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horticultural Observations.

1t would be perhaps a good thing il
our horticultural and other similar 80
cieties would give more attention to
ornamental gardening. 1t is one OF
the needs of our Western farm life.
To surround a family with beauty fire.
Quently means to make them contented.
Trees and flowers affect the character
of those that live among them. If
care of such things is necessary in the
East, where trees and plants naturally
abound, it is the more necessary in the
West, where homes have been estab-
lished on plains that were once treeless
and swept even now by drouth-breed-
ing winds.
In planting trees in regions that
have before been treeless many adverse
conditions have to be overcome. In
the first place the soil is covered with
a sod, and this is not a promising
condition for tree growth. The soil is
not naturally in the condition where
1t will hold water, for it lacks humus.
The best way to overcome these OBJ
SeoSico 40 " pant lHe Llteo Clooo W
gether, so that it will be impossible for
grass to thrive in their shade This
Of course does not include such trees
as the cottonwood. In planting thick
cts 1t is advisable to get rid Of the
grass at the beginning and give the
trees fair chance.
In the effort to change bleakness
into beauty the greatest ally is the
tree. The tree is the easiest to estab-
lish because it can send down its roots
long distances into the moist subsoil,
and will exist when smaller plants per-
ish with the drouth. The trees once
established protect smaller plants that
are afterward set out and become the
sturdy barriers against destructive
winds and whitening heat. Trees,
however, must be themselves protected
and fostered till they have obtained a
firm hold of the soil and have estab
lished the ability of appropriating the
soil water.
1t may not be generally known that
heavy SHOWS sometimes do great dam
age to planted groves of forest trees.
At Fargo, the location of the North
Dakota experiment station, the trees
of the grove are protected by a row Of
willows ten rods to the north and run
ming parallel with the grove. The
snow drifts in the lee of the willow
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Staggerbusfl.

This poisonous shrub is called also
kill-lamb. 1t is a weak-limbed, de-
cduOuS shrub, two to four feet high,
The Grit-advocate., 1900-05-11

1W. k0s-SUggoFDuBn tfS1U WdSsShdJ, th6W'
ing Towering branch, ono. third natural
aisa
with thick, conspicuously veined leaves
and snowy clusters Of tubular white
flowers. 1t is frequent in low, damp
soils near the coast, from Connecticut
to Florida.
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Gained Y
45
Pounds

11DEARA MRS. PkNKlxAM-
! was very thin and my
frSenas thought Z was IN
consumption.
"Mad continual ltoad-
00lbes, haoIlaol5e and fall
Ing Of uterus, and my eyes
vvos-0 affo0fod.
''Every one noticed ROW
poorly I looked and I was
advised to take Lydia e.
PInkham's Vegetable
COMPOUND.
"On0 hottie roII0vod
mo, and after falkk,Q elalsf
b0fdes am now q healthy
woman have gained IN
weight from, 90 rounds to
1907 everyone asks what
makes mo SO sf0uf. -
MRS. A. TOLLE, 1876 Hyl-
ton ST., Px,lxadsLpl,ka, Pa.
Mrs. PInktlsasss has fifty
thousand such Ieffors
from, grateful women.
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sUZERA1NTY OVER CUBA.
TO Exercise Veto Power Over tho =
-. Islands Foreign Relations.

Washington, July 23.-At the war
department it is said that the an
nouncement that the United States
authority is to be withdrawn from
Cuba on May 1 of next year is incor-
rect. Arrangements for a constitu-
tional convention are being made.
The length of time required for the
convention to complete it's work is a.
matter of conjecture, but it is believed
that a constitution can be agreed
upon by the first of the year.
The question as to whether congress
will pass upon the constitution after
it has been formulated will have been
determined by that time. It is still
believed that Cuba should be a free
country in eight or nine months.
Whenever the government of the
island is turned over to the people
it is insisted that this government will
somewhere have an agreement that
NO treaty hostile to the United States
shall be signed by the island-in other
words that in treaties and matters of
this kind the United States shall nom
inally have veto power if her interests
are at stake and demand it.
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LOOKS FOR AN EXPLOSION.
"FIghting Bob" Evans, Speaking Of China,
Says she Great Powers Are Sitting
On Powder Barrels.

