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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-03-01

The officers who are now leading the
British force in South Africa against
the Beers are the pick of the army
list. 1t is quite true that the first divi-
sfons sent out were commanded by
men who were better known as "war
office pets" than as fighting leaders.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-03-01

was already fighting the Afghans as
lieutenant of the Bengal Horse artil-
lery. Before he was five and twenty
he had had five horses shot under him
in battle, had been twice wounded, re-
peatedly mentioned in the dispatches
and had won the Victoria cross, which
constitutes the climax of every Eng
lishman's ambition.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-03-01

commanded cavalry force which he
organized himself and which was
known as Methuen's Light horse.
General William Forbes Gatacre,
who met his Waterloo at Stormberg,
has seen service in India He also
served under Kitchener in the Sudan.
General Gatacre was born in 1913
and entered the army when he was 49,
From 1875 to 1879 he was instructor in
surveying at the Royal Military col
lege. Sandhurst; quartermaster general
at Aldershot during the following year,
and military secretary to the COM
mander in chief at Bombay in 1881.
General Kelly Kenny, in command of
the Sixth division, is having his first
experience in South Africa. He served
in China and in Abyssina.
General Sir Charles Warren whose
name will henceforth be associated
with the disaster at Spion kop. was ex-
pected to be an invaluable assistant to
Butler, for he had the reputation of
knowing South Africa as well as any
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-03-01
GENERAL LORD ROBERTS.

GENEkAI LORD ROBERIS.
But there has been change of policy
since Magersfontein and Modder River.
In the early days of the war the
British spoke Of "the expedition" which
they were sending to the Transvaal.
That was when Butler was talking
about eating Christmas dinner in Pre-
toria. The English have ceased to re-
fer to the war as ian expedition"
also they have summoned their best
fighting leaders and sent them to the
front.
Fine looking leaders these men are,
too. each and every one with his repu-
tation, his title and his glittering med
ais. Alas. many of them have left only
their titles and their medals! Their
regulations. won in India for the most
part. lie buried along the borders Of
the Boer republics.
In sending Lord Roberts, the hero Of
lydia, and Lord Kitchener. the hero Of
the latest Sudan campaign, the British
far Office admitted the gravity of the
tuation. Lord Roberts has reached
e verge of threescore and ten, and it
as supposed that he had done his
york. A year ago the suggestion that
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-03
Tnnte kruger.

Mrs. Paul Kruger is said to have ac-
eepted her husbands offer of marriage
with the words: "I can bake, I can
cook, L can sew, I can clean, 1 can
scrub" Whether or not this is the GUS
eomary Boer formula is not explained,
but it is true that the wife of the pres
ident of the Transvaal has lived up to
her words. Dom Paul is said to be worth
several millions. Much Of this accumu-
lation is said to be attributed to the
thrift and economy of his wife, who was
not only able to do the things that
could help to make q man rich, but was
not ashamed to. She is still a gentle
hammered, blue-eyed woman, who has
nat changed her method of life because
the husband she married as a poor man
has come to have riches and power. She
still attends to the duties of which she
told her husband she was capable
Boston Globe.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-03

given TO one OF the ladies in charge OF
home missionary work. This lady gave
him q comfortable room and attended
to has wants with maternal care. She
learned from the boy that he had writ.
ten letters 60 certain parties for hi,
mother" but be would not give any
further information.
The old negro woman when taken
TO the hospital declined TO tell any
thing of his parentage. Her name is
Lucy Mason, and the little white boy
took her name. This faithful old negro
NANNY" had worked and toiled for
the boy, until she broke down In
health. Then the little fellow neglect
ed his school, stayed away from his
Sunday school, and took care of her,
until he was obliged TO go upon the
streets and beg for aid. Woman and
child were apparently devotedly at
tached to EACH other, and both of them
cried when they were separated.
The officers of the police force and
the ladies Of the missionary society
shook their heads and admitted that
in all of their experience with fallen
and suffering humanity they had never
known nor heard of such q ease. The
old negro woman said that the child
was given to her to keep, that she knew
It's parents, but she would not give
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-03

