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There Is q very peculiar custom among the
Sioux Indians" said Emanuel French OF Bis
mArck. n. ID. The Indians take kindly to
EurODeAn cooking utensils and aids To COM
foIt. aud IL is quite common for an exploring
or picnic party TO trade on kettles, irving pans
aud ths like for skins or euriOslties A cook
ing utensil thus aeq uired becomes practically
the common property OF the tribe on the gen
sTal understanding, however, that whoever
bOrrows II shall pay for lie use by leaving Ia It
q portion Of the food cooked. As the Indians
seldom waste any time IN washing or cleaning
eating or cooking vessels. this practice has
some conVenienees from q red mans point OF
view and often . saucepan Is returned with
quite q large quantity Of meat or potatoes
ellnglng TO the bottom. and perhaps covering
up some Of the remains OF preceding ana en-
tlTely different preparation.
II Il not long sines that an exploring party
Was out with lost its kettle. which had svl-
IDENTITY Iolted out Of the Sazon on the bad road
After considerable hesitation one was bor-
roHed from = friendly sQuaW. and. after water
had been boiled In Il three or four times and
IL had been well secured out with sand 1t
answered its purpose admirably Nhen We
we're through with the kettle We thoroughly
cleaned 1t again and returned Il. and 1t was
not until an Indian guide explained the Gus
tom that We understood the look OF supreme
contempt which came over the red lAdy's face
when. on LOOKING into the Inside Of the kettle,
abe saw that L eo9tAinsd no rslis WhAssVsr Of
ear sYsRIng ts4st"
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warded to tho museum here and stored away
until Dr. Workman and his assistants return
and get to work again. Even when the speci-
mems arrive here the bones are still SUR
rounded by The stone in which they are found.
The work OF cleaning this away from the
bones takes infinite patience. The bones
themselves are 80 brittle that at any but the
liRhtest touch they fall apart When free
from the stone the difficult task OF putting
them together remnins
The most interesting anipnnl In the coleo-
ton mad. by this party Is the uintaths ricum.
which gets its name from the fact that it's re-
mains were discovered In the Cinta MouutainA
spur OF the Rockies. Fifteen skulls were
found there. and twelve OF them are comp etc.
One skeleton was found com p!etr in almost
every part. This animal. which has never
ger than a rhinoceros and somewhat smaller
than an elephant. He was supplied with three
sets OF horns. There were two small ones In
the end OF the nose. two further back on the
head. and the two others were on the top OF
the head. These two were the largest, but nos
the mus. eiI."tive, as they were probably COW
cred with skin. The two In the middle were
the ones used for business purpos>,s. for they
were sharp long. and covered with q sheath
OF horn. In those Miocene days the climate Of
the region where this early settler dweit was
semi-tropcaL As far can be Judged OF his
personal habits from his skeleton. he probably
dwelt in the swamp<. The largest OF the skulls
which the party brought hack measured ~
feet across. and its diagonal breadth is 3 feet
which shows that the Uintathericum was prob
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FOSSILS FROM WYOMING.
BONES or sToRIC BEAsTsFoUND
IN THE BAD LANDS"

