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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-12-20
QUEEN WILL NOT LEAVE THE
yINCINITY OF LONDON.

London, Dec l8 The court news
men have issued the following an
nouncement
1.-The arrangements for the queens 8
departure from Windsor have been
postponed until after Christmas, sas
owing to the present state OF affairs
IN South Africa. the queen, is un
willing to be at great distance from
London y
Not for years before has the queen
decided to spend Christmas away
from Osborne Her decision to re
main at Wipsor. in touch with the
cabinet. is a measure of the gravity
of the crisis and of the anxiety che
feels for the welfare of the country.
She is. nevertheless, in fair health.
Saturday morning she took her usual
drive, and just before dinner that
evening she received Lord Wors'ey,
who, with Maj Gen Sir Henry Peter
Ewart, crown equerry to the queen,
dired at Windsor.
The queens graceful act in pre-
sentipg flag to the American hospi-
tai ship Maine is highly appreciated
by her own people, as we'll as by the
Americans in London, anG the morn
ing papers express the hope that the
incident means something more than
a pretty ceremony.
..Black week. as last week is how
universally called, has evidently
aroused the government and the war
Office to full sense of their respon
sibility and of the magnitude of the
task before them. The papers unan
imously applaud .this awakening.
despite the fact that they recognize
that the heroic measures now decided
npon savor rather of weakness than
of strength.
Rumor has it that the question of
expense has really been at the bottom
of the half hearted measures hitherto
adopted, aad it is not unlikely that
Sir Michael Hicks Beach, cbencellor
of the exchequer, and other members
of the cabinet Will resign.
1t was high time that something
very energetic was dose. The Brit
ish losses in killed, wounded, prls'
oaers and missing throughout the
campaign now reach the enormous
total of 1850.
The tragic circumstances Of the
appointment of Lord Roberts Amos;
simultaneously With the announce
ment of the death of his promising
son excite the deepest public sym
pathy
Lieut. Roberts was an only son,
and had been his fa'her's aide de
camp since 1895 He served in
Waziristaa and in the Chitral aud
Nile expeditions Such was bis dis
play of gallantry on Friday IN an
attempt to rescue the guns that ne
wac recommended for the Victoria
cross
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-12-20
Pursuit" Race IN Philippines

Washington, Dec l5-The war
department received message to
day giving the latest development
in the situation in the Philippines.
The cablegram was follows:
Manila, Dec Is
Bachelor, Twenty.four infantry
battalion, reports on 7th inst had
an eogaeemeu at the Junction of
Magat and Rio Grande rivers, lsa,
bella province, enemy leaving four
dead and FIVE mortally wounded in
trenches. Our loss was one drown
ed, and four wounded Says be
is in need of clothing, provisions and
money. Will reach Maguegaro,
Gagayan province, shortly Doubt
less the navy relieved him yesterday.
Four hundred and seventy FIVE
Spanish prisoners arrived this morn
ing. among them the sick at vlgap,
numbering l20
Young at banqul, noltu"eetein
Luzon, reports that his troops are
still pursuing the remnant of the
insurgents who have % American
prisoners in their possession Coun
try exceedingly rough Our men
without shoes, still persisteDtly pur-
suing Few Spanish prisoners now
in hands of insurgents, probably
1000, mostly in south Expect to
effect their relief in few days
Negros reports Sergt Alfred Rooder,
Sixth infantry 20 soldiers and l8
native police attacked 400 ineurgents
at Madrigal. Negros, this morning
No casualties Enemy's loss 28
killed and many wounded
O,;,
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Gen Lord Roberts
SuppIants Butler.
England's Best Organizer and
Al.Round Soldier, Once
Again IN Active Ser
vice.

