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Huberts Great Array can do Nothing Without Horses. Loudon, April 16, 4 55 a m. The war cffice had nothing to com ?nunicate to the public yesterday, it may be taken for granted that the rumor of Gen Brabant's victory at Wepener is premature With the remainder of his force he left Aliwal North for Rouxvilie, and there has scarcely been time for an engagement. There is practically no fresh news this morning. AU the Bloemfontein dispatches, however, breathe a con fident tone. There seems to be a heavy demand on the railway for so iarge an army, which leaves tbe place bare of everything save the absolute necessities of life. The fact that the censors allowed "Winston Churchill's dispatch on the subject of remounts to pass speaks volumes for the condition of that question and concerning ?be pros? pects of any immediate advance to ward Pretoria. The utmost that Lord Roberts will be able to do for some time to come will be in the direction of clearing the Boers from the southern part of the Free State. The dispatches announce the ap proach of winter. The first pinch of frost has been felt at Bloemfontein, where considerable rain has fallen. It is said that President Kruger visited the Boer camp at Kroonstad as well as Brandfort. OPERATIONS ABOUT WEPENER Maseru, Basutoland, Saturday, April 14.-Sir Godfrey Lagden, the British resident commissioner, returned here yesterday (Friday) from the scene of operations near Wepener. He and the paramount chief have statiooed 3,000 armed natives to resist possible Boer entrenchments. The orders of the resident commissioner are that tbe Basutos are not to be allowed to cross the Free State frontier on any pretense whatever. Two natives who crossed and looted an abandoned Boer farm are sow is custody. Col Dalgetys position is strong and well choseD, but he he is completely surrounded. Oniy an Observer. Washington, April 13 -The war department today received the follow? ing cablegram from Adelbert Bay, United States consul at Pretoria, relative to the published statement that Capt Cari Reiohman, tbe Uoited States military observer io tbe Transvaal, bas been ieadiog a Boer force : "Pretoria, April 12 -Rumor of Reich man's active participation is absolutely false." -No inquiry had been made on that point, tbe war department officials being 8atis?eC that Capt Reich aaa could not have committed snob a palpable breach of the rules of war It is supposed that Consul Hay's message was inspired by Capt Reich man, who is believed to be io Pretoria, and who, it is said, undoubtedly thought a ?talement from the ooo&ul would be better than a personal d?niai. London, April 17, 4 15 a m -Lord Roberts bas spread his net far and wide to catch the adventurous commandoes that have been making mischief, in tbe southeastern part of the State. The net has not yet been drawn in ; but at the headquarters of Lord Roberts the impression exists that tbe power of tbe Boers is decreasing. A Daily News correspondent has them Seeing to the southeast ; a Standard correspondent reports them fleeing northward ; a Daily Telegraph correspondent says that some are goiog north aud others south, while a Morning Post report says it is not known what the Boers are doing. Evidently the feeling at Bloemfon? tein is that the disposition* of Lord Roberts are such as to enable bim to conc?ntrate a Jar ge foi ce rapidly at any point. The Boers, being aware of this, are presumed io be thinking now chiefly of retreat The investment of Wepener, accord iog to a special dispatch from Bloem? fontein, bas absolutely been abandoned According to a Bethany dispatch, tbe Boers are unable to retreat northward, 'because the British strongly hold all Toadf. Diverse reports from Natal, one as? serting that tbe Boers have retired beyond the Biggarsbnrg raoge and an? other saying that some of them are close to Ladysmith. London waits confidently for almost immediate aooouncemeut of news fa? vorable to tbe British. Distrust exists, however, as to any rapid, continuous advance toward Pre? toria, chiefly on account of the lack of hordes, many of which die io tba case of long voyages Letters from tbe Cape say that the three days7 journey by rail is made io the open trucks ; that the arrange? ments for feeding and watering are inadequate, and that the unfortunate animais break down rapidly in oocse quenoe of these hardships. Despite tbe energy of its buyers abroad, the war office foresees much difficulty in supplyiog the enormous Bomber of horses required. CUBAN RELIEF cures Colic, Neuralgia