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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05
INDIAN PILGRtsIAGEs.
From the Nineteenth Century.I

From the Nineteenth Century.T
! These pilgrimages are mostly undertaken
in the cold weather, because the river is
then shallow and slow, and nobody gets
drowned unless he is more than usually
perverse. Also when the river is low, great
tracts of sand are dry on either side of the
water, and on these the pilgrims can con-
VeLiently camp. Accordingly. each year.
about the middle of December there flock
to Birman fully 100000 persons. These are
not all pilgrims pure and simple, because
/ even the most religious pilgrim requires to
be fed and clothed, he needs all manner
of tinsel trumperies to deck his children,
MS VIE, ana MS gods. Besides, he must
have plenty of Sweetmenats, dreadful
nnaWkiSh compounds of butter and milk
and sugar, favored with sDice-he needs
| these TO make merry with when all the
ablutiOns are happily over for the year,
and every god has been properly propi-
tlated- turther, ne wants no end OF oil to
keep all his little lambs religious and do
neStic) going.
It is curious to note how kerosene and
ma tcheS are used in the renOteSt Indian
village. In order to provide him with
these and several hundred other things
which / cannot now remember, a perfect
army of grain sellers, leather workers,
water carriers, jewelers., and in short, men
| of every trade that has the remOteSt hope
/ of making anything out of the pilgrims.
/ all crowd to the spot Round the edge Of
! this vast heterogeneous mass there hangs
a long fringe of beggars. At the head OF
| this fringe are the BrahminS; these bold
| Next come those who beg merely because
! that is easier than working and less dan
/ gerous than stealing. After them come a.
! host of decrepit. blind, diseased and de-
| formed folk, whose dreadful sores and
! uitiable malfOrmatiOnS earn them as good
or better living than the able-bodied and
industrious are often able to obtain. Last
of all come the lepers, and these indeed
! are miserable objects. Often have 1 drop
ped coin into a hand that was a mere
| stump, all the fingers having decayed
away.
| Ali these are willingly fed and supported
F.! by the pilgrims and the traders. For
! India is a country where charity is carried
! far over the verge of inbecility; to give
| to the lazy loafer or the fat Branmin is
quite as meritorous as to help the sick
! but Industrious artisan, or to add trfiing
comfort to cheer the wretched leper or
helpless cripple. No questions are asked;
/ you need but squat by the roadside in
some frequented place, spread l,j filthy
hand to passers-by to insure a main
| tenance for life. Charity is not given
| to relieve distress in others, but to smooth
! he fh tO heaven.
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ment that she will do something that
she has never done before. OF course
it is all buncombe, as this particular
Lewis female is always playing for
free advertising and has made more
false alarm propositions than any act
reSs on the stage. But there may be
some unsophisticated people who will
take her statement for truth that she
will introduce living pictures in Cleo
patra next season for the first time.
The World, in noticing her announce
ment, says: go to, Lillian! The
scheme has been worked before. Back
in 1878, when, at the zenith Of her
opulent charms, Rose Eytinge enacted
the Egyptian Queen" at the Cali
fornia theatre in San Francisco to
the Antony of Thomas w. Keene, then
leading man of the California stock
company, one feature of the produc-
ton was the talk of the town for
weeks. It was a tableau of Cleopatra's
barge floating down the Nile, an exact
reproduction of the famous painting
then opportunity on exhibition in San
Francisco. The stately Eytinge was
conspicuously posed in the picture in
an indolent and unconventional atti-
tude, and the general scantiness Of at
tire that characterized the women in
the tableaux excited much comment"
Lillian's living pictures would not be
the first to be introduced in Cleo
patra" nor would her usual roast be
the first one they had received, for, if
my memory is correct, the San Fran
cisco press scored the tableau IN
mercifully.-MuSic and Drama.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05
supERsTIT1oNs ABOUT oPALs.

