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SEED BOTH WAYS.
An Experiment in Farming That Has
Proved = Great Success.

pn1okston Ilmes.
A suggestion is going the rounds of
the agricultural papers TO seed the
grain both ways Of the field. It is
claimed that it will not only increase
the yield, bnt will help to protect the
crop from the hot winds. Drill in one
half bushel Of wheat per acre in the or
dinary way, then drill in onerhalf
bushel at right angles to the first seed-
Ing. II good seed is used, one bushek
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II Left HIM.

Il have been afflicted with catarrh in
the head and a lung trouble. / had q
severe cough and suffered much pain.
! bought four bottles of Hoods Sar-
saparilla and when I had finished
taking them the cough had left me,
aud my general health was much i'm
proved" James Puffer, Bailey, South
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-04-14
TIE WORLDS deal.

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Farm For Rent.

Seven miles from railroad, 400 acres
to bs cropped, 100 acres breaking, 100
tons Of hay every year, splendid build
ings, 100 acres to be summVr fallowed.
No better farm In Ramsey County.
H. M. CREEL,
2-t Devils Lake, N. ID.
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places, and Nehen we have men enough
some ot th09 Will 60 and flank them.
4dont e1l9k they will be given any
IquArter ,ava4F They ftre on our Red
Cross people. aud when they find one
Of our men wounded, they cut his
throat; that Is not civilized warfare,
and think they will be fixed in good
shape.
Inc Astor Battery boys were very
lucky indeed to get back so early.
suppose q political pull was used in
their case, but guess they don't care
what kind of pull it was SO long as
they got home.
Our government has big job on its
hands to decide this Philippine ques-
ton; 1t is something altogether new
Tor It, but guess 1t is able to manage
sSog # The Pss president i'd is all right be has
began. 1t has been no slight under
taking, and must have cost him great
many hours Of anxious thought. It
was q wise idea to send commission
over here to settle this matter, but I
don't think they will be much use now,
as 1t looks as though we shall keep all
the islands and run them to suit our
selves. 1t the insurgents had waited
until they arrived, they might hav.
had pretty good thing, but as it Is
now, l think they will pretty nearly do
as we tell them, General Otis Ia a
fine man. We all think he did .splen-
didly to keep of hostilities for so long
but 1t had to come, and as q conse-
quence, about 80 Of our brave boys
will never see their homes again, and
We cannot tell how many more Of us
will be taken before we are through.
! am Of the same opinion as you are,
to keep all Ct the possessions we have
gained in the late war, although
think we should have been q great
deal better of without the Philippines,
but, but nov We have them. ] say keep
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-04-14

Hoods Pills cure all liver ills. Easy
to take, easy to operate; reliable, sure.
25 cents.
The evening times., 1899-08-10
A New international Affair.

AS a relief from the extreme tension OF
the "affaire Dreyfus, all of the French
factions will hail with delight chance to
stop making faces at each other, and join
in one horrid howl of rage against peril
dious England For, be il known, that
the honor" of France has just received
cruel blow at the hands of a British gun
boat. a French fishing vessel was caught
transacting business within the three-mile
limit of the coast of England. Being in
yited to lay to by one of Her Majesty's
torpedo boats. the master of the Gallo
craft undertook TO escape. Thirty blank
cartridges and the Britishers' patience were
wasted TO no effect. Then solid shot dis
abled the smack, and, incidentally. de-
capitated its helmsman.
All this happened according 10 the ways
Of providence in order TO give Rochefort
Deroulede, Cassagnac, Bony Castellane, and
other absinthe advertisements an oppor-
| tunity 10 exercise their jaws and facial abil-
ities on a new subject, and none could be
more to their liking. If the crazy section
of the Partisan press does not break out all
over today with bayonets, dynamite, blood,
and thunder il will be truly surprising The
merits of the case will not make the least
difference; they never do in France. Fash
oda will be forgotten in the presence of the
Folkestone incident. Loubet will be charg-
( ed with direct completely, and Gallifet ours
! ed for not marching the whole army across
| the channel by wireless telegraphy. And
certainly every squadron of the French
! navy will receive patriotic general order
from its commander, exhorting officers and
men 10 stand by their guns and never think
of sleeping until the blood-curdliDg insult
has been atoned for. Nothing finer than
this little affair could happen by way of a
cCunterirritant TO French vanity. The head
less fisherman of Folkestone is entitled to a
pension for the service he has done his
country.
The evening times., 1899-08-10
KILLING THE TREES.
The Army Mules Destroy the PotO-
mac Flats Forest.


