The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 24, 1900, Image 6
THE WAR IN AFRICA, i
Fighting Around Ladysmith
Has Begun.
london, Jan 22 -The Times has
the followiog, dated Sunday evening,
from Spearman's camp :
"AU yesterday and today Gsn War?
ren has been attaekiog the Boer?.
Their position is a long ridge four miles
northwest of Trichards' drift, ascend?
ing from the river. Ac dawu jester
day (Saturday) our guns occupied a
kopje on the east of the range.
"The enemy's defenses were chiefly
stone sangars extending forward and
right along the spur, makiog toe posi?
tion semi oiroular. At ll o'clock
Gen Hart's brigade adranoed oo tte
left, atong a rocky, unever *pur, into
the semi-circle, ander heavy fire frory
three directions. Taking ad van rage of
ail possible cover, the troops advanced
to a point within 500 yards of the
enemy's right wing, bat they did cot
advance beyond the edge of the cover
There they remained until dark and
bivouacked.
*'Io addition to Maxim Nordenfeldrs.
the enemy fired shrapnel captured at
"Colenso. Their fire waa intermittent,
and was also temporarily silenced by
our masked batteries. At Dight the
enemy's right wing evacuated its posi
tioo."
NO HOT BREAKFAST
Spearman's Camp, Jan 21, 10.20 p
in.-After ten hours of continuous and
terribie fire yesterday Geos f?-irt aod
Cloy advanced 1,0^0 yards The
Boers maintained an irregular fire
during the night, but the British out- j
posts did not reply This morning at
daybreak the Boers opened a stiff fire
The British stood to the guns where
they slept, and an engagement was
renewed vigorously. Thc field artillery
poured shrapnel into the eoemy't
4:enches.
A rumor that Ladysmith bad been
relieved enlivened the British, who
sent up a ringing cheer. This w?s
taken for an advance The fir?t kopje
was carried at the point of the bayonet
and the Boers retreated to the nest
kopje, which, like most others, wa<
strewn with immense boulders, sur
mounted by mounds on the summit
The British advanced steadily and
the Boers relaxed slightly. The latur
did not show much tenacity as previous
ly. Their Nordenfeldts fired at long
intervals, and their cannon fired bat
seldom. Apparently the Boers were
short of big ammunition.
Ail day the roar of musketry con
tinned. The British took three Boer
positions on the mountain, and found
shelter behind the boulders.
SATURDAY'S FIGHT.
London, Jan 22 -The Daily Tele
graph has the following dispatch
dated Saturday from Spearman's
Camp :
"Gen Warren's forces have fought
a ueliberately planned aod successful
battle Th'.3 important engagement
occurred to the west of Spion Kop, j
and practically resaked in our secur j
lng lbs rough table land which
constituted the key of the- Boer p > j
sition.
"After a fierce cannonade had reen
directed against the enemy's lines!
for some time, the British troops
assembled near an eminence known
as Three Tree hill, which forms the
centre of a eemi-circle of crests
crowned with the enemy's works j
and some six miles long. Steadily ?
and with great dash the British
infantry went forward in the face of
a heavy fusillade from Mauser rifles
Oar troops were disposed as fol
lows :
"Maj Gen iVoodgate's division on
the right ; Maj Gen? Hart's brigade
iu the centre and Maj Gen Hiilyard's
brigade on the left
"Soon after middgy the battle on
the hill became furious, and from o
in the afternoon until after 6 the fire
from both canon and rifles was ex
tremely heavy Point after point of !
the enemy's positions were seized by !
the British troops, and eventually the j
Boer right broke and was forced
back toward Spion Kop
"Oar force is bivouacking upon j
the ground it captured so gallantly j
Daring the action today the enemy j
brought into play new guns, one of
which was a quick firer Tomorrow !
ought to settle the matter In today's !
fighting our losses were trifling, but ;
the Boers suffered fieaviiy
"While Geo Warren was fighting
bis engagement an effectual demon
stration was proceeding at Potgieter's
Drift, tbe enemy's position near there :
bein^r rigorously shelled by the Brit
isfa batteries
j
LONG RANGE FIRING WAS
GENERAL
Durban. Jan 21-The Natal Ad
verti.-vr ;ias the following from Spear
man's Camp, dated yesterday :
?'G<jn Warren's column attacked a
lengthy Boer position on th?
northern rid^e of Spion K<-p A
heavy bombardment by afield battery
preceded the advine?;. The Boers
eventually replied with two guns, '
several machine guns and rifles The
British responded similarly a.:d long '
range firing became general, lasting ;
ontii dark.
