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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-24

Baltimore American: Omaha is to open
its Transmississippi exposition the first
of June. and is hoping that the war ex-
element will not initiate against its sue
cess. a very large amount of money has
been expended upon the buildings, and
some very fine exhibits have already been
put in place. Its projectors are hopeful
creased by tourists, who will not go
abroad the coming summer or account
of the war with Spain. This may or
may not prove true but the exposition
certainly deserves success. even II IL
has the misfortune TO open at time when
the people of this country are thinking
of other things.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-24

Denver Republican,: Eighteen days
elapsed from the time when Admiral
Dewey asked for assistance in holding the
Philippines before the first vessel to go
20 his relief was started on its way. VINO
should be held responsible for such gross
procra Situation, and why?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-24

At a Georgia rural camp meeting re-
Gently, according to the Atlanta Consti-
tuition. the preacher. who was Leading
he service, touched on the war with
SPAIN and stopping suddenly in his SER
mon. called to an old colored brother in
the congregation:
'Br'er Williams, I'm gwine ter ak you
ter git right down on yo knees en- pray
fer de success er de American arms,
Br'er Williams got down" immediate
y. and in the course of his petition. he
said:
"Oh. Lawd. hep de American arms:
an. Lawd. whilst you lookin' after de
arms take keer err de legs. too, Don't
fergit de legs, good Lawd. kaze we gwine
need EN- ter run Wild Take de arms. ef
you must, but-spare de legs, Lawd. spare
de legsi"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-24

Denver Post: Three weeks have passed
since the humiliation of the Spanish fleet
in spite of Dewey -urgen, cali for rein
forcements in the shape Of troops. not Q
man is today on the seas sailing TOWARD
the Philippine islands. This one fact
speaks louder in condemnation of the dill
atory tactics persued by those in power
than any comment that could be made
upon them. If the fruits of Admira
Dewey's splendid achievements should he
lost Cor want of timely succor, as nov
seems probable. Is the administration
ready to shoulder the responsibility?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-24

Detroit Tribune: Secretary Long {
declaration that the government has been
much embarrassed by newspaper publca-
tions of intended and transpiring move
ments of the armies ard navieS is less q
reflection upon the newspapers than upon
the officials of the government. The blame
must rest upon the cabinet officers. gen
erals, admirals. commodores or other Oh
GERS of the government whose position
brings them cognizance of Strategic moves,
and who proceed to hunt up a newspaper
correspondent and convince him that they
are CLOSE to the administration by re-
vealing the knowledge they have gained.
Censorship over the newspapers would
not he necessary If the members of the
cabinet would exercise their authority by
preventing subordinstes from giving in
formation which it is important to keep
from friends of the enemy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-24

This statement is condensed from somewhat extended
testimonial of roller coverer living in North Carolina,
who had dyspepsia SO the doctors said in its worst FORM
for years In 1898 had to give up work had
dyspepsia papation of the heart aud couldn't
stand any excitement. All could eat without pain was
bread and water. couldn't sleep wink nights and
physical and mental wreck tried all kinds Of
saparla btters tonic pepsn liver and kidney medicine,
but kept ON getting worse friend prevailed upon me
to try Rpans Tabues and noticed change in few days.
sleep eight hours and feel better than have for years
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-24

New York Herald: Admiral Dewey's
brave sailors. who followed him unhesi
tatingly in the darkness into unknown
and treacherous waters, VIII receive
500. 900 as their share of prize money won.
They deserve it. and. every honor possible
10 be bestowed The greatest nations
give with unstinted Iavishness to the me-
who win victories for them and refiec
glory on the national character. Lee
America do the same.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-24

Atlanta Journal: I'll jest tell ye.~fel-
.ers. this yere war hez been a mighty
good thing"
''How's that?"
w y. hIts put people to studyin' an
learnin' suthin bout gogrify an the diff
ference 'twixt er battleshiD an er
cruiser"
W nut liz the difference. ennyhow?'
Wy. on the cruiser the captain hez his
shoes shined twict a day an the battle
snip capting hez hissn shined three
times"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-24

