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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-06

course is pursued Immediately after the
injury discoloration of the bruised It's
sue will be wholly prevented. 1t is also
said that this remedy is unequaledI as
cure for rheumatism or stiffness of the
neck.-NeW York Ledger
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-06

81 never need a family Bible to tell me
how old a girl is; 1 can hit her age every
time"
How do you do it?'
by the songs she Chicago Re-
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CARLY AUTUMN WRAPS.

younger and richer than he is, though
he still has his ancestral acres.
That was a dinner
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-06

When patent leather shoes begin to look
shabby rub on sweet oil with a piece OF
flannel and polish with a clean piece.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-06
LITTLE Ills.

Ways of Vnnquishing the Mosquito
and Relieving Many Minor ALL
Inents.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-06

A powder for ar-esEing bleeding is
made by mixing together equal parts of
alum, nutgalls, gum arabic and gum
benzoin, these first being finely pow
dered. Another recipe gives equal parts
of alum, gum tragacenth and taumic
acid Each powder is used by sprink-
ling and pressing a little on the wound
ed part. For slight cuts these powders
will be found efficient and especially in
the often persistent bleeding which fol-
lows shaving
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-06
FOR CUTS

may be made to believe the truth of
this statement.
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The Rules Of His Life.

Ex- Congressman John s. Wise, of
Virginia, tells me this story:
Immediately after the war a prominent
Republican, having in view an investment
in Virginia, went to Madison Court
House In that State with Frederick
Douglass as a travelling companion.
Their business brought them In contact
with a certain Col. Dinwiddie. q Virginia
gentleman of the old school. Nj. Wise's
friend said:
"Col. Dinwiddie, allow me to introduce
my friend, Mr.. Frederick Douglass. You
must have heard of him."
The Colonel put his hands behind him
as Mr.. Douglass stepped forward and
extended his.
Douglass" said the Virginian, q am
glad to see you. But you " i'll excuse me;
I have made it a rule of my life never to
shake hands with niggers."
ooh, certainly" said Douglass. ~
am an ex.slave and I know the prejudice
of the old slave owners"
There was some further conversation,
and then Douglass said to the courtly
son of the old dominion:
"By the way, Colonel, we are jus,
going to take a cigar. Will you j bin us2''
The old gentleman hesitated, cleared
his throat and then replied:
swell, Douglass, l have made il
another rule of my life never to refuse tt
take a cigar. don't mind if l do."-
Chicago Times Herald.
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She Was an illustrator.

The teacher of a primary school in the
mission read 1.-THE Old Oaken Bucket to
the little tots, and explained it to them
very crrefully. Then she asked them to
copy the first stanza from the blackboard,
and illustrate a story in the daily papers.
One little girl handed in her verse with
several little dots between two of the
lines, a circle, half a dozen dots and three
buckets.
"Lizzie, l don't understand this" said
the teacher. "What is that circle p"
"Oh, that's the WELL"
"And why have you three buckets ?"
Zone is the oaken bucken, one is the
i%ron.bound bucket, and the other is the
bucket that hung in the WE'LL"
"Then what are all of those little dots?"
"Why, those are the loved spots that
my infancy knew."-San Francisco Post,
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A Misht.

Eyes," he answered, as he seemed tC
huddle himself in a heap. "I've done
some odd things i'll my time. I've jump
ed from a train running at a speed o.
48 miles an hour, and 1 can't say as
want to repeat the experiment.
what was the occasion?"
"Three years ago. Ibid it for a be
Of 30 shillings. The bet was that
daren't walk out Oh the platform ant
take the jump without picking out my
ground. As it happened the ground wal
pretty clear, but e1, 600, 900 wouldn't
get me to try it again."
"How did you come out?"
"Well, it's hard to describe the sensa-
ton. AS 1 sprang from the step l SEEM
ed to fly. I sailed along in the air until
my wings grew tired, and then l drop
ped down to see the country. Some
times l beat the professionals all hol-
low, and again I made a mess of it. 1t
was my intention to skip all the mud
puddles and avoid all the stumps, but
you can't always have your own way
In this world. By and by ] came up
with a bang in o ditch corner, and
waited for a first class hospital to visit
me-"
much hurt?".
might have been worse. Broke an
arm, two ribs and had over 100 cuts
and bruises, and it was seven weeks be-
fore l could walk a yard.
"But you won the 20 s~hillings?"
eyes, but there is where l always
grow sad. The stakeholder forwarded
it to me from his town in the shape of a
coffin, and it didn't fit my length by
seven inches. Ihad to sell the confound-
ed thing as a misft at half price,
Strand Magazine.
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HER BARN sToRMlNe TOUR.

