The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-23
PAUL KRUGER, ONCE n HEROIC FIGURE

which each man asserted belonged to /
him. Kruger stopped and, after guess
tioning the men, decided which man
had the right to the animal
it home.''
Rut I e can't N replied the Boer, he
ooh, I'll take him for you" said
Dom Paul, and forthwith he put his
strong arm under the obstinate ami
NAL and carried him home.
Now see that you keep him here,
was his simple reply, as he dumped
the burro into the corral.
| One of His Famous Decisions.
His famous decision in a case of
Inheritance is in another Vein and
worthy Of Solomons Judgment. Two
brothers, whose father had bequeathed
his property to be equally divided be-
! tween them, could not agree upon the
division. and came to- Dom. Paul to
eldest son: ~ on are the eldest, are
you not ?"s and, being an swered In the
affirmative, continued Then you
shall divide the property" The. elder
lsbrother was much pleased and THE
younger correspondingly crestfallen.
4 the other: You are the younger, 50
you shall have first choice Of the
lots. !" 9S5S IA D.
HIS Feats OF Endurance.
lsSssAs an athlete his physical powers
4 Of strength and endurance were al
most beyond belief.
5IS@At Is years lof age, for a small
4 wager over a straightway course Of
1 700 yards, he actually outran good
horse ridden by an opponent.
4 -ssess One of his most celebrated per-
Il formances was an all-day race against
i a. number Of Kaffir chiefs, the pick
81 of that tribe. The course as laid
q out covered eighty miles. At noon
Eyoung Kruger found himself near his
q fathers house. He was SO far ahead
4 that he went in and made himself
Il a cup Of coffee. Being discovered by
(. his father, the old man, fearful of the
.Iresult, angrily babe him be gone. The
4 young fellow obeyed, of course, but
sIsbefore starting took up g favorlte
fife, determined to4obtain some
= game. .ThatsafternoOn he led his OPP
sufficiently to permit Of Ms
= taking a, short hunt The result OF
Il it was that,he searched the veldt, shot
Il a lion and reached the goal hours IN
{ advance Of his competitors.
!, His Contempt for Pain.
Mr.. Kruger, when a young man
7 was out hunting hart beeste one day
witha rifle which had not been used
! for long time. While tinkering
:. with charge the gun exploded, tear.
, ing his left thum b: lin shreds. Kru.
! gers companions wanted to give VI
: the hunt and hurry to the neares
. surgeon, but the intrepid young, Boel
! refused Taking out his hunting
knife he placed the lacerated thumb
4 on, the stock Of the rifle and ampu'
y tated it himself. By tying about the
E stump a piece of raWhide he stopped
j. the flow Of blood, and, winding
;. around it his red handkerchief, he
: confined the sport.
:. His Hatred of England.
g It was the effort of his life to keel
0, the government Of the Transvaal il
n the hands Of the b oers and to keel
the outlanders, as all foreigners ar
: termed in the 'Transvaal, outside OF al
public affairs. That is why the Boo
!. patois, a dialect more inelegant thai
= Pennsylvania Dutch, and harder t
- learn than Chinese, was the off1c1a
:, language Of the country and the. on
y taught in the public schools. In 1S9
Il Johannesburg had an elected board 9
e health, which board was becomin
"a every day more powerful. Many G
al he nembers were rEnglislIs7 and th1
- board was the sole hope Of Johannes
q burg. Perceivirlg this hope, Presider
al Kruger ISSUED an edict that only tn
re Boer language should be used at tn
= lboard meetings, and that no one VIII
& could not speak the language shoul
81 serve thereon. The English were, fur
n Gus, but had to submit to the orde
e- His Idea of England.
is kruger once told a traveller the hi
~ tory of the Beers from the time the
settled in Cape Colony, whence the
" were driven by the English, until the
I'd settled in the Transvaal. 4 On tn
i'd great trek they killed 5000 lions, O
n of which number Kruger himse
stsd killed ESQ. They fought their W;
ed step by step until they finally reach
rs the long ridge known as the w
as Watersrand, where they settled, Y,
unconscious of the hidden wealth.
nd Then gold was discovered and En-
nd land Immediately became avaricio1
'as but the Beers were not willing to 81
an. up the country. And then came M
TN juba Hill.
j., $50, now" continued Dom Pa
cd taking up his pipe and dropping If
parallels, ''the gold fields are like
Mn beautiful rich young woman: Eve1
ne body wants her, and when they cam
ct get her they do not want anyone e
W. to possess her"
NJ "Can the English starve you out
eu, II then asked Dom Paul.
zeu eff the Lord wills 1t, yes" he
an am piled, ''if not, the English can bu
en- en-, a wall around us as high as Jeric
,.ae. and we will live and prosper" "A:
me, me His Visit to England.
lis On the occasion Of his first visit
the England loom Paul. wore the bro
"A felt hat. the short Jacket, and I'VE
., schoon'' (shoes Of untanned leath
i,f which form the usual and recognl
ght