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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-24

lance, and the twain of the household
come besl1 to see the queen of happiness
on the throne amid the parlor floor.
But, alas, as they come back, the flow
ers have faded, the sweet odors have
become the smell of a charnel house,
and instead of the queen of happiness
there sits there the gaunt form of an
guish, with bitten lip and sunken eye
and ashes in her hair. The romp of the
dancers who have left seems rumbling
yet, like Earring thunders that quake
the floor and rattle the glasses of the
feast rim to rim. The spilled wine on
the floor turns into blood The wreaths
of plush have become wriggling rep
tiles. Terrors catch tangled i'll the can
opy that overhangs the couch. A strong
gust of wind comes through the hall
and the drawing room and the bed
chamber, in which all the lights go out.
And from the lips of the wine beakers
come the words, Happiness is not in
usr' And the arches respond cit is not
in us!'' And the silenced instruments
Of music, thrummed on by invisible
fingers. answer, ''Happiness is not in
us!" And the frozen lips of anguish
break open, and, seated on the throne
of wilted flowers, she strikes her bony
hands together and groans, cit is not
in me
Redeemed 10y Love.
That very night clerk with a salary
of 81, 900 a year-only 81, 000-goes to
his home, set up three months ago, just
after the marriage day. Love meets him
at the door, love sits with him at the
table, love talks over the work of the
day, love takes down the Bible and
reads of him who came our souls to
save, and they kneel, and while they
are kneeling-right in that plain room
on the plain carpet-the angels of God
build a throne, not out of flowers that
perish and fade away, but out of gar
lands OF heaven, wreath on top Of
wreath, amaranth on amaranth, until
the throne is done. Then the harps Of
God sounded, and suddenly there APP
peared one who mounted the throne
with eye SO bright and brow so fair
that the twain knew it was Christian
love, and they knelt at the foot Of the
throne, and, putting one hand on each
head, she blessed them, and said, clap
piness is with meI'' And that throne
of celestial bloom withered not with
the passing years, and the queen left
not the throne till one day the married
pair felt stricken in years-felt them
selves called away, and knew not which
way to go, and the queen bounded from
the throne and said "Follow me and 1
will show you the way up to the realm
Of everlasting love- And so they went
up to sing songs of love, and walk on
pavements Of love, and to live together
in mansions Of love, and to rejoice for
ever in the truth that God is love.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-24
A Commercial Estimate.

Cyrano de Bergerac was ''a gentle
man with very large nose. But was
the nose really as large as that of Sig
nor Rubbi. an opera singer of 70 years
ago? He was singing in Dublin the part
of Fiorello in 'FThe Barber of Seville I"
When he had sung "Piano, pianissimo, "
a voice cried from the gallery, "Mis-
Their Ruby'' The singer stopped a mo-
ment, and then again sang his ''Piano
pianissimo. Again the cry, "Misther
Ruby" The singer, at loss, looked at
the gallery and at the leader. He was
about to sing the third time when the
voice cried, "Bedad, Misther Ruby, the
full of your nose of snuff would be
worth sixpence. boston Journal.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-24
A StranEIer.

A new Flemish word has been coined
to express the French word "automo-
bile Draw in plenty of breath and
pronounce it "snelpaardelooszond
spoorwegpetroolrijtuig. !" To be correct,
if not already accepted, the word has
at least been proposed at session Of
the Flemish academy at Antwerp
London Chronicle.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-24
A Blind Prodigy.

Kokomo, Ind, has a blind prodigy
who took his cottage organ to the court
house square, tore it down and put it
together in three hours. The organ con-
tains 295 pieces, including keys and
reeds. After he reconstructed the organ
he played upon it. Not long ago the
town clock in the city hall tower got
out of order, and the blind man climbed
to the clock, 1876 feet, and repaired it.
His name is William Brinkman.-Ex-
change
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-24
Curzon,s Term and Salary.

