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loses hims she'll hey nobody to blame but
herself, fer Dick 'u'd hev stuck by her
if she hadn't played off on him, to begin
with" s.z
On Sunday evening Uncle Josiah Wit
kins came in to spend an hour pr two at
Mr.. Boone's hospitable hearth. Uncle
JOSH was everybody's relative. You will
always find these uncles and aunts in all
country places. He was one of those men
who always know what is going on from
one end of the neighborhood to the 9th
er, and it was his particular delight TO
keep everybody well posted as TO what
was taking place. He was to Browns
vile what the daily mail is to us of to-
day, and as everybody liked the old man,
he was always sure of q welcome wher-
ever he went.
ssTry some O. this terbacker," said Mr.
Boone, taking down big brown paper
parcel from shelf over the celia door
Got it from down below this week. It's
better'n that Jones sells. It's stronger
and more satisfyin'."
Uncle JOSH produced a corncob pipe and
filled it leisureiy. He was never in a
hurry about anything when he had some
thing to tell. When he had filled the
pipe he raked coal out of the ashes and
deposited it on the tobacco. After a few
vigorous draws" the tobacco ignited,
and as blue cloud of pungent smoke
curled about his head, he leaned we'll
back in his chair and prepared to take
his ease and retail his stock of news.
Il heerd from my son Philander last
week" he said by and by, after all the
neighborhood happenings had been dis
cussed. my son Philander." ae explain
ed to Mr.. Wayne, who had also dropped
in to spend the evening, 'he lives at
Catfish Corners, twenty-five miles off,
reckon, an mebbe more. Do you know
jest how fur tits, Solomon
no, l don't jest, answered Mr..
Boone; 'but sh'd reckon twas as much
as twenty-five miles, if not furder. It's
a right smart ways, anyhow. Leastwise
it seemed so to me las spring when /
druv home from there through the mud
jest as twas breakin' up.
wall, faint less'n twenty-five. any
way" said Uncle Josi, looking at the
fire, as if he wished it would tell him
the exact distance. But, as l was say
in, i heerd from Philander, an he writ
that they'd lost every boss as was with
anything in the whole neighborhood.
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MAMIE sEEED PERFECTLY UNCONSCIOUS or DICKS PRESENCE


''Not that know of" answered Nan
ME.
Before he came I supposed it was I'M
derstood between us that we were to be
married. some time" said Dick.
persons haven't any right to take it
for granted that anything is understood, y
responded Mamie tartly. You never
asked me to marry you, that j remem-
Der of"
perhaps / was wrong IN not saying
in so many words what it seemed to me
you understood well enough, answered
Dick. 1T seemed hardly necessary.
However, it isn't too late to ask the dues-
ton now, is it, Nannie?'
II don't know what you're limiting at,
said Mamie, beginning to hum tune,
and concentrating her attention ON the
ruffles of a pillow case.
Just this" said Dick. THAT | love
you. and want you to marry me. VIII
you?"
why, Dick, how abrupt YOU are! eN-
claimed Mamie. Il don't want to mar
nv you-or any one else-tet awhile.
Don't keep fellow waiting to know
the worst or the best" said Dick, impa-
tiently. lis it yes or no, Mamie?
IL like you pretty well, answered
Mamie, ''but don't want to settle down
to washing dishes and sweeping floors
and cooking things to eat three times
a day, and nothing else from morning
till night, for q long time yet. | am go
ing TO coax father to let me go to school
this winter. / don't much think I'd like
housekeeping, anyway; and if it's house
keeper you're wanting, | think yoa can
find one that will answer the purpose a
good deal better than ! would, There S
Lucindy Smith"
Hang Lucindy Smith exclaimed
Dick, beginning 20 lose his temper. Yes
or no, MANNER
mo, them" answered Mamie, her tenn
per rising irf opposition to Dicks.
That's the way to talk, cried Dick.
"Say what you mean, square out, and
don't waste words beating about the
bush, even il it does hurt a fellow little
to hear it.
! He got up. took his hat down from its
| peg by the door and went out.
III hope you don't blame me. Dick.
| said Mamie, following him to the door
| feeling as If she would like TO cry, and
at the same time partly angry.
Eyes, | do" answered Dick. Il have
reason to, too, and YOU know it as eel
as | do. But we won't talk about IL
| It's over and done with
Then he turned and walked down Che
path, and it was late at night before he
came back and went to bed.
What queer things men are. Mamie
/ said to herself rs she cried herself tt
sleep. Il know l didn't do just right
but no needn't have been so jealous, anC
he needn't have been 50 foolish as Il
think girl means everything she says
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Indn.triaI Ncwa Notc..

