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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-27

Formerly Fort Buclllai," was renamed
in honor of this spoiled child of for
tune.
When Donald came to Fort BuchIai,
it was, as it is still, a stronghold of the
utmost importance-the key, in fact, to
an important pass of the Himalayan
mountains. It was however, looked
upon as almost impregnabie, and the
British government felt that so long
as the plans of it's fertilization could
be kept secret no Russian or other
enemy from the north could enter the
garden of India in that direction. Con-
sequently, these plans were treasured
as beyond ali price. Only picked officers
and men were senC to Fort Buchlai, so
that there might be TO danger of any
traitor selling maps or information to
Russia.
For many years the Muscovite en-
pire had been striving by crafty means
to gain knowledge of the approaches TO
British India. 1t has long been the
openly avowed intention of Russia to
eventually cross the Himalayas, and
overrun the rich provinces now under
English control. To this end agents and
spies by the thousand are yearly dis
patched along the frontiers, to gather,
by fair means or foul, every scrap of
intelligence which might lead toward
the early occupation of Hindustan.
The Russian is a nafural-born spy,
and he has been successful in many
cases in battling English watchfulness
But as yet all knowledge of Fort Buch-
lai had been denied to the emissaries
of the white car.
Now. Fort Buchlai was the one place.
above adj others, with which Russia
yearned to become familiar 1t was a
veritable land Gibraltar; and its guns
swept the entire Amerah valley for
leagues in both directions. Perched on
its rugged foothill. solidly built from
the hewn rock. and zealously guarded.
day and night, by the flower of the
army, it must remain a
sore thorn in Russia's SIDE Only by
guile could it be overcome. And vast
sums were offered to him who should
succeed in capturing a copy of the
coveted plan of Notifications. With |
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-27

"Oh, bother! The viceroy can be i'm
posed on suppose once in a while. =
Anyhow, Neill, I'm just going to
keep ia eye on them while they're here;
and 1 want YOU to help me-"
Nothing tuened UP to justify the
fears OF this suspicious young Brfton,
however, until the fourth night of the
visitors stay. The three strangers
had made themselves most agreeable.
All save the Baron de Beilot spoke eX-
cellent English, and the news they
brought of the outside world proved a
Godsend to Colonel F'raser's little
band.
1t was on the fourth night, that as
the Baron de Ballot left the room,
and passed towards the tent allotted
to him, he CHANGED to drop a. ct-umpled
envelop. Sitting in the window of the
fort, Donald Fraser saw the paper fall:
and in minute he had crept forward
and seized it Quick to the guard-room
1re he ran; and there attempted to
spell out the superscripture But,
alas, the superscripture was as Greek
to him. That it was not in French he
felt certain, for French formed part CT
Donald's daily studies. The charac-
tiers were wholly unfamiliar.
Puzzled. he turned the envelope over,
and here his vigilance was rewarded.
HIS eyes fell upon a rough pencilled
drawing, clearly an attempt to repro
duee the Fort Buchlai Notifications
AT the foot of the rude map, were the
hastily scrawled words Cher ami,
minuit, bien sur Par lie fenetre''
Laboriously Donald spelled out the
French words, until he made clear
their meaning. Dear friend" said the
note, "at midnight for certain. By the
window. 1t read just like an easy
exercise, he thought; but perhaps there
was a meaning concealed in these dis
jointed phrases. by the Window
AT midnight, for cer-tainl' Could it
be possible that his suspicious of the
French visitors had even better
grounds than he at first dreamed of?
Could 1T be that they meant treachery
toward his father-toward the sacred
plans Of the fort?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-27

