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Santa Ana Blade: California certain
ly leads all other States in the Union
in one respect. Her stock of deeply
religious murderers is larger and more
complete than that of any other local
ity we know of. And so very religious,
too. From Mr.. Durrant, who by reason
of the ambidexterous facility with
which he commits his murders, may
probably be considered the dean of the
profession in California, to Mr.. EbanSs,
who relieved the tediousness of a pc
destrian trip in San Diego County by
numbering an floffensive old man and
woman, every convicted murderer in
California is deeply religious. and
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M1SSISSIPPI KITCHEN

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FIRST-CLASS HOUSE IN EVERY RE-
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BOOKS AND WRITER'S

Rev DIR. c. Ellis Stevens book.
"Sources of the Constitution Of the
United States" is being Translated into
the French language by member Of
the French diplomatic service and is
about to be published in Paris.
Charles Whibley's Book of Scoun-
drels" has a cover designed by Whistler.
The principal motive of the design is
gallows, with the letters of the title
around IL and the deaths head and
crossbones below.
MY first book" says Mr.. Zangwil,
"was 4 romance of school life. written
in two copy books, circulated gratui-
tously In the schoolroom, and pleased
our youthful imaginations with teach
er-baiting tricks we had not the pluck
TO carry out in the actual"
Mr.. Richard Harding Davis has been
lately the recipient of letters concern
ing his best known character, the in
comparable Van Bibber. The inquirers
wished to know If Van Bibber was i'm
aginary or a prescntment Of Mr.. Davis
himself. The reply is that Van Bibber
Is imaginary.
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The extraordinarily high prices OBJ
tanned for brood sows and boars at
number of the recent sales of Poland
China hogs in Illinois, Iowa and Mis-
souri,, show that the hog as a source of
profit on the farm is duly appreciated
in some sections At late sale IN
Iowa, one boar was sold for $4,000.
Many Others have ranged in price from
$1,000 TO $4,000. 1t seems like very
difficult, if not impossible thing, ever
to get back such large sums out of a
single hog but as the buyers at such
fancy prices were successful breeders,
who know their business. they were
no doubt worth the prices paid.
1t is not so much that prices of hogs
are very high either. when sold on the
market. that makes breeding stock
high, for as compared with prices in
1898 they are very low. but partly be-
cause they make better profit than
any other branch of farming in the
corn belt, and partly because there is
relatively scarcity of hogs. In 1892,
according to the agricultural depart.
ment. there were in this country about
So, 500, 900 hogs, while at the present the
estimated number is only somethin g
over 40. O00. 900. This is a smaller num-
Der than at any time since 1851.
OF course it is easy to increase the
number of hogs in the country very
quickly. In two years time the loss Of
80 per cent. could be regained, but the
great losses by death from cholera
which are constantly suffered in the
corn belt, has a tendency to prevent
efforts to greatly increase the size OF
herds in the principal corn states. So
there is no probability that the price
of meat will be lower any time soon
than at present. At present prices OF
bacon. as sold in the south, it is GER
tainly the true policy for southern
farmers to grow their own meat, and
since it is just cheap as it will get t.
be. ever cotton grower or other farmer
who does not raise his own meat sup
ply ought to begin just as soon as pos
sible, -Tri-State Farmer.
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ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

