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Show The lilair educational bill, upon which the author has wasted bo much wind at the expense of tho people, has boen defeated. de-feated. This result was not nltogother unexpected. The vote, howevor,was much closer thnn had boen anticipated, the bill being beaten by a majority of only six votes. That's where the surprise comes in. The probability is tnnt congress will repeal the timber culture law. A great deal of fraud and perjury has been committed under that law in tho treo-less treo-less states, and it is high time that it should be repoalod. Tho homestead and pre-emption laws afford ample opportunities op-portunities for obtaining governmont land for small sums. |