The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 17, 1899, Page 26

T HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1899 BOERS MUST OBSERVE THE COURTESY WHICH HUMANITY REQUIRES ALL HEADQUARTERS, WELLINGTON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—The news of the repulse of General s the subjec antages of 1t Th it & by the apparent inability Mafeking and ited permission e has yet been rstand. ment 10 be oney ed warfare. together unlikely humani t of much comment at the ( r Dritain and the Boers would be lon n from events in Sou y this feature Mr. Macrum was nformed through int the United States has not cared to go. them and the like, the matter mig ' w existing and that th requires should be extended to an enemy. and bloody. a that the effe British Go en to the request of Mr. Macrum that even in suc! ct of cau: pitol to-day, and the general opinfon was that it indicated the Men who have studied military affalrs draw t of modern arms upon warfare has been to greatly increase force and to add greatly to the difficulty of taking fortified positions by trated not only by the fallure -of the British troops to drive back the lodge the small British garrisons that have been sur- ugh the Boer Government, as a result of the representations of Con- rnment to obtain full lists of British prisoners upon application to at the American officer should be allowed to disburse money representations should have been ignored the authorities are ted to let the Kruger Government know that in refusing to permit the e United States Consul of the names and health of the prisoners and to allow t them by their Government and friends he was violating a courtesy which has always been and if the Boer Government continued to persist in its refusal he was to register a formal It 1t should be learned that the Boers are maltreating the be considered sufficlently serious to warrant intervention by some a contingency this Government would care to participate in & war way and with which this nation has no concern. r, that the representations which will be made to the Boer Government by ing them to appreciate that the United States desires the continu- are apt to endanger them by their declination to observe the were shaken. the cc bearer of civil over the and everywhe i other and view of praise, y case ry Eng- power 1s se- Engla wer: 1t she skin and PATHETIC SCENES AT THE BRITISH WAR OFFICE sterical women 2 of the Ma- s was iclals, carrying the suppressed bitter cup tal 1o sym- st on t that au Wds 1o nows “ve the ter- FRENCH REJOICE OVER THE BRITISH REVERSES news the 5t agalnst the re- trial. Among t 1te and Comtesse Bo 1 Monteil, Mme. . Mme. Millevere uls of Transvaal and ince @'Orleans, Mar- nays, Comte d'Autun, M. Xavier Fe . stex, M. Delpech-Ci Murquis de M se Abbema, M. ) and Mme, H P In fact, were ¢ moments when (he and acclaimed General “Vive l'armee, vive de."” Marsetllaise,” QUESTION COF BULLETS USED BY THE COMBATANTS LONDON, Dec bullets used by the British and Boers wgain gives food for talk In clubs and else- where. upon the effectsof thefour different kinds of bullets, says that the Mark II bullet, | which is employed In the present cam- palgn, is more destructive than a Mauser | steel-mantled bullet, but that both inflict only small Mark IV are of far greater destruction. Against a civilized foe we can use the Mark II or Mauser, with the know! that we are doing as little damage a: consistent with our object of firing at all, but with savage races the bullet must by DEUTZ & GELDERMANN'’S (AY, FRANCE) GOLD LACK CHAMPAGNE EXTRA DRY. CHARLES MEINECKE & CO., AGENTS. 84 Sacramento st., 5. F., Cal, Aus- of British | rphile sentiment here. | ceeling 1s | 16.—The question of the | The Lancet to-day, In a leader | wounds. The duméum and | unprotected at the tip, 80 it may spread. For this the dumdum bullet is very suit- With regard to surgical treatment, these sr bore bullet wounds may be sald to h wounds. The wound made by e Mark II or Mausc will In general heal quickl where the bone has been hit ation is very frequently necessary. e is very little scope for brain sur- except in cases of spent balls. u gery, 'COMMENT OF ITALIAN PRESS ON THE DEFEAT ROME, Dec. 16—General Buller's re- verse produced a profound impression in all circles here, where it Is regarded as most serious for the military prestigo of i d. The afternoon papers devote The Avanti ng articles to the subject. is of the n erfalism in South Africa has evere check the defeat brings into op ar T BRITISH GUNS SHELL BOERS FOR TWO HOURS MODDER RIVER, Friday, Dur! Dea. 15.