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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18
TO CATCH CoLoRS BY CAMERAS.
Practical Scheme is Discovered by a
Persian Savant

Washington, D. c., March 20.-Just
at a time when photographers had al
most abandoned hope of ever discover
ing a really practicable process of color
photography a report comes to the
state department from United States
Consul General Mason at Frankfort
giving a description Gas far as the pro-
cess may be divulged) of a means of
doing this in a manner so simple and
inexpensive as to be available to every
photographer, thus opening a new era
in reproductive art.
The process is the discovery of Chas-
Sagne, a Persian savant, and is purely
chemical. Any ordinary negative be-
fore exposure is dipped in a secret
colorless bath. The usual negative re-
suits and from this the usual positive
is made on paper, glass or other me-
dunn. This positive being also dipped
in the colorless liquid acquires a Won
derful power of selecting colors.
Dipped successfully in monochro-
matte baths of blue, red and green the
positive picks out from each the exact
proportion of color necessary to repro
duce the tints of the original. The re-
suit is a portrait absolutely life-like in
form and color and landscapes that
will stand the test of strong magni-
flying glasses.
10 dispose Oh any cHdISe VI lIduu III
this discovery leading English scien
lists were permitted to make the col
ored pictures with their own apparatus
in London, being supplied by the in
ventor with the necessary chemical
baths.
A great syndicate has purchased the
patent rights for all countries and is
preparing to establish branch houses
in each country for the treatment of
plates The composition of the color
sensitiZing solution is still a secret.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18
A MODEST GENIUS.
One Woman Who Tried to Carry the
Secret of Her Talents and Success
to the Grave.

The Land O. the Leaf was not writ
ten by Bobby Burns. as is popularity sup
posed, but by a woman who wrote many
songs as popular as his, and perhaps as
much sung today, yet whose name is
little known. and whose literary history
Is very strange.
In 1866 a baby girl was born in an old
house in Perthshire. Scotland, to Law
renee Oliphant. a Jacobite gentleman,
whole n family abn had H
father had been out in the rebellion
of Ills and he himself had fought for
Prince Charley in 1745; he had fled Scot
land for his life. and only couple of
years before the birth of this, his first
child. had he been allowed to return and
settle down on the remnant of his es-
named Charles. for the last Stuart. had
IT been a boy, but as il was girl her
father had TO compromise by calling her
Carolina. Mr.. Oliphant was loyal to the
up amid stories and songs of Bonnie
Prince Charley songs that she was to
supersede with her own The incest
story you will ever hear about old King
George III relates how he sent mes
sage to M. OliDhant. When the laird
was growing OLD. and as stubborn a
Jacobite as ever. the king one day said
to the member of parliament for Perth
shire, When you go home give my COM
plimentS. not the compliments of the
king of England, but those of the cleo
him how much / respect him for the
steadinesS of his principles
Carolina was great singer SN
dancer in her youth. but she had become
a sober. middle aged woman before her
wedding day dawned. She was be-
trothed in her teens to a distant cousin.
who. like the rest of them. had spent all
for the king over the water and was for
long years too poor to marry. AT last.
when the lady was in her 10th year and
he nine years older. she was welded to
her first lore. Major Marine.
In 1924 Major Marine was restored to
title that had been obtained in 1715. and
became Baron Marine Lady Marine was
left widow ere long and soon her
only child a son, died. too, and she
spent the rest of her life in Edinburgh
absorbed in religion and charity. re-
Spected as = saint, looked upon with
cal history of her family, and the sweet
Scotch conStancy of her love story. but
no one susDecting that she had any
claims as an author. Sir Walter Scott
dreamed of her secret. 1t was better
kept than the authorship Of "Waverley."
Yet for 80 years. no less, young and old
on every side. had been singing her own
without knowing she had written a line
of poetry, and she all but carried the
knowledge of her authorship to her own
grave. But one sister had been her con-
fidante, and when Lady Marine had
passed away the sister thought there
was no longer any need of protecting her
old-fashioned womanly modesty. and told
the story and published a collection of
the songs. Besides the Land o the
Leal" some of the others were ''Wha'n
be King but Charley" The Laird O.
Cockpen.' ''Wha'n Buy Ny Caller Her
rim and "A Hundred Pipers and a and
a, which last one is now being sung
nightly in New York theatre.
VIRGINIA n.
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He is a wizard. and his mock trefoil is
an evil SPELL Such a plant hath never
yet been seen in Ireland Look you,
my lord, it beareth three leaves of
equal size and shape-denoting thy
self, the queen thy consort. and thy
youthful son. Believe me, king, it is
a spell against our land"
The king pondered deeply; but his
better nature, after a glance at Pat
rick's ingenious face, conquered.
THE doom of such a wizard" he
said, were death at the stake. If the
boy were as We say, he should be
burned alive. But, for my part, 1 can
not believe it. He looks not like an.
evil sorcerer. My desire, there
fore, is that the foreign captive be
given fair trial. Let him, in our pres
ence, plant this clump of earth and
the three-leaved herb upon it. Should
then it is harmless and his life is
spared 49, But should it fail to
bloom, and rather wither in our sight,
then it is false herb and its owner
deserving of the stake
There was a frown upon the face of
the chief druid; but the warriors
around the kings throne apporevd their
nonarch's decision, and Smote their
swords loudly upon shield and breast
plate.
Accordingly, at a word from the cap
tain of the sea rovers, Patrick stepped
forth a few PAGES and dug with his
anxious fingers in the mold. Then, hav
ing made cavity, he therein planted
the trefoil of his native land.
"Dost WISH" asked the king, ito say
a spell over it?'
The lad shook his head cit needs no
spell, my lord" he answered IF the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18
PEOPLE AND EVENTS.

