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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1902-2-20, Page 2I About the ....House .Eir+4-4444-4-+Vi44-4444,941 COCKING PEAS, Peas, pudding het, peas pudding gold, Peas pudding iu the pot eiractelays old, Thi e rbyere, accompauied by a slappiter ef heeds. is it remitter aerate tZ most yeung peoplebut few of the keow the dish. which is ate old English one. 'This i$ the recipe: Put- A pint wet a, ball a *put pees. wolen ever night, with a pineh ot carbonate of sonar Before Ito/Item re- move any o tun peoe tbot float. /loll She beaue until tender with a little sent aild a,ear desired never, a bit a lemou peel, etarlie thyme. or a little of all three. Breit% and rah them through a colauder. When emootii, add two ounces a buttor. deesh of pepper. and two eggs %veil oten. /lour PViddflug cl°1111 steamer, turn in tbe pudiling and boil for an how. chopped bacon may he added to tho puddiag if desired. Ati bacou and split. peas SOME 'HINTS. The Stocks and ties whieh axe no longer comfortenle. but soet., wrinkl- ed end crushed, en tie done up at bOnle antl require only a law lain- uteswork, Wasn with white castile soap a.nd, thoroughly rinse in hot water. Roll in a dry towel for a few minutes au cl iroo while still (Mite wet. This method of ironing will giro eullicient crispness, but if more is deeired a little starch water may be ended to the last hot dee- ng woter, and a. little liquid btu - Inge Castilo soap will not spoil de- licate colors. but care mast be taken not to use water that is very hot. If olio cau coutfertabiy immerse the bonds in. it there will be no trouble. Silk may be eieoned home and look as -Wee atter. the cleansing pee, cess as -Omagh sent to the eleapers,, providing, the gurraent is to bo no - Made, and tnay be ripped apart. Cover the ironieg board with an old blanket or tiotible shawoa top tacit a, sheet. Lay the silk smooth an this ebeet and sponge both sides with one -hail eup gall. one-half cult ammonia, auel one -heti pint tepid water. Roil the silk on on old broom handlebaying it eer310 free from wrinklesi. Let it t.ey and do not iron. Woolen good e tleay treated and :rolled in the same man - may he liept on hand. ties patithog tier. Makes a good diaper wtiert emerge -at -I' If gloves are hept tit waxed paper cies :wise. they will eever leee Castleity or Split Pea. Salado -Au eeciellent wino softness, This is pavticulerly usritil ter sated relay be made with either „ wiwo elle has an unusual nundor on dried lima beans or peis. un- heedor for glovea out of siason. or tkl they are very soft. and boil in those winch. are on only to Watch aalted water until tender, but not pertieular toilete„ raueler. Drain ond cool. Squce e Ilave you ever been troublcd with owe the heane or peas the tuice gaods Viet is very thin gathering tip 1111 oftiOn and add one or two bits when yeti ere sewing? Just, try put - from a can o tOulnt,oe'* whiU MaY fitrIP of paper under tno goo 's he onptied and owed for another oto coeion, When tomato ie used a pinch of dried tinene gives a deli- eiout; flavor. Servo with a French or a. sour croam dreseing. Split Pea Cutlets• --A delicious dish eold in vegetarian restaurauts. us - flatly under the name of cutlets or vegeterieu beefsteak is nada o let's: Soak the split peas as for the pudding, Put into o double bolter with water commit to cover them and a sprig of tityine. two clovee gerlie end a green idinddri from Whir:A the Fieatie base been rontovea, Steam until the, as are tender. 4 aerated milli. 4terilize4 milk, droin and partly meek them, Mix peieUinled milk. lactated Milk, and with the pees a little very dimly malted milli there is now to be added odeved 4n11014 Or celer.y. Form into a neW kind of stientifie hogienic nails like fish coliee. Simko over mill:. sari the London Fecprees. Ow= a desh of' pepper, flip feret into This ie comp:waned milli. By a O• Witten ding. and then in /radian new process the microbes that lageal or bread ertietbe ond fry, Tiili‘so L ahound ia coven milk. nee squeeeed to cutlets are sery substantialanal lit- death -eat least part of them are, for the. if eny. meat, thould be eaten there are ebout 500.000 gram to with