Mr.. Cuzron's term as viceroy Of In
dia will last five years. His salary is
about 500, 600 year, with all ex-
penses paid by the government and he
is expected to live in great magnificence.
This salary and perquisites seem small
compared with the incomes of three of
the native princes who are allies of
Great Britain, each Of whom has $15,-
900. 900 a wear.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-24
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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-09-02
SOLDIERS COME HOME.
Flfty-second Regiment 10 Back In Camp
Mckinley.

| y r. 81 o. Il I B I
Flfty.second Regiment IL Back In Camp
Mckinley
DIES MONIES, August 31.-Thirty-sev-
en- officers and 97s men Of the Fifty
second regiment, Iowa volunteers, re-
turned to Des Moines yesterday from
the camp at Chlckamauga, and today
are camped at Camp Mckinley. 0fthe
total muster roll of the regiment, num-
bering 1873 at the time the regiment
was in camp at Chickamauga, eighteen,
so far as the reports to Major Bergen,
surgeon of the regiment, show, are
dead; few, possibly a half dozen,
were left at the camp hospitals because
they were too weak to be moved, and
the others have been sent to their
homes over the state on sick furlough.
Of those returning yesterday, ffty-six
were confined to their beds in the hos
pital cars, while probably not less than
100 others, who are still on their feet
and able to be about, are on the sick
rolls and are not required to perform
camp duties. Of the ffty-six in the
sick cars, thirty-seven were removed
to Cottage hospital, and the rest to the
Red Cross hospital at Camp Mckinley.
In all probability, cow that their is no
longer occasion for enforcing the rig
orous discipline of camp life, many OF
those who have been suffering from
slight fevers and malaria will go to the
hospitals to recuperate before being
furloughed and sent home
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-09-02
Disease More Deadly Than Bullets.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2.-The Tribune prints
statistics showing the number of SOL
diers who have been killed in battle
and have died of disease in camps dur
ing the war with Spain. The Tribune
says: "While $50 officers and men have
been killed in battle or died of wounds
received, there have died of disease in
camps between 1000 and 1000 volun-
teers and regulars. The Tribune has
secured the names of 1884 who died
in camp, on transports or at home.
after contracting the dread malady at
one of the camps. There is no doubt
about the 1884 whose names have been
secured. Neither is there much doubt
that there are hundreds dead whose
names could not be secured on account
of lack of records and the inability or
nnwillingness of army officers to fur
nish lists of the dead.''
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-09-02
TO INCREASE THE ARMY.
chairman Hull Would Have 100000
{ .5H'st tfhiUE 1tn nhln~ FOrCe.

Chairman Hull Would Have 100000
.%1 @ Standing Force.
One Of the important matters which
will occupy the attention Of con-
gress at the next session will be
legislation to increase the strength of
our permanent military establishment.
Chairman Hull, of the house committee
on military Affairs, who is in Washing
ton, where he expects to remain until
early in November, is devoting much
attention to the subject, and has
already discovered that the war has
removed some of the more formidable
obstacles which hindered and finally
prevented the enactment Of salts
factory law for the reorganization and
increase Of the army at the last session
of congress. Early in the coming
session he will introduce bill to cor
rect defects in the existing law and
increase the strength of the army on q
peace footing to 100000 enlisted men.
He feels confident the measure will be
passed, a-v. ..4
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-09-02
NatiOnalCurrency Convention
Three Days for Discussion OF Gold,
Silver and Paper Money.

