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HAD LOTS OF THEM.

There is a legend afioat that the EN-.
peror Of japan has a certain decoration
the ninth class order Of the Wall
Eyed Elephant. or something 81 that
sort-which ne hands round when he
runs short Of cigarettes. Re that a. II
may. the ease with which travellers Sc
cure such hOnors has given rise 20 In
Vulnerable quaint stories. the latest OF
which has a special local interest. Ac-
coriing to the yarn. n breezy English
girl was visiting q sister In Leeds. ana.
while attending a little society fune-
ton. she encountered an important IN
dividual uho had recently made q trip
70 japan
Among the trophies which he brought
hack from the land Of the chrysanthe-
mum was an exceedingly spectacular
decoration, bestowed upon him heaven
only knows why or how. The only fear
that seemed 20 disturb the late Traveller
was that somebody would overlook the
ornament. At any rate he had eH-
changed hardly dozen words with The
young LADY visitor when be lifted u
delicately with has finger tips.
by the way. Miss Blank he said
L suppose you have never seen any
thing like this before
"Oh. dear me. yss." replied the young
woman. CHANGING careiessly ~ the ght-
tering gewgaW. we have ts0DfAhos
Of them at our ehISdrsn's fsis sFsTS
year." ..,
The knight Of the order % the wan
Eyed Elephant vent cut into ths eoe-
ssrvatory 70 catch his breath
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tackled Americans. They came cropping
through the darkness by way OF the
very bridge about which the Filipinos
had taken up their position. As they
approached the bridge they were chal-
lenged In the regulation American way:
Halt! Who's there?''
This challenge was In the sweetest Of
American voices. so the unsuspecting
officer OF the advancing party respond
ed. Company z, Thirteenth Mime
sofa" The words were no sooner out
OF the officers mouth than he heard
through the darkness the following
command: Ready, Aim! Fire!" The
next moment q murderous FIRE rained in
upon the unhappy Company E.
My God, men," screamed the Minne-
sofa captain. you're numbering your
own flesh and bloodi"
A loud jeer went up at this, and a
shadowy battalion Of Filipino soldiers
fell back from the bridge and melted
away in the darkness. Their officer had
deliberately used an American chaI-
lenge to entrap the Minnesota company.
1t Is such things as these, and they
are now almost matter OF ancient his
tory with us, that have hardened the
hearts Of the American soldier against
the native. The mutilation of the dead
by these barbarous Asiatics Is a sub
ject upon which do not care to speak
1t is not so often practiced as you may
have been led to believe, but when It
has occurred 1t has been of such a re-
voting character that words do not
fifty describe the frenzy of mad rage
and passion for revenge which 1t excites
in our boys, especially when the re-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-16

Some Of these pious and meek looking
Filipinos who come about our camp are
prodigiously eloquent In their protesta-
tions Of friendship to the Americans.
Not long ago a handful of our men got
hold Of one Of these amigos who was
suspiciously military looking in his
bearing. He was ostensibly carrying
baskets of rice into camp, but seemed
TO look about him and size UP the sit
uation altogether too inquisitively.
Quick as fash three or four Of our
men nabbed him. One of them tore his
Bingham shirt from his shoulders, and
there, plain as day, was the telltale
sign of his treachery. The hollow OF
his right shoulder was black and blue.
Now there is only one thing that
causes that peculiar marking of the
shoulder front, and 1t is the repeated
kicking of a rifle butt against it. In
other words. here was a man who had
probably but a few days before been
actually raining hostile bullets among
our men now calmly meandering
through an American camp and spying
upon US. The orders respecting the
treatment of friendlles by our men are
very strict; otherwise there would have
been one lynched insurrecto that day.
These deceitful tactics of the Fill
pinos have served to harden the heart
of the American against him, where
otherwise there might be some natural
about killing half civilized
negroes when 1t was remembered that
the killers in question came half
way round the world to do up
the hated Spaniard and not to
pepper at ignorant Asiatics. But as
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-16
How THE QUEEN
SPENDS SUNDAY.