An Iowa concern is making farm wsg-
ens wholly Of steel.
The consumption OF cotton per head
has more than doubled in Germany since
1879.
Electrical power can be transmitted
with profit eighty miles and used a.
steam IS used.
Preparations are being made for an eK-
pansion in rice culture in Texas. In ONE
county alone the acreage will be increas-
ed By 1000 this year.
The advanced price Of turpentinc. resin
and naval stores Is making hundreds OF
Florida producers rich
Nearly as the progressive railroads are
abandoning wooden cars and adopting
the steel built structures.
During the month Of January Clyde
sbipbuildcrs launched 32740 tons OF
shipping. the largest since 1890.
Cooperative factories in Great Britain
last year made profits ageregating cyee
81 100000 on capital Of S11,O1,00O.
In consequence af the dearness OF coat
throughout Europe the Paris. Lyons and
Mediterranean Railway Company has
contracted for 1900 tons oS American
coal for use upon is system.
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"You don't say sou exclaimed Mr..
Boone, greatly interested at once. "Hoss
distemper or glanders?
"Wussn'ts that" answered Uncle Josi.
mysteriously. .Wuss'n that. Solomon
EFF there's anything wuss'n boss dis
temper I'd like to know what 'tis,' said
Mr.. Boone.
"Hoss thieves allied 'em." announced
Uncle JOSH, with very impressive nod.
of his head and speaking slowly, that
they might fully understand the magni-
tude of his information. t''Ef boss thieves
amt wuss'n boss distemper, l allow
don't know what is.'
"'Hoss thievesrp Mr.. Boone repeat
ed the words. as if he could hardly credit
the statement, and as il there was an
ominous foreboding of danger to Browns
vile in it. In those days nothing could
excite a frontier settlement like the re-
port of depredations by horse thieves
Why, / hain't heerd anything o boss
stealin' fer a long time-not since the
fust year | come here
mo, | know we hain't heerd on 'em
in this part o. the kentry," answered
Uncle JOSH "Fust they was over in
the east part o the State, and then in
the southeast, an so on round. It's my
opinion that all the bosses that's been
stole have ben picked up by the same
gang that's KEEP amovin' round the
kentry from one place to another when
it got too hot fer 'em, an now they've
rot to the place where my son Philander
lives. They'll be here fust thing ye
know"
I'D hate awfully to lose Doll an Nell.
said Mr.. Boone. as be rcdlled his pipe,
thoughtfully. Il would So
| Nell and Doll were probably worth
more than any other four horses IN
Brownsville.
ITO be continued9
10Th
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with pleated chiffon with beautiful effect.
but this means expense. Probably one
can get the most display for the least
money by a white cloak, either broad
cloth, cashmere, velvet or satin. The
cloth is very satisfactory. Hood drapery
of folded white chiffon about the shout
ders and lace yoke, handsomely shap-
cd high collar mounting about the ears,
viii give modsh touch. One of the hand
soonest cloaks of the season was white
panne velvet. and it was the selection Of
white that made it distinguished.
A sleeyed paletot like the one pictured
is much newer than the cape or cloak
without sleeves. If you can afford some
thing handsome, get a roomy, black satin
affair. Have it handsomely lined, with
snowy collar and sleeves. The satin may
be embroidered or painted. Such gar
ment will remain in fashion several sea-
sons. 4 gorgeous affair of this sort was
silver gray satin embroidered in silver
and cashmere colors. lined with ermine,
collared and faced with chinchilla.
Copyright, 1900.
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AleH.HANoED usuRpAT,oN.

