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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06

after years of waiting and unrequited
labor. 1t may be good in theory
but I fear it is utterly Utopian in
practice. A state system is but little
more feasible.
State legislatures move slowly and
in u very conservative way, even
in so important Il matter as road inn
provenlcnt- Practical road reform
must begin with the Individual. The
man who talks road improvement
must be in earnest to the extent of be-
ing willing to give time and money to
it. ! have in mind case which we'll
illustrates this. visited 4 county where
all the main roads were in fine
condition. 1t seems that a young
German farmer became enthusiastic
on this question. He studied road
making wherever he could find any
thing on the subject and asked ques-
tiops of everyone he thought could aid
him. He quietly secured the good will
Of a few influential men and when the
town meeting was held made the fol-
lowing proposition: Give me the
road tax xcs expended yearly on the por-
tion Of road between my farm and the
village, i distance of nearly six miles,
build Il single grn veled track and keep
it in repair." To his surprise the prop
osition was accepted. After signing an
agreement that the road should at no
time thereafter be in a worse condition
than it was at that time the tax was
turned over to him. The expenditure
of four years taxes completed single
track, we'll graveled the entire dis
tance, and before the expiration of the
seventh year he had a double track for
the entire distance in such good con-
dition that the annual expenditure of
his own road tax kept it in repair.
Other towns adopted his method and
the result is good roads throughout the
county. Don't attempt too much. If
gravel is convenient, use it; if not. use
the best earth along the line of road.
Put it in place, arrange for thorough
surface and under drainage, round up
the road bed and compact it. Repair
breaks soon as they occur Earth
roads made in this way will be vastly
superior to the unimproved highways.
Road building needs intelligent super
vision. Select a man to supervise the
work who knows something about
roads and not just because he is a
''good fellow
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
AGRICULTURALH HINTS.
ROAD CONSTRUCTION.

Some Suggestions oncerninR Improving
Country EIiEhways.
James Melville. c. E., writes to the
Orange Judd Farmer: With good roads
a farm fourteen miles from a town will
be nearer than one which is five miles
removed and has the present poor
roads. No times of famine would oc-
cur in cities from lack of farm prod
ucts during the season of bad roads
The farmer will deliver his crops when
they are needed. Much time il lost
waiting for passable roads. Farmers
living near towns will have opportun-
ity for more social pleasures. Good
roads will make economic delivery of
mails in rural districts possible.
Fluctuations in markets will be known
in the country as early as in the
towns, giving farmers au opportunity
Of selling and buying to best advan-
tage. If our roads remain in their
present form the condition of rural
classes will not improve materially
during the present generation ''What
shall be done with our roads?'' is a
common question. 1t is useless to talk
of national system of roads at pres
ent. A national movement requires
time. labor and patience. and comes
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
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GUIDING BOARD.

can make one from an old fork. Cut
tings are usually placed about four
inches apart in the row. Hence, have
a three-tined fork made with straight
tines four inches apart. five inches in
length, threc-eighths of an inch in
diameter and pointed at the ends. The
operator walks by the side of n line or
mark and forces the fork into the
ground, four inches apart, at any in
clination desired If the ground be
hard the foot is used to press the fork
down. A uniform depth can be secured
by running the tines through a light
strip of wood shown in Fig. 2.
After the cuttings are in place, the
dibble should be again pressed into the
earth within two inches of the cuttings,
and moved slightly to press the earth
firmly against the cutting at the bot
tom. Test this by trying to pull out
the cutting. Walking along both sides
of the row fills all interstires, and
growth is assured as far as proper set
ting is concerned.-America Agricul-
turiSt.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06

and girls to have n vege Ia BILE garden of
their own and sell the vegetables to
the family, as is the custom very fre-
quently in good English families.
This should not be mere matter of
play. The vegetables should be pur-
chased on their merits alone and at
.hc prevailing market prices, inferior
ones being thrown back upon the
young garde ener in order to teach him
practical methods of business Such
simple vegetables as radish and lettuce
may be easily raised by . young
gardcner,-Rural World.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
TO Rssusc,t.te Drowning Persons.