tbein. Dried lima beans may overy teaspoonful a unbelief:I Cow's te prepared in exactly the samo waymilk. except that a little tomato or mine- To investigate the efieet of pries- etl pursley adds greatly to tbe flavor. suro on bacteria an apparatus has been dovised which is remarkable for having prodneed what, is probably the greatest hydrostatic pressure ever eiet reached-- over 4501000 pounds per squaro inch. particular oidect of these ex- perituents was to determine whether the bacteria In milk might. not he killed by bydrostatic preesuro, so that it would keep a louger time without going sour. i.lioderate pres-twoe were first tried, bet uppeared to hove no effect. 'rite pressure was then Increased, ami no- table reeults wero obtoined. Milk subjected to pressures of 70 to 100 tons kept front 21 to 00 ours longer without going sour than lnilk which had uot been sub- jected to coinpression. The degreee to which the liceping qualities of milk were improved ap- peared to depend as much on the time for which tho pressure was maintained as upon tho aetual pres- sure reached. Pressures of 90 tons per square inch inaintained for an hour prevent- ed milk from going sour for from four to six clays. Complete sterilization a the milk, however. was in no case effected, ev- en at the higbest pressures. and the milk in litany cases acquired peculiar tastes and odors of keeping, indicat- ing that certain species of bacteria were killed while others were not. you will. fine tbet it re longer 'ors. The paper an easily be lied off, httent leather bootselippere and belts sliould be wiptel over with a. cloth dampened with H. and then wrapped in tissue paper when not In use. COZ.TPRESSF rebes Aro Now Squeezed to Deoth. tiltlit Pea Soupeolhie is really a, hearty meal in itself. Soak a quart eplit peas over night in (5 large nettle. Vour off the water and rine caver with three pints of water nod pet on the tire. with a spoonful each of' salt awl sugar and two cloves of garlic. Don't, omit the' pomace In: ritetaber the bane of American rook - is the lack al Dar. It oti bate a ham bone or a chicken bone to put in so twirl), tile better. let U* e soup simmer for severe! hours On the bark of the stove. Then add ane or two cues of milk, a bit of teeter and a, dash of black pepper etel it is ready to serve. Batted Peas. --A delicious naked dish i9 made by rubbing a large bake dish with a (dove of garlic. Turn into this a Wet of split peas emilied until soft. Chop a birge on- ion very line and spread over the top of the, peas with pepper nod :eat. If :sou have left later gravy or stock pour it over the nitxture. If not eoter with. Water, spreading over all bayou eat into the thinnest possible taiceit. Bate in the oven for two hours and add a little boiling water if the peas get, too dry. This will be found a. great improvement on baked teems. As split peas are sold as low es 4 cente a quart. them dishes will be fatted very eronoreical. PEOPLE LIKE X'OTATOES. To make mashed potatoes specially attractive, dish it up lightly instead ni smoothing it down and grate over it the yolk or a cold bard boiled It is but the work of a. minete end the yellow• and whit o fluffiness will be greatly admired. When potatoes are inclined towards eieldenness, try steaming instead of baking and boiling; you will be am- azed at the result, for a very poor potato will turn out quite mealy. If the steamer is air -tight allow about thirty -eve minutes for good-sized po- tatoes. When belling, baking or ;teaming potatoes, plan to have them of uniform size, as the smaller ones will be ruined while waiting for the larger ones to get done. The objection many have to French Fried potatoes may be obviated if as they are drained from the boiling fat they are spread upon. clean brown paper, this absorbs all surplus fat, in a few ;minutes, after which they may be served. Try potato soup once in a while when tired of tomato vegetable and stock soups; boil about six potatoes, sift while hot through a flour sieve, add one quart, of milk, a generous piece of butler to a solemn conversation, which was and salt and pepper to taste. Chop- an eventth both lives. Carlyle is Pad Parsley or sliced cold boiled eggs