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The appointment of Judge Elliott to be Chancellor of this district by the Governor was received Tn this city this morning with surprise. Judge Elliott was not regarded as an applicant for the appointment, and the cor test was thought to rest between Hon. w. T. Wooldring aad Mir. A. B. Grace, both of this city. The announcement of the appoint ment evoked q variety of expres- sions and comments. "It is an out rage upon the bar aud the people Of Pine Bluff that Mir. Wooldrldee should not have been appointed, , said one of his suppo ters. "Poney Grace has again beea betrayed by the ring, exclaim7d one of his par tisans How can Elliott to get it? impaired another citzen, but nobody could answer him.
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14th day of March. 1899,
GEN. TORAL ARRESTED.
To be Courtmartialed for Surrender
 ing to shafter.

Madrid, March 3.-Gen. Toral, who commanded the Spanish troops at Santiago de Cuba, has been arr rested and imprisoned, previous 10 being tired by courtmartial on the charge of capitulatlng 10 Gen. Shafter at that place on July 14 last.
 E. D. Russell has choice timothy hay for sale. 1T
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The Best Way to

is to use the Long Distance Tele- phone. Have you al telep ne in your place of business?
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Killing Lnte Weeda.

have for some years made prac'
tice of going through my corn with
the hoe. after the corn has been laid
by, and cutting all big weeds and cock
elburs, and the result is that weed seed
IS scarce, says a writer in the Farm
ers' Advocate. Crops are much easier
to tend the following year, also tile corn
is much easier cut up or gathered. And
in the spring when you want to put
oats in the field where your corn was
it does not make your arms near SO
tired. The ground dries four or hYe
days sooner. and so it is better all
around than if you let all the weeds go
to seed. and it looks so much better
Another good thing to do is to NOW all
fence corners and waste places, anu
try to get them seeded down to grass
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Colnmbln. alas! snail I say it.
EIectricitr for Farm Mork.

The German government has placed
some Of its lands at the disposal of ex-
perlmenters, who are trying to discover
the best methods Of applying electric
power in agriculture. Both in Germany
and in France agricultural societies are
encouraging farmers to study, prac-
tlcally, what is called agricultural
electrical engineering" Wind-power
and water-power are utilized to pro-
dHce electrical energy, which can be
transmitted by wire to any desired
place on the farm, and employed to
drive ploughs. pumps and threshing-
machines, and for many other purposes.
Gas and petroleum motors are also
coming into use for agricultural pur.
poses In Germany.
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WOMAN WHO WANTS TO VOTE.

