Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1887 — Umbrellas for Soldiers. [ARTICLE]

Umbrellas for Soldiers.

There is no doubt that public money has been most recklessly squandered in recent small wars. Lord Wolseley has been the chief offender. During the Nile expedition his wildest whims and most extraordinary demands were immediately complied with. There was nothing in the shape of stores which he could not get for the asking, from railroads to circumvent cataracts down to umbrellas to shade his men from the sun, and jam for them to consume.— London Truth. “What is an epistle?” asked a Sun-day-school teacher of her class. “The wife of an apostle,” replied the young hopeful.