THE OMAHA DAILY KE.B : SUNDAY , NOVEM33E11 5 , 1801) ) . If ?
AGU1KALDO A FICOKEHEAD
Oatrjlng Ont Decrees of n Secret Death-
Dealing Conspiracy ,
WORD PICTURES OF ALLEGED PATRIOTS
Chnplnlti of Drrvoj-'n lMnn lil | . Ilctnlln
Cli rnbcrlN < tcM \uiiioriinn IJIK-
iiltiirlri Conncctuil ivUh AKiiln-
Government Mnctihic.
Hcv. W. H , I , ncancy , the Catholic clergyman -
man who enjoys the enviable distinction of i
having officiated as chaplain aboard Admiral
Uowey's former llagshlp , the Olympla , durIng -
Ing a portion of the heroic admiral's stay In
Manila , has bcon In Omaha the greater part
of the week , He came to Omaha In time to
celebrate mass at St. Phlloraema cathedral
last Sunday and ho will conduct services ,
thcro again today ,
UM not Chaplain Hcancy's great forj j
tune to bo with the fleet at the time that ,
Montojo's. ships were battered and sunk , but
ho was assigned to duty on the Olympla be- I I
twocn that date nnd the fall of Manila. Ho
Is about 35 years old , but looks mush
younger. Ho belongs to the diocese of llal11
tlmore. During his stay In the Philippines '
lie Interested himself In the attempt to so11 j
cure the liberation of some of the priests '
held as prisoners by the Filipinos and had
ample opportunity to study the character of
the people nnd tholr leaders. Ills obscrva-
tlons would lead one to agree with him In
his conviction that Agulnaldo , the head ot
the Insurrection , Is not exactly the eclf-con-
stltutod dictator that ho U represented to
bo , but that the position ho occupies U even
less entitled to respect , bslng that of the
representative ot a secret , oathbound , clcath-
doallng organization of conspirators , dom
inated by offsprings of Chinese ancestry nnd
having llttlo In common with the natives
of the Islands. When asked for his Impres
sions as to Agulnaldo and the people of the
Islands , Father lleancy manifested consld-
orablo reluctance to talk about them a re-1
luctanco duo to his position aa chaplain In
the navy. Ho directed attention to the re
port of the Philippine commission published
Friday morning nnd declared that It was the
function of that commission to Inform the
American people of the characteristics of the
Filipinos and their leaders. Ho paid a high
compliment to each individual member ot the
commission and pointed out the fitness and
capability of each to fulfill the mission Im-
poEod , saying that they had given the matters -
tors discussed In tholr report the closest
study and had applied themselves diligently
and Intelligently to their task.
"I think , therefore , " said he , "that the
American people should bo moroughly sat
isfied with the estimate placed upon the Fil
ipinos by this intelligent , upright aud thor
oughly Impartial commission. "
( In discussing iho [ Filipinos Chaplain
Hoanoy called them Indians. "Colonel
Nubia of the Spanish volunteers , " said he ,
"who had had thirty years of experience
In the Philippines and had held many posi
tions of responsibility , among them several
of a judicial character , which gave him an
excellent opportunity to study the people ,
assured mo 'that ' he had never been able
to fully size them up. They were a perfect
enigma to him. The word Indian very faith
fully expresses their chief characteristics ,
as Its meaning may bo Interpreted In their
own language 'Indo' means 'no. ' aud 'lo'
means 'yes , ' so that the two form a direct
contradiction.
Power Uehlml ihc Dictator.
"Yes , 'I met and talked with Agulnaldo.
Ho Is an undersized man a characteristic
of the Islander and is about 28 years old.
Once seen , ho will never bo forgotten because -
cause of < the peculiar lurking stare In his
eyes , which s'ecm to come from constant
suspicion or fear. Ho Is' ' a y oung fanatic or
enthusiast who rose to prominence In the
province of Cavlto because of the under
standing that he did away with a Spanish
officer , whoso name I have forgotten now ,
but who wna especially noted for his faith
ful execution of Spanish laws , the suppres
sion ot uprisings and 'tho ' capture of crimi
nals. This offltcr was osasslnated In 1896.
Agulnaldo simply stands for the Katlpunan ,
a death-dealing secret organization of so-
called patriots absolutely controlled by the
Chinese mestizos , the latter being a mixture
of Filipino and Chinese. The word 'Katl-
punan' is pronounced Kat-o-poo-nan , with
the aocent on the last syllable , and means
'mooting ot friends. ' Agulnaldo Is of
Chlneso extraction. His brother-in-law ,
General Apaua , Is n full-blooded Amoy
Chinaman , and Is In charge of the forces
between ( Manila and Cavlte , at.a place called
Paranuque. Balmadero Agulnaldo , who Is
accused of having run away with $ SO,00 (
belonging to the Insurgents' war fund , Is
Agulnaldo's brother , and not his nephew ,
aa has been reported in the press dispatches
The man who writes all the proclamations
of the insurgent government is a Chlneso
mestizo by the name of Mablnii. He Is n.
paralytic who lives nnd sleeps under the
same roof with lAgulnaldo. Mablnl le a
briefless lawyer who seems to have never
enjoyed the confidence of anyone In need of
on attorney. 'Ho is the man who told the
Insurgon'ts that they would bo worthy ot
the name bestowed upon1 them by the Span
ish 'monkeys' If they were to release thc.lr
prisoners. Ho told them that as long as
they had prisoners their chances of receiv
ing recognition from some government
| "SAVE THE BADYI"
The first instinct of
I the mother-heart is
to preserve
her little one.
