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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-11
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

NOTICE TO CREDITOES.-EsT
of Peter Gillespie deceased. Notice is
hereby given by the undersigned, admin
istrator of the estate of Peter Gillespie,
deceased, to the creditors of, and all
persons having claims against the said
deceased, to exhibit them with the neces@
sary vouchers within four months af-
ter the first publication of this notice.
20 the said administrator at his place Of
business, South Main street, in Salt Lake.
city and county, Utah ,
JOHN B. REID,
Administrator of the estate Of Peter
Gillespie, deceased.
Dated March II. 1896.
Moyle. Zane & Costigan, attorneys for.
estate.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
Fig.Crowing in Missouri.

After experimenting with figs in
Missouri the officers of the Agricultural
Experiment Station say i'm a bulletin:
The principal difficulty to overcome Is
the successful wintering of the plants.
They are sometimes grown in tubs, like
other pOtted plants, so they may he
taken into warm room or basement
when cold weather approaches. They
may also be grown in the open ground
If layered and protected during the win
ter. They normally produce two crops
of fruit annually, one I'm early summer
and the other i'm the autumn. The
early summer crops of figs form on the
branches the autumn before Hence.
to secure June crop the plant must
have air and light during winter to
keep the immature fruit from dropping.
An autumn crop may be secured, how
ever. II the plant Is wintered i'm close,
dark quarters. The number of figs
that may be grown on a single tree,
wintered In a tub in the cellar, Is fire..
quently surprising. Equally heavy au.
tumn crops are sometimes secured by
laying the trees down and covering
them with leaves and straw to prevent
hard freezing and drying out Of the
twigs."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
Lincoln and the Athlete.

Governor Hoyt tells an excellent
story illustrating LincOln's interest in
muscle. and his involuntary cOmpaIi-
son of himself with any man who
showed great strength. 1t was in
1850. after Lincoln had delivered a
speech ut the State Agricultural Fair
of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. The two
men were making the rounds Of the
exhibits and went into a tent to see IL
strong man" perform. He went
through the ordinary exercises with
huge iron balls, tossing them i'm the
air and catching them and rolling them
on his arms and back: and Mr.. Lincoln,
who evidently had never before seen
such thing, watched him with intense
interest, calculating under his breath
every now and then, by George. BY
George" When the performance was
the chief problem presented by the
coins interest. asked him to go up and
be introduced to the athlete. He did
so. and as he stood looking down mus.
ingly on the fellow. who was very
short, and evidently wondering that u
man so much shorter than he could be
so much stronger. he suddenly broke
ont with one of his quaint speeches:
Why" he said. why, could lick salt
off the top Of your hat"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
How the Chinese Count Time.

The Chinese sun-dial embodied the
usual principle. but was crude indeed
a rod or needle set upright reflected
shadow on a fiat surface as the sun
moved. On this We're characters in
dicating the hours OF the day. The
Chinese also used a water clock, called
the clepsydra. 1t was dish of copper
or other material, with an extremely
small aperture, from which the water
trickled. drop by drop. The clepsydra
of Canton is thus described by trav.
eler: 1t is a vase of copper; 1t is sit
uated i'm Il pavilion built on double
arch that crosses Il street leading from
the great South gate of the city to the
palace of the treasurer of the province.
Like that which existed, and perhaps
exists still, in the Pekin observatory,
it is composed of four copper vases,
whence water runs from one to another
by little tubes fixed at the base. The
vase that rests OH the floor has on it's
wooden cover kind of handle crossed
by rule mounted on II float, and COW
cred with characters representing the
hours. When the water has run out.
that is, i'm the moyning or evening. it
is poured again into the uppermost
vase. There is q little brick staircase
By which the attendant ascends. In
the temples there are attendants whose
business it is to hang up placard. with
white ground. on which is Indicated
the hour. They strike the hours of the
day on drum. and ut night they beat
a gong. The attendants who thus look
over. Governor Hoyt, seeing Mr.. Lin
after the flight of time occupy the in
cense, on which are marked the hours.
These are sticks so arranged us to burn
a certain length Of time for every hour,
and these are used by peasants and
others. The stick is lighted when the
gong sounds. and in this way the pri-
vate individual can keep very tolerable
account Of the hours as they pass"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

Dumb erutss Who Rival Human Expsrts
In the Ten Pin Game.

