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One Trait of American National
Character.

There is one trait of our national
character which foreigners can never
comprehend, and that is our unshak-
able faith in our ability to 'come out
all right in the end" We stand idly
and more or less indifferently by, and
allow the country to be pushed to the
verge of a financial or political preci-
pice under the impulse of some kind Of
popular craze or another, entirely con-
fident that Just before it slips over.
we can take hold of it and pull it back.
We have done this again and again,
and nothing seems to shake our faith
in our ability to repeat the operation
whenever occasion arises. 1t costs us
enormously not only in reputation. but
also in money. and retards our growth
and progress in thousand ways: but
7othing seems likely to cure us of the
habit, unless it be a great national
calamity due 10 our falling in some
crisis to take alarm quickly enough.-
From the January Century.
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SAVING THE PILOT.

SAVING THE PILOT.
Baird began to revive: Fred gave him
water to drink from his own hat. The
pilot stared at his preserver.
Whats the matter?" he weakly de-
manded.
I'VE ran upon a snag and sank. All
the rest are either gone off in the boats
or drowned, I guess. Looks like we are
or bottom now.
The water, though within a few inche.
of the roof of the pilot house. did not
seem to be rising much. Baird groaned
That was a terrible lick" he muttered
abiding to the blows he had received
from the revolving wheel. Didn't have
You down, Sorter?'
THE wheel hit you, sir. I hope you are
feeling better"
why didn't you go off with the rest?'
Baird eyed Fred sharply, though the boy
was unconscious of it in the darkness.
well. I-I-they didn't see us, 1
reckon
= cool breeze had risen and an occa-
sional wave washed upon the roof, wet
ting them both. To add to their dis
comfort, it began to rain.
How did l get up here?" demanded
Baird, after a long pause.
Il managed to draw you through this
trap-door.'
tenement" groaned Baird, ambigu-
ously.
After that he was silent again. Pres
emily Fred discovered that the water wa
still rising, though very slowly Appar-
emily the hull of the boat was settling
down into the mud of the river bottom.
Baird at last noticed it and suggested
more alarming explanation.
The river must be still rising he
groaned. Those last rains have done the
job, l reckon
Suppose 1 call for aid proposed Fred
I'D help ye if had the strength"
So the cub shouted and shouted until he
grew hoarse. but nothing seemed to come
of it. Higher came the water until Fred
had to support the wounded pilot in mis-
arms to keep the mans head above the
surface.
Fred" faltered Baird at last, you're
good boy. and l. dunn fool. You clint
that monkey brace again. You can swiL1
to the shrouds and you'll be safe up there
until help comes.
And leave you here to drown?" Fred
tone was reproachful. l would rathel
shout some more"
And shout he did until he once moro
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ASSESSMENT NOTICE NO. q.

THE TETRO MINING COMPANY OF
Tintic.-Locatien of principal place of
business. Salt Lake City. state of Utah;
ocation of mine and works. Tintic mining
district, Juab county. state of Utah.
Notice is hereby given that at meet
ms OF the board of directors. of said COM
Dany, held on the 31st day of December
1896, assessment No. 4. of one cent QcD
per share was levied on the capital stock
of the corporation. payable Immediately
to the secretary, at the office of the COM
pany. 100 Main street, Salt Lake City.
state of Utah.
Any stock upon which this assessment
shall remain unpaid on Saturday. Jan. So
1897. will be delinquent and advertised for
sale at public auction. and unless pay
ment is made before will be sold on Sat
Irday. Feb. 20. 1897. to pay the delinquent
assessment together with the costs of
advertising and expense of sale.
BY order of the board of directors.
WILLIAM r. WALLACE,
Secretary.
Salt Lake City, Utah. Dec. 81, 1896.
First publication, Jan. l. 1897.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03
ONE OF NELSON'S CAPTAINS.
4 New Yorker Commanded a British
Shin in the Battle of the Nile.

