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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-21
SUMTER. S. c.. "WEDNESDAY. JUNE 81 1899
REBELS LOSE HEAVILY.

Washington, Juue 15.--Gep. O.is
cabled today as fallows
Manila, Juue Is.
Adjutaut General, Washington.
Success Lawton's troops Cavite
province greater than reported yester-
day. Enemy numbering over 1000
lost in killed, wounded and captured
more than one-third (; remainder much
scattered, have retreated south to linus,
their areenal of Eve pieces Of artil-
lery three captured. Navy aided
greatly on shore bay, landing forces
occasionally. Inhabisants in that conu-
try rejoice at deliverance and welcome
With enthusiastic demonstrations arrival
of our troops. Otis.
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vastly different FROM the Intermittent
skirmishlike rattle OF most OF the
engagements.
ALL RESERVES CALLED UP

engagements.
ALL RESERVES CALLED UP
0ae battalion after another Gen
Lawton summoned the reserves from
Las Pinas until oaly enough troops
were left in the town to prevent the
Filip;nos from attacking the Ameri-
cans in the rear, which was feared. as
they were creeping around our left
through the woods, delivering q
fanking FIRE which put great strain
upon the endurance of the Americans
WHO were foundering in the mud
across the river, while on the right
the Filipino sbarpshooters, hidden in
the trees, were peppering our men
But, thanks to the poor marksman-
chip of the rebels. the loss was not
as great as if the Filipinos had shot
straight.
ARTILLERY ORDERED UP.
At4 O'Clock there was an hours
lull in the fighting and the artillery
sergeant galloped back TO where two
guns of the mountain battery were
waiting in reserve and shouted ::
"Briug up those guns +"
The sergeant then tumbled ex,
hausted from his horse.
Twenty wounded men were car
ried to a cascoe (native boat waiting
on the beach, which was rowed to
Parauaque
1t is impossible at the present time
to estimate the number of Filipino
dead. There are many dead bodies
In the fields the Americans traversed.
FIELD OF BLOODY BATTLES.
This battlefield, incidentally, was
formerly the scene of several Of the
greatest struggles between the Span
iards and the Filipinos. The Zapote
was considered impreguable and
hundreds of Spaniards and Filipinos
have been killed while fighting over
the same bridge in former contests
for it's possession In June, 1897,
Gen. Pho del Pillar and Gen. Trias
turned scale of war on the side of
the Filipinos by deserting the Span
ish army there on the eve of a de
cisive battle, carrying the native
MALTA with them and thereby break
ing the chain of defenses around
Manila.
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home MADE CANISTER

Pinas
home MADE CANISTER
Gen. L.vson this morning took
battalion Of the Fourteenth regiment
and TIVE companies Of the TSenty-fsss
segment to locs.e the rebel battery and
then svo guns Of the Sixth artillery and
four mountain guns were planted
against it St 600 yards distance. The
rebels had a large gun from which shey
we're firing hone made canister loaded
With nails, aod two smaller gus
Their shooting was most accurate.
The frss lot Ell csnissers bars, directly
IL from. of SCOTS guas and another
shattered the legs of a private of the
Fourteenth infantry. Several shots
struck the edge of she town. The
coansry traversed vas as bad as it is
possible to imagine, being mainly
.agoons, mud and water frlDged With
hamboos.
SHOT BY "AMIGOS" IN THE
REAR.
AS soon as the fighting opened the
Americans we're attacked by hidden
riasmep 90 sill sides, even the amigos,
or friendly" pssives 10 the houses Of
the .own shooting into their rear.
TIE companies Of the Twenty first
regiment. skirmishing along the beach
with amigo guides, found apparently,
q handful OF rebels, who resrea.ed.
The men OF the Twenty first followed
and suddenly the rebels opened q
terrific FIRE on the troops from the sides
and rear. Tbs soldiers withdrew to
the waters edge, finding what shelter
they could and were picked off rapidly.
After their aumuoi,ion was nearly
exhausted the companies of the
Twenty first resreated, bu: Gep. Law
tor dashed down and rallied the men.
ENEMY WELL ORGANIZED.
Tue Filipino force engaged appears
to have been toe largest and bes.
organized body of men which has net
our troops
The Americans are compelled to
advance alo0g narrow roads and over
small bridges commanded by earthworks
ten feet thick.
Tie oo.y means of crossing TIE
Zspcse vas By small bridge which
the Fiiipioos commanded with trenches
spreading v shaped, whence they
could concentrate their fire on the
bridge They also bad The advantage
of the trees and jungle SO the Ameri
csas could hardly see ahead.
When the battle was resumed at l
o'clock With the reioforcemen,s, our
battery having sllenced the enemy's
guns, the Americans wading vais.
deep in the mud of the salt fats,
slowly and pouring steady volleys of
musketry at the rebels, drove their
opponents beyond the river.
"RAPlD FIRE" FOR THREE
HOURS.
When the two armies lay facing each
ether across the deep stream. the
enemy, practically out of sight while
the men in blue a1d khaki lay in the
mud aud bushes, 2 oy of them with
ous shelter, for th' ,e hours. without
moments cessation il the firing. pour
ed bullets at The enemy as fast as they
coe!d load The thousand rifles
blending into a continuous rear vas
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REPORTED ASSASSINATION OF
''FRIENDLY."

