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, 1891-04-21
CLOTHES RAG.

their length forms the width of the side
board. The lids were used to make
shelves, removable because they merely
rest on iron brackets fastened to the
Dashboard, and all are soon to be painted
black, to show off the dainty ware which
they contain. Above it hang shelves
with books, vases and bric-a-brac.
Many trophies for table or walls are
gathered by the mistress in wanderings
around the city. She says: lone of my
old pleasures was knocking about town
and picking up things l fancied and
that We're within reach of my purse.
Those who give orders to furnish a
room or house do not know the fun of
keeping a sharp Y open for bargains in
every store and odd little shop"
as there n heater for this apartment
l asked presently.
No, l heat it ~abundantly with the
range and this CRATE. l burn camel
coal here, and the cost of all my firing
averaged less than nine cents a day for
the winter
How do you manage to do so much,
with your writing to attend top
Il make everything secondary to that.
These things are only diversions" allud-
ing thus carelessly to her housekeeping
and sewing, all of which she does. and
does well. as her tasteful costume and
the good dinner she served proved.
Close beside where she sat at dinner
, 1891-04-21
HE Was TOO SMART.
A Groccr's Clerk Whose Brightness Failed
to Impress His Employer.

A Groeer's Clerk Whose Brightness Failed
to Impress His Employer.
Up on Eighth avenue, in that far
away region where the elevated road is
so high that passengers in the cars
can't help wishing they had lived bet
ter lives, an old and suolid German
conducts a grocery. Until recently he
had as clerk an agile youth with a ten
dency toward noise, both in his talk
and costume. He was a rather ami
able youth, however, and when, one
day, his accustomed place behind the
counter was found to be no longer ac-
quainted with him, not a few inquiries
were made in regard to his disappear
ance. To such questions the old Ger
man responded with a gruff Heinrich
vas bounced, F" and when asked why
this action had been taken would only
say, He vas too schmart for der gro
cry peesness."
This enigmatic explanation gave rise
to the gravest suspicious in the minds
of the young mans acquaintance, and
the neighborhood talked gravely about
his supposed downfall for some days.
Then the facts in the case came out,
and a peculiarly Harlemesque romanc
vas revealed.
1t seems that Heinrich, in one of
those lulls of trade which come in the
grocery as in other lines of commerce,
had been assailed by what appeared to
him to be a bright idea. Procuring a
large piece Of fair white paper he
printed thereon in large black letters
this legend, IN. o. Molasses, fifty
cents" He hung the placard up in a
conspicuous place and waited develop
ments.
They came in the form of a tall, thin
woman, fierce of visage and sharp of
tongue, the keeper of a big boarding
house and the best customer Heinrich's
employer had. Her keen eyes noticed
the sign at once.
Whats that" she said, New Or
leans molasses gone down to fifty cents
a gallonl Thank goodness n things
fell! Send me four gallons at once;
I'll lay in a stock before t goes up
again"
Here was Heinrich's opportunity.
You haven't read it right, " he said,
somewhat frightened, but determined
to give his bright idea an airing. "Of
course we couldn't sell New Orleans or
any other kind of molasses for any such
price as that, so Ito prevent mistakes,
you know-put up that sign-rNo mo
lasses, fifty cents'-but I can send you
some for
You'll send me nothin', =" cried the
woman angrily, and she marched out
of the store.
She never came back. Heinrich tried
to explain how harmless his bright idea
was, but the old German couldn't I'M
derstand it. you a too schmart fer
der grocery peesness. Better you get
oud," vas all he would say, and the
wretched victim of his own brilliancy
had to go.-New York Times.
, 1891-04-21

