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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25
INDIAN StGN-TALK,
How Thry toa'nuaC.tsd with Each
other os Tho Plains

How They Communicated with Each
o'her oa tho rls,p..
Tho traveller on the plains In The
early days soon learned the signiHe-
anco OF the spires OF smoke that he
sometimes saw rising from a distant
ridge or hill. and that In turn he might
SEQ answered from 4 direrest direc-
tion. II was tho sisnal talk cf the
Indians. acrcs, miles u iatsrvsnina
ground. q signal used Ia rsllylnx ths
warriors for an attack. or warning
them for a retreat wA"n that sd
advisable. The Ind!a1 had way of
sending up the smoke In rings or puiis,
knowing that such siaote column
would Mt once lie nodded and under
stood as signal and not taken for
the smoke OF some cam, go. Il. made
the rings by covering his llttls Are
with his blanket for a moment thsn
suddenly removing the blanket and
allowing the smokc to ascend. when
he instantly covered the Are again This
column OF ascending smoke rings said
to every Indian within a circle Of per-
haps twenty or thirty miles. Look
out. There is an cuc.'v near" Three
smokes built cios' together meant
Danger" One smohc merely meant
Attention" Two AoNcs meant,
Camp at this place" Travel tn,
plains and the usCfN!ncsa OF this long.
distance telephone VIII Quickly bcroms
apparent Sometimes 1t night the set
tier or traveller saw fiery lines crOsa-
Ing the sky, shooting UP and falling.
perhaps taking a direction diagonal
to the line OF Vision. itc might guoss
that these were the signals ot the In.
dlans, but unless he were an o!d-tinS
he might not bc able to interpret tho
signals. The old-tlmer and the sQuav
man knew that one fire arrow ian ar
row prepared by treating the head Of
the shaft with gunpowder and flns
bark) meant the same AZ the column
OF smoke pufrs-vz., AN enemy 70
near" Two fire arrows meant "D1n-
ger" Three arrows said imperatlvc,y.
This danger IS great" Several Ar
rows said, Tho enemy are too many
for us" Two arrows shot up into the
air at once means, We shall attack"
Three at once said. We attack now"
An arrow shot of in a diagonal direc-
tfon said as plainly ~ pointing \ fin-
ger. That way" Thus the untutored
savage could telephone fairly we'll at
night rs well as in the daytime Obi.
caSo Tribune.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25
SEA BOUNTiES.
nossJ for Naval Achievements which
Was Never Raid Out.

MossJ for Naval Achievements which
Was Never raid out.
A breath OF the sea and OF the past.
ships, Of storm and battle on the main.
seems to blow in your face as yor
open tho penny government psprc
called, AN account showing tho re-
ceipt and expenditure OF naval prizs,
bounty, salvage. and other moneys.
between April !. 1899. and March 81.
1900" says a London newspaper. Salv-
ers and pirates and booty. many a
glorious days renown OF Old England
all arc here for him who will read.
or tho bounty money awarded TO tho
officers and crews OF her maJeSty's
ships for the destruction OF pirates
there remains unclaimed 93,933; Of
tie booty captured at thu storminS ct
PeBl, in the land OF the Moulmein Pa
CODA, in 1888, Es33 remains Tbs
men Of the Shannon, who fought in
the mutiny at Lucknow. left e 800 "
prize money behind them. and the men
Of her ma!esty's ship Pearl loft Et3a
OF their share of the Satassee booty
captured BY the Sar7In field force on
January II. 1858. There is a tale Of
China in the $4,000 or so OF moneys
won at Canton In the 1868 cam
paign, namely, booty. and proceeds OF
captured junks and thirty days extra
pay. Kertch and Yenikale and Mag
daia-all are here. And how much Of
all these thousands do you think was
claimed last year? Exactly Ga lss I'd
all told. The Gl9 los for captured
salvers Is quite a modern affair. and
the amounts vary from Is Cd for her
maicsty's ship PhIlomel to Rs lTs I'd
for her maIcRtys ship SPARROW
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25
Where Are the "Creepers."

