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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-07
A Beauty and a Trea

A Beauty and q Treasure,
her eyes are as blue az the blue of the skies
When the morning its beauty discloses.
And her cheeks glowing beauty description de
fies
With their mixture of lilies and roses.
The sunrise is seen in the shimmering hair
mat her neck and her shoulders caresses.
And the splendor of morning can only compar,
With the luminous gold of her tresses.
Her mouth when she's smiling shows twin row,
of pearls
mat gieam twixt the caroline portals;
ihey CAL her the gem and perfection of girls.
The daintiest. sweetest of mortals.
Her voice is as soft as the COO of the dove.
And sweet as the bobolink singing;
der heart is O. fountain of Kindness and love
In freshness perennially springing.
She's endowed with the beauty of person and
face
Possessed by the fair Aphrodite
Vt Helen the peerless, the sweetness and grace
That appear in the features of Clytie.
many eye her askance, and the youth with ,
chance
Of winning her hand should employ,
for she owns big block of Old Colony stock
And cranberry bog in Waquoit.
-Cana ca Ita,,,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-07
The Mononpahela sfr,kers WIN

PITTsBURG, March 6.-The long strike OF
coal miners in the Monongahela valley
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-07
His Eavorite,

he has pretty rubber ball,
About one hundred blocks,
A horse that stands up in stall,
Five dolls with curly locks
No end Of cars are his, likewise.
With engines by the score,
A set OF plates with plaster pies,
A painted grocery store.
But with these things he will not play
Of them he will not think
But movers all the iyelong day
About my pen and ink.
John Kendrick Bangs in Harper's Younf
People
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-07
WONDERLAND

Continues to interest, instruct and
amuse crowds who attend the afternoon
and evening performances.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-09-19

farmers that were so industrious md
prosperous, extending from North River
over Christian Hill, 70, the Green noun
tdins, and those cattle droyers and merch-
ants that did more business than all the
stores in a half.doz western towns to-
day. All are gone.
This address was delivered in 1863, to-
ward the close Of the low tariff period
" hich began in 1876 IF the eyII Is not
recent, says Commissioner Wadin,
neither is ii local II is not confined
to Massachusetts, to New England, to the
west, nor to the United States. It is one
Of the features Of modern civilization
Among the causes emu nerated in the
report are: inadaptabilIty Of soil of mod
ern machinery and methods, comparative
" poor quality Of soil, comparative re-
motene7s from markets or from railways,
the opportunities and attractions of city
life, The tendency Of Massachusetts
agriculture has been to concentrate about
the manufacturing centers. Such towns
afford a ready market for perishable
products, and this tact ha led to gradual
change in the agriculture Of the state
which, developing along the lines Of cas-
lest resistance, has found its greatest
profit in the products Of the market garden
and dairy.
TIE farms in the remote western couD-
ties, therefore, have been abandoned, be-
cause agriculture near the big city mar.
kets Oft red great profits The Massachus
etts farmers, have simply moved nearer
town The home market created by manu-
facture gives the Massachusetts farmer for
bis produce aud livestock very nearly the
highest prices in the union, and notwith.
standing the competition of the agricu!-
tura west and the heavy labor demand Of
the manufacturing centers, has caused
both the agricultural production and the
value Of farm land in Massachusetts to
alaadiIN innreAsn
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-09-19

foreign goods admitted free of charge
were valued At $685.. 1913 665. During 1890,
the value OF free imports was sos, 983, :
1873 an increase OF free importations in
favor Of the new law Of S57 009 1872 The
foreign goods which we're dutiable under
the new law during that period were val
ued at 1894 252, $40, and under the old
law for the corresponding time $3.50. 1856.
032. This shows a decrease IN the value Of
merchandise paying duty under the new
law Of S55 SAB 500.
In other words, under the new Law
4G $40 per cent Of the value of all our i'm
ports came in free while a corresponding
period Of the old law showed only 80 9.10
per cent. Of the value Of the imports were
on the free list.
II is seen plainly how statistics fatty
contradict the assumptions and statements
made by the enemies Of the Mckinley act
This remarkable showing OF the much
abused tariff and the magnificent results
a5hie7ed by the adm ihistIation in its re-
ciprocity treaties mast commend this poll
icy to all classes OF voters who have the
good o. the country at beart, and surely
points to a splendid victory in the next
presidential election
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-09-19
THE BOB LINCOLN.
This is One of the Prettisst song-Fsir,is in
the Country

