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pH. J. MWKIfI'ORT,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Uvvinmon MILL ST., Opposite the Post Office.
Operative and Mechanical Dentistry Carefully
performed, Teeth positively extracted without
pain.with Oas, Ether and Chloroform: Treat-
Ins and Filling teeth aSDecialtr
■yy ■. HANK WENT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office over Paules' Drug Store
MONTOOMEKY BL'ILDINO,
ILL. STREET. - - DANVILLE. PA
J. J. BROWN.
THE EYE A SPECIALTY.
Eyes tested, treated, fitted with glass
es and artificial eyes supplied.
311 Market Street, Bloomsburg, Pa.
Hours—lo a. m.to 5 p. in.
Telephone 1436.
Aa Imprtaoni Renolve,
When little Dickie Swope's a man.
He's goin to be a sailor,
And little Haraej Tincher, he's
A-jroin to be a tailor;
Bud Mitchell, he's a-goin to be
A stylish carriage maker.
An when I grow a grea' big man
I'ia goin to be a baker.
An Dick'U buy his sailor suit
Of Hame, an Hame'll take it
An buy as fine a double rig
As ever Bud can make it.
An then all three'll drive roun' fer me,
An we'll drive off togewer,
A-elii)fr>n pie crust 'long the road
Feriver an ferever.
—James Whitcomb Riley.
Passing Boasts.
Gotham Maid—We have the best
dressed men.
Chicago Maid—Oh, well, we have the
bMt dressed beef!— Chicago News.
Decline of Tanning In Maine.
Scarcity of hemlock bark is reported
to have caused the almost total extinc
tion of the once prosperous tanning in
dustry in Maine. Though there is a
large growth of hemlock in the state,
It Is 80 far from practicable tannery
sites that the cost of hauling prohibits
Its use.
Electrical Horsewhip.
An electrical horsewhip gives the an
imal a shock Instead of a cut. A small
battery is controlled by a push button.
The Polite Isur,v.lar.
The r#ttli!i« of silver sp< ,ns awakened
the lady in ii:«- <!rutl of niffht.
"Who's there?" she <ric<i as she leaned
ever the balustrade and peered down into
the darkness. "Who's there, and what
are jou doingV"
The stranger in the dining room replied
with startliug candor, "Jimmy Dores,
ma'am, at your service," and gathering
as much of the lutter as he could, fled
hastily.—Catholic Standard and Times.
Paying For It.
Client—Your fee is exorbitant. It didn't
take you a day to do the work.
Lawyer—lt is my regular fee. lam not
rharging yon for time, but tor the cost
of my education.
Client—Well, give me a receipt for the
cost of your education, so the next fellow
won't have to pay for it too.—London
Fun.
A Hlihop i Hetort.
At a dinner party a young man was
once talking rather foolishly about
Darwtn and his books, and he said to
the bishop of Winchester (Wllberforce),
"My lord, have you read Darwin's last
book on the 'Descent of Man?' " "Yes,
I have," said the bishop, whereupon
the young man continued: "What non
sense It is talking of our being de
scended from apes! Besides, 1 can't
see the use of such stuff I can't see
what difference It would make to me If
my grandfather was an ape."
"No," the bishop replied; "I don't see
that It would. But It must have made
an amazing difference to your grand
mother!"
The young man had no more to say.
Heard Him Sigh.
"I have been sitting on the porch
listening to tlie sighing of the wind,"
she said sentimentally by way of ex
planation of her long absence from the
Louse.
"Yes; I heard him sigh," promptly
put in the small boy.
"Him? Who?" demanded the head
of the household.
"Why, that young fellow you always
said was nothing but wind," answered
the boy. And thus was the secret be
trayed.—Chicago Post.
n n «pi Ameaameiit.
Years ago a bill entitled "An act for
the preservation of the heath hen and
other game" was Introduced into the
New York house of assembly.
The speaker of the house, who was
not especially interested In matters of
this kind, gravely read it, "An act for
the preservation of the heathen and
other game."
ITe was blissfully unconscious of his
blunder until an honest member from
the northern part of the state who had
suffered from the depredations of the
frontier Indians rose to his feet.
"I should like to move an amendment
to the bill," he said mildly, "by adding
the words, 'except Indians.' "—Youth's
Companion.
The Account.
"1 have called," said the reporter, "to
tern If yoa wish to add anything to our
account of your wlft?'s reception this
evening. We have mo«t of the details
and a long list of names. Including
those who will assist her in receiving."
"No," replied the business man.
