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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-17

1t glorious South African day
In the wear 1881. The rains had ceas-
ed, summer had departed, the first
crisp touch of winter was abroad. VII
ioensdorp, a pleasant little up-country
town in the western Transvaal, lay
basking in the bright sunshine: the air
was clear, translucent, and full OF that
wonderful brjskness and eXhilaration
which every man and woman In the
broad plateau lan1s of South Africa
knows and enjoys so well, after the hot
weather is over and winter is at hand.
Bathed in the warm sunshine, Tapped
in to the north and eastward by fair
hills, the picturesque township OF VII
ioens-drop, with its lofty blue gum
trees, it's wealth of foliage and fruit
trees, its broad quiet streets. hanked
BY runuels of clear water, fed oy the
river that half eucircled the place. look
ed and ought to have been as fair aud
pleasant and soOtbinga spot as any up
on the face of Gods earth Yet the
mind Of at least one man there that
morning was little else than a raging
he'll of despair and misery. CT unavell-
ing protest against bitter and iOexora
BILE fate.
John Strange, an Englishman, had
been d trader and storekeeper in
Viljoeusdorp, for the last six years.
He was an honest man. He bad built
ness, especially after the British an
nexation in 1877, and upon the whole.
he had got along very well with the
Beers of the countryside. He had but
one enemy among the Dutch: that one
however, was Hans Van Wyk,
prominent man of the district, and
Field-Cornes Van Wyk was one of
those shifty, lying characters TO be
found amongst the Tran svaal Dutch,
as amongst most other communities OF
the world. He had been thoroughly
exposed by Strange in dirty piece OF
cheating and verueuking in connection
with a transaction in cattle-for which
exposure he had never forgiven the
Englishman.
Under the English rule Strange
cared little for the big, clustering
Dutchman's eumity: but when the
Beers rose in arms, defeated the Brit
ish and besieged them in the towns
they held, it was very different pair
of SHOES. 1t was more than month
after Majuba, and the retrocession OF
the Transvaal to the Beers. And nov
on this warm pleasant morning, John
Strange stood. after years OF hard
striving. a ruined man, with less
money than he had started with when
he entered upon business.
Hans Ven Wyk bad had his reven!e.
As leading man Of the district he
had ample opportunity. When the
burghers rose round VijOeusdorp Re
had been placed in command. He had
at once gone for" John Strange. He
had commandered his cattlo--three
hundred Of them just then waiting for
sale and worth 1880. He had looted
his store. taken his three best horses,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-17

wounds, he presently proceeded on hi
way and reached Natal.
| For years John Strange had nothin
but the poorest luck. He found it
hard matter, with but $500 Of capital
to II axe start again in life. He wa
nov seven and twenty, aud broker
| man as it ere. He made q claim fOl
his Losses, On the British government
| but like most other Transvasl English
men of that evil time he obtsined mo-
a farthiug Of compensation. For year:
drifted about South East Africa
| som etimes trading, sometimes huntin g
ivory, never succeeding, however, in
breaking the spell of bad luck thai
chung 80 persistently to him.
One year, late in the eighties, he
came home, after his fa;her's death in
Cheshire, tn look sitter some small for
tune that fell to his share. IL hap
peneo one day, pleasant, mellow.
autumual daV, with the ricb. crisp
leaves of chestnut aud beech ca-peting
the roads, that De met by the merest
chaoce Ia the world, a certain renown-
ed statesman, taking q brisk walk alone
through the lanes ana woodlands.
And it CHANGED that the stat asman
feeling inclined for conversation aod
the exchange Of ideas. entered into
talk with the solitary pe destr.au. job q
Strange was not long in noting who his
companion WAS. Somehow not from
any desire of Stra0 ge's--the talk wan
dereG towards SOutn Africa. And, 8t
last, lrritated by some remarks OF the
Statesman, JChn made an END Of polite
ness. and without eXsggeratiou and
choking down unnecessary bitterness.
tcld the great man his miserable eX-
periences. They presently parted with
words Cf reasonable courtesy, but with
some restraint upon eitber side. That
night the great stetesman's family
were somewhat estOnished at his
frame of mind. He had gone out
cheerful, selfreliant, radiant; he had
returned home moody, depressed, fret
full, and with cloud resting upon his
esgle-like face. But upon the NOR
row all this had vanished. the depres-
sion had been cast off, the cloud swept
aside. AS had happened Thousand
times before, be had reasoned with
hims elf-using and reinforcing the
same arguments that he had used with
mis- fellow-walker of the day before.
and with himself his reasoning had
prevailed
In the autumn of 1899, John Strange
was farming upon the MOOT River, In
Natal. he WAS now five and forty
years of age: his hair and beard
showed streaks of silver: but he was
strong, weil-set up, and active as ever.
His friends looked upon him as some
thing of a misauthrope, an EN- Filtered,
disappointed man. But then few knew
Of his experiences, for he had never
been very communicative. The girl
he had hoped 10 marry years before
had long since welded another. 1t
was scarcely her fault, for Strange's
ruin had made the prospect of mar
II w it'll him m He lIua6
a quiet, lonely life, getting as much
sport as he was able, and always keep
ing up his rifle practice. Few men in
the district could touch him with the
spor ting rifle or the service Lee-Mes.
ford.
At last came news of the Boer ul-
tim alum and the outbreak of war with
England. Troops began TO move up
to the front. Natal was Rhame with
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-17