Sunday has always been kept ~
Queen Victoria with scrupulOus care.
and everything feasible Il done e Al
low the royal household 20 rest a. much
as possible on that day. An old story
IL on record OF the young queen having
rebuked Lord Melboarns for suzrsstinr
that certain Official work must s. done
on a sunday. The prime minister vas
very annoyed at his sOvereixn's ~.
marks. and stilf more chagrined whsn
at the usual service In the morninR
at which he was present with the rest
OF the royal household. q sermon a.
rected against Sunday labor wa
preached from the pulpit. The queen
told Lord Melbourne after the service
that she would be ready to start worb
a. early as he liked on Monday morn,
Ing" suggesting with a smile tie un-
earthly hour Of $50. but relteratinw her
inability TO give up any hours on sun.
day TO work which was not especially
urgent.
The queen has always taken a great
interest in the religious life OF her per
sonal attendants. A story was related
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soldiers OF Sunday morning, stripped
to the waist, and making the soapsuds
lily like a Montana snowstorm. This
is the only chance the boys have Of
treshening up their soiled and grimy
linen. and though you come across an
occasional soldier who seems to have a
rooted antipathy for water and cleanli-
hess, the American trooper as a rule
Is somewhat Of a crank about the con-
dition of his own cussed skin. Men
who have been used TO an enamel bath
with nickel plated faucets are here glad
enough to get hold of discarded dish
pan. and in it perfom their morning
ablutions with both grace and dispatch
AS for water, heaven knows there's
enough Of 1t! There's water every
where. Blankets are soaked with il.
Bread is sOggy with IL. Leather boots
are moldy and clothes are perpetually
steaming with II. II you don't watch
out your rifle will rust with II and you
will wish in the depths of your aqueous
soul that you were born a duck. For
this is what is known as the rainy
season" in the Philippine Islands. and
any unsophisticated agnostic at home
who thinks 1t is misnamed ought to
come over here and try to live through
II under canvas. Ricefields that three
months ago looked as green and gently
undulating as Indiana meadowland
are now a desolate stretch of water
swept bog. marsh, swamp. anything
that suggests the superlative- Of ter
restrial OOziness. Through this our
boys have to pillow their weary way
time and time again. When tired Of
the bog they are given a little taste OF
the bush. where they push their way
through underbrush reeking with the
too generous rains of heaven. Travel
Ing by road they sink up TO their boot
tops in black mud. From showering
dawn until drizzling dusk they are
rained upon from above, and when the
clouds let up there are always a few
Filpinos in ambush somewhere about
to provide a leaden substitute. The
trenches are filled with water and con-
verted into miniature canals up and
down which you could all but ferry an
Erie canalboat. insignificant little
streams. once no more than ankle deem
now hem us in with six or ten good
feet Of mud laden. raging water.
But this IL not the saddest part Of
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Her late husband was q gifted con-
poser Of hymn tunes and q remarkably
fine performer on the organ. Whss
the queen n AZ Windsor her ETandchii-
dren Prince Arthur % COnna1Ght ana
the young Duke of Albany ofies spsud
Sunday at the castle. getting special
permission from the school agth0ritlss
for 80 doing.
The queen IL always present ~ TIE
morning service. and no one In tbs
congregation eauId be more aftsnttvs
Than she. The preacher - usually en-
,ertafned at lunchsOn By her majesty.
ard some kindly word h. as q rule.
said 20 him concerning his discourse.
The bishop % HlpOn and the bishop %
winchester are among those most fire.
aueutiy commanded 20 preach before
me queen. and u has been noted that
very rarely have high church clergy
men occupied the pulpit when the
queen - ln residence. She has never
Sisz gissd her leaning toward the Evan.
reHcal party. and has great sympathy
with various developments connected
with the Evangelical rn0yefnsnt. Thf
qUssn took q deep interest in The mis-
slons cos5uctsd By Hessrs. Aoody ard
SsuksT several years ago. and al
though she herself vas not cseR~nt 80
any % the great n~~tiags. tbs PstnosSs
q Wales ana tbs DBrhe4s % Tsck gave
the queen fun socOaats q tss Pre-
eesdings.
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DAY IN CAMP DURuG THE RAINY sEAsox