•There's only one cnr.t that I'm ex
pected to take any Interest In, and
there'll be no one to assist Die with
that."— Exchange.
Tortured A Witness.
Intense snffering was endnred by with
ness T. L. Martin, of Dixie, Ky., before
he gave this evidence: I (toughed every
night until my throat was nearly raw:
then tried Dr. King's New Disoovery
tvhich gave instant relief. I have used
it fn my family for four years and re
<«mroejid it as the greatest remedy for
'' Kgfcs, Colds and all Throat. Chest" and
Lung troubles. It will stop the worst
congh. and tint only prevents bnt alwo
toteiy cires Coi«s;i nipt ion. Pritte 50c and
$1.(10. Every bottle guaranteed. Trial
bottles free at Paulas fc Oj'i Drug
i&ore
I BRILLIANT IN COLORS
PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION WILL
GLOW WITH WONDERFUL RADIANCE.
Electrical Illuminations nnil Other
Features In Which Buffalo'* Fair
Will Kxcel All Former Enterprises
of This Description.
Even the Buffalonian cannot compre
hend the exquisite character of the
great Exposition he is building. Is it
any wondevr, then, that distant na
tive still asks what it is fo be? Indeed
it is to be everything that is graceful,
harmonious and beautiful. Form and
color will join their wonderful forces
to please the eye and delight the sense.
THE ELECTRIC TOWER.
"Magnificent" is not too strong a word
to express the character of the com
pleted work. He is a man of dull imag
ination who, now visiting the grounds,
cannot picture in some degree the come
liness and stateliness of the finished
* enterprise.
The Pan-American Exposition is in
tended to be in every way an artistic
triumph. From the very beginning
it has been the purpose of those who
have been intrusted with the making
of this Exposition to present to the
world the most artistic creation ever
conceived for a like purpose. The ar
rangement of the buildings, the style
of architecture, the decorative work,
the embellishment of the grounds and
the electrical illumination are some of
the features that will stand out promi
nently in the Exposition picture. There
are 33 acres in the courts around
which stand the principal Exposition
buildings. While the whole Exposi
tion plot of 350 acres will he as beauti
ful as nature, witli the artistic help of
1 man, can make it, the several courts
will be the particular center for formal
decorative work. The courts are ar
ranged in the form of a cross, the
north and south courts bearing the
names of Court of Fountains, Plaza,
Fore Court and Approach and being
nearly 3,000 feet in extreme length.
The Transverse Court Is known as the
Esplanade and is 1,700 feet from east
to west. Two subordinate courts open
into the Esplanade, known as the
Court of Lilies and Court of Cypresses.
The combined area of these courts is
approximately two and a half times
the area of the courts at the World's
Columbian Exposition and for this rea
son gives a far greater opportunity for
artistic treatment.
It has been said of this Exposition
that it would outrival all former enter
prises in a number of important fea
tures. The first of these is in the court
settings Just described. The second
is In the plastic ornamentation of
buildings and the elaborate use of
sculpture for decorative purposes. As
a third may be mentioned the hydraul
ic and fountain effects. These are of
a most elaborate character and are
to be seen in all of the courts. A
fourth feature is the horticultural dec
orative work. Sunken gardens and
formal floral ornamentation will be em
ployed at every point where the bright
colors of foliage and flowers will add
to the beauty of the scene. As a fifth
feature may be noted the color decora
tion of the buildings. This is a very
elaborate undertaking, the result of
mature study upon the part of the best
mural painters of the world. C'onsid
ered a very difficult, if not embar
rassing, problem at first, it has been
worked out by patient study until re
suits very pleasing and happy have
been achieved. A sixth point of excel
lence will be the electrical illumina
tlon of all the courts. Then the bril
llance of the gardens and the radiant
beauty of the buildings will be height
ened by the glow of 200,000 electric
lamps arranged with artistic concep
tion and illuminating with fantastic
hues the numberless fountains and
pools and turning the sceue into one of
unrivaled splendor.
The style of architecture Is what is
described as a free adaptation of the
Spanish renaissance. It is particularly
appropriate for the purposes of an
Exposition since it gives opportunity
for the employment of many architec
tural features of a festive character
Thus the visitor may see many lofty
towers and lanterns, graceful domes
and minarets, airy pavilions and other
decorative work that will produce a
sky line free from any suggestions of
monotony or severity.
