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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-20
Columbus Wasn't Much of a Fellow.

son my last trip through the west"
said New York drumEeler the other day,
''three or four of US put in a night at the
tavern in a small town. 1t was kept by
dreadfully innocent looking old chap,
and in order to guy him bit the boys
put him on that was Christopher Co
lumbus, the discoverer of America. The
old fellow gave me considerable atten-
ton, fixed up the best room in the house
and introduced me to his aged wife.
Next morning as | sat on the veranda
smoking cigar he came along and
queried:
Lets see. What did you do:"
discovered America" l soberly re-
piled.
sob, yes"
He looked disappointed as he Went
away and in about ten minutes he re-.
turned to say:
"Tve had it all wrong about you"
"How?"
"Why kinder had it that you was
from Washington, and was thinking
you might get my boy Sam into some
office"
''No, I'm not"
"You are only Christopher Columbus?"
"That's ALL"
"All you ever did was to discover
American
s'That's ALL"
"Humphl I'll have to charge you ex-
ira for them three billed eggs this morn
ing and the ole woman thinks she ought
to have an extra quarter for making real
coffee for you. You orter told me last
night that you didn't amount to nuthin'r'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-20

clean unhesitating commend the Charter
Oak Range, with the wonderful wire gauze
oven door, made by the Excelsior Manu-
featuring Co., of st. Louis, and invented
by Mr.. Giles F. Filley, as the best cooking
apparatus within my knowledge, and one
that will not fail in any respect to give
the fullest satisfaction to all who may
use it,"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-20
DIVISIONS 4, ) AND 6.

Coop Furniture company, city, best bed
lounge. Diploma.
B. F. Thornberg, city, second best lounge.
Honorable mention.
Florence Pearl Young, city, best wood
carving Silver medal.
j. NJ. Whitaker, city, best scroll saving.
Silver medal.
George F. Parrott, city, best specimen of
fancy cabinet work. Diploma.
NJ Lenzi, city, best rustic flower stands.
Honorable mention.
Il. Kelson, city, best home made mando-
lin. Diploma.
Ell. Ward, Pleasant Grove, best home
made comb case. Honorable mention.
E. Mehesy, city, best display of furs.
Gold medal or diploma.
David Bowen, Spanish Fork, best iron
chain and buckle. Honorable mention.
w w. Browning, Ogden, best essay on
poultry house and essay on the raising of
poultry. Dallas 81 Hedges special gold
medal.
Abe James, Ogden, best exhibit of home
nade hrooms. Cash, S25.
Utah Soap company, city, best exhibit of
home made soap. Gold medal.
Union Glue and Oil company, city, best
exhibit of home made oil and glue. Di-
Thomas Slight. city, best exhibit of home
made paper boxes. Diploma
Sam Levy, city, best exhibit Of home
made cigars. Gold medal.
Davy Luuberg, Provo, best home made
stove. Gold medal.
Salt Lake Glass Works, city, best display
of glassware. Diploma.
Denhalter 81 Son, city, best display of
soda water Gold medal.
Hewlett Bros, city, second best display
of soda water. Silver medal.
Charles E. Johnson city, best display of
home made medicines and essence of ginger
Diploma.
GEORGE TRIPLIT,
H. d. FOLSOM,
ELI A. POLAND,
A,uor6irry Cornuoittaa
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-20
TYPEwRITING CONTEST.

The competition was held at the EXPOSE
tion building on the evening of October g.
There were three competitors, viz: F. 7.
McGurrin, who used Hammond machine,
Geo. w. Ritter, who used Remington ma
chine, and l. l.. Pratt, who used a Reming-
ton machine. The test was on five minutes
writing of the sentence: We are COM
peting for a premium of evenly five dol
lars $500 offered by Geo. Arbogast, con
fectiOner, Tor the most proficient amat, ur
typewriter"
The result was as follows:
Mr.. Ritter wrote 3lY words, of which live
were deducted for errors, leaving 3l4.
Mr.. McGurrin wrote 30 words, of which
10 were deducted for errors, leaving 3Dj.
Mr.. Pratt wrote 3lS words, of which Is
We're deducted for errors, leaving 302
Mr.. Riter's average was 62 4-5 words per
minute.
Mr. McGurrin's average was 81 Is words
per minute.
Mr. Pratt's average was 60 Swords per
minute.
We therefore have awarded the premium
to Mr. Geo. w. Ritter.
DOUGLAS A SWAN,
b. G.. RAYBoULD,
+. E. BARKER,
Awarding Committee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-20
JOHN C. CUTLER & BRO.