tinsurpassable in his -descriptions of added at tha last moment before scenery ; from the pictures of moun- shr ving, adds to its attractiveness. inns to "Sarter Pesartus" to the A salad dne enough to grace any 1 e`f-3;, pieces in Frederick. Push:Ill; eecaeion. and especially desirable a;iaself a good walker, is more the - served with cold meat, is potato torieal but not so graphic, cream salad. To make it use one pint of hot'sitted potato, butter the size of an egg, one-quarter teaspoon- ful of mustard, half a teaspoonful of salt, a little paprika, and one egg lightly beaten, cream all together; then add either 'vinegar or leroon juice. The lemon juice is nicer if you have a. lemon 011 hand; the 'Mee of one small one is about right for the correat consistency, but oi course mileh depends upon the pota- toes, very mealy ones requiring more Xiquid to give the salad the right t ou cll. When well be ten it should be eight awl apongy, but stir' enough tO spoon 'slit upon erisp lettuce leav- WALKING TEEM. ILBCREA'TION Best of Panaceas for the Ittorbid. Tendencies of Authors. Walking is the best of panaceas for the morbid tendencies of authors. It is as good for reasonere as for poets. John Stuart Mill imbibed at once psychology, political economy, and a, love of walks from his father. 1Valking was bis one recreation ; it saved him from becoming a mere smoke -dried pedant and though. he put forward the pretext of botanical researches, it helped him to perceive that man is something besides a more 'logic machine. Mill's great rival as a spiritual guide, Carlyle, Was a vigorous walker. One of the -vivid passages in the "Reminis- cences" destribes his walk- with fry- ing from GlaSgovr- to Drumelog. 13ero they sat on the "brow of a peat hag, while far, far away to the westward, over our brown horizon, towered tip white and visible tit many miles of distal-1CD a high, irregular pyramid. Crldg we at once guessed, and thought of the seas and oceans over yonder." The vision naturally led PROVF,13. Strawber-"Monkton says lie fol- lowed your advice about speculating, and lost $4,000 by it." Singerly.-"Did ho ? Well, I al- ways knew he We8 a chump. Recently a man who had an im- pediment in his speech went into eheniist's shop in the country for some ipecacuanha wine. At the counter stoOd the eerand-boy, who was utilizing his aparo tone by ty- ing up peekets of salts. Customer (to el on-- want sonic ip-ip- ip -ip ** Err a n d .13 oy-' 'Harr a b. FETISH CHARNEL 110138E, CAPTURZD 13XT L. BRITISE „IN .1.114- ST AFRICA. Fifty aman Beings Aunuelly Sacrinced at the Great Re- ligdons Centro. The following details have been re- ceived in Loudon ef the lighting in the expedition egalest. the Ares. The correepOndent says At dawn on December 24. 19Q1, the treop$ in the Eseitu camp fen in with praiseworthy precisime reecoed the comp at Olcoroviis farm in ex- cellent time, and joined on to the full and areurate cletaile from the people of the ritual which has been in vogue for eentnrieS w this g10041Y Wie 01 eae. go superstition, first, ecauee they are afraid, and, Sec- ondly, because the priests have yet to be captered. Everything wbich is sacrificed. such as cettle, goats. fowls, ete, must be white, The Eigh -Priest of the oracle is usually out of sight and addresses the pilgrims in an impreesive monotonehaving pre-- viously been nuide cognizant of everyad correspond_ aJxkohoaantntiesrebankrg boats boerticauffli zet:d rnntnal and their diaputes bv means ere h cif said ; the supplicants aennet Burleigh. the w Th P ave been assault* detail concerning ent 9f the Loeden Daily Telegranh tictenees O SOrt of fetish ireeznesonry whictk aud ettempte at weyleying and as - certainly extend' as far as the limits 'The contrasts are as noughtcome saultieg the police, "aundbageine" Of Southern Nigeria, it would soon Pared with- the maitiplicity of per- aed bludgeoning are the to be 0 fair estimate to put the num- allots in historyEven in the co- adopted, Latteriy,, as in &via (as., e ber of pilgrims down at about 500 perience ef 4 lifetime 1 couln cite tricts at home, the police after dark THE BOERS' PLOT FAILED Tr WAS CONCEIVED ON A MOST GOOANTIC SCALE. allies could fly the Pritish, troops, and