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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-12-24

Washington, Dec. 1S.-As understood
here, the blockade to be declared by
the allies against Venezuela on. SatuF-
day is to be a "war blockade, as
contrasted with the "peace blockade"
which has been in operation since the
trouble with Venezuela assumed an
acute stage. Ordinarily legal block
ade is preceded by declaration of
war, but at times this formality is
dispensed with and a blockade main
tained just as though war had been
formally declared. To ali intents
and purposes war has existed and such
condition has been recognized by the
governments of the allies. A formal dec
laration that blockade has been es-
tablished will be sent to all the powers
and it will be recognized by the United
States government. Following the
practice in such cases this government
will maintain an attitude Of neutrality
towards the belligerents, which they
practically become by the establish
ment of a war blockade, although
whether a presidential proclamation
announcing our neutrality to the world
will be issued has net yet been decid-
ed. The matter will come up for de-
finite determination very soon. Our
government is fully informed of the
Intention of the allies in the move
ments they are making IN the opera
tions against Venezuela.
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Foils a Deadly Attack.

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we're unable to help her writes NJ. NJ.
Austin. Of Winchester. Ind. coat was CON-
pletely cured by Dr.. Kings New Life
Pills" They work wonders IN stomach
aud liver troubles. Care constipation.
sick headache. 25c. at j. T. ". DeLorme's
drug store.
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Washington, D. c., December IT,
There will be no effort on the part of
this Government to resist war block
ade of the Venezuelan coast as against
merchant ships. Custom requires
that due notice shall be given of
the blockade, and that fact, taken in
connection with the declarations that
have been made in the British Parlia-
ment by the authorized representa-
tives of the British Government,
will be sufficient to justify all neutral
nations in the understanding that a
state of war does actually exist. This
might in the end require the issue of
a proclamation of neutrality by Presi-
dent Roosevelt, but this, It is stated,
would not be timely now.
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Caracas, Dec. lS.-It has been learn
ed from an official source that the allies
today will notify the Venezuelan
authorities at La Guayra Of the block
ade to become effective Dec, 20, at 3
y. m., of the ports of La Gaayra,
Puerto Cabello, Cora, Maracaibo,
Carupano and Barcelona.
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SUMTER. s. c.. WEDNEsDAY. DECEMBER "a. 1902.
The VENEZUELAN BLOCKADE.
In Reality a State of Var
Exists.

Berlin, December IA formal
notification of the blockade of the
Venezuelan coast by the war vessels
Of the allied Powers is likely to be
issued tomorrow. 1t is understood
that ships of the United States will be
on precisely the same basis as those
Of other nations.
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Berlin, December 17.-Germany con-
siders that President Castro's proposal
to arbiatrate is inadequate, unaccom-
panied, as it is with guarantees to pay
if the arbitrators decide against him,
and a reply in that sense has been
or will be sent through Minister
Bowen. Great Britain will make a
similar answer. These statements are
not made officially, but are derived
from an excellent source.
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-21
Mr.. DOOLEY ON THE WAR GAME.
By Du nne-copyrIgh 1902 by Howard

