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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-02

trying to prevent a crowd of women from beating down the east door.
 9:33-Fhere may be some delay in opening, as the machine for taking mo- tion pictures Eeems to be out of whack. John Hancock says he won't sign un- less he can be photographed in the act.
 9:35-The Young Ladies Glee club of Medford is now singing to entertain the crowd. The Connecticut delegation has fallen asleep.
 9:36-The bandis playing: "We Won't Do a Thing to England"
 9:38-A delegate from Virginia has just taken pinch of snuff. It is re- ported that the final draft has been made and that it will be signed by every delegate present. The people outside the building are shouting: Down in front, 3
 Doubtless the reader can imagine the remainder.
 In 1776 the delegates went off by themselves and adopted the Declaration of Independence in solemn and dig nified manner, but if they had en- ioyed the privileges of 1899, there would have been 50,000 people packed outside the building and just at the serious and critical moment, when John Hancock was about to affix his signature to the momentous document, some late dele eation from Waxahachie or Jamestown would have marched in with q band at the head and broken up the whole pro- ceedings.
 Think what the newspapers of the 5th would have said. Of course there would be a picture of the pen and de- seription of the costumes of the ladies and as likely as not some New York newspaper would claim the credit for the whole achievement and calmly re- mark: I've are glad to observe that congress has taken our advice"
 And the monthly magazines, too, if there had been any such thing at that time.
 All the fathers and forefathers of our beloved country would have been eom- pelled to stop fighting Great Britain in order to write and tell how it hap pened. Then the next thing in order would have been an embalmed beef in vestigation, but the revolutionary sol diers prevented anything of that kind by living on parched corn and raw tur- nips. Tn fact, they had none of the modern conveniences. They made the signing of the Declaration of Indepen- dence a sort of religious service. In our enlightened time we would have converted it into circus.
 JOHN HAZELDEN.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-02

spread, New York, Boston and other cities had celebrations of their own. The news did not reach the remote points before August l. Therefore an American who wished to be consistent might properly celebrate throughout the entire month of July and no doubt there are some who will attemptit.
 If the good colonists of f776 had en- joyed our modern inventions, think how different that Fourth of July would have beeni As soon as congress had assembled the telegraph would have given the details of every debate. Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, John Hancock and other prominent leaders would have been interviewed every 20 minutes, and old King George would have had a signed statement in some Sunday paper telling what he proposed to do if the colonists rebelled. Every young man in Philadelphia would have l worn a button marked "Liberty or Death" and the clothing dealers would have given away suits of clothes to persons guessing the exact number of words in the forthcoming document. The railways, anticipating the great event, would have run excursions into Philadelphia, and billed the country as 1 follows:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-02
A Lake of Salt.

Lake Lefroy, in western Australia, is lake only during the rainy season At other times of the year the water en- tirely evaporates and leaves a solid floor of crystalline salt. This floor is almost smooth and residents along the shores of the lake have adopted an ingenious method of getting over its surface The sailing vessels which are used in the ordinary way while the water lasts are fitted out with set of four small wheels, the sails being still used for propulsion. As the surface of the lake covers an area of over 100 square miles the novel boats have considerable range of travel. They are used to trans port freight as well as passengers, and are a great saving in expense over any other means of transportation.-Chi cago Tribune.
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Certainly they did, for they had been getting ready for months and their res olute defiance to England was the re- suit of calm meditation, guided by an exalted love of country. Hthey didn't go out and have balloon ascensions, bi- cycle races, Japanese day fireworks, railway excursions and the like, it was because the country boasted none of these essentially modern conyeniences. In the days of King George a man thought he was having about the limit
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Confession of < ,..,,.

s.,aSll = i'liiilonaire confessea fs.z .....3 {. i,ssqess be n,.t III n dWo words azld 6srI 2. 9elf3r 'Is l,gs ln she best part q Is i. <, N eo,'ers y,,t ,3 ana losing health an5 ,'s. to Ssests 1at a, n t9e other half in sus., .:..
 fers fe st s DUCK health. Nothing sals'7 's,.' M to etolaaeh Bitters for restsT',ss z1'.ss< t5 t5a 'ae oHeftired body and brain 'sa' 2 ear, s,,r ssaIIlng point-the stomach-anss sss az and indigestion. p''ssiiess, dyspepa1
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Do Your Feet Acne and purnH

