The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-12-02

4-SAb III many tSItAulls NOuEEaI1I INCL
dents in the affairs of South African
countries especially concerned in the Boer
War.
It is not the purpose here TO give an
extended review of the book. Indeed. the
writer has been able only TO glance over
a part OF the advance proofs. but this
much has been sufficient TO convince him
that here is an important contribution |
to the history of the past few decades so
far as South African affairs are con- |
cerned.
Two events Of the times OF which Kru-
ger has written stand out sharply-the
| great trek and the Jameson raid. Kru-
ger thus describes the settlement Of his
family after the great trek:
AT last the wanderers had found a
comparatively safe home. 1t is obvious
that the disturbed life which they had
led till then must have occasioned great
losses. To institute schools or churches.
or a firm and regular management OF af-
fairs was out Of the question. But the
Boer fathers and mothers. for all that,
looked alter the education of their chill
dren tc the best of their ability. Thev
knew that they lived in a country where
everything that was neglected was dif-
fcult TO recover, and that TO neglect the
rising generation meant the ruin Of their
nationality. Therefore every Boer taught
his children to read and write. and, aooSe
all. instructed them in Gods word. At
dinner and supper, as the children sat
arond the table, they had to read a part
Of the Sacred Scriptures,s and to repeat
from memory or write down now this and
row that text: and this was done day by
day unless unusual circumstances made
it impossible. That IS how my father
taught me the Bible, and instructed me
IN its teaching during the evenings. My
ether course Of instruction was covered
altogether by a period of about three
months, with frequent Interruptions. My
masters name was Tielman Roos. who
found much difficulty in carrying out his
/, mission. Whenever the trek came TO a
/ resting place and we out-spanned, a
5 small hut was built of grass and weeds,
) and this became the school-rOom for the
trekkers' children. This was done during
the whole journey to the Magaliesberg,
/ where my father settled.
''When l was sixteen years old | was
/ entitled to choose two farms like any other
5 independent member of our community;
2 one as a grazing-place ard the other for
Q sowing with crops. | lived at Water
$ kloof and, in 1912. fetched Miss Maria du
. Plessis. from the country south of Vaal.
to be my wife"
I During a journey WHICH ne had under
: taken in order to visit his betrothed,
u young Kruger found that the torrential
y waters Of the Vaal were so swollen as
: to render it impossible. But his arlor
i was greater than the danger. and his
: strength mi2htier than the force OF the
stream. He drove his horses into the
water, and, dressed as he was. swan
with them across the river under condi-
- ti0DS which Threatened almost certain
Z death. The old ferryman. who had not
dared to cross the river that day with
: his boat, read him a fine lecture. But il
: was thrown away. Fortunately the en-
= gagement cid not last long enough tc
render 4 repetition Of this h"~Graou5 en-
L terprise nccessary.-Notc by the Editor
Of the German Edition.
IT is the Jameson Raid that one ex-
\ poets the powerful wrath of Kruger tC
show itself in describing, yet this part
Of the story is singularly calm and seem
ingly lispaesionatc. Kruger does not
hesitate to blame Cecil Rhodes With II,
whole affair, but he also insists thai
Chamberlain knew about and counter
n anccd all that was going on. \ number
Of eahlegrams supposed to pass between
Rhodes and an agent in England are re
| produced and these very clearly impli.
Gated Mr.. Chamberlain. The story o
&c DIR. Jamcson's capture is very brief.
= "Meantime, DR.. Jameson mad advance,
with the greatest rapidity IN the direction
" of Johannesburg. The High Commission
- or issued q proclamation calling upor
! Or. Jameson and all his companions {,
withdraw across the frontier (this pro
clanlation was shortly followed by Ceci
Rhodes resignation of tho Premier5li
CT Cape Colony.1 tn proclamation to
rot her with q 1oftor FROM, Ci. Iac0bIlc n
:, Wet. the British agent at Pretoria. va
carried to DR.. Jameson by Ben Bouwcr
a Transvaal burgher. DR.. Jameson. how
ever. took not tho slightest notice of it
" Lieutenant FIoff. of the KreugersdorI
- police. who rode out to meet him an
: to charge him to turn back, was tako
prisoner by his orders. a number 0
Transvaal burghers. however, undo
= Commandments Malan, Potgietcr an
Cronie. had ou%tstrippe1 Jameson and "a
= ken no their stand on the hills near Kreu
= gersdorp. Jameson at once turned tn
: FIRE of his guns on the burshers' position
:" l,ut. as soon as his troops attempted t
= charge. they We're driven back with loss
=, When DR.. Jameson saw that he could no
- get through, he faced about to tho RICH
~ in order to trv to turf the Bocr posi-
~ ton. Fc was stopped. however. durin
:, the night BY Field Cornct n. Fouci,
- and the next morning, when he move
: still further to tho right, he came u
~ against COMICS burghers at Doornl5oI
: who compelled him to surrender after
- short engagement
IL Very little more is said OF the trial
cit is not necessary to enter into dc
Nv tails concerning the trial of the con
spirat0rs. The government applied to ii
- Orange Free State to allow Judge Gregg
~ 800, 49, -iaJ +hn-Al
ject OF the request. which was rcadil
"a granted. was to obtain a Judge who va
no outside the quarrel and who could nf
~ he regarded as in any way prejudice
- against TIE Reformcrs. Most Of the
70 escaped with imprisonment or fines: on
co the four leaders. Mcssrs. Lionel Phillip
=, Farrar. Hammond and Colonel Rhode