London. Dec 1S-shortly before
midnight the following notice was
posted at the war Office
Gas the campaign in Natal. in the
opinion of her magesty's government,
is likely to require the presence and
undivided attention OF Gen Sir Red,
vers Butler, it has been decided 30
aend Baron Roberts of Kandahar and
Water ford az commandment chief in
South Africa, with Lord Kitchener
as chief of staff
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-12-20

There is Law on the statute BOOKS
OF South Carolina which is very much
a dead letter. This law was approved
by the governor on the 3rd day of
March, 1899. 1t is entitled "An
Ac. t. Prevent Drunkenness aud
Shooting Upon the Highway. > The
provisions of the law are very pIalu,
slnp!c and easily understood That
aoy person wbo shall indulge IN b'ls-
,erous couauct while ucees the
ipfuence Of intoxicating Iiqac's oe
Ge,sritg to De uodeT tie litueace
ct such liqaers. Or w'fhous Just
cause or excuse shall dlschsfge
any FIRE arms wai'e opsn or
vi;bln ff.y yards af aoy rub'!a 1oad.
except upon Ills o.n premises. she'll oe
eu:ily OF mis5enesnor. aud upon
coavictioo thereof shall pay hne OF
not more than one hundred dollars. or
be imprisoned for more than thirty
days !" 4
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-12-20

Gen Gatacre's last report brings
the number of losses by capture at
stormberg up to 665. BE notes no
additions TO the killed and wounded,
who by his first report numbered z
and Is respectively. The Beers say
they hold 672 prisoners This makes
the reported British losses foot up
nearly 100
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-12-20

Gen Clery commanded destroys the
current idea that be was engaged in
some turning movement and that the
Tugela river battle was only part OF
larger scheme of operations.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-12-20

Bibles. Testaments, Prayer Books aud
Hymnals, suitable for Xmas presents. b. G.
Os,eeu Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-12-20

Albums Photograph, Autograph and
Scrap. H. Osteen Co.
Dissec,ed maps, to please the young folks.
Authors. O,d Maid aod other esnes, at H..
G. Osteen & Co.
Mas number of Figaro Bogliss edition,
at &. C. Os.een l. CO.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-12-20

Self rrooouue,ue Teachers Bibles, ful! coo
cordance, maps snd helps, for sale oy 6.
Os,eeo 4 Co Cheaper than ever before IN
Consequence of the fight between Bible pub.
lishe.s
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-12-20

10S CUBAN OIL cures Cuts,
WAY Burns, Bruises, Rheuma-
~ tis.r AID Sores. Price, rs cts.
Sod by Eughsou-Lipop O..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-12-20

To settle the stomach and overcome the
nausea of prospective mothers, take Simmons,
Souaw Vine Wine or Tablets.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-12-20
GEN BULLER SUSTAINED TIE
REAVIEST LOSSES

London. Dec Is Gen Buile: re
port, to the war Office that his losses
in yesterdays engagement were, kilt
ed 81; wounded 667-; missing 349
a total of i,097
The revised list of the British
casualties at the battle of Magers.
fonsein Shove the tota! to be 963, of
which number 70 were officers.
The wa7 Office late tonight issued
the following list Of Gen Buller's
casualties
Killed-Field artillery, Capt A II
Goldie and Lieut. e B Schrleber !;
Dublin Fusiliers, Capt A q Bacon
and Lieut. R c B Henry lnniskil-
ling Fusiliers, Maj J F w Charley
and Capt Frank G Lotus !; medical
corps. Capt NJ Hughes Thorney
crafts mounted infantry. Lieut. G Nj
jenkins
Officers Wounded = Devonshire
regiment. 5; Rife brigade 0he
Prince Consor.'s own) one Fifth
brigade, staff, :; Inniskilliug Fusi'
iers, 8; Border regiment, 3; Con
naught Rangers, 2; Dublin Fusl'lers,
8; Irish Fusiiiers. l; Horse art'l.
lerg, 5 medical corps, mounted
infantry. 3; Natal Carbipee's.
South African Light Horse, 2
Officers taken prisoners or missing
Field artillery, 5: Devonshife reg
lment, 8 Essex regiment, ! Royal
Scots FusilieTs, 6; Royal af,iilesy.
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NOTHING FURTHER FROM GEN
BULLER.

London, Dec Is, 4 As m-Lleut
Gen Sir Charles Warren, command
ing the Fifth division of the First
army corps, has arrived at Cape
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BOOKS
BOOKS
BOOKS
A large Assortment at H. G. Osteen s Cos
Liberty street.
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Gen Gatacre's Report.

London. Dec II The war Office has
received the following from Gen For
estier- Walker
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-31
oUTcRoPs OF HUMANITY.
The Leg Was Wooden.


