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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-17
SOME GOOD SHORT STORIES.
Admiral pewey's Gentle Hint.

Admiral Dewey is not, like Napoleon,
woman hater. although many naval
officers wives are almost convinced TO
the contrary. The admiral does not
hesitate to say that he believes the
presence of a woman interferes with
mans efficiency as an officer in war
time Many officers wives, as soon as
they became convinced that their nus
bands would remain an indefinite pc
riod at Manila, lost no time, says the
Manila correspondent of Lesiies
Weekly, in hurrying over to join them,
and some. tits said, even though their
husbands cabled No to their petitione.
The admiral did not look with favor
upon their arrival, for TO his mind it
meant impaired efficiency in some of his
best officers.
One young lady, engaged in pewspa-
per work. drew heavily on the different
ships officers, who fell victims TO her
charms. 1t became quite daily prac-
tice among the officers. in turn. to take
her driving in the cool of the after
noon AS the principal drives of inter
est lay in close proximity to the firing
lines the excursion was not without the
element of danger so dear to the heart
of both officers and adventuresome
women. The admiral looked on for some
time in silence, but eventually. meeting
the fair charmer one day, reproached
her for taking such risks. thinking per-
haps in this way to stem the practice
so rapidly becoming popular among his
men. The young lady promptly replied
that she was not at all afraid of bullets
when protected by one of Dewey's Of
ficers.
Well" replied the admiral. ''if you
do not object to being killed 1 have
nothing to say; but 1 cannot spare any
of my men,"
The young lady does not know yet
whether this was a compliment or a
reproach
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who ply their trades for the sake of
their young.
The subject of this sketch eumenes
fratena, is a cousin of the wasp known
as the mud daubers and differs from
them mainly in her superior skill and
eSthetic sense. She is a graceful crea-
ture dressed in shining black and is or
namented with yellow bars and spots;
her wings are dusky gray and she is
armed with strong pair of jaws,
which she uses both for hod and trowel.
Some fine morning in early summer
she selects some bush or tree that is
conveniently rear the banks of a
stream, pond or mudhole; the willow
seems to be favorite, probably on ac-
count of its waterside habits. On some
twig of the chosen tree she begins the
construction of her nest. Her material
consists of grains of sand and gravel,
which she imbedS in a cement4prepared
by mixing mud with a fluid which she
secretes from her mouth. This cement
when dried is quite firm, although it is
not so strong as the cement of the mud
dauber. When examined through a
lens one of the walls of the new dwell
ling appears like that of a cobblestone
house with a preponderance of mortar
and minimum of cobbleStOneS. She
also understands the value of hair as a
strengthening ingredients in plaster
and often uses any stray hairs that she
happens to find to mix with her cement.
She builds up her wall in circular lay
ers and has an eye to symmetry and
beauty. She makes her little house
nearly globular; not content with this,
she must have beautiful door, so she
builds it up gracefully like the open
ing TO a ever. AT this stage it bears a
very strong resemblance to Mexican
water jug on very small scale. The
nest is rather rough outside, showing
more or less plainly the layers of plas-
ter and stone; on the inside it is very
smooth and polished, and over it all is
a fiber lining that looks like a thin coat
of silk. AS adult wasps have no means
of spinning silk, it has been suggested
that this lining is spun by the larva
after it matches. But l have examined
many nests with a microscope and am
convinced that the fiber lining of the
nest is part of the original structure.
Possibly the wasp coats the interior of
her nest with the fluid with which she
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-17
TROUBLES IN THE TRANSVAAL

The continued agitation among the
English of South Africa and the unin-
| terrupted fertilization of the Transvaal
show the plucky disposition of the
! Beers, Notwithstanding the superior
military strength and resources of the
British. The declaration of the presi-
dent of the Dutch republic that the
Beers are prepared to defend with their
blood, regardless of consequences, what
they deem to be their rights guaranteed
by the London conference of 1884, while
he personally supervises the defensive
preparations against British ultima
tum backed by coercion, indicate that
old man Kruger is still full of that re-
markable vigor and vitality which have
ever distinguished him.
/ He is the mainstay of his republic,
and while he lives the diplomats of
Great Britain and other countries will
have their hands full in trying to either
/ intimidate or mislead that otherwise
insignificant little power. We do not
believe that he ever expects an open
rupture with the English, for he has
too much sagacity for that, but he
doesn't propose to invite Invasion by
unpreparedness for resistance, and he
can't afford to encourage among his
followers Indifference to foreign ag-
gression.
While it is not probable that the Out
landers, who are either British or of
British descent, will ever rest under
the political disabilities placed upon
them by the Beers, and while it isn't
likely that they will be denied that
voice in permanent government which
permanent residence. material interest
and actual development of resources
merit, the crafty old president is evil
IDENTIFY jealous of their influence and
suspicious of the new ideas and re-
forms they seek to introduce. 1t seems
that Dom Paurs will and life are the
only obstacles to the concessions asked
by Great Britain, for with his removal
there is none in the Transvaal capable
of devising so many plans and origin
ating so many excuses that appeal on
their surface to mankind, whatever the
underlying motives may be.
An armed encounter between the
British and the Beers under modern
conditions of warfare, could only re-
/ suit in disaster to a nation so circum-
scribed and primitive as the latter in
sists upon being. 1t is to be hoped
therefore that nothing rash will be done
and that bloodshed will be averted for
the few years to which, by the laws OF
nature, the aged head of the ancient
community will be permitted to con-
troll the affairs of the republic.
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JUST LIKE DEWEY.

