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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-02
ANOTHER BILL GOES ovEF

S. B. No. 126, extending the right of
eminent domain to Irrigation and min
ing companies, was the next bill taken
UP. The bill was read the third time,
and amended in a few minor particulars
and laid over tfll today. The house ad-
journed till $3.50 this morning.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-02

Ticket Office, 10 West Second South
Street.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-10
ODD WAYS OF MAKING MONEY.
Rabbit Bones as scarfpins and Miniatul
Real Live Oaks.

Rabbit Bones as Scarfpins and Miniature
Real Live Oaks.
In the backbone Of rabbit is joint
bearing remarkable resemblance to a
fox's head. Lightly painted brown, a
couple Of beads for eyes, cheap pin
affixed, and 10! real sporting scarfpin
is produced at nominal cost.
At the time Of calling in the French
coins, which were freely passing in
England for pennies, many dollars were
made by ingenious individuals convert
ing them into rings as souvenirs, this
being done by cutting out the center,
turning the rim inside out, leaving the
inscription inside. Many of these rings
are still to be seen among the poorer
folk, worn as wedding rings.
Acorn gathering may be the means of
putting a few shillings in the pockets of
the country folk by picking them up for
the farmers, bat it did not seem tie
quickest way to fortune by one
thoughtful son Of toll.
So he planted piece Of his ground
with thousands Of acorns, and when
they were small plants he carefully re-
moved daily such as he wanted, with
the mold round. and moss wrapped
each root and started his father to hawk
them in the nearest towns, and re-
markably good idea it turned out.
The request of the old man to ''buy a
real British oak, num- generally Sc
cured purchaser, the ladies being
charmed with the plant and the prospect
of watching its growth into sturdy
tree-Odds and Ends
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-10
SAFETY OF RAILROAD TRAVEL.
Statistics Show That n Han May Travel IL
Years Before Being Killed.

Statistics Show That Han May Travel 1s1
Years Before Being Killed.
In The Ladies' Home Journal John
Gilmer Speed writes entertainingly and
instructively On the construction and
operation of railroads under the caption
Running Train at Night. - He pref
atorily asserts that the most remark
probably are those which affect travel
ing, making it at once quick, comfort
able and secure We cross states and
continents at the rate of 80 miles an
hour with greater security against acci-
dent than our grandfathers enjoyed in
their stagecoaches, and we have, even
when on the cars, comforts unknown in
the palaces Of kings when our GRANDPA
theirs grandfathers were young.
During the year (from interstate COM
merce commission's s report for year end
ing July l, 1s94) one passenger was
killed for every 1885, 153 passengers
carried, and one was injured for every
1882 carried. This surely is as safe
as living ordinary humdrum lives in
large cities. The report further shows
that mans chances against injury
were such that he would have to travel
4, 4,406,6 $50 miles before getting hurt and
go AZ, 5S8, 966 miles before being killed
At the rate Of 80 miles an hour man
could travel, if nature permitted, on
American railways fol, 181 years, with
out leaving the cars, before being killed,
or with the same amount of security
against accident he could go round the
earth 1908 times before meeting his
death by accident and 176 times before
getting hurt
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-10
DU MAURIER At ANTWERP.
His Early Art Studies interrupted by q
Failure of His Eycsight

His Early Art Studies interrupted by the
Failure of His Eycsight.
Du Maurier was soon installed in the
painting class and made vigorous
start. particularly recollect lifesize,
full length painting Of an old woman
and a boy, pen and ink drawing Of
which is in my fathers album, that
showed talent enough and to spare, but
his artistic aspirations were soon to
meet with serious check. His eye
sight began to give him trouble, and be-
fore long put stop to his studies in
atelier or academy. He was not to be-
come painter, as he had fondly hoped,
but, as we now know, was to work out
his destiny in another direction.
In those days we called all that carl
caturing, and caricature he certainly did,
mainly of me and himself. From the
first he imagined he saw a marked con-
trast between US. His nose was supposed
to be turned up and mine down, where
as really neither his nor mine much de-
viates from the ordinary run of noses
My lower lip certainly does project, but
his does not particularly recede. But
the imaginary contrast inspired him in
the earliest days Of our acquaintance
and started him On the warpath Of pen
and ink. He drew US in all conceivable
and in some inconceivable situations.
"Moscheles and T." he says On one page,
''if we were artistically beautiful. y
Then again, eff we were of the fair
sex or soldiers OF, by way of showing our
versatility, if we were horses.'' In that
page he seems to have focused the es-
sence Of our characteristics while ap-
pearing only to delineate our human
and equine possibilities. Felix Mosh-
eles in Century.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-10
lcHURcH DIRECTORY.

