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The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1898-09-14

OUR TEA AND COFFEE
tell the tale of their goodness in I'M
mistakahle language. Those who APP
preciate the luxury Of good cup OF
either beverage can crafty their taste
by purchasing our best tea at 40c. and
our best coffee at 40c. These are from
the choicest selections of the best
crops aud are unrivalled for strength
and delicacy OF flavor.
Your grocery bill will be ten pei
cent less II you trade here.
GEO. e. HOWE, Grocer.
20 Center St., Provo.
Evening journal., 1898-08-29
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.
The Answer WAS All Right. nut n
Crippled the Speech of the
Stntesmnn.

A certain. member Of the house Of
representatives was called on not long
ago to deliver few remarks to a
gathering Of sunday-sehool scholars.
and he chose DETERMINATION" as the
theme of his discourse. Ranging along
among those characters in history
who have made themselves familiar by
their courage and resolution, he logi.
cally touched upon the career ofJulius
Caesar.
And last" he said in an oratorical
fight, Julius Caesar, filled with the
spirit that leads men up to glory and
to everlasting fame, looked toward tho
wonderful capital of his country sit
ting on her seven hills and from her
throne of beauty ruling the world.
He felt the pulses of his future great
ness throbbing in his coursing veins
and from his serried legions' front,
far 20 the north. he saw the path that
stretched from the tent door of the
plain commander of the Roman sol
diery to the golden steps of the inn
perial structure that crowned the
Capitoline hill. Then he gave the order
to march and the hosts swept shouting
forward until their course was
stopped by the rolling floods of the
mighty stream rushing resistlessly to
the sea. Here Caesar halted, but for
an instant only. In that instant the
glorious visions of more glorious Rome
filed his ambitious being and Caesar
crossed the Rubicon. Crossed the Ru-
bicon," he repeated, TO intensity his
period, and then asked with all the
orators fervor: "And why did Caesar
cross the Rubicon?"
Il know" piped up a small boy be
fore the speaker could get to his next
sentence. "He crossed IL 'cause he
wanted to git on the other side," and
there spread over the boys face sucl
an innocent look OF pleased triumph
in having helped the orator out thai
IL was really hecrtless to reprove him
But it crippled the speech badly
| WASHINGTON Star.
Evening journal., 1898-08-29
GREAT NEWSPAPER FEAT.
Here II an Instance Proving That n
Large Number OF Them Can
BE believed.

"Nobody believes a word that he
reads in the newspapers"
This is the remark which was made
by a prominent Bostonian at public
dinner few weeks ago, says the Bos-
ton journal. 1t is hardly worth motto
ing, it so utterly lacks sense and dis
elimination, but n striking event has
happened since il was spoken which
should check similar foolish remarks
from leaving the lips of those who at
tribute dishonest journalism tohonest
papers.
Commodore Dewey won a brilliant
victory on the other side Of the world
one Sunday morning, and on Monday
morning every home in America was
told about It. His name was upon
everybody's lips. his picture before all
eyes, praises for his men in every con-
versation. 1t was all the work Of "the
newspapers"
The president, the navy department
and the board of naval strategy had
not a word about the battle except
what "the newspapers" told them.
Monday went by. and Tuesday and
Wednesday and Thursday, end at the
close Of the working week there was
still no information except what "tho
newspapers" gave. Congress was de-
lighted and the plans of the war were
advanced, as the victory warranted.
Yet tho United States government
would not have known there had been
a battle but for 'the newspapers"
Who is it, pray, that does not believe
word he read in the newspapers?
Evening journal., 1898-08-29
CHAMPION sNEEzER.
a Small sized ISentuclky Man Could
Break N Cafrsp Meeting
win Ensts..

