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The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02
AS TRUE AS GOSPEL.

Speak we'll OF your friend, OF your
enemy. say nothing.
He who says what he likes will hear
what he does not like.
A mans manners are the mirror in
which he shows his portrait.
Learning is either good or bad ac-
cording to him that has it-an excel
lent weapon, II well used; otherwise,
like a sharp razor in the hands of a
child.
Life is no idle dream, but solemn
reality based on and encompassed by
eternity. Find out your work, and
stand to it; the night cometh when no
man can work.
All brave men are brave in initia-
tive, but the courage which enables
them to succeed where others dare not
even attempt is never SO potent as
when 1t leads to entire self-forgetful-
ness.
Not unremembered is the hour when
first friends met Friends, but friends
on earth. and therefore dear; sought
oft and sought almost as oft In vain,
vet always sought, SO native to the
heart; so much desired and coveted by
all.
Human happiness has no perfect Sc
curity but freedom, freedom none but
virtue. virtue none but knowledge has
any freedom, virtue nor knowledge
has any vigor of immortal hope except
in the principles of the Christian faith
and in the sanctions of the Christian
religion.
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SIZE AND CAPABIL,TY.
Tho Asiatic Elephant Is Likely to In
crease In Numbers.

In many cases the difference be-
tween brains and no brains, or very
little, has preserved one species and
consigned the others to destruction,
says the Spectator. Size makes no
difference at all in this general result,
which applies equally to the elephant
with the rat. OF the survivals of the
giant beasts" of previous ages, crea-
lures whose mere bulk is on a scale
quite removed from the animal life OF
today, one. the Asiatic elephant, not
only maintains itself, but is even like.
ly to increase in numbers under the ac-
tive and interested care of man. Omit
ting for the present the case Of it's Afri-
can cousin, we find four other gigantic
beasts nodded almost on the same
scale, two of them inhabiting the same
regions as the Asiatic elephant, all
vegetable feeders, and requiring no
more specialized food than their sue
cessful compeer, elephas Indicus. These
are the rhinoceroses of India and of
the Gangetic peninsula and the
white and black species of southern
and central Africa. To these must be
added the hippopotamus protected by
a fortunate adaptation to aquatic life,
to which the great rivers of Africa af-
ford unrivaled chances of survival. All
these giant beasts, except the elephant,
are vanishing, almost solely from lack
OF brain power, which protects the ele-
phant both directly, in making him
vigilant, cautious and resourceful when
wild, and indirectly but even more eff
fectively, in these days by making him
possible and in some cases an indis-
pensable servant to man. That the
rhinoceroses in their wild condition
have died out almost in proportion to
their stupidity is obvious from the case
of the South African species. The
white rhinoceros, now believed to be-
extinct, was. after the elephant. the
largest of land mammals and almost
the dullest. 1t was sleepy. short
sighted and stupid. Hunters shot it,
as it lay, before it was awake. The
black rhinoceros. while equally stupid,
is more vigilant animal. with quicker
senses; hence its partial survival The
Indian rhinoceros is duller creature
than the smaller species found in the
Straits settlements and the south of
the trans-Gangetic peninsula, and it is
be due to an originally circumscribed
habitat, as well as to its sluggish
habits.
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THE HARMLESS RATTLESNAkE.
He VIII No. str,I- ,r Gently Deal, Will,

He VIII Not Strike If Gently Dealt with
! have seen IL good many rattle
snakcs-perllaps Il hundred or more
in these mountains. says John Muir in
the November Atlantic. but have new
er Intentionally disturbed them, nor
have they disturbed me To any great
extent. even by accident. though they
We're oftentimcs in danger of being
stepped on. Once, while on my knees
kindling fire, one glided under the
arch made by my arms.
The last time | sIunicrcd through
the big canon | saw about two II day
One was not coiled. but neatly folded
III Il narrow space between Two cohblc
stones on the side of the river. his head
below the level of them. ready to shoot
up like n Jnck-in-thcboX for frogs or
birds. My foot apanncd the space
above within an inch or two of his
head. but he only held it lower. In
making my way through particularly
tedious tanglc of buckthOrn. | parted
the branches on the side of an open
spot and threw my bundle of bread
into 1t, and when, with my arms free
| was pushing through after it, saw
n small rattleSnake dragging its tail
from beneath my bundle. When he
Caught sient ol me he eyeu me ansrlly
and with an air of righteous indignn
tion seemed to be asking why l had
thrown that stuff on him. He was so
small was inclined to slight him. but
he struck out SO angrily ! drew back
and approached the opening from the
other side. But lie had been listening,
and when | looked through the brush
i found him confronting me still with
come-in-if-you-dare expression. In
vain i tried to explain that l only
wanted my bread: he stoutly held the
ground in front of it, and l was afraid
that IL he came nearer he might close
in on me and strike before l could get
away In such tanglc: so Just went
back a dozen rods and kept still for
half an hour. and when | returned
found he had gone.
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SuasIon.

