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The National tribune., 1900-06-14

QUEEN VICTORIA has had 40 wars
since she has been on the throne. With
the exception OF two-the Crimean war
and the present one-these have been
about the size Of our Indian expeditions,
End not more costly in life or treasure.
The Indian Mutiny made terrible Stir,
But as a military operation was about the
size of Sitting Bulls disturbance. The
Crimean war was about the size OF the
operations against Vicksburg. There has
not been anything like the amount of :.ght-
ing or the number of men killed in the
present war as in our operations west Of
the Mississippi.
The National tribune., 1900-06-14

'DARS A LEETLE IEEN1 YANKEE.
the foot of man had never intruded since
the day of the fearful crime and its fear
full punishment. Not twig was missing
from the brushwood which had grown up
and around the maze Of Frustrated trees.
There did not seem to be even the usual
runways made by foxes and rabbits, and
the intense stiffness which reigned seemed
to indicate that the animals avoided the
crime accursed spot even as much as men.
There was something spectral and grue-
some in the dead quiet even at midday,
with the blazing sun high in the heavens
As they looked they saw a large wildcat,
apparently aroused from her day-sleep by
some noise they made, glide stealthily
along a log, watching them with angry,
yellow eyes lOI.1ng yet fearing to spring
at them. 81 rea he'd around for a club to
vim to even do this. So long as she let
them alone he was in no mood to offend
her.
1t was long time before they could
summon energy enough to rise to their
feet and examine their surroundings. They
broke their way up the hill until they
came to the great stone chimney of the
ruined cabin. The rotting logs of the
house still remained in position, but the
roof had fallen in upon the melancholy
remains Of the rude household furniture
and utensils. Nobody had dared take 4
thing away from the accursed place. The
door and timber with which it had been
barricaded had fallen into a heap of mold,
and behind this lay grinning skull and
bleached skeleton, the fingers still lying on
a rust-eaten gun-barrel.
The single slip of lilac, which the rur-
dered wife had planted with a vagrant
impulse of beautifying her home, had riot
ed into spreading hedge, struggling with
the blackberries, raspberries and the
brushwoOd for the mastery of the ground
The ungathered peaches from a couple of
trees had bred a small forest of peach
trees of ali ages and stages of vigor. The
place looked intolerably lonesome and
grueSOme, even at MONDAY.
I'VE needn't exactly starve while the
peaches and blackberries hold out" re-
marked Shorty. gathering a few and tast-
ing them to find them ripe and good
The nearer we kin git the boys to that
thing" said 81, pointing to the ghastly
white skeleton, ''the safer We'll be. Les
git 'em and bring 'em up here. I'm afraid
that Wen have to carry some of 'em, for
they won't be able to move this morning,
after all that they've gone through"
(To be continued)
The National tribune., 1900-06-14
"v.xeEg FoErEs ANTE AeAMEmyoN,"

BY RICHARD HENRY SAVAGE, FARRELL
rosr, Al. n. Y. S.
When l gaze on three swords in the cor
iCr.
My heart drains Sorrows cup;
All. They came back from Vicksburg,
With no one 10 hold them upl
And-I hear them tell of soldiers, now
The tears my dim eyes blind,
For l dream, still. of my Captain
OF the Old-fashioned kind!
When they tore the paper cartridge
OF the Tarper's Ferry gun.
And they stood up on the battle line,
With bayonets. every one;
And l sigh to think of the men who died
Under our shoddy blue,
But the soldier stock is no new crop
The old hearts were always true!
Tattcred and worn on the dusty walls
Their shot-torn banners clingl
With Shiloh, and Corinth, and Malvern
Hill,
To tell you eyerythingi
Names that stirred our pulses,
Words that tore our hearts,
For the woman who gives her soldier up
Forgets not the hour she parts!
"Vixere fortcsw Yesl As good
As ever red hearts blood gave
Whether by Gettysburg ridges,
Or Mobiles poisoned wave;
Under the sod and dew to-day,
Covered with Honor's pail,
The Grand Old Army and the New
Have graves dug deep for ALL
The National tribune., 1900-06-14
A THIRD INDIANA CAvALRyMas.

