Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE WAR IN AFRICA. There Is Geuoral Belief io Buller'i Reported Advance. London. F i b 5, 4 80 a. m ? Although thore in no uuioal ooofiriiw tioo of ihn report ihm (Jen BuIUt has reeeoeeed the TugeU oo n third despc rate attempt to relief e Lady-m?fb, if ie kiovi thei lb? ?er offioe he* reoeived eeveral South Afriooo dispetobes whi ?h bevs oot yet boeo published, end if the ndteooe ie no ?etatl (not, the eeeret i? being well kept. There nro newspaper dispstebei io plenty from Bpearmeo's oemp op to Sunday, bnl there is oo bint tbnt an ewe a nee bed boeo beguo, sod it is eeeaaed in toma quarters here (bat Lord Dnndonald's reeoonoiaienoe to inn dietrtet of Hongnrs Port may b tee only fcondstioo for tbo statement ins* Qon Bnllnr bss started On tbn otbtr bnnd, dispatobes from Ledysmitb rnlbnr .odtoats tbnt ?He adtaaoe is in nporntion by reporting booty Irieg on Fridey nod Saturday trees inn dtreetioos of Polgieter's drift nnd OnUann. A dispatoh in tbn Daily Obrcoiele from Ladysmith. dated yesterday, says : "A report baa reeab*4 (bat ooe brigade bas oroaeed tbo TageU " Tbo reporte tbai tbo Boers ars reeoo aeairatiof sroood Ledysmitb sre also an iudieetion tbnt preparations are being made to resist Qso Boiler, or for nn attsmpt at re at tee'* opoo the garri? son in anticipation of his advance Tbo 'not, bowsvor, tbst oo Artog baa boon reported ander yesterday's date, oitber from Ludysmith or Spearman'* oaasp might bs interpreted to oneao oitber that iba attempt bad failed o* that Qso Duller bed merely made a demonstration on Friday or Saturday Various noon are eorreni Ose in that Gen Holier is again attacking Bpioo kop from the side of Qeo Ly? iletoo'e eamp Anotbsr is that be rsweived iaforrualioo from the owner of Spion kop farm and erosssd by ford farther wssl tbso Triebard'e drift Tbs militnry authorities ih Lot. don tbink it more likely that ibe oroeeiag would bo made cast of Zeen'a kop Speeulattoo, boweeer. ie oselees The rMio ean only wait io petieoee, ood moy bo seid aleo, ia trepidation Nor io ibo feeltog of aoaiety moob relieved by tbo possibility tbst Qeo Bailor bos been considerably reeoforoed si see the disaster at Bpioo kop. IS JOUBERT DISABLED? London, Fob 6 ?Tbn Pinter itnburg correspondent of Tbo Daily Mnil. telegraphing yueterdey Gee Bailor bon undoubtedly ne the rond to Ladysmith and oboold roocb bio objective tbio week. It io believed here that the object ol ton Boers io occupying Ngutu Zulu lend, io to oeoore the rood from Dun deo to Vrybeid, in cnne of retreat "I learo from a relinble source that Onn Joobert wan neriously injured by n nbell in tbo fight nt Willow Orange, and that he will never b*> aMe to command again on boreeback My intormaot aaya that be haa, in (not, retired from the field "The Boern admit that the attack on Ladysmith wan a aeriooa blonder and would never have oooorred if Oeo. Joobert had been hi command Oen Looan Meyer played the ooward at Talana and sheltered himaelf in a Red Grown wagon, ahamming aick name Bn baa been unable to face tbn Boern since, nod they thronten to nboot htm "Tbn Boom nny Qrent Britaio made ? mieuk* io not neoding Qeo Sir Evelyn Wood 1 onderataod that they ntill bnvn thousands of baga of floor atored io reaerve at Delagoa bey ? BOERS AGAIN MASSING. Ladysmith. Saturday, Feb 8.?(By heliograph via Signal hill) - Ueu Hoi ler'a goon bavo been heard again. Otherwise it ia very quiet. We are awaiting further oewa of bia progreaa There have been do further devel opmeoto here Very few Boern re mam nortbeaat of the camp The majority are coocentrated south aod weat The health of the gnrriaon in im proved Ladyamitb, Feb 4 ?(By heliograph from Signal bill)?Toe garrisons were muoh cheered by hearing Gen Belter's guns yesterday The result of the eogagement ie not known The Boers are again trussing near Ladyamtth, aleo mov;ug another gun toward Surprise hill We are quite reedy for them if they contemplate aootber attack WHITE AND BULLER London Feb 6 - The Daily Tele graph hue the following diepatoh from Spearman a < 'amp, dated Sunday evening : "Meeaagee are now freely eg changed betweeo the camps of G-n Bnllnr nnd Gen White?by night with calcium lamp, by day with heliograph The men are eothueia* tic at the proepect of a speedy advance under Gen Buller'n inotruc tioon A very lerge oo.ivoy with neoree for the beeieged gorrieon will accompany tbo relieving force Tbe Bowrn bnve repaired tbe rond bridgn ever low Twfwlu nt Coleneo soffloieot ty Cat low fntntnjn of novelty " Butler aod French Said to be Advancing Against tbe Poers. London, Feb G, 4 a m ?Military opinion continues to assume, from very slender materials, that Gen Buller is again throwing his army against tbe Boer work** A retired general, Sir Wni Henry Greene, whose distinguished carec gives weight to bis opinion, thinks that Gen Bullcr, with 25,000 men, is making a wide detour