ton he bought the last barrel of ''Old
Crow" whisky, the most famous of the
productions of Kentucky, and the bar
rel had, when he referred to it
twenty-five years ago, dwindled to
half a barrel. If there is a jug of it
anywhere, it is worth sixteen to one
in gold or silver, of any whisky that
exists. If a gallon of it could be found
and certified beyond doubt, and sold at
auction in Kentucky, it would buy
big patch of Blue Grass land.
Mr.. Stewart was Of the opinion that
he had the last Of that nectar and it
stood at par with the Johanisburger.
He was very interested in his table
talk and addressed the servants IN
French, of which he had an easy COM
mand, and after dinner, as the COM
pany walked into the great hall where
stood one of the most imposing clocks
in the world, globe swinging as
pendulum, the host would signal with
slight gesture to a servant to turn on
the gas in the noble art gallery, the
walls Of which were adorned with the
choicest works of the great modern
painters. whose portraits still look
down from the corniee upon the bill
lard tables, as if wondering what has
become of their. priceless productions.
1t has not seemed to me that the
largeness Of mind of Mr.. Stewart has
AieNO e1NC4QdlS IGCOSU4llOu. Ills Hills
abroad and at home providing goods
for his enormous sales, were of an ex-
tent and variety almost incredible. His
plans for works Of benevoience, under
taken in his lifetime with the most
sincere desire, / think now, to mani
fest his sense of obligation for the
golden reign of prosperity he had the
genius to organize and make fruitful
those broad plans generously conceived
were such disappointments, so far as
he had attempted to carry them out,
that he did not make for them in the
end the abundant provision he for
years proposed to give them
Misfortune had lowered upon the
house he founded. but whatever other
meaning it has, it proves that in these
changeful times the gift OF mastery
the founder had could not be assumed
when he was gone. There were able
and sagacious men to whom it has
been easy and popular to be unjust and
but behind the seemingly
sudden ruin that brings once more the |
fame of Alexander T. Stewart and the |
name of his friend and constant coun-
seller, Henry Hilton, before the pub
lic-beyond the dust of the downfall |
is the truth that there were none to |
lift again the wand of magic power |
and the last clew regain" At least, |
at last one may say of the great mer-
chant: Peace to his ashes in the I
cathedral that is his monument
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-27
The COLONEL'S SON.
a STORY OF THE INDIAN FRONTIER
Donald Fraser Was Given the OPP
portunity of Finding Out Wheth-
er He Was Made of Heroic Stuff,
BY VICTOR SAND.

Copyrighted, 1896, by S. S. Mcclure Co.
Fort Fraser stands on a bare, preci-
pitous foot hill of the Himalayas. In
the old days it was called Fort
Buchlai," but grateful government
changed the. name, for reasons which
will be made apparent.
Donald Fraser is small boy in
short jackets, attending an English
public school. His cheeks are rudy.
his eyes are bright, and he is a manly
little fellow, every inch of him. BUT
there is nothing noticeably remarkable
about him, when placed among a crowd
of other schooiboys of his age. Yet
Donald Fraseu's brief life history fig
ures oraveiy in the golden book of the
Indian empire. A viceroy has patted
his curly head; the empress-queen her
self has written him her thanks. In
point of fact, Fort Fraser, which was
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-27

For a long time Donald sat cudgel-
ing his brains by the guard room fire.
Fearful of ridicule in case he should
be in the wrong, ne decided not 20 tell
his father of the mysterious envelope.
But it was different with NELL Cam
eron.. The big highlander would not
laugh at him, happen what might So
in search of Neil he went; and, al
though the highlander was still skep-
teal, they fixed up together a scheme
for the defense of the plans, and the
preservation of the garrison's good
name.
When Colonel Fraser paid his usual
nightly visit to his strong room that
evening he did not notice that two per-
sons glided in behind him and laid
themselves in the dimly lighted apart
ment. The good colonel was stin
laughing heartily over certain happy
jests which the French guests had told
him at mesa fact which may ac-
count for his preoccupation. Having
satisfied himself that the precious
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-27
Special display and prices in Fal

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-27

THE MERCHANT PRINCE
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-27

A fine line of Novelty Dress Goods
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Remnants Of Mems. Ladies' and
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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-05-23

ton, mans chief glory was to
perpetuate warriors, SO they set
their women in a safe place to
view the battle, that their valor
might inspire courage through
the mothers. They eagerly
gathered the trophies and made
the banners, and warriors never
were lacking. Did they desire
beauty, they surrounded their
wives with it's image, and beauty
grew day by day more visible.
Labor Assemblies have done a
grander work than this for
women; although their crafts
we're in danger, they believed
that woman cheap, means man
worthless. Our endeavOrs must
be carried to the children also.
And as the schools contain the
worlds apprentices, manual
labor must be more endorsed and
sustained. And last, since we
believe the days of high wages,
which did not always bring
happiness, has passed, thrift and
co-operative principles is a true
method of upholding the mental,
moral and intellectual welfare OF
mankind.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-05-23
The New Carpenters Union.

The new Carpenters Union
held an enthusiastic meeting
Friday evening, May Is: The
interest in the organization is
unabated. There is a large at
tendance at every meeting and
membership still increasing. At
the last meeting Messrs. Baker,
Johnson and Heasley were elect
ed as delegates to the Trades
Assembly.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-05-23
A Pleasant Party.

