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The San Francisco call., 1899-09-17
Dictionary Of the
private.

One OF the privates of the Thirty-frse
Michigan brought up with him from Cuba
what is known as The Privates Die
tionary." For the benefit OF those who
are not conversant with military terms
some of the definitions are reproduced:
Private-The whole bonnet.
Colonel-The trimmings.
Major-An officer of minor Importance.
Mule-An irreligious brute Of the animal
kingdom. His rank is three notches above
first sergeant.
jammer, who disturbs slumber and poker
games.
Mesa poor excuse for a square meal
Pass-A thing in demand, not good in .
street fight or police court
Discharged ticket to heaven
Pay day-A great day in the army, when
all men are alike; day to settle disputes
and patronize the canteen.
Canteen-A place where we get our beer
and the big head.
|. Guardhous@A haven of rest for good
soldiers.
Guard duty-A crime unpardonable.
Drill-A disgrace to any private
Dress parade-A sport the officers ara
stuck on; or, Anglo-Saxon for cakewaIk.
Craps-A good way to dispose of Sic. 50.
or. the game that made the American SOL
der famous.
officers meeting-A gathering Of thirsty
officers in secret place 10 discuss poll
tics.
Chaplain-A retired hard-sheu preacher
who has lost his religion and comes to the
army TO umpire poker games and keep
books for a gospel shop.
Surgeon-A secondhand horse doctor
who gives you oil for a sprained ankle.
then puts you on double duty.
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Strange Gases Of
Surgery.

Dr. Morestin a Russian surgeon, who
had been treating woman for recurring
assesses, announced the recovery of his
patient the other day. He had removed
from her pair of physicians hemostatic
forceps, four inches long. which had been
accidentally sewed up in her body four
years before.
Said New York physician; "a short
time ago an up-country doctor came to
the city to be operated upon for the re-
moval of the vermiform appendix, al
though 1 understand he never had ap-
pendlcitis. He did not improve after the
operation, and one night he died. There
was an autopsy, and it was found that a
sponge had been sewed up in him. Yet
have known of many forceps, clamps and
other metal instruments to be forgotten
and left IN patients, and the latter get
well.
ture they become collecting agents and
soon poison the body. The smooth metal
objects, on the other hand, are apt to
work their way into the alimentary tract,
and then they soon pass away. You doubt
less have heard of needles which have
stayed in the human body for years. grad
ually working their way out of the sys-
tenn or OF old soldiers who still carry the
bullets shot into them. during the civil
war. The glass swallowers of the dime
museums really perform wonders in the
way of resisting foreign substances In the
human body.
The most wonderful case Of all was
that Of an insane man whom / saw IN an
asylum in Lancaster, Pa He took to
swallowing things in the carpenter shop.
and before he was stopped he had gulped
down 40 nails of all sizes. some buckles,
a piece of old iron, some screws and lot
of other things.
"All of this hardware was extracted and
the man recovered. He is still living and
still q lunatic-"
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moving down toward the river. II was
raining and sleeting, and the night was as
cold as II was black. The woman and the
horse shivered through 1t in some way,
inspired in their determination TO MAIN
tain their perilous foothold by catching
glimpses through the darkness Of the
flashing foam in the torrent, which
showed where it dashed over the ragged
rocks that would have made fall into its
water certain death.
Daylight came at last and with It an
opportunity TO escape. By crawling care
fully along the bank, making use Of hand
and foot holds, Miss Hutchings reached
place Of temporary safety on the edgo
Of the stream, and in a little while she
succeeded in attracting the attention OF a
rancher who lived on the farther side Of
the stream, and who, taking no small risk
Of losing his life. crossed the river in a
boat, which he had first made fast TO a
tree by long rope. Miss Hutchings was
rescued, and little later the horse was
also taken out of his place Of danger.
Every one else in the valley talks OF
Miss Hutchings' adventure as thrilling
almost beyond parallel, but she refers to
1t with reluctance and declines to accept
the position OF heroine. At the present
time Miss Hutchings is acting as librarian
and secretary for the Sierra Club IN Yo-
semitic,
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Hetress Loves an
african.

