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Dewet has crossed the novel apd material Interest that it was v aal and joined forces with the Trans­ now possible to insure for the contin­ vaal commandoes, if true, probably gency of being the father of twins. means the concentration of 7.000 Boers several guns for another big at­ And so it Is. You can also Insure pro­ with tack. spective triplets. But that Is a small There is a rumor in Cape Town that matter compared to the queer risks In­ several Boer leaders are urging an surance companies are taking every attack upon the mines. It has long «lay. Anything, from the vicissitudes been understood that Dewet has been of playing a fast bowler on a kicking anxious to Join the invaders tn Cape wicket to the chance of an heir chang­ Colony, and this rumor may bespread ing his religious tenets, is now a sub­ to cover an attempt to break south­ ward. ject for an Insurance policy. A small Boer commando entered “We Insure people against the possi­ Sutherland, cut the telegraph wires, bility of any calamity, whatever it may looted the stores and then proceeded be," said Mr. Armstrong of the Ocean northward. Accident insurance company to a Mail According to the Cape Town corre­ representative. spondent of the Daily Mall, the Boers “Frequently we are asked to insure occupied Aberdeen, forty miles south against a man changing his name. Say of Graafrelnet, on Tuesday. In response to the government’s somelMxly leaves a property to John Smith on condition that he takes the call, volunteering is said to be brisk name and style of Howard Montmo­ in both London and tbe provinces. Defensive measures in South Africa rency Vandeleur. He wants to borrow­ proceed apace. Seven thousand men money on his property. The lender de­ have joined the city guard in Cape clines to advance the money ou the Town, and 3,000 others have volunteer­ ground that he has no guarantee that ed in the suburbs. Five thousand yeomen are being en­ Vandeleur won’t return to being call­ ed Smith. We insure the lender listed for service in South Africa. Martial law has been proclaimed in against that contingency, and Vande­ almost every part o' Cape Colony. It leur (nee Smith) gets his money. “Another type of case is an Insurance has also been proclaimed in Tombu- land, Griqualand East, and in east against the discovery of a missing man. and west Pondoiand. It has been pro­ A prodigal son leaves home for his claimed unlawful fc\any person in country’s good, and nobody knows tbe Cape peninsula, except soldiers, where he Is. His father, years later, to possess arms or ammunition, or leaves bls property to be divided equal­ either. P retoria , Jan. 17.—Boer families ly among his children. The trustee of the will finds himself in a difficulty. and their stock are being systemati­ The prodigal may return from his cally brought into convenient eenters from all over the country. They are husks, and then the other heirs will kept in camps and fed. Those who have had more than their share. We surrender voluntarily are supplied Insure the trustee against the prodi­ with full rations, and those whose gal’s return. husbands are still in the field are pro­ “Not long ago we Insured a mort- vided for on a reduced scaie, which is gagei against the mortgageor's marry­ raised when the husbands surrender ing outside the faith, because such a to a full allowance. Colviile’s mobile column, marching marriage would have cost the rnort- from New Denmark to Vladlaagte, gageor his property.”—London Mail. was attacked by 1000 Boers, divided into two forces. One force made a determined attempt on the baggage, A BITS IN THE DARK. and the other ou the cavalry con­ The Yon»» Mnn Liked Jelly. and He stituting the rear guard. The cavalry was compelled to retire until pro­ Filled Ilia Month. A young man whose work keeps him tected by four companies of rifles, behind a ridge, who were down town until the early morning hidden waiting with bayonets. Tbe Boers hours usually reaches home with a made a speedy retreat, leaving several sharp appetite. His mother, an in­ dead and wounded from the heavy dulgent mother, too. puts a little lunch British tire. Eventually both attacks out where he can get it, but this fre­ were repulsed, the Boers losing heavi­ quently fails to satisfy him. His wise ly. The British loss was light, ac­ parent knows this, and she saves the I cording to their report. larder from a wholesale onslaught by locking things up. Now, if there is one thing in particu­ lar that this youth dotes upon It is jelly. But jelly is an article of food that takes time and skill in its prep­ aration, and if the lady left her jelly jars at his disposal—well, there would be none to dispose of after a few mornings. So the jelly Is locked up the tightest of all. The other morning the youth let him­ self into the house Ju. t as the gray streaks of dawn were crossbarring the eastero sky. There was milk and bread awaiting him, but his soul craved for jelly. determined to hunt for some. TajdugA slice of bread and a knife, he »ty tbe skylark is most won­ derful. “The lark ascends until it appears no larger than a midge and can with difficulty be seen by the un­ aided eye, ano yet every note of its song will be clearly audible to persons who are fully half a mile from tbe uest over which tbe bird utters its soug. b “Moreover, it uiver ceases to sing 'for a moment, a feat which seems won­ derful to us human beings, who find that a song of six or seven minutes in length, though Interspersed with rests and pauses, is more than trying. Yet this bird wil| pour out a continuous song of nearly 20 minutes in length and all tbe time has to support itself in the air by tbe constant use of its wings.” A Hn«lne«« Proposition. ‘ nation, excem», excesses or risarella cigarette «making. Leat k U »bn»«, dl<»ip»t|oti, amoklhg. Ciaree ------------------- 11,1». Effects are Imm-ydlste. 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