u THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , JA 'TATIY 27 , 15JUU.
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
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The rocks on tlie roiul to Dublin nro
as nothliiB eoiuimrcMl to tlic ones ou the
Lutlysmlth road.
UUo Duwcy nntl the Spiinl h nt
Muullii , ( lie Moors linrt the range at
Sulonkop hill and the BrlllHli wore corn-
polled to go elHewlierc for breakfast.
Oonoral Huller lias been busy Bondln's
"rogretH" to the war ollicc ever Kiiu-c
he liuulcd lu South Africa. He prob
ably regrets ilmt he was ever sent to
the "blooinla1" country.
It Is highly gratifying that the antl-
polygnmy light in congress is ovor. 'J'hc
country has other business for congress
to attend to besides wrangling and
Jangling over a rtnh harem.
Talking wildly about olllclal corrup
tion and preferring charges , sustained
by tangible evidence , are two different
things , as Is again Illustrated by the In
vest Ifjatlon farce precipitated upon the
council.
The treasurer of the County nomoc
racy reports a surplus In the treasury
of ever $ 'jr > 0. A resolution establishing
a sldelward that will compete with the
similar ornament of the Jacksonlans Is
In order.
Treasurer Jleserve nays he knows of
no law preventing men from making
fools of themselves. This Is fortunate
for the popocratlc olllclals , as otherwise
many of them would have been con
victed long ago.
According to the reports from Chicago
Omaha Is to form with Lincoln ti new
theatrical vaudeville trust which Is to
extend across the country. It Is a poor
trust that does not put Omaha upon Its
list In these days.
What Is the Commercial club going
to do about making the project for sub
urban electric railways materlall/eV
If It can bring this Improvement to
Omaha It will make a sulllclcnt record
for another year.
the trustees of Itrowu uni
versity refuse to let Colonel Itryan use
the university building to make a po
litical speech to the students they are
charged with Insulting liryim. If this
Is an Insult the colonel Is easily In
sulted.
A bill has been Introduced in the Iowa
legislature providing for three new
normal xclools. As there Is at least-out ;
town In each of the ninety-eight counties
which now have no such school which
Is an applicant for one of the new ones ,
homo one Is certain to get left.
When the school board comes to till
the vacancy caused by the decampment
of one of the members charged with
Ihioilllug It Is to be hoped It will select
timber of a caliber above that which
It Is replacing. No man In Omaha Is
too big to serve on the school board.
( Jeneral I.awton's body will be car
ried through Omaha on its way from
San Kranclsco to Washington and ,
should It be stopped In this city , our cit
izens should take occasion to pay their
respects to the departed soldier who
was BO popular both In and out of mil
itary circles.
The Hryanltes had hoped Carnegie
would open his plethoric purse for the
benetn of their campaign fund , but he
denies the allegation. He Is too busy
building libraries to assist In tearing
down the protective system which was
so 08s utlul to tLu-KUccuKH of hU busi
ness Interests.up3i | which his wealth Is
founded. , " ?
Kvldently the democratic members of
( lift Kentucky legislature have found a
transom just the right slxe to pass r < v
publican members through. With re
publicans being unseated us rapidly an
their cases can ho reached , It Is ap
parent that Kentucky democrats .dp ngt
believe a republican has any right
which democrat- bound to
U .
respect.
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.1A077/E/1 nniTisn iu\-biir :
The gallant \\ork of tlio DrltlMi for e
under rjeucral Warren has prmcd
) > rolltli > . . . After nearly two weeks of
persistent lighting Wnrrcn , having
under his comnmnd 10,000 or I'-.ooo
men , n largo force of artillery and every
necessary equipment for mi usurps-
plve campaign , captured Splonkop. a
strategic point of great Importance t < i
the British , t'pon the holding of thH
point largely depended the success of
the turning movctuont which Buller had
planned , but the British were unable
to hold It. The Boers opened such ii
terrific and destructive lire on the point
that the British were compnlled to nlmu-
di.n it , losing severely before they did
so. They had Buffered another reverse
and one that may prove to be more seri
ous than the brief dispatches Indicate.
It Is not unlikely that It may compel
the abandonment of the plan In which
the capture of Splonkop was the llrst
step and It Is a check that certainly
Increases the peril of Ladysmlth. Thai
garrison Is reported to be now almost
Impregnable and to be amply provi
sioned , but It would not be surprising
to hear at any time that it had fallen.
This re.verse furnishes fresh evidence
of the shrewd tactics of the Boers as
well as of their splendid lighting abil
ity. It also seenm to suggest the hope
lessness of the British accomplishing
anything decisive without a much larger
force than Buller now has. The Boer
forces about I.adysmlth cannot bo over
come by an army no greater than
theirs , because they have every ad
vantage of position. In order to defeat
them the British must have an army of
two or three times their strength and
bo prepared to lose a large proportion
of them.
T11K KEXT cm * CUUXCI1. .
