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men been pinched Tor powder and shot
Provisions, too, we had In great guam.
tity but over 5000 hungry mouths soon
make vast inroads into the largest stock
Of f0odstuits. Iu this number l am iu.
GLIDING, Of course the 5000 blacks who
make up the KalHr stadt just outside
our own limits, and who have 70 be
taken care Of by u.s.. We get little
work out OF these blacks. and few OF
them have been useful as runners but
they are not trimming over with en-.
ergy
But g was IN artillery that we have
been woefully weak The Beers have
had their huge Big Ben, which throws
a % pound shell, while for most Of the
time our heaviest guns have been z
Founders. II you can imagine q mad
denIng situation, you have It here. II
seems Ike peppering away az noun
tain with pea shooters We are out
ranged, and the Beers know Il and al
ways have known q, The most we can
do is 90 crawl out 20 our EXTREMIST out
post trenches and there send a few inn
potent Maxim and rife bullets In the
direction OF Big Ben's emplacement.
from whence come those terrible
screaming, booming "a pound exploding
messengers Of death And / might
state iu passing that the Beers all along
seem 20 have been most eXtayagaut
and reckless with their ammunition.
Many of their bombardment move.
ments have lacked both apparent pur-
pose and definite results, for all Of
which, Of course, we are humbly thank
ful.
Perhaps nothing viii show our dearth
Of artillery better than the fever Of ex-
element which was raised by the find
ing Of an antiquated old naval l6
FOUNDER gun not far from the Kahlr
stadt, where Il had laid rusting for
years. II IS a queer old gun Weighing
about half a ton and stamped mo, 6,
Port" II was probably made about
1910. For some time II was lying on the
farm Of an Englishman who has Inter
ests IN the native stadt and there Is "a
tradition that two Germans brought II
up from the coast more than 40 years
ago For some time II was used up
country by the Baralongs in their inter
tribal wars and later was used against
Dutch freebOoters This old relic, when
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HIS couNTRYs LrBERAToR.

Simon Bolivar Is the man 10 whom,
above any other person. South America
owes It's freedom from Spanish oppres-
sion. A native Of Venezuela after vls-
itng England and the United states In
1909, he determined 10 liberate his own
country from foreign domination. Aft
er the instruction al Caracas, April 10.
1910 he was sent TO London 10 interest
the British government in behalf Of the
insurgents or patriots" but finding
this IN vain he entered the army under
General Miranda aud fought in many
successful engagements,
The Spaniards however, regalned pos
session Of Venezuela, and Bolivar fed
10 Curacao. Here, with the aid Of the
government Of New Granada, he raised
new army with which he entered Ca
racas as a conQueror on Aug. 4, 1913.
He was hailed as the liberator Of Ven
ezuela and appointed dictator for life
Six years later az Angostura, he re-
celved the title Of president and the
powers OF dictator lie next freed New
Granada from Spanish rule and at
tached Il TO Venezuela as a republic un-
der the name OF Colombia, being re-
warded with the presidency OF the new
state
In 1924 the Spanish were finally driv-
en- from Peru. and within three years
the Bolivian code was adopted by Bo-
livla and Ecuador But jealousles and
consplracies arose, and scarcely had the
llberator OF South America been APP
pointed president for life when he was
Elected from the Office and bitterly de-
nounced as an ambitious adyenturer.
Venezuela separated from Colombia
Immediately Bolivar retired 10 Carta-
gena In failing health and died at San
Pedro In 1880, but not until the govern
ment OF Boguta. rCpentIng Of is ingrat-
ltude. had voted him a pension Of $4,000
piasters. with the thanks OF the people.
He died in the prime Of life at the age
Of AZ years.
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ingness 10 court martial and shoot the
party or parties who had instgated II,
providing any Of our men had been IN
jured.
Before going further had better
point out just how we had prepared TO
hold out against the Beers. when 1
first came here last june there was a
good deal OF war talk I'm the air. but no
one then dreamed that Mafeklng would
be mcnaced. In fact Colonel Baden
Powell was the first man TO anticipate
such a move, and though he clamored
for bigger guns and more supplies, the
home officials did nothing IN the matter.
So he went at it, making the most Of
the situation.
Now, IL must be remembered that
Mafeklng Is Ike no other military town
In South Africa II lies Ike a wart on
the face Of the wide. rolling veldt with
mo- hills and no timber about It. II had a
little tin fort that was not worth the
room Il took up II also had a little tin
battalion Of regulars, not enough TO
hold back 1000 Beers. The first thing
done was o. divide the town into four
different sections, each Of which had us
own arrangements for defense. The
outside limits OF the defense lines were
then decided upon. Little outpost forts
and redans were put up and trenches
were made. Each outpost fort was
made a little telephone office. with con-
nections with headquarters This was
the wIsest Of moves. as future events
showed us. a few mines were also laid
but we could not spare ammunition on
such a medium Of defense. knowing
that our shot aud shell would
have 90 Doe wen husbanded in case OF
any prolonged siege We ala not then
imalHo that this same Siege was 90 be
q matter Of half a year The next thing
done was 20 sweep the town clear Of
spies and suspects. There was quite a
little army OF them, but they were an
Fven time TO take their departure n
they so chose. Those who did not skc-
daddle were promptly locked up. But
an along there must have been one on
two Boer secret service men In our
midst Tor carefully as had been plan-
ned and secretly as had been carried
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ssuG HEADQUARTERS

