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course, very different matter from
the prediction of an eclipse of the sun,
where the movements of the three
bodies concerned are subject to con-
tinuous scrutiny and are perfectly well
known.
BY shower of shooting stars we
mean display in which it is not so
much the individual brightness of the
objects which attract attention as the
excessive numbers in which they APP
pear 1t had long been noticed that
there were certain nights in the year
in which meteor displays were specially
manifested. The most notable dates,
in this connection, are the 10Th of
August and the 18th of November. On
either of these nights in almost every
year the diligent watcher of the skies
will be rewarded with the sight of an
unusual number of these fiery darts.
Even on those days, however, the dis
play is not, generally speaking. suffi-
GENTLY striking to excite universal as
constituent. 1t does, however, some
times happen, that the November
shower becomes q spectacle which can
only be recorded as sublime. Many
of our readers will doubtless recollect
the superb display of shooting stars
which took place on the 18th of No
vember 1866. / shall always treasure
the recollection of that phenomenon as
perhaps the most interesting astrOnom-
zeal sight that ] have ever witnessed.
/ was at that time astronomer to the
late Earl of Rose. at ParSonstown, in
the center of Ireland, 1t was then my
duty to observe nebulae with the
famous rejecting telescope of six feet
aperature. l was engaged on the night
in question in conjunction with the
present Earl of Rose, in examining a
nebulae, when. the exclamation of an
attendant by my side made me look up
in time to see splendid shooting star
which, like a great rocket, streamed
across the sky. Presently similar OBJ
jects appeared in scores and hundreds,
and for some hours we witnessed one
of the most glorious celestial spectacles
that the eye of man could ever behold
1t was to be noticed that the shoot
ing stars did not appear promiscuously
from various parts of the sky. The di-
rections in which they moved seemed
to radiate from point in the constel-
lation of Leo. This appearance of di-
yergence from a point is easily shown
to be an effect of perspective; the me-
teors are in fact all darling towards
the earth from one direction, namely,
parallel to the line from the eye to the
center of the sickle-shaped part of Leo.
Those particular meteorS which hap
pened to be directed straight towards
the observer seemed so mucn lore
shortened that they merely looked like
stars which sudden burst into bright
ness, and as suddenly disappeared,
with but little or no change in the ap-
parent position which they occupied
Some three or four particularly bright
meteors left long tracks behind them,
which lasted for many minutes before
they finally sank into invisibility.
AS we write these lines we are re-
minded that the great shoal of Novem-
Der meteors is again hurrying towards
the junction and that we may expect
in the year 1899 a repetition of that
glorious display which SO many of us
treasure in our memories.
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SUMMONS.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Third Judicial district of the state OF
Utah county of Salt Lake. NJ. z. VOgeI
plaintiff VS. T. Stoddard and Anna Stod-
Utah sends greeting to t. Stoddard and
Anna Stoddard, defendants: You are
hereby required to appear in an action
brought against you by the above named
plaintiff in the district court Of the Third
Judicial district of the state of Utah, and
to answer the complaint filed therein
within ten days Exclusive of the day OF
service) after the service on you of this
s1lmmons-if served within this county
or if served out of this county, but in
This district, within twenty days; other
wise within forty days-or Judgment by
default will be taken against you, ac-
cording to the prayer of said complaint
The said action is brought to have judg-
ment against defendants. upon maturity
in sum of $4,000 with interest from Oc-
tober a. 1896, at the legal rate, and for
casts of suit; alleged to be due upon said
promissory note, made, executed and
delivered to plaintiff by defendants, Oc-
fober n. 1896. for $4,000 due one month.
three days after date, and being wholly
unpaid; this action being brought for the
purpose of attaching the property of said
defendants and holding same until ma
furity of said Indebtedness. And you are
hereby notified that if you fail 10 appear
and answer the said complaint as above
required, the said plaintiff viii take Judg-
with interest as above and costs of suit.
Witness the honorable judges,
and the seal of the district court
of the Third Judicial district, in
(Seal) and for the state of Utah, this