"Did YOU ever know man who could
snceze loud enough no break mp q
camp meeting to- stop the taking OF
testimony in court and cause bell
lowing COW to stop in. disgust and won
der what the noise was that was
drowning is thunderous voice?" said
an old fisherman one night recently.
On being informed ihat his snee7er
was entitled 10 cake and at the ac-
cessorics necessary to conduct ara up-
to-date bakery thc gentleman consent
cd TO tell more of Ills snee1ng friend.
says the Louisville Post. he sand.
"While fishing ina Il mountain town in
eastern Kentucky last fan / went to
the village near by one rainy morning
to attend circuit court The judge was
delivering an impressive charge to the
grand jury, and every ear was listen
ing to catch each word, when the still
ness of the court was broken by an un-
earthly ker-chew. ker-chew, ker-chew,
etc, etc, etc. The judge was thunder
struck, and instantly every eye was
turned toward the rear of the room,
where a little unobtrusive-look ng old
farmer sat sneezing as If his head were
coming off. The judge ordered the
sheriff to bring the intruder before the
bench. The offender came forward
and the Judge had a fine entered
against the innocent cause OF the dis
turbance.
1.-TWO of the sneezer's friends were
called, who testified to the mans good
character and high standing. but said
they could hear him sneeze three miles
any day in the year. One said that the
sneezer once broke up n camp meet
ing with a sneezing spell, and that he
saw an enraged bovine stop n thunder
Gus believing fit to look in wonder at
the human who could make more noise
than a mad bull. But the old fellow
couldn't help it, and the fine was re-
mitted."
Evening journal., 1898-08-29
couNreRFElrERs CAPTURED.
They Had Boxfni Of Bogus silver Ger.
tihcates.

WASHINGTON Aug. 29.-Chief Will
lIie of the secret service was informed
of the arrest at Texarkana of two men
believed to be implicated in q counter
feiting scheme.
The arrest is the sequal of a case
which the secret service has been work
ing on since April last. At that time
Birmingham, Ala. and its vicinity were
flooded with counterfeit bills. Two men
We're arrested, convicted and sent to
the penitentiary but the source of the
counterfeit was not discovered. The
case was turned over TO Operative Dick
ey of the Little Rock district
About a week ago he heard of a mys-
terious box that had been shipped from
Fair oaks, Ark. TO Texarkana, address
ed to James Goblin. The secret service
official opened the box and found that
it contained S3.610 in counterfeit silver
certificates. When Goblin came to claim
the box he was arrested. His real name
is said to be James II. McQuirk.' An
other man named James Goblin, alias
Caperton. was also arrested. Chief
WilBie believes the arrests are impor-
/ tant
Evening journal., 1898-08-29
LENGTH OF MEXICAN WAR.
HOstiIitIes Were Winged for Two
Years Before Peace Was
Declared.

The Mexican war is the best example
and instruction in the time it takes
TO fight small wars. That took two
years and the present war is moving
at express speed by its side, as might
be expected after 80 years, says the
Philadelphia Press. Hostilities began
March IS, 1916. Gen. Mejia, at Mata-
moras, called out the Mexican troops.
A month later, April 26, 1916, Gen. Tay-
lor called for 5000 militia. a fortnight
later, May 13, congress officially rec
ognized the war and called for volun-
teers. Mexico declared war May %.
1s46. Mexico had no fleet and no army
on the frontier except some desultory
levies. Monterey was not taken until
four months later, September 2s and
Buena Vista was not fought until eight
months after the war begun, February
22, ls47.
After nearly one year Of hostilities,
in which our forces had been drilled
and disciplined in camp and by months
of campaigning. Gen. Scott sailed for
Mexico and captured Vera Cruz. ten
months after hostilities began, March
20, 1s47. 1t took AZ months, to Sep
tember IA, 1917, before the City of Mex
leo was taken, l6 months after hostil-
ities opened. Peace only came in two
years, in June, 1s4s. Yet the Mexican
was quoted as a great case of quick
work in fighting.
Evening journal., 1898-08-29
FINGER NAIL BITING.
A Physician Says the Habit Is Handed
Down rron Parents 60
children.

