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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22
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in couples and his chosen, walks are
either in the vicinity OF some great BAR
racks or in the poorer quarters of tine
town where he is located Naturally
more men are recruited In London than
anywhere else. The favorite stamp
ing grounds of the London recruiting
sergeants are in the nefghborho0d of
the. Horse Guards and in. Trafalgar
square, on the side fronted by the Ma
tiona1 Gallery and St. Martins church.
No one who has been much in Lon
don need be told why the recruiting ser
geants patrol in the vicinity of the
Horse Guards, since there, day after
day. a miniature military parade-the
regular ceremony of guard mounts
held. The detachment of tine house
hold cavalry that goes through this
evolution is made up unquestionably
Of the very flower of the British army.
The men are stalwart and dashing,
with movements that show perfect
training; their uniforms are fairly
dazzling in their spick and span SPLEEN
dor, and there is always an admiring
crowd in the courtyard to view the in
spring spectacle. Judged from it, life
in the army is mainly pictorial and it
is an unusual day in times of no special
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22
Live Circulation Of Queens Shilling
Famous Recruited
Why the British His Training Pay Food
Clothing Redyer Henry Buffers Chance

They are putting out 'the cueen's
shilling" in Great Britain just now
with unusual liberality, and the
chances are that its circulation will be
still further and wonderfully increased
within the next few months For the
British army is greatly in need of re-
cruits to be sent to South Africa, and,
according to the British system of en-
listment, a queens shilling is paid
over to every man who enters the serv-
ice. The queens shilling. by the
way, is not coin of special design.
1t is exactly like every other coin Of
the same denomination, and it is termed
''the queens from the fact that its
acceptance from a. recruiting sergeant
makes the receiver a queens man,
body and soul
The greatest task of the United
States government, when the war
with Spain broke out, was to furnish
an effective land lighting force on short
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

out of training. And. no matter how
many are sent to South Africa, their
places must be filled by recruits, some
how, If possible, since it would never
do for England with potent possible
enemies separated from her by only
few miles of sea, to allow any material
reduction of her forces at home. In
these circumstances the present activ-
ity of Great Brftain's recruiting ma
chinery is matter of necessity.
Man Who Gives the Shilling.
The British recruiting sergeant. the
man who gives fine shilling, Is a SPLEEN
did creature. He Is tall, erect broad of
shoulders. deep. Of chest, supple of
limb, with the bearing of a conqueror,
tempered by melting geniality and
with an Ideally persuasive tongue.
Always in uniforms and white gloves,
with little cap a-titt on his head. with
baton twirIing airily in his hand and
continually in evidence he plays
moss important part in the army sys-
tenn of his country. He generally hunts
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

military affairs, but only portion of
these can be drawn upon, and a large
fraction of them would make as sorry.
work of fighting in the Transvaals on
anywhere else for the matter of that
as the rawest of American recruits.
This force is divided about as follows.
Army reserves. $1,000: militia, 1000;
yeomanry 10000. volunteers. $4,000.
Some Of these cannot be taken out of.
the country, except. for defense. some.
are trained but little If any better than.
our national guard, while others-the
reserves though they have seen serv-
ice. are pretty old to do active service
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

an entegprising man goes. They con-
nected enterprise with Yankee because
they knew Of US as inventors of sew
ing machines, telephones. Photographs,
and wonders of delicate mechanism. In
the regular way of industry, machinery
of heavy and powerful kind, they did
not think it possible that America. knew
anything about manufacture. When L
offered them American boilers, they
laughed at the idea of Americas MAX
ing boilers. They were importing boil
ers from England and thought that
boilers made outside of England We're
not worth anything The English, by
the way, took advantage of this idea
by charging a good big price. When
l came into the market 1 offered boilers
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22
Commercial Conquest Of Far Cast
Manchuia
Making Completion of Trans Siberian Road Possible.

