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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-04

c. n. Butler the secretary AMI treas
urer for the l.. \. w. has received the
money for the championships and ar
rangements Are being made by the racing
board to hold the same.
The Washington bee., 1895-11-23

Col D. s. Lamont, Secretary of War.
alton on the part Of Congress as vii
prevent still more serious embarrass
ment Ex-senator Edmunds. who wa.
on here recently on Supreme Couri
business, is quoted as saying that thf
Republicans will find it difficult to at
tack the foreign policy Of the Admins
tration when the correspondence in the
Venezuelan and Cuban affairs is draw
out. There seems to be an impression
which the Senator shares that the
President and Secretary Olney hav,
been much more vigorous in asserting
the Monroe doctrine than is generally
supposed and that the fire which Chan.
dler and others have been preparing K
deliver will result rather har1nlessl,
All this may prove to be mistaken sur
mise, however 1t is certain that for
eign questions will be relied upon t.
embarrass the Administration, if pos
sible
No doubt is expressed that the Presi
dent will continue to occupy a firm
stand in favor of gold payments ant
the retirement of the greenback issue
Some shrewd students of the presen
political situation believe that it is tn,
Presidents purpose to try to force q
division Of parties upon the greenback
issue, which Senator Sherman has re
Gently declared his purpose to advocate
the retention of.
No little gossip was caused by the ar
rival Of Senator Hill in town the othe,
day, and his making a call upon Secre-
tary Lamont The quiet% and reticenl
SpPratarv c
the man of all others who knows most
about the plans of the man in the
White House, and rumor went so 1aI
as to credit Hill with seeking to en-
trap the guileless Lamont into putting
himself forward as candidate for the
Democratic nomination for the Presi-
dency. Probably the New York Sena-
tors call related to prosaic matter OF
official or personal business, but all the
same tongues will wag and-whu
knows?
1t has puzzled politicians why La
mont, since assuming a Cabinet port
folio, has remained SO very quiet. He
has devoted himself to the duties of his
office, and commands the respect of mil
itary men to a great degree. Gen.
Sheridan. when at the head of the
army, was especially friendly to La
mont, in whCm he seemed to recognize
a strategist who, although of a very
opposite temperament to himself, might
have cut an important figure in the
civil war had he had West Point edu-
cation. Perhaps the Colonel" as his
friends delight to call him Che won his
title on Governor Tilden's staff, has
The Washington bee., 1895-11-23
TOWNSEND.
SMALL CARTRIDGES.
Missiles to be Fired From the New Army
and Navy Rifles.

Missiles to be Fired From the Now Army
and Navy Rifles.
The new cartridge which has been
officially adopted for use in the United
States navy fires a bullet Of smaller
bore than that Of any other Govern
ment It is only .23 bore, being Just
trifie larger than the 20, which 10 the
smallest bullet on the market, sold to
boys with which to shoot cats, and
generally considered harmless.
Yet this little bullet. which will soon
be in use on all the vessels of the navy.
has enormous penetrative power and
an immense range, and fired from the
Lee rifle, which has been adopted as
the official rifle Of the navy, it is deadly
The bullets, while being much smaller
in circumference than a lead pencil, are
very long, and they are blunt at the
point. They seem to be made OF
bronze when first examined, having a
curious covering Of hard metal that
looks like an alloy of copper.
The bullets are called "steel-jack-
eted," and they are filled inside with
lead, but there is something more than
steel in the envelope. They are very
much lighter than if they were all OF
lead, and they look for all the world
like bits cut off a large copper wire
These bullets are fired with smokeless
powder.
The cartridges are very long and
bottle-necked. and they are very ex.
pensive. They cost at wholesale five
cents apiece.
One of the advantages of these new
cartridges is that the sailor who makes
one of landing party or climbs int
the tops can now carry with him a
much larger amount of ammunition
than heretofore. A man could carry a
dozen or more of these new cartridges
in his vest pocket.
The Washington bee., 1895-11-23

organ OF the order, ana is carried on at
loss Of about $4,000 yearly. It is pub
lished weekly. and each local assembly
is compelled to subscribe for at least
one number. The yearly subscription
Is 81, payable in advance quarterly,
halfryearly or yearly. General Secre-
tary-Treasurer J.. w. Hayes has the
management Of the Journal, and will
make the fight OF his life to secure its
retention and his comfortable salary
Master Workman James r. Sover-
eign's tenure Of Office does not expire
until November, 1896. but rumors are
current that he intends to retire with
out waiting for the end Of his term.
In that case General Worthy Foreman
Michael f. Bishop would succeed him.
The meeting is bound to take action
that will exercise an important influ-
ence over the destinies Of the order,
and there is little doubt that the de-
mand for reform will result in impor-
tant changes both in leadership and
policy The leaders cannot afford to
have big detection, and for that rea-
son are disposed to make terms with
the reformers. ~
:. TOwNsEND.
The Washington bee., 1895-11-23

