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but one letter. That was when Jack died"
 "Oh" Miss Templeton pressed both hands to her side, closed her eyes and sank back; her lips apart, her face blanched. The carriage was stopped. As Donald uttered his first nervous inquiry, she opened her eyes, and bid ding bim back, feebly murmured: Its only pleurisy. I'll be-all right presently. Wed better return to the city as quickly as may be. am bet. ter now. Were you frightened?" She sat up gradually and smiled inquisit- lively.
 "Men should know no fright-when a woman is endangered"
 "Are all your theories of manhood consistent with that one?"
 ? T try to feel them so," answered her escort calmly.
 Was, ah, ah, Jack of the same mind?n
 His transcended mine a-l-w-a-y-s, Donald replied sententiously. There was soft tremor in Miss Templeton's voice, lowly pitched. Her features were bathed in new color. how. and gradually cheerfulness expressed itself.
 You were great friends, she said presumingly.
 "Very close friends indeed
 And yet you never communicated with his interesting-I dare say-fas- cinating sister: and why, pray?"
 "That is another unaccountable fea- ture of our comradeship While | heard Jack read extracts from his sis ter's letters, l never even learned her address, presuming of course that if was Inez Bartlett, Calais, Maine. Af- ter Jack died 1 thus addressed let ter. but it was returned, and l after ward learned from Alfredo that Jack had directed him to burn his papers letters and such and all means of learning the lady's whereabouts were unintentionally destroyed
 Did your friend die-of disease, or was he killed?p
 "Oh, no; his disease was a malig- nant fever. He died after weeks agonizing pain. well'recall the sad scene about the bed when 1 read to him the letter he asked me to write to bis sister. He desired me to keep her ignorant of his ill health, lest that, coupled with the death of her mother, the news would break her own spirit. Jack thought the fair decep- tion very pathetic-for he wept when read it. Those days and that scene are swallowed in the past, and l pre- sume life deals with her engagements as fast as sensations are born and die. Here we are at the gate. Let me assist you to the door"
 As they reached the porch, Miss Templeton offered her hand, "l am
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X million of gallons of water equal l33, ,343 cubic feet. An acre of ground contains 43, 560 square feet. Hence g million gallons of water will cover an entire acre of ground over three feet deep.
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ard one June day and came west, ai many young men have done before
 But then that life wont interest you.
 Are you sure it wont-Mr. Wilkes?' she said piquantly. Please tell me al about your Arizona life: all your es capades and fights and and lynching' they do all those things there, don't they? Oh. tell me about the lady whom you say resemble. What wa. she like?-light, dark: good; bad:- what?
 An. see you have taken your idle; of life in Arizona from those roman cers who have magnitied and eXagger ated type of the frontier life unti
 many believe it the whole life. True there have been lynchings in Arizona just as there have been in all new countries; but there are scores o towns and camps that never expert enced such sensations sometime; men fight there, as elsewhere; but tho vast majority are able to live without ever committing breach of the peace and as for escapades-they are gener ally perpetrated by callow 'tenderfeet from the east whose ideas of Arizona and the wild and wooly west arc drawn from yellow-backed novels, and who want to be bad. As to the lady
 from the description of her physical attributes which my chum, her brother Jack"
 Jack yes, ,-that was your friends name" An eager look filled Miss Templetons eyes. She leaned forward, as if anxious to drink in every word, to breathe meaning from the pauses between the words. Donald observed her interest, but enlisted nc appreciation for it. It seemed quite natural of hcr-for she must be an in- tense woman at any view.
 Jack Bartleet, he resumed casu- ally. From Jacks sweet pictures of his sister, should describe her as be- ing tall and 1.-the, with soft, brown eyes: forehead of the Italian type, that which blends into a wealth of black hair so beautifully: pale face, full. round lips. not so thick as to be dull and sensuous: white teeth, rather large.and a pretty throat, pale and white and round and perfectly mod eled in narrow, shapely shoulders and rather voluptuous bust. Do you think her beautiful, handsome, pretty or comely?@
 'She is certainly interesting. But But go on What did you learn of her character; the color of her mind; and what was her heart? But not know ing her at alias you say you could not have learned her so thoroughly"
 "Ah, my dear lady, but l did-at least believe | felt her composition, if the term may be used. To begin with, her brother was very noble fel- low. His devotion to his sister, the lonely hours of a desert life, the pro- pitious sessions for a mutual exchange of the minds of two such fellows as we Jack and l-moyed him to dis cuss her in every phase; until, in six after Jack and l were part ners, felt l knew what manner and nature of woman she was. Her letters, too; they spoke volumes and from between the lines there seemed to issue tho perfume of an affection tha t one rarely observes from sisterwhose frivolity and vanity, at that time of her life, would exclude much deep consideration from a cowboy brother. '
 And you-you learned to love Jacks sister, suppose"
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MARCH CLIMATE AT ARIzOLA.
WEATHER REPORT
For Week Ending Wednesday, March I,.
 1s9s.

