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The Delta independent., 1895-10-02
DIDN'T HAVE ANY USUAL BRAND
How Country Cousin Made Miserable =
Newly Made Man About Town.

How a Country Cousin Made Miserable .
Newly Made Man About Town.
When an adaptive young man from
the far corner of some New.England
or western state lives for time in
New York, and absorbs enough of its
atmosphere to gain the prestige of a
regular boulevardier, it's pretty hard
now and again to have old times thrust
upon him in the person Of primitive
cousin or brother-in-law, whom he is
bound in conscience to entertain. A
case of this kind occurred last week,
in which the artless relative saw moth
ing but screamingly funny lapse Of
memory, while the man about town
found modification therein which
was pretty hard to live through.
A complete deliverance of the bump
kin into the hands of the outfitter made
the little bachelor dinner at Fifth
avenue hotel given by the swell to all
the smart men, who wanted "to meet
your cousin, don't you know"
All went merry until the wine list
came forth. To be sure, the pumpkin
talked too loud and refused to under
stand any monitory wink, but then he
said nothing too badly cut of place.
"What wine will you have?" said the
cousin, addressing him.
''Haw! haw! l don't know, Cousin
Dick, anything about the wine. You'll
have to settle that yourself"
''Shall We begin on bottle of Sau-
terne?"
"Lordy, how can 1 tell! Anything
you lil1e!" shouted the red-cheeked,
bullet-headed youth, who couldn't
make head or tail of the winlss and
looks Of deadly warning emanating
from the swell's eye.
People at adjoining tables priclsed up
their ears in amused curiosity, while
the guests at the table looked trife
disconnected at the pumpkins noise. :
what" said the swell, firmly plant
ing his index finger on the word
"Medoc,' and glaring at the youth
mesmerically, SO that he might under
stand and repeat it, '.do you generally
tale?"
''Usually!" shouted the youth. "Haw!
Haw!' Haw! Isn't that great? Usual
ly nothing. OF course; never see wine.
How could 1? You know that, Cousin
Dick, as well as do. You never saw
wine at home, and now New York
makes you forget all about it. Usually
-Haw! Haw" and the terrible youth
stretched out at full length and roared
satisfactorily for about five minutes,
while sense Of frozenness stole over
his cousin and the swells looked on. in
amused pity.
That frozen cousin is dead hence
forth to family ties, in so far as dining
social recruits is concerned, at least
n. Y. Herald.
The Delta independent., 1895-10-02
THE TOILET OF raDs.
Peculiarities OF Feathercd Creatures Rc-
gardtnR Their bath.


The feathcred tribes have many pc
culiar ways and fancics about the de-
tails of their toilets. Some birds use
water only, some water and dust, while
others prefer dust and no water. Birds
are not only exceedingly nice in their
choice OF bath water, says New York
Home, but also very particular about
the quality of their toilet dust"
Wild ducks, though feeding by salt
water, prefer to battle in fresh water
pools, and will fly long distances in
land to running brooks and ponds,
where they preen and dress their
feathers in the early hours of the
morning. Sparrows bathe often, both
in water and in dust. They are not SO
particular about the quality of the
water as about the quality of the dust.
They prefer clean water, but / have
seen them take dip in shallow pools
that were quite muddy. The city spar
row must take a water bath where he
can get it-in the street or on the tops
Of houses-but he is most careful in
his choice of his dust bath. Road dust,
the dryest and finest possible, suits
him best. I have noticed the city
sparrow taking his dust bath in the
street and invariably he chooses a
place where the dust is like powder.
Partridges prefer dry loan. They
like to scratch out the soil from under
the grass and fill their feathers with
cool earth. Most birds nre fond of
burnt ashes. Some morning carly take
walk across n field that has been
burnt over and see the number of
winged creatures that rise suddenly
from the ash heaps. A dnrting form,
. small cloud OF ashes and the bathers
disappear. -.
The Delta independent., 1895-10-02

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The Delta independent., 1895-10-02
eIsMARcKs HuMoR. Z
dc Refused q Pardon, But Paid the
Amount of the Fine.