Joe Burnett, of the Rails Cou-
ty Record, looks back upon the
past as follows:
How things change in this old
earth of ours. Forty years ago
everybody had the itch. Nobody
has it now. 1t is extinct, dead as
the dodo. Hence we say the world
grows better. When we were Il
boy every boy that We knew any
thing about had lice in his head,
and fine tooth combs were staple
articles. How our mother used to
gouge our head looking for "crcep-
ers.' No two boys could sleep to-
gcthcr without swapping the little
many-footed things, and cracking
nits with thumb nails was SORT
of paStime. Where are the lice
today? They are cN-lice, extinct,
rare as eX-vice-preSidcnts. The
boys and girls of today know moth
ing about itch and lice, things
that annoyed them in their youth
who enjoy the age of - at this
time. The world do move and
man grows better physically, mem
tally, morally and spiritually.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25
MAY Employ Extra Counsel

The district court a' rawucc, OK
has decided that county commission
cTs have a right TO employ extra legal
counsel, even when there is a county
attorney in Office and qualified TO act.
The county had sued cittlemen for
taxes which the latter declared were
Illegal. Extra counsel was engaged
and verdict for 5000 taxes was on
tanned The counsel wl- - have 20
per cent and an elicrt vas made 10
pTcvcnt paymcnt.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

President II S. Pritchctt Of the
Massachusetts institute OF Technology,
in speaking Of the belief that politics
is impure. recently said no man can
be brought in contact with the actual
machinery Of our government, cGn
mnglc with the men who make our
laws. who interpret them and who exc
cute them without gaining not only
a Wholesome respect for the services
Of the state but also reasonable
hopcfulnos for the future OF our insti-
tu;iOns"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25
ACE OF OYSTERS.
At Twelve Months nj Oyster VIII Cover
n Halt Dollar.

At Twelve Months nj Oyster VIII Cover
n Hall Dollar.
The oyster at the commencement OF
It's career Is so small that two millions
would only occupy square inch. In
six months each individual oyster ~
large enough TO cover a quarter and
in twelve months a half dollar. Tho
oyster Is It's own architect. and tie
shell grows as tho fish inside grows.
being never too small. II also beArs
It's age upon It's back, and II is c'Sy
TO toll thu age OF an oyster by look
ing at It's shell, al that OF hDrsCg by
looking at their teeth. Every ono who
has handled an oyster shell must hNvS
noticed the successive layers overlap
ping each other. These are technically
termed shots" and each one marks \
years growth. 80 that by counting
them the ago OF tho oyster can be ds-
tcrmined Up TO the time Of its ma
turtty--that is, when four years OF ags
tho shots are regular and successive,
but after that time they become irIeS-
ul1r, and are piled one upon another.
30 that the shell grows bulky and
thiokened FoSsi oysters have boon
seen OF which each shell was nine
inches thick, whence they may be
guessed to be more than nine hundred
years old. One million TO two million
oysters are produced by a single par
ent. and their scarcity may be account
ed FOR the fact that man is not tho
only oyster eating animal. The star
FISH loves the oyster and preys upon
It increasingly. A variety OF wheik
is also very fond OF young oysters, TO
get at which 1t bores right through the
shell and sucks the fish up through this
hole thus made.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25
Did Not Brighten.

The Nandalia Leader says;
VIM, Stetfcns was down from
Mexico last week on business. He
stated that the recent effort to eX-
tort money from him by unknown
persons did not frightcn him in the
least. He simply paid no attcn-
tion to the demand. Mr.. StcffcnS
was formerly in the hardware bus
mess here and has many friends in
Nandalia and vicinity.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25
ElOped to Oklahoma.

Sedalia, Mo-, April lS.-An cx.
cited young man who said his name
was b j Stone, and that he lived
at Columbia, Mo. alightcd from Il
Missouri Pacific train at midnight
Wednesday with handsome young
woman. They bought tickets for
Perry, q. 7. He said hr had in
duccd the young lady, who was his
first cousin, to clopc with him,
their parents having forbidden the
marriage. He said his compan-
ion : name was Miss Martha Stone.
They left Columbia at dusk Tues
day and were expecting to he
stopped by officers on tclegraphic
request at any time The young
man is 20; the young woman is
Is years of age.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

The Nandalia public school
closed last Friday night, There
were seven graduates. Each de-
livered papers on the same sub
ject-SOcialiSm, Drs. j. o. Ter
rell and h. l.. Afford and Elder Il.
ID. Chinn had offered "A gold medal
to the student who would prepare
and read the best essay on that
subject, Leo Coontz captured the
prize. Diplamas were awarded
Saturday night when Hon. Champ
Clark delivered an address,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

