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THE ILLUSTRATED KEE. August 2S, 1004. The Illustrated Bee Hf t'uliTTii-d Weekly bv The Reo Pubhalunc Company, Huts Building, Ouial.u, inb. Tilco, 61 Per Couv--Per Viar. $.'.00. Entered nt thi e Una ha Pobtoiiiee ua oond Clans Mail Matter. or Advertising Pates Acli':rrs I'u' Usher. Coimr.ii: icatlor.s r lit : ! rt(i to 1 1 1 j iti-g-.ir.h.i "t n'leiivi li-r puljiioa I ion rti ni-i b ad ilr. :. .1. ' lOtiiloi Tno tllusirmid R;e, Omaha." Pen and Picture Pointers 1 1 10 it .-, lit vis.t lo I.ii.e .In 01 'rtmiii.iH I'l. V: t on, imiuI :.i c to.' prc.db nt 011 III' popnl.-t t.ck :l, was the ihim: I ti of hlJ llri-t me t ing with his mining iii.il-. T sitl 'i'l on-1 II. Tibbie .. an. I thai 11 .--1 M w.ll ever In: romi int . le i by I In: jHopl.: tf the capital city. I! aii'iTnic r. il r.at only Ihulhi II wn.s III.! Ili'i't tu. I.- I l.ic: In lutM hud U.I &Ip.i t ;j ulty In cnurla.11 two such candi dates ut one liiiib, hl.t le. anile it was ihe llrst time en record where tw.i sail anil jilutociat, aiitl-Wull ntrti-1 c moid, it s co. rolu together in an auif.rn 1!. That, is what Watson 1111 1 Tibbies 1 I I. l!u'. not un:ll the mutter had bee.i Hi iro igh'y -' n Vas;,i d uiJ the orTiv t on th" : t i' m duly cuinid' ntl. Of c.ouisc, Mr. Wats.n waa Ju t i.i on th! i -c ii'i -lou; In hands of I. i-i lii'iuis. I.ul Mr. When tho i.rcipoi t;nn was . was In tho Tluhl' S wiu. I r. ached to him ho pon.iorcd Ions ajul earnestly, then lie "aid: "Wi ll, I l.oivo dene lots of thing without a ini cedent and I them a nothing I Mon t try unci'. J : 1 i 1 1 k o.i your Uiilomohllc ." Tho commute;' (nought oa the n utiim.il!!') and (hi . p:i 11 t candidates Whiwkr-.l through tin: Htrei ts to the home of l-'ianlt 1 . i; gor at a rale if spe d pro liil.ilid by ordinance. The meeting of the two men at tho sta tion showed how thnnu.tlily "inh dej'.lre.l to break uway fro.n tha deni. . a t-) and go It nloii". Mr. Tibbies was lh- lirst to roac h tln orgl 1 n. and ln was rc-iigrl:cTl by Mr. Wntron aa ictdiiy i s he l.lrn-s If lm.i In 'ii recoifiiJieil. Pef. re a M-euiid man liu.l re.'u he.J thein Mr. Watacn -.ill: "llava yon iiimli nny iirianeinent for fufiion?" And his fto'e looked J.'s inx'ety. "Not a Ihlnir has been done,'' Hinillnsly aimwt red Mr. Tlbblrs. " 'TIs well," Mild th iireRlilontliil randl datc, and at one the rrr -yd Hurled forward to Fhiko hl.t hand. Mr. W atson Imd dl.s'tlnjrnlnlii d honor paid Mtn in IJncoln, not thu least of which was tho adjniirriinent of u diotinei a tin htale con vention to hear lilrn eak. It was not an adjournment exactly, cither. The leaders of tho democratic convention found they rould not miiHter 11 corjmral's nil ard in tho lanp auditorium durliiK tho Watson neeeh, ronsequently they ma(iiuiilmoiiHly deferred their tlmo of meeting for a couple of hours, fur tho ranU and tile of the patty wanted to hear WnlBon. During: his stay In fjn Coln Mr. Wutxou was a truest at the V (root homo of Trunk D. Kascr, tuj-inc-a manaRer of tho Independent, and on the fv. inlni; preceding the two conventions n, publli! reei ptlon wns tindeied him, at which nlxo Mr. Tibbies was 11 Riu st. 1 'einocrat-i, Hopullsts and many republicans called dur ing the evenhiK to puy their rcsiiecle 10 u great man. T'nllko his rui.nliiK itiate, Mr. Watson dur Ing his vLsIt to IJncoln proved himaelf a poor subject for the newspapers. IVec d 1 11 K his addii'Sit at the popiili t ('.invention lie very courteously receive.! all callers, but when askeil to make u atati tu. nt for pub lication ho smiled a aad, sweet smilo and nimwcrml: "I believe I'd rather not, if you will excuse 1110." Anil It was tint long liefuie tho newspapers knew that that "I litllcvo I'd rather not" meant "I won't." The com 1 11K t I-ineoIn of Mr. Watson wa:i 11 clever piece of work en the part of the midroad populists, nnd that he aci'om jillslic.l all that had been expected of him a look at tlie fin ion statu ticket will show, llo wjlI brounht to Lincoln lo biaie up tho wavorliiK pops and he braced them. At tho conclusion cf his driiuiatie slice, h ho tinil not