Agents of Provo and Deseret Wooden
mills have:
1000 pieces plain fiannels,
1000 pieces dress fiannels,
1000 pieces linseys,
1000 shawls.
1000 dozen Misses and Ladies' hose,
1000 dozed mems socks,
Blankets, yarns, overshirts, underwear,
etc, all homemade, and must be sold,
wholesale or retail. Call and see US, at
Nc. Sc Main street. John c. Cutler &
Bro,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-20
CHEAPCOAL.

CHEAP UUAL,
The Union Pacific Railway Coal depart
meqt, POI S. Main street, Wasatch corner
has reduced the prices of screened coal to
the following low rates:
Rock Springs lump, So 80 per ton delivered.
Rock Springs nut, 80 per ton delivered.
Red Canon lump, $3.50 per ton delivered
Red Canon nut, So 80 per ton delivered.
Pleasant Valley lump, 1875 per ton delivered
Weber lump, S5.25 per ton delivered.
Fifty cents per ton less at yard.
Special rates for carloads.
F. B. SHELLY, Agent
Telephone No. 240.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-20
Glass I-Educatioual.

James t. Holt, Fort Douglas, spelling
match, person over eighteen years. Web
ster's unabridged dictionary.
Albert Taylor, city, spelling match, per
son under eighteen years. Webster's IN
abridged dictionary.
Shady Stringer, city, recitation. Web
sters unabridged dictionary.
r. H. Bradford, Murray, mental arith-
metic. Webster's unabridged dictionary.
E. S. Scracc, city, best specimen penman-
ship. Cash SIS.
William NJ Leonard, city, second best
specimen penmanship.. Cash $3.50. q
Eva Symons, city. third best specimen
penmanship. Cash $3.50.
w. c. Webb. city, greatest number of
words written on a postal card. Leo Hol-
lander's gold watch.
r. H. Bradford, Murray, grammar school.
Webster's unabridged dictionary.
Lucy M. Smith, city, best essay on agri-
culture. Diploma.
The winner of, the George @. Cannon &
Sons special $50 for best original historical
narrative Will be announced in few days.
fa5 aa WIN. M. STEWART, -=-.-
C. L. ALLEN
EDWARD BENNBR,
Awarding Committee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-20

To prevent fevers, keep the liver active
and bowels regular with Simmons Liver
Regulator.
Fine perfumes, soaps and toilet goods at
Ross pharmacy, 1914 South Main street. e
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-20
LAST OF THE LISTS.
The Winners of the Awards at
the Late Fair.
THE DISPLAY OF WOMEN'S WORK
Educational Type Wrlting-Baby ShOw-The
Literary Prize Not Yet
Awarded
Class H-DiyiSiOn /.
DRY GOODS.

F'covo Wooden Mills company, Provo
best collection of ten pieces of assorted
Wo0len cloth Gold medal.
Daseret Wooden Mills company, city,
best piece of colored flannel. Diploma.
Deseret Wooden Mills company, city,
best piece of white flannel. Cash -.
Pcovo Wooden Mills company, Provo.
best piece of jeans. Cash -.
Provo Wooden Mills company, Provo,
best piece of white linsey. Cash 81.
Deseret Wooden Mills company, city, best
piece Of colored linsey. Cash 81.
Beaver Wooden Mills company, Beaver,
best piece of tweed. Cash 81.
Beaver Wooden Mills company, Beaver,
best piece of cashmere. Cash 81
Deseret Wooden Mills company, city, best
pair of white blankets. Silver medal.
Provo Wooden Mills company, Provo,
best pair of colored blankets. Cash 81.
Deseret Wooden Mills company, city, best
dye on any cloth. Cash 81.
lions Coop, Rio Virgen, Washington,
Iron county, best display of cotton batting
Diploma.
Deseret Wooden Mills company, city, best
display of homemade wool yarns. Silver
medal.
j. E. Sherlock, city, best display of knit
woolens. Diploma.
Beaver Wooden Mills company, Beaver,
FOR increase in variety and excellence of
fabrics Diploma.
William Pierson, city, for excellent dis
play of machine knit socks, hose and mems
underwear. Diploma.
Deseret Wooden Mills company, city, for
finish of machine knit socks and hose
Diploma.
FREDERICK H. AUERBACH,
J. j. DUKE.
SPENCER CLAwsoN,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-20

Mrs. B. S. Long, city. table cover. Cash
81.
Mrs H. Pembroke, city, drawn work.
Cash 81.
Mrs. P. P. JENNINGS
Mrs. H. S. BBATIE,
Mrs. VIM. GRoEsBECK,
Mrs. F. D. KIMBALL,
Mrs. BIRDIE CUMMINGS,
Mrs. NETTIE SMELL,
Awarding Committee.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-20
No Sooner Said Than Done.