First Presbyterian Church, on Frederick 81
between New and Market streets, services
| II a. m. and p. m. Pastor. Rev. A. M. Fraser
Second Presbyterian church corner Freder.
lex and Lewis streets. Services at II q. m
and s. Pastor. Rev. VIM. Cumming.
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, worship on
West Frederick St. Services at II q. M, and 8
p. m,, Rector. Rev. R. C. Jett.
Trinity Episcopal church. Main street, be-
tween Lewis and Church streets. Services at
IL a. M, and p. m. Rector, Rev. W. Q. Hull
linen
United Brethren chCfel, Lewis street, be
tween Main and Johnson streets. Services at
II a. m and p. m. Pastor, Rev. ]. D. Dom
ovan.
Methodist church, lewis street, between
Main and Frederick streets. Services at IL
M and p. m. Pastor, Rev. ]. H. Boyd, d. D
Christ Evangelical Lutheran church Lew
is street, between Main and Frederick streets
Services at IL a. m. and p. m. Pastor Rev.
H. F. shealy.
Baptist church, corner Main and W shing
ton streets. Services at II a. m. and p. m
Pastor, Rev. M. l.. Wood.
St. Francis Roman Catholic North Augusts
street, Mass at and 1880 a. m. vespers and
benediction of Most Blessed Sacrament At
p. m. Pastor. Rev. Father Mcverry.
Young Mems Christian Association. corner
Main and Water streets. Services at n. m.
Sunday.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-10

One Of the queerest of the old time
superstitions was the one that is respon-
sible for the notion that pearls and dia-
monds ''breed'' like animals do. Rues
says: Gas for what know concerning
the reputed story that precious stones are
divided into sexes, male and female,
just as are plants and animals, and that
they breed like the latter do, relate
the following. which came under my
own knowledge: A certain princess Of
Luxembourg had two diamonds, the col
ors of which betokened that they were
male and female. The princess laughed
at the notion until one day she was
startled by finding a tiny speck of dia
mond in her casl1et. She put the two
large diamonds and the little one away
together, and they had whole family
in reasonable course of time.' A sim
liar tale is also told by Boethius. s.-St.
Louis Republic
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-10
A Great Wheel Salesman.

Recently several drummers happened
to meet on a train en- route to Indian
apolis, and they began, as usual, to tell
Of their business. 1t happened that there
were some bicycle statesmen among
them.
IT struck a great streak Of luck last
week." said one of them. II sold three
orders, and it amounted to 900 wheels. "
Being the first man to boast of his
business, he was easily outdone by the
next, and the third saw the others and
went some better. He sold one firm
1000 wheels, and two other orders
amounted to 800.
"You people are not in it, said a
small man, who had not taken part in
the conversation. II sold one firm 1900
wheels, and they are all to be given
away for advertising purposes.
whats thatl Sold 5000 wheels to
be given away! What wheel do you
sell?'' chimed in the other three in
chorus.
"The 5000 wheels I sold were con-
tanned in 1000 Waterbury watches
which clothing store is going to give
away" said the small man, handing
each Of the three men nine wheels for
their own use and accepting their offer
to get off at the next stop and shave
something. ''-Indianapolis Journal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-10
BOOMING GREAT AMERICA.
A Swiss Journal Celebrates the Nations
Variegated Immensity.

A Swiss Journal Celebrates the Nations
Variegated Immcnsity.
One of the most amusing descriptions
of America is that which recently ap-
peared in The Nachrichten, Basle,
Switzerland. 1t runs as follows:
: America is country in comparison
to which Europe is small peninsula.
The United States is an empire by
whose side the powers Of Europe appear
as petty states. America is the land Of
unmeasured capacity and dimensions,
the land Of dollars and electricity, the
land where the plains are wider, the
rivers greater, the waterfalls higher,
the bridges longer. the express trains
faster. the catastrophes more horrible,
than in all Europe; the country where
the buildings are taller, the rascals
more numerous, the poor poorer, the
milllonaires richer, the thieves bolder,
the murderers less bothered andseducat-
ed people more rare than anywhere else.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-10
Moonshine Whisky.

