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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-24

prised 10 hear the man blurt out in
his anger: Heaven forbid, He is not
worthy of the honor" In Virginia. a
woman refuses her some cornmeal. de-
claring that she would rather give it
to her negroes. as they worked for her,
while the Hessians came to kill them
Not for 100 guineaS shall you have it,
she added. in reply to large offer OF
money. 1T viii be so much the better
if YOU all die"
The baroness also records the words
OF her own little daughters who. even
in the direst hunger. are willing TO
forego their little for their sisters.
Surely, if the Hessians did fight against
us, the example of the little children Of
can children good even in this day. The
life in Virginia was not unpleasant.
and the baroness has many good words
to say of il and of the friends she made
there. In 1873 she left the south to join
her husband, who had been ordered 10
New York for exchange. At Elizabeth
town, they are ordered TO return to
Virginia, as congress has rejected the
proposal. and with heavy heart they
began their journey back. At Bethle-
hem, she shows her sympathy for the
Moravian nuns, for Baroness Won Ried-
esel was q deVout Christian, and her
memory is cherished TO this day. Their
bill for their lodgings of six weeks in
Bethlehem was only So, 600 in paper
money.
At last they are permitted TO return
to New York, and the baroness and her
children are conducted to- the house of
Governor Tyron. all the time supposing
they are in a hotel. She wittily records
her blunders and the way in which the
mistake was at length set right. Here
General Won Riedesel suffers from a
prevailing fever and is at last, along
with General Phillips. exchanged. all
the other prisoners taken at Saratoga
being still retained.
LAST YEARS.
In 1888 the generals father died. and
he and his family sailed away. They
are graciously entertained by the king
and queen of England, and are honored
on their return to Germany by all.
General Won Riedesel died in 1900 and
his widow, after that, lived in Berlin.
She busted herself during the remain
ing eight years of her life in establish
ing asylums for the orphans of sol
diers and, doubtless. her admiration
for her husband, and her hard eXper
fences in America, as she followed him
from camp to camp, had trained her
tender heart to be more tender yet. So
the success of the colonies not only
produced d new nation. but brought
good to other lands as well, and not the !
least of these benefits was the influence !
and work of Frederick, the wife of the |
Hessian general. Won Riedesel.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-24
Taste In the ARMY.

Truth: Bill Sergeant-Here. you,
what do you mean by laughing at me?
New Recruit formerly Of the crack
-th)-Why. old man, the man who
doesn't know bettah than to weah a
blue cap with red hath deserves ridi-
cule, don't Y know.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-24

Detroit Free Press: Wife-We've
been living here six months now. and
not one of the neighbors has called
Husband-Dont worry; I'm going to
have a telephone put in the house next
week
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-24
NEW WARRANT RANK.

A warrant officers pay ranges from
$1,000 year, being the sea pay of his
first three years, to $500, which he re-
ceives after u years from date of ap-
pointment. Considerably lower sal
aries are paid for shore duty or on
waiting orders. This does not include
the usual monthly ration of $3.50 allow
ed by the government.
In the navy personnel bill now be-
fore congress provision is made for the
creation of a new warrant rank to be
known as warrant machinist. The
members of the class viii be placed on
duty in the engine rooms of our battle
ships and cruisers, and will be given
equal rank and pay with the other war
rant officers. In this connection it may
be mentioned that a number of Naval
Constructor HobsOn's gallant crew win
be made warrant machinists as a re-
ward for their perilous deed in Santa
go harbor.
The influx of such heroes may serve,
by the end of the present war to make
the list of warrant officers in the
United States navy a veritable roll of
honor. II. H. LEWIS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-24
Free Pills.

Send your address to II. f. Bucklen
& Co.. Chicago, and get free sample
box of DR.. Kings New Life Pills. A
trial will convince you of their merits.
These pills are easy in action and are
particularly effective in the cure of
Constipation and Sick Headache. For
Malaria and Liver troubles they have
been proved invaluable They are guar
anteed to be perfectly free from every
deleterious substance, and to be purely
vegetable. They do not weaken by
their action, but by giving tone TO the
stomach and bowels, greatly invigorate
the system. Regular size, 25c per box
Sold by z. c. NJ /. drug store.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-24
An Attrac tinr.