Grand Master Workman James R. Sovereign.
really been studying military tactics the
past two years and a half II not, the
politicians are unable to account for
so much political talent running tt.
waste
The General Assembly Of the knights;
Of Labor which met here this week,
brought together the most prominent
labor leaders from all parts of the
country. There has been a lively fight
waged against Grand Master Workman
James H. Sovereign for some time.
Daniel De Leon, Of District Assembly
No. 49, of New York, Is the leader of
the "reformers," as they call them
selves. The division in the order is
along the line Of Socialism, and there is
danger of the withdrawal of the New
York assemblies, numbering some 40, ,00e
men, in body.
One of the points Of attack of the re-
formers is move to abolish the Cen
eral Executive Board, composed of
Martin, French, Mcguire and Kenney,
Another bitter fight will take place over
the. expenditure on the Journal Of the
Knights Of Labor. This is the official
The Washington bee., 1895-11-23

New Cartridges and Bullets for the Army and
Navy Little Less Than Actual Size.
For some years past the tendency
among military officers all over the
world has been toward the adoption OF
a smaller bullet for rifles. A bullet OF
so caliber. Or half an inch in diameter,
was one of the largest ever carried, and
the bore Of the military rife 1uctuated
between that and 40 up to about eight
years ago, when the reduction in the
size of the bullet began.
1t is not long since a new rife of sc
bore was adopted for the United States
army, which was thought to be an ex-
treme limit in size. The French Lebel
and Mannlicher were at that time .315,
and Denmark and Sweden and Portu-
gal also had that caliber. Germany
went a little lower to .311, and Bel
GUM, with her Mauser, and Great
Britain, with her Lee-Speed, had drop
ped to .301.
But after the adoption by Russia and
the United States of the 80 bore the
tendency continued. Spain and Chilli
selected .276 and Italy, Roumania and
Holland 1855. Such was the state OF
things when our navy began expert
ments.
The result Of it's trials Of various
weapons and experimental barrels was
to show that it could safely go still
lower. to 1886.
OF course. with a rifle of such small
bore as this. the gun itself is much
lighter and handler than formerly.
This will make marching easier and
the exercises of the drill less exhaust
ing.
Aluminium is also to be adopted in
various parts Of the weapon, as in the
butt plate, the bayonet sheath and
parts Of the metallic equipments.
In spite Of the lightness of the new
ammunition it is not intended to load
down the soldier or sailor with car
tridges, as heretofore. The actual num-
ber Of cartridges to be carried in the
boxes will, it is said, be even fewer
than heretofore, SO that the forces may
be kept light and mobile.
The Washington bee., 1895-11-23
Sell Polish to the Unwary.

Two young women are reaping 1aar-
shoe polish. Their plan is to polish
their victims shoes, asking to do so
as a favor and to introduce their goods,
and when the job is done to sell the
male victim a pot Of ten-cent polish
for a quarter. BY the time the shoes
are polished the victims heart Is in
such f1utter that he has no command
of his language and the word mo" is to
him unknown for the time being.-De-
troit Free Press.
The Washington bee., 1895-11-23

LII you want renaoIe news read
The BEE.
The Washington bee., 1895-11-23
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE COMING
CONGRESS.

Getting Ready to L Lock Horns Over Foreign
and Domest c Problems-A Rumor About
Lamont An Interesting Fight In the
General Assembly of knights OF labor.
Special Washington Letter.
It is quite natural that all eyes
should be turned at present upon an
Administration that is soon to meet &
hostile Congress, and whose chief is a
present rather more Of an enigma bott
to political friends and enemies thai
ever before. The new Congress must
face many important questions. W.
have more or less serious complication:
with at least five foreign nations. anc
the financial and reserve question:
loom up as pressing domestic problems,
The attitude to be assumed by the
President in his coming annual mes,
sage excites grave curiosity. 1t is ad
mitted on all hands that the Admins
tration is in a serious position. and i
depends upon the courage and address
Of the President to secure such cooper
The Washington bee., 1895-11-23
At the Head Of the Profession.

