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VILLAGE FARM STRING GOES SOUTH.
pc,lo Oct, ,9-The Village Farm string Of
,ro,,sre and PAGERS will leave here about January
for Selma. Ala. where they will winter and be
nrs,sred for next years campaign. The stable
u,,i bc in charge OF Mr.. Geers; II Is said that
VIII w :" viii nave another trial next year for
,n ,roi,ing championship failing which she VIII
nnrobably he retired and bred To Rex Americus'
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NEw-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE,

Gentry and other horses owned by them In part;
nership during the years 1888 and 1894 Scott came
here from North Carolina last winter. and was
supposed be wealthy.
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Artistic
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SALES nF RAcEHORsEs.

Won in drive by a length: neck between second
and
New-York tribune., 1896-10-30

Won In a ny length; head between second ana
third.
SIXTH RAcE-purse 500. handicap one mile ana
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Tirro.I II
Won handly hy head. two lengths between second
and third
THIRD RACE-THE SILVER BROOK STAKES. for
two year ods, value. $1,000. selling. Last Ave ana
half furlongs of the Eclipse course.
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those listers now. There are hundreds
Of them. Every one OF them is full OF
affection, OF love and war. Some OF
them have pressed flowers between the
pages, some were written on the heads
OF drums which our troops captured
from the MeSicans, aad many oil them
were sealed with red waters. | can re.
member still GsS used to watch for lie
mail, and how read my last letter over
day after day until the next one came"
GRANTS POVERTY.
"Mrs. Grant" said /, 81 have often
wondered whether the stories are true as
TO the hard times which you and Cen
etal Grant are said TO have undergone
just before the civil war"
I'VE did not have hard times" &c
piled Mrs. Grant. "a great many peo-
pie seem to want to reduce the general
during his early life to the dregs Of pov.
erty in order that they may eNalt him
the more by his rise. This fact used to
annoy him considerably, as II rather be.
Titled his relatives. General Grant was
never very poor. His family were what
was called rich a generation ago. His
iathcr was man OF cunsi lerable means.
lie had property IN Ohio and the leather
store at Galcna-oi which so much has
been made by some-wag branch
store, which was aiterward moved to
Chicago and burned up H. the great
Chicago fire. While we we're in Calcna
we lived very nicely indeed. We were
among the best people Of the town and
had ali OF the comforts that one could
wish. ] see a ridiculous statement now
going the rounds OF the press IN which
General Grant IS published as having
been a teamster - Galena, and from u
you would imagine that his business was
that Of a cOachman or cab driver. !
don't know whence this story comes,
but pronounce Il m entire fabrication,
as are also many other stories now be-
INK published. The truth Is, the only
horses that Mr.. Grant drove while he
was IN Galcna were our own. We had
very nice little wagon, something like a
surrey or a park phaeton, and a team OF
good horses. This belonged to the
store, but It was used as a carriage team
by US and by Mt Grants brother. Mr..
Grant often took myself and the babies
out OF an afternoon for drive"
GRANT ON THE Farm NEAR ST. LOUIS.
"And then, again, the stories Of Mr..
Grants poverty at 81. Louis" Mrs.
Grant went on. "a great deal has been
made OF his having hauled wood IRON
our farm to the city. II is true that he
often took a load OF wood with him
when he went into the city. We lived,
you know, not lar from ST. Louis, and a
load Of wood was worth from five TO six
dollars. We had no money to throw
away at that time, but still we had
plenty to 1--we upon very comfortably.
My father had given me the farm. aud
we had a very good home and all We
really needed
"D.d General Grant care for money!
"No," replied Mrs. Grant; II think
not. lie was very charitable, and he
often wanted me to give away more
than | did"
"He must have been good husband"
| said.
''lIe was the perfection OF husband. "
replied Mrs. Grant. "He was kind, true
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na,Isra'. uorsno.sa .y.sp.