??Gen Hildyard drew the Boers j
from a splendid position simultan- j
eously i?y a demonstration on their ?
frontal position, drawing a feeble
fire from their Nordenfeldts and rifles
The British naval guns and lionizers
shelled the trenches with excellent
effect, and many Boers were observ?
ed bolting The British artillery
completely silenced the Boer fire, and
at nightfall the British infantry
occuDied an excellent advance posi
: Hon :*'
EFFECT OF LYTTLETON'S MOVE
London, JaD 21 -The war office
has received the following from Gen
Buller dated Spearman's Camp, Jan.
21, 6 55 a m :
"In order to relieve the pressure on
Gen Warren and io ascertain the
strength of the enemy in the
position in front of Potgieter's Drift,
Gen Lyttleton made a reconnoissance
in force yesterday. This kept the
enemy in their trenches in full
strength ail day.
"Our casualties, third battalion
King's Royal Rifles, 2 killed, 22
wounded, 2 missing.7'
London, Jan 21 -Gen Buller
cables the war office the following :
Spearman's Camp. Jan 21, 9 p m
General Warren has been engaged
all day, chiefly on his left, which he
has swung forward about a couple of
miles The ground is very difficult,
and as the fighting is al! the time up
hill, it is difficult to say exactly how
much we have gained, but I think |
we are making substantial progress
Spearman's Camp, Jan 21, 9.30 a
m -Gen Warren's engagement con
tinues. He bas forced the enemy
from three positions The Lancashire
and Irish brigades are advancing
steadily The fire is very severe
occasionally
Bat it is Believed to Have
Been More Serious Than
on Previous Days.
London, Jan 23 4 15 a m-Gen
Bulier has reported nothing of his
operations on Monday and official
and press inteiiigpp.ee leaves the
British bivouacked Sunday night on
the ground they had. won after 'two
days' fighting The war office turn
ed everybody out of the lobbies at
midnight Apparently Lord Laus
downe was as much without news ail
yesterday as other persons were
Military men assume that fighting
mu6t have taken place and that it
was probably more severe than on
the preceeding days Gen Buller
would not be likely to give the Boers
leisure to add to the elaborate in
trenchments, to arrange their artil?
lery and to concentrate their forces
The special correspondents Sunday
night were allowed to send the an
nouncement that the battle would be
almost certainly resumed the follow
ing day, and hence official and popu
lar anxiety is at high tension The
British military experts all share the
hopes of their leaders, and, as Spen
ser Wilkinson points out, they hesi
tate to say a word that might be
interpreted as unfavorable Mr Wil
kinson refers to the "coo! judgment
of German' and Austrian critics,"
wbich means that some of the best
judges look upon Gen Butler's enter
prise as a forlorn hope\ a* merely a
continual strain cf fighting, wbich
may prove too much for the physical
energy of the troops engaged
The D=ii'y Chronicle's military ex?
pert says :
"Even when a battle is vron in a j
single day, as a rule pursuit is oniy i
possible when fresh troops are avail !
able But in this instance it is not
a question of m?re pursuit, bu* of
renewing an attack upon intrenched
positions, after a d>y's hard fight
ing and a night of lying on the bat
tlefield '
Renforcements aggregating 5.000
or more have reached Capetown
dunn? the last three days It is un
certain how these have been dis
posed of but probabty most of them
have been sent to N ita', where it is
believed Gen Buller needs them
The Brilon in other districts in
Sooth Attica continue inactive
Lord Methuen's 13,"00 men re
main behind their works G?.n
French'? 4,000 at Rensburg were
roused on Sunday by a genera! alarm j
that th? Boers were attacking, but it
turned out that there was no basis
for this Gen Gatacre is quiescent
at Co?e6burg
The discontent of the colonial offi
cers and their disagreements with
the regulars? are being inquired into
by Lord Fi rberts who asserts that
he will give the Cape Colonists (qua!
