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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23

| marked the Scandahzed old clerk. as
| he succeeded in Inducing the parson
into his official robes.
Failure to catch the hint conveyed
under a phrase is a frequent cause Of
Misunderstanding. A raw Highland
student, visiting at the house of some
! Glasgow acquaintance, greatly exer-
cised his hostess by his behavior at the
breakfast table. where, finding the
bones Of some fish he was eating some
what in the way upon his plate he
proceeded to scatter them about him
on the floor.
Don't trouble about your fish-bones,''
Mr.. -; I'll give you another plate"
said the lady. trembling for her new
j carpet
ooh, it's nae trouble at a., mem. 1
assure ye; I'm no troubled WI the
banes," replied the obtuse student, and
| went ON cneerfully scattering his bones
/ as before.
| How often on rustic tombstones or
| country sign-boards do we come upon
what may be described as lost aIlu-
sions," phrases or jests comprehensive
to their original inditers and their con-
temporaries, but whose point is now
wholly forgotten. In the weE-known
old curiosity shop at Falmouth is an
antique sign-board, which sets forth:
Here lives Jerry Showed,
That cleans the road
For publcans and sinners
But not for those chapel folks,
But only for those who bring their Gin
ners.
How flerceiy religious differences
must have ragged in the place where
this Jerry Showed once had his Sun
day baking! And what volume of
local history is doubtless compressed
into that allusion to the "cnapel folk"
who are rated as lower than ''publi-
cans and sinners!' Could these good
folks have held Sabbatarian views and
attempted to stop Jerry's Sunday bust
ness? To present day readers the allu-
sipn is but a lost one. The illusions of
poets are too often wasted upon pro-
sale readers, but a case mentioned by
Mr.. Clifford Harrison is pehaps ex-
ceptional AT one of his recttals he
overheard lady, scanning the pro-
gramme, cfleerfully remark: what
comes next? The Dead Pam All!
something funny about bad cooking. l
suppose" On the other hand, mag
mary illusions have sometimes been
found, as in the case Of Thackerav's
wicked comment on the new red and
white carpet at his publishers. High
ly symbolical, Mr.. -, for you know
you wade in authors blood and brainsp'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23

their sulplus invested In these bonds
so that the government payments in
Utah on January / will aggregate q
very handsome sum.
1t is more than likely that the Union
Pacific win default the payment OF
interest on the bonds of its Utah
branch roads. One payment became
due on July l, but was not met, and
another will be delinquent after the
first of the new year. These bonds
draw z per cent and the issue for the
roads south OF Salt Lake is 81, 200, 900
Many of these bonds are held by Utah
people and the lack of earnings is cut
ting pretty close.
The Rio Grande Western will be
among the interest payers on the first
It's bond coupons are payable in New
York
In addition the territory Of Utah and
Salt Lake city must meet their regulal
interest payments. The city will pay
$31, 2SO0 on s1,24S.0 900, while the terri
torial payment will reach S17,500.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
FACTS IN SCIENCE.

India, in its Bo trees, has the Oldest
trees in the world.
Homboldt describes the oak tree which
he saw in France, ninety feet in cirCum-
ference at the base, and estimated to be
1900 years old.
A gigantic camelia is growing near the
royal castle, at Pillnitz, near Dresden,
Germany. The tree is twenty-f0ur feet
high, and produces annually, at least
900 blossoms.
The dragon tree CDracaena draco) is
an old settler in the Canary islands. A
colossus of this family grew to be eight
feet in circumference at the base, was
hollow inside. with a stairway for Wis
itorS to ascend to the top of the trunk.
The giant fell in 1867.
The winter days in Sweden are only
of the peninsula, the sun does not rise
once in two months. This is made up
for, however, by the sunny summer In
the north the sun does not set for weeks
and weeks, an endless day. The most
glorious sight of all the northland is the
midnight sun.
AS far as is known, swallows Inigra-
tory flights are always carried on by day.
The fact that, though warblerS and other
migrants are constantly found dead
around lighthouses having dashed them
selves against the windows OF the IAN
terms, swallows have never been known
to meet their fate in this way, furnishes
strong presumptive evidence of this Pc
culfarity of the swallow tribe
Enormous numbers of robins congre-
gate nightly in a marsh near st. Louis.
Every winters night the trees are laden
with the birds at roost. AT daybreak
they rise together in a dense. cloud, and
in few minutes the place IS deserted
The birds fly to their various feeding
places, fifty or one hundred miles away,
and return every evening to the common
shelter, as long as the cold weather
lasts.
Observations and calculations have led
Mr.. A. MalIack to conclude that insects
do not see well, especially at q. distance.
Their composite eye, however, has an adj
vantage over the simple eye, in the fact
that there is hardly any practical limit
to the nearDess OF objects it can exam
inc The best insect eye examined would
give q picture about as good as II exc
cuted in rather coarse wool work. and
viewed at a distance of a foot.
It is now well established as a result
OF the studies of lie Conte. Hunt, Spen-
Ger, A. Agassiz and others. that the
winds and ocean currents very largely
determine the position and shape Of
circular coral islands, or atollS. In the
case of plants, besides the action Of
gravity and of light, their shape is
| doubtless influenced by currents of air.
And these physical causes have also a
potent influence in determining the plant
like shape of fixed ANIMALS, like sponges,
polyps, and all animals whose symmetry
is radiate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23

