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NORTH CAROLINA.

Wilmington, n. c., Nov. 7-Bellamv.
CEN, reelected 10 congress in the SIKH
district by overwhelming majority. Bry-
an majority In the state is estimated at
zo.OO0. In democratic primary for United
states senator. Simmons defeated Carr
by large majority.
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result" ""aiiy what I thinl, 4. a,
national 'Gne headdhecrn Then closed the democratic
the night 9uarters in New YopS Yfatc ,ac
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WYOMING.

Cheyenne. Wyo.. Nov 7.-Returns from
the state are coming in slowly. IL Will
- some hours before the result IA knoWu'
lt indications thus far are thai The
&c IL safe for Mckinley ana repub-
.Aeaa congressman Ly s.ogg plurality.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.

go, coIutnpia' ). g., Nov. The democrats
elect all congressman i'm South C,r,ii,,',
Charleston :. G., Nov. 7-Charlrsfon
complete; Bryan L53s. McKinIcy. gg
" iillam Elliott dem. elected To congr,s,
IN the first district "a
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EIOHIn "a.

Jacksonville, Fla. Nov. is. NJ. Shark.
man. dem, was reelected I'm the first dis
trict; X. w. Davis. dem, reelected In IL,
second district.
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IDAHO.

Boise. Idaho, Nov. THE polls closed
At p. m. but II will be late before any
definite returns are received. IL Is not
probable the result In the state can be de-
ssan. rerminsd before ! 0s , O'clock n Che
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OREGON.

Portland, ore, Nov six precincts in
oregon outside Of Portland give McKin-
icy 446: Bryan, 10. One precinct in ths
Bryan, 25. ~,
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.;,clerraphic BrevitIes.

Captain Chadwick, who commanded the
New York during the war with Spain,
has filed claim of prize money for cap
turing five vessels.
Attorney G.. Il. George, Chicago, guilty
OF fraud. He securned $1,000 from per-
sons by the name of Mccormick, assert
ing that they were heirs to big fortune.
The British steamer Pawnee arrived
at New York from Mediterranean ports
via Bermuda, and was detained at quar-
antine, owing to the presence on board
Of three cases of smallpox.
One thousand Kansas farmers will go
to Kansas City In prairie schooners to
attend the national Democratic conven-
ton.
The Government is withholding $11o,-
600 from Western railways. They want
full tariff rates for hauling troops; the
Government insists that they shall grant
the party rates of &c a mile.
In the Boston Common Council one Of
the aldermen offered resolution that
the Council send a delegation of seven
aldermen to represent the city at the
Paris exposition, and that the United
States Government be requested to de-
tail suitable warship to carry the dis
dnguished party across the Atlantic.
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crop looks favorable and enters spring In
excellent condition. Outside of q linn
tied area in Southern California, winter
wheat on the Pacific coast is well ad-
vanced and promising. Some spring wheat
has been sown over the southern portion
Of the spring-wheat region, and also in
Montana, where the season is unusually
advanced
Corn is being planted in the Southern
States, some as far north as North Caro-
lima. In Southern Texas the bulk of the
crop has been planted. Oats are being
sown in Kansas, Missouri, Ohio and Ken
tucky, and are coming up to good stands
in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Tennes-
see and Mississippi. Reports of winter
killing Of the fall crop are received from
Virginia and Georgia. Cotton planting
has begun over the southern portion Of
the cotton region. The prospects for fruit
are favorable, although peaches sustained
some damage in Missouri, Arkansas, Illi-
nois and Ohio.
The soil Is in good condition and con-
siderable plowing has been done in all
except the more ,northerly sections, where
frost still remains in the ground, and in
portions of New Jersey, Maryland, West
Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina,
where this work has been delayed by wet
weather.
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Permanent Pastures.