As recorded bv the Voluntary Ob- server of the United States Weather Bureau at this point:
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Copyright by the Author and Published in
 THr OASIS by his Permission.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-03
IT RESTS wITH THE COUNCIL.


We publish in another column the
protest of an indignant farmer against
the estray bill which has passed tbs
House. We do SO that attention may
be called to the bill in the Council. II
seems to be regarded by the majority
in the House as a sort of compromise
between the farmers and the stock
owners. We are of the opinion that
the aim should be to do what is right
and just and pay no attention to com
promises
There apears to be something radi-
caiIy wrong in requiring farmers to
fence out animals so as to protect
their crops. The owners of the ami
mails ought to he compelled to take
care Of them and keep them from do
ing injury to others If they do not,
/ they should be responsible for all dam
age that ensues, and the injured par
ties ought to be able easily to recover.
To compel a farmer to spend time
and labor in Ndriving animals that
trespass on his lands. to the estray
pound, which may be far distant, with
out compensation, is certainly unjust
A number Of the Inconvenience and
difficulties which will be caused by the
bin referred to. if it should become a
law, are set forth in the communica
ton from X
We hope the Council will give a hear
ing 10 persons familiar with the trou-
Ibles caused by estrays, before they
pass on the measure that will come to
them from the House The chief diff
Guilty is not with an estray animal or
two that, unknown to the owner, may
intrude on someone's property and do
more or less damage which can be
recovered by the means provided in
the bill 1t is with punches" of stock
turned out to forage for living in
the neighborhood of farms, into which
they make their way, destroying per-
haps more than they are worth. At
any rate doing such damage that the
farmer will have very great trouble
under the bill now on its passage. to
obtain any fair remuneration.
Except on the ranges and away
from the settled portions of the terri
tory the owners Of stock should be
required to keep them in restraint or
under proper care. instead of requiring
she property owner TO be at the ex-
pense and trouble Of fencing them out.
Every man ought to take care Of his
own animals. If he does not, he ought
to be made to pay the damage they
DO whether on fenced on unfenced
propertv The tendency of nest estray
laws is exactly in the wrong direction.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-03
THE oTHER SIDE.

The other side Of the Hawaiian con-
troversy as given by ex-Premier Parker
will be found in this issue of The Her
laid. It should be read by everybody
who has only given heed to the rant
ings of the. anti-Cleveland people We
think a very different view will be
had from the common idea as to the
natives of the Islands which hand
full OF Americans want to control for
their own personal interest
The Hawaiians have been pictured
by the opponents Of the policy Of the
administration as a set of ignorant
savages, a little lower if possible than
the wild American Indians. Their
Queen has been contemptuously re-
ferred to as a disreputable ''weneh,"
and the rights of the inhabitants Of the
Islands, with the exception of what
are called the rights of few Ameri-
cans and other whites living in Homo
lulu, have been entirely disregarded.
The protest of 5000 voters who want
their old government restored and the
Queen returned to the throne. has been.
treated either with silence or as the
noise of a mob who do not know any
thing about what they demand. The
statements of their former Premier
place them in very different light.
It is not pretended that the Hawaiians
are as enlightened, civilized and moral
as their Christian friends who want to
steal their country and rule over them
without their consent. But they are
a people of some education and adj
vancement and they form a nation
recognized as such by the great pow
ers of the world.
It is very easy to get up furore
on any subject that appeals to the
pride and patriotism of the people of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-03
THE BELL TELEPHONE.

