-.5f '" ' "-" '. l'i f" " '- ' , , " H .., . ;,-j ; , - .. -.. , . ,t rf-r -w - ,"j ?t, , tense vmni ? jsit, 7WTft"f5" V.s .?V,T " ' '-- - J. 'L .. !fi ' -)' ' :;V V -. ' ,r - .,- " .;.'.. 'a v.,, :iuL,r.:-i A",. ' ,; y ' ' T THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE- FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, i002. 12 -. Wonderful umtie f fte tVtw wfttt-f .jv iwivs-fcT --' "- J. Mio . j. i t, a -..!. , jt- ., ji..-& . , JZ51 irrz :w-j The end draws near and, if, in your anxiety to purchase quickly, you should fail to visit Scranton's Greatest Jewelry Store you will be sliding by the best Gift-Buying Opportunities of the season. The final preparations have been completed. The lines on which we commenced to run short during last week have been replenished by duplicate orders. Everything is in readiness to serve you'quickly. ;' The large stock has been systematically arranged, the corps of efficient clerks has been in creased. From early morn, till late at night we shall be here to show you any articles in the following list that may please you. Watch Chains Ladies or Gentlemen Not the cheap "gold washed" kind, but solid gold and gold lllled Roods that are guaranteed. New styles of llnka, hundreds of different patterns in light and'heavy weights. Gentleman's Sold Gold Chain, $8.00 up. I Dickens iChaln. gold niled, $3.50 up. Slnglo Vest Chains, gold filled. $1.00 up. Indies Solid Gold Chains, $8.00 up. Ladles' Gold Filled Chains, $1.75 up. BROOCHES The Ideal gift, always fashionable, appropriate to wear on all occasions. A gift-that will last a lifetime. Diamond Broaches, solid gold setting, $7.00 to 1500. Diamond Brooches, gold filled, $3.50 to S250.. Diamond and Pearl Brooches, $15 up. SECRE r LOCKETS The popular gift to man or woman. Our collection Includes all the new creations In round or heart shape. Solid gold, diamond sot, $8 to $C0. Solid gold, plain, $5 to $10. Gold filled, $1.50 to $4. Neck Chains, solid gold, $3 to $6. Neck Chains, gold filled, $1 to $3. irniWm $3.00 FREE Good for Friday, Saturday and Monday. Dec. 19, 20 and 22. PRESENT THIS COUPON At A. U. HOOEB'B, 215 Lackawanna Avenuu, upon limiting a purchase not less than $1.00. I will slvo you thirty (30) stamps In AUDITION to those you will iccelvo with your purchase. Only one coupon redeemed on a purchase. What Ladies flay Receive Bracelets the Carmen adjust able $2.25 up Bracelets Nethersole 50 up Chain Bracelets, gold 1.00 up Chain Bracelets, silver 1.00 up Pearl Bead Neck Chains' 1.00 up Neck Chains 1.00 up Chatelaine Bags 1.50 up Sash Pins 50 up Hat Pins, silver and goki 25 up Black Combs, fancy ornament ed 75 up Leather Pocket Books 50 up Leather Wrist Books...... 2.00 up Thimbles '. ..50 up Letter Openers, pearl .handles.. .75 up Opera Glasses 3.00 up Gold Pens, pearl handle 1.00 up Eye-Glass Chains 1.Q0 up Rosary Beads 50 up EYE GLASSES AND SPECTACLES Wp havo an experienced optician al ways In attendance upon this depart ment. Examination free. What Gentlemen Hay Receive Diamond Studs $5.00 up Pearl Studs 1.75 up Opal Studs 1.75 up Fob Chains, solid gold 8.00 up Fob Chains, gold filled 1.00 up Diamond Scarf , Pins 3.00 up Turquoise Scarf Pin 3.00 up Opal Scarf Pins 2.00 up Pearl Scarf Pln3 , ..2.25 up Gold-Filled Scarf Pins 25 up Diamond Cuff Buttons COO up Solid Gold Cuff Buttons 2.00 up Gold-Filled Cuff Buttons .50 up Diamond Charms S.00 up Solid Gold Charms 3.00 up Gold-Filled Charms 50 up Leather Purses 50 up Leather Bill Books 1.00 up Leather Cigar Cases 60 up Leather Card Cases 60 up Meerschaum Pipes 3.00 up Briar Pipes .,... 1,50 up Silver Watch Boxes 1.00 up Silver Shaving Cup and Brush. 