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The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1897-04-10
NoTICE,
TAX PAYERS ATTENTION.!

A meeting of the citizen tax pay
ers of the Tenth (St. George)
School District in the County of
Washington and State of Utah, is
hereby called to meet at the County
Court House in the City of St.
George, Utah, on Saturday, April
24th, 1897, for the purpose of voting
upon the question of levying spec
ial school tax upon the taxable prop
erty in said district, the same to be
used for the erection and furnishing
of School building for said Tenth
District. ~
, The Polls will open at I o'clock
P. M. and close at S o'clock P. M.
F. L. Daggett, Trustees of
Edward H. Snow, 10th School
zaidee Walker, District.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1897-04-10
Trinit' Us 2ooth Anniversary.

New York, April affinity
chnrce. full OF years and ecclesiasti-
cal honors, will soon celebrate with
great ceremony the biccntennary of
its existence. Trlnity's 2ooth birth
day, the anniversary of the issuance
of its charter by William III. of
England in 1907, falls upon the 9th
of May-Thursday. 1t will be dig
nifed by an eight-days festival,
beginning on Sunday, My and, and
ending on May 9th. The ceremo-
MES of each day will be unique, i'm
posing and beautiful.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1897-04-10

We have a nice line of Dry
Goods in stock now. l. l. Factory
at oH cents per yard, 6 cents per
yard by the bolt. '
A. r. Whitehead & Son, this CITY.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1897-04-10

1t is asserted that T. w. Smith.
the senior member of the CasIon
Type Foundry, of London, is intend
ing tor pass the months of May and
June in the United States.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1897-04-10

With Murders, foods and cy-
clones, destruction is running ram
pant in various parts of the world.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1897-04-10
Local Brevities.
Weather warmer.


We are sorry to say that James
Booth is too i'll to attend to his du-
ties at his store.
Fresh Lime for sale on
and after Wednesday, April
a, 1897, at the residence of
Edward Christian.
.,- St. George is now we'll represented
in the missionary feld-six of the
sons OF. our Veterans having left
this city in the last two weeks, while
four have already been in the field
some time
Those who have just left are Hector
A. McQuarrie, to Great Britain;
Wallace Mathis, to Germany; Sam.
uel Miles IT,, to California; Heber
c. Atkin, Brigham Meacham and
Adolphas R. Whitehead,to the
Southern States. We wish them
! God Speed in this labor of love.
Ia Our Garden Seeds are entirely
New and Fresh stock this season.
Booths Store.
Our ex-bishop Walter Granger
has sold his home in St. George to
A. H. Burgess for $4,000 cash, and
will hereafter make his residence in
Enoch, Iron County, with his daugh-
ter, where he has been living for
several years In the near future
he expects TO make visit to Cal
ifornia, where some of his relatives
reside.
Highest Cash price paid for all
kinds of hides, to- be. used at the
home tannery, by Joshua A. Crosby.
By privite letter from White Hills,
Arizona, we learn that business is
beginning to improve in that Vicin-
ity. A 40 stamp mill is being cree
ted and large reservoir being built
that is furnishing considerable work.
R. Morris has just received a
great assortment of the finest Flower
Seeds. Ladies call and make your
selections early. Prices low.
Our New Stock of Spring and
May-day Dress Goods have just
arrived and is the finest and beau
tifulest Selection we have ever
owned. Also a large assortment
of Gents and Boys Suspenders,
Ladies' and Gentlemen's Shoes.
At Booths Store.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1897-04-10

By Dun's Review we learn tina
there has been 1892 failures during
the first quarter of 1897.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1897-04-10
ST. GEORGE POST OFFICE.

u The mail from the north arrives every day except
Tuesday.
Tue mail from Pine Valley and the South arrives
every Tuesday and Saturday and leaves on Mon.
day and Friday
ne ONCE is open from a. III. to p. every
gay except Sundays anu holidays when it is open
frot- 10 pm.
M.r'v order and Registry department open from
B a. IN, 10 p. IN.
JOHN PYMM Postmaster.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1897-04-10

The publisher Of an Illinois news
paper who sued delinquent sub
scriber in the Circuit court has OBJ
tanned judgement for all the delin-
quent subscriber owed and the costs
to boot. Fhe delinquent ordered
the paper stopped, but he neglected
to pay what he owed. The pub
Usher continued sending the paper
for seven years and then sued. The
court held that before a subscriber
can stop taking newspaper legally
he must first pay all arrearages.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1897-04-10