— g ademonstration in force this morn- British guns shelled the Boers for of hours. The Boers did not re- the British were retiring. The are further Intrenching and Ing thelr old defenses, with the ention of flercely disputing rol of the rallroad. CAUSED PANIC ON 'CHANGE. LONDON, Dec. 16.—The news of the de- feat General Buller at Tugela River ed a momentary panlc on the Stock change here to-day, where there was excitement in all departments. after the opening jobbers realizing and all from one to six poluts below the closing es of yesterday, consols being down Rand mines were heavily affected, started pr 1% GERMAN COOLNESS TOWARD ENGLAND Bulow’s Signifi- cant Speech. FLINGS DOWN THE GAUNTLET SHEE S BERLIN WOULD PROFIT BY ALBION’S REVERSES. — Language of the Minister Dissipates the Rumor of an Alliance Between the Two Nations. B e Copyrighted, 1539, by the Assoclated Pre: LONDON, Dec. 16 —The grave situation confronting Great Britain in South Africa | almost obliterates the effect of the speech | of the German Minister of Foreign Af- fairs, Count von Bulow. in the Reichstag on Monday last. Though scarcely any announcement of recent years has had so much bearing on the future of Europe, in | | spite of the vninformed comment in some Great Britain. Englih quarter spoke merely s that Count von Bulow r political effect—in other words, “jollled” the Reichstag by means of Jingoistic sophistries, for home con- sumption, to vote for the navy—in Vienna, which is in closer touch with Berlin than any other capital, Count von Bulow is in- terpreted as flinging down the gauntlet to which has personal connection with the | Forelgn Minister of Germany, declares prices opened | | starting at 33, as against yesterday even- | s closing prfie of 38%. De Beers opened st 27, Chartereds at 3, as and Gold Fields at 5%, as | nEainst 7 5-16. Americans were very flat and were freely offered by local and Con- tinental holders at prices which they found difficulty in obtaining. Foreigners moved in sympathy with the other securi- ties. Parislan stocks, however, held thelr own comparatively well. After the first rush the market steadied somewhat; still, eculators were reluctant to engage in h commitments, confining themsefves closing of open accounts. The wrket’s views of the situation are of a most serfous character, both politically and monetarily, the latter because a fresh defeat of the British troops will delay longer the supply of South African gold. Two unimportant failures were announced early in the day. Prices on the Stock Exchange closed better than they opened, but below the | best. Rand mines closed at 23, De Beers | 2414, Gold Fields 6 15-18; Chartereds 8%. — - TACTICS AT MAFEKING. | CAPE TOWN, Dec. 16.—Advices from | Buluwayo say that a dispatch from Mate- . | king dated December 6 announced that the scheme of advancing the military works was acting well and had forced the Boers to evacuate the strong commanding for- tification northeast of the town. It was added that the British continued pushing back the Boers and were then working | toward their maln siege batterles. The | British casualties were trifiing. The Boer force was then reduced to about 2000 men, with four field guns and some slege guns. — - MEETING OF THE CABINET. | LONDON, Dec. 16.—Lord Salisbury came | to London to-day, returning to Hatfield House this evening. Regarding the sug- gestion that the Premier came especially because of the news of General Buller's reverse and summoned an emergency meeting of the Cabinet, it is announced hat the gathering was simply one of a ries of meetings of the Cabinet commit- ee on national defense, to which only a limtted number of members belong and which did not necessitate their presence. & 5 BERESFORD'S COMMAND. | LONDON, Dec. 18.—Rear Admiral Lord | Charles Beresford this morning confirmed | the Assoclated Press announcement of his ‘ appointment to the second in command of | | | | | the British Mediterranean fleet. He has informed his constituents that this neces- sitates his resignation of his seat in the House of Commons. He has represented York City in the Conservative interest. - AUSTRALIA’'S OFFER ACCEPTED. SYDNEY, N. 8. W, perial authorities e telegraphed to the | Governor of New South Wales, Earl , accepting the offer of a fur- ther Australlan contingent for South Africa and suggesting that the men €hould be mounted and good shots. - RECAPTURE OF CHURCHILL. LOURENZO MARQUES. Delagoa Bay, Dec. 16.