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OTHERWISE UNNOTICED.

Rev. Benjamin Pierce, aged II years
and Mrs. Alice Casey, aged SO years,
were married at Centralia, Ill,
Senator Clark's credentials were
placed before the senate, Tuesday, but
were allowed to lie on the table.
Malcolm K. Patterson was nominat-
ed for congress by the democratic con
vention of the Tenth Tennessee dls-
trict.
The suspension of Director General
Rathbonc from the head of the Cuban
postal service is believed to be per
manent.
In n shooting afray near Salem,
ILL.,, three men and a woman were
wounded The latter's condition is
critical.
Thomas McDermott, brother of
Maxine Elliott the actress, wife OF Nat
Goodwin, committed suicide at San
Francisco.
Thomas Harper, "A millionaire mcr-
chant of Darby. Conn, died from the
effects of snceze that ruptured a
blood vessel.
"Terrapin Tom" Murrey, the famous
restamanteur, epicure, friend of prcs-
dents and princes, committed suicide
in New York.
Fire at Alliance, O., destroyed
Reeves Brothers boiler works. The
total loss will reach $4,000, with $40,-
200 insurance.
Samuel A. Elliott, of Cambridge,
Mass, was elected president of the
American Unitarian association in ses-
sion at Boston.
Party rates on railroads for theatri-
cal parties and government troops will
be placed on the same basis or en-
tirely wiped out,
Three men have died at Waquan, H.,
from drinking lemon extract. Several
dealers are under arrest on charge of
illegally selling liquor.
j, +. Mitchell, patcnt-right man
from Little Rock, shot and instantly
killed Charles Devers, resident Of
Eureka Springs, Ark,
The BNai Birth convention, at st.
Louis, ended Tuesday. The establish
ment of hospital for consumptivcs at
Denver was determined upon.
William Postern, wcll-know cattle
man, committed suicide by taking
poison at his home near Ncbo, |. r.
Financial troubles led to the act.
All the potters in Akron, o., includ-
ing 500 or more men, are out on a
strike for higher wages, and practical
~ all of the potteries there are shut
down.
Officers Of Illinois roads are consid-
ering proposition to make rate of
one fare for the round trip for the
Democratic state convention, in
Springfield, June 26.
Through the vigilance of Sheriff
James Sloan a desperate attempt at
Jail delivery was frustrated at Dan
vile, III. Five saws and knife were
found among the prisoners
The Monon officials will offer n
prize Tor the best plans and spcciica-
tions drawn for the hotel which is to
be erected at West Baden, Ind. The
building will cost not less than $780,
900.
The government crop reports say
that the weather has been generally
favorable, though rather too cool in
Missouri, and much too damp I'm
Texas. Illinois wheat suffered from
llessian fly.
Former United States Senator n. p.
Hill, whose health has been poor for
several years, died at Denver, Col.
from a complication Of troubles, orig
mating in weakness Of the stomach.
He was 6S years old.
Two of the largest tobacco ware
houses in the country, two factories
and "A storage warehouse, filed with
bright leaf tobacco, were destroyed by
fire AT Danyille, Na,togcthcr with 500.
600 pounds of tobacco, valued at about
$4,000,
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Hot Springs Visitor Suicides,

Jerry Conner, Hot Springs visitor
committed suicide by taking dose OF
morphine. Conner, whose home was
at Minneapolis had been despondent
for some time owing to his continued
IN hanlth
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slight Advance In wages.

The wages Of the Little Rock street
railway conductors who have been In
the employ Of the company less than
one year have been increased from w
20 i0iI cents per hour. The rate paid
other employees has not been changed
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Eight Hundred Beers Surrender.

Kimberley, Tuesday, May 22.-About
eight hundred Beers have surrendered
at Nryburg (north of Kimberley, and
a littel more than half way between
that place and Mafeking). The road
is all clear from Mafeking and all OPP
position in this district is practically
ended.
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Found Dead In thu Woo ds.

