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BRITISH DEFEATED.
General Buller is Forced to Retreat
Before the Enemy.
HO DISGUISING THE UGLY FACTS
oniuing oi xne ineaier 01 narrrum
the Rocky Kopjes to the Open Veldt
Suggested.
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Ijocdon, By Cable?It is frankly acknowledged
that the mon serious effort
of the present war has dismally
failed. There is no sign of a wish on
the part of the leaders of public opinion
to disguise the ugly facts, hut, on
the contrary, there is every disposition
to face the full difficulties and discover
the best way out. In short, the
policy voiced everywhere is *he gathering
up of forces for more effective
blows. All hopes of the speedy relief
t of Ladyemith have been abandoned,
and the consensus of expert opinion
urges the immediate shifting of the
theatre of war from the rocky kopje*
of Natal to the open veldt (' the Free
9iate. One thing appears certain-^aa
other long pause is inevitable, unless
D/V/VM. nl..A k.?
uvna ^w>2>iLUir iuv uuruaivu urcause,
even in the event of Genera]
Buller further attempting to reach
Ijadysmith, the planning of a new
move will necessarily occupy time.
The afternoon newspapers are
drawing attention to the closeness of
the parallel between the Federal attack
on Keneral I^ee at Fredericksburg
ami the operations on the upper Tugela.
Curiously enough, there is visible.
especially in military circles, an
undercurrent of relief at the news that
the British are safely south of the
TugeLa, for the rumors of Saturday
had confuted ud visions of an immense
catastrophe. As the afternoon news
papers are commenting without full
knowledge of the tacts, they are not
disposed to offer any apologies foT
General Buller's defeat. The St. James
Gazette, says: "The meaning of the
retreat is obvious. We have had to
recognize that we eannot force our
way through the enemy's lines to
Ladyknith. Why. we do not know. If
the Roer position Is impregnable it
ought never to h3ve been attacked. It
it is capable of being taken, we wore
repulsed because the leadership was
bad. and it is idle to attempt to conceal
that the latter is far from incredible.
To start out declaring there
must be no turning back, is eminently
foolish. When swagger and rant prevail.
there is commonly plentiful lack
a! judgment and true resolution. It
requires serious effort net to yield to
the glocmy conviction that the intel
leccirai ana moral quaimes wr.ro m iK?
for success have been replaced on oar
side by words, words, words. The remedy
for South Africa is not to add 1
?the numbers, but to put the trooj.
where their force can come into play.*
The Westminster Gizeite invites the
country to cast aside all delusions and
recognize the fact that progres.: lor ihi
present is stopped in Natal, ml that
safety lies in concentration. General
White's force, as an effective aid, must
bp written off, and probably most oi
General Boiler's army has left the
Tugekv "The Boers," it says, "have
been given time to prepare i gainst an
advance through the Free State, and
we have not sufficient strength at
present to undertake this advance
with any safety. These aTe ugly
facts, but those who disguise them are
again misleading the public. The plain
truth is that we will have to make a
We need at least 100,000 more mennew
army somehow, from somewhere.
50.000 to re-enforce the Cape and
50.W0 in reserve.'"'
War on Fertilizer Trust.
Columbia, S. C., Special. The f~?r
tilizer traffic is under fire in this State.
Senator J. C. Alexander, president o?
the State Farmers' Alliance has issued
a call to all of the Alliances In the
State to meet and decide upon a plan
of fighting the trust. The VirginiaCarolina
Chemical Company, recently
bought nearly all the fertilizer factories
in this State and it is against the
corporation that the call is directed.
Telegraphers' Trouble.
Atlanta. Gu., Special.?W. V. Powell,
of St. Louis, president of the Older of
Railway Telegraphers, arrived in Atlanta
Monday night. His coming ic
significant at this time, in view of the
fact that the telejfraphers on the
Southern Railway are attempting to
adjust certain grievances existing od
that system.
Barge Goes Down.
Norfolk, Va., Spe-.tu!. News has
reached here of 'he foundering of the
barge Houseman, and the Ios3 of two
of her crew. The barges Houseman,
Rose Hagan and Three Sisters, left
Norfolk for Charleston, In tow of the
tug Protector. When off Frying Pan
Shoals, a storm struck the tug and
tow. The Houseman broke loose and
the huge seas caused her to founder,
two of the crew going down with the
barge. Their names or residences weif
not learned. The tug and ether bargev
managed to reach Maiclitud City, the
barges being described as being in a
half sinking condition. On the way.
