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Chinese on the WarDatb.

The Chinese art of war does not in
clude the moving of troops, and 5000
men will be purposeIy spread out over
a line of march $50 miles long. Even
these detachments, when on the
march, dribble along the road in a
manner that is utterly incredible.
There is no column, only a string of
stragglers and coolies to be seen, ex-
cept a body of men carrying flags and
a or two at most of men armed
with rifles, whose special duty it is to
escort the officer commanding the bat
talon. The soldiers stroll or hurry
along according to the taste of the
individual. The men, singly or in
small parties, twos and three, carry
baskets, buckets, bundles and tents
slung on poles, muskets or magazine
rifles with impartiality, while tent
poles, huge shallow cooking pans,
mattresses, spades, picks, teapots,
stools, paper lanterns form part OF
the baggage, besides umbrellas, of
which each man possesses ono, if not
two. Some stagger under wheelbar-
rows, some are seated on donkevs,
with the peasants carrying the rifles
or muskets. Most on foot, Of course,
many barefooted, some footsore, and
the footgear itself includes sandals
straw, shoes, and boots.-Golden
Penny.
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Mrs. Riley-Yis; before me by Dan
ny wor taken sick Riley missed his
co~llarbutton an licked him fer shtal-
in it.
Mrs, oreel-An' did the by shtaIe
it?
"Hivin ferbidl no. Whin Riley took
aft his shirt nome weeks afther the
b'y's dith the c~oEar-button rolled out
on the floor. an the things ~-avin'
on his moind"-Judge.
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TREsPAss NOTICE.

All PQFtios are 60Fbtdden, under penalty Of the
3W, % hunt hnA. tap, eua WSOa, doAdG8 trees,
ptOG @o31 o. otAeFgBo Ue1PAB8 "a TIE Wood
6LaEi86EES MAGHNNTs.
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NOTICE

Al bunting ana tEOaPaBuing @ Oak ROFeSt
Plantation ard R6Usal RGst Dp1lSV6lY DPohIb.
~ 4. n CASEY. AgsaL
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TREsPAss NOTICE.

The public 10 hereby notified not 70 hunt Of
otherwise trospa1s on my property on Grand
Gallon, Bayou Sale and Bayou Grassy. Tn
roads through said properties are not public
but private, and all persons are warned not u
use without nrst obtaining the permission Of
owner, under penalty Of the law. TTesp9ssinG
10 also forbidden en- the property OF g. b. Cena
IN Grand CaillOus PIERRE CENAC.
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10 THE PUBLIC.

IAOBubloiS hereby notlRsa net % hunt, trap
Eisk mesa OF 0thsTWtS0 troBpaSs On the o. no
plantatOAs Bayou DuLAFEs, unAoR penalty a
u ROuanRAnx rntnr-
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TO THE

Hunting, trapping or tFespassinE on my indian
Ridge plantation, Little Gallon, Is hereby for.
hidden. Parties caught treSPaSsinE en- said
JOHN RABIN
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TO THE PUBLIC.

TAsBablts 70 hereby notified not % bDE pisA
noag VI tFogPa8B on the PolRt Farm ElahtGtiOR
q ne swamp lands balohgtng 70 said plantation
under penalty Of tao law.
A. r. VEGUERIR Prop.
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NOTICE.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

EFoR And aftsE January i. IOW, no GospasI
BUa1DP laRda.
AM esd al cattle, horses, mules, OtO., found
- AAtd Eqnt9tt01 atosR 0haVO date will BE-
esano4 ana held tor eRmhgp. MhoW and ether
AG1RglAg a3luG0 VIII b killed Wkoa bohR6 On
&Da9 Of ths AboVO bdAntutiSn.
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no THE PUBLIC.
TREsPAss NOTIOR

An persons are hereby notified not tohm8a
h any wise tFsspaSB on Mrs. @ BuFgoOls' proDs
@tgs HE1sF penalty g the Jaw.
MA @ BUR8EoTE
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TREsPASs NOTICE.

TAo PuAlo e hereby notlaod thst hHAunE,
ROSPRs9iRg or mOGB-PIGRinE on the WBubou, 81
GOOrgo and JuliS plantations, 70 EOrbipaSR, an.
der penalty o. the law.
JOHN 7. MOORE PLANTING CO., LnzD.
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To THE

The PSRlio b hereby notified not to huat, pleh
nOSn OF traaPasu on Asagoa Plantation, unasl
PENALTY Ct tholsW.
LLRBLANG
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slL YER AND The FARMERS.

