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to arrive at the Cape early next week.
and the indications are that some troops
have already arrived at the front and
been in the fighting whose arrival has not
yet been announced There is every
probability. therefore, that reinforcements
are now moving up. This is calculated
to hasten Commandant General Jouberts $
attack on Ladysmith, and news of d big
battle is. daily expected.
About half a complete army corps is
now afioat and a lull has occurred in dis
patching the remainder of General Bull
Ier's forces, owing to some difficulty in
obtaining troops. The mobilization and
embarkation of q 600 men, however, have
proceeded with the utmost smoothness
and completeness, extorting admiration
from even the severest critics of War
Office organization.
Although news has arrived that General
Sir William Penn Symons is doing well,
there is no indication Of his whereabouts.
1t is presumed that he is at Dundee in
the hands of the Beers.
Speaking at Dublin yesterday to the de-
parting troops, General Lord Frederick
Roberts of Kandahar said that however
important previous campaigns in South
Africa had appeared at the time, they
dwindled into insignificance when com
pared with the gretat event in which the
bIlllSn troops We're ABOUT 10 engage.
Among the touching incidents of the
field is related that of Captain Peyton of
the Manchester Regiment, who was
wounded at Glands Laagte. He says the
wounded had to lie on the field through
out the bitter cold night drenched by the
rain. One man in his regiment placed his
arms around Captain Peyton through the
whole night to give him the warmth of
his body.
1t appears that the Gordon Highlanders
and the Manchesters bore themselves
with reckless courage. To this was due
the fact that they suffered so heavily.
The former was keen to wipe out the in
suits leveled at them after Majuba by the
Beers, who taunted them with being KAT
frs in kits.
The Times publishes a dispatch from
Nauwpoort, Cape Colony, saying it is ru-
mored among the Dutch there that Presi-
dent Steyn received ESQ, 900 for inducing
the Orange Free State to join the Trans
vaal.
New and stringent orders were promul-
gated yesterday with reference to the de-
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Z ONDON, Oct 26-With unconscious
humor a Cape Town correspondent
telegraphed yesterday: 1.-The cen
sorship. which is always a deli
cate matter is working smoothly
and without a hitch"
This exactly hits off the state Of affairs
to-day. An ominous veil is still drawn
over the movements Of General Sir
George Stewart White and General Yule.
Beyond belated Ladysmith dispatches
concerning the Glands Laagte fight
which are still filtering in. the British
public is left in complete darkness and to
conjecture over cooked War Office dis
patches. The officials Of the War Office
last evening said that very few dispatches
have arrived and that nothing further
was to be expected until morning.
Since it is practically certain that Cen
eral Yule has now affected a junction
with General White-although this was
not brought about Tuesday night, as an
nounced by the Daily Mail. but some time
on Wednesday-an as both are now in a
position Of safety, conjecture concerns
itself chiefly with the manner of General
Yule's retreat. That it was hasty is evil
dent. Was it disorderly? Was any con
siderable camp equipment abandoned?
Was there any fighting on the way?
Such questions and others like them the
public is anxiously asking. Since the re-
ceipt Of General Whites curious first de-
scripticn cf the Ladysmith fight, in which
the British lost hundred men, little re-
lance can be placed on the official dis
patches. While the concealment of the
facts regarding General Yule's retreat can
be amply justified on the ground of keep
ing the intelligence from the Beers, the
hiding Of the news respecting the Hussars
and Fusileers, who were apparently cap
tured in the battle Of Glencoe, is severely
criticized, no intimation even having been
given that the officers were missing.
The heavy losses of the British troops
in facing only some 5000 Beers are com
mented upon as what the rifle means to-
day IN the hands Of even undisciplined
men who can shoot fairly straight and
stand their ground. Comparisons are
made with the first employment of the
magazine rife in the Hispano-Amerfcan
war, and 1t is considered that the Ameri-
can losses at Ell Canay and San Juan
would have been much heavier If the
Spaniards had doggedly stood their
ground like the Beers
General Sir Redvers Butler is expected
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While the Beers Continue to Close in on
MafeNng and Ladysnnith the British War
Office ConceaIs the True Condition Of
Affairs.
England Has Already Paid Very Dearly in Loss Of Life Among
Troops for Her Alleged Victories in NataI but the Indication
Are That the Greatest Battle Of the War Is Now HourE
Expected

