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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-14

While sauntoring through one of the
courts the other day two members Of the
musical profession heard strange, weird
sounds, which seemed 10 have soIno
sort Of connection with a pianoiorte.
Turning n corner thoy came upon a
guntlcinAn who was la the act 81 stow.
Ing away a strip Of the perforated pa.
per used In mechanical pianos
Curious 10 hear the instrument, n
request was made that llc should run IL
through again. The piece selected WIS
the March from Tannhauscr. but Mt
the first turn Of tho handle tho sounds
produced wore very unlike anything
Wagner ever wrote.
by tho time tho handle had made
half a dozen revolutions the cacophony
was simply awful. The performer, ["
who continued 10 work with Increasing
vigor, was tapped on tho shoulder and
a~urod that there was Something scfi.
ously wrong. but hc merely smiled aud
continued 10 grind Tor dear life.
Az length the end catue, aud Il was
thcn discovered TINT tho "TAnnhsuscr
March" hnd been played backward.
In reply TO hlS auditors IN to why he
continued TO play whom such horrible
sornds wofe produced tho attendant
gave a childlike and bland smile and
said, Me no English; mo &unanlp--
Edinburgh Dispatch
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-14

~ met the oldest hotel man IN tho
business two weeks ngo. sald young
commercial traveller 1T tho Astor house
"llo lives Ia Bollairc, Ohio, and run.
tho Globe hotel there. His nano T.
'lokc' Morris, and he Is n little, stoop
shouldcrod man, with gray mustachc
and eyes, who tells all his guests who
stop with him for tho first timc that hi.
rates nro e day regular, 81 % Il you
spit on the floor IIo has no bar In his
hous, nor does ho ever sell cignis o.
help his revenue. stll. nm told that
ho measure out every Bit of food that
goes into his dining room.
"llo had fight with one Of his guests
once, owing TO his peculiar rules, aud
cnmo out second best with n big blacl.
eye. After the fracas was over he
shook hands with his antagonist, aud
informed him that since lio was a bet.
ter man than lac was no would not
chargu him any board He treated me
all right, however and didn't have
10 whip him either said tho CONNER
clsl man rcilectiyoly, But then | did
not cipcctornte inside OF his threshold. "
Now York Telegram.
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Young men who play football on the
college olovens generally have nm extra
incentive 10 strive for championship
honors IN The shape OF souvenirs Of the
precious metals given b. the team at
the head Of tho list II isn't that these
medals are needed 10 bring tho athletes
up TO the proper stngc Of enthusiasm,
but It Is the custom TO give them, and
very nice trinkets thcy are 70 have. A
,reai deal Of caro- is taken Ia their de.
signing and preparation, Of course. for
after man has attended fcw social
reunions on the football field he has n
fancy Tor the artistic In life Recently
. victorious team were 10 be presented
with trophies, and noted New York
icwelcr was retained 10 turn out the
lot Included In the set WIS one for
tho manager of tho eleven, who, ~ it
happened, did not play on the eleven.
II had been arranged that each
player was to have hia position on tho
team engraved under his name on HE
medal. Perhaps tho letter explaining
this bad been a tribe too explicit In iis
directions, for when the trophies were
delivered tho manager was surprised 10
fnd that carefully inscribed on his I'm.
der his name was this; mo position;
did nothing Mt ALL" A. this manager
was rather a hard worker for tho sue.
cess Of his team, hc was far from
pleased with the result that had fol.
lowed hh little explanatory note to tho
sngravur that he had not taken part In
any Of the bloody battles on the white.
Wash lined Held. York 1imcS
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AnerIoa.

