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Their Great General Succumbs to Illness at Transvaal Capital , STOMACH TROUBLE CUTS HIM Off I'rctorla 1'lmigcd Into Mourning Over the loss of The Leader Hard Illow nt the llurjjhors' Cause England Oalns by Death of Transvaal's Military Genius. PRETORIA , March 29. General Joubert died last night at 11:30 o'clock. He had been suffering from it stomach complaint. The town is plunged Into mourning for the true patriot , gallant general and upright and honorable gentle man. LONDON , March 29. The Pretoria correspondent of the Daily Mail , tele graphing yesterday , says : "General Joubert died of peritonitis. Hie funeral will take place tomorrow ( Thursday ) . The government is plead ing with the widow to allow a tem porary interment here , with a state funeral. Joubert always expressed a < lcslre to be buried in a mausoleum built on his farm. "His successor in the chief com mand will probably be General Louis Botha , now commanding in Natal. " All the morning papers print singu larly kind editorials regarding Gen eral Joubert. They praise his mili tary skill , uphold his chivalrous con duct and regret that so strong and moderate a mind should be absent from the final settlement of the dis pute. Although some of the younger com manders thought the old soldier want ing in dash and enterprise , his raid into the country south of the Tugela 1j considered the best piece of Boer leadership during the whole war. It is now known that he crossed the Tugela with only 3,000 riflemen and six guns , but so bold and rapid were liis movements that the British com manders thought 10,000 Boers were marching on Pietermaritzburg. For a few days , although in the presence of greatly superior forces he isolated General Hildyard's brigade at Est- court and at the same time threatened General Barton's camp at Mooi river. Then as British reinforcements were pushed up General Joubert recrossed the Tugela without losing a prisoner < n a gun. General White's estimate of him , pronounced on Tuesday before he died , strikes the tone of all British comment. In connection with the announce ment of the death of General Jou- "bert , it is interesting to note that Sir George White , the British general who commanded Ladysmith , in a speech at Capetown yesterday evening , declared that General Joubert was a soldier and a gentleman and a brave and hon orable opponent. The afternoon newspapers today publish long biographies of General Joubert Generally they are in a Tdndly tone. The Pall Mall Gazette says : "Piet Joubert was the one contemporary Transvaal Boer except ex-Chief Jus tice Kotze whose death could call forth a sincere tribute of respect from Englishmen of all parties. He was the antipodes in the Transvaal world of Leyds and personally was honest , straight and clean-handed. " PARIS , March 29. The Paris press is unanimous in eulogizing General Joubert , whose death is considered a serious loss to the federals. All the papers agree in thinking that a change in the chief command is bound to have grave consequences for the Boer operations. Many think , how- e\er , that President Kruger is fully equal to the task and that , consider ing his military reputation , the re sistance of the Boers is likely to be come more stubborn than ever. DEBS MAY GET ASSISTANCE. Socialist Lribor and Social Democrats Trying to Unite. NEW YORK , March 29. The com mittees of the socialist labor party and of the social democrats that were appointed at the recent convention of those parties for the purpose of effect ing a union met in conference today. Most of the business done during the day was discussing the name of the new united party and where the head quarters of the national executive committee should be. It was agreed to submit the names ot ooth parties , the social democrats and the "united socialist party , " to a referendum vote or both parties. A long fight followed over the selection of a city for head quarters of the national executive com mittee. The choice finally narrowed down to New York and Springfield , and then there was a motion to refer tnese names to referendum vote of the two parties. If the two socialist fac tions unite Eugene V. Debs , it is said , will be the candidate of the united party for president and Job Harriman candidate for vice president. Iiindcrson at the White House. WASHINGTON , March 29. A meet ing of the executive committee of the American Bar association was held here today to make arrangements for the annual meeting of the association at Saratoga , N. Y. , in