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Demonstrations En- Route.

Topeka, Nov. 4.-Henry Allen, pri-
vate secretary to Governor Stanley,
returned from Frisco with General
Funston on the first train. He said
that the demonstrations given the gen
eral at all towns along the route were
remarkable. 1.-THE boys all like Fun
stor," said he, land many of them
want to return to the Philippines with
him. Captain Shideler says that Fun
ston was the best general in the islands.
Many of the commissioned officers are
dead anxious to go back. So are many
of the privates, providing they can be
assigned to Funston's brigade. The
boys all behaved well on the way home.
The eating house trouble was greatly
exaggerated. Three or four boys
kicked but that was all.
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The Jolly Egyptians.

An interesting papyrus recently dis
covered shows that many of the an
cient Egyptians were quite as fond of
drinking good liquor as are any of the
moderns. In this papyrus, which is
5000 years old, the philosopher Ami
writes the following words of warning
on the subject Of intoxication to a
student in Channu: 81 have been in
formed that you are not only neglect
ing your studies, but that you are also
dndulging in the most frivolous pleas
lures, and that you spend a good deal
OF your time in drinking. Now, how
can it benefit you to drink SO much
beer every day? Take advice and shun
that insidious liquor" From other
sources we learn that students in the
land of the pyramids enjoyed their
beer, and were quite as fond of play
ing practical jokes as any OF their de-
iscendants. From the diary Of an
Egyptian lieutenant who fourished
about 2,Oe0 years ago we obtain the
interesting information that quart OF
beer cost about 5 cents, and there are
various entries in the book which al
low US to infer that the average Egyp-
tan never dreamed of Quenching his
thirst with less than a quart at a time.
Indeed" says the erudite EgyptolO-
gist who has deciphered this diary,
there are various facts which justify
us in describing the thirst of the an
cient Egyptians as pyramidal-'"
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-11-11

He had been out all night, and he
looked it al over. Wandering into a
saloon near the Brooklyn borough hail
he leaned unsteadily against the bar
and fumbled in one Of his pockets.
Shay, barkeep," he said. thickly,
gimme yin fz n er postash STAN,
fishing a badly crumpled letter from
his pocket. The bartender mixed the
drink, got a postage stamp from
drawer and placed both before the
inebriated one. The latter, after sew
eral sutile efforts, picked up the sticky
stamp, moistened it with his tongue,
and then awkwardly dropped it TO the
floor. STOPPING to recover it, he sud
denly Strengthened up, passed his hand
quickly over his eyes and then stared
at the floor with a look of mingled
amazement and horror on his features
Now I've got 'em, barkeep; got 'em
.againi" he yelled, moving toward the
door. The postage stamp, to all ap-
peaTances, was staggering about the
floor. Finally it proceeded to climb up
the side Of the bar. The barkeeper
took look and he, too, was mystifed.
But light suddenly dawned upon him
and he brought the bar mallet down
upon the apparently animated postage
stamp with a laugh that Jared the
overweight nerves of the other man.
The mOistened postage stamp in fall
ing, 1t seems, stuck on the back Of a
husky young cockroach foraging for
free lunch on the barroom floor. The
roach with the stamp sticking to his
back, and with his body hidden from
sight under it, had staggered about and
attempted to climb up on the bar with
his burden. When the barkeeper ex-
planned things, the other man hastily
changed his order to settler and lemon.
New York Times.
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Cervera's Wrecks and yvreckeEs.

Santiago de Cuba, Nov. :. 1t turns
out that the wrecks of the warships OF
Admiral Cervera's squadron which re-
main here are better than gold mines
for the wreckers. a party of the lat
ter has just begun to explore the wreck
and the first diver, it is reported. found
$4, 900 in the purser's cabin.
Some wreclers attempted to board
the Cristoba1 Colon, but found it already
occupied by another party, who con-
sidered the wreck their property. A
fierce fight ensued. in which one man
was killed and several wounded.
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Canada without Hay Presses.

