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The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-03-27
Punnice Stone.

Pumice stone is a porous feldspathic
scoria from volcanoes. The pores are
linear and so fine as often to be barely
visible except by means of magnifying
glass. Its specific gravity is 2.2 to g.
water being the unit-but by reason
OF its spongy texture pieces are often
buoyant enough to float on water. It
consists chiefly of silica, with some
times II per cent of lumina, 6 per cent
OF soda and 4 per cent Of potash, It is
of grayish shades of color, passing into
yellow and brown. The chief source
from which it is obtained for CONNER
clal purposes is Campo Bianco, one of
the Lipari islands, where it forms hill
nearly 1000 feet high. In the arts
pumice Is largely employed, mostly in
pulverized state, as a polishing mate
rial for ivory, wood, glass, marbles, etc.
1t is also used in lump for grinding and
smoothing metallic surfaces, leather,
ETC., and in the preparation of parch-
ments, etc. Quantities Of the pulver-
lied pumice are used in making fancy
soaps. Brooklyn Eagle.
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Hoods ps;iii' Cures

as also with female weakness. In two years
she has used about three bottles of Hoods Sar-
saparilla, and today, and for the last six
months, she seems like a new being. We are
Hearty and Robust
as the young people who live with us. We do
want the afflicted to know what Hoods Sarsa-
parilla has done for US, and feel it duty to let
people know in this way of the help obtained.
With grateful Acknowledgement to c. l. Hood
& Co." REV. o. 81. POWER, 1924 Hanover Street,
Chicago, Illinois. Get HOODS.
Hoods Pills are the best after dinner pills,
assist digestion, cure headache. 25c. per box.
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ncannad Peacf,es.s

A highly respectable and widely re-
spected clergyman living in country
parish not far from Boston received a
communication from New York house
dealing in wines and liquors not long
ago, saying that they would be very
glad to furnish him with anything he
needed in their line, and as an induce
ment for his patronage added that they
were aware that the arrival in coun-
Try place of wines and liquors for the
use of the clergyman was apt TO create
comment, if not scandal. And they Of
fered in case he purchased goods from
them to have them securely packed in a
wooden box, where they would be free
from examination, and to have the box
marked Canned peaches. boston
Herald,
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Billiards. Horehound Syrup.

We guarantee this to be the best cough
syrup manufactured In the whole world.
This is saying great deal, but it is
true. For Consumption, Coughs, Colds,
Sore Throat, Sore Chest, Pneumonia,
Bronchitis, Asthma, Group, Whoopine
Cough, and all other diseases of the
Throat and Lungs, we positiUelp
guarantee Billiards. Horeho1nd ,SUru1,
to be without an equal on the whole
face of the globe. In support of this
statement we refer to every individual
who has ever used it: and to every
druggist who has ever sold it. Such
evidence Is indisputable. Sold by
Smoot Drug Co.
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Runaway Legs.

Lady Canning tells story about her
father, Lord Stuart de Rothesay, who
was ambassador at st. Petersburg in
the forties. He was afflicted with a sort
of nervous paralysis, which deprived
him of the control of his limbs. Once
his secretary saw him running rapidly
along the quays. Afterward he heard
himself called and found Lord Stuart
clinging to lamppost. Il wanted
particularly to speak to you, but could
not stop. My legs ran away with me.
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Ii is Too Ambiguous.

WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator
Pugh, of Alabama expressed the opin-
ion today that the president would
send in veto of the Bland bill. nae
companied with statement of his or
lection, saying, in effect, that if bill
could be passed devoid of the ambi-
guilty of the bill now before him. and
providing simply for fle coinage of the
silver seigni0rage, it would receive his
The senator expressed the
opinion that in this event such a bin
could be passed without much trouble
or delay,
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The Modern WAY

Commends itself to the well-informed to
DO pleasantly and effectually what was
formerly done in the crudest manner
and disagreeably as well. To cleanse
the system and break up colds, head
aches and fevers without unpleasant
after effects. use the delightful LIQUID
a1atiye remedy, Syrup of Figs.
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Rather SteaD