and Toothache in five minutes. Sour Stomach and Summer Complaints. Fr?e@>25c Sold bj B agaton-Ligon Co. Parkhurst Attacks Confession of Faith. ANOTHER CHURCH SEN? SATION. j New York. April 15 -Rev Charles j H Parkhurst, speaking io his pulpit I io Madison Square Presbyterian Church today, made a vigorous assault cc the ! Westminster confession cf faith : "We ought to have a nev? confession of faith. It is surprising that tbe Presbyterian Church is able to do as much as it is doiog with such an incubus strapped upon us as we are tottering under in our present confession. The thing needed is a simple, brief, Saxon state? ment of a half dozen or so of the vical ingredients of Jesus' Christ's message to the world I couid get along with a confession of faith containing but the little that Jesus said when he was trying to make a Christean of Nicode? mus : 'God so loved the world that He gave His ody begotten Son, that whosoever beiieveth ia Him shall not perish but ba79 eternal life ' Better give the present creed a dignified place in the museum for what it is, than hack it to pieces aod revamp it for what it is not "And then, once more, if there were among us, the distinct feeling wbioh the gospel so wonderfully guarantees, that everything in all this great Chris? tian matter pivots on the absolute and unconditional love of God, we should be intolerant toward everything that states or even suggests anything like a partial or an arbitrary love on God's part, loving some because He chose to, and damning the rest in order to show what He could do and how just He was. "Now, that is our book, the Presby terian confession of fat h. io the third chapter. If we are thorough Presbyte? rians and believe what our doctrinal prospeota advertises us as believing, we believe it probable that some of the children in your bornes, little children, perhaps the babe of your bosom, is damned, already damned, damned be fore it was born, damned from everlast? ing to everlasting and then you are invited to come into church and say 'Our Father !' Why any man who should become a father for the sake of the joy and 'glory' he would usc io burning and racking his own offspring, deliberately creating a ohild with a view to the agony into which he was going to torture it would be chased from the earth as a Send and as an ebulli? tion " WHAT WILL WE DO ABOUT IT? Washington, April 14.-It is learn ed on undoubted authority that the negotiations for the payment of indem? nity demanded for the destruction of American missionary pr ^erty io Turkey during the Armenian massacre in 1895 have reached their logical conclusion. Minister Straus scoured the promise of the Sultan that iodemni ty, amounting to about ?90,000, sbouid be paid, and that promise having been j twice renewed the last time previous to Mioister Straus' departure from Coo staotinopie, it was understood by tbe minister as well as by the state depart? ment that payments woulu be forthcom tog Sixteen months have parsed since the promise w&3 made and it bas not yet been fulfilled, and the question presents iteelf, what action will this government take to enforce its observ ance. Meanwhile, the president bas refused to accept the resignation of Minister Straus, and bas indefinitely extended bis leave of absence. Tetter, Salt-Rheum and Eczema. The intense itching and smarting incident to these diseases, is instantly allayed by ap pl \ ID ^ Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment. A?any very bad cases have been permanetly cured by it. It is equally efficient for itching piles and a favorite remedy for sore nipple?, chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites and chronic sore eyes, 25cts per box. For [sale by Dr A. J China. Tee SO-o Dr. Cady'? Condition Powders are just what a horse need? when .in bad con diticn. Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge. They are not food but medicine, and tn<? best to use to put a horse in prime condition. Price 25 cents per package. For sale by Dr A, J China. Dm; 30-o THE COTTON: CROP. Washington, April 15.