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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-06-23
A FORTUNE
Refused BY Gresham as a Gift From
Friends.

Refused BY Gresham as a Gift From
Friends.
zone story of Judge Gresham that
has never been told in a newspaper
shows just what kind of a character
he possessed said a Chicago man last
night. when he was called by Presi-
dent Cleveland to be secretary of
state he was poor man. His friends
knew this, and the day he was named
to head the cabinet, ten men, five Re-
publicans and five Democrats, got to-
gether and got up $4,000 to be given
to Mr.. Gresham. This money was put
in a bank and Mr.. Gresham, who was
in Chicago, was called up by telephone
and told there was $4,000 in a certain
bank in his name.
The money, he was told, was his.
and he was told to take it and use it
as an out-anG-out gift from his
friends. To this message, which would
have stunned most men, Gresham
made answer at once. He told the
man who was at the other end of the
telephone wire that he would not ac-
cept the money. He said point blank
that he had not earned it, did not de-
serve it, and, while he appreciated the
feelings that had prompted the gift,
yet he could not and would not have
anything to do with the money There
was no opportunity for an argument
in the matter. Gresham's answer was
absolute, and so the men divided up
the money they had subscribed and
put it back in their own pockets. -
Chicago Tribune
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patriotism. too, just for the glory and
honor of keeping alive the spirit that
dominated the land in 1776.
Some mighty fine warships could be
built with these $62. 00O. 600: the depleted
booming to unexpected heights, or a
dozen other handsome things could be
done with it, but none of them would
give to the sons and daughters of
Uncle Sam that eXultant satisfaction
which permeates the emotions of the
nation when that grand old bird is
permitted to open wide its mighty
beak and send forth its Fourth of
July screech.
No, let the eagle screech once d year.
even if it does cost $4,000, 600 per
screech.
The time of year is rapidly approach
ing when the small boy lightly turns
to thoughts of firecrackers, while the
small boys mother sorrowfully turns
to the medicine chest. and figures on
the problem of how many burns she
will have TO doctor and dress.
Progressive Pyrotechnics.
Pyrotechnics, like science. the new
woman and other progressive things,
have kept abreast of the times. and
this years Fourth of July will develop
many remarkable inventions in the
way of displays. One of the curious
features of the celebration in sta
tistical way is the fact that 3,96S.0G0,-
000 frecrackers will be exploded on
the great day. These figures were
given the writer by one of the big
dealers in fireworks in New York. OF
course, it is only rough estimate,
as an accurate number is unObtainable.
He made 4 conservative estimate.
allowing about one pack of crackers
for each of the country's population.
There are siXty-four crackers in each
pack, and allowing for the consump-
ton of 100000 packs, the large total
is reached This same dealer esti-
mated the amount of money expended
on the Fourth for fireworks. He
thought dollar would be a fair av
erage sum for the average American,
man, woman and child. Of course, a
great many people spend considerably
less, as the small boy on an allow
ance of cents for the day can tes-
tify to- But for this sum he gets
huge enjoyment out of exploding )
cents worth of paper caps in 2 cent
toy pistol. Ranked against him is the
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THE NEW GIRL.
What She Vow Asks When He Pro.
poses to Her.

W nat She Vow Asks When He PrO-
poses to Her.
The independence of woman is Gre
ating sad havoc among the young men
who would like to marry, but whose
finances are dependent upon their own
eXertionS. The question is no longer,
| Can you support me in the luxury to
which 1 have been accustomed in my
fathers house," but Can YOU support
me as well rs l can support MYSELF"
very charming girl recently ap-
piled TO General Diggs, all official in
one of the government departments
She proved u be qualified for the 30
sition she sought, AMI the general told
her that her chances were excellent
with reference u & va .lncy which
would occur in a few weeks. she had
not been gone ten minutes when the
generals nephew Fred entered the
room.
You should have been here Just a
little sooner said J'le gentleman,
slyly. Il had Il caller you would have
been charmed to meet"
Miss Studywell, ycu mean. 1 knew
she was coming here.