A monument to Mazzini, with revo-
lutionary inscription by Signor Bovio,
has just been unveiled at Molfetta on
the Adriatic.
Madame Tussaud" paid DR.. Nansen
S., 900 for the blubber-soaked suit he
wore when he met Mr.. Jackson on the
ice of Franz Josef Land.
A new picture of Charles Dickens,
from the domestic side, may be ex-
pected in book, My father as l re
call Him. by the late Miss Mamie
Dickens, revised by her sister, Mrs.
Kate Dickens Perugini.
A 2-year-old child of William Priest
of Windsor, Mo-, was scared to death
by a little neighbor girl appearing in the
house with a hideous mask on. The
child cried for eighteen hours sue
cessively and finally died.
Lord Brassey, Governor of South
Australia and owner of the yacht Sun
beam. was thrown from his horse re-
Gently, breaking his collar bone and
sustaining severe injuries in the chest
He was pitched on his head and the
horse rolled over him.
A New Hartford Comm Italian adj
vertises a delinquent customer by
hanging a placard in his store bear
ing the following inscription: - -
owes me S7.75 for peanuts, candy, CT
CARS, tobacco, and bread, and he won't
pay. 1 warn the public. Don't trust
him; he won't pay.
Ignace Pelotte, who died on Macki-
naw Island recently at the age of s.
was the last survivor of the American
Fur Company. He had an indistinct
recollection of John Jacob Aston, the
principal owner of. the company, and
memory of events of interest in the
West during the first half of the cen
fury.
Miss Halle Williams has, been an
pointed court reporter for Yolo County,
California, by Jude Gaddis. She passed
a very satisfactory examination, sur
passing the requirements of the law.
which provides that the reporter must
write $50 words a minute and read
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morning dews doomed in the unac-
customed earth as though rugged An
trim were its native place. A great joy
lifted Patrick to his feet, and set him
running at pace, wondrous indeed con-
sidering his cramped legs, to meet the
kings cavalcade.
''It bloomsI the trefoil bloomsl" he
cried, as he caught the kings bride,
and was lifted by the kindly monarch
to the saddle bow. And despite the
black looks and muttered imprecations
of the chief Druid and his adherents,
the king spurred his charger ahead
until he came upon the trefoil, bloom
ing daintily in the short grass of the
valley.
There is no spell here" said Mael-
cho, nor is this boy a wizard. Nay
more, he has given to Erin new
herb-may it prove an herb of grace.
Three-leaved it is, therefore we win
call it in the Gaelic tongue sheam
rock or the little trefoil, and the boys
duty it will be to tend my f1ocks in
the valley, where he planted sham
rock"
Thus was Patrick, the captive, spared
from a woefur death, that he might
become Ireland's apostle, and even
thus, say the old legends, did he give
to Ireland the shamrock, her national
rnhlem
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18
A Cruel Mockery.

