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WORKERS IN TIE MAJORITY.
WHY THFRE WfIL PR0HtHLf mr.
va NtFf0N a. tOu STRfkF
tsse-.m-ai Of IN. >sst Zeal Ninsrs the
s~heme Tor Indianapolis tsus-otien
p.legs,-s leave Anthracite ues,en

MILES Rams. "a JIIy IS Ftgurr-
showing IA. numt-r 1T delegates sho Will
attend tho I uii-t NH" Workers National
Convention Indicate hat 'hr sun 'ual
men now a, Nurk vii ~uutrurl-r th" d"l'-
sais- - the striking anthracite and -"r
c,,l miu.r. ~ almusf w. 'u one ihu-
mak.- % apparent that it'i" - uitlr lk"''-
hood 81 "a national ,trik" l.tng declared.
10. -of' coal workers t-ins Known - upTs'-"
- IL all ~. anthracite men wen boz ~"
region tn vote. and 4 an IN" striking -1'
coal men ven, m-mt-'r~ 81 ~" union and
in good standing. IN" vo'" o' N" strikers
would almost equal that ~ th" union non
whn ar, A. work Hut IA" situation - tbs
Edlv one-,hird ~ the anthracite workers
hAv. l.ft tho coal region and h - estimated
that onIy ~ 90 remain ~ th-~e about ~
r-r cent ar, IN cund sanding and "ligihl"
to- vote, which would give the anthracit"
men airput so votes
IT, wc~, virginia th"rn arr -. co miners
and about lsJuD 1T tl"-r arr UNION men
II onr-half ~ them arr IN good standing
n D.. 4 lstgr numlrr. but estimating that
one hnIf are. th.v Will 10 entitled to ~ votes
IT, Virginia WIT the ssU" proportions 81
membership and ~y~rcu'ag" IN good stand
ing the zen mirr workers would have
IS votes; while m Michigan. wher" th" .7oo
men are well o~rganiSed. Il all are IN god
standing they would hav" Il votes, giving
H.. strikers Wr2 votes.
In ihe organized soft coal districts 81
PENNSYLVANIA. ONO. llhn",=. Indiana. Iowa,
Kcu'uckV. Alabama. Kansas, I"nu"sse'
and Missouri Their" ara ~ aa5 mine work
crs. and Will" the pruportion in good stand
,,. - 49, .t,l,snI a htrknr shan lu the nrehFts
cite r.gion. still an cstima,n based On ONLY
the ~ p~r cen IN good sanding which
eSs'- IN the anthracite region gives these
soft coal States ITO votes
All indications now poin' 10 the eSpccta-
ton that the convention will merrly In
dor-, the strike ard agrr-a 10 give IL finan-
cal aid hy u per capita tax on the SOFT coal
WORKERS
dent Mitchell will. IN his spc-ch before the
convention. So indicate his POLICY that
,rcrr will IT, no doubt 81 his stand In IN"
matter AMI hi dcsire for q decision to
coincide with hu- ideas h this VIII II,
given their - little doubt
III. delegates from the anthracite region
who left thus afternoon and evenln < arr
mostly instructed Ia b" guided hv thr adj
vic,, 81 thor officers. who accompany
them
1, was reported here tonight that some
81 tho operators will try io r.suiu" work
during a.. national convention, which h'-
gins on THURSDAY. in the hope 81 The men
going hack ~ work when the restraining
influence 81 the officers l. removed Pr,ri-
dent Fahey, who accompanied a party pf
i7O dal"ga'rr which left hen" At go to-
night. said h" had heard Of II also. hu' was
confident the men would not I've -tamf~d"f
INTO going hack to work. a. they ar" 0~r'sin
tho rational convention will do something
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STRIkING AGAINST TWO WOMEN.
Mother aud Daughter stich 10 Looms.
Though , nlon Appeals Tor Their DischarGe.

The silk weavers who OUT work Ia the
SchwartYenharh mills m West Hobohen
and tuIuu HiIl on Monday because IN"
owner refused to discharg" ~Ion-UHIun
women hands did not r''ITu 20 work y"s-
t,rtay although hui two women remained
a. thor ipon- Ih.-.' were "A mother ana
daughter. a. the Mcsf Hohohon null. who
r.fI--i an Offers 20 i-com" identified with
tie union
Committees from the union saw Supt
RueCg. and tried 'r luiuo' HIM Ia discharge
the women liz REFUSED go do 30, and the
sirk-r- declared thai hey would not re-
turn to work until 'h" mlll was clear Of
uou-uLIpu hdIi-
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w MENTION or BRYAN.
North tarolina Democrats Notion Of
DrmocrAr, nominations Tor congress.