OF many Of the houses IN the town into
bombproof places Of retirement, and In
the meantime called for a volunteer
home guard. There already was Colo
mel Hore, with hIs 400 regulars Of the
Protectorate Regiment and a few score
Bechuanaland Rihes-smart looking
buffers In khaki uniforms aud brown
leather SLOUGH hats with white pug
carries. a handful Of Cape Police and a
squad Of British South Africa Police.
But these regulars could have done
nothing against our 5000 Beers without
the home guard Indeed. IL has been
the lrregulars. u seems to me, who
have always been most itching for fight,
most daring 10 the different reconnols-
sanCes and most bitter IN the stands
against snyman and his men. when
the siege began. we had, thanks 10 the
fact that MafekIng has long been a sort
OF frontier storeh0uss for the northern
wilderness stretching up 10 Bulawayo.
plenty Of supplies on hand. Just what
Ammunition we had ! have never been
able b. learn, but not once have our
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showed the Beers that the Mafeklng
hornets were not yet quite ready 70 be
smoked out Of their nest. They also re-
strained the Beers from pushing their
trenches 10 within rife FIRE Of the town
itself.
Some time ago Snyman, realizing our
supplies were getting short. tried a
characteristic Boer dodge 10 embarrass
us. He sent into rs under white flag
nearly a hundred scrawny and starving
blacks, all ropsi together our colonel,
OF course, refused 10 receive them. II
was while doing 80 that o number Of
our men who went out 20 discuss the
matter We're fred on by the Beers.
We ourselves are now dining on de-.
lcctable horsehesh, The hard tack and
bully beer Is getting painfully scarce
and timed mutton Is a rare luxury The
recent lucky capture Of bunch OF Boer
I've stock gave az most cheering taste
OF fresh meat My own great trouble n
that my supply Of llmewater Is running
short though. thank heaven. the days
are now growing cooler. Since the Beers
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Il was hauled into town. We all looked
upon as a godsend. We went 10 work
on a. We cleaned Il out and rtmounted
u and polished IL up and drilled IT,
rusted tube, and with anxious hearts
ran It out on rs empacement and
gave % rs first trial We were
afraid Of that old gun, so We gave
II only two pounds Of powder as rs first
charge Every one was made 20 get un-
der cover. FOR II was ten 10 one the
crazy old thing would explode. The
shot was fired II was followed by a
cheer, for there stood the grim old war
rior Of the seas intact We found that
II had thrown a bail Of ten pounds over
20o0 yards. The charges were then In
creased carefully by half pounds until
a three pound charge sent ten pound
bah over two miles. After Christmas
day we got ready FOR regular practice
with our new deIdpIece, and since then
Il has sent many O little message over
into the Bocr lines. We are now max
ing our own balls and shells Tor "BP,"
for such the new accession has beer
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ing It's big % pound shells into the town
and the thunder Of their Ga pound how
lUer mingled with the rattle OF their
QUICK firing Krupps u has got 10 be
an old, old song, this deep, bass roar
ana whistle and scream Of projectiles,
WIN The smoke and smell Of bursting
smells. snyman's men, after q short
s'l have Weakened up today, and from
poih The north and east they are now
raining their lead and steel into our lit
ue town Mafeking is taking II meekly.
''e.I lodging soon loses It's novelty, and
'N.ie is no excitement We have an
crown used TO the danger, and many
W me people about here ] notice. are
now desperately reckless IN exposing
themselves. II Is the dun. tragic, terri
D.e nonotony o. Il all that Is unendura-
U... When viii Plumer come? That IS
,0' question on every lip. It can only
l- answered by a respondent shake of
vac mead and a melancholy and half
hopeless glance out over the long, wide.
cray Veldt where we can see the dull
NAIie blur Of the B0er wagons drawn
UP 10 lager AZ the outpost forts and
I.lan' men stand all day long with big
,.e,2opes up 20 their eyes looking into
'oe horizon Tor some glimpse Of the fly
.'s column that was to reach US so
''oi, ana as yet has not arrived.
I' Us an very weary work. In Rlesle's
,''-l where I am writing this. ] can
near The click Of billiard balls from the
mex, room and occasional bursts OF
i i'u1 laughter, but It Is the sort Of
-4usnler one does not like. II has n
~ 'ned and forced and nervous ring 20
H. II is not drunken laughter. mark
s'u. Tor when even beer Is 2 shnllngs n
s..,ss--welL blue ribbon societies are
rather unnecessary
h1t as / said before. Il is growing
weary work. Il was on Wednesday. the
. .t.. OF October. you viii remember.
way Cronje and his men came
p'V the border The next day
w cut our communications with the
s'u'h. and although the different
,,.'e'pondents here kept the wires
uo' irving TO get through their
~, not one-Quarter Of what we had
" say ever reached Cape Town. BY
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A sroRY OF THE KAISER.