—It Is rumored that Mr. Churchill, the newspaper correspondent who recent- ly escaped from Pretoria, has been cap- tured at Waterfalboven, about half way | between Pretoria and Portuguese terri- [ tory. | GROVER CLEVELAND ILL. | Confined to His House by an Attack of Rheumatism. PRINCETON, N. J., Dec. 16.—Former President Grover Cleveland is confined to his house with an attack of rheumatism. T Gleason a Bankrupt. NEW YORK. Dec. 16.—Former Mayor Patrick J. Gleason of Long Island to-day filed a petition In bankruptey. S0 548 mssets, $8030. ptey. Liabilities, ————— The friends of the Old Government Whisky are never drunkards. . Dec. 16.—The im- Germany is determined to obtaln the greatest possible advantage from the South African complications, and adds: he cool mention of England digsipates apprehensions caused by Emperor William’s stay at Windsor, and it is not impossible that England's difficulty may. in certain circumstances, be Germany's opportunity.” The Vienna correspondent of the Stand- ard, detalling much similar comment, re- iterates what has often been heard her namely, that Great Britain is more hates on the Continent on account of her in- all terference in behalf of the United States | when the latter was at war with Spain | than for any other recent cause. Count von Bulow should have of his way to indicate the possi Why £one out ity of Great Britain's hostility and belittls the | friendship between her and Germany is an enigma yet unsolved by any British authority. A consensus of the best opinion tends to the belief that the Ge: man Minister wished to offset Mr. Cha: berlain’s rash speech at Lelcester. Ye this seems a small excuse for such lan- guage at this period, while the sugges- tion that Count von Bulow spoke for purely political effect is dismissed as be- ing entirely uncharacteristic of the man who is rapidly achieving the reputation of belng the first statesman in Europe. “So far,” says the Saturday Review, referring to the war, “we have been able to answer each reverse by the potent ar- | gument of another division, but that can- not last foreve! Such an expression, appearing in an ultra-conservative and optimistic publica- tion, is significant. While the Von Bulow anti-Britishisms have not stirred up criticism, the public is Just beginning to realize that with 100,000 men in the field no progress is being made in any direction, and Kimberley and Ladysmith seem as far off as ever from the promised relief. While General Buller's reverse was an unexpected blow to the public that 1 pinned its faith to him, it would appear that the original plan of campaign, if ad- hered to, would have given better. Tesults, for the besieged towns have shown them- selves quite capable of holding out. As it is now, the British forces are split up, have been seriously repulsed, are unable to co-operate, and, at any rate for the | present, are unablé to reach their ob- Jective.” Tt was for this plan that the ce tral advance was sacrificed. Even the re- of Ladysmith can scarcely have great viating consequences to the campaign, as a whole, unless its moral effect quiets the growing disaffection in Cape Colony and disheartens the Boers to a more seri- ous extent than their other minor re- verses have so far done. But, however looked at, the British po- sition {8 most unenviable, and there 15 a reat cry for more troops. Lord London- 5vrry urges the War Office to send out 100,000 more men, smn&: “‘Conceive the effect on the empire 1f Methuen is forced to_surrender.” The St. James Gazette caps this with the intimation that the treasury is with- holding the funds necessary to send out reinforcements, uddlni:o “If this is so, even Lord Sallsbury’s re- luctance to sacrifice a colleague will not serve to shield a minister who stands be- tween England and the restoration of her damaged superiority in South Africa.” On the other hand, there are many mag- nificent examples, through public speeches and editorials, of the great common sense which is the backbone of the nation. There are people who implore Englishmen not to make fools of themselves, and not to imagine that a few reverses make it necessary to drain the country of every man able to carry a rifle. The volunteers are greatly