August. Former Senator Manderson of Nebraska , who is president of the Bar association and chairman of the executive committee , persided. Danish Purchase Incomplete. WASHINGTON , March 29 The state department adds its denial to that of the Spanish foreign office rel ative to the Paris story that t'ie ' United States had completed the ac quisition of the Danish West Indian islands. There are indications that the negotiations , which have for so long occupied the attention of the two gov ernments at intervals may be attended by success at a reasonably early date , but it is certainly premature to an nounce their conclusion at this mo ment PARDON IS NOT RECOGNIZED. Court IIold4 Governor Taylor Had No Authority to Grant It. FRANKFORT , Ky. , March 28 The fourth day of the examining trial of Republican Secretary of State CaleU Powers began with the court room cleared of all people excepting attor neys , newspaper correspondents and of ficers of the court. The court adjourn ed yesterday to meet at 9 o'clock , but It was nearly 10 when Judge Moore called for order. The atotrneys for the defense held a consultation and after wards called County Attorney Pols- grove. Imedlately after the consultation Governor Brown , for the defense , an nounced that no testimony would be' Introduced for the defense , and that they would waive further examination. The pardon issued to Powers by Gov ernor Taylor was tendered by ex-Gov ernor Brown as a bar to the prosecu tion , and he asked that the defendant be dismissed. Colonel Campbell said the common wealth denied Governor Taylor's right to issue a pardon at the time the par don was granted. Governor Brown moved that the prisoner be dismissed upon the evidence. The motion was overruled. Bail was asked for. Judge Moore said : "It is not my belief that Powers fired the shot which killed Governor Goebel , but from the evidence it is my opinion that he was connected with the con spiracy to kill him. I shall therefore order that Tie be held over without hail to the Franklin county grand jury that the case may be further investi gated. " After the Powers case had been dis posed of Judge Moore asked if the com monwealth was ready to take up one of the other cases , that of Captain John Davis or William H. Culton , who are also charged with being accessories to them. County Attorney Polsgrove asked tnat both cases be postponed until 2 o'clock this afternoon , the attorneys having agreed , and court adjourned un til that hour. SHERIff PUTS UP A FIGHT. IVounds Tire Members of a Slob Before Giving Up Ilia Prisoner. BELAIR , Md. , March 28. Lewis Harris , the negro who was arrested here day before yesterday , charged with a criminal assault upon Miss Anne Mcllvaine , was taken from the jail last night and lynched after a brief struggle between the sheriff and the mob in which two men were slightly wounded. It had been expect ed that an attempt would be made to hang Harris yesterday when he waste to have been brought up for a hear ing , but this was postponed until to day and everything seemed so quiet last night that the suspicions of the sheriff were allayed , but he continued to keep. close watch' Shortly before midnight it was announced that a moTJ was on its way from Aberdeen , a neighboring village , and a general movement toward the jail took place. Presently about twenty men appeared some of whom were masked , and an attack upon the jail began. A fusil- ade of shots was exchanged between the sheriff and his deputies on the one hand and the mob on the other , re sulting in the wounding of Robert L. Bull of this place and one of the crowd from Aberdeen , whose name could not be learned. A Girl's Queer Foresight. PEORIA , 111. , March 28. Grace Holmes located another dead body in the Illinois river. Two months ago tnis wonderful little girl declared that the body of Mrs. Sommers was in the river and .stuck to her story , although few people paid any attention. A week ago , while dredging , the body of the woman was found about 300 yards be low where the girl at first declared it was located. She went out with a few men and was rowed to a point in the river , where she stopped the boat and said "the body is within 1000 feet of this point. " Dredging was commenced and the body was found about sixty feet lower down. No Award Notice. WASHINGTON , March 28. This government has not yet been notified of the postponement of the award in the Delago bay arbitration , which waste to have been announced today. The news from Berne to the effect that the arbitrators probably will refrain