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Show i' with Spaiq s mot the- rpw .woman, who but the Frie rVrlotle to her flag in lfcSl. , . offered h'r-e- lf Mother General Sherman Called VOICES OF WIVES AND DAUGHof nurse celebrated the Bicherdyke, TERS ARE NOW HEARD. the civil war, one of his beet generals. to Join the Service as XorM or The woman who would be the most a Aids of Any Kind Noble Deeds of conspicuous of her sc x in a great war Women on Bulb Sides During the between the United States and Spain is CD 11 War. Miss Clara Barton, president of the American Red Cross, who is now carThe president and secretary of war ing for the starving Cubans. Should a war break out with Spain, ire receiving letters from patriotic romen all over the country anxious to womans most valuable military service will be done at home. As soon as e mustered into service. A letter received at the White House, the first gun of the civil war was fired, for Union and and addressed President McKinley, womans workcauses both the in earnest. Confedeiate began I write Washington, D. C., reads: a month after President Linasking if I would be of any use to you Within called for the first army of 73,000 coln In this Cuba tiouble. I am only a an association of New York volunteers, I woman, but can nurse the sick and women had chosen from hundreds of wounded. I only wish I were a man. I would go and volunteer to take one of our unfortunate ones place who went down with the Maine. If you need women to nurse, or U in any way I can be of service to you for my country's 6ake, please let me know. I am strong, weigh 150 pounds, height five feet five and inches, age 27 years, and a good nurse. Hoping to be of service to my God and my country, I am at your command. Another says: I was one of the first volunteer nurses during the wrnr of the rebellion; experience on transports and In hospitals. If there is another war I am ready. A Canadian woman, who says her brother fought for our flag in the late war, offers her services, and adds in her letter to tho president: Failing the position of nurse, I shall be glad to give my services in any other capacity where I may be of use. From away down in Colorado another woman, who addresses her letter War Department, offers her services in these words: Should there be a war between the United States and candidates luo competent nurses to be Spain, w'ould there be any show for us trained by the physicians and surgeons to get transportation. We are nurses, of the city. At the same time women and strong, healthy women. There are the country organized solthroughout two of us, aged 35 years. diers aid societies, sew ing circles, fairs These are but several examples of and entertainments tf various sorts for the correspondence being received the purpose of furnishing the brave from American women. boys both necessities and delicacies. In the event of an outbreak with Trains running Into Washington were Spain positions In the army will be weighed down with a tremendous acopen to many women, the number of cumulation of freight for this purpose. course depending upon the extent of Its distribution was finally turned over the struggle. During the late war to the sanitary commission, which cohundreds of women served In many operated during the war with womens capacities with relation to the army, clubs and societies throughout the enmost of them as nurses, some as spies tire North. After each battle agents and others as purveyors, laundresses, distributed the supplies as received. OUE WOMEN-I- .WAB; cita-tore- - Fit one-ha- ; lf etc. Should a great war break out the hospital corps of tho army would have to employ a great number of women nurses. Secretary Alger would probably appoint an experienced woman as superintendent of nurses. In 1861, at the beginning of the civil wTar, Secretary of War Cameron appointed Miss CLARA BARTON. Dorothea Dix for this duty. She offered her services without compensation, and nurses selected by her were found upon every battlefield from Bull Run to Appomattox. They were Jn every Union hospital. While the typical army nurse Is always described by the idealist as a youthful, tender angel of mercy, with a beautiful face, It is Interesting to know that generals in command of arand homely mies prefer middle-age- d women for such service. A circular distributed by the superintendent of nurses in 1861 read: No women under 30 need apply. All nurses are required to be very plainTheir dresses must looking women. be either brown or black, with no bows, no curls or jewelry, and no hoop skirts. The pay given to nurses in the late war wa3 $12 a montH, but it Is said that hundreds of women of social rank and position, without waiting to be formally mustered In, served without She who 13 pay or hope of reward. now volunteering to aid In a conflict was caught by the enemy and bingsi to' a tree. Marial law, that the spy is punishable ty death by hanging by the ne k, has no respect for sex. which-slate- ATTACKED BY AN .ELEPHANT DO NOT DELAY. s Cavendish Thrilling Escap From Death In Africa. From the London News: II. S. H. Cavendish gave an interesting aocawnt of his recent trip to Africa before the The Regular Army. Royal Geographical society. Among Our army, under exist. ng laws, con- the incidents he related wa3 the folaccount of a fight with a sists of ten leg. moms cf cavalry, seven lowing e wounded twenty-fivof and elephant, in which he narmillet y regiments I tried to dodge regiments of infantry. This organiza- rowly escaped death: tion provides a total s'rength of him, but he was too quick for me, and about 52,060 enlisted men say 11,000 as I neared the thin mimosa bush I cavalry, 12,000 artillery and 29,000 in- saw him just over me with his trunk fantry. But the enlistments are limit- in the air, so I threw myself to the left on my face and kept still, thinked