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Show J. W. Bostaph, of Ogden, was chosen senior vice commander. The other officers selected were: Junior Alfred B. Beers of Connecticut; surgeon general, Dr. W. 11, Lemon of Kansas; for chaplain, Rev. Daniel Ryan or Indianapolis was chosen. Resolutions were adopted by the Grand Army of the Republic and auxiliary branches, before adjournment of the convention, giving lavish praise to Utah and Salt Laice City for the manner In which the visitors had been entertained. For the staff officers and 1,001) friends In the O. A. R. Frank 0. Cole, retiring adjutant General, at the clou- ing session, preaentea General Henry M. Nevlus, the retiring commander-Iclilef, a beautiful diamond studded 0. A. R. badge. For the members of the G. A. R. Colonel Frank M. Sterrett, chairman of a committee appointed for that purport a year ago, presented Judge Charles O Burton of Nevada, Mo., whoso term of office as commander-in- chief of the G. A. R. expired a year ago, with a beautiful client of silver. While the veterans were holding ENCAMPMENT WAS It meant a great deal to you to buy pour Jewelry of a reliable house. The bueinest la baaed on confidence and our forty-eigh- t year of square dealing have placed ue at, the head of the reliability data. Everything In diamond!, watchea, ellver tableware, clocks and optical goods. A GRAND SUCCESS SOLDIERS ENTHUSIASTIC PRAISE OF TREATMENT WHILE IN SALT LAKE CITY. OLD IN 170 MAIN tAKI SALT Oft It UTAH Former Governor Van Sant of Chosen Commander-ln-Chiea Reaident of Utah Being Given Second Place Next Convention at Atlantic City. Mln-nesot- a f, Hallows College All n Lake City. The Forty third Anniiul Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic In now history, the closing exercises of a session being hold on Friday, August 13. Tired ' but happy, and feeling In a most gracious mood toward tbe people of the city in which tbey bud Salt SALT LAKE CITY Mve-da- y BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR BOYS women. One of the greatest undertakings of the W. R. C. is the reclaiming of Andersonvllle prison and the making of this as a free girt to tbe Union. ;.; The Ladles of the Grand Army of the Republic was organized In 1886, and numbers some CO.OOO 'women, its work being along the same general line of that undertaken by the Woman's Relief- - Corps, President Taft has lately bee,n elected an honorary member of this organization. The Daughters of Veterans is Just what the name Implies, daughters or granddaughters of the men who fought In the civil war. Mrs. Jennie I. Berry of Cedar Rap-IdIowa, was chosen president of the Nat lonal Woman's Relief Corps at Thursday's session. She was elected hy an overwhelming majority. Mrs. Delia Rawlings Henry of Kansas City. Mo., was chosen president of the Ladies of the Grand Army of (he Republic at Friday's Besslon. Mrs. Minnie T. Gultland of Alliance, Ohio, was victorious In the race for president of the Daughters s, of TROUBLE IN ROYAL DISCOURAGED PALACE. Tidings Borne by Amateur Actor Sufficient to Lead Hearers to Expect the Wortt. The Shakespeare club of New Orleans used to give amateur theatrical performances that were distinguished for the local prominence of the actors. Once a social celebrfty, with a gorgeous costume, as one of the lords In waiting had only four words to say: "The queen has swooned." As he stepped forward his friends applauded vccifcrously. Bowing bis thanks, he faced the king and said, in a voice: "The swoon has queened." There was a roar of laughter; but he waited patiently, and made anhigh-pitche- d other attempt: A Word of Hop WOMEN. for Despairing Ones. Kidney trouble makes weak, weary, worn women. Backache, hip pains, dizziness, headaches, nervousness, languor, urinary troubles make women suffer untold misery. Ailing kidneys are the cause. Cure Mrs. S. D. Elthem. lison, N. Broadway, Lamar, Mo., says: "Kidney trouble wore me down till I had to take to bed. I had terrible pains In my body and limbs and the urine was annoying and full of sediment I got worse and doctors failed to help. I was discouraged. Doan's Kidney Pills brought quick relief and a final cure and now I am In the best of health." Remember tbe name Doan's. Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Co., Buffalo, N. Y. 8P i' "Tbe sween has cooned." Again the walls trembled and the stage manager said In a voice which could, be heard all over the house: "Come off, you doggoned fool." But the ambitious amateur refused Ought to Be. to surrender, and in a rasping fal"Is the man you recommend to us setto, as he was assisted off the stage, capable of good head work?" "The coon has Kevins, in his be screamed: "Well, he's a barber." s weened." Success Magazine. Aak Your Druggist for Allen's Foet-EaiA PROPOSAL recent, "I tried ALLEN'S FOOT-EASly, and have jiut bought another supply. It has cured my corns, and the hot, burning and ltchlntr k nHtulon in my feet which was a most unbearable, and I would not be without it now. Mrs. W. J. Walker, Camden, N. J." Sold by all Druggists, iic Veterans. Commander e. E CUn Wf la Weeacidty, Septtaber 8. Clauiul, Scientific aa4 Ceaacrcial court,. Special a'epartaitst for little tori, aider lb car ef a traiaee1 leather. Gyanaiiaa and Mititur Drill aadateee'irectioaef special iaitractore. Far ttrai iaontioi, apply U ' ',' ' '' I They Elizabeth saying that develop all ui J. J. Guinan, S. M., Preiident Very Rev. HARRY ATTORNEY 04-JO- S "V J. ROBINSON AT LAW Judge lulldlnc, Salt Lake City v. v. Gems of Thought Lost Forever. Mr. Jingle suddenly turned back bis euff and wrote upon It happened HJ & ; iTX ,VA x ebampagne. "Do you often take notes la that way?" asked a woman who set by him, touch Interested. "Often," the poet returned, "but the trouble of It Is that when I read it over the next day I can't for tbe life of me make out what the notes are that I meant to take. Then the shirt goes Into the wash and there's an end , of It What's the use, anyway?" as the waiter again paated the tall glatt SAMUEL R. VAN 8ANT, of champagne Into his outstretched CommandeMn-Chle- f Grand Amy of the Republic. Senior hand. True." the woman assented, quiet- gathered from every portion of the their convention, the wives, sisters ly. "What's the user United States, the nation's defenders and daughters of the Union soldiers who had been permitted to again 8'ang. Slang words and phrases are pio- greet their former comrades In arms neers of the language to be. Some of and attend to the necessary business these pioneers die on the plains, not of the organization which Is the pride Tlrlle enough to cross the centuries, and of every loyal American, joined in the purists rot with them. The really singing "God be With Us Till We apt slang words inherit the earth, the Meet Again," and the convention, one of the most successful and enpeople and the dictionaries. Tbey are born on the athletic Held joyable In many ways ever held, came or In the stress of crowded life, where to a close. Whllo for five days the veterans short cut speech Is a necessity. You find them first In the yellow journals had been granted the freedom of the and tbe mouths of babes. city, and had been feted and enter If you are responsible for any of the talnd In true western style during babes you have to be a purist pro tern. every moment that they were not enDon't fret too hard! You are merely gaged in the conduct of the business of hearing language in the making. Ten tbe organization, at the convention years settles a word in the dictionary ball In the Tabernacle, a great numor In oblivion. From the Nautilus ber of the visitors were so well V pleased with the reception given His Life Was Too Monotonous. them hy the people of Utah as a TV- "You need a change," said tho phy. whole that ' ' they will remain in Utah tclan. FERDINAND SHAVERS, several days, making side trips from "In what way, Doc?" Salt Lake City, and visiting points ol President Lincoln's First Bodyguard. "Your life It altogether too monot Interest they were unable to see dursous." ing the time allotted tor the business were holding conventions of their or"You surprise me." Woman's Relief sessions. the ganizations, who man true. desnt "it's Any get Into bed until morning and then gets up In the morning, too, Is leading too monotonous a life." iy VBl Pig Errantry. Tbe report of the cattle market committee presented at Colchester town council the other day contained an iteu a to a pig starving, followed by "Resolved, That the town clerk communicate with the offender, w arning him against committing any of- fense in future." It was touching to hear that penitent animal giving itt word of honor that nothing of the sort should occur again London Globe. v --H y 4 .V Love. There Is but one mate for each man and