\ ./ "manic JOUBERT. .EfTol‘liiDDITE. ER 30TH, l 899 4 5v; OBJECTED TOl be ï¬red and the w - ork of (lo ‘ Completed. struction Itlg a mosque at Omdurman, 0 Mahdists were wo m . . t osque and its inmates were blown B 0 pieces, and only 1" caped alive. THE WAICHMAN-WARDER: LINDSAY. ONT. A shell Was dropped in- where rshlppinv. The .. inmates es- /~_,_____ In the Chine . . seâ€"Japanese w n I“ tso n Warâ€"Capt. 1894 a 12-inch shell chargedarwifll “yum" on B. N, 1,033,“. cordite, a similar, but inferior ex- 11†t. “'1. a. I_pnnmu‘ gllloswï¬ entered the Japanese flag- 1p atsushlma, hurled a. 4.7 inch ligitO-‘H°w Lyddito Is M 0 ad e. 1 1.,‘1ysniith have wrought .1111. it is said General Th0 English Government has 2 gun from its mountings and then ex- .. v 5110115 ï¬red by the I ploded, ï¬ring a heap of ammunition, disabling two more 4.7 inch guns, and killing or wounding 90 ofï¬cers fusion." Picric acid is “obtained bv. It Is the NEW DEVICES OF WAR RITISH ARMY. IN TRANSVAAL AND ITS ELABORATE EQUIPMENT. Best Outï¬tted Ever Sent Into the Field by Any Nation in the World -An Armored. Train-Roeonnoitering by Balloonsâ€"Now Shrapnel and It- Effects. The army which Britain has sent ‘ the 5001' commander-in_1an£1 glen. . to ï¬ght the Boers is not only the '. written to General White, h‘ y due is_ Slmply one of a class of largest body of ï¬ghting men she has comumndel‘, protesting 11311 eÂ¥p1081ves, others of which are put in the ï¬eld since Waterloo, but the us: 01' lb‘ddite- 1d3nam11te, tonite, _cordite, melinite, it has the most elaborate equipment .«hnt 53â€â€œ101 Rodnian, lately ' {naxmlte’1 emmensite, ecrasite, forcâ€" the world has ever seen. It is mo- P 1:11,. ed gates army, and an lte, thorite and perunite. It has dern and up-toâ€"date. Its killing 1 . explosives, said to a New 1been Improved by the British for the tools are. the newest. Some of them 1 301.1,; reporter the other day: ' use-orthem guns as others, notably, have been untried in War. ; 1:33.; is knoWn about 1311- - mehmte by France, have been taken Thus it is that the military at- , 58 17,.i;1.,.d States. It is very advantage of by other nations. taches of the various neutral gov- ! 51;: I do not think any , Chemically lyddite is “simply picric ernmen'ts who have gone to South i ’ than some grades of dyna- ; and brought, Into a dense state by i .35 Sign BRITISH BULLET. . ILL. he I ,,r;3;en:izig with it for sev- if has brought it 1: is inhuman, is and are {n this use of have no scruplcs '11.}. lor‘. mali‘n is one of th .1-1 and is suppose ..: to inclinitc. '2‘: :::i-::?j \Vas very ‘ ":zztila for .\ * :l'r‘il into chi‘m' s. L! uvl has it very iA-s‘, r'n': ion in 1 , formula. is known here. p:‘\)1:‘5‘.>' of the Boers, inelinitc. ‘ to a! im~ ridicu- Boers use black powder, a little behind high The l'nited States Govern- about of the Laï¬inâ€"Rand Anny, said to the T0- e pic- Ll In ‘ The secre- i ex- 1 : mugly , largo cor. wow-rice. thedaftion of nitric acid on carbolic ac1 .’ When lyddite shells explode in the midst of an army, they deal not on- 1y destruction, but also‘terror, for. like the dynamite shells coughed up by the Vesuvius at Santiago, explode with a noise that , the downfall of the heavens and the upheaval of the earth. they suggests Unlike the shells that issued from the Vesuvius they can be aimed to a nicety. The 1880 they rebelled. Then came DISASTER OF MAJUBA HILL. tearful Slaughter of British by Doors in 1880. The Boers grew discontented. In the fearful slaughter of British troops at Majuba Hill. the Boer terms, and by a signed at Pretoria in August, 188]. Great Britain came to treaty guarantiiwl their independencci “sub- Jeci. to the suzerainty of Her Majesâ€" ty.’ I There was no mistaking the mean- "1“‘1 1“â€11 Ih“ 1 in: of the word suzcrainty as defined ( ‘ ‘1 “‘1 5"""1"1?’