Smoke Silver Moon. the leading Sc
cigar. For sale everywhere.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-24

majority of guaners in service This
class or warrant officers is composed
mainly of young men. who are gradu-
ates of the gunnery school at Washing
ton, and who are fitted b. education
and taste for the position. The curric-
ulum Of the school and the scientific
nature OF the studies tend toward re-
hnement, and as a rule there is less
hesllancy about fraterniZing with them
by the higher officers than with the
older sailmakers ard carpenters.
The grade of gunner is eagerly sought
after by the ambitious apprentices Of
the service. The attention paid 10 the
apprentice system of recent years has
resulted in the infusion of new and
youthful American blood into the navy.
Warrant rank being the only one open
10 the enlisted man, there is therefore a
vast number of applications on file in
the navy department for promotion.
The great majority of these are for the
rank OF gunner, as that billet is consid-
cred the most honorable and desira BILE.
with rare exceptions, the present
gunners or the service We're formerly
apprentices. and not a few of them won
their promotion by distinguished and
gallant conduct. Gunnery Henry a. Eli
ers. one of the brightest and most
promising officers in the grade. gained
his warrant by an act of daring that
would nave won him the Victoria Cross
of England if he had been a son of
Britain. While serving on board the
Philadelphia in 1892 he coolly entered
the magazine into which had fallen
the burning fragments of an exploded
charge and stamped them out with his
feet. In the opinion of his superior Of
ficers this former apprentice boys act
saved the ship and crew from total de-
struction.
Gunner Charles Morgan, who was ap-
pointed in 1880 after serving as an ap-
prentice for a number of years, won
fame and COMMUNICATION for his serv-
ices in charge of the divers engaged
in the Maine investigation. His profess
sional skill and conscientious labors as
sisted materially in the finding of the
investigating committee of which Rear
Admiral Sampson was the head
By law the service is allowed 40
gunners, IL boatswains. AZ carpenters
and 10 sailmakers. The members OF
the first three grades are scattered
about afioat and ashore, but the latter
are all assigned to naval stations and
special duty with the exception of two
detailed to the old Lancaster and the
Marion.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-24

Try U. S., the new Baking Powder.
It is pure, strong and economical;
just as good as the very best, at half
the price. Why not give it trial?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-24

Afn Heteman Celebrated Steedman
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-08-18
Silver Jubilee of the Grangers' Picnic.

The wonderful success which has at
tended the great Changers Picnic at
Williams Grove during the past quar-
ter century will be eclipsed this year by
the silver jubilee of the exhibition which
opens Monday, Aug. 80. The managers
have made special efforts to make this
years exhibition more attractive than
ever, in all of its departments, and they
have been successful in securing many
new features.
The machinery and stock exhibits
promise to be larger than ever and the
entertainment features will be new and
varied. Men Of national reputation will
make addresses each day and all inter-
ested in state politics will have an OPP
portunity to meet and hear their candi-
dates. George a. jerks will be present
on Tuesday, William A. Stone on We'd
nesday and DR.. S. C. Swallow on Thurs
day. They will be accompanied by
other candidates on the various tickets
and men prominent in public life. Hon.
John Wanamaker has sent positive &C
ceptance to an invitation TO be present
and make an address.
Wednesday and Friday evenings there
will be grand exhibitions of Pain fire.
works, with war scenes and pieces. The
Cumberland Valley railroad will sell eX-
cursion tickets al reduced rates from all
points on the main line and branches
and special and regular trains will afford
ample accommodations for all. See
posters for announcementsof trains and
rates.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-08-18

Admiral Dewey and General Mer-
rift, commanding the navy and the
army, captured the city of Manila
last Saturday. News Of the signing
fthe peace proposals had not reached
them. The two commanders sent a
note to the Spanish soldiers demand
ing the surrender of the city. This
was refused, whereupon Admiral
Dewey's vessels moved up and began
to shell the Spanish entertainments.
At the same time the army under
General Merritt made a well-planned
attack, sweeping everything before it.
The attack began at 9,35 o'clock in
the morning. At noon the white flag
was hoisted, and soon afterward our
victorious troops entered the city and
raised the stars and stripes over the
public buildings. Our loss was eight
soldiers killed and forty wounded
The Spanish lost several hundred.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-08-18
Senatorial Convention.

