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THE MOENTNG OEEGONIAN, THDESDAT, HABCH 1, 1900. RGBERIS'PRISONERS Cronje and His Soldiers en Route to Cape Town. BULLER TO THE WAR OFFICE How Barton's Brigade Stormed and Captured Pieter's Hill The Casualties. LONDON, Feb. 2S. The War Office has received the following' dispatch from Lord Roberts: "Paardeberg. Feb. 28. Cronje, with his family, left here yesterday In charge of Major-General Prettyman and under es cort of the City Imperial Volunteers and Mounted Infantry- Later in the day. the remaining prisoners went in charge of Earl Erroll and escorted by the Glou cester and 100 Imperial Volunteers. The women and children are being sent to their homes. I understand that great dissatisfaction was felt by the Boers at Cronje's refusal to accept my offer of safe conduct to the women and children and medical care for the wounded, 170 oC whom are now in our hospitals. Many of them are in a terrible plight for want of care at the earliest stage. "I inspected the Boers' laager yester day and was much struck by the ingenu ity and energy with which the position, was made almost impregnable." The "War Office has received the fol lowing dispatch from General Buller: "Headwaters Lanawannc, jveDruary .. 5 A. M. Finding that the passage of Langewatches Spruit -was commanded by strong intrenchments, I reconnoltered for another passage on the Tugela. One was found for me below the Cataract by Col onel Sandbach, Royal Engineers, on Feb ruary 25. We commenced making an. approach thereto and on February 26, find ing I could make the passage practicable, I crossed the guns and 'baggage back to the south side of the Tugela, took up the pontoon bridge on Monday night and re laid it at the new site, which is Just below the present marked cataract. "During all this time the troops had been scattered crouching under hastily constructed small stone shelters and ex posed to a galling shell and r.fle fire. Throughout they maintained the most ex cellent spirits. "Tuesday General Barton, with two battalions of the Sixth Brigade and the Dublin Fusiliers, crept about a mile and a half down the banks of the river and ascended an almost perpen dicular cliff of about 500 feet, assaulted and carried the top of Pieter's Hill. "This hill to a certain extent turned the enemy's left and the Fourth Brigade, under Colonel Norcott, and the Eleventh Brigade, under Colonel Kitchener, the whole under command of General "Warren, . assaulted the enemy's position, which was magnificently carried by the South Lanca shire Regiment about sunset. We took about CO prisoners and scattered the ene my in all directions. There seems to ba still a considerable body of them left on and under Buluwano Mountain. "Our losses, I hope, are not large. They certainly are much less than they would have "been were it not for the admirable manner iu which the artillery was served, especially the guns manned by the Royal Naval force and the Naval Volunteers." General Buller's account of the tre mendous resistance he Is encounter ing in his efforts to reach Lady smith has brought tho public in terest with a sharp turn from the com placent contemplation of Roberts' victory to a realization of the serious conditions still existing In Natal. Though Buller's long dispatch Is construed as a victory bravely won, the commander of the forces in "Natal has so often reported similar victories, without achieving his main ob jective, that the public has learned to retain its jubilation until Ladysmith is actually relieved, while the long list of casualties invariably following any ap parent gain by Buller is always awaited with a dread and anxiety which tempo rarily rob his partial success of its ac claim. However, it is the generally accepted belief that Buller Is determined to reach General White this time, and though the stages are disappointingly slow, tho na tion confidently awaits the relief of those SO00 besieged troops. Buller's report shows there is urgent need for Roberts to exert every effort still further to draw off the Boers from Natal to the Free State. That he will do so, and likely is doing so by marching on Bloemfonteln, Is regarded as almost certain by military critics here. -With tho additional COO Boers Teported prisoners at Klmberley, it seems that the number of men captured by Roberts near ly reaches 5000. Afternoon papers comment on the hero of Kandahar's achievement, lay ing special stress on the gallan try of the Canadians, who, according to a Paardeberg special, were actually fighting hand to hand in the Boer trenches when Cronje surrendered, though this scarcely agrees with Roberts' dispatch. The Queen has telegraphed Buller as follows: "I have heard with deepest concern of the heavy losses sustained by my brave Irish soldiers, and I desire to express my sympathy and admiration of the splendid fighting qualities they have exhibited throughout "these trying operations." Roberts has forwarded an additional list of British casualties during three days fighting at Paardeberg, showing 12 killed, S2 wounded and 4 missing. Including 7 offi cers and 4 Canadian privates wounded. THE EFFECT ON BULLER. Roberts' Vlctorr "Will Only Make the Fighting; Harder in Xaial. NEW YORK, Feb. 28. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: The effect of the victory upon Sir Red vers Buller's campaign In Natal was dis cussed by veterans last night with intense interest. It was generally conceded that; while General Joubert's troops would be disheartened and General Buller's soldiers would be inspired to emulate the example of their comrades in the west, there will be more desperate fighting in consequence of Lord Rooerts' success. General Joubert now has no motive for an Immediate retreat, since It Is too late to effect General Cronje's deliverance. Ho has behind him Sir George White's army, which is nearly starved out and helpless from lack of ammunition. If he can repel General Buller's assault upon his strong defensive positions and drive him back to the Tugela, he can compel General White to surrender, and In a way offset Lord Roberts' victory, besides changing the balance in the comparative lists of prisoners. The opinion in official circles last night was that Lord Roberts had rendered General Buller's campaign more difficult by his victor'. WAR EXPERT'S VIEWS. Cronje's Artillery Sent on to Bloem fonteln. LONDON. Feb. 28. The war expert of the Morning Leader writes: "Four thousand Boers and five 13-pound guns. On the other side 3& divisions them off their lino of retreat. Many of Cronje's men have got away, and they havo saved all their artillery. Whither they have gone does not yet appear. Those heavy guns which used to mako Methuen grind his teeth in impotence have disap peared. Where ore they now? Why, of course, on the way to Bloemfonteln. "Many of Cronje's men have got away, and they have saved all their artillery Whither they have gone does not yet ap pear. Those heavy gunB which used to make Methuen grind his teeth in impo tence, have disappeared. Where are they now? Why, of course, on the way to Bloemfonteln. "The fact that one-third of the prison- ers are Free Staters does not induce con fidence that General French will be able to spare many of his mounted troops for the relief of Mafeking. It would not be surprising If word had already gone or dering Commandant Sniman to concen trate back of Pretoria, for Colonels Baden-Powell and Plummer. when they Join forces, can threaten the Rand and the capital from the rear. "I tako It for granted that General French and the greater part of his caval ry are on their way to Bloemfonteln. I cannot imaglno anything so suicidal as that the Boers would mass at the capi tal of the Free State." The military expert of the Morning Post says: "The surrender of Cronje is the first complete victory the British have won In this campaign. We do not yet know the size of the- force that has been de stroyed. Lord Roberts announces he has 4000 prisoners and has taken six guns. After the battle of Magersfonteln Cron je's force was estimated at not less than 1200!) men. So, at least half his force and most of his guns including the larger ones disappeared before his retreat." RAIXY SEASOX SETS IS. DlHlcultleB of Campaigning; in the Country Aroand Ladysmith. LONDON, March 1. A dispatch to the Dairy Mail from Pieter's Station, dated February 25, and describing the 12 days' continuous fighting of which the attack upon Railway Hill by the Royal Innlskll llng Fusiliers was one of tho supreme moments, says: "The Inniskillings Joined the column with 24 dScers. They .have Ave left. That tells .the tale. No maps, no penned ac count can, &!ve an idea, of tho difficulties of these hills and ridges, which succeed each other like waves in a heavy storm, one giving way to another. Each can be enfiladed and until one is taken it is im possible, even with the keenest scouting, to know what fortunes lie beyond it The military problem changes as the column advances, each kopje refusing to give up its secret until the advancing troops hav touched its crest. "To add to the difficulty, the tropic rainy season set In today. For 12 hours the uniforms clung to the men like wet seaweed. Mud caught them underfoot. Mists closed down and shut out the posi tion of the enemy. "This discomfort is borne by all alike. General Buller and his staff are virtually living the private's life. There has not been even a tent to cover the command ing generals. They eat from their knees and with their shoulders against the rocks, and they sleep where they can. Field work is carried on under transport wagons, and as these are not built rain proof, tiny streams of water pour down upon and blot the official records." REVERSE AT RAILWAY HILL. Irish Fusiliers Cau, rht in Boer Trap. NEW YORK, Feb. 28. But for the sur render of General Cronje, which over shadowed the news from Natal, England would be shuddering over the British re verses at Railway Hill, where the Innls kllllng Fusiliers were caught in a Boer trap and slaughtered. The London Mall's correspondent, under date of Pleters, Feb ruary 24, describes the engagement: "Last night the Innlskllling Fusiliers, mixed with some of the Dublin Fusiliers and the Connaught Rangers, attempted to carry