The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 04, 1900, Image 8

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THE WAR IN AFRICA. Considered Over by Foreign Attaobea. Loodoo, Jone 26. 4 22 * m ? Lord Roberta* six columns are con ?erging apparently ao aa to clone in upon the Free Sutern although de? cisive reeulte ooooot bo eipeoted for eeteral date A number of Boon who were ens peoted to bo ^within the wide flung Ml heve Broken, o: rather stolen through Gen Rundle'e Ficksborg deoekal lines The Canadians were engaged io the Hooiogoprait fight lost Friday Gsn Dewett'e men first eel off s Canadian outpost of mount? ed rifles st dawn, two being killed 14eet Triglie sod four otbers were wounded sad three were captured. The Free Staters thea attacked the . oesap where teere were 60 Canadians ssd two oompaniea of Shropebrires, tkoogb withoot much effect as the see a were well entrenched. Ibe foreign military attaches who were wits Lord Roberts sre now in Cape Town en route for Europe. United States Consul Hsy of Preto ris, is going to Machadodorp ia tbe \ tores* of British prisoners end to s*? President Kroger. Eighty Hollsodere hare been lodged is jail st Standerton for do ettoyisg property prior to the British occupation. Tbe wives sod children ef the Boere sre surprised that the British did not loot, but psy for what they get. The Boere derailed s const uction train near dtsaderton on Jene 24. Two trsiscseo were killed atd four badly hurt A party of Brabant's Horse near Fiekeberg aaw s camp of khaki olsd ?tea sad walked in, to find them* selves among ths Boere. The v ieitore ear re ode red. The Loresso Marques oorreopond eat of the Times, telegraphing yee terday, says : "The Boere are losing a largo num? ber of horses from ths cold end from leak of food, aad the survivors are in aieerabie ooaditiwa The ioadeqoaoy of t* e Boer commissariat Is telling OL .e burghers " The Tlaaee editorially adopts the eaegeetioo of a oorreepondeat that Johaaheeburg ehoold bs the capital ef the Transvaal colony "became the traditioee of Pretoria are corrupt." British and Boere Fighting. Leedos, Jase 28. 4 s m ? Qeo Sir Leslie Raadle bei a abarp artillery and rifts skirmish near 'Jenekel Friday with a targe foree of eotreoobed Boers He deeltaod to attaek them Tbia is tbe only fresh fighting reported. The Bear oo'posta northeast of Pre? toria are boey. Tka telegraph airsa between (lasdsrtoo aad Naaeattle sera eat 8eadey aad Sir Redvers Bullei had so resort te helieiraph. Oammaodaei Dew at, with 3.000 mes ted three gaae is moviog aortheast ia he Oraege River eolooy It is under at sei that be aed Cemmaadast General Bet ha ea tared Is to a eompaot that seither would ssrresder so losg si tbs eeber wee oo ths field. Twelve ihoasaad rifiee all told have ease serreedered to the British. Jam ?ste ar a, St Flaleaa, Jene 17.? Barel Eloff, Preeidest Kruger's trend who was saptared by the British el Mefskiug, landed bare today aith sieves officers aad 98 troopers, mostly foreigners. Ths prisoeers who were clean aod cf raspeetable appearaoee. were imme? diately aeot os to Deedwood. tbe pr s oa eamp Most of the Boere at Dead weed are is good health, aod thus far there baa seen but one death from en? terte fever. Tbe Boen 81111 Fighting. Loodoo, Jeae 29. 2 80 a m.?Lord Roberts has seat bulletins of two small fights oeserrisg oe Juos 26 aod 27, in shies the Beers aera discomfited. Is a dispatch from Prstoria dated yeslsr day. hs says : "A small fjroe of mounted troops, with too gees, commanded by Liest Cel. Dreiser, wee attacked by Iba esemy ssder Prefere asd Nel oo the wore tag of Joae 26. sevea miles aortb ef Seaeial Tbsy heat off tbe enetay eoi burned lhair laager Our oasuil ties were three aousded and ten killed ?'Hunter, temporarily commanding las Hamilton's, made ose march yee< lerday from Heidelberg toward Fraok fart sitbost meeting aoy opposition "The easmy attacked ear Roodsval aproit poet oo tbe railaay yesterday hat were sastly beatsn off by a detach saeot of the Derbyshirs Light Infantry, the Wast Australian Mounted*, a 1 ? >? pesnder asd an armored train. "Bades Powell reports the capto e of es influential Brer named Ray, win wae sadeavoriog to 'eise a oommeoco is the Rosteoberg d.strict. A patrol brought io over a hundred riflss. Mote than 4.000 r.fhs and 1,000 infericr pieces have been taken dunog tbe laut sw days. He states that 30 Biers have arrivsd at Rotenberg, going to their homes from Dnlsrey'a commando. "fhey would have left before if the? bad ad s the proclamation which gajM aar"'??!'