One Of the most notable Of the gath
erings which have been arranged IN
connection with the ans-Misstssippi
Exposition is the National Currency
convention, to be held under the au-
spices Of the National Sound Money
League, September 10, IA. and ID.
VA GOLD DAY" ssy
Tuesday, September 13, will be gold
day. j. Sterling Morton Of Nebraska
City, Neb., president Of the National
Sound Money League, will call the con-
vention to order at II a. M. and Will
deliver the opening address. Other
addresses will follow by: Horace White,
editor Of the New York Evening Post,
on "The History Of the Gold Stand
ard" Governor Leslie M. Shaw OF
Iowa, on 1.-THE Farmers Interest In
Sound Money" H. p. Robinson of Chi
cago, editor Of the Railway Age, on
1.-THE Gold Standard and Railroad In.
terests," and Louis R. Enrich of Colo
RADIO Springs, Colorado. -.
SILVER DAY"
The second day will Is "silver day."
Hon. Charles A. Towne of Duluth will
preside, and the speakers have been
chosen by Mr.. Towne from among the
ablest opponents of the free silver doc
trine in the land. Mr.. Towne's open,
ing address will be on "The Coinage
and Use of Silver as Standard Money
Co-ordinately with Cold" Other
speakers will be Senator James K.
Jones of Arkansas, Congressman c. S.
Hartman of Montana, H. F. Bartine of
Washington, D. c., editor Of the "Na-
tional Bimetallist," and Hon. Horace
Boies of Iowa, who will advocate his
theory Of variable ratio.
PAPER MONEY DAY"
Hon. A. ]. Warner of Ohio, will
open the convention on the third day
paper money day. He will advocate a
paper currency composed exclusively of
government notes. Hon. J. H. Walker
of Massachusetts, chairman of the
house of representatives committee on
banking and currency, will reply.
Arguments in favor of government
paper money will be met also by other
able opponents of that system and up
holders of the single gold standard.
These will include George Francis Pea
body Of New York City, M. E. ingalls, of
Cincinnati, H. w. Peabody of Boston.
A general debate will follow on govern
ment paper money verses bank money.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-09-02
NATIVES AT WORK.
Residents of Manila Return to Peaceful
Pursuits.


Residents of Manila Return to Peaceful
Pursuits.
MANILA, August 30.-The indications
are that the natives are resuming
peaceful pursuits. They are tearing
away the trenches around Santana and
Pasay and beginning the cultivation
of the fields. Aguinaldo has removed
the seat of government from Bakoor
to Malolos, twenty miles north, on the
railroad, leaving the country between
there and Cavite free of insurgents.
Seven armed Taglo soldiers, under a
captain, were arrested in San Sebastian.
They were dragginga Spaniard, bound
and gagged, along the street. They
said they were taking a Spanish spy
out to shoot him. The captive was
rescued by the American soldiers.
Plans for the sanitation of Manila are
almost COMPLETED. ".-.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-09-02
TRAVEL WEST THIS YEAR

The Tourist Seeks the Mountains Rather
Than the Seashore and Lake.
The periods of Western migration of
people vary with the years. Some
times the attractions of the East over
come the distaste to long travel, and
the food of excursionists is in that di-
rection, but, latterly, the beauties and
benefits of Colorado scenery and air
have tipped the scales Of doubling
minds in favor of the great central
summer resort Of the continent. The
present summer has been a Western
resort epoch, largely because the rail-
roads have established and maintained
unsurpassed facilities for comfortable
travel. and the desirabillty of the To-
cation has become widely known
through judicious advertising.
The great game preserves and the
rivers stocked with finest specimens of
the finny tribe, the vigorous mountain
air, the gathering of pleasant people
at first class hotels, and the proximity
to home and business If required, have
proved stronger attractions than the
sea coast and the Northern lake re-
giOns. The vast mineral resources Of
Colorado have tempted y the watchfuN
business man to combine something of
business with his outing, too, and as
consequence Of all these reasons travel
to the West has been unsurpassed this
year and the state has found new
friends and gained new tongues to tell
its praise.
!: It is matter of such great import
ance that comfort shall be a striking
feature Of travel that the tourist as
well as the daily traveller in pursuit of
business should select his route with
care and judgment. The Missouri Pa
ciflc, with its many branches affords
opportunity for all the people to use Its
magnificent trains as far as Pueblo.
and there the Denver & Rio Grande
road, with It's justly bestowed celebri-
ty for piercing the most beautiful seen
cry of the mountain wilds. continues the
care and watchfulness which has been
so readily observed on the route to
Pueblo, and with every comfort at hand
and inspiring scenery round aboue, the
traveller finds himself at his destina-
ton unwearied. satisfied and ready for
what Fate has in store for the future.
It is a mental treat and rest as we'll
as a physical relief from heat and la
Dor, and should be provided for In the
yearly itinerary as much as the pro-
vision for the habilaments which Gus
tom prescribee. F. P. Baker.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-09-02
WANTS PERMANENT PEACE.
Csar Asks European Powers 20 Hold
Confersncs On the sb1ject.