Says a revenue agent: ''There is a
great popular misunderstanding about
moonshine whisky. It is nothing but
raw highwine-the crudest kind Of
whisky-and most Of it is made right
in the big cities You take a barrel of
molasses, scme yeast and still, such
as many people use fer distilling water,
or even less than that, you can let tho
vapor pass through glass pipe covered
with cold water, and you can make all
the moonshine you want. The foreign
ers in New York city make thousands
of gallons CT it for private use in this
way. All whisky is white as water
when first made. IF kept in glass it re-
mains white for years, as you see in the
case of Irish and Scotch whisky. Put
into wood it will in time darken, owing
to the rotting of the oils. Moonshine is
usually white because not kept long
enough to darken, Or, if kept, being
usually stored in bottles CT jugs y
New York Tribune.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-10
ALEssoN IN GERMAN.
The Teuton's Civilizing Influence as Seen
Through English Spectacles.

The Teuton's Civilizing Influence as Seen
Through English Spectacles.
At the very moment that the press Of
the fatherland was hurling imprecations
against Great Britain in the name of
humanity and civilization and holding
US up to universal infamy as nation Of
''brutal shopkeepers, devoid Of culture
and noble IDEALS" at that very moment
one Of the Kulturtrager sent out to CIV
ilize Africa was being tried in Potsdam
fer bringing She German name into dis
repute there. Wehlan-this is the ad
1ninistrator's name-who is only one Of
many, had been sent out as vice chan
cellor of Cameron, had occasionally rep
resented the governor, and during the
Bakoko rising had acted as chief Of the
police force His administration was
systenlatized cruelty of a kind which
few instances Will illustrate. Augustus
Bell, "a nigser,'' was accused Of hav-
ing stolen q watch. He denied the
charge, and Vice Chancellor Wehlan
condemned him to receive so strokes Of
a hippopotamus hide whip to compel
him to confess. When this sentence was
executed, the mans body was q jelly.
Dr. Valentin said that "a raw hacked
beefsteak was nothing in comparison. -
A cook who humanely gave a few cigars
to man charged with larceny received
20 lashes of the same instrument of
torture.
The government interpreter, Eteeki,
stole some money and spirits, and to
punish him the German vice chancellor
and assessor, Wehlan, kicked him so
long and so cruelty that the engineer of
the German steamer Nachtigall had to
turn away unable any longer to look
upon the sight. Then Wehlan ordered
ID. lashes to be administered to the
wounded man, and finally gave instruc-
tions to have rope tied round his
waist so that he could be plunged into
the water. One of three prisoners whom
he had in custody was helped by cook
to escape. Wehlan ordered the cook
to be seized and killed with the two
prisoners beaten to death, "no weap-
ons to be used" They were kicked and |
thumped until half dead, when their
necks were struck and their heads bat
tered in. The corpses were horribly dis |
figured. During the Bakoko insurrec-
tion villages were burned to the ground |
and the throats Of helpless old women
cut. Prisoners, when taken, which was
not always, were delivered up to the
soldiers to be scalped alive. ga cut was
made in the lower jaw with knife, |
the fellow seized by the teeth, and the
whole scalp drawn over the face and
head" Two German gospel mission
aries testified that these were the most
eficacious means Of improving the mig
gers!-Fortnightly Review.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-10
Necessarily Slow.

An 8-year-old San Rafael boy was be.
ing lectured On obedience.
II told you chat you could play with
the Wilson boys till o'clock" " said his
mother. "Here it is and you are just
home. Why didn't you come when !
told your
II did, mamma.
''Don't tell me falsehood. Why
didn't you come home at o'clock?'
II started home at 5.
'Then you stopped to play on the
way?"
mo, mamma; sure, didn't
"Do you expect me to believe that il
took you two hours to walk half mile!
I think I shall have to punish you for
telling me falsehoods.' -
Honestly, I started home at 8 O'Clock
and came straight home"
The mother led the boy into the kitch-
en- and took down whip. He turned
pale and tears welled up into his eyes.
''Now, sir, will you tell me the
truth?''
"Ye-es, mamma; Charlie Wilson gave
me a mud turtle-and I was afraid-to
carry it-so I led it home. San Fran
cisco Post
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-10
RAILROAD YARD TERRORS.
Even Trainmen Cannot Cross the Tracl
at Night Without Fear.

