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The Press., 1896-05-21
THE IRON DUKE.
Wellington and His Ways as Seen by Two
 English Artists.

When engaged on the two pictures, 'The Queen Receiving the Sacrament" and ''The Christening of the Princess Royal, ; much of my fathers time and money were spent in taking them from one nobleman's house to another to ob- tain sittings, but often to find, after making an appointment with duke or lord, first that he was engaged, and after waiting for hours that he regretted not then being able to see MT. Leslie, but would be at his service on the fol lowing day. The Iron Duke was an ex- Ception, and the day after he received a note from my father saw awhite hair ed elderly gentleman walk up the short gravel path and steep steps of our little villa, and shading his eyes from the sun take rapid survey of the front gar den as he stood on the steps, and how, when small maidservant answered bis knock and question, ''Is this MT. Les lie?'' with "Yes, sir. What name, pIease?" his reply ill very clear, loud voice, "The Dock of Wellington, " near ly made the girl drop where she stood, and not only brought my father, palette and brushes in hand, to her rescue, but many heads out of the upper windows of the adjoining villa.
 Then, before going indoors, he in formed my father and all the neighbors in tho same loud tone that the distance between Apsley House and ours was five miles" " repeating it more than once, and when my father ventured to say, II think not quite so much, your grace, " he closed the argument thus "Oh, yes, it must be. I'm good judge of distance, and consider it certainly over five miles. ' The duke had come on horseback, and was much pleased when told that my father would wait upon him for sitting at Apsley House, but on doing so he was received by the duke with, "Well, MT. Leslie, didn't you find 1t a long way-over five miles, [ am sure?'
 A few days later my father chanced Uo mention this to Sir Edwin Landseer, who knew more of the duke than he did. Sir Edwin said: ''It is no use tC differ with the duke. I once did About some engravings of my own pictures with which he was having room papered, and ventured to suggest that, as mary of them were valuable proofs, they might be attached to the wall only by paste round the edges. so that at any future time they could be removed without injury. But he cut me short a oncc with: Nc, no, that would not dc at all. What do is this: I get mar with a pot of strong paste and biz brush, and he pastcs them all over th' backs, and up they go at once, with nc moro bother about thCm. "-Templ'
The Press., 1896-05-21
HAIR UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.
One of the Many Important Factors In
 Murder Cases.

In centuries past the human hair proceedings Those that were permitted to wear beard and hair had rights that could not be claimed by the shorn and shaved. When men made oath, they touched their beard and hair, and wom- en placed the finger tips of the right hand on their tresses.
 Servants were obliged to have their hair cut, and if freedman went ipto slavery he had to divest himself of his hirsute adornments. ApAadult adopted by foster parents was obliged to have his beard shaved and the shaving of beard and hair was a punishment in ficted on criminals. The jurisprudence of our ancestors dealt with punishment "by skin and hair" for small offenses and "by neck and hand" for greater | crimes.
 There has always been more or less superstition about hair. Great strength was implied by it, and wizards and witches knew of connections of hair by which they poisoned enemies. Cats hair was especially named ill the category of poisonous hairs, and even at the begin hing of the seventeenth century Paulus Zacchias, a famous physician, writes of the viruleWt poison of the hair of cats
 Among civilized people such supersti- tious beliefs have gone out of existence, and only Malays give their enemies tiger hairs in broth to kill them.
 Hair today, however, is one of the Important factors in deciding murder cases, and the microscopic examination of hair, where it is found in criminal cases under suspicious circumstances, is lnvariable.
 The first thing the coroner is called upon to determine is whether the hai1 Is from man or Least. The microscope determines this beyond peradventure. Animal hair differs in construction from that grown on human head. In human hair the upper skin is smooth and thin. The circular section is comparatively broad, forming the main part of the hair shaft. It is striped ill appearance and carries the color matter. The tubu lar part is thin, extending to about one fifth and certainly not more than tC one-quarter of the entire width of the hair.
 Animal hair also consists of three parts, but these arc differently con structed, the tube often filling the en tire hair. The ends of the hair must be closely watched, and especially woman hair will be found ragged and torn al the ends.
 The hair from boards is usually the thickest, it's diameter being as much al 0. 5 millimeters, while hair from female heads can be as fine as diameter of 0. 0t millimeters would make it.-St Louis Republic.
The Press., 1896-05-21
CLIMATE AND COMPLEXION.
Does the Color of the Skin Depend Upon
 Meteorological Conditions?

