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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25
Removal Notice.

S S. Cohen, who for seventeen years
located at 553 Rice street. in the Dry
Goods. Notions and Gents Furnishings,
is offering special low bargains on his en-
tire stock previous to his removal TO cor
her Wabasha, st. Peter and University,
In the Ryan Block, Jan LIST. Everything
will be sacrificed to this end. Early com
ers will get best choice.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25
THEY COME FROM OHIO

NATIVES OF BUCKEYE STATE
FORM ASSOCIATION IN ST. PAUL.
About thirty natives of the state of
Ohio met In the Office of H. S. F'airchiId
yesterday afternoon for the purpose of
taking steps to reorganize the State
Ohio Association of Minnesota. an organ
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25
OFFICER DOTY RESIGNS
INFORMS CHIEF o'CoNNoR OF HIS
DESIRE TO QUIT.

Officer P. c. Doty, of the central police
station, handed in his resignation shortly
before IL o'clock yesterday morning. No
reasons We're given to the chief for his
sudden action. Doty was mppointed -
the force on May Is last, by Mavor
Kiefer, and held over.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25
Hoods sarsapariIla

which radically and permanently drives
them out and builds up the whole sys-
tenn.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25
"RoMEo EFT JULIETTE.

Mephistopheles. Mr. Edouard de Resi-
Conductor. ....................... Mr.. FIt
GounOd's OPERA
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25
LES HUGUENoTs.

Valentine Nine Nordica
Urban Nine. Louise Homer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-25

The annual meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the Woman's Work exchange
will be held at II O'Clock Monday in the
Endi%ott arcade.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-11

"handicraft,' and now it naturally came to be
applied to the scientifically mechanical branch
of military art and to its practitioners is evil
dent enough Infantry" If the French authOri-
ties are be believed. is OF doubtful origin 1t
may be from the Old Italian ''fantinO'' meaning
''fcotman." in almost the modern mental sense,
in which case the French word ''fantin" for
infantry soldier is easy to understand, and the
first syllable of the word itself in question diff
fcult to account for. But the commoner theory
is that in the days when Spanish foot soldiers
were held be the most formidable of their
class, in the sixteenth century, one famous regi-
ment that of the Infanta. and that from
that regiment the Spanish name ''infanteria'
spread, a complimentary title. to all the best
bodies Of foot soldiers.
curious general designation now only ap-
piled to the militia of Malta. is ''Fencibles' 1t
is an old form Of ''defensibIe" short of one
syllable, and means that the troops so designated
not liable To be used otherwise than for
home defence.
Beginning with the highest official British mil
itary titIe-''field marshaI"-and goine, down to
the lowest-'private''-o two occur which still
fairly convey their original meanings These
two are 'general'-the officer. general not par
ticular, whose business is the direction of every
part of the army-and ''private'-the who
has no business except with what concerns his
own Individual conduct. A field marshal no
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-11

longer as his name originally sgpifed, attends
to the shoeing and other blacksmithiug; OF the
kings horses and men. \ colonel, with his title
spelled in ignorant defiance of etymolosy, is now
much more than "coronello' or leader of a
small band. The major has distinctive duties
which were not his when he was only a more
dignihed captain. The captain is only a captain
one Of many in his b3ttalon-instead of beine,
the chief C'capitan." like Gonsalyo de Cordoba
eel Gran CapitanO \ lieutenant is no longer
a deputy leader or "Iocum tenens" tin French
lieu tenantO. The ensiEns, or flag bearers
nave disappeared altogether. The serseants'
name used TO mean merely "servants"-as the
Kings Sergeants at Law were Regis Servientes
al Legem''-but they have developed into i'm
portant masters. Something Of the original
meaning of leader or head might be seen
In corporal" if this title. too had not been
corrupted in the spelling. Corporal" should be
caporal," and the bearer of the titI. no longer
confines the exercise of his headship To the
interior of the tent other sleeping quarters
OF his squad
And not the least remarkable thing about Eng
hsh military terminology is that hardly one word
IN 1t Is OF Anglo-SaXon origin. which bears out
klnglakr's observation that the English are a
Warlike but not military race"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-11

