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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-08
HERE AND THERE.

Henry Vesehoff, the well known tailor,
who has been a resident of this city since
1888, died al his residence, No. SOB East
Fourth South street, yesterday. The de-
the funeral has not yet been sci, but it
will be held under the auspices of the
Masonic fraternity.
Bob Thompson of this city and Kid
Evenson of Brooklyn, last night signe3
articles for glove contest TO take place
rules. The men will be allowed TO wear
hand bandages and will fgh. at 135
pounds, the winner to receive 10 per
ceLt of the gate receipts and the loser p.
Up to date the collector of taxes has
taken in SSS5OOO in money The delinuuest
list was published for the first time yes
terday and until the 21st Of the month
parties can pay with % cents additional
After that date property will be sold and
will have to be redeemed in the usual
manner.
Nearly all of the certificates Of cleo
ton were delivered by the county Clerk
yesterday, most of the officials calling
at the office for them. The balance were
sent out by registered mail and Will be
in the hands Of those for WHOM they are
intended as soon as the addresses 50 to
the postoffice for them.
Although some of the counties are re-
porting right along, the state auditor
desires that all county clerks forward as
SOOlA dS pOSSlOI0 Tie plduSy
which he has sent them, containing a Est
of total valuations and tax levy reports
This will enable him tc get his work in
condition for a report to the governor
to be laid before the legislature
Professor George NJ. Marshall will lee
ture this evening on Some Apostles of
the American Revolution" in the labora-
tory building on First North street This
is the second of the public series being
given this winter by the university The
lecture will begin promptly At O'Clock.
No admission IS charged fo~ these lee
lures and all are cordially invited.
Present indications are that Utah will
be well represented at the fifth annual
session of the National Irrigation con-
greSS, which meets at Phoenix, Ariz., on
December 15 16 and H. Among those who
have already signified their intentions of
going are Senator l.. w. Shurtliff and
Judge Thomas d. Dee of Ogden; Colonel
c. L. Stevenson, Hon. George O. Can
non and wife, E. g. Rognon, ]. w. Cul-
ley, W. r. Cutler, Charles r. Loback and
Van II. Brooks of Salt Lake; Hon. James
A Melville of Fillmore and John r.
Barnes and wife of Kaysville. The local
committee is working hard to get others
to go and a rate of $3.50 for the round
trip has been made by the Southern Pa
cific Railway company.
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the face of much opposition, in perfect
ing a simple antiseptic dressing-that
is, one which would destroy any mi
crobes that would fall ons the wound.
and purify the surgeons hands and in
StrumentS His success accomplished a
yeritable revolution in surgery To Sc
lect single instance: The great hos
pital at Munich had come to such a
state OF unhealth that fully so per cent
OF all wounds were infected by the
poisonous gangrene A surgeon was
sent to England to learn the new Lis
terism,' and after his return not sin
gle case of hospital gangrene appeared
in the Munich KrankenhauS Many al
lied dangers were totally destroyed py
this gospel of cleanliness, and in add
ton the suffering of patients during
necessary operations was vastly re-
lieved, owing to the absence of in
fiammation. The most conservative
SavantS estimate that the Lister anti
sepsis has increased the field of rem
edial surgery twentyfold, and that the
mortality OF hazardous operations has
been reduced from probably so per cent
TO something like 1 per cent. With anti
septic treatment, the skull, even the
viscera, can be safely entered for Op-
Grafton, and it is literally true that
modern surgery can, without danger,
remove any part of the human organ
ism which is not itself essential to
life.-From About the World, IN the
Christmas (December) ScribnerS.
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A story of the Jameson Raid.

Good will would come easier If we
could all contrive to make our ex-
pectations of one another bear a more
reasonable relation to facts Most of
us are apt to have a general standard
of looks, conduct morals, intelligence
and agreeableness, and. to think ia
vorably of persons who come up to 1t
or Surpass it, and more or less un-
favorably of persons who don't Peo-
pie who come up to our standard are
NICE and we like their company and
cultivate their society, and other peo-
pie are not nice" and we are apt to
speak of them with some disparage-
ment, to avoid being thrown with
them, to sigh when they ask us to
dinner, and to think the time spent
with them is time wasted. But We
can easily discriminate overmuch and
be ungenerously fastidious about our
companions. People whose circle of
playmates is limited to a select few of
a certain scarce kind are bound to be
narrowed bJ their social sQueamiSh-
ness. 1t is much better for them to
compel themselves to take people more
as they come, and try to get some
pleasure out of every one, even if it
is only such self-denying happiness
as comes from pleasure given.-"The
Point Of View,' in the Christmas ODE
cember) ScribnerS.
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How Natives Gather rubber.