1 Us life nnil
_ health take
" 5 precedence
i even over her
Jown. The
-common dread
I which women
' who nre looking -
_ _ , , ing forward to
the coming of a new and precious baby
Into the world first feel , is that they may
not themselves be able to go safely
through the trying ordeal , nml secondly
conies the fear that the darling little
baby's life or health or general well-
being may somehow be sacrificed.
nut there is no real need of apprehen
sion in either direction. If any woman
who is expecting to become a mother
will follow the example of Mrs. Omn
Stiles , of Downing , Dunn Co. , Wis. , the
most perfect confidence may be felt in
the happy outcome of this critical period ,
both for the mother and the child.
" I linve been Intending to write to you ever
ilnce my baby was born , " Bays Mrs. Stile * In
au Interesting letter to Ir. K. V. Tierce of nuf.
ftlo , N. V. , " lu regard to what your ' Favorite
Prescription1 ha * uonu for tne , J cannot praise
It enough , for I have uot been a well for five
years ns I now am. lu July last I hnd n baby
toy , weight u Ibs. I was eicU only a uliort time ,
and slucc I got up I have uot had one hick day ,
I have uot had nny worab trouble since I got up.
I waa not only surprised myself but all of in ft
fricuds here nre surprised to sec me w well , " '
The properties of this grand "Pre
scription " flnd what it has accomplished
for thousands of women , are more fully
described in one chapter of the People's
Common Sense Medical Adviser by K , V ,
Pierce , M. IX , a splendid thousand-page
illustrated volume. It will be sent free
paper-bound , for 21 one-cent stamps to
\uy the cost of mailing only ; or , clothbound -
bound for 31 stamps.
The " I'ivorlte Prescription " l entirely free
from alcohol ; unlike nearly all other proprietary
lucdlcluu for women , which merely give n tem
porary stimulation aud arc likely to Induce a
morbid , unhealthy craving. The "Favorite
Prescription "trfvci energy aud nerve-tone that
U real , healthy and permanent.
would be good , because they had fomcthlng
that other governments would wan' .
Aatilnnliln'N I'nm-r I.linltc , ! .
"I know Mablnl personally and was In
conversation with him November 1. 1893. I
was endeavoring to fecure the freedom of
Kev. Father Garcia , a Dominican monk , who
had been Imprisoned because he belonged to
the Dominican order , and who was a per
sonal friend of the Hov. Father Hornsby , the
only American Jesuit In China. Agulnaldo
had promised mo Father Oarcla' freedom.
Thinking that he had made the promise In
good faith , I called nt Malolcs toece the gov
ernor , so-called , nnd remind him of his
promise that as eoon as Manila should fall
ho would grant the release of the Imprisoned
monk. I had letters from all the prominent
Flllplncs begging Agulnoldo to grant this
bcon. Hut I was dented an audience by the
secretaries , and especially by Scnors Pardo
de ' Travcra nnd Mablnl. When I Insisted
that.Agulnaldo . had promised to release the
monk aa soon as Manila hud fallen , both ot
these accrotarlca said thnt Agulnaldo had no
power to release the prisoner , I was greatly
surprised nt this Information and asked what
was his power If he could not grant such a
favor. They reiterated tholr assertion that
he had not the power. 1 then told them
that any governor of any of our forty-five
states In this country could pardon a pris
oner , and that President Lincoln had par-
doncd Jefferson , Davis , yet they Insisted that
11 Agulnaldo had not that power. I asked thorn
who had , and they eald It was vested In eight
persons who composed the so-called cabinet
I . of Agulnaldo , Ths latter had ono vote , Mablnl
j ono , Pardo do Travcra ono , Llgordl 'ono ,
and four other persons whom they named ,
had 1 ono each ; Agulnaldo was ready to vote
for 1 a pardon , Mablnl said he was also , as
did ( Pardo do Travcra , and I had a letter
from f Secretary of State Llgordl favoring the
monk's ] release , but for some reason ho was
never ] released and Is a prisoner as far ns I
know ] to this day.
"This experience demonstrated to mo that
Agulnaldo Is merely a figurehead. He Is not
a man of Intellect , being a dull student. His
old professor told me that It took Agulnaldo
six years to make a course that the average
: Filipino youth mastered In three years.
I When he left school ho became a teacher In
j his ] own province , and being a very desperate
ghter ho rose to prominence among his
wn people.
Sonic of llln Allcgol Commit rlotn.
"Pardo de Travera Is a mestizo with
Spanish predominance more pronounced in
ils blood. Ho Is a practicing physician In
Manila and was a professor in the univer
sity , but like a chameleon , be Is able to
adapt himself to any surroundings. Before
ho fall of Manila ho had been In command
of n volunteer company and opposed the
.aklng of the city by the Americans. After
ts fall ho Joined the Insurgents , and nt
ength , seeing that they must get the worst
of It In the end , ho abandoned them , went
over to the Americans , and played the white
mouth , cr sneak.
"I notice by the papers that Buencamino
and Patcrno , noted leaders of the Insurrec-
: ion and members of Agulnaldo's cabinet ,
: iavo gene over to the Americans. Buen
camino got his education gratis. Being an
orphan , ho was brought up by the Domini
cans In an orphan asylum to the university.
