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TREASURE UNDER THE FLOOR.

In times of danger it is as natural for
human beings to bury things they prize
as it is for a dog to bury his favorite
bones. but few people would have
thought it quite safe to bury such treas
ures as a pioneer woman once conceal
ed under her floor. Daniel Drake in
the appendix to his Pioneer Life in
Kentucky" told the story as an illus
tratiOn of the Spartan qualities of the
woman among the early settlers.
A family, consisting of the husband,
wife and two children, one years old,
the other at the breast, occupied soli-
tary cabin in the neighborhood of
block house where several other fam
lilies resided, in the year 1889. Not long
after the cabin was built, the husband
unfortunately died, and such was the
grief and gloom of his widow that she
preferred to live alone rather than min
gle with the inhabitants of the crowded
block house, where the noise and hustle
would be abhorrent to her feelings. In
this solitary situation she passe sew
eral months. At night it was a common
thing to see and hear the Indians near
her habitatiOn; and, to secure her babes
from the tomahawk, she resorted to the
following precaution: Raising a punch
con Of the floor, she dug a hole i'll the
ground and prepared a bed, in which,
after they had gone to sleep, she laid
them side by side, and then restored the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-14
HUNTING THE WHITE SHEEP.
Big Game of Alaska Bagged By White Man For the FRS
Time.

Canton, N Y, Aug. 10.-There is
probably no man in America who has
hunted over more ground or pursued
more different kinds of big game than
Mr.. SiIas n. Malterner, whose home is
in this little Adirondack town. though
most of his time is spent in following
the trails of the wild northwest. NAL
terner is a huntsman of the old school,
who. has followed the chase for more
than % years, purely for love of it. He
has just returned from a trip to Cook s
Inlet. Alaska, undertaken year ago in
search Of the white sheep of that coun-
try, which no white man had ever be-
fore succeeded in bagging.
1t was during d trip through Oregon
that Malterner heard of the famous
Alaskan white sheep. Coming TO him
through the Indians, the stories at first
appeared to have but little foundation,
and zine persons out of ten would
haze passed them over as legendary
an example of the fertile big talk of
the northern red men. Not so with
Malterner; the prospect, vague though
it was, of being the first white man to
secure a specimen Of so rare an ami
NAL, appealed TO his love Of adventure.
Two facts rewarded his inquiries
among the Indians, and the few whites
who had heard something concerning
the subject. The first was that the
white sheep were to be found only in
the mountain Businesses of Alaska, in
the neighborhood of Cooks inlet; a re-
gion so difficult of access that even the
natives themselves seldom hunted
them. The second fact was that, al
though seen by a government official
professor Dalls) during his trip to
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| ways on the lookout for promising ma
terial, and was sent, after learning the
| duties of a sailor, to the government
| gunnery school. There he spent a num-
! Der of months under theoretical and
] practical tuition in the science of gun
| manship. When he graduated at the
/ end of the course he was detailed 10 the
| Newport torpedo school, and therel alb
sorbed more scientific training. A few
weeks spent in a private arms manu-
1 factory, and he was returned to the
service-and to his bluejacket's uniform
AS a seaman gunner. Although almost
! fitted for a commission, he is permitted
! to occupy position paying him the
meagre salary of S35 per month and ra-
lions.
There are many young men such as
he in our naval service. They are to
be found on every ship. and there are
hundreds and hundreds of naval ap-
prentices in training for the same sta
ton. 1t was either the seamen gunners
or men rendered expert by constant
practice after our thorough system who
manned the batteries of the Olympia,
Baltimore and Boston in the battle of
Manila bay, and of the Brooklyn, Ore
gon, Iowa, Texas and the rest of
SIMPSONS fleet in the destruction of
Cervera's fugitive squadron off San
tiago The man behind the gum in
the American navy is no magician. He
can shoot with marvellous accuracy,
and he can make g. sieve with a rapid
firing gun of any warship afloat, but he
is enabled to do it simply because he
has been instructed after that fashion.
AN AsTONISHED SPANIARD.
When the officers of Cervera's squad
ron recovered from their shock after
the annihilation of their ships, one of
them-the executive officer of the Ma
ria Teresa-exclaimed to Lieutenant
Commander Wainwright of the gallant
little Gloucester: 'Madre de Dios! you
Americans shoot three shots TO our one.
And you hit every time. How do you
do it? What is the secret?
TT is no secret" was the reply. we
keep our men constantly at practice.
They are at the guns day after day,
week in and week out. And we train
them under service conditions with the
regulation charges and projectiles
every three months"
The Spaniard was astounded. You
fire real shots?" he exclaimed. 1T
costs very much"
In that last sentence will be found
one of the most potent reasons for the
defeat of the Spanish naval vessels
during the present war. And if the de-
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Half an hour later I came upon a
herd of the animals grazing among the
rocks a thousand feet below. In order
to get a better view and satisfy my
curiosity, 1 unswung my glass and ly
ing. fiat upon the ground, watched the
animals for five or ten minutes. Then
/ started on once more, following the
narrow path along the face Of the cliff.
This, my first experience in the hunt
ing grounds Of the Alaskan sheep, was
the most dangerous had ever encoun-
tered. So steep and slippery was the
path / followed that it became neces-
sary to remove my shoes, and in many
places, where the cliff fell in a sheer
descent Of 1900 feet at my very elbow,
1 crawled along on hands and knees,
dragging my rifle after me. To add to
the danger of the situation, the rocks
which l was forced to clutch for sup
port crumbled beneath my hands At
times a pank of fog would sweep down
from the mountain top, completely en-
veloping me; then nothing was to be
done but to exercise patience, for With
ones eyes blinded by the dense mist, a
step might be i'll the right direction, or,
what was more probable, over a preci-
pice.
But when the shadows lifted, a view
was slowly materialized which would
have made any enthusiastic lover of
nature wild with admiration-and what
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-14
CLEANING AN EIGHT-INcH GUN ON THE NEW YORK

