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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-15
GOLD GOES DOWN.

New York, Feb. 14.-London advices
state that owning to the slackened in
quiry for bar gold for export the price
has been reduced to IT'S 90.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-15
MaY RuiId the Rnah.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE presi-
dent has approved the act granting TO
the Kansas City. Pittsburg & Gulf
Railway the right to construct a rail
way and telegraph and telephone line
in the Indian territory; also to author
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-15
ANOTHER CONsIGNMENT

New York, Feb 14-An additional
consignment of 100000 of the new
government bonds has been received at
the sub-treasury from Washington
This makes the aggregate amount re-
ceived $4,000 900. The bonds will be
distributed tomorrow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-15
LAWYERS. ATTENTION;

The Herald will print your Briefs
with prOmDtness and accuracy. We
solicit your patronage. Telephone
us, No. So, and we will send for
your manuscript.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-15
AGAINST orr sHEEr.
They Cannot BE Imported Into Non
tana Fer Ninety Days.

DENVER, Feb. IA special to the
Republican from Helena. Mont. says:
nation prohibiting the importation OF
sheep into Montana from Oregon,
Nevada, California. Washington. Wyom-
ing, Idaho, Colorado, Utah and the terri
tories of Oklahoma and New Mexico for
ninety days The proclamation does not
prohibit transportation through the state
by rail.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-15
THE GOLD REsERvE-

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE sub
treasury at New York lost $1,549000 in
gold coin and 400 in bar. leaving
the true amount of the gold reserve
$50. 1SO.S7O
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-15

New York. Feb. H.-The following
table. compiled by Bradstreets shows the
total clearances at the principal cities
and the percentage of increase or de-
crease. as compared with the correspond
ing week last year.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-15
Rec. Ship.

On The produce exchange today. the
butter market was steady; dairy, SQl6;
creamery. 14d1Slz.
Cheese-Quiet 2L69L
Eggs-Fresh, 15.h.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-15

1t not only is so. it must be SO, Ore
Minute Cough Cure acts quickly, and
that's what makes it go. For sale by
all druggists. Nelden-Judson, whole
sale dealers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-15
BUSINESS OF
THE COUNTRY
Bank cIearings as Reported by
BradStreet.
SALT LAKES SHOWING,
1T IS NOT QUITE UP TO THE
STANDARD.

Dun and Rradstreet both Give Their
Views "a TO the OUtIoOk-Wcstern
Live stock NIarkets-ChicaEO
Liverpool and san Francisco
Vheaf-The Treasury General
GIfmpses.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-15
THE TREASURY.

Washington, Feb. 14.-Today's state
ment of the condition of the treasury
shows:
Available cash balance. .$t96, 979, 1S9
Gold reserve . 1909 132
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-15

ize the use of the White Lot in Wash
ington, D. c.. for the encampment Of
the Christian Endeavorers-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-15

Salt rheum with its intense itching.
dry, hot skin is cured by Hoods Sar-
saparilla, because it purifies the blood.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-15

SAN FRANCISCO WHEAT.
San Francisco. Feb. 14.-Wheat weak;
December, ICY; May. 1135s.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-15
GOVERNMENT AND OTHER RoNps.
san FRANCISCO MINING.

bAIN T Il<aItN4oOO 1IIINI4NNs
San Francisco. Feb Ii The official closing
cuotatiouG Tor mining stocks TODAY were as
fnllnrra.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-15
DOMINION OF CANADA.

Totals Z. s. ............ 1906, 345, 953I 9.SI.
Exclusive Of New York 3,S4S, 29SI 80. 80.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-27

halt, think long and seriously before
you take this leap, this plunge into
the ranks of the common enemy, into
the ranks of the Republican party, in
to the ranks Of the gold bugism at the
dictation of less than a dozen office
seekers and Office holders.
w. III. KITCHIN.
Scotland Neck, y. c., Sept. IS, 1896.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-27

Something For Goldbugs to
Ihiuk Upon and Apply.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-07
DID Not Hold His Peace.