Welsh Fusiliers and Irish Fusilers. and its Light
Infantry, though it had no complete regiments
of grenadiers.
Real differences still exist in the guard regi-
cerned. In the line infantry a fusilier is of
about the same size a light infantry man.
In the cavalry of the line, while a dragoon.s way
of fighting is just like that of a hussar the
weight Of men and horses is more strictly diff
ferentiated between Tight cavalry" and heavy
cavalry The light cavalry consists Of the
twelve "hussar regiments. This term "hussar''
having nothing whatever to do with practical
equipment or methods of fighting. came into
the British army from Napoleon who took the
name and copied the uniform from Hungary
The word "hussar' means tenth man" In the
generation succeeding the fall of Constantinople
in the third quarter of the fifteenth century
Matthias CorYinus, of Hungary, called upon every
tenth man in his kingdom to take the field with
horse andsWord TO resist the Turks Hence the
Hungarian cavalry levies took the name Of
hussars-' The tight, tasseIIed boots and
breeches, the furred flying jacket and the fur
busby, with its bright coIored tongue hanging
from the top We're and are still the traditional
costume of an Hungarian cavalier This uniform
Napoleon adopted for some of his regiments and
George ~ Of England, who had great eve for
costume, copied it. The twelve light cavalry
regiments of the British line no longer wear the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-11

and pieces would be necessary to carry cut tas
plans Of the English commanding officers
All the batteries in the British army hors
and field. are being converted into 2 quick hrig
system The method was devised by Sir GeOrH
Clarke, and has as its main object checking r.
Tecon. The carriages made after his plans hl7s
been built at the Woolwich Arsenal. and guns
from these shops. as we'll as from The Arnas1ro's
ard the Vickers establishments. have been hs-
ried to the front
The artillery arm Of the service CONTAINED
January, 1899. 34S04 electives" Of this far
there were stationed in the colonies ga ot,a
and men attached % the field artillery. 1yl D.
GERS and men IF the mounted artillery. and -
who came under the head Of garrison a-t-z-.
About three hundred Of the force we're station
in Egypt, and the rest were al home. since JlE
time the drafts on the home body have been II
haustive. and a last accounts the British fars
had the following pieces IF artillery IN ac-s
service at the front: Thirty-sN siege guns
naval guns. So howitzers, II batteries Of h5s
artillery and 2:}4 field guns
Percy Scott's ingenious carriage IS a naval 81
The carriage was made out OF heavy beazi
bOlted together. The gun IS a long range o1z
and fires a projectile weighing f0rcy-ive pOuI-
the chief kinds used being shrapuel and comm
she'll When common shell is used it may q
filled with either powder or IydI-te. The pec-'
iarity of the explosion of Iyddite IS thai III
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-11

horses only as means of rapid transit from place
to place, and not to ride down and crush masses
OF foot soldiers; when they reached spot con
yenient for shooting they dismOunted. blew their
linstocks and shot off their numbering match
locks. How they got the French name of drag
ons' meaning just what it spells in English
not even the French encyclooRdias fairly
explain
Soon after the British Restoration of 1860
Charles II, with his fOndness for French fash
ions and his itching to SCI up a standing army
took a regiment of cavalry. freshly returned
from his new colony Of Tangier and stripped
them of their breastpates, which. as the regi-
mental archives carefully point out were re
turned into the stores" Lightened by so much
and drilled to more mobile" tactics. this regi
ment became ana was thenceforward known as
"the LIST Royal Regiment of Dragons" John
Churchill became their colonel. In the next cen
fury they had the second Duke of Marlborough
Tor their colonel. They routed the BLACK Nous
Quetaires' at Deltingen. Under Hawley they
made the campaign of 1745-'46 through England
and Scotland against Bonnie Prince Charlie
and at Fakrk Highland clan on foot routed
them in a charge to the cry of "CIaidh Mohr!"
Since then the regiment has distinguished itself
In many lands, but always as the list Royal
Dragons"
Ihls may serve to illustrate the persistency of
Doth military designations and regimental ira
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-11