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CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS.
Daily Doings of Our National Legis- 1
tcrs.
, SENATE,
i Thirty-fifth Day.?The .speech of
j Mr. Bacon, of Georgia, on the Philip!
pine policy was the feature of the day's <
I session of the Senate. At its con- ,
elusion there was a spicy colloquy over
a suggested declaration tor self-government
of the Philippines, similar to
the Teller declaration as to Cuban ,
self-government. The bill presenting '
to the city of Nashville the cannon on ,
the gun-boat Nashville, from which
I whs tired cne nrs>i snoi in me ?pamsn
I war. was passed. Mr. Hoar offered a
! resolution calling on the committee
j on rules to consider whether som^ i
(suitable plan could not be adopted for
i the enlargement of the ojpitol and for
providing for the transaction of public
business other than legislative business
elsewhere. After some debate,
j the resolution was agreed to.
Thirty-sixth Day.?Debate in the
I Senate, ordinarily calm and dignified,
i burst into passionate utterances and
i bitter recriminations. Senators hurled
denunciations one at anotnr-r until
i the auditors quivered with excitement.
, The debate grew out of a phase of the
! Philippine question and no scene had '
| been witnessed since the discission of
the war resolutions in the las: Con:
gress. which, in sensational features.
, compared with thar of today's. The I
j discussion arose quite unexpectedly. '
, Mr. Pettigrew. who has precipitated
nearly all the debate on the Philip!
pine question during the present Ce-n'
gress, sought to have read a resoluj
tion embodying a document written by
i Eniilio Aguinaldo tipon the Filipino '
I insurrection and containing his veri
sion of the alleged recognition of the
"onuKlw. hv Atlmirtil T)f?WPV.
r ui|iMiu iv^tiunv, i?%? .
; Senator Lodge, cf Massachusetts, protested
against printing the document i
j in anv form and read a letter from
Admiral Dewey in which that portion
of Aguinaldo's statement relating to'
the admiral was denounced as a "tissue
of falsehoods." Senators on the 1
floor listened with eager attention and
many gallery spectators leaned far
over the railings in their desire not *o
1 miss a sentence. Mr. Ixalge said he
preferred accepting Dewey's word to,
that of Aguinaldo and was satisfied the
American people would also. In a passionate
reply Mr. Pettigrew declared
that Admiral Dewey had recognize !
j the Filipino republic and although afforded
an opportunity heretofore to
deny Aguinaldo's statements had not
done so. In an instant half a dozeti
Senators were on their feet. Mr. Hawj
ley. the venerabie Senator from Connecticut.
denounced Mr. Pottigrew's
action as treason.
Thirty-seventh Day.?An effort by
1 Senator Pettigrew. of South Dakota,
to discuss the Philippine question in
the Senate, taking for his text the res
I olution offered by him Thursdav. was
of no avail, as he was met by a point
of order which took him from the t
floor. He had gotten only so far as ?
to charge that the great journals of the
country would not publish the facts!
concerning the Philippine war when
the point of order was made by Senator
Gallinger and sustained by the ;
chair. Subsequently he offered another
resolution on which he will speak
next week.
Thirty eighth Day.?The Senate
. committee on Porto Rico concluded its
consideration of the bill providing a
form of government for the island of
Porto Rico. The bill elands in all es-,
tian particulars the same as left by the '
committee at its meeting last Wednesday.
Th? rate of duty provided for articles
taken from the United States to
Porto Rico is 23 per cent, of the Ding- j
ley law rate.
HOUSE.
Thirty-fifth Day. The House was
in session only a little over an hour,
and business of minor imporia.nce was
transacted. Mr. Eddy, disclaiming any
intention of reflecting upon Mr. Richardson.
Resolutions were adopted
calling upon the Secretary of the Navy
and the Secretary of War for information
as to the amount of money exi
ponded and the amount for which the
government is liable remaining unpaid.
for equipments, transportation,
supplies and naval operations in the
Philippine Islands, from May 1. 189$,
to November 1, 1899. The house then
adjourned.