1t is a good story that has just leaked
out in Washington concerning Admiral
Dewey and the navy department.
The hero of Manila bay has persist
emily and sagaciously refused to be
hampered by the instructions and adj
monitions of the greenhorns at Wash
ington who have made such a bungle
of everything they tried to manage by
themselves, and, with that adroit bust
nesslike manner of his, has prevented
them from drawing him into any con-
troVersy, such as they have been car
rying on ever since the Santiago en-
gagement, ostensibly for the purpose of
reversing the order of things as they
actually transpired there.
Familiarity with Dewey has been out
of the question. All that he wanted
to know was the policy Of the govern
ment, the object in view The details
he arranged himself. And that is the
only way a man can accomplish any
thing in thought or action. Interior
ence with his plans and movements has
proved to be about as difficult an I'M
dertaking as the administration has
stumbled against.
When the high officials, appointed on
account of their ability to handle states
or raise campaign funds, in an authori-
tative way demanded to know what in
the world Dewey had bought so much
coal for, his reply was as characteristic
as it was pointed. He replied ITO
burn" and the incident closed with a
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the remarkable slenderness of her
waist: it outdoes in lack of size that of
any lady that any fashion magazine
ever dared to figure. But for all this
extreme emaciation at the waist line
our lady mason is a strong and vigor-
Gus worker and her life is one of toll.
Most of the houses which shelter the
young in the insect world are made by
the mother for her children, and are a
means of protecting them while they
are young and unable to care for them
selves. This being the case, it is not
surprising to learn that among insects
the question of woman's rights is set
tied permanently in the Affirmative.
With very few exceptions the insect
husband and father is an irresponsible
and care-free fellow. and the idea that
he should help prepare shelter and OBJ
tain food for his children never enters
his giddy head. On the other hand. the
insect mothers often wear themselves
out in 'unselfiish toll for their young.
II is a fact that among insects most of
the carpenters and masons are females,
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Two Naturalization Stories.
(CIeveIand Plain Dealerl