21st day of November, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-six:
c. E. STANTON. Clerk.
BY J. Fl. SPRAGUE. Deputy Clerk.
Moyle. Zane & Cosugan. Attorneys for
Plaintiff
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Missouri. Undoubtedly quick work
could be done with il, but the far bet
ter method of communication, by tele-
phone, is preferred by many engineers.
BY means of a metallic wire, having q
steel core covered with copper, it is
possible to telephone between two
points through one strand of wire. even
though the wire be non-insulated and
lying on wet ground. The peculiar
properties of the wire have been known
for some time and when it first APP
peared there was much talk of the pos
sihility of being able TO talk over it
across the ocean, 1t Will, however, per-
form very creditable feats on land, and
in France, at least, Captain Charollois
has devised means of using it for
army purposes. His system embraces
a reel and transmitters which can, with
enough wire to cover very apprecia-
BILE distance, be carried by one man.
The reel, etc, are carried like q haver-
sack and take I'D no more room. The
earth is used as a return circuit and
the ground" is generally made by at
taching one end of the wire TO sword
or bayonet stuck in the earth. In the
experiments 10000 feet of wire were
used It was wound and unwound q
regiment of cavalry passed over it; 1t
was sunk in mud. passed through trees,
bushes. over rocks and finally UP the
signalling went on between each en-
of the line without Interruption. Reels
attached to bicycles and to cavalrysnen
were tried, and lines of communication
were very quickly opened and operated
at a distance of mile.
In Baron MarbOt's memoirs a story
is told Of a on-commissicned officer
who detected the approach of the Aus
TRANS by means of pea laid upon a
drum head. The vibrations caused BY
the distant marching soldiers made the
pea dance ali over the sheep skin. The
same device was also used TO detect the
fact that the enemy's miners we're driv-
ing galleries in the neighborhood
Broadly speaking, this was a primitive
application of the microphone and the
both of which have a mill
tary applications. The monograph par
ticularly has been suggested as a better
means of dispatch sending than any
thing heretofore tried. A written COM
may be lost or captured and
SO tall into the hands of the enemy. If |
written in cipher, the key may be lost
or valuable time may be taken in de-
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held a pass or defile against a regi-
ment. The day has come when the sim
gle man does not need a wall of rock
10 assist him in defying a large force.
One man may float over a hostile camp
IN a balloon basket and decimate his
enemies with dynamite: one man can
station himself in the coming tower
of a fort or in a man-of-war and hurl
tons of death-deaiing bullets at an er-
envy; one man may command a river IS
wide as the Hudson and blow to king
dom come every vessel that comes
within a rod of his torpedoes; one man
may fly an innocent-looking kite over
an enemy works from distance of
more than mile and at the proper
moment drop shells and bombs into
the very midst of the citadel; one man
with a little modern knowledge and a
small electric equipment can make
such sieges as Lucknow, Khartoum
Paris or Richmond impossible; one
man, forewarned. can, in fact, surround
himself with electrical apparatus and
defy or decimate an enemy at Will
defect his rifle balls, blow up his mines
destroy his vessels, annihilate his forts
and PIT a strong negative on the as
serted necessity of any country main
tanning an immense standing army.
Recent accumulated evidence shows
that the end is not yet The dis.inc-
tive mark of favor has been bestowed
by the government on those army and
navy officers who have invented new
and IlSefdl systems of practice. The
result has been an active competition,
and some really useful methods have
been evolved. Electric balloon litera-
ture is especially voluminous. Practi-
cally the first successful balloon with
which rapid and efficient signalling car
be done is the large silk affair now be-
ing operated al Fort Logan, Col. 1t
has been in operation over q year and
the results are interesting and salts
factory. The outfit consists of the bal
loon. which has a canacity of 1900
cubic feet. a balloon house and a gasO-
meter with a cubic capacity of 1000
feet The success of the balloon as
tried above the fort has led to the ie-
modelling of the lance wagon, which is
now a balloon wagon carrying four gas
tubes cables, bag, etc. There are $50
steel gas tubes carried along on ex-
psditions and in these gas is COM
pressed from 1.4O0 to 1920 pounds to the /
squars ncSe Only 80 minutes are re-
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ASSESSMENT.

