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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-05

the hills near Pretoria, and It Is this
open country the British raiders would
seek, ln order to cut the road. ( But
that calamity would not be fatal TO the
Beers defending their capital. There
Is another railway route to Delagoa
Bay on line branching off east of the
mountains and running northwest to
Leydsdorp, in the northeastern Trans.
vaal. Petersburg, so miles west Of
Leydsburg. is the northern terminus Of
road to Pretoria. and the Beers
would have only an so mile haul by.
wagon to run needed supplies to the
capital. The advantages of attack
from the east depend upon the British
forcing the Biggarsburg and Laingsnek
passes.
But it is the region south of Pretoria
already described. the southern border
of the Transvaal and the mountains
just beyond. In the Orange Free State
and the Transyaal, which constitutes
the first line of defense and which 10
now threatened by the British under
Roberts and Butler. After that comes
Pretorm itself.
The line now heli by the Boer forces
along the Vaal and parallel mountain
ranges Isl In the form of curve open
to the south, with Kroonstad inclosed
as In q pocket and protected by ranges
on the southern or open side toward
the British advance. For the supply
of the troops at the front and for the
rapid shifting Of commands the Beers
have line of railway from Laingsnek
on the extreme left to a point only a
few miles from Bloemhof on the fex-
treme right. and the road Is every
where projected from raids by noun
tain ranges. BY means of this road the
Boer right or left could be re-enforced
from the, center in the course of a few
hours. Beers fighting Roberts In front
of Kroonstad one day could go by rail
eastward and fight Butler on the Big
garsburg. ueXt day. Meanwhile the
British armies. until the Drakenberg
passes are forced. would be completely
isolated one from the other. All the
movements or preparation for move.
ments since Roberts reached Bloem.
fontein point to a plan to unite these
forces below the vaal or north of It ip
the southeast Transvaal. After that
Pretoria.
The conditions for the defense OF
Pretoria are vastly superior to those
at Bloemfontein. In fact. II Is quite
evident that the Beers never inteaded
to make strong defense Of the capital
OF the Orange Free State. The heart
OF the Boer country is far to the north
: of that point
IL might be said that Pretoria is tho
heart OF the Transvaal, and With In
downfall all goes. The preparations
made for its defense indicate that In
terest or pride has declared that 1
shall be fought for as the last ditch
The hills surrounding the capital OF
all sides have been crowned with sew
EN- principal forts built by European
engineers. The best modern guns are
mounted In the forts. and none was
taken away for Siege operations south
The guns command every approach u
the town. ana each fort is providot
with Its own magazine vault, holding
enough shells to feed the guns two
years.
Pretoria's forts are Of masonry. fac
ed with earth aud this facing Is pro
tected by sand bags piled level Will
the walls. Telephones, searcblightl
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-05
Renewing Life In spring.

Thou, y Spring, canst reloyate
AL tl,si. high God did mat create.
ne still hla arm and architect,
Rebuild tho ruin, mend defect.
Chemist TO ysmp old worlds with new.
Coast sea and sky with heayenl.er blue,
New tint the plumase OF the birds.
And slough decay ;rom grazing herds,
sweep ruin, from tile scarped mountain,
Cleanse the torrent az tho fountain,
puTse Alpine ali by towns dcalcd,
Bfihs TO lair mother igirer child,
MOI lees ientn1 tho hoart and brain.
Scatter the sloth, wash out the stain.
MAKE tho aged eye sun clear.
10 parting soul bring grandeur near.
Under gentle types. my spring
Masks the might OF Nstures king,
And energy that searches thorough
FROM chaos 10 thu dawnlnS morrow.
Into all our human plight
The soul's pilgrimage and dight,
In city or in SOLITUDE,
eiep by step, LITE bad TO good.
Without halting, without rest.
Lifting better w 10 best.
Planting seeds Of knowledge pure.
's.ough earth to ripen. through heaven er
Z, durc.
--Emerson
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-05
What Ii sIaveryf

A. just Keeps life. from day to day,
In your limbs, as In o cell,
For the tyraht's use TO dwell;
tia 10 be a slave in soul
And 20 hold no strong control
Over your own will, but be
All that others make OF ye-
so that ye Tor them are made,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-05

md underground passages OF conniu-
nicatlon as well as skillfnlly laAd
mines give evidence that the Beers
lack nothing in the way OF equipment
for staggering humanity when it
comes TO the last ditch. Their food
storchouses are kept filled with im-
pcrlshable supplies. and II fought out
with Ahc usual spirit and execution Of
thesBoers on the defensive the siege
Of Pretoria. when II comes. should be
the most desperate In modern times.
!, How many men the Beers have un.
der arms Is still unknown. but 1t Ia
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-05
A Church In a Cave.

