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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-03-12
N%lIdren Cry for Pitchers Castorla.

When Baby was sick, we gave her castoria.
When she was Child, sho cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-03-12
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

List of unclaimed letters in the Burling-
ton postofiice for the week ending March
10. 1896:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-03-12


The first entertainment of the kind
proved grand success and will, doubtless
establish a precedent to be continued in
future years.
Carl Fisher, exec, has been moved to
the Mary Fletcher hospital.
Clifton Howe, '9S, of Newfane has gone
home, q victim of the mumps.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29
THE NORWEGIAN EXPLORER
A Character Study of Fridtof Nansen at
His Home.
HIS WONDERFUL FEATS OF STRENGTH
Human Endurance Carried Dcyond
Known Llmits-Acts of Ucroism in
-hc Polar Scns Described
by Companion,
lis WONDERFUL FEATS OF STRENGTH

Although the extraordinary enthusiasm
with which the cold and uuenthuslastc Nor
wegians everywhere received Nanscn on his
return home may be attributed largely to
national pride in the success of ~ most diff
fcult undertaking. 1t was obvious to all who
witnessed this reception-a memorable sight,
indecd-that it was also stimulated to a
high degree by the personality and the rec
ord OF man who may be set down as one
OF the most striking men of the day Nan
sen is hero in Norway, and that simply
because he is a hero, or because, at any
rate. in his character and achievements he
approaches closer to the popular interpreta-
ton Of that title than any man that one
knows of. He has the build of one to begin
with. He has been compared with the
Vikings of old by the poets Of his country
since his return; but this comparison has
been made long ago by his countrymen. In
deed, the sight Of the man, even to one who
knows nothing OF the extraordinary feats OF
endurance and courage which he has per-
formed is enough to remind one of the old
Morse heroes, who infused into the Anglo
Saxon race those qualities of courage and
endurance which have made the English
speaking people what 1t is, the predominant
race of the world. He is a man of eXtraor-
dinary strength and as to this there are a
hundred stories current AS lad he could
hold his own against six boys OF his own age
80 his biographers relate. and as a man he
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29

nearly drowned at the first lesson Not
long afterward he was able to save the
life OF his brother who was
drowning In tho icy river at the
long series OF life-saving acts, which alone
should commend him to the affection and
gratitude OF his fellows. Johanscn, his com
panion on the ice foes. has described in con-
versation one OF the last OF these acts OF
herosm, II was ahead Of Nansen, who was
out Of sight" he said, when a huge Polar
bear got on to me and knocked me down
with a blow Of his paw. 'Nansen,' | cried,
IL you don't shoot this second I'm done for"
The instant after / heard the crack of his
rifle and the bear went over. He added,
the blow did me more good than harm, for
1t cleared some Of the filth off my face"
He tells this story as a proof of the splendid
alejness and promptitude and nerve OF his
leader. Nansen tells It, too but as Is his
way, to show what a fine, cool-headed COM
panion he had In Johansen. There Is not
a more courageous. level-headed fellow in
the world than this giant by my side. You
ought to have heard the tone in which he
said 'Nansen, II you don't shoot at once
just as though he were asking me the time
of day" Here, as on every occasion, one
finds Nansen doprecating credit to himself
In favor of another. One may allude In this
to the attitude he has all along
toward the scheme of Prof.
Andrec, whom many have described as his
rival. 1t has been one of sympathetic inter-
est of hope for his success, combined with
the opinion that the result to be expected
was not great one.
PHYSICAL ENDURANCE.
In what good stead his physical training
has stood him in his life, has been proved !
a hundred times over since he first began
his adventurous career. He has carried hu-
man endurance beyond any known limits |
His book on his life in crossing Green |
land reads Ike fairy story or would so
read, had we not every proof of its entire |
The story of his life after he left |
the Fran will read still more strangely. |
There were days and days of absolute star !
yation. There were days and nights where !
neither he nor his companions could crawl |
INTO their sleeping sack. When food was
% be had it was no Christian diet and water
was a luxury. Already in Greeland he had |
shown what a man can do in straits and |
Who has forgotten his accounts OF the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23
HOW TO LIVE LONG.