Prose-itsr- 90 ths Horse, the Cat. sua ths
sest-suecssstui Results OF Six hcnthF
Explorations by Dr. wortm-n eve His
Party Tor tie Musrun, ., Ns'urs, History.
The party which went out last April to
Wyoming in search OF specimens for the Mu-
cum Of Natural History brought back. among
the most important finds. the remains OF
three prehistoric animals. Until the discov-
cries OF this party none OF them had ever been
fully known. Each Of them was found in the
Bad Lands. situated In the extreme southweso-
ern part Of Wyoming. In this region the party
Of six which was in charge OF DIR. j. l.. WORT
man spent most OF their time They re-
NAMED for six months In the region. and the
particular locality In which their time was
passed Ia called the BridRer Basin. This Is .
tract OF land about 5000 square miles IN exc
tent drained by the Green and Wild rivers.
This spot abounds in fossils. and the Big Horn
Basin. which IL situated in this region. Is es-
pecially productive OF such specimens '.!
These Bad Lands at Wyom ing and Montana
were ages ago the beds Of lakes, They existed
In what geoloGsts call the Eocene and Mioeens
periods. To those Of us who have no more
scientific knowledge m the subject it IL suffi-
cient to know that tie Eocene period was
about 100. 900 years age. while the Miocene
was about $4,000 years later The rivers
which flowed into these lakes brought with
the m alluval deposits which gradually iled
them up In the beds Of these old lakes among
the petriied deposits are found the skeletons
OF animals that existed in those early days.
They are sometimes found Embedded on the
surface OF the cliffs which formed the sides OF
those lakes: and often thoy are dis
covered deep in the rocks which are usually
OF green sandstone. DR.. Wortman's party
lived In camp during the six months
OF their stay in the West Sometimes they
spent periods as long a. two months in the
midst Of one oithe alkali deserts OF that region.
Each Of the party was supplied with riding
horse. and a wagon drawn byfour horses fol-
lowed them when they went out in search OF
specimens. When the fossils are taken out OF
the rocks coarse cotton bands. soaked In starch
or some similar substance are wrapped
about them. which, stiffening. hold the parts
In place. In this condition specimens are for.
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The animal which most OF all would have
attracted those leisuIsly Englishmen to come
TO America to shoot dig game is the palaosy-
S s WAS lh the Ps largest ihAt n .ys1
lived In the West. and had = horn twenty
inches long on the end Of bis nose. This inter-
esting animal had his origin IN the EooSns
period and at the outset his ancestors were
little larger than . sheep. but when II came
down to the Mloeene days he Was the largest
OF them all His lAttsr-dAy descendants are
such an ma as the rhinocsros. ia ri and horse
Some OF the other things DR. Workman and
hts party found out West and brought back to
the museum were collection Of pTshlstorio
MONKEYS. and some horses no larger thAn =
shepherd DOG These fossil steeds. so much
smaller than the horses Of the present day,
humber OF Toes They have seven on each zoo.
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OId PartHsr- Nee.


Ton TAs fhIdll0 IfllIV Tao -LffI1.
SALT LAKE. CRY. March lS-Patriek Me-
NAmAra. a wealthy pioResr rAnehmAn Of GEN
tile Valley, and George EtAugh. mining man
OF stockton. Utah met at . hospital here yes
terday and renewed an Ac1uAintAnee begun
twenty-seyen years ago in the gold fields
OF South America. Both were pTospsetoFs.
and = warm friendship .sprang up between
them. Finally they decided TO return to the
nited States. and set sail for san Fran
slck. and would have probably dled had il
not been for the ministTations Of EauGh
Upon arriving az San Francisco they sspa-
rated and neither knew OF the uther's where
abouts until q week ago. Mcnamara. who
vas recently thrown from horse and ssEl-
occupied an adjoining cot that EtAuRh lived
AZ stockton. He sent for him. and upon learn.
ing that he wac poor gave Aim 3 we'll stoe ed
ranch IN Idaho. and assured him that II he
wanted anIthlng else AL he had 70 do Was 20
80 Iot 4 AeNamAsa IL an cid bAehsloEs While
EtApEk has large fAmLlH
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B,s Br.sGIsr,sEs's Order.

Col. Breckinridgs has q family Of groWn-up
children. three girls aud two boJs. one : law
yer. aiding 10 the defence Of his father. The
Breekinrdgs 10 Of wild disposition. lust
before the break out Of the BrsckinTtdgs-
several hghts. Col Breckenridge tslsgIGphed
from Washington to put him 10 Istl and keep
lions we're followed II vas decided 10 ssnd
Bob on = sea yoyags. and iust As he Was board
ing vessel be read al account Of bis fathers
brother: Put the old man Ia iAiI-SRd. ksaS
Aim pRtn TsturR- three years hsRssl -
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SKELETON OF A PATIRoFELis.