The Christmas fair is an Institution
In Berlin A fortnight before the reg
ular time rows OF wooden sheds filled
with cheap articles " all kinds are
opened 10 some public street or square,
and the poorer classes purchase their
presents there. while FOR children Of ev-
cry rank 90 wander mp and down the
rows Of booths Is rapture The Empress
Frederick when crown princess, used 10
go with her husband and children 10 the
WeIhnachts market, which was then
held in the big square near the schloss.
called Lust garten. The children were
allowed TO save their pocket money and
spend II at the fair just as they liked.
a good story Is told Of the kali
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A cnowN WORTH $1,000. 600.

The state crown Of Great Britain was
made 6l years ago for the queens cor
ouaticu and Is among the lightest Of
European crowns Although Il weighs
only two pounds seven ounces, It's value
is 5000. 900. and Il contains 5000 stones,
many Of them historical one enormous
sapphire came from the signet ring Of
Edward the Contessor and from this
association IL reported 10 have the
power Of healing disease, one Of the
rubies. however. has a sadly tragic his
tory. 10 was at one time In the posses
sion Of one Of the kings Of Grenada,
whom Pedro the Cruel invited 70 his
palace and tascIy murdered out Of
greed Tor this gem.
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began May 10. 1869. II he lives and
serves until the end Of November next.
be viii surpass the years Of service Of
President Holyoke.
john +. Wilson, delegate 20 congress
from Arizona. Is credited with being the
most languid member OF the house.
Most Of the time during the daily ses-
slons he r. stretched at fun length on
one Of the many couchts Ia the cham
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orously TO
dachshund belonging 10 Prince Helm
rich which was very dirty IN It's habits
The boys were indignant at a thrashing
their pet had received and planned
vengeance When, IN the morning early,
Clara entered 70 sweep, she was seized
by four muscular hands, and her face
was daubed wiCh SCOT,
At this critical moment the crown
princess passed along the passage, and,
hearing Clara's loud protests, came 70
her sons room. The maid tried with
the sleeves Of her light gown 10 wipe
her face, and the crown princess at
once grasped the situation. Now"
said she. you have spoiled Clara's
dress; you must repair the damage.
Such a dress costs 10 marks, How much
money have your?
The boys, with shamefaced express
sion, counted out their cherished saw
ings. There were only marks and 80
pfennlgs between the two u will lend
you the remaining 2 marks 90 from your
next weeks pocket money" said their
mother giving the maid the money,
"and it viii be no good your going to
the Christmas fair, as you have no cash,
so you will both stay indoors"
The kaiser and his brother remember
their chagrln 70 this day.
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mite here. Now. dynamite Is not a good
bedfellow In times Of sieges, and the
military authorities wanted very much
20 get rid OF that dynamite, Finally
that stout hearted fellow, Engine Driv-
er Perry. volunteered 10 take his engine
and make a dash out Of town and down
a distant siding with the two undesir-
able carloads. He must have got about
a mile and a half out when the Beers
stopped him. II can be imagined how
every one In the place watched that sol
itary hero as he steamed In his reckless
way right into what seemed TO ms the
Jaws of death, for one bullet I'm that
load Of his-and there wouldn't even be
