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Two Hundred Millions.

Mr.. Vanderbilt was worth 5000, 000,-
900. If we say that he wa worth $780,
900, 900, or ST., 600, 900, 600 do we get o.
%perceptibly different impression about
the bulk of his fortune2 Most peopledo
not. To the average mind the concep-
ton of enormou wealth is much the
same whether it be reckoned in hundreds
of millions or in vigintillions. The
human mind cannot grasp these great
sums or clearly appreciate the difference;
between one hundred millions and two
hundred millions.
Let US Try and describe Mr.. Wander
bilt's great fortune in terms OF linear,
square, and cubic measurement and OF
weight. Everybody understands these
terms, and they make a definite impress
sion on mems minds.
If this sum of 5000. O0O, 900 were in
standard silver dollars it would present
such features as this:
Put lengthwise, dollar after dollar, it
would stretch a distance of 4,672 miles,
making q silver streak from New York
across the ocean to Liverpool.
Piled up, dollar on dollar, it would.
reach a height of 355 miles.
Laid fiat on the ground, the dollars
would cover a space of. nearly sixty
acres. ~
The weight of this mass of silver
would be Z, 160 tons.
To transport it would require 1853 cars,
carrying twenty tons each this is the
capacity of the strongest freight cars)
and making a train just about two miles
and a half long. =:
On ordinary grades it would require
twelve locomotives to haul this tram.
On roads of steep grades and sharp.
curves, fifteen or twenty locomotives
would be needed.
. In one-dollar bills this t~wo-hundred-
million-dollar fortune would assume
such shape as this: -,
The bills stretched lengthwise would
extend 1854 miles, or nearly the cir
conference of the earth at the equator.
Piled up on n another, close as
! leaves in g. new book. they would reach
a height of twelve miles. ,
Spread out on the ground they would
cover TAG acres, or nearly the whole sur
face of Central Park, including ponds
and reservoirs.
A safe deposit vault to contain these
bills would require to be twenty'three
feet long, twenty-five feet wide, and
twenty feet high.-New York tunes.
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An African explorer, H. H. Johnson,

An African explorer, H. H. Johnson,
in an account of a journey to Killmajaro,
describes the natives as clever smiths,
who forge all sorts of tools, arms, and
decorative articles from pig iron, which
is brought from the country of Csanga,
near Lake Jipc. The forge consists SIM
ply of a pair of goatskin bellows with a
stone nozzle, which is thrust into tie
furnace of charcoal. The bellows is kept
steady by several pegs thrust into the
ground, and a huge stone is often placed
on the pipe to keep it firm. After the
iron has been heated white hot in the
charcoal it is taken out by the iron
placers and beaten on a stone anvil. The
Chaga smiths not only make spear blades
and knives, but fabricate the finest and
most delicate chains.
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By a recent law in Indiana, any per-
son who knowingly permits Canada
thistles to grow and mature upon his
land, or land under his charge, is liable
to a line of not less than S., or more than
$40, and double the amount for a second
offence. Subject to the same fines are
supervisors of the highways of the State
who allow these thistles to grow on any
road in their districts; or roadmasters
of railway lines, through whose negli'
gence these thistles grow about stations
or along the right Of way under their
superyision.
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and I was to give up liquor. It's killed
her, sir, I know, the hard work, and
heartbreak, and me a sot, and a brute
half my time. I'm sober now, and I
want you to hear me swear on this poor
dead hand that worked fur me to the last,
that pison shall pass nv lips sooner
than liquor. She'skeepin' her New Year
in a better place, but she kin hear me, l
know"
IA good resolution, my poor fellow"
DR.. Mayberry said, kindly; "but I have
something to say to you, and [ want you
to come home with me. Here come two
kind ncighbors, excellent women, who
will perform the last offices for your
wife. Come now"
The business must have been of some
importance. for it was an hour before
they came from the doctors study.
81 will do a good part by the boy"
DR.. Mayberry said. 'My wife and I
owe him a debt of gratitude for saving
my only child's life. Beside, I have been
struck by his self command and thought
fulncss to-day. There is a great deal in
him."
So Nathan stayed behind when his
father started for Mississippi the next
day. He stayed reluctantly, and hid in
the wood all day, after parting With his
father. To that warm. faithful little
heart, the poverty shared with the parent
he loved was better than all the luxury
of his new home.
But he came back to the house that
evening, very pale and grave, but neither
sullen nor fearful.
1 have no space to follow up his life
after that New Years day. His father
kept the pledge taken on his dead wife's
hand, and was blessed with a full meas
ure of prosperity.
Nathan Ross is very successful law
yer, a grave, thoughtful man, with all
the marked characteristics of his boy
hood. But he has what people call a
"crank." Every New Years day he
goes among the poor and sorrowful with
gifts, and he raises his hat, and cries
out, Happy New Year" to the flthiest
beggar he meets Youths Companion.
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The farm of Hon. David NJ. Clough,

