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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-30

Senator Perkins, of California, began at
the lowest round of the ladder and had to
go TO the top many a time when he'd
rather not 1t was a rope ladder and he
was cabin boy at the time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-30

Hoods Sarsaparilla, acting through
the blood, reaches every part of the
system, and in this way positively
cures catarrh
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-30

Try Carey's Cement Roofing. The
best j. Mattress & Co. los West South
Temple street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-30

The purity and goodness of DR..
Prices Baking Powder are household
words
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-30

We. are prepared TO fill orders for
coal, lump, stove. and nut. Yard, 221
West Third South st. Telephone No.
All. Weber Coal Co.
W. ]. MONTGOMERY. Agent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-30
Ne. Grants canvass is wei under wav

Mr. Grants canvass is well under way
1t is gaining votes, some of them from
the organizations allied against Tam
many. There must be no mistake about
the strength or skill of the enemy. Tam
win, and it is in the citadel. To dis.
lodge it and free the city from its rule
the Seventy and their allies must raise
up q great army of liberia tion.-N.
Times.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-30
For Letter Heads.

Bill heads. statements, ball tickets
and all kinds Of job work send to The
Herald. Quick work and reasonable
prices assured.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-30

win and it is in the citadel. To dis.
lodge it and free the city from its rule
the Seventy and their allies must raise
up great army of liberation.-N. Y
Times.
The campaign now at its very height
is remarkable in more ways than one.
1t is remarkable for the widespread in
terest exhibited by the people who are
usually apathetic toward politics in
off" years. 1t is remarkable for the
sharp lines that have been drawn be
tween the contestants in so many states.
1t is remarkable also for the Immense
amount of campaign speaking that has
been done and is being done.-omaha
Bee.
publican Doodle and the influence of a
cohort of Republican leaders, William i.
Wilson is making a noble campaign in
the district which is honored by his rep
resentation in Congress. He is fighting
fearful odds but he meets them with the
same undaunted courage with which on
the floor of Congress he met and defeat
ed the trusts and monopolies The whole
country is looking on this contest. It at
tracts almost as much attention as the
campaign in the great state of New
York.-Atlanta Journal.
The first important cut in wages oc-
CURED in 1873, during. the panic OF that
year. 1t was promised that it would only
be temporary, but the, pledge of restor-
alton was never fulfilled. Ever since that
time the tendency of wages has beer
downward, until the elimination was
reached in 1892, in a series of strikes
which closed up nearly all the industrial
enterprises and resulted in the bloody
riot at Homestead. Mr.. Reed must GER
tainly be aware of these facts unless he
is entirely Obvious to everything except
nendacity is amazing.-Kansas City
Times.
October 6, 1890, the Mckinley bill went
into effect. The result was n paralysis OF
many lines of trade and failures followed
an era of industrial depression such as the
country never before experienced. Manu-
factories of all kinds closed their doors and
honest artisans were thrown out of EN-.
ployment to become wanderers over the
land seeking for a pittance to stay their
hunger. In 1888 the failures reached the
ties aggrega ting 1881, 422, 9Se. That is the
record of the Mckinley bill as shown in
the commercial and industrial life of the
ration.-Chicago Times.
The report of the court of inquiry on
the conduct of the national guard in the
ill-Starred Sacramento campaign of last
summer gives official confirmation to
the opinions already formed by the pub
lie. When the first newspaper accounts
of the failure came in there was a gem
eral disposition to blame the troops for
cowarGice, insubordination and other I'M
military qualities, but 1t soon became
evident that the fault really lay. not
with the privates,, but with the officers
Properly led, the rank and file of the
national guard would have cleared out
the Sacramento depot on the Fourth of
July as easily as the regulars did it a
week later.-S. +. Examiner.
This is not the proper time to revive
old controversies; il is sufficient for us
to recognize now the unquestioned ability
of General Mcclellan in the organiza-
ton Of armies, the skill with which he
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-30