Now was come the age of the moral
suasion. when parental kindness was
rafting around trying to fill the place
of the rod and trunk strap. Give me
10 cents, mamma" persisted the boy
with faxen curls, land I'll take the
medicine!" No, Clifford" exclaimed
the sweet woman, tears springing to
her eyes, ''papa's salary is cut and five
cents is all we can afford!" Inwardly,
however, she thinks what terrible
thing is poverty.-Detroit Journal.
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NATUREDoEsN'r LIKE GENIUS.
sho Always Provides for tho Extinction
of His Race.

sho Always Provides for the Extinction
of His Race.
Through all time men of genius have
sconed at and have ridiculed the at
tempts of purse-proud old "richesse"
10 create superior orders of manhood,
says the Humanitarian. Nor is this
matter Tor wonder; they were and are
ridiculous. Yet these attempts are re-
peated every hour Considering them
one would suppose that wealth, titles.
dignities are talismans which insure
virtue and honor and personal worth
and beauty in those TO whom they de-
scend. Talismans are ridiculous and
so are titles. Nobility is OF blood and
not of garters, royal sponsors and
christenrobes. Pedigrees, portraits
and family history, when truthful, tell
us a great deal about nobility of
race. Titles, quarterings and patents
are worthless; and the production of
n great genius is, in general, as bad a
sign as the production of a great prof
ligate. Races that produce geniuses
should be avoided; the best is the sec
ond best-the normal. Genius, as
some one (Victor Hugo, think has
finely said, is promontory stretching
out into the ocean of the infinite. Look
for the descendants of Shakespeare.
Bacon, Macaulay, Wellington, Nelson,
Gibbon. Swift, Voltaire, Carlyle, Bona
parte. Goldsmith, Spenser. Milton,
Cromwell. Disraeli-to take a few
names at random-and you will find
that they are not. For the genius is
always transgressor of the normal
sport" He is never symmetrical.
Such a one nature likes not and she
makes provision for the extinction OF
the race.
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ThinSs Have Changed.

That young gentleman doesn't take
much interest in political news" re-
marked Miss Cayenne.
How do you know? You met him
only a few minutes ago.
"Yes; but he alluded to Philadelphia
as quiet town. n.'-Washington Star.
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02
TOO GOOD TO BE FREE! But send a5c and we will
mail you n trial treatment of IS Drops
Cured Nervous PrOstratiOn, Rheumatism,
Catarrh and Stomach Trouble
MOTHER AND 3 DAUGHTERS CURED BY "5OROPS."

SwanonF Fheumn C urc 20 hingoJu
is Tho IN s.
using to
tmeI hardly IN o
Irn
DROPS
youh hyen % conf
nn0nc,,
psrnane cur m
n n r 4 SGf
10 bn Bonh ti
bottle 900 os 81 oo prepaid by
agents.
RHEUMATIC CURE Chicago,
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AN OLD-TlM Err.

This well-preserved old house was
built in 1898, as the stone in the gable
end testifies. 1t occupies the grounl
adjoining that on which stood the
house always known as THE Old John
son House." which was built in 1898.
1t was q plain, one-story, modest look
ing stone dwelling, with curb roof en-
closing the garret. During the battle
of Germantown, two cannons were
placed directly in front of it, In order
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02
Pathetic Scene.

The minstrel man lay dying. He
called his eldest son to his bedside and
said: My boy, l cannot leave you any
money; l have spent that as fast as |
made it. But you shall inherit the
heirloom that / received from my
father. 1t will make you living; 1t
made his and 1t made mine" Then,
laying in the hand of the young man
the worn and stained joke book, he
breathed his last.-Ex
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02
,,o,r.s,lon Of, millionaire.

