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The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1898-09-07

Oinaha Exposition wires the Gazette az
follows:
EXPOSITION GROUNDS, Sept. 2.
Gazette: Nevada agricultural ex.
hibit here is shameful disgrace to the
State and positively powerfully injurious
to her best interests.
Nevada exhibit" consists of five
sagebrush, one sign, part of the Uni
versity exhibit OF grain and grasses shown
at our State Fair, and fifteen dirty sacks
OF Leete's salt. The exhibit" should be
withdrawn at once. am personally
responsible for this statement.
N. A. HUMMEL
The people of Nevada should take
steps at once to havea the "exhibit"
withdrawn for it can do us no end of
injury if allowed to remain. We don't
know either that any one other than
those interested have any right to with
draw anything placed on exhibition By
H. B. Maxson, but for the State to be
obliged to father it is simply disgraceful
as Mr.. Hummel suggests. The Gazette
would respectfully suggest that the ex-
hibit be labled "Col' Ii. E. Maxson,s
exhibit" if it has got to remain in the
exposition building.
Words can but feebly express the
shame and Indignation of Nevadans who
have visited the Omaha Exposition and
have seen Nevada's agricultural "exhib-
it," The foregoing telegram sent the
Reno Gazette by the editor of the DIS
PATCH tells the whole tale. It is indeed
vile that this great State which took 80
many prizes, blue ribbons, diplomas and
medals at the Worlds Fair shall be so
libeled now at Omaha. The Gazette
hits the nail on the head by truthfully
saying the exhibit" was to satisfy the
personal vanity CT one man. The go
called exhibit is a wonderful farce and
the laughing stock of all sho see it. 1t
is hourly working Nevada world OF
harm and doing her more injury than
can be repaired in quarter Of cen
tury. In the name of decency, conlinon
sense and State patriotism u ringing
protest couched in no uncertain terms
should be made against allowing a con-
tinusnce OF such an exhibit" even for
an hour longer. Whoever invested II.
b. Maxson with the authority to label
that mess OF trash ut Omaha as "Nev-
ada 9 exhibit" should at once zee to il
that the infamous and damnable thing
be Withdrawn forthwith.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1898-09-07
STEWART AND The UNIVERSITY,

The State University is one of the
public institutions Of Nevada to which
the people point with honest pride. 1t
was Senator Stewart who eleven years
ago secured legislation by which Govern
men: aid was procured for the Univer-
sity. He drafted bill, which was pas
sed by the Legislature OF 1887, relating
to the State University. This Act pro-
vlded for an agricultural as well as
mining and mechanical department at
the State University so that the pro-
visions of the Act OF Congress providing
for Experiment Stations would apply to
it. This accomplished he procured an
order establishing an Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station in connection with the
University for which the Government
appropriates $15. 900 annually.
Subsequent to this action Senator
Stewart took up what is known as the
"Morrill bill," which had been pending
in Congress for more than dozen years.
He consulted with Senator Morrill, and
pointed out the objections to the bill and
conferred with House Committee on
Public Lands on the subject. The re-
suit was that Senator Stewart redrafted
the bill, eliminated its Objectionable
features and it passed both Houses OF
Congress. This Act appropriated $751;
0O0 for the first year and provided that
the amount be increased 81 600 yearly
until it reached 5000 year, which
sum is to be paid annually from the Ma
tional Treasury for the State University.
This year for the first time, Nevada re-
ceives $4,000 for the support of the
State University, besides $l5, 900 for the
Experiment Station, making sac, 900 in
all.
The Act also provides for a Military
Instructor who shall be detailed by the
War Department from the army and
whose services as such instructor shall
be paid for out of the army approIria.
ton.
The Board of Regents in recognition
of the energetic action of Senator Stew
art in securing the passage of the Uni
versity bill by Congress named one OF
the principal buildings at the Universify
''Stewart Hall. 4rse
The people Of Nevada have not and
will not forget what Senator Stewart has
done for their principal seat of learning
and especially should the people OF Reno
remember it, as the University is one Of
the chief atti actions OF the city and is
one OF material benefit to business men
aud others. The action of Senator Stew
art makes it possible for Nevada to
maintain this great educational institu-
ton, for without the appropriation made !
by Congress, Nevada could not well sup
port 1t, desirable as it is.-Reno Journal.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1898-09-07

If you go camping you should look up
the prices the N. II. & s. Co.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1898-09-07
A Disgrace.