The Democratic convention for the
18th senatorial district met at the
courthouse in Martinsburg Friday
August Il.
The meeting was called to order by
chairman H. T. Cushwa, and Hon. b.
D. Gibson was made temporary CHAIR
man, W. F. Alexander temporary sec
retary and the Democratic editors as
sistant secretaries.
The usual committees were appoint
ed, after which the convention ad-
iourned to meet again at 2 P. N.
Upon the reassembling of the con-
vention the reports of the various com
mittees were read and adopted: The
temporary organization was made per-
manent. :.
Mr.. VIM. Campbell was placed IN
nomination for the short term for Sen
ator, to succeed H. c. Getzendanner'
by Captain W. B. Colston, and the
nomination was made unanimous. For
the long term the name Of H. 7. Cush-
wa was presented by D. NJ. Shafer,
and that of R. C. Burkhart by j. '.
Quinn.
The roll of counties was called and
the vote resulted as follows
Burkhart. Cushwa. Shatfer.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-08-18
Bio Price for a Broken Heart.

Not long since Danville, H., jury or
dered the male defendant in breach of
promise case to pay the competent sum
of $54, 500. 80 to the afflicted fair one.
Though it is pretty high estimate of
blighted affection, there is another es-
innate which, if not in dollars and cents
exactly as high, yet in general consider
alton Of excellence reaches as lofty an
altitude This is the estimate of the
people as to the efficacy Of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters as remedy for conSti-
patton The action of this gentle but
effective laxative is never accompanied
by the gripping so marked in the opera
ton of most cathartics. 1t is an incom-
parable remedy for and preventive of
malarial, rheumatic and kidney COM
plants, and a promoter Of appetite and
sleep.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-08-18
Millions Given Away.

1t is certainly gratifying to the pub
lie to know of one concern in the land
who are not afraid to be generous to
the needy and suffering. The propri-
etors of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, have
given away over ten million trial bot
ties of this great medicine; and have
the satisfaction Of knowing it has alb
solutely cured thousands of hopeless
cases. Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarse-
ness and all diseases Of the Throat,
Chest and Lungs are surely cured by
it. Call at Remnants Pharmacy and
get trial bottle free. Regular size
so cents and 81. Every bottle guar
anteed, or price refunded.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-08-18
Communicated.

read an amusing article In the Ias'
issue of the Spirit Of JEtSrS0on rela ali.'s
70 the hall game between ShepheTdsto",n,
and Charlestown by "A Baseball Prayer
who was in disturbed frame OF mlnu'
We said it before, and we say II again,
that we were outplayed. but that tne
nmnire did the best work for the nome
team. without the assistance oil whom
the score would have been very close; as
II promised to be from the start MT.
Miley undoubtedly has original ideas
about umpiring, since he told me t II5
IF man is out. he will say so. Inc
article goes on to say that at any rate d
came has not been broken up here on
account of the 'rottenneSs' OF the uIi
pire." We take this as a great compH-
ment. because it shows the reader tna t
we played the game out in spite OF thee
"rottenness" of the home umpire, put
throws Charlestown in bad light Tor
in the game here when the score was
so in our favor CHARLEsTowN threw up
the sponge at the frSt doubtful decision.
We will also add that Corbett, unlike
Charlestown' fVe outsiders, was VISIT
ing in the town at the time OF the game
BASEBALL PLAYER.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-08-18
A Clever Trick.

