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BoBRs AND THE BRITISH.
An Austrian Officers Views on Their
Respective Tactics.

Count sternberg Says European OIL
GERS Can DO Little with Durghers,
who Think Themselves CIeVerer
and Fight on Different plan.
Praises British Army, but Com
dennis GeneraIship.
The New York Herald's European
edition recently published the follow
ing:
Count Adelbert Sternberg. n distin-
guished Austrian officer who fought
with the Beers under Cronje and was
taken prisoner at Paardeberg, has just
arrived in Paris.
TO Il correspondent the count said:
"The foreign officers with the BOer
forces have accomplished little. The
Boer has no high opinion Of European
officers. He believes that he is much
cleverer than they. 1t is also difficult
when one cannot speak the language
to exercise command IN an army which
has a tactical organization that de
ponds on the good will of each unit and
not on strict discipline
Besides, every European officer Is
inspired by one principlc-th of Of
fensiVe warfare. The Buer only knows
one principle that of defensive war
fare. which is made dependent on the
greatest saving of human life.
The unsatisfactory organization of
the Boer army prevents any central
leadership. Thus during a battle there
is no movement of troops to support a
hardly pressed part of the line of bat
tie.
But the worst part of the Boer tac
tics is that there is absolutely no scout
ing service. General Cronjc made q
mistake, but doubt if he could have
saved the situation. His mistake was
that he was entirely ignorant of the
movements OF the English and took ne
trouble to find out. When the enemy
were all around him. he still insisted
on believing that Il frontal attack wa,
intended and said, Let the Euglisl
come ON"
He thought the turning movement
of Roberts was only fcint to get hin
to weaken his center. That is why Ii,
remained at Magersfontein and only
began BIS retreat when he was already
| surrounded.
AS regards the British soldiers,
can only say that our troops. with thei
existing training and present rules O
war, would have done no better.
have learned to admire the English ar
| my without shutting my eyes to thu
| mistakes that were made.
Il am, however, convinced that GU
gencralship is better The Englisl
| leading of men was too ruthless in re
| gard TO loss of human life"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-08
HEROIC WIDOW :
OF A HERO. )
Lion Hearted Mrs. JOubert, 4
Who Campaigned with
Her Husband. q
BY ROSA G. E1cHoRN.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.:

Since the days of Cleopatra the number
of women who have actually taken part in
the wars of their respective countries has
been few. but there is one woman at the
present day who may with perfect justice
bc termed a general in petticoatS,' and
that is Mrs. Juubert, the wife of the late
commander in chief of the Transvaal
forces.
Mrs. Joubert accompanied her husband
In all the battles that he undertook. She
has always been accustomed to wars
alarm. From her earliest childhood she
has handled a gun and is almost as accu-
rate a shot as was her distinguished
"Slim Pet" On many occasions she has
shown her ability and displayed great
bravery.
1t is the custom with Boer women to
follow their husbands and sons, fathers
and brothers-a days journey off-when
they 90 into camp, and every Saturday
when no battle is near the women drive
into camp with fresh bread and food for
their fighting men and remain overnight
to attend the preaching on Sunday.
On one of these occasions in 1881 Mrs.
Joubert had arisen early to make the
morning coffee for the general. She step
ped beyond the tent to get a good view of
the rising sun. They were camped at the
foot of Majuba hill, about 500 in number,
with a Gordon of sentries to prevent the
British from marching up and taking
possession Of the hill.
The distant British were not expected,
but there had been a heavy fog that
night. When Mrs. Joubert looked up to-
ward the hill that morning, she saw
something cleaning i'm the sunlight on the
top Of Majuba. She looked again to
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-08

