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minds that they have to deal with a
lot of Swindlers, who will not hesitate
to cheat them if they get the chance.
Despite this caution on the part or
buyers the accounts Of the sellers in
the end usually show a balance in
their favor the amount of cash re-
ceived being usually in excess of the
value of the tickets sold. This is due
to the fact that a great many people
lose their heads when they get INTO
crush, and in the excitement of the
moment forget to take up their change
or to wait for it. In many instances
they are called back to the wagon;
but often they do not heed the can
and are lost in the crowd. Every sea-
son six or seven hundred tickets are
lost in cases where people have bought
tickets and for some reason have not
gone to the show.
Inside the ticket wagon are two
small iron safes, in which the money
is secured after the treasurer Of the
show has verified the accounts. These
safes often hold considerable amounts
as the receipts of a single day often
run up to nine or ten thousand dol
lars. The largest receipts for a single
day in the history of a circus is
$17,163, which was taken about ten
y
popularity. At that time a six pole
tent was sed, capable of accommo-
dating $4,000 people. The safes in the
ticket wagon are never allowed to
contain more than $4,000, it being the
rule to send any considerable sur
plus above the daily needs by bills of
exchange for deposit in bank. The
daily receipts are subject to a con-
slant drain, of course. in paying cur
rent expenses, which are all paid daily
and amounts to five or six thousand
dollars every twenty-four hours. A
large amount must also be set aside
for the winter expenses, which amount
to about $15O,000.
In spite of the value of its contents,
there is no record of any attempt to
rob a circus ticket-wagon. Not only
is the money locked in safes, but the
wagon Itself is securely dashed to
the fat car on which it is drawn,
and furthermore, is guarded by
resOlute man, who always sleeps in
side and always has q Remington
rifle and a brace of revOlvers within
reach of his hand.
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ONLY ONE PERFORMANCES.
Experiences Of Il Conjurer Among
the Heather of hOntana.

Experiences of Conjurer Among
the Heather of -dOntana.
A weL-knOwm conjurer, who, under
the present circumstances, wishes to
be nameless, sends the following good
story of his experiences in Montana:
Among other things, I had two
dice boxes and two clay marbles.
called the miners around me, and pro-
Ceeded to manipulate the marbles and
boxes on the bar of the local saloon.
Now, gentlemen said l. I'm no
worker of miracles; I don't heal the
sick or raise the dead, but I'll put
this marble under this cup, and bet
you a twenty it's under the other cup.
Come, who'll open the ball?
silence followed. Then a friend of
mine elbowed his way to the front.
III bet she's there said he, and
laid down his money
And there she is exclaimed I.
Here you are, here's your cash. Once
in a while I'm caught just in that
way. Well, who's next? Here's the
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marble; you can see it go under the
cup. Now, I'll bet you either way
Three round hands were Eaised
with three twenties, when a husky
voice shouted at the edge Of the
crowd:
Hold in your bronchos, boys, I'm
the first man to bet A burly indi-
vidual in a blue shirt and broad brim-
med hat pushed his way 20 the bar.
Now, perfesser, I m ready fez yen Lift
UP your box There's the ball, dead
to rights-see it fellers?'
1.-THE boys answered affirma lively.
-" Here's a twenty, peTfesser,' went
on the husky-voiced man, an l bet
the balls under that cup. Cause why?
Cause I'm a rational man. an we're
all rational men-we believe what we
see We seen the ball under that cup,
an it's got TO be there, an I'm betting
it's there. If it amt there theys been
a hocus pocus, and that kind of work
don't go down with this hyar COM
munity. The husky-voiced man prS-
duced six-shoOter about as long as a
Winchester In my opinion, I'm bet
ting on a dead sure thing. Lift the
cup. perfesser.'
The siX-shOOter was cooked with an
ominous click. and the husky-voiced
man looked me squarely in the eye
4 confess that 1 smiled in sicllly
way, coughed, hesitated and would
have said something had not a pair
of determined steel-gray eyes given me
fair warning. The joke had gone fur
Their than I intended.
Il raised the box; the ball was there.
L thought So, said the husky
voiced man as he pocketed the money.
If you want to take any more bets.
perfesser. I reckon the boys'lI ac-
commodate ye.
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BY CLEvEYANL MOFFETT.