Railway Hill from Pieters. They were under a continuous fire, through which they passed up the heavy broken ground to the first Boer trench. Half way up the hill the Boers retreated to the crest and then came back on either flank of the Irish troops enfilading the captured trench with a savage cross as well as a direct fire. "All nlcht and until 9 o'clock in the morning our men held the position under a ceaseless fire and at terrible cost. At rollcalL only five officers and 100 men an swered to their names. Colonel Thack eray and Major Sanders, of the Inniskill ings; Colonel Sltwell, of the Dublin Fusi liers; Captain Maltland, of the Second Gordons, and Colonel Thorold. of the Welsh Fusiliers, were killed. Two hun dred and fifty-two of the rank and file were killed and wounded. "General Lyttleton's Brigade relieved them at 10 o'clock this morning, "when the Boer artillery pounded the troops holding tho center kopjes without pause, but with little effect." THE FUSILIERS' ADVANCE. Innisklllinsrs Slowed Down by a Sheet of Leaden Hail. LONDON, March 1. A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from Colenso, dated Mon day, describing the famous advance of the Inniskillings Friday, says: "I saw the first company waver and then break before a sb'eet of well-directed leaden halh and within a minute not a man was left standing. It seemed to me that the brave company of Fusilliers waa annihilated. Shortly afterward, however. I could see some of them move, then raise and finally walk quietly to the rear, taking cover. The supporting company was also cut up, but not quite so severely. "The Boers are placed on high, unas sailable kopjes, and it would take-10 times their numbers to carry these positions successfully. The kopjes command the railway from Colenso to Ladysmith, and a real right flank attack Is rendered Impos sible, owing to a high and precipitous ra vine, which opens upon the Tugela, while the left is too open and void of cover and cannot be seriously considered as a means of assault "The Boers and British fraternized dur ing yesterday's armistice. It is reported that 4000 Boers have left the vicinity of Ladysmith for Dundee." A dispatch to the Times from Colenso says: "Before Sunday's armistice many of tho British wounded had been left out for 35 hours. The Boers gave them water." BARKLY WEST OCCUPIED. Klmberley Continues on Short Ra tions. IOMBERLEY, Feb. 2S. Colonel Peak man, with a mounted force- and a Maxim, proceeded to Barkly srest, where he was warmly welcomed. He left a strong guard and then proceeded to Longlands, Wind sor Town and Klopdam. There were ru mors of Boers in the neighborhood, but no demonstration occurred. The Diamond Fields Advertiser draws pointed attention to the fact that, al though Klmberley was relieved about two weeks ago, there has been no amelioration in regard to the food supply, it is still Impossible, as It was during the Invest ment, to procure a tin of condensed milk or cocoa without a medical certificate. The inhabitants continue without many of tho common articles of food, although meat rations have been Increased to half a pound. THE r'uSSIAN PRESS. Calls on the European Powers to In tervene. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 2S. The news papers here outdo the rest of the Contin ental press In bewailing Cronje's defeat and in violently abusing Great Britain. They declare the Transvaal has fully demonstrated its right to complete political independence, with an outlet to the sea. They suggest that the best help for the Boers would be to create a diversion against Great Britain elsewhere and main tain It is the duty of Europe to Intervene and end the most Infamous of tho wars England has ever waged for predatory purposes. Prisoners nt Modder River. CAPE TOWN, Monday, Feb. 26. There are now 600 prisoners at Modder River, most of whom surrendered Friday and Saturday. They are kept guarded between wire fences. GENERAL MILES' OPINION ADMIRES THE FIGHTING VALOR OF CRONJE'S ARMY. Hia Surrender "Was AH That Could Be Expected Strategy of the Boers. NEW YORK, Feb. 2S. The World pub lishes the following statement by Gen eral Miles: "Cronje's surrender was expected, and It was all that could be expected when a force of 4000 holds out for over a week against a force of 50,000. You will observe that the first reports said General Cronje had a force of 9000 opposed to the British, but only 4000 surrendered. What became of the other 5000? The Importance of the surrender under such circumstances only Illustrates the fighting valor of this hand ful of Boer patriots. The effect of Cronje's surrender will be to strengthen rather than to weaken the Boer patriots', cause in this war. "We cannot help but admire these Boers, no matter where our sympathies may be. In my position it would- not 'be diplomatic for me to say too much, "but whoever Lj In the right we must admire the 4000 pa triots who stood off for 10 days 50,000 of the British army." ROBERTS' MOVEMENT. Events That Preceded the Surrender ot Cronje. PAARDEBERG, Monday, Feo. 26. (De layed in transm-sslon.) On this, the eighth day of General Conje's resistance. Gen