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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-25

TIE FIlAIFOfN-
."The national silver party, in conven-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-07-25
When You See Another Man

has quit advertising, It is good
time for you to jump into the
paper with your advertisement.
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that she has been through your pock-
cts, and you cannot prove that she
has done so. You can prevent such oc-
currences in future by placing our pat
emit protection pockets in your clothes"
Aside from this claim, others are made
for locked pockets. The manufacturers
say that they will prevent pocket pick
ing, and that their universal use will
force every criminal who practices the
art to turn his attention to some other
line of business.
There are no locks on the locked
pocket, or at all events what might be
called a lock is keyless. They work
with spring by combination which
is secret to all but the wearer. If locks
with keys are desired they can be EN-"
ployed, but the danger in such an event
would be that the key might be locked
in the pocket, and a man would have to
go to locksmith if he wanted car fare.
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to whom she has been a most devoted
wife. She always accompanies him on
his 'tstumping" tours, acts as his
amanuensis and has rendered him in
valuable assistance in the preparation
Of his autobiography, on which he has
been engaged for several years. She is
petite and a brunette, is cordial, viva
cious and unassuming. She has never
cared for the frivolies of society, and
her life has been an active and useful
one. For ten or twelve years prior to
her marriage to Gen. Palmer she was
city librarian, and as such enjoyed
fine opportunity to crafty her taste for
reading. Since her marriage she has
found plenty to do in assisting her dis
tinguished husband. She was reared in
the Presbyterian church, and was for
years a teacher in the Sabbath school.
After her marriage she united with the
Baptist church, in which her husband
held membership. Her character is a
lovely one, and it may truthfully be said
Of her that "none know her but to love
her; none name heE but to praise"
Mrs. Palmer was with her husband at
the state convention at Chicago, and at
Indianapolis. She accompanies him on
all of his political missions.
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stretched over aluminium frames. They
will be eight feet long and about four
feet in width. They will be rectangular
in shape and one will be fastened on
either side of the air cylinder, which
will be in the center.
In the cylinder lies the secret of the
success of the device. It will be four
feet in length, with a diameter of Is
inches. It will be constructed of alum.
inium and some alloy of sufficient re.
sistance to allow 100 pounds pressure
of compressed air to the square inch.
Before the wheelman starts out the
air will be pumped in, and the inventor
declares that when the cylinder is filled
the buoyancy will counterfeit the weight
of tho apparatus, and render the pro-
pulsion of the wheel perfectly easy.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-09-24
BICYCLE with WINGS.

Flying Attachment Enables Wheelmss
to Mount in tho ALI.
If the wheel isn't fast enough for you,
why, fly.
Itseems as though the old fairy legend
Of the seven league boots would come
true before this century ends
The bicycle has multiplied many fold
the speed possible in personal locomo'
ton. Distance has been divided by 100.
But that ism enough. No week passes
but there appears some new device, In
tended to Tighten the labor and accel.
crate the speed of the wheel.
The latest Of these is bicycle flying
machine. Experiment has just been
made with this wonderful machine, and
tho results, the inventor says, make
ordinary cycling seem as ancient and
clumsy as jolting journey in the
wagons of our grandfathers.
The man who has devised this won
derful machine, says the New York
Journal, is Charles sigors, q young ma
chinist. There is no joke about it. he
considers the bicycle flying machine an
altogether practical proposition and has
filed application for patents to protect
it.
The flying machine attachment is to
be fastened to the handle bar of the
bicycle. The wings will be Of canvas,
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No stronger indication could be at
forded of the sagacity and statesman
ship of the present pontiff than the
tendency which he manifests to comply
with the requirements of the demo-
cratic spirit of the age. For centuries
past the Catholics are annually called
upon, in midsummer papal brief, to
make use Of prayers for "the peace ana
good understanding of Christian
princes and rulers" In the brief that
bears the date of July last, contain
ing the customary instructions with re-
gard to these prayers, the ancient for
mula disappeared, and the pope, IL
stead of calling upon the faithful to
pray for "the union of Christian rulers"
asks them to pray for "the freedom of
the church, and for the peace and union
Of Christian nations" no mention be-
ing made of the "ruler." Attention is
called to this omission by the Osserva-
tore Cattolico, one of the semi-oficial
organs of the vatican, which does not
hesitate to describe the brief in ques-
ton as a sort of indirect command to
abandon the special prayers for kings
and emperors.
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LOCKS FOR POCKETS.
An Invention That Attacks Sacred
Right OF Married Women.

