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Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-16
THE MEoATHERluM.

Consummate SKIN with Which This Ex-
tinct Leviathan Was Constructed.
This leviathan of the vast plains Of
South America, which were once oc-
cupied by immense numbers Of the
race. now entirely extinct, partakes OF
the generic character of the existing
diminutive sloths. It rivaled in size
the largest rhinoceros, was armed
with claws of enormous length and
power. its whole frame possessing an
extreme degree of solidity. With a
head and neck like those Of the sloth.
its legs and feet exhibit the character
of the armadillo and the ant-eater.
Some specimens of the animal give
the measurement of five feet across
the launches, and the thigh bone was
nearly three times as thick as that of
the elephant The spinal marrow
must have been foot in diameter,
and the tail. at the part nearest the
body, twice as large, or six feet in
circumference. The girth of the body
was fourteen feet and half, and the
length eighteen feet The teeth were
admirably adapted for cutting veg
etable substances, and the general
structure and strength of the frame
for tearing up the ground in search of
roots, wrenching off the branches of
trees. and uprooting their trunks, on
which it principally fed.
Heavily constructed, and ponder
ously ACQUIRED" says DR.. Buckland,
in his eloquent description of the
megatherium. sit could neither run,
nor leap, nor climb, nor burrow under
the ground; and all its movements
must have been necessarily slow. But
what need of rapid locomotion to an
animal whose occupation of digging
roots for food was almost stationary?
And what need of speed for flight
from foes to a creature whose giant
carcass was encased in an impe ne-
trable cuirass, and who, by single
pat of his paw, or lash of his tail,
could in an instant have demolished
the cougar or the crocodile? Sec ire
wAVAAA 0A7 PnuOPay Va LIP Sei''uS
armor, where was the enemy that
would dare encounter this leviats.au
of the Pampas, or in what more pow
erful creature can we find the cause that
has effected the extirpation of his race?
His entire frame was an apparatus of
colossal mechanism, adapted exactly
to the work it had to do. Strong and
ponderous in proportion as this Great
ure was heavy and unwieldy, it was,
nevertheless. suited to its pristine con-
dition, and in many other respects was
it calculated to be the vehicle of life
and enjoyment to gigantic race of
quadrupeds, which, though they have
ceased to be counted among the living
inhabitants of our planet. have in
their fossil bones left behind them inn
perishable monuments of the consum-
mate skill with which they were con-
structed. IN. Y. Ledger.
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= HUMOROUS.

-Wife-'.My new bonnet came home
this afternoon. Charlie; won't you take
me to see Mrs. Baker to-night?' Hus-
band-'.Do you want to see Mrs. Baker
or do you want her to see you?'-
Time.
"A party Of steerage passengers
who held a wake over the remains of
one of their number aboard ship prior
to his burial at sea refer to the event
as their water bury watch.-Jewelers'
Weekly.
Football is one of the latest fads
among the girls in New York fashion
able life. What a shaking of the
earth there will be when it gets far
west enough for a match between St.
Louis and Chicago -Washington Post.
How it Feels to Take Bath" is
the big headline on a long article in
a Western paper. Western editors
never hesitate to sacrifice their per-
sonal feelings in order to get piece
of sensatio 1al understandable Jour-
nal.
You say you were discharged
from your former place for being too
Industrious. Eyes, ma am" That's
very strange. What did you do?''
II went down to the cellar one day
and busted the old wine bottles. "-Har-
per's Bazaar.
Hello. Brown! / hear you have
q new typewriter. Is she cookbook
ing?" ''Good-looking! Why, man.
no; my wife selected her." "Why.
how did she come to select her?'
well. you see. my wife was type
writer herself before I married her."
Life.
There is no difference whatever
between the two political parties"
remarked Chatterton. .'They are
both agreed on wanting the spoils!''
'But don't you know. my dear fei-
low. returned Pegram. ''that that
agreement causes their greatest differ
ence?"-Puck.
WHAT did you give for that horse.
Uncle IgahP" For dat boss? I
glib de ole note held again Parson
Johnsing." but what will MIR.
Billars do with the note?" .-Oh, he's
Rwine to git married next week an
he'll GIT hit on on de parson TO- de mar
rage fee Seems to mo hits a shrewd
piece o. business al round. n-Drake's
Sensible Wife-'.dy dear. you re-
Of course. that before our
told you that rather en-
joyed cigar smoke. Well. 1 am sure I
10 not love you any less now. yet the
Eact remains that l find your smoking
intensely disagreeable. What Is it?''
sensible Husband-.'when had only
nyself 70 support I anoked two for .
quarter; nov I smoke two for Ave.
philadelphia Recoed
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-16
LONG.TAILED SAINTS:

How Apes Arc Worshiped in Some Por-
lions Of India.
The European residents Of British
India are often astounded a. the alb
surdities of idol worship which the
Brahmins continue to enforce even
upon the more intelligent classes of
the natives; but the most preposter-
Gus of those superstitions certainly
seem the worship of three or four doz-
en- varieties of mischjevous apes. Some
of those long-tailed demigods are re-
vered merely as distant relatives of the
monkey-saint Hannman, while others
(the Entellus ape. for instance, and
the Rhesus Macacus) are considered
SO ineffably holy that their murder
would be worse than homicide; and in
the consciousness of their inviolable
sanctity the objects of that worship
consequently recognize no human
rights which a four-handed saint il
obliged to respect They enter store
houses in broad daytime, and must be
tolerated in Difference to the preju-
dices of the natives; though II their
movements are not constantly watched
they are sure to utilize their business
opportunities with the celebrity of a
New York alderman. In orchards
their depredations are limited only by
the capacity of their paunches; but no
orthodox Hindoo ever expels them by
direct force, and he seems to consider
it fair compromise If he can manage
to gather q twenty per cent share Of
his own crop There are special in
firmaries devoted to the relief of de-
crepit four-handers; and the testimony
OF hundreds Of intelligent foreigners
has established the fact that during
various famines, that almost 'depopu-
lated the villages Of the afflicted dis
tricts. those monkey hospitals were
supplied with an abundance Of food;
and . starving true-believer would
mitigate his distress by robbiug tenn
pie a. soon Is by touching the stores
collected for the support Of his sacred
loug-taila brakes Magazine
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-16

I reckon two or three years'l likely
cure Sis o. that foolishness anyhow.
Il Vas legend full Of horrer,
Told BY . priest Of San Bxrbarrer.
But while Jon thrill with fear an start
Hev you no ghost within your hearth
b there 20 memory OF time
You fAlsely listened 70 love's rhymes
No trystin' place you'd better missed,
Than know you hey the wrong one kisseds
Ida b Hays, in Detroit Free Press
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-16
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The eldest daughter Of Mr.. How.
slls. who had long been an invalid.
lied recently near Philadelphia, at the
age of twenty-five.
The first religious newspaper ever
issued was the Herald of Gospel Lib
erty. which was published by Elias
Smith. of Portsmouth, N. H in 1909.
Once at q social party John Bright
was asked II he ever read the poetry
Of his Quaker friend. Whittier. He
surprised and delighted those present
BY arising and repeating the whole OF
"Snowbound."
"A manuscript copy Of the Gospel.
for which 81. 600 has been refused. is
about to be sold at auction in London.
1t is the copy known as the ''evangel-
arium," written in letters OF gold on
purple vellum. and was written by q.
Saxon scribe for Archbishop Wilfrid
in go.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox's husband IL
on the road q great deal selling goods
while his wife is at home writing
poetry. He carries in his travelling
valise twenty-seven pictures of his
wife. taken by different photographers
during her rise to poetical fame
"A recent alleged translation Of q.
popular French novel changes .'cold
roast meat with mustard into mus
tard toast" makes ''a pure Parisienne,
in fact, the very essence of the gay
capital" read "a genuine and pure
Partisan, an essence" and contains
similar blundsrs on almost every page,
although issued by a leading firm in
the publishing business.
Librarian Gould, of Brown Uni
versity. has prepared a paper on the
birth and parentage of Roger Will
Jams. the founder of Rhode Island,
which contains more about the history
of that famous man than was known
before. He shows, contrary to most
writers, that Roger was an English
man and not a Welshman. and that the
family name was spelled Wylyams.
"A corresp ondent of the Boston
Journal, who visited Harriet Beecher
Stowe recently, found the distinguished
authoress quite feeble. Speaking of
herself, she said: my life seems like
a dream. My work is done and am
enjoying the luxury of perfect rest
and freedom. Ican't remember what
I read nowadays. My mind is blank.
But am resolved into love- l love
everybody, even the dirtiest beggar
upon the street." What sweet,
golden sunset to life of good deeds!
According to the Newspaper
Press Directory" for 1889, just pub
lished, there are now printed in the
United kingdom 2,176 newspapers.
They are distributed as follows: En-
463; provinces. 1877
-1.740; Wales, 81; Scotland. 100, Ire
land. 146; Isles, 90 OF these there
are 1873 daily papers published in En-
gland, in Wales, 10 in Scotland, Is
in Ireland and 1 in the Isles. The
now being published, in
Guiding the quarterly reviews. num-
Der 1888. of which more than 400 are
of :, religious character.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-16
THE LloHTNiNo-Roo MAN.