Washington, Nov. 6.-Permission has
been given to the British government
20 compress in New York and Boston,
large shipment of Canadian hay des-
lined for the use OF the British army in
South Africa 1t was represented to
The treasuryrdepartment that at present
here are no suitable presses in the
Dominion which are available.
The permission was given as an act
If courtesy to the British government
md is not to be regarded as precedent
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no SURROUND AGIJINALNDO.
Organized Instruction on a Large
Scale Likely to End Soon.
NAVY TAKES LEADING PART

Manila, NoE- IA feet of gunbOats
has left Manila for the Northern coast.
probably for Dagupan. General
Wheaton with brigade. Three trans
ports carry the troops with a gnnboat
as escort.
A dispatch boat was sent ahead to
krrange a rendezvous with the Unite6
btates cruiser Charleston and the other
Jvarships that are patrolling the north
coast of Luzon.
1t is assumed here that the purpose
of the expedition is to move down the
Dagupan-Manila railroad toward Tar
lac, or to prevent Aguinaldo's forces
making another base farther north.
Dagupan and Apparri are the strong
| holds of the insurgents in the north
and, it is supposed, the points where
most of the flibustering parties land.
Since the beginning of the hostilities
it has been the unanimous opinion of
military experts here that Dagupan
should be made a base of operations,
but sufficient troops have heretofore
been lacking.
With Generals Wheaton, Macarthur
and Lawton moving upon Tarlac from
three directions and the mountains
hemming in the other side, the insur-
gent capital will soon become unter-
able.
| AS MacArthur's and Lawton's troops
are spread across the country from An
geles to Cabanatuan, it will be difficult
for the insurgents to escape.
Should the concerted operations sue
coed, organized instruction on a large
scale will be at an end early next
spring, although guerilla warfare is
likely to continue for long time. No
one anticipates that the insurgents
will make many hard battles. The
proSlem is to move the troops about
the country, to maintain transports
ton and to hold the territory gained.
The moral effect of the arrival of a
large American army is calculated TO
sap Aguinaldo's strength by desertions
and through the loss of hope among
the supporters of the revolutionary
movement.
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Made a Present to the Governor.

Topeka, Nov. 7.-Mahala Endicott,
an old negro woman of Quindaro, has
sent Governor Stanley a fancy sofa pill
low filed with geese feathers and
trimmed with the silk from mi1kweeds.
In letter accompanying the gift, she
said that the pillow was given on ac-
count of the great interest manifested
by the governor in the new negro in
dustrial school recently established by
the state at Quindaro.
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isRurEs HAVE GOOD EYE SIGHT
Animals Are Never Deceived by Optical
Illusions


Illusions
; From the New Orleans Times-Demo-
lcrat: ct is a singular fact" said
man in the show business, that illu-
jsions, as We call 'em, don't fool ami
mails. I've seen that proved over and
over again a few years ago 1 had
what is known as the Mystic Maze at
the Nashville exposition. It was sim
ply a room filed with mirrors so ar
ranged that you seemed to be in a mar
row corridor full of turns. 1t was very
puzzling and 1 used to get lost in the
place myself. but it never bothered my
dog moment. He would run through
it from end to end at full speed and
never bump against a mirror 1 saw
something in the same line in Frisco
not long ago. A friend of mine had an
Illusion called the haunted swing You
get in what seems to be an ordinary
swing, hung in the center Of a good
sized room, and the thing began to
move. It goes back and forth and fin
| ally clear over the top-that is to say,
1t seems to. What really turns round
Is the room itself-the swing standing
perfectly still. 1t is a good illusion,
and when the room is revolving rap
idly there never was a man who could
keep his head in the swing. 1t seems
as If he must certainly pitch out, and
If the motion is kept up he gets death
~ sick But a pet cat belonging to
my friend used to lie on the edge of
the seat and never turn hair, no mat
ter how fast the thing was worked.
The elder Hermann told me that ami
mails were never deceived by false Ia
BILE legs, built up with looking glasses
and used in stage tricks. They always
passed around on the other side.
guess they must see better, somehow.
than men
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PIgg. Hogg. and Bacon Meet.