Ship in the Battle of the Nile.
The fifth ship was the Theseus, Cap
ain Ralph Willett Miller. This gem
tleman, whom after his premature
death Nelson styled "the only truly
virtuous man I ever knew" was by
birth a New Yorker, whose family had
been loyalists during the American
revolution. A letter from him to his
wife gives an account of the fight,
which is at once among the most
vivid and, from the professional stand
point, the most satisfactory, of those
vhich have been transmitted to us. Of
the Theseus' entrance into the battle
he says:
In running along the enemys line
in the wake of the Jealous and Goliath
l observed their shot sweep just over
IS: and knowing well that at such a
moment Frenchmen would not have
r0olness enough to change their eleva-
ton, closed them suddenly, and, run
ling under the arch of their shot, re-
-erved my fire, every gun being
loaded with two and some three round
shot, until l had the Guerriers masts
II a line and her jibboOm about six
feet clear of our rigging; we then
opened with such effect that a second
breath could not be drawn before her
main and miZzenmasts were also gone
1nlS WAS precisely DIT sunset, or fl
minutes past 8; then, passing between
her and the Jealous. and as close as
possible round the side off the Goliath.
we anchored by the stern exactly in
line with her. and abreast the Spar
tiate. We had not been many minutes
n action with the Spartiate when we
observed one of our ships, and soon
after knew her to be the Vanguard
place herself so directly opposite to US
N the outside of her that 1 desisted
firing on her, that l might not do mis-
chief to our friends, and directed every
gun before the mainmast on the Aquil-
on Fourth French). and all abaft it
on the Conquerant, giving up my prop
er bird to the admiral. IN Nelson in the
Battle of the Nile" by Captain Mahan,
in the January Century
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A PILOTS CUB.
WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE
BOAT STRUCK A SNAG.
A Story of Boy Life on the Missis-
sippi River.
BY WILLIAM PERRY BROWN.

Copyright, 1897. by S. S. Mcclure Coz
Fred Farrell. steadying the steamboats,
wheel with one hand and knee, leaned
out of the pilot house window and
dropped an apple core upon the bald head
of d man or the deck below. who was
watching two deck hands coiling a shore
line near the bow. The man looked up
quickly.
Goodness exclaimed Fred, drawing
hurriedly back out of sight, II thought
it was Steve. It's my old boss. I'll catch
il now"
y volley of angry expletives came surg
ing I'D the ladder. Then the sight of
Pilot Bairds infiamed visage appearing
above the deck rail- was too much for
Fred's resolution. He left the wheel.
bolted through the pilot house door. and
ran plump against another man who was
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darkness.
a DAREDEVIL ExPLoIT.


''Maceo was proud of both his names.
In a swoop across the trocha we rode by
forced marches TO the outskirts of San
onio-de-los-Ranos, in Habana. 1t was
d most dangerous and difficult trip, but
that was what the general loved We
burned four plantations belonging TO
SDaniards and the wretched non-com-
batants, and when we finally halted at
friends hacienda. there was no lack of
gcoo cheer. After supper, Antonio said.
half jckingly: ] have an idea that l
ought to ride into the city yonder and pay
my respects TO my patron saint, San An
tonic He unused over this foolhardy
proposition for awhile, and then asked
me * l could accompany him. OF course
| agreed, and with Ramon Pajarito and
three others we set out. The camp lay
between Lake Aguanabo and San An
TONIC md thus north of the line of rail
roads to Hapana. We rode rapidly,
accommodating as well as we could. No
signs of Spanish occupation could be
seen when we rode into the town. Then
l remembered that it was Sunday night.
The garrison, if there was any, was prob
ably at vespers.. and when we halted on
the outskirts of the town and put our
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them. or nearly all. have been ALREADY
chronicled. The attack on the govern
ment stores at Candelaria, however. ma,
be new. Candelaria is a large town IL
Plnar del Rio, not far to the westward
OF the trocha of SO. General Wevle1
must have meditated making it a basi
OF supplies during the campaign. for. IL
June last, he sent thither a large amour,
OF food, including bread, timed meats
etc A very strong convoy under Cap
talns Bosch and O'Clery accompanied the
supply train. Together with the ordinar-
garrison they made Candelaria a very
strong place
%Maceo heard of the food supplies. anC
Tor three weeks our spies Were kept bus
proving in and around the city, in the
guise OF priests, peasants. ETC. A hand
some lady of good family, by the way
was one of our most successful ennis
saries.
THE sWooP ON .CANDELARIA.
On the feast of San Juan there wa
hlgh mass at Caudelaria, and nearly 20
OF the insurgents attended it with thei
machetes inside their jackets or bidder
IN their trousers legs BY design, they
arranged themselves in the church porch
ano Just inside the door. whereas the
garrison (Which had attended service in
body. leaving only a few sentries on
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horses up at sort of drinking shop.
none of the women in the place asked
questions or showed suspicion. In fact.
the citizens believed Maceo leagues away
beyond the trocha.
SURPRISING THE SPANISH.
I'VE walked to the plaza, where stands
the church of San Antonio. The organ
was pealing and we knew the people
We're at benediction. The few loungers
outside did not notice US, and before
could say a word Maceo had scrubbed
a few lines on d sheet of paper from
his notebook and nailed ii to one of the
church doorstepS with his knife. Inen
he took off his hat while the benedlctlon
was being pronounced. | will admit that
! did not feel very comfortable. standlhS
there at the church door with the IN
cense smoke in my nostrils and hornet 5
nest of SpaniardS ready to be reused at
any moment. After the gong had sound
ed for the last time Maceo turned away,
and we slouched after him. carelessly as
it We're. across the plaza. Round the cor
ner we quickened our pace, and in 10
minutes more we We're in the saddle ana
making tracks for Lake Aguanabo.
A DEFIANCE FROM MACEO.
THE notice which Maceo nailed to the
church door read as follows:
Having crossed the Butchers toy
ditch to build up my constitution at the
wonderful mineral springs of Aguanabo,
l cannot resist paying my respects to my
patron saint and his handsome church.
(Signed.) ANTONIO MACEO,
public.
THAT notice spread CONSERVATION and
the news of burnt plantations coming
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No. Of No. of Amt
Cert Shares Dup