woman In the world and until . Hat Poetry Enough; Wants Wood. We hive on hand more poetry than we can find room for. What we need is mors wood. It Is true the poetry Is pretty wooden, but It doesn't fling out the warmth of oak and pine. We therefore prefer an ordinary load of wood to a cord of poetry. Adams (Ga.) Enterprise. Klttology. A girl can make a young man believe the doesn't want hint to kins her when the Is almost daffy for fear he won't. - , . i t . tT . . i IS ' , J. Pertinent Observation, "Some men," sayt Hans, the baker's boy, "vas always Ilk der keyhole oo der back of a clock They vas behlnt Urns." i :X they recognize the fact and learn with patience to await the note of absolute conviction which Is the one Infallible guide to happiness, marriages will full as they fail. now and the church wilt give Its empty blessing to tonne pairs whom God forever leaves unblessed. Exchange. ' ; ' True Cady Stanton is quoted as a woman's first duty is to her powers and possibilities, that she may better guide and serve the next generation. Mrs. Stanton raised seven uncommonly healthy and handsome children, says an adMr. Hardup Good morning, Miss mirer of hers, and tbe children of Mrs. There is some- Julia Ward Aughtunm ahem! Howe testify to the virthing I have been wishing to ask you tues of the noted woman as a mothfor some time, but er the fact Is, I er. The may be as good a haven't been able to screw up enough mother as eagle the hen or tbe goose. courage to er come to the point Miss Aughtumn A proposal at last! Look at the Names. Mr. Hardup Could you, my dear In 4 A. D. Fearaldbach-Fionfashtn- a Miss Aughtumn could you lend me was an Irish king, a "most Just and fivo dollars? good prince," who was slain by. bis who was successor, Fiacbadh-Flon- , The Newer Way. Flnchadh-Fionohudto similar a fate treated by In women Ideas Many regard to with "the tbe white prince have entirely changed, and among the better and wiser changes is that cows," who died at tbe hands of "tbe old thought that the women who Irish plebeians of Connaught" was one of the were given to good works must needs be dowdy. It Is undeniable that half dozen who died of natural causes, "good" women used to wear dowdl-nes- s and Flalthheartagh was one of the as a sort of hall mark of vir- two to resign the monarch's scepter tue. As a matter of fact, dowdiness for the monk's cowl. New York Is merely a mark of bad taste and a Press. sign of some lack In tbe mind. WomA Realist . en are no longer lacking in the wis"I am a great believer In realism, dom, that chooses pretty rather than ugly clothing, and those who do not remarked the poet "Yes?" we queried with a rising Inmake the best of their appearance are losing a golden opportunity of giving flection, thereby giving him the desired opening. pleasure. "I sometimes carry my ideas of Your 8alary. realism to a ridiculous extreme," conThe universe pays every man In his tinued the poet own coin; If you smile, it smiles upon "Indeed!" we exclaimed Inanely, you in return; if you frown, you will somewhat impatient to reach the point . be frowned at; if you sing, you will of his witticism. ' be Invited Into gay company; If you "Yes," continued the poet "the other think, you will be entertained by day I wrote a sonnet to the gas comthinkers; and if you love tbe world pany and purposely made the meter and earnestly seek for the good that defective." Is therein, you will be surrounded by At this point we fainted. loving friends, and nature will pour into your lap tbe treasures of the The Artiest Boy. earth. Censure, criticise and hate, and The boy bowed politely to the groyou will be censured, criticised and cer. hated by your fellow men. N. W. "I understand," he said, "that you Zimmerman. want a boy, sir. Will you kindly look me over." A Financial Epigram. "I only pay S3," said the grocer, ab"H. H. Rogers," said a New York ruptly. broker, "always advised young men "I understood," said tbe boy, "that to get bold of capital. He used to you paid four." point out to them that without capiThe grocer nodded. tal a man could do nothing, nothing. "I did pay rour," he said, "until t He used to pack this truth into a very saw in tbe paper the other day that neat epigram. " 'Fortune,' he UBed to say, 'can't Millionaire Rogers began bis business career on $3 a week." knock at the door of a man who has The boy smiled. no house.' " "But I don't