A phenomenal achievement In AMI
NAL training must he credited to the
experts OF the Berlin Winter Garden,
where large crowds are privileged
to witness every night an interesting
game of ten pins played by elephants.
The antics OF the dumb players pro-
woke hilarious laughter. The champion
roller thus far IL BerlIn's favorite ele.
plant, spon whom the plebcian name
Of Anton was imposed some two years
ago when he became a German cit
izen. His score sometimes reaches
200, which Is not often beaten by hu'
man players. His keeper talks OF
matching him with bowling experts
for the worlds championship.
I The ball Is of course manipulated by
the trunk, with which the elephant
seems to he able TO pitch with wonder
full dexterity. Two elephants, 1.-The
boys" are stationed near the ten pins
at the lower end of the alley. They
throw the balls back through the chute
as soon as the marker has chalked
the score on the blackboard. Another
thick-skinned hoy" replaces the pins
I'm order. The latter Is careful not to
touch the pins until the marker has
done his work.
Anton very often makes strike
when his turn comes; that is. he knocks
all the pins down on the first roll The
other players feel happy when they can
make spare
The trainers have great difficulty In
making the elephants give up Their
position so long as any pins are lef,
standing. They will stand and stamp
near the chute. clamOring for more
balls with which to knock down the
remaining pins. Ii Is hard to drive the
ALA bsOrbing thought from their minds
that the aim of the game is to keep
on rolling until all the pins have been
thrown over. The keepers. OH the
other hand, are bent OH teaching them
how to roll with effect during the two
chances allowed them.
In case Of Il miss the thrOwers fee
the disappointment fully us keenly as
the audience.
There is much jealousy between the
players. and all feel sore towards An
ton. who seems not to care, as he Is
big fellow, and knows that he can
lick" the crowd While the others are
throwing he walks over to Miss Begun
female rhinoceros, whose pen adjoins
the bowling alley. The cOurtship be.
tween these two brutes seems to afford
as much pleasure TO the visitors as the
bowling game. Miss Begun has Il
III bit of standing perfectly motiOnless
fer hours ut a time, but as soon rs
Anton swings his trunk over the six
foot fence there is languid turning
of the bulky head and a noticeable
recognition in the little piggy" eyes.
1t requires great winking and squint
ing and trunk coaXing on the part of
Anton to induce much response from
The phlegmatic coquette, who, how
ever. finally succumbs to the probes.
cica influence.
After the counting Anton seems more
encouraged. especially so long as Miss
Begun remains IN interested spectator
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
The National Game Of China.

The common Chinese name for DOM
inoes Is kwat pal, or bone tablets
a name which. although they are now
generally made of wood. points to their
original material. They are also cal
lei nga pal, Ivory tablets" and some
times tim tsz' pal, dotted tablets
They are now made Of teak wood. or
an imitation of teak wood, of bamboo,
bone, or ivory. or of bone and wood
conjoined, like common European DOM
noes. Two sizes exist, a large kind OF
teak. peculiar to Kwantung and South
ern China. in which the pieces measure
about 29sin. long and X in. wide. and
y, in. thick. and smaller kind of bone
or bamboo. about an inch long by x in.
wide and Y in. thick. The distinctive
popularity Of Chinese dominoes does
not lie. however. i'm their form or
material, but in their marks. They diff
fer from the European game in the alb
sence of the blanks, n set comprising:
twenty-one different pieces. formed by
the organizations of two dice. In the
common form Of Chinese dominoes, as
ordinarily sold, eleven of the twelve
pieces are duplicated, making thirty
two pieces i'm the complete set. The
duplication Of these pieces constitutes
the. chief problem prcsentd by the
game.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
Valuable Skins.