'The difference between you and me,
friend" remarked the song and dance
gentleman to the eminent tragedian, 'is
that I could play Hamlet If settled
down to it, while you couldn't spin
round three times on the top Of your
head to save your life. Cincinnati En-
Ouirer.
The Washington bee., 1895-11-23
MISS WILKINS NEW "TYpFs I,

Mary E. Wilkins has done sometb;ne 6,
new in the piece of work just Completed
and given by her to The Ladies' Home
Journal tor publication 1t is a series
OF "Neighborhood Types" Those
types are the most unique charac-
ters and are found in supposed New
England village; to the portrayal of
each type" Miss Wilkins devotes a
separate sketch. Thus she pictures a
striking male character in "The Wise
Man OF the Village" one of the most
natural of children in "The Village
Runaway" familiar figure in "TRe
Next Woman of the Town.; with
three other characters equally distinct.
There are six types" and all are
illustrated.
The Washington bee., 1895-11-23
They say
Harrison is in it.

gates
Milton Hollands attack on
Bailey helped the cause.
Bailey is citizen of Washington
and we all know him.
Bob Key, Bailey and Gleason will
organize the next convention.
Bill Brooker will search the East
for good men.
Don't be too confident of the
success of men who abuse others.
The trimmers in Atlanta declare
that there is no discrimination.
Carson finding out that Ralph
Wormley will defeat him in the 2nd
District has decided to move in
the 18th.
There is great cry of reform in
politics.
Hon. Tom Platt is the coming
Iudu.
Senator Quay will be the man in
the next fight.
Perry Carson was knocked out
on Wednesday night in the 21st
District.
Cameron of The BEE defended
Lem Bailey last Wednesday night.
Carson thought he had the meet
ing but got left.
The republicans of the 21st Dis
trict held big meeting on last
Wednesday.
Mr.. Dyer at 1927 NJ street, n. W.
treats Afro American j Journals with
Indifference.
Look out for Bailey.
The BEE is the peoples paper.
Look at the new advertisements
In this weeks BEE.
The BEE is the organ Of the
people.
1t makes no difference who goes
in the 18th District Bob Key will
win.
The young men will support him.
There should be primary elections
held throughout the city.
Let us have a fair vote and an
honest count.
There is no necessity for men to
turn in this fight.
1t is the intention of the boys to
win.
Mass meetings are disgraceful
and injurious.
In Union there is strength.
Hope and courage is the watch
word of the hour.
Jesse Roy is the coming man as
a sporting writer.
Don't be disappointed, although
you may be defeated,
The BEE is the peoples paper
notwithstanding the misrepresenta-
tions of its enemies.
Prof. Gregory has been turned
down by the man he made.
DR.. Purvis was turned down by
the same man.
They. both were warned before
the act was done.
Prof. Gregory has another chance
reinstate himself.
If he is man he should proceed
at once and do so.
Congress will investigate Howard
University.
1t is becoming a white institu-
ton.
Colored teachers are being re-
moved for whites ones.
Let the negroes unite. - = s :,
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-07

eradatsons into the hue OF tho sky. IN
the midst OF this gom Of a landscape
stands S%ayrovillo, yellow in every sense
Of the word 10 Is q blnsphomy In yol.
low SGT IN a symphony in bluo
IN tho neighboring villages thoro Is n
legend ns Co how Sayrovillo became yel-
low. Thoy say that when the town was
FIRST built there wasn't a painted house
In it. and that one day an ontorprising
poddlor on his notion selling rounds
saw In this an opportunity for money
making. He procured n large quantity
Of damaged paint at n nearby city, al
Of the paint being in various huos Of
yellow, from bright orange down TO tho
dullest buff. This paint he carried TO
Sayroville and sold at low prices, and
still with largo profit to himself Then
the town set about painting itself vol
low. Some Of the people pooled their
interests and their paints and ornament
cd their houses with tho combination.
Others a to stripes, and having used
up one tint filed In with the rest. One
man tried polka dots in chrome on q
background of greenish buff, with brill
liant effect. When the work vas done,
the peddler came back with o big con-
signment Of staring green, which the
t%ownspeople bought, and with which
they painted their blinds. The result
was pleasing to the Snyrevillers, but
startling to such few outsiders as
CHANGED 20 journey to that town.
In tho course of time two households
ers found courage to break away from
tho prevailing yollowness. One repaint-
ed his house in robins egg blue, the
other tinted his a deep magenta, and
now these two buildings stand out con-
s~piouously aud give just enough coloi
tone to the village to aocentuato its
amazing effects in yellow. New York
gun-
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-07
SEALING IN
Fields Many Miles squaro Fairly Teemiag
with Seals.

