LeMars Semi-Weekly Post (Newspaper) - May 9, 1899, Lemars, Iowa Published Every Tuesday and VOLUME EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL AMP 8PECIAL PRIVILEGES TO LE MAY 0, 1899. NEW CABLE STEAMSHIP Mission of the General Hooker I In the SHE WILL LAY 800 MILES OF CABLE Uncle flam Bu Commissioned Her to Connect All Military Poets la the May Take More Than Tiro of the Vessel's Spick and span tinder her coat of pure no one would recognize in Uncle Sam's new cable General the old Spanish passenger steamship captured during the war by the little tag But inch a and the now the General under the influence of hard liberally spent by her new has taken a new lease of She is going to the where she will lay at least 800 miles of The mission of the vessel and her officers and is to lay branches to connect all the military stations on the islands with the main cable The task may take more than two yoara A small army of men worked on the Hooker the other day as Bhe lay side the government pier at the foot of Pacific Painters were putting the last touches to her interior Tinsmiths were lining with zino the small refrigerators on the port and starboard sides of the spar deck forward Other workmen were busily engaged in fitting up the quarters of the firemen and sailors in the 'tween decks The General Hooker has gained a new topgallant forecastle since she was rechristened and at the Morse Iron works in Sonth where she was practically new tubes were pnt in her The little pilothouse on top of the superstructure was replaced by a steel the forward end of which is used as a pilothouse and the rest as a stateroom for the an experienced who has walked the bridge of ocean steamships for more than 20, Captain Hanlon was found superin tending the arrival of a consignment of charts and volumes of salty wisdom in a trip of such length as the Hooker is in hatch No. 1," he 70 tons of cable coiled in a As tbo cable weighs three tons to the there are a little more than 38 miles in that In No. 3 which is just abaft this we have another which now holds 450 tons of or a continuous line 100 miles in No. 8 contains 280 or a little more than 98 miles of we have stored on board 1,000 miles of shore telegraph wire which with the that go with it weighs 100 tons There are also on board 170 miles of shore with the stores and supplies of all the ama had 2,800 tons measurement on board when she left New voyage to Manila will occupy at least 80 with the auxiliary machinery which gives the vessel great er weight and her deep I do not expect her to log more than nine knots an hour on the The General Hooker will pay a cable I over a drum placed the forecastle and the machinery for picking np the cable is placed on the spar deck forward of the fore Pointing over the port and starboard on the topgallant are two 0 pounder rapid fire the vessel's only York Journal - WOMAN'S GIFT TO Ten Thonsand to Endow a Chair to Be Occupied a The regular meeting of the board of regents of the university of Michigan was held at Ann Arbor the other A communication from a woman in who wishes her name to remain but who evidently is not a believer in the new woman was - She presents the university to be invested until with other s amounts to sum to be used to chair to be occupied by some Woman of acknowledged No designation was placed on the character of the but the letter positively states that the money shall never be used for Instruction in The it believes that the tendency in coeducational institutions is to make football players and track 1 letes out of the students of the gentler and alio unmistakably avers that her cannot be devoted to in in this of college edu for The regents accepted with the woman on Firing ' M. 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Boysen of Colorado earned the congratulations of General Wheaton on the field before by the in she went about caring for the She kept up with tbi firing line and assisted many a wounded She even took a rifle shots at the ' amid the cheers of a group of She west to Manila as a volunteer nurie for the reserve She spent day on firing As about to return to the in the rear a who her into a ear was shot the Kind ol Liverpool Assistant Engineer Allen of the American line steamer which arrived at her dock in Philadelphia recently from brought with him a rather peculiar an experience which befell him in that city just previous to the sailing day of the voyage just The incidents related by the engineer on the voyage across were of such an unusual naturo that he was forced to tell them again and and the truth of the story is vouched for by all the officers of the including Captain Mr. Allen has n pretty little bouse in situated about one mile from the where bis wife and child On his return from the trip preceding the present one he found to his astonishment that the house had been first of said Mr. of my and I lost no time searching for My wife I found in my mother's where she had been living for three Her explanation for leaving our own houso was She said that she had been driven out of it by an army of The cats of the Liverpool docks nro They are as big and strong as tiger While I had my nn investigation of the premises showed my wife's story to bo perfectly They actually drove me When I opened the door of the sitting I was confronted by at least 60 of and savageness is no name for the nature of the attack they made on