Mary Anderson de Navarro Recounts an
Incident of Her Early Stage Career.
Mary Anderson de Navarro looks back
with evident enjoyment upon what she
calls the transforming period of her
stage career, which, however, in her
case was short, beneficial and pecunia-
rily profitable. OF her experiences in
Owensboro, a small Kentucky town,
where she and her little band of actors
played for a week, Mrs. de Navarro
writes in The Ladies Home Journal:
II was a tall, slender Juliet and my
Romeo proved to be a plump, pleasant.
little woman, probably the mother Of
several would be Romeos and Juliets.
The moon she (Romeo) swore by we
found to be the headlight Of a railway
sengine hired for the occasion. This was
held by a small negro boy perched upon
a ladder, who was sc amused by the play
that he laughed until he shook over the
most tragic scenes. His mirth, as may
be imagined, was not conducive to the
moons steadiness. At one time she was
shining i'll an upper box, at another on
the head of a bald musician, often
binding the unfortunates in the front
stalls, here, there, everywhere save on
the face of her t'Vercna's lovely flower')
she had been especially hired to illumi-
nate. The conductor Of the orchestra
was a carpenter by trade, and sawed
away as Justify during the day at the
boards he was converting into profile
statues of 'Evadne's' noble ancestors as
he sawed upon his violin at night.
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GEMS.

1t is better to be trusted than loved.
Every one has a fair turn to be as great
as he pleases.
The way to do a great deal of work is
to be continually doing a little.
He who goeth security for his friend is
a man who will learn much quickly.
Men are never so easily deceived as
while they are ~endeavoring to deceive
others.
Ii thou desirest ca Sc, in the first place
take care of the ease thy mind.
Be loving and you will never want for
love; be humble, and you will never want
guiding.
The soldier who executes his captains
commands is no less valuable than the
captain who gave the order.
You may depend upon it that he is a
good man whose intimate friends are all
good and whose enemies are characters
decidedly bad.
Some men are, in regard to ridicule,
like tin-roofed buildings in regard to hail;
all that hits them bounds rafting off; not
a stone goes through.
Insurrection of thought always pre-
cedes insurrection of action. Whether in
chains or in ~laurels, liberty knows moth
ing but victories. Revolutions never 90
backward.
To think we are able is almost to be so:
to determine upon attainment is frequen.
tly attainment itself. Thus earnest resol.
ution has often seemed to have about 1t
almost a SAVIOR of omnipotence.
Whereas, it has long been known and
declared that the poor have no right to
the property Of the ricb, l wish it also to
be known and declared t1at the rich have
no right to the property of the poor.
An employment, the satisfactory pur-
suit of which requires of a man that he
shall be endowed with a retentive memory,
quick at learning. lofty minded and grace.
full, the friend and brother of truth, JUS.
tice, fortitude and temperance.
1t is no great matter to associate with
the good and gentle; for this is naturally
pleasing to all. But to be able to live
peaceably with hard, perverse persons, or
with the disorderly, or with such as 60
contrary to US is a great grace and Almost
oommendable and manly thing,
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Care Of the Feet.

Faithful care of the feet has more to
do with good looks than most young
ladies are inclined to believe.
They must be kept warm and comfort.
able by daily bathing and rubbing.
No part of the body requires bathing
more than the soles of the feet.
The pores here are very active and
should be Kept open.
All hardening and ~oallousing of the
feet should be avoided if possible.
If the feet are given to excessive per-
SEPARATION a few drops of ammonia should
be added to their daily bath of water.
If they burn, or are very tender, battle
them in weak alum water.
The water should always be warm.
Cut the nails carefully, shorter than
the finger nails.
If they break, rub on mutton tallow
before going to bed, wrapping the toes
in soft linen cloth.
Corns may be nipped in the bud by a
prompt treatment with kerosene oil.
Cut the corns down as much as possible,
without making them sore, then rub on
the oil, night and morning.
II the corns make their appeara noe
between the toes, wet a piece of tissue
paper with the kerosene, and put this
between the toes over the corns.
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May Need it Even Then.

