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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-08
"a BRIGHT HOME MAKES MERRY
HEART" JOY TRAVELS ALONG WITH
SAPOLIO

the BRONX there was aschool population
large enough to warrant the purchase OF
property for a school house "a question
now determined by means Of "A biennial
census) the method adopted was 10 put
up a wooden shanty. with a cellar ex-
tending under the class room only, and
wet at that If the children did not come
there was no school population. one o,
the Injuries or pleasures OF boy life in
the tenement quarters IS a club a
place 10 spend the evening IN. Under
present plan, class rooms are set apart
for club purposes. under supervision. The
old way was for a saloon 20 give a back
room free OF charge. with the understand
ing that the boy members should treat"
one means OF raising the needed funds
being 10 fine members ten cents for get
ting funny" The present way Of deal
ing with truancy the most serious source
Of Juvenile crime. IS By means % trl-
ant school, the old way was 20 send
criminal and truant together 20 the ju-
venile asylum, and there classify them
according to neighbour feet. four feet
seven and over four feet seven. Among
the other papers. Some New Letters Of
1DITE tleH ITO ELd~EfFf ny ROSA WV
march, are worth looking over. Diga-
Rreenent seems 10 have ben mainlywhat
kept these two slav worthless together.
On one occasion the subject % discuE-
sion was Pushkin. idollzed By Turgeuen.
but disparaged by Stassoy. on some tn
fling point they happened 20 agree. ard
Stas0v called attention 70 the fact THAT
for once their views coincided- Aged
we are? Agreed. indeed cried TurgsneT
bursting into derisive laughter and be-
ginning 70 pace wildly up and down The
room. why II the moment should er-
er come IN which J felt that Iagreed with
you abou; anything. I should rush % the
fling Il wide open. and cali -
the passers-by: Help, Heip, Take ne 20
A Iuuatic asyIumi 7 agree with stass9y.f'
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-08

Henry Guy Carleton is recognized as
one of our foremost dramatic writer's
1t can also be said of him that he is one
of the most fortunate of authors, hay
ing had very few failures from the pro-
duct of his versatile pen. THE Nomi-
nee" "A Gilded Fool" "The Butter
flies" and THE Lions Mouth" have all
been artistic and financial successes Nat
Goodwin made his first great hit in 1.-THE
Nominee" and the play made a hit for
Carleton. Goodwin also produced THE
Gilded Fool" and John Drew THE But
terlies," while Frederick Warde has
made a great success with THE Lions
Mouth" Mr. Walter Walker, an ad-
mirable actor, who last year added TO
much to the merit of "A Bachelors
Honeymoon" is now engaged with his
own excellent company in presenting
The Nominee" and II is said the pre-
sentation of the play by this company
IS quite UP to the standard of the origin
al This famous laugh-provoking work
will be the bill at the Crawford Satur-
day matinee and night or this week.
Possibly the most successful play OF the
day is Faust" which has ben present
ed thousands of times. The one produc-
ton. however which has always been
foremost is Lewis Morrison's. and It is
understood this will positively be its
last season en- tour. Its early presenta-
ton in this city is announced.
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IntrenchinG by Steam.
From tie Iondor TeleCraph,


Our A.dershot correspondent telegraphs.
The latest development in modern warfare
is the steam intrencher. huge pillow thar
will throw up four-foot intrenchment at
the rate of three miles an hour. This CO.
lossal machine is the invention of Col. Tenn
pier, director of military ballooning and
steam transport, now on his way 10 South
Africa in charge of the new steam trans
port company and baloonists of Royal En-
gineers. A trial of the plow was made lately
on the Long valley. A traction engine was
attached to ii, and il fully carried out the
work expected of ii, cutting deep into the
very rough ground ii was tried on. and
throwing the eXcavated earth up on one
side, forming very serviceabe shelter
trench. The body of the machine consists
of a powerful horizontal framework, made
at an angle of % degrees, mounted on Two
large iron wheels at the angle. At each
extremity is an immense plowshare four
feet by four feet, fronted by a six-inch
steel pick. These plowshares point one each
way, that by bringing down the end re-
quired the earth is thrown either to the
right or left. The steel pick splits rock or
stone that comes in it's way, and the whole
machine is guided by means of cogged
wheels that slew the carrying wheels to
the right or left. The machines, two OF
which are going to the Cape this week,
would follow n line of skirmishers at right
angles, protected by artillery, and make a
trench behind them for the purpose of occu-
patton in carrying an intrenched position.
The engine and machine would, of course.
be suitably protected by plating.
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RUSSIAN FOOTHOLDs IN CHINA.
TeIegraphic Connection Between Pc
King and st. Petersburg Is Planned.
Prom the London Times.