For all the lumberman's rough jocu-
larity. bis heart is right Once the
forest harbored fugitives from justice;
bat the railroad brought the sheriff,
the sheriff brought the law, and law
brings decency. Besides, as at sea
and on the plains, the open air
breathes a spirit of chivalry. Suppose
q man affronts waitress, 20 defend
ers leap to their feet. Suppose a poor
fellow is hurt, round goes the hat
What is more, two comrades win
drop their work and take him go miles
to the doctor. And, sad to tell, there
Is need enough for that sort of sym
patty. "Woodman," says Helen, who,
In spite of my earnest remonstrance,
never verifies her quotations, Wood
man, spare that toei" A fine hero, no
doubt, Is this man OF the forest, Q
brave and generous soul; but, never
theless, as in the case of Mr.. Burgess
impurpled heifer, "Pd rather see than
be one" For, roundly outdoing that
sly humorist's confessed preference
for fingers rather than toes" the
lumberman does his best to dispense
with both. What are left by the
woods are claimed by the mill.-R. I.
Hartt, In Atlantic.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-03
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

G. p. Huntington Is the only survivor
Of the great Southern Pacific quartet,
composed of Stanford, Croker, Hop
kiDs and himself. and he now owns,
or holds, an option on three-fourths Of
the stock of the road.
A German statistician has been count
ing up the books that have been writ
ten about famous women. he finds
that Marie Antoinette, Joan OF Arc,
Mary Stuart and Pope Joan head the
list, with over hundred books each.
A Pretoria barber who is new In
London says that President Kruger
never patronizes a barber, setting his
own razor and shaving himself. Mrs.
Kruger cuts her husbands hair and
does the work in about the average
amateur style
In 1883 three now famous men were
at the University of Strasburg-Roent-
gen, Paderewski and Tesla. Then
Roentgen was = professor of physics,
Paderewsh was an instructor In music
and Tesla was installing the electric
light plant at the university.
It Is q habit Of Senator CockreIl, OF
%sAAocOoAAs ~ ACoA 40 NhC SChoeS NhS
name of every constituent who sends
him a petition for presentation. This
gets the names OF his people in the
Record In big black type, which they
delight to see when he sends them
marked copies with his compliments.
Senator Hanna has Characteristic dis.
regard for the conventionalities of po-
lite society. A few evenings ago he
shocked Washington society by ap-
pearing in public wearing a sack suit
and silk hat. He has been the re
cipient of several hints on this sub
ject, but ignores them IN his usual
burly way.
An old interviewer Of Washington
pronounces Gen. Wheeler one OF the
hardest men to interview in this coun
try. He says: 1.-THE general is ever
more shy than he has been represent
| ed. Reticent' doesn't half describ,
him. He Is simply the despair OF every
newspaper man who tries TO get copy
| out of him"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-03
DARK SIDE OF LIFE.
Strange Hospital Incident Which
Furnishes Food for Thought
Leroy Mason. Reared By an ola Col
cred servayt After Ma2Rv's
Death Becomes His Real Moth
er's sAdOpted ssa.5
Especial Washington letter.

" VERY many strange things hap
w pen in large cities, and the tell
ing of them all would fill vast
libraries with stories of real life, and
"of the making of books there would
be no end"
The founding asylums are interest
Ing places to those who are inclined
TO reflection and contemplation. be-
cause therein we see the beginnings
OF the lives of men and women who
are TO take their places in the affairs
CT the immediate future. No matter
how well the waits may be reared,
they never know the real meaning of
the word 'home." They see other
children with fathers and mothers,
but they must live in ignorance OF
their own ancestry. That one thought
alone incites the mind to pity and
compassion.
Men forget their children and de-
sert their wives in the mad race OF
life. Women cling to their offspring
as long as they can hold them to their
breasts. They also cling to their huS.
bands 'for better or for worse" even
after they have found them to be
much worse than they could have an
ticipated. Therefore it is that we
have such deep sympathy for both
mother and child when they are de
serted. But no human being car
fully realize the condition of a little
one bereft OF both father and mother
Not long ago there came to one Of
the hospitals of this city a negro
woman of middle age, bearing in her
arms a white child only few weeks
old, begging shelter for the child and
for herself because she was sick anC
threatened with malarial fever. The
negro woman was given a cot in tn,
free ward and the white child wa.
taken in charge by one of the nurses
The woman soop became delirioui
and was seriously i'll with typhoiC
fever. Two months passed away be
fore She was able to leave the hos
pital. She said that the baby haC
been given to her to care for, but sh,
would not tell the name of its par
ents.
When she was able to leave the hos
pitai she asked permission to go I,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-03
A FulalIed Prophecy.

