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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-12-08

SWEET APPLE CIDER, at SOC
a gallon
At PRICE s. Gives.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-08
A Hopeful Progeny.

Old Farmer Gruff was one morning
Juggling away with all his might and
main at barrel Of apples, which he was
endeavoring to get mp the cellar stairs
and calling at the top Of his lungs for
ono of the boys to lend helping hand,
but IN vain.
When be had, after an infinite amount
Of sweating and Juggling. accomplished
the task, and just when they we're not
needed, Of course, the boys made their
appearance.
"Where have you been, and what have
you been about, I'd like to know, that
you could not hear me csll?" inquired
che farmer in an angry tone and address-
ing the eldest.
Tout in the she'd settin the saw"
"And you, Dick?"
'Out in the barn, settin' the hen"
And you, arr"
up In 0ranny's room, settin' the
clock"
And you, young mans"
up IN The garrett, settin' the trap"
ssAnd now, Master Fred. where we're
you and vhst wsse you ssttin'f" asksd
The fArmsr Of his youngsst progeny, ne
aapority Of his temper being somewhAe
sol1sacd hy ~ amazing category Of
ansusru. ssComo, 1et'o hear."
"Ou1 q - ieor-elsp. ssttin' sill. |"
seplisd yeang hepsful-
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-08
A brave Girl.

Everybody knows Ruggles. of Swan
Lake. good natured, noisy farmer who
can be heard all over the township. But
everybody don't know his daughter,
Miss Mary R.. and this anecdote relates
exclusively to her. Ruggles has fiery.
high strung team of horses, that will run
at every opportunity. One of the horses
by family consent, belongs to the daugh-
ter. One morning q few weeks ago the
team was standing hitched to wagon at
the door; something startled them, and
away they were of in a twinkling like
the wind. They made q straight ins
for deep slough about half
mile away, and in less time than We
have been telling it we're in it--clear up
to the drivers ears, with the wreck OF
the wagon attached to them, and all
hands kicking and struggling, but still
stuck fast. The girl, with dilsted eyes,
had watched the flight of her favorite.
and without moments hesitation she
resolved to rescue the animal. She
ran like Q deer to the water, plunged
in, swan to the horses, extracated them
from the harness, the mud, and the
wagon, and piloted the whole outfit to
the shore ! Mary is . brave, courage
GUS girl, and the Gazette takes pleasure
in recording the fact. Fonda Gazette.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-08
MOhammedaD Sensualism.

No one OF the Mohammedan races has
carried out the license given to sensual
passion given by the Koran and the ad-
herring tradition to such an extent as
have the Ottoman Turks, and no race
has suffered so much from that license.
The evil consequences are far-reaching
and baleful in the extreme. 1t is to feed
Turkish sens nality that the slave trade
throughout the empire and in the inter-
Tor is maintained. The beautiful, fair
daughters who are purchased from the
Georgians and Circassians also find their
way at last to the harems of Constanti-
nople, Brusa, Smyrna. Adrianople,
Aleppo, Bagdad, and other towns and
cities of Asia Minor. One Of the
direct results of this sensuality is
that the Turks have degenerated
physically during the past 200
years. That the conquerors of Constan-
tinople were o hardy race of great phys
ical strength there can be no doubt; that
the great majority of modern Turks are
of an eliminate type is equally certain:
very many of them are persons OF fine
appearance, but they are physically
weak, without elasticity, giving impress
of men who have lost their vitality. The
same may be said even more emphati-
cally of Turkish women; they are small
in stature, of sickly complexion, easily
fatigued by slight exertion, and become
prematurely old. After the age Of 40
all femme beauty is gone. the eyes have
become sunken, the cheeks sunken, and
the face wrinkled; and there remains NO
trace of the activity and strength often
seen in English women of IS, or even Of
20 years of age. Another immediate re-
suit of the prevailing sensuality is the
mental imbecilisy of multitudes of the
Ottoman Turks; great numbers among
them are intellectually stupid. Many
even OF the young men have the vacant
look which borders close on the
idiotic state. Severe mental application
is for them almost physical impossi-
bility. II is we'll known that in all
branches of business where consider
able mental activity is required the
Turks employ Christians to work for
them. This is owing, not so much to
lack of education, or to q general want
Of energy, ~ in many cases to mental
incapacity which often amounts to real
imbecility. Obvious illustrations of the
special topic now discussed 10 furnished
by the royal family itssh. Sultan Abdul
Msiid, Sultan Abdul Azz. and the dis
posed Sultan Murad were al men of de-
PRAYED minds, vicious habits, intempsr-
A. and sensual in The extreme, and were
alike dsvoid Of u6Eal character and mem
II character. Mental incapacity, how
ever. from ~ CAUSES Ql1eged, h not con-
nne1 by any means 10 the wealthy and
oris1ocraaic clasoos; 4 b found II I'll
ns1es ef soeisty.- Il DFitish oasE>srly
Review.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-08