He Is considered a social leader amongs-t the
natives , the Ward McAllister , as It were , of
the Philippines , lie is accused of having
misappropriated moneys belonging to
widows and orphans while serving as execu
tor ot estates. Ho has a ready pen and in
gratiated himself Into the confidence of the
Insurgents through a low-down trick ho
perpetrated upon the Spanish. Having been
outlawed by them , he raised a volunteer
regiment of natives and offered its serv
ices to the Spanish against the Americans
In the defense ot Manila lu Juno or July of
1898. The Spaniards received him with open
arms In spite of his very unsavory reputa
tion , and ho Immediately asked them to
give him money with which to at out his
regiment. Slaving obtained it , he visited
a Spanish club and gambled away every cent
of it , after which ho ordered his Indian
regiment to make Its escape to the insur
gent lines.
I'ntrlut Pnterno nnd Ills Men.
The most prominent litterateur of thi
Philippine Islands is Paterno , the othe
leader , who has Just come over to the
Americans. He served seven years a
Salamanca university , Spain , during which
tlmo ho developed talent for philosophy
theology and literature. Ho was honored
by Spain in the enjoyment of a high posl
lion and handsome salary , but eventually
ho lost his place and returned to the Phil
Ipplncs , where he made hla position as ad
visor to the malcontents more or less ot i
menace to the Spanish authorities. Spain
at length placated him and once more ho
threw his Influence in favor of the Spaniards
and endeavored by every means In his power
to get the Filipinos to form an alliance
with their outraged mother country , Spain.
So successful was he that he attained the
position of president of the Insurgent con
gress and proceeded to beg the Filipinos to
turn all the Philippines Into one vast grave ,
ho craving the boon and declaring that it
would bo his honor to bo buried In the
deepest pit , that his country , for which his
forefathers suffered , might bo free and in
dependent , yet a beautiful , grateful ally ot
the revered nnd saddened mother country ,
Spain. This man Patorno , alleged patriot ,
when the crash came In February , took
refuge with his sister and aged father
within the insurgent lines. Today his sister I'
ter Is marked for life , having been most.
cruelly cut across the face by a bolo or knife
In tbo hands of a Tagal robber. The old
man's hand was almost cut off by the same
robber baud and they were despoiled of all !
their considerable treasures and valuables ,
"Theso sketches and Incidents will Indi
cate to you something of the entire ab-
sceuca of order that prevails among these
people , and you may Imagine that when the
family of the president of the Filipino con
gress Is subjected to such Indignities by
Tagalogs , there is llttlo safety for others ,
"Tho secretary of the treasury is a
Chinese mestizo named Chuglan , who In
herited millions from his father , but who
Is today very much hampered by debts.
Munition Ilruvcx AxNnxitliiiitloii.
"To my mind the brainiest , most clover ,
deepest and best educate'd man amongst the
Tagalogs Is Saudlco. Ho Is the man who
served an Injunction In favor of lArtacko and
other leaders against the Hong Kong and
Shanghai banks preventing them from turn
ing over to Agulnaldo $200,000 of the sum
paid by the Spanlnh government to these
so-called patriots who had sold out accordIng -
Ing to the terms of the treaty of lllauabato.
Sandlco Is the founder and organizer of the
socialistic , anarchistic , communistic so-
called popular clubs , which are in reality
feeders of their revolutionary society , the
Katlpunan , In July , 1S9S , owing to tbo
action taken by the Artacho crowd , who
had been arrested by Agulnaldo , Sandlco
was In great fear of his life from the same
dignitary , hut his superior education , ob
tained abroad , was necessary to AgulualJo.
Being master of five different languages ho
was commissioned by the Agulnaldo govern
ment to endeavor to bring about friendly .re
lations with the Americans , Ho was the head
of the Insurgent Information bureau or
secret service and GO masterful was his work
that , in splto of the bad odor In which ho
had previously been , he was promoted to
the olllco of diplomatic secretary , formerly
held by Pardo de Travcra. His knowledge
of German made him persona grata nnd much
sought after by the ( lerman colony In .Ma
nila. Ho Is a man of daring , and often ,
disguised as a boy- peddling milk , be made
his way Into Manila.
"Thcro Is a mutual mistrust pervading
the Agulnaldo crowd and the Sandlco con
tingent , and I am firmly convinced that
sooner or later Saudlco will bo numbered
with the tilaln. "
liitrlriielex of ilie Kutlpiiiiiin ,
.
While Father neaney avoided any direct
expression of opinion as to the capabilities '
of ' the Filipinos to organize and maintain a
stable government , the above sketches ot the
leaders ' > of the Insurrection arc well calculated
to afford an Intelligent answer to all In
quiries on that cubject. He sought to ex
plain the Intricacies ot the organization
criown as the Katlpunan by drawing a flve-
olntcd ntar. In the center of It he made a
ot to represent the supreme head of the
rgantzatton , wbo Is supposed to bu In Lon-
on. Upon each of the five points he lo-
ated another dignitary of the order , only
hrco of whom know who Is represented by
the central dot , and only two ot whom know
ach other. From the point at the bottom
10 drew a number of radiating lines , lead-
ng to other dole which represented the pro-
Idlng officers cf popular or revolutionary
tubs. The brads of thcso clubs knew only
ho dignitary represented aa being located
t the lower point of the star , and believed
ilm to bo the head of the organization. He
n turn knew only the man on the opposite
? olnt , whom ho In turn believed to bo the
upremo power , and to on up to the man rep-
cscntcd by the central dot. The decrees
manatod from the man In the center of the
itar. This Is the organization for which
'atlicr Hcaney thinks Agulnaldo the figure-
lead.
It < - pcotPl the Church .