(CleNelanQ ram Dedler.J
A keen-witted fellow, despite his gen.
eral ignorance, was brought down to
the court house to receive the rights of
citizenship.
Name the capital of the nation, -
said the judge.
The applicant scratched his head.
Il can't just place it, judge" he said;
but if you'll name over few of the
towns and I'll tell you when you strike
| it,
rs it Chicago?" queried the judge.
No"
rs it st. LOUISE"
No
rs it Indiana?"
NO
rs it Arizona?"
No
''Is it Washington?
The candidate looked puzzled. He
hesitated.
Say, judge" he slowly replied, eff
tibet amt tn place it's a dunn close
shot"
He got his papers.
Another candidate was brought in by
a well-known local politician.
Let me see what you know about
geography said the judge. ''Suppos-
ing you and Mr.. Blank walked straight
down to the lake and started across it,
going due north. Where would you
land?"
ION the bottom" said the candidate,
PROMPTLY
He got his papers, too.
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of the moth known as the promethea.
The female of this species has reddish
brown wings with clay-color margins.
The male is black above and at lrst
sight looks likes a different species.
The promethea caterpillar feeds upon
the leaves of many of our fruit and
forest trees, but is not often discovered
becaust of the protection from observa-
ton which his green coat affords him.
When fully grown he is usually about
two and one-half inches long and is
blush green in color and is ornament
ed with tubercles of shining black. At
ter he has attained his full growth
through the devouring of foliage of his
native trees, he selects some leaf which
he considers suitable and commences
to fit it up for his winter abode.
How his blue-green highness should
happen to know auSht of autumn and
winter and the falling of leaves must
ever be a mystery to us, since he
Matched from his egg in the warmth of
summer. He surely knows though, for
the first thing he does OF a September
morning is to weave close web
around the petiole of his chosen leaf,
and then fasten it to the parent branch
with stout band of silk, thus making
sure that no autumn wind will tear it
away. Then he draws his leaf about
him cloak-wise and makes within it,
around himself, a thick blanket of
strong, warm silk. Being a seer as
we'll as worm he does not build his
cocoon entirely closed, since when
spring comes he knows he must push
his way out when his body and wings
are soft and fiabby. So he cunningly
makes a valve at the upper end of the
cocoon which will later afford him
egress. Having thus provided for two
contingencies and thereby proved him
self true prophet he curls up inside
his cocoon and changes to a pupa.
There he swings in his leafy hammock
safe from dampness and storm and
safe from enemies; for what bird would
think of looking for food in a withered
leaf clinging to its branch?
The promethea caterpillar seems to
know something of structural botany
also. He knows the difference between
simple and a compound leaf, and he
knows a twig from a branch When
he chooses simple leaf like that of
the lilac for his blanket he Simply
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Very soon a little grub matches from
the egg and falls at once to eating his
patent preserved food. His mother,
whom he has never seen. and whom he
is likely never TO see, has shown excel
lent judgment as to the capacity of his
little stomach, and has provided just
enough food to nourish him until he
reaches maturity. Then he changes to
pupa, and passes this quiescent state
in his mud house, safe from all enemies.
Finally he changes to an adult and
gains his wings, and then he is so large
that he completely fills the nest of his
babyhood. He soon gnaws his way
out through the side of his house. ap-
parently never trying to push out the
cork of the jug which his slother had
cemented in so strongly.
OF course the work of the wasp
mother has only begun when she fin
ishes her first little house. She goes
Immediately at work to make another,
and then another. and another. 1 do
not think we know how many of these
nests she makes before she wears her
self out with toll. Sometimes she places
several together on the same branch.
but often she places them singly.
There are many interesting questions
TO be settled by the nature-study stu
dent concerning the habits of this in
teresting wasp. These are some of the
questions:
Does she finish her nest entirely be-
fore she places the caterpillars with
in it?
If so. to what use does she put the
carefully made mouth of the nest?
Does she construct her nest in even
la-'ers?
How does she make the fibrous lin
ing?
How many nests does she. construct?
Does she always sting caterpillars at
a special place in their anatomy?
Anyone who will answer for us these
questions will add much interesting in
formation to our present sum of scien-
tific knowledge.
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recognition of his rights or a redress
for his wrongs. But surely he may not
precipitate war in this day Of the
world until he is convinced that the
enemy will not reason. until his every
proposal for an amicable settlement is
exhausted and none are forthcoming
from the other side.
War talk is not always an evidence
of patriotism. It too often comes from
those who want some one else and
some one else's sons to do the fighting.
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STOCKS AND INVESTMENTS.

Utah Bank and Commercial Stocks and
other High Grade Investment Securities
bought and sold.
Loans on Stocks.
Dividend-paying stocks bought and sold
Investment orders from institutions,
trustees OF estates and capitalists VIII
receive the best of attention
JOHN c. CUTLER. JR-,
Tel IL. 26 Main Street.
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Demanded Information.
CWashington Star.)

81 am surprised" said the professor
that the value of the mushroom is not
more widely understood. Now, a mush-
room is both palatable and wholesome
It.
Excuse me. professor" said the bar
barian who had been nervously toying
with his war paint brush. but before
get into this argument with you, let me
understand one thing. Are you talking
about vegetables or bullets?
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Incredible.
Detroit JournaI.)

In his anguish the author cried aloud:
you don't read the manuscripts you
rejectr he protested.
Here the editor smiled the sweet. wan
smile peculiar to his kind.
You are mistaken" he replied. with
gentle insistence. I'VE not only read the
manuscripts we reject, but the manu-
scripts we print, as well.
"Ah. but who could believe that?'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-17
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Yesterdays Record at the Local Of
fee of the Weather Bureau.