N. A. Hummel, who is now at the
Omaha Exposition wires the Gazette as
follows:
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1898-09-07

nm Our Bar Ia equipped with high grade
xxx Liquors. Wines and Brandies. The
uHlI celebrated Anheuser- Bush Beer DC.
per glass; the famous Budweiser ut
26c. per bottle, especially adapted for
family use and the highest grade Of Cigars
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-27
Causes OF Obesity.

A writer in 'L'Union Medicale" re-
marks upon the fact that, as q general
rule, obesity is more frequent in cold
climates than in hot, the Inhabitants of
the extreme north becoming very fat
from the great absorption of fatty
foods, oils, ETC., this superabundance
of such food, with the Increasing use
OF alcohol, and more indoor life, fav-
oring the production of fat On the
other hand, the inhabitants of the tor
rid zone, who live on a scant fruit diet
and exercise constantly in the open air,
rarely fatten. Again, while all au-
thorities agree that Authorization plays
a strong part in obesity, opinions vary
as to the particular foods. In the nor
NAL nutrition, the fats introduced in
the alimentary canal are broken up in
to glycerine and fatty acids, and the
greater part is oxidized in the organ
tsm-body heat resulting from the
com bustion-while the small amount
which escapes immediate combustion
accumulates in the various tissues and
constitutes reserve which can be
utilized when the supply of fat from
without fails. If, then, the foods are
in amount, or If their
oxidation isincomplete.t the equilibrium
will be lost, and the fat will accumu-
late in the cellular tisuess, causing OBJ
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-27

the five chief buildings of the city, one
being the steeple of the Nieuwe Kerk.
The grand review Of the Dutch fleet,
which was to have been held during
this week, has now been postponed un.
til the end OF September, as it Is con-
sidered that the five days of uninter-
rupted festivity and excitement will be
enough to exhaust the energy of even
so blooming and healthy q young girl
as Queen Wilhelmina.
l have often heard it said that the
Dutchman Is at heart q republican, and
cares but little for the pomps and cere-
monies of court life, which do not APP
peal to his sense or stir his imagina-
ton. as Is the case with more warm
blooded Latin races. Either this theo-
ry is untrue, or else the worthy Hol-
lsnders have permitted their devotion
and affection for their young queen to
get the best OF their democratic senti-
ments. For they are certainly spsring
neither money nor trouble to celebrate
In fitting manner the coming of age
of "Hare Msjesteit de Koningin. -
de Foutenoy in the Washing
ton Post.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-27
photographinq Flowers.

The members of the Camera Club
are strongly urged to make series of
flower studies during the coming sea-
son, beginning with the early spring
flowers, and ending with the wild aster
and golden-roll of autumn. These lit
tie studies will be of use in many ways.
They can be used as frontispieces for q
collection of landscape photographs,
for decorations for menu card, souveIilrs
for an evening social, cards to accom-
Pany a,holidsy gift, etc. In making
these flowers studies the pictures are
satisfactory if q single variety is pho
tographed by itself. They may be ar
ranged in q vase of graceful shape, or
thrown down on q table. The back
grounp should be of somedark material
for white and light-colored flowers, but
for reds and yellows light back
ground is preferable. Use orthochro-
matte plates, so as to render the true
color values. The best place to photo
graph is in . room with q north light,
placing the flowers so that they will be
lighted from the side. If photograph
ed out-of-doors they have fat looK,
from too unifrom an illumination
Harper's Round Table.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-27
Poisonous Garden.

Among the garden plants commonly in
vogue which possess poisonous nature
botanlsts mention the flowers of the
jonquil, white hyacinth and snowdrop,
the narcissus being also particularly
deadly, SO much so, indeed, that to
chew a small scrap of one of the bulbs
may result fatally, while the juice of
the leaves is an emetic. The berries
of the yew have killed many persons,
and 1t is pretty well known nowadays
that 1t Is not safe to eat many peach
pits or cherry kernels at once. The
lobelias are all dangerous, their Juice.
II swallowed, producing vomiting and
giddinness, with pains in the head.
Lady's slipper poisons in the same
manner as does poison ivy, the bulbs
seeming to be the most harmful. Lilies
OF the valley are also as much 80.
There Is enough opium in red peoples
to do mischief, and the autumn crocus
vomiting and purging. The leaves and
flowers OF the Oleander are deadly, and
the bark of the catalpa tree is very mis-
chievous; the water dropwort, when not
in flower, resembles celery, and is viru-
lent.-New York Tribune. -3ise.9os
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-27
Light ang Dark Eyes.