Comrade W. y. Pickerill, of Indianap-
oils. has written for The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE very interesting sketch of one
of the non-comissioncd officers of the Sd
Ind. Cav, a story full Of adventure. val
iant service, narrow escapes, and final in
prisonmcnt in AndersonVille. A thread of
romance is interviewer through the nara
tive. and the hero, who viii be remem-
bered by many of the survivors of the
regiment, after his exchange, marries a
fair Southern girl, who aided him during
bis captiyity.
The National tribune., 1900-06-14

A BIG, long score to the credit OF the
Filipino native police is cordially made on
account OF their capture of the rcdoubtable
Gen. Pic del Pillar, the most dreaded of
the rebel leaders. There is much in this
TO congratulate ourselves over. 1t shows
that we have won tile natives over to
us; that they have confidence in orr deter
nlination to remain in the archipelago and
rula the country, and are satisfied with
that prospect. As soon as we can get the
people to feel this the problem Is sesrly
solved.
The National tribune., 1900-06-14

THE Chinese name for the Boxers" is
'T-Ho-Tuon," the 'I'' meaning righteous
ness, "IIo" peace, and ''Tuon' fist. Thus
it means force to secure peace and right
eousness. 1t is said to humber nearly
1900, 900 mon, and was originally called
Ae "Great Sword Society and organized
% a law-and-order league. 1t became bit
terly hostile to everything foreign and pro-
gressire. The Dowager Empress is be-
lievcd to be encouraging it, to help her to
make n stand against foreign influences.
IT, lstility to railroads is based upon the
= -,.ge that they take away work and
bread from poor men, and desccrate the
graves Of ancestors.
The National tribune., 1900-06-14

At last the Beers seem to have walked
up to doing something worthy OF their
reputation and the class TO which they be-
long. May 20, with force variously stat
ed at from 1000 TO 1000, they attacked
the 18th Irish Yeomanry, 700 strong, and
compelled it TO surrender. The fighting
does not seem TO have been at all severe
and the losses In killed and wounded were
triflng, but the Beers captured three
"belted Calls"
The National tribune., 1900-06-14

i THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE Headquar-
ters at Chicago during the National En-
campment Will be in Parlor IL, Palmer
House. and all comrades, their wives and
families are cordially invited to call and
make themselves at home. They can
make appointments to meet their friends
there, and have their mail sent to that room
IN our care.
The National tribune., 1900-06-14

For more than century Russia kept
the Montencgrins and other Balkan peo-
pies supplied with arms ammunition and
money to keep up perpetual insurrection
and afford prctcxts for her interference in
Turkey. She has undoubtedly been at the
same game in China, and a little investi-
CATION will develop that the Boxers are
stirred up by Russian agents.
The National tribune., 1900-06-14

WITH his communications cut, Lord
Roberts has now n chance to learn an
other American military notion-''living
off the country The way he is gathering
up herds of cattle seems to indicate that
he has begun.
The National tribune., 1900-06-14

THE Administration should act prompt
ly and strongly in China. A few thou
sand soldiers sent over now may save US
having to send hundreds of thousands a
few years from now.
The National tribune., 1900-06-14

IT is estimated that Germany has about
81, ,00o,000,0o0 invested in this country.
Great Britain has about five times as
much. Germans and Britons being good
business men know where TO invest to ad-
vantage.
The National tribune., 1900-06-14

PROBABLY the most satisfaction over
the Cuban developments may be found in
the breast of a Spanish gentleman named
Weyler.
The National tribune., 1900-06-14

