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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10
A soUDAN INCIDENT.

British triumph at Omdurman and
Khartoum has raised an inquiry as to
who the Dervishes are and from
whom descended.
The Dervishes are believers in the
Koran and followers of Mohammed.
They are true descendants of the
Arabs who overran northern Africa and
western Asia in the seventh and eighth
centuries. Syria fell into their power,
and Mesopotamia followed. These
rough riders of the desert crossed into
Egypt and conquered the people easier
than the British have been able to
since They even penetrated Spain,
and the raid of the Saracan fanatics
was only checked by Charles Martel at
Tours.
An interesting story is told by an
eastern journal of one OF the officers
in Kitchener's army. His name is Ru-
dolph Slatin. He was an Austrian Of
ficer, serving under Gordon as many
foreign officers served with the Amer
lean army in Cuba-taking observa-
tions and perfecting himself in the art
of war. Slatin was with the British
in Soudan when the Mahdists reyolted
against gio-Egyptian rule. The
Mahdist revolt is one of the most bril-
liant pictures in barbaric history. At
ter many years of faithful subserviency
to foreign rule, these fanatic Dervishes
arose in irresistible strength and wiped
British officers, British influence and
British institutions from the face of
the Soudan.
Stains life was spared. They made
him a prisoner and after the Mahdrs
death, when the desert had settled
down to its former quiet, the Khalifa,
who succeeded the Mahdi as the tenn
poral and spiritual ruler of those bar
barrie millions, took the young officer
into his household as his slave.
For II years Slatin was the slave of
the Khalifa. For II weary years this
young, welI-bred, educated soldier was
the sport of every within of cruel,
ignorant and jealous black, whose
ideas of the world were confined to
sandy deserts, tom-toms, savage tor
lures and the most appalling physical
excuses. His sufferings, mental and
physical, are beyond the power of pen
to portray. The wonder is that he
lived.
1.-THE Khalifa had no personal liking
for him, and no doubt frequently con-
sidered the ACCESSIBILITY of killing him.
Slatin owed his life to the Khalifa's
vanity. That noble chieftain gloried in
the possession of white pasha" as
n slave and lost no opportunity to in
suit or maltreat Slatin in public
For II years Slatin was beaten, spat
upon, half starved and cruelty punished
by the most diabolical treatment which
the Khalifa's ingenuity could devise.
Then, Selling a golden opportunity, he
escaped and, after innumerable hard
ships, returned to England"
Slatin was there at the Khalifa's
downfall. He took camel and Joined
in the Mahdi's pursuit, perhaps; for of
all the men in the British army, none
cared for an interview with the KhaI-
ifa as Slatin did. 1t was a chance to
renew old acquaintanceship.
Even as the American navy remem-
bered the Maine, so will Slatin remem-
Der his life in the household of the
Mahdi. Let us hope they got to-
gether.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

No objection was made to non-par-
tisans taking part in the Democratic
county convention, but they must not
expect to take advantage Of their pres
ence there in order to injure men for
standing by the party organization
when they themselves refused to- 1t
is believed that there is a scheme on
foot, started by men who took a promi-
nent part in the non-partisan move
ment last fall. to defeat every man
who was prominent in making the
straight party fight. The party must
not, for the sake of the past and the
future, allow it's late enemies to use
it as an instrument with which to pun
ish it's more constant friends.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10
present Incompetence are matters of
history? Isn't it All politics?
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.