The chaplain paid a glowing tribute to
ho Boldlcrs who had performed without
flinching their arduous and dangerous duties
away off there In the wide Pacific ocean ,
many of whom gave up their lives In the
cause of thlr country. Referring to the
charge that American soldiers had dese
crated the Catholic churches In the Islands
ho declared that whoever said that the
American volunteers looted churches and
warred ngalntt the Catholic church was
guilty of base calumny. Ho had seen the
American soldiers quartered In churches , but
thcro was no destruction , no desecration. It
was the Filipinos who desecrated the
churches. "Who , " he asked , "desecrated
.ho church at Malolos on Good Friday , 1888 ,
jy holding a meat banquet there ? Who In
[ 897 massacred a good Augustlnlan friar ?
The Filipinos. They took possession of the
churches. They needed them In their bust-
ncsa. Once Captain Hedges of the Twenty-
seventh Infantry drove a horde of them out
of a church , locked the doora nnd forbade
them to "
re-enter.
Father Kcaney wild that the occupation of
churches by American soldiers was a mili
tary necessity , in reference to the charge
that American soldiers had stolen vestments
lie said ho knew men who had kept vest
ments to save them from destruction , hav
ing bought theni from Filipinos and China
men , whose god la money. He declared that
the friars , against
whom the Filipinos com
plain , are absolutely needed In the Philip
pines. The Filipinos would be glad to drive
them out. They have
300 or 400 priests as
prisoners and compel them to move with the
artaj- , making long- marches to keep them
from being rescued by ( Americans. Ho had
tried In every way to get priests free and
through the Influence of Admiral Dewey had
succeeded In three Instances.
AilniliilNtrntor'N Conr.ie Commended.
'Kcferrlng ' to the couree of the administra
tion Father ncaney said : "Wo are de
termined to do what Is right. That
starry flag of ours stands for right.
All lhat possibly could bo done was carried
out by those In charge In the Philippines.
The dignity of the flag has been respected
and what It means or signifies In our coun
try has been emphasized In our new pos
sessions. General Otis has done everything
possible , Admiral Dewcy's couree Is known
to all men. The Filipinos were never recog
nized as allies , as we understand the word.
They sought by every possible means to
secure recognition from us. Falling In that
they tried to get recognition from Spain.
They promised everything to General Hlos
if he would permit thorn to haul down the
Spanish flag over Hello and hoist tholr flag
instead and glvo them due recognition. They
sought for recognition from the first gov
ernor general of the Islands. Major General
Wesley Morrltt , but without success. They
claimed by proclamation the right as an al
lied army to enter the city of Manila cm
the 13th of August , 1S98 , which somewhat
handicapped our peaceful occupation of that
place. From that day to this they have
constantly harped on what they are pleased
to call a breach of faith on the part of the
United States. There has never been any
truckling to Agulnafdo by our people. He
has never been regarded seriously except as
a mountebank who has been clover enough
to use the Instrument at his hands for the
furtherance of his own ambitions. No na
tion on earth would recognize the Filipinos.
They came to us as rebellious Spanish sub
jects , their only status being that of ban
dits nnd outlaws. "
MOVING FOR THEIR SALARIES
Unpaid lixDOHltlnu Einnlnyex Hetnlit
CouiiHd to Ilecovur CompeiiNii-
Uan for OntnliRr ,
Another meeting ot the late 'employeo of
the exposition who are moving to secure pay
for the last month of their service was held
j | ' Friday evening nt Labor Temple. Major
Dennis was chosen to preside , W. I. Horton
was made secretary and Robert Moore treas-
urcr. The committee of twelve appointed nt
a previous meeting held at the grounds during -
ing the afternoon reported that It Invited
| j John O. Yelser to bo present and that ho waa
j waiting in an adjoining room. He was In-
| '
. vltcd In and after a discussion of the con-
Editions | ' and legal complications Involving ex-
position assets he was authorized to act as
attorney for those present at the meeting
I i In an endeavor to secure their pay. Ar-
j I rangements were made for enlisting the co-
oporatlon of other unpaid employes nnd for
the assignment of all claims to ono person
for the purposes of the proposed action ,
Henry Rustln , superintendent of buildings
and grounds and the electrical lighting de-
partment of the exposition , stated to the
meeting that ho hod been advised October
20 by the secretary of the executive com-
mlttce of the exposition that ho had on Oc-
tobcr 21 been made trustee for the manage-
mcnt and had been authorized to receive
from the Chicago Wrecking company the
$17,500 $ due from It when the plant should be
turned over , to bo reserved by him , with
i Borne $10,000 In dispute , for the payment ot
j the help. Rustln stated , however , that he
had never seen any of the money , A com-
mlttco was appointed to solicit the cooperation
tion of other employes.
Oco. Noland , Rockland , 0. , nays : "My wife
had plies forty years. DoWltfa Witch Hazel
Salve cured her. It Is the best naive In
America. " U heals everything and cures
all akin diseases ,
co.vxtniAirrii.s. :
Judge John Brown of Santa Rosa. Cnl ,
linn a record of 1,330 marriage Itnota tied by
him.
him.A
A inarrlngo license has .lust been Issued In
Chicago for tlm use of Louis DrszkowHkl
and Kazmlcra. Krzynnowska.
The supreme court of Massachusetts has
decided that a wife can buffer no pecuniary
loss In the alienation of her husband's af
fections.
Twloo a widower nnd CO years old the
Itov. Benjamin S. Kvfrett. imstor of the
New Grotnu ( N. J , ) Presbyterian church , is
about to become a brldeKroom attain , As In
each of his previous ventures , ho Is to make
a pretty younK school teacher his brld
The ceremony will be performed by the
lined puslirs three SO-H. o.icli l tiuu-j a
clergyman.
