Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 17, 1902, Page 19

Gl g e i HEALTRFUL JOYS OF WALKING Pleasures of Festing It Aleng Oity Strests or Rural Highways "’ BETTER THAN MEDICINE FOR MANY ILLS “Fitting a Sow Body to a Sound Mind, It Pacifies a R: n of Cobwebs.” No corporal exercise is better adapted to promote health, none more reluctantly practiced, than walking, writes Louls Wind- muller In Review of Reviews. Americans will patiently suffer the indignities that public vehicles infiict rather than move their feet. They use cars which are close in winter, draughty in summer, to bring them from airless workshops, whers they bave passed their day, to spend the night in unventilative homes. Ask for directions In any city and you are carefully told what trolley will convey you. When you in- quire how to reach your destination aYoot, the same courteous stranger is apt to leave you without reply, but with a suggestive shrug of his shoulders; the man who per- sists in walking where he can ride is con- sidered a fool. The tortures endured by frequenters of the trolleys of cities during “rush” hours are excruclating; many passengers could lessen by their absence the pressure, if they would walk all reasonable distances. They rather permit insolent conductors to elbow and jostle them in a crowded car which jerks at every stop and turn with such violence that hapless strappers are huddled together, or thrown on the knees of compressed sitters, while they must lsten to the familiar forward,” “‘Step lively, " The pedestrian independent of motors strides over comfortable sidewalks and looks with complacent pity on the, often alowly, pass- ing victims of their indolence. Avenues like “Commonwenith’’ in Boston, “Delawa: in Buffalo, which are: beauti- fled by art or nature, are practically de- serted, while the “Champs Elysees” in Paris and the “Thiergarten Strasse’” in Beriin are frequented by appreciative promenaders. Our parks—"Central" in New York, “Lincoln” in Chicago and ‘“‘Fair- mount” in Philadelphla—are chiefly patron- ized on fine Sundays by persons who at other times are confined in tenement house districts. In those retreats they refresh their eyes by the verdure of vegetation and thelr brains by freedom from agitation. City lun; blessing to the poor, who would not find thelr equal on country highways, if they could reach them. Pleasures to Be Shared. ‘We may enjoy the beauty of virgin na- tifre in secluded forests when we climb mountains, but ‘the gratification becomes tiresome when we find nobody to share it.| Eyen Mr. Burroughs has been obiiged some- times to content himeelf with the company of his faithful dog. A comrade is always welcome but not indispensable in streets, where the pleasure of exercise is height- ened by e chang!ng sights and sounds. ‘The most harmonious cries of street venders L are less sweet than the melodies of singing birds; flowers that greet us from windows of houses lack the fragrance of nature. But 1 consider the melodious chimes of city churches preferable to the thunder of Nlagara, and the friendly look of a charm« ing woman to the vista from Pike's Peak. Dickens found in every street'of London & subject worthy of description by his marvelous pei personal ebseryation enabled Victor Hugo to delineate the old streets of Paxls, as it he had lived at the time of Quasimodo. Most Americans dress on streets as they @o at home. Even in Washington, uniforms are conspicuous by thelr absence. _ member that vOl\cmu\u objected against donn until public-spirited citizens, to demon- strate that it would not degrade them, wore it at public functions. But on the streets of Continental Europe uniforms are in evidence whsrever you go, and of the young wearers (0o many are inclined to swagger. It is amusing to watch the promiscuous viriety of teams that pass through our thoroughfares—beer wagons and trucks, ambulances and fire engines, freely inter- mingle with autos, and in many streets pre- dominate, while In fashionable thorough- fares and parks carriages are in the ma- jority. Vehicles used for business purposes are seldom prohibited in a country ruled by business men. On “Rotten Row" in Architecturnl Mixups. no other cities do we find buildings interplaced between them and the storehouses of & past gen- « sfation, often overshadowing them, are the tall bulldings called skyscrapers, that give to narrow streets, where they prevail, a gloomy appearanch and a baroque aspect t0 the rest. The monotonous uniformity of brown stone and brick houses in residen- tal thoroughtares is gradually changing, HANDIGCAPPED. - The