Csar Asks European Powers 20 Hold {
Conference On the sbsject.
ST.. PETERSBURG, August 20. by or
4 der Of Emperor Nicholas, Count Muir
avieft, the foreign minister, on the Gath
inst, handed to the foreign diplomats
1t st. Petersburg q note declaring that
the maintenance Of peace and the re
I duction Of the excessive ornaments now
crushing all nations, is the ideal fol
which all governments ought to strive,
The car considers the present moment
favorable for the inauguration Of a
movement looking to this end, and in.
vites the powers to take part in an in
ternational conference as means OF
thus lnsuring real and lasting peace
and terminating the progressive in.
crease Of armament.
LONDON, August 80. The cars prop
osition for an International conference
for the purpose Of securing real and
lasting peace among the powers and
the termination of the progressive
increase in ornaments, as conveyed in
q note from Count Muravieff, the Rus
sian foreign minister, to the foreign
diplomats at St. Petersburg. is likely
to produce sensation throughout
Europe, and coming from such quar-
ter and with such evident sincerity
of purpose, it is likely to have import
ant effects. There is no doubt that
with Russia taking the lead in such q
step, Germany, France and the other
nations will be ready to follow.
LONDON, August 3l.-In some quar-.
tiers it is alleged that the cars an
nouncement was directly inspired by
Queen Victoria, whose dearest hope is
that her reign may not again be dis
turbed by war. The queen confessedly
long sought to restrain Emperor Will
liam, and not unlikely she used her
great influence with the czarina to
secure the cars support.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-09-02
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
wlKoFF A HORROR CAMP.

Or. Sem, of the United States Army.
Says 1t VIII BE Worse.
NEW YORK, August clamp Wikof
is to be Investigated. Gen. Wheeler
has ordered Gen Adelbert Ames, chief
of staff on Gen. Kent's staff, to con-
duct an investigation. He is given
almost autocratlc powers. General
Wheeler has ordered him to get at the
bottom of all the things which have
been complained OF. The subjects
Gen. Ames is to investigate are: Why
is the general condition of the camp SO
poor; why do the conditions that pre-
vail exist; who is responsible; why
troops were sent to the camp before it
was ready to receive them; why, since
there was but one railroad leading
into the camp, boats were not used to
carry men and provisions from New
York city; why needed medicines were
not ordered, or if they were ordered,
why they were not distributed; why
the hospitals are crowded: why trans
ports were allowed to lie in the harbor
without supplies and relief being sent
out TO them. 49,
DR.. Sem, assistant surgeon general
OF the army, speaking of the conditions
at Camp Wilzoff, said: II want you to
reiterate that unless this camp is
cleared out within six weeks it will be
the worst infected place in the United
States. The soil will be permeated
with typhoid fever and epidemics will
follow. 1t will be worse than it has
been at any time at Chickamauga. In
regard to that camp, I want to say
that I warned the Washington author
tiles before the soldiers were sent there
that danger would result from massing
a body of men there. I told them that
the water supply was insufficient, and
that the use of river water would
result in typhoid fever. My protest
went unheeded. The result was shown
when I was in Porto Rico with General
Miles. Almost the first men sent him
were from Chickamauga. They were
run down and half sick when they
arrived"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-09-02
ALL WANT IOWA LAND.

In "a Minutes So Filings Are Made on
Homesteads In the State.
DIES MONIES, August 31.-In the fed.
eral building fifty-three filings were
made in ffty-four minutes upon a tract
of 1,12O acres, located in Palo Alto
and Clarke counties. Some people
stayed at the building all night. The
greater number of these parties reside
in the district that had been opened,
and they appeared very anxious to get
the first file on the land, which they
assert they virtually own. The OPP
posing element assert the claims of the
original squatters will be declared null
and void under the law and all given
an equal show. The strip of land
which has been opened to entry was
formerly enormously included with
Lost Island lake
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-09-02
AFTER NILES.
Claimed That He Made Certain Dis
patches Public.