A London dispatch uys that the lone de
ferred marrlaso of De Wolf Hopper and
1'ellu liergon positively occurred on October
2 at Mnrloe'H Hond Registry olllcc , Kensing
ton , It took place enrlv In the inornliiK und
In thla way the couple escaped notlco.
copv of the entry In the registry Is u n
an follows : "Married this rtuv , William Do
Wolf Hopper , upo 41 , the son of Jnmcj Hop-
per. uollcllor , and the divorced husband of ,
Edna Wallace , to EUaiur Hercen , need 27.
the illvprced wlfo of James Hercen and the
( laughter of Captain lilnrdan. the chief of
Doiice of Brooklyn , N. Y. "
HANDS ] OF TIME PUSHED BACK
Tinds of Gmedipgm Add Oentnrles to tha
Ago of tha Earth ,
TOMBS OF THE GODS RLVEAL SECRETS
Men l.lvpil 41,00(1 Yrnrn llrforo thrift !
An Aiitliiiicnr.ilnir Ilottlc
nnd it I'lnnlc Iloury
with
How long has man been on earth ? The
answer to this question Is being modified
by every turn of the explorer's spade. It waa
formerly considered certain that the world
could not have been u habitable planet for
more than C.OOO years. Geology had shown
that millions of years must have boon con
sumed In building It up before It became fit
for human life. But during the past few
years some of the most orthodox believers
In this theory have been engaged upon ox-
cavatlons In Assyria nnd Egypt , and what
they have actually seen line forced them to
set the date of human habitation of the earth
back several thousand years. The expedi
tion sent out by the University of Pennsyl
vania , which has been nt work nt Nutter ,
has , through Prof. Hllprccht , Its Assyrlolo-
gist , set the date of 6,000 or 7,000 B. C. on
ome of the monuments dlacovcred.
Now comes M , B. Amellncau to reinforce
heso dates by similarly startling discoveries
, n prehistoric Egypt. It should not be for-
; otten that the evidences from which thn
tarly history of Egypt has been deducted
re very fragmentary , and for a long tluio
t has 'been questioned whether Mcncs , the
arllcst of the Pharaohs mentioned by Man-
itho , had ever existed. The discovery of
ts tomb has set that doubt at rest. But
l. Amellncau baa added oil to the flame ot
cnsatlonal discoveries by finding what ho
lalms are tbo tombs of Osiris , Isle and
thcr .Egyptian deities. Thcsowere sup-
tosed to have been mere Imaginary porsonlfl-
: atlons of nature. The full report of the dla-
overlcs has not yet been published , but this
evolutionary Investigator hns prepared the
fay to It by Issuing the first volume of hla
ccount of the excavations at Aoydos , the
acred residence of Osiris. Here he has
'ound ' prehistoric tombs , some 1BO In num-
icr , the contents of which arc more than
stonlshlng when It Is considered that they
; o back at least 8,000 , years. Fortunately for
us who are animated by an Intense curiosity
s to the doings of those distant ages and tha
men who lived then , the Egyptians had the
iccullar notion that death was but tbo
iridgo from this life to the next , which
wouid resemble this one so cjcsely that thn
fcry food and furniture used hero would
bo useful there. On this account they fur-
Ished the tombs more as they would furnish
Iiomcs than as ono would expect resllng-
. > lace for the dead tobo furnished. There-
ore , In them have been found the very food
md the utensils which the men and women
of that time used while alive. It is to this
'ortunate ' accident that Is due the exactness
with which a nineteenth century excavator
can say precisely how those who died 6,000
years B. C. lived , what they ate , how they
dressed , and what was the range of mind
and civilization in that ancient time.
Found Their Fond.
In the Jars and vases ot those old tomba
Amellneau has found various cereals , like
wheat and rye , proving the agricultural
tastes ot those people. Date-stone * are ex
cellent evidence that the date-palm was even
then appreciated for the food products. Nor
were these prehistoric people vegetarians
for U they were why should there bs the
brnen of oxen and the horna of the ga/.elle
In their tombs ?
Amellneau ban actually taken us back to
tha stone-ago and the beginning of the use
of ccrealB In Egypt , for ho has found In
numerable arrowheads cunningly chipped
out of flint , and knives , scrapers and saws
made of the same hard material. The dec
oratlva Instinct was already alive , or why
etiotild these old workmen have spent days
en polishing and chipping stone bracclat * ?
It lit almost Impossible to trace the de
velopment oj civilization step by step
through these remains , for here are earthen
plate.i so rudely shaped as to prove tha
tha potter's wheel , cne of the first Inven
tlons of primitive man the world over , wa <
not yeJ known. Then come other plates
and pots and Jugs Just as surely turned on
that very useful machine , showing the nexi
stop forward. The following evolution o :
Inventlvo genius ehows Itself in the nion
elaborate pottery and the use of metals fo
making hard teals. Hard stooo was now
cut and shaped , dlorlte , onyx and rick
crystal Jam and vases were made with si
much art that their highly-polished surface ;
astonish tha modern discoverer. . It seem :
as If the use of the diamond or eomo othe
hard substancu must have been known by
tha peoplu who hollowed out seine of them
vases , on the inside of which are etill to I
seen tha marks ot the cutting Implements
Remember this was 8,000 years ago , and lev
would belle vo that the nrtlstlo Instincts o
man had 'been ' EO early developed were no
tin ocular proof forthcoming In tbo artlstl
creations of thcso ancient artisan ? . It wa
found that some of the tombs weni pnvc
with < a kind of rose-colored marble , nu
native In Egypt , and therefore thin in us
have been Imported from Eomo distant couu
try , showing that the men of that iteie trav
eled and believed In "imported coods" muc !
aa wa do.
