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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-12

The least destructlble portion of
the human body is the hair. In
Eqypt it has been known to survive
Ian wears. And the Egyptian wo-
men were not as careful OF their
hair either, IS are the women OF
the present day. They never took it
eff at night AMI hung it over the
back of a char to prevent it from
getting worn out
Newbern, Tenn, has a law that
imposes a fine of not less than 90
or more than $50, on any person
who goes into a saleoa on Sunday.
The citizens think it is very I'M
lust law that impels man to enter
a saloon on Saturday night and re-
main there until Monday morning.
when the Angels Call Me Home
IS ballad recently published by q
young man. Some who have heard
the song sung say that the young
man evidently expects to live for
eYer.-BOstOn Tins.
The christening of an infant
ArchducheSS Of Austria occurred
lately. The fact came by cable
The name Of the royal infant will
be sent over by steamer as soon as
the royal secretaries get it copied.
The Texas SiftSRgS sneeringly
remarked that "if you want your
grave dug in Memphis they make
you pay cash in advance" There is
nothing very wrong in that. Once
allow a man to try on his grave and
he will never come back to pay fol-
it.
In Armenia children are som {
times betrethed while yet in TIT
cradle. The matrimonial engage
ment is not quite so headlOng il
this country but now aud thea 9
young couPie here are married wht
ought to be still In their cradles
though very few infant are SILL
IN their cradles.
"Imet < on tn avenue this after
noon with hi. pride: They havI
Just retnrne< from taeir weddin'
tour" et1here are they going t,
liye?s & don't know. He told M
he b@d been house hunting sine
vSterdag morning, and intended t.
SAe a nat" "Ah! indeed he ha
ueSloeo to follow his wife's exam
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-12

BA1Es-In this city, January 18th,
1884, Blanch, daughter Of George and
Lydia Bates, aged 2 months and IL days.
Funeral service Sunday, at IL M.
Residence, Fourth wald.
LRsTER.-At 8 q. M, January 10th,
1884, at Parowan, Iron County, Utah,
Sarah Ann Lester, daughter Of William
and Mary Rogeraon. and wife of John
Henry Lester.
Deceased was 40 years old last BIRTH
day. She leaves ten living children, dy-
ing in childbed with her eleventh child.
Was respected By all that knew her for
kindness and benevolence. She crossed
the plains in Martins Handcart Com
pany; was born in Preston, Lancashire,
England.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-12
Utah Railroad Rates.

dispatch received last evening
from Chicago announces that a
meeting of roads interested in Utah
business from the Missouri River,
Ou which a sharp war has been IN
O U several weeks, was hel9
theTe Yesterday. and it was decided
70 form a pool and restore the old
rates, taking effect Monday next.
The new pool will be named the
Utah Traffic Association. and I'M
cIudes the Central Pacific, Union
Pacific Burlington & Missouri,
nenTer & RIO Grande. and Atchl-
son. Topeka s. Santa Fe. George h
Daniels was chosen commissioner.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-12

A young man Of steady habits,
who has been working at his trade
of wood-turning at Newport, ar
rived at his home in this city last
night. After retiring he dreamed
that the telephone bell rang and he
stepped to the instrument to reply.
He put the cup to his ear and called,
Hello, centrall What's the matter ?
Be you all asleep?" Just then the
clock in his room commenced
striking, which caused the young
man to wake up. He was sitting
up in his bed with one of his boots
in his hand, holding the open end of
it to his ear.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-12

A Scotchman, who arrived in
Little Rock, while the ladies wers
going around with the petite rs
with view to the enforcement of
the temperance law, was approached
by an enthusiastic woman who re-
quested his signature. He did not
understand, and she explained that
an enforcement of the law prohib-
tied saloon within three miles of
a church.
81 dona much about it, but I dinna
ken bnt 'twould be cheaper to move
the kinks than the whisky Shops
and with this idea of public ,,x.
penditures he refused to ST. th,
petition.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-12
@UCKLF~'s ARSICA SAWS.

as gre ( rosdicsI wonnss O,
ne Terld. WI 'nted to speedily
S S suFn-s BFukss, Cuts, Ulcers.
1 SsI HaeGD, Fever Sores, Cancers,
M. OhilDlafEs, Oorns, Tsttar,
tapped oapp Hands, and all skin arup-
in.t, guaranteed to cure In every
.-.* I % money returned. IS
psI oOx. Pes Gals by 4. @. M
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-12

The great POPULARITY of Or.
trees cream oaking Powder is its
own best '<videpce of its worth
neneV II sweet, witne biscuit is
W wa a, or light pot-pie,an elegant
I'd 81, or a delicious pudding, DR.
1<rice's Cream Baking Powder
should be used, as its purity and
uniformity is certain to produce
such results. Buy it in tin cans
securely labeled. /
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-12
HOTEL ARRIVALS.
January IL, 1854.
WHITE HOUSE.

