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MON., TUE.,VeD., Sept. 88, 29, 30
DFEY A HENDERSON
,AH &Wftf for Abroad"
'bAwtoN, talbot & bray
, The Singing Comedians
PHOTO PLAY8
"THE 'BELOVED ADVENTURER"
tJd. HI 'AVi Affair of Honsr"
"LOVE'S MAGNET"
"TWINS AND TROUBLE"
"HEARST-SEL1G NEWS"
Three Shows Dally, S, 7, 9
Mat., all seats 10c. Night, 15c
m AO N E T
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
4- -
"'The "Lost Paradise"
With H. B. Warner In this great
drama ot Capital and Labor
Admission 10c
Shows i:5, 3:00, 6:30, 8:00, 9:15
Dnl Students!
Gome 'and feet acquainted
"with us in our remodeled
store. Incidentally le iis
how you the newest in
patterns for Suits or Over
coats. Raincoats. ... $ 5.00 and up
Ovtrcoats. , . .$12.50 and up
Suit ....... .$15.00 and tip
Flodeen &
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MARLEY
COLLAR
C2I7ETT PEABOOY CCXTROYJJX
UaiTrky Jeweler mhJ
C. A. TUCKER
S. S. SHEAN
optician
UJB-O St. YsdWFrss
rethouwer
SOME FAMOUS SIEGES
iHvesTES roWwa that LONtfj
HELD OUT AGAINST FOE.
That of retest Deration Was at
Richmond,, Which the Confeder
ates Defended for Feur Years
Gibraltar's Great Exptort
The defence of Liege by 30,000 Bel
glanB againBt three German arm)
corps numbering JfcB.OOO will go dowt
to history ha one ot the most brilliant
feats of Tarms In the annals or War,
e&ys London Tit-Bits.
The Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71
was remarkable for Its Bleges. Baialnt
held out at Metz against the Germans
for nearly two monthB, and finally our
rendered with 6,000 officers and 173;
Wfr men. Tor this ho had to submit
to court-martial, and was sentenced
to 30 years imprisonment Afterward
came the siege of Paris, Which lasted
six months. Thousands of shells were
rained on the city every day by the
Germans, and no fewer than 40,000 of
the inhabitants succumbed to disease
aid hunger.
That lengthy sieges are Quite possi
ble even in these days ot huge guns is
illustrated hv Ctrnkri Pasha's gallant
defense of Adrlanople last year for 158
days." Them there was the compara
tively recent great elege of Fort at?
thur in the Russo-Japanese, war la
1104-05, which finally capltul'Aed after
being blockaded by Admiral t"ogo tor
210 duvs. ThA name of General Stoes-
sel will rank with those of the great
soldiers of "modern times.
KuBHian military
history there has never been a siege
like that of Plevna in 1877, when Os
mah Pasha defied the Russians for 144
days, and Anally surrendered on De
cember 10, with 30,000 men and 100
guns, owing" to provisions and am
munition running short. In the same
year Kars, long the bulwark of the
Ottoman empire in Ala, "waB stormed
by the Russians after a siege of five
tnbnths.
Twenty-two years earlier the for
tress had been brilliantly defended for
eight months against the Russians by
"the Turks under General Williams,
who had but 15,000 men against 50,000.
Even these "'sieges, however, are
somewhat insignificant when com
nnred with some others. The long
est siege occurred in the American
Civil war, when the Confederates ae
'fended the town Vf Richmond for
1,485 days, or just over four years.
Sebastopol, in the Crimean war. held
out for 11 months, while General Gor
don defended Khartum against the
Sudanese for 300 days. The sieges of
Ladysmlth, Kimberley and Mafeklng,
In the South African war, lasted 120,
123 and 2S4 days, respectively.
there Is probably, "however, no Biege
which Britishers like to read about so
much as that carried out by France
and Spain in their endeavors to carry
the Rock of Gibraltar, 1779-83. Alto
gether the Biege lasted nearly four
years, "ad, as the world knows, re
sulted in a complete triumph of Brit
ish anas In s1to of the fact that the
nemy numbered 30,000 to 40,000 men
while the defenders could onl7 mustei
7.000.
Monster Aqueduct.
The aqueduct conducting the waters
of the Owens vlver to Los Angeles Is
said to be the largest in the wprld. It
is designed to deliver a minimum or
258,000,000 gallons of water daily into
the 'San Fernando reservoir, 21 'miles
northwest of the city. No pumping
plant is required, as the source of sup
4v is everal hundred' feet above the
city. The water will furnish a .great
amount of power 70,000 horsepower
is anticipated :for electric lighting
and other parposes. The total coat'
of the waterworks will he $25,000,000,
and the Installation of the power -giant
will he approximately $5,000,000 saore.
European Hhrveet.
The Awsnsaa tonrtete were esjaal in
raise to a gee harvest aad this yea
there will he a loss to Europe. If the
war coBtinwM into the season seai
ymr Wa lews fli he seriee, from a
fcutfjpwiii fefart ef Tiew. it ie estlsoat
ed that the tourists spend a thossand
deHW-aee la their kwr. -
OLD LONDON JOURNAL
GAZETTE 18 MOST VENERABLE
RITISH NEWSPAPER.