The farming element, or rather the
agricultural classes, constitute the
backbone of almost every civilized ma
ton. It is certainly so in this country.
in spite Of the fact that especial favors
have been shOwered upon other indus
tries at the expense of the farmer. 1t
remains so, although colossal fortunes
are achieved in other branches of bus
mess out Of all proportion to the posi-
bilities of agricultural pursuits
Yet the condition of the farmer. bar
ring temporary periods of prosperity
caused by foreign famines or occa-
sional wars. has been gradually grow
ing more desperate. With all its fluc-
tuations the trend of prices for all that
he produces is downward. Whenever.
from accidental causes, the volume Of
money in this country is increased,
there is a brief breathing spell for the
farmers and wage earners, but the
currency is contracted as rapidly as
possible by the people who deal in it
and the burden settles upon the shout
= e,
finding them a little less able to bear it.
This is the condition of the whole civ
ilized world where the farmers are the
chief producers of wealth. The reason
has been told repeatedly. It has been
explained by those who are. now selling
their services, their influence and their
votes to the money power for mess Of
pottage It is found in the official sta
tistics of this country and of Europe.
History records the explanation. The
United States demonetized silver Feb.
y, 1873. Germany followed July 9, 1873.
and so quickly as 1874 the effect upon
silver was So great that France. Italy,
Belgium, Switzerland and Greece were
obliged to restrict its coinage. Holland
did the same in 1875, and Russia in
1876; and in 1878 Austria and Spain did
the same. The effect of such a, rejec-
ton of silver could not be otherwise
than to decrease its value and increase
the value of gold. until now silver is
worth only about one-half what it was
worth in 1S7S-compared with gold-or
gold is worth double what it was worth
in 1873, compared with silver. And the
only way to measure the value Of
either is by the standard of established
values, for the theory of intrinsic
value, upon which goldbugs are won't
to base their arguments for the single
standard, is too silly to be seriously
considered.
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agitated by the cholera and the reform
bill to consider any new departure,
causing the indefatigable author to exc
claim that she was as heartily sick Of
the reform bill as William " himself
Through all tEeSe discoura gements she
felt convinced TRAIT her work was need
ed. and saying constantly to herself,
My book will do yeti" she pressed on
in spite Of the Noes that were con-
Stantly shouted into her ear trumpet.
A book seller finally offered to take
the work upon the unpleasant condi-
ton that the author should first Sc
cure 500 subscriptions for the book.
Any one else SO deaf and so obscure
would have FeeoiIed from such a pro-
viso: but. nothing daunted, she sent a
prospectus to each member of parlia-
ment. and in three weeks the sale Of
her stories had run to 5000 copies, and
the author had no further care about
money. These stories, aside from their
great merit Of disabusing the public
mind of the impression that science is
too deep or too recondite for the ordi-
nary intellect, possessed an all-absorb-
ing interest regarded simply as stories.
Her faith in these and subsequent eff
forts led many to misunderstood her
sure perception of the public needs for
a remarkable egoisrl. She was self
centered naturally from the nature of
her affliction and from the constant
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-05
FOR THE CHILDREN.

The two orphan asyIums of this city
have been opened to the homeless chill
dren deprived Of paternal care by the
Scofield disaster.
Bishop Scanlan's generous tender of
the accommodations of the St. AIMS
orphanage was accompanied by a state
mcnt in which was the genuine rims of
true philanthropy and Christisn char
ity. No questions are asked, no con-
ditions imposed-except these: Do these
little enes need a home? VIII they
come to ours?
The ladies in charge of the orphans
home and day nursery. where so many
helpless children have been befriended
and started upon careers of usefulness
have. announced thar they viii look af-
ter such of the Scofeld children as may
be needing a shelter.
This is the help that counts. Tears
my be wiped away by sympathetic
hands Sufering may be relieved with
food or medicine And these are the
immediate needs of the hour. But a
roof for the homeless, d chance for the
fatherless. a refuge for the friendless
win be provided by ministering angels
long after the shock has been forgotten
and the tragedy has faded into history.
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RELIEVING DISTRESS.