only brouKht the pops li.nk to tho fold, but I10 had Beared the wits cut of tho democrats. Po frlRhtrmd were they at the way in wlilch th'lr old-time nllles, liom they had subdued on nil previous oc raalona, took the bit In their mouth and Halted runnliiK that they tcladly accepted tho few crumbs thrown out to them In tho tin 1 11 r of nominations. They accepted Iterife with little protest, thoiiirh befnr the Watson pocch they had not even thouxht of Heia-e as a likely maji. Th remainder of tho thket they swallowed without n much as a crumble. Watson bad awed the democrnts. Watnon Ls the kind of a man that doea awe thoae who are about to forsake an old time principle. He appears absolutely sin cere. That he la a Fouthcrner ho shows all over. Ha la tall and plight; hl fi-ce Is thin, thouich full of expression; nli volco haa that pemllar aouthern twaiiK that makes It pleasant to listen to: he Is A'k rilfled always and always courtous. The people of IJncoln Irrespective of ratty aftlluUlon, wera pleutad with Thonas K. tVaton. Sieges of I A T V W'l ft I A II f III 4 V ,.r I tho K-neral stiT, t'nte. Hiat-H I 10. i..n u in II... I'l. I 1. 1.1. phhi I.c l;;er the ercat rl -jr s .f l;l:;t..i v Iro.a e .r.i i -t of J'.-r..x 1- le ti to KtriK-Ml.' at l'oi't Aill.'.i:-. Tho ri.orc rc .-"it soi,-. k, eov.-riiiK .1 i i'i. "! l' h!':y year, wiil Ix ar recount in.:. a:i tu. y i cpre snt evolutions in ivu tl-.-.d att-o k end dif'nse. Ceptnin l.'a 11 write.-', in pur:: "1 ho fl-R.' that attr ictc! in.; t ntt.n tiou In the ninoteent h century was I '.wit of !-is!arol. In l!- friivan v.ir, l'l-'i. It bet',an In S.'ticm'.or nf t'i. former ynr, tin N Fl.-K'TS belr.f? ti e Kr"i: li rind l-:r.,T-li h, with a :an.i!l fotc of T.irV..'. Peb.'.s ti .;.!. by the r.'.;rrlr:ns, was :nci unto I I n prnablo. Th foi tr'fw i"i -.ii i' l f'un.i ru'.rF'd heights, cncloF'.riK a irt of tho town. The piinolp-il ml ?tror.er p.irla wore tho fort known lis Ihv .Ma'akoff, tho central bistlon, th Uedan mil tho I.iltlo Kcdan. The licsa-frers pijltci-el ipuch from i!ri.l"'!U-ite coniT.iF:--! ry :;r ri:f:e:ivnti .Mid r:tr;ti' . wl il'- ti e Rus sians were al.l" for months to 111. 1 In la in their eonimuniT tlor.M with the tmttionuo j inductive country b bind tliein. A very n.-vere winter Interfered Foriously with the a lege operations, but In tho fprli they were renewed with voiy Krent vb-:or. Hi '.'ernl battles were foufrht around Pe bi'stnpol, with prcat lopses on both sides. Th- more famous of thove were nt Inker man and Halaklava. On Auist Hi, 1R3S. a Kusslan army eont to rt'lieve tictvistopol was defeated at Tchernaya- There were many destructive bombardments. In which Ironclad nhips In the harbor for the first llmi look part. The allits were able, with ttvelr heavier and more numerous ordnance, to Inflict much more Injury than they received. A trreiit assault hpd leen delivered on Juno 18 by the French on the Malakoff, and by the Knprllsh on the lledan. but failed. From Auirust 19 to September 8 a continuous and terrific bombiirdment was kept up. On the latter date the second great assault was made. Th French carried the Malakoff, the Uttlo KeJan and the central bastion of the fortress, but the Hrltlsh were axaln driven back from tho Kelan. The success of the French, however, had rendered the laaee no lonRer tenable, and aftor setting fire to Sevasto pol and to their ships the Russians with drew. The victory had been won by su iwrlor batterlnp pc'wer. The slepre had lasted eleven month nnd eight days. In the civil war of 1K61-C5 In this country there were but two very remarkable sieges thnt of Vlcksburg nnd the Tttersburg lllchmond siege. Vlcksburg Is almost a natural fortress, and ns It waa the key to the isiasosslon of the Mississippi river the confederate gov ernment had fortified it as well as lay In Its power. The movement against Vlcks burg wna begun by Sherman, under Grant's oroVrs, In December, 1N& nnd temporarily failed. In January. 