One Of the latest subjects of popular
discussion is the relative predominsnce
OF light or dark eyes, and some in
teresting data are published in "The
Philadelphia Times" from which it
appears that, taking the average of
Europe and America, 44.6 is the per-
c,sn1sage OF men having light eyes, in
Guiding blue and gray, and the proper
eyes is by the same computation
34.2 per cent; in other words, blue
eyes are decidedly rsrer among women
than among men. But it appears
that though men have light eyes more
generally than women it is shown that
in the Intermediate range of color be-
tween light and dark the percentage
OF the two sexes is very nearly, though
not quite, the same, there being in this
intermediate category both brown and
hazel eyes, neither pure light nor
genuine black; the percentage of these
among men is found to be AL, and
among women 45.1. The percentage
OF dark or black eyes is 2O.7 per cent
among women, while among men it Is
l2.3-that is, of the whole number.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-27

The clumsy scows which brought
| the troops across were most of them
on the island, and practically useless in
hasty departure. Not knowing what
else to do, Col. Devens drew his mer
up in battle line in the little clearing
at the top of the bluff and awaited the
attack. The clearing in which the
troops were stationed faced the river,
and was surrounded on the other three
sides by thick growth of woods.
When the confederates reached the
scene they did not leave the
woods, but fired on the Union troops
under their cover, doing deadly work.
They filled the treetops with sharp
shooters, who Osdded to the destruc-
ton.
The position of the Union forces was
well nigh hopeless, but they fought
like heroes. Soon, however, the ter
rible fire became too severe to endure
and the order to retreat was given,
and down the steep bluff to the water's
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-27
Rubber WarShips.
Cleveland Plain Dealer,


An Ohio man has come to the front
with singular request. He wants
Uncle Sam to build his warships of
rubber. The Ohio man thinks it would
be good thing, and there are reasons
for believing that his ssnguine views
have some substantial backing. Sup
pose the new battleship, Csoutchouc,
for instance, stumbles on the enemy in
midocean--Or in midsummer. The
dastardly foe at once opens fire on her
at short range. The frst shot misses
her. The second strikes her squarely
amidships, and, bounding back, carries
smokestack, his cooks galley and all
the captains official bric-a-brac. II
there Is third shot it may not strike
the CaoutchOuc SO squarely. If it takes
q glancing blow it is likely to fly into
the air to such tremendous height that
when it returns its momentum will be
sufficient to carry it down the. enemy's
open hatchway and straight through
his unprecedented bilge cellar. If
he survives these setbacks-he may
fooishly attempt to ram our rubber
pride OF the seas. What will be the
consequence? The more forcfble the
blow the more shocking the rebound.
A 16-knot collision of this character,
would undoubtedly fling the enemy
back with such force that it would be
quite characteristic of him to land-if
there can be any landing in midocean
wrong side up, position which may
be classed among the most embarras-
sing OF marine situations. And all this
without shot being fred by the def
enders of our flag.
Then take the case of the elastic plat
ed ram Rubberneck. An ingenious
continuance could enable her to sud-
denly stretch out her ramming apart
ment and strike the enemy q solar
plexus when he least expected it. And
the very impact of her blow would at
once caused her to rebound to q point
OF perfect safety. Then think of the
extra number of troops the rubber
warship could carry by little judi
cious stretching. If she struck a rock
she would simply bound away. If she
grounded herself all that would be nec-
esary would be to loosen few of the in
ternal joints and Orders that hold her
elastic sides apart, when she would at
once partially collapse herself free.
Oh, that Ohio man isn't such q wild
eyed dreamer as certain envious east
ern editors profess to believe him. A
rubber warship is something more tan
g1ble than q mere stretch of the i'm
aginatiOn.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-27