The Herald's relief fund for the
widows and orphans at Scoheld, as a
result of the recent explosion, is not
only growing at a gratifying rate. but
is being distributed as demands are
made for the succor of the survivors.
There was ean for bread the other
night, and next day The Herald sent
1000 loaves. There is little time for
ceremony and red tape when hunger
cries. The only thing to do with dis
tress is to relieve it. The only time
to relieve it is at once.
The Herald viii continue to receive
contributions to this cause, to expend
it in the way that the most good will
be accomplished, rendering always a
fun and complete accounting Of its
stewardship.
Meantime, donations are being re-
eeived at many business houses in the
city to be collected and expended for
the benefit of the survivors later on.
Go to some custodian Of a fund and
donate. Money and help are needed
yet and win be needed when every dol
lar now contributed viii have been ju-
diciously expended.
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talks she moves the bowl Of her ear
trumpet from one auditor to another,
so that II becomes quite an organ of
intelligence between her and your
SELF
When not writing accounts Of her
tarvels IN the Orient, a history of the
thirty years peace or fascinating story
books for children, she was exerting
most practical nefghborliness in her
community. She most generously
placed her valuable private library at
the disposal of all who asked. organized
building societies and mechanic insti-
tutes. to which she, gave free courses
Of lectures upon sanitation. the con-
stitution OF the United States, the
Crimean war and current topics. She
demonstrated her theories by building
self-silpPorting worizingmen's cottages
and by giving her poorer neighbors
practical evidence of the way in which
farm of two acres may be made TO
pay.
Meanwhile she had received an I'M
usual offer for a woman, viz, that Of
writing leaders" for the Daily News,
a large London newspaper. For this
paper alone she wrote 642 editorials,
by many considered the most influ-
entail part of her life work. She so
nodded public opinion that to her
'O4 Soy DCAOA-s5S tAAS hSSkftAASABAAAtS Va
England's position during our late
civil war. Harriet Martineau alone,
| declared W. z. Forester, was keeping
our country straight IN regard TO
America"
Because her books were such mar
velS of clearness and cleVerneSs. not
classic, but the result OF a trained
mind, gifted with instantaneous in
sight, and because of the masculine
order Of her works, many have ac-
cused her of having a passionless in
tellect. The great number of friends
among the famous and among her low
ly neighbors, who knew and loved her,
claim that the passion with which she
worked for the betterment Of human
ity up to the very day Of her death in
1876 is the best REPUTATION Of Euch a
charge
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-05
DEMOCRATIC EXPANSION

The Democratic party was one time
in favor of expansion" says the Provo
Enquirer.
The Democratic party is still in ia
vor Of expansion. Expansion has al
ways been a Democratic policy. But
there is a difference between .expan-
sion and Imperialism. Expansion
means the peaceful acquisition of need
ed territory, to be governed by and I'M
der the authority of the constitution.
Imperialism means the subjugation and
rule Of unwilling peoples outside~of the
constitution.
The Democratic party has always
stood for legitimate and constitutional
expansion of trade and territory. In
der this policy OF the Democratic party
the Louisiana purchase was made by
Thomas Jefferson in 1903. Napoleon
was forced to sell and there was dan
ger Of the American possessions Of
France falling into the hands Of the
traditional enemy of this young repub-
lie. For $4,000, 600 we acquired posses
sion of the vast area now covered. in
whole or in part, by Arkansas. Iowa,
Kansas. Louisiana, Minnesota. Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, Greg 5n, Colorado. the
two Dakotas, Idaho, Montana, Wash
ington Wyoming, Alabama and Mis-
sissippi-an area Of 100000 square
miles. This more than doubled the area
Of the Union. &C which it became at
once a recognized part.
Fifteen years later. under another
Democratic administration. we pur-
chased Florida from Spain for a con
sideration of $1,000, 030-adding 100000
additional square miles of contiguous
territory, pushing foreign powers fur
Their and further from our borders. and
bringing more of the American CONT
nent under the constitution of the re-
public.
The story Of the acquisition Of Texas
is SC we'll known that it needs but
cursory mention The people were
fighting for independence from Mexico,
just as the Cubans and Filipinos had
fought for years before the war of two
years ago. This government recog-
nized the independence of the Texans,
extended aid and sympathy to them,
as it has ever done towards weaker
peoples struggling for national indie
pendence, until the last year or so, and,
after Texas repeatedly knocked for ad-
mission into the Union, it was admit
ted as state in 1s45. Thus another
area of $4,000 square miles Of contig-
uous territory was taken in and the
constitution extended over it.
In the war with Mexico the flag was
carried to the heart Of that coun ny.
At the conclusion Of the war a section
of $500 square miles OF contiguous
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SOCIETY NOTES.