Fields Many Miles equaro Fairly Teemiag
with Seals.
Late In February the Newfoundland
sealing steamers break through the ice
in st. Johns harbor and make thoir
way to some northern outposts, lying
there until March 10, the earliest date
on which the law allows them to ''go
to tho ice. " They stand out to sea until
they meet the immense fields Of ice
from the Arctic ocean. These fields are
often many square miles in extent and
fairly TEEN with seals. A great seal
hunter told me that the sea seemed
suddenly converted into IN ocean Of
seals and ice. The steamer breaks into
the jam and floats with it or skirts
along the edge, the crew, 200 or 800 in
number, taking to the floating ice and
living there for days and nights.
The young seals fatten so rapidly that
sealers say you can actually see them
grow while you are looking at them.
Tho poor creatures are easily killed, a
blow with tho butt end of a gaf finish
ing them. The hunter then "sculps, -
or skins them, inserting a sharp knife
under the fat, and with marvellous dex-
terity taking off the ''pelt"-skin and
fat togother-in about a minute and a
half. A party Of men will pam their
%pelts-pile them up to the number of
about 1000 and thrust a gaf with the
ships flag into the pan. When there
arc pans enough, the steamer breaks in
to the ice and hauls them aboard with
a donkey winch, or the men drag them
to the vessels side.
The Newfoundland seal hunters al
ways speak of seals as ''swiles, " and
for our word carry they say spell" A
schoolmaster who had been listening &c
a seal hunters story said sneeringly:
"Swilesl How do You spell swiles?''
"Wo don't spell 'em, " replied the
hunter; "we most generally hauli
'emr'-Gustav Kobbe in St Nicholas.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-07

he Saw = Chosiiy Image Of himself In n
hooking cinas.
Mr. Noah Brooks, IN bis personal rome
~iniscencos Of Lincoln In Tie Century,
tells Tho following strange story;
On the day mentioned Lincoln mar.
rated an incident the particulars Of
which ! wrote out and printed directly
after. Those arc bis own words, as
nearly as they corld then DO recalled:
1T was jUst after my election ia
1860, when tho nowa bad boon coming
In thick and fast all day and there had
been a great 'hurrah boys, so that /
was well tired out and went homo to
rest, throwing myself down ON a lounge
in my chamber. Opposite whcie ! lay
was n bureau with q swinging glass
upon &c" land here he got mp and placed
furniture TO illustrate tho positiOnl
land looking Ia that glass / saw myself
reflected nearly at full length, but my
face. ! noticed. had two separate and
distinct limoges, the tip Of tho nose Of
ono being about three inches from tho
tip Of the other. I was q little bothered,
perhaps startled, and got up and looked
in tho glass, but the illusion vanished.
On lying down again, ! saw it q second
time, palmer II possible than before,
aud then / noticed that one Of the faces
was a little palcr-say five shades
I than the other. / got mp, and the thing
melted away, and / went OF, and IA tho
/ excitement Of the hour forgot all about
it-nearly, bnt not quite, for the thing
would onCo in awhile como mp and give
me o little pang as If something uncom-
Portable had happened.
"When / went home that night, 1
told my vito about it. and a few days
afterward made the experiment again,
when" with q laugh Sure enough the
thing came again, but ! never succeed
ed IN bringing tho ghost back after
that, though l once tried very indus
t~riously to show It to my wife, who
was somewhat worried about it. She
thought it was o sign that I was to DO
elected to q second term of office, and
that the paleness of one of the faces was
an omen that 1 should not see life
through the last term.
This IS a very remarkable story-n
coincidence, we may say-to which
some significance was given by the cruel
death of tho president soon after the be-
ginning Of his second term. l told Mrs.
Lincoln the story and asked her if she
remembered its details. She expressed
surprise that Mr.. Lincoln was willing
to say anything about it, as he had up
to that time refrained from mentioning
the incident TO anybody, and as she was
firm ia her belief that the optical illu-
sion (Which it certainly was) was a
warning / never again referred to the
subject to either the president or his
wife.
subsequently Lincolu's version Of the
story was confirmed by Private Secre-
tary John Hay, who, however, was Of
tho opinion that the illusion had beer
seen on the day Of Linooln's first nomi-
nation, and not, as l have said, OF the
day of his first election.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-07
urILe sTAnTs A US.
nomomaEinR and Housekeeping Duiit on
Triviaiitics.