John Stockhousc, who recently came
from Missouri TO Randolph county, was
found dend In the woods near Maynard,
his body having been terribly mutt
lated He had only been In the county
two weeks, and II was not known that
he had IN enemy,
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Execution stayed.

Lathe Hembrcc, who was convicted
at Mcnu OF the murder Of W. NJ. VIII
kins and sentenced 10 be hanged on
May is, has been granted stay of cx'
ecution by the supreme court, and
will be given u rehcarlng.
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Frankfort Free From soldiers,

Frankfort, Ky. May si.-frnnkiot
Is free from soldiers for the first time
since January 30. The evacuation of
the Deckanm troops, the Inst to leave,
occurred Wednesday forenoon.
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separated from each sther by 10
miles, while Lord Roberts is within
IL miles of Gen. French and 80 miles
of Gen. Hamilton.
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Robbed OF lt,s PoCketbo0k.

j. W. Spllman, delegate TO tho
RAights OF the Royal Arch convention
n, Hot Springs from Atlanta, Ua., was
robbed Of his pocketbool in mysteri-
Gus manner, He had sol In bills under
his pillow when he went TO bed at his
hotel, but when he went TO get the
money In the morning II had oisap.
pcarcd
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DISPATCH FROM GEN. ROBERTS.
Announces Receipt of n Dispatch
From Gen. Bndcn-POwcll.

London, May 20, s1l:i0 a. m.-The
war office issues dispatch from Lord
Roberts, under date of llonng's spruit,
May %, announcing the receipt by
him of the following m, ssage frcm
Mni .Grn lulnn- p0Nrll.
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HV 70 W Ut w T7VHF T'r''
Again the Beers Fled.

Col. Hughes column advanced in
skirmishing order and after lengthy
exchange of shots, the Beers fed,
leaving their laager and quantity OF
stores and ammunition. Again to-day
300 Beers opened a hot fire on a de-
tachment of yeomanry, and the Cana
dian artillery repeated their excellent
practice and compelled the enemy to
retire.
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Bndcn"PO,ycli's DiSpntch.

Ma ai..Gcn. Badcn-Powell;
Bnden"PoycIrs Dispatch.
"Mafcking, May III am happy TO
inform you that Mafcking was sue
CO ssfully relieved to-day. The north.
ern and southern columns joined hands
on May Is, and attacked the enemy
yesterday, and after small engage
mcNt, entirely defeated them with loss,
The British casualties were three
killed and 30 wounded.
captured the Encmy's Lnaacr.
"rhc relieving force marched into
Murcking at nine this morning, and
the relief and defense forces combined
ard moved out and attacked the cnc'
my's head laagcr, We shelled them
out and nearly captured Snyman, and
took one gun, n flag and n large
amount of ammunition, stores, etc,
Five dead and Is wounded Beers were
found, The enemy appears to be re-
Treating in nl directions except ono
commando, which is lying low pos
sibly TO cover the retreat Of the re-
mnindcr
Found In " BOcr Hospital
capt MaoLaren and Corporal Muir
ray were found in the Bocr hospital
They are doing well. The townspcople
and the garrison of Mofeking are
heartily grateful for their relief
Lord Roberts dispatch further sNysi
Inn Hamiiton's Operations
"lan Hamilton reached Heilbron
this morning after n series OF engage
mcnts with Boer force under De Wet,
who is retiring before him. Broad
wood has captured Is Noer wagons
There have been Is casualties In Ham
iton's force TO yesterday evening We
,,,r,h,l hcrn this morning."
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II. i, IIulsc, OF Mcna, was arrested
for passing u bogus check on Guy
Woolyton, Hot Springs policeman.
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GEN. WARREN At DOUGLAS.
he Sent the Bosrs on Retreat North
ward by His Canadian
Artillery Fire.
800 BoERS SURRENDERED At vRYBURG
Gen. Robert as Begun Another
Forward W.. .wemcDt, and was Last
Heard FrOm at Hong Spruit, with
Generals French and Ian Hanil-
TO on His FIanks.