from a distribution of the award among the claimants , has created a disagreeable impression here , carrying , as it does , the inference that the result will be an indefinite delay in the settlement of the case. By adopting such course , the arbitrators will , it is said , place the re sponsibility for the delay upon the claimants. Railroad Lawyers Confer. ST. LOUIS , March 28. A confer ence of the legal departments of the Missouri Pacific and Union Pacific railways is being held in this city to consider the situation in Nebraska. Attorneys of other Nebraska lines have been invited to be present. Among those here are Winslow S. Pierce , general attorney of the Mis souri Pacific , "New York ; Alex G. Cochran , general solicitor at St. Louis and B. P. Waggoner , general attorney for Nebraska and Kansas ; W. R. Kel ly , general solicitor of the Union Pa cific , Omaha , and J. N. Baldwin , as sistant attorney for Nebraska. Opening Day of Exposition. PARIS , March 28. At a cabinet council today at which M. Loubet pre sided it was decided to officially in augurate the Paris exposition Satur day , April 14. Huntlngton on an Inspecting Toar. SAN FRANCISCO , March 28. C. P. Huntington , president of the South ern Pacific company , has arrived here to attend the annual meeting of that corporation and inspect its various lines. Extracts Prom Charge of Judge Adams in Horlocker Case. THOSE WHO ARE Of SOUND MIND An Act Produced hy Mental Disease la Not a Crime Insanity In Innocent Only Under Certain Circumstances Other Blatters in Nebraska. HASTINGS , Neb. , April 2. Follow ing are extracts from the charge of Judpo Adams in the Horlocker case : "The law presumes that every person 5rof a sound mind until there Is some evidence to the contrary. In this case the defendant is entitled to an acquit tal if the evidence engenders a reason able doubt as to the mental capacity at the time the alleged offence Is charg ed to have been committed. Evidence rebutting or tending to rebut the pre sumption of sanity need not , to enti tle the defendant to an acquittal , pre ponderate in favor of the accused. The presumption of innocence attends the accused step by step through the en tire case , as well upon that of mental capacity as upon all others. The ef fect of the presumption of innocence upon the question of mental capacity is of such strength as to require that she evidence show soundness of mind teyond reasonable doubt , but it is not of such power as to require the state in the first instance and before the in troduction of evidence tending to show mental incapacity , to prove the men tal capacity have been in the normal condition usually possessed by ordinary persons. "Insanity is disease of the mind. An act produced by mental disease is not a crime. If the defendant had a men tal disease which irresistibly compelled her to commit an act , if the act was the object of mental disease in her , she is not guilty ; she is innocent , as innocent as if the act had been pro duced by involuntary intoxication or by another person using her hand against her utmost resistance. Insan ity is not innocent unless it produce the committing of the deed. If the de fendant had an insane impulse to poi son Mrs. Morey and could have resist ed it , she was responsible. Whether every insane impulse is irresistible is a question of fact. Whether in this case the defendant had an insane impulse to commit the act and whether she could resist it are questions of fact. "The jury is further instructed that you would not be warranted in infer ring that the defendant was insane from the mere fact of her committing the crime , provided you find that she did commit the crime , or from the enormity of the crime , or from the mere apparent absence Jf adequate motives for it , for the law assumes that there is a bad motive , that it is prompted by malice if nothing else ap pears. " .ang Relieved. LINCOLN , Neb. , April 2. B. F. Lang of York , one of Governor Poynter's appointees , no longer holds the title of superintendent of the State Institu- tute for Feeble Minded Youth at Bea trice. He was relieved of this position by Governor Poynter , and Dr. W. H. Deering of Cass county was appointed as his successor. No change will be made at the institution , however , un til about May 1 , and Mr. Lang will re main at the head of the institution un til that time. Governor Poynter issued a statement of the result of his investi gation at Beatrice , exonerating Dr. Lang from all charges preferred against him , but that of being incapa- Lle of governing his