feminine hands. 1t is the girl bachelor.
To break bread with one of these is a
pleasure known by few people, because
not many are fortunate enough to know
this sort of Il bachelor. The one herein
described has lived in this way long
enUugh-though less than a year-to
prove several things:
First, that her physicians prescription
Of Homework was just the thing for a
broken down writer, too ill to go out of
doors, but not too i'll enough to be in bed.
Second, that frugality united with
common sense Will effect wonders out Of
small capital.
Third, that poverty develops ingenuity
to a degree undreamed of where money
is plentiful.
Two serious illnesses greatly reduced
the young woman's capital, so she began
small But time and her friends have
been good to her, so hat she is acquir-
ing some real art treasures and original
ing many ingenious devices. There is
no time to speak of the former, though
everything interests because it has a
special history. The place indicates
growth, not accretion, and its mistress
says, Nothing has been bought in the
spirit of, Go to; | will set up house
keeping
One admires the several sitting room
chairs.
Loaned indefinitely" says the pro
prietress.
A remark about the couch luxurious
with down cushions elicits the same re-
ply.
A steamer chair stands before the
CRATE, and over it is thrown an old buff
falo coat, fur side up. Within reach AS
one reclines is the ~litterateur's desk,
very orderly. Under it is a SOAP box,
with little handles at each end. When
she wishes to use its contents-it is her
sewing boN-she can, without rising,
pull it out beside her, open the lid, on
the under side of which are ~elastics and
pockets to hold all the implements for
setting the provcrbial stitch in time, use
them, and put the box away when done.
This continuance is only one of Il num-
Der which show that poverty develops
ingenuity. Another in her bedroom re-
sembles this. 1t is n shoe box. The lid
is hinged, and when lifted discloses
straps for CATERS, shoe horn and but
toners. 1t serve also as a hassock.
Her clothes bag is neat, convenient
and sanitary, not patented, but worthy
of being copied. 1t is made of a square
of stout wash goods, measuring two yards
each way. Fold it once and sew a seam
down the center, vertical. to the fold.
Put four tape loops in the corners, and
fold along the line Of the stitching, hem
ming all edges. Then it is ready to
haEg up, a bag that is really two bags,
open to the air, and n first rate cover in
which a washerwoman may carry clothes.
SO much for devices solely for use.
Others, combining use and beauty, are to
, 1891-04-21

Lll+AN fAlLIE AND PANNlER ROBE.
heliotrope velvet embroidered richly in
lighter shade, The front is open, with a
drapery of faille on the left side, and a
deep jabot of cream white chiffon is
worn with it. The sleeves are of velvet.
with caps of faille held up in the center
with bows of velvet. a Marie Stuart
collar, with IA high crepe lisse ruching,
finishes the neck.
A glimpse Of some of the midsummer
gowns 10Y being made show a decided
preference for soft mulls, silk chiffon
and n very delicate material of silk and
wool called harege. This is sometimes
in self %colors, and as often figured with
small flowers or polka dots. 1t Grapes
like fine challie, but is more transparent.
Grenahine in every imaginable variety
is seen, white, black and colored. Some
of the white is made up over slips of col
ored silk, and the effect is d~elicately
beautiful. The black is made up over
scarlet or yellow or some other color
with excellent taste. For those of
quieter fancy slips of glace silk are worn
under the black grenadines. Russian
net will be worn to some extent, and so
will the Spanish and Chantilly hounc-
ings, but the real fin de steele is grena-
dine or barege.
, 1891-04-21

Prometheus was chained to the rock
while vultures kuawed his fentrails. So
are many people chained to the rock OF
prejudice while all manner Of violent
medicines infict injuries upon the lining
of the stomach aud intesunes. They are
apparently immovable IN the belief that
to experience benefit they must keep
dosing with drastic medicines. Unless
the action OF these is powerful and ex-
c~essive. they are not satisfied. They
would distru.t a remedy Of gentle action,
however effective. It Is not by such
purtlind extremists as these that the
acknowledged merits of Hostetter's
Stomach BItters are recognized. That
benign regulator Of the stomach. the
bowels and the kidneYs appeals to the
rational-not only appeals, but is awarded
a lust valuation. Constipation. liver
complaint, dyspepsia aud kidney trouble.
yield TO its action. So also do malaria
and rheumatism.
, 1891-04-21

The Seward glacier is a natural di-
vide between the ridge through which
we had forced our way and the main
range. So one part of the problem
was solved, and we discovered that
there was no main range parallel to the
coast, while angulation determined
another point, and that was that the
elevation had been very much over
estimated, and st. Elias was only 49,
$50 instead of 10, 500 feet. The ranges
are all broken by immense faults, and
it vas owing to such structure That
Pinnacle pass was found so easy of
B. Kerr in Scribner's.
, 1891-04-21

II so you will ask for tickets via
WABASH LINE.
WHY Because in the irst place it is
to many Of the principal cities of the East
the
SHORT LINE, and because on all
trains there are, free to all, new and ele-
giant
RECLINING CHAIRS and, from
points in the Rocky Mountain region, on
all through trains,
THROUGH PULLMANS, and, to cap
the climax Of luxury. all trains are fed on
DINING CARS.
@. NJ. HAMPsoN,
Commercial Agent, Denver, Col.
1927 Seventeenth Street.
, 1891-04-21