The London papers record the d,uiL
OF julius Lipman, nicknamcd Leather
Apron" cObbler. who IN 1889 fcll NJ
dor suspicion OF being Jack the Rip
per" He satIafed the police Of hls
innocence. nut the stigma never LEFT
him. His business gradually dIsap
peared, and he went 10 another neigh
borhood, where he took to drink he
died OF neglect and semi-starvatlon.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

The Sib..i.u "A lway viii cross thirty
miles Of bridge. OF these the line to
IrkntSE required a large number, in
2luding sucn important ones as those
over the lrthysh at omsk. 700 yards;
over the Oh at Krivoshekovo, $40
YARDS; over the Yenissel at Krasnoy-
1rsk' 800 yards; and pver the Udo at
Mimi Udnsk. 359 yards.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25
King OF Rat CAtchers.

Thomas Worthy, who has Just die
In South London, was known as tn.
King Of Rat-Catchers. With a bulls
eye lantern at his belt, bag in on.
hand and pair OF tones at the other
he would descend nightly into the Gel
lars OF a West End hotel. 10
whistle or squeak would bring out .
swarm OF rats. After dazzling thCr
with his lantern. WOrt'y would pic
them up with his toaG5. and so dcX
'eronsly f'ng them in the bag tn
comparatively few c.. ..4
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

Charlie Scott and his sister.
Miss May, children of w .B. Scott,
now own fine 100 acre farm near
Rush Hill, this county. 1t comes
to them thru the will of the late
Mrs. Eliza Boggcss, who died re-
Gently at Clarksville.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

The Tennessee Legislature has
passed bill to impose an al va
valorem tax on all cars owned by
corporations other than railroads.
This law affects the Pullman,
Standard Oil, Fruit dispatch, Re
frigerator and all other corpora
tions owning or leasing cars.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

a Ray county man went to town
to be examined for what he feared
to be a hopeless ease of heart dis
ease. He was relieved on finding
that the creaking sound which he
had heard at every deep breath
was caused by a little pulley on
his patent suspenders.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

Rev. ID. Allen Boyd, Presbyte-
rian, pastor of the church at Union
vile, Mo-, preached a sermon re
Gently in which he denied belief in
n literal hell of fire and birthstone.
Part of his congregation are seek
ing to ouSt him.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

Some of Mexico's citizens pro-
pose Il plan to cooperate with the
farmers in getting Il better system
of roads leading into this city.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

Monroe Beagles, of Laddonia,
who returned from the Klondilic
last summer with ii broken leg,
has about recovered and thinks he
may try Alaska again this summer.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

The organ recital at the Baptist
Church in this city last Thursday
night was a great success. The
collection was about $50. The
event was the dedication of the
new pipe organ.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

The smallpox in Mexico is now
a thing of the past. 1t was Il
heavy cost to the city and we hope
it will not come this way again
soon.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

We see some declare that Provi-
dencc had a hand in the destruc-
ton of the court house at Danvillc.
~ wit at Montgomery City says
that providence would have de-
stroyed it long ere this, but he
didn't know where Danville was.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

The county court of Montgom-
cry county has offered IA reward of
5000 for the arrest and conviction
of the guilty party or parties in
burning the Danville court house.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

The Episcopal Church entertain
ment at the opera house last Fri
day night was most interesting
event. The little folks had the
principal part.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

Two men tried to burglarize the
residence of Mason Creasey, in
this city one night last week. Mr..
Creasey gave them a scare in time.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

Mcssrs. T. a. Vaughn and G..
F. Yeager have been appointed
enumerators of the Mexico school
district.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

A letter from Theodore Parker. the
famous Unitarian preacher and re-
former. to James Freeman Clarke. with
marginal comments by the latter, wns
sorn IN Foston the otner day tcr ~.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

c. A. Barnes, the attorney, will
deliver the annual address to the
graduating class of the Mexico
public school this term.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

Mexico City officials intend to
enforce the ordinances against
dumping filth in the streets.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

Snow fell in Mexico the 18th of
this month. 1t was the farewell
shake" of winter.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

Gray Hook, after alternating
all winter on account of i'll health,
is able to he around again.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

Women are to be admitted as
delegates in the general conference
of the NJ. f.. Church.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

o. p. Gentry, private secretary
to Gov. .Dockery, is a native of Au-
drain County.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

Rev. f. l.. Rogers has been call
ed to the pastorate of the Baptist
church at Farber for another year.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic, fun OF life, nerve and vgor, take No.To.
Bac, the wonder worker that makes weak men
stroug. All druggists, a. Cure guaran.
teed Booklet ana sample free. Address
Sterling ltemedy Co, Chicago or New York
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

The Centralia Courier has put in
a type setting machine.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25
Greens and hog jowl are now in
season.