'Non-believers ir the doctrine OF the
transmission of hereditary instincts
are brought 10 stnndstil when they
ere confronted With euch an indisput-
nblc fact ds That Che ingernail biting
habit is, iu nine cases ont Of ten. h0nd-
ca down so the children of those aa-
dieled 10 it" said % Washington physi-
clan. "i have for nearly ten years
watched this hing carefully, and in ell
most every ease whore parent, either
futhcr or mother. has been q finger
uoil bitter 4 have found that the chill
dron have az o very early ngc naiural.
ly fallen into the amc practice The
chief fnger-nail chewcrs of the world
are the French, ana IL was recently
stated, upon reliable authority, that
nearly two-thirds OF French school
children arc addicted to the habit.
French specialists who have made a
sareful study of the matter maintain
that the fnger-nail biting habit is a
sort of nervous disease. and the
French educational authorities are
about to take steps TO stop the habit
among French school children.
haven't heard yet what they are going
to do about it. but / am certain that
they have a big contract on their
hands.
"Eyenforgrownpeople there is hard
| ly any habit, aside from the confirmed
abuse of narcotics, more difficult &c
overcome than the habit of biting the
finger nails. 1t requires a strong men
tai effort and constant vigilance to dc
this, for once n person has become
thoroughly addicted to the habit he
does it unconsciously, and is only re
minded that he is marring himself
when he gets one of his nails gnawet
down TO the quick. All manner O
remedies have been advanced for th'
cure of the finger-nail biting habit, in
cluding the placing OF injurious an,
bitter compositions on the ends Of thl
fingers. but none of the remediel
amounts TO much.
"The only way TO stop biting tn
finger nails is TO stop, which is the onl.
way to stop drinking liquor, by tn
way. The Americans are next t01h
French in the flnger-nail biting habit
probably because the Americans, as
whole, are an exceedingly nervous pee
pie. A man who accomplishos his dc
termination 20 knock of biting hi
fingers nails may, by incessant mani
ctTing, get them TO look fairly we
within year or so, but finger-nail bit
ing. n long persisted in, ruins IN
shape of the ends ofithe fingers. an
! the nails can never be brought TO loo
rs well as those Of the persons VIII
permit their nails 20 grow as the
were intended TO grow. Washingto
Star.
Evening journal., 1898-08-29
BUYING cANARIEs.
The Astonishing Change That Cnmc
ever Young Foreign Dip
Iomnt's Fancy.

One Of our Washington bird mer-
chants tells a good story TO illustrate
the wayering course of young loves
htful fever. Something over year
ago "a swell young diplomat. wearing a
trim little white t0pcoat over his dress
suit. came rushing into the store one
night and asked 80 see the canafies.
"I lvcesh YOU would bee so ycrra kind
to show ne 10 cannry-- --zo ycrra fines
you hat"
a number of She little wooden cages
were set out before him and he looked
at Bird after bird. but did not seem to
find just what be wanted.
81 viii tell you why want ze canary"
he said, at length. 81 haf met vera
Lofty young lady. She ees beautiful.
She ees vera fine. / viii gii her re
canary-ze yerra fines you haf. How
much ees zat at'canary?"
"The price OF that canary," said the
bird-store man, sis S."
"Oh, Eat oes not enough! Iwant re
vera fines canary you haf.'
The dealer went again to the shelf
where lie kept his stock OF yellow song
sters and brought out bird the price
Of which on ordinary occasions was
the same as the rest. He would have
been glad at any time to get a five-dol.
lar bill for him.
There" he said, "is an exceptionally
good singer. That is trained bird.
The price is s15."
"Oh, zat ees ne bird. Now ze cage"
he bought n $40 cage, and, leaving
directions where the bird and the cage
were to be sent, rushed out asfastas he
came, evidently thoroughly satisfied
with his purchase.
A few days ago the same young man
came into the store again and asked
for a canary.
The Dealers eyes snapped. Tie saw
another chance to sell a SIS bird in a
$40 cage.
He brislSly set out the finest canaries
he had and gave stiif prices on them
But the diplomat didn't warm up bit,
He shrugged his shoulders and kept
saying: TOO much Too muchi"
Finally he threw up his hands and
expostulated:
''Ze price ees too high. Haf you a
cheaper bird? Zis canary ees not for
a beautiful young lady I am married
now, and a SO bird viii do"
The dealer made the best of the sit.
uation and sold him a SO bird and a 81
cage, and he trotted off seemingly as
happy es he was year ago after pay-
ing five times as much for the same
thing. Star.
Evening journal., 1898-08-29
where poer rnnn como Inf

