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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-03
THE AFRICAN TREK OK.
Its Use as Transport and How It's
Best Work Is Done.

(From the Pail Mall Gazette.)
| At the present moment. when the eff
| cheney of our army in South Africa large
| ly depends upon the stability of its trans
port, it is not amiss to consider the ca
liabilities of the trek. or transport, OK,
who. after all. despite mules and trac-
tion engines. is the mainstay o. South
African transport. The imperial authori-
tise in the Cape Colony and Natal are
now busily engaged in buying all the
available OK transport they can, as is tes-
titled by their numerous advertisements
in colonial papers.
Oxen are less expensive than mules.
, They are SLOW. but sure, never doing more
than three miles an hour or twenty miles
day. which is considered a good trek
The Zulu OK is the best bred animal. bu;
small and unserviceable when compared
with the bastard Zulu or Natal OK, which
thrives on both the sour veldt, OF
coast grass, and the sweet" or up-coun-
try veldt.
Oxen, however, require very careful
handling. and must on no account be over
driven; they must have at least six hours
a day for grazing purposes. In the win
ter. which is coming on now. they can find
a picking on the parched veldt, where
mule of horse would fail They are. nat
urally, in poor condition till the green
grass of the spring arrives in September.
They are very liable to lung sickness and
red water. and whole spans sometimes
perish from these fell diseases. In the
winter time they suffer terribly from the
cold. and on no account should they be
worked in the rain during that season.
for. among other things. the yoke, when
wet. gives them sore necks. thus render
ing them useless. The oXs best work is
done at night time. and the moonlight
tricks are the usual thing with trans
port riders after their teams have been
grazing all day. They are never kept un-
der the yoke for more than eight hours
during the day. two stretches of four
hours each. From o'clock to in the
morning and from G o'clock to 10 at night
are the fayOrite hours for trekking.
AS to their haulage capacity, span"
or team of eighteen oxen Will easily draw
a buck wagon weighing a little over
toni, loaded tc G.000 pounds, over the
South African roads. many OF which are
little better than tracks across the yeldt.
Twenty miles a day for heavy baggage
column in such a country as South Afri-
ca is really good going. =
One Of the great merits of the OK
wagon is the simplicity of its harness
The two beasts nearest the wagon draw
from pole (disselboom). on which the
yoke is fastened and the couples in
front are attached to n wire or hide rope.
known as the trek touw. to which the
yokcs are fastened by riems. or throngs
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-03
A HISTORIC OLD BELL.
Relic of n Great Steamboat Accident
on the Missouri

from the Charleston News and Couricr.)
There hangs in the belfry of the little
christian Church in the town of Savan-
nan. IN Andrew County, Mo-, a bell which
mas remarkable history. In 1S52-forty-
eight years ago-there occurred in Lex
ington the most disastrous accident
which ever befell a steamboat on the Mis-
souri, River and one attended with the
greatest loss of human life The SaIuda.
side-wheel steamer. with a battery Of
two boilers, was on its way up the river
with cargo of general merchandise and
its cabin and lower deck crowded with
passengers. the most of whom were Nor
mons. The river was unusually high and
the current. as ii came around the point
strong, Captain Francis II. Belt had made
rent. but had often failed. At last
after waiting several days for the flood To
subside. he asked the engineer how many
more pounds of steam ii could stand on
being answered that it had already every
pound that 1t could safely carry he gave
the command Fiji II up put on more
more steam," and remarked to the engi-
neer. with an oath. that he would round
the point or blow 1t up. He then retired
to the hurricane roof, rang the bell and
gave the final command to cast loose the
lines" The bow of the boat turned gent
ly out into the stream 1t was caught
by the current. The engines made but one
revolution. Then came the terrible ex-
plosion-and all was chaos. darkness and
death.
The number of those who lost their lives
by the explosion was never known About
one hundred bodies were recovered. and Ii
was supposed that there were many
more victims whose remains were never
found. Nearly all the officers OF the boat
were killed. The bell which had just
sounded the deathkneil of so many un-
fortunate ones was blown high up on .he
bank. where 1t was found unlrjured.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-03

of hide. Any breakage or deficiency in
such tackle can easily be made good. as
1t is free from the complexities of
set OF harness. Prudent transport riders
Invariably "outspan" their team at the
approach of thunderstorm. il their trek
touw be of wire or chain. as whole spans
have been destroyed by lightning through
neglecting this precaution
In the conveys to the troops not more
than fifty wagons are despatch at one
time, and. If the roads permit, six and
more are driven abreast. The second d.
vision usually starts in half an hour after
the first. Nearly all the wa CONS in use in
the present campaign are built locally.
made OF strong colonial woods and con-
structed without springs. Only two men
are required to manage each wagon-a
driver and 'voorlooper." or leder of the
team-both of whom are nearly always
trained Kaffirs.
AT present large numbers OF these wag-
ons are being hired from colon.s s at the
rate OF SIS and $50 a day. the Imperial
Government making good any losses hat
may occur in the span.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-03
FAMILY TREE SEARCHING
A Task That Delights Many Daugh-
tiers of the Capital
Pedigree Hunters Who RansacL the
Shelves of the National Library
William the Norman and the Saxon
Kings Not Highly Priced Nowadays