Douglas, Cape Colony, Tuesday, May
ga force under Gen. Warren, con-
sst,ng OF mounted infantry, imperial
Neomanry and two guns of the Cana
dian artillery, left Rooi Pan, Cape
Colony on the night of May 20, and
marched in two columns under Col
ones Hughes and Spence. Nothing YVES
seen of the Beers until the British
were within two miles of Douglas,
when few shells from the Canadian
artillery sent the burghers in full re.
treat towards Douglas.
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mel; an oak log ten to fourteen inches
in diameter is fashioned like a wind
lass and attached to the posts, as
shown in illustration, with clamp
bands made from heavy iron and fas-
tened with lag screws to posts. The
roller is then bored cull of two-inch
auger holes, the desired distance
apart, to receive the tickets, which
are split from tough oak. A weight
shown at A completes the job. This
weight is intended to keep the gate
always in an upright position, and
should be placed upstream, i. e., above
the food-gate. When heavy freshets
are in evidence, the force of the water
raises the weight and allows easy pas
sage of water, driftwood, etc. and as
the water subsidies the weight settles
back, leaving the gate in proper posi-
ton, where hogs cannot root it out
nor other stock trespass into adjoin-
ing fields. The weight must be made
to correspond with height and weight
of gate. If the weight be too heavy,
so that the force of current does not
open it, saw piece off of weight.
Only actual test will determine this.
d in the illustration is the surface
line of the water.-George w. Brown,
in Ohio Farmer.
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LOVE STORY WELL TOLD.
ming q Confession from
His Adored One.

She was pouring at tea that afternoon
and she looked unusually bewitchiug, says
the Smart Set. He was sitting at her left, in
bower of palms that almost concealed him.
He was holding one of her hands under
cover of the tablecloth, while she tried
to pour with the other. She did not look
at him as he talked, but he knew by her
color and the little culver of the hand he
was holding that she heard everything he
said. Dearest" he murmured, as she sent
one cup off without spoon and another
filled only with whipped cream, dearest,
II you don't mind my saying all this to you,
Just drop spoon. Couldn't you manage
it?" A clatter of silver and more color in
spoon he kissed her hand. Spurred by
this success, he went on: Dearest, if-if
you return it-that is. if you love me, you
know-just put three Jumps of sugar into
the next cup you pour-'Y-e-s.' Or, if you
don't, two, to spell No" One, two, three!
The tiny cup was almost full. and in her
haste to hide her confession she covered the
three Jumps hastily with chocolate and
cream and sent them off. He asked his
mother as they drove home if she had en-
joyed herself. ugh, mol" was her disguised
reply. Such horrible stuff to drink as they
gave one. Why. my cup was half full of
sugar!"
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NO WORD is LOST.

Just as a stone. cast on the placid face
Of some still water, sends it ripping wide
And far, in circles of concentric grace.
Each lesser. DINNER. till at last the tide
Is quelled again unto its peaceful lot;
So falls the word thy lip doth careless
Or (grant it rather be) with careful thought,
Upon the silence, sending far across
The space of Time, ethereal waves that
sweep
Expanding more and more. yet fading
when
Far from the sound that broke its peace
full deep;
And then, forgotten, Stiffness reigns
again.
What matters it then if word is said
The more or less, cen though it raise
storm,
Since when tits past. the waters in their
bed
Sink calmly back, and naught has changed
its form?
All, no! The waves that circled DER the
Stayed not until they reached the utmost
strand,
And pebbles moved. and carved as with a
btool
To shapes unnumbered, many clods Of
sand.
And each succeeding wave, like that be-
Though lesser in degree, performed its
share
And made it's impress on the distant shore
Beyond what it can eer again repair
Thus, when thy words forgotten in the
lapse
OF Time: becalmed the silence that thou
broke;
Remember that the waves it raised. per-
hapS
Swept on and on. far out past all revoke;
And touching here and there a soul that
stood
Beyond the rest. exposed to all the sea,
Receptive to its influence for good
Or evil, moulded it indelibly;
That these same waves thy words in mo-
ton set
Swept to the shores of all Humanity;
Smoothed all its roughened features with
their fret,
And helped to shape it for Eternity.
Charles E. Jenney, in Chicago Advance.
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went to close it and noticed the bottle
She uncorked it, shifted at it daintily
and shuddered. Looking around, she
saw the mincemeat on the table and
decided that little of the horrible
stuff wouldn't hurt it much. She put
in more than she intended to, however
and fled in a panic as soon as she had
replaced the bottle.
More than minute or two passed
and still Mrs. Hudgens did not reap
pear; instead, Clinton came in and
stood with his hands in his pockets
whistling and looking at the big pan OF
mincemeat. Then the door suddenly
opened and buckingham came in, look
ing particularly unconcerned and care.
less.
Its all right" said Clinton. ''There
isn't anybody around. Have you
got to"
For answer Buckingham produced a
pint flask from his hip pocket, and the
liquid it contained was speedily emptied
into the pan.
That is how the second failure took
place. 1t happened, too, that the pastor
of the family church was at dinner
when the pies were opened.-Chicago
Daily Record.
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BUILDING GOOD ROADS.
Excellent Object Lessons Given An.
nually by the United States De.
partment OF Agriculture.