st. Louis. July 24.-Caot. Robley
d. Evans, U. S. N. Fighting Bob,
who has been taking baths at Hot
Springs, Ark. for two months, passed
through this city Monday en- route to
Washington. While at Union station
he talked freely about the Chinese
situation, and among other things
said:
In my estimation. the great powers of
the earth are facing the most critical
situation that has arisen in modern his
tory. To put 1T vigorously, they are sit
ting on powder barrels, and an explosion
may come at any time. If 1t does come,
it will annihiliate present national boun-
diaries and change the map of the world
so that 1t will not be- recognizable. )
do not believe in THEFT talk that China
may become a world power of it's own
force. 1t stands in immediate danger of
ACKNOWLEDGMENT and the partition of the
empire can only be prevented by the
United States. This country cannot af-
ford to stand by and see China divided
up among the European governments
without making a protest that will shake
the world and announce to all the earth
that this nation must be supreme in the
east because it holds the Philippines.
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OFFERS TO MEDIATE.
Mckinley Listens tn Appeal of Chinese
Governpent and States Condition Upon
Which He Will Act.

Washington. July 24-The presi-
dent has listened to the appeal of the
Chinese government as transmitted
through Minister WI and has signi-
fed his willingness to mediate be-
tween the imperial government and
the powers, but only upon conditions
which first must be met by the Chi
nese government. The exact nature
of the terms proposed by the state
department cannot be stated until to-
day, when it is expected publication
will be made of the text of the Chi
nese appeal and of the presidents
message. 1t is known, however, that
the answer is entirely consistent with
the statement of principles laid down
by Secretary Hay in his identical note
to the powers, and, moreover, it ac-
cepts as truthful the Chinese state
ments relative to the safety of the
foreign ministers at Pekin.
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Go0DNow D1sCRED1Ts IT.
Consul ut Shanghai Believea tho Couger
Dispatch II . FOrEory-AN Europe
Thinks Likewise.

Washington, July 24.-The state de-
partment has received a number of
dispatches from foreign governments
relating to the Conger dispatch and
also from our officials in China. in
Guiding Consul General GoOdnow
Without exception they discredit the
accuracy of the dispatch and advance
various theories to show it's lack of
genuineness. The entire burden of
the answers indicate disposition not
to move the relief expedition on the
evidence furnished by the Conger dis
patch. Notwithstanding these mes
sages Secretary Hay personally con-
tinues to credit the Conger dispatch,
although he says that there is a
possibility Of deception.
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MRS. POTTER pALMER's LOSS.
q IL 200 Necklace Which Was Prob
ably stolen from Her.

Paris, July f23.-Mrs. Potter Palmer,
of Chicago. one of the members of
the United States commission to the
exposition, advertises an offer. of a
reward of $500 for information lead
ing to the return of a necklace valued
at $4,000, which is missing. The
necklace is composed of emeralds set
with diamonds and other jewels,
among the emeralds being one of the
finest specimens extant and the size
of a pigeons egg. It is not known
whether the necklace was lost or
stolen, but it is believed it was stolen
as it was missed by Mrs. Palmer after
entering the Palace Elysec hotel from
her carriage.
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ALLEGED PLOT DISCOVERED.
American Omcers In Manila Secure Docu-
ments Combating of Orders from Agui-
nald0 and Other Chiefs.

Washington. July 22.-The secretary
Of war has been furnished with copies
of some interesting documents relat-
ing to an alleged plot against the au-
thorities in Manila, which were dis
covered in the district of San Miguel.
They consisted of orders from Agui-
naldo and letters of encouragement
and instructions from that leader and
other insurgent chiefs. A document
which excited a great deal of interest
was one which contained the details
of plot arranged evidently early in
June to excite an uprising in Manila.
The plan contemplated an attack
upon the force in the city and the
seizure of arms and ammunition.
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WERE FREE PASSES UsRD7
Democrats and Fulton Populists I'm Ne
brasks Charge Republicans with Aid
ing Mtdr0ad C0uvention.