In n downtown window is displayed
the skin of musk OK. on which is a
label stating that it is the most val
liable kind of Il skin in existence,
being valued ut $1,000 1t is the pro-
perty Of Mr. Herman Burrell who Sc
cured it on his trip to the Arctic regions
or Whereabouts last year. With it is
a coat made of the skins of very
young calves of the musk OK species,
which is valued mt $40O. The large
skin is covered with long. fine hair,
beneath which is thick coat of fine
fur. the coat and overcoat being neces-
sary to the comfort Of the musk OK in
his frozen home away inside the Arctic
circle. These skins come high. but for
tunately people don't have to have
them. ANY one who goes out hunting
musk OK skins will find that they will
cost him more than $1,000 apiece. be-
sides the discomfort of travelling in
the Arctic regions.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
Publication of Rivers.

The Rhode. Island Legislature will
!c asked to pass bill to prohibit the
pollution of the rivers by emptying
into them any wastes, grease, acids,
Gye-stuffs, sewage, ashes, or other re-
fuse or waste substances liquids. or
materials. The committee having the
matter in charge found that 6,O00,OOO
gallons of manufacturers refuse are
turned into these rivers daily, as well
as about $4,000 pounds of grease, and
the quantity of lOgwoods. acids, and
other substances that Is emptied i'm is
far i'm excess Of what is generally sup
posed. The consumption of raw wool
in the Olneyville manufacturing dis
trict is from 2O.OOO.OO0 to 25,OO0.OO0
I.ounds year There is a loss Of about
fifty per cent i'm the process Of washing
aud preparing the wool for use I'm the
mills. 1t Is the waste from this that
forms the principal annoying source of
floating down the stream lodge i'm the
bed of the river, and, becoming decom-
posed, escape in the form Of gases, as
shown by bubbles upon the surface of
the water. which cannot add to the
health of the community. With a
plant Of sufficient size 1t would be pos
siblt to obtain the entire amount of
grease secured from the wool-wash-
ipes, which would yield about Ave tons
n day Of pure degras. There are in
this country several large mills re-
covering from their wOol-washing liq-
uOrs enough grease and other valuable
matters to more than pay the cost of
publication.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

skaters the thick glass, but oftener
results merely In instant death tothem-
selves. Sometimes there Is a positive
volume OF birds against the face OF the
light. and as many as dozen have
been known TO strike II simultaneous
ly. Alter u stormy night II Ii not an
common for the keeper to pick up at
the base of the tower as many an
twenty 1--we dead birds. Many of these
are OF the choicest kind, and the keep
ers table seldom lacks. a supply such
az an epicure might crave.
During the day the keeper is fire.
quently greeted by the thrilling sight
Of whale hunt by Indians in the
neighboring evaters, a chase as haza rd-
ous and exciting as any on mountain
or plain. Each canoe goes out with a
crew Of six oarsmcn. one spearman In
the bow, and the captain or helms
man In the stern. TO the end Of the
spear an air-tight sealskin inflated like
a bladder, Is attached by a line fifty
feet long. A dozen of these boats go
out together when n whale is sighted.
Stealthily single boat moves out from
the little fleet and approaches the big
game, the Oarsmen stoical and calm,
the sportsman erect, rigid, statuesque.
1t is moment OF grave peril.
A splashing oar, sudden move. a
wavering hand or hot head ut the
helm, and boat and crew would go
down beneath single stroke from the
great monster now so near. At pre-
cisely the right instant the sportsman
hurls his spear with unerring aim. and
the battle begins. And then one stand
ing on the island cliff sees the little
boat dart away, and the whale fiercely
churning the water. The other boa
comes up rapidly. Weakened by loss
Of blood, retarded by the air-tight skins
that float on the wafer, and worn out
by turning hither and thither I'm whim-
steal pursuit of his many foes the
whale slowly gives over the unequal
contest, and is tOwed at last. like the
great hulk Of a merchantmen. to Neah
Bay. where the Indians gather for
great feast.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