ably. a little smaller than a medium-stzed
elephant.
Another early American specimen which this
party brought back is the Patiroielis He got
the second half OF his name from q supposed
relation to the cat family. but he antedAtes
them and belongs to that exclusive set In tho
animal kingdom that biologists call primitive
carnivora. His antiquity need be no reflection
on the descent OF the cat family for the skel-
ston which DR.. Workman found Is supposed to
be some $4,000 years old Until this skeleton
.nimars habits and history was derived
broken fragments OF Jaw. This specimen
at the museum Ia tho only one In the
world. 1t was embodied in sandstone 1T the
foot OF a cliff on the Henry Fork OF the Green
River. and the whole skeleton was found to-
getheI Part q: 1t was very much damaged.
and for two months Dr. Workman and his as
sistants were busY putting the pieces together.
IL Is a very lAborious work. Each small piece
OF bone after il has been dug out OF the sur
rounding stone must be carefully cleaned and
fitted with the other piece OF which i was .
part. Often there are hundreds Of small pieces.
rart OF the frame. But this skeleton OF the
Patirofelis was in unusually good preservation,
Perhaps the most Interesting attribute OF
this early animal is that he supposedly repre-
sents the beginning OF the seal family. He
m ark the con- m sneement OF tina swimming
cArnivora. The connection cannot be directly
traced but biologists bslieye that from this
animal walking on land was developed the one
that swan in the water. When the great lakes
dried mp, the patriofelis. or the seal. as he had
become by that time. took to the seas.
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OVER A HUNDRED DROWN.
Steamer Wairapa Goes on the Rocks and
Nearly All on IsoardI.Perish.


SYDNEY, n. S. W. Nov. The Union
line steamer Wairapa bound from this
port for Auckland. n. Il, was wrecked
Sunday night on Great Barrier island, off
the northeast coast of New Zealand. The
steamer had large number Of passen-
gers and III Of them we're drowned.
AUCKLAND, n. T., n NOv. Additional
details regarding the loss Of the Wairapa
have been received from passengers ar
rIvIng here. The steamship struck at
midnight during heavy weather and
when rough sea was running.
The women passengers and children
were first placed in the boats, but several
Of the boats were capsized " hile being
lowered
There is no doubt that many more
passengers would have been drowned
had it not been for the gallantry of two
seamen who swan ashore with line, by
means Of which a stout rope, which was
used later on in the work Of res
cue was hauled ashore. Nearly
all the survivors reached the shore In the
scantiest clothing Some Of them re-
mained on the rocks for thirty hours,
subsisting on oranges, which washed
ashore from the wreck.
When the disaster became known to
the Maoris on land, these natives
launched their small boats, and succeed
ed in rescuing number of people. As
sistance was finally obtained from Port
Fitzroy, and the survivors of the Wair-
apa were brought here
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AMATEUR ROBBERS.
Three Men Hold Up a Train in
Mississippi.
Compel Express Messenger to
Hand Over Packages
ONLY CHEAP JEWELRY.
Express Officials Say the Matter
Was ValueIesS.
Robbers Back Off Holding Re-
vOlyers on the Crew.

