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mere terrible than they would otherwise
have been.
When we first saw them, their up.
pearance was most forlorn, and their at
titudes indicated only despair and tles-
peration, but as they caught sight of us
their malign power CT intellect instant
ly penetrated the mystery, and they rec
ognized us for what we were.
Their despair Immediately gave place
TO reawakened malevolence. On the in.
slant they were astir, with such heart
chilling movements as those that char
acterize u venomous serpent preparing
to strike.
Not imagining that they would be in
a condition to make serious resistance,
we had been somewhat incautious in
approaching.
Suddenly there was quicker move
ment than usual among the Martians, a
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CHAPTER TX.
at is an ast,rnid. said snmchy

1T is an asttruld, said somebody.
"les, evid-ntly, but how does it
cCmo inside the orbit of Nars?'
ooh. there are several asteroids, 1"
said one of the astronomers, (which
travel inside the orlt, of Mars along n
part Of their course, and for aught we
can tell there may he many which have
not yet been caught sight of from the
earth that are nearer to the sun than
Mars IS
This must be one Of them"
"Mauiiestly so.
AS we drew nearer tho mysterious
little planet revealed itself to us as a
perfectly formed globe not more than
| five miles in diameter.
"What is that upon it," asked Lord
Kelvin, squirting intontly ut tho little
world through his glass. "As l live, il
movos!"
"Ies, yes !" exclaimed several others.
"Thero are Inhabitants upon it, but
what giants!"
"What monsters"
"Dcn't you see;" exclaimed an excit-
ed savant, They are the Martians!"
The startling truth burst upon the
minds Of all. Here upon this little
planetoid were several Of the gigantic
| inhabitants Of the world that we were
going TO attack. There was more than
one man in the flagship who recognized
them we'll, and who shuddored ut the
recognition, instinctivey recalling the
recent terrible experience of the earth.
| Was this an outpost Of the warliko
Mars:
Around these monstrous enemies We
saw several of their engines Of war.
Some of these appeared to have been
wrecked, but at least one, as far as We
could see, was still in a proper condition
fer use.
How had these creatures got there?
"Why, that is easy enough to &C
count for, :" l said, as sudden recollec
tion flashed into my mind. Don't you
remember the report Of the astronomer
more than six months ago, ut the enc
of the conference in Washington, tina
something which seemed to indicate TIT
departure of new expedition from
Mars had been noticed by them? W,
have heard nothing of that expedition
since. We know that it did not reacl
the earth. 1t must havo fallen foul o
this asteroid, run upon this rock in tn,
ocean of space and been wrecked here. )
We've got 'em, thcn!" shouted on
electric steersman. who had been
workman in Mr., Edisons laborator,
and had unlimited confidence in hi
chief
Tho electrical ships were immediate
ly instructed by signal to slow down
an operation that was easily effected
through the electrical repulsion of tn
asteroid.
The nearer we get tho moro terrifying
was tho appearance of the gigantic
creatures who were riding upon the lit
Ito world before us like castaway sailor
upon block of ice. Like men, and ye
net like men, combining the human an,
the beast in their appearance, it requir
ed steady nerve to look at them. !
we had not known their malignity an,
their power to work evil, it would hav
been different, but in our eyes thei
moral character shone through thei
physical aspect ard thus rendered then
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"tit W'It tNtH tttf fHUftcoto Uttb
his gigantic stature,
ture, but not one to make tho beholder
laugh. Drawing himself up, he lowered
to a height of ut least | 8 feet.
But let the reader not suppose from
this inadequate description that the
Martians stirred in tho beholder pre-
cisely the sensation that would be caus-
ed by the sight of gorilla or other re-
pulsive inhabitant Of one Of our terres-
trial jungles suddenly confronting him
in its native wilds.
With all his horrible characteristics
and all his suggestions of beast and
monster, nevertheless the Marian pro-
duced the impression of being person
and not mere animal.
have already referred to tho enor.
nous size of his head and to the fact
that his countenanoe bore considerable
resemblance to that Of man. There
was something in this face that sent II
shiver through the soul of the beholder,
One could feel in looking upon it that
here was intellect, intelligence devel-
oped to the highest degree, hut in tho
direction of evil instead of good.
The sensations Of one who had stood
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THE CITYS VOICE.