: To the casual observer the other day
the register of the Savoy hotel looked
more like an inventory book OF a pack
ing house than hotel register. Early
in the morning a stranger entered
the hotel and signed: -. R. Pigg,
Windsor, Mo-" A few minutes later
two men stepped up and signed just
below Mr.. Pigg's signature: &C. B.
Hogg, Canton, Ohio" and Brown Ba-
con, Chicago" The three gentlemen
who attached such names in juxtapo-
sition were not acquainted with each
other, but when the hotel clerk saw the
strange signatures, the three gentle
men whose names attracted so much
attention were eagerly sought out by
the curious. and it was but a short
time before Messrs. Pigg, Hogg and
Bacon were good friends Mr.. Pigg
SAID that he had nothing to do with
any packing house, as he was gov
eminent mail contractor of Windsor,
No. Mr. Hogg said that he and Mr.
Bacon were travelling men.-Kansas
CITY Journal
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ORDERING A rRoUssEAU.
Beautifully Dressed Dolls Sent to tn
Prospective Bride.

Prospective Bride.
A vast amount Of very beautiful and
exquisitely skilled work only plays a
secondary and passing part in the econ
omy of trade, says the New York
Commercial Advertiser. The big dress
makers models are so exclusive and
precious that they are guarded from
outsiders as one would guard Jewels or
gold from thief Pattern dresses cost
enormous prices, and the gown build
ers use them bit by bit as ideas for
original costumes. To their far
western or southern customers they
viii send exQuisitely dressed dolls to
demonstrate the specially designed
costumes they think will suit them.
Not long ago as many as two dozen
dolls were sent to California to a
young woman whose trousseau was TO
be made in New York. When the dolls
were returned their frocks were re-
moved and destroyed; yet the care tax
en- to make these miniature frocks per-
feet in every detail of cut, fit and trim
ming was greater in a way than that
the real costumes will require. Jewel
ers send out designs or make them up
to exhibit to customer, in wax. US
ing sometimes paste stones and some
times real ones. The wax is melted
fiat and smooth into a box, and then
the Jewels are stuck into it. Black
wax throws up diamonds to perfection
and the idea of the pattern, a tiara,
ring or aigrette is to take is easily
realized when seen in this form.
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A Strong Town Taken.

Manila, Nov. 7.-Magalang the town
taken by two columns of General Mac
Arthur's division, under Colonel Smith
and Major O'Brien, is a strong town
situated midway between Angelee and
Arayat.
The movement is part of a plan for
the Americans to possess all the country
to the southeast of Tarlas, as the troops
close in on the capital, cutting the line
of the enemy's retreat in that direction
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-11-11
vEcErARIANs HAVE CALENDAR
In which Plants Replace Saints, and L

In Which Plants Replace Saints, and 4
Contains 366 Different Names.
Vegetarianism pure and simple doei
not claim many adherents, as the as
ISOLATION devoted to its advocacy hal
only 1000 members in London and 60l
in the provinces. About an equal
number of persons are understood tt
accept the views of the organization
and to carry them out more or less
according to their appetite. The cult
has now so far advanced that a vege
tartan calendar has been formed, il
which herbs, fruits and plants take TIT
place of saints. 1t contains 36t
menus-one for every day, with an ex
ira dish thrown in to cover leap year
At some twenty-five different churches
in the metropolis and neighbOrhood
vegetarian sermons were preached a.
the request of the society, and the gen
eral burden was the duty of kindness
to all animals. Many people, especial
ly ladies, while extremely kind to pets
were thoughtless in regard TO wha
they wore and ate Aigrettes are still
largely used in hats and bonnets, ant
other feathers also find a prominent
place in female adornment, and thu
preachers particularly condemned the
practice of destroying bird life for Thu
purpose. Vegetarians, though they
wear clothing made from sheepi
wool, do not use ordinary boots. Tit
soles are made OF asbestos, and thu
uppers of a prepared material not I'M
like leather in OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Telegraph.
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Company q at 1890

Lawrence, Kass, Nov.6s-The recep-
ton to Company Il was the biggest
thing of the kind ever held in this city.
There was an -unprecedentedly large
crowd present, and the enthusiasm was
intense. The boys were met at the
train By the Grand Army post, three
bands, number of secret societies, all
the school children, the faculty and
students of the university and several
hundred citizens The march mp town
was the occasion fer much enthusiasts
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Company c at Leavenworth.

