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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-11
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET,
PLATFORM.

The Republican party of
Sedgwick county respectfully
and briefly states its convic-
tons upon the questions of
public interest.
It has full confidence in the
integrity, craftsmanship and
high purposes of WILLIAM
MCKINLEY, president of the
United States. It is our be-
lief that his administration
has added to the renown and
stability of Republican insti-
tutions and forms of govern
ment at home and abroad;
that its influence marks the
beginning of a new era in
which humanity has been adj
vanced to a higher plane, at
home and in the nations of
the world; that his admins
tration has restored national
prosperity, and we agree with
the words of the great Demo
cratic New York World, ut is
a good time in a good coun-
try" that it has placed the
country where of right it
properly belongs-the leader
among the powers of the
world.
That the administration of
the affairs of this state, now
in the hands of the Republi-
can party, with a citizen of
our own county, the Hon. w.
E. Stanley, as chief executive,
is capable, clean, deserving
of, and does, receive our most
cordial endorsement.
With intense satisfaction
we commend the glorious rec
ord made by our army and
navy and the unexampled
gallantry of General Funston
and our Kansas volunteers in
the Philippine campaign.
1t is our deliberate convic-
ton that when on that May
morning a year ago Dewey
sailed into Manila bay and
won the greatest naval vic
tory of modern times, the
American flag was, in accord
ance with the laws of every
civilized nation, and in accord.
ance with the express desire.
as it is written in the march
of human events, of an over.
ruling Providence. rightly
placed upon the Philippine
Islands. That this right has
been recognized by every civil.
lied power, ratified by the SEN
ate of this country by solemn
treaty with the power recog.
nized by the world as the ma.
ton owning the Philippines.
That our right to be there
and oppose armed insurrec.
ton is no longer a party ques-
ton; to uphold the govern.
ment so long as armed forces
are opposing it in its efforts
to establish a stable govern.
ment there, is loyalty; to op.
pose it is disloyality. We
condemn and denounce the
unpatriotic and un-American
utterances of all who are Civ.
ing encouragement to the Fill
pinos in their resistance to
the American flag. Never vet
has the old flag reiterated
before any armed foe. and
wherever raised there it must
stay.
The aggregation in this
county known as the Fusion
party is neither moved by,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-11
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
si sssss 5e: Of lEHzZzzSx
Bike Reanlt. at MnntrnaI.

Bike ReSultS at Montreal.
Montreal. Aug. 10-World's cycle NEE;
results today were as follows:
100 kilometers. (S2 miles $40 (eeO. anna
teur championship of the world: John A.
Nelein. Chicago. won Time 200 is. Ben
Goodson. Sydney. Australia. second; Geo.
w. Riddle. Winnipeg. third. F. O. oarsch
Dorchester. Mass. and Lester Wilson.
Pittsburg also started but did not finish.
Two mile amateur, final heat. won by
J. F. Morgan. Chelsea, Mass: John Cal
dow. Glasgow. Scotland. second: w. A.
Ladus. Cold Springs. y. Y. third. Time
Az
One-mile professional. championship OF
the world: Final heat won by Major Tay-
Tor; Tom Butler. second: Nat Butlsr.
third. Angus Mcleod. fourth. Time 800
Two-mile tandem. pursuit race profess
sional. Nat and Frank Butler won: J. L.
Colgan. Trenton. y. J.. and Chas Church.
Philadelphia. eecond; Charles Mccarthy.
81. Louis. and J. 3. Bowler, Chicago
third. Time $50 4-5
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-11
uoxEsEEKERS ExcCRsiOS VIA
EANTA FE ROUTE

