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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-14
WHERE WILD
WINDS RAGE.
One OF the Most Terrific Biz.
yards on Record in
New York.
TRAFFIC GREATLY IMPEDED
TWELVE INCHES or SNOW AND 4
HEAVY GALE.

BrooiSIyn Trolley Lines VIII Proh-
ably Be Tied Up Today on Ac-
count of Differences Between En-
pioyers aad Employees, and Great
Discomfort and Trouble Must Re-
suit as Consequence.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-14
IT is MAKING
FAIR PROGRESS.
Reform Programme Has Been
Accepted by the King
Of Corea.
PROPOSITIONS THEREIN.
THE UNSUITABLE AMBITION OF THE
QUEEN.

Japanese Army In the Province of
shun King, China, Is Laboring
Under Intease Distress, and Is AL
most on the Verge of starvation
and Thirst--The Cold Is Intense.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-28

Hon. WALTER p. RITcHIE, Of
Lima, Ohio, supreme chancellor Of
the Dnights Of PythiaS, Is in Wash
ington on Pythian business. He
keeps posted on the political sit
uation in his State, and he does net
consider McKinley's prospects
bright He said; at is doubtful
whether Gov. Mckinley will com.
mand the solid support of his own
State delegation for the Presiden-
tial nomination. Some of the tead.
ing men of his party care very lit
tie for Mckinley, and will knife
him at the first opportunity. Sta:e
pride may cause them to give sort
Of lukewarm adherence to his can.
didacy, but they will not stand by
him Though thick and thin. The,
realize that the Mckinley idea o
the tariff has been weighed in thu
balance and found wanting. 1
would be too heavy a load il
1896, and they are not going to as
sumo the burden"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-28

Young Mettetai pondered as the days he spent
Engineering pillow, with be1cord over a
mule,
With this hum-drum life am not content
Chopping winter wood, and teaching country
school.
One day there came in the mail to Blizzard,
A book filled with words ofVsdom and truth
1t was a catalogue sent by noted wizard
And contained many facts of Importance to
youth.
A wizard like those of fairy tales old
Who could give you draught from the cup of
knowledge.
A gift more precious than rubies and gold,
Was scholarship from Draughons Business
College.
Our hero read it, and took in the situation,
1t was three numbered miles, he was lacking
in wealth
But with full determination to have an educa
ton,
He had the necessary pluck, and abundance
ofhealth
He called on a fair maid, and had long talk.
She gave him smile as she kissed him good
bye.
My heart will be with you in your long, weary
walk,
You are bound to succeed don't never say die
| The road was rough, and covered with snow;
The icicles hung down and formed little foun
tains
But onward was his motto; he was determined tc
go,
And, like Napoleon, he crossed the mountains
He saw many sights ON his long, dreary tramp
| And the snow obscured the sun from his sight
But he met with kind people and never had t.
camp
| But always found welcome and good bed a
night.
He passed coal mine, down deep in the earth
AS he gazed at the convicts, through his mine
fitted
The thought, Oh wickedness what are yo,
worth,
Without education to get yourself ACQUITTED
He passed by the place where Duncan's hear
failed,
The wind was most binding, the sleet cut hi
| face,
But he bowed his head to the storm, obstacle,
paled
His courage never waned, he would win tn
race.
He arrived in the city, late the twelfth day
His heart gave bound, as he walked on tn
street.
Pluck always wins; no matter what folks ma
| say
You will never succeed unless you compete
He met Prof Draughon, was introduced int
school;
Taken to the varmint aOwrgcnaS to board an
sleep,
He is studying double eatry. he already know
the rule;
He knows commercial law and the ledger ho
to keep
Next year You win meet him, when the scho
is done;
His friends all will greet him, he will be hapI
then
place IN life's honors, he will then have won
In field or in office, n man among men
J.c. EBY, Nashville, Tenn,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-28