Leavenworth, Kas., Nov 6.-The
home coming of Company was made
a gala occasion in Leavenworth. The
members were met at the Union depot
by a vast crowd, amid salvos of hurrahs,
shrieks of whistles, clangor of bells and
stirring music of bands. After being
driven through the principal streets of
the city il carriages they were ban
quoted by the citizens. A general re-
:eption followed the banquet at Tur-
aer hall, during which many speeches
were made by prominent citizens and
members of the company.
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KAyBE BLooDSHED.
The uaR BIosa Cherokee In4isRs Aga
BeIigerent.

Washington. Nov. 6.-Bloodshed is
expected wheE the Cherokee council
and senate convenes at Tahlequah, I.
by the interior department. signed by
922 fullblood Cherokees, requests the
interior department to assist them in
investigating fraudulent votes cast at
the election held on the first Monday
in August last, in the Cherokee nation,
and to suspend the Cherokee council
and senate until a thorough and i'm
partial inquiry has been made. Pri-
vate intelligence confirms the warlike
attitude of Cherokees. All news from
TahlCquah is ominous.
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kansas City, Mo-, Has a Big Fire.

Kansas City, Nov. Fire has de-
stroyed the six story department store
of Jones & Co., and the five story house
furnishing store of the Enrich Com
pany. The Walton and Clifton hotels
were badly damaged, as well as the St.
James hotel, with its upper stories
burned off. Mr.. Jones estimates his
company's loss on stock of $3.50, 600,
with S215 per cent insurance. The
loss on. the building is about $4,000
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Scottish Rite Freemasonry.

Wichita, Nov. THE twenty-fourth
semi-annual reunion of the four bodies
of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite of Freemasonry, Valley of Wich-
tia, Orient of Kansas, began one week
from today. The program is issued
and in the hands of members and can
didates. This event occurs on Novem-
Der IA, Is and 16 and will be among the
best which this well known Consistory
has ever presented.
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Two Negroes Convicted.

Alma, Kas-, Nov. 6--Dick Williams
and James Render were convicted in
the court here for the murder of '+Cal-
lie" Brewer at Mcfarland last May.
Both men were convicted OF murder
in the first degree. The evidence left
them no chance. They will not be
tried on the charge of numbering Harry
Tandy. Governor Stanley offered re-
ward of $500 for the arrest and convic.
ton of the murderers of Tandy but he
announced that the reward would be
paid Just the same.
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Withdrawn From Calenso,

The war Office has issued the follow
ing announcement:
The colonial office has received infor-
nation to the effect that the British
and have concentrated further south;
but we have no news of any engage
ment in that neighborhood"
mo further news has been received
from Ladysmith. We therefore pre-
-ume that the wire is still interrupted. >
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Revenue stamps washed and used

New York, Nov. Frank G. Thomp-
son, chief of the internal revenue bu-
reau in this city, declared that at least
ten per cent of the revenue stamps
used daily in the Wall street district,
having already been cancelled were
fraudulent.
Chief Thompson says that $1,000
worth of cancelled stamps are used
again daily
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DRAGON FLIES.
Men Suffered Torment Until Birds Cams
to Their Rescue.

Men SUFFERED Torment Until Birds Cams
to Their Rescue.
A most uncomfortable adventure re-
Gently befell the crew of a British
steamship. The vessel was sugar lad
en-, and bound from Java to Philadel-
phia. While in the Indian ocean she
ran into vast field of seaweed. The
seaweeds were the home of large and
Voracious species of dragon fly. At
tracted by the fumes of the sugar, the
flies swarmed upon the decks in mil
lions. Thousands of them penetrated
the hold and Toasted upon the sugar.
Thousands were upon the decks seek
ing to get below. Big enough to do
mischief, they got savage and attacked
the crew. There were thirty-two men
Of them, and they had to battle for
their lives. The flies could not be
driven off, The bites were something
awful, and it was not long before the
body of each man of the crew was q
mass of blood. This terrible pest OF
flies lasted for five days. Then far W
in the sky the desperate sailors saw
flock of birds circling. They were
mighty army of boatswain birds, the
deadly foe of the dragon fly of the In
dian ocean. These birds of the sea re-
.semble a dove, but are many times
larger. They have long tails and sharI
beaks. Against the crews timely res
cuers the flies had no chance. They
were eaten by the boatswains as quick.
" as a flock of barnyard fowl dispose
Of their daily meal of corn, and sooE
there were not enough of the flies te
cause further anxiety.
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Cn1oni.I Rurean.

