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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29
with Rod and Gun in ARK

with Rod and Gun in Arkan-
sas" and "Enroute 20 the Southland"
are the titles Of two new
booklets just issued by the General
Passenger Department Of the Chicago
q Eastern Illinois Railroad for free
distribution. The first deals with hunt
ing and fishing on the st. FraneiS river
In Northeastern Arkansas, q region
abundantiy supplied with game fish.
wild fowl. Wild turkey. deer and bear.
The second booklet contains de-
scription Of the points OF interest. Chi
cago to Nashville. historical matter Of
the early days and many Indian leg
ends common throughout Illinois, In
diana and Tennessee years ago. Both
booklets are embellished with many
ane half tone cuts and are most inter-
esting. II you desire a copy Of either
send your address to c. L. Stone. @. p.
q 7. A.. c. q Z L r R.. Chicago.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29
Abo., . Popular Foreigner.

The dooryard flower gardens are dot
ted with peoples Of all kinds, from the
little single red fellows to ones that
look almost like the big whits-hsaded
double chrysanthemums. Although
the poppy il quite q favorite In this
country, none Of the family II native
to the soil. All Of our peoples came
from the old world In England. Scot
land and Italy tho graceful scarlet
POPPY blossoms in the wheatnslds and
grows Wild In waste placss- Among
the ruins Of ancient Rome this bril-
liant flower blooms luxuriAnty. II is-
very hardy, and. though an annual.
scattsrs in seed 30 well that they
come up from year to year in gardens
where they have once been planted
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

On November Is, 1861. His father was
ne proprietor Of the chief hotel. and
had q family Of four children, one
daughter and three sons. He FIRST dis
played talent ~ . sculptor, and he
went to Breslau to study, but he aid
not learn or develop. and % he left
the Kuntschuls. He had completed
his first drama In the meantime, ''Inge-
borg" founded On the Swedish post
Tegners "FrithjOtsaEa-" It was IN
attempt to glority Germanic mythol-
ogy. but Hauptmann did not follow up
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29
MONKS LIVE WELL.

r~~.s~ e. Chiasss Msa.sss<1ss Are
rrssASa - Dsnigs<s-
OF monAstsriss and lansseries IN
R.kin the nunbsr ID endless Ths
ian,as anl bonses whs evsll thsrstn
can be counted ~ De theusaaca They
are mostly rhibstans and ksnsoiians.
supsossd 10 - stndyiAg Buddhism un-
Ssr .As dirsetioA Of IN autAssueatsd
unssl ssscsazant Il Bua<ha himself.
lazssz, N sas particular monastery
fArss IinsAi sssesataats are - - ssss
ar = eonsiasrassee- Tag are re-
mrass q ssmisoGs a.l trssfsd 90
- o. ne tArss 20 favored. fsd ana
a.e..r,a e. u . yslnsstsr q sens
u yns1 hEfsAt lively hoae'aiAn
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

No matter what ails you, headache
to a cancer, you will never get well
until your bowels are put right
CASCARETS help nature. cure you
without a grippe or pain. produce easy
natural movements, cost YOU just 10
cents to start getting your health back
CASCARETS Candy Cathartic. the
genuine. put up in metal boxes, every
tablet has c. c. c. stamped on it Be-
ware OF limitations.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

boy. fully alive to his own Importance.
hisA dignity and destiny, JET not
svsrss 70 the flIing Of his baggy little
pockets with the dollars Of such for
sisa devils" a. af'ord him the ODpor-
tunity Of - doing. The lanas and
bonsss are . greasy. srimy. elrt-in-
erustsk loG Tia dsnssr the dirt the
greater the reputation for sanetfU and
close spiritual sfanity vita Dnd6hA-
Tasir whole tine seems 10 - Dasssd
in eating. extracting dollars fron
strangers and slsepiag-Pan Nall o.
sstts.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

Have you never had an ambition
to take rank among the European
powers?"
NO" answered the sultan q
Turkey. my government 10 perfest0
content to drift along and Be tolsr-
ated as one Of Europe's little veak-
nesses. "-washington Star.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

GsA- Richard H o'Grady Haly, the
new sommander-in-chief OF the Brit
ish tToops In Canada, won the distin-
guishsd order service in the Egyptian
expedition Of 1882, when he was one
Of the fighting officers in the Second
York and the Lancashire regiments.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29
CREAM sEPARAToRs
At the PARIS EXPOSITION

The De Laval Cream Separations
have been awarded the GRAND
PRIZE by the International Jury %
Awards at the PARIS EXPOSITION.
over many separator exhibits from ~
rious countries, the De Laval superb
ority being unquestionable in every
material respect.
Lesser awards OF different grades
OF medals. were made to several other
makes Of separators.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29
RusineSa OHPr.