1SS3, Grant himself took the Immediate direction of it. With tho assistance of the navy he cut hose from his base above Vickshurg to cross the Missis sippi ut Grand gulf with his army and be gin the attack from the lower side.. His line, when complete, was fifteen miles long. Ho whipped tho confederate armies which were hoverinjr about his rear and right flank wldle the Investment was proceeding und taught them to keep at 11 safe distance. On May 19 on assault was ordered and was repulsed with great l'S. A second assault was made on May 22 with like result. Re inforcements were rent to Grant and Vlcks burg was tightly held, with daily and nightly bombardier nts, until after six weeks of harrowing peril nnd privation It was forced on July 4, IsCl, to surrender. The besieged had suffered much from lack of food, and many of the noncombatants bad burrowed chambers in tbe clay bluffs facing the river for protection troin tho federal bombs. Vlcksburg wns chiefly .subdued by tho tightness of Its Investment. It was not provisioned for a long siege. A tremendous labor was required ot the federal troops to mnke their works of clrcmu vnlliition na ptrong as those of the !i fense, which Grant knew to be necessary, In spite of his su perior force, to prevent 11 successful Fortie, Tito heaviest cannon used by ti e besiegers were lent to the army by Admiral l'orter of tho navy. The only other flcgc guns were nix thlrty-two-poundi rs. Hut the tield urtlllery was abundant. The investing lines were at no point more than 6i yards dis tant from the works of the bc-log.Hl and the artillery fire had proved very effective. Tho siego of Petersburg was one of the largest military operations known in liia tory. It began in June, l.sM, and lasUd until April 2, lt. The lines of cirrumval lallnn linally enclosed tl-o defenses of Richmond, as well as those of Petersburg, and were many mllw In length. General Grant had about 150,000 men anJ General I.co some tO.Ouu. Formal Investment was not resorted to until the federal army had made repeated assnults upon the l"eter buig defenses and had been repulsed with the loss of more tbuu fc.uu0 uitu. TIm fed eral right flank rete! upon the James river, above Hermud 1 Hundred, and tho left waa near the Wcldon railway. On July 90 a mine was sprung under ons of the principle confederate works and an as Recent Times sault was ns?nln made, but was n pulsed with a losi of 5.f federal roldi t. In tin.' autumn the l.'siiiir H ies w to ex tended riurih of tl," Jam. s l iver, clo-e to t' Riehni'ind d'T n:vs, ai.d were ils.i Lto.;dily extendi i to th; left. The rltu.i t.. n vf l.r -'s army grew W'.rs? wit', c.icii day. The lines of supply l.adoig iato R .'l:mc.r..i In ; nr fewer and iro'v slender, end i:-.rly In the year 1s,k5 the southern commander saw the necessity of at tacking the invc.stii'K army, Willi a vi"W to fo.ilnsT Ms way out nf the el'y Tort P'ciilmnii, on th" riMit of the r:o-th-.fn w nl.s, v.a.t t.ik.'n by t'io eonfeder.. tir !rt a le ivy -,. Fault (.11 March but vn recaptured. l."e ivbii thu? compelled to wall the move ments of h'1.1 antagonist. The final c.pera tions t.f the siege began tn the last days of March. From this tim on tliTr: Wi.s con tinuous and heavy fighting. Grant pent a flrnni? column to Hank the confederate light and to cut I-oe's s:jlo remaining coin mu.iiiMtle.n with ilie army under John: ton ami the country south of bi n. The move ment ci lu.inatcd in the bittlo of Five Forks which determined Ihe immediate fill of Petersburg. The evacuation of Rich mond by the confederate forces and gov ernment followed two days later, and tho surrender at Appomattox on April 9 virtu ally marked the ending of the war. In the Franco-German war of 1870-1 tho Flege of Mctr. and that of Paris are tho two gicat Bailout spectacle.!, nnd they h4 a certain dependtnee upon each other. Had Mar.