Pride of ancestry, or as Dickens Ham
let's aunt says, blood" seems at first
view rather a misnomer in republican
country. Yet that such exists very large
ly in our own Capital city. principally
among It's fair if somewhat elderly daugh-
tiers. let the employees of the Library of
Congress testify. In fact, one of these
latter. lady. is professed genealoglst.
and has conferred, in her time, illimitabIe
pedigrees upon great number of indi-
viduals. 1t is extremely refreshing to
witness the pride and self-gratificatiou
this bestowal of an ancestry inspires in
the person thus distinguished. No titles
such as are given by kings and queens in
monarchical countries, could arouse in the
recipients bosom more exaItation and
self-esteem than accrue from their know
ing that they are Somebody" and that
their families were prominent and honored
at period SO remote that it might prop
erly be described in the common pharse
Time out o. mind"
The genealogical club. If the term nav
be applied. at the Capitol Library. re-
minds one perforce of those aristocratic
salons which. in Napoleonic times, existed
IKE GASES IN the great social desert
around them. There were TO ebe found
the true traditions of race, the pride Of
gentle blood, the reverence for the past
and contempt for the present which were
so truly admirable. immuning these Sc
lect congregations, as il were from the
rude everyday world. and waiting the
minds of their members back, upon the
pinions of their own imaginations, to their
faded glory and splendor.
Our present day American genealogical
clubs are even, perhaps, more remarka Bile
than the shadowy relics of the French
regime. evincing as do the former more
truly imaginative qualities on the part OF
the persons composing them. For where
as the despoiied noblesse remembered
from their own personal experience, their
by-gone greatness and still retained be-
fore their nameS-those verbal and written
distinctions, sSsened titles" the modern
American genealogist Is compelled 20
feast in fancy upon the honors enjoyed by
his or her ancestors In ancient times. a
task undoubtedly requiring a very vivid
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-03
THE NEW MANS LUCK.
Kills Three Fine Bucks on Three
Successive Days.


We'll. boys. let's each of US travel nv
himself today. and see If We won't have
better luck" There were four of us sit
ting at the Ir'akfast table; three old
hunters ana ole who was new at the busi-
ness; no meat - camp, poor hunting. but
determination and firm belief that we
would obtain our hearts desire in time
OF course. the new man was assigned the
least likely old woods road, easy to fol-
low, one that he couldn't get out Of one
that no deer was ever seen in.
Well, we came back at night one by one
empty handed. All but the new man. He
had sat down to eat his dinner on a log,
and big buck had walked out into the
hole through him with his new 1890 Our
new man was no longer new: he was a
subject for respect and congratu!ation
The next day we asked him. WHITTIER
away" ''Oh. that old woods road is good
enough for me" he said, for / can't get
lost in 1t. you know; you know | am no
woodsman." Al night we three old hunt
came in only to find our friend taxi
ing his smoke and cleaning his rifle. Yes.
he had taken his lunch on that same old
log and while eating he caught sight of 81
fine buck and killed him. not five rods
from the place where he had dropped the
first one.
1.-THE law only allows me one more. | he
leve. so tomorrow I'll take the same old
beat, II it's all the same to you fellows -
and sure enough. he took that same old
road. and severely wounded a large buck
az he was crossing it. Being unused to
the woods, he would not follow the trail
but got two of us, and after going a
short distance we found the deer lying
down, badly wounded.
This was the greatest piece of luck that
ever heard of, as each and every one
of these three deer Iii was In the days
when three deer were allowed to n mani
was large. fat. handsome bucks, with fine
heads. and the best part of 1t all was that
the new man wore his hoaors easily and
gracefully.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-03

bow alike before the mighty sway of the
genealogist. and the captives are prompt
ly hung upon the tree of this remorseless
parsonage. There they are. plain for all
eyes to see. ministering to the pride and
exaltation of the individual who has put
them in his pedigree, and shining with re-
Elected light in his or her. it is TO be
feared. too little known and appreciated
personality.
1t is a fact worthy OF note that the re-
searches of the genealogist never have
gone and. in all probability. never will CO.
quite as far back as Adam and Eve. Nor
have the Investigations OF those members
OF the cult who are believers in the doc
trine of Darwin. hitherto extended to that
period when mankind Is said to have teen
ornamented with caudal appendage. There
is such a thing, of course. as carrying
any matter to excess. and in the words OF
the barber who objected to shaving a Pc
culiarly grimy customer, THE line must
be drawn somewhere"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-03
Queen yictoria's Century Medal.