veriIy. Africa is fast becoming civilized.
A, English girl has actually fallen in love
u,ftb dusky African. And no ordinary
girl is she but one with an abundance OF
money and no small share or good looks
Her name is Florence K. Je"eIl ana she
is the daughter Of Joseph Jewell MN
Ing engineer, who made fortune IN Mex
leo 1,.
,oTtoln the capital of the Orange Free
sra+e some time ago and there one
eu1+rv afternoon her attention was at
tracted toward a yours Matabele warrior
He was clad in his picturesque, II decld-
edIv barbarfc, native costume anu the
ordinary traveller would have seen IN nun
nothing more than staIwart African
eavape Miss Jewell. however saw
80 l5aa1 more In hirn-so much more, In
fact. that she lost no time IN nhoIhs ou'
who ne was.
cbe was Informed that he was pure
.1oaded Matabele. that he was known as
s.t5rt-ceo T,obeu. or Lobengula, and that
~ nrofessed to be a relative or the Ia
mons NatabeIe king Of that name 0ae
Iaavned further that ne was e0lns, ~
England, where ne was 20 oe - n he held in
Ag1Ire In an Ethiopian snow 10 po HSi0 -
A9nge"I 9Tt9s Jewell thereupon concluded that
Iondon would be a pleasanter piaCed 81
- tban the Orange Free state, ana ~
- bade farewell to Bloemfonteln am am
Ssa1II61red Ilobengula. In due time Ihat
dneIxv potentate appeared at the Elito ~,
plan show and all Lon hoHd9gi 9th "tb the others
and her admiration for the MataDeele e-
Youth Increased There were otheT s 49,
cans in the show, equally picturesque aiIr Fn
almost as stalwart and high born, put ioI
1harn she had no eyes, all her attention
bafnR concentrated on Dobengula-
Day after day she went to see ana ao-
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rnire him. and. being man, he naturally
soon saw what an impression he had made
on her. They talked to each other and the
young lady was surprised TO discover that
her dusky Adonis could talk fluently both
in English and Dutch. What they talked
about only they two knew, but every one
an understanding and the result was that
all arrangements were made for a speedy
Meanwhile. however. Miss Jewelrs
friends had not been asleep. They saw
how the African had fascinated the veal
thy girl and they were determined that
he should not profit by II. They hoped
that 1t was merely girls wayward
fancy. but they were undeceived when the
bitter news of the proposed wedding
reached them. Then they rose up in arms.
They vowed that cultured and wealthy
English girl should not become the wife
of an uncouth savage. But how could
they prevent the wedding? Miss Jewell
is p and can do as she pleases. They
knew that, and so. instead Of remonstrat-
ing, they pleaded with her not to ruin her
young life In this mad fashion. She lis
tened patiently TO these pleas and finally
so much pressure was brought on her that
she consented to postpone the wedding.
No more extraordinary romance than
this has occurred In our day, and thou
Lobengula will be anxious to know how
II will end That Lobengula should have
spent so much OF his time in lovemaking
while In London is certainly surprising,
for the reason that other Matabeles who
have gone to the English capital have
apparently had no time to do anything
except to wonder at the extraordinary
sights around them. King Lobengula sent
emissaries to Queen Victoria few years
ago. and London was to them the most
wonderful place on earth.
Some strange marriages are made now
adays, but this is apparently the first
time that cultured and wealthy white
girl has set her affections on a native
african That there should be a strong
opposition to the marriage is not surpris-
ing. Lobengula may be. and very prob
ably IS, first-class fellow in his own
in England, if indeed there are any, who
think that he is fit to become Miss Jew
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fitting projection upon which one step
ar1iss would precipitate you three thou
sand feet down to the valley floor. While
there were a few others venturesome
enough to go out upon this rock in day
light, Miss Hutchings would take the
awful risk Of doing 1t at night, and with
mistaken courage stand there, and wav-
ing above her head a famheau afford 10
the watchers far below in the valley
spectacle which made their nerves tingie
with the knowledge they had Of the dam
gers dared by the heroic young woman.
Some years ago Miss Hutchings met
with a girl after her own heart. She was
the daughter Of San Francisco mer-
chant, who had been bred in the city. but
who had become as enthusiastic a lover
of the forest as the Yosemite Diana. To-
gether they resolved upon life of adven-
ture, and obtaining horses and rifles they
started out to live as hunters. Week
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Horse and Rider Miss Their FoosIrg
on One Of the Moss DarSerous
Trails in The Yosemite and 90
Head1on5 over She c1iff.