Kvery taxpayer and citizen of Omaha
Is vitally concerned In the selection of
the men who will constitute the next
city council. The nine members who
make up the city council are to have
exclusive control and management of
the affairs of a corporation whose as
sets exceed $100,000,000. For the next
three years these nine coundlmen arc-
not only to enact the ordinances affect
ing the health and well-being of the
community , but also to fix the tax lev
ies , regulate the number and pay of
city employes and Inaugurate public
Improvements of every description.
With such great responsibilities de
volving Upon them the members of the
council should be men of Integrity , ex
perience and business ability. T'nfortu-
nately for Omaha It has always boon
dllllcult to Induce good business men to
servo In the council , while those who
seek the positions have for the most
part been either notoriously Incompe
tent or IrresiMUislble. At no time In the
history of Omaha has there been
greater need of first-class material in
the council than at present.
Omaha is on the eve of great public
enterprises that will tax the capacity
of the ablest business men and affect
for good or evil the whole future of the
city. Yet the most lamentable Indiffer
ence Is displayed on all sides with re
gard to the candidates about to be pro
jected Into the city campaign. Unless
the taxpayers wako up soon they will
have only themselves to blame If they
find the management of the city's
affairs In the bauds of people utterly
incompetent or untrustworthy.
L'nder our political system the only
way to get jjood men in the council is
to Induce oed men to accept party
nomination and follow this up iiy elect-
lug them.
ft iff TIIK
Thus far Mr. Bryan's visit to "the
enemy's country" has developed noth
ing encouraging to the political ambi
tion of that gentleman. There Is no
Indication that he Is stronger In that
section now than he was In 180(5 ( , If In
deed It Is not evident that he has lost ,
ground. In Maryland the. leaders of
the regular democratic organization re
fused to accord him any recognition as
a parly leader. The house of dele-
gales killed a resolution offered by a
Bryan supiHirlor Inviting him to visit ,
and address that body and In Baltimore
members of the regular democratic or
ganization declined to aflend the meet
ing no addressed and otherwise Ignored
him.
In Xow York Mr. Bryan was dined by
the plutocrat , O. II. I' . Belmont , who
aspires to the vice presidency , and by
the representative In Tammany of Itleh-
ard Crokor , but these occasions were
not marked by the presence of any of
the men of commanding Influence in
the democracy of the Kmplre stuto.
Heferrlug to his visit the New York
Times says : ' 'Not a leader , not one
man of prominence In the old-time
democratic parly , has been near him or
will go near him. lie moves here In a
strict society of little men , the very lit
tle men who like to put themselves ti
the fore upon occasions of public Inter
est when tho. reporters are sure to lake
down many names in their notebooks ;
the little men who organize and operate
little factious , the mere froth and
spume of politics , KOIUO of It not alto
gether clean , and the grotesque horde
of cranks and hare-brained fellows wlu >
hang around the outskirts of polities
from vanity and the love of self-ad
vertisement. " That paper says that
none of the men who went to see
Bryan was ever heard of In New York
pillllcs until the rise of Bryanlsm and
that "hardly one of them bus such
standing In this community that well
Informed men would be able to hay
what and who they are , what they defer
for a living and what Influence they
possess. " The democratic state loin-
mlttce of Pennsylvania declared Mr.
Bryan to bo Its choice for the presi
dency , but this from a state where the
democracy Is a hopolc.ss mluo/Ity
and will continue so while Brynnlsm
dominates \\w \ \ parly , nll'ers little en
couragement. It may Insure a Hryan
delegation from Pennsylvania In the
national convention , but It Will exert
no Inlluenco elsewhere.
Mr. ' Bryan , If In * shall adhere to the
program announced when ho went east ,
will visit New ICnglaud. The Boston
Transcript says lie Is still a curiosity In
that spitKi.i. < < tii.it tir iv avMiii-d < f
largo audleiu'i'.s and more or ICS.M ib-m-
, onMrativo greetlnc * . Tlic o he may
mistake for popularity and natter him
self that Bryiiulsm Is really Ralnlui
adherents. But ho will make no votes
In Now Kngland , nor N there any roa ou
to think that he is d dug so anywhere.
7//K Sr.MMI' 1IEK.
People who want a live modern news
paper will read The Sunday Bee.
It will give the hitext and most com
plete war news , Inth Horn South Africa
and from the Philippines.
It will have the best foreign cable
letters.
It will have the be-t domestic tele
graph service.
It will have the best local news ro-
IKirls.
It will have the best Sunday depart
ments.
It will have the be-4 literary and pic
torial feature" .
In The Illustrated Bee. Sunday , Pres
ident Kuclld Martin talks Instructively
on the work of the Omaha Commercial
club , past and present , and outlines Its
strength and weaknesses. President
Martin's portrait adorns the Issue as Its
frontispiece , while a picture of Charles
II. Pickons , the newly elected chairman
of the executive committee , Is also pre
sented.
