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them occasionally along the lake shore.
The troops were laden down with equip
menF, food and ammunition, while the
natives wete bnrefootcd and carried
only guns and cartridge. The chase
aoross the rough rice paddles and over
the hills thlclly covered with under
brush was most fatiRulng and vcxa-
tlous, still the distance OF rs miles was
covered In i've hours. including the
lighting.
on the 9Th Of May General wheaton
advanced with the twentieth Kan
aas, First Montana Infantry and two
machine guns 10 attack st. Thomas.
General Hairs brigade made a similar
movement ON the flank. getting the
troops Up TO close quarters. General
Wheaton In person led i've companies
of the Twentieth Kansas In q charge
upon the inttcnchmonts. All were car
rIcd BY assault. and the enemy was
driven In tho direction ~ Fornnndlno.
Just what position General wheeler
will occupy when he takes up the worl,
In the Philippines ~ yet 10 be deter
mined. II has been said that he goes
there az raidlng chief. and " that ii
the case and mounted troops are given
him Tor the purpose we may expect 70
hear stories OF wonderful achievement
N hunting the insurgents 20 their
stronrholds and razlng their buildings
20 that they viii be brought 10 terms or
driven TO the verge of starvation.
General Whoelcr'H achievements In
cuba are too fresh In the minds Of the
readers 10 need repetition here. For a
man Of his aFc he accomplished won
dera. and unqucstlonnbly. had the Span
ish war lasted until this time. wheeler
would have been In command Of m In
dependent corps or even Of an army,
The dispatchlng Of cavalry 20 the Phil'
ippincs and the gathering N ponies
suitable for that country Indicates that
there will be an odort made TO either
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ala fighter and a good colonel. old sol.
dlcrs know that a good colonel "a good
general lu tho long run.
Macarthur was one OF the nrhtors In
the struggle with spain last year. HIS
energy ana capacity have been dis
played throughout the Filipino cam-
paisna, for wherever he struck q blow
u was military success. Speaking OF
MacArthura FIRST triumph over the IN
Hurgonts, General CHARLES King says.
Macarthur fought his way 10 the cap
turn OF tho inFurEont capital ut Maiol0s
ana the pursuit of Agulnaldo ana Luna
10 the walls VI san Fernando. Without
o. pontoon train he crossed one broad
nvor after another, without adequate
artillery ne drove the enemy from line
nftor line of the most elaborate field
works ever seem
This rs tho comment OF an expert
onccd soldier and II was made Just aft
cr he had personally followed In the
path of MaoArthur's troops on that
brilliant march. The American soldiers
had boustcd 10 tho Insurgents that Ma
lolus would be taken IN seven days.
Macarthur finished the job with half a
day to spare.
In the several battles ~ the week
Macarthur was always ON the firing
line, First Polo fell, then tho division
moved toward Cnlumpit. with tho right
nanS threatening Quingua, whore there
was "a sharp battloi the Rio Grhnde was
crossed undcr fire. and the column
moved lrreslstlbly on, charging over
bridges, swimming swift currents and
stormlng earthworl,s until the enemy
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but thDy could Yul dl conn. Hu.t aud
rooccupy towns and villages uui dee
fcnFiye points after he abandoned
them nut II would be- too much 20
say that the same Fillpinoa came back
and that they came back In the Same
spirit LaWton'H raid showed them
what tho American army la like aud
whnt kind of warfare it can prosecute.
The maHHeH of the insurgents had been
mislrd ur tn tho Intentions M the Amor
leans and tholr methods, thoy had boon
tnught that the Americans were simply
10 t1ND tho place of the SpauInrds loo
fastening burdens upon the people.
they were told thut the American ARMY
was vuut that thousands of American
soldiers had been Killed, that in "a very
short tlmo they would ull Boz Killed Tho
lllIriuus saw the Americans come Into
th,u country march WhcrH they listed
and Bun from 40 Co 100 OF their number
90 each American soldier wH. wu- lost
/ loo battle. ln fact 30 has boon said that
when General Llwtuu took Santa Cuz
/ Doc hiH nHt rata iu April the Insurgents
/ learned Cor thu nrHt time that their own
people were not lu possession of Manila.