-There is probably no bingie fact, the knowledge of which is more interesting and ?mDortaut to the southern people than she amount of the cotton orop. The present methods of ascertaining the magnitude of the cotton crop are unsatisfactory. There i? one method of ascertaining the amount of the crop exactly, for there is ono process, that of ginning, to wbich ali cotton for auy commercial or industrial use whatever must be subjected. If ono could obtain from all the cotton gins of the country reports of the amount of staple they have turned out the precise aggregate of the whole crop would be known. It ?9 proponed to apply ibis proc?s? io taking the tweltb census, the ibid work ' which is to begio on ' the first c tiooe. Ao expert special agent bas been appointed whose sole duty will be to obtain returns from ail the giooiog aod baling establishments in tbe eottoo growing regioo. No gio oery is too small or insigoifio*nt to be rutted aod asked for a return. Worrying the President. Wa8h?Dgton, April 16 -Adminis tration senators and representatives are wrangling fearfully over the plums made available by the Porto Rico act, which goes into effect May 1. Nearly every one of them is grabbing after the biggest and juciest of these plums for a constitu ent and they are making Mr McKiu ley very weary by their persistency. The selection of Mr C H Alien to be governor was entirely personal on the part of Mr McKinley, just as the S3me gentieman was personally chosen by Secretary Long to be as sistant secretary of the navy when "Teddy" Roosevelt resigned that office to become a rough rider If j some of the men who are after the i other places over there succeed in getting them, Mr Allen will have to keep his eyes wide open to prevent his administration of the affairs of the island getting into the breakers of scandal It is a little puzzling to understand why the administration is preventing action on the Nicaragua canal bill at this session of congress, but perfect? ly plain that it is doing so, through its agents in both bouse and senate There is something behind the desire to postpone this legislation, which has been endorsed by all the political parties and by the public sentiment of the country as well. Of course, Mr McKinley isn't openly antagoniz? ing the canal bill, but it wa3 adminis tration senators who veted down Senator Morgan's motion to take up the canal bill, and it has been admin istration representatives who have headed off Representative Hepbums' several attempts to get a date net for its consideration by the house Nothing could more surely show the steady increase of public senti ment in favor the election of senators by direct vote of the people than the adoption by the house of a r?solution proposing a constitutional amend ment for so electing senators, by a vote of 240 to 15 A similar r?solu tion has been adopted by the house in a previous congress, but not by such a large vote Whether the senate will respond to public senti ment by adopting this resolution is yet to be seen, but it is doubtful It is bad enough for paid lobbyists to engage in manufacturing public sentiment iu favor or against pending legislation in congress, but it is in finitely worse for a bureau of the government to engage in such busi ness The Inieretate Commerce Com mission bas been sending out thou? sands of circular letters, printed and mailed at public expense, asking that letters be written to Senators and Representatives to make them sup? port the Cullom bili, for the enlarge? ment of the power of that commis? sion. The exposure of this official lobbying has caused a sensation in Congress, and it ought to cause the summary dismissal of it; but Mr McKinley's backbone is hardly equal to such heroic treatment ol the case A bili to make more republican patronage, which can be utilized in the coming campaign, has been re ported from the house census com mittee. It provides for the creation of a census printing office, with a superintendent at $2,500 a year, and a large force of printers and bock binders lu previous censuses, this work has been done at the goveru ment printing office, and there is no other reason than greed for more patronage on the part of republicans wby it should not be done there for this census Under orders from the republican bosses who wish to keep down the total of appropriations at this session of congress, the house military com? mittee, which had previously agreed to increase the annual appropriation for the support of the National Guard of the states to $2,000,000 has re duced the amount to $1,000,000 Only one democrat in congress ie publicly supporting Admiral Dewey for the democratic nomination for president That is Representative Levy, of New York, who is a very nice gentleman, but who has not been recognized as one of tbe democratic leaders Admiral Dewey now openly says that it is the anti Bryan demo? crats fr .om he expects support enoug .o get the democratic nomi? nation, but where he expects to find enough of that brand of democrats to come within a hundred miles of nominating