Does the Color of the Skin Depend Upon
 Meteorological Conditions?
 The Egyptian has remained white notwithstanding constant mixture with the black Nubians The people who live Ill the dry st ctiCn Cf the Nu- bian desert have rcd skin. Other races that are brown or that vary from 8 white to chamois color also live ill dry country. The Ahyssinians, however, in whose country the plateaus are well ir- rigated, are blacker. The blackest ne groes in Africa are those who live in Guinea, where the greatest amount of rain falls In Asia, says the writer, it is the same as in India There is close relation between the fall of rain and the color of the people. The more moist the climate is, the darker the skin of the natives As one goes up the Ganges the climate becomes drier and the skin of the natives winter. The Bengalese are black, but the Sikhs and the RajpOOts are of dead white color.
 In America it is the same. The Bra zilians are generally darker than the in- habitants of the Andes. The Portuguese, who come from rainy country, settled in Brazil, while the Spaniards inhabit the Andes and the dry La Plata section. Spain is very dry as compared with Portugal, and the Portuguese in Europe have the darkest skins of all Europeans Heat, light and humidity, says the writer, are, then, all causes of pigmen- tation. In dealing with these three causes the question of augmentation of the skin is alone, and their relative in fuence. he says, is B. very complicated one. For instance, persons inhabiting mountainous district, where the eli mate is cooler, have a lighter skin than those who live on the plains, although it has been seen that the Abyssinians are an exception to the rule. The na- tive of Abyssinia is darker Cn the pla- teaus and lighter on the plains.
 In Peru the inhabitants on the coast have lighter skin than these ou the mountains. D'Orbigny observed that i'll America in the impenetrable forests the savages were lighter; the darkness evi- dently prevented augmentation. What, asks the writer, causes the difference be- tween the negro labOrer exposed to the sun and the Brazilian savage who lives in the forest? The latter is more or less chocolate colored. but not black Are these facts. he asks, sufficient to prove absolutely Buffon's assertion that the color of the skin depends on the climatei Evidently not. If they were, we should see the descendants of a white person become black, and vice versa. The accli mated white man does not work in the sun, and he preserves his white skin as a Brahman docs. Furthermore, it would require many generations to accomplish the change. New York Medical Jour | nal.
The Press., 1896-05-21

A VALUABLE PREsORIpT1ON-Ed Editor Morrison, of Warrington, Ind, "Sun," writes "YOu have a valuable prescrip- tion in Electric Bitters, and 1 can cheer fully recommend it for Constipation and Sick Headache, and as general system tonic it has no equal" Mrs. Annie Stehle, 2,625 Cottage Grove avenue. :, Chicago, was all run down, could not eat nor digest food, had 0 backachc which never left her and felt tired and weary. :. but six bottles of Electric Bitters restored her health and renewed her strength. Prices 50 cents and $100. Get bottle at E. K. Taft's drug store. 6
The Press., 1896-05-21
GREAT BOON TO A SUFFERER.
One Instance In Which a Cigarette Proved
 

One Instance In Which a Cigarette Proved
 a Blessing.
 "It was just six years ago, remarked B. H. Hume, an athletic looking Eng lishman, "that was with the English army in upper Burma, and a week be- fore Christmas I found myself taken down with black diphtheria. There had been an epidemic of the disease in the town and vicinity, and l, always sus- ceptible to contagious diseases, was one of the first ill the regiment to take it. Every day grew worse, until the sur geon finally gave up all hope and told me that could not live 12 hours longer. My comrades came to bid me goodby and few of my intimate friends, fel- lows from my own home, staid with me to tell the folks how passed my last hours on earth.
 My throat had become so swollen that was in great pain and the phlegm had collected to such an extent that could not speak. Breathing had become all but impossible.
 "I knew that had but short time to live, and as a last request asked for a cigarette. It seemed to be the only thing on earth that Iwanted. The surgeon re- fused to give me one, but young Irish- man who knew how fond Twas of smok- ing took one from his pocket, saying that it would not possibly hurt me, as was already dying. He held the c:ga- rette to my lips and I inhaled lot of smoke, which I thought would choke me. Instead of that the smoke poured out and brought with it the whole mass of phlegm which for week the sur- geon had tried his best to remove, The cigarette was the only thing possible that would have served the purpose. In four days Twas on my feet, well man. and have never had days sickness since. "-New York Times
 Little make up the larger.
The Press., 1896-05-21
THE POINTER IN ACTION.
A Huntsman's Story With the Love of a
 Dog Told Between Lines.