"How Nebraska's Census Will Be
Taken'1 Is the subject of an Interesting
article , explaining the different phases
of the Impending census work. Accom
panying It are portraits of the different
census supervisors appointed to take
charge of the enumeration In the va
rious Nebraska districts.
Another timely article , with appro
priate Illustrations , describes the demo
lition of the exposition buildings and
the transformation of the beautiful
court of honor , which entranced hun
dreds of thousands of visitors to the
Transmlsslssippl nnd Greater America
Impositions , Into u waste of lumber piles
and rubbish heaps. One of I lie pictures -
tures Is a snap shot at the south en
trance of Machinery hall just as it
was toppling over lu response to the
labors of the wrecking crew. Others
show familiar spots as they now appear
iu the wake of the wrecker.
In the serial ou the Nebraska public
schojl system Incidents which come
under a visitor's eye are described ,
sonic of them In a humorous vein. The
Illustrations show the handsome High
school building at Columbus ; a llrst
grade at I tea trice studying natural his
tory by a live rabbit and the seventh
grade in physiology , at Genoa , at actual
work.
The personality of Frank ( ! . Car
penter , the well known newspaper cor
respondent , now traveling In the Philip
pines and the far east gathering ma
terials for letters about to appear In
The Itee. is treated iu an entertaining
manner. The pictorial accompaniments
are unique portraits of Mr. Carpenter
taken In out-of-the-way parts of th"
world which he has visited. On : shows
him alongside of his Corcan porvant In
18M. ! another holding up a brick at. the
great , wall of China and stllL another
In his IJ.illvlan mask on the top of the
Andes In .South America. In 1898.
"The Century's Progress In Medicine"
Is discussed scientifically , yet fiom a
popular standpoint , by Dr. Cyrus Kd-
son , one of the most eminent physicians
of the country. A handsome portrait
of Dr. Kdsou sets off his paper.
other pictures in this number Include :
Portraits ( ) f | iu > late ( Jeneral T. H. Stanton -
ton , the great , lighting paymaster , who
died In Omaha this week , and of the
late Jay Hurrows , one of the founders
of populism , who died In Lincoln a
week ago ; a portrait of Uev. A. K.
Scott , the new pastor of the Castellar
Street 1'rcsbyterlau church ; group pho
tograph of the York ( Neb. ) running hose
team which won the state champion
ship In 18S ! ; pictures of the beautiful
park and grounds In which the well
known Beatrice Chantauqua Is held
each summer.
The women's page shows clear-cut
photographs of living models posed In
the latest novelties of fashion that at
tract and please the women readers.
The Sunday Itee Is above comparison
with any of Its would-be competitors.
People who want the best will insist
on having The Hee.
Usual price from newsdealers or news
boys.
If there are any more dishonorably
discharged veterans of the union armies
who want the charge of desertion ex
punged from the records so as to leave
them free to get on the pension rolls
( hey had better hurry up and have
some one lu congress Introduce bills
for their relief. A new hatch of dis
honorably discharged veterans of the
late war with Spain has Just been
turned Into the War department record
bureau from Manila and these black
listed young veterans will soon be Im
portuning congress to straighten out
their bad records.
Secretary of Stiite Porter IB another clt
17en who bullevea that men who draw $2,000
u year from the utatn tronrtiry should do
HoniothlnK to earn It other thun writing lot-
t rn defending their failure to do things.
World-Herald.
Secretary of State Porter , however ,
seems to have been alwiil as tardy In
coming to this conclusion as our amia
ble popocratle contemporary , which has
for years shut Its eyes and stulVed Its
cars to the delinquencies of the dn-
notlilng state railway commissioners.
The anniversary of no national hero ,
not even ( Jeorge Washington or An
drew .lackson , Is more regularly cele
brated In this country than that of
poetic Hobcrt Burns , Our Scotch-
Americans have reason to congratulate I
themselves at least once a year upon
being clansmen of a singer of such re
nown.
When the llnal sod has been placed
ever the grave of ( lonoral Stantoii as
brave a soul as ever wont out In the
shock of battle will have hud Its last
tribute of earth. It Is such material as
this which has always made the army
of this country Invincible. Fearless of
danger to self , yet always thoughtful
i
.Illil i uljsnh rati ( ) r otliri * . tti < uorld
can buw its head and pay bis uirinoiy
reverence.
| Albyn Frank' * contention that the
| law limiting his revenue as cleik of the
district court Is niiOTiistltutl' nnl does
not jibe with his action In holding out
on his employes part of the money al
lotted them as salaries by the county
board and making them give him re
ceipt * 111 full. If Frank really believed
the law was unconstitutional lie would
Hot bo so particular about those to-
eel ills.
The Chinese emperor has abdicated
on account of Ill-health. As he had lit
tle to sny regarding the government the
lightening of his labors Is not likely to
bonelll him much , but they have a
habit In Oriental countries of feeding
highly Indigestible food to people who
are In the way. By stepping out , therefore -
fore , ho Is liable to avoid a severe case
of inilamination f the stomach.