Boston Journal: General Merritt Sc
cures his 1900 regulars for the Philippine
expedition. just as the Journal predicted
There is every sign that President Nc
Kinley and the war department are fol-
lowing this long reach across the sea
with large and increasing interest-and so
for that matter. is the country. All
America is determined that Admiral
Dewey's brilliant achievement on ship
board shall not be furnished by any re-
verse on land.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-24

Cleveland Plain Dealer: Gladstone end
Bismarck will stand in the history of the
second half of the nineteenth century tow
ering above other statesmen of the time
They will always be conspicuous types
of two diametrically opposite ideas of
craftsmanship. Their lives show little
in common except the devotion of each
TO his own country and unfiagging zeal
in its service. Even in that IS a differ
ence. Gladstone was first of all an Eng
lishman.. and the welfare of England was
his continual thought. but he looked be-
yond the narrow boundaries of the island
kingdom and even beyond the wider
limits of the. great empire of which that
Kingdom is the governing center. AS the
vice president of the italian senate said
in his message of sympathy during the
great statesman's last illness. Mr.. Glad
stone is man who does not belong to
one nation alone. but to the whole civil
ized world. Bismarck was. first and last
a German-in his policy a Prussian Ger
man.. His whole public life was domin-
ated by one idea. the creation of a united
Germany with Prussia as its governing
force.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-24

Chicago Dispatch: Hannas patriotism
has reached the boiling point. He has
at last been forced to admit that there
is a war. and he is very much disguised
with the slow progress made by the gov
eminent in conquering the Spanish. Just
how noble the sentiments of the Doodle
senator from Ohio are can be learned
from the remark which he made to a
reporter. This war said he. with a
glow of fine indignation. lis costing a
million dollars a day. and it will cost
more before it costs less" Always talk
ing about dollars! That's characteristic
of Mark Hanna. Never a word about
patriotism. Never a word of congratula-
ton over the splendid courage and
strategy of Dewey. Never a word OF
hope that Sampson will find and smash
the Spanish fleet. But the dollar. the dol
lar, that is going out to pay the expense
of the war that is what worries Hanna
Noble maker of a Republican president
Great statesman occupying a senator S
seat The nation recognizes the worth
OF such man. He will be allowed to
look after the dollars. while Dewey and
Sampson look after the Spanish.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-24

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Willmar tribune., 1898-09-21
HE WAS NOT GLADSTONE.
Which Was Just Why She DID Not
Care to Listen to HIS
= i s.z Gentle Flow.

ssNo," remarked the early morning man
in the car down from Mount Pleasant; no,
I can't say that have my wife trained as
perfectly as could wish to have her trained,
or that shall be so fortunate as ever to have
her so, but there is good deal OF pleasure
in trying to. It at least gives her an idea
that she is not perfect, and as long as man ,!
can keep his wife in that state Of mind It u
almost as much of comfort as it is to have
her just what he wants her to be. g5s-r@:s :,
"Geehoolipins!" exclaimed a little man
with a pale blue eye and a fdgety manner,
Il wish I could ooly get my wife to your way
of thinking" ~s%.
"Did you ever try?" inquired the early
':Did r" chuckled the little man, with a
clear to the understanding Of his auditors. t.
'I should say did. It hasn't been half an
hour ago. I had something to say to my
wife on the lines you suggest and was en-
deavoring to get an opening for my re-
marks, but she was talking to such an e ex-
tent that had no show at all. Finally,
quite driven to desperation, but not wish
ing to do anything violent, l merely gave
her hint of the situation by telling her that
when Mr. Gladstone talked his wife always
listened in silence. And did she take it as
had intended?" he asked of himself, with an
other one of those ambiguous chuckles.
"Did she?" inquired the early morning
man, with much interest.
"Did she?" chuckled the little man.
'.'Well, says she to me, I don't doubt it it at
stone was listening to- and then she went
right ahead with her conversation as if
hadn't been within ten miles. ."-Washlng-
Willmar tribune., 1898-09-21
FUNNY THING IN SPELLING.
Learning to Manipulate ea.Typewriter =
1s.=s 0 Gets Man Into queer
5# &E% 81 Habit. -z3 #.E