a button LEFT As soon as he found
himself foul Of the enemy, therefore. he
slipped his coupling from the two cars
and scurried back toward Mafek.ng.
We could not see distinctly but he must
have got about half a mile away from
the cars when the explosion came.
Even at that distance the force OF the
awful conclusion shifted his engine on
the rails and flung Perry against the
side Of the cab In the town itself Il
broke window glass and. ! verify be-
lIeve. It must have been felt in Cape
Town. The Beers. Of course, thought
they had secured another armored
train when they saw those cars and az
once started TO close In on Them 4
Mauser bullet must have penetrated
one Of the cases Of dynamite The next
minute 20 torn and maneled dead lay
scattered about the track The Beers
have always denied this. but the next
evening I saw enough blood at this spot
along the track 90 float q pontoon
The night Of the explosion we expect
ed a general advance OF the enemy and
no one thought Of sleeping AN the cor.
respondents PINT On the ncht at D.Xon's
hotel which Blden-Powel. or "lmpee-
81. The hyena." aa The ka1irs cali him.
has since made the headquarters Tor his
officers and staff and there we waited
Tor the expected rattle OF musketry
ready 20 go Co whichever side OF the
town the first engagement might take
place. 10 was not until the next morn
lng. however that captain Bentnck. q
real 1--we English lord, but a good fellow
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Der. Mr., Wilson hopes for promotion to
the millionoires' club" when Arizona
is admitted TO statehood.
Postofiice servants in London are re-
CURED 70 report TO their superior off,
GERS any case Of scarlet fever small
pox, typhus fever, cholera, diphtherla.
measles or typhoid fever occurring In
their homes.
Senator Bate Of Tennessee, says q
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displacement Of 92io tons, and her
iron armor Is four and one-half inches
thick.
An example Of patient Industry ls the
sorting Of hogs brlstles as II is carried
on az TIen-tsin, China. Each brlstle Of
the 100000 Kilograms exported from that
place 10 1895 had TO be picked out. meas.
ured and placed Ia the bundle Of hairs
Of corresponding length. and the differ
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ent lengths by which the hairs are
sorted are numerous.
War correspondents In South Africa
Hsy that the land IN the vicinity Of
Kimberley is so sulphurous that even
ants cannot exist upon Il.
The president Of Harvard college who
served longest was Edward Holyoke.
whose term extended from 1881 10 l,GS.
IN all 3lis years President Eliots term
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writer us one Of those old fashioned
statesmen who believe that legislator
should not be under obligation 10 a
corporation. DE says that be never ac-
cepted a railroad pass, He pays. too,
for his kilograms, never even taking ad-
vantage Of the government rate"
Ab Ak. a Boothhay (Me) fisherman,
claims 10 have the shortest name on
record. IL IS not abbreviated. either.
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ALL THE WORLD OVER.

hlblted IN Holland FOR the benefit Of the
Boer fund.
The British ironclad Warrior which
is the oldest warshIp Of its kind IN her
malesty's navy. has Just been stricken
from the roll Of vessels IN active sery-
ice The Warrior was launched In 1850
and completed the next year. She has
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Scenes and Incidents In the
Heroic Siege Endured by
Colonel Baden-PoweH
and His Garrison,