Salt Lake City, July 16, 1899.
Maximum temperature, SO degrees; mimi
mum temperature. 6S degrees; mean tenn
perature, 76 degrees. which is l degree
above the normal; accumulated excess. of
temperature since the LIST of the month,
10 degrees; accumulated deficiency of tenn
perature since Jan. l, 104 degrees. Total
precipitation from p. m TO p. m,
trace; accumulated excess of precipitation
since the first of the month. .O1 inch; ac-
cumulated excess Of precipitation since
Jan. l, 165 inch.
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There is not that spontaneous rush
for enlistments now that there was be-
fore the scandals of the war depart
ment cropped out. Only 1,500 men out
of a 1900 call are reported. 1t is not
because of a lack of patriotism. but a
surfeit of Algerism that makes men
oh
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Poor Sir Robert Peel. After suffering
in aristocratic want for many years and
depending for his own and his family's
subsistence upon the bounty of friends,
he is permitted at last to sell S1OO, 900
worth of heirlooms, relics of the ancient
wealth and grandeur of his family, to
supply his immediate needs.
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In the heart of George Vanderbilts es-
tate. near Asheville, is a plot owned by
an old negro who lives there and refuses
to sell. He says he has been bothered all
his life by bad neighbors and now that ne
has a good one he will not move.
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The French Duel.
Detroit Journall

I Francois pauses only to thrust his
sword into the flames in order that all
disease germs upon it may be destroyed.
Die, William he then shouts, springing
forward to meet his hated rival.
This is France: for over all can be
heard the dull, monotonous roar of the
Partisan mob rehearsing a new crisis.
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After consenting to remain in political
bondage ever since their emancipation
from the personal slavery, the negroes
of this country are about to part COM
pany with the Republican party on the
question of Imperialism They think
there are more race problems in this
country now than are being wisely
solved
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when the boys come marching
home" from Manila the whole state
should turn out to greet them. From
Richmond to st. George the flags
should fly and the welkin ring.
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Princess Czartoryski has just had a
wonderful frock made in Paris, on which
her coat of arms is produced in jewels
on a white satin ground. For this purpose
the stones had to be pierced and though
their value is thus deteriorated. the cos
$4,000.
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Europe this summer-partly to visit in
Scotland such places as Thrums and
Drumtochty, in which she is particularly
interested her liking for the books or
Barrie and Ian Maclaren being acute.
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Thomas Dunn English has Just ceie-
brated his eightieth birthday at his home
in New Jersey. He is the oldest living
graduate of the university of Pennsyl-
Vania Still. his fame continues TO rest
on the shoulders of immortal Ben Bolt.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-17

A great-granddaughter of Betsy Ross,
who made the first American flag, is living
in Washington. She is Mrs. Southwick
Guthrie Mrs. Guthrie remembers her
Observation-Disclosures who died when she
was child of five Mrs. Ross was ninety
at the time of her death. but when she
made the first flag she was but twenty
three and quite girlish in appearance
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-17

The Union Pacific train robber sus-
poets, Putty and Nolan, have been
taken to Cheyenne for trial. They
ought to make it stick on the former,
anyhow.
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President Gilman of Johns Hopkins has
to do a vast amount OF writing and II is,
he saws, d consequence OF this that his
tvnesetters. He dictates very little, being
more at home with the pen in his own
hand.
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Sievking the Dutch pianist. who was
imprisoned for a while in Austria last
summer for disrespect to a religious pro-
cession. has eloped with the daughter of
a Vienna hotel keeper.
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Up. Bryant, the Bardwell Cky.) Million
aire. owns the largest strawberry patch in
the world 1t covers 100 acres and has
made his fortune.
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The baroness Burdett-Coutts is said
70 he worth about 100000 and her income
is set down as being close upon $3.50
daV.
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NOTES ABOUT PEOPLE

John c. Klauder, who died last week in
Philadelphia, was the original tin can
mush man and made S2,0o0,0OO in the
business.
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Captain N NJ. Dyer. who commanded
the baltimore at the battle of Manila, did
NOT graduate from the naval academy.
hut served six years on merchantmen be-
fore entering the United States navy.
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a OdIIIIy oPILIICI.
Among all the insect spinners of silk
Indigenous to America the most famed
and the most common are the giant silk
worms. There are several species of
these and they are the caterpillars
which later change to great and gor-
geous moths; the most delicate and
beautiful among these being the well
known Luna moth.
The subject of this sketch is the most
clever, though it is one of the smaller
of the giant silk worms. 1t is the larva
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Fighting Bob Evans was. in his early
davs. the Nimrod of his Virginia country
side. No one could bring home as many
rabbits or birds. and no one could break
a colt as well as he.
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Anthony Hope though he considers a
college education a great help to an
author. does not regard it as necessity,
even TO a writer of only average ability.
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A Canny Spinner.

BY ANNA BOTsFoRD COMSTOCK
B. A
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VACATION STUDIES
FOR YOUNG NATURALISTS.
III. INSECT CARPENTERS, Bull
DERS AND WEAVERS.

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