From the Westminster RevieW.J
One kind of opal, the hydropane of
Mexico, loses its beauty and becomes dull
and colorless when exposed to water.
The same stone, it is said can be re-
stored to it's color and beauty by subject
ing it to a certain degree of heat. A
writer on the subject says that the opal
is always much more brilliant on warm
day. and that sharp dealer will always
hold one in his hand a short time before
showing it to a purchaser. In ancient
times the opal was most successfully I'M
itated by glass paste, which could
only be distinguished from the real gem
by the most careful experts. The art mas
been entirely lost, for the best counter
feiters fail to produce stone that IN the
least battles the connoisseur.
The finest opal of modern times, says
KING, was one which belonged to the
the Burning of Troy because. OF the in
tense red flames blazing upon It's surface
while the reverse was perfectly opaque
In the troublous time that followed the
Napoleonic period the gem was l o. SELL sLgne
of and there is left no trace of it,. There
are two wonderful opals among tne
French crown jewels, one or Wh1cn is set
In the clasp of the imperial CLOAK. Inc
Empress Eugene is said to nave moS5
superstitious dread of them, and would
not wear an opal for any persuasion.
Queen Victoria does not share eh1s reel
ing with her. She, on the contrary, ad-
mires the gem very much, ana mas gwen
to each of her daughters, on their mar.
riage day, various pieces OF Jewelry set
with the irridescent gem. There are many
varieties of opals, coming from almost as
many quarters of the GLOBE. me opal
found in Hungary was thought to be
harder and more durable than those
found in Mexico and South America, out
since the better development OF the
mines in these places stones nave peen
found quite the equal OF hungarian
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05
A GREAT COMPOSERS WIT.
[Erom Blaekwood,g Magazlne.l

From Blackwood'S Magaz1ne.I
When DR.. Greene had left with Han
del a new anthem for his opinion upon
lit. he told him that at wanted air."
"Airp' exclaimed its composer. Eyes,
air; and so I did hang it out of de vim
dow" replied Handel. When the ''Messi-
ah' was being performed in Dublin, Du-
bourg led the band, and one evening
had a close to make ad ibitum. Fol-
lowing the fashion, the violinist took
his cadenza through the most extrane-
Gus keys until Handel began to Won
der when he would really come to the
lshake which was to terminate the long
close. Eventually it came, whereupOn
Handel to the merriment of the audi
ence, exclaimed loud enough to be
heard: 'sVelcome home, Welcome home,
Mr.. Dubourgp' On one occasion per-
| turbed singer had some warm words
with Handel, and wound up the wran-
gle by threatening to jump on the
! harpsichord which he played. "Oh,"
lreplied Handel, '1et me know when You
| viii do dat, and I will advertise it. for
| 1 am sure dat more people will come to
see you jump than to hear you sing"
When he heard the serpent for the
first time he was very much shocked by
the harshness of the sound, and cried
out: ''Vat de tefel be dat?'' THAT
lis the newly invented instrument-the
serpent said. 'Ohw he
4 replied, ''de serbent, ayl But dat be
not de serbent dat setuced Ever
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05
MARSH cup WATER PLANT.
[From Blackwood's Magazine.1


The plant that I found in the Hud-
son Bay region which is most worthy
of notice, grows in the messy muskegs,
in places where there is little or no
grass. 1t is remarkable for two rea-
sons-the beauty of it's flower and it's
water-containing properties. The In
auemuchas. This I translated by the
It bears a quantity of foxglove-shaped
flowers, standing upright on the stem.
These flowers are either pale green,
with a little red, dark green, and light
red. dark red alone, or finally brown,
according to age. The leaves, which
grow fiat upon the ground, are broad
and green. The bell of the flower
seems adapted as natural reservoir
for water. of which, from a large one,
there can easily be obtained as much
as an Egyptian coffee cup will hold
But the beauty of it was that in the
early autumn, when the nights were
frosty, but the heat still excessive by
day, the water it contained was al
ways iced. For these charming flower
bells are evidently constructed to re-
sist frost; and as they close in toward
the top, they protect from the rays of
the sun the lump of clear ice formed
within the calyx at night.
The result of this was that often,
when toiiing along at midday, hot and
weary, through Stagnant swamp,
all had to do to Stake my thirst was
to pluck a few of these miraculous
flowers to obtain so many small cups
full of delicious water, each with a
little lump of ice floating on the top.
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and her gifts at Christmas s, always come pine
private cars her maid has the incest
quarters; in the hotel she is put up eo in
eign cities Mrs. Vanderbilt gives her
maid a IS or $40 bin extra Ito buy sow
enirs WITH as she explains.
No maid must ever appear before her
in other than a black gown severely s!Ne
acts that her children be always most
courteous to the servants. Every week
for three days the clever sewing woman
helps go over her own and her daughters
wardrobes; a professional packer comes
to prepare the baggage, when a journey !,
must be undertaken, and Mrs. VanderplIt
is an ideal traveller One steamer trunk
and a toilet satchel is all the baggage
she admits on sea voyage, and she ney-
err leaves home unattended by courier
or capable travelling valet
Four meals are served in the long base ;5e.,
rnent dining room. A great gong rings
for breakfast, luncheon. tea and dinner,
and no hotel in New York kon serves esai such
tbe white capped chef prepares and the
scullery maid serves on the broad table,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05
PNEUMATIC TUBES AND WIRES.