The basket social and dancing
party given by the Street Car
Employees union Thursday
evening, May II, was, like all
the affairs gotten up by the
street car boys, a success in every
way. A merrier crowd never
gathered in the K. of P. hall.
About $50 were present. The
ladies each brought a basket of
dainty edibles which were auc-
toned off to the highest bidder
by Mr.. Koderick Mcleod, who
kept the crowd in constant
good humor by his ininitable
manner. A couple of hours were
spent in devouring the contents
of the baskets, donated by the
lady friends of the union boys,
and general sociability. The
floor was then cleared for dane
ing. Mr.. Sparkling called off,
surprising his most sanguine
friends by his skill. The boys
say they will want Mr.. Spar
ling at all the dances after this.
The floor was managed in an
able manner by ]. S. McCor-
mack, R. Mcleod, Dan Ross and
M. Gleason.
The party will be one of many
to be given by the Street Car
union for the purpose of main
tanning the social spirit that ex-
lists among them and to extend
to others the feeling of good fel-
1owship.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-05-23
Thanks Extended.

The members of the Street Car
Employees union wish to ex-
tend their thanks to the large
number of their lady friends
who so kindly donated baskets
and helped to make their dane
ing party success by their pres
ence Thursday evening, May II,
at K, of p. hall.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-05-23
The Saw Till Union.

The Saw Till Union.
The new Saw Mill Mems union
held another enthusiastic meet
ing at Great Eastern hall, West
Duluth, Saturday evening, May
16, J. S. Mccormack, of the
Street Car union, acting as or
ganizer. Fully 500 men were
present. The newl y elected
officers were installed and all
members obligated.
This is the largest union in the
Northwest and Duluth Trades
Assembly may we'll feel proud of
her lately acquired branch. A
more intelligent, sturdy lot of
men, true American citizens, can
not be found within Minnesota's
borders. They appreciate the
fact that only through organ
ization can they replace and up
hold the honor and integrity of
our country, and give back to
her people her stolen liberty.
D. Mccarthy was elected
president, Mr.. J. Potter secre-
tary, and Mr.. Baker treasurer.
D. Mccarthy and J.Potter repre-
sent this new union in the
Trades Assembly. Able speeches
were made by J. S. Mccormack,
T. M. Murray and others, who
were enthusiastically received.
This union will hold their
regular meeting Saturday even-
ing, May %, for the purpose of
obligating the remaining saw
mill employees who are anxious
to become brothers in the field
of organized labor. This union
will have over 1000 members
when fully organized.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-05-23
Freight Handlers Organize.

Silver King hall gave evidence
of the controlling spirit of organ
ization Wednesday night, May
20. About 100 of the freight
handlers met and were addressed
by Capt. l.. Brennan, c. S. Baird
and A. G. Newburg. The speak
ers urged the men to organize
for protection and betterment of
their present condition in mas
terlv and forceful way. Organ
izer Shiaeble preceded the work
by first having each man WISH
ing to join to come forward and
give his name. Sixty-seven of
the men responded. Then they
proceeded to elect officers and
adopt initiation fees and dues.
The initiation fee was placed at
80 cents, dues at rs cents per
month.
Officers were. elected to hold
the same temporarily as follows:
James Mallon, president; c. c:
Simons, financial secretary and
treasurer; Thomas Lyons, re-
cording secretary. Now whoop
'em up boys! Don't put your
name down, pay your dues and
think that is going to raise your
wages or hold them at the pres
ent scale, should your employers
conclude to make a reduction.
Don't stay away from meetings
and then complain because things
are not run to suit you: DO as
one of the speakers said, if you
want to come in the room and
have a voice in the meetings,
come in at the door and not
stand on the sidewalk and do
your debating. Let each men,
Der appoint himself a committee
of one to bring in a new men,
Der. Forge an endless chain and
you can make the head OF the
lakes the Union harbor in this
country. You have the men to
do it with if you will only 60 to
work. The president you have
chosen, we believe, is a splendid
man for the office, and 1t you
will do your part he will do his.
Remember that while you are
lettering along the way your
enemy, the capitalist, is under
mining you every day. Your
schools are to be turned into
military academies; your steam
public highways are now under
their control; they have fired the
first gun on your postal system,
r ILL.,. ~ +ho ~ rI If WI II
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-12-03
Plating.

Very narrow plating is favorite
aress trimming a costume Of gray
camel's hair is made up in plain prin.
cess fashion. The waist closes at one
side, and the skirt, waist and sleeves
are, as ono enthusiastic young woman
expressed IT, absolutely smothered i'll
pinkod ont rufllcs Of iridescent taffota
In addition to the plating these rufiies
are plated, then drawn out "A little to
make fans, which are laid so us 10 form
bands Of trimming from shoulders 10
waist line as outlines for yokes and TO
supply the place of the almost collapsed
sleeves. one dress has an outlined yoke
of very narrow pinked and plated
ruflling. From the seams where the
sleeves are sewed in are similar ruffles
af varying widths. the lower one being
about Ii inches wide and the upper one
not over inches wide. New York
Ledger.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-12-03
GETTING PATENTS.
The DISCOVERIES Are Not Usually the Ones
to Reap the Reward. e.,