Mr.. s. NJ. Hanley, of Fort Smith,
Ark, has a breastpln of eighteen carat
gold which he had made put of an ear
ring for his wife. He found the orig
inal o the bank of Coosa river, Ala
bama, in 1886, at a point in Shelby
county where Jackson crossed his army.
1t was washed up from an Indian bury
ing ground by the floods of that year.
Its workmanship shows it to have been
made over 200 years ago. 1t was proba-
bly, a part of the plumber of some early
Indian massacre of English settlers
Cor. New York World.
, 1891-04-21

is a tiny table
made of a box
covered with
dark red stuff
and a tea cloth.
1t is the place
W h many a
cup that cheers.
but not inebri-
ates" is brewed,
rs a d~iminutive
gas stove testifes.
II e rest the
family stock of
knives and forks,
laid in folds Of
delicate china
, 1891-04-21

THIN compar-
atively few years
n g W sort of
city bachelor has
dared TO live alone
in apartm e Is
m-re delightful
even the
handsome ones
W here HI old
kind hold sway,
b because hey
show the touch of
, 1891-04-21

The promptness and certainty of its
cures have made Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy famous. 1t is intended espe-
cialiy for coughs, colds, Group and whoop-
ing cough, and is the most effectual rem
edy known tor these diseases. so cent
bottles for sale by A. E. Roedel.
, 1891-04-21
TWENTY DOLLAR GOLD PIECES.

Mrs, John Curtis Of Peoria, ILL.,, writes:
Used one box of Usage Pills previous to
my Q confinement; they worked like
a charm. Would pay 500 for a box
rather than do without them, as they
have proved a Godsend to me" Write
Usage Medicine company, Wichita, KaS ,
sor particulars, and their book to wives
mailed free. Sold by druggists. Sold by
W. n. Hunt, Cheyenne.
, 1891-04-21

When you see a girl FASTING a scrap
book full of cooking recipes out of the
weekly papers you know pretty well
that some young man is in a position
to be congratulated, and yet when you
think of the recipes you feel rather sorry
for him too.-West Chester Local News.
, 1891-04-21

Charles Broadway Rouss, of New
York, is one of the few business men in
the country who pay their employees at
the end of each day. The services of
one extra clerk enable him to do this,
and he says the system is satisfactory
both to his employees and himself.
, 1891-04-21

The largest hospital in the world is
in Germany-the Allgemeine Kranken-
hause, which contains 3, 900 beds. This
hospital, which is now 116 years old, is
managed in the interest of students,
not humanely for the benefit of the
poor patients.-Boston Globe.
, 1891-04-21

Socrates, the sublimest character in
profane history, firmly believed that he
was actuated and directed by a demon.
Blackstone, the author of the incom-
parable commentaries of the laws of
England, was an undoubted believer in
~witchcrafL
, 1891-04-21

For theleditor of the Burlington
Junction Mo. Post has teen subject 10
cramp collie, or fits of indigestion, which
Frustrated him for several hours and I'M
lifted him for business Tor two or three
days. For the past year he has been us
ing hamberlaiu's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrh9a Remedy'wheDever occasion re-
quired, and it has invariably given him
prompt relief. 25 and 50icent bottles for
sale by.A- K. Loedel.
, 1891-04-21
Claus spreckels, the California sue

Claus Spreckels, the California sugar
king, is growing old, and his hair is
quite white. He is just as keen and
energetic as ever, however, and in look
ing after his thry large refineries on
the Pacific coast and one at Philadel-
phia he manages to keep busy.
, 1891-04-21

Passengers destined to the prominent
cities east of the Mississippi river should
patronize the Chicago. Union Pacific &
Northwestern line. Magnificent Pullman
and Wagner sleeping cars, elegant Pull
man and Northwestern dining cans. free
reclining chair cars. handsome duv
coaches and comfortable Pullman c~oloniit
sleepers.
, 1891-04-21

BOOKCASE \ SIDE SILK. and her nut
BOARD. picks stand in q
small jar. So ingenious a person does
not need a nut cracker. She uses two
smooth tones for hat purpose, and the
device has a charm from its very nov
city. ANNIE ISABEL WILLIS.
, 1891-04-21

Commencing Sunday, Feb. J, 1891, a
through Pullman Palace Sleeper will be
run from Salt Lake City and Ogden to St.
Louis via Denver and Kansas City over
the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific
railways.
, 1891-04-21

lac largest stock of fine brandies. old
WHISTLES, choice hQueurs and superfne
cigars 1t GEORGE Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
, 1891-04-21

Not only TO get way up work uuu, +,
but also to get your dArnIng. patching and
buttons sewed on without extra charge,
CHEYENNE STRAIN LAUNDRY.
, 1891-04-21
A - eAcHELos,s HoME.

