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It Wii.H the. Ural tii.i-- 1 lacdti has had ua
opportunity Id etiu rl:uu tw. such candi
dates ul ono 1 i 1 1 : r . hi. I Le. antic It was .ho
first I trim t n record where tw.i s : tintt
plutocrat, antl-WuIl street c -if.nid.it -s c o.
rolo together lit ii!t autnrn ih.Ic. '11 i i l is
what Watson mi 1 Tibbies t I I. Iliu nor.
un:ll the mutter had beea th ,ro igh'y e n
Viism d himI the rffiM t on tin- oa t li n duly
cnii-iid' nxl. Of c.ouisc, Mr.
V.itsn was
m l la on llitr nl'-t ui -lou; Ik
1ihh1-i nf I.H fab-mis, but Mr.
Whi-ii the i.rop',it.ii!i v.iid
w.i.'i !n thu
'I'i.ibl' viaa.
I r aclicJ to
lilin hoi pun ri d Ions and earnestly, then
lie "Well, I l.uv- lols. of thin
with ul a pit cedent and l i:ucs; thero la
niitliliw I won t try once, i'.ilng o.i your
uiitomolille." Tin- committee luoiight on
the nulomohll'; and I tin pop-jli-u candnlateu
Whisked through the sin -i ta to the homo
of Fundi I. 11 gcr at a rats tf ;P d pro
liil.Kid ly ortiinanrp.
J.
The iiiwtltijr of the two men at Iho sta
tlm rtiowtd how thoriuilily ii'li dcdro.l
to break (may fro.n thu dcni ..tiats aritl ro
tt nloii". Mr. 'J'itibln.t was th- liryt to
roach Iho (! ori;l in, i.nd In- wm n- -of; r 1 ;ctJ
by Mr. Watron nn iculily is lm l.ltu-tlf
liiiil lit fii rt-ctmnJied. I!cf. ro a nciuid man
tmd rcat hod thorn Mr. Wa'si'ii wil l:
"llavo you tmuto nny an nnnonifiit for
funion?" And lilx fnit- looki d Kb mx'p'.y.
"Not a Ihinir ha- bren dtnif," Fniillnsly
biii wind Mr. Til dl 3.
" 'Tls wt'll," snld th iri Fldntlnl randt
diitc. rul at inc the crfvd nurgod forward
to Hliiko hlft hand.
Mr. Watsun lind disllnirulHln d honor paid
Mm In IJncoln, not Ihn h ast of wl.i-h was
thu ailJournriK lit of u. donwici n (h- stale con
vention to hear hlrn apak. It was not an
adjournment cxnotly, rlthi r. Tht leaders
of tho ileniooralli; conveullon found they
could not rniistor n roritoral'H Kuard In tho
larj!i nudltorliim during th Wataun fpiorh,
ronsoquently they miiRnuiilmoiutly tloft-rred
their tlmo of meetlne for u c.tuip:i of hours,
for the rank and file of the party wanted
to hoiir WntBon, Durlric IiIh xt.iy In IJn
coln Mr. WutHon win ii puiMt at the V
Iri't't homo of l'ruik D. KaRer, lu.--lne.-B
manager of the Iiitlepenili'iil, and on tha
cv. riliifr prreedltiK tho two t onvenllons a
publlii i en pi Ion wna tt rider ed him. at which
nlxo Mr. 1'lbbleH wan a frmst. I lemorrat-t,
jvopullHls and many republicans called dur
iiiK the evcninit to pay their rewpeetB to a
great man.
Vrillko running riiato, Mr. Watson dur
ing IiIh visit t' Lincoln proved himself a
poor Hiibjet t for the newspapers. lYcc d
IriK his nildi-esn at the p a'.r t t uivrnt'on
lie very courteously ret elvc.l all eai'i rs, tint
when asked to make a Btali nuul for puh-
llentlon ho Bml'.etl a sad. sweet sruilo
and nnsweretl: "I believe I'd ralher rot, If
you will excuse me." Anil It was not lonr
before tho newspapers knew that that "I
litllevo I'd rather not" meant "I won't."