And in accordance with law and orders
of the board of directors, so many shares
of each parcel of such stock as may be
necessary will be sold at the office OF
No l. Salt Lake City Utah, on the 9th
day of January. 1891 at IL M. 10 pay
delinquent assessment, together with
cost of advertising and expense of sale
G. A. GIBBS.
Secretary Utah and Salt Lake Canal Co.
Salt Lake City. December -, 1896
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03
A Topical Song.

Take a string of nonsense,
Add little rhyme,
Set it to a jingle.
Stolen every time.
Print a colored picture
OF a girl on every page,
nd it won't be long before your song
Is simply all the rage.
-Pittsburg News.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
stockholders of the Mercur Gold Mining
& Milling company for the election of
directors, and for the transaction of such
other business IS may lawfully come be-
fore it, will be held at the general offices
of the company. rooms 705, 706 and 707 Nc
Cornick building. Salt Lake City, Utah.
on January Is. 1897. at o'clock p. m.
z. II. AIRS. Secretary.
Salt Lake City Utah, December % 1896.
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8 WITH MkCEO and THE MACHETE. s

SOME DARING DEEDS AND DAsHING EXPLOITS
CUBAN HERo-TWo
GENERAL
F1ELD-cULTIvATED WIDELY READ CAVALRY
LEADER, HUBIoR so
DEAR TO THAT OTHER MULATTo, DUMAS.
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EoTIcE OF ANNUAL MEETINa.

pany. for election of directors and for
transaction of such other business as may
lawfully come before it, win be held at
the general offices of the company, room
q Dooly block, Salt Lake City, on Feb.
l. 1897. at 3 o'clock pm.
Z. l.. CARPENTER
Secretary.
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DELINQUENT ASSESSMENT NO.
TICE

UTAH AND SALT LAKE CANAL
company. Notice.-There are delinquent
upon the following described stock on
account of an assessment levied Septenl-
Der 10. 1896, the several amounts set OPP
osite the names of the respective share
holders as follows:
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ANOTHER MACEO AIDE.

