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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09

was divided into three, and two sections
rode away to the eastward under Hoofd
Comnandant Pet DeWet. With him
went some eleven hundred men, six guns,
one Maxim Nordenfelt, and one small
Maxim. III; = - =. !:
! The remaining four hundred with those
Of us who accompanied the headquarters
stat. keds s2a g5a Earais' farm, at oos-
prut, and Oh saddia there. About 4
o'clock in the morning old Christian De-
wet moved US down into the Koorn
Spruit and disposed of us along the fur
Their bank near the Bloemfontein water
works, where the big road dives down to
cross the drift. ~
In front Of us the British bivouac fires
glowed DULY not afEquarter Of mile
away. Away over, "a mile and hall
to the eastward, where the sky was al
ready beginning to tighten, Piet Dewet
with his six guns and 1,1OO men; was
safely slowed within 300 yards Of the
British lines. -: -. )
Between us were Gen. ,Broadwood, a
force Of fully 1000 men and rich con-
voy. And yet had we encountered no
outpost, discovered no picket. We had
ridden the ten miles since the dispatch
rider arrested us unchallenged, and now
the old hunter lay expectantly awaiting
daylight and the British.
AS the dawn broke. Piet Dewet's guns
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09

cracked, the mounted d1rfantryn1an pitched
forward out. Of his, saddle, and thirty-two
Of his troopers lay wounded or dead be-
side him. :. ....s ~
Away out across the two thousand
yards to safety an ugly wake of khaki
marked the course Of The escorts retreat
until the days Tight was done.
Had the cavalrymen's commander had
presence OF mind equal to his courage
and given the order "Charge!' he had
altered the days fortunes and I had not
written this story. But Hritain's star
was clouded that S1st day of March, last
year, and little mistakes were quickly
added to the first great error of choice
OF position and lack of efficient vigilance.
| Startled by the crackle of Mauser fire
In a wholly unexpected direction, the G
and Y batteries of Horse artillery wheeled
right under the Boer rifles In thirty
seconds the horses Of five guns of U
battery and two guns of Q battery were
Killed and their drivers out of action.
The remaining five 9-pounders staggered
across the plain and opened fire from
the station buildings, 1900 yards away.
Their singing shrapnel dampened the
Boer fire, but when the order to retire
came only ten men, several of them
wounded, could leave the field with their
guns.
Behind. in the spruit, Dom Christian
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09
''JEs' COMMON OLD MISERY"
Why Rufus Suddenly Decided That
He Didn't Have Paralxsis


Kansas City Star.
busily engaged in polishing the doctors
shoes while he was being shaved. AS
was his custom. the doctor said How
are you feeling, Rufus?''
Il amt much. Kindly POORLY, thank
you. doctah," answered the boy
whats the matter?'
Paralysis"
''What?" -
"Paralysis."
Had the doctor not been 80 we'll &C.
quainted with the negro race, he might
have allowed himself to show astonish-
ment AS 1t was he determined to see
what would result from further inquiries.
where's your paralysis?' he asked,
kindly. g~ -
Rufus was drawing a rag swiftly
across the left SHOE.
I'm the right hip. doctaf,'' he answered.
Its probably rheumatism" suggested
the physician.
mo, indeed. It's paralysis. I reckon
I knows rheumatism and I knows paraly-
sis. This is suttenly paralysis"
Tie doctor drew a good-sized pin from
the lapel of his coat.
well, Rufus he said seriously,
there is only one way to tell. Come
here. I'm going to jab this pin in your
hip. If 1t hurts, then you have rheu-
matisnl. If you don't feel it, then you
are right and you have paralysis"
The boy did not rise, but drew the
rag thoughtfully across the shoe. FL
nally he said:
''Doctah, I reckon you. mus know
more about them things than I do. /
know it amt nothin' but jes' common
ole misery''
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09
THE PHIL SHERIDANI0F The TRANSYAAL|
Dahng History
Makes His Only Headquarters in Saddle. .