The coming to Lincoln of Mr. Watson
wx: a clever piece of work on Iho part of
the mldroad populists, and that he iiraiin
ll.tlied all that bad been expected of him
a look at the fin Ion stale ticke t w ill show,
lit) wu-4 hrouaht to Lincoln lo hiaie up
the wavering pops and he braced them. At
the conclusion uf Ills dramatic spee.li ho
liatl not only brought the pop link to
tho fold, but ho had sciired Ihe wits cut
Of the democrat. 8o frlghtentd were they
at thi way In Widen th-lr old-time allies,
whom they had subdued on nil previous oc
casions, took the bit In their mouths and
started runnliiK that they Kindly accepted
the few crumbs thrown out to them In tha
Ha t lira of nominations. They accepted
llerse with little protest, thoush before
the Watson speech they had not even
thought of Heine as a likely man. Th
remainder of the tliket they swallowed
without so much us u grumble. Wat.son
bud uwod the deimvcrats.
Watson Is the kind of a man that does
we those who are about lo f.nsake an old
time principle. He nppeirs absolutely Bin
cere. That he Is a southerner ho shows
II over. He is tall and vltalit; his free ts
thin, tliouith full of expression; nh voice
lias that peculiar southern twuiiK thst
makes It pleasant to listen to; he Is d's:
rdfled always and always courteous. The
people of Lincoln Irrespective of pnrty
niliallon, were pleasad with Thomas B.
(VsUon.
Sieges of
AITAI.V WILLIAM C. 1 1 A A N' of
tho general stiff, I ' ri ' t'l Slat-H
arrry. reviews in the l'h hi.b 1-
.... fr. , . t. r si-
le n to Rtnr-fjle at I'm t AMh:i; The rno: e
re ent sleets, covering a - ri. d f hfty
year, will l-ar recountii..:. a:: In. y ltpre
snt evoliitloiiK In inttl.'d of att-o k end
def--nae. Cnptnin L'a ti writes, in i-nr::
Iho H that sttr irte! m.u-.t nlt.n
Uo:i In the lilnt'teeelh century was taut of
Ke'vislapol. In Ih" t'ri;.van T.ir, K'.t-.l.
It bni4iin In Sef teral-or nf t'i. former year,
thi Nplegers b'-lrjr tl" Kr'-r.eh ami la.;r-ll-h,
with n urnall fore- of T.irl.i. Feb .irf
ti pol. by th Kurctan. vaii rnc unte! I n
irf,iiablo. Tim fortreon o--cilrl ciiim
ruirpi-d helKt.ts, tncbirit a i-art of tho
town. Tim prinelpil cn-1 str.ir.jrr p.irla
were tho fort known ns lie-- M.i'akoff.
th central bistlon, tb1 He.lan and tho
Littlu Hcd-jn. The bc:egerH sulTemt
tnucli f'-oni ItiMditmte conn-Jf'iry :;r
riii:t:e:,iont .-nd 't; ;,lh a. will.- tie Itus
Fians were nl.l" for month;' to malnlain
their communis (Ion with the Immorie
j roduotivo country b bind them. A ver y
s-vor winter Interfrretl seriously with
the siege operations, but In the spring
they were renewed with vnry great vliror.
Ktvernl battle9 were foufrht rou:vl Pe
bestapot, with grcnt lopses on both sides.
Til's more famous of tbeve were at Inker
man nnd ltalaklava. On Aurnat hi, 1V.
a Huislan nrmy Bont to ndleve Heb'istopol
was defeated at Tchernayn. There were
nwny destructive bombardments. In which
Ironclad ships In the harbor for the first
llm took part. The alllts were able,
with tlwilr heavier and more numerous
ordnance, to Inflict much more Injury than
they received.
A irrcKt ass.iult hsd Iwn delivered on
June IS by the French on the MalakorT,
and by the Knpillsh on the Ttedan, but
failed. From August 19 to Stptember 8
a continuous and terrific bomhurdmeiH was
kept up. On the latter date the second
great assault was made. The French
carried the Malakoff, the Little KeJan and
the central bastion of the fortress, but
the Hrltish were again driven bark from
tho Kedan. The success of the French,
however, had rendered the inace no longer
tenable, and after sottlns fire to Sebasto
pol and to their shlpa the Russians with
drew. The victory had been won by su
perior battering power. The siege had
lasted eleven months and eight days.
In the civil war of lti615 In this country
there were but two very remarkable sieges
that of VicksburE and the Tetersburg
Hlchmond siege.