Lincoln, Neb., July 23.!The demo-
cratic and populist fusion state COM
nittees re.preparing to prosecute the
alleged distributors of free railroad
tickets to the delegates who attended
the state convention of the middle-of-
the-road populists Friday at Grand
Island. State Chairman Edmiston, of
the fusion populist state committee,
says he has positive proof that the
tickets were procured at the instance
OF the republican state committee and
distributed in the hope that the mid
dle-of-the-road movement would gain
sufficient strength among the popu-
lists to take Nebraska out of the
Bryan column. 1t is stated that the
determination of the fusionists to
prosecute has the sanction of Bryan,
who is said to have advised the COM
mittees that the case should be
pushed.
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CASTELLANE IN A DUEL.
Anna GOusd'A Frs"ch Husband WORnds
Count OriOwi~kt In .sAnair Of Honor
Near Paris Saturday.

Paris, Jnly 23.-Count Boni de Cas-
tellane (who married Miss Annie
Gould, of New York;, fought duel
with swords Saturday with Count
Orlowiski in the outskirts of Paris.
In the first assault Count Orlowisli
was wounded III the thoraX, and the
duel was stopped by the doctors.
The conditions of the duel were that
the contest should continue until one
of the combatantS was absolutely
unable to continue. The cause of the
duel was 4 newspaper article reciting
quarrel between the two, occurring
in Count Boni de Castellane's house.
Count Orlowisk; charged Castellane
with responsibility for the article.
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POSTAL BUSINESS
sued Last Year Aggregated S97, 887.773
over Three Billion Stamps Used.

Washington, July 24.-Some idea of
the volume of the postal business of
the United States is conveyed by the
annual statement of the post Office
department as finally prepared for
the fiscal year recently ended. 1t
shows the aggregate number OF all
such matter issued to have been s.
2S3,6S7, the articles valued at $97, $751;
772- The statement follows: = Ordi-
nary postage stamps-Number, 81
05s,143,66O; value, S75,62s, 739. Stamp
books, 263 ,O40; $710,S4S. Special de-
livery stamps-6, 94O,65O; value, 1884,
COS. Postage due stamps-2O, 900 ,41O;
s531 ,s6a- Ordinary stamped envelopes
-231 ,15a, 600; $4,495.O45. Special re-
quest envclopes-437,47 9, $780, S., Os3, 22t.
Newspaperwrappers IS ,92s, $50; $780,
O90. Postal cards-5s7, 715,25O; $685.
655
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THEY FEAR MISTAKES.
Society Organized Ia New York Which VIII
Try to Mako 1t Impossible to Bury
Human Beings Alive.

New York. July 23.-Papers incor-
porating the New York Society for
the Prevention of Premature Burials
will be flied with the secretary Of
state in Albany Steps are to be taken
to obtain legislation in this and other
states, which will make it impossible
for human beings to be inferred alive.
Those WHO are interested in the new
society declare that a sufficient num-
Der of authentic cases are on record
to prove that at least one person in
every thousand in the United States
is buried before life is extinct, and
they propose to prevent this in the
future.
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CUT OFF FROM PRETORIA.
British Line Of Commented i0n. Cap
turing 100 Men and Stores.

London, July 24.-Gen. DeWet has
again succeeded in cutting Lord Rob-
erts' communications, both by rail-
way and telegraph, and captured 100
of the highlanders. The story of the
federal commanders bold raid comes
in the form of telegram from Gen.
Forester Walker, dated at Cape Town,
Sunday, forwarding a dispatch from
Gen. Knox, as follows:
Kroonstad, July 22-Following is from
Broadwood, sent by dispatch rider to Ho-
ningspruit, wired thence to Kroonstad:
Have followed commando since July 16
Hard. sharp fighting at Palmietfontein
July 10. Prevented from pursuing lager
by darkness. Eight hundred Beers found.
Our casualties killed and IS wounded.
Reach Vaalkrantz to-day. Enemy doubled
its way back through Paardekral in
darkness. Shall march tomorrow to
Roodevaal station. Send supplies for
5000 men and horses. also any news of the
enemy's movements. I believe the COM
mando consists of 1000 men and four
guns and is accompanied by President
Steyn and both the DeWets. The wire
and main line of the railway north OF
Honingspruit have been cut and also the
telegraph to Pretoria via Potchefstroom
According to my Information DeWet has
crossed the railway and is going north.
Gen. keily-Kenny telegraphs from
Bloemfontein under date of Sunday. July
u: The railway has been cut north of
Honingspruit and supply train and 100
Highlanders captured by the enemy. A
report was received this morning that
large force of the enemy is moving on
Honingspruit. All communication with
Pretoria is cut off. The second and third
cavalry brigades are following the
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DEWEY DENIES 1T ALL.
Never Heard OF Alejsndrin0. the Admiral
says, and the Whole Statement De-
clared Absurd on It's Face