for the resuscitation of drowning per-
sons, but one of the most efficient means
is the pulling of the tongue. This Is
also applicable to asphyxiation from
gases. Tho tongue must not only be
pulled out of the patients mouth. but it
must be twitchcd rhy thmically in imita-
ton of the breathing rhythm. The
effect of this method was recently veri-
fed in the province of Orel, Russia A
peasant named Sophron had been drawn
out of river; all methods to revive him
were fruitless. Then an old peasant
named Petrucha resorted to this meth.
cd, and in five minutes the man was ro-
stored to consciousness
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
POND0 EAMILY.

together as we proceeded in the direc.
ton the herd had taken. We followed
a sort of blind trail along the side Of a
mountain which rose our left hand
at an angle of about forty-five degrees.
We had proceeded thus far about thirty
minutes when Phillips, who was a little
in advance of me, suddenly stopped,
raised his rife and quickly fred. Stimuli
taneously with the report Of the gun
I heard a loud snort aud then a crash
ing noise like a tornado rushing down
the side of the mountain, and then I
saw, not more than scvcnty-five yards
away, a huge, darlx-colored beast, bear
ing right down upon me. I did not
hesitate, but sprang for a tree a few
steps away, and, seizlng a lower branch.
was rapidly launching myself out of dan
ger, when the branch snapped from the
trunk and fell heavily to the ground.
Then, hearing Phillips laugh, looked
up and saw the dead buffalo lying
about twenty yards from me. Phillips
shot had penetrated its heart, but the
savage brute had charged in the direc-
ton of it's foes till the last throb was
still. j. w. SI1ER.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06

rs THAT YOUR HAND-WRITING?"
perior, but gave up his keys and rer
mitted one of the strangers to go for
his books without thinking there was
anything unusual in the request and
action.
''Is that your handwriting, young
man?' asked one OF the strangers,
blandly. pointing to a portion of the
open ledger.
"Yes,'' replied poor Volto, promptly.
Look more carefully at it, young
man. Now, are you quite sure?''
II think so," again replied the CASH
er, not SO positively as before.
''You are fool, young fellow, and
might have Jagged yourself with that
answer of yours" !" said the stranger,
conte mptuously, ''only that you have
had guardian angel near you since you
came here
''Lavina!' murmured The young man.
and then he blushed. wildly.
NO, donkey, your guardian angel
didn't go by the feminine title of La
vina; he's a male. and answers to the
name Of Jack Ridgeway, detective
that's myself
Officer, what is the meaning of all
this balderdash? Arrest that young
scoundrel at once,'' shouted the mana
ger, impatiently, yet with a frightened
glimmer in his small gray eyes.
1T means that have been watching
your little game for a long time now,
Mr.. John Algar, bank manager and
thief, and that this person may thank
his lucky stars that 1 was on the spot,
otherwise his Irritation with pretty
Lavina might have cost him dear
enough. jim, look after the lady while
1 attend to the MASTER"
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
LAFAYETTE, La, SATURDAY, MAY g. 1s93

Though which the river flows to tho
ses- Tho edges of the gap near the
rivers mouth lie about 1900 feet apart
and gradually approach each other un-
til near the top Of the first reach, when
they are about 1, 500 feet asunder. They
rise in abrupt forest-clad sleeps, and
from tho edges on both sides of tho
river plateaus extend until on either
side other precipitous cliffs rise and are
visible from ships decks leagues away
the st. Johns River" Inside the
Coates the river is broad, with scarce
1y perceptible current, aud the banks
are covered with forest trces and tam
gled underground of vegetation.
Owing to the abundance of water and
the constant supply of fresh vegeta-
ton and succulent grass throughout
" q favorite resort for wild game.
Nearly every variety Of wild animals
peculiar to southern A frica--with the cx-
ception of the elephant-is found here
and consequently it is much frequent
ed by the class Of hunters and sports
for luxuries beyond what nature affords
are unknown in this wild region.
1t was here that the writer had his
first full view Of a wild African buffalo,
and he has ever since devoutly prayed
that 1t might be the last. In company
with an Engl1Shman named Phillips.
we landed from a small coaster at the
mouth of the ST. Johns, bent on q ten
days hunt. Phillips was familiar witt.
the country, and for two or three days
we worked our way back from the
coast, meeting with good sport in
shooting small game. One afternoon
we spied a native hut in a thiclkly
wooded copse, and entering it found the
entire family, consisting of father,
mother, two grown-up daughters and n
son of about 30 years, squatted around
a big wooden basin filed with an
odorous stew of buffalo meat and
green Indian corn. Phillips, who spoke
the Pondo dialect, soon placed US on
good terms with the household by pre-
scnting the old native a plug -f tobac-
co and 4 clay pipe We soon learned
that a herd of buffaloes had been seen
in the vicinity few hours before, and
the old man and his son had bagged
one. We were further assured that if
we chose to rest over night the entire
family would accompany us on a buffa-
10 hunt on the morrow.
Before daylight the next morning we
sailed forth in I'll force. and at sun
rise had reached the spot where the ma
tives had killed the buffalo the day be-
fore. Hero we found a plain trail, and
we stopped long enough to lay out a
plan of campaign. The natives dc.
ployed so as to act as a sort of slzirmish
line, while Phillips and stood close
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06

