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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-23
all around Moot river station, where
one of your correspondents is re-
ported 10 he with the troops"

London November gS.-Thc Daily News
has the following from Pietermaritshurg
under Wednesday date; Your corre-
spondent managed TO escape from the Mooi
river district yesterday before the ar
rival of 5000 Beers, who are looting the
farms In all directions. The Natal Beers,
encouraged by the success of the Trans
walters, join in the looting. The main
body of the Beers made Il rapid march
point near Fort Nottingham, south of the
railway, in a single day. They are within
forty miles of Pieternartzburg nj tho
farthest and it is said that they intend to
attack the town"
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and our Maxims opened FIRE, The range
was too great, and therefore our artillery
began shelling, which drove the British
back. About daybreak the British bat
teries opened up on our positions Two
burghers were wounded. It is supposed
that the object of the sortle was to relieve
the Estcourt force, who had sent an urgent
message TO Ladysmith requesting aid. The
burghers captured the messenger, b2t
finally allowed him to proceed.
1t is reported that the Natal police have
captured number of Transvaal dispatch
riders.
In his latest report General Joubert
says: Il am cutting off the retreat Of the
Estcourt troops to Pietermartzburg and
driving them back on the Tugela river
1t is also reported that the Boer COM
mander with the forces near Ladysmith
has Comprehensive surveyed the diff
ferent points by which the fall u Lady
smith can be insured"
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Captown. November 22.--sunday thou
sand men, cent by train. from Doaar, re-
occupied Naauwpoort soon after this an
attempt was made by the disloyal Dutch
to destroy bridge two miles In their rear.
but It was frustrated and the damage was
repaired.
Another naval contingent from the bat
tleshp Monarch and tho cruiser Doris has
left Simonstown for the front.
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Pretoria. November 2l-The following
dispatch has been received from the Boer
headquarters near Ladysmith: The field
comets of the Pretoria commando arc re-
porting that British gun carriages and
some horsemen were heard moving last
night in Ladysmith. our outposts OBJ
served the British ondeavoring a sortie
toward Lombards kopjo and Bulwama HILL
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Durham. Der 22-About 1000
Free State s4gOers with guns are
marching from the west by way OF
Fort Nottingham.
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Mooi River. Natal, November 22 y
m.The British fired several shells, which
arc believed 10 have caused havoc among
the Beers, the latter taking advantage OF
the heavy rain and retiring. The Beers
shells were apparently aimed at the bridge.
IT was surprise attack, but had been
fully guarded against The British had
three wounded.
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FREE STATE BOERS
Are Marching from the West Three
Thousand Strong.
MO0l RIVER CAMP SHIELDED
But the British Report that No Gas.
ualtieS Occurred.
A SORTlE TO RELIEVE ESTC0UPT
Was RepnIsed by The Boer Artillery, Which
Drove The British Back.
VI AM CUTTING OFF THE RETREAT"
NJt, he Message General Joubert
or ~ the Pretoria Hcadauar-
M i5z55s.as wing Them Back.
81 AM CUTTING OFF THE RETREAT"

4fSjf he Message General Joubcrt
&c ~ the Pretoria Headauar-
!, M t5s5tssas wing Them Back.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-01-07
GOOD ROADS.