For SALE-I have one and one.
fourth lots, without water right
which I desire to sell or mortgage
For particulars inquire of David b.
Needham, St. George, Utah.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1897-04-10

About April 20, 1897, the Wash
ington Mill Co. will have few fine
Full Blood BERKSHIRE, and a few
halfbreed BERKSHIRE PIGS for
sale. cY Put in your orders now.
rD@ Prices reasonable IS.
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1897-04-10

Cashpaid for beef hides by VIM. Akin
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1897-02-25

Officially described, the mosquito be-
longs to the family of the culicidD.
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The English Merchant Service.

Horatio Nelson was sent on voyage In
a small ship to the West Indies. She was
probably scow. She was commanded by
Mr.. John Rathbone, who had served as
masters mate under Captain Sucking.
Nelson was absent on this voyage about a
year. l confess, as one who has served I'M
der the red flag, that love to think and
am honored by thinking of Nelson rs a
mcrchantman. Indeed some Of the finest
seamcn and greatest heroes of naval story
have come out of our mercantile marine.
But it Is scarcely necessary to say this,
seeing that the merchant service very
greatly antcdatcd the establishment OF the
royal navy. Even in Elizabeth's time ono
cannot think Of Hawkins, Frobishcr Drake
and the many other stars of that splendid
galaxy of sea chicftains as queen s men in
the sense that n royal naval officer is now
queens man. They were buccaneers.
The merchants found them ships, and the
cinque ports and the longshore yielded
them crews, who were composed of mer-
chant sailors. The navy grew out OF the
mercantile marine, and, glorious as is tho
white flag, not less honorable is tho rcd,
whether for it's memories of heroic combat
or for it's faithful discharge of the duties
of that peace whose victories are not less
renowned than war s.-Clark Russell in
English Illustrated Magazine.
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TO ne CONTINUED
S1kRTaING FIGURES.
The CoaOnel FloOred the Scoffcr Mt Ken
tucky's Mineral Greatness.

The colonel from tho Blue Grass who
had been about New York trying to get
people interested below the surface of the
state was footing his trumpet In tho olllco
of the Fifth Avenue hotel.
CAV, colonel, come down n peg or two
won't you?" exclaimed q scolfcr. I'm
perfectly willing to grant that what you
say is true for the figures are practically
official; but, granting that, there isn't
enough coal there, for instance, to make
1t worth while to spend money in build
ing roads to get it out. Railroads can't
run on wind, and when the coal is all
mined what will the railroads do then,
poor things?" and the scotfcr gave the
colonel the haw haw.
Others joined in with the scoffcr, and
the colonel grow hot in the linen about
his neck
"Int me call your attention to a few fig
Ues," he said, taking n book out OF his
pocket. Il have made these up from the
figures which our friend here says he Is
willing to admit are true. Now, / won't
say word in this argument for anything
in eastern Kentucky except the camel coal
which is there. There is, according to
these estimates, n camel coal area Of a,OOU
square miles, which is under rather than
over On much of this there are two and
three veins, running from 2i to 60 inches.
But let us be modest and cut 1t down to
an average of SO inches. Now, the stand.
ard of measure call, for 1870 tons of coal
per inch p.. ere. Thiry-siX inches at this
rate means 1850 tons per acre There are
$40 acres to every square milo, and there
arc ! 900 square miles, or $3.50, 900 acres.
Multiplying this by 1850, the number OF
tons per acre. We have an aggregate OF
II $50, 500, 0OO tons"
The scotfcr began TO show wrinkles II
his brow
'This," continued the colonel without
n particle of Colonel Seller in his tone,
Closes only . per cent in mining, 50 We
have for shipment ll,42l, 200, 900 tons.
Counting 90 tons 10 the carload, this coal
would require 5Il ,CSS, 600 cars which, ii
sent out from the mines at the rate OF
900 cars per day---that is, 90 trains of 80
cars cach--would require 1864 years and
8 months, a period of time quite long
enough, l think, for any reasonable man
to expect an slvcstment to last
''Of course" continued the colonel,
"thcsc figures apply only to camel coal.
The bituninous area is twice as large, not
to mention fro clay, petroleum, timber,
IRON
For the Lord s sake, colonel gasped
the scotfer "stopl How much money did
you say you wanted us New York people
to put up?' And the colonel told him as
promptly as he had given him the camel
coal figures. New York sun.
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THE CELESTIAL SERVANT.
He Is High Priced and Trustworthy rs
Well IA Subtle.