I first met Christian Dewet on the
march to Sannats Post. We had started
away Rack, about Winburg-mid
'twixt north and south Of the Free State
and were pushing rapidly, purposefully
south. What reason there was in the
movement no man among us knew. Lord
: Roberts occupied sBloemfon in front,
and all around us were active columns
With the little knot of foreign attaches
had received an invitation. to accom-
pany Gen. Dewet on an important ex-
petition. With such bald instructions we
perforce rested content, and for three
days and nights rode steadily forward.
Such breathing spaces as we had were
punctuated with queries:
Which of the 1900 men around us was
Dewet?' "Whither was he bound? ,
Was he going to cut the railway line?"
WAS the Boer mad dream OF an attack
upon Bloemfontein to be put to the test?''
We asked and marveled but found no
answer. With difficulty we singled out
DeWet, the man whose name will live
longest in the history of the Boer war.
With us were two Dewets-Hoofd Com
mandant Piet Dewet and plain Com
mandant Dewet. The hoofd command
ant was tall and young and command
Ing, and to us in our ignorance the Lead
er of the expedition.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09

sounded the reVeille In an instant Broad
wood and his camp were awake and bust
ling. Soon, out of the morning half light,
doomed the first Cape cart rafting down
ward toward us and Bioomfonte.n. The
word went round, G"No shot to be fired
till Gen. Dewet's rifle gives the sig
nal!''
Without advance guard or cavalry
screen, scouts or fankers, the rich con-
voy rolled downward into the waiting
arms of, Dewet. First came the Cape
CARTS then the light baggage wagons, and
after them the long string of numbering
mule wagons-twos Tommies in front,
two Tommies behind jangling their way
toward Bloemfontein.
On the verge of the spruit stood Chris.
tan Dewet, silent, cool, and as the
lead mules. crossed the lip he placed a re
straining hand on the lines and MUIR
INJURED invitingly, Come I'M"
~ Dewet's First Coup.
They came, and after them came fully
fourscore others-draggIed Tommies,
dumbfounded TONNES, devil may-care
Tommies-but no single Tommy had the
presence of mind to wave back his sue
cessors in the miserable procession. And
there was no escort.
With time and the packing Of the bag
gage train in the spruit something OF
doubt arose in the mind of the British
commander. He dispatched squadron
Of mounted infantry to reconnoiter the
position. The troopers came crisply trot-
ting up, deployed and advanced to within
eighty yards of us. Every face in the
long. straight line stood out distinctly as
Dom Christian once more rose and in
vited the cavalrymen's commander to
come over.
Through his Interpreter, Ricketts,, De-
wet told the officer he and his troop must
surrender or fall where. they stood The
commander heard and rode hack to his
men, covered all the distance by Dewet s
rigid rife Then the command rang out,
Files about ga1lop.,, Dewet's rife
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09

fourth finger Of the sovereign's hand Is
among the crown Jewels. Legend has 1T
that the coronation ring worn by Edward
the Confessor was one which, years be-
fore. he had given to an old man who had
asked aims of him. Two Englishmen,
who were In the Holy Land years after
ward inquired their way of an old man,
who, after giving them the directions
they vented, and having learned that
they were Englishmen, handed one Of
them ruby ring to be returned to the
King of England. The recipient and re-
turner Of the ring, according to the le-
gend, was ST. John the Evangelist The
ring used in tie coronations lis. newly
made for each sovereign, and is called the
wedding ring Of England" Commonly
1t has been plain gold band in which is
set a large table ruby with the cross OF
ST. George engraved on It; but the one
made for Victoria was set with rubies,
surrounded by diamonds. The Offering
made by Victoria on the occasion OF her:
coronation was a pail. composed Of ten
Yards of gold barred, gold frosted fl0Mex-.
ed brocade, lined with rich sarsenet and
with deep gold fringe. The queen pre-
sented this offering kneeling at the altar
steps, the Lord Chamberlain having car
ried it until then. ,
These are some of the ceremonials and
features of the coronation which were ex-
tant at the succession Of Queen Victoria
and many, If not most Of them, are like
1y to be introduced at the coronation Of
her son, unless King Edward VII UNI
dertakes to fly in the face of tradition. It
is not to be supposed, Of course, that
tradition IS as strong today in Eng
land as 1t was two centuries ago.
Speaking of the strength of custom as
expressed In certain forms Of court etl-
~duette,- recalls a story Of Queen Cath
arine, the wife of Charles H.. According
to this story, on certain public occasion
tatharine had the misfortune to fall from
her horse. Her foot caught in the strrup,
and the result was that she, was sus-
|, pended in an inverted position for sew
eral minutes, and, in the presence Of
forty-three attendants, not one of whom
dared to come to her relief, because that
was the business Of the grand equerry,
who happened to be elsewhere at the
moment. How long her royal highness
might have remained suspended no one
can tell, but an uninstructed passerby
saw her predicament and took it upon
himself to release her. He was given
several doubloons for his kindness, and
then condemned to Punishment for his
fndiscretion.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09