Can it bo possible the Stnt. ' Board of
TrausjMirtatlni has taken down and
drunk from the wrong bottle again lu
Its hlulT at ciirlnu the high freight rate
disease. There is not milch danger ,
however , as the board members always
keep an emetic handy to be swallowed
should the medicine threaten to hurt
the railroads.
Omaha's school attendance Is approx
imately a thousand more now than It
was a year ago. Some of this Increase
may be explained by the bettor and
more accessible school facilities , less
sickness and by the open winter which
keeps children lu school. But some of
It is due to population expansion. Don't
miss this.
State Treasurer Meserve. who has
been constantly upheld by the local
popocratlc organ as a paragon of finan
cial virtue. SPCIIIS to have lost caste
when ho refused to get In line with the
bid of the defuncto candidate for
I. ' . S. S. for political capital. From now
on Treasurer Mesorve will be a bold ,
bad man.
'Hint's Dlfl'crcnl.
Atlanta Constitution.
President Hadley will refuse to pass the
time of day to the trustn ; hut suppose the
trust magnates refuse to speak to Ynlo as
they pass by.
Connotation for J. Hull.
Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal.
At least John Bull < an comfort himself
with the flattering knowledge that Oem
Paul did not tell him to cr > and get a repu
tation before consenting to fight him.
Hoi IMncp for
Cilobe-Democrat.
South Africa seems to be a region filled
with natural forts. A column apparently
cnn halt anywhere and got behind a kopje ,
with a big boulder in front of each man.
Trnilc nml Oi < > Flair.
Buffalo Express.
Imports are now entering Manila at the
rate of $25,000.000 'u. year , but the United
Slatco furnishes only a smnll part of them.
China , the United Kingdom , Spain , Aus
tralia and Germany'.are all enjoying a big
ger .sharo of the Khllfppines market than
we. ; ' .
.Tickliuic-n-3Viiilvr .Spilt- .
Chicago Chronicle.
Bald-headed patrons Of the front row In
theaters have a nevr enemy to contend with.
In certain eastern circles "it Is considered
good form for pnregns sitting In the row be
hind to tickle the shining bald pates , and a
young woman of Cumberland , Aid. , was re
cently caught In the act , using a twisted lace
handkerchief for the purpose. The practice
Is very reprehensible , but It Is probably one
of the penalties of undue prominence , or
inaybo an Inarticulate method of revenge be
cause the fair tormentors are compelled to
re'movo their hats.
Co * I of Urltlrth IliiiicrlnilHin.
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
In order to get a more Intimate com
prehension of the situation , It is well to
hear In mind that the present debt of Oreat
Britain Is three times as Inrgo as the debt
of cur nation , and this great burden lia to
bo berne by ( i population of a little more than
halt that of thti United States. Their per
capita debt , then , Is between five and nix
times what It Is In this country , being about
$7-1 , as compared with our $11. The Boer
war , It Is estimated , will add $7 per capita to
Kngland's debt , or half of our per capita
debt. It Is plain that England's Imperial
policy is a very expensive one.
( ialliint StriiKKli * < > f "it * llocr.i.
Chicago Tribune.
The spo/taclo of theao brave men strik
ing hard for their homes and for their
rights was a fine one In the beginning. It j
has giown In fineness and pathos with evciy j
week's experience. It has appealed more j
strongly to civilized nations , and par
ticularly to the United States , with every
iclHforcement that hna been sent to the
British army. Tlicro never \vis : In all the !
world's history a liner spectacle than this
army , drawn from a population cf Jilj.oou ,
successfully resisting a powerful ounmy.
No other people tlmn those bred to republican - i
publican Ideas could oiako BUCI ! defence. I
Among all the nation ! ) it lo only republic *
that inalco such hoiolc struggles for free
dom. Whatever the outcome of the jircncnt
campaign , the people of the great American
union will continue to glvo the two republics
of South Africa full measure of apprecia
tion and sympathy.
AllH COAM.Vfi STATIONS I'SKMOSS ' f
of niival Ollcr of IIlull
Ilf.iK.
Phlhtdolphhi Bulletin.
la the popular belief In the necessity of
coaling stations for the use of the American
navy founded on a wholly erroneous Idea of !
the situation ? Hear Admiral Hlchborn , |
chief naval constructor , liu.'i no hesitation
In anmverlng thU query In the afllnnatlve. ;
He la quoted as declaring that coaling sla-
tlons at distant points are positive dlsi i
advantage in tlnio of iviir , since they are ,
certain to bo the objoclo of attack and can !
only bo duftmdcd by costly fortifications. j
In place of thcsu Admiral filcliborn would ;
have a largo class of specially designed col
liers , built lo carry huge cargoes of coal , and
equipped with devices to enable them ti
transfer thla fuel to v.ar nhlM | that need it.
