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Sir" said the first lieutenant, burst
ing into the captains cabin. the ship
is going down"
Very well, Mr.. Spoken" said the
captain, "but that is no reason for go
ing about half shaved. Exercise your
mind a moment, Mr.. Spoken, and you
will see that to the phiIosophic eye
Ghere is nothing new in our position;
the ship Gf she is to so down at alb
may be said to have been going down
since she was launched
She is settling fast" said the first
lieutenant, as he returned from shaw
ing.
Fast. Mr.. Spoken asked the cap
tain. The expression is a strange one,
for time Gf you will think of it is only
relative"
Sir" said the lieutenant, az think it
IS scarcely worth while to embark in
such a discussion when we shall all
: be in Davy Jones' locker in ten min
utes."
by parity of reasoning" returned
the captain gently. lit would never be
worth while to begin any inquiry Of
Importance; the odds are always over
whe'mingly that we must die before we
shat have brought it to an end. You
have not considered, Mr.. Spoken, the
SITUATION OIL man, SAID the captain,
smiling and shaking his head.
81 am much more engaged in con-
sidering the position of the Ship said
Mr.. Spoken.
Spoken like a good officer" replied
the captain, laying his hand on the
leutenant's shoulder.
on deck they found the men had
broken into the spirit room, and We're
fast getting drunk.
My men, said the captain, ''there
IS no sense in this. The ship is going,
Fdown, you viii tell me. in ten minutes;
well, and what then? To the philo-
sophie eye, there is nothing new in our
position. All our lives long, we may
have been about to break a blood ves-
sci or 10 be struck by lightning, not
merely in ten. minutes, but in ten sec
onGs; and that has not prevented US
from eating dinner, no; nor from put
ting money in the savings bank. I as
sure you. with my hand on my heart,
l fail to comprehend your attitude
The men were already too for gone
20 pay much heed.
This is a very painful sight, Mr.
Spoken said the captain.
"And yet to the philosophic eye, or
whatever it is, replied the first lieu
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SEC
Ton ., OF chapter 3d. of the revised or
t finances of Salt Lake City, of 1892 en-
utIed waterworks
Section BE it ordained bv tho oitv
council OF Salt Lake City. territory Of
Otan, mat section 8, of chapter So. of the
1 1eoo ordinances of Salt Lake City. of
losa, e!tltIed ''Waterworks,' be and the
9 f5n IS hereby amended, by adding at
Inc eng of said section the following, to-
VIZ crowded. that this section Shall
not apply to extensions of service pine
Wnen made by individuals at their own
expense by permission OF the city coun-
eli, ana which are to be used only dur
ing the pleasure of said council
osc; z-ThiS ordinance to take effect
sage. ''oi 10 pas
=; Passed by the city council of Salt Lake
and referred to the mayor for his an
provaL G. H. BACKMAN,
% 80 City Recorder.
.AP2Proyyed this the 18th day of August,
a. Ia 1880 R. N. BASKIN,
TERRITORY Of Utah. City and County 5inf ", of
Salt Lake, S.
l, G. II. Backman, recorder in and for
s sbova cry n.y., GO hereby certify that the
correct copy of an ordinance entitled,
An ordinance amending section g. of
echapter 90, OF the revised ordinances of
san Lake City, of 1892, entitled water
s MGdks s; =, passed by the city council of
S sad city, August 9th, 1895, and approved
by the mayor August 18th 1895, as ap-
pears OF record in my office.
In witness whereof l have hereunto set
<e my hand and affixed the corpor-
'oeal( a 49fh seal Of said city this the
G. H. BACKMAN,
City Recorder,
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parcel of land commencing at a point
i've (5l rods north from the Southwest cor
ner Of lot five % in block seventy-seven
CD, plat a. Salt Lake city survey, end
running thence east one hundred ard
twenty-five 025D feet, thence south ten
and one-half Q0I1 feet, thence east sixty
two and one-half (62isl feet, thence north
ten and one-haf C019 feet; thence west
ffty-six and one-half G61s) feet. thence
north twelve % feet, thence west one
hundred and thirty-one and five-t1velftbs
OBJ SIP feet, thence soush twelve 02)
feet to the place Of commencement. To be
sold as the property Of John II. Wilson.
Mela T.. Steele c.. NJ. Hammond, FaD1je
A. Harcourt. T. II. McGrenahan. A q,
Butler, Joseph q. Souther administrator
Of the estate of B r. Allen. deceased.
Dudley NJ. Steele, Dudley Smith. John nj.
Steele, Thatcher Mill and Elevator com
pany, a corporation, and John T. DooIey.
administrator of the estate OF Morris
Goldberg, deceased, at the suit of Ham
nah Ehrngren Obrian. Terms of sale,
cash.
NAT NJ. BRIGHAM.
U. 5. Marshal
Deputy Marshal.
Dated at Salt Lake city, Aug. 90 1896
Thomas Adams, attorney for plaintiff
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SOME FABLES.