The Bell telephone patents expired
on the Goth ult.. after seventeen years
of protection. AS matter of fact the
patents on the original Bell telephone
expired two years ago, but the patent
on the receiver was of a later date.
A local electrician gives it as his
opinion that the monopoly being
broken a big boom among the dealers
in electrical apparatus may be expect
ed. Tens of thousands of telephones
have been made awaiting the time
when the law would allow their sale
There are those who anticipate a
great reduction in telephone tolls as a
result of the competition that must
now Invariably result; but it will prob
ably be years before this is accom-
plished. AS the Bell people say, they
have the machinery, and they have the
lines, and are in a position to defy
competition, or, at least, make the road
of competitors a hard one to travel,
especially in towns where lines are al
ready established.
The free" and unobstructed sale,
outright, of the instruments, however,
may now be accomplished. and this
will prove considerable of a boon to
people living in mining camps who
may wish to connect their various
buildings with each other and use the
'.talking machine"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-03

Congressman Oates is a candidate
i for the governorship of Alabama and
announces himself in the following
frank manner: MY principles are well
known to the people. am Democrat
and stand squarely on the Chicago
platform. My appeal is to the sincere
Democrats of the state. 1 seek no
terms from and make no concession to
the enemies Of organized Democracy.
There should be no issue of administra-
ton and anti-administraticn among
Democrats. While not quite in accord
ance with some of its policies, neither
assail nor condemn the administration
at Washington, but earnestly defend
it, Those are words which all Demo-
Gratis will do well TO ponder upon.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-03

tenants that make a practice of living
III one place as long as poss bic With
out paying any rent and then move
landlord
Some Of these people are men that
earn good wages but spend their mon
| ey foolishly by indulging in things
mat a landlord would not think Of
doing and yet they must be housed at
the expense Of the landlord
why are not the landlords entitled
10 protection as well as the mechanics
with the lien law, the LAWYERS who
are now seeing protection by a lien
raw the clearinghouse keeper. the
merchant, or the banker?
IS II not the landlords that have
expended large sums of money in
building up this beautiful city and by
so dong have they not furnished en-
pioyment to the mechanics and labor
ers, and is it not also the landlords
! tnat have paid largely TO the paving
q our streets, and is it to be expected
mat this class of progressive citizens
VIII continue improving and building
UP IN this direction unless there is
some law that will aid them in col
iecting their rents?
TAX PAYER.
II Taxpayer will take the trouble to
look, he win find that The Herald has
not only said a word in behalf of 1.-THE
poor honest tenant" but good many
words in favor of protection to the
defrauded and outraged landlords ana
landladies.
The grievances Of the latter class
have occupied considerable space in
this paper. We think quite enough to
make their just complaints known. 1t
must be clear to everybody that per-
sons who rent their premises to Others
are often imposed upon by a very un-
worthy class Of people. But the ques-
ton now is, what is the proposed rem
edy? 1t is of no further use to make
complaint The evil is understood or
ought TO be by this time. Now let as
have some practical suggestions as to
cure.
Taxpayer asks if the landlords should
not have protection as much as me-
chanics, lawyers, merchants and bank
ers? Certainly. But in what way is
it to be afforded so as to fit the case?
If merchant or a banker has de-
hnquent customer, all he can do is TO
sue to recover The landlord can do
that, but it is not sufficient, particu-
larly when the exemption act keeps
the hand of the law from touching
the tenants effects.
The bill introduced by request of
some landlords is altogether too ex-
IRENE to pass any just and rational
legislative body. If those who are ag-
grieved will suggest something salts
factory, which will not be open to the
objections that are reasonably had
against the measure introduced, they
may succeed in obtaining some re-
lief.
Landlords ought to have reasonable
protection from dishonest and impe
cunious tenants, and also be able
to get rid Of such trespassers ON their
property without great expense and
difficulty. Now if our friends who suf-
fer will propose something moderate
and practical instead of merely harp
ing on their complaints, The Herald
will be pleased 10 aid them to the full
extent Of its power.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-03