Washington, July 24.-The letter
received by Senator Pettigrew from
one of Aguinaldo's generals, j. Ale
Jandrino, containing an alleged &C
count of an interview between him
self and Admiral Dewey on board the
Olympia in the bay of Hong Kong in
April, 1898, in which it is stated Ad-
miral Dewey promised independence
to the Filipinos, was shown to the adj
miral Monday by an Associated press
reporter. The admiral characterized
1T Tissue of falsehoods" He de-
clared it absurd on its face II not
only had no power to promise indie
pendence to the Filipinos." said he,
''but the whole tenor of the words
put in my mouth stamps them as
false. 1 am made to say things which
I never thought of and which I could
that 1 am addressed in the alleged in
terview as admiral when at the time
was a commodore
The admiral said he never heard of
Ale andrino. Several Filipinos, after
much importuning, did come aboard
the Olympia at Hong Kong. They
were anxious to be taken to Manila.
II considered their representations
of little Importance" said the admit
raj, land I did not take them to Ma
Mia. Later 1 gave permission to
Aguinaldo and about dozen others
to come to Manila. All that they were
anxious about at that time was an
end of the tyranny of Spain against
which they had been fighting. After
the destruction of Montejo's feet the
city virtually surrendered, and I am
satisfied that if we had had 5000
troops there at that time we could
have gone ashore and been received by
the Filipinos as deliverers. They had
no thought then of indie
pendence. That was an after
thought of their leaders during the
interim between the smashing of the
Spanish feet and the arrival of the
United States troops"
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smohed the sherln Quo.

Huntsville, Ala, July 24.-Elijah
Clark, a negro who Sunday assaulted
Susan Priest, 13-year-old girl, was
taken from Jail in this city last night
and lynched near the spot where his
crime was committed. His body was
riddled with bullets. Sheriff Fulg-
ham defended his prisoner to the last.
but dense smoke from combina-
ton of tar, feathers and oil fired by
the crazed mob was too much for
him and he was dragged from the Jail
and placed under a physicians care.
The negro was identified by his VIC
tim.
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AFFAIRS IN LUZoN.
Last Yeek 400 l"snrEents Were Killed End
$50 SuFrendered-Amneaty Ros0luttO0s
Transmitted to Aguinaldo.

Manila. July est is officially re-
ported that last week 200 insurgents
were killed and 100 surrendered OF
were captured. One hundred rifles
were taken. Twelve Americans were
killed and II wounded. A detachment
of the signal corps. while repairing
wires. was twice ambushed.
Capt. Charles ID. Roberts, of the
Thirty-fifth volunteer infantry, who
was captured by the Filipinos last
May, has arrived here on parole. He
will not return to captivity.
Senior Buencamino last Thursday
sent to AguinaldO by means OF
Aguinaldo's mother the amnesty res
buttons adopted by. the meeting OF
representative Filipinos here on june
81. together with Gen. MacArthur's
answer to them and other documents
bearing upon the restoration of peace
.It.is understood that Aguinaldo+ will
summon his advisers and that a reply
may be expected within a month.
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WILL HARRISON SPEAK?
Republican National Committee Has tho
ex-President Slated 10 Make . Few
Addresses for Mckinley.

New York, July Ex-senator Ma
than B. Scott, of West Virginia, came
up from Washington and went at
once to the rooms of the republican
national committee. Senator Scott
will have charge of the republican
speech-making. He said: "We hope
to have a great many prominent men
speak in various parts of the coun-
try. We expect such men as Senator
Burrows. Senator Lodge, Postmaster
General Smith and Secretary Root to
deliver campaign speeches. Ex-Presi-
dent Harrison may make few adj
dresses"
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AVENUE OF FAME.
Grand Army Veterans VIII Pass Under
Portsaiss OF Civil War Generals In
Their Parade at Chicago