An Invention That Attacks . Sacred
Right of Married Women.
Another one of woman's rights has
been attacked-the right of search, the
same privilege for which England con-
tended in the war of 1912, and as Eng
land lost then so femininity seems about
to lose to-day. A Chicago firm of whole
sale clothers has invented q locked
pocket, to be put in trousers, coats and
vests. The fad has captured male wear
ers of clothes and bids fair to become
popular. It is an attachment by which,
pockets can be locked, and any attempt
to go through them will be foredoomed
to failure.
That the effort to introduce these
pockets is likely to be opposed by wom-
ell is certain. The very means which
the manufacturers use to advertise
them insures this. A circular issued by
the firm reads:
"You have been there. You have
walked up in the morning and found
your spare cash gone and not known
how it has vanished. Your wife denies
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-09-24
VERY LATEST FAD. I.
II You Do Not Garry . Rabbits Foot YouS
Are Not In the Swim. hg4

II You Do Not Garry . Rabbit's Foot You
Are Not In the Swim. .
To receive O. rabbits foot, mounted
as per specifications, may now be con-
sidered a very lucky thing. # the re-.
cipient Of the gift IL not superstitious,
and values rabbits foot only as q
rabbits foot, neglecting its Voodoo as
sociations, he has still much reason for
rejoicing. He or she, usually she, may.
throw away the hairy abomination that
is supposed to form the piece de resist
ance of the gift and still have mount
ing of gold and jewels worth several
weeks allowance. A rabbits foot with
the customary accessions is a gift not
to be despised.
How the custom Of carrying rab-
bits foot made its way from its origin
in the mysterious depths of Voodooism
to the present Judgment in the sacred
circles of upper tendon is suggestion
which must be left to the specialists
on fads and degeneracy. Intrinsically,
the rabbits foot is not beautiful OBJ
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-09-24
The Smallest Human Brain.

DR.. Gore has furnished the Anthro-
biological society with an account of the
smallest adult human brain ever ex-
amined by professional anatomist or
Psychologist. It is well-known fact
that the brain of the adult male aver
ages 40 ounces, the female 43H ounces.
The adult human being who had the
smallest brain ever weighed was fe-
male of AZ years Of age. She was five
feet high, and her intellect was infan-
tile. The brain, without the men,
branes, weighed ten ounces and five
grains, being the smallest mature brain
on record.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-09-24
AN ABLE POLITICIAN.

Daniel j. Campau, the Man Who Man
ages the Democratic Csmpaign.
Daniel j. Campau, Of Michigan, tho
newly appointed chairman of the cam,
paign committee Of the national demo-
cratic committee, is an experienced and
vigorous campaigner. For 20 years be
has been prominent in the conduct Of
the political affairs Of his party in the
wolverine state, and in that time he has
also been more or less intimately asso-
ciated with the national organization.
He was chairman of the democratic
state central committee in Michigan for
a long time, and is reputed to have been
the most jealous chieftain it ever had.
It was while in this position that Mr..
Campau led the Michigan democracy to
its first victory in 81 years. For num-
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man, nor uneducated. His father, Judge
Augustus f.. Wright, was. a prominent
figure in the Georgia life of his day,
and the family has always been one of
means, with connections rather aristo-
cratic than plebeian., Seaborn Wright
is college graduate, with the bearing
of tragedian. He has a clean-cut face,
long, wavy black hair, and the bearing
of typical southern orator. His great
est force is his eloquence, which is of the
fervid, ringing type brought into ma
tional prominence recently by Candi-
date William J. Bryan.
Mr.. Wright lives in a handsome home
in the north Georgia city of Rome, and
enjoys fortune of a quarter of a mil
lion dollars. His wife was Miss Moore,
of Atlanta, and they have a. family of
four bright and interesting boys. Sea-
born Wright has always been a dissent
err in political affairs, and his only serv-
ice in office was when he was elected to
the state legislature several years ago
as an independent democrat. His fad
is prohibition, and his campaign will be
waged chiefly on that issue; an issue
which is expected to focalize the
strength of the rural districts, which
really preponderate in Georgia politics.
His friends hope that by combining the
populist and prohibition votes, he will
be able to defeat his democratic OPP
ponent, Gov. William Y. Atkinson, r'ho
is a candidate for reelection. The pop
ulist nominee is only 80 years old. His
younger brother, Moses Wright,who was
elected to the last legislature as a dem
ocrat, will oppose him in the coming
camDaipn
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-09-24
TRUNK AND BATHTUB.
A. New York Mans Unique and
Useful Invention.
When Not Used for Bathing Purposes
the Receptacle Can He Used for
the Storage or Transporter
tion Of Clothes.