The Potomac Flats now present an in
teresting study in animal life. Eight hun
dred mules, the property of the Govern
ment, are being pastured on the Virginia
side Of the river. This was done at the
suggestion of General Ludington, the
Quartermaster General of the Army. The
animals are those purchased at the out
break of the war with Spain and many of
them are already bearing the brand II.
c." which is the Government mark show
ing that the animal has been condemned
The pasturing of the mules on the flats,
it is said, was done to save the expense of
feeding so large number of animals
This economy of the War Department
seems to have been misdirected, however.
as the animals have destroyed all of the
trees and shrubbery which the Government
expended thousands of dollars in planting
on the reclaimed ground. The ravenous
animals have stripped the bark from al
most every tree and are fast destroying
the other plants which were intended to
beautify the tract of land. The bark is
stripped from the trees as clean as If it
had been done with drawing knife. All
of the lower limbs have been eaten by the
animals and in several instances the
smaller trees have been gnawed entirely
down.
Stripping the bark from the trees will,
of course, cause them to die and next
spring the fats will be barren as far as
shade is concerned.
General Ludington stated several days
ago that the animals would no do manage,
but in this he is greatly mistaken as the
scene is now one Of absolute devastation
| Aside from the destructiveness of the ami
| mails, the sight Of seeing so many of them
| together is most interesting.
The mules travel in punches of from
twenty-five to fifty, each squad being under
leader. This may be occasioned from the
| fact that they are military mules and have
not yet been mustered out of the service.
An old grey mule which bears an animal
| resemblance to Shafter. seems to think he
is the commander in-chief, as he has very
| large following. This is said to be the larg-
est bunch of animals ever pastured together
| in the vicinity of Washington. Today when
| Times reporter visited the fats many
visitors were seen viewing the spectacle
and it indeed reminds one very much of a
Western ranch.
The evening times., 1899-08-10
WASHINGTON MINERS CLAIMS.
Complaints Against Canada Laid BE-
fore the State Department.

fore the State Department..
Former Representative James Hamilton
Lewis, of the State of Washington, arrived
here last evening to lay before the State
Department certain complaints of Ameri
can miners in British Columbia, for whom
he is acting as counsel About 5000 of
these men went into the Atlin mining dis
trict some time ago under invitation OF
the British Columbian law. After locating
large number Of claims and developing
them into valuable gold mines they were
excluded from Canada by law passed
through the British Columbia Parliament.
Canadians then came in and took their
mines, selling many of them for large sums
of money. The losses of the American min
ers are estimated at about 100000 900.
Other damages TO the miners will probably
swell their aggregate claim by about sl5,-
000, 900, making 100000 in all Mr..
Lewis laid the mater before the State De-
partment today. His proposition is to have
the department ask Great Britain that
these claims be arbitrated with other mat
tiers pending before the Joint High Com
mission.
In regard to the feeling of people on the
Pacific Coast relative to the Philippine
question Mr.. Lewis said:
THE Question of the Philippines in my
country is one of sentiment not wholly po-
litical. Our soldiers are fighting there and
these volunteers are the children of our
families. Naturally the Coast people would
never be willing TO submit to any course
that will either disgrace or humiliate their
sons. Our people are for the expansion of
our foreign trade. but not for forcible con-
quest of foreign people. The sober second
thought of which Carlyle has written and
Burke expounded has taken hold of the
Pacific Coast. They are considering
whether or not the annexation of eleven
million Asiatics, who. as Secretary Long
has lately said, would then have as much
right to come and go as a citizen of Alaska
or of the Territories, would be to the ad-
vantage of the labor in this country.
But We are at war and we would favor
such fair concessions as would bring about
quick and peaceful conclusion to the con-
troversy. Otherwise, if it is to be a fight,
then put soldiers enough in the field to
surrender quickly"
The evening times., 1899-08-10
BURNING WORTHLESS PAPERS.
The Postofiice Department Destroy
ing Files No Longer Needed.

