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The Lamar register., 1896-05-09

ence OF about 800 niles In the haul
The southern Pacific and its allies, how
ever, propose 10 fight the case In the
courts for hey have appended to their
circular the following notice:
These rates are published pursuan, TO
an order OF the Interstate Commerce com
mission, They arr not regarded as ar
forilng the carriers u reasonable eompen-
sation for the service performed and are
accepted under protest.
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sOLuwAyo Has 4 RESPITE.
Tn. M.i.h-i-. wlshar-w From IN. VIC
taffy ef the iowa


London. May 3-EAh Gray has iele-
srapac-i % the eDvcfnmeu. from Bulu-
wayn that the Matahels~ have ne,ired
from thr !n1nledIaic vicinity Of tina, town.
and that Il : believed they are tired OF
fEiiinF and prsparns to retire to the
westward. The Nsngwa rad : secured by
800 m-ss. ln seven forts
The TiRlss has 4 Dispatch froIn Cape
Town which reports that In telegram
from Gwei0. Cecll Rhodss says fhIt Ma
ttbelelaBd viii ct railways two years ear
ner than II revolt had no; eceurrd.
A dispatch frUm PalIpye to the rimes.
daied saturday. says: Trustworthy ma
lives rcEort that two white outlaws, nam
"a Dixon and Grohber, are assisting the
Mafabeles in their operations
King KlianII ithe friendly chieD be
Hev,= tina, NJ NIatabeies are divided 10
their councils and viii. therefore. not make
a eoneeriei attack ON Buluwayo HIS
scout rrIorts thai the Matabelcs ar, likely
TO retire 70 The Zamh-sl before the arrival
u the relief column of Bnluwayo.
king Khama complains that his people
ar ruined by famine and by the death OF
,hrir cattle. This IS true. aud on this ac-
count the authorities ought to prepac,
melsunaS Of relief An native chiefs on
the Transyaal border are Indignant that
The members OF the Johannesburg Reform
Committee should have been sentenced.
and they would welcome and ehance OF
attacking the Boen-"
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puEsLo-coAsr RATES REDUCED
Railroad. Comply w,h the Commission
e.. Orders

san Franeisoo. May 3.-To-day circu-
lar has been issued. signed by the
Southern Pacific and the connecting lines
to Pueblo, Colorado. reducing the rates OF
iron articles from Pueblo to San Francisco
twenty-five per cent, In pursuance Of an
order of the Interstate Commerce commits
sion 10 the effect that rates from Pueblo
must exceed seventy-hve per cent Of the
rates from the Missouri river. The order
was the outcome OF the case brought some
time ago by the Colorado Fuel and Iron
company against the Colorado lines and
connections. including the Southern Pa
clfc, before the commission which was
decided in favor OF the shippers. Hereto
fore the rates from Pueblo to San Fran
cisco have been the same as from ;he Mis-
souri, river. although there was differ
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rhe Potato a. a Beautiner.

You take new potato and CRATE it
nnely. and then use 1t instead of soap
to wash with. The Juice of the potato,
raw, Of course, contains some ingredi-
ent that acts quickly and beneficially
on the skin,
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NO RsFuos FOR smeezzLsHs-
Am.ssesn FaT,t,.s. Given . Long Sen
t.nce n Msx


t.ac. n N.x or.
Mexico City. May AIN the case OF
Chester Rowe OF PowcshlcS county.
Iowa, accused OF embezzllng public mon
cys. Judge AEuelar last evening imposed
a sentencc of twelve yean and two
months Imprisonment In Bellm prison Tine
case has been notable one In the history
of Mexican jur<prudence. as Rowe. after
committing the offensc. came here and
took on, papers OF citizenship. hoping thus
TO eyade punishment But under the pen
nj code, an ofr,Ilze committed abroad and
continued on Mexican soil. Is punishable
and Rowe's ease win serve rs warning
for criminals hoping to find safe asylum
In Mexico. Lawyer Alfore, for the plain
tiff. said Rowe only made himself
Mexican. to evad. punishment tina, await
ri h m IN Iowa for mislppropr'ating funds
$4,000. He had deserted his family,
never having sent his wife but $50 from
here. Rowe's defenders claimed that the
ciient was not wholly apswcrabIe for the
supposed crime committed In the United
States. The case was appealed to the
Supreme Court. but Il Is generally be-
Ileved among lawyers here that the dects-
ION win be sustained. Mr.. Blackstone.
who came from Iowa TO prosecute the
case. says the American people win warm.
Is applaud the decision. which stamps
Mexico as law-uphnldlng country.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-02-26
Poetry Not Wanted.