How IN individual Win Rsaay-lGads s&a-
tistios Swindles Farmers
"How Is it that you still manage to
sell 20 many lightning rodsa" was
asked the other day Of an agent who
makes Pennsylvania his stamping
ground.
because people want them" he re-
piled. 1T is rare that you can sell
one in town or city nowadays. but
nine farmers out of ten want them"
DO they believe in them9'
'.They do-after have got through
talking. It is the man who is not
posted who brings reproach on the
lightning-rod business To be sue
cessful business man you must be
loaded"
..How?''
swell, call upon farmer who has
just built fine barn. He has been
told that rods are N. g. He receives
me very coldly, and promptly an
nounces his belief that am a hum
bug. laugh and pretend to feel very
jolly, and presently bring out weapon
number one"
what is that?"
'"The losses sustained on barns by
fire insurance companies doing busi-
ness in the State. show him that in
one year 2,140 barns were struck by
lightning and consumed. OF this num-
Der only four had rods They were.
OF course. the rods made by a rival
company. Our rods would have saved
them. Then comes weapon number
two. show him list of 1000 barns
on which we have rods. and not one of
them has ever been damaged"
':And he is convinced?'
ION, no. have a whole battery in
reserve. 1get the position of his barn
by compass. and then find at least three
reasons why it is unusually exposed to
lightning. !. advise him to cut down
certain trees in case he won't have
a rod. and offer to bet him 500 to $50
that his barn will be struck inside of a
year. explain how thunder storms
originate, what attracts lightning,
which corner of his barn is the most
liable to be struck, and why our rod
beats all"
Where do you get all your sta
tistics?"
Make them for myself, sir. may
be little over or a little under, but it
makes no difference to the farmer. l
have the number of barns burned in
the United States last year. 1 made
my own figures. He can accept them
or not. l don't press him to buy
rod. but am bound to give statistics.
He invites me to stay to dinner. and
after dinner demonstrate the virtues
of our rod"
'.How?'
'By an electric battery. I have
only to show him the sparks and
flashes on the point to make him be-
lieve. Then 1 talk about circuits
grounded WIRES induction 'attrac-
ton and so on, and he gets in such
hurry for a rod that we have to work
far into the evening"
docs your conscience ever trouble
you?'
''Never. Every body should have a
lightning-rti-on of our own make.
They are ornamental. They give a
jaunty air to roofs and chimneys
There is no delicate machinery to get
out of order. 1t is no expense to run
one after it is up. While you are off |
huckleberrying in the daytime or
asleep at night the lightuing-rod is at
tending right to business and not |
charging a cent No, sir, my con-
science is as clear as q bell. and my
sales this year will be one-third larger
than last. I've got statistics to show
that every barn in the State equipped
with our rods escaped hurricanes and |
cyclones as well as thunderbolts last |
Y. Sun.
lONG.TA1l Ed SAINTS
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-16
LOSING HER SKIRT.

Social Blunders Made by Persons Ignorant
of tho STYLE"
Many are the social blunders made
by those who are in some minute de-
tail ignorant of 1.-The style" 1t is diff
cult for the masculine mind to realize
that it is really by intention that a
lady's smaller belongings, her pencil,
vinaigrette an6 watch, should swing
from her belt; the element of reckless
ness in such a proceeding scarcely ap-
peals to the prudent, who are likely
inn0cently to demonstrate.
Madam" said gentleman, cour-
teously, to lady who was rapidly
passing him, 'your watch is swinging
from your belt"
We'll. SIR" rejoined she. with q
smile which relieved the words of
rudeness, "let it swing"
1t is said that lady prominent in
Washington society made call. with
bonnet strings flying. on the wife of a
Senator. who said to her as she left:
Excuse me, but your bonnet is UNI
tied"
''Oh, that's the STYLE" said tho
caller. and the hostess blushed at her
own ignorance.
Another lady, wearing dress of
camers hair, was saluted by an &C
quaintance with the words: MY dear
Mrs. Smith, you must have been play
ing with the cat. Please let me brush
your dress"
'You might brush as long as Mrs.
Darlington need trundle her mop to
sop up the Atlantic" said the other,
merrily. land it would do no good.
These untidy hairs are woven in"
In the days when trains were worn
even in inappropriate places. little
country girl, whose mother only be-
lieved in dressing conveniently for
walking, visited fashionable hotel
20 mamma" whispered she. as she
saw lady sweeping down a garden
path trailing some superduous feet Of
cloth behind her, ''mayn't / 60 and
tell that poor lady. her petticoat's
coming off?" -Youth's Companion.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-16