May BE Made Attractive.
Copyright, 1881, BY American Press Associa-
, 1891-04-21

The transition from long. lingering and
painful sickness to robust health marks
an epoch IN the life of the individual.
Such a remarkable event is treasured in
the memory and the agency whereby the
good health has been attained is crate.
fully blessed. Hence il Is that so much
is heard in praise OF Electric Bitters. So
many feel they owe their restoration to
health TO the use OF the Great Alternative
and Tonic. If you are troubled with any
disease OF kidneys, liver or stomach. OF
long or short standing, you will surely find
relief by use Of Electric Bitters. Sold at
SOC and 81 per bottle at b. b. David's
drug store,
, 1891-04-21

For a number Of years l have been
subject Il violent attacks of infammAtory
rheumatism, which generally lasted about
two months. On the first Of this month
| was attacked in the knee. and suffered
severely for two days. when | procured a
bottle OF ChAmberlain's Pain Balm,
To those who are similarly afflicted every.
where.-R. ID. Whitley, Martindale. n.
G., Feb 1883. Mr.. Whitley is a prom.
inent man in this place, and his disease
such severe pains.-W. NJ. Houston &
Co. Merchants, Martindale, n. c. 50
cent bottles for sale by a. f. Roedel.
, 1891-04-21

Wisdom's Violet Cream will keep the
skin proof against the effects of seyere
weather.
, 1891-04-21

be seen IN the sit
ting DOM. Chief
among them il a
% sideboard" for
pretty china. 1T
consists Of two
shallow soap box
es, which cost ff-
teen cents apiece,
SIT one over the
other, side touch
ing side, so that
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-18
REVEALED TRUTH CONFIRMED
BY SCIENCE.

LATE in the year 1850 the disease
known rs Ia grippe In France, and rs
influenza In Italy, made IL appear.
ance as an epidemic In Europe, and In
few weeks II assumed vast proper.
tons, sweeping over almost the entire
European continent. Its victims mum.
bcfcd, In the aggregate, several mil.
lions. In n number Of instances large
proportion OF the Inhabitants Of IA pop
ulous city or district were affected
simultaneously. II was not attended
with great mortality, hut 1t was n
plague that caused much suffering aud
financial loss. 1t also swept the Unit.
cd states, but In this country smaller
proportion OF the people were seriously
affected, than In Europe.
In the latter part Of last year
the disease also showed itself
as an epidemic In this and
SOME other countries aud s,ill prevails
10 appears to have increased la
yiulonco during the last few months.
A larger percentage OF eases terminate
fatally, " leave serious complications
In their train. la arippo is now
recognized As likely To leave thosys,om
In such condition that It renders the
patient an easy prey to many other
forms Of disease.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-18
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.

Dun 4 Co, in their trad. renort fo-
the week ending Aprll n. 1891. s,v
the output Of pig iron for a single
month has decreased by one fourth.
The iron trade 4. dull. The nrodue, Of
the anthraoIt, and cokc b,r,,c.. oJI
from i0- ooo ian. 4, n...,,ha, La, %
ins ana ,ans on a.. a., 90. mi.
4 ',-t...',,-
''-s ~ - ''V'V 1.1 ~. '" Wv
P'o.i'e'o VI s'"''"' s''Ne VI ihihois
"n s''y 'he hfs' next
ihe recent conference ~ flltsburgh
between miners and mineowners was
n failure IN far IA a settlement OF labor
issues was concerned. II Is feared that
q contest IL Inevitable which will affect
500. 900 pcopl. and extend nj l.a.t over
ak different States. Tn, wool m.rL,,
"a r.no,t.d dnI with Nm. domas,,,
a. .aL .nd ,,o,i., -. A.
-, s' :" s'"'
a. -, - So. ST. ~ ,
~ ,"'N"so ""."S u''s'ou oee'' anu
"ooi sho" conriueraols increase over
jas. year, out ufy goous nave fallen or
The report further says:
"spoculailon In broadstuns haits,
though wheat Is traction higher, nj
SlI1' IN spite OF facts showing that sur
l'us OF over o''oV'o'o bushels s''il exists
'N'''no'o ',' osl',.' Wu'''Srop prospects
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-18