A Mr.. Havens, of San Francisco, has
written book maintaining the theory,
which he demonstrates to his own sat
isfaction, that any intelligent person
can prolong his life for two hundred
years or more. Old age is, according to
Mr.. Ravens, the result OF bad modes
of living. Most of the ills to which
flesh is heir, and they are too numer-
Gus to mention, can be prevented This
is highly desirable, chiefly from the
point of economy in saving doctors
bills. All this can be accomplished by
proper diet. In this long-lfe bill of
fare frait holds the first place, presum-
ably California fruit Take most of
the California oranges that are COM
ing to the Salt Lake market this year
The vendors of them say, and never
cease saying, that they are nice and
ripe and sweet and juicy" That they
are nice looking, we admit; we admit
that they are ripe, but we deny that
they are sweet and juicy" On the
contrary, we declare that they are not;
they are as dry as a Dead Sea russell.
able to prolong his life until he has
passed ten score; but who can eat
them?
Mr.. Ravens denounces bread and
pie. Everyone understands that man
does not live by bread alone, but with
plenty of pie, bread is all right. Es-
chew pie? To do so would be to eschew
a foundation principle of American in
situations. Better day of Paris than
a cycle of Cathay. And we say, Better
twenty years with pie than two cen
turtles without it.
The greatest of all enemies to long
life, says this new theory, is water.
There are many people everywhere
who believe that. In Kentucky this
assertion meets with universal accept
ance. There water is regarded as good
for grass and stock and additions.
This long life is a good thing, but it
has it's drawbacks. A mans enemies
and all good men have enemies, WILL
under this new dietary regimen, live as
long as he. Already they live too
long. One of the things that make life
worth living is the hope that some day
one will see his enemies laid away in
a lonely and neglected grave. We
should forgive our enemies, but not
until they are dead, as the great Heine
says.
Theoretically, we favor Mr.. Havens'
plan, but it reminds us of the comment
of a public school pupil on his lessons
in physiology Our physiology" said
he. says that pie and cake are I'M
healthy and that we shouldn't eat
them. 1t just seems to me that the
good things are bad for you and that
the nasty things are good for you"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23
JEFFERSON DAVIS BIRTHDAY.

At meeting of the Fulton county
camp OF Confederate veterans in At
lanta the other day the question of
making the birthday of Jefferson Davis
legal holiday throughout the south
was discussed. The report of a COM
mittee that had been appointed to take
steps toward the setting apart of
Davis birthday as a legal holiday was
read. 1t was long report and memoir
ialized the Atlanta camp of veterans
to have April set aside as such hol-
iday. that being the confederate pres
ident's birthday The report was
adopted and ordered referred to the
delegates to the United Confederate
veterans meeting so that it could be
presented by them to that gathering
when is convenes in the city of Rich
mond. Il is almost certain that the
United Confederate veterans will favor
the plan.
That Jefferson Davis memory is held
in the highest esteem in the south is
a matter of common knowledge That
the southern people idolize him beyond
his merits is true, yet he was not the
incarnate fiend he has been held
up to the people of the north as be-
ing for so many years. That he was
sincere IN all he did there is. no doubt.
but to his lot, he having been the very
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23
TALES OF THE DAY.
Two Brothers VINO Were CONRAD.