Young men who are thinking of
making their fortunes by raising
bananas or working coffee planta-
tions might better turn their atten-
ton from those overcrowded fields to
the cultivation of rubber trees, a pur-
suit which is almost entirely left in
the hands of ignorant South Ameri-
cans, although the demand for rub
Der, owing to the boom in bicycling, is
constantly increasing. The price of
raw rubber fiuctuates between 60 cents
and 81 a pound. and for some time
past it has been. steadily advancing.
The process of gathering the rubber
from the rubber trees is quite inter
esting. 1t is detailed as follows: The
natives provide themselves with long
sticks of hard wood, and these they
dip again and again into vessels that
collect the rubber sap from the trees.
After each dipping the sticks. are held
over fires until the film of rubber
drawn away at one dipping solidifies
about them. To realize the endless
patience of the natives in this work,
one has only TO cut from one Of the
rubber biscuits" a piece of rubber,
say an inch thick, and then separate
it into its composing layers. There
are hundreds and hundreds of these,
each one scarcely thicker than tissue
paper; and yet placed together they
form the huge black balls seen in the
windows of rubber stores.
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whisky Men Are Mum.

Chicago, Dec. Representatives of
the American Spirits Manufacturing
company, independent distillers and
their legal advisers resumed their eff
forts today 70 come to an agreement
on the proposition submitted by the
successors Of the late whisky trust.
The secrecy as to members of the con-
ference, their meeting place and doings
have not been relaxed and the lawyers,
the only persons who will say anything
only answer: There is nothing to say
at present.
General McNulta, receiver of the old
whisky trust, left for Lincoln, Neb..
today to sell the plant of the Nebraska
distillery at Nebraska City. The distil-
lery is a large one, and as the Amer
lean company does not want it the new
owner must be counted upon in con-
nection with the pending distillers'
agreement. The sale takes place
Wednesday,
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Fashions For Children.

For general use for older boys ker-
sey' or beaver coats are desira BILE; for
dressy occasions covert, boX-cloth or
breadcloth, with fur collars and cuffs.
Almost all the tall coats for the lit
tie ones have capes of the same fab
ric The red riding hood cape, with
quantity gathered hood, is very pretty
for girls wear.
Stylish little golf suits for boys in
clude the fashionable knickerbockers
and the ever popular Norfolk jacket.
Checked tweed in browns and tans is
a most desira bic fabric for these suits.
The most dressy outdoor garments
for little girls this season are velvet
box coats, with fur edging and hand
some buttons. With these are worn
big picture hats or Mother Goose bon
nets.
Children of both sexes wear cloth
topped bootees, with patent leather
tips, and the sensible and comforta BILE
spring heel is coming more and more
into fashion. Laced calfskin boots are
preferred for school wear.
Shirt waists of silk, flannel and cloth
are popular for the small boys. These
have tiny buttons, and the silk ones
for best" wear-often show a narrow
box pleat down the front, edged on
each side with Valenciennes lace.
Smith faced surfaces, as we'll as
rough effects in bright plaids, will be
popular for little boys and girls. Boucle
in cheerful colors is also to be worn.
Coats of this material have silk fac
ings and large buttons of old ivory or
smoked pearl.
The most modish leggins for boys
and girls will be of heavy, smooth cloth
to match the costume in color. AL
though many models show a narrow
edge of fur along the outer edge, quite
a number have only straps of buttons
of bronze, jet or steel.
Boys from 4 to 10 years of age are
wearing stylish and convenient mill
tary cloaks. These are of double-f faced
cloth, plaided or of some dark color on
the outer surface, and lined with army
blue or scarlet. For fastening straps
of cloth are used.
The variety of styles for making
blouse bodices is simply endless. One
pretty model has the front in tiny
lengthwise tucks from neck to bust,
atflat, square yoke, leav-
ing the lower portion very full. This
yoke is bordered by ribbon braces, set
square and ending at the corners I'M
der bows of ribbon. Large puffs trim
the sleeves at the shoulders.
Here is the Partisan idea of correct
full dress for boy of 4: Box coat of
velvet in black, garnet, green or blue
with high leggins of the same conn
pletely concealing the trousers; silk
braid binds the edges of the leggins
and coat, and a broad belt of-leather
matching the costume in color, passes
around the waist and fastens in front
with a handsome buckle. The hat is
an Alpine shape, in velvet, with a stiff
conr1a ra1,1raa
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A Life Saved.