Then add to this automobile construc.
ton and hundred other articles in
which the use of rubber is n necessity,
and you may form some idea of why
the market has advanced.
Tapping rubber trees is done very
similarly as we tap the maple forests
for sap to make sirup and sugar. In
Central America, however, they only
cut through the outer bark and the
rubber milk forces its way through the
inner bark. Then it is developed. This
process is interesting. The milk as
taken from the tree is turned into re
ceptacles. Leaves from a native vine
which grows abundantly in the vicinity
of the rubber forests are put into the
milk and natives stir the mixture until
1t cOagulates The milk itself is not
poisonous, but the water or fluid left
after coagulation is very deadly. 1t
takes but few hours for the milk to
coagulate, which leaves the raw rub.
Der.
American capital almost entirely con-
trolls the Central American rubber for
ests. In some districts there Is small
amount of English capital invested,
but it is not large. Prior to ten years
ago they were all in the hands of ma
tives, whose custom it was TO bleed the
trees to death AS a result the giants
of these forests are worthless.
Two-thirds of the rubber used in the
United States comes from Brazilian
forests. That variety of rubber is most
generally grown on overlooked lands. 1t
is a different variety that grows in
Central America, where young growth
Is springing up.
The maturity of rubber trees in Cen
trail America varies according to the
locality in which they are grown. The
forests on the Pacific coast, where the
rainfall during the year averages $50
to 200 inches, will mature in about five
years. Where the rain is not so great it
takes eight or nine years, while in the
interior it may take ~ to 10 years. A
b-year-old tree yielding one pound of
rubber at 81 will do twice as we'll at
six or seven years, and in this way
Americans will cultivate their forests
instead of bleeding them to death.
If, as Secretary Wilson believes, the
climate and soil of Porto Rico, Hawaii
and the Philippines are adapted to the
growth of rubber trees, an industry of
gigantic proportions may be built up
which may result in untold benefits for
those islands.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-08
PAN-AMERICAN SHOW.
Artistic building Designed For a
Wonderful Electrical Exhibit

Wonderful Electrical Exhibit.
Elaborate designs have recently been
completed for the electricity building
for the pan-American exposition to be
held at Buffalo May l To Oct. 81, 1901.
Displays of all kinds in the practical
and artistic uses OF electricity, together
with complete exhibits Of electrical
machinery and appliances, are to he
conspicuous features of the great cX-
position.
The designs contemplate very
handsome and commodious building.
The structure Is to be 800 feet from
east to west and 100 feet wide, giving
an exhibition space of 10000 square
feet.
The south facade fronts the mall.
and the north fronts the midway. The
east end is toward the massive electric
tower, while the west end faces the
grand canal The building is long low
ana inviting. The design of the facades
shows artistic grouping, The open
ings Of the pergolalikc loggias, placed
AT frequent intervals, present n delight
full effect, showing more and more of
NV AtNNAio Va AllG pllslSlNlN anu ODCl-
ings as the eye travels to the end Of
the building farthest away from the
observer.
There is a pleasing ending at each
corner of the building, with a low
domed pavilion tower, and the building
is interrupted at the center by the
double lowered entrance. This en-
trance, wide and high, is spanned by
an ornamental arch and supported
each side by columns. The towers also
have minor entrances through them.
The connecting work between the
towers, the towers themselves, the pa
vilions at the corners of the buildings
and similar places are to be brilliantly
Illuminated and made gay with ban
ners and flags.
The modelled relief work of the build
Ing is of choicest design. The general
ornamentation of the building is to be
frescoes in an interesting mixture Of
reds, greens and yellows. The gen
eral color scheme follows that Of the
machinery and transportation building
and other groups Of buildings Of the
exposition.
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New NIInernIEnnnh-

A 10 inch assure vein of copper ore
was recently discovered crossing the
lode at the Mohawk mine, near Hough-
ton, Mich, and at first it was thought
to be copper sulphuret. 1t proves to
be an absolutely new mineral, never
before determined by mincralogists,
says the New York Sun. Professor
George A. Koenig, the scientist of
Houghton. whose authority is recog,
nized in Europe and America. has con
Quoted extensive experiments with the
mineral and pronounces ii combina-
ton of copper, nickel and arsenic pos
sessing great value. He has named
the mineral 'mohawkite," from the
mine where 1t was found.
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J IN RUBBER 9e
J GROWING. 3
r HOW Americans May Become (
d. Millionalres In our New q
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BY ANDREW DOWNS.