man whe started to run a race in chains and fetters would be hand- "THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, To Coronado’s Memory | While a host of congenial spirits here- Sbouts annually pay tribute to King Ak- Sar- pulssant monarch of Quivira, a community in Kansas without the royal assent, has reared and unvelled a monu- ment to Coronado, original explorer of the realm. The location of the monument is Logan Grove, a mile and a half from Junetion City. The monument s seventeen and a half feet high. It was erected by Captain Hen- derson, owner of Logan Grove, at a cost of about $560. A granite die and a shaft of polished granite surmount two bases of na- tive limestone. The first base is eix feot #quare and two feet thick, one massive block that weighs about five tons. The sec- ond base s four feet square and thirteen inches thick. One side of the shaft bears the infeription: “Brected for the Quivira Historical society by Robert Henderson, 102" On the other side s Inscribed: “Quivira and Harahey, Coronado, 1641. Rediscovered by J.' V. Brower, 1896."" The name of Juan de Padilla is also engraved on the stone. He was the first martyr in the New World. The purpase of this monument 18 to com- memorate the discovery of the territory known now as Kaasas and the rediscovery of Quivira. J. V. Brower, an archaeologist, author and explorer of St. Paul, claims to have made the discovery that this is the region which Coronado marched all the way from Mexico to explore in quest of gold. Mr. Brower visited Geary county In 1896 to explore the surrounding country. His Fesearches were conducted very carefully and he went over the ground south of the Smoky Hill and Kaneas rivers from Linds- borg.to Topeka. After his explorations he published two volumes giving the result of his work, “Quivira” and “Harahey." Frederclk W. Hodge of the Smithsonlan institution at the time Mr. Brower was making his researches in Kansas, was searching in old and musty volumes for the same thing, the exact geographieal location of the place called Quivira, where the ad- venturous Spaniard, Coronado, spent twe ty-five days exploring. When both had fin- ished their researches they found the re- sults of their labors were the same. Favorites of Fortune | Foreign folk with one accord declare American women, and especially American housewives, to be the spoiled favorites of fortune. This in face of the servant prob- lem—wherefore it seems worth while to look & little into the matter—far enough at least to find out whether or mnot the foreigners have reasonable grounds for their contentiol A cynic has recently set it down as his opinfon that there were more bath tubs in the cities of New York and Chicago than in all the British islands. This does not in the least square with the popular con- ception of the Briton never divorced from his tub. But those who know say it ac- cords infinitely better with the facts. Run- wl, 7, hot and cold, iz at the'm of all our city folk and a large and quick- growing mofety of our country on with water works, windmills, wells and gravity flow, preclous few new houses need lack It,.while among old ones thé force pump in the corner of the kitchen porch robs the cistern of its weariness. Other | conntries likewise have running water, but the provision is niggard com- pared to our own, and where it is found even much more than half the time there is no provision for heating save by the kettleful, A ‘cognate aggravation of this hot-water deficit is that in many places water can not be heated without making up a specl fire. That is to say there is no gas stove, nor oll stove, nor alcohol toy stove, over which to make tea, boll eggs or heat a casual sadiron. The kettle on the hob which sings and splutters so alluringly through the pages of English novels is undoubtedly ploturesque—and more ill to bandle and worse to furnish. Then there are the matters of heating and cooling. Where, outside America, do steam heat, furnaces, hot water pipes, gas logs, gas ranges, and all their kind, banish dust and grime, and save backaches, rough hands and goose flesh, not to mention more sorious ills? Open fires are all very well —more than delightful as decorative ad- juncts to a house already sufficiently warm, but intolerably burdensome as a dependence —tully doubling, sometimes almost trebling, the work of a house—with the result of by the erection of a varlety of ““American ‘basement” dwellings of & modern and more cheerful exterior. To “dress” windows of retall shops with seductive taste, an accomplishment the practice of which has always prevailed