Verigeance ere morning light. APT TI-1.al PLOT EAS FAILED, and, bappilY, many of the., conspirsr tol'e hey° been, laid by the heels, an4 atm on possibly will be held by the Details of the Scheme to Capture' peek. Already they are follewin& Lords Milner aed Kitchener and Sack Johannesleurg, Writing front Kierksdorp, 111r, thew noture, in making haste te hive evidenee against each other, that they may obere their individeel wretebed lives. For some little tent et annuallit, all of whom Pat' dearly for nuraterless inet.a,nces. d'o be beaten, go about in twos, 13ut a little while tail of the eolumn. l'he Advance No defeat, is poisooed bitter- ago a midier doing sentry -go at the —. „ 4 colimen in its entirety thee the advice or decree which is vieuch- to oueer sinfed to them. Probably the number itess t.o raw nateres. When a, strug- largo railway goods station iii the beganogi0'inlit ilatordW4Youbretowbeejohntiohuer. sthairtht- of human sacrifices does not reach gle has become hopeless there ia al,' suburb of Bramfontein, Johannes- ceuku. six fs wa total of 50 ees, while about waa ti ys eecoe of se. tubborn svagee 'burg, was assassinated, and. his rifl important chieere e '20 eecouutercd. 0 peoele are sold. into sonvery and eager to wreck and slay, regardless awl. bandolier carried o who nestenseret, lincerh ff ditionally to the comniatelente ant tbe remainder are allowed to go whether they involve themselves and Aninstruetion eas been issued to at the same time we were intern:NA `.4w4Y iree' ,, the ghost of their cause into a be'erd dark in JOhannesburir to go abont thii ienecent le rein, and traneform -,all ofneera who may be abroad after hat the nativee of Aro-Clurku aere ,r1,.........1+1 ....,,,...• werd of contempt, It bits been so ;armed and to walk in the middle of prepared for us :end intended to in the old weed and tee new, and ' the road. This. has been rendered na-.. Oght. We found, hw oever. tbath t e "1"47 4 1:)''' 1.35."-M 7V1"")N Africa- is affording another parallel, eeseeal, because et the, rumens jork, toewArraounddQer, tritleetlim-parn:s4titnat titliet. aliztery laeu Are overlooking About two weeee ago I heard 0* the ing in doorways and antler the bale we lateSt -40hanneahtlea Piot- -.' was Cony Shadows that eOlret 1/10$4. 0t ti would go on further than the eleaceived on a more gigantic scale peso:Dents in this Metrueolis of ie the for side of it and entrenehed ehisent lasoo°r111):ortou33oiutliY: whatover great fetish eapital. had retirecl to than some of the previous conspire nfainroon„ them...oleo. On our arrival at Aro- that the itioasise slides Railway is hdes' The ebbi"t N1141$ "0 less th4n to kill or Seize. Lord Kitchener and Chet:it-on tho very doe, fixed -the - t - - ' - t - ndutriced adard errepied fim (rant to be indite and that coustriiel,fim Lord Milner and their stalte, ahoot face of the toWn the mein . the wi" eat° in the neer fet"res it Ivul dOwn t" P°Ifeu and thO Itoild Rill°' . t.vork wonders .ni ehe whele , Yulton (set firo to JohormesOorg. loying. it N:de% and the rear guard tile remain. and work as unfelt havoc QS g portion of tile town. which was "glen' 41S °''' ‘‘"1 tergler P0sMbhi 131010 mites, rut. No sooner had we made our Ovut*Ing 1" Ulatl/Y CoMParl-ttivOY lQw• Pcos$Ible bOrore decamPtriK $nt-0 tha grade propositions, whielt ,ate how mountains. It. was suppoSed that inspeeitiors than *lie enemy advone- h„„dh„„„a h, the etiorliteust elicit 4 blow successfully dealt Ito, ed and attael:ed tut from Um north. '''.1"-'".'' 'IA They were quiet IY reluilsedi hut ohlYifit'sr4gsl!toin.gAr41:terttestio, et renneonveet, i and others as hostages, would havo iwith Lord fifilner, Lord Ititclaerier, to return a very 'short time nitur-; wards. From within 441 hour of our 'B.C., and also of tbe Ctiendian-Yut compelled Britairt to euo for peace. occupation the Arco never left us hoil 8hvr 1411/ °hhiP4417 or 1/4-`v8')n. is`.