The Electric Tower, standing in a
Lroad pool between the Court of Foun
tains and the Plaza, is to be the center
piece for electrical illumination. This
tower i* 80 feet square and 375 feet
high, with circular wings curving from
the east and west sides to the south
ward and forming a semicircular space
in which are to be many beautiful
fountain features. From the southern
face of the Tower a cascade will gush
from a niche, 70 feet from the ground,
and fail upon a terraced base. At night
this cascade and the fountains and
pools will be illuminated in fantastic
colors. Floating lights upon all the
pools will form an interesting feature
of the general scheme of illumination.
Some 30 or more American sculptors
of renown are at work upon the deco
rative groups which are to have a
place-at this Exposition. These are
to be nearly all original productions
under the master direction of Karl
Bitter. It will be the most elaborate
use of decorative sculpture ever under
taken at an Exposition, there being
more than 125 groups. These will
adorn (lie fountains, bridges, entrances
to buildings and other salient points.
Besides the pools and fountains, with
in the several courts will be a grand
and stately canal which \ftll surround
the entire group of buildings, fn the
southern reaches of this canal are
A Woman's Awful Peril.
"There is only one stance to save yonr
life and that is through an operation"
were the startling words heard by Mrs.
I. B. Hunt of Lime Ridge, Wis., from
her doctor after he had vainly tried to
cure lu>r of a frightful case of stomach
trouble and yellow jaundice. Gall
stones had formed and >-h>- constantly
grew worse. Then she began tk» use
Electric Bitters which wholly cured her
It's a wonderful Stomach, Liver and
Kidney remedy. Cures Dyspepsia. Loss
of Appetite, Try it. Only 50 ots. Gua
an teed. For sale by Paules & Cos Drug
gists.
art irk..., I,uuie& oi water known as me
Mirror Lakes, from which lagoons ex
tend in several directions, thickly set
with aquatic plants of rare species.
In addition to the sunken gardens
and other floral features of the courts
will be the horticultural exhibits In the
southern part of the grounds. These
will consist of several acres of beds of
■ the finest productions of the best nurs-
I eries and greenhouses of the western
' world. The competition for supremacy
will be very keen and the lover of flow
ers will have a rare opportunity to
1 make a comparison of the merits of
the productions of competing growers.
MARK BICNNITT.
I BAY STATE AT BUFFALO.
| Fine Historical Exhibit Will De
Marie liy Man»aeliuwettn.
The historic commonwealth of Mas
sachusetts will have a most Interesting
exhibit at the Pan-American Exposi
tion at Buffalo.
It is being collected through the co
operation of various societies, such as
the Sons of the Revolution, Daughters
of the Revolution, Sons of the Ameri
can Revolution, Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution, the Society of tlie War
of 1812 and kindred organizations. The
chairman of the Massachusetts l'an
i American commission, Mr. Walter Oil
man Page, is a leading spirit in these
societies and is anxious that the wealth
of historic material possessed by Mas
sachusetts should be adequately repre
sented at the Pan-American Exposi
tion.
The matter of a building has not yet
been definitely decided, but it is prob
able that the old Providence House,
which was one of the historic buildings
of Boston, will be reproduced as a home
for Massachusetts exhibits at the Ex-
THK PROPYLS A.
position in Buffalo. This building was
typical In its style of the old fashioned
Boston architecture and, in addition,
possessed a special interest from Its
historic associations. It formerly stood
on the Washington street end of Prov
idence court, partly on the site of what
is now Clark's Tavern.
One of the members of the Massa
chusetts commission to the Paris Ex
position, who recently returned from
the French fair, secured there about
450 valuable exhibits, which will be
transferred to the Pan-American at
Buffalo. Ex-Mayor Frederick Fosdick
of Fitchburg and City Treasurer E. T.
Tifft of Springfield returned recently
from a visit of a few days in Buffalo
very enthusiastic over the prospects
for the success of the Exposition and
are anxious to have the good old Bay
State well represented there.
ATTRACTIVE EXHIBIT.
That of Foodai and Their Aec#«orlei,
liioln<l iii k Pan-American Spices.
A very dainty pamphlet has been is
sued by the Division of Foods and Their
Accessories of the Pan-American Ex
position at Buffalo. The food work at
the Pan-American comes under the
general department of Horticulture,
Forestry and Food Products, of which
Mr. Frederic W. Taylor is superintend
ent. Mr. G. Edward Fuller, as assistant
superintendent, has entire charge of
the Division of Foods and Their Ac
cessories, and he has prepared himself
for unusual work in this line by spe
cial travel and study such as no one
else probably ever undertook with the
same object. This pamphlet calls the
attention of Jobbers of teus, coffees
and spices and all dealers in food prod
ucts generally and their accessories to
the interesting, useful and educational
work In their lines of business which
is going on for the Pan-American Ex
position of 1901.