Mr.. and Mrs Montague Ferry leave
this morning for the east.
o q @
Mr.. and Mrs. D. b. Hampstead have
returned from San Francisco.
8 @ -
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Terry have leased
the Daggett residence on Brigham
street
8 8 @
Mrs. Ellsworth Daggett has returned
from a delightful eastern visit.
Mrs. Windsor Y. Rice and Mrs.
Southwell leave Thursday for Park
CITY, where they will spend the sum-
mer.
o o 8
The members Of the Young Ladies'
Aid society cleared over 5000 at their
ball on Monday evening.
8 q 9
DR.. T. G. Odell is down from Butte
on q visit.
8 8 g
Miss Anna Hartman returned home
on Thursday from Oakland, where she
has been attending the Sacred Heart
academy.
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lucky series of nisfertunes abroad, ne
ruin that is midas viii be ours"
There is nothing for our country to
do but to wait, says the ex-ehampion
Of silver. In the meantime let the
Idiots in Utah who were Republicans
and supported Mckinley four years
ago hold their peace. or other pictures
of the devastation which ALWAYS ac-
companies the gold standard viii be
thrown upon the editorial canvas Of
the local Republican organ.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-05
BIOGRAPHICAL STUDIES
FOR GIRLS.
BY CHARLOTTE BREWSTER JOR
DAN.
XIL-HARRIET MARTINEAU.

(1S02-1S76.)
Harriet Martineau. whom Lord
Brougham called the little deaf We
man at Norwich" did more to mold
public opinion than many of her con-
temporaries whose writings have
proved more valuable to posterity. Her
HuguenOt ancestors had come to Eng
land after the revocation OF the ediet
of Nantes, and The independence Of
spirit which had caused them TO be-
come refugees in the seventeenth ZEN
fury caused their descendants to be-
come unitarians in the nineteenth cen
fury.
Harriet's father, a wealthy bomba-
zine manufacturer, gave all of his chill
dren an unusually liberal education,
but neither he nor his wife seemed to
possess the key to the idiosyncracies of
child nature. Consequently their
daughter, Harriet whose senses were
phenOmenally dun, and whose nervous
temperament was arbitrary and in
expiicable, suffered a IOveless childhood
from which the true child spirit was
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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Yesterdays Record at the Local Office
Of the Weather Bureau.
salt Lake -. -. NJ

Salt Lake City Utah. May 4, 1900.
Maximum temperature, 76 degrees; min
lmum temperature. 81 degrees; mean tenn
perature, "a degrees, which is degrees
above the normal: accumulated excess of
temperature since 1st of month de-
Srees; accumulated excess Of tempera-
ture since Jan. ], 5l2 degrees; total pre-
cipitatiOn from N. to 6 p. a. none;
accumulated deficiency of precipitation
since ist of the month. % inch: accumu-
lated deficiency OF precipitation since
jan 1, 222 inches.
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From a report recently sent out by
the treasury department it appears
that the amount of revenue collected
under the war revenue act, from June
IS, 1898, to March 81, 1900. a period Of
twenty-one and one-half months. was
$1S3, 400, 900. This money is being col
lected from the people and the fund
is farmed out to favorite banks in New
York City because of the danger of
keeping it out of circulation. wouldn't
it be better to repeal the war taxes
and allow that money to. remain in
circulation, instead of compelling the
people who circulate it to go to 3
Standard Oil bank and pay interest for
it? This money belongs to the people;
why should they be compelled to pay
the Rockefellers for the use of it? Will
some administration defender explain?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-05
Courses of Instruction.
Spring Term, 1900