The easiest way that we know of to
keep permanent pasture in good con-
dition is to stock it hard enough SO that
the grass will be eaten before it throws
up seed stock or becomes hard and
woody, and then give extra feed at the
barn so that the animals will return at
least as much fertility to the soil as the
grass takes from 1t. OF course manure
or fertilizer may be carried out, and
spread on the pasture. but that costs
money, and Eastern farmers are often
at loss to obtain fertilizing elements
enough for their moving lands and cul-
tivated fields. If they buy feed to use
in summer when cattle are In the pas
ture, they hope to and usually do get
enough in the way Of growth, fat or
milk production to pay for ii, and look
upon the increased quantity and extra
quality of the manure heap as an extra
profit. In this matter of overstocking
the pasture 1t Is best done and produces
best results where there are two pas
lures, so that the animals can be
changed from one to the other about
once a week, or as often as the feed is
eaten down smooth. This helps to pre-
vent them from gnawing so closely as
to destroy the roots, which they may do
In some fayorite spot If they are kept
too lolg In one pasture. Cul-
tivator.
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cLgvrn COUP OF soERs.


Roat a. Broadw woods Force Proves Skill
In Preparing Ambuscade.
The London correspondents with Gen-
Roberts add little of importance to the
commander-in-chief's account OF the dis
aster to COL. Broadwoods column. All
the accounts OF the nght from q British
source concur in stating that Col. Broad
woods force of about 1000 men was out
numbered by the Beers eight or ten to
one. and the arrival Of the infantry di-
vision and Gen. French's cavalry alone
prevented the annihilation Of Col. Broad
woods command.
As regards the details of the affair,
the stories differ considerably. The af-
fair seems rather to testify to the skill
of the Beers in preparing ambuscades
than to neglect of the British to recon-
noiter the route OF the convoy. 1t seems
that the scouts Of the convoy must have
passed close to the ambushers, who APP
parently were as invisible as partridges
in cover.
The correspondent OF the London Morn
ing Post, in describing the working of the
trap. says the convoy had scarcely pro-
ceeded 300 yards, and the men were still
eating breakfast, when the enemy opened
fire from donga in front and eighty
yards from the head of the convoy. The
fire was deadly, and the men of the lead
ing troops, Roberts horse, were swept
from their saddles. A scene of confusion
followed. The teams of four guns, their
drivers having been shot, stampeded and
carried the guns out of action. These
and one other gun were saved. The teams
Of the other guns were shot. and the
guns, with the convoy, fell into the hands
Of the enemy. Meanwhile Gen. Alder
sons brigade held back force Of the
enemy, estimated to number 1000, with
great galantry, losing heavily, and fall
ing back by degrees. The enemy in
donga in their rear pursued the flying
guns until the approach of the Ninth
division from Bloemfontein checked the
pursuit.
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s;A0AA-MNAeiAeiAS-1AeiAe;5a;s-
& CHURCH AND CLERGY. I


One hundred and twelve pupils of the
Indian school at Carlisle, Pa, have been
received into the Catholic Church. The
school has 162 pupils.
The British Foreign Bible Society in
tends to provide all Boer prisoners with
Bibles printed in Dutch, and the plan
will be carried out within a few weeks.
Cardinal Vaughan received from the
Pope dispensation remitting the Lenten
fast on thirty eight out of forty days Of
Lent. This act of his Holiness was ow-
ing to the prevalent influenza in Eng
land.
The queerest church in the world is in
Bergen, in Norway. 1t is completely
made of paper, and rendered waterproof
by an application of quicklime with
curdled milk and white of eggs. Over
1000 people may be seated in its inte-
rior.
The Rev. Francis Edward Carter, hon.
orary canon of Canterbury, has been ap-
pointed dean Of Grahamstown, South AZ
rica. IU2a
The Churchman'S Liberal league In
Great Britain has issued monthly jour-
nal in the interests of disestablishment
of the Church Of England.
The First Batist Church in Dover, Pa,
has converted building heretofore used
for church social affairs into shirt fac
tory, where church members are given
preference in employment. Five per cent
out of the wages Is to revert to church
work in the town.
A special prayer for the success of the
British arms has been prepared by the
Jewish rabbis in Jerusalem for Use in the
synagogue.
Pennsylvania Methodists are urging
the claims of the Rev. Dr. Thomas Il.
Neely, pastor of Union Church, Philadel-
phia, for a bishopric, and those claims
will be pressed at the general conference
in May.
BY order OF Bishop Hohan the priests
of the Catholic churches in the Scranton,
Pa, diocese announce that funeral SER
vices will no longer be conducted in the
churches Of the diocese on Sunday, which
practically puts ban on Sunday burials
by Csshsiies there.
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BIG HALL IN RUINS.
THe KANSAS CITY CONVENTION
Go euiLDiNG IS HuRNEp.
Great Auditorium In Which the Ma
sienai Democratic convention Was to
Have Been Held IL a Total Loss
win BE Rebuilt Without Delay.