On the first morning out we struck for point of low timber that looked promising The dogs passed in we'll in advance of us. Soon Ben took on that solemn air and slow tread that with him mean "get your gum Jeannette, less familiar with this sort of work, quickly slid to the front and hesitated a second only. The scent was new, but the sense was native and inborn. She strengthened. Icalled "Steady pa su- perfluous noise, however. She was down, steady, fast and true, with pa- tient Ben's head we'll drawn forward at her flank, her first grouse, well done. The doctor flushed, but under such a cover his shot was not effective.
 On we go, two more flush wild; we separate and follow. Wilson and I go to the left, the doctor and George to the right, up through an old oak woods whose entire foundation was heavy broken rocks and fallen timber Another fine point by Jeannette and the left bar rel brings to earth a handsome fellow. While reload1ng up go two more; but, alas, the gun was open. Ben comes in and finds my bird, which Jeannette could not locate.
 A few yards farther and two moro take to wing; again the left does the work My bird falls with a broken wing We go to find. The doctor and Ben have left us. We must search alone. From rock to rock bounds Jeannette, seemingly coming no nearer to the hid den cripple. She takes a wider cast down with the wind, swings and comes up. With head high and every sense on the alert, on she comes, straight as an arrow, until confronted by high fiat rock, apparently too high for the leap l; but, fearful of losing for an instant what those delicate nostrils contain, up she goes, lands on the edge, starts to cross, hesitates, stops; the hanging tongue is drawn in; with It one side of the upper lip She gently raises that slender left paw, lowers that knowing head, straightens the bushy tail, and all is still. The only motion in that dumb animal was the beating heart; the breathing even seemed hushed.
 For 200 yards in any direction could be seen this small statue of mottled marble on it's immense brownstone base in this old woods, where all was so still It was a sight to gladden. the heart of any true sportsman. To me it was beautiful. Ten paces in front of her, crouched at the foot of tree, well hidden under rock, we found my bird, handsome cock, only wing tipped. The guide secured him, and we pushed on until the noon hour, flushing some birds, but ill too heavy cover for effect i've shooting. Forest and Stream.
The Press., 1896-05-21
ITS A MILESTONE

A bout g young mans neck eo be 8 sufferer from ner- vous exhaustion, ner- veus debility, impair ed memory, low spirits, irritable tena- per, and the thousand and one Arrangements q of mind and body that result from, unnatural, pernicious habits, g contracted through ignorance,
 Such habits result in loss If manly nOweP
The Press., 1896-05-21

wreck the constitution and someHmes pro- duce softening of the brain, epilepsy, pa ralysis, and even dread insanity.
 To reach, reclaim and restore such un- fortupates to health and happiness, is the aim of the publishers of g book written in symptoms and caFability, by home treat. n1ent, of such diseases, This book will be sent sealed, in plain envelope, on receipt of ten cents in stamps. for postage, Address, Worlds Dispensary Medical Association, S6S Main St. Buffalo, V, '.
The Press., 1896-05-21
Catarrh Cannot be Cured

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure 1t you must take internal remedies Halls CatarTh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Halls CataFTh Cure is not quaok medicine. Itwas prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It is com- posed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such won. derful results in curing Catarrh. Send for testi, monials, free.
 F.J. CHENEY 8 CO, Props, Toledo, O.
 Sold by druggists, price 76c.
The Press., 1896-05-21

In tho spring young mans fancy lightly turns to thoughts of De Wits Little Early RiSers, for they always cleanse the liver, purify the blood, and invigorate the sys- tenn. W.D. Heald, Stafford Springs; G. l., Philips, South Coventry,
 Dragging and action are not good friends.
The Press., 1896-05-21
Reaching an Understanding.

