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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-25

Freddie" said his mother, severely,
"didn't tell you that you shouldn't
ride. your bicycle today, because you
were naughty?" E- .t1r..
''This isn't my bicycle, said Freddie;
SITS Tommy Jones'. We've exchanged
just for today"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-25

"Pa," said Willie, ''may I ask you
just one more question before I go to
ho69s,
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-25

eyes, my boy. What is it?"
eff I'd been your brother, would
have been my own uncle?"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-25

ssHenry, can't you demonstrate about
those two telephone poles on our side
walk?" 80 el
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-25

"Gracious! no, Ellen. I'm just draft
ing vote Of thanks to the company for
not planting them in our front yard
Detroit Free Press.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-07-25
NEGLIGEE OF
NILE-GREEN CASHMERE.

This comfortable wrapper Is reproduced
from a design seen in late number Of
The Delineator For its development Nile
green cashmere was used, with bands of IL
sertion and lace edging for decoration. The
fulness at the back and fronts Of the
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-06

fish, fruit and cereals. This was well
known to all intelligent men prior to the
Spanish American war, but the knoWl-
edge was not applied, and, as Gen. Lud-
low still finds it necessary to urge the
change Of ration, the inference is plain
that the commissary department still
has much to reform in its methods.
In the matter of clothing for tropi
cal climates, it has been different, q
change having been made with unsat-
isfactory results. For years before the
late war troops in Arizona and New
Mexico were in the habit of fighting
Indians in the unmilitary costume of
their underclothes, for the reason that
their uniforms were modelled upon the
requirements of Dakota climate Our
troops were sent to Santiago similarly
uniformed, and the stupidity of it
caused such a protest that khaki I'M
iforms were substituted for the heavy
woolens last year. But of the new uni
forms. Gen. Ludlow says:
"The khaki uniforms furnished by
the quartermaster's department are
Objectionable in every respect. The ma
torial is poor and the clothing ill-fit-
ting, badly made, and the original di-
versities of color are multiplied with
every washing. The material shrinks
soaks, and thickens with sweat, and is
fit for neither campaign nor garrison
purposes"
For this material he would substi-
ture serge, duck, or linen. 1t is assert
ed very positively, however from other
sources that the material which Gen.
Ludlow condemns in such unqualified
terms as unfit for soldiers uniforms is
not the real khaki, but a canvas sub
stitute. If this is true, it might be we'll
to give the genuine stuff trial before
concluding that 1t is not as serviceable
to our army in the tropics as it has
proved in that of Great Britain.
These assertions, official and unoffi-
ciai, indicate, if they do not prove, that
the administrative branch of the army
has not profited, as it was reasonably
expected that 1t would do, by the ex-
perience in the Santiago campaign that
cost more lives than were sacrificed to
Spanish bullets.-Portland Oregonian.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-06

ly from the plain were SCARED by deep
cliffs and gullies. Up these Joubert de-
termined to send band of his picked
men, and to cover their operations the
men in the valley opened brisk fire
on the soldiers on the hill So accurate
was the shooting of the Beers that
the English soldiers kept under cover
as much as possible, only rising now
and then to return a volley. Little
harm was done by this long range fir
ing on either side, and so confident Of
their security were the British soldiers
that with every volley they hurled
taunts at the enemy in the distance.
For six hours this firing continued
that was the length of time it took the
200 Beers who attempted the ascent to
climb the hill. Once there, one party
OF so burghers occupied a small peak
standing on the skirt of the summit
killing by a single volley the small
British picket that held it. The rest of
the Beers poured themselves over the
saucer-like edges of the f1at-topped
mountain and took the British soldiers
completely by surprise. The movement
was so sudden, so totally unexpected,
that the English force could not awake
10 a realization of what had happened
Ihey tancied themselves penned in to
slaughter, and all the efforts Of their
general and his officers could not recall
them to discipline. They precipitated
themselves down the side Of the hill
INTO the very hands of the Beers. who
advanced to meet them.
A handful of them remained to fight
and be killed, among them Gen. Colley
VINO, when he saw all hope lost. took
MS life with his own hand Cameron, the
war correspondent, who was taken pris-
oner by the Beers and Immediately re-
leased, described the scene as one of
the widest confusion. The defeat at
Laing's mex had already demoralized
the handful of British soldiers, who felt
isolated in strange country, and this
new and startling attack A1as too much
for them. Had the men yielded to the
rallying of their officers they could I'M
doubtedly have withstood the attack of
the Beers, and Majuba would mark
different page in English military his
tory. OF the 600 British troops who &C.
cupied the summit of Majuba hill. over
300 We're killed in retreat. The Boer loss,
according to Boer accounts. was only
one killed and five wounded.
Ma1uba hill ended the brief war of
1881. Inless than a month afterward Mr.
Gladstone signed treaty of peace rec
ognizing the independence of the Trans
wall
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-06
STATE ELECTION.
City of Worcester.