The Kansas City convention hall, the
largest auditorium in the United States,
with perhaps one exception, and in which
the Democratic national convention was
10 have been held, caught fire shortly
after l O'clock Wednesday afternoon.
The fire started in the rear, and the beau
fiful building WAS soon a mass Of fiames.
The tiremen could do but little but TO
attempt to save surrounding property.
Half an hour after the fire was discov-
cred the roof fell in with crash. The
Second Presbyterian Church nearby
caught Gre, and is almost total loss.
The fire next spread to a row of three
story flats, and the Aldine flats, an apart
ment, was threatened The Lathrop
school caught fire, but the pupils were
marched out in safety. fpFfga
The convention hall cost about quar-
ter of a million, and is insured. Before
the roof of the building fell $4,000 had
been subscribed by spectators to rebuild
the hall, and it Is claimed the entire
amount will be raised in a short time by
public subscription. The directors of the
burned building say it will be rebuilt,
and be ready for the opening of the
Democratic convention on July 4.
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RULES IN FAVOR OF sECKHAM.
Kentucky Court of Appeals Decides
the GOvernorship Case.

Kentucky Court of Appeals Decides
the Governorship Case.
With a full bench sitting, the Court Of
Appeals of Kentucky Friday handed
down decision in the governorship case.
BY vote Of q to / the ruling of Circuit
Judge Emmett Field of Louisville, in
favor of Beckham is sustained. The dis
senting vote was cast by Judge Durelle,
one of the three Republican judges, who
wrote separate opinion. The principal
opinion was written by Judge Hobson.
Judges Guify and Burnham, Republi-
cans, presented shorter concurring opin-
ions.
Judge Hobson's opinion recites that the
action of the Legislature was final; that
the courts have no authority to reverse
this action; that the Governor exceeded
his authority in adjourning the Legisla-
ture in Frankfort to London, and that
the journals Of the two houses of the
General Assembly being regular, cannot
be impeached. Judge Durelle's dissent
ing opinion was based on the fact that
the Legislature at the time it assumed to
act on the gubernatorial case was a mere
contest board, and under the notice Of
the contestants had no jurisdiction to act
in a judicial capacity at that particular
time. He therefore holds the action Of
the Legislature to be null and void and
subject to reversal in courts of law. The
separate asserting opinions of Judges
Guffy and Burnham practically agree in
all vital points with the decision of Judge
Hobson. But while asserting as to the
main issues, Judges Guffy and Burnham
strongly condemn the Goebel election
Iau
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Formula for Lice.

A most excellent lice-killer can be
made, says the Poultry Fanciers' Ca
zette, as follows: One pint of crude
carbolic acid, three pints Of either ben
zine or naphtholine, or gasoline (there
is but little difference in them, some
being more volatile than others; then
one gallon OF ordinary kerosene; mix
all well together, sprinkle or paint the
roosts, or shut the fowls In box and
sprinkle the bottom of the box well
with 1t. Bear in mind that 1t is very
dangerous substance to handle and
must only be used where there Is no
possibility of any spark of fire being in
the place or near it, as the air will fill
with gas and in close room would
explode, but carefully handled 1t will
kill every insect in the house, also a
small amount used ut time in close
room would not be dangerous. The
smell of this passes off in two or three
days, and it does not taint the flesh Of
the fowls or eggs, and the danger lasts
for few minutes only, as the gas soon
becomes so diluted with air that it
would not catch fire. The only safe way
is to always use 1t in daylight.
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Surrounded Near Reddersburg an
Forced TO Surrender.

