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er's place, frequently only small portion
OF it. The farmer readily sees, as rule,
that a town adjoining his farm will in
crease the value of the residue of the
farm and parts with his property at a
reasonable figure. The town is plated,
reservations made for public institutions
and given d name, usually the name Of
some of the railroad officials, or some Of
their relatives or some of the men en-
gagged in the enterprise, at times for one
of the farmers on whose property the
future city is located. Later the town
lots are sold at an auction and the town
is born and becomes a permanent name
on the map, for a railroad town rarely
vanishes, but comes TO stay eternally.
The railroad once running, a change
comes over the habits of the people. The
stage coach which has long done service,
falls TO pieces in the dark corner of some
livery stable. A once heavily travelled
road falls into disuse or only only &C.
casional use. In due time the postoffice
department cautiously removes an old
and useless star route mail In the es-
tablished towns the business huddles UP
ttLiSt tiit llt-N NCA'pA- Nllc AAliid
are first pleased by the rattle of the cars
and the Shrek of the whistle. then an
noyed and finally cease to hear the racket
at all. The old terror of high streams
and muddy roads passes from the land
and the man with the SLOUGH hat and the
long whip disappears somewhere and
leaves his place to the brass-buttoned
gentleman with the nickel-plated punch.
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SECRET OF BALLOONlNG SOLVED
French AerOnaut Can Steer His as
EfIt Were n HNheeIharrOw

New York, Nov. 1s.-A dispatch to the
Herald from Paris says: NJ Santos
Dumont. member Of the Automobile and
Aero clubs. seems TO have solved the
problem Of steering balloons. He made
an ascension on Monday that convinced
the most skeptical spectators. He went
up AZ Vanguard and first directed his
course toward the EiTel Tower. which he
encircled. then turned OF west, though
southwest wind was blowing at the time.
and finally came down near the Moulin
at Bagatelle. in the Bots de Boulogne. VI.
Santos Dumont's balloon IS cigar-shaped
and has a volume of so cubic metres. 1t
Is provided with a petroleum motor. for
a screw at the stern, which only works
when the balloon Is going against the
wind All power in the motor IS thus
reserved for modifying the direction Of the
balloon in spite Of aerial currents NJ
Santos-Dumont is said 70 have arranged
beforehand with friends for the descent
at Bagatelle. He has also made a bet
that in n short time he viii 40 I'D in his
balloon and come down upon the roof
garden Of the Automobile club, N the
Place De Ia CorCo-Sa
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WHAT HE WOULD.


He spoke of the plans he had upon
England.
Had succeeded in enecting a landing"
said he, 81 have very little doubt that
should have accomplished my views
Three thousand boats. each to carry 20
men and one horse, with a proportion Of
artillery. were ready. Your fleet having
been decoyed away. as I explained 20 you
would have left me master of the Chan
mel. Without this would not have made
the attempt. -Four days would have
brought me to London. In a country Ike
England. Astounding in plains, defense IS
very difficult. I have no doubt that your
troops would have done their duty. but.
one battle lost. the capital would have
been IN my power. You could not have
collected a force sufficiently strong 10
beat me in a pitched battle Your ideas
of burning and destroying the towns and
the capital itself are very plausible in
argument, but impractIcable in accom-
plishment.
''You would have fought a battle and
lost it. Well then you would say. we
have been beaten. but we have not lost
our honor. We shall now endeavor to
make the best of our misfortune
ct would have offered you constitu-
ton of your own choice and have said:
Assemble in London deputies from the
people to fix upon a constitution I
would have called upon Burdett and other
popular leaders to organize one according
to the wishes Of the people. would
have declared the King fallen form the
throne. abolished the nobility, proclaimed
liberty. freedom and equality"
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nEvor1oI OF oFE1cERs

MANY times in my life continued he.
have I been saved by soldiers and Of
f1cers throwing themselves before me
when 1 was in the most Imminent dan
ger. AT Arcola, when I was advancing,
Col. Murion my aide-de-camp threw him
self before me. covering me with his body
and received the wound which was des-
tined for me- He fell at my feet and his
blood spurted up in my face. He gave
his life to preserve mine. Never yet, I
believe, has there been such devotion
shown by soldiers as mine have mani
tested for me. In all my misfortunes new
err has the soldier. even when expiring,
been wanting to me-never has man been
served more faithfully by his troops
With the last drop of blood gushing out
of their veins they exclaimed: 'Vive
TEmpereur!
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If ENGLAND HAD I.osT.