Such vessels , hu asserts , could accompany a ,
squadron at nil turn's , thus chvlatlng the
ncccejlty of frequent returns to land to obtain - i
tain the coul , without which the modern |
battleship or cruiser Is as helpless as a
floating log. j
The idea la a novel onn and seems worth j
thinking over. The chief objections to It
are the difficulty which vcwels experience In j
coaling In a heavy sea and the fact that the
projected colliers would furnish tempting
targets for an oncuiy'a fli'et. The thut ob- [
Jectlon may bo partially overcome by the
jrogrcss of Invention , but It U n quostlor
whether the clllclcncy of n o'limdron would
not bo seriously hampered If Us commander
had nlwaya to keep hi mind the protection I
ot slow and unarmored coaling veaselu when '
facing an array of hostile craft. This U a :
point which naval cxperte would , presuinuI I
bly , be glad to have the admiral elucidate. I
I'OI ITH1 , IMUI-T.
The I'liiladciphla Ledger declare ? thut m
no southern stateM the ballot * o alnmrd
as it la In Philadelphia.
Senator Clark ot Montana IA Mid to b an
accomplished tlrfgulut In French. Herman ,
Italian and Spanish. Dut his talent * fhlne
best when his money talks.
"Expansion without Imperialism" Is the
New York Journal' * definition of the Hryan-
lie policy. It * hews the difference between
twet-dlcdum and twcedledee.
Mr. Drlgham Roberts M now able to ap
preciate the ruffled feelings of the man who
fit down on a granolithic Mdowalk to medi
tate on the flcklessness of n banana peel.
Although the local press gave the dctnlh
montba and yearn before. New York strtte
spent $ . ' 0,000 through the Alazet committee
to demonstrate the fact ilint New York City
was run by a boss.
Arthur Pue Uorman Is not working n brnw
band these days , but he Rives the drum a
whack occasionally just to keep his hnml In.
The legislature of Maryland rejected n mo
tion to Invite Uryan to speak In their midst.
The republicans of Georgia are alert trt
the requirements of representation at the
republican national convention of June 1ft.
They hove called their state convention to
elect delegates to It to meet at Atlanta on
March 7.
Congresraan-at-Large Samuel A , Daven
port of Pennsylvania has announced that he
will not be a candidate.for re-election , hav
ing accomplished the main object he had lu
view , the securing of an appropriation for
the improvement ot Erie harbor. He Is now
In his lcond term.
In Kupport of the assertion that Senator
Pcttlgrew "goea oft half shot. " nn eastern
papsr cites his statement that if the tariff
WM token off Puerto Illcaii sugar It would
give the planters of that isnind n bonus of
$3C n ton. As n matter of fact the wholu-
sale price of the raw sugar of the Island Is
only $19 a ton.
The annual statement of the Philadelphia
receiver of taxes shows that during 189fl
$21,138-100.43 was collected In tuxes ot
various sorts , nn Increase over the preced
ing year of more than $500,000. The clt *
wharves yielded $32,000 , the city market's
S10.SOO , amusements $ S7G , pawnbrokers'
licenses , $ S,900 , and venders' licenses.
? 3C,000.
A curious and serious error has been dis
covered in the olfico of Ohio's secretary of
state. Two years ago the general assembly
amended the law relating to contests for cir
cuit Judges , and unwittingly repealed the
laws relating to contests for state officers.
Under the present statutes there Is no pro.
vision whatever for beginning or maintain
ing nn action ot any kind to contest the
right of another to hold a state office.
Ono of the peculiarities of administration
In the state of Maryland Is founded In the
method of electing state treasurers. They
are not , as Is the case in most other states ,
voted for by the citizens directly , but arc
selected by the members of the legislature.
The legislature has chosen as treasurer
Slurry Vendever of Hartford , one of the
northern counties of Maryland , In which
llavre de Grace Is situated. He received the
unaulmous vote of democratic majority
members , while General Thomas J. Shryock ,
the republican Incumbent , -was supported by
the republican members. The salary of the
treasurer of Maryland Js $2,500 and the
term Is two years.
STUDY OK THE I10I2II WAK.
Duller' * Tank Likened to Slierinnii'.i
Mnruli to tin ; Sen.
Chattanooga. Times.
Duller's task , the relief ot Ladysmlth and
the capture of Pretoria , is , in respect of sonic
o2 the conditions , much llko the ono Sher
man confronted when In early Aiay , 1SG4 ,
ho left this city with Johnston's army 'of
nearl/70,000 men In front ot him , hls"ob-
jectlvo being Atlanta. Sherman's route
was through narrow valleys , across rivers ,
ever foothills and mountains. Dullcr's line
of march for a hundred miles and more
north of Colcnso , near where ho was yes
terday , is across the Drakonsberg range , a
mountain chain not unlike our Appalachian.
Johnston flrst. faced about In a strong posi
tion near Dalton. He was flanked by
Sherman's Twenty-third corps , General
Schofleld , and had barely tlmo to pull back
his lott to Resaca , to check the federal
flanking column and fight It until his
transportation could bo moved toward
Kingston. The confederate general made no
sorlcrus effort to again check his antagonist
nijtll ho reached Altoona. There ho was
again flanked , and the next halt he made
was on the high slope of Kenesaw and the
foothills extending off to the west of that
peak. Sherman fought his enemy with two
corps , and sent a third round to the left ,
forcing Johnston back to Atlanta.