CHICAGO has shown what can be done
corrupt municipal Government, if the peo-
pie will go about it in earnest. Five years
ago the City Government seemed hope.
lcssly rotten. OF the GS Aldermen, 5S
were openly and notoriousy in Il gang to
sell out to or blackmail corporations. Then
about 200 citizens banded themselves into
IN organization, called '1he Municipal
Voters Lcaguc" lis plan of operations
was very simple. 1t merely took up every
candidate for a city Office, and gave his
history, and made recommendations in re
gard to him. This was done with abso-
lutte Indifference as TO the party to which
he belonged This was found to be n ter
ror 10 bad and designing men. In spite
of the fact that of the 350,000 voters on
the registration lists, nearly three fourths
arc foreign-uorn, the men who kept sa
looms, and were boodlers in politics, failed
signalIy to get denominations, or if re,
nominated to get reelected. Bat four of
the original gang are now in the Council,
and they are not making any money out
of their jobs. 1t is found easier every
year to get good men to run for the Coun-
Gil on all the tickets, and public despair
has given place TO general confidence Cor
porations cannot now afford TO pay large
Sums TO elect their creatures, nor can
byodlers afford to expend much money to
secure election TO place where they can
not make profitable sale of themselves.
The National tribune., 1900-06-14

IN Luzon we have one Of the largesl
Islands of the world. as the following table
of areas will show:
The National tribune., 1900-06-14
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The National tribune., 1900-06-14
OUR GREAT CouNTEY.

Albany, n. Y, objects to sturgeon Icing
called ALBANY beef" Sturgeon is good
enough eating for a change, but when Al
bany eats beef she has the finest in the
world, grazcd in the luscious grasses Of
the Gcncssee Valley.
Missouri wants it understood that she
does something besides raising Democrats
and mules. Her broad blue grass and
clover pastures produce a milk and butter
that have no superiors, and few equals.
Utah women think they see great field
for female labor in raising silk cocoons.
About GO vaudeville theatcrs, extending
from Boston to San Francisco. have or
ranized trust, to reduce Expenses, and
particularly the salaries of LIoatcd favor
ties. Alas. though, there is no proposal
to raise the quality Of the jokes, or imbue
them with freshness.
New York is the great potato State.
She has 32G. .227 acres devoted to those
tubers, and produces about 29,000,00o
bushels year. or nearly five bushels per
capita of her population. She does not
produce as many bushels to the acre as
the New England States, where the yield
ranges from 142 bushels per acre in Rhode
Island to 127 in New Hampshire, where
New York gets but SS. All these are
small yields compared to those in Europe.
American farmers will not put the tilage
upon small piece Of ground that Euro
pcans will.
Arizona gets an average of 2.G3 tons of
hay from an acre, where that Of the
United States is but 1.3j tons, and New
Jersey only gets SO Of ton, less than
any other State. New Jersey makes most
of her hay charterinG trusts.
We only raise about as much rye in
this country as is raised in the little coun-
try of Belgium, which is about the size of
Maryland. The amount is 100000
bushels Russia raises about 900,0O0,000
bushels.
The National tribune., 1900-06-14
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The Irish standard., 1900-05-12
HoW's THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be
The Irish standard., 1900-05-12
PROBATE NOTICE
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY O

PROBATE NOTICE.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
Hcnncpin. Probate Court.
In the Matter of Proving the Alleged Last
Will and Testament of Annie ]. Swensen,
deceased.
Whrreas. Peter F. Swensen of the Coun-
ty of Hennepn and State of Minnesota
has delivered to the Probate Court of the
County of Hennepin an instrument in writ
ing. purporting to be the last will and
testament Of Annie ]. Swcnsen, late Of said
county and state, deceased, and filed there
with his petition to said Probate Court
praying that the said Instrument may be
proved and admitted to probate, and that
letters testamcntary be granted thereon to
said petitioner:
1t is Ordered. That said petition be heard
and the proofs of said alleged will be taken
at a special term of this court, to be held
at the court house, in the City Of Mime
apolis. in said county. on Monday, the 2Sth
day of May, 1900, at 10 o'clock in the fore
noon, when all persons interested may ap-
pear for or contest the probate of it: and
that notice of such hearing be given to all
persons interested, by publishing this order
once in each week for three successive
weeks prior to said day of hearing, in the
Irish Standard. newspaper printed and
published in said county.
Dated at Minneapolis, this fourth day of
May, 1900.
BY the Court:
f. c. HARVEY,
Judge Of Probate.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-12
THE HIGHEST PATRIOTISM
Goodwin Smith Says, the Beers are
Displaying II.