A natural cave in the cliffs of Ledaig,
near Oban. in Argyllshba. ENGLAND. was
fitted up as place of worship b, rhs b
cal poet and postmaster. Mr.. John Camp
bell who acted as pastor for many years
and was much respected. He cleared out
the cave and had II furnished with trunks
Of trees for the worshipers to sit on. The
table. which is also a reading desk. is
said to be-t the portion OF tree on which
King Robert the Bruce rested. The high
land worsbipers who assembled In this
unique church never numbered more than
80. when II was considered full. and
sometimes the pamber was but three OF
four.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-05

The NEW FlhLD OF WAR
plain, the British odds of 10 10 are
nothing in attacks on the positions the
Boers may defend In the path Of Lord
ROoerts before he annexes Pretoria to
kandnhar In his lordly title. Webster
Davis. who was there, asserts that
there were but 1000 Beers at Lady
smith and OH the Tugela coping with
$4,000 British first and last. OF these
3.000 were sent west and only 1000
remained to keep Butler south of the
Tugela for weeks. SA
And should Pretoria fall. what next?
1t 10 said that the Beers. may take
themselves to Leydsflorp. where. In the
mountains, in marvelously rich cot,n.
try with railway to Delagoa Bay. they
will light on indefinitely to save the
head Of Dom Paul and the honor Of
the ISoers who have sworn never to
yield to the British flag.
ri GEORGE l.. K1LMER.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-05
STORY OF A WATCH.
tbst nt the Bnttle of Gettysburs and
Found In Honolulu.

bst nt the Battle of Gettysburg and
Found In Honolulu.
An old fashioned silver watch waa lost
II the battle of Gettysburg in 1868.
Thifty-six Yeas later that Aame watch
was restored to its owner in Honolulu.
George Detz was the soldier who lost
the watch in the battle of Gettysburg.
says the San Francisco Call. His COM
pany was Company d of the Sixth Con.
necticut volunteers. They were brave
men that went to form it, brave and am
bilious and trnc to their Gag. But the
south fought bard, and It, too, was
strong, and the plucky volunteer compa'
ny found itscf with some other COM
mands hemmcJ III between two advanc'
ing columns OF lcbels. The Confederates
maintained merciless fire. and the
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-05
An old Man. Dream.

VII. for one hour ot youthful ioyi
Give back my twentieth springi
I'd rather laugh bright haired bo,
Than reign a gray haired king!
on with the wrinkled spells of asei
Away with lcatning's crown!
Tear out life's wisdom written page
And dash Its trophies down.
One moment let my likelihood streau
From boyhood's fount OF fame!
Give me one giddy, reeliIg dream
OF life all love and fame!
fly listening angel heard the praye
And calmly smiling said:
'If but touch thy silyered hair,
Thy hasty wiall had sped.
s'But Is there nothing in thy track
To bid thee fordly stay
While the swift seasons hurry back
To fnd the wished for day?"
All. truest soul OF womankind.
Without thee what were lifeY
One bliss cannot leave behind.
Ill neutrality-suspicious.
The angel took q sapphire pen
And wrote IN rainbow dew.
"The man would be boy again
And be husband too"
f'And is there nothing yet unsaid
Before the change appears?
Remember, all their gifts Lave fed
With those dissolving years"
Why, yes, for memory would recall
My fond paternal joys.
could not bear TO leave them all.
I'll tpke--my-girl-a and-boys.
The smiling angel dropped his pen.
"Why, this will neger do.
The man would he boy again
And be father too."
And so laughed my laughter woke
Tie household with its noise
And wrote my dream when morning brc
10 please the gray haired hoys.
oliver Wendell holm
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-05
TnSey Agreed.
-Emerson.

e does not always do to agree with
ones friends The other day friend
was telling me Of some silly thing he had
done and suid
"You know what an asst ami"
Az innoccnily ! answered:
"Yes." .p
He refused TO continue his story any
further. ~
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-05