Claimed That He Made Certain Dis
. patches Public.
WASHINGTON, August 31.-When
General Miles returns to Washington
he will be asked to explain the recent
interviews published, and the publica-
ton of certain dispatches which the
war department had not made public.
Whether the investigation will take
the form of military court of inquiry
or private interview with the presi-
dent, secretary of war and General
Miles, remains to be seen. Meantime
the war department officials will not
discuss the matter. The department
is of the opinion that Miles made pub
lie dispatches of the secretary, Shafter
and himself. Such action it regards
as a breach of military regulations,
but no military court can secure proof
that Miles made the dispatches public,
if he and the persons to whom they
were furnished refuse to give the in
formation, as military court cannot
cOrnpel n civilian to- TESTIFY ~
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-09-02
ROW OVER SAMOANS.
Prospective Difficulties Between Cncl
Sam and Germany.

Sam and Germany. s
Washington dispatch: Trouble
is brewing over the Samoan Islands,
which, under the treaty of 1890, are
governed under joint protectorate by
the United States, Great Britain and
Germany. Germany had marked the
islands for her own before this treaty
was negotiated but her scheme for
absorbing them was blocked chiefly by
the United States, which by treaty in
1878 had acquired the right to estab-
lish naval station at Pago Page har-
Dor and had virtually established a
protectorate over the islands. Under
the tripartite arrangement Germany
has been the disturbing factor and
has endeavored to procure advantages
superior to those Of the United States
and Great Britain. Mr.. Cleveland
favored withdrawing from the joint
protectorate, but President Mckinley
has determined to retain all rights in
Samoa guaranteed to this country by
treaty. He IS now taking steps TO tm-
prove and fortify Pago Page harbor
and dispatches from Europe show that
Germany does not like this action.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-09-02
Conditions It Camp Thomas.

WASHINGTON. Sept. General 81.
v. Boynton, who was recently in
structed by Secretary Alger to report
on the conditions existing at Camp
Thomas, Chickamauga, has handed his
report to the secretary. He says the
conditions of the camp nave been
grossly exaggerated; that there is
plenty of room, comfortable tents and
bedding, pure water and an abundance
of delicacies. Attendance on the sick
has been ample in most cases, but
nurses have been overworked. He
says the stories of starvation have
probably arisen from denials of food
to convalescents who asked for what
they should not have. He also states
that most of the interviews with chap
lains, regimental surgeons and others,
now appearing at the north in many
of the newspapers in regard to the
camp are reckless and false, except as
to the filthy conditions which the:
own criminal neglect has caused.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-09-02
Killed bv an Enraged bull,

SHELLEY, Sept. Hugo Grewe, the
14-year-old son of julius Grewe, was
killed by a dehorned Durham bull.
The animal was tied in the barn on
George Mackinson's farm near Sibley.
The boys leased him until he became
enraged, when he broke loose and took
after Hugo, who was running from the
barn just as his young sister and step
mother arrived in a carriage looking
for him. In sight of the women and
Charlie Stitch, the hired boy, the fur
ious animal inflicted such terrible in
juries upon the boy that he died in a
short time. .--t e. ...
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-09-02
Furloush. and Leaves Of Absence.

WASHINGTON, August 30.-General
orders relating to the mastering out
of the volunteers and the granting of
furloughs have been promulgated by
Adjutant General Corbin. To those
officers and men who have served be
You'd the limits of the United States,
leaves of absence and furloughs for
sixty days will be granted respective
ly, while to those who have not served
outside of the country the leaves of
absence and furloughs will be limited
to thirty days. Such leaves of alb
sence and furloughs will be granted
by the commanding officers after or
CARNATIONS have arrived at state rem
devious, all to take effect on date for
thirty days or sixty days, as the case
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