The Royal society is the English ana
logue OF the French academy. Many
years ago a sailor who had broken his
leg was advised to send to the Royal
society an account of the remarkable
manner In which he had healed the frac-
ture. He did so. His story was that,
having fractured a limb by falling from
the top of a mast, he dressed 1t with
nothing but tar and cakum. which had
proved so wonderfully cfIicacious that In
three days he was able to walk just as
well as before the accident. This re-
markable story naturally caused some eS d
citement among the members of the So
ciety. No one had previously suspected
tar and oakum of possessing such mar
velous healing powers. Several letters
accordingly passed between the Royal ST.
ciety and the humble sailor who contin-
ued to assert most solemnly that his
broken leg had been treated with tar and
oakum, and with these two applications
only.The society might have remained
puzzled for an indefinite period had not
the man remarked I'm a postscript to his
last letter: 81 forgot to inform your
honors, by the way, that the leg was a
wooden one"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-31
PERSONALITIES.

Sarah Bernhardt will appear in New
York the season of 1900.
Upon President McKinley's desk in the
White house lies the old-fashioned Bible
given him by his father when he first
went away from his home.
Count Casini, the Russian ambassador,
owns a jeweled snuff box, presented him
by the sultan of Turkey for preserving
the latter from the hand of an assassin.
The sultan of Turkey takes to all new
inventions. Just now he is having the
cinematograph brought into use to enable
him to inspect the progress Of the state
railway works in Anatoia without the
trouble of going there.
When Fighting Bob" Evans was a
student at GonZaga college, Washington
ID. c., he was thoGEchools star base
ball player and still has a passion for
the game, never missing a chance to see
a good contest on the diamond.
jerome *. Jerome takes his vacations
on a farm, where he becomes one of the
day laborers. He has studied agricul-
ture both from a theoretical and practical
point of view and expects to establish a
model farm Of his own next summer.
While at the Norwich Military acad-
emy George Dewey was the star" actor
in all the college amateur theatricals.
He was a splendid mimic, and his im-
tations of the various members of the
faculty won him lasting reputation III
the school.
Mrs Frances Hodgson Burnett is spend
Ing the summer in England, and is work
ing at intervals on a new book. She will
return to this country in october and
pass the winter here, dividing her time
between Washington and Denver. AT
the latter place her son. the original
Little Lord Fauntleroy, is engaged in
newspaper work.
Lloyd Mif1in, the poet, is a man of
such retiring nature that few of his fel-
low-tOwnSmen of Columbia, Pa, would
recognize him on the street. A CORES
pondent recently visited the town and
asked for the house of Mr.. MifIlin, the
poet There's a Mr.. Lloyd NIiniin lives
here" said the trolley car conductor,
but ! didn't know he wrote books"
At least five men prominent in our poll.
tics today are direct descendants from
signers of the Declaration of lndepend-
ence: Governor Wolcott, of Massachu-
setts, from oliver Wolcott; Senator Hoar,
from Robert Sherman Robert Treat
Paine, his namesake; Charles Francis
Adams, from John Adams, and T. Jeffer-
son Coolidge, from Thomas jefferson.
Charles f.. Nirdlinger, the dramatic
critic, encourages theater-gOers to cX-
pect great deal from Mrs. Fiskes COM
ing performance Of the dramatizcd "Van-
ity Fair" Mrs. Fiske," he says, has
taken pains to secure a cast of eXcep-
tional fitness, but 1t would take very
bad actors, indeed, to fail to score with
such vivid personalities as Thackeray
t~.1 l..
ed for next season to which one may
look forward with more lively interest
and pleasurable anticipation than tho
scenic Transformation OF Vanity Fair "
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-31

falling off in six years of nearly
II per cent. in the passenger traffic of
the steam railroads of Massachusetts,
not confined to the larger cities but
said to be general throughout the state,
is occasioning speculation. 1t is read
lily seen that the trolley lines may have
contributed to this decrease in the
cities. but how about the country dis
tricts? Some say the long-distance
telephone has reduced travel; others
that the trusts are responsible on ac-
count of the reduction of the number
of commercial travellers and still
others lay the blame on the census
man, who in late years has shown
Massachusetts to be growing deficient
in the matter of large families. For
ourselves we have no opinion to offer,
but it is certainly curious phenom-
enOn,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-31
A Good Judge of Men.