worked up and numbers of ap- plications to serve in regiments have been recelved. The Assoclated Press learns, however, that Lord Wolseley believes that, though these men are excellent as voiun- teers, they lack the evenness in the ranks and among the officers which marks a line regiment. To use his own words, “They are brilliant In spots, but weak in others’”; and, while he appreciates the offers, he sees no way to accept them at present. The action of the National Liberal Fed- eration this week In deciding to support a vigorous prosecution of the war, but re- serving the full right of criticism now and in the future, while stating that there s much to be depiored in the conduct of the negotiations preceding the hostilities, may be said to voice the opinlon of the bulk of the Liberal pa.l't{l. The correspondent of the Standard sug- gests that the United States Government ought to present the British Consuls in Spaln with a year's salary In each case as a recognition/ of their services during the war, as they had much extra work and were subjected to insults. There are only five of these Consuls. They received uerfes from the Secretary of State at ashington regarding their extra ex- mse_and fees collected while guarding {znltod States interests, but nothing fur. ther resulted. —— Filipinos Stranded. SEATTLE, Dee. 16.~Thirty members of a_Filipino_theatrical troupe brought to this country last July ave stranded in this elty -after a six months’ tour of the - dénl‘eout cities and towns. Local 1:,;3. ity organizations are caring for the trourl 9 and an effort will be made t» namwel t| The Neue Frele Presse, | the adv! Dr. B guest of Dr that he had discussed the merits of the pontiff's malady. HICAGO, Dec. 15.—Word comes from Rome that the medical attendants of Pope Leo XTII are serl ability of inoculating the Holy Father with goat's lymph in the hope of counteracting t senility from which he is now suffering. ". Roberts, a Missourl physician, who has won fame by tive properties of the lymph by keeping the cells in an active s Baldwin, a resident of cal staff at the Vatican, and also to the royal family of Italy is ate, the American Colony, who holds Dr. Roberts wrote lymph with Baldwin. Shortly after the receipt of word from Dr. Roberts a gentleman interested in the matter left Chicago for R consult with the former and Dr. Baldwin, taking with him a consignment of the lymph for especially prepared for the purpose at the lymph laboratory in this city. MISSOURI DOCTOR TO INOCULATE THE POPE | WITH GOAT’S LYMPH ously considering he effects of covering a means of utilizing the cura- | now in Rome, where he has been the the important post of adviser to the med!- to friends In this city some days 2go0 The latter had become interested in the matter s;d!h:: suggested that he be supplied with samples of the fluid in order to acquaint himself with its properties and its effects the human system, with the purpose of recommending its use to the Pope's phy: ans In case he found It suitable to the ome to the latter’'s use. This was management of the Mechanics' Pavilion of Ban Francisco, which imported the Fil- ipinos, to bear the expense of thelr pas- sage back to San Francisco. e Dewey Arch Fund. NEW YORK, Dec, 16.—This week’s sub- scriptions to the navy or Dewey arch fund aggregated 327,800, of which $5000 came from the metal trade committee and $5000 from August Belmont. The total subscrip- tions to date reach abolit $200.000, which is | one-fifth of the sum required. Sz Kautz at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16.—On account of unpropitious weather the public reception to Admiral Kautz was given up to-day | 2nd the admiral, his wife and elght of his officers were entertained at the California Club. The public inspected the warships | to-day at Santa Monica. -~ Good Price for Sealskins. VICTORIA, B. C., Dec. 16.—Owners of local seallng schooners have recelved a cablegram from London stating that skins sent from here brought from 64 to 68 shil- lings at London. This is an increase of | over 40 per cent over December sales of | last year. — - Will Buy Gold Mines. DOVER, Del., Dec 16.