On Aug Is. Sept J-s. oc'S5 p I'll.
-. santa Re viii have % sac Hsns-
...ss-s' excursisn ticks,s g. r7la1 IN Ar
kansas. ArIana- Coiora3o. i1aH7' indian
Territory. Oklahoma. haafAS. Hsofaasa,
New Mexico and TsEas. a. ore fare Diiis
Z. for the round TIP. Iafae tlcksts VII
bear going limit a afstas days Win stoo-
over privileges. FIaai 1"ts-n Emit twenty
o. s.vs from este o. aais. Those 40
s.,i,. % take a tip AL d VEL 20 cal
a sou.s reyressu.s,ifs q toe r0gts ihas
,-.rs.. All po.o-s % snp8rtanos-'-Ths
go Ys Rgate~ Ttieshs1s II
l. r DELANEY. AEsaL
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Imnortnnt Notice.

Merchants intending to occupy booths
in the Industrial Exhibit OF the Wichita
Street Fair and Carnival will please call
upon the secretary between g. m. and
p. m. Office at the Commercial club.
1t is important that this matter should
be attended to at once. 69-6t
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-11
WICHITA 4 wEsTRRS

Arrive fryn- West
No. f7z-PFatt and KlnEn1n pas-i
senger lda y except sunday 4
Nc. Ff-Pratt and KlngEnan ac-l
commodst.on CTussdsy. Thurs-i
day. Saturday .....-.......-....-.f
Depart West
No. Fl-RinKTuan and Pratt pas-i
senger daily eErsDt Eun( ayl /
No g13-RinEman and Pratt sc-f
comr1odation- Monday. wsdI
nesdsy and Friday. I
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GrEnA SPRINGS

Via the Great Rock E.an5 Route
Three dollars ard sixty cents O1sO
Wichita 20 Gueda Springs and return. In
Guiding transfer ~ Caldwell Take thu
Rock Island train leaving wichita AZ Z
o'c.ock a. m. Arrive IN Gueda Springs ~
Io:Gs a. m. Returning leave Gusda Springs
AZ 5:iI D m Arrive AZ Wichita II o'ciOck
D. m. Tickets limited thirty days from
date u sale. T. DRAKE -. 4. A.
<. ". THONPSOS.
A. O. r. & r A.. TapeSS. kan
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-11
IRtreat Fair Notice

The executive committee, transporta-
ticn and advertising committees will
please make an effort to be present at
Commercial club Friday night at o'clock;
business OF importance. Meeting is open
to everybody interested in the street fair.
H. C. LOCKWOOD, Secy.
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MISSOURI PACIFIC.

Leave-East Bound:
Train No. 10-"Kansas and Ne
braska Limited" for 1T. Scott
and 81. Louis.......;;;::........!., 2;1O p m
Louis Express................. iIO:IO p m
Leave for South and West.
Train No. 5-For Clearwa:er.I
Conway Springs. Anthony. K-
ow2. Kingman. Norwich. On
ford Belle Plain and Winfield i 7:z5 .. m
Train No 4Jl-FOT Couwayl
sprlnEs. Anthony and KLowa: ! 500 ? m
Leave for North and West.
Train No; -. Kansas and Ne
son. Pueblo. Colorado Springsl
ard Denver ......-.-..-...........f5 $50 o n,
Train No. 5-For ut. Hope and -
Hutchinson and Geneseo; -. 7:s a. m
RES passengers between Wich-t
tia and GeneseO .......-..--..-.-. $40 a m
Arrive from the East.
Train No. 9-"Kansas and Ne
braska Limited" from Foi;i
Scott and st Louis. ;:.:::..1s:.. lis .. m
and St. Louis. $500. 7:iO an
Arrive from South and West
Train No e-FrOm Kiova. An
thony. Conway Springs and d.
n; and A points 80. $40 IN
and Conway s2rings-.....-....,.ll1.i5a IN
Arrive from North and West
Train No IO-From Denver, Coll
Grade Springs. Pueblo end
Hutchinson -..:.-..-.;;;;...., $3.50. Ii:lo a m
and NJ; Hope daily except
Sunday ....:...-..... ......-...-.. SO .. N
Train No s-FTom Geneseo and
Hutchinson ......-...............'s 80 o N
For further Information call On o. al
dress City Ticket ONCE Missouri Pacific
RAILWAY. 1lt y. Main 81 wichita. Kan.
r. 2 RLECKLET p at 4.
Corner wichita and SecnaA sts
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-11