3.00 up Razors 50 up Safely Razors 1.50 up Gold Tooth Picks 75 up Gold Pencils , 1.00 up K. T. CHARHS AND SECRET SOCIETY PINS If your gentleman friend, brother or father is a K. T. or belongs' to a secret society and has not got a badge or emblem watch charm, would they not prize one above all pise for a holi day gift? Watches and Clocks Gifts that are both appropriate and useful. Men's 20-year guaranteed, open face, Elgin or Waltham move ment $10.00 Men's guaranteed Hunting Case Watches 12.00 Men's Solid Gold 33.00 Men's Silver Watches, open face, American movement S.00 Young Men's Watches, 12 size, open face, American movement; guaranteed for 20 years S.00 Boys' Nickel Case Watches, open face $1.00 to 2.50 Ladies' Watches American movement, 20-year guaranteed hunting case $12.00 Solid 14-kt. gold case, 15-Jewel movement 17.00 Gold Filled, open faced Watch; guaranteed for 15 years. A spe cial price 8.00 Girl's Silver Watches, open face; good timekeepers. Special price 3.50 A large assortment of handsome Muntel Clocks that strike the hours on a musical gong bell and the half hours on a tinkling cup bell. Tastefully dec orated In gilt scroll and has a face that reflects the beauty and worth of the' movements behind it. These clocks regulurly" soil for $S.0O and are an exceptional bargain at -our price. EIGHT-DAY PORCELAIN CLOCKS A beautiful line, In Bronze, Green, Cobalt Blue and Ruby finish, with gilt and color decorations. Ivory colored dial with fancy gilt center. Cathedral gong strikes the hour and half hour. $4,50, s and $12 GOLD CLOCKS Variety of style Is greater In this line than In any other. We are showing a hundred or more and there are no two alike. Prices run .from $1.2S up SMALL PORCELAIN CLOCKS Useful, inexpensive and ornamental. Ideal gifts that keep accurate time, please the eye and lean lightly on the pocketbook. White, green, blue or ruby, finished with gilt and colored decoration. $1 to $12 Toilet Articles in Ebony and Silver Ebony Combs i $ .50 up Hair Brushes 1.00 up Hand Mirror 1.50 up Manicure Sots 1.50 up Traveling Toilet Set, with case 3.00 up Cloth Brushes 1.50 up Military, per pair 3.00 up Silver Trimmed Shaving Mirrors 5.00 up Combs $ .50 up Hair Brushes 1.50 up Cloth Brushes 2,00 up Bonnet Brushes 75 up Whisk Brooms 1.75 up Military Brushes, per pair 4,00 up Table Silver Cut Glass First-class goods that are sold on their merits.- Buy here and you do not have to pay 25 per cent, for a name. Knife Rests $ .60 up Oil Bottles 1.50 up Vinegars 1.50 up Cologne Bottles 2.00 up Pickle Dishes 2.25 up Water Bottles 2.50 up Spoon Trays 3.50 up Decanters' 3.50 up Berry Bowls 4.00 up Sugars and Creams, two pieces 4.00 up Water Jugs 5.00 up Celery Trays 7.00 up xumuiers, per dozen 0.00 up Bouquet Holders 2.50 up i Whisky Bottles 10.00 up y. dozen Knives and Forks, triple plate .....' $3.00 dozen Fruit'Knlves 1.25 if. dozen Oyster Forks 1.75 Roup Spoons 1.50 up Desert Spoons 1.25 up Berry Spoons 1.00 up Cold Meat Forks. 50 up Butter and Sugar Shells 50 up Soup Ladles 2.00 Bread Trays 2.00 up Cake Dishes 2.00 up Fruit Dishes '3.00 Butter Dishes 2.00 up Bon-Bon Dishes 2.00 up Crumb Scrapers 2.50 up 4-pleco Silver Tea Set, quad ruple plate , S.00 up Child's Cup 1.00 up Set Child's Knife, Fork and Spoon 50c. to 2.00 Nut Crack and Picks, per set... .50 up Thousands of Rings The gentleman or lady who does not prize a ring and who would not appre ciate one as a gift is hard to And. Large assortment of Signet Rings; ladles' and gentle men's sizes, $1.75 up Gentlemen's Diamond $6.00 up Ladles' Diamond 5.00 up Gentlemen's Ruby 4.00 up Ladies' Ruby , 3.00 up Gentlemen's Opal .7.00 up Large and chi'lce as sortment of rings for ladles, gentlemen and children in solid sind Hilled settings, with ricli combinations of the various precious stones, $4.00 uo. in price from sf25$S3EBg3 Only Jewelry Store In Scranton Giving Green Trading Stamps .m. MBKEa m3M assbs L JPL""Pl lrr 1? Avenue. Open Evenings Till After Christmas A 213 Lackawanna yftft "wmmagmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmxm mmmfmmmmiwmwsmim w MEMOIRS OP PAULKRUGER AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE FAM OUS BOER PRESIDENT. Exhibits a Clear