Mr.. Mckinley is using his executive
Office TO further an imperial form of
government, independent of Congress
Or Constitution. The Chicago Chronicle
calls attention to this innovation:
For the first time in the history of the
eountfa series of commissions, So
called. have, under this administration,
been created to discharge many import
ant functions of the Government. A
very few of these commissions were in
stituted by law. But the most of them
were created by the President without
authority of law, under what is claimed
to be the war power of the executive.
In some cases, as in that of w. J. Cal
houn and Robert p. Porter, individual
emissaries were appointed at enormous
expense for the mere purpose, as al
legged, of procuring information for the
action of the President. The military
and diplomatic officers of the Govern
ment were not trusted to perform this
labor.
An incomplete list of the commissions
under this administration and those
costing the most are as follows:
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The Swamp Secret


in the kitchen when he came in from the
barn.
He sat down and watched her as she
shook out the garments piled up in the
clothes basket and sprinkled them. She
looked toward him once. and caught his
eyes, and a quick flush overspread her
cheeks; then she turned away and began
singing one OF the new tunes they had
learned at singing school
Mamie" blurted out Dick. all at once,
''you don't seem like the girl you were a
month ago."
Il want to know if you think sou ex-
claimed Mamie, with a defiant toss of
her head. She had felt what was com
ing. and dreaded it, for she knew that
she had been to blame. Il wasn't aware
that / had met with change as Dea-
con Snyder says"
sYou know what mean, well enough,
said Dick, hitching his chair neare1 / he
table where Mamie was standing. Stree
since that Wayne came you seem to
have forgotten that there is such a fell
low as Dick Brayton. Why, Mamie, you
hardly speak to me, nowadays"
Just hear THAR cried Mamie to some
invisible person. Hardly speak to you,
indeed Pm sure I've spoken TO you as
often as you have spoken to me-
"Well, yes, that may be-" admitted
Dick but, you see, Mamie, | didn't
feel like talking, when l didn't know as
you wanted me TO talk to you. 1t seem
ed as if you'd rather listen to Mr..
Wayne"
1T seems that you're kind of jealous of
Mr. Waynp'' said Mamie folding the
towel she was ironing with slow and de-
liberate precision, as if all her energies
were concentrated on doing that one
thing.
well, that may be" said Dick. Grant
ing that it is so, Mamie, haven't l a
right to be%'
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on closer inspection the modest nature Of
the rest viii stand the test Belt and
yoke were here amber panne velvet set
of with silver sequins, one bretelle be-
ing OF the plain velvet, the other Of the
goods. Bretelles OF this sort are an adap-
tafiou of hood drapery and accomplish
much. They add dressy look. yet adapt
the gown to street wear, even though the
yoke be very delicate. Such drapery in
terferes with the fit Of an over jacket,
but fashionabIes will indorse dispensing
with outside jackets as soon as the
weather allows.
The last gathering Of the winters crop
OF thcater and opera wraps have been
CAV. Fashionable women appear to nave
made a point OF displaying such wraps
this winter. and the showing among tne
box patrons has not been much inner than
thar made in orchestra chairs. A hand
some sort consists OF weli-unade spangled
net mounted on a rich silk. interlined and
then lined with silk, Eur, pastel or vel
vet A good net wears well. and can be
mended to its last thread. Nothing
makes 6ner display. Cioaks Of silk.
interlined and suitably fined, are mounted
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TYPES OF Spring CLOTH GOWNS.
are OF JHe