ture so unfortunate? And yet"
thought the traveller, suppose light
this match and smoke my pipe, and
shake out the dottle here in the grass
the grass might catch on fire, for it is
dry like finder; and while I snatch out
the flames in front they might evade
and run behind me and seize upon yon
bush of poison oak; before 1 could
reach it that would have blazed up;
over the bush 1 see q pine tree hung
with moss; that, too, would fly in fire
upon the instant to it's topmost bough
and the fame of that long torch-how
would the trade wind take and bran
dish that through the infiammable
forest. hear this dell roar in mo-
ment with the joint voice of wind and
fire, L see myself gallop for my SOUL
and the flying confagration chase and
outdank me through the hills. / see
this pleasant forest burn for days, end
the cattle roasted and the springs
dried up, and the farmer ruined and
his children cast upon the world. What
a world hangs upon this moment"
With that he struck the match and it
missed fire.
Thank God,'' said the traveller, and
put his pipe in his pocket.
III-The Devil and the InIzeeper.
Once upon a time the devil stayed
at an inn, where no one knew him, for
they were people whose education had
been neglected. He was bent on mis-
chief, and for a time kept everybody
by the ears. But at last the innkeeper
set a watch upon the devil and took
him N the fact
The innkeeper got a ropes end. ''Now
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TRUSTEES SALE.


TRUSTEES SALE-WHEREAS THEO-
dore Burmester and Maria Finch l1 Pnr-
mester, his wife, by their certain deed of
trust dated May LIST, 1892, and recorded in
the Office OF, the recorder of Salt Lake
county, on the 18th day OF May, 1892. in
book "3Fv' of trust deeds on pages 255-6
conveyed to. John w. Donnellan as rus
tee, the property in said trust deed. and
hereinafter described to secure to +be
order of d. D. Mallory the payment of .
DronisSory note dated the same dav &C
said trust deed. for the sum of six tfous-
and dollars on May 1st, 1893, with Interest,"
thereon at the rate of ten per cent ner
annum, payable quarterly, as shown nv
the coupon notes attached to said note
and whereas said note and deed of trnsi
provide that in case said principal siJro
or any interest coupon is not paid when
due the same shall bear and draw inter
est at the rate of twelve per cent. Der
annum until paid.and whereas the par-
ties of the first part to said trust deed
by said deed agreed to pay the
t theeS event Of any default ana bein N
made in the payment Of said PRINCIPAL
or interest or taxes, the said trustee at
the request OF the owner of said note
should sell said property according tn
the terms of said trust deed, to which
reference is hereby made for all purposes.
and whereaszno parc OF the principal sur3
has been paid, and the parties of the first
mart to said trust deed have failed to nav
the taxes levied on said premises for the
wears 1893 and 1894. 9 mounting respectively
IN the sums of $500 and SOL Al Now
therefore. at the request Of Mary j. KAN
Ter, the owner of said note. the under
signed trustee, pursuant to said trust
deed. will sell said land and premises to
the highest bidder for cash at the west
front door of the county court house of
Salt Lake county, in Salt Lake city, Utah
territory on The, The 2S1a n day y, Of Aggust 1885,
ceeds of said sale 10 pay the expenses of
executing this trust, including a reason-
able compensation to said trustee and his
attorney rs provided in said trust deed
and pay said note and interest due at the
time of sale and said taxes, and execute
TO the purchaser a deed to the property
sold. conveying title in fee with all rights
of redemption, and all water rights; Said
deed described as follows: All of lot
four "a in block thirteen CO plat ''B,"
Salt Lake city survey. situated in the
civ and county OF Sat Lake, territory
of Utah. JOHN w. DONNELL,AN,
Trustee.
Dated Salt Lake city, Utah, July 25
H. ]. Dininny, Attorney.
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APPLICATION FOR PATENTS.
Notice No. 2914.