eral Smith-Dorrien has worked up the river bed to within 200 yards of the Boer laager, squeezing the enemy into a more and more confined space. The stay of the British here has not been In any way due General Cronje, but in order to get tiles and rest the troops, which had me absolutely necessary. Now there a dally arrivals of large convoys, al io ..ng full rations to the men, which had at the best been Intermittent during the last three days. A heavy rain has caused great discom fort to the British, but greater to tho Boers, and cold winds have killed many sick animals. Last night the river rose and brought down a great number of dead Boer horses. When the history of Lord Roberts' move ment Is written it will be found that the marching power and magnificent endur ance of the British soldier is as great as ever. The march Itself, as seen on the map, would be nothing very mArvelous, tout It must be remembered that the whole original plan of march was changed when General Cronje made his magnificent night trek on the 15th. The whole army swung to the left in hot pursuit. Some ol the regiments marched 27 miles in 24 hours, outstripping the transport supplies and living for days on almost quarter rations. Yet the fatigue and Incessant hardship were borne with wonderful cheerfulness. There has been a drenching rain for the last three days, the men lying fully ex posed to the rain and the subsequent cold winds, all of which proved their ad mirable pluck and endurance. Every day, owing to the enormous ex tent of the British lines, news. is brought of some little action which had passed unnoticed in the excitement of General Cronje's investment. Last Monday night a brilliant piece of work was performed by the Gloucesters. During the after noon they approached a kopje containing a body of Boers. They waited till night fall, when 120 men charged the kopje with, the bayonet and drove off the enemy with loss, bayoneting several of them. Tho positions taken, however, were evacuated during the night. Last night the rattle of musketry showed that the Boers had discovered our nightly rush forward in the river bed, which they have been unable to stop. Yesterday they were shelled Intermittently. The Boers possess two Vicker-Maxlm guns, two Im pounders, all of which appear to be sedu lously hidden. The war balloon is doing good work. CRONJE'S HUMILIATION. Washington Diplomat Amazed at Roberts' Action. NEW YORK, Feb. 2S. A special to the World from Washington says: Continental diplomats accept the defeat of General Cronje In grim silence, but none will consent to be quoted for any ex pression except that the issue is what might havo been expected. One of the at taches who has himself served as a sol dier, however, said: "There is one aspect of the capitulation of General Cronje which is humiliating to every soldier. There is a brotherhood of chivalry which binds all professional soldiers. General Cronje made a gallant defense. At the cost of the utmost sac rifice and pain he stopped the victorious Lord Roberts and held his ground until his hard-pressed countrymen could form for a final defense. The fact that Lord Roberts and his Lieutenant, Lord Kitch ener, compelled Cronje to the bitter hu miliation of presenting himself at the tent of his conquerer as a suppliant for the miserable boon of unconditional sur render Is a requital of bravery not con sistent with chivalrous conduct, "Soldiers throughout the world will be amazed. There was no possible excuse. Tho fact that the British commanders might have apprehended treachery is flimsy. The British were strong enough to have executed tho army were any violation of war committed. Cronje has been a brave foe. He made no discrimi nation between the wounded British and his own people. The bitter humiliation put upon him is a stain upon Christian Knighthood. It is without parallel. "Contrast the conduct of Lords Roberts and Kitchener with that of the victorious Schley and Shafter. The utmost courtesy was shown to the latter's overthrown foes. Philip's 'Don't cheer, men; they are dying, will stand in contrast to the con duct of the Generals who compelled a gallant foeman, who had battled against tremendous odds, to come as a humble suppliant even to the very doors of their tents, to beg for his brave soldiers that they might lgnominlously surrender. "This ruthless, overbearing conduct will havo an effect upon civilization. Soldiers will remember this treatment, and it Is possible that on another day It may be returned with Interest." FUTURE OF SOUTH AFRICA. Conreight Schrclner Discusses Rhodes' Plans. NEW YORK, Feb. 28. A dispatch to the Journal and Advertiser from London says: Conrelght Schrelner, Interviewed on the past situation and future settlement in South Africa, says: "It would be a great point gained If we could get the man In the street to realize what the handing ovet of the Rand to Rhodes and his clique would mean. Their object has been from the first to reproduce In Johannesburg the conditions that pre vail In Klmberley. The amalgamation of the diamond mines under the De Beers Company resulted In a decrease of the white