At night your hoy" II turns to China
town, where he sleeps, letting himself in
the next morning with latChkcy, which,
on hiring, you trustrully coniidc to him.
This may seem strange and impr0dcMt to
eastern houSrk"cpcrs, thus leaving your
house ut the mercy Of an unknown, char
actcrlces man, for Of course they never
haze testimonials, but il is q trust rarely
il ever abused, n fact which speaks favor
ably for the Celestial. Generally they de-
InNnd and receive large wages. We had,
however one at the modest sum of $40 per
month who was an excellent cook, excel
ling in bread and cake making, but with n
truly cxccrahlc temper. He was always
muttoring and growing to himself as no
went about his work. Besides cooking he
had to set and wait upon the table, sweep
the lower roonls--.we attended to the bed
rooms--ilnd occasionally wash the win
dows At times he would break ont into
what we supposed was intended for sing
ing, but anything more harsh and I'M
musical have never heard. Query, Can the
Chinese sing?
What reused his anger more than any
thing was our being late for meals or peo-
pie dropping in for lunch. If at such
times we rang for more bread or cake, aft
or sufficiently lengthy interval to inn
press upon us the fact of his displcasuro
and to ponder on our grccdincSs, he would
tlouncc in, scowl at us as he snatched up
the plate mutter very audibly to his mis-
trcss, 'No makCe cakoc; too cheap; two
dollars and harf," which was somewhat
embarrassing for both hostess and guest
Our patience eventually gave out, and we
dismissed this aniaDlc creature, who de-
parted for once all smiles, with his wages
and aprons leaving behind his latchkey
and in all probability a description of the
place written where it would attract the
notice Of the newcomer, though invisible
or at any rate unintellgible to us. This
is favorite practice of theirs and serves
either To encourage or to warn away appli
cants. If the latter, your path will be a
thorny one for some time to come, and
'boys" will prove many and fleeting,
much to your wonder and perplexity. You
will find yourself at very unequal odds
when dealing with oriental subtlety and
spite.-May Hoskin in Lippincotts.
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From New York to Southampton In.
wolves voyage Of 3, 075 knots.
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"He grants me toto be engaged to him."
had been said. Still, if You want my
opinion, it is that you may do whatever
Jack wishes. dare say he is morbidly
self conscious over some of his fllrta-
tions, and no doubt thinks some one is
dying for him who really does not care
the least bit in the world.
ooh, l am so glad you say that"
Miss Winfield cried, making to fling
her arms about Rob's neck. "Of course
I wouldn't let Jack know it for the
world. But, oh, Rob, do love him bet
ter than anybodyn'
'Iwish you all happiness with him."
Rob said, shrinking little from the
embrace and beginning to clip roses so
lavishly that her visitor made protest.
"The flowers will only wither if leave
Them" she said. THAT is why they
bloom 80 we'll for me. never let them
waste their energies
"An you love to give them away, you
dear, generous thing" Miss Winfield
little while she rode away, figure Of
fun, with a small black boy mp behind
her, basket Of peaches upon ono arm
and tho roses, safely bundled in paper,
filling her lap.
Rob watched her out of sight, sing.
ing gayly. Then she gave her father his
dinner, talking to him throughout of
their caller and sundry bits of gossip
she had let fall. Yes, Alice was rather
nice, Rob agreed, : y nice, considering
her mother. She seldom talked scandal
and was in the main truthful, things
none could allege against Mrs. Winfield.
But for all her popularity Rob thought
she herself would not care to be like
her. Popularity was very we'll, but to
keep it one must efface oneself far more
than was agreeable.
To that Mr.. McGregor answered, with
a smile: "You do not need to be like
her or anybody. Times have changed, l
know, but you must never forget that
the heiress Of Roscoe is among those
who set social regulations rather than
those who perforce follow them"
"At any rate, she does not follow
them,' Rob said, jumping up to fetch
her father another bowl of cream. When
he had finished it, she led him to
couch, made him lie down and read to
him until he ought to have been fast
asleep. Instead he grew restless.
"You are tired, too tired to read" he
said. "Littlo daughter, was not your
walk this morning too much for your
Go and lie down. can amuse myself
perfectly for little while"
Rob got up, twirling about on her
toes. His ear took note of all her mask
ing $50 this is what comes of fall
ing in love with Miss Wlnfoldr' she
eaid mock tragically. Il am TO be set
aside. done without, as Of no conse-
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Rob MCGrcg0r