*- 1 in this convention. It was expressly ‘ i‘Zl‘ ( . l ' . n â€".1~3.-;~v- -... <17" gin-u. 5.x i~- i g ‘ in l ’ .‘11‘ ‘ l s i; r f‘ w - I 1 ~ ' ll‘ “ .i i «‘5‘ Z 1;. own. (inn; ' i f not". on the con- which the English have already used against the Boers armored trains. It determine whether i i be: no possible Objection to ‘ I i war. It produces no gas, ‘ " «31d flu-if would make '0. S:.i“l o‘Xliliidcil to m»- vsizhm "1 l’.‘x’1siipu‘.aic<l that the English crown {sho lid .ippoii L a British resident, ‘ I». thC1wiih a veto power over lhc interâ€" i..;. 1-. Has . nal policy of the republic toward the Kaflirs; that it should control and I t O conduct its entire foreign policy and e, '3 . X‘CSL‘I‘VG the right of moving troops 9 a over its territory in time of war. To : " the Boers, however, the. resm‘vation was gall and worniwood. AS they chafed more and more under what seemed to the colonial ofï¬ce a mere shadow of authority Gladstone ch.-erfully proposed a. revision of the convention. } ’l‘hus came the conference which led ( to the Second or London convention 1 of 1884. Though held in the. metro- l u..- polls of Croat. Britain ltSlefhoIb‘itâ€" ish public thought little and cared about. The matter. The Boers got. pretty much \thit they \vantod. )ut (If deferencu to Bocr sensitive- “suzcrainty.†express- convcnlion of 1881., file \yord tilt‘. ( floss ly “Sufi in ...... 3 V 1 was omitted in the new one. and the and Youths’ 1i . \‘EW nizrrzsn BCLLE‘l‘. i whom†British residencwas changed Fedoras and ; 13.11.â€;1 5.111.115 “0.1111,“; To diplomatic agent. with a restric- 1. Hats...... fl: l . : 31,111.11, 1,111 1.1111111 111111 Mon of his functions to 1purc.y con- . d '(-.1 warm hâ€, sular duties. 1( ompleto independence GO“ an v , ‘1 E ' l_ ‘. \vzis granted in domestic affairs. lhe Caps """ I ' I .‘101n1{A}??? western boundarics of the state were .Capsinthls - '.‘3§'1“â€â€˜â€œâ€œ 1f“: mutually agreed upon. patterns ' » "‘1 i 1]..“ 1, "JD 'l‘hough llll' word suzerain‘iy Was ° '1 C ‘1‘ â€If†1“ 101 dropped the thing itself Was assorted LLMATCE .1 1 1 1 . in one clause which ran as follows: Szoohmgoxsi ‘ 3 ‘._l‘“1‘1‘-"“11\.1T11’I1 --'1‘i~.i1i snuni African Ilcpublicr 11 wil: 250mm: ' 1 11111.11 11111111111111 conclude. no1 heal} or engaglincn smhmfmt 1 ‘ 1 . ‘1 111111 1.1111111 with any stain or naiion othci than oJu can (lewd _‘ 11.11 1 the Orange Iron Mario. nor with any 3 correct stYlC,“ 1 11‘. I 11‘ 111; :1th Ho ll‘1i>:* To 1:101 ï¬lls’iw’aro or calendil- ' 1 ‘ 13'1“. it: westward o1 lbw repuoiic lllllll the ‘ A . \L 1.1 ‘ml " Sallie has been approval by Her Mao i-yr‘pzzl _‘\hâ€Â§\8d that jo-sty the Queen.†*1 2’5" â€Shh explodes It is to this convention of 1884 “71>" owl'cxtcnsxvc ihaf all the recent discussions be« -we have : “.119â€: . I'll?â€â€" Tween Krugcr and (‘b.-:,mlwrlain had 1 :1 ‘ '(1 ("Hum reference. The failure to mention ‘ ll “â€1 “.101 sovereignty was interpreted by Kru- ' m 1". gur as llli'EllllllfJ: iii-it no sovereignty hi"! “ i-vistvd. The omission was regarded or ‘L by ('fizinibcriuin us leaving the status . . of the relations the some as in 1881. ' car. 2 i.- i iron ('lini'ite of \‘nutli Africa. a In," I '1‘ .11 1‘11†(‘opfrary to popular belief, the (‘ll- , _ '13‘);1hl‘_ male in South Africa, so farbas tom-1 .mv . 1 5m“ pwruturo is concerned, 15 not nearly C411 3011 L1“... ~ 111:.i‘l:.- ;.z-()_a..q~lll¢S. 50 trying RS Stillf‘d. [it I’lCtCl‘lllBI“ ll: Olefin?A lino Lillll ("oil-01“ jlziml‘g‘, 2,100 feet above the 8011, mg values 33 , , 1 1 .‘1 '1‘“; Q {1131111 (1:111:11 this mean teniperraturewfor the yes; . a V011. Mall 1 ‘ Tim}, 1111‘ l‘ is (3.3 degrees. 1 The 'warmestNixond {151,11 gm ‘ . Ti?“ .11_" "f†‘1'" i is I"l‘-.)I‘llul‘y, with a mean of I... e- 015 3,265 _ 1 . , Mini M.