1TuEtd6S,
Dated this. the 9th day of February,
1894, at Vineyard, Utah county, Utah.
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Parks Cough Syrup

Has been SO highly recommended to
us that We have taken the agency for it
and now ask our friends who are suffer
ing with cold to give it trial and if
1t does not give satisfaction your money
will be refunded. Every bottleis sold
on positive guarantee. Price SO ceuts
and $l.0O. Sold by Smoot Drug Co
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The Worlds Fair

Cannot remain such without the
blooming look and radiant complexion
which health alone imparts. Parks
Tea, by clearing the blood ofimpurities
makes the complexion regain the hue
OF Youth. Sold by Smont Drug Co.
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Selling Detes-From points south OF
Payson, April 3rd to 9th inclusive. good
for return until April 18th; and from
all other points, including S. L. & W.
April 4th to 8th inclusive good for re-.
turn until April 18th 1894.
ID. E. hurley,
General Agent Pass. Dept.
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Priesthood Meeting.

The regular monthly meeting of the
priesthood of Utah stake, will be held
in the Provo Westinghouse on Satur-
day, March 81, 1884, at l 80 O'Clock
p. m. A. o SMooT,
DAVID JOIN,
EDwD. PARTRIDGE,
Stake Presidency.
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Wanted

By the trustees Of Vineyard school dis
trlct, sealed proposals for the building
of a schoolhouse in said district, in
whole or in part, in accordance with
plans and specifications, which shall be
furnished By the trustees. All pro
posals will be opened at Vineyard
schoolhouse on the 9lst day of March,
1894, at II o'clock a. m. The board re-
serves the right to reject any and all
bids, and shall require of such contrac.
tor or contractors bond in double the
amount OF the contract conditioned
that be or they will perform the condi-
tons of the contract in faithful man
ner and in accordance with its provis-
ions. All necessary information will
be furnished by the clerk of the board.
All communications should be ad
dressed to John Gillies, clerk of board,
Lake View P. O., Utah county, Utah.
CHRIsTEN SORENsEN.
WILLIAM d. LEwIEs,
JOHN GILLIEs,
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ONLY $1,000

To Omaha, Kansas City, Sioux City Via.
the Union Pacific.
Commencing March 1st the Union
Pacific will sell frst.class tickets to
all Missouri river points at 800 Take
the pioneer-standard line to all points
east.
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UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM.

Special Rates to Salt Lake City for Sixty
Fourth Annual CONFERENCE.-THE 9th
to 9th, 1894.
For the sixty fourth annual confer
enc of the church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, April 9th to 9Th, the
following rates are authorized for the
sale of round trip tickets to Salt Lake
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-26

marches back to the mountains. but
not with the vigorous bearing and in
trepid marching that characterized its
seaward progress. The crabs are now
worn and weak, their flesh poor and
worthless as food for their human en-
emies. Their return is like that of a
defeated army-spiritless and pro-
tracted.
Their old haunts reached. they be-
gin at once to feed and pick up
strength and substance, so that by
July or August they have accumulated
a fair store of fat and can then afford
to go into hiding for time. while they
get rid of their old shells and develop
new and more roomy ones. As a pre-
llminary step. they collect a quantity
of dry grass and leaves with which to
furnish their burrows and close up the
entrance after they have retired with
in. At this period their enemy, the
negro, knowing them to be then at
their best, digs many of them out of
their burrows and sups royalty upon
them.-Good Words.
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THE WEST INDIA LAND CRAB.
A Migratory Shell-Fish That Jr1yelf in
Countless Armies.

