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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1900-08-02
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Sn bem armIelig biirftisen Sinters
simmer zines Der serfdlIenben, itrobges
bsdten 2ebmbGuier am Gdnbe Spbans
nesburgs brdnnts matt unb i'm 2ufts
5use binz unb berfladernb cine Steas
rinter5e; iie belsuGtete bus bIaFe 9lnts
liB zines etpu Ie9s5ebniGbrisen RGbs
9ens, bds neben bsm nit 9innen
nOtbbiirftig beosdten Strobldssr
tausrte, auf Oem lang ausseItredt Elm
Mdnn lag, Der fein @lieb riibrte, 10
bdB man sipeifeln modte, pb er nod
Iebte. 9as iungs Ding nit ben biins
men, flahssel6en Sauren unb benz
sarten, fat burhIdimmernb fsinen
9siibt itarrte auf bss Mannss blutlses
res QntIib, als fei rinssum bic 0sIt
fir lie perIunfen. Sebt trdt sine dlte
Grau in bas tletne 9.mud unb frusts
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1900-08-02
Damtt erbob ii6 Der gapitdn. unS.

Ddmtt erbob fdj Der gapitGn, unb,
inpem er 4}istsr bic 5anb rei6te, fdgte
sr ernit: nWiG bir tpiinI9en, mein
Srcunb, baB ii6 bic 2(usbeutung Der
Mine Ipbnt. g]ir baben lunge genug
bic 9ummbeit begdnsen, ben @nslGns
bern bic SOlofddBe unIeres 8obens su
iiberldiIen. sber, Sunge, lab Dir ben
Sopf niht perorsben, ipsnn's mas lit;
uno FAB ibn> nidt bdnsen, ipenn's
niats lit. limb nun bofFen mir oas
beIie!"
9ie brei MGnner 6sgli6en i6re
Rednung unb gingen. Sn Der bena6s
barten 8Or ubsr erbob ii6 nit teufIis
idem @rinIen uuf bem flaI6en Wus
Gatteneeiidt Der &eIIner, Der bort laus
Idenb binter Der Portisre geIeFen
bate.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1900-08-02
XII.
. MEL Sans.