II attended mountain wedding in
MrDOwell county, W. Va" said a Dost
office inspector. "Everything went along
smoothly ut first The cabin was brili-
antly lighted with candles and one of
the best tiddlers i'll the county was pres
rnt to furnish music for the dance to
follow the wedding ceremony. Moth
ing occurred to mar the proceedings until
the minister came to the point where he
invited anyone who had anything to saw,
why, the couple should not enter the
bonds OF matrimony to speak or thcreaft-
or h"id his peace. when Il rough-looking
moHntalneer arose and said:
Anything ter say. parson: Wall, I
reckon hey. | hev allus intended ter
marry that gal myself. an tibet Teller
kn""t' it. so he jcs' KEEP outcn my wav.
sent in word to prepare for lickin'
an he lief the country. but KEEP a-Writin'
ter the gal. Now, I'm here ter ma ke
NY word good. an fore this hyar event
GOES any far1cr, the taller7faced cow
ard has me ter fight
In vain the preacher tried to restore
"rtcr. y ring was sOOn squared i'm the
center Of the room and the men went
1T II. IN about ten minutes the groom
announced that he had enough, and the
victor. taking tho arm Of the bIushinp
bride. deliberately cha ngcd the groom's
maine in the marriage license to his own
Wh'l" the yaDlushcd lover made his es-
ccape Everyb"dy appeared to be 50 It's
htd, and the marriage took place as
though nothing had occurred to mar the
SIoie'nl''ty of the occasion. "-Washington
Evening Star
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-07
Rolling Balls OF Water.

! All of you have noticed, perhaps, that
the first drops Of rain. when a shower
comes up. falling upon the dust of a
road, assume tho form of little balls and
rebound or roll about as it they were
elastic. This is, due to the fact that
the water of which the drops are COM
posed is not in sufficient quantity to
penetrate the particles of dust and
spread out so as to wet the earth. AS
the shower continues, however. the lrops
increase enough to touch each other.
and they become a sheet of water. so to
speak.
\ drop of water on hot iron plate
takes the form of ball, too: and that is
because it is protected against the action
of heat by the cushion of steam inter-
posing between it and the plate. For
this reason the uoncr. in the laundry
may put her wet finger on Il very hot
iron without getting it burned.
This property that Il drop of water
has to retain it's globular or spheroidal
shape will enable You to- make Il. very
pretty experiment. \ drop of water on
ordinary paper will spread out and wet
the paper, but if YOU put Il coating of
lampblack Or plumbago on the paper.
the drop will not spread.
Now. for your experiment, get Il strip
ct strong paper about six inches in
breadth and three or four feet in length
Coat one side of it as we have suggest
Cd, and having placed upright Oh Il ia
bic several books of decreasing size. pin
the stri p of paper to their backs, leaving
depressions between the hooks. as shown
III the illustration. The deprcssions
should decrease in depth towards the
books of smaller size.
- At the end where the paper falls over
the largest book. pour some water, drop
after drop, and these drops will run
down the first impression. one after the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-07
SHOWED Under.

Ex-Congressman Yoder of Ohio, in
commenting on the recent elections,
when everything went about one way,
told a party of friends the following
story at one of the uptown hotels:
lin ono of the counties in Ohio u Ger.
man was running for sheriff on the DEM
ocratic ticket. He felt very confident of
election, but when he read the returns
he found he was showed under by about
1000 ina jority. This rouscd his ire, and
he said to his wife:
"Dot settles it. We will move oud of
dis shtate where dcy treats a Democrat
like dis Yust you pack oop our things
right away unit git ready to move away.
He left the house in great wrath,
but in about all hour he returned and
found his wife tearing up the carpets
and taking down the curtain poles.
'Shtop dot, Katrina said the Ger
man: 'yust YOU let dem carpets alone
"'Rnt vat is der matter nit you,
John" asked his wife; 'yust a leedlc vile
ago you said cit rcudy to move, unit now,
you say don't git ready to move
"'Eell, dots so, did say dat. but I
yust been down to the depot, unit dare is
no place to move to- said the German"
Washington Post.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-07
An Old Dutch Dolls House.