Thirty-sixth Day. Under the latitude
allowed in general debate upon
<mnrr.i?riation bills, the Indian appropriation
bill in the House was made
the occasion for the discussion of a
, wide range of public questions. Our
policy in the Philippine islands, the
government of Porto Rico, the leasing
of our arid lands and election niethc-ds i
in t.ho Smith were in turn bromrht into
j the arena. The most interesting debate
occurred over the latter shbject.
Mr. Linney (N. C). a former Democrat
who joined the Republican pauy in
18S4. and who Is one of the breezy
talkers of the House, used as a text
j for the introduction of the subject the
amendment to the constitution of his j
State, which he claimed was designed'
to disfranchise the r.egro. Quite a
number of members were drawn into I
. the discussion and Mr. Linney's state-!
' ments provoked an eloquent reply from i
Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, who jus-;
titled to the full extent the action of I
| certain Southern States on the ground
I that the nonparticipation of the ignor-j
ant and illiterate was necessary to
prevent the submergence of civiliza- ;
tion.
Thirty-seventh Day.?The House de-:
voted its attention to the Indian appro-,
, priation bill. It got no farther, however
than the appropriations for indi-'
j an school?, where an effort was innui
gurated by Mr. Fitzgerald, of New
York, to permit the Secretary of the.
Interior to contract with schools for '
the education of Indian children where j
the government lacks facilities. The i
system of contract schools which h'a3 '
been the cause of a big row each vear j
has been gradual! c abandon >1. until |
no appropriation is made for them in
this bill. It is claimed 'hat present j
Indian school facilities are inadequate, i
Thirty-eighth Pay.-The House pass- i
the Indian appropriation bill. It was ;
slightly amended in unimportant par- ,
tieulars. An attempt to revive the pol- ;
icy of making contracts with religious i
" ^ 1 - Vva oIiiai ?ion r%f Tnrlton
SL~iIirUK) 1^1 till- r .tin ^.1^1* ,
children which has 'been gradually ,
abandoned by th" government during j
the last five years failed on the ruling
of the chair that the amendment was. j
out of order. The laitre part of the !
sesion was devoPJ to eulogies upon ;
the life and public services of the late j
Representative Ermentrout of Penn- '
sylvania.
NEWS SUMMARY.
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The South..
In an impromptu duel ex-Sherif 11.
R. Pickering was killed by Edward N. j
Daniel, who was wounded, at Prince- j
ton. Kv.
Governor Taylor, of Kentucky, has i
pardoned John D. Young, sen of ex- j
Congressman John D. Young, who was ,
serving a two years' terra for murder. |
A ii limrm^'J mirth nt cpvprn 1 hlindTd '
men took Convict Reynolds, who murdered
Captain W. C. Rooney. in the
penitentiary, from the prison at Canon
City, Col., and lynched him.
Nashville. Term, has been presented
by Secretary Long with the first A mo j
lean weapon finl in the Spanish war
(a Botch kiss gain).
The West Virginia Democratic State
Convection will be held at Parkersburg
on June t>.
General Bernardo Rcyers is Mexico's
new War Minister, succeeding the [
late General Felipe B^rriozabal.
The headquarters of the Mississippi
River Commission will be transferred
from New York to some point on the
Mississippi.
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The North.
J-ohn Smith wandered from a logging
camp, near Presque Isle, Mich., and was .
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lUIIi IXJ 'hJJ ?? v/. ?
S. H. Basher, of Iowa, suggets form- I
er Governor Horace Bois. as the Deni- |
orratic nominee for President.
Archie Null, who killed Melville
Lord at Nassau, X. Y was found
guilty of murder in the first degree at
Troy, X. Y., yesterday.
August O. Hyde, ex-Superintendent
cf County Poor, has been arrested at
Marshal, Mich., for the alleged embezzllement
of $5,000.
Harry Miller, the California millionaire
cattle king, was thrown from his
buggy at Gilroy, Oil., and sustained a
probably fatal '-oncussion of the brain.
General Greely is suffering from a
i-cta.
The wife of Senator Piatt, of New
York, Is ill at the Arlington Hotel, of
heart trouble.
It is proposed to increase the cost
of three public buildings now under
construction. Altcorn, Pa., from $125,000
to $150,000; Wilkesbarre, Pa.,
from $125,000 to $220,000; Newport
News, Vo., from $100,000 to $220,000.
The American Medical Union was
organized at Chicago, 111., on Friday.
Ex-Minister to England E. .T. !
Phelps, who is ill at New Haven,
Oonn.. is improving.