eff YOU had lost the battle OF Water
loo" continued be, what a state would
England have been in! The flower of
your youth would have been destroyed
for not a man. not even Lord wellington.
would have escaped.
I observed here that Wellington had de-
termined never to leave the field alive.
Napoleon replied: He could not retreat
He would have been destroyed with his
army if. instead Of the Prussians, Grouchy
had come up
I asked him if he had not believed for
some time that the Prussians who had
shown themselves were a part OF
Grouchy's corps. He replied: Certainly.
and I can now scarcely comprehend why
it was a Prussian division and not that
of Grouchy."
I then took the liberty Of asking wheth
CT If neither Grouchy nor the Prussians
had arrived II would not have been a
drawn battle. Napoleon answered: THE
English army would have been destroyed.
They were defeated at midday. But ac-
cident. or more likely destiny. decided
that Lord wellington should win. I could
scarcely believe that he would give me
as he ought 70 have done, must
have been overwhelmed BIZ the armies
of three or four hundred thousand men
that were coming against me-
ct was the greatest folly 20 divide The
English and Prussian armies. They
ought 20 have been united. and 7 cannot
conceive the reason Of their separation
Il was folly in Wellington 20 give hattie
IN a plare where II defeated. al must be
lost. for he could not retreat. There was
a wood in his rear and bu. one road 70
gain II He would have been destroyed.
Moreover he allowed himself 20 -
surprised by ne This was a great fault
He ought 70 have been encampe3 form
the beginning n June. as Re must have
known that ! intended 20 attack him.
He might have lost everything. But he
has been fortunate. his destiny has pre-
vailed. and everything ne di1 vii Tneet
with applause.
NV intention were % attack and fes-
troy the English. This knew would pro
duce an immediate change u Ninistry.
The indignatlo nagainst them for having
caused The list u 4e.o1o u the flower q
the English army would have excited
such a popular c0rnurotion 'nat they
would have been turned out TIE pea
rle would have sah: what e. f. - ue
who e on the throne % Franco. Louis or
Napclear. are we 20 sacrifice al our blood
in ensaavo-s 20 place on the throne n
destined family? No. we have ruTereG
enough. i il no affair - ourE--ist 7Aeu /
ee..Ie Sc among then1seives.
They would have made peace TIE 4
sazors Bavarsans. Belgian. ESur'erT- .
berg would have 3Ctn@d ue TIE c9al-- 4
Tor was nothing without EaE ard. Tee .
R1s~ulans would have male peace s1a +
should have been quietly SEATED 90 ~ Z
three Peace Touli have been rerua-
ueut. az what could France q after the 4
Treaty q Parisf What vas 20 - fearei
frqrn ~
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NAPOLEON TErr.s A sroRr-

lie told me that when he was az Bou-
logne two English sailors arrived there
who made their escape from verdun. ana
had passed through the country undis-
covered They had remained there FOR
some time. Having no money. they were
az loss how to effect their escape. and
there was such a vigilant watch kept up-
on the boats that they despairea Of being
able 10 seize upon one SO they made a
sort Of vessel OF little ribs OF wood which
they formed with their knives. living "a
well as they could upon roots and fruits
This bark OF theirs they covered with
calico which they stretched over lie
ribs. When finished II was not more than
three and a half feet in length and OF a
proportionate breadth and so nxht that
one Of them carried Il on his shoulder
In this machine they determined 20
attempt their passage 20 England. See
Ing an English fr.gate approach very near
the shore. they launched their bark ana
attempted TO join her. but before they had
proceeded very far they were discovered
by the douaniers. seized. and brought
back.
The story transpired in consequence 81
the astonishment excited az seeing two
men venture out TO sea in such a fragfl
vessel. J heard OF It. ana ordered them
with their little boat 20 be brought b.
fore me. I was myself struck with as
constituent at the idea or men trusting
lives to such an article. and asked them n
II was possible that they could have IN
tended 10 go to sea In that? They Re-
pied that, 20 convince me % g. they were
ready that moment to attempt il again
in the same vessel
"Ardmiring the boldnes OF the attempt
and the bluntness OF the reply. I ordered
that they should be ste AZ liberty. some IA
poleons given them. and a conveyance
70 the English squadron provided. Pre-
vicusly to this they were going 70 be
tried as spies. as several persons had seen
them lurking about the camp for several
davs."
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NAPOLEON, The MN
As He Was When No More
Emperor or Soldier.
HIS OPINIONS ON MEN
Of His Time, and on the
Greatest, Himself.