"A Cleveland man has set about learning
time he has had somebody to do his typewrit-
ing for him, but now he wants to know how
to run it all by himself He admits that he
isn't an apt scholar. It comes slowly. The
letters are hard to find and the spacing is so
easily forgotten. But there is one thing that
amuses him.. He is learning to spell and
learning. in the same way he did when tow
headed boy in the early 6Os OF course he
could spell when he tackled the typewriter,
but not in the same way Now he distinctly
enumerates each letter, and does it, too, with
cne greatest care: It is funny thing, but he
hnds himself spelling out the words in the
newspaper and his wife says he spells them
in his sleep.
The other day the minister met him and
asked him how he was.
VERY WE'LL" he gravely spelled ont
and when the pastor looked amazed he real
ized what he had done and hastily explained
the cause of the peculiarity. And the minis.
ter professed to be greatly interested and
wanted to know all about it and the speller IS
now greatly worried for fear the parson will
write a special paper on it for some maya.
zine.
When the minister finally left him he
shook hands and said "Good-by.''
,'G-o-o-d," began the speller and then rec.
objected himself and hastily added ssby.''
;, lie hopes in time to wear out this peculiar
ity, and when he increases his speed on the
Typewriter: he no doubt wiu.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer
Willmar tribune., 1898-09-21
UNTRANSLATABL
The American Phrase, "Get There, y,
Ii Difficult for Foreigners to
Translate.

."What gives me most trouble" said for
eign military attache, <'is trying to translate
your American language into English first,
and then into nv own language, so as to
give my, government correct understand
ing OF the spirit and character of your SOL
diers. find the phrase get there, for ex-
ample, difficult. When saw your infantry
going forward against the opposing troops in
the forts and intrenchments, said to the
officer with me that the infantry should not
attempt such movement without the artil-
lery. YOU'RE right he told me, but the
boys will get there At night, when we were
all so hungry, [ vcntured to inquire if fur
ther movement were contemplated till your
army was proyisioned. Then the officers,
.y Who were gentllemanly, all laughed, and said
the army would think about rations when
they got there The second day we met
many of your wounded men coming back
as we were going. forward. When the colo
mel asked them about the fighting, SO many
times heard them say we got there And
afterwards I also heard those words used
very often. But it is so difficult for me to
explain so my own people will understand it,
what nature of tactics is get there "-Bos.
ton Transcript.
Willmar tribune., 1898-09-21
An Army Wife.
BY CAPTAIN CHARLES KING.
Copyrighted. 1896, by F. Tennyson Neely.l
SYNOPSIS.

Chapter I. - Fannie McLane, a young
widow, Is invited to visit the Graftons
ct Fort Sedgwick. Her sister tries to dis
suade her, as Randolph Merriam (whom
she had Tilted for old McLane) and his bride
are stationed there.
Chapter II.-Fannie McLane's wedding
causes family feeling. A few months later
she. while travelling with her husband,
meets Merriam, on his wedding trip.
Chapter 1II.-Some time previous to this
merriam had gone on a government sur
vey, fallen i'll, and had been nursed by Mrs
Tremaine and daughter Florence. A hasty
note from Mrs McLanes stepson takes
him to the plains.
Chapter IV.-Young McLane dictates to
Merriam. dying message, which is sent
to Parry "a young Chicago lawyer and
brother-in-law Of Mrs. McLane) Reply
causes Merriam to swoon. He is taken to
the Tremaine's; calls for Florence.
Chapter ". Engagement of Florence
Tremaine to Merriam is announced; we'd
ding shortly follows.
Chapter VI.-Mr. McLane Is mysterious
ly shot In San Francisco Merriam is
greatly excited when he reads account in
papers. While still in mourning Mrs. Nc
Lane prepares to visit Fort Sedgwick.
chapter VII.-Mrs. McLane arrives at
tne lort' merriam is startled at the news
and he and his wife absent themselves
from the formal hop that evening.
Chapter VIII. - Mr.. and Mrs. Merriam
pay their respects to the widow on an
evening when she would be sure to have
many other callers. When the call is
returned Merriam is away, and his wife
pleads illness as excuse for not seeing
her. Mrs. McLane receives telegram: Ar
rested, Chicago. Your uncle stricken-par-
alysis. You will be summoned. Secure
papers, otherwise lose everything. c. M"
She, faints. and is revived with difficulty.
Chapter 1X.-Mrs. McLane desires to see
Merriam. Grafton persuades him to 20,
but the widow postpones the meeting till
next noon.
Chapter X.-Florence learns Merriam
has been to see Mrs. McLane, and in
storm of passion will not allow him
to explain. Shortly after Merriam is in
tercepted by Fannie McLane as he is pass
ing through Grafton's yard. Florence wit
nesses the meeting, which she supposes
mas been prearranged, and swoons.
chapter xI.-Mrs. McLane begs Merriam
for papers given him by her stepson, but
which ne tells her were all forwarded to
Parry. Merriam upon leaving her learns
OF raid by greasers upon the stables who
mad killed one of the guards and wounded
another.
Willmar tribune., 1898-09-21
TWo CITIES. i q