fhe German empsrof md
within the ell TINS pear we're born,
BeneaEh the seh sare sky,
ura The ~ snrno morn.
a hahscr he. 81 hiyh estate
And the uusI chance " fate,
Hs father vaS prince, and faiD.--
Why. jsst farmer-thst i III.
Stars s',n are slafA, although some Line,
And some ron hid IN midhiEbts psll.
Bal argue. cayii al pa oaa,
Ny ers vas Just az rood man.
Tho German emperor a,dt.
tst, drink and sicep mo eli same way
Yer brusi Il tHvad. aBd pie y pie
And kirgs ON eat bug thricc a day.
And aic-p VIII only come 70 thoss
whoaa piouths aud s,omAcha are not foe.
Iris. ~ sls and 60 to work.
Ari be Al I've, and does tho lams
We both hav- uarsl We cannot shlrti
Mine arr Tor loyes u1... his fof faHA
n nay i've bet. caunoi ueil;
I'm sure ! Wish the kaisaf veil
ihavs a vife and - ha. be.
AMI tei, n piciuroi 50 not ere
Asfu a. hursan sish, can ~.
sina = by log vids tsics NJ fair.
Bay, would traila th,ie eye. fan browni
fot for AZ EMPIRES ard hes crown.
And % the empcrv' and
"a thls o., poin, coaid Be'sr agree;
Moreover. ~ sN ueyof ny
HI uau suits hlri and fslns suita me
And thoSEh his sohl ona day may riis
Nine stApi Al IN the pathc school
q 10, the tsls~s have his sway.
hi kGgs and usLona tuntie doun;
ihase ny froodo,n aud my uay.
And tear no ruler ard his crovu.
~ !. unknosn b fame or war.
Live vber~ nari, fnan IL empuur
--Ncl wsfnof i,hitl-y In Boston dlebe
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III. Platinum from Eisstrle Lamp.

IL Is singular that whilo this remark.
able reduction Il going on In the price
OF aluminium tho price Of platinum
should b. going up. Platinum il ono
OF tho essential metals In the ronstruc.
ton OF successful incandesccnt lamps;
In fact, IL Is said that IL Is now one Of
tho largest itom,, thep being eight
cents worth Of platinum In each lamp.
80 well Is this TACT recognized that Of
late some OF the lamp manufacturers
have collected the butts Of old lamps
that had done service and have recov
cred the platinum by smashing the
glass and plaster, etc, and extracting
the leadingin wires. Safety Valve.
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VIM, Wood, ST., the old reliable
Pioneer Butcher, IL SIN located at 400
T. Second South Street, where he has
the Choicest Of Meats always ON hand,
His Sausage has no equal IN the city.
A cordial Invitation eNtei dsd 10 hll old
customers, Call telephone No, 537,
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Too Much of a Good Thing.

Wealthy woocr CohemenuY And
you will be mine, dear glIli
Dear Girl will and--
Detrimental Younger Sister entering
suddenly)-Como right into the parlor,
ss' Charlie Poorboye Is there with
your engagement ring The loyellest
thing you ever aw!-Pittsburg Bulle
tn
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Go 10 SpTSCER, BywATER a Co..
II and 10 West South Temple street,
ior Thu Roofing GATHERING, Spoutiug,
Stoves and rinwnre, etc.
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OUR HOSIERY DEPARTMENT

whrfc dDulle
Ladies' and C8liren Cashmere Gloves and Mfn
ad nses sold
.
Chnircas unierwear gain
Hiast reduced
b'Ast an
tAeInatori = ec., vor
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hotels, Restaurants and Eousokeepsrs can Save Honey
TABLE LINEN DEPARTMENT

Special Sale Of Dhmi Turkey cra,he
teouhto
la the
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SILKS! Silks! al
SILKS {!

100 Snk Patterns and Remnanp a special
o Ladies' Patterns,
almost
Ia bt
them for t?S.
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COIN BROS.
OUR ANNUAL LINEN SALE,
In accordance with our custom wo announce our
In accordance with custom announce
ANNUAL SALE Of Short Lengths
IN TABLE LINENS AND NAPKINS TO COMMENCE OK
MONDAY, JANUARY 10TH.

present have yet offered
has been former
To those who
their attendance To
that when Cohn Bros advertise
Bargains, any Department phrase not muscd
The Somerset reporter., 1891-04-16
eARNuM's FIRE RECORD.