Lieutenant C. Francisco Baran, who
slowly recovering from his wounds n
No. LAB Lexington avenue. was one o.
Maceo's aides. Lieutenant Baran IS. Tx
his gallant but unfortunate leader o
mixed blood. 'Maceo sDrang on the
fathers side" he states, from as goo
white blood as can be found in thf
Spanish West Indies. He Is greai
r1ulatto. as the elder Dumas. President
Juarez of Mexico. and many others were
l think that Maceo was far more than g
mere guerilla leader. Had he been pu'
at the head of any ARMY under ordlnart
conditions of warfare he would to ny
mind have been one of the greatest gen
erals of modern times. ] remember many
stirring encounters during my term a
aide-de-camp to the general, but all o.
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close upon it next day brought a whole
hunted for us four days along the lax
shores, but long before they arrived
Maceo had slipped back into Pinar de
Rio.
he sent me with dispatches to Gomez.
cannot tell you the method of intercourst
further than to say that | Travelled in dis
guise. To enter into detail would natural
" be TO reveal our plans to the Spaniards
Maceo embraced me warmly at parting
and gave me brace of reviewers, one o
which l lost at the engagement in whicl
I was wounded. and the second OF which
now lies before you.
I deeply and sincerely mourn the
mulatto Maceo. I wish TO the Almight,
that struggling Cuba had few whit
men as good as he.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03

BE 10y nj and use high grade Three
Crown baking Powder. No purer or
better made.
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS.

NOTICE.-THE ANNUAL MEETING
of the stockholders Of the jennings Broth
ers Investment company Will be held on
Monday the 18th day of January A d.
1891 at II o'clock a m. a the office of
The Deseret National bank of Salt Lake
City. No. 20 South Main street. Salt Lake
City. Utah. for the purpose of electinS
directors and other officers of the COM
pany, to serve for the ensuing year. and
for the transaction of such other bust
ness as shall lawfully come before it.
JAMES T. LITTLE. Sec'y.
Salt Lake City, December Is. 1896
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high and the current turbulent. Higher
and higher the water came, while the
hideouS gurglingS were sounding below
Fred. for once, thought regretfully OF the
monkey brace
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THE DESERET NATIONAL BANK
Salt Lake City, Utah. Dec. 26 1886. An
election for directors of this bank win be
held at the banking house. Salt Lake
City. on Tuesday. January u. 1897. Polls
open from IL a. m. 10 y m.
H S. YOUNG. Cashier
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Fame as q Hunter.

President Faure, too, finds rest from
the cares of state in going hunting. NJ.
Faure's last parti de chasse took place
in the forest of Rambouillet, and his
guests were General Billot, the minister
of war; seven other generals, De Bots
deffre, Zurlinden, Brugere, GARNER, Des
Carrots Zede, Duchesne and TOurnier,
and one colonel. Menetrez. By the guns
of this martial band there fell before the
day was over, so rabbits, $50 pleas
ants, six deer, seven cartridges and
one duck.
Telephone 495 for HewIett's Three
Crown Baking Powder. Spices and
fiavorinE extracts. Wholesale only.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-15
One of the Lost Tribes.

Scattered over the breezy downs of the
Nilgherries, III little village Of wicker
houses that looks at a little distance like
nothing III the world so much as a col
ony OF bechivcs, live community OF
600 or zoo people, who are variously be-
lieved to be the descendants of one II
the lost tribes OF Israel, the aborigines II
southern india, and q community Of
Manichasens.
They believe in a strange trinity ana
hell, dismal stream fall Of leeches
and tn they INST cross by means Of a
single thread. The soul burdened with
sin is too heav- FER this slender support,
and the sinner falls INTO the stream, but
the thread susta rs easily the souls Of
the eoJd.
The funeral Of Toda. for that is the
name Of the siI gular tribe, is as odd in
its way as its religious belief. His body
is wrapped IN a new cloth and his tees
tied together with RED thread. Grain,
sugcr, tobacco a. q money are concealed
in his funeral toga to provide him for
his uTEcy cross the Styx and the dark
plain beyond.
Two buifalOes are slain beside the
corpse. and the dead man's hands are
placed upon their horns a piece Of his
skull, his hair and his finger nails are
removed 60 be used later on at the great
celebration Of the death Of all those who
during the IL months have taken the
leap over the great prccipice into the bot
tomless abyss. When these tokens are
removed, clarified butter is smeared on
the fragrant wood Of the funeral pyre,
and the body is burned to ashes and the
ashes scattered to the four winds. -
Pearson's Weekly
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-15
4 Polite Child.