Pittsburg Dispatch: The great express
companies having reached an agreement
TO pay the internal revenue tax on the
packages carried by them, instead OF re-
curing it from the consignors, II seems as
ii this rule ought to be adopted by the
telegraph compar les, but the latter de-
cline to see the logic in that proposition.
ST. Louis Globe-Democrat: The labor
of travel TO the Klondike has been much
reduced by aerial ard horse uamways
Near Dyea is an aerial tramway eigh:
miles lonS, operated by steam and horse
power. On each side of the w hite Horse
rapids is a hcrse tramway six miles long.
Ten miles of railway nave neen COM
and will be extended TO the summit next
month; Tnis is now much the shortest
and easiest route to Dawson during the
summer.
Atlanta Journal: Winfield Scott Han
cock. the chevalier Bayard of the Union
army. the man who won the battle or
Gettysburg Tor the federal f9lces, sleeps in
grave which Is overgTown with weeds
and marked only by . little stone The
north is full of monuments to men far less
worthy
Minneapolis Times: With good food.
pure water and proper drainage, mill
tary camp ought to snow g lower death
rate from sickness than any city. That
the mortality has been so appalling as it
has in camps within the borders of the
United States shows gross mismanage-
ment and a dozen Boyntons could not
make it appear otherwise.
Kansas City World Mark Hanna thinks
he has fixed the responsibility for the
death of the soldiers at the camps in the
United States.
Several times 1 visited Camp Alger."
he says, and looked carefully over the
place. At the edge of the camp l found
banana stands and places where beer and
pop and such stun were sold TO the troops
This kind of stuff never helped the volun-
teerS."
Senator Hanna will have a little more
trouble accounting for the deaths around
Santiago. and for the conditions on board
the transport boats. He can't blame the
banana peddlers there.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

The silver party of Nevada endorsed
the financial plank of the Chicago plat
form at the state convention yesterday.
1t uaalterably opposes the Republi-
can policy of increasing the bonded
debt and the issuing of money by
banking institutions" Faith in the
loyalty, ability and leadership of
Bryan was asserted Newlands was
nominated for congress and an entire
state ticket named There was no ref
erence made to Bryan by the so-caIed
silver men" who held their state con-
vention in Utah yesterday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

Goldbugs are about to change their
alleged minds on the claim that the
silver issue is dead" New York pa
pers are alarmed at the Roadway it is
making in the east. And the ST. Louis
Globe-Democrat, which. like our own
Tribune, held that Democrats were be-
coming lax in this matter, acknowl-
edges its error. and says: THE Dem
ocratic state platform in Missouri en-
dorses free coinage more emphaticaIly
than ever"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10
was standing near the door at state

was standing near the door at state
ball when the duke entered
Announce me- he said TO the serv-
ant. ,as General lie Due d Aumale." The
man stepped forward. but the duke
stopped him. mo, as lie Due d Au-
male, simply he corrected. Before the
servant could open his mouth the duke
interrupted him again anxiously. An
nounce Inc as his royal highneSs the
DCce d'Aumaie-'' But again he stopped
him. u will not be announced at all.
and passed into the room in silence
Then said the writer L understood
why he never had been king or stadt-
holder of France
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

1T is hard for the Democratic party
to forgive General Alger for the part
he took in the election of President
BlSKinley," says the st. Louis Globe
Democrat. Does our Algerian con-
temporary refer to General Miles as
the Democratic party?" Or to the re-
turning volunteers? Or to the many
Republican newspapers that have been
unable to conceal their disgust with
Ayers miserable incompetency?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10
INDIGESTION end Humility.

The Duo d'Aumale was a prince of the
house of Orleans. enormously wealthy
and so popular in his youth that it was
thought that he could easily play the
role of Louis ->apoleon and secure his
own election as president or stakeholder
of France: But he died In the position
to which he was born, observes London
Truth. Ass.
The English writer who tells the story
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

Professor Dryden of the Agricultural
college has written a letter to the Lo-
gan Journal, calling attention to the
fact that this was "a warm summer"
Pears like we have heard that remark
before. He goes on to tell what 1.-The
average mean temperature" was. We
have an impression that it was even
meaner than the average.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

Colonel Studebaker. reaching Indian
epolis with the wreck of his regiment
of volunteers. says: Il think that our
coming home has saved the lives of
hundreds of the men" As the colonel
is a prominent young Republican of
the state, Hanna cannot regard his talk
as being for political effect"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

Upon taking the chair at the Repub-
Hcan state convention yesterday, ex-
Senator Arthur Brown remarked: Il
see before me visions of victory" Too
bad. 1t was hoped that he had recov-
cred his eyesight
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

Living Issues calls Bryan a coward,
and mercenary. and says "he is ig-
norant as a pig" That is its politics.
lis motto is: ANY combination to beat
Dunbar"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

The Provo Enquirer some time ago
gave this advice to Utah Republicans:
THE Republican party can make moth
ing by taking a stand that is not in
harmony with the party nationally"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