They hadn't seen each other for two
or three years and were talking about
old times.
by the way" said Carter, "you were
In trouble over love affair the last
time saw you. Some girl had declined
to be your wife, believe"
YES" replied CASTOR, "and do you
remember the encouragement you gave
me? You told me not to care; that
inside of six months 1 would meet
plenty of other girls L would think
were far superior to her"
81 have a faint recollection of say
ing something like that"
well, you were right. It happened
Just as you said 1t would. She changed
her mind, and we got married after
an."-Chicago Times-Herald..
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-03

ner rooms to get new clothing for the
white baby, saying that she would
return within an hour. She was per-
Tnitted to go. Two weeks have passed
away and she has not returned. The
little waif was finally turned over to
the care of sisters of charity in charge
of IN orphan asylum. 1t will grow
to manhood and never know who
were its father and mother.
OF course the child will never know
the true meaning of the word "home,"
and what the future portends for it
nobody can dare to foretell.
The average reader will say that
there are thousands of such cases,
md that is true. This incident is
',arrated simply to point a moral and
adorn tale. Those who sin forget
the effects of their wrong-doing.
They forget that there is time com
Ing when everything will be laid bare
before the awful tribunal of con-
science, when 1.-The rich and the poor
shall be gathered together, for the
Lord is the Maker of US ALL"
The little baby referred to may
have life of goodness or the reverse
It's parents cannot tell. But this lit.
tie one has had many predecessors
ike unto itself ushered into the mys
terry of life; and of one of them thi.
story is told to show the effects Of
the abandonment of children.
Leroy Mason is a white boy nine
years OF age, who attends one of oul
public schools. He is handsome lit
the fellow, always standing well in hi.
classes, and always punctual in at
tendance upon the school sessions
He never invited any of the children
TO his home, and the teacher never
saw mis- father or mother. A few
days ago he was found Legging OF
the streets, begging food for hi
mother. who, he said, was very sicl
and probably dying.
The case was reported to the polio,
department, and was investigated by
the board of children's guardians. Th4
boy led an inspector to an attic will
two rooms in the heart of the city, op
Posite. the patent Office building
There, upon a little straw pallet, la,
the suffering mother" of this it'll
boy. She was a negro woman, up
wards of so years old, and was mani
testify in q dying condition. She wa
taken to hospital, and the boy wa
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-03
Benevolent Investment
And Relief Association
OF VIRGINIA.

Chartered by Legislature of Virginia.
MAIN OFFICE 81 ". Leigh ST..
RICHMOND. va.
Sick and Death Benefits raid. Those
who do not keep q regular Bark Ae-
count, the plan of this Association
takes it's place.
MONEY LOANED to members on
personal AND REAL ESTATE Sc.
CURIrIES on small weekly pa yments
Interest Paid on all Deposits. For
further Information apply at the main
office. EF AGENTS WAITED.
Rev. g. O. Coleman. President;
Prof. j. II. Blackwell, Sec'y & Manage
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PLANET DKPOTS

n
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1t would seem So,

It's long lane that has no turn
ing" remarked the man who owns a
book Of popular quotations.
"Now I should think" said the other
fellow, that long lane would be more
likely to have turnings than a short
one."-N. Y. Journal.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-03

"Why did you discharge that cut
teri"
''Oh, we can't use him any more" an
Ewered the tailor. "Now that box coats
have gone out of style we have to make
things to flt."-Chicago Post.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-02-03
Proof POsItINe.