° 11"14 do auP ePelniee /snow the quiet either by day or eight, for authority for the abovo ,stateatente. !spirit of the English race. An even when tl'eY Cad not advance against i "'There are any number of pro.'Partifti MICC-eSa would have eusured In sitilieleut numbers to mane it. perties in the imeiediate neiglaboo- the hor0P.,lete OustruCtion of 'all Iwo- tecefisary tO Fend trOOrS out to hood Of Ponateta and Lidorotio iBoer itspiretionsat home 44 Well as Mee then* offthey persintently snip- Croke and along the teibutatlea of Am South Afdice, 10 that sensed some other !of iew austere patrioto regret their 11 the camp. and, unfortunately, i Indian River which in any 711E LONG ail -ay. -.trernely vaItteble, but wbich cermet CoUntry would be considered R ext otel failure, Ease* as it might have itb seine effect. boo for a time to have done with - or out, Lord Milner and Lord Kitchener he worned.setisfactorily hecauee Aro-Clitikii1 or. as the natives also the 0091, or supplies. These mese tstd-iwe could prolltebly dispense with call it Ozno-Ctiukti (the sons of Ocellhacked up nuar‘ and tee rates run ninny leaser citil eervante, 45 Well ectuat:sta of 14 tome situated round as hish gis seep to stee a ton. ha generale and celenele for ever -- the "Long du -Jur' which le under a whereas, le i vet the empire would hove teenaged mile from our present earap. it!. the railroad built, the - , • preach to the Long ./luolu is through I The 'IP"; rate tvill be neeror to $10 a ton. is, „t an„ s„ heee, ed eehe ti tho plot at hornet Tlere great retie- dther probably have heard little about deere bush, which gradually hooters „,,,,g`hteetnedZ"Zidtted„*.ettd,"tetat.ht- hd„ !once has been niaintained-quito uri- tbicker and thicter until one arrivca N'"" "it'' ""hat'd t.';'"'"'"' at' necessarily. I think. Othertvise I at tim entrance tit a dtcp. ova. Chicago, and about 8.0.000 in finia- wealth hare wired. The latest plot got "blown upon" possibly too soon. Whether it Was se el it oc: f a 4 . n() 71 Le lan while the balance will be sub - lung, and 50 yards wide. One then imlhed in DAwsen*" climbs down tbe precipitous sides of il Toling up another line of thought. he rock ir to n narrow goive and Mr, Malebo ventured the opinion inte running water, 00 which one that eitnedian merchants geuerally, who disclosed the conspiracy, or the wadespeeving under two fences, not eiVen excepthog thee° of Waikato burgher who would not adloni • his young sons to join the gong, I leave undecided. The Boer Imo his Mulls, but he is not a bora con- lapirator. It was amongst the foreign riffraff that the treason, if uot hatch- ed, was, at any rate, nurtured. It 'is understood that there wero, nom- inally at least, over 800 foreigners engaged in the scheme. Only a small number were Boers and burghers, and et these very few are prominent men. The Now Club hero may have 'contributed a member or two.' Any- how. moral of them were under sus- picion. and 1 believe there bits bon an arrest in that connection. Mat- ters. however, are sub Ounce, and further comment must be deferred. Tho authorities very quietly, when the gist of the plot arid the names of tho conspirotors became known to Liam, arrested in the courso of twat:- ty-four hours, some thirty porsous, who were at once examined and in- carcerated in the fort. Since then about thirty others have been added Lo the list of prisoners, A week ago arrests of others of tho gang were Made at Eln.ndsfontein, a, fete Miles out from Johannesburg, on the Pre- toria line. To -day it is given out that the trials of the accused will begin before a. court. I have been told that already the military tri- bunal has adjudicated in one case, arid that the prisoner has paid the extretne penalty for his eritnes. line e dt • doubtedly the conspirators are keep- ing' up a correspondence with the SI. c.-4,..:, \ a. Boers out on cta oinando. The - eats scheme of the plotter was little shore of devilish. Some eleven hundred men were to be enlisted, whose. work it was, upon a given signal, to as- sassinate a like number of Itand h Rt The Suppression of "Long Juoiu Ri tes by the Aro Expedetion. A hunum ifles Thaexcellent local volunteer bho-dy ave been wont to Sacrifice in We:st Africa. rs-who had ticked off the drill carrying only thproceed to conspiratoeir rifles., The until one finally comes to a place louver, were not yet fully alive to 1 . private addresses of most of these where the water comes out of the solid rock in two Ve; streams, wbieh unite below a small