Amount of the Fine.
The following as an illustration Of
Prince Bismarck's good humor: After
he had accepted the ministry Of COM
mercc the prince was struck by the in
significance of many matters he had to
decide. II, for instance, anybody had
been caught illicitly hawking goods
and had been sentenced to fine, but
had to be pardoned on the score Of
poverty, it was necessary, for the re-
mission Of the fine, to obtain the con-
sent Of two ministers-the minister of
finance and the minister Of commerce.
Bismarck had taken special note OF
case Of this kind. A peddler had
been sentenced to fine of twenty
marks (about a sovereignty, and the un-
der secretary of state reported to the
new minister Of commerce that he
was poor devil, who had to maintain
wife and child, and would sink into
still deeper misery If the fine were
converted into Imprisonment He
therefore begged Bismarck to sign an
immediate report, advising the king to
pardon the pcddler. The prince en-
phatically refused to do so, for, said
he, il the king had to be advised to
use his right Of pardon in all such cases,
justice would become q dead letter.
The peddler has simply not to pay the
fine, and must escape imprisonment in
order to save himself and family from
absolute ruin. The under secretary of
state then referred to the traditional
practice, and appealed to the heart OF
his chief, who answered:
"All right. III give the poor devil
the twenty marks out of my own pock-
ct, but shall not have my signature for
the thing. g."-Dcutsche Revue. ,~,,,s,
The Delta independent., 1895-10-02
Mr.. Coney and HIS Grounds.

! Perhaps the best specimen OF wit
that has enliyened n Hamilton county
court In many day was that emitted
like flash from John Coffey. the at
torney, who had been guilty of good
many things that had disturbed the
serenity Of bench and bar. Mr.. tloffey
was counsel in case which had already
been postponed some two or three
times at his request. 1t was before
Judge Outcalt. Again Mr.. Coffey asked
for postponement. The court remind.
ed him that IL had already been post
poned several times at his request.
Have you good grounds for wishing
another postponement2" asked the
collrs. .,a..-s:-...zs1 s,...t,.l.cz-.
The Delta independent., 1895-10-02

"Yes, sir; have" replied Coffey.
"What are they?" asked the court.
"Coffey grounds, your honor"
Coffee grounds?" repeated the judge.
"Yes sir" said John.
Then the judge got on his dignity,
and reminded the lawyer that he was
trifing with the court.
"Your honor" said Mr.. Coffey, "there
was small addition to my family last
night, and submit, your honor, that
this is good grounds for asking for a
postponemcnt."
Did John get it? Well, rather.-Cin-
cinnati Times-Star.
The Delta independent., 1895-10-02
SHORTHAND NOW A NECESSITY.
1t Has Become an Important Feature In
tho Business World nt large.

1t Has Become an Important Feature In
the Business World Mt Large.
The bureau of education at Washing
ton has done a good piece of work,
says the Boston Herald, in the mono
graph which has just been sent out
from the government printing Office on
Shorthand Instruction and Practice"
In 1884 it published circular of ipfor-
nation on the teaching, practice and
literature of shorthand. Twenty thou
sand copies were distributed and an
other edition of equal size has been ex-
hausted.
The present work furnishes not only
an account of shorthand in foreign
countries and IN the United States, but
nearly the full statistics of instruction
from 1889 up to the summer of 1891 in
this country, with an account of the
extent to which stenographers have
been employed in courts, in legal de-
cisions, and in other public services.
There are thousands of shorthand So
cieties in Germany, France and Eng
land, and in this country, whose work
is to disseminate n knowledge of the
art, and the introduction of shorthand
into the public schools is to be one of
the next steps in secondary education.
The typewriter is next to shorthand
as a labor-saving instrument, and the
shorthand systems and the principal
typewriting machines have already
wrought revolution not only in the
courts but in the business Offices. in
the writing done for newspapers, and
in every department of life where
writing is indispensable. Until speed
can be reached on the typewriter equal
to that which can be obtained by eS-
pert stenographers, stenography will
take the lead as n system by which the
spoken word can be taken down exact
ly as it is uttered and made to serve
the purpose for which it is designed.
1t is such an aid in all sorts of busi-
ness transactions that we could no
more go back to the old habits than we
could go back to the stage coaches
which fifty years ago conveyed our
grandfathcrs across the country. In
this country the number of persons re-
ceiving instruction in shorthand from
July /, 1889, to June so, 1890, was ST.
3T5, and of this number 23,335 were
males and 26,005 females. All these
were taught in schools and classes,
and out of the whole number 1928
were instructed by mail.
In 229 schools and classes in which
shorthand was introduced during the
scholastic year ending June so. 1891,
the number of persons taught orally
was 4,l5o, which with those by mail
made a grand total of 4,73s. OF those
taught orally 2,474 were males and
1858 were females. This is as near u
correct statement Of statistics as AIr.
Rockwell has been able to arrive Mt,
and it shows the vast extent and uso
of shorthand instruction in this coun.
try in all the departments of life.
Stenography has come. to stay, and
typewriting has come to stay with 1t,
and the two, combined with the telc-
graph and telephone, have been great
ly instrumental in accelcrating the
progress of ideas and facilitating the
methods of business and the produc-
tion of literature.
The Delta independent., 1895-10-02
Tho Fatal Word.