WHITE HOUSE.
FP Jones, New Tacoma; q Bemcn,
j Gowen, 1oole; Morley, Frisco; John
Broken, Ogden; W j Rosemsn, Ter
race; d " Damero, Denver; A Whit
ley. st Louis; @ Brooks, Ed Irwitcb,
Bingham; L q Person, p Nickells,
L Huslum, Onsba; q Egerly and wife,
A j Morrace P V JunctiaD; 81 Hoth,
Frisco; j Caloon and wife, South Cot
tonwood; S aolderman, Msrrys, Ills; G
Smith. Ogden; O G Pennington. Chi
cago; D @ Murphy, Alta; n Daylly,
South Cottonwood; T Birch, Bingham;
b Kleiner, New York; M Bailinger.
Mr. Morley, Pleasant Grove; Mrs b E
Brown. Wood River.
VALLEY HOUSE.
B james, PSmi!h, g Burgess. Boston.
G s Upper, G Mcintosh, Kansas; o l.
johnson, R Roberts, Norway; j b
Brown, P Piuetes, s Bigga, Ogden; W
n Sherwood, Graz tsville; / Ill Johnson.
Lewis, " g Hanks. Buena Vie a:
] Weldon, Norway; r 81 Donova !. Ole
.Jonnessep. Caldwell; G G Dav; 4 .Tohn
Green N G Hall. Grand Jur etion: T. r
Ketchum, J B Elliott, SD, .Se Valley: 6
Summer, J West, G II Dawson, San
Diego; L Hanson. T-acson.
METZ
E S Matt 4ews, San Francisco; James
Brown, colorado; s Snyder, Denver; L
| h d.. E l. Summer and wife, Lower
Or. esing; j N Wilson, Opex. Utah; q $
| diferlin, Livingston; 81 Lyons, Denver
as Chugg, &C Chugg, Ogden; l. Roe
blaet, Cincinnati.
WALKER HOUSE.
| Kama, Pueblo; Mrs EccleI, Den
YER; J D NJ Lobdell, New York. RRick
ard, Berkeley, Colo; G b Rhodes, New
Zesland; W L Manifold, Australia; L i
Eberly, Denver; r L Hanks, Cleveland
Mrs w Usher, Colorado; D V Palmer
Australis; M a Blake, Freeport, Ills: u
Il futile. Germans; A McIntosh
Csrlin, Nevada; w Riggs, Omaha; 9 w
Boxter and wife, Cheyenne; w L. Chap
man, y E Chapman, Boston.
Cliff HOUSE.
W Dee. Mrs Lewis and daughter, Og
| den; r D Strauss, Germsnia; d Weston
Bingham.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-12

ar nraarVthAErACK," q lasting and
!" SOLO py z. G. II. I. Erug Store.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-12

A blood relation-a newspapers
account of prize fight.
The bachelors motto: GA stitch
in Irvine saves nine.
Good gracious! George Francis
Train is going to start a weekly
paper. Boys, we're in for it.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-01-04
A California Rear Story.

Henry Finn, of Inskip, Cal, let
his 3-year-old daughter ride upon a
horse that he was taking to pasture,
and after she had ridden about forty
rods from home, he lifted her off the
horse and told her to run home On
returning he found that the child had
not reached home. Going to the spot
where he last saw her, he saw bear
tracks in the sand. Search was made
all night in the forest for the lost one.
In the morning as the searchers were
passing a swampy spot where the un-
dergrowth was thick, they heard her
voice. They called to the little girl,
and told her tocome out of the bushes.
She replied that the bear would not
let her. The men then crept through
the brush, and when near the spot
heard splash i'll the water, which the
child said was the bear They found her
standing upon log extending about
half way across a swamp. The bear
had undertaken to cross the swamp
on the log, and, being pursued, left
the child and got away as rapidly as
possible. She had received some
scratches about the face, arms, and
legs, and her clothes were almost torn
from her body; but the bear had not
bitten her to hurt her, only the marks
of his teeth being found on her back,
where he had taken hold of her
clothes to carry her. The child says
the bear put her down occasionally to
rest, and would put his nose up to her
face, whereupon she would slap him,
and the bear would hang his head by
her side and purr and rub against her
like cat. The men asked her if she
was not cold in the night, and she told
them the old bear lay beside her, and
put his ''arms" around her, and kept
her warm, though she did not like his
long hair.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-01-04
Walking as an Exercise.

