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he high and lofty purpose of the cru

tho high and lofty purpose of the cru
sadcr Passion and human nature were
not to be rccsoncd with i'll the fight
But they must be rockoned with now.
"Stop" she cried "You--you don t
rndorStand. IL rcrcr mcant-I-Mr,
Fcl"Htc, it is impossible"
There was u dead silence for a mo-
mcnt. Tho man stood perfectly STILL
with his hands gripping each other be-
hind his back.
81 Sec" he S1id at last, in a low
voice Your belief in mo won extend
so far as that"
ooh, no, no. ] do believe i'll you, in
deed | do. But
"Wcll, What is it? There is some one
else, supposo:'
She nodded slowly. She did not care
to trust her voice at that moment. He
camc suddenly toward her and grippcd
her by the shoulders and looked down
at her. She thought she had never seen
his eyes so hopclcssly weary as they
were then.
"Do You know what you have dono?"
he cried almost harshly "Did you
think you could como into mans life,
as You have come into niue, and then
smiliuglv wave your hand ono day and
pass out Of it all and he forgotten, with
only your good deeds left behind: Did
you think that"
II did nut know II wanted to hclr
you. | have been engaged TO this man
since | was Il mere child. We knew
each other us children. He is in India. y
Does he know You as / know you--
this man who is to claim you? Have
You done for him what you have done
for me, you sweet little blundcrer;"
1T was not necessary. " Sho wa.
shaking and trembling. She had covered
her face with her hands.
81 soo," nc said again. "IIe wasn't
on the downward path. He'd something
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chief element in the fighting force Of s
body Of cavalry. They are expected to
deliver swift mighty and telling blows
by rush Of the mounted charge Take
their horses away, and they have no
such element Tho regular cavalry at
Santiago had no weapons whatever but
the KraS -JCrgensen carbine. Without
horses, without sabers and with no
chance whatever to use tho cavalry
formation, they were reduced almost to
the status of simple body Of brave fell
lows, organized into companies and bat
tolions who would fight to the death in
any tight place where they were caught.
In the matter of uniform the now regu-
lar army soldier is out us campaign
err and fighter. There is really little of
the old style military ncatness and gilt
tor about it. 1t is combination of the
frontier hunter and cowboy costume, TO
be warm or cool ut will, To crawl III
without disordering through grass and
bushes. Battle stained and well worn,
there is no name for it but tough look
ing" but the closer it is examined the
moro evident it becomes that it is the
most servicoablo under any test that
could bc devised.
In the battle at Santiago the ground
was so broken and rough and the BUSH
es, vines and high grass SO general that
tho masSinE of men under eye from any
given point could not be carried out.
BY instinct the officers Of small groups
and tho soldiers, under noncommission-
4 I. 81,
ed forward, always and always for.
ward, shooting at every Spaniard III
sight. Wherever they saw path or
clearing or a knoll which offered an add
vantage they rushed for it, fought for
it, and in so doing at last brought order
out of chaos. hazard nothing i'll say
ing that without the high character
and intelligence, the pertinacity and
courage of the subordinate officers and
the enlisted men Santiago heights
would not have been carried on July
nor retained on July 2. The necessity
for thorough drill and training as well
as instructive courage to bring soldiers
M to state Of working efficiency was
/ proved on every company line.
| Forty thousand volunteers like these
who fought on July and ,, and these
men tho very hest and grietiest imagi.
nable, would never have carried the
! San Juan hills and blockhouscs, and il
they had BY stroke of fortune tumbled
upon them without fighting would not
| have gone forward to the key crest and
! its TANKS.
This is not the views of regular,
but of a veteran volunteer, whose con-
illusions are drawn from study Of
what the regulars as individuals, as
companies, battalions and regiments
Il ia the several emergencies forced
1pon them, especially in the hours be-
Veon daylight and dark on July /.
GEORGE H. kILAIER.
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soldiers OF these VETERAN OF TWO WARS.
regular regiments, veterans of Santiago
and Indian campaigns, are generally