DR.. Goodwin Smith, who left his high
place III British politics and in Oxford
| University to live in Canada, has Just
returned from stay OF a few months
III Italy. He spoke freely TO reporter
OF the New York Sun at the Fifth Ave
nuc Hotel recently on the war in South
Africa and the Beers place among ma
tons. His remarks are worthy OF care
ful attention:
None OF my English friends and cor
respondents, said Mr. Smith, "llas ever
doubted what should be the issuc of a
war i'll which the entire forces OF the
British empire were opposed to those
OF a population not half as large as
the population OF Liverpool. The
Beers have put into the field decrepi-
tudc and childhood. They have no re-
serves. We shall win; and, having won.
we shall, too, probably, reap in the
Judgment OF postcrity measure OF the
same glory which we reapcd by the
burning OF Joan OF Arc. We shall be
fortunate if we escape the guilt OF open
ing an era Of INSCRIPTIONS rapacity and
violence which might throw back for
century the progress OF moral civiliza-
ton.
"A civilian can have nothing to say
about the dispute as to the conduct OF
our generals. The generals were dis
tinguished men, The British soldier
has shown his wontcd valor Canadian
and Australian have fought CALAMITY at
his side. Our military administration
seems also to have really done we'll and
put into the field with striking rapdity
all unexpected amount OF force. But
besides the difficulties OF the country we
have encountered in our enemy moral
force on which we did not reckon, and
| which escaped the discernmcnt of Mr..
Cecil Rhodes. We have encountered.
in its greatest intensity. that enthusiasts
tic patriotism which turns the slug
CARDS blood to flame. Can history show
a more memorable fight for independ-
ence than that which is being made by
the Boer? Does it yield to that made
by Switzerland against Austria and
The Irish standard., 1900-05-12
ISLAND OF ST. HELENA
The Prison Home OF Napoleon and
Gen. CrOnje