Think'st thou that nature only dwells
Where solitude has mcssa re tells
The only impress Of her hand
On son,Ncr peak and lonely strand
Sole tongue her mighty hear; could find
In booming wave and whispering windi
Nay, in This strife Tho force remains
That struggled in cid uolift strains.
ErSi rose this cry 81 pave and mart
From oUi the erindinc glaciers heart
MatGTrr woiab 81 Me;hcr Earth
That travelled with the Andes birth
Now bears TO tinlc these granite piles,
Their walls Of books, these sacred aislc1.
Not in an idle, aimlcss hour
Niagara received his power,
Or cSrbcn locked the sun rays fast,
OR Hr ire grow 10 sp'Tc and mast.
Fond nature smiles with reual pride
ON vauliine dome and prairieS wide,
Her harps,ehord the singing wires,
Fer affairs the electric fires.
TAis human tide bears in its fow
The valid unrest, the voice Of WOO,
That FIRST a liicl~ss ocean bore
In pain e. oarth'S primcval shore
Ernest Bross in overland Monthly.
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\ eirl from spokane, Wash, who had
hoen visiting in Boston says she is tired
q: treinc laughed at because she has never
SEN the Pacific ocean, She declares she
fails To sce why her Boston friends think
/, odd she has moi seen the Pacific when
they have never seen plymouth rock nor
Cape Cod sand deserts nor climbed to the
tNY IL Bunker lin monument,
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CHAPTER Y.

1t is impossible for me to describe the
appearance Of this creature in terms
that would be readily understood. Was
he like man? Yes and no. He posSess-
ed many human characteristics, MT
they were exaggerated and monstrous i'll
scale and in detail. His head was of
enormous size, and his huge projecting
eyes CLEANED with strange fire of in
tellisence. His face was like carica-
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GRO RE CoNrINUEDl
4 Ftaancleh

''BriSgtus makes money ny establishing
creameries in country towns, DOES hcs
Thought il WAS a Notorious lsca thai lsu1,e
ereameries doa't pSsS,''
That's u, His AGENT works NJ a
creamery enterprise in sOnss small town
and Brs gins gOes there the next ysrs-
buys up the iuaehincrY tOS Sung srS
sells il to sosec village whSr~ they hSV
never had creamery, ''-ChScar0 Tribune
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Modest.

Narker-WNen you saw mo year ago
about life insurance, You told me that the
company yOp were with was the best in
the word,
Insurance Arcnt-My dear sir, il was at
thai time, bull the company / am now
with, having since had The benefit Of my
services, has of course taken that honor
away from it--Roxhu bury Mass. Gazette.
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Took the Hint.

''Just by MAY Of u hint, Sca know,
told her she hooked sweet enough To kiss
>'WelE''
well. she said that was ssue way she in
tended To look"
And so''-
''prvetSely, "-Chicax0 Post
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The Vital Point.

Shc-Fsihcr asked the other day how
soon we would he in position To be mar
nod.
Hg-DcoS doar fathers health still con-
tirue rObaStt-Philadclphi North Amer
scaD.
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Why there Is The Garth"
could not withdraw our fascinated eyes
from tive could clearly behold the
fearful things that went ON in its nu,
cleus
This consisted ot an immense numhoT
of separate meieors Of no very great size
individually, hut which were in con
slant motion among one another, dart
ing TO and fro, c!ash;1g and smashing
together, while fountains of blazing me
tailic particles and hot mineral vapors
poured out in every direction.
AS l watched il, unable to withdraw
my eyes, saw imaginary forms reveal
ing themselves amid the flaming me.
teors. They seemed like creatures H.
agony, tossing their arms. bewailing l.:
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Tho Austrian government has enlarged
the boundaries ~ Vienna TO such an ex-
tent that The metropolitan area is now
half IS barge rs London, twice as larxc as
Paris and thrce times larger than Berlin.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-11-17

