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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-09
SEVEN INJURED.

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept: 29.-Train
No. 4. east-bound. OF the Indiana. Deca-
tur and Western Railroad. went in;o
the siding at Montezuma. Ind. at 3:I5
this morning. The rear sleeper did
not clear the main track and was
struck by a fast freight train. west
bound. The sleeper was upset and
seven persons were hurt The car
caught fire and was ruined.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-09
LABOR ROW SETTLED.

CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-At midnight
the differences between organized la
Dor and the festival and Federal COM
mittees were amicably adjusted. and ii
was announced that the corner stone
of the new Postoffice would be laid on
October 9th in accordance with the orr
ginal programme.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-09
IOWA AT NAGAsAKI

DES MONIES Ua), Sept. pa
cablegram was received today by Gov
ernor Shaw from Colonel Lopez OF the
Fifty-first Iowa Regiment, announcing
the arrival of the transport Senator q:
Nagasaki. Japan. and requesting per-
mission TO make brief stop at Yoke
hama. The cablegram was forwarded
to the War Department with approval.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-09
SEARCHI.IGHT WON

SPRINGFIELD. Ill. Sept. g
Searchlight. the great pacing stallion.
won the 1908 pace for a purse OF $500
ut the State Fair today without an eff
fort Frank BOgash took second mon
ey and William Mae third.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-09
CARTER GOES TO PRISON.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 3O.-Captain
Carter is sentenced to five years i'm
prisonment and to pay a fine of $1,000.
This sentence was approved by the
President today.
Captain Carter is now at Governor's
Island under arrest and the sentence
will begin Immediately.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-09
MORE PLAGUE CASES

OPORTO. Sept. 30-Five new cases
OF the bubonic plague and one death
was reported yesterday to the author
tiles. 1t is said that a number of SOL
diers forming the sanitary Gordon are
also i'll with the plague.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-09
JERSEY BULLS.

THE LEAH DAIRY HAS FOR
sale a few thoroughbred Jersey bulls.
yearlings; pedigree guaranteed. Apply
to WALTER BLACKER.
SAT Mgr: Tel. 211 Red.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-09

ROOMS FOR RENT WITH BOARD
at Queen Hotel. Reasonable rates. .
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-31
CAN THIS BE TRUE7
It Has been Demonstrated Tint
Every Living Being Is
Partially Blind.

1t will probably be n shock to many
to learn that. Without any exception,
they are all partially blind and insensi-
BILE to pain.
II mas been clearly demonstrated by
exhaustive experiments that every hui
man eye is blind in one particular part,
varying in locality and size with the
individual. This can be easily proved
by tracing 100 curved and parallel lines
on large sheet of paper and passing
up and down each meridian in turn II
disc of black paper one inch in diane
ter, until the whole area of the sheet of
paper has been covered. In following
the movements of the disc it will he
found that at certain parts of its prog
ress it cannot be seen at all, and this is
when the blind spot" in the eye is
focused on it.
This blind srn', which Is irregular in
shape, is ID by the optic nerve,
which enters tlc rctua. and thus OBJ
scures part of the picture photographed
(as it were) on it. The entire scene
looked upon is clearly depicted with
the exception of the part which should
| appear on The point of the rctina covered
by the optic nerve at its point of entry.
similarly, scientific experiment
proves that there are thousands of
minute parts of the body which are in
capable of feeling. You may touch
them with a hot needle. or even, to
push the experiment further, you may
thrust the needle deeply into the part
without any pain being felt. All paris
Of the body share this peculiar insersi-
bility to pain, but the unfortunate
thing is that these dead points are SO
mixed up with parts that are keenly
alive chat, unless the point of contact
is confined to the dead point, the pain
is all too manifoSt.-Cincinnati En-
| uuircr.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-31
SEA-BRED PIGEONS.
System Employed to Get Good
service with Them from ship
to shore.