This is the season of the year when
a host of city people who 60 to the coun-
try say they live in a trunk, but to take
8 bath in trunk is something that has
just been made possible.
Eugene Sandow is the man who has
developed the idea, and it is as practical
as his muscles. People who have tried
the invention say he knows exactly
what he is talking about.
The trunk tub, says the New York
Journal, looks like trunk, and that
is just what it is, for when it is not in
use for bathing purposes it is perfectly
available for ordinary trunk purposes.
It is leather bound, cornered with
bright steel fittings, and finished with
highly-polished, brass-headed nails. II
has massive brass lock, ornamented so
as to add greatly to the looks of the
affair.
To transform the trunk into a bath
tub all that is necessary to do is to raise
the lid, lift out the trays, and the tub
is before you. The box portion of the
trunk is lined with light, waterproof
fabric. The trunk is octagonal i'll
shape, so there are no sharp corners in
side.
In one of the trays of the trunk there
is little compartment also lined with
rubber. This contains g pliable line of
hose, which is to be attached to any
faucet of the house, so that the trunk
bathtub may be filed with water. Un-
der this idea it is not necessary to move
the trunk-tub, as the water is carried
to it from the length of any ordinary
house. In the same compartment with
the hose line there is little faucet.
Close to the bottom of the trunk is 1:
little stopcock which works from the
inside. On the outside all that can be
seen is little hole, showing steel sur
face cut with thread. Into this hole
from the outside the little faucet is
fastened after the owner of the trunk
has taken his bath. Then the stopcock
on the inside of the tub is turned. and
the water is drained from the tub.
Now comes the drying process, and
this has been well provided for. In one
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of the trays taken from the trunk a
miniature mop is kept, made Of rubber
and asbestos. With this the interior Of
the trunk is mopped dry, the trays arc
replaced and no one would suspect the
bathtub feature.
The arrangement of the trays is of
the most improved sort, and, Sandow
says, caused as much thought as the
tub feature. There are three of these
trays, and they fit into the trunk box,
leaving q two-inch space at the bottom
for air circulation. This circulation is
maintained with the outer air by means
of q one-inch channel, which extends
along the edge of the three trays. Along
the two sides of the trays are fitted
pair of steel bands, which come to-
gether between the trays, and are fas-
tened and unfastened by a simple press
ure of the thumb.
The peculiar nature Of the lining of
the tub, Sandow claims, makes it i'm
possible for any moisture to remain
in the trunk, so that the most delicate
fabrics may be carried without the
slightest fear of damage.
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He reached safety just as that floor
made treacherous by fire came crashing
almost on his very heels.
allow does it feel ?" said Policeman Be-
dell, "well in one way you don't feel any
thing, and still you do. Imean that alta
time like that a man is SO excited he
doesn't realize what he is running into.
. "Of course you see the flames tapping
up everything in sight, and seeming to
leap out toward you. You feel the burn
ing heat, and your eyes are blinded, and
your breath half stopped by the clouds
of smoke that roll higher and higher
until they surround you on all sides.
But you are, after all, only half con.
scious of it at the time. Itisafterward,
when you realize the scene, that it seems
more distinct, and the full danger is
realized.
1T is funny that a persons mind
should act SO much more quickly and
sharply in times of danger and peril.
But it always seems to-mine does at
least. And you notice small things. !
know the other night when went
after little seven-year-oldF Fannie Walsh
at No. 1907 Bushwick avenue, as soon as
J picked her up it flashed into my mind
that had better cover her head with
something to prevent her being choked
in the smoke. I hurried to the wash
stand and grabbed towel, soaking it
in the water pitcher. 1t didn't take ten
seconds to do it, but in those ten seconds
my mind had time to note picture
hanging over the washstand. A picture
Of deer wading into lake. Ienvied
that deer! never thought of that pic
ture again until I saw one like it yester-
day in a shop window. Then I remem-
bered where it was first saw it.
"But it is all over so quickly that yor
don't realize much until it is past. I
know the other night, I don't recall hav.
ing felt any fear until heard the floor
crash behind me, when I put my foot on
the ladder. It must have been pretty
hot as crossed back, for the soles Of my
shoes were badly scorched. But didn't
do anything much after ALL"
This police hero is athletic and takes
pardonable pride in his prowess. It is
well that his muscles are of steel, for
carrying frantic people down ladders
reeds sinew and Drawn.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-09-24
AN HONORABLE RECORD.
Career Of the New Quartermaster
General Of the Army.
President Clevelapd's Selection Of Gen.
Charles q. 6awtello for This Post
Has Boon Favorably Received
n,r, ", -Other Changes. .-,,.,,

