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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-27
ave PROVED rHE oarEN.
A Sailors superstftious Prediction
of Disaster Followed BY HIS Own.
Death.

Speaking Of sailors superstitions.
remarked the veteran lighthouse keeper
Josh Reeves of Sea Isle City, reminds
me of an incident that happened half
q century ago off the Five Fathorn
sank hShtship, in which a sailors pre-
dlctlon, based on an. omen. resulted ia
tally to the prophet himself.
A bright winter morning had caused
the crew of the lightship to row a short
distance away in a small boat in search
OF Goldfish, which are very abundant off
the capes in winter time. A few hours
hshlng resulted in a gOodly catch and
a return was made to the lightshfp. The
flsh were cleaned and the refuse thrown
overheard, bu- a calm sea, with not a,
breath OF air to disturb it, caused the
refuse to drift in a circle around tbe
snip. Toward noon a large flock of
geese came in sight and settled under
the HghtShip's very bows and COM
menced to feed. The waterfowl became
very tame and swan chattering and
Missing close to the ships sides.
Josh Crowell, a grizzled old men,
Der OF the crew, shook his head and
predicted death to some one ON board
within twenty-foUr hours He said
that whenever geese came so tame &C
70 reed around vessels bow or stem
II was an unfailing omen of impending
death on board. CrowelIs companiors
laughed at his fear, but he told them
to bide their time.
toward noon a strong gale came out
OF the nor'east and kicked uD a heavy
sea Crowell was on the forward or
bow watch
Many of the crew were in the main
CABIN below enjoying a social game of
eucnre, checkers or dominos. when
suddenly they heard the sound of a
chaln running rapidly through the star
poard DOW seuppers- We rushed on
oeck IN dlsnay, thinking the windlass
gearing had given way. The sight vii
messed will never be forgotten. Grower
had been caught in the relief chain
and ground around the rapidly revoIy-
ing Wlndlass. His death was instant
HIS omen came true."-New York Her.
aid.
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SOME POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Some people would say more if thew
didn't talk so much.-Ram's Horn
A man may feel happy in rags, but
he doesn't look it.-Hartford Religious
Herald.
When you find father who worships
his ancestors you don't have to look
far for son who doesn' fudge.
The dog is sagacious animal. Even
when he has distinguished pedigree he
never has the foolish notion that he is
entitled to any credit for it-Truth.
No matter how happy and contented
man may look. if you give him a
chance he will spend the day telling
you his trout les.-Los Angeles Ex-
press.
Having an unmarried mi1kman who
is fairy good looking will do more to
keep the girls tidy around their kitch-
en- work than dozen yards OF adj
vice.-Atchison Globe.
When girl is Is the eligibility of a
young man depends a good deal on
what sort of a mustache he has. When
she is 26 she is likely to think more
about his bank account-SomervilIe
Journal.
The city of Richmond. Va, has pass
ed an Ordinance to prevent electricity
SIS. lIlS Is one OIL the many lnSUanc-
es on record in which attempts have
been made to govern the laws of nature
by legislative Observation-Disclosures
World
Much significance is naturally at
tached to the confession of a woman
that she has purchased a brick Of gilt
tering brass. The incident shows the
proud upward march of the sex to
that plain on which man is supposed
to stand, superior and enviable.-Sar
Francisco Examiner
Not one of the members CT the colo
NAL or revolutionary societies traces his
descent back to any army teamster.
The teamster. nevertheless, is just as
necessary to an army as an artillery
man and when it comes to language
the driver of the regimental mules
could cause a great silence to settle
down upon Flanders.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
While self-slaughter is always to be
deprecated, it does seem a pity that
so many murderers appear TO lose their
nerve when it comes to an attempt
at ending their own existence. They
can shoot straight enough at wives and
daughters, but when it comes to a
short range shot at their own brains
they make sadly bungling work Of it,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-27
NOVEL SAFETY LAMP.