my darling" he exclaimed, raptur-
ously, "How brilliant you are. You
fairly-er-bristle with IDEAS"
The Chicago girl drew herself up
to her full height and brushed him
haughtily aside as she swept out of the
room.
"You seem to forget"-she turned on
her heel at the door and faced him
"tlat I cannot brook any reference to
my fathers business. IN. Y. World.
The Delta independent., 1895-10-02
1t Wasn't His Razor.

The king was sore distraught. There
was anger in his royal heart.
what, no." he roared. "Why failed
the keen edge of my battle AK in to-
days conflict"
The knight of the kitchen table
bowed him low.
"Your majesty" he rejoined, sit is
reported that her highness princess
royal complained much of her corns
upon yestere'en, and does not to-day"
The monarch swallowed his resent
ment, contenting himself with once
more placing himself upon record as
touching the subject of the interfer-
ence of women in affairs of state.-De-
troit Tribune.
SAnRIAANN NOM NECESSITY
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-22
Notes and Personals.
HEBREW soBRIETY.
Even in Times of Storms and Stress
They Abstain from Liquor.

During the current months as many
as 10000 men and women employed in
the various branches of the clothing
trades have been on strike, and they
have met with a measure of success
that was hardly expected even by
themselves. A particularly interest
ing feature of the strikes, which have
taken place one after the other since
the opening of the month, has been
the universal sobriety and peaceful
nearly all of whom are Jewish Rus
slams, who have come here within a
few years. Not as many as half a
dozen of them were arrested for in
toXication, and still fewer of them for
any breach of the peace or other I'M
lawful conduct.
There was no perceptible increase in
the amount of liquors consumed in the
quarter which they inhabit during the
period when they were out of employ
ment. Mass meetings were held daily
in the immediate vicinity of drinking
saloons, or in buildings part of which
were occupied as saloons, the keepers
Of which say that their sales of beer
were even lighter than usual, while
there were no calls for stronger
liquors. Thousands of members of
the Brotherhood of Tailors were as
sembled daily for fortnight in and
around Walahalla hail. hardly a man
of whom ever. drank anything more
affecting than soda water or lemon
ade
There is marked contrast between
this state of things and that which
frequently existed in former times in
the case Of other great strikes here.
there
Russian immigrants, and the con-
sumption of intoxicating liquors by
them is vastly less than among an
equal number of any other portion of
the population of New York.-New
York Evening Post
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-22

at night, and arriving in Dallas on the
morning of the Both, the day before the
Corbett- fight.
Eastern Illinois earnings for the sec
ond week in September increased 81, 900.
j. M. Fulton today loads eighteen
cars of prime beef cattle at Reno, New,
for the Kansas City market. The Rio
Grande Western. Colorado Midland
and Rock Island take care of them.
Chairman Midgley, of the Western
Freight association, has called a meet
ing in Chicago for Thursday next to
consider the question Of hard coal
rates to Omaha ard Council Bluffs.
William Nicholson, late chief clerk
in the general passenger Office of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, at To-
peka, has been appointed chief clerk
of the general passenger department
Of this road at Chicago
j. q. Craig and wife came down
from idaho yesterday. Mr.. Craig is
travelling auditor for the Union Pacific,
and his route is sufficiently long to
make him busy man at all times.
A F. Brewer and wife came down
from Pocatello yesterday. Mr.. Brewer
has been chief clerk in the superin-
tendent's office there for some years,
and is much too able railroad man
to be long without a good position.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-22
In DAVIS COUNTY.
Democratic Convention to BE Held
Tomorrow.