The assistant superintendent, Mr.
Fuller, says:"ln the far east there are
foods and condiments of which we are
almost utterly ignorant here, and one
of the aims of the food exhibit will be
to educate the people of the western
hemisphere to the cultivation of the
products which flourish in the east. It
will be my aim to show how simple
and profitable it would be, for instance,
to grow in the West Indies what is
grown in the East Indies. The climate
and soil conditions are remarkably
similar, and the conditions are favor
able.
"The best proof obtainable or desira
ble that the soil and the climate of the
West Indies is as favorable as that of
the East Indies for the production of
spices is already available. The prod
ucts now received from the West In
dies are not equaled by those from any
other section of the world. At the
present time they grow better allspice,
ginger and red pepper there than any
where else on the globe, and the va
nilla bean, which is queen of spices, as
the nutmeg is king, is found nowhere
in the world In such perfection as in
Mexico. The coffee grown in Mexico
has a flavor obtainable in no other cof
fee, not even the Mocha or Java sur
passing It. Emperor William of Ger
many appreciates that fact, and all of '
the coffee used in the r •• .! '
is sent from our ne:: V •:<
czuelan cacao, fr. u-h oboe is
made, is aupe> i r IJ : :.<* Easi l:e! an
product.
"With the view of uia -!n<» « r the:
In one effective itistniei : i.-eful
exhibit the ecoii i!> p!;.:iis. vines and
trees of tropical Pan-America which
produce teas, coffees, spices and kin
dred things, it has been decided to
appropriate considerable space at the
PKAT. OF PAX—AMERICAX EXPOSITION.
Pan-American Exposition for their dis
play on a scale never before attempted.
To show ibis interesting c "
World's Uhampiou,
"I tried many remedies to cure piles,'
writes W r . R. Smith, of Latham. 111.,
but found no relief till I used Bneklen's
Arnica Salve. I have not been troubled
with piles smoe " It 's the only champion
pile cure on earth and the best salve in
the world 25c per IH>X. guaranteed by
Fan lea Cos druggist.
| the Pest an vantage an attractive cou
| servatory has beeu provided, while a
museum, as an annex to this, will con
j tain finished products as well as rare
and curious articles to illustrate a va
riety of features under the head of
'Foods and Their Accessories.'
"It is a fact well known to experts
in exhibition matters that a scattered
display of special articles loses force,
while a condensed exhibit of a line of
things pertaining to a specific subject
becomes educational. Now. as the ob
ject is to increase the production aud
promote the consumption of the things
called for. much trouble and expense
is justified In makiug this collection
unique and unparalleled.
"It is intended to make the exhibit
of red peppers tlie finest and most ex
tensive collection ever made, with the
object of demonstrating by special ex
biblt connected with the 'accessories
of food' that Pan-America can pro
duce all the red peppers consumed In
Pan-America. It is perhaps only known
to experts that vast quantities of red
peppers are imported from Europe.
Asia and Africa every year because
Pan-Americans are not actively alive
to their own interest in this important
matter."
One of Many Enthusiasts.
Joe Mitchell Chappie, editor of The
National Magazine, published at Bos
ton, was in Buffalo recently and be
came much Interested in the Exposi
tion. On his return to Boston he wrote
to an official of the Exposition as fol
lows: "1 was indeed sorry not to have
seen you when in Buffalo, but 1 did see
the Exposition and was astonished be
yond measu e. I wish that you would
send on anything that you think inigtit
be of interest to our readers and make
It as attractive as possible, and 1 shall
keep on hammering away at the Expo
sition editorially until it opens, because
I am thoroughly enthused over the
subject"
Brnr.ll to Be Represented.
The Brazilian government early in
the season sent out invitations to all
agricultural and industrial societies to
prepare articles for exhibition at the
Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo in
1901. A large number of coffee pro
ducers have agreed to send a full line
of samples of the best Brazilian grades
of this commodity.
Bnlldlniis Going I p.
The magnificent buildings which are
to house the exhibits of the Pan-Ameri
can Exposition at Buffalo next sum
j mer are fast progressing toward com
pletion and will soon be ready for the
| collections which are on the way from
j all quarters of the American continent.
