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The times., 1897-09-05
ENGLISH PERSPICACITY

He was portly and perspiring, and his
clothes didn't fit him. His face was the
color of a hoiled lobster, and be was
struggling hard with a grirsack of large
proportions, upon which were pasted nunier-
Gus and wonderful labels. In his hand he
cIutched q crumpled card, which he studied
earnestly every few steps, and when he
arrived in a ticket office at Clark and
Adams streets he adjusted pair Of eye
glasses and studied the sign over the
door. Then lie seized his ronderous grip
sack with both hands, rushed inside,
slammed 1T down in front of the counter
aud sank into nearby seat putting and
perspiring.
After ne had caught his breath he arose,
floundered over to the counter and fused
about in his inside pocket until he brought
forth a well filled pocketbook.
Il say, ne man." he spluttered, I'll
ave ticket to the Klondike. 'Ow much?'
His accent tipped him off at once as a
HFitisher, and he gave evidence, as he
puffed and painted and mopped his brow,
that he I.roba bly, be as naughty and digni
fled as tie rest Of his countrymen were the
circumstances different.
We don't sell tickets TO the Klondike.
said the ticket agent.
lows that?''
Il say we can't send you to Klendtke.
Well send you to Seattle, though re
peated the agent in louder tones.
''You'n ave to excuse me, but HIN a
bit ard of caring spluttered tie pros
pective purchaser, and his face grew red
der as he leaned far over the counter with
hIs hand to his ear. Il say, would you
koinlly--''
I'VE don't sell tickets to the Klondike.
We sell them only as far as Scatter shout
ed the iran behind the counter.
"seattlei Idown't want to gov to Seat
tlei / said / wanted a ticket To-
Yes, but we don't sell tickets TO the
Klondike." yelled the agent.
"Oh, ] beg your pardon! I've hevi-
dcntiy been inisdirected. Or, pr APPS,
Hive got into the wrong shopl' and the
perspiring son of old England fumbled about
for bis erumpled-up card once more.
YOU'RE not in the wrong place." ex-
postulated the agent, who was rapidly
growing as warm as his customer.
'"Ow's tbat?' and once more he leaned
over the counter and placed his ear in as
close proximity as possible to the agents
face.
You're in the right place! We can send
you to- Seattle. That's on your way to
Klondke."
"kIondike: Ya-as, ya-as! Klondikei
That's where I'll want to gov. Give me a
ticket there, hif you"
II tell you we sell no tickets through
to KIondike!" roared the exasperated
agent.
The Britisher evidently heard the whole.
sentence this time. He drew himself up
to the fulness of his rather abbreviated
height and glared at the clerk.
''W elI''
Then he clntched his gripsack and backed
toward the door.
''Sucf irnpertnence, Why didn't you sy
50 long a2ow? The himpudence of yo.
Hamericaus is
Hold on therei'' shouted the agent, who
saw that he was about to lose a sale. 'In
expl--''
But the highly insulted gentleman from
the mother country had fled Chicago
Chronicle.
The times., 1897-09-05
The Wrong Infant.

An amusing story is told about pro-
fessor. The learned gentleman has wife
and family, but. professor-like, his thoughts
are always with his books.
One evening his wife, who had heen cut
for some hours, returned to fiud the house
remarkably quiet. She had left the 2hll.
dren playing about, but now they were no.
where to be seen.
She demanded to be told what had he
come of them, and the professor explained
that as they had made n good deal ofnoise
be had put than to bed without waiting for
her or calling maid.
Il hope they gave you no trouble" she
said.
NO" replied the professor, with The
exception of the one in the cot here. lie
objected Il good deal to my undressing him
and putting him 10 bed"
The wife went to inspect the cot.
why" she exclaimed, that's little
Johnny Green, from next door. New
York Journal.
The times., 1897-09-05
There Is No Unbelief.