We guarantee ths 10 be tho bssf
Cough Syrup manufactured In tho
whole wide world. This IL sayisg 4.
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ohitis, Asthma, Group, whooplnE
Cough, and all diseases Of the Throat
and Lungs, va positively guarantees
BdHdrd's Horehound Syrup 10 Be with
out an equal on the whole face Of tho
globe. 10 support OF this statement
ve refer 10 every individual who has
ever used u, and 10 every druggist who
has over sold H. Such evidence IL In
dispuiable. Sold by z. q. NJ. l. Drug
DspAttmsnt.
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crib, and, taking the baby in his arms,
walked up and down the room with
him, singing and whs,ling I'LL the little
fellow quite forgot his pain and,in words
Of the narrator. tell fast asleep in the
arms Of the man who was TO become
Americas greatest military leader
Now" said Mrs. Grant, "lhis is all
very nice, but any one who knew Gene
raj Grant would not have made such a
statement. In the first place, he was not
fond OF babies. lie was. in fact, a little
afraid Of children until they got to be at
least as high as his waist, and the idea,
that he would voluntarily take up q
eolieky baby and nurse 1t is preposier-
Gus. One OF his greatest trials while he
was in the White House was the child.
ren brought in by young mothers and
offered TO him to kiss. He would per-
haps see them before they got near him
and would turn around in a helpless way
so that you could see he was uneasy.
NhNh VIC hhAlAsh llAbAllNlh AZ last IthIMa
ed him and held up their children for
him TO salute, he sometimes blushed to
the roots OF his hair before he kissed
them, and did Il In such an awkward
way that you could see he was not
enjoying the operation.
GENERAL GRANTS MUSICAL ABILITY.
And then, this mau says that Grant
took the baby and walked up and down
the room, singing and whistling until
he soothed II to sleep. Now, II Is a
well-known fact that General Grant
could neither sing nor whistle. The
truth Is, he could not learn a tune, and
he had no great appreciation OF music.
During our trip abroad" continued
Mrs. Grant, I'VE sailed through the
Mediterranean on the United States
man 'oi-war Nandalia, visiting Italy
Egypt and the Holy Land. While on
this voyage we passed the island which
is so celebrated In Homer as being the
place upon which the beautiful SIRENS
lived and where Ulysses landed and was
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THE STORY or GENERAL GRANTS
coURrsHIr.
here referred to a story which had
heard concerning the generals court.
ship. IL described how Mr. Grant, who
was then a young lieutenant, had met
Miss Julia Dent at wedding, and. &C
cording to a custom which the writer
said was prevalent In Missouri, had
taken her home on his horse behind
him, she holding on as best she could.
During the Journey the two had 10 cross
stream. and while In the water and
fighting their way through the waves,
as the writer stated, Lieutenant Gr1nt
proposed and was accepted. The couple
then went on to the Dent farm, where
Lieutenant Grant found Miss Dents
father, a rough.looking old farmer, sit
ting ON a wood pile and whiting a
sick. He was asked TO sanction the
match, and In rustic language cOnsen.
ted. | knew this story could not be
true, for ! was always aware that Colo.
mel Dent was one VI the wealthiest PLAN
tiers Of Missouri, aud that Mrs. Grant
had been as well educated, perhaps. as
any girl in the United States at the time
Grant proposed to her. When ! asked
her as to toe truth oil It, however, Mrs.
Grant replied;
"Of course the story is not true.
was very indignant when first heard IL,
and especially 50 as Il put my father In
the light ol an uneducaied man. This
he was not. lie was one OF the pro.
minent citizens Of the state. lie had a
plantation OF eleven hundred acres ~
near St. Louis, upon which we lived and
he owned lands in different parts OF
Missouri. This story puts me in the
light Of an uneducated farmers daugh.
ter. The truth is that had spent seven
years at Professor Moreaus school IN st.
LOUIS, which was one Of the most
famous finishing schools Of the south
and west. was eighteen years old at
the time and had just come home from
school.
"rhe story Is only correct in that Mr..
Grant proposed to me the day We at
tended wedding together. One Of my
friends was about 10 he married and
the wedding took place In the morning.
Lieutenant Grant was among the guests
invited, and he came to the plantation
to accompany Us to the wedding lie
came to our house on horseback, but
before we left Tor the scene " the icstivi.
ties he asked my brother 10 take his
horse and to allow him to use the buggy
and drive with me. To this my brother
consented. remember that the day
was beautiful one. The sun shone
out 10 al It's splcndor but the roads
were rather heavy from a previous raia.