Exchange stables at Orlando and StiN
water. Make a speciality of carrying pas
sengers between these points. Also do G
general livery business. Travelling mem.
patronage solicited.
sHIVELY, VAN wYKE & sHIVELY.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-11

The company reserves the right to vary
from the above schedule or 20 abandon
trains without nStice c B. HART.
Traffic Manager.
s. B. GRANT,
Travelling Passenger Agent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-11
REMEMBER THIS
THAT THE
Mrs. WinsIOW's sOothIng syruu

Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS
by MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their
CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING. with
CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYs
all PAIN. CURES WIND collie aad IL
the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold
by druggists In every part of the world.
Be sure and ask for Mrs. winslJw's
Soothing Syrup" and take no other kind.
Twenty-Five cents = bottle.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-11

nor in possession of, a con-
victiOn or moral principle.
1t has abandoned every issue
which brought it into life
save the greed for Office, and
it now seeks by having its
platform of treason adopted
by the people of this county
to bring the fair name and
fame of Sedgwick county into
disrepute and to disgrace the
name of the gallant soldier
which it bears.
We are opposed to aggre-
gated capital, whether organ
lied in the form of trusts,
corporations or otherwise for
the purpose of controlling
the industrial affairs of the
people, and we demand of
our party in this state and in
the nation such legislation
which will at all times be for
the best interests of all the
people. That it is our con-
that every great ques-
ton in which the people of
this country have been inter
ested has been in the past
and will be in the future,
settled in the interest of the
people, by that genius ,Sof
Justice and right which pre-.
walls in and which brought
the Republican party into
existence; that it has the
ability and integrity to prop
erly settle and adjust the
relations of capital and labor
in the interest of the people.
Republican County Central Committee
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-11
A COLORADO SUMMER

Differs from summers elsewhere. The
altitude Of Colorado is one to three miles:
heat is grateful. not enervltflS. The
Rocky mountains OF Colombo a-c rag
nihcent. To be out az doors IN this deal
region. hunting. fishing and mountain
climbing. Is a fire tonic for the tired.
Illustrated book. "A Colorado Summer"
free on application TO local agent A. T.E
S. F. Ry. The best way TO go is VIA the
Santa Fe Route.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-11
TEN DAYS. OUTING IN COLORADO.

A trip in n special sleeper and dining
car for ten days for S.. through the
famous Grand Canon OF Colorado. up %
salida. ManItou and around the famous
loop. Party limited 20 twenty-hv people.
In charge Of an old passenger man. thirty
years exp rience In running excursions.
Come early-hrst come. hrst sssved-FTs
pays all your expenses fer entire trip. In
Guiding meals. railroad fare and sleeper.
Party will feave about August, IS FOr
further particulars call On or address
=. 4 WELSH.
ia ~ Main 81 VCishlfa Kan
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-11

The best line to Colorado points-Mis-
souri, Pacific railway. Through Sleeper
Wichita to Denver. Leaves Wichita
h:20 o. m.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-11

This llns Is now running through chair
cars (seats reel and Pullman Drawing
daily without change. This Is the only
wichita 70 st. Louis. where direct corr
nection u made Nth al eastern trunk
Lns points M-tlt most maeuilcent rel1-
20 All pol1la in Southwest Missouri
Northwest Arkansas. east ana south8a9E
mis- company nov sa.8o have On sale
F1f earfhse Information address
Il Q. NoRTT1HORE.
City Ticket AEent
Corner Main and Douglas Ave.
Z. r DELANEY. Agent Union statioa.
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Trains.