aIs am nG9Iten Sage GdpitGn
@diel iia in Oes 9tr5tes @Obnuns eins
iteIte, mar er erItaunt, gu bDren, bab
pister Meper ii9 nod INNER ni1t
pieoer bate blidsn laTsn.
~Was mag bem Sungsn in bic @liez
Der gefa9ren fein9" iagte er itirnrun>
5elno. uMiBtrauiI6 iinb bic 8uren
ale, - aber er tennt sic unb mid als
Ieines 8aters Sreunbe. llno bod =
bas Sob ma6t bic beIten &6pfe
I4pinblig. SoIIte er fiir6ten, baB mir
betbe tbm ieinen 2tntbeil an Der @olbz
aoer pertiimmern poIlen2"
Doctor 9llbrsft nidte nabbentlidb.
vBenn er in idledte 9eTeqI6uft aez
ratben fpGre - er 1T unerfa6ren, unb
es giebt genug 8euteII6neiOer uno
8uuner in johannesburg, in beren
8arn elm arglOIer Msnf9 ssben
t0nnte."
rSoDieI itsbt fsft, mir miiFen uns
nd9 i9m umieben", entI6ieb Der &dz
pitdn. n8or brei Biz bier Saeen tann
i'd pbnebin nibt abtommen, ba bic lebz
ten Nd6rihten aus 2onbon meine 9lnz
tpeIenbeit bier bringenb n6tbig MAIDEN,
mid pielleiHt aud 5pineen, ra9 pre-
toria gu fabren. unterbsFen iu9en mir
nd9 bem 8erI9punbenen"
n0ds erite rpirb fein, in Der Grotpns
Reef Mtine nu6auforIden," itimmte
9llbre6t gu. sd iperbe Oas iofort Be-
iOr9en. Sic erbalten bann beute G6enb
nod gef6sib."
rSut benn!"
Sdiel erbob ii9, um su geben; aber
Der iunge SeutIde bielt i'm nod einen
glusenbIid suriid, um i9m mit3ut6ei=
len, mas er geitern Qbenb bon Den
PlGnsn Der 9errsn @rep, 2eonarb unO
5ieIb ge3Ort bate. sd IeIbF", 10
T6loB er, ritelle mid Der Republit i'm
&rie9sfaGe 5ur @srfiigung - als Solz
bat pber als gtr3t, ipie man meine
&rdfte glau6t am beiten berpenoen au
t0nnen."
p9rapo! 9rabp, Serr Ooctor!" rief
S4iel erfreut aus. sd iperoe Sic =
nit S6rer @rluubnib - in ben Sreis
unIerer beutI9 transpaaIer patriuten
etnfiibren. sic perpen quite 9sIellI6aft
finoen - piellsidt man6en, Der baz
beim Sdiffbrud geIitten bat in Ieiner
&arriere, u6er 2eute, bic bemiibt Iinb,
bic 0ummbeiten, bic lie unberspo aes
ma9t baben, bier gut su ma6sn unb
our9 sbrlide arbeit ii6 einsrf Slab su
erobern. llnb mas Sic mir ba BON ben
Serren er5dblt buben, bic 10 germ uns
iere Regierung in ibre SGnbe nebmen
mDdtsn, 10 fpetOe itb es porlGufi9 fir
mid bebalten. Oisien Mifter 9epnarb
baben mir Idneit idarf i'm 9lues = III
elm alter gefannter, Der reif fir bic
9luspeiIung 1T. limb nun-abieu! Sd
eripurts Sbrsn 9eIdeib." ---
So mar ipenig SrDfli9es, mas
Daltber Qlbredt erfubr. pieter bate
iein Notwithstanding in Der @rube
gelOf uno mar nit einem anoersn 9rs
better sur StuOt suriidsssaneen. Sc
sslans glbredt, bieien 9lrbeiter gu
Iprsden, aber Der tpubte nidts psiter
gu Iagsn, als baB pieter es ubgelsbnt
babe. nit in etne Bar (aneipe) unmits
telbar Dor Der Stabt gu tommsn, 10
bdB fi1 beibe bort setrennt bGtten. Sb
pieter 5sinoe sebabt babe, fragts Der
9lrst. 8, i'm 9eRntbsil! Gr Isi Der
gutmiitbisite 8urI9s BON Der Welt
unb babe oft fur anbers arbsiten mits
ssthan, tpsun bisie ii9 sinmaI i9Ie4t
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1900-08-02

9amensS Sreunbf6aft.
-@sitsben Sie's nur, Srdulein Srma,
sic ipuren seitern uuf SrGulein Gina
etipds eiferiii9tigg" = rDie t0nnen
sic mir 10 ettpas outrauens Das to=
ietts, lei9tiinnise un6 unausitebli5e
Ding 1T ia meiHs bette SrsuubiR!-
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1900-08-02
ttnter bent
uierfar6igen Banner.
@Un Srmno gSasener Samburg.

,!oman aus oeln GolOlauOe SranspaaI.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-10
The Black Walnut.


The great size often reached by this tree,
the richness Of the dark brown wood. the
unique beauty of the grain sometimes
found in burls, knots, feathers and in the
curl of the roots. all conspire to make this
the most choice and high-priced of all our
native woods.
Twenty-Five years ago walnut was ex-
tensively used in the manufacture of fine
furniture and finishings in this country,
but manufacturers adroitly drew attention
to the beauty Of darkly stained quartered
oak, and the use Of the rarer wood has
greatly declined. But all this time the
search for fine black walnut logs has gone
on Systematically. though quietly. the trade
ume of lumber handled has been large.
Though found to some extent in the Allan
tic states from Massachusetts southwark.
the great source of supply has been the
central portion of the Mississippi valley.
The walnut is at home in the rich alluvial
In the stony limestone soils of the hills and
mountains, and such localities the buyers
have left few trees unsurveyed. Through
cut eastern Kansas, Missouri and Arkan-
sas. as we'll as the states along the Ohio
and its tributaries, may be seen few
that, with carefully hewn sides and painted
erds, ready for the market.
II you ask where this market is. you will
find that the great bulk of this rare lumber
gees to Europe. While we have been led
Into an enthusiastic admiration for fine oak.
stained according to the degree OF antiquity
1t is supposed to represent. our European
cousins have been paying fancy prices for
the rich black walnut that we have allowed
to go "out Of fashion"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-10
"HOrninE."
From the London Daily Telegraph.


