Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 1, Decatur, Adams County, 18 October 1894 — Page 6

RUIN AT LITTLE ROCK CAPITAL OF ARKANSAS STRUCK BY A CYCLONE. Commercial Center of the City Laid Waste—Many Are Killed—Slate Penitentiary Badly Wrecked and Convicts Injured—Asylum Buildings Demolished. Logs a Million Dollars. A terrible windstorm swept over the business p rtion of Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday night. < arying deaLi and destruct! nin its path. Shortly after dark a heavy storm < ame from the West, accompanied by vivid flashes of lightni g and hea y crashes of thunder. -The skies suddenly cleared and the storm was thought to be over when suddenly a heavy gale from the southwest appeared, and for a few moments the city was in the horrors of death and destruction. The wind was terrific in the extreme. T.ees, telegraph, tee hone, and electric light poles were carried a distance of 2bh yards. The roofs of about thirty of the larger buildings in the city were torn from the houses and hurled against buildings on the opposite side of the streets, leaving the occupants and pro| crty w ithin to the mercy of the drenching rain, which began to fall in torrents shortly a terward. When the storm had eea ed it was discovered that the residence portion of the city had entirely escaped, but Main street, from the river to Third. Markham s.reet from Center to Cumberland and Second from Center to Cumberland, were almost total wrecks. This territory covers the principal bu-iness portion of the t wn. At the time this is .. i tt n half a dozen dead bodies have leeu found. The ott.ee of the main building of the State penitentiary, two miles out, wa- torn awa and lodged on several frame cottages in the neighborhood completely demolishing them. A stampede took place among the convicts, six of whom were badly injured by falling timbers. Two wifi die. Fortunately only a<x>>.it 1 ■ convicts are inside the walls. The other 450 were taken to Sunnyside plantation some days ago. At the insane asylum was so .nd the greatest wreck. The roofs of the main buildings were comp’etely demolished, and several wards caved in. destroying everything in sight. The male ward is a total wreck, revera! Insane patients made their escape, but were recaptured. It is not known how many inmates are killed or ininjured. WEATHER FAVORS CROPS. Gathering and Seeding; Progress Nearly to Completion. According to the weather crop report issued by the United States Weather Bureau the past week was favorable for crop gathering and seeding. bth nearing completion. .Missouri, 11l nois, Indiana and Wisconsin report winter wheat in e. cell nt condition. I ‘asturage is also in ex< t condition generally: Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas, however, need moisture. Cotten picking has progressed rapidly under favorable weather conditions except in the Carolinas and portions of Georgia and Florida, where picking was interrupted and the crop injured by the tropic.il hurricane. Reports indicate that a out one-half of the crop has been secured in South Carolina Florida, and Texas, while in Alabama, Arkansas, Mis issippi, North ( arolina, and Tennessee from GO to 15 per cent, of the crop remained ungathered Cct. 1. Frosts . c urre.l as far south as Kentucky, but no serious injury has been reported. Following is the report from several States: Illinois—Temperature normal, sunshine above, and rainfall below; conditions unusually favorable; corn cutting progressing and much In stock; wheat and rye In tine condition; meadows, pastures and late gardens growing tinely. Indiana—Lorn all safe, roost in shock: wheat and rye coming up luxuriantly; seeding nearly done; tobacco all cut; pasturagegreen; frost did no Injury. Wisconsin—Weather favorable for farm work: corn huskinc is general; fall plowing is well along and seeding about completed; a large acreage of rye has been sown; pastutes In splendid condition and stuck healthy. Minnesota—Good rains in all sections have greatly improved pasturage; fall plowing and sowing of winter grain progressing rapidly; held crops about all secured; frost Sunday night. lowa—The week has been warm and dry. favorable for m aturing late crops and f r plowing and seeding; pastures are good, and forage for »inter will be more abundant than anticipated. Nebraska—Less than the usual amount of fall plowing has been done, because of the dry condltl n of the ground; showers have been general the last of the week and very beneficial to all farm Interests. Missouri—Week favorable f r farm work; seeding nearly finished; early-sown grain looking well; corn practically safe from frost: yield somewhat better than expected; pasture good, hut beginning to need rain; much complaint of potatoes rotting. Michigan—Temperature and rainfall below normal, sunshine above; the end of the season finds late potatoes and corn doing well, potato-digging and corn-husk-iog being pushed; mucii fall wheat seeded; apple-picking progresses, and pastures are good. Ohio—General showers In northern section, but drr in other portions; wheat all sown, and c.-rw nearly all In shock; fall plowing progressing; potatoes small: apples falling; pastures in excellent condition; tobacco about all . ut and housed. TO SAVE THE TIMBER. Hard Work to Do in Wisconsin's Burned DHtrlet. A large owner of the timber landgin the burned district of . iseonsin. while in New York City recently, talked interestingly to the reporters He. says a vast amount of timber cutting- will be neces-ary this fall and winter near Flinck ey and Phillips in order to eave the stumpage from being a t tai loss. ‘'The timber in the bu ned district,” says he. “will not be lost if it is cut and drawn to the water before next spring. The fire has charred the trunks of the trees and kil ed them. The wood worms will ruin the trees after a year. But if the trees are cut and the logs put into the rivers or ponds they can be kept two or three years wi nout injury. Probably there will be more t mber ciit and hauled to the water in Vv iseonsin the coming winter than ever before. “Cornell University, it is said, is preparing to ent all its stumpage. All the lumbermen in the burned district will do liktwi e. It was said that Cornell University wou.d lose