CHICAGO. ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC
RAILWAY.
Time Table Effective Nov. q. 1891
Trains Arrive Leave
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liz y. Main st.. wichita. Kan

To Pueblo. Colorado Springs ana Den
yer without change OF cars Via the Ma
s1uri Pacific railway. Through Sleeper
leaves Wichita daily az SD .. m
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-11

Under the title "A Colorado Summer
the Santa Fe route has Issued a sump-
tuous printed book devoted D the at
fractions OF the. Rocky mountain summer
resorts. intended. we understand. :or fres
distribution. Besides a graphic descrip-
ton of the more noted localities. tbs
publication contains special articlss on
climate. the Mountains. camping. fishing
and shooting and IS embellished by eighty
half-tons illustrations from special photo
graphs. A map OF Colorado. a taole OF
attitudes. and a fun list Of hotels. cot.
tages and boarding houses and theiI
rates are included. This should be an IN.
valuable handbook for all who cOniem-
plate a summer trip 60 that cha ming
region of lofty altitude. pure air and cool
sunshine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-11

afternoon train 70 St Louis and al points
east Train leaves union staiioa AZ Id
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FRISCO LINE TO EUREKA SPRINGS.
ARKANSAS.

Excursion tickets on sale at all times.
Take much needed rest and spend few
days at this noted resort. Sl425 for the
round trip. Good returning ninety days
from date of sale.
H o. MORTIMORE, City Ticket Agent.
Pullman Sleeping Car service, Wichita
to Denver. without change Of cars, via
Missouri Pacific.
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TAKE THE FRIsco IINE

A lot Of 0ootblscks sitting IN a c,Irbs1oa.
nay not be India-rubber boys, though ties
re gutter percheTs
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NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT, G. A. R..
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT, G. A. R..
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY
COMPANY
Offer the following low rates and induce
ments for round trip tickets:
Dates Of sale. September l, and 8, 1899.
Open return limit-Tickets will be good
to leave Philadelphia returning. without
execution. up to and including September
Il, 1889.
Extended return limIt-By depositing
ticket with joint agent at Philadelphia
between September and q both dates
inclusive. and on payment OF 30 cents at
time Of deposit. return limit may be ex-
tended 10 leave Philadelphia up TO and
including September 30. 1929
Rates.-For ticket limited 20 continuous
passage and no stop-ofT in either dlrec-
ton, $33.t
For ticket. going and returning via the
same route, but with the privilege of one
stop-over at any point east OF Pittsburg,
Pa. the rate Ill be $50.
For ticket. good going one route and re-
turning another. and with the privilege
Of stopping of at any point east OF Pitts
burg. Pa. once. in addition to the regu-
lar stop-ofrs granted on first class tickets
to Philadelphia. the rate will be Ss7.lO.
Z. E BLECKLEY. p. & T. A.,
ia North Main Street, Wichita. Kan.
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ia North Main street. Wichita. Kan.

Three dollars and sixty cAnts (S5sy via
the Great Rock Island. wichita 10 Gueda
Springs and return. Leave Wichita a
m; arrive Gueda Springs 1913 q. m. Re-
turning leave Gueda Springs 5:l .. m; ar.
rive 1t Wlchaks at .. N.
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OASTozEA.
6: !: =; G,;z;z;;;z;:zz:; =! ''

They say that the ostrich can digest stone
and broken glass. We wonder II an ostrich
ever tried to digest an American irish!
1tchison Glcbe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-11

Through Pullman Sleeper from Yates
Center 10 Little Rock on this train.
One way and round trip tickets on sale
at the City Ticket ONCE. 1ll n. Main
street. and at the depot. corner Wichita
and Second streets.
Z. E. BLECKLEY. P. and T. 4
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-08-11

Republican County Central Committee
The members Of the new county Repub-
lican central committee are requested to
meet next Saturday at o'clock at the
office of z. E. Enoch. No. 152 North Main
street. All the members are urged to be
present. w. F. SCHELL, Chairman.
PAUL BROWN. Secretary.
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SUMNER TOURIST RATES TO coll
ORADO