BIRMINGHAAi, Ala, Nov. Passenger
train No. 9, Of the Kansas City, Memphis
& Birmingham railroad. was held up at
I o'clock this morning a few miles east
of y ew Albany, Mass, by three masked
men, and the express car looted of its
contents Conductor W. b. Leonard, who
was in charge of the train, got INTO Bir
mingham at o'clock this morning, and
from him the facts We're learned
He said: MY train pulled out of
New Albany about I o'clock this
morning shortly after getting un-
der full headway the train began to
slack up and was soon alta standstill. As
] afterwards discovered three masked
men had boarded the tender Of the en-
gine at New Albany and covering En-
gineer Campbell and Fireman Alexander
with pistols, compelled them to stop at
designated point in the woods at point
few miles east Of New Albany.
"When the train stopped | was in the
baggage car. l went to the side door
and opened it only TO be greeted with
several pistol shots from one of the rob
bers I showed the door shut, but turn
ing around | saw two of the robbers al
ready in the baggage car with pistols
covering me.
aThe engineer and fireman were made
to disconnect and an unsuccessful at
tempt was made to uncouple the engine
Express Messenger Jeanettes car was
forced open, the robbers covering me
with pistols all the time, and we were
forced to give up the contents Of the
safe.
Putting the booty in a bag the rob-
bers backed off into the woods with their
pistols still pointed AT us, and disap-
peared in the darkness.
sWe did not see their faces at any
time"
Officers of the Southern Express com
pany give it out that only large amount
of cheap jewelry and vouchers constitu-
ted the robbers booty. 1t is suspected,
however, that the express company is
lying low on this subject for their own
reasons. The general belief is that the
robbers we're amateurs, although they
did things up in shape.
uperintendent Agee says the South
ern Express company will hunt them
down as relentless as if they had got big
money. lie and Superintendent Sullivan
20 to New Albany this evening to organ
ize i pursuit
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JERRY WAS RABID.

He says Every Piece OF Railroad Property
in Chicago should Have Been Burned
Sheriff Foster of Rice county and
Sheriff Patton of Reno were in Topeka
this morning on their way home from
the state penitentiary at Lansing, where
they deposited nine citizens ia the tender
care of Warden Chase.
Sheriff Patton savs Rice county which
two years ago gay 9 Jerry Simpson a
majority of 105, has been carefully poIied
and shows that Long viii have clear
majority of 16S. lie says Simpson in
a speech made just before he left for
Lansing said. 1T would have been better
if every piece of railroad property in
Chicago had burned up than to have the
big strike settled like it was"
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PLEA FOR THE AarESDMENT.
Mrs. ;. r. RnggIeS. OF Ismporia, Presents
the Question.


To the Editor of the STATE JoURNALs
To those who are Indifferent or who
may vote no, for the amendment on the
9th Of November, I would ask al arrest
of thought.
In all probability you have a deep
seated prejudice against it. on would
have your wives and daughters exempt
from the scramble and vulgarity usually
incident to elections. But let me ask yOlh
if it is always in your power to protect
them from the reverses and mlsfOrtunes
incident to life; they may have to con-
tend with all of these vicissitudes, aud
fill the place of both father and mother;
steer the financial craft, as we'll as guard
and keep up the home interests; these
wives and mothers are then face to face
with questions that they cannot evade,
but so far as remedying anything are ut
terly powerless.
1t i such women as these and others
with a high sense of right and justice
who are asking you to cast your ballot to
put them equally before the law. VIII
you do it? Cast to the winds your fears
about them lowering themselves By de
posting a piece of paper at the ballot
box Evil be to the one who evil thinks
A lady is treated as lady Wher-
ever she goes If the atmosphere
of election precincts IS impure
give her a royal support. and 10, the
scene changes. and. AZ at all our public
tuC surroundings VIII lane
on better phases without any degrade
tion to her. Being one Of the many,
many Kansas Women who have had alone
TO take up the broken threads in the web
Of life, and have felt SO keenIy the de-
sire Of having my thoughts registered
and put in force, that l shall ask you in
behalf Of these, and in behalf Of all
who feel that they want to be made
politically superior to the idiot aud cor
vicf, to consider well the merits of our
appeal. and irrespective of party. color,
creed or condition. kindly grant the
prayer of your anxious petitioners
s. L. RTGGI Es.
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How They Have Distributed Their Favorz
the County Ticket