- (>,\- qrci'S; and the coldest month June. cult {‘16 Skin _ l with a mean shade reading of 55 de- 10' er stOC-' I Q 7 "(5:27 " art-PS. In Basufoland, at 5,600 feet . 1’ / " 7 7/77,â€! i above the sea, the mean tcnlpcl‘atlli‘f! I /-/~/‘_ ߠ.; i is .38 degrees: the warmest mrontb is .47»;;: : l“f‘i)l'llill'.\', with a mean of (0 de- ‘» , I \ 3“" u-r. ~ the coldest July, with a B10311 ill -l.‘s‘ degrees. At Bloemfontein, in the (lx'uliggo I"rc(‘ 912110, 4.5300 feet llll' scu. the mean temperature your is (32 degrees; the warm- . Jaruairy. villi :1 mcun the coldest July. with illlfth‘ 1";- fhc os‘. month is of 7i dejr‘recs: a mean of 47 degree-s. the minimum. or is below the freezing point in June and July. but by Octo- fwr it has risen to 48 degrees, in January and February it is 50 (loâ€" 'I‘be ave-rage maximum. or rundinir. is as low as Gr’. (lo- in July: lift in October it ll“S ris~n to 80 degrees. and in llcccm- bcr it is HT degrees. In the summcr months; the. absolute maximum fro- ipu-n‘ily exceeds {)0 degrech and Ill the winter the absolute mu-nnum 0c- casionally, falls below 20 degrees-pit Pretoria, in the Transvaal, 4300 feet above sea level, the mean tem- perature for the year is 67 degrees. January is the Warmest mionthf‘with m Klir‘cm ' ' of 74 degrees, an in e) - ~ 1 Soudan illegibrisntrglsedcilffgagiz' ary the mean 1 IS 73' degrees. The In an‘ coldest month is July, With a mean i of 59 degrees. In October the mean is 68 degrees, and in both November and December 70 degrade. av crzigo of tempera Lure, V ‘ T". - - “‘5 4 1 "11h 11 1. ' [fill v... .lls 51,130,“? of lyddite. ,‘15‘101‘13 time earth â€" works, ‘mrps‘ed, leaving breachesi Which the shrapnel could The monthly , nigl. ' i their sortil-s; iron: I’Ali'iï¬ l.‘,.‘ Somewhat practical or not. train which was S-L‘llt out took guns and ammunition to the lii.-sii,igecl force 1 I i i of Colonel Badenâ€"Powell at Mafeâ€" armored trains are not and , king. closely chiefly because the British has been along these ginafive artists have pictured many printed as illustrating actual armorâ€" ed train. teresting. armored train is nothing more than ‘.n . â€a W .. .. .. .v‘ggg..-.â€".~‘ “â€1“ AN AltMiflil'Il) TRAIN. Africa to watch the fight with dis--I passionate much martial art. expect. 1 0 learn valuable about the eyes 1. ha l; 18 Among the unusual war appliances balloons and carly to Lb cs 0 are is too either of aids to war is The first armored unique While Usually Considered as a regular part of the equipment of an army. corps and have been little used in actual warfare, In fact, the idea is rather old. It is the practice of using them and the knowledge of their efï¬ciency are new. they are not wholly new. which In South Africa the ï¬ghting has! followed the steel rails, ? advance path-s. Imaâ€" fantastic machines which have bcon f Such pictures are very inâ€" But. as a matter of fact, the real a train of ordinary freight - curs strengthened on the inside with sheets of metal and pierced with holes, through which rifles and small fieldpicc'cs may be used on an at- tacking party. A flat car, or gondo- la, with a heavy piece or two of 3 it may be ‘ may be given a flight of 12 seconds with a few men carrying small par- cels of dynamite, could easily des~ troy the permanent way. The Boers have shown that an armored train 18 eas11y derailed and that once in that condition it is practically help- ess. .The balloons with which the Bri- tish army in South Africa are plen- tifully supplied have been of much greater use. than the armorcl train. Perhaps this has been became the balloons. have been used with more discretion. Up in the blue air is about the only place where the Briâ€" tish are sure of not running into a Boer ambush, so their big gas bags have been undisturbed. Gen. White used them while shut in at Lady- smlth. It is even said that he himâ€" self went