In a shooting match at Hamilton, j
O.. John Kulp was accidently killed j
by John Willoughby.
Half of a three-story building at j
Denver, Col., occupied by W. A- Hover j
and Co.. wholesale druggists, collaps- |
ed, causing a k)S3 of $50,000.
" -" ' J v> T DViolna !
1 lily It? i" lv r^iigiaim u. *
Is near to death at New* Harven, Conn, j
A modern hotel is to be erected by
the Fred Croker estate, at San Fran- '
cisro, Oal.. to cost $1,500,000.
Samuel NkkeTCon and wife, of Chi- j
oago, 111., have given their collection of
ivories and. Oriental carvings, worth
$50,000, to the Chicago Art Institute, j
The President informs the Senate 1
that the refusal to recognize Colonel J. j
R. O'Earue. of New York, as a Boer i
representative, was not influenced b> 1
any other consideration, than that he i
was a citizen of the United States.
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Foreign.
The British Minister at Guatemala
City has accepted the -post of erbitra- |
tor or the claim or .\ir. .ways an awcuoaii
railroad conductor, against the :
government of Guatemala for $100,000 {
damages.
Forty-eight salmon, canneries have ;
combined at Vancouvr. B. C.
The Castellanes' $200,000 memorial .
chapel in I\a-ris will be dedicated on i
May 4.
Berlin's elevated railroad will ex- !
pend $10,750 to insball an electric motor
system.
In tlie first nine months of last year, I
78,300 persons in the German Empire !
engaged in strikes.
Chambers of Commerce all over
France are protesting against the j
American reciprocity treaty.
An Indiana man is charged with
insanity because he burned up $3,(J O
in currency. If be bad lost it in a
bucket-shop his friends would have
regarded it simply as a case of hard
luck.
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HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
To Clean a Planter Stat no.
Make a th:u paste with cold water
and fuller's earth and spread it on the
statue, using a soft brush. Fill a tub
with soapsuds and wash the statue in
this. Rinse quickly and dry with a
sponge or a soft cloth. All the work
must he done speedily aud carefully.
A School I.unrheoti Samltvtch.
A spoonful of scrambled eggs or
omelet left from breakfast aud spread
between slices of buttered bread or
biscuit makes a school-luncheon
sandwich that is usually found acceptable.
A spoonful of creamed codfish,
also, is not to he despised as a savory
filial-" fill- tlio otii li 1 VflViill 4 slit 11.7
w icli.
llotr to Keep tlie Cellar Sweet.
"Re lavish in the use of lime. Charcoal,
also, is an excellent disinfectant
and purifier. An open box of it
makes a good cellar ornameut.
Admit a draft of fresh air daily,
whatever the weather. Do not let
rubbish accumulate. If your desire
for hoarding old things is irresistible,
gratify it anywhere but in the cellar.
If you have a furnace in the cellar,
insist upon its having a cold-air box.
The heated air which tills the upstairs
rooms is more healthful if drawn
from out-doors into the furnace, than
if supplied from the cellar, however
clean and well ventilated the latter
may be.
What an Afternoon Tea Keillv I*.
Afternoon tea as an entertainment
is odIj an extension of the home
functions. More of everything mast
be provided, bnt over-elaboration
should bo shunned. Serve, if you
wish, chocolate or coffee as well as tea.
Let the bread and butter be cut thin
as a wafer, and either rolled or
divided into tiny squares or triangles.
Have the sandwiches delicate and
appetizing, expending ingenuity in
their filling, and skill in cutting thorn
into fanciful shapes. Choose small or
fancy cakes that are a trifie unusual,
and, if you wish, supplement them by
bon-bons or salted nuts. Then stop!
When bouillon aud oysters, salads
and ices, are served at an afternoon
tea, it ceases to have any right to the
name. It is no longer a kettle-drum,
but an evening party given in tho
afternoon. Harper's Bazar.
School Lunches Thai Nourish.
The subject of luncheons for tho
little ones attending school is not generally
gircu the thought and care it
deserves.
In "putting up" the lunch aim at
variety; use more fruit and less meat,
is a good rule for most lunches, especially
for the children.
The following, according to Good
Housekeeping, is au arrangement for
one week:
Monday Cold tongue, ''patty1*
cakes, bread aud butter, fresh fruit.
Tuesday- Cheese sandwich, ccke,
custard, bread aud butter.