to the west and north iu order to avoid the roughest parts of the country As Gen Butler must have some thou sanda of wagons, Sir Win Greene points out that the advance would necessarily be slow No authentic word ia at hand, aavs that the war office reaffirmed orally to newspaper inquirers nt n Inte boor that it could oot confirm the reported ndvnnoe. There the Natal situation reata It in from tbe western field thnt more definite statements come Largn operations nrn apparently about to begin Gen French, who hnn now rnturned to Renaburg from hie conference with Lord Roberts, ben sent ? bat ie deacribed aa an overwhelming force of infantry, to eeiie Norvals Point Thia is where tbe railway, before it wee deetroyed, crossed the Orange river end connect* ed with tbe Free State trunk line to Bloemfontein. Norvnls Point is 19 miles north of Golesburg and 25 milen from Gen French's headquarters at Rensberg The Boere at Coleeberg have been in danger cf being eurrounded by the largely reenforced end extending lines of tbe British An occupntiou of Norvnln Point in force would probably render Holenberg untena bin Whatever may be the actual situa tion, there seems no doubt that Gen Butler a preparations for a fresh at tempt to relieve Ladysmith were coompleted Thursday or Friday, and though the etart was possibly defer red from the date first selected, it will not be long before it is definitely knowu that Gen Butler's forOesJ are again fighting their way towards Ladysmith Those, hov.evc. who expect Gen Boiler to reach the be? leaguered town tonight aeem to have forgotten the presence of tbe Boers Tbe best informed people, while san? guine, fully renlize that a Britiah vic? tory can only be achieved nt n henvy coat PROTEST FROM KR?GER Cape Town, Feb 4 ?Preeident Steyn nud Preeident Kroger hnve communiented with Field Marshal Lord Roberte, the British commander in-chief, protesting against the de strootiou of farm houses aod tbe de? vastation of property Lord Roberts, in replying, declared the charges were uot sustained, add ing that wanton destruction of prop eriy was contrary to British prao ticea. GEN FRENCH ACTIVE. Oape Town, Feb 5 ?A dispatoh from Naauwport e?ya : "There in great activity hrre and on the Rensburg Hanover road, due to the dispatch of an overwhelming force of infantry to seize Norval'a Point "Tbe cavalry, having completed tbe reconoissauce, is being retired to recoup loesee ' The Boere at Coleeberg are vir loally surrounded " Auguet Flower. "It is a eorprieUg fact," says Prof. Hoo too, "that io my travels io all partu of the world, for the last ten years, I ba?e met more people h?? og osed Green's August Flower then any other remedy, for dyspepsia, de? ranged lite- aod stomach, aod for cooitipa 'loo I find for tnorisis aod salesmen, or for persons filling office positions, where bend ?cbes aod general kmd feelings from irregular bahits eiist, that Green's August Flower is a graud remedy. It does not injure tbe system ny frequent ose, end is excellent for sour itomechs eud indigestion." Sample bottles free at Dr A J China's S .id by df tiers in all civilised coootries 12 18 National Educational Asso? ciation Will Meet in Charleston. Chicago. Feb 4 ?The executive committee of tbe National association baa unanimously confirmed the infor mal vote of preference of the board of dtrectots at the Los Angeles meeting in tbe aelectiou of Charleston, S 0., as the place of meeting of the afaso ciation in annual convention July 7 to 13, 19(10 This action is based largely upon the co.iviction of the management ttiat a national meeting in tbe south at the present time would recognize and aid the growing educa tional revival in that Notion and would contiibuto in largo measure to national educational interests Unusually favorable railroad rates, stop over privileges and diverse route arrangements have been secur ed by whioh the most interesting points of tbe interior and the south Atlantic coast from Charleston to Wesbington may be visited without extrn cost An nttendnnoo of 6,000 from the south ie assured and it ia believed that an equal number will attend from too north nod wesa, The Philippine War Gea Kobbe'a Expedition Op? posed by Men With Wood? en Swords. Manila, Fob 5, 3.55 p m.?Brig Gen KobbeV expedition in the islands of Luzon, Loyte, and Samar ban occupied aod permanently garrisoned nine 'owns who rho Forty third and end Forty seventh regiment*. This bas placed oo tbe market 180,000 bales of bemp. A thousand insurgents armed with wooden swords, bows and arrows, wire enooontered during tbe entire trip, Tbe troops killed 75 natives, 11 of whom bed rifles Tbe others were* villagers armed with wooden ewordi Tbe American loss was one man killed and oioe men wounded Tbe Ameri? cans eaptured $9,000 in gold, the enemy's money aod 40 motile-loading oannoo At Oelbalogao and Samar the enemy evaouated tbe towns, tbe Amer? icans chasing, flghting