B1StO1k transcript.
Prof. Sargent, of Harvard college,
delivered lecture last evening in the
Union hall upon the subject of walk
ing He referred to the numerous
adverse criticisms which his ideas i'll
this connection, as presented IN his
lecture of last winter had called
forth. AS an illustration of the ma
ture OF these criticisms he read an
article, which maintained that moder-
rate walking, instead of being the
poorest, was the best tossible method
of exercise. In answer to this, Dr.
Sargent suggested that the very com
mon error of drawing general in
ferences from his own particular case
For person troubled with insomnia
nervous diseases, and particular
kinds of heart troable, the exercise
obtained from a number of moderate
walks, taken at intervals during the
day, is the best thing that can be
found Rapid walking, or any other
violent exercises, serve rather to ag-
gravate than cure troubles of this ma
ture. But for a man in the enjoy
ment of good health these saunters
are wholly useless. What he needs
is sharp. brisk walk. which will
start the circulation of the blood and
bring all the muscles of the body into
play. Walks of this kind are verv
beneficial, and heartily recommended.
The most rapid walker is he who
walks from the thighs rather thar
from the knees.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-01-04

come a Christian and Jealous worker
for the Church, was smitten with a
conviction of her guilt in having des-
troyed her FIVE daughters within an
hour of the birth of each She went
to Miss Fields and asked if she might
hope to be forgiven.
The bandaging of the feet of Chi
nese girls to stop their growth was a
horrible evil, and one that the mission
aries had striven hard, and with some
success, to check. The practice dated
back to 900 years. a very brutal man
once told Miss Fields that if the wom-
en- were not thus crippled they would
be as strong as the men, and the latter
would no longer be able to beat them.
There was very little martial fellc-
ity in China The girl had no voice
In the choice of her husband. she was
simply carried to her intended father
in-law's house and there introduced
to the bridegroom. What did you
think of him when you first saw
himi" was a question Miss Fields
often asked, ana the reply almost in
variably was: II hated him" Except
among the Christians wife beating was
carried on in every family. A friend
of Miss Fields, who had gained the aft
ections of Chinese wife, was appro-
ached by the latter, who whispered in
her ear: Does your husband often beat
your Il am sorry he is dead" said a
widow, referring to her deceased hus.
band. He was very good to me. He
seldom beat me-" The standard OF
happiness was not TO be beaten often.
None had an idea of what it was not
to beaten at all.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-01-04
SEALSkINS.
How They Are Retained In Fashion
by High Prices.
San Francisco Chronicle


1t is often wondered why the price
of sealskin goods should remain so
high when the Arctic abosnds with
the animals from which the fur is
taken, and the limit allowed by the
existing laws, as they are construed
oy seal-catchers, is comparatively
boundlesS. The statement of the
great cost of coloring and preparing
the fur is not credited by many, and
it does lsok rather strange that this
should be the case.
L. Gerstle, President of the Alaska
Commercial Company, dropped hint
or two to Chronicle reporter yester-
day on this subject. In speaking of
the total catch for the season, which
Mr. Gerstle says has been incorrectly
reported, it was remarked that the
market at the opening of the season
of 1888 showed such an overstocked
condition that it was thought neces-
sary, in order to work off the remain
ing furS, as we'll as future catches,
to take some steps to keep the demand
and supply steady and make the
transactions profitable to the com
pany.
But" asked the reporter, ''if the
supply is so great as it is reported,
why should not the trade be conduct
ed on a cheaper and more extensive
basis2"
The round, hearty countenance of
the seal merchant was lighted up By
broad smile, and with a significant
look in his eye he said:
THE idea is to have the popularity
of the sealskin still retained by the
fashionable world"
And you intend to do this by keep
ing up values?"
Exactly: that's the only way, and
it is IN accordance with strict COM
mercial principle That is not all,
however. If the sealskin should
become cheap and common, other
| furs which are harder to procurs
would then be in demand"
How is the market regulated"
WELL" said the president, "you
know that we have a very extensive
trade abroad, and, in fact, London
and Paris are the chief centres of the
fur trade In March of each year a
meeting of furriers or their delegates
is held in London, and to these we
make our report that they may know
the outlook for trade from this source
for the subsequent season. We gave
them notice of our intention to re
duce the supply of skins for the sea-
son of 1888, and have followed out
that plan to the letter Here is a
copy of the report"
On examination it was found that
the catch for the season was 40, 600
skins less than last years. The total
numbar captured, or agreed to be
captured, was 100000 OF those 25,
900 were Copper Island and 70, 900
| Alaska furs
will the reduction of the annual
catch be permanent" was asked.
Il cannot say as to that" replied
Mr.. Gerstle. prior to this season
the tone of the market had not been
very healthy, prices settling from
sale to sale; and, no other remedy be-
ing offered us, the present step was
resolved on"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-01-04
Daft's Electric RAILWAY.
Saratoga Journal