In Paris, the pneumatic tubes used
in the dispatch of card kilograms
and letter kilograms from one portion
of the city to the other are placed in
+ba sewer. The excellent sewer system
has has helped the development of this
handy means of communication in a
way which would not have been pos
sihie otherwise. 1t is quicker than the
ta1eoranh for messages within the city,
and and would be perfect if the slow Par
islam facteur were replaced by the
smart London boy messenger. AS we
stand below the TUBE we can near the
If goes at lightning speed, bearing
most probably some tender message
from love-sick Jean at his office at the
Bourse, to pretty Jeanette, who is
toiling somewhere near the Bon
Warche. and fixing a rendezvous for
the evening, when their days labor
is over. Wonderfully convenient these
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05
TROOPERS IN CROMwELL's TIME.
From Macmillan's Magazine.l

In Cromwelrs time the troop, 100
strong, was, for purposes of manoeuvre,
drawn up in five ranks, giving a frontage
of twenty men, with six-foot interval be
tween man and man, and six-foot dis
lance from rank to rank. In civilian Ian
guage, every man was six feet from his
neighbor to front, TANKS, and rear, six
feet 1.-TWO less than our present allow
ance) being then the conventional length
of one horse.
Each of the five ranks bore it's own
name: First Leaders; second, Followers
to the front; third, Middlemen; fourth,
Followers to the rear; fifth, Brlngers-up.
The object of the six-foot interval was to
enable the whole troop to take ground to
TANKS, or rear by the simple words
Right Cor lefD turn" fright Tor lefD
about turn" Thus the open formation
was indispensable for the execution OF
the simplest manoeuvre.
If it were desired to wheel the troop
entire, the files were closed till the men
were knee to knee, and the ranks closed
till horses were nose to Group. This was
called CLOSE ORDER, and may fairly be
said to have deserved the name Think
of the feelings of the men in the vicinity
horses with bells on their cruppers
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Sowing the Wind" has come and
gone and left pleasant memory. The
play was well liked; the cast was made
up of people well known and well liked
locally. After protracted engage
men in San Francisco, Mr.. Frohman's
stock company will return to New York
city, and on the way thither will stop
with US for few nights, presenting
two new plays.
The next engagement at the Salt
Lake theatre will be that of Mr.. James
Brown Potter and Kyrle Bellew. The
repertoire has not yet been announced.
The promise is that whatever is pro-
dueed will be given on an elaborate
scale.
John Drew and Maud Adams are
meeting with marked success in San
Francisco. Masked Ball" in which
our Maud Adams made her debut in
New York as leading lady, awaking
next morning to find herself famous,
captured the hearts of the people and
critics of the coast Butterflies" is
now running successfully, and tomor-
row night the new play christopher,
jr.." will be put on. Masked Ball" and
Butterflies both metropolitan sue
cesses. will be given when Mr.. Drew
and his company reach Salt Lake.
New York is fuller this summer in
theatrical way than she has ever
been. and many of the stock compan-
fes have sought pastures new until the
frosts of approaching winter drive the
New Workers back again and permit
the theatres to once more open their
doors. One of the attractions that
rarely leaves New York is Edward
Harrigan. He is at present amusing
the theatre-goers of San Francisco, and
on his return to New York viii stop
in Salt Lake. He will play for five
nights, presenting a new play each
night.
Eliason is on deck once more. and
this time with pretty big proposition.
He is going to undertake the exposure
Of Miss Annie Abbott and the duplica-
ton of her feats tonight at Callers.
:. Now. Miss Abbott puzzled great num-
i Der of our people at Saltair during her
recent stay in Salt Lake, and the peo-
pie who personally experimental with
the mysterious force which Miss Alb
bott possesses will be the last to be-
lieve trickery possible. However, Ella
son has in the past always kept his
promises, and he promises this time
to duplicate every one of Miss Abbott's
feats.
The Lyceum had a big week last
week with "Ole Olson" as the drawing
card. If this little theatre had a gal
lery in it. which would double the seat
ing capacity of the house, it would be-
come desirable and profitable theatre
cal property. AS it is now, the seat
ing capacity is not large enough to
Justify bookings from travelling COM
panies. "Ole Olson" played to the
capacity of the Lyceum every night
during the weeks engagement. This
week, after a good rest, Mr.. O'Malleys'
stock company will play East Lynne -
The Grand is going up nicely. Mr..
Anderson has been hard at work
painting the drop curtain, and those
who have seen it think it a beauty.
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with its nice appointments of linen,
glass silver and china