The story that it was Roosevelt's
vigorous protest which forced the mat
ter of Alger's retirement to a focus
and made it possible for Mckinley to
unload may or may not be true. But
whether 1t is or not, Roosevelt has GER
tainly played large part in the his
tory making of the past two years.
Did you ever stop to think that to
this reputedly impetuous and head
strong man (taking him at the lowest
valuation of his critics. we owe not
only good deal of the credit for the
navy's success in the war with Spain,
on account of the vigorous way in
which he fought to get it in shape for
war, but also the placing in the line
of duty and promotion of the two men
who have since gained recognition the
world over as the finest revelations of
that war? But for Theodore Roosevelt
George Dewey might today be a little
known man living in sllppered ease at
a Washington club and Leonard Wood
a virtually unknown army contract
surgeon. If craftsmanship consists,
among other things, in the ability to
pick the right men for responsible
places, then Governor Roosevelt cer-
tainly has by these two instances alone
won the right to be considered a statec-
man of no inferior order.
third selection of his will soon go
on trial in the person of Elihu Root,
the new secretary Of war. If he shall
prove to be in the Dewey-Wood class,
the least that this country can do in
testimony of appreciation to his spon-
sor is to make Roosevelts election to
the presidency in 1904 practically
unanimous.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-31
TOUCHES OF SENTIMENT.
How We Learn.


Great truths are dearly bought. The
common truth.
Such as men give and take from day to
day,
Comes in the common walk of easy life.
Blown by the careless wind, across our
way.
Great truths are greatly won, not found
by chance,
Nor waited on the breath of summer
dream;
But grasped in the great struggle of the
soul,
Hard buffeting with adverse wind and
stream.
But in the day of conflict, fear and grief.
When the strong hand of God, put forth
in might,
Plows up the subsoil of the stagnant
heart,
And brings the imprisoned truth-seed
to the light
wrung from the troubled spirit, in hard
hours,
OF weakness, solitude, perchance of
pain,
Truth springs like harvest from the we'll
plowed field,
And the soul feels 1t has not wept in
vain. -Bonar.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-31
Australian Federation Assured.

Three of the seven colonies Of British
Australasia having voted overwhelm-
ingly for a federated government,
among these being New South Wales,
which has hitherto been the stumbling
block, the success of this interesting
movement now seems assured. Last
week Victoria voted 145,014 to 9,6U5 for
federation, and Tasmania 1880 to 800.
On June 20 New South Wales gave q
majority of $4,000 for the common
wealth bill and the other colonies will
vote upon it later.
Under this bill the supreme authority
will be vested in a governor general,
appointed by the queen. He will De as
sisted by a federal executive council
and the laws for the entire federation
will he made by parliament of two
houses-a senate and a house of repre-
sentatives, Each original state will
have six senators, with representation
in the second chamber proportional to
population. Each will have not less
than five representatives. and as nearly
as possible twice as many as it has
senators. The capital will be in federal
territory, within 100 miles of sydney
N. S. w.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-31

them, and they are ready to give him a
hearing when he has a case to argue,
but they no longet take opinions from
him ready made.
There are, TO be sure, a good many
yellow and yellowish journals and one
or two downright obscene and utterly
depraved journals, Of which the Scran-
tonian in this city has the dishonor to
be without question the unapproach-
able worst; but what proportion do
these bear to the newspaper press as a
whole? Net enough to justify Mr..
Pingree's remarks. lie is right in say
ing that the excesses of these unrepre-
sentative publications need to be sup
pressed by law but he is unfair in con-
demning the whole guild for the de-
pravity of a minority among its MEM
bcrship.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-31

Absent -mindedness seems to be a COM
mon failing among great men. An anus
ing story is told of the late Louis Pas
teur, who so distinguished himself by his
discoveries in regard to bacteria. While
dining at his son-in-law's one evening,
1t was noticed that he dipped mis- cher
ries in his glass of water and then care
fully wiped them before eating them. As
this caused some amusement he held
forth at length on the dangers of the
microbes with which the cherries were
covered. Then he leaned back in his
chair, wiped his forehead, and uncon-
sciously picking up his glass. drank off
the contents, microbes and all.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-31