Prom the London Times.
The ST. Petersburg Novosti states that
the Russian post Office already exists in
sixty Chinese towns. Russia has control of
the post road which runs from Kiakhta. on
the Russ0-ChineSe frontier. To Tien-tSin. by
way Of Urga KaIgan and Picking. and she
has also control of the post offices at the
towns mentioned. The maintenance of the
postal communication through Mongolia to
Picking and Tien-tsin costs the Russian
post and telegraph department about COCO
yearly. II is kept open winter and sum
mer. post for letters and papers only
leaves Eiakhta for Tien-tsin and Tien-tsIn
for klakhta four times, and post for par
GELS once. each month. Not only Russia.
but the other European countries make
use Of this route for forwarding their cor
rsSpOndence TO China. In addition TO the
post offices ON the kiakhta-Psking line.
Russia has post Offices al Shanghai Chifu
Hang-Chow. Chuguchak and Kuldia The
building Of the Russian Eastern Chinese
railway makes II necessary to open post
offices also at other places in China be-
ginning with the one at Kharbin. and the
Russian occupation of the Kwang-tung
peninsula has naturally resulted in the
establishment of post offices III Port Arthur
and Ta-lien-wan. or Dalny. The rate of
Postage from any Russian post office in
China to any place in Russia is the same as
the all-Russia rate-that is. kopecks per
postal unit of weight, which is about equiv
alcnt 10 the English 2Iad. for once-half
ounce Philatelists will be interested in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-18
BATTLE EPIGRAMS.
Collection of Famous Phrases by
Commanders of Many Countries.

commanders Oh huny
From the London Naval and Military Record.
The origin of a considerable number of
vivid phrases and memorable utterances
can be attributed to the rush of battle
Some are apocryphal and may have been
manufactured after the event of others,
are only correct in substance, and have I'M
dergone revision. But if the process of
proving the phraseology, without altering
the sense or obscuring the essential point.
it would SAVIOR of hyper-criticism to object
to it as a blemish.
An illustration OF this is to be found In
the case of the famous signal at Trafalgar.
Its popular form is England expects that
every man this day will do his DUTY"
There is still some controversy upon the
point, but 1t is certain that these are not
the precise words used. They have in fact
been expanded to meet the metrical ext
gencies of Braham's song No matter: it
is enough for US to know that the kernal
is there. This was a spontaneous epigram,
but il has achieved Immortality. 1t has
grown into a national watchword, not
merely because of its association with
cause 1t emhodies sermon on conduct and
patriotism in terms SO pithy and so pointed
that no professional rhetorician could have
bettered them.
There is proud ring of triumph in Com
modore Perry's dispatch to his government
after the capture of the British iotilla on
Lake Erie--'We have met the enemy and
they are ours" Intensely pathetic, on the
other hand, are the dying words of Captain
Lawrence. on board the Chesapeake
spoken at the very moment when his flag
was being hauled down to the Shannon.
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in May, 1895, having been created baron of
Kandahar and Waterford in 1892
Most of his active service has been in
India. He served throughout the Indian
mutiny and for his personal couragesagainst
the Sepoys won the Victoria cross, saving
numerous lives by the fierce galiantry OF
his onset. He served brilliantly in the
Abyssnian campaign of 1865, and ten
years later was given command of kuran
field force in the Afghan campaign. subse-
quently rising to the chief of the Afghan
istan army. achieving many signal victories.
After the massacre of the British embassy
in 1879 Gen. Roberts reoccupied kabui and
commanded the Kabul- IA ndahar field force
in the summer of 1889. In July of that
year Ayoob Khan defeated the British
forces under Gen. Burrel and inflicted ter
rible losses. The decimated columns re-
treated to Kandahar. Gen. Roberts gath
cred together 5000 men at Kabul and
marched boldly to the relief of his be-
leaguered countrymen, into the midst of
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SKETCH OF BARON ROBERTS.
He Has Had a Remarkable Career a
a Soldier.