The strangest scene in the whole
circus day comes with the darkness,
when the multitude, gathered from
afar, stands waiting for the doors to
open. Sometimes two thousand people
are packed together between the line
of booths before which eloquent ora
tors cry the attractions of the side
show and the refreshment stands. y
continuous murmur rises from the
multitude. and everywhere Kissing
torches flame up. Part of the crowd
push against the iron chains across the
entrance; others surge around the red
ticket wagon, whose barred windows
frOwn back at them, for like the circus
itself, the ticket wagon will not open
for business one minute before the ap-
pointed time.
Sharp at $50 p. II. the double chain
across the entrance is drawn away, and
four men station themselves there to
receive the crush. Now see the crowd
press through, like water escaping
from a funnel. SO rapidly do the peo-
pie pour down the line, that it is
literally all these four men can do,
using both hands, 10 take the tickets
thrust upon them. Nine thousand peo-
pie can pass in in half an hour, which
means three hundred to the minute,
five to the second. On very warm
days, however, only 5000 people can be
accommodated, for tn heat makes
them spread out more on the benches
and take up more room.
To receive 5000 or 5000 tickets in the
space of half an hour, or even an hour,
ana deposit them in the boxes is indeed
enough TO keep four men busy, but
this is nothing to the task of the two
men in the ticket wagon who have to
sell tickets, make change, see that no
counterfeit money is received and keep
track Of their money so that the ac-
counts will balance when they have
finished. Two of the best men in this
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the same color and a moustache to
match. When he entered from the
street with his grip in his hand the
little boys made a dash for him that
reSembled a football team after ball
He seemed to have nothing about him
but money. If he sent a boy to bring
a newspaper he gave the boy a dollar
and had the paper charged in his bill
He usually handed a silver dollar to
the hat boy when he came from the
dining-room. His hat costs him SO a
day, but it is good way to spend
money. His presence was enough to
keep all the servants happy in the
house.
One day some children were playing
near the mine when the gold king
called them all up and gave each Of
them So gold piece, saying it was
dangerous for them to play there.
Presently a little boy came back with
the money and said his father objected
to his receiving money that way The
man took the coin, but as the little
fellow looked up to him with traces of
tears on his face and his chin trem-
bling, the miner took a 800 bank note
from his pocket, folded it carefully,
placed it in the child's hand and said:
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FIVE FACTS.
TEEE
Great Rock Island Route
Cheap
Outing Excursions.

FIRST. For the National Educa-
tional Meeting at Denver, opening July
9Th, the rate will be one fare plus 50 90
for round trip. Tickets good to return
any time UP to and including Sept. lst.
SECOND. The regular Tourist Car
to California via Kansas City runs
once . week, and leaves Chicago every
Thursday at 600 p. m. Kansas City at
1850 a. m. every Friday. Tickets
based on second class rate, and car
runs on fastest trains, and known as
the Phillips-Rock Island Tourist Ex-
cursions. Car arrives at Colorado
Springs Saturday, 7:35 a. m
THIRD. Home-Seekers Excursions
to Texas and New Mexico. Next one
June 18th. Rate, one fare for round
FOURTH. For Mexico Ciry the Rock
Island runs a Through Sleeper from
Kansas City daily al $40 p. NJ. via
Topeka, Mcfarland, Wichita and Fort
Worth and Austin TO San Antonio.
Two routes from there are-Interna-
tional r. Il. to Laredo. and Mexican
National to TIE City of Mexico: South
ern Pacific and Mexican InternationaI
via Spofford and Eagle Pass to City of
Mexico.
Connections are also made at Fort
Worth via the Texas Pacific to Ell
Paso, and over the Mexican Central to
City of Mexico.
FIFTH. Send to address below for a
Souvenir called THE Tourist Teacher"
that gives much informa ton to tour
lists. Sent free.
JOHN SEBASTIAN, e. p. A.,
CHIcHGo.
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There, you can have that if you don't
like gold. Tell your father that came
up on the last bucket and that 1 want
You to have it,
other Instances of stratton's Profu-
sion.
This new-made millionaire is never
happier, they say, than when he is en-
Pertaining a party of ladies. One lady
is entertaining him now in a breach of
promise suit for 100000.
Not long ago he wired Pullman's
superintendent for a private car and
crew. He wanted to send a party of
ten young ladies to California. The
superintendent wired him that 1t
would cost 500 to get the car from
Chicago to Denver.
What is it to your said Stratton
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D. w. Moffett, who made most of the
railroad and the mill, is responsible
for this statement. When silver was
worth 81 an ounce it was produced
from some of the very rich mines for
as low as 80 cents on the dollar Since
the 1st of January the cost of pro-
ducing 81 in gold from the Independ-
ence mine is 4 cents; the Victor mine
for the past two years, % Is cents;
the Portland mine for nine months,
including heavy development work
and new machinery, 30 cents; the Bo-
CART mine for the month of March,
when they first encountered ore, 5
cents; the Isabella mine, for the year
1894, including the expense of labor
troubles, doing development work and
new machinery, 311s cents.
Any man who writes of Cripple
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THB--A
Denver &
Rio GraldG R'y.
4HE SCENIC LINZ or The world.
The only line running two Through
Fast Trains daily to EeadvilIe, Aspen,
Pneblo, Colorado Springs and Denver.
EFFECTIVE APRIL 90, '94