Mondays: American Political Par
ties Tuesdays: Twenty Lessons in
French Conversation and Recent Sci
entific Discoveries. Wednesdays and
Thursdays: Golden Ages of Literature.
Fridays: Photography for Amateurs.
Saturdays: Biographical Studies for
Girls. These courses will continue I'M
til May 81, 1900. Examinations will be
held at their close. as a basis for the
granting of certificates.
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territory las acquired by the pay
ment of =. 10000 to the Mexican gov
eminent. The flag was hauled down
from every field and fortress of Mex
leo captured by American heroes. ex-
cept over the area purchased and held
by and under the authority of the con-
stitution.
In 1853, by what is known as the
Gadsden purchase, we acquired about
$4,000 square miles of territory south
Of the ella river in Arizona and New
Mexico, bringing a veNatioua border
controversy with Mexico te a salts
factory end.
In 1860 the Democratic party favored
the acquisition of Cuba, provided the
people Of the island favored the trans
fer and the Spanish government was
willing to sell. But the Cubans wanted
independence and Spain desired to hold
her possessions in the West Indies, and
no opportunity was offered the Demo-
cratic party to peacefully acquire the
island
With the exception of Alaska. all the
additions which have been made to our
boundaries have been along the line
of natural growth and DEVELOPMENT,
since it was only a question of time
when all the land we acquired from
France, Spain and Mexico would have
been occupied mainly by people from
the rest of the Union, who would have
rebeIed, as did the Texans, and asked
for annexation after securing their in
dependence.
This is the true destiny Of this ma
tion-to expand in the western .heani-
sphere, to bring more and more of the
North American continent within the
bulwarks Of the constitution, which
must be allowed to extend where the
flag is permitted to remain.
This is the policy of the Democratic
party of today, just as it was the pol
icy of Jefferson, Monroe and Polk 1t
is legitimate expansion. It is consti-
tutiOnal expansion. Tt Isl very differ
ent from the policy of the present ad-
ministration. which would hold the
Porto Ricans as subjects and treat
them as foreigners, which requires
them to salute the flag, but withholds
from them the guarantees of the con-
stitution which holds them in ale
glance, but taxes them as if they had
no connection with this government.
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himself couldn't do anything smoother
than that
Denver News; Tt now seems probable
that the census which begins June 1 will
reveal a population of 7S1Sl, 600 under the
flag. If the Filipinos win stop running
long enough to be counted, S0,000,0O0 will
be passed
st. Louis Globe-Democrat: There are
three perils to be encountered by Admiral
Dewey in Chicago; The reviewing stand
the drainage canal and the man who
went TO school with him in Vermont
Pittsburg Dispatch: If General Otis and
the Republican platforms would only in
form those foolish Filipinos that the in
surrection is over. the information would
be placed where it is most needed
Philadelphia Public Ledger: There an
pears to be no way TO check the influx
of Chinese by the Pacific coast. A iaun-
dry check seems out of the question.
Baltimore American: Now comes for
ward German man of learning 10 say
that dying is aE easy and painless per-
Torrance Yet the majority will continue
Notwithstanding this aIluring prospect
to take chances on the old and painful
way of living.
Washington Star: Mr.. Roosevelt has
not been very tractable, but it would be
rather cruel of Mr.. Plat to punish him
by making him vice president.
Omaha World-H Herald. During the month
of April about 800 F'iIipnOs were .benev-
olently assimiated" The expense of the
work amounted to about 175 American
lives and Sl2,0000 900.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-05

Dewey was bombarded by the school
children at Jacksonville, Ills, who
literally sank his figurative flagship in
flowers. The missiles were almost as
harmless as were Spanish shells at
Manila, and certainly reached nearer
the mark
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-05

Some mel. seem to look ahead a long
distance in making requests for public
purposes. In 1893 General Arakczeijew
bequeathed to it $4,000 rubles, which
were to accumulate till 1925. when
three-fourths of the sum should be
given to the best history in Russian
Of Alexander Is reign. The other quar-
ter was to be spent in printing the
work. in having it translated into
French and German. and for prize
to the second best work. The accumu-
latiOns viii amount to nearly 1000, 900
Tubles. The chances are. if he had
left it to his children, there wouldn't
be a sou remaining to tell the story of
his thrift and generosity. Some one
has said that man has no business
to leave a fortune to his children-if
they are worthy they will get along
without it, and if they are unworthy
they oughtn't to have it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-05

Everybody eats it. Nothing beats it.
Look for the label and ask your grocer
for it every day.
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REMARKS OF THE EDITORS

Kansas City Star. In Chicago Admiral
Dewey shook hands with a newsboy and
gave him . cents for a paper. Mckinley
himself couldn't do anything smoother
than that.
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OFFICE. Progress block, 14s South Main
street. Salt Lake City.
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