From the events which transpired
| in the early morning the other day on
! the Saratoga end of the Mt. McGregor
| railway it would seem to be demou-
strated that steam power on railroads
will soon become old-fashioned and
| obsolete. and that electricity is the
cominS-or, really, the present-mo-
! tive force. On that occasion the cleo
trio motor invented by Mr.. Leo Daft,
once d resident of this place, but
whose laboratory and workshop.
where MS ideas have been wrought
out, are located in Greenville, n. j.,
was not only run up and down mile
of the track at great speed, but took
one of the Mount McGregor coaches
with it with perfect ease. The prep
aration of the track has been noticed
In the Journal from time to time, and
it was the intention of Mr.. Daft and
his assistants to make the trial to-day,
but the motor arriving yesterday after
noon. it was transferred TO the track,
aud was found to be in such a condi-
ton of adjustment that 1t was ready
at once, the temptation was great 10
make the connections and give 1t a
trial. This was done and was most
satisfactory. a little after midnight,
Mr.. Leo Daft, electrician and inyen-
tJr, George w Mansfield, chemist
and assistant to Mr.. Daft, Geo. Ridsell,
Master Mechanic, \. B. Amory, Su-
perintendent of construction, com
prising the operators, and E. I.
Bracket, of this place, as invited
guest. had the honor of taking the first
ride on a steam railway behind an
electric motor that, it is asserted, ever
took place In the world The engine
and coach were run several times
over the prepared trick, one mile and
an eighth In length, atthe rate of about
twenty miles per hour, the engine
being under as perfect control as
could be desired or imagined
The motor or engine is compact
little affair on four wheels, which car
ries a dynamo machine cased. and
weighs only two tons. The principle
on which the tractile power IS obtain
ed is among the subtleties of the cleo
trio energy, which is but little under
stood
The power is primarily produced by
the stationary engine of the Gossamer
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-01-04
A Bright Young Man.

"Gallantry awakens early in the
breasts of some Boston boys" says
the Journal of that city. "a lady in
this city has a class III tho Sunday
school of one of the leading churches,
the membership of which consists of
boys who are each about eight years
of age. Like most youngsters they
are of too exuberant spirit to keep
altogether as quiet as the demands of
school require, and are prone to be
come restless and noisy at times.
Last Sunday one of them was par
ticularly uneasy, when the teacher,
thinking t. shame him into quiet,
said Now, George, l don't know
what J. shall do with you if you are SO
noisy. l am afraid | shall have to
punish you for it, and think the best
way to do so would be to make y %.
sit i'm my lap" 'Ah, said the young
scapegrace with an arch look, ''if
you would do that, Mrs --, l
think you would find the whole class
getting noisy
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-01-04
Long-Ago Dwellers on the Pacific