RALFiGH. y g.. july - H." Democratic
convention FOR IN" Fourth Congress Dis
tric' r"uomin,t.Sl Representative Edward
" Puu TODAY hv reclamation The rrsp!u-
'iuns rrl1irm all"giarc''p' he line houorci
principles # the party a. I~s'r~nnifoi m
IN. pubic lives ~ jefferson. jackson and
Tildeu. but ar" silent a. 30 BRYAN, free silver
and pupuli-m
IN~pisSAPoLIs. July - Judge John &
Nelson Of lugan~Tprt was nominated for
Congress hv he Eleventh district Democrats
to-day
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nave HILL At SOLITAIRE
..,yyiI>s. SHUTTING. Trying
roI4y Down a STtrE TfCkFf.
r.,osa, ilse ~u.' v's, Patience
,uti he Gets the ssrds %. wants
-uean~hIie mere Are taAath"r-
,,.d whisper ef Gray and Collin. e

-. Hon prank Camphsll, Chairman 1t
o.. u.mocratic star" COMMITTEES. meta
,.,,,aly vearing a hug" paddock over
,,..ry 1ttl. mustache put there nv David
n pil b.fore h. cam. o. town IN Monday,
.s.,.d . uuml-r ~ Democrats downtown
....,day. and In the afternoon and sven
80. ,als.d with more Democrats a. IN"
u.,,,,n Uoi-. and IN. Manhattan club
n. I'D a nlc- little chat with IN" Hon
~, Mason. the sphinx ~ Harlem
- i, "a. ss,hcr.d from ,hosc who talked
eli Mr. campbell and MIR Ma-pn -
n, mn. while perfectly wiling - law a
,r.. and oI-n discussion ~ To the TAX rat"
., Gov Odsu'> administration. viii no.
,.,,r., anv talk about prospective candi-
'..,.. IN the Ilrmocratir stat" ticS"i
Mini hat. now
l,,..d n Was said that MIR Hill Will
,,r..h al of the newspapers from fark
row Of, Chauiauqua Lake with nicely wye"
x,,,.r ,url.- 81 HE views on Gov Odel :
"a, rates ana Mr. Hill will furnish the-''
IN A. .anslage- and dlalects, lot there must
h. 10 rsua'N- ~ 80 p~TuspectiN" candidates
a, ,r., u,muDratic State ticket, for ih"
r.a.ru hat Mr Hll up IN WO:l"rt's rnosi
49, Is T., axe ARE of thls matter hinS"ii
"a. y,.r, over all the directories "f I'll"
otis f'hr first and --cund class on a .till
,,r, -tlI hunt for "a catholic, an IRISH
maj German, a jew and a uatiN" FRO.
Ell, he f. rhuniiug IA" names oh'ain"d
,,,m 'ha~" directories silently aud p"t~is-
,..'Iy from uU' uthC" to another rom
Governor down
r,.t...I. b" ,> PLAYING solitaire with t,"s'
,.,... %. 'l" hotsa go ~ them - Demo.
c,,,. ..a'.,rS m the state Nj llil every
,tgt. Do WIS a-crrtaincd, up m No,i"rt s.
r.. plays this great gam" II -p!'air"
ur'I 90. c,ck rows Then h" tunhl"-
,,,o that Ilubla h-ai which Grover Cleveland
oo,up.sI when hr was the ha"h"lut COVER
nor ~ 'hr state, and which Mr. I'LL hough,
ub.r Levi 4 Morton turned out all tn"
old rlrltur. from the E,ecutiN" Mansion
IN Albany Mr. Hills game ot solitaire WIN
IN. lanes Il men 81 different races will u"
lors concentrated a. ON" of III. great f"a-
'Irvs - Tho preliminary g~uh"rnato'lal
oampaignVof 100?
som. II IA" Democrats down thu a
dom -acn 90 like this gam" oi SOLITAIRE.
In, l~!tnvr that there should n" "A free anu
or-.n DISCUSSION ~ such matters, and sew
era IL these DemOcrat- AZ IN" HonrnAn
Hou-e said las, night that Associate Juds"
Of 1t" Court of Appeals join CLINTON cray
who's term -Npirr~ on De- n. would MAKE
a frS, rate candidate To head b I@Eo-
cratic state ticket. and that Fredenck
Collin 81 Elmira should IT, nominated either
for ey-G General or Tor A~so-iai'
Judge - the Court ~ Appeals
When Frank Campbell heard thesr names
he sAid -Shrhsshsshssh. and went on g.
rad with the hope that he had established
III reputation with Mr.. Hin A. a sphinx.
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cOtIING >TtTTONS ON CtNtI.
sites Tor Two Provided Dor In the Treaty
Win oIombia.

