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HARAsssD BY THE ENEMY.
American Garrisons in Aibay Fire,

American Garrisons in Albay Fired
UpoH by FiIipinos.
OF late the insurgents in Albay prov
ince, Luzon. have adopted harassing tac-
ties against the towns which the Ameri-
cans have garriSoned They camp in the
hills and maintain Il constant fire upon
the American outposts. When the troops
sally against them they scatter, return
ing when the Americans retire.
They shoot burning arrows, and have
thus burned a large part of the town OF
Albay. Indeed, most of the larger towns
in that province are practically deserted
except by the garrison. Scarcely any of
the inhabitants return to their homes.
They are camping in the interior and ID is
supposed armed insurgents prevent them
going back. 1t is reported that there is.
much suffering among them owing to lack
of food As a result OF these conditions
the hemp business IN that section is Sc
riously hindered and ships going for ear
goes are compelled to take gangs OF
coolies to do their loading. Hemp i'll the
interior is quite inaccessible.
Col Bell viii take two regiments and
a battery through the provinces of North
Camarines and South Camarines. going
there on transports. Many insurgents
retreated to that part of the island from
Cavite and Batangas provinces. Another
expedition viii soon start to garrison
towns along the north coast of the island
of Mindarao
Guerrilla warfare continues south OF
Manila. Two attempts have been made
to ambush the Americans Col Schwan,
while returning TO Manila with his staff
and an escort of 100 cavalry from Matan
gas, was attacked by the insurgents. The
latter were dispersed, but the Americans
had FIVE men wounded
Lieut.. Col. Beacon, with six companies
of the Forty second infantry, had two.
hours fight with Gen. Pho del Pifar's
command, which attempted to ambush
the Americans along the trail through
Morong province near the lake. Here al
so the insurgents were dispersed, but the
Americans had several wounded, among
them n captain.
Col. Bell is operating southwark
through Zambales province with n small
force. Another expedition is proceeding
northward from Subig. Ii is reported
that the insurgent general Alexandra has
recovered from his wound and has assem-
bled a large force in that district.
The plague continues Eight cases
were reported last week among the ma
tives and Chinese. There is no excite
ment, however, and business and social
life are undisturbed, Smallpox is preya
lent among the natives along the, rail
road and in the towns on the northern
coast. Two officers OF the Thirty-sixth
infantry have died Of the disease and an
other officer and several soldiers have
been stricken.
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81 WAS not worthy of you, Douglas.
Not half worthy the like of you:
Now all men besides are to me like
shadows.
Douglas! Douglas! tender and
truer'
The voice of the singer rose clear and
sweet on the still night air, attracting
the attention OF young man of per-
haps 80, evidently a stranger in town.
He was followed by small boy carry
ing a grip. and was on his way to the
hotel.
Singular" he soliloquized. exceed
ingly singular, how familiar that voice
sounds. I'm positive I've heard it
somewhere. Sounds like Judith How
lands: but of course it can't be. She
used TO sing that song | wonder If
she How unspeakably absurd to
think or such a thing! 1t is hardly to
lie supposed that she would be out here
in Tits place. The last | heard she
was abroad. I'm not exactly fool
enough to imagine she would think of
me except with contempt, after all
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PROFIT IN RICE GROWING.
The Crop Profitable Enough This Sea-
son to Pay for the Land.

nc AEOD ITOnI1Oie Enough inns sea
son to Pay for the Land.
The profits made by the Louisiana rice
growers have been phenomenal this sea
son. III. j. Sanders, a prominent planter
of the Crowley district said te a New
Orleans correspondent:
Il have here the statement OF the re-
turns we have received from the sale or
rice raised on something less than four
teen acres of land, and the figures are i'm
teresting. The rice taken from this plot
Of ground was 271 sacks, and the gross
returns were $1.2S7.09 Out of that mil
ing charges Of $220.J9 were deducted,
giving us a net return Of 81, 066.50. The
cost OF cultivating the land and gathering
the crop was so per acre, or a total cost
of $140. This leaves US net profit OF
S926.50.
Our total crop was 5000 sacks. and
the returns were practically the same on
the entire lot. When it is cops. 1crcd
that the price OF rice lands in the Crow
ley district is only about $50 per acre,
it is readily seen that there is money in
raising Louisiana rice. Brought down 10
the profit per acre, we received, over and
above all cost, about $685.
w. w. Duson, another extensive plant
er. said.
mo one outside the Crowley district
has any idea of the vast wealth pro
ducing properties OF the land there. The
price per acre is 50 much below the real
worth Of the land that one good crop
may easily be made TO pay for the prop
erty, and il the planter has planted ex-
tensively, make him independent xs
we'll"
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Wire Fences.

