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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-27

Attacked by Catnicpsy while standing, he
utuaIucd Gn That Attitude.

iituh.ucd tn That Attitude.
ono OF tro most remarkable oybim.
lions of tfH ro,gdr and iiIflusuco of c4ta.
lopsy. o. form of hvsisria that contracts
tho muscles and diyrgts tho subieet Of
the sensation of voHtior. occurred ip
this city few DAYS since. i'm which
Thomas pufdy. o. Iabarer. was the sab.
icct lu g.mrsuv with several other
wmkmm purIywassngassi Ina digging
q trench.
Ho was standing nt tho ton Of the
trench. with long handled shovel. ro.
moving tHu gravel which a workman
below throw 90 tBo tap whom with tha
suddpuuy.s ul au electric r..N tho man
became tlausHz.l lu position, us im.
movable as % u.uaa OF staiuary uo was
I'm tho act uf raising cine shovel whom
attacked Hia right hand tightly clutch
ed the shovel handle near its end
and Gao loi. hand near tho middle.
His lcft leg was advanced and slightly
bont sc tho Lul. whiIo tho blade of tho
shovel poiutgiHt au inclination OF about
30 degoot his eyes were closed
Every muscle of tha IItho and COM
pactly built workman was as tlut md
rigid as though constructed Of iron.
ono Of Che w0lsmgu who observed his
condition got ont ri tho trench and uu.
dgrt0ok Co romU,u tbH shovel held by
thcsilentworkman The shovel, though,
was clutcbud with $50 iron grip and nj.
though ho tuggoi bard ho was unable
10 remove 10 from Che clutches Of tho
poaosar Tho mans feet wcru firmly
planted ou Che ground as though nailed,
and ho stood thgrg ns rigid aud motion.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-27

Tho government crup report makes
evident serious shortage iu tho corn
crop
There uro many complaints this year
that corn Be- poorly filled This i8 Of
cluro due o. tho drought
Tho Nova Scotia apple crop promises
90 ha GOES short as that Ia many sections
Of the United States.
Experiments Ga feeding cattle fodder
affected with smut and rust ut tho yari.
Gus stations docs not appear 20 have 10.
suited IN any an effects.
Storing green forage in the silo for
stock food IS now % very general prac.
tico. Even lambs may DO successfully
iattanad on silage hy tho additional use
OF "a light grain ration
ono authority ON feeding whoats
claims that cash wheat at % cents per
bushcl b. equal 90 els per ton; cash
corn at 5Gai cents per buFhol is equal 10
SEQ 90 par ton; cash oats t 30 cents per
bushcl is equal 20 $751; 20 per ton whilo
cash barley at 90 cents per bushel is
equal % {g2. 90 per ton.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-27
PROVO.
First district Court.

The first business 10 come up this
morning was tho demurrer Of the h.
q. w. Railway company, defendants,
% tho complaint OF Provo CITY auu Tho
U. =. Railway company, plant IT,
charging the Defendant CORPORATION
with maintaining nuisance uoar the
de- OF Ia THE ely. The nuisance com.
planned OF Ia that the X. q. w. Ry.
Co. has fenced ia pisce Of land near
the U, +. depot claimed ~ tue plain.
tn to DO portion Of tue public struuL
Tue complaint was dsmurrsd % on the
gtound that the Union Pacific RlilIoa
company could not properly ION Provo
CITY IN tho suit The demurrer
was oNerfulei aud nm exception taken.
Evidence was then taken In the case.
George Sutherland anu Nv, WhitD-
cotton appeared for plaintiffs aud John
A. AlaTshall for the defendant c1rpO-
ration.
James Gilbert, oi Monroe, has applied
for writ OF mandamus to compel
Thomas Cooper Justice Of the peace M
Monroe, TO reinstato the csse Of Jam 20
Gilbert Va Walter Hyatt on his docket.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-27
EsIRAY POUND notice.

ZANE BAY HORSE, ABOUT FIVE YEARS
~ Old bnd icot and face white, = right
tuIgh,
ono bay marc, about nine yCurs Old looks
like "a Itft tUluu, white Boa face, halter on.
enc soupi alley, about three yuara old, hind
feet white, atIr iu forehead
one nay horrc, about four years old, lott
hind flut white no brand dlsCeruublc.
one grey horsc, about eleven years old, sh0d
all round.
one roam ErCY hlrHrt about TOUR ycalh oldt
LOOKS ike = ] right thigh
IL thr above described animals arc not
CLAIMED ON or before January lth, ls0i, they
Will us sO.d no city Lsiray Pound az o. ma.
FluN %. MAITON,
roundkeaper.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-27
Personal.