WAsnINGrON JuIy Is I'm thn freaTv
I..t v. ia. United states and Colombia
for the construction ~ ~" Panama canal.
which has Jls' t.-'u forwarded to Ruguts
for approva, bN ~hur silva. IA" Colombian
Minister here, provision j. mad" Tor ~"
arIuir.rn,'t uv 'lo United S'a'"~ 90 sites
for c,ahrg -'afiu's urar ~" two entrances
fu ~" cara.
The -.lrrt'on - these places e l"f' 80
future negotiation. and ~" stat" Depart
m..ut IT, r"aiV 20 d"al Win M" subject
Whenever COLOMBIA avs t'' WORT
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.. q. Hsrk~r I-tt s2oo. ODO Personally.

The will uf Edward Pros ."'' Barlrr. for
m-rlv Pr sId,rt Of M" lai Board di--
pu-.- of t2puO ia I]-r-ouai'y Ti" iuoouc
Of ~" r-taI" l~ 'u D.. Iui Co hl- mother.
Charity Rafker. fur Uf" On her death Inns
r.Ih-v. Prescott Rlfs"r Wukr. vIIl get
siutsS MAY Mason. slutsp aud h'ri-'tt l..
smith il5.on AfUt-' fund 81 500 OWil -
k,ut for William II. Rark'r tor lie n"
rs-t e.! the property E,.- p" a u"Th"" VII
ham Prescott karh"r AMI ih" REMAINDER ~
'hr tins, fund ~ sJuvn 'o t'l~ u-ph"v'-
,hr-' children. Pr.-'u'' Fr-k'us Rark"'-
Arthur Graham Rurt"r aud Eliza'-th
HiTk~r.
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stride for the Recognition OF Al wcs'ers'
nions.

r." woavers employed m m" phalany
slk mall IN Irving street. Jersey city. struck
yesterday tu enforce a drmani that th" firm
~.uguI all unions IL" Woay"r~ returned
tu WDth la-' we.k after striking uut 81 sym
uathy for Ne" Paterson v"aveTs They
w-r- told az ih" 'lu' TIA. M" firm would
a stop union. uu' NOgl not rol-
crate any ~Iu''ri"r"u.n from u~tgaE.1"d
wray"rs "mplpyrd -l-'Vhrt"
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TOO Women wrappcrmshrrs on strike.

About seven huudrvi women employed
a. WRAPPER makers w"r. locked pu' 10 head
- a stink. A. rirrt,-.u -hops Yesterday.
after demanding higher wages and r',N'g-
iltiuu ~ ''.tr UNION III" 'irtu- derided 'u
shut down un'I DO" insuaId- w"r" with
drawn IN" Wralgs'r makers held meeting
a. once aud dcoiiri o., -trrt" ANYHOW
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Onondasa Count, Prohibiuonis,s.

SYRACUSE. july - Tho Onondaga
County ProlIhirDuIst~ to-day nominated
W,~l.y Lu,ml- q Delphi for state senator,
! Marvin Smell Of NNracuSr for tourty
Tr-a-lr'r and nr II II trwav ol Fast
Syra,u~s for Coroner
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-16
'onsr~>,msn Jackson R~nominated.

'iR.RD, Nan July is The Populisr and
democratic Congressional conventions uf
M" TtIrd district wcr" held to-day \
W Jark~on was renominated hv the Dcmo-
craft and indorsed by the Populists. Jack
- T. M" only Fusion Congressman from
Kansas
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-16
The new
VEGETABLE CURE
FOR
q Renews the Digestive Fluids and
Restores the Stomach to
Wealthy Condition.
The new vegetable cure. MI-o-na.