Within the last few month"; tho
has come to the notice Of Major Quinn.
in charge Of the lighthouse district. =
coadition which, In the course Of two
hundred years. II continued. would re-
sult In the complete wiping out or the
city of New Orleans. This scientific
fact is simply that the bottom OF the
gulf is slowly sinking and the level OF
the gulf is rising eslch year Tide
gauges and observations show that
within twelve years the level Of the
gulf has risen one foot. when the
Eads jetties were built II was decided
to establish "A tide gauge and level
ana to keep a daily record of the tides.
During the month Of July 1894, and
last July, Major Quinn suspected that
the delta was gradually subsiding, and
during these two months tide gauges
were placed I'm deep water. From the
continuous record kept on these obser-
vations, he was able to make COM
parison, and thus discovered that since
1875, when the levels were made, the
delta had subsidized exactly one foot.
These gauges and the tide levels were
placed i'm position I'm 1876, and verified
In 1877. Between that date and 1890
the level went down one foot, but with
in the last five years the tides have
been stationary or nearly so. The sink
of the bottoms or rising of the gulf
has been gradual affair, and is spas
modic, as it were. Some years there
would be no change, and again there
was very great change. The effect
of this decline will be to prolong the
deep water channel and drive the bay
farther out to sea.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
Liquid Fuel for Steamers,

The value Of liquid fuel for marine
purposes is being determined by Sc
ries of tests on one of the torpedo boats
Of the Maine, says the Philadelphia Re-
cord. 1t is recommended that one OF
the gunboats building at Newport
News be made use Of to carry out these
experiments on a larger scale. Naval
designers the world over have for some
time past recognized the fact that II
the use of liquid fuel can be rendered
practicable in the Navy It will largely
increase the radius OF action of sea-
going ships. To the United States the
question of petroleum fuel Is Of double
Importance, both on account Of the
abundance of our supply Of this COM
bustible and even more, on account Of
our paucity of coaling stations. The
range Of action of the modern war
ship is limited by her coal capacity and
the distance Of her field Of operations
from the nearest coaling station.
A nation which possesses few Of
these must provide its ships with spe-
cially large bunker space, as In the case
Of the cruiser Columbia. Any device
which will enlarge the fuel endurance
Of warships will be specially valuable
to the United States, and there Is moth
ing ia sight to-day which would SO eff
fectually do this as the substitution Of
oil for coal In marine boilers.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
evERY YEAR.
LIFE is a count Of losses.


Life 10 count OF losses,
Every year:
Tor the weak are heavier crosses
Every year;
Lost springs. with sobs replying,
Unto weary autumn signing;
While those we love are dying
Every year.
The days have less Of gladness
Every year;
The night more weight of sadness
Every year;
Fair springs NO longer charm us;
The winds and weather harm us;
The threats OF death alarm US
Every year.
There come new cares and sorrows
Every year;
Dark days and darker morrows
Every year;
The ghosts OF dead loves haunt us,
The ghosts of dead friends taunt us.
And disappointments daunt US
Every year.
TO the past go more dead faces
Every year,
AS the loved leave vacant places
Every year;
Everywhere their sad eyes meet us,
In the evenings dusk they greet us,
And to come to them entreat us,
Every year.
''You are growing old" they tell us,
Every year,"
"You are more alone" they tell US,
Every year;
You can win no new affection,
You have only recollection,
Deeper sorrow and detection,
Every year"
The shores of life are shifting
Every year;
And we are seward drifting
Every year;
Old places, changing, fret us,
The living more forget us,
There are fewer to regret us
Every year
But the truer life draws higher
Every year;
And its morning star climbs higher
Every year;
Earth's hold on us grows slighter,
And it's heavy burden lighter,
And the days immortal brighter,
Every year.
James w. Covert, "Pittsburg Post"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
ON DESTRUCTION ISLAND.
Thrilling Scenes Witnessed by Light.
house Keeper.