Washington. Jupe 15-The war
department bulletins the following
Mapils, June Is.
Ad'utant General, Washington.
Prominent Filipino, friendly to
Americans, assassinated at Cebu. To-
babisauss that locality urgently request
American protection in stronger force
Have sent battalion Tennessee and two
guns from Iloilo which insures peace.
Hughes now 10 charge of affairs in
that section.
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GEN. OTIS REPORT ON THE
BATTLE

Washington, June 1.-THE follow
iog was received at the war department.
today
Manila, June IA.
Adjusaus General. Washington
Law,ou's troops uoder Wheaton asd
Oveusbiue occupy country south to
Bacoor +; have secuted westward and
some distance southward on liue Z,pote
river and Bacoor road : enemy appears
to have retired to Imus, abandoning
bay country. The fighting yesterday
severe our loss ten killed and forty
wounded majority at crossing Z,pote
river. Enemy driven from heavy and
we'll constructed iptrencbmen's to
which they held teuaciously their
loss several hundred. of whom fifty
buried this morning Will not proba.
big make auy determined future stand
10 southern provinces.
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Severe Battle Fought
in the Philippines.
RACED FROM DAYLIGHT
UNTIL DARK.

Manila. June Is 05 p. m.-Geu.
Law.on unexpectedly stirred up one OF
the liyeliess engagements OF the war
soash of Las Plnss this morning upon
which occasion American field guns
we're eugsged 10 the 6rss artillery duel
against Filipinos battery concealed IN
the Jungle.
Companies F aud of the Twenty
FRS. Infantry we're nearly sourroanaed
by a large body of insurgents, bus the
Americans eat their way ont With
heavy loss.
The United States tusret ship Mo-
naduock and the gunboats Helena aud
Zeafro trained their batteries on
Bskoer and the rebel trenches near Las
Pinas all the morning. Bakoor was
oncs on Zee and the natives stopped che
spread of the flames.
During the night an insurgeos can
non use fred three times at the
Americans on the outskirts of Las
Pinas
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THE BATTLE CONTINUES.

10 p m-The fighting at Las
Pinas continued hotly all day long
Gen. Lawton called out the whole
force of 5000 men and at 5 O'Clock
he was only able to push the insur-
gents back 800 yards to the zapote
river, where they are entrenched.
The insurgents resisted desperately
aud aggressively They attempted
to turn the left flank Of the Aneri.
can troops The American loss is
conservatively estimated at sixty.
The battle continues.
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INSURGENTS TURN DEWEY's
GUNS ON AMERICANS.