The extraordinary demand for iron
and steel products, and consequent
high prices, is making wire fences cost
much more than few years ago, but
we are not sure but they are even now
the cheapest fences one can build, con-
sidering durability as well as first cost.
Many use secondhand gas pipe for
posts, and we think there is nothing
better if they can be bought direct
from companies who take them up be-
cause of pinhole leaks that make them
unfit for conveying gas, but in no way
injure them for use as posts. They
can be found in almost all sizes, from
the inch pipe, large enough for the
wire netting for poultry yards, up to
size that will carry heavy wire for
cattle fence, and if painted occasional
ly are neat and durable. They would
help to remove a danger sometimes
feared from wire fences. the conduc-
ton of lightning. The first iron post
would be very likely to ground the cur
rent.-American Cultiyator.
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Notee of Current Eventa.

The Illinois State Board Of Health rec.
ommends that a sanitarium for consump
tiYes be erected.
The resignation Of Joseph w. Ivey IA
collector Of customs at Sitka, Alaska, has
been accepted.
Dreyfus' counsel, NJ Labor. viii lee
ture for thirteen weeks in the United
States pext autumn.
a postage stamp Of the first issue %
British Guiana. In 1850. sold for x1,71e
al auction in New York
Tomato growers Of Ohio, Indiana and
Kentucky are organizing for protecti0H
from the canning combine.
A pan burst at Lewisburg. Tenn, IN
the pencil factory, killing Ernest Hester
and injuring two other men.
The ladies Of Mexico City will give .
bull fight in aid Of the girls home. Pres
ident Diaz anA wife viii attend.
The 500 employees Of the Lehigh Coai
Company, Hazeitou, Pa, have beer
granted a per cent increase in wages.
The fund for the Mcclellan monument
al Washington now amounts to $1,000.
and the committee will ask Congress for
$4,000 for the pedestal
The old frigate Constitution is to be
prepared and used as IA naval museum
and floating monn:ncHt to the glory o.
American sailors
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Keeping Wen Water pure.

1t used to be an old-fashioned custom
in the country to put one or two trout
in a well to insure the water being
pure and wholesome. If they did not
keep it so it was supposed that they
would give warning of its inpurity by
dying themselves. We are reminded
of this by seeing in an English paper
that Prof. Sobrero, of Turin, has lately
advised the use of eels in the house els
tern for the same purpose. He says two
or three not large but lively cells would
devour anything in the water in the
shape of animalcules, infusoria. bird
dropping from the roof or vegetable
matter of any kind. We think they
would also take any animal matter like
toads or rats that might fall in and
drown.-American Cultivator.
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somehow. And--you-are-in time."-
Boston Post.
THEIR OWN MIXTURES.
Smokers Who Have Tobacco Compound
ed to Suit Their Tastes