Friday afternoon the Beers had torn up
the railway 10 the south, and there we
were. Isolated on The lonely fringe %
the great kalaharI desert, stretching
away 70 the west and the duh. rolling
veldt Of Bechuanaland fading into the
north. In other words, there we were,
stranded IN the ground swell OF civiliza
tion, shut up IN the jumping on place Of
civilized South Africa.
The first episode Of our cutting OF
was a stroke Of luck FOR as. We had,
we found, two unused carloads Of dyna-
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IN me famous Wiertz museum at
, - lsseis' where the works Of the eccen-
W., ~. painter Wlertz are preserved. Is a
isa'nuhg representing Napoleon In the
,"-.'l,ai regions A Dutch artist has
H. o c,ueed the picture. but has placed
=, '. Shamberlain's head ON Napoleou's
'"0u'oers' The painting has been ex-
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ser and Prince
Heinrich when
about y years
old They had
received permis-
sion 20 60 10 the
fair with their
tutor on the
very day a dis
asteroccurred to
them. There was
a grand quarrel
on with the
housemald who
had 10 clean the
princes rooms.
Clara had dared
20 nhlnnl NLR.
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From our Special Correspondent In
Mafeklngl
%HE merry siege Of Mafekingl
That is what the outside world
is calling the struggle Of this IT.
lie frontier town against 5000
p-srs. wonder II any one outside OF
1afsg.ng today realizes the bitter irony
o, that little phrase!
At the time Of writing this, indeed,
Matching has every reason TO be far
frsm merry. Even as / write ! can hear
,bs boom Of the Beers Big Ben cough
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-08-09

South Atlantic States" with headquar-
tiers in Washington.
Ye gods and little fishes! Think OF
that Butler directing Bryan's cam
paign" In North Carolina and other
South Atlantic States, where the Dem
ocratic party, which Butter has done
all in his power to defeat, must elect
Bryan if elected at all It is incon-
ceivable why Mr.. Bryan will not cut
loose from this pestiferous demagogue.
He has been warned time and again, to
my knowledge, and he has been In
North Carolina within few months
personally, and could not mistake the
conditions here. Buffers further &C
tivity in Bryan's behalf is bound to
operate to Bryan's disadvantage, and
in this case the man certainly needs tC
be saved from some of his fool friends
Butler first of all.
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SCOTLAND Eek II, TARBORO 10

In a slow, Ilfeless game Scotland
Neck defeated Tarboro last Tuesday on
the Tarboro diamond. Errors were
plentiful and both pitchers were batted
hard. Dunn was handicapped by core
finger, and considering this he pitched
good ball. Arnheim did not pitch
anything like the game that he pitch
ed in Scotland Neck.
The fielding on both sides was very
slow. Several balls which were knock
cd to the outtield and resulted In two
baggers could have been folded had
the outfelders been fast OF foot In
the jnfield Baker and Hoffman carried
off the honors.
Scotland Neck has strong team,
probably the strongest since '92, and
deserves better support by the home
people than is given it. Come out In
full force to the next game and show
the manager and captain that you ap-
preciate their efforts to put out win
ming team.
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DOES IT PAY TO BUY CHEAP

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WINTERVILLE NEWS.

Correspondence to The Commonwealth.
WiNTERvILLE, n. c., Aug. I, 1900.
It was remarked several times here
on election day that the day seemed
more like Sunday than anything else.
Hunsucker buggles must go, they
will go, they are going as fast as
we can ship them.
We heard one man say he had rath-
or be caught with sheep On his back
than wear white supremacy button
Wonder if he will not emigrate to
Africa now.
Our business is strictly a white
mans business. We doubt if there i,
an establishment in North Carolin,
depending on the public Tor it's support
that would claim anything else now
If 50 they Will get lett. We treat all
right and the white ones white, Come
to see us or send your order to A. G
Mfg. Co.
Prot. G. e. Lineberry, of Ashpols
has been elected Principal of Winter.
Vile High School. Mr.. Lineberry ii
an A. u. graduate OF Wake Forest
college with several years experience
in teaching, and Is we'll known by sov
eral boys in this community. Hayt
not fully decided who the assistant.
will be, but will be supplied in time
Fall term opens Sept. 3, and this il
the place to send your boy or girl to
school.