and Intelligent Grasp of Every Subject Touched Upon Uncompromising" Distrust and Hatred of Rhodes, Chainbei lnin. and MilnerInteresting Per sonal Confessions. ii. ,. Shumau, in Chicago ltocord-tleiuld. Whatever elso may be said of "The Muniolr.s of Paul Kruger," the hook is not dull. Apart from its hMoiicul im port, It is one of the most interesting works ol autobiography that havo ap peared in many a yew. Jt i.s not un biased, of course, but It Is virile, digni fied, sometimes humorous, often excit ing, in parts sarcastic and denuncia tory. From end to end there looms n foiceful personality that compels re npuct. or Mr. Kruger's desire to tell only tho 'truth there can ho no mora doubt thun of his bitter and outspoken luntempt'for British statesmanship nnd for men like Mr. Cluunberlulii nnd Mr. Rhodes. Com Paul's book will surprise oven lis friends by Its clear atid Intelligent Ki'iisp of every subject touched upon. Those who regard iliu as an ignorant nnd narrow old man will llud it hard to account fop this uulto remarkablo volume. It is true that hu has had the Advantage of an able editor and nf a translator who writes thu choicest Kngllsh, but these men did not make tho book. The rugged and fearless character of laul Kruger stands forth on every page. How Written. ( These memoirs were dictated by Mr. Kruger to his .private secretary, after which the notes wcro'.edlted and, elab orated Jn Oerfimn by1 Ilev, Di Scho walter.l The English and American edition lias been translated by A. T, de Mutton, from Dr. Schowalter's revised Herman text, collated line for line with Mr. Kruger's original Dutch. Dr, Scho walter's rather extensive .foot nofes also are translated, and there is a valuable appendix of Mr, Kruger's public proc lamations and other documents. I understand that the $100,000 which the Munich publisher, Herr Lehmann, hud (o pay to induce Oom Paul to write Ills reminiscences Is to be devoted to the uses of destitute Transvaal families. Mr. Kruger Is a rich man and at first re fused to write the book even fo the large sum offered, but finally consented to do It for. the ?uke of Ills friends and of hlstoryi ' t ' ' Though It it only a simple, and straightforward narrative of events, skimming rapidly through sixty event ful vpu-s, Mr, Kruger's volume will be of incalculable value to disinterested historians. The author tells of his own largo part In these events with out either boasting or modesty. There is not a word of complaining about his unhappy destiny. The book is no ap peal for sympathy or for anything else. It In jtist the plain, but fascinating story of a remarkable man's life. Youthful Exploits. I don't know how other people may jfeel. but for myself the Initial chapters rei;nuntJiie Paul Kruger's youthful ex ploits as a hunter are among tho most interesting in the book. He thinks ho must have shot thirty or forty ele phants and flvn hippopotamuses, and lie tells of the killing of live lions, the first of -widen hu shot in 1S39, when ho was a boy of ii. The animal was in the act of leaping nnd fell almost on top of the bi.y when he- Hhot it. When tho men came up to examine It, one began to iiH'tit'ui'f the enormous teeth, whereupon the boy, with his love of fun, jumped upon the dead animal and paused it to emit a teirlllo roar, frightening the man ue.irly to death and almost securing a hldlnff f"i' himself. Some of young Kruger's most perilous adventures were encountered In hunting the rhlnoceios. On one occasion ho dis regarded his brother-in-law's warning and dismounted in front of tho angry beast of this kind. "She hud scarcely caught sight of me," he continues, "before she wus In hot pursuit. I ullowed her to conio within a dlstunce of three or four yards, When I fired, tliq percussion cap re fused, and there was no time, for a sec ond shot. The animal was close upon me, and there was nothing to bo dona but to turn round and run Jor dear life. In