Smokers Who Have Tobacco Compound
ed to Suit Their Tastes.
The young and inexperienced are
ever ready to smile incredulously a.
the seasoned smoker who offers his to-
bacco pouch with the remark, TRY
some of my own mixture" In some
cases my own mixture may really be
only the smokers "own" in the sense
that he has paid fof a few ounces of it,
but in spite of the prevalence of copy
righted and much advertised special
mixtures in these latter days. 1t seems
from what one of the most popular
downtown tobacconists says, that the
habit of buying ones own exclusive
mixture" is not so extinct as might be
supposed, says the New York Tribune.
Here is list of the special mix
tlres we make" said this authority.
taking from a corner a large card. "Yod
see. there are about fifty of them on
this card. Each mixture is noted down,
all the ingredients and the proportions
in which they are to be used, and over
each one is the name Of the customer
who first ordered it. The way of 1t is
that a smoker makes his experiments
on different combinations of tobacco
until he hits upon something which just
suits him. Sometimes he buys the in
gradients and mixes them himself, but
people have so much to do nowadays
that, more often they tell us what they
want and we do the mixing. 1t takes
weeks sometimes for customer to get
to just the thing he is aiming at, and,
of course, it is all guesswork in the
meantime.
But you might be surprised to know
how long a man will go on using the
same mixture once he has found what
suits him. This first name on the list
does not belong to the mixture we have
been making the longest; it comes first
because the list is alphabetically ar
ranged, but that recipe has been stand
ing here for ten years to my knowledge.
1t was first ordered by an Englishman;
his name still goes with it and he is still
using it, but scores of other people also
use it who have never heard of him.
80, you see, it is possible for man
to be using another mans 'particula.
mixture and go on using it for years
thinking 1t his own exclusive mixture
all the time. The way some of these
mixtures gain popularity shows that il
isn't quite exactly true that there are
as many different tastes as tongues, for
sometimes what exactly suits one man
seems exactly to suit hundred others
When we find a mixture becoming wide.
~ popular we sometimes make it up
in quantities, but only rarely. And
that, 1 suppose. is how new mixtures
get put on the market"
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it is an unhandy thing to get hold Of
The holder is made of iron rods by q
blacksmith, with handles and straps.
1t can be opened wide and slipped
down over a barrel, then brought to-
gether under it, as shown in the figure
1t can then be picked up and carried
away with ease. Where there are large
numbers of barrels to be handled such
device will prove very effective
New England Farmer.
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these years of silence. TO be sure, if
that COMPOUNDED business had not called
me West just when / had begun to
think perhaps she reciprocated my re-
gard, all might have been different. l
couldn't speak then. when everything
was so uncertain. When returned she
was gone. However"
Johnnie" turning to the small boy
in the rear.
My name amt Johnnie, mister"
What is itf'
Charles Augustus Johnson"
We'll, then, Charles, can you tell me
who lives in that house we passed a
few moments ago-the one with the
vine over the front Window"
''Ther one yer mean where Their lady
wuz singinw
yes"
"Ain't she Their fine lady, though!
Me n me mother help clean Their house
afore they come, "a l come ev'ry Mon
day fer tn clo'es Me mothers tn
washlady.
zone day Bridget Ann lem'me stan
N tn hall n listen wen she wuz prac'-
sin. Tha's what Bridget Ann sed she
wuz doin'. Gee. mister, she jist hol-
Tered to beat tn bandl Made me feel
kind err funny, 5 if there wuz a snow
slide down me back
"Ahem! Yes, / understand; can you
tell me their nameS?"
Lem me see. There's two OF 'uns.
Them's Mr.. Rowland n tn old lady,
she's Mis- Rowland, N tn young lady,
III one es sings, she's Mis- Gordon"
They had reached the hotel and he
dismissed the boy.
Just as thought" he unused. she's
married"
The next night an entertainment for
The benefit OF n certain charitable asso-
citation was to be given. Tickets were
at premium, so the young matron who
asked Henry Williams to buy one. In
formed him. Because" she explain
I'd. I'VE are exceptionally fortunate In
having secured the services of prima
donna from the East. who is spending
ghe summer in the town. Her name?
Elolse Gordon. l thought every one
knew that"
Henry bought ticket. then waited
impatiently for evening.
The morning following be presented
himself at the Howland's door. The
maid who admitted him said that she
didn't know whether the ladies would
sec him or not. but she took his card
aRd disappeared. after first ushering
him into a room ut the right Of the hall,
Some one came through the doorway
at the other end OF the room. while he
was waiting, carrying a large jar Of
roses. She did not see him. where he
sat in the recess of one of the deep win
dows. which were feature of what
was apparently 4 music and reception
room.
When she placed the flowers on the
piano she turned TO lind at her side the
nan for whom she had waited so long.
Concealment of her true feeling was
impossible. The recognition was too
sudden and complete. And so she
stood silent and confused "0h." he
said, holding her at arms length. and
looking as IL nc could never take his
eyes away. "am | too late? Tell me. I"
with almost savage veliemenee. why
30 they call you 'Eloise Gordon 2
''Eloise Gordon? oh. yesi My name,
you know, is Judith Eloise Rowland.
Eloise Gordon is the name adopted
when went on the stage. Some peo-
pie really don't know me by any other"
Then you are not marriedg"
'Aarrledy' something compelled her
&C drop her eyes, which had raised TO
his.
And | am not too later
For reply she looked at him with eyes
bright with gladness. and said: Il
knew that you would come sonae time
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Stygian Humor.