island, on which are two altars, One 'nude of many trade guns, stuek muzzle downwitrds into the ground and topped. with skulls, the other of wood and sup- T1Th"INEVITABLE WOMAN." ^ g e Or inOre the importance of the Yukon trade. of their number to each resiclence, "It is true," ho said, that about When the fatal date, which was to 75 per cent. of the trade comes to be about the middle of December, Canada now, and that is a vast hie- came round, the signal for the provement on the old conditions, but SOBT11 AFRICAN SICILIAN I see no reason why Canada should blood, eggs, and other votive offer- are . porting more skulls, bones feathers, ings to the ju-ju, including the head :all.' of the last avictiza. Over the rock, h not get it all. Tbe machinery inert email d wtiet , .0:Ingl 1) nans Pal lcb .i Yrs ' 1 g.ries'ac.litifilir-'ir; t* uteri sleek. There are I plotter was to he in readiness at hie !assigned post, either lurking in the ; doorway, or, if possible within the was to be given. Meanwhile every where is the source of the water. is e se%sttsihtaon the '-exukolrnincloiintry, 1.V. '31.1 1 Am-lling of the marked rifleman. roof 'Of human skulls with a curtain, 0a11"111.11 ilningsooed.a. n TshuePyPrhYttI4,:tdctlieise 1,Buivuurlderers prefer the dark for the _ , , . eloths and the lower the top part of which ipsarctonomfonsaeduit tariffinibnittlietr3 favor, too, and if solne dusk of evenine the leaders were to commission of thee- crimes. In the of them only had the energy, they matting, screening the rock and rush the in.ine, and capture the s could assuredly capture the trade. hanging just short of the water'Thotheri"hooter" thereat, which, "by order" There are instances, too, but edge. ' 'has to sound the first no-te of warn- - this is one particularly noticeable." HORRIBLE CITA.RNEL-NO USE. , • irtg to the public. The complement The Lower portions of tho rock,+ thereof, to show there is :linger composing the other sides of this abroad, and that the enemy' are' crater, aro draped with mats only., ClelliG.NAL JEWELS, about, ie the nring of three rounds On the left of the entrance, centrally . ,by a cannon from the fort. To a Situated and opposite the island, has In accordance with Frenck customs conspirator was entrusted tlie task, been hewn out of the rock a net_ there has just been a curious sale on hearing the "hooter," of firing topped ledge for, sacrinena purposes. by auction in Pari. The objects a gun, or small mines, to simulato The water, about l'd inches deep, is disposed of eonsistaid mainly of jewel- the second official' alarm. When these full of tame grey-dolored fish about 'cry confiscated by the authorities sounds are heard, by order," every two feet in length with long suckers frPra doavicted ' criminals, and un- Civilinn must seek she'iter within the and glaring- yellow eyes,. which have elainied by any- Peron with a legal nearest house,,and tl,e rieeMen ' get a niost bizarre appearance as they title to the property. In proclaim-. their weapons. Ilia false signals glide noiselessly through the clear ing the virtues. of the artieles offer- g-iven here was the ihstant for the water in the dlni light cf this char- ed to the public the auctioneer was traitors. The unsuspecting Rand nel-house of fetish lore. wench is Able to unctuously dwell on the dr- riflemen were to be sandbagged, or roofed with densely intertwined eurastancee that a particular ring struck down and killed upon their creepers. These fish are regarded as, had encircled the finger of an assas- door Step's, or stabbed to death with sacred. On the left of the exit lice sin on the day of the, eonnniesion of their own bayonets as they entered . another pile el human ailiulla, and his crime, al3(1 that a necklace had their homes-. Kemp cud ono thone- other relies of ju-ju rights, and on been habitually worn by an interest - the right is the last sacrifiee-a ine id3 1ent to nena,1 servitude It white goat, trussed uP in the branch- has been found that Inest of these es of a paliri tree and starving to jewels, being merely imitations of death. precious nietala neni stonewotlulc1 L The ong Junin is probabh n ly the fetcexi t to nothing f sol d ia le an erit.iance, helped by their