by act of congress to a total of so that the actual present strength ing that the elephant might go on. He Immediately, and, of the army is but 6,000 cavalry, 4,000 however stopped knelt down behind artillery and 13,000 infantry, in round spinning around, numbers. Enlisted nun in various me, with his head right over me, and staff departments bring the number up took a drive at me with his tusks, which I luckily avoided by rolling in closer to the limit imposed. under his chest. H then pushed me under him with hrs trunk and tried to pound me with his knees, but, as luck would have it, I was just out of his reach. I kept dodging his legs as they came down. This continued, my boys said, for half an hour, but he was very much occupied watching my who were shooting and shouting from some distance off. At one moment he lay on me and I expected every moment to hear the bones crack, but suddenly his weight was shifted off me and I pretended I dead, and, not wishing to see the coup de grace coming, closed my eyes and remained quite still. The boys told me that he got up and backed off my body and knocked his leg against a log of wood lying close behind. Mistaking the log for me, he vented his rage upon it. He must have been badly wounded. After a time I heard the boys coming closer, and, waiting until they were fairly near, in case the elephant might not have gone far, I looked earefullly round and saw him standing some 170 yards off. I got on my legs as fast as would let me and stagIf the United States should be com- my bruises The boys, on toward my pony. gered pelled to undertake a war for the deliv- me were dumbfounded, up, get seeing and my groom, who was a great, hulking fellow, wanted to carry me, thinking I must have some hones broken; but, although my left leg was seriously bruised, and my scalp damaged, I was in other respects unhurt. Explorer fr 25,-00- 0, gun-beare- rs, s ONE MANS CHURCH. Colored Zealot Building a House Worship Entirely Unaided. of A Georgia colored man, Andrew Bonner by name, is manifesting his reliin a substantial, enthusiasm necessary to employ volunteers, but gious unusual way. runner is a simthough the regulars would form at least the minded negro, filled to overflowing nucleus of any army of occupation and ple what his admiring wife terms "de with it would make a great deal cf difference ol time lie resides with her religion. whether the regular army had 52,000 in a village a few miles Park, College or only 23,000 fighting men. From the from Atlanta. His ambition for years latter number, scattered all over the has been to build a church for the ben-eon on the northern the coast, continent, of some of his own race, the maand southern frontiers and in. the In- terial used to be procured with his own dian country, not many could be sparand no workmen to assist earnings, ed. If the ranks were filled to the maxhim in the rearing of the edifice. With imum, a very respectable force would utter disregard of legal measures, Anbe available in case of war. drew selected two years ago a site for the church of his dreams, which he exHorrors of War. pects to he a monument to his memWar, said the old colonel, as he ory long after he has returned to dust. stirred his toddy, is too terrible to The fact that he does not own the disturbed him. ground has never friends urged him When to wait until the ground could be bought for the purpose he paid no heed to the proposition, but kept to his Every spare penoriginal purpose. ny was spent by him for lumber and nails. The work has necessarily been MORTAR ELEVATED TOR FIRING, erance of Cuba, it would doubtless be ut THE STEAMER OLIVETTE. (In the Service of Unci Sam Between Havana and Key West.) Statistics show that during the late war the womens organizations raised altogether $50,000,000 among their societies in the Northern states, tho amount recently appropriated by congress to put the nation upon an effective defensive footing. The little girls of the North, by their miniature fairs and handiwork, contributed $100,000. Women might serve this government as spies in a great war. That a woman cannot keep a secret herself or let any one else keep one is not borne out by certain secret archives kept in a large safe in the war department. Prevention Ii Worth n Pound of Cure. Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co., Chiof cago. Dear Sirs: I used one bottle your 5 Drops, and it did me more ever good than any medicine I used. It did me more good thaa takea I have al! the medicine from the doctors for two years, besides suffering the entire time. In three day after I commenced using the 5 Drops my pains all disappeared. I recommend it to all sufferers of rheumatism. Very respectfully, R. L. Martin, Anguilla, Miss. Feb. 7, 93. Every family should have a bottle of 5 Drops on hand, especially at this season of the year. Changes In the weather are so liable to cause rheudismatism, la grippe and many other eases that 3 Drops cures. For another thirty days you can secure a sample bottle of 5 Drops for have 25 cents. The manufacturers in100,000 sample bottles w hlch they tend to distribute for this small amount. Write today to the Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co.. 17 Dearborn street, Chicago, 111. This company is reliable and promptly fill every order. An Ounce - . Duty and Joy. The duty should open into joy, but it may fail of joy and still be duty. If the joy is not there, still hold the duty, and be sure that you have the real thing while you are holding that. Be all the more dutiful though It be in the Do righteousness and forget dark. happiness, and so it Is most likely that happiness will come. This will help you to be hopeful without impatience, and patient without despair. Phillips Brooks. NEW SLEEPING CARS St. Louis, Chicago and Boston. To Denver, Omaha, The Denver & Rio Grande railroad