Chicago June l4-Aec riding to Gen
Anderson. commanding the department
Of the Lakes, the heavy losses of the
American troops 10 the recent engage
meots with the Filipinos at Los Pioas
aud Bscoor, south CT Manila, we're
caused by the artillery which admiral
Dewey presented to Aguiualdo last
winter. The batteries in position, Gen.
Anderson says, are being operated by
Spanish prisoners who have been
released by Aguinaldo with the under
standing that they enlist in the
insurgent army.
Geo. Anderson took the first detach-
ment Of troops to the Philippines last
fall and vas prominent figure 10 the
6rss negotiations with the Filipino
government.
when Admiral Dewey captured
Cavi.e," said Gen Anderson. "be took
possession of lot of artillery and
later presented it to Aguinaldo. 1t is
these oannoo that are now being used
by The insurgents against our troops
with such terrible effect in the province
south of Manila The Spaniards
operating be guas are experts 10 the
handling ct field pieces aud are evident.
ly using their knowledge with deadl;
eGec, 90 our troops Tie native
Filipino koows nothing of the proper
hanGliOg Of artillery y
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-02-01

made Rupert wince-he was very patient
under her scornful dislike; but ON this
DAY hot tears rose to his eyes and blinded
him The trace Of the tears was quite
perceptible on his face when he reached
the cottage. The contrast between those
two women was so great; the one indule-
ed, caressed, and half-worshiped him: the
other was cold, proud and disdainful.
Little by little Mrs. Rivers drew from him
the story of his wrongs, each word stab
bing her with deadly pain.
inen some days passed and she did not
see him. The summer was drawing to
close: the leaves were beginning to fall
from the trees: the sweetest flowers were
fading, the birds sang Of their approach
Ing departure. He did not come. Wear.
lily, hour after hour, she stood at the little
gate, looking down the high road. There
was no chestnut pony, no bright face smil-
ing under a glengarry cap. She missed
him with a pain that frightened her.
Perhaps Lady Beatrice had prevailed,
and he was sent away. Perhaps Lord
Selwyn had changed his mind, and had
sent him to school. She thought of a
hundred different things. She woke up in
the night fancyinS she heard the quick
gallop OF the chestnut pony, then went to
sleep with a prayer on her lips.
Still the days passed on, and he did
not come. She stood one day at the win
dow, thinking to herself that II she heard
nothing of him she would summon up
courage and ask the rector for news.
The sound of footsteps in the little gar
den outside aroused her. There stood
his lordship, looking pale, scared and anx-
ious.
Good morning, Mrs. Rivers" he said,
gravely. II have come to ask a great
favor. Will you grant itY'
The sound Of his voice always p,r'ced
her heart ike a sharp sword.
my son Rupert is very ILL.," he con-
tinued: "se III that we are all frightened
over HIM! He cries necessarily TOR you.
Will you get some one to take your place
in the school and come to nurse him"
(To be continued0
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-02-01
Two EDi0ram0.

Two old English epigrams were re.
printed in London paper Of compare
lively recent date, for the amusement
of the readers. The first referred to a
worthy but tedious sergeant, given to
making long speeches.
He had a rubicund countenance, and
In the full-dress costume of the court of
his day was a notable figure. One day
when he was especially long-winded,
an acquaintance wrote these lines:
The sergeant pleads with face on fire,
And all the court may rue It;
His purple garments come from Tyre:
His arguments go to it.
The other epigram was written at the
time when a certain DR.. Reed was al
lowed to ventilate the Houses of Par
Lament by a system Of alternate blasts
Of cold and hot air. He was supported
by Sir Robert Peel in this enterprise.
Some wag wrote to the London Times:
Peers patronage Of Doctor Reed
Is very natural indeed;
For no one need be told
The worthy, scientific man
Is acting on the premier's plan
OF blowing hot and cold.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-02-01
BEWARE THE THIN BANANA.
Information that Every Lover OF Thi
Fruit Should Have.