boarded, he decided to treat with a
syndicate that could not only iutni.h
gold, but also give some reasonable
guarantee for its preservation for at
least time. Only such houses as the
Rothchilds and the Mcrgals could
give this guarantee.
There is no sufficient gt9und for
supposing that the syi die tie either
can not or will not do much Of what it
has agreed to do. II can control hos
tile bankers, some Of whom there
must be, by indirect influences. and
thus virtually secure the cooperation
of the New York clearing house and
the great Continental and Engish
banking institutions, The Rothschilds
have branches in all the great money
centers of the world London, Vienna,
Paris, Brussels and Frankfort and
through them can sell commercial
bills so as to keep down on the rate Of
exchange in favor of country they
are helping, They have been doing
this for nearly hundred years, and
this they have no doubt agreed to do
again if necessary, for the United
States.
From now on we shall be able To
watch for the first time, at least in
many years, an intelligent manipula
ton Of the money markets for praise
worthy and patriotic purpose. We
can hardly see how the syndicate car
fail to preserve satisfactory gold bal
anCe in the Treasury for many months
There will undoubtedly beattempts tC
cut it down. Such one WAS Russell
: Ssge's withdrawal OF $3.50 900 from tn,
t Sub.Treasury last Friday and the Ell
forts to force gold to premium. Blu
these movements will almost necessa
rily be individual efforts, disconnecte,
} and Of little consequence when exerte
u against the syndicste's influences. !
e combination to bear the government
t credit would not be tolerated. TIL
n expectation Of gold ceased as soon 8
!. an intimation OF the contract &C
abroad, and there is no indication thi
it will be resumed, though at time
the year when the tide sets its stronge
to Europe.
II the syndicate do what it hi
undertaken the value of such servit
:. can not be overestimated. The da
:, loss to business under such condition
=. as prevailed during the great gold ri
=, was lar in excess of what the intere
~ on the bonds for year would be. tt
" syndicate made the bond issue q gu
cess, and the five millions or so it mi
- make will be fairly and honest
: earned.
-: When this administration and t.
,m men who compose it have passed in
=, y, history, it will be understood by
=, that Mr.. Carlisle and Mr.. Clevela
- met the greatest emergency that b
arisen since the wa With courage,
- triotism and wisdom. -CouYier-Journ
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-28

For Sale.
A small farm with rev four room
house-pantry, cellar, poarches, CT
tern, stable,' tc., in good neighbornood,
north OF johnson City. Can be bong
cheap. MRS KATE Il. STAPLES
Or. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Award.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-28

No appointment made by Presi
dent Cleveland has given more sat
isfaction to Congress, regardless Of
political opinions, than that of Sen
ator Ransom to be minister to Mex.
leo. The unanimous confirmation
of his nomination without reference
to committee was moved by Sena-
tor Sherman, who took occasion to
speak in the highest terms of the
fitness Of the nomination and of the
ability, character and patriotism Of
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-28
Senator Ransom. He will be thor
oughlJ at home in Mexico, as he
speaks both French and Spanish.
SENATOR WoLcorr is afraid tia

SENATOR WoLcoTT is afraid that
some Of the European countries
might, during the Congressional
vacation, get in the notion to hold
an international monetary confer
ence and find the United State S
unprepared to take part therein.
In order to avoid such a predica-
ment he has offered an amendment
to the sundry civil appropriation
bill, authorizing the President tc
appoint three commissioners, SHOULD
they be needed, to act with a join
Congressional committee of six a
Representatives ofthe United States
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-28

In accordance with the opinion
that President Cleveland has seve-
raj times expressed, the Senate
committee on appropriations has
agreed to an amendment to the
sundry civil appropriation bill, APP.
propriating $5,23S,2S9 to pay the
bounty on sugar produced in 1893
at the old rate and to pay eight
tenths of a cent pound on the
crop of 1894.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-28

THERE is no longer any anxiety
on the part of Democrats as to the
result of the election in the Third
ward. Music hath wonderful pow
er, it is said, and they are told that
Poet Hyder will be able to soothe
the savage Republicans of thai
ward He has already connected
his muse with the electric streak,
and great change has taken place
even with the leaders.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-28