KAYSVILLE, Utah, Sept. 21.-The
Democratic convention for the senator
ial district comprising Davis, Morgan
and Rich counties, will be held here
next Monday, and it will be an inter-
esting and enthusiastic occasion. A
committee has been appointed whose
duty 1t will be to look after and en-
terrain the delegates to the conven-
ton and any of their friends who
may accompany them, so that the day
may be one in which pleasure and
business will be combined. The COM
mittee has arranged for banquet in
Williams hall, and the delegates and
their friends and prominent Demo-
Gratis from hereabouts will be given
an invitation to attend, partake and
jollify.
The brass band will be in attendance
and tSere will be music and songs
from some of the best of local talent.
Mrs. Erminie Jarman, Miss Minnie
Barnes, Miss Mayme Lewis and John
Lewis have consented to take part in
the musical programme at the ban
auet, and there will be speeches by
the delegates and others.
Nothing definite can be said at this
time as to who will be the nominee
for state senator. Two prominent
Kaysville men, Hon. John r. Barnes
and Hyrum Stewart, have been men
toned as possibilities, and from the
concensus of opinions expressed by
prominent Democrats during the last
week it would seem that Mr.. Barnes
Is. practically certain to receive the
nomination. A rumor comes from
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-22
SELLING A NINE.
Californian Who Got More Than
He BnrGaineI For.


at is the easiest thing on earth to
sell a mine in London for almost any
price, provided you have anything to
show an expert" said Major Frank
Mclaughlin to a Post reporter. There
is also a right way and a wrong way
to go about it. Some time ago L went
to London to negotiate the sale of some
mining property. OF course the first
thing 1 had to do was to let capital
know what I was there for. Then,
when inquiries commenced, I simply
said Gentlemen, have mining prop
erty to SELL If you mean business and
want to buy send your expert out to
examine the property and make re-
port on it. You will know then what
you are buying.
"A company was organized. The ex-
pert examined the property and re-
ported favorably, and a meeting was
held to discuss terms.
Now, MAJOR said the spokesman,
we have found that the property may
be worth something. What is your
price,
Two hundred and fifty thousand
said l.
'' That is more than we expected to
pay. We expected to pay about two
HuHuTeu. Inere is not much difference
between two hundred and two hundred
and fifty. If you will drop the fifty we
will take it,
Il had expected to get about 500, OOO
for the property, SO with show of
reluctancy [ agreed to accept their Of
fer. When the papers were made cut
[ was surprised to learn that they bad
been talking about pounds and [ about
dollars, but I was very careful not to
let my surprise leak, and that is the
way 1 got $1O0O,OOO for the mine. Great
people to do business with."-San
Francisco Post.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-22
The Late Storms.

The late storm was hummer"
and no mistake. General Superintend-
ent Bancroft. who came in from the
south last evening, reports about five
inches of snow down in the valley. In
and about Lehi fruit orchards have
suffered severely, the. weight of the
miles west of here, the snow was 10
inches on the level, and the heavily
ladened fruit trees and vines suffered
great damage. AT Tooele all the sheds
of the long corral for sheep were
broken down. Altogether it was
storm almost without precedent in
these parts, but great good Mill ac-
crue from it in other ways.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-22
UNUSUAL POWER.
How BurIap johnson Utilities His
Swine I'm Mining,