IL was some distance from our house to
that OF my friend, and II gong there We
had TO cross a bridge that spanncd a
little river. When We came 10 Il / was
surprised and somewhat alarmed to ind
that the stream had risen and that the
gulch was filled with a rushing current.
the water reaching almost TO the bridge.
Lieutenant Grant was very quiet, and IL
seemed TO me that he was afraid OF the
bridge. 1t was an old one, and was by
no means certain that II would stand the
strain. As we neaTed lie bridge
aiked Mr.. Grant several times ii he
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Grant. Some Of these stories are pub
lished by the very best magazines and
newspapers. They are given out by
parties who pretend TO have had close
association with the general and Mrs.
Grant, but who, on the contrary, hardly
knew them, or. Il so. only in the most
distant way. | called on Mrs. Grant
at her home on Massachusetts avenue
h other afternoon, and had long chat
with her. IN which she spoke OF such
matters, aud told a number Of new aud
striking things about General Grants
character.
GENERAL GRANT AND THE coLicKy
BABY.
Here" said Mrs Grant, as she hand
I'd me a paper, sis story about General
Grant and a sick baby, which, am sure,
aas no foundation whatever. The story
describes how the general during one OF
bis earlier campaigns called upon
Union doctor, a Mr.. Goodier, in one Of
the southern towns. According to this
story, while the doctors wife was en-.
gagged in frying the chicken, and the
general was talking to the husband, the
oaby OF the family, a three months.old
nfant, began to squat with the collie,
shereupon General Grant vent to the
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thought II would be dangerous for Us 10
cross, and told him that / would rather
20 back than take any risk. He assured
me, however, that il was perfectly safe,
and he said Il so quietly th-. believed
him. As we came to the Eridge, how
-scr, said, Now Mr.. Grant, II anything
happens, remember, | shall cling to you,
no matter what you may say to the con.
trary.' Mr.. Grant simply said all right.
He gave the horse the whip, and we
were over the plauks In less than a min.
ute. Shortly after we left the bridge he
asked me 10 be his wife, referring TO my
threat to cling to him to break the way.
That same afternoon he wanted me to
set the day, but to this would not con-
sent. told him th.t Il would be much
nicer TO be engaged for tine than 10 be
married, but he did not seem 20 approve
OF this sentiment. We decided, how
ever, that Il was best not TO say anything
about our engagement that evening.
Mr.. Grant was rather afraid to speak to
my father, for he feared that father would
refuse. He lett the house late in the
evening togo back to his regiment, and
few days later General Taylor sent him
10 Camp Salubnty In Louisiana. Before
he went. however, he wtoi- TO my
father, asking his consent to the mar
rage. My father was not willing TO
give this, and he did lot answer the let
ter. lie told me that he did not think
! ought TO marry an army officer. lie
said my husband would be away most OF
the time, and that he did not consider
the marriage a desirable one. lie told
me that ! was too young and that Lieu
tenant Grant was too poor, and that
Lieutenant Grant hadn't anything togivc
me. then told father that was poor,
too, aud that hadn't anything to give
him."
GENERAL GRANT As 4 LOVER.
"How long was II before you saw the
General again" | asked.
''lt was nearly year" replied Mrs.
Grant. "He was back then on leave OF
absence, and IL was at! this time that he
asked father In person as TO the marriage
and got his consent. ! can remember
now lust how Lieutenant Grant looked
as he rode up to our house In his new
uniform. II was one Sunday evening"
and we were all sitting out on the porch.
Father was going to Washington the
next day. Il was a great trip to 10 from
a number OF our friends, perhaps twenty
OF them, from the surrounding planta-
tons, had gathered there to bid him
goodbye. remember was sitting on
the porch when Lieutenant Grant came
up. gave i'm my hand aud he shook
hands with the rest OF the party. The
next day, when father went into St
Louis. Mr.. Grant went with him, aud It
was during this trip that he asked
fathers permission to marry me. My
father consented, but he said that he
did not think tie wedding ought to take
place very soon. Lieutenant Grant ui-
Tered to resign from the army II father
insisted upon II. This was just about
the time OF the opening OF the MeNlcan
war, aud Lieutenant Grant asked my
father II nc had any objections to his
writing to me. lie said no, and during
the next four years, while Lieutenant
Grant was absent In Mexico, received
Letters from him every mail. have
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n.I,.ra.. saer L,nin.n,.