by the fire, but tba‘ isn’t so, provided the university s timl er is cut this winter. The university's loss will be comparatively light. I rode through the burned di-trict the other day There is not a green thing in sight. An area about thirty miles wide and hundreds of mi'es long is charted and black.” GEN. WESLEY MERRITT. ’Tls Believed that He Will Atnume Cony mind of Governor** IslandImportant changes soon to take place in the o.i.< ers of the army by the retirement of some who ha' e reached

the age limit excites interest in those like ly to be i irotpoted. t is be iexed that Gon Wesle Merritt will assume command of Governor s island j when Gen. Miles goes to Washington . to succeed Maj. Gen. i Schofield. Gen. Mer ■ ritt was born in New I York City in 183 . was graduated at , the I nited States Military Academy

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in 1860. assigned to the d'rago ns, and promoted First Lieutenant in 1861 and Captain in 1'62. His war record wa. a mo-t brilliant one. he was advanced to high offices, and in l'b.’> wa» breveted Brigadier General and Major General in th* regu.ar army for gallant services. After the war he was employed on tbe frontier until 1882. was in charge of the military academy at West Point for seven years, and since then has served in the West, in 1887 he became Brigadier General. HONOR THE FOUNDER. Grand Army Men Dedicate a Monument to Dr, The dedication of the Stephenson monument in Kos - Hill Cometary, I etersburg. ill., was a nati- nal event, and was celebrated in away worthy ot tbe Nation. The memory'of th- late Hr. B. F. Stephenson, founder of the Gi-aufl Army of the Republic, was honored by the dedication of a hands me m< nument. a; propriately inscribed and located in a mo'st beautiful spot. The funds for the monument were raised by the members of the oiganization from all parti of the Nation, which gives nil comrades a special interest in it. Trains from every direction with extra facilities brought in thousands of Grand A.my men The National Commander, Colonel Lawler, of Rockford, and his Adjutant General, J< nes, weie among the ear,y arrivals Among the other nota les were Gen K. J. Oglesby, Gem John A. McC.ernand, Maj. James A Ccnnel y, N. W. I ranson, R C. Gibbs, contractor of the monument: Junior Vice Commander Inman. < 01. I) .1 Block, < apt Weaver, Col Fred Wilkin-on, and ( apt Leib same, of Bloomington, one ol the six surviving chai ter members of the organization, and the the only one of the six present A procession formed, headed by the notab’es in ca r ages. The column moved to Roe Hill and surrounded the honored shaft where the cerem >nies took place. After t e preliminaries dinner was served to the people by the acre. Long tables were placed on the greensward, where .500 were fed at a tim -. It was not a barbecue or restaurant lunch, but home-made and home-cooked bread, meats, fried chicken, baked beans, vegetables, pickle . hot co .ee w.th ere m all resh from the kitchens. Commander McDowell, orator of the day. brought tears to the eyes ot the widow and daughters of Dr. Stephenson, as well as others, in his bea tis 1 st >ry of the life and work of t;.e le oved founderof the order. Th ■ speech of .National ( ommander Lawler was mil of enthusiastic lire and was cheered equal to the remark- made by Dick < g esby, and the rousing but brief speech of Major Connolly. CHARGED WITH COWARDICE. Admiral Tine Removed from Command of the “North fiqudron.” Admiral Ting, recently removed from the com nand of the “North Squadron” of tbe Chinese fleet, and deprived of his peacock's feather lor