opportunities
At Ladysmith the deaths from en J
teric fever and dysentery avorage u>u I
a day Some fears arr expressed j
that the garrison may I'O worn by j
p; i vat and 'ii?.?::t?.-' as to bo unable ;
to do much i;; th" way of helping
en puller
lue war ornee has decided not to
send the Seventeenth Lancers Eighth
Hussars and Seventh Dragoon Guards
to South A ?i ic ahn? >ugh mobilized
it is understood t.:-.t Lord Roberts
fi- es not see >i way to get fodder ?.,:
t?i- Knglisb chargers More than that
?::.. English cavalry ?<... loo heavy for
work on thc v - -1 ; J t. and L'fi Roberts
expects t" usc colonial cavalry <:.
stead
L T I':...-, .-a- v Southern ii R,
Seiinn, G-? , writ .-. "I can not say too much
in praise of o i?- Minute Cough Cure In my
Case it worked like a ch .nu ' Tbs
barrule;.? remedy to .; gives tom edinte rejult9.
Cures coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, und
all throat ?nd lung troubles -1- S. Hughson
& Co.
The General Assembly.
9?
Monday's Proceedings of the
Lower House.
I Columbia, Jan 22.-The house of
? representatives spent the entire icorn
I ing in the discussion of Mr Patton's
; bili, which was introduced at the
! io6tance of the city council cf Co
I lumbia, looking towards the exten
I sion of the city limits of Columbia,
j The cardinal feature of the meas?
ure was that the election should be
left to the qualified electors of the
territory desiring annexation, and not
to the freehoid voters.
Just before adjournment the house
decided to adjourn the debate until
tomorrow
A little earlier an amendment.
' offered by Mr Montgomery, was
adopted, which materially changes
the force of the bill by requiring
half of the qualified electors to
petition for the election before it is
ordered
The chief contest was whether the
law should not appiy to all towns and
cities of the State As the biil stood
at the time of adjournment it applied
only to cities of more than 8.000
population, except in two or three
instances
SENATE
The Senate met at 8 o'clock to
night, Senator Sheppard, presiding
Special orders were passed over
and consideration of third reading
bills was entered The first taken
un was that relative to pensions in
/troduced by the committee: The
bill provided that soldiers who lost
one arm or "leg, or who by reason of
wounds received or disease contract
; ed from exposure in the se-vice are
i incapacitated from earning $200,
shall receive $6 a reonih.
Senator Graydon moved io strike
out the provision as to disease con
tracted. He thought that such a pro
vision would lead to dangerous re
suits and might give to those not
deserving it part of the pension
money. It would be diScuit to tell
whether the disability really was the
result of disease in the service
Senator Mower moved to strike out
the enacting words He said that
the bili brought in a measure of un
certainty in the allotment of pensions
that the present law did not. The
Senate thon rejected the bili by a vote
of 16 to 12
The next batch of biils on the cal?
endar was of local measures and
passed the third reading without de?
bate
Mr Henderson's biil as to water
works, sewers and drains of cities
and towns passed its third reading
The biii makes it a misdemeanor to
tamper with or injure such public I
works
Mr Mower's biii relating to the ex?
amination of accounts of State Treas
.urer, Comptroller General and com?
missioners of the einking fund passed
its third reading
The bili amending the Ae- regulat?
ing rho foreclosure of rror'^agr a on
rc?:i -stare ha- numerous amendments
?;f?cre? to i*, bet was fin-eii? re/< r r e :i to
'be engrossing eors rorree
Tbe jadichry eoacmirree reported
unfavorably on Ssoator Apps!t's local
option bili. It io.iked as if the uo?^v
eranie repon might be adepred as
?DCD'diaie consideration wa? demanded,
nut- objection being made clio bili weLi
co thc Culodar
Th:- reading h?ls were taker.