NEW YORK
South Africa World information
President Sten the State northern Colony
cited but the Worlds position state
Dutch territory the British
Government President proclamation
of their
the
ouom
British High Commissioner Miner has issued counter proclamation the Cape
SaHecte that President effect
the British The War Office advised that this
War military
adopted of the Cape
easily imagined that the Beers will the
their Colony
The other great peril native Intervention Those familiar with the native
the
State that
matter
LONDON Oct
SpOnden:
town are occupied small parties Beers The latter village executed formal
Cert
andoS
HarmWoth
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THIRTY HUssARs ESCAPE

LONDON, Oct. pa dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph from Ladysmith. dated
Monday, says:
Thirty of the Eighteenth Hussars, who
were sent from Glencoe to intercept the
retreat of the Beers from Glands Laagte,
were cut off by the enemy. Under Ser
geant Baldrey they brilliantly fought
their way across the Biggarsberg, the
enemy pursuing and firing at them at a
range of 800 yards along the passes. They
arrived here at 10 o'clock this morning
Three of the troop are missing owing to
the breakdown of their horses. The
Beers used a Maxim. A lieutenant of the
Hussars with party was driven back to
Glencoe. The Hussars were fired at as
far down as Moderspruit
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ToRoNTo's CONTINGENT.

TORONTO, Ontario, Oct 25-The mem
bers of the Toronto contingent for the
Transvaal, 125 strong, reinforced by a
like number from the London district, left
to-day for Quebec. The Mayor had pro-
claimed half-holiday and the citizens
turned out In force to give the soldiers
a royal send-off. They marched through
the principal streets in the presence of
cheering thousands to, the station and
expect to sail from Quebec on Tuesday
next.
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REDH0T WAR TALK
IN HOUSE OF COMMONS
Michael Davitt Resigns His Seat as a
Protest and Secretary Chamber
lain Makes Explanations.

ONDON, Oct. 25.-During the debate
on the second reading of the appro-
priation bill in the House of Com
mons to-day, James H. Dalziel,
- Liberal member for Kirkcaldy, ex-
pressed the opinion that one of the
eatest difficulties in arriving at a settle
ent with President Kruger had been
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that, rightly or wrongly the President
had believed Mr.. Chamberlain, the Brit
ish Secretary for the Colonies, and Cecil
Rhodes were identical. He added that
Mr.. Chamberlain had given grounds for
this belief by suppressing kilograms,
whereupon the Colonial Secretary tartly
interVened, saying:
Il have never suppressed kilograms. 1
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fenses at Gibraltar. The privilege Eng
lishmen have hitherto had of entering the
gate without a pass is temporarily sus-
pended. Nobody is allowed to enter or in
spect the batteries. Even the famous st.
Michaels Cave is closed because it is re-
quired for the storage of arms and am
munition. For months sappers and min
ers have been engaged in construction of
new and powerful batteries, and it is be-
lieved that the garrison will be aug
rOented
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FlGH TING AS REPORTED BY
LIEUTENANT GENERAL WHITE

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vILJoEN A PRISONER.

LADYSMITH, Oct 25-Evening (de-
layed in transmission)-Boer artillery is
shelling Dundee and the former British
camp. Our troops are now occupying an
entrenched camp. The Boer artillery is
firing at very long range and the shells
are Ineffective. Communication with
Dundee is severed. The Boer wounded
and prisoners are still coming in and the
former are receiving every attention.
General Viljoen is wounded and a pris-
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T
l
wounded There This
the bin Fuslee
General Whites
sion sincerely a brush
There nothing to add General Whites description toay
following
KILLED Hussars-Kiled
Colonel Wiford, First 1, wounded 2.
cester Lancers-Wounded 1.
Arllery-Wounded
FirstD
Lieutenant Hickey, haleo - wounoea o.
Battery, field artillery. rlrst uioucestsf "egiihen'
.l..J pat+arr
@niio aitiiey. Natal
Major Abby Lieutenant wounded ~ " >
Teau Aaeu0enane hobart f1rst
uouces'ef' Wounded O.
Lieutenant Hofod Border Mounted Rifles
teenth hussars Killed 2, wounded
following Of
the
missoned oHcers and wounded 93 missing
romo
o
Eighteenth HuasIdeutenant
dublin
Lieutenant
aken
eighty
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ONDON, Oct 26.-With unconscious
humor a Cape Town correspondent
telegraphed Yesterday: THE cen
T, sorship. which is always a deli
The age-herald., 1899-12-31