-.hal ltazaine's army not been Khut up In Metz and held there lor seventy days by tho Germans It Is not likely that they could have remained before Paris for 139 days, its they did, without a severe strug gle. A more reprehensible thing than Kuzaine's surrender was the rendering of his troops powerless within the fortress of Blotz at a moment when they were most needed In the oocn field. Almost as soon as the news of the fall of Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III reached lltrls in September, 1S70, steps were taken to form a government of national defense, and means of protecting Paris were organised. The Germans, who were already before tho city, completed its Investment on Sep tember 19. Gambetta left Paris in a bal loon in October to set up a provisional gov ernment in the provinces. All able-bodied males were called to defend the capital. The defen3e was active and anient, but proved from the first futile against the great odds opposed to It. The Germans re pulsed successive sallies at Malmaison, Champlgny, Ijs Uouget and other suburbs! Dismal news came from Mets. The French army within its walls hud either to slarvo or surrender. It submitted on October 27. The army or the Loire was the only hopo of Purls. It uttacked the Germans to tho north of Orleans, and, after several clays of combat, was defeated. A sortie nt Champlgny, ot lirst successful, ended in the Germans recovering their positions. Near the end of January, lsTl, there re mained In Paris provisions only for an other fortnight. More than 40,0ti0 inhab itants had already succumbed to priva tion. Negoti.it lent for capitulation led to an nrinistlec on January 31, followed by tho Prussians taking iMissesslon of the city. Plevna, tho Turkish stronghold in the Palkan region, held out against the Rus sians In the war of l'T7-7S from the car'y part of July until December 10 thrrugh the tiheer valor of its defenders. Soir.o of tho most terrific fighting of modTn times b ok pia co on its steep rlopcs. Tha KuFians, who were ihe assailants, were put upon tho defensive, and only the lack of a com petent leader on the part of the Tu-ks probably saved tho czar from a bitter tie fe.t. lie Inforeementr, were quickly brought forward until the total Russian strength was l:t),(on men and 1W guns. Tile- Tuiks wcro estimated to have 50,1x0 men. After a desperate sortie on December 10. which falltd to break the line of Investment. Oi lman Pasha surrendered. The Rus!-tn killed and wounded in this tlge are sild ti have been 18,000 and the Turkish about i::,ono. Jn the Angl.Mtoer war of 1MO-1900 the siege uf l.adj gmi.li in Natal start! 4 oat most prominently. It was the capita! if a district and the Junction of two railways, and had been usfd by the PritUh as a depot for military stores, although this choice van severely criticised. It has b.en desoril.ed (is "a teacup in a saucer," the edge of the latter being represented by tho hlh surrounding hills. When tho H ers, In October, 1M.9, began to Invest it the Ilrltisli bad li.txiO roldiers there, iueiudlng four regular cavalry regiments, and tli colonial mounted troops; six field batteries, a mountain battery and a naval battery. General Joubert, hi command of the Roers, opened a bombardment of the town at 6091 yards. On tho nljiht c.f Octob-r ?0 General White, In command of tho Brilbh, made a sortie with his entire force. One column became Isolated, waa Biirmuruled by the Poors and the mountain battery nnd an Irish and an Kngllah butta'ton were rup tured. Tho Boers made a f. tnt of cntc rln.i I.udyamlth and the Erlt sh retired fiulher, recapturing two cannon 011 the way. This unfortunate orrr reduced the gar rison to less than 10,000 men, and soon Recalled afterward tie! force liesi.ging the plara was ir.crea -d to JS.oiWi. The Rots, witii heavy guns, (in .1 shells into the town ch.ily ft. .in a long group of hills which ciniinaiiiled it. I'.itretiehiii. nts were con structed and strengthened day by day. T! '..'i! of tin; inhabitants who did not leao the town by pe: mU.aon 1 f the Ro.-r fccii e:al d. .mted their dwellings and lived ia b imb-pioi f caves. Cavalry and light ar tillery :;illl-d f utii from time to time, but tu or.'ipli.