The Queens interest in the events of
history is well known and has received
many striking illustrations. 1t has. with
regard to the nineteenth century, taken
concrete form in medal which Mr. f.
Fuchs. the sculptor. has designed for Her
Majesty as a personl memorial of the
epoch which comes to an end tonight The
medal is a singularly beautiful piece of
work. somewhat larger than war medal.
and executed in the dull oxidized silver
which French medalists employ to good
effect in their designs. On the diverse
is shown the head OF the Queen. while on
the reverse is portrayed the Angel Vie
tory" announcing Victoria" to the new
century Her Majestys profile on the OBJ
verse is modelled with the artistry and
skill that distinguish the work of Mr.
Fuchs, and it is, in addition, striking
and beautiful likeness. The Queen wears
the crown. with a wreath of laurel be-
meath ii. The delicacy of Mr.. Fuchs work
is seen in the tracing of the laurel leaves
and in the lace of the Queens dress. The
figure of Victory" on the reverse is
standing on a globe. upon which the name
Africa" is traced, and holding on high
tablet on which is inscribed the word
Victoria"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-03

York has reported very remarkable case
of gunshot wotind In which the ball en-
tered at the forehead traversed the entire
brain, was DETECTED at the nack of the
skull and then pursued its course farther
downward in the brain By trephining the
skull at the back OF the head he found the
ball. passed a rubber drainage tube
through the entire brain from front to
back. and had the satisfaction of seeing
the patient recover.
Until 1884 1t was excessively difficult to
locate with any degree OF accuracy tu-
NOR within the brain, but in that year
DIR. Bennett, of London, for the first
time accurately located a tumor with
in the skull without there being the
slightest evidence on the exterior of
its existence. much less of its location.
Mr.. Godlee Surgeons in England are not
called DR. but Mr. trephined the
skull at the point indicated, found the tu-
NOR and removed It. True. this patient
died, but the possibility of accurately To-
eating a tumor of the brain, reaching It
and removing 1t was now demonstrated.
which Is far more important to humanity
at large than whether this individual pa
tent survived or not. Since then there
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stroy his llfe is in marked contrast with
the success and therefore the holiness of
modern surgeons. Tumors in all parts of
the body. whether they be external or in
ternal, whether they involve the wall of
the chest or are inside the abdomen, are
now dealt with with almost perfect safety.
Anaesthesia has made IT possible to dis
sect out tumors in so dangerous region
as the neck. where the surgeon is con-
fronted with adhesons to the Iugular
vein. the carotid artery. and the nerves of
the neck and of the arm, with the greatest
impunity. Such an operation not uncom-
monty lasts from three-quarters of an
hour to an hour and half and involves
often the removal of two or three inches
of the jugular vein and many of the large
nerves, the removal of which few years
ago would have been deemed an impossi-
bility
Cc) GOITRE.-One of the most striking
instances of progress is operations on goi-
ire Writing in 1875 the late Prof. Samuel
D. Gross noted 1t as something remarkable
that Dr. Green, of Portland. Me. had re
moved seven goitres with two deaths, and
the late DR.. Maury. of Philadelphia, had
extirpated two goitres with one death. In
marked contrast TO this Prof. Kocher. of
Berne, in 1895. reported 1910 cases, of
which $50 were non-cancerous, and he lost
of these last but eleven cases. or a little
over per cent. In 1895 he reported eco adj
ditional cases, with only one death in the
$50 non-cancerous cases, or mortality OF
only OIL per cent. II will be seem there.
fore, that an operation which a few years
ago was excessively fatal has become, one
might say, almost perfectly safe.
Id SURGERY OF THE BONES.-Op-
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tions. show. also a similar improvement.
In cases of deformity following fracture
we now do not hesitate to cut down upon
the bone and refracture 1t or remove the
deformed portion. join the ends together,
dress the part In plaster of paris to secure
fixation. and have the patient recover with
little or no fever, and no suppuration
Above the elbow a large nerve runs In
furrOw in the arm bone. and in case
of fracture this is liable to be torn and
portion of it destroyed. The result
of it is paralysis of all ting muscles
on the back of the forearm from the
elbow down and consequent inability
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-03
Make. "a Deal of difference.

From the Sioux City Journal.1
Most men say ''quinine and whisky when they
mean whisky and quinine." -
The age-herald., 1901-04-03
ATHENS HAS ELECTION.
After Spirited Contest John B. Tanner
 Was Elected Mayor.