Ieurrounded Near Reddersburg and
Forced TO Surrender.
The Fpports Of the recent operations In
South Africa are full OF suggestion as to
the nature of the difficulties with which
Load Roberts Is now contending and the
renewed vigor of the resistance offered
| by the Beers. Instead Of falling back TO
strongholds farther north and waiting In
their intrenchments the burghers evident
| ly are, acting on the aggressive on all
sides Of Bloemfontein. Within weef
| there have been engagements TO the
southeast, to the south and to the north
west OF the Free State capital. 1t would
appear that so far from having accepted
Lord Roberts proffered terms Of pacifica-
ton, the Beers are determined to make
his present position very difficult, even
| if they do not undertake to hem him in.
According to Fridays dispatches an en-
gagement at Boshof, town to the north
and west of Bloemfontein, resulted in a
Boer loss of fifty men and the death of
Gen. Villebois de Mareuil, the well-known
French strategist. But simultaneously
came the report of the capture Of five
companies of British infantry to the
south of Bloemfonten at town named
upon Lord Roberts rear and near his
main line of communication Of force
large enough to carry off half British
regiment is suggestive, and the news Of
the reverse cannot fail to create consid-
erable uneasiness in London. 1t is true
that Lord Roberts was able to commu-
nicate with Gen. Gatacre at Springfon-
tein, ordering him to advance upon Red
dersburg, and presumably the main Brit
ish army is by no means cut off from its
base. But why Roberts should have call
ed troops from Springfontein instead Of
detaching some of his own men at Bloem-
fontein, and how the Beers come to be
operating in such force near the British
line of communication, are puzzles which
cannot be solved in the light of the dis
patches.
The death of Gen. Villebois de Mareuil
will be a serious loss to the Beers, but it
is more than offset by the British loss at
Reddersburg. The moral effect Of the
Boer success in trapping five British COM
panies will be reflected both in the activ-
ity of the encouraged burghers and in
the chagrin and disappointment shown in
England.
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8
Potatoes will grow on great variety
Of soils and produce excellent crops,
but the soil has much to do with the
quality. A soil that Ii full of humus
will produce large tubers In abundance,
but they will lack the quality of those
that are grown In soil that has less
humus, but is rich in potash and other
minerals. The volcanic ash soils Of the
Pacific slope grow some Of the finest
potatoes in the world, both in size and
quality. The mineral elements produce
the splendid result. The application Of
stable manure to this crop is inadvisa
BILE, for If the crop escape scab, as the
result, the quality Of the tuber will
pretty surely be injured. The follow
ing mixture Is an excellent potato fer
tilizer: Muriate of potash, 400 pounds;
nitrate of soda, 250 pounds; dried blood.
300 pounds; fine bone -four, 500 pounds;
plaster, 400 pounds; salt, 100 pounds.
This will contain about per cent. of
nitrogen, 71a per cent. of phosphoric
acid and 10 per cent. Of potash. Soak
ing the seed In a solution of corrosive
misunderstanding two ounces of
the sublimate in two gallons Of water,
and then adding thirteen gallons Of wa
ter-will destroy scab germs, but it will
not protect the crop from scab IL 1t Is
grown in infected ground. Spraying
with Bordeaux mixture, first when the
vines are foot high and then three or
four times afterward at intervals of ten
days, will practically prevent blight
Epitomist. Mh
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feet long and fashion the forward end
Of each In the shape of sleigh runner.
Then take 2 by the same length as
the boards and bevel the edges In such
a way that when the boards are nailed
on they will spread out at the bottom
until they are about eight inches apart.
This trough is to pass, inverted, over
the corn row between the shovels Of
the cultivator. its sloping sides catch
Ing the loose soil and leaving it lying
loosely next the corn, but never on It,
To fasten this trough to the cultivator,
bore an inch hole through the sides
near the front end and just beneath
the top 2 by 4. Through these run
small, strong rope and tie each end
to the cultivator in such way that
the trough will be kept a little in ad-
vance of the shovels. 1t is best to leave
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News of Minor Note.