A day laborer received two shillngs
. day.
Imprisonment for debt was com.
mon practice.
There was not public library In
the United States.
Books were very expensive. "Ths
Lives of the Poets" cost SIS.
CrSckery plates were objected to be-
cause they dulled the knives.
There was only one hat factory, and
that made cooked hats.
Virginia contained fifth of the
whole population of the country.
Dry goods were designated as "men's
stuffs" or ''women's stuffs."
Stoves were unknown. All cooking
was done before an open fireplace.
Many of the streets were not named
and the houses were not numbered.
Two stage coaches bore all the travel
between New York and Boston.
A man who jeered at the preacher
or criticised the sermon was fined.
The parquet of theater was called
the pit and was filed with the rabble.
The Mississippi: valley was not as well
known as the heart of Africa now is.
Three-fourths of the books in every
library came from beyond the Atlantic.
The whipping post and the pillory
were still standing in New York and
Boston.
Twenty days were required for let.
ter to 60 from New York to Charleston
by land.
Quinine was unknown. When a man
had ague he took Peruvian bark and
whisky.
When a man had enough tea he
placed his spoon across his cup to indi-
cate chat he wanted no more.
A New England girl was not allowed
to marry until she could bake loaf OF
bread and cut it in smooth, even slices
while IL was still warm.
When Virginian started on jour.
ney to New York he made his will and
bade farewell TO his friends, as though
he never expected to see them again
Detroit Free Press.
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A few days ago tramp called at a
well-Snown home in the city at about
break fast time and asked for some
thing to eat. The gentleman of the
house informed the tramp that there
was pile of wood in his back ward.
and that if he would saw up guam
tity of it he would give him break
fast. The tramp agreed, and the gen.
tleman of the house forthwith con-
Quoted him to the pile of wood and,
after pointing out to him the saw. re-
tired into the house. A short time there
after, wishing to see how the tramp
was progressing, he went out into the
yard. The tramp had disappeared and
not log of wood had been sawed. As
he approached the pile of wood he no
uced piece of paper fastened to the
saw. and on it were were written these
words:
Just tell them that you saw me,
But you never saw me saw.
-Lynchburg VA News.
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HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS.
Report OF the Years Work In Arizona and
California.

WASHINGTON, July l5.-Maj. 4. l..
q. Davis, in charge Of river and harbor
improvements in portions of Arizona
and California, reports to the war de-
partment that work was continued
during the year on the San Luis
Obispo harbor. California. the break
water being extended 100 feet, 40 feet
To high water and $50 feet TO mean
low water. There is an available bal
ance of So, $50 to continue the work.
There has been, says the report, de-
crease of 81, $50 tons in the amount of
freight entered and cleared yearly at
this harbor since 1855.
The work on the old dixie across the
old river at San Diego harbor, Califor-
MIA, was completed in February. The
jetty was brough up To high tide level
for distance of 3,347 feet Since last
year the jetty has settled in places six
to eight inches but on the whole the
work stands well. The total expen-
ditures to June 30, 1897. were $3.50, 715,
balance available, 81, 7s4.
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and the protection OF those who rob the poo
pie"
CHAMP CLARK.
Champ Clark said:

Champ Clark said
'.When the Mckinly bill was passed II was
thought by many persons that surely that was
a. far a. even the greedy tarin pap-suckers
would dare To 90 In plundering the people; but
Aldrich. Dingley & 60. have raised the major
at his own game. The outragcs II 'perpetrates
on the taxpayers are so numerous that II Il diff
ncut % say which oyertops the others In mig
uity.
Perhaps the most obnoxious feature Is the
sugar schedule, which after providing for about
60 OOO.OoO OF taxes annually To be paid into the
treasury. makes present of about &aO,oOOOo
every year 10 the Sugar trust. whose members
ex-senator John James Ingalls, pronounces 10
be the most constituencies marauders that ever
went unhung
The republican chleftains promised that
they would raise sufficient revenue by laying
high takes on the luxuries and low taxes or
none at all ON the necessaries To show how
false this Is. take carpets and mating
Only few very rich people can AFFORD to use
Aubusson, Administer, Moquettes and Chenille
carpet IN which the rates are comparatively
low; but on common carpets and mating, which
the mass OF people must use, or use none, all
the rates are prohibitiye.
The rates on these latter are as follows:
Not costing over Is cents per square yard )
cents per square yard specific duty). and 3o per
cent al valorem.
thors Of the bill skillfully mingle specific and
al yalorem taxes for the purpose OF preyent-
ing people from finding out how much they are
gouged
Take the above schedule. for example. The
So per cent al vaorem on l5-cent carpet or
mating Is SIS cents, which, added to the )
cents specific tax, makes 1925 cents tax yard
to be paid for a lS-cent carpet or mating
making its cost 2a. - cents. In other words. the
whole tax Is 6sia per cent
III the carpet or mating is worth only 10
cents yard the tax Is s1. cents specific and
31a al valorem-or - per cent, and costs the
consumer lisa cents yard.
from having any carpet az all, and yet the au-
thors OF this bill expect those millions TO kneel
on cold bare floors and pray for the success of
Mark Hanna and his gang OF buccaneers.
They have placed n tariff on hides. ostensi-
bly, to protect the farmer Since the day that
bill passed the senate the beef packers put up
the price on hides 20 per cent. and put down the
! price OF cattle ten per cent. That's "A beautiful
way OF helping the farmers
Blaine once prevented a tariff on hides by
writing Mai Mckinley and telling him that all
\ the effect a tariff on hides would have on the
\ farmer was that he woald have to pay few
cents more per pair for his childrens shoes.
and then he added the prophecy that such pro-
lection would protect the republican party out
OF existence God grant that his letter OF pre-
! diction will be fulfilled"
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No Immediate Prospect OF Agreement by
Conferees Having tho Tarin bni La
Charge Even General Recession from
the Partial Agreement Reached on tho
More Important Articles-ln Tempo
rAry Dead Lock.
WAsnISGroN, July l5.-The con-
ferees ON the tariff bill found them
selves yesterday apparently further
apart than they were at the beginning
of the conference. There was no im-
mediate prospect Of agreement ana
more than one member stated that the
ENHANCEMENT was such that the settle
ment might be indefinitely prolonged.
They state in n very reserved manner
that there are numerous questions OF
difference. but refuse To go into de-
tails even to other senator's and MEM
bers. From all that can be learned,
however. there has been general re-
cession from the partial agreements
made on the more important articles
until sugar. wool, hides, etc. can DE
definitely fixed. Sugar is still the
principal contention
The best reports represent the house
conferees, with Speaker Reed behind
lhtlu, 10 hoiuihb o"N ~ s''>
sugar schedule without any change
whatever. and the senators as quite
determined not to yield To this extent.
The house conferees insist that tins
schedule must be definitely fixed be-
fore other questions shall be again
taken up.
One OF the other questions of second
srv Importance on which sharp differ
ences have arisen is the senate amend
ment for stamp tax on stocks and
bonds. The house opposes the amend
ment, but the senator's, while not
welded to it, insist upon ii as necessary
for revenue. The house is also resist
ing strenuously the 20 per cent. duty
placed upon hides. and is at the same
time persistently holding out for res
toration OF gunny bags, cotton ties,
etc, to the dutiable list.
A senator who talked with some OF
the conferees says They are in
temporary deadlock, and are tied up
all along the line 1t looks as though
the situation might remain unchanged
for week"
While this appears TO be correct
outline of the situation to-day, the pre-
vailing impression is that settlement
of one or two important schedules
would be speedily followed by a com
plete adjustment of all other differ.
ences.
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A Sure Remedy.

sad-looking man went into drug
gist's. 'Can You give me. I" he asked,
something that will drive from my
mind the thought of sorrow and bitter
recollection" And the druggist nod
ded, and put him up q little dose of
quininc and NORWOOD and rhubarb
and epson salts, and a dash OF castor
oil. and gave it to him; and for six
months the man could not think Of
anything in the world except new
schemes for getting the tastes out of
his mouth. London Tid-Bits.
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AFTER THE TRUSTS.
An Extraordinary Resolution Introduced I'm
the House by Representative simpson.