was busy, with his peasants thrift,
experimenting the mending Of the dam
aged wagons Strengthening the bent axle.
tt ees and splicing the strained dissei
booms. AT one swoop lie had captured
seven guns, 40 wagons. with nearly 1000
mules, 400 prisoners, and had driven from
the field with heavy loss force of 1900
men under one of the sma rtest of British
cavalry generals.
The Typical Guerrilla Chief,
1t was Christian Dewets first rad on
the British and tho omens wero farora-
BILE. On that s31st Cay of May, 1900, De-
wet began his career as guerrilla chief
For him tho style of warfare Is ideal.
A. born hunter, he carries with him a
forco of native born Free Staters He
has as his field Of operations a state Of
about the size of Kentucky, every foot
Of which is known to him and every man
under his command. Every resident is
2. sy-n1pa thizer ready with food and with
information. He needs no commissariat.
He has no headquarters save his saddle.
His authority is tho old state presid ant
whom he carries with him. and his Object
is ! the harassing of the British troops
spread all around him. With slight ex-
sception he has confined his raiding TO
the $50 miles Of prairie between the
Orange river and the Vaal. He raids
north or south of that district have been
few and shortived. forced upon him By
stress of circuIns tances.
Tnencumbered by baggage or by COM
rnissariat, DeWet moves with nothing5
heavier than a two-wheeIed buggy. His
guns he buries when he desires to increase
his speed. only to resurrect them on less
pressing morrow. Ammunition is passed
in some mysterious way to centers in the
mountains and every farm has its little
bundle of cartridges awaiting him.
II only no can maintain his supply Of
5horsemen -Dewet can operate for years
yet in the Free State capturing isolated
conveys, surprising solitary columns,
,sWoopinE down ON unprotected towns. IN
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09

The other Dewet was a taciturn man
OF middle height, of middle age, with a
sparse, scrubby beard and a thick mus
tacne. his high, square forehead rose
steeply from pair of bushy eyebrows,
oeneath which pair of restless eagle
eyes ga.ed out to che distance In the
eyes there was no. laughter, but the
gleam OF a steady purpose, the cold re-
sourcefulness of man hunted by his
fellows. +zs...~.se
Dressed In seedy black coat and a
pair Of striped trousers. nothing in his
attire or bearing suggested the generlI
He was common Boer peasant, soeah-
Ing the pateis of his race End concern
ing himself with nothing beyond the i'm
mediate concern IF the ia.ment But ii
his face there was the stamp of inv:r.
chile discrimination; his mouth. slightly
dropping at the corners, was carried
tightly closed, and the strong, ..,1ii;,, jaw
was set firm behind the Struggling russell
beard
As the third sun set on our forced
march the attaches became FESTIVE, and
United States Attache Reich1n Inn rode
forward to ask the object of our eAer-
tions.
Il do not know was the only ri ,,iy
and we jerked at our BRIDES as we rode
on into the gathering night.
simple Boer ignorant IF me os. save
the wide landscape spread cut before
him, possessed of no strategy except his
hunters instinct, and utterly incapable
OF intelligently explaining his purpose,
DeWet took refuge in silence. No man Of
his commando knew more than we did
but they understood their leader ard
cantered unquestionably, ,1nappreh:n-
sively onward.
In the Presence of the Enemy.
Suddenly the long, struggling line was
called to halt A dispatch rider on "a
painting welt pony refined up beside the
general and delivered to him some kind
Of report. Dom Christian heard and
considered, and then in the darkness our
whole DISPOSITION was changed. The force
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09
MRS. NATION AT THE BAR
Dame Nation Of red Kansas