WILDERNESS
of mounts
lies between the
British In the
Orange + re e
State and Natal
and the points
they must con-
troll in order to
strike Pre- toria.
With Lord Rob.
G rts a n d til e
main army in
check at Bloem-
1fontein and Bull
Ter at q standstill
before the Dra-
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-05
Mrs. Minnie Fiedlsr, of Mt. Pleasant,


Mrs. Minnie Fiedisr, of Mt. Pleasant,
Iowa, says: rtAE y
N"1 was afflicted for years with St.
vitus' dance. The first symptoms ofth
disease began In 1880, when the nerves
began twitehing in nylcft hand. ! con-
suited physicians of this city, but none
Of them ever did me particle of good.
After I had suffered for two and one half
years, the disease continuing to grow,
worse, 1 heard of DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People.
1t was in 1891 that was induced to-.
try them, and was surprised at my
rapid Improvement. I took only two
boxes, and was entirely cured. 1t was
hard to realize that I, who for over two,
years was scarcely ableto walk, and who
often found it almost impossible to talk
should be restored to perfect health and
in full possession Of ali of my powers by
two boxes Of this wonderful remedy.
"I am happy to state that my health
is still perfect and ! have never had the
slightest symptoms Of return of the
disease, although itis eight years since
I was cured"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
contain, in condensed form, all the ele-
ments necessary to give new life and richness
to the blood and restore shattered nerves.
They are an unfailing specific for such dis
eases as loeomotor ataxia, partial paralysis,
st. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia rheu..
Ia grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and
sallow compilations, all forms Of weakness
either in male or female.
Or. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People are never
sold blythe dozen Of hunarea b.t always M 'n ps&Sk. &
Hams MedlciHe Company, schenectady, N. ", 90
cents perbox. boxes $3.50.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-05
GEMS IN VERSE.
OLD FAvORlTES.

Love and Thought.
What hath Love with Thought to iSS
still at variance are the two.
Love is sudden. Love is rash,
Love is like the levin fash,
Comes as swift, as swiftly goes,
And his mark as surely knows.
Thought is lumpish, thought is slow,
Weighing long tween yes and no.
When dear Love Is dead and gone.
Thought comes creeping in anon,
And in his deserted nest
Sits TO hold the crowner's quest.
Since we love, what need to think3
Happiness stands on brink
Whence too easy tits to fall
Whither's no return at all.
Have care, lalf hearted lover,
Thought would only push her overl
Lowell
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-05-05
B0ERS' STRONG Ll.yE.
SOME THINGS ENGLAND HASN'T DOM
VET IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Mountainous Gibrnitnrs Face BuIIer
ON the Right ana Roberts In the
Center = Two Lines. 90 Be Broken
Before II Comes to Pretoria.
Copyright. 1900. by q. L. Kilmer.l
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-20
NOTES AND OPINIONS.
THE MATTER WITH VIRGINIA.
(Richmond NeWs.)

What Is the matter with Virginia.?
enquiries the Norfolk Virginian- Pilot,
giving figures TO show that North Car
DINA has passed us in the census re-
ports having in ten years gained 15O.-
GOO more population than we did.
The first thing the matter with Vir-
ginia. esteemed contemporary, Is that
in the past we have refused 10 ac-
| knowledge that anything was the mat
| ter. We have come along with our
calm sense of superiority and invinci-
! BILE self satisfaction and have let other
! states, South and North. run by us.
Another thing the matter with Vir-
| GINA is that in every community we
| have number Of most estimable and
! loveable gentlemen who died in 1865
and yet continue to walk around and
exert influence. They stopped thinking
| in that year and concentrated their
| fine faculties on remembering. They
are more interested in some disputed
point of a battle of the Civil War than
in any proposition looking to the
building of Il new factory or Il rail-
road.
| We have fingered fondly in an In
| dian summer of dreams and memories;
our associates the traditions of beau
| tiIul but vanished past; and while we
We're there the people in North Geor-
| eia and Western North and South
| Carolina have pushed right into the
| living and strenuous and booming
| present. They have learned to think
| to the last minute of the last day they
are living in and are in touch with the
newest and livest ideas there are. They
have put away old prejudices and mar
rowness and got down to ground-scuf-
| fling, man against man, brain against
brain. They have become n practical
and thoroughly modern people and
have learned about thrift and push;
about advertising and making every
edge cut, and Watching for opportuni-
ties and taking swift and prompt adj
| VANTAGE of them.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-20