Frederick Sleigh Roberts. baron of Kan
dahar and Waterford, thesnew commander
in-chief of the British forces in South At
RIGA, relinquishes the position of comman-
der of the forces in ireland to assume that
new responsibility. He is one of the most
noted Of the fighting men of England today.
Among the rank and file of the armies he
is Familiarity known as *Bobs" He was
born at Cawnpore, India, September 30,
1882, his father being Gen. Sir Abraham
Roberts. He was educated at Elton, Sand
hurst and Addiscomb; received from Ok
ford the degree of doctor of civil laws in
1881, and has received the degree OF LID.
from Dublin, Cambridge and Edinburgh. In
addition to those degrees he is a knight of
the Order of ST. Patrick, knight of the
Grand Cross of the Bath, knight of the
Grand Cross of the Star of India and knight
of the Grand Cross of the Indian Empire
He also wears the Victoria cross, together
with numerous other medals and decoro
lions granted for his remarkable military
services.
His military career began as second ;ieu-
tenant of the Bengal Artillery in December
1851. He became lieutenant in June. 1877.
captain in November, 1850; brevet major
the day following; brevet lieutenant col
onel in August, 1865: breyet colonel in jan
uary, 1875; major general in December.
1878; lieutenant general in July, 1888: gen
eral in November, 1880, and field marshal
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BEFORE A BATTLE.
hown Precautions That Are
Taken by English Soldiers.

From the London Mail.
Inc names of the British killed and
wounded after battle are ascertainea nv,
means OF the Identification cards which ALI
ouf soidlers carry sewn in the left-hand
corner of their khaki tunics.
On the card are written the soldiers
name, rank, regimental number. topethsr
with the name and address of his next of
KIN. The latter is added so that the au
!horiues may know where to forward the
eHects OF any soldier who gets killed.
After an engagement the roll is called as
soon as the regiments get back to their
camp. Every man who does not answer is
tucked off, missing and search is made
Tor him on the field. AS the search parties
come across the dead and wounded men
tney rip open the tunic at the left-hand
corner ana take out the identification card
The cards thus collected are carried back
TO camp and handed over to the clerks Of
the general in command, who therefrom
compile the casualty lists.
After all the cards have been collectad
the roll Is checked again and a note made
OF those men of whom no trace has been
discovered These are usually presumed
to have been taken prisoners. but II docs
not always follow that the assumption is
correct. -
In the corner of his tunic opposite the
Remuneration card every soldier carries a
small pad of bandages, &C. for dressing a
wound. This field dressing" as it is called
Is added to "Tommy's' equipment in order
mat he may be his own surgeon until medi-
cal assistance arrives, or may have the
wherewithal on him to bind UP the wounds
of a chunl.
You will probably be surprised to learn
that one OF the first things Tommy" does
When ordered to the front Is to make his
VIII, although every regiment contains a
percentage of happy-go-lucky fellows who
90 not worry themselves about what will
become OF their property when they no
longer require Il.
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hostile territory without pausfng to MAIN
tain direct Communca tions. For three
weeks no word was heard from him, and
England was racked with an anxiety even
more intense than that which prevailed
throughout the British isles last week.
Gen. Roberts defeated the Afghans under
Ayoob Kahn, virtually wiping out his army
and missing the capture of the Afghan
chief only by a narrow margin. Upon his
return to England Gen. Roberts was loaded
with honors similar to those bestowed not
many months ago upon Gen. Kitchener,
the victor of the Soudan. who is now APP
pointed his chief of staff in the South At
rican campaign. He was made baronet
presented with the freedom of London and
other cities and thanked by parliament
He served in Natal and the Transvaal in
1881, and so he returns to that country with
a knowledge of the local conditions gained
in the memorable campaign which cul,ni-
mated in defeat at Majuba Hill. After that
campaign he commanded the troops in Mad
ras from 1881 to 1885, and in the latter
year was given chief command of all the
forces in England, which post he held until
April, 1893. He was given command of the
troops in Ireland in October 1895 Gen.
Roberts has published two books The
Rise of Wellington" and 'Forty-one Years
in India. In the latter volume are de-
scribed his remarkably thrilling experiences
as the result of the quick succession of the
dangerous services on which he was en-
gagged from 1851 to 1863, nearly half CEN
fury of desperate campaigning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-18