Capt. John r. Bartlett L. S. s., re-
tired. chief of the coast signal service
during the war with Spain. has reported
20 the department on the value Of car
rier pigeons for signaling purposes.
The Baltimore sun summarizes the re-
port as follows:
That experiments be made for
the purpose of training hcming pigeons
in connection with coas' signaling. for
the reason that they offer a solution of
the problem Of communication with
vessels in the oif-shorc patrol fleet
These vessels would most probably OPP
crate in districts having established
bases. and al such distance from the
coast and from the iGshure patrol that
visual signals would be almost impus-
sibIc. y huining pigeon service cannot
be inprovised aud be of any real value.
The birds must be Systematically and pa
tiently trained for a year or two, not
only to equip the cotes with trained car
ricrs for that locality, but to furnish Il
stock of sca-brcd breeders, Expert
mental cotes should be located at the
bases of naval coast defense districts.
small vessel provided with carrier
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-31
ED. H0WE'S PHILOSOPHY.

One disagreeable sign of age is the
notion that young people need more
advise.
A woman's idea of winter of the
right length is one that lasts as long
as her canned fruit
The people somehow always feel
sorry for the husband of woman who
is in demand as Il chaperon.
A great many people do not succeed
because they are not willing to work
as hard as success requires.
When woman's son marries. she
never fully forgives him until he has
had tronble with his wife, and comes
back to her for comfort.
Most people long so:ardently to live
in palace that they neglect to make
comfortable the house in which they
are compelled to live and die.
A candidate for Office has no more
compunctions against denying the fact
than an engaged man has about deny
ing his approaching marriage.
When man looks at woman he
once loved, and whom he no longer
cares for, he thinks how greatly She
has changed, and not how greatly lac
has changed.
When doctor uses long medical
terms in talking of disease, il is al
ways safe to take the case out OF his
hands.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-31

bridge and we have been seeing
plenty of war ever since. | haven't
had my shoes off since a week ago
Saturday. but don't mind that. One
week ago today our Company and
Companies "B," &c" and "Er made
a charge on the enemy's entrench-
ments and killed nearly all the In
surgents in them. 1t. Afford, of
Lawrence, was killed, and Sergeant
Jay Sheldon, in our Company, was
wounded and died in the hospital
next day. Privates Fretz and Nc.
Grew were both wounded but Will
get we'll.
Last Friday we fought the battle of
Caloocau and routed and killed all
! the Insurgents, burned the town, and
here we are i'm the intrenchments
Just north of the town waiting on Il
don't know what.)
| must close for want of paper.
Now 1 don't want you to worry about
me. | believe if | was to be shot in
this scrap | would have got it before
now; and even If do fall you should
not worry yourself to death about il
for 1t is the fortunes of war and ours
is just cause. can truthtuily say
that we have honestly won the name
of "rhe Fighting Twentieth" and al
this time ours is the most popular
regiment on the island. Gen. OTIS
says Those Kansans fight like
devils and are afraid of nothing
That is quite puff to come from the
General and the boys have right tC
} be proud of it. Our boys from lois
are all right, They face the music
} like old vets, and they can shoot like
! Indians. We are all collecting relics
etc., and every fellow will have {
curiosity shop to bring home will
} him. Good bye. Take care OF your
J selves, and I'll look out for No. /.
LEWIS CoFFIELD.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-31
PEARY'S LAST BEAR.
Extreme Precautions Were Taken to
Preserve Its Snow-NhIte
Skin UnsOiIed.

At the first glimpse of daylight on the
morning of September the Hope got
under way and steamed out for Cape
York TO land my faithful Eskimo as
sistants. As we steamed out through
the western passage between Meteorite
island and Akpudi we entered the fleet
of countless bergs sweeping out of Mel
vile bay, dazzling in their glttering
brlliaucy and with the dancing white
caps flashing between them i'm every
direction.
Scarcely were We well within this
Arctic white squadron. threading our
way between the stately cruisers, when
one Of my quick-eyed Eshmos cried
out: "Nannooksoah!" lie had seen
the bear for an instant far up on the
top of a big berg, one Of The tabular
giants of Melville bay, peering over its
precipitous face, but it had quickly dis
appeared As we steamed slowly round
the berg he came into view again, a
beautiful white animal with contrast
ing black nose, moving Ieisurely along
the surface of the iceberg. The captain
and both CHANGED a shotat him at long
range, and the captains bullet grazed
his hind leg, making him whirl and
snap savagely at the wound. Then he
galloped awkwardly and disappeared
round n pinnacle Of the berg. Circling
the berg again, we discovered him in the
water swimming Vigorously, and sew
eral shots were fired at him, one of
which took effect, and he apparently
collapsed completely; yet few mo-
meuts later he was swimming off again,
and it was only after | had a boat
! lowered that he was secured.
The fur of the animal was so spotless-
ly white and uustained that gave or
ders not to have him lowered upon the
deck, but kept him suspended from the
tackle until, Il few hours later, we
reached Cape York and, mooring the
Hope against the face of a glacier, he
was swung out on TO the surface of the
glacier, covered with newly fallen snow,
and there skinned and the beautiful
pelt rolled up and packed away still un-
! sullied. This was our last bear.-Lieut.
Peary, in st. Nicholas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-31
GRANT SHAW,S PHILOSOPHY.