Ciirvlnu * nnd Furniture ,
From stage to stage the perfection of thi
workmanship aud the care displayed 1
ornamentation , Increases constantly. Th
prlmltlvo geometrical designs on the carlles
pottery glvo way to drawings from life , an
tliera are representations ot oatrlcu-s EI
llfe-llka as to bo easily recognized ; a carv
lug of a duck's head In hard schist , In whlc
tha shading of the plumage is brought out ,
and a carving of a human h.in.l In the s
hard material , where the lines of the finger
nail i are well defined. As to wool-carvin
thceo old artists were exports. They too
tin ebony , which they had to Import , an
carved perfect statuettes of lloas or o
Nubian women , which can be Identified p
such by the low forehead , angular face ,
small oyeJ , prominent cluek-hor.cs , largi
mouth , thick lips and hair parted Into
number ot tresses. Hero U a frog carve
out of dlorlto as perfect and unmlainkabl
as If It had been done yeatrrdaby the bfs
mcdcrn artist.
Tim men and women wen > alike fond o
personal adornment , for bcaJs cf clay , cov
crod with blua enamel , of cornelian , amc
thyst , emerald and rock-crystal , all pierce
fo.ctrlnglnt ; , the strings having long slue
rotted away , were found In large numbers
Here , too , were Ivory aud wooden Instru
muita with which tlio oyalUa and brow
were colored red or black to make the eye
appear larger. Vanity id then at least SrO
yews oltl.
The furniture was only found In bits , lethe
the woodwork bad generally rotted away an
all that remained was the Ivor/ leg ? of sofa
the most remarkable finds made , T
were so largo that it lo certain thpy mus
havu been made of the tusks of ' .he hippo
lotamus. That this animal was hmued b
tha early Egyptians Is well established
nall-palntlngs , but the proof funilt > hc < l b
the finding of their tusks Is far morq con
j clqslve , carrying the custom back eevera
conturles. The manner In which theej
! aru carved to reprteent the less nt oxen Is
, 0119 o ! the marvels of all uho hay , ) had the
i good fortune to eco them.
The work of the Jewelers of this early age
la by no means primitive , for there are
pecial November Sale
AUi THE HIOH QUAD K FtmN'ITUUB , CAHPKT3 , HUOS AN'D DR APUR1ES EXH11UTKI ) BY US AT Tim
GHE'ATEU ' AMERICA EXPOSITION 00 JN TH13 SHEO1AL NOVBM BCTl SALE AT RIDICULOUSLY IXMV
PRIOES.
Upright folding Beds Itlch in opportunities
Lttrfro fiN orM Jrit or rtcnv / nf-
erin rifI nf nf > 9cffi ! JV'iM'onilier Lace
nnjo jir/oos
'
FOLDING Curt'ins
BED-upfiKht
design , for cur GO II ALP PA III
tain front , lius LACKCU iTAINS
wovun wire ( jood desirable
springs n well nationis , but only
finished good half pahof a kind
bed sale ruiuliir ; price $ -
Domestic Rug Sale price to $0 pair they gent
nt Btito prlco , rfcr-f
Irresistible values 7.40 ouuh40c .rpi
T/ioso ' l-iir < \voro oofocf osiio- . and . . . .
.t-J'orrmr l riro tltt > lny of f/no
nt , (7io ( ffrojifor . .Imcr/on JSx- 25 HALF PAIRS BRt'SSELS AND IRISH
LARGE HANDSOME Upright Bed POINTS sold from $0.50 to $33.00 $ pnli
CARPET SIZES In Wilton Rugs , Smyrna lias large bovcl mirror , made ot select Special to close , each $4.90 ,
and Axralnster Rugs 0x12 feet Wilton oak , nicely figured and highly $3.50 , $2.75 2.25
Rugs regular prlco polished uumatchable at and .
$40.00 reduced % sale price , $27
to . SINGLE PAIR LOT OF BRUSSELS AND
only IRISH POINT CURTAINS sold for $5.50 ,
0x12 lAXMINSTER RUGS woven In ono I HANDSOME WARDROBE UPRIGHT $ G.GO , $8.00 $ and $8.76 a pair
piece , "no Beam" regular BED with largo bevel mirror , made ot they go at sale price , .3.95
value $40 reduced % figured oak , hand polished - pair , $5.75 and , . . . . .
to ed sale price SINGLE PAIR LOT OF BRUSSELS AND
9x12 IMPERIAL SMYRNA RUGS These only ' BATTENBURG LACE CURTAINS sold for
goods not damaged a particle beyond having $0.50 , $12.00 and $13.M > a pair
the fringe slightly soiled. They would bo Morris Chairs go at ono price , 6.75
cheap at $40.00 pair
reduced to $28.00 $32 % SINGLE PAIR LOT OF RUFFLE CUR
and . . . TAINS Swiss , Bobblnet , Fishnet sold for
ALL THE 36XC3-1NCH GENUINE FRENCH : $1.60 to $5.50 n pair they go
WILTON RUGS displayed In our exhibit ! lu 3 lotB. pair , at $3.35 , 90c
sold everywhere at $8 $1.75 and
special , here ' * TWO 1'AIR LOTS that Is only 2 pair ot
atTHE n pattern , high duality lace curtains sold
THE FINE WILTON CARPET used In our for $10.00 to $15.00 a pair pzf f\\
Liberal 'Arts ' exhibit Those are extra heavy go at , pair $9.50 / * \J\J
goods , were bought especially for this ex and
hibit , all desirable patterns , sewed ready TWO PAIR LOTS OF LACE CURTAINS
to lay on your door sold for $3.75 and $4.00 spo
"eomo early" , prlco clal sale price ,
only , yard MORRIS RECLINING CHAIR Rever '
25 ROL'LS ' iM'iArrTlNG used on walls of Phil sible cushions , eclcct oak frame , or 176 PAIRS'OF EMBROIDERY SWISS MUS
Ipplno Restaurant , good heavy whltoChlna _ Imitation mahogany nicely LIN CURTAINS 2 to C pairs of a panel u-
Mittlng regular 35c grade finished $10.00 value- sold for $4.50 , $5.50 and ? 6.CO
reduced at this sale to sale price 7. pair special sale price , 3.75
yard only
piLLOWS-aOxJO-lnch. 45c 22x22-lnch
SOFA - - . ;
60c.