We must have better roads lead
ing into this city.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25


The Missouri Legislature ba,
created the office of game and fish
warden at salary of 81 800 a wear.
The provisions of the bill appIving
to game are unusually strict. The
killing of birds. except for scien-
titic purposes, is prohibited. and
this feature would likely cause n
decided rise in the market ON
feathers for womcn'S hats. The
most important feature of the bill
is as follows: 1t is hereby dcclar-
ed unlawful for any person or per
sons to have in possession any ami
NAL or bird, or the body, or any
parts thereof, of any animal or
bird, the killing of which is at any
time, or all times. prohibited for
the purpose of selling the same
except for scientific purposes. at
any time more than five davs after
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25
Telephone ~ Telephone *
W. A. MUIR, Broker.
HIHdsor ifOteL, Kenco. Mo.
Correspond sHf CELIA COW CO..
81 InuIS .scu

Grain, NtocIa.. Bonds Provisions and
Cotton bought aHd sold or carried ou
margin.
- lriyat" wire Chicago Board Of
Iradc aud Sew Yori, Stock Exchange
Information chesrtuIly given
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

DR.. :. c. Adams. .Jr. has moved
from this city to McCredie.
The Daughters of the Confedcr.
acy OF Mexico are wide awake and
doing some good work.
Champ post office, south of this
city,is to be discontinued May lst.
Free rural mail delivery did it.
John NJ. Bryan, Recorder of
Galloway County. was arrested and
indicted IL few days since for
drunkenness in office.
Miss Pinkie Hamilton will teach
in the Sunrise district, south of
Benton City, again next winter.
This is her fourth term in that
district,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25
Try These.

What reasons have we to sup
pose that beer was made in the
ark? Because the Kangaroo was
seen to 60 in with hops.
Why is Il whale like Il water lily?
Because it comes to the SWrfrcc TO
blow.
Why is stick of candy like Il
race horse? Because the more YOU
lick il the faster it goes.
What is the difference between
Il postage stamp and n donkey!
The one requires lick to stick it.
and the other a stick to lick it.
If 81 degrees is the freezing
point, what is the squeezing point!
Two in the shade.
Why cannot deaf man be lc-
gally convicted? Because it is um-
lawful to condemn a man without
a hearing.
What do lawyers do when they
die! Lie still.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-04-25

Jollil NJ BrIah, Recorder OF
'aIIaWaE 'oohty' was arrested ana
lhdlcteu il teW days since Tor
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Hon. j. \. Potts, of this city.
has letter from the management
of the st. Louis Fair. The fair
will be held this wear as usual. he.
ginning Monday. October 7th.
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NAV. ,roro =, bo,o ,o u,,;. e.;.,l,
,t ,ho nlo,.o,t Lo,no,f A.. ca,
f,rJ or = rrorl. >.o l,.. H.;
.dov ,rto,,oou Tbo ro.,nt;o, ,ra..
, doI;rLtfrI ,ffoir m. n ..,cr r.
ora mokino thomsolyo. an ;,,no,,
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------
Over at New London, in Rails
county, the story is told by the
Record that DR.. Joseph II Wilson.
of that place, lightning tooth ex-
tractor and tiNcr, side stepped from
his usual vocation. and. leaving the
smooth and easy path Of work
ing in peoples gas machines.
tackled the road that is full of
horse traders and such like. Down
at Fraukford, over in the State
of Pike where the Dr.. makes
weekly visits, IA man had horse
that would Just SUIT the Doe. Tie
Nthe horSe) was gentle and at the
same time high spirited; he was
not afraid OF anything and would
not allow anybody to pass him on
the road II he saw them. (The
DR.. Is not certain whether the man
mean; that the horse would not al
low anybody to pass him coming
1r"m hehlnd on III tront) In the
language OF David llarum, 1.-THE
Doe was tue m For so reliable
an animal $50 was a small conSid-
Grafton. Would he take him! OF
course. The man took the So
Nr"lurtmtiI, 1t Is Sald) and the
Doctor bought the horse. The
next morning, bright and early,
the Doe goes ont to the barn TO
feed and curry his Ribs. " and the
Doe says that he noticed his horse
ship had to feel for the feed trough
Thinking something must be the
matter, he led him ont to the LIGHT
of the early dawn TO examine his
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-03-09
MARSHFIELD.