the fever of war. John Strange left
his farm in charge of an Enelish over
seer, went down to Durham, aud Joined
the Imperial Light Horse. Every
one who knew him was astonisned "a
the change lately wrought in him.
He seemed years younger. had become
cheerful and light hearted, and re-
! lished joke with the merriest of
| them. But always he wanted to be
up at the front, doing something" as
he expressed it.
At length the regiment moved up to
dysmith, and presently came the
day of Glands Laagte, when Sir
George White despatched General
French and his force against the Beers
posted in a strong position among
rocky hills. Skirmishing with the
| Light Horse upon the left. John
Strange proved himself one of the
coolest and most redoubtable marks
men against the mounted Beers, oppos
ed to them on that side of the field.
Already half a dozen Dutchmen had
been hit-killed or wounded by bullets
from his rifle. He was now lit
tie ahead of his fellows
dismounted. waiting for his thirteenth
shot. Three hundred yards away,a huge
Dutchmsn, With q full greyish beard.
rose from the safe concealment of a
rock-boulder, took aim at a mounted
officer and fired But upon the instant
he pulled trigger, Strange had aligned
his sigkt upon the Beers broad chest,
and pulled also. The Boer threw up
his arms, dropped his rifle, and fell
back wards. Almost at once the Brit
sh artillery was turned upon that
part. In five minutes John Strange
was look ny into the face of the man
be had last fired at. A strange trium
phant smile was upon his own coun-
tenauce. Was it fate, or the will of
Goo? There before him upon the red
earth. his upturned face looking
vacently toward the turquoise sky,
with Strange's bullet through his
heart, lay Hans Van Wyk, stone
dead.
Strange took off his broad brimmed
bat and looked upward. The mau was
transformed. Through his lips came
the words cat last At last. Thank
God! Thank God,'
Almost before the last syllable bad
died from his lips, Mauser bullet
pierced his temple and crashed through
his brain. He fell forward dead by
the side of that bitter enemy over
whom after long years he had thus
triumphed. Yet if he could have
wakened for one instant into life
again, only to think again into the
death that had overtaken him, John
Strange would have declared that
trium ph full and complete.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-17
Remarkable Cures Of Rheum tism

From the indicator, Rutherfordtcn. N. c..
The editor of the Vindicator has b lad
occasion to test the efficacy of Cham
most remarkable results in each case.
First, with rheumatism in the shoulder
from which he suffered excruciating
pain for ten days, which was relieved
with two applications of Pain Balm,
rubbing the parts afflicted and reallz-
ing instant benefit and entire relief in
very short time. Second, in rheums-
tism in thigh joint, almost prostrating
him with severe pain. which was re-
lieved by two applications. rubbing
with the liniment on retiring at night,
and getting up free from pain. For
sale by all druggists.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-17