reticont upon the subject of their
wounls-those, Imean, who carry scars.
On tho other hand, they arc very curl
Gus to know whether the men wearing
Il. \. r. buttons, whom they meet cas-.
ually, have battle scars. Unwilling TO
exploit their own, nevertheless they
think that scars are the true badges Of
battlefield courage.
Drinking is exceedingly rare among
tho officers and mon of the regular ar
my today. This will sound odd to
those who have outwaNlly carried in
mind some drinking fellow rs type of
the United States soldier The drinking
man swagyerS around and exploits him.
self as u representative Of the army,
but really represents the guardhouse Gle
ment, which is very small indeed. The
truth is that the officers of the army
have no toloration for a brother officer
who gets drank, and they have no use
for an enlisted man who gets drunk.
Tho shoulder strapped drunkard is
speedily ostracized and eventually driv-
on out Of tho service.
The reading public is often deluded
and sometimes amused by scandalous
stories getting abroad in regard to what
might BE chilled morbid and undemocral'
10 jealousy among officers of the honor
of their class-that is to say, of the so
cial AS we'll as of the professional hon
or. One thing is the question of tn
marriage of officers to women repre-
senting the enlisted class. Such idea
may work harm in some instances, bu
they do work good in driving from tn
army those who would disgrace the
uniform and bring disgrace upon &
services, to say nothing of the evil do
to the nation by having such great pow
or resting upon an Enthusiastically ma
Just as drunkards are driven out
the army by the social ostracism
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their other rIo,A,t uIHccrs 80 arc tho
incompctents of every class. The high
standard of the army is kept up by
close study and practical exercises. No
dumb head can maintain himself any
length o. time around headquarters Of
the army. This does not refer especial
~ to the general headquarters, but
those Of any post regiment battalion
or company.
AS rule tho regular infantry had
been prepared ~ its long marches and
skirmishcs as we'll as it's battles in the
Indian campaigns for the work of in
vading Cuba. Tho cavalry fought dis
mounted, and to people familiar with
tho work done hv the army in the civil
war at first this seemed all right. In
tho civil war tho cavalry played part
wholly unknown before in war. 1t
fought often as infantry, and toward tho
close Of tho war the volunteer cavalry
was simply body of mounted infan-
try. That is all right. II almost always
happens in Il campaign that the SUCCESS
depends upon rushing troops with mus.
| kcts in their hands to q certain point.
But getting them on horseback doesn't
constitute them cavalry i'll tho true
sense Of tho word Cavalrymcn are
taught to fight on horseback. they 1.-Two
with their horses, who are their COM
panions and friends and u part of their
equipment for offense and for defense.
Our regular cavalry horses have been
tp 10 II 70, hpt
bodies hroastwork for the trooper to
/ lie behind and fro over them with safe
| ty to himself.
In a larger sense the officers and men
/ depend upon the horse to constitute the
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Roughton, he muttcred, looking at
him, "only I'm little farther on tho
journey than you"
Presently the boy fell into n heavy
slumber with his head among tho glasses
face was flushed, stood up and stcadicd
himself with hand On the back of u
chair. lie laughed in his throat, and
then, with shaking hand, h2gan to
pour some mere whisky into his glass.
y sound at the other end Of tho room
caugcd him to lco! up with Il start. Ho
set down the bottle and drew himself
up. with hit hNllds gripning the Chair
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Spraggs--.Tarrs who S been awfully un-
lucky at racing, threatens to commit sui
eide He says hen make II hole in the
water.
Baggs-If he does, ho'll DO certain to do
it in the ranwatcr butt,
Spraggs-Why soy
Hagg,-Wcll, Jaggs is such lazy fell
low that he'd naturally prefer to mako Il
hole i'm soft water. Nuggets.
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GLOW does your husband spend his
time in the evening""
"Ho stays at home and thinks of
schemes to make money"
And what do you do with yourself
when he is thus occupicd:"
"Oh, l think of schemes to spend i'll"
London Fun.
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Ihc ONLY EInlanAIinn.

