Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-03

pound cannon ball had struck IT, II that
Is so, II has carried away my head:
therefore | must be dead. And still
am thinking | cannot be dead Still
man might have consciousness after he
is dead, but bis body could not have
actiou' Nov, will seel II can ht
my legs then ! must be alive. Can n
Yes, can. / see it is rising. I cannot
BE- dead after all Aud with that con.
cluded General Gordon, 81 woke up
aud found my head still on, but also that
! had teen reasoning as philosophically
and logically over the loss Of it as
though had been in my office aud not
lying wounded on the battlefield"
rHE ILLINOIS noss.
The most striking mau from Illinois at
this convention is to be John +. Altgeld,
the governor Of the state, the pardoner
Of the anarchists and the man who
stands ont In his state as the head II the
free coinage movement Governor
Altgeld is a singed cat. He is little
sawed oil man OF about FIVE feet six.
He has a brown beard and brown hair.
and to look at him you would never in
aginc him to be one OF the strongest
men OF the state. lie was born m prus.
sia and has been in this country about
forty years lie IS, iufgc, now about
fifty. There are no signs oi the German
about him, and It Is hard to realize from
whence his great strength comes. He
was poor BOY aud spent the earlier
part Of bis lie In Richland county, Ohio,
studying law, think. at Mansfield. lie
began his practice m Chicago and made
money out Of the law and real estate.
lie had a fortune before he went into
politics and is, understand, entirely IN.
dependent Of official salaries.
SILVER DOLLAR bland.
Aligcld Is said to favor Bland OF
Missouri as presidential candidate.
BANDS candidacy may keep him away
from Chicago. have seen much Of him
In Congress at Washington aud bis
appearance reminds me Of the remark
Of the old country woman, who visited
the circus, and Tor the first time got q
look at a hippopotimus She gazed at
the animal Tor some time IN bfeathlcss
asionishmeut, and then drew back with
the remark:
"Oh. ny Amt he plainw
Well, the great silver agiilior Is plain
looking. He has q PLAN sallow lace,
with square forehead running into a
baldlsh cxpansc surrounded by blonde
hair He has a rough, brown beard,
slightly touched with gray, cut In the
plaincst way, and the hoarsc voice which
comes out over 1t has a sort OF a twaug
to It which carries out the plainness OF
its owner Bland dresses plainly. aud
he pridcs himself on being one OF tue
PLAN people. lie lives in plain house
10 plain little town known as Lebanon,
Missouri, and leads the lite OF a farmer
during the reccss,s OF Congress. lie Is
one OF the lev Congtcssmcn who make
farming pay. am told that he has enc
OF the largest apple orchards in the
country, and that he has lor some years
been making more OUT OF his apples than
his congressional salary.
rAEMER noRs.
Bland will have a strong competitor
along his own lines In this convention
with Governor Boies Of Iowa. Boies
can also appeal to the farming popula.
ton by being one Of them. lie has
1000 acres at Waterloo, Iowa. lie has
thousand acres OF grazing land In
another county. and am told that he
has 500 head OF cattle in one place
Buics also pFctends to be plain, but in
appearance he looks more like an arts.
iocrat. He Is tall, bfoad.shouldefed
aud fine looking. lie has big body.
big limbs and a big round head, covered
with hair Of silver white. lie dresses in
black diagonal irock coat. loose trou.
sefs aud white shirt, with a turn. over
collar. lie wears gold spectaeles aud
butoned shoes. while Bland comes out
with iron.rimmed glasses aud top boots.
Governor Boles Is a rich man. He was
born in log cabin In New York stale,
and went west to make his fortune. lie
earned his first money as ditch digger
at $40 a month, did better after he settled
IN Iowa. and finally got so lar ahead
that he was able to study law. He was
Republican until Cleveland first ran
Tor President in 1854, when he voted the
Democratic ticket and he has BEEN a
Democrat ever since. lie is now nearly
seventy, but his physical condition is
such that any life insurance company
would give him a ten years policy at
low rates.
JOHN O. CARLISLE.