Wednesday Egg sandwich, canned
fruit, wafers, tea cakes.
Thursday Moat sandwich, battered
crackers, Graham bread, fruit.
Friday?Sliced meat, bread and
butter, pickles, cookies, .-nstard.
To each of the abov^. add a small
flask of milk.
Itpcipp*.
Oysterplant Balls?Cook uutil tender
in unsalted water one pint of
sliced oysterplant; press through a
sieve, and work into the pulp one egg,
one-half teaspoonful of salt and onefonrth
of a teaspoonful of pepper;
form into balls, roll in beaten egg,
then in bread crumbs and fry in
smoking-hot lard.
Tongue on Toast?Put the beaten
yolk of an egg in mine or cream, a
sufficient quantity of the latter to
moisten the minced boiled tongue.
Mix thoroughly. Let it siinme.1 for
live or six minutes. Meanwhile toast
some bread, butter and place it on a
hot platter. Pour over the tongue
and garnish with thin slices of lemon.
Stuffed Eggplant. Parboil the eggplant,
cut in halves, scoop out the inside,
not breaking the outer skin.
Mix the outside of the egglant with a
ffltce of cold ham chopped fine, breadcrumbs,
butter, salt, pepper and
shrimps if you have them; bind with
yolk of an egg; fill the skins, sprinkle
"* 1 a, i t 1 xiA.
witn bread crumus, put lump 01 umvci
in each, bake.
Celery Salad ?Wash and scrape
one good-sized bunch of celery and
lay in cold water for an hour, then
cut into small bii3 and put in a salad
bowl. Mix half a .3aSpoonfnl of salt
and a little cayenne together, slowly
add two tablespoonfuls of salad oil,
then one tablespoonful of vinegar and
stir thoroughly into the celery. ' Garnish
with a few slices of hard-boiled
egg and parsley. Serve with crackers
and cheese.
Meat Cakes (Italian style).?Mince
fine any kijd of cold meat, add a
quarter of its weight in bread crumbs,
a few drops of essence of anchovy,
little parsley, pepper, salt and egg to
bind and moisten the whole; tlour the
hands, roll meat into little balls size
of half-crown piece, then flatten thein
with back of spoon, dip in egg aud
then in fine breadcrumbs, fry in butter
until delicate brown Garnish
with boiled Italian paste.
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Seme cf the Parisian journals are excited
over the prospect that street cart
will seen be operated upon the principal
boulevards of the French capital.
They say that the beauty of the city will
be ruined, and that if Paris losses its
beauty its fame will speedily decline.
British Government revenues for the
three first Quarters of the fiscal year
(April I to December 3) increased $21,895.000
over 1898. The largest increase,
$5,100,000, was from excise duties; the
second largest. 4,500.000. from stamps;
the third largest. S3.600.000. from estate ^
dutie*. Customs receipts increased $3,- 0
1305.000. ^
| The Health Board computes the pop|
ulation of New \ ork as being 3>53?.?53.
1 as against 3-438.899 1898, a gain of
j 1 n.154.
' A steamer line between America and
j Turkish ports and an agricultural expo*
I sition and warehouse ior American
1 goods at Constantinople are about to be
1 established.
Eczema ir. the Feet.
In fact, tetter, ringworm and all skia
diseases are cured by Tetterine. Mr.
] Lee D. Martin, of Ban Antonia, Texas,
says; "I am suffering with a violent
case of eczema in my feet. Please
j send me a box of Tetterine. Mr.
! Moore, of Moore 4 McFarland, Mem'
phis. Teun., says it cured him of a
similar case." Sold at druggists 50c.
o Krtr nr aanf .T T1 Ahnrw.
fsrine, Savannah, Ga,
Value of (he Cotton Crop.
The world's output of gold in 1898
was $^87,428.600. and that in the United
1 States was $64,463,000. The value of the
cotton crop in the United States?that
is, the raw cotton? in 1897 was $3'9?"
491,412. The cotton crop in the United
States is therefore 11 per cent, greater
than the gold output of the world and
five times as great as the gold output of
: the United States.
I The levees on both sides of the Mississippi
are of sufficient extent that^ if
thev were built in a single straight line
they would be about 1.300 miles long,
or "long enough to stretch the greater
part of the distance between Ne* Orleans
and New York.
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keeping the blood pure. Hood's SarsapaI
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I sure to get Hood's, because
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