81 wonder if all men are fools,
snapped Mrs. Enpeck during a little
domestic tiff the other morning.
''Ne, indeed, my DEAR" replied heI
husband. az know a number of mer
who are helors."-Chicago Daily
News.
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Not n Friend.

Mr.. Northside-Who was that friend
you had with you this afternoonp
Mr.. Shadyside--That wasn't friend.
That was my Observation-Disclosures
Chronicle Telegraph.
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Left.

He who is left last is left worst
Chicago Dispatch
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-09-05

AXE M A. 80.
most fruitful country, and every mile
has its scenes of beauty. Passing
through a corner of Indiana, through
succession of intrusting towns, it
leaves the state at South Bend, a real
ly charming city, whose busy fac
tories, pretty paved streets, fine
houses and business blocks, and pic
turesque river, are seen to advantage
from the train. Across Michigan the
important cities of Battle Creek, Lam
sing and Flint are seen, and there are
good views of the great Sanitarium,
the states capital building and the
factories and mills. Then at Port HUI
ron, the train whirls without delay
through the great tubular steel term
inal under the river, and is in Canada.
Eastern Canada is a splendid coun-
try fruitful and prosperous, and the
Grand Trunk here networked the very
best of it all. Indeed, from Detroit
and Port Huron to Buffalo, Niagara
Falls and Toronto on the south and the
Lake Huron and Georgian Bay points
on the north, there is little of rail-
road Importance except the Grand
Trunk. 1t not only covers the splen-
did farming country north of Lakes
Erie and Ontario, but the rich timber
and mineral region and magnificent
incession of lake resorts. Indeed,
when one stops to think, first, of what
we saw on the trip, that succession
of scenic wonder: the Muskoka lakes,
the Thousand Islands, the St. Law
renee rapids, Montreal, with its hun
dreds Of magnificent churches, and it's
views from Mount Royal; Quebec,
that bit of ancient Europe, and the
glorious outlook from the citidal over
the bay, with the Laurentian noun
tains in the distance; the Montmoren-
CT Falls, three hundred feet of falling
feathers; Ottawa, in many ways the
most beautiful city of Canada, with
its Parliament buildings, which, in
the perfection of their architecture,
are not excelled on this continent;
the splendid Ottawa and Rideau river
scenery, and the Chaudiere Falls, and
things Of all that was left unseen, we
wonder that any one ever travels on
any other road, save from necessity.
But to begin our trip back at St.
Paul, we started out with five Pull
man vestibuled sleepers and day
coach over the Chicago Great Western
ROAD, which has proved It's excellence
by It's popularity and by gathering in
passenger and freight business in a
way that startles it's rivals. The as
ISOLATION is under obligations especial
ly to Mr.. S. C. Stickney. the general
manager, to Mr.. F. Fl. Lord, the gen
eral passenger agent, and to Mr.. J. P.
Elmer, the local agent at St. Paul, for
great courtesy and kindness. The
Great Western handled our train
splendidly, and nothing was neglected
that would add to the pleasure Of the
trip. On. the return change of
schedule made necessary a breakfast
at Oelwein, where the; local agent
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STEAMER TORONTO.

over, and one that it will take the
editorial party long to thoroughly di-
gest.
For it the editorial thanks are due,
first, to the Grand Trunk Railroad,
whose officers made it possible. Never
in the history of the association has
such care and attention been extended
to it by any railroad. The editorial
train passed over part of all four of
it's passenger divisions, and every
where the arrangements for handling
it were made with the thought only
OF having every detail of the service
conduce to the pleasure of the excur-
sionists and their convenience The
Grand Trunks passenger department
is both family and q machine. There
is the strongest possible personal
fealty between the members of the
force, from the humblest clerk to the
head, Of this branch of the service
Not only is there obedience to instruc-
ttons, but a somewhat close look into
their methods shows every one sitting
up nights and scheming off-hours to
see if somehow, some way they can
do something to further the interest
of the Grand Trunk, while every sub
ordinate knows that he can always