Chicago, July 2S.-When veterans OF
the Grand Armyof the Republic parade
the streets of Chicago on August 2s
they will pass beneath a series of
arches which will renew memories OF
the days of the fife and drum. The
line of march will be converted into
an Avenue of Fame and from arch to
arch portraits of generals, army
corps badges and regimental stand.
ards will greet the veterans.
The Avenue of Fame viii honor the
heroes of two score years ago rather
than the heroes of to-day. The GEN.
trail idea of the avenue will be to re-
mind the veterans that later victorie,
have not dimmed the gloriek of other
days
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Gsroaimo Stark Mad.

vinita, 1. T.. July 24.-After long
period of Imprisonment, which he en-
dured more like ferocious beast than
like human being. Geronimo. one of
the most bloodthirsty Indians that
ever figured in history, has gone
stark mad. He is prisoner at Fort
Sill. Ok. 1t cost the government
81, OOO. 900 and hundreds of lives be-
fore he was safely behind iron bars
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COMMUNICATION OPENED.


London, July 23.-Sir CLih Chen Lob
Feng, the Chinese minister in Lon.
don, took the unusual step yesterday
OF paying Sunday call at the for.
eign Office. AS Lord Salisbury wa,
absent the visit was without specia'
result, but its Importance may BIZ
gathered from an interview with the
secretary of the Chinese legation, 81,
Halliday Mccartney, in which tho
legation officials seem to have as
sumed at last something like personal
responsibility. = Sir Halliday admitted
that communication had been practi-
cally reopened with Pekin, and that
messages from Sir Claude Macdonald,
the British minister, and other for
eign ENJOYS might be expected al
most Immediately. He said he hoped
the trouble would soon be over, since
the Chinese governments was doing it's
utmost to overcome the difficulties and
to control the lawless element In
his opinion the Americans had taken
the most common sense view of the,
situation, and he insisted that China
ought not to be misjudged- Against
the suspicion that Ii Hung Chang
had any but sincere pacific object
in view he protested warmly, declar-
ing that all stories about the perfidy
and treachery of Earl Il were TAB
solutely baseless-'' -. =
American Commis.ary Depot ut Tahu.
Chicago, July ga commissary
depot for supplies for American
troops now in China or to GO there,
has been established at Taku, under
command of Maj. Gallagher, of the
department of subsistence of the
Philippines. No time has been lost
In getting supplies to the new depot,
heavy shipments having been for
warded from Manila, and 30 more
loads comprising canned, dressed
and sailed beef will be dispatched
from here next Friday.
Says ConRer IL Underground.
Washington, July 22.-Dr. J. C.
Ellis, practicing physician of this
city, claims to have received informa-
ton through secret. sources direct
from China that Minister Conger and
his household are safe and confined
in a subterranean passage between
the imperial palace and the English
legation. They are suffering some
what from lack of food, the doctor
says, but no bodily harm has come to
them.
Will Place 1000 Marines In China.
Washington, July 22.-Secretary
Long and Gen. Heyood and Col. F. L.
Denny, of the marine corps, arranged
to place 1000 marines in China. This
was done on the strength of the news
received from Minister Conger. The
plan was communicated to the presi-
dent, who gave his approval to the
This will be the largest
ton of marines in the history
of the corps. 'i
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Tammany.a bic CampalRn Fond.

New York. July 24.-Tammany hall
will have a campaign fund this fall of
about $e,5OO,OOO This sum will be
raised by assessments upon Office
holders and others who share in the
patronage of the municipal govern
ment, amounting to $50. oOO, 900 year.
Most of this money. it is said. will be
spent in New York.
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rovne win Not Withdraw.

Lincoln, Neb., July 24-It has been
practically decided that Towne win
not withdraw from the national pop
ulist ticket as the vice presidential
candidate of that party. The official
announcement, win be- made in few
DAYS
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81. yo.eph Child,.n E,on..

st. Joseph, Mo-. July Something
of a sensation was created In Sont6
st. Joseph over the announcement
that Miss Mabel Hughes and John Hall
stead had eloped and were married at
Eiwood, Kan. The groom is II and
the.brsde 16.years of age. The parents
OF both are prominent in South st
Joseph.
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Washington. July 24.-Although the
orders have not been issued, it is
pretty generally understood in mill
tary circles that Brig. Gen. Fred
Grant, u. s. ", and Gen. Thomas
Barry have been selected for assign
ment to duty with the military divi-
zion in China.