The shades OF Caesar and Brutus
met Mt the landing, where Charor
awaited him.
EFT tn. Brutus," said Caesar.
'YeS. Going oyer?'
'Yep. I'll shake you to see who goes
first
The murmur OF the waves was
drowned by the rattle OF the dice.
Wei. that's one horse on me-" said
Caesar.
Then l win" observed Brutus
pocketlng the dice.
"How's that?
Its twice you've been stuck"
Il rather opine it Silk 'em BOTH" OBJ
served Charon as he unshipped his
oars.-omaha World Herald.
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Shorthoru Heifer.

The ShorthorR heifer, Daisy 4th, is
a roam, calved Jan. l, 1897, her sire be-
ing Prince Victor 69324, dam Daisy by
Crown Prince 60564. She is owned by
Mr.. VIM. Heaton, Los,ock Junction,
Bolton, England. At the Royal Show
at Birmingham, she was first in her
class, and reserve for the champion
ship as best COW or heifer. At the Dur
ham County show she was first in her
class, and won the 80 guineas chal-
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Eirht.Hnnr DAYS on the Farm.

Eight Hour Days on the Farm.
The use of machinery on the farm is
very nearly reducing the hours of labor
to eight hours a day. Very few ask
hired help to work over ten hours now,
and when at work with horses and
machinery eight hours of labor is as
much as ought to be expected of the
team. and the teamster expects to do
but little more excepting to give the
team the care it should have, and to
keep the machine in order. Even this
last is sometimes delegated to some
other person, If there are knives to
sharpen, as on the moving machine
and reaper, for not every good team
Ster is handy at the grindstone and
some have but little mechanical in
genuity, so that though they may learn
TO run a machine while it is in good
order, they can not put it in order if
anything goes wrong.
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MANY AT ooEsEL's FUNERAL.
Grief and Threats Cominingle While
Crowds Wait in the Rain.

&AOMnS Ndlt TIC hdlhs
More than 10000 Kentuckians follow
ed the body of William Goebel to the
grave in Frankfort cemetery and stood
with barred heads in the pouring rain
while c. s. Blackburn, the white-haired
Senator, and Good Luck" Beckham told
them the story of their leaders devotion
and besought them TO remain faithful to
his doctrines. Curses for the assassin
were mingled with the sobs of The men
who stood about the tomb, and only the
restraining eloquence of the orators sub
dued the reyengeful passions of the
crowd and prevented the armed mourn
ers from Transforming into an army Of
retaliation.
The ceremonies were conducted from
tie steps Of the cemetery chapel. A
quartet sung 1T Is Well with My Soul, .
the Rev William Stanley of Virginia de-
livered a prayer. Mrs. Jessie Caldwell
sang and Senator Blackburn and Mr..
Beckham spoke.
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Remaining Corn.

Once there was farmer who said be
always wanted to have some hills in
his eornfield fail to come up, so that
he could plant them over. His idea
was that the lale planting. tasseling
out or blooming later than the main
field fertilized many ears that did not
receive the pollen from the earlier
corn. and thus the ears were better
filled out at the tip. Perhaps he was
right. but If so he could nave attained
his end better by leaving one row In
five or six implanted until the Others
were up.
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Portable Hogpen.