(Vta the Santa Fe)
Tickets on sale June 10 September n.
inclusive: final return limit October n.
1899. To Pueblo. Colorado Springs and
Denver. 81 80. Two trains dailyr-elsgant
chair car and Pullman servics-leaving
wichita s.H .. m. and TOO D. m.
L. r. DELANEY, Agent
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Nav Entarnrlsa
Exchange afahIea

Custom-made shirt factory will oper
Sept 1. 71tf
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North I'D BAD


North AID East.
No. 2-Kansas City Chi
cagO and 81 Louis
limited daily. .........I 9:l5 q mi s:4S am
No. 2-Colorado Springs,
Denver and Paciici
coast daily ...........l s:l6 ami s:S q N
No. EKansas city. st.
Louis ard Chic1gO
night express daily
except Sunday I'D 500 :. mi 500 .. m
No. ton.
daily except sunday. $3.50 q. m $50 a m
South and West
No. 1-Fort Worth. Dali
lan. Houston and Gall
weston express (dally) s:4s 2. mi s:ls pm
No. 1-Oklahoma. Fort
Worth. New Orleans
and Pacific coast dali
No. s-Okiahccniia. Fort
Worth. Dallas aFdl
daily except sunday; ! TOO a.mI 7:Ooa.m
No. 3-Ft. Worth. HouS-l
ton. Galveston and San
Antonio express daily
except Sunday ...... TOO ami TOO m
No. U-AccoTnn odationl
(daiiy except sundayl.l $40 PM $40 pm
Elege Mt free reclining chair cars on al
trains and Pullman Palace sleepers from
Wichita TO Ch,.ago and Kansas City
without change Also sleepers, On all
night trains TO Fort Worth. Houston. San
Antonio and New Orleans. Tickets SOLD
and baggage checked to all points north.
east, south and west. Steamship tickets
sold to all European points at lowest
rates Passenger station corner Douglas
and Meade avenues. Telephone 100.
z. W. THOMPSON. A. c. P. & T. A.
Tonnka Kan
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FUR ST LOUIS.


TAKE THE MISSOURI PACIFIC,
KANSAS AND NEBRASKA LIMITED
Leaves Wichita At 2:lo p. m. arriving AZ
St Louis next morning At ia. making
direct connections With all lines east No
change OF cars. EIegan, service. city
ticket ONCE. Ia North Main street
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HUTCHINSON q SOUTHERN r. r. CO.
Time Table No. -, In effect Tuesday.
7 No. l-Passenrer. mali and express.
daily- No. APassenger. mail ard express
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Daily Eagle. BY cArrisE. y essts . wesk
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THE BEST ROUTE TO HOT SPRINGS
ARKANSAS.

THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY,
Two Trains Daily.
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to her worship. Within The great piles OF
crutches left as votive offerings by the
cured and tablest with inscriptions OF
gratitude.
Some Of these tablest record and recall
marvellous, things. A lad named Riley.
blind from birth. came to the shrine with
certificates Of physicians that he was in
durable He knelt at the shrine of pray
er. Before he rose his sightless eyes
opened. says the table,, and he stopped
and picked up a coin that had fallen to
the floor.
Once there came a man named Anthony
O'Donnell and Law before the altar rail
his clutches by his SIDE
How do you feel?" asked the priest,
ofhciattn gat the chapel altar.
"A little better. think. father" came
the low. tremulous voice Of the patient.
Continue praying" said the priest
and don't be DISCOURAGED
A moment later the priest bent over the
man to ask have you courage TO leave
your crutches? Can you come With me
now?"
o'Donnell leaped up. sfrieking with Joy
His crutches fell 10 the fo0r with a
great clatier and some one standing By
picked them up and waved them In tn
umDh-
A cry went up from the ti1rong. "A mir
aclei A miracle,' The service STOPPED
There came monetary hush ami thep
the great organ crashed out magulf-
cent and ali that were in the chucr burs.
into song Presently oDonneIi strusted
himself down the middle aiSie. his kgs
strong ana stesady under him, his fac
agiow with gratitude
An the year round pilgrims come 70 ST
Anne. but nost OF all in the sQz7ne-
AID never before IN the history OF the
shrins has thenunher been % grss, -
this ysaE.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-04
The Growing Triumph
Of Busy Professional Life Was
the Discovery OF
Or. a. w. ChaSo'S
Nerve and Blood Pills,
The New Treatment Which Has Rev
olutionized the Old Method of
Treating Diseases of the
BLOOD AND NERVES.