tie in which me gallant foe met
his fate was tn conclusion iv one
iv tn most successful soeyal an
naval campaigns in tn histhry iv
our country. / have tn honor to
inform ye that promptly on tn
declaration iv war give an
afthernoon tea to tn Duchess "
Marlborough. TIL forts at New
port attimpted to reply, but was
unable to scoor more thin three or
four westhren millyonaires an
soon succumbed to tn inivitable.
Thin moved up tn Sound an fell
upon Gin'ral Macarthur whin he
wasn't lookin' Befure he cud load
his guns, we poored a perfect
blankety- blank hell iv blank cart
ridges on him. He made spirited
reply, but it was useless. We out
fought him be nearly fifty thous-
an dollars worth iv powdher. In
tn mist iv tn flame an smoke
discerned tn caitiff foe standin'
on top iv fort directin' his wav'-
rim forces. "Hi-spy Gin'ral Nc
Arthur" says l, in claryon tones,
an tn battle was over to all In
tints an purposes. | have to ispi-
cially commind Cap'n McWhallop,
who, findin' his boat caught be-
tween tn fires iv tn inimy, called
out: Lay me down, boys, an save
tn ship. I'm full " marmylade."
TIL ladies aboord was perfectly de-
lighted with tn valor an hospital
ity iv our men. Tonight we COM
pleted our wurruk De giyin' din
ner an hop on boord tn flagship.
Among those prisint was an SO
on.
That's what tn gallant Higgin-
son says. But listen to what tn
akelly gallant Macarthur says: I
have tn honor to rapport that me-
silf an me gallant men, but large
ly if | do say it that shudden't,
mesilf, crushed an annihilated tn
inimy's fleet at high noon today.
Las night at tn first round ~
jacks, or midnight, as civilyans
wud say, we rayceived a rapport
firm our vigylant scouts that tn
inimy were not at Bar Harbor,
Pookysie, Keokuk, Johannesboorg
or Council Bluffs. But where
were they? That was tn ques-
ton. An idee struck me. War is
as much matther " ingenooty
an thought as iv fire an slaught-
er. l STINT out FIR an avenin' paper
an as l SUSPECTED, it announced
that tn cravan foe was about two
blocks away. At that very mo-
ment, tn sthrains iv tn Bloc
Danoob' was waited to me ears
an me suspicious was confirmed.
On such occasions there is no
sleep FIR tn modhren sojer. Ma
polyon wud've gone to bed but
slumber niver crost me tired eye
lids. Twas six o'clock whin we
cashed in an each wint to tn
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ABOUT. asked
Mr.. Hennessy.
It's a kind iv a blind mans
bluff" said Mr.. Dooley. Its a
thrile iy cunnin an DARN between
tn army an tn navy. Be names
" 1t we larn whether tn inimy cud
sneak into Boston afther dark
without annywan SEEM thin an
anchor in Boston common. Ye an
| know different, Hinnissy. We
know how nanny people are in tn
sthreets afther dark. But tn navy
don't know an tn army don't
know. Their idee is that Ger
man fleet might gum-shoe up tn
harbor in tn dark iv tn moon an
whin people turned out FIR their
mOrnin' dhram, there wud be tn
Impror Willum atm his break
fast iv Hungarian Goolash an
noodle soup on tn steps iv tn
State House iv Massachusetts.
But It's gran game. I'd like to
play it mesilf. It's as noisy as
forty lives between Connock men
an as harmless as a steeryopticon
fletcher. If war an tn war game
was tn same thing, I'd be an adj
miral at Taste, be this time with
me face gashed an scanned be
raspberry jam an me clothes
stained with English breakfast tea.
"Th' navy chose to be tn inimy
an twas tn jooty iv tn navy to
devastate tn New England coast.
h. f,fI = In "
tn army was to cath tn navy at
its neefaryous wurruk an tag 1t
befure it cud get its fingers crost.
To play tn game well, tn navy
must act as much like an inimy as
it can an tn army must pretind
to be JUS as cross at tn navy as
it is whin they are both on tn
same side. Frindship ceases whin
they set in.
Its a hard game to follow il
ye're lookin' on an putin up tn
money as | am. I've been readin'
about it in tn pa-apers an can't
make out now whether tn inimy is
lootin' tn breweries " Connecticut
or whittier tn defenders iv our
hearths has blown thin up in tn
harbor iv New London. 4 have tn
honor to rapport says Admiral
Higginson, that I have this day
destroyed all tn forts on tn New
England coast, put tn defenders to
rout with great slaughter an kilt
with me own hands Gin'ral Nc
Arthur, tn commander iv tn Ian
foorces-a brave man, but no
match FIR ye'ers thruly. His las
wurruds to me was, "Higginson,
We done WE'LL" l rayturned him ;
his sooreu with tn wurruds: Gin
raj, between two brave men there
can be no hard feelin's." TIL bat
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pist appeared at a meeting of the
Club and put in a hot Plea for
some prosecuted and neglected
Children that he had lately dis
covered.
Il know that you are sitting up
Nights trying to think up Schemes
for helping the Dumb Animals and
the Waits and that is why I desire
to put you next to some poor little
Tikes who are being cut of nearly
All that makes Life worth living
for the average Kidlet. We have
right in this cruel City lot of
Children who never had the Fun
of getting out in Vacant Lot and
xog eIolS q ulIM 9snoH SuIkBId
ana some broken Dishes. They
never ran Barefoot so that they
could squidge the Mud between
their Toes, the one True Pleasure
on which the Gods nave set no
heavy Price. They never went
Fishing in their lives and the poor
little Boys never went swimming
in a Creek and got their scanty
Wardrobes tied into Hard Knots.
The unhappy Children to whom I
refer are confined in large Stone
Houses where they are condemned
to a constant association with
frozen-faced English Servants and
the Governess who got the Posi-
ton because she was a Chrome.
The Gripman's Offspring may
watch Mother hang out the Wash
and see Father sail by on the
downtown Car, but the Little
Ones for whom | am pleading get
a peek at their Parents about once
per Week and in preparation for
this Ceremonial they are dressed
up until they can't sit down. They
never play Hockey because they
are not permitted to go near the
Public Schools and the History OF
the United States is locked away
from them for fear they may find
out that all Kids are created equal.
Unless we do something to rescue
these unhappy Youngsters, | fear
that the Girls will grow up with
perverted Preferences for busted
Princes and the Boys will sit
around all their Lives, apologizing
for their Native Land"
That was the End of the Speech,
for he was the only one left in the
Room.
MORAL: The Rescue Move
ments never begin at Home.
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looking Thing. Henry seemed to
be perfect Slave to Tobacco.
And so on.
The Horrible Example would sit
and listen to these Disclosures and
he would gradually wither away
until he felt about Four Pounds
lighter than Smoke. One Evening
after she had publicly dissected
him and turned the Strong Light
on all Of his Idiosyncrasies old
Henry ievolted.
81 may be an Onion and l know
I'm feeble-minded and I suppose l
need a Guardian" he said, rum-
ping Ut his Hair, "but You want
ID remember few Things. You
jG.uled eight feet to nail me when
| slipped you the Proposition. And
tnis tottering Intellect mas man.
aged to fix you up with more
Tailor-Mades and Picture Hats
than your whole Family ever saw
before"
"Why, Henry Dear!" she ex-
claimed, 81 do believe you are
p66VlSn. II Jdlk ABOUT you all
the time it is because you are all
the World to me. l haven't a
Thought of any one else. A
Woman can't really love a Man
unless she gives him a good Dig
every two or three Minutes"
MORAL: The Husband who is
Toasted should feel Encouraged.
Several Ladies of the Dun and
Bradstreet Aristocracy received an
Invitation one Day to chip in on
new and glorious Movement. They
had a little Club organized to do
Good, and no Woman could break
in unless her Pearls wer as large
as Hickory-Nuts.
One Day a genuine Philanthro-
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Caheen's Exclusive Modes.