City Clerks Office, Oct 80. 1899.
By direction of the Board of Alder
men, and in accordance with the pro
visions of Section 2O9 of CHAPTER 54s
of the Acts of 1898, notice is hereby
given that meetings of the citizens of
Worcester, qualified to vote in National
and State elections will be held on
Tuesday, the seventh day of November,
1899, in the several polling places which
have been designated by said Board.
and which are located as follows:
WARD ONE,-Precinct 1. Basement
of Church, corner of Thomas and Com
mercial streets; Precinct 2, Basement
OF Walnut street school house Precinct
2, Booth near corner of Highland and
Agricultural streets: Precinct 4 Base
ment of Salisbury street school house.
WARD TWO.-Precinct /, Basement
OF Laurel street church, corner Laurel
and Carroll streets; Precinct 2, Burr
wood hall, No. 80 Belmont street.
Precinct 3, Booth on vacant lot between
No, so and 6s Lincoln street; Precinct
4, Adams square Baptist church, Lin
coin street
WARD THREE.-Precinct 1, Base
ment of police building No. 5 Waldo
street; Precinct 2, Father Mathew hall
building, No, Harrison street; Pre-
cinct 3, East Worcester street school
house; Precinct 4, store No. As Grafton
street
WARD FOUR-Precinct l, Basement
of Ward street school house; Precinct
2, basement of Ledge street school
house; Precinct 8, NJ E. church, corner
Coral and Waverley streets; Precinct
4, store No. 11S Ward street
WARD FIVE.-Precinct 1, Booth on
Salem square; Precinct 2, Basement of
Hope church, corner Princeton and
Southbridge streets: Precinct 8, st.
Matthews hall, corner Chelsea and
Cambridge streets; Precinct 4, store
NO. $40 Millbury street.
WARD SIX-Precinct l, stores Nos.
663 and 665 Main street; Precinct @
First Presbyterian church, south side
of Kilby street; Precinct 8. Pilgrim
hall, Main street, near Gardner street;
Precinct 4, store No. 1855 Main street,
Webster square.
WARD SEVEN. -Precinct l, Base
ment of Chandler street school house
precinct 2, store No. 730 Main street
Precinct 3, basement of Woodland
street school house; Precinct 4, base
ment of Downing street school house.
WARD IGHT.-Precinct 1, store
No. 81 Pleasant street; Precinct 2,
basement of oxford street school house;
Precinct 3, store No. 233 Pleasant
street; Precinct 4, store No. 237 Pleas
ant street.
The polls will be opened at o'clock
in the forenoon and closed at O'Clock
in the afternoon, and all such citizens
will, in the several precincts in which
they are entitled to vote, between said
hours, give in their votes for a Cover
nor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary,
Treasurer and Receiver General, Audi
tor and Attorney General, of the Com
monwealth; for a Councillor for Coun-
cilor District number seven; for a Sem
ator in the next General Court for the
first, and one for the second, Worcester
Senatorial District; for Representa-
tive in the next General Court for each
Representative district in the City Of
Worcester; and for County Commits
sioner.
Attest; g. II. ToWNE, City Clerk.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-06
STORY OF MAJuRA HILL.
Hcw the Little Band of English Was
Trapped and Defeated.