denly raised her arms over her head I'M
til her palms met, and then she dived head
first toward where 1 stood. Say. before
1 had time TO muster any kind of a line
of thinks, l heard a chuckle from all the
other bathers. and l looked around. That
girl had just come up about 30 feet he
hind me- and she was striking out with
her right arm fully extended beneath the
water and the left arm gracefully pro-
polling her about seven feet with every
move she made with it. She cut the wa
ter like a dolphin. She looked back at
me with merry-oh, a merry, merry
laugh-a merry ha ha. for fact. All the
rest of the bathers echoed the ha ha. Talk
about a jay feeling SMALL That girl kept
right on. She switched to a double over
hand stroke and swan that way f. a
hundred yards or so, and then she. 'ss,nt
ahead dog-faShion. making Steam-lal ~
time right along. Did l say 80 cents? Wel,
all l could do was to stand there in waist
high water and look at her After she
had gC~e about quarter of a mile. she
turned around and say, swimming on
her back. lad just kicking the water
away from her. without using her arms
at all I'll bet a watermelon that she was
back to the beach in less than three min
utes. She looked at me beamingly out of
the tail OF her eye.
=" Why, isn't it nice,' she said. And it
seems so simple. too
Then she ran to the end of the pier
and turned a double somersault into the
water, cutting it as clean as knife
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tails of history be carefully searched,
the loss of the Armada and the whole
series of naval disasters experienced by
the Spanish flag during the past cen
tury can be laid to the fact that they
have been parsimonious in expendi-
lures and dilatory in training.
PAUL JONES' EXAMPLE.
Paul Jones, before he made his fam
Gus cruise along England's shores in
the Bonhomme Richard, took his vessel
to sea and practiced zealously at the
guns for several weeks. He was the
pioneer of the present American sys-
tenn of naval gunnery. Thirty-five years
later. when the staunch old frigate
United States sailed away on the cruise
that was destined to bring her ever
lasting fame, her crew was composed of
sharpshooters-men who could hit a
mark with the ease of a frontiersman
potting a squirrel
In that same war the only vessel
which suffered an ignominious defeat
was the Chesapeake, and she was
manned. not by Americans, but by a
crew picked uD from the scum of the
water front-beach-c ombers and for
eigners all. Through the changing
years from that time until the present
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preston, such as might be worn by a
youth studying theology. He was clad
in the picturesque uniform of the naval
sailors; and there was nothing in his
attire or bearing TO indicate that he
had among his effects on board medal
won for expert craftsmanship with
great guns. He was a seaman gunner,
had graduated from the gunnery school
at Washington, and could place 10
inch shell in the vitals OF an enemy's
warship with the accuracy of a rough
rider using a revolver.
That young man had entered the ser
vice as an apprentice when he was
scarcely 16. He early attracted the no
tice of his superior officers, who are al
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ton. The distance between the sheep
and myself seemed to be only about a
hundred yards: SO L felt reasonably
certain Of knocking over three or four
over before they could get out of range.
Drawing careful sight on the ram l
fired; without waiting to note the re-
suit. l threw a fresh cartridge into the
barrel and drew bead on a fat eve be-
fore the report of my first shot had
ceased to echo among the distant
crags. A third followed the second as
quickly as l could work the lever of
my rifle.
Looking over the rock l saw the herd
coming toward me on the run. The
eve and lamb had fallen, but the old
ram, although apparently badly
wounded. was clambering over the
rocks. shaking his huge horns, and
swaying- unsteadily from side to side.
Fearing to lose him shot again, when
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OREGON SHORT LINES
II AThFoAD-