The fellow who hunts sympathy
finds contempt.
Perhaps the only demand for you is
by the devil.
An old maid enjoys the reputation
Of being ticklish.a
Where you find civilization you
find the church social.
Plutocratic newspaper men. like
poets, are born, not made.
The fellow who gets the most out of
your life puts the least in it,
Learn early in life to be fiddler
instead of dancer.
Loves young dream frequently has
its awakening over the wash tub.
A mars "friends" are just like
banana peels strewn in his pathway.
Ths fellow who is "happy" hasn't
any sense, but he is full of instinct.
A man il fool if he blows in his
money, and "a miser If he doesn't.
There just as good tutors outside of
the band wagon as those inside.
Take long road you are acquainted
with in preference to an unfamiliar
short one.
When man has nothing else to do
he falls in love-or at least he thinks
he does.
Don't get discouraged if you make
IA mistake. It's the government
fault, not yours.
We notice that the fellow who loves
his enemies does sit after the enemy
has died or moved away.
1t is as big job for alpreacher to put
up an extra sermon as it is tor news.
paper to issue a special edition.
The dog that puts double curl in
his tail and carries it Off over his
back would be cigarette fiend it it
Were man.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-31

we were fired on all day and the next
day. SO Col Funston got orders to
take u battalion and drive the rascals
back, and Companies &, 1, ID and
Minnesota boys forming Company l.
principally, made q charge of about u
mile. Co. struck the hot end If the
fight and how the bullets flew! At
first l had "hankering" desire to
lay down but the lieutenant said to
move on, and did. We Just kept
walking and shooting Our loss was
LIT. A. G. Afford of Co b, killed; and
from Co. |, Sergt, sheldon, Paola;
Private Fretz, of Pittsburg and VIM.
McGrew of lola, were wounded.
Sheldon died the.neXt day, aud the
other two are recovering Then all
was fairly quiet until Friday, The
18th. In the morning was on u
scout detail to get some information,
wading mud knee deep and water
waist deep, before | returned. Our
detail returned q little after noon aud
in an hour an advance was ordered (;
soon ready and armed with 200 iounds
of ammunition, we started for Calico
can, small town about three miles
from where we were. We had hot
fight hut soon got the rebels on the run
and chased them mile beyond the
town. CO. | lost one man, Lou
Ricketts, of Paola. Capt. Flanders
and Private Ballon received bullet
burns. Nothing is left OF the city OF
CaIoocan today except zone English
residence and the II. II. property.
We are now in camp beyond Caloo-
can and east of Malabon. We expect
TO take the latter in day or two and
then go to the insurgents capitol,
Malolos, some twenty miles yet
tell you, it's mighty hard to think
we furnished them rebels guns and
ammunition to shoot at us; but we
have whipped them every jump. OuI
killed and wounded total Is about &c
of the former and $50 of the latter
~ 10 NhdN No hdNb hlllCh
aud captured nearly 10000 of the in
surgents. 1t isn't very much credit
after all, to fight these devils when we
consider that they are little better
than savages. The enlightened tribes
do not engage i9 the fight but very
little.
In Aguinaldo's "decaratlon o
war" he declared war against Ne
braska, Colorado, Tennessee, the Utah
, Battery and the United states. H,
f said he could fight us. with or with
out arms a long as he chose.
II Chss. Scott were here he would b,
perfectly willing to acknowledge tina
Aguinaldo IL not a citizen of tn,
: United States-)r If he didn't, he
} would surely say that "Old Aggie,
as we call him, is 8" very bad one
You bet am well! | haven't heeI
seriously sick since | came here
; and / don't think | shall be. Dom
} worry about that at all All the Ioli
boy 8 are well, and not cold foot il
the lot, f.. A. J0RDON,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-31
FROM COLONEL FRED
A Brief Note From the Gallant Colonel
of the Twentieth 4 Character
istic Letter from Lew :CoiIield.