attempting to do so my foot struck against tho thorn roots, und I came down Hat on my fuce. The beast was upon mo; tho dangerous horn Just missed my back; she pinned me to tho. ground with her nose, Intending to tramplo me to death, But at tliut mo ment I turned upon her and got tho contents of the second barrel full under the shoulder blade, right Into her heart. I owed my life to not letting go my hold on the gun during this dangerous adventure, The rhinoceros sprang uwny from me, but fell down dead u vfew yards nwuy," Cut Off His Own Thumb, The fuct that Kruger amputated Ills own thumb is well known, but it Is In. terestlng to huvo his version of the story, Ho was In pursuit of a rhlnoc. eros In 1845; "1 succeeded In getting a second shot," ho saybj "but ut that very mo ment my rllle exploded Just where I held It with my left hand, and my left thumb, the lock and the rumrod lay on the ground and the barrel of the gun behind me, I had no time to think, lor tho furious animal was almost upon me, so I Jumped on my horse and gal loped away as fast us I could, with the rhinoceros In fierce pursuit, until wo came to the ford of a little spruit, when my pursuer came to the ground und so allowed mo to ride quietly In tho direc tion of our wagons. "My hand was In a horrible state. Everyone advised me to send for a doc tor and havo it amputated; but I posl tiely refused to allow myself to be still further mutilated of rav own free will. The two joints of what was once my thumb had gone, but it appeared that It would still bo necessary to remove a piece of bone. I took my knife, in tending to perform the operation, but they took it away from me. I got hold of another a little later and cut across the ball of the thumb, removing as much as was necessary. The worst bleeding was over, but the operation was a very painful one." Personal Adventures. Many of the most interesting pages or Ooni Paul's book relate to the wars with th native tribes. These passages constitute a lasting record of the large part played by the Boers In opening up South Africa to white civilization, the fruit of which now fall to the Eng lish. I will niioto only u few passages doallnjj with some of Mr. Kruger's per sonal adventutes. Onp of these de scribes a battle with the Kntllr chief Secholl: "On Monday morning tle battle be pan, I was well in front and brought down a number of Katllrs with my four-pounder, wlilcli I loaded ' with eoarse shot. When tho mountain on which Seehell's town lay was already partly taken, I.ouw du Plessls, who was serving tho guns, accidentally lilt a large roefc, and thn ball, 'rebounding, struck, my head with such force that I fell to the ground unconscious. A ccr taln Van itooyen had to help me to my feet, und at the same tlmei bound up my aching head In, u cloth "Willie I was lying unconscious mid Van Itooyen wus busying himself about u, a Hottentot servant of my broth er's, tliank3 to his accurate ulni, kept tho Katllrs ut a safe distance. When 1 camo to thyself, thu first thing I saw was that t,w Kami's were creeping up behind rocks and bowjdurs, and I re alized the danger that my burghers would be exposed to If not warned in time. I ut once got up to lead the at tack on the dangerous points, although my wound prevented me from carrying my musket. Tho Katllrs kept up u hot fire from every cave and gorge, but, after n sharp fight, tho burghers sue ceeded In driving them from tho moun tain. "My lifo was in danger for a second tliuo- during tho same buttle, One of tho enemy's bullets, Hred from a huge rllle, struck mo on the chest and tore my Jacket In two." Kruger ns a Strategist, In 1853 the Kafllr chiefs, Mapela and Mnkupaan, murdered the brother of the lute General Potgleter with horrible tortures. They skinned their victim alive und tore his entrails from his body before he had ceased to. breathe. Kruger joined In a punitive expedition under General Pietorlus und tho Kaf firs were ut length cornered In caves and reduced almost to starvation. ' "After the Katllrs had been besieged for some time," says Mr, Kruger. 