Two cities lying together n
: One full of dust and strife, -
And the weary. hopeless, battle, ~.
. For gain and fame and life.
The other, crowded with people. >.
Yet oh! so calm and still,
With tho green grass like a carpess
.,Unsoiled on vale or hill.
There are feet within the city.
But they seem content to rest;
And hands that lie close folded
Over each tranquil breast; st..
And eyes that behold no beauty
In earth, or sea, or sky;
And hearts that have ceased their
throbbing. - - =
Full satisfied, they lie,
In the flood Of noontide glory, - .-
In the moonlight's peaceful glow;
Peasant and lord together,
AS the seasons come and go.
Two cities upon the borders
OF river dark and wide
One where the people tremble
To cross the swelling tide,
And enter the icy waters T..
With prayers and bated breath;
This Is the land Of the living
The river, the men call Death.
One step and the other city,
With it's shafts Of marble white
Marking the narrow dwellings,
Looms up before our sight.
Some day we shall join the sleepers
Who rest beneath the sod,
And live in Goods silent acre."
That never foot hath trod.
Lizzie DeArmond. in Ohio Farmer.
Willmar tribune., 1898-09-21

from baby days? They chided her,
some of the girls, in what they called
her detection. "You used to say there
could be no regiment like the Rifers,
Floy. You used to VOW you'd never
marry out of the old regiment" "Aye,
but that was before Randy came," was
her simple answer, and then they told
her Randy was her world, and proudly
she answered.: II believe he is" They
warned her-some of the older and
wiser matrons-anG God knows they
had much on which to base their views
it was never safe to love any man too
much, even Randy; to which she an
swered with sunshine in her eyes:
"How could one love Randy too much ?"
Mind you, she never volunteered these
overflowings of her heart, but these
women had been her friends from her
earliest days. She was still shy, even
with him, but such weu-meant warn
ings always seemed to put her on the de-
fensive, as it were, and, poor child, she
believed it her duty to her husband that
she should never allow him to go unde-
Tended, even though the attack were
Intangible as a woman's sneer.e And
they looked so well together, and he was
so proud of her, SO devoted to her, $50
conscious of her." as some one said.
Nowhere in that garrison was there
man or woman who was able to say that
Randy had not borne himself as an al
most ideal lover and husband ever since
that sun-kissed wedding day. Many
could even feel a sense of what is called
agreeable disappointment" which al
ways strikes me as a physiological
parallel for that other remarkable
euphemism of so ma35> ST our country
women--"she's enjoying poor health"
Yet withal, Florence had the sympathy,
the genuine affection Of all Fort Sedg-
wick, even in-or rather notwithstand-
ing-her enthusiastic estimate Of Ram
sdy's qualities as husband and as man,
and her own extreme II beatitude as
wife. Then Mrs. Buxton ven tured to
tire shot, as she stood watching them
stroling homeward d after parade one
evening, absorbed in one ali other, and
to observe to her own supremely in
different lord: .'There now, Bux,
there's another girl ma king q 5foorsof
herself over man, only she's the sweet
est fool 4 ever knew in my born days. y 4
Buxs himself roared 1T out for Floyy's
benefit not long. after. and did itso that
half Fort Sedgwick heard it, for the one
valuable quality Bnx possessed as 4
cavalry officer was his voice The. .Yol-
ume of sound he could produce when
believing instruct tons to q regimentnl
|skirmiisshl line was some hing prodigi gious,
but of IS rasping and dsexasperating .
tfmbre Tint his old time derider, Blake,
ISlikened So IN force to = ffog horn andin
staying power q boiled eabbag
Willmar tribune., 1898-09-21
] neat comparison but one .Aprr,essly.