His House Burned ono..-Hls Show suf-
fercd -Four Times.
Five times during his long career rs a
Snowman Barnum suffered great losses by
fire. 1t was in the '40's that he amassed
his first fortune, principally AS the result
Of the Tom Thumb tours. In 1873 he erect
ell in Bridgeport a ua-aiiicent mansion on
the plan Of the Ca9rse ~ pavilion At
Brighton. 1t was the first specimen Of
oriental architecture il America, and with
its spacious grounds Was one of the show
places OF Connecticut. lie called it 'Irani-
stan" which means Eastern Country
Place" or ''Oricutal Villa" One Of the
funny men Of the time divided it into
these sylables, Irani-stan, and rave the
explanation that II" (Barnun) ran long
time before could stan" Bnrnum with
his family moved Into it in November,
lsis, AM gave a house warming to over
1000 OF ms friends and neighbors.
When Jenny Lind began her tour of the
States ST, remarked
"Ipo YOU know. Mr.. BarnAm, that If yon had
not beiii iranistan | should never have come
10 AInerie', for your
"IIuy 81 lain," said Mr.. BarnuIn, much sur
pri-ed and sLo went on; "Wull, had received
several applications to visit the United States,
but did not much like the appearance Of the
applicants. nor did relish the idea VI crossing
auD tuias of wntcs, - declined them all. But
The Somerset reporter., 1891-04-16
STATE NEWS.

The new VS. passed this winter by the
Maine Leg lature include one relating 10
vital stati..es In regard to intention of
marriage ne following particulars will
have to be ~ecord, d {; The full Christian
aud surname of each of the parties; the
age, color, occupation of each, whether
single OF W lowed, whether first, second
or other marriage, and the Christian and
surnames, residence. color, occupation
aud birthplace of their parents"
Hon. A. A. Burleigh and Supt.
Cram have just returned from tour
of northern Aroostook county in the
interest oi the Bangor & Aroostook
railroad. They find the people en-
thusiaStic in its favor. They 60
over the western part of the cOun-
try this week and address public
meetings.
In the case of b. B. Thatcher VS..
the Maine Central Company, to re-
cover the value of certain amounts
of timber owned by the plaintiff,
burned at Milford in April of last
year, by spark from a locomotive,
the jury returned a verdict for the
plaintiff. They claimed to have
owned 1850, S04 feet ofpine boards,
1851 feet of timber and 31S,000
board sticks, the total value of
which was $l7,S30.
The grand jury reports siXty-one
inJ;n+maptc all linuor lau- v;o1 ,tionS
The Somerset reporter., 1891-04-16
Foreign.

-Four hundred and fifty-one bodies
have been taken from the wreck of
the British steamer Utopia, sunk at
Gibralter March II, leaving GA to
be accounted for.
The fish merchants of Yarmouth,
n. s., have protested against the
action of the Newfoundland atholi-
ties in refusing bait to Canadians,
which they say means ruin to their
bank fishermen.
The London Times correspondent
at Madrid says complete reserve is
maintained in regard to the treaty
with America, but it is believed
that America will grant the broad
est conces ons in regard to sugar
and other Cuban products, except
ing tobacco, which for the present
is outside Of the negotiations.
The London Telegraph's cores
pendent al st. Petersburg says that
Shameiken, the man arrested Mon
day on suspicion of being about to
make an attempt on the Cars life,
belonged to the ScHvola Club,
kharkoi1, the members of which
are bound by oath to make contin-
ual efforts to murder the Gar.
Mayor Grant of Victoria, B. C.,
has telegraphed President Harrison,
inviting him to visit Victoria dur
ing his trip to the Pacific coast.
Should the President accept the in
vitation it is understood that Brit
ish warship will be detailed and
placed at the disposal of the Presi-
dent from Puget Sound to Victoria.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-04-16