"Oh, she an acquaintance Of
yours?''
Yes. 1 wanted to ask you about
that place she is asking f"r
Il see. But your influence is quite
unnecessary. I've Decided 70 appoint
aer. So you can set your mind at
rest
set my mind at rest! Good heav.
ems. You dom mean 10 say you've
gone and done il. | wanted that place
myself
why, you haartless, unga 'le (
scamp; you ought TO be ashamed Of
yourself for trying 20 injure the Fl os-
poets of a young girl in this way
I'm not trying 10 injure her pros
poets I'm trying to make her happy
for life
by taking the bread on of her
mouth?''
Not at all. I'll see that she gets
bread, and charlotte russo, tco. for
that matter. If she has TO earn a
salary she'll get 10 taking such an in
terest in her work that she won't
think of marrying. while if 1 get the
place I'll be in a position to propose to
her and make her happy Cor life"
And the general said he would hold
the matter under advisement pending
an investigation and a formal and
definite report by Fred as to the young
woman's sentiments.-St Louis Re
public.
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copyright, 1895, by S. S. Mcclure,
Iinitedl

copyright, 1895, by S. s. Mcclure,
Limited)
Liverpool, Eng, June s, 1895.
l enjoyed a long talk the other day with
the surgeon of one of the Dundee whaling
feet, which has now, alas! through a suc-
cession OF bad seasons, dwindled down to
very small proportions. Dr. Glennie has
been with the whalers off and on for over
twenty years, and remembers the time
when, on more than a few occasions, the
Arctic captured four big fish in almost as
many hours in the middle of July. Davis
Straits whalers are lucky now if they can
take four cetacean in as many days
There is a common impression" said
the surgeon, that things on the Green
land whaling grounds are distinctly slow.
Nothing could be more erroneous. I call
TO mind one particular scene about the
end Of June, when our men were pull. ?
along the Hoe edge in latitude n degrees
80 minutes north. and l was with them
The air was alive with the songs of the
many varieties\of birds. the whistling of
The unicorn lnarWhaD and its blasting
the bass-trumpet sound of the seahorse
the blasts of the white whale, the roar of
The polar bear, and the most welcome
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for a package of six, which is also
rather high priced sport for the or
binary work-a-day mortal. The most
expensive skyrOckets cost $50 dozen,
while the parachute rockets cost $40
a dozen. and still more elaborate
affairs run as high as sos per dozen,
or SO each.
The Prismatic VhirIO ind.
Vertical wheels, the kind which
variegate the colors at each revolution,
cost 1872 per dozen for the largest size
of twenty inches in diameter. One Of
the newest inventions is called the
prismatic whirlwind. These come at
the comparatively cheap price of $50
per dozen. but the directions include
this somewhat dampening admoni-
ton: Light the fuse and withdraw
to a convenient distance" 1t seems
that when the prismatic Whirlwind
has been touched off it begins 10 re-
volve with considerable speed. ascend
ing high i'm the air. and IL the words
of the fireworks man. emitting show
ers of golden spray. terminating IN q
crown of variegated colored stars of
every hue.
Bombshells of the pyrotechnic order
are quite expensive. costing as much
as $40 each These throw q number
of bouquets of many cOlors into the
air. The cannon salutes, otherwise
the creations which make nervous
people Jump dozrI. feet every time
they so off. are fortunately quite high
in price. costing $50 4 dozen Ior
twelve-pounders, ana more in pro-
portion to the Increased calitre CT
the noise.
This Bouquet is Costly.