A millionaire confessed the secret of
his success in two words-hnrd work.
He put in the best part of his life gain
ing dollars and losing health. and now
lie was putting in the other half spend
ing dollars to get ii back. Nothing
equals Hostcttcrs Stomach Bitters for
restoring health. 1t gets at the start
ing IHint-thc stomach-nnd cures dys-
pepsia and Indigestion.
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02
beware of Ointmrnt- for Cntarrh Thn'
Contain Mercury,

As mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
smell and completely dcrappc the whole system
when entering II through the mucous surfaces,
Such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians, us the
damage they will do is tcnfold to the good you
can possibly derive from thon. Halls Catarrh
Cure manufactured by f, j. Cheney & Co,
Toledo. o.. contains no mercury, and is taken
mucous surfaces OF the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine.
1t is taken internally. and rnalc In Toledo. ohio
by +. j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold
by Druggists price 15c per bottle.
Halls Family pills are the best
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02

it all troubles have gone. My monthly
sickness used to be so painful, but have
not had the slightest pain since taking
your medicine. l cannot praise your
Vegetable Compound too much. My
husband and friends see such n change
in me. look so much better and have
some color in my face "
Mrs. Pinlsham invites women who are
i'll to write to her at Lynn, Mass, for
advice, which is freely offered.
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02
Beetle That Holds On.

The rhinoceros beetle has a tenacious
and as powerful a grasp as the most
ferocious bulldog. Its head may be
two-thirds severed from its body, and
1t will not loosen it's hold 1t has real
horns and not mandibles. like many
of its family.
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02

All of the street railways of New
York have changed, or are NOW chang
ing their motor power 10 the under
ground trolley, and within n few
months there will he 100 miles in oper-
alton. The change has involved Il cost
of $50, 600 900 or more
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02
He KnoN TT.

The Good Man-Do you know that
there are breakers ahead of you? The
Wicked One-Ye-hic-yes. s'pose
my-hic-wife and her mother'll break
my-hic-head when I git home.
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02

is advertised for IL. Pictures of II new
stove always represent a woman with a
white apron on and her hair curled, the
picture of ncatnoss. engaged in cooking
the meal. As said before. stove
does all that is ad"Crtised for IL.
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02

I'm surprised to hear that you're so
enthusia site over golf. SliEher. Do you
play?" Not in thousand years: would
not know a link from balloon. But my
game that she has quit trying to run me-"
Detroit Free Press.
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02

When vines cling brown upon the wall,
The light burns high-the Gnsmans glad
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02

Isabel. won't you stop singing q ut
tie while? | want to take nap. Ger
tainly. papa but | wasn't singing. was
practicng my college yell
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"Timmins is going to give his wife 80
cents every time she hears him utter an
oath" "Yes: she is stone deaf"
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02
Could She Tnlkf

Can she talk, old MANI" Can she?
Why, last summer, in the mountains.
she didn't even let the echo have the
last word Puck.
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02

While there's life there's Soap-Dia-
mond &c" Soap.
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02

Are you getting ready for Thanksgiv-
ing?" "Yes: I've found a place where
can get trusted for turkey"
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02

Cousin FlaviIla is too lazy to live"
why do you say so?" she keeps her
buttonhook on the floor"
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02

Some men avoid disagreeable task
by persuading themselves that its ac-
is an Impossibility.
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02

Poverty may blunt our other senses,
but 1t sharpens the taste.
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02

For complete list of prizes given free
to users of Diamond &C" Soap write
Cudahy Packing Co., So. Omaha, Neb
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02

"Why didn't Alice get engaged to that
plumber" "ilc would propose only n
few words at a time and then go away"
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02

DRY GOODS by NAIL Send in your name aud
get n copy OF our Holiday Catalogue FREE THE
GOLDEN EAGLE, luth and Lawrence Denver, Colo
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Your wife seems intensely patriotic. ~
"PatriOtiri II eagle WAS good to eat you
would never see turkey on our table
Thanksgiving DFy.
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"IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED"
SAPOLIO
When / call Madgc n rosebud
Her glancos are glad.
If ! call her n daisy.
Why. then she gets mad.

never used SO quick cure as Piso's
Cure for Consumption.-J. y. Palmer,
Box HI, Seattle, Wash, Nov. 25, 1895.
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02

q. what is your theory about clevating
the stagcP 81 would begin with the
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02

B& Is Cough DROPS made by bowman 4
Burcson. Denver.
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02

Mrs. WinsIow's soOthIEg syrup
For children teetng the gums m
ma ,aays pain. wind collie. rs cents bottle
The Springfield herald., 1898-12-02

