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SOUTH AFRICAN S|Al||
Sir George Goldie Has Just Retur,
From an Investigation
of Conditions.
BRINGS RATHER PESSIMISTIC IDEA
lie Regards the Conditions In q.
Colony as Especially Dange,.,
and Says the Question of ps,
or War Rests In the Hand,
President Steyn.

London, March 26.-Sir George Al
die, vice-president of the Royal Cd
graphical society and founder Of
geria, who has just returned FROM
thorough investigation of South
RIGA, where he was comforting vi
Lord Miner, Lord Kitchener, "a
Rhodes, Sir Walter Hely-EIutchins|
the governor of the Cape Of Cd
Hope, and numbers of other inAuI
tal men, brings home rather ped
mistic ideas of the general situad
from n British point of view n
conditions in Cape Colony he reess|
as especially dangerous, and he "A
siders that the most serious Bril-
difficulties will be encountered IA
in the future, as at present.
In the course of an interview N
press representative, Sir Coed
while recognizing the possible 4
portance of Acting President SchiI
burgers step, and he was conyill
that the question of peace or 4
rests in the hands of PresdI
Steyn, and that Mr.. Kruger and
other Beers in Europe no longer 4
resent Boer opinion. The real 4
Guilty in the path of peace, he
licves, is the question of grand
amnesty to the Cape and Natal 4
els, and, Sir George Says, the va
promises of the British governnl
have not the slightest weight vi
the fighting burghers are in u
present state of mind.
Sir George advocates amnesty
the rebels, but he insists that ed
one must be DISTINGUISHED for
This, he declares, would go fart
wards allaying the bitterness OIL
loyalists. Sir George deprecates
attempt to permit the use of a 4
language. He says English al
must be the official language
adds that the fact that praetic|
the whole Of the rising general
of two republics are now in thei
centration camps, and are rap
learning English, will be Of great
in this direction. He estimates
100000 armed men will be neede|
South Africa for some years A
the conclusion of peace.
Sir George failed to meet any y
who yet recognized that they
been finally beaten, though son1
them admitted that they had \
temporarily overweighted by \
bers.
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Barber Killed.

w. A. Jones a collector for furni.
ture house, shot and killed II. M.
Dickerson, colored barber. at Little
Rock. Jones went to Dickerson' S
shop to collect a bill, which the ne.
gro refused to pay, and followed him
to the sidewalk, using abusive Ian.
guage. The negro also attempted to
draw a gun, but Jones was too quick
for him and shot him five times.
Jones was exonerated at his prelmi.
nary trial.
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ArkansAns Promoted,

In the brevet nominations recently
sent to the senate by President Roose-
welt the following Arkansans figure.
Capt. w. r. Sample, for gallantry in
the battle at Santiago; Lieut. A. S.
Brooks for distinguished gallantry
in action at Pillar Pinay, March 90,
1900, First Lieut., Lloyd England,
Third artillery, for distinguished gal
lantry in action at Manila and near
Caloocan, March rs, 1899 Lieut.
John C. Greenway, for distinguished
gallantry in action at Santiago,
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The Flrst~
@aEaster.
eytmma Nevr,ek Weed.


He is slain-He came in vain-Hls heao Is
low In the grave!
His sun has gone down in plooo' anu the
awful shock of defeat
Hath stirred the sepulchred dead, and they
walk the city's street
Slowly. with hating tread, and eyes IN
used to the light;
And "Where is He?" they cry, In thelr wiz
and vague alright!
Then a voice, that is not a voice, but an
echo lost in the gloom,
Maketh lament: "Ay, where? He is dead
In Josephs tomb!'
Weep, weep, my soul! With the sorrowing
women three!
Bring Him thine aims OF tears-the Martyr
of Calvary!
For the mob hath wreaked Its Will ana the
nailed hands and feet
Are wrapped in the linen white, ioT 'ae
slumber of silence meet!
Night er the city broods, and the heavens
are black and grim;
With never a Star Of Hope for those VINO
have followed Him!
Mournful the plant and deep, OF the iost
worlds final doom:
HE is dead-the Christ is dead and laid IN
Joseph's tomb"
List, list, my soul! There's stir In that
rock-hewn prison
And the seraph sentry cries: He Is not
here-He is risenW
Then the first glad Easter breaks, in
marvellous splendor white,
And the world from Its sorrow wakes and
turns its face to the light!
The vassals of Rome retreat; ana the
great stone moves at the breath
OF Him. at Whose girdle sway the Keys
of the jailer Death!
Sing shout and sing while the skies with
morning bloom.
He liveth-Who once was dead and laid In
Joseph's tomb
youths Companion.
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Charged with wife Murder.