bim, is something that is beyond the comprehension of ordi nary folk. A proposition io counec tion with Admiral Dewey's candi? dacy is being talked about iu Wash? ington and it would be a good thing to carry out. It is that Admiral Dewey and Col. Bryan shall pledge themselves to support the ticket norn inated by the Kansas City Conven? tion, -befoietheir names are present ed as candidates Every Bryau man to whom this proposition has been submitted has endorsed it. Admiral Dewey says he will make public this week a statement of his position on public questions. It is awaited by the pubiic with more curiosity than anxiety. -- Washington, April 13 -Owing to contiuued ill health the Hon John Addison Porter, secretary to the President, has tendered his resigna? tion and the President baa accepted it, to take effect May 1 next. George B. Cortelyou, of New York, the present assistant secretary to the President, bas been appointed to office. Mk ?.. ??M . . M THE ATLANTA JOURNAL SOLD. Hoke Smith, the Majority Stockholder, Retires to the bar, Atlanta, April 16-Hon Hoke Smith today sold his interest in the Atlanta Evening Journal to II M Atkinson, Morris Brandon and J K. Gray of Atlanta. Complete con j tral of The Journal passes into the hands of Mr. Atkinson and his associates, as the minority stock? holders also disposed of their hold inga. Mr Smith realized three for one on his stock, aDd the money turned over to him today for his i 530 shares was ?159,000 The minority stockholders receiv? ed two and one half for one, H. H Cabaniss, who is the largest of the leeser holders, getting $75 OOO. The amount involved in the entire transaction is $276,500. Mr George H Dickson, formerly of the New York Herald, will be the publisher under the new regime. Mr H. H Cabaniss has been asked to remain as business manager and has also F H. Richardson, editor, and Josiah Carter, for several years the managing editor, aud it is believed they will do so. The Race Issue in Cuba. Santiago de Cuba, April 15.-The reception tendered to Gen Maximo Gomez today on his way to San Domingo caused great excitement, owing to the efforts or the white and black parties to obtain the first recogni? tion. The black party, represented by the Cubano Libro, wbioh continues pub iications in defiaoce of the orders of the authorities, who bad directed its suppression, sent a tag to meet the steamer Maria Herrera at quarantine and 8aoceeded in inducing Gen Gomez to accompany them Meanwhile, another tug, carryiog tbe civil governor. Gen Castillo, tbe mayor and other cff?sials representing the dominant white party, was entirely ignored by Gomez The black party, highly elated, took the guest to '.he landing, where an immense crowd gathered on tbe frail private wharf of a local boat club. This collapsed'and many were thrown into the water, one man being drown? ed. The official party declined to recog? nize Gen Gomez io consequence of his recognition of the black party, and there is considerable excitement. When the procession passed through the city without either civil governor or mayor rioting was narrowly averred by tbe vigorous action of the police under Americao officers. This afternoon all the clubs gave receptions to Gen Gomez, but the white party refused to attend any of them England's Great Resources. An amusing story is gf?ng the rounds of eooie Midland districts with reference to President Kruger. A grandson of thai amiable old geode ma:; is said to have been io communi? cation with Pretoria and received a cable : "Mr-re ships arriving. Are any men left in Maoche-rer ? ' Young Kruger went to Manchester and cabled back: "Regret, Maoehester still full " A seocc l cable came from Pretoiia: .'Still more ship/5, arriving What about L;eds ? ' The answer wa6 : "Regret, Leed? also full " A tbira cable came: ''Try Newcastle. " Young Kruger went to Newcastle and there saw a lift go down tbe shaft of a mine empty, bringing up eight men to the surrace Rushing off to the telegraph office he cabled: "Stop tho war, grand? papa, England is briogiog up men from h-ll ! '-London Black and White. Judge William A. King, who bae been elected to congress from tbe Salt Lake difitriot of Utah over a repubiioan opponent, and in the place of Roberts, whose seat io the National House was denied bim, is 37 years of age. Ho began his public career at 22, when he was elected a member of the Territori? al Legislature He was re-elected two years later. He waa couoty clerk of Millard Couoty four years, oounty attorney two years and at Fillmore was oify assessor and collector and