In to-day's first picture is pretty exam
Pile Of the side-pleated sort. With goods
of spring weight, it will not be unduly
heavy and for styishness it is tip-top.
Women who are averse to giving up the
sheath fit should not object seriously to
this style, either, for it discloses natural
hip outlines faithfully without trace
Of the immodesty that some critics found
in the habit back.
In respect to its bodice this gown is
typical of the newest tailor standards.
That is. tailor severity almost always is
softened by something feminine and dain-
" about the neck. This jaunty jacket,
for example. was finished by a yoke of
lace over silk. Sometimes the jacket
goes over an elaborate under waist that
shows about the throat in yoke outline.
Mixed cheviots are not too expensive for
such suits, and a mixed gray is at once
modish, light and durable. Braiding will
remain a fayorite finish, and fur, espe
cially narrow Persian, is to be used as a
finish for cloth late into the spring.
On the third gown of this second illus
tration is 4 pretty trimming of row on
row of narrow velvet These may be in
contrasting shades, or all black Here
they were black and on serge green chew
lot, cream lace being the only other trim
ming. This design works up prettily in
summer silk. linens and cottons, as well
as in cloth. Biscuit colored broadcIoth
was the material of this polonaise gown.
its front being dotted with blue, its wide
collar embroidered in the same shade.
Tucked white mousselinc and white lace
finished the first of these three bodices.
the sash being of the mousseIine and end
ing in white silk fringe.
Some OF the new canvas materials
promise fine return for their cost They
haze silky luster and may be made up
unlined 10 fall over silk petticoat. They
lend themselves nicely to the stylish
pleating. so may be made up in the latest
way without disclosing that they really
constitute an inexpensive Interpretation
of new styles. The gown shown in the
last of these pictures is an excellent
model for such goods. Its skirt was sim
pie but stylish. and its rather sober tinge
of brown set off its rich yoke to fine adj
vantage At little distance it is the
yoke. of this dress that will count, but
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Sn1.oOo,coooo


The problem Of tho disposition Of Boer
prisoners captured in the engagements OF
the South African war has been solved
by the British In the employment Of pris~
ON ships. Two ships have been assigned
by the authorities for this purpose the
Penelope and the Cephalonia. One Of
these ships is Kept anchored in Simons
bay, near Cape Town. for the reception
OF prisoners OF war who are brought to
II from time TO time by the other. From
the front the captured Beers are brought
tn Natal and conveyed from there 20 the
coast at Durham Here they are taken
ON board the Penelope. On board the
Penelope the prisoners are cared for IN
In a sufficient number have been receiy-
ed. when the ship weighs anchor and
starts on her voyage along the coast to
Sinons bag. At the anchorage OF the
Cephalonia the prisoners are transferred
aud the Penelope starts on her trip back
TO Durham FOR another load
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idle Soldiers.

Modern war is such a complex bust
ness, and so many things besides fight
ing have to be done, that very large
part of an army never fires n shot.
Even OF the soldiers actually opposed
to an enemy, only portion come into
conflict in any battle
For instance, General Butler must
have had some $4,000 men at the battle
of the Tugela River. yet we are told
that only 10000 troops went into ac-
ton.
The explanation of this apparently
curious fact is that armies don't fight
now in dense masses like long ago.
The terrible hail of bullets from maya
zine rifles and Maxims, as we'll as the
destructive power of shells charged
with high explosives" would an
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"Delay Running the Country


The following telegram from the
San Juan Chamber of Commerce was
received at Washington few days
ago:
Situation becoming more desperate
and uncomfortable, due principally to adj
vices of opposition to opening markets
for tobacco and, sugar. Delay running
country. Saving measures urgent"
These are the people who welcomed
Gen. Miles so heartily in the summer
of 1898, thinking the Americans had
come to deliver them from the yoke of
Spanish tyranny. But the Americans
are worse than the Spaniard SO far as
commerce goes. The Porto Ricans en-
joyed free trade with the home coun-
try. The Republican protectionists pro-
pose to shut them out of the United
States. What has become of the
American promises to grant these peo-
pie the blessings of liberty? The first
consequence of the American Occupa-
ton is a restriction of markets which
threatens to ruin their commerce and
starye the workers of the island.-St.
Louis Post Dispatch.
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Armored Glass.

4 recent German Invention j. ar
mored glass, or glass cast with wire
gauze Enclosed in their substance. so
as to increase the resistance to pres
sure. shock, and the effects of heat.
Tests of the new material have been
made at the Chemnitz technical insti-
tute and the Vienna chronological mu-
scum which show that the armored
glass is much stronger, and where the
ordinary glass broke under sudden APP
plications of pressure the strengthened
material only cracked, and the cracks
caused by changes of temperature did
not allow either damp or flame 10 pass
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initiate an army in dense formation.
Hence the fighting troops have TO scat
ter themselves over a line 10. 20 and
even so miles long.
OF course, the chances of battle bring
it about that, while the fighting be-
comes very hot and fierce in certain
spots, the troops in other parts Of the
line don't come into contact with the
enemy at all. This is why certain bat
talions lose an appalling number of
men, while others come off with few
casualties. In the great battle of
Koeniggratz-the biggest battle of this
century-it is said that $4,000 Prus-
slams and $4,000 Austrians did not fire
Il single shot.
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A oueer Proposition.

