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HOUSES IN PERU.

All the houses In Lima are built on the
earthquake plan, either of great thick walls
of adobe or mere shacks of bamboo reeds,
lashed together by thongs of rawhide, and
plastered within and without with thick
layers of mud. This style of architecture
will answer in country where it never
rains and where cyclones never come but
If a good pour should fall in Lima, the
whole town would be washed into the river
Riniac and carried out to sea. There is
never more than one entrance to the houses,
and that is protected first by great iron
grating and then by solid doors. The win.
dows are covered with bars. This was done
as precaution against bandits in early
times, and against revolutionists in later
days, and very essential precaution it has
been for, during the time of the viceroys,
bands of robbers used to come down from
the mountains and pirates from the sta.
Through the single entrance passes every
one who comes and goes--the butcher, the
baker, the priest who comes to shrive the
dying, and the young man to whom Mer-
cedes ia engaged. The other evening q.
party were making call, and the iron gate
was closed and locked by the porter as
usual. When they wanted to go away he
broke the key in the lock, and it looked as
if the hosts would have to find lodgings, OF
let their guests down from the roof by ropes,
for all the windows were protected by iron
bars; but screw driver was finally discoy-
cred, by means of which the rusty hinges
were displaced and the prison opened.
The roofs of the dwellings are always per.
fectly fiat, and among the common people
are used as barnyards and henneries. Very
often cow spends all her days ON the roof
of her owners residence, being taken up
when q calf and taken down at the end OF
life as fresh beef. In the meantime she is
fed ON slops from the kitchen and bundles
Of alfalfa, the South American clover, which
the Indians bring in from the country on
their own shoulders or the backs of mules.
Chicken eoops are more common ON the
roofs of dwellings, and in the thiclly popu.
lated portions of town your noighbois' cocks
waken you at daylight with reminders of
81 patar
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TRUNKS WITH FALSE BOTTOMS.

.
lyon would be surprised at the number
Of orders we fill for trunks with false bot
toms" said trunk manufacturer.
For thieves, eh?"
Sometimes, yes, but more frequently
for heightened people. A man came to me
one day with an oil painting of beautiful
woman, and asked to have the painting
built into the bottom Of trunk. Naturally
l was curious, and, as he was laxative,
soon found out that the painting was of his
first wife, and that his new wifewas awful
lyjealous. I don't like to burn up the old
picture, you see,' he said, as she is not
dead, and it's sign of mighty bad luck TO
burn up the picture of living person. I
suspect if she was dead. my present wife
wouldn't care.' Wen, built the picture
into the trunk, sent it home to him, and /
suppose everything is lovely, and the new
wife thinks the picture has been destroyed.
A woman came once and wanted a trunk
with false bottom arranged, so that she
could get at it easily. We generally make
the openings to false bottoms from the I'M
der side, but she wanted this through the
upper side of the bottom. I asked her how
deep she wanted the false bottom and she
said, absently, Oh, big enough to hold a
package of letters and photograph Now,
that was definite order, wasn't it2 Just
as if knew how thick package of letters
was She was the handsome young wife OF
a rich old husband. But, of course, the
commonest order for secret compartments
comes from women who want some safe
place to hide their money in. A women
thinks there is no place like trunk for
hiding money."-San Francisco Chronicle.
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NIoxNAMEs OF AMERICAN CITIES.

Bell City, Racine, Wis. Bluff City, Han
nibal, Mo. City of Churches, Brooklyn N.
Y; City of Elms, New Haven, Conn. City
of Flour and Sawdust, Minneapolis,
Mimi. City of Magnificent Distances,
Washington, d, c.; City Of the Plains,
Denver, COL; City of Rocks, Nashville,
Tenn. City of Roses, Little Rock, Ark.
City of Spindles, Lowell, Mass. City Of
the Straits, Detroit, Mich. Corn City, To-
ledo, Ohio Cream City, Milwaukee, Wis.
Crescent City, New Orleans, La. Delta
City, Alexandria, d. c.; Falls City, Louis
vile, Ky. Forest City, Cleveland, Ohio /;
Frisco, San Francisco, Cal. Garden City,
Chicago, Ill. /; Gate City, Keokuk. Iowa;
Gem City, Quincy, ILL., Gotham, New York
City, N. Y. Modern Athens, the Hub, Bos-
ton, Mass. Monumental City, Baltimore,
Md. Mound City, st. Louis, Mo. Bluffs
City, Konsas City, Mo. Paper City, Hol-
yoke, Mass. ; Quaker City, Philadelphia,
Penn. Queen City, Porkopolis, Cincinnati /;
Railroad City, Indianapolis, Ind. Shell
City, Mobile, Ala. Smoky City, Pitts
burgh, Penn. Star City, Lafayette, Ind. /;
Tusselburg, Alton, Ill. Tunnel City, North
Adams, Mass. Zenith City, Duluth, MINI. ;
City of the Angels, Los Angeles, Cal. /;
5plinterville, North Braddock.
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Monday Luck.