OF the private prescriptions OF DR..
A. w. Chase, none have had such
wide influence OH the medical profess
sion as his last great discovery, DR..
Chase's Nerve and Blood Pills.
For many years Or. Chase's Ointment
and Or. Chase's Kidney Liver Pills have
been standard remedies, known and
used in nearly every home. Or. Chase 5
Nerve and Blood Pills have had greater
attention from physicians because they
have TO a large extent revolutionized the
method of treating diseases of tile nerves
and blood.
The old method Of tearing down dis
ease by the use of strong, poisonous
drugs has failed TO cure. Purgatives
and sarsaparillas weaken instead OF
strengthen the body. Or. Chase's
Nerve and Blood Pills cure by making
the blood rich aud pure, and creating
new nerve tissue. AS a spring r.stora-
tive this great food cure has no rival
known to medical science.
As a restorative for pale, weak, nerv-
Gus men and women at any season of
the year, DIR. Chase's Nerve and Blood
Pills have scored triumph. so cents a
box, at all dealers, or by mail on re-
ceipt of price by the DIR. A. w. Chase
Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y. On every
box of the genuine will be found por-
trait and sc-simile signature Of DR.. A.
w. Chase.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-08-04
ANTS AS FIGHTERS.
THE TINY WARRIORS ARE FERO-
CLOUS IN BATTLE.
So Vicious Are They That Even the
Largest Animals Dare Not Meet
Them In COmbat-A rlan
Whom Their Bites rlade
Raving rIaniac.

Il was one of six American miners
who were routed from their camp by a
Venezuelan ant army said mining
expert who lately arrived from Vene-
zuela. I'VE retreatel before the in
yaders without making fight, and for
two good reasons. In the first place
we would have got the worst of the
encounter, and. secondly, we knew
that if we let them alone they would
do Us good service
Shortly after dawn one Sunday our
native cook burst in upon us with the
news that we were about to be attack
ed by any army of ants. We had heard
enough about ant armies to know what
to do. We arose hastily, and every
ounce of provisions that was not sealed
in cans or in jars was hurriedly piled
on table. the four legs of which were
immersed in as many basins of water.
lIhl hhONn w lhC
armies of civilized humans you may
safely expect from an ant army, but
the little black warriors have never
learned to swim. Our provisions thus
protected, we left the camp to itself and
went out to reconnoiter for the invaders
and to watch their assault from a dis
lance. The army was making fair time.
An irregular patch of black 10 feet wide
and double as long was swarming
steadily toward our camp. AS the army
was IN no way disturbed by our pres
ence 1t was possible to approach its lines
closely. There must have been millions
upon millions of little soldiers march.
ing hip to hip. At the head marched
the header. On went the army, up the
posts of the camp and then within.
"Once within, the army spread itself
in all directions, forming hundreds OF
little attacking parties. The camp was
an old matched affair and so infested
with scorpions, centipeds and spiders
that we had been on the point of de-
stroying it. Now, however, the ants
had come and would clean house for us,
and therefore they were welcome. The
ants swarmed up the joists and the dry
leafy walls, and wherever there was a