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a Fly Catching Rodent.

Almost any evening people passing the
wall paper store of Henry Lehman may wit
ness the singular actions of medium sized
and cunning looking rat The animal makes
its appearance after the store is closed for
the day, or soon after 6 O'CLOCK and its IA
vorite resort is OH the ledge inside of the
plate glass window. 1t engages largely in
the pursuit and capture of the flies that buzz
about and alght upon the window glass
within reach of its active little front feet
and its hungry mouth. 1t is remarkable to
see how rapidly the little creature can cap
ture flies. 1t devours a fly with a few quick
crunches and a gulp. and then races away TO
get another one. The rat will sometimes
spring clear OF all four feet and swipe fly
from the window TO the ledge below, where
it pounces upon it as quick as fash and
seldom lets a victim escape. The animal
continues this pursuit until darkness comes
on or until some one scares it away from its
favorite feeding grounds. This makes the
third summer that this rat has followed fly
catching in the window Of that store. Two
wears ago one of the clerks caught it and put
o brand on it, which is still quite plainly
visible-OmRha Republican.
To keep stamps from sticking together put
piece of paratfined paper-such as a grocer
uses to cover lard and butter-against the
gummed sida Then they can be carried
about or mailed with impunity; and when
the paper is removed the stamps are still
gunnled
Wichita eagle., 1889-10-01
The Sweating Sickness.

A century later this country was attacked
bv another serious epidemic, the sweating
sickness, which was SO called because in the
words OF an old writer. ''it did most stand in
sweating from beginning TO ending" 1t first
made its appearance in England, and was
generally known on the continent as the
English sweat" 1t was observed generally
to SPARE foreigners in this country, and also
to be specially fatal to Enghshmen when it
appeared abroad; and it was srrmised that
the immoderate use of beer, then so common
in England, rendered its inhabitants particu-
larly susceptible to the disease.
Beginning in 1885, in the army of Rich
mond, afterward Henry VII, it spread quick
" over the country with most fatal results
1t seems to have been a species of violently
inflammatory fever, which SuffuSed the whole
body with fetid perspu'ation, the crisis gem
orally occurring within twenty-four hours Of
the first seizure. Like most other epidemics,
it was specially fatal to healthy, vigorous
men III the prime of life, and hardly per
cent of such recovered. In London, where it
ragged with peculiar violence two lord mayors
and six aldermen died in one week
This first outburst continued its ravages
until the end Of the year, its cessation beng
nearly coincident with a violent tempest on
New Years day. 1856, which was therefore
supposed to have caused its disappearance.
Further outbreaks of this epidemic occurred
in England in 1866 and 1917, when again Lon
don suffered severely; and in 1928 and 1929
not only this country. but also France and
Germany, and, in a less degree, Holland,
Sweden and Poland, were visited by the same
pestilence. The last appearance OF the sweat
ing sickness in England was in 1851, when
the disease was particularly virulent in
Shrewsbury and the valley Of the Severn
Chambers Journal
Wichita eagle., 1889-10-01
The Robbers of Salonica.

There are never brigands actually estab-
lished in the plain of Salonica; their haunts
are the district under Olympus and the noun
tains near Monastir and Series; but give
them time to hear of prize worth taking in
the lowland and they will come far and
| brave much to take it.
Col. Synge's farm lay only three hours
! from the Vardar and was surrounded by a
village, but the brigands attacked him and
set his house on fire unmolested. Mr.. Soutar
was taken in the peninsula of Cassandra, the
western prong of Chalcidice, by the brigands
from Olympus, Manuel, Aristides and Nico-
las, who crossed the gulf with their band Of
ruffians in a caique and carried off their prize
from the middle of brigade of soldiers.
This viii show that no one, and least of all
an Englishman after these enormous ran
SONS paid by the British government, can
ever be safe for long, and he must either
make, as we did, short expeditions of two or
three days only from town or take his
chance. The old bands are now broken up,
but some Of their members are still at large,
and the stray cases that occur from time to
time near the mountains show that the dam
ger still exists, and would become pressing
did a suitable prize expose himself.
Police and guards generally are not of
much avail; they would, and indeed could,
do little against an organized attack, while
with the solitary highwayman the traveller
himself could probably cope; but they GER
tainly give official air to the party which
commands respect in the villages, and might
make a weak band of brigands chary of at
lacking In any case, if the consuls advice
is not implicitly followed, the captive trav-
eler has no claim on his government for ran
som.
The brigand has, as q rule, no other cali
ing; he is not an impecunious shepherd, who
takes to the road. as is often the case in AL
bania, but his viIlainous trade is almost
hereditary He plays, as a rule, for his own
hand, killing his prisoners if not ransomed,
or if he be too hotly pursued.
Magazine
Wichita eagle., 1889-10-01
Poisoning in India.