Whoever plants a leaf beneath the sod,
And waitsto see it push away the clod,
He trusts in God.
Whoever says when clouds are in the sky,
BE patient, heart; light breaketh by and
by"
Trusts the Most High.
Whoever sees meath winters field OF snow
The silent harvest Of the future grow,
Gods power must know.
Whoever lies down on his couch to sleep,
Content to lock each sense in slumher deep,
Knows God will keep.
Whoever says tomorrow" "the Tn
Known
The future trusts unto that Power alone
He dares disown.
The heart that looks on when the eyelids
close,
And dares to live when life has only woes.
Gods comfort knows.
There is no unbeIiefl
And day by day, and night unconsciously
The heartlives by that faith the lips deny
God knows the why.
Lizzie York Case.
The times., 1897-09-05
Should BE Accommodated.

We often wish we could loseonr job, aud
never be ableto get another one. -Atchison
Globe.
The times., 1897-09-05
a Dome site Truth.

WheE man goes crazy, his wife is Jhe
first to know it, and the last to admit
it -Atchisop Globe.
The times., 1897-09-05
EVOLUTION OF OUR NAVY
All the Presidents We're Beliey-
erS in Fighting Ships.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Preparation for War the Means OF
Preserving Peace-Tbis View
shared hy His Successors Down
To the Present Extracts From
Their Messages.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-02

The Creamery Journal is bent ON max
ing dairy farmers buy separators II
says:
1t costs 81 90 per tub to haul the but
ter in the milk from the farm to the
creamery.
We know of but two creamefies in
Iowa that run routes where it costs less
The average will be considerably
more, probably not less than sl,75 to
81 a tub. Tho average haul will not
exceed six miles.
Here is the great loss under the pres
ent creamery system. This is the great
handicap in the strife for cheaper pro-
duction.
The simple statement that it costs
twice as much to haul n tub of butter
in the milk from the farm to the cream
cry as it does to pay the freight from
any Iowa point to New York city seems
almost absurd Yet it is the simple
truth.
We're the commission on butter at 10
cents per pound, three times the present
charge of per cent, it would not be as
great an item as is the cost of hauling
tDB Dutter III tLo Iullh lTOul tue turin u
the creamery.
When it is understood that it costs
more to bring the butter in the milk
from tho farm to the factory than it
costs Mt the present freight rate and
price Of butter to ship it from any Iowa
point to New York, to pay the commits
sion on it and then ship it to Liverpool,
the disproportion of the charges becomes
apparent.
We prophesy that in few years the
dairymen will look back on the times
when they hauled loads Of milk to the
creamery and back, and paid the big
money it costs for doing it, AS most
ridiculous.
The endless discussion in dairy pa
pers Of the cost of transportation, cost
of selling goods on commission, wages
of butter makers and cost Of insurance is
in the aggregate trivial in the face of
the fact that in many Of the creameries
in Iowa the cost of hauling the milk at
this time is over $500 week.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-02