MI Il. Jorgonson, NEWS correspou'
dent Mt Ephpim, ig In the city as
witness Ia the election case now on In
the Third district court
Lieut.. Briant n. Wells, who has
been visiting relatives anu friends In
Salt Lake during Christmas, leaves %
r,iDin his regiment, the Second Imam
tTy, ut Fort Omaha, tomorrow morn
iuu
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-27

John G. Sharp, Esq,, Of Vernon,
Tooele county, was IN the city today.
Mr.. Sharp reports that there ia peace,
health and plenty among the people Of
that oeotion. Stockmen generally nud
sheep men IN particular are Iubilani
over the recent snOWHtormH which
were somewhat heavier there tnaL
here. Grazing on the desert Is good
better than Tor yeau-and the loss
among sheep this season Is not eN'
poCled to be very great.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-27
ADJUSTMENTS.

AMoRITA, the comic opera, viii be
seen aud heard for the fret time here
at the rheator tonight. The Calhoun
Opera 90. IL said to give fine pre-
tentAtion Of the popular work.
THE NEW Boy closed It's engage
ment here last night 10 fair house.
Morris continues to run along To
good audiences nj the new opera house.
IL Will be kept on the boards I'LL saiuf'
day nlghL.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-27
Second Ward Entertainment.

Tho Sunday school children Of the
Second ward will participate In .
dance tomorrow afternoon. There
will BE- a Christmas tree laden with
presents for all Of tho children aud
Santa Claus will be there 10 distribute
them. There will also be dance In
the evening for the teachers ana older
scholars Of the Sabbath school, the
proceeds 10 he devoted to buying books
Friends from other wards are cordially
inYlLed.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-27
FIVE LIVE, TAKEN.

Negroes Quarrel aud Use Deadly WcN.
puus.
HELENA, Ark, Dec. 2L-At Hill
House, Niles, few miles south Of
Frlaz Point, several negroes were
playing craps ana quarrelei. Pistols,
gus and knives were freely u'el.
During tho melee Louis Allen shot
four negroes. Two were killed out
riRht and the other two MORALLY
wounded. Allen received mortal
wound,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-27
Sold By Auction.

CountyClerk Meloy has sustained the
character OF an auolloneer at the old
county court house today when
lac offered at public sale the
furniture, fixtures, etc., used for Nv
many years In that building, the same
being no longer required on account Oi
the removal Of the county olerk, county
recorder anu county collectors offices
10 tho new Joint city ami county
building. Tie amount realized had
not been ascettEincd up 10 the time
the NEWS went 10 press,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-27
Cassia Stake Conference.

The quarterly conferences OF the
Cassia sake OF Zion convened At
oakley Sunday aud Monday, Dec 10TH
end 18th. The meeting house was
fned to OVERLOOKING each day and
many were turned away not being
able to gain admittRnoe, and tho same
cry was hsaru that one hears from
wherever the Saints are located, "OuI
meeting house " too small"
President Horton ID. Halght pre-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-27

NEW York, Dec, 27.-rhc morning
se,,ion Of tne American Economic
,ssoeistion was opened with the TeaI-
tnv and discussion OF pepper on the
Wfihicago Srlko Of Last July" by
carroll ID. Wright United States COM
missioner OF labor
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-27

AURORA, MS, Dec. y The sand.
wien bans WAS kruken open last night
ana the burglars escaped with the
ulupder. Tue bank 10 q private insti-
tuition, owned by NJ. b. Castle, eui1or
and owner Of the Sandwich Argus.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-27
rxrLosIoNIN RouE

The United states Embassy Has "a
Marrow Escape
RoME, Dec. 81 -- Shortly after ]
O'Clock last night "a potatd WINS eXplod-
I'll close TO the PalsZIi Pigmbinu. The
United States embassy was NOT DAM
aged.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-27
COMMERCIAL.


