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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-15

Substitutes for wood will become a
necessity in the coming years owing
to the obliteration of the forests. Rail
way ties will be made of some other
material than wood-steel or possibly
cement Steel wire has already dis
placed wood in fences, while paper in
some form or other is likely to take
the place of boards in building.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-15

About the toughest thing in the way
of debt is where father has to put
mortgage on his home to get a way
ward son out of some scrape. We have
known some cases of this kind, and the
thing which is harder to bear than the
debt so contracted is the feeling that
had the boy been brought up as he
should have been the trouble would
have been averted.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-07-15
NERVOUS DEBILITY

Are you nervous, respondent. weak
and debilitated, tireo mornings, no am
bition, lifeless, memory poor, easily IA
tigued, excitable and Irritable, eyes
sunken, red and blurred pimples on
face, dreams and night losses, restless,
haggard looking, weak back, deposit in
urine and drains, distrustful, want of
confidence, lack of energy and strength
Sexual weakness and nervous
Diseases speciality.
Wonderful Cures
Perfected in all cases which have been
neglected or unskillfully treated. No
experiments or failures. Consultation
free and confidential.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-05

anything like so much valuable service as
he has.
The war department. at the request OF
the civil governor of the Philippines, has
just appointed ten graduates from mill
tary schools in this country as lieutenants
in the consta buiary of the archipelago 1t
will continue this policy appointing Il
like number eacn year. and choosing the
young men from those who take highest
rank in their classes at such schools En-
oeilent results are expected to accurs
from this policy which will secure for
service in the Philippines young officers
of = superior grade of intelligence an6.
as is anticipated. Of efficiency.
The constabulary is an insulsr military
force commanded by officers OF the reg
ular army. Six captains, with brevet rank
OF colonel, command the districts IN which
this arm OF the civil government operates.
II comprises sos, men. and that section OF
itw hich has headquarters at Manila Is
under Colonel Tex" Scott. For the rest
II i sufficient 20 say that the constsbu-
larry are q sort Of local police II is their
business not 10 police towns. but TO keep
order in the provinces which are under
civil government and no longer under
military control. Enlistments in this force
are made from the natives Of the Philip
pines al large, including the Tagais-New
York Herald
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-05

far successful in their rebellion against
Spanish domination that the Spaniards
were practically hloekaded in the city of
Manila all the rest of the archipelago be-
ing under control of the insurgents, but
the Guardia Civile was stanch 10 the last,
preserving It's loyalty 10 the Spanish
cause up TO the very end. This allegiance
they transferred To the Americans and
already they have proved themselves
most faithful and valuable auxiliaries. be-
ing much more effective in certain kinds
of military operations than their own
veteran regiments.
Their principal business is to garrison
towns and hunt bandits. the latter occu-
patton being TO them the most congenial
pastime. They seem to be natural rob5er
hunters knowing. as if by instinct, how
and where To find the lsdrones ana
slaughiering the latter without mercy
when overtakeR. Two companies OF them
recently rounded up the big band Of la
drones under the reoouhtable chisftain
San Miguel. near Csloocsn, and captured
San Miguel himself. The two American
officers in command were Lieutenant \.
Caldwell of Kentucky. : most promising
and distinguished young man. who died
the other day. and Lieutenant Boss Re-
see. Of Georgia. who has since refused a
commission In the regular army. offered
TO him as a reward for his services.
One Of the two native officers Of scouts
is Pedro L.oTa. who put an end 10 the war
I'm Samar by catching the notorious Lux
ban-the .iipina insuFrectionist who
planned the massacre Of company OF the
Ninth infantry al Balangiga. The other
is Crispulo Patajo. who. with 4 company
OF enlisted Isorrotes in llocos Sur. sur
rounded an entire mountain where the
rebel forces were encamaed and actually
starved them out catching tbs insurrec-
tos one at time. The governor OF the
province ara his entire stan were pUr-
sued ard taken without the aid OF Amerl-
can troops
The services Of Crispulo Jataje in help
ing TO suppress the instruction in The
provinces OF Union ana Ilocos Sur. writes
Colonel John q. Balance. have rneFitsd
high consideration and reward BY the gov
ernment. He. with a handful OF men. had
more influence in stopping assassination
than battalion OF soldiers General J.
+. Bell adds: There is absolutely no
native in those Islands who have done
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X-rays fell upon it. and by its aid he was
enabled to measure their velocity which
had surrounded them. Presently he found
that with the X-rays appeared new kind
of radiation which obeyed all the ordinary
laws of light, although the visible light
had already been inferred out of the beam
by an opaque screen. The new RAYS pene-
trated freely aluminium foil. black pa per,
wood. and other apparently Opaque sub
stances, but were regularly reflected. re-
frscted ard polaTized. They were so pow
erfuiiy refracted by quartz lens or prism
as TO appear. at first sight, deDizens of the
extreme ultra-vioIent. perhaps only a
half-millicnth of an inch long
As if this discovery were not sensation
al enough to suit the most exacting. Mr..
BloudIot presently found. by means OF
the same wonderfully sensitive Indicator,
a similar group OF radiations from com
mon Argand flame. and even from a bit
Of s:sver heated TO incandeseenee.
The new radiations are grouped BY their
diseoverer under the tentative name 81
N-rays. In their properties they are TN
n,istakably light. but of as yet unknown
wsve-Iensth. and possessing properties
which verge upon eor1e OF those ordinarily
ascribed 10 radio-activity- Their cnor-
nous refrangib.lty and their powerful
action upon electric discharges woaid nat
.urally suggest a ver7- short weye-lezgth.
but the.r free radiation rom compare
lively low temperature sources points n
exactly the opposite direction TIE Mere
matter OF high refrzngibility does nst de-
eide the question. for substances r4fract
because they SHOW dosa the Sight wavs-
and disperse the various coiors because
they slow down and absorb one wave
length more than another Great feeal
absorption ard grea, dispersion 90 hard
IN hand. and they sre Frequently asso-
dated with extraordinary transparency
for come particular col0fs. - i Al TIE
opacity az Tire STUFF were eoEceEtrsted
against q sizgse emery. Tiggs Il Arrears
that while a s1bStascs. which = fairy
trznspau II 20 llsf, IN general aissyz dis
perse. tina; light r2inbox-usse. With th~
cOsoTs IN the orsssr rsss. orange. yellow
green. blue. indigo. violsf- . prism q
stroagiy cslored material nay Esix - th~
rainbow order IA the mc~t shocking rzsa-
iac-
The great refrsnsit,iIstr - the Mays
d>es not. therefo:e. prove that th~y are
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-05