-bed nothing to coaipens ate for their losses. Armored trains went bic!c ;'ii ' forth between Ladysniith and Coktiso until, en November T, the latter place was oecu led 1 y the enemy. The bombard ment of the be!egei was th n begun in cariust. On November !t a general as sault was made, but was repulsed. Tho Rritish drove the Boers from positions which they had held near tho city. Lyd dite Fhelis thrown into the Roer lines de moralized them, but they were strength ened soon afterward by the arrival of cannon from the Transvaal. They mounted these on nil points of vantage within range. The rigors of the siege, were, by the end of November, severely felt. Rations were re duced nnd fevers were prevalent. Thrra were several sorties, in which the Rritish destroyed some of tho Roer guns. Meanwhile General Puller was advan cing with :"0,fXI0 men to relievo Dadysmlth, and In view of his approach the Roers themselves lxgan to convert their posi tion on tho Tugf'ln into fortresses. They had trenches on both sides of the river, protecting each oilier, and all protected by cannon on the elevation lntck of them. Kntrenchmcnts extended along the Tugela for twenty miles. Rtillcr attacked tho Roers, and lost nil his field artillery and 1.100 killed, wounded and captured. Tha Roer position was so well planned that both their entrenchments and their gun emplacements wore completely hidden from the attacking force. The fire from tho rifle'9. smokeless powder being used, caused almost all the Rritish casualties. After Puller had retronted. the no?rs, on Jan uary 6, 1900. carried s-mie Prltisli entrench ments south of I.ulysmith three times, but were finally driven out of them at the point of the bayonet. General Ruller resumed the movement against the besiegers with a reinforced, army, amounting now to 31.000 men. An attempt to break through the Roer line nt Splon Kop failed niter hard fighting extending over several days. A third at tempt waa made in February, but the Rritish wore again compelled to retreat. General Puller then, on February 14, be gan a turning movement of tho left flank of the Roers. After several days of heroin fighting the way to Ixidysmith waa cleared on February 27, and on Maruh 1 Lord Du.11 donald's cavalry entered the town. The F.iege had la.-.ted US days. The ra tions for the fighting men just sufficed to keep them on their feet. The only water which they could procure was so polluted that it ciused fever and dysentery. Toward tha end the cavalry horses were killed and eaten. The stock of medicine became ex hausted In January, nnd tho death rato had increased enormously. Three hundred and forty-six soldi, rs nnd officers died of disease and Si were killed. Aged Widow Nabs Lover Mrs. Sarah Rosier, a wealthy widow of Pittsburg, who confessed that she is 7, walked into the ollko of Alderman Mr Masters end took out puiiers charging: Willis I.evine, her boy admirer, with ob b:lid"T money under false pretctif.es. ' i .i ;e U a tc.trilk'ss lad of 2:1 years, win looks much younger. .Soon aft:?r In r liii: band died, tlx years ago, Mr?. Rosier nnd Willis iKMume friend'., and she now allceej that thi3 friendship has cost her heavily. iler charge was In effect that Irvine had some days ago scuro 1 Mfr) from her lo buy a pop factory, giving her a prnmU'iory note, then "jeliioj" her until rho gave back the note, which he destroyed. Mrs. Rosier says she then le. nme suspi cious and looked after the xp factory, but found It not She then accused Willis of being faithless, and the boy lover giggle! in her face. Then she went to law. "Willis ought to be ashamed of himclf,M she said severely. "o told me he waa awful fond of me ond that he loved to klsa me. He ha l a very sweet way about him but I know him now." Tabloid Philosophy Tou can sea, m Fire up a man by tha opinion ho has ef himself. It generally costs an effort to live up to an established reputation. It doesn't make the year any shorter to Bteal a March 01, your rivals. It's easy enough to love your nefehbors If yew can make use of them. The crust of society Is generally made up of iteople who have the dough. An engine can't g t up Fleam, ev. n n mid summer, unless it U coaled. The pen it mightier than the sword whan It comes to Signing checks. No, Maud, deur; we have never heard of a l.oothlack who shlney in Foc ety. All the wcrld lines a lover, except those who nw been disappointed In love. Phila delphia Record