Athens, April 2.-(Special. )-The city election for Mayor and eight All dermen for Athens was held yesterday, and the day was very ugly one, rain- ing and cold most of the day, and but for the fact that there were two candi- dates for Mayor there would have been but little interest manifested in the matter; but the two candidates for Mayor, Hon. John B. Tanner, present Mayor, and J. l.. Pepper, prominent merchant of the town, and their friends did lot of hustling. The cleo ton is the first held under the new charter, which makes the term of of flee two years instead of one year, as heretofore, and the gentlemen were both anxious for the honor. The vote was large and resulted as follows
 Tanner, 136 votes; Pepper 68 votes. The winner is a f1rst-rate man, and will no doubt make a splendid Mayor. The Board of Aldermen are as follows ::
 J. w. Hagan, Sam Henderson, H. B. Malone, Walter McWilliams, A. J. GrishanA c. D. Glaze, W. R. Walker and EdJ Gilbert. City Marshal S. R. Hine was elected again for the elev. enth time, and is the best that the town ever had. The board is the same as the old board with the exception of J. W. Hagan, who Is a new man
 They are all progressive men, and the town will not backsllde under their direction.
The age-herald., 1901-04-03

publics, seeking to destroy the property rights and credits of petitioners; that for the purpose of carrying on this war the Anglo-Australian Is now loading at this port with munitions of war, namely mules and horses to the number of 12OO and to the value of $15O,0O0; that the steamer is employed in the military ser vice of the King of Great Britain: that for some time defendants have been for warding from this port such munitions of war, knowing that these munitions and the ship were in the military service of Great Britain, and that they were to be used against the people of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State; that the defendants are making use of New Orleans as basis of the military operations of Great Britain in it's war in South Africa, and to augment it's military supplies and arms; that by the use of these munitions the armies of Great Britain are laying waste and de- troying the farms and homes of petition CTS, and holding as prisoners of war the wife and children of one of the petition erS Samuel Pearson; that Samuel Pear son mas already sustained the loss and destruction of property to the value of $90, 900, and is threatened with the loss of $15O, ,000 more and. finally, that the war can be carried on by Great Britain only through the renewal it's military supplies from this port, and that when these sup plies cease, the war must end. On consid- eration of these statements an injunction is asked to prohibit the shipment of mil- itary supplies out of this port. A tenn porary injunction is asked in the mean time.
 Clegg & Quintero appear as solicitors for the complainants.
 The Anglo-Australan was expected to sail today but the effect of the order issued by Judge Pal 2 will be to de- tain her until the h ag on Saturday. General Pearson has been in the city for ral days arranging to bring the suit.
The age-herald., 1901-04-03
TENEbRAE WILL BE SUNG AT ST. PAULS Solemn Services That Will
 Mark Holy Week PROFOUNDLY IMPRESSIVE Lamentations of Jeremiah an Import ant Part of the ceremony-sanct- uary Is Darkened to Impress
 the Faithful.

The solemn and mournful Holy Week office, known as Tenebrae, will be sung by the priests at St. Pauls Church to- night, tomorrow night and Friday night, the services beginning at 7:3o o'clock.
 Tenebrae is seldom heard outside of conventual houses and great cathedrals. but 1t was sung here in last Holy Week, those taking part then being Fathers O'Reilly, Kennedy, Wright, Robert, O. g.. B., and one or two others. It made a profound impression. After the antiphon- al chants several priests sang in turn scripture lessons, and the grace, dignity and dramatic power with which Father Wright rendered. in measured tones. the lamentations of Jeremiah will be readily recalled by the faithful who were present There was a sweep of tenderness and sor- row in his voice as he sang "Quomodo sedet sola civitas plena populo"-"How doth the city sit solitary that was full of people! Weeping. she hath wept in the night. and her tears are on her cheeks. ' The ways of sin mourn because there are none that come to the solemn feast; all her gates are broken oOWn, n6T pTloStS Si8us uoT NirslnS are in affliction and she is oppressed with bitterness"
 A Catholic authority says: "The rites of tine church upon these three days de- clare her concerr and her trouble for the sufferings of her Redeemer and the sins of men, The Psalms and the lessons that constitute her office breathe scarcely any thing else but sighs and lamentations"
 All the candles on the altaf and in the candelabra are extinguished during the ceremonies and the darkness which pcr- vades the sanctuary while the Miserere and prayer are said are to put the congle- gation in mind of that darkness which covered the whole earth at the death of the Saviour, and the noise made behind the altar is to represent or suggest ''the confusion of nature for the loss of it's Au- thor, when the earth trembled, the rocks were rent, the graves opened and the veil e; the temple was torn from the top to the bottom"
 In addition to the singing of Tenebrae there will be a short sermon each night The preacher tonight will be Father Downs, and his theme will be "Confes- sion."