half smile. "Not that can t keep one,
but some one else might not, and then
the one who had trusted me might think
I was the traitor"
"But you are the only one can tell,
Alice said, dropping her eyes. "You
are my age an all that. IL can't talk
about this with mommer. She wouldn't
understand. ~
"I'm sure / shall not understand
either" Rob said, her smile broaden
ing. "You may tell me if you choose.
But warn you it is no use.'
eyes. it is some use" Miss Winfield
persisted. lit is. Oh, shall never get
it out. It's about-Jack Talbot, you
know. He wants me TOTO be engaged
to him, an l don't know whether it
would be right while he has to take
care of the family, you know"
Rob was bending to clip an especial
ly choice rose She shipped the stalk
with clean cut and got up steadily,
the flower in her hand, as she said,
with careless accent: By all means
be engaged to him. The family will be
delighted. And as to taking care Of
them, the debts are almost paid now.
reckon Jack will soon have place OF
his own"
1T is not that so much. I know he'd
give me everything heart could wish. l
had better tell you all Of it, Miss Win
fold said, with bashful smile. "You
see, he came to see me, an mommer was
away, so we got to talkin about-well,
about ourselves. An then be took my
hand an said he-he loved me; never
had loved any body else; would be en-
gagged to him? Then he broke out:
Maybe haven't got the right to ask
it. You don't know, Alice, how weak
young fellow can be nor how he let's
himself get entangled. But you are my
salvation. Say you'll have me after
awhile But-but don't tell anybody /
have asked you, not for six months
yet Wasn't that strange way to
talk?'
Every, but hardly so strange as your
telling me about it," Rob said, waving
her rose idly to and fro. cat least,
she went on, sit seems to me had any
one spoken so to me should think a
great many times before repeating what
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In forests swine and molcs. by turning

up the ground, loosen it, virtually give it
II blowing and prepare it for the reception
of such seeds as may fall upon 1t.
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away from her because MS mother ala
not like her. She did like Alice Win
fold best of all the world. Anyway
nothing concerning him could touch her
any moro. She was grioved, half heart
broken indeed, but it was at 1lndlng
him SO much less noble and manly than
she hal thought, not through any feel
ing personal to herself.
She had lost her friend, the friend
who had made so large a part of life.
That was harder than losing hundred
lovers. But she did not sigh over it.
She seemed indeed to herself to stand
above and outside herself, looking curl
ously at the turmoil within al alien
soul. With senses tensely alert, she
noted the dips and wheelings of the
humming birds about the honeysuckles
and how delicately the red of the wood
bine trumpets melted into the gold OF
their tips. The vines had but sparse
flowers. Rob broke near cluster and
thrust il in her hair, then walked light
~ down the long hall and paused in the
back door to hear Nam Liza say:
"My Lawd, lip Peter, pear lex tor
me you all at de sto' gut metty heap or
business dis yere way in short. Whut
took an fetched you yere, rugged up dat
erway, wusser'n or skeercrow?'
"Bill mule, he fetched me ober do
Rroun, but s pee it's Miss Rob whar
at do bottom er my comin," Peter said,
with a grin. II spec dat er lub letter
Marse Ben Topmark took al sont her
by me. Lordy. hopes de answer gwine
tex long enough fer me ter cat nodder
watermillion.
"P>ter, you can 60 now. The note
is ready" Rob called from the piazza.
The lad jumped as though he had been
shot, took strangling last gulp of red,
juicy melon, then darted away, as gro
tesque a messenger as ever bore the de-
cree of u human fate.
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Where Thackeray Wrote 'Vanity Fair"

Thackeray next removed to IS Young
street, Kensington (rechristened now 16).
His family came over from Paris to keep
house for him. His Boston friend, Mr.
James I. Fields, has given an amusing
account of his first visit to 1t, when Thack-
cray playfully told him to 60 down on his
knees, as "Vanity Fair" was written
there. My first glimpse of tho structure
was before this time, on his taking posses
sion and when that famous book was still
in embryo. On turning to the left COM
ing from walk along the parks, out Of
High street into Young street, and sud-
denly catching sight of the two bullying
half towers which flank the central door
way, he thought the house had the air of a
feudal CASTLE and exclaimed, "I'll have
flagstaff put over the coping of the wall,
and III hoist standard up when Pm at
homoP'-Eyre Grove, A. r. A., in Sorib-
har'a
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Discontented Women.