Johnston was too wise a general to at
tempt holding river lines , after the ancient
style of grand tactics. Modern methods of
crossing largo bodies of men over streams
quickly Imvo made them of small account as
obstructions against a larger army.
Sherman's last strategical move was In
front of Atlanta , after Johnston was re
lieved and Hood placed in command of the
con federate army , and It ban been held by
competent critics as the finest flanking
movement of the civil war. Some have
ranked this specimen of grand tactics us
quite the equal of the best generalship dis
played by Napoleon.
If Hullcr has men enough to keep his
onciny busy , with a strong division to spare
for Hanking , ho can and will repeat Sher
man' campaign of the summer of ISC I. As
suming that Joubcrt fulls back from Lady-
Bmllli the British general will have the rail
way to Durban behind him open. U IH 170
miles from Durban by rail to Ladysmlth.
Thut place Is well fortified , an excellent
BUb-baeo of supplies. Away In the north by j
west IIo Johannesburg and Pretoria , . ' ! 50 :
miles by rail , nearly 300 to Kruger's capital ,
as the crow ( lien.
Hut miller will not bo the "whole thing"
lu the aggressive campaign. Kitchener is
rapidly organizing a big corps , made up of
Infantry , mounted troops , artillery , brlgaJo
uf naval batteries. This force Is being put
Into shape at Capetown. It will soon ha ou
iho trek to relieve Mclhuen , who Is backed
up to Orange river near Hopotowii , bcslogoJ
by Cronjo'fl Free Slate army. This latter
wing of the Doer army must bo strengthened j
'
ir Kitchener will have It his own way and' ,
heat Duller to the objective. From Colcs-
bci's to Prctoila Is COO miles. The railroad |
a nliiiout u bco line. A dash ou llloemfonj j
Irln , the Frto State capital , would foix-o tin- '
ilumlonmeiil of the siege of Kliuhcrley and |
Mufcklug. I
To oppose the converging Urltlsh columns
hurting from points separated bytoo mllco j
: > : South African mountain and veldt , and ;
moving to tlu > nicotine point , Pretoria , of ;
two great ralh'.uline. . * , the Ucere have ,
probably SO.OPO men fit for duty. The British
now have nbMil 8.J.OOO In South Africa or j
In trnnt'U , and lu.OOO in reserve nt Alder-
shot or lu more tempoiury home camps. It
B pluln that the campaign cnn have but
mo end. If the KiiElIsh nrp n determined
IK ever to prosecute the war to a " atlb-
'uctory conclusion. " - i
Hut It will take time. It' no aniull'under-
: akug. ! Sherman left bin camps south of
3haltnnotga about May 10th. Ho forced iho
: : nfrdcratc8 back to Atlanta by July Kl , and
they abandoned the city on September 1. '
ifior inflicting terrible losses and damages
in the federal forcea.
Duller , at J.adymnlth. Is nearly four times
i far from I'rctoila an Sherman was from
\tlunta when ho btarted to meet JohiiHon
it Dalton. and Kitchener will bo almost BIX
lines the dUtaucc from Dulton to Atlanta , If
jc finally ccncontratra his army on a line
Iruwn cant and west within utrlklng dia- '
: ance couth ot Orange river , J
OTIIKIt l.\M ) TI\N ! Oll .
The ' .n000,000 . iifoplp who are affcctd ti
the fnmlnp In India nrp roughly eliisfilliJ a.
including 82.000,000 in Drltlsh territory nit I
SS.OOO.OOO In native Mates. Of the forau.
nr-out 3.750.000 arp now employed upvii u
lief works' nnd It It otlmnld that it i 1
take from $0,000,000 to JS.000.000 to sustain
th H anrt their dependents until the r < t
cf March and thin estimate make ! ) no a.-
lot\Hti90 for their maintenance after that
time , give * them no cattle to work the
ground , no aeed to put In It and no means
of HvIiiK until the new crop innturrs. \
London corresiKindent who h s studied the
situation writes :
"This calamity I * . T assure you. not nearly
at Its height. There hns been no winter
rnln , Iho whole land Is pnrched up and It
will tnkii during the next nine months at
least $30.000.000 to cOpe with the scourge
In the most effective manner. "
Dut the Imperial government Is strain
ing nil Its resources to carry on the war
with the Doers mtd has neither time nor
money to spare for Its subjects In India.
The Indian government must carry on tlio
work of relief by Itself and how It Is to do
It Is a problem for both statesmen am
philanthropists. All this , too , for the suf
fercrs In Drills ! ) India. There seems to b
no relief for the greater millions Ii
the native territory but t > low and palufu
dcnth.