England, in the course of her history
suffered-as does every fighting nation
many defeats but never one so hu-
initiating to her national pride as her
defeat at Majuba hill on February o.
1881. by the rude Beers of the Trans
vaal. That she then accepted that de-
feat was due to the existence of a
Gladstonian cabinet in England and the
ever-present desire of that party for
peace at any price. 1t is to avenge
that defeat-outlanders' grievances and
suzerainty complications notwithstand-
ing-that Great Britain is now in the
field in South Africa with the pick of
her army and her most trusted gen
erals.
Feb. 81, 1881 1t was on that day
that Gen. Sir George Colley, an officer
of experience and undoubted personal
bravery, after a forced night march,
took up position on the summit OF
Majuba with his force of 600 British sol
diers. Since his defeat by the Beers
at Laing's mex on Jan. 81, his communi-
cations had been constantly attacked
by the burghers, and on taking up the
highly important strategic position on
Majuba, he determined to once more
assume the offensive. The Boer forces
filed the valley commanded by the hill.
and when they discovered the position
taken by the British forces, they man
Tested every symptom of panic, and
made what at first seemed a general
movement to retreat They, however,
did notAdo so. The counsels of Gems.
Joubert and Emidt prevailed, and the
Beers settled down to preparations for
an attack.
On the English side, over-conhdence
and the inevitable panicky feeling that
always SEXES soldier when surprised
by daring movement such as that
made by the Beers contributed to the
days defeat. To Gen. Colley and his
officers the position on the summit of
the hill appeared impregnable. It's
fiat saucer-like top commanded the
plain on every side, and no thought
seems to have been given to artificial
fertilization.
The Beers, however, knew that the
sides Of the hill which rose precipitate-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-06
IN SECRET coNcLAvE.
Worcester Cinnamon Adopt Dark Ian.
tern Tactics.

Worcester Cinnamon Adopt Dark Lam
tern Tactics.
A meeting of Cinnamon that lasted
long after midnight this morning was
held in Foresters' hall. 1O9 Front street.
Patrolman Robert Matthews was on
duty as outer guard and was instructed
by the Chinese high-muck muck to
keep all outsiders beyond listening dis
lance. The Chinese have a particular
antipathy for reporters, and as soon as
several of them showed up, there was
q jabbering in the curious tongue of
Cathay. The upshot Of 1t was that the
reporters were told to make themselves
scarce. The Cinnamon said that they
were Freemasons and We're holding a
lodge meeting.
Pretty much every washhouse China
man in the city was present at the
meeting. There were. too, number of
Cinnamon from out of the city The in
ner guard who came out in response to
the knock OF the reporters took good
care that no prying eye should see what
was going on inside. One of the report
ers, who is a regular Freemason. tried
to give John the grip with view TO
being asked to step inside and take part
in the proceedings, but his advances
We're coldly received. He was brushed
aside.
Give him some goings outee." said
John to Patrolman Matthews, and there
was nothing for the officer to do but
request the reporters to HE themselves
hence.
The reporters were told by a neutral
Chinaman who was not at the meeting
but who happened to be going home
with a chicken in his Chinese dress suit
Casa large paper bag-that in his
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-06
GEN. LUDLoW's REPORT.

The recent report of Brig Gen. Lud-
low of the department of Havana pre-
sents the work Of an observant mill
tary man, who has a duty to discharge
and is not inclined to shirk its unpleas-
ant features. He sees, for example,
that the administrative part of the
army has not yet learned, or has APP
Piled the lessons that were so painfully
impressed on the public mind during the
Santiago campaign, and by bold impli-
cation says SO. In that portion Of his
report under the head of 1.-THE care of
troops II tropical countries" the ration
is dealt with as prime factor in pre-
serving the health and efficiency of
soldiers. Experience has proved what
common sense from the first main
tanned as true, that it is necessary to
reduce the heat-producinB portions of
the regular ration, such as pork, beef
and beans, and supply the deficit by the
substitution Of lighter foods, such as
= ~@.--. 4a-a. - 49, -
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-06
AUCTION OF FINE STOCK.

At Crescent farm, Crescent street
Shrewsbury, on Tuesday, Nov. I, 1899. O.
A: Kelley will sell at auction large lot
lot of valuable personal property. This
sale will afford many fine bargains. Re
member sale begins at $50 a. m. Read the
advertisement
Those who practice economy sbould buv
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-06
A HEARTLEss WRETCH.

An east end man came down in the rear
car the other morning with a smile a
yard wide.
whats the joke?" queried friend.
I'll tell you" said the smiling one,
but you mustn't let it get back to my
wife. You see we have, or at least-but
won't anticipates fsvorite house plant
don't know what it botanically was,
but it was very dear. to my wife's heart.
Say, you'll never know what an incubus
that plant has been to me- I've tugged it
here and there anu everywhere. Down
cellar and back on to the porch and in
again 1t weighed forty pounds-pot and
all-if it weighed an ounce. and you never
saw such an awkward thing to handle.
Well, sir, we had sorry time in our
peaceful home this morning.
What was the trouble?''
Somebody broke into our summer
kitchen and stole that d dear plant
That's why find it so difficult to hide my
emotions"
And the heartless wretch grinned again.
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-06
AFTER 81 YEARS.