Two hundred years ago IL rich old lady
took 1t into her head to have IL perfect
model of house made, with dolls to req
resent the different kinds o1 inmates
frobably she intended it as Il gift for
some favoritc little girl; but, at any
Dutch city of Utrecht Great artists
were paid to paint the tiny pictures on
the walls, and to decorate the ceilings
OF the best rooms and the chief ul,-
nolsterers were employed to make the
furniture.
The house is two-storied and contains
nine rooms and a hall. The Kitchen is
and is presided over by Il jolly looking
cook. In the comfortable and homely
dining room some gentlemen are sitting.
smoking long clay pipes and telling
funny stories. if We may Judge from
their smiling faces.
Two wee globes stand in one corner
OF the room and an event from New Tes-
lament history is finely carved on the
ivory mantclpiece. There are two gem
tlenen and three ladies in the drawing
room: which is most elegantly furnished.
The ladies wear lovely dresses and each
holds fan. One of the gentlemen
seems about to entertain the company,
TOR he sits close to Il violoncello. Up-
STAIRS III the nursery two children arc in
hcd. While nurses are waiting on other
children. aud two ladies, perhaps govern
csses. are taking tea at table. In Il
beautiful bedroom a lady. dressed for
dinner. stands in front of IL looking
glass, the toilet table being furnished
with silver jars and bottles and china
vases
There is a small study or business
room. IN Which gentleman sits writing,
with bills and papers scattered about
him; In the laundry tl.c maids arc busy
washing. wringing and ironing clothes.
In the hall 4 nurse is giving some mess
age to a smart young footman who is
Just coming out of room. This model
doll s house. is a work Of art in it's way.
money.-Tid-B Bits. VI
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-07
He Met Jefferson.

George Augustus Sala. in his mem
oirs, described in an amusing manner
the circumstances of his first meeting
with Joseph Jefferson, the actor: 'Onc
Saturday I saw an advertisement in the
papers stating that on the ensuing Mon.
day Mr.. Jefferson was to make his ap.
pearance at the Adelphi thcater In Dion
Roucicault's striking romantic Rip Van
Winkle.' It seemed to me that I had
often met Mr.. Jefferson in society in
New York: and that we had been on
friendly terms; so / wrote him ut once
at the Charing Cross hotel as follows:
Dear Old HosS: Pork and beans to-
morrow at I. Come on. The letter
was duly sent to the hotel, but early OIL
Sunday morning the terrible truth broke
on my mind that the actor who had been
so friendly to me at New York was not
named Jefferson. but had an entirely diff
ferent appcllation, and that l did not
know Joseph Jefferson from the man in
the moon. How the astounding aberra-
ton had come about I cannot tell. :!
passed the day in moody perturbation
At 80 y. IN. 10, and behold! Joseph
Jefferson duly made his appearance. Z
wasn't going to miss a good chance he
said, as he took his seat at our humble
board. and we spent Il delightful even.
ing
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-07

vention must be fought on land before
sailing. For three days before the voy-
age doses of bromide of sodium must
be takcn--in preference to bromide of
potassium, and this course must be con-
timed for three or four days after sail.
ing. One pleasant effectof this bromiza-
ton is the sound aud refreshing nature
of the sleep it induces. The dose recon-
mended by DR., Rockwell is thirty grains
Of bromide Of sodium three times Il day
for three days before the voyage. and for
three or four days after starting. He
has invariably found this trea tmcnt an
absolute preventive, and has crossed the
English channel on very rough voyage
without the slishtcs, discomfort from
the motion of the ship. In paper on
this subject before medical society DIR.
Rockwell tells of a man who was in the
habit Of crossing the ocean two or three
times Il year OH business, and who dread
ed the recurring trips on account of sea.
sickness. After he had tried, the bromide
treatment, he wrote to say that for the
first time in his experience he had crossed
without discomfort. DR.. Rockwell states
that he has never found any evil effects
from the use OF the bromide of sodium
taken for the prevention of seasickness.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-07
WIRING THE SAHARA.
Telephone Lines Arc Going Up Across
the Great Desert.