THE OLD JOHNSON HOUSE.
to silence the musketry of the British,
who were stationed in Chew's house
Immediately opposite
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-16

Vigor with which the war was prose-
cuted and the stateslnanship displayed
in the peace negotiations, so far as they
have progressed.
The hope is expressed that if there
had been sacrifice of life and health
through the incompetency Of any Off
cial the offender shall be punished
regardless of past or present political
. affiliations.
I The platform declares anew for a
single standard of value, and that
standard gold.''
Never before in the history of Re
publican politics in Connecticut has
there been SO bitter a contest as that
which was waged in the ante-conveli-
tion stages between the forces seeking
the nomination for governor, with
George E. Lounsbery on the one hand
and John Addison Porter, the presi-
dents secretary, on the other
Mr.. Porter forced the fighting on a
platform avowedly constructed as cp-
posed to the state organization of the
party. The fight was early outlined
and it was carried into the earliest eau
cuseS and primaries. AS a result prob
ably no convention was ever before
held in Connecticut when so few dele
gates entered the convention hall un-
instructed and untrammeled by resolu-
tions of preference.
The surprise of the day was the un-
eXpectedly overwhelming victory of the
Lounsbery forces. Mr.. Lounsbery is a
wealthy shoe manufacturer of South
Norwalk, a member Of the state SEN
ate and a brother of Ex-Governor
LounSbery.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-16
NEVADA M'KINLEYITES
Went Through the Ceremony of Nom
mating a Ticket

Reno, New, Sept. 15.-The delegates
to the Republican state convention met
in caucus at noon today and decided
to make no nomination for congress-
man. The convention proper immedi-
ately assembled and effected its organ
ization by the election of o. H. Gray
as chairman and A. Faulk and William
Higgins as secretaries.
The usual committees were appointed
and the convention took a recess for
half an hour, when the committee on
credentials made its report, which was
adopted. The convention then took a
recess until o'clock p. m.
Upon reassembling, the committees
on order of business and on platform
and resolutions made their reports.
The platform strongly endorses Pres
ident Mckinley and his administration
in the successful and speedy termina-
ton of the war with Spain. 1t declares
in favor of the immediate construction
of the Nicaraguan canal and its per-
manent control by the United States
government; also the enlarging and
strengthening of the navy and coast
defenses, and a standing army COM
mensurate with the dignity of the ma
ton It commends the annexation of
the Sandwich islands, and declares in
favor of territorial expansion.
The platform reiterateS faith in the
great Republican principles of bimetal-
lism, protection and reciprocity, and
declares that, as the Republican party
is pledged to binetallism, the settle
ment of the financial question may be
safely left to the national Republican
party.
1t declares in favor of the construc-
ton of storage reservoirs for irrigation,
and urges representatives IN congress
to secure their construction by the
general government.
It declares in favor of the submis-
sion of the woman suffrage question to
the people.
The following ticket was then nom-
mated by acclamation:
Governor, William Mcmillan of
Storey; lieutenant governor, ]. w. Fer
guson; state treasurer, F. ]. Button;
state controller, c.. f. Turretin; at
torney general, NJ. A. Murphy: sur
veyor general, Allen C. Bragg; super
intendent of public instruction, Orvis
Ring; state printer, Joseph Eckles; re-
gent state university, long term, r. K.
Colcord; short term, ]. w O'Brien.
The offices CT attorney general and
justice of the supreme court were
passed end left 10 be filled by the
state central committee.
Convention adjourned sine die.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-16