Thompson raised It one. just 20 coax the
others.
Tru.rnan saw bat did not raise. II had
Just come 90 Ferguson again when True
mans horse. hliehed outside. broke his
halter and ran away. Thus FAR the three
men agree In the versions Of the game
The trio dashed away from the dry
goods house, leaving the egEs on the table.
What was their surprise GA returning %
find that six OF the eggs had Matched SIX
fuzzy lunches of yellow were trying -
stand Oh their wobSiy legs amid the
ruins OF their former homes
Great Scott cried Truernsn. the
steve hsz Matched GA; slr az ny Eggs
Net b. derned sight. rs;orfea Dir.
Thompson. warmly. You said Jcur eggs
were fresh. The chicks are mine.
Don't see hox you make TIA. out. ex-
possuiztsd Ferguson. I hada't called
your Taise or had chance TO raise yess
, hack Wen divide en-.
Raised nothing. snsTled Thorpsoa.
4 had yon beat
'9ebire ycu wosId have qsit o. my
boost consended Ferguson
Gee here. feilozs. sasa Trssrnza.
them was M Eggs. had setting N an
iucuhzfor ont n NY wager. Tier was
Just TIE same a. prornsseorY soie
That setting - egss represented fresh
. ssEs. Nov. ] isfsD1ed - prf ~ tzst
sxss- Tier tura cut % - e.seEess. /
was bat. hns have : eTzg q SCI cfsscs-
ems ossi * that pei
IN e. bSsa~ ard Ess TIE 81 sxxs I
ore. Gsos3 Lord. I - eExE, Gsfa't =
we wss1's pisTsa' fer ehicksss
Its ggss - Ssrae - Z ~e ~sTg fszy-
inz foE eGxrser ara ~ rEzzssks sos--ss
IN kssf . dollar I'd hsrs = azzzrfsY ersx
wua1nt - aFgss3 Trsenez-
TIE ssl-sss zaT - - dlssss II tes.
persisted Fsrx1zen.
Net ~ 3 1erse5 ssshi' psgtssfssi Mr.
Tiserrr.soz = zsa 80 T-ss SDd - fsEzt
~ss ~ r. ssxs. sssissTs snS zs1- That
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.e w9l ;s~e - a. zsle4 ystss IS -
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JACKPOT PUT.