Nantucket is famous for auctions.
They are held in the public square. Meat
auctions, furniture auctions. There are
few things one cannot buy at auction if
n bides ones time. Whenever an old
home is broken up or a resident leaves
the island, the unwanted effects are closed
out at auction for whatever they will
bring.
At the last one l attended a refrigerator
was put up.
TOO late. The seasons over" shouted
someone in the crowd.
"But there'll be another, and perhaps
q hot one" said the a%uotioneer.
"But n may die before that" said
the other.
"Well," replied the a%uctioneer, off you
die you'll be sorry that you hadn't bough
a refrigerator and taken it along with
u."-Harpsr's Magazine.
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WHAT'S THE USE.

Don't coodle up a woe. Don't hin about
your foe,
What's the user
1t only makes you worry, an | keeps you in
aflurry.
What's the user There's no excuse.
Don't talk about your wrong, it makes it
last too long,
What's the user
II only gives you pain and suffering again..
What's the usei There's no excuse.
Don talk of our disaster, it makes the
tears flow faster.
What's the use?
1t only keeps o weeping, and binders you
from sleeping.
What's the user There's no excuse.
talk of your mishap. It's only one
more rap;
What's the use9
1t only can annoy, and your peace of mind
destroy.
What's the user There's no excuse.
Don't talk of your afhiction, 1t only causes
friction.
What's the user
IL opens an old sore, and worries YOU the
more.
What's the use There's no excuse.
Don't talk about your sorrow, trouble YOU
only borrow.
What's the user
1t only makes you sad, and sour and glum
and mad.
What's the user There's no excuse.
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S1.OO A YEAR.
ECCLESIASTICAL ROME.
An Always Present Power That Gives the
City Its Importance.

City Its Importance.
"Ecclesiastic" Rome is the strong
hold of a most tremendous fact from
whatever point of view Christianity
may be considered. If one could in i'm
agination detach the head of the Catho-
lie church from the church, one would
be obliged to admit that no single living
man possesses the farreaching and last
ing power which in each succeeding pa
pal reign belongs to the pope. Behind
the pope stands the fact which confers,
maintains and extends that power frem
century to century-a power which Is
one Of the bugest elements of the
worlds moral activity, both in its own
direct action and in the confederation
and antagonism which it calls forth
continually.
1t is the all %pervading presence Of this
greatest fact, literally, in Christendom
which has carried on Rome's Importance
from the days of the Caesars across the
chasm of the dark ages to the days of
modern popes, and it is this really enor-
nous Importance which continually
lJlIONS IOI dIu lAlO UOl IC4lO1 l4lC
puerilities and inanities of the daily
outward world. 1t is the consciousness
Of that Importance which makes old Ro-
man society what it is, with its virtues,
its vices, its prejudices and its strange,
old fashioned, close listed kindness,
which makes the contrast between the
saturnalh of Shrove Tuesday night and
the cross signed with ashes upon the
forehead of Ash Wednesday morning,
between the careless laughter of the RO-
man beauty in carnival and the tragic
earnestness of the same lovely face when
the great lady kneels in Lent before the
confessional to receive upon her bent
head the light touch of the penitentiary's
wand, taking her turn perhaps with a
score of women of the people. 1t is the
knowledge of IN always present power,
active throughout the whole world,
which throws deep, straight shadows, as
it were, through the Roman character,
just as in certain ancient families there
is a secret that makes grave the lives Of
those who know it. Marion Crawford
in Century.
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Queer Beliefs About tho Fern.