The new safety lamp for mines. opera
ting upon a peculiar principle, is re-
ported as being in successful use in Ger
many. A popularity of this lamp is
noted-namely, that it is not closed in
any special way, like other lamps, and
it matters very little whether or not the
workman, disregarding the regulations
of the mine, succeeds in opening the
amp, for there is special arrangement
by means of which the fame is extin-
guishable at the same instant This is
explained by there being in the interior
of the lamp glass a spring which is COM
pressed, when the upper piece is screwed
down. which enables a cap to operate
upon the wick in such a manner as to
shift it aside, facilitating the lighting Of
When the spring is worked in the con-
trary direction, the cap again operates
upon the wick, and the flame ceases the
moment the cap comes in contact with
the air. The lamp can be lighted with
out being opened
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-27
ETIQUETTE IN WHIST.
Rules That Scientific Players Will
Most Certainly Approve.


The following eight rules, which were
adopted by the third annual congress
of the Amalgamated Female Whist
Players of America, are formulated to
prevent the learner from unintention-
ally making the game dull and unin-
tereSting. They should be carefully
memorized by the beginner:
F'irst-Conversation during play is
limited strictly to the weather, fashion,
society, drama, music, art, sports, the
new woman, the last few tricks taken
and everything else that may tend to
break the firing monotony habitual TO
the new players. The success of the
game depends on this.
Second-Each player should at once
throw out hint as to the quality of
her hand, her satisfaction or dissatis-
faction with it, and her approval or
disapproval of each play. This will
make you a popular partner with the
men.
Third-A player should never wait
to lead until the preceding trick is
turned and quilted. Delays of this sort
are always unnecessary and make the
game slow.
Fourth-Never fail, as the second
trick is turned, to inquire what is trump
Repeat the inqiry at short intervals
throughout the nanQ. In1S Isl the cas-
lest way to fix it indelibly in your men,
Dry.
Fifth-Freqently a card should be
played in such manner as to call
particular attention to it. If you think
your partner is not aware of it touch
your card and say: Now, remember,
I played THAR He might have finish
ed the game with the impression that
it had played itself.
Sixth-When you have played the
highest in suit, and it is your partner S
play never fail to remind him that it
is your trick. He might think it be-
longed to your uncle in California.
Seventh-When you are accused Of
revoking stoutly deny it. If it is prov
ed against you, you can explain at
length just how you came to do it, If
you discover your own revoke never
fail to revoke a second time. In this
way the first error will escape notice
for a little longer. This will make all
the men glad they are in the game.
Eighth-If you are a bystander, walk
around the table and look over the
hands of the players. Do not forget to
call freqent attention to the game dur
ing the play of each hand. This will
prevent your husbands friends from
feeling neglected.
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two or three others, names unknown.
One of these is described as little old
man with a bald head and very
crooked nose and his past occupation
as that of an employee of the defunct
furniture firm
Stratton, the bookkeeper, is not COM
ing, according to the best advices, hav-
ing secured a position in the east where
he cannot leave. Davis and Murdoch,
the detectives, are still doing business
at the same old stand.
Hayken is not feeling very well. His
leg bothers him considerably and it viii
be some time ere he can walk upon it
as in days gone by. He has lost several
pounds as a result of the confinement
he has endured since the accident hap
pened which broke his right member
near the ankle joint
1t is just possible that continuance
may be asked for this morning on &C
count of the illness Of the Hon. C. S.
Varian, but it is understood the defense
will insist upon a hearing
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STATIONARY ENGINEERS.

The last meeting Of the local branch
of the National Association of Station
airy Engineers was we'll attended. The
report of the committee on employ
ment showed that all members were at
work. The educational committee is
laboring hard for the advancement of
the association and the instruction of
its members. 1t is the desire to have
the branch represented ait the national
convention in creditable manner, and
the progress of late has been so rapid
that large hall has been secured on
the second floor of the Progress build
ing, where an excellent library of me-
ctranical works has been established.
The organization invites all engineers
in the state to become identified with
it for their own benefit and that of the
trade
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D COMPANY.
1t Has Held Weekly Meetings Dur
ing the Winter.