Tbe bil: in relation to reinsurance
3f?? transaction of business by fro i*i
s a ran ce companies, except through
re ident agents, was fire: di?-ous-?cd*
Mr Graydon moved to strike oar soo
tion 2, which &!!O?S the comptroller
general to go ;c> home offir2s and
ex^mice bock* cf iosurance companies
doing business in the Sra^e which are
?Gt incorporated io the Stare, and at !
the expense of the C'''mpp.rjy. said
ir was absurd to ? hm k irjch v. sec-i.o
could bu cr.forced
Mr Mayfield, ie defeodiog the bil).
s-y.d ti-c section wa-; cnobjectionabie to i
insurance c >m parties Th - sena-c re j
lu.? ea tn stn lie out. the secrioo, ana tbe ;
biii was ordered t.; a third reading.
Mr Grayson's b;li regala i:;g mani- j
ci pal ordinances, baving as irs object to '
prevent violators of the law from bi^g j
tried twice lor the sam:' offence by ?be
cou o ici pal and then the State cour:, w .-.
rejected a ff er s ;rac debate. Scoaifs ;
Grandon and Mayfield defended ?he !
btS?. S'car'ir.s Henderson, Hay aod
fcUgsaale spoke against it
- ? ipi ? ? ? - -iCT??
.Having a Gr- at ?tun on hambar
iain's Cough Kern dy.
-::>!:.. irJcrm* *J? be is !i-.u ? X^T'--.'.
r;i o;: Ob'?? b< ri.!::J 5 O?'jg? ti- to* d; . fis
- . ? \':'." t.':'.:t? O? <!iit r.ifJ'C?fr tO Cae. O?
ot')er kidd, uui it <? . ti ? i^?<c
tioo. lu tri?':-? mrs ni .a .::?.;>(. wer;- is
::<:..it.-ig Mr.- Ch'tuit.'cri.f.n'i C-ouzb Kc-a-cy
lo c !.?:. tbe c ??.'>?! up 'S.< 'r '?? rorti . o
iur.g:> -'? y". 4..V- t'c'ivA witbi'? .? v<v-. short
Mn;-. Tbe tal*-3 arc ? ??u-l o!: - o
irv n n?- ple?S?i? witt? rs prompt actido -
S .?rh ?bic-tgo ? tily C*tu act Tor sa e oy
Dr A. J.
Charleston, J *n 21 -Toaay. your-g
M ardel P ?istoc met Duncan M.-Dufli.
)i tha r;>?<i. near Bcunettsvtlle. rb'.s
Sratc-, ai d wa" 'iccu-ed ??? as-istiog ;n
?be runaway marriage of bis (M.cDaf
fie's) daughter Polston denied tbe
charge, a quarrel ensued, resuming io
ih* killing of McDuffi) Poistoti is
now in jail
Earthquakes Shock
leDuoiic.
Caused Panic and Loss of
Life and Limb in City of
Colima.
City of Mexico, Jan 21 -News is
arriving from the interior points
affected by the eathquake Friday
night and Saturday morning Much
damage was done to property in
Guadalajara, and the city of Colima,
capital of the State of the same
name, was the scene of terrifying
experiences, accompanied with loss
of life The City of Mexico came
off comparatively unscathed, little
damage occorring, although some
adobe huts in the suburbs fell in and
one bridge was partly wrecked. The
church of the Three Kings at Alz
chatzalco. in the suburbs, was crack?
ed and will be closed for repairs
Scientists are studying the earth
quake from data now being received
from interior points
Colima, Mex. Jan 21 -An earth
quake shock began here at a quarter
before midnight and assumed serious
proportions at Tenimata, many
houses being badly injured and some
of light construction wrecked There
was great consternation and people
rushed into the streets, some barely
escaping with their lives Seven
people were killed outright and 60
were injured and are being cared for
by local purgeons It was reported
that the volcano had burst into erup?
tion, but it now appears that the
phenomenon was confined to subter?
ranean manifestations Local seien
tifie men believe that the earthquake
traveled from under the Pacific ocean
and that when newe reaches here
from the coast there wi?i be interest
ing deraiis. The governor of this
State has appointed a commission to
inspect the churches and public
f.cifices. whiie owners of houses in?
jured in the earthquake wili be com
pelied to put them in a condition of
security Quiet is restored, and there
is little apprehension of a return of
the disturbances.