What I want to kncw," he began after the chief clerk had been sent for and had arrived at the window, "is whether the money order department is open nights?"
 "No, sir.
 "Not open at 10 o'clock at night, eh?"
 ''No, sir. ,
 "Should receive a money order from my brother ill Tawas at 10 o'clock at night could not get it cashed?"
 "No, sir
 II would have to walk around all night with that order in my pocket, would I?''
 Mot necessarily. You could go to a hotel and have it cashed next morning.. " ''I see. The idea is good one. Even if the landlord did not know my broth- CT in Tawas it would make no differ ence?'
 "I can't see how 1t would"
 "If I had 8 note from you, for in- stance, persisted the man, 'stating that I expected a money order from my brother in Tawas tomorrow night'-
 "But you haven't a note from me. "
 "And won't get One?"
 "No, sir!''
 "And in case my brother in Tawas fails to send me money order l cannot depend upon you?"
 ''No, sir!"
 ''For a note?''
 "No, sir!'
 "Nor the price of bed?"
 "No, sir!''
 "Thanks-I see. wanted to know, you know, so there could be no mistake, Money order not to open at 10, no note, no price of bed. Brother in Tawai better bring the money down himself Good day. "-Detroit Free Press.
The Press., 1896-05-21
Two Literary Coincidences,

In recent after dinner speech Rider Haggard mentioned two old literary CO., incidepces that had occurred in connec- tion with his works.
 One of these concerned his invention of an incident on the Tana river, where mission station was attacked by the Nasal and the mission people were killed. Strange to say, after his imagi- nary account had appeared, some mis- yionaries did found a station on that river, were attacked by the Nasal and some of them were killed.
 In his book, "The People of the Mist," he had fixed upon an unknown part of Africa and had described re- zion from his inner consciousness, and only week before the speech was made company, ill which the author is a di- rector, had sent out orders to take pos session of the very tract he had in view, and so far as the reports of the native agents who had inspected it went he believed his descriptions were fairly correct,
 Let's take the instant by the forward top, for we are old, and an our quickest decrees the inaudible and noiseless foot oq 4j,,,o 1c o1o xr,0 oo,, n%Pook %hor0o
The Press., 1896-05-21

Don't bolt your food, it initiates your stomach. Choose digestible food and chew it. Indigestion is dangerous sick ness. Proper care prevents it. Shaker Digestive Cordial cures it. That is the long and short of indigestion. Now, the question is: Have you got indigestion Yes, if you have pain or discomfort after eating, headache dizziness, nausea, offen- sive breath, heartburn, languor, weakness fever, loss of appetite, irritability, consi- patton, etc. Yes, you have indigestion To cureit, take Shaker Digestive Cordial is composed, help to digest the food ir your stomach. When your stomach is strong, care will keep itso. Shaker Diges. tive Cordial is for sale by druggists, price 10 cents to $1. % per bottle.
The Press., 1896-05-21

Little make up the larger.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-01
HINkICHSEN'S VIEWS.
Bryan's Tour Through Illinois
rlagical In Its Effects.

CHICAGO, Oct. 31.-The political sit
uation and election probabilities from
the Democratic-Po pulist fusion point OF
view was summarized as follows by
Secretary of State Hinrichsen:
THE Silver Democratic party has
improved greatly during the last
ten days.
The effect of Mr. Bryans tour
through the state and his speeches
in Chicago is plainly perceptible in
the increasing Democratic conf
dence and enthusiasm. We have
more votes in the city of Chicago
than the Republicans have, and 1
look for majority in this city. The
state outside is overwhelmingly
Democratic and, making every al
lowance for doubtful voters and
surplus enthusiasm, / feel that we
shall carry this state for the whole
ticket by $4,000 or 10000 plurality.
We Will elect IA of the % congress-
men without question, and may
elect 16. We will elect a majority
of the assembly, while the Republic
ans will control the senate, owing to
large numbers of holdovers. The
POpulists will hold the balance of
power in the joint assembly. which
insureS the election of a silver Unit
ed States senator to succeed Palmer.
Atgeld will lead the ticket in Chi
cago, and the laboring centers out
side. Bryan VIII probably run
ahead in the agricultural dis
tricis"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-01
TIC Night at CounciI BLUFFS.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, Oct 81
Thousands of wildly enthusiastic Bry
antics filed the streets of Council
Bluffs tonight and gave the heartiest
sort of welcome to William ]. Bryan
when ne arrived al I O'Clock. The can
didate and the procession that escorted
him 20 the Dehany opera house, where
he made his first speech, passed under
a literal archway of pyrctech1ics, and
all along the route the wild cheering
of those in the parade and on the side
walks was augmented by a continual
firing of shotguns held by squad of
farmers. The opera house was crowded
to the doors, and Mr.. Bryan received
an ovation. He spoke again in the big
hall used as Democratic headquarters
where many Of his most positive parts
an supporters had gathered to do him
honor. a third address was made to an
asseqnblage that crowded a tent erected
for the purpose, and he concluded the
nights speech making and his Iowa
campaign from platform erected in
front of the Grand hotel, around which
a great throng had gathered
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan VIII spend the
night at the house Of Mr.. and Mrs. T.
J. Evans, a former Republican, and in
the morning will go 10 Lincoln on the
nominees special car
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-01
INDEX OF TO DAYS IMPORTANT NEWS
PAGE ONE