II looks as if the life OF the average
poet is to be made even harder III the
future than it has been in past. His
channels of publication have been few
enough, and now one OF the leading
houses in New York has decided to is-
sue no more books of verse by any au.
thor, save if a Holmes, Longfellow,
Whittier or Lowell should happen to
send his manuscript into their Office.
1.-The fact of the matter IS, said the
head of this book house to me last
week, 'the old saw that poetry doesn't
pay is far more true than people
imagine. We have now some twenty
seven volumes of poetry OF all sorts on
our list, and in going over the sales
with our manufacturing man a few
days ago learned that We had not
sold 81, 900 copies of all the twenty
seven books, and that figure includes
$4,000 copies of three of the books
the only ones which have really paid
for themselves, to say nothing us get
ting a profit. The people seem 70
care less and less for books OF poetry,
and are not buying them even to the
moderate extent which they did two
or three years ago. And so we have
decided not to under, AXE any more
volumes of poetry whatever, except i'll
rare instances. And, 1 assure you,
they will have to be very rare indeed.
We are through with poetry. -.
Philadelphia Times.
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Spurious Signatures.

In an interview with the Presiden
of New York bank, who is said to b
one of the greatest experts in the de
lection of forgery in the United States
the question put to him was:
"Will vertical writing lend itself t
forgery?"
"Forgery," he answered, ''is no
nearly 80 clever a feat as the publ
imagine. Forgeries are perpetrate'
because of opportunity not BY th
ability to initiate signature. An ed
centric handwriting is more easil,,
copied than one which is nearly cor
ventional. One point which may u
terest the public is that signature
written with stub pen are the easies
to initiate. A thin, fine line will sho'
certain Individuality which is not ar
to escape the attention of an exper
though it may never be detected b
the forger. Business men care ittl
or nothing about systems. What the
want is legible, rapid writing. Raj
;idity is not such factor as is ofte
represented, for it is seldom required
Nevertheless, when it is wanted, clerk
must be able to comply with the de
mand. Vertical handwriting can NO
blot out individuality. All that tn
business world asks is legibility an
at least the present rate OF speed"
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A Eiud Voice.

There is no power of love SO hard II
get and to keep as kind voice. 4
kind hand is deaf and dumb. 1t maj
be rough in flesh and blood, yet d.
the work of a soft heart, and do j
with a soft touch. But there is nj
one thing that love so mich needs as
sweet voice to tel what it means an}
feels; and it is hard 20 get and keel
it in the right tone. OLe must star
in youth, and be on the witch nigh
and day, at work and at play, to ge
and keep voice that shall speak q
all times the thoughts of kind heart
1t is often in youth that one gets
voice or tone that is sharp, -asd 4
sticks to him through life, ,>and stir
up i'll will and grief, and falls like
drop of gall on the swssts OF home
Watch it day by day as a pearl q
great price, for it will be worth NOR
to you in days to come than the bes
pearl hid in the seas. A kind voice i
to the heart what light is to the eyd|
1t is a light that sings as well a
shines. ,Elihu Burritt.
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VALUE OF SWAMP MUCK.

Swamp muck that is free from sand
is valued at from 81 to SIS ton when
dried, taking the value of its constitu-
ents at the same rate as in artificial
manures or common yard manure. A
ton dried in the air, 30 as to have not
more than third of its weight of
water in it, has thirty-two pounds of
nitrogen. thirteen pounds of Lime, six
pounds of potash, and three pounds OF
phosphoric acid in it, these being
valued at the figures given. To make
use of it, it should be dug in the win
ter, when there is opportunity with
out interfering with other work, and
heaped on the bank of the swamp to
dry, which it does quickly, so that it
may be taken to the barn yard or a
field and mixed with the manure, or
with air Stacked lime, by which it is
decomposed and made fit for use in a
short time. In this way one load of
it is equivalent in value to as much
ordinary manure. The proportion of
lime is as much as may be mixed with
it end give it a distinct whiteness
when seen at distance; this will be
about two bushels to two-horse load
cf it.-New York Times.
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How Icebergs Break From Glaciers.