Sergeant in Capt. Angum's Regiment
Retired From Service.
The home battalions which recently
returned to Cuba. are to be recruited
to their full strength at once This
will necessitate the enlistment of about
1900 men
Lieut.. Col. Smith, Twelfth infantry
Capt. Anglum's regiment, in regimen
tai orders, at Angeles, Luzon says:
After 81 years of faithful service, all
of which has been in this regiment,
Sergt. John M. Williamson, Co. F,
Twelfth infantry, has been retired from
active service. Fidelity has always
been the keynote of his conduct, and he
retires full of honors as of years. His
service has extended from 1868 till now.
In the Indian country he participated
in the wars with California Digger
tribes in 1869, the Modocs in 1S72-'73,
and the Nez Perces and Bannocks in
1S77'81. In 1899 he participated in the
war in the Philippine islands. In TAX
ing leave of him, the regimental com
mander and the officers and men of the
regiment congratulate him on having
attained his well-earned rest, and feel
that the service has been the better
for his having been in it.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-06

opinion the so-called Masons are allied
with the highbinders in San Francisco.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-06
MAIL THIEF CAUGHT.

Halifax, N. S., Nov 5.-For some time
past packages coming by parcel post from
the United States and upper Canada fol-
points in western Nova Scotia have been
stolen from mail bags left over night in
the North street passenger station of the
International Railway Last night Ed
ward West was captured with mail par
cells in his pockets, and today another
case - s-N
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-06

Those who practice economy should buy
CARRIERS LITTLE LIVER PILLS.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-06
AN ITALIAN SHOOTING.

Hyde Park, Nov. 5.--While quarreling
in the Readville gravel pit tonight, Vim
censo Vener was shot~ by Genernoasse
Veatrice. The italians were members of
the gang at work on the recent public
works. The police are searching for the
aSsailant
The Springdale news., 1899-03-24
TIME TABLE.
ARKANSAS & OKLAHOMA R. R

,. ,sr noi-Sn WEST BOUND.
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Prizes for Correspondents.

HE NEWS bA Offering the following prizes to its spondents for the year lsg9.
 First Pfize.-An elegant high grade sewing machine We have not yet fully determined what make of ma- chine we Wlif offer, but it will be q hfat-eIass article in every respect and Will prove an ornament b any home. line name of the machine will be an nounced just d. soon as=our arrange ments are perfected. Second Prize-The second prize will be Winchester Repeating Shot Gun, value S25 This is manufactured by the noted Winchester Repeating Arms Co, New Haven, Conn, and is fully guaranteed
 Third Prize -A y calibre hunting rifle, manufactured by ]. Stevens Arms Co.,, of Chieopee Falls, Mass Value Slo
 Fourth Prize Any gold pen carried in stock by G. W. kennan. Springdale. not to exceed Tn value S5.00,
 All the above articles will be new and of the best in their class Our friends have our word that there will be nothing cheap or trashy about any ofthem.
 
 week in January and closes on Decem- Der Il. ls99. Every communication sent in for publication will count 1 points: every new yearly subscriber sent in will count points; every new subscriber for six months will count 1 pniuts, and every new subscriber for 5 months will count points. At the end ot the year the four correspon- dents having the greatest number of points will be awarded the prizes as above.
 THE NEWS deslres a correspondent .at every postoiiiee in Washington County and at near by points in Ben lon and Madison counties where We are not already represented We fur nish the paper free. also stamps and envelopes, so that the correspondent IS out absolutely nothing except a ilttte time each week, and besides stands a chance of winning a prize that will be value a life time If you are not already correspondent and desire to become sdeh, let us know Ut once so that we can furnish Eou with stationery and enroll. your name.
 The following rules will govern the contest:
 Nc correspondent will be allowed to write more than one letter each week. except in cases of important happen. lngs occurring soon after the regular letter has been mailed. Then it may toe supplemented with another report and two letters will be credited
 Nc letter will be credited if not re- ceiVed in time for publication the week it is written, unless We have evidence to show that 1t was delayed while enroute. All letters should be mailed so as to reach this office not later than Tuesday.
 No subscriptions will be counted un- less accompanied by the cash.
 \ true record of the work of each eorrespondent will be kept by Us, and the result published from time to time. Every correspondent is urgent- ly requested 10 keep record of his own work 50 Us to compare with the published reports.
 None but regularly authorized cor will be allowed to com pete.
The Springdale news., 1899-03-24
Arkansas & Oklahoma Railroad
 Announcement,