mains have been recognized as those OF
some old friend or camp comrade.
1t is the usual thing for an American
soldier when shot down and left for
even the shortest space of time on the
field to be found stripped from head TO
heels. His arms and shoes are always
taken first, and. when there Is a chance
clothing is carried away az well. /
know OF the case of one private who
was shot through the neck and fell
He was overlooked IN the excitement
and when. three hours later. he was
found by the Red Cross people he lay
on the ground as naked as the day he
was born. The Filipinos. IL seems. had
sneaked out and, finding him uncon-
scious from his wound, stralghtway
fell to stripping him. Thinking. pre-
sumably, that the wounded private was
already dead. they did not take the
trouble TO dispatch him The strange
part of the affair was that the wound
OF the private In question was merely
superficial. and IN a day or two he was
about again, but not before he had Sc
cured a new uniform Of a blue flannel
shirt and an old pair Of duck trousers.
This costume. by the way. has come
to be the general order OF the day. II
il IL not a flannel shirt. Il IL a gingham
one. and the trousers. Il must be con-
fessed. are often enough rather IN
military looking. with their grotesque
patchings and innumerable rents- The
regulation ''slouch" hat now reiens the
favorite. since those officers who Inn
ported Asiatic pith helmets soon found
that pushing ones way through dsnse
underbTush ruined q cork hat in about
cne-hah day SO the coed old sIouch-
the SLOUGH that has poked its sdTen-
turous way through the burberry
thlckets OF Montana and down the
canyons Of Mexico and chased np the
redskin from Manitoba 10 Mexico and
bobbed up and down about the slopes
Of San Juan HILL and has always in
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-16
William R Walters In a Letter From The Philippines De-
SCnbeS the f1ard5hipS Involved In Summer
Campaigning In the Philippines

then more tons Of quinine until the
very taste Of 1t haunts your nightmar-
ish dreams, and praying to God that
you may last out the rainy season and
live to help plant Old Glory on the re-
hottest mountain top in all the Philip
pine archipelago for ali time.
Over this forlornly picturesque and
tumble down old city of Manila the
stars and stripes are waving as 1
write this, but just at present among
the warworn boys who are patrolling
its ancient streets and its gray old
fortresses there is a sort of temporary
feeling of hopelessness. Not that they
have by any means given up. But be-
tween now and next October. 1t is
well known. little can actually be done
toward finally rounding up "Aggie"
and bringing this undesirable war to a
close. The shipload of leaden caskets
which has just arrived here to carry
home the American dead has not ex-
actly frightened up things about camp,
for one can't help specializing whether
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the week was al that ought 20 Be ex-
pected Of ordinary men and that the
gentlemen assembled 20 arhlfrats the
Venezuelan difficulty we're al ordinary
men This delicate bit % hunoF car
ried the day. and the commission viii
sit but four days IN each week"
J. @ Brown. the famous paInteT %
street arabs. complains that the type is
rapidly dtzappeartng. I had trouble
IN getting models . few years sgo." he
saSa- ~but nsw I have q hunt Gag al
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speaker has introduced me as the IA
Their Of Fred Funston. II has often been
said. No great man ever emsEates
from q great father but the converse
OF this may be true In my case. "A great
father may emanate from q great son T"
Benjamin Harrison" says the Boa
ton Herald. has never been noted for
his sparkling Wit Or humor. and yet he
Is reported 70 have made the whole
Venezuelan arbitration commission
smiIs By rsmarkinz that four days In
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-16

in Galveston In John Iaans. an old man
over 80 years OF age. He was probably
the last living man who knew person
ally LATTE. the famous pirate OF the
gulf Of Mexico. Iaams was but boy
when he knew the buccaneer in Bata-
via, but he often earned money from
him by running errands.
Ex-Coagressman E. H Funston was
introduced at Ottawa. where he spoke.
as the father or Fred Funston" The
old man took q all right and said: The
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-16