Fruit Should Have.
When you are buying bananas never
buy the long thin ones unless you want
fruit which will pucker your mouth.
No matter how well ripened these thin
bananas may appear to be, they will
always be found both sour and acrid.
This il because the bunch which con-
tained them was picked too soon. The
banana grows fastest at first in length.
When 1t has reached its full develop
ment in that direction. 1t suddenly be-
gins to swell, and in a few days will
double In girth. 1t Is at the end of this
time that 1t begins to ripen naturally.
and the effort Of the banana importer
Is to have the fruit gathered at the
last possible moment, and yet before
the ripening has progressed even
enough to tinge the bright green OF the
fruit with yellow. A difference OF
twenty four hours on the trees at this
time will make a difference In the
weight of the fruit Of. perhaps, 70 per
cent, and all the difference In it's final
favor, between a pUckery sour ana
the sweetness and smoothness which
are characteristic Of the ripe fruit. 10
get the bananas to our market In good
condition requires fast steamers, which
must be provided with ventilation and
other means Of keeping the fruit from
ripening too fast in the hold Much OF
the finest fruit does r.pen In the few
days Of passage. and this is sold to
hucksters for street sale.-New YorB
Sun
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-02-01
Delicious Papaws,

Real lovers Of that peculiar fruit. the
papaw, which grows so luxuriantiy
along the river bottoms Of the great
Middle West, do not hesitate to pro-
nounce 1t the most delicious and alto
gether satisfying edible that nature
turns out. 1t has been happily de-
scribed as a natural custard." its rich,
golden yellow pulp admirably carrying
out the slmile. Many persons cannot
eat it at all, and many others have to
acquire liking for 1t.
A man from the far Northeast. who
was visiting q cousin in Ohio In early
large specimen Of the fruit.
What is that?" he asked.
Break it open and see," was the
reply.
He broke it in two, inspected 1t. and
smelt Of It
"WellT he said.
taste it."
He did so.
"Faughr' he exclaimed. What kind
of game are you trying to play on me?'
II am merely giving you a chance to
eat the most toothsome dainty that
grows in the world" rejoined the
cousin.
The next day the visito, tried again
to eat a papaw. He could tolerate it
but that was all.
You'll be eating them by the hatful
before you 60 back East" said the
cousin.
As having some bearing on the out
come Of this prediction 1t only remains
to be recorded that when the visitor
returned home, a week or two later, he
took along with him a half bushel OF
papaws. carefully selected and packed
In a box, and that. on his arrival at the
ancestral mansion, he is said to have
placed alongside the framed motto in
the family sitting-room, What L:
Home Without a Mother" a similar
but smaller one: What Is Home
Without Papaw"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-02-01
A STRANGE DINNER PARTY
Host Continues . Dinner Party while
HE House Burma.

Host Continues . Dinner Party While
His House Burma.
There Is familiar saying that q lady
should be mistress Of herself, although
china fall. but to be master Of himself
and his dinner-table while his house is
In flames is degree of self-eontrol
granted to few. Grace Ellery Chan
ming, In her book. 1.-The Sisters Of .
Saint" tells Of a certain gentleman Of
colonial times who appears to have
been endowed with even that measure
Of Puritan self-repression. ~
The Royal Commissioners, then in
Boston. were bidden to q dinner on
Christmas eve at the stately Bristol
residence Of John Wentworth, a man
Of great natural parts and Of a noble
and lofty bearing. The table. set forth
with old plate and damask. was loaded
with good cheer of all kinds. The host
gave the customary signal for the din
ner to be served in the words:
Friends, you see your dinnerF'
As the visitors lips opened to make
the response demanded by etiquette. .
servant rushed in with the announce
ment that the house was on fire. Stern
ly bidding the startled guests to sit
down. John Wentworth commanded
the servants to take out the tables and
set them upon the lawn; then the chairs
were also removed.
THE air will be keen outside. Bring
hither the wraps" said John Went
worth. But the flames had already con-
sumed them. Bring whatever you can
find. Them and the slaves returned
with their arms heaped with curtains
and table-cloths. and these strange
wraps were hastily donned by the COM
pany.
ITO the tables" commanded Went
worth, and at the word the panic-strick'
en- guests trooped forth from the now
blazing house and seated themselves
about the table upon the wintry lawn
The host repeated the greeting.
And a very good dinner we seer
was the tremulous response.
In vain the guests essayed nervously
to eat and drink; fitful attempts at
gayety died away in the ever-increas-
Ing roar of flames; but Wentworth kept
up an easy flow Of conversation. press
ing upon his guests the various dainties
with all the concern Of a man who had
naught weightier upon his mind.
Now and again the sound of falling
beam would be echoed by a falling
glass from some shaking hand. As the
last glass shivered to the ground it was
answered by a dull crash; the last wall
of the house sank and fell.
Wentworth did not turn his head.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-02-01
Don't go without the thugs you need
in order to get thinsS you don't want