Should soine method be discovered by
which gtinpowder could he superseded
by the Tremendous power Of electricity,
In projecting missiles, the problem OF
shot Va. plate would bu ofNctualiy
solved. Already il Is admitted that
the former has the best Of the contest,
but no plate capable Of being iioatcd
could Withstand the force Of electricity,
II once a method Of applying It, In a
concentrated form, behind n proJectiIe,
were discovered. That this Will be
done, seems by no means unlikely.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-18
Az AsINiNE ARiSTOCRlT.

i.oRD JAMES DOUGLASS, peer Of
the British realm, took 1t Into his head
TO play Joke on one Of Her MaJesty's
census cnumerators, on April the 9TH
last. II appears that his I,orlshlp In
filling out the schedule, entered his
wife ns u cro-slng.swecper, aud his son
Us an idiot born Ia Darkest Africa.
The result was that he was arrested,
aud viii have 10 show that his entries
were correct, or suffer the penalty OF
s25 for giving inaccurate information.
The trial has not yet come oil, hut
England boasts that she mas only one
law for the peasant and the peer, and
II looks as II Lord Douglas viii have 10
pay for his joke rs any common man
would have 10 do. Anyhow, 1t seems II
rather unseemly and cunbrous kind Of
humor TO characterize ones wife and
child IN his lordship has done.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-18
Releases and Appointments.
The following is reproduced from IL

The following Is reproduced from the
Ahlienniai Star Of March Both:
Elder Edward Swami Is honorably
released from laboring IN travelling
Elder In the Sheffield Conference, 10
return home.
Elder Joseph u. Greer IL honorably
released from his labors IN president Of
the Nottingham Conference, 10 return
home.
Elder James Woolstanhulme Il hon.
orally released from his labors as tIay.
cling Elder In the Manchester Confer
ence, to return home.
Elder John 5. Baugh Is honomhly
released from his labors as travelling
Elder In the Liverpool Conference, 10
return home,
Elder Joseph Newhold il appointed
to preside over the Nottingham Con.
ference.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-18
PHILOSOPHY AND THE LABOR
QUESTION.

IT - evidence Of tho intense Interest
taken in labor problems IN England,
that "Iloyal I.abor Commission ,,
composed OF fourteen representatives
OF capital aud thirteen Of labor, has
recently been appointed by the govern
ment to enquire into them. This body
Is composed Of practical, well.lntormcd
men, competent to conduct an invcsil.
CATION OF the Kind proposed. The labor
question will be- handlos entirely ire
spectlve Of party or personal interests
IL will be discussed on the broad,s,
philozophic basis, 20 that all political
creeds, aud all religious refotmers eau
have hearing. Questions Of this
kind, which are 70 closely Identified
with the Interests Of industry aud pro.
gress, cannot be satisfactorily solved.
unless by phllosophlc inquiry. To
make them bones. OF political party
contention Is positively social aud cdu.
catlonal retrogrcsslon. Labor leaders
and capitalists will watch closely the
work Of the "Isoyal Labor Commits.
aim -
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-18
ELECTRICITY AS A MOTIVE POWER.

TINS city has nm electric street ca r
service which Is probably equal to that
Of any other city In the country, at
least Of similar size, and there Is more
or less interest among our citizens In
theprogress that IL being made In the
use Of electricity rs n motive power.
On January |, 1880, there were In the
United states l62 roads operated wholly
or In part Ivy this motive power, while
ON January u, 1891, the number Of
electric roads was PSI, an increase OF
~ per cent. In one year. IA the In.
crease In street ear companies during
the same period was only about 8 por
cent, these figures show that many
horse railroads have changed TO cleo.
triclty.
During the period named the num-
Der Of electric lighting stations In.
creased In u heavy ratio, but not In IA
large proportion M did the number Of
electric roads, and the advance made
In the use Of the subtle fluid foI
propelllng machinery was very rapid.
In short, n n motive power and illu-
mlnaiing agency, electricity Is rapidly
superseding all others. That It, will
probably cut an important figure In
modern naval warfare, Is indicated by
an exchange!
"rho application OF electricity TO
marine architecture forms an interesting
subject u thought. Taking ono u our
war vessels rs an example. we find thorc
arc ~ many Ms sixty auxiliary engines
In different parts Of tho ship, used for
ventllaiing, heating, lighting, hoistlng,
cl6yating guns, handling ammunition,
etc, the space occupied by these engines
aud their connection being very great.
By placing ono electric plant deep in tho
hold oi man-oi-war, all these auxiliary
engines could DO supplied by means OF
wines, which, II broken by q shot, could
be repaired IN moment by tho electric
ian, thus doing away with tho danger OF
broken steam pipes and escaping s,oam.',