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Batteries: LeeVer, SpafKS dHu 10 man; Hill and Mcclure.
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shirt, rough canvas shooting-coat and
trousers and common soldiers boots.
Generally his beard was tied up with
string or red tape-the only Use he had for
that usual military Indispensable. He sat
at camp fire or in the simply-furnished
parlor of his army home, listening to the
chat about him, rarely speaking, and
assiduously playing solitaire with a pack
of cards produced from an inner pocket.
He could play capital hand at whist but
fought shy of a game with careless or for
getful players. He heard everything that
was said and saw everything going on
about him, but seldom gave sign.
=" From the so-called pleasures of society
dinners, dances and receptions, he shrank
in dismay. He ate only the simplest food
He never smoked. He hated wine He
wouldn't touch spirits; he maryeled that
any man should. 1T spoils his shooting
said he; and our General was a capital shot.
He could foot it through an old-fashioned
quadrille or Virginia reel but nothing else,
and would always get away on social occa-
sions into the first obscure corner ne could
find, and then out would come the old pack
of cards"
The National tribune., 1899-11-02
GEN. CROOK.
A Major-General Who Did His own Washing.

Gen. Charles King contributes to The
Youths Companion his "RecollectiOnS of
Gen. Crook" with whom he went through
many an Indian campaign in the 7O's. He
says of him:
''He rarely read anything but natures
books. although he had a mathematical
GIFT. and not only stood well in scientific
studies at the Point. as did Grant, but he
helped along his unmathematicai room
Crook abhOrred. He could hardly decipher
one Of his own pages, and his letters and
dispatches, like those of old Rough and
Ready'-Gen. Zachary Taylor gen
orally penned by some brilliant staff officer.
Children he loved and treated with a shy
tenderness that was sweet to see, but he had
none of his own. His wife was MARYLAND
girl who won his heart during the war days
while her brother and other enterprising
'rebs' made way with his body, capturing
him by daring night raid into Cumber-
land.
Like Grant, he was simplicity itself in
speech, rarely lifting up his voice, aud only
once did ever hear him speak an impatient
word or one that family res embed an
expletive, but that was in the thick Of the
Sioux campaign Of 1876, and when he had
much to try him.
"We had to eat our horses that year to
keep alive. We had no tents, and hardly a
change of underwear could be found in the
whole column. We were wet, bedraggled
and dirty when We reached the Yellowstone
but the General was as badly off as the
humblest trooper, and minded it less. There
we met the spruce command of Gen. Terry
and Terry himself, in handsome uniform
the picture of the gentleman and soldier
came over TO our bivouac TO call on Crook. |
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GREAT COPPERHEAD
CONSPIRACY.
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company. He has "a and got about 30
more last evening-all members of the
lodge. He said he had talk with Gen.
Pike and the Colonel of the regiment he
meant to join, and they had promised him
the arms and equipments for the company
if he would raise it. They calculated in
this way to secure arms and have an Or
gained company for each ward. In the
Ninth and Tenth Wards they said they
had the companies nearly filled.
There were four or five new members
admitted and about the same number
proposed. One was rejected. His name
is G.. Orpheus, a timer. He was black
balled because he only recently came from
Pennsylvania, was not sufficiently known,
and not considered entirely safe.
| noticed Jones, of Huntingdale, Henry
County, who has been in the rebel army.
know he took the oath of allegiance before
he went there, but how he is now here with
impunity don't know.
One OF the noteworthy features Of this
communication is the coolly atrocious
proposition to organize general midnight
assassination of the soldiers and detectives
on the streets of st. Louis. The only oppo-
sition made was that the time was not yet
ripe for it, and that it was likely then to
hurt them more than 1t helped.
(To be continued.)
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COMMANDANT-G GENERAL ERASMUS,
Commander of q Corps of the Beers.
pointed to as being splendid feat upon the
part of the admiralty, not forgetting, how
| ever. to also give credit to the army for hav-
ing the men ready at the dock.
| Dispatches from London say that the
enthusiasm with which the English people
entered upon the war in South Africa is
already disappearing. Even the masses
can understand that it is serious and
| grievous business which the country has
on its hands. The victories, it is begin
ming to be whispered, which have already
cost some of the best lives in the British
! army, and which leave the enemy as strong
and aggressive as ever, cost too much, and
| the price already paid is too high for the
| mere concession of two years in the Trans
yaal naturalization laws, or even for the
possession of the Republic itself. The
popular clamOr for revenge for Majuba has
| entirely disappeared, and in its place there
| is arising the grim, sorrowful determination
| to put things through thoroughly now that
| they have been irrevocably undertaken.
The British authorities are anxious
about foreign Intervention, and the navy
has become especially active in preparation
| for sea service. The attitude of the foreign
powers are a source Of continual and con-
Trajectory reports. A consensus of the
best opinion inclines to the belief that the
rumors of European intervention are merely
a well developed scare to which Great
Britain has often been subject, with less
warrant for it than upon many previous
occasions.
During the past week Gen. Yule found
himself forced to abandon Dundee and
Glencoe and retire southwark from Jou-
bert's front toward Ladysmith by the
Helpmakaar Road, Beth and the valleys
of the Waschbank and Sunday Rivers.
Gen. White, moved out from Ladysmith
10 cover this movement and routed the
Free State Boer force at Rietfontein, on
the west side of Yule's path. The British
lost 13 killed, 93 wounded and three miss
ing. The fighting lasted seven hours.
Nine Burghers were wounded and six
killed, according to Joubert.
On Oct % Yule's force and Whites adj
vance made connection. After Yule was
safe at Ladysmith British force moved out
from Lauysmith, and tried to engage the
Beers again, but they would not be drawn
out.
Yule's force had very exhausting
march, chiefly by night, in heavy rain and
mist.
Gen. William Penn Symons, wounded at
Glencoe, died on Tuesday of last week,
while in the hands of the Beers. Rein
forcements are said to be on the way from
the Cape. "
Delayed reports OF the losses of the Brit
ish indicate splendid craftsmanship and
fine fighting spirit on the part of the Beers,
a foolish custom by British officers of never
seeking cover, an equally foolish adherence
to distinguishing marks on the British
uniforms, such! as, in one instance, crossed
black belts oyer the khaki coats. The
War Office returns show that the total
British casualties, up to the end of last
week reach 597, IS Officers having been
killed and So wounded, and 76 men killed
and 435 wounded. There are 13 unac-
counted for. This does not include 80 of
the 18th Hussars captured near Dundee
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was drying my buckskins at Il fire as he
approached, and stepped forward to salute
him.
"Where shall find Gen. Crook?' said he.
For a moment could not answer. Then
an old trooper grinned and nodded toward
the river, and there, sqnatted on a rock
well out in the stream, stripped 10 the waist
and scrubbing away at his shirt was our
General, and Terry was too much of a
gentleman even to look amused at the
sight.
The Indians called him the GRAY Fox.
The soldiers had their pet names, but we,
his officers, who followed him al over the
West, from the Mexican border to the upper
Yellowstone, spoke of him always as 'the
General, our General. That meant, of
course, Crook, the simplest soldier ever
knew. In all the years it was my fortune
to serve under him in Arizona. Wyoming,
Dakota, Montana, or at his HEADQUARTERS in
Omaha or Chicago, | never saw him in the
UNIFORM OF his rank until he lay dead in his
coffin, his guard of honor grouped about
him."
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provided with narrow entrances. These