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his cowardice a.d incornete,ce. has boon Li Hung Chang s trusty lieutenant in matters pertaining to tha ] Chinese navy since its organ.zaton in I'Bs. e I , however, more of a soldier than a sailor. Before taking command of the “Northern Sqi adron” he was a Brigadier General of tiie Chinese

land forces at Tien-Tsin. From this o ce to a full- edged admiralship, w thoutany prelimi arv train ng. his fai ure as a nax al commander was only to be expe ted. Admiral Ting is lietween 50 and 4) y< ars o age. I e has a commanding appea ance. being about six teet tall. He is an inveterate gambler. Wil' Wt-;ar A hundred of the suffragist women of Topeka, Kan. will come out in reform d ess They have e-.tered 1. tc an ag eement a <1 adopted a c a time which is to consi.t of Turkish trousers covered by a skirt, reaching to the fold, a close or loose wa st. as the wearer may prefer, a,d cloth leggins to n atch the tn users. It is the intention of the Topeka women to organize into relief squads so that a nutnl er ol them may be on the streets all day, and thus the community will bee me familiar with the reform. Sparks from th»* Wire*. The next meeting of the Road-ma-ters' As ociation will be held in St. Louis on the second Tuesday ol October, 1895. Montana Democrats nominated P. S. Corbett for Congress and L. A. Luce for Associate Justice and indorsed the national administration. While C nrad Bitzer, a farmer living north of Crown Point. Ind . was repai i g the ror on a large barn he fell about fifty feet and was inst.tntlv killed. Mrs. Winchester, wife of S. S. Winchester of the Winchester Arms Company of New Y r oik City, who had gone to Guthrie, Ck , to get a div. rce irom her husband, died of typhoid fever. Iler fa her is president of a leading New England college, and the bdy was em calmed and shipied Fast.

CZAR IS VERY SICK. RUSSIAN OFFICIALS TRY TO KEEP IT QUIET. Probable Effect ot HL* Death on European Politic*— Talk of His SuccessorHeir Apparent Is Mentally and Physically Unsound—Prematurely Reported Death. May Involve All Europe. The serious illness of the Fmperor of Russia continues to alarm the whole of Europe. It is extremely difficult to get any correct news of the true condition of his Imperial Majesty, as only the most meager daily bulletins are issued. However, there is no disguising the fact that the Czar is very sick indeed. There is already any amount of speculation on what effect the Emperor's death will have on European politics, and the fiuctuati- ns of the monev markets can be directly traced to this source. In the bourses of all Europe Saturday and in every center of finance on the globe there was more or less uneasine-s anent the reports that came from St. Fetersburg that the Cza: was dea l. True, the report! were no sooner in circulation than they were denied, but denials from a source where suppression and mystery are the rule do not reassure entirely. And ;ust such news has been expected from St. Petersburg, has been expected for many weeks. Weeks ago Alexander 111., prey to fears of assassination following the Peterhof plot of Aug. 6, half dead from dropsv and Bright s disease, his mind a shattered wreck, was carried in a

i'- 5 '< ■\\ - ALEXANDER 111., CZAR OF RUSSIA-

hospital car from his imperial pa'ace to his hunting lodge a palace itself in the I eloweschki fastoes.-e,. There he ha - been since, under the care of an , eccentric old physician of Moscow. Sacharjin by name, w hose methods are the quack s, laughed at by all the medics' si.vants of Eu. ope. “A madman curing another,” it is whispered in st. Petersburg. But Sacharjin cured the Emperor's lesser ills on a previous oc-ca-ion. and he is the only person holding the imperial confidence to-day. Under the best of condition;'it is generally believed that the Czar can never recover fi- in h s present iilne-s. and his death will ce tainl. recipitate a quarrel over th.e succession. The i Grand Duke Nicholas is the heir apparent to the Russian throne, but he was never normally stro g either I mentally or physically, and it is thought to be mo: e than likely that he will be compelled to abdicate in favor of his m the -. In the present unset- l tied conditi. n of I uronean a airs the death of the Czar will be more than of u.-ual moment, involving as it may. complications which might involve the peace of Europe Alexander 111. was born March D', IMS. He u-reeded to the throve on the death o: his fa her who was killed by the nihilists March 11. 18<. He was crowned at Moscow. March 2 , 15.83. He married in 186 ; . Mary Feodora daughter of < hi- stian IX.. King of Denmark He narrowly escaped dea:h with his whole family in an ac :ident on the Transcaspian hailway in 1888. A FAMOUS CRIMINAL. Capt. Henry Howgate’a Story Is Stranger th-tn Firtlon, It seems a thing incredib'e that a man. a notorious criminal, should for years elude the pursuit of jU>tice :

