The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-08

When the iriShrlen appeared on the plat
| forms ard the windows there would ne
J nHCn Handwriting and more cheering An
| oId Boc- patriarch with a white beard and
| gray. deep-set eyes. who might have posed
! for one Of the HuEueno: fathers. took on
! his hat at the sight Of the flag of the
! greatest Republic. and kept muttertns 10
| himself. ZACH. daas is COED. docs Is COED.
Until. the train pulled out of the station tie
| thought Il meant Intervention; he Thought
| that the nag floating from the car plat
I form and where by the way, it had no
! business 20 he. meant that the American
warshiVs We're already stsauling into Del
agoa Bay. tie thought that because sixty
wild Irish boys from across the tracks
Of Chicago had come @'Gc) miles to help
him fight for his liberty. the 10.r9.ooo u
Americans they had left behind were COM
ing. too.
To thirty thousand mentor | am con-
viuced. after much careful inquiry. that
that is absolutely all the Beers have had
in the field at one time-sixty men count
for something. But one could not help
Comparir; the arrival OF these sixty with
the transports xieaning into Table Bay.
each with its thousands OF men in KHAKI,
80 many fhousa nus that no one In Cape
Town ever turned to look at them-trans-
ports from Australia, transports from Can
ada. from India. from Sc tlaHd. Ireland end
England. and cattle ships. with horses.
AyTes. from Madrid and Cadiz, from New
Orleans and bombay.
one hundred and eighty thousands picked
men. from all tho world" going TO Table
Ray 10 SIGHT $3.50 farmers. clerks. atJc--
r"ys. sh-pkeepe.s and schcolbOys for the
gold that lies in the Rand-gold which has
made the Boer neither happy nor rich
Have you ever heard Of a Boer who has
dug his fortune Out II the gold mines? Do
you know one Bosr who owns 4 steam
Yacht. or who has built a house IN Park
lane?
The Boer owns the soil from which the
gold comes. but the Uitlander owns the
gold. What money the Beer has taken out
OF the mines by means OF taxes corces-
sions.t the dynamite monopoly and the liquor
law has not gone into his pockets but into
weapons # war; has no; been spent in an
other country. hut IN defending his own.
When gold was first discovered here the
Republic was on the verge Of bankruptcy
and Bocr hurgher rushed TO the President
In great delight TO acqua!nt him with the
news and 10 assure aim that now that gold
was found the credit Of the country was
secured.
Gold growled Kruger. '.Do you know
what gold is? For every ounce II that gold
you Will pay with tears of blood 60 TO
your farm and read the book 1t Will tell
sou what gold is"
We halted at night a. Waterfall Order
anu tar EeNl morning were dragged slowly
Gp steep incline over the mountains. II
was easy to understand why the Boer loves
his country. the mountains Of red rock and
light Srecn grass followed each other I'm
magnificent confusion far as one could
Sec. The river poured down between them
Tor many miles. lcaPirg from oue height TO
thc mex; IN succession ~ low. wide
spreading waterfalls. Great clean bowld-
eTs as high ~ 4 fcur-story house blocked
the waterways and formed deep. silent
pools. cverhung by dropping trees and
tangled creepers. The sun shone brilliantly
On the white breakers of the waterfalls on
the green mountain slopes and where the
hema,ite had streaked the sides of rock
a gorgeous red and yellow. There was little
sign of habitation In the landscape. but 1t
held look OF home. IL was not barren or