1t took long time for the people of
this fine old colonial State to get walked
up to the usefulness and economy of
goodroads and it will, we suppose. take
them some time longer to do what thew
now know they ought to do In the
meantime Highway Commissioner Mac
| donald keeps at his work with unaag-
glhg enthusiasm and well directed en-
ergy. We print this morning a large
part Of his annual report, in which the
present condition Of the road improve
ment is set forth, and some very prac-
teal and useful suggestions are made.
The Commissioner is the right man in
| the right place, and the State has been
very fortunate in having his expert and
hearty services.
| Those who. like Commissioner Mac
donald, have been preaching 1.-THE Cos
pei of good roads" for 10 these many
years will be cheered by the Church
Economist. which comes out as an ad-
vocate of good roads on religious
grounds. 1t says: The first proclama-
ton of the gospel was made by the
herald angels who, using as they did
the air line, We're not embarrassed by
street and road impediments. But or
binary evangelists and worshipers, who
have to get about on foot or by team
find their church going conditioned, to
considerable extent, by the state of
the highway. This, of course, is true
of the country far more than 1t is of the
city. Good roads in the country would
vastly augment church attendance 1t
is easy to sit in judgment on rural sin
ners who stay at home rather than
plow through a mile or so of mud and
slush, but the city critic himself come
stormy day in the country, is apt to
stick pretty closely to the hotel veran-
da. Let the Kings highway be made
straight level and firm.
Good roads are certainly helpful in
both material and moral way. There
should be as little delay as possible in
securing the full benefit of them in
this State.
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life and now Mr.. Watts Dunton in Wrl-
ting the story of Sinfi Lowell has shown
us what the best type of Romany girls
Is alike. From the moment when Ayl-
win encounters her in the alehouse in
the course of his search for Winifred,
Sinfi casts a spell upon us, and the fas-
cinatlon of her character increases as
we come to know her better. She
charms us even more than does lsopel
Berners, whom Lavengro taught Haik
in the dingle; but Isopel Berners,
though "nomadc woman" was not
real Romany. There is every probabili-
ty that Sinfi Lowell will remain the one
really living gypsy girl of English nc
ton, for although in her MI. Watts
Dunton has portrayed a Romany chi,
We'll known in Bohemian circles some
years ago, he has embodied in her all
that Is characteristic of the genuine gip-
sy girl.
Among the younger gipses of the
present day the old Romany tongue is
nearly forgotten; but some of the older
men and women can 'rokker Romany"
almost as well as could old Mrs. Herne
and George Borrow himself. Fifty
years ago the 'grlengres" often en-
ployed the strange language of their
people when engaged in horse-dealing
transactions, finding it useful when
they had matters to discuss that were
not meant for the ears of the despised
gorgio." One of the oldest gypsy wo-
men in East Anglia is supposed to be
the most fluent speaker of Romany now
alive, and attempts have been made to
IL /, 1nf int ar
in pathological studies take down in
writing the words she uses and their
meaning. But she has no faith in the
"gorgios protestations that they IN
tend no harm to herself and her people
by their anxiety to record her strange
sayings, and it is only on the infrequent
occasions when she is caught off her
guard that some smattering is obtained
Of her curious knowledge. The younger
gipsies, as a rule, have no idea that the
words used by their parents are any
thing more than convenient slang; but
If assured that they are the relies of
ancient eastern tongues, they do not
deny the fact, and are content to let the
'gorgio" believe what he likes. The
Romantics whom Borrow knew called
him "Lavengro' because he understood
their strange remarks among them
selves; but If the rovers of to-day knew
as much Romany as their fathers did
they would say: THE gorge thinks
he is clever because he reads Ills; but
the 'choori Romany' knows more than
the 'kairengro. The stranger thinks
he is clever because he reads books; but
the poor gypsy knows more than the
house dweller. London Globe.
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A NEW BANKING SCHEME.

Penny-in- the-slot savings banks are
the latest. They will soon be intro
duced in England. They are so con-
structed that when penny is dropped
in the slot certificate of deposit comes
out. These certificates will be oashed
at central station or will be accepted
purpose. At present there are few
banks in London where penny deposits
are accepted, and the Savings banks
usually, if not always, require at least
shilling as a deposit. The inventor Of
the new scheme is convinced that there
are thousands of people in London alone
who would gladly save little If they
only had convenient means of putting
their odd coppers into secure and profit
able keeping. This means he proposes
to supply by placing a thousand of
these boxes in the streets, at the rail-
road stations and in factories and
schools.
The penny-in- the-slot bank can't be
defrauded, at least not by depositors.
AS each penny passes down from the
slit it enters perpendicular tube. The
first one goes to the bottom and is No.
1; the second rests on it and is No. 2,
and so on. Each certificate of deposit
is numbered, and il on taking out the
money No. 10 is found to be counterfeit
then certificate No. 10 will be worthless.
The promoters of the scheme expect to
make a fair profit. They will allow de-
positors two and one-half per cent. in
terest, but it is practically certain that
many of the certificates will never be
presented.
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DIVORCE REFORM IN MISSO URI.