SESSAIENT.-NAs1E OF CORPORA
ton in full: Sheep Rock Mining and
Milling company Location of principal
place of business, No 314 Mccormick build
ing, Salt Lake City, Utah. Location OF
mines, near Beaver, Newton mining dis
trict, Utah. Notice is hereby given that
at meeting of the board of directors OF
the Sheep Rock Mining and Milling COM
pany, held at the company's Office on
Friday, November 10th, 1896, an assess
ment of ten cents per share was levied
on the capital stock of the corporation,
payable at once to William Campbell, sec
rotary and treasurer of the company, at
No. 314 Mccormick building. Salt Lake
City, Utah. And at a meeting of the
board or directors of said company held
December 5th, 1896. the date on which
the unpaid assessment should be delin-
quent was fixed at January 9Th. 1897 and
the date of sale of delinquent stock fixed
at January 30. 1897. Any stock upon which
this assessment may remain unpaid on
the 9th day of January, 1897, will be de-
linquent and advertised FOR sale at pub
lie auction. and urlesS payment is made
before will be sold on the 30th day OF
January. 1897, to pay the delinquent as
sessment, together with costs OF adver-
Using and expenses of sale
WILLIAM CAMPBELL. Secretary,
314 Mccormick Building. Salt Lake City,
Utah.
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In speaking OF the great advances in
military science, a Governors island
army officer recently, said: IF electric
sfy had been reduced to it's present
practical basis during Napoleon's time,
of Richmond. Paris or Sebastoroi, the
history Of the world would have been
greatly changed"
This statement, which sounds plati-
tadinous at first hearing. takes on
peculiar significance in view of some
interesting electrical applications which
have just been made and some expert
snenlS which are now being carried on.
1t inclineS the observer TO belief that
the battle of the future will be more
of a contest between button-pushinS
scientists than an old-fashioned, but
deadly, CLASH at arms. The Farraguts
of the future will not need TO lash
themselves to the shrouds, nor will the
fate of some Waterloo depend, in the
time to come, on the uncertain word OF
a peasant strapped to generals stir
Tup. In snort, if Napoleon had had at
his command the scientific resources
of the present subaltern he would have
known ali about the hollow road of
Chain; he would have known all about
The rapid approach of Blucher; Grouchy
would have come uD III time, and the
magnificent execration Of Cambronne
would never have been uttered.
AS Hugo pointed out, Waterloo was
the conclusive argument in favor of
method, which is only another name for
science as opposed to intuition in war
fare. Modern progress has confirmed
the opinion. Force of numbers no
longer includes the certainty of victory
and the one man element seems to be
entering in more and more every year
We read of engagements taking place
during bygone days in which one man
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EXECUTORS SALE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
in pursuance OF an order Of NJ L. Richie.
judge of the probate division of the Third
judicial district court of the state OF
Utah. in and for the county of Salt Lake.
made on the 18th day of September. A. D.
1896, in the matter of the estate of Thomas
Allsop. deceased. the undersigned execut-
ors of the estate of said deceased, VIII
sell at private sale to the highest bidder
for cash, lawful money of the United
States of America, and subject to con-
hrmation by said court, on the 18th day
of January, 1897, at Il o'clock noon or
said day, at the law office of Moyle, Zane
& Costigan. rooms Nos. TIA. Deseret Ma,
uonal Bank building, corner Main ana
First South streets. in Salt Lake CITY,
Utah, all the right, title and interest or
the said Thomas Allsop at the time OF
his death; and all the right. title and IN
terest that the said estate has, by opera
ton OF law or otherwise. acquired oJher
than or in addition to that of the said
Thomas Allsop, deceased, at the time
of his death. in and to all of the follow
ing described tracts of real estate, To-
wit: Commencing ninety-four (S4) rodS
and eight (S) links east of the northwest
corner of the southeast quarter of section
six 90, township three 81 south of range
one Cd, east of the Salt Lake meridian,
thence south sixty-seven (67) rods ana
tWenty-one CID links: thence east sixty
hve 800 rods and seventeen 90 Inks
thence north forty-two (42) rods and
twenty-one CD links: thence west six
teen Q6) rods: thence north twenty-five
(25) rods; thence west forfy-nine (49) rods
and seventeen I'D links to place of be-
ginning, containing twenty-five (25) acres,
fifty-two (52) rods and ten QO links, sit
uate in Salt Lake county, state of Utah
Also the southwest quarter of section
twentysix (26). in township thirteen QS)
north of range one %, west of Salt Lake
meridian, containing one hundred and
sixty 06ol acres of land, the same being
situate, lying and being in Cache county,
state of Utah. Also all of lots twenty
eight (2S and twenty-nine co. and a
fraction of lot one %, in block two (2) of
the east addition to Sandy City. Salt
Lake county, state of Utah, being in and
a part of the southeast quarter of sec
ton six Co, township three (3) south Of
range one %, east of the Salt Lake
meridian, situate in Salt Lake county.
state of Utah. Terms and conditions OF
sale: Cash. lawful money of the United
States of America. ten 90 per cent of the
purchase money 10 be paid on day of
sale, balance on confirmation of sale by
said court. Deed at expense of purchaser.
GEORGE a. ALLSOP,
THOMAS NJ. ALLSOP,
JOSEPH H. ALLSOP.
Executors of the Estate of Thomas All
sop. deceased.
Dated December 18th. 1896.
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ciphering it. Should the carrier of a
Photographic cylinder be in danger of
capture, he could forever destroy the
import of his message by crushino the
cylinder in his hano. And finally and
most important, subordinates on the
staff or in the army of the officer trans
hitting the message could not through
thoughtlessness or design destroy some
strategic combination by making
known the contents of a written mes
sage. The machine could be talked into
in tones Sc low that no bystander
could possibly overhear. The roar of
battle on the other hand does not affect
the operation of the instrument, which
takes no account of the booming of big
guns, the vibration of which is below
it's range, but selects only that which
it is meant it should select.
The microphone is now being expert
mented upon with a view to making it
available for detecting the approach of
a hostile force while the latter is yet
some distance away and far beyond or
binary hearing. The microphone as
now used will magnify the sound of the
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bicycle Field Telegraph and Tele-
prone Reel, Showing Side View.