Guardaiajara, Mex, Jan 21 -At
midnight Friday an earthquake shock
cracked the arches and staircase of
the State palace and the porticos of
the university and Degallado theatre,
the latter one of the most massive
structures here. The churches of
San Francisco and San Jose were
damaged The former is one of the
handsomest edifices on the contingent
and is locally known as the Golden
Cup from the magnificence of its in
tenor The government has closed
?agrario church, fearing the dome
will fall in. Carmen barracks were
badly damaged and news from Zipot
iand and Z?rula state that sevetai
houses were demolished The shock
was ielt severely at Sat; Bias, on the
Pacific and noises underground were
heard resembling the hoarse fumbling
of a heavy sm dashing on shore
Meteorologist Conteras predicts a
repetition of the shocks.
Vera Cruz. Mex. Jan 21 -The
earthquake ?raveled across the conn
try, reaching here just after midnight
Saturday morning The shucks were
comparatively light here.
Wili ba Editor For a Week.
Topeka, Kas, Jar; 21--The Rev
Charles M. Shaldon, author of "Ia
H ir- Steps," i> to b>! given au opportun?
ity to edir a daily newspaper 6S h:- j
thiaki a Christiai' daily should hr |
edited For tb?, week bagiauioij March
13 ho will have; absjlu'c: control ol
every department of the Topeka C.j.pi
(ii-oews. o:l:rorial and advertiM?g.
At. the Detroit convention o? trie
Christian Endeavor Society, Mr Shel?
don a.rkcd chit "philanthropic ?<-r.ri-?
.san io '.bis age ot t?jut:?ceat
endowments ?r> eduction institu ions
wcai? give $1 UGO.000 tor th<j creation ?
ol a gr?a. Ucrtstiau Liai ?y
Thc philanthropie georleroan bas not I
appeared with the aioti^v; butin rc-pon^c |
to th-3 appeals of ibo leading citiztiS ot
?Topeka, Mr Sheldons home towo, Mr
Deli Kvy-er, the presiden: nf the j
Topeka Capital Company, c fire red ro
21V :be paper to Mr Sh Icion for ont- j
wi ck, arid the offer ba* bien occ-p-'td
Ir understood able wriivr> arc to
assist Air. Sh;el'db;?; ;iad thu statesoterj. 1
croaiinch? citizens a'?d ?-??'ors ot eoai:
of the n.-.ii..:- of Nev Y.-rk, Q.brcaV-o ?
S- h ni- wit? h. ip h i ai by sag*?*
cross. Mr Sbeidoon has e-Ot yet given
;t'?v in.t'?inat?oa of h s p.a-:*.
A Thousand Tongues
C?<uld not ..?!?:.?..-. <:.'. rapture of A an tb E*
st.rM;-.T. ..: ; Iluw.ir.l .t, Philadelphia;
Pa . !-hc {i un i th t i>r. King's Sew D:s
covcrv for Cv.i.suuiprion bad comp5c;ely c ;rc ;
her ol' :\ back i g cough that far tunny y-.-.ft
had mudo life a buniVn. All -.-?KT reine lies
:ir.d doctors c?>???d giv . her no h<-.", but she
-iv- ol tisis ItVvaJ Cure-* it soon rctnovcu
the pain ni irv chest and I can now sleep
soundly, s m? : :. r n _r L ean scarcely rcrnetnber
doing before. I fee! iik<; sounding it's? praises
through ?1 the Universe." ' So will every one
wh?> tries l>r. iving's New Discorer^ for urn
trouble cf th*j Throat, Chest i?r lungs. Price
50c and $1. Trial bottles free at J. I W.
Deb .nae's Drug Store; every buttle gua,kn?
ited.
STREET PARADE FLOATS.
Many Difficult Problems to Re Met lu
Their Can st ruction.
'.The making of decoratire street
Coals is a difficult trade/' said a New
Orleans scenic artist who; has had
pleniy of experience in the line he men?
tioned. ''There arc so many things
tu be consider''';]. For instance, a float
must look well both near and far. It
must be able to stand a dash of rain.
It must be light enough to go over any
kind o?* st rc >t. and solid enough to re?
sist a gust <tf wind, and, most impor?
ta nt of all. it must be so constructed
that it will appear all right to folks in
upper windows.