the Country
The merry bobolink is one Of the pretti
est song-birds in the country In eastern
Pennsylvania, along the Delaware, the
bobolink is known as the 'reed-bird, and
is eagerly hunted by sportsmen.
You must likewise know that the b0bo-
linE has a third name-r 'rlCe-bird That
is what it is called In southern states It
is SO named because 1t attacks the rice
fields aud devOurs the grain We Of the
north know little of the trouble it causes
by this especial appetite. The magnitude
Of the depredatlons Of the little bobolink
can hardly be appreciated outside the mar
row belt of rice fields along the coasts of a
few Of the southern states In innumera-
BILE hosts the birds visit TIE fields at The
time of planting in spring, eating the
seed grain before the feeds are "dooued' p
and then fly back north into Pennsylvania,
New York and New England, where they
spend the summer About the middle of
August they commence to migrate sonth
again, and swoop down upon the rice tie h
once more, just at the time of harvesting
the crop What rice escaped in the spring
now has little hope OF surviving, for as
the grain natures the birds pick ii off
in the face Of the most desperate OPP
position.
70 prevent total destruction Of the crop
during the inyasions, thousands OF men
and boys, called "bird-minders, are EN-.
ployed by the rice-planteTs; hundreds Of
thousands of pounds of gunpowder are
burned, and millions of birds killed
still the number of bobolinks invading the
fields each year seems in no way
diminished, and the aggregated annual
loss they cause is estimated by DR.. G.
Hart Merrlman, ornithoogost Of the
United States department Of agriculture,
at 81, 000,0 600
Between spring and summer, when the
bobolink is at the north, he displays none
of these ruinOus ways Of his. He is all
beauty and music Sometimes he may
plumber a corn-feld slightly, but in Penn
sylvania he is not guilty even OF that
slight offense He is known on the farms
of the north only as a bird most snowy
in his dress of black, white and yellow
feathers The song of tine bobolink is
peculiar, rapid, jinghng, nGescribable
medley Of sounds, started first by one
bird, quickly followed by another and an,
othtr until the whole flock are engaged
in grand concert Then, suddenly,
without any apparent reason, they all. at
tae same instant, stop. These delightful
choral concerts endear them to the farmer
boys and girls Of Pennsylvania The
mellow, metallic chink" the birds utter
has given them a name 10 initiate their
song "bobolink. p" When the birds mate,
the male appears to lose his vocal powers,
and is heard to utter only sharp, clink-
ing note, like that Of the female And
when they settle down to pndering a
rice-deld they seem to have lost III their
melody for then they can only chirp
Another strange ching ab.ut the bobo
link is that he loves the darkness of night
They )nty migrate, or travel, at night
They winter in the West Indies, where
they get SO fat that the natives have
given thema fourth name the butter
birds
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-09-19
Dane County Calaboose Inspected by
J. Z. Jones, of the Board
Of Control.
The Structure in Horrible Shape and
His Report will Show
the Facts.
This Does Not in Ans Way Reflect
on Officials of the
County.
Madison Democrat

Hon J Z. Jones, of the state board of
control, yesterday made an Official inspec-
ton Of the Dane county Jail As the re-
suit Of a careful examination the building
was condemned, for reasons probably well
known to most readers Of the DEMOCRAT.
The building was doubtless a good jail
when it was erected in 1853, said MIR.
Jones asst evening, 'but to 20 into it now
after visiting modern structure OF he
kind, is like returning to the middle ages.
Among other things it was found that the
ventilation is almost as poor as it can pos
abIy be; that it is unsafe for both prison.
ers and county as there is great liability
Of disease among the inmates, while es.
cape is comparatively easy, and that it is
full Of yermin mentionab,e and unmen-
sionabe
Yesterday the Inspector found the jail
room perfect sweat box, although the
day was not exceptionally hot, ana there
were few inmates. When it is crowded
in the warmer weather of the summer the
condition must be almost unbearable,
both from temperature and od0rs, Few
persons have any ide of the number OF
prisoners committed to the county jail.
Since Jan. of this year there have been
over 800 inmates confined there for a longer
OF shorter period
Mr.. Jones especially states that his
action in condemning the Jail is in no way
a reflection on the county officials. He
says that they are DONG their best with
what is furnished them; that everything
is kept as clean as possible and that the
utmost efforts are expended in the hope
less talk of trying to keep clear of yermin.
The iails OF surrounding counties,
said Mr. Jones. are mostly very good.
My district for inspection includes ten of
the counties in the central part of th,
state, and in almost every one
Of them have found the con
ditiou Of things very satisfactory
was therefore much surprised to find that
Dane, one of the Oldest and richest coun-
ties, had a Jail so far inferior to those Of
her neighbors. ! understand, however
that the county board has appointed
committee on a new building, and ! do
not doubt that immediate action will be
taken 20 provide modern quarters for the
combining of prisoness. The condemnation
of the present structure does not reflect
on any officials, past or present, but / felt
it to be clearly my duty.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-09-19
BRITISH TRADE CUT
Effect of the Mckinley Act on the
business Of Our English
Brethren.
Reduction Of Exports Cause a
Great Outbreak from John
Bulls Organs
They Arc Unable to Appreciate
the Right OF Another Country
to LegisIate In it's Own
interests