up in one of these captive balloons for the purpose of making observations as to the strength and location of the enemy. It is claimâ€" ed that 20 of these war balloons have been sent to South Africa. On1the other hand, the American experience with war balloons in the Spanish - American war was highly unsatisfactory. The one used by. General Shafter in the advance on Santiago was expected to be of great service. It was raised after much difï¬culty during the battle of San Juan Hill; but, instead of en- abling them to pick out the Spanish positions, it showed the Spanish the exact whereabouts of their troops. It was like hunting a burglar at night with a. candle. The Spanish took advantage of that mistake, and that balloon was hauled down af- ter many lives had been sacriï¬ced. Still, under other conditions there is no doubt that for reconnoitering purposes a balloon might be very servicea b l 0. Another new device possessed by the British is a new ï¬eld gun which throws a shrapnel shell that is ex- pected to play havoc with the Boer forces. It is said that this new shrapnel is the most effective missile of the kind that has ever been em- ployed in warfare. The projectile consists of steel tubing filled with about 200 small balls of hardened lead. The projectile. weighs 1.â€) pounds. It is charged with lyddiic, that tremendouslyforâ€" cible explosive. which is a compound of picz‘ic acid. In firing the gun a lime fuso is ï¬tted into the head of the pi‘o1ii.»ciilo. In 1ch hands of cchricnci-d gunners cut so as to cause the bursting of a shell as cIOSo as oneâ€" third of a SeCQnd after firing the gun or, on the other hand, the missile NEIV ENGLISH SHRAPNEL AND ITS EFFECT. before bursting. The gunners aim to burst the shrapnel about :30 yards short of the enemy's position. At a. range of 1,000 yards all tho shrapâ€" aitillery, may be a part of such a , n01 balls will be projected within a train. aod in some instances enough of the closed cars may bciakcn away to allow a maxim gun to be placed in position. 'l‘hcre have been several claimants to the tillo “in\'entor of tho urmor-‘ ed train,†but the honor Sif‘f'lllS to be duo to Mr. Jamcs J\lliit‘l‘SUll of Edinburgh. who in 18-17 prepared and patented a Series of plans and further submitted a working model of his defensive rolling stock for the inspection of some distinguished enâ€" gin ccrs . Although it is tain any reliable details. if, is Ccrâ€" tain that the .l‘VI'L'lllCOâ€"l’l‘llsiuiill2 war Was the first campaign \'.i?m-s~‘.<in.: the use of protected (ruin. :ind loco- motives on the ï¬eld of impossible to ob- imilie. In RI‘ZCONXOITIHIING .liY li.\I.I.00.\'. V iiicgch troops wi-iï¬- frcï¬ucntlv Lucid‘d up 1.} the fire of light fieldpicco'. cnriit-d in , this manner. As far :is the. British 3.1.1111, 111 corned, Captain li‘isbcr's up“, train. u.<c:l din-nu; (he i;;‘:.11 3,1 the. caiiipdEp u'g'ninsf. .-"-.r.‘.i i. first and so far only. ill'ilu.‘ s 0:. its bugle. 'l‘i‘.» Li'uln \‘...s c»: ., 'ed at Alufliliil’li‘lil by v 17.:1‘113o†/ o iackcts and ms (i()ll)])i:.;i-d of romotivc and a lllllillfi‘i' of f;..- s protected by iron rails, iron pl. c. ::::rl sandbags. .ince then, however, both li'ran'c and Germany have recognized c~ cially constructed armored trains as formidable units of lighting equigâ€" merit. The main objection raised against ‘ the practicability 0f armored trains is the suggestion that the enemy. ' - . . . - l .circlc on the ground for about loi fuel in diameter. Each shell ought, to be equal to a volley from two companics of infantry fired at short range. i FIRST TO SEND THE NEWS. ‘ 'l‘lie Correspondent “'ho Holds the Re cord for the Battle of Glencue. To Mr. Joseph Dunn, the correspondent of The Central Newsr in South Africa, who is also The Ivew York Journal's representative, bcongs the distinction of having been the first to send the news of f‘.;.