunde (staht-kuhn de- politics
staatsraad (stahts-rahD ..............
Council Of State
q ad (stOD ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. city
Stemmer (stemmer 90. Voter; elector
Transvaal (trons-fahD ..............
Circular valley
Trek Ctreak) .Draught; journey
Trekken (treck-en). TO draw to travel
Trekpaard (treckpahrd) ......Draft horse
UT fOyO .....-...-..-+........cu out or
Urlander (oyt-lont-er) ..........Foreigner
Veal fahD ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. valley
Vanderlandsliefde Uah-ter-lOnts-
leef-te) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Love OF ones country; patriotism
Welt GelO ................fleld: open lands
Veldheer 0elt-harc) MANN. ......
General Commndant
veldwachtcr (felt-vock-ter)......
Rural guard
Vo!ksraad 0olks-rahd). ............
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-22


Rudyard KIP ing's g q OF Our Fathers"
from Johannesburg. I am glad to find
In that new jerusalem there Is an
Englsman whose views are so sound
and who can translate than into
verse:
God OF the jngo-b-ass and gold
Lords Of the world by right divine"
Beneath whose bare'ul sway we hold
The motto "All that's thine IS mine"
Such lords as these have made men rot
ten.
They have forgotten-they have forgot
ten.
The niger and the chlnee dies;
The Glldstoncs and the PITTS depart
But % gger Engiaudcis' arse
To teach he word he IA ders's art.
Such lords as these have made mon rot
ten,
They have forgotten-they have forgot
men,"
They've got the gold the ships, the
GEN."
And are the masters Of tomorrow
And 30 mankind shall see again
The days OF Sod)in and G m rrah:
These are the lords that make men rot
ten,
They have forgoiten-they have forgot
ten.
Drunken with lust Of power and peit.
They hold no man nor God In awe.
And care for naugn, only self
And cent, per cents their only law
These are our lords, and they are rot
ten;
They have forgotten-they have forgot.
ten.
Their braggart hearts have put their
trust
IN Max m guns and Metford rfos-
They'd crush their foes Into the dust
And treat what's right as idle trifes.
Tor boastful brag and fool sh flake"
Tn lmperiallss must take ,hs cake"
London Truth.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-22
FACE TO FACE
WITH "OO|1 PAUL.
Correspondent in the Tran5vaal Writes {
Letter on Lie at the Dutch Capital
When Smoke is in the Air.

PRETORIA. Oct 9-Afcr A month
spent ip thc ca,i-U of the Dutch repu5-
lie ! am prepared Co teI you something
Of the manner En- which the Boer country
Is prepa sing tO- war I defy any stranger
coming here unacQuaintcd or acquainted,
10 kro TIE country IN less then a month.
The Dc0pe are quiet. or reiiccnt ln he
better word. even to NOR. ssness. and the
stranger is a strange mtr Doe t1t proved
himself "a friend. Still longer if hc b.
81 Erg'i slm8u.
ARRIVING witch Amer'o7n passports
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-22