Russian families when moving To new
homes Sindle the fire on the hearth with
Goals brought from the old residence.
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SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
= lopYRICH'r. 1893. BY GARRETT p 5tRvl5S

chapter 1.-The inhabitants of Mars
having invaded the earth. innCtirS great
GamaSc. and ii becoming apparent that
They are preparing Tor a new attack,
Thomas :. EdiS ~ inNCDtS an electrical
ship capable VI carrying the war To- Mars.
Chapter ll.-Mi. Edison also invCuts a
weapon called the d.s.ntcs'ator. which by
NihratorN force causes any object at
which IL Is fired to dissolve. \ CouCl1vc
vf nations is called tor the purpose uf
raising funds to build ind equip the air
ttiIS.
Chapters Ill and lN-Rulcrs mcct at
Ma>H'rctcn ard rails, thr required means.
Chapter N.-rhc exp, dlti,n, ace, mpdn-
I'll hN thN forCm Nst scientists uf the dLe.
yiartS, arranging 10 rendezvous at the
EoOn.
Chapters VI and NIT-Cn the way me-
ter strikes one &c ;hc ships, li'ling seVcr-
~ ii its inmates. The moon is explored.
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OeWitt's Sossc - Cholera Cure-
pSeAsaat, essek rssstts. -Ass 20 use.
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-14
War Notes.

Governor Pingrees son has gone to
the camp at Montauk Point with sixteen
nurses to care for Michigan's sick SOL
diers.
Before the end Of the week the Twen-
ty-seCond Kansas will be at Fort Leav-
enworth and preparations to muster 1t
out will begin at once.
OF the 225,OOO soldiers sent by Spain
to Cuba, $4,000 have died, $4,000 are in
valids, and it will take payment Of
wages to keep the remainder in subjec-
tion.
No regiment at San Francisco has a
less number of sick in the division hos
pital at San Francisco than the Twen-
tieth Kansas. It's quota numbers twen-
ty-fiVe.
Mark Hanna has given out another in
terview about the sick soldiers. He seems
to desire to convey the impression that
the boys made very bad blunder in get
ting sick at all.
The hospital ship Olivette sank in
thirty feet of water while at the quaran-
tine station at Fernandina, Fla, last
Wednesday. All of the eighty persons
on board were saved.
Dr. Anita MCGEE, of New York, was
the first woman who has received a COM
mission in the late war. She was COM
missioned as an acting assistant surgeon
with the rank of second lieutenant.
Surgeon John A. Rafter of the Twen-
tieth Kansas, has been appointed chief
surgeon Of the independent division OF
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-14

Pursuant to the will Of the late David X.
Youngs, offer at private sale all the real
estate belonging to his estate, as follows:
/. The "Home Place" W. hf. OF NV. Or
Sec 26 and e. hf Of ne. or. sec. n, l. ",
r. Is, 100 acres. Contains good house, barn
and sheds, outhouses, cOrrals, wells and
clsterns wagon scales three orchards, and
all appurtenances constituting a first-class
farm. About 1870 acres plow land, IL acres
clover, acres alfalfa, remainder pasture
land, timber land and creek, all we'll and
conveniently fenced. Price, $1,000 Terms,
one-third cash, One-thlrd in two years and
balance on long time. Interest on de-
ferred payments per cent per annum,
secured by mortgage.
2. Also the e. hf. OF NV. or. Of said sec. rs,
so acres. About 40 acres first-class plow
land and about 40 acres hay land. Wen
and separately fenced. Price, $3.50 Terms
3. Also about lO1 acres Of pasture land in
one body, we'll fenced and well watered.
being NV or. OF ne; or. III; and sw; ar; OK %
acres Off the east side of the NV. or. fri or
said sec. q. Price $40 per acre. Terms
same as above.
4. Also about 101 acres OF good prairie
hay land, being W. hf. OF NV. or. fri OK
said sec. q, and about "a acres OF the west
side of the e. hf. Of NV. or. fri. OF said SEQ
q. Price s5 per acre. Terms same as
above.
contiguous and constituting one large and
complete farm and situated about seven
miles southwest Of Topeka near the buE-
lingame road, will be sold together tor
SIS 900, on the same terms already stated.
g. Also AZ acres In Sc. or. OF sec. 3, T. IL,
r. Is, near Six Mile creek. Mostly first
class plow land well fenced. small n9Hse llS
and some other improvements FElce PlT""'
Terms same as above.
For further information write or can ON
the undersigned at his Office, Bank OF To-
N~'' CHAS. +. SPENCER,
Administrator, with will annexed, OK said
estate. .-. =. --- -
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-14
Notice-NO. 1852.