The Leipsig Tageblatt devotes a COL
umn to the marriage market. An ad-
yertisement published lately was as fol-
lows: ~ son, elderly, solid and seri-
Gus, is seeking for his father "a strict
and solid man in a quiet business) an
alone-standing widow and maiden with
some ready money. Offers, with full
statement of particulars, to be ad-
dressed -. The son can be inter
viewed by appointment between the
hours of nine and eleven"
Evening journal., 1898-08-29
Bir Fish Combine.

ST. LOUIS. Aug. 29.-The Republic
says: arrangements have been made
for the formation Of a gigantic COM
bination with millions of dollars Of cap
ital for the purpose Of controlling the
fresh fish and oyster business OF the
United States and Canada. The com
bination was effected in London by the
organization of a stock company with
a capital of s. 00O. OO0. of which S2,5OO. .O0C
will be per cent noncumulative pre-
ferred and the balance in ordinary
shares of common stock. The combine
has been negotiating for several weeks
to secure some of the leading fish and
oyster houses in st. Louis"
Evening journal., 1898-08-29
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.
Commissioners wm Meet Five Days This
Week.

QUEBEC. AUG. % The International
commissioners win meet in
joint session ,seain today ana probably
each day untn Friday. Separate meet
ingr OF the American and Canadian
commissioners and meetings of subcom-
mittees will continue during the week
Senator Fairbanks stated last night
that the first weeks work had been
very satisfactory and that everything
up TO this point indicated the best re-
suits. lie expects tnat considerable
progress win be made between this date
aud next Friday when q recess will be
taken until Sept 200
on Thursday The American commis
si9ners viii give a hearing 20 a repre-
sentative OF The Boston Cha~ Der OF
Commerce. General trade questions will
oe considered. Probably on the same
day a hearing will be given to the in
terests of the American lumber men.
Last week Hon. Don NJ Dickinson was
heard in the interest of lumber men
who own government timber in Canada,
but the hearing this week will be FOR
those who are interested In other
branches of the business. The commits
sioners decline to state in detail any
thing concerning either of the hearings
set down for this week
Sir Wilfrid Laurier viii probably re-
turn this week.
1t is learned that the copyright ques.
tion will be brought before the commits.
sion as the work goes on. The Canadian
publishers desire in a measure to be
freed from the rigorous copyright laws
Of the mother country, and they alsS
desire a readjustment of the copyright
laws existing between the United States
and Canada. This question. however
will probably not be discussed until 9TH
er matters have boon disposed Of.
Evening journal., 1898-08-29
AngIo-Egyptian Expedition.

LONDON, Aug. ga dispatch from
Camp Hegair, opposite the island of
Gebel Rayan, says: THE Anglo-Egyp-
tian expedition has suffered a seri-
GUS loss by the sinking of the gunboat
Zafr. The boat sprang a leak when
near Shendy and within a few minutes
went down. All on board were saved
From Royan hill here Omdurman is
just visible. A nephew of General Cor
don first deserted II by a splash of white
on the horizon reflected from the NAH
dis tomb Small bodies of dervishes
continually retire before our patrols
Saturday evening the sky line was illu-
minated by signal fires"
Evening journal., 1898-08-29
horrible Accident at Jacksonburr.