.y withheld by Bear authority " La*J U^tcr*e says that Wsdnesday, Juss 27, was a record market day in Pretoria for Beer fsrmers seMiog pro dees Partie* of Bier? r.nli hang on Geo. BolKV* ti?t.K-*. F U Burubam, ibe AiH"rio<tn scout, invalided TRYINO TO 8UUUOUND THEM London, June 2'J ?The Pretoria correspondent of Too Daily Telegraph io a di?patoh dated yesterday, Ray* : "Sine? Sunday Gen Freneh, on the left, Gen. lao Hnmiltoo ou the right and tbe Eleventh divisiou oo tbecpn;r<?, bave bee.? endeavoring to surround the enemy's position io the bills 15 miles east There was bgbting for three days, but Tuesday night the enemy deoampod, going eastward. Tbe total casualties were under ooe buodrod and fifty M Dun's Review of Trade Conditions. The Course of Business in tbe Various Lines. New York, Juno 29 ?R G. Dan & Co.'s Weekly Rsview of Trade tomor? row wiil say : Tbe eouotry begins to feel some of the e ffsots of its new plaoo among tbe nations. Influences a (foot? ing its basinets during tbe week rang ed all the way from a boycott at St Ljuis to a war io Sooth Africa and from sue spots to tbe relief of Pekin. Drouths and iuo tpots bate played their part before, but nous eao quite foresee tbe results of defending* A men can rights in China Politioal icflj cooes work together to oreats a state of uncertainty until tbe controversy is over. Tbo loog effort to bold nominal prices for iron at Pittsburg has eeased and the associations now reoogoiz) an opeo market io which Bessemer is offer * sd at $19 aod billets at $26, with grey forge at $17. Scareely a single trans aetioo is reported, heysrs abstaining even mors than wbeo prices were pore ly nominal, aod while there are many considerable contracts waiting for a ?are basis io ost of material, the pro? blem io a rather diffieolt ooe. Over 80 furnaces are said to have gooe out of blast aod while some have been stopped for repairs maoy more will be idle for a time ootil wage sealso for tbe oomiog year have bsco settled with labor or? gan nations. With a proper adjust' meni of supplies and priocs to tbe ac? tual demand a heavy business is possi? ble hot delay at this seasoo may effect prosperity for eomc time to oomo. With steel plates quoted at 1 80 at Pittsborg aod No. 27 sheets at 2 9 score, oo general gaio io business re salts from sudden decline to structural ?bapss. Neither efficial or unofficial aooouots bate removed doubts about tbe wheat crop and if it proves as low as one estimate, 460.000.000 bu?hcls. tbe extent to which it may now bo displaced in European consumption by eorn will bs seriously tested. Exports of wheat and coro were 420.000,000 bnsbels io 1898 and 400,000.000 in 1899 and have been about 190.000,000 basbels wheat aod 210.000.000 basbels ooro io the crop }ear 1900 bat oever as large before, for io 1892 wbeo 225,000.000 basbels wheat wsot abroad there were ooly 75,000,000 bushels eoro. Bot all recant ectimstss of pradoctioo hate bsco so far distracted sod it io scarcely good sense to hats grave apprehension on aay so early io date aod tbe eeoiue this year will be awaited with sspooial iotcrcst becaose ii will help to show how oo worthy of rsliaoeo some esti? mates bsvs been. Io four weeks rf June Atlantic exports of wheat floor tnoiuded bava been 10.980,076 basbels against 8,984,688 last year, aod Paoifio csoorts 2 758.978 basbels against 2. 445,749 laal year, while ooro exports in the four weeks bavs been 11,986, 244 batbela against 11,485,596 lasl |ttf, After riciog four oeots wheat oletsd uoobanged for tbo week aod ooro ooly J ceot higher. Tb? Fail River committee has made a sadden redaction to 2 87 oeots in tbe pries of regular print cloths with not a single sale reoorded. Nor are oew de msnds reported important But neith? er the sodden redootioo io prints nor tbe quiet settling io prieos of staple gouda bas stimulated tbe market to de? sired sotivity. Depression io tbe mark? et for goods did oot prevent raw oottoo from advancing to 10 oeots Failures for tbo week bavs been 207 in tbs United States against 181 Isst year aod 21 in Canada against 22 last year. Mulberry, Fla., Jane 27?Word has just beeu received here that Joho Ilendrioko, white, wss killed by Ssm Smith, colored, ot King's Ford, on Monday Smith committed tbe crime with so sxe, almost sever? ing Uendricko' head from bis body The negro st once took to the woods with o sheriff's posse sfter him Hp was captured late the same night, but a mob took the prisoner from tbe officers and shot him to death That Throbbing Head acne. Would quickly leave you, if you u*ed I*r King'* Now Lite Pill*. Thousands of nuflurer have proved their umtchU's* worth for Bisk and Nervoua Headache*, They mike pur* blood anJ ?trong Nerves and bolM up )<>ur health. Kasy to ttk.?. Try them. Only 25 cenM. Money t>aek if not cured. Sold by J K. W. I)oL< rmo, Umg^no. |_5 ? ? ? ? ? wm Victor B ur, Sot?h Carolina'.