Boy Ito street urchin holding horseJ
Say! What d We get for holding
that horse?
Street Urchin-Ten cents; Wlat yer
wanter know for?
Boy-'Cause ! think you can do bet
tern that II you jest come around
to our house / bet dad'll give you
twice that for holding our baby.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

Onesi.e smaller after usingAIlen's Foot
Ease, . powder. 1t makes tight or new
Shoeseasy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating,
aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns ami
bunions- All druggists and shoe stores,
Sc Trial package FREE bymail Ad-
dress Allen S. 0lmsted- lie Roy, NY.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

NseVaistitis d q new ailment caused
~ tAs IgRmares or nst guimpa. II
b dessribsd - . persistent summer
sold @ the chest The doctors say
L may deter women from exposing
thsir shoulders next summer. But
have Tie ailments produced by tight
lacing hanished corsets? We trov
HOk-k Louis Dispatch.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

Aug. 9, 1899.
"DEAB Mrs. PINKHAM IL am fail
ing very fast,-since January have
lost thirty-hve or forty pounds I
have Q yellow, muddy complexion,
feel tired, and have bearing down
pains Menses have not appeared for
three months; sometimes / am trou-
bled with q white discharge. and also
have kidney and bladder trouble.
! have been this way for q long time.
and feel 30 miserable / thought I
would write to you, and see II you
could do me any good EDNA
FREDERICK, Troy, Ohio.
Sept. 10, 1899.
"DEAR Mrs. PIxKHAM:-I have
used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound according to directions,
and can say I have not felt 50 well
for years as do At present Before
taking your medicine . more miser-
able person You never saw. I could
not eat or sleep, and did not care 10
talk with any one. / did not enjoy
life at al. Now, feel 90 well can
not be grateful enough for what you
have done for me. You are surely q
woman's friend Thanking you Q
thousA1d times, remain, i
Ever yours
Miss EDNA FREDBRIcx,
Troy, Ohio.
SDEAn MRs. PUKzAM:-I have
taken Ave bottles Of Lydia Z Pink
ham'sVe9etable Compound and cannot
praise Il enough i had headaches,
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

piscs which made him famous in Ger
many was Before Sunrise" but the
works mentioned are the only ones
which have made him familiar to us
In this country. He has been accused
Of having founded himself on Ibsen,
but that charge Is quite easily dis
proved by his work, which has. ssps-
cially in "Hannele"' and The Sunken
Bell" . brilliant quality Of poetic i'm
agination, mystic and symbolical.
Sometimes he goes too far beyond the
general intelligence to win universal
appreciation. but his poetry takes .
hish flight and carries itself with great
dramatic power.
Hauptmann was born in q small
Silesian watering place, obersalzbrunn,
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

Grace-Oh. here's letter from Aunt
Mary. postmarked Paris. It feels lit
tie thicker than usual, too!
Clara-Open it quick Perhaps it
contains those imported bathing suits
she promised to send us.-Philadelphia
American.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

Il thought IL I gave Uncle John a
pretty scarf pin, he would cut on his
long whiskers."
Did he?"
NO; he wears them braided now
Indianapolis Journal
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29
Ar, You Using Aliens Foot-Ea.e.

q. 40 me onIy cure LUT opO.Ieh'
snartIng. Burning. sweating FeeL
orns and Bunions- Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease. a powder to be shaken into
q he shoes At all Druggists and Shoe
stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE Ad-
dress Allen s. olmsted. Leroy. n Y.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29
Undermined by Education.