Boer, IN have you tied up and
Siam bokked."
| For answer Strange clenched his fist
and like lightning dealt the man 8
SIN ASKING blow in the face. Van Wyk.
big and heavy IS be wss, staggered
back and almost fell: another instant
and the blood stresmed from his feshy
nose, now sadly disarranged. The Boer
in his turn became possessed with
fury. Disrega dirg the blood
| that ran from him, he unslung mis-
rifle, and was about TO take a ca fridge
from his bandolier.
"Almighty" he roared. III shoot
you as dead as a dog. Stand aside,
there you men. Let him run!"
Strange never moved. With bis
hands crossed upon his chest, he stood
| calmly surveying his opponent. But
the rest of the Beers were not prepared
to see the Enelishman murdered.
They waited just then no further
enta1g clements with the British govern
m { ut. They clustered round Van
Wyk, and some of them held his
arms.
No, Hans" they cried. you shall
not shoot him. See, his cart is ready.
bis horses are imspanned for Natal.
Give him sjambokkiDg and let him
60"
The man listened and YVES convinced.
well, " he said, tie him up, aud FL
give him a Thrash hing he will rememb Der
me by W herever he may trek to-
The Beers threw themselves on the
unfortunate Englishmsr, and after
struggle overpowered him. A strong
raw hide riem was produced; they tied
MIN up by MS wrists to the verandah
post OF his own store and fastened his
legs. His coat had been dragged from
his back and he tt1Od OILY Ia his fan
mel shirt. Then Van Wyk stood
forward and laid On with an after-ox
siam box, raw-hide whip OF terrible
punishing power. He was strong
MAG and In three minutes he had cut
the Englishman' shirt to ribbons aud
drawn bioudy burrows across his back.
At tNensy five strokes the blood stream
ed from the unfortunate man 8 ribs and
shoulders. Then the rest of the Beers
iuterfered. Van Wyk's hand was stay
ed, and the thongs which bound the
Eoglishman were unfastened.
Strange was very white, but quite
uncouquered.
You have bad your innings now"
be said quietly. "But l know
may be a score of years before it
will come. 6 may be score OF years
that shall have to walt but be sure l
shall have bloody revenge for this.
Van Wyk shrugged his shoulders and
laUg q big coarse laugh.
You have my com pliments, Kerel,"
he sad, there nicely written on your
back, as well done as if you had brief
j. (Ietter) set out by the Predikant
(pss,or). Now be off, and let US see
the fnce of you no more"
He turne d away. Strange went
indoors, called to his KAT
fr servant, had his back
oathe0 aud bandaged, got into
fresh clothes, and, an hour later, des-
pite the into1erable pain of his wounds,
drove out OF Viljoensdorp, sped, of
course, by the coarse jokes, abuse and
laughter of thehalf-druuken Dutchmen
assembled to see him depart. He drove
to an Englishm farm house thirty
miles away, whence, after healing his
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-17
A Good Cough Medicine For Children

Il have no hesitaucy in recommend
ing Cham berlain's Cough Remedy"
says F. p. Moran. well known ADD
popular baker, of Petersburg, Va.
I'VE have given it to our children
when troubled with bad coughs. also
whooping cough, and it has always
given perfect satisfaction. 1t was re-
commended to me by druggist as the
best cough medicine for children as it
contained no opium or other harmful
drug" Sold by all druggists
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-17
TO Galveston

The Southern Pacific company will
sell tickets to Galveston. Texas, and
return on March 18th, Goth and 2lst,
limited to leave Galveston not later
than the Goth on the return trip, at
rate of $500.
They will also sell on the 10Th and
Goth, limited to leave Galveston not
later than the 23rd of March, tickets at
rate of S23 20. This is on account of
the naval display of the North Allan
tic squadron at that place.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-17
Mooney.

Before You close out your household
goods see Mooney. Cor. Stanton and
ST. Louis streets.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-17

Have you seen our gas lamps? Cost
but third that of gas or electric light.
Warranted by Irwin 81 Co.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-17
For Over Fifty Years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. II
soothes the child, .softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie and Is
the best remedy for diarrhoea, twenty
five cents bottle.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-17
Eggs! Eggs! Eggs!

Ell Paso Grocery Co. is now selling 2
dozen fresh eggs for 25 cents.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-17
Money To Loan.

Money loaned on all kinds of collst-
eral security. at low rate of interest, at
Ssmbrsno's. 4Ol-4O3 Ell Paso street.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-17

Fresh vegetables always on hand at
the Tourist grocery, los Myrtle Ave.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-15

Get money. Symbols mysteries.
Book on glass. of water for lucky
numbers. so cents ard $1.OO. J. n.
Coates. BIT. Dr., lib Cherry ST.. Phil
adelphia, Pa. Ca cars cured
3 25-3m
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-15
SATURDAY SEPT Is, 1900
JUST BEYOND.