Friday, rs everyone knows, has for many
years been regarded by many as an unlucky
day. But there are other days of the week
which are regarded as more or less urlucly,
and not few look upon Monday as indica-
tive of what they may expect during the
following days of the week as to their bust
ness. There is large class who will be-
moan dull Monday, and some of them will
court good luck by selling to the first Gus.
toner who appears Monday morning at
nominal figure. Others have for various
reasons selected other days Of the, week as
lucky or unlucky. From the number Of
marriages on Thursdays and Tuesdays it
would appear that those days are regarded
as happy ones by the matrimonially inclin
ed. The question Of the influence ,psrtjcu-
lar days may have upon the luck OF q cou-
pie does not, however, appear to enter the
minds of those who run away from their
homes for the purpose of marrying Wash.
ington Star.
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HOW THIEVES ARE CAUGHT.
Helping the Detectives to Locate Them by
Their Peculiar Jargon.

When detective makes an arrest on
suspicion he generally relies on the prisoner
to criminate himself said Central Station
detective last night. "As soon as such
prisoner Is locked up fly officer is sent to
talk with him and, although you may not
know it, it is fact TINT a man behind the
bars is more confidential and confding to
an officer than to any one else. OF course
make an exception to this rule in the case
of old offenders. Many of the latter, how
ever, unconsciously betray themselves dur.
ing these interviews. can illustrate that
best by citing case that occurred here
several weeks ago when three men, named
Davis, Jones and Henderson, were arrested
on suspicion of robbery. Henderson claim
ed to come from Ohio and protested that he
had never been East before. When arrested
revolver was found In his possession. An
officer was sent TO interview him and after
o time asked him; Did you attempt to
use Your gnn when they arrested your No,
replied the thief the fatty was on top of
me before could pull The use Of the
word fatty betrayed him as New York
crook and he was afterwards identified as a
criminal from that city. Flatty signifies,
among New York thieves, policeman. In
Philadelphia policemen are called cops
and In Baltimore guys The detectives
are known to thieves throughout the coun-
try by the uniform appelation of fly cops
In contradistinction to fiat cops, or patrol
men. Thieves slang varies as much through
out the United States as does the English
language in the different counties Of Eng
land, and in this way we are often able to
locate the home and particular lay of
visiting criminal"
:" How about detectives slang2" was
asked.
"Oh, that varies almost rs much as the
slang employed by the thieves and, as O
matter of fact, is influenced greatly by them.
II several smart thieves are operating in
town we would speak of them as mob of
good people, If they are bunglers in their
profession we would refer to them as a
gang of chumps.' A good mob of guns
indicates clever party of pickpockets One
expert pickpocket is known as knuck Or
in New York, as a wire or q good gum
When We speak Of good store men or
good night men we mean fearless burg.
lars. Good day men are clever thieves,
who lack, however, the nerve to become
burglars, or night men, This list could
be carried out to the extent of columns, but
have told. you enough to illustrate my
meaning. Colloauial thieves slang un-
doubtedly gives us many important clues in
tracing q criminals antecedents. When we
find the locality from which he halls we
send out photographs Of him and in this
way many important captures have been
e. philadelphia Times.
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MISS oLEvELANp,s POKE BONNET.
experimenting the Annual Spring Clean,
ing In Person Mt the White House.