The small shoulder shawl- OF chiffon are
In vogue They consist OF double wldtn
81 chiffon. fined With SILK ana posei-
bly trimmed upon the ends WIN rach-
esses The most debate OF the pastei
shades are used for these shawls and you
win and sachet introduced in them In the
most ins.nuating Of Eugene styles
The white 81 IN bodice. while never eco
nou-tcal is the mos. fashionable Tho
Princess OF wales. who secretly IN tns
MAMIE OF Lady Renfrew purchases coz-
en- hodlccs IN Paris every year. mas JUST
received . delightful one Ne whi'e fa,in
closely tucked from The al co'ar 10 'ne
belt. The tucks are so tiny mat you sus-
meet them Of being cordings The oeau-
fiff feature Of THIS bodice Il he oo'e@o
which Is OF 'he most brilliant vioie 70
velvet. cut with long sleeves. but 30 de-
signed In front and back that II reveals
the beautiful bodice There are bandi-
lures Of the vio'ette velve, and around
the neck there Is a delicate trscery In
gold
ANOTHER PODrCE
Another bodice which was SER; homo
with the royal order was Of black iacs
and white satin ribbon. The lace was
cut en- yoke with great scal'ops nnish-
irg the yoke Underneath the lace.
which was Of the Venetian variety. there
were RULES OF white sa'in ribbon Be
low them was another fall 81 re lace.
then more ruffles Of ribbon and finally
lace fan which was be'ed 20 the hg-
ure You can imagine nothing preitier for
a slim figure
White and mauve form the cO'or-work
for another beautiful bodice creation
The vest Is Of white SILK With large white
satin dots. a big Dun Of whFe satin
outlines the yoke The tone % mauve Is
found IN the pointed s"Tni-'0nel which
trims tho front ard In the stripes 81 the
ribbon which form a tie and belt.
The prevailing tone Of the new waists
is brililancy: the prevailing note eN'ravs-
gance Never were su vivid nor such
extensive creations known. They are
the work OF special colorists. who design
the tones after which the designs are
put in the hands Of a practical mofse,
who picks out tie materials and gives
them over 10 a litter 20 cut out and put
together r. would be idle for an anna
teur 10 attempt them.
Culpure lace. or as n r. called this year,
Shamrock lace Is much worn. II Is 20
easllv made mo n7t,erns ard can be 20
admirably handled that e Is cute
idell as a trimming over a bodice OF
MiNt0 or" ~ o.A'f '-N '"~ ?" ~
lace is charming and t can oe used Or
co'etfe and cuT-
servlceabe shirt waists are made N
basque OF broadcloth. w'h vivid yofes
of lace: the yo',es may be edged with
fur or with braid'rg.
a SMALL BOLroo
The smau bo'ero may be her "a part
of the bodice, a. sham jacket. or put on
separately. The preference. unless
great warmth he desired Is Tor the boe-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-22

Lower house of congress
Noorregt Qorc-reNO ................
Franchise, privilege
Vreemdelng Grame-da-lLgJ 600.
Stranger
Witwatersrand (vit-vot-tcrs-ro
Margin OF the white water
It Is very difficult to believe that the
Beers contemplate war. though the other
countries OF South Africa have offered
TO assist them, ana have sent troops
But the nation is so small compared 10
that Of England that IL seems foo.hardy
TO dream OF crossing swords
GEODGE FULLER WRIGHT.
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spends very little money and none at
an upon high living.
tolnd treto Ia The hottest spot
have yet struck in The Trausveal and
the hottest in the settled portions Of
South Africa. but TO understand This YOU
must know how Africa lies
Il Is an equatorial country. as Of course
YOU know, and the climate. as YOU find
Il IN the Soudln. is terrible. But as YOU
Journey further south II gets cooler untn
Rt he Trarsvaa' 90 Is about the same tenn
perafure as southern Florida little too
warm at times IN summer. but generally
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-21
THEY FAILED TO GET THE FALCON,
Scientists Baffied in Their Attempt to
Rob Hawks Nest.