--':Is It possible for a person u
think without words7" asks : corre-
spondent II Is Did you ever run
your head against . half opes door in
the dark9 And wasn't TIN braiE
preternaturally active for shout stz
seconds before language got n deckf
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-16

The Society for the Suppression
of Vice last year secured 101 condo
tions, made 81 arrests, seized over 49,
600 pounds of bad books and papers
and caused the destruction of an inn
mense amount Of vile matter of various
sorts. All this was done at an expen.
diture Of only s., 522 70
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-05-16

saw.
She embraced Sis an said: BLESS
you. my child; you are welcome to our
hearts," as she kissed her on the
furrud; an she an Sis he'd real nice,
effectin' scene. But that 1 was busy
thinkin' wouldn't it be better to order
the supper all ready, I'd a-cried too.
Give got a mighty tender heart, par
says, when I amt q thinkin' bout
other things)
Sis is all we've got She'll have the
mill place an the Hanna tract an the
big survey. an I don't see as Henry
Cabeu is a-comin' down SO, an limited
as much.
mo, no." says Mis- Cabell, '.pray
don't think We harbored such q
thought. Irene's beauty an interlec'
will ct her fur any position; besides"
she went on, as big tear rolled often
her nose. ''our child's happiness is of
predomernatin' Importance"
Consultin' erbout the trossow, Sis told
her par 'she rally could not particu-
larize; he'd hev to give her cart
blanche" or suthin'; but to my notion
. forr-horse team won't more'n hold
the lugk age Of she an Mis- Cabell
gifts the half they talk erbout fur tho
bridal tower.
Henry says he believes in ghosts.
And Of all ghosts kisses comes to such
bliss a. his'n. he advises q more ex-
tensive acquaintance with sperrits
than people in general keers to hev.
Sis r. 20 took up with other things
che afa't writin' much poetry nov, an
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-10
LEGAL NOTICE.

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF THE
L County of Salt Lake Territory of Utah.
In the matter OF the estate OF James cable
deceased Order TO show cause why order of
sale of real estate should not be made. Eliza
beth Brunker, the administrative of the estate
Of James Cable, deceased, having filed her pc
tition herein, duly verified, praying for an Or
der of sale of all portion OF the real estate OF
said decedent, for the purposes therein set fortn
IL is therefore ordered by the judge of said court
that all persons Interested in the estate of said
deceased, appear before the said probate court
on Monday, the Goth day Of September, 1899, at
lOOclock in the forenoon Of said day. at the court
room of said probate court, at the county court
house. in the city and county of Salt Lake, Utah
territory, to show cause why an order should not
be granted TO the said administrator, to sell SO
much OF the real estate OF the said deceased at
private sale as shall be necessary, and that Il
CODY of this order be published at least four sue
cesSive weeks in the Salt Lake Daily Herald, a
newspaper printed and published in said city
and county.
IsEAI.J JOHN A. MARSHALL,
Probate Judge
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-10
SALE OF CITY BONDS.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON
N the 10th day of October, A. d. 1889, at the
office of the city treasurer of Salt Lake city,
fifty bonds of said city, Of the issue of September
l. 1855 will be sold to the highest bidder or bid
ders, for cash. Said bonds are Of the denomina-
ton of s., 600 each, payable twenty years after
date, but subject to redemption any time after
September /, 1893 at the option OF sald CITY;
Coupons and will be detached from said
bonds previous to the sale thereof, so that the
bonds will bear interest at the rate of five per
cent per annum from September ], 1889, until
paid the interest being payable on the list day OF
March and the lst day Of September each year.
Bids will he received by me for the purchase
Of said bonds, or any portion thereof, from the
10Th day OF September, 1852, until CLOCK AIN
of the 10th day Of October, 1889.
The right to reject any and all bids IS hereby
reserved in behalf OF said city.
BY order of the City Council OF sad city.
o. +. WHITNEY,
City Treasurer.
SALT LAKE CITY August Il, 1889.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-10
Nav York Stock EXCHANGE.

NEW YoRK, Sept 9.-The stock market I,a Ciie
was active in spots to-day and the strehstn uls
PLAYED was confined to a few stocks, most OF
which arc what are known as speclaltles Ihe
general list was rather quiet and feverlsh anu
the news OF the day was rather meagre. Flnal
5iyided hetveen Gains and losses, but st, Paul,
preferred, is down ~, Manhattan rose2 2, Short
line, Nanitoba Louisville & Nashville and
NickelpIate LIST, preferred l4 each; Canq ISI
Pacific ! u and Denver, Texas & Fort W orIh IA
Ctnpernnleslts Dull. steadY.
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CicagO live Stock.