city attorney. In June, 1894, he was appointed Associate Justice nf the Supreme Court of Urah In 1896 be was eleot'.d to congress hy a majority of Leariy 20,000 and served two years He is a Mormon, but not a polygamist and stands high in tho estimation of ail classes in U'ah. Pennsylvania has a modsl dog law, One of the State papers re ports: "In Cumberland County, re? cently, Jacob Ruennings'a dog killed five sheep belonging to Joseph Erb The county waa compelled to pay i the latter $40 for his loss and then the Cumberland authorities sued the dog's owner to racover the amount, because he refused to kill the animal, and the county won the case " A few hunting dogs kilied eighty sheep in one day for tho farmers in Charles? ton County a few weeks ago, we are informed, but the matter euded there. It also ended the sheep in dustry on one farm We have a good deal to learn yet for an old agricultural State-News and Cou? rier. The Kind Yon Have Alway in use for over 30 year.? and son AIL All Counterfeits, Imitation Experiments that tri?e w infants and Chiiitren-Ex What is Castoria is a harmless sn goric, Drops and Soothin contains neither Opium, substance. Its age is its | and allays Feverishness. Colic. It relieves Teething and Flatulency. It assim Stomach and Bowels, givi The Children's Panacea-' GENUINE CAS Sears th The Kind You Hi In Use For < _ THC CENTAUR COMPANY. 77 Lake City Postoffice. Washington, Aprii 16-Tbs post office at Like City, S C.. bas been reestablished aod Mrs Della D. Carter, wbire, appointed postmaster. Th's was done upon petitions filed by prac? tically all of tne white and colored citi? zens requesting rees'ablishment of the (ffioe aod this lad?7* appointment. The colored people submitted a separate petition requesting ber appointment. There has oeeo no postcffice at Lake City since the colored pc^master there was killed by a mob two years ago. Chicago, April 15 -Rufus Wright, the millionaire manfacturer of rubber tires, shoe during a scoffb for posses? sion of a revolver, in tbe apartments of Mrs Louisa L~t?ridge, at- the Leland bore!, died today from the effects of the woutd. A Trick That Won. A few weeks ago a pretty little Pa? risian actress was appearing ut a the? ater in Geneva. On thc last night of the play a tall, well dressed mau sent in his card anti asked permission to thank her personally for the pleasure that her performances had given to him. He entertained her at supper and asked permission io see her oft' at the station on the following day. Ile arrivei1 with his groom, who was car? rying a tremendous bouquet of iiowers. Ile told her that he had telegraphed to his brother, who was in Paris and who had influence both with the press and the theatrical managers and that he would meet her on her arrival in Paris. To the astonishment of the actress all this- turned out to be true, and she found a magnificent carriage at the station. A line dinner followed. The girl was dumb with astonish? ment, lier host told her that it was all for the sake of his brother, whom he loved dearly, and he spoke pathet? ically of the beautiful bouquet that she carried and which was made up of flowers culled in the garden of the old homestead. She offered him the bou? quet instantly, and he accepted it with a thousand thanks. Now she has found out why she was treated so well. She had been the means of smuggling watch springs to the value of $10,000 into Paris. Found. "Put this in your iost and found* column." he said, handing a slip of paper to the clerk. The latter read: "A purse containing a considerable Bum of money and valuable prpers. Finder will keep money and return papers." "Dou't you think," suggested the clerk, "that it would be well to say, *No questions asked ? " "No," replied the other. "Rut you might say. 'No questions answered.' I'm the finder."-Philadelphia Press. A Bold Little Bird. Tho honeybird is a well known deni? zen of many parts of the Transvaal. It has tho unique peculiarity that it does not fear men and wemen, but actually Hies up to them, uttering a plaintive low note and. living about their heads, tries t<> lead them on to tho nearest clump t.