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ONLY TWO PAGES THEN.
Some Personal "reminiscences Of the
4 Late Captain Bassett. IN,

Some Personal "Reminiscences Of the
Late Captain Bassett. n
The late Captain Isaac Bassett was
the one man in the employ of the
United States Senate who had been
able to hold his place in spite Of
changing maiorities for period OF
more than sixty years. Recently, in
an interview, the venerable Assistant
Doorkeeper of the Senate talked of
his long service.
cit doesn't seem to me-" said the
Captain, s'that I have spent sixty-four
years of my life in the United States
Senate. Once in while l feel as
though it were but little while since
Ia youngster OF twelve years-frst
entered the Senate. Do you know l
was the second page the Senate ever
employed? The first one was Grafton
Hanson, who is still living in the city,
holding position of prominence in
one of the departments. Hanson left
the Senate soon after I arrived; he
was too big for the place, and page
is not acceptable when he commences
to grow rapidly. My. appointment
came through Daniel Webster; it took
big man to secure such an appoint
ment, for there were but two pages
then. When entered upon my du.
ties 1 found Hanson wearing suit OF
blue cloth adorned with brass buttons.
My new suit was precisely similar,
and for time it looked rs though
blue and brass would be necessary
parts of pages uniform. The habit
of wearing such clothing died very
soon, and since then the youngsters
have worn almost any kind OF gar
ments they liked best 1t seems to me
that the pages OF that time had more
to do than their successors have now.
We never had much idle time while
the Senate was in session. We two
boys had to file all the bills, doing
ore side while my companion did the
o:her. That was good deal Of JOB,
although the Senate was much smaller
then than now.
"The relations between Senators and
pages were just about the same in The
thirties as they are now. The biggest
of the Senators used to laugh and talk
with US when they were not busy they
always treated us very we'll. OF course
there were some Senators that thought
more OF the pages than did others. L
wss Webster'S iavorite. Many time
has that great statesman sat me on his
knee. Ee always had more than Or
binary affection FOR ne.
Glow long VA: ! page: From
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the junction of the Catucho River
with the La Guayrs, where it is com-
paratiVely safe. Even as it is, some
streets are immune, the San Marlin
district particularly SO. Occasionally
house stands for 8 generation, while
those around it topple and are rebuilt
and have blood on the hearthstones.
Under these circumstances the real
estate business is q lively one, and
certain spots bring fabulous prices
and rents. There are on the apssage
sixty "tremblings" in . year, and BIZ
destructive shocks in century. Three
times in three hundred yesrs has the
city been destroyed, and the repairs
are estimated at cost of $500, OOU
annually. s.2
Yet the people 60 on in. an easy,
prosperous way. They have the op.
ers, railroads, electric cars and lights,
and old Spanish feuds They swear
by Bolivar; they put him on their
notes and stamps; their standard Of
value is coin worth twenty cents,
and they call it a bolivare. They have
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built of wood, with fiat roofs and low
chimneyg, on account OF the earth
ouakes. The cathedral of stone has a
buttressed basement for safety. which
gives it pYramidal appearance. The
cornerstones, roofs and beams are
mortised, the houses are built in solid
blocks and often girded across the
street. If an architect were to put up
q tall chimney, a keystone arch, or dig
a vault under house, he would prob
ably be mobbed A simple wooden
Intel to doors is all that is permitted.
In the houses bed is always put in
the middle of the floor, never near a
wall, door or window, and when a slight
trembling is felt the whole population
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throngs the spacious plazas. Every
house has IN earthquake bell. hung
from T frame in the ceiling. TIE
lightly hung bell responds to the most
delicate vibration, the lateral push,
like & tidal wave. When the bells
ring violently the inhabitants rush to
the streets, fell on their knees and
cry. "Dios, ten piedad!' y and Goa s
generally inerciful, for there are scarce
Iy as many deaths caused by Ial!lng
walls IN a year as there are by the
trolley and surface roads in Chicago.
Yet there issearecly house n Ga--
scas that has nDt been rebuilt at least
haii-,loZen ;imea. and the city is
gradually moYipg eastward toward
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blockade their coast for years and not
starve then out, while the capital and
Government were safely intrenched
behind the mountains that climb from
the seaport town of La Guayra.
Four thousand feet above sea level,
and only nine miles from the coast,
Caracas nestles among the ranges on q
plateau. Almost below it spreads the
sea in one unbroken expanse, clear to
Florida and New Orleans. The great
plain is covered with feathery palms,
and far off San Sebastian lifrs his head
clear of clouds. A perpetual haze lies
on the valley, but a mist on the noun
tain portends an earthquake. It is a
beautiful city OF Spanish. American
character, but with broad boulevards
and spacious plazas, where there is al-
ways statue of Bolivar OF Washing.
ton. -
The houses are of one story and
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pie. Amid the toppling walls ard
shrieks of the dying the prior OF the
Dominicans preached in the open
squares, calling it Just judgment
and turning the people to repentance.
Yet in 1918 Bolivar freed Caracas
again, was made dictator, and again
defeated. The third time he fitted
out IN expedition and came down the
Oriroco, between jungles Of dark,
moss grown forests, glitterinG With
green parrots and scarlet macaWs. Red
monkeys, venomous snakes and man
eating alligntors infested the dreadfal
solitude, bat Ee was lrred on by the
lovely line OF the San Sebastian
MQ1ata!ass ADORE tle high plateau o.
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A Small Man, and a Big Girl,