An Extraordinary Resolution Introduced In
the House by Representative simpson.
WAsmNGroy, July l5.-Representa-
tive Simpson, of Kansas, yesterday in
PRODUCED in the house n resolution di-
recting the speaker to appoint com
mittee of five to investigate the Sugar
trust. The resolution was preceded
by n preamble. the first clause OF
which declares that il is currently
asserted" that the American Sugar Re-
fning Co., has. in violation of law,
created gigantic monopoly"
and the second that said corporation
"by the use of watered stock, by unfair
competition and by illegal combination
has crushed out legitimate competition
to an extent which gives it the power to
depress the price of the raw material
and to advance the price of the manu-
featured article at will, thus throt-
ling the cane and beet agricultnrists
with one hand and grasping the purses
Of the consumers with the other.
The committee authorized ty the
resolution is empowered to send for
persons and papers and to investigate
the methods of the company; its effect
upon agriculture and commerce, ''as
well as the enhanced cost of the neces-
saries of life and the committee Is
directed to report their findings, and,
il the facts warrant it, to Introduce a
bill instituting proceedings by the at
torney-general in quo warranto to an
null the corporate existence OF the
/ trllst
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A little girl in the primary depart
ment Of one of the public schools took
great interest in what her teacher said
in relation to the animalculm in water
one day. When she reached home IN
the afternoon She was very thirsty and
her mother asked her the cause. ''Our
teacher said the child. says the wa
ter at the school is full OF worms and
bugs. SO waited to drink until ! got
home. Leisure Hours
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COLUMBUS, o., July l6.-Presiuent
Ratchford has mailed personal requests
throughout the country asking for
statements regarding the wages they
received, for publication. for the ben
eft of the public Thirty-nine miners
in the Sandy Creek valley have been
heard from. Since early in the
spring the wages OF these men
for each two weeks has averaged
1914 each. The total earnings
were S223.9s, and for the same period
their indebtedness TO the operators for
rent provisions, mining materials. etc.
aggregated S6l9.2o. leaving the miners
in debt to their employers in the sum
of S396.7l.
President Ratchford says this is .
fair sample OF the condition of the
miners.
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COLUMBUS, o., July iG.-In a letter
received by President Ratchford from
T.. +. Sargent, grand master of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen,
Mr.. Sargent offers his personal assist
ance in any manner deemed best by
Mr.. Ratchford, and also suggests .
plan for the membership Of the organ
ization. numbering $4,000, to assist the
strikers financially.
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KANSAS WOMEN m ARMS
Against the order Sending Women to thu
Rock pile.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. July l6.-The or
der of the police commissioners OF
Kansas City, Kas., that women prison
ers must work on the stone pile along
with the men, has caused great com
motion and has not yet been put into
effect. Perhaps it may never be. The
Current Event club. an organization
of women. and has called an indigna-
ton meeting to protest against the
"thrcatened disgrace and degradation
Of w omanhood.'
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"BONNlE BRAE" HIGGINS.
Death of the Noted Publisher and song
Writer.

SAN DIEGo, Cal, July I'LL. NJ. Hig-
gins better known as Bonnie Braes
Higgins. is dead at his home on Bonnie
ixNe ranch. ten miles east Of the city.
Thirty years ago Higgins was the
most noted publisher of Chicago and
the northwest. lie was the author of
many noted songs, chief among which
were 1.-The Old Musician and His Harp,
and Hang Up The Ba5y's Stocking
On these two ballads the composer rec
lized over san. 900 Ia ROYALTIES
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AN X RAY VICTIM.
A Prominent Hoosier Politician In u Very
bad Way.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July 1h.--George
+. McCulloch. of Muncie who succeed.
ed Dom Jack" Gowdy MS chairman of
the republican state central commit.
tee, is at sanitarium in this city. and
likely soon to lose his left leg on ac-
count of an \ ray burn several months
ago
Blood poisoning has set in. and even
worse consequen noes are To be feared
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Southern West virginia Going Over to the
Strikers.