Wilson Smith, a negro, was lodged
in Jail at Pine Bluff charged with muir.
der. Two weeks ago Emma Smith,
his wife, was horribly burned, and
died, In the presence Of several wit
nesses she stated that her husband
had thrown lighted lamp at her,
which set fire to her clothing, Then,
she says, he held the door closed so
she could not summon aid. and thus
let her suffer horrible agony.
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Haaazaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaza77aaa A
Election Of Senators by the peop'

Washington, March 26,--'The
luton adopted by the house OF =
scntatives providing for the c''
Of senator's by direct vote of 'NCI
pie was again, yesterday, the sly
Of confederation by the senate
mittcc ON privileges and clcc'
but che committee adjourned fo'l
weeks without taking action,
discussion revealed the fact lO'
majority of the committee y
posed 10 the resolution, Tho Y
nents Of the measure nssulvV
friends, however, that they Wl,'
object to the making Of u repor'
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SIGNIFICANCE OF EASTER.
II Tint Of Life breaking Ont over
Its Ola Narrow Hounds ana
Limitations,

The significance of this Easter.time
Is that OF an expanded lifc-lifc
breaking out over It's old narrow
bounds and limitations, life throbbing
out into new and more glorious
realms. Death and the grave seem to
abruptly limit life, just rs the dark.
ness Of night shuts down and cuts
Oft the sunlight. Easter takes in the
morrow, The great Easter forecast
for humanity Is life lcaping out into
eternity as In the rock.hewn tomb
Christ discnthralled Himself OF the
yestments of the grave. Who can
measure oil that IL meant In that
grand formula OF expressions
"When awake in Thy likeness |
shall be satisfied" The EastertIdc
IL an earnest of the opening out OF
our earthly life In itself, Many limi-
tntions pen w up far within the
range Of our conscious capacity for
life even while we are here, Selfish.
ness and sorrow and narrow horizons
shut us In In the restricted bounds
Of this life, but the Easter opens tho
door and the way out into u larger
life and more glorious llberty-"the
liberty wherewlth Christ hath made
us free. '-Christlnn Work.
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Worlds Fair Donations.

Pictures of the proposed Arkansas
building at the st, Louis fair suitable
for distribution as souvenirs are to
be furnished the newspapers Of the
state, Among the liberal donations
already made for the building are that
Of Euraka Springs, Of stone for the
approaches; Of Mena, OF slate for the
roof and Of about fifty lumber firms
OF the lumber to be used In construc.
ton. The donations already amount
to about $4,000 and about as much
In cash donations Is In sight.
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A BoER DELEGATES IDE,
Last Year They Fought HOpef
Now with Confidence.

Amsterdam, March 26.-Aba
Fischer, the Boer delegate, in al
teryiew, gives u variety of rea
why the Beers in the field shoui
in mood to continue the war,
er than accept terms less adyan
eous than those previously dem
ed. The latest report from Pres'
Steyn, received under date of Re
airy Is, says;
Last year we fought hopei'
now we are fighting with coniide
not TO the bitter end, but to a Ia
end"
The Bocr forces have plenty
everything except clothing,
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l@sTs5;b@s7ES
q A TRUE Story
'&HlsAeIl GORDON eva1!s Is