Publication Has for Two Hundred ana
Fifty Years Officially Chronicled
the History ef the Island
Empire.
Modern newspaper enterprise hai
lomewhat dwarfed the importance of
the London Gazette, "Britain's oldest
newspaper, which for 250 years bat
officially chronicled the history of th
country. Today It is practically onlj
used for Buch announcements as the
king's birthday honors ltet and legal
notices. Time was, however, when the
Gazette was the only medium through
which the public could learn any for
eign news or any public announcement
which royalty hd statesmen had to
make.
Nowadays such announcements,
while being sent to the London Ga
zette, aVe simultaneously communi
cated o the more Important newspa
pers. But even today tho London Ga
Eette is controlled by the government,
and a particularly watchful oye 1b kept
on the advertisements in its pages,
which are regulated by law. These
advertisements are mostly of an official
or legal character, of which it 1b nec
essary to keep a record, and earn for
the nation about $60,000 a year. No
great manufacturer could obtain a puff
In its pages, even though he were will
ing to pay $50,000 a line for it. Alto
gether, the Gazette yields the country
a profit of about $100,000 a year, al
though practically the only people
Who buy it are government officials
and lawyers.
One of the Jnost curious facts regard
ing the London Gazette is that white it
is Britain's oldest newspaper, it "is also
one of the youngest, in the sense that
It was not until 1008 that it was regis
tered at the general post office for
transmission by inland post as a
newspaper. Previously it had been re
garded as a government publication
only, and was dispatched "'O. H. M.
S." in this way escaping postal
charges altogether. But apparently the
government 'saw a way to reap a few
extra halfpence by having it regis
tered. The Gazette varies in size very con
siderably. Sometimes it consists mere
ly of one page, and sometimes of be
tween four and five hundred, but the
price always remains the name, viz,
one shilling. There was one memor
able week in 1847, which was known
as the "Railway Year," when so many
parliamentary notices had to be pud
llshed that the "Gazette for the week
totaled nbout three thousand pages.
One of the most Interesting numbers
of the Gazette ever published was the
Diamond Jubilee number, the whole
paper being devoted to n official rec
ord of that historic Celebration.
As an illustration of the importance
of the Gazette In the old days, it
might be mentioned that as recently
as the Crimean war the Gazette was
the first to publish that important item
of news, the victory of Alma. At one
time the London newspapers had to
wait for the publication of the Gazette
in order to secure sueh news ot "public
importance as the list of casualties,
which the war office in those dys sent
direct to Fleet ti treet
It Is the proud boast of Hirers.
Harrison, who for more than one hun
dred and thirty years published the
London Gazette, that although "kings
and cabinet ministers contributed to
its pages daring the time they pah
liehed the paper, and 'althosgh thou
sands of 'employees wtsre engaged on
the work of prodscteg the Garotte, Be
offcial secrets sent to tifl for pahli
cation have ever leaked out
The Gazette is irohably the only pa
per which returns the original copy to
It? authors along with the proof. Thie
Is done in the case of communlcatlOM
from sovereigns n'd cahinet-alateters.
Activities ef Wsme.
T 4 AUImM thai WOB6S ttClHOfcl
frtudontn complete their coarse snach
jfeker taan wen.
' Tto -avwnurA MmlaEg of wossen era-
T,inT In tbe clothla trade in Eag-
jtead is Vl2 per
Wostea anosg up www emmm in
New York hare started a rasde
asaiast high rests.
Just in, by express-
Some of the most
suits we have ever
a price
$15
Rich, distinctive Tartan Check woolens in stylish perfect-fitting
models with patch pockets and soft roll
lapels. As measured by ordinary standards they are
actually $20 and $22.50 values.
Only & fexo in ihis shipment
See ibem today!
He is not to be called a true lover of
wisdom who loves it for the sake of
gain. And it may be said that the true
philosopher loves every part of wis
dom, and wisdom every part of the
philosopher, inasmuch as she draws all
to herself, and allows no one of his
thoughts to wander to other things.
Dante.
No Smoking on Campus.
A motion providing for a strict en
forcement of the rule prohibiting
smoking of any kind on, the steps of
X s x N
ANtlETTElKELlERMAN in "Neptune's Diughter
At THJ-DOLSYER Tday
MtlRe, 3s30 EvSn, :30
TWO POINT
Corner 1Wi
Gas -and Electric BtilMing.
W. . BRYANT, Pres.
beautiful young men's
seen anywhere at such
and approaches to University build
ings, and cigarette smoking on the
campus, as well as a rigid enforce
ment of all disciplinary rules, was the
most Important action of the Student
Council In tCs first meeting of the
year last nighi.
The Council further provided for
punishment in cases of violation of lho
rule by fixing the penalty, of a public
reprimand for the first offense and
suspension from the University for
three days for the second offense.
Dally Kansan.
TO CONSIDER
First Commercial branches
will be of great service to yon, ho
matter what career yon have mark
ed en t for yourself.
Second Yoprjboet opportro
ity to get these commercial hr&nches
will he to spead some of yor spare
tinte in ourchooL (Honrp can be
amnged to sit yoorTJnL schedfile.)
. O Streets.
GERTRUDE BEERS, Vice-Prs.
