New-York tribune., 1900-05-31

THE PASSING THRONG.

rick, said Arthur Wilder OF Boston, yesterday at
the Plaza Hotel when no con-
WANTED NO venient tree other thing
DEAD MAN which II be attached exists. II
IN HER is the habit among railroad men TO
GARDEN bury a sleeper IN the ground.
which the rope is attached This
sleeper is buried at any depth sufficient to with
stand the necessary strain. and has been called
England. and fancy elsewhere as well a dead
msn AT one time on one of the little Northern
reads, since consolidated with others to make up
d system, Lor some reason or other dead man
IN the garden OF a veil-to-do middle aged woman
whose house was the railroad track. The
fact. had been a playmate of hers in chtIJboodM
and so he went and Knocked the good wonan's
TO bury what, John" she questioned. as the color
Matte nTg arns rqady n race TO bury dead man
race We only want TO bury il for hour or
John. john she screaed @ sarqen ,b t or On
bringing up. you should want to DO such thing
my garden. too" The truth dawned on the fore
l f al ana ne FASTENED TO explain but II took long
present turing during The burial and resurrection. and
in on her"
r. A. Colt " San Francisco who spent some
years mining in the Transvaal and who still
tains large interests there said
DhNASTA- yesterday at the Waldorf-Astoria
FREE STATE to be practically over and I'm
glad It is. It is no Joke from a
trade standpoint for the worlds annual output of
gold to be decreased tremendously as il has
been by this The Beers put up a great fight
while II lasted. didn't they? Did you see such
a willy old beggar Oom Paul? So long as il was
British or Free State territory they were lighting
on the war was prosecuted vigorously and without
let up The moment however the TransvaaI IS
entered the war practically ends Net results
IrdnSVdal 0ifrr
must feel kindly, don't you think 7 DOM he
heye there's head Of cattle, a duck chicken or
of the Orange Free state to-dav T6e fnvadfng
army army VIII have eaten evesything portable and their
after that wonderful Shenandoah campaiEn Of his
tnat II a crow undertook fly up the Shenandoah
- T1iley ne nad oest carry his provisions with him?
II PEI mats the way the Orange Free State looks
fSay tSe1 bs s6e{3 e5 must must feel ike fool You say
mas oeen requsiuoned and receipts given for il by
| the authorized officers but even then thew viii
have been lot Of White 9a she1 raisaS 9ney sn sa
acknowledged by the British the Beers have opened
they fred on the women's kraaI at Marching
| These things will incline the British ofFcers 10
anger, ana very deadly anger at that
Their birth breeding, the regulations and pride
of race alike will prevent them from taking re-
prisals in kind. but they can close
THE BOER their eyes and let Thomas Atkins
ASA loot and Tommy will 90 s,- +ba
DEFENSIVE 'boomin' loot much as he can
FIGHTER. From letters and othar ?
have received I think you will
IND that the foreign auxiliartes and the Free
Staters have suffered the most they always being
allowed 70 occupy the posts of honor-that is
where the danger would be greatest-and conse-
quently the losses to the Transvaalers will have
been proportonately light I don't think the Brit
ish Government will place any obstacles in the
way of Kruger Stcyn If they should try 10 es-
cape. II captured they would be A pair Of white
elephants the British wouldn't know exactly
what 10 do with them. II is analogous the posi-
ton we occupy toward Aguinaldo-wed like 20
get him out OF the PHILIPPINES but don't really
want 10 capture him. We wouldn't know what 10
do with him if we did. talking in London
recently to Of the English officers fuvaIided
home from South Africa. He told me that, per-
sonally, he regarded the Boer as a good fighter
from behind defences. but good offensiveIy
and then he said, and III quote him literally. The
Boer will never stand where he has a chance Of
being rushed He is brave enough stand death
from rifle bullet shell. but despfses bein z
cut up by bayonet sabre lance, particularly
being skewered the last. Yes, il takes the
lance, he concluded retrospectvely to put the
fear OF God in the Boer.' Needless 10 say, he was
an officer Of Lancers."