though all the resources of the law were brought to bear J against him and : sh uld live quietly in New York, going in and out among men. attending to his own business without hindrance or harm. Such a case shows an e traordinary cour e .of luck and, if one [should r. ad of it in a story, one would say “Impossible.”

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Yet that it is by no means impossible is shown : y the case of Cant. Henry W. Howgate, who was arrested recently in New York. For twe.ve years search has been made for him high and low and he could not be found. The whole machinery of the Govern- ■ ment secret ervii e had been brought to bear on the case without avail, and vet. when finally discovered, Howgate it was found had 1 sen living in the very heart of New York for the past six years, known to many men as a studious and intellectual book-seller, and respected by all who knew him. Twent -five years ago Henry Howgate arrived in Vt a-hi gton poor, but ha dsome, strong and youth ul. He i began to in erest himself in meteorological studies, and as t me went on, !

enlisted the synr.athy of many hlghU government circles. iniuj, forts the Weather Bureau wa- orrf»n ized in ,'7O and Howgate was put at its bead. Then Howgate beganto _e a prominent fig re ln ,"*'V- n Li- a> d ciety. The elegance of ms entertainments which even . ■ t dent attended, not to spea* o. officers and Senators, the s P‘'““ or his horses and equipages and the beaut-, of his home, ah c nDire.l make him a personal, . ne le 1 the eayest of lives; he si ent m< ney lavishly. and he seemed “either to know or care how much he flung away. At firstall went on merrily enough: then came ugly w Aspers and befo.e long such ac -usations were made that How-'ate wa- forced to give up his positi, n An investigation was made and it was found that Howgate had pursued a systematic course of forgery, larceny and embezzlement ano -ia. peculations !eached the large sum ot S:t7O.OUO. On one of the numerous ‘ charges aga ; n-t h.m he was arrested, in prison Howgate was treated with extreme consideration and allowed a great degree of liberty. Among other privileges he wa- jiermitted to go home under an officer's care .at stated times t > bathe. Howgate t-ok au'an-tao-e of this leniency and e-caned. taking with him ay >ung woman known as Nellie Burril. with whom he had I een living and she has been with him ever since, lor six years thev were fugitives, now t avehng i through the fa.- Soutn and now | making their way through the dense and untrodden forests of the Northwest. Six years- years of fear i and torment, six years of dread of I punishment and suspicion of everv man —were pa-sed. and then a' though wishing to end his suspense and give his enemies a chance to take bim, Howgate and Nellie came to New York.

I Howgate ha 1 always been a man of ■ literary tastes and a knowledge of ; books and so it does not seem unnat- | ural that he should open, as he did a second-hand book shop. He adopted the name of Harvey Williams, and soon became known to buyers of books a- a gentleman, retined and elegant in ma ner and as a recluse and student. He lived very quietly with Nellie as : man and wife, but he made no especial effort at concea.riient beyond adoptin ' another name. Here, Justice lame and shod with lead, at last o.ertook the guilty man, APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC. : Things Growing Worse In the Model Town Where Pullman Cars Are Unlit. Some hundreds of peop'e in the model town of Pullman, 111., are gradually starving to deathi Startling as is this statement it is literally time I Since the great strike of June and July ended the people there have continued to exist only because of the charity of others. But after the public interest in the strikers had died awav the supplies which were being furni hed to the needy in the town of 1 ullman ears slowly but steadily decreased The climax has now been re.- ched. Seven hundred people who applied at relief , headonarters the other day were t di i that there was nothing for them. Und übtedlv something will r e done at once for the deserving poor at Pulls ——— , | to* the ARCADE. PULLMAN. S B ®; .bounty Commissioner David ha is is the oughly in earnest in the work which has fallen upon him. He says. As sion a-, possible lam going k’n ."n'd o, “'l’ storehouse of some k n and then lam going to ad Iress a circular to the citizens of Chicago Money will not be asked for. We will ask for provisions of all kinds, and everything that cou d possibly b.s of anv ue to the sufferers. Afte'r these things commence to come I will secure the services of several charitable women who will visit Pullman every [ day r . l g hl .L a - lone - L ’P° n oders fri ’m . them the things they think necessary will be sent by wagons direct to the ,h " destitute. This scheme will >e kept up throughout the winter isarv ‘I no lon ser neces’ a This ns the only wav pr visions can be distributed to the satisfaction 1 gl r vers an<l t,nose who re cive I tnem. lam going to commence wo k las soon as it can possibly be done and I am sure that upon the report ot the committee the County Board will give ius a good supply to start with.” ” I Four hands spoil one man s work.