* ^il lent snn. is Admit at K< nv. fl fl lies tenant, r.d k. uld tbe war^in Oiina involvi i ur furo? s. he vr*^^ ,abiy b<' in tbe .btok of it, as be .. <* at 8aotia YOUTHS' DEPARTMENT. Life of tho Naval Apprentice?Staking Steel Pens Guards Set by Animals. "Apprentices of the United States Navy" || the title of on article in St. Nicholas. Almost every boy by thi? time knows of battleship! and cruisers, of torpedoes and torpedo boats and of the gallant officers and jolly Jack Tara who man the ships. Dnt it is safe to pay that there are few indeed who have ever heard of the young naval appren* ties, the work which ho has to do and what bis chances are?for the fntiire. It is tnongh at present to say that bo is an enlisted boy who by means of a great deal of drill and training develops gradually into a most efficient and use? ful man on board of our modern ships. Although tho apprentice can never hope to become a commissioned officer, there are many positions of trust and henor in tho service that are open to him if he but applies himself to the tasks assigned to him day by day and is awake to the opportunities that are 6ure to turn up for him. The boys at the training station truly may l?9 said to livo in a little world of their own, for they do not need to go ont?ido of their own circh* to find any of the needs of life. At certain honrs of the day they form u well regulated school, in which they are taught all the elements of science, English and mathe? matics?enough to enable them to un? derstand thoroughly and to handle in? telligently tho variuus fittings and armament of a modern man-of-war. Well informed and thoroughly prac? tical officers are stationed there to in? struct the apprentices in all the drills and maneuvers used by seamen afloat and ashore, inclndi ig infantry, light artillery, seamanship in all its forms, both theoretical and practical, the sev? eral kinds of signaling used in the service, tho handling of boats under steam, oars and sails, and the use of sword and gun in the arts of fencing an<1 of bayonet exercise. A chaplain in the navy is detailed regularly for duty among the boys and to look after them in any way he may think most conducive lo their highest moral imp/ovement. Every Sunday the boys are assembled on deck to join in a regular church worship, presided over by the chaplain, and it is a most inter? esting sight to see several hundred boys of tender age, all in tho same blue uni? form, joining heartily in the service. Those with voices worthy of any culti? vation are as? igned to tho choir, and they enjoy this honor quite as much as any of tho sevcrrt) privil ges that fall to their lot. At vrtaiu other times, in the seenings, during recreation periods, they are permitted to assemble for any kind of innocent amusement, and 0116 of the most popular pastimes among thoni se mis to bs dancing. Every spring and summer the ap? prentices are taken aboard some of the older vessels of the navy and are sent abroad for a cruise, daring which, un? der efficient oincers, tbey are taught the full duties of seamen afloat. All the theory of seamanship and gunnery is then reduced to practice, and the ap? prentices are put through the evolutions of furling, reefing and loosing sail, of abandoning ship and of aiming and fir? ing the guns on board, antiquated though they may be. Making Steel Pens. Briefly described, steel pens are made as follows: First tho steel is rolled into big sheets and then cut into strips about three inches in width. The strips are heated to a bright red and are then al? lowed to cool gradually, which anneals them. They aro next rolled to the necessary thinness and are cut into blank flat pens, and the pens, while flat, are usu? ally stamped with the brand or the name of the manufacturer. To shape the pens is the next process. The rounding makes them hold the ink and distribute it more gradually and evenly than could be dono if they were flat. To harden them they are heated to a cherry red and then suddenly cooled. This not only hardens them, but makes them elastic. The polishing, slitting, pointing and finishing come next, and then they are ready for use. The little holes in the pSBI at the end of the slits serve to make them more elastic and to facilitate tho flow of the ink. It is said that more steel is now used in the manufacture of pens than in that of twords. It is even claimed that the metal annually used in their manufac? ture weighs more than all the metal used in the manufacture of war imple? ments. If this bs true, ranch force if added to the time honored saying that "the pen is mightier than the sword." Guards Set by Animals. It is well known that many animals appoint one or more of their number to act as sentinels to guard against sur? prise while the rest are asleep or feed? ing or at play. Among the animals using the word in its widest sense? that are thus prudent may be named the following: Wasps, ants, chamois and other antelopes, prairis dogs, wild horses, rooks, swans, Australian cocka toes, zebras, quails, certain monkeys, flamingoes, New Zealand silver eyes, ahags and other birds, marmots, inounen and other sheep, seals, African wild ga|tlc. huanucoSj elephants, eta |Tilltor*a Awfel Pliant* K. M. Ill/gins, Kdltor Rennca, (II!