blast is Of equal magnitude In all directions
cartridges used in connection with these
are brass caps filled with c1-iite' "n---
Smokeless.
The 6-inch howitzer fires heavy proJs,~
at low velocity. giving them a s-eep aass
descent and greater effect on bursting -
from these pieces have what is known an
artillery experts as great searching effect
projectues are dropped behind cover whien 10
could not penetrate.
OF the Pinch quick firing naval guns D
are a number in the land service. TIE
shown in the cut is drawn by q ietachH1-'
bluejackets. by whom il is manipulated 10
guns are rapid and accurate. The princlpS-
jectiie used is shrapneI similar 20 the D
shrapnel. ShrapneI differs from the COM
she'll in that il contains d, bursting charge "
becomes isnited in Hight by means Of
fuse. and balls of mixed metal which are >
tered over 4 large area like drops of water =
the spout of a Watering pot Common shs-
the other hand. has fuse which causes /
burst on impact. and contains no balls Snl'
mel is essentially man-kiIIins projectHe'
common shell is used 90 destroy earthworAs'
tyrial etc.
Another formidable weapon is the ."
breechloader for firing common shell IheSe
like the guns used by the Beers. The heisa.
the gun above the platform admits Of ~
parapet. which protects the sun Detachment
may be used for firing shraPnel or c0''-
she'll
When the Beers made their attack Oh -
smith In November with their 40 FOUNDERS n.
were silenced by the 4T-inch naval guns ~
up from Durham which fired Iyddite shelS'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-11

but all came to England through France and
that many generations before the Hon. Arthur
Wellesley was sent to a French school to get his
military education. The first of the three, OBJ
viously, comes through Spanish from the Low
Latin Observation-Disclosures This word gave 10
the earlier French directly "cheyal." "chevalier
and "cheyalereslue." and TO the later. through
the Spanish "cavaIerje." Hence the English
''chivalrous" and cavalry" Artillery is only
the Spanish -artiIleria," still meaning work
shop" or gun factory" and in earlier times
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-11
FIVEINCH BtEECIILOADER ON OvERRANK CARRAcE

oltons 70 take other examples of the former
lhe names grenadier" and "fusler" will do for
beginning At the beginning Of the last cen
Jury 1t was considered a good idea to have
podles OF men furnished with small spherical
explosive shells which they might throw over
an eneny's brcastworks-or organized bodies of
bomb throwers. in fact one part Of the ipfan-
Try brigade Of Guards. as well as a body Of
mounted men in the cavalry of the guard. mr.
household Brigade" reserved for this
1erVlce. The bombs We're filled with bullets as
wen as gunpowder. as pomegranate Spanish
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-11

distinctive flying jacket Of the hussar, but they
Keep the bGsby-when not on active seryice-and
the name
Another trace of Napoleonic influence in the
hrltlSh army is the lancer. introduced into West
eIh Europe from Poland. The six British regl-
NIGHTS Oh ialcefs stun wear on parade the Polish
cap with It's square, fat top. which they copied
from Napoleon's lancers
Ferhaps the most striking example OF French
influence in English military technicalities is in
the three names. cavalry" infantry and
artillery" None Of these are originally French,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-11
ENGLISH MILITARY TERMS
MOST OF THEM COME FROM FOREIGN
TONGUES THROUGH THE FRENCH.

LOST THEIR MEANINGS.

LOST THEIR MEANINGS.
THE Grenadier Guards crossed the river under
a heavy fire" The Dublin Fusiiiers threw out
skirmishers," The LIST Royal Dragons sent a
message of cOnEratulation to their colonel, the
Emperor William" Such sentences these
are likely to set the inqusitve American Won
dering why these Guards called "grenaders,' -
what kind of soldier 4 ''fusilier" may be, and in
what a dragon" differs from any other
mounted soldier. The answers to these ques-
tions are interesting. though, owing to changes
In the equipments and fighting methods Of mod
ern armies. they cannot be as brief and direct
as they might have been 4 hundred years ago.
The British army is a conservative institution
and keeps to Old names when the meanings have
been lost SO, for that matter. does the French
army AS there are still dragons in the one,
so there are dragons in the other. The Eng
Ish name IS a deriyative of the French, like
most other English military terms. Away back
in the days of Henri II. before the massacre of
St Bartholomew, troops of soldiers were intro
duced into the French army who precisely
what is called mounted infantry" These
soldiers differed from cavalry in using their
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-11
BRITISH ARTILLERY