population. The natives were shut up in compounds, which they might not leave night or day. It soon came about that no one was left In Klmberley but those who recognized tne dominance of the company socially, politically and com mercially. "The Boer Government resolutely sets its face against the compound system. There were about S0.O00 natives employed in the mines at 3 guineas a month apiece. If that sum were withdrawn from circu lation, as In Klmberley. It would be put into the pockets of mlneowncrs. Monopoly would be an accomplished fact At present It is possible for Independent tradesmen and storekeepers to make a living In Jo hannesbcrg. With the compound syetera once introduced the town would belong to the financiers. "The only solution which will conserve English interest permanently In South Af rica is to leave the Republics Independent so far as their internal affairs are con cerned. Short of this, I am convinced that England eventually will lose Af rica, for if she destroys the Republics now and attempts to hold them down, while the capitalist ring jumps on them, she will rouso such a feeling of indignation throughout Africa as will place all tho Dutch and many others who are purely British In permanent hostility, which means that England will be unable to gov ern the country. "Such a serious state of affairs will not result If the Internal independence of the Republics Is left intact with, say, seven years respective franchises embodied In a convention, which I believe the Trans vaal would agree to, as an earnest of good faith. "Do this and then leave Africa alone in ternally and let the people of the country settle the country's business. You can't hold Africa down with a bayonet at her throat- That Inevitably will alienate your own blood out there." MAJUBA DAY IN NATAL. British Command the Direct- Road to Lndynmlth. COLENSO CAMP, Tuesday. Feb. 27. Today, the anniversary of Majuba Hill, the British successfully stormed the Boer position on Pieter's Hill. Since Friday's attack, the whole face of the posltloi. has been shelled at intervals, but from early this morning the trenches directly opposite the British front and the nek separating Pieter's Hill from another hill were simply strewn with lyddite shells and shrapnel. It appears marvelous that anything hu man could live on the hill. At 3 o'clock this afternoon tho batter ies fired salvos and all tho heavy ord nance was In constant action. General Barton led his command to the extreme right Colonel Kitchener, who had taken Wynne's command, stormed the center. Tiie brigade under Colonel Northcote at tacked Ralbray Hill., The Infantry on tho right advanced over the hill, forcing tho Boers into tho nek, while Colonel Kitch tar led his men over Railway Hill, meet ing lit' opposition. The Boers remained in the trenches, from which a terrible oross fire was sent during Friday's fight A few of them escaped to the next trench and hoisted a white flag, which they waved vigorously. .Some prisoners were taken. The Infantry cheered and charged and took Pieter's Hill with fixed bayo nets. They were met with a heavy mus ketry fire. Tho British now command Railway Hill and the direct road to Lady smith. SAVED THE GUNS. Boers Destroyed Nothing: Before Sur rendering. LONDON, March 1. With such deter mined enemies, says a special corre spondent, telegraphing from Paardeberg under date of February 27, one wc jld sup pose that the Boers would have destroyed their guns, small arms and ammunition be fore surrendering. The only thing in jured, however, was a VIckers-Maxlm piece, which had been hit by a British shell. A British officer and nine British soldiers, who were prisoners, had been provided with deep holes by the Boers and kindly treated. The Boers Inquired anxiously whether Bloemfonteln was In possession of the British. When the order came for the Boer pris oners to cross the river to the British camp, they took all that they could carry of such things 'as pots, pans and blankets, throwing their rifles in two heaps that gradually increased to huge proportions. As the ford had beenswolIen by heavy rains, the Boers took off their trousers and waded across. The scene looked like plav, rather than war. The men laughed and splashed each other In the water, but among them were some grim faces, which looked with disfavor upon such sportlveness. Conpnrnrnlutlons to Cronje. WASHINGTON. Feb. 2S. Representative Fitzgerald, of Massachusetts, today passed around among his Democratic colleagues the following cable to General Cronje, the defeated Boer General. Uri to 2 o'clock to day about CO of them had signed It: "General Cronje, Cape Town, South Af rica: Members of the United States House of - Representatives congratulate you and your soldiers on the magnificent dlsplay of courage and heroism In your brave fight for human rights." More Boers Offer to Surrender. LONDON, March L A special dispatch from Cape Town, dated Tuesday, says: The Boers at Barkly East have offered to surrender on condition that the safety of the rebel Dutch is assured. The Brit ish, however, insist upon an unconditional surrender. Boers Southwest of