the election, With millions added to it.
and why should they protest?"
That is about the size of it, but it
Is rather rough on the 100000 who
did not vote for the trusts.
If. Maynard is allowed to hold the
seat to which he will receive certifi-
cate of election 1t will be q disgrace to
every member of Congress who votes
to allow him to get this advantage
from fraudulent certificate. We hope
DIR. Wise will contest, but it is an out
rage that he is compelled to contest
every time for the place to which he
has been fairly elccted.-Spirit of the
Valley.
1t is sad to find the Spirit thus in
consolable and. so to speak, veXed in
its temper. The facts happen to be
that DR.. Wise did not poll anything
like his party vote. many Republicans
voting directly for Maynard. while
others refrained from voting the Con-
gressional ticket at all. Instead of be-
ing fairly elected" DIR. Wise was fair
~ slaughtered
The State of Nevada has only 42,354
people, and still it has two United
States Senators and u Congressman.
Its representation in the Senate is ex-
actly that of New York. or any other
State.--Fincastle Herald.
Well, if 1t is n State, why should
1t not have the same representation in
the Senate as New York, or any other
State?
1t is safe to conclude that the Vir-
gina judge who ruled that woman
may be the head of her home has an
amiable Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
More likely that his wife had an ami
able and obedient observation-disclosures
burg lndeX-Appeal.
More likely still he had no wife and
had never had one. The bachelor has
least TO fear from woman as the head
of the household.-Danville Register
He has Il wife; he is not particularly
amiable or obedient; and he is not a
Virginia judge. Why can't you keep
the facts straight.
Let the place seek the man. This
means more than one would at first
suppose in these days of political pre-
ierment. There is a contest ahead of
us, in which we do most emphatically
assert. that it would result far better
to the Commonwealth of Virginia if the
| place should go al man seeking than
the man shall so Il lace-seeking. We
have reference to the selection of dele
| gates to the Constitutional Convention.
I-Accomac News
The place seeking the man is mainly
part of the irdescent dream of pure
politics. 1t does seek the man some
times but usually the best IL can do
Is to choose one of the dozen or SO who
are seeking it.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-20
THE USUAL THING.
ATLANTA Constitution.)

The Republican leaders may take up
DR.. Wises case again and endeavor to
force him upon the House. but the
majority Of Northern Republicans have
gotten tired of doing Migrant injustice
simply To give recognition TO a lot of
unworthy southern Republicans. who
are unable to he elected to Office, but
who count upon the support of their
party associates to keep them going
in this profitable industry. They have
begun to see that this sort OF thing
brings discredit TO the party and is
one of the clements contributing to the
Democratic soidity of the South. More
than once have leading Republicans
expressed their disgust at the whole
business and their determination to
put an end to 1t.
1t is To he hoped that IN all decency
these gentlemen will give Il practical
demonstration of their determination
when they are called upon to pass
their Judgment upon such farces as
the Wise contest. They can we'll af-
ford, with the majority they have at
their back, to do the fair and just
thing. The professional contestants
and tho Washington lawyers who profit
by these cases Will, of course, do
everything in their power to keep the
old order of things going; but IL there
is any broad craftsmanship or even
broad craftsmanship on the Republican
side of the new House. these contests
will be kicked out in short order.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-20
NV ELVE PAGES
TUESDAY, NOV. 20, 1850.
REASONABLE RATES ASSURED.

The action OF the Board OF Trade and
Business Mems Association, in favora
bly, considering the movement for the
Peoples Telephone Company in this
city, should go far to assure the sue
cess of the new undertaking, ana with
IT the permanent establishment of rea-
sonable telephone rental schedules. The
men who have the enterprise in hand
are fully alive to the necessity of going
about 1t in n business-like way, which
is really the only requisite to its sue
cess.
The Virginian-Pilot takes it that
there will be ample Safeguards to pre-
vent u majority of the stock ever
passing into hands that might be hos
tile to the purposes for which the new
company is to be organized. That
much being promised, there will be lit
tie difficulty in disposing of the stock
under present conditions. What IS
equally important Is n thorough under
standing that the new system will give
strictly firstclass service in every
respect. No other sort will satisfy the
business community here Now that
the independent manufacturers OF tele-
phone supplies have the privilege Of
using all the best devices, there will be
no trouble to make the equipment of
the new concern as thorough as that of
the Bell or any other company Such
company, starting with the good will
of the whole community. will get bust
ness with ease No time. however,
should be lost in getting this enterprise
under way. The iron. is now
hot. and should he struck before it
cools. The community must have tclc-
phones, and at reasonable rate. and
1t wants to know where to place it's
contracts Hurry along the new com
rany and give the public reasonable
rates and protection against would
be monopoly.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-20