TnIay's Cleatinr house exchange =
amounted 10 g8s8,05l. Same day
lac, year, S2l2,yUB.
TOpAY's QUOTATIONS.,
New York.-Sllvrr, 5N4'; lead, $500.
L1udou.-5ilveT, ~ 7.l6I.
ORE AND BULLION.
wells, Fargo & 60. received today:
Prnn.buliiou, So ojl.
r. X. Jones q o.. received today;
Base bullion, $500.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-27

TrCBlzJND, Dec. 27-rhe Turkish
garrisons 81 Armenia are beiIB TelA'
forced.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-27

HEAL EsrArE.


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south. range 4 ulbt SAT- Lake
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mart OF section ~. township
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-27
SILKS,
VELVETS,
DRESS GOODS
AND TRIMMINGS,
p Stock Of $4,000

Which will without Prime and les
the Eve OF December slh come, choice Everything
marked n plain figures and displayed centre Of This does
not consist of old stock but Choice. New Goods
Elegant Silks Nc'yc,s and Trimmings. evening and
No lady this opportunity gentleman
should a buy h wife dress We do not the
uuual and clap advertising and desire inform
patrons and Che public object Is to serve two purposes the first
give bargains and the second advertise feeling
assured this will lead Co continued patronage
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-27
Or. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
q Handsome Complexion

o. ono of tho greatest charms woman can
possrss pozzosI'h CoMrLEHIuS PowpHA
gives 10.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-05

ing upon earth dearer to NJ than he.
If he cannot live with me 1 want to die
with him. If he must die l willalways
stay by his body. He may not be able
TO show his love for me, but l shall
never cease to love him, never, never,
never-anG my voice becomes almost a
scream.
My father tries to quiet me, but I
thrust him from me, and as the sobbing
becomes less violent he leaves the
heartbroken boy and his dying playfel-
low lying side by side in the shade.
The afternoon wears away and the
sun is near setting now. Slanting
beams steal in under the overhanging
branches. l raise my head and look at
my dying comrade. The gasps seem
less violent. A throb of hope comes to
me. lean over him and call his name.
But those quick ears are dull now. The
willing feet have battered on their last
errand.
More than dozen years have gone
by since the June day when Rover's
brief life was hushed under the ''old
sweeting tree" yet the memory of that
afternoon is still full of sharp pain and
keen agony: and never see a shepherd
puppy without recalling an orchard
fragrant with new-mown hay, and a
sobbing boy lying under an apple tree
beside his dying playfellow.-W. B.
Sheddan, in st. Louis Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-05
Puff, Purr, Bang.

The growth of new words in our ex-
listing languages is the safest guide to
the origin of language in general.
Such new WORDS are continually arising
from da! to day in our midst. Just at
first the. are usually initiative or ono
matopoec, and more or less inarticu-
late. Tley are deficient in vowels.
The steam engine seems to say to us,
Pr. pr, o'f;' the cat seems to say to
us, ''P'rrl, p'rrr, prrr;' the sound of a
cannon ball, as it strikes the ground,
we represent by "Th'd;" the sound of a
gun we represent by "B'ng." But when
we come 20 use these sounds Familiarity
as parts of language we soon grow to
vocalize them. We say puff, puff, puff;
purr, thud, bang. In proportion as we
use suchwords in composition do they
become more and more articulate and
less and less onomatopoeic, while at
the same time they tend to become
widenedand conventionalized in mean
ing. At.ast, when we talk of whining
wheels, of banging door, of giving a
friend a puff in the papers, or of dex-
terously booming a new invention, we
have almost lost sight of onomatopoeia
altogether. Even when we remark that
the cat purrs, or that we distinctly
heard loud thud at a distance, we
are scarcely conscious of the initiative
intention. -Longman Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-05
rvz-zvraz y " ss'ssesfs So

But never mind the horse: we can af-
ford to let the veterinary journals look
after him.
"Taxpayer' saw it, but he didn't no.
tice it, and if he did he only thought
that it was not more his street than it
was his neighbours street, and why
should he trouble about 1t; and when
next he was called upon to vote fora.
lot of town officers he either didn't
vote at all or if he did vote it was for
the same ones, because, you see, they
had had the experience"
If it is right for the shoe-repairer tc
finish repairing your boots, it is just as
proper to expect the road-repairer to
finish his work as to not only leave it
undone but in many cases make it ac-
tually worse than before. The proper
thing to be done in repairing such a
place would be to pick out the old ma
terial to depth of several inches, thus;
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-05
A BABYLONIAN TRADITION.
Curious Beliefs Concerning the Earth's
First Inhabitants,