< The scene upon the grounds of the Ex
position, in the northern part of the
! city, including part of the famous Dela
ware Park, is a busy one, and every
day sees some definite progress made
In the construction work. Conditions
have been very favorable to rapid
work, and the Pau-American Exposi
tion bids fair to break the record in
the matter of swift construction of Ex
position buildings and their entire com
pletion before the time arrives to open
the gates to the general public.
Conneeticat at Paa-Amcrican.
The state of Connecticut is getting
together a large display that will rep
resent her farm, fruit and dairy inter
ests at the Pan-American Exposition
next year. JlenJamin H. Lee of Hart
ford is the commissioner In charge of
the work, and he is assisted by a com
mittee composed of N. S. Piatt, chair
man, New Haven; Professor C. 8.
Phelps, secretary, agricultural station,
Storrs; J. A. Dubon, Poquonock; Pro
fessor A. (J. Gulley, Agricultural col
lege, Storrs; E. 11. Jenkins, agricultural
station. New Haven; J. B. Noble, dairy
commissioner, Hartford: B. C. Patter
son, master of state grange, Torring
lon.
The Governinent's Building.
The Government buildings at the
Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo
are being built by Rasmussen & Streh
low of Omaha. The contract calls for
a group of three buildings connected by
curved arcades. The main structure is
to be 400 by 130 feet, with a dome 250
feet high, and the smaller buildings
each 150 feet square. All departments
of the government will make up to
date exhibits, which the members of
the Government board are now busy
collecting and getting into shape.
JndßinK a Ram by His Head.
Coarseness In a ram's head is a sign
of inferiority. That noted breeder
Bakeweil, who made the beautiful
Leicester, Insisted on this as a leading
principle.
Chonchon,
One peck of green, tomatoes, three
onions, six green peppers; ohop fine,
scald in their own Juice and drain. To
three quarts of best cider vinegar add
one small cup of ground mustard, one
tablespoon each of cloves and allspice
and five tablespoons of salt. Put all
together and let It just come to a
boil. Chopped cabbage and chopped
tart apples may be added If liked in
onantities to suit the taste.
CONSUMPTION CAN
BE CORED.
T. A. Slocum, M. C., the Great G'hem
( and Scientist, Will Send Free, to
li ■ A .'Hided, Three Bottles of
his Kev.lv Discovered Reme
>lit-.- io Ci'.jv (Xinsqmptioii
t 11' A!! I.ling Troubles.
Nothing could be lairer, more philan
thropic or carry more joy to the afflict
ed, than the oiler of T. A. Slocum, M.
C., of New York City.
Confident that lie has discovered a
reliable cure for consumption and all
bronchial, throat and lung diseases,
general decline and weakness, loss of
flesh and all conditions wasting, and to
make its great merits known, he will
send, free, three bottles to any reader of
the AMERICAN who may be suffering.
Already this "new scientific course of
medicine" has permanently cured thou
sands of apparently hopeless cases.
The Doctor considers it his religious
duty—a duty which he owes to human
ity—to donate his infallible cure.
He has proved the dreaded consump
tion to be a curable disease beyond any
doubt, and has on rile in ids American
and European laboratories testimonials
of experience from those benefitted and
cured, in all parts of the world.
Don't dei<iy until it is too late. Con
sumption, uninterrnped, means speedy
and certain death. Address T, A
.Slocumt M. C., 98 Pine street, New
York, and when writing the Doctor, give
express and postofiice address, and
please mention reading this article in
the AMERICAN' March 4 9
DE WET, THE RAIDEIi
EXPLOITS OF THE DASHING BOER
FARMER SOLDIER.
In the Cronje Campaign—Bold Cap
tares East of Bloemfontein —On
Roberta' Rear at Wepeuer—Raiding
North of the Transvaal.
[Copyright. 1900, by G. L. Kilmer ]
K o
a separate force he attacked French's
column on the Modder river when It
was swooping down upon Cronje'a
hard pressed band. The lively tactics
of the outsiders bothered the British
not a little and delayed their attempts
to force Cronje to the wall. One day De
Wet sent a messenger through the lines
urging Cronje to cut his way out, he
having a larger force, to join his own.
After Cronje surrendered and the
British turned to move on toward
Bloemfontein they found De Wet in
front of them. Too weak in numbers
to withstand the whole British army,
he nevertheless obstructed the British
advance and, outwitting French, who
bent all his energies to the capture of
the wily fanner soldier, rallied his
commandos at Winburg, which he
made the base of some of the most re
markable exploits of the war. De Wet
had other things besides a clear head
to make a good soldier on the spur of
the crisis. lie is an Inveterate hater of
the British and declared that he would
rather see his own blood spurting than
have the Englishman Frazer take the
chair as president of the Orange Free
State. Besides, when a young man—he
was 40 at the outbreak of this war—he
had been among the stormers of Maju
ba Hill.