New York Weekly: Mr.. Simpkins
(wildly)-You must be mine. Say
yes" or 1 will drown myself.
Miss Prettie-You- will at least wait
until 1 have time to think it over, 1
am sure.
Mr. Simpkins-How long? 1t is now
September. VIII you give me my
answer in October?
Miss Prettie-I will if I can. If not,
you will have to wait longer.
Miss Prettie (the following Deem
ber)-What. Still in the land of the
living? 1t is a month, nearly, since I
refused you, and you know you were to
drown yourself if 1 said no
Mr. Simpkins (despondently)-Yes,
but you waited so long that the-the
water got too cold
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A Word or Two on Being n snob.

A Word or Two on Being n Snob.
81 must keep to what happened to-
day. We struck York Road at the
back of the Great Western terminus,
and 1 half hoped we might see some
chap we knew coming or going away;
/ would like to have waved my hand
to him. 1t would have been fun to
have seen his surprise the next morn
ing when he read in the paper that he
had been bowling to jail birds, and
then I would like to have cheated the
tipstaves out of just one more friendly
goodbye. / wanted to say. goodbye
to somebody, but l really couldn't feel
sorry to see the last of any one of
those we passed in the streets-they
were such a dirty, unhappy-looking
lot, and the railroad wall ran on for
ever apparently, and we might have
been in a foreign country for all we
knew of it. There were just Sooty
gray brick tenements and gasworks on
one side, and the railroad cutting on
the other, and semaphores and tele-
graph wires overhead, and smoke and
CRIME everywhere; it looked exactly
like the sort of street that should lead
to a prison. and it seemed a pity to
take a smart hanson and a good cob
inro it.
"It was iust a bit different from our
last ride toge eaer--ra ther, when we
rode through the night from Krugers-
Dorp with hundreds of horses hoofs
pounding on the soft veldt behind US,
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the president, but the fact that they
are to be named by the judges of the
supreme court will make no difference.
They could be appointed by any honor
able person and the result would be
the same.
The treaty is a happy outcome of
what at one time threatened to be an
unpleasant International complication"
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and the carbines clanking agains the
stirrups as they swung on the ing
belts We were being hunted then
harrassed on either side, scurrying for
our lives like the Derby Dog in a race
track when everyone boots him and
no man steps out to helD-we were
sick for sleep, sick for food, dashed by
the rain, and we knew that we were
beaten; but we were free still and I'M
der open skies with the derricks of the
Rand rising like gallows on our left,
and Johannesburg only 10 miles away.
From The Last Ride Together, by
Richard Harding Davis, in the Christ
mas December) Scribner's.
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ga HAPPY OUTCOME"
MIR. CoudeFt's Ideas of the Venezue-
Ian Boundary Case.

New York, Dec Fired S. Coudert,
member Of the United States commits
SON appointed to determine the boun-
dary line between the republic of
Venezuela and the British possessions,
said last night concerning the final
terms of the treaty OF arbitration:
THE terms of the treaty are much
what have been led to expect. It is
briefer than l looked for but that NAV
make it less liable TIC debate as the
meaning of the clauses.
So far as can see it should meet
with the approval of the representa-
tives of both Venezuela and Great
Britain
Il had thought that the selection of
the arbitrator who are to be from
this country would have been left to
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Ice Gorge HOIus Its Own.