Even Trainmen Cannot Gross the Tracks
at Night Without Fear.
"It's hard for the ordinary traveller to
realize the terrers Of the average rail
road yard, said al old and experienced
trainnan at one Of the big Jersey City
terminals to reporter. 'sThe commuter
who scans the yards daily as he is
smoothly riding through them naturally
enough fails to appreciate the mass Of
detail in the duties Of the mcl who are
employed to switch him safely into the
station. OF course the routine work we
do, fraught with re1ponsibility and dam
ger as it is, becomes mechanical enough
to. us in time, but there is one thing that
have never been able to do with cool
ness in all the years have been en-
ployed here, and that is to cross this net
work Of tracks at night. The experience
Of Thomas Boulzar, the freight clerk at
the Lehigh Valley station in Communi-
paw, is proof that I am net the only
hardened railrcaltr afflicted in that
way. Bouker was run down by an en-
gine because he got bewildered III the
maze Of tracks I don't blame him.
Why, it's enough to give a man heart
disease to attempt to cross such an ag-
gregation of rails, with a lot Of head
lights moving all around him and
scores Of bells ard whistles ringing in
his ears
"Every time that am compelled to
make such a trip-aGd I only do SO
nowadays when I am compelled to-
get the lay Of the land well il my mind
and note which engines are moving and
which are not, but it is Of no use. By
the time I'm III tie middle Of the yard
my head is in a whirl, the headlights
are dancing all around me, and 1 skip
and dodge around frantically until I get
safely ON the other side Usually most
of the locomotives are standing still in
the train shed, but it's hard to believe
it when you are i'll front Of them. Some
commuters who work in Jersey City
have trick of walking into the station
from the yard to save the trouble of 60
ing around by the regular way, but
when can I always warn them OF the
danger of doing so. New York Sun.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-10
A CUNNING COLLECTOR.
He Has Devised Means by Which He IL
Able to Reach Elusive Debtors.

Able to Reach Elusive Debtors.
The regulations of the postofiice de.
partment forbid postmasters to furnish
to lnqulrers the addresses cf persons
who have removed from the residences
or places of business formerly occupied
by them, the reason for this rule, as
given in the official instructions. being
as follows:
1.-The agents of the postof1ice depart
ment are furnished with the names and
addresses upon letters and other articles
OF mail matter for the sole purpose of
enabling them to make delivery thereof
to the persons intended. Such names
and addresses arc to be regarded as CON
fidential, and this confidence must be
respected. -
Among those t0 whom this regulation
furnishes protection against undesir-
able intrusion :.se some Wh0 Lave fol-
lowed the Arabian custom Of silently
stealing away after due folding of tents,
but have omitted to settle with their
grocers, butchers and milkmen. The
anxious creditors, on seeking from the
letter carrier or at the postoiiiee for aid
in finding the delinquents, are confronted
with this rule and retire from the
search baff1ed. An ingenious man, how
ever, whose business is that cf collect
or of such debts, has hit upon method
OF smoking out these modest and retir-
ing nomads, and has practiced it with
success. His plan is to send each Of
them circular bearing a heading which
gives the impression that he is in the
express business, and informing the re-
cipient that he has a package for him
which he is unable to deliver for lack Of
knowledge Of his present address, to
which it will be promptly dispatched
on receipt Of the necessary information.
This circular is directed to the former
address Of the man who is ''wanted, :"
and is then redirected and forwarded
by the postman to that which has been
confided to the postof1ce. Inspired by
wild hopes as to the possible value Of
the package, the debtor takes the willy
author of the circular also into his con-
fidence, sends him his new address and
awaits the arrival Of the mysterious
bundle, only to find tco late that men
betray. Hereceives q call FROM his cred
itor's representative, with demand for
an immediate set lement or threat Of a
lawsuit. Thus does the cunning pursuer
of the oft fitting debtor bring to naught
the august mandate of the government.
New York Tribune.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-10
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.
Silence of Desolation Brooding Over Re
gions Once Thickly Peop1ed.