New York, Nov. 1S.-The World says:
The advent of two Napoleonic plays in a
single week surely indicates strong re-
vival of interest in Napoleon. Below is
given the most extraordinary view Of the
man ever published. 1t is Napoleon's es-
innate of himself, given in his own words
with vivid sketches of several of the
most noted characters of the time, such
as Robespierre ard Josephine OF no less
interest, especially at the present mo-
ment are his comments on English and
American sailors, the Spanish and sim
liar themes
These extracts are taken from the di-
airy, or notes, of DR.. Barry E. O'Meara,
who was Napoleons physician during the
last years of his life at st. Helena,
where his relations with the great ex-
lie became intimate and OCCIDENTAL.
In the seclusion of Longwood," said
DR.. OMeara, ''he almost entirely laid
aside the Emperor; with those about him
he conversed Familiarity on his past life,
and sketched the characters and detailed
the anecdotes which are here presented
faithfully to the reader. The I'M
reserved manner in which he spoke of
everything can only be conceived by
those who heard him.
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HIS ANCESTRY.

He then made some observations about
his son. and said that his having been
disinherited from the succession TO Par
ma gave him little uneasiness. "If he
lives" said he. che will be something
As to those contemplate little states.
would rather see him private gentleman
with enough to eat. than sovereign Of
any of them. Perhaps It may grieve the
Empress to think that he win not inner
It after her, but it does not give me the
smallest trouble.
.'There was formerly" he continued.
zone Buonaventura Bonaparte. who lived
and died a monk. The poor man lay out
city in his grave; nothing was thought
about him until I was on the throne Of
France. 1t was then discovered that he
had been possessed of many virtueswhich
had never been attributed 70 him before,
and the Pope proposed to me TO canon
ize him. Holy Father, said I, for
Heavens sake spare me such mockery,
You being in my power. al the world
will say that I forced you 10 make a saint
out OF my family
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sHorLD HAVE DIED

Many" said he, were OF the opinion
that 1 ought TO have fought 10 the last
Others said that fortune had abandoned
me-that Waterloo had closed my career
OF arms forever. NY own opinion is that
l ought TO have died at Waterloo. per-
haps little earlier. The smiles OF for
tune were at an end. experienced little
but reverses afterward: hithereto / had
been unconquered. ought to have died
at Waterloo. But the misfortune is. that
when a man seeks death most he cannot
find it. Men were killed around me. be-
fore. behind. everywhere, but there was
no bullet for me-"
On another occasion he remarked
Had I died at Moscow. l should have
left behind me a reputation as a conquer
or without a parallel in history. a ball
ought TO have put an end TO me there.
whereas when a man Ike me dies in mis-
fortune, his reputation Is lesSened. Then
I had never received a check. No doubt
afterward, at Lutzen and BautZen. with
an army of recruits and without cavalry
I re-established my reputation. and the
campaign of 1914, with such an inferior
force. did not lessen it,
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RORESPIERRE