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tightor New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Feet All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell it, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address, Allen s. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
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But they had no railways in those days, and the stage coaches didn't run excursions. There was no telegraph, no daily journalism, no rapid mail de- livery. People were content to sit down and wait for information.
 Think of it, the printing and pub Iication of the Declaration of Indepe1fd- ence required four days! To-day if such an important measure were to be adopted by any deliberatiSs eody' aa- vance copies would be distributed ana
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netraxed ui-

BeIieIVl:yo BeIii29a you meet Miss Cotrox' fano..,
 6slle- i'f4a 1esi he's no Italian conn ''aheees ,s iis # ,a, snaAes your hand around in o;ra,. fs II you were an organ. s-~Pb;l,SS gree
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of hilarity if he could build bonfire, ring a bell and take two fingers lof New England rum.
 We should not blame our forefathers if they failed to celebrate in proper manner the first Independence Z day. Like the piano player in the Arizona concert hall, they did the best they knew how. They did not have the ia cilities which we enjoy. We read that on the 7th of June, 1776, Richard Henry Lee, of the Virginia delegation, in the continental congress and offered three resolutions which embodied a declaration of independence Action
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-02

Hicks-'Does your wife ever ask you for money" Wieks-" Never" Hicks-"She must be a wonder" Wicks-"But she fre quently tells me to give her some. ."-Boston Transcript.
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The Best

Ine hest Prescription for Chm. and Fever is bottle of GRovr,s n, - CHILL TONIC. It is simply iron md LIES s easteiess form. No cure-no pay prcaa pc.aS soa, aa
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Her Ahra.I

What is the need of women pro,o.;n Wheh they can make men do i4 Fol'eailas as filng p, 1t up to them all through lifemNs a.a sasa
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His Way.

Ikenstein-Vat would you do oaf Fortune vas to knoog at your door?
 Grabbenhemer-Pull her in undt sell her somedings Pluck.
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which the DecImtion of Independence was passed by theontinenta1 congress.
 Everyone will limit that the passage of the resolutic on July and the formal signing the declaration on July constitutd one of the most significant incidets in the history of the world. We celebrate the 4th of July as the anniversary of this heroic act and ca it the red-letter day in our nations llendar. But the original 4th of ruly, which start ed all the troub, was as calm and peaceful as a nes of doves compared with the hurrah .ad excitement of an up-to-date celebrabn.
 Did our forefaters realize the far reaching importane of their action
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should Re severely Pnhished.

The most despicable creature of those who bring discredit upon the cycling community is the scorcher who runs down or otherwise injures per- son and then runs away to escape the consequences of his wrong-doing. One of the worst cases on record is reported from Tottenville, N. Y. A workman was walking along the road, when 8 scoreher suddenly came out of a side road, ran into the man and knocked him down on the hard macadam. There the man lay senseless, but the brute, who had also been thrown by the shock, mounted his wheel in double-quick time and rode away without another glance. The workman's skull was fractured and he died that evening. Fortunately two women witnessed the collision, and from their description the raseally scorcher was arrested. We hope he will be given a long term of imprisonment as punishment to him and warning to others.
 Costs Money to Wear Trousers.
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Every man knows some other man who is little smarter than himself, but he doesn't like to admit it.-Chicago Daily News
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For Whooping Couch piaols r,,na :. Ave. BrooRlgn' X M 6oI psior 1s q rhrO0D
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..I Bill5"Tbat :, Tl3; fellow has some very good brsSt IaeaS. f;d 3ill fes he must have lot ots oi
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-02

Does Col. blood see doublegg asbonlan,. wonder; He drinks enough for two - Town Topics s'o'
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You needn't stretch it to put quartz in pint cup-Golden Days.
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vas a slow kind of q country in TIC, when the Deelara- tion of Independ- ence was signed.
 We had plenty of patrio tis m, courag ge, scholar ship and old-fash- toned hospitality, but we were, to use current @- pfesSlOn, decided ly shy on the kind of enterprise which f1ourishes 45O0 TIL
 demonstrated by the accounts of the manner in
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TO Cure . Cold n oa. n

Take Laxative Bromo Qninine Tabiate 4n aroggists refundmoneyifitf fails To curs. sa.. ss1
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-02

Halls Catarrh Cure Is a Constitutional Cure. Price, 75c.
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Costs Money to Wear Trousers.
 In France for the privilege of wear ing mems trousers the French govern ment charges women a tax of about ten Chicago Tribune.
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A. N. K.-I
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
TELEPHONE LINE TO MONTANA
MAY BRING BUSINESS TO MIN.
ING BROKERS.
A Great Convenience For Montana
Speculators-Slow Work Setting
Poles In Lava Beds.