quired to initiate, pack and make ready
for an ascension. This. in connection
with the modern methods OF signaling,
IS in marked contrast TO the old way
OF doing IT, when it required 80 hours
Tor imitation. after which the onlv way
or Communication was BY means of
weighted letters dropped from
the basket. Signals f IN captive ball
looms are and can be transmitted in a
variety of ways II the balloon is to
~ used for accommodating purposes the
result Of the observations may be tele-
sIapaed or telerhoned down the cable
10 the wagon. from whence it can be
Telayeds15r retelephoned to any further
point cf destination. The flag waving
code or the heIiograph Is system as was
used at Fort Logan might be employed
Also. Alright. if messages are TO be
5ransniIted to a distant point incan-
descent lamps operated by storage bat
fefies would be used. Following the
suggestion of Goveronr's island officer
lamps could be suspended down the
l<a bic Of captive balloon and flashed
IA ans e',s eoenrding to some agreed
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THE uTAH auANo coMPANY.

NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEET
ing.-Salt Lake City, Utah, December II.
1896. Whereas, the annual meeting OF
the stockholders CT the Utah Guano com
pany for the election of officers should
have been holden on the second Tuesday
of October 1895. And, whereas, said meet
ing was not holden and the meeting that
should have been held on the second
Tuesday of October, 1896. was not holden
by reason of the failure of the officers of
said company to call said meeting. Now,
therefore, we, the undersigned, six OF
the stockholders of the Utah Guano COM
pany, do hereby call a meeting of said
stockholders for the purpose of electing
board of directors and such other Off
GERS as the articles of incorporation pro-
vide for. which meeting will be held at
the Office OF the company, No. 81 Nc
Cornick block, Salt Lake City, Utah, on
the Goth day of December, 1896. All stock
holders are hereby notified to attend such
meeting.
DAVIS G. PRICE,
GEORGE A. PAYNE,
ALBERT RICHTER,
MORRITZ RICHTER,
THOMAS A PERKINS,
w II. HOWELL
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Electric Bitters is medicine suited
for any season, but perhaps more gem
orally needed when the languid, ex-
hausted feeling prevails, when the liver
is torpid and sluggish, and the need
of a tonic and Alternative is felt. A
prompt use of this medicine has often
averted long and perhaps fatal bilious
fevers. No medicine will act more sure
ly in counteracting and freeing the sys-
tenn from the malarial poison. Head
ache, indigestion, constipation, dizziness
yield to Electric Bitters. SOC and s1.O0
per bottle at a. c. NJ. 1. drug dept.
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NOTICE on ANNUAL MEEr1NG.