Vlrksburn Is almost a natural fortress,
and ns It was the key to the possession of
tho Mississippi river the confederate gov
ernment had fortified It ns well ns lay In
Its power. The movement uguinut Vleks
burg was begun by Sherman, under Grant's
orrtVrs, In December, lsfiJ, and temporarily
failed. In January, 1X60, Grant himself took
the Immediate direction of It. With the
assistance of the navy he cut hose from his
base above VicksbiirK to croaa tho Missis
sippi at Grand gulf with his army and be
Cln the attack from the lower side. His
line, when complete, was fifteen miles Ions.
Ho whipped the confederate armies which
were hoverinff aluut his re-ir nr.,1 right
flank while the Investment was proceeding
antl taught them to keep at a safe distance.
On May 19 nn assault was ordered and was
repulsed with great ltK-s. A second assault
was iinule on May 22 with like result. Hc
Inrorccmcnt.s were sent to Grant and Vlcks
burg was lightly held, with daJly mid
nightly bomhardivt nls, until after bIx
works of harrowini; peril and privation It
was forced on July -t, 1M3, to surrender.
The besieged had suffered much from lack
of food, and many of the noneonihatants
bad burrowed chambers in t:e clay bluffs
faring tho river for protection from tho
federal bombs.
Vicksburtf was chiefly .subdued by tho
tightness of Its Investment. It was not
provisioned for a long siege. A tremendous
labor was required of the federal troops to
make their works of rlrcuinvnlliitlon as
strong ns those of the diffuse, which Grant
knew to be necessary. In spite of Ids su
perior force, to prevent a successful sortie.
The heaviest cannon used by ti e In .-doners
were lent to the army by Admiral l'orter
of tho navy. The only other siege guns
were six thlrty-two-poundt rs. Hut the field
urtlllt-ry was abundant. Tho Investing Hues
were at no jKiint more than Ov jarJs dis
tant from the works of the bc-legixl and
the artillery fire had proved very effective.
Tho siege of Petersburg was one of the
largest military operations known in liis
ttiry. It be an In June, 1N&J, and lasted
until April J, l. The lines of clrrumval
latlun Iln. illy enclosed tlx- defenses of
lUt-hniond, as well as those of Petersburg,
and were many mtbw in length. General
Grant bad about loO.not) men and General
l.co some 60,000. Formal Investment was
not resorted to until the federal army had
made, repeated assnults upon the leters
burf defenses and hud been repulsed with
the loss of more tuuu ,uut mcu. Tim fed
eral rlglit flank reeled upon the James
river, ubove Hcrmudi Hundred, and tho
left was near the Weldon railway. On
July SO a mine was sprung under ons of
the principle confederate works and an as
Reeent Times
sault v.-as ngnln made, but wus repul u-d
w ith a losi of G 'OI federal roldi T". In
the autumn the besiein li'ics w re ex
tended r.oria of tl," Jam. s l iver, do e to
t .- F:ie Mil nd d'-f n s. ami were i!s i
Lto.idlly extended to 1 1: lift. The d:u.
ta n ef 1.'- 'V army grew w rs1 wit-, each
day. This lines of supply l..idi.ihr iilo
K .1 nier. I been ur fewer and iron- sli mier,
and o:.rly la the year ImA the soot! i in
(oni-nandcr saw tin- necessity of attaekiiiir
the Investir , army, Willi a vi -v to foi In
Ms "vrv out of tl:.- ciy F.irt P'e.idmau,
on lh" rijL lit of the r,o-th--rn v. nl.s. v. a.
tak.-n by the cotifeder.ittr In a ln-ivy a
F iult in March L'l, but v :.s r. captured.
L-e v.-aa thu:-- com elle.l to Walt the move
ments of bit antagonist. The final .pc ra
tion of the siege beg in In the last days of
March. Prom this time on tli"rf- w.-.s eon
tinuous and heivy flglitinp;. Grant sent a
slrni column to (lank the confederate:
light and to cut Lee's smIc remaining com
nurlcatle.n with the nrmy under John: ton
Olid the country south of bi n. The mov. -tucnt
ei lr.,lnated in Ihe Initio of Five
Forks which determined the Immediate f ill
of I'etersliiirx. The evacuation of Rich
mond by the confederate forces and gov
ernment followed two days later, and tho
surrender at Appomattox on April 8 virtu
ally marked trie ending of the war.