oscar A. James of Michigan to be
pension agent at Detroit"
Thus William Mckinley browns his
friends in gall and NORWOOD. Thus he
feeds them on birthstone and treacle
and pours fiery painkiller on their
bruises and points the large, blunt
foreinger of scorn at them and says
'.Ha, Ha,"while they writhe.
Seventy thousand good, stalwart,
original Mckinley men wait four days
for the expected feast of offices and
there comes forth one Door, miserable
little pension agency. and even that
pension agency is given to the wrong
man.
Seventy thousand brave, true men
shed their blood for McKinley-many of
them shedding several compliments of
hlood-and one James of Michigan gets
a beggarly pension office.
If this man Mckinley had any bowels
of compassion in him, or was gifted
with gratitude appointments would be
lying foot deep all over the white
house yard. The Hon. Johnny Powers
annual distribution of turkeys would he
a stinted and me? 80
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18

Rich, yes, Montague, but not famous
There is but one road to fame now. and
you have missed it. l still love you. but
| prefer to marry the man whose fame
is in every ones mouth"
Montague had heard that tone before
He knew the game was uD.
And this man." he gasped. What has
he
She rose like queen. He has invented
a bicycle with an automatic skirt ad-
juster''
Montague Vanderveer fed out into the
cold world. 1t was all he could do.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18
THE PLANTING OF
THE SHAMROCK
A ST. PArR1cK's DAY STORY.
BY GERALD Brennan.

BY GERALD Brennan.
Copyright, 1897, by S. S. McClure)
It was over 1000 years ago-1, 500
years. to be correct-and yet the wild,
wave-beaten coast lire, the wind-swept
cliffs and the houseless headlands of
Antrim looked little different then from
what they do today. Then. as now,
the madcap surges of the Irish sea
came leaping up to kiss the lichens
and long grasses that swung from the
frowning rocks-then, as now, the
heather and the furze fought for mas
terry far inland, and the black-nosed
sheep browsed patiently on the scant
green blades that grew between.
A little fleet of boats had been
beached on the strip of yellow sand be-
meath the cliffs-and even the boats
were wondrously like those in which
the hardy Antrim fishermen of our
own day goes down to the sea.
But the men that leaped from the
bows while as vet they came nosing
through the surge were widely different
in all respects from the canny mariners
of Larne or Belfast Tough. Steel caps
were on their heads, from beneath
which streamed masses of raven black
or rudy golden hair. Each man bore
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18

pared with the feast, the flood, the
orgie of office-giving that would now
be going on in Washington. 1t was
confidently expected that by this time
the president would have a large num-
Der of branch white houses equipped
and at work overtime dispensing offices
TO the 100000 original Mckinley men
who couldn't come on TO Washington
with the 10000.
In view of yesterdays performance
the 10000 admirers of Mr.. Flanagan
may well ask themselves, What are
we here for?"-Ex
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18
An ENJOYABLE Performance.

Boston Transcript: She-I under
stand that Mrs. Krochet played on the
piano at the reception last night. Did
they appear to enjoy her perform
ance?"
He-Oh. immensely. 1t was the most
enjoyable time of the whole evening.
Everybody was talking away as if they
would split their threats.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18
A Ready RESPONSE.

Washington Star: What's the mat
.er?" said the wavfarer who was ap-
preached by a mendicant. Something
On YOUR rnind?"
NO, sir" was the reply. "Wot wor-
ries me amt somethin' on me mind
It's nothin' on me stomach
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18

picture adorns the rogues' gallery, was
rounded up by Sergeant Burbridge and
officer Roberts last night. Trenaine
this time amused himself throwing rocks
at house on Floral avenue and when
the owner appeared on the scene Ire
maine assaulted him. Tremaine spends
a good deal of his time on the chain
gang.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18
Gone in No Time.

Der FIoh: Uncle-I don't know about
lending you any more money. When I
lent YOU money two months ago you
said YOU only wanted it for a little
while.
Nephew-And I didn't have it more
than half an hour.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18
HERE AND THERE.

John O'Connor. charged with the burg
larry of Desky's store on Sunday night,
waved examination in the police court
and was bound over to the district court
under bonds OF 500.
Bob Tremaine. an old offender. whose
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18
An Up-to-Date Proverb.

Life: Some people lay up something
for rainy day and others let things
go to soak when the time comes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18
BIKE AND BLOOMERS.