Train No. 2 leaves Ogden TOO a. m; Salt
Lake sos a. M; arrives at Pueblo $40
g. m, Colorado Springs Ills a. m, Dem
yer 10:SO a. M, Cripple Creek $50 e. M
Train No. 4 leaves Ogden 6:35 2. m, Salt
Lake 7:4O p. m; arrives at Pueblo 5:27
p. M, Colorado Springs 655S p. M, Dem
yer 9:25 y. m.
Connections made ae Pueblo, Colorado
Springs and Denver with all lines east.
Elegant day coaches, chair cars and Pull
man sleepers on all trains. Take the ID.
u r. @. and have comfortable trip and
enjoy the finest scenery on the continent
Shortest line to Cripple Creek. Colorado's
great gold camp.
A 8. HUGHES, Traffic Mgr. Denver, Col.
3. K HOOPER, G. p. & IA, Denver, Col
3. e NEVINS. General Agent.
Il III. GUSHING. T. P. A,
EALT LAKE CITY.
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INDEPENDENCE MINE.
YIELDS IT'S OWNER 100000 \
MONTH.
Free Use of His Generous Income
Rich Spot Narrowly Missed-AII
the Territory Taken Up-The
Newest Gold King, and How He
Suddenly Acquired Wealth.
copyrighted. 1895, by S. S. Mcclure
Limited.)

NEW YORK, July 81, 1S95.-Cripple
Creek is the only camp I know of
where they prospect with plows, mine
with road-scrapers and literally ship
the scenery. Four years ago it was a
cattle ranch Today it has two rail-
roads, with seven trains day each
way. One connects with the Colorado
Midland, the other with the Rio
Grande. The Florence and Cripple
Creek railroad is running suburban"
passenger trains out of Cripple Greek.
If you stand on the top of Pixies
peak and look toward the sunset, a
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PAPER CANS.

Cans made of paper pulp are being in
troduced to take the place OF tin cans
for containing all kinds of preserved pro-
duets. The occasional cases of poisoning
from canned goods are due TO the con-
tents becoming tainted through the cans
net being air tight.
Many millions of tin cans are used an
nually by canned goods factories in this
country and such. cases of injury from
tainted goods are comparatively rare:
put because 1t is possible, through slight
defects in the solder or minute breaks in
the cans. for such danger to result. the
Gamers have been looking for a satisfac-
tory substitute for tin
It is believed that this has at last been
found in the paper pulp cans. They are
oiiproof as well as waterproof. will NOT
expand or contract and will stand as
cans-and perhaps more. 80
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y! i: Rio GFaldG
IS WESTERN TT
SSA nuuHsY4 81 isj f1nT1nn
Scenic Line. Standard GaugA
Current Time Table.
IN EFFECT NARCH 81, 1895.
LEAVE sALT LAKE 60

LEAVE SALT LAKE CITY.
No. 2-For Bingham. Provo.
Grand Junction and all points
east. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ass q Il
No. For Provo. Grand Junction
and ali points east; .:.,.....-... 7;lS M
late points. .....----..........-... $40 m
points ..-......;...--;.....-...-;... ESQ n
10. S-For Eureka, Payson. Pro-
70, and all intermediate points 200 D "a
No. 2-For ogden and the west. As m
No. 1-tor Ogden and the west. $50 IN
ARRIVES SALT LAKE CITY.
No. 1-From Provo. Grand juno
ton and the east. -.-.-......... 10 N
ton and the east. ...... HIS m
No. From Provo. Bingham.
intermediate points .-......-..... SIS m
No. 5-From Ogden and informed
late points. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS s:sD m
No. From Eureka and PaySOn-. 1856 am
No. 2-From Ogden and the west 7:55 m
No. 4-From Ogden and the west 1880 N
Only line running through Pullman
San Francisco; Salt Lake city TO Denver
via Grand Junction an6 Salt Lake city tn
Kansas City and Chicago via Colorado
through transit or family alsepers
without change, to Kansas City, Chicago
and Boston
Free reclining chair cars Salt Lake t.
Denver.
Ticket once 10 w. Second south So.
D. c. Dodge. S. H. Babccck.
F. 4. Wadlsigh. General Passenger Agent
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TRAMPLE MONEY
UNDER THEIR FEET.
Marvellous Defines of Men Who
Sell Circus Tickets.
MANY STRANGE SCENES.
SCENES ON THE INSIDE OF A CIR
Gus TICKET WAGON.