expect to be a millionProvidential. aire," he said. "I don't care to bt Mother Why should, we make W'il-li- e rich I'd much rather be good." The grocer was so much pleased a doctor when there are so many with this artless reply that he comnew doctors every year? Father But think of all tbe new promised with the boy for three and a half. ailments! ' It ta an Interval of tbe passing the Ons of Life's Sad Facts. Pay days come and pay days go, but bills go on forever. Were. Good Mothers. - -T CORPORAL JAMES TANNER, Who Lost Both Legs at Bull Runt There was a warm fight between St. Loult and Atlantic City. N. J., for the privilege of entertaining the veterans at the next annual convention, Atlantic City Dually winning the coveted honor. For commanderln chlef. Samuel R. Van Sant, of Minneapolis, was chosen, or the nd will direct the affair Grand Army of the Republic for the next twelve months. The now 'wsi formerly governor it' tbe state of Minnesota. Corps, the Ladles of the Grand Army of the Republic, and the Daughters or Veterans, These .three organizations h"M their conventions on Thursday uid Friday, the anions beliis lipid In the Firat Pretdiyterlan church, the First Con;ret;ailonal church, and the Kaalo's hall. is the The largest organization Woman's Relief Corps, form, d tthort ly after the close of the war a an outcome of the Christian Corps or war lG.'S.OOn times. The body numbers W. M. BOSTAPH, Vice Commander-in-Chie- f. report, says: On December 31, 1907, the meniebrs In good standing of the Grand Army of the Republic numbered 225,157. The number remaining on the suspended list at that date numbered 13,489. By the consolidated report of the adjutant general for this encampment, there were remaining In good standing on December 31, 1908, 220,616. The number remaining suspended on the same daje was 8,539. The number of comrades reported as having died between December 31, 1907, and December 31, 1908, was Our gains during the year have been: By muster in, 7,434; by transfer, 2,984; by reinstatement, 7,146; by gain from delinquent reports, 3,626. Total gains. 21,154. Ferdinand Shavers, white ha'red and nearing 75 years old, was one of the of the G. A. R. encampcelebrities ment. Shavers, who Is a negro, was President Lincoln's first bodyguard after his election to the presidency and until after the breaking out of the war, was with h!m through the day and those hours of the night when Lincoln would permit of a guard of any sort being near him. For four years before Lincoln was made president the colored man was his family servant. After the election an even of Lincoln's thousand neighbors signed a petition asking that Shavers be appointed his bodyguard and Lincoln complied. When the war broke out Lincoln feared for the man's safety and would not permit him to continue as his guard. Shavers asked for an appointment to one of the colored reglmeut; being formed for the war and his appointment to the recruiting olflcershlp of the colored regiShavers ments of Indiana resulted. now lives in Colorado, and for years has never missed an encampment. Among the prominent persons with the department of the Potomac, at the G. A. 'R. encampment were Corporal James Tanner, past commander-in-chie- f of the G. A. II., and John past senior vice commander-in-chief- . Corporal Tauner is known all over the United States through his war record. He was only 17 when he entered the army end In the second battle of Hull Run both legs were shot off. One of the most conspicuous figures among the delegates to the Grand Army encampment was John Fletcher Spencc, A: M., L.L. D., of Knoxvllle. While he represented the entire south at the encampment, he also represented the whole G. A. R., In one tense, ot tie for he Is the chaplain O. A. R,. U. S. A. "A man may have the wealth' of a of a Rockefeller, the philanthropy Carnegie, the genius of an ICUIson, the oratory of a Bryan, and, the meekness ot a Cardinal Gibbons, but he can't wear one of these buttons," said ono if the speakers at a campflre. There were many cases of old vet erans meeting comrades In Salt take City that they had not met before in thirty years. Some had drifted away from home at the close of the war, i:ad settled In the west, and had never heard from their former comrades until they met la the western convention city. 10,-12- . , Ready Cooked. 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