1t Was on Lookout Mountain, at Chat
tanooga, a New Yorker stood ON Pilot
Knob and looked down into the valley,
and exclaimed:
How grandw
That's ten cents EXTRA" replied the
guide a. he extended his hand.
"What . charming prospect" con-
tinued the visitor.
That's fifteen cent expression--pay
at the gate - you 60 out"
Here has nature mingled the grand
with the beautiful-the sublime with the
lovsly-the majesty Of the mountain
with the loveline~ Of the valleyf
Colonel, that's one of our regular
nifty osnt ovations. II will be charged
in with your hotel BILL"
"villain! how dare youl" said the
Yorker, - he seized hin and backed hin
70 NE edge Of the cli9.
"DoaT you do Il. Colonel" calmly
Observed tho man. Throwing gufds
~ ~ Knob alveys costs TOO dollars
ners-psy = ~ sell-sass = - -
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-06-08
Stories without NJ rats.

Henry is boy who gathers instruc-
ton from whatever he reads. He is not
like some boys, who read merely for
mental excitement. and who know no
more about the great lessons intended to
be inculcated by book after they have
laid it down than they did before taking
it up. Once upon time Henry read of
great man who died from overwork.
"This is very sad," unused Henry; and
he made mighty resolve that, what
ever might be the temptation, he would
never so far forget his duty to himself
and to mankind as to die of overwork.
He began to act upon this resolution
the very next morning. Everything
he was hidden to do he set about
80 slowly that his mother lost all
patience and said she would rather do 1t
herself. 1t panied her to see him so
awkward. Henry was not lad that
would willingly give pain to his mother;
so he very soon neglected his work alto
gether. 1t was the same at school. He
copied his mathematical problems from
Charley Jones slate Charley was a stu
dious boy; Henry characterized him as 4
"muff," whatever that may mean) he
wrote all history dates on his finger
nails, for convenient reference, during
recitation, and by divers other ingenious
devices, most nobly kept his resolve.
Henry is now the rich owner of faro
bank. Charles is bookkeeper upon the
princely salary of $500 per annum.
eff at first you don't succeed, try, try,
VI, = al i. ,s.lr vnfr
principle of James life. When James
first assayed to smoke a cigarette be
turned deadly pale, and was very sick;
but he was not the boy to weakly sue
cumb to so trivial thing as cigarette.
He tried again and again, and
though he was repeatedly quite ill
in consequence of his bravery, he
persisted until he could smoke any
number of cigarettes with impunity. In
time he conquered the legitimate cigar
itself, and now chews tobacco with all
the grace and efficiency of a man-of-war's
man. Frederick also tried to smoke q
cigarette. He lacked the persistency of
James. He was tickle in the extreme.
He wished very much to smoke, but
hardly had he pulled at cigarette five
minutes, when he lost all interest in the
diversion, and proposed to dispossess
himself of his dinner Frederick not
only failed woefully upon this initial at
tempt, but he surrendered uncondition-
ally to his internal remonstrances, and
gave up the battle forever. James had
no end of amusement in putting his
smoke into the faces of young ladies on
the street, and in decorating the side.
walks with fluid tobacco: while Freder-
lex, besides losing all this pleasure, is
burdened with small change which
might have been so proftab)y expended
upon nicotine had he possessed the true
manly courage which distinguished
James from himself. Boston Tran
script.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-18
IRELAND EXPLAINS.