subordinates. Lee Sentenced. PLATTSMOUTH , Neb. , April 2. George S. Lee , who pleaded guilty to forging an express money order while night operator at the Burlington & Missouri depot at Louisville , was sen tenced by Judge Jessen in district court to fifteen months' hard labor in rhe penitentiary. Judge Jess M was very lenient , owing to the apparently sincere penitence of the prisoner , an-1 it being his first offense. Nebraska Art Officials. LINCOLN , Neb. , April 2. The Ne ll raska Art association elected the fol lowing officers : President , F. M. Hall ; vice president , H. B. Lowry ; secretary , Mrs. T. M. Hodgman ; corresponding secretary , Miss Sarah S. Hayden ; treas urer , A. G. Greenlee ; trustees , C. E. Bcssey , D. B. Perry , J. S. Morton. Mrs. R. C. Langworthy and Dr. Harold Gifford - ford of Omaha. Temperance meetings Close. AURORA , Neb. , April 2. The license r.nd no license fighters , Dr. Charles H. St. John and wife , closed an eight- day gospel temperance meeting here. Four hundred and fifty took the pledge against the use of liquor and tobacco and profanity. Some thirty or more young men took the social purity pledge. The congregations were very large. Floneer Dead. NEBRASKA CITY , Neb. , April 2. Hiram Drake , a pioneer citizen of Ne braska City , died at his home here and was buried under the auspices of Ne braska City lodge No. 12 , A. F. and A. M. , of which for years he was a mem ber. Capt. McCan Resigns. ALBION , Neb. , April 2. Captain Michael W. McGan tendered his resig nation to Company M and delivered his farewell address. He expressed to the members of the company his apprecia tion of their work and interest in the organization and their helpfulness to j him in his arduous duties ay command er. He also emphasized upon them the duties and qualifications of a good sol diers and wished for the company a splendid future. He was given three cheers and a t ger at the close. j APPEAL IN IRRIGATION CASE. D. E. Thoinpmtn Comet IJefore the State Hoard for Hearing. LINCOLN , March 31. D. B. Thomp son has appealed to the State Board of Irrigation from the decision of Secre tary Wilson in refusing to grant an other hearing on his application for water from the Platte river for an ir rigation canal. Hearing on the appeal will be before the board Wednesday , April 4. The questions involved in the case as It now stands are of a legal nature , bearing upon the extent of authority and jurisdiction of the sec- cretary of the board. Mr. Thompson calims that the secretary exceeded his authority in making certain demands upon him in connection with his appli cation for the right to use the water from the Platte river and that he was in error in refusing to grant a rehear ing in his application. The appeal of Mr. Thompson will probably reopen consideration of the claims of the Fremont Power an'l Canal company and the Seymour Park Power and Canal company of Omaha. The Fremont company proposes to construct a canal for power and irri gation purposes , from a point near Linwood , in Butler county , to Fremont. The route of Mr. Thompson's proposed canal begins at the same point and terminates also at Fremont , but does not traverse the same territory. The Seymour Park company applied for permission to carry water still further down the Platte river. All claims but that filed by the Fremont company were rejected by the secretary of the Board of Irrigation. Mr. Thompson had filed a protest and was given a hearing before the claim v/as allowe-1 , as were all parties interested in appro priating water from this particular sec tion of the Platte river. A few days after his claim wag rejected Mr. Thompson filed a motion for a rehear ing , which was granted , the hearing being set for August 4 , 1899. On that day Mr. Thompson did not appear and his motion was overruled. Court Grants Ills Appeal. OMAHA , Neb. . . March 31. Attorney General Smyth filed application for appeal in the habeas corpus case of the soldiers , Fair and Jockens. which was granted. The attorney general makes tourteen assignments of error , the principal alone being , first , The court erred In ruling that "an order given by a military officer to his private will be his full protection in a criminal prosecution , unless the illegality of such an order is so clearly shown on its face that a man of ordinary sense and understanding would known when he heard it read or given that the order was illegal. " The other paragraphs assign error in ordering the prisoners released from custody. Sergeant Fair and Private Jockens /both appeared before