The president has filled,a vacancytin
the quartermaster's department of the
army, and filled another caused by the
first, by the appointments of Col. Charles
G. Sawtelle to be quartermaster general,
with the rank Of brigadier general, vice
Gen. Richard n. Bachelor, retired, and
First Lieut.. Carroll A. Devoi, of the
Twenty fifth infantry. to be an assistant
quartermaster, with the rank, Of cap
tain. The appointment of Col. Sawtelle
to the higher Office makes the following
additional promotions in the quarter.
masters department: Lieut.. Col. Will
liam 3. Hughes, to be colonel; Ma. J. B.
Furey,s7 be lieutenant colonel, and
Capt. C. a. Booth to be major. The va.
cancy in the lower grade named was
filled by the transfer of, Lieut.. Devol
from the line. ''"
The selection of Col. sawtel!e for the
quartermaster genenalship' was pre-
dicted soon after the retirement of Gen.
Bachelor, Gen. Sawtelle, stood at the
head of his corps. and next in line of
promotion. He was senior in service to
Gen. Bachelor, and was jumped when
the latter was made quartermas ter gem
eral several years ago. He has had a
long and creditable career in the army.
He was born in Maine May 10, 1884, and
was appointed to the military academy
from that state July l, 1850. Graduated
July I, 1854, he was appointed a second
lieutenant of the Second infantry, End
year later was transferred to the Sixth
infantry. He served as regimental quar-
termaster from February IS, 1857, to
June 10, 1861. He was appointed first
lieutenant June S, 1860. and .. captain
and assistant quartermaster May II,
1861. In August. 1862, he became an
acting lieutenant colonel in the quarter
masters department, and rose through
the grades in the regular esta blishment
until he became colonel and assistant
quartermaster general, September ~,
1894.
Gen. Sawtelle has an excellent record
for active service during the civil war.
He received the brevet rank of major,
lieutenant colonel and colonel March 10,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-09-24
sEABoRN A. WRIGHT.
The Young PopuiiSt Who Wants to
ey%Y-.s -. Governor Of Georgia. rtt,.ss2t '.l

The Young Popniist Who Wants to b
a g-" - Governor Of Georgia. "a.
SSepborn A. Wright, recently nom
mated by the populists OF Georgia as
their candidate for governor, enjoys the
distinction of being the first nominee
Of the peoples party Of that state who
has ever had any reasonable chances OF
success. In previous campaigns in
Georgia the gubernatorial candidate OF
the peoples party has not come nearer
than within $4,000 votes Of his demo
cratic opponent. This year, however,
because OF, state alliance of the popu-
lists and democrats, the third partyites
in Georgia have some chance of electing
their candidate. .
I, For populist nominee, says Leslie's
Weekly, Mr.. Wright is q very unique
figure, being neither farmer nor q poor
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-09-24
THE LUCKY RABBITS FOOT.