From the San Ffanclsn Bulletin.
All over the Pacific cost are to be
found indellible traces of long-for-
gotten and prehistoric race. While the
investigation has been but of compar-
atively recent date, still enough has
been discovered to show that an al
most limitless field has been so far
only dipped into few places most easy
of success to the explorer. AS yet these
researches have been confined almost
altogether to the immediate coast of
Southern California and to the cluster
of islands lying at a short distance
there from.
These islands-Santa Rosa, Santa
Cruz, Anacats, San Migul and San
Nicolas-which are now almost or
quite uninhabited, and are only used
as ranges for sheep and half-wild cat
tie and hogs, are known to have been
densely populated in long ages pest,
as is shown by extensive remains in
the shape of burial places and debris
of former habitations. The explora
ton of these isolated spots has been
confined almost exclusively to the
agents of foreign societies, and large
vi lllo IuOSG interesting ftI-
les have been exhumed and shipped to
foreign colleges and museums at diff
erent times during the last decade.
One of the largest of these islands, San
ia Cruz, some thirty miles off the coast
of Santa Barbara, is a: yet compar-
atively UNEMPLOYED, thought IS known
to abound with numerous traces of a
former race.
The scenery of this land is most
beautiful, and although bearing evil
dence of having been inhabited in ages
past still it presents many traces
of being younger" than the neigh
boring mainland, having been prob
ably thrust up from the sea by some
commissions of nature long after the
formation of the wild and desola:e
looking mountain chain which here
approaches close to the shore of the
California coast.
Another of these islands, San Mic
olas, some seventy miles off shore, has
been rendered famous by having been
the solitary home of a woman who,
having been accidently abandoned
thereon, existed on such miserable
sustenance as was afforded by fish
and wild roots for upwards of eigh-
teen years, and until rescued by seal
ing party in the early days of the
American occupation of the coast.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-01-04
4 Pin in Ills Brain.
La Grange Democrat.

A story which partakes largely OF
the incredible is told of Mark Hogge,
farmer living near West Quincy.
Recently Hogge took an old shotgun
with a loose breech-pin and went out
shooting. He rode on horseback about
mile aud half from home and dis
mounted Soon after flock of wild
geese few over him and he fired at
them. The breech pin blew out and
imbedded itself in his brain, the con-
cussion for time knocking him sense
less. At length, rallying, he gather
ed the scattered fragments of his gun
together. mounted his horse and rode
home. He complained of a terrible
pain in his head, but he and those
who first saw him supposed that the
hurt was nothing more than a severe
scalp wound. A surgeon was sent for
who made an examination and dis
covered the steel pin driven into the
brain fally an inch and half. 1t
was removed, and though the brain
oozed out in considerable quantities
the man lived, and still lives, with a
faint prospect of recovery. This story
is incredible, but is vouched for by the
best of authority.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-01-04
LOST IN A QUlCkSASD.
A Mystery OF n Past c Generation Re.
called by the Death ola Woman.

The death on Sunday of Mrs. Avis
Slmmonds, of Dighton Village, aged
ninety years, ends life which has at
old times for fifty years furnished
romantic gossip for town and table
talk. One morning in 1882, while
she was Yet young bride, her hus-
band started before daylight for the
grlst-mili, some two or three miles
distant, in a locality known now as
the brick church neighborhood. The
way led through quicksand swamp,
and before and behind Mr.. Simpouds
on his big horse were sacks of grain
He never reached the mill, neither
has any trace been found of him
since. Some think that the horse got
off the road and into the qricksands,
where, with his lncumbered rider, he
sank quickly out of sight, away from
help and hearing. Others assert that
he left the country, having sickened
of his short married life, and went to
California or the West. But the
question how did he dispose of his
horse and burden without some one
reporting 1T when Simmonds' disap
pearance became known has never
been satisfactorily explained.
Mrs. Silnmonds, who possessed
some property, left will, which her
daughter, of rather unenviable repu-
tatiou, has vainly attempted to secure
by sending her own daughter to live
in her grandmother's vicinity, in
hopes of being able to carry off the
trunk said to contain the will, with
other important papers. Collateral
relatives, also on the watch, prevent
ed this, and it now turns out that the
old woman had kept the will under
her pillow till she died, taking care
that her attendants forcibly kept
her daughter FROM entering her
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-01-04
Tom Thumbs Rival.

About the time Tom Thumb arrived
in Paris celebrated rival dwarf had
just died there. He was scion of the
De Rlchebourg family. and a trihe
over half yard in height. He lived
at the court of Philip Egalite as but
Ter to the Duchess when Is. After
ward, on the revolution, he was de-
nounced, but escaped dressed as a
baby, with his head wrapped in a
bourrelet, and important papers cos
cealed in his swaddling clothes. Fol
thirty years De Richebourg lived liz
the Faubourg st. German, and never
went beyond the courtyard. He was
very shy, and avoided being seen in
public, but with his friends was ami
mated and witty. He had a pension
of 1900 trans from the Orleans fami-
ly. and died at 90