One of the smallest men and one
the biggest girls in the country y
down in Georgia. The former Is TO
Coster, of Hazelhurst, who is twent
four years old, is three feet MI
inches high, ard weighs ffty-7
pounds. BE has two younger bro
ers who are each more than SIX 4
tall. G. W. Roddenberry, of Ok
fenokee, has girl thirteen years
who weighs ITS pounds, and 9 boy
seven years who weighs lilo pou5
and wears a number one shoe. N
York Sun. ~
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mo vbo seeks TO conciliate. In It was

one who seeks to conciliate. In it was
the little dagger.
She snatched it from him. NO." she
cried. Il will never tell Naomi. You
may tell her-you. I will kill myself.
Yes-let me go-let me go. will kill
myself"
while he tried to wrench the weapon
from her hand. Then his-her-feet
caught, and they fell upon the foor-he
undermost. III. -.
When the girls shrieks called in the
housekeeper from the next set Of cham
bers, she was standing over Mr.. Harry
Stoke, who lay on his back-white In the
face-lying in his blood. Upon her
dress was blood: noon her hands was
blood, and in her right hand the paper
knife which she had torn from the ribs
OF the wounded man was dripping blood.
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MI. Vanderbilt offered 5000 for the


Mr.. Vanderbilt offered 5000 for the
property, which was worth much less
than that. But the colored man was
wise. .'say, boss, /" he remarked, "if
that's worth $500 to you I guess it's
worth $40, 600 to me. I'm a poor man,
] am, and if I can afford to refuse $40. {
600 for place like that should think
millionaire like you wouldnt be
afraid to pay $40, 900 for it,. 1t is
said in the neighborhood that this is
the sum Mr.. Vanderbilt had to pay,
and since then the colored man has
had 'possum and sweet potatoes on
his table three times afdsy.
The entire enterprise, it is esti-
mated, will cost Mr.. Vanderbilt about
So, 600, 600. The annual outlay, OF
course, will be enormous,
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Largest Diamond IN ths Unltsd stalsl{l|

- st7I t n Z q, q.
The finest yellow diamond knovdnI
and the largest stone in this COUNTRY
is the Tiffany diamond Of ona hnnidrs
and twenty-five and three:eighth ca77
ata il isa fawless tdouble brilliah1
of q rich orange yellow, and Is value
at 800. 600. It is an African ston1
BELONGING to Tiffany 8 Co.. OF Mel
York, and has never been offered "a
sale g
The Star Of the South is BrAzilia|
stone. Of nala yellow and nesrly fH
same eiza one hundred and twentd
Ave and fiya.gixth carats. { It's org l
nal weight was inst about double.
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CHAPTER ".
THE CASE