The fern was supposed to seed only on
St. Johns night and thus to possess
those singular properties for which it
had become almost sacred. The gather
ing of the seed was believed to be at
tended with considerable danger. Povet,
in his "Pandemonium," published i'll
1884, says: Much discourse hath been
about gathering of fern seed (Which is
looked upon as a magical herb) on the
night of midsummer's eve, and l re-
member / was told Of one who went to
gather it, and the spirits whisked by his
ears like bullets and sometimes struck
his hat and other parts of his body. In
fine, though he unprecedented he had got
ten a quantity of it and secured it in pa
pers and box beside, when he got home
he found all empty. But most probable
this appointing of time and hours is of
the DEVILS own institution, as we'll as the
fact that having once ensnared people to
an obedience to his rules he may with
more facility oblige them to ~stricter
vassalage. boston Herald.
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60 Zoo PURE
LETTERS Cost 81 APIECE.
California Miners Lined Up For the Mail,
and Places Were Worth $500.

California Miners Lined Up For the Mail,
and Places Were Worth $500.
A we'll known patent attorney in this
city, who was in California in the early
mining days, apropos the publication in
The Post Of the cost Of carrying mails
on the Yukon, makes some interesting
statements about similar service on the
Pacific coast in 1849-50:
"We had to pay 81 for every letter
sent or received" he states, ''besides
the government postage. We were in
the mines and had to send a messenger,
with an order for the postmaster to de-
liver to him our mail at Sacramento, a
distance Of from rs to 100 miles, ac-
cording to the location of the camps.
Parties made a business Of carrying the
mail and had regular routes around
through the mining camps.
"At that time mail went by way of
the isthmus, there being but IN steam
er every three weeks. AS a result, at
San Francisco and at Sacramento, the
two main offices and supply points for
the state, there would be a large crowd
waiting every time a mail arrived. They
finally adopted a rule among themselves
requiring all to form in line and take
their turn, and hundreds stood or laid
in line day and night to keep their
places, sometimes several days before
they could be served, the line being
formed days before the steamer arrived.
Resident spectators would take position
in the line, and when they had advanc-
ed near the door would sell their place
to others from the mines, who were
waiting, frequently getting from 500
to $500.
"Such a thing can hardly be believed
by those who have never had any such
experience, but in the fall of 1849 an OK
team driver got $40 per day and board,
Sundays being counted the same as 9th
or days, while carpenters got from an
ounce ($16) to an ounce and a half per
day, everything else costing in proper
ton, and hence the mail carriers for the
mines could better afford to pay for the
position In line than to wait on expense
and lose the time, they sometimes being
kept waiting for a week before they
could get all their mail for the several
camps.
Zone of the curious sights was the
sale of the New York papers. As soon
as the steamer arrived a man or boy
with a lot of papers would rush ashore,
mount a box and just as fast as he could
hand out the papers and make change
dispose of them at 81 each. OF course in
time all this changed, but communica-
tion with the States was then SO slow
and the time required SO great that tc
us. isolated as we were from home and
friends and the whole outside world, il
seemed almost an eternity. Exchange
The Monitor-register., 1896-01-24
Medical Students In Revolt.

Medical students were OH the strike
both at Athens and Moscow recently,
these indeed Gas the ancient Greek his
torian loved to put it, because five ladies
had been admitted into the Attic uni
versity, but the Moscovites because they
are dissatisfied with the Russian govern
ment. In the Acropolis city the students
were divided, the eternal womanly
coming between them. Some cried out
to accept the necessary evil and some
raised a discord of dissent. Matters came
to a crisis in the chemical laboratory
when two students-one from Arcadia
(strange context) ard the other from
Asia Minor-discussed tho matter with
one revolver between them, and Asia
Minor was carried off to the hospital on
a stretcher.
In Moscow the university youth has
been ~boycotting Professor Sacharin, the
famous doctor of the late czar, their
grievance against him being that hHis
court physician. They refused tosattend
his lectures, but Sacharin calmly re-
marked, "They need me, l don't need
them." and proposed to give his lectures
in an empty room. Four came to the
first conference, six to the second at
seven tic Laraber stood fast. And those
who cara --clo tho poorest. -3erhH
Letter.
The Monitor-register., 1896-01-24