In the Franco-Gorman war of 1F70-1 the
siege of Met, and that rrf pari are the
two gicat salient spectacle.-., and they hid
a certain dependence upon each other. H.ul
Mar.-.hal Ilazaine's army not bren i-hut up
in Melz and held there lor seventy days
by the Germans It Is not likely that they
could have remaim-d before Paris for 129
days, as they did, without a severe strug
gle. A more reprehensible tiling than
Itaxalne's surrender was the rendering of
his troops powerless within the fortress of
Metz it t a moment wh n they were most
needed In the o;H-n Held. Almost as soon
as the news of the fall of Sedan and the
capture of Napoleon III reached Paris in
September, 1S70, steps were taken to form
a government of national defense, and
means of protecting Paris were organised.
The Oermnns, who were already before
tho city, completed its Investment on Sep
tember 19. Gambetta left Paris in u 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 defense was active nnd anient, but
proved from the flint futile against th9
great odds opposed to It. Tho Germans re
pulsed successive sallies at Malmaison,
Chnmplgny, Le Ilouget and other suburbs.
Dismal news came from Mets. The French
army within its walls hud either to starvo
or surrender. It submitted on October 27.
The army of the Ixilro was the only hope
of Purls. It uttacked the Germans to the
north of Orleans, and, after several days
of combat, was defeated. A sortie nt
Champigny, at first successful, ended In
tho Germans recovering their positions.
Near the end of January, lsTI, there re
mained In Paris provisions only for an
other fortnight. More than 40,oii0 inhab
itants had already succumbed to priva
tion. Negotlatlrnn for capitulation led to
an armistice on January 31, followed by
the Prussians taking isissession of the city.
Plevna, tho Turkish stronghold In the
Iialkan region, held out against the Itus
Bians In the war of l,JT!-7X from the car'y
purt of July until December 10 (hrrugli tho
Bheer valor of Its defenders. Soa-.e of tho
most terrific fighting of mod"rn times t' ok
place on its steep rlepcs. Th;; Ku.'Fl.ins,
who were Ihe nusaiUmis, were put upon
tho defensive, and only the lack of a com
petent leader on the part of the Tu-ks
probably saved tho eJsar from a bitter de
feat. Iirinfnrcomentii were quickly brought
forward until the total Russian strength
was l'JO.KO men nnd 4W guns. The Tuiks
wero estimated to have 50,0.0 men. After
a desperate sortie on tec-mbcr 10. which
fulltd to break the line of Investment, Ot
mitn Pasha surrendered. The Hustlin
killed anil wounded In this tlge are sild t
have been lS.OOO ond the Turkish nbout
Udell.
Jn tho Angl t-Itoer war of ISM-liMO the
siege of Lad.Nsml.h In Natal stai d -i oat
most promlnt ntly. It was the capital rf a
district and the junction of two railways,
and had been usr'd by the Hrltish as a
depot for military stores, although this
choice was severely criticised. It has then
dwcrilrf-tl as "a teacup in a saucer," the
edge of the hitter belne represented by tho
high surrounding hills. When tho liters.
In October. 1M'9, began to Invest it tiie
Iirl'ish bad 1,) soldiers there, including
four regular cavalry regiments, and tlte
colonial mounted troops; sis field batteries,
a mountain battery and a naval battery.
General Jouber l, in coniniard of the liners,
opened a bombardment of the town at 6 V
yanls. On tho nlxht c.f October ?0 General
White, In command of tho Drilbh, made a
sortie with his entire force. One column
became Isolated, was em-rounded by the
Peers and the mountain bnttery and an
Irish and an L'ngllnh batlu'lon wire cap
tured. The Boers made n Mnt of entrrln.f
Ladyamlth and the p.rlt'sh rrtlrej thither,
recapturing two cannon on the way.
This unfortunate sortie reduced the gar
rison to less than 10,000 men, and soon
Reealled
afterward tho force bcsl.-ging Hie place
was inrrea'd to IS.OiW. The P.o"rs. with
heavy guns, lind shells into the town
d.-.ily ft an a loio; i;rcup of hills which
comma;. oed it. Ilatrt lit hiru nls wa re con
structed and strengthened day by day.
T!.-"is of the inhabitants who did not leave
Hie tow n by p,-:ini.aon t f tiie Hear fci n
eial d. anted their dwellings and lived ia
!i iiiih-proi f caves. Cavalry and lluht ar
tillery sillied faith from time to time, but
ce.Mimplished nothing to compensate for
their losses. Armored Lams went bi -k
i'li' forth between Li.iyamit Ii and I'oknso
uritll, en Novemlar r, the latter plate was)
noon; led by the enemy. The bombard
ment of the btviegel was th n begun in
firm st. On Novumber !l a general a -snult
was made, but was rapiil.ed. Tha
British drove ;h" Boers from positions
which they had held near the city. Lyd
dite shells thrown into the Boer lines de
moralized them, but they were strength
cned soo'i afterward by the nrHvu! of
cannon from the Transvaal. They mounted
thi-Je on nil points of vantage within range.
