The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-07

about six feet and four inches in the air
with presence betokenfng the hard.
experience of life in the newest section
or the dark continent. where his com
mand has been doing service for the pas
Two years After the arduous duties at
tendant upon such = camoaign he Il
The F'usiliers were OF the detachment de
tailed TO subdue King Menelek of Alb
sylnla- This regiment of the Grea
British standing army was not called OF
the South African jaunt. as Menelek had
established an a-mistice before the ar.
rival of Leo Moore and his comrades.
The lieutenant is. himself. a. fair repre-.
| sentative OF the sons of Ireland who
! night beneath and not against the banner
OF england Although sounding the
praises of the sovereign power he is NOT
an migrate to his native soil. The w:ld
1 spirit OF the Irish soldier of fortune I'M
mortalized in the pages of Lever finds
| expression N the lientenant's demeanor.
He proved willing to recount the great
! deeds done By Irishmen in advancing
/ Fngiand's concuests- Such names as
those of Wellington, Cardigan and Sir
Garnet Wolsey sprang spontaneous to his
lips.
England cannot sing of her glories
without weaving into every page of her
history the name of an Irishman., he
said The better class of Irishmen are
satisfied with the rule now accorded to
the island by the parliament. Irish
I
tons of rank in the service. Mumblings
against the government arise from the
lower elements whose social status has
remained at low par. owing to a former
lack of school system which has now
been introduced so that there will in the
future be no need of an uneducated Irish
man within the limits of the kingdom.
When this state of affairs arrives better
feeling will prevail and emigration will
fall off. Some of the finest troops in the
queens armies are recruited from Ire
land. An Irishman is an ideal soldier
anywhere in the world, for il is notable
of the latter race that characteristics of
the war spirit animating the past centur-
les are more fully retained than by al
most any other of the ancient northern
people.
IAN Irishman loves the fire and smoke
of battle-the dash and hand to hand
strife of contending array. In their
music, literature and business dealings
this emotional temperament is everywhere
apparent. l really consider the Irish the
people of most cosmopolitan feeling in
the whole world. Their patriotism lends
it influence to all climes. When an Irish
man becomes a citizen of any country
you may depend upon it that no truer
heart ever beat in the interests of his
toned as is shown by the positions of
trust in which he is placed
After paying the foregoing tribute to
his countrymen the lieutenant compli-
mented the Scotch regiments and the
gallant life guards of England and then
tipped the loyal Irish wink.
Mr. and Mrs. John NJ. Smyth and Miss
Sarah Smyth are returning TO their home
in Chicago after an absence of several
months along the calmer ocean.
M and Mrs Frank Crandell and Miss
Crandell of Detroit are at the Knuts-
ford.
Mrs. E. L. Koon and Miss Koon, Hills
dale; Mich. en- route to California, are
F. ". Babcock and wife are numbered /
among those who, at this season of the I
year, are westward no.
Charles City, Ia. are bound for the old /
San Gabriel missions in southern Cali /
fornia. /
maid, and Miss Ouerbach. Louisville. Ky,
people, are resting at the Templeton
while touring the western states.
M and Mrs. Aaron Samp from ARM
strong, Mass, are on the Cullen register
Yesterdays hotel arrivals were:
The Knutsford-D. F. Hurd, Omaha;
Mr. and Mrs. John NJ. Smyth. Miss Sarah
;. Smyth. Chicago; Mrs. Frank Cram
lell. Miss Crendeil Detroit: Leo Moose
Ireland; T. w. Babcock and wife, Prov
dence. R. l.: R. B. Eden. San Fran
.isco: Mrs. NJ. E. Lull, Dubuque Ia L.
" Mckenzie San Francisco: D. d. Cooley
md wife, Grand Rapids Mrs. e. L. Koon
Hiss Koon. Hillsdale. Mich; ]. B. Flem-
ng. wife and child. Robinson, Utah: S. @.
rving. San Francisco: Leonard Robinson.
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