me. course I was pretty well aggravated at having my homo broken up in this fashion and immediately resolved to exterminate the I hurried back to the to secure the necessary I guess I was pretty well excited when I went up the I met Mr. the chief at the I me your sized me up and replaced the which he had made a pass in his He thought I intended to commit and backed away from me as though I was a That was only a sample of the troubles I bad in my crusade against the intruding Not to be I bought two pistols and went for them By a hasty calculation I uhot about 80 of and after two hard work pnt them to flight in Sn I found a broken pane of glass in the back kitchen through which they bad But you ought to have seen the condition of Tho beasts had torn up everything and ripped the carpet off the It cost me money to fix that place up again and any amount of per suasion to induce my wife to live in it. The worst of all about thiB is that when I reported the matter to the police I was promptly for cruelty to Would you believe They kept me in joil for a day until I established proof that I was not killing the animals for mere Don't talk any more cots to concluded Mr. making a vicious pass at the pet which at that moment ran between his never were any but when it comes to breaking a man's home it is the last The Elder Got the nest An account of the life of Judge James B. Bradwell of Chicago by his daughter tells a story of the deeply religious training of his He had the old fashioned faith in the efficacy of prayer before he was of sufficient age to understand the reasonable limits of Buch when James was only 8 years the wagon was sent to Chicago for Five days The wagon was and the Bradwell family was without food and without a man to provide it. Little as with even small boys of the time and was a good HiB mother loaded the gun for and be started out to see what be could shoot to the In due time he buw two prairie chickens not far He got his gun ready and then took long enough to pray if you will just let me bring down those two chickens I'll give your minister the choice of the pair The trigger was pulled and down came tha two prairie James believed tho shot to be a direct answer to his He took the two to Elder the and told him of the Tho good elder took a long time to the two in order to bo quite sure thut ho got the better of the he he thought it best that the compact should bo faithfully carried X Lock of Ills A white haired clergyman recently preached in tho parish of a He hnd hardly got back to the vicarage from tho church when tho doorbell rang and a charming girl of 18 asked to sea He received They talked about the sermon and other things until finally she asked won't you give me a lock of your my said tbo old flattered at the I'll send it to you und ho On his roturn to his own home ho had five more requests of tho samo and ho proudly to his that bo was glad to see that he had not yet lost his power to All went well until his wife received this Dear won't you ask your husband to send me just a little lock of his We havo all been taking lessons in making hair So many of tho other girls asked and ha sent it to I thought would usk yon to got it for mo. Won't you please do this for It iB bo hard to get white huir for lilies of the This was a terrible and the less now said about locks of hair in that old presence tho HORSESHOER TO THE CZAR Mack of Indianapolis Will Fill That whose real name is Thomas Mack and who is known as the finest horseshoer in left recently for to become chief horseshoer in the stables of his majesty the czar of all the Three years ago Frank a well known came to Indianapolis with a string of which he exercised on the fair He soon became apprised of ability as a und in this way they became Two years ago Starr went to Russia with a string of and iu Bomo way he excited tho attention of tbo court and was in chargo of the of the czar's stables at He found great difficulty in getting horses shod and wrote that he should cable bis had no money with which to and he accordingly wrote to Starr offering to come for yearly and all A cablegram come in reply accepting his terms and telling blm to apply to the Russian consul at New where orders had been left for his now regrets that be didn't set his figures En Carnegie to Blake Steel Open hearth steel axles are to be manufactured by the Carnegie company on a most extensive Work construction of a plant has been started at West It will be ready for operation in six Permanent work will be provided for 8,000 skilled The annual output will be from 80,000 to 100,000 tons of forged Altogether the establishment will be the largest of its kind in the The forge will be the largest of its class in Nearly 800 Descendants at Her The funeral of Mrs. Mary held at St. the other aft was one of the largest ever known in Franklin The string of vehicles was nearly two miles long. Mrs. Brandt was 88 years old and U by a large There are in 9 send a delegate to the 180gceati!randebi)dren and 8 and with wry C. 8c ARE AUTHORITY ON CLOTHING Marksmen In The story of what marksmen can do in battle is written in red letters all over tbe history of remarks the Boston Tbe famous English archers whose cloth yard shafts won so many fights at desperate odds against the mail clad knights of tho embattled farmers whose deadly aim was so fatal on tbe Lexington road and the slopes of Bunker the grim slaughter which