The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 07, 1900, Image 6
THE WAR IN AFRICA.
There is Generai Belief in
Bulier's Imported Advance.
London, Feb 5, 4 30 ft. OJ -
Although there is co actual coo firm*
don of the report that Geo Boiler has
recrossed the Tugeia GD a third des pe
rate attempt to relieve Ladysmith, u is
known that the war office has reooived
several South Africao dispatches which
have nos yet been punished, and if the
advance is an actual fact, the secret is
being well kept.
There are newspaper dispatches in
plenty from Spearman's camp up to
Sunday, but there is DO hint that an
advance bad been begun, aod it is
assumed ia some quarters here that
Lord Daodooaid's recoooois?anoe in
the district; of Hoogars Port may b
ibe only foundation for the statement
that Geo Buller bas started
Oo the other haod, dispatches from
Ladysmith rather indicate that the
advance is io operation by reporting
heavy Sri og oo Friday and Saturday
from the directions of Potgieter's drift
tod Colenso.
A dispatch to the Daily Chronicle
from Ladysmith, dated yesterday, says :
"A report bas reached us tbat one
brigade has crossed the Tugeia "
The reports tbat the Boers are recoo
centratiog around Ladysmith are also
ao iodioatioo that preparations are
being made to resist Geo Buller, or for
ao attempt at reattack upon the garri?
son io anticipation of his advaoce
The fact, however, that no firing bas
beeo reported under yesterday's date,
either from Ladysmith or SpearmacV
camp might be interpreted to iceao
either that the attempt had failed or
that Gen Bailer bad merely made a
demonstration on Friday or Saturday
Varions rumors are current Ooo i>
that Geo Baller is again attacking
Spioo kop from the side of 620 Lyt
tletoo's camp. Another is that be
received informatica from the owner of
Spion kop farm and crossed by ferd
further west than Tricbard's drift
The military authorities lb London
thick it more ilike?y that the crossing
would oe made east of Z wart's kop
Speculattoo, however, is useless The
public cao ooly wait io patience, and
it may be said also, io trepidation.
Nor is the feeling of anxiety much
relieved by the possibility that Geo
Buller has beeo considerably reenforced
since the disaster at Spioo kop.
IS JOUBERT DISABLED?
London, Feb. 5 -The Pieter
maritzburg correspondent of The
Daily Mai!, telegraphing yesterday
says :
*'Geo Buller has undoubtedly se
cored the road to Ladysmith and
should reach his objective this week.
It is believed here that the object ol
tbe Boers in occupying Ngutu Zulu
land, is to secure the road from Dun
dee to Vryheid, in case of retreat
"I learn from a reliable ?ource that
Gen Joubert was seriously injured
by a shell in tbe fight at Willow
Grange, and that he will never b??
able to command again on horseback
My informant says that he has, in
fact, retired from the field
"The Boers admit that the attack
on Ladysmith was a serious blunder
and would never have occurred if
Gen. Joubert bad been in command
Gen Lucas Meyer played the coward
at Talana and sheltered himself in a
Red Cross wagon, shamming sick
ness He bas been unable to face
* je Boers since, and they threaten to
shoot him.
"The Boers say Great Britain med?
a mistake in not sending Gen Sir
Evelyn Wood I understand that
they still have thousands of bags of
flour stored in reserve at Delagoa
bay/'
BOERS AGAIN MASSING.
Ladysmith. Saturday, Feb 3.-(By
heliograph via Signai bill)-Gen ?ul
ler's guns have been heard again.
Otherwise it is very quiet. We
are awaiting further news of his
progress
There have been no further devel
opmeots here Very few Boers re
main northeast of the camp The
majority are concentrated south and
west
The health of the garrison is im
proved.
Ladysmith, Feb 4 -( By heliograph
from Signal hill)-Toe garrisons
were much cheered by hearing Gen
Buller's guns yesterday The result
of the engagement is not knowu
The Boers are again massing near
Ladysmith, also moving another gut)
toward Surprise hill We are quite
ready for them if they contemplate
another attack
WHITE AND BULLER
London Feb 5 -The Daily Tele
graph bas the following dispatch
from Spearman's Camp, dated Sunday
evening :
"Messages are now freely PX
changed between the camps of G-n
Buller and Gen While-by night
with calcium lamp, by day with
heliograph The men are enthusias
tic at the prospect of a speedy
advance under Gen Bullens instruc
tions A very large convoy with
stores for the besieged garrison will
accompany the relieving force The
Boers have repaired the road bridge
over the Tugeia at Colenso sufficient?
ly for the passage of ca val? y "
Buller and French Said to
bs Advancing Against the
Boers.