No one who witnessed scene which took
place ON the grounds of the White House
day or two since can gainsay the statement
that Miss Cleveland is courageous woman.
With the instinct of the practical housewife
although, strictly speaking, she is the
Presidents maiden sister-Miss Cleveland
made up her mind that the White House
ought to undergo q thorough spring clean
ing. When Mr.. Arthur was President he
merely gave the orders, and corps of men
and women were put to work and for day
or two the Mansion was completely turned
upside down. Not so with Miss Cleveland.
The orders were given rs usual, but it was
not great while before the servants discov-
cred that the annual spring cleaning meant
something more than is customary. Begin
ming with the carpets, Miss Cleveland saw
that they we're taken up properly and spread
upon the lawn. Then she went out in a
poke bonnet, and the first lady of the
io,,an-I--as, ,ar1UIy ny and had them thor
oughly beaten while she bossed the job
Visitors at the White House were thunder
struck the lady clerks in the Treasury
Department locked with all their eyes, for
they never expected to sec the sight again,
but Miss Cleveland calmly stood her ground
until the last caipet had been renovated,
and then she marched back to the White
House to see that the servants there were
cleaning the paint properly. Several I'M
married gentlemen who witnessed the scene
have set inquiries aioat as to whether or no
Misc Cleveland is in the market" and the
married men are proudly pointing to the
good example at the White House. II is
feared, however, that this pastime of the
Presidents sister will never become fash-
lonable. -Ne,o York Telegram.
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THE PORCELAIN TOWER.
An Ancient Relic of spIendor in the Cit,
of Nnnkin.

Tie city of Nankin, once the capital OF
China, has for centuries been famous to the
barbarians " of the outer world for its
porcelain tower relic of the splendor of
its ancient days, before Pekin usurped its
dignity as the seat of the empire. The place
is now, to great extent city of ruins, and
the city proper has shrunk TO one-fourth OF
its former dimensions.
The porcelain tower was built quite early
in the fifteenth century, by order of the
Emperor Yuhglon, and as q work of filial
piety. 1t was a monument to the memory
beauty should as far outshine that of any
similar memorial ms the transcendent VIZ
tues of the parent, in her sons eye, sur.
passed those of the rest of her sex. The
cost is estimated at more than three-quarters
of a million of our money.
The work was commenced Mt noon on o
certain day in 14l3 and occupied nearly
twenty years in its completion. The total
height of the porcelain tower IVES more than
two hundred feet, and it was faced from top
to bottom with the finest porcelain, glazed
and colored. 1t consisted of four stories,
surmounted by spire, ON the top of which
was ball of brass, richly gilded. From
this ball eight iron chains extended to as
many projecting points of the roof, and
from each chain was suspended a bell,
which hung over the face of the tower The
same arrangement was carried out in every
story. These bells added very much to the
graceful appearance of the tower, breaking
its otherwise formal and monotonous out
lines
Round the outer face of each story were
several apertures for lanterns, and when
these We're all illuminated, we are told in
the magniloquent language of the Chinese
historian, their light illuminated the en-.
tire heavens, moving the hearts of men,
and entirely removing human misery" II
is not difficult to imagine, however, that
casions must have been beautiful in the ex-
treme.
On the top of the tower were placed two
large brazen vessels and bowl, which to-
gether contained various costly articles in
the nature of an offering and charm to
avert evil influences. Among these were
several pearls Of various colors, each sup
posed to possess miraculous properties, to-
gether with o.her precious stones and q
quantity Of gold and silver. In this con-
nections designed to represent the best
treasures Of the State, We're also placed a
box OF tea, some pieces of silk and copies
of some ancient Chinese writings. The
tower was demolished by the Tapping rebels
in 1853.
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POETRY.
Thee Larls nf Lnhor.

They come, they come, In glorious march,
You can hear their m-steeds neigh,
As they dash through Skilrs trumphal arch,
Or plunge mid the dancing spray.
Their bright fires blaze In the mighty forge,
Their life-pulse throbs in the mill,
Their lghtnings shiver the gaping gorge,
And their thunders shake the hill
Hoi these are the Titans OF toll and trade,
The heroes who WELD no sabre;
But mightier conquests reapeth the blade
That is borne by the Lords OF Labor.
Brave hearts like jewels light the sod,
Through the mlsts OF commerce shine,
And souls dash out. Ike stars OF Gold,
From the midnighto OF the mine.
No palace is THEIRS no castle great,
No princely pillard hall;
But they well may laugh at the roofs or state
Meath the heaven which is over ALL
Ho! these are the Titans OF toll and trade,
The heroes who WELD no sabre;
But mightier conquests reapeth the blade
Which Is borne by the Lords OF Labor
Each bares his arm for the ringing strife
That marshals the sons OF the soil,
And the sweat-drops shed in their battle Of life
Are gems In the crown OF TOLL
And better their well-worn wreaths, trow,
Than laurels with likelihood wet:
And nobler the arch OF bare, bold brow
Than clasp OF coronet.
Then hurrah for each hero although his deed
Be unblown by the trump or tabor,
For holier, happier far is the need
That crowneth the Lords OF Labor
lanes MacJdrlane
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I suppose the story is old as the hills,
but it is just as funny to-day as it was years
ago when it happened on the Mississippi
boat, in the days Of gambling at It's height.
An old poker Sharp had stuffed four aces
gracefully into his boot for an emergency.
Another expert twigged the movement and
equally gracefully removed them for his
use. The moment arrived and the poker sharp
Owed down into the leathern recesses. The
cards We're gone. Hold onln said he,
raising his hand to stop the game. "There'a
been cheating here l"--San francisco
CAroaicle.
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A Question for CasaIsts.