The DISCOVERIES Are Not Usually the Ones
to Reap the Reward. b 80
II you look back on tho history Of hu-
man progress. you will find that mono of
the great epoch making inventions has
ever been patented. The man who lit
the first fre-whether Prometheus or
the party from whom he stole tho idea
did not get IA patent for it. Neiuser
did the man who mado the first wheel,
III every sense one Of the most reyo.
lutionary inventions in the history Of
man. Tho same thing may be said of
the invention Of soap, candles, gun pow
der, umbrellas and the mariner s COM
pass, or. to come down tn our own day,
Of the steam engine and the electric tele-
graph.
Patents are mostly concerned with
small mechanical details and improve.
monts-lt may be IN the application of
steam and cleCtriCity-and by means Of
these patents enormous profits have been
secured To second rate inventors but the
great ideas and discoveries which un-
derlio these details have been given to
the world gratis.
There is II general notion that if you
did not protect inventions by means Of
patents inventors would cease to invent
aud material progress would come to u
stnndstill. But history does not bear this
out in tho least, Men with great me.
chanlcai gifts do not exercise them sole
ly with "a view TO commercial profit any
more than astronomers search the hcav.
ems for new worlds with an eye to regis
tering patents and floating companies
OH the results of their discoveries. Lon
don Truth.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-12-03
A PECULIAR BUSINESS.
Rr~edins sod Catching Icecbes Tor ths
New York Market.

James Partit and his children earn
Ill the money they make raising lecch.
ee, for the work Of breeding the blood
suckers ON the Partit farm on Toms
nver near Lacy. N. j., is nothing COM
pared with the labor Of catching them.
The wary leech will take hold Of nothing
but human flesh, so the members Of tho
Partit family, big and little, plunge
their legs into the swamp and draw
them up presently with the prey at
tached.
Farmer Partlt doesn't seem to think
little t.ood letting hurts one.
"Thov are as good az a dose Of spring
physic, saws ne. "Why, me and the
boys get 20 fat and healthy doing nothing
oil winter that we need something like
this to keep us in order. IL we fished
too long NJ time, they might do some
harm, but we know when to stop. Aft
or the season is over We feel fresher and
better than If we hadn't been leeching.
They nro just like mosquitoes--they
suck out all the bad blood and leave
the good, and that's why, suppose, we
feel so good after u months work in tho
swamp think we'd all have malaria
down III this wet place If it wasn't for
the lucchos. No man could wade through
such mudholc without getting malaria
unless something helped him"
His farm yields 800. 900 leeches a
year and the price IL 20 or 80 cents for
100. giving an annual income Of 81, 600
10 the family. Tho market is Now York
or Philadelphia, where the locchcs are
distributed 10 the trade
Half century ago this would have
been "A great business, but the belief in
locchcs has fallen off in this country.
Europe clings to the practice. and Paris
consumes 100000 lcechcs yearly,
while London finds use for over Z, 900, -
600 year.
James Partit or his boys, when wad.
ing, discovered the presence of tho leech.
os in his swamps. He looked up the sub
leCt and decided that he would supply
the American market, which hitherto
bad depended on Europe. He found that
buyers preferred the Hungarian fellow
Of olive green without spots, OF else the
German leech, with dark green body
spotted below with black. Ho got few
specimens and put them in the pond.
They multiplied rapidly after their enc
mics, the water snakes, were e1termi.
mated, and soon the first leoch pond in
the country was established. The young
are ready for market in about year,
but reproduction takes three years. The
average life Of loech is 10 or 30 years.
Usually IA healthy man can fish in the
swamp four or five hours without losing
enough blood to exhaust him. The leech
has three jaws and from 90 to 90 teoth.
When these get going, in short time
the lecch will swallow five times his
weight in blood.
All this is more pleasant than tho
practice elsewhere about New York of
fattening leeches for the market ON do
crepit old horses which have been con-
demned to the boneyard. New York
Press
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1896-12-03
The Brave Man.

"Do l understand you to say" que
ried the barrister, looking hard at the
principal witness, that upon hearing
noise in the hall you rose quickly, lit
candle and went TO the head Of the
stairs-that n burglar was at the foot of
the stairs and you did not see him? Are
you blind?"
"Must | tell the truth?" stammered
the witness, blushing TO the roots Of his
hair.
THE whole truth, twas the stern re.
ply.
''Then, replied the witness. brush
ing aside his damp, olinging locks and
wiping the pcrspiration from his clam
my brow. my wife was i'll front of
me. "-Pearson's Weekly.