Adams. a prominent rancher, got out
OF his wagon to investigate, the high
wayman came out from behind a log
and called. Hands upl" and ordered
Adams TO shell out" After Adanss
pockets were lightened by $40, he was
ordered to get In his wagon and move
IN. The rohhcr Is described as a
young man, clean-shaVen, I'VE feet
eight inches tall wearing dark clothes.
lie carried rifle and pistol and rode
a bay horse.
Saturday forenoon at Stockton cal,
Judge Jones formally sentenced George
williams. the convicted train wrcCker,
TO spend 1.-THE term of his natural life
In the Folsom state prison, The jury
fixed the penalty Mt life imprisonment
and II only remained for the court to
formally pass judgment, Williams
still imagines that he will get out after
couple of years SO That he can begin
life all over again with the new cen
fury. He asserts that if he has TO re-
main at Folsom more than two years
he win find a way out of his own. and
says II he cannot think of better plan
he will let the guards turn the Gatline
guns on him.
Joshua Steves. a farmer living six
miles from Stockton. Cal, on the
Sonora road. was almost killed Friday
by bull. He went into a field for
a horse and was attacked without
warning. The bull knocked Steves down
and tossed him into the air with his
horns. Stoves, who is 10 years old,
struck the ground so hard that blood
vessel in the brain was ruptured and
the whole of his left side paralyzed.
The bull stin stood beside him when
he fell. but did not attack him again.
Steves's son drove the animal away.
A year ago he was gored by the game
bull. His chances for recovery are very
slim.
The rush of travel to the Alaskan
gold fields with the coming spring viii
he concentrated in San Francisco. II
the energy and foresight OF local busi-
ness men there count for anything.
The present forecast of the prospective
stampede to the Yukon and its trlbu-
taries fixes the number of northbound
voyagers at little less than 100000 per-
sons, and many estimates in excess OF
that figure are ventured by men who
have made q close study of the Alaskan
traffic. To provide for and equip with
the proper outfits this host of klon-
dikers win be the aim of the merchants
and business men now organizing un-
der the auspices of the Merchants as
ISOLATION.
Murderer j. ]. thanks. who was
saved from hanging some week ago by
Acting Warden Edgar of san Quen-
tin prison. was taken Saturday to san
Diego. Cal, in pursuance of an order
issued by the superior court of san
Diego county. where sentence of death
win again be pronounced against him
There is now pending an appeal In
Ebanks' case before the Supreme Court
of the United States, which will be
probably decided at the same time as
the Durrant and other cases. In order
ing his return to San Diego and resen-
tence it is the opinion of many lawyers
that the court is acting in contravenN
ton to the opinion OF the United States
court and that good grounds for a
second appeal will be laid by this &C
ton.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-02

endures by taking proper care of her wo-
rnanly.self No woman can long retain her
general health who neElects the health of
the organs that constitute her wonanhood.
She may suffer only locally for a time
Eventually the nerves are ruined by the
constant wear and tear of pain. They cease
to iinpart the necessary nervous activity to
the various organs OF the body. A general
and serious break down follows.
wonderful medicine for weak nervous
women, who through local troubles arc
threatened with a general break down Is
DIR. Pierces Favorite Prescription II acts
directly on the delicate organs that are dis.
tinctly feminine. II restores them to yigor
and health 1t allays inflammation and
soothes pain. It gives the tortured nerves
rest and permits them to resume their
natural function Of directing healthy &C
tivity of all the organs. II prepares a wo-
man for wifehood and motherhood 1t
makes baby's advent easy and almost pain
less and insures the child's health. II Is the
best wou.an's medicine and more than
20 900 women have said so over their sigma
lures. Druggists sell it
"Icannot say too much for DR.. Pierue's Favor
lite Prescription" writes Miss Clara Baird OF
bridgeport, Mont omory Co. Pa. ~ feel 1t my
dutyto say TO all women who may be suffering
from any weakness or disease Of the distinctly
earth for them to use, eahuot praise It too
highly for the good Il did me. If amy one doubts
this give them my name and address"
Dr. Pierces Pleasant Pellets are a sure.
safe, speedy and permanent cure for CON
stpation. They never grippe. One "a a
gentle laxative, and two mild cathaItic.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-02
Underwear.

Seems to be no let up in the rush
in this section. Must be some reason
for it, Two items to answer for store
full.
Double Fleece Underwear-extra
heavy-nice and soft: not the itching
kind, per suit, $l.5O. Double Fleece I'm
derwear--a splendid value-good and
heavy: very warm. per suit, 81 90. We
have others from $1.OO the suit up to
$500
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-02
Another
Lot Of Those
Sl.5O Suits
Just
Received.