—A certificate of | incorporation was flled here to-day for | the Sfiver King and Gold Mining Com- pany of Spokane, Wash., for ths purpose of acquiring and operating gold and sil- ver mines. Capltal, $500,000. Death of Josiah Browne. NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—Joslah Browne, secretary and treasurer of the American Tobacco Company, died at his home in Paterson . J., to-day of typhoid fever. He was 45 years old HE WASTED THE MONEY. | Ellen S. MacGowan Sues to Curb Her | Husband’s Habits. Ellen 8. MacGowan flled suit yesterday against her husband, Richard H. Mac- | Gowan, to recover possession of Horner's | addition block 172, bounded by Thirteenth, Day, Noe and tro streets. Mrs. Mac- Gowan says that her husband importured her to convey the property to him and then sold a portion for $6000, which was deposited in a local bank. Subsequently, she alleges, he began to squander the money in dssipation and she alleges that unless forced to reconvey the property ne will bankrupt the estate. | THEY ARE ALL | Quick Work by the Bachelors. The Bachelor's Oil Company was floated in three weeks. Tuesday, November 14, Its treasury stock was placed on the mar- ket. Just three weeks later, on Tuesday, December 5, the board of directors pas: a_resolution authorizing Messrs. Ambros Harris and Tyree A. Bell, the managers of the company, to purchase “rig”’ and machinery, and that day the money was placed in bank to pay for same. On December §, 10,369 shares were sold. of which nearly one-half was taken by the directors. No part of the cash for the treasury stock had been subscribed prior to November 14, so that the entire sum was ralsed from the sale of stock in the | remarkably short time of three weeks; in consequence stockholders, directors and managers are alike all happy. . ————————— Wilson Not to Resign. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—The report this afternoon that Secretary of Agricul- ture Wilson contemplated resigning from the Cabinet on account of lil health is emphatically denfed by the Secretary. While his health has not been of the best recently the Becretary says he has no thought of resigning on that account and knows of no other reason which would take him from the Cabinet at this time. e e | Petroleum Center 0il Company. This is one of the most promising and energetic companies in the State, with a splendid record: Thelir well No. 1 is now down nearly 600 feet, with the best indi- cations of soon striking & gusher, and having 740 acres all in the center of a district that Mr. Ogden of the California | Ol Exchange says is the best he ever saw, makes this a gllt-edge comgnny. as is evidenced by the number of other com- panies that cluster around them. ————————— Magical Number Nine. Among the magicians. and soothsayers of nnrlr‘;,;l( times the figures 9 and 3 had a certain amount of mystery and sacredness attached to them and volumes have been | written in explanation of thelr meaning in connection with the history of men and | the world. | “Apropos of this, a curlous coincidence is noted in the fact that nearly all the great mining discoveries of recent times have been mad s ending with the magle figure 9, fe's Weekly. Thus the famous go! in California fell in the year 1849, Ten vears later, in 1559, remark- able dlscoveries of the same metal were made simultaneously in Australia and British Columbla, causing a great rush of fortune hunters to these points. In 1859 the famous Comstock lode find became known to the world; in 1879 the old-bearin reglon aroun ville, ol., and Tombstone, Ariz., began to at- tract attention, and In 1889 the dls‘ln at Clover Creek and in Lower California became the objective points of great mul- titudes of excited and anxious seekers af- ter sudden wealth. And now agaln, at the end of another decade, history repeats itself once more. The remarkable gold finds recently made at Cape Nome, sur- passing In richness and extent anythin, et discovered in the Yukon district, bl alr to make this year 1599 as notable as any in the annals of gold mining. LABOR OPPOSES SUBSIDY LAWS Objects to the Aiding of Shipbuilders. | | FEDERATION TAKES ACTION| ot Bl | DEEMS THE INDUSTRY ABLE TO HELP ITSELF. ey Delegates at Detroit Adopt a Resolu- tion for an Investigation of the Coeur d’Alene Affair. e Special Dispatch to The Call. DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 16.