at seeing two young women, with rihes
swung from their saddle-bows. ride INTO
his lonely camp and offer to traoe q
haunch of venisen for little -four or col
fee.
This continued until the San Francisco
merchant, becoming genuinely alarmed
for his daughters safety, succeeded in
finding her and reasserting his authority.
He decided that as the best cure for SUCH
romantic wildness the girl should be sent
East to attend a school, in which deport-
nent and all the proprieties are prom
inert feature of the curriculum. But she
refused TO part from Miss Hutchings, ana
as the only way 70 solve the dlfnculty Inc
latter was sent along, too. This educa-
tional course lasted a couple of years, and
soon after returning the San Francisco
girl was married to a gentleman who was
prominent in educational circles.
Miss Hutchlrgs returned to her lie IN
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to be mere chance OF being killed by the
fall or Of being swept to death in the
swollen torrent.
Fortunately there was a projecting
ledge on which both horse and horse
woman landed. They were conscious that
they had been saved almost by a miracle
from death for the time being. but final
escape from such a fearful position was
more than doubtful Miss Hutchings was
conscious that the shelf of rock was uar-
row, and that any movement was danger
Gus. and the horse was no less aware Of
It. for he shook and trembled in a seen-
ing agony Of fear. For once all the fire
was taken out of the big black charger.
His mistress managed to slip off his sad
die and bride, thinking this might slightly
improve his chance to escape alive if he
should fail off the ledge into the river.
For herself there was nothing TO do but
TO wait for morning and some lucky
chance. 1t was impossible to climb UP the
bank before daylight came. and IT was
equally out Of the question to think Of
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after week and month after month they
ranged through the mountains from the
Merced to Kings River, and from the
western limits of the Sierras to the sharp
declivity of it's eastern edge. They ex-
plored every canyon, followed every trail
and took every chance which is taken by
the vvcodman and the mountaineer. They
camped wherever night overlook them
and lived upon the game which their rifles
brought down. Occasionally some sheep
herdar or cattle-man would hA surnrtsed
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w OMAN ana morse SlCllS GOWN
II rivers slippery bank. lodging
F. upon q narrow shelf Of projecting
\ rex and -Fs spending aa;-,sa the nigh: sfl: in
storm howIs overhead and just below The
raging torrent roars and thunders-thls IS
q situation 10 appal the bravest heart
And yet there is one woman in California
whom II did not frighten and who te'Ls
the story so quietly that il Is apparent
she wishes to minimize rather tnan 70
exaggerate the danger
This woman, however, is q Diana--born
in the forest, trained from her earliest
years TO ride and 20 shoot, perfectly at
home on the mountain trails, whether by
day or BY night. and an utter stranger 70
such a thing as fear. What TO others
would be 8 perilOus adventure, to be re-
merbercd for a lifetime. is TO her only
an Incident in a series Of experiences 50
often repeated that the most startling ac-
cident does not appear very ususual.
To mention the name OF this Young
woman Is TO revive recOllections OF that
pioneer and historian of the Yosemite
Valley. J. ". Hutchings, ttIll living and
rs much interested as ever in California
great gallery OF natural wonders, wnica
he has devoted his life TO making better
known 10 the world. II will also recall
70 the minds Of many visitors 10 the val
ley during the last few years the pleasant
picture OF a slender. graceful girl-a per-
feet brunette-riding q magnificent black
horse. a handsome bot vicious tempered
enhral whom none but the most accom-
plished horsenan or hOrsewomau could
think OF mounting. This young woman IS
Miss Gertrude HutChings, daughter Of
Hutchings, the explorer and all but dis
coverer OF the beautiful valley with which
his name has been so prominently asso-
-ciated for more than forty years
Born IN the valley, Mss Hutchings has
known no other home, and with every
rock and pool, every steep and slope not
o1Iv IN Yosemite itself, but for miles
sroI,nd she is familiar. Her fathers cot
+ace stood near the great Yosemite
Fan. where the spray and the thunder OF
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the valley and to her haoit of lonely
ranbles. One of her favorite tricks was
to make the ride of twentysix miles from
Wawona into the valley after nightfail.
She would go down to Wawona to see
friends who lived there, would let the time
slip by until darkness began TO gather,
and only then would think of the neces-
sity of starting homeward. Laughing TO
scorn the anxious advice not to attempt
In the darkness roads which other persons
care To travel only In daylight. she would
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s eaIiForria Girl Who Rides Like
certaur and 5raves Dangers IN
The Heart 81 The sierras Wi}h-
out Thou5h+ Of Fear-