provided with narrow entrances. These
treefork entrances are closed at night.
| believe that the whole fortification is
put up more as a guard against lions and
leopards than against human foes. How
ever, l learned later on that these forti-
| fled homesteads, when situated in dense
forest, are by no means easy to take.
The Wadschagga huts as a rule are
semi-circular, except the two-story ones,
which look like the old-fashioned straw
beehives, and in which the upper story
serves to store corn beans, and other food.
The framework of these huts is made of
stout, long branches bent into the re-
quired shape while the sap is still in them.
This framework is covered with grass from
six TO - inches thick, and the hut is pro-
yided with a low, narrow entrance about
three feet high. A fire is always burning
in these huts, and as there is no outlet on
top, they are continually filled with smoke,
and this is the reason why these people
are always suffering from infiamed eyes.
Their government is monarchical one,
he chiefs being chosen from one family.
The chief, with his underchiefs, who
have very little to say, rules his people
with an iron rod. If he wants cattle or
sheep, or work done in his "shamba" Gields),
he fines some poor fellows for an imaginary
offense, or even coolly commands them to
work, or bring him cattle or sheep. Yet
these people are happy in their way, for
they know no better. They are all heath
ems, and the medicine men, of which the
chief is the head and greatest humbug,
hold great sway over them. Only few
near the mission station profess to be
Christians, for the sake of the benefits
they derive in the way of food and presents.
It is only with the younger generation.
the children, that the missionaries may
have some success. But more of this
later on.
ITO be continued
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RECENT LITERATURE.