1t Has Held Weekly Meetings Dur
ing the Winter.
j. w. Alvord, captain of D. company,
First infantry, N. G. U. this city, writes
this paper to say I'm your national
guard notes of the oath you spoke of
the efficiency and excellence of the
First battery which is, without doubt
perfectly true. But you are in error
as to its being the only organization
that has been drilling or meeting the
past winter Ever since we had to
vacate, for the use of the legislature,
the hall given us in the joint building,
we have had weekly meetings. These
meetings were very well attended and
the men are much better for their
having been held. Colonels Page, Tat
lock and Captain Greenman addressed
the company at different times on mill
taTy matters, principally topics relat-
ing to the civil war. L think you did us
an injustice in not mentioning this fact
in your article
AS matter of fact it is difficult to
get national guard news. If this paper
has done any company an injustice it
VIII cheerfully set the matter right
The Herald has been the only paper
in the city, from the time the guard
was organized to date, to give military
matters preference. Any news of any
kind relating to movements and ac-
tons, promotions and reductions, cleo
tions and selections, orders and other
business which will interest the men
has been printed whenever it could be
obtained. If the first sergeant of every
company, the adjutant of each bat
talon and regiment will send in or
make known anything of interest to
the body of which he is a member it
will be treated the same as other news
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-27

NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 26.--At
midnight last night a mob of armed
men, about fifteen in number, entered
the Jail at McMinnville, dragged the
jailor from his bed and forced him to
give up the keys. William and Victor
Hollis were then taken from the Jail,
carried five miles from McMinnville
and hanged. Before the mob succeeded
in removing their victims from the
jail they had a hard fight with them,
but the prisoners were overpowered.
The mob came from Van Buren, coun-
ny, where the lynched men lived.
The prisoners murdered, in 1894, in
Van Buren, county, Carl Martin at his
home, the purpose being robbery. Two
trials in the lower courts and one in
the supreme court have been held, and
the cases were set for trial next week
again. The prisoners have been in the
jail at McMinnville for safe keeping
and no attempt at lynching was ex-
pected.
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NOT FIGHTERS. THESE.

A Cincinnati man who was recently
in Spain says: do not for moment
think that the population at BARGE
Iona represent the Spanish people,
There are at Barcelona a, great many
nihilists, who are ready to raid at a
moments notice, not because they love
Spain, not because they hate America,
but because such demonstrations fur
nish an excellent opportunity to pick
pockets, rob houses and pick up valu-
able booty of various kinds. AS to
the students-you know students are a
Eighty set generally, easily excited and
ready for deviltry of any sort The
Barcelonians would not go to war;
they would stay at home and hunt
plunder."- Cincinnati Times-Star.
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FACT AND FICTION.
PhiIadeIphia's New End.

The society girls have a new fad now
which is not meeting with decided ia
vor on the part of the postal officials
According to the recently adopted
fancy it is decidedly bad form to use
numerals in any shape in either writ
ing a letter or addressing an envelope.
Also, the word town" has been SUBJ
stituted for city" no matter where it
occurs. No authorizations are permit
ted, such as the use of initials. Every
thing should be spelled out, and the
address on a letter must be flush with
the point where the name begins. For
instance, an address under the new
rules would look like this
Mr.. John Samuel Smike,
Eighteen hundred and nine:
North Seventeenth street,
Town,
Care of
Mister William Bradley Smike.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
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THE LADY AND THE CYCL1sT.


A lady protected herself against the
rushing advance of a cychst in Bromp-
ton road, London, in original and COM
mendable fashion. The Telegraph of
that city describes how the cyclist was
racing along at his best pace and the
lady was crossing the roadway. Instead
of making a detour to avoid her, the
man simply rang his bell and rushed on
without abatement of speed, consider
ing that he had thus done his duty to
society. Pedestrians on the footpaths
and busmen On their perches saw that
a collision was inevitable. So did the
lady, who braced herself for the ordeal
and resolved on offensive tactics. Civ
ing her body-not by any means that of
a pygmy-a rapid swing, she brought
the strongest and most padded part of
her figure into contact with the front
wheel of the machine and the bicyclist
himself and sent them both sprawling
into the roadway. Then, giving her
skirts another swing; just to prove that
they had suffered no damage, she fin
ished her journey across the road and
turned round and laughed with others
at the unhappy cyclist as he picked UP
himself and the disjecta membra of his
once perfect machine. He made his
way to the. curbstone, where he sat
down to contemplate the damage, and
finally he put the thing on his shoulder
and carried it away
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-27
THE DIMINIsHIYG ALLIGATOR.