—The Ameri- can Federation of Labor thls afternoon | registered an emphatic dis | Government subsidles to Ame gainst the principle and practice dy legislation. Incidentally more or less distinguished lobby of them Federal office holde been lobb of the subsidy bill, suffered a decided de- | feat. The debate lasted three hours and | the speeches were the most vigorous of any heard in the convention during the week it has been in session, but only two of the several speakers supported the sub- | sidy !dea. The convention declined to adopt“a res- | olution concerning the Idaho miners and | military difficulty, which declared that “we do hereby emphatically condemn and denounce President McKinley, Governor Steunenberg and all the officials con- cerned in the outrage,” and which called upon the working people “‘to sever their connection with and refuse any support to the Republican and Democratic par- tes,” ete. A substitute for the latter resolution was adopted, which, after reciting that innocent men had been Incarcerated with- out reference to their constitutional rights, protests against and condemns the alleged Inhuman actions by the au- thorities and directs the executive council of the fedcration “to make full investiga- | tioy and place the responsibility where it properly belongs.” President Gompers presided this after- noon for the first time. The guestion of a declaration on the subject of ship subsi- dies was raised b¥ the bringing In of two resolutions, one from the boiler makers and iron shlg bullders, favoring subsidy legislation, the other opposing ship sub- sidies. The resolutions committee offered as a substitute for both a resolution de- claring that since the natural resources of America offer abundantly everything nec- essary to the building of ships much more cheaply than in Europe— Resolved, That while be favor an increased pational merchant marine, we are opposed any and all subsidies, belleving the industry able to care for itself. Delegate Willilam Gillhouse of theboiler- makers argued for subsidy legislation. Delegate Warner of the New York ma- chinists asserted that as far as truckmen engaged In such bullding trades were con- cerned there was plenty of work. A reie- gram was read from San Francisco stat- ing that the Union Iron Works could not get men enough, Warner declared that the only opposition to the elght-nour movement in Congress came from tnose in_the ship butlding. Vice President Duncan sald he had not met the lobbyists present, but he under- stood their alms. He offered the follow- ing addition to the committee’s substitute resolution: Resolved further, That we are decidedly op- posed to all legislation of this kind, and will not give it consideration until the great ship- building firms of the country, which would be its greatest beneficiaries, withdraw their oppo- sition to the eight-hour workday legislation and cease thelir discrimination against the em- ployment of union workmen. Max S. Hayes of Cleveland belleved whatever the convention might do that gang of hungry vultures about ‘Washington want this they'll get it, the same as the tariff barons got their spe- clal protection years ago.” It was true, he said, that labor built the ships, built everything, *“but how much does lahor ownl He argued for less ships and less work and the getting down to a more so- istlc basis. ' gtormy remarks , some who had | cure the indorsement | that | G breught E ause of the convention. Delegate Andrew Furuseth, of the Sea- men's Unlon, denied that it cost more to operate American ships than others, or that the American seamen’s treatment was better. He charged that, stowed away in the recesses of the subsidy bill was & re-enactment of the English pres: gang President Gompers told the convention of some previous Interviews with him by romoters of the bill, and sald the latte eclined to give any assistance towa assing an eight-hour law. Said ompers: "‘l‘gl.i scheme for looting the treasury of our country is puerile In conception and wicked in execution, and these lobby- ists hnvehno:L the Interests of organized r eart.”” After considerable further discussion, Duncan’s amendment was aecepted the resolutions committee and the J. C. 