A Gentleman Of The Old School

President Krnger ]ives up tobis Puritan principies. Wuen in Paris, herefused all invitations to go out on a Sunday, and he thougbt the costumes worn by ladies at the opera or parties very immodest. He said he could not think how auy lady who respected herseM conld look at a ballet. The only books he had ever read besides the Bible were the"History of tbe Princes of Orange," "History of tbe Thirty Years' War," Motley's "History of the Dntch Republic, " Macan lay 's writings on William of Orange and "The Pilgrim's Progress. " He said that in the Transvaal when a boy was sent to school he was provided with a gun and a pound of ammunition. He could then bring home a bag of game and defend himself againsttheKaffirs, but thfl parents tried, nevertheless, to make these selL reliant boys understand that the meek shall inherit the earth. Another story told of President Kruger is that when he got home from his visit to Enrope he said England was well enough, but the land seemed to be all owned by somebody. Oneconldnot even go out into the country and sit down underatree to smoke bis pipe butsomebody would come along and say that he owned the laiid and ask what the