"Some years ago a young designer
from the north made several small
models for tableau cars that charmed
everybody who looked at thom. They
wore certainly very beautiful and nov?
el, but when I was called in as an ex?
port I said at once that they wouldn't
do. They were designed to be viewed
from the ba minette only, and from a
second story window every particle o?
effect would have been lost. More?
over, a lot of hidden mechanism was
certain to be discovered at any eleva?
tion above 15 feet.
"The young artist frankly admitted
I was right and abandoned the job.
Ile said it involved entirely too many
optical problems to suit him. When I
make my drawings for a float, I cal? j
ciliate on a visual sweep of SO de- \
grecs. That goes from the level of
children on the pavement to people |
looking almost straight down from the |
upper floors of tall buildings. Unless j
such a precaution is taken the car is |
certain to be a failure.''-Xe w Orleans
Ti m es-Democrat.
COOKERY IN BOLIVIA.
Tbe "Vatican! I)>*h. Chupe, and HOTF
It Is Prepared.
j The stoves ot" the Bolivian Indiana j
are curious tilings. A hole is dug in
the ground about IS indies deep and a
foot square, and over this is built a|
root" ot* clay with holes of different ?
sizes to receive the various cooking
pots. Roasting is done cn spits pass?
ed through the Indes, so that the meat;
comes out very niuch smoked unless ;
great care is taken to have only live]
coals at the bottom of tho oven.
The national dish and the common
food of the masses is ."chupe." a sort
of first cousin to the Irish slew. It is
a conglomerate, composed of irregular j
constituents from the animal and vege- {
table kingdoms, a mess of mutton and !
such other meats as are available: I
chicken, tish, fruits, potatoes, carrots,
barley, com. rice, onions, yams, etc.,
chopped up. highly seasoned with pep?
pers and herbs and stewed to a con?
sistency of porridge. What happons
to be left from one meal simmers in
the pot until thc next. If the fire goes
out. tho "chupe" is allowed to cool,
but it is warmed up again and a new
supply of the ingredients added to th?
water legged and greasy stuff for the
next meal.
In tlie cities, at the hotels and res?
taurants where there are French or
Swiss cooks, the "chupe*' ts savory and
palatable, but the farther you go from
the centers of civilization the worse it
gets. One ea is it ar first under pro?
test, then from necessity e. nd only to
escape starvation, but finally the stom?
ach rebels, and you limit your diet to
boiled eggs a;;d fruit, which are usual?
ly to be obtained, but thc experienced
traveler always tali 'scanned meat and
bread with him.-Sucre (Bolivia) Let?
ter to Chicago Record.
UP HEAD ON A BLUNDER, j
EAoncocs A::NV,C;- Winn ? o?amen?&
lion f'roai :: Latin Tea? uer.
"The class in Latin will now recite," i
said the Latin teacher at one of the
city h ig! i sel. <.-.< !s tho other day.
The mend ers of the class in Latin,
consisting cf 30 or more bright looking
girls, with three or four boys, came
forward and took their places. AU
moved aiong smoothly until the dec?
lination of the noun "donum" was in
order, and there was trouble, it was
the ablative that caused the trouble.
For the benefit of those not acquainted
with the mysteri?s of Latin it may be
mentioned right here that the ablative
is *?dono." and the pronunciation is the j
same a.s il' one should say "don't j
know." slurring the two words, as is so j
frequently done. *;> "don' know."
"Miss Jones.!' said the teacher to!
the head o? tho class, "what is the'
ablative of 'donum?' "
Miss Jenes gave her version and j
wa.s told to sit down. The question in j
turn, went < own the entire length of {
the class, a l failing, until it reached
thc last, a J oy who had a reputation j
for baseball and football, but none for j
scholarship.
"Well. IV rey; the ablative of 'do- ;
nura?' "" asked the teacher.
Percy scratched hts head and despair- j
ingly looked at ids grinning ciass- j
mates.
"Poa" know." ho finally blurted out. j
"??i'-'ht:" said tao teacher: "P> "P j
beroi." i
Ami thou tl::- class broke ont into a!
laugh that cost each member ron;
ma but rv:-e ca ed cn Ferry. :
omi to?:-! . t ; bds d.'tv cannot un- ;
dcrstand waa: ?-.ero B so cornlea! in \
tho a' hrtiw <>:' "donrrn:.--Chicago In- j
ter Ocean:
\ .j sst [i.e">a!<o.