in Europe, has become more general here; a small déaler is wont to place the best part of his stock with exquisite consideration of color and symmetry on revolving glasses in his show case, before the astonished eyes of & passing strenger, and thus allure him to enter. The signs which French shop- keepers display are more attractive than ours. Lately shrewd Parlslans have re- turned to the ancient habit of employing artists to design and sometimes to execute them. This gives to ambitious painters «n opportunity to demonstrate the skill of their brush, and makes the thoroughfare more attractive. Difference in Streets. The street of one city differs from every other, and almost every one has, to the pedestrian, a pecullar charm of its own. We must not look from the from the windows of cars if we want to know and appreclate an interesting way— we must measure its length with our steps. On Market street, San Francisco, we meel the original types of our slopers, and freeze on the shady side while we brofl in the sun' on the othe: On Canal street, New | Orleans, we admire the fashions and gait of Creole beauties, and wonder at ships that lie on the elevated Mississippl, above the surface. The “Nevsky Prospect,” in St. Petersburg, Is crowded with drojkies, rapidly driven by unkempt, unwasbed Tartars, dressed in long kaftans. On the “Grande Rue de Pers,” the only street in Constantinople where we can walk with a certain degree of comfort, we meet almost ery human type of the Orient and Ocol- dent, but emcounter not as many canines as formerly nor as many as continue to hover on the crooked alley ways of Stamboul. Method will add to the satisfaction of walking. When 1 pass an organ or & band of music T love to measure my steps by the notes I hear; where none are audible, I re- hearse those 1 happen to remember myself. Halt & century ago, when [ returned with my class 4o rank and file from an outing, we kept step to the tunes of |.'|‘||0 favorite col wong, like “Guadeamus;” I ba contin this habit, humming any adaptable to my step, lke *Yankee Doodle” and the stirring battie hymn of Julla Ward Howe. Golng with ease, at the rate of iges wiles a8 Bour, I bresthe through my mose to filter the air that en- lungs and give full play to my swinglng arms. 1 exhale on the second double step the air I inhaled on the first the back of my neck agalnst my and lean th shirt collar, to fook inte & blus sky or The State Historieal soclety has taken considerable Interest in the work of Mr. Brower and Mr. Hodge owing to the faet that the history of Kansas begins with the Spanish expedition’s visit to Quivira years before any colonies were established on the continent In the New World, The Quivira Historical soclety, for which Mr. Henderson erected this shaft, was or- ganized at Alma, Kan., October 29, 1901. The object was to form an assoclation of explorers, authors and ethnologic stu- dents for the prosecution of Investigations and perpetuation of results concerning the ancient and more recent occupancy of the ‘west and northwest, particularly the states northwest of Arkansas to the Rocky moun- tains. The officers of the soclety are: Jacob V. Brower, St. Paul, president; E. B. Blackman, Lincoln, Neb., vice president; Edward A. Killlan, Alma, Kan., secretary; John T. Keagy, Alma, Kan., chairman of executive committee. The late J. Sterling Morton was an honorary member of the soclety. Juan de Padilla, whose name appears on the shaft, was a friar who accompanied the expedition of Spaniards. He returned to Mexico with Coronado, but later re- turned and converted all the Quiviras. In 1542 he was killed by a war party of Guas Indians. J. V. Brower s Padilla was killed near what is known now as Reckon Springs in Dickinson county. Many Catho- les are here today to attend the unveiling ceremonies In memory of the first martyr to their faith in the New World. Up to 1513 no Buropean had explored th interior of either North or South America. Balboa began the work when he crdssed the Isthmus of Panama and discovered an ocean which he called the Pacific. In 1519 Cortes landed on the coast of Mexico with a force of Spanieh soldiers and adven- turers and plunged into the heart of the country. Cortes captured the City of Mexico and took the ruler, Montezuma, prisoner. He made himself master of Mexico. The expedition of Cortes turned the attention of the Spaniards from the ‘West India: nds to the mainland. The first explorers of what is now the keeping it in faintly temperate and strongly frigid zones. The German ‘bausfrau with ber big, highly decorated porcelain stove is in