>i* rooks or Uopjc. The bini knows full well that under a certain rock lies a store of honey, con? cealed by tin? cunning bees, and, reek honey being us much esteemed by birds as by human beings, the clever little fellow tries to induce a friendly being with two strong hands to push aside i he rook, so that it may get to the honey. If it succeeds in its object and the traveler on the veldt, attracted by the bird's Mutterings to and fro between himself and the rooks, linds the honey, the bird changes its plaintive tone to one of joy and pleasure, as much as to say, "Thank you very much." s Bought, and which has been J, has horne the signature of L has heen made under his per? al supervision since its infancy* >W no one to deceive you in this. is and U Just-as-good" are but ?th and endanger the health of perience against Experiment? ihstitute for Castor Oil, Pare g Syrups. It is Pleasant. It Morphine nor other Narcotic ruarantee. It destroys Worm? It cures Diarrhoea and Wind ? Troubles, cures Constipation ?lates the Food, regulates the lng healthy and natural sleep? The Mother's Friend? TOR IA ALWAYS e Signature of f m Always Bought 5ver 30 Years. MURRAY STREET. NEW YORK CrfY. I Stage Thunder and Lightning:. ; Tbe reason why the mechanism for t making the noises that give realism to j a play arc never seen by the audience j is because the illusion would be com ! pletely destroyed if its operations were j exposed to view, explains Frank Fyles j in The Ladies' Home Journal. The noise of the waiter falling down ? flairs with a tray of dishes, for in ; stance, is simulated by dropping as of I ten as necessary a basket filled with j bits of broken china, and a cylinder of j silk, turned with a crank, drawing the ! cloth over wooden flanges, gives a per? fect rain and wind storm. A lightning accompaniment is made by touching an ordinary file to a bit of carbon, both on live wires, and thunder by rolling tenpin balls in a long, narrow, wooden ! trough. The rumble of the wheels of a car? riage is imitated with a vehicle like a miniature freight car run on a wooden track, and a striking of wood or metal on hard or soft surfaces serves to con? vince an audience of the approach or I departure of a horse. When there is j war, a single shot or two is usually \ the real thing, but a rifle volley effect ; is obtained by rapidly beating a dried j calfskin with rattans, while heavy j strokes on the bass drum will convey j the idea of cannonading. I If this mechanism were seen in op ! eration by an audience, it would make j thc whole performance seem ridiculous. Longevity of Whales, i Some light was thrown upon the sub ; ject of the vitality of whales by finding ? one of these animals in Bering sea in { lSiiO with a "toggle*' harpoon head in ! its body bearing the mark of the Amer j ican whaler Montezuma. That vessel I was engaged in whaling in Bering sea i about ten years, but not later than 1S54. She was afterward sold to the j government and was sunk in Charles I ton harbor during the civil war to serve J as an obstruction. Hence it is estimat ! ed the whale must have carried the ! harpoon not less than 30 years. In connection with this fact William H. Dall gives an account in The Na? tional Geographic Magazine of a dis i cussion with Captain E. P. Herendeen j of the United States National museum j of eases of whales that have been sup i posed to have made their way from j Greenland waters to Bering strait and j to have been identified by the harpoons j they carried. While it is very likely that the whale really makes the pas I sage an uncertainty must always be ! allowed, for ships were often chang i ing ownership, and their tools were ; sold and put on board of other vessels, j and harpoon irons were sometimes giv ? en or traded to Eskimos. It therefore ! becomes possible that the animal was I struck with a secondhand iron.-Popu ! lar Science. Elephant and Train. A big and ugly elephant which had ' long been an object of pursuit to the sportsmen of the Straits Settlements one day wandered on to the railway line aud tried conclusions with the en? gine of a goods train, charging it re? peatedly and keeping up the contest for nen riv au hour. The engine was re? versed in the hope that the beast would allow the train lo proceed, but as soon as there v as any attempt to renew the journey the elephant returned to the encounter and resumed its obstructive tad irs. The driver was afraid io charge the brute, lost the traiu should be thrown off the rails, and the contest might have gone on much longer had not the elephant hacked into the en? gine and. setting its fore feet firmly between the rails, endeavored to shove the train backward with its hind quar? ters. The driver took advantage of the op? portunity and put on steam, gradually forcing the beast off the line. In this maneuver one of the wheels of the en? gine went over the hind legs of the animal, which was put out of its mis? ery by the guard of a following passen? ger train.-Science.