'I endeavored to end o matter and ' bring about a surrender by strategem. With this object in view, I crept in the dark, unseen, into the cavo where tho Katllrs lay hidden. I sat down among them and began to talk to them in their own language, ns though I ..... m. ft rC , linn, Diil,,,.e . i. ,1 m,m,nn,nJ that It would surely be better to sur render than die of hunger. I also suid that I was certain that the white men would not kill us, and offered myself to go to the whjto men to treat with them. Suddenly an urmed Kafllr ex claimed: " 'Magoa!' (white man!) "But this dangerous moment also passed, for, when the Kafllr shouted 'Magoa!' all the others fled deeper Into the cavo, and I jumped up and ran after them, right into thq back of the cave. Tho Kaffirs now began to hunt for the white man, looking for him In every direction except where he was, in their very midst." Kruger failed In his strategy to se cure a surrender, but escaped with his life. A little later a Kafllr prisoner offered to show the white men some caves where elephants' tusks lay in heaps, and Paul Kruger headed a small party, to go und seek tho treasure.' On his way ho came upon the bloody clothes of women nnd children who had been murdered by the Kafllrs, as well as tho roasted remains of their bodies left by the cannibalistic blacks. Tho Kafllr prisoner himself wore clothes that had clearly belonged to a murdered white man, yet tho Boers did not discover that the. heaps of ele phants' tusks were a myth until tho wily black had almost escaped. Bitter Toward Rhodes. Conio wo now t tho subject of tho British, us seen through thn eyes of a life-long enemy. Tho more than ques tionable methods by which tho Klm berly diamond mines wero acquired nro briefly described. During the period of annexation nbout 1S7S Oom Paul thus explained to his fellow burghers whut the self-government offered by the British would mean,, in his opinion; "They say to you, 'First put your head quietly In thuinoose, so that I can hang you up; then you may kick your legs about as much us you pleasu!' That Is whnt they call self-government," His Ideas, of course, huve not changed on this point. Yet he shows somo discrimination lit his animosity; ho pralbes Sir Hcrculeb Robinson and a few other Englishmen, But for Cecil Rhodes, dead or alive, he Iris nothing good to say, Hero Is hla estimate of the South African Imperial ist: "In splto of tho high eulogiuiiis passed upon him by his friends, he was one of tho mosi unscrupulous charac ters that have ever existed. The Jecu Ideal maxim thai 'the end Justifies the means' formed his only political creed. This man was tho curse of South Af rica. He had made his fortune by dia mond speculations at Klmberley, and tho amalgamation of the Klmberley diamond mines put hi m in possession of enormous influence in the finunclal world. Rhodes was capltul Incarnate, No matter how base, no matter how contemptible, be it lying, bribery or treachery, all and every means wcio welcome to him, if they led to the at tainment of his objects." The Jameson. Raid. Rhodes' part in the Jameson raid, ns recited by Kruger, Is nothing new, nor is his llrm conviction that Joseph Chamberlain was In collusion with Rhodes. The author cuoles a passage in one of Rhodes' letters showing that the latter 'did not care a fla" for thn Ultlander franchise, which formed tho pretext for the raid. Long before tho raid Mr. Kruger ex pressed himself thus: "Those people remind me of . baboon I once had, which was so fond of me that he would not let anyone touch me. But one day wo wero sitting round the lire, and un fortunately the beast's tail caught In the lire. He now flew at me furiously, thinking that I was the cause of his accident. Tho Johnnnesburghers are Just like that. They have