but slightly better case.. In Russia where the plain people eleep for the most part wrapped in sheepskin doats, on the brick or stone floor over the stove, with the ever-ready samovar bubbling on the chimney shelf above their heads, the prob- lem of keeping warm is reduced to its low- est terms. Americans would not accept such a reduction, any more than they would accept the French plan of half frees- 1ng In bed to save the trouble and expense of fires, nor the Itallan habit of shivering genteelly around a diminutive brasier full of half-dead coals. Europe sets awnings upon its palaces, especially its pleasure palaces. In Amer- ica one finds them everywhere—even upon tenements. That they are not entirely uii- versal is due In large measure to the uni- versal vacation habit. As much may be said of window and door scréens, which bar dust and insects and let in the fresh air. But none of these adventitious alds to summer comfort affords hlf eo stro contrast as does the use of ice. everybody, without regard to age, sex, cplor or previous condition, regards it as a cbm- monplace, something no more to be done without in hot weather than bread or clothy It 1s far otherwise elsewhere. London’s bars even which fced drl lacard them as “American.”” Housewives abroad get along without it, or if very progressive, manage upon the most sparing supply. The buying is often literally from hand to mouth—no more than sufficient for a present economical comsumption. Such lavish extravagance as buying fce to melt while keeping other things cool and fresh is unheard and unthought of. There is something pitiful in hearing that so near us as the West Indies the supply of ice is By way of contrast, in New Orleans artificial ice is so cheap the levee gangs and roustabouts, while at work, often pelt each other with bits of it snatched from their drinking water. And in the harvest flelds of the west and the middle south a barrel of jce water, col stantly replenished, stands sweating cool- mness in some convenient shade. gray clouds, when I veer my eyes from the turmoil of the immediate surroundings. Take s Walk. The Latin advice, “Post coenam stable seu passus mille meabls,” I modify by rest- ing after every meal. It is pernicious to strain an overloaded stomach and I would rather go without food than without walk. Obstacles increase the pleasure, vexations cannot dampen the ardor for the luxury I eovet most. Rain or shine, In every degres ot heat or cold, I go, when feasible, several hours a day—twice as long when my spirits are depressed. In warm weather it may increase perspiration, but that is a discom- { fort which must wilyngly be borne. H. W. | Beecher sald: “Thbre are many troubles | which you cannot cure by the bible or hymn book, but which you cam cure by | perspiration and tresh air.”" External gym- nasiums are scarce; golt and most other | outdoor plays require some exertion of the brain. But when we walk we can give the /mind a complete rest and graduate our | effort according to our | & mile—when their muscles st then, & | mile—and they will soon find the exercise | pleasure instead of & penance; it will dispel the gloom which they hugged, and | their aches will vanish. Air is man's ele- ment; he bas no more excuse to refrain from walking through it than a fish would have from swimming in water. The ruddy cheeks and stalwart figures of policemen, the bright ey as of letter carriers, demonst the health- fulness of their oalling; those whose occu- pation compels indoor work, lke type- setters and tallors, look pale and haggard. The {dle tramp is happler than the busy milllonaire; still bappler are those who go forth with a distinct alm—physicians to help the sick, ministers to comsole the afficted. The ambulating journeymen of Germany belonged to this olass. They formed assoclations for mutual help and protection.. When an apprentice had served his time and was admitted to ouldered his knapsack and place to place over the trylng to find work. Where he found none the poor traveler was en- tertained free of charge in the hostelry of his craft. Not all were as pretentious as the “Hotel des Brasseurs,” the brewer's hall ‘on the market place in Brussels. But all were equally hespitable. When work had been found and finished he continued bis journey with a light heart; as soon as he bad scquired suficient experience and saved ey to marry he established him- ister,” master of his trade. Specific for Many Ills, A bapker, troubled with gout, was obliged yearly to go to Saratoga. Haviag lost his Kansas Rears a Shaft to'the Spanish Explorer. United States came