not been introduced. The natives
thought dynamite a work of the devil.
The Cossack guard. however, not be-
longing to the coolie union, perhaps,
refused to join the strike. and after
tying up the road for three. days the
frightened natives went back to work. y
1t is difficult to estimate even COM
mercially the effect of this great rail-
road. Millions of acres of the most
productive wheat land in the world is
being opened UP for cultivation. The
vast territory of Siberia has almost
boundless resources. A short time ago
Gar Nicholas II announced his plan
to abolish the Siberian exile system
Australia was once England's penal
colony, and great as are the capacities
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22
SIR RGDvERs HENRY BUTLER
cH1EE IN COMMAND ENGLISH FORCES IN SOUTH AFRICA.

excitement, even. on which from
twenty. to- forty young men are not
tempted by the guard mount show to
take the queens shilling from one
of the trim sergeants. s49
+ These who take the shilling in the
fneighborhood mentioned are initiated in
the service Of her majesty at the re-
cruiting depot of st. Georges barracks,
just back of the National Gallery. r.
is the largest in Great Britain and
probably one-quarter of all the British
recruits are there enrolled. Other large
depots are located at WooIwieEa Houn-
slow and elsewhere. In fact there is q
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

The Trans Siberian railroad will be
completed within one year-to all prac-
teal purposes-by the time navigation
opens in the spring several years in
advance of the expectation of all
Europe save Russia. Travellers may
take an unbrol1en railway journey,
which viii be more than two-fifths of
the distance around the earth. Russia
Will have a line Of steel through her
vast territories; she win have accom-
plished one of the greatest victories of
all time. Great are the battles that
are fought in time of peace is the key
note of Russian policy as expressed
by the car, and this great railroad
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

recruiting depot III every StAAHL6 EmWkA
in all Great Britain.
Recruits In General.
The recruiting sergeants who work in
the square and near the Horse Guards
have far easier task to perform, gen.
orally than those who do duty
elsewhere. Under the splendid stimuli
Ius furnished by the crack cavalry's
appearance the recruits rarely have to
be subjected to much persuasion and
often offer themselves unsolicited RE
eruits are easily obtained, also, in
many places on occasions of great
parades, But In ordinary circumstances.
in most localities, securing recruits for
her majesty's service is not task To
be lightly undertaken.
1t is to the credit of the English that
crimping and the press gang are NO
longer necessary in order to keep the
army ranks fairly we'll filled But it is
true that the recruiting sergeamts for
the militia and the ordinary foot regi-
ments are sometimes Obliged to resort
to rather devious expedients. 1t IS also
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

recruiting depot in every sfzahle town
in all Great Britain.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-22

Carpets sewed, lined and laid
FREE
for the next ten days at 2. C. NJ. l.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-15
Blowing the Organ.

I never hear the organ at Ascension
church without remembering a story a
clever little woman, who was organist
there for several years, used to tell. She
is not in Washington these days. by the
way, for she gave up being an organist to
marry a handsome young surgeon in the
army, and since then she has been, like
all other army people, polite wanderer
on the face of the earth.
1t was while she was organist at As
cension church that something or other
happened to disable the boy whose bust
ness it was to pump the organ, and she
set out to find somebody to take his
place for the next Sundays service.
Her laundress had a likely boy, of ap-
parcntly sufficient strength to KEEP the
great organ going and the young organ
list asked for the loan Of him. Nanny
gave her consent, but reluctantly.
I'm willn fer Jim to try it, Miss Nell
lie" she said. but I'm lsinuh 'fraid he
can't do it, He's got cold, and | don't
know whether he can blow the organ or
not He's mighty short Of breath, jim
Washington Post.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-15