James Muliigan, the United States con-
sui at Samoa, writes to a friend in Lex
Mgton, KY, that Robert Louis Stevenson
IS very lively man for one that is sup
POSED 70 be in bad health. He plays ten
mis- for hours and no one can outlast him
at a dance. He will put off writing a
story at any time to attend u ball.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-30

For observation-disclosures Jensen, oi
sandy, Herman Bamberger, OF SAL
Lake, b. Is. Quinn, of bingham.
For Sherin-Thomas II. Lewis.
For Assessor-Frank Y. Taylor.
For CoIIector-Andrew @. BrfHen.
For RecOrder-Gideon A. Gibbs.
For CIerk-h y. MeIOy.
For Treasurer-Cyrus L. Hawley.
For Attorney-John NJ. Cannon.
Tor sGrSeyor-Charles s. wilkes.
Tor Coroner-C. A. CarIquist.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-30

From Ruw enyori, in Central Africa,
Mr. Scott Elliot, who is exploring the
country reports a curious fact in natural
history. The cattle there having all been
to man-hunting and have changed their
habits in consequence. Instead of roaring
on the trail as is their custom. they do
not utter a sound Mr. Scott Elliot had
two men injured and another carried
away within a hundred yards OF MIN
without hearing any noise.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-30

Eugene Oudin, who was stricken with
paralysis in London, while singing at a
concert, was, a few years ago, fovorite
baritone with the McCaull and other
companies. He married Louise Parker,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-30

Constitutional Delegates for dis
Srict in Salt Lake County outside of
Salt Lake Cftys
j. s. RayvIins, Heber Bennion, A. n.
Cherry, Charles Humphrey, John G.
aIacIzay, N. III. HaIIstrom, ID. o. Ride
out, Jr., II. L. Miller
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-30
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
GENERAL ELECTION, NOV, 6, 1894
FOR DELEGATE 10 CONGRESS-;
JOSEPH L. RAWLINS.
For Commissioners to Locate Unis
verEity Lands;

Thomas Griffin, Cache County,
Israel EvRns, Btah County,
Peter Greaves, mr., sanpete County.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-30

H. somers Somerset, a son of Lady
Boston-where his mother has taken up
her residence for the winter-from a
shooting and exploring trip through the
Canadian northwest. Athabasca, he says,
is an unbroken wilderness, where pack
horses are of little use. While travelling
through it his party. owing to the lack of
game, were compelled to live on horse
flesh.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-30

Archbishop Cleary, Roman Catholic, of
Kingston, says DR. A. mcdonnell. who
The latter gentleman was created a car
dinal by Pope Plus VIII in 1923. as a re-
ward for his work in helping to pass the
Catholic emancipation bill, and Arch
bishop Cleary says he was the first En-
glishman raised 10 the sacred purple since
the reign of Henry VIII.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-30

More than 200 French cities have re-
solved TO erect statues in honor of the
late President Carnot, and it is expeced
that soon almost every French town will
have a Carnot street or square. Hitherto
Gambetta has had the lead, 40 streets
being named after him Hugo follows
with $40, and Theirs with 200.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-10-30

Oliver Wendell Holmes was not so far
from being born Georgian. His father
Rev. Abel Holmes, preached nearly six
county Georgia. Its site is still marked
The poet was born two years after his
fathers removal to Boston.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-04-14
= iestic oriental Idol.

The great attraction of Kamakura
and one of the jewels of Japan is the
Daibutsu, or great bronze Buddha.
We approach it through three-lined
avenue aud get the first and best view
of it at distance of some 200 feet II
is a sitting figure, 80 feet inches
high, 81 feet inches in circumference.
The face is 8 feet inches long and
from ear to ear IL feet inches wide.
The ewes. which are pure gold, are
nearly Q feet long. The circumference
of the thumb is feet These figures
give some idea Of the size, and the fig
ure is elevated on stone platform
some 10 to Is feet above the person ap
proaching it. But no description car
convey an idea of the majesty OF thu
face. It is bent gently forward rs II II
brooding contemplation OF the infinite
It represents perfect peace-tie re
pose Of the attained Niryana. = Hostol
Herald,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-04-14
TN SHADOW.lAND.