house Keeper.
The keeper OF the government light
house which was tablished few
years ago on Destruction Island doubt
less leads lonely life, but he has some
experiences which lover of the ro-
mantle and the adventurous might well
covet. The island itself Is not without
n certain weird fascination. Thirty
five miles south of Cape Flattery 1t
rises abruptly from the face of the
ocean.
1t has picturesque, though wild and
rugged beauty, and as 1t stands facing
the northern blasts that have sent more
than one stout ship to the bottom, It
calls up the name of Isla de Dolores,
which the early Spanish navigator
Quadra gave II to commemorate his
misfortunes. and the later name Of De-
struction Island, given 1t I'm 1857 by
Captain Berkely on account of the sad
fate OF several of his crew who were
murdered on Its savage coast. On wild
and stormy nights, when the wind IL
whirling the sea into foam against the
beetllng edges Of the island, the scene
passes the merely beautiful and be-
comes majestic and sublime.
On such nights the keeper has visit
ors that do not come to the door OF the
ordinary iandlubber. Flocks OF wild
fowl. attracted by the bright light, fly
blindly toward 1t. and with the force
Of the wind added to that OF their own
stout wings, they are driven against the
lens with q momentum that sometimes
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
Botanical Clock.

Among the curiosities which have
been found in the Isthmus of Tehuante-
pee. lately explored by naturalists. is
a botanical clock. 1t is a flower some
what resembling in its habits the cham
eleon. although more methodical. In
the morning it is white, at noon it is
red. and at night blue, and the alter
nations Of color are so regular that
the time Of day can be told from the
tilt of the flower. 1t has been suggest
ed that If it could be acclimated in
a temperate zone it would be very
useful flower i'm public parks.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
Blind Cyclists.

Cycling Is one Of the amusements
at the National Institute for the Blind
in France. A species of home trainer
Is used, the wheels Of which are so ar
ranged that the actual speed is indi-
Gated on dial. SO that races are held,
and some of the inmates have estab-
lished records. The machines also
give audible signals at various speeds.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
Bicycles for Water.

The next move is I'M the direction
bicycles for the water. A youngster
over I'm Seattle has invented one. and
like all other Western blizzards. 1t ID
coming East. BY and by we shall
have cycle parties in the hnrbor. with
a lunch at Sandy Hook. 1t Is said that
the machine will go at the rate Of nine
miles per hour, provided you can stay
on II.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

Many time, while the morning stars
were still shining, l have watched the
mother dismantle the tent-pOles,
wrt nch them out of their earth Soc
kets, and lash them, two on side,
to a meek pony that had outlived his
skittish days, and was now to be trust
ed with the little ones, who would ride
In comfortable nest made Of the fold
ed tent-cover fastened between the
trailing poles. Before ponies were OBJ
tainable dogs were the burden-bearers,
AMI I'm some remote places they are still
used. Great were the snarls and quar-
rels incident to n dog train. Often an
irritable fellow would find himself on
his back. or caught by his poles. so
that he became frantic with impotent
rage. When fording stream the chis-
dren and the puppies were carried over
on the backs of women; the dogs and
ponies had to plunge for themselves.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

about twenty-five thousand vehicles
pass over London Bridge every day.
About 100000 pounds Of soap are
used i'm this country yearly.
The boys Of ireland cover 2.SOOOO0
acres.
The water frame was the invention
Of Wright, English. I'm 1900.
Edison's phonograph Invented In
1877; wax ard tinfoil nsed to record
sounds.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

There are" says the Humanitarian
$4,000 women and children in New
York City working from ten to six
teen hours day. There are 10000
children under 10 years OF age working
frequently sixteen hours day. There
are women and children working In
stores from 9 in the morning until 10
at night. The majority OF the children
are cash girls. and they receive $1.5O a
week. and are fined when absent OF
tardy. and when they make mistakes.
New York City Is a large city. and dis
tances are great between homes and
place Of employment. so II the children
do got walk to and from work there is
verr little left out OF the $1.5O."
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06
A Wolf Drive.

Wolves have become so numerous
near Pendleton, Or. that II is proposed
to organize wolf drive. Both whites
and Indians will he asked to cooperate
and make an effort to rid the coun-
try south and east OF Pendleton Of the
animals. which poster the farmers by
carrying of fowls and by killing sheep.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

Florida is having big boom In to-
bacco growing.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

satinwood weighs 55.31 pounds to
the cu1is foot.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-02-06

Until 1773 the wool Of all linen
goods was made Of cotton threads.