Discontinued women are always egotists
They view everything with regard TO them
selves and have therefore the detective
Bympathics that belong to low organiza-
ton. They never win confidence, for their
discomfort breeds distrust and doubt, and,
however clever they may naturally be, an
Dbtrusiye self, with its train of likings and
lislikings, obscurcs their Judgment, and
they take false views of people and things.
For this reason it is almost IA hopeless eff
fort to show them how little people gener-
ally care about their grievances, for they
have thought about themselves so long
Ind so much that they cannot conceive OF
bny other subject interesting the rest of
The world. New York Ledger,
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CA9To7IA.
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ELECTRIC RAT KILLING.
The Mysteries of the Current Too Mucl
For the Rodents.


ELASTICITY is really bccorning % very use-
full thing in its way. The electrical supply
house in Kansas City is using 1t to kill Its
rats The basement of the house is infest-
ed with rodents, which have little respect
for property and cat the insulating nateri-
al Off wires and the fatty substances about
the electrical machines for dessert. At this
electrical establishment it takes 35, 600
ohms of electricity and at least three men
to dispatch rat This is tho manner of
their death. When a cellar rat Is caught
by the paws in a steel trap, tho trap Is
brought up stairs, carefully carried by the
chain ut arm = length for n collar rat will
fight, and it's bite Is unwholeSome Tho
electrician then comes forward with a
magnetic bell machine, q sort of young dy-
namo, with resistance of $4,000 ohms.
TO the machine are attached two long in
sulated wires.
The rat is laid on an iron plate A man
takes one wire and applies the uncovered
end to tho iron plate. The man who is
looking after the rat takes the other wire
and pokcs the rat with the bare end Of 1t.
The rat rcscnts this, of course and bites
at the wire. The man with" the machine
grinds industriously until the bell rings,
which 1t does when resistance of 81, 900
ohms is reached. The cxasperated rat bites
at the wire, and, quicker than you can
say Jack Robinson" he is dead But his
taking Off has amounted almost to q funC-
tion.
They also have an electrical method of
catching rats in the electricians cellar A
large, square plate of iron is placed on tho
floor, and above it another plate, not SO
large, and separated from the other at the
distance of an inch or so by porcelain in
sIlators. TO each plate is attached wire
connected with a dynamo having l 200
volt alternating current. On the upper
iron plate is scattered seductive luncheon
of bacon rinds, old cheese and tallow. The
mouths of the rats down In the deepest
holes begin to water when the odor Of the
feast pcrmcates to them, and they come
nocking to 1t.
When rat steps on the lower plate, tho
current has no effect on him, but the An
slant he puts his paws on the upper plate
to reach for the cheese the full force Of the
electricity reaches every part of his snewy
body, and, contracting it suddenly, shoots
him into the air in somersaults The other
rats, observing this, think he Is jumping
for Joy and hasten to the feast. One after
the other they are shot into the mir and
fall to the floor stunned, when they are
easily captured and killed. Thus 1t is that
science lends itself to even so humble an
occupation rs rat killing.--St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
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The Difference,

II suppose" said Senator Sorghum
thoughtfully, "that it's a fine thing to DO
statesman n fine thing"
"But you speak as if it had its draw
backs"
sit has OF course no labor is performed
in vain. Tho recognition is only ques-
ton of time. To my mind a statesman is
n great man; but, my boy, he amt busi-
nesslike Very frequently he waits till aft
cr he's dead before he gets anything for
his services. But with o politician it's G.
o. d. every time. Washington Star.
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"Have you no ambition at alp" asked
the curious lady
eyes III, " said Dismal Dawson, II have.
But what's the use?''
"May ask what your ambition lisp"
"I'd like to be the most beautiful man
in America. ''-Exchango.
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WANTED SEVERAL FAITHFUL
w men or women to travel for rrspon-
sible established house in Maryland. Salary
$3.50, payable SIS weekly and expenses.
Position permanent Reference. Enclose
self addressed stamped envelope. The Ma
tional, Star Building, Chicago.