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ernment of the United States sends them
to foreign ports with the name of Post
master Dayton stenciled over that of his
predecessor.
To facilitate the immediate delivery of
mails to important European cities, such
as Naples. which is en- route TO the gem
eral delivery of Modena-Turin, the
Naples mali is placed in a sack within a
sack and at the proper station is thrown
on the platform, while the main mail goes
to the central point of distribution.
SORTING MAIL AT SEA.
To prevent the loss of the mail bag
every possible precaution is taken and
each tag that bears the address is in du-
plicate. These tags are printed on the
stoutest linen and are so tied that ii the
outer address becomes torn off or lost
there will still be on the inside bag its
counterpart giving the necessary infor-
nation. The corps of the foreign depart
ment is more stable and changes less fire.
quently than any other of the postal
service, and this is largely due to the
fact that without experience it would be
utterly impossible 10 master the intrica-
cies Of a business which presents as diff
culties not only an infinite amount of
technical detail and the reading of for
eign tongues, but knowledge of eXigen-
cieS which may arise at any moment and
are determined solely by the condition OF
winds and waves.
\ vast number Of letters is distributed
on the steamers themselves by employees
who are known as sea 2. O.'s" This
experiment has proved a complete sue
cess, and on each of the boats there are
two clerks and an assistant. How large
an amount Of matter is thus made ready
for immediate transition may be inferred
from the fact that they frequently work
during the entire passage from sixteen to
eighteen hours per day.
The accommodations in the present
Post0fice building for the transaction of
this large and important branch of the
service are ridiculously inadequate
When the large mails arrive and ti1e en-
tire force is at work the space is so
crowded that it is almost impossible for
the employees to perform their duties,
and this, too, despite the fact that news
papers are received and forwarded in the
basement of the building and not in the
foreign department proper.
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For the RECoRD-ONION.l
A SALVATION-AR ARMY MAN.


Yes, boys! I once was clothed in rags,
And through drink, in the gutter found;
Just like the many buns and vags,
And the tramps, that now roam around.
My life it all so worthless seemed,
And my hopes once bright had fed;
And as OF home often dreamed,
How 1 wished that l was dead.
When in my helpIessness there came
As a ''life-bOat" far out at sea,
A helping hand, ana words the same,
AS heard when on mothers knee.
OF love so unfamiliar grown,
And strange then they seemed 10 be;
Away from home who cared to own
Such a wretched ''outcast" as me?
But they in kind behavior,
FED and clothed. and took me in,
And told me Of the Savior,
Who would cleanse me from all my sin.
And these salvation army men,
They could tell YOU far more, as how
My name was Mud. and Denis then
Though they call me their Captain now.
So need you wonder that seek.
With od helping me, all l can
TO lift the fallen and the weak
And thus help my poor feIlow-man?
That l should call you brother, or
should now scan the streets to see
If | can there find another. for
There are so many just like me.
It's all in love and kindness meant
This the boys they can plainly see:
I carry now my Testament
Where my SIX-ShOOter used to be-
And for God, and to His glory
love, and wear the army blue;
Mines the simplest kind OF story
OF what the love of God can do.
brought dear mother many tears
Though was once her hope and Joy.
For through those weary, silent years.
How she waited for me- her boy;
But no loves missives cheering ray
Came back from me, to answer hers
That said, YOU'RE in my thoughts each day.
And remembered in our prayers"
She little knew, and perhaps twas best
of my SHINING, and deep disgrace:
To her it seemed, this wild, wide West,
As some vague and uncertain place.
And now her eyes are often dim,
Like the sunshine, as seen through rain,
Her heart Is full of love to HIM.
Who brought her wanderer home again.
And me- well Pm so happy how?
l can scarcely yet understand,
The Lord, my Savior leads me now,
On the way to the glory land
So come. poor sinner, come with me-
Do the right and now cease from wrong:
A Savior's welcome waits for thee,
Delay not your coming too long,
1t may be now, the eleventh hour.
Fast sinking, thy LIES setting sun,
But brother, by Gods grace and power
There's heap that may yet be done.
The hand that rescued me that night
Extended, may it there be found,
When the Lord makes up his Jewels bright
And the crowns are passed around
-WILLIAM b. DUTTON
Sacramento, Cal.
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RISE AND FALL OF BOOM TOWNS
Promoters Invite Failure by Disre-
gardIng business Rules.