Quite medieval quaintness belongs to
some Of the forms and traditions Of French
state trials. Early rising Parisians will
will have the opportunity of observing
Maitre Dupuis, process server Of the high
court. in the act Of blowing a tin horn in
the public thoroughfares. By indulging in
this seemingly futile and undigniied occu-
patton the legal gentleman will only be
obeying the strict letter Of the law, of
which he is an important officer. The code
OF criminal procedure states that in the
case Of defaulters the decision Of the court
proclaiming them to be contumacious per-
sons must be read out in public by the pro-
cess server, ito the accompaniment Of
horn or drum 1t will be noted that
choice Of instruments Is allowed. Maitre
onant drum, and states that his intention
Is merely to purchase a bicycle horn at
bazaar. Into this he will blow three times
before each reading. II td--
The ceremony will have toqbe repeated in
Eve different places-o0tsidep the respective
abodes of the two defauiters, who are the
Count de Lur Salucess and M. Marcel Ha-
bert. the deputy: in front of the town halls
of the ACCOMPLISHMENTS In which they re-
side. and. lastly. In the court yard of the
Luxembourg palace Maitra Dupuis will be
accompanied by a clerk. waae will do the
reading. and by another assistant. who will
paste up the legal notice on various walls,
but he will undertake the musical part Of
the program himself. The fofficer is rather
anxious to avoid unduespuhlicity In the car
rytng out OF his duties, land would prefer to
escape notice from Partisan small boys, so
he will proceed on hisJmissipn before day.
break. Maitre Dupuis ,wasoealIed upon ten
years ago to conduct the same legal GER
emony In the case OF Gen, sBou1anger and
others. whom the high court tried by de-
fault. tx
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-10
Why We Sit on Tables.

from the Criterion
About ten million women are exasperated
every day by men sitting on tables. So far
as 1 am aware women do not pay for the
furniture. and it is none of their business
how it is used. The habit of men sitting
on tables has led to the invention of the
cushioned billiard table and will no doubt
ultimately result in other clever notions. At
one time 1t was supposed that men chose
to sit on tables because they could get
exercise without exertion by swinging their
own legs and by kicking the legs Of the
table, The scientific fact is that tables are
more magnetic than chairs. If three men
walk into a room where. there is no woman.
two of them will make for the table nat
urally. The third one. wild try two or three
chairs and finally give up in despair and
join the others. The source of this mag
netism is the friction that women create
by polishing tables so frequently. OF course
women say that they only polish tables be-
cause men sit ON them and spoil them, but
this is illogical and feminine. No really
clever men sit on chairs They use their
chairs for keeping their papers and things
on, also their feet
Chairs are VIGOROUSLY immoral. You will
notice that well-bred man, when he finds
himself losing his temper, invariably gets
up from his chair and makes direct line
for the nearest table. This enables him to
Keep his temper and to argue reasonably.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-10
The First Coaches i'm London.
ErnIn tho Go-nhiu : -

Riding was the only alternative to walk
ing at the beginning of Elizabeth's reign,
and lady never rode without six OF seven
serving men to carry attire suitable to
all contingencies, and the means to repair
toilet which might suffer on the jour-
ney. To diminish this cost coaches came
into use. They were introduced in 1864 by
a Dutch coachman Of the queen, but we
are told "a coach was a strange monster
in those days, and the sight of it put both
man and horse into amazement; some said
1t was great crabshell brought out of
China, and some imagined 1t to be one of
the pagan temples in which the cannibals
Worshiped the devil. But at length these
doubts were cleared and coachmaking be-
came substantial trade. So rapid was the
Increase of coaches that in 1901 an act of
parliament was passed "to restrain the ex-
cessive and suDerf1uous use of coaches
within this realm In spite of this innova-
ton, no method could be devised which
made locomotion pleasant through streets
which were alternately torrents Of dirt
finding their way to the Fleet ditch, and
thick deposits Of black mud, which fur
nished ready weapon to any one who
wished to express disapprobation. 1t is
dlff1cuit for US to picture London without
either cabs or omnibuses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-10
The Stag Beetle.
From Longman's.