An old darkey was preaching some time
since and be saw one in his congregation
asleep, SO he began "You remember
when Paul was preaching in de temple q
damsel was asleep in the fourth story, and
she fell down smashing all ter smashers, and
the fragments they picked up twelve bask-
etsful, and whose wife will she be in de
resurrection ?"-Hoosac Valley Ne0s.
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Not wishe.t C.w..

DR.. @. @. Abbott AYERS that crows have
twenty-seven distinct cries, calls or uttcran.
ces, each readily distinguishable from the
others, and each having an unmistakable
connection with certain class Of actions.
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Careful Attention given 10 the Sale OF Orc,
and Bullion. We solicit Con~Ienmerts
guaranteeing the Highest Market Prices.
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ANOTHER SCHEME of the lobbyists and
claim agents has been exposed. Lately
the south has been flooded with cir.
culaFs addressed to those who we're
eOnscrIpted into the military service O,
the eonfederaey, land profering for =
consideration to ootain legislation from
Congress Temunerating them for the
time spent and for wounds or other
injuries they may have received in the
army. A fee of IS down is required. the
claim agent agreeing to get the re-
mainder OF his compensation out of the
claim when it shall be allowed. An air
OF plausihility is sought to be given
to the scheme by arguing that
the Supreme Court having held that
the Unien wss never dissolved, only an
uprising of the people of certain
States taking place, it was the duty of
the government to protect its citizens
from the conseripting officers of its
enemies. Only few suckers were
taken in when the trick was exposed.
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the charges. II they should arrest
man without good grounds for believ
him guilty, and without possessing
reasonably convincing evidence of hi
guilt, it might with propriety b.
charged that they were not acting il
good faith, and were directed in thi
work by spite. At least while tn,
higher court closes the mouths of tn,
city officers as 10 the foundation fol
these charges. the police must have the
credit OF doing only their duty in a fair
impartial manner.
But suppose they were acting in a
regulatory spirit it would not be for the
accused and those liable to arrest to
complain. The Federal officials, from
the Chief Justice down to the insignifi-
cant scrub who waits on the Marshal,
are not prosecuting Mormons in the
interest of morality there is no moral
ity in sending an impecunious fellow to
the Penitentiary, feeding him on bread
and water and treating him worse than
a dog should be treated, while his wives
and children, deprived of his protecting
care and support, are left 10 shift for
themselves; it is not moral to bring
misery to happy homes and infiict tor
ture upon pure men and women, whose
SHINING, if their conduct be sin, is only
against themselves and with which they
are happy and content; it is not in the
interest of good morals to pack a jury
and reverse the rules of evidence to
send an honorable, upright man to jail,
while releasing upon the community
without reprimand even, the Iecherous
wretch who leaves the bed of his
virtuous wife to debauch her sister, II
all laws regulating sexual relations were
enforced in the interests of morality,
things would be vastly different from
what they are. If it were true that the
police had been actuated by spite in ar
resting the men now awaiting trial for
alleged lecherous offenses, the officers
could not be criticised by those men,
nor by the Federal courts, nor by any
who have offered an excuse for the &C
'used. Only those who have led lives
II purity and uprightness before the |
aw. who have been fair and impartial
n their dealings with the community
could complain.
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J. Q. c. SMITH. a wool-grower OF
Ohio. has been examining for himself
the tariff question with reference to
the bearing of the tax upon the farmers
OF the country. He finds that the pro-
teetiVe tariff benefits the farmers to the
extent of $15,OOO,OO0 a year, and that
they are compelled to pay 1915, 900 900 a
year for that protection. Every dollar
they get by the tariff tax costs them
dollars. Smith says he has
had all the protection he wants.
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MCCORMICK & co.
BAN KERS
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, AND
HALEY, IDAHO.