Judge Ireland cornered the Galveston News
correspondent at Luling the other day and
committed the terrible political blunder Of try
ing to explain away his remarks about the
school fund being given to UNCONVENTIONAL
schools. This is his explanation:
can not understand how such a sentiment
could have been attributed to me. My remarks
that day upon the school, as well as other ques-
tons, we're very brief. am not in favor of
utilizing the common school fund for the sup
port Of UNCONVENTIONAL or sectarian schools,
because have seen the evil effects of 1t in
such, have built and are actively operating a
school, am in favor of any man being al.
lowed to send his children to such school,
and still derive the benefit of the school fund,
provided that in such school there are not
taught or inculcated into the minds of the
pupils the doctrines or tenets of any denomi-
nation. believe that such schools should be
allowed to receive Their share of benefit from
the school fund. This is what stated in nv
speech at Gonzales; nothing more The re-
port of that speech, as published in the News,
is likely to do me injury, and l would be glad
if you would correct it.
Oh, what stupidity, he has thrown away
his chance for election in this explanation! 81
believe that such schools should be allowed to
receive their share of benefit from the schoo
fund.-"
You should have remained silent, frowneC
down the reporters, if charged with it deniet
it and depended upon your great reputation
for truth to have faced your enemies down be
fore the public; but to explain and leave tn
charge Enthusiastically true, settles Mr. Ireland
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-18
FRIDAY. AUGUST IL, 1882.
EDITORIAL SMALL SHOT.

THE proceedings were an insult to the in
teligence of the democracy.-[S. A. Express
Intelligent democrats don't take their dem
ocracy from the Express.
IRELAND's complimentary remarks about
the German language is put off on Francis /.
Who will act as scape goat on the school
question: The "old alcalde," says John Ire
land
JUDGE IRELAND announces that he will
speak in several places embracing appoint
ments from September and to the 10th. 1t is
evident from this that he is determined TO
dodge Wash Jones.
"A GAG convention would be the proper
name for it's. A. Express.
Your friends cut sorry figure as the "gaR-
gerd," but will the Express try to explain to
the public its Misrepresentation about Davis
being read out of the party, &c.
The Express of our city seems to be the
champion of the two or three "kickers'
against the republican party in this district,
and the Express calls Mr.. Arthur ''the assassin
president" Fine company for any republic
can to be found in.
THE Houston Post out lies the Galveston
News in its specials from this place about the
recent republican convention. 1t says:
"The chair refused to allow any debate and
put the minority report in preference to that
Of the majority. which was carried under pro-
test against its approval"
Pay the young man a better salary and he
will not be put to such desperate straights,
Mr.. Post, but will have an incentive to get up
dispatches properly.
IT WAS really a Davis convention held in
the name of the republican party, and the
leaders ON the floor who fought the hardest in
the Davis interest were appointed by con-
vention that voted down a resolution endors-
ing that gentleman.-[S. A. Express.
What was the Davis interest! Were those
gentlemen, Messrs. Goslng, Evans and Pas
chal who demanded the nomination of Gov.
Davis, in his interest? As to the voting down
of resolution endorsing Gov. Davis by the
Bexar county convention that convention did
not think Gov Davis needed an endorsement
and the resolution was unanimously tabled.
The so. called republican congressional con-
vention for this district has been the source OF
good deal of amusement to the democrats
and humiliation to the republicaus.-[S. A.
Express.
1t amused the democrats of the Express
type, and Inundated the republicans of the
Express type, and no more. If there was any
feature Of that convention at all humiliating il
was the exhibition made by two or three
gentlemen who attempted to run over body
of men who did not think as they did, and be.
cause they could not succeed, they exhibited
their modification and defeat in very un.
mistakable manner.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-18

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The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-18
ANNOUNCEMENTS,

All announcements for candidates within
half an inch space S..
| respectfully announce myself as candi-
date for the Office of county Judge of Bexar
county, subject to the action OF the democratic
ominatng convention. !. k. MASON.
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-18

we are authorized to announce John f
Ochse as candidate for County Judge at the
coming election. 8-2-4t
The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-18

When you want 6rst-class job-work, at
''asonable figures, call on the LIGHT Office.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-04
COMMON TINE FOR THE WORLD.