The case, which came on for trial q
few weeks later was very briefly and
imperfectly reported in the papers. The
facts, as they appeared in the reports,
were neither sensational nor interest
ing. A certain Ruth Heron, aged 81,
unmarried, was charged with stabbing
and wounding with intent to murder one
Henry Stoke. The prisoner was repre-
septed by counsel, but there was prac-
tically no defense, and the jury found
their verdict without leaving the box.
In passing sentence, the judge told
the prisoner that only a providential
interposition had prevented her
from being charged with actual muir.
der; he should sentence her to the
term Of seven years penal servitude.
The prisoner, who appeared perfectly
unmoved, then left the dock.
As reported, the case looked like
nothing more than a common street
brawl among drunken and disorderly
persons. There are thousands Of un-
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a Connective Hunt.

IL "comp@:;;ive han,'. between two
bands Of farmers, some fifty on a side, near
East Atch;son. Kan, Il few days ago, ninety
six rabbits were killed by one side and sew
enty-six by the other. IN these competitions
n bet is posted on the result and the winning
side fakes all the gam@. a5 well as al the
mnnnv Y stii kNs
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I9I.ieInic oi fIystcrin.

In factory 1T New Raven, Conn.,, few
days ago, a girl tainted and fell to the floor,
whcreupon. ont 0! pure sympathetic ncrv-
ousRcss, eleven other girls tainted. one after
the other
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FAIR VENEZUELA.
A SUNNY LAND GREATLY SUB
JECT TO EARTHQUAKES.
Its Varied Products-Au Earthquake
Bell In Every House-rhe Capi-
tai City-Rise Of the
Republic.
% wonder the Venezuelans love

N wonder the Venezuelans love
M their country. that fair land
" with climate like that OF
Southern France, so far from
ug, more foreign than India or Japan,
vet as near to New York and Chicago
as Liverpool by steamer. Only a
third of it under cultivation, yet there
is no want. Prosperity smiles on
them; they pay only four percent. IN
the markets of the world and they inn
port the manufactures of Europe and
the United States. So rich and varied
are their products that England could
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STREET SCENE IN CARACAS.

twenty statues of him in the city
they paint medallion portraits OF hmm
on their pink and blue and yellow
houses fronting the plazas. He is q
legend, an allegory, and some OF the
stories of him are mixed up with
those of Washington, whom they al-
most deify. It is to be doubted if any
city in the United States honors the
father OF our country as does Caracas.
His name recurs in statue. tablet,
painting, street, plaza, park.
Meantime the citizens watch the
seismic signs: Low water not preced-
ed by drought-the devil drinks,
they say picturesquely-a mist in the
afternoon, haze on the wooded
heights of San Sebastian, unusual
waves on the ocean when there is little
wind, and low water in Curs Spring.
They listen for the little bell, watch
the British ships in the harbor, and
say they could do without English cal
leo better than England could dowith-
out coffee and sugar and copper and
gold. And they watch Crespo, won
dering what he will do next, ready
with their pistols and knives to march
to the front with him, 100000 strong,
where they are well aware he had
rather be than in the tyellow house. "
How Venezuela Became Republic.
In 1910 Venezuelan creole, Simon
Bolivar, returned to Caracas, the city
of earthquakes, with q bride from
Madrid. In the years he had passed
in European capitals he had drunk
deep of the revolutionary principles
everywhere rampant. He met Lafay-
ette and learned Of the heroic struggle
of Washington, scarcely an echo !. OF
which had reached the Spanish colon
les. He saw the weakness of Spain
and the CALLING disgrace of suffering
the despotism of q third-rate Power.
Simon Bolivar was twenty.seven
years old. He had vast plantations OF
sugar, coffee and cocoa and thousands
of slaves. He was cultivated, hand
some, eloquent, stately in demeanor,
ambitious but licentious, cruel and
crafty. His wife dying, he gave him
self up to all these passions with in.
domitable energy and pride. BE
seemed to have contempt for wealth.
He freed his slaves, declaring that no
man deserved freedom who held others
in bondage. At the age of twenty
nine his estates were contscated and
price was on his head, and he was in
exile.
In the interval Venezuela enjoyed
eight months of freedom under his
rule. At the height of the festivities
the awful earthquake of 1871 de-
molished the city, killing ~, 900 peo'
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preparation bill each year has cor!
tanned this clause: sSs
Assistant d eeperoft thAS Senats
s250O, and $500 additional while H
Office is held by Isaac Baasetts M Mt
present incumbent. = sssissI slS.s|
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u a HColoneiS' Day -