not found among normal men content
edly situated and with bright prospects
before them. Take from the negro op-
portunity and ambition and you con-
centrate his natural energies in the d.
rection Of passion and lust. The So
ciety which shuts the door Of normal
development in the negro's face opens
another door to the peril Of its woman
kind and to the gross accompanments
of mob law and general demoraliza-
ton. This is the lesson above all 9TH
ers which the South most needs to
learn.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-31

with 605,99l tonnage, Russia has 1,2lS
vessels with n tonnage of Gi3,52i. Italy
has l,l50 vessels and France l,iS2 No
other nationality can boast OF IL thous-
and ships Japan has Sii, Denmark 7e6
and Spain 7Ol. The British and Americans
together control one-half of the entire
merchant ship tonnage afioat. our tom
mage is mostly lake and coastwise.
Bulwuyo, which was four years ago
literally what it's name signifies, tine
place Of killing" is now linked by bands
of steel with the civilization of older
countries. Trains are now running half
the distance to Uganda. General Kitch-
ener reports that the railway from Cairo
to Khartoum will be completed about
September /. This is half way from the
Mediterranean to Uganda. Thus about
one-half the distance from the Cape to
Cairo may be traversed by rail.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-31
A Law of the Links.

It's up and away for our work today,
For the breeze sweeps over the down:
And it's hey for game where the gorse
blossoms flame,
And the bracken is bronzinG to brown.
With the tuIf meath our tread and the
blue overhead,
And the song of the lark in the whin:
There's the ilag and the green, with the
bunkers between
Now will you be over or in?
The doctor may come, and we'll teach
him to know
A tee where no tannin can lurk;
The soldier may come, and wen promise
to show
Some hazards a soldier may shirk.
The statesman may joke, as he tops ev-
cry stroke,
That at last he is high in his aims;
And the clubman will stand with a club
in his hand
That is worth every club in st. James's.
The palm and the leather come rarely
together
Gripping the drivers hnft
And it's good to feel the Jar of the steel
And the spring of the hickory shaft.
Why trouble or seek for the praise Of a
clique?-
A cleek here Is common to all:
And the lie that might sting is very
small thing
When compared with the lie of the ball.
Come youth and come age, from the
study or stage,
From bar or from benCh-high and lowl
A green you must use as cure for the
blues
You must drive them away as you go.
We're outward bound on a long, long
round.
And it's time to he up and away;
If worry and sorrow come back with the
morrow,
At least Wen be happy today.
A. Conan Doyle, in "Sor gs of Action
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-31
Never Missed It.

a friend calling upon Peter Burrowes,
a celebrated Irish barrister one morning
in his dressing room, found him shaving
himself with his face to the wall, and
asked him why he chose So strange an
attitude. The answer was, "To look in
the glass" "Why, there is no glass
there" said the friend. BLESS you!" OK
claimed Burrowes II did not notice that
before Then, ringing the bell, he called
the servant and questioned linn respecting
the looking glass which had been hang
ing on the wall. "Oh, sir" said the SER
want, 'it was broken six weeks ago.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-31
Jim Grow.

oh, say, Jim Crow
Why is IT you always 80
With a gloomy coat of black
The year long on your back?
Why don't you change its hue,
At least for a day or two,
To red or green or blue?
And why do you always wear
Such a sober, somber air,
As glum as the face Of Care?
/ wait for your reply,
And into the peaceful pause
There comes your curious, croaking cry
"Oh, because! cause! 'cause!'
oh, say. Jim Crow,
Why, when the farmers sow
And the corn springs up in the row,
And the days that once were brief
Grow long, and laugh into leaf,
DO you play the rasCally thief?
l can see by the look in your eye
Wary and wise and sly
That you know the code in vogue;
Why will you then, oh, why
Persist in the path Of the rogue?
/ harken for your reply,
And into the empty pause
There rings your graceless, grating cry
"Oh, because cause! 'cause!'
And say, Jim Crow,
With all Of the lore you know
Lore of the wood and field,
Lore Of the clouds, and the clear
Depths of the atmosphere,
To our duller ken concealed
Why is 1t you ever speak
With a mingled squawk and squeak?
You, with your talents all,
And your knowledge Of this and that,
Why must you sing like a squall,
And talk like perfect "hatY'
listen for your reply,
But in the lapse and the pause
All / hear Is your impudent cry
"Oh, because! cause! 'cause!"
Clinton Scollard in Woman's Home
Companion,