How Buyers Lose Their Heads and
E0orget Their 'Change-HOw the
Money is Taken Care Of-Twenty
Thousand Dollars Kept on Hand
For Daily ExDenSes-ScVen Thou
sand Tickets Sold in Fifty
Minutes.
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The Newest Gold king.

Many people have made fortunes in
these new fields, and the old-time tales
of luck and extravaganza that have
been told in California are being re
told here. Probably the most interest
ing character in Colorado today is w.
S. Stratton, who owns the Independ-
ence mine and an interest in num-
Der Of other properties. He is the
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1t is money in the pocket of the fruit
grower TO know how TO pack and send
to market in the best condition.
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Copyright. 1895, by S. S. Mcclure
Limited)
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Creek as it really exists does so at
the risk of his reputation. From the
train, as it winds around the beauti-
full hills, you can see hundreds of
miners perched like prairie dogs on
the edge of their prospects, sorting
and sacking ore from the very grass
roots. There are four or five neat
little frame stations in as many miles,
with prosperous towns, where there
was nothing a year ago.
The reader must not imagine that
he can go to this new camp and be-
gin to dig gold where he will. All the
territory near Cripple Creek is taken
up-much of it very many times.
There are nearly as many lawyers as
miners in the camp, and about as
busy. / would not advise the reader
to buy shares in any claim, prospect,
mine, corporation or company, simply
because they are low. If a man has
a gold mine or even a good prospect,
he need not go far for money to de-
velop it. Capital is looking for such
openings. The miner has no trouble
in selling a gold mine. The trouble
is in trying to keep it. Since silver <e-
came so cheap prospectors have look
ed only for gold, which accounts for
the wonderful increase in the gold
output of Colorado. All over the state
old abandoned camps are coming to
the front as producers, and new
fields are being found everywhere.
Some men who appear to exist for the
purpose of prying into the secrets of
the future predict that if the earth
keeps on giving up gold, that metal
will become so cheap and common that
it will become demonetiZed by the
money men of the world. There's a
picture for you.
The Newest Gold King.
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Walker Brothers
BANKERS.

Established 1850. Successors to
THE UNION NATIONAL BANK OF
SALT LAKE CITY.
y General Banking Business trans
acted.
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GREENHUT GOES FREE.
Contempt Case in the United States
Circuit Court Dismissed.
Iusoe Unwilling to Trust to Word OF men
Unwilling to TESTIFY.

Chicago. Dec. lin TIE United States
district court, today, Judge Grosscup, IN
bricf statement. dismissed the rule that
he issued against ex President Greenhut
TO show cause why he should not De
punished for contempt of court, in having
used the name of Sidney l.. Wormser, an
enployee Of P. J. Goodhart & Co, New
York. in the original bill for the Whiskey
Trust receivership, without Wornser
authority.
When the contempt proceedings were
commenced. Grcenhut made affidavit that
ne bad the authority of A. +. Goodhart
to use Wormstr's name, and Goodhart
JADE positive affidavit to the contrary.
The court stated that Goodhart and as
sociates declined to come here and testify,
and their reasons being inadequate, he
was unwilling to rely on their disposition
to decide the issue of veracity.
The court exonerated Messrs. Runnells
and BURY. counsel for the plaintiff, stat
ing that they were justified in believing
that thry had authority to use Wormser S
nam"
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REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
Committee 10 Arrange the Details Holds Its
First Meeting.