glons Once Thickly PeOpled.
In the beginning Of the thirteenth
century the annual revenue of the By
zantine empire amounted to e130, 600. :
O0O Yet at that time not only was the
eastern empire greatly impoverished by
the ravages of the crusades, but the
chief part of Asia Minor, with its -four
lshlng cities, had been wrested from her
by the arms of Islam. Today the revenue
OF the Ottoman empire is less than G18,-
900, 900. The silence of desolation now
broods over vast regions which were
once thickly peopled, we'll cultivated,
abounding in flourishing cities and re-
joicing in an advanced civilization. Ter
ritories which formerly supported the
capitals Of ancient kingdoms-Perga
mos, Sardis, Cyzicus, P1usium, Troy,
Nicomedia and many more-have been
reduced under Islam to cherries sell
tudes, broken at intervals by Kurds OF
wandering Turcomans.
According to Ubicini, who spent 20
years in the civil administration Of the
porte, and wrote in defense Of Turkey
40 years ago, the annual produce Of corn
in Asia Minor was then estimated at
25, 100000 Turkish ki1es, which, he
thinks, might be easily increased tenfold
"if the great productiveness Of the soil
were turned to account. The same re-
mark" he adds, "applies to all other
productions which serve for local con-
sumption or for expectation. But in
stead Of increasing during the last 40
years there has been an accelerated de-
crease. The decay of every kind Of man.
ufacture has kept pace with the decline
of agriculture. Diarbekir and Broussa,
once SO famous for their velvets, satins
and silk stuffs, have been ruined. So
have Aleppo and Bagdad. Turkey
abounds also in mineral wealth. It pos
sesses copper mines which yield 80 per
cent Of ore. while the best British mines
yield only about 10 per cent And there
is coal in abundance within easy access.
Quarterly Review.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-10

I5 Is tine lana IN Nn1cn rne teeth are
more false, the corsets tighter, disease
more dangerous, corruption more COM
mon, insanity more systematic, the sum-
mer hotter, the winter more chilly, fire
warmer and ice colder, time more costly,
than in sleepy old Europe The land
where old men are younger and youths
slder, the niggers blacker and the whites
yellower than elsewhere, the land Of
immeasurable natural resources and Of
the most prodigious avarice. In short,
America is the land of the greatest con-
trasts, the craziest presumption, the
most reckless hunt after the dollar. It
is the land Of everything colossal and
unapproachable-the last Of course form
the American point Of view."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-10
Honesty.

Let honesty be as the breath Of thy
soul and never forget to have penny
when all thy expenses are enumerated
and paid; then shall thou reach the
point of happiness, and independence
shall be thy shield and buckler, thy hell
met and crown; then shall thy soul walk
upright, nor stoop to the silken wretch
because he hath riches, nor pocket an
abuse because the hand which offers it
wears a ring set with diamonds. -
Franklin
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-10
Hailstorms In the orange Free State.

The Orange Free State is very nearly
as large as England, and just as
large as the state Of New York. It
lies frenf 4, 900 to 5000 feet above the
sea and is mostly level, with some low
ranges of hills. The surface is bare of
wood, except in a few sheltered spots
along the streams, but is well covered
with herbage. The air is pure and brac-
ing, much like that of Colorado or Wyo-
ming. There are, happily, no blizzards,
but violent thunderstorms are not un-
common, and the hailstones-I have
seen them bigger than pigeons eggs
which fall during such storms some
times kill the smaller animals and even
men.-Prpfessor James Bryce, M. P,
in Century.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-10
One Object of Life Insurance.

The subject Of the conversation had
taken several routes, and finally the
topic of insurance was reached by the
guests, the hostess and host at the din
ner table.
''Papa has his life insured" spoke
up the little girl, the pet Of the house
hold.
''Is that sop asked one Of the visit
ors, showing interest in the evidence OF
precocity. Everybody present looked at
the child, and the father and mother
gazed fondly and proudly.
"Yes'm; for $15. 900. F"
"What has he done that for!'
$50 mamma can buy q new husband
when he's dead louisville Courier
Journal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-10

''The hair Of the deg will cure the
bite" is popular statement of the fun
damental prime PIC cf homeopathy, sim
lila similibas curantur. In the middle
ages a ccrnmcu superstition prevailed
that when d man was bitten by any ami
NAL certain hairs from the creature do
ing the mischief were necessary in the
incantaticns and charms practiced il
order to work cure.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-10
FiIial Affection.

Mamma-Now you cannot say, John,
that baby does not love you. What do
you think she has pleaded with me to
ask you for!
Papa-What, dear?
Mauma-Well, she wants lock OF
your hair.
Baby-Yes. papa, do let me have it.
My week.. e horse has lest its tail
Lcndcn FUN.