The farm of Hon. David NJ. Clough,
of Canterbury, the we'll known "corn
king" comprises 500 acres, and follows
the fertile bank of the Merrimac river
for one mile. Among the productions
of this season are: Corn in the ear,
5000 bushels; oats, 1000; potatoes,
500, and hay, 150tons. The farm has
100 head of neat stock and eight horses.
For sixty years no Intoxicating liquors
of any kind, or cider, have been allowed
as a beverage. Distinguished agricul-
turists call this the best farm in thu
Merrimac valley. In addition to the
homestead, Colonel Clough OWES 500
acres of land in Canterbury, Boscawen
and Mortified, and large tracts in Will
mot and London, in all about 1900
acres.
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The Story Of the Rain.

You can accurately tell thu man who's mar
RED,
If you'll notice now he acts some rainy day,
And observe how DER his lady friend is car
ried
The umbrella that should keep the rain
away.
If YOU find the lady hisstrong arm gripping,
And is walking very closely by his side,
While the water is upon his shoulder drip
ping,
You may know she is a maiden or a bride.
If the ~drippings fall, however, on her bonnet,
And he walks about a foot or SO ahead,
Then she's nothing but his wife, depend upon
it.
And they've been for half a score of Win
tiers wed.
columbus Dispatch.
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EashiOn Notes.

Slippers must be worn unadorned.
Capes with sleeves are seen among
short wraps.
Even Russian blouses are made Of jer-
sey webbing.
The graceful drapcd skirt dies slowly,
but it is certainly doomed.
U~ndraped, plated, or gathered skirts
grow more and more in favor.
Lacing is as much in style as button
ing, either for boots or dresses.
The lace mitts which meet the short
sleeves are fashionable and becoming as
we'll.
Turquoise blue and deep sapphire make
the two extremes of the blues shown this
season.
"Mikado" styles are still the rage, and
much ingenuity is shown in many orig
iual costumes.
Short-cropped hair is the latest Paris
fashion. but it needs to be very artist
cally cut to be successful.
Mahogany beads and pendants are the
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The Chicago Times asserts that "the

The Chicago Times asserts that TN
popular impressions concerning the bee
must be revised. 1t has long been
praised for its industry and sobriety, but
it has recently been learned that in these
RESPECTS the bee is a fraud. AS q matter
of downright, cold fact, the little busy
bee wors S but about three hours a day,
and is a most thorough going loafer the
rest of the time. Its reputa-
ton for sobriety is as little deserved. Its
propensity for the bowl, indeed, has be-
come a sort of grievance for beekeepers.
Wherever hives are kept in the neigh
borhood of a cider mill the bees always
neglect work, go off and get full, stay
out nights, and get boisterous and DIS
orderly. So addicted arc they to cider
that in some parts Of the East beekeep-
ers are said to have asked cider makers
to fence in their mills with fine wire net
t;no -
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The Smallest Dog in the World.