uomomaking and Housekeeping built on
T%riviaiities.
Mon and women don't need to swing
clubs to break up home concord A
sheer and a waspish tongue will boquite
as effective Sarcasm and nagging are
to tho atmosphere Of love what sand flies
and noas arc to summer. Who would
not prefer an occasional brush with q
roaring June bug TO the torment Of q
flea You can't catch?
Uniudzod. accepted, trusted 10 thee end
A man must hold his friend.
There Is moro than ono virtue that
has gone out Of dats along with town
pumps and tallow candles There is the
old fashioned trick Of loyalty to ones
friends There arc plenty Of friendships
which, like costumes arc put on and
of to suit circumstances, but the Gus
tom Of sticking up" for a friend, as
our grandmothers called it, through all
trouble and oalumny, whether deserved
or not, went out with calashes and knee
buckles. How many understand the deep
and delicate meaning Of the words Ruth
spoke so long ago to Naomi, THY
friends shall be my friends?' We all Of
us number so called friends upon the
ephemeral records we keep whose lips
are ready to traduco. unchallenged by us,
the names Of others for whom we vow
aD equal regard. Il should be as impos-
Dible for Us 20 listen TO a word Of re-
proaoh against any one whom we love
as it would BIO to say tho slanderous
thing ourselves. What docs the sonsi-
tive plant do when rude touch approach
es its blossoms? Just what we should do
when the breath of scandal touches our
friends
II loyalty is out of date, SO is mod
asty. do not alludo to the modesty
that would Interfere with o woman's
plan to go half dressed into a tbeater
box CT to public reception. pass that
by and take mp the question only Of
such modesty as keeps a young girl diff
hdent and preserves bashfulhess in a
boy like'tho bloom On q plum. he is
greenl" you say Of suoh and such a one.
So is April Who would not prefer such
greenness TO the witheriDg blight Of
hay and a midsummer drought? Never
condemn a young person because there
is enough sap left in his soul to hutter
a green leaf late in the season. l love tc
SEQ that modcsty which makes a youth
deferential to his elders. It's horribly
out of date, l know, but | love bashful.
ness and modest, unassuming ways are
mighty sweet to see. Amber in Chi
caoo Times Herald.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-07

Not long ago a well dressed woman
entered the savings bank in a western
town and told tho clerk that she wished
to deposit some money to the credit Of
George Sampson.
Recognizing her as the wife Of a man
OF that name, who already had an ao-
CONT open, the clerk rightly guessed
that the money in question was to start
an account for n of her children.
els he q minor?" he inquired.
"Well, l guess notl' responded the
depositor Indignantly. "That's some
thing we've never had in our family
yeti And if Georgia shows any leanin
toward it when he gets old enough-he
amt but 10 now-I reckon his pa can
tell him yarns about mines e~xplodin
and shafts fallin ON top of folks that'll
settle him quicker'n enthusiastically
Companion.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-05-07
~ stnrt thn sinrr.

In writing a story there are authors
who do not plan the course of events in
advance because they do not know
them, bnt they writo on, certain that
some ingenious complication will sug-
gest itsolf-in short, tho story is to
write itself.
/ confess | believe in and rather fol
low this system, for the reason that tho
incidents seem more 20 real life
where the unexpected so often happens,
and where evonts turn mp in a capri
oious way. However this may be, | have
always found that everything depends
on getting we'll ~startod-that is, started
with such eagerness and enthusiasm
that you could sit down then and there
and write on and on to the end.
Others deliberate and potter, as it
were, hover on the brink, hesitating to
make tho plunge. The moment Of de-
parture is put Off and put OF, and when
at last a start is made it becomes q task
and a drudgery and Is virtually no start
at all, because il is so labored and unin-
spired that you feel you have not be-
gun.-"Memoirs Of m Author, " Percy
Fitzgerald.