She Has Written Song Popular \ monG
Advocates of Women Suffrage.
When Mrs. Dewitt G. Jones became
chairman of the Chicago Political
Equality League she found a very linn
tied number of appropriate songs at
hand. She therefore wrote the follow
ing words, which her daughter, Mrs.
p. G. Eilers, has often rendered as
soprano solo to the tune of Columbia,
the Gem Of the Ocean" This has be-
come a popular song among many
women, who have added it to their list
of patriotic ard national selections:
Columbia, enlightened, progressive,
With spirit untrammeled and free,
Erect, as the pines Of your forests,
Deep-rooted, unbending of knee,
Erect for the truth, and for justice,
Like our glorious ancestral band,
Breasting firmly the tide of oppression
Your tri-colored banner shall stand.
Columbia, proud queen of the waters,
Excclling the world in the race,
Most noble, proud spirited mother,
Your daughters are finding their place
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The agitation for spelling reform re-
ours with its usual promptltude. 1t is
mild form Of disease among alb
normally ambitious educators. The
pecularlties of the English language,
and its strength as well, cannot, says
the Chicago Chronicle, be separated
from its photography. Educational
faddlsts, in their haste to develop a
royal road to learning, Insist that much
of the time necessary to master the
spelling Of the English language is
wasted. They present testimony from
the business man that his typewriter
wastes time in clicking off seven letters
in through" where it might be spelled
with four The utiltarianlsm of their
contention might recommend 1t to the
bustling age in which we live were it
not for the fact that confusion never
tends to progress. AS soon as we adopt
Mark Twain's idea that man should
be allowed to "spell according to the
dictates of his own conscience" we
have sacrificed much that must be re-
talned in the English language II II is
to continue its acknowledged suprem-
acy rs n growing and Overmasterlng
medium for the communication of
thought. There Is hardly nation of
Importance to-day where the English
language is not read, spoken and writ
ten. 1t may one day be the language
of the world. Its strength is largely
due to the fact that 1t Is not dialect
language. But with the Introduction
of the so-called reforms In spelling,
from numberless different sources. we
should have n written language that
would necessarily be local in its inter
probation. Educational centers like
Chicago, Boston and san Francisco
would vie with each other in the in
novations introduced, each setting up
its own standard. The result would
only be confusion. There is a constant
growth in live organisms but the most
grand and enduring grow slowly. Rad
ical reductions rarely secure lasting re-
suits. The photography of the English
| language has changed perceptlbly in
| the last score of years. 1t Is changing
gradually now, but no sweeping change
]
1t Is impossible to reprint the worlds
scientific and historical literature in the
reformed vernacular, 1t would be ma
terially modified In its force to the de-
voices of the spelling reform without
such change There is an apparent
reason for the business man to alb.
breviate his words in correspondence
the saving OF time. But for the edu.
Gator of the child who recognizes the
fact that mental growth is directly
proportional to mental effort what does
this saving in time indicate? Time for
other studies perhaps. Time to study
some dead language or take up some
so-called higher branches. That re-
forms in school work are needed is
felt by all who have given the matter
thought That the pressing demand is
for changes in spelling is extremely
doubtful. The educational tree is top.
heavy and needs pruning but it is not
the part of wisdom 70 go hacking away
at the roots.
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Madame Dreycus has presented, not
only to her own countrywomen, but to
her sex all the world over. cannot be
too highly estimated in these days
when, on the one hand. the sanctity of
marriage vows is too often sneered at,
and on the other women are declared
to have lost all the sweetest and no.
blest attributes of their sex. The love
of this husband and wife has, indeed,
been tried as by fire, and glorlously has
It come forth from the furnace of af-
Fiction.
The accompanying portraits of Ma
dame Dreyfus and her two children
are from sketches recently executed by
a French artist.-Montreal Star.
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Of that brave woman's heart as she
stood waiting for the moment when
she and the husband for whom she had
so splendidly fought should once more
meet.
To attempt to conjure up any idea
of what her suiferings have been dur
Ing the past four and half years
would be well nigh futile, and certain
ly no one can in the least realize what
her feelings must have been when she
found herself in the arms of her be-
loved husband whom, but so short n
while ago, it seemed she was never to
see again.
The heart of every sympathetic wom-
an will be filled with thankfulness that
at least the Joy of once more meeting
has been vouchsafed to this long suf-
fering and faithful pair; and. surely,
the splendid example of wifely devo-
ton, courage, AMI perseverance which
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The consent Of New South Wales was
given In June to the amended scheme
Of Australian federation, and thus the
last obstacle to the formation Of the
Commonwealth Of Australia" was re-
moved. The constitution of a great
consolidated government in the place
of seven individual British colonies,
which had no other common bond than
that Of dependence upon the mother
country, Is an event of great impor-
lance. Division preceded union. New
South Wales was the parent colony,
Tasmania was separated from It in
1928, Victoria in 1851 and Queensland
In 1850. South Australia, West Austria
liza and New Zealand were colonized
Independently. AS long ago as 1856 a
federal council" was constituted to
consider matters Of common interest to
the colonies. 1t had less power than
was possessed by the Congress Of the
United States under the old Articles of
Confederation, and proved to be a use
less body. A conference in 1850 led to
federal convention In 1891, by which
constitution for the Commonwealth
Of Australia was drafted. The general
plan was acceptable to the colonies, but
objections to details on the part Of
more than one Of the colonies prevent
ed Its adoption A new effort toward
union was made in 1895, which result
ed in the calling Of another convention
which held four long sessions in 1897
and 1898. The revised constitution sub
mtted to She votes of the colonies in
May, 1898, was adopted by three colo
Mes but failed because New South
Wales, the most important of them
all, rejected 1t. A conference Of pre-
mlers was held at Melbourne last jan
uary, certain notifications demanded
by New South Wales were made, and
the constitution again submitted to the
colonies. 1t has now been agreed to
by sufficient number Of them to make
federation certain.
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At the vegetarian picnic recently held
in Brooklyn an enthusiastic young
woman brought as her contribution
dish which she called vegetarian De
light" The recipe for its manufact
ture is as follows: Take one whoie
young white cabbage; chop fine IN a
bowl; then sprinkle with pepper ana
salt and add a dozen young silver on
ions, also chopped fine. Boil the whole
and then let it stand till cool. Take u
lump Of butter the size of an egg, a cup
Of sugar, four tablespoonful Of CHINA
mon, and mix we'll together. To TINS
add the cabbage and onions, also some
carrots, chopped very dne, and a quar-
Of mashed potatoes. Cook the Whole
slowly in milk. and then serve cold Oh
hot as preferred.
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A lot Of people rush into the poultry
business without any capital or expert
ence, and the consequence is-failure.
They read of the success Of others, and
imagine they can do as well, without
considering for one moment that they
are not equipped for the venture. So
many people start out on a scale that
Is nothing short of ridiculous. To the
amateur poultryman we have this to
say: Do not quit your job and expect
to make a living with poultry the first
year.
The best way to start in the poultry
business on a large scale is to start
with only a few, learn all you can
about chickens, and then try to breed
all the good birds you can take care of
without crowding the first year If,
at the end of the year you are satisfied
to go ahead, and have enough money
on hand to get everything ready for
larger breeding flock, as well as to car
ry you through the year for the neces-
saries of life, then you might quit your
Job and start in; but remember, that
this first year is what counts. You
learn whether you have a taste for the
business, and get a pretty good idea of
raising poultry. The second year you
should be able to produce a flock large
enough to enable you to go into 1t
more heavily, and with ordinary sue
cess you should make a good living off
of 500 hens.
We would strongly advise you, when
starting, to be governed by the follow
ing rules: First, start with the best
to be had; second, decide what you de-
sire to breed for-eggs or meat; third,
get one variety, and stay with it. If
you breed only one variety you can
soon, by advertising a little and ex-
hibiting your birds, make a reputation
on them, and sell a good lot at good
prices, while the rest can go to market.
Do not start with the idea that you can
sell all you breed at fancy prices, for
you will not be able to do so for some
time. To earn a reputation for your
fowls. you must advertise for at least
one year before you can expect much
return. The poultryman who succeeds
in selling all his fowls at good prices Is
the man who has spent years in the
poultry, business and many dollars in
advertising.-Pacifc Poultryman.
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SASsAS'aSASsAS'ASASASsA@s
: FOR YOUNG MEN. {
rSoVl. OK e,V. e,Vls ~ ~ S,Ts ~ o