Washington, Dec 1.-THE special com
mittee appointed, yesterday, by the Re
publican national committee to arrange
the details for the convention, held its
first meeting, today. All the members,
Mcssrs Manley of Maine, kereDs of Mis-
souri,, Clayton of Arkansas Hahn of Ohio,
Clarkson of Iowa. Carter Of Montana, and
Campbell of Illinois, We're present. Mr..
Thompson, president of the Business
Mems Association of St. Louis, was in
attendance.
After some discussion an agreement
was reached rs to the distribution of con
veution tickets. Those who Will be adj
United by ticket are delegates and alter
mates and distinguished visitors. The
usual quota of tickets for the benefit of
the g. A. r. will be distributed.
The committee agreed to meet at some
date between Jan. 10 aud 90, at the call
of Chairman Manley for the consideration
of other matters connected with the con
yCutiOn
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WHAT ABOUT LYNCHING?
Would Soon Follow Csses Of This
Kind in West or South.
A Brute al Detroit. Mich Who Deserves Most
Severe Punishment.

Detroit Mich, Dec. lin the police
court, today, Police Justice j. Blair Ship
SOP, charged with having criminally as
5.ulted Maud Wentland, a IA years old
girl, was held for trial to the recorder S
curt Bail was fixed at $4,000. Other
cases against Simpson are developing and
ne grand jury is investigating them.
The grand jury, this afternoon, returned
an Indictment against Justice Simpson,
charging him with an attempted criminal
assault. The complainant is Miss Anna
Hewlett, who told a story of a frightful
struggle with the justice to save her honor
She was in bed two weeks afterward in
the physicians care, as result of the as
sault
Simpson was brought from jail and ar
raigned in the Wayne county court as soon
AS the Indictment was returned. He
pleaded not guilty and was held to the re-
corder's court in $4,000 bail.
This is the third charge of the same
kind made against this official within two
weeks. The police claim to have several
NJ ers
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He had been an attorney, and was for
many years the adviser OF all members OF
the Hayward fanitiy.
From him came a letter addressed to
the county attorney and written only
after long bordering over the relations of
client and lawyer. He stated that three
days before the murder ne had call from
Adry A. Hayward, an older brother Of
Harry, who told him that Harry and
Claus Blixt, engineer OF the Ozark, We're
about to murder Miss Cling. The elder
knew that Harry often talked in ways
he had no thought Of acting, and told
Adry he was being fooled.
The funeral came the next day. and in
the afternoon Harry Hayward was ar
rested. Six hours later Adry was also be
hind the bars, and the next day Blixt,
with his wife, were also arrested. Mrs.
Blixt, however. was soon at liberty.
On Sunday, Dec. g. Blixt made con-
fcssion, in which he stated that the murder
had been committed by Harry, and that
he had simply disposed of the body for
him. This was clearly false. and he finally
confessed that, inspired by Harry Hay
ward. and for fear that Hayward would
kill Mrs. BIixt that threat being held over
bim1 he had committed the murder.
Blixt pleaded guilty and was sent to state
prison for life for his share in the crime.
The trial Of Harry Hayward was
notable event in criminal Jurisprudence,
full OF sensational incidents, and lasted
nearly seven weeks from Jan 81
Governor Ciough set the execution for
June q, but the filing of the appeal to the
supreme court necessitated postpone
mcnt. Nov. 20 the supreme court an
nounced its decision, affirming the de
cision of the lower court Executive
clcmcncy was refused, and the governor
fixed the day of the execution for Wednes
day, Dec. II, between midnight and
dawn"
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BAYARD DECLINES TO TALK.
London Press Thinks That He Made Mistake
In His Recent Speech.

sI.ondon, Dec. 1l.-Unitcd States Am
bassador Bayard steadfastly declines to be
interviewed by anybody on the subject of
'tbe'rcsolution of impeachment introduced
by Congrt ssman Barrett in the House of
Representatives, yesterday He has.
without exception, informed all callers
that he had nothing to say
The st. james Gazettee, commenting
upon the attacks upon Ambassador Bay
ard in the house of Representatives,, yes
terday says "Mr. Bayard may decline to
retain his post after the attack that was
made upon him IN Congress, yesterday,
and if he resigns it will be regretted here,
as he is fine example of dignified,
upright and eloquent American statesman.
But his alleged indiscrction was so de
libcrate that we doubt whether he had
not contemplated its probable Jesuit. We
should resent any British minister making
a speech in IA foreign country attacking a
vital part of our policy.
The Globe says Mr.. Bayard permitted
himself to indulge in freedom of speech
about his own countrymen, rulers, and
notifies that would have been impossible
for diplomat Of the Old World. and we
think the Republican majority are reason
ably annoyed.