Detroit Journal. The Right of the Road.
Whats the occasion of all this panic,
anyway
"Oh. some scoundrel started the story
that the woman who is beginning to ride
the bicycle over there is ambideXtrous as
well as croSS-eyed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18
SILVER MEN CONFER
Senator James K. Jones Meets
Local Standard Bearers.
AN INFORMAL MEETING
ON HAND TO MEET THE ENEMY
IN 1900.

Reception at the Knutsford Hotel
Senator Jones and Hon D. j.
Campau Are Hopeful of the Flu
ture of the White Metal-Visit
Saltair and See the Sights of
Zion.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18
Easily Altered.

New York Tribune: Lady of certain
age like this dress. but it doesn't
match my complexion.
Candid Friend-Oh, that's but q. trifie;
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18
Permission Denied.

Life: May I kiss you hand?" he
asked. She removed her vail.
NO" she replied, Il have my gloves
on"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18
Wanted-A Pointer

Wanted-A POINTER
Maid of Athens, ere we part
Tell. oh. tell me, from your heart
Which wheel do you think the best
Which one knocks out all the rest?
Cleveland Leader.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18

London Tit-Bits: An inscription is said
to have been put on Mont Blanc reading:
.'Notice-This hill is dangerous for cy-
clists."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18

London Answers: Police Constable
A 3030-Here, your Worship, are the
tools l found on the pris'ner-a jimmy
q center-bit, a dark lantern, an
piece of lead pipe wrapped in paper to
look like bundle OF clothes.
Prisoner-Your honor, you will not
let an innocent man be convicted on
such flimsy evidence as that, 1 hope.
The articles he speaks of are nothing
but my bicycle lantern and repair kit.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18

Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph: He
Is Up to Date.-Mr. Beechwood-Young
Point Breeze has wheels in his head.
Mr.. Homewood-They are of the 81
model, too.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18
BIKE AND BToOMERs

Yonkers Statesman: Bacon-Did you
hear about Bachelor?
Egbert-No; what now?
Il hear he fell a victim to womans
charmsl'
You don't say sou
Yes; he was riding his wheel, and he
turned around to see what the woman
had on, when he fell"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18

The capacity of the leading steel tube
mills in this country for bicycle works is
far beyond the consumption. 1t is esti-
mated that "a COO, 900 feet of steel tube were
used last year. but there are seven mills,
ard one of them alone can turn out 49,
COO 900 feet, the combined output of the
other six mills amounting to Ga, 900, 600 feet.
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New York Evening Journal: ut is
strange that you have ceased to love
me-
Young Montague vanderveer's voice
failed.
The beautiful maiden who sat before
him dropped her eyes under his ardent
gaze but she said not word. 1t was
not that she could not say something if
she had wanted to. and she knew that he
knew 1t, but she was merely Turing him
Last year you told me- pursued Mon
tasue, with the air of a man who has
something up his sleeve, that if l would
make s5OO000 out of my inventions you
would marry me. Do you remember
The exquitiely lovely creature thus per-
emDtorily addressed murmured a faint
assent in q voice as sweet as the cooling
OF a turtle dove.
Il have done it, pursued Montague,
finging his arms. aloft, la De Reszke.
II invented that famous combination self
shaver and lawn-mower. the automatic
styloheliograph, the device for paying
your car fare without taking the hands
out of your muff. the great Interchange
able rainy-day dress and ball gown for
the use of female detectives, and all these
things have made me rich and famous.
and vet you refuse to
10 dream of beauty in the red plush
- "oSce at last -
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Puck: Mrs. Vanwart (sitting up in
bed, horrifed)-Reginald what made
you swear SO when you stepped on that
tack?
Vanwart (wildly)-For a moment
thought L was cycling and had pune
tured my tirei
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-18

Minneapolis Journal: Some Partisan
bicycliennes have taken to wearing
masks as a protection against the
weather. 1t also prevents one being an
noyed by the scenery.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-06
A Timely Present.