The Times, commenting on the situation,
says: Neither the Crimean war nor The
Indian mutiry gave rise to greater dangers
to the empire than that with which we are
now menaced nor at either of those cr1u-
cal periods was Great Britain so isolated
politically or regarded with such dislike
and suspicion are now almost every
where apparent. Unless the calmness
which impresses the foreign observer pro-
ceeds only from apathy or want of sufl-
cient imagination TO realize the imminent
danger to the whole fabric of our empire,
the great efforts now urgently required VIII
surely be made before il is too late to re-
trieve the situation. We are fighting not
merely for supremacy In South Africa, but
our position as a great power. We know
we have misca1culated the strength of our
foe, and are resolved to make that mis-
calculation good"
The liberal organs foreshadow a serious
reckoning for the government when the
time comes. The Daily Chronicle hints
that General Sir William Butler, who was
recalled from the Cape command because Of
his Boer sympathies. long ago advised the
government that the prosecution of MIR.
Chamberlain's policy would make heavy
reinforcements for the Cape imperative.
The Daily News says: The govern
ments decision is either a counsel of panic
or the confusion of utter miscalculation."
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learning that at the Russian post Offices in
Peking, Tien-tsin, Shanghai Chfu and
Hang-Chow special Russian stamps will be
on sale. with the Russian name for China
introduced into the design. They will have
the face value of l, 9 3, g. and 10 ko-
pecks, the nominal value of the kopeck
being slightly more than the third of a
penny.
The Chinese government Is anxious to
conclude postal convention with Russia
in order that IT may make use of the Rus
sian post offices to obtain the advantages
OF the postal union, but at the same time it
is intended that the stamps shall be Chi
nese. With regard to the telegraph, that
remains exclusively in the hands of the
Chinese. save at ChuGuchak and Kuldja
The Chinese system is connected it'll the
submarine cable of the Great Northern
Telegraph Company, which runs to Vladi-
vostok and beyond, and also with the Rus
sian land system at Blagovieshtchensk
Novokievsk, Sartakh and Kiakhta From
the last-named place the Chinese line runs
al present only far as Urga the line
from Urga to Kalgan. which is required to
connect Kiakhta with Picking not yet being
however. in the course of the next few
months and then St Petersburg will be in
direct communication with Picking via
kiakhta. AT present Russian telegraphic
communication with Port Arthur has to
pass owe Chinese lines, but the Russian
post anu telegraph department will shortly
be able to use a wire placed on the tel
eEraph posts of the Russian Eastern Chi
nese railway. and then the all-Russia tariff
VIII be charged for messages to Port Ar
thur and Dalny.
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Mamma, please gimme drink of water;
L m thirsty"
go TO sleep
A pause.
Mamma. won't you please give me a
drink? I'm so thirsty"
III you don't turn over and go To s,een
I'll get up and whip you!"
Another pause.
Mamma, won't you please gimme n
Bits.
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army. and from him he inherited his SOL
dierly instincts. Young Kitchener was
educated at the Royal Military Academy at
Woolwich. and entered the royal engineers
as lieutenant in 1871.
He left the army after he had been in II
three years to join the survey of western
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-18
His Impression.

From Puck
wal. now!" snid the rural deacon after
he had been enlightened on the subject by
the poet; Il allus supposed that 'dank'
Was a swear word"
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KITCHENER, sIRDAR OF EGYPT.
Noted Engineer as Well as q Spleen
did Fighter.