Scenic line of the World announces new and important additions to their already well arranged sleeping car service. In the future, this popular line will run through weekly Pullman Tourist sleepers to Omaha, Chicago, New York and Boston, also to St. Louis without change. These cars will start from Portland, Oregon, thus giving benefit of through service on Oregon Short Lina, as well as from all Utah points. The excursions are personally conducted and furnish all the conveniences of regular Pullman sleepers at less than half the cost. The St. Louis car will leave O. S. L. stations every Thursday and Ogden via Rio Grande Western railway, every Friday morning. Tiie Omaha. Chicago, New York and Boston sleeper will leave O. B. L. stations every Wednesday and Salt Lake every Thursday evening, thus affording the inestimable privilege of r a twelve-hou- r in Salt Lako City. For rates and all details, write to B. F. Nevins, General Agent, or H. M. Cushing, T. P. A.,D. &R. G. Railway, Salt Lake City, or any Oregon Short Line or Rio Grande Western ticket agent. lay-ove- FAST TIME TO CHICAGO Clraue Western Railway. Commencing February 5, the new time card of the Rio Grande Western goes into effect. The Atantic Express leaves Salt Lake City at 9 a. m., arriving at Denver at 9:30 a. m. the following morning and Chicago at 2 ;15 p. m. the third day ; making connections with limited trains from Chicago to New York. The evening train leaves at 7:40 p. m , arrives at Denver at 9:15 p. m. the following night and Chicago at 8 a. m. the third day, making close connections with the fast morning trains for New York and Boston. Both of these through trains are splendidly equipped slow, but now, after twenty-fou- r , Andrew labor. with all latest appliances and conveniences of months patient gazes with pride upon the building, and carry Pullman Palace and Pullman which is almost covered. The old man Tourist sleeping car3 as well as free Chair Cars. Ticket office, No. 103 i3 said to have sometimes denied his' family bread that he might save money West Second South street. (Postoffice coiner.) for his pet project. Life and Death. What Is life? Tls loving God Walking Erect. And loving man, To derive the greatest benefit from walking, it is necessary to hold up the And serving both, with spirit true. As best we can. head, keep the mouth closed, and move briskly; it is in these circumstances What is death? It is to take that walking is really good for us. The dear Lords hand, Walking erect not only adds to the Amd let him lead us out of Night manliness of appearance, but it deTo Mornings Land. Emma C. Dowd. velops the chest and promotes the general health in a high degree, because New Route to Health. the lungs, being relieved of the presLittle, fragrant, palatable tablets in a sure made by leaning the head down- dainty enameled metal box, just right for ward and bending the chest in, admit the vest pocket or the ladys purse. On the the air fully and freely. If an effort tablets are stamped the letters C. C. C. of the mind Is made to throw the Cascaret, Candy Cathartic. Eat one like shoulders hack, a feeling of fatigue candy and the little tablet at once purifies and awkwardness is at first experi- and destroys disease germs in the mouth To and throat, stops souring of undigested enced, but this is soon forgotten. food in the stomach, stirs up the liver tones reto or erect an position, maintain cover it when lost, In a manner which and strengthens the bowels, making-theact and naturally. They are well is at once natural, easy, and efficient, it and healthy advertised in the press, but the widely walk to habitually best Is only necessary advertisement for Cascarets is their ahead an on fixed object the eyes with wonderful mild positive action, which a little higher than your own the top make a Cascaretyetconvert of everyone who or simply of a mans hat, for example tries We them. recommend them to all horizonkeep the chin a little above a our readers is tal line. If either of these things It is easier to cut down a hill than it is done, the necessary, easy, and legiti- to drive over it 10,000 times. from chest the to relieve is mate effect in more easily, air the gets pressure, A Cheap Trick. develops it more fully, and permeates To a a cheap kalsomlne manufacture more exclusively, causing the lungs more perfect purification of the blood, stuck on the wall with glue, claiming Imparting greater health and more It to be the same thing, or just as color to the cheek. good as the durable Alabastine, or to buy and sell such goods on such repreThe banana peel Is said to be an sentations would seem a cheap trick. excellent substitute for Ice on the Some resort to it. To be safe, buy Aleldewalk. abastine only in packages and properly labeled. Via Rio far-sight- fire-pro- Re-dini- THE OHIGGINS. (Now Belongs to Chile, But May Be Purchased by Uncle Sam.) contemplate. It should not be lightly spoken of, sir; it is a serious, sad affair. I have two graves in Virginia, one in Tennessee and three in Kentucky, and but for war the men who fill them would be living yet! Your sons, colonel? asked the listener. In an awed voice. The colonel tossed off his toddy neat, and stroking his gray beard said: No, sir; my substitutes; the brave men who fought, bled and died for me! Then the listener coughed and observed that whisky was not as good now as it was before the war. LIEUT.-GE- PANDO. Spains Military Leaders in Cuba.) One of the most active and reliable Union spies in the late war was a woman, who worked successfully for a long period. Eventually, however, she (One of THE SQUADRON AT HAMPTON The postage stamps Issued in commemoration of the Exposition are beginning to make their appearance in the mails. They are much larger than the usual size and of a variegated assortment of colors. RO ADS. Trans-Mississip- pi 1 T m |