Dame Nation Of red Kansas :
By all her ribbons swore
That her bewhiskered neighbors
Should quench their thirst no more;
She smashed a glass and chewed it,
And spat the pieces out
And tore out punches of her hair
And flung them forth upon the air
And fercely danced about
East and West and North and South
She ran with all her might,
And never did a ntaddened COW
Present so fierce sight!
Shame on the Kansas woman
Who sits at home and croons
A lullaby when she might be
Demolishtng saloons!
The bourbon and the lager
Are pouring out amain
From "Frank's Buffet" and Georges
TO irrigate the plain:
And many costly mirror
Is cracked In forty ways,
ana az her actions are designed
TO brighten and amaze
Decrepit folk on crutches ~.
And laughing maids and men
Beh lsl her smash the windows,
She grasps the shameful painting
That hangs above the bar .
And tears it into little bits @ *.'|
And scatters them afar. -s.. - -
And. screaming in her anger,
She spies demijohn,
And, as the fearful tiger -.
Springs on the helpless fawn, -
She takes it in her clutches 5-
And bites it full of holes! 90
Inc man who tends the bar and he
That owns the institution she - ~, -
knocks down with bricks and things and
leaps ~
Across their covering forms and heaps
Her curses on their souls.
The sheriff hurries forward
And bids her cease a pace,
She pulls his earscand tWeaks his nose
And roughly slaps his face!
She rips the bar to pieces
And knocks out all the bungs
AND round about, five hundred men
stand with protruding tongues.
She grasps the tall cops whiskers
Within her goodly clutch
And pulls them from his system
And HThoops to beat the sDutch!
Her hands are full of splinters,
She feels them not nor cares,
But keeps right on proceeding
10 regulate affairs.
And when her work is ended
THE men who stand around
And Hghin fh see her eat the hoops
Speed off in all directions
And thank their lucky stars
That they may still get thirsty
And drink at other bars.
All, may her muscle ever
Bulge till her fight is won
For oh, wot she II need a lot
y Before. the Job is done!
Hurrah for Mrs. Nation
Ten thousand times hurrah IS
For her who, IN her good right hand
Can swing the fearsome brickbat and s
Herself become the law;
IS. E. Kiser. in Chicago Tin1es-Hera1d.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09
Puget sound Lumber outnut.

Last year the Puget sound sawmil
and single mill at Fairhaven. Wash,
cut Is sS1, 7Ss feet of lumber and 1885 coo
shingles. The output of shingles in 1900
was 81 per cent greater than in 1899. The
Puget sound shingle mill has held the
record Of the world in the output of
shingles for the past three years.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-02-09

many score. It is perhaps worthy of
remark that among the 81 pictures that
edorn the queens private rooms, her
daughter-in-law, her sons-in-law, and her
photographs and miniatures of them
abound on every side.
THE QUEENS DRESSING ROOM
The mantelpieces. and occasional tables
in the queens dressing room are as
erarming1y arranged and befowered as
those in the sitting room. Here the green
silk alls and hangings make a perfect
background for the toilet accessories that
cover the dressing table. These are all
Of gold, worked and chased into most
delicate designs. The mirror is set in a
square-cornered frame that rises at the
gold tray, fanked by four scent bottles
of carver crystal. Two Of these are set in
gold fltgree stands of shallow boat
shape. The .pincushion is dark. blue vel
vet, fitted within gold pierced edge. OF
gold boxes there are about a dozen, and
they are Of every size and shape, ranging
from the large square handkerchief box
to the small nutlike patchbox. A pair. OF
candlesticks, two large oval hair brushes
without handles, and handbell complete
the. equipage. From the dressing room
Gently elaborate gold stand which sup
ports lamp and dressing kettle. of the
same precious metal.
The solid gold hand basin. on The Got.
tom of Which are engraved the royaI
arms, has romantic story attached ,
1t. 1t was made especially for mo orlesn's
e use at her coronation after ta'
ed and every effort X a;sanyer It com
pletel G fai, Lee, Aft. sr twenty years
IONS were ntell some structural aitesa
palace se eng Executed il p,i Sc 5a n
hollow workman, found 3uls .o oLief hand ba
! s 3. stree .'' that time the queen has al
ays made a noint NJ using y 8 =
s 9. does not possess ao,den
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-11
THE SUMNER BIBLE SCHOOL
A Happy Combination of Rest and
Culture.

Arrangements for the Summer
Bible School, which will hold its
first term at South Kentucky Col
lege June 1928, are practically COM
plete. A great opportunity is af-
forded the people of this region by
this school to combine rest and re-
creation with the acquisition of
useful knowledge of great Christian
themes. 1t is such an opportunity
as should especially commend it.
self to preachers, Sunday School
superintendent and teachers and
workers in Endeavor societies and
all missionary organizations. The
school is not for preachers only.
The best facilities for Entertain.
ing those who shall attend have
been secured. South Kentucky
College opens the rooms of her re-
Gently renovated and refurnished
building to them. Her beautiful
campus high above the town and
well shaded invites them The
college management will furnish
board and lodging to adults at 50
a week and to children under s
years old at half price.
No tuition will be charged. Only
voluntary offerings to the financial
support of the school Will be asked.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-11
John H. MITCHELL.
Oregon After a Fierce and Long
Legislative Battle.