The concession rvcwitly granted by th
Htiltnu of Turkey to Germans for a rnllwnj
from Konleh. In Anatolia , to Dassorah , a
the mouth of the Euphrates , Deems to have
caused a jealous feeling at St. Petersburg
nnd to Imvo excited thu Hllaslan foreign of
flee Into making new demands at Conatan
tlnoplc. An offset In Russia's Interest Is
wanted for this German concession. This Is
a railway 150 miles long from Kars to Erze
rcxim. Huesla controls Kars , and the 131
miles ot railway wanted would open 111
n commercial route of considerable Importance
tanco new served by camels nnd park nnl
nialB from Tabriz. If Germany extends he
political Influence into eastern , central am
southern Aela Minor by having obtalnui
the Kouich-nnesorah concession , Kussln
too , desires to confirm her claim to n sphere
of influence In the northern part of Asia
Minor , where she. already has a foothold
Dut It I.H precisely this assertion of n Ilus
slan sphere of Influence In Asia Minor thu
offends the sultan , who has no Idea of stir
rendering his Asiatic possessions as ho has
been compelled to surrender his possessions
in Europe. The Kars-Erzerouni railway Is
therefore , not likely to materialize soon.
It seems that some of the recent reports
concerning the growing liberalism of Hus
slan administration in Poland must bo re
ceived with a good deal of caution. Las
autumn there was published In the news
papers of southern Russia what purported to
bo an olllclal program respecting the privi
leges that the Polish educational Institu
tions were to bo granted In the teaching am
the speaking of the Polish language In Rus
sian Poland. This was the occasion of much
rejoicing and of much commendation of the
Russian government for Its generous treatment
mont of the Poles. These congratulations
seem to have been prematurp , for recent re
ports say that two of the most promtnen
philanthropists at Warsaw have been de
prived of their title of excellency and other
wise punished for permitting the use of and
teaching the Polish language In some educa
tional Institutions under their honorarj
jurisdiction. The Polish books and manuals
used in those places have been conflscatet
and jt Is understood thqt severe measures
will bo taken for the prevention of such un
lawful acts In the future. This Intelligence
has been received with great sadness am
discouragement by the many Polish com
munities In southern Russia.
* *
When the House of Commons meets the
Hritiab government will find Itself deprlc < 3
of the votes of twenty-four of Its supporters.
The IOEK ot support will bo due , not to polit
ical disaffection , but to patriotic spirit. The
latest conservative member of Parliament
to volunteer for the front Is Mr. George
Kemp , who has accepted a command In the
Imperial Yeomanry. His enlistment brings
up the list to twenty-four. The opposition
will not bo denuded of their voting power In
a like proportion , for only one of its men , so
far as is known , has announced his Intention
of going out Mr. William Allen , who re
sembles Mr. Kemp in two points lirat , In
being ono of the meet active juniors In the
house ; nnd , secondly , in being a keen com-
petltlpr In the annual Parliamentary golf
tournament. Dut the loss of twenty-four
votes Iti not the only adverse handicap with
which the government will start the ses
sion. At present It Is threatened with the
loss of two of KB whips. Lord Stanley is al
ready in South Africa , where ho has been
appointed press censor on the staff of Lord
[ loberts. Lord Valentin , another of tbo con
servative whips , Is acting on the organizing
committee of the Imperial Yeomanry , and Is
accompanying that force to the front. The
government , however , will still have an
xmplo majority , unless there should bo un
expected desertions from the ranks of its
supporters.
* * *
The burden ot taxation In France has be
come co heavy as to causa the formation of
a "Taxpayers' league. " A petition prepared
l > y ibis body shows how grave the situation
lias become. In 1871 , when the expenses of
the war with Prussia had been liquidated ,
the ordinary expenditure was about $500-
000,000. Kor the coming year the budget Is
ever $700,000,000 , while there has been prac
tically no growth in population. The In
creased oxpcndlturo for this year la nearly
$12,000,000. The funded debt amounts to
$0,000,000,000 , double that of Great Britain.
The annual charge of thlw debt In 187-1 was
about $200,000,000 ; and , in spite of conver
sions and reductions In Interest , it Is now
nearly $00,000,000 more. There are some In
dications that the wealth of the country ,
notwithstanding the parsimony of Its people
ple , has ceased to grow. Korelgn trade
shows signs of falling off nnd the deposits
in the savings banks are not maintained.
Little Niirprieo can bo felt that population
should decline/ under such oppressive con
ditions.
* *
Llbei la , having obtained an Inconui from
royalties paid by the English Rubber syn
dicate , Is now paying Interest on her debt
of $500,000 , on which who defaulted twcnty-
flvo years ago. The arrears of Interest hnvo
been cleared off by nn agreement of the
creditors to receive $75,000 as payment in
full of back Interest. A reduction of the
rate of Internst bus been conceded also ,
frc 7 to 3 per cent , the rate rising ' /j per
cent every tbroo yeatfl till It reaches fi per
cent. The development of the rubber In
dustry In Liberia has attracted much at
tention and gave rife to the recent story
about a contorted demand pf England nnd
the I'nltcd Slates for u definition by the
French of their frontier when It tends to
encroach upon Llberlan territory
ACTIVE MEN AND WOMEN
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Bald
Spots
Without help ,
n bald spot never
growssmallcr.lt
keeps spreading , until at last your
friends say , " How bald he Is get
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ness , but cnsy to stop the first
thinning , easy to check the first
falling out. Used in time , bald
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with-
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It always
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11.09 i botlle. All druirlili.