fitting. 5.s#. I5@= s1.
And now, strangely enough, this mad
Sdest lt OF nights poor Florence could not
get those words and that tone out OF
her head. She had flushed and turned
speechless away at the time, hurt to her
soul and indignant, too, but the train
ing of her youth was strong. These
We're people her father and mother ha6
taught her to respect, and though an
cry, = indignant remonstrance was in
her heart, she stifed the words that
strove to spring to her lips.
T Il expect I've put my foot in it again
today" reported Bux to his better half.
when he got home. -f..
well, I'm sure I'm never surprised" >"
was the lady's prompt reply.
Il fear I've been rude to Col. Buxton.
handy" faltered Floy. when that gen.
tleman came in from troop drill an hour
later. =
you couldn't be. rude even to Bux.
my darling" was his answer, as he
folded her in his arms.
And these are not types of the ssfirst
year wedded" and the 'quarter cen
tury mated love as seen in the army. 1
nave known many and many a couple
who have risen together through every
grade in the line, loved, loving and lov-
ers to the end
At one o'clock Florence had set her
lights in the parlor window. At two,
with that booming, gong-lilze sound re-
verberating in her ears, that incessant
repetition of Buxton's coarse words,
she had sprung from the chair in which
she had been brooding, writhing, shud-
dering for half an hour, and then, tear
ing down the shade, close looping the
curtains, she hurried to the hall and
locked and bolted the door. "Another
girl making fool of herself for man
another grill" God! how the words
rang-resounded through her brain,
buzzed and whirred like angry wasps
in her ears, Kissed and ratified, ave,
stung like the venomous reptiles she
had learned to shun from early child
hood. Making a fool of herself for a
man who would leave her-so soon-for
that painted-yes-that padded thinglo
They'd soon learn that an army-bred
girl loved, indeed, with all her heart and
soul, but could hate, hate, hate as well!
[To BE CONTINUED
Willmar tribune., 1898-09-21
BORN IN A SNUFF MILL
She Bad Habit Of q Famous Portrait
Painter,

She Bad Habit of a Famous Portrait
Painter.
Gilbert Stuart, the artist, who made
so familiar to Americans the features
OF Washington and his wife, was once
visited by two Philadelphia artists.
The visit was rotable from the fact that
Stuart initiated the inebriate who al
ways concluded his exhortation against
drinking spirits with: 'no as 1 tell
you, not as do"
One of the artists asked Stuart FOR q
pinch of snuff from the box in which
he was inserting a thumb ard finger
every few minutes, and then APPLYING
them to his own nostrils.
Il will give it to you," said Stuart,
profering the box, ''but I advise you
not to take it. Snuff-taking is a vile
habit, and should be avoided"
"1our practice contradicts your pre-
cept, Mr.. Stuart" answered the gentle
man.
"sir, can't help it," replied Stuart.
"Let me tell you story. Once I was
travelling during very dark night, and
coachee dumped us in a ditch. We
scrambled up, and on finding by exami-
nation that our legs and arms were un.
broken, thought of the poor fellow
shut up in the basket with the baggage.
He was found senseless and his neck
twisted awry.
"A passenger began to untwist the
mans neck that he might set his head
straight on his shoulders. The sense
less man, recovered by the wrench,
roared out:
Let me alone! Let me alone! I'm
not hurt! Twas born so!' Gentlemen -
added Stuart, II was born So. VISA
born in a snuff mill," and he empha.
sized the remark by taking an enor-
nous pinch of snuff.
"This,'' says the author of "Heir-
looms in Miniature" twas literally
true, as Gilbert Stuart's father, .
Scotchman, built the first snuff mill
ever erected in New England d.'-Youth's
Companion.