The average graduate always pre-
tends to know IL all"
Yes, and sometimes he doesn't get
over the tendency even when he gets to
be a college professor. Chicago
Record.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

'RAstus, are you really as fond OF
watermelon as they say you are?"
Whe. me? Watermelon? I des
can't a-bear 1t in my sight"-Indian-
Gpolis Press
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

Compound. and now. thanks 70 your
medicine, i am . well woman lean
not praise your medicine too highly
for / know it win do all, and even
more, than Il is recommended 70 do
i tell every suffering woman about
your Vegetable Compound, and urge
them TO try il and see for themselves
what Il VIII do."-MRA Macy A
HrPLE, No. Manchester, Ind.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29
Porto Rieo,s Arab. Mountains.

There are mountains all over Porto
Rico ranging in height from 1000 to
upward Of 1000 feet They rise IN
points for the most part, having no Nat
surface at their tops. They are not
covered with forests and are often euI-
tivated to their very tops.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of as
acough cure. W. o BRIEN. 81 Third Ave.
N. Minneapolis. MINI. Jan c. 1901
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

Friend-"Did fortune smile on your"
Rejected Suitor-'Well. she gave me
the laugh, IL that's what you mean
Syracuse Herald.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

female trou BILE,
also hver, stomach,
kidney, and blad-
der trouble. -.
/ tried several doc
tors, also quite .
number Of patent
medicines. and had
despaired of ever
getting well At
last / concluded to
try Lydia E Pink
b ans Vegetable
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

afflicted kidney
patient seldom
Pnkham,
aud producing remedy
while
Lydia PnkhArnS
table Compound the especially for
marve
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29
HOT FOR OKLAHOMA!

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Subscribe for THE KIOWA CHIEF, devoted 70 infOr
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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

Sweat and fruit acids will not dis
color goods dyed with PUTNAM
FADELESS DYES.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

his Intention to any completion. He
went to Jena in 1882, and later started
from Hamburg on q tour to Spain and
the Mediterranean. He was taken nj
with fever, when he returned, and
was nursed back to health by Marie
ThienemAnn. whom he married In
1885. After another excursion through
Europe gradually he became one Of ths
principal figures in the literary set Of
Germany, and his powers began to de-
velop until he won his first widespread
acknowledgment, which has been in
creasing steadily, until his name IL
known now all over the world. He
has . still greater future. for he u not
yet at the full development Of his pow
srs
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

Skim-milk for washing floor tiles,
gives better results than hot water.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

The average time from Seattle 70
Nome BY steamer is twelve DAYS.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

People who stare most seldom ses
best
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

leucorrhoea, falling Of the womb, and
kidney trouble. / also had Q pain
when standing or walking, and some
times there seemed to be balls of nre
in front Of me, 30 that ! could not sec
for about twenty minutea Felt e.
tired in the morning when ! got up
as II had had no sleep for two weeks
Had fainting spells, was down-hearted,
and would cry."-NRs. BERTHA OFER,
Second and Clayton StA, Chester Pa
"DEAB MRS. PNKHAM:-I cannot
find language to express the terrible
suffering have had 70 endure. bad
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

The worst enemy of labor is a work
ingman who will not work.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

EeE1eet Of the hair brings baldness us
PAKKKKs Ham BALKAN and save youT hair -
HuDRooREs, the best cure for cornG- iscs.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

Hrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
YoR children teething Boftens the gums reduces m
aAmnAalsn, allAys pain. cures wind collie sc boetl0
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

Do good by stealth and let II b
found cut by accident.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

oas-haif he vera6 nay nst kno~
How ths ether half livss-Sut Il has
srsplcionR
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29
r,..1 t.. Buraa.x RAJ

Justice Doolsy Of Chicago has dscid-
Cd that the rat Ia an animal" and
has fned James PouIlis for burning
ona
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

Ungrammatically speaking, a kiss
10 q conjunction.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29
The Artists Wife.