Pnnrdehersr. PAARDEBERG. Feb. 2S. Evening. The Boers are reported In force to the south west The British are well and cheerful British Occupy Rennbergr. LONDON, Feb. 28. A dispatch from Arundel says the British troops have again occupied Rcnsberg. S0PH0MR0ES' DINNER SPOILED Rutgers Freshmen Make Use of Sul phuretted Hydroprcn. The freshmen of Rutger's College spoiled the annual dinner of the sophomore class the night of the 21st and caused the diners to flee the banquet hall before the second course was reached. The freshman dinner this year had been held at Plalnfleld, and the sophomores were unsuccessful In their attempt at In terference. It Is a point of honor with the sophomore class, however, to hold their dinner In this City and to defy In terference. Their dinner was laid In the banquet-room on the second floor of Klk off's restaurant, and elaborate plans of the freshmen to prevent It miscarried. The sophbmores sat down, not only with their own number Intact but with an Invol untary freshman guest, who, seated In a high chair, with a bib tied under his chin, was fed with milk amid sophomore hoots. The freshmen heard of their classmate's plight and gathered in front of the res taurant to storm the banquet-room. Tho entrance was guarded by a squad of po licemen. A freshman, whose name here after will be famous In the annals of his class, bethought him of another plan. A flask of sulphuretted hydrogen was pro cured from the college laboratory and hurled through the window Into the banquet-hall. It bu-" and the next Instant half-suffocated sophomores shot down the stairway and dropped from windows into the arms of the howling freshmen. Tho waiters and other occupants of the res taurant rushed gasping after them, whllo the sickening odor spread through open windows Into the street. When the two classes met In the street there was a "rush," In which the stifled sophomores were worsted. The frolIco -soon broke up the struggling mob, however, and, although small groups met In skir mishes several times during the night, no more mass rushes took place, q o A Southern Wonni's Enterprise. Indianapolis News. A young woman wh jse home is within a few miles of August i, Ga., makes a com fortable living for ' erself and her moth er by growing bulbs and selling them to Northern seed houses. She Inherited about 50 acres of land which the neigh bors said was too poor to sprout cowpeas. She bought a mule and went to work clearing up and fertilizing. Now she has a beautiful bulb and flower farm. Archbishop Hcnncssy Dying. DUBUQUE. Ia., Feb. 28. Archbishop Hennessy is sinking rapidly. He was un conscious all the afternoon, and the at tendants eipect his death during the night. i PREVENTING The Cure of Catarrh the Most Potent Factor in the Compass of Medical Science The Perfection of the Copeland Practice the Culmina x tion of Years of ExperienceIt Is by This Treatment That Catarrh Is Cured and Consumption Prevented, RELATION OF CATARRH TO CONSUMPTION! j There is today nothing of such vital Importance to the people of this country ns the prevention of con numptlon. There is nothing that so prepares the system for the entrance and development of the seeds of con sumption ns does catarrh. There is nothing that Trill so soon rid hi inanlty of the most insidious and ter rible, of diseases consumption n will the cure of cntnrrh. There is no disease. that so univer sally weakens the system as docs cntarrh. The discharge from the dis ease runs down the bodily strength so that it becomes an easy prey to disease. Consumption does not begin In the lungs of one In perfect health any more than throwing a lighted match in a pail of water will start a lire. Anything that will run down the bodily strength will allow the secdM of consumption to gain a foot hold In the lungs. If the people were only alive to the fact that If they attended to their throat and bron chial tubes and allowed those skilled in the treatment of these parts to cure them there would he hut few cases of consumption. While catarrh does not cause all cases of consumption, it Is also true thnt all those who. have consumption have been subject to cntarrh. All consumptives were catarrh victims. They took cold; cntarrh had pre pared the -way. for consumption. Tu bercular consumption ever requires a break in the membranes -which line the breathing tnbes. Catarrh fur nishes the broken places in the form of raw spots. The germs of con sumption from the air can only enter the system -when they And a raw, sore, discharging Nurfnce. Catarrh creates just such a surface. Every catarrh sufferer is In danger of con tracting consumption whenever lie or she breathes the air that has just been brenthed out by one who has tubcrculnr consumption. .While no Intelligent or sclf-rc-npecting doctor of today claims that all cases of consumption are of a catarrhal character, still, if the his tory of every case of consumption It's the Limit The total expense to patients of the Copeland Institute Is 5 n month, treatment and medicines included. That's the limit. Pa. tlcnts not permitted to pay more, even if they so" desire. THE COPELAND MEDICAL THE