This young man resides on Nineteenth street, near the corner of Eighth avenue. A few days ago we were discussing with the little man some of Mother Goose's" melodies, which we learned to be his fa- vorte book of poems We were thoroughly convinced that he inherits the ability to become great lawyer, for he almost proved to us things that for years we had believed to be entirely another way. After reciting Jack and Jill' very nicely, and being highly complimented, his attention was called to the fact that he had said: "Jill fell down and broke her crown, and Jack came tumbling after"
 He argued that his version was perfectly correct; he was sure of it, and repeated, Jack tum tum'lin' after.''
 We~protested that 1t was the other way, but our opponent knew better, and when, upon calling witnesses, they failed to sus- tain him, he was in nowise troubled, but called for the brand new copy of Mother Goose" which Santa Claus had left him. and had the verse read aloud. He listened eagerly, and when the line was reached and was read, Jack fell down and cracked his crown" he joyously clapped his hands, saying "Oh, yes; you said twas b'oked his crown, and twas just twacked." We yielded the point to him, and in a few mo- ments, all literary matters forgotten, he was racing down the pavement with two or three wagons and six or eight boys.
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and listened to many scraps of learning, and gained some informa ton, for each book seemed intent on displaying its best qualities. By and by, however, the war of words grew so warm that Will became alarmed. It grew more serious, and Will became more frightened, for one after an- other the books began to rise up out of the case and all started straight for him, seem- ingly intending to fall upon him all at once.
 ''Oh! ohi murder! murderl quit! stopi' and Will opened his eyes Tn wonder to find Sister Mary shaking him and Tom, bending double with laughter, and above all, to see how quickly the books had rearranged themselves on the shelves when some one came in the room.
 One thing Will determined upon. He would read every one of those books, and find out for himself which were more en- tertaining and instructive
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Munsey's Magazine, Janua- ry number, Monday only Sc.
 Loveman, Joseph & Loeb.
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CHILDREN

CHILDREN
 Little waifs uponNIife's ocean, Little snowy-hearted band, ts Little rosebuds breathing fragrance Over all our beauteous land. Al
 sf'. Little hearts that throb with joy, Or with sorrow overflow ISs Oh, there's nothing half so honest, Y As a childs heart, here belowi fSsf
 --~x- Oh, ye little earthly angels, While your souls are clad in white, Lead us softly back to heaven : And baptize us in your light. We would give ye all the wisdom :. That this worldly world bestows For the simple faith, sweet children, . That within your bosom glows. For the faith that knows no doubting; For the trust that's mot betrayed; For the peace that, like river, From the fount of God hath strayed. For these blessings do we bless ye, Little spotless, white-robed band, For your presence maketh sunshine Over all our grateful land.
 Mrs. Mary Ware.
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SUSIE HUNDLEY CUNNINGHAM.

This tiny darling was the guest of her grandmother and great-gra ndfather all Christmas week. She is the beautiful little daughter of MT. and Mrs. Modie Cunning ham, of Pratt City. Birmingham people will remember her mamma as the popular Miss Kathleen Hundley.
 The wonderful baby is everybody's pet, and her beauty and good behavior cause admiration and love from all.
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A LITTLE FACE

A llttle face to look at, A little face to kiss; Is there anything, I wonder, That's half so sweet as this? A little cheek to dimple When smiles begin to grow; A little mouth betraying Which way the kisses go. A slender little ringlet, A rosy little ear; A little chin to culver When falls the little tear. A little hand so fragile All through the night to hold; Two little feet so tender To tuck in from the cold. sS. Two eyes to watch the sunbeam Sss; That with the shadow plays A darling little baby To kiss and love always.
 -Katydid.
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This remarkable little fellow is not only a beautiful boy of South Highlands, but one of the most intelligent children of three years in the city. He can recite numbers and numbers of baby jngles
 nearly all of Mother Goose's Rhymes" be- ing recited with ease and to the delight of his admiring friends on all occasions. He is the youngest of three splendid boys at his home, and is quite the master of the place, none daring to dispute his supreme rights
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Advertise in The Age-Herald.
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JANUARY building "A desided business with will added Every article will first will Below the many good things offered during this sale.
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WAGON AND BUGGY DEPARTMENT.