A pneumatic corset, Tie use OF
women learning to swim. has been
invented. ,,,a
the world in tea drinking. allowing
ner year So ounces for each person:
We use 10000. 900 pounds a year GA
ounces apiece.) ..,.
The Oldest family in the British
,sIands is that Of Mar In Scotland.
which dates from 1893.
in Abyssinia the murderer Is de-
I,vered into the hands OF the relatives
of his victim, who kill him In the
same manner in which he committed
the murder. .,,.
The eggs Of a silkworm are ABOUT
the size of mustard seeds.
Coins 1000 years old are In circu-
lation in China.
There are parts of Spain where the
hat is unknown except in pictures.
The men. when they need covering.
tie up their heads, and the women use
EOriginally the custom OF raising
tho hat was a sign Of submission. I'M
pIying that the person uncovered
placed himself at the mercy OF ME-
Since 1895 the Protestant Episcopal
church in this country has ADDED W.
mn members to its churches.
Bamboo pens still retain tneir noIo
in India, where they have Deen IN use
for more than 1000 years.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-02-01

Fowls are plucked alive in Malta.
in the public markets. and in some
parts of England.
In the eighteenth century Polish
ladies c. iged their daughters to wear
little bells in order to proclaim where
they were all the time.
The nails of the Chinese nobility
sometimes attain the length Of eigh-
teen inches. being protected by long
silver cases.
There are 100000 Methodists in
Ohio, 200,0O0 in Indiana and 100000 In
Missouri
In Siberia. e man Is dissatisfied
with the most trifiing acts of his wife,
he tears a cap or veil from her race.
and that constitutes divorce.
The Scotch thistle is growing in
Greece, although there 1t is called the
artichoke.
The stockmen of Colorado and the
adjoining states have figured it out
that the wolves eat 800 worth OF theil
property apiece each year.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-02-01

thousand feet down the mountain side
terminating where two glacial branch.
ca come together. The avalanche start.
ed near the top Of this cleaveT and
swept the rocky surface to Mowitch
Glacier proper. Down this 1t sped to
where the glacier terminates with pre-.
cipitous icy walls, over which 1t leaped
into great chasm below. A large part
Of this glacier was carried down with
1t. Driver says millions of tons Of rock
ice and snow tumbled down.
Settlers about the mountain thought
q terrific earthquake had occurred
when they heard the report and felt
the jar which folio wed. Some watch.
ed Mount Rainier to see II there was to
be an eruption. But the great snow
field which had existed where the ava.
lanche started had fallen down, and the
path Of the avalanche and broker
glacier WAS plainly seen.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-02-01
Tho Sailors Personal Pride.


Next to the creature comforts Of his
inner man the naval sailor thinks most
of his personal appearance. No blue
jacket with any regard for himself Will
wear the uniform as it Is issued from
the paymaster's stores. Only the new
recruit or the coal passer lost to all
shame will appear in public in such
togs. There Is as much nicely Of detail
in the cut and trimming Of the naval
uniform as in the fashionable gown OF
\ society lady ashore.
The snug fit of the blue shirt. the
careful hang Of the bell-bottom trous-
ers, and the breadth and curve of the
jaunty hat. all must conform to an
arbitrary naval pattern. and must also
be made with the proper number OF
gfllguys and silk worked stars and dia-
uonds 30 dear to the sailors heart.