With fsr5hae Al''tf fhs So p ai Ia
withdraw sarnun ha4. = s,.,g. staes,afi
the ioei - WAITING rs H5 iailfe L oh
serve tie rule ri .1f al 5rlss. .e t.s 4sseh
dir tlY h1t fic 4f3 gHt appear - carr
about tin lufract.uu % II, and Was X ala
BIZ "a possible
The Duke II Wellington frequently
cared 10 see the general at his pubic lie
wees. On one occasion the ltjle fellow was
marching up and down the platform per
sonating the emperor and dressed in the
well known uniform of the first Napoleon.
The Iron Duke asked him the subject Of
his meii,ations, to which the reply came
Immediately, 81 WAS thinking OF the luss
of the battle Of Waterloa" This display
Of w.t. adds Baruum, was chrunicled
throughout the country and vas Of itself
worth thousands Of pounds 10 the exhlol-
ton "
The little general made a second visit to
Europe in 1857, again under Mr.. Rirnum 5
management, and In company with an
other midget, Miss layinia Warren. The
two fell in low, and their marriage suhse-
uuently at New York was conducted with
all the notor1ety that Nj Barnum could
compass. They became man and VIE IN
the fashionable Grace church, On broad
way, aud the ceremony WAS Witnessed py d
great crowd OF aristocratic iHpple
Their welded existence proved a sinSu-
larry happy one. a child, born OF bhe
union, died In infancy. strlttoh dit-l some
years age, and after proper season oil
mourning his widow entered into second
uuptials with another dnninutlve specimen
Of humanity who figured on the play bills
The Somerset reporter., 1891-04-16
To elsewhere. He made his third pssee
sional trim in 1889 and took with him to

IN elsewhere. He made his third psueNp'
sional trip in 1889. and took with him -
"Gp.ntast show On Earth" chartertng
small fleet 81 steamers for that purpose.
Mr. Baruutn's account of the venture
made public after his return to America
Is MS follows;
At London the great Olympia, which seated
l5uD people, was crowded constantly night
and day. People came from all over Great
Britain. There was not IL town In Great Brit
ain of any consequence which did not nave our
bills posted up within its limits The royai
family, with the exception OF the queen, ana
alIn,at all Of tho nobility came 10 see us. Ana
they came not once, hut many times. Nheh
received tho Princess Of Wales upon hcr SEQ
ond visit told her royal highness that was
glnd to see her n second time, because that
proved she enjoyed her first visit.
"Indcod, ;" she replied Mr.. Barnum. have
been here three times, besides my two otncial
visits" 80,
That was she had come incognito, us dld
many other members of the royal family.
You know they get tired of hearing God Save
the Queen" looted into their ears every place
they 20, and they obviate this by concealing
their identity The Prince Of Wales was ex-
ceedingiy kind. He sent word that he dld not
wish to 10 introduced 10 Mr.. Barnum because
he already knew me. ~ my show had been the
-
New York. lie laughed when told him how
| had used that visit a drawing card for
Others Prince George and the crown prince
OF Denmark were also frequent visitors. Inc
crown prince told me that he had heard OF my
show during his whole lifetime and was happy
10 -ee it in reality Mr. Gladstone was also
greatly interested in the sights, and gave vent
TO his surprise when he saw more than LOU
performers IN the stage at once
The English were glad to see an old fellow OF
eighty cross the Atlantic with three OF Noah
arks. They Ike pluck, and considered that
plucky But we completely depopulated the
other places u amusement in London. had
10 laugh WHOM my old friend. Henry irving re-
ferred TO this attended one Of his famous
suppers, which begin after II O'Clock and end
about in tie morning. When he toasted me
ne said, I'VE Ike Mr. Barnum: we are glad to
have him with us, but We wish just now that
he was 3,dD u rs away" His own theater had
suffered almost as much MS the others
The Somerset reporter., 1891-04-16