Wireless telegraphy, about which we
hear so much and we still know so little, will
be fully described and explained by Prof.
John Trowbridge, of Harvard University.
in Apptetons' Popular Science MonthIy for
November. A number of illustrations helm
very much in simplifying the text.
In McClure's Magazine for November.
BLACK Friday-Sept. "A, 1862" will be the
subject Of chapter of recollections by the
Hon. George S. Boutwell,, who was Secre-
tary OF the Treasury at the time and made
the purchase of Government bonds which
broke the gold corner" and checked the
panic.
In The Century for October announce
ment will be made of the names of the three
winners Of the prizes offered for the best
poem, essay, and story submitted in com
petition by American college graduates of
1898. Last year all the prizes were won
BY alumnB of Eastern women's colleges;
this years winners are Westerners, and
only One Of them Is woman,
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THE TRANSvAAL WAR.
British Suffer Heavy Losses, But outwit
Beers in Strategy.

The situation in the Transvaal Is still as
serious as at first for the British forces,
which at the present writing are hemmed in
that is, Gen. Whites force-between the
troops of the Transvaal and the Free State,
Gen. Joubert's purpose evidently being to
surround Ladysmith and cut railroad com
munication at Colenso. Joubert is on the
Helpmakaar Road and the Free State
Beers advancing from Bester's Station
and Van Reenan's Pass. The two Boer
sections largely outnumber the British.
Compared with the impending movement
about Ladysrilith, the fate Of Kimberley and
Mafeking and the progress Of the other in
dependent operations are almost insig-
nificant. The rapidity of the Boer advance,
the persistency of their attacks, and the
tenacity of the endeavors of their columns
to concentrate on Gen. White have proved
clearly that the Beers plans were matured
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while pursuing the Beers after Glencoe, ant

while pursuing the Beers after Glencoe, and
other prisoners.
There has been more fighting at KIM
berley, which is still safe, and at Mafeking.
where the Beers seem to have gotten the
worst of it several times.
The British Parliament passed war
appropriation of $4,000, 900 prior to ad-
journment. The closing sessions of Par
Lament were marked by bitter attacks on
the administration by Michael Davitt and
others of opposing parties.
The Transvaal and Orange Free State
Beers have declared annexed certain por-
tions of the English land occupied by them
The latest reports are of an engagement
on Monday at dawn, advance having been
made by Gen. White in force, with the object
of driving the Beers from a position where
the day before they had mounted a number
of guns that threatened serious damage,
from the front. The position was found to
have been evacuated The British COR
tinucd TO advance, and the movement Dc
veloped into a reconnaissance i'll force.
Gen. Whites plan Of operations was that,
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THE MARKET SQUARE AT KIMBERLEY.

as the movement developed, the force con-
stituting the British center, which was dis
posed under cover of a hill about three
miles from the town. should throw itself
upon the enemy, while the left flank was
being held by the Fusileers and the Glou-
cesters.
The fact that the first Boer position was
found evacuated and heavy attack was
made on the British right flank upset the
plans. The Beers proved to be in great
numerical superiority, and the infantry
heavy fire, its retirement covered by the
sd Field Battery, at considerable loss to
itself. The reliable reports so far show a
British loss in killed and wounded of be-
tween 80 and 100 killed, with a possible loss
leaders with SO mules.
The Beers are constantly revealing a
high degree of tactical skill, to the surprise
of the British-at least those at home.
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The Dr's object Of distributing this informa.
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not penetrated far into the banana forest
before We heard low growl. Casting
my eyes in the direction whence the noise
had proceeded, | saw dark form and the
eyes Of the leopard glaring like live Goals.
He was about Is yards off. ! fired at
once, and by great good luck-for in spite
OF the lights about me, it was pretty dark
where he lay shot him between the
eyes, and without another sound he rolled
over. He was fine, big fellow.
found the neighborhood pretty lively
one for leopards, and only a few days
later | shot one in broad daylight, that
had broken into herd of goats quite close
TO the camp. Another one we caught in a
trap which the natives had rugged up Of
stout poles with a collapsible roof. from
which, when the leopard had entered the
trap, heavy rock was precipitated on him
by means of primitive lever arrange
ment. A live goat in smaller cage inside
the trap, and out of the way of the falling
rock, served as bait.
wADSCHAGGA VILLAGES.
The Wadschaggas live in small vii
lagos formed of several huts, or they have
small homesteads comprising only two or
three huts, all surrounded by dense
hedge Of young trees or thornbushes
which on the inside is artifcially strength
ened, SO that each little homestead and
every little village forms a small fort in
itself. The entrance TO this fortified vii
lage is formed by the fork of a tree, the
lower part of the prongs OF which are deeply
buried in the ground.
The whole entrance is protected on top
and on the sides by densely-growing trees,
thornbushes, or woodwork. Thus there
is only a very small triangular space left
to creep through, so that entering any of
these villages or homesteads is a very
undignified proceeding. OF course, larger
villages, where the chiefs reside, are not
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A Unadorned General.