Trains arrive and depart at Salt Lake
City daily as follows:
ARRIVE.
r. On Effect July H. 1898.
rom Chicago. Omaha, st. Louis,
Kansas City, Denver. PARK
City and ogden ............. $40 pm.
from rom Helena, Butte. Portland.
San Francisco, Ogden and in
tefmedlate points. ................ S:55 an
From San Francisco Cache VAL
ley. Ogden and intermediate
From Chicago. Omaha. st. Louis.
Kansas City. Denver ana US-
Prom Frisco. Milford. Sanpete. ''1' 9 ~
provo; Eureka. Mammoth, Sill
yer City and intermediate
.MiSed train from Terminus 0'1O Pm
Tooele and Garfield Beach,. 400 pm
DEPART.
F2E an cc% GiPy 9 81 toai. D 6EGsn
and Park City. -; -, 7;OO an,
Fer San Francisco, Ogden.
points, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 500 am.
Omaha, st; Louis, Chicago and
For ogden, Butte .'' Helena. Port Wv ''''-
land Ind San francisco. s:45 pm.
Proyo, Nephi, Sanpete. MI
Iorc Frisco end intermediate
'Mixsd train for GARFIELD Beach. '''' d. II
Iooele and Terminus. ............ go am.
Trains south of Iuab run daily except
Sunday.
s$Daily except Sunday
CITY TICKET OFFICE Under Masonic
Hail, No. 200 West Second South street.
Telephone No $50
Railroad and Steamship Tickets on sale
to all parts of the world.
Pnllmen Palace Car ticket Office.
,. w. ECCLES. II z. hurley,
Gen. Trf Mgr. Gen. Pass. e Tick't Agt
w. II. BANCROFT
Vice Pres. & Gen. Mgr. !
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a nature thisl It's beauty and glory
derived from icy crags, a Hmitless
stretch of country. and the fantastic
effects of the rolling mists, as they
seemed to touch now here, now there
the towering peaks, again sinking into
the gloomy depths below To the
north. about rs miles distant, lay the
Alaskan range sparkling in a coating
of ice and snow. To the south rolled
the great rock ridges over which l had
climbed, interspersed with patches of
green and white.
a AIR-BREADTH ESCAPE.
My enthusiasm was somewhat damp
ened by the constant watchfuiness
was Obliged to exercise with regard to
falling rocks. which clattered about on
all sides. AT one point in the path 1
heard a tremendous crashing just
above, and glancing up saw a small
boulder the size of a buShel basket
coming directly toward me with the
speed of an express train. I had only
time to thrust the butt of my gun into
the snow and holding to the barrel with
one hand, bend my body as far as pos
sible in the opposite direction. So close
came the rock that it shot through the
space between the rife and myself,
whizzing as it passed like a mimic bull
let.
After an hour of this perilous scram-
bling and climbing I reached the sum-
nit of the mountain and the sight of
nine sheep quietly feeding about half a
mile below renewed my strength and
zeal in their pursuit. With the aid of
my glass 1 saw they were slowly work
ing toward me. Moving in my turn
slowly so as to meet them, I soo2
crouched behind a point of rock and
awaited their approach
In half an hour the herd came with.
in rifle shot and I could see that there
were ram. six ewes and two lambs I
had resolved to bag a ram for myself
and Dyche had expressed a desire to
obtain a lamb and eve for his couec-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-14
The MAN BEHIND THE GUN.
Pecuiarities of the Jackes Who Man the Great Guns of
Our Fleets