President George Y. Wallace of the
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone COM
pany, who is just back from trip 10
Montana, reports that the work Of con-
structing the Idaho Falis-Butte line is
retarded by the slowness in setting the
poles. For miles and miles every hole
has to be blasted out OF the lava rock.
1t will probably be nearly month yet
before the line is completed, but when
the connection is once made SAT-
Laker can hello to a person in Portland
or any of the coast cities.
One of the boons to Salt Lake in the
establishment of telephone connection
with points in Montana, Mr.. Wallace
believes, will be in the people of Butte
and Anaconda phoning orders for Utah
mining stocks. The MontananS have
little now TO satisfy them in a specula-
tive way, and undoubtedly an invita-
ton to play the stock market in Salt
Lake will be too strong a temptation
for them to resist when the distance
between is shortened to hearing length.
Mr.. Wallace found business good in
Butte, Anaconda and other northern
towns. and he reports that the people
who predicted that everything would
go to pot after the formation of the
copper trust are pleasantly disappoint-
ed with the evidences of undiminished
prosperity.
Snow was falling when Mr.. Wallace
left Butte.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
SECOND PRECINCT DEMOCRATS
SUCCESSFUL MEETING OF THE
NEW CLUB.
Brief Addresses Were Made and the
Organization Completed-Object
of the Club.

The Democratic Social club of the
Second precinct held a most successful
meeting at Thomas barnacle last
evening. The, hall was well filled, and
as this was only the third meeting
which the club has held, the prospects
for the future are very promising The
only membership requirements are that
applicants shall be believers in the
principles of Democracy and shall be
residents of the Second precinct. Be
fore the coming meeting on next Thurs
day night il is expected that nearly all
the Democrats of the precinct Will be
affiliated with the organization.
President Morris Sommer, in calling
the meeting to order, spoke briefly, but
enthusiastically, upon the object and
said that sociability was the prime aim
in organizing the club, and that in
strucuon upon Democratic principles
would follow. independence of action
on all questions will characterize the
body, and no outside influences will
hold any weight. When the campaign
is on every effort will be made to Sc
cure proper representation of the Sec
ond precinct on the tickets, and the
members Will, with every means pos
sible, advance the interests of their
districts. In the meantime, a good
time Will be had and members of the
precinct viii become better acquainted
with each other, and better able to
work for the success Of the party at
large.
J. c. Lambert and Alex Piper spoke
along the same line, and predicted
great success for the club and its work.
The club is not organized, they said, to
promote the interests of any one class
or any one candidate, but to attend to
the interests of the precinct and have
a good, sociable time.
The constitution was read and adopt
ed, and an executive committee. con-
sisting of one member from each dis
trict, was elected. The Fifteenth, Six
teenth.- Twenty third, Twenty fourth
and Twenty fifth districts are as yet
unrepresented, but the others have
members upon the executive commit
tee as follows:
Thomas c. Lewis. Twelfth; J. c. Lam
bert, Thirteenth; c. \. Carlquist, Four
teenth; I. W. Green. Seventeenth;
George G. Smith, Eighteenth; David
Twenty-second; Samuel Allen, Twenty
sixth.
The officers of the club are as follows:
Justice Morris Sommer, president; D.
H. Peery, jr., vice president; Miss Ger
trude Grow, secretary; S. E. Hamer,
treasurer; Joseph Elton, sergeant-at-
arms
The club is in receipt of a check for
$50 from D. H. Peery, jr., to whom
thanks were rendered.
A similar organization in the Third
precinct is planned for the near fu-
ture.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
SUIT FOR PIPE LINE.
Action Begun at Pennington Against
Union Power Company.

Especial Correspondence
Pennington. Aug. 24.-H. L. Driver, ].
*. Judd and J. +. Woodman have COM
menced action in the Second district court
against the Union Light & Power COM
pany to recover possession of 5000 feet
of six-inch gas mains that are laid be-
tween the gas wells below Centerville and
the south line of Davis county. 1t is set
out in the complaint that the defendants
with John Beck, became the owners of the
pipe line on Aug. 8. 1885, and at that time
found the defendant in possession of and
using the mains TO convey gas to their
station in Salt Lake; that they endeay-
ored to take control of the property and
were prevented from doing so by force
and intimidation; that another effort on
their part 10 secure possession will en-
tail disturbance of the peace; that a
suit for damages would do no good be-
cause the defendant company is insolvent:
that they have not been able to get an
accounting with defendant, hence cannot
state the amount due them from rents
and profits since Aug. s. 1885, but that
they believe the profits to have been large
The plaintiffs therefore pray for an order
restraining defendants from interfering
with their peaceably retaking possession
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
Castlegate's Volunteers.
Especial CorresDondence)