friends hest known and most powerful re- ordinary way. But 1.)y appealine; to from within. Then the work of rob- ligiotis centre in 'West Afriaai, and is the, bnaginatioa of the morbid bey, Plundea inerder and incendiar- visited frum. linndrects of miles by copnection with criminals and crinie iSfl WaS t0 proceed with relentless riati-c,es of all sorts and conditions. they invariiibly realise fi.,ney prices hot haste, so that it might be Mi- lt is impossible, pal...sr:lit, to get and add to the e•tate exchequer. ishea, the conspirator0031 their end Boers, who had been eotnmtini- cated with by the garbage -cart driv- ers, were to be in hiding near 'the eity. :in the tumult and uproar ex- pected to ensue they were to force TEE BOERS AT PRETORIA, BrItone StilI Asking Why They Didn't Fight. Britons alWaya hove been much, myotined by tho ftetion ol the Boers in abandoning their Capitol without giving NAM% Loaner:, technical joureels are still cliscussiug the pro- blem and inciduntelly publishing photographs to .show that Pretoria Was guarded by several formidelde forts, well equipped with arta% water, eleetricei appliences. ete. Pretoria is in a. basin, and no less than seven fortwere projected for tho low hills surrounding it. Pour of these were completed and two were begun, but the other had not progreesed beyond UM: planning. Co*. onel Seidel, to whom the construe - thin was intrusted, is ?aid to hove gone to Berlin to secure tho best pro.* fessional advice. Omit care was takea to insure secrecy during tide work.. The laborers on the Several forts were housed in different parte of the city and forbidden to cont- municate with other, and scouts Lept trangors at a. distal= of a mile from tte forts. When the Britielt took posseotion of the fortifleolions they found that the four completed forte had outer walls of masonry inuny feet Mick, flanked by earthworks oa the outer faces. The interior of forts Won. derbeon't and Schantelcop were com- pletely equipped with electric light. oll engines tor generating power, huge water tanks holding enough water to last their garrisons at least three months, and under- ground bomb -proof magazines. Both forts had powerful searehlights, three signaling Tamps of 800 candle power t each and telephonic hornmunicatiozt with their neighbors, as well tie with the city. The equipment or these two forts were found intact, and included a formidable orMantent of 4.7 lach guns mounted READY FOR ACTION. Port Daspoort uPearently bad been. robbed of its ciumaa for use in the field, wbile Norman:ins Kraal had not been °quipped with its batteries. The peculiar thing about the situation was in tbo fact that the two forts with batteries in place were to the north of the city, while 1Termautt's Ihrtud, which was without, guns, was planned to defend the. approach from. the south. It is known the Boer Government bought a large number of 5.9 inch Cruesot guns from the French makers for the armament of .these fortifications. The fact that they were mounted on special travel- ling carriages, making them evade,- ble for service ia the field might in- dicate that they never readied the southern fort because they wore in too great clenaand for field Use. 'The British think nen° of the "Long Tom's" were ever mounted in ay 01 the forts. When the enemy opened its attack on Pretoria. the Boers -were in bad condition for defence, but that needs some explanation. Some of the guns. intended for these forts wore used 'with great effect in the fighting at the Tugela River, but when tin Doer* retreated they did not install those tiz cannons in the foe:Lineations at Pre- toria. Instead, they transported 5110111 to points north of the' city ter 'dispute the advance a the enemy be- yond Pretoria,. The tritish opened fire on the fortfrom a point Eve nines south of the city and were an- swered for a time by heavy guns, but it was. afterwards .learned that these were outside tbe forts and on travelling carriages. The enemy aimedthree lycldile shells at Schen- 191.-op, but they did little damage. The Dritens are sl,ill tisking: "'Why didn't the Boers put up a great fight Preto)nt i A N .ARTFUL FILTS13AND. 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