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ject. 1t is dirty-looking, and it's hairy
covering has an irradicabae tendency
to get mixed up promiscuously with
everything in its immediate neighbor-
hood.
A glance at a jewelers. window, how
ever, says the Chicago Inter Ocean, will
show how great demand for the orna-
ment there is, and the demand evident
ly cannot arise from the pure aesthetic
effect Of the ornament. We are driven
to believe, therefore, that it's wearers
are in search Of the supernatural as
sistance attendant upon it's possession.
It is just here that they are making
fatal error.
OF course, no student Of folklore can
doubt the efficacy of this charm, under
proper circumstances. Here is where
the trouble arises. There must be q
grave doubt as to whether or not all
the formalities are carried out. Every
child knows that the rabbit must be
what is known as a graveyard rab-
Bit" and that it must be captured and
killed by an elderly colored man under
a peculiar combination of astronomical
and physical conditions which seldom
occurs.
An enterprising firm of jewelers. have
taken advantage of this and put out the
following advertisement, describing
their rabbits feet:
"Killed in q country graveyard at
midnight during the dark of the moon,
on Friday, the 18th of the mouth, by
cross-eyed, left-handed, red-headedj
bow-legged niger, riding white horse:
It is hard to find colored man with
the above characteristics; it is harder;
to find one who can obtain a rabbit
while riding white horse on Friday;
the 18th of the month, in the dark Of
the moon. Graveyard rabbits, in adj
dition, are by no means abundant. Is
it possible that all the rabbit feet on
the market are obtained under these
circumstances? The intelligent investi-
gator thinks not. Yet the market IL
flooded with alleged genuine charms.
It Is to be feared that the public II BE-
ing deceived.
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PLUNGING INTO FLAMES.
An Inveterate Life Saver Speaks
Of His Experience ~ VI
Row Policeman BedelL Of Brooklyn, n.
T., Sc0rched His Heels Saving .
Life-Other Interosting Bio
graphical EACtS.

What are mans sensations as he
plunges, regardless of consequences.
into seething sea of fame and smoke r.
Does the heroic rescuer of some child
Or invalid from the horrors of q death
by fire or suffocation count the chances
against him, or does he cast thought and
consideration to the winds and simply
go where duty calls? Z =
To the average man these questions
is one man who is as well qualified as
any living person to tell how it feels to
face one of the most horrible deaths
known. And that, too, for the sake of
others. The public are always intense
ly interested in the motions of hero.
That man is Officer Robert Bedeu, of
the Brooklyn police force. He is q hero
in every sense of the word. From out
of the very jaws of death he has
snatched human lives, and as the fire
hend reached out it's hot, encircling
arms, he has borne the rescued one to
safety. .,..... Pc, ,l..
Policeman Bedell has had many ter
rible experiences; decidedly more than
falls to the common lot of even q po-
liceman.
While the Brooklyn force, like that of
many cities, numbers among its blue
coats brave men, occasionally one, by
some signal act of bravery, leaps at a
bound to the front. True heroes do not
sing their own praises, and it was with
great difficulty that Mr.. Bedell was in
duced to describe his emotions when he
plunges without moments hesitation
into fiery furnace, holding his own life
cheap that others may be saved. Fire
men are valorous, but as they are paid
and trained to fight the flames, their
bravery does not merit the attention
that befalls man who of his own voli-
ton makes rescue. Mr.. Bedelrs
greatest peril came not long ago, when
he ran through fire and smoke to Sec
ond story room, across the blistering
floor, and rescued a tiny child, forgot
ten by her fear-distracted mother in the
horror of midnight conf1agration.
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A City Of Potato Digger.

Kallis, Pomerania, is in the center Of
a great potato-raising country. In the
fall the entire population of the city,
between 5000 and 1000, shut up thei,
houses and leave their keys with the
mayor and scatter out to help with the
potato. harvest. Travellers who have
visited the place in the fall declare that
they found the town without . single
iinhabitant, except the mayor and the
bell-ringer. - -