the Great Desert.
The telephone and telegraph are rap
idly max king inroads into the arid portion
OF the desert of Sahara. Engineer Bayol-
le Is now on the way from Biskra to Tug
curtin with working: force of 100 men
between the two places. The line is
erected as the party proceeds, and the
first news from Bayollc was received
at Biskra when he tclephoned from q
point some twenty miles south of Biskra.
lie advances at the rate of from three
to five miles day, and will probably
reach Tuggurth about the first of the
year.
He reports over the phone that he has
met with a peculiar difficulty; the camels
which he has taken along are not used
to carrying burdens Of a long shape like
telegraph poles, and in many cases they
refuse to 90 Oh with their loads. Each
camel was loaded with four poles, two
being strapped to each side, the smaller
ends dragging on the ground. Bayolle
found it necessary to leave behind half of
his poles at stated points, and continue
on the trip with the lightened burden;
since onl y short distances are covered at
a time. he then sends the camel drivers
back for the rest of the load, and in this
way the poles are transported without
being, dragged on the ground. Since the
rameis Will not carry the poles when
strapped alongside of them. he bad to re-
sort to the peculiar mode Of balancing
the telegraph poles across the pack sad
dies. and fastening them in this position
Ivy means Of straps and ropes. From
Il little distance it is quite Il curious sight
to behold the file Of camels with their
swinging gait, and load extending
many feet to each side. One would
think that Il drove Of gigantic birds with
spread wings were sailing over the dcs-
nrt
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-07
Had the TIefters

4 barber whose vocabulary of extend
Ell words is beyond Shakespeare's, and
whose ''tonsorial parlors" are in Sixth
avenue, always adapts his converse zion
to tho abilities and tastes of his Gus
toners. One of these customers is a
prominent D. D. of Fifth avenue, who
is very patient. but who enjoys the
BARRIERS artistic. skill more than his con
versation. though he humors the latter.
Doctor" said the artist. as he was
shaving the reverend gentleman, "a bib
liophilist like you must have. in the
extended course of years you have deyot~
ed to literary study. accumulated an cx-
tensive and valuable library"
YES" was the answer, which brush
full Of lather somewhat impeded.
Il suppose you have many classical let
ters." continued the barber.
Yes"
Have you among Your books Bellies
letters?'
Eyes, believe have" answered the
doctor. who would have followed his
impulse to laugh had it not been for the
lather.-New York Herald.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-07
Tabby Catches Fish.

Fireman Samuel Moore of the Shaw
mont pumping station claims to own tln
most wonderful cat in existence Tabby
was raised around the works, and from
q kitten was Il great pet OF the employees
Every. rat Or mouse that formerly made
deprcdations on the mems dinner baskets
has been caught by the agile mouser:
After all the rodents had been exter-
minated Tabhy began to forage around
the neighborhood for something more
Dalata Bile than the cast-off bread crusts
and closely picked bones supplied by
the men. 1t was soon observed that
fish of the carp species constituted her
WAS Il matter of no small mystery until
Monday last, when Sam perceived her
sitting on the river bank where the hot
water runs in from the station. In a
jiffy she, clawed at something in the wa
the fireman, she pulled out a two-p,,,nl
fsh.-philadelpha Record.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-07
CIT COMES FROM THE DAM"
Echo of tho Johnstown Flood in a Phila- >
delphia Hospital.


An echo of the Johnstown flood was
heard the other dayat the Harper Memo
rial hospital in Philadelphia, when Hor-
ace Tetlow was restored his reason. and
cried out, 1T comes from the DAM"
These were the first Intelligent words
uttered by this man since the first day
of the Concmaush food Friday. Nav
81. 1889. when his skull was crushed by
a piece of falling timber.
At the time of his misfortune he was
an employee of the Cambria Iron COM
pany. Since that time he has been an
imbecile eking out a miserable existence
by assisting stablemen and others. who
sheltered and-fed him because Of his
enormous strength and consequent use
fulnesS.
He met with slight accident and was
taken to the Harper hospital to have
the wound dressed. His unfortunate
mental condition excited the sympathy of
the physician in charge, and a thorough
cNa animation was made of the wound in
his skull. Trepanning was decided
upon.
The operation was performed, Il bone
button about the size Of half dollar
being removed. The patient fully re-
gained consciousness after several hours.
and upon opening his eyes, said to the
attendant nurse, 1T comes from the
DAM. His mind is a perfect blank
as to the occurrences of the last five
years. but he readily recalls the events
of his life preceding the accident that
rendered him speechless and imbecilc.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-07
A UNIQUE oVERc0AT.
Made Of the Soft Gray Fur of the Unbor
M,,slr Nv