~ Ross Park car
He would have been a churlish con-
ductor who would not have smiled. IL
was balmy outdoors, as If the very
approach of Easter had put to rout
the long, dreary winter. All along the
river bank on well kept lawns there
were patches of soft, tender green
Inside the car there was more green.
The 20 passengers hailed from the
Lady Lindsay school, and 10 pairs OF
arms were tucked about pots wound
in green crepe paper. Each pot held
a tall stalk of Easter lilies.
The car stopped before the hospital
and the 20 girls climbed the long fight
of steps leading to the low brick
building that struggled over the hill
top. At the end came Miss Mary, the
principals daughter, and Honor Wes-
ley. Miss Mary's lilies brushed Hon
or's hair occasionally. She was the
only girl in the party who had brought
no flowers. She had excused herself
by saying she needed all her money
for her Easter visit to New York
"All right" said Miss Mary, cheer
fully, probably there will be lilies
enough to go around. There are sell
dom more than IS or 10 beds occupied
in the long white ward
Honor was left alone while her
schoolmates tiptoed about among the
patients, She had not imagined she
could feel lonely here. She was-she
was lonclier than any of the women
In the narrow beds. The nurses were
busting here and there among the
girls, there were low bursts Of laugh
ter and greeting as II everybody knew
one another, On the small table be-
side each bed stood pot Of lilies. A
delicate fragrance was already watt
ed about the long room. There were
smiles on pinched faces that lay on
the white pillows, and there were wan
faces that flushed rosily. Honor be-
gan TO feel terribly alone and awk.
wardand ashamed; then Miss Mary
came hurrying to her.
Honor" she said, "I'm so sorry. We
are short just one pot OF lilies. II is
for poor old lady at the end of the
ward. Nobody seemed to notice her
at first; there was screen by her bed.
She lies there gazing down the ward
with such pathetic look in her eyes.
I'm going TO telephone for another
pot TO Farlow's,'
"Let me go for It, Miss Mary-let me
give Il TO her"
Miss Mary looked at Honor keenly.
"Are you sure you can afford IL?
Won't It break in on your trip to New
York;"
mo, 1t won't" and the girls face
grew scarlet, 81 don't believe knew
what doing things like this means, |
am so glad there was one bed too
many"
80 am I, Honor" said Miss Mary
heartily,
The girls were waiting In knot by
the hospital door when Honor jumped
Oft the car with her arms about green
wrapped pot. The tall, slender stalk
with Its snowy blossoms almost hid
the girls radiant face.
~ believe she has grown during her
ride up from town." thought Miss
Mary, but she said "llonor I've ar.
ranged with the matron TO let you
visit with the old lady til Ave o'clock.
] think Il will do you good TO know
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Washington, N, G., March GO'
body Of james Walker, the
who poisoned the whole family
David Y, fNyloc, Of the state
Of medical examiners, was
dOnglIng from n limb of n gun
on the Grecnvillc rond, just ."
Of the town limits, Of Washing
c. early yesterday morning =
coming TO town rnn into 'ne
which hung ont over the pa'w
fastened to inform the nu,nV'l
The lynchers came from WV
iamston direction.
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Fred Winters, bookkoepor, com.
mitted suicide at hot Springs by
shooting himself In the head, The
coroner's inquest brought out the fact
that Winters had Decn on a protract,
ed spree and on several occasions late.
ly had threatened to kin himself,
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"rhere's one thing don't under,
stand" said the plolntlve dyspeptic,
"WhHt Is thot2"
GLOW people can be expected. TO cat
80 many hard.boilcd eggs at Easter
and still be happy and sprlnglikc."--
Washington Star.
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sly Turner colorod was convicted
ut Forrest city Of murder In the first
degree in the killing of u negro named
Robert Black and sentenced to be
hanged May O.
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The body Of George McAlvoy, n
railroad man, who disappeared from
his home at Little Rock March +, was
found on the 18th inst In the Ark
ansas river at the above place, MIR,
McAlvey was subject to spells of In.
sanity, and II IL supposed shielded
while In this condition.
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II II four years since that Easter
Sabbath, saw Honor Wesley yostcr.
day, She was the last girl among n
line OF fair young graduates in snowy
gowns and white mortar boards with
blue tnsscls. llonors face had gained
something more than glrllsh beauty.
There was certain womauly stead.
fastncss OF purpose In the brown eyes
and u rare sweetness and tenderness
about the delicate mouth, The tears
dropped silently into the pink roses
that filled her lap when the principal
rose to make her farewell speech to
her girls. "Oftentmes," she snid. "i
hear It said, and oftener feel It. that
one just learns TO live In this world
that Is, learns how TO adjust oneself
TO II, when the summons comes to
leave IL, So that really every stage Of
life IL n commencement All the inter-
vcnlng periods are only preparations
for the commencement. We have not
attempted here 60 teachyou bare facts.
We have tried 20 give you broad cul.
ture that shall make you love and cnl.
tlvntc IN yourselves, In the world about
you and In humanity, all that IN fair
and good and gracious. We have tried
TO make you gentlewomen, earnest
women, unselhsh and considerable Of
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-03-29

The state supreme court has decided
that municipalities have no legal right
TO levy tax upon telegraph, electric
or telephone poles.
The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1902-03-29