DR.. Lyon, the analyst to the government Of
Bombay, In his last annual report has much
10 say on the use of poison in India. THIS
seems to be on the increase for while he hud
to deal with 800 Of these cases last year, he
had only 2S2 the year before, and the general
work of analysis had increased five fold since
the first report was issued in 1872 Part of
this enormous increase is due to the increase
in the criminal use Of poisons, and it is no.
tceable that vegetable poisons, which were
ntost generally in use few years ago, are
now giving way to metallic poisons This is
attributed to the ease with which such
drugs as arsenic, may now be obtained in
India, there being practically no restriction
on their sale. In eighty-four undoubted
cases of human poisoning in the year, arsenic
was used in forty-one, pounded glass in three,
copper in six, mercury in five, and red lead
in three. Of the remaining twenty-seven
cases opium was used in fifteen, datura in
five, alcohol in two, prussic acid in one, and
oleander and other plants for the remainder.
In large number Of cases the poisoner is
never discovered; a family sits down to rice
which they have themselves carefully washed
all are taken i'll and one dies; arsenious oxide
in large quantities is discovered in the dish,
but the murderer is never discovered
Many cases of similar character are quot
ed by DR.. Lyon. Flour is found in many
cases to be adulterated with an enormous
amount of arsenious oxide. Poisoning by
powdered glass is comparatively new in India.
There were only three cases during the year.
In one, man threw a packet of pounded
glass into rice mill; in another, woman
pounded her colored glass bangles and mixed
the powder with the grain she was grinding
for her husbands food. In many cases the
poisons are traced to village sorcerers who
always appear to have large quantities, their
chief stocks being composed of the bases of
powerful alkaloids, of OPIUM datura, plum
bago root and various mercurial compounds
Through these men poisons are easily pro-
cured, and the instances quoted by DR.. Lyon
show that poisoning is very common crime
in India on account Of these facilities and
that it is also one most difficult to discover
London Times.
Wichita eagle., 1889-10-01
webSters Youth.

II is now recalled that Daniel " ebster
copied deeds al two shillings and threepence
deed when he was in Frysburg BE was
enabled to earn enough money in this way to
pay lis board. and he devoted nearly sll that
he received as school teacher 70 paying his
brothers college expenses. Jour
nal
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when she became Miss, she chung 10 Castoria,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-05-12
Enntlirht finishes.

Albani gave a great church concert in
Denver last week.
"Ganelon.'' Barrett's new venture, viii
first see light in Chicago.
Margaret Mather is coming west under
Al Hayman's management
Last night wound up Robson Il Cranes
connection with each other.
Louis James has engaged May Amber for
his leading lady for next season.
Jessie Bartlett-Davis and Tom Karl
both favOrites in this city-cOme with the
BOStOnians.
George Thatcher, who comes soon at the
head of his own minstrel company, will be
warmly welcomed in Salt Lake.
Little Lord Fauntleroy'' closed its New
York run last night Francis Wilson's
"Oolah'' goes on tomorrow night.
Again the announcement is made that
Robert Mantell is to do THE COrsican
Brothers as aspectacle next season.
The Ladies' Musical society postpone
their meeting tomorrow night on account
of the lecture and concert at the theater.
Booth and Barrett open the new CalifOr-
MIA theater, San Francisco, tomorrow
night in ''Othello.n The auction sale of re
served seats last Tuesday brought $4,000.
Digby Valentine Bell and his wife, Laura
JOyce-bell, Will leaVe Tue MCCdull 1OFCes DIT
the close Of the run of THE May Queen. y
Both are dissatisfied with the parts as
signed to them of late.
Viola Allen is engaged for the Jefferson
Florence company. Since her brief star
ring tour of two seasons ago she has been
in the stock at the Boston museum, re
Gently retiring therefrOm.
The New York Herald critic, comment
ing on Robert Elsmere," says: Il be
lieye Mr.. Gillett still wishes to be under
stood he is not responsible for this Robert
Elsmere.' congratulate him"
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CUTTING AND FITTING TAUGHT

