New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08

the opposing forces and mass of data by which
he can Immediately counteract the enemys ATTACK ok
hoIlows in the veldt, where he has kept so many
anxious vigils. he lies awake hour after hour upon
his camp mattress in the veranda. tracing our in
MS mind the various means and agencies by
which he can forestan their move, which, unknown
TO them. he had personally watched
full sentry strains his eyes a little more to keep
the figure OF the colonel before him until the IN
goes in the privacy Of the night, wnep 1t IS no
stars are full the night is dim. The breezes OF the
ed5 are a3 o @ oopo hGgS Hit as he
walks with rapid almost running. footsteps, leaV,
ing the black blur Of the town for the arid and
wind that is clear and keen and dry, the wind of
nous sands of the deserts He goes on never faIs
tering bending for moment 9eni9d sG,e eI bs 81
crawling upon his hands and knees. His head is
enemy; in d little he moves again, his inspection
is over and he either changes TO a fresh point or
startles some doing sentry as he Slips PACK INTO
IN BEsIEGED MAFEKING.
Writing January 20, after the first one hundred
days of siege had been completed, the same corre-
spondent says:
We have begun to prepare for an 5de i3f
beyond few luxuries have been taken over pEE
food to last several months this precaution is nee
essary, as when the siege is raised many weeks
rlsoh nas eInd Of bread and one-haf pound
in the early part of the year while the orders in
relation the supply were issued during tns
week Matches and milk prohibited from pup
lie sale and the latest order prevents the SHOPS
from opening All supplies Of biscuits Yea s anu
sugar-preserves also-have been commandeereta
1t is perhaps difficult define precisely what IN
the present circumstances are iuHurteS, nrics
there should be any doubt upon the point the price
an and indeed ANYBODY who can find
poeeibe Excuse for doing So have trebed the price
of their goods, pleading that the imitation Is que
TO the siege
Lady Sarah Wilson also shut UP in Mafeking
writing to The Daily Mall" gives the woman's
point Of view. follows;
There is something very cowardly in the fairly
regular evening shell from the big gun Wh 1d o IS
psrtiaiy sleeping town. Very early hours being kept
may be killed indiscriminatey. For this last shot
leaving their shelters and seeking their beds in
on eY r is not fred at all and these evenings
the poor things bed at last with many fore
feature Of the town at present is its bomb
proofs or sherterS ron vr With Gea boars and
earth, which were at first constructed at the ar
a pro1ectile of ninety-four pounds, these refugees
nave Desn oof e' nver win hest steel rails
and sand bags ventilated and Lighted by round
measures a IS feef by Is fee and IS feet high
boarded floor covered WITH W abg re ana a ganeed
holes for windows II much resembles the cabin Of
fesied as IL is think the only shelter in the town
on ron OF which a ninety-fOur pound shell actually
expIoded-without making the glasses jingle
disturbing various war trophies hung on the
walls inside
A curious boudoir, but none safe. for Lady
Sarah Wilson has since been wounded. and several
women and children paid with their lives for
the pertnacity of their defenders.
EXPERIENCES AT KIMBERLEY
From the delighted survivors OF Kimberley there
are columns OF experiences Mrs. Stewart, an
English woman, wrote home TO her people. while
the siege in progress:
II is horrd, and I am heartily tired of running
about for permits. l allowed nine pounds OF
wood per week II 4ia pence, and that IS
shings worth a week and you can't get paraf-
fine oil without a permit. And we have 10 fetch
everything because the horses have all been eaten
or are too thin and weak bring anything around.
shall be glad TO butter again, az have not
tasted Il for weeks. Jamie MANAGED to get me a
Tin OF lard when / was sick. and you would not
believe what a luxury lard has been IN t4lmberley
since the siege started. People who would be nor
rfned 10 think eating lard in ordinary times
thought themselves lucky 70 get TN
The Hon. Mrs Rochfort Mcguire, who. with her
husband the British South Africa Company d.
rector remained in Kimberley throughout the siege.
describes her experiences in several columns Of
THE Times" Like all the correspondents. she Is
loud In her praises OF the work done py Cecil
Rhodes. She says:
For some time before Magersfontein MT Itnodes
had felf thai in view OF uncertain duration or
the siege It was necessary TO get rid OF as many