The ingenious invention causing an
expenditure of $50 ut one swooD is the
Aerial Bouquet This contrivance
is Il box fitted with a dozen large
rockets and a single fuse. When the
latter is lighted they fly into the air
simultaneously, making a very pretty
and high-priced spectacle. Japanese
bOmbShells cost as nueh as SY5 each,
while set pieces run as niSh as 81 800
or as much more as the purchaser
cares TO GO
Day fireworks are now quite proper
They were invented by Japanese,
and are fired from mortars, exploding
at a great altitude and displaying all
manner of pictures like gods anG god
desses, dragons and animals. pearls,
rainbows. and other queer things a
prize fight can be shown by them
The objects pictured float on the air
for a considerable length of time
ing up dollars on the glorious Fourth,
but those mentioned Will dc for most
people.
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ONE MAN
All There Was to Hear the Preach
er's Sermon.

All There Was to Hear the Preach
er's Sermon.
With a dry good box for pulpit
Rev. J. +. Wilcox said he would
preach yesterday in the street before
the First Christian church. He kept
his word in all save the dry goods box.
He stood on the curbstone by the
church, because he could not find
dry goods box, and sang old orthodox
hymns and preached on the immortal
ity of the soul. The wind blew cold
and raw and tossed his patriarchal
beard as he lifted his deep-toned voice
in sacred song and exhortation Peo-
pie rolled by in carriages and whizzed
by on bicycles. and they turned to look
at the venerable man standing in the
public highway preaching to single
auditor. When he began his audience
consisted of one person. Others, a few
others, came along after he began and
stopped for awhile to listen, but the
chilling wind or engagements else
where hurried them along The one
man alone heard all of that divine ser
vice in the highway. When it was
finished the preacher put on his silk
hat, took his Bible under his arm, and
went home, TO return next Sunday and
preach again on the streets if he is de-
MED admission to the church.-Chicago
Tribune.
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peared,, leaving nothing behind to show
where she had been.
while the Arctic was beset on the 7th
of August, all the other ships which We're
in company with her were also heset, and
for safety the crews took to the ice, and
accommodated themselves in tents, which
they made out of the sails of the ships.
Fortunately, Oil the Sth of August the
storm subsidized. ard the best ships got
free, and among them were divided the
crew of the Arctic.
The chance of being crushed in the
moving ice is nearly always present. In
1872 no fewer than thirty-two ships of the
American whaling feet We're destroyed
in this way in the Behring sea. IT is very
common for the boats TO be cit of by the
ice One day after killing five whales at
fall, although the ship was at the time
in open water at the edge Of fast ice a
sudden change of wind brought the loose
so quickly in upon her that six of the
boats with two of the fish were cut off
from the snip, and her position was for a
time very p1ecarjous. The grinding and
squeezing of the surrounding ice and the
creaking OF the ship, We're unpleasantly
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for her nose was already rubbing against
The ice. The harpooner FREQ in his gum
harpoon, thrust in the hand one, and then
sent In his lance, which latter must nave
transfiXed the brute's lungs and heart, for
it threw Up as much as bucketful OF
blood, which formed a nice crimson-col-
ored blast as from fountain, and then,
flashing with its tail and fms, sank for
about eight fathoms, and was hauled up
dead. No patent machine for killing
whales right off could have made quicker
fifteen minutes from the time that the
boat reached her till she was lashing up
tail and nose to the ships side, and the
was on board in three hours.
4 Rare Run of Luck.
''This was an Unusually soft snap, but
such experiences did come now and again.
Ony a fortnight later we had a rare run
of luck-Seven whales at one fall. And
on the day following this seVenfold haul
we were again successful I tell you 1t
was nuts. and such nuts as you never get
nowadays At eight in the morning the
boats were sent out, and fall was called
whilst we were at breakfast. All the
boats We're sent out, as there were large
fish in twos and threes plying about in
holes in the foe and along the edge of it..