State press. The regrettable part of it,
however. is that the. political bearings
Of the proposed revision seem likely to
overshadow other features at once
more important and more dangerous to
the States welfare. The question of
suffrage restriction is being put above
the question of just and equal taxation
and the question of Offices paramounts
matters touching the industriar growth
and development of the State. This
too. despite the fact that the DISPOSE
ton the convention will make of the
suffrage problem is already practically
settled by conditions precedent and by
the pledge of the last Democratic State
Convention.
The Nirginian-Pilot would not be un
derstood as Understanding the i'm
portance OF proper settlement OF the
question of suffrage restriction; it is
fully alive to The seeming necessities
of the case; it would only protest
against going into this business with
undue political ardor. to the certain
neglect of important fiscal considera-
tons and the contamination of jobbery
through negligence. This it is moved
to say by observing the phase of the
new Constitution proposition with
which the press of the State is chiefly
concerning itself.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-20

The Hon. j. Frank East is getting
into the humor of letting the cat out
of the bag and telling just how the
Bell Co. lost that $4,000. The South
ern States Co. made money. The Bell
Co. evidently had some extraordinary
demand upon it of which the States"
Co. was free. AS the trail warns it
grows interesting. In moment. some
ovcrburdened soul will break forth i'll
a shout of glory and tell what he
knows. Murder will out. If the Bell
Co. has told anybody how it lost money
that person should let the people
know. The people are paying 100000 n
year for the privilege of knowing, and
don't you forget It =!
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-20
THE EXTRA SESSION CALL.

Governor Tylers call FOR an extra
meet in Richmond, January I'D. and
provide for holding n Constitutional
Convention eliminates one cause Of
criticism and discussion. Il is To be
regretted, however. that the Governors
reasons for the date selected were not
allowed to reach the public. lie has
been hauled over the Goals rather
sharply by some of the State papers
for putting the date so late as the 23d,
one at least charging that he wished
to defeat the whole scheme for Con-
stitutional revision. In justice to him
self and as matter of information to
the public he might very well have
reason why 1t should matter very much
whether the special session was called
for November Esd or January 23d.
The really important thing is that
men shall be sent 10 the convention
who will not wear anybody's collar or
jump when anybody pulls string. and
who have. withal, sound Judgment and
n thorough knowledge Of the states
needs. 1t looks at this distance that
sweeping changes in the Constitution
are going TO be made, and unless the
process is attended by the exercise of
great discretion serious insists are
likely to appear when we come to adj
just the Constitution to actual every
day affairs.
That there Is unusual interest in this
question Of Constitutional revision is
perfectly plain. IL the newspapers OF
Che State are any index. 1t has been
Dor nearly a year the predominant
political topic in o majority Of the
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-20

Sundays dispatches announced that
the deal which has long been pending
for the consolidation of all the con-
Germs handling Carolina pine has at
last gone through. There is no deny
ing that the lumber business has been.
for some time, more or less democrat
lied. and this doubtless contributed TO
the formation of what viii proba bly,
prove to be practically trust
though there is the usual announce
ment OF benevolent intentions. Ad-
vancing prices of lumber and 4 partial
paralysis of the building trades are
not improbable results of the consoli-
dation.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-20
WILL DISCONTINUE
SOUTHERN BELL PHONE
WHEN CONTRACT EXPIRES

OF
of
TRADE AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.
II. Nlercha
Il FL Gocer36 street.
ba street.
II Z lain stree.
w. Grocer Churchst
Il. iors. Cranky street..
BROWN. Wholesale smout Va
SONS Wholesale Va.
IN produce to .
& dealer Church
HowI.ETT TATEA,
Va.
c. A. WOODWARD Merchandise street
L. J. WILlINSON Residence.