NOLcG NO y H.
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.-UNIr-
ed States Land Office, Salt Lake City,
Utah, August 9. 1895. Notice is hereby
North, of Salt Lake City, Utah, have
made application for a United States
patent for the Rattle Snake mining claim,
situate in Big Cottonwood mining district,
Salt Lake county, Utah territory, consist
ing of 800 linear feet of the lode and sur
survey No. 3043, and described in the field
notes and plat of the official survey on
file in this Office, with magnetic variation
at Is degrees 80 minutes east, as follows.
Commencing at post No. !, corner OF
the claim and running thence n. deg.
go min! E. 600 feet to post No. 2; thence
8. Sc deg. q min. E., $500 feet TO post No.
8; thence S. 8 deg. SO min. W., 500 feet 10
post No. 4; thence N. Sc deg. z min. W.,
$500 feet to post No. l, the place OF be-
the westerly end line OF the claim the dis
covery point bears S Sc deg z min. E..
347.5 feet distant, and from said discovery
point u. S. NJ. NJ. No. bears S. 81 deg
81 min. E.. 1919 feet distant, and from
said discovery point the Il section corner
south, range 1 east, s. l.. NJ, bears ).
70 deg so min. w, 1901 feet distant.
Said claim containing total area OF 2U66
acres, all of which is claimed and applied
for there being no conflicts; said lode 10
cation mining claim being of record in the
office of the recorder of said mining dis
trict at Argenta, in Salt Lake county,
Utah. The nearest known location being
unknown. I direct that this notice be
published in the Daily Herald at Salt
Lake City, Utah, the newspaper puolsheo
nearest the said mining claim, for the
BYRON GROO Register.
G. W. Parks. Claimants Attorney.
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ton 26 of Chapter 80 of the Reviso5S9 i O-
dinances of Salt Lake City, of 1885 Ssseu Or
Section l. Be it ordained bv The ci+,.
Council lh Of Salt Lake City, Territory Of
Revised Ordinances OF Salt Lake 70 CIV II me ne
1892 be and the same is hereby sna iry u
by adding to said section the foliowignue
window shall be less than ten fea az hay pay
the grade of same" dpoVe
Section g. This ordinance shall take &c
feet and be in force on and after its an
Passed by the City Council of Salt ra1o
City Territory of Utah. July Is, 1895. and
referred to the mayor for his approval al'N
lSeaL1 G. H. BACKMAN ''
,od Approved this, the - day Of July, A. a. D.
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Mayor

B. 156. ol'
: Territory of Utah. City and County Of
corder in and for Salt Lake CITY. Terri
tory of Utah, do hereby certify that the
above ordinance was passed by the Civ
referred to the Mayor for his apnroT 5.slI
and he having failed to approve Or dis,
approve Of the same within the time pre-
Scr1bed by law, i've days, said ordinance
In witness whereof I have hereunto SET
my hand and affixed the. corporate seal
of said city this, the BIRD day of July, a.
D. 1895 -
(Seal0 6. H. BACKMAN,
City Recorder
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS,

BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE
undersigned for the repair and restoTa-
ton of the Deaf Mute institute, located
on the University grounds. at Salt Lake
CITY up 10 elexen 0clock a. "a; Wednes-
all necessary material and labor TO re-
store the building to its condition before
the fire.
AS the institute will reopen on the LIST
of October, it will be necessary for bid
ders to make calculations to have the
work completed and the building in
readiness by that time.
Plans and specifications can be seen
at Prof. Metcalf's office at the institute.
JOHN w. DONNELLAN,
Chairman of the Building Committee OF
the Board of Regents.
Salt Lake City, Utah, August q. 1895.
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

Having failed to give due notice of the
annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Pacific Investment company to be held on
End day of September, 1895, notice is here
by given that the. annual meeting of the
stockholders of said company will be held
Commercial block, in the city of Salt
Lake. Utah. U. S. a., on Monday, the 9Th
day of September, 1895. at o'clock z. M,
for the purpose of electing five trustees
for the ensuing year and for the transac-
ton of such other business as may prop
erly come before said meeting.
U. U. HISKEY, Secretary
Dated at Salt Lake City, Utah. U. S. A,
this fifth day of August. 1885.
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NOTICE, IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
Bonanza Gold Mining and Milling COM
pany, of Wetherby, Oregon, will be held
on Monday, September the End, 1895, at
Temple street, Salt Lake City, Utah, for
the purpose of electing a board of direc-
tors to serve Tor the ensuing year and
such other business as may come before
the meeting.
By order Of the board of directors
b. FARNES. President.
CHAS. CALDWELL. JR-. Secretary.
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SEALED PROPOSALS

SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE-
cesved at this Office until o'clock o. m.
of Thursday, August %, 1895, for the
right to use the sewage of Salt Lake
City for irrigating purposes. The right
to use the sewage to include the use OF
seventy-hve acres of land owned by the
city at the sewer outlet
Full information, together with forms
Tor proposal. contract and bond may be
seen at the office of the board, room 3u4
City hall, on and after Monday 18th in
slant.
The right is reserved to reject any and
all bids. By order of the board of public
works. A. F. DORBMUS Chairman.
Salt Lake City, August s. 1885.
The time for opening above bids has
been postponed until o'clock p. m. on
wednesday, September II, 1885 By order
board of public works
a. F. DOREMUS, Chairman.
Salt Lake City, August q, 1895
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SUMMONS

IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN AND
for the Third judicial district of Utah
territory; county 9f Salt Lake. Emma o.
DobbS plaintiff, VS.. John James Dobbs. de-
fendant--SummonS- The people of the ter
ritory of Utah send greeting: To Jobn
James Dobbs, defendant. You are hereby
required to appear in an action brought
against you 10y the 1bove-named plainfiff
in the district court of mo Third Judi
cial district of the territory of Utah, and
to answer the complaint filed therein
within ten days (eXclusive of the dav OF
Service) after the service on YOU of this
summons-if served within this county:
this district, within twenty days; other
wise within forty days or judgment by
default will be taken against you, ac-
cord1ng to the prayer OF said complaint
The said action is brought to have r
decree of this court dissOlVinz the bonds ,
OF matrimony existing between PLAINTIFF .
custody Of the minor children. issue OF ,
said marriage; requiring defendant to paw
into court a reasonable sum to defray the
expenses of this action and for counsel
fees, and to pay the plaintiff such fur
Their sum as alimony as to the court
may seem equitable for plaintiffs sun
general relief; prayed on the following
grounds, to-wit: That in May, 1893 the de-
PENDANT wilifully and without cause de-
serted ard abandoned PLAINTIFF. and has
ever. since continued and sfil does Gov
tinue to so wilfully and without cause
desert and abandon her, and to live sep
arate and apart from planl1n, without
any sufficient cause or reason and against
her will and without her consent: and
that for more than TWO years last past
defendant has failed to provide for plain
tiff or her children the common neces-
saries of life, having the ability so to DO.
And you are hereby nOtife0 that e you
fail to appear and answer the said com
plant as above required. the said plain
tiff will apply 10 the court tor the relief
demanded therein.
Witness, the Hon. Samuel A Mer-
T-if IF no
district court OF the Third Judi
(SeaI( cial district. in and for the terri
tory of Utah, tfiB I'd day of July
in the year of our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and
Hinety-hve.
DAVID g. DUNBAR.
By GEO. D. LOOMS, Clerk.
Deputy Clerk.
James II. Moyle, plaintiffs attorney.
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There is always curiosity about the appeal
ance of sovereigns. The picture above is thaa
of Baron Harden-Hickey, who by purchase
of his kingdom and self declaration Is King
James L of the principally Of Trinidad.
This Kingdom is little stretch of coral reefo
and rocks on the south Atlantic coast. He is
Just now fighting England which is trying to
deprive him of his realm and make OF 1t
coaling station. American interest In Hia
Majesty arises from the fact that his wife-
Queen Annie-is the daughter OF Johp Il
Flagier, the Standard Oil baron.
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PRINCE B1sMARCK,s URANIUM.

Prince Bismarck's head has been
measured and it's contents have been
computed = accurately, scientifically.
etc. The ex-chancellor's Uranium
shows extraordinary dimensions. The
calculated weight of his brain is 1857
grammes, So per cent more than the
average weight of the Caucasian brain;
Dante's weighed lao grammes. Napo-
leon IT'S 1,500 gramn es, Lord Byron's
1907 grammes. So lays LIndepen-
dance Beige, with French proclivities.
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DELINQUENT STOCK NOTICE.

THE ADA CONSOLIDATED MINING
company, principal place of business,
Salt Lake City, Utah. Notice-There are
delinquent upon the following described
stock on account of assessment levied on
the End day Of July, 1895, the several
amounts set opposite the names of the
respective Shareholders as follows:
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ASSESSMENT NOTICE.