The three preferred autumn jellies are
grape. ounce and wild plum. TO obtain
the juice from grapes, stem them and add
one pint Of water to each six quarts.
Heat slowly, MASKING with potato
nlasher. Allow the fruit to come to
boil, that all the juice may be freed. To
obtain juice from ounces, just cover the
parinys and cores it is supposed the other
part will be preserved) with cold water
and boil until soft; mash and strain. An
eQu,l weight OF tart apples may be cook
ed with the parings it makes the jelly
a prettier color and the ounce favor
more delicate. To obtain juice from
plums, cover with cold water, bring slow
ly to boil, cook to soft mass and
strain.
The method for ma king jellies, the juice
being obtained, is the same for all. Meas
ure the juice and boil mot violently for
20 minutes, then add one pint OF sranu-
lated sugar, which has been warmed in
the oven, for each pint Of juice. As seen
ms the sugar has dissolved and the jelly
just starts to boil fill into tunlblers, pat
ting n silver spoon in each to preys"
cracking. Jelly made in this way will
never fail. DO not make more than one
and one half pints at each boiling. 1t is
wasteful to keep skinmins throughout
the cooking. Skim only once, just before
filing into tumblers.-Ella Morris
kretscbmar in Woman's Home Compan-
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-15
Goins Back ON Old Caesar.

The abandonment Of Caesar has been
decreed by the Columbus board of edu-
cation, and the time honored textbook
will be eliminated from the Latin course
of the public schools.
The announcement has caused consid-
cradle criticism. Men who remembered
their struggles in mastering the Latin Of
'all Guul is divided into three parts"
see no reason why the young idea should
not go up against the same PROPOSE
ton.
Great Caesar.' said one business
man. "They amt going to give up old
Caesar, are they? Why, that won't do.
II was the best sort of way OF teaching
boy life isn't picnic, q valuable les
son, tell you. Then it isn't fair for
these youngsters to have so much easier
a time than we did. "-Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-15
WOES OF. :AcoNpucToR.


D9ests by Many fessons to CAssa
(, naiaSsaA Csoy9nies.
+. During the season when travel II the
heaviest the life of q passsager train
coaductor--"the captain" be II called by
the crews oae Of excitement and hard
work, and the desire to ride free 10 the
cause Of much Of his worry.
Men who are perfectly honest, said
q conductor who has charge OF sub
urban train, "who stand high In church
and commercial circles. and who would
not think of allowing a bill to be pre-
scented twice, think 1t smart to beat a
railroad company and no crime to Keep
q ticket which it is our business to take
up. Regular commuters are rarely IN
that class, and it is pretty safe to bet
on their Offering their cards to be punch
ed. But the 'tripper' does all sorts of
things to beat the road. He Is deaf.
dumb. blind or anything else that may
seem to answer his purpose, and, al
though we do our best to get his ticket,
he sometimes gets away with it,"
Men of this kind are sometimes
played" by the conductors, who allow
them to believe until the last minute that
they have been forgotten and that they
will be allowed to leave the train with
their tickets still in an inside pocket.
But to guard against the wiles OF the
ticket thief the conductor usually takes
up the tickets and gives to the passenger
q check which Is of no value except to
show that ticket has been given to the
conductor. These checks are sometimes
only pieces Of colored cardboard with
little pieces punched out, and sometimes
they are printed with letters, designs or
marks which are Ineligible only to the
conductor.
A party consisting of two men. wom-
an and a young girl occupied one of the
little ststerooms in drawing room car
in a Saratoga express train a few days
ago. When the conductor came to the
party he took up the tickets, which were
all for New York, and then gave to each
person an oblong green ticket, the margin
of which was printed 50 that the month
aud day could easily be punched out.
Under the legend PLEASE keep this check
In sight running lensthwise on the
ticket, were the letters &c. B. W. NJ. U.
T." and on each check different letter
had been punched out by the conductor.
people rarely look at checks, but the
young girl in this party did, and she
wanted to know what the letters stood
for. Nobody knew, and even the man
who goes over the road twice week
and knows every inch Of the way and all
about the road and its management had
to give up the conundrum. When the
conductor returned, he was appealed to
and explained that the letters meant
girl, boy, woman, man, old and young.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-15
Gill Gets the Nomination,

Martins Ferry, o.. Sept. 15.-The
deadlocked convention Of the Sixteenth
Ohio Republicans came to an end at
8 o'clock yesterday afternoon and re-
suited in the nomination of Hon. J. J..
Gill, Of Steubenville, on the 299th bal
lot, after one Of the most exciting
struggles on record in political Ohio.
At the morning session the Carroll
and Monroe county delegations broke
to Gill, giving him within five of
enough votes to nominate, and at the
opening of the afternoon session Mr..
Weems withdrew, and sufficient votes
from Belmont we're cast for Gill to
give him the nomination. The last
ballot resulted in Gill receiving 100
votes and Holllngsworth 60. Although
holly contested, the convention was
harmonious throughout.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-15