Napoleon, emperor OF France;
Cronje, iarmcr-soldier of the Trans
vaal. With almost a century between
them they unite in comforting sad i'm
mortality upon the name OF lonely
mid-Atlantic isle a little smaller than
Staten Island.
st Helena The name spells tragedy.
In 1875, broken ambition; in 1000,
crushed patriotism. For it is here on
this volcanic speck in the ocean that
England cages the mighticst OF her
beaten enemies.
Seek it out on a map OF the South
Atlantic ocean and you will see how re-
mote it is from the world-I,2 ESQ miles
from the coast OF Africa, 1900
miles from South Africa, the same from
Cape Town, 1850 miles from London,
OF which it has been dependency Tor
$50 years.
Its extreme length is ten and one
quarter miles, its extreme breadth is
eight and onc-quarter miles, its area
iortytivc square miles, it's population
5000 human beings, tllree-fiitbs OF
whom arc Clustered in Jamestown-and
innulncrablc goats.
The island is an ancient volcano
thrust up i'll fire from the floor OF the
sea, long since dead and cold, some
what enlarged by the slow processes OF
nature and garlnentcd not alone witt! an
indigenous flora so varied as to be the
delight OF the botanist, but also with
eXotics from all clinics, SO that it pre-
scnts the aspect OF a botanical garden
the oak growing side by side with the
bamboo and banana, and date palms
shooting skyward from fields oil Eng
fish gorsc.
St. Helena was quite liourishing
island before the Suez canal was
opened.
1t was port OF call for ocean traffic
between Europe and the Orient With
the junction OF the Red Sea and the
Mediterranean it became as unfashion-
able as Cape Horn will be when the
Nicaragua canal is open for business.
Cronje and his 1000 burghers will al
most double the population, which is a
shadow of what it was in the prc-canal
period.
One OF the most interesting residents
is M. Morlleau, the French consular
agent in charge OF Longwood, Napo-
Icons home. There he lives with his
family, religiously preserving all me-
mcntoes of the Emperor.
An important feature OF the place is
the garrison. 1t is quartcred in bar
J racks on Ladder Hill-so named on ac-
The Irish standard., 1900-05-12
ISAAC ATWATER,
Owner of Said Mortgage.
]. 3. Atwater Attorney for Isaac Atwater.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
uennepn. Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Bridget
Kelley, deceased.
Letters testamcntary on the. estate Of
Bridget Kelley, deceased, lAte of the Coun-
ty of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, be-
ing granted to Agnes Il. Moriarty:
1t Is Ordered, That six months be and the
same is hereby allowed from and after
the date of this order, In which all persons
having claims or demands against the said
deceased are required to file the same in
the Probate Court Of said county, for ex-
animation and allowance, or be forever
barred.
1t is Further Ordered, That the first
Monday in November, 1900, at 10 o'clock
a. NJ, at a general term of said Probate
Court, to be held at the court house In
the City of Minneapolis in said county, be
and the same is hereby appointed as the
time and place when and where the said
Probate Court will examine and adjust said
claims and demands.
And it is Further Ordered. That notice
and persons interested in said estate by
forthwith publishing this order once In
each week for three successive weeks In
the Irish Standard, newspaper printed
and published in said county.
Dated Mt Minneapolis this 23d day Of
BY the Court:
+. c. HARVEY,
Judge Of Probate.
A. T. Ankeny,
Attorney for Execntrix.
No. SOP Globe building,
Minneapolis, MINI.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-12
Wanted "A Man.

wish we had a president with some
backbone,
Don't you?
n man who had the bravery to say his
souls his own,
Don't you?
I'm getting somewhat weary OF states
men who declaim
Concerning our plain duty" then gig
back on the same;
When up against show down, who
fade out of the game,
Aren't you?
| wish we had a president with courage
- 10 be Just
Don't you?
Who wouldn't writhe and wriggle at the
dictate Of a trust,
Don't you?
I'm getting tired OF men who deal out
i,ighfaiutin' gush,
In glittcring generalities who hold a
royal flush,
But when it comes to deeds, who have
spine made out OF mush,
Aren't you?
wish VIC had a president who had a
little nerve,
Don't you?
Who'd stand by his convictions and
wouldn't cringe Or swcrve,
Don't you?
I'm getting rather weary of men who
are so stout.
For Duty and for Destiny" when it is
time to spout,
But when it's time for action, who oozc
and tizzle out,
Aren't you?
l wish we had a president who'd stand
up to the rack,
Don't you?
Who'd set his face toward the trutl, and
nevcrmore turn back,
Don't you?
Who wouldn't play the weather ranc to
be candidate,
Who principle to policy would not stub
ordinate,
Nor he tool for stronger natures 10
manipulate,
Don't you?
I wisl, we had president who l;new
where he was at,
Don't you?
WHO when occasion called for it, would
PITT his foot down fiat,
Don't you?
Who had little snap and sand, who
would put up fight.
Who would defy all hell itself for what
he thought the right;
In fact, wish we had a man. New,
tell me, honor bright,
Don't you?
Denver News.
The Irish standard., 1900-05-12
Attention, Candidates T!

Under the new election law for Hen
nepin county, all candidates for office at
the coming election will need printed
form OF petition for signatures of quail
flied voters. 1t is not too early to be-
gin the work now. We have the neces-
sary blanks and the correct form at this
office and can furnish them on short
notice.
THE IRISH STANDARD,
81 4th St. S.