Nearly 200 hundred different kinds OF
dogs! Think of it! And yet this is not
difficult to believe; for, we have water
dogs, and watch dogs, and sheep dogs,
and fighting dogs, aud pet dogs, and
sledge dogs, and carriage dogs, thick
dogs and slender dogs, long-legged and
short. legged; dogs for killing rats, and
dogs for killing wild boars; dogs for
use, and dogs for ornament; dogs to
care for us, aud dogs for us to care for.
Then. there is the little dog-thc toy
dog. as it is called. The smallness to
which a dog can be reduced is remarka-
BILE; and if the size of the very smallest
dog had not been officially recorded, no
one could be blamed for doubling the
facts concerning the little fellow. Tiny,
O. black and tan terrier, has the honor of
having been the smallest full-grown dog
that ever lived. He belonged to Lieu
tenant-General Sir Archibald Maclainc,
of England, and in honor of his extreme
t%ininess is now carefully preserved under
q glass case. Tiny was less than four
inches long, and could comfortably curl
up and take a nap in a common glass
tumbler. An ordinary; finger ring was
large enough for his collar, and when
he Sat up a baby's hand would almost
have made a broad and sale resting
place for him. Of course Tiny was of
no account against a rat. Indeed, a
hearty, self.respcc,ing mouse would
have stood its ground against the little
fellow. But if Tiny had not strength, ne
did have courage, and would bark as
Justify as his little lungs would let him
at the biggest rat that ever lved-when
the rat was dead,--St. Nicholas.
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English journals record the late voyage
of a large steamer. owned in London,
which has been fitted to burn petroleum.
Good time was made, and general salts
faction is expressed with the experiment.
The consumption of oil on the voyage
was a little oyer eight gallons per hour,
costing about 81 per day, while the cost
of coal for that period is calculated to
be 81. Beside the saving in coal, a great
saving will be effected in labor.
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The girl in this case is innocent in cx-
terror, but her smooth skin is stuffed full
of wilcs, says a New York letter. She
motiored me to a chair in her parlor
when I called, and to a seat in it. The
piece of furniture was handsome, but in
no way curious. simultaneously she
settled into another chair which, though
it's upholstered bottom seemed to be on
a level with the one I was on, let her
down about o foot nearer the floor. See.
ing that I regarded the difference as
phenomenal, she said: "Ah, I don't
mind telling you all about it. I call
these my trick chairs, but I didn't care
to work 'em on you. When put to the
use for which I planned them I assign
the visitor to the one I am now in, and
take for myself the one you have. They
are based on the principle that a cool,
composed person always has a tremen-
dous advantage over a fustered, awk-
ward one, especially if the former be a
woman and the latter a man. Now,
please stand up a minute. Now, let US
change seats. Down you drop ten or
twelve inches below the point that you
would expect to if you had not already
observed the deep mashiness of the up
holstery. Were you an impression
able, bashful, rather sentimental visitor,
startled and surprised by the depression
that threatened to bump you on the car
pet itself, you would be utterly deprived
of equanimity, don't you see7 At the
same time, l would be posed calmly and
demurely on this more solid chair, clear
above your insignificant par, with my
supremacy fully established, for the one
interview, anyhow. Oh. I have found
the invention exceedingly effective and
valuable"
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The great river Euphratcs is in danger
of disappearing altogether. OF late
years the banks below Babylon have
been giving away so that the stream
spreads out into a marsh, until steamers
could not pass, and only a narrow chan
mel remained for native boats. Now
this passage is becoming obliterated, and
there is danger that the famous river
will be swallo we'd up by the desert.
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PROVIDENCE.

AS God doth kindly stay
His rough wind in the day
His east wind keenly blows;
So in the time of need
When hearts are sore and bleed
His dearest love He shows:
For all the storms He guides;
On all the winds He rides,
What we can bear He knows.
Henry Il. Larely, IN the Current.
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The Royal Society, Of Dublin, lately
offered a number of prizes for secling
potatoes, hoping, by the introduction of
new varieties, to overcome the effects of
the destructive potato disease. A great
many new sorts were shown, all of which
will be given a thorough test.
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DR.. George L. Fitch, in charge of the
hospitals of Honolulu, says lepros y is
hereditary, and cannot be communicated
by one person to another under any COM
bination of circumstances.
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FOR FE .lNINE READERS
EoVe,S Birth.