Poker authorities arc being invoked 20
decide the ownership Of a Jackpot which
was opened here three days ago. The
community Is divided into factions over
the game. and the ironing election viIi
doubtless fee ,he effects
The game was PLAYED n Lowry TAoup-
sons dry goods house. and up 10 TIE last
jackpot progressed hsrrnonioEssy- Eggs
At one and half cents apiece were EEed
as ehiu-. ard II six Of the eggs had not
iseubated al would have been well
Roilo Truer.aa - believed TO b the
cause 81 at the eisse,sson. TrDeraaa Rad
been playing IN hard luck and rad edg~d
away f.ur dozen eggs within an hour
without having single opportunity 20
play
N had eggs eusugis a. stick 80 the
zane ssouid even up" BE declared - ne
lost nlne c-nis vcr1h on aces up-
.'c7eaa4d oft. Rolso-~ asked Thompson.
vho had wsn b>s~iiy.
No; auits Wait q rsinsfe 40
Fireman rzn oar to ~ wages ans
lsrorghs bzck one dozen chsrs
~Fr.sh-@ inqsi-ed Thorurssn- susPsc.
loussv.
4 Should say rhsv was r,7sssd Tte>-
nan.
IL VS. a Jzrka0; ard wslazzn F~rxs.oa
os~is1d fo- three e<Ss bod % s<Tsns ard
d~sres- ThS1nrsoa be0sted 4 an sgx ca
tzcsx ard tEags-
TFu<Ezsa kuee < vAE uzske 90 break.
and came n slth two pair. sxs. -. On
the draw Fsrxszea failed 50 better.
Tisarspssa eaushs znosFer THREE syysf ssd
Trs-nszsf didn't s>stss
b. y0s ave sd FeTsSsos. ana slf.
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Pfofessof Mgungsu Was fanisfsf Gg
IRE in The streets - Berlin sFd Chariot
tenbgss he had Teaehsa TIE zreaf ego
OF efxhty-fge - November iazt. aaa 90
tained bis mental faeslfies practically
unimFtsred uatn wahfa r. fcw oaYs %
his death. A4beueh - bad giqea -.
his lectures a. Be4iia ueiscrsl.y asany
years $50. - reseftHsss~~ pagsi,inatsss
IN the Affairs q tie faculty and Only
thee thsr asy vas preset - . Sls-
csszsjon on philosophical ssbsecls.
Tie late Trohesssf va 90 incesasat
ygorksr. beginning unfl quite fsfe - ts~
o'clcsk IA the morning on a esp & oo3d
eoass. pas ready for bin ever nsshf IA
hiz pfTspaa! h@ssis aaa r~aairs-n~ntr IA.
was ore q IT, Fsapissf - fnsn.
His s1srreloaz fnsncyF Vas 49, ron-
der q 81 = - ka<w hsfa Thers y =
legend that lss Enas - heart an fsssssss
T-ocrns. ard til tzcfa Sofs re- msef
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ss',ssfS,i3nses5 ar1 80 sfofF Fksa sasaf.
waking ore cay nsaf rat~ssn. ~ sa-
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tssstsf ehsi1 rrs hssEsasd g. ~ efs-
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- ia esH ssss5sas axse 1as e -
fseartf1 sssezsse su-kaTz asx fsses4-
t-s1sez xaEe@
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SOLDIERS TO BE HERE

The four companies OF Filipino scouts
which are 10 be brought to this coun-
try. in order that We may take a look
o. them AMI see what they are like. are
In their way the most wonderful troops
In the world, They win represent force
OF five thousand men who asst as auXil-
isries to our military organization in the
archipelago. This body comprises COM
panies OF one hundred men each and Is
army. All Of its commissioned officers are
appointed by the President. ranking with
those OF the regular service, and two OF
sshem are native Filpinos.
These scouts are beautifully drilled and
have an esprit de corps equal TO that OF
crack European troops. They are proud
OF their organization. extremely careful OK
their dress and punet.llious in all matters
Of military duty The only trouble with
them is that they are too brave. When
once they begin nshtins It Is impossible to
restrain them. and they eat up the enemy,
as one might say, exhibiting a Tnerciiess-
ness which is sometimes very cruel. Reh-
els and bandits fear them much more
than they our own troops.
1t should be realized that these forIlld.
able allies OF ours are nor Tagals. They
are chiefly Macabebes and nocanos, AID
40 TaEaleg would be allowed to enlist in
one Of their companies, 50 great IS their
contempt for that race. superior, perhaps.
In point Of intelligence, but less fierce
Our soldiers call the Maccaaebes little
Macs and fraterniIe with them readily.
o. well as with the Ilocanos, who are
equally warlike. Neither tribe has ever
been friendly to the Taga,s
The origin OF this organization OF fifty
companies OF native scouts IS interesting.
They are a survival OF the old Guardis
Vivile. which a.. order keeping duty in
the islands when the latter were under
Spanish rule. They Were distributed over
::se archipelago, but chilly In the neigh
= Sorhood OF Manila, having as their head
quarters the building which subsequently
was utilized py the mericsns as the Third
Reserve Hospital THIS c:vii guard was
never known to run away from enc
my, and cnlistments in &. were restricted
to the Macabebes and Ilocanos exclusive
~.
At the period OF the outbreak of our
war with Spain the Filininos had been SO
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-05
BY WILLIAM THORP.