Castlegate. Aug. 23.-The reception held
in honor of the four volunteers was in
every respect a magnificent affair The
whole town turned out and about 200 Wis
itors came in from the nearby settle
ments- The boys were met at the depot
by the Uniform Rank, knights OF
tythias, SOcieti de NapOli. the /. y. .. F.,
school children and citizens. There was
a great handshalIing. and after that the
parade was got into order by the mar
shall of the day w. II. Donaldson. one of
Captain Gaines troop. After parading
the principal streets of the town. they
stopped at the Knights of Pyrhias hall.
where a programme was rendered. but
owing TO the immense crowd it was part
ly held on the outside. This detracted
somewhat from the instrumental pieces
on string instruments. After these eXer-
ciSeS were over, a splendid banquet was
served in the Latter-day Saints church
and in the district school house. In the
evening there were dances held both in
the bowery and in the hall.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
COUNTY ATTORNEY PUZZLED
COMPLICATED LEGAL QUESTION
FROM EMERY COUNTY.
Man Secured Possession of An Estray
By False Pretenses-Attornsy
General Gives An Opinion.

A rather curious legal question has
been submitted to Attorney General
Bishop by County Attorney w. E. Cur
tbs of Orangeville. Here is the propo-
sition as stated by Mr.. Curtis:
"A poundkeeper has in his possession
a horse lawfully impounded. a went
to him and orally falsely represented
that he had bought the chance or the
horse from a man residing in another
county who had lost him, whereupon,
after paying the charges, the pound
keeper let him take the horse away A
afterwards sold and disposed of the
horse to c; and b, the owner of the
horse, found it in C's possession, ana
ascertained the facts above stated
Can A be prosecuted for obtaining
property under false pretenses, and, II
so, what VIII the punishment be-?
Attorney General Bishop answered as
follows:
Section "a, R. S.. is the penal pro-
vision of chapter l of Title ?. relating
to estrays and trespassing animals, and
applies more particularly to the owner
or any other person who shall by
stealth, force or fraud take any animal
out of the possession of anyone law
fully holding the same under the pro-
visions of that chapter.
Can be prosecuted.
Under the facts stated by you, am
inclined to the opinion that a could
be proceeded against for a INSIDE
meanor under this chapter; or he might
be proceeded against for grand lar
ceny under section 1897. r. s., as
amended by chapter 80 of the laws OF
1899 Upon the trial the defendant
could not be convicted if the false pre-
lenses shall have been expressed IN
language unaccompanied by false
token or writing. unless the pretense
or some note or memorandum Thereon
be in writing subscribed by, or in the
handwriting of the defendant, or un-
less the pretense be proved by the tes-
timony of two witnesses, or that of one
witness and corroborating circum-
stances, as provided in section 1861. K.
S. That is to say, if ne should sub
scribe TO some note or memorandum,
or had written it out himself, this
would be sufficient evidence; in the alb
sence of any such note or memoran-
dunn, subscribed or written out by the
defendant, then the false statement
would have to be proved by two wit
nesses, or one witness would be all that
would be necessary. provided there
were corroborating circumstances; that
is circumstances which would corrob-
crate the statement of the one wit
ness
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
Discovered Bv a Woman.

Another great discovery has been
made, and that too, by d lady in this
country. Disease fastened its clutches
upon her and for seven years she with
stood its severest tests, but her vital
organs were undermined and death
seemed imminent. For three months
she coughed necessarily, and could not
sIeep. She finally discovered a way 10
recovery, by purchasing of US a bottle
of DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, and was so much relieved
on taking first dose. that she slept all
night: and with two bottles, has been
absolutely cured Her name is Mrs.
Luther Lutz" Thus writes W. c.
Hamrnick & CO., of Shelby. ". c. Trial
bottles free at Z. c. Nj. l. Drug Store.
Regular size soc. and Sl.00. Every
bottle guaranteed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
SUED BY JOSEPH oBERNDoRFER.
Salt Laker Brings Action Against
Davis County Constable.
Especial Correspondence,


Pennington, Aug 2i-IsraeI Call. con-
stable Of BountifuI precinct. is being sued
on his official bond by Joseph Obern-
dorfer of Salt Lake on a complaint charg-
ing that Gail entered upon property OF
plaintiff and seized and sold $500 bricks,
contained in a kiln. which was at that
time the property of plaintiff. The con-
stable il is alleged performed the act
while armed with an order from a JUS
tees court commanding such action. The
