Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-08-09

constantly to be seen, ones friends tell
one, about Kimberly and to the north of
that town. Armed Kaffirs have been
allowed to attack people on their farms
in Bechuanaland, in parts of the Trans
vaal an 1 in the vicinity of Mafeking."
If this correspondent can be believed,
the policy of race war, rejected In the
early stages of the contest, has already
been adopted, and Joseph Chamberlain's
speech Is In effect an announcement of a
condition of things rather than pro-
posed policy. England is evidently upon
a brutal and inhuman chapter and so
gives notice to the world that the worst
may be expected. The London Stand
ard says as much in its editorial COM
ment: 1.-THE pestilent activity of small
section is keeping the whole area in
state of tumult, throwing an enormous
cost on the imperial treasury and post
poning the resumption of peaceful In
dustry. The time is clearly at hand, If
we rightly construe Mr.. Chamberlain's
words, when Lord Kitchener will be in
structed not to treat as prisoners of war
British subjects captured with arms in
their hands. 1t may mean terrible deeds,
leading to terrible reprisals on both sides,
but the brigandage into which the cam
paign has degenerated must be stamped
out at any cost"
The London Times has received word
from the front that the Beers will shoot
all the natives found under arms, with
out regard to the rules of modern war
fare. Here Is its comment: 1.-The Beers
| ho, N linn n
shoot every native who accepts service
with the British or assists them in any
way. Mr.. Chamberlain has very prop
erly telegraphed instructions that all who
are found guilty of such practices shall
suffer death. We have carried leniency
very far
Thus have the devices of the British
in their desperate attempts to overpower
the Beers resulted in an abandonment
of the modern rules of warfare. An
American general has said that war is
he'll" and yet he died before the Boer
war broke out. We used colored troops
before the fall of Richmond, but they were
insignificant in number and far more
civilized than the Africans who are now
summoned by England to help her to eX
terminate the Dutch. England In her
hour of peril might well turn to the pre-
cepts of Gladstone, but she will not
and there is her danger.-Rutland Herald.
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THE ANGORA GOAT.
The introduction of the Angora goat
to this country is likely to be Of great
benefit to the farming population. An
experiment with this animal is being
conducted on small scale in the town
of Charlotte by A. d. Gibbs Of Burling-
ton. Mr.. Gibbs has already had the
animals long enough to believe they
may be successfully bred and probably
Kept on the farms of Vermont. Four
thousand of the animals are to be
brought to this country this season to
stock large tract of land in Maryland,
where 1t is proposed to engage In the
production of mohair on a large scale.
The mOhair industry in this country has
passed the experimental stage. AS the
Angora goat thrives here, there is no
reason why this country should not
export it instead of importing it, it be-
ing in large demand for manufacture in
western Europe.
The man who introduces a species of
valuable animals into regions where it
has not existed is as much a benefactor
as he who causes two blades of grass to
grow where only one grew before. The
wide dispersion Of the Spanish merino
over the world, for example, was a
blessing to mankind. The farmers of
Cape Colony owe debt of gratitude to
the pioneers who. in the middle of the
last century, conceived the idea that the
Angora goat would thrive on the up
lands of the interior. The few Angora
goats introduced into this new region
have multiplied till they far outnum-
bered the cattle. 1t was soon discovered
that their wool, mohair, as it is known
in trade, was equal in fineness and soft
ness of texture to the best produced in
Asia Minor. The value of the exports
of mohair from Cape Colony is now
about $4,000, 900 year, or three times as
much as the value of the exports from
the native home of this animal.
1t is curious fact, says the New York
Sun, that in 100 the Turkish govern
ment prohibited the export of Angora
kid skins on the ground that the trade
threatened the extinction of the Angora
gOat but these animals are now more
numerous than ever and their useful |
ness is far more widely recognized than
was the case century ago.-Burlington
News.
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UNIQUE ART EXHIBIT.
Two years ago the young Duke of
Hesse, Ernest Ludwig, called to his
capital, Darmstadt, seven German artists
who had already won reputation in
their respective fields. Though they
receive small salaries from their ducal |
patron, they are under no obligation to
work for him. If he wants the product |
of their labor, he must buy it the same
as any one else.