LITTLE FALLS, n. Y. Aug. 90
While Earl Gross, aged z. and his step
brother, Frank Peck, aged Is. We're TAX
ing cartridges from a double barrel
shotgun at their home in Jacksonburg
yesterday the gun was discharged.
blowing the top OF young Gross head
off and killing him instantly. The two
boys and a sister had been left alone in
the house by their parents and loaded
the gun to shoot a chicken hawk The
hawk flew away. and it was while at
tempting to unload the gun that the
fatality occurred.
Evening journal., 1898-08-29
FIRST AND LAST CIGARETTE.
OF Honrdcrs rnd Comes
60 Grief.

"I think that the cigarette habit is
most vile and abominable ONE" de-
clared am Old man in the romnda Of
the Fifth avenue hotel The other night.
"Did ever tell YOU" ne continued.
"of Deacon Smiles first and last Gig
arette?"
$40. you did not, judge replied one
OF the party. "Lct us have &c."
"Wcll" resumed The Judge, EFT was
this way. You see crops had not been
good on the aeacou's farm. so acting
under the advice of friends he de-
cidcd to take "a few summer boarders.
lie had a grand old place, and as his
worthy wife kept a good table he lfnd
no trouble in getting all the boardcrs
he wanted.
among the boarders were a lot Of
young men who insisted on smoking
cigarettes from early morning until
late at night. The deacon used TO
drive them over TO church every sun
day morning and, OF course, they
puffcd cigarettes all the way. One
morning they got the good deacon to
try one Of the vile things. You can
just imagine the old deacon sitting up
in that carryall smoking a cigarette
like n Broadway dude. Wen. as they
drove into the churchyard, a ndmber
OF the church elders saw the deacon
with the cigarette. and they threw up
their hands in astonishment. The re-
suit was that there was much talk over
the matter, and many of the elders
were of the opinion that the deacon
had committed a grievous sin and that
something would have to bc done.
"The matter might have been
dropped, however, only while the
aeryicc was going on a boy rushed into
church and shouted that the deacon's
narryall was on fire The service was
suspended and everybody rushed to the
fire. There was a great time The
fire was burning fercely, and all th,
horses were frantically Juggling at
their halterstraps TO get away. Tn,
men had TO work hard in their Sunday
clothes TO put out the fire. calm tn,
horses and fix things up IN general
When It was over the congregation
decided that the deacon had caused
all the trouble by dropping his cigar
cite in the carryall before entering IN,
church, and that he should be severe
" punished for his goings-on.
"The result OF IL was that the deaeol
was summoned before the board O
elders, and he spent an exceedingly
unpleasant half-hour. The stories tol,
afterwardin the village about the poo
deacon were enough to drive hif
crazy. The old maids gossiped unit
it was said th0t the doctors had dc
cided that the deacon's mind had give
way from the excessive use Of cigar
cites. The minister preached a sei
mon on the vile and iniquitous habit @
cigarettc-smoking, and the deacon we
roasted on every side.
"At last life became so unbearabl
for the deacon that he published a le
fer in the village weekly saying tha
the cigarette he had smoked was hi
first offence and that 10 woulil be hi
last, He also emphatically declare
that he would not take another cigar
ettc-smokinr ncnd into The bosom d
his family 81 Dc never got onothe
hoar1er
"ILc excitement about the deacon'
/ crcet crime finally quieted down, bu
IL anybody wants 10 mnke Che dea
con mnd just ask him TO have a cigar
ette."-N. Y. Tribune.
Evening journal., 1898-08-29
NnsnI rIntc PInrinr