When Sir Henry NJ. Stanley, the famous
African explorer, last visited America, an
ardent Harvard undergraduate is said to
have asked him at a reception:
How can i become a great traveller.
like you? I want to be one, but l don't
know where to begin
Try the MOON said Stanley, with a
laugh. That's the only place left 10
explore nowadays"
But Stanley exaggerated. 1t is true
that such regulations as those of Hum
boldt. Livingstone and Stanley himself
can no longer be made; but several tracts
of the worlds surface are still unex-
plored. OF all the continents, South Amer
ica undoubtedly offers the most virgin
ground 10 the adventurous traveller. "Ex-
plorers have gone up the rivers and come
down again., writer on the subject
correctly observes, but they have not
penetrated any distance overland across
the jungIe-covered watersheds"
IGNORANT OF THEIR OWN COUN-
TRIES.
1t is strange how little the inha bitants
Of South America know about their own
countries. If you ask a Venezuelan at
la Guayra, a Brazilian at Rio. Colon
bian at Panama, or an Ecuadorian at
Guayaquil, he viii shrug his shoulders and
answer:
''Quien sabe, Senor?
Certainly he does not know. If you told
him that the jewellers in the unsettled, IN
explored parts of his own country were
"snthropophagi and men whose heads do
grow beneath thir shoulders he could
not contradict you.
They are reported to have their eyes
in their shoulders, and their mouths in
the middle of their breasts. and that a
Gong train of hair groweth back between
their shoulders" That is the account Sir
Walter Raleigh gave. IN the seventeeth
century, Of i tribe of Indians living on
the banks OF the River Caura in Nene-
sueia. OF course. people do not believe
such travellers tales nowadays as they
sid IN the days Of Queen Elizabeth; but,
as matter of fact. nothing more definite
Is known today OF this vary tribe. The
region in which they live remains in this
twentieth century the terra incognito"
that was in the days of Raleigh.
a STREAM OF EXPEDITIONS.
.NSNtI lfaSSSS "itA4bRN an "a
petition leaving the confines of civiliza-
tIon and plunging into the heart of some
rnexplored region. in South America, Lit
lie or nothing is heard of these expedi-
fions except in social and commercial cir
eles in cities like Caracas. Bogota, Cucre,
and Port fSpain. Trinidad; but each of
them would furnish material for q thrill
ing book II the Adventures cared to write
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A NEW liGHT-THE N-RAY.

Since the discovery OF The Mays. the
announcement Of rev and queer kind
81 radiation has gradually ceased to be
a startling novelty. Most Of the new
corners. however. have been radiant
freaks. very curious indeed. bar refusing
20 he properiy co-ordinsted with each
other er with the good old-fashionsd "a
diations familiar 10 science. Therefore
he recent discovery BY NJ. BloEdiot of a
new variefy Of light, which behaves IS
lgh, ought ard Yet displays Some rather
sensational properties. IS no small COM
fort 10 the puzzled Investigator. ! use
light here in its broader sense % a
regular wave-ra6i2tio1 irrespective %
color. or. infsc; o. visibility 20 the unss-
sisted eye.
" Bloudlot started in 10 investigate the
X-rays, using as an indicator a tiny, faint
electric spark from a little induction cod
TIE spark flashed more brightly when the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-05