John H. Mitchell is a resident of
Portland. He was born in Washing
ton county, Pa, on June %, 1885. He
received a public school education,
and after studying law began to prac-
tice. subsequently he moved to San
Luis Obispo, in California, where he
followed his profession. Afterward
he came to San Francisco, where he
practiced for a short time. In 1850
he removed to Portland, and in 1861
was elected corporation attorney,
serving one year. In 1862 he was
elected on the republican ticket to
the state senate, where he served
four years, the last two as president
of that body. In 1866 he was defeat
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-11

For many years past, says a writer
in Parsons Magazine, the require
ments in timber of the eastern hem
isphere have been practically all sup
piled by Sweden and Norway, but
the day is already almost in sight
when even this source may be unable
to meet the demands made upon it,,
The available wood in America will
soon be entirely absorbed by Amer
lean people. In this direction, then.
Russia sees her chance coming, and
has long been putting her house in
order, so as to be ready. Though in
many parts of her European terri
tories the forests have been cut
down as recklessly as elsewhere, they
still cover nearly two-ffths OF the
whole country. In Siberia so vast
are they that their extent can hard
ly by estimated and several decades
must elapse probably before they can
ovQn he exDlored.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-11

in 1874. The political field soon
claimed the young lawyer, and he be-
gan to take an active part in repub-
lican politics. In 1898, when the
number of circuit Judges was in
creased, he received the republican
nomination to the bench and was
elected for four years. He was re-
elected for the full term of six years
in June, 1897. In 1876 Judge Hanecy
married Miss Sarah Barton daugh-
ter Of William H. Barton. His fam
lily consists of six girls. The judge
and his family are members of Grace
Episcopal church. He lives at 5116
Michigan avenue. The judge is
member of the Hamilton, Union
League and Washington Park clubs.
He was defeated by Richard Yates
for the nomination for governor of
Illinois at the Peoria convention last
year.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-11

ed by one vote in caucus for United
States senator. He was chosen pro-
fessor of medical Jurisprudence in
willamette university at Salem, Ore,
in 1867, and served nearly four years.
He was elected to the United States
senate as a republican, to succeed
Henry w. Corbett, republican, and
took his seat March A, 1878. His term
expired March 3, 1879, when he was
defeated for reelection by the late
j. N. Dolph, but in 1885 he was elected
for second term of six years, and
in 1891 he was again reelected. He
now succeeds George W. Mcbride.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-11
WEATHER FORECASTS
Ry rIarsh, the Ohio Prophet, For
Month of June

Hot, sultry weather will prevail
during the month of June, the heat
being relieved at times by heavy
raius aud storms. During the
raontb heavy rains and storms will
prevail over Ohio, Kentucky, Ten
nessee aud West Virginia.
Between the 18th and 18th: Hot
aud sultry weather over the entire
couatry, causing prostrations IN
many parts of the country. Tenn
perature will rauge between 90 and
loo degrees from the lower Missouri
valley to the Atlantic Showers
aud thauderstorms will occur over
the Northwest, and hot, dry wealth
er over the Southwestern portion OF
he eoUntcy.
Bctweeu the 14th aud 18th electric
stora1s, high winds and rain over
Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois
and the Ohio River Valleys. Heavy
rain and cyclonic storms over Kan
sas, iowa and Missouri. Rain and
thunder storms with wind will pre-
vail from the lower lakes South
westward to Kansas.
Between the Doth and oath gener-
al storms. Severe damaging lorna
does or cyclonic storms over the
states OF Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri,
Wisconsin and Minnesota, preced-
ed by rain and hail Severe wind,
rain, bail and lightning over the
states OF Ohio. Indiana, Illinois,
Tennessee, West Virginia, Michi-
gan aud Kentucky--most severe
over Northwestern Kentucky.
Cloudbarsts over Texas, causing
foods.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-06-11
WANTS TO BE MAYOR.
judge Elbridge Hnnecy Nominated
by the Chicago Republicans to
Oppose Carter HARRISON.

Elbrdge Hanecy, the republican
nominee for mayor Of Chicago. is a
judge of the Cook county circuit
court. He was born on farm in
Dodge county, Wis, March 49, 1859.
He graduated from the schools in his
county and came to Chicago in 1869
and obtained a position with Field,
Letter g. Co., where he remained
until 1871. He then worked two
years for J. V. Farwell & CO., but
gave up his position to study law
with the firm of Hervey, Anthony &c
Gale. He was admitted to the bar