Il was riding through the mountains
in Trinity county few days ago."
said a prominent mining man yester-
day, when [ happened to take trail
that led by old Burlap' Jdhnson's
cabin. You know he has always been
called 'Burlap' Johnson because he
was never known to wear pair of
boots, but always kept his feet sewed
up in burlaps, like canvas-packed
hams. | took a dinner-cold bread and
bacon-with him, and then sat down
for a. smoke.
- Wouldn't you jest as soon do your
smoking outside, podner?' ne asked.
3" Certainly said 1, but you don't
object to the smoke of cigar, do
you? l was naturally surprised, for
he was already putting away at an old
| corn-cob pipe
No, course not, seem as I've
smoked nigh onto fifty years, but
want to keep my hogs to work.
My curiosity was aroused, but I
said nothing. He took down a double
barrelled Misunderstanding shotgun and
his powder horn. Then he went out
to a shed and got pan of shelled corn
He sat down on a bench at the cabin
door, rammed a couple of charges
down, and poured a handful of corn
III OeiSl Oah liz put Oll "a DGIStiS'>.t' /
cap, pressed it down with the hammer
and blazed away at the hill across the
little gulch. The roar had not died
away till drove Of hogs came run
ming, grunting and squealing, and
commenced to root the side of the hill
for the corn. Whenever they Stacked
| up their work the old man fired an
other charge of corn.
That's a mean trick said l. Why
don't you feed 1T to them in a trough? 2
. Feed IL TO emp ne repeated in
! amazement. Then they wouldn't
work. Besides, they don't need it,
Z" What do you want to make them
work for, and why do you waste corn
on them IL they don't need it?'
g Why, man alive, they do as much
| work as four men would. They root
tlr the dirt, an when the rain comes
all I have ITO do is to sluice it,
Then l understood that he was u.s.
ing the hogs to help him mine. San
Francisco Post
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-22
ALIVE AND ACTIVE.
sANPETE ! COUNTY DEMOCRATS
ARE IN EARNEST.
If There is Anything in Organize
ton, They Will Certainly Accom-
pIish WOnders-They Are Very
Hopeful.

NfANTI, u. T, Sept. 20.-To say that
the Democrats of Sanpete county are
terribly IN earnest this fall is putting it
very mild indeed If there is any
thing in organization, they will GER
tainly accomplish wonders. They re-
alize that it will be no easy matter to
win the fight, and for that reason they
are working early and late to perfect
their plans.
The great contest will be for mem
berS Of the legislature. because tie
Republicans generally admit that the
strong one; and while they do not con-
cede its election by any means, they
are not so very certain that they can
defeat the Democratic nominees.
When it comes to the Legislature they
insist that their ticket will be elected,
and there is every reason to believe
that the Republican plan of campaign
in this county is going to be, Elect
everything if you can, but elect the
members of the legislature anyway
1t SO happens that the Republicans
selected three men who are prominent
ly identified with the sheep industry
to represent them in the legislature
The Democrats, true to their princi-
pies, which are opposed to class legis-
lation, chose lawyer and two farm
ers to represent them. One of the
farmers is identified with the sheep in
terest-in fact, he is at the head of a
large corporation owning many sheep,
but he believes in equal rights for all
and special privileges to none. Hence
he will go to the legislature fully
equipped to do his duty by all inter-
ests. The Democrats in their platform
have declared that they would guard
all interests. They DO not propose to
destroy the property rights of any man,
and so far as Sanpete coun-
ty is concerned the Democra tic
legislative candidates Will work for the
interest of the entire community A
great deal is involved in this issue in
thiG cour+T, ard IT v-il7tha Colt ---.ora or
less in other m rim 1af IA =.a.. 1..sa..-~-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-22

it embraces the matter of the DISPOSE
ton of the state lands, and who snail
control them, and in this section OF
the state the great majority of the peo-
pie are opposed to leasing or selling
these lands to the sheep men to the
exclusion of all other interests.
Of course the Republicans disclaim
any intention of aiding the sheep men
to get corner on this land propo-
sition yet with no other interest repre-
scented on their ticket it may be safely
inferred that their candidates are at
least strongly prejudiced in favor Of
the sheep men.
The Democrats are organizing all
over the county and they will so into
this fight presenting a solid front to
the enemy. They are earnest but not
carried away by enthusiasm, they feel
confident of their strength but realize
that they have no energy to throw
away, because they have to face an
equally determined enemy.
Mesrs. Erickson, Madsen and Soren-
sen who have been nominated for the
legislature are all able men and have
the confidence of their fellow citizens.
Judge Rhodes for district judge is
well in the fight and will not let up
until shutdown on the day of election,
he is making friends wherever he
goes and loosing no opportunity to
put in a word for Democracy where it
will do the most good. He is not work
| ing for himself alone, but for the en-
tire state legislative and county ticket