The POstOffice Department Destroy
ing Files No Longer Needed.
The destruction of old flies at the POST
office Department is proceeding with dis
elimination and regularity Several tons
of the ancient, worthless documents have
been destroyed since the first Of August
The permission of the Postmaster General
to the chief of divisions to get rid of all
documents not actually records of the de-
partment nor vital to its business is daily
causing the destruction of thousands OF pa
pers containing the autographs OF wash
ington, Jackson, Polk, Van Buren,, Buchan-
an, Lincoln, Grant, Garfield, Cleveland, and
hundreds of other well-known men. The
Postmaster General never contemplated de-
stroying the records of the Postofice De-
partment. The papers now in process OF de-
struction are not the entry books, or any
other paper which it is necessary TO Keep
on file in order to maintain chronological
| record of the business OF the department
| from the time of its first organization or
| from its foundation.
| Documents other than those above nam
ed are being confined to the fiery furnace
| daily, and they include tons OF them. Inc
Postmaster General has decided to rid the
department of this truck before the re-
moyal to the new general Postoflce De-
partment Building.
In an interview with the Assistant At
torney General for the Postoffice Depart
ment by Times reporter. Mr.. Barrett
said: 1.-The matter of the destruction or
old documents by this department has peen
referred to me only informally. There is
law on the subject, which prohibits the
destruction of departmental records with
out express authority of Congress. There
is no law, however, against department
destroying anything in the nature OF
! document which is not relevant to the rec
ord or routine business Of that department
and which in the discretion Of even
chief of division may be regarded as truck
and ordered to be destroyed. now hold IN
nv hand paper to the department asking
for a contract TO carry the mails. Should
| construe this paper to be worthless as
record, 1t would be my privilege TO destroy
| it. and not place it on file. Thousands OF
such documents, as l understand IL, are on
| file in this department-an accumulation
of nearly century. They are OF no use
to the department, and if they possess any
value it is only for the autographs OF dis
tinguished persons written upon them.
/ This is the nature of the files that are be-
/ ing destroyed, and no question has arisen
as to the legality of their destruction.
The bureaus of the Interior Department
which are TO take the rooms to be vacated
in the old Postoffice Department are also
getting their records together and prepar-
ing to get rid of the rubbish. The General
Land Office, the Indian Bureau, and other
branches will destroy such useless and in
cubus files before moving to their new
headquarters.
The evening times., 1899-08-10
THE TYLER-MARTIN CONTEST.
Progress of the Struggle for Sen.
afOr From Virginia.

Richmond, Va, Aug. 10-Senator Martin
was yesterday in conference with a num-
Der of his friends from other parts OF the
State. The Isle of Wight contest, in which
the Senator's friends seem to have come
out worsted. is still an absorbing topic II
is the belief that Mr.. Martins friends will
appeal to the State committee, where his
advocates are largely in the majority.
Chairman Ellison, of the State committee,
is absent. Secretary Button, who is an ar
dent friend of the Senator, has authority
to assemble the executive committee for
conference, when questions of this kind
comes up. Thus far eight members of the
house out of total of 100 have been NOM
mated. Next week there will be number
OF nominations for both senate and house
The competing syndicstes are active in
pressing the council to submit to the vote
of the people the question of whether the
city gas plant shall be sold. 1t is contend
ed that as the November election Is not a.
city election this proposition cannot prop
erly be voted upon. II is believed that Phil
adelphia and Baltimore capitalists are be-
hind this move to secure control of Rich
mond's gas works.
Second Auditor Ryland has just invested
s33, 900 in bonds of the State of Virginia for
the literary fund. The money in this fund
is derived from all State court fines es-
cheats and forfeitures. The fund now
amounts to 81, 656, ,627.2S. The principal can
not be touched, but must be invested in
State bonds.
The evening times., 1899-08-10
WAR UPON RAILROAD RATES.
Suit Brought to Reduce Passenger
Fares in Florida.

Jacksonville, Fla, Aug 10.-After Civ ng
the railroads year to obey its order to
reduce the passenger fares to cents a
mile the Florida Railroad Commission has
brought suit to enforce the rule. The
roads have charged and cents and have
taken off all mileage books. notwithstand-
ing the protests of the public and the COM
mission. The roads have strong legal
force and will fight the battle to bitter
end. They contend that the commission
he's no right to compel them to run at
loss. The commission retorts that the
roads are making great profits and will
endeavor to prove that the Scent rate
would be profitable.
Yesterday the first step was taken.
Judge Call, of the circuit court, issued an
alternative writ of mandamus directed
against the Savannah, Florida and Western
Railroad, commanding it to put into effect
and observe the 3-cent rate. The hearing
will be had August 2S. The railroad qccs-
ton has been prominent one in this State
and great factor in politics. For years
the railroad commission was only figure
head but at the last legislature added
powers were given 1t.
The evening times., 1899-08-10
THE STAND OF MAYOR JONES.
He Explains the Attitude of Nom
Partisan Citizen.