People'sEquitable sells roller -four wa
down
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Of visit from their big chiefs, because ii
means an additional amount of dress
parades, reviews and other ceremonies OF
pomp and circumstance, of which the boys
think they have an abundance III the
ordinary routine Of garrison duty.
Jack Frost has been nipping the early
vegetables in the gardens at the post The
10th infantry came up from Texas last
year and probably did not realize that
seeding time in Utah is a little later than
in the land of the tarantula and cactus.
1t appears pretty well settled that the
Fort Douglas garrison will do the summer
encampment at Fort Robinson, Nebraska,
and this is not at all agreeable TO the boys.
Last year they went to Strawberry valley,
and though their duties were hard, they
had lovely camp in q climate that made
out of door life luxury. The information
they get about Fort Robinson causes Wis
ions of sand hot winds and puddle water
to rise in their minds. 1t is said the whole
department of the Platte viii participate
in the ercampment General Brooke viii
be IN command.
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At the Salt Lake theatre matters will be
somewhat quiet for a few days, the only
immediate attraction being tomorrow
night't concert and lecture. The Home
club have given up the thoughts of pro-
ducing Youth on Decoration day and the
date goes TO the Stephens opera company,
who win give their initial performance of
Martha" BY far the biggest attraction
of the month comes before this in the per
son Of Young Sothern, whose fame is
equal TO that Of his d 'stinguished father. 1t
is expected that he will give both his great
plays, Lord Chumley," by the authors Of
The Wife and The Highest Bidder"
Camilla Urso comes back early in June, and
besides being rendered reception by the
Ladies Musical society, she will give a con
cert at the theatre under their auspices.
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But the point Of the whole performance
is Lizzie Vaidis' leap. or rather dive, from
the dome of the theatre \ person who
saw the dive in a New York theatre de
describes it as follows:
! am not so interested in that as l am to
know if Miss Lizzie is afraid. ] CHANGED to
be high up at one side OF the house the
other night when they were waiting to
enter They were standing hand in hand
in the wings and, as the music quickened
up the two girls kissed one another quietly
before coming on. ] don't know why took
more interest in them afterward, but did.
The Younger face-sO serious, and at
moments almost sad, was especially attract
i've to me- / realized that possibly they
thought as 1 did, that in spite of practice,
skill and nerve, they do take their lives
into their hands every time they go up that
rope BY the way, there is nothing more
graceful in the whole show than the descent
of the rope from that fandango trapeze of
theirs, though of course the dive is the
thing. l wonder if her heart swells up in
her throat as she slowly bends forward to
get a steady turn, as do so many OF the
hearts that watch her do it. This is the
most powerful dramatic spectacle to-day.
IN relation to its stage passion, 1t Is as 4
gladiato I combat in Rome to tragedy
of EscnyIus. The awe and spell OF the
reality of the thing: the wOman's life
haps. it seems almost certainly, on the
crimson mattress in the net: the hush and
suspense as S lie, pOiseS for the leap; the
upturned faces, white and strained; the
nervous assistants on the stage; the sister
in the wings, looking up with grim compo-
sure, are painfully affecting; and the
woman herself. leaning carelesSly against
he cornice in the blaze Of he reflector
You wonder what ner sen aations are.
She goes up blithely. with her hand in
metal ring and her body swinging lightly.
You study her face with glass, though the
distance makes even that unsatisfactory:
but what you see is only pCr-ect lmpasslEe-
ness-a little restlessness perhaps IN TN
ewes, and a deepening of the thin lines
.ibout the mouth but no sign Of fear. indie
cision, almost Of calculation. And yet she
moves carefully, saving herself without an
unneces Sary muscular culver. At exactly
the right second she must turn so as to Iall
on her back and dish Id tie the force OF the
fan over the greatest possible surface.
While YOU are going over these calcula ions
in YOUR mind she leaps.
"A bright body falls heavily on the mat
tress. is thrown upwards ten feet, rms
somersault as it desc is rain; and the
Ieaper is safe. and bows, and the house
cheers madly."
II was a clever thought-whoever con
ceived it-of inaugurating an amateur min
strel show of society bloods for the benefit
of the Young Ladies Aid society. In the
name of sweet charity thousand things
could be done that under any other guise
would never be tolerated; the first was the
street parade at the head OF "a
band-all the troupe attlred IN
light overcoats and plug hats, ana
ali presenting a very Haverly MaStoaonic
appearance. This janmed the galleries 10
lie roof. and the young ladies had taken
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-05-12