The British board Of trade returns Of
the exports Of the United Kingdom have
caused the London papers 10 break out in
to fresh tears about the Mckinley bill
There are tracts Of the same old notion
that Great Britain is ever in our thoughts,
and bat the bill was passed TO hit the
manufacture Of Great Britain specially, :
as the st James Gazette puts It, The
b0uudIess concept Of the British leader
writer is not get capable Of admitting tie
ldta that another country may legislate
for its own benefit and may in general
think more of Itself than Of Great Britain
The American afternoon echo If tho
British Press, the Evening Post, joins
anew in the l8meat8tion Because Brit.
isu trade with America has been cut down
b. The Mckinley bin the POI asserts thaf
American trade with England has been
cut down in exactly the same ratio III
Is perhaps difficult to say which of thp
two countries have suffered the most. y
continues the echo, although we think
that our own country holds that uueuvi
ubIe place That Is what the free trade
tbeorzers say m their books aud there
fore IL must be SO But Is it So? Here
are the official figures of our principal ex
ports to Great Britain In 1890 and 1891.
for the eleven months ending MAY 81:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-09-19
spooNER TIE FAYoRlrE.



the tSoYernorship,
WAsHINGToN ON, Sept. l5-John NJ Ew.
ing, Of Milwaukee, secretary Of the Wis
cousin republican state central committee,
is at the Ebbitt house Mr. Ewing is here
to assume his duties as chief Of staff of the
interior department at the world : Column
ban exposition, and expects to remain
here about two months He saiato a cor.
spondert that be would probal resign
his position as secretary of the rel uolican
committee in The near future
Mr.. Ewing is of the opinion that En-
5 nator ~pyoner Is he choice Of the work.
ing politicians OF Wisconsin as the repub-
ac8n candidate for governor next year.
He does not know whether Spoonpr will
consent 10 stand or not In the event
that he does, Mr.. Ewing thinks that if the
republicans secure control 81 the legislature
Spooner will be- their choice for Senator
Sawyer seat He daas not know. now.
ever, whether Sawyer will agree to this
program Mr. Ewing IS not So certain
latt the republicans can secure control Of
sb legislature next fan ia view of tile
iamaeratle apl ortio1ment of last winter
lie believes, however, that with Spoouer
Oh tna head y The state uctet success in
that respect Is certain.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-09-19
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Tree Trade Figures Knocked SHY by
Every Day Facts