burnt their fingers In speculations and now they want to revenge themselves on Paul Kruger." Mr. Kruger protests that the Boers had no suspicion of the Jameson raid beforo it occurred. They were well awure of tho ferment at Johannesburg, of course, and of the objects of the Na tional Union. One day when the burgh ers pressed President Kruger for tho punishment of tho rebellious element he used tho words: "l'ou must give the tortoise timo to put out Its head befoio you can catch hold of it." Somo people supposed from tills that ho knew of the preparations for tho Jameson r.ild, hut ho says ho referred only to the Na tional Union. Ho fully believed the British when they said they wero as sembling their police for an expedition against tho Kafllrs. "Tho burghers en tertained so little suspicion that they themselves 'assisted In the purchase ot the military stores and In conveying tho goods to nil the places which after ward represented roadside stations for Jameson's ride," The South African republic wns prac tically defenseless at tho time of the raid, and the work of armament, which had such Important effects In tho Into war, dated from the Uoer awakening after tho Invasion of Rhodes' underling. Drive nt Chamberlain. Mr, Kruger Is convinced that Mr. Chamberlain had abetted the Jameson raid, and that after its failure he never ceased to plan for tho destruction of the republics. i'ri 1817" he Suva. "Mr. (!hninhi'liiln appointed Sir Alfred Mtlner governor ot uapo colony aim nigii commissioner of South Africa. There is no doubt whatever that Chamberlain appointed Mllner only with n, view to his driving matters In South Africa to extremes. Ula rinnnlntlllPIlt was ureoteil 111' !,. llmrnau wllli Inml InliilnMnn. MMin ,.l,.,- ucterjstlo aim and object of his policy ia miuwu uy " huiud niiRii jib em ployed to a, distinguished Afrikander: 'The power of Afrlkuuderdom must bo broken.' i "Tins tool ur cnanioeruun has car ried out his mission faithfully, and to day enjoys the satisfaction of having turned South Africa Into a wilderness and robbed thousands of Innocent peo ple of their homes. Lord Mllner is a typical jingo, autocratic beyond endur ance and lllled with contempt for all that Is not English. Ho let no oppor tunity go by to harassing the republic and putting his foot on its neck. "Wo have seen how the attempt upon the Independence of the republic failed. But now Mr. Chambuilain was to set to work to try whether he could not bo more successful. With his assistance, Jameson's raid was to be replaced by a gigantic British raid. "Ills flist step wus to Invito mo to conio to England to confer on Trans vaal matters, while ho began by de claring that ho was not prepared to dis cus article four of tho London conven tion, the only article which still restrict ed In any way the foreign relations of the South African repuDHc. One would really think, to judge from this invita tion of Mr. Clinmherlalu's, that It was tho republic and not England that had to make amends. At the same time Chamberlain sent off another dispatch In which hu proposed that a sort of home rule should be granted to Johan nesburg, and lie published tills dispatch In the London press before I received It. When one reflects that It was tho very question of homo rule for Ii eland that caused Mr. Chamberlain to withdraw from Gladstone's party, and from rad ical to jingo, one must stand astounded at his Impudence In making this sug gestion to me." Escapes Cnptuio, The uggrcsslvo movo of tho lluers at the opening of tho war Is sulllcleutly uNplalntd that British troops wero be ing massed upon their borders, nnd that this military aggression was being aid ed by diplomatic delays In negotiations. Mr, Kruger does not tell thu story of tho actlvo operations in the Held, lie eause ho took no part la them. His labors wero confined to the sending and receiving of dispatches night and day at Pretoria, with all the administrative