The new vegetable cure, Mi-o-na.
l. certainly a wonder. ~" mot Confirmed
d~vsueutiC being dnI' tp eat anything ht
for human food Nihou' distress after
a. -. DAYS treatment
Shattered Nerves ARK restored to
health IA q very short 'In"
indigestion T. unknown after the
nfth dhy's u~,, uf Mi-O-NA
Palpitation Of the hcert ceases
a. once. Ni-u-NN topping the generation
Of paa ia the stomach immediately
Il only require = few v'cN- treatment
81 NI-O-NA to ultC" th" stomach and di-
g,-tlND organs BOO such q healthy condi-
Ton that tl'v digest the iuud thoroughly
and thus furnish the di7-r'r' organs ~
IN. body all 'h" nourt>hW"uI required tn
maxi rch blood. finn muscles and steady
nerves
We furnish an dvspoptc~ with a two
dav-' Treatment free
Mio-SN I- sold uv
Urs Ma. .p go 'rradNN
. uIIWNr"~ soy f>1 I~ruNivaF
WILLIAM WILSON. r.r N'HsGNF-. Wall and
Uuadv 81. I.r. .~ruud and h~fpatUHE
WILLIAM r UI.Iu S ~pN eco. 800 rI,th Ave.
GDIpVtT'V sw-r Tn.ri Ave ~ Wills
AF, 90" N.s A.r
II TpN pVt 10 rp - % gu Fulton ST., - Ful
NJ -ur.r-r Ave su; rIfraw Uuostyn.
u WrUkHtIt1. t..I uruNdNH.. Hr''slSn
kaiI>W pHNRMfD1 .st Sc ard Fourth Ave.
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Commlssioncr Monroe sworn In.

Col Robert Gricr Monroe was sworn IN
Yesterday afternoon as Commissioner Of
Water supply. Gas and Electricity. He
said that eNc,pt ~ Ia appointing a new
private secretary he had not decided
whether or not he would make any changes
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Aldermen ,sr.~ Ia ,oncour>~ Ronds.

The Aldermen Ia." agreed y" an issu"
~ s.e5nUr houds Tor ~" regulating and
g~sding of the Grand boulevard and Ton
cour-r. ard ." an apITorri"it"H ii slu"'"
Il, ,.u.,ir D., -.v.r- - thu lurougl
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wagon KNOCKS Down i.ambrr, ward~ ell

Iamber, Ward"ll. ~ years old, living at
Al Wet Ffty--rvcnth street. was knocked
down bv a delivery wagon at fiity-SAth
.tr,pt and SiNth avenue laSi evening III"
went home with a ~ralp wound and q LAGER
nird hand.
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Three Months tor Wilma hur,y.

Minna Kurt. convicted - keeping a
d~i-ordorly house ~ - StuyV"sant street,
was sentenced IN M" Special Sessions v'--
t"riav 10 thrc" months In a." U"nit"n-
iHrN
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-17
(WHICH pa
Ed. MESSENGER ::

Ed. MESSENGER -
Respected Sir THE members
of the Challis & Thunder Noun
tain Exploration Co. arrived at
Bonanza this evening on their
return to Challis for a new outfit
OF supplies, tools, clothes, and to
shake the ticks and to report to
their anxious friends and rela-
tives, who had not heard IRON
them since they dived into the
wilds of the Middle Fork wilder
ness.
The party found the Thunder
Mountain camp pretty hard to
get into owing to high waters,
river banks, ETC., and came back
to Loon creek to prospect until
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-17
PEACE AT LAST.