gardIng Business Rules.
There is a logical sequence in the rise
and fall of BOOM town which, while
interesting to watch from an entirely dis
interested standpoint. has brought disas-
ter to many would-be speculator who
laid down his money, earned and saved
in years of hard work, with the hope of
being able to make enough in one or two
transactions 10 give him competence for
life. The secret Of the failure OF boom"
towns, according to the Engineering MdQ-
dziRe, lies ia the fact that the promoters
and investors discounted the future while
deliberately closing their eyes to the
present. They disregard the most COM
mon rules of business with a persistence
and blind obstinacy truly marvellous.
Never stopping to reason, they plunged
into sea strewn with half-covered reefs
of financial ruin and allowed the wind of
excitement and enthusiasm to blow them
about at will, and when they finally
struck rock and were wrecked they
blamed not themselves, their greed or
their blind impetuosity. but the town,
its over-esumated resources, and every
thing else which failed to meet their
hopes, forgetting that the facts were be-
fore them all the time.
1t is safe to assert that so per cent. of the
towns "boomed" in the Southern States,
which are now failures, would now be in
a healthy and prosperous condition had
they been started and carried on in the
manner usual in business enterprises. \
movement for the better started some
time ago. but it has been slow, very quiet
and very earnest. This movement is
general and is the precursor of substan-
tial industrial growth which will soon
be beyond the reach of "booms' or any
other undue imitation of values. The
lesson Of the "boom" will never be
lost to those who were engaged in it, but
no amount of preaching will prevent
the repetition elsewhere of this state
of affairs. There are still many persons
who believe themselves wiser than all
the rest OF mankind, and when a ''boom"
starts in some part of the country, as will
probably be the case within the next one
or two years, there will be found plenty
to go into it with money and hopes, to
come out only with experience and debts.
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For Alcoholism
USE HoRsFoRD's ACID PHOSPHATE.

OsI9 IlOINoF OIF41 . <AO1Iy I IAOof N 1E'
DR.. C. p. FRENCH, Denver, Col, says:
81 have used it for a long time in my
practice, and find it one of the best of
remedies in alcoholism, and also in many
cases of indigestion. / also find it an
agreeable beverage for those recovering
from wasting Diseases"
The record-union., 1894-01-20
Tho Amari.an locomot;va is Fl,

The American locomotive is finding its
way into every quarter of the globe.
Chile has now given an order for twelve
at cost of Sl60,000. During the past two
years we have sent 355 to South America
and seventy-five to Australia. Brazil, it
would seem, orders all the headlights
used on its locomotives in this country.
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Notice Of Dissolution Of CopartnerShip.

A LII PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE CO
n partnership of BENING & TERRY will
pay the debts to A. H Bening as the firm has
been dissolved and he alone is authorized to
collect the debts due the firm. A. II. Bening
assumes all the Indebtedness of the firm.
January 2, 1894.
A n. BENlNG, JR.,
ia4 JENNIE d. TERRY,
The record-union., 1894-01-20

NJ. de PIsle discovered an animalcule
that could run six inches in a second, and
calculated that it must move its legs no
less than 200 times in that brief period.
The record-union., 1894-01-20

The millers are greatly annoyed by
worms which appear in the -four from
time to time and then mysteriously dis
appear, without impairing the value of
the flour.
The record-union., 1894-01-20

Browns Bronchial Troches are widely
known as an admirable remedy TO n
bronchitis, hoarseness, coughs and throa
troubles. Sold only in boxes.
The record-union., 1894-01-20

1.-THE worst enemies of day of rest
and worship" says the New York Chris
tian Intelttgencea (Ref), ''are those who
enforce the penalties of the civil law
against persons who cOnscientiously OBJ
serve the seventh day Of the week. and
therefore pursue their ordinary avoea-
items on the first day. So long as such
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-20

A fruitgrowor who approves OF bag
ging grapes writes
use the ordinary two pound MANILA
paper bag Tor bagging grapes These
can be purchased from most grocera
then buy a spool Of small iron wire and
cut Il into lengths OF or @ inches /
borrow pair Of timers shears TO do
this. then run tho wire ouco or twice
through the bag near It's mouth, through
the side where IL laps or is pasted to-
guther. This makes convenient faston-
Ing, and a good hand can bag several
thousand clusters In day De sure 90
uso tho Iron wire, as the steel wire is
more brittle aud does not bend readily.
Copper wire win do. but it is much
more expensive.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-20
ChaS. W. StaynGr,
LAWYER,
Mccormick Richards Building.
First South stroot. Salt Lake City
ESTATES.
LAND CASES.