Juliet-Swear not, George; or if thou
wouldst swear, swear by thyself, who art the
god of my idolatry.
George-By Georgel wiIl-Time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-20

DIVISION Z-LEATHER.
F.. B. Platt, city, best VaQuero saddles.
Silver medal.
F. B. Platt, city, best bride. Cash 81
f. B Platt, city, best set single light
harness. Diploma.
F. B. Platt, city, best heavy harness. Sill
ver medal.
F. b. Platt, city, best double light har-
ness. Gold medal.
George Todd, PaysOn, best Boston team
D. c. collar. Diploma.
j. w. Summerhays, city, best display of
coOred sheep skins. Silver medal
J. w. Summerhays, city, best display of
colored mats. Diploma.
Parowan Coop, ParOwan, best display
of calfSkiDs, Diploma
SAMUEL PAUL,
WILLIAM WELLOCK,
B. T. GRANT,
Awarding Committee.
DIVISION 3-sHoEs
Robinson Bros, city, best pair of fine
boots. Cash 81.
Robinson Bros, city, best display of
ladies' shoes. Silver medal
Robinson Bros, city, best display of boots
and shoes. Gold medal
Robinson Bros, city, best pair of fine
shoes. Diploma.
EDWARD SNELGROyR,
RICHARD COLLECT.
Awarding Committee
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-06-06
THOSE WRINKLED HANDS.

Those wrnked hands that Ger a woman's breast
Now folded lie in deaths last solemn sleep,
Alas! how cold and still; but God knows best:
His time will choose while we in silence weep,
Who had by those dear hands been often best
But now shall miss the love that flowed so deep,
No more shall we enjoy their soft caress,
Nor feel again their clinging tenderness
In those lines where the pillow of Time has run,
And heaped with burrows deep the trace OF years,
The marks of toll, the change of shade and sun.
The record Of heightened life appears:
Many tale they tell Of Joys begun,
And hopes soon ended In dash Of tears
Those veins Of blue her sunny skies unrol,
That skin 80 fair the Wilderness Of her soul
But ioi as We read on what sight is thiss
A cherlb form with dimpied hands and small
Bright golden locks, and lips that tempt a kiss.
Like paintings seen on old cathedral wall;
Some angel sent from distant worlds OF bliss,
That sunbeams bring to this dim earthly beR
Again We look, laughing girl Is seen
To schools she skips or romps IN orchards graas-
In these oddly fashioaed lines next we trace
The vision Of maiden sweet and fair;
By garden gate she waits; upon her face
Rests lights rosy tinge, a. II gathered there
The crimson blush OF thousand mornings grace;
Or Is that glow OF bliss beyond compare,
Aught etse than loves warm thrill as there chs
e stands, ao3H
Holding In her own another,s tender hands9
Lies busy noon unfolds; and what befeT
In sober age, how hands now pale and cold
Were moved to kindly acts, oft strove to quen
A neighbours grief, and wipe thegathering mold
or death from aching brows. Sick beds can tel;
And poor their sanity deeds confess with old:
Then rest, sweet hands, with scars of battle won
lake folded banners when the day is done
-Varnum Lincoln
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-06-06
The NickAl,s I.ererana

The field of the nickel and slot machine
seems to be practically imitless. am
informed that st. Louis inventor is now
at work on o machine which will give
you clean shave and picture of your
future wife, while the band plays your
favorite air as you wait. Another ma
chine viii tell your fortune and polish
your shoes and administer dose of pills
Tor a nickel; while another viii pick the
winners Of the next days races and sup
ply you with the morning paper. The
nickel and slot machine fills long felt
want, and has long career of useful
ness before it, and the public is saving its
nickels for the next departure with deep
interests. Louis Republic
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-06-06
Photographing the Aurora Borealis.

DR.. Kayser has succeeded in obtaining
photograph Of the aurora boreaIis from
the summit of Mount Rigi in Switzerland.
This is an interesting fact, it having
hitherto been regarded as impossible to
photograph the aurora for want of a plate
sufficiently sensitive tobe impressed by its
rays. Gunther, in his well known physi-
cal geography, declares it to be utterly
impossible to photograph the aurora, the
most carefully prepared plate remaining
neutral when exposed to the aurora's
rays. DIR. Kayser resorted to special
precautions and employed a colored dry
plate-the azalin trocken-platte. New
Orleans Picayune.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-06-06
Breakfast on Time.