THE VARIOUS KINDS OF Guns AND PRO
JECTILEs USED IN SOUTH AFRICA
The artillery arm Of the English army is plar
ing an important part in the .p-rations in Sou-,
Africa In receQt report IL was noted that a.
though many men and many pieces of the var
Gus types had already been transported to II.
field Of activity additional shipments Of rs-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-11
REASON FOR DOUBT.

From The Cleveland Plain Dealer
And you feel sure that my daughter looks
with favor upon your suit?'' inquired the aged
parent.
Well" replied the youth with engaging frank
ness L don't want To he too sure about it, OF
course. you are aware THAI your daughter
squints"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-11

grenada is filed with seeds. and were ex-
had to light before throwing them. The Srena-
diers of the guard distinguished by the
brass badge of a grenade with a flaming fuse,
and though in their drill, weapons and all other
things the surviving foot grenadiers are now
just like other infantry they still carry that
grenade. Their flaming grenade is Hkened by
Tommy's coarse imagination to an uprooted
onion; hence Kipling sings:
A-startin' a board-schooI mutiny
Along o the Onion Gyards.
As late as the middle of this century a British
infantry regiment was tactically divided into
the 'grenadier company" which was made up
of the tallest men in the regiment and stood at
the right Of the line on parade; the light com
pany," consisting of the smaller men, on the
left, corresponding to the French "voltigeurs'
C'nitters'D. and the ''fusiliers" This last name.
originally meaning neither nor less than
men with guns" having been applied in this
way to the men of medium size, became pretty
well accepted a a military equivalent for mid
die weights" Frederick the Great of Prussia
had confirmed the custom of using yaN men for
Erenadiers. As the Guards included a whole
regiment Of grenadiers and another OF presum-
ably light infantry'-the COdsream Regiment,
which Monk brought with him from Coldstream.
don to manage the Restoration-it also had its
Scots mot "Scotch') Fusiliers The line fol-
lowed fashion with its 9TH Royal Fusiliers
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-07
WHO WILL GET THE PLUMS?
GOSSIP CONCERNING THE May
oR's APPOINTMENTS.
Five Names Mentioned In Connection
With Chief Of Police-Rsiser Has
No Opposition.

1t is not expected that Mayor Brown
ing viii submit any names to the coun-
ell tomorrow night for any Of the ap-
pointive offices. However. as the time
draws near when appointments are to
be made. speculation as to the probable
Apprentices increases
Much interest cenfeTs around the Of
fee Of chief Of police. and there are at
least five names mentioned in this con-
nectiOn-J. E. Davenport, the present
chief; Dan Murray now on the force
q. K. BelnaD ex-sLsriff; Newton Farr
and A. 1. Stone.
Orson Riser seems to have no oppO-
sition for the position as chief Of the
FIRE department.
For sanitary Inspector there are sew
eTat names under discussion, among
them Richard Williams, l. N Pierce.
Robert Moves and John Conlisk.
For city physician the names of Ed
win Rich, +. !, Rich and A. S. Condor
are talked about
At tomorrow NIGHTS session OF tba
council it is probable that the presi-
dent H II Thomas, wei submit his
| list OF committee appointments. Mr..
Thomas is keeping his own counsel,
though listening TO the advice Of many
others on the subject of committee ap-
pointments. No one. probably not EVEN
Mr.. Thomas himself can vet saw who
VIII compose the various committees.
but it viii not be surprising If Jones,
Carr and Thomas are on the commit
tee on laws Joseph Parry viii HIlelW
be chairman Of the street comnattee,
/ and Powers or Carr viii likely presida
at sessions Of the sanitary committee.
On the finance committee roll the
| names Of Cross and Abbott are apt to
I q A -
| something to say in the claims commit
! tee.
It is understood that President Thorn
as desires. so far as possible TO obit-
crate all traces Of the rivalry RAISED in
the contest for the election of presi-
/ dent Close observers say he viii give
the minority msmbers representation
without regard to their votes for pree1-
! dent.
The conlTsittee on rules was in ses-
sion last night at the city haI. work.
ing on the rules for the next council
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-07
TO STAMP OUT PLAGUE.
President Issues Order Relative to
Quarantine In Philippines.