~ brilliant success of the British arms at (llt‘llCOC. Mr. Dunn. says ’: ili‘ Daily Mail, is a war correspond- ent of special qualifications. lie is a hardy Scot, who has seen service \\ iih the Rhodesian llorso, and later with Dr. Janicson’s force in the lllf';:l(ll‘lll)l0 raid. 'For his share in' that abortive expedition he was tak- cn and held prisoner by the Boers, of whose methods of Warfare he has a very extensive and intimate knowl- edge. _I~t was that experience that prompted Mr. Dunn to remain in the neighborhood of Glcncoe, between which place and Dundee he has been moving since hostilities commenced. Th:- niossage announcing the British j viciory. was handed in by Mr. Dunn at (llcncoc camp at 8.25 a.m.. and rmichcd the Central News office at 11.33 a.m., so that, allowing for the fact that (ilencoc-time is one. hour in advance of our own. the news came {Kr-ugh iii bout four hours. a reâ€" irt: {laid} .uniirt piece of work, for v." II-‘n i‘.» liasinrn 'l‘elcgl‘aph Gomâ€" p;.n_v is .osponsible. '_______..â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"- Arms of the Orange Free State, The coatâ€"ofâ€"arms of the Orange I’m-e State shows an orange tree. in NW middle of the ï¬eld; on one side :. ,nds a lion, on the other a lamb. motto bcncath is “Freedom, Ini- izif 'illif'lll, Irtlli‘dlCC‘, Courage." The . of the lion and lamb has a r‘iural rci‘crcnce to the peace and lu‘ :~i:,y within its 1aordcrs. and :1 ,2 not glance at the geographical po of the Republic between iiw domain of the British lion and the pastoral Boers of the Transvaal, as a. joker might assume. W ' “her * Gel'lnnny Ii Ahead. Germany is being aroused by a furore of railroad building, mostly electrical. In the month of June 330 railroads were projected. The Ger- mans are ahead of the English in electrical equipping. - a ziioritics lli.-.llC‘dl znificd the fact that the vessel senior i 15 SISTERS OF THE ARMYi ENGLISH NURSES WHO HAVE BEEN 1 HURRIED To SOUTH AFRICA. Duties of White-Capped Saints Who Are Minister-in: Angels to the Battle- Scarrod and Woundedâ€"Miss Georgina Pope, \Vho Wont as Chief of Nurses' Staff From Canada. The British War Office believes in women nurses. Connected with the British army is an organization known as the Army Nursing Sisters. It has several hundred members,each : one of whom is a trained and ex- perienced nurse. On each of the '- troopships sent to South Africa a number of these nursing sisters have gone, and on the two hospital ships recently dGSpatched were many more. Some of these white capped saints will be detailed for duty on the hos- pital ships, others will be sent to GBOITI’ OF Will) ENGLISH ARMY NI'RSI‘ZS HAVE GONE TO SOUTH AFRICA. j the general army hospital which has been established at ('apc '.l‘own.\\'hilc Still others \\'ill be assigned to Tho field hospitals. These last will folâ€" low lhf‘ army closely. It may ha}:â€" jwn that they will occasionally in: near enough to the firing lines to hear the shells shriek and the rifle bullets sing. With the volunteers which the Do- minion has sent to South Africa,3 went Miss Georgina Pope as chief of the nurses' staff. She is a sister of the of State for 17 ndcrâ€"Socrci ary Canada. but she was not Sclccu-d as chief nurse on this account. She has bccn a nurse for twelvi- yours. and has had a wide experience. She was graduated from Bellcvuo Hos- pital. New York, and recently took a post graduate course at that inâ€" stitution. She. has Served as a nurse. in a Washington hoSpital. i The two hospital ships which the' British have fitted out will be sent" to Durban, the nearest port to the scene of hostilities. There they will; be used as. floating hospitals. 