Richard o. Jeardeau, popular railway
and was terribly wounded in one of the
last battles, tells me this pathetic story:
"A family named Rawdon lived in Wy
oming Valley, Wis, in 1861. There We're
two sons, Miner and Piympton. They
both enlisted in Company G, Twelfth
wisconsin, colonel, later General George
u. Bryant, commanding. They were in
Both had worked for my father in Wis
consin and we boys were fast friends:
The Twelfth was in the Seventeenth
corps in front of Atlanta. My regiment,
the Thirty-frst Wisconsin, was in the
Twentieth corps. The Twelfth was in the
battle on the left, July %, and lost heav-
lily. The next day the Seventeenth corps
lines. As they were passing word went
around that the Twelfth Wisconsin was
going by and l hurried back to see the
Rawdon boys and other acquaintance.
Ihey made a short halt as | came up
and | saw Miner standing in his place,
shook his hand eagerly, and asked for
Plymp. With a tear on his homely
1Weather-beaten cheek and tremble in
his voice, Miner said: You will never see
'Piymp' again Dick. He was killed yes
terday; shot dead by my side. We buried
MIN where he fell, and [ had to leave
him there this morning" Just then the
column moved and poor Miner should
cred his musket and marched on, keeping
step with his file, filing his place Just as
II this awful tragedy had not occurred
1T did seem hard that he could not have
one day off to spend by his beloved
brothers new-made grave. His knapsack
was little heavier: it held a few of
'Plymp's" most precious belongings-J
A. Various in Chicago Times-Herald.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23

Emma Abbott and many have given
him the credit for discovering her,
says the Hartford Times. He always said
nice things about her whenever she
came, wrote verse to the fair Emma in
Kansas City, when Field was then en-
gagged on the Times, and '.jollied' the
company as only numoriSt can.
In January 1880. Emma Abbott played
a weeks engagement. One night she gave
Paul and Virginia" William Castle was
the tenor. In this opera occurs a kissing
scene and the manner in which Emma
passed through the ordeal delighted the
heart of Mr. Field SO much that the
column tribute TO the singer, appeared
this expansive description:
Aha, that kiss-that long, low, IAN
gushing, limpid, liquid, lingering kiss.
Twas not a tender kiss, nor a studied
kiss, nor an artistic kiss, nor a fervent
kiss. nor boisterous kiss nor a paroxys-
NAL kiss, nor a nervous kiss. nor fra
diffuse kiss, nor a concentrated kiss, nor
a diffident kiss, nor a popgun kiss-'twas
a calm, holy, ecstatic oTtbreaking " two
fond and trusting hearts, an informing
ling of two gentle souls sanctified by love,
a communion of the intangible by tan
gible means a blending If earth with
heaven, in which the latter had a mani
Troilus, stealing by night into the Tro-
jan camp. might fain have breathed on
CreSSida's maiden lip, to the melody of
the joyful nightingale that sung of love,
and in the sheen of the round, red moon
and the stars that see but never tell
If there is another description of a kiss
that will outrank this it is not known
in Kansas City After the departure of
Abbott the Abbott kiss" was standard
EXPRESSION
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23
TILE SALT LAKE HERALD, MONDAY MARCH % 1896

head Of the confederacy, it re.l 10 be
execrated above all others who sought
to break up the union. That the esti-
mate history will put upon him will be
different from that put upon him by
his contemporaries in the United States
is beyond dispute.
But it is not wise thing which the
confederate veterans propose. To de-
clare his birthday a legal holiday would
be a legislative recognition of the
Righteousness of the cause of secession
and slavery. Such a holiday would be
an annual glorification of that cause.
1t would also have strong tendency
to make the people of the south feel
that they are not in full harmony with
the people of the north that they are
part of the union from necessity and
not from choice. Whatever has a ten
dency to create and stimulate such
teeling is decidedly unwise. To make
Jefferson Davis birthday a legal hol-
iday would have just this tendency.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23
THE CITY OF MERcUR.

The legislature SO amended the ex-
listing statute in relation to the in
corporation of cities as to allow Utahs
great mining camp of Mercur to in
corporate.
Nothing now preventes the camp
from putting on municipal apparel;
and we are quite sure it will be be-
coming. Mercur is destined to be some
thing more than temporary mining
camp, and its population will be con-
siderable. The low grade but vast
body of ore which can be worked to
advantage will always give employ
ment to large numbers of men, and as
the vein of the material bearing gold.
from present indications, is inexhaust-
ible, the city to be founded out of the
present camp may well be regarded as
permanent acquisition of city. to
the state
The Herald wishes success and
longevity to the municipality of Mer-
cur
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23
THE MANUFACTURERS AND SILVER.