AS a rule we get what we work for.
Success always depends upon effort
and never upon that vague, mysterious
thing which some young men call luck
and regard as something that is regu-
lated by blind fate or destiny or some
thing else that is beyond his control.
OF course there are times when the
young man who starts out with fair
prospects and works intelllgently and
hard fails to achieve the things he set
out to accomplish. But there is reason
for this, and the difficulty lies in the
fact that the reason lay too deep for
his comprehension. But there is moth
ing to discourage in this failure to
achieve. Let the same young man keep
right on striving and if you follow his
course you will invariably find that his
later successes will far more than COM
pensate his early failures. He will
have his times Of seeming adversely,
but these little discouragements only
serve to strengthen and broaden his ca
liabilities and render him ADLER to
achieve greater things. Honest, intel
llgent, persistent labor brings its re-
ward. Luck is the vague hope of the
lazy. 1t exists only in the mind Of
the indolent and worthless, Danish all
ideas of luck and work for success and
you cannot help but achieve 1t.
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has Of late years represented the Dem
ocrats in these arrangements. He has
so often had to pair himself to make
things come out right that 1t used to
be said tsiat he never cast a direct vote.
This was an exaggeration. Sometimes
he voted, but more often when his
name was called he rose to say: "Mr.
President, l am paired with the Sen
ator from Dash. If he were present he
would vote yea, and / should vote nay"
the last part Of the statement varying,
Of course, according TO circumstances.
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~ \
The Shorthorn bull Ras (23o0 Argeh-
dine Herd Book is a roam, calved Au'
gust, 1894, bred and owned by MI
Leonard Pereyra, Estancia Don Juan
Outlines, Buenos Ayres. At the inter-
national Show at Palermo, Buellos
Ayres, in September last he was placed
second in the class. for aged bulls On
which many would have preferred MN
a flrsD, and he won the $50 gs. chal-
lenge cup presented by Mr.. d. Mac c,
Lehman for the best Shorthorn Dun
born in the Argentine. His sire was
Baron Bridelslrk Sd GO3O2, bred by NJ.
]. Barnes, and his dam Dahlla 22d, de-
scended from a strain imported in $780,
and full of choice blood. Mr.. MacLen-
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.fRnok Lnrnin,n Pays.