The males begin their march several
days earlier than the females, who
form the main body of this exodus,
their battalions extending for mile
or a mile and half in length. with a
breadth OF forty or fifty PAGES. SO
closely do they march together that
the noise of their shelly integuments
as they jostle each other is said to re-
semble the rafting of the armor of a
regiment of cuiraSSiers. Should the
rain cease and sunny weather super
veue before they reach the sea, they
are forced to halt-perhapS for several
nays-otherwiSe their supply of mois-
ture would be exhausted and their res
plratorv or is thrown out of order.
These difficulties overcome. and the
ocean reached at length, they precipi-
tate themselves into the welcome ele-
ment and soak. Then they betake
themselves to holes on the shore and
rest The next item on their pro-
gramme Is an all-important one-the
females again enter the sea and de-
post their eggs. This ACCOMPLISHED.
the whole army falls in ar1in and
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-26
eAGGlNG QUAIL IN NEVADA.
Native Sports Play "A Joke on An Enthusi-
astic Tenderfoot.

A visitor at Eureka, New, held forth
in his hotel with regard to his ability
TO bring quail to the earth Among
the audience was a wag who, being a
good sport himself, was DESTROYS OF
testing the foreigners ability as shot.
I've do not shoot quail" said he.
''we bag them, and if you want to go
out you may do so tonight and see
better fun than any gun can furnish"
Accordingly the soi-disant gamester
journeyed out from a small hotel in Ne
vada to see the extraordinary plan by
which quail could be ''bagged" at night
time. The party walked two miles into
the hills and arranged trap by laying
down thirty pieces of candle in V shape.
Into this" they explained, I'VE drive
the quail, and one of us holds sack
at the end of the V into which the
quail run" BY previous arrange
ment an argument was commenced as
TO who should have the honor of hold
while the remainder did the hard work
OF beating them toward the trap.
When the point was apparently set
tied one of the party said: NO, this
is not fair. Mr.. de is our guest,
and as such is entitled TO hold the
sack" Generously enough to the
boasting sportsman was given the
honor of holding bag bound at the
mouth TO a hoop so as to catch the
birds. All the others left to beat up
quail. For three hours the visitor
faithfully held that sack. and when
the last candle burned out he found
himself in the midst of lonely valley.
which was full of deserted shafts and
other dangerous holes, two miles from
any house and surrounded by dark
ness which resembled a stack of black
cats. When he arrived at his hotel and
found that his cohunters had been
there enjoying the joke for hours he
simply went to bed and wept. He sold
his gun next morning and left for Cali
fornia -San Francisco Call.
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Americas First Savings Bank.

The first savings bank in this coun
try was the Philadelphia Savings Fund
society, organized in 1916. 1t is still in
existence. Later, in 1916, a savings
bank was founded in Boston and in 1919
one was started in New York. A saw
ings bank is bank in which savings
are received-smau amounts. which
the bank will not pay out except on
presentation of the bank book A ma
tional bank is one which, besides its
ordinary powers, rights and duties as
bank, has the right to issue bank notes.
National banks were authorized by va
rious acts of congress in 1868, 1864 and
1883. The plan of the government was
to get the banks to buy government
bonds and to do SO, it gave them the
right to issue notes to the amount of
90 per cent. of those they had bought.
A savings bank is not bank Of depos-
it: apart from its character as an issuer
of notes, a national bank is bank of
deposit.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat
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words or limited phrases. rarely under
stood by the French.
The prejudices OF Americans should
have solid foundations. To be sure,
Americans have not as yet carried very
far the matter of conversing in any but
the English language; but let de-
mand once be created. by another and
more just judgment in the mat
ter. and American professors will null
tiply, better equipped to impart the
French. or any other foreign language,
than any foreigner. And the teaching
viii be far more legitimate. because
there viii ever be charm-there VIII
even be enthusiasm. there viii De posi-
tive happiness, in the importation 20
ones OWE Ii h and kin OF that which
one has acquired.
have lived many years in Paris. and
do know that the French taught in
this country may benefit the teachers.
but as TO the pupils. it leaves so much
TO be desired, so n1uch-oh, so very
muehi
The German teaches English TO the
German cl~!rep. He knows well their
troubles in learning q foreign lam
guage, having experienced them all
himself. Now, 9s the German teaches
the foreign language 10 the German.
let US hope that ere long the American
will teach the foreign language 20 the
American. Forum.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-26
AMERICAN ORCHIDS.
Beautiful Flowers That are But Little
known by the Term.