Washington, Jan 6-The president
has issued an executive order relative
to quarantine regulations for the ports
in the Philippine islands. The order re-
cites that to prevent the introduction
Of epidemic diseases, the act of 1893
and the rules framed thereunder, shall
have full force in the islands with ad-
ditiOnaI regulations. These require that
vessels entering and clearing from any
Philippine port shall be examined by
officers of the marine hospital service.
Details Of officers for that purpose
have already BEEN made for the ports
of Manila and It0ilO and will be made
for the remaining ports as rapidly as
possible. These officers shall have au-
thOrity over incoming vessels includ-
ing army transports and non-com bat
i've ships Of the navy and no entries
shall be permitted without quarantine
certificates.
Ships clearing for United States ports
shall take out bills Of health, after
complying with all quarantine regula-
tions and said bills may be signed by
a collector of customs in the absence of
a medical officer The medical officer
at Manila shall be the chief quarantine
officer and make all appointments sub
ject to the approval Of the secretary
of the treasury.
The marine hospital service rules
shall apply as far as applicable and
the expenses Of the quarantine service
shall be charged against the island
revenues. not to exceed $500, 900 per an
mum. The epidemic fund is to be re-
imbursed from the island receipts for
the cost Of disinfecting appliances and
material already ordered to be forward
ed to the island.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-07

with q fair proportion of students in
their places. About fifty new students,
mostly in the winter courses, have been
enrolled. bringing the attendance for
the year SO far $50
President Tanner and some other
members Of the faculty attended the
funeral Of NJ. w. Merrill. jr.. in Rich
mond on Wednesday afternoon. Pcesi-
dent Tanner was one Of the speakers.
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Mrs. Tanner and La Rue returned
from American Fork Thursday.
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During the holidays the grounds were
pretty much deserted. Secretary Viii
son, Director Foster and Professors
Close, Merrill MacEwan, Linfeld and
Dryden were in their offices most Of the
time.
Mrs. w. s. LangtOn, who has been
seriously i'll for some time, is recover
ing.
Mr.. W. W. Willie Of Bozeman, for
mer state superintendent Of Montana,
and an old-time friend of Professor
Fosters, is. with his wife, visiting Mr..
Fosters family. He addressed the stu
dents at chapel Friday morning and
gave an illustrated lecture on the yell
loWstOne park Saturday evening.
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The college dining room will begin
next week to furnish lunches prepared
by the pupils of the cooking depart
ment, directed by Mrs. Cotey.
g o g
Professor Miller Of the department of
psychology, Brigham Young academy,
Provo, was a visitor at the college on
Wednesday.
q 8 8
Two brothers Of Professor Faris of
the commercial department, one from
Ogden, the other from Boise. We're Wis
itOrs at the college during the week.
& . o
Professor Robinson is investing his
savings in a commercial enterprise IN
the city. He seems to think it is time
to connect German and ready made
clothing
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-07

New York. Jan. 6.-Commercial Ad-
vertiser's London financial cablegram:
There was heavy renewal today Of -
Berlin Liquidation accompanied with
political rumOrs in connection with the
capture Of German vessels bound for
DeIagoa Bay and the Russian move
ment Of troops in Afghanistan. Moth
ing authentic was given out. Americans
suffered most, but other continental
centers sold specialties. The London
market was dead, simply allowing for
eign sales to depress prices.
The Bank of England bought e150,00
gold in eagles and e11,000 in German
coin. Money was superintendent and
bills were idle The board Of trade re-
turns for December show imports down
1872, but an increase for the gear of 2 J..
Exports for the month are up and for
the year increased 9. 4, the latter figure
excluding ship building.