from Cuba in 1528. In that year Narvaes, excited by accounts of €old at the mouth of the Mississippi river, undertook the conquest of the north coast of the Guif of Mexico with 400 men. At what is now A iche bay he landed and made a rald inland. On returning he missed his ships and traveled westward on foot for a month. Then he bullt five ves- #sels and hugged the coast for six weeks, traveling westward until he reached the mouth of the Mississippl. There two boats were upset and Nar: was drowned. The rest reached the coast of what is now Texas and were attacked by Indians. War and famine reduced the number of the party from 400 to four. These men were separated and carried by several bands of Indians over eastern Texas and western Lout A, and met again at the Sabine river in Texas. Thelr reputation for sorcery gave them some influence over the savages and, led by one Caheza de Vaca, they wandered westward to the Rio Grande river and on by way of Chihuahua and Sonora to the guif of California. Following the shores of the gulf, they arrived, in 1636, at Culiacan, A town near the .west coast of Mexic They had crossed the American continent. These men told stories of the “Seven Oftles,” which, according to an ancient legend, were founded by a bishop of Lisbon, who fled ‘with his followers from the Arab invasion to a group of islands in the “Sea of Darkness.” Coronado marched against the towns in 1540 with 1,100 men. Finding the towns a mere collection of mud huts, Coronado pushed westward for two years, wandering over the plains and mountains of the west in search of the “Seven Cities.” He crossed He passed near the site of Fe and crossed the Canadian river. Coronado founded a town which he called Quivira. There has always beon a dispute in the histories as to the exact location of Quivira, but it was believed to baye been In Kansas or Nebraska. Colns, pleces of armor and weapons of y Span- ish make have been found along the Mis- sourl and other rivers which are supposed to mark the trall of Coronado. American Necessities Are Europe’s Luxuries. Throughout Great Britain, the country whose standard of comfort most nearly ap- proaches our own, many things which American laborers eat plentifully are re- served for the very rich. Peaches, for ex- ample. Unless imported and tasteless as well as dear, they are wall fruit, only a little less flavorless, and dearer still. Peach trees grow well enough, but will frult only on a wall or in a glass house. The best of the fruit fetches 5 shillings, a lttle more than a dollar, aplece. Ten shilling the dozen will, in a favorable buy fair fruit. A basket, meaning maybe four fine peaches packed in silver tissue paper, cotton wool and osler willow, may stand you in a guinea. So it is easy to understand that many amonz even the well-to-do live and die without ever tasting a really fine peach. It 18 much the same as to melons. France supplies the bulk of fhose grown outside melon: houses and cold frames. English gardengrs have the soll and the skill, but lack of sunshine to perfect them in the open. Private gardeners, of course, , take pains to supply the tables of the great, but only in exceptional localit! are there market possibilities. In the case of grapes what has been sald of melons and peaches applies with double force. Still the mar- kets are bétter supplied, and at more rea- sonable figures, since grapes from France, Spain, Siell; en from Californla, are brought in, and reach the consumer in fairly good condition. Greem corn, how- ever, crown of American summer delights, the Briton in the mass knows not. He has neither the climate nor the palate for it, at home, although in America he takes to it lke & native. Of public and private elevators—Iiifts John Bull calls them—America has & hun- dred one anywhere else. And the bulk of these—in hotels, shops, theaters, rail- Way terminals and apartment houses—exist for the eass and comfort of womenkind. Thus they come clearly within the cate- Kory of her recognized mecessities, which an older but cruder world still accounts luxuries. Harnessed electricity—for light, heat, cooking, fans and sewing machine motors—is something that can be no more than mentioned within the limits set this screed. fortune, he became a broker to support his family; gojng from house to house, from morning until night, he solicited the orders of his former associates. This proved to be & more efficlent cure than water; the gout disappeared, he became healthler and stronger than he had ever beem. Another friend, who daily walked to his town office, retired with a competence from active