A conference of delegates appointed BY
the governments interested in the inter-
national geographical congress held at
Venice, Italy, recently, will take place in
Washington about the first of May next,
for the purpose of adopting first meri-
dian that will be common to oil nations.
The system sought to be established was
presented to the congress by Sanford
Fleming, chancellor Of Queens Univer-:
sity, Canada, one Of the American dele
gates, and may be summarized as iol-a
lows: -
/. To establish standard time which may
be common to all people throughout the world
this standard time to be known as cosmopolitan
time. 49,; - =
2. One particular meridian to be selected Id
4 time-zerO and first meridian, the time to be
properly determined by the SUMS meridian pas
sage, .,,; .x ,-.. = ~ :. =. =:
mtfidian to be estabifsh fJse 81 ass
hour distant from each other. " 1902.
4. These standard hour meridians to regulate
time in all places Of the carth's surface.
5. The twenty-four hour standard neridians
alphabet, on,itting J and V, from east to west,
the zero meridian being lettered z.
s. Tie hour Of the dag OF any place on the
earth's surface to be regulated by some one Of
the standard meridians, generally by the stand
ard nearest such place in longitude
7. The interval Of time between two consecu-
tive passages Of the sun over the prime meri-
dian to be called the cosmopolitan day.. ;,
8. Local days to commence twelve hours be-
fore and twelve hours after the suns passage
over each Of the standard meridians, the local
days to be Designated by the letters Of the
twenty four meridians which determine them
known by tho letters of the alphabet in their Or
der, corresponding with the twenty-four nleri-
diaEs. When the sun passes neridiAns H or n
| 1t will be H or n time Of the cosmopolitan day.
TO-. The present division of the day into two
sories Of twelve hours each to be abolished and
one series Of twenty-four adopted. or the after
noon hours to be designated by letters.
II The time determined directly from the
prime meridian to DO cosmopolitan time, and
local time to be known by tho particular etand-
ard meridian to which it is referred, as that
IL. Each town of importance to have pub
lie time signal station electrically constructed
with q central observatory for the purpose of
receiving and disseminating standard time with
; precision. - -: -. Il. /. -
l3. An railway and local public, clocks TO be
connected electrically from the public tinc sig.
nal stations. y, 49,
General w. B. Hazen, chief signal
officer at Washington, is at the head OF
the executive committee, and will furnish
information to all who take an interest
! in the matter. -. -. .s
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-04
An Exciting Capture Of a Shark.
Es.,,,~ x1,o Eyvdnoxy 1fo1.njrSy Eara16 !

lfIOM tho sydney Morning ddr1iQ.j ~
A shark measuring thirteen feet eight
inches IN length, and eleven feet six
inches IN eirtt, was caught by some
Geelong fisherman In Corio Bay. The
contents Of the stomach we're ''dogs,
cots and sacks. i His capture, as de-
scribed BY one Of Che fisherman, ;wss as
follows: g The hook was baited with
small shark, and when the monster came
up to this bait ahe turned ON his side, aud
a harpoon was sent into. him well back
from the head. the harpoon was q patent
one. with q toggle, and opens when: there
Is any strain on the line. It held we'll.
Directly he was wounded, he struck the
boat with his NOSE and sounded; taking
out about fifty fathoms of line. We.
then tried to take II the slack when he.
suddenly appeared on the surface and
made straight at the bow Of the boat,
which hea seized By the cutwater and.
shook like dog shaking q. cat. tearing
sp1inters off. Meanwhile Gilbert drove,
the lance into him half-ardo dozen times,
and / put q paddle IN his mouth to lever
it open. He lee 90 the boat, but held on
to the paddle, which he waved about ike
8 feather; but eventunlly dropped. He
then started of Just below the surface,
towing the boat rapidly through the
water, and Ne he'd 81 pay ~ ont inst to
keep her bow from e.l gong q IS under. He e
got tired of that, and agaiin sounded. {
began tostdk6 in the sS6aack line, and he
camsaa again 1urS tho llDoat;s when Gilbert
tO,send thu lApcesKell into hlm
two Or hree times took qs e good el
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-04
BRIBERY III ELECTIONs.