To Susan Mann and Ira o. Mann: You
and each Of you are hereby notified that
you, with Others have been sued In the
District court Of Shawnee county, Kansas,
by Katharine Moeser who filed her petl-
tion therein on the Goth day Of July, A. ID.
1898, and which Is case No. 1852 Of said
court, and that unless you plead TO or an
swer the said petition on or before the 10Th
day of October, A. D. 1S9S said petition will
be taken as true, and judgment rendered
against you in favor Of the plaintiff for the
sum Of two hundred and sixty dollars (S26O)
with interest thereon at 10 per cent. per
annum from the 14th day Of May, A. ID.
1897 and costs OF suit, and also Judgment
foreclosing a mortgage on lots Nos. 62, "a
and 66 on Evelyn street, In Holmes sub
division in Kaw Half-breed Reservation
No. to the city OF Topeka, in Shawnee
county, Kansas, and for sale thereof,
and that the relief demanded consists
wholly in excluding you and each OF you
from any interest therein.
KATHARINE MOESER, Plaintiff.
BY j. 8. Ensmlnger, her attorney.
Attest: E. M. Cockrell
[Seall Clerk District Court.
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-14
Notes..


Philadelphia Public Ledger (Rep.);
The reason of the unpreparedness, un-
readiness of the army, which is not less
in evidence to-day fortnight and more
after the close OF the war, Is accounted
for by the single fact that there was
placed at the head Of the War depart
ment chaffering, sordid politician; a
soldier with a questionable record; a
grossly incompetent administrator; a
person Of so little sense of personal
honor as to deliberately violate the sane
tity of private correspondence by max
ing it public in order to accomplish pri-
vate revenge. There is not battlefield,
not a camp not a transport ship, not a
hospital, which has not remorselessly
testified to the incOmpetency the cruel
Indifference of the War department to
the comfort, health and life of our brave
soldiers. There is not soldier who has
suffered hunger, exposure, sickness or
death because of the cruel maladminis-
tration of the War department who is
not an irrefutable witness against 1t.
Mexican Herald: With characteristic
enterprise, American business men and
capitalists are considering the field OF
profitable investment in the islands Of
Porto Rico and Cuba. AS regards the
former, the chances for investments on
a large scale are not evident; the island
is a small one, some 1870 miles long by
60 wide at the utmost, and the pOpula-
tiOn is quite as dense as that Of the State
of Massachusetts. There is an Oppor-
Unity to complete the single, narrow
gauge railway there, projected by
French company, and partly finished. 1t
Is designed to connect the cities Of the
island which are all on the coast, and the
Spanish government guaranteed per
cent. on the investment, which, Of course,
is now void. This subsidy was paid reg
ularly until lately. There is said to be
a chance for building docks and wharves
at several ports, and an opportunity for
establishing coal depots, and perhaps
trolley lines may be built in the cities,
most of which already have the electric
light. Porto Rico also sadly needs good
hotels and is likely to become an Amer
ican Bermuda, winter resort for the
wealthy and restless residents OF the
large cities of the republic.
New York Times: What is the occult
influence that keeps Secretary Alger In
the cabinet? When scandalOus abuses
have been brought to his attention he
has not once endeavored to find out the
guilty man and make an example Of him.
He has resOrted to insOlent platitudes
such as that war is war, and that no
body in particular is to blame for the
fact that American soldiers have sick
ened and died by thousands, not alone
when exposed to the perils Of summer
campaign in the tropics, but when es-
tablished in camps chosen for their sa-
lubrity. Such a camp is Chickamauga.
There is no finer site anywhere for a
camp. 1t has been turned into a pest
hole, from which strong men emerge
weak and poisoned, by the neglect OF the
most common and most obvious military
precautions. It is sickening; 1t Is ap-
palling. It shows what we would have
had to expect II we had engaged in war
with any but the smallest and feeblest Of
European powers, what we should still
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-14

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The Advocate and news., 1898-09-14
Generals Should
Be Hanged.
Stormy Scenes rlark the rIeetlng Of
the Spanish Parliament, and Gov
ernment and Military Leaders
Are CenSured.
WAR TALK IN SECRET.