BFESING OF THE FIRST MUSEUM.
tho f-t letter which your agent, Mr.. Wilton,
aitrtasd mo VAS written upon IA sheet headed
aitt i-autiful engraving Of lrnuistan. II
-. iragfsd my attention. | said TO myself, "A
~ .ra-tu who has been successful In his
NI..-' ~ as 60 H. ablo to build and reside In
-uDh .f1iaco cannot be nero adycnturer.'
-o fsta f. your agent and consented to m
inter seY Ytich should have declined II
bad not ssrn the picture Of Iranstno."
ia which the manager CALAMITY replied,
Then am fully repaid for building 1T"
lrtnists,n was consumed by fire In 1851
and Barnum promptly replaced 1t with
Waldemere. In 1865 the Snowman, then a
member OF the Connecticut legislature,
was handed dispatch while making
speech on an important bill. He glanced
at it and continued his argument unruf1led
Yet the telegram told him that the famous
American museum ut Broadway and Ann
street WAS totally destroyed. This was on
July IL, and Horace Greeley desired his
friend to accept it as "a notice to quit and
go a-fishing," bliss he himself had been
vainly endeavorng for thirty years to OBJ
tain. The museum, however, was rebuilt.
only to be burned down again March 9,
1868. The three conilagrations represented
n loss of 81 ,GO,0O0 For some time he lived
quietly Mt Bridgeport. April 10, 1871, how
ever, he returned to the show business.
In 1872 the novelty of transporting the
show by rail was tried and found success
full. On the 18th of November museum.
menagerie, hippodrome and circus" were
opened in the old Iiippotheatron, on Fonr
teenth street, which was prompt to bnrn
down on Christmas eve.
The fifth fire in the showmans career rs
sailed the winter quarters of the menag
erie at Bridgeport in November, 1887, caus
ing loss in animals and property of half
million dollars Barnum promptly al
dressed letter to the public, in which he
said: Rising phenixike, from the ashes
of my fifth great fire, which only served to
illuminate my path of duty as the Amer
The Somerset reporter., 1891-04-16
REWARD

OFFICE OF COMMISSIONERS OF GAME AND
THE FI-HERIEs.
BASGoR. MI, JANUARY &C. 1891. !
To any Fish or Game Warden, or any Other
person who shall cause the final conviction Of
any rer.on found guilty If violation OF any o.,
The Game Laws Chap. 80, Il. 8 } the under
signed wili, unit ! further notice. allow "A sum
equal to ono haf Of the fine imposed in each
case; certificate of the Justice imposing the fl
nal sentence to be the evidence OF who is en-.
itled thereto. SINS
+. NJ STiLLWELL, tComm'rs of Game
HENRY o. STANLEY, land the Fisheries
The Somerset reporter., 1891-04-16

AT Norridgewock, for skowhegan and Mer-
Ger; at Arson, for Sawye"'s Mills, (StarkSiE
No , Ri II, Tor North and West New Portland,
De- yer. Flagstaff and Eustis. At Bingham
for Forks and Moose River.
Trains connect at Oakland with trains to snd
from Boston, Portland, Lewiston, Walerile
Augusta, Gardiner, Skowhegan and Bangor.
". M, AVER, Supt.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-04-16

follow created trCfflcn-
dous sensation, and thrice appeared "by
royal command" before Queen Victoria
her family and friends.
The presentation scene was amusing Ia
many ways. Barnum and the general were
received in the great picture gallery, Mt one
end of which were the queen and Prince
Albert, tho NItchess OF Kent, the Duke of
Wellington and others. '"rhe general"
Barnum recounts, walked in looking like
wax doll gifted with the power OF loco
motion. Surprise and pleasure were do.
picted on the countendnces OF the royal
circle. The general advanced with firm
step, and as he came within batl!ng dis.
lance made u very graceful bow aud ex
claimed, Good evening, ladies and gentle
mem A burst Of laughter followed this
salutiition. The queen then took him by
the hand, led him about the gallery and
asked him many questions, the answers to
which kept the party in an uninterrupted
strain of merriment.
He told the queen that he liked her pict-
ure gallery first rate" and expressed a
desire to see the Prince OF Wales. The
queen told him the prince was in bed, but
that he should see him on some future oc-
casion. The general then went through
his regular performance, gave his dances,
songs aud recitations and after CHAT
The Somerset reporter., 1891-04-16