with wave in q mad rush to reach the
depths, the whole surging, writhing,
liquid mass lands in weird con-
fusion below, where it forms a huge
basin-shaped lagoon, which makes a
favoritc habitat for tribes of hippopot-
ami, crocodilcs and other amphibia.
But perhaps the grandest and most
romantic landscape scenery on the
continent Of Africa south of the equator
is to be found on the st. Johns river,
as the Umzimvubu is known from the
eastern border of Pondo1and to the
sea. At the mouth of the st. Johns,
were itdebouches into the Indian ocean,
the view is notable object OF interest
for oil who arc SO fortunate as to trim
the coast near enough to observe its
outlines, and those who once view it
will scarcely fail to recognize its picture
aftcrwartl. Here a lofty table-topped
mountain appears to have been cleft to
its base. leaving wedgc-shaped gap
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
Elephaotine Joke by Dante.

Dante, meditatinR apart one day in
the Church of Santa Maria Novella, was
accosted by bore who asked many
foolish questions. After vaiuly endea av-
oring to get rid Of him, Dante at last
said: Before reply to thee, answer
me this. Which is the greatest of all
beasts?''
The gentleman replied that on the
authority of Pliny he believed it to be
the elephant.
me in peace!'' and so saying. he turned
and left HMM. Y. Times.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06

came from tho French door OF the dia-
ing-room, looked after them for a mo-
rnent or two. and then with q grunt
went back again to his work.
For the next hslf-hour the murmur
Of their subdued voices came waftin q
in with the perfume Of the exotics, a
large spider completed the web he had
begun before they left and which, ere
they could enter again, they would
have to break through, for he had bar.
fell upon his web it looked like q close
curtain of silver and gems
Inside the bank the manager had also
completed the task which had occupied
him for several of the nights the young
couple had been sentine nt0lizing out.
side, and had carefully replaced the
casAier's key to hisroom, after locking
the desk where he kept his set OF
books. A delicate task Mr.. Algar had
been sen6A9edSA1pon, which required a
small. bottle Of acid and asRood deal OF
practice of Reginald's handwriting;
however, it was at last very ne atty ac-
complished, and the manager reap
peared again at the vcranda and
called out with those stridcnt, hon
est tones Of his: q. :. ~
''Wherc are you. Lavina?'
Here, joint" came back the liquid
accents of his youthful spouse.
''All right, dear, don't disturb your.
self: am going into the town for a
little while. but Ill be back for sup.
per-
AS John Algar w&,t out the back
way, ''Nina' and 'Volto'' returned by
the front, and, after ruthlcssly demol-
ishing that foolish spiders web, they
made themselves comfortable in the
drawing-room, she sitting. down to the
piano while he leaned over her tender
ly, feeling as nearly happy as it was
g. f,p1 %ol to faeal nf
any time, while she played soft chords
to him and looked at him now and
again with the tender glance which
made him so completely her slave.
They did not speak much during that
interval of waiting, and only when the
sound OF her husbands loud footsteps
were heard, us he entered the house,
was the spell broken. STOPPING
quickly over her, he kissed her and
whispered:
Il love you, Nina; love you.''
''Hush! Volto-Or Bruno will hear
you.'
John Algar came in. loudly slamming g
the door behind him, and sat very
grimly all through the supper; SO that
Reginald Cleaver hardly dared to look
at him and shortly afterwards retired
to his bedroom ina tumult of rexnorse
and passion which kept him awake
nearly half the night He had kissed
her for the first time, and she had not
resisted. so she must love him al
though she had not vet said SO. How
beautiful she was-on the morrow per-
haps she would give him the assurance
he wanted.
At breakfast, however. Nina did not
look at him. neither did she speak, but
kept her lovely head bent over her
plate in a confused, shy way that was
very charming, and when afterwards
he was asked into the managers room
and found there couple of strangers
watching him curiously, he was en-
crossed with that charming picture
that he hardly looked at them or list
encd to the loud coarse voice of his 81
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
Composttton OF GRATING Wax,

The bulletin OF the experiment
farm at Ottawa in Canada, where
much grating is performed, especially
of the cherry, gives the composition OF
the grating wax there employed. A
wax for outdoor use is made by melt
ing together five parts of resin and two
parts of beeswax; to this is added ono
and a half or two parts of linseed oil
For winter use in the grafting-rooni
less oil and beeswax make a more cUit.
able com position.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06

Jack Billings-Do you think it right
for a fellow to kiss n girl suddenly,
without warning?
May Cooings-No; do not.
Jack Billings-Neither do I. But how
is he going to war her?
May Cooings-I don't know of any
better way than to ask some question
like yours just now.-Pucls-
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06

Jim-Honesty is the best policy arter
all.
Bill-How?
"Remember that dog stole?''
"Yep.'
"Wcll, I tried two hull days to sell
i'm, an no one offered more n a dollar.
So went, like honest man, an guv
him to tn ole lady what owned i'm. an
she guv me five dollars. IN. Y. Week.
1xy
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
SETTING CUTTINGS.

The Device Here Illustrated Will Expe-
tlite the Operation.
In setting grape, currant or other
cuttings in the open ground a trench is
often plowed or dug, the cuttings
placed in osition, and the earth thrown
back. Many make the ground as mel
low as possible. and with pointed
stick or sharpened iron rod make a hole
of the proper depth and inclination,
and insert the cutting. The operation
can be greatly expedited and cheapened
by the handled foot dibble shown in
the illustration, Fig. 1. A blacksmith
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06

Especial South African Lctter.l
In great majority of the narratives
of African travel little mention has
been made respecting the natural scene
ry Of regions through which these re-
spective authors journeyed. Whatever
the cause of this omission may be, It
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
A NATURAL DEFECT.

s.Bc careful, Mr.. Snobly, that is tho
fifth glass of punch I have seen you
take
.sAh, my dear Miss Winston, you don't
know me; can drink any quantity OF
liouor and never have q head on me-"
''Oh no; no one would ever accuse
YOU of that.'-Truth
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
A Lesson In Etiquette.

In a Kitchen:
NIother-You shouldn't dip your
ers into the gravy that way. Mary.
It's very vulgar.
Mary-But how else can taste tt,
mother? You surely don't want me to
soil one of the plates!-La Lanterne de
COcoricO.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06

The Buffalo News has an old joke
with slight variation:
Nimrod-Any good hunting round
here?
Farmcr-Yes; oceans Oft
Nimrod-What kind of game mostly?
Farmer-Never seed any game. Just
plain hunting.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
noeh side. of tho Family

She-I took the present You gave me
to my aunt and she thought 1t was
lovely But she wants to know whao
we will do with it after we nrc mar
rietl
u-That's very simple. dearest. Tell
her I shall take it to my uncle.-Brooe'
tyn Life
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
THE DARK CONTINENT.
Grand Mountains and Romantic
Landscape Scenery.

Twin waterfall la Southeastern Africa
Fully High NiaGarA-Tho Gates
OF st. Johns f,lver-A Buc-
fRlu Iy-lnt.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06

Miss Tootyf frooty - Mistah Razzers
strope, you reck'n rs gvvine walz wild
. gem'man wild his 'spender hanRin'
outen his cloes dataway7
Mister Razzerstrope - Deed, Miss
Tootyfrooty, yo's mistaken bout dat.
Das no 'spender. das nah new fob
chain.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
Strange Selection.

It is an easy and very profitable busi-
ness to smuggle rifles into Morocco. A
weapon may be bought in Gibraltar for
ten dollars and sold in the interior for
five or six times that sum. Smugglers
ore continually running over in feluccas
between Cape Spartel and Tangier, and
. curious are the devices by which they
accomplish their transport.
One snuggler told n traveller that he
ran his cargo into Tangier bay after
dark, and unlonded the rifles on the
beach, not a quarter of a mile from the
custom house.
'sWho assists you in unload;ng?'' asked
81 generally employ the porters Of tho
custom house" was the innocent reply.
Then, noting the surprise and amuse-
ment of his hearer, he added:
''They are more skilled in unloading
than other laborers."
1t had evidently neither occurred to
him nor to the porters that they might
betray him.-Youth's Companion.
Radically Dimcult.
Two things may look very similar on
bottom, as in this case reported by the
Memphis sAppeal-Avalanche:
The land1ady of a boarding-house in
this city has an eight-year-old son who
is remarkably precocious. Not long
ago he went uptown and had his head
shaved. Among the boarders is a gen
tleman whose hair long ago bade hin.
farewell. This gentleman came to the
table the next day, and said:
''Why, Charley. you haven't any moro
hair now than l have
Eyes, SIR" said Charley, that's so:
but you see have q lot more roots than
you have"
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06

The tooth puller was right up with
the times in youth, style and cheek.
Have you all the latest appliances2"
asked patient in the chair. holding on
to his jaw.
''Oh, yes" replied the artist, I'm
fang dc steele" and the tooth dew out
against the window pane and smashed
it-Dctroit Free Press.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06

Order Countcrnaanded.
Foreman (job ofice)-What are you
working at now?
Boy-Runnin' off some business cards
of young woman who wants TO do
mending for gents and families
Forernan-Gee whizz! Didn't yon get
word not to print 'em? The order il
couutcrmanded. Quick as the boss saw
that girls card, he rushed OF and mar
ried her.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-05-06
A Problem.

Mr.. Daddy-I wish our baby could
talk more plainly; Browns baby 10 .
month Younger, and one can under
stand almost every word it Gays I
wonder why it is?
Mrs Duddy (offended)-Tm sure
don't know. (ro the baby.) Comesey
tooty mommy lite swccty. Does 'oo
wicked pepper scold 90 dear title popsy
xyopsv dodkinS?-Pucl
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-12-08
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
McCook, Nebraska, November 10th, 1893.
NOTIOE
OF THE
DiSCOntinuanCeof the Land Office
BLOOMINGTON. NEBRASKA,
AND ITS
Consolidation With The Land Office
McCOOK, NEBRASKA.
McCOOK,

Notice is hereby given hat the President Of
the United States, by Executive Order, dated
September eleventh, 1893, has, pursuant to law,
directed that the u. S. Local Land Office now
located at BLOOMINGTON, in the State of Neb-
raska, be discontinued, and its business and
archives transferred to and consolidated with
the MCCOoK Land Office in said State.
Pursuant to said order, and the instructions
of the Commissioner of the General Land
Office, to this Office, letter(A )of Oct. 81, I8o3,we
have conferred with the Office at BLOOMING
TON, NEBRASKA, and have fixed DECEMBER
3Ist, 1893, at 4 O'Clock, p. m, as the precise
date when the office at BLOOMINGTON will
close, and JANUARY Ist, 1894, as the date
when the land officers at MCCooK, NEBRASKA,
will be in readiness to transact all business
relating to the lands transferred.
On and after JANUARY Ist, 1894, all bust.
ness relating to lands heretofore embraced in
the BLOOMINGTON, NEBRASKA, Land District,
will be transacted at the Land Office at Nc
Cook, NEBRASKA.
]. P. LINDSAY, Register.
D. E. BOMGARDNER, Receiver.
U. S. Land Office, McCook, Nebraska.
First publication Nov. I7-4ts.