The chancel held sheayes of snowy Ill
les, but even rarer than this fra
GRANGE came spicy, delicious sweet
ness from long wreaths that swept
from pillar to pillar, They were woven
from the green of the cedar and rosy
mayhowers, from which somebody had
called the village Arbutus,
The Easter service was beautiful
and solemn one A gray-haired rector,
who preached the first sermon in the
new church, aided the young pastor.
After the doXology had been sung
there was u short after service, in
formal and memorable. The old rec
tors voice came brokenly most Of all
when he led to the place of honor in
the choir an old, snowy-haired woman
with the eager flush Of youth in her
face. "Mrs. Trultt," he said to the
congregation, "whom few Of my
people will remember. Hers was the
sweetest voice that led the choir at
our first service. Again she will sing
for us the hymn we listened to that
Easter morning fifty years ago.
There was q solemn hush in the
little church and all eyes
turned TO the old lady, dressed
in delicate gray, who held hymn
book IN her trembling hands The
notes Of the great organ swelled in u
splendid prelude, then they changed
TO simple thread Of music, the hor'
mony OF an old hymn tune, A quoYer'
ing voice took up the melody; It sound
ed old-fnshioned and the words came
hnltingly but the famous orgonist
waited humbly on the trembling voice
II gained strength line by line, and
presently there returned something
OF the sweetness and strength OF
youth. The congregation held It's
breath; there was almost note OF
triumph ns she sang.
ITO this temple, where we call Thee,
Como, o Lord OF Hosts, to-day,
with Thy wonted loving kindness,
Hear Thy servants nv they pray.
III a. lI.aI
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ITO this temple, where we call Thee,
Come, o Lord OF Hosts, to-day;
with Thy wontod loving kindness,
Hear Thy servants, NJ they pray:
And Thy fullest benedictlon
Shed within Its walls Away"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-06-27
THE LAW.

sTis a truth as old as the soul of things
Whatever We sow We reap.
IT'S the cosmic law that forever springs
From the unimagined deep.
'Tis shown in the manifold Borrowings
OF the race; in remorse with it's secret
stings;
That he who grief to his brother brings
In his turn some day shall weep.
To the mar who hears his victims cries
And hardens his heart at the sound,
AT last a Nemesis dread shall rise
From out of the void profound.
Who sows in selfishness, greed, and hate
Shall gain his deserts in the years that wait
For the slow and remorseless wheel of Fate
Forever turns round and round.
If We give out of mercy and love and light,
The same shall return to YOU;
For the standards of right are infinite
And the scales of the gods are true.
BY its good or evil each life is weighed;
In motives and deeds is its record made;
In the coin We pay We shall be repaid,
When your wages at last fall due.
". A. Edgerton, in Denver News.
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CHAPTER VT.

1 fatter myself that l am a man
who is not easily disconnected, but
for the second time that day | was
completely taken aback. l had
watched that cab so closely, had fol-
lowed its progress SO carefully, that
it seemed impossible Hayle could
have escaped from it. Yet there was
the fact, apparent to all the world,
that he had got away. 1 looked from
the cab to the cabman and then at
my w driver, who had descended
from his perch and was standing be-
side me.
Swell, l wouldn't have believed it,
L said aloud, when / had recovered
somewhat from my establishment.
My own driver, who had doubtless
begun to think that the sovereign /
had promised him was in danger,
was inclined to be somewhat belli-
cosc. 1t appeared as if he were
anxious to make a personal matter
of it, and in proof of this he stern
ly demanded of his rival what he had
done with his fare.
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"You don't think I've ate him, do
yer?" asked that worthy. "What's
it got to do with me what a fare
does? 1 set i'm down, same as 1
should do you, and now I am on nv
way 'ome. Look after your own
fare, and take him 'ome and put him
ter bed, but don't yer a'come aboth-
erin me. I've done the best days
work I've ever 'ad in my life, and if
SO be the pair of yer like to come
into the pub here, well, I don't know
as l won't a stand yer both a two of
Scotch cold. 1t looks as if 'twould
kind a chear the gunner up a bit,
seein' as how he's Disappointed like.
Come on now!"
1t is one of my principles, and to it
I feel that I owe a considerable por-
ton of my success, that I never al
low my pride to stand in the way of
my business. The most valuable in
formation is not unfrequently picked
up in the most unlikely places, and
for this reason 1 followed my own
Jehu and his rival into the public
mouse IN question:. The man was
visibly elated by the good stroke of
business he had done that night, and
was inclined to be convivial.
"'E was a proper sort of bloke,"
he said as we partook of our refresh
ment. "'E give me a flyer, 'e did, an
1 wishes as 'ow I could meet an
other like i'm every day"
"They do say as how one mans
mutton is another mans poison" re-
torted my driver, who, in spite of
the entertainment he was receiving,
visibly regarded the other with dis
favor. eff you'd a give US the tip,
I'd ave 'ad my suvering. AS it is 1
don't take it friendly like that you
should a bilked u.s."
ITO Be Continued
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A Burst of Generositx.