Shawano, Wis, Dec. THE ice gorge
at Keshena shows no signs of breaking
and the high water maintains its level.
Evidently the river has forced chan
mel beneath tie ice bridge, and if the
weather continues moderate there will
be no danger of destructive floods.
There was some damage to the ma
chinery in the government mill.
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Elk: The most glorious discovery Of
the nineteenth century is the bicycle
1t brings health. joy. inspiration
Mounted on it, q man can beat the
fastest horse that ever gallOpped,
paced or trotted. The lone. dusty
fOotman trudges along enjoying the
beauties of nature and firing himself
out for the day in a tramp of 10 or
u miles. The owner OF a wheel flies
along, enjoying the beauties of nature,
making his so miles a day, and is ready
for a dance at night. The bicycle
does not make corns, spread the feet
out like those of the Sudanese or wear
out the shoes. It dispels the blues
and black care. 1t gives the person
who is master of it a sense of power
and freedom that nothing else can.
His lungs fill with free air. The very
mastery over the wheel gives him q
mastery over his own nerves. bones
and muscles, that makes a gymnast
of him. He feels courageous, hopeful,
full of spirit.
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Indy Scott.s Libel Case.

London, Dec. THE trial of Lady
Scott. John Cockerton, Fred Kast and
William Aylott charged with criminal
libel against Earl Russell, has been
further adjourned until Jan. 4, owing
to the continued illness of Kast. In
the meantime Cockerton and Aylott
have been admitted to bail, Lady Scott
being alread@v at liberty under bonds.
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ENC MORNING Route.

Columbus, O. Dec. THE dead
body of A. D. Carter, an acrobat en-
ployed in Sells Brothers circus, was
found in his room at a boarding house
at Al South Front street, tonight A
half empty bottle of morphine was on
a dresser in the room, and suicide is
suspected. His home is in San Fran
cisco
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Humanity's Debt to Sir Joseph Liste,

Sir Joseph Lister acknowledges his
supreme Indebtedness to Pasteur for
the discovery that Dutrifaction was
fermentation due to microbes, which
could not arise de novo from the de-
ccmposable substance. With this as
basis, the great surgeon persisted, in
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Estimates Of Appropriations Re-
uuired For Public Service.
A VERY MARKED INCREASE
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PLACES
NAMED.
Boise City, Cheyenne. Denver, Hell
ena, Portland, Pueblo, South
Omaha, and San Francisco Among
the winners of Prizes In the Gov
eminent Lottery.

Washington Dec. 7.-Secretary Carlisle
today sent to congress the estimates Of
appropriations required for the public
service of the fiscal year ending June 80,
1888, as furnished by the several execu-
tive departments.
The estimates foot up $421, us, $1,000,
against S41s, O91 ,O7S.17, estimated for 1861,
and S4S2, AZ, 6O5.9S appropriated that year.
The estimates for 1898 by title are:
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r IN THE SOCIAL REALM x

A whist club has been formed at Fort
Mrs. Brechemin, Mrs. Whitall and Mrs.
Wright.
The Fort Douglas band will give a con-
cert at recreation hall tonight.
The approaching kirmess at the theatre
IS to be one of the big events of the sea-
son. A committee of prominent ladies
has the matter in hand, and The various
booths will be presided over by some of
Salt Lakes fairest bellies. The event
VIII last three days and nights. Living
pictures, luncheons, concert numbers and
a grand bali will all be features. The
proceeds will go to the benefit Of the mU-
tual Improvement league.
The annual exhibit of the Society of
Utah Artists, now on at the Mccormick
building, is attracting the attention IF
society people, who may spend an hour
there in the evening very pleasantly, ex-
amining the gems displayed.
Society of Utah Artists.
Annual exhibition, IS West First
South.
Special $500 Seal Skin Jacket.
See it for future reference. You may
want one by and by. Mehesy the
Furrier, Knutsford.
-S--
Society of Utah Artists.
Annual exhibition, IS West First
South.
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A DULL PLACE ORDINARILY.