broke veteran regiments at New are proofs in Later evidence of the value of straight shooting is afforded by that strange war in which the Dutch Boers won the semi-independence which they now In this contest there was on one side a burgher force with slight pretensions to and none at all to and on tbe other side a British hardened in battle and trained to the perfection of yet the Boera were victorious in every encounter on the What is the simply The Boers were splendid who knew how to make every shot while the British comparatively mere wasters of ammunition of the soldierly The Discovery ol nn | In tho Cathedral of | is a monument to Francis II of and his Margaret which is considered of tho masterpieces of i French it iH over years und until odd years ago no ones knew to whom to it. Then | fiTi old whs in the cathedral hearing tho following Michel was a poor forsaken hoy whose only homo was tho where alone God and our saints watched over me. I often forgot to eat and drink while looking at the stonecutters who made atono crosses for the holy place in the diocese of and I myself carved small images with a wretched when worthy priests took compassion upon fed mo and said to thou little and look as much as thou pleasest at tho curved belfry and at the beautiful work of tho guild Look at all lovo the good the mild Saviour and the blessed Virgin Then thy name shall be honored in tbo diocese of Leon and in the beautiful This I did for a long while that I might become u good and then our Duchess Anna gave me an order to cut monument to our gracious Duke Francis II and tho Duchess A Good Scotch In Lanarkshire there lived a laird named who was noted for his On one occasion a neighbor waited ou him and requested his name as an accommodation to a bit for at three which led to following and truly Scottish I conna do for laird Ye hae dune tbe same thing for bat within wheels ye ken naething It's affair to refuse ye if I was to pit my name ye wad get tho siller frae the and when tho time camo round ye wadna be ready and I wud hae to Sae then ye and I wad Sae we mae just as weel quarrel the no as lang's the In ma Two Here are two stories from Sir The first records the Baying of Sir F. when Lord Houghton's death was that exit is tho result of too Tbe concerning a definition Which Gladstone gave of a is also given in the It is noun of numbers signifying but not signifying Some Australian birds lay their eggs in black as if aware of its superior absorbing others select tbe neighborhood of hot volcanic warmth plays tant part in the ' The wound builders heaps earth leaves as M feet in THE LANPHER We have All Kinds of Hats and Caps. 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At flint only used a medicinal it Mion became generally intro Unced a pure food and wuu ordered to be browed hereafter two beforo the two after Corpus It JUST A FEW Theaters In New A New Zealand correspondent of tho Baltimore San Tho floor of their 1b supplied with wooden with open The the fashionable only cheaply upholstered and is badly Early door tickets at cents extra are admitting the holder an hour before the doors that he may obtain first choice of the Five minutest before the appears a big suspended in tbo is violently making all bnt tho dead Then all knowing ones understand that order is stranger probably thinks it a fire alarm Saturday night in all New Zealand towns the people crowd their leading They walk chiefly in the street in preference to tbe The men and young and promenade np and down the one meet friends and in groups in the An occasional cab or driven at speed in their makes the people scatter for a with many narrow turn to left instead of to the righ t. For Spanish Directly after Lent is observed a custom that is particularly interesting to It is what may be termed tho sale of the for on Monday worn Ing after Easter the shepherds have their Jamba and goats on sale in all the The animals are kept ip tempo rary and it is tbe rule for parents to permit of from 0 to 13 years of to a pet lamb or - After the animal is selected it is taken to the home residence and given tbe freedom of the courtyard and quite often the greater part of the It is every child's ambition to train the so it wiU follow its like a and if a few simple tricks are added tp the lamb's or kid's education tha master or mistress is proud Girls especially de light in these and often the animals are sp. bedecked bows And rib bona as tq bide Tbe the iambs Is a Why HhK WllM In describing her visit to ono of tho mission schools of Miss tells of a negro girl of 13 to whom she addressed tho replied 1ho do you asked tho young was tho You nro the very person I've been looking said tell me why you ure I'm black because my pa's pa's pu saw Noah without Iuh clothes London Londoners consume 375,000,000 gallons of water a They do not drink all of and what they do drink is not always taken aa they use 20,000,-000 pounds of tea aa They do put down 168,000,000 gallons of as wall as 4,400,000 gallons of besides 000,000 gallons of mineral Scotland seems a place to find a statue of Abraham and yet there is ono It adorns a monument erected in old Calton burying to tho memory of the Scottish Americans who fought in the American civil Railroad Time illinois central BAST No. 3 No. 4 No. sa No. 94 No. 1 h 81 No 0b except 7:45 p m No. No. No. No. No 1'usneiiuur. 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