A famous noyclist arrived one day at q
little country place and from the moment
lie crossed the threshold of the quiet i'm
comported himself with excessive ease.
He was passionately addicted to cab
bage and instructed the landlord to pre-
pare for dinner on his arrival an i'm
Inense dish of that vegetable, which he
conscjentiously deyoured.
Neyt day there was cabbage in the
soups and cabbage In the stew, and by
the third day the whole culinary depart
nent by order was conducted on the ba,
sis Of cabbage.
After a weeks stop the novelist had
sicEened of 1t and announced his inten-
ticn Of departing. Just before starting
he waited on his host to present his re-
spects. He found him in the garden,
the kitchen garden.
''Good sir" he began loquaciously,
may not hope that, after having been
the guest of so capable an entertainer,
shall not be suffered to depart without a
souvenir of the visit?"
The country landlord looked at him
with surprise, and then, inspired with
an idea, called aloud:
"John"-a Administering one Of
your finest cabbases for this gentleman"
Spare Moments.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-15
ON MINOT'S LEDGE.


Tons Of Spray Dash Over the Very
Dome Of tho Famous Lighthouse.
Mr.. Gustav Kobbe spent a winter
night in the lighthouse on Minots ledge
lighthouse and got vivid impression of
the exposed situation Of the famous bea-
con off Cohasset, Mass. This impression
he endeavors to convey to readers Of st.
Nicholas:
Crash!
Twas sitting one February night in the
watchroom Of Minot's ledge lighthouse,
off Cohasset, Mass. With me was the
keeper. We were reading. Suddenly
there came a shock as II the heavy iron
doors at the head of the staircase IN the
tower had swung to. The tower shook
from base to dome. The wind roared
round the lantern. Droning through it all
was the dismal tolling Of the fog bell.
When that crash came, ! gave start.
l thought it was nothing less than some
vessel, lost in the fog, crashing on the
ledge. But the keeper went on reading
quietly. what was that" finally
asked.
"Oh," he said, "she's Just taking on
sea-"
He had told me before how in great
storms the waves dash against the tower,
but this was my first actual experience
of MinOt's ledge taking on sea-
10 understand just what that means
you must know that Minots ledge light
house is built on rock hat is under wa
ter and that. excepting at extreme low
tide, the gray granite tower is entirely
surrounded by water. 1t is the American
"Eddystone," but il anything it is more
exposed than that famous light off the
| English coast. Outlying lodges some
what protect the Eddystone from heavy
seas, and the rock on which it stands is
above water in all tides, SO that it offers
better foundation than Minot's. This
latter has no protection against the fun
sweep of northeastcr except ledge
known as the outer Minot, and this is eli
tirely submerged at high tide.
The crash which made ME start was re-
peated again and again during the night.
! as wave after wave swept in and broke
against the tower. In heavy storms there
are times when from the shore, some
miles distant, Minot's ledge lighthouse
seems to be buried by the sea. The
waves strike the tower about 20 feet
| above the base and send tons of spray as
high as % feet above the dome. The
mass of water then comes crashing down
upon the lantern and, streaming over it,
| falls like a cataract into the ocean. The
llfeboat, which hangs from this parapet.
| so feet above the sea, would be dashed
, to pieces il it were on the weather side.
Even where it hangs now, partly protect
| ed by the tower, it would probably be
broken by the cataract il the plugs were
not drawn from its bottom to allow the
| water to run out freely.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-15