Washington, Nov. Tt has practf
caIIy been decided that a colonial bu-
reau will be established to take direct
ly In charge all matters pertaining to
the outlying dependencies of the Uni
ted States. The Office viii be a bureau
of the war department., and not a sep
arate department, as has been sugges-
ted, and the matter has so far advanced
that the selection of q chief of the bu-
rezu Is now under consideration
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onesoldIer.s Welcome.

Olathe, Kas., Nov. 6.-When Robert
Church, the sole representative of the
Twentieth Kansas living here, arrived
he was greeted by 5000 school children
a brass band and hundreds of citizens,
who escorted him to his home in East
Olathe He was given a reception at
the opera house. Merton Wilcox, who
also enlisted from Olathe, fell at the
battle of San Tomas.
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Three Cruisers Rebuilt.

San Francisco, Nov. IA few days
before the steamship China left Hong
Kong, the announcement was made
that the former Spanish cruisers, Isla
de Cuba, Isla de Luzon and Don Juan
de Austria, sunk by Admiral Dewey,
were ready to proceed to Manila and
join Watson's squadron. The recon
struction of the vessels has been under
the supervision of Lieutenant Hobson.
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Scarcity of Food at Guam.

San Francisco, Nov. THE trans
port Ohio just arrived at this port,
brought news of the Indiana, with the
Tennessee volunteers on board. The
Indiana is now due here and the recep-
ton committee from Tennessee is anx-
iously awaiting her arrival The off,
GERS of the Ohio report that there is a
scarcity of food on the island of Guam.
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Huge Deal In Coal Mine Property.

Pittsburg, Pa, Nov. As the result
of a combination effected by eastern
capitalists with j. NJ. Guffey of this
lands in West Virginia, including a
network of railroads from the mines,
valued in all at So, 900. 900, pass into the
control of company that will be one
of the largest coal producing concerns
in the United States. The land lies in
Preston county, w. Va.
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situation Still Hopeful.

London, Nov 6.-There is very little
fresh intelligence, but it is believed
hat the Delagoa Bay route, if not al
ready restored, speedily will be, thus
giving quicker communication with the
Cape. The situation is still hopeful
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American Securities ia 1.ondOu

New York, Nov 6.-British disasteE<
in South Africa have brought to view
something besides the steady self-re-
lance of the English people, that they
hold not many American securities to
be dislodged in any time of alarm, but
are inclined to take more when stocks
and money looks for safe investment.
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BIizzard In st. Louis.

st. Louis, Nov. IA veritabIe biz
Snow began to fall early and continued
for several hours, but melted as it fell
The storm was accompanied by high
wind and decided drop in temporal
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Thirty-FIve New BattaIIons.

London, Nov. 6.-An army order is
sued this afternoon instructs the pro-
per authorities to mobilize thirty-five
battalions of militia at their respective
headquarters on various dates after
November 20.
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Paris Pro-Boer sympathies.

Paris, Nov. 6.-The municipal council
passed resolutions offering its entire
sympathy to the Beers, ''who are strug-
Cling for independence" expressing re-
gret that the European powers had not
interviewed to prevent the conflict, and
hoping that peace would be speedily
Secpred
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rwenty-axe Rounds.

New York, Nov. 6.-Jefries
nd Sharkey stood up twenty-five
POUNDS The decision was given to
; sfrieson points. Sharkey side thought
III should have been draw.
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IEUT. BRUNEI.

on the charge of treason the president
of the high court Of France expresses
establishment, represents q large class
of supporters Of the duke OF Orleans *
his claim to the throne He is a typt
of the boys who attend several of the
most aristocratic : schools In Paris
These boys are mostly the sons Of the
old nobility and are brought up to
speak of the Orleans pretender as 'tht
king" They devote most OF then
pocket money to the royalist cause and
are said, as a whole, to constitute one
OF its largest and most certain souress
OF income. The school OF the Jesuit
fathers in the Rue de Madrid is said e
be the center Of this boyish but none
the 7Eessss tEE.nEss5ass eoasDEzseg
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Bishop Nee1sy -of the Protestan
Episeoszl diocese of Maine Is dead