The long talked of and exhaustively ad-
vertised mariana" comes off Thursday,
Friday and Saturday afternoon of this
week. Following is the full cast:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-05-12
DRAMATIC
The Big Feature Of the Reilly
Wood Show.
BURNT CORK FOR SWEET CHARITY
The vaidis Sisters Diye-Last Nights Per-
fOrmance-The Full Cast of
MATHEMATICS.

Lovers of the variety are to have some
thing unique at the Grand next Saturday
and Monday nights. The Reilly-Wood
show has the usual number of vaudeville
features, but the browning fea-
ture of the whole is the Vaidis
sisters, whowere orr giually brought to this
country for the "Black Crook revival
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MOTHERS FRIEND.

Just received, 100 new spring styles of
mothers friend shirt waists, in fancy
calico, percale, cheviot, and flannel, which
we are now selling 20 per cent. less than
than their former prices.
LIPMAN, WALLERSTEIN & Co.
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ON MILITARY MATTERS.
Some Big Guns to Visit the FOrt-The Coming
Summer Encampment.

There is a rumor afoat that the light bat
terry is to leave Fort Douglas; its destina-
ton is said TO be Fort Kiley, Kansas. The
change win probably not be made until
after the summer encampment.
The secretary of war, General Schofeld,
and other big guns are at large among the
western army posts, and Fort Douglas is
eXpectant in consequence. Soldiers are
not generally much elated at the prospect
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-05-12
THE MIKADO,

Just received, a beautiful line of japanese
pongee silks, in all the latest shades. Also
a full line of gold embroidery panels.
Ladies should call and see them. Look out
for Easter novelties.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-05-12

BY Sadie Thomas, who has purchased the
popular and successful Excelsior system
from Miss Hall. Apply up stairs, 142 Mali
street <
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care that the lower part of the house should
present no bare spots. There was hardly
an inch of space to spare when the curtain
assembled, and the immense audience
which might have been composed of the
sisters, sweethearts, cousins and aunts of
the company-to Judge by the friendliness
il diSplayed-gaYe round of applause as
the beyy of blacks on their pyramid
of plush. the end men and middle men in
their accustomed places and the base drum
surmounting the WhOle-burst on the vision.
1t was 10 o'clock when the first part alone
closed-so the finish came too late to allow
of any extended or critical disquisition on
the whole Suffice it to say that the boys
of the regular minstrel troupe, who for
number of years have been storming out
lying wards and settlements, the Nal
tese Hammer-Dunbar crew, were well
received. but that the torrent
broke loose completely when the
black but familiar visages of Pavey,
White and Downey opened 1.-The second
edition. There was any amount of funny
things, local gags, yarns, topical songs,
etc, everyone of which the audience
wildly encored, even though some of them
shed gentle melancholy rather than in
cited TO boisterous meITimeut. Dug
White was the Bob Slavin of the evening
and prime favorite. At some
of NJ. Downey's efforts there was
scarcely dry eye in the house.
The local tom cat story about Governors
gone west, you must let Thomas in" and
the advent of the man from Logan, by wire,
were immensely received. The instru
l-unblacked-music, under Peder
sen, was good, and GOrlinskis song,
and the Easton, Whitney, Spencer and
Goddard quartette-also unblcached-were
encored. This was the fate of nearly every
thing ON the programme. The young
ladies must have netted comfortable sum
that will greatly aid their very deserving
society, and we congratulate them and all
others concerned, on the successful issue.
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These latter employ wonderful revolv-
ing arrangement made of silver called a
trapeze, on which they perform and exc
cute several daring feats which are likely
TO cause the spectators to shiver with a
delightful sort of dread They are grace
full. pretty, and as self-possessed in their
work as if it was nothing more than run
fning a sewing machine.
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