From Berosus, a learned Babylonian,
who wrote about the year 260 B. c., the
following curious account of creation
is taken: I'm the beginning all was
darkness and water, and therein were
generated monstrous animals and men
of strange and peculiar form. Some of
these latter were menlike creatures
with two wings, and some even with
four. Some had one head and two
faces; others two heads with a single
face between. Sometimes a single
body would have heads both of the
male and the female. Besides the
above there were men with heads and
horns like goats, men with hoofs like
horses, and some with the upper part
of man joined to the lower parts of
horse, like centaurs. Then there were
bulls with wings and human heads,
dogs with four bodies and with fishes
tails, men and horses with dogs heads,
creatures with heads and bodies like
horses, but with claws like lions and
tails like fish. Besides these there
were other monsters showing mixture
of the forms of various beasts. More
over there were monstrous fish and rep-
tiles and divers other creatures which
had borrowed something from each
others shapes; of all of which the like
nesses are still preserved in the temple
of Belus. X A woman ruled all
these monsters and her name was
Omorlta, which is the same as Chaldee
Thalatth and the Greek Thalassa.
Then Belus appeared. He split the
woman in twain, and of one half of her
he made the heavens and of the other
half the earth, and the monsters which
she had ruled he caused to perish.
And he split the darkness and divided
the heavens from the earth, and put
all the world in order. Belus then com
manded one of the gods to cut off his
head and to mix the blood which
flowed forth with the earth, and to
form man and beast therefrom. So
man was made intelligent, and was a
partaker of wisdom. Likewise Belus
made the stars, the sun, the moon and
the planets st. Louis Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-05
TIE SEA OTTER.

bed of kelp, floating out in the open
sea, on the icy-cold waters of the Pa
cific, and literally rocked in the cradle
of the deep how he was brought up
on the heaving pillows, and, when bed
time came, found a soft resting-place
on his mothers breast. while she
foated upon her back and clasped him
with her paws as he slept; how the
only land he ever knew was the
rugged, rock-bound shores of Alaska
or Washington. Now and then, when
the ocean was very rough, and before
the hunters were so bad, he used to
crawl out upon rock and lie there,
while the roar of the breakers doomed
in his ears and the spray dashed over
him in torrents. But then, it is proba-
BILE that not one woman out Of every
five hundred takes the trouble to learn
the life history of the creature whose
furry coat she wears.
The sea otter is the largest of the
marten family, and is very unlike the
animal after which the family is
named. 1t has thick, clumsy body,
which, with the round, blunt head, is
from three and a half to four feet in
length. Unlike those of all other
offers, the tail is short and stumpy,
being about one-ffth the length of the
head and body. AS if to increase its
value, and hasten it's destruction, the
skin is much larger than the body,
like mis6t coat, and lies loosely upon
it in many folds. For this reason the
stretched pelt is always much wider
and longer than the animal that
wore it.
The coat of the full-grown sea otter
is very dense, very fine, and its color is
shimmering, lustrous black. Ever
since the earliest discovery of the sea
otter by the Russians, its fur has been
eagerly sought by them, and the cash
prices of skins have always been SO
high that there is not, in the whole
United States, museum rich enough
to afford good series of specimens.
Mr.. Charles Il. Townsend, the natural
list of the United States fish commits
sion, writes me that in 1891 the price Of
the best skins had reached $500 each,
and their value has been since increas-
ing. On the northwest coast of the
state of Washington, where sea offers
are still found along a thirty-mile strip
of coast from Gray's harbor, halfway
to Cape Flattery), they are shot by
hunters from tall "derricks" from thir-
ty to forty feet high, erected in the
surf halfway between high tide and
low tide, and the hunter who kills four
offers in year considers his work sue
cessful.
Owing to the persistent hunting that
has been going on ever since Alaska
came into our possession, the sea otter
is rapidly following the buffalo to the
state of determination.
The favorite food of the sea otter is
not fish, as one might suppose from the
habits of the common otter, but clans,
crabs, mussels and sea-urchins. It's
molar teeth are of necessity very
strong for the grinding up of this
rough fare, and the muscles of the
jaws are proportionately powerful
w. T. Hornaday, in st. Nicholas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-05
FARM AND GARDEN.
MACADAM ROADS.
Man, Are Spoiled by Men Who Do Nos
Know How to Repair Them.