Missouri is perhaps not a state that
would be generally expected to lead in
divorce reform, but the fact is that pro-
posed radical reforms of divorce pro-
cedure in Missouri will go before the
legislature and with the decided advan
tage of having the unanimous approval
of the judges of the State. The pur-
pose is to decrease divorces by placing
obstacles in the way of their procure
ment, and by affording to seekers after
divorce ample time in which to cons der
the proposed action, In this latter line
is an amendment adding a year to the
time now required for divorce proceed
ings, and investing the judge before
whom the divorce case is tried with the
power to revoke the first order in the
action at the end of one year. The pro-
cedure under the proposed amendment
would be that if, at the trial of case,
the Judge was satisfied that either party
was entitled to divorce a provisional
decree should be granted. At the end
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covered only by the net, When II is
heavily jetted it is hard to tell on a
wearer just where the silk of the under
bodice begins.
A yoke that was in one with an ex-
traordinarily high collar was part of the
rich princess gown shown herewith.
Such collars are characteristic of many
new gowns, and dressmakers can't be
induced to think that even higher ones
than this are exaggerated. Yoke,
sleeves and skirt panel Of this gown
We're plain green silk, and the main
portion was sage green brocaded silk.
White satin edged with green silk
threads furnished epauettes and the
odd shaped bretelle. This was another
of the tasteful models that bag above
the belt. Some dressmakers ass TT that
they are almost entirely out of fashion,
while others bob up with handsome ex-
amples of such treatment. and always
please their patrons with them.
Women are wearing such a lot of
jewelry and jewelry Is coming to mean
so exclusively diamonds, that one is
obliged to consider seriously the enor-
nous sale Of crystals of different kinds.
Sunbursts of diamonds used to be rare;
now they are plentiful. At the swell
dinner places women's hands are ablaze
with white stones. Combs, bracelets
and opera glasses set with white stones
are attractive, and they shine and look
real But the shine and the look Is all
there is of diamond about many OF
them. FLORETTE.
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of year the parties would again pc
felt satisfied that his decision of year
previous was correct and that nothing
had occurred to change the conditions
of things he could render a permanent
decree. Other suggested amendments
would bar the offending party from
marrying again within three years, and
would empower the court in default
cases to appoint an attorney to defend,
as is the practice in criminal cases,
when the prisoner is unable to employ
counsel.
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INCONTESTED.