THE. KING OF SOUTH AMERICAN
EXPLORERS.
This is proved By the experiences OK
one OF the best and hravest or All Sohsh
American explorers-the Colombian gen
crai. Don Rafael Reyes. Speaking To
an assembly Of South American GsoSTH-
,hers in the CITY OF Mexico recently. 10
said:
I'm the extended forests in which can
nival savages were wandering when my
brothers and made cur explorations oniy
a few wears ago there exists today an
important commerce 81 tens OF millions
of dollars. and tens Of thousands OF m
bafa,ants have been established.
Reyes has never been a spectacular *
nlorer. lie has worked for the good az
his country and science. not for fansr.
HIS expiorations extended ever long
period of years. aud were made in con
junction with his brothers. Don Nesior
ana Don IIenry Reyes They covered
the imraense territories which aTe waiefed
~. the Amazon and the Paraua and their
/ tributaries.
The three brothers succeeded N Their
main suterprise--to discover a waterway
naviGatie for steamers from 1eions,ia 80
The Amazon and they aiso found many
unknown tribes OF Indians But they paid
dearly for their heroisn- Don Henry died
OF malignant fever while exploring TIE
Yabari river Don Nestor. lost in toe
forest Of Putumayo. was captured ana
devourcd by cannibsls. Don Rafael spent
his fortune and ruined hts isesi-h few
explorers have suffered more thaa be;
few have given q finer example Of long
sustained courage and devotion e. his
task; yet ne II unknown gave 90 . small
circle Of South American gsograpbefs,
who hold hirrs IN the highest honor.
Don Rafael met President Roosevelt IA
washington recently. and tho latter said
TO him. speaking Of Central Auarfcs'
The region is ~ new world destined
for the progress aud ;be welfare Of hu-
mainly
There Is much 70 be done before The
country Sc even properly explored. so
developed. The proposed Inter eBiiusu-
tai Railway. which f. - gnite All The ~
listing systems on the American oonensrt.
will doubtless have a powerful Tendency.
AlreaGg the ssHeyoss for that road ar-
throwing Iisht on many dark corners o,
South Ameriea. and whsa their work 10
finished ard every braneh 81 She lifse IL
50 working order. the UNEMPLOYED aectis1
81 the country wm be much efreurn-
seribed
eHx~fss m
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'InD,ANs OF THE u77Ie ExplopED INTERIOR

. and Mount Arawa The country around
them is unknown, and so are the more
distant Parime Mountains, which are
said to be the home Of tribes OF INDIANS
utterly unlike any of those already known
in South America.
WHY EXPLORERS FAIL.
Speaking from the depths of his own
hitter experiences, Andre explained why
this vast region is still an unsolved no
die.
..Three centuries have passed away,
he said. "since the first adventureers
tried to reach the golden land supposed
to exist somewhere near the sources OF
the Caroni and the Csura, and yet our
knowledge of the far interior OF the Gun
anas remains shadowy and indefinite.
1T was not until the beginning OF the
eighteenth century that Humboldt finally
dispelled the mythical beliefs which chung
to the Eldorado of the 'conquistadores-
The veil of the enchantment whlch
shrouds the UNEMPLOYED interior or Guiana
has. it is true, been torn aside. In place
of the fairy city cleaning with gold and
rracious stones. we now know that there
;s an immense stretch of inpenetrable
forest. interspersed here and there with
open savannas, with mountains OF IAN
.astic shape and SURPRISING grandeur
rising abruptly from the surrounding
countrya region of abundant rains and
rapid rivers ttinly peopled by small tr1pes
of Indians. who for centuries have car
ried on a series OF cruel blood feuds with
their neighbors-a region in bird, insect
and vegetable life but difficult of access
and deadly in climate
'Bevond this our knowledge is vague
and uncertain. and is likely to remain
so for some time to come. The difficulty
of navigating rivers which consist of
series Of rapids and falls; the utter alb
sencc of population for considerable dis
tances OH their banks, teh almost impos-
sible task OF transporting sufficiency
of provisions where only boats of no great
size can he employed on account OF the
frequent portages. make the exploration
of these regions an undertaking replete
with danger and hardships.
Added to the natural difficulties there
is rooted Dissemination on the part of
the natives to undertake long and arduous
journeys outside of the immediate dis
trict with which they are familiar"
The natives know that when they VEN
ture far from their home with an ex-
ploring party, If is an even chance wheth-
er they will return. On Andres last ex-
petition six men persisted of starvation.
and the rest crawled back to civilization
more dead than alive
AMONG THE MACUSI INDIANS.
In 1901. J. j. Quelch, of Georgetown.
British Guiana, one of the two English
men who climbed Mount Roraima, pene-
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of short wave-Iengths. since quartz has
powerful local absorption enuygh at. IN
happily. each end OF the spectrum. ex-
IRENE ultra violet and extreme mira red
TO account for the most erratic freaks OF
refractIon. Really one sort Of refraction
is as orderly as the other. in the general
consideration of the subject. for. 70 gener-
allze radiation there IL probably nothing
wholly opaque or wholly transparent. We
do not know the nature of the complete
relation OF any one substance to all kinds
Of light but the discovery Of the Mays
Is likely to stretch far the bounds Of
knoxfedse-Louis Bell, Ph. D. In Har-
per'S Weekly