busi- ness. He bullt & manor house on & vast es- tate and, filling his stables with horses and carriages, he exercised his roadsters to keep them in good condition, but failed to exert himself. Rolling wherever he wanted to go on the luxurious cushions of his vehicles, his blood ceased to circulate and he lay down to dle. The common excuse of those who preach but fall to practice exercise is want of time; in bursuit of fortune or power they forget their well-being and shorten their days more than they would require for the proper care of their bodles while they live. Pedestrians should combine and form federations lke the League of American Wheelmen, for | mutual protection and encouragement, Successful authors, men of thought, have been fond of the practice. Lowell never rode where he could walk, William Wordsworth found his promenade | more exhilarating than old port. The chief editor of a large daily newspaper marches five miles every night to his distant home, when, at 1:30 in the morning, he leaves his office. President Roosevelt is an ardent walker. Habitual walking, combined with diet and other corporal discipiine, promotes diges- tion and inhibits dyspepsia. Obesity, with Its consequences, has no terrors for a pe- destrian; he can never be troubled with paralysis or apeplexy. For every allment, activity in the open air is a more effective remedy than Chris- tian Bclence, more reliable than patent medicine and more soothing than physicians’ advice. Fitting & sound body to & sound mind, it pacifies a ruffied temper and clears the tired brain of cobwebs. History with & Twist. New York Times: As Elizabeth ap- proached the mud puddle noticed Raleigh unfastening his mantle. ““What 1s your game?” demanded the monarch, show- ing a royal flush. “To play the queen for all it's worth,™ answered the courtler, laying his cloak at her teet. Those 1o attendance thought that cards would 5000 be out, but Bir Walter, being omoted to command the royal yacht, se- cured & new deck. ISCI0 THE POPE OF NEGROS One Bubjeot of the United Ntates Who Has Nover Been Pacified. HEAD OF A NEW-MADE CHURCH AND STATE Power Both Temporal and § Claimed by Him and Implieitly Acknowledged by His De- voted Followers. Army officers returning from the Philip- pines tell storles of the country which, sometimes reported to the War depart- ment, are of such little pressing im- portance or of such a character as to at- tract little attention from the news gath- erers at the national capital. Among theso Is the story of “Pape” Isclo of the island of Negros, a native who, since the occupation of that island by the United States forces, has established a new relig- fon and lays claim to temporal and spirit- ual authority over that island. As told by an officer who has had several years service on the lsland, the character of “Pape” Iscio is one which in time may come to fill & place with the writer of fic- tion at present occupled by Robin Hood or ‘other semi-mythical characters. Pape Iscio at the time of the Spanish war was a res! dent of the island of Negros, conducted a was esteemed as one of the best citizens of the small community in which he lived. He was something of a recluse and much given to contemplation. The “padre” at the village looked upon him as a devout man and & sturdy follower of the mother church, but there was in him something which led the priest to caution him against unlicensed reading and .studies too deep for the Filipino nature. When the war broke out with the insurgents “‘Pape Isclo” was one of the first to take the side of the natives, and bee: of his superior knowledge was chosen as one of the leaders of & band of “Insurrectos.” In this posi- tion he served but a short time and then withdrew from the army ot Aguinaldo and retired to the fastness of the mountain. From time to time word came to his former neighbors of the pecullar actien of thelr whilom assoclate, and from these re- ports it was decided by them in emulation of the early Christian centuries he had re- tired forever from the world. Declares Himselt Pope. One day the community was startled by the reappearance of “Pape Isclo” at his home. He came not as & hermit mor as- cetic, but as a king comes to his own. He was proclaimed by a stranger who accom- panied him as the leader of a new dispensa- tlon—the pope of Negros and the king of the island. With the few who accompanied him from his mountain grotto he began to preach the doctrines of a new religlon. This religion closely followed that of the Catholic church and the observances were much alike, but instead of the sovereignty being