Washington, Sept. 15.-The cabinet
met in special session at 8 o'clock this
afternoon and adjourned at 4 o'clock
All of the members were present ex-
cept Secretary Alger, who is not in the
city. All united in the statement after
the meeting that they had agreed TO
say nothing more of the deliberations
than that the peace commissioners had
been fully instructed AS TO the nature
OF these instructions, they conveyed
not a word. Each one pointed out that
to do so would be extremely lmpoitlc,
and would amount to arming the Span
ish commissioners in advances against
themselves. The peace commissioners
who We're approached on the subject
made similar responses, thus closing all
official avenues of information. 1t was
said that the commissioners were full
ly instructed" and, upon seeking
further explanation of this phrase, 1t
appeared that the cabinet had patient
ly gone over III the discussion with the
commissioners every subject that in
their opinion could be brought into the
proceedings before the joint commits
sioners On each of these the Ameri-
can commissioners were made acquain-
ted with the views and wishes of the
administration.
1t is not to be understood from this
that the commissioners go under iron
clad and Interchangeable instructions at
all points, for there is a certain amount
of flexibility in the instructions, or, as
one of the cabinet members put ii, the
president might just as we'll have re-
duced his wishes to paper in the form
of an ultimatum and have sent that to
Paris by messengers. The peace COM
missioners are in no sense mere mouth
pieces, but, having chosen with the
greatest care and consideration five
men ir whom he puts the most explicit
confidence, the president feels that they
are to be trusted with the interests of
the United States. 1t is not expected
that they will have a free rein in the
larger questions of policy, but with am
pie OPPORTUNITIES for consultations by
cable and otherwise, there is no reason
why the commissioners should not be
able to carry out the desires of the
administration and at the same timet
have the opportunity to somewhat
shape those desires by conveying in
formation they may require.
WILL MEET MERRITT.
For instance, it is expected that at
Paris the commissioners will meet Cen
eral Merritt, fresh from Manila, and
in addition they will there have the
benefit of a special report from Ad-
miral Dewey. These will be of the
greatest value, for the commissioners
are not acquainted with the Philippine
question in detail, and even the infor-
nation that is to be acquired from
the Spanish peace commissioners is not
to be despised, when it takes such an
official form that it can be relied upon,
as to accuracy.
All the arrangements have been COM
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THE HERALD BULLETIN,

PAGE ONE
Peace Commissioners Instructed.
Colorado McKinleyites.
Omaha Money Conference.
PAGE TWO.
A LoveSick Chinaman.
Too Many Generals.
PAGE THREE
Incidents at Havana.
Independence of Cuba.
PAGE FOUR.
PAGE FIVE
Populists in Convention.
Burglar Wilson Gets Five Years.
Death of Mrs. Mary Warner
Sprague.
PhGE SIX
A Parallel Ledge.
State News
PAGE SEVEN
Financial and Commercial.
PAGE EIGHT.
All Satisfied With the Ticket.
Social Realm.
Match Horse Race For 81 200.
Utah Sugar Company's Dividend.
Railroad Matters.
Preacher or Forger.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-16
AN IMMENSE ALTITUDE.
Spencer, the Aeronaut, Made a High
Ascension.

London. Sept. 15-Next to the high
est balloon ascension on record was
made here this afternoon from the
Crystal Palace, Sydenham, by Stanley
Spencer, the well-known aeronaut, and
DR.. Berson. The balloon, which was
inflated with pure hydrogen, and has
a capacity of $500 cubic feet, attained
an altitude of 27.500 feet. At the
height of rs, 900 feet the air was so
rarified that the occupants of the car
were compelled to breathe compressed
oxygen by tubes. The temperature
was 81 degrees below freezing point.
The atmosphere was clear and the
coast distinctly visible. The balloon
fnally descended near Romford, in
Essex E.
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yer; lieutenant governor Charles E.
Noble of Colorado Springs; secretary of
state, w. H. Brisbane of LeadviIle; !;
treasurer, Fred o. Roof of Las Animas
county; auditor, George S. Adams of
Weld county; attorney general, C. c.
Goodale of Prowers county; superin-
tendent of public instruction, Mrs.
Lucy z. H. Scott of Denver; regents
of the state university, Harry B. Gam
BILE of Boulder, Mrs. Jennie G. Casweil
of Grand Junction and L. c. Greenlee
of Denver; chairman central commit
tee, A. B. Seaman of Denver.
The convention then adjourned.
Henry r. WoIcott is a brother of the
junior senator from Colorado It is
understood that his name will also take
the place OF that of Simon Guggen-
helm at the head of the anti-Teller sill
yer Republican ticket. Mr.. Guggen-
helms declination is said to be already
in the hands of the Broad state com
ro7if
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SOLDIERS WILL VOTE.
Pennsylvania Official Goes to Manila
to Receive Ballots.

Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. 15.-Ex- Senator
S. S. Steele of this city has left for
Manila. where he will receive, super
wise the counting and carry back to
Harrisburg the vote of the Pennsyl-
vanians who are marching in advance
Of the American flag on the other side
of the globe. Senator Steele goes direct
to San Francisco. He carries with him
instructions to the voters and expects
to have cabled to him the complete
ballots. He expects to hold the cleo
ton on Nov. S, When the election will
be held in this state The election will
be held under the laws of the state.