A MAJ from Dunedin once visited
(the town of) Wellington. An Irish
friend insisted upon the visitor staying
at his house instead of at a hotel, and
kept him there for a month, playing
the host in detail, ever to treating him
to the theaters and other amusemcnts,
paying all the cab fares, and the rest.
When the visitor was returning to
Dunedin, the Irishman saw him down
to the steamer, and they went into the
saloon to have a parting drink.
"What'H you have?" asked the host,
continuing his hospitality to the very
last.
"Now, look here" said the man from
Dunedin, "lll hae nae mair o. this.
Here we've been keepin' me at yer hoose
for a month, an payin' for a the the.
aters an cabs an drinks-I tell We I'll
stan nae mair O. it! Well just haze a
toss for this one!"-The Scotsman.
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ated spots, a shaped embroidered belt

ated spots, a shaped embroidered belt
of gold defining the waist.
Though, even of more Importance
than the gowns, are the wraps and
coats. While in no sort striking, or in
dicative of any particular original turn
of thought, the three-quarter sacque
coat, with the Talma sleeve is diff
ficult to surpass in point of a smart
workmanlike appearance, and after all
this is the ace wrap par excellence,
since it is as easily carried as worn.
Thanks, moreover, to an immense va
riety of tweeds and cloths, the most
surprisingly effective productions, pre-
senting herring-bone p%atterning, large
line checks-very family suggested
etc., to say nothing of many admirable
colorings and mixtures, there is every
promise we shall be privileged to ac-
count these chic, and as eminently
~"convenable" to summer services.
Nor strangely enough to our latter.
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day taste and understanding, do these
supremely s%artorial evolvements strike
the homogeneous note one might just
ly imagine they would, worn over
some summer %frivolity of muslin and
frills. Wherefore are they to be TAX
en- into the best consideration by those
whose dress allowance requires to be
carefully and economically maneuv-
cred. And who with less provocation
than a diminishing banking account
might successfully repress a desire, to
possess at least one of the more elab-
crate silk seductions, the which are
being held in gentle allegiance to meet
the exigencies of the midseason and
Ascot.
Someone, if I mistake not, murmured
a desire to have particular word writ
ten anentslips, preferably transparent
slips of esprit net muslin. And
it was a wish at once so reasonable and
so seasonable, and so conducive to
providing employment for the handy
sewing maid, to say nothing of the
girl who aspires to being her own
modesto most laudable aspiration
by the way, where blouses are con-
cerned, though not quite the simple
task dreamt of by an untutored intelli-
gence-that it was a very real pleasure
for me to comply.
The models picture veritable slips.
lovely limp connections; that one at
the top of ring spotted cream net, box
plated. and set on to a yoke collar and
front piece of stitched "ciel' blue glace,
with chemisette of cream guipure.
The other, a dainty thing of pale
mauv white spotted muslin relieved
by a fine embroidered lawn, in one of
the new medallion patterns, a further
pleasing motive to be remarked being
the "treii!age" tucking at the top Of
the vest piece, a nice bit of workman
ship that betakens the fingers of much
delicacy and taste.
A perfectly charming sacque taffeta
coat is that depicted in black with
Amanda" green Venetian satin fac
ings and great collar of coarse beige
lace.
The very acme of daintiness in sum-
mer gowns for evening wear has been
revealed recently in the pretty white
mousseline hand painted in some de-
sign of flowers arranged to accord with
the special style and cut of the gown.
The painting, if it is all that fashion
intends it to be, is beautifully done,
and roses in white and delicate tints
are the favored flowers, sometimes in
trailing design over the tunic over
dress, and again decorating the deep
%aounce, headed by a scarf of nous,
seine caught across with crescent.
forms covered with brocaded silk or
with little barbs of lace, two short
ends falling from each crossing.
ELLEN OSMONDE.