HUNTINGTON. W. Va, July l6.-There
is decided change in the coal fields OF
southern West Virginia, and it is now
stated for an absolute certainty that
inside Of as hours majority of all the
miners ON the n. * w. and Chesapeake
4 Ohio railroads will join the strike.
The organizers are now in both
fields and in the latter the Chesapeake,
Belmont and Black Cat mines are now
idle, the miners, 600 in number, going
out at noon yesterday. The y. ~. w.
miners are still at work, but the strike
representatives are confident that
matters will come their way in short
time.
On the kanawha yesterday all oper-
ators raised the price of mining one
fourth of cent "A bushel on soft and
one-half cent on hard coal, but it is
believed this will not hold the men in
line.
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"Sov senator Aldrlch. the most eminent an-
thority on tariff In the republican party ia
lnaugurating this debate. lays down IN" prop
ostion that the republican PARTY the pro'ee-
ton party, 60 which he belongs. must soon
resort TO internal revenue taxes. ne
cause the protective system destroys rev
enue upon imports And 50. with Dill that
imposes the most monstrous burdens OF taxa
ton in American history. we have an admis-
sion that IL will not by its customs duties pro-
vide the necessary revenue for the country.
In this bill are nearly 80 items in which the
rates are much higher than in the Mckinley
at A few OF it, iniquiticS can be seen from "a
few illustrations Of the tax on articles IN com
mo. use. The duty on coal Is increased nom
% ,ds cents: crockcry from - To - per cent
lead from cent TO .. cents; oil cloth from =
aud a. per cent 10 IS 10 ~; paper bags from ~
% -. pocket cutlery from ~ and - 10 100 per
cent and 50 on down through long list Of ar
tieles IN daily use by people OF moderate means
Sewer pipe. shot and lead, soap. borax sponges,
Wallpaper. window-glass. wire. white lead,
lumber shingles beef and the like are enor-
mouSly increased and will at once become more
expensive 70 the consumer. That the people
OF the country will repudia;e this Pill when
they have tested its burdens Is beyond al
doubt"
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An Onicial Bulletin Reviewing tho sitcs-
tion Issued by the General Onicers. shows
ing the Progress Of the strike by states
Serious Break Ia the Ranks of the Work.
Ing Miners la West Virginia.
COLUMBUS. o., July l6.-President
Ratchford and Secretary Pcarce have
issued an official bulletin, No. l, to tho
miners. IL being review of the situa-
ton. The bulletin says:
"Our fight for living wages now
covers, in whole or in part, eight states
of the Union. 1t is "A general suspcn-
sion, and no local settlements will be
authorized or recognized.
"The second week and the eighth day
of our suspension brings with 1T
greater assurance of ultimate victory
than any previous day. Our forces are
increasing every hour, our determine
ton is untiinching and our actions are
law-abiding in every particular.
1.-The state and number of miners
involvel are as follows:
Western Pennsylvania Fully 10000
miners have joined us which makes
suspension almost unanimous in the
district. Work still continues in the
central field, but steps will be taken in
"A few days looking to suspension
which it is believed will be successful.
"Ohio-Twenty-e eight thousand min
ers have laid down their tools in their
demand for living wages, making the
suspension general, except in few
local mines.
"lndiana-Advices rec eived to-day
report every mine and miner in this
state suspended. Eight thousand have
joined the march for living wages.
"lllinois--Reports from this state
are to the effect that suspension is
practically general, and that miners
are determined TO continue the III arch
until living wages are secured.
West Virginia-About 5000 miners
have joined the movement. Reports
from various sections of the state con-
firm the belief that the miners will sus-
pend. Eight organizers have left this
city to-day for West Virginia. The
supply of coal from that field will be
cut off in very few days.
kentucky and Tennessee About
1900 miners have suspended; others
may be expected TO follow:
kansas-Miners are all at work. but
will hold n convention on Saturday
1t is expected that they will also sus-
pend.
"Alabama-Reports indicate that
3, 900 miners or more have suspended
Convention to-day Nothin Z further
learned of their action.