1t certainly looks like it, but there
is really no trick about it. Anybody
can try it who has Lame Back and
Weak Kidneys, Malaria or nervous
troubles. We mean he can cure him
self right away by taking Electric Bit
tiers. This medicine tones up the
whole system, acts as a stimulant to
Liver and Kidneys, is blood purifier
and nerve tonic. 1t cures Constipa-
ton, Headache, Painting Spells, Sleep
Iessness and Melancholy, 1t is purely
vegetable, mild laxative, and restores
the system to its natural vigor. Try
Electric Bitters and be convinced that
they are a miracle worker. Every
bottle guaranteed. Only so cents a
bottle at Remnants Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-08-18
Notes of the War.

The second West Virginia regiment,
emcamped at Charleston, this State, is
under orders to proceed to Middle
town, Pa, where a new camp is to be
established. They will probably move
this week. The First West Virginia,
which has been at Chickamauga, has
been ordered to Knoxville, Tennessee.
The great fleet of war vessels which
our government had assembled in
Cuban waters is being disbanded, and
the ships are being sent to various
navy yards, where they will be locked
and overhauled and put in frst-class
order. When repairs shall have been
made the vessels will be assigned to
the various foreign stations. Many
of the auxiliary ships recently pur-
chased will be sold, while the best
will be retained as permanent addl-
tons to our navy.
The embarkation of the Spanish SOL
diers at Santiago for ports in Spain is
being pushed with great activity.
This is rendered imperative by their
horrible condition. The mortality is
so great in the Spanish camp, where
disease is rampant, that no longer are
the dead buried. A funeral pile Of
ten or twelve bodies is made, saturated
with kerosene and set fire to, crema-
ting the bodies in the open air. 1t is
feared that many of the soldiers will
perish on board ship before the home
ports are reached.
The removal of General Skaters
army from Santiago has been almost
accomplished, and it is expected that
the last of the soldiers able to be
moved will sail this week. A num-
Der have already arrived at Montauk
Point, New York, where great camp
has been established. Those who are
sick are sent to a camp where they
will be well cared for, and where every
effort will be made to prevent the
spread of disease, Several regiments
Of fresh soldiers, immunes, will be
sent to guard Santiago.
A dispatch from Charleston says;
The soldiers at Camp Atkinson having
received months pay Tuesday, many
of them slipped past the guards and
came into town to have good time.
They visited the saloons and were
soon comfortably full. Guards were
sent out after them, and several were
placed in the guard-house at the camp.
During the night they upset the guard
house, little shell of building, and
escaped, coming back to town, bring
ing with them great many others.
Detachments of soldiers hunted the
streets all day arresting deserters and
placing them in the city prison. About
forty have been imprisoned so far.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-08-18

We have reached the conclusion that
the colored man who depends upon the
whites for work don't show good sense
by cursing the Democrats and angelic
ing the Republicans. We don't advise
them TO be Democrats. but we do say
they don't show good sense to abuse,
work and vote against the very persons
who give them all the work they get.
Take, for instance, Jefferson county,
where there are a thousand cOlOred vO-
tiers, nine-tenthS of whom work for Dem
ocrats, and would suffer for the wants OF
life, were it not for them. The Demo
Gratis Of jefferson are kindly disposed in
every way to the colored people. That
county has the best schools of any coun-
ty in the State, in the shape of length OF
time and pay for teaching. There is
more manly treatment to the colOred
teachers by the whites than there is in
any other county in this State. These
things being true, why not vote like in
telligent men? By that we mean vote
for whom you choose but do it quietly
and gentlemanly. Where have Repub-
licans done for colored people what the
Democrats of Jefferson have for Tom
Lovett and others we shall not name
We have concluded that Democrat does
not mean Devil.
WE clip the above from the Pioneer
Press, the organ of the colored people
published at Martinsburg, These are
the words of truth and soberness, and
every colored man ought to think over
them seriously. 1t is certainly true
that the colored men have no better
friends than the Democrats in this
county. We do not mean to say that
the Republicans here do not befriend
the negroes, for many of them do. But
it is fact that most of the Republi-
can leaders in the county have little
use for a cololed man except at cleo
ton time, and even then often fail to
do the fair thing by them, relying on
the colored voter to march up to the
polls and vote Just as he is told. Some
of the more intelligent and self-re-
specting colored men have found out
for themselves where their interests
are and who are their best friends, and
they act accordingly. They ought to
have many followers. Speaking for
Shepherdstown, no colored Democrat
ever suffers here. When they are in
need they are helped, when they are
trying to get along they are encour-
aged, and when they die they are
given decent burial and respectable
funeral.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-08-18
HoW's This {?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY Il Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last 10 years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all BUSH
ness transactions and financially able to
carry out any obligations made by their
firm.
WEST II TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo. o. WALDING, KINNAN Il MAR
YIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces Of the system. Testimon-
ials sent free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-08-18