mo wonder the painters love Holland Pictures, pic
lures everywhere in sky and land sea- writes Edw
"A. Steiner in the September Woman's Home Compau-
ion, in article entitled Fair of Hol-
land Whether you see them from the sea or from
the land from the the alley always beautiful
always pcturesque sunshine rain in storm and in
cam always pleasing the eye. soothing beauty:
not grand the mountains vast and terrible as the
sea, but quiet like lullaby
The crown of the Netherlands is safe inWihelminas
keeping Large her domain will never be- but ALWAYS
great. Her armies and fortresses small and few
but the homes pure and clean, and the people con-
tented and peace-oviug Modest lowy, yet beautiful
and great is this little country in which for centuries
the people have batte with the with tyrants
and have BOTH The traveller amazed at the
spotless pavements the wekept farms the shining
houses but this eternal cleanliness only the outward
manifestation of the character history Of the people,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-27
A QUESTION.

If you will kindly tell me, please.
What animal am,
| shall be very thankful
I'm grandma's blessed lamb"
Ny brother Archie says that kid
Upsets our whole big house;
And when l tease my grandpa,
I'm just his little mouse"
L give Aunt Bess letter, and
She says. '"Thank you. my deer"
And then I'm papa's monkey"
Which certainly in queer, A.
And Uncle Charlie says I'm stubborn
As a "good-sized mule"
My mamma calls me Sweetheart"
When I've been good at school.
Now, this is all confusing
To Il man who Is so wee,
call myself just Teddy"
Pray, what would you call me?
New Orleans Picayun
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-27
the Fifteenth Massachusettsvolunt

the Fifteenth observation-disclosures
Company D.
Lieut.. Grout, the subject of "The
Vacant Chair" was the only son OF
Jonathan and Mary Jane Grout, and
was born in Worcester, Mass, July 25,
1912. He seemed to have been born
for q military life, and inherited, un-
doubtedly, love for the camp from
his ancestors. 1t was early . question
what profession in life he should fol-
low, q matter which was not settled
till he entered the Highland Military
Academy at Worcester. where, in the
military department.. he was active and
enthusiastic and soon became COM
mander of the cadets, winning their
favor by his genial nature and his at
tention to duty. Hardly had his am
billions been thus gratified when the
civil war became the matter of
sll-absorbing interest to the people.
When the Massachusetts, Fifteenth reg
iment was organized he received a
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-27
lie soldiers tumbled pell-

NELL.
The confederates followed close upon
them, thrOnging up to the edge of the
bluff, from which position they sho,
the retreating soldiers down like dogs
as they rushed madly up and down the
river bank, crossed in the boats or
for liberty. Escape was well-nigh i'm.
possible, but many preferred death to
captivity, and took the slim chance
offered.
1t was during the fight and retreat
that CIRCUITS character, his bravery
and training asserted itself in a man
per never to be forgotten. During the
battle, while men fell on every side,
he escaped unframed, and his
courage and self-possession urged
his men to renewed efforts. When
the day was lost and the men were
forced to retreat to the river he seem
ed to be utterly tie oe. REGARDLESS Of
the wounded conveyed to the
opposite shore. tHe crossed the
stream with. a boat load of sufferers,
and, seeing them safely landed, re-
turned to render like assistance to
others; but the deadly fire made it
necessary to abandon the boats and he
was soon obliged to plunge into the
stream to save himself from captivity
or death. He had reached the middle
of the river when he exclaimed to q
comrade near at hand: "Tell Com
pany d [ could have reached the shore
-but-I'm shot-I must sink.'' The
waters Immediately closed over him
and his spirit was freed from the con-
flicts of earth.
When his death was announced, Col.
Devens, with deep emotion, said:
Dear little follow: he came to me at
the close of lthe battle and said: rs
there anything more, colonel, any
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-27