aod scattering them to tbe mouniaios At Oalbalogan, Lukban, tbe Tagalog general, fired tbe place with kerosene just before tbe Amerioaos landed and then fought with cannon and rifles from tbe hills enoiroliog tho towns for two hours When tbe Filipinos were driven out tho Amerioang did their best to save the towo, fighting tbe fire for several hours. Tbirtv stone aud 60 other houses, hslf the business portion of the plaoe, were eoosumed Tbe soldiers prevented the fire from spread ing Tbo next day Major Allen, wi h tbree companies of the For y tb rd regiment, pursued Lukbau to the mountain fastnesses and thence to the coast towo. where Lukban was beading in hopes of escaping Lukban, by taking from the natives, had aooumu latrd $100.000 in gold his capture is probable. At Taloban, iaiand of Leyte, the ?netcy evacuated the town and ih> Americana pursued tbem to tho hills. Several fleeing non combataots were killed, iooluding tbree women At Palo, seven miles distant, tbe enemy was fouod entrenched and resist ed Lieut Johnston aod 12 soouts of tbe Forty third regiment drove out 150 of the eoemy and oaptured tbe town. Tbe insurgents io these towns were mostly Vissyans wbo bad been im pressed into the servioe of the Taga'og leaders from Luhd Tbe Vissyans oppear indifferent or sullenly antagonistic to the Amerioan occupation. Tbe Talalog chiefs influ cooed them againet us, but when tbe* perceive we arc much more powerful than tbe Tagalogs, and intend to main tain garrisons in order to open the islands to commerce, it is believed tbe rebel party will lose its popularity The Amerioaus aro glidly accepted by the inhabitants, who are daily returning to their towns There is u rush of commercial veisels from Manila to the.-o poris. EASY LIFE IN NICARAGUA. When tbe Fnnilly In Ilroke, the Wife OIk? h blttlej deiltl? "When I ?rat in the Olancho district, In Nicaragua," said a visitor who is lurgely interested In mining lu Ultra! America, "I had an opportunity of see? ing how the lazy natives tap nature's till when they need some small change. "Near our camp hy the river was a hut occupied hy a typical Honduranian family, consisting of husband aud wife, grandfather aud 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 tlnpan, 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 pau, ti 11 It with wa? ter aud hegin 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 miuiature cataract. When the water was ex? hausted, a few spooufuls of sand would he left tu the bottom of the pan, aud, 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 and picked up the particle by adhesion. F.acb bit of the precious metal was stored away in a quill, plugged with clay at the ends, aud I have known her to take out as much as a quarter of au ounce in the course of one day. "Usually her limit was about $2. and when she got that she stopped. Then the bead of the house would arise languidly and start for the near* est stur?-, 12 miles uwny, Sometimes he Would trade the whole amount for whisky; but. sis a rule, he brought back tobacco, suit, men I <?r calico. "Tbere nie hundreds of native fami? lies who live in exactly thai manner In Olancho. Hornet Imea the woman will be lucky enough to strike u rieh pocket Ilia I will yield a dollar or more a pan, but ibey never dream of wnab lug it Olli at once und getting a stake It simply men IM that they ean seeun their usual :iiii?>unt with less work."* New Orleans Tiines-1 leinoerat. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought i A PICKPOCKET'S RUSE. The Trick by Which Ho Once dot a Woman'* I'tirMc. Jack Piggott, tbe noted pickpocket, used to tell n runny story about tbe difficulty be bad In picking tbe pocket of ii fashionably dressed woman who was looking in :it the window of BbreVe's jewelry store. It illustrates the hardships that the light Angered gentry are forced to endure In the pur? suit of their profession and when lirst related was considered ftinualng not only by Plfgott, but by the many to whom be confided his experience. It was a cold winter evening, and the lady on whose puree Piggott 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 vaiu, 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 iu 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 f; , fashiona? bly dressed younf ann at her side as the person who bad 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 loug aft? er.?S:iu Francisco Bulletin. LIGHTS FOR BIRDS' NESTS. Some Cnrtotin Habit? Practiced In the World of SonKdom. 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 au 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 liretlies 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 iu the top with a piece of 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 he bats, which of? ten destroy the young of these birds." Perhaps other animals are scared oft by the baya bird's electric light, since a writer In Nature records this curl* ous observation: "1 have been informed on safe authority that the Indian bot? tie bird protects his nest at night by sticking several of these glow beetle* 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 bungaiow. When a glow fly lodged very close to them, the rats immediately scampered off."