one-quarter of the sum England is
expending IN the war to extend its do
minion in South Africa would suffice to
feed every starving mouth in India.
That the world should be asked to sup
port her famine-strieken subjects in one
part of the empire in order that she
may devote all her energies ana money
to crushing people who stand in the
way OF limitless extension of the EN-
pire,in another part. is certainly most
extraordinary propositions Springfield
Republican.
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harmony with the styles is always good
form. While dinner, reception and even
halfway dress gowns seem to demand
great outlay, the gowns that take most
wear may still be accomplished without
undue expense. One will need more cloth
in this years skirt. and if she is prepar-
ing a spring rig, she'd better make up
her mind to the pleated skirt. There
are almost as many forms of it as there
are of the boleros that so often top it.
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Total so far. 81 800 Oo0
1t is proposed also to create new
Philippine commission to reinvestigate
the conditions of our new possessions in
the Indian Ocean. This commission
will have broader scope than any pre-
yiouS commission. 1t may be in ex-
istence for years. 1t will pay well.
Judge Taft thinks that membership OH
the commission will be so fat a job
that he has given up the office of United
States Circuit Judge at salary of &c.
600 a year and all the comforts of a
civilized home in order that he may
accept the place. 1t is estimated that
this commission will cost the country a
million dollars before it gets through
with its work. And other commissions
may exist not included in this list or
planned in the executive mind.
The method of governing by commits
sions is outside of the Constitution and
the laws. 1t is a scheme to. avoid the
proper responsibility which belongs to
the President. 1t is plan to establish
an array of respectable names behind
which the President can hide if the
plans of the administration fail and
meet with disaster.
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any money, but be compelled to rest
satisfied with the necessaries of life
doled out to them in such rations as
will enable them to live and-what?
Work? Wherefore work? For mere
necessaries? No one need work for sus-
tenance: all hat is necessary is to join
the army of tramps. They have no
money, yet they live, moreover they
do not work
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Reduced to a Fine Art.

Ballot box stufting has been reduced
to a fine art by the Republicans in
Pennsylvania and Kentucky and there
is every reason 10 believe il was prac-
ticed on a large scale by that party in
1896 in Ohio. Illinois, Indiana and Ken
lucky. Their recent experiences in
Kentucky and Pennsylvania will prob
ably cause them TO be more circum-
spect in the future, in which event
there is no doubt Of Bryan's election
by the largest majority ever given a
Presidential candidate. -Joplin (sIo1
Globe
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capital Wanted. Not Money.

Ex-Speaker Reed expresses the trust.
gold standard and Imperialistic idea
when he says capital and not money is
what we want. Aside from the humor-
Gus view that may be suggest by this
reversion TO the trading facilities ap-
proved by nations still in the darkness
of savagery. there is an economic idea
concealed in IL
Are we not reaching point where
the masses win not be allowed TO have
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A Bad Man.

If ex-Consul Macrum is such "a cow
ard, liar and disreputable" person as
the Mckinley administration say he
is, how many more towards liars and
disreputable persons has Mr.. Mckinley
appointed to public positions of trust
and confidence? A commission TO in
vestigate should be Immediately APP
pointed to find out how many of them
should come out and tell the truth.
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Connection with Great Britain.

Connection with Great Britain.
We respectfully call the attention Of
William Mckinley, President, and John
Hay, Secretary of State, to the declar-
alton moved in the Continental Con-
gress, on the 7th day of June, 1776, by
Richard Henry Lee and unanimously
adopted by the Congress. 1t is good
reading for all Americans in connec-
ton with the scheme to form connec-
tons and alliances with Britain for her
benefit and our undoing. Here is the
resolution:
Resolved, That these United Colo
MES are and of right ought to be
free and independent states; that they
are absolved from all allegiance to the
British crown, and that all political
connection between them and the state
of Great Britain is, and ought to be,
totally dissolved Buffalo Times.