Persons having land contracts, or
whose patents are delayed. should con-
suit Chas, w. Stayner lie has just
returned from Washington, where he
has been conducting successful
practice in the General Land Office.
Congressional work attended to, Oaiee
McComiek.Riehards building, Salt Lake
City.
Correspondence solicited. Send
stamped envelope Tor reply,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-20

Dr.. j. &. Justice has committed
suicide In the jail at Lpwist1u, Idaho.
4 dispatch TO tho Moscow Star says he
shot himself In the mouth, the ball
Itne.fAtiug the brain. No noise was
heard anu tho suicide WIS not ditoOv-
cred until the TAILOR was preparing 20
awe him his dinner. ilr. Justice was
convicted aud tenteuced recently 10
tx ytAfs In tue ptuiiouiisTy iOf assault
silh intent 10 murder H. mrf Spcity
Auu son near Leland on JuIe 10 last.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-20

A ter eighteen long years or active
lie m he world Of caauc', says tn
Denver AeiCs, Grurg' nuueri, KnOwu
by some NJ "Big Goofg, )" anu by
Ulhsfa NJ "knghsn Gruis -" tn gam
Ter, committed suicide on Thursday
mo ng. hiltoft went TO a room In a
building nj Twenty .Hrs, street, swal-
lowed large dose Of morphine and
laid down 10 die
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-20
Salt Lake Cooperative Iron Works, % l....sS9'
7I JOHN CAMENCIN,

~ First-Class Custom Shoe Maker and
y Repairer. Perfect Fit Guaranteed.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-20

The Haley udAho) Times says:
Night before last Henry D4yif, cal-
man In tie Rcd Cloud tunnel, sus
taineu injutits which may cripple him
iur lie. Coming out with car Oi
waste, he Jumped on the car to ride out.
As the car reached the sharp curve IN
ne tunnel II Jumped the tack and
ID wis WAS thrown oil aud am ned be-
seen It and the wall plate. lie
sustained severe hrulses, anu two toes
"a HE rig ht foot were nearly teveTeu.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-20
THE GIEsY FOUNDRY g. MACHINE
Tho Now Hard Iron Combination Specially.

Crusher laws Shoes and Dies furnished short notice. also all
Iron attended with promptness and dispatch and
sonable Give call No i6i S. Filth West ST. Salt La
Passaic City record., 1894-11-03
Scenery Unsurpassed.

No one should visit Europe before be.
coming acquainted with the glories of
Northwestern waters. forests, plains and
mountains. See America, where one
may travel his whole lifetime and not
know half of the land over which floats
the prettiest flag in all the world. There
is no better land on earth. 1t has the
best of everything for those who desire
and seek it. The Great Northern ex-
tends from earth S largest iake-Super1or
Ito earth largest ocean-Pacihc-and
enroute follows and bridges the three
great rivers of the continent, the Miss
issippi, Missouri and the Columbia
Minnesota has ten lakes to each one in
the British Isles and every one altogether
as lovely. Killarney IS not "in it" with
Minretonka. Where in Europe can
one ride for hours in the midst Of pastor.
al scenes such as Minnesota furnishes?
Where are there such pasture lands?
And such mines of precious metals as
in Montana, Idaho and Washington,
And such health giving climate as in
our Northwest? And such a distribution
of natural resources? Twenty Switzer-
lands are to be seen in Montana, Idaho
and Washington. In the Cascades are
sentinel peaks. higher far than Mount
DlduCs WHOSE WilllC dLQ lClt}
are strangers to human feet. The Ale
ghanies and the White Mountains are
mere foothills beside these mighty rang
es of the West The cedars of Lebanon
are mere shrubs in comparison with the
fir trees and red woods OF the Western
coast. From Puget Sound, earth S finest
inland sea, voyages are made to Alaska
and Japan. and one can sail away to all
seas and continents.
The Great Northern runs from st.
Paul. Minneapolis and the east to Puget
Sound
For publications aud information about
rates, routes, localities. etc, in the
Northwest, address F. l. Whitney, G.P.
& T. A., St. Paul, MINI. or
L, w. LAKE, GENERAL AGENT.
SIS BROADWAY. N. Y.
Passaic City record., 1894-11-03
THE SAME OLD DEVIL.