?Our Dumb Animals. Hin "Dear Ol?! 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 light him as a return for favors. I am bound by all the ties of friendship and gratitude to give him a chance to light me." Was there ever such a touching iustauce of devo? tion? Mr. Jeffries will reward his old patron and benefactor b> 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 Jlra!"-Kausas City Star. The BUUn'tr nod Cooing. 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 iu the billing, and, as for the cooing, 1 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 con? 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 Queer Thine* to He Seen In a C'hlnfNc Tlienter. 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 thai Is while the property man Is on the stage, ami he Is never off it. The Chinese property man set's his duty to the management and puts it Into practical effect. No "property" shall i scape him. lie gathers all things b\ the w:iy. When the Chinese Kouseo sla.vs Tybalt, the property man steps on to the stage, gathers up Tybalt's sword, cap and cloak ami things and walks off with them, lie would enter Macheth's banquet hall while that weak kneed monarch was exercising Banquo's ghost, gather up the goblets and plates iu oue arm and Macbeth'! chair with the other ami carry them away. He would pluck the roses from Klalne'a breast; he would take the dagger from Juliet's dead hand: he would Interrupt Hamlet's soliloquy in the churchyard with a request for Yortck's skull, and he would interpose in the murder of Desdemona to remove the pillows from her bed.?Saqul Smith In Leslie's Weekly. Burying a Senator. It cost the government $3,442 to bary th? venerable Senator Morrill A "State canker with copper lining" i 006 of the item?, at $400 Tbe i engraved plate oo?t $10 ; special red eeiar shipping case, copperplate corners sod handles, doable sizj, $90 : j emhnlmitg and sorvio"? of undertaker j <t Washington, $59 50 ; at'endance of undertaker to Mon'pnlier ?25 ; use of 31 carriage*, $108 50 ; U83 cf hearse twice. $16 ; speoial train service from Washington to Springfield, $782; 64 fires, Spring6?ld to Montpelier, $264; 36 fares, Montpelier to Rutland. $117 ; 36 fares Rutland to Troy, $89 64 ; -peoial engine, Troy to Albany, $25 ; 36 fares Troy to Washington, $347 40; -peciai engine, Weehawkeo to Jersey City, $15; U6e of Pullman cars Hesperia and Humber, \\ ashiogtoo to MonipelivT and return. $300 ; commis? sary supplies, $78 96 ?New York Press. ? Wsshiogtoo, Feb 5 ?The Hay Pauncefote treaty, amendatory of the Clayton Bulwer treaty relative to the construction of the Nioaragusn esoal, was signed at the State department today by Secretary Hay and the Right Hon Lord Paunoefote of Pre*too, for Great Britain Though the ooosum matioo of the treaty occupied some time, owiog to the necessity of compar? ing the two drafts, there was very little formality about the ceremony, and a convention that is ezpeoted to be, for tbe United States at least, of the most, farreaohiog importance and value, eame into being without any theatrical surroundings. Charles H Cramp regards tbc South African war as a serious menace to England's commercial supremacy. He -avs that the war h?s had such an effect on the demand for festsls that "tbe sHoisg of BoglootS'f *upr macy may havr been reach d " He thinks that Germany has captured tbe North Vtiantic steamship trade permanently, ribe will divide it later on with tbe United States, he believes, and there? after the United States, by reason of its superiority as a producing nation, will occupy, with tbe Kaisei's Empire, the position which England formerly held. A. II Longino, tbe new governor of Mississippi, is s young man, I being just on the tither side of 40. but in that time be has done much in politics He has been Chancery clerk, State senator, Uoited Stateo district attorney, attorney for tbe Southern district of Mississippi, and has been chancellor of tbe 7th dis? trict He is o graduate of Univeroi ty of Mississippi and studied law at the University of Virginia. Of tbe tactics of infantry there is no end. but there are some simple rules for the Individual foot soldier to remember when lost in the chaos of battle, ssys an exchange. If you cannot bayonet your enemy, shoot blm ; if be goes away aim at the base of his spine But do not allow your attention to be distracted front business by the consideration that other people are making a mark of you. It is your duty to kill tbe highest possible number of those opposed to you, not to ssve your own skin ? V a a v ?8 w> 3