Partisan Citizen.
Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 10.-Mayor Jones has
sent out an open letter as a reply to
members of the Union Reform party who
have criticised his non partisan altitude
He says in substance: When l stated
that / would never again claim political
loyalty to anything less than the whole
people could not see single place where
/ can be debarred from exercising any
function of good citizenship by such decla-
rations. The competitive order may do for
wild beasts, but ii was never intended for
human beings. AS 1t is going out of date
in commercial life it is time it should be
abandoned in political life. / see no way
of doing this by pursuing old party ma
chine methods. and new party using ma
chine methods will produce the same re-
suits that old machines have done. | be-
lieve in direct legislation and will not be
candidate for governor in this campaign,
or for any other Office In any campaign TO
come, unless the people by the initiative
of petition express their desire that l shall
l will not make a'move in that direction
further than the sending out OF petition
blanks when asked for. This is submit
ting the question TO the people if UNDER
stand English
II 10 SHai 6cu ludt all HdhlHe jules
party, but we had no semblance of an or.
ganization at our spring election. l be-
lieve in organization for educational pur-
poses but not for The hope of spoils. / am
asked how l could put my theories in
practice without, a party pledged TO enact
them into law. l reply. give the people
the initiative and they will make their own
laws, but the laws will not represent any
higher purpose than inspires the people
who make them. Sand let osthem nominate
every official from constable to governor
by petition and we shall AT once be rid of
the iniquitous delegate SYSTEM
The evening times., 1899-08-10
THURSDAY. AUGUST 10, 1899.
MacArthur,s Position in Luzon.

If the morning news from Manila, which,
OF course, has been closely censored, can
be relied upon. il is the most satisfactory
mat has reached US from the Philippines
for long time Ii indicates that General
Macarthur has succeeded in establishing
himself in the north so we'll that he is able
90 move his base of operations from San
FeUnando ten miles further away from the
capital.
According to the reports, Angeles. his
present objective. which he may take today
if the swimming is good, is a desirable
point to have and TO hold, inasmuch as its
possession VIII cut the native communica-
tions between the coast and the hills. If
We remember correctly General Macarthur
once took the town Of Candaba for a simi-
lar reason, but shortly retreated from it TO
San Fernando. We should be sorry TO see
that movement repeated in the case Of
Angeles. especially if il should be followed
by a massacre Of the friendly natives by
their reoccupying eompaTiots- Probably
Macarthur is better prepared TO hold a
town now, and will really stick 10 the new
one.
Should he demonstrate ability to do SO,
and 10 overawe the rebels in his direction,
he viii be doing excellent service and much
Tighten the immediate Philippine burden.
A successful attack on Manila is unlikely
and if Otis can keep up TO date with the
conspirators within his gates and prevent
an uprising in the city, we can see no rea-
son why the status quo may not be main
tanned until the end of the rainy season;
that is, supposing a majority of our SOL
diers TO be capable of holding out against
the climate until that time.
We are urguing from our hopes rather
than from knowledge; because the stories
that reach us after the censor has used his
judgment, discretion, and Imagination upon
them, may not present the truth in puTis
naturalibus." However, there is intrinsic
encouragement in the fact that Macarthur
is fighting away from Manila, instead of
toward it; which ought 10 show that his
position is not precarious and that there is
no present need of his division TO protect
the capital. Ii would be a relief to know
that his operations have been so success
full that it has not been thought necessary
to suppress any information regarding
them. The War Department. could confer
q favor on the public by letting that be
known, If indeed II be true.
The evening times., 1899-08-10
NeEro Life Insurance.

lawsuit brought by colored citizen
OF Brooklyn Borough, against the Pruden-
tial Life Insurance Company, OF Newark, is
of more than small interest in connection
with the race problem. The plaintiff in
the case seeks TO compel the officers of the
insurance company to issue policies on the
lives of himself, his wife and children, at
the same rates they would charge in like
cases to white persons. He claims that
he is Disseminated against on account of
his color.
The suit has developed the fact that none
of the leading New York insurance offices
viii accept life risk on a person of Afri-
can descent if they can possibly help it.
statement made by the assistant actuary
OF the Equitable Life Assurance Company.
indicates the reasons for this attitude to-
ward the. negro race. He says:
II is impossible to get any accurate tables for
negroes They are constantly shifting about
They are short-lived a class and all have weak
lungs We lock upon them rs had risks be-
cause ot their habits, and for this reason do not
seek insurance among them. We do not refuse
them because OF their color, but because of the
great mortality among them
The mortality IN infancy, as compared with the
whites IS simply frightfGl. The mayor of the
city ot Savannah got out elaborate report of
that city in 1896 which doubt gives reliable
figures as comparative statement.
You can readily understand that life assur-
ance companies would not seek this business
The hgures from the annual report Of the mayor
OF Savannah, Ga, for the year 1896, are:
faar I all ~.