Careful Attention given 10 the Sale OF Orci
and Bullion We solicit COnslgnmerts
guaranteeing the Highest Market Prices.
Collections Made at Lowest Rates
Execute orders for Purchase o. Sale o.,
stockE and Bonds at New York aud s-H
Fr1nciEco.
We Sell Exchange snd Tslegraphlc Trans
iers on leading cities of the United States
also Furnish Sight Drafts OF Remit Funds IA
Lonoon, Dublin. Berlin, COpen hagen. Paris
stockholm, and all other Prominent PoiBtg
IN Europe, 81 Lowest Rates Of Exchange.
ACTIVE ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
PRINCIPAL CORRESPONDENTS:
INV YORK Importers and Traders Ma.
tlonal Bank. Chemical National Bank,
KOuntze Brothers
CHLcA9O-CommerciaI and First Gationsl
Bank.
SAN FRAECIsCO-Ffrst National Bank
CNAHA-Omaha RsIiOnsi bank
DESTER-City National Bank, Denver Ma
tional flank
Kansas CITY Bank Of Kansas City.
ST. LoUis-States Savings Association
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THE mARsHAL's SUPPORT.


Last Saturday morning Marshal Ire
land said to a well known gentleman OF
this civ: The crimes of lewdness and
Iasciyiousness, immoral conduct, ETC., are
for the local authorities to attend to.
Let the offenders be found and pun
ished; the movement will have my
hearty support It soon became eVi'
dent that the Marshal was talking for
effect; that he was assuming virtue
TO which he was not entitled. he had
no thought that lightning would strike
so soon, and hit so close to him. The
evening after he made this virtuous
declaration his chief deputy was ar
rested on a complaint charging him
with lewd and lascivioas conduct, the
crime Which the official few hours be-
fore had said should be punished. The
pubic is somewhat familiar with the
manner in which the Marshal has given
the movement for the punishment OF
those guilty of Immoral conduct" his |
hearty support" His underling called
the Marshal to his rescue as soon as he |
could, sad the Marshal who was so
deeply interested in suppressing lewd-
ness rushed to his troubled deputy. The
sympathy that the Marshal then dis
played was not markedly in the interest
Of enforcing the law or OF Furnishing the
crime Of lasciyiousness, but it was IN
the direction of extricating his bench
man from an exceedingly unpleasant
situation. Mr.. ireland did not extend
any very hearty support to the local
authorities" and If he has gwen any
support since to anybody it has been to
his deputy and not to the officers whom
he had promised to help.
A self-respecting official, bent on the
enforcement of the Law, and being influ-
enced by an earnest desire to punish
these guilty of violating the moral code,
instead Of rushing about 10 save the
aocased, would have promptly suspen-
ded -the deputy from the position, and !
restored him to his place only :
after a fHt investigation of the .
charge had resulted in his aequit- !
tai and vindication. Marshal
Irelaud's conduct in this case is not in
keeping with his professions. and is not
that Of careful, conscientious officer .
Whe value show of decency and con- h
hstency, whether or not he was sincere 4
in the display. :
We are guessing that Irelands pro- e
LESSONS of regard for virtue and >
morality should be taken with an allow :,
anoe. He thinks that Mormon should n
be viEtuOus and m Drally cireumspect =
beyond suspicion. but no restrictions 4
should be placed on Mormon-eating :
Gentle: and IL that Gentle should G
happen to be an active, vicious deputy I,
marshal bis sins must be regarded as +,
virtues. =
Marshal Ireland's conduct in the case =,
Of his deputy, yandercook, is winning Il
ior him the condemnation Of respect "
able non-MormoRs. who say that de- A,
'ency should have suggested to him q,
he propriety of at sesst remaining in N
he background, if not OF suspending h,
ais deputy while the Iatter's morai con 70
iuet was being investigated. "
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Execute Orders for Purchase o. Sale O,
stoekE and Bonds at New York aud s-H
francisco.
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Collections Made at Lowest Rate.