The pennon at his PROV 70 float
No breeze along the islet sweeps;
Dit round and round tho swaying boat
The indolent. slow eddy creeps.
- yestcr ere or yester year
lie Grifted on this idle strand
Who knows, Time has no measure hers
In Shadow-Land
Ter one perpetual season flowers,
And knows no change Of sun or moon
To mark the never-raryirg hours
From dawn 10 dusk, from night 10 noon;
Nor song Of bird, nor breath Of rose.
But stu and far, on either hand,
The lily blows. the water flows,
In Shsdow-Land
That soft, unceasin5 ripple rocks
The kesI that with II seems TO glide
And to his dreaming fancy mocks
The motion of an onward tide
Dim shapes his half-shut eyelids MI,
He hears the wave wash on The sand,
Nor guesses that he fingers still
In shadov-Land
Awake, daliier with . dream
That only in thy fancy dweils'
Push out into thy open stream
Beyond these poisoned honey belisl
Let the strong wind asunder rift
The drowey fragrance round thee Tanned
:. Or perish OF its deadly drift
In Shadow-Landi
kate Putnam Osgood, in n. \. Independent
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-04-14

The imperial eagle, the largest OF
the species known, flies to a height OF
from ten thousand to fifteen Thousand
feet. 1t is native of South America
and its habitat is among the lofty
mountains OF that country. Its power
of flying to high attitudes is only cx-
ceeded by the condor of the Andes,
which is said to have attained the
height of six miles, or within one mile
of the greatest height ever attained 1V
a balloon. The eagle sails in the air
at heights ranging from three 10 FIVE
miles, and when seen to soar upward
by an observer on the earths surface
disappears from sight in about three
minutes. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-04-14
sratrImonial Item.

Charlie Mclean, of Galveston. mar
ricd for money. His wife WAS neither
Young nor handsome when he married
her, and she has not become since. As
might be expected, Mclean does not
treat her with any great amount Of
tenderness. She could not help observ'
ing it, so she said to him:
.Charles, other men love their wives
hut you hardly ever look at me.
.sfhat is the best proof Of my affec
ton. responded Charles. sHow can
love you atallif look vt you2"-Texa'
Eiftingx
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-04-14
a word That Needs ChaDe.ns.

How much better it would be if the
mast tense of the verb read could be
changed to red" The verb read"
would then form the past tense ("red'')
analogously with the verb lead" and
that tense. as in the case OF '1es d, 7"
would then be spelled as it is pro-
nounccd, .sred." When person is
reading aloud and comes to the word
..read.r he is often unable to tell
whether it should be pronounced reed
or ssred,'' and after mispronouncing il
freed when it should be pronounced
ered.r or vice versa, he is obliged, after
getting into the midst OF q SEN
tcncc, to GO back and set him
IseH right. Take. for example, the
following sentence and nobody car
tell. when he reaches the WORD
| .sread.n whether it should be pro
nounced s.recd- or red ''Those whit
read Sir Walter SCOTS novel OF Ed
ward Waverley' when it first appeared
did not know by whom it was written.
In this example read is to be pro
nounced fred, /" but nobody would know
this till reaching subsequent part o
the sentence, and the reader is just a
apt to mispronouncc it reed" as t
give il the correct pronunciation
fred" In the sentence given as an ez
ample the reader learns soon afte
passinr the word read" how it shout
be.pronounced but in many cases ON
has to proceed quite q distance afte
| reaching the word before the contex
shows how it should be pronounced
Boston Transcript.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-04-14
PRINCE ALeERr's TOMB.
The Public Admitted to the MausOleufn
Only One Day In tho Year.