Peace at last, Oh lost Republic
Peace on kopje crest and plain
Where beneath the Afric sunlight
Bleach the bones of thousands slain.
Peace mid %plundered homes bereaving
All the hopeless sacrifice,
Widowed wives and orphans grieving,
Peace at what an awful price.
Though more plainly sounds the sobbing
When the crash of conflicts cease
Nations hearts in sorrow throbbing-
Still, tits best that there be peace.
For through all the sad revealing
OF each deep anu cruel scar,
Peace and time have balm of healing
Fol- the ragged wounds of war.
May the conquered be eontented
For the future time to wait
When by fate it is consented
That their country shall be great.
Long the naughty Roman legion
Held the Britons in its sway,
Yet, they rose DER all the region
While the Romans passed away.
When o nation has grown callow
Freedom seeks some other sod,
While her former fields lie fallow
To the furrowing of God.
Rome may conquer Boadicea, y
England vanquish old Dom Paul,
But the field of Idumea 4
Is for freedom after all.
Yet, may rise a mighty nation
Bounded by the Afric shore
Where the hero's tribulation
Hath its heritage in store.
Vanquished Beers, your high endeavor
BY all true hearts shall be hailed
Blazoned forth in anne forever,
Though you fell you have not failed.
L. BoADICEA.-Early Queen Of Britain, col
.uered by the Romans.
L. lDUMEA.--The field of final conflict isE,
~ sword shall be bathed in Heaven and
nail come down upon Idumea. Bible
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-17

ly all day with crackle and moan
of Leemiftord and Mauser; crash
OF artillery and earthquake of
lyddlte shell, and when by a final
charge the British took the Boer
trenches, three women were
found lying together among the
dead and manned. One was an
old gray haired mother and her
breast had been torn away by a
shell. The other two, presum-
ably her daughters, were fair
young women and we're dressed
In pure white. One was just
dying from a rifle wound, the
other was shot through the
breast, but, as her life blood
ebbed away she spoke a few
words. She said Il am glad
to die. My husband has been
killed by my side today and so
many of my dear ones are gone.
| Inn sick aud heartsore and
weary of the war and l want to
die" She was part English and
spoke the language perfectly.
They laid the three to rest in
one grave on the hillside where
they fell, and as the grim sold
iers gathered around the grave
their hearts were touched to
grief and every man shed tears.
while one exclaimed my God !
In this war we n fighting wo-
men !" A pile of rocks was plac-
ed above them as protection from
wild animals. Their cause had
lost the day, and leaving them
there in the new made grave be-
meath the South African night
the British soldiers continued
the pursuit.
Such was the war for subiec-
ton of the Boer republics. Mr..
Mickelsen declares South Africa
to be in many respects the most
and fertile country he
has seen. He thinks it has a
great future, and says he may
go back if affairs are properly
settled, though for the present
he intends to remain in America,
and has taken out papers of
citizenship in the domain of
Sam.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-17
NOTICE.

Cleft Thigh (Left Shoulder)
Come into my enclosure one
black mare about s years old
branded as above;two white hind
feet. J. S. CALVIN.
Challis, Ida, June IA, 1902.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-17
FOUGHT THE soERs.

49, - At0AAe15 - 5O1OO1 lille
among us. He is a young man,
"a years of age, but has seer
much of the world. including q
months South African service in
the Australian contingent of the
British army during the Boe1
war. During that time he was
in 81 pitched battles besides
many skirmishes throughout the
Free State and Transvaal. AID.
hitting he rode on an average 30
miles per day would make the
astonishing total of 36, 900 miles
in 81 months. He had two horses
shot under him and rode many to
death, but came out unscathed.
save where bullets grazed his
clothing, and had gained the
stripes of First Corporal of his
Company. AS a narrative of his
experience is of interest at this
time the MESSENGER CLEANS the
following /:
Mr.. Nicholson was a member
of the Sixth Imperial Bushmen
of Australia, and together with
his regiment, was landed at
,Reira, Portuguese East Africa, on
May IL, 1900.
After the march inland and
many incident ~hardships the regi-
ment received its baptism of fire
in the fierce battle of Glands
River, on Sunday, Aug. s., 1900.
The firing was terrific. The
Beers had the best of it and
Lord Darlington, the British
Commander, beat a retreat de-
spite the protest of the Austria
lians. From that time the Sixth
Imperial Bushmen experienced a
continual series of battles, and of
the $50 men enlisted only $40 re-
manned to be mustered out.
Lord Roberts said of them
they fought like demons" They
were used as the advance skirm-
ishers or scouting force but met
less actual loss than the main
columns. When they encounter
ed the Beers in force they would
fall back apprising the support
ers and the battle would begin in
earnest. The Beers learned to
dread them and were often I'M
nerved by their savage Austria
liam battle cry.
At the battle of Harvev,s
Kopje the Bushmen made a
notable charge, carrying the
heights and s~laughtering IS
Beers with bayonets. Nickel
sen says he had become case
to the horrors of war.
The bayonetting of human be-
lngs was awful work. The Eng {
ish bayonet is 1 foot in length /
Il inches wide, double edged and ]
sharp as a knife. 1t is always {
thrust for the vitals and is almost
certain death, though often the {
yictim fingers in great agony. S
driven into the abdomen
he blade projects at the back
md II the gun barrel has pene- e
rated, the entrails are drawn 3
with it. The pain is dread G
ul and often accompanied by t
'lercing shrieks and groans and S
'rayers of the victim. 4
But more dreaded by the Beers t
han many bayonets was the ter Y
IDLE lyddite shell whose tremen- a
Gus explosion and deadly fumes t
o mortal being near it could S
urvive. This awaful engine of I
estruction is known and used by n
My the British. 1t is said the e
'oers could hardly have been o
onquered had they possessed Q
s equal. They had only the
rdlnary explosives. The lyddite o
hell as used by the English in d
'outh Africa weighs Sc pounds. e
he gun is generally fired with il
luzzle elevated SO that the shell r,
rops about where desired, soon b
endering the strongest positions I
ntenable. The explosion is b
.lculated to kill all within 100 q.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-17