The situation is getting very hot for
democratic and republican papers OF the
low tariff persuasion.
The educational committee Of the dem
ucratic party seem destined to trouble and
vexatlon Of spirit.
The difficulty ID that the theories Of
these free trade apostles are daily knocked
on the head by stubborn facts
Try as they will they cannot keep the
truth from the people
When a man is told that the Mckinley
bill increases the cost of given article,
and then goes into a store and buys II
for 10 per cent less than he did a year
ago, that man begins to suspect that the
democratic educator is either dishonest
or too ignorant to run an educational
bureau.
On Friday last sheet which has been
running after the free trade ghost pub
lished a letter from correspondent which
gave some very unpaatable facts for tree
trade theorists This letter is from the
heart Of big agricultural community; it
gives the experience of a class which has
been supposed 30 lean strongly to free
trade, and for that reason an extract is
particularly pertinent, Says the cor.
respondent, who writes from Watertog n,
S. d
The Watertown department store is the
largest mercantile house in Dakota aud
handles everything that enters into fami,
~ supplies. | visited this institution and
the manager at my request made an ex-
haustlva investigation into the relative
cost IF goods to-day rs compared with
Aug. 60, 1890 de found that they had
purchased in the dry goods department.
their tannes, underware and yelyets at s
per cent below last years purchasing
prices; ciaaks and clothing 10 per cent.
below, aud other dry goods ut the same
rates In the grocery department, sugar
40, fruits, canned aud dried, 50, tobacco,
Is per cent. below, and fair average of 10
per cent reduction in the run Of the
grocery trade. Shoes were bought for
their fall aud winter stock 2 per cent. be-
low last year, and manufactured tinware
5 per cent below; crockery millinery and
shelf hardware unchanged These re.
duc,ions in the purchase price, said Mr.
Speer, the manager, have enabled us to
make our retail prices, throughout the
ST tore more than IC per cent lower than
last year 3r ever before N Dakota
Another firm in the hardware business,
went more into detail and furnished the
list of comparative prices IN
1870 and prices today.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-09-19
The Anti" Wing OF the uisso,,,
Alliance Begins a Meeting
in st. Louis.
The Number Of Delegates prsso,.
Much smaller than Was
Expected.
Lively Debate Over the Roman,
of the Committee on
Resolutions.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. l5.-The anti.tbir5
! party and antl-sub-treasury wing az H.
/ national farmers alliance met Al il .56
/ TINS morning, not more than half the pp,,.
! der OF delegates expected being nrase,-.
/ lhe convention was called 70 order and y
TEN porary organization Effected h, i"
election of u. S. Hall, ex-presideut Il ,Eo
Missouri alliance, as chairman. Attpr +Eo
appointment of committee on craJs-
tials, the temporary organization was ua4a
permanent. It was decided ia annoint
committee OF i've to outline a plan of pro.
cevdure TO be presented to the convention
this afternoon, and at 1890 recess VAL
taken
The afternoon session was very Iivel,
The committee on resolutions include. NJ
). McAlister, of Mississippi; DR.. Ran.
som, Of Tennessee; S. A. Hitler, and ! p
Davidson, Of Missouri; r. c. Brace ,f
/ Texas; w. d. Wilsey, of Illinois. ana r
}. Mcconnell, of Iowa. The committee
went to work at once to prepare nJst.
form. DR.. Polk Yeamans. of Missouri
delivered an address on the governments
land loan and sub.treasury schemes On.
posing both Ihe committee an rasoin.
N'NH9 maui q p'itiHl itbDtL EN- OOGhluu the
principles of the IT. Worth platform with
an additional resolution denouncing q
w. MeCnne as corruptionist and
henchman of others. This clause of the
report caused a heated debate. Wade AZ
Tenn, insisting that the clause should
be stricken out He held that the conveB
ton was not called to make personal III.
lacks, although he acknowledged that No.
Cune was dishonest Yeamans. Of Nis.
souri,, also asked that the clause be strie,.
en- out. Chairman Hall argued
against the motion to strike ont.
He denounced McCune as a tool Of poiitl.
clans and monopoly Having accepted a
bride from them The alliance should de-
nounce him. McAlister, Of Mississippi.
said that McCune is an octopus. encir.
cling in his Shiny coils the escuteheon
of the order and should be denounced
Murray and Goodman, of Texas, also de-
nounced McCune, and the motion to
strike out the denunciatory clause in the
resolution was finally defeated yeas g.
nays AZ. 1t is probable that the platform
as presented will be adopted tomorrow.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-09-19

LONDON, Sept BIT is now admitted
that British force has not seized tie
island Of Mitylene Various foreign EN-
bassies, in reply to the question, have been
informed that while the government is ig-
noraut of what has been done it proba-
Die that British crews landed on the is and
in force of regular boat drills
and landing exercises The affair, how
ever, for short time caused much excite
mant in diplomatic circles, and it is still
asserted that the same maneuvres have at
least shown the sultan and his advisers
how easily England could change boat
drill and landing exercises at the island
OF Mitylene into a dangerous reality.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-09-19