1t was proposed TO have 4 "Colonels' Day
at the Atlantis Exhibition,
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Il cannot bear it. How can tell her?
Oh, I wish I was dead! How can l tell
herr I will kill myself She wrung
her hands, looking round the room as II
for some help or comfort there.
They I'll say that" said the man.
But they don't do it, you know.
She pushed back her ta!r; then she
tore OF her bonnet and let it foil, Us II
the SIGHT OF y oppressed her. The wild
look il her eyes AM her white cheeks
frichtcned the man-brute as he Was.
Come, Ruth, he said, BE Inoso SON
sib,e. Consider-thnk a little. Lat Us
Fart grfands.rn He bell out his hand als
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FOURTH MUNICIPAL WARD.

Election Precinct No. SS.-Commencing
at the corner of Main and South Temple,
running thence north to Second North,
thence east to City Creek, thence southerIy
the corner Of Second street, thence east
along Second street TO the corner of Sec
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shall do everything possible to help
the cause that is of such vital interest
to all. Both Republicans and Demo-
Gratis should support Bryan, because
he represents the honest belief of the
mass of the voters of the country. Nc
Kinley represents the belief of the mo-
nopOlists and money-getters. We should
support Bryan because he was the hon
est choice of the convention that nom
mated him. Mckinley was forced
upon the Republican party by the
plot of an unscrupulous politician.
Bryan honestly believes in his plat
form. Mckinley stands upon a plat
form he does not believe in, simply to
obtain the presidency"
The women of Utah appreciate the
fact that politicians are giving them
an opportunity to work side by side
with them during the coming cam
paign, and that they are beginning 10
realize the benefit this equality will be
to all. Women's names have already
been enrolled on different committees.
On the state committee we see the
name of Mrs Margaret Game. DR.. Mat
tie Hughes and Mrs. Electa Bullock
of Provo are on the committee on
union. On the state executive COM
mittee are tie names Of Mrs. La
Barthe, Mrs. Margaret Caine and Dr..
Matte Hughes; so it can readily be
seen that our women will not only
take an active interest in the coming
election but that their power is al
ready being felt by our local politi-
clans
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How,s This:

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ward for any case of Catarrh that can.
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
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Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all drug
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Halls family Pills are the best.
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On next Tuesday evening, the 18th,
primaries will be held in all the pre-
cincts of the city and county, for the
purpose of electing delegates to the
county convention called for Sept. 49,.
Each precinct in the new division of
the city is entitled to five delegates.
The primaries are the most important
part of the political campaign. and yet
unfortunately they are too often neg
Iected by the intelligent and RESPONSE
bic members of the body polite and
left to be controlled and manipulated
by ward heelers and professional poll
ticians to further private ends. Wo-
men voters! Attend the primaries in
your respective precincts, on Tuesday
next and see that the best representa-
tive men and women Of the community
are sent as delegates to the county
convention Remember that eternal
vigilance is the price Of liberty" and
that in the primaries are laid the foun-
cations of an honorable and success
full campaign, one that will enlist the
earnest efforts Of the best citizens,
and result in the greatest good to the
community. E. B. F.
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FREE COINAGE CATECHISNI.
II