1t can we'll he imagined that Col
Funston has been too busy these past
few weeks to spend much time writ.
ing to his friends, but the following
brief note to the editor of the REGIS
TER will interest everybody, particu-
larry as showing what the man in
command of them thinks of the lola
boys who are in the ranks. The letter
is dated headquarters Twentieth
Kansas, Trenches at Caloocan, Feb.
81, $780," and aside from some person.
al matters Ia as follows:
GAS ali the world knows before
this, we are up agiu it, and the long
job of licking that bumptious, inso.
lent crew, the Philippine insurgents,
has begun. Kansas has been up
near the band wagon and has simply
covered itself with glory. The
Twentieth is the most talked of regi-
ment here because of the way the
boys swept everything before them at
the taking of Caloocau, a town three
miles north of Manila. Five Kansas
boys have been killed and twenty
seven wounded, up to date. OF course
it is impossible for me to write all the
details OF the fighting, but John Steele
tells me he has covered it pretty fully
for the Kansas City Star. Company
II, to which the Allen county soon
tingent belongs, was in it up to its
neck and lost more men than any
other company in the regiment except
'B', of Kansas City, Kans.
1--WE buried 1919 Philippines, piled
up on the ground that the Twentieth
Kansas advanced over in the various
fights, and this of course does not in
clude the dead that they managed to
carry away.
"The trouble with the Philippines
is that they do not shoot straight,
while our men keep their bullets
down close to the ground. A good
deal of our fighting has been at close
quarters in the dense bamboo Jungle
and several fellows were bayonetted
by the Jayhawkers.
1.-The American army is now occu.
plying line of trenches around the
city at an average distance Of three
miles from the suburbs, and will bt
on the defensive until the arrival o
re-inforcements."
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-31
INVINCIBLE HoRSE-TAMER.
who Became WorId-Fnmous-Rid
ing wild Colt Mt Age of Three.

His name was John S. Rarey. Early
in the century, his father-a Pennsyl-
vana Dutch farmer--cearcd a tract of
forest land on the outskirts Of Ohio's
capital. On this virgin spot was built
a log cabin, i'll which the future horse
tanner was born The cabin in inc be-
came the beginning of the village of
Groyeport, known half acentury ago to
lovers of horses throughout The civil
ized world
While a babe in his mothers arms. it
was young Rarcy's delight 10 watch the
animal Life ON the farm. TO pet the
horses and COWS was ever to the boy a
Keen pleasure When he could make his
way alone to the farmyard. it was OBJ
served that the frislliesj colts were DO
ellie under the caressirg strokes Of the
child's hand. John was the youngest
of seven children. At this period he was
the only child at home. The Rarey
farm was isolated. Many miles lay be-
tween ncighbors. Having no youthful
piayhlates. his warm little heart made
friends of the chickens, the COWS and
the colts. At the age of three years it
was his del;gh, to ride astride the plow
horses
One significant incident i'm the child
hood Of the "inyincible horse tanner"
was frequently related by his mother.
II occurred in his fourth year. The fam
! ily being at the dinneriable. one day. it
was discovered that the chair of the
! Youngest was vacant. \ servant was
sent i'm quest Of the truant, The fields,
the barns. the hay mounds were
searched In vain, a terrific scramble
was heard. at length, in a gravel road
| way near by. TO the horror of the dis
irartcd household. Johnny Rarey was
discovered upon the back of the Widest
colt ON the farm.
| Expecting to see the child fall TO the
ground every moment, the father start
ed 10 his eScue; but to the relief of the
household, colt and rider soon refined up
in safety at the barn door. When re-
proved for his conduct. the infant re-
piled that he and the colt were the best
of friends. To convince his father of
his mastery of the colt, he mounted and
dismuuHtcd. bridled and unbridlGd the
animal, who, TO the establishment of the
spectators, submitted to his young mas
trr's directions. His control of the colt
was much talked of in the neighbor-
hood. From that time the young horse
man was in great demand to carry mes
sagcs between the scattered farm
houses. Before his ninth year his rcpu-
;a,ion for horScmanship IN that part OF
the country was NATURALIZATION RosC
McCahe. in 81. Nicholas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-31