" 1 harp used your Hair Vigor and am
greatly jilcaird with It. I lia > oonlyu. ed
one Imltlo of it , and yrt my liafr has
Mopped f nil Ing out and han M.trtcd to
cruw npaln nicely , " .U'l.ics WITT ,
March 28,1893. Canova , S. Dak.
Wrtto the Doctor.
If you do not obtain all tlio bxncflti yon
expected from the use of tlio Vigor , irrlt *
the Doctor about It.
Addrcu , In. J. C. ATEIt.
Lowell , Mm.
1,12A1 > 1.TO A SMII.K.
Chicago Chronicle : Count Cnntcllane
AVliul ! Morrow v.v inon' ! Borrow ze mon1'
Nevnlre ! Wy , Madame In Comptesse Is
not yet what you cull ze broke !
Puck : Weary Willie DM j'er git an > -
thlmrV
Krnyed Feeler I didn't nsk ! 1 srcn de
woman wan u-tryln' lor cook sutllla' on a
chullni ; dish !
ChlcnK" Hecord : Judge What explana
tion hnvo you to offer for stealing this dress
Prisoner Your honor , I was Invited to a
ball.
Somervlllc Journal : \Vlicn you see an
arttcli- saying that housework Is excellent
athletic cxorolsc for women , you may fi-nl
pretty sure that it was written by a mini
Indianapolis Journal : "IIo Is an Ameri
can a Hltnplc American. "
"Tlmt .sounds ambiguous. "
"Klx It any way you want to. Kvcn a
simple American stands head and should
ers over any foreigner 1 ever saw. "
Uoston Tranforlpt : The Dun I united ti-
too If you could , aottlotliat little account to-
dnr.
dnr.Tho
The Debtor Ileally , do you know , I thlnU
you are the most curious man 1 ever knew
To think you should take so much trouble
to find out such a little thing as that.
Puck : Lady Why don't you go to work
for a llvlnir ?
Tramp Well , lady , -want to give every -
fliwr else a fair tilal llret.
Indianapolis Journal : "Asa nation , Ameri
cans don't sulllclontly love their ihomc. life. "
'Th-.U's so ; TVO had to BX > to 'boardliiK ' lie-
cause so many relatives loved our liomo life
better tihau they did their own. "
Chicago Tribune : "fen. that's nn apt
quotation , but U Isn't original. H was said
llrst by that ancient Persian reformer and
lawyer what's his nanio ? I had It at my
tongue's end a moment ago. "
"llo's a rooster I've never heard of. "
"Thanks. That helps mo out. It's n quo
tation from iCorloroostcr. "
Washington Star : "I wish I were rich , "
said the young man.
"How rich ? "
"Oh , rlilh beyond the dreams of nvarlce.
I'd llko lo bo S-TO rleh limit I could afford to
put in miy time lecturing pconlo alxiut Ilio
Illusions of wealth and the.'p'iacld.'dcllghta
of poverty. "
Inanity 1'iciined.
Detroit ) Free Press.
Ho had nothing of a temper , 1n the. thick o
Strife WHS cool ,
And no matter what might happen he was
placid as a pool ;
But 'the ' bill-collector found him and he lofl
fill in fumliif B.1111
Ycu ( ouldn't 'blatnn ' him "kicking" slr.ce lu
had to "foot tile bill. "
MAIUJAIIKT.
Now York Truth.
When Margaret , with face serene ,
\V < Uk up to uniiroh , ou worship bent.
Her small , gloved fingers clasping' llgh :
Ht-.r prayer book nnrt her Testament ,
And I sedately walk beside ;
She seems PO far from worldly strife ,
I feel my fourage faliut , and 'fall
To beg fair Margaret for my wife.
When Madgo and I together whirl
Around the ( lowcr-illlcd dancing hull ,
And merrily sflie turns to me
From Tom or Wultor , Jack or ( Paul ,
My splrltw lakn a KtuJde-n leap ,
.My heart with : iopelcssncss Is rife ,
\ml I towsln rtv > itli'.nk I'll dare
To iiak gay iMadg-o to lie my wife.
When Peggy d'usts ' the dainty rooms ,
Or tills the salad dish for luncheon ,
\nd lots iino stay to nco ihor work ,
And give.mo crispy ike to munch on :
iilnio.st i-lahj ) her in my iirms
And toll her how slip rules miy llfot
W'hcn winsome Pi'gvy smile * on mo
I'm conlldent Hho'll be my wife.
' ' "
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