1 When Tommy Atkins, disabled by. Boer bullets, gels to the coast, he1 will be taken aboard one of ltho ships and patched up.. After he is. well enough to be moved. he will be taken to Cape Town, whore homily convalesce at ease in the big garris-‘ on hospital on the shores of Table Buy. One of these hospital ships is th()1 Spartan. formcrly a Cape liner. Ilu- fore She was finally accepted, she was carefully inspected from stem to stern by the naval and military and then by the army departmcn 1‘. Representing the latter was Major Wodehouse, l{. A. M. (1., who has bccn Selected 1o assume medical charge of the yes". Sci. ‘ After diligently examining the inâ€" ternal urrangcmcnls of the Ship it Was found that her owners had fulâ€" filled their contract with onlire- satisfaction. and orders were acâ€" cordingly gl'xcn for enibcllislung iii" 1 Spartan’s bows and quarters ' the DlullL‘SU cross. By this was Sig-i had i been definitely accepted by the (Lov- l ernmcnt for use as a hospital ship. i As regards the manner in which ‘ the. Spartan Was prepared for her new role, nothing but praise can be i bestowed upon all concerned there-'1 with. A Strong point in favor of} these various asrangcmcuis is iliei i simplicity that characterizes them. l‘l’flicicncy. however. is not in thc' least sacrificed thereto, and the. Toâ€" sult is that the. vessel is almost as perfectly equipped as is an hospital ashore. ' On the main deck. where ventila- ation is best obtained. four wards have been constructed. These con- tain 60 beds each. Should necessity arise. however. additional accommoâ€" dation can be extemporized in other parts of the ship. Communication with the upper deck has been esâ€" tablished by means of a couple of 1clcvators. These have beeh special- ? UNLOADING SUPPLIES AT puma-xx. 1y constructed with a view to their carrying patients on stretchers. For beds swinging cots are adopt- ed. Attached to them is a patent deâ€" - vice which keeps them steady when the vessel is in. harbor. An electric fan cools the air, and a , powerful arc lamp supplies each ward with light. The medical ofliCers, nursing sis- ters and hospital orderlies are fur- I:nished with quarters in convenient 1proximity to the different wards. The other ship, the Trojan, has been ï¬tted out in a similar manner. There is great need for them, and probably by this time every berth has been ï¬lled by a wounded British ‘ soldier, 1 arms for sale. ,I.ake Ngallli. hereafter to in: describ- ‘ my friends. perfectly ~ THE EARLY BOERSo Dr. Livingstone, the Celebrated Traveled Describes Their Double Dealing. Many of the BOel‘S visited us after- ward at Kolobcng, some for medical advice and others to trade in those very articles which their own laws and policy forbid. When I happened .to stumble upon any of them in the town, with. his muskcts and powder ' displayed, he would begin an apoloâ€" gy, on the ground that he was a. poor man, etc., which 1 always cut short by frankly saying that I had nothing to do with either the Boers or their laws. Many attempts were 1 made during these visits to elicit the a truth about the guns and cannon; ‘and, ignorant of the system of es- pionage which prevails, eager in- quiries were made by them among those who could jabber a little Dutch. It is noticeable that the sysâ€" tem of espionage is as well developed among the savage tribes as in Aus- tria or Russia. It is a proof of bar- barism. Every man in a tribe feels himself bound to tell the chief every~ thing that comes to his knowledge, and, when questioned by a stranger, either gives answers which exhibit the utmost stupidity, or such as he knows will be agreeable to his chief. I believe that in this way have aris- en tales of their inability to count more than ten, as was asserted of the Bechuanas about the very time when Sechele's father counted out one thousand head of cattle as a be- ginning of the stock of his young son. In the present case Sechele, know- ing every question put to his people, asked me how they. ought to answer. My reply was: "Tell the truth.