* I V wi aflUeted t'?r yesri with Pi'ai ??? ?? 110 doe* t< r er remedj helped until ha tried Bnckleu'i Arnica Halve IIa write* iwp ?*? wholly eiircl h "i It's lha eure?! l'ila cur* i?n earth .in 1 1 he toil ralva \n lha world Cur.: iu?r antee?!? Only SS ??? ni ? Sold l?r 1 t\ W Del?orn 1. Drugii*! /* rfftP OIL tum* I uts, bwBt liurns, Bruises, Rh? mm? ? tiam and Soros. Price, 25 us held by HegbeoB-Llgoft Co Not n "rompoti* I'relnte." Bishop liailor, at a banquet at which lbs bishop of Kentucky was present, told title Btory mi the latter gentleman: | "In one of the backwoods towns of Kentucky/' saitl Bishop Oailor, "the 1 pastor of the Baptist church gave out this notice before the sermon one Sun? day morning: "*i itm told and have been partially convinced,' he said, 'that it Is my Chris? i tian duty to give the C dlowlng notice? to wit: That a man who styles himself "bishop of Kentucky" is about to visit this town and will hold forth in the court bouse on Wednesday evening. I desire to add. however, my brethren, that, in the humble opinion of your pastor, the place for members of this congregation on Wednesday night will be in this place listening to your own pastor rather than listening to the words of that pompous prelate at the courthouse.' "On the following Thursday morning the Baptist went out upon the street seeking for some of his congregation who had not been at the Wednesday evening meeting. The first one he found was a deacon. " 'Well, deacon,' he asked, 'were you to the courthouse last night? " 'Yes.' said the deacon. " '1 trust.' said the parson, with some Irony in his tone, 'you were edified by the words of the pompous prelate.' " 'Now. looky here, parson,' said the deacon, 'that man ain't no pompous prelate; no such thing, lie's just as common as there Is. What do you reck? en he did? lie preached in his shirt sleeves!' "?Indianapolis Sentinel. Whites Demand Separate Seats. MontiIOMBBT, Ala., May 20.?A very emphatic protest is being made by the white citizens of Montgomery because of the failure of the street railway com? pany here to provide separate seats in the street ears for the use of white aud negro passcugors. Montgomery has a large negro population and a petition to the council is being circulated praying that the whites and negroes bo accorded separate seats. Five Children liurncd to Death. BALUOHi May 26.?Five children of Daniel Person, a negro, were left at home by their mother, in Franklin county, near here, while she went visit? ing. On her return she found only the ashes of the house and bones of her chil? dren. The children were from 1 to 7 years of age. It is supposed the floor caught fire and that the children wero too small to extinguish it. CUBAN OIL cures Cuts, Bum?, llrnises, Rheuma? tism and Sores. Price, 25 cts. Soiil b? Huebeon butyl 0a Th" delegation t?i 'h-> D. mroratio aonvsntioa in Katibaa Ci?y will leave Colombia Juiv 1st RHEUMATISM and CATARRH CUBED -BY Johnston's Sarsaparilla QUART BOTTLES. IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH. JL Whole Family Cared. Mrs. C. H. Kingsbnry, who keeps a millinery and fancy goods stcre at St. Louis, Gratiot Co., Mich., and who is well known throughout the country, says: ?* I was badly troubled with rheuma? tism, catarrh and neuralgia. I had liver complaint and was very bilious. I was in a bad condition; every day I be? gan to fear that I should never be a well woman; that I should have to aettle down into a chronic invalid, and live in the shadow of death. 1 had JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA rec? ommended to me. I TOOK FOUR BOTTLES AND IT CURED ME, and cured my family both. I am very glad that I heard of it. I would cheerfully recommend it to every one. I have taken manv other kinds of medicine. 1 prefer JOHNSTON'S to all of them." MICHIGAN DRUG CO., Detroit, Mich. J S HUGliSON & CO Sumtes 0 ft? vi vi vft is vh \b \k \b \ I \V vi ii/ v Ii vi* Mr i vh uj vi- C \i vir \k H 1 Three Papers a Week | I FOR ABOUT T^E i I PRICE OP O/MZ. I ?* e I This paper and the Atlanta I ?3 T\vic<.va/\/eck Journal for t $2.00. I Hure you got the news of | the worid and all your local I news while it is fresh, paying f very lit lie mow than one J 5 paper costs. 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