Why was st. Barbara chosen to he
the patron saint of ali the gunners? IT
is one Of those things which are to be
known. ard which ono ought to know.
but docs not Meanwhile there is the
fact that she does iutcrcede for all
guuncrs by land or sea. In the old
French navy Jne Saintc Barbe was the
gun room, and the name may be found
with that meaning attached 20 it in
all dictionaries. Moreover in France
She is the saint not only of gunners, but
Of all fire brigades. The Sapcurs Pom
piers, who for some mysterious reason
are a regular chopping block for jokes,
hold their holiday on the day of her
feast. This year it has been rather a
considerable occasion round Paris. Va
rous societies exist in that capital.
such, for example, as the Societe du
Souvenir Francois, for the purpose of
erecting and preserving monuments in
commemoration of the lighting during
the siege of ls7O-'71. They meet and
speechify once n year early in Decem-
Der, and this time, at least, if not al
ways, the day chosen happened to be
Sunday which was also the feast of St.
Barbara ashington Star.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-31
InfaIIIbIe.

An eloquent Detroit preacher tells
this among his early experiences in a
rural parish, One of his parishioners
was very ILL., and finally sent for the min
ster, who found the man rather reti-
cent, and finally asked if there was any
thing he could do.
"Parson." was the answer, "sleep
would make me well, but the doctor
can't make me sleep. | wondered if
you'd preach me that long sermon l
heard last July."-Deroit Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-31
From Lewis COfiield.
In the Trenches on the bat
tie field, Battle of Caloocan,
Feb. u.


tie field, Battle of Caloocan,
Feb n.
Dear Folks:-This is my first ex-
perience III writing from the battle
field and am afraid it will be rather
disjointed affair, for as lie. IN the
trenches with hard tack box for a
writing desk, a Mauser bullet whis-
ties over NV head occasionally and
| have to duck from force of habit,
although they couldn't hit me in a
year lying.here
A week ago Saturday morning |
went on the outpost guard aud that
night the war broke out between the
Nebraska outpost and the Insurgents
and the firing came down the line
until it reached us, the last outpost
guard on the bay shore. | had a
post running through the woods, over
bikes in rice fields, over to the Third
Artillery's outpost which met ours at
the railroad. About quarter of a
mile up the railroad track was one Of
the Insurgent guard houses, and as
the firing came around from the right,
the black devils ran cannon upon
the track and took two shots at US.
There were seven of the Third Artil-
lery lads, and two Kansans, Brad
bury, of Paaola and myself. We beat
rather a hasty retreat but never go
u scratch, although | expected to find
my hair turned to a snowy white the
next day. We made our way back
through the woods to report to our
officer of the day, while the Third
Artillery boys held the niggers back
with their magazine guns. Oul
guard all concentrated at the big
bridge across the canal on the main
road into the city, Capt. Clarke and
Lit. Krause, of Co III" in command
(I might say here that two drawer
men cannot be found in Uucle SANS
army.) Capt Clarke said; "Boys
we will hold this bridge until rein
forcements come" And we held it
me nlggers trled TO STATION cannon
up the road in "a position to shell III
off the bridge, but Capt. Clarke tool
Ia of the guard and advanced OF
them, pouring volley after volley int
them until they gave it up as bac
job. Finally our regiment came ou
on the double quick and crossed the
bridge under a raking fire and Wen
after the rascals in great shape. The
firing was kept up all night and was
plenty warm.
The next morning the sharp.shoot
ers kept firing on us at the bridge
from tree tops and houses until had
to go up and stop ones noise. sun
day noon ! joined my company as
soon as relieved from guard at the
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-31
The servIan zadrugn.

In Servia there still survives a won
derful old institution known as the
Zadruga. 1t is the living together of a
whole tribe, numbering sometimes as
many as 100 persons, all under the alb
solute authority of one chief. He keeps
all the money, makes all purchases and
decides the miuutest details of family
life.-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-31

The Burmese have curious idea re-
garding coins, They prefer those which
have female heads on them, believing
that coins with male heads on them are
not so lucky and do not make money.
Albany Argus
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-31
one OF the Two.

Jones-What do you think of man
who has to use a safety-pin to connect
his trousers with his suspendersP
Brownie should either get married
or get a Divorce. Puck