The Public Admitted TO the MausOhou"a
Only One Day In the Year.
The third Sunday in Advent, 1861,
when every church bell announced the
death of the prince consort, will never
be forgotten by those who felt the
gloom in which the metropolis was
shrouded and heard the sobs of those
who knew him when his name was
omitted in the prayers. Singularly
enough the same Sunday in 1871 was
the crisis of the prince of Wales ILL
ness. The nation always views with
sympathetic interest the gathering OF
the royal family in piam memoriam.
That day is the only occasion in the
year whereon it is possible for the gen.
eral public to gain access to the in
terror of the royal mausoleum at Frog
| more. Tickets are issued, nominaiiy
to the residents of Windsor, for this
purpose, and there is always an eager
crowd of visitors. 1t has been remarked
by old park-retainers that the day has
almost invariably been accompanied
with stormy weather. So we'll is the
fact recognized that huge umbrella
stands are always provided for the con
venienence of visitors. The drainage
| of the ornamental water at Frogmort
will in year orstwo produced marked
effect upon the approaches to the
shrine, which are sodden and aimos
impossible in wet weather.
The general dampness is wildly re
aected in the condition of the fresc'
painting of the interior. which is II
places dingy and discolored. On tn
other hand, the statuary marble is,
one would expect from the absence Q
artificial light, prematurely brigh
and brilliant. The large supply Q
chairs which for some time has bee
kept permanently in the domica
chamber will now be no longer n
ouired. because the Encouragement {
the private chapel in the castle make
i It unnecessary for the queen to resort t
Frogmore for. worship on Sunda
| mornings. There. is no pulpit, an
the brief hortatory words included
i the memorial celebration are spoke
: by the dean from the altar, which ma
, a slight elevation, and is provided wit
: special service books. deliberately bour
ia white and gold. Westminster q
e zette.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-04-14

"A few Of the figures of animals
that are sold for lawn ornaments and
other uses are made OF iron, but they
are generally made of cast zinc, with .
bronze paint finish. The animal fg-
ures most in demand are deer, dogs and
lions. Deer are made of various sizes,
up TO ten or twelve feet in height
Dogs are made of dozen kinds, large
and small, standing and reclining.
Lions are made of all sizes. from small
To heroic, and siSting, standing and re-
Ginning lions sell at from ss5 to $500
each: q life-size lion brings about ei25.
Deer range from $50 to $500 each; life
size, se5 Dogs are from $2o to tloo
each. We export these figures TO Mex.
leo. Central America, West Indies and
south America. In this country about
equal numbers Of deer. dogs and lions
| are sold; the demand in southern coun-
tries is mostly for lions
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-04-14

haired member from Waikipoo might
arise in his place and explode
few gutterals which were to the effect
that one of his oxen had been drowned
in the Ulupelakua ford, and he wanted
to know when the government pro-
posed to bridge that creek. Ragsdale
would rise, bow to the member, and
proceed dramatically in some such man.
ner as this:
1.-THE distinguished and eloquent
member from Waikipoo desires to d.
rect the attention of the honorable
members to what he aptly character
ICES as their lamentablc lapse from
that high sense of duty which most
distinguishes the patriot from the poll
tician. Not since the regretted days OF
Kamehameha 1. of glorious memory,
whose war club was as the thunder
bolt, and whose canoes shimmered Ger
the waters like the mysterious lights
which beacon the spray as 1T dashes
across the coral reef: not since the
taboo was by royal edict placed on the
religion of our forefathers and we all
became Christians by ukase; not since
the enemies of the great Kamehameha
fed In alright up the valley OF
the Nuu anu, and-fearing death less
than the wrath of their pursuer-hung
themselves over the Pail, where their
bones in fantastic disarray strew the
cruel rocks even now; not since the
! Juice of the ava first made the sailors
of Capt. Cook delirious with joy; not
since then has there been on all these
islands Kanaka so mad as was the
honorable gentleman from Waikipoo
when his off OK sank in the PREACHER
Gus sands where purl the waters of the
Ulupelakua.
Then the member, delighted to heal
that SO little Hawaiian would make sc
1 much English, would utter few more
sentences.
| Ragsdale, in pretending to interpre'
this. would attribute to the member
the latest good story the interpreter
had probably heard on board some for
eiun man-of-war When he had fin
ished his story he would inform tn
member that he was out o
order, as the river and harbo
| Improvement Dill was MOI ocioi
the house; that the only bill before tn
house was Bill RaEnaAle. He had man
foppish eccentricities in dress, so n
particular notice was taken when Rags
dale began wearing one glove constant
ly, even while interpreting.
He furnished an explanation OF tina
when he gave himself up to the author
tiles as leper and asked to be tran!
ported to Mololxai. The fatal diseas
was manifest only on that hand he ha
kept gloved Through that hand
knife might have been run withou
Ragsdale feeling 1t.
He went to Molol1ai, where he live
several years, dying before Father d.
: mien. That good priest gave testimon
: that Ragsdale's example in voluntaril
I, going to Mololxai did much to allay I'll
: discomfort of others there, and that
was cheerful, intelligent and indu
S trious aid to the priest in governin
. and caring for their unfortunate cor
panions.--N. Y.sSun.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-04-14