Many will be surprised to learn how
many orchids we have among our wild
flowers. II is a rich and UNEMPLOYED
field for the collector and the student.
and the search itself Is delight, for
our orchids love shadowy woods and
quiet meadows, and are usually found
in the neighborhood of stream or lake.
Few know what really distinguishes
an orchid from other flowers Many
orchids grow in northern and temper
ate climates, are not air plants. and
have small, insignificant blossoms-in-
significant as 10 color. though always
quaint and fantastic in form, A child's
definition of orchid-''a flower that
makes faces"-is very good. for its dis
tinctive feature is the twisted petal or
lip, which is often wildly colored and
grotesquely marked. Its length re-
minds one of those who shoot out the
lip in derision," and easily gives the
impression of a hooking look. Mr..
BurridEe says the lips of some orchids
''wagg lie about in ludicrous fashion"
A few of our orchids are. however.
beautiful in color and striking in APP
pearance. Best known OF all is the
adys-slipper, with its queer local
names--the whippoorwill's-shoe and
the moccasin-hower-su of its
broad aud clumsy shape. so unlike a
slender Partisan boot. Its color is a
delicat. rose-purple, and its airy slen-
der grace, poised in attitude of flight,
is seen in deep woods or along cliffs
and wrter-side. The yellow lady's-
slipper mas long wavy petals like the
unfaste ned ribbons of a lady's shoe.
Mr.. Dana describes ii as standing with
alert, startled air. sentinei-like, on
some mountain slope. The orange or
chids. with spires of clustered and
fringed blossoms, burns with vivid
color through bog and marsh, as IL
aflame with August sunshine.-Har-
per's Wee ky.
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FINGER FOR A NEW NOSE.
The Remarkable Operation of a London
Surgeon on a Noselcss Man.


| Surgeon on n Noseless Man.
The achievements of American sur
geons in bold and extraordinary opera
tons have long been the wonder of the
world. But now from the other side
of the Atlantic comes n story which
shows that the old country is waking
up bit In the art of cnGrafting human
flesh. A young man has put his finger
to his nose, and it remains there per-
manently.
a few months ago, says the New
York World. youth whose nasal or
gan was missing. as the result of an
accident, called at Charing Cross hos
pital, London, with the request that
the surgeons would supply the de-
fciency, artiicially or 9th erwise. He
expressed himself as willing to under
go any sort of treatment by which his
disfigurcd face might be made fairly
presentable, and not absolutely re-
pulsive to his best Sunday summer
girl. Mr.. Bloxan, the senior surgeon,
took the interesting case in hand.
First, the amputated finger of an
other patient was carved and fash
toned to the senblance of 4 nose, and
then securely grated on the face. But
1t was found that this mutilatcd digi-
tai appendage had not survived its cut
ting up. 1t was dead" and failed TO
take fresh root.
The noseless man, nothing daunted,
thercupon agreed TO the surgeons sug-
Ecstion that one of his own tthe pa
TENTS fingers should be cut of to fur
nish a nasal organ. But in order that
the finger should not be wasted in the
event of this operation being unsUc-
ccssful. il was only half amputated.
The patients arm being encased IN
plaster. for four weeks he held his own
live finger to his face in the hope of its
taking root This it did. The portion
which was still attached to his hand
was then cut through and soon joined
the rest in adhering firmly to the face.
Although minus a finger, the Young
man now has a new nose of his own
flesh and blood.
The transferred cartilage has been so
manipulated by clever DR.. Bloxam that
its original identity is entirely lost,
and the further process OF shaping it is
now being proceeded with. It is not
known whether the pluclky young
Briton prefers the ''nez retrousse@ or
the aquiline Tie will doubtless be in
q position to take his choice. He is
certainly not the sort of man 20 be con-
tent with any sort of nose that hap
pens to turn up.
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SOME ODD SAYINGS.
Extrsvsgans Expressions and Their QUEER
Origin.