AIE doubt if there is another
" house in Alabama that so
al fully appreciated the sea-
sons demands for variety
and novelties in suits and
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MODERN FABLES BY GEORGE ABE.
The Modern Fable the Kind Of Music That Too Good for House
RY eEoReE ADE-oopyaht 1ao2 BY R0bert Howard Russe

Rag-Time.
MORAL: It is proper to enjoy
the Cheaper Grades of Art, but
they should not be formally In
dorsed.
Once there was a Woman who
entertained her Friends by deliv-
ering Lectures on the Insect seated
at the opposite end of the Table
To the General Public this Hus-
band was a plain everyday Scrub
without any Characteristic Trait of
any Particular Kind, as our old
Friend and Roommate, Mr.. Gil
bert, would have expressed it.
The Woman who had to put with
him Z days a Week had found out
a great many Things about him.
She could tell at least thousand
Anecdotes to prove that he was
the most eccentric, absent-minded,
careless, short-sighted Ninny that
ever committed Matrimony. Nearly
every Remark that was made sug-
gested to her little Story regard
ing one of Henry's Star Breaks.
Henry always forgot to mail any
Letters given to him. Henry was
a Noodle when it came to match
ing Dress Goods. Henry always
allowed the Butcher to give him
the Short End of it. Henry was a
Mark for Book-Agents. Henry
would be lost if he didn't have
some one 10 put the Studs in his
Shirt and lay out his Clothes for
him. Henry couldn't remember
Two Minutes where he had put
anything. Henry was forever
bringing most peculiar People
home to Dinner. Henry had the
tackiest lot OF Friends she had
ever seen. Henry had been En-
gagged at one time to the dizziest
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mournful Jooties ~ tn day, silent
ly but with a heart full iv cour-
age. At high noon. we fell upon
tn inimy an poored out about
eighty-hve thousan' dollars worth
iv near-slaughter on him. His
guns was choked with cotillyon
favors an he did not rayply at
wanst but whin he did, tn scene
was thruly awful. Tn sky was
blackened be tn smoke " smoke
less powder an tn air was full
~ cotton waste firm tn fell in
jines iv destruction. A breeze
firm shore carried out to me ears
tn walls iv tn wounded tax pay
ers. At twelve fifteen, I deserted
tn bloodthirsty Higginson-an
a good fellow Caleb is at that-on
tn roof iv his boat. aHi-spy,"
say he. "Hi-spy ye'er gran moth
err" says 1. 1--WE had me eye on
ye FIR fifteen minyits an ye're a
nesses," l says. An he fell off
tn roof. was sorry to take his
life but war knows no mercy. He
was a brave man but foolhardy.
He ought niver to've gone again
me. He might've licked Cervera
but he can't lick me. We cap
tured all tn men-iv-war, de-
sthroyed most iv tn cruisers an
ARE now usin' tn flagship f'r a
run-about. TIL country is safe,
thanks to vigylant an sleepless
army. will go up to New York
tomorrow to be measured FIR tn
PRESENTATION soord."
There it is, Hinnissy. Who
won? don't know. can't tell
at this minyit whether | ought to
be undher tn bed larnin' German
FIR tn time whin q Prooshyan So
jerll poke me out with his saber,
or down at Finucane's hall calm
a meetin' TO thank tn defenders
iv tn fireside. Nobody knows.
It's a square game, FIR they tell
me afther tn battles has been
fought an tn kilt has gone back
to holeystonin' tn deck an tn
smoke firm tn chain dish has
cleared away, tn decisions is up
to a good figurer at Wash'nton. 1t
depinds on him whether we ARE
free people or whether we wear
tn yoke Nv sarvichood an bad,
German hats FIR all time. He's
tn officyal scorer an what Hig-
gibson thinks was a base hit, he
calls a foul an what Macarthur
calls an accepted chanst is an
error. Afther tn gallant lads in
blue an gold has got through,
wathry-e clerk named Perkins
H. Something-or-other, sets down
an figures out tn victhry. TIL
man behind tn fountain pin is tn
boy. It's up to him whether tn
stars an sthripes still floats over
------------~--~---~~~---
CONTINUED on Thirteenth Paael
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Equally Divided.