.ADVANCE PRICES ON DESKS Office Mett
All the high grade furniture exhibited by
Over Ninety TCP Cent of Mnnnfnc * \Vo can save you money on us at the Greater America Exposition at
| nrrs In United Stntcn Hold a your office furniture purchase
.
Meeting and ncnrrangc List. This Is the third advance in price sweeping reduction.
by the manufacturers since wo
CHICAGO , Oct. 28. Prices on desks were
lu per cent' today at B meeting o { placed our orders , therefore wo Unparalleled sale of
manufacturers. Over 90 per cent of the o > vn our
jrs of the United States wcro desks at the Dining Room furniture
present and considered & rearrangement ot old price &
prlc.i to coiTcepond with tbo Increased cost can save you $10 DINING TAI1LE
of materials and labor. at least 20 prlcn 7.75
Tba novf ocale will go- Into effect at onca per cent $ ! ' DINING TABLE '
and a new prlco list will be Issued by tha over others. pricn . 0.00
aesoslatlon on November 5. Carl Leopold ot Sole agents
nutllnffton , la. , was chairman nnd L. N. foi-cclobt-atd $2.75 BOX LEATHER SEAT
HoJgce ot Grand Rapids , Mlcb. . secretary. Cutler Desk , DINING CHAIRS , at 1.75
84I4-I6-18
Douglas St.
bronze bracelets , cunningly turned Into ser
pents , alloys ot silver and gold , copper nnd
brass , and other tools ot the earlier stage
when pure copper was used. To illustrate
how near akin man has been through
; heso myriads of years , it Is only necessary
, o mention the discovery in ono of the tombs
of what must have served as a baby's nurs-
ng bottle In the long ago. It was an earthen
vase , with a hole in the aide Into which a
bit of cloth might be inserted that the baby
might draw his milk from the vase. Is there
anything "new under the eun ? "
Besides the common pots for kitchen use
nnd the fine vases for the parlor there were
discovered pieces ot wood wondsrfully inlaid
with pieces of colored glass , showing that
the secret of manufacturing glass wao known
even then. Thla seems to Indicate a long
period of preparation , or development , for
men did not Invent glass when they were
crude and uncivilized. In fact the discov
eries at Abydos open so wide a vista of pos
sibilities that we are scarcely surprised to
hear that the tombs of the gods of Egypt
have been actually found. But before this
startling discovery was made M. Amelincau
stirred up the world's Egyptologists by the
announcement that bo had found the names
of sixteen royal personages hitherto un
known. He knew that they were royal , for
their names were written In a peculiar de
vice , technically known as the "house , " and
It was just as If the sculptor had engraved
"King" so and tx > . It Is from this "house"
ileslgn that the word Pharaoh Is derived , or ,
rather , the device signifies Pharaoh , from
the 'Egyptian Per-aa , "Great House , " that
is , the palace or the court.
When M. Amellneau opened some of these
graves ho found them to be the tombs of
these great unknown kings , already
acknowledged as "Kings of Upper and Lower
Egypt , " but not yet known as "Sons of the
Sun , " the title of later Egyptian monarchs.
Among these was one whose name ho reads
Den , another called Qa , and fourteen be
sides , Borne of those titles could not be read ,
aa they were entirely new. For Instance , one
was Indicated by the sculpture of a serpent ,
but how this Is to be pronounced or what
It means no Egyptologist has yet found out.
On comparing tbo names Juet found with
nil the long line of Egyptian Pharaohs , not
ono like any of them could be found , and It
was very logically concluded that these ante
date Mcncs , and that only now nro we reach.
Ing the earliest history of Egypt , '
Xiuncft \ < > Mim Can Ilcnil.
The tombs nro primitively constructed ,
some of the wills being so Irregular that
It Is to bo doubted whether the plurabllne
was then known. But , nevertheless , the In
teriors of the tombs were most Interesting.
Some of them were 'so short that It was
evident that no human being could have
been laid there at full length nnd the ex
planation was forthcoming when at last
In a tomb which no vandal Arab has
reached a body was found all curled up
and surrounded with earthenware pots con
talnlng food , ointments , etc. Of course ,
there was no thought then ot embalming
and It was entirely duo to the drynesa of
the soil that the body had been preserved
at all. In the tonib of thp Pharoah , whose
name was Indicated by a serpent , It was
found that there were a number of adjoining
chambers , probably Intended for the bodies
of his wives or of his prominent court of
ficials. The tomb of ono of these , by name
Nebnofer , "good master , " a royal scribe ,
was among those found. The floor of this
tomb was 'mode of heavy sycamore planks
which may well stand as the oldest planks
In the world , being some 8,000 and odd
years old , as well as can be estimated. In
stead of having been nailed dowa to cross
pieces they were simply tied together by
bands ot braes , which "were still found in
place. The mortar , too , 'was found to have
been mixed with fibers of palm leaves , much
as hair Is DOW used to mx | with plaster ,
proving that this secret was known a few
years ago.