Town meeting passed off very quiet
ly here and good many of the old
officers we're reelected. clerk, W. H.
Fl Mcars; treas, E. W. Gilman;
selectm' n J.A. Ennis, A. N. Flood,
E. A. Thomas; listers, o H. Smith,
A. R. Cole, J. H. Eaton; school d.
rector, Ge). Kelley; road commission.
et, Chas. Buxton; library trustee, j.
q. Eaton; overseer, s. W. Cole. Tax
amounts ia all to 81 .65.
E. A. Thomas has new roll top
desk which makes quite an addition
to his office.
Mrs. M. E. Beckley is on the sick
list.
A paper is in circulation asking fol
subscriptions to pay for lighting the
streets with electricity.
The selectmen were called to Har.
low Fulsoms 10 give right of way
across his land for certain parties to
get out some lumber.
A. Z. Rosebrook purchased a horse
of HIM. Fa nham in East Montpelier
recently.
Mark Davis returned Friday neon
to his work in Gales shoe store AZ
B IRE after spending few days Wild
lis parents.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-03-09

Mr.. BASSErr'S STATEMENT,

EDITOR ELE6kAM: - How pre- oOS-
ferrous it i, for lh- supporters Of Lor.
emo CaSNellini in ward to claim that
ne was elected alderman and that
there were Is votes Tor him uncount-
ed. The votes were ed and count
ed by william Donald Alex Hadden,
A. M. Holmes. Is. Albinilti, Alex
Carti and George w Btssett, Tue
votes We're c'uuted in open meeting
and the board Was Surrounded by the
open mouIhed parlizinS Ut Cassillini
aud Kingston to such an extent that
le counting wat Ub>tlucted. They
watched every act Of the board and
every vote assorted 81 closely that
uch che sting was impossible. Two
packages Of blllDrS OF ole hu ldrcd
eacn were given by tine Inspectors to
tue bollot clerks, ten We're returned
and ninety were found in the COX
Of these Kingston had 50, Cassel-
lini go, Ho~es "a, blank or defective
/. so every ballot is accounted for
HID every blank or detective ballot
been cast and counted for Cas>ellni
ne would then have lie ed three
votes to elect him
The returns are not tabulated or
formulated in the city .eltr4s's ss,~ -
because the city cletk furnishes the
waru clerks blank An out in max
ing their returns and by sucn they
are requested TO return only the vote
cast for each person. A blank or de-
| fectiye ballot is moi a vote
GEORGE W. BAssETT,
Ward Clerk.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-03-09
CITY EDITION
+ o'clock.
ARMIs1|CE
Kitchenger Grants Seven
Days Respite
TO GENERAL Bo1HA
70 Decide Upon Acceptance
4 rl p
TO GENERAL B0THA
70 Decide Upon Acceptance
Of Treaty TENS

Lorenzo Marques, March 9. 49, Gen.
Kitchener has granted Gen. BotLa a
seven days armistice to enable him tc
confer with the other Generals.
The matter was determined at a
meeting between Gen Kitchener and
Gen. Botha on Gun Hi, near Pretoria,
Gen ROtha wuS alone and Gen. Kitch.
ener was accompanied by his Secre'
tary.
New York. March 9. - DR.. Leyds
says the Beers would be willing to
C. slider terms Of peace If addressed to
them as free citizens provided the
terms would allow them to live in en-
yneut Of Independence under pro.
lection of EnA .ne.
He admits that l he Beers have been
disapp iuted in the conduct OF the
Afrlkanders in Cape Colony who have
not gwen DeWeG the assistance ex-
pected in the iuvasion Of B.itiSh ter
riiory.
Leyds leaves it to be inferred that
the AfIikaoders attitude deprived tn"
Eo3rs Of The last hope Of success, ]eav-
Ing them without any prospect of VIC
tory and opening the way to pf ace
negotiations but he added "South
africa will never be permanent
British"
London. March 9. - According t.
authoriliye Information there is an
understanding between Kitchener and
Gen. Botha which is sufficiently ad.
vanted to warrant the statement that
the hoerS will surrender on or about
NJ lrch il.
All the Bocr lca'crs except DeWet
and Steyn, are declared in favor OF
laying down arms, SO the terms dis