Lo.-icio::, Feb 6, 4 a m -Military
opinion continues to assume, from
? very sledder materials, that Gem
Buller is again throwing in's army
! against the Boer works A retired
j genera!, Sir Wm Henry Greene,
whose distinguished career gives
weight to his opinion, thinks that
Gen Buller, with 25,000 men. is
! making a wide detour to the west
and north in order to avoid the
roughest parts of the country As
Ge? Bulle?- must have some thou .
sands of wagons, ?ir Wm Greene
points out that the advance would j
necessarily be slow No au*' itic
word is at haud, save that tL" wer
office reaffirmed orally to newspaper
inquirers at a late hour that it could
not confirm the reported advance.
There the Natal situation rests
It is from the western field that
more definite statements come
Large operations are apparently
about to begin Gen French, who
has now returned to Rensburg from
his conference with Lord Roberte,
has sent what is described as an
overwhelming force of infantry, to
seize Norvais Point This is where the
railway, before it was destroyed,
crossed the Orange river and connect?
ed with the Free State trunk line to
Bloemfontein.
Norvais Point is 19 miles north of
Colesburg and 25 miles from Gen
French's headquarters at Rensberg
The Boers at Colesberg have been in
danger of being surrounded by the
largely reenforced and extending
iines of the British An occupation
of Norvais Point in force would
probably render Coiesberg untena
ble
Whatever maj be the actual situa
tion, there seems no doubt that Gen
Buller's preparations fer a fresh at
tempt to relieve Ladysmith were
ccompleted Thursday or Friday, and
though the start was possibly defer
red from the date firet selected, it
wili net be long before it is definitely
known that Gen Butler's lorces are
again fighting their way towards
Ladysmith Those, however, who
expect Gen Bulier to reach the be?
leaguered town tonight seem to have
forgotten the presence of the Boers
The best informed people, while san?
guine, fully realize that a British vic?
tory can only be achieved at a heavy
cost
PROTEST FROM KRUGER.
Cape Town, Feb 4 -President j
Steyn and President Kruger have |
communicated with Field Marsha! j
Lord Roberts, the British commander |
in-chief, protesting against ?he de
structiou of farm houses and the de?
vastation of property
Lord Roberts, io replying, declared
the charges were not sustained, add
ing that wanton destruction of prop
er?y was contrary to British prac
tices.
GEN FRENCH ACTIVE.
Cape Town, Feb 5 -A dispatch
from Naauwport says :
"There is great activity here and
on the Rensburg Hanover road, due
to the dispatch cf an overwhelming
force of infantry to seize Norval's
Point
"The cavalry, having completed
the reconois8ance, is being retired to
recoup losses
.'The Boers at Colesberg are vir
tualiy surrounded "
August Flower.
"It is a surprisiog fact," says Prof. Hon
too, "that in my travels in ail parts of the
world, for the last ten years, I have met more
people having used Green's August Flower
than any other remedy, for dyspepsia, de
-anged live: and stomach, and for constipa
?on I fiod for tourists and salesmen, or for
persons filling office positions, where he?d
?iches and general bad feelings from irregular
habits exist, that Green's August F:ower is a
grand remedy. It does not injure the system
fcy frequent use, and is excellent for sour
stomachs aud indigestion." Sample bottles
free at Dr A J Chine.'s. Slid by deniers in
ail civilized countries 12-18
National Educational Asso?
ciation Will Meet in
Charleston.
I Chicago. Feb 4 -The executive
j committee of the National association
j has unanimously confirmed the infor
mal vote of preference of the board of
directors at the L'>s Angeles meeting
in the selection of Charleston, S G.,
as the place of meeting of the asso
j ci?tico in annual convention July 7
; to 13, 1900 This action is based
! largely upon the conviction of the
j management that a national meeting
in the 6outh at the present time would
recognize and aid the growing educa
tiooal revival in that section and
j would contribute in large measure to
national educational interests.
Unusually favorable railroad rates,
stop over privileges and diverse
route arrangements have been secur
ed by which the most interesting
points of the interior and the south
Atlantic coast from Charleston to
Washington may be vieiled without
I extra cost
An attendance of 5,000 from the
south is assured and it is believed
that an equal number will attend
from the Berth and west.