/ up 90 tho time LnWtou set uut uu hls
great march north uf tho Philippine
capital the masses of the insurgents
really supposed that tho Americans
were shut up behind the bron7tworkH
whore tho spnuiurds had been when
| tho American army captured the place
Hast August lu point Of fact Luwton
started out with less thln 1000 men,
and more than 100000 Flhuin0s were
driven or ned from the northern coun-
| Try truvorsod in hlH great raid
/ Vet the expedition uf LnwtOu 10 the
north uf Manila was mot simply 70 raid.
| u was WurllNo undertaking. ably and
| thoroughly executed, ln the capture of
Santa cruz. which ranks 100 Luznu next
/ Co tho city OF Manila, Luwtuu Was force
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The Men Who Will Lead Uncle Sans Troops
In the Far East In the Campaign
Which Will Begin as Soon as the
Rainy Season Shall Have
Drawn to Close.

cd 20 bring into play the genius Of n
general The town lies back from the
beach about 800 yards. a feInt was
made ut landing a party N Americana.
aud This brought out the fact that tho
apparently peaceful streets and bamboo
groves surrounding the place were MI
81 with Filipino soldiers lying In am
bush. The fact which was developed
later was that the landing place was
guarded by ~ formidable and well con-
cealcd line OF earthw0fkB upon which
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ons are said 20 be- the cause Of their ex-
trcmo nervous temperament
Though the leopard win sometimes,
MS ul readers on Dr. selous' books
know. break into hut ana KIN man
zoe nighJ 10 is usually very much afraid
of him by day, a noted hunter has hlm-
self more than once beaten leopard 20
death with his stlrrup when he had no
other weapon handy
A Washington friend OF Admiral Dew
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In Missouri an his life, except durlns O
few years absence while IN CaUtorh,n
General DOdds, who conducted wy
French Dnhomey campaign IN i've i',
1898 has been promoted TO the ranH
general Of division. General pogus 49,
the course OF his career has aorV'u W.
great distinction In several parts ol ~,
rlca and also IN the far Gust, hs ~.
Gently held the chief command IN ~"
quln.
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ey says the great sailor r. a splendid
wit and story teller. lie can also spin
"A yarn Of his own experiences which
would rival the widest fiction.
Caviar which is made from sturgeon
eggs sailed In brine, II the most costly
product OF the nshorlea OF this country,
and, while largely renshed by opicuroa
a taste for 10 must usually be acquired
untu recently It's manufacture was mo-
nopoized BY the Russians. most OF II
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grammatical errors In his conversation.
Ho wears a 20 inch collar, sports IL wide
open Hhir, front ana "a frOck coat,
Chauncey NJ Depew was Hmitten with
the delights " tho automobile In Lon
don and viii keep one In Washington.
General u. Y, Mitchell, who iH slated
az probable contestant In the race Tor
the Democratic nomination for tho
house seat Of Mr.. Bland, is Mrs. BANDS
father. Ho "a 60 years old and has lived
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being prepared on tho Volga river and
annually from the domlnions OF the
czar
Judge oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr,, Il
said to inherit much Of his fathers wit
and conversational powers.
Ex-Governor IIogg VI Texas Is a
wonderful story teller, but. either from
oarelesaness or design. makes many
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-02-24
GOOD ROADS NOTES.

The farmers of Missouri have organ
lied improved roads committees In
every county in the state.
Highways which are rendered i'm
passable by ordinary rains-and there
are many of them-are not fit to be
called roads.
The business men of Bucyrus, o., have
organized for the purpose OF adopt
ing a system of improving the roads
in that vicinity.
Narrow tires and mud roads should
speedily be sent, hand in hand. as it
were, "glimmering through the dream
of things that were"
The Grand Rapids (Mich.) Herald,
very pertinently observes that the
board of trade of that city could con-
sistently take hand in the good roads
movement.