the court and entered into their personal recogniz ance in the sum of $1.000 for their ap pearance in case the appeal is decided against them. Kncainpnicnt of the Grand Army. LINCOLN , March 31. Orders have .been issued from the headquarters stating that the twenty-fourth annual encampment of the Department of Nebraska , Grand Army of the Republic , will be held at Beatrice , Neb. , begin ning on May 9 , 1900 , at 3 o'clock p. m. Commander-in-Chief Albert D. Shaw has accepted the invitation to be pres ent at this encampment meeting , if possible. Railroad Cases Continued. LINCOLN , Neb. , March 31. On mo tion of the Secretary of State Porter the State Board of Transportation con tinued the rate cases pending against the Union Pacific ; the Chicago , Rock Island & Pacific , and the Missouri Pa cific railroad until June 4. All voted aye on the motion to continue but Treasurer Meserve. The case against the Elkhorn Railroad company was continued until April 3. South Omaha ISoy \Viiiacr. . WAYNE , Neb. , March 31 The North Nebraska declamatory contest held at the opera house was well attended and was of an interesting character , as the contestants were very evenly matched. There were two contestants in the oratorical , three in the humorous and eleven in the dramatic class. The prizes consisted of gold medals , the first of which was awarded to Homer Payton of South Omaha. Miss Merion Discharged. HUMBOLDT , Neb. , March 31. The case against Mrs. Etta Horton , charged with the murder of her newly born babe , came to an end yesterday. Jus tice Smith , before whom the prelim inary was held , discharged the ac cused upon motion of the attorneys for the defense as soon as the examina tion of the witnesses for the prosecu tion had completed their testimony. Nebraska in AVashingtoii. WASHINGTON , March 31. Repre sentative Burkett of Nebraska today introduced pension bills in behalf of J. E. Latta $30 , Sarah E. Gardner § 20 and Arthur V. Walsh $30. Representative Robinson of Nebras ka returned last evening after an ab sence of two weeks. Farm Work in Nebraska. DOUGLAS , Neb. , March 31. Winter wheat in Otoe county appears to have j passed through the winter in good condition. Fields are already looking gieen. Prospects are for a good crop this yea r. Farmers have begun to sow oats. Members of Guard Again. OMAHA , Neb. , March 31. With rigth hands upraised fifty young men j of Omaha pledged themselves to bear ' true allegiance to the United States of J America and the state of Nebraska j They were then declared duly mustered into the service as members of com pany L , Nebraska national guard. It was the occasion of the entry of the reorganized Thurston rifles Into the First regiment of Nebraska. Adjutant - ! tant General P. H. Barry conducted the muster-in proceedings. < What , They Say of the Mind of Miss Viola Horlocker. SHE IS DECLARED TO BE CRAZY Different Names Are Ascribed to Her Menial Disease , hut All Arc to I ho Same Km ! The Accused llecnrtleil n Vhyslcnl and Mental Degenerate. HASTINGS , Neb. , March 29. A whole day was given In the Horlocker trial with testimony from mc'liM ox- perts. They without exceptloa declar ed Miss Horlocker to be crazy as a bed bug , and not responsible for her ac tions. Doctors Cromwell , Norbury and Green were on the stand , the gist of their testimony being that the defend ant was possessed of an ' insane irre sistible Impulse" to poison Mrs. Morey , zmd that her will power was insuffi cient to avert the act. The experts - ere unanimously of the belief that the defendant was born a degenerat ? , but had ascended the inclined plane of life in an orthodox ami cwlitablo manner until she reached the age of puberty , when nature's changes in- cuced a retrogression that had stead ily continued ever since , and which would continue to the close of the chapter. Dr. Annie Cromwell , the official head , and Dr. Frank P. Norbury , the medi cal superintendent , of the Jacksonville sanitarium , where the defendant has been the greater part of the time since the commission of the crime , gave their opinions. Dr. Cromwell testified that Judge Ragan called on her the last week in May and made the con tract for the care of Miss Horlocker , also that the patient went under the name of Miss Viola Allen while there. She denied that the patient participat ed in social functions , but said "Miss Allen" accompanied her to church sev eral times , and was practically one of the official family of the institution. She described the mental condition of the defendant as abnormal in many re spects , and said that she was prone to ng sentimental songs of a pathetic nature. She was capricious , suspicious and given to hysterical , insane out breaks. She was fault-finding , with an r-bnormal craving for sympathy ; was abnormally credulous and was de- I ressed on an average five days out of seven. Witness regarded her as a physical i-nd mental degenerate and , in answer to a hypothetical question , said the defendant was insane at the time of the commission of the crime charged. She said the defendant is better now phys ically and worse mentally than when witness first saw her the first of last June. Dr. Norbury said he believed the de fendant was sane until the age of puberty , when she developed a prepon derance of sexual life , and that she was mentally unbalanced after that time. He took the crime itself into consideration when arriving at the conclusion as to her insanity , and could not have arrived at a positive conclusion on that point had it not been for the crime. Capt. Culver at Home. LINCOLN , Neb. , March 29. Captain J. H. Culver of the Thirty-second United States volunteers , who was in jured two months ago in the Philip pine islands , was in the city several hours yesterday. He left for his home near Milford and will remain there un til he recovers from his wounds , which are of a very serious nature. Captain Culver was a month in the hospital at Manila , and is yet unable to walk without crutches. Captain Culver and his company were on guard duty in central Luzon during the movement of the insutgents' forces from the north ern to the southern line , a.id it was while engaged in this work that he was thrown from his horse , a high- spirited native animal , the fall causing a dislocation of the hip bones. State Capital Notes. First Lieutenant E. A. Voris , com pany A , First regiment , nas resigned on account of departure from the state. Members of company E , First Ne braska volunteers , have petitioned the military authorities to reorganize the old company at David City. Governor Poynter has appointed the following delegates to the Transmis- sissippi Commercial congress , to be held at Houston , Tex. , April 17-20 : Congressman William Neville , North Platte ; J. W. Edgerton , Grand Island : G. W. Wattles , Omaha ; J. G. Secrest. Lincoln ; Hon. J. B. Meserve , McCook ; M. A. Hartigan , Hastings ; R. L. Met- calf , Omaha ; John Mann , O'Neill ; J. N. Gaffin , Lincoln ; John S. Freeman , Columbus. Corn Thlevo Near McCool. M'COOL JUNCTION , Neb. , March 29. The advance in the price of corn has made It so valuable that thieves are stealing it. Six wagon loads were stolen Sunday night from off one of Alfred B. Christian's farms near here. Steps are being taken to catch the thieves. TViiitrr AVhrat Looking "Well. BENEDICT , Neb. , March 29. Win ter wheat is in fine condition and prom ises to be another bumper crop. It has jreened out and fields of winter wheat are seen on every farm. Farmers are busy in fields preparing for putting in crops. Captured In Kansas. FRANKLIN , Neb. , March 29. Word haa been received that Perigo , who shot Hanson at this place , has been captured and would be returned at once. The city marshal , J. W. Wright , left on his trail and reports that he caught him at Woodruff , Kan. It was thought that the wounds aKnson re ceived were only slight , but it now seems they are very dangerous. Two bullets are still in bis body , they en tering his side below his heart. His mother arrived tonight to nurse him. THE TEEMING WEST. Woitcin Cmmdii I'rulrlo Lnnilt Filled with Kzrollont S tli > rn. The salient fact that presents Itself In taking a blrdseyo vlow of the Ca nadian West , la that of Intense activi ty In every department. Whether the glance be turned upon the district east of Winnipeg , the Red River Val ley south or north , the Dauphin ami M. M. W. district , the Southwestern , or whether It tnko In the great central division along the main line of the C. P. R. , stretching away out to the Rockies and from there bending north and Bouth to Prince Alberta and Ed monton , McLeod and Lethbrldgo whether the examination bo made In any of these direct Ions the same ac tivity , growth and hopefulness are ob servable. The Canadian West Is not only a good place to locate permanently , but It Is also a good place to Inviuj one's relatives ajid friends to como to. This is the spirit that seems to ani mate the West at the present tlm . and Its effects are to be aeon on every hand. To enumerate the towns where handsome and substantial blocks and residences have gone up this