FATAL DETROIT FIRE. FIREMEN CRUSHED TO DEATH by falling walls. gl , Men Killed .nd »« Otber. Serlou.ir Injured by tbe Coil.pe. ot . furniture Store— Sixty Kutplol" * *•"“* Escape. Beneath the Rnln«. Six dead and a score r .ured H the record of the fire whLh' Lrniture store o. Keeaan at Detroit, Friday mort.in„. de ski aro. LHUT Michael a Donoghue. Chemical N« .\ L v o Bica*M> DSLY. plpemub No. S. John i *otu plpem.-i No u FBSvßßtot A Bvssxr. spectator, died at Grace Hospital. Mikl Bali, plpemxn Na a Jt Lies < vMXixoa of Na - The fire wa.- discovered in the s lip-ping-room in the basement at the bat ■< of the store at i ;30 o'clock. An aUrra was nr. mptly turned in, but by time’the engine arrived the fire had, gained ccnsidera! le headwav. bavin.runup the ele'at r shaft, and Lie entire upper fl.-or was a mass of . ame and smoke when the first stream Was thr wn. There were sixtv emp, oes in the building and most of the ii ha<i great diffic Ity in escaping The building. an old five-story structure, was soon gutted and the stock ruined. At'.i o'clock the front wall of the building tumbled into W < odward avenue. It came in the shape of a collapse. and the mas- of lebris did not s read beyond the curb. The firemen working in front o the buildin : were warned and retreated as rapid y as possible S. me got out fn m under, but a dozen or more were unab.e to do s > on account of the pile, ot brick, g as - and burnt timbers. A yell of ho ror went up from the throats of the thousands who w,re in the street, and then there a s crash like an earth-,ua-e. The air was fill, d with dust aa*i .-heets o' flame and smoke. Some of the falling wall broke the heavy electric wires and the t-ol ey wire. A flash of sputtering electric fluid lighted up th,? ,cene and people crowded and surged to get int - the stores and down toe side streets to escape being shocked. A number of men. women and children were trampled under the feet of tne fi khteued spectators. Rescuers were immediately at work, and the six bodies were so n take out. The aggregate loss on build ng and stock is e .-timated at fully insured. WILL VICTORIA ABDICATE? A Sensational Rumor Now Afloat About the Rrltlah Throne. A lett r from a London correspondent says that Queen Victoria ma. ab dicate the throne on Nov mber . Tbe otter says: Queen \ ictor a s rheuma tiara is worse At this present time she goes up and down stairs in a sor of litter, and is roiled about her room in a vehicle wh ch resembles an en larged baby carriage. Specialist, sa; it i. rhe matie gout The cturt eaves dropper says that en the '.Th of .November, the birthday of the Prince of Wales, the announcement of her ma esty's retirement will l« made in favor of her elde-t son. who will b - acclaimed Edward \ 11. Q; een Vic toria is years old, an ago when on • eat well understand she might le onlv too willing to free her el! entir<-;’> from all trammels even of such feeble respomdbility as a British mona:ei. r ‘ QUEZS VICTOUIA