Q. To whose advantage is it that
some nations have been induced TO
adopt the gold standard?
A. To the advantage of all creditor
nations, especially England; 100000, 600
people now use gold alone as redemp-
tive money, who in 1873 used both gold
and silver; hence the constant rise in
the power of gold, which rise shows
itself in the fall of prices of commo-
dities.
@. What are the consequences of a
decrease in the volume of money?
A. The price of commodities of all
kinds falls. Cut down the quantity
of money in circulation one-half (other
conditions remaining unchanged) and
the prices of wheat, cotton, wool and
other things as a whole will fall one
half
Q. What are the results of an in
crease in the volume of money?
A. The price of commodities will
rise. Double the quantity of money in
circulation Other conditions remaining
unchanged) and prices of the peoples
products Will double.
O. What do bimetallists believe
would be the results of the free coin
age of silver in the United States?
A. They believe that with the
American minis open to free coinage
rise to it's coin value, viz: $1.29 per
ounce; that restoration of silver to
it's position as a standard money
metal would increase the volume OF
money in circulation, and that in
consequence the price Of all products
would rise in proportion. A rising
market would stimulate production,
revive trade, provide increased en-
ployment for the idle, better wages
.
wheels Of progress in motion toward
a. season Of returning industry and
prosperity.
@. What has been the ratio of fall
in prices since the panic of 1893?
A. From Is to 20 per cent on all
commodities, and since 1873 nearly 0O
per cent.
prices have on US as a nation?
A. 1t tends to discourage production
and commerce, paralyzes trade and
diminishes labor and wages and works
to the constant impoverishment of the
debtor classes.
Q. How has this fall in prices af-
fected our national and long time
debts?
A. All debts are paid in the pro
ducts of the labor of the debtor, and
as most Of our debts are held in for
eign countries, they are pald IN SucH
products as we have for export, as
wheat and cotton; it will now take
more than twice as much of these
commodities to pay the same amount
of debts as in 1873 Thus on account
of the fall in their prices it will now
take more wheat or cotton to pay off
our national debt mow reduced to
$685., GOO, OOO than it would to have paid
the whole debt in 1873 when it amount
ed to 81, los 600, coo. We have been pay
ing off the debt for thirty years, and
yet it will take more of our products
to pay the balance now than it would
have taken to pay the whole at first.
ELLEN B. FERGUSON.
CTn he Cnntinuedl
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WOMEN VOTERS, ATTEND THE
PRIMARIES.

7 o DC OOH III Ut
q q o
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The creation Of the new and multi
fudinous election precincts in the
county has in tine beginning to some
extent bewildered many of the voters,
who are at loss TO know what voting
precinct they are residents Of. The
following is a full description of the
boundaries of the election precincts Of
the five municipal wards of Salt Lake
City:
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WOMAN in POLITICS.
Fair Sex Taking Intense Interest
in the Struggle.
THE SILVER QUESTION
BRYAN CLUBS HAVE BEEN ORGAN
lied IN EACH PRECINCT.

Splendid Work Done BY Mrs. Fergu-
son in This Direction-Are Not
Office seekers-T4ie Efforts of Hrs.
Emily Observation-Disclosures who Are
Working For the Silver Cham
pion-Free Coinage Catechism
Continued.
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AduIterated baking powder is dam
gerOus and makes your pastry bit
ter. Use Hewlett Bros pure cream
tartar Three Crown Baking Powder,
it Will always be light and sweet.
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The Grentest success

Attends Wolcott's pain Paint" rem
edy because it promptly subdues all
heat and Inflammation and instantly
relieves all pain. 1t is guaranteed to
cure you; 25c. and SOC. bottles. Ask
for coupon. All druggists sell it.
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ELECTION PRECINCTS
As Defined in the Newly Created
Divisions
OF THE MUNICIPAL WARDS
OF SALT lake CITY BY THE
, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

In Each Of These Election Precincts
a Polling Booth VIII BE Erected,
and st is Important That the VOt-
erS shall Know in Which Pre-
cinct They Are Entitled 10 Cast
Their Votes.