Ordinarily, when there is nothing of
moment going on, the sessions of the
reichstag are terribly uninteresting.
The only exciting feature is the neces-
sary effort to secure admittance. To
accomplish this you must be on hand
before s o'clock of the morning of the
day before YOU wish to attend, and
then wait in line at the reichstag ticket
office. Sometimes the ticket is forth
coming and sometimes it isn't.
The sessions are supposed to open at
l o'clock, but they begin about 20 min
utes later, The room fills slowly, and
business proceeds in rather informal
manner. The members pay attention
if they are interested in what the
speaker is saying, or chat with their
neighbors. or busy themselves with
their writing if they are not. There is
a continual buzzing undercurrent Of
conversation, which the speaker of the
moment is usually powerless to drown.
When the president wishes to say
something that must be heard he rings
a bell, and. the momentary hush which
arises allows his voice to be heard.
Then the hum begins againl When
man has something of Importance to
say, he USUALLY takes his stand at the
TOP of the steps, leading down from
the dias where the president and the
bundesrath sit but many men simply
rise in their seats and speak from the
floor
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special $500 Seal skin Jacket
Wednesday of Each week

I will have special bargain
sale. My prices and goods will
suit everybody. Palace Meat Market,
265 South Main. j. NJ. Marriott.
% CD -1e---
No Moss Grown Methods Nor Goods
by US. A comparison will convince
1t costs nothing.
MEHESY THE FURRIER,
KnutSfOrd
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Several of the younger officers on the
flagship New York have bicycles on board
which they ride between decks on a.
course about one-sixteenth of a mile in
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ably grand. In the reichstag the depu-
ties do not have individual desks; in
stead a number of them share one long
desk, schoolbov fashion. Each MEM
Der has an individual drawer, however,
and that is something.
The principal factions in the German
diet or reichstag, are the Conservatives,
the Free Conservatives, the Catholics.
the National Liberals. the Independ
ents and the Social Democrats. Each
of these has several subdivisions, but
On general questions they stand to-
gether. In the present dispute between
the military and the civilians, the gov
eminent forces consist only of the Con-
servatiVes or ImDerialists and Free
Conservatives. The latter are different
from the former because of their oppo
sition to the Jews and Poles. But on
all questions directly affecting the gov
eminent the two kinds of Conserva
tives stand together. But in the pres
ent year they can do little, as their
total strength is but 50.
The Poles. who sit next to the Free
Conservatives, might be called bellig-
erents. They can always be counted
upon to argue and vote against every
thing except that which might injure
Germany.
Next TO the Poles and in the central
part of the hall sit the Catholics, called
the Centre. This is the strongest party
politically and numerically. and its
leaders dominated the attack on the
government forces in the opening days.
While Germany is called Protestant
country. fully two-fifths of its popula
ton is Catholic.
Up to a few years ago the National
Liberals formed the strongest party,
but they now occupy a second place.
They sit Immediately to the left of the
Catholics and are usually opposed to
everything which the Conservatives ia
vor. An offshoot of the Liberals is the
Freisinnige, or Independent party,
made famous by the oratOry of Eugene
Richter, its founder.
Then, to the left of the Independents,
come the Social Democrats, who would
revolutionize everything, sweeping the
kaiser, the mobiles and every form of
hereditary government from the face
of Germany. 1t was Bebel, their great
leader and spokesman, who hurled the
word madness at the emperor. and who
made such a pitiful spectacle Of Cen
eral Won Gossler. the minister of war,
when the latter attempted TO defend
the outrages committed by army Of
ficers.
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paid by The United StateS....---. s bSS,bIb
The secretary of state recommends an
appropriation of $4,000 10 enable the
United States TO accept the invitation of.
the French republic to take part in the
French exposition of 1900. He also rec
ommends that the jurisdiction Of the con-
SUI general at Apia be extended over
NuI1ualofa, Tonga.
An Increase of ten clerks is asked for
IN the force of the national hank re-
sumption agency.
The sales of public property of all kinds
mostly condemned and comparatively
worthless during the year 1896, realized
$3.50, 1876.
The disbursements under The heading
contingent expenses Independent treas
1lry $780, amounted to $4,000.
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Daintily finished woven corsets made
of fine spun wool are among the models
set forth for cold winter wear. They
are light, durable and elastic, and
formed of natural undyed woods that
exactly match the familiar undergar-
ments of the same soft gray tint. They
are far superior to the first models of
the kind that were sent out.