Mira. Hamilton, Cambridge, Ills,
rayn 1 had this hoomAtiam 90 bad 1
could not raise my hand 10 my head.
BdiIdrdis Snoi1 Linplsnt has entirely
cured me. take pleasure In inform
Ing my nsighbor and friends what u
has done ior me. Cha. Handley,
clark for Lay d Lyman, Kewanse,
Ill.,, advises rs Snoio LIlnpont cured
him Of RheumAtism. Why not try
~ IL will surely do you GOOD. II cures
all Inflammation, Wounds Sores, Cuts,
HprAins, etc. Sold BY z. q. n. 1.
Drug Department.
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and loving. lie IVES, | believe, Cue o.
the best husbands that ever liyed.''

and loving. lie was, believe, ciic oi
the best husbands that ever liyed.''
CRANr's RELIGIOUS BFLlLY.
"a have often wondered, Mrs. Grant,
as 10 whether the general IVES a Chris.
ian, and as to what he thought about a
future stste."
"Yes, he believed In Christianity" Re.
pitsd hrs Grant. "He went to church
regularly. | remember he always liked
TO be at church on time, and would be
much annoyed " was not ady. Du-
RUG his stay in the White House he at.
tenCed r. Newman's Church, the
Methodist Charch. though he sometimes
wo"s to -. Sunderland 3. which Is, you
knew, Presbyterian Church."
''pid Grant ever think that the ~sr
vc.!d 20 the other way''
~ think he realized that Il might" re.
piled Mrs. Grant, "but he did not worry
about he future. He did what he had
to do. lie laid out his plans, and
worked with all his might to carry them
cut, borrowing no trouble as to wha,
possibly might occur later on"
Fm,A< <. CaIu,a.~
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A sound Liver Make. . Well Man.

Are you Bilious, Conrtipsted or
troubled with Jaondioa, Sick Head
ache, Bad Taste IN Mouth, Foul
Breath, Costed Tongus. Dyspepsls,
Indigestion. Hot Dry Skin, Paih 10
Back sud between ths Shoulders, Chills
and Fever, etc. II you have any OF
these symptoms, your Liver IL out OF
order, aud your blood Ia slowly boing
poisoned, because your Liver does not
act properly. HEKBISE will cure any
Bowels. II has no equal ss . Liver
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bottles ai z q. M 1. drug store.
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Gen. Grant as Lover and Husband.
The Widow of the Great Hero Gives Some New
Stories of the General Illustrating His
Character.

Grant Treated HoneH and Ba5H Did Not Lie Latter Especially
in 7meI Of eoheHo Vas Ny0 Say Nor F'oaaeh Lack IF
AaHeai d6hb|fH Iqaacgf Of HIS
Grant TETS How The General Fposedo Dcse,t6e the Trouble
he HAD Getting tae, Dent coascgfhJ Long and Ms
HaHdjedI Of Lovs LeeytSoies GaHf Ersme Fo The
Hay Not 7tAet Vas Neey 7a,pi Bat he Did Haul Hod-Suc
iAigg <i6oaf Grants Religious BeGG
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SURPLUS. 100000.

Some psoplo always little: most people
sometimes something, and people mover save
anything. Tho road to comfort lies more In what wo
save than what make. lions Savings Bank was
openen for two PURPOSES 40 Investment for those
who established It and also pace In which the peo-
pic Of Utah could safely deposit their money and
rocolvo reasonable interest thereon II 10 the Largest
and Oldest Savings Bank In Utah, and the confidence
reposed attosted by tho fact that since the bank
was Instituted. i55oS savings accounts have boon
opened Deposits received In any sum from 81 up
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GRANTS TREATMENT OF LADiEs.