Prof. Maspcro agrees with M , Amellneau
that the InscrlptloiiH on ( he royal steles
are very rude and primitive In character
and when such a combination of authority
_ agrees that these men antedate all known
j history wo can only believe. We can hardly
J grasp the whole significance of these dli >
Paint Co
Wo have bought the stock and succeeded to the business of
MB. F. B. KENNARD
and arranged with the
PITTSBURG PLATE GLASS CO.
to handle their product in Omaha and territory tributary thereto.
This puts us In a position to fill promptly from our warehouse In Omaha , orders fof
all kinds of glass , regardless of quantity or size- .
In addition to carrying a full stock of PLATE GL/ASS / AND WINDOW QL'ASS ,
wo shall make a specialty of MIRRORS , LEADED ART GLASS , SKYLIGHT , BENT
AND BEVELED PLATE.
PAIBTT DEPARTMENT
Full stock of BRUSHES , WPALL FINISHES , GOLD LEAF , BRONZES , ENAMELS.
DRY COLORS , COLORS IN OIL AND JAPAN , ARTISTS' MATERIALS , GLUE , PAINT
ERS' AND PAPERHANOERS1 SUPPLIES.
Lowe Bros. ' High Standard Mixed Paints , Valentino's , Murphy's , Berry Bros. ' , Mas-
Carriage and Wagon Palnte , ury's , McCIosky's and other brands Varnishes
Senours Floor Paints , Crocket Preservation.
Johnson's Floor Wax. Wheeler's Wood Filler.
All at lowest prices.
Inquiries from large buyers ot WHITE LEAD , LINSEED OIL , MINERAL PAINTS ,
PUTTY and other heavy staples solicited.
Midland Glass & Paint Co
1408-10-12 Harney St.
coverlcs. for In altering our Ideas of chronology
elegy many other Ideas must bo similarly
modified. Our conception of the history of
mankind is broadened almost Indefinitely
and we would not bo surprised to hear
tomorrow that still later discoveries had
established the fact of man's existence In
Egypt oven 10,000 years ago. No wonder '
then that Egypt of the earlier dynasties
was capable of building such remarkable
structures as the pyramids. The develop
ment of science and art which must have
preceded the bare conception of such build1 1
Ings la now mode evident and , knowing I
that in time man may do nil things , wo
need no longer bo astonished that such
achievements were his , Wo are only
astonished at our own folly In not being
sure that there must bo some such explana
tion of the wisdom of Egypt. All conjec
ture and guessing ceast now In the face of
the tombs and articles discovered In them
by M ,
I/AIIOU AM ) INUUSTItV.
England is to have American refrigerator
cars ,
The Carnegie company Is to erect 200
nouses for Its employes.
Women employes of the Japanese tea
farms work twelve hours a day nnd are
paid at the rate of about 1 cent per hour.
The next annual convention of the Inter
national Union of Bricklayers and Stonemasons -
masons convenes In Rochester , N , V , , .Mon
day , January 8 , 1900.
A Chicago chandelier manufacturing com
pany has framed its employes the nine-
hour day , but will pay them the wages
hitherto given for ten hours.
The Westlnchouse Machine company Is
not only quadrupling the alzo of its present
plant , but Is about to erect ItH own steel
mills , to Insure u prompt supply of ma
terial. It will also have a steel forging
plant and a foundry of Its own.
Alderman Hlchter of Milwaukee has
started uwar on transient merchants who
come to the city and conduct "lire" and
"bankrupt" Bales for a few days and then
leave again. Thcro Is a city ordinance re-
fiulrlntr such merchants to pay n license of
$300. but the law Is not enforced and lu
faulty In Homo respoctu ,
The tramways committee of Glasgow cor
poration has agreed to recommend the ac
ceptance of the offer of a I'lttsburir Jlrm
to supply the steel work required for the
new electric power station at Port DundaH ,
The amount of the tender la 25,0'X ) , The
other offers were 'by ' British JlrniH and the
amounts of tholr tenders were respectfully
*
32,484. 35,065 and 39 , 0 ,
The new street cars to be used on the
Intel-urban line between St. Paul und Still-
water will bo. . unique In their equipment
They will have compressed air brakes and
whistles , to be supplied by a small motor
operating1 an air pump. The u'.r whlsllu
will bo used In the country , where the cars
will bo run at n hlBh rate of peed , Kach
car alro will bequipped with u telephone ,
with llfty feet of wire and a awltch plug.
Tim 'Missouri Htate Board of Examiners
for Barbers han eomo In contact with the
federal government , BevcrnI diiyn ago spe
cial revinuo agents took poauenaion of the
applications for certificate ! * In the handu of
tha board , and from them copied the namva
TO
Chicago and East
St.Paul-Minneapolis
Hot Springs
and
NEW CITY OFFICES
1401-1403 FARNAM STREET
The Largest
Phonograph
( H' < ; r made is
on exhibition.
It can 1)0 ) heard
li inilo. Phone *
( 'r.iphH , G r u-
phohono8 ] find
euppHcs for sale or rent. Machines
given iiwiiy nt
COLUMBIA GBAPHOPHONE GO
1515 } rariutin St. , Omaha.
and addreeses of all the barbers In the city
who hail been llcensi-d to follow thMr occu
pation under the new ntato law. M'lio In
ternal rovenuu commissioner at Washington
IIUH ruled that the < . ( rtlllcutt'H iuuu u | iy
the utute 'board arc mibjitct to a war reve
nue tax of 10 ccnU ouch.