January 1st always marks a crisis
In the financial and commercial world,
for upon that date payments of unu-
sual magnitude must be made. Then
usually comes due notes and accounts
and if the principal is not paid the
interest must be met. The first of the
year always witnesses a sort Of over
turning OF the affairs of men and in
some instances the arrival of the day
means disaster for some-only those.
however, who are not prepared for the
maturity of their obligations. Fortut
nately for the people Of this territory
things are on the mend and the condi-
tions which existed just before the
first of The present year are Of the
past. The year just drawing to a close
has been one of recuperation and, with
the exception of the silver-lead mining
industry, all of Utah's interests have
prospered. Bank deposits, both COM
nercial and savings, have increased
materially and general business is ever
on the upward grade.
The interest payments which are TO
be made ON the first of the year by
territorial institutions will aggregate
q very large sum, but in return the
government will pay into the Golfers
OF Utah bond holders in the neighbour
hood of $4,000.
,AssThe heaviest interest payer Of the
Territory, with the exception of Salt
Lake city and the railroads, is the
Salt Lake and Ogden Gas and Elec>
trio Light company. Upon two thirds
of the bond issue, or 100000, the
company will pay 6 per cent interest
the remaining 100000 not having been
placed.
Next on the list Of January payers
IS the Salt Lake City Railroad cons
pany. with a 100000 issue. which also
draws 6 per cent.
In order % accommodate its bond
holders. maly Of whom are local PEG,
pie, the S Valley Railroad COM
pany, bonded for $15O,OOO. of $1,000 per
mile, has made both Ogden and New
York interest paying points. Hereto>
fore 1t has been necessary to send the
coupons to New York, but now they
will be paid at the First National
3 bank, Of Ogden. These bonds draw 0
ger cent.
Six OF Salt Lakes banking instItu,
tons hold government bonds, four ma
Jional, one private and one state. Semi
annual interest on all 4 per cent. gov,
eminent paper is paid on the first day
of January and in consequence the To-
cal banks which deem the bonds ad-
llnraOle security, VIII jointly receive
Athe sum OF $1,000 from the United
States treasury as earnings.
OF the bond holding banks the Des,
eret National takes the lead with $780,,
GOO. This institution has recently ill.,
vested its entire surplus in govern,
IIhents, the remainder being 5 per cents.
Walker Brothers Banking company is
Second on the list with S135, GOO to its
credit, and the Desereu Savings qbank
third, with 100000. Each of the re-
naming national banks, the CONNER,
cial National, Utah National and Ma
tional bank OF the Republic, are cred,
tied with $4,000 each. None OF the
other banks of the city have invested
in government securities. except the
Sank Of Salt Lake, formerly the Amer,
lean National which held $4,000 worth
but has recently disposed of the paper.
In addition to the banks quite "a
number of private citizens have
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
Land oaice Matters.