The name of guerrilla and raider will
cling to De Wet, of course, for nothing
succeeds like success, and the British
generals, so called, who have allowed
the Dutch farmer to play with them as
a cat with a mouse will have extra ti
tles tacked to their names for defeat
ing those preposterous and uncivllzed
Boers. Ivorn Spruit, or Sannas Post,
was the scene of De Wet's first master
piece in war. There the British, march
ing in full battle array, with cavalry,
infantry and artillery, were cleverly
headed off, surprised and routed, with
a loss of 7 cannon and 500 men. De
Wet, with 400 Boer riflemen, struck
the telling blow and captured tl;.
prizes.
At Ivorn Spruit the British, who
were making a leisurely retreat toward
Bloemfontein, had to cross the partly
dry bed of a creek. Under the sharp
banks of the crossing De Wet massed
his 400 soldiers, and at a signal the
whole force opened upon the British
wagons, which were In the advance.
The British cavalry galloped to the aid
of the wagons and was stampeded, and
the artillery met a worse fate, for the
horses were shot down and the guns
and gunners captured before a shot
could be fired in self defense.
In fact there was no defense at all at
Korn Spruit, for the Boers also attack
ed the rear column, and the British
commander was glad to get out of the
trap by a flank retreat in the fact of
the enemy. De Wet started the cap- '
tures on the road to Winburg and sent I
his men off toward separate points, j
While the tactics of the Boers at the
time were in the nature of guerrilla .
warfare, their field of operations was ;
wide and the results of a kind to crip
ple Lord Roberts' army for a time.
The British were In Bloemfontein j
and hastily concentrated at that point
from all over the Free State and Cape
Colony, ready for a quick advance
northward Into the Transvaal. At
Dewetsdorp, southeast of Bloemfon
tein and south of Korn Spruit, there
were about 000 Irish rifles and North
umberland fusileers. Having orders to
march north, they reached Itedders
burg just as De Wet passed in the vi
cinity with only a handful of his men.
Rallying the scattered burghers of the
region, he rounded up the British and
held them on a kopje until messengers
sent in all directions brought up help
and among other resources four of the
light guns captured at Korn Spruit.
The British evidently had no fight in
them, for the whole outfit surrendered
to De Wet after losing 45 men in de
fense of the kopje.
De Wet's exploits at Korn Spruit and
Reddersburg appeared at the time to
be the haphazard efforts of a beaten
foe to hamper the march of the enemy.
On the contrary, De Wet's presence
and activity on the flank and rear of
Lord Roberts' army were part of a
plan to stop the British advance from
Bloemfontein, and the plan was car
ried out with remarkable military skill.
At the outset De Wet so maneuvered
as to keep an open road east of Bloem
fontein near the neutral border of Ba
sutoland for the force under Olivier,
which had been cut off ou the south, to
march through and join the main Boer
army at Winburg. This done, the next
thing was to pick up the British contin
gents that were moving lu to close the
gap. Korn Spruit and Reddersburg,
with the capture of 1,000 men, a train
of wagons and 7 guns, were Incidental
to the bolder object of compelling the
British to not only halt at Bloemfon
tein, but turn around aud fight for the
safety of their rear. The divislou of
Colonials, which had no longer an ex
cuse for •emaining in Cape Colony aft
er Olivler's escape northward, encoun
tered trouble on the borders of Basuto
land while marching toward Bloemfon
tein to join Roberts. Suddenly news
came that the Colonials under General
Brabant were besieged at Wepeuer.
By whom they were besieged was a
mystery, since Lord Roberts had an
nounced a clean sweep of the Orange
Free State east, west and south of the
farmer Boer capital.
The Boers who had penned up Bra
bant had cannon, and the British lead
er gave reports of their strength and
doings which led to the conclusion that
there might be 10,000 burghers lu his
rear. Speedily two whole divisions of
the all conquering army aud several
scattered contingents took their long
ing eyes from Pretoria and faced the
other way to march to the relief of
Brabant's Colonials. It seemed that
the wnr winMn't urot on ot all without
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the British rushing to the relief of
something or other. General Rundle's
division moved in toward Wepener
from the railroad on the West, and then
Lord Roberts was forced to send
troops out aud clear Rundle's flank—in
other words, relieve Rundle from Boer
attacks.