Whilst our boat was towing large dead
fish to the ship, monster came up twice
so near our oars that We were obliged TO
stop pulling. A boat got very near it
both times, AMI had it remained up two
seconds more the second time the boat
fish during the afternoon. Had the two
latter been larger we could have said we
were filed, as it was we looked out for
Ole more fish. A very large fish with its
young one came close up to the ship at II
p. m. and 4 boat hailed her before u
o'clock at some distance from the ship
She took out the lines of two boats about
$50 fathomsl as she came towards the
ship. After the second harpoon was fired
into her she never went down again, but
lay rolling about, while four boats were
engaged in lancinC her. Five boats took
her in tow 10 the ship. the captain stand
ing on the heal and the spectioneer-our
best harpooner-on the body. All the jacks
were hoisted in the boats as they proceed
ed in procession, the men sheering and
singing whalerS' songs. This fish meas
ured about SeVenty-five feet in length and
forty-five feet in circumference and was
the heaviest we had caught this year.
The Wreck of IL WhaIer.
1.-The good old Arctic was lost two or
three seasons later. Early in August, af-
ter rather Indifferent time of it, she was
off Cape Garry in the Gulf OF Boothia, in
company with some other WhaleTs. the
CamperdoWn, Victor. NaTNhal and In
trepid. The Arctic was warped and steam
ed into a natural dock in the ice to pro-
tect her should the nips come on. Next,
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boy whose father spends 500 in buy
ing all manner of fancy fireworks, and
the chances are that the poor little
chap with his nickel gets more genuine
pleasure out of the day than the pam
pered youngster and his 500 worth
of fun.
Melancholy Fireworks Men.
The rivalry among the fireworks
dealers at this season of the year is
almost pathetic in its fierceness. One
would expect to find them jovial lot
of happy fellows, exhuberant with the
joy of the Fourth of July, but the
writer found them most melancholy,
dissatisfied, pessimistic crowd of men.
He called on a number of them, and
when one was asked about the amount
of money spent on the Fourth, he
said:
do you expect me to give the Sc
crets of the trade away. and make the
competition so hot that there would
be nothing in it? There's nothing in
it anyway, and l would rather be out
of it than in it
Tt meant the business.
When asked if patriotism had sagged
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blast of the black whale. for it was the
last animal that we sought. AIyriads of
birds and fish we're there, in fact the air
appeared to be alive with the one. and the
be seen sneaking along the edge of the
Ice, ever watchfUl OF its opportunity TO
came TO the surface to blow. or even a
seal or a loon.
No Scarcity of Bears.
One day W. had eighteen bears In
groups of threes and tours, quite close to
where the boats were lying. Two of the
boats put out, one carrying rifles and am
munitiol TO despatch the brutes With.
'One of these hungry animals prowied
about the fast boat a long time and at
last put one fore paw on the bow. and it
was about 10 spring into il, when the
harpooner fired the harpoon gun in its
face. but this had little effect on ii, for
the beast simply sat down on the ice and
reared. After tea a nan followed up a
bear, and shot it IL the hind leg. 1t rolled
itself on the ice a little, and then made q
bolt at him. Having a. Snider rife with
him, the man stood and put three other
balls into the animal whilst it stood roar
ing at him. Bears require a lot of killing,
but with shot or two more he contrlved
to despatch This fellow The nrst mate
and took another boat. and went up to
another SPOT, where there were three
bears feeding on a seal. On seeing us
they started off towards the men who
were skinning the one already shot Tie
largest one soon turned and went like a
racehorse over the hoe. While the other
two chased the men into the boat The
boat was pushed off in order to entice
them into the water. as there is more
chance Of hitting them then. which they
succeeded in doing and shot one. ] took
n rifle and went along the fee 70 look for
The one that had escaped. Having reach
ed a, point of ice some distance from the
ship, I suddenly found myself cut off from
she latter by large beast that was max
ing rapid sliding strides towards me.
waited at the edge OF the foe, and hsv-
ing made one shot and struck him in the
body. | ieaped on a piece Of loose ice and
pushed it afoat- had got about twenty
feet of water between the piece of ice and
the foe edge when the bear plunged into
The water, and making couple of strokes
with all fOurs, put one paw on the ice
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and as its weight sank one side of the ice,
/ Jumped on another smaller piece, and
then put ball through its head, immedi-
Sfeiv In front Of its ears. By this time n
boat was near ice, and lowed the carcass
alongside where it was skinned. The head
of : Yak's ilarDoon was found embedded
in ; muscles Of the neck, and ] found
and homes Of a iocn for some time.
should have made substantial meal for
the beast # he had got me, but instead OF
That I acted as his humble servant, and
81 1Ke5 his bacon for him.