stockholders of the Mercur Gold Mining
& Milling company for the election of
directors, and for the transa elton of such
other business as may lawfully come be-
fore it will be held al the general Offices
of the company. rooms 7G5, 7o6 and 707 Nc
Cornicl< building, Salt Lake City. Utah,
on January Is. 1897, at o'clock p m.
E. H. AIRS Secretary.
Salt Lake City. Utah, December q, 1885,
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ME1EoRs AND 7AE\R WNs.
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RETURN DARKNESS ENGINEERING
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A full-rigged, four-masted iron ship,
with two years stores and $500 tons
of coal on board. was sold for S55 at
Yarmouth, England, recently. She had
just ran ashore on the Scroby Sands,
three miles off the town.
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ELECTRICITY IN WARFARE.

IMPORTANT
REvoLUTIoNIzING MILITARY SCIENCE
ELECTRIC LIGHT SIGNALLING BALLooNS-THE
RICHMOND, KHARToUM SEBAsToPoL
IMPOSSIBLE PRACTICE-KILITARY
PLIcATIoN OF MICRoPHoNE DETECTING
ENEMY.
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sToCKHoLDERs, MEETINGS.

the stockholders of the Western Book
and Stationery Company held at 10
Main street at pm. Dec. so. 1896. for
the election of officers and transaction OF
anv other business II. Pembroke. secra-
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DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT NO
TICE.

UTAH AND SALT LAKE CANAL.
company Notice--Tbere are delinquent
upon the following described stock on
account of an assessment levied Septem-
Der 10. 1896. the several amounts set op-
posite the names of the respective share
holders as follows:
No. of No. of Amt
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stands ar enc Head.

Aug. ]. Bogel. the leading druggist of
Shreveport. La, says: DIR. Kings New
Discovery is the only thing that cures
my cough, and il. is the best seller 7
have J. F. Campbell, merchant of SAT-
ford, Ariz., writes: ''Dr. Kings New Dis
covery is all that is claimed for it: II
never fails. and is a sure cure for Con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds. / cannot
say enough for its merits DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption.
Coughs and Colds is not an experiment
1t has been tried for quarter of
century, and today stands at the head.
1t never disappoints. Free trial bottles
at 2. c. NJ. 1. drug dept.
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DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets-one a
gentle laxative, two to three are
cathartic: all dealers.
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If there is any Difference between
the Three Crown and those conced-
ed by almost everybody to be the
best powders on the market, the
Three Crown b King Powder, manu-
featured by Hewlett Bros, has the
greatest leavening strength and pu-
rity. j. +. KINGSBURY.
Cheptst, University Of Utah.
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Electric Bft.ers.

The King of Pills is Beecham's-
BEECHAM MS.
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Probate Notice.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
County of Pembina. County c.

''A equity ut S Of Psmbi nN' County Court.
In the matter OF the estate Of Joseph W.
Hughes deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Sarah H. Hughes
praying for letters decentralization Of the O..
taie OF Joseph w. Hughes deceased, aud that
Friday tine 2snd day Of May 1895 ct O'Clock p
this court, 1t Inc county court ONCE, in the city
of Pemhina, county Of Pembina, state Of North
Dakota has been ret for hearing said petition
when and where any person interested may xp.
pear and show cause why said petition should
rot be granted.
Dated April 8Oth 1896.
w. ]. KNHESHAw. E. W. CoMNY,
Attorney for petitioner. 42.l5 County Judge
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Halliday.

The members of the M. e. church
of Canton have decided to go on with
their church.
Thos. Ralston has sold his place
north of here to George Milne. Con.
slderation. $500.