the highest cataract of the world are
never out of ones sight or hearing. OPP
posite the door OF the pioneers home
rose The mighty masses of the Half Dome
and Sentinel Peak, while in the fore
ground there glanced by the waters OF
that most beautiful of rivers, the clear
flowing, amber-hued Merced. In winter
the SHOWS softened the harsh outlines OF
the crags and lay deep upon the valley,
and in summer the pine and cedar forests
stretched away in solemn loneliness for
scores Of miles.
a childhood spent amid such scenes was
bound TO develop a character as unusual
as the surroundings. Love of adventure
was as natural TO Miss Hutchings and
contempt of danger as easy as habits Of
domestic and feminine timidity are to
other women. She learned to ride the
most dangerous trails with equal facility
by night and by day, and in the moonlight
nights, when all the valley lay buried
deep in snow. she would tie on her snow
shoes and start out for a long stroll
through the white silences of the tremen-
dous mountain gorge She would pass .un-
der The shadows Of the great cliffs, thread
the ghcstly aisles Of the forest, and not
return home till the early hours Just be-
fore the break of day. As a rifle-shot the
young girl became as proficient as the
most expert hunter, and rs for fishing
she could throw line with the best an
gIer and lure the shy trout from their re-
cesses with as much certainty as an Indian.
Marvellous are the tales told of the dar-
ing of this quiet, reserved young lady,
whose manner is that OF the gently reared
daughter of the city rather than Of the
border heroine. Sometimes she would
find baskIng rattIesnake asleep upon the
trail. and slipping up on it with stealthy
tread she would seize it by the tail swing
it swiftly around and around in the air,
and striking its head against a rock or a
tree kill it before it could seize an oppOr-
tunity 10 use its terrible faugs, Of which
a single touch meant death. At other
times she would climb the steep trail TO
Glacier Point and walk out upon the ter
rlbIe overhanging rock that dangerous
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. WOMAN ard a horse sliding down
e rivers slippery bank, lodging
Fl upon a narrow shelf Of projecting
/ rock and spending the night in
this terrible position while q
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1899-07-12

This morning at 10 o'clock a. m, at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Lewis,
their eldest daughter Rachel, was
united ID marriage to Hill Sallaske, of
Rock Springs, Wyoming. Only few
intimate friends were present.
The bride is an accomplished and
handsome young lady, known and
esteemed by large circle of acquain-
lance.
Mr. spllaske, is one of Rock Springs
most successful business men, having
lived there for many years.
After short trip the happy couple
will occupy a handsome residence in
the coal metropolis.
The EXAMINER Joins the MANY
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Sallaske along
the Short Line in wishing them long
and happy life.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1899-07-12

The Utah sheep men through
the Tribune every now and then
let o roar out Of themselves over
the proclamation Governor Steun-
enberg issued against them last
spring. The last one was by A. ].
Knoll.n. They are kicking be-
cause the proclamation, SO they
say, prevents them from summer
ing their sheep in Idaho and re-
turning to Utah for the winter"
Well, they are right. 1t prevents
these pirates from coming in and
eating the farmers and small
rancher, and home sheepmen, out
of house and home. Yes it does
prevent these fellows from absolute
~ starving the local stock-owner
to death, by eating up every spear
of grass on the range and paying
nothing for The privilege.
They can see no reason or Justice
in proclamation that protects
the people Of Idaho against such
buccaneers as these roaming sheep
helds are, such SINNERS Of the
range and free hooters of the ranch.
ers and farmers home feed ground
But their kick will not avail
Gov. Steunenberg will always b.
fonnd protecting the people o
Idaho against foreigners Of al
kinds, and the only regret thu
people here have over his proclama
ton is, that it didn't include hal
counties enough. The Governo
has proven to be the farmer ant
rancher's friend.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1899-07-12
Protect our Food.