The Philippine War
I -
! Gea Kobbe's Expedition Op?
posed by KE?n With Wood?
en Swords.
I Manila. Feb 5, 3.55 p m.
Gen K^bbe'f rzoeciittorj ia the islands
of Luzon, Le\te, and Samar bas
occupted aod permanently garrisoned
nine rowns witn the Forty third and
and Forty seveutb regiment*. This
1 ?.as placed on the market 180,000 bales
of hemp.
A thousand iosargents armed with
wooden swords, bow3 and arrows, were
enooantered daring the entire trip.
The troops killed 75 natives, ll of
whom had rifles The others were
villagers armed with wooden swords
The American loss was one man killed
and nine men wounded The Ameri?
cans captored $9,000 in gold, the
enemy's money aod 40 muzzle-loading
cannon At Calbalogan and Samar the
enemy evacuated the towns, the Ame:
ioac8 chasing, fighting and scattering
them to the mountains.
At Calbalogan, Lukbao, the Tagalog
general, fired the place with kerosene
jost before tbe Americans iaoded and
theo foaght with canoon aod rifles
from the hills eociroiiog the towns for
two nours When tbe Filipinos were
driven out the Americans did tbe'r best
to save tbe town, fightiog the fire for
several boars. Tbirtv prone aod 60
Gtber houses, half the business portion
of the place, were consumed The
soldiers prevented the fire from spread
iog Tbe next day Major Allen, wi h
three companies of the Fer y th rd
regiment, pursued Lukbau to the
mountain fastnesses and thence to the
coast town, where Lukbao was beading
in hopes cf escaping Lukban. by
taking from the oatives, had accumu
lated ?100.0C0 ic gold hia capture
is probable.
At Taioban, i>iand of Leytc, the
enemy evacuated fha town and ?h"
Americans pursued tnem to tho htlls.
Severai fleeing ooo combatants were
kilied, including three women
At Palo, seven miles distant, the
enemy was found entrenched and resist
ed Lieut Johnston and 12 scou's of
the Forty third regiment drove out 150
of the enemy and captured the town.
The insurgents io these town* were
mostly Visayans wbo had been im
pressed ioto the service of the Ta^a'og
leaders from Luz "?o
The Visayans appear iodiffereot or
sullenly antagonistic to the American
occupation. The Talalog chiefs infla
eoced them against us, but when tbev
perceive we are much more powerful
tuan the Tagalogs, and intend to main
tain garrisons in order to open the
I islands to commerce, it is believed the
rebel party wi:! ic82 irs popularity
The Americans are gladly accepted by
the inhabitants, who are daily rc'uroio?
to their towns There is ;i rush of
commercial vessels from Mantla n>
the>e ports.
EASY LIFE IN NICARAGUA.
When the Family- Is Broke, the Wife
Digs a Little Cold.
'.When I was in the Chincho district,
in Nicaragua," said a visitor who is
largely interested in mining in Central
America, '1 had an opportunity of see?
ing how the lazy natives tap nature's
till when they need some small change.
"Near our camp by the river was a
hut occupied by a typical Honduranian
family, consisting of husband and
wife, grandfather and grandmother
and a dozen or so of assorted children.
The only one of the crowd who did
anything except rest and smoke was
the wife. At intervals of perhaps a
week she would sally out with the
family tinpan, erstwhile used for cook?
ing, and proceed to an old placer dig?
ging on the river bank. There she
would squat, throw a few gourdfuls
of dirt into the pan, fill it with wa?
ter and begin the usual circular motion
of gold washing.
"She was very skillful and would
keep a little sheet of dirty water spray?
ing over the edge like a miniature
cataract. When the water was ex?
hausted, a few spoonfuls of sand
would be left tn the bottom of the pan.
and, spreading it out thin with a bit of
stick, she would go over it grain by
grain, looking for 'color.' Whenever
she saw a speck of gold she moistened
the stick on her tongue anti picked up
the particle by adhesion. Each bit of
the precious metal was stored away in
a quill, plugged with clay at the ends,
and I have known her to take out as
much as a quarter of au ounce in the
course of ono day.
"Usually her limit was about .?2.
and when she got that she stopped.
Then the head of the house would
arise languidly and start for tho near?
est store. V2 miles away. Sometimes lie
would trade the whole amount for
whisky; hut. as a rule, he brought back
tobacco, snit, meal or calico.