I asked his opinion about Robespierre.
"Robespierre,' replied Napoleon, was by
no means the worst character who figured
in the Revolution. He opposed the trial
of the Queen. He was not an atheist; on
the contrary he had publicly maintained
the existance of a Supreme Being in op-
position to many of his colleagues Meth
or was he of opinion that it was neces-
saryto exterminate all priests and mobiles
like many others. Marat, for example
maintained that to insure the liberties
of France, it was necessary that 600,OC0
heads should fall. Robespierre wanted to
proclaim the King 'hors de la loi, and
not to go through the ridiculous mock
cry Of trying him.
'Robespierre was monster, but he was
incorruptible and incapable of robbing, or
of causing the death of others either
from personally enmity or desire of en-
riching himself. He was an enthusiast,
but one who really believed that ne was
acting rightly, and died not worth sou.
All the crimes committed by Hebert,
Chaumette, Collot d'Herbois, and others
were imputed to him. Marat, Biilaud de
Varennes, Fouche. Hebert and several
others were infinitely worse than Rob
espierre.
at was truly astonishing" added Ma
poleon, ''to see those fanatics, who.
bathed up to the elbows in blood, would
not for the world have taken piece of
money or a watch belonging to the vic
tins they were butcherfng. Here was
not an instance in which they had not
brought the property of their victims to
the Committee of Public Safety. They
scrupled to commit the slightest acts of
dishonesty at a time when a mans life
was no more regarded by them than that
of fly. At the very time that Marat
and Robespierre were committing those
massacres, if Pitt had offered them two
hundred millions they would have re-
fused it with Indignation. They even
tried and gillotined some of their own
number (such as Fabre d'Eglantine) who
were guilty of pundering.
Not so TalIeyrand Danton, Barras,
Fouche; they were figurants, and would
have espoused any side for money. Tai
leyrand was the worst Of them, thorough
ly corrupt, devoid of principle but a man
of brains. A figurant ready to sell him
self and everything to the highest bid
der.
"Barras was such another. When I
commanded the army of Italy. Barras
made the Venetian Ambassador pay to
him something like 10000 for writing
a letter begging me to be favorable TO
the Republic of Venice-whico 7 put into
my waste-basket. I never paid any at
tention to such letters. From the outset
of my career I always commanded my
self.
"Talleyrand, in like manner sold every
thing. Fouche in a less degree; his traf-
ffc was in an inferior line
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SealedPrnnOsaIs-
Office of City Clerk,

Wichita, Kan, Nov. Is, 1899.
Sealed proposals will be received at this
office for the building, construction and
furnishing of all material for sewers in
Sewer District No. of this city, accord
ing to the plans, specifications, depths
and gradients as set forth and now open
no inspection in the Office of the city en-
gineer.
An approximate amount of the material
required is given here. The same, how
ever, is subject to change:
100 feet 15-inch sewer pipe.
COO feet Pinch sewer pipe.
1900 feet 10-inch sewer pipe.
$50 feet 8-inch sewer pipe.
2.i15 feet 6-inch sewer pipe.
S flush tanks.
81 man-holes.
"A observation holes.
Bids must be filed in clerks office on or
before December p, 1853. and be accom-
panied by certified check for $500, paya-
BILE to the city of Wichita, as a guaran-
tee Of good faith, also that bidder will
enter into bonds in double the amount Of
contract price, if contract be awarded to
him
Blank proposals. bonds, etc, can be pro-
cured at this Office
The mayor and council reserve the right
10 reject any or all bids.
l-2lt AMOS MCLAIN, City Clerk
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The historian 81 France cannot pass
over the Empire. a~6 a.
esty. he VIII not fan 20 render ne ny
share - Justice His task wllI - easy.
for the facts speak for therseives-they
shine like the sun 7 CLOSED the guif q
anarchy and cleared away chaos. purf-
fed che revolution. Gsznife9 nations and
established kings. eTcired every kind
% merit ard extenf6s the limits . glory
This is AZ Isast something
on what psEnt can I Re assailez o.
which a historian could not defend me-
Car 4 be Tor ny intensious7 b: ever
here I cau fr4 ahsslufioa- Can Il D. sor
ny tesT.o'isrn7 7; caa - demonstrated
that The dictatorship was absolutely ne
cessary. WI II - ssldt hai rsz.rasaed
Nb@rty7 II car be proved THAI Hcsa-
tiousue4s zna~cssy ard ira rraa.exr ir-
rsgsia-fties stl3s hasntet the threshold
% f-ee5om.
.shai, - accused o. hssnE too ford -
war y can - shown thst 7 alwzTs
1ecsives siae a-st stack VIII 4 - szsf
thai aimed a; unsTsrz2! E.aazrcAy7 Il
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can be proved that this was merely the
result Of fortunate circumstances, and
that our enemies themselves led me step
by step to this determination
Lastly. shall be blamed for my am
bition? This passion l must doubtless be
allowed 10 have possessed, and that in
no small degree. bit at the same time my
ambition was of the highest and noblest
kind that ever, perhaps. existed-that of
establishing and OF consecrating the en-
pire of reason, and the fun exercise and
complete enjoyment of all human fscul-
ties! And here the historian viii prob
ably feel compelled to regret that such
ambition should not have been fulfilled
and gratifed."
Then. after a few moments reflection:
This, said the Emeror, SIS my whole
history in a few words"
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JOSEPHINE.