Conductor, screamed the angular,
sharp noscd woman in the trolley car,
this man is putting his head ON my
shouldcr'
He must be asleep, ma am. or blind,
snid the conductor, shaking tho offender
roughly by the shoulder, Chicago Trlb-
al
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ScRrPn Him on.

lubbock had to change his boarding
house"
what fory"
Ellis landlndy said she would reduce
the price of board to him if he would teach
her four daughters to rldo wheel. -
Chicago Record
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D g u a RREL
will be struck
up by the rcgu-
lars with tho
volunteers over
tho glory won
in this war.
Volunteers are
speak ing for
themselves, and
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"Do you know why camo to Devon
shirc?'
"Tcll me-" he pleaded humbly.
"Bccauso'--
"Wcll?'
"Bccauso"-she chung to him and
hid her faco-"bocauso | wanted my
scamp"
THE End.
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regular army. A
single man with
the smell of pow
der and the
marks of bullets
upon his gar
nents wields II
tremendous pow
er ever men pre-
disposed to mar
| tial life. He is Il
hero, and his
word is law, his
conduct n model.
The officers and
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Skaters regulars, as J. have seen
them at their work, arc new creation.
Their equal in so largo a body, aSSum-
ing that all under arms are like them,
never before existed in time Of war,
that crucial time for trying the stuff
that is in soldiers. We hadn't them in
1872, nor in Mexico, and, Of course, not
in the civil war. There seems To me but
ono way to account for our having them
now, and that is that tho protractcd and
terribly severe civil war produced the
battle experienced officers to rally
around thom and mold into perfect sol
dierS tho most Intelligent hardy amt
martial minded young men Of the coun-
try.
Veteran officers Of martial record and
name and bearing have something in
their presence which will call ont the
very best there is in any young man as
sOciated with them. Generals whose
names had become household words be
cause of thoir distinguished services in
the war went back TO their regular cont
mands as majors and colonies. Very
few Of the major generals of volunteers
reached tho rank of colonel in tho reg
ular army upon the reorganization at
the close of tho war,
Thoroughly seasoned war colonies be-
came captains and lieutenantS in the
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A Bad Fit.

Reputation is u good deal like linen
suit"
CLOVIS thatS"
when you undertake to wash it, it al,
ways shrinks tho wrong way. Detroit
FREQ Press.
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II Seemed So.

Patron-How long have you boon here
waiter?
Waitcr-Tcn days, sir
patron-Scnd another waiter TO me-
then This steak was ordered before your
time--Judy.
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Must Get Nlarr,ed,

William (readins)-Pa, what's pro-
'nged ooniicty
Pa-It's something you'n never be able
understand my boy, until you grow up
ID get married. Chicago News.
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Minnic-Havc you and Charlie agreed
upon terms of peace YETI
Gracc--No, we haven't got any further
than II protocol He brought box of
candy last night, and | told him he might
come around sunday for the purpose of
discussing the matter. -Clcvclund Leader,
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A Man to 30 Patented.

"Babbitt boasts of being self made
man..
Hcought to have himself patented to
prevent the possibility of there bong an
other like him. - Philadelphia Bulletin,
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Realisn.

Don't you think Lucy's new sailor hat
perfeot?' said Miss Frocks to Miss Kit
ish.
1T certainly is, " replied Miss Kittish,
1t makes i.s scasck, Town Topics.
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Had "a Trunkful.

"Dd your sweetheart write to you whils
you were away"
"Writc to me- had to give away my
clothes so could bring her letters home
with me, "-Chicago Record.
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OUR NEW REGULARS.
A STRONG TYPE AS A RESULT OF OUR
CIVIL WAR.