4 party Of English explorers recent
ly discovered that nasal flute playing
Is one Of the customs OF aboriginal
Australians. pair of young natives
were selected to furnish music for a
feast IN which the explorers partici-
pated, and the Englishmen were sur
prised to see theN hold their simple,
forest-made flutes TO their noses. With
their mouths closed they inhaled
Nlrough one nostril and eyhaled
through the other.-Chicago Inter
Ocean
Evening journal., 1898-08-29
REGISTERS ORDER.
REdIsTERs ORDER. ,,,,.,

hIAAlto AsNN - AiiNIfitiNf.
REGISTERS OFFICE,
New Castle County. Del, June "a, 1898.
Upon the application OF Alice E- Lloyd,
administrators of John i. Lloyd, late
or Wilmington hundred, in said county,
deceased, II "a ordered ana directed by the
register that the administrators aforesaid
give notice of granting Of Letters OF Ad-
ministratlOn upon the estate OF the de-
ceased, with the date of granting thereof by
causing advertisements TO be posted
within forty days from the date OF such
Letters In six Of the most public places Of
the county Of New Castle, requiring all
persons having demands against the as-
tate 20 present the same or abide by
act OF Assembly In such case made an'f
provided; and also cause the same TO hn
Inserted within the same period IN the
Evening journal. a newspaper published
IN Wilmington, Del, and 70 be continued
therein three weeks (e. o. d.
Given under the hand and seaA
OF office OF the Register afore-
said az Wilmington. In New
IT.. 81 Castle County aforesaid, tho
day and year above written.
CALVIN W. CRQSSAN,
Reglstg
Evening journal., 1898-08-29
ireland on Monument Commission.

CHICAGO. Aug. 2s.-The Times-Her-
aid says: Archbishop Ireland was Sat-
urday appointed a member of the La
fayette memorial commission to the
Paris exposition by Commissioner Gen.
eral Peck. Or. Edward Everett Hale OF
Boston has accepted a membership on
the commission"
Evening journal., 1898-08-29
He Couldn't Tell.

Witness" asked the attorney for
the defense, who was trying to prove
the temporary insanity Of the prison
er, twas ii this mans habit to talk to
himself when alOne?"
"Jest at this time" came the an
swer, 81 don't recolleck ever bein with
him when he was alone. Detroit
Free Press.
Evening journal., 1898-08-29
Yellew Ferer at rort rolnt.

HOUSTON, Aug. 29.-Dr Blunt, state
health officer, last night stated positive
~ that the soldier Goodwin at Fort
Point, near Galveston, is suffering from
yellow fever. though now convalescent.
He examined three other cases Of sick
ness at the fort. which he says are un-
mistakably typhoid fever.
Evening journal., 1898-08-29
Tho Chinese University.

SHANGHAI, Aug. ga dispatch
from Peking. dated Aug. p, says the
French, Italian and Dutch ministers
have formally demanded a share for
their respective national.ties in the pro-
fessional chairs at the new university
Of which an American. Professor Mar
tin, is president.
Evening journal., 1898-08-29
clero1nna nro.er commlts snIclde.

CLEVELAND, Aug. 29.-Harry s.
Stevens. a well known broker, commit
ted suicide by shooting himself three
times in the left breast and once in the
right temple at his home, 6S7 Genesee
avenue He was 43 years old and leaves
a wife and two children. Business trou-
bles are thought TO have been the
-nusa
Evening journal., 1898-08-29
Nor1cn.

Notice is hereby given that Letters e
Administration were In due form OF Lac
granted unto the undersigned on the 2it
day Of June, A. ID. 1898, and that all per
the deceased must present the same. dulg
nftcatcd, 40 the said administrHtifN7 on ~
before the 2ith day of June 1890 or abdf
the Act ot Assewhly in such case rnadt
and provided.
ALICE H. LLOYD.
Administrators
Address. 1919 West Third street. WE.
mihgtm Dol.
Evening journal., 1898-08-29
Arthur Pease, NJ. r., Dead.

LONDON, Aug. 29-Mr. Arthur Pease,
Liberal Unionist member of parliament
for Darlington, died yesterday in his
sixty-first year. Mr.. Pease was mayor
of the borough of Durham in 1874
and at the time OF his death was an
alderman and chairman of the county
council of Durham. He was a colliery
owner AID ironmaster.