The alligator is being reduced in size
steadily Tourists used to hear about
alligators twenty-one feet in length.
A gentleman who is a naturalist, as
we'll as a sportsman, is proud of
having killed gator measuring 10
feet 9 inches, and he believes a story
about another nearly fifteen feet long;
but he does not expect that this gene
ration will ever see an alligator over
sixteen feet in length. This retroces-
sion from the pictures in the geography
of childhood is due to no fault of the
alligator, but to the presence of IN
imaginative northerners. The gators
are as big as they ever were; it is only
the stories that have grown smaller
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-27
FOREIGN FINANC ES.
Upward Movement 81 CousoIs Has
Been Suddenly Checked.

Been Suddenly Checked.
LONDON, April 26.-The upward move
ment of consols has been suddenly check
ed by the announcement of Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach, chancellor of the ex-
cheouer. that the government has sus-
pended purchases for the sinking fund,
owing to the high prices of consols, and
although it is difficult to see what altern-
ative course is open to the government, it
is probable the uncertainty created will
prevent a further rise The mining mar
ket was still inactive, owing to the
dubious aspect Of African affairs, but all
other markets advanced on the week
American bonds continue to be bought,
but although an energetic attempt is be-
ing made by professional operators to
cause a rise in shares, the general public
cannot be tempted to speculate, and
rumors of the stoppage of the Vene-
zuelan negotiations have had a dis
turbing effect. Central and Union Pa
cific closed firm on reports that congress
would take no action on their debts.
The weeks advances are: Illinois
Central, 8; Northern Pacific, 25s; Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul and Lake Shore,
2; New York Central, IA: Louisville &
Nashville, Denver preferred and Read
ing firsts, IA; Atchison mortgage and
Canadian Pacific, l: others fractional.
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AMBRICAN ETHICAL UNION.

ST. LOUIS. April 26.-Memorial hall
was filed today with fashionable
gathering of people, who came to at
tend the closing exercises of the first
congress of the American Ethical
union. The speakers were S. Burn
Weston, managing editor of the Inter
national Journal of Ethics; Professor
j. t. Elliott of New York; w. S. Ev-
ans of New York, and w NJ. Salton of
Philadelphia. Much regret has been
expressed at the absence of Professor
Felix Adler of New York, founder and
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-MIrHouT HIS SIG.

WASHINGTON, April 26.-The ten days
allowed the president for consideration
of the agricultural appropriation bill ex-
pred at midnight last night and that
measure will become a law tomorrow
without his approval. The measure con-
tains some features that are supposed to
be Objectionable to the president, but they
were not sufficient to cause him to veto
the whole bill.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-27
ONE CERTAIN THING
Advantages That May Be Enjoyed
BY the WhistIing Statesman.

advantages Ihlf May be Enjoyed
BY the WhistIing Statesman.
The becalmed sailor whistles for
breeze; the luckless fisherman whistles
for a bite, the disheartened hunter in
the marches whistles for ducks and the
belated wanderer, as he passes a grave
yard at midnight whistles for cour-
age. Mr.. Cleveland is a great whistler,
and while reports agree that there is
more volume than melody in his sib-
liant performances, there is no question
that he is tremendously in earnest
about it. Whether the gentleman
whistles from mere love of the, music
thus produced, or whether he finds
the exercise a sort of safety valve to
relieve the heavy pressure of unutter-
ed thoughts, is a matter of conjecture.
These matters must be left to specu-
lation. The only certain thing is that
an inefficient statesman who pays
strict attention to his whistlingtis safe
against the folly of saying things which
might be embarrassing to himself and
his party.-New York Mail and Ex-
press.
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STRUCK A SLEEPER.