The number Of bergs given off varies
somewhat with the weather and the
tides, the average being about one
every five or six minutes, counting
only those large enough to thunder
loudly, and make themselves heard at
distance of two or three miles. The
very largest, however, may, under
favorable conditions, be heard ten
miles, or even farther. When a large
mass sinks from the upper fissured
portion of the wall, there is first o
keen piercing crash, then deep, de-.
liberate, prolonged, laundering roar,
which slowly subsidies into low, NUT.
tering growl, followed by numerous
smaller, grating, clashing sounds from
the agitated bergs that dance in the
waves about the newcomer as if in
welcome; and these again are followed
by the swash aud roar of the waves
that are raised and hurled against the
moraines. But the largest and most
beautiful of the bergs, instead OF thus
falling from the upper weathered por.
ton of the walls, rise from the SUBJ
merged portion with still grander
commotion, springing with tremen-
dous voice and gestures nearly to the
top of the wall, tons of water stream
ing like hair down their sides, plung-
ing and rising again and again before
they finally settle in perfect poise,
free at last, after having formed part
of a slow-crawling glacier for centur.
les. The Century.
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Peculiar Malady Among Squirrels.

Relief from the squirrel pest, which
has threatened to utterly ruin the
farmers of the southern and south
eastern part of Whitman County: in
Eastern Washington. seems to be at
hand. Recent reports from different
points of the afflicted district are to
the effect that instead of the immense
increase in numbers which had been
predicted from the early appearance
OF the squirrels, there is marked de.
crease over last year, amounting in
some instances almost to their extinc.
tion.
The cause is not thoroughly under
stood, but is believed to be the preva-
lence among them OF q fataful epi-
zootic.
At several places around Penewawa
they are reported to be dying in ap'
preciable numbers, and examination
has shown the squirrels to be covered
with scabs. A. l.. Daniels, living
near Penewawa, says the animals in
his neighborhood no longer run nim'
bly, about, and in many instances drag
their hind parts. In fact, they are 60
badly used up that man can walk up
to them. George Smith reports n
similar condition in his neighboT.
hood, and in other sections the dimin.
ution in the numbers Of the squirrels
has been noticed, though the cause has
lot been determined. Portland (Ore.
Son) Telegram.
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Live Under Their Hats.

The population of New York may bt
divided into those who ''live under
their hats" and those who don't. The
hat may be silk tile, derby or an
Alpine, theatre hat or German bon
net. To live under your hat consists
in Aot taking your meals at your own
house of not knowing in the morn
ing where you will dine in the even
ing; OF not knowing at night where
you will take breakfast in the NOM
ing. Some persons live under their
hats from choice, some from necessity,
some from ennui at the sameness OF
existence, some from restlessness.
Married couples have been known to
discharge their cook and live under
their hats for more or less extended
period for the fun of the thing. 10
such as these the experience is holl'
day. When it is over they go back to
settled life with the relief of those
who return to town from the woods or
sea voyage. But the three great
classes of dwellers under the hat are
millionaires, bachelors and tramps.
For the fist, one charm is that it is
expensive; for the second, that it is
variegated; for the third, that it suits
their economy of life. There ia no
place in the word so we'll suited for
this way of living as New York. Fa-
cllities exist in every quarter OF the
town. The study of the various types
of the population can be carried On IN
combination with the satisfying o'f the
inner man. For the novelist and phil
osopher it is absolutely necessary to
pass q certain part of life this why.-
New York Sun.
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POTATOES.