At the Sixth Link.-Niblick-
did do that hole in, Caddie Five for
gotten. Caddie-Well sir, I think 1t
must be something over seven; for
when the gentlemen gifts over seven,
they always does forgt.-Harper s
Weekly
Postponing the observation-disclosures
native--How much for takin' the pic
lures of my children? Photographer
Three dollars a dozen. Native-Wa'al,
i reckon I'll have to wait SPELL
haint got but leven children at pres
ent!-Puck.
Danglers-So the engagement between
Miss Trilby and George Wrinkles Is off?
Morrison-Yes, she was too sensitive. A
woman ran perambulator over her
foot and when she told George about it
he asked her if it upset the perambua-
tor. ---Tit-Bits.
Mrs. Greene-Do you always give
your little boy castor-oil for a cold?
Mrs. Gray-Yes I give it for its moral
effect exclusively. Mrs. Greene-For
it's moral effect? Mrs. Gray-Yes; it
will have an influence upon him not
to catch another cold.-Boston Tran
script
After he had tasted the sweetness of
her honeyed lips he drew back and ask
ed
Have you ever kissed hero?"
mo" she earnestly replied, never"
After he had gone away Respondent it
occurred to her that she had said the
wrong thing, for he, too, had been in the
war.-Cleveand Leader.
Halbert-Was that your wife / saw
you with the other day.
Morion-I don't know; didn't see you
/ guess. Was she or / talk ng when you
saw US?
Halbert-The lady was talking, if I
remember.
Morion-H'm! 1t couldn't have been
my wife.-Boston Transcript
Not in it.-Mrs. Doolan-Only think,
Mrs. Grogan; thot dear Paddyrowsky
has practiced so har-rd at the PLAINLY
fer the lasht six months thot he has
paraloized two fingers. Mrs. Grogan--
Begorrah. thot's nothing, Mrs Doolan.
Me daughter Mary Ann has practiced
so har-rd fer the lasht six months thot
she's paraloized two piannies.-Judge.
There is a good Scotch lady in Detroit
who has long wished to revisit the
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Tomorrow those who are alive can
sing Safely through another week"
with special warmth. The new year
has started off in great shape. There
has been more weather on the coast
this week than one could shake a stick
or fist at. First we had from to 10
degrees below zero, according to the re-
liability of the thermometer or the man
who reported 1t. Then we had warmer
on the coast, increasing cloudiness with
rain, hail snow with increasing slush
fog high southerly winds becoming
northwesterly, etc, etc.
WE'LL let's persevere. Soon we shall
come to the lovely and lingering days of
March and if we survive those we can
then see the pussy willows and hear
the frogs sing. And is it not cheering
TO think that though we may lack sun
shine here there is plenty of it in our
Phlllppines? 1t is fine to own sunshine
even If we can't have it.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants. Rents, and other small
advertisements, One Cent Word each In
nertion. Five Cents Word for full week
tseyen times).
display advertisements. per inch, one In
Eertion, $1.20; each subsequent insertion, 40
cents; one week, $500; one month, $40;
one year, $40.
Obituary Notices. In prose or verse. 10
cents per line. Notices Of Births MAJ
riages, Deaths and Funerals, 80 cents each.
LOCAL Notices, 10 cents per line.
yearly advertisers are limited to their
own immediate business (all matter to be
unobjectionable)l, and their contracts do not
Include Wants. To Let, For Sale, etc.
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scenes of her childhood, and last fall
her sons decided that they could graf
ify her wish. When informed of this,
the practical mother replied: "Aweel,
aweel, Tn thinkin I'll blde a wee. It's
been a gaze wet summer, and I've nae
doo't the sea is unusual deep."-Detroit
Free Press.
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FASHION NOTES.
Surprising Features In YOEes.