What's the matter with the coffee.
Laura? Isn't i; reGdy?"
Have patience, Adolar. It's already
sketched n."-Maggendorfer Blatter
Dr1rsy t-eaesi free by Dr. H. r. Green's
Son,. u Alta Ia, Ga The greatest dropsy
specialists in the world. Read their adver-
tisement in another column Of this paper.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

Poetry is the pastry of literature:
prose is the corn bread and bacon.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

When cycling, take q bar Of Whites Yu.
eaaaa. You can ride further and easier.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

Halls Cstarrh Cure
b ee.stitutionAl cure. Price, &c
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

for progressive. yet cautious. admins
tration Of his collegiate charge.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

A.
sA-tISE HI pbn2he
W0OWO ntHhnn LYDIA - ffAkHAM MEDICINE CO
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

Prof. John Henry McCracken not
only is the youngest college president
In the world, but also In one OF the
most learned scientists In the United
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

China exports 11.OOO. 900 fans yearly.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29
Young College President

y: !: X y II \ X x y: X X X Il =: !: 4
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

a nypOcrite is a man who pretends
to be what he can't-with the accent
on the can't
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29

esstss. He h at the head Of West
msnstsr URiversity. Fulton. No.
vhsrs already he r. Winning laurels
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1900-09-29
Imnertant % Matharn.

THIPoFuHHN % WEUlH8FBs
Exxmins carefully every bottle OF cASTORIA
. safe GnG sure remedy for infants and shilAssA
ana zee that tE
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1900-08-10
Hosaaa And OIcISITY.
Smoke the Admiral Dewey

Smoke the Admiral Dewey.
Wilbur Nelson was in Saginaw Tues
day.
Mrs. II. J. Vermeulen has been i'll for
few days this week.
Mrs. r. +. Hunt returned to her
home in Jackson, Saturday.
Miss Ella Bitner returned Thursday
. from visit with Ithaca friends.
Brock has one good second hand cook
stove for sale this week at bargain. =
Frank Downes has succeeded Joe Nc
Carty in the Union passenger station.
Miss Zada Graham of Greenville is the
guest of Miss Grace Paddock this week.
Mrs l.. Smith of Ithaca visited her
daughter, Miss @. +. Smith, this week.
Job Sleight left on Tuesday for Bath
to look after his farming interests there.
Persons holding tickets on dishes at
Pettyjohn's store must have same in by
August 10 or IL.
Three good second hand binders, in
good running order, for sale cheap by
Thompson & Sanderhoff.
G. +. Brown still continues to be con-
fined to his bed with his recent illness,
but at present is somewhat better.
Mr.. and Mrs julius Ziesse of Alto
visited relatives and friends in Alma
over Sunday and the first of the week.
Roy Golf met with painful accident
on Thursday. While using feed cutter,
he lost finger. DR.. Bagley dressed the
wound.
Mrs f. Barnes of London. Ont, who
has been visiting her son, Chas. Mordon,
for the past two weeks, returned home
Monday.
Notice is made in another column of
the Northeastern Soldiers and Sailors
Encampment to be held in Ithaca, Sept.
II TO II.
An announcement is made on another
page of this paper Of the establishment
of Routes No aud of the Rural Free
Delivery, u. S. NJ, August 10, 1900.
We are now making a special offer Of
the RECORD and the Detroit Journal as
follows: The RECORD until Jan. !, 1901
and the Detroit Journal until Nov. 10,
1900, for 40 cents.
The advertising rate Of the Ladies
Home Journal is SS4 an inch, or 81 an
agate line, each insertion. Mer.
chants who think they are testing the
value of advertising by putting a quar-
ter column adj. at holiday times in the
local paper at cost of fifty cents,
would probably have heart failure If
Ladies' Home Journal advertising
man called on them.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-04
OUTPOST FORTS AT MAFEKING.