| the country. So the hauling down of
The aas,' the putting down of re-
public to restore a monarchy" and the
SANDERS about the immoral wench, .
as the Queen was called, with other
Misrepresentation of the whole ques-
ton, have served to blind the eyes
of the American public to the peril
Inent facts in the case.
The statemnt of Mr.. Parker is fair,
straightforward. free from passion and
|invective, and ought to receive consider
alton by all fairminded people who
take any interest in the Hawaiian
Question. 1t is not settled, by any
means. For though the native Ha-
waiians are peaceable race, they
know their rights and viii not rest
satisfied to be deprived of their con-
|stitutional government without being
consulted in any way or given voice
lin the conduct of their own affairs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-03

H. M. Blossom, senior member of H.
M, Blossom & Co.. 217 n. Sd ST.. ST.
Louis, writes: / had been left with a.
very distressing cough. the result of
influenza, which nothing seemed to re-
lleVe until took Billiards. Horehound
Syrup. One bottle completely cured me
1 sent one bottle to my sister, who had
q severe cough, and she experienced
immediate relief I always recommend
this syrup to my friends.
John Cranston, 90S Hampshire st.
Quincy, Ill, writes: / have found Bal
lard's Horehound Syrup superior to
any other cough medicine [ have ever
known. It never disappoints. Price.
bOc. Sold by q. G. M. 1. Drug Dept.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-03
FINE FISH.

Fine specimens Of black bass have
been exhibited in the city, taken from
Utah lake They weigh about two
pounds a piece and Mr.. NJ. P. Madsen of
Utah county says they are very plenti-
full in those waters and are a foe to
the sucker and similar common fish.
He states also that the lake is swarm
ing with carp and that if seining for
the common kind Of fish is permitted
all the year round. they will soon be-
come scarce and give place to the
trout, bass, carp and other good varie-
ties.
Mr. a. NJ Musser who knows per-
haps more than any other man in
Utah about the cultivation Of fine
edible fish and what has been done to
promote it in this territory, is strongly
in favor of the establishment Of a
hatchery under the auspices Of the
territory. He says that bass. tout and
carp may be increased by that means
SO as to supply the market at very
low figures, and furnish families with
food which viii be preferable 10 many
articles Of diet now in use. Mr.. Mad
sen joins him in this opinion.
It appears that carp can lie placed on
the cars at Provo in quantities for the
market at three cents a pound. Suck
ers, club and muilet are now shipped
from that point at IL cents pound.
1t seems that the Salt Lake dealers
ought to keep a full supply and that
carp ought not to be sold at so high
a figure as at present.
There is groundless prejudice
among many people against carp; what
has caused it we do not know. There
is no occasion for it, however, and it
is sure to disappear after a little ex-
perience. After three years old carp
is a splendid fish. Before that age it
is apt TO be soft and contain too many
small bones. When matured. that ob-
lection passes away and The fish is
toothsome. nutritious and wholesome.
Black bass is one of the fnest fish
for the table to be had IN these mount
aims. It's production ought to be en-
couraged. a hatchery would be pub
lie benefit. An appropriation by the
legislature void be a wise expenditure
from the territorial treasury. IT would
not be for a private enterprise but for
a public good. The cultivation of
edible fish in the waters of this terri
tory ought to be promoted in every
way that is legitimate
It would be much better for both
the rich and the poor. if less meat,
particularly pork. and more fish were
used for common diet. And if the COM
mon kinds We're run out and the Gner
and better varieties were increased,
the streams and lakes Of Utah would
soon abound with the kinds that are
and in demand, and could
be sold at such prices that fish would
be much cheaper than any other sort
Of meat and the people would be the
better for the change
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-03
STILL THEY COME.