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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-08

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The cultivation of rubber bids fair
to be one of the most important indus
tries which American capital will es
tablSh in our new possessions. The
department of agriculture has already
interested itself in this subject and is
now preparing to establish experiment
stations in Porto Rico, Hawaii and the
Philippines. Secretary Wilson says
that he will soon have 100000 rubber
plants started. and in the course of Il
year or two he will be prepared to fur
nish valuable information to persons
who desire to start rubber plantations.
The scope of this new industry is big
The possibilities for making fortunes
out of rubber growing are alluring
We are now importing annually more
than 25.OOO tons of crude rubber at a
cost Of something more than $3O,OOO,-
600. From Brazil alone we imported
in 1898 over 100000 pounds of rub
Der
The price of crude rubber, too, is
constantly increasing. In 1893 the
best Para rubber could be bought for
90 cents a pound; it is now quoted at
from 80 to 80 cents pound. The once
popular notion that the rubber forests
of Brazil and Central America were
practically ineXhaustible has been dis
PEELED. The remarkable increase in
the demand for rubber has been ac-
companied by a surprising decrease in
the supply. 1t has been found that
constant bleeding kills off the rubber
trees and that only careful cultivation
will insure a continuance of the supply.
There is no product in the known
world the multiplied uses of which
have increased to such an extent with
in the last few years as that of rubber
The demand for this product is SC
large that it is impossible to 90 into
the market and ask a dealers price &C
days in advance.
The increased and varied uses to g
great extent are responsible for this
condition. Bicycle tire manufacturers
alone have caused rubber to go up
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-06-08
Caution TO Farmers.

L WANT a practical "up to date" farmer In
Il every town in Vermont who is not distracted
over "a little" pure water In skim milk "for fear
It will kill the calf or pig" 10 buy HUNTS up
TO DATE" CREAM SEPARATOR and take
agency In his town. Best dilutor with cover
aerator and strainer. Only l 85 ounce Of fat
left in 100 pounds skim milk Price $3.50 10 So in
six sizes for / 10 10 cows. For terms address
General Agent OF Vermont ORA KNAPP, East
DummeTstOn, Vt. 90 23
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In a Da1e About the <nirhts.

"You are an Englishman, | believer"
said the native to the foreigner
81 am"
81 wish to ask a question pertaining to
English institution"
go on"
why are they called Knights of the
Garter when carriers are worn mostly in
the daytimeT-Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele-
graph.
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For over 90 Years

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"What makes this portrait of Aunt
Hannah look so unnatural"
"All portraits look unnatural"
mo, they don't. Oh, see now;
she's got her spectacles ON straight
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HOW
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FOR SALE.