All this time the British dispatches
were filled with the brilliant plans on
foot to surround and capture the Boers
who had surrounded and menaced the
capture of Brabant. But the mystery
was all solved when it turned out that
the Boer leader at Wepeuer was De
Wet, a customer as difficult to surround
as a lively rooster with a good pair of
wings. He played the game to the lim
it. had the whole British army moving
or alert to head him off and surround
him either at Wepeuer or on his retreat
from there.
The history of Wepener may be read
in what followed. De Wet disappear
ed, the siege was raised, and Roberts,
who had been held at Bloemfontein by
the guerrilla until a South African
winter was on, finally marched north,
only to find I)e Wet in his rear again
after crossing the Yaal.
It was plain that the Boers had aban
doned the idea of stubbornly defending
the Transvaal in the face of large bod
ies of British. But De Wet, the Free
Stater, was not among the pacified
burghers who bowed before the British
president, Frazer. The very day that
Lord Roberts hoisted the flag over Jo
hannesburg De Wet captured the Im
perial yeomanry battalion at Lindley,
40 miles due east of Kroonstadt. From
that time on his campaign was in the
nature of a raid lasting three months
CHRISTIAN DE WET.
[Chief of the Boer raiders.]
and covering a distance of 1,000 miles.
May 31 he captured the yeomanry and
three days later took In 180 highland
ers with a convoy of wagons. June 2
he cut the railway in Roberts' rear 100
miles soutli of Johannesburg and in a
day's operations destroyed the track
uorthward for 50 miles.
Turning southward again De Wet
captured the crew of a construction
train and also the Fourth Derbyshires.
His old enemy of the Wepener cam
paign, General Rumlle, was coming up
the railroad and, marching to meet
him, the raider took in another con
struction train and destroyed three
culverts on the railroad. On Jul} - 2 he
fought with Rundle at Winburg, then
dashed 80 miles east almost to the bor
ders of Basutolaud. Bundle start
ed after the nimble Boer from the
north, and Hunter moved up from the
south, but De Wet broke through Run
dle's lines and reached Lindley again,
i east of Kroonstadt Overtaken at
j Lindley and his force partly dispersed,
j he boldly struck out for the railroad,
captured a supply train aud 100 high-
I landers and after cutting the telegraph
' and track pushed northwest to Reitz
| burg on the V'aal.
Meanwhile the British were tireless
: In their efforts to head off De Wet.
j General Colville, whose division twice
met with disaster at the hands of the
: raider, was recalled home and threats
made that others would share a like
' fate unless the thing was stopped.
But De Wet plunged across the Yaal
and broke into Metliuen's lines on the
railway in the western Transvaal.
After rounding the British position at
Yentersdorp the raider pushed north as
far as Rustenburg, 40 miles from Pre
toria. Metbuen turned his whole force
against De Wet, but had no better suc
cess than Roberts had had in the
Free State, where at one time in July
35.000 troops were trying to hem in the
raider. Forced westward by Methu
en's swarming detachments De Wet
entered the bush veldt and turned
southward, once more to cross the
Yaal and penetrate to the mountains
of the Free State beyond Kroonstadt.
Making Ileilbrou liis headquarters, he
rallied a respectable force, and, al
though Lord Roberts sent three bri
gades to entrap him, he again slipped
out. The equal of De Wet as an irreg
ular campaigner would lie hard to find
in the history of modern war.
GEORGE L. KILMER.
» neii unyiuK snoes.
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shoe after it has been fitted aud fastened
up. Try it before you buy it, not merely
stepping upon it, but walking in it long
enough to learn if it brings comfort to
every part of your foot. The foot is
smaller when you are sitting down, and
a shoe that will seem the acme of com
fort becomes an instrument of torture
when your muscles expand from the
weight of the body and the blood flows
down to the feet, as it does in walking.
I heard a woman complaining of her feet
the other day and pitied her until she
said that she was wearing a No. 5 shoe
when a 0 fitted her better. "Why do
you go through such senseless misery?"
I asked. "Because I will not wear such
a large shoe, even if I have to remove a
smaller one every ten minutes uutil it is
broken in." The breaking in, by the
way, means a stretching of the leather
and cloth to accommodate the abused
feet. That destroys the shape of the
shoe, but allows the wearer the satisfac
tion of admitting that she wears a No. 5
shoe. Funny, isu't it?— Philadelphia
Times.
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old friend of her grandfather's.
"And how old are you, little one?"
asked the old gentleman.
But Dolly was indignant.
"I'm hardly old at all. I'm nearly
new!" she answered, tossing her head.