Tom was 4 colored boy about five, in
a southern town, and he was lazy and
careless, but not so much so that he
li3 not manage to get along somehow.
And Tom fell in love, for Cupid is no re-
specter of color or condition, but he
went up against his poverty at the first
move, and then he began to think a
way out. AS an experiment, he went
into the Office of the clerk who pre-
sides over the marriage licenses. ;
''Colonel,' he said, "if Use gwinter
git married, would you give me a we'd
dim presently"
"Well, Tom," said the colonel, I'm
not in that business, but seeing that it
is you, I think might do something.
What would you like to have? Some
thing useful?''
"'Deed, boss, doan' want no udder
kind of truck. I only wants what I
needs, boss.''
''All right. Tell me what you would
like, and I'll see if can stand it,
Tom hesitated, and then rushed in.
II reckon, boss," he said, dat mar
riage. license wud do me more good
dan mos any udder present you could
seleck."
Nothing venture, nothing have, and
Tom passed over the first obstacle in
triumph.-Detroit Free Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-06
1t Created Considerable Excitement in q
UniverRitv CITY.

1t Created Considerable Excitement in q
University City.
The Cambridge (EnglandD Independ-
ent Press retells the story of the hoax
perpetrated upon the civic and uni
versity authorities at Cambridge on the
occasion of the visit OF the late shah of
Persia to that country. 1t was on Sat-
urday, June %, 1878, at IL o'clock in the
forenoon that a telegram was found
lying on the hallkeeper's table in the
Guildshall. 1t was directed to the
"orshipful, the mayor of Cambridge,
was signed by Lieut.. Col. Hamilton,
and read as follows:
''His imperial majesty, the shah Of
Persia, desires to visit your university
town to-day en- route for London by
special, arriving at Cambridge station
about 10 o'clock. Be prepared with
escort and reception as far as time
allows"
Instantly everybody began tumbling
over his fellow. The town clerk was
sent for and messages we're dispatched
to the vice-chancellor, the members of
the corporation, the volunteer officers,
and the cook of St. Peters college
kitchen. The vice-chancellor hurried to
his robes, the aldermen and council
ors did ditto, the volunteers donned
their uniforms, and the cook began to
boil and fry.
Nor was the general public behind
hand. Flags were hung out and crowds
gathered in the streets. DR.. Cookson,
the vice chancellor Grreverently known
in those days as "Dismal Jimmy''),
made his way to the station as fast
as his dignity would permit. The
mayor, Mr.. T. H. Naylor, and the cor
poration followed suit. A guard of
honor and carriages were in waiting,
end soon everybody was there except
the shah. Then the news few around
that the railway officials knew nothing
about the special train, and after a
brief delay it was apparent that the
whole thing was a hoax. The perpetra-
tors of the hoax were never discovered,
though two persons were afterward
freely mentioned in connection with it,
In the year of g:ace 1873 the era Of prac-
tical jokes was past, but had the au-
thors of the shah's visit been alive in the
days of Theodore Hook they might
have lived in litcrature.-Chicago News
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-06
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Mr.. Singer-;'Will you accompany
me, this EVENING"" Miss Boomer Obi
cycle or piano ?''-Yonkers Statesman.
A Serious Omission.-''I was SWIM
died on this new dictionary" How? ?"
1T hasn't any index" -Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
-Mendicant Ito benevolent old lady
who has given him halfpenny)-
"Quite sure you can spare this, ma am %
-Tit-Bits.
-She-"Haye you read "A Hundred
Years to Gomez" He-No. What is it
about; messenger boy ?''-Indianapo-
lis Journal.
-Newlywed (proudly)-"I always
make it point to tell my wife every
thing that happens" Old Sport
'Pooh! That's nothing. I tell my wife
wife lots of things that never happen"
-Tit-Bits
Doubling Customer-'What sort
of assurance does man have that this
cod-liver oil is genuine?" Honest
Pharmacist-"The fact, sir, that it costs
as much to make it from whale oil now
as it does to extract it from the cod."
Chicago Tribune.
A country minister, talking to an
old lady about his son who had emi-
grated, was very pathetic over the
dangers of the deep. "Hoots, minister, -
quoth Janet, rye medina haver sac
muckle ABBOTT it; it'll nae be sac awful
deep; it's been an unco' dry year,
Tit-Bits.
A Strain on the Wire.-"What Ian
guage were you using at the telphone?'
asked a Pittsburgher, who had over
heard one end of a conversation.
THAT was Welsh" 'Welsh on an or
binary telphone?'' "Yes. why not?''
with the regular thin wire that's used
for telephone lnes"' ''Of course. You
don't suppose they put in a special line
for the transmission of the Welsh Ian
guage, do you?" well, should think
it would require barbed wire. pitts
burgh Chronicle Telegraph.