What could be nicer for a Christ mas present than handsome phaeton or surrey for your family? We have all grades and styles, and our prices are lower than our competitors.
 We have just received the largest line of horse covers and blankets ever shown In the city. The '5A" line.
 A Heavy Lined Blanket. =. ...$ 100 A heavy wool blanket for..... .....$2.00 Rain covers of heavy oil canvass. 2.75 A genuine rubber lined blanket.... 1.5o Baker Saddle Blankets..... ....... 100 One-horse Wagon. ..... ..... .$25.o0
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Cold Wave

Is sure to follow the rain, let us put you in one of our Ari-Tght heaters, they are cheaper than doctors' pills.
 sPfRO & LONG co. P. s.-we stop leaks. Sect 12-13-wed- -fri-Sun.
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Our stock of Buggies, Phaetons, Traps and Carriages is complete and our prices are right.
 A complete line of wagon and buggy harness.
 A good serviceable buggy..... .,.$35. %
 Whips, Lap Robes, Horse Covers, Saddles, Blankets, Brides.
 Large line of Horse Covers. We can fit any horse with Blankets or Rain Covers, and our line is complete.
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Munsey's Magazine, Janua- ry number, Monday only 5c. Loveman, Joseph & Loeb.
Keep your room warm with our Heat Reflector.
 ProWell Hardware Go.

Come and let us fit you with that nice, easy truss; we are experts in fitting.
 No. 2O28 First avenue,
 NEWMAN DRUG co.
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OLD FOLKS IN rYRoL.
Loving and Dutifu1 Homage Paid
Them By the Peasants.
youths Companion.

NIOulu CO4ufe1illOllsJ
1t is charged by some foreigners who
visit this country that Americans are
less deferentia1 to the aged than are
the people of other countries. It is
certain that we might learn something
from the simple peasants of the Tyrol
in regard to giving to the aged the low
ing and dutiful homage to which their
declining years entitle them. An ex-
change gives the following from a pri-
vate letter:
1.-THE morning Of our arrival we were
awakened by the sound of a violin and
flutes under the window. and, hurrying
down, We found the little house adorned
as for feast-garlands over the door
and wreathing the high chair which
was set in state.
The table was already covered with
gifts, brought by the young people
whose music we had heard The whole
neighborhood were kinsfolk, and these
gifts came from uncles and cousins in
every far-off degree. They were very
simple for the donors are poor-knitted
gloves, shawl, a basket of flowers.
jars Of fruit, loaves of bread; but upon
all some little message of love was pin
ned.
rs there a bride in the housed,
asked of my landlord.
Ach. nein!' he said. We do not
tietE-C SuCH a pOtucl dDOul our young
people. 1t is our grandmother BIRTH
day.
The grandmother, in her spectacIes.
white apron and high velvet cap, was a
heroine all day, sitting in state to re-
ceive visits, and dealing out slices from
a sweet loaf to all who came. I could
not bat remember certain grandmothers
at hcme. just as much loved as she
but whose duh, sad lives were
never frightened by any such pleasure
as this, and L thought that we could
earn much from these poor mountain
GERS"
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Idaho Volunteers Left San Fran
cisco Last Night.
MUSTER-oUT YESTERDAY
SEVEN SICK MEN LEFT BEHIND
IN TIE HosPITAL.
Ceremonies at the Preside We're
Very Inpressive-Commanding
Officers of Each Company Ad-
dressed the Soldiers, Compliments
ing Them and Giving Advice.

San Francisco, Sept. 25.-The Idaho
and North Dakota volunteers were
mustered out of the service of theiI
country ut the Presidio today.
The ceremonies were very impressive.
The commanding officers of each COM
paHy addressed the soldiers. commend
ing them for their gallant services and
eXhorting them TO forever cherish the
memories of the last year. and to re-
turn to civil life and take up the thread
OF doneSticity where il was broken off
by the call of their country for their
aid.
The commanding officers also took
occasion to thank the people of San
Francisco and California for their hos
pitable treatment of the soldiers.
The Idaho men made for the ferry as
soon as they had concluded their busl-
ness with the paymaster. and started
east on a special train which left Oak
land at o'clock tonight. The North
Dakotans were more deliberate, as they
viii not begin the last stage of the jour
ney homeward until noon tomorrow
They. also, Will travel in a special
train.
Soldiers of all grades were paid off to-
DAY, the ranking officer to be mustered
out being a lieutenant colonel. They
received all the way from S160 to 81, 900
each, for five months pay, travel al
lowances and clothing allowance. They
were paid in crisp $40 gold notes. silver |
being used only for purposes of change. |
As every private signed his receipt |
ana received his clearance papers, he /
proceeded to throw off the irksome dis /
cipline of the last seventeen months.
called their officers by their first names
and guyed their superiors numerically.
All the badinage was taken in good
part however, and both regiments
ceased their official existence in the
aappiest spirit Imaginable.
The 1dahos left seven sick men in the
general hospital.
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TOO PRoFUsE.
That Is the One Drawback to Amer
lean Hospitality.