People in nearly every part OF the United
States are familiar with the Barnun &
Bailey circus. as it has been constituted
for several years. On the night of Mr.
Barnum's death April la performance
was in progress at the Madison Square
Garden in Jew York There was no in
terruption, and very few if any in the
audience kew that the great Snowman
had passed way.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-04-16
TIE uasliDgIOl's 3lsl aRlual Statement
il SrdDQ One and Has This Rtndrlable fSotuIt'

90 ., r cont of its total invested in first liens on
tt im larger rer cent invested than that oil any
other company in the country. ~ .aLon
iou its comprising of this company are taken
not held IN hopes OF Psoo ~ NV
ara tbay liable to fall suddenly below their standard value
TIF WASHINGTON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANi Is ctasseo
most institutions Ill New York N
Clantrn have place its machinery anu 1t Is kep' en
from scandals ,.. "a
Tho WASHINGTON sells policies wellappoYed plan ana
contracts wearno disguise.
They mean lust what they say and they will mean at maturity Jus"
What theym when purchased
The literature does not hold out one KIM vi e
mate to buy by and another to die by - r..;
NOT large company whoever buys OF its policies Is III
suroJ i, tbe hlIest sense of the
It's dollars are worth hundred and when You oay po
therein Won nav goods aud get just what you pay loi
,vnont make look better than IL
In times of general disturbance i'll Values no concern c oS
WASHINGTON Policy Holders.
The Somerset reporter., 1891-04-16
TOM THUMB.

The Little Fellow Who Was Ono OF Bar
NUNS Chief Attractions
Charles 8. Stratton twice filled the cot
fers of Barnum at times when the show
Telegram-herald., 1891-11-16

ssYssnr Come here Instantly" An
other faint "Tssn bat he don't 20
though his plsy1asses stop the game. 10
await resalsA john HIS father
called that tl-as and tae toas meant bus
fnesA -Ye., sir!" aud IKE srresk ~
darts toward his hoEaa
The saau boy Of to-day = highly
blessed
II seems as II su the inventors n the
world were getting up new playthings
and games and to-ols and books for his
especial benefit and .aat his parents
cant spend enough money for his pleas
ure and entertainment
Compare what our grandfathers or
what We ourselves had In childhood
with the plAythings that the modern
small boy Is hardly sat isaed with
he not only sports q seven dollar
tennis racket and forty dollar bicycle.
but no mass have suitable dress to 90
with them
We used To have . good game of bali
In patched trousers and bare feet and
an old straw hat Now the children
can't enjoy themselves At al without a
uniform and glove and face covering
and real bag bases
A fish pole cut in the woods was good
en- ough for Us. but split bamboo our
boys must have.
We used to get pretty hot doses Of
birch when We deserved il, but now
adays IL has gone out Of fashion in the
homes as well as the schools-and we
think il ought to. for all tho whippings
we got never made us any better-but
the contrary. "Spare tho child and
spoil the rod" 10 the improved version
A curious transformation takes place
In the small boy aftar he has been
awhile 70 school
He suddenly becomes sensitive to
wearing old clothes Instead OF fight
ing against being washed he washes
himself often and nearly destroys tho
hairbrush in his efforts before the
glass He must have . clean collar
every day and have on his best neck
tie. He becomes quiet and oh, SO
good about the house. He never Is
late to school and always knows his
lessons tt
And he becomes furious whenever .
mention is made of the little sweet.
heart who has won his boyhood's first
affections
The little girl Is very nice in her way,
but she can't hold . candle to the small
boy.
May lie never grow old-H C.
Dodge. in Goodall's Sun.