How They Have Distributed Their Favors
on the County Ticket
Nearly all Of the nearly three hundred
members Of the German Arn erican league
Of Topeka were at the meeting held at
the hall at 314 Kansas avenue, Tuesday
night.
The meeting was held especially to
talk over the best thing 10 do about the
political situation in Shawnee county
politics 1t was proposed, IN fact, to en-
dorse candidates for county Offices
The first hght-there we're several lit
tie jangles-was made when the name of
j. c. Wood was proposed for endorse
ment for the Office Of probate Judge.
Wood made suffrage speeches somebody
said, and that would never do Col
Tomlinson didn't stand much show any
way and the spectacle Of a German
league endorsing teetotaier was alto
gether toe startling, 80 there was moth
ing left to do but pliment G. Ell. Gus
tenborder with the endorsement
When it came TO clerk Of the district
court there was supreme serenity and C.
r. Holiday. Jr, the Democratic candi-
date. was allowed to walk away with the
honors.
1t was very evident that the meeting
was very much in favor of endorsing
Harry Stafford for county attorney, but a
man named Wunch. who had lost a case
against him and it is said tried TO pack
the meeting with Russians to throw the
weight to Chesney. Oscar krauss and
some Of the others knew all about SAT-
ford, however and the scheme failed.
George w. Berry. a Democrat. received
the endorsement for school superintend-
ent, and there was no trouble about it.
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LOCAL MENTION.

c. J. Brown is in Kanaas~City on busi-
ness.
The grocery store at the corner Of
Sixth street and Western avenue, was
robbed by boys Tuesday night who took
several dollars from the cash drawer.
some plug tobacco and cigars. They
took poor cigars instead of the better
ones.
The sister Of George Gordon, who is in
the county Jail awaiting his trial for
swIudiing old man Henry O. Trenear, of
Holton, on the gold brick game last
August, is in the city visiting her brother.
Her name is Reider and she lives id Chi
cago. The mans cal name seems 70 be
Gordon. as he at first said Mrs. Reider
Is here TO help her brother ia his trial
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MArRoNLv EmsoNpoiNr.
Women Grow too stout After They Pass
the Meridian of Life

Women Grow too stout After they Pass
the Meridian of Life
Many a woman's sharpest thorn in
the flesh is paradoxically the flesh
itself: in other words too much of 10.
Not less ardently than she melan-
chOlv Dane does the desire that hcr
too solid flesh might melt and gene
orally not less uhavailingly. in spite
Of the heathenish self torment to
which She cheerfuliy subjects HERSELF
in the shape Of thin and restricted
slices Of graham bread without butter
as a staple of diet and the untold.
though not unrecorded, miles which
she walks with resolution in her eye
and pedometer IN her pocket
The mere comforta BILE accession OF
matronly adipose taken on as one
draws near or leaves behind the
meridian of LIES little day. is
rather attractive than otherwise nut
to be so stout that when one an-
proaches a long mirror from the
length of a rawing- room one jars tine
floor and sees reflected globular
qualing surfaces. and reflects one's
self upon ones sylph-liise proportions
at IS, to narrowly escape a double
chin and to have arms like the fins of
a Goldfish and "a general 0verdowinr
am DliLulc OF CDHHfJt. tildbt9M TOT AiiI.IA
a single seat in a public Conveyance
is so inadequate that the occupants
of the adjacent seats consider ones
advent a grievous personal injury
well, it is not so bad as to be hump
backed or one-legged, but it is bad
enough.
1t is a constant source Of diseom-
fort and modification which ought 90
elicit respectful confederation and
courtesy Of treatment, according to
the unwritten law that il IS human to
fail in these tow ard the physically
afflicted. ''Some are born great.
some achieve greatness and SOME
have greatness thrust upon Them.
and the last named may be a species
of bodily infrmity which IT is most
unlxind to regard in any other light.
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ARRESTED FOR TREASON.

A French Army Ohicer said to Have
DivuIged Plans Of Fortihcations.
PARIS, Nov. 1.-The arrest Of Captain
Alfred Dreyfuss of the general sfaf on
the charge of treason and espionage on
behalf of the triple alliance is the SEN
sarion of the hour. The captain WAS
attached to the organizing and mobiliz-
ing department Of the general staff, and
in this capacity had access to some of
the more important documents relating to
the plans for mObilizing the French
army
Captain Dreyfuss is said to have sup
piled an Italian officer, an agent Of the
Italian government, with the plans for
the mobilization of the Fifteenth army
COLDS.