Editor of The Herald:
In your issue of the 31st ult.. 7 no
tice an editorial headed. The cast
iron Landlord Law
Mr.. Editor that article referred n
seems to be very sympathetic for the
poor, honest tenant unable to meet a
demand for rent, which is all very well
but how about the poor, honest land
lord that is unable to pay his taxes
because he is unable to get rent that
is due?
Does not the law compel the tax
collector to sell his properly in de-
fault Of taxes not paid and is not his
property sold? Then why should there
not be law that will compel the ten
ant to pay his house rent and protect
the property owner against dishonest
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-03

It is very easy to cut but not so
easy to restore wages. The Rio Grande.
however. has put back the salaries of
general officers OF the road to the
basis which existed before the reduction
of last September, and it is expected
the other officers Will be similarly treat
ed in about a month
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-03

The Commissioners to locate Univer-
sity lanes are disposing OF various
tracts under the provisions Of the law.
We do not see any Republican attacks
on them row for discharging the du-
tiles of their Office. But then there is
no election pending and that makes a
big difference.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-03

A press dispatch ia relation to a
business failure begins: After the
Democratic tariff began to have its
effect last fall" That shows how silly
and how partisan Associated Press re-
porters frequently are. There was no
Democratic tariff last fall, there is
none yet. How there could be any
effect when the cause did not exist is
q problem that no philosopher would
attempt to solve but is more tit for de-
bate in q lunatic asylum.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-03

The way some Republicans quote the
New York Sun as an oracle on Democ-
racy makes one think of an escaped
nun explaining Catholicism or an an
archist discoursings on constitutional
government and unsophistcated jour
nais are publishing it all as pure gospel
and indisputabie truth
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-03

The doctor who was let down so easy
by Commissioner Pratt viii have to
comply with the law and viii be 81
out of pocket for defying it. unless
The Legislature hurry up and modify
or repeal the present medical law,
which works hardship not only OH
some practitioners but on many of the
.,..1,1;,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-03

The friends of woman suffrage meet
today in the Fourteenth ward assembly
rooms at 2. m. Both ladies and gen
tlemen viii attend and there win be
bright speakers of both sexes. Equal
suffrage is still cause in Utah
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-03

Don't take for news the gossip of
Washington correspondence tinetured
with Republican malevolence. What
the Democrats are going to do about
Utah viii not be disclosed to their
enemies nor viii it be influenced in
any way by what Republicans say or
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-03

The movement in the Legislature to
have women on those boards which
direct institutions where women are
treated or confined. is a step in the
right direction. It is adopted in many
parts Of the country and also abroad,
and is 50 just and proper that it must
strike every progressive mind as a
right thing TO do.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-03

Fantastic and Bedlamic gyrations, .
by which term Mr.. Catchings, of Mis-
sissippi, described Boutelle, Of Maine S
antics on the Hawaiian question, apply
just as forcibly to other anti-adminis-
tration howlers, who seem to have a
sort Of Sandwich Islands nightmare
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-03

Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott and Mrs.
Josephine Shaw Lowell of New York.
write instructive articles for the Feb
ruary number of The Forum Ii is
remarkable that both these writer's.
each treating the subject independently
Of the other, note the fact that the
best solution of the problem Of pow
erty, perhaps, after all. the only solu-
ton. is through She personal work of
well-to-do people objected with discre-
ton toward the personal help Of par
tieular families or individuals. If every
person in comfortable circumstances
were to make it a part Of his duty to
give proper aid and personal enrour-
agement 10 some other person less for
tunately situated. the whole problem
of poverty would disappear-except, of
course, that portion of it which nothing
can cure. the portion that has its orr
sin ia a helpless breakdown of char
actsr or Of health, or both.