Potatoes while being quite rank feed
ers, have limited capacity for reach
ing out after plant food elements.
They do best in cool, moist soil, but
do not stand wet soil at all well. If
they are planted on piece of land
with northern exposure they will do
better than on a similar piece with a
southern exposure.
The land should be deeply and thor
oughly plowed and made fine as deep
as plowed. This can be best accom-
plished by planting on heavy clover
sod or by plowing more than once. It
pays to pillow potato land in the best
possible manner and put it in the best
possible shape before planting. The
tubers grow above the seed and the
roots reach out from below the
tubers. This shows that the soil
should be pulverized as deeply as pos
sible, that the feeder roots may have
an opportunity to get at the proper
food in the soil. Coarse manure
plowed under is good fertilizer, and
one to which potatoes respond very
quickly. If commercial fertilizers are
used, one rich in potash should be
chosen, as this crop requires more Of
that than almost any other that can
be grown. ATLANTA Journal.
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aroused to more vigorous and unis
versal destruction of weeds. any
species, according to the bulletin, can
be subdued and controlled within the
limits OF an ordinary farm, and unless
the value of the land is low from other
causes, this work can be proGtably
undertaken.
Prevention Of seed production in
cases of ANIMALS will gradually reduce
the quantity of weeds and prevent
further spreading. This is accom-
plished in cultivated fields by burning
over to destroy as many as possible of
the seeds on the surface, and success
sive plowing is required. Broken
lands should not be permitted to re-
main idle, and moving or cutting OIL
the main stems of weeds is deprecated
as multiplying the stalks; but cutting
the roots below the crowd usually kills
them. Destruction of terrenil seeds
is best procured by prevention of seed
production and by killing the under
ground portion. New Yor k Adver-
tiser.
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THE SONG AND THE SIGH.

When bright skies seem far away,
Smile and think the winters May;
If the snow falls day and night,
Dream each fakes rose OF white!
Never mind how dark the sky
It's the song that beats the sigh!
As this old world rolls along,
Hear the bells ring! and the sonGi
Every bird on every tree
Joining in the melody.
Happy as the time rolls by
It's the song that beats the sigh;
Every garden has its rose;
Every storm a rainbow shows!
When, each day. the sun declines
Star 10 star in glory shines!
See the sun the stars on high
It's the song that beats the sigh!
Still Gods heaven greets your sight
In the darkness there is light.
Every morn the sunlight streams,
And the dark is sweet with dreams.
Hear the music from on high
It's the song that beats the sigh!
F. L. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution,
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South Africa is Booming.

South Africs seems to be having O
boom. TIE new country named after
Cecil Rhodes, "Rhodesia," is being
rapidly settled. In Matabeleland alone
some $4,000 "claims," or about 900
miles of ground, have been ''pegged
out" by the people, who believe there
is something to be found in them.
In Mashonaland almost as many miles
have been similarly appropriated.
Some enterprising folk, it is said,
pesged off the Victoria Falls, but only
to suffer the chagrin of learning that
they were reserved. - Chicago
Times. Herald.
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back this morning when Gent for you'
instead of pelting off to the manor
house as if it were question of life or
death, YOU would have learned that
old birmingham had been oyerhauled
in London, en- route for Ven Dieman's
Land, gorged with plunder like an old
leach"
"What. sir I" shouted Ferdinand.
ssThe Greyton's defaulting lawyer?"
"Himself and none other" said
Uncle Barlow. "We had cable tele-
gram at IL o'clock. Mrs. Greyton's
money is all safe in the hands of our
London agent"
"But, eir," gasped Ferdinand,
chow do you come to know this?"
cold Dorrance Greyton did me a
favor once, when I was struggling
man," said Mr.. Barlow. "It was not
my intention to stand by and see his
widow defrauded without some slight
effort in her behalf. 1t seems that I
was just in time"
So there was an end of the Greyton
troubles. They kept the old manor
house. Ferdinand Houghton set up
his studio there in one of the great
north-l1ghted rooms, and Mrs. Hough-
ton makes pot-pourris every year of
rose-leaves.
And as fast as the other girls marry
of-which is by no means slow busi-
ness, for they are every one of them
handsome-she gives each wedding
present of sweet conserve of scented
leaves, in an old Oriental jar.
'For pot.pourris are lucky" sho
says, with the wisest of mods.
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put on in such q way that they
not only keep the fence firmly
braced in an upright position
even though the stakes be rotted
off at the surface of the ground
but serve also the purpose of holding
each-board in place, even though it be
not nailed. These strips are quickly
nailed into position, and will prove
very satisfactory; but where water is
inclined to stand along the line of a
boundary, it is we'll to plow deep
furrow alongside the fence. running
the furrow off at frequent intervals to
lower ground to secure drainage. It
is almost impossible to keep a fence
from rotting, or to keep it upright,
except by the use of some such device
as tina: lown in the cut, where water
stands in and upon the ground for a
considerable portion of the year.
New York Tribune.
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A Strange Romance.