DAYTON, O., April ga cut of five
coal ears from the Cincinnati, Hamil-
ton & Dayton yards dashed into the
union depot ait 9 clock tonight, strik-
ing a sleeper on the eastbound Penn
sylvania express. c. o. Grief of Cleve-
land was killed and Phillip Meter of
New York had his leg broken.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-27
WEARY AND SWINEY.

The Two Experts from Chicago Are
Once More With us.
E. D. Weary ard Edward E. Swiney,
the two experts who have had such a
good time in travelling across the coun-
try as witnesses in the case OF. the state
VS.. Martin Hayken, are in the city once
again and are at the Knutsford. Weary
comes here alone while Swiney, as
usual, is accompanied by his wife.
Both men will testify in the furniture
case which will be called this morn
ing.
Whether or not this is all is not
known. 1t is rumored that Floessler,
the Young man who has achieved fame
and notofiety by securing a lot of cor
resDondenee from the furniture COM
psny is also in the city and with him
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GOLD BUGS WIN.
A Victory for Them in Boies' Old
Home.

OMAHA, April 26.-A special b the Bee
from Waterloo, Iowa, says:
The gold standard people won a victory
in Boies' home county yesterday. They
out numbered the silver Boies men three
to two. The convention was characterized
by the widest scenes. In the outset Cleve-
land men captured the convention. Just
as the organization was perfected Chair
man Scott, OF the central committee, en-
tered the hall. ignored the proceedings
and called another convention. Thus the
two conventions proceeded in the same
hall simultaneously, each bowling the
other down. The disturbance continued
for more than an hour. The Cleveland
men then summoned Sheriff Law and
Marshal Klingman was brought on the
scene by the white metal men. No ar
rests were made. Each convention adopt
ed resolutions on the money question,
the difference being as great as possible.
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SULTAN is SICK.

LONDON, April 27.-The correspond
ent OF the Times at Constantinople
says:
Rumors are current that the sultan
has had sudden and acute develop
ment OF spinal or renal disease, due to
Izzet Bey's vigilance in saving his SOW
ereign from work and worry. be-
lieve the sultan is quite free from or
ganic disease, but he is constftutionally
subject to violent paroxyns of nervous
irritation,
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the gracious shopwalker at large dra-
perry emporium as ne led Off with a ma
jestic wave of the hand.
1--WE are sorry" returned one of the
fair customers demurely, but we
havn't really learned to step that way"
But we'll try" put in another. And
they all did, initiating that naughty
shopwalker till he wished he had never
been bo~n-London Answers.
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Eirehurs Did 1t.

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo, April 20
Information has been gathered by Chief
of Police Marshall and others, which to-
gether with we'll known facts make it
almost certain that the fire of Satur-
day was the work Of incendiaries, with
the object of plumber. 1t is believed
that the banks were the objective points
and that they were to have been looted
in the excitement if a Favorable oppor-
tunity occurred. Not much will be
given out, but it is known that fires
started almost simultaneously in sever
al places, and all to windward of the
banks and large business houses.
Numbers of crooks are in the city
and are known to the authorities, but
owing to the lack of facilities, they will
be unmolested for a time. The amount
of plundering that went on during the
excitement Saturday was enormous,
some firms losing nearly everything
they had saved from thesflames. 9th
ers state that their cash registers were
robbed after being carried out of their
places of business.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-27
NEED OF RELIEF.

LONDON, April 27-The Standards
Madrid dispatch says the minister of
finance, Senior Juan Navarro has mott
fled the cabinet of the necessity of re-
lief measures on account Of the pro-
longed drought, which has caused a
rapid rise in the price of cereals. also
injuring live stock.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-27
TRAGEDY Az A FIRE.

MOLINE, ILL.,, April ga fire oc-
CURED here this morning by which
John Sage lost his life and John West
was seriously injured. The two-story
frame building on Second avenue, oc-
cupied by Steve Walters as a restau-
rant and boarding house, took fire
probably from the explosion of a
kerosene lamp. The Walters family
had barely time to escape. West and
Sage were dodgers