now pn-. eS i CS «y| ie Prince of Wale* ing .probabilit, to this po-sibi’itv the date which for- many Centura h’' heea celebrated thr >uvh ,n f r bas the Lord Mayor s “ay th J nd ° na ’ jwon «hich the chief a810r : the city of London a’scendf th ° ? ! tra°cr- 3 Up ° D ~ hat d »v a uX?' 1 jo? wHh th’e e mista O Jce L of ld a r P^"’ Ort ’ 'if cava v. th« new I i ,, elms ? lmf nt offuiul palace the Man !a - Wl,t ‘ is which he i. t„ , „? lan - lon no.-o twelve months of hh rLn UMng tiie the year in whi. i- ~? n 11 I<;7. to the sovereignty The pl ‘ otor ’ a vaTne of as theda hoßethe :h she would make her fit t '," pon which into her capital citv InlT® 41 ' 11 ’''-' sovereign of the realm ' n ’. an,i iroee ? sionof the sov e . ‘ e . aded the dnd dined with th- ; ei -. n ’• th** chSheris. 1110 Mayor and Watt S hi9 Frank Tarbpsh a ruwhoMi pa ents had wm JJ hlca ?° hoy na[)ed rom a I i tt . ,P,r ate a. was kidwas Raptured at Delphi. Bchool - but fnd..'donate e d r9 the niOU at A » d er seventy-fiy e member! ; erTlc es of i ta Pat terson, Wia h‘s party and poHcy°’dU U ‘ tl a ia -but the support he X J 111(1 not recei, . resigned. ex Pected anu he J. L T’lTmlx; fng inthe y°W farmer H ? . killer * a ’ e a’ n Ff trough ;eiou , B y. ieVe ’ i “>

NICOTINIZED Th* Tnbaero H .hit N*r»* Forve m.slrx. “ A number of our great a -.,. t,.ba< c • s-:..., , r . „ ' have quit the of • -, e j T-.- la i’luank- a-'i '"'Mg wu-rx is i.o to-bae. start-a by Aaron i o- r w ‘ con r i.ed slave for to.. . -a’, u e of tobacco. l e tried th*. T of no-to-l a*-, and to surprise and deligh* him. Hon.. W. Ashconi. wh.’M b-en smoking for -i-.t tried no-to-ba. a; ; d ; t , ( 01. Samuel Stouten,-r, , up toi a co like a cow <»:- this w. nderful r«-1 edx, after all iii- yea • th-.- de-ire. J. < . Cobler. .... I’M frank Dell, Georrc 11. Skillington. Harm n I ■■■ ' Her h <-r_er. John "hi:. . a-, e since tried no-to i ;l r as-they report not on., a, to ba. co habit but gw. . ■ B| provrmeut in tbei ■ gen-- a d:.'.BK and mental condition, a. ; w .W‘ goes to show that the u . f had l>een injurious to t: .-m in ways than one. No to ba, . a -7W with the druggists, as the . a '. der absolute guarantee to.-.ireo-W! f .nd the money. —From the 1 I Everett, Fa. s Hide Th«-ir Hbrsla. The Massa.-hiisotts tax a .. .. s „ r having difficulty in their <■ ~r - sees sees the rax on bicycles pi... d a recent law ol that State. erally report 'hat they hax- 'J: to get hold of hardly hail : in use, and in some ula-e. eouldj tia.c made even that show _• not been for the wheelmen s uinß ories. published before tu- - aK j, J wa- passed. Many of the wbe»'s owned by minors, whose i>the value of SLUM) can be The Massachusetts ass---.. , similarly bothersome ta-k a ago in the taxation of h. r.-. the I egiatatorc sutisc .ue:.. them. W When Hanging; Ehotocraph*. Photographs ought to be framed in carved maple, go : or enamel frames. Silver an i set off a photograph. For photographs in ayounggir - .-oom H bons of I.er favorite color mav ie Etching lor hallway are p-'-ttieslßH there are enough of them, hang fashion, thus bringing tb.-m to climber s level, and making the enß while toil a pleasure. It is tetter® hang a picture too low th, : to h one with much detail she i ai<>® hang low laidies’ Home irnal. 1 Absorption of Soil*. It has been demonstrated by pr»t-B ca! experiment!! that 100 no .n.isO'suiß will absorp 25 pounds of water: Jw pounds of loam, 40 pounds: 1" mkqß of clay loam. 50 pounds: D«i ice-aB :.f clay. 70 pounds. This, say-a wriktß explains why some soils always anjwß dryer than others, why son. - - »'-B stand a drouth so mu-h lm:g-r thaß others, and why, after a she*.-r. soils liecome like a thick j. » . /■ others are dry. ■

BLDS. Social buds. ■ < «>] men . ::'.tr.2f] the d- :> of see.-] etv or wo tn a E [ hood, n-amre «] Lu:--' I I be be-..ari] ' char r:: n ? tter] must ii.ivr •jer’e-iB I I I K I this pt : iod tsel young woman is I which c ntin:?| through . ■ ha’tl their origin st tbs I time. If there be|

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