"And there Is another thing about
which would like to say word" con.
tinued Mrs Grant. "That Is as TO the
part OF this article which purports to
give the generals conversation with
some young ladies who were visiting his
camp. Tue doctor who owned the
baby introduced the young ladies' 10
General Grant and asked him u he did
not think he ought to arrest them. To
this, according 10 the story, the general
ciety, and / miss their refining influence
in the camp. Don't YOU think, girls, l
ought to make you my prisonersf'
Now, the truth Is, that the general
was never familiar with ladies'. / don't
think he would have addressed those
young women as 'gifls, and | am sure
he would not have talked as he Is here
reported as doing. lie was most cour-
teous and respectful TO my sex, but he
was never familiar. The general was,
you know, rather digniiied and reserved
than ELUSIVE. lie was not what you
call a hail-iellow.well-met kind OF a
man. lie was fond OF his friends, but
he did not make much fuss over any
one.
oRhNl DID NOT SWEAR
Resides" continued Mrs. Grant,
from the way this article Is worded, you
might think the general was rather
slangy In his talk. He was not. He
never used anything but the purest and
choicest Of language. have seen
stories, in which he has been reported
as prolane. never heard him use a
word OF slang or profanity during all
the years that | knew him For in.
stance, never heard him use the word
damn He did not use the milder ex-
plciiyes, such as 'conluund IT, or the
devil, which you know are often used
by people who do not swear. Il was
the same with his thoughts. General
Grant had the highest ideas VI purity
and virtue. lie never referred to wo.
men except in terms OF the highest res
pect, and he did not gossip nor tell stories
about them. On the other hand, he
liked to hear n good story, and he some
times repeated innocent ones ne had
heard, to US at home"
"he was very domestic in his tastes,
was he noP"
yes" replied Mrs. Grant, The spent
all Of his leisure at home. He always
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brought to grief by their singing. AS
we neared this island a number Of he
naval officers came to me and warned
me to put cotton wool into the generals
ears lest he be affected by the sirens Of
the past told them that there was no
danger OF General Grant being innuenc-
ed by music, as he did not know one
note from another, and tina; the singing
Of a thousand sirens could not charm
him. The officers then said that the
danger was not altogether in the voices,
but also In the faces OF the sirens. They
were so beautiful that II the general
heard them he would be drawn to the
shores and lost, and they again urge d
me 10 use the cotton wool. told them
that the Ulysses Of Homer had been de-
luded because he was alone and had LEFT
Penelope, his wife, at home. | said ]
learned lesson from old Penelope and
had accompanied my Ulysses, and with
me | did not think he was In danger.
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RECEIVED A
note from Mrs.
General Gran I
this week asking
m e to c ORE Ct
some OF the many
ridiculous stories
which are now be-
ing printed con-
corning General
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Special Correspondence, OF thoNEwG
copyrighted. ist0 BY TTank q. CAfpeutsr.)
wAsinEoToE, February 10, 1896.
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 81, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

cared more for his home than for
society"
THE STORY or GENERAL oRAEr's
COugTsHIr.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-07

towns In our country at first, but that
would only infuriate the American people
and make them fight all the wickeder.
The result would be that we would take
Canada, the British isles in the West In
dies, British Guiana-in word all British
possessions on this conference.-the our
cruisers and privateers would destroy
British commerce on the seas. Then, too,
1rishmen would raise Cain in Ireland, and
Russia would gobble India. All these dis
asters would mean the smash up of tn
British empire and old man Salisbury
knows it. He made a mistake when he
chueked a bluff at Cleveland, and now he
is sorry for it, Grover knows a good thing
when he sees it, and he promptly called
the bluff. 1t made him the most popular
man in the United States. 1t is bad
thing to throw bluff into any one unless
you can make it good. If you can't get
away with it, don't try it.
The masses of the English people, the
workingmen, upon whom would fall the
actual burden of expense as well as fight
ing, want no war over such little thing
as a boundary line, and they won't stand
for such game. Neither do the W orking
men here. So I'll gamble there will be DC
war. If there is, I'll serve my country in
the best way can. don't know mucl
about firearms, but L can learn, and I
guess l might raise a pretty good COM
pany. JOHN L. SULLIVAN.