Man, Are Spoiled by Men Who Do Nos
Know How to Repair Them.
We copy the following article ire
engraving the cuts from the useful
monthly called Good Roads:
Suppose you had pair of boots
which needed half-soling, and the shoe
maker returned them to you just as
they were, except that he sent two
pieces of sole leather and instructed
you to hold them on the soles until
they became permanent. Now you
think the above very absurd SUPPOSE
ton, and yet if you are a taxpayer you
are helping to pay for just such repair
ing, only it happens to be on roads
which are partly yours instead OF
boots which you alone have to wear.
After years of agitation you succeed
in getting a decent macadam road,
(this is assuming great deal, but we
must start with something). 1t lacks,
however. one very desirable quality
it isn't waterproof; so in time the rain
soaks into it and finds the most porous
spots and the settling begins. The
road often settles before the town
does. AS soon as low spot begins to
develop, it catches more water and
that soals the earth underneath still
more, and the low spot sinks still low
err until it gets almost as low as some
of the politics which prevent its re-
pair. i
''Veritas', notices it and writes to 3
local paper; the next week "OId Sub
scriber" takes it up, and finally Tax
payer" is heard from. Then the editor
suggests that it ought to be attend
ed to. And in time generally just be-
fore election timel the case is acted
upon. When the street was first fin
ished IL looked like this.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-05
HE HIGHLAND COSTUME.
HoS 1t Was Introduced Among the Early
Norwegians.

HoX 1t Was Introduced Among the Early
Norwegians.
first reference to Highland cos
tui occurs in the Saga of Magnus
Bal foot, King of NorwaA 1O93-11O3,
wr Ten by Snorro Sturleson, who was
reafd with the children of that mon
arX daughter. Here it is stated that
Manus and his men, on their return
frf marauding expedition to the
VIZ of Scotland, brought with them
a Heat deal of the habits and fashions
oHs,lothing of these western parts.
Thy went about the streets with bare
LED, and had short kirtles and over
cldks, and therefore his men called
hin Magnus Barefoot or Bareleg."
the thirteenth century we seem to
hay something like a first reference
tLTetual tartans in the statutes of the
cMrch of Aberdeen, which provide
Tat "all ecclesiastics are to be suitably
4pareled, avoiding red, green, and
Striped clothing, and their garments
dali not be shorter than the middle of
lie leg" But it should be noticed that
TIE word tartar" which occurs in the
fIteensh century, in the accounts of
tie lord high treasurer of Scotland,
and which was regarded, by both Borth-
wick and PiRllerton, as meaning tartan,
rally indicates, as pointed out by DIR.
dickson, fabric of eastern origin, fire.
tuently variant" or shot, the warp
sad wool being of contrasting colors.
4 We find, however, true reference to
e. -, in the same accounts, in the
- Sentury; for in August, 1888,
theirs appears an entry for iii. elnis
of Heland tartane to be hoiss to the
kingiS grace" these "hoiss" or trews
being evidently intended to be worn
with zane schort Heland colt" ac-
counted for under the same date
Scottish Review
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-07-05
BAD ROADS EXPENSIVE.
They Entail Heavy Annual Tax on tn
Farmers of America.

FARMERS Oh America
Before the farmers of Ohio can be
induced to girdle the state with pixies
that will cost from three to five thou
sand dollars per mile, they must be as
sured that it will pay in dollars and
cents the men who bear the burdens W
taxation. That it will do so there is
no reasonable doubt in the minds of
thoughtful men, provided honest and
capable workmen are employed, es-
pecially if the farmers can work out
their own share with teams at dull
seasons of the year.
Right thinking people are agreed
that the heaviest tax the farmers pay
is the tax of bad roads. Aside from
the discomfort which they cause, bad
roads are an insuperable bar to social
and commercial intercourse. and sub
ject the farmer to enforced idleness at
a season of the year when much neces-
sary hauling could be done that would
greatly relieve the press of work at
seed time and harvest. With good
roads, farm work need not be crowded
into a brief eight months, but could be
distributed over the entire year. With
good roads farmer would be in posi-
ton to take advantage of an advance
in any article of produce which, under
existing circumstances, he is obliged
to hold until the mud blockade is
lifted. 1t is no exaggeration to say
that the loss q farmer sustains by
reason of bad roads-aside from the
discomfort-would pay heavy annual
tax for the construction of good roads
Ohio Farmer