The words breeches. trousers and
rantaloons are now psed Interchange
ably, but originally the Specifications
were quite different Pantaloons are
said to have been at first nothing but
long stockings worn in Italy as sort
of religious habit by the dcvctecs Of
81. Pantaloon. Brecchcs originally
reached from the waist half way to the
knee, and finally to the knee, where
they view fastened with n backle.
, Trousers are the present style Of leg
rsar, 4 combination Of the former two
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-04-14
Some tadpoles recently born at I'll

Some tadpolcs recently born at the
London zoo have not the black and
forbidding aspect Of the tadpole which
is one of the common objects of a coun.
try walk in March. These tadpoles
are largely colorless, and have an en-
gaging way of balancing themselves
on their heads, instead of wriggling MP
10 each other like our familiar &C
quaintances. Their chief merit, how
ever, is the fact that they are the off
spring Of their parents. They come
from eggs deposited by an African
frog. which has the rather doubtful
distinction of being more like newt
than any other frog. This frog, known
technically as xonopus Lewis, has neve'
before condescended to breed at TIN
ZOO. or in captivity, so its young wer'
very imperfectly known.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-04-14
A CURIOUS CHARACTER.


Bill RagsdaIe, the Hawaiian Parlia-
mentsry interpreter.
During the early years of Kalakaua's
reign and for some years preceding
half white called Bill Ragsdale was
the official interpreter in the elective
branch of the Hawaiian parliament
Ragsdale had great natural aptitude
for acquiring languages, and 1t was
told of him that when he visited a
French man-of-war the officers would
not believe he had not been educated
in Paris, and that the German navy
officers wanted TO bet that he had been
educated from infancy in Berlin. he
was auick-witted, eloquent, fop In
dress. and as a citizen good-for.
paught. His official duties required
him to interpret the speeches OF the
natives into English and the speeche;
of the foreigners into Hawaiian. The
latter was necessary, as many OF the
native members from districts remote
from Honolulu and Hilo had little
knowlegde of any language but theil
own. The former duty, turning th'
natives speeches into English, was sci
dom necessary, as the foreign member
were. naturally, men who had been OF
the islands long enough to master tn
simple and easily acquired native Ian
ruare, But it was duty Ragsdal
loved and its performance was a sourc
4 If constant delight to the foreign mem
beers and spectators. His method wa
10 interpret every two or three ser
tences. and he would sometimes suavt
IL interrupt native struggling in a
;mnassable labyrinth of gutturais an
! leave him there, in speechless amaze
ment. while he launched into an els
ouent address on the beauties OF
moonlight. rainbow or some oths
eoually unrelated subject. Or gra,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-04-14

The story is told Of Prince Bismarck
that he was once pressed by certain
American official to recon mend his son
for diplomatic place. lie is very
remarkable fellow said the proud
father: she speaks seven languages :
Indeed. 2 said Bismarck, who docs not
hold very high opinion OF linguistic
what wonderful head
walter lie would make. '--courisr.J our
| nal