W. H. COPBIiAXD, 31. D. J. H. MONTGOMERY. M. D. TOMMY AND HIS BOSS AS A RULE THE ABSEXT-MIXDED BEGGAR. IS THE SUPERIOR. Officers Are Brave, but Years of "Xlgger" Fighting Have Unfitted Them for the Boer "War. The British are all right especially Tommy, writes Charles Liewis Shaw from De Aar to the Stratford (Canada) "Weekly Herald, and when the Boers get through maul-handling tho army, probably the Horse Guards will see to It that the ofllcer is as all right as Tommy. But it will take time. Far be it from me to attempt In the slightest degree to mitigate the fact that Tommy and his officer are a pair of decent fellows as a man can meet. But they have their peculiarities. It is in no spirit of splenetic criticism that I dis cuss them. I fear that it will take a revolution in the service before that half-contemptuous, haw-haw, flippant manner that the ordinary English ofllcer has of looking at "the show," as he terms the art of war, will die in him. I fear that he will have to die, too. The Boer has taken over a considerable part of the contract and Is attending strictly to business. Napoleon said that with British Infantry and French officers he could conquer the world. Now, Napoelon Is a fairly good military authority, but how he knew that English officers looked on the army not seriously as a profession, but as being a mere pan of their social life with Incidental glory, a becoming uniform, a certain amount of kudos, and what is dear to the hearts of Englishmen, the opportunity of ordering people around. Is beyond my pen, in spite of his-opportunities and our success. That there are many and brilliant ex ceptions to this Is true, but that the offi cers of the British army In South Africa know more about the Importance of their position, the flt of their uniforms, and the tuppenny ha'-penny etiquette of the orderly-room and parade-ground than they do about the science of war Is as true as that a civilian army, with a sprinkling- of European officers hurried them baqk three times in humiliation and defeat in one week. There Is no use minc ing matters. The British ofllcer has been fighting niggers too long, with a loss of Ave killed and 12 wounded on his side and 4000 spearmen killed on the other. I have written enthusiastically about the Eng lish officers In my former letters, and prop erly so. No more gallant, braver man ex ists than Tommy Atkins or his officer, but there is something more required. I ven ture my humble civilian opinion, than gal lantry and bravery. I certainly am not talking now about the big men, but about the general tone that pervades military officialdom In South Africa. And the worst of It is that men like Baden-Powell have to Isolate themselves to get a chance. It is a peculiar fact that the farther you get away from the battle-field the CONSUMPTION -was written, it would be found to . cuuBim ui iac iurj va. ircijucui ;. that -were left nncured; colds that did not get well themselves; colds thnt came every spring and got bet ter In the summer, hut came hack worse in the fall and winter; colds that were followed by catarrhal symptoms a discharging from the nose, sore and inflamed throat, hawking of mucus, with coughing and spitting. As is well known, the fatal form of consumption no com mon in our midst is due to the en trance into the blood of tubercle bacillus, which settles in the lungs and sets up lung disease. The expelled air of a consumptive frequently contains the seeds of the disease. The material which con- Mr. I. R. Cheadlc, Lcbnnon, Or., Cured of Discharging Euro; Hearing Restored. sumptives cough up also contains these germs, which, after having dried in the air, arc blown around and inhaled by other persons. It is seen at once thnt those -who live In a section where consumption is preva lent would be very particular to keep their bodily health at a hlsh standard and never allow them selves to have a catarrh-affected, sore, inflamed, discharging nose, throat or bronchlnl tubes, through which the consumptive germs may galn admission to the system. The most potent element that can be Home Treatment So one deprived of the benefits of the Copeland Treatment because of living at a distance from the city. If you cannot come to the oillce, write for Home Treatment Symptom Blank and Book, and be cured at home. CONSULTATION FREE. DR. COPELAND'S BOOK DEKUM, THIRD AND WASHINGTON STREETS OFFICE HOURS From O A. M. to 12 EVENINGS Tuesdays and Fridays. rnoro does tho English ofllcer swagger. In my trips to and from the front I have had oportunitles of noticing it. At Modder River, if there Is fightlrg In sight, he Is pleasant; at Orange River he is bearable, at DeAar he Is objectionable, and at Cape Town he Is a swaggering ass. He treats me decently everywhere and at all times, forit is very much the thing nowadays to &. Colonials well, so there is no personal fefciing in the matter. The point I wish to make Is that If the average English ofllcer spent a considerable portion of the time devoted to swelling out his own Importance to learning how to fight not merely brave ly, but sensibly and strategically, there would not be so many people in