y A.
are deadly poison. The victims
: turn a sickly greenish yellow.
The report of the cannon is
small compared with the explo.
sion of the shell which is a veri
table earthquake accompanied by
a huge cloud of black smoke and
dust and flying missiles of death.
1t is beyond human endurance.
Mr.. Mickelsen relates an instance
where 16 out II Beers defending
a kopje were killed outright by a
single shell.
At the battle of Kafir's Kraal,
a single Boer, when all his com
panions had fed, remained firing
on the advancing British from a
cave. A lyddite shell was train
ed for the spot and exploded just
outside. The brave Boer was
found stone dead but still at his
post staring over his rife barrel
with death-set eyes.
There was a certain Boer com
mander who rode a white horse
and in time of battle he dashed
boldly about the field rallying
his men while whole regiments
of British fired at him in vain.
Finally, a lyddite gun dropped a
shell SO close as to tear horse and
rider to shreds. OF the rider not
enough was found to give his
foes a clue to his identity. He
was known to them only as 1.-THE
hero on the white horse"
At the battle of Li~eufontein.
March "a, 1901, the Free State
artillery of 9 guns, including two
taken from Butler at the Tugela
river, were captured by the Aus
tralians. The gunners admitted
they were unnerved when the
Bushmen came charging with
their blood-curdling battle cry.
The Australians and Canadians
fought on the American plan
and were regarded as terrors-I
even superior to the British
"Tommies"-Who had fought for
the Queen in every cline and
were of the most devil may
care disposition.
MI. Mickelsen tells of MANY
amusing incidents between the
Australians and a regiment of
English dudes, known as the
Padget Horse, but generally alb
breviated to "P. H." which the
Australians interpreted to mean
Perfectly Harmless" and they
frequently would not salute their
"P. H." superiors. If hailed or
questioned by them they would
use a camp-skillet or stirrup eve
in mockery of the monacle used
the "P. H." Then the "P.
H. would pronounce curses on
the bloody bloomin' Bushmen
dontcher know. A "P. H." Off
GER attempted to retaliate with
lhe sword. He was knocked off
ais horse and while Mickelsen
Ind several other Australians
we're giving him a sound drubbing
Lord Darlington and Lord Meth
len came up. The Australians
we're court-martialed and severe
y cautioned.
But altogether the colonists
regarded as superior sold
ers and We're paid an equivalent
# $1.25 per day, clear. England
nustered 500, 900 men in South
100, 900 were put out Of
ction and the war cost over
1000, 900, 900. By those engag-
d for it the war had to be pur-
ued relentlessly-homes had to
e plundered, and often burned.
'athers, sons, brothers and low
RS we're torn from their loved
mes. When the troops surround
d a house they sometimes found
ae men inside taking leave of
obbing women and children. s.
-fter d fight near a farm house
ne British on entering found a
Dung girl. AS they prowled
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-06-17

[Mr. G. E. Eddy has contribut-
ed the following beautiful poem
Peace at Last in South Africa.
1t is fitting to the above inter-
view on the Boer war, now that
peace has been declared in the
republic. ED. MESSENGER.