4 lepe to liasss sen this shoss
When tenpests best and thundsrs roar;
wben hsesksrs dash against the main
And reel and stssger back again;
When whitecaps. rushing from the sea,
Atrke hard and cry, II will be free."
Like things Of life they seem to leap
And lift themselves from out the deep
With purpose hxed to rend the rock,
Submerging all beneath the shock
That they may range foreyermore
In space, unbounded by q shore.
To me these billows seem to cry:
'Tll scale these shores, rock ribbed and high;
I must away, I will be free,
There 10 a wider range for me,
A broader field, deeper sea,
A. boundlea a eternity"
Though all the ocean wide and deep,
Is theirs through which to range and leap
They seem to cry, This narrow sea
Contains not room enough for me-"
And, ....ing high their crest again,
They hurl themselves against the main.
And SO, within this house Of clay.
Ny soul cries out: 81 must away;
This narrow earth and air and sky
Ny boundless longing doth defy;
There is wider range for me,
4 shoreless. vast eternity"
Ohio State Journal.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-15
NO RIGHT TO UOLINESS,

The woman who IL lovely IN face, form
and temper will Away. have friends, but
one who would be attractive must keeE
her health. II she IL weak. sickly and all
run down, she will be nervous and irrita'
bio II she has constipation or kidney
trouble, her impure blond will cause pim-
pies blotches, skin erupions and q
wretcbed complexion Electric Bitters
Is the best medicine in the world 10 rogu-
late stomach. liver and kidneys and TO
purify tho blood. 1t give. strong nerves.
bright eyes. smooth, velvety skin, rich
complexion. 1t will make good look III q
charming woman Of run down invalid.
Oaly 80 cents at N. B. Danfortb's drug
Store,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-15
His Money Made GOOD.

Some time ago a man having $3.50 n
fresh government notes put the roll e
money into the pocket Of his niShtshlre
upon going to bed. He went off the nsxt
morning without thinking of what he had
done, and his wife sent the garment that
day, with other articles, to steam laun-
dry.
Before the man realized 1t his money
was being churned in the great washing
machines, and it had already been soaked
In soapsuds. The bills were found rs-
duced almost to a pulp, and yet the ex-
perts in the redemption division Of the
treasury at Washington, where they wers
sent, could pick out enough pieces, bit By
bit, to be sure Of their number and do.
nominations.
Then they gave the man new bills IN
place Of those which had been SO nearly
destroyed, for this is one of the duties Of
the redemption division.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-15

Lima, o., Sept. 15.-Yesterday the
Ohio and Indiana Glycerine company's
factory, southwest of the city, recently
bought by the Hercules company and
closed down, was blown to atoms by
an explosion, origin unknown. The
machinery had been removed and the
explosion was caused by number of
old cans being stored In the building.
No one was around SO far as known.
The building had been damaged by
three previous explosions since 1892,
two being killed and several injured.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-15

To the question often nsked why the
marriage ring should be placed on the left
hand many answers are given. Some say
because the left hand is much less used
than the right, and therefore the ring is
less liable to get broken,
In the British Apollo Of 178S it is stat
ed that for the same reason the fourth
finger was chosen, which is not only less
used than either of the rest, but is more
capable of preserving ring from bruises,
having this one quality peculiar to itself
- that it cannot be extended bnt in COM
pany with some other finger, whereas the
rest may be singly stretched out to their
full length and straightness.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-15
Brassart and Photography.

August Brassart, who says he made
the first silver plate used in photography,
attended the recent convention Of Mis-
souri, photographers held in st. Louis.
Had it not been for his skill as a silver
smith the great Dagucrre might never
have succeeded. DaSuerre went to the
factory where Brassart worked and ask
ed for some plates polished by hand
to the required smoothness. The propri-
etor said that it could not be done. Da-
guerre asked for the polisher and was re-
fsrrsd to Brassart. The latter. in spite
Of his masters denial, affirmed that it
could be done. and he proved his asser-
ton by doing H. On this silver plate the
first photograph was taken. Mr.. Bras
sart came TO this country in 1856.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-15
Porto Isico's Revenues.

Washington, Sept 15.-The war de-
partment received yesterday the
amount Of receipts gathered from all
sources in Porto Rico for the month
of August. The receipts 3173,-
$50, divided as follows: Customs re-
ceipts, $155,672; postal receipts, $6.01S;
internal revenue receipts, 1892; mis-
eellaneous, $2677.