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BUNTING, Vice-President; W. K. MASDEN, lution as so amended was adopted by the convention, with but three adverse votes. A general declaration agalinst subsidies, and reciting their alleged baneful effects on beneficiaries, legisiators and taxpayers, was adopted by about the same vote. The convention adjourned until Monday. SOLDIER’'S CHANCES OF DEATH. Not More Than One in a Thousand | Projectiles Take Effect. | It is certalnly a crumb of comfort to a man about to fight for his country to know that in battle not more than one in ory thousand projectiles of all descrip- tions and weight take effeat. Competent authorities state than on the average it takes a ton of shot to kill one man. For instance, it has been estimated that in the Crimean war the British and French tro fired between them the enormous amount of 45,000,000 projectiles, ulting in the death of only 51,000 Rus- s, while on their side the Czar's ad- s kiiled some 46,000 of the allies with here 2n expen. this_re S fire he American Civil War returns, which were got out with very great care,| show that the loss to both tne Federals and Confederates was about 7 per cent esenting @ death for every 1087 | of the forces engaged, to bring about which involved the expenditure of nearly twenty-two hundredweight of ammuni- | ton per man. n the Franco- ns threw s into the {ll- to say, them. '] than fated town, but, 400 people were 'k ige by le, 000 shellg had been dis- t Sedan, however, the aim o Germans and the French showed a marked improvement, for after 240,000 projecti had been fired nearly 9000 | Freuch and Prussians were killed. | For the Spanish-American war the re- turns showed a tremendous amount of | shot and shell fired for very meager re- | sul Of course, in this case, although the mortality was not great, the damage o earthworks, fortifications and Govern- | ment bulldings generally was enormous, | there can be little doubt that if the | rds had not made themselves e the deathroll would have been ap- in, when the American marines landed at Santlago during a fusillade | upon the enemy lasting two nights, the machine guns and rifles alone accounted | for the cc mption of over 25,000 rounds of ammunition. Sixty-elght dead Span- lards were found as a result of this enor- mous expenditure of ammunition, Our own experience in our “little wars" has been very litie, if any, better than the results just recorded. Take, for in- stance, the Chartered Company's expedi- | tion into Matabeleland. Every one will remember how the warriors of Lobengula were mowed down by the Maxim guns like skittles, but even in this instance, whic perhaps, 18 the most effective on record, as the Impi advanced on the British lines in solid masses, it would have puzzled a blind man to have missed shooting some of them. The mortalit was very small considering the vast num- ber of cartridges expended, but this is ac- counted for by the fact that on examina- tion some of the dead bodles contained more than fifty bullets in each. On an- other occasion, at an attack on a laager some twenty miles south of Buluwayo, 14,000 rounds of ammunition were disposed of, with & result of 346 dead Matabele. Military authorities now regard rapidity of fire as being more essentlal than range and precision, and content themselves with giving general orders to alm low, and this, perhaps, accounts for the fact that most wounds are inflicted on the en- emy's lower extremities, wtatistics show- ing that on the “e"fle 45 per cent of the wounds occur in the legs, 33 per cent in the abdomen, 21 per cent in the arms and chest and only 1 per cent in the head. It will be Interesting to learn how many Boer bullets it takes to kill a British soi- dier, and vice versa, if only for the sake of really ascertaining whe(?xer the Trans- yaal burghbem' nhllll:u as crack shots ave not been considerably overrated.— London Mall. —_—— Bequest in a Bible. New Bibles are now so cheap that old ones have little or no marketable value, but the experlence of a casual buyer, says the London Dally Telegraph, may lead to a run on tattéred coples of the scriptures in search of hidden treasure— not spiritual, but material. And the fact that it cannot be discovered without ex- | amining the volumes may lead to ultimate profit, even though there may be no mun- dane jucre between the boards. According to the Church of England Pulpit, a young fellow named Richard Collings, employed in Smithfleld market purchased at an auction a few days agc for §s 6d, an old leather trunk containing | clothing, books and tools. Among the ar- | ticles was & venerable, much-used family | Bible. A few Sunday evenings ago, dur. ing the absence of Colitngs from home. his wife commenced reading some of the chapters to her two young daughter: and while turning over the leaves she came upon several which were pasted | together. 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