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Mocha or Java, but 1t is made from pure grains,
and the most delicate stomach receives It without
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Knight. the Cambridge editors and few
others believe that the dramatist worked
over an earlier play, parts of which, for
some reason or other. he retained with
slight alteration. On the other hand,
the majority Of editors, including Col
iancz and Herford, the very latest. re-
gard It as an original work of Shakes
peare's. which he laid aside or left I'M
finished. and which was completed by an
inferior writer. There are difficulties
In either theory, bu, the latter Is by far
the more probable.
There is little difficulty In separating
shakespeare's part or "Timon'' from that
of the other writer. and there would be
less or none were II not that in some
scenes we have the work Of the two hands
mixed, the finisher of the play having
attempted to rewrite portions OF II, but
blending more or less of the original gold
with his own baser metal. We can see
that the gold is there. but cannct separ"
ate It from the alloy. Mr. f. q. Fleay
has edited what he believes to be
Shakespeare's '"Timon'' for the New
Shakespeare Society, and 1t may be found
In their transactions for 1874, pages
13l-194: but, as Dr. Furnivail suggests, IL
seems better on the whole to print the
entire play, putting the non-Shakes-
pearean parts In smaller type, so that
the reader or student may judge for him.
self whether anything In these portions
is Shakespeare's or not ! have adopted
this course in my edition of the play.
"Pericles' is one OF the standing enlg-
mas of Shakespearean criticism, though
recent Investigation has, in my opinion,
gone far toward solving 1t. One editor
loosely compares his perplexity concern
ing II to that of the worthy man who said
to his wife: II hear so much about the
age OF pericles. My dear, what are peri
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Me Cured Ne Of Deifpess."
My deafness came on about two
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ia conversation. ! had 70 ask people
20 raise their voices In speaking to
me and around the table | could only
hear the sound % voices, but could
not catch a word My hearing rapidly
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tent TO give all his labor 70 the latter
part OF II. Tho prose scenes in act ~
NAV have been inserted subsequently 70
suit the popular taste or for some stage
reason past our finding out al this late
day.
Another theory. so improbable that Il Is
hardly worth mentioning, Is that the play
vas written hy Shakespeare and some
other dramatist working In partnership
or collaboration. a common practice with
the playwrights of thai period. Tbs dou-
Ma authorship Of other plays-'fimon,
au.nrv WIZ" and ''-The Two Noble klns-
men'-has sometimes been explained In
the same way
But there Is no external evidence whas-
uesr .hat Shakespeare ever entered into
~, x,,sh literary partnershta and. In my
,>,tntcn the internal evidence Of all these
nlays Is decidedly against the theory. This
\. ,sr,tc,,larly true Of "Perscles." To say
49, tns Of reasons drawn from the dra-
attc structure OF the play. the question
A. settled. 20 my thinking, by metrieal
.,,,slaerations alone. Shakespeare was
-,,t,e,tiv a re;rist He was born With
,ba n,etrscal or rhythmical ear, Ills ear1-
ssf work, whether we suppose Y TO Dc
.syerus and Adonis" or some or the SON
- or nlavs like Loves l-aoor's Lost
~ ny, ..r,,,e Two Gentlemen OF Verona"
shnxz his are4stic metrtcal skill. which
g. ,nyarta biy--nasuraIly and Of necessity
,an,hined with extreme sensftiveness 10
,,atrIral imperfections In others III
s.at,ssaeare wrote "Perieles' any
60. yiay in conjunction wish another
o,',bor he must OF course have read what
~ no timer wrote, and II is absolutely ia
"anrs,vahle that he could have tolerated
in abe Joint production sucn wretehsd
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49, drama, and eight or nine years
when tho original was forgotten,
Nv IsIblon might come to be generally
rIsd a an early production Of the
Dt himself.
l51her play which is almost unani-
~ believed to have been only re-
or retouched by Shakespeare In his
We days is IL Henry W. Some
think that the only part OF It
r. can confidently be ascribed to him
~ Temple garden scene di., u. where
kset and Plantagenet pluck the red
M&whlte roses. Others add the scene
al =. fol). whers SUFFOLK woos Mar
A few believe that he wrote the
or the greater part of the play.
VA " question OF the authorship OF III.
A4Ill. Henry W. IL more complicated,
NC give even an outline OF the vari-
q Ittempts 10 answer II would be inn
N1fe here, Suffice IL to say that these
IN are evidently founded upon two
qlGf plays. IN which Shakespeare may
ny not have had hand. and that
= 3are in the revised versions, though
entIy much greater than In Il.
M W. Is not easily determined.
concise summary OF the discussion
III refer the reader TO my edition OF
~ henry W." pages s-lS. or to Dow
shakespeare Primer" pages ss-7s.
% which every student I'm these
U4fs should OWN
later Instance of an old anonymous
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verse as we find In "Pericles" or "Timon"
l doubt whether he would have consented
20 coilaborate with such a man, but II he
did he would have insisted upon being
allowed to put his partners harsh and
Mailing Hines into better shape. I can
imagine him, after reading some of this
verse-if verse 1t can be called-saying TO
the author, as he made Hotspur saw OF
the ballad -mongers":
Il . mad rather hear a brazen canstick
Or q dry wheel CRATE on the axletree:
ana that would set my teeth nothing on
Nothing so much as rpoetry like thisl:
las Ike the forced gait of a shutting
nag"
may add what he makes Rosalind say
IN criticism OF Orlandos love verses:
Celia-Didst chou hear these verses?
Rosalind-Oh, YES, heard them ALL
and more too. for some OF them had
bear
"Celia-That's no matter: the feet might
bear the verses
''Rosallnd--Ay. but the feet were lame
and could not bear themselves without
me verse. and therefore stood lamely
In the verse"
And Touchstone compares the jingiing
rhymes TO 'the right butterwoman's rank
to market"--the mere jogtrot of verse
anu again ne calls 1t ''the very false gal
Top of verse;" These and other pas
sages that I might quote show Shakes
peare's critical way of looking at versifi-
cation. The rhymes of the clowns in the
Midsummer Nights Dream" are better
verse than much in "Pericles" and "1i-
mon The feet are at least all right
In the interlude of fhe Athenian artisans,
the buriesane features being the excess
or ALTERATION. the absurd figures, the
other rhetorical px va Jr,narfen.
rhythm the poet seems to have consid-
cred too bad even for Bottom and hts
crew. Can We suppose that ne could have
endured 1t In a dramatic composition of
which he was to be known as Joint
author?
Note-This study, by Dr. w ]. Rolfe
VIII be concluded on Thursday