"There are hundreds of native fami?
lies who live i:i exactly thai manner
in Olnneho. Sometimes the woman
will be lucky enough to strike :i rich
pocket that will yield a dollar or more
a pan. hut they never dream of wash?
ing it out nt once and girting :i stake.
lt simply moans that they cnn secure
their usual amount with less work."
Xew Orleans Times-Democrat.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
A PICKPOCKET'S RUSE.
j The Trick by Witicli Ile Once Got a
Woman's I'urse.
Jack Piggott, ?lio noted pickpocket,
i used to it'll :t funny story about the
! difficulty he had in picking tue pocket
i ol" :i fashionably dressed woman who
j was looking in :?i the window of
i Shreve's jewelry store, ii Illustrates
j the hardships that the light lingered
. gentry are forced to endure in the pur
; snii of their profession and when first
i related was considered amusing not
only by Piggott. but by the many to
whom he confided his experience.
It was a cold winter evening, and the
! lady on whose pursePiggott had designs
stood looking at the holiday finery so
temptingly displayed. Piggott said
that he tried all the arts known to his
craft for the extraction of the wallet,
but all in vain, until, as a last resort,
he fished a toothpick from his pocket
and, reaching around, tickled the lady's
ear. Instinctively she raised her hand
to brush away the invading insect or
whatever it might be and in so doing
let go of her pocketbook that she was
carrying in the pocket of her coat.
It was only an instant, but it was
long enough for the expert pickpocket
to get in his work, and when she put
her hand back her money was gone,
and in the crowd around her she could
not identify the pale faced, fashiona?
bly dressed young man at her side as
the person who had robbed her, and
if she had accused him there would
have been no proof against him, as
the swag was at once passed to a pal
who stood ready to receive it and run.
Piggott was not even, arrested for that
crime, and the lady's ludicrous outcries
furnished material for mirth long aft?
er.- Sau Francisco Bulletin.
LIGHTS FOR BIRDS' NESTS.
Some Curious Habits Practiced In
thc World of Sonserdom.
Many birds suspend their nests from
the branches of trees, one of the most
curious nests of that kind being that
of the baya bird of India. It is hung
from the branch, with its opening at
the bottom, and hangs like an inverted
bottle, secure from the approach of
tree snakes and other reptiles. The
most curious thing about the baya
bird is that it is said to light up its
nest by sticking tire-lies on its sides
with clay or soft mud. There seems to
be little doubt of the fact.
Dr. Buchanan says: "At night each
of the habitations is lighted up by a
firefly stuck in the top with a piece o?
clay. The nest consists of two rooms.
Sometimes there are three or four fire?
flies, and their blaze in the little cells
dazzles the eyes of the bats, which of?
ten destroy the young of these birds/'
Perhaps other animals are scared off
by the baya bird's electric light, since
a writer in Nature records this curi?
ous observation: "I have been informed
on safe authority that the Indian bot?
tle bird protects his nest at night by
sticking several of these glow beetles
around the entrance by means of clay,
and only a few days back an intimate
friend of my own was watching three
rats on a roof rafter of his bungalow.
When a glow My lodged very close to
them, the rats immediately scampered
off."-Our Dumb Animals.
His "Dear OUI Jim.'*
"Corbett is my friend and benefac?
tor," says Mr. Jeffries. "I was once
his sparring partner, and he treated
me as a gentleman. Hence I have
gladly agreed to fight him as a return
for favors. I am bound by all the ties
of friendship and gratitude to give
him a chance to fight me." Was there
ever such a touching instance of devo?
tion? Mr. Jeffries will reword his old
patron and benefactor by beating him
into pulp and knocking his head off.
One can fancy him saying, as he puts
his terrible right into his friend's ribs,
"Dear old Jim!"-Kansas City Star.
The Billin?: and Coo in jr.
Uncle George-You do not appear to
think it necessary to spend so much
time at home as you did when you
were first married. I suppose the bill?
ing and cooing are all over now.
Harry-There doesn't seem to be
much of a let up in the billing, and,
as for the cooing. I am dreadfully
afraid of it. It is, sure to mean a new
hat or a new gown or a new some?
thing.-Boston Transcript.
Skin.
Each average human being has about
15,000 square feet of skin to look after
and nearly 3.000.000 oil and sweat
glands. The outer layer of skin is cou
stantly wearing off and must be con?
stantly removed to allow the new skin
beneath to form fresh, white and beau?
tiful.
NO "PKOPERTY" ESCAPES.
Some Qneer Thins* to Bc Seen In a
Chinese Theater.