Yesterdays business in the United
States land Office was as follows:
Harvey NJ. Bacon, of Brigham CITY.
Box Elder county, formerly of Salt
Lake., final proof of desert land entry
to the west half of the northwest quar-,
ter. and west half of the southwest
quarter, and the southeast quarter of
the northwest quarter of section %,
township north, range west.
James S. Carlisle, of Miller, Sal,
Lake county, final proof of homestead
entry of lot 2. block 2, township .
south, range / west.
John McNally, Dan Harrington and
r. D. Mcdonald. final payment for
mineral entry OF the Antelope mining
claim, located in West Mountain min.
ing district, Salt Lake county.
Agricultural patents from the gem
erai land office at Washington, three
in number, have been received as per
the subjoined list:
No. 4,162, Joseph NJ. Stokes, of Hoop
er, Davis county, 40 acres.
No. 4163, John Gather, of Salt Lake
city, 159.7S acres.
No. 4,1S2, Martin Freeburg, of Brig,
ham City, Box Elder county, $50 acres.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
Marvellous Results.

From letter written by Rev. J. Gun
derman, of Dimondale, Mich, we are
permitted to make this extract: Il
have no hesitation in recommending
DR. Kings New Discovery, as the re-
suits were almost marvellous in the
case of my wife. While 1 was pastor
of the Baptist church at Rives juno
ton she was brought down with Pneu-
monia succeeding La Grippe. Terrible
paroxys1ns Of coughing would last
hours with little interruption, and it
seemed as if she could not survive
them. A friend recommended DR..
Kings New Discovery; it was quick in
it's work and highly satisfactory in re-
suits" Trial bottles free at z. c. NJ. L.
drug department. Regular size Soc
and $1.00.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
THAT HOT SPRINGS DEAL.
Incorporation of the New Company
Has Been Effected.

Articles Of incorporation Of the Beck s
Hot. Springs company were filed in the
office of the county clerk yesterday.
The object and pursuit of the company
is declared TO be for establishing and
conducting health. pleasure and bath
ing resort at Becks Hot Springs; erect
ing and conducting thereat hotels and
sanitariums; to utilize and sell the
waters of said springs and the heat
therefrom for floral, horticultural.
gardening and other purposes, and to
purchase the springs property ard lay
the same off into lots for sale or other
disposition. The capital stock is fixed
at S25O00O, divided into $500 unassessa-
BILE shares of the par value. of 500
each. John Beck has subscribed to q
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
No.

''Nop The wcrd
Fell upon my ears
Like the knell of funeral bell.
had foEdly expected
A whispered Yes that
Would steal into my soul
Like the song of an angel
From some distant Alden.
l arose and brushed off
The knees of my trousers.
Farewell I said, you have ruined my
Nonsense, she replied in the cold cut
ting voice
or a woman who had been used to 500
bills
And a coupe:
"There have been thirty-seven before you
and they
Are all married and happy now
You see I know all about young men,
Il do not think a young timid girl
Should No SO much" l answered. And
going out
Carefully escorted by the butler, for
there was
better oyerccat than mine in the halD,
l left her alone and unloved-With no one
to care for her
Save a couple of dozen servants
And a doting father and mother.
Tom Hall.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
NO MORE CALLS ron WARRANTS,
County Treasurer Lynn Will Hold
Up Until January First.


Up Until January First.
County Treasurer Lynn has decided
to make no more calls for the pfesen-
tation of registered warrants for pay
ment until after the first of the new
year, in order that his accounts may
be in good shape on the day named
and not thrown out by the rush always
attendant upon one of these calls. He
is now paying to No. 5,999, the last call
having been made on Wednesday.
The members of the county court
give Is a reason for the great increase
in appropriations during the past week
their desire to get the table clear of
all business and unpaid claims in order
that a clean sheet may be presented
TO the incoming board. AS a result
of that desire the floating debt of Salt
Lake county has during the week
jumped up from SS1SOOO to in the
neighborhood of $685. and all Of the
just claims have not yet been al
lowed. There are several payments
yet due on the State street macadam-
izing and the joint city and county
building, and their allowance would
materially swell the floating debt,
which is now many thousand dollars
above its highest previous mark Upon
all of this money borrowed from the
creditors of the county, 8 per cent in
terest is being paid, and the interest Of
the county for the past two years will
represent a handsome sum.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
RYAN AND REAaI CATTLE SOLD.
>. n. Hickman Secured Them
Seven Dollars Each.

