The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-06-26
PRESIDENT KRUGER
AND HIS LOST CAUSE
A Heroic and a Momentous
Struggle.
NOW DRAWING TOACLOSE
rs Bids Fair to be Far-Reaching in
Its Results.
oOrEING UP OF THE DARK CONTINENT
The Clash Caused by the Rumor That Gold
Vas Locked Up in the Mountains Of the
T-3nsyaaI. Rule of the White
Man to be Universal.

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r..tne Editor:
r....r@ one of the most heroic !
....- of modern times, as it bids
..., +r Ire one Of the most ~momentous,
sar reaching results. is now draw
..r ri, a close. The causes leading up
.. ...n. 4 contest OF Titans. may be
-,...n. condensed into the syllogism,
-....t home versus the greed of en-
suffice il. that the Dark Conti-
r.--. held 10y sNarthy and barbarous
.~.r.,,s from prehistoric time, has
~, tn~crutabIe cause managed TO bar
:s l.-e~ against al ingress of the
white or governing race of the world.
~aru.ar. most singular this of all the
...u. .n-.e mysteries of time. II had
--.#.n.v continued Terra lncognita
~ ares to follow. If oracle, or rumor
-.a not proclaimed that there WAS a
... ut gold studded with precious
stones Wing dormant in her bleak
a#~ that alone could open those
>.Hare portals. Behold on the i'll
--.n- TWO still necked races clamor-
ar~ for the possession Of that mythic
.m.Iet. Iu a former age. they had
l|r4na.rI and tori each others throats
ou The water, like 4 brace OF marine
H#...-~ ior the common OF Nep-
t#e~ element. 20 10 btihG u rept-
t..- "H ialld was ohlN Il question
Is AHneA1Hg 4 emp OF the shoulder.
HAS. that one OF these hereditary
.te-~. should give, n the other
ua- take he dare.
Perhaps, too. n OF the most unique
and original historic figures of recent
years. Is he whose name heads tins
~..a-. according Ia 4 writer IN the
last number Of NcChure's Magazine.
"#a seems - know him reasonably
"-.. he appears 10 be a strange con
-.a-crafe OF "pfoeiteS; peasant, NH
."aa.Fe. rebel, ~anfocrat,
-HarE, and statesman of course.
t.ara must needs be a striking simill-
+.-r Ea all heroic attributes between
.a and another president. Lincoln.
IS thera is i'm The fancy Of some fool
#.t"ate, between the last and every
r##. raahHe parsonage IN all story,
.'.D.osic, poetic or historic, from
..a#" the thundcrer to John Brown
5.e murderer.
II the old Eaer'S panegyriSt in imi-
r@'t.H 81 fiufarch must needs run as
presidential parallel between hun
.. another, respectfully submit
..' 3" k'nd heroic attributes. ana
...." 'Hn"site to occasion y concoln-
. ihal other was not lar on.
more. barring boorIshnesS, u
"e#@+"HaG his hero the heroic quail
..r ".a#m'd. the impartial critic VIII
.-..l moss uHul the tattoo OF eternity.
d# @4a maintain that rs standard OF
~ |afTtot hero. Mr.. hrngers euio-
~ Us tGIHotclouS. IN selection OF
5.-'.e- Without deroTatlon to that
DINER. and yielding him the merit OF
#..'~t impulse and good intention,
"a @rn nevertheless at loss to under
stand how any ont Of reach Of blind
...~. raa.d ever presume 10 place him
=. HE heroic plane. and enter him III
' 'e.a al candidacy for admission
FL" '#e exclusive halls of Nalhalla.
.- field of standing IS very lin
#r- na that little arena and in those
marfem rooms beyond. Some
a." #r who claim p~reroratlve OF II
Hf" those sacred portals, rely
..- nH the UI-adtiocd boosting OF IN.
-"F#fn friends \ fell Is sure e
soon or late. Caesar required
t" "t sting or ticket Of admission Il
...r locality. Those who do, vii
.o the fnothold precarious If reach.
'- Ha' enough Of heroic comparison
"- essay estimate. Let's return tf
'"~ oue iu hand. who bv the world,
sanction stands forth as the lates'
"..|t#en Of that: sublime character
" '#f#tot hero. Rough. %uncouth. il
.e. Hc is conceded To be: but none
H "a hero. Perhaps the more
".'@ - such drawbacks and deficien
' True. his a~nteccdents and sur
.Hag- We're conducive TO the de
#"@nt of such rare historic char
f. according 10 Gibbon, creates
- |# +~HrIaus. a primitive agriculture
people IS ever most prolific Of tina
'f. That he dared overwhelmin.
' for home land and inhereu