with the pope of Rome it was with the pope of Negros. He proclaimed peace to all who would follow him, and foretold death and disaster to those who would not acknowledge his claims. He had acquired t! of ia vance of the people of the island and per- formed ‘miracles” which added many te his church. About this time the United States troops arrived at Negros, and this was one of the islands upon which the insurrection was not active. The peopls submitted. Not so with Pape Iscio and his followers. They retreated into the mountains, where they bid deflance to the United States and to all powers and potentates other than thelr leader. The band was not as hostile others, and its depredations were not so annoying, but from time to time the forces of the government came into contact with them and they fought as hard as any. Many attempts were made to capture the head of the religlous zealots. Promises of amnesty to him and his followers have been sent to him by trustworthy natives, but nelther threat mor promise has won from him an acknowledgment of the sovereignty of the United States, nor has any effort made been sufficient to obtain from the natives information which would lead to his capture. Members of his band have been taken. Upon them every art has been tried to secure information. They will talk upon any subject, reveal the hiding place of arms, but will say nothing which will assist the government in capturing ‘Pape Isclo.” Looked Upon as Sacred. Some of the natives have penetrated into his citadel in the mountains without tak- ing a binding oath of allegiance. They will acknowledge making the trip and seeing the pope, but none will reveal his secret hiding place. They say that in that citadel he is looked upon as a sacred being, who can command not only the forces of the world, but also of the supernatural, and that he is given a sort of worship second- ary only to that rendered to the God of the religion—which is the God of the Christians. All of the wealth of his people flows to him and by him s distributed. Complaint at his decision is unheard of, and there is no appeal from his decision. Said one of the returned officers: ‘“Pape Iscio is one of the problems of the new possessions. He seems to have acquired some knowledge of sleight-of-hand aud has thrown a vell of mystery over his actions which has caught the famcy and held the attention of the natives with whom he has come in contact. By making & new re- ligion he has lost the sympathy of those natives who are loyal to the Cathollo church, but neither orthodox native nor American soldier seem equal to the task of capturing him. In fact, we have never been permitted to see him, and those of his followers who we capture seem to be atrald to speak of him. Natives Ave Also Shrewd. “His outbreak was coincident with the occupation of the island by the United States. It has beem shown, I believe, that there was an understanding between the natives of the island of Negros and the natives of other islands that Negros should be pacified. The natives should operate their sugar plantations in peace, sell the product to the factories and buy munitions of war to supply the insurgent forces, but the arms should mever come to Negros, as that would cause the United Btates to be suspicious. The gemeral of the United States was completely faken in by the natives of Negros and reported all things eatisfactory when there was as much fll- feeling upon that island as upon any other. “Unfortunately, Pape Iscio was not taken into the agreement with the other natives. He went into the fight for fair, and his claim to spiritual power s made only to bind his followers closer to him.” Apother Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing. Chicago Record-Herald: She reached home all out of breath and terribly ex- cited. “What do you thinkT' she gasped at her busband. “Our minister's a bigamist—a terrible, unprincipled scoundrel, who boasts of his villainy.” *“Heavens!"” the man replied. “What bas he been—Olivia! You are not mixed up— peak, woman! What has happened?” “Ne, mo! ercitul Providence!