There are some sayings which have
had their origin in a rather amusing
way. Thus, in the early days Of tbe
telescope. and when IL was FIRST turned
upon the heavens, observers sometimes
made very ludicrous mistakes, and
claimed to have found the most won
derful things
There was q rich man in England In
the sixteenth century who had a teic-
scope made for him. and, although he
knew nothing of astronomy. be inn
agined that he did. and soon declared
that he had made a marvellous div
I covery.
One day scientific men in England
were startled by the announcement
that this amateur observer had found
al elephant in the moon. He described
its appearance. he figured out It's size;
he told bow IL was eating up the moon,
and calculated that II would take only
few weeks for IL TO get 70 the very
heart of that planet
Astronomers were amazed. They
could see nothing 81 the kind on tho
moon through their telescopes, and
they sent one OF their number % the
rich mans house 20 look through his
telescope The visitor pccped into g..
and there was some huge monster that
must be thousands Of miles Ia length
and height. Then he examined the in
strument. and in a very short time went
20 the rich man. holding fly betweeE
his finger and thumb.
! Al
OF the telescope.
''Ohl nothing, a" said the visitor. ''bu.
your elephant ia the noon"
The Gy had crept into the telescop,
In such a way that IL was largely mag
nifed. and sngfested an elephant %
The observer when he had his inktru-
Iuent turned on the moon
For many years sfterward the term
AN elephant in the moon was By
word, sigulfying the same as a mares
nest"
The origin 81 The saying "a mare.
nest. b. The way. is d0ubtfnl II wa
IN use Ia the days of shakespeare. anct
meant thea. a. il does now. something
supposed % be great discovery. bus
which turns cut % be al noonsbin--
A story a. n The origin Is told In
many parts of this country.
Ia the davs when slaves we're ars.
brought from America 20 our land
: young negro. sTbo had never seen
pumpkin uotil 10 came here. one car
noticed mare lying down on-ibe edgo
81 Geld 81 ths SIDE q sfnz!i heap II
ripe. yellow p4npxins
II struck hin thz, The puzpkias
raas. be eggs which The animal haE
laid. znd, after looking =. them FOR
moment il zsuzze usssr.. he ran IA search
% Ia master. fOu1.d hin aad eAlls<.
cut.
Cone. qzlck-guics' We Cad -ssrr's
ref;
TIE s;o-y spr-ad rapidly. ar8 tom
Az oiacossry- which some people Re-
garde4 "a very important. bot ~hses
TTzs Il reality - tic Hsoss sri9.sy ehaz-
sc's-. sTaa called "a mares Essa---
Gol44sn D@vA
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Only Two Favcrites Win.

OAKLEY. o.. 0, t % -Ouly TWO fHrorites
won a st Track It'd y. The principal
race WAS the third, in Which GersihIne
and Poteniate found 1ual favol in the
eyes of ne betters. LIZ tia, at 10 ], got
Rwny ia front and WAS never headed.
Tenor in The COMO was the only first
cboCe Ihat fHiled 10 show. Summaries:
First race-Seveu urloug-: Uuo, 2 10 l,
wtu: T,x t, q ' !. second; Contest, to /,
tE.rd. Tim 1:29.
5 conG-ThIrIeen sixteen ms # mile:
Shield benrer. 4 to l, v or; Shanty Bob. II
10 ]. second; Ring Master, to l. third.
l:221z
Ihird-Six furlongs: LixeUia, 10 /.
won; Poreutatr. 5 2. ,ecoud; Buckway,
6 to !, ird. lime 1:I41s.
Four h-Alllr -nd al eighth: Sempfer
Lex. 5to2. w""; Grorge b ok. 8 20 l, secoud;
PIN us, Il q 5, t;ird. Tim 1:5S15.
Fif h-Six iurlong>: Saul, 3 to l.
Won; Free Advice: to l. >ecund; Kat heriue.
2tu l. bird. Time l:l5.
Sxib-Our NIL: Gloriana, $40 5, won;
Sister Anlin. 3 To l, second; Peabody, 2 to l,
third. Time LA