Eove's Birth.
A glance-a touch of hands! and Love is
born
A hopeful, untried child, with vague de-
sires
Showing through limpid eyes like unknown
fires
That shine through pure pale stars at early
morn.
-Marah Ellis Ryan, in the Current.
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And he sang the verse through, and
he closed his eyes and slept and slept
and slept, until in hell hs opened his
ewes, wide awake forever! Oh, brother,
can you sleep that way2 Oh, brother!
Oh, how men sleep over their immortal
interest! How men sleep over the in
terest of their souls!
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excited children, and LII. Mayperry
jumped out.
"Good heavens, Lily! what are you
doing there 2" he cried. "Where is your
cloak, and what are you crying about!"
With a cry Of joy, Lily threw herself
on her astonished father, and in spite of
sobs managed to make him understand
the situation.
"You are a brave boy" he said, hold.
ing out his hand to Nathan. II will
speak to you after I have seen your
mother. Here, Lily, get in the buggy,
and wrap up in the blanket. Your
mother is in the wagon, I suppose?'
and he made his way in the crowded
vehicle.
She was lying motionless as the doctor
bent over her. His examination was
very brief, and his eyes met the hus-
bands as he raised them. No words
were spoken, but the doctor shook his
head sadly.
81 knowed it." Allan said hoarsely.
II knowed she wor death-struck yester'
day. She's been a good wife, and a
good mother, and l s'pose the Lord saw
her life was too hard, and Hes goin' to
take her. O Dorcas! Dorcas?" aud he
buried his face in the bed clothes, and
groaned with the rcpressed anguish OF a
strong man.
DR.. Mayberry looked out and beckoncd
Nathan to him.
eco to your father" he whispered.
"You will soon be all he has"
He saw the look Of agony IN the
boys face, but noticed, too, that
by a strong effort, he uttered
no outcry, but went quietly to his faith
er's side, and knclt by him, putting his
arms round his neck.
cpl take my little girl home" said DR..
Mayberry, land return here Immediately
with help"
When he returned, the oman was
dead, and the husband utterly Frustrated
by grief. Nathan, in a voice choked by
sobs, was doing his best to soothe MS
father. ,,,
"Now don't take on so, dad. It's
hard on you, and it's hard on me, too,
but we've got to bear it."
"She kept talkin bout it's bein' New
Years Day." Allan Ross said, turning
his bloodshot eyes on the doctor; ana
she said we was to turn over a new leaf,
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METEOROLOGICAL RECORD.

SALT LAKE CITY. August 20. 1885.
(signal Service. Q. s. Al
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LEGAL NOTICE.
In the Probate Court in and for Salt Lake
County, Territory Of Utah.
In the matter of the estate of Annie May
Bredemeyer,

order appointing time and place to hear
petition for distribution.
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ON READING AND FILING THE PETl-
" ton of w. Bredemeyer, executor of the
last will and testament OF Annie May Brede-
meyer, deceased, setting forth that he has
filed his final account of his administration
upon said estate in this Court; that all the
debts have been fully paid, and that por-
ton of said estate remains to be divided
among the heirs If said deceased, and pray
ing, among other things, for an order of
distribution of the residue of said estate
among the persons entitled,
1t is ordered that all persons interested in
the estate of the said Annie May Brede-
meyer, deceased, be and appear before the
Probate Court of the County of Salt Lake, at
the Courtroom of said Court, in the County
Courthouse, on the 9TH day of Septem Der,
1885, at 10 O'Clock am, then and thele to
show cause why said account should net b ;
settled and al order of distribution 81 oul
not made of the residue of said estate an on :
the heirs and devisees of the said 4 nn.e
May Bredemeyer, deceased, according 10
law.
1t is further ordered thai the Clerk cause
copies of this order be posted in three public
places in Salt Lake County and published
in THE SALT LAKE DAILY HERALD. news
paper printed and circulated in Salt Lake
County, three weeks prior to said 18th day of
ELIAS A. SMITH,
Probate Judge.
Dated August 18th. 1885 d aui4
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Wool.
Buying prices.)

WOOL
Buying prices.)
White spring IL mos.
growth. ............... 10c @ 13c . b
Black spring IL mos.
White fall and lambs (6
mos. growth) ......... 10c q 2c
Black fall and lambs (6
mos. growth) ....... SC q 10c "
Arizona white. &c @ 10c "
black. ...... &c @ Sc
Hides.
Buying prices.)
Dry flint hides and KIP, good,.. 14c .
Dry flint hides and kip, damag. 10c g
Dry flint calf skins, good, 100. 12c &c
Dry flint calf skins, damaged 09c "
Dry salt hides, kip and calf,
gooQ, ..:..-... ..-.-... IZC
Dry salt hides, kip and calf,
damaged. &c
Dry horse hides. .... 25c to 75c each
Green hides and kip, good 06 . b
Green hides and kip, damaged, &c "
Green calf skins, good. -. 7c "
Green calf skins, damaged. Sc ="
Green sailed hides and kip, well
cured, good, ............... 6L"
Green sailed hides and kip, well
cured, damaged, .......... AZ"
Green salted calf skins, well
cured, good, ........... SC
Green sailed calf skins, well
cured, damaged, ........... 5H"
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Cured NIeats and Lard.
SELLING prices.l
Cheese.
Selling prices.)
Live Stock.