The good roads question is to-day
the subject of vast agitation, begun
first by wheelmen, taken up by the
government, and now matter of Leg
islative consideration the country
over. AS result, ten states have ex-
hibits at the present universal expo
sition in raris illustrating how perfect
roads ought to be built. This from a
country that still has, in part, the
worst roads in the world, is rather
daring, but it is also an indication Of
what is being done. The ten states
in question know what they are talk
ing about. They had the worst roads,
and now they have Tor, at least, they
are constructing the best.
It will be matter of news to many
to learn that the United States gov
eminent has gone into the road ques-
ton in the most energetic and thor
ough manner imaginable, and having
through the department of agricul-
ture, studied what constitutes a good
road and why good roads are needed,
has gone 20 work to spread the infor-
l.
experiment stations in every state in
the union, where lessons in roadmak-
ing are taught. Hundreds of pamph-
let's showing just how good road is
constructed ana how it may be pre-
served have been published by the
government, and may he had for the
asking. Object lessons in road build
ing are given annually in every state
in the union, when in some worst Sec
tons quarter or half or even mile,
of excellent roadway is constructed,
and the people shown how and why
it ought to be done. These object
lessons, begun in 1894, have done more
than anything else to start the great
movement which is now furthering
the construction of perfect roads the
land over.
The government, in these exhibit
tions, ordinarily constructs three spec
linen roads-a modern macadam. a
sand and II ordinary dirt road. When
these roads are completed, heavy
farm wagon, loaded with produce. is
drawn over each of them, and the
amount of force required to haul it is
determined by the use of a track
ometer. This instrument is so con-
structed as to accurately register every
pound the horses pull at every stage
of the haul in plain view of those in
it's vicinity. 1t is made clear by these
experiments that team harnessed in
the ordinary way is subject, under
the best conditions, to a continuous
jerking motion, which must. on even
the smoothest country road, greatly
increase it's fatigue. On dirt road
in bad condition this jerking becomes
a succession or heavy BLOWS transmit
ted to the team by means of a collar.
They are cruelty painful, bruising the
shoulders, harassing and torturing
the animals, constantly Jesse ming their
value as well as directly decreasing
the amount of the load that it is
possible to haul
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cement Floor. for Dairie..

In the creamery and in the dairy
the old wooden floor should give way
to the cement floor Of the best quail
ity. The movement in this direction
is already on and the cement floor
has become very general. Especially
in the creameries is this the case.
The wooden floor absorbed moisture
and odors and gave out the latter
again reinforced. The wooden floor
has been found impossible to keep
clean. It is so constantly wet that
it has no chance to be purified by the
air. The same is largely true of the
floor in the private dairy. In the
largest milk selling establishments in
Chicago the cement floor is consid-
cred an essential, as large quantity
of water is daily used in flooding the
floors to insure cleanliness. In the
long run the cement floor is cheapest,
for it will outlive several wood floors
that are daily soaked with water
Farmers Review.
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PHILIPPINE ROADS.
A Million Dollars to BE Spent In the
Improvement of Roads at and
Near Manila.