PAGE ONE
Bryan's Work Yesterday.
Bryan's Summing Up Speech.
Hon. c. $. Vnrian Reviews the Sit
alton In Ohio.
Hon. r. b. Stephens Says Nebraska
Is Safe Tor Bryan.
Jones' Last Appeal.
PAGE TWO.
Forecast OF Tuesdays Election.
Chat From Cuba
PAGE THREE.
Mines, Mining and Stocks.
John Henry In Wyoming.
Address From the Democratic
County Committee.
Hanna's Last Appeal.
PAGE FOUR
Editorial.
PAGE FIVE.
The yomen's Great Rally.
A Good Capture.
PAGE SIX.
The Worlds Markets.
Snnitariun, Company Not an Asset
OF the Bank of Salt Lake.
News From Nearby.
PAGE SEVEN
Judge King In TiEtic.
Weber CommissiOner Matter.
High school Defeats All HRilows.
Republican Frost at Park City.
PAGE EIGHT.
In tEae Local Political Arena.
PAGE NINE.
Weekly London Cabie.
Kaiser, the Wife Murderer.
Gossip From Gotham.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-01
Urbana, O., Oct. &c.

To the Editor of The Herald
speaking
ties EVERYWHERE the interest is intense and the strain OF the situation
stubborn determination for free silver which ill for the gold
welodo
the of cadiz
oreclosed the
debtors persisted holding independent views the question
a bowling people Every day
great delivery
to Canton thousands Of its employees and all others who will accept
badges rides The railroad disguised
sue GAINESVILLE the night
educational PURPOSES The Baltimore Ohio brought large contingent
after the meeting five of the employees
of Colorado
met was from
that the mm ship of his union branch 2 and that only 81
Mckinley All the rest viii for Bryan Most of them
dealing and deceit involved in this conduct but he tersey informed me that
Jobs are scarce II his section"
Bryan At Martins Ferry talked with Republican farmer who had come
AS have before written the farmers of Ohio are nockn to the silver
day thoroughly
organized by the Republicans and blocks are told off the
is
politicians thousands
The workngmen thoroughly
1925 S0935 Columbus
in
fighting
Allen
tonight billed Sarahsvne but
still will
wit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-01
STATIONS Gall.

Especial to The Herald)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, Oct. 81
Four days ago W. S. Stratton, millionaire
mine owner Of Cripple Creek, posted $780,
OG0 on Bryan, McKinleyites offering him
three to one. The amount of the bet stag
gered them and they hustled to cover.
New York was wired and a syndicate
organized. Stratton refused to bet any
portion of it and finally the New York
ers wanted the money sent there. This
Stratton refused to do. but the First
National bank here wired the Chemical
National in New York that STATIONS
money was on tap and would be paid
to their order, if Mckinley was elected, #
they would just state that 100000 was
on deposit in New York subject TO STRAIT
toms order in the event of the success of
Bryan They clustered at the other end.
but failed to come TO the scratch at
noon today, the hour when the time ex-
pred, and the big bet of the campaign
went by the board because the Mckinley
itc- had not the confidence on their can
d:date that they all along have claimed
to POSSESS.