We think that the President ought
at once detail the Twenty-second
Kansas Regiment for duty at that
point most remote from the United
States and from where decent people
live. These wretched scoundrels, it
now appears, spent their spare time
while encamped near Manassas, Va,
in opening and robbing the graves of
Confederate soldiers who had lain in
peace since they gave up their lives in
defence of their homes and their prin-
ciples third of century ago. Their
ostensible object was to obtain "relics, 4"
and these sacred bones were disturbed
and carried away as result of this
depraved and horrid TASTE. One Cap
tain Duncan, surgeon in this dis
graced regiment, led a party that
digged into the grave of Confederate
officer, stole the sword and watch and
shoulder straps that had been buried
with him, and then committed the
browning atrocity of knocking the
teeth from the skull and carrying them
away as souvenirs" 1t is gratifying
to know that this Infamous vandalism
is to be punished, and that Surgeon
Duncan and his fellow-ghouls are be-
ing court-martialed.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-08-18

THE platform Of the Democrats of
the second West Virginia district is a
good one, and that plank relating to
our foreign policy is particularly ad-
mirable. 1t declares for the preserva-
ton of the Monroe doctrine and ad-
vocates the permanent possession by
the United States of such Spanish ter
ritory in the western hemisphere as
may be properly acquired by our gov
eminent; at the same time it opposes
the Republican policy of imperialism
and repudiates the plan that would
grasp at foreign territory and seek
unsuitable alliances in the uttermost
parts of the world. Coaling stations
and harbors Of refuge are all We want
in foreign waters, so that we may have
facilities for extending our commerce
without the necessity of keeping great
standing armies and expensive addi-
tions to our navy, The platform is
broad and solid enough to hold all the
voters.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-08-18
THE WAR IS OVER.

The war between the United States
and Spain is over. Last Friday the
protocol agreeing upon the terms of
peace was signed by Secretary Of
State Day for the United States, and by
NJ. Cambon on behalf of Spain. The
important event took place at the
White House in Washington in the
presence of President Mckinley and
number Of officials of high standing.
Directly after the protocol was signed
the President issued proclamation
ordering the cessation of hostilities on
land and sea, and the news was tele-
graphed and cabled to every point
where our army and navy could be
reached. simultaneously the block
ade of Cuban and Porto Rico ports
was ordered to be raised.
The terms of the protocol are prac-
tically those first proposed by the
United States. Spain is to relinquish
all sovereignty over Cuba. Porto Ri
co and all other Spanish islands in the
West Indies, except Cuba, are to be
coded to the United States, and we
are also to select one of the Ladrone
islands for our own. The United
States will hold the city, bay and
harbor of Manila, until the future of
the Philippines shall have been deter
mined by treaty agreed upon by the
peace commissioners. All the Span
ish islands in the West Indies are to
be Immediately evacuated, and com
missioners will shortly convene at Ha-
vana and San Juan to arrange the de-
tails.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-08-18

The war with Spain lasted ia days,
and it has cost our government up to
this time $l50,OOO,OOO. Of course
the expenditures will continue to be
very heavy for some time to come, as
the army and navy, which was SO
largely increased, will be maintained
at full strength until all the questions
have been finally settled and the gov
ernments Of the various islands in
volved have been put upon a perma-
nent basis.