Onccrs OF Great War Record Generals
at the Head of Bnttnlions-Coloncisa rs
Captains aud LicutenSnts-Tho Soldiers
Arc Young, but isuilt on Fine Models.
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Formers Wife--Our city cousins air
goin home Tomorrow.
Farmcr--I reckon it's bout time, Ma
ria. Seems ter mo they've bin uSin us fer
"a coain station this summor.-Ncw York
journal
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in making the above statement | only
paraphrase the words of scores Of gal.
liant field and limo officers who fought
at Santiago. Tho words were dclib-
erately spoken at Camp Wikoff in tho
division where war worn regulars and
volunteers aro camping together. went
to Camp Wikoff to study the regular
regiments, expecting to find tho theO-
rctioal, didactic and bookish flavor of
the West Point academy as outsiders
understand it prevailing, ana my ideas
were wholly changed by week of
close scrutiny. Almost all of the regular
regiments wcro led at Santiago by Off
GERS who took part in tho civil war;
tho same with respect to battalions
and to many companies. All tho gen
cral officers are veterans Of the war
without exception, and it il safo to say
that there was scarcely an officer on the
fighting limo at Santiago above tho rank
o. lieutenant who had not been in bat
Ito either in tho war which ended 33
years ago or against Indians.
| In the ranks striking contrast to
this exists. for mono of the men was in
the civil war. Many have seen fighting
on the plains; but, as rule, tho COM
mon soldiers arc young men, and if the
ages were averaged think it would ap-
pear that the mean average is about as
1t was i'll the war-namcly, about 22%
| But what glorious soldiers these young
/ fellows are--black and white AS to
the general efficiency of tho negro SOL
dicrs, their officers cannot say good words
enough about them. Officers from regi-
ments of blacks arc transferred to those
composed of white men, and vice versa;
/ hence have but the common term to use
when thinking Of tho men commanded
| by them, which is soldier. "
The Santiago campaign brings to the
front for the first time in our history a
real regular army. Almost all of tho
regiments engaged there We're regulars,
The more the campaign is studied the
more it will become evident that it is
most fortunate for the nation that this
was So This is no reflection upon the
volunteers, for / was volunteer myself
il lSGl-5 and have written in the
strongest possible language of the Prov
ess of the American volunteer as dis
| played i'll that war.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-03-16
ALWAYS A PRESIDENT.
The Thoughtfulness of Wales When Gem
eral Grant visited England.

T;,e Thoughtfulness Of Wales When Cen
eraI Grant visited England.
Grants minister to the court of
st. James being mortified at the
manner in which cx President Mon
roe was received at the many recep-
tlons to which he (oierrepont) was
an invited guest, and, though an ex-
president was often seated below
the salt, = being preceded by young
spriys of the English nobility, de
tel1nlned that General Grant should
not be subjected to a like treatment.
He went to the Earl Of Dutferin and
told him that General Grant was on
his way to England and that he
wanted him received in manner
worthy Of an American president.
Earl Dutferin replied: "Pierrep0nt,
you Americans are transformations,
you distain ts. les, you are perfectly
satisfied, like Franklin, to be plain
gentlemen, and. although | honor
General Grant as a great general, |
DO not see how he can be received
in state. There is no precedent
Give me |; precedent, and am will
ing to do anything | can for your
sake F."
Il can cite you a precedent, - re-
piled Pierrepont. when Napoleon
LII was exiled, Queen Victoria re.
ceived him in state, and he sat on
her right as an emperor. +"
"Oh, yes, said Earl Dufferin,
"once an emperor always an en-
peror'
accept that motto, said Pierre
pont. Once a president always
a president.
We'll ;, replied Earl Dufferin, Il
will call meeting of the embassies
and see what can be done =
A meeting was called, and several
ambassadors, representing Belgium
and several little principalties, re-
fused to sit below General Grant
Pierrepont, in his dilemma, went at
once to the Prince of Wales and told
him that General Grant was on his
way to England and the difficulties
he (Plerrepont) had to encounter in
regard to his reception.
i want you to preside at recep-
ton, with General Grant as the
guest =
Certainly, Pierrcpont, it will give
me great pleasure to honor General
Grant. Taking a memorandum
from his pocket, he erased an en-
and gave General Grant
a reception the day after his arrival.
invitations were at once sent out |
stating that tho Prince of Wales
would preside at a reception in hon
or OF General Grant Another meet !
ing OF the embassies was called, and
they asked three hours delay be-
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-03-16
No Use Scrubbing Him.