Sir Horatio Herbert Kitchener, K. c. NJ
G., is of Irish extraction, and is forty
eight years old. He is a noted engineer,
being especially sk;llful in building bridges
His father was colonel in the British
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British War Office Places Roberts in
Supreme Command.
Gen. KITCHENER CHIEF OF STAFF
Call Issued for AN the Remaining
Reserves.
NEW PAPER COMMEN rs

LONDON, December 1S-Shortly before
midnight the following notice was pos,e at
the war office:
AS the campaign in Natal, in the opin-
ion OF her majesty's government, is likely
10 require the presence and undivided at
tentlon or General Sir Redvers Butler, it
has been decided to send Baron Roberts of
kandahar and Waterford, as commander
in-ch!ef in South Africa, with Lord Kitche-
ner chief of staff
Baron Roberts is now commander of the
forces in Ireland His son, Hon. F. H S.
ROBERTS, who was wounded in the engage
ment at Tugela river is today reported
dead.
The war office has received the follow
Ing dispatch dated December H. from Gen
eral Forestfer-Walker at Cape Town:
Methuen reports that Lieutenant Chan
DOS Pole-Gell was taken prisoner last
thursday when going to meet a flag of
truce He was waving his handkerchief IN
response and was unarmed
Gatacre has removed his troops and
stores to Sterkstroom from Putterskraal.
French has established headquarters at
Arundel.
'Vandermerwe with commando, is re-
ported moving south from Jakobsdal.'
All the Reserves Called Out.
The office has issued the following
announcement:
Acting upon the advice of the military
authorities. her majesty's government has
approved the following measure:
All the remaining portions Of the army
reserve. including section D." are called
out. The It'll D.I ision, which is being mo-
bilized, will proceed to South Africa with
out deay. The commanderin-chief in
South Africa has been authorized to con-
tinue to raise, at his discretion, local troops,
mounted.
Nine battalions of militia, in addition 20
two battalionS which have already volun-
teered for service at Malta, and one for
service in the channel islands, will be al
lowed to volunteer for service outside of the
united kingdom and equivalent num-
Der of militia battalions will be embodied
for service at home.
a strong force of volunteers, selected
from the yeomanry regiments, Will be
formed for service in South Africa.
Arrangements are being made, and will
shortly be announced, for the employment
in South Africa of a strong contingent OF
carefully selected volunteers. The patriotic
offers which are being received from the
colonies will, so far possible, be accepted.
preference being given to offers of mounted
cOntingentS.'
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ENJOY ENGLAND's HUMILIATION.
Tone of European Press is Decidedly
Hostile in Tone.

BERLIN December 1S.-MoSt of the Ber-
country comment upon Gen Buffers de-
feat in a serious and digniied tone, al
though with a considerable undercurrent
of satisfaction at England's humiliation all
around. 1t is admitted that Great Britain
is now fighting to save her South African
possessions. The general belief is that Sir
Redvers Butler acted prematurely and I'M
der pressure from the home government.
The official papers take a rather gloomy
view. as if apprehensive of awkward COM
plications.
The KreuZ Zeitung says: Great Britains
decadence is now apparent to the whole
world.
The VorWaertS hopes the war will result
in the establishment of the united states
of Africa on a republican basis, but it is
also convinced that such an outcome would
not affect Great Britain's position as
great power.
The Vossiche Zeiturg thinks it would be
hopeless for England to match herself
against a great power. The military papers
severely criticise British tactics.
ST. PETERSBURG, December 1S-The
Novoe Vremya, which does not conceal its
pleasure at Gen. Buffers defeat, says: THE
whole campaign must now be recommended
but under altogether altered conditions of
opinion in England
The SWEET says: THE Almighty is mani
testify bestowing His blessing on the Boer
arms. God is Furnishing an arrogant and
rapacious people, who have oppressed and
prosecuted other races, in order to enrich
themselves
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Natives Losing Heart,

STERKSTROOM. December 15.-As a re-
suit of the British reverses the whole coun-
try northward is in rebellion. The natives
there. well as those in Basutoland, are
said to be much disturbed and losing heart
respecting the strength of the British
CAPE TOWN, Thursday, December H.
Secret meetings of Boer sympathizers con-
tinue to be held in various parts of Cane
Colony, and the attitude of the Dutch farm
ers is truculent.
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