I look about me and see what has
taken place all around LuZon 1t seems
to me that just this little birth Of ha-
tired is one of the most hellish features
of war. 1t Is not only the loss and
suffering which warfare imposes upon
innocent people but more the harden
ing Of the hearts OF the soldiers them
selves TO the instincts OF humanity and
sympathy. Such warfare naturally i'm
plies a process OF EQUALIZATION. but II
is very like the hard heartedness of the
surgeon who has to cut away the rot
ting limb.
Before any final Judgment can be
passed upon our boys II must be re-
membered that they areeScontending
against an enemy which does not make
war under the principles and methods
Of civilized nations. In their ways Of
fighting they are more like those old
Apaches of Arizona than anything
can think Of in this connection. They
never stand up and meet US squarely
face to face. They fire, retreat and melt
away. crawling back through under
brush to fire again and still once more
decamp. In many of their strategic
movements, in fact, they are even more
INSCRIPTIONS than the red man. This
can best illustrate by an actual &C.
currence which took place near the
railroad line that runs from Caloocan
to Malolos. where companies Of the
Thirteenth Minnesota and the Second
Oregon were stationed on guard duty.
These guards had been fired on 50
often by iusurrectos that scouting par
ties we're sent up the Marilao river.
and few of these scouts were camped
one midnight near the Bocave bridge.
Here their sentinels were fired on and
driven In, and the captain, seeing that
he was all but surrounded by Filipinos.
quietly withdrew and left the enemy
raining lead into his empty camp.
Meanwhile a second party, hearing the
fiFing. came 10 the assistance Of the at
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but q al pour dialect verse tbsFs -
rene that COMPARES 20 ySus Little
Bfeschss" Z quite aEfes eth you.
za6arn.~ said ~. HAFfs. hat Fou have
put TIE brscckea On ibs WFonx fnaB
A frtspd rscsntiy rsnaFksd So Gsnsr-
a. Wheeler uSSn The snsii stafare e
most pFouHinens s0Bthernsra g cnss
said tss same - q Elaat Ga 'cgaeEes'
Sonan.~ remarked ths EsnsraI. esaa
Ehs said y aas bezasse hey had q b
Faassa mostiy ca ptaysr asa hscaary.-
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vide for one that Will serve the par
pose -,
Bret Hsrte r. 90 Frequently e0Hap.i-
rpented a. the author % -Liiils Bfesen-
e. that he - almost e. sogFy
ever written IS Is Colonel jean haI.
who would prefer his farss % resi- %
more ambitious work \ gEsAsnx nay,
wba prt5ed herself Epoo her literary
sastea satd 20 hin once; ny scar NJ
tfar,s. sua 20 delighted 20 meet yea
7 49, T.aA avarsthEnx Sos sTsF wresA'
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THE STORY OF A HIGH PRIVATE.

the story. When the rainy season
comes to these islands it brings with ii
a foe that stout hearts and good steel
and all the gunpowder in Manila can
not withstand. This foe makes his
presence felt first by feeling of de-
preston and uneasiness, then a stiff
ness, then a chill that shakes the VIC
tim till his teeth chatter, and then a
raging fever that puts him on bis back,
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servant with a knife. fork and spoon.
or. II he had no servants. he carried
them with him in his vest pocket. A
few of the ancient regime follow the
custom. The peasantry OF the Tyrol
and parts Of Germany generally carry
case IN their pockets containing q
knife. fork and spoon.
An interesting character died lately
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MATTERS OF INTEREST.