* Don't think I am mixed up in il is a5y way. I mot him & lttle while ago, and in a pleasant way told him I had been reading about a New York preacher who was golng to marry IT PAYS TO TRADE WITH US, For the past_week we have been doing some fast selling in Summer Furniture. This is the last call on summer goods at Half Price New novelties to be placed on sale Monday T8 perfectly non-destructible spring is sold regularly at $10.00. perfectly—made from Oriental A new feature in Box Springs, guaranteed to be and to retain its shape Cretonne. This $15; on sale this week at Special number in brass beds, full size, made from brass, not plated, very handsome desi kind that sells at $25—on sale this week at the 1 Some quick-step prices on Dining Room Chairs.... Bolid oak, finely finished dining room chairs, up- holstered in leather. A sure seller, as it cannot be duplicated for less than $3—this week at $1.80 Bed Room Suites That are Made to Suit Three-piece bed room suite, fine oak finish, very sightly; this suite was made for a seller at $20— on sale this week at $14.285. Solid oak, high back, oak rocker, with arms and leather seat, finely finished. The close cash price on this chair is $3.75—on sale this week at $2,28. A solid oak five-drawer chiffonier, a very hand- some piece, highly finished,“cheap enough at $10.00 —will be sold this week at $6.75, Interesting Items from the Carpet Dept. Our fall line is now complete and to make a visit to our carpet department an object to you we will place on sale Monday fifty Rugs, all new patterns, at 9x12 Bigelow Axminster $24.75. 'If you are inter- ested in rugs you cannot afford to overlook this item. Fifty 9x12 all wool,Smyrnas, all new patterns, the closest cash price of this rug in any department is $25.00—our price for this week will be $19,75. Curtain Specialties. Monday we will offer the ladies an opportunity to buy real lace crutains at Nottingham prices. This sale will include a beautiful line of Arab, Brus- sels, Marie Antoinette and Irish Point. Not a cur- tain in this lot is worth less than $10.00—on sale this week at $6.98. Shiverick Furniture Co. e ey a woman with several million dollars. Henry, what do you think he sald?’ “Gracious, how can I guess?” he panted. He sald: hat is nothing. Every little while I marry a woman who is worth a million or so!” Oh, I pity his poor wife and children!" She is atill wondering why her depraved | husband refused to keep on being shocked. PRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS. Teacher—What i velocity, Johnny? Johnny—Velocity is what a feller lets go of a bumble-bee with. Bessle, aged 4, heard her mother telling & nelghbor that the baby had pneumonia, and, knowing that on the bureau there were two bottles, one containing ammonia and the other camphor, got the natmes mixed and told her small brother the baby had camphor. “No, she ain’t,” rejoined the little fellow, who had also heard what his mother sald: “She's got ammonla.’ A Bunday school superintcud zt. In talk- | ing to his pupils about cruelty tc animals, sald: “Only a coward would cbuse & creature that has no way of protecting it- selt. Why, children, I once knew a Mttlo boy who cut off a calf’s taill Think of it —took & knife and cut the tafl right off! Can any one tell me a verse in the bible that would have taught thik cruel boy that he should not have cut off the calf’s tail?" After a moment’s silence a small boy held up his hand and when asked to quote his verse, ventured: ‘‘What God hath joined together let no man put asunder.” The precocious youngster had arranged another trap for his mother, as youngsters of all kinds have a way of doing without & the point they are scor- “Mamma,” said the boy, “did you tell Liszle to say you were not in when Mrs. Jones called?" “Yes, dear,” answered the mother. “Is It right to do that?" persisted- the “It 1s customary, Willie.” “‘Well,” said the boy, after a thoughtful pause, “how would you lke it if God should tell St. Peter to when you get to heaven? A certain Brooklyn kindergarten, reports to questions are often very amusing. On & morning not long ago the Mead teacher was giving a talk on physiology and asked: “Who can tell me what a nerve is?" “T know,” sald one little tot. “Well, what is 17" “It is what makes the tooth hurt when you have the toothache.” This created & laugh and & number of other answers followed, when & little girl, who is usually depended upon to give a reply to almost every question, raised her pointed finger and sald: “I know the anewer, teacher; I can tell you." “You may answer, Emily,” teacher. ““What is & merve?” “When any one is too fresh my mamma | says, 'Oh, what a Berve The w-ul ended after a desperate effort to restore arder. sald the HOSPE'S PIAND PRIZE. $5 Per Month ~ buys the best new piano ever offéred in Omaha on $5 monthly payments. We have made a large purchase of a beautiful line of new upright -Pianos, which we will sell at the most unusual price of $155.00, on five- dollar monthly payments. It’s equal cannot be matched and its a prize. A. 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