Some Chicago scientists recently
went to point near Grand Tower in
southern Illinois and there attempted
TO ROB the nest of pair of duck
hawks. The attempt ended in failure
and the scientists have found few peo-
pie to express sympathy with them. be-
cause their GRAND was bootless The
failure was complete, Notwithstanding
the fact that ropes and windlasses were
used to let the adventurous nest rob
bers over and below the brow of the
cliff upon whose face the duck hawk
loves to make it's home. 1t was found
that the birds had built we'll and wise
ly and had placed their nest and eggs
so that even mans ingenuity could
find no means of access.
The reason that but little sympa thy
has been expressed for the unsuccess-
full outcome of the expedition is that
the duck hawk is the most fearless
bird in all bird creation. Its flight Is
typical of the freedom of the fields and
in its untamed eye there is the wildness
of the remote woods Moreover. this
hawk has been prosecuted until its
kind has almost entirely diappeared
from the state of Illinois. Living it is
the most interesting study known 10
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the student: dead it is simply bunch
of feathers and arsenic in glass case.
Grand Tower, ILL.,, is so far as is
known, the only remaining nesting
place of the duck hawk in this state.
There the placing of it's nest upon the
race of an inaccessible cliff mas saved
1t from utter determination.
The duck hawk is true falcon. tie
is the epicure of the feathered race.
He disdains mice and barn yard fowl
and lives wholly upon game. His de-
light is in the chase and the rapldlty OF
his flight is like the passage of light
He readily overtakes teal or mar
lard in it's mile a minute" journeylngs
and Selling its quarry in midalf, pears
it away for it's feast.
The utter fearlessness of this wander
ing falcon was shown not long ago at
Calumet lake. Some duck hunters had
built a blind behind which they lay
crouched in their boat. Two ducks
came in to the decoys. Both men fired
barrel each and both missed. At tnat
instant, like bolt from the sky, fal-
con descended and struck down one OF
the ducks within 20 yards of the BIND.
Instantly the hidden hunters fired Inc
second barrels of their guns at haWk
and duck and both fell to the water
The men put out from behind their
blind to pick up the birds. The duck
was dead: the hawk, still living, though
wounded unto death, remained with us
talons sunk deep into the feathers of Its
quarry and facing the oncomers STOOD
ready to give them battle. They Killed
it with the stroke of an oar.
The wandering falcon is not large
bird The western red-tailed naWk'
common in Illinois, is heavier and Dig
ger in every way and yet the pluck OF
the two birds is as pounds to ounces
in favor of the falcon At Highland
park the other day a great red-tali al
lowed itself to be thrashed thoroughly
by contemplate crow. For 10 MIN
utes the hawk allowed itself to be peck
ed and buffeted by its black assailant
without daring to give single stroke,
although one blow would have been
sufficient to have killed the crow. HAD
the Chicago scientists bent their ener-
gies to the robbing of red-taiFs nest
probably no one would have reJolced
at failure but on the principle that
everybody loves bravery, be 1t man OF
bird, there are probably many who Will
hope that the wandering falcons or
Grand Tower may hereafter not hunt
singly, but in family parties.
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HIGHWAYS OF EARTHQUAKES
Seismic Disturbances Traverse the Globe
in Distinct Paths.

Professor Garrett p. Serviss SAYS:
1.-THE idea of highway of earthquakes
"a line of fractures in the crust OF the
globe, linking the places which have
simultaneously suffered, and partcu-
larly Hawaii and Overwhelmingly
suggests itself. In this aspect of the
matter our new possessions in the Pa
cific acquire fresh and startling inter-
est for these islands form one of the
most powerful volcanic centers On
earth. 1t is known that at some dis
tance off the California coast the ocean
bottom is peculiarly liable to upheaV-
ais and it is not impossible that similar
conditions prevail all the way out to
Hawaii. ....
1T is not necessary, however, to as
sumo that a great shock originating in
those islands should be transferred all
the way through the bottom of the Pa
cific to our coasts in order to produce
earthquakes in California. If similar
conditions prevail in the underlying
rocks a single cause affecting the crust
of the earth would produce simultane-
Gus shocks in widely separated places
linked together by the invisible Frame
work beneath. A violent disturbance
in Hawaii might be transmitted in TINS
way to the California rocks without
manfesting itself at intermediate poinfs
of the ocean bed but running through
the skeleton of the earth far beioW the
bottom of the ocean.
And even more distant places than
California may conceivabfy be affected
by a great shock originating in the
center of the northern Pacific. The
earth appears to have upon It's surface
MANY critical points-all more or less
intimately associated despite their dis
lance apart--where internal disturb
ances are most frequently and violently
Several of the points lie WiInln
the earthquake belt under discussion
They generally correspond in location
with places where the earth's crust is
heavily weighted and presumably seri-
ously fractured.
Take, for instance, the five points
where the earthquakes We're feIt last
week Each indicates a spot where a
gigantic burden presses upon the rocky
she'll The Hawaiian islands are SIMPLY
the SUBMITS of group of enormous
mountains: California marks the west
ern edge of the broadcast and most COM
plicated portion of the Rocky mountain
uplift; the Alps of Europe border the
northern side of the Mediterranean re-
gion of earthquakes: the far mlghtlef
system of the Himalayas and their re-
lated mountains and the volcanic peaks
of Japan, rising on the verge of Won
derfully steep and profound furrow In
the oceans bottom, show the situation
of the great earthquake centers OF Asia.
And all these mountain masses are
alike in being comparatively young in
geological sense. Where they rise the
earth's crust has recently been broken
and upheaved. Evidently several or
these uplifts occurred simultaneously or
nearly So This is especially true of
Hawaii and the Rocky mountain sys-
tenn