The following is a sign on a BARRIERS
shop: '@TonsoriaI Arts. Physoignomical
Hair Dresser. Facial Operator, Uranium
manipulation and Capillary abridger.
Sheaves and Hair Cut with ambidex-
trOus facility
Before the revolution In France 81 was
customary when a gentleman was In
Vited out to dinner for him 20 send his
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lVERE in the Philippines Sunday is
n always washday among our SOL
der boys. The only exception to
this general rule is when there is trou-
BILE on hand and the American troops are
too busy upholstering the hills of Luz
ION with dead Filipinos to stop and
WELD the soap bar and washboard.
But when things are quiet around
camp you can always see hundreds OF
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se1neI N TIE amPts eoi- at the hands OF
her fellow Bsrv-
ants on account Of her regular attend
ance. In seine way or other the AFFAIR
reached the ears OF the queen, who, on
learning the whole state Of the case,
said, Il shall 60 20 the meeting my
self and see II Il is q fit place for my
servant to attend" The queen vas
true to her word. and attended the
class. saying. on her return to the pal
ace. to her servant: Never neglect
your class meeting. I only wish that
my other servants would so also"
The queen has always had scrupulous
regard for the different beliefs OF other
people and, as Il well known. IL In no
sense OF the word q high church wo-
man. When she IL In Scotland the aim
pie service Of the Kirk well satisfies the
most powerful sovereign In the world.
For many years she rarely missed the
annual communion service at Crathio.
with its impressing simplicity and pa
thetic solemnity. During the visit %
the young Gar Nicholas and his bride
to BalmOraI the queen and the cBar Of
Russia. one the head OF the Established
Church OF England, the other the head
OF the Greek Orthodox church. knelt
together in the simple edince among the
ordinary worshipers drawn from high
land villages.
The queen IL an excellent judge Of
preaching. as one may easily believe.
considering the remarkable variety Of
preachers to whom she has listened.
An interesting story has been told IN
connection with the late John Card.
whose sermons were so much appre-
ciated by the queen and Prince Albert.
II seems that on the first occasion %
his command 90 preach before her
majesty there was n delay In accepting
Il. owing TO his absence from home.
DIP. Card. however. offered 20 go 90
crathie, although Sunday was so near.
and there was no time for him 20 pre-
mare a special sermon. He took with
hin, an old discourse which was written
On the text, Not slothful IN business.
feryent in spirit. serving the Lord"
He preached with 80 much acceptance
before the queen that the Duke OF Ar
ayIl wrote shortly afterward. saying
that she and the prince consort would
like the additional favor Of being
permitted to peruse the sermon Ia
Ms. Later. by her maJesty's COM
mand. the sermon was published
under the title OF Religion IN
Common Life" Dean Stanley. no
mean Judge OF sermons. considered
that this was the greatest single ser
mon Of the century.
on Sunday afternoon, when the
queen Is at windsor. II r. usual for one
OF the military bands 10 play on the
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apples down on the old farm are ripe
yet. or some hairy and Eunburned son
OF New York sadly specializing II She
is spending her summer at Newport or
at Saratoga
WILLIAM r. WALTERS.
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/ terrace-a privi-
lege much ap-
preclated by the
public. " no
throng in thou
sands TO listen
TO the sacred
music. Often
the windows Of
the queen .
partm ents.
overlooking the
park. are open.
and the strains
OF the music
reach her. There
In no need 20
say how fond
the queen II OF
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not long ago By
q leading Meth
odist. who said
that In the
early part Of
the queens
reign his father
Quoted .
large society
class at Sloane
Terrace chapel
Chelsea One
OF the members
OF the class wac
q servant ae
BuekIngham
palace, and she
suffered . good
ii - -aAa...k.
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There are hurried "a the eosnty e
I@onaOn abOui iz1Ds DSrsoss sAee
year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-11
weekly MARKET Review.

The cotton market has ruled higher, and
showed decided strength in the middle of
the week. January, selling as high as
6.27c on Thursday. The firmness was due
TO the very unfavorable crop accounts,
more particularly from Texas. Foreign
spinners appeared to have the blind adj
herence to individual big crop estimates
somewhat shaken and showed more dis
position 10 buy. Later there was a par
tial reaction on sales to realize attribute
BILE in a measure to the free early move
ment. January closed IA points higher at
6.17c. The bureau report on Monday is
expected to show very material decline
in condition, and may very probably exert
a stimulating influence upon the market,
although most people think the effect Will
be only temporary if receipts should be
heavy. Unreliable as the bu-
reau figures of conditions have
proven as a definite index to the crop,
yet it must be admitted that these fig
ures furnish the most authoritative data
obtainable for arriving at general idea
of things as they exist. The Texas yield
is estimated to be nearly 40 per cent. less
than last year. and a heavy deficit must
be expected in the Eastern states owing to
insufficient fertilizers and premature de-
velopment. 1t really is outrageous that
this crop should sell at the present ruin
Gus prices, when the market for goods
justifies a so much higher range-at least
a cent better. IL farmers viii only re-
fran from rushing their crop to market,
and thus permit receipts to keep within
a moderate volume, they will undoubtedly
get better returns. The demand is enor-
nous, and a 10000 OO0-bale crop this year
ought to fetch at least cents
The stock market has again been ir
regular Prices for most of the list ruled
higher for the greater part of the week,
but the close was weak, and at some lit
tie decline for the majority Of securities.
This was partly attributed to unsettled
politics abroad, but also in large. measure
to the less favorable money outlook in
New York. The bank statement on Satur
day was quite depressing. Tennessee Coal
was the sensational feature of the week,
rising on Saturday almost to 125. and clos
ing 1913 The stock is evidently cornered,
and holders can put it virtually where
they please. But the transformation of
their paper profits into hard cash is an
other matter, and it is suspected that they
would be very glad to realize. 1t is not
unlikely that the big shorts may settle on
private terms, then look out for a slump!
VIM. T. Williams.