thing more that can be done for the
men" and I replied, Nothing, but
take care of yourself"
1t was later learned that GrOut ask
ed to be relieved from the duty of of.
fcer of the guard, to which he was de-
tailed on the day of the battle,
and which would have kept
him in camp and out of the fight, in
which he lost his life, had he so desir.
ed.
| For some time the Potomac held the
body in its embrace, but it was finally
surrendered to loving hands, and later
was tenderly borne to his native city
for burial. The "heart of the COM
monwealth" had never known a sad
der day than when his remains. under
the escort OF the Highland cadets, at
tended by the mayor and both branch
es of the city government, Col. Devens
and q large concOurse of sympathiZlng
citizens, were taken to Rural.cemetery
for interment. There his body now
rests, marked by simple monument.
Many tears were mingled with the
volleys fired over the grave of the hero,
wLo, at the early age of 18, fell q vol
untary sacrifice upon the altar of his
country.
The death of so young and promising
soldier at the threshold of q brilliant
career and the beginning of the war,
made strong impression upon the au-
thor of the poem, who had seen much
OF CIRCUIT, owing to his close compa-
nionship with Mr.. Washburn's eldest
son. One November day, not long be-
fore Thanksgiving. as Mr.. Washburn
was walking alone and meditating up
on the sad death of the brave lad, his
heart went out to the bereaved family,
whom he knew would miss with much
acute pain the absent loved one on the
approaching day of feasting. Suddenly
the words of the poem flashed through
his mind, and he wrote them down on
the spot, just as they now stand, with
hardly verbal alteration. His idea
was to send them to the family. Later
they were given to Worcester paper
and printed simply with the initials
II. S. W." attached. Coming as they
did in the hour of anxiety and sorrow,
with their sweet and consoling beauty,
they were speedily copied far and wide
in the press of the country. Among
others they met the eye of George F. |
Root, the composer and writer of war
songs, who set them to music without
even knowing who the author was.
This added to the POEMS fame, which
soon became international. So it stands
soday, as it ever will, for "vacant
,ha1rs' must always be sources of deep
sorrow as long as the human race
lasts. /
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-27
1.-THE VACANT CHAIR"
How the Poem Came to be Written.

We shall meet, but we shall miss him,
There will be one vacant chair,
We shall linger to caress him,
When we breathe our evening prayer.
When year ago we gathered,
Joy was in his mild blue eyes:
But Il golden cord is severed.
And our hopes in ruin lie.
At our fireside, sad and lonely,
Often will the bosom swell
At remembrance OF the story
How our noble Willie fell;
How he strove to bear our banner.
Through the thickest of the fight,
And upheld our country's honor
With the strength of manhood's might
True, they tell us, wreaths of glory
Evermore will deck his brow;
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-27
Electric Cars Promote Health.

A young physician said to me one
day recently that the number of child
rem who actually owe their lives to the
electric cars may be estimated by
thousands.
You can hardly calculate, " said he.
The good that ride into the country
does baby who is fairly Frustrated
with heat. 1t is possible to find along
the lines OF the electric railways places
where the temperature is 20 degrees
lower than in town. The cool fresh
breeze after stirling hot day, in a
OF life for child. 1 wonder that some
fresh air society doesn't charter a car
on some of the lines and serve it In the
evenings for mothers with sickly little
children, letting them ride free. I
don't know of any that would do thing
more good herein Washington, where q
four, and-a-sixth-cent ticket put within
reach OF everybody luxury our
grandfathers couldn't have had for a
million dollars"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-27

commission as second lieutenant in
company Dan honor rarely bestowed
upon so young man. He was very
popular in the regiment. His knowl-
edge OF military tactics was such that
MS services as drill master were in
constant demand. He assured his
friends at the time of his departure for
the front that he had girded on his ar
NOR Tor all the emergencies of war and
for victory or death. He seemed to
feel the solemnities as we'll as the re-
sponsl biiities OF his position, but never
faltered In his purpose, or in the duties
which devolved upon him later.
Itwas the fortune of the Fifteenth
disastrous conflict at Balls Bluff, DC
tober 21, 1861, the first in which the
regiment had ever participated. The
Union troops had crossed the Potomac
river from their camp at Poolsyille.
some miles back on the MARYLAND
shore, in clumsy mud-scows, expecting
to surprise and capture Confederate
camp some distance back on the Vir-
ginia shore, and little or no prepare
ton had been made for hasty retreat.
Hardly had the forces landed and
scaled the steep bluff to q little clear
ing beyond before the Confederate
troops were aware of their presence.
through skirmish between the ad-
vance guard of the Union troops and a
company of Confederate cavalry.
This placed the Union troops in a pc
cuIiar position. They had come over
to make an aggressive fight, but know
Ing that the COnfederates were aware
OF their Intentions, they deemed it un-
wise to advance into q country of which
they knew little. There was no pre-
parat1on for q retreat. The action of
Gen. Stone in sending the troops over
In such q way was the occasion of much
discussion, and he was court-mart:aled
for il after the battle