General Pando says there are 2oO,o 900
Spanish soldiers in Cuba who never
saw an American uniform" Then they
never looked behind them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

In Ogden. the citadel of Cannon and
the hotbed of fusion, the straight Dem
ocrats won 9 complete victory yester-
day, capturing every ward but one.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

Non-partisans are welcome to the
Democratic convention, but they are
not welcome TO take their non-parti-
sanship into it with them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

If Scoville had slapped Miles instead
of Shafter the war department would
have appreciated it better. But per-
haps Scoville wouldn't have lived so
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

General Shafter lost 30 pounds at
Santiago. If Wheeler had lost that
much there wouldn't be anything left
of him but a memory.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

General Booth has been reduced to
the ranks. He may be allowed to carry
one end of the bass drum in the pro-
cession this fall.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

Between Hanna, the convicted briber.
and Alger, the historical coward. Mr..
Mckinley is getting along as well as
could be expected.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

= prominent Republican was boast
ing yesterday that alma Eldredge has
but one wife, That's singular.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

You can prove anything by the Re
publican platform.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph well.
peace has been concluded" remarked
Mrs. Snaggs.
Il thought it was the war which had
been concluded" replied Mr.. Snaggs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

Of
of employed
hOusids complain
would Tabue and much
herself about week before she
h0eEnaid
them bet after each neal handed them around rn saw that hey
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10
Bucklen,s Arnica SaIve.

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10
WIT AND HUMoR.

Brooklyn Life: He-Its reported that
were engaged.
She-Weil. I'm not to blame for the fact
that it is only a report.
married the basso," said the baritone
Then I've lost tenner,' groaned the
organist.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10
you remem-

Boston Courier: she-Do you remem-
Der the
He-No chestnuts nowI
She-Errands l asked you to do for
me?
And he collapsed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

They didn't DO a thlng to BOOTH.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

mind. as she shook her finger threaten
ingly at her husband, the very next
time you get up in the night and go
through my pockets l shall send you
home to your father"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

Tit-Bits: Scottish School Inspector
examining class)-Now, my little man.
tell me what five and one make?
No answer.
Inspector-Suppose l gave you five rab-
bits. and then another rabbit, how many
rabbits would you have?
Boy-Seven
Inspector-Seven! How do you make
that out?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

Cincinnati Enquirer: Did your picnic
fulfill your expectations?'
''Oh, yes. 1t surpassed them. We fully
expected it to rain, but hail was more
than we anticipated
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

Chicago News: Diggs-Don't you think
a mans tendency to do wrong increases
toward night?
Biggs-I never gave the subject a
thought. Do you think it does?
Diggs-Yes: you know it was near Eve
that Adam ate the apple.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

Philadelphia North American: Shall
we have peace?" asked the wife anxious
~, as he entered the house..
That depends entirely upon you, my
dear he replied. For at that minute he
recalled that he had forgotten to match
the button she had intrusted to him that
morning.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10
"Yanker didel doodel down;
Didel dudel lanter.
Yanke Viver Voover vown
ButtermiIk and later"


Whatever it's birth, it first appeared in
America on the banks of the Hudson.
June, 1855. in the following manner:
The British general Braddock. was as
sembling the colonists near Albany for an
attack ON the French and Indians at Forts
Niagara and Frontenac. when in marched
1.-The old Continentals
With their ragged regimentals."
keeping time to music 800 years old They
presented such a very funny appearance
that they attracted the attention OF Dr.
Richard Shuckburg, a regimental surgeon
the British army, who was wit and a
musical genius. AS the ContinentalS
marched into the handsome British lines
the contrast was so great that the tradi-
tional song of Cromwell on the Kentish
pony with a macaroni to hold his plume
as opposed to the elegance of Charles and
his cavaliers flashed into the surgeon S
mind. and setting down the notes of the
tune, he wrote with them the lively satire
upon Cromwell well known then in Eng
land:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

Richmond Dispatch: "One of the most
impressive lessons of my childhood was
to lay by something for a rainy day."
exclaimed a wet tramp as he entered a
wayside cottage and threw himself down
beside the kitchen stove
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