The Philippine commission has ap-
propriated $1,00O,OOO for the improve
ment of the roads in the island of Luz
zon. If this sum be wisely and eco
nomically expended in constructing
highways connecting important towns,
so as to enable the inhabitants to have
easy communicat ton with each other,
even during the rainy season, it will
have beneficial effect upon the people
of the territory through which the
roads pass probably greater than could
have been secured by any other expend-
iture.
The Spaniards did not seem to regard
road as necessary or even desirable
unless it would serve military pur-
pose. The railway from Manila to Dag
upan gave them ample means of trans
porting troops, ammunition and stores
between those places, and beyond Dag
upan they built fine, broad macadam-
lied boulevard as far as Vigan. There
is a similar highway across the island
near it's southern extremity. General
ly speaking, however, Luzon has no
roads, except these two, that can be
travelled by vehicle in the rainy sea-
son, and few of them are navigable on
horseback. Naturally the Filipinos do
not stray far from their home villages,
and news as well as merchandise does
not circulate freely. It is no uncom-
mon thing to find a variety of dialects
spoken by the natives in traversing 80
or 40 miles, and this diversity of lam
guage has been perpetuated by the diff
culties' in the way of travel.
Already start has been made by
the United States officers in Manila,
where the streets have been greatly
improved, and this feature of American
progress has been one of the most pop
ular of any introduced by our people.
There seems to be noticeable connec-
ton between the means of commune
cation of a country and it's progress to-
ward civilization. Bodily motion ap-
pears to stimulate movement mentally
and spiritually. If, therefore, the ST.
900, 900 just appropriated for good roads
in Luzon is devoted to the making of
satisfactory highways and is not partly
diverted into the pockets of shiftless
or dishonest contractors who give no
equivalent therefor, it is probable that,
whatever may be the ultimate fate of
the island, future generations of Fill
pinos will applaud the first legislative
act of the American commission as one
of the wisest steps it could have taken.
Chicago Record.
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science of Seed sowing.

It should not be forgotten in sowing
vegetable seeds, and, for the matter OF
that, all seeds, that they must have air,
moisture and darkness in order to
sprout properly. If sown deeper than
they desire they rot; if too shallow,
the light is too intense or they do not
get moisture enough. AS rule they
should be as near the surface as poo
sible, with the rather dry earth packed
around them as firmly as possible. The
surface earth should be rather dry or
it will not powder well-and this is
important in connection with air.
There is no air in soil pressed when
wet-but the more dry earth is pressed
and pounded the finer and more porous
it becomes. There is great art in get
ting seed to grow properly-and yet
the art is very simple when the prin-
ciples are understood. - Meehan's
Monthly.
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Philippine Forest Preserves

Upon the recommendation of the war
department the agricultural depart
ment is preparing an order setting
apart as forest reserves the island of
Romblon, which is north of the island
of Panay; also the island of Pauitani,
which is one of the extreme group of
the Jolo islands of the Philippine
group. Officers of the army who have
been investigating the islands have
found that these are the richest lands
in the world for rubber trees, and it is
the intention of the Washington au-
thorities to have the trees preserved
and cared for.
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Po!Al {: HlE(IRR1
,5bdIpp0Vlz\IEN7I.
A GOOD FLOOD GATE.
One That Will Stay In Place the Year
Around and Turn stock from
Adjoining Fields.

Those who have large bitches or
creeks running through their farms
are DESTROYS of getting good, serv-
iceable food-gate, one that will stay
in place all times of year, and turn
stock from adjoining fields. The old
fashioned food-gate, hung by the top
to foot log, was always being pushed
open by hogs and calves, unless staked
down, anu then the first heavy freshet
was sure to burst it from it's fasten.
ings and carry it down stream.
The gate shown in cut can be made
upon any farm, and when in place
will take care of itself. Two posts are
set near the outer banks Of the chan
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