There was held, Thursday evening,
in Pages hotel in Washington an i'm
portant meeting between representa-
tives of some of the largest and
wealthiest manufacturing concerns of
New York and Philadelphia and the
advocates of the free coinage of silver
among the Republicans.
The senators present at this meeting
were Dubois, of Idaho; Teller, of Colo
RADIO; Garter and Mantle, of Montana !;
Jones, of Nevada, and Cannon, Of
Utah.
The meeting having been secret its
proceedings were not divulged to any
great length, but it was said to have
been satisfactory to all concerned.
advocates among the manufacturers,
notably Charles Heber Clark, editor of
the Manufacturer The impression got
abroad that the manufacturers present
and the free silver men had got to-
gether on the question of free coinage.
Now it seems that some of the manu-
facturers got no such impression.
They are members of the Manufacture
ers' club of Philadelphia and have adj
dressed a letter to its president, re-
questing him to call a meeting of the
club for the purpose of informing the
country of the real situation of the
silver question in the organization.
The letter reads as follows:
Today's papers show that the capital
which the friends of free and unlim-
tied coinage of silver are trying to
make out of the Washington visit of
Philadelphia manufacturers rests upon
as unsound and frail a foundation as
the whole structure they are trying to
erect.
An erroneous impression has certain
ly been spread over the country that
our Philadelphia manufacturers are
willing to conciliate the silver senators
by approving the free silver coinage in
exchange for additional protection, and
has given new life to the agitation for
free silver. This impression should be
reviewed in the most public and en-
phatic manner and we request you to
call a meeting of the Manufacturers
club to take action and express their
opinion on free silver coinage. We de-
sire to know the position of the club
on THIS question. Yours Respectfully,
JOHN CONVERSE,
RUDOLPH BLANK ENBURG
JOSEPH P. TRUTH.
We hope this meeting will be called
and the true sentiment of the Manu-
facturers' club on the silver question
ascertained and made known.
The announcement of the conference
was a surprise, but the results of it..
as reported in the press dispatches,
were equally surprise. There has
been more silver sentiment in Penn
sylvania than any of the great eastern
states, but it is very doubtful if it is
sufficient to influence the action of the
party there. If it does we
shall be glad, but the case viii be
unique.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23

We had a pleasant call last evening
from G. w. Watt1es, Esq, president of
the Trans Mississippi exposition; Cap
tain H. E. Palmer and Editor G.. NJ.
Hitchcock. of the Omaha World-Her-
aid, all of Omaha. These gentlemen
are here in the interest of the Trans
Mississippi exposition. They will find
the sentiment of the people of Utah
heartily in favor of the exposition, and
that the people will do what they can
to make it a success. From the cold
unsentimental business point of view
they will do this, and they will also do
it from the sentimental point of view
The ties that bind Utah to Omaha are
the memories of the past, when Omaha
was the Quitting point for emigrants
to the west. 1t was from there that
the handcart companies and the bull
team trains started for Utah. The
gentlemen who have come from Omaha
in the interest of the exposition will
be welcomed by the people of Utah,
who will give this great enterprise
all the aid in their power.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23
HAIRED.

His face was pale; his glance was sad;
They sought to cheer In vain.
you've youth they said, my noble
lad;
Wherefore should you complain?
Perhaps you'll make your mark some day
Where glorious deeds are done"
He shook his head and answered, Nay,
L cannot shoot a gun.
But you may be a stateman yet,
And in the council hall
Behold careers that rise and set
While men await your call"
He shed tear and answered. Though
| am kentucky's son,
In statemanship l stand no show;
l cannot shoot gun
"Couragev' they cried. "Why, you may
be
The president ere long.
This is a land where all is free
Unto the swift and strong
His proud lip curled. They heard him
say
Round me the ducks might run
The iive-long day in guileless play;
[ cannot shoot gun"
Washington Star.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23

The expenses incurred by Selectmen
Geddes and Roberts during their eleva-
tor inspection tour. otherwise junket,
will be paid by the Sprague Electric
Elevator company. BY the way, what
was the amount OF those expenses?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23