Yokes are a feature with all kinds Of
gowns. Startling effects are accom-
plished by the use of embroidered or
jetted net over silk. The silk bodice 10
sleeveless and cut low, the front and
back being rounded into pair of deep
scallops. The sleeve of the silk 10 LONG
to the wrist, but rolls away from the
top of the shoulder. Over this bodice
jetted net is laid, the net covering the
neck smoothly to the collar. The net
covers also the sleeve, and is unbyoken
at the shoulder. Thus the shoulder Is
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They come high, but we must have
sem. It cost $1,000 to cable to General
anteeing good government and friendly
treatment to the Filipinos.
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Occasionally a Kansas man gets tired
of Kansas. An old man committed sui
eide in Smith county the other day,
he didn't know as it was anybody's
business so long as he had left money
enough to pay for funeral.
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More than one-third of the money
circulation of the United States is now
in gold, and the amount of gold in the
country has been increased about fifty
per cent. since the repeal of the Sher-
man law. Two-fifths of this increase
($12O, 900, 0O0) has been added during the
east year. The whole circulation is now
$685., 301, Alp.
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Massa chusetts people are congratu-
1ating themselves on the fact that there
has been a decrease of more than seven
and one-half per cent. in the prison
population of the State for the past
year,
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lover of the curious has just pub
1ished a collection of names of inns and
tayerns in Great Britain, which con-
tains many quaint and curious titles
Here are a few Of the gems of the col
lection: The "Cow and Shutters" the
"Beetle and Wedge" the Grown and
Two Chairmen," the Ass in a Bandbox,'
the Cease Is Altered" the World
Turned Upside Down." the Cardinals
Hat the "Valiant Trooper" the Com
plete Angler" the First In and Last
Out" the cod, Quiet Woman" the
MAN Loaded with Mischief" In Brus-
sells there is public house, opposite
cemetery, with the title, Better Here
Than Opposite" while another, on the
way to the same cemetery of IXeles has
for a sign Better Here Than Farther
On" The cease Is Altered is curious
but not so very uncommon. The wor-
thy host at Bradwell where this name
hangs over the tavern, explains the
phrase after this manner: He declares
that before his inn came on the scene
the neighborhood was very badly serv-
ed, but, of course, afterward the case
was altered.
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The New Orleans Times Democrat de-
ecribes ut length the operation in that
city for the past several moths Of
what is called a cotton delinting ma
chine, which is the invention of Mr.
William A. Ragsdale, a young native
and resident of Greenville, Miss. This
machine, says the Times Democrat, has
long since passed the experimental per-
iod and the results of it's operation
have been not only successful and sat
isfactory, but wonderfully so. 1t turns
out lint that is entirely free from trash
and foreign substances, making most
desirable commodity that is eagerly
bought up by hat and paper manufac-
turers, and leaves the cotton seed en-
tirely cleansed and freed from it's lint.
\ "a market is found readily for the lint
In those cities where hats and paper are
manufactured, and the thoroughly
cleansed seed is shipped to Marseilles,
whence it finds markets in France, Ger
many, England and Belgium.
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Duke Robert of Parma is going to sue
the italian government, claiming as his
private property the immense library at
Parma This library, which was carried
to Parma from Lucques in 1S49 by
Charles III, Duke Roberts grand
father, contains many exceedingly rare
books very old manuscripts and pre-
cious Illuminated volumes of great
value. The Duke demands their resti-
tuition to him or an indemnity of L.
100000 lire.
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I know of but three men in the world
who can Judge wine, said Mrs. Frona
Eunice Wait, member Of the California
state board of agriculture, and profess
sional wine faster. "They are Guido
RosEati. living in New York; F. D. Old
ham, Of London, and Paul de Chanelle,
president of the French chamber of
deputies. One of these, Mr. Oldham.
has told me that in a case requiring
Very fine distinction between wines he
had to consult his wife. Women are
better wine tasters than me. They are
more sensitive to Impressions and have
more delicate perceptions. Nine. Pom
merry was perhaps the best wine faster
of her time"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1899-04-08
RESULTS IN MONTANA.
Central Of the Leading Cities About
Equally Divided.

Control Of the Leading Cities About
Equally Divided.
ANACONDA, Mon., April 5.-The re-
suit Of the Butte election is a majority
about 900 for Mccarthy, Democratic
candidate for mayor. The Republicans
elect ths city treasurer, police magis.
tratessIl ffppr OF fixe Of the eight alder
men. In Missoula Webster Rep: ) ii
elected mayor and Republican major
ity in the council is elected. Collins
(Rep.) is elected mayor Of Great Falls,
but the council is Democatic. Anaconda
elects the entire Democratic city ticket
except police magistrate. In Living
ston, Smith Dem.) is elected mayor
with probably the entire Democratic
city. Edward (Rep.) is elected mayor
of Bozeman, the Democrats electing one
alderman. The citizens ticket was
successful in Miles City with Andrews
elected mayor. a...
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PROBABLY UNCHANGED.
Absence Of Adyicsa From Otis Not tsM6s4'
rying the Administration.

Absence Of Adyiosa From Otis Not ANass
rying the Administration.
WASHINGTON, April 5.-No disap
pointment was expressed at the war de.
partment because General Otis had
made no report. It was taken to mean
that things were progressing we'll and
conditions indicated in the last dis
patch continued. War department Off
cials are firmly convinced that the back
bone Of the insurrection is broken, and
that while there may be raids from time
to time by bands of marauders, the
main body Of the troops will surrender.
It is said that when the Filipinos who
surrender find that they are we'll treat
ed and fed; that the wounded are cared
for, and food is sent to the suffering,
there will be less inclination to continue
hostilities. Those who are 50 treated
and sent to their homes, it is believed
will be missionaries among their people
In favor Of the United States.