ASSESSMENT NOTICE.-NEW TIN
tic Mining and Smelling company, loca-
ton of principal place Of business Salt
Lake City. Utah; location. of works and
mines Tooele County, Utah.
Notice is hereby given that at a meet
ing of the directors, held on the sd day
of July, 1895, an assessment u Fifty
cents l5Oc1 per share was levied on the
capital. stock Of the corporation. payable
1895, TO Morgan ]. Williams, treasurer Of
the company, at No; 3t2 South Main ave
nue. Scranton, Pennsylvania, or to
Maurice NJ Johnson, assistant treasurer.
at No. 212 South Main street, Salt Lake
City, Utah.
Any stock upon which this assessment
may remain unpaid on the 10th day OF
September, 1895, will be delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction. and
unless payment is made before, will be
sold on the Goth day Of September, 1895,
to pay the delinquent assessment, togeth-
err with cost of advertising and expenses
By order Of the board Of directors,
e. =. DIfSlICK,
Secretary.
Salt Lake City. Utah. July %. 1895.
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tenant. they may be said to have been
getting drunk ever since they came
aboard
II do not know if you always follow
my thought, Mr. Spoken returned the
captain gently. But let us proceed"
In the powder magazine they found
an old salt smoking his pipe.
Good Cod" cried the captain, what
are you about?"
We'll, sin" said the old salt, apollo
getically, they told me as she were
going down.
And suppose she were?' said the
captain. ITO the philosophic eye, there
would be nothing new in our position
Life. my old shipmate, life, at any mo-
menl and in any view, is as danger
Gus as a sinking ship, and yet it is
mans handsome fashion to carry UNI
nrellas, to wear Indian rubber over
shoes, to begin vast works, and to con-
duct himself in every way as if he
might hope TO be eternal Ind for my
own poor part l should despise the man
who, even on board sinking ship,
should omit to take pill or 10 wind
Up his watch. That, my friend, would
not be the human attitude"
sI beg pardon, sir" said s1r. Spoken
s'But what is precisely the difference
n.Stween shaving in a sinking ship and
Enoldng in a powder magazine?"
''Or doing anything at all in any con-
ceivable circumstances ''-cried the cap
tain. Perfectly conclusive; give me a
cigar"
TWO minutes afterwards the, ship
blew up with a glorious defamation.
If-The Two Matches.
One day there was traveller in the
woods in California in the dry season,
when the trades were blowing strong.
He had ridden a long way, and he was
tired ard hungry and dIsmounted from
his horse to smoke a pipe. But when he
felt in his pocket he found but two
matches. Hs struck the first and it
would not light
Here is a pretty state of things, Z
the traveller. sDying for smoke,
nv bne match left: and that certain
70 miss IRE. Were there eyer a-nrea-
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MARsHAL's SALE.


PURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF SALE
and decree of foreclosure to me directed
by the District Court of the Third Judi
ciaI district of the territory of Utah, I
shall expose at public sale, at the west
the city of Salt Lake county of Salt Lake
and territory of Utah, on the 18th day of
August 1895, at 10 o'clock a. M. all the
right, title, claim and interest of N c.
Christensen, Gunnelle Christensen, Bur
ton-Gardner- Company, a corporation,
James Knudsen, o.. w. Moyle, assignee
of the Burton-Gardner company II. w.
a corporation, John L. Snyder, Noble
Hinkley and Adelaide Cameron, of, in
and to the following described real es-
tate to-wit: Commencing at point
ninety-eight and forty-sevep- nfnety-fifths
(9S 47-95) rods north from the southwest
corner of the southeast quarter of sec
ton twenty-eight (29 in township one Q)
meridian. United States survey, thence
north thirteen and nine-nineteenths Q3
9-1O rods; thence east forty-seven and
one-half (471a) rods; thence south thirteen
and nine-nineteenths Q3 9-19) rods; thence
west forty-SeVen and one-half (4715) rods
to the place Of beginning, containing four
acres of land, together with the appur-
tenances, situate, lying. and being in
Salt Lake county, Utah territory. To be
sold as the property of n. G. Christian
sen, Gunnelle Christensen and James
Knudsen at the suit of the Deseret Ma
tional Bank of Salt Lake City, a corpora
ton. Terms of sale, cash.
NAT NJ. BRIGHAM, u. s. Marshal.
BY J. B. TIMMONY, Deputy Marshal.
Dated August 5th, 1895.
I4eGrande Young, attorney for plaintiff
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Notice is hereby given thatat meeting
OF the directors of the Peoples Opera
House and Mercantile company, held
at company's Office at BOuntiful.
Utah. on July 2. 1895, at $50
n. m, an assessment of 10 per
cent of the capital stock of the COM
pany or one dollar per share was
levied on the capital stock of the compAc
September Is, 1895 to the secretary OF sai4
corporation at the company's office in
Bountiful Utah.
ANY stock upon which this assessment
remains unpaid on the 10Th day of October.
1895. will be delinquent, and advertised for
sale at public auction, and unless Fay
ment is made before win be sold on the
day appointed to pay the delinquent as.
sessment, together with costs Of adver.
tisement and expense Of sale.
JOHN FISHER; 6ecxetarxs
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did he SOP said the Justice. And
pray how did he speak about your
neighbors? ~
ooh, he had always a nasty tongue, =
said the man,