So many cases of bribery in elections
have been brought to light of late years
that .pesimists and cynics are wont to
speak of them as evidences Of the rot
tenness of a republican form Of govern
ment. They see the incr ease in number
of the offenses against the law, but over
look the fact that the American system
of government is stretching out with o
g growth as wonderful as the present age;
that as crime Of all kinds increases with
the growth. of population, SO offenses
against laws regarding election will be-
come more numerous as the country en-
larges in extent and power. As proof
that Americans are not alone in misde-
Of this nature the following by
the London correspondent of the To-
ronto Globe is offere1:: "The extensive
bribing which prevailed at the general
and recent bye-elections has cast seri-
ous slur upon our electoral constitution.
The elections at Macclesfeld and Sand
.wich were among the worst in this re-
5spect, and yesterday in the queens
bench Judgment Was delivered in lie.
case Of the offenders at these elections.
Among the defendants were three soli-
citors, holding high positions instheir re-
spective towns and counties, who were
found guilty Of distributing money and
of falsfying the election. accounts.
These men-the bench scorned to. call
them gentlemen after their conduct
had received immense sums Of money
for distribution, and ont of the
|56, 600 voters at Macclesfeld s. 200
had been iinduelced by hribery.
The high position aud conse-
f;quent large influence which these solici-
tors held was 10 the opinion 81 the
Judges, only 81 aggravation 81 the Of
Tense, and they could not be content
with the nsual anes, but may sentence
each Of the defendants % nine months
|impRisonmenlt as flrst-ctas misde
|meanants, bnt'as common prisoners, with
hard labor. the case of the Sandwich
solicitor q judgment Of six months 'siim-
prisonment with hard labor Nas passed.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-04

Il ID much to bs regretted that SO few Of
the persons WHO were guilty Of bribery
ehould:be punished. Magistrates, may
ols, common co,1ncilmen and many other
persons of influence in the varitms towns
were scheduled as bribers, but an in
dempity was granted BY the commission
els g those Of them who gave queens
evidence. Tie heavy sentence passed
bysthe queens bench upon the unfortu-
nate offenders who failed to get their
evidence accepted is intended to be q
.warniug to !. others holding important
positions that the Law makes no differ
ence between men Of great influence and
mon. Of no influence at al. This severe
judgment should put q stop, to the
disgraceful practices that have been com.
mon-at recent elections; but if this does
not suffice, the bench stated recently
that i was prepared to go on increasing
thess iration of the imprisonment in all
casespf such offenses." ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-04
Minor MiSh8p4s

Mrs. N. II. Coppege, of New Orleans, took
loaded revolver and taught her 4.year- old child
how to use it. The little one soon took aim at
her, and the bullet entered her brain.
A collision between a runaway team and q
street railroad car, at Dallas, Texas, on the
9th, resulted in killing John Spencer, mortally
wounding Samuel Armstrong, and breaking the
hip of JEFF. Newman, driver Of the car.
A passenger train killed George Valentine and
wife et a crossing near Toronto, on the
29th ult.
Mr.. Pinkerton, Of !ronton, o., tainted and
fell into the fire with his child in his arms and
both we're burned to death.
John Murphy, aged 60 years, while iatoxi-
Gated tumbled into q coal pit near Decatur, H.,
on the 9th and fell to the bottom, q distance Of
$50 feet. Death was instantaneous.
At Jeffersonville, Ind, on Christmas night,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mcclellan were terribly ia-
jured and q Miss Berry killed by the accidental
explosion Of some bottles Of powder which Mr.
Mcclellan had filed for the purposeof making
. celebration ITO amuse his children.