AS you walk by the fedgeside strange
noise suddenly arrests your attention; it is
the buzz of an insect, but loud enough to
start,e you. 1t might be mistaken for the
reeling of nightjar. but it is perhaps more
like the Earring hum Of a tasty driven
motor car. The reason Of the noise is that
the beetle has with great pains climbed up
a certain height from the ground, and in
order to ascertain whether he has got far
enough he erects himself on his stand
shakes out his wings and begins to agi-
tate them violently, turning this way
and that to make sure that he has
clear space. If he then attempts
to hy-it is one of his common blunders-
he Instantly strikes against some branch
or custer of leaves and is thrown down.
The tumble does not hurt him in the least,
but so greatly astonishes him that he re-
mains motionless a good while; then, re-
covering his senses. he begins to ascend
again. AT len3th, after a good many acct
dents and adventures by the way, he gets
on to the topmost twig, and, after some
buzzing to get up steam, launches himself
style.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-10


The coffee house is every night crowded
with men of parts. Almost every one Won
meet Is polite scholar and a wit. Jokes
ana bon-mots are echoed from box to box:
every branch of nature is critically ex-
amined, and the merit of every production
OF the press. OF performance at the thea
tiers, weighed and determined This school
TO which L am myself Indebted for a great
part of my education. and in which, though
unworthy, l am now arrived at the honor
OF being public lecturer has bred up
many authors, to the amazing entertain
ment and instruction of their readers But
ton $, the grand archetype OF the Bedford
was trequented by Addison, Steele Pope.
and the rest of that celebrated set. who
hour1shed at the beginning of this century,
and was regarded with just Difference on
account OF the real geniuses who freduented
H. But We can now boast men of superior
ahillttes; men who. without amy one ac-
CURED excellence, by the mere dint of a
happy assurance, can exact the same trib-
ute of veneration and receive it as due to
Inc INDUSTRIOUS characters, the scribblers,
players, hddlers, gamblers, that make so
large part of the company at the Bedford
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-10


The theft of a lamp is larceny; II may be
a Roman lamp or Greek lamp. an oil
lamp or an electric lamp. Whether it con-
stitutes grand larceny or petit larceny will
in certain states of the Union depend, not
upon It's age or newness, but upon its
market value. On the other hand, there are
a great number of modern crimes which
could not have been committed in ancient
days because the instruments for their per-
petration did not exist. They are the out
come of modern civilization and they re-
qt.ire new legislation
The tapping of a telegraph wire il a
modern form of highway robbery. In the
'old days the method was to uayIay the
courier on the road and to rob him of his
purse or OF his message. The formula Of
Ihe nlodern highwayman is not E''Stand and
deliver, but simply Deliver" And he may
get a message from the lightning courier
which may be worth more to him than n
Weii-filed purse. But there is nothing to
be gained by indiscrinGinate tapping II is
some special message or information that
the thief is looking for. possibly for its
eHect on the stock market or on other
business ventures: but the Use of cipher
cCdes renders the tapping of telegraph wires
OF httle avail. even in time of war unless
the code as well as the message has been
stolen. For the tapping of power OF. Iisbt
lines the modern tighwaynan comes in out
oil the rain. He can do his business better
indoors by attacking the electric meter
confusing its calculations and thus getting
more current than he pays for Such. AT
ieast' seems to be the Implication of re-
cent statutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-10
False Teeth of Antiquity.