The Howgate trial ended with I;
hung jury. The district attorney
says he has other indictments upon
which tIowgate will be tried. 1t
is said that the reason the trial wa.
50 tame aud free from the expected
sensational developments was that
parties who might have been com
promised convinced Howgate that
art Of fixing" jury was still
pIacjced, for consideration, by
experts, and further that he wou'c
not have to furnish the "considera
ton"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-28

WE were not correctly informed
as to Longs candidacy. He is not
an independent, but was sent forth
by few pretended friends to b,
slaughtered'like a lamb on the altar
Pete Pouder did it. He has no
forgotten what Uncle John Came
ron did for him last year, and mis-
cry loves company, even for Long
time.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-28

JACKSON has an aldermanic gait
and is still rnnning ahead. Beckner
may enter the home stretch as Jack
son goes under the wire on election
day, but that is all his friends hope
for him now.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-28

SECRETARY HERBERT is much
pleased that the House adopted his
recommendation for building three
battle ships, and he has no expecta-
ton that the Senate will do other
wise, but he deeply regrets that so
many Democrats worked and voted
against the battle ship clause of the
naval appropriation bill, in the
House, although fully aware that
it was a matter Of conscience and
principle with those who did so.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-28

Funeral services over the remains
OF the late Frederick Douglass were
held in Washington Tuesday. A
letter from Elizabeth Cady Station
was read during the services in which
the writer said Douglass was the only
man she had ever met who understood
the degradation of Acknowledgement
for women.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-28
Excelsior.

Young Mettetai pondered, as the days he spent
Engineering pillow, with bellcord over
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-28

IT is believed that the railroad
pooling bill was finally shelved
when the Senate, by vote of a.
to "a, refused to take it up.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-28
THE COM EFT
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY

If you don't register Friday and
and Saturday you can't vote in the
municipal election.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1895-02-28

George r. Brown has opened res
taurant in the Harris block, on b lifalo
street.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-08-08
Training Nature.

At Jamrach's, in London, the other
day, some one asked the great animal
catcher and importer if he had run out
of mermaids
1--WE used to keep them," he answer
ed, "when they fetched four pounds
apiece, but now we can't get more than
one pound for them. Frank Buckland
burst up the trade when he exposed the
method Of their manufacture by the
Japanese from a fish and a monkey
skin cleverly united; SO we no longer
make them leading article" he smil-
ingly added.
1.-THE Japanese are remarkably in
genious?"
mot only that, but they possess in
finite patience. The telescope fish is
case in point. 1t is a fish of immense
length, with a double, fan-like tail, and
produced by breeding on the principle
of artificial selection. However, they
are quite common in Germany now"
"And do you know how they get
white Java sparroWs"
''They select pair of grayish birds
and keep them in a white cage in
white room, and they are attended by
person dressed in white. The mental
effect on a series of generations of birds
results in completely white birds. They
breed the domestic cock with enor-
mously long tails after the same princi-
pie. They first select a bird with a
good tail giving him q yerV high perch
to stand on; then with weights they
drag the tail downward, carrying on the
same system with the finest specimens
of his descendants till tail almost as
long as peacock's is produced at last.
And how marvelously they are in the
fertilization of plants! Did you ever
see one Of their dwarf trees, perhaps
fifty years old, and yet not more than
an inch or two high"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-08-08