One of those mysterious amateur
swells, who might properly be called a
"pecuniary dude" has been boarding
the past few months at fashionable
south side boarding house. One day last
week he received shock, which literally
knocked him silly. He labors daily for
a large wholesale house here, and re-
ceives weekly stipend of $40, but as he
dresses according to $4,000 per annum
income it is but natural that he is many
weeks behind in his board bill. This
young Napoleon of some one else's finance
is supposed to be at his desk every morn
ing at o'clock sharp, but he had been
tardy every day for a week OF more,
owing to late breakfast. One morning
he breakfasted at 7o'clock, and this gave
him ample opportunity to reach his office
on time. "Ah," he said to the landlady,
glancing at the clock, II see get my
breakfast on time this morning" She
regarded him with fixed ''give-me-
that-$12" look, and replied: 'You have
been getting it ION time sir, during the
past two weeks" 1t is hardly necessary
to state that the young man saw the
force of her remark and produced at his
earliest opportunity. Chicago Herald.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-06-06
Poisonous Nutmecs.

1t will doubtless surprise many to leaen
that in nutmegs we find powerful
poison, generally believed to be of the
narcotic order. 1t is only comparatively
recently that cases of poisoning by it
have been recorded in this country, prob
ably for the reason that, being so uni
versally considered harmless, when dam
gerous or fatal consequences have fol-
lowed its use the cause has been over
looked. The quantity of nutmeg which
it is necessary to take to produce serious
symptoms has never been estimated. In
one case, however, one and half nut
megs, it is said, caused in woman
stupor, followed by excitement, with
signs Of collapse.
DIR. Waugh has recently reported the
case of woman who was advised bv her
neighbors to eat nutmegs for the relief
OF dyspepsia due to constipation. One
forenoon she ate five of medium size.
No unpleasant symptoms followed until
some nine or ten hours afterward. Then
she became sick to her stomach, giddv.
and had a chill, accompanied by vomit-
ing, headache, dryness of the mouth and
throat, and sore, strained sensation in
the eyes. Her sight became affected,
and she complained that everything ap-
peared misty. When the chill passed
off, slight fever and sweating followed,
with intense, throbbing headache. Under
proper treatment this woman recovered.
In her case no narcotic symptoms appear
ed, but that does not prove that nutmegs
are not of the narcotic order.-Boston
Herald.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-06-06
SPRING.
In the spring when the green gifts back in the
trees.

In the spring when the green gifts back in the
trees,
And the sun comes out and stays,
And yer boots pulls on with good, tight squeeze
And you think of yer barefoot days;
When you ort to work and you want to not,
And you and yer wife agrees
It's time to spade up the garden lot
When the green gifts back in the trees
Well, work is the least of my idees
When the green, you know. gifts back in the
When the green gifts back in the trees, and bees
Is arbuzzin' aroun' agin,
In that kind of lazy ''goas-you-please"
Old gait they hum roun' in;
When the grounds all bald where the hayrick
stood, ,s ..E
And the crick's riz and the breeze
g Coaxes the bloom in the old dogwood,
And the green gifts back In the trees
hike, as say. In rich scenes as these,
The time when the green gifts back in the trees
When the whole tau feathers O, winter time
Is all pulled and gone, Rsh $3.50
And the sap 1t thaws and begins to climb.
And the sweat IL starts out on N
A feller's forred, Q gettin down
At the old spring on his knees
kind O. like, jes' a loaferin' roun' sef
When the green gifts back In the trees
Jes' acpotterin' roun' as I--durn-please--
When the green, you know, gifts back in the
trees.
james Whitcomb Riley
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-06-06
Two Strings to His Bow.

"No, William" she said coldly, with a
side long glance to note the effect of her
words, II cannot be your wife. You
smoke and you sometimes drink Ihave
registered q vow not to marry man
who has either Of these vices"
"All right, Maria" was the humble
reply. And now will you please ask
your younger sister Lulu to come down
stairs moment? She said, when she
kissed me good-by last night, that she
would gladly have me if you refused. =
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-06-06
sexuaIity in Atoms.