Alcohol is nm enemy. whether in distilled
md fermented liquors, root beer, winn,
.ider jamaica ginger, cologne. or lemon
extract. Sir Wilfrid lawson says it is sstha
devil in solution" The Buffalo Commercial
itys:
SAT Webster City. Iowa, we'll lressed
han arrived. ard, finding all the saloons
closed, went to a number OF grocery stores
and laid in supply OF common. bottled
lemon extract. He diluted this with pop
and made an intoxicating drink. For three
days he was in state OF beastly intoxica.
iion and wound up in delirium tremens.
His room was searched and forty-eight
lemon-exfract bottles found that had been
drr med oftheir contents. A chemical an
nlysis OF the extract was made as sold by
grocerymen in all the grocers' stores. and it
disclosed the fact that ninety-three per cent.
of the contents OF the bottles was alcohol.
This is general dispatch from that city,
but it is entirely reasonable. Most extracts
consist principally Of alcohol. The number
of Jamaica-ginger druukar,ls in respectable
families, some OF whom are prohibitionists
Theoretically, is large. 1t has been founl
in constant use in the homes OF ministers OF
our church, who were amaze to be told its
exact proporIons. The late Horace Greeley
stated that one OF his editorial writer's. vino
was In the habit OF periodical drunkenness,
came TO the Office Intoxicated and was shut
mp in his (Mr. Greeley's) private room to be-
come sober. After while n person con.
nectei with the office came to Mr.. Greeley
and said. "That man is more drunk than he
was when he was put In here" Investtga-
tion showed that he had sniffed out a large
bottle of cologne that some adnirer had
given the editor. On hearing this lady
stated that she could readily believe it, for u
gentleman of her acquaintance-a dipso
maniac--crossed the Atlantic with hfs fami-
~, means haying been taken to prevent amy
ahfr
Passaic City record., 1894-11-03

more or less influenced by your language or
conduct. When they hear profane words
from your lips they catch the language and
make use of the same whenever they would
express themselves with some warmth. What
is more unpleasant to the ear than profane
language? We hear in every lane-before
every door in all places. And you. remem-
Der, have been the means, in some degree, of
this abominable practice. The following
lines, though common, are no less true-and
we wish they would be reiterated in your ears
and give you no peace, till you forsake the
practice ofusing profane words:
'sMaintain your rank-vulgarity despise-
To swear is neither brave, polite nor wise
You would not swear upon bed of death
Reflect. your Maker now may stop your
hreath "
Passaic City record., 1894-11-03
ON THE RAILROAD.

Chauncey NJ. Depew is not merely an after.
dinner speaker and story-teller. He is Presi-
dent of the great New York Central Railroad
Company. and very shrewd and successful
business man who has made his own way.
He says:
can incompetent engineer, or an engineer
who is fuddled can in one week. in merely
starting and stopping his train. lose the road
three times his salary. He breaks couplers,
pulls ont drawbolts, disarranges the fine
machinery of new locomotive, and does
damage that cannot be fastened on, but finds
itself when the report comes from the repair
shop. See those tremendous engines which
are now going over our roads, all un Ter the
intelligent control of a very few men! Look
at one of our freight trains, with the thirty
ton car and the hundred-ton locomotive
See the terrific force as it is bound together
by the modern couplers, and is practically
trip-hammer See the terrific force with
which it bounds over the rail and on the
bridge! These terrific machines, having be.
hind them untold values and precious lives,
must be controlled by men of thought, men
of conscience, men of clean lives. You must
have in the tower men who understand their
business, and who are men of educated con.
science-conscience which say Upon my
performance of my duty depend the lives on
those flying trains. You must have in the
man who holds the switch the same quail
ties, the same conscience, the same sense oil
responsibility |; and you only get it when that
conscience is educated in the midst OF such
surroundings as foster, educate and develop
Passaic City record., 1894-11-03
Honnons OF SOCIAL DRrsK1yo.

One feature OF intemperance for which
women are wholly responsible is their social
drinking together and woman's drunken,
ness. During the past few years beer drink
ing has increased to such an extent among
the women of respectable circles in our large
cities that the question of doing away with
the habit has become a very serious one. In
many cities saloons have side entrance for
women and while the women of America do
not drink so universally as the women OF the
old world, the habit OF drink is frightfully
on the increase, and the social customs Of
society are In many ways fostering it. EARLY
in the morning in any large cities you may
see creatures dragged along by the police
mans hand, or hauled on dray 10 the
police station-creatures who once rejoiced
In the innocence of childhood and .ne purity
OF girlEood. These are the women who
figure in. our police reports; maddened by
the misery and degradation of their own lost
lost womanhood they have sought brief
forgetfuiness in intoxication. For such there
Is nothing left but Gods pity. A drunken
man is degraded sight, one that no sober
man or woman can LOOK upon without re-
pugnance and horror; but at sight of a
drunken woman methinks the angels of
mercy would fold their wings before their
faces to shut out so pitiable and revolving a
spectacle.
Passaic City record., 1894-11-03
LIQUOR AND THE VOICE.