Buying prices.)
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Poultry.

Buying prices.)
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Dried Fruits
CBuvlng pltces.]
Flour

.nricots. .......'.''''
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COPPER.
New York quOtatons'>
Superb 10Z @ lie. per Id
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THE CHICAGO m
NORTH
: WESTERN
RAILWAY,
TRK'BEsT RoUTx AND
SHORTLINE
Omaha,
Council Bluffs
and Chicago.

The only line 10 take for Des Koines, Mar.
shalltowp, Cedar Rapids, Clinton, Dixon,
Chicago, Milwaukee, and AL pointa East Ts
the people of Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming,
Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Warrington
and California it offers superior advantages
not possible by any other line.
Among . few OF the numerous points OF
superiority enjoyed by the patrons OF this
road. between Omaha and Chicago are ita
two trains day of DAY C0iCHES, which
are the dnegt that human at and ingenuity
can create; tt1 PALACE SLEEPING CARS,
which are models Of comfort and elegance;
Its PARLOR DRAWING ROOM CARS, IN
SURPASSED by any; and Its widely celebrated
PALATIAL DINING CARS the equal OF
which can not be found elsewhere.
AtCouncil Bluffs the trains of the Union
Pacific Ry. connect in Union Depot with
those Of the Chicago & Northwestern Ry. In
Chicago the trains of this line make close
connection with those OF all Eastern lines
For Detroit Columbus. Indianapolis, Gin
cinnati Niagara Falls, Buffalo, Pittsburg,
Toronto, Montreal, Boston, New York Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, Washington, and all
points in the East, ask the ticket agent for
tickets via the
NORTHWESTERN"
ifyou wish the best accommodation. AL
ticket agents sell tickets via this line.
Il. HUGHITT, B. s. HAIR,
Genl Manager. Gen1 Pass Agent
CHICAGO.
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a CARD.

To q who are suffering from errors and
Indiscretions of youth, NERVOUS weakness,
early decay, loss of manhood, etc., will
send recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was dis
covered by missionary in South America
Send selrsddrsssed envelope to Rev
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Selling prices
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2 Fresh Meats.

Selling prices.)
The Indianapolis journal., 1885-10-18
Birch-Bark Calendars.
Art Interchange.


Use a sheet of the bark for each month of the
year, painting on it some suitable floral or land
scaoe design. and, if you like, an accompanying
motto. For January. snow scene, with pine
branches for Fe bruary, iccles on branches and
groups of brown birds; for March, crocus bios
SONS; for April. hyacinths and violets; for May,
ample branch and blossoms and dandelions be-
meath, with yellow blossoms and one or two
seed .puffs. with drifting seed pumes; for June,
clustering roses and snow balls; for July, yellow
lilies and butterflies; for August. marigolds and
China asters; for September, golden rod and wild
asters and wild turnip blossoms; for October su-
mach and chrysaEthemums; fer November, a red
sunset through bare branches, and flight of
birds; for December, holly and pine branches
with snowbirds on ground Use the sheets singly
for the months they pass, suspending Them
from standard such as is used for lamps and
screens. Leave space to tie cards to. giving
the days of the month. A small gilt hook
fastened on the bark to suspend the cards paint
ed with the numbers Of the days will DO con-
venient By this means your gift will be per-
petual calendar needing only new cards for
each successive year. Notices for each month
abound in verse and add greatly to the interest
of a calendar. If this is too much trouble, usa
four sheets and give spring summer, autumn
and winter. The designs should be typical, as
fruit-tree blossoms for spring. roses for summer
golden rod and asters for autumn, holly and
snow for winter, with the same arrangement for
monthly cards