du ties that accumulate In war times. Once when he visited the Doer camp at Mod eler liver he nnirowly escaped cnptuio at the hands of the British. At last camo the day in 11)00 when he had to leavo Pretoria to avoid becom ing a prisoner of Lord Roberts' ad vance army. One hour beforo his de. parture he received the American lad Jimmy Smith, who brought him an ad dress of sympathy from the schoolboys or Philadelphia, The event seems to havo Impressed him quite deeply. In Exile. In iv few simple words the old man tells of his sorrow over leaving his aged wife, whom he knew ho should never seo iiguln on earth. She died soon after his arrival lu Europe. When he had camped for a few weeks with the burghers In the eastern part of the Transvaal the active leuders took mat ters In their hands mid decided that Kruger could aid their muse more by going to Europe and seeking assist ance there than by remaining "to no captured. Of this exile he siu'-h; "If my departure from Pretoria was a bitter blow to me, my 'departure, under such sorrowful circumstances, from tho land to which 1 had "ileyoted my life wns doubly bitter. ""s,q.v it swarming with the enemy, who, u"nr rognncc, was already declaring Tthat-.thc war was over and that onl,v j'ue,rr'llla bands now Infested the couiytry. ' t. had to bid good-bye to tho menWio had stood beside mo for so manyyears and to leavo my country and iny' people, my gray-hnlred wife, my children, my fi lends and the little band 'or ;ipn hoarted fighters, who, surrounded' as they wero on every side, had 'now to make their way through an uhl'ntyib lted district to the north of tho' repub lic, there to reorganize and' recom mence the struggle. But I had no choice, I must cither submit to tho decision or allow myself to bo taken prisoner. My ago prevented mo from riding, and It was. theiefore. Impos sible for me to accompany the com mandos further." Oom Paul's ingrained religious op timism remains in evidence throughout his book, and even now he apparently refuses to regard the fato of tho Boer republics as !!na1. Ho closes his book with these words: "Nor, lu so far ns I myself am con cerned, will I consent to lose courage because tho peace Is nut such as the burghers wished. For, quito apart from the fact that tho bloodshed and fearful sufferings of the people of the two re publics are now ended, I am convinced that God docs not forsake His people, even though It may often appear so, , Therefore, I resign myself to tho' will of the Lord. I know that Ho will not allow the allllcted people to perish. Ho Is the Lord, and all hearts nre In His baud and Ho turneth them whitherso ever Ho will." Wlmtovcr elso may bo said of Mr. Kruger's hook, 1 think it must bo ad mitted that It has tho dignity of innate strength. Them Is none of the com plaining or ranting that would Inevit ably como from a weaker charai'ter un der the circumstances. While it Is nn ex pnrtu statement of a matter that has another side, Its bitterness Is attended with restuilut nnd his sarciisin is the more biting because It Is quiet. As n human document the book possesses a rare and lasting interest, while as a chapter of history It can never bo Ig nored. The volume (Ills -ISO clearly printed pages and contains two portraits of the author and a good Index. In England Mr. Uiiwln prints the book lu two vol umes and charges $8 for It. In tho United S;ates it Is Issued by tho Pen tury company, New York, In one vol ume, costing $3.50, to which twenty cents must bo added If the book Is de livered by mall. Tho fruit brick Is the Intent form pt preserve. It Is rectangular or disc shaped and done up lu oiled tlsbue paper. Tho consistency ia tliut of a small gumdrop, and, being composed largely of sugar, thu flavor of thu fruit is letained admirably. Those Inieks will soon be on the market from California. Xl eTi? -TfckLJ ' g,4. -j-g" - 1
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