Just beyond the world of workers.
Where the highways meet.
Just beyond the tireless traffic,
And the crowded street
There is still the clustered silence,
Slender veil between,
Where the soul hath calm and shelter
From the thronging scene.
Just beyond the temple pavement,
Where the contrite kneel
Just beyond the trembling twilight
Where the shadows steal.
There is still the golden staircase
BY the angels trod.
There is still the homeward pathway
To the hills of God.
Just beyond lifes banquet chamber.
When the guests are gone
when the lights burn low and dinly.
And the hearts alone
There is still the shining Presence.
Deathless and adored.
Of the long-rejected Jesus,
Lies forgotten Lord.
Just beyond the sign and symbol
OF the old world scroll,
Just beyond the cross and darkness
Where the thunders roll:
There is still the living Spirit.
And the land of love:
There is still the crown-crest kingdom,
All the world above.
Rev. Fred A. Jackson. I'm Boston Watch
man.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-15
THE REALITY OF SIN.
Hts Potency Is ns Great as Ever Ever
Though Language and Science
Have Quilted Sensitivenesx to 1t.

Thomas Fuller, in his quaint way
had a genius for getting at the heart
OF things. and never more SO than in
his comment on sin as it comes in the
form of temptation and as it appears
tn the memory in the form of action
Before L commit SIM" wrote Full.
1cr, ut seems TO me so shallow that
u may wade through it dry-shod from
any outlines; but when | have com
united il, il often seems so deep that
u cannot escape without drowning
Much of the old phraseology i'm which
the preachers endeavored to carry this
truth home to the consciousness OF
hearers or readers has lost its force
but the fact remains precisely what il
was in the days when the Puritan did
not think about sin as an abstraction
but as an ever-present reality. The
great preachers of our time, like the
great preachers of all time. have hated
tnoral evil of every sort, and have not
lost clear vision of il by reason of the
higher average of general conduct and
the increasing orderliness of society
There is as much moral peril in the
world as ever in it's history, and that
peril still takes on all it's old forms
with many new ones which are even
more subtle and beguiling, born of the
refinement of the age and the tempta
'tions which are presented by lux.
.ury which is not sin in itself, but
(which often weallens the fiber of the
moral nature and prepares for an ir.
remediable catastrophe. Sin as fact
in individual life is not diminished
In force or in significance by scientific
statements of its character, by great.
er light thrown upon inheritance and
environment, nor by philosophical ex.
plantations which seem to wear off its
edges and make it less monstrous. II
still does precisely what it has ALWAYS
done; sears the conscience, weal<ens
the will, diminishes the moral SEN
sitiveness and sets in process a disin.
tegration of character which, unless
st is arrested, involves ultimate wreck
age. In this age, when the facts OF
sin seem to have receded in the back.
ground, it is we'll 90 reread Dante in
order that, in the graphic picturing OF
n great literary artist, the blaclness
of moral evil and the hideousness OF
the things which come out of it and
the results it leaves behind it NAV be
clearly discerned. Neither science MOI
philosophy nor the larger knowledge
of modern times has weakened the
force of moral law or has taken from
a violation of that law any of those
appalling effects which Dante threw
Into such bold and terrifying relief
In his pictures of the Inferno and OF
purgatory. Language has changed and
symbolism has changed, but the law
remains; the ethical structure of the
universe is untouched. The relation
of man to this invisible but memorable
order has not been modified: he stin
reaps what he sows, as he did in the
days when the eNiled poet of Florence
felt the flames of hell beat on him.
N. Y. Outlook.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-15
Caring for what the world Says.

\ Why will you keep caring for what
the world says? Try, oh, try to be no
longer slave to it! You can have little
idea of the comfort of freedom from it
it is bliss! All the caring for what
people says is from pride. Hoist youl
flag, and abide by it. In an infinitely
short space of time all secret things
will be divulged. Therefore, if YOU are
'misjudged, why trouble yourself to put
yourself right? You have no idea what
a great deal of trouble it saves you.
Roll your burden on God. and He
will make straight your mistakes. He
will set you right with those with whom
You have set yourself wrong.
Here am, lump of clay; thou are
the potter. Mold me as thou in thy wis.
dom wilt. Never mind my cries. Cut
my life of-so be it-prolong it-so bs
1t. Just as thou wilt, but rely on thy
'unchanging guidance during the trial.
Oh, the comfort which comes from thisl
Gen. Gordon.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-15
Vocal Exercise