mourning In Great Britain today. I have slept, eaten, drunk and talked with the English ofllcer on the lame plane, and a civilian has a right to give his opinion, at least, when the Engl'sh officer is fighting a civil ian army and the civilian army Is having the best of it. The fact that he will crush it with the illimitable resources of the Empire at his back, doesn't affect the point. There has been such arrant, gushing rot written about the English ofllcer, and the press censorship has been so severe that It Is Just as well now that I have the opportunity to tell exaotly what not f only Is my own opinion, but the opinion of veterans of the old native and Boer wars. But It has been the military history of our Empire colonial opinion has ever been despised from the days when Washington was a British Colonial officer, and the French stronghold In America Louisbourg was captured by a Boston merchant com manding Colonial troops. The prettiest, best executed, most effective little pieces of work done In the campaign was done by the Canadians and Queenslanders In that Douglas raid the other day. They were commanded by Colonel Pllcher, whom I personally know to be too thor ough a soldier to bother about frills. He knew what he had to do and how to do It. and understood his men. He did hi3 work without tho loss of a man. He Is a man that will be heard of before this war is over. Tommy Atkins is Infinitely his officer's superior, physically; he Is his equal In pluck and dash, and only slightly his In. ferior In breeding and education, If you look at manners and education in their broadest sense Tt Is an undecided point In my mind, If he Ii Inferior to him In Intelligence I havo heard his officer dis cuss Tommy, and I have heard Tommy dis cuss his ofllcer, and Tommy knows his officer thoroughly, and his officer doesn't know Tommy. I have heard the officer discuss the campaign, and I have heard Tommy, and Tommy's opinion Is the more valuable, and Tommy knows his business better than the officer does his. It Is 1-i i years since T knew the British arms in the field, and the change in the personnel of the ranks is remarkable. The school master has been abroad. And the soldier of this war Is a vastly superior animal to the on I knpw on the Nile. Eocr Prisoners. New York Commercial Advertiser. The problem of the disposition of Boer prisoners captured in the early engage ments of the South African war has been solved by the British in the employment of prison ships.' Two ships have been as signed by the authorities for this purpose used to banish consumption Is the cure of caiarrh, the disease that makes the development of consump tion possible. When catarrh has existed in tho head and upper parts of the throat for any length of time, the patient living in a district where people aro subject to cntnrrhal affections, and the disease has bc-cn. left nncured, the catarrh almost Invariably ex tends from the throat down the wJadpipe and thence into the bron chial tubes. These tubes convey tho ale into the different parts of th Inngs. The pain -which accompa nies this condition Is of a dull char acter felt In the chest behind the breastbone or else It is present nn der the shoulder blade. The conga that occurs at this time Is dry, comet nt varying intervals, Is hacking im character, and is usually most trou blesome in the morning upon arising or on going to hod at night. This peculiar character of the cough ia often the first evidence that catar rhal disease is extending into the lll'lgS. At this stage of the trouble in some cases there will be found streaks of blood mixed, with the mnens that is expelled b the cough. In certain other cpe.s small masses of checsy Hke substances arc spit up, which, when pressed between the fingers, emit a very unpleasant odor. This last is a very serious symptom. In some cases catarrh will extend from the throat into the lungs in a very few -weeks; in other cases it may be months, and even years, before the disease passes from the throat into 'the lungs. During the night following the presence of these symptoms there is liable to be profuse nlght svt eating. At this period of the dis ease a fnrther extension is ever in duced by a fresh cold and the fresh cold at this time may be all that is needed to develop rapid consump tion. To show -what can he done in the way of preventing consumption, nothing is so convincing ns this: Among the hosts that Doctor Cope land every yenr treats, scarcely & person who hns been under his care lias been known to develop Inng disease. This Is proof beyond Ques tion thnt by curing catarrh develop opment of consumption Is prevented. Avoid Cure-Alls In Catarrh, as In other maladies, avoid blind doctoring by patent cure-all'i. Oct Individual treat ment for your individual aliment at the Copeland Institute. FREE TO ALL INSTITUTE M.j from 1 to C P. 31. ' SUNDAYS From 10 A. 31. to-12 31. the Penelope and the Cephalonia, One of these ships is kept anchored in SImon3 Bay, near Cape Town, for the reception of prisoners of war who are brought to it from time to time by the other. 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