From the New 1ork Herald.
The manufacture and use Of false teeth Is
undoubtedly practice Of great antiquity
The ancient Egyptians were no mean dent
lists Jawbones Of mummies have been
found with false teeth in them and also
with teeth filled with gold. The ancient
Greeks also knew how to fill teeth with
gold, also how to make false teeth.
There is plentiful evidence Of skilled dem
tistry among the Romans, for many of the
old Latin authors have references to false
teeth. In the Roman Laws of the Twelve
Tables" there IL distinct references to arti-
ficial teeth. The first part Of No. 10 for
bids useless expense at funerals In general,
but an exception is permitted by No. II.
which allows that the gold filings of false
teeth or the gold with which they were
bound should be buried or burned with the
deceased
Within the last year an ancient grave was
discovered near Rome and opened. In it
was found the skeleton Of woman with q
complete set OF false teeth, displaying adj
solid gold ~ ~ -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-10
Lord Kelvin.

From Coed WoRs. = ~ - ~
Lord Kelvins scientific discoveries do not
lend themselves easily to popular descrip-
ton. His work has had mary sides. To
perhaps the majority of speopleshe.is known
as an inventor whose Instruments are the
standards used irf ali exact electrical meas
urements. whether IN the laboratoyy or in
the workshop. whose compass and sounding
machines, by freeing the course of the ma
riner from error dug to the. magnetism of
the snap and making his approach to the
coast in thick weather Easily ascertainable.
has saved thousands, of lives, and robbed
ocean navigation to+a great extent of its
perils and delays. By-tis Telegraph instru-
mehts, founded ~ans a. perception of the
cvhdltlons OF successful submarine teleg-
fiphy, he first made cable signaling COM
nercidlly possible. and played a great part
IN the practical working out of the immense
enterprise initiated forty years ago by the
frst Atlantic cable, and now represented
by the network of cables connecting all the
countries of the world in which there are
civilized settlements.
Ihese are great achievements but the
writer of this article once. at a public lunch
con IN a large town in South Wales met a
gentleman who seemed to know nothing of
them, but recognized Lord Kelvin's name
a. mat OF the inventor of a water-tap.
me tap IN question is useful and efficient
ana many men have achieved great for
tune and hulked much in the public esti-
NATION, whose real services to the arts
represented less-an improved paper-fasten-
ef or a collar button perhaps; but this con-
ception of Lord Kelyins erninence as an
inventor shows how little many men of
affairs may know of the services which
have been rendered to the country by its
greatest citizens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-10
The Old SideboarI.

Written for The Evening Star.
Old sidesoard, with the carYen fruit
And marble slab-art lanely-sayr
Iwixt head and foot stone. lying nuta
Thy jewellers all sleep to,iay
Some have n marble slab-like thine,
And some have temples. hewn OF stones
Cnblest, beneath the ocean brine,
Rests one. though not 10 Fame uni nown.t
One has statue. shaped Of brass.
One proud shaft to pierce the sky;
''Rasbly importunate." alas.
One hape1 within the waves TO dies
And not Il mark. nor even a mound
Pleads to remembrance for a rew;.s
While in Ineonsecrated ground
Gods Acre" lies the friend we knew
OF ALL but one survives today.
Who contemplates, with fearful eye
And backward gaze. the elect array
or Gods Anoin- I'd Ones go by:
Monarchs, whose mighty pens and swords
Created deeds, like fixed stars,
And Orators. whose burning words
Housed Nations W to Holy Wars.
Renowned, obscure. they've run their racs-
Save only him-ths least Of al
Whose withered. trembling fingers trace,
While his heart aches, this feeble scrawl,
in tribGte to those rare. brigAt minds
Who, laying Gown the pan and sword
Oft clustered round thee-Hony II binds
My heart strings to thee. Old sideboard!
WILLIAM II. DONOHo.
Washington. d. C. January 30. 1900. -
caleb Cushing, Gen. Martindsle E. Kingmar
John Mitchell, John Savage Dom Piatt
teen. Thos. Francis MeagtAr
4Gen. Albert Pike.
sJ0hn Binckley.
''Sraton Donoho. Alexander Dimitry, Josep
Tyssowski Ben: Perley Pore. SarnI l.. Cover
Deur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-10
A Flash of Lightning in INITIAL,