The value OF vocal exercise upon
The general health is not sufficiently
recognized by the majority, but those
who have studied the matter tell us
that even the practice of reading
aloud has great and beneficial in
tuence upon the health. To quote
the words of an authority:
Persons who have a tendency to
pulmonary disease should methodical-
ly practice those actions of the BODY
through which the chest is in part
filled or emptied of air" and further
advice is given TO the effect that those
whose chests are weak should read
aloud at stated intervals and even
'ecite or sing, using due caution as
10 posture and articulation.
These regular exercises of the voice
may be rendered as salutary to the
organs of respiration as they are
agreeable in their influence on the
voice. Moreover, vocal exercise often
improves the contour of thin throat.
and is thereby beautifier.-Washing
ton Star.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-15
Memory.

Where n the dickens is that vest
of mineY exclaimed the young mar
ried man on a hot morning a little
while ago. He had decided to put on
his thinnest serge. In the closet he
found his trousers and coat, but the
walstcoat was missing. The young
married man searched in vain for the
garment.
He scolded and stormed to himself.
Then he scolded the servant girl and
set her to locking for the missing
piece of wearing apparel. At last his
wife was appealed to.
Clara, dear, where in the world is
that blue vest of mine?"
why, don't you remember, Frank.
I USED that last summer to piece out
your trousers?"
And the Y. NJ. NJ remembered
Detroit Free Press
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-15
a Lonely NeiEhborhood

The most lonely highlands of our
national territory are the sparsely
wooded sierras of western New Mexico
The clank of the woodcutters' AK ech.
oes through the steepest glens of the
European Alps and southern Alleghe.
MES, but in the Sierra Mesilia, west
of FL Paso, there are valleys where the
moan OF the wind in the branches OF
the rock pines is the only sound heard
for days together. A kind of marmot
is the only inhabitant of these soli-
tudes and rarely leaves its burrows
before noon. Birds are extremely rare,
though silent vulture now and then
floats across the sky on it's way TO the
cave labyrinth of the ella river.-Chi-
cago Chronicle.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-15

WANrED-A house girl to assist in
washing and ironing at 102 E. Marshall
st. Must CO me well recommended.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-15
NORTH CAROLINA STATE AGRI
CULTURAL FAIR.

RALEIGH, N. O.. Oct. D. 27th-For
the above occasion the Southern Rail.
way will sell tickets from all ticket sta.
tions on its lines in North Carolina, AL
so from Norfolk, Richmond lynch
burg, Danville, and all informed late
stations in Virginia to Raleigh, N @.
and return at one fare plus fifty cents
for the round trip
Tickets on sale Oct. 10th tn % h in
elusive, with return limit Oct Doth.
Tickets sold at the above rate en-
brace one coupon of Submission to the
fair grounds
o. w. WEsTBURY, Z. p. A.
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WANTED.

Girls wanted, to learn to make che
roots. Only steady and industrious
girls of good character need apply.
Nice, light, easy. clean, and healthy
work and good pay. Also paid while
learning. Apply at once to Cheroot
Factory, 81 N. 25th st., between Main
and Franklin. Bring this notice with
you. 1t
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-15

the request of many who accompanied us our last
Excursion to Staunton have decided this train
which will be the equal of the last.
This being the Excursion of the Staunton
will spare pains to make it of the best
of the Let everybody turn out and have good
time In the mountains.
Geological Park where hundreds of animals be-
free Deaf Dumb and Blind Institute the Asylum and hun
dreds of other attractions Nice Valley Pixies for Bicycle
Riding This is splendid opportunity to visit your conn
ty home. The train will stop all stations going and
turning.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-15

grace are secure in the heart, and the
mau himself is responsible for their
proper cultivation and for bringing
them TO perfection.-Rev.F +. NJ Bristol
Methodist, WASHINGTON, ID. c.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-15
DaniIew.ky's Flying Machine.

Russian inventor, X. Danilewsky, has
recently experimental, under govern
ment auspices, with a fying-machine
WHICH combines the lifting power of a
balloon with something resembling
wing action. The balloon, says the
Youths Companion, is shaped like a
projectile, and is small, being filed with
pure hydrogen. Its ascensional forceis
sufficient to neutralize the weight OF
the aeronaut and the apparatus. The
latter consists of a system of movable
aeroplanes and a steering tackle, by
means of which the aeronaut guides the
course of the balloon. In descending
the latter assumes an upright position
The immediate object of the expert
ments is to provide dirigible balloon
for the signal corps OF the Russian
army.