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the pigs' curly tails. At last an idea
occurred to her. "Auntie," she said,
"does uncle put the pigs' tails in curl
papers every night?"
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CHINESE TEA TRADE.
HOW THE MATERIAL FOR THE CUP
THAT CHEERS IS HANDLED.
Mnehlncry Inknonn In the Market-
ITIK OFF rhineie Trn Adnlteratlon
it mi ('hrntliiK Common— Onr Tea
I'usaen TliruuKb Many Hands.
[Special Correspondence.]
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31.— The United
States is a very large consumer of tea,
although coffee exceeds it in populari
ty. Much of our tea is imported from
China, the annual trade amounting to
millions of dollars, and it might be well
for the American tea consumer to ex
amine a trifle more closely than he usu
ally does the conditions surrounding
the production of his favorite drink.
Many of the features of the trade are
not such as to commend the product
LO the favorable attention of a fastid
ious consumer.
In the first place, while the tea re
mains in China all the handling of the
TEA AWAITING SHIPMENT,
j crop is done absolutely without ma
i cliinery. The native grower has no use
I for foreign inventions, and as for the
| native wholesaler or shipper he like
i wise finds cooly labor too cheap to be
I replaced by expensive machines. With
tbe exception of rice tea is the Chinese
' crop of greatest importance, and it is
I only second to silk as an article of ex
' port. The Chinese themselves are great
; tea drinkers. A somewhat curious re
! suit ef Chinese tea drinking is that the
i foreign consumer of Chinese tea some
times, of course unconsciously, uses tea
i leaves that have already done service
;in Chinese houses. The exhausted
j leaves are frequently dried, recolored
and added to make up the bulk of a
shipment. In the Chinese tea trade, as
in everything else, the native i.s tilled
with guile and deceit.
Tea is grown by a vast number of
Chinese farmers, for every tiller of t:,.r
soil in the tea growing districts has b!.s
j patch of tea shrubs, just as in Ireland
| every landholder grows his own pota-
I toes. The crops require an endless
amount of care and watching to keep
j them from being stolen, as do all other
; Chinese products. When, however, the
time for harvesting arrives, the real
trouble begins. There is a very great
number of processes to be goue through
; before the crop is ready for market,
picking the leaves, drying them in the
| sun, remolstening and redrying them,
i sorting and packing being only a few
| of the many labors to be performed,
j Only in countries like China, where
j labor is cheap to an incredible degree,
I is it possible to grow tea for general
) consumption without machinery.
the time of harvest or some
j times after the tea has been prepared
i for shipment the wholesale dealer
j comes around to purchase it. In China
I the tea trade is principally in the
| hands of a number of petty merchants,
who purchase the leaves in lots r.f 50
or 100 pounds from the farmers. These
traders travel from place to place in
China and not only buy the tea out
right. but also arrange for its transpor
tation to the points of exportation. The
"heathen Chinee" knows that stone or
iron weighs more than tea, and at al
most all stages of buying tea in bulk
from a Chinaman eternal vigilance is
the price of not buying stones cunning
ly concealed in the bales at the price
by weight of tea leaves. One China
man does not of course hesitate to
swindle another when he gets the
chance.
When the leaves finally reach the ex
porters at Shanghai, Canton, Amoy and
other cities, they are stored in ware
houses awaiting shipment. There also
the tea is graded and sorted. There are
a very groat number of grades and
kinds of tea, although some dealers
claim that all the varieties may be
grouped under four or five heads. Ex
perts on the other side say that tbey
can detect many minute differences,
some going so far as to say that they
can tell by the taste the parts of the
various provinces from which the tea
comes. The ordinary classifications,
oolong, English breakfast, black, green,
etc., are familiar to everybody. Some
times the various colors are natural;
more often they are given to the tea
by artificial means.
Tea that has been shipped across the
sea loses much of its aromatic flavor.
Tlio voyage causes fermentation among
the leaves and consequent deteriora
tion. This accounts in a great measure
for the superiority of Russian tea ofteu
remarked by travelers. Tea Intended
for the Russian trade is transported
acress Siberia and thus escapes the sea
voyage.
Bad as the Chinese adulterators of
tea are, it is only when the leaf reach
es England, France or Germany that
the ingeuious tea merchant uses ma
chinery to complete the falsification.
When the tea finally reaches the oon
sumer. it is more frequently than not a
far different article from that which
grew on the shrubs in China.
CHARLES E. UOBIXSON.
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next morning about 'the Frost Miss
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