When the Spanish COrtes began its
sessions the republican leader moved an
investigation of Sagastas conduct Of
the war Sagasta asked that the matter
be taken up behind closed doors, and
the president acceded to the request.
While the officers were clearing the gal
leries OF spectators the republicans and
conservatives made vigorous protest
against the executive session. The con-
fusion was very great and amounted TO
q perfect uproar In the Spanish Senate
a similar scene occurred. All OF the
leading generals, including Weyler, were
in their seats. General Weyler imme-
diately began an attack on Count dAl-
menas because in greeting returned sol
diers he had ignored the officers. This,
according to his ideas, was reflection
on the latter.
"The mistakes made In Cuba are not
to be blamed upon the army" he said,
but upon the politicians at the head OF
the government" The latter, he de-
clared, were responsible for not sending
supplies to the armies in Cuba and Porto
Rico and indeed for completely aban-
dOning them.
"The ministers of war and marine
ought to have resigned. Had the army
been properly equipped" he continued,
"it would not have failed. 1t would have
been better for Admiral Cervera's squad
ron to remain at the Canaries, for no
practical end was served by sending the
ships to Santiago"
What measures did the government
take to protect the squadron?" General
WeyIer asked hotly. The responsibility
for the surrender of Santiago, he de-
Clared, rested wholly upon the govern
ment instead of General Toral.
General Weyler strongly condemned
the secret sessions Of the Cortes and
concluded his speech as follows: I de-
sire to speak to all Spain and not merely
to the government"
Count d'Almenas, replying to General
Weyler's structure, said: "I addressed
my greetings to those who have been
martyrs for their country-to the Span
ish sOldiers-beCause they deserved such
greetings. I did not address the gen.
erals for they showed themselves inca
pable of leading soldiers to battle or Of
showing them how to fall worthily on
the field"
Marshal Primo de Rivera shouted,
"That is not true" and General Weyler
and others Joined in the protest.
Count d'Almenas, addressing General
Rivera, replied: II am not afraid Of
such cries or of epaulets, or Of the deco
rations that will have to be torn off the
breasts of several officers. The sashes
of some generals should be torn off and
put around their necks" A great up
roar ensued.
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-14
VIEWS OF MANILA.

have to expect IL we engaged with a real
power, in which the army was honestly
and intelligently administered, with such
an awful handicap as Alger in the War
department. The military admlnlstra-
tion Of Madrid has been very deficient In
intelligence and very abOunding In pol
itiCs. But, considering the comparative
resources of the two countries, the mill
itary administration Of Madrid itself
shOne by contrast with that Of Washing
ton.
Write for n sampla copv OF the Advooat0
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-14
GOOD FOR ALL TIME.

To appreciate the value of the Advocate
and News Standard War Atlas, one must
see a copy. II 1t were advertised at the
price Of IS, instead of 40 cents, the public
mate Of its worth. While ii Is intended
primarily to add information to current
war news, 1t Is indeed standard work
for all time
The Advocate and news., 1898-09-14

Write for a sample copy of the Advocate
and News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-03-11
CASE GOES TO THE JURY.

JUDGE FAIRMAN's charge to the Jury
in the matter of controversy, where Is
the best place to buy CLOTHING, FUR
NISHINGS, HATS, CAPS and TAILOR
INGS?"
Gentlemen Of the Purchasing Pubhc-
You have been selected as Jurors in
the above contention because of your
recognized fitness. You are continually
wearing, using, inspecting. criticising,
buying and paying for Suits, Shirts,
Neckwear and Tailor-made garments.
Your verdict will be final-there can be
no appeal.
According to evidence furnished, in the
advertising columns of the weekly
papers various parties are claiming to be
the best, most experienced, cheapest,
longest established, etc.
Gentlemen, you are not to take these
statements as conclusive evidence and
final proof of the superiority of any one
of the claimants, because they claim too
much.
But you are hereby required to with.
hold your verdict until each of you shall
have visited "The Smallest Store" in
spected the stock, compared the quality
and prices and made purchases enough
to assure you that He is guilty. WHO