Professor Sully, in an article in The
Popular Science Monthly, commenting
OIL the jealous regard for ceremony and
the proprieties Of behavior as seen in the
enforcement of rules of poiitencss t.
children, cites delightful instance
that fell under his own observation al
he was walking on Hampstead heath
1T was spring day, and the fat buds
of the chestnut We're bursting into mag
niticent green plumoS. Two well dressed
misses, aged, | should say. about
and Il, were taking their correct morn
ing walk The elder called the attention
Of the younger TO che Of the trees, point
ing to il. The you 4ser exclaimed in ;
highly shocked tone, Oh Maud. yor
know you shouldn't point!' The motion
Of perpetrating a rudeness on the chest
nut tree was funny enough. But the in
cident is instructive as illustrating thu
childish tendency 10 stretch and gener
Alize rules TO the utmost.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-15
Not So Easily Deceived.

1t is laughable-and sometimes sad.
TOTO see the devices adopted by the
people who take pitcher or can to
the saloon for beer.
A man has no wav TO hide it. and he
Ia generally the most sensitive on the
subject Sometimes he will put it in a
paper Often he will take ont n large
bottle and stuff it in his pocket, and
saw one man hide pitcher with his
broad brimmed hat and saunter away
from a saloon bareheaded.
Women use their aprons rs covers,
though i never observed one yet who
didn't make her errand all the more
conspicuous by this means.
One servant girl placed can Of bee
at the foot of "A baby peranbulator ana
covered it with shawl, and 1 expected
the amber fluid to scatter in all direc.
tions.
/ knew of one woman VINO used T.
send out tin can marked milk -
often the stage fashion of labelling POI
sons, liquors, etc.-but | don't think =
ever deceived any quo Nov York Re
oordeI
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-15
Open Car Windows.

A correspondent writing Of open ca
windows and the disagreeable draf
from the same suggests that screens
similar to those used in sleeping cars b.
provided for coach windows, and tina
only trainmen be allowed to place or re
move them. A lady writing to the same
paper suggests original tactics by tn
person annoyed:
Simply raise your umbrella or para
sol in front of you, so that the wind
cinders, dust and smoke blow from you
umbrella on the back of the neck of tn,
person who sits by the window in from
of you. A very few minutes suffice t(
convince this person that the wind il
blowing harder than he thought anC
is very disagreeable and uncomfortable
So down goes the window, and also tn,
umbrella, with quiet smile of graft
tude and content, with the result Of sell
protection. New York Tribune.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-15

The Rev. Il. ID. Witherspoon In SEA
mon at Paducah related an amusing
story of his experience while evangeliv
ing in the mountains. One day while
passing cornfield in Leslie county he
was surprised to see long strings OF
papaw bark knotled together and tied
to stumps. He asked his guide what 1t
meant and was Horned that it was
Ito bring lack. "
"Anl does suo, fou,i.h superstition
exist all over this 4 immunity" asked
tho minister
"Oh, no, said the mountaineer
'the old preacher over in the settlement
yUnder Says papaw y.aes don't do nc
good. "
AN intelligent man." interIcpted
Mr. Witherspoon. II IN glad - find one
man who ism lost in ignorance. "
"Yassir, the native continued, she
lows that yarn strings beats Eapaw
nri.gs all hollow when it comes tt
bringin luck. Fact is, he don't use
nothin but yarn strings. louisville
Courier Journal,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-01-15
A ISad ISeEfnnine,

Here is story told by q city curate
D., whom the experience happened Oh
the occasion of his first wedding. IT,,
rector had told him to be careful to i'll,
up the register with the correct ages Of
the bride and bridegroom. The cere-
mony having been gone through, the
happy couple, who We're of mature age.
adjourned To the vestry TO sign the reg
lister.
The bridegroom, wnen asked his age.
gave it at ouco as 60, but the bride,
with the modesty natural to the sex
merely said she was Os full age, whilC
when demonstrated with she pertly TOLD
the curato that il was not the first time
she had gone through the ceremony, ano
she meant to insist uror her rights.
Finally, as the bride remained oh
durate, the bridegroom, thinking to put
matters straight, told the curate inc age
Far from serving as the oil on the wa
ters, this only made matters worse, fGI
The bride flew into n passion and insist
ed upon the bridegroom telling her how
he knew her age
81 looked at your family Bible, my
dear, " was the quiet rejoinder
And what right had you. pray. tc
take such a liberty before we were MAJ
tied?" And the two, who had come IT,
church as affectionate as pair of turtle
doves, left in pet The curate who
was responsible is still wondering what
was tho final upshot of this unfortunate
incident. London Tit-Bits