Liuy oroone III Inc CornhlH Magazine
A very few days after nv arrival ar
Maritzburg. at the end of 1875, was stand
ing one afternoon in the shade of NV little
house on a HILL anxiously watching the
picturesque arrival Of an OK wagon laden
With my boxes. 1t was in the very early
summer, and the exigencies of settling in
left me no time to worry about the thun-
der storms, of which. OF course, had often
heard. A more serene and brilliant after
noon could not be imagined, and 1t was not
even hot-at all events, out Of the sun, NV
two small boys, as usual, trotted after me
like dogs. and clamored to assist at the ar
rival OF the wagon. so I lifted the little one
up In my arms and stood there, with the
elder boy clinging to my skirts. Suddenly.
out Of the blue, unclouded sky, out OF The
blaze Of golden sunshine, came a flash and
q crash which seemed as IL 1t must be the
crack Of doom. No words at my Command
can give any idea of the intolerabie blinds
Ing glare OF the light which seemed to Wrap
US round. or Of the rending sound. as tf the
universe were being torn asunder
suppose flung myself on the ground,
because was crouching there, holding the
little boys beneath me with some sort of
protective instinct. when in a second or two
Of time It had all passed. for heard only
slight and distant rumble. do not be-
hsve the sun had ceased shining for an In
esant. though its light had seemed to b
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-10
The badge of ChiyaIry.

Nm. Franklin johnson in the Pittsburg Dispatch
A strenuous spirit born to tbraII
OF toll;
A form rough hewn. by labor chained
10 sunlit fields or cities crude
Turmoil;
: An engines side in ships deep hold,
Or loaded barge miners cell;
I'D all the strife of all the world,
mat falls since man primeyal fell
Erect he stands in all the lands
OF earth.
Upright of soul, though far the goal,
Though crude the giant-chiseled form.
Shall scorn or mock the homely mold,
For all the wealth and all the gold
The men Of earth have known or know
Had birth from those great kactted hands.
His sign and badge Of chivalry,
The hoe,
The scythe and reaping hook, the fail,
The cart and lowly humble beast;
The flow
OF running mill stream. hives of bees
Cathedrals built Of mighty logs,
And clearings barred OF tow ring trees
Or smiling fens and flow ring boys.
And seen in bands Of girdiing steel.
Or smoke
From grimy foundries tunneled hfllsr
In singing anchor, tapping sails,
The stroke
OF hammer, anyils ringing sweet;
In pictured story, carved form,
In masonry and paved street.
OF battles won and breasted storm.
Magician he! surprising power;
His touch
Brings forth the rainbow hues of God
From dull plain stones near Natures heart
In truth be called "Monstrous thing"
Brother to the Ox?" Can sting
OF Terror dumb" apply to him
Whose soul is kin to ''Seraphfm:"
he may not reach the wondrous heights
OF lore,
Nor hear angelic deathless songs.
For they but follow where he goes
Before;
And speed their way what'ere they Will
His patient spirit leads them still
Through valleys where the south wind blows
Meath shining peaks eternal SHOWS
For he who Yields the lowly hoe.
Forsooth,
Is brother tc the learned one
Who searches through the ages gone
For truth.
The duiler light within his brain
May need hut touch of Magic Chance"
To fling worldwide his humble name
On flying wings of circumstance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-10
The War Correspondent.

dwin L. Sabin in the Albany Argus.
They dispatched me into Turkey,
And / learned the proper way
To indite of MonteBegrin.
Mastropas, Mustapha Bey.
With the Japs in far Korea
was present to extol-
Now. behold! there comes this message
BE prepared for the Transyaal."
Tho with Jap, Greek, Turkish added
To my wide linguistic lore,
was hurried of to Cuba,
To another little war,
And quickly mastered Spanish
Pon-tha, San HOGAN and such);
Still, had no good occasion
To acquire stock Of Dutch.
All my troubled months of study
All my alphabetic feats-
AL the words / glibly -scribbled
In my journalistic beats"
Are as nothing, or but tribes,
Or the merest fol-de-rol,
Since-Gomantipoort and Cronje!--
report from the Transvaal.
can write In Greek and Turkish.
Speak bit in Japanese,
And at making love in Spanish
1 have never failed to please.
Now, Kraafpan and Viljoenl
Down to Wakkerstroom I trek,
vryheid, Vryburg ana Spyfontein,
have got 1t in the Neckl