A young : iud newly ma tried r,u:;de
were' ?:iiort:;unng their friends, and
am ?ho; thc guests was due whose con?
tinued rudeness nmdc him extremely
objietTomable to the rest ot' thc com
p:i:iv Iiis cdo.durt. although most nu?
ll. : ra Ide. was put up with '"br some
time, until al supper tie held up on Ids
fork :i piece of moat wi deli had bern
Served io him, and in a vein of intend?
ed humer lie looked round and re?
marked:
"Is ibis pig?"
This immediately drew forth iii?1 re?
mark from a quiet looking individual
sining at the other end of the table:
..Which end of the fork do you refer
to?"-Spare Moments.
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.
At least 40 American lawyers are en
dea verine; to earn a living in Manila.
English dictionaries are in greater
iemand than any other commodity in
Porto Rico.
There are 242 German Baptist
?hurches in the United States, with
22,000 members.
The Minneapolis mills make 14.000,
)00 barrels of Hour a year and consume
50,000,000 bushels of wheat.
The capital cf Herzegovina has a
man named Gjugja who is 100 years
old and boasts of 13C descendants.
The production of wire rods increas?
ed in the United States from 279,700
rons in ISSI) to 1,071,083 tons in 1S?S.
Plans ase being made for the project?
ed canal between Berlin and Stettin,
by which vessels of heavy tonnage will
be able to reach Berlin.
The Buddhists of Burma have sub?
scribed and paid $00.000 for the mate?
rials and fashioning of a golden casket
inwhich theirmost sacred relic, a tooth
of Buddha, is to repose.
The churches of the United States
claim 20.000,000 communicants, being
about one-third of the entire popula?
tion. During 1897 the growth in
church membership was G31,000.
Two Virginians have patented a cigar
in which a leaf stem is inserted in the
center to impart its fragrance to the
filler, the stem being withdrawn whez*
the cigar is lighted, thus forming a
passage for the smoke.
A German railroad now building in
eastern Africa, where the climate is
most dangerous to white men. recently
offered positions to civil engineers at
$1.123 per annum, station masters $1,
.jOO and locomotive drivers 8900.
A correspondent of the London Acad?
emy writes that a bookseller in a large
provincial city discovered an assistant
arranging four nev/ copies of Walt
Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" on the
shelves devoted to books on garden?
ing.
The horticultural world is exercised
by the mysterious transformations in
color which the Japanese are able to
effect in roses. By some unknown but
natural process the flower changes
from rod in the sunlight to white in the
shade or in darkness.
In Toledo, a city of nearly 150,000
inhabitants, the death rate last year,
according to the report of Dr. J. T.
Woods, health oilicer. was only 10.3.
In Erie, Pa., during the past three
years tile rate has varied from 10.03
to 10.9?.
After many years of public discus?
sion Sr. Betersburg has at last estab?
lished a fixed tariff for cabs. These
cabs are much used, as the street car
system is little developed, but they are
small and uncomfortable. There are
about 20,000 in use.
In the north of Brazil, in the dis
triets in the vicinity of the Amazon,
are the forests containing the rubber
trees, the amount of this product ex?
ported last year being valued at -S?0,
000.000. and the supply as yet showing
no sinus of exhaustion.
?{>r:e Tilg Sr??nr?cs?.
Speaking of big salaries, the biggest
cn record was paid to George Gould.
Far ten years* work his father gave
him '.)00.000. The account wentdow?
a*; "io:- services rendered.*' That was
at the rate of $300,000 a year.
The highest salary ever paid a rail?
road president was the $7~>.0<'X) a year
that went to Si:- William C. Van Horn
wi: :: he was president of thc Cana?
dian Pae??ie.- New York Press.'
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per cent reduction on cracked goods.
Anything else today?
Customer-Yes: yon may give me a
dollar's worth of cracked, wheat. Here's
50 cents.-Columbus (O.) State Journal.
Tats old world at br.*t is enly au an?
vil and life a sort of Plutonian black?
smith, that, with varying blows,
strikes us into form. The blow that
aarts as most may shape us best.
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