Among questions asked of creameIy
patrons by the Kansas Experiment
Station is: "What dairy or farm paper
do you readT Out of seventy-seIen
patrons who answered this question
wefound thatffty-three, or 60 per cent?
took no farm or dairy paper. In looking
up the records 1t Is interesting TO nO's
that the highest yield was made Uy =
man who keeps special dairy cows "a, an y.
subscribes for a dairy paper us
patron realized 50 per COW per allu .a
more than the next best patron VIZ
reads no paper, and $3.50 per COW mor more
than the poorest patron.-Ohio FAIRNESS
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A man performed heroic act, saw
ing chlld's life at the imminent risk
Of losing his own. Then, while the pop
ulace thronged about him, to applaud
and reward him, he turned pa.e and fled
In abject terror at the sight OF a police
man! The memory Of some past mis-
6emeanor and the fear that 1t had been
discovered and would be visited upon
him, made a moral coward of phys
zeal hero. Yet the incident none the
less showed that even guilty life may
be capable Of good and noble deeds
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made of such material as could find
lying around. With this device NV
hired hand and l pulled out 80 posts in
less than an hour. The lever OBJ is
made out of an old sulky pillow tongue
about nine feet long. A hook shown
at ? was bolted on top end of lever
projecting over the eEd to catch in
links of chain. used an ordinary loo
chain with hook on end. l pulled mn
some old barnshed posts with this do.
vice that l could not move with two
horses and chain. wv
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MADAME DREYFus.
Magnificent Devotion, Heroism and
Q

Magnificent Devotion, Heroism and
Patience of This Woman.
The magnificent devotion, heroism
and patience of that wonderful wom-
an, Madam Dreyfus, have been at
length rewarded. Her sister-women
the world over must have experienced
a sensation Of relief when news was
received Of the save arrival Of the I'M
happy prisoner of the lie du Diable,
for while as yet there was the slight
est possibility that fate. which had al
ready proved so unkind to this remark
able couple might fight against them,
II was painful to think of the tension
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Our railroads are In much better
physical condition than they were ten
years ago and this fact counts in great
measure for the decreased casualties
TO passengers, but IL is stlll fearfully
large. We brag of the superiority Of
our railroad service to that of Europe,
but there is one thing In which the
European railroads surpass ours very
far-the better protection of their pas
sengers. They carry great many
more passengers and XIII and injure IA
great many less.
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Keep Posted on Current Topics.