Seven Dollars Each.
Having fled bond in the sum of
$4,000, J. r. Hickman, Of Juab county,
was yesterday afternoon awarded the
contract for purchasing $500 head of
cattle for the Ryan & Ream Cattle COM
pany, now in the hands Of a receiver,
or as many more as can be delivered.
The matter was taken before Judge
Merritt by Receiver Barry and his at
torneys and several bids We're present.
ed, the two highest being those of Ora
HALEY, Of Laramie, and Hickman. The
former offered $3.50 per head and the
latter 81. Hickman secured the cattle,
but was compelled to file bond.
For some time past the receiver has
had men on the ranges gathering the
cattle and quite bunch is now held at
Pine Grove, southwest Of Milford The
delivery is to take place just as soon
as the stock can be gathered All Of
the cattle are poor and it Will require
much care to pull them through the
winter. There should be in the neigh
oorhood of 1000 head, but the loss has
been heavy
1t has been light week at the Union
Stock yards, due greatly to the heavy
stocking up by the. butchers during the
week before OF cattle ESQ head were
received, 215 hogs. ga sheep and seven
calves. The Utah Strengthening com
pany took all OF the cattle and sheen.
and I'll hogs, while Stephens & "a,
took the remainder.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23

496 shares and the other incorpurators,
four in number. have taken one share
each. Until the second Tuesday iii July,
1885. John Beck will act as PRESIDENT
G. s. Holmes, yice-presi dent; Walter j..
Beatie, secretary; rank Knox, treas
urer. and these togel her with Simon
Bamberger. forrnsthe board of directors
In full payment OF the capital stock
the company has taken the 3eck.s Hot
Springs property, just north Of this
city, containing nearly ninety acres. be-
sides a half interest in the McDuff cold
spring and stream. on the mountain
side above the hot springs, subject
however. to the lien Of a trust deed in
favor of II. John INITIAL and Sam j.
Kenyon. bearing date Of January 1,
1884, to secure the payment OF certain
pr nliss7ry notes ex cItel by John Beck
TO Simon Banabeyger.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
srREET cAR conversation.

To list to BoSton's citizens
Who ride in flying cars,
Is better than longed-for trip
To Venus or to Marsi
One eve I heard lady say
Unto a friend of hers:
Don't look there now, but presently
Observe that girl in furs.
Her father was a DR.. s..
I think he died abroad;
(She is not looking now. You know
She's Uncle Edmunds ward.
This spring she'll marry Horace Co
(rhe match is too absurdl.
Oh, Sal, she's looking at us hard,
Z 1 wonder if she heard?''
81 hardly think so, friend, go on
About this Horace G..
I'm almost sure l met him at
The CheSter'S crimson tea
You surely did. How well he locked
Oh. dear. we've ridden by
The station-these small street car griefs
Cause many a. weary sigh?
So through the crowd that always comes
With 6 O'Clock at eve,
They pushed their way, and finally
Were just allowed to leave.
'eWho are the ladies' just got out?"
Asked "CholIie'' Of his friend.
81 neither know, nor care" said hes
Not meaning to offend.
''But. dash it all sweet Chollie said.
7'The last one dropped note;
AS she arose to so, it fell
From underneath her coat"
''Well, pick it up SAID Chollie's friend.
at looks as if it were
Quite ready for the letter box,
Well mail the note for her"
So Chollie picked the missive UPS
With boyiSh gallantry;
Observing that 1T was addressed
To Mr.. Horace G.
The girl in furs perused it, too.
And seemed as if to speak;
But no word came, save one bright tear
That softly blest her cheek.
Just then a hard voice called my street,
Through all the wintry night;
With one regretful look 1 left
A romance at its height.
Franklin Lewis.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
Notice to water Rate Payers.

The Board Of Equalization appoint
ed to hear grievances from water-rate
payers as to alleged excessive or
wrongful assessments will sit in the
council chamber. Wednesday evening.
December 5, 1884. at 7:30 p. M, and
continue in session each evening until
further notice BY order of the City
Council H. L. DUKE,
City Treasurer
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
QUEER. BITS OF TASTE.
peo,le who Must Have Oysters and
Indian Corn Raw.

A Belgian living in Virginia COM
plains that his friends az home can
not be induced to cook the oysters he
sends over, because they have always
been accustomed to eat oyster raw
The Belgian exhibit a like conserve
tism touching Indian corn meal.
In this, however, they have many
imitators in the United States. Moth
ing surprises the southerner- more than
the distaste of northerners for corn
bread of all sorts The northern pal
ate demands that corn meal shall be
adulterated with wheat -four, a mix
ture that the real southerner, brought
up on corn bread, despises.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
SHOULD BE TWO MILLIONS.
Increase of This Years Bank Clear
ings Over Last.