4 hale That Was Easy ITO Deal
With.
'.Somet.mes the whales were easy TO
deal with and very considerably, gave
rs little ii do. One morning, for instance,
a large 'rigat' whale cSme up close along
side the ship-so close that The. beats On
The side could not be lowered without
soaring it. There happened TO be a boat
on stIEer side of the ship at a little dis
lance IN the lookout. The nearest one
dive. We knew she was about to do this.
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off, thus running the business, he said:
mo, the patriotism is all right, but
there's nothing in the business. L
don't know what's the matter folks
don't buy firecrackers the way they
used to. But guess the patriotism Is
all right
A Wealth of Adjectives.
The average fireworks catalogue is
as rich in the use of the adjective as
circus progra NINE, as, for example, take
this gem: These shells are the grand
est production of the pyrotechnic art;
They show every known color, and all
the beautiful combinations OF col
ors, besides streamers, Snoot-
ing stars. meteors, comets, du-
ration stars, serpentt, gold ram
trailed stars, whirligigs, para
chutes, mammoth spreaders, etc, etc
The perfection to which this branch
of pyrotechnics has been reached, by
years of experiment by both nauVe
and foreign talent, has had the effect
of revolutionizing the style of large
displays: making it possible with
them and with the addition of our
other aerial fireworks to produce the
grandest exhibitions
Fireworks Come High.
1t takes a millionaire to buy fire
works these days if an up to date dis
play is to be given. OF course they
can be bought cheaply, but the smaller
priced ones are so completely over
Swallowed by the magniticence of the
costly articles that the poor man had
better content himself with the hum
BILE but exciting firecracker. For in
stance, the best Roman candles cost
$3.50 per dozen. This is $15 each, which
is rather expensive. These contain
thirty balls. while the smallest ones,
containing two balls, can be bought
for 80 cents d dozen. The best golden
shower candles, which are somewhat
similar to the Roman candle, cost $40
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SiXty-two millions of silver. gold,
paper, bimetallic and other varieties
of the American dollar will be burned
up on July 4th next
This sounds queerly, but it is solid
fact, and yet there are people who say
the country is hanging on the ragged
edge of perdition. That is has sixty
two millions to burn proves quite the
contrary. Where is the country on
this neat little globe that can do the
same? 1t is ali offered on the altar of
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TIME FoR REFLECTION.

Kitty-Jack says he viii stop drink
ing if I will marry him.
Janet-Well, be careful. my dear.
It's easier for him to begin again than
for You to get unmarried,-Detr
Free Press.
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POLAR BEARS
AND ICEBERGS.
Short Cruise on An Arctic Whal-
ing Vessel.
A SURGEONS EXPERIENCE.
SOME WHALES EASY TO TAKE
AND OTHERS ARE NOT.

How Dundee Whaling Has Declined
Wreck of a WhaIer-Threatened
Imprisonment in the Ice-A Rare
Run of Luck-NO Scarcity of
Bears.
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DR.. Tillman fills teeth without pain;
SO and a. over Walker Bros. & F'yler
Co.'S store.
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ON THE ALTAR OF
PATRIOTISM.
Sixty-Two rliIiion Dollars Will
Be Burned.
AN ARIEL PRIZE FIGHT.
RIVALRY AMONG DEALERS IN
FIREWORKS.
AN ARIEL PRIZE FIGHT.

Best Roman Candles Cost $50 a
DOzen-GOlden Shower Candles
$40 For a Package of Six-Sky
Rockets $50 n Dozen-Some of
the Newest Inventions in Pyro-
technics.
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