with its nice appointments of linen,
glass; silver and china.
| Round the table gather the butler at
the head, the house footman, the men
who are called the engineers, and look to
! the care of the cellar and heating of the
house and conservatory. two electric
( light men, the chef, his boy and the soul
lery maid, the head laundress and her as
sistant, two ladies' maids, one for Mrs.
| Vanderbilt and one for her young lady
daughter Gertrude; the nurse for little
Gladys, Mr.: Yanderbilts valet two
/ chambermaids, two housemaids, a char
woman and sewing woman.
| To Mr. Vanderbilt falls the duty of
managing the men servants in the house
! and stables. He is quite as exacting as
his wife, but always kindly, considerate
/ and pays high wages. He follows the
] with domestic Good wages are given,
/ the work is never hard, and the hours
are easy; therefore no grumbling or
! quarrelS are counteuanced by the heads
of the house. Mr.. Vanderbilt is a great
/ sticlzler for respect from his servants, al
/ so immaculate neatneSS in their dress.
Each hour of the day and evening is por-
toned out for every employee. When q
| great dinner party is on hand an assist
| ant chef comes to the kitchen and two
more footmen are supplied the butler.
Four weeks before the city home IS
closed for the summer Mrs. Vanderbilt
! orders the reign of general cleaning, and
! every week one of the floors is put in
perfect order Then it is Mrs. Perkins
must keep account of a corps of work.
men who are sent UP from the picture
dealers, upholsterers, paper-hangers and
decorators, for by experts only are the
carpets, hangings pictures, furniture,
bric-a-brac, china, glass, books and a
| precious collection of antiques taken
down, cleaned freshened and covered.
| To the economical housekeeper per-
haps, all this may sound like the most
| wicked extravaganza, and yet the huge
house on the corner of Fifth avenue and
! Fifty-eighth street could not be carried
on in good order with fewer hands, and
a stroll through the great rooms, suites
! could preserve them in as perfect con-
dit1on with less help. In size and decora-
! ton, as we'll as in the number of its ser
wants, this house approaches nearer to
/ the ordering of a European palace than
any other this side of the Atlantic.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05
HIS soRROWING NEIGHRORS

TFrom the Boston Transcript
Deacon Jones-And so Brother Gay has
experienced the great change?
Mrs Homespun-Twant much of a
change He went right in the midst
of that hot spell.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05
IN The THEATRICAL WORLD
Mrs. James Brown-Potter and
Kyrle Bellew.
THE NEXT ATTRACTIONS.
THEIR aEPERTOIRE HAS NOT YET
BEEN ANNOUNCED.

John Drew and Naude Adams Will
Present ''The Masked BalI'' and
Observation-Disclosures is on Deck
! Once notwithstanding Gossip of
Plays and Players.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05

The subject is Morning in Venice"
and the work is very delicate and ar
tiStic L. C. M
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05
He Didn't Mind.

Mother-Miss Smithers, your school
mistress, tells me she's always being
obliged to scold you, Johnnie. I'm sorry
to hear that.
Johnnie (considerately)-Oh never
mind, mother. 1t doesn't matter. I'm
not one of those sensitive children, you
know.-Brooklyn Life.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05
Stage Gossip.

John Drew and his company, of
which Maud Adams is leading lady,
have met with a very f1attering recep-
ton in San Francisco. The plays pre-
sented there have been, 1.-The Masked
Ball. 1.-THE Butterflies and "Chris-
fonhar Tr''
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This adds the line appointments bestowed
the reigning of
Not only have the house received official
their the highest
but have been uttered by the royal
individuals Europe The Senway piano
Chief instruments by the nobility of
The arocratic
Steinway congratulated this latest honor
following election OF Mr.
William the celebrated Cecilia
Rome, Pasna American
likewise pride that its has
achieved such envable distinction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-31
INCIDENTS ~ SOCIETY,