These are the official figures published
by the treasury department bureau Of Sta.
tissues, as fan ms the items Of Jur exports 10
great Britain are given in the hu,eau s
monthly reports They how That our tx.
ports are 'Hcreased IL as mnny items MS
they are decreased, there being exactly
twenty three gains and twenty three loss
IS ~ the items given, and that the aggte-
gate shows Am average gam OF about 3
per cent. in our total rXpods tothe United
Kingdom OF course the Post takes mo
q, count uf the increased domestic trade
created by making and huying nj home
what We formerly imported from Great
Bumn lt is looking 1T things from the
British point Of yrew, and 1t prefer max.
inl Itself melancholy ly,r Britsb tatis.
tg~ To finding cause of encouragement i'm
American statistic Meanwhile It IS
helping the party thst Is responsible for
"lhe doubt which baugs over our rw-
Irry, Ia the -baTe oG the silver agita-
6n that leading the banks 10 refuse
accommodation to business meu who want
81 ,tiu further increase our trade New
York Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-09-19
CHANGE or VENUE.
Guenther Wants Hts Cases to Go to Whine
bago County.

Yesterday A. c Weisbrod, Of Oshkosh
on behalf Of Richard Gnenther, PhiIetus
Sawyer Horace w. Mckay George c.
Schloerb, W. Gudden and August Metz
filed notice in the circuit court demanding
that the cases against the defendants Da
transferred from Dane to Winpebago
county Atty Weisbrod declares that
Dane county is not proper place for the
the trial because Of tie fact that 1T Tie
time Of the commencement Of this action
the defendants did not reside nor DO Jney
now reside In Dane county
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-09-19
ONLY A PICNIC
Not Much In the SIityIene Scare After
All

LONDON, Sept Is 1t is now stated
that the Mitylene scare arose from tho
fact that a party Of British naval Off
GERS on Saturday last picnicked on a
desert isle eff Cape Sigri; and that they
re-embarked the same evening on board
the vessel and sailed away Sunday. An
official dispatch received in Berlin from
Constantinople denies that Slgri is oceu-
pied by the British forces.
A dispatch from Paris says NJ Ribot,
minister Of foreign affairs, received dis
patch from the French consul at Siamese
stating that the British naval division,
which has been maneuveriug near Sigri,
ON the island of Mitylene, has left that
island
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-09-19
A HORRIBLE ATTEMPT.
An old Couple Escape Being Cremated in
Their Home

FT. WAYNE, Ind. Sept l5-Late last
night a COW shed ia the rear Of the cottage
Of the venerable jeremiah Foley was dis
covered on fire The flames were soon
extinguished This morning the back
steps and door of the Foley house
in close proximity TO the she'd were
found to have been saturated with Goa!
oil, 1t is evident that it was the inten.
ton of the incendiaries to cremate the
old couple The police are on the case.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-09-19

b i'm where Chandler and Edward Albert
san We're. saying that he did not believe
ord Of what had been told him regard
in the crime of Edward. Letters writ
te n by Edward Albertson to his wife were
TAG oduced by Detective McNaughton. in
VII ich AlDeqtson detailed the circun-
stances Of The robbery OF the bark.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-09-19

II Destroys "a Dwelling In which Lies a
Corpse.

II iI'.7FfW1N "a DWFIIIHE IN " HIEH Isits a
Corpse.
RUsH CRY, Mimi, Sept IA sad ac-
cident occurred this morning at the farm
house Of John Daunchen, two miles from
here. His wife died yesterday and the
body prepared for huriai was living in
the coffin. Miss Potter, sister Of
the deceased put a boiler on the stove
partially filed as she supposed, with
water, but which contained kerosene. 1t
exploded and set fire to the house, which
was consumed. The body Of The deceased
woman was only rescued after it was badly
burned, the rescuers being severely
scorched.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-09-19
POISON CA rTLE.
Indian style of Fishing Has Disastrous
Results.

TAHLEQUAH, l. f., Sept. 15.-It has
been the custom of the Indians for a mum.
Der of years past to catch fish at this
season Of the year by placing l. the river
puIverized buckeye root, which is deadly
poison to the fish. This year more than
the usual amount Of poison was used, with
the result that all cattle drinking the
water sickcn and die. In the past few days
hundreds Of cattle have died
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-09-19
PRAIRIE FIRES.
Many Acres of Grain Destroyed in North
Dakota

NEW RoCKFoRD, N, D., Sept. Is
Prairie fires are burning for miles n all
directions and threatened at one time TO
burn the town Thousands of bushels Of
grain, besides hay and buildings, have
been consumed One farmer lost 500
acres.