The rleors of the siege were, by the end of
Novemlxr, severely felt. Rations were re
duced nnd fevers were prevalent. There
were several sorties, in which the British
destroyed stone of the Boer guns.
Meanwhile General Buller was advan
cing with iO.O'JO men to relievo Iady smith,
antl in view of his approach the Boers
themselves Isagnn to convert their posi
tion on tho Tuv-lii Into fortresses. They
had trenches on both sides of the river,
protecting each oilier, and all prutodoil
by cannon on the elevation 1ick of them.
F.ntrenchmcnts extended liloiiff the Tngela
for twenty miles. Buller attacked tho
Boers, and lost nil his field artillery and
1.100 killed, wounded and captured. Tin
Boer position wns so well planned that
both theJr entrenchments and their gun
emplacements were completely hidden from
the attacking force. The lire from tho
rifles, smokeless powder being used, caused
almost nil the British cusuilllci. After
Buller had retreated, the Ho?rs, on Jan
nary B, 1900. carritd f-me British entrench
ments south of Iitlysmith three times,
but were finally driven out of them at the
point of the bayonet.
General Buller resumed the movement
against the besiegers with a reinforced
army, amounting new to ,11.00(1 men. An
attempt to break through the Bncr line
at Splon Kop failed after hard fighting
extending over several days, A third at
tempt was made In February, but tho
British were again compelled to retreat.
General Puller then, on Folmmry 14, be
gan a turning movement of the left flank
of the. Boers. After several days of heroic
fighting the way to Inlysmith was cleared
on February 27, and on March 1 Lord Dtui
donald's cavalry entered the town.
The siege had laded lis days. The ra
tions for the fighting men .hist sufficed to
keep them on their feet. The oidy water
which they could procure was so polluted
that It ctnsed fever and dysentery. Toward
th. end the cavalry horses were kllhd and
eaten. The stock of medicine became ex
hausted In January, and tho deitli rate
had Increased enormously. Three hundred
nnd forty-six soldiers nni! officers died of
dlse-ajie and 259 were Mi led.
Aged Widow Nabs Lover
Mrs. Sarah Bosh r. a wealthy widow of
Pittsburg, who confessed that she is 7-i,
walked into the ollice of Alderman Me
Masters end took out pmiers chnrjjlnsr
Willis Levlne, her hoy admirer, with ob
t;:iei"T money uniler false pretences.
' t , i ie is a teardless lad of 2.'t years, wh"
looks much youn;;c: Soon nftar lit r huc
baud died, fclx years ago. Mr?. Bnshir nnd
Willis botume friend., and she now ullceci
that thi3 friendship linn coyt her heavily.
Her charge was In effect that L'-vine had
Borne days ago se -ure 1 ?:) from her lo l uy
a pop factory, giving her a promis-story
note, then "jeliiea" her until she gave bai-lc
the note, which he destroyed.
Mrs. Busier says ;-he th, n i e. ame suspi
cious and loo kid after the wp factory, but
fount! It not She then accused Willis or
being faithless, and the boy lover giggle!
in her face. Then file went to law.
"Willis ought to be ashamed of bim-elf."
slut said severely. "He told me he was
awful fond of me and that he loved to kiss
me. Ho had a very sweet way about him
but I know him now."
Tabloid Philosophy
You can seki m rite up a man by the
opinion he lias of hiratelf.
It generally costs an effort to live up to
an established reputation.
It dot-Mi't make the yrar any shorter to
steal a March oi, your rivals.
It's easy enough to love your neighbors
If you can make use of tlum.
The crust of society Is generally made up
of iH-ople who luivo the dough.
An engine can't u t up sttam. ev.n 'n mid
summer, unless It la coaled.
The pen is mightier thon the sword when
It comes to Hgnlng checks.
No, Maud, dear; we have never heard of
a l.oolhlack who shlnr-j in imc'ety.
All the world loves a lovtr, except those
who hsw been disappointed in love. Philay
de'phla Bccord