year would bo simply to give a list of the towns and villages along the railway- lines. And this movement haa not been confined to these centers of popu lation , but in many cases it has been overshadowed by the Improvement In farm buildings. So far as one can see , this la no passIng - Ing phase , no repetition of any tem porary boom following a period of good crops and fair prices. It Is a movement more spontaneous , moro general , more marked than anything tbat has gone before , and seems to In dicate that the great West , like Sam son , bursting the encompassing bands , has awakened to a period of activity and development that will surpass anything we have known In the past and which will only be paralleled by the opening out of some of the most fertile of the western states of the union. Look at some of the figures. Over a thousand schools in Manitoba , and the number going up by leaps and bounds ; something like 500 schools in the terri tories. Winnipeg as representing the gateway of the West , the third city in the Dominion In regard to bank clearings , postal business and proba bly In regard to customs , the customs return at Winnipeg running about 30 to10 per cent greater month by month than in the fiscal year of 1897-8 , the largest previous year for actual busi ness entries , when over $900,000 was paid through the Winnipeg olflce for duty ; the C. P. R. and Canada Northwest land sales together running over $1,500,000 for the year. These and a thousand more signs show how the West has leaped into new life. This is an inspiring and cheerins spectacle , but it brings with it great responsibilities. The business men realize this , the banks realize It and have spread their agencies through every bustling little town clear out to the coast ; the churches realize it. and one denomination alone has opened an average of about thirty new stations in each of the past two years , and will Increase this in the year now entered upon ; the government departments realize It , and there is talk of redis tribution and additional members. Ths educational branches realize it , and new schools are springing up every where. Over 12,000 settlers came in from the United States alone last year , and these , with the people who came in from the East , prove the most rig orous westerners. They lose no time in developing their farms , in filling their grazing lands with stock , and In every district Is to be found evidences of thrift and prosperity. A Farmer * Friend. During the great drought year J. J. H. Gregory , of Marble Head , Mass. , sent unasked , to Nebraska and the Dakotaa , tons of seeds for free dis tribution. It made scores of new friends for the popular seed house. This year Mr. Gregory wants to reach every one of these farmers and a L * for present addresses. He will be glad to send his 1900 Catalogues to Loth old and new iriends. Send on your name to him. Those who re member the farmer in periods of 'Im pression should be remembered b > the farmer in the days of prosperity. Senator Vest recently sent a n ws- paper clipping to the secretary to bn read to the house. The latter cot th wrong side of the clipping , and instea-l of an editorial on the money question , began : "Ridiculous ! We are giving away these goods at half price " ' Th" other side ! " cried Mr. Vest. The April Century is rich in pictorial illustration , its special art features in cluding a frontispiece engraved by Cole , a full-page plate of H. O. Tan ner's painting , "The Annunciation" , Castaigne's Paris pictures and Du Menu's decorative treatment of "The Groves of Pan. " a poem by Clarence Uimy. From the "Talks with Napoleon leon , " in this number , it appears that the Emperor was ? o fully resolved to make his home in America , in the event of defeat at Waterloo , that h. had bills drawn upon this country for whatever sums he chose to take. Do Your Feet Ache and HUM ? Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot- East , a powder for the feet. It makes' tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns , Bunions , Swollen , Hot ami Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores , 25c. Sarjple sent FREE. Address Allen S.Olmsted.LeRoy , N. Y. The Atlantic Monthly for April has a rich table of contents , part of which is as follows : An Acadian Easter. Maud-Evelyn , The Consular Service of the United States , Autobiography of W. J. Still IV. , The Cherries of Ueno. The Perplexities of a College Presi dent , The Forests of the Yosemite Park , England , A Comic Chesterfield , Birds of Passage , Penny Wise.