The Mercantile club of Wyandotte
county, Kan, recently passed resolu-
tons favoring good road laws, and will
work for the same at this session of
the legislature.
An argument offered for the employ
meuL Oh pTlSOueIS III DulluluS TOdUS ID
that the fear of such public degradation
will deter. from the commission Of petty
crimes, and will lessen the incursion of
tramps into community.
The cycling associations of Chicago,
which have formed an alliance for Sc
curing better legislation, have practi-
caily decided to drop for the present
the fight against the cycle baggage
law and confine their efforts to move
for good roads.
bodybuilding by county jail inmates
is to be undertaken in Oneida county,
N. Y. This is following the example in
Warren and St. Lawrence counties.
where the plan is in successful opera
ton, even at distance of six or eight
miles from the Jail.
Under the Higbie good roads law, of
New York, eight miles of stone road
can now be built at cost of only 81 800
to the property owners. The whole
cost is $4,000, Of which the county has
to pay $4,000, the state $4,000, and the
property owners the balance.-Good
Roads.
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MUD AND MATRIMONY.
Perplexities Endured by q Newly.
Married Couple ON Account of
Impassable Roads.

A paper published at Towson. Balti-
more county, Nd. recently published
the following from one of its country
"A reception was given by Mr.. and Mrs.
William Shepherd few nights ago at their
residence on My Lady's manor Unfortu-
nateIy Mr.. Shepperd was not present. He
was detained on the road in moving a
heavy load of furniture from Baltimore
TO his home. His team became stalled on
account of the bad condition Of the road,
nj he did not arrive home until after mid
niyht These are some of the perplex-
ties newIy-married people have to endure
sometimes"
From league member we learn that
1.-The parties had been married only a
few days before, and this was the re-
ception given at the groom's home after
their return from their bridal tour
Think of the groom having to miss his
own reception by reason of bad roads,
and imagine the feelings of the bride!"
IL. A. w. Bulletin.
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It is frequently found that muck
soils, even after the most careful drain
ing, are still unproductive. The fer
tilizing matter which they contain ID
in unavailable condition for plants. A
common practice in Ireland and in Eu-
ropean countries is to pare the surface
and after drying to burn the organic
matter. This practice of burning has
been condemned as exhausting the soil.
but without good reason. The burning
should not extend more than IL to IS
inches. and it destroys very little avail
able food plant. 1t is recommended as
one of the quickest methods of putting
muck soils into condition for the
growth Of crcps.-Drainage Journal.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-02-24
FOR STARTING PLANTS.
A Device That Gives Tomatoes, Pep-
pers and Flower Seeds . viz.
OFOus Start.

Nearly everyone tries 10 start few
plants early in the spring in the house,
and expends a world Of labor, in the ag-
gregate. carrying them from the vim
dow to stove shelf at night to keep
them from chilling, and oftentimes
freezing.
The accompanying cut shows a way
by which to avoid all this trouble, and,
atthe same time. grow more and better
plants. Take box of any size desired,
about two feet-in height, ard arrangeit
on movable stand or bench (a) 90 that
it can be set before the sunniest wln-
dow on bright, clear days. In one side
of this box. at the bottom. cut an open
ing (b) through which to insert the lamp,
and provide it with a hinged door (c).
for then the lamp can be shut up and it,
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heat utilized, by having piece of sheet
iron (d) the size of the bottom surface
of the box stretched above the lamp,
and some distance above this, iron rods,
for the support of the smaller boxes
(e e., containing earth and the seeds
which are to be terminated. AS to the
dotted lines at the top (D, they repre-
sent tight wooden cover to shut
down over the whole at night and take
off in the morning. OF course a small
opening should be made in the top of
the lamp chamber and another in the
bottom preferably at the sides and OPP
posite each other). to admit air and let
out any gas from the lamp, the sheet
iron fitting SO closely that no fumes
from the same can get up to the plant
boxes above.