Over the audience rests a settled,
immovable stillness, unbroken even by
a sigh. No expression referable to
sorrow, sympathy, joy or tears lightens
the blank, dead wall of the faces.
The Chinaman is impregnable. Only
once do his eyes change, and that is
while the properly man is ou the stage,
and he is never off it.
The Chinese property man sees his
duty to the management and oms it
into practical effect. No "property"
shall i scape him. Fie gathers rill tilings
by the way. When the Chinese [iomeo
slays Tybalt, the property man steps
on to the stage, gathers up Tybalt's
sword, caj? ami cloak and things and
walks off with them. He would enter
Macbeth's banquet hall while that
weak kneed monarch was exercising
Banquo's chest, gather up the goblets
and plates in one arm and Macbeth's
chair with the other and carry them
away. Ile would pluck the roses from
Elaine's breast: he would take the
dagger from Juliet's dead hand; he
would interrupt Hamlet's soliloquy in
the churchyard with a request for
Yorick's skull, and he would interpose
in the murder of Desdemona to remove
the pillows from her bed.-Saqui Smith
in Leslie's Weekly.
Burying a Senator.
I It cost the government ?3.442 to
! bary trit? venerable Senator Morrill A
: "grate casket with copper lining" i
one of tho ifcc:.c, at ?400 Thc
j < n-rraved plate eo*t ?10 ; special ro i
cedar shipping case, copperplate coro6rs
i ar.d handles. douoi-- siz?, $00:
! embalming and services of undertaker j
! t Washington, ?59 50 ; af'endance of
undertaker io Montpelier ?25 : u:*e. cf j
31 carriage?. ?108 50 ; us." cf hearse
twice. ?16 ; special train servico from
Washington to Springfield, ?782 : 54
fires, Springfield to Monrpelier, ?264;
36 fares, Montpelier to Rutland. ?117;
36 fares Rutland to Troy, ?89 64 ;
special engine, Troy to Albany, ?25 ;
36 fares Troy to Washington, ?347 40 ;
special engine, Weehawken to Jersey
City. ?15; use of Pdllroan cai-6
Hesperia and Humber, Washington to
Montpelier and return. ?300 ; commis?
sary sapplies, ?78 96 -New York
Press.
Washington, Feb 5 -The Hay
Paaocetote treaty, amendatory of the
Clayton Bulwer treaty relative to the
construction of the Nicaraguan canal,
was sigoed at the State department
today by Seoretary Hay and the Right
Hon Lord Pauncefote of Preston, for
Great Britain Though the coosum
matioo of the treaty occupied some
time, owing to the necessity of oompar
iog the two drafts, there was very little
formality about the ceremony, and a
convention that is expected to be, for
the United States at least, of the most
tar-reaching importance and value,
came into being without any theatrical
surroundings.
Charles H Cramp regards the South
African war as a serious menace co
England's co m me rein! supr-macy. He
-a s that tb* war has had such an effect
co the GPoaod fer vessels thar "the
ciirosx of Eoglaod's cupr-macy may
have beeo reached" He think? that
Germany has captured the North
\ r ian tic steamship trade perraafjeatly.
Soe will divide it later on with the
(Jarred S'ate?, he believe?, and there
?i't?r the United Srate?, by reason of tts
superiority a* a producing natioo, will
occupy, with the Kaiset'a Eaapire, the
position which England formerly held.
----.^H^ .? ->. -^1-M i
A. Il Longino, the new governor
of Mississippi, is a yoong man,
I being just on the tither side of 40,
but io that time he bas done much in
politics. He has been Chancery
clerk, State senator, United States
district attorney, attorney for the
Southern district of Mississippi, and
has been chancellor of the 7th dis?
trict He is a graduate of Universi?
ty of Mississippi and studied hw at
the University of Virginia.
Of the tactics cf infantry there is
no end. but there are some simple
rules for the individual foot soldier
to remember wheo lost in the chaos
of battle, says an exchange. If you
cannot bayonet your enemy, shoot
him ; if he goes away aim at the
base of his spine But do not allow
your attention to be distracted from
business by the consideration that
other people are making a mark of
you. it is your duty to kill the
highest possible number of those
opposed to you, not to save your own
skin
THK SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850.
"Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's."
TB?S TRUE SOUTHRON, E?tabl?shcd Jane 12*>6
Consolidated Aug. 2,1881.
SUMTER. S. C.. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7,1900.
New Series-Vol. XIX. So. 28