The Generals TEht burns late. IL r.
whispered about that fighting Will begin
at daybreak. but exactly where Is uncer-
tain. The Beers are the ones who have
won the toss, they are so mobile and can
change front 80 quickly. their positions
are so well hidden. and alas. the scout
ing % the English is usually so miser-
able that the only fact known is that the
enemy are In front.
The camp stirs at early dawn: u IL
afoot quicker than usual. perhaps. there
IL no bugle call. the men awake In their
blankets. shake themselves. and move
about. there II rattle Of accoutrements.
little fires are M and the early coffee Is
hrewed. ~ and tea are Tommy's lighting
draughts. There n no sign OF hushed ex-
peCtancy or nervousness; the privates
Joke and talk and laugh: they squat
about the little fires. foeu,ng them with
bits Of bush and brushwood. n seems
ike any other day save for the gallOp-
inE orderiIcs from headquarters, WHO,
Gathering here and there. change from
one regiment 90 another. Laundering bat
teries Of artillery move out through the
camp lines. Roll call follows az the com
panics are formed. and IA the sun rises
the shrouded masses dissolve themselves
into lines % dusty yellow.
| without martial music or pomp OF GER
| emory the army moves. and the non.
| coutatant falls IN somewhere or any
whore and moves forward. too. a privi
legged person. he may 90 where he likes
/ lie In subject 20 no orders. His dangci
zone II bounded by his curiosity and hii
scent for news.
There II n line % kopics rolling In sue
l cessl0n down 20 the bush dotted banks %
/ "a river. The Beers are there. But a
the spreading morn ng HIGHT these kopje
look az Innocent as any Of the hundred
81 other mighty nummocks that hav'
been passed In safety. There is no fiut
tcring flag 20 mark the enemy's position
there are no bristling guns. no line o
oarthworks. nothing but the bare. rock
hills rising out Of the gray green plain
on 20 the left and right stretch the line
% men In khaki Iney DO not look Xix
the spruce soldiers one sees at Aldcrsho
or staggering down Piccadilly. Thei
uniforms are weather stained. the heav
helmets are dentod and battered. the
trousers are IN rents. their boots In som
eases are held together with strips q
cloth or leather. their faces are bearde
. and burnt red bronze with the sun. b.
on they 20 from left 20 right and foi
ward always. heads up and shoulder
back with their heavy harness wcightin
: them down and their pouches hlled VT
, cleaning brass cartr dyes. Tee rih'
! form a threatening fringe above.
, The Highland Brigade. with X It's shov
: irE black line. r. IN the van. Their khc
~ aprons make the H'Ehlandcrs loo
from the front like medieval blacl
smiths, but they have the old HIiRhlar
swing. and along with the fighting froi
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-04

with each company marches the piper
carrying his pipes. and armed with rpth-
ing but a long Scottish knife.
You turn and look back behind the last
tramping line. Here come the ambu-
lances, making the oniy bit of color in
the whole picture with their great nutter-
ing Red Cross flags. They draw up in a
little hollow In the rear. where they wait
for the loads that win soon be theirs.
You can see the doctors and their assist
ants stretching an awning so they can do
their work In the shade.
There Is halt. and the dun-colOred
ranks sink down in the grass The men
light their pipes; two or three take out
scraps OF newspapers and begin to read.
They are already at work on the water
bottles. although they cannot yet be
thirsty.
An officer standing with group of
others passes silver cigarette case.
They laugh and tails. IL might be a field
day. You begin to think that perhaps
after all. the kopjes that are lined up
ahead are empty. Perhaps t..ey know IL.
But suddenly little dots appear down
on the plain. | always look at those dots
with wonder and admiration They may
be lancers. they may be hussars or
mounted infantry. III they are Colonials
perhaps. so much the better But. who
ever they are. they are the feelers OF
the fighting force. the advance pilots as
IL were. who ten OF danger ahead and
shoals TO be avoided.
They move TO right and left: surely the
kopjes must be empty. for the dots are
almost In the dark blue shadows at the
foot. Suddenly they halt, they scampei
TO and fro and halt again. a tiny spccl
comes charging out from among them
toward the waiting lines. You find II
with your field glasses. IL is a riderless
horse. Farther down toward the river
there Is anOthcr-perhaps there are sew
eral. and now the dots Ike men are al
coming back. Some are on foot; som,
are leading their steeds by the bride.
The talking along the hillside Is stop
ped. Every one Is looking at the kopje.
now. Listen your closest and you vii
hear weak little coughing reports. spas
modic banks; those are the Mausers. Th'
Beers are there.
a few sharp orders and the men lurcf
out Of the grass. the lines are formed. L
II yet two miles or more 10 the dark blu'
shadows. but the air Is so clear that t9ey
seem scarcely a thousand yards away.
Down upon the plain gallops battery