CHICAGO, Sept. Q-Cattle - Slow; receipts
~ S10. nII below best grades 10 to IS lower;
choice 10 extra beeves, : 60g4.75; steers, 5000
40; stockers and feeders, l75G3.0O; Texas
cattle, l.5Od3 10: western rangers 2.O0dSGO
Hors-Reoeipts, 1900; active and > higher;
mixed 3.e5114.4O; heavy, 360G4.15; light, S.sbG
40.
Sbeep-Receipts 1900; 10 10 Is lower; ma
tives, 3m6A6o; western. %.6eg4.lO; Texans
aOo6L0.
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Lnndnn Grain Market.

LoSDoE. Sept. q.-The Mark Lam. Express
says: Deliveries OF the new crop OF EnSIlsh
wheat are disappointing in quality. Prices
range from % to $3.50 shillings per quarter,
averaging 81. Sales OF English for the week.
were 1870 quarters. California wheat relapSed
10 Cd new American winter red Is firmly held;
Russian and Indian lower. Corn is Cd. higher.
Iinseed has fallen I'd.
LIvERPOoI. Sept 9.-Wheat quiet, holders
infer InolerBteiy.
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Boston Quotations.

BOSTON, Sept. 9.-Closing prices: Atchison
Topeka s Santa Fe first sevens, LA; Atchisoh
FTopekR & Santa Fe land grant sevens l.OA {:
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, 40;
burlington g. Quincy, 1.09A Mexican Central
common, I6H; Mexican Central bond scrip, =;
Mexican Central first mortgage bonds, 6775 San
Diego, y.
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Mining Stocks.

NEW York, Sept Q. Mining shares;
Caledonia Black Hills. S5.05; Consolidated Can.
fornia & Virginia. s7,G21a; Commonwealth, go,
Deadvood Ter, 81 so: Gould & Curry, SUI;
Hale 4 Norcross, $500; Homestake, SO 90; Horn
Silver, sls5; Iron Silver, Sl.75; King q Pem.'
81 80; Mexican. $3.50; Mutual, Sl.40; Ontario,
s3sOO; Ophir, $50; Occidental, 81 so; Plymouth,
500; Savage, S2.l5; Sierra Nevada, SEQ; Ward
Consolidated. 81. 10.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-10
ew York General Mar

NEW Work Sept 9-Hops, weak, quiet.
Conee-Options opened steady, Is TO % points
up CIoeed Ub:ely steady, points up. sales,
z; 900 bags. September, 1000: October, IL $50
1910; November, 16.O00l6.l5; spot Rio, strong;
fair oargoos, 1919.
Sugar-hGaw, strong Sales 1850 bags;
sentrifugaIs 96-test at 6Jz S0Ohogsheads musca-
yado. &etest at ST9a refined, fairly active, firm;
Oopper-Dun, heavier; lake, September, lO.'''
Isead-Quiel, firm; domestic, 40 ,o
TiR-5pot strong; futures fiat; straits SS'oo
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-10
PRODUCE.
shiIohls Consumption Cure.

No. l. This is beyond question the most
successful Cough Medicine we have ever
sold a few doses invariably cure the worst
cases OF Cough, Group, and Bronchitis,
while it's wonderful success in the cure OF
Consumption is without parallel in the
history Of medicine. Since it's first dis
coyery it has been sold on guarantee, a
test which no other medicine can stand. II
YOU have Cough We earnestly ask you to
try It. Price 10 cents, so cents, and 81. IL
YOUR Lungs are sore, Chest or Back lame,
1se Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Sold by a. y.
Smith 4 Co
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-10
LEGAL NOTICE.

IN THE PROBATE COURT IN AND FOR
i Salt Lake county Territory of Utah In
the matter of the estate OF William Diegan, de
ceased Notice Pursuant to an order OF the
probate court of Salt Lake county, territory OF
Utah, in the above entitled matter, notice is
hereby given that Monday, the sd day Of Sep
TENDER, 4. D. 1889, at 10 o'clock a. m, at the
court room of said court at the court house in
Salt Lake city, has been appointed the time and
place for the hearing of the application OF James
w. Kennedy filed in the said court, praying that
the administrator of the estate of said deceased
be authorized and directed to execute deed OF
conveyance 10 him OF certain real estate bought
from deceased in his lifetime, at which time and
place all persons interested may appear and
contest such application.
Dated at Salt Lake city, this 2lst day OF
JOHN C. CUTLER,
Clerk Of the Probate Court in and for Salt Lake
eountV