The other day a little girl living on
one of Brooklyn's streets, glanced from
the window. then turned and, clapping
her hands, called out Papa, papa!
quick. There goes a man in blue
clothes with a great rolling collar and
a round cap. And he has one of his
arms tied up. Who is hep
The father saw that 1t was a wound
ed man-of-war's man brought north
from Santiago for treatment. He an
sv cred his child. and there was a catch
in his voice as he said gently: That is
one of the nations heroes, little one.
He has fought for us and suffered for
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hour the man behind the gun in the
American navy has been trained and
watched and guarded as carefully as a
mother does her offspring. He is <iught
that the guns of the lighting battery
must be regarded as the apple of his
eye, and that their care. should be his
first consideration.
AFFECTION FOR THE GUNS
A visitor 10 one of our warshi9s viii
find the various guns as sDotlesssy
clean as a good housewives Kitchen.
The gunner's gang on board each yes
sci is always at work securing, pol
ishing and Frightening. The guns are
taken apart at stated intervals, a-.d
the intricate mechanism of the breech
given special attention. 1t is worth a
gunners warrant TO have a spot of rust
discovered on the bright work OF a
piece of ordnance under his charge.
This strict care tends to foster a pc
culiar affection of the men for their
guns, and they grow TO speak of them
as animate. beings. There is hardly a
gun in the navy but has a pet anne,
and in time of battle like that OF San
tiagO there is actually a rivalry be-
tween the differe@t. crews as to the
successes of their special pets. If the
casual visitor TO, one of the big war
ships carelessly places his hand upon
leans against its polished sides, he will
find the salty tar who has that special
piece in charge giarinS at hum in viient
rage If the deck officer is about. II
that officisl's-eye- is turned the other
way, the gunner viii resent the uncon-
scious sacrilege with q picturesque and
piratical flow of language that makes
the offender move TO a safe distance.
But il one manifests a friendly interest
in learning about the good record of
the gun he viii find that there is no
surer or quicker road to Jackie's heart
and that he can be eloquent by the
hour in praise of the fine points of his
fcvo-ites.
All this is wisely ordered. The Amer
lean system of gunnery in all its de-
tails stands indicated and upheld be-
fore the world, and in future years
when the history of this war is treated
dispassionately, a prominent niche viii
be reserved for that peculiar product
Of Yankee ingenuity and wisdom-the
man behind the gum
II. H. LEWIS.
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puncheon. When they awoke and re-
CURED nourishment she raised il, hush
ca them TO sleep, and returned them to
their hiding place. In this way she
passed night after night and week af-
ter week, with the Indians and her
babes as the sole objects OF her thought
and vigil
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LEAVE SALT LAKE CITY.


No. 2For Provo. Grand juno
non and all points eaSt.....----- S:5O am
No. 4-For Provo Crane juno
ton and all points east.......... 7;40 ?. N
No 6-For Bingham. Lehi. Provo.
Mt Pleasant. Manu. Belknep
and intermediate points. ........ 500 a. m
No. S-For Eureka, PSyson.
Provo and intermediate points. 800 p. m
No. 3-For Ogden and West...... S:I5 p. m.
No. 1-For Ogden and West.....-12:30 pm
No. 42-Fnr Park City-..-......-- S:25 a. IN
ARRIVE SALT LAKE CITY
No. 1-From Bingham. Provo
Grand Junction and the East .12:20 pm
No. 3-From Provo. Grand
junction and East..-.--..-....... 800 2. m.
No. 5-From Provo. Bingham,
Eureka. Belknap. Manti and
intermediate points...--.-.....--- SIS p. m
No. 2-From Ogden and tha
No. 4-From Ogden ana tho
=. w SSt .--.-... ......-...--.---. t.0o pm
No. From Eureka. PaysOn.
Provo and intermediate points 5. 1880 am.
No 4l-trolh Park ~v-.-.......-. 6:5e >. m.
Ticket Office. 10y w 2pd South. Posi-
oflce corner.
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The little water witch is enjoying
herself this morning. isn't she2 / heard
some people on the pavilion say
We'll. then, came away and I sailed
my sloeo to beach about 2S miles fur
Their down. haven't volunteered to teach
since vor hear me-
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Bucklen's Araica salve