From the Evening Wisconsin.
A good story is told of twin brothers,
one of whom was clergyman and the
other a doctor Ashort-sghted woman
congratulated the latter on his admira-
BILE sermon. Excuse me- madam was
his reply, lover there is my brother, who
breaches; l only practice"
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NE 11F a AAN1AO
4" of Our Best People got
u II together at the Home OF
Lady who invariably
was first over the Fence in the
Mad Pursuit of Culture. She loved
to fill her Front Rooms with Folks
who wore ia Hats and read Nor
wegian Novels that no one else
ever heard anything about.
On the Evening already men,
toned she had a Cluster of GENT
uses on hand. They were expected
to Talk for couple of Hours, so
as to work up an Appetite for Nea-
politan Ice-Cream and Lady
Fingers. In the course of time
they got around to the Topic of
Modern Music All agreed that
the Music which seemed to catch
on with the low-browed Public was
exceedinly punky. They rather
fancied "Parsifal' and were willing
to concede that Vogner made good
in Spots, but Mascagni they brand
ed as a Crab. AS for Victor Her
bert and J. P. Sousa-back to the
Water-Tanks!
A little later in the Game the
Conversation began to Sag and it
was suggested that they have
Something on the Plano. They
gathered around the Stack of Mu-
sic and then Vogner went into the
Discard and Puccini fell to the
floor unnoticed and the Classics
did not get Hand. But they gave
a Yelp of Joy when they spotted
dear little Cantata about Coon
who carried a Razor and had
trouble with his Wife. They sang
the Chorus SO times and the Young
Lady wore out both Wrists doing
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CHILDREN WANT ARBITRATION
CHICAGO PUPILS or STRIKE PREPARING
TO MARCH On MAYOR HARRISON.
GBY rELSsEArH TO TIL rRiEUNE.l


Chicago Nov. 9.-The three hundred boys and
girls. pupils OF the Andrew Jackson School. who
have been on a strike for week because the
Board of Education has suspended for one
month without pay. their favorite teacher. Miss
Jane McKeon for characterization. have decided
that as President Roosevelt brought about a
settlement OF the miners strike, Mayor Harrt-
son can take hold of their grievance and bring
about an adjustment" The youngsters held a
meeting of their union" to-day, and drew up a
memorial TO the Mayor asking him to inter
cede" and order the reinstatement of Miss Nc
Keen "instanter"
The meeting further decided that all the dis
gruntled pupils who members of the
union" should meet at the schoolhouse to-mor-
morning at $50 O'clock. and march in a
body to the City Hall to present the memorial
TO Mayor Harrison The pupils will carry signs
inscribed with their grievances and doggerel re
hecting Principal Hedges, who caused the
suspension Of Miss McKeOn
Superintendent Cooley of the schools has
mapped out a plan of action for tomorrow
which will give the truant officers much to do
for il contemplates taking into custody the ring
leaders of the school revolt and compelling the
rest Of the youngsters to return 10 their class
rooms. Should the parents who sustaining
their children in the strike" interfere they will
be made to appear with the children in the
Juvenile Court