1t is question whether the stringine
of electric wires in cities and villages
will not destroy large proportion OF
the shade trees. Complaint is made in
several cities that where the wires pass
through the foliage the trees in near
ly every instance have died, presumably
from the effects of the electric current
1t has been noticed also that the death
of the trees almost invariably follows a
season of rain, when the wet leaves are
good conductors of electricity and car
ry it from the wires to the trees. In
some cases the death Of trees has been
caused by wires supposed to be thor
oughly insulated, the covering having
been rubbed off the wires by the fric-
ton of the branches when moved by the
wind. The evidence that the trees have
been killed by electricity is furnished
by the fact that in numberleSs instances
the trees through which the wires pass
died in an hour during storm, while
those standing a few feet from the
wires were uninjured. These results
will raise the question as to the liabil-
ity of electric light companies for the
damage caused by the killing of shade
trees The right to string electric wires
does not give the further right to de-
stroy the shade trees, which may con-
stitute the chief value of piece of real
estate. Neither does it give the right
to lop off the branches and otherwise
disfigure ornamental trees simply be-
cause such branches happen to be in the
way of the wires. This destruction of
trees is quite likely to lead to expensive
litigation before a property owners
right to receive damages for his loss is
established by the courts. A good deal
of trouble could be avoided if electric
lighting and power companies would
take pains to place their poles and
string their wires so as not to interfere
with the ornamental trees along their
lines.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-08-08
Red Hair Disastrous.
lines.

According to a Philadelphia paper,
nearly all the women who have been
great enough to have their heads cut
off have had red hair; also that they
seem to be at the bottom of most trou-
BILE. For instance, Catherine of Rus
STA, Joan of Arc, Elizabeth, Mary
Queen of Scots, Anne of Austria, En-
press Eugene, Ninon de L'Enclos, Lu-
cretia Borgia, Beatrice Cenci-all of
them had red hair, and very few of
them died in their beds. Even in pre-
historic times it appears that red-hair-
ed women made all the trouble. A red
haired woman caused the fall of Troy,
and red-haired woman brought to
Ireland seven centuries Of woe. The
two historic abductions of the world
were of red-haired women. The de-
struction of Troy and the trials and
tribulations of the men of Argos were
caused by the rape of the red-haired
Helen, the highest type OF Homeric
beauty.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-08-08
Tipping the Ocean.

The discovery that the axis Of the
earth is not fixed in direction, but that
it swings round in such way as to
cause the North Pole itself to revolVe
once in every fourteen months rouno
circle ten yards in diameter, is now
generally accepted as an established
fact.
1t is evident that such webbing OF
the earth's axis Of rotation. smaH
though it be, must produce some effec'
upon the level of the ocean tits shores
and an examination of the very careful
records, which have been kept for more
than forty years, Of the height OF the
tide in the canal at Helder, in HOLLAND,
was recently made for the purpose Oh
determining whether such an etfeo
could be perceived.
The result Of the examination showed
that the average level of the water mao
varied with great regularity, IN IT,
curing period of fourteen months ever
since the tide records were begun III
1851.
The inference is that this regular
change of level must be due to the
swinging round of the axis Of the earlD'
The amount by which the level changes
"a little less than five-eighths OF al
inch-also corresponds to the calculated
change that should result from the sup
posed cause.
So we are gradually learning to ap
preciate how delicately the ponderous'
earth is poised as it swings in It's 7as'
orbit round the sun, and how even lpe
mighty ocean responds to the slightes..
tipping this way and that of the gre"'
axis of the globe.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-08-08

ary," is credited with the discovery Of
Creole, one Of the best mining CEN
tiers of the Colorado region.
AS the story goes, two butchers stop
ped on the vacant town site to rest.
The burro they had with them strayed
away, and when they looked for him
he could not be found. Finally pair
Of long ears were discovered cropping
out behind rock up the muntain side.
One of the butchers pulled up a bush
with which to beat the runaway, when
he discovered a valuable mineral de-
post clinging to it's roots. The two
men sold their claim for $4,000, and
the magical town of Creole sprang in
to existence. 1t is in the midst of the
best mining region, in the heart of the
silvery San Juan The district is one
of immense riches and incalculable
possibilities Creole, in a single twelve
month, became the rival of famous
Leadville as silver producer. The
mines are also prolific of gold, copper,
lead, and other metals. Creole is ro-
mantically situated amid high noun
tains whose lofty peaks tower upward
to the clouds. Millions of dollars
worth of metals have been mined
there, and the supply seems illimita-
BILE. History does not record the fate
of the long-eared Observation-Disclosures
est Magazine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-08-08