A carload of California oranges, sold
for charity in New York for $4,631.
Girl students suspended from the Ok
ford, Ohio, college, have been reinstated.
Capt. l.. b. Evans and two sons were
drowned in the Wicomico River, in
Northumberland County, Virginia.
Fourteen thousand persons have en-
gagged passage from Pacific coast ports
for Cape Nome.
In wreck Mt Traskwood, Ark, Engi-
neer ii. Sceley and Fireman w. IL.
Morsee were killed.
The removal OF tumor from the brain
Of Mrs. f. G.. Parker of Chicago has re-
stored her sight after seven years Of
total blindness.
La Tosca, the great Indian cobra at
the Philadelphia zoo, has been under close
scientific observation for twenty-five
months past. during all of which time the
reptile has not tasted a morsel of food.
Col. Hodges of Perry County. Ca,
says the peach crop is all right. The FL
bertas and one or two other varieties
we're damaged slightly by the recent
freeze, but the damage done to the
peaches is hardly enough TO relieve the
trees of the immense am ount-of peaches
they would have
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50
AasSsszNof Asesss.sszN FABLES

Two of Queen Victorias grandsons are
now at school at Eton.
Queen Victoria has had q handsome au-
tomobie regularly attached to her sta
bles.
The Queen of Italy is fond Of the Eng
lish and Americans, showing them spe-
cial courtesy at the Italian court.
A movement has been started in Eng
land toward placing a $4,000 memorial
on the grave of the Duke of Westminster.
The King of Spain has discarded his
pony, Puce, for fine chestnut horse, now
that he has entered his thirteenth year.
Minnie Botha, the 11-year-old daugh-
ter of Gen. Botha of the Transvaal ar
my, is a pupil in a school at Highgate,
London.
Gen. Butler was honored recently by
having a postofiice named after him in
North Victoria by the Canadian postal
authorities.
Allan Maclean, the new premier of Vic
toria is poet as well rs a politician.
A book of his poems bears the title.
Two Glimpses of Nature"
The King OF Portugal has presented to
NEtdl INT BiOunu III <diHDtoid
where the remains OF Bishop Mackenzie
lie at rest, and suitable memorial will
be erected.
The mother Of. the Queen of Holland
objects to the title of dowager, and an
official statement has been made by the
young Queen that her mother must be
called "Queen Emma of the Neither
lands"
Princess Henry of Battenberg is fond
of religious books and periodicals, and
has an extensive theological library.
Captains Congreve and Reed, Lieut..
Roberts and Corporal Nurse will be the
first to receive the Victorian Cross for
gallant service in the South African war.
President Steyn Of. the Orange Free
State first met Miss Fraser, who became
his wife, on board ship when she was
II years old. and their romance began at
that time.
or the sixteen predecessors OF the
Prince of Wales In his title only Eve at
tanned the age of 50-namely: Henry
Will, Charles H.. George H., George
Ill, and George Nv.
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cuItivator shield.

In the Ohio Farmer correspondent
tells of a good shield for a cultivator.
He says: In cultivatIng corn when 1t
is small, 1t requires the greatest care
not to cover up or roll hard Jumps of
dirt on the tender sprouts. The shields
that come with cultivators are very un-
certain and unsatisfactory In their
work. For several years we have tried
this trough and find 1t most satisfac-
tory device. Take two hard wood inch
boards eight inches wide and about five
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MANY ILLEGALLY MARRIED..
The New License Law i'm South Dakots
Leads to Com p1ications.

The New License Law i'm South Dakota
Leads to Com mp1ications.
Because Of an apparently innocent
newspaper item, the matrimonial affairs
of n large number of newly welded South
Dakota couples have been badly mixed.
To straighten out matters many couples
have been remarked. Others are to-day
unaware of the fact that the ceremonies
which were supposed to have tied them
together for life are, in fact illegal. This
unfortunate condition is due to the pub
lication by many of the South Dakota
newspapers of an item to the effect that
under the new marriage license law cou-
Piles who obtained licenses in one county
could proceed to another county and be
married there.
The desire of many couples contem-
plating matrimony 10 conceal their ap-
preaching marriages from their friends
and other residents of their immediate
localities contributed to complicate the
situation, as many of them quietly OBJ
tanned their licenses in one county and
proceeded TO another county, where they
were not so well known, for the purpose
of having the ceremony performed. a
short time ago. however, ii was discov-
cred that licenses obtained in one county
were void in other counties, and then
there was CONSERVATION in the ranks Of
the newly married.