That fine use OF alcoholic beverages is f1i-
hnical to the hest physical condition has
heen demonstrated in many ways. The
Medical Pioneer. in receni issue, unotes
Madame Patti in some remarks upon '.How
70 Become Great Singer" AZ saying
.sAlcohol,c stimulants Of anv kind tend TO
Irritate rha throat. and should be entirely
abstained from. Even light wines are NO ex-
.eption to thie rule" She adds. 'Most
people a.e familiar with the hoarse voice of
The hard drinker and It is often said of such
an Individual that he has burnt his throat
with drink. Even moderate use of alcohol
NAV. therefore, tend to make the voice
husky" Tais testimony from such source
has great value. and exceptional significaneo
for all who have musical aspirations and
xho would preserve the voice in its best con-
lition.
Passaic City record., 1894-11-03
Lehigh Valley Railroad.
Stations foot Of cortiantt and Deshros.
SeS SIS


200 A. ". daily for MAUCII CHUNK and IN.
terinedlate stations; connecting except Sundav
1or POfISS LILLE and READING.
s.-o a. NJ daily Sunday SIS 4. m. } for GENE.
VA EOCHEsTER, BUFFALO and he West and
prineipal local points; dining car and chair cars
10 WllkesDarre; Pullman car TO Buffalo
s,oo A. "a daily: except Sunday, for STATING.
TON and intermediate points
1880 ". daily. except SUNDAY. for EIsSrpa
and all intermediate stations connections Tor
POrrsVIhLEa and READING, chair car To Msncb
Chunk - ~ 'i@u'h
40 7. NJ. daily, except Sunday for Z. and r
JUNCTION and principal intermediate stations.
Pullman Buffet Paror Car TO WiIkesbarra. CON-
nections for Pottsville ''n
f.Zo r NJ. daily, except Sunday. for SOUTH
PLAlSFIELD and intermediate stations
go r NJ. dsily, except Sunday, for EASTOS
and intermediate stations
G:io T. ~ daily, Sunday SOD D. mD for BJ-F.
FAi.O, NIAGARA FALLS. and all points West.
Pullman sleeper vestibuled train New York to
Chicago, sleeper to Buffalo; connections for Read.
ine and Harrisburg 80 -'e"1
GO Z. VI. daily, except Sunday, for MAUCH
CHI Nh and intermediate stations
9-GO p VI. daily for ITHACA. GENEVA
ROcH ESTER, BUFFALO. NIAGApA FALLS
and All points West. Pullman sleepsrs to Chica-
go and Buffalo.
Additional Sunday trains, II 90 a m for Mauch
Chunk and Pottsyille and 5. Is D. III. for Easton
and intermediate stations
Tickets and Pullman accommodations a. as es, esx and
1898 Brosdway lis Bowey 81
-eet New York 9fn.ton street, Court
Broadway, Brooklyn, y. Y.
Tbs New York Transfer Co.. will call chsck bag
gage from hotel residence % Destination
Passaic City record., 1894-11-03
THE POWER OF SINCERITY.

Sincerity is jewel that is bound to attract.
One evening less than month ago, at one
of the lower-class theatres in this city, q
young girl, costumed in a Salvation Army
dress, sang parody of favorite hymn, and
accompanied herself upon a tambourine.
The song was more than parody, as it i'm
piled iEsincerity and worse on the part of the
devoted women who labor in the Army
ranks. To the credit of the audience
the performance was received in silence.
Had it been prolonged, says one who
witnessed it. the performer would have
been hissed off the stage. The sincerity OF
the Salvation Army is too patent to allow any
coarse implications upon its reality. The
verdant performer, who thought to gain
little cheap applause. has probably never
heard OF a similar incident which occurred
when Messis. Moody and Sankey were hold
ing evangelistic serv ces in Dublin. In one
of the theatres, whose audience was dimin-
ished by the services referred to, one of the
clowns asked his fellow: "How do you feel
tonight?n II feel Moody" was the reply.
sand feel Sankeymonious," said the other,
when storm of hisses in which the gallery
gods joined most heartily, shamed the per-
formers from thescene, Observer.