The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-29

II pears these notices. IN English and
| Dutch: In case of bearer of this being
| Killed or wounded, you are requested to
send this card thTough the nearest COM
| manding off1cer7or responsible official to
| the Identity departmentAa above mentioned
The Identity department OF the Red Cross
| society will forward to English authorI-
| ties information about wounded English
| soldiers who might be made prisoners"
SAVED FROM sHRAPNEL.
The Beers do not appear to have gone
! In largely for shrapnel at the Modder
river fight, but one of the enemy's shells
which burst all but overwhelmed a gun
ner in its terrible death zone This man.
when some distance from his gun, no
ticed In midair the fateful little ring of
smoke at, to his experienced sight. an
| extremely dangerous proximity to him.
! To fall prone on the ground would have
! added to the risk. Instead, with lightning
| rapidlty, he threw himself under a lin
| ber The next instant the ground all
| around was torn up in a fierce onslaught
Of 800 bullets.
OSTRICH AND SOLDIERS.
| The English soldiers have mistaken
| troops of ostriches for bands of Beers
| and bands of Beers for -ostriches In some
cases the ostriches have made friends
with the soldiers. A correspondent who
was with Gen. Methucn at the Modder
river says: while ranged the valley or
! plain with my glasses something slipped
| and tumbled heavily over the loose stones
! behind me- 1 turned, thinking to dodge
or help stumbling man. and found my
self staring into the great brown eyes
of an ostrich six feet tall and with legs
as thick as and longer than my own.
He came up here some days ago.
ar ba oil tax
! now. We feed him and fool with him.
and he seems very happy
THE ostrich stalked past me and took
| position between the major and the cap
tain. where. after appearing to observe
| that they were very busy scanning the
landscape. he, too. stared at the plain
and remained erect and watchful. the
highest type OF sentry in appearance.
He marred this fine effect for just a mo-
ment BY seizing and swallowing box Of
safety matches. After that he continued
| his sentry duty with satisfaction in his
| eyes"
| The ostrich is valuable substitute for
watch dog. and he eats with relish
| things that would poison the strongest
goat that ever lived.
KITCHENER IN SCHOOL.
DR.. Butler. the present master of Trim
! ity college. Cambridge, may be regarded
as the man who exercised the most in
| fuence on Lord Kitcheners career. 1t
| was found. upon the death OF his father,
| that the family resources were so strait
! ened that it would be difficult to keep
| the future hero Of Omdurman at Harrow
school. DR. Butler. who was then tho
| head master of the school. wanted to
know why such a clever lad was leaving.
He was frankly told. and replied: ''The
boy will reflect, honor on the school; he
| must stay here. There will be no charge
i will only request that he may not be
-told OF this arrangement at present, as It
| might break his high spirit"
| ACQUIRING" MOUNTS.
This tale is told concerning the ethics
/ of bushmen in respect OF horsefesh. A
] discussion was going on in a Melbourne
club on the wisdom Of sending corps of
| bushmen to the front. One of the COM
pany. evidently sufferer. clinched the
| discussion by observing: There are
/ few up our way I should like the govern
ment to get hold of. Let them loose on
| the Transvaal frontier and Paul Kruger
| wouldn't have horse to mis- name In a
week. I know 'em." Lifting Is often the
4 only way OF getting mount.