The Best Salve in the world for cut.
Bruises. Sores, Ulcers. Salt RhelIm> Re,
yer Sores. letter. Chapped Hands Chi
blains. Corns. and all Skin Eruptions
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feet satisfaction or money ref,,ndes
Price. 25 cents per box. For sale bv y
G. r. ~ q.
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Smoke Silver Moon, the leading SC
cigar. For sale everywhere.
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THE COLORADO MIDLAND RR

4wo I-rOugn Lralns Daily.
Between Salt Lake CITY, Ogden an Lead
vile. Cripple Creek, Colorado Springs.
Denver and all points east. Only Inns
r-nnipx THROUGH CHAIR CARS.
7rhrougn sieepers on both morning and
evening trains. This line, IN connection
With the Rio Grande Western, reaches
EDanver earlier than any other line via
toiorado Springs. No change Of cars orr
SSIaved trains Take the Colorado MIDI
IanI and save time ana ENJOY the haestH
r15s and yrandese scenery in Colorado
FOR full Information call on any K G.
w Ry. agent, OF
W r. BAILEY. y. = HhOWN.
a p a. Gen. Agent
- assuvar. Colo. Salt Laks Ctty.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-04-20
ErwoRTH LEAGUE CONVENTION.
Morgantown District Leaguers will
meet here for two days in May-0ne
Hundred Delegates will be present.

The Morgantown District Ep-
worth League convention will be
held here ON May % and 26. There
are expected to be more than one
hundred delegates in attendance
and preparations are now being
made to entertain them during their
stay here Members of the local
society are canvassing the town to
find out how laany the different peo-
pie will agree to entertain. There is
a great difficulty in getting them
placed as the time for the conven-
ton is so near to commencement
that everybody would rather direct
their attention to getting ready for
that than in entertaining the dele
gates.
The occasion will be a very inter
esting one There are number of
papers and addresses which are to
be given and the conferences and
discussions in reference to the work
which is being done by the organ
ization will be of great profit. While
not SO large as many Of the gather
ings which have been here recently
nor coming from wide section of
the state this convention will be a
benefit to the town and will be glad
ly welcomed.
1t will come right after the meet
Ing of the editorial association and
just before commencement filing in
the gap very well. The m mbers of
the chapter here are looking forward
to the meeting with anticipations OF
most pleasant time.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1898-04-20
HURRAH FOR
FREECUBA

In the event of war with Spain
the United States is sure OF victory.
And it is certain that ABE COHEN
will triumph over every merchant
in Morgantown who shall try to
compete with him in the line of ell
egant goods that he keeps. He
will win in the mercantile battle
that he is waging in this most at
tractive city. Look at the quality
and consider the prices of his
goods.
Best Columbia Calico, &c quality,
Only 4zc.
Best Percals for Shirt Waists, I5c
quality, only IIHc.
Different grades Of Duck suitings,
l5c quality, only Ioc.
Atlantic Apron Dress Ginghams,
&c quality, only 31ac.
All shades of Cambrics, &c quality,
going at &C.
Best Ticking zoe quality, going at
lac.
otton Toweling, SC quality, 60
ing at SIC.
60 in. bleached Fruit Of the Loom
Muslin. Ioc quality, at nc
SO in. Unbleached Pocohontas
Muslin, Ioc quality, at nc.
Ladies Corsets, 75c quality, choice
of the r. N. G. or A. H. &
H., white, drab and black, all
sizes only 400.
Ladies I5c fast. black Stockings,
Seamless double soles, Ioc.
Ladies Ioc tan colored drop stitch
Stockings, Ioc.
Ladies $50 belts with metal orna-
ments, choice Of lot 2oc.
Boys and Children's I5c full seam
less Stockings, Ioc.
Ladies white hemstiched Hand
kerchiefs Ioc quality, &C.
Ladies Swiss embroidery Hand
kerchiets, 25c quality, I3c.
O. N. T. Clark's cotton 3 spools,
10 cents.