Constructed in this way a very small
flame will keep everything warm and
growing all night. Hence the house
wife may plant tomatoes. peppers and
the like, or any kind of flower seeds,
early enough to have them get good
start and that without experiencing
any serious setbacks, no matter though
the mercury is found some mornings
down near zero.-Frederick o. Sibley,
in N. Y. Tribune.
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when the slaves of Sicily rose in
rebellion about $50 B. c.. and took re-
venge for the wrongs they had suf-
fered. there was among them Syrian
named Eunus. He was a man of great
craft and courage. and having seen
much of the world. he had become &c.
quainted with a variety of ittle-known
arts. He pretended to have immediate
communication with the gods, and, az
usual in such cases. he confirmed his
divine missions by miracles. When de-
sirous of inspiring his followers with
courage, he breathed flames and sparkle
among them from his mouth.
1T Is said that. in order to perform
this marvel. Eunus pierced a nutshell
at both ends, and. having filed it with
some burning substance, he put it into
his mouth and breathed through it.
The same trick is performed much bet
ter nowadays. The juggler rolls to-
gather some fax or hemp into a ball
about the size of walnut, which he
sets on fire, permitting it to burn until
ii is nearly consumed. Then he rolls
around it more fax while it is yet burn
ing. and by this means the fire may be
retained in the ball for long time.
When he is ready to do his act he slips
the ball into his mouth unperceived
and breathes through it. His breath re-
wives the fire. SO that sparks proceed
from it, and the performer sustains no
injury so long as he inhales his breath
through his nostrils only. BY this art
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-02-24
SOIL OF COAL ASHES.
A Flower Lover Tells of His Experis
ence with Various Plants During
the Past Season.

When we came into possession Of our
present home, the side yard sloped pre-
c;pitously toward the east and was
flooded with water during every rain
fall, says a writer in Vick's Monthly.
Not wishing to have the expense Of
grading, we began filling the lower side
with coal ashes and few winters suf-
feed to remedy these evils, but tradi-
ton said: you cannot raise flowers in
ashes," therefore we fought the weeds
which we found would grow there. and
tried to be patient. This spring we de-
.termined to try at least few of the
hardest flowers, and results have been
such that I think they will be of in
terest to others. In March the ashes
were thoroughly raked and rolled. On
one side we dug a trench for sweet
PEAS, about 16 feet in length. In this
we planted sweet pea collection.
The weather being very cold. they did
rot terminate until late in April, and
as soon as they were well started we
drew the ashes down about them, fill
ing the trench. Once week they were
watered with liquid fertilizer, and July
1 they reached nearly to the top Of
their poultry netting support (six feet)
and were covered with buds and blos-
SONS. A row of nasturtiums was equal
~ fortunate and bore more flowers
throughout the summer than those
planted in proper garden soil. Dahlias
were another success, bulbs planted in
ashes and well watered daily outstrip-
ping those in rich loam and bearing
more and handsomer flowers than We
had ever before raised. We have tried
several other varieties, but cannot get
speak positively as to results. although
the plants are growing well. Glover
sown in May caught well and walking
over its green, luxuriant surface you
would not dream that beneath lay sew.
eral feet of coal ashes.
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'eDo you know of q good fortune teller?'
"Yes; Bradstreet or Dun."-Vogue.
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AN IDOL OF AGES GONE BY.

ldolatrous temples, and with fires as
the basis of their worship.
The Apostle Paul delivered an argu-
ment on the question of whether it was
right or wrong to eat meat which had
been offered to idols. He said that so
far as he was concerned it made no diff
ference how the meat had been cooked
But, in Difference to the opinion of 9TH
ers. he said: IF ii cause my brother to
offend, / will eat no more of the meat
offered to idols" So. in that early day.
1t must have been question of great
Importance.
But in our day the eating of meat Of
Tered to idols is practiced on this con-
tinent in refined sense. The North
American Indians realize. in a vague
way, that there is a Great Father a bove
Us all; but their conceptions are little
above the conceptions of their idola-
trous ancestors. They follow the Gus
toms Of those ancestors. and have bar
becues of dogs in their religious fes-
rivals. This custom came from ances-
tors who offered dogs in sacrifice to
idols. The aboriginal Indians ate the
dog meat thus offered. and the modern
Indians eat dog meat after their reli-
gious festivals.