Washington Post: 'I don't see how
money at poker remarked a soldier
He was away ahead of the game at one
time
Yes But when he observed lot of
red, white and blue chips in front of
him he lost his nerve"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

The song, given as the original Yankee
Doodle" is from abroadside in a collection
of Songs and ballads purchased from a
ballad printer and seller in Boston in
1873. made By Isaiah Thomas. version
Farmer & Moore's History Collections of
New Hampshire vol. 8. p. 157. The earl
lest song runs as follows:
Father and l went down to camp,
Along with Captain GoodlinS
And there we see the men and boys
As thick as hasty pudding.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10

Chorus
Yankee Doodle. keep it up;
Yankee Doodle dandy.
Mind the music and step,
And with the girls be handy"
The song is very long-15 verses-an6
may be found, with the tune, in f'FamiliaI
Songs"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-10
1.-The old Continentals
Yankee Doodle came to town
Upon Kentish pony.
He stuck a feather in his cap,
IJDOn a macarOni :"

The band quickly caught the simple air.
and although the British soldiers sneered
at it, the Americans liked it, and sang it
with gusto when, % years later, Corn
wallis marched into the American lines to
it's soul-stirring strains and surrendered
his sword and his army. The rhymes with
which the tune has been connected are
many. Besides the one referring to Crom-
well we find the nursery song:
Luck Locl,et lost her pocket
Kitty Fisher found it;
Nothing in it, nothing on it,
But the binding round it,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1898-02-19
Confession and Proof.

There's no two ways about it. The
biggest liar in the state of Kansas
and the west half of Missouri lives in
Wa-Keeney.- independent.
The wicked flee when no man pur-
sueth but we commend our brother
for his frank and manly confession
because honest confession is good for
the soul, which gives us much con-
Germ, but it was unnecessary for him
to offer the following evidence of his
besetting sins:
The Democrats and Populists made
a fight for economy. and won, and
awarded the printing on our bid. The
WORLD did not expect to get the con-
tract at its bid-Also Independent.
We DID expect to get it if our bid
was the lowest. We had a RIGHT to
expect it because the work was
awarded to the lowest bidder last
year and because the new board
promised economy. We lowered our
bid from last years figures in response
to the demands of the people express
ed at the polls but the new board
went back on the people land their
own professions) and gave the con-
tract to the bidder who went above
former prices.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1898-02-19

1t will, no doubt, seem very strange
to the people of TregO county, that
Musgrave won his case in the supreme
court and that Balcom lost his case
Independent.
1t will not seem strange when they
read the decisions in the two cases
and we dare the Independent to print
them side by side. The silly twaddle
referring its readers to the trash that
Judge Rath. wrote for Judge Rhoades
to say, and published in the Independ-
ent year ago, characteriZeS the same
as the opinion of the supreme court
now, is not only disrespectful toward
the court but it is an insult to its
readers and it must also be very hui
initiating to Mr.. RhoadeS whose integ-
rity has never been questioned by Re
publicans ard whose consistent, stead
fast honesty is impugned only by the
findings" fOisted upon him by his
party associates and now referred to
by them as the opinion of the court in
sum and substance.
When the people read the real opin-
ions of the court they will find that
MuSgrave won on a TECHNICALITY and
that Balloon lost on the EVIDENCE.
Since the evidence was practically the
same in both cases the only strange
thing is that Musgrave did not lose his
case. WORLD will publish the Opin-
ions as handed down by the COURT
and give its readers chance to Judge
for themselves.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1898-02-19
INDEPENDENT vs.. SUPREME COURT.

Peacock knows he was not elected
and he ought to Independent.
The EVIDENCE examined and held
to be sufficient to sustain the judg-
mentof the trial court.-KanSaS Su-
preme court-ALL the justices con-
curing.
Now since Mr.. Musgraye has been
sustained upon TECHNICALTTY and
as the EVIDENCE was the same in both
cases, who should talk of resigning?
We are not so small to suggest such a
thing to Uncle JOSH, but the mud
which is thrown at Peacock will stick
to Musgrave as long as he lives and
that, too, by the authority of the SUI
preme court. The stupendous gall
with which the Independent turns
down the supreme court would cause
Texas mule to die with envy but it
always reacts like a boomerang.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1898-02-19
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