Salt Lakes clearings for 1894 will be
about s2,OOO,OOO in excess of the 1879:
record, which is looked upon by local
financiers as a splendid showing. When
ne balanced his books yesterday Man
ager Hawley, of the clearing house
found that the total to date was over
S5S 800, 900 and the increase over the cor
responding period OF last year is very
healthy 1t is growing weekly.
The same week in 1898 having been a
heavy one the clearings for the past
week do not show the usual percentage
of increase. The clearings were s1,372,
rs. as compared with s1,353, 443 for the
same week last year. For the day they
were 1929, 3o5, as against S216.7 for the
same day in 1893.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
Visit Your Old Home During the
Holidays.

In order that all who desire it may
visit their old homes during the holiday S
a. lew rate, the Rio Grande Western
announces that on December "a, %, 81
and January / they will sell round trip
tickets between any two points on their
line at one single fare for tine round
trip. Tickets are good to return until
January 4.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
JANUARYIN1BRESI PAYERS
! Approaching Crisis in Financial
and Commercial Circles.
BONDS OF UTAH COMPANIES
UNION PACIFIC WILL AGAIN DE.
FAULT ITS INTEREST.

Nreasurer Lynn viii Call For No
More Warrants Until After jan
uary First-Increase in Bank
CIearinEs-BecE's Hot Springs In
corporated-Ryan and Ream Cat
tie Sold.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-23
THE PERFECTED GRAPHOPHONE.
ARE YOU AWARE

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The advocate., 1894-04-11
The Equilibrium of Busines,.

extracts respecting existing COnditions.-
EDITOR.
At sD auction sale in Salem, Ore, the
other day, horses brought only $3.50,
hogs 81 so, COWS sS, plows 80 cents, and
90 on-and this to satisfy q mortgage
debt contracted under market condi-
tions which, If maintained, would have
enabled the farmer to pay his obligation
from the product Of the soil.
In Seattle, Wash, the owners Of Q
business block worth $250,000 three
years ago are now convinced that il will
not bring under the hammer the amount
of the $4,000 mortgage. Ten thousand
people have left Oregon alone since last
spring on account OF the hard times, and
the labor unions are warning their
brothers Of the East not to be misled by
the optimistic resolutions of boards Of
trade, as times are desperately dull, and
there is no sign OF improvement.
The distress which for years has
afflicted the farming districts Of Kansas,
Nebraska, the Dskotas, and the prairie
West is beginning to reach the cities Of
those states. A charitable organization
in Omaha, Neb., having exhausted It's
funds in the distribution Of thousands Of
pounds Of provisions among the desti-
tute, hes issued an appeal to the well-to-
do containing this passage:
"If you have been doing your own
housework, or q little more Of it than
you have been accustomed to, in order
to help the poor; il you have done more
Of your own sewing, washing, or mind
ing The baby than formerly, in conse-
quence Of the hard times, in the name
of our Lord Jesus don't do it! You can
afford to be saving in the line of books,
pictures, or new carpets for the spring
house decorations, which are 80 much
needed, but you cannot afford to be say"
ing when it comes to the hiring of work
done in the renovation Of your homes.
You need the help; they need the pay
for it; and you can get a class OF house
cleaners and day help such as you never
had before, who know how to wash win
dows without soiling the paper and fur
niture, because they have done it for
themselves, and who can work for you
without humiliation, but who could not
accept your charity without sting of
shame, which might take years to re-
move from their thoughts"
The distress among the unemployed is
doubly acute in consequence Of the arti-
ficially high market price of certain COM
modities. Bitumnous coal, which is
mined at q cost Of less than 81 per ton,
sells fer S6 and 81 in Omaha, and snthrR'
cite for Sl3 and $14. You can buy in
Omaha provision stores two chickens for
q quarter, and they can be cooked. as iB
often done by the farmers, over q IRE
made of % cent corn (Which costs %
cents to rsise) or Of $l4 coal (whose cost
at the pits mouth is about 80 Cents).
The owner of small mine in Penn
sylvanis village has accumulated
competence by taking out coal and
trucking it about town for sl.75 and
81 per ton. His cousin, living in
Massachusetts, city, paid 1915 per ton
last autumn for his winters supply.
The wage worker in the mines is not
beneficiary Of the coal monopoly. The