The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-01-08

hcf ~ MAKING bufrOWs Tor themselves
nnl llfe there is so intoieraoiy monoton-
Gus that they prefer to cake tic chances
above ground Others pass whole days
with wives o2 families or in solitary mis-
cry, where there Is not light enough to
read or work, scarcely showing head out
side from sunrise TO sunset.
"There would be a touch OF humor In
all this IL it were not so deeply pathetic
IN fits close association with possible TRACE
dies. one never knows where or at what
hour stray shell or splinter will fall
and It Is pituful sometimes to hear cries
for Dolly from q prattling MITE who may
herself be fatherless or motherless tomor-
row. We think as little as possible Of
such things, putting them from us with
the light comment that they happen daily
elsewhere than IN beseiged town and maxi
ing the best We can Of a melancholy sit-
uatlou.
"rhe imperial light horse have amused
themselves at Ladysmlth by constructing
tunnels TO the river bank, connecting the
dark caves in which whole regiments
might be hidden.
knowledge In mind IS sometimes use-
less. I'm these caves the men find cooling
rclief from tho burning sun.
Looking out over the smiling plain
that stretches TO the southeast of the
town. writes the Standards representa-
tive at Ladysmith on November 10. 81 is
hard to realize that we are IN the midst of
war. There is not Boer in sight A
great mystery Of peace has fallen on tho
land. That serene tranquility which fills
the air and clothes the sunht hills carries
one back to some remote English village
on a Sabbath morning The scene. too. IL
home-like-level reaches Of meadow on
which cattle are grazing, prosperous farm
steads dotting the green plain. "A puff of
smoke, followed eight seconds later by an ,
angry of air and a deafening crash. recalls
one Of the actualities of the moment. on
the squire Of those tawny hills chat appear
not a mile away are Twenty-Five guns,
and the enemy lie concealed along the
ridges .a5 among the patches Of green
bush which clothe the ravines and kopjes
We have daily-almost houry-reminder
OF their presence. The officer who ascends
In the balloon reports that they are
thick on all sides and cannot number few
or than twenty or thirty thousand.
SHRAPNEL ACCOMPLISHMENT
The same correspondent describes the
repulse on the Prince Of Wales birthday,
says:
'Ats noon when the enemy had fallen
baclS TO their laager royal salute Of 21
guns was fired by the naval brigade Cap
tain Lambton was resolved that the sa-
lutte would be effective. One shot snenc-
ed the Imuwani gun for the day, while
another fell into Joubert's camp. and ac-
cording to colonel who escaped, killed
twenty-five men. It must be many years
since the national anthem was sung TO en-
accompaniment OF shrapnel"
At ndoDDER RIVER.
OF the hard hght at Modder. FLYER, the
Globe correspondent says:
"On the plain were numerous white
crosses which we subsequently discovered
were marked ranges set out by the Beers
previously. The lighting Zine on both
sides extended cute six miles, and there
was incessant fusilade and,cannonade for
twelve solid hours The Beers were never
see.. by us; none Of the officers and men
TO whom I have spoken since saw a Boer.
It is certainly marvellous how they always
manage TO hide themselves.
1.-THE heat yesterday was terrific. no
wind hot blazing sun, all day. We were
all done and literally parched our only
refreshments during the twelve hours
was water heated by the sun in our water
bottles"
or the same battle the Daily News cor
respondent writes:
''The historian who writes a truthful
story OF the battle Of Modder river will
have strange story TO tell. 81 all one
hears is gospel truth. Storeis OF guides
who reported Modder river 20 be held by
GOO Beers OF a regiment sent TO clear
nhem out and finding 1900; OF regiments
ianking the position and within a few
hundred yards OF his guns having TO retire
because they were shelled by their own
was soldiers fight. Grit, doggedness and
pride OF caste made US masters OF the
trenches. For sixteen hours the battle rag
artillery. Modder rivre was an Alma. IL
ed. For sixteen hmours, on a plain as
bare OF cover as the dome Of st. Pauls,
the infantry advanced by short rushes in
thesweltering heat. to shoot and get shot.
For sixteen hours the artillery innocent
OF that shelter which tacticians IN books
as absolutely necessary. pounded away
at their invisible foe The wounded fell
out and were, IN most cases left, for the
Observation-Disclosures did not dare 10 enter the
zone OF fire. Each wounded man was made
maxi for the enemy's rihemen The
enemy were useful for the Boers-ttey
took sighting shots at them, and got the
range perfectly"
ARTILLERY CRITICISED.