Josephine said ne. was subject to
nervous attacks whes in trouble She
was really an amiable woman-elegant.
charming and afrable- She was the god
dess Of the toilet aTlthe fashions orig
mated with her; everything she put on
appeared elegant, and she was so kind.
so hunane-she was the pest woman in
France.
Josephine died worth abount 1soOo0oa
francs. She was the greatest patroness
of the fine arts that had been known in
France for a series of years. She had
frequent arguments with Demon. and even
with myself, as she wanted TO procure
fine statues and pictures for her own gal
lery instead Of the Museum. Now 1 al
ways acted to please the people. and
whenever 1 otained fine statue OF val
liable picture sent it there for the ben
eft of the nation
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PAL MISTY is THE RAGE
Mrs. 4. G. Fuller, an Expert, Is in the
City for a Few Bays

Mrs. F. c. Fuller, the New York palm
ist. whose business rooms are at No. 254
North Topeka avenue. is doing a 'land
office" business reading the palms of pa
irons. She examines the hand and cells
you what to do in order TO succeed in
Your undertakings. She speaks of changes
10 be made and whether or not you should
Pvt into execution your contemplated
plans She tells you of your heart af-
fairs, your business matters. talks to
you as regards your health, and by follow
Ding her advice you cannot do otherwise
than succeed. She tells you more than
you can remember, is woman of pre-
possessing appearance, possibly thirty,
and certainly knows her business. At
present Mrs. Fuller IS giving life readings
at her pariors for 50 cents. the usual fee
being N.oO. Her fall engagement viii
soon call her away, therefore her stay
IS uncertain.
Hours from 10 a, m. to $50 D. m.
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NAPoLEoNs RELIGION

There are so many different religions"
ne once said. ''Or notifications of them.
that it is difficult to know which to
choose If one religion had existed from
the beginning Of the world 1 should think
that to be the true one. As it is 1 am OF
opinion that every person ought to con-
tinue in the religion in which he was
brought up; that of his fathers. What
are you?''
"a Protestant" I replied.
WAS your father sop
Yes" I replied.
''Then continue in that belief"
1 took the liberty of asking him If he
was a predes tinarian.
Certainly" replied Napoleon, 'tas much
50 as the Turks are. Ihave always been
so. When destiny wills it must be
obeyed."
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English solder. 80 tas Er-re-o-
s. TIE coTf-se = ossr convervsticc. ARE
70 equal r. af6ress scuFity - iofsia-
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serve =. ElI zlzsys rsEssr yoa g0aer-
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HIS MARRIAGES

II have" ne said been twice married
Political motives induced me to divorce
my first wife. whom I tenderly loved. She.
poor woman, fortunately for herself. died
in time u prevent her witnessing the
last Of my misfortunes. Let Marie Louise
b. asked with what tenderness and af-
lection I always treated her. After her
forcible separation from me- she av0wet
in the most feeling terms her ardent de-
sire 10 join ne in my exile. extoIled with
many tears both myself and my conduct
to her. and bitterly !araented her cruel
separation
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NAPnI.EoN-s MoruEp

AftsTward the Emperor SPOKE q his
Own family. NJ excellent mother. .
said he Is a woman Of courage and
great talent; more OF = masculine than q
feminine nature. proud ard hizh-nsnde5s
She IS capable of selling everything. even
T. her chernise- for ne. allowed her =
million year. besides a palace. and made
her many presents. To ire manner n
which she formed ne ~ sz early age 7
principally owe ny subsequent s'evarioa.
Ny cT4nion IS tia; me future good ~ had
couduct Of a child entirely depends upon
the mother. she = very rich. Most q
my family considered that I might e.e.
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CREMATION

He afterward spoke about funeral rites
and added that when he died he would
wish that his body might be burned.
1T Is the best mode" said he. "'as then
the corpse does not occasion any incon-
venience, and as to the resurrection, that
must be accomplished by miracle, and
it IS as easy for the Being who has It
in His power to perform such a miracle
as bringing the remains of bodies togeth-
er, also to shape again the ashes of the
dead"