The Arkansas and Oklahoma Railroad Company, which has recently completed It's lead from Rogers, Ark, on the Frisco Line to Gravett, Ark ], on the Port Arthur Route, has just issued a new time card, which enables its trains to make the closest connections at each end Of the road.
 This line offers the sh 5rtest and most direct route from North and Central Arkansas to Southeastern Kansas, South. west Missouri, and Northeast Indian Territory. From the heart of the land of the Big, Red Apple its compass points at one end toward the largest and richest undevelOped fields of mineral, timber, marble, etc, and the other to the great Cherokee Natiou-a land where hundreds of thousands of cattle are raised annually and agr;- cultural pursuits are unlimited.
The Springdale news., 1899-03-24
Money talks: but 1t doesn't necessarily say the wise thing.

As the season of the year when pneumon'a, lagriPpe, sore throat, coughs, colds, catarrh. bronchitis and lung troubles are to be guided against, nothing "is q fine sub- stitate, will ''answer the purpose. " or k .just as good" as One Minute Cough Cure. That k the one in. fallible remedy for all lung, throat CT bronchial troubles. Insist yigor. ously upon having It If something
 lse" is offered you Il. \. Daily.
The Springdale news., 1899-03-24
SECRET SOCIETIES.

sprIngda1e Lodge No. 36 A. 0. l. N. Meets End and 4th Wednesday night Of each month.
 C. ]. Chapman, NJ, ". l. E. Hayes Post No 10. c. A. R. Meets first Saturday in each month i'll Odd Fellows Hall at l o'clock D m. sharp. All comrades in good standing requested to IT eet with us
 John Vernon, r. (.
 Il ". Monroe, Q NJ.
 C. l.. TewkshurY. Adi't. Sprinedale Lodge No. 3l6 F. and 4. I. and A. NJ, meets in Masonic Hall E.daF night on CT before fnll moon at < o'clock. Visiting brethren cordially invited to meet with us.
 ] R. Harris, W. NJ. ]. M Robinson, Sec
 New Era Lodge No. 36 l. O. 0. r. meets every Saturday night at o'clock
 Bert Lewis N. c. Spring City Lodge No. 90 K. of F., meets every Monday night. Visiting Knights always welcome.
 Gieo H. Bennett, C. C, Springdale Encampment I. 0. 0. r No. g meets first and third Wednesday night of each month. All patriarchs cordially invited.
 6. W. Jones, C. P. springdale Republican Club meets first Saturday of every month at 7:50 D m in Hunts hall.
 S.N. HaXton, Pres. Springdale Camp No. 27, woodman of the World-Meets first and third Thursday night of each month.
 II. ADaily, (. (.
 NJ D. Eichlvter, Clerk. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS. Railway Mail.-Mail closes for all points North, Northeast and North west at 6:30 p. m. and ZOO D. m. For all points South, Southeast and South west at s;45 a. m. and 6:45 D. m. North ern mail arrives at $50 a. m. and 9:4S ?. III. South mail arrives 7'l7 D. m. and 6;23 q. m.
 Star Route Mat.-Mail from Spring dale to Siloam Springs and intermedi- ate points every day except Sunday. Mail closes at a, m. and arrives at t ?. III. From Springdale to Huntsville and intermediate points every day ex- cept Sunday; mail closes at $50 a. m. and arrives at ) D. m.
 Postofiice opens 6:00 a. m and closes at s30 p. m. Opens on Sunday at 7:30 a. m and closes at 9;3O d. m. Opens at 6.00 and closes at :.
 A. l.. Thompson, P. M.
The Springdale news., 1899-03-24
Hn.Tn.pEn Sold md guaranteed hy all drug NU'iV'EHV gists 10 GU RE Tobacco Habit

 leaves and as green as could be. I saw gardens at Seattle and some near here with peas two or three inches high and lettuce and mustard large enough to eat and beet tops way up, etc. have seen some orchards here. We got some apples on the train that were grown here. They were nice Ben Davis. With love for all, Your daughter and sister,
 ONE BAKER.