M ,nl Mrs Timothy L. Woodruff gave at their
now home Nc 20 Eighth-ave.. Brooklyn. last even
ting house warming combined with the first OF a
sorIos of musical entertainments The artists were
Miss Marguerite Hall. Of Boston. soprano; Miss
Van s,osch vloiniste. Of Washington; Francis
Fischer Powers oc Ncw-York bary.one. and Victor
Harris. Among the invited guests were Mr.. and
trs II l. Horton Mr.. and Mrs. T. y. Howell. DR..
and Mrs r II. BurChar,. Mr.. and Mrs l.. II.
Blgow. ex-governor and Mrs. p C. i'onhsbury,
Mrs J JSs5 Trs + Trap" Pat M ana and Mr Henry H.
ADAMS. Mr.. and Mrs Ailel ". Adams. MISS Adams'
%acgrane Coke. Nj. ana Mrs. Allen $ Apgar DR..
ana Mrs II. Holbroo5 Curtis Ms W, G. WiIlams,
David I'd A. Body Mr. ana Mrs. AlfrS! G. BarnGs'
Mayor ard Mrs. {. \. Scheren az, ana Mrs, Mrs
Mr and Mrs g " White. General Stewart L. Wood
ford Nj. and Mrs. Wallace Bruce; IN, Mt ana ID, MIS-
Mr nn5 hrs "Gsus MI Mc i9 General and Mrs.
Christensen MI and Mrs. John W w, woman. Mr..
gsa MT sr A. an W M hsn" IS II Williams Harry Nc
Keever Dr. r c. NcPha,. Harry 7, Br rock F.
! Mrs Louis sierra Of 10 ~: Fftn-aye delishei
her numerous friends by arording them the OPP,
pOrtnny rc ysfaay N Mrs teTn reception
largely attended There was music by ne nun,
csrsn Rand and Sherry served. inc decorations
Iver~ extensively handsome.
At Alert M9TpS H% NJ conn 6 gave
lecture with illustrative music upon me cavichorh
p9Gci f iST e of af aydn Mozart and
,SoVen Arthur Fricdhcin gave piano recital.
among those present YER MIR rs sq rs5o pnsr az
Sirs lanes " Gerard, Mrs. J. j. Wysong. Mrs.
CHARLES A. Post. Mrs Leon Marie, Mrs s,n An son
LAY. i tco,I1 Mrs James u. Hartman. Miss Harri-
man Mics Louise McAsier Miss Helen r yni, M',s
i5arry Mrs William +. Burden. Mrs; Daniel Buter-
feld Mrs Stanford White Mrs McCosKreX b4r'.
Iir charles w Cooper. Mrs William Lan'nan Bull
Miss Laura Rhinelander Mrs; G3nv9rneuf N Sti
HIsTtna ohnstone Mrs Charles Childs Mrs Wber
Rioodgood Mrs John H. Costsr; MRS 'am ny,,S
s,ops Mrs Hermann Oerichs Miss Virginia Fair
Mrs ". u. WiCkham ana the TREE" N'iiis'e''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-31
DIED.

MORRIs-At her late residence. at Buffalo. ~ T. Jsn.
uary % 1894 Miss Sabirn Morris sister OF the late
Mrs Colonel Peter A. Potter In the Clst year Of n1
ROUSSEAU Jersey City. on January 30. 1894 Martin
Rouse in his G5th year. -.
Relatives and friends Of f,miv invited To attend
the services Thursday evening FEBRUARY NJ
o'clock. his late residence. % Mercer-st Jersey
| CITY
Interrrent at convenience 81 family.
Washington. d. C.. papers please copy.
TOMEsOn Sunday. january 2s Eleanor wife of Francis
Tones and daughter Of the late David fiadden IN the
7ith year 81 her age.
10 o'clock.
VArlr-At New-Rritain Conn. Friday, January 20
1894 Amanda o. Emo Van, widow Of the late Alfred
Vail
VAII,-At Harlem. Jannarv 30. James Vail. odest son
OF the late !. Hammond Vail -
Funeral service at the residence Of j. Henry VAIL larry
town February J. at y. m.
WEr.KS-On Monday. January 90 at Glen Cove, l.. H.
Emma Weeks. daughter Of the late william II. ana
Margaret A. Weobs.
Funeral from St Pauls Church on Thursday February
at 1870 p m; Carriages VIII m ct LOS train from
Long Island city.
Relatives and friends invited further notice.
WALKER-On Monday. January %. Joseph Edward
Funeral services At 10 M to-day "wednesday Mt At.
Mary's Episcopal Church WioashSy and Classen avea.
Brooklyn.
WATSON Monday January - after shor, illness john
Hadey Watson. ~ Hanry y. and Mary a. Walton.
Relatives respectfully invited attend the
funeral "A his residence 100 West 4Jth.
81. on WEDNESDAY AT O'Clock
Interrnent nj convenience OF family
WHITr;-In this city s27 Park-ave suddenly. %
Monday. January 20 Is Ogden White. son OF the late ..
Funeral on THURSDAY 10 n. M a Central
Pr sbyteiian Church. West 5Ithst.. near broadway