it was that the evidence of the attor-
ncys on the other side was brought for
ward. Don Miguel was shown never
to have even existed while the famous
Peralta land grant was proved to be a
myth Moreover, Reavis' wife, the
heir of Don Miguel, was shown to be
not a noble Spanish lady who
could trace her ancestry for 700 years
through the proudest blood of Spain,
but the daughter of a Missouri post
trader and Digger Indian squaw.
Reavis, it was revealed, was originally
a car driver who, ambitious above such
a station, had invented the whole
scheme.
The end was inevitable Reavis
was accused of fraud and conspiracy,
and now lies in Jail at Santa Fee under
bonds of $4,000. He is an old man
now; the best years of his life were
given to rearing the fabric of fraud,
and now, as he lies there, friendless
and alone, wanting even the necessi-
ties of life, his career speaks more
plainly than any sermon of the fulfil
ity of ambition when founded on fraud
and wrong.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-08-08

j. A. REAVIS. {
court of Spain a century ago to Don
Miguel de Peralta de la Cordova. This
land had afterward passed into the
power of the United States which had
never paid the heirs of Don Miguel
anything and Reavis wanted Congress
to settle. The land in question is ex-
ceedingly rich in minerals and on it is
located some very important towns.
A cash estimate Of it's value would
make it worth $75,OOO,OOO, and this
sum, in ten years, would be easily dou-
bled. For twenty-five years Reavis
labored to build up the claim. He went
to Mexico and Spain and in his inves-
legations spent at least 100000. He
forged grants, titles and royal cedulas;
he manufactured parchments, royal
signatures and seals, he made spurious
decorations and orders, all Of which
went to the establishment of Don Mig
uel de Peralta as the man to whom
Spanish royalty had granted the land
in question.
While engaged in his work Reavis
ed some OF the greatest legal lights in
the country in his scheme. Among
these was the late Roscoe Conkling.
Col. 1ngersoll was another who believ-
ed thoroughly in Reavis' claim. On the
strength of these legal opinions Rea-
Wis managed to raise large sums of
money in New York from prominent
men who were promised a share in
the land when Congress should have
granted the claim. Reavis began to
live like prince. He stayed at the
Hoffman House where he ran up a bill
of $4,000; he spent large sums for fast
horses and he entertained his friends
in truly royal style. During the time
he married and maintained his wife
was the lineal descendant of Peralta
and thereby strengthened his claims to
the land in question.
Reavis was unable to get his claim
before Congress, but he succeeded in
having a law passed creating the Court
Of Private Land Claims to investigate
the alleged grants. Two clever New
York lawyers at once set about prob
ing the truth of the Reavis claim. At
first they believed there was some
thing at the bottom of it since all the
documents produced by him were so
apparently trustworthy, but trip to
Spain and Mexico revealed what a
fraud the whole thing was. The law
yers handed in their report after
months of investigate and it was
seen how baseless was Reavis' claim.
June II last, in the little court room
at Santa Fe, n. NJ, James Addison
Reavis was finally shown to be the
fraud he was and that his claims were
forgeries pure and simple. Reavis
told the story of his life, the reasons
for the claim. and once more brought
forward Don Miguel de Peralta. Then
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-08-08

The beauties of the jury system ever
impress themselves upon the observ-
ing intelligence. In a California coun-
ty one Hill was not long ago arrested
for hog-stealing, arraigned and plead
ed guilty. Now he has concluded to
withdraw the plea, and the county
must pay for a trial to determine
whether Mr.. Hill is a thief or merely
an eccentric liar, or possibly to ascer-
tain that he is both. The jurymen
must, of course, declare in advance
that they believe Hill innocent as a
babe Or they cannot bring to the weigh
ing of the evidence that unprecedented
mind in which lies the safety of the
malefactor Mr.. Hill is to be congrat.
ulated upon living in a country where
the courts are designed for the espe.
cial benefit Of people in predicaments
similar to his own.