1t is shameful that so many young
men know nothing of public affairs,
local, State or National. 1t is a duty
every young man owes to himself and
the commonwealth to keep posted on
matters that pertain to the common
veal. Famlliarize yourself with fthe
questions at issue in your own district
or ward. Study their merits. Get at
the bottom. Know the parties inter-
ested and learn their views and study
and critlcise their actions. Read your
home paper. Read its political discus
sions, and II it be partisan sheet read
the organ Of the other party and form
opinions for yourself. Get In touch
with what is going on In the world.
Read n daily or weekly, or both, and
have the leading events of the world
thoroughly fixed in your mind so that
you can make an intelligent remark on
any public question. Learn the names
Of the prominent figures in public life.
Study their thoughts and actions. Get
to know them personally, almost
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out.of- Doors Feed Trough.

Where several hogs are Quartered in
an orchard or other pasture they must
be fed out-of-doors. To keep each
one from crowding and fighting his
neighbor when eating. make such a
trough as is shown In the illustration.
The bottom part OF a barrel is sawed
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Some one has unearthed book print
ed In London in 1905, In which is given
an entertaining account of life in old
Virginia during early colonial days,
when tobacco was the standard curren-
cy, and 10000 pounds Of the weed was
the salary Of clergyman, with fee
Of 400 pounds for funeral sermon and
200 pounds for so,emnizlng a marriage.
The writer evidently cherished some
pet prejudlces In religious matters, for
he puts It on record that in the counties
where the Presbyterians held meetings
the tobacco was so mean that no
preacher would stay there.
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off and two narrow strips of board are
fitted together and nailed firmly into
the trough, as in the drawing. A -four
barrel can be made to answer this tenn
pOrary purpose, but a trough from a
stouter barrel will prove more lasting.
American Agriculturist.
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Berlin has added sign painters to the
daily increasing list of women who
work at mems trade. These women
have served a regular apprenticeship,
including gymnastic training, so that
they will not lose their nerve while
working on scaffolds or ladders. They
wear the gray linen frock and cap that
is the house painters badge as well az
his shield from paint.
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Stacking Hnr

Let me give you a better way of mt.
uhg up your hay than those two old
plans, which have their faults. Sboc,,
Ing the hay and bringing it in VIII,
ropes is too slow, and in bull-raking e.
IN you are liable to begin stacking too
soon' or your hay is liable TO s oot
oleached' besides you can not stacl, SO so
evenly and well on account Of the bs ~
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1t was German mechanical Ingenuity
that holsted the Paris Off the rocks. 1t
was an engineering feat that had been
declared impossible by many experts.
The kaiser is entitled to have the lm-
perlal band play, "Oh, l Don't Know;
We're Not SO Slow"
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Truth is mighty and will prevail.
Every little willie somebody who has
lust returned from the Klondike con
tesses that he would like to borrow
the price Of a meal.
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A Western man says he cured him
self OF Bright's disease by wearing n
mother hubbard. Any man who will
get cured IN that way ought to be
watched.
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Shakespeare gave It as his opinion
that there was nothing In n name, but
they didn't estimate the population of
his town by the number of names In
the directory.
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II salt reyives drowned animal life,
as an Englishman thinks he has dis
covered, the man who falls into the
pecan ought TO be easily restored espe-
rially II he happens to be an old salt
hlmself.
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Brazil will send $4,000 worth of
snakes to the Paris exposition. When
shis becomes known people who can't
afford to go viii be inclined to put Off
heir disappointment.
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through the papers. They can teach
you much, and you cannot afford to
miss their influence. While it is well
to read the papers thoroughly, you
should do more. There are plenty OF
magazines, to be had at reasonable
prices. They contain the thoughts or
the brightest and brainiest men OF the
day, expressed in their best language.
1t is an education to thoughtfully read
the papers and magazines. And when
you have done this there still remains
no end of good books which you may
either get at a public library or pur-
chase very cheaply. There Is no excuse
for young mans being ignorant these
days with so many opportunities at
hand for being we'll read-educated.
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1t is said that nothing In this world
was created in vain, but you can't get
the lady who has the bearded mole on
The end Of her nose to believe it.
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A Massachusetts, Chinaman has gone
into bankruptcy. These moon-eyed folk
always were quick to adopt the latest
American Ideas for money making