CThe OutlOok)
A popular Englishman visiting this
country says:
The one drawback to American hos
pitality is that it is apt to be too pro-
fuse. 1 have more than once had to
offer mild protest against being en-
tertained by a Woodworking brother
journalist on a scale that would have
befitted a millionaire. The possibility
of returning the compliment in kind
affords the canny Scot but poor con-
ISOLATION. A dinner three times more
lavish and expensive than you want is
not sweetened by the thought that you
may, in turn. give your host a dinner
three times more expensive and lavish
than he wants. Both parties, on this
system, suffer in digestion and in
pocket, while only DelmonicO is the
gamer. it seems to me, on the whole,
that in this country the millionaire is
too commonly allowed to fix the stand
ard of expenditure. Society would not
be less, but more, agreeable if, instead
of always emulating the splendorS OF
Lucullus, people now and then studied
the art of HOratian frugality."
Many Americans who read this para
graph will agree with this comment,
and wonder. as he does, why it is true.
It's cause is found in the mistaken ex-
preston of the idea that every man
Is as good as mis- neighbor, and must
prove it by living on the same scale az
his neighbor, though the difference ir
Incomes may be counted by thousands.
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WILL LAND THE CHINESE.
shiplsad Will Be Permitted to En-
ter the philippine ISLANDS.


ter the Philippine Islands.
Washington. Sept. 25.-Secretary Root
has received a cable message from Cen
eral Otis regarding the Chinese situa-
ton in the Philippines. lie says that a
shipload OF zoo can be landed without
serious interference with military oper-
ations. General Otis discusses at con-
siderable length the object of Chinese
in the Philippines. and the dispatch
was referred 10 the state department,
z Where It was made the subject OF a
conference between Acting Secretary
Hill and the Chinese minister
A settlement of the general issue be-
tween the two governments respecting
The admission of the Chinese to the
Philippines was not attained through
tEis particular incident which was con-
sidered and disposed of solely on its
own rserits.
The Chinese win be landed but with
CIT recognizing the right of the Chinese
government TO demand this On the
otter hand. the Chinese government,
while permitting the men TO land, does
not in any manner concede our right
10 apply the Chinese exclusion law 10
the Philippines, and stands by the prin-
ciples enunciated in the proposal of
last week by the Chinese minister here |
against General Otis action.
The result of the conference between \
Aeti.g Secretary Eill. with whom the
war department had rested the respon-
sibiity Of the decision. and Minister WI /
IS set out in the following official state
ment:
THE Chinese from Annoy, on the
steamers Esmeralda and Salvador.
about one-half of them being previous
residents OF the Philippines, have been
permitted TO land, owing to the special
Of the case, on the prom
Use OF the Chinese consul general at
Manila that no more Chinese will leave
Chinese ports for the Philippines I'M
less qualified to land under the war de-
partment regulations"
It was stated that the Chinese minis
ter was satisfied with this action in
This particular case, although. as al
ready stated. he does not concede the
right of exclusion generally.
The war department regulations re-
ferred TO in the above statement are !
supposed to be contained in the order
made by General Otis a year ago, de-
daring the Chinese exclusion laws to ;
De IN force in the Philippines. Il
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CHARGED WITH STAGE ROBBERY
ALLEGED HTGHWAYMEN ARE
CAUGHT AT PENDLEToN.
Supposed to Have Held Up the Stage
Between Astoria and Burns Last
Week.

PendletoD. Ore, Sept. 81. Barclay
aged p, and Forest Ferrons, aged p, were
arrested today on the overland passenger
train at this point and held pending the
arrival OF Sheriff Huntington of Baker
City, who telegraphed Sheriff Blakeley
here. They are wanted for holding up the
stage between Ontario and Burns last
week.
Both disclaim knowledge of any reason
for their detention. Barclay had bull
dog pistol and $50 on his person, and Fer
IRONS about $l5. Sheriff Huntington, when
told the meas names, telephoned in reply
mat they were the parties he wanted for
the hold-up.
II is supposed that the same parties
who held up the Ontario stage attempted
10 rob the Oregon Short Line train at
Ontario.