The last lot of those Sl.5O boys suits
went so quick we could hardly keep
track of them. Somehow people have
a faculty of getting on TO the good
things offered here-hence stocks don't
last long-better come quick If you
want to get some of those. They are
brown pants-sailor collars, from 3 to
years--nnd regular collar, to IA
years. All double breasted-eNtra well
made-as good as most $3.50 suits.
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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-09

N1clSln goclEAy.
A long list might be given of men who
have owed their advancement In life to
a clever answer given at the right mo-
ment. An Il how two of them
managed II may be appropriately given
just now. One of N4poieon's veterans,
who survived his master many years,
was won't 10 recount with great glee
how he nee picked up the emperor's
cooked hat at a review. wheE the latter,
without noticing that he was a private,
sad carelessiy. Thank you, Captain"
In what regiment, siTe?' Instantly in
quired the quick witted soldier. Ma
pC.son, p~crceiving his mistake, an
swered with d smile. In my guards,
for l see you know how to be prompt"
The newly made officer received his
commission next morning.
A som@what similar anecdote is re-
ia..cd Of Marshal SuwarofT, who. when
receiving a dlspasch from the hands Of
4 Russian sergeant who had greatly
distinguished himself on the DangSe,
ATTEMPTED to confuse the messenger by
a series Of Whimsical questions, but
found him fully equal to the occasion.
How nan fish are there in the sea-
asked Suwarof. IAN that are not
caught yet. Vas the answer. How far
is II to the NOON" Two Of your ex-
cellency's forced marches" What
would you do II you saw your men Civ
ing way IN ba,tle?' Il would tell them
that there was plenty Of whisky behind
the enemy's line" Bafied at all points.
h marshal ended with. What is the
difference between your colonel and
myself?' My colonel annot make M
a lieutenant, but your excellency has
answered Suwaroff. and a right good
officer You Will be"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-09
Railroad Without Cars.

In the forest Of the Bridal Veil Lum-
berlng company. at Bridal Veil, Ore.
not far from the Dalles. there Is a rail-
road which does business without cars.
An article in the Northwestern Lumber
man, describing the work OF this COM
pany, has a picture of n train" on the
road, which consists Of an ordinary To-
connective, such as are common on log
ging roads, and A string of logs, zach
log being as large in diameter as the
boiler az an engine, or larger. Boards
are nailed TO the sleepers between the
rails, and on these the logs slide. Ex-
cept on descending grades. the boards
are creased. and the train moves at
good speed. Where the road Is level or
slightly ascending, the engine pulls the
logs, and where IL is descending X ho,ds
them back. At the mills Of this COM
pany the manufactured lumber, regard
less OF size. Is run into a fiume. and this
is carried about two miles TO the plan
ing mill and shipping yard, the flume
descending in thar distance about 1900
feet
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-01-09
Patriotic Pigeon.

Many instances are on record OF
~tenacity of memory on the part OF car.
rier pigeons, who are said never 10 for.
get their first cots. None of these in.
stances are more remarkable, probably,
than that recorded of one of the birds
employed to carry messages into Paris
during the siege. These birds, domiciled
10 Paris were taken by balloons, and.
after being laden with tidings from
without, were liberated and made their
way back TO their homes.
One day a pigeon from one of these
balloons was captured by a German
soldier of the b~esieging army. He
gave it to his officer who presented it
in turn to his commander, Prince
Frederick Charles. The prince sent it
AS a gift to his mother in Germany, who
happened to be somewhat OF a pigeon
fancier.
The princess. delighted with the gift,
placed the captive in a great d~ovecote.
where it was surrounded win every
luxury that the most exacting bird
could ask for but whence it could not
escape.
Here the French pigeon lived, ap-
parently happy enough, for four long
years. But it did not forget its father
land.
One day a door of the great dovecota
was left carelessly open. The French
pigeon flew out. 1t was never seen
again by its German hosts, but ten
days later it was beating its wings
against the doors of its old court in the
Boulevard de Clichy. Paris. 1t was
recognized by its old keeper and re-
ceived the welcome due to a patriot re-
turned from a long captivity. - YontA's
Companion.