The following incident happened at
the Criterion theater in London the 9th.
er evening. At the end of one of the
scenes Mr.. Wyndham tells q fellow actor
to go down stairs and he will follow
him in three minutes. Then, as he takes
out his watch, the curtain should de.
scend. On this occasion, however, il
failed to do so, and the Squire of Danes
reclined ON the sofa, patiently waiting.
An almost painful pause occurred. The
curtain jerked, but would not fulfill its
mission, and Mr.. Wyndham, realizing
the situation, again pulled out his
watch, and said, "Ah, two minutes
have passed" There was another pause,
after which he arose and announced
that "the time was up and he must CO."
As he left the stage the curtain at last
descended, and Mr.. Wyndham' S ready
wit was much applauded. - London
Globe.
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He Got the Message.

An experienced telegraph operator can
from listening to the sounds under
stand a message on n kind of telegraph
instrument without seeing it at all.
One day all inspector walked into an
office and began to question the clerk In
charge. Suddenly a message began to
arrive, and the clerk sat down to write
1t. The message was as follows:
Look out for squalls. The inspector
is somewhere on the line and will be
poking his nose in everywhere.
The inspector smiled as he listened
to the message, while the poor clerk
looked quite helpless. His superior,
however, went to the instrument and
sent back the answer: "Too late. He
has already poked his nose in here. y
P~earson's Weekly.
The Monitor-register., 1896-01-24

Carelessness in girlhood causes the
greatest suffering and unhappiness in
after life. Little Irregularities and weak
nesses in girls should be looked after
promptly and treatment given at once
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
promotes regularity of all feminine
functions, makes strength and builds up
a sturdy health with which to meet the
trials to come. The Favorite Prescription
is not a universal panacea It is good
for but one thing. 1t is directed solely at
one set of organs.
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, a 1908 page medical work,
profusely illustrated, will be sent free on
receipt of 81 one.cent stamps to cover
postage only. Address, Worlds Dispen-
sary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Monitor-register., 1896-01-24

Not a few who read what Mr.. Rober
Rowls, of Hollands, Va, has to say
below, will remember their own expert.
ence under like circumstances: "Last
winter / had la grippe which left me in a
low state of health. I tried numerous
remedies, none of which did me any good,
until / was induced to try q bottle Of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The first
bottle of it so far relieved me that was
enabled to attend to my work, and the
second bottle effected i care" For sale
at % and 80 cents per bottle by George
M, Andrews, Druggist.
The Monitor-register., 1896-01-24

Many merchants are well aware that
aud take pleasure in supplying them with
the best goods obtainable. AS an instance
w mention Perry & Cameron, prominent
druggists ofFlushing, Michigan. They
say: "We have no hesitation in recon-
mending Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
to our customers, as it is the best cough
medicine we have ever sold, and always
gives satisfaction" For sale at % and
so cents per bottle by George M. Andrews,
Druggist.
The Monitor-register., 1896-01-24

Those who hold that no man can
avoid his fate may find support for their
doctrine in the experience of Charles j..
Weller of Elkhart. Ind. He was employ
Cd al grinding at an emery wheel, but
regarding the position as dangerous
handed in his resignation. Five minutes
before the time for ending his last day
at the work the wheel burst and killed
him. -Philadelphia Ledger.
The Monitor-register., 1896-01-24
THE MAGIC OF A SMILE
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

Smile a little, smile a little,
AS you go along,
Not alone when life is pleasant,
But when things go wrong.
Care delights to see You frowning.
Loves to hear you sigh;
Turns a smiling face upon her.
Quick the dame will fly.
Smile a little, smile a little,
All along the road;
Every life must have its burden,
Every heart its load.
Why sit down in gloom and dark
With your grief to sup7
AS you drink Fate's bitter tonic
Smile across the cup.
Smile upon the troubled pilgrims
Whom you pass and meet;
Frowns are thorns and smiles are blossoms
Oft for weary feet.
Do rot make the way seem harder
By a sullen face;
Smile a little, smile a little, r
Brighten up the place.
Smile upon your undone labor;
Not for one who grieves
Der his task, waits wealth or glory;
He who smiles achieves.
Though you meet with loss and sorrow
In the passing years;
Smile a little, smile a little,
Even through your tears.