"a cathode ray directed against the
Wisconsin Republican platform will not
reveal any Is to l spots on the currency
plank" says the Chicago Times-H Herald.
Nor will any other Republican platform
reveal any is to spots on the currency
planks.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23

The New York police have actually
had to stop prize fight. If they were
to attempt to stop Corbett and Fitz-
simmons talking they would find it
more difficult than to put Humpty
Dumpty on the wall again
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23

I'm perfectly sure that the Robinsons
change their servants very often.''
why, what makes you think SOP?
'Why. because I've often noticed that
their servants invariably answer the bell
the first time it is rung. '-Moonshine.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23

II Kentucky were in the wild and
woody west she would be classed as
one of the undesirable states" AS it
is, the question must sometimes sug-
gest itself to Kentuckians, is Kentucky
fit for seIf-government?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23

Spain is again feeling uneasy over the
debates in congress on the Cuban ques-
ton. If the American people paid
any attention TO the debates in congress
they too would feel uneasy; but the
American people have learned wisdom
and don't.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23

Venezuela continues to pile up evil
dence as to the true line between Ven
ezuela and British Guiana. To the
American people this appears to be a
sort Of piling Ossa on PeIion.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23

Darlington Booth is to be prayed for.
1t is believed that had he gone across
the water his father would have resort
ed to prayer as last and not a first
corrective.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23

Not so very long ago there was big
Republican harmony dinner in New
York The harmony does not seem to
have outlasted the dinner very long.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23

The gifted but impecunious literary
genius wrote an impassioned letter to a
personal friend, asking him in the name
of sweet charity to lend him $40 to keep
him from starving. Il may not get the
$10' he soliloquiZed bitterly, as he sealed
it. 'but some day mercenary grand
child of his will get s100 for this letter.
Chicago Tribune.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23
Dana's Description of Lincoln.

His greatest quality was his wisdom.
lie never foretold things, but he never
tod anything l ever heard of that was
not so. He was judicious, kind-hearted.
ana Withal man OF genius These per-
sonal qualities are lovely and amiable
but the great thing was that he sue
ceeded and that he put down a rebellion
IN which there were 12,000,00O people, an
CRY, able and determined, concerned. He
never took step too soon; he never
took step too late.
he refused deputation after deputation
to issue the emancipation proclamation,
but when the enemy began to cut the
throats of our sons and the time was
ripe, he issued, and not even the south
complained.
Abraham Lincoln developed into one
of the greatest military men of his time,
and when the war closed he was
greater general than ever Grant or
Thomas.
He was a great political leader and
when the amendment to the constitu-
ton prohibiting slavery was submitted
TO the states, and there was just one
more state needed to pass it, the state
of Nevada was created, and nowadays
when l heard the little state contemptu-
ously spoken of, / recall the remark of
Mr.. Lincoln: 1T is easier to create Ne
vada than to raise a. million more men,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23

Allow did your daughter pass her
examination for a position as teacher?'
B-"Pass. She didn't pass at all. Maybe
you won't believe it. but they asked that
poor girl about things that happened be-
fore she was rn!''-TitBits
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23

Mr.. Cleveland has made no announce
ment regarding third term yet so it
is impossible for Mr.. Carlisle to say
whether or not he is a candidate
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23

SO long as Mr.. Hoke Smith is secre-
tary of the interior the Uintah and I'm
compahgre reservations will only be
opened by an earthquake.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23

The new woman are once more in
evidence in the papers. This may be
taken as sure sign that spring has
come to stay.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23

General Booth is going to pray for his
son Ballington. The son can do no
less than return the compliment and
pray for the general.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23

Tillmans dispensary law brought
into the South Carolina treasury last
year $3.50, 600 And that law doesn't af-
feet the cotton gin either
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23

Ground for the convention hall at St
Louis has been broken. When erected,
that hall is bound to see many hopes
broken.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-23

France feels only less aggieved over
the English occupation of Egypt than
over the German seizure Of Alsace and
Lorraine.