Mr.. Mason Kline is quiet gentleman
who has lived for many years in this city.
He is an enthusiastic member of the Mi
croscopical society, an honorary member
of several foreign scientific societies and
contributes to several scientific journals.
He is an indefatigable investigator. Some
time ago he declared that he had discov-
cred sexuality in atoms-that is, after
examining the smallest fragments of in
organic matter, iron and other mineral
substances, he had discovered certain
traces that led him to believe that all
atoms, animal and vegetable, are either
male or female, and reproduce their spe-
cies. The Importance of such discovery
cannot be estimated. If verified, and Mr..
Kline is confident that it can be verified,
it means the revolution of science-a
new alphabet for geology, chemistry and
natural philosophy.-San Francisco Call.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-06-06

The barbed wire patents, which
have nettedtortunes to their owners,
have an interesting history. The
first patents were issued to a man
named Kelly, living down east.
About two years later farmer at
DeKalb, ILL.,, conceived the idea of
keeping his unruly cattle in the
pasture by putting short barbs on a
wire, and then twisting it with a
plain wire. This is known in the
market as the Gidden wire, being
named after its inventor, Joseph f.
Gidden. One day, while he was
experimenting with it, neighbor
going by shouted: "Joe, you bet
ter be out harrerin' in your cats,
instead of foolin' away your time
with patents" Gidden thought
otherwise, and in less than two
years received a bonus of 100000,
with the guarantee of a royalty on
all made under his patents. For
one. year his royalties exceeded
$4,000.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-06-06
.snnoker,s Heart"

Smokers Heart
Within the past twenty years the
medical faculty has come to clearly
comprehend and accurately diagnose a
disease which they now denominate as
smokers heart" Excessive smoking,
whether by pipe, cigar or cigarette, af-
fects the action of the heart and disturbs
the circulation. The pulse will intermit
not with any neutrality-suspicious.
one beat in four, sometimes one in ten.
sometimes two or three at a time, and
then comes trouble. The brain, missing
its regular pulsations of blood, wavers,
the heart futters, and then follows a
temporary collapse.
70. Strong cordials are indicated" Strong
coffee is good; strong spirits better. But
the remedy, too often relied upon, is
as bad as the disease, and the subject
grows slowly worse. Angina pectoris is
said to sometimes result. t#*#
One of the leading physicians of this
city relates a case in point. A patient
suffering from smokers heart" believed
that he had a chronic heart disease, and
came for careful examination early in
the day-before he had eaten any break
fast The stethoscope showed the heart
to be sound as a dot-he had not smoked
for twelve hours. Greatly relieved at the
verdict, he lighted big black cigar and
sat smoking, upon an empty stomach,
while he talked. In few minutes, as
he rose to go, his feet failed him and he
fell in momentary faint. The heart
was fiuttering wildly, but yielded at once
and resumed its normal action after a
strong stimulant
The moral of the story is that, if you
smoke at all, you should smoke in mod
Grafton and on a well filed stomach 1t
is recklessness that hurts.-Cincinnat
Enquirer.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-06-06
EXDenSiye T{e,r.irs

The famous cathedral at Cologne has
been under repair for Il lons t..lc I'D a
large amount of money ha, Lr,:, .,rnd-
ed thereon. Thus fan the =. rrn:nrnt
has contributed G.A5.259 #::rNe =. .rd
the repairs, while enough e. used
by lotteries and otherwise t..,.... =
total expended between lHa IA! 70
up to the enormous amoultn ~, - (. 900
marks. -San Francisco Chroni;!y
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-06-06
The swayinr Of Cbimneys

Observations upon the swaying of tall
chimneys during high winds show that
one 115 feet in height and four feet in
total diameter at the top waved twenty
inches during heavy gale, and another
1854 feet high, but with six and one-half
feet diameter of flue, moved through an
arc of only six and one-half inches.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-06-06

The method of stopping the electric
cars on the English road where the series
system is used is not done by The ordi-
nary brake, but by momentarily short
circuiting the motor and Immediately re-
versing the current through the field
magnets
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-06-06
A Heavy Family

A family which claims the honor Of
being the heaviest in Kennebec county,
is that of William Merrill. OF Gardiner
Mr.. Merrill himself weighs 1903 Mrs.
Merrill, 2S4; the eldest daughter. 300 a
younger daughter, 260. and the only son,
215-a total fortune of l,342 pounds-to
say nothing Of shillings and pence.
Lucky Merrill!-Lewiston (Me.) Journal
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-06-06
Force of Habit.

Congressman-It affords me pleasure,
Mr.. Scribbleum, to present you this COM
mission as postmaster. | have brought
it to you myself as little surprise.
Editor Scribbleum-Col. Greathead,
you have, indeed, taken me by surprise
and placed me under infinite obliga-
What! is the blamed document rolled?
Sir, I reject it!-Chicago Tribune.