Made Of the Soft Gray Fur of the Unborn
Musk Ok.
s. \. Maherner Of Spokane wears an
OvercOat that is hound to attract atten-
ton, no matter where it is seen. The
coat is made out Of fur of the unborn
musk on. and while not only very rare,
is exceedingly pretty. The coat is light
in weight, and were it not for the weight
Of the lining, would seem as though made
of the softest down. The color is a light
silver gray when the light is upon it
from one, direction, and as soon as the
light is shifted it turns 10 Il clear gray
When seen under il light not very bright
It has the appearance OF jet black. Mr..
Malterner says that it has attracted so
much attention in the Eastern cities
that he had to lay it aside to keep from
being bothered answering questions as
to what it was and where he got it.
1.-THE fur of the unborn musk OK"
said he. lis very rare. In fact, cannot
be had FOR money. The way l got the
fur to make this one was peculiar. Two
years ago | made Il trip to the Great
Slave lake. and in fitting out at Atha-
basca Landing l bought a canoe, paying
500 for it. 1t was along toward fall
there | met an old trapper. who had
been hunting and trapping along tho
lakes and rivers for number of years.
Iic seemed to take quite Il fancy to my
canoe, although he did not say anything,
but was looking it over carefully and
noting it's good points. as a horse fancier
would Il blood horse. Finally he stepoed
up to me and said: Say. mister. what
are YOU going to do with that boat?' At
that time had no expectations Of ever
going up in that part of the country
again, and. as the boat could be of little
value to me. | answered, Just to show
YOU that the Yankees are all right. IN
give You that boat. He was greatly
pleased. and. after looking it over again.
he said, Well, Eli just show you that
the old trapper is all right, too and
taking ME over to his warehouse, he got
Il number of these f,,rs and gave them
. to me-. At a: cash value they would be
worth many times the canoe. and they
We're his accumulation for number of
years.
After ma king the coat. found that I
only lacked two of having enough to
make Il jacket for my sister, and when
went on my tri, down the Mackenzie
this year | met the trapper again and
told him that would like to get three
more. He loaned me that canoe that |
had given him the year before. and when
| returned to the landing in the fall he
had three furs for me -Spokane
Spokesman Review
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-07
Dust Storms in California

In anticipation Of severe frost Sun:
Day large number of people went mp ii
Mount Lowe. While the frost ZIP in tie
nsua spectacle presented to those ON
he heights. Dust filled the air in tho
San Gabriel valley from the storm of
Saturday. From Mount Echo the moving
Dust looked like herds of elephants rs
it was swayed by the wind. It was the
most unique and peculiar spectacle seen
from the end of the Alpine railroad for
many day: Owing to the lack If
moisture i'll the air there was little corr
fort for snowseekipg visitors. i large
Echo t." the Alpine clubhouse. The sir.
was =" filed W it'll dust Saturday nisht>
that even the st,archlight could not nenr
trate it. Those who were fortunate
enough to be upon the mountain yestcr-
day, looked down on the dust more thor
Oughly than the average housemaid-
Los Angeles EXPRESS Z Z q !, - a..
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-02-07
a Cuban Incident

Lewiston man who was in Cuba dur
ing former revolution says that only a
person acquainted with the country can
understand why the Cubans have such a
great advantage over the Spanish. He
once witnessed an attack by rebels ON a
Spanish camp a an old sugar cane plan
tatioil Before the attack was made,
the captain Of the rebels walked up into
caneteld 200 yards from the camp
and looked it over. A bloodhound used
by the Spanish shifted his presence and
ran out into the field. Seeing the man
standing there lie went up to him. 1t
proved to be an old friend who had oft
en- fed him before the revolution. The
man loved the dog, but he loved the.
cause more, and taking out his meat
cleaver.' as the Americans called the
peculiar knife axe the rebels carried to
cut wood. fight and make their way
through Ecanefields with, he pretended to
pat him OH the head, and with one blow
quietly dispatched the creature, which
might otherwise have given the alarm to
the comprehension (A1e.} Journal.