A movable shelter for shoats OF
brood sOws, which can be drawn from
one part of the farm to another by two
horses, is shown in the Illustration
here reproduced from the American
Agriculturist. 1t is very easily made.
Construct a shed L feet long Of 2xS
inch board, using four cross pieces Of
same size feet long Lay the floor
lengthwise. Side one side with inch
board six feet high; opposite side for
four feet. For plate to nail to boards
to use 2x4 inch scantling. Use 2x4
at each end for rafters, to which end
boards are nailed. Roof with matched
flooring. The runners are sloped al
each end. and there is door in each
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One of the little things which are not
absolutely essential, but which the
keeper of flock of hens will be well
paid for preparing. is charcoal. The
hens will not consume great quantity
of it. but they seem to need a certain
amount of it. and the good effects of it
are admitted by all.
Charcoal is not usually kept for sale
in the villages, and the majority of
poultry keepers are put to the NECESSITY
of sending away for it or of mslnufac-
turing it. An article which wkll fully
answer the purpose can be mage from
corncobs, and this Is the ikaterial
which generally is made use OF in the
West.
Rake a lot of cobs in a loos;, heap
where they will burn freely. LIST them
burn until they are charred through.
but before they are reduced L ashes
smother the fame with oats. Use no
water for putting out the blaze. The
half-burned oats will not be wasted,
as the hens will eat it with as much
relish as that which has not been
touched by the fire. Crush the charcoal
and constantly keep up a small box of
it in the poultry house.-Farmer's
Voice
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a Rninons Financial policy.


Two. things have helped the people Of
the Eastern States to look upon the cur
rency policy of the Republicans with
somewhat OF the clear vision with
which majority of the people of the
Western and Southern States have long
regarded IT,
One of these is the recent disturbance
in the Wall street money market result
ing from few British reyerses in
South Africa, which caused a drop in
stock values of between five hundred
million and billion dollars, and the
consequent indication which this gives
that, as soon as our financial system is
planted upon the single gold standard,
it win be impossible for US to have an
Independent monetary policy, because
our business will be injuriously affected
by every serious political complication
among European nations.
The other fact which is crystallizing
opinion in the East against the cur
rency policy of the Republicans is that
the bill that party is going to pass at
this session of Congress combines the
national banks of the country into a
paper money trust in the first place, and
in the next, by authorizing them to is
sue notes to the full amount of Govern
ment bonds which each of them holds,
incites them to continually exercise the
vast and far reaching influence placed
in their hands to bring about legislation
n -. ~.
tional debt.
A policy which makes our currency
and, therefore, our entire business de-
pendent upon political and trade condi-
tons in European countries, and at the
same time tends to pile UP the noun
tain of our public debt higher and high
er, year after year, will not cenduce to
the welfare and prosperity of the Uni
ted States.-Kansas City Times
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anybody doubt that in case Mckinley is
elected the banks Will get their money
back before his second term expires?
These Ubiquitous financial bills ought to
be defeated at all hazards The oppo-
nents of these bills will be entirely JUS
tilted in lighting them day and night,
and by any and every means in their
power, for their defeat.-New York
journal
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Facts to Think About


"Think of this for moment. you
who ship butter, and wonder what all
this racket about oleo means" says the
Atlanta Market Reporter. Including
1888 and 1898 and half of 1899, just
eleven and one-half years, the sale Of
cleo has reached over 619,000,09C
pounds. The first six years the total
was 250,000,Oo0 pounds, the last five
and half years 36S,00O,000 pounds. or
an average of about 100000 pounds
a year. When you count up the num-
Der of cows replaced on the basis OF
200 pounds Of butter COW, you can see
where the dairy interests VIII be in an
other year or two. Butter gets one
freight and express rate, oleo gets a
much lower one. Every item of econ
omy in getting it on the market is in
favor, of course, because a trust is
behind the imitation, and the produc-
ers of genuine butter are scattered
from Maine to Mexico"
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3. WI rHoMPsoN is DEAD.
Long Career of Indiaua's Grand Old
Man Ia Closed

Col. Richard W. Thompson, ex-Secre-
tary of the Navy, died at his home in
Terre Haute, Ind. His doctor said the
patients brain was paralyzed.
For more than half century Richard
W. Thompson had been prominent in
political life. Although he was more than
80 years old, he was a delegate to the
national Republican convention four
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Substitutes Coz Hon..

An exchange says that 3 Connects
cut firm Is at work ON an automobile
intended for towing power on the Erie
canal. 1t viii be powerful enough Il
tow six or eight canal boats at once
and the cost OF building il viii be more
than $1,000.
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we have noticed that when young
girl marries an old man, with romantic
notions about being an old mans Sar-
ling, she usually spends the honey
moon nursing him through n sickness,