†Everyone then declared that no can- non existed there: and our friends, judging the answer by what they themselves would in the. circum- stances have said, were confirmed in the opinion that the Bakwains actu- ally possessed artillery. This was in some degree beneï¬cial to us. inas- much as fear prevented any foray in our direction for eight years. [luring that time no winter passed without one or Two iribcs in Ibo try lit-lug“ plundered of ino‘fn ('illiii' and children by lilo Bot-rs. Thug-1:12; pursued is ihc following: friendly tribes are puny a pnrrv of maxim-d l‘wi-rs. .::d these f‘.\'}n*(llll()ll.\‘ can he goi up only in Ihc winter, when my} be used without dangle." of being lost by discasc. thn they reach the ll‘iin: to be. attacked the. friendly inaiivcs are ranged in front. to form. as they say, “a shield;" the Boers then Cool- ly fire over their heads till the (It- «QISI colluâ€" (llio HI‘ 11‘. (l l’)!‘('«‘fl it) accumâ€" ltorrics vol (*(‘l people. flee. and Lane call 1 l0. wives and children to ibi- cap: ors. This \\'as done in nine cgisos during and on (iron of liners my residence in 1ch interior. no occasion was a blood shed. Ni-Ws of spread quickly among the lakv.‘;1ins, and letters were repeatedly sent by the Boers to Sechele orderingr him to come and surrender himself as their vassal, and stop English traders from ‘thc (1. cds . proceeding into the country with fireâ€" But the discoviry of ed. made the traders Come in five- fold greater numbers, and Secliolo rte plied: “I was made an independent chief and placed here by God. and not by you. I Was never (-onoiu-iwl by lllosilikaizc. as those iriims whom you rule over: and the Iinglish arc I 21‘? (“soryfiiinu‘ I wisir from Them. I cannot lliillll'i‘ I‘m-m going where they lil;o."-â€"ii‘rom l.i\â€" ingsioni-‘s Missionary 'i‘rii‘vcls in South Africa. A FAMOUS OLUNTEER. England’s Most Faninus Surgeon Goes co the Front. in south Africa. The most famous surgeon iti (iron! Britain will go to lllf‘ from Africa as the head of lilo I‘M" i and surgical in South :w‘ ‘\ ~- I '. ‘. ‘ I. .. liï¬ll Lillilll. ['1‘ ‘~» "ll -\.ilil.lli SIR WILLIAM .‘il ACCU RM .‘.C .1. Cormack. President of Illc lloyal College of Surgeons. lie gocs as a volunteer, his Services having been gladly accepted by the War ()n'cia Sir William has received many more decorations than Could find room (in his exceptionally ample brcasl. for his devoiion, skill and (â€011111ng havi- i been shown no less on for-sign buiâ€" ‘ l'ln gâ€" ileâ€"ficlds than in the wards of lish hospitals. Ilis public carver canroi llo said 1:. I have begun viii-h the l'ranco â€" ll'li:~- isian \‘.".‘il‘. for ln- was already violiâ€" 3 known at home when h» Vol .nic rod his Services as an a!:d=1;i;lni:- :‘3ll'f. iihcrein. But it Wins Isequcntly in tltc ’i‘urlm-Scriiau war i that he met \viin the nusi stz-E' i of his expericnccs and did that work iwhich has won for him orders and i i i 'i-lijl The?“ cm; sult- dccorations from every couniry. The experience which he gaircd as a surgeon in the l’ranco â€" (iot‘mzlu war and afterwards (‘Tflllodli'd in .book form have lad doubtless niztcli lto do with the \‘nSlly improve-:2 cor.- idifion of ï¬eld hospitals and umâ€" gbulancc service on liafile-ficids of ilater date. He was born in llelias‘. 363 years ago. i 5 ..â€"â€"~ Why Ladyimith “'as Named So. i Ladysmifli is called after the wife fof Sir Harry Smith, formerly com- imanding general in South Africa. She .was a :panish girl, to whom the general gave protection when he was a subaltern in the Peninsula War, and Who sultsequently married him. Earrismith is named after her hus- band.