Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-16

yards he actually outran a good horse
ridden by an opponent.
One of the most celebrated perform
ances was an all day race against Il
number of Kaffir chiefs, the pick of
that tribe. The course as laid out
covered so miles At noon young Kru-
ger found himself near his fathers
house. He was so far ahead that he
went in and made himself a cup of
coffee. Being discovered by his faith
err, the old man, fearful of the result.
angrily babe him begonc. The young
fellow obeyed. of course, but before
starting took up a faVOritc light rife.
determined to obtain some game. That
afternoon he led his opponents suf-
ficiently to permit of his taking a short
hunt. The result of ii was that he
searched the veldt, shot a lion, and
reached the goal hours in advance OF
his competitors.
His Contempt For Pain.
Mr. Kruger, when young man. was
out hunting hartebeestC one day with a
rifle which had not been used for a
long time. While tinkCring with a
charge the gun exploded. tearing his
left thumb into shreds. Kruger's com
panions wanted to give up the hunt
and hurry to the nearest surgeon. but
the intrepid young Boer refused. TAX
ing out his hunting knife he placed the
laceratcd thumb on the stock OF the
rifle and amputated it himself. BY ty-
ing about the stump piece of rawhide
he stopped the flow of blood, and,
winding around it his red handker-
chief, he continued the sport
His Hatred of England.
1t was the effort of his life to keep
the government of the Transvaal in
the hands of the Beers and to keep the
outlanders, as all foreigners are term
| ed in the Transvaal, outside of all pub
| lie affairs. That is why the Boer pat
OILS, a dialect more inelegant than
Pennsylvania Dutch, and harder To
learn than Chinese, was the Official
| language of the country and the one
| taught in the public schools. In 1894
| johannesburg had an elected board of
| health, which board was becoming
every day more powerful. Many of the
members were English, and this board
] was the sole hope of the English for
| securing control of Johannesburg. Per
ceiving this hope, President Kruger is
sued an edict that only the Boer Ian
| guage should be used at the board
meetings, and that no one who could
not speak the language should serve
| thereon. The English were furious.
but had to submit to the order.
| His idea of England.
Kruger once told a traveller the his
tory of the Beers from the time they
settled in Cape Colony, whence they
were driven by the English, until they
settled in the Transvaal. On this great
trek they killed 5000 lions, out Of
which number Kruger himself killed
$50. They fought their way step by
step until they finally reached the long
ridge known as the Witwatersrand,
where they settled, all unconscious of
the hidden wealth.
Then gold was discovered and Eng
land Immediately became avaricious.
but the Beers were not willing to give
up the country. And then came Maju-
ba Hill.
so, now" continued Dom Paul, TAX
ing up his pipe and dropping into para
bles, the gold fields are like beauti-
full rich young woman. Everybody
wants her, and when they cannot get
her they do not want any one else to
possess her"
Can the English starve you out?
was then asked Doom Paul.
IF the Lord wills it, yes" he replied.
IF not. the English can build wall
around us as high as Jericho, and we
will live and prosper
His Visit to England.
On the occasion of his first visit 10
England "Oom Paul" wore the broad
felt hat, the short jacket, and "veldt
| schoon" (shoes of untanned leather)
which form the usual and recognized
costume Of a dopper. On his return he
met the astonished gaze Of his friends
clad in a high hat, long black cloth
coat, and the boots worn by ordinary
| civilized men. England was well
enough" he said, land there we're fine
houses, but il a man wanted to go and
| smoke by himself, even away from
London. every piece OF the veldt seem
ed to be owned by some one or anoth-
| er, and IL you sat down TO smoke under
a tree you hadn't taken two whiffs be
| fore a man would come up and say the
land was his and he didn't want You
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