During the last Afghan war the
following joke was current through
out the army: The dirtiness of the
Afghan is proverbial, and it is said
that on one occasion General Rob
erts captured a soldier who was SO
exceptionally dirty that it was
thought necessary for the safety of
tho whole camp that he should be
washed. Two genuine Tommy At
kinses were told off for this purpose.
They stripped the prisoner and
scrubbed at him for two hours with
formidable brushes and large
quantity of soft soap. Then they
threw down their brushes in.disgust
snd went to their captain.
"What is it, men!'
"Wel], SIR they replied some
what excitedly, we've washed that
ere Afghan chap for two hours, but
it warn't any good. After scrub
bing him, sir, till our arms were like
to break b7est if we didn't come up~
on another suit Of clothesp' LION
don Glnha
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-03-16

Iore accepting, but they all sat be-
low the hero Of Appomattox.
When the Prince of Wales visited
America, in 1859, Edward Pierre
points was one Of the so families
delegated to. entertain him, and his
relations with the prince were Of
the closest. Pierrepont, though
small III stature, was Of indomitable
courage Being DESTROYS of visiting
the Garden OF the Gods, near Mani
tou. i'll 1889 and his attention being
called to the danger on account of
several hold ups near Colorado CITY,
he bought I, six shooter and insisted
upon the writer carrying his pistols
SO that they could be brought into
immediate play
At q reception where the lord
chief justice of England was guest
the subject Of American atrocities
was being discussed Pierrepont
quickly took up remark and said,
If you will look into your history,
after the Lord George Gordon riots
you will find that two wagon loads
OF young men were taken to Gal
lows hill and executed without any
form Of trial
The loss Of his only son at Rome,
who was a member of the diplomat
ic corps, was the SORROW OF his life,
and the Latin quotation He touch
ed the earth was q suitable inscrip-
ton, forwarded to the bereaved
family by the associate mem bers of
the corps. Washington Post.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-03-16
SOlicitule.

Il have had delightful evening,
Miss Gonevieve," said young Chol-
1y, rising to go at 11:30, land 1 had
no idea it was SO late, had you?"
"Why, Mr.. Smallweed, u
For heavens sake, Miss Gene
We've, exclaimed the young man in
alarm, "don't yawn! There was a
girl who yawned too hard the other
day and dislocated her jaw'
With an effort she turned the
yaWn into laugh, and the idiot re-
NAMED ten minutes longer.-Chi>
cago Tribune.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-03-16

To Cure a Cold i'll One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Cllri min
Tablets. All druggists refund th
money if it fails to cure. 25c.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-03-16

"But your earnings?'' I said.
The earnings?' he repeated,
with a pe1plexiny smile. eyes, the
earnings. AS I told you, l wrote
thousands OF articles, and they were
all rejected-all came back with
printed OF written notes Of thanks
notes from all over the world, some
OF them very odd, somo with well
known names signed to them-a
rare collection. One day I pasted
them III a book; another day l sold
the book.
'Sold the book!' / exclaimed,
"To a man with al exquisite sense
OF humor," he replied; "a retired
undertaken. What he wanted with
1T | do not know. With the money
he paid me | bought a farm. -
Willis Irwin in Lippincott's.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-03-16

II never had an article accepted, :"
he said Quietly. every man is
born with a desire he cannot erat-
lfy. It is part Of the discipline of
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-03-16

10 Cure Constipation Forever.
=, rake t2schrets Candy Cathartic lOc or 25c.
Al =. u Z. 1all to cure, druggists refund money.
The Ravalli Republican., 1898-03-16

In the quiet churchya ard that sleeps
in the shadows Of the chapel room is
" little grave, and at its head stands
heavy cross OF cleaning marble
on which is carved the one word
Rose. " 1t is David's last gift to
Rose.-San Francisco Post,