The doctors inform us that alum is
poison, and that alum baking powder
I should be avoided because they make
-, the food unwholesome. Prominent
hygienists who have given the matter
most study. regard these powders as an
evil that should be suppressed by state
action. In Minnesota and Wisconsin
/ alum powders are not permitted to be
sold unless they are branded to warn
consumers of their true character,
while in the District of Columbia the
authorities have under the direction of
Congress, adopted regulations to pro-
hibit the use of alum in bread alto
gether.
Are not the people of other states, as
well as those of Minnesota and Wiscon-
sin, entitled to warning of danger
which is apparently menacing them at
close hand, and is not the whole count
try entitled to absolute protection as
the people of the District of = Columbia
are protected, by legislation which is
entirely prohibitive?
Until we can have protection in the
form of statute, how can our state
boards of health, state analysts or food
commissions better serve the public
than by publishing in the newspapers
from time to time the names of the
baking powders which they find to be
made from alumni
Meantime, it win aid the housewife
in designating the alum powder to
remember that all powders sold at
twenty-five cents or less per pound are
of this dangerous class. Pure cream of
tartar powders are usually sold at from
forty five to fifty cents pound.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1899-07-12
ITo1nely but Eloquent.

Hon Allen Miller tells this story at
the expense of w. B. Hepburn, the dis
tinguished lawyer who was the repub-
ican candidate for congress at the last
election. On the morning after the
candidate spoke at Montpelier, Idaho,
Hepburn and Miller while walking
about the Mormon wards of the town,
passed two ladies, one of whom re-
marked to her companion; What a
homely man. but my, how eloquent he
is; was 50 enchanted with his speech
that was sorry when he stopped; I
thought he had spoken but few min
utes until my husband showed by the
watch that he had talked two hours.
He would make brilliant senator, like
Foraker or John III. Thurston, in the
u. s. senate. "-Grangeville Standard.
Judging by the returns in Mont
pelier precinct the ideas of those two
ladies were entertained by hopeless
minority.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1899-07-12
Mccormick Machinery.

The Consolidated Implement Co.,
can well be proud of the hay rake they
have to offer this year. It is made by
the Mccormick Harvester Co., and
built on the same superior lines that
the Mccormick build all their machin.
cry. The entire rake is built heavier
than any rake ever sold in this market
The wheels alone actually weighing
14O pounds. Every farmer in the val
ley contemplating purchasing a rake
should see it before buying. Ii
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1899-07-12

There was an affecting meeting at
the Union depot in Ogden ON Sunday
afternoon last between two brothers.
They were Goldie Brown, escaped con
Wet, and Ernest Brown, Mormon mis-
sionary. Goldie was en- route to the
State prison, from which he had escap-
ed few days before and Ernest was
leaving Utah to engage in missionary
work. The two brothers met on the
depot platform, shook hands in silence
and separated. Neither could speak,
and people who witnessed the sad
meeting were almost as much affected
as the actual participants Salt Lake
Tribune.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1899-07-12

The Salt Lake Tribune says that
the Filipinos are "rebels" because
the United States bought the is
land and therefor own the people.
Perhaps, but the Tribune ought to
call up few historical suggestions
as for instance: Suppose, while
the thirteen colonies were fighting
for independence, England had
sold or disposed of them to some
other nation, say Spain. Would
the heroes of '76 have shown a
liberty loving spirit by at once
laying down their arms and ad
cepting Spanish rule, without
further question? And if they
did not choose to accept it All L
kept on lighting would the TribuI. e
lift had been in existence theb
characterized them as rebels"
Again: The Filipino DOM
amount to much as civilized
adjunct to the world, but he has
his ideas of liberty, just the same
as the revolutionary fathers did,
aud he doesn't seem to take kindly
to Uncle Sans idea, any more
than the American liberty winners
took to highlands idea, yet, if it
was right for the Americans to
fight for their idea of liberty, why
won't the Tribune grant the Fill
pinos the sane right. We may
say they are wrong, but they don't
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1899-07-12
. Spaia's Greatest Need

Mr.. r. +. Olivia of Barcelona, Spain,
spends his winters at Aiken, S. G.
Weak nerves had caused severe pains
in the back of his head. On using
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is what his country needs. All Ameri-
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bottle guaranteed, only so cents. Sold
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