Juggling with fire was practiced in
very ancient times" said learned pro-
lessor to the writer. MANY of the
tricks of that sort which are best
Known to-day were employed to de-
ceive the vulgar thousands OF years
ago.
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Rabbi Bar-Cocheba. in the reign of the
Roman emperor Hadrian, made the
credulous Hebrews believe that he was
the long-looked-for Messiah.
For receptions with fire the ancients
also employed naphtha. a liquid min
eral oil SO combustible that it kindles
when. it only approaches flame. Pliny
states that the means which Medea
chose for destroying Creusa, the daugh-
ter of Creon, was simply naphtha. She
sent to the unfortunate princess dress
besmeared with it, which burst into
flames as soon as she approached the
fire of the altar. The priests of old
undoubtedly used napththa to make
their offerings catch fire, as if spop-
taneously, in order to delude the won
dering mob. In modern times persons.
who could walk over burning Goals or
red-hot iron, or who could hold them
in their hands and teeth. have often
excited amazement. Toward the end
of the seventeenth century an Eng
lishman named Richardson made him
ing Goals, swallow melted glass,
pour melted lead upon his tongue, and
SO forth. 1t is suggested that met
allie mixture consisting of mercury,
tin and bismuth, which melts at low
temperature, may have been substi-
tuted for lead.
Various theories have been advanced
to account for the other feats men,
toned. 1t will be remembered that
during the middle ages the guilt or in
nocence of persons accused of crimes
was often determined by ordeal, the
defendant being obliged to hold q
piece of red-hot iron in his hand. This
was another case of juggling, such
trials being conducted by priests, who
covered the hands of those whom they
desired should escape with protective
paste. solution of spermacetti in
sulphuric ether, colored red with al
kenet root. which solidifes at so de-
grees Fahrenheit, and melts and boils
with the heat of the hand, is supposed
to be the substance which is used at
Januarius melts spontaneously and
boils over the edge of The vessel con-
tanning it.
Very interesting scientific expert
ments have shown what great heat may
be endured by the human body. DR..
Fordyce and Sir Charles Blagden stayed
in a room where the temperature was
26O degrees Fahrenheit for eight min
utes. A beeksteak was cooked in the
same atmosphere and was overdone in
80 minutes. Sir F. Chantry and others
remained for two minutes in a fur
mace which was much hotter, the Their
mometer they carried with them indi-
eating 800 degrees when they came
out. The peculiar property of mineral
salts, such as alum. in protecting arti-
Giles of dress from fire has long been
known. The Chevalier Aldiui, of Milan.
devised costume consisting of cloth
covering for the body. arms and legs,
which had been stepped in solution of
alum. The headdress was a large can
enveloping the whole head down to the
neck. with holes for the nose. eyes and
mouth. and the shoes were of asbestos
cloth. A metallic dress was added to
this, consisting chiefly of wire gauze.
The costume was intended to be worn
by firemen. Clad in it. man can walk
on hot irons in the midst Of high
flames" SMITH d rRY.
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streets can wait" in preference to con-
tinuing the patchwork jobs there
that only make them worse" The
wheelman's lot there carnot be par
ticnlarly happy one, for some time ago
the borough council pre- hibited riding
On the sidewalks in muddy weather. so
~e are compelled to store our Wheel
about one-third of the season."-Good-
Roads.
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NOT AN IDEAL TOWN.
EenOva, Pa, Has Roads Which Would
Make Any Wheelman's Hair
Stand ON End.

The accompanying picture is the
main street of Renova, Pa, where, ac-
cording to correspondent, "the only
efforts made for good roads have con-
sisted in hauling mud from one place
ard depositing it in another" A local
paper sarcastically remarks that "the
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-02-24
A wise Man

A Wise Man.
She-What do you think of love and mar
rage:
He-One thing at time, please!-Puck.
What? A Cripple? Cure your sprain in
day with St. Jacobs Oil.