Recalling Gen. George Crook in the days
of his Indian campaigns, Gen. Charles
King says of him in The Youths Com
pdniOn:
young officers fresh from West Point
looked at him in wonderment. Instead of
a somewhat unapproachable dignitary, in
precise uniform and epaulets and en-
broidered sash and belt, they were well
coined by a cordial hand-clasp from tall,
bushy-bearded man, with twinkling gray
blue eyes, in an old slouch felt hat, flannel
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'ong before hostilities displaced negoti-
ations, and that though they may be un-
able TO stand before the brilliant charges of
the British troops or serve their artillery
with the skill of their opponents, they are a
mobile force and operate harmoniously
under a carefully prepared plan Of cam
paign.
BY Nov. 4 the last troopship should have
sailed from England. The embarkation
Of 2i,O00 men, 1000 horses, and seven
batteries of artillery, with the wagons and
equipment, between Oct. 20 and "a, is
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE PHILIPPINE INsURREcTIoN.

A dispatch from the Philippines pre-
sents summary of the situation under
recent date, showing that the portion OF
the Island of Luzon now held by the Ameri-
can forces comprises 1T square miles of
the total of 42,000 which the island con-
tains. Continuing, the correspondent says:
Outside of LuZon the insurrection
seems to be growing. The insurgents hold
ports in Mindanao, the next largest island
to Luzon in the Philippines, and said to be
intellectually rich in gold and silver mines,
iron and copper ores, and other minerals,
besides possessing wonderful forests Of
hard wood.
"The next campaign is going to be diff
ferent from the last. We will get out
of the fiat, open country into the mount
ainous, thickly-wooGed country. If we
do not end the war mere, we will have to
carry it into the high, rock-ribbed mount
aims of LuZOn.
at will be no violation OF state secret to
say that the first object of the next cam
paign will be to take the rest of the rail-
road from the hands of the insurgents.
With almost $1,000 miles of territory
from which to draw supplies and with
boats coming in without any opposition
from Hongkong, Japan, and from Central
and South America and Australia, the in
surgents probably are doing well as far as
supplies are concerned"
Gen. Lawton has established a civil
government at San Isidro. Gen. Youngs
advance from that place toward Santa
Rosa was made last week.
Gen. Young is row advancing upon
Cabanatuan. The country is furrowed
with rivers and deep ravines, the bridges
over which have been destroyed; the mud
is deep, rations are short, and the trans
portation of supplies has been delayed by
low water and the poor condition of the
roads. There are sufficient stores, how
ever, TO keep the brigade. The insurgents
for a long time have lived off the country,
it. There have been several
skirmishes in his front and elsewhere be-
tween the Americans and Filipinos.
ALASKAN BOUNDARY.
Canada's final proposition, it is believed,
for permanent settlement of the Alaskan
dispute was submitted last week to Am
bassador Choate by the Canadian Min
lister of Marine, Sir Louis III. Davies, III
London. 1t is as follows:
THAT the boundary line be arbitrated
upon terms similar to those imposed by
the United States and Great Britain over
Venezuela, particularly those provisions
making so years occupancy by either
side conclusive evidence of title, occupancy
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Nodd-one thing is certain. A man
never gets young again.
Todd-That's SO. We may never hope to
know as much as we once did.-Life.
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of less than that period to be taken as
equity allows under international law
That, as a condition precedent to and alb
solutely preliminary to arbitration, Skag-
way and Dyea would be conceded to the
United States without further claim ii
Canada received Pyramid Harbor."
In other words, Canada gives up much
of the disputed gold country in return for
a seaport, but stipulates that she must
get the latter before she agrees to arbi-
trate the boundary line.
HoBART'S ILLNESS.
Vice-President Hobart, who has been i'll
for weeks at his home in Paterson, N. j.,
suffered relapse Monday last. He had
of choking spells, resulting
from an imperfect action OF the heart, an
old af11iction, complicated with infiamma-
ton of the stomach. Mr.. Hobart has not
been able to attend to his private affairs for
the past two or three days, and an intimate
friend has been given power of attorney to
sign checks and attend to other matters of
that character. 1t is much feared that his
illness will result fatally.