Fifteen years ago Henry Rubens,
who is employed by the Wiedauer fac.
tory at Merrill, and a certain young
lady were engaged to be married.
Somehow they did not agree and mar.
ried otherwise. Finally the wife of
Mr.. Rubens and the husband 'of his
former sweetheart died. The widow
and the widower began a correspond
ence, which ended in an agreement
to carry out their old engagement.
The lady was living at La Vale. but
she has emigrated to Merrill and the
marriage will soon take place. Mil
Waukee Wisconsin.
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SALT BOX FOR THE OPEN FIELD.

Live stock should either have
quantity of salt mingled in their food,
or it should be fed to them direct. If
you trust to feeding them salt at
stated intervals the chances are they
will often be neglected for some period
beyond the stated time ; consequently,
when it is fed them, they will indulge
too freely and the well-known loosen
ing effect of the salt is observed. The
better way is to place quantity Of
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FOR WHICH

The woods where the squirrels chatterj
The woods where the red deer run;
The woods where the rabbits scatter,
At the sound OF the hunters gun;
Where the cool fresh wind comes stealing
And the crisp and brown leaves lie,
And the giant trees stand revealing
A Aglimpse Of Gods blue sky.
Or the Office dim and musty,
On noisy, narrow street, SIS:
Where the foul air is dusty,
And the buildings almost meet,
To slave; to rise or blunder;
To stick at sordid trade; 4. .iS
All, which is the life, I wonder,
For which man was made?
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


Don't let the weeds get the best of
you.
Plant trees and shrubs and thus add
beauty to your home.
Never allow stems, leaves, dirt or
imperfect berries in the box.
Cover the little chickens up at night
if the weather is threatening.
Get your spraying apparatus into
order now, as you will soon need it.
The outlook at present is very en-
couraging for the tillers Of the soil.
Picking, packing and marketing are
important factors in selling berries.
If you have a cow or heifer that has
any bad tricks, keep her away from
the rest of the cattle.
If you have a two-wheel carriage,
make sure that everything is all right
before you start on journey.
Many a horse that has gone lame
mysteriously might be cured by hav.
ing his shoe taken off and reset.
No food will make hens lay like a
liberal supply of wheat in some shape,
AMI regular ration of green cut bone.
Il the fowls have a free run, give
them light feed of grain in the morn
ing and they will find the extras dur.
ing the day.
For family use, leave fruit on the
vines until fully ripe, and pick fresh
for the table. For market pick every
day before too ripe.
Remember that milk in any form is
good for laying hens. 1t contains all
the elements of egg food, in almost
the proper proportions.
A quarter acre, rich and well culti-
vated, should yield from twenty to
forty bushels of berries. A bountiful
supply for most families, and a nice
surplus to sell.
In planting corn for ensilage, plant
thicker than for grain. If in hills,
thirty by forty-four inches is about
right; if in drills, stalk to every six
to ten inches in each row.
A substantial wlndbrake is splen-
did thing for iruit plantation, and
adds much to the beauty and home
likeness of the place. Evergreens of
the various sorts are the best trees for
this purpose.
If the fowls are confined do not fail
to give q supply of grass or other
green stuff. They will appreciate it
fresh every morning. If you have
never tried it you will be surprised at
the amount fifty hens will put away in
day.
Do beautiful flowers and luscious
fruits impart health and happiness to
the home? Then let us see to it that
there may be al abundant supply.
Nature ia willing in her great produc-
tions in horticultural treasures. Are
you willing to make use of this gen.
erosity?
When the breeding season is over,
unless you mean TO use the same males
next year, you may as we'll dispose of
them at once as to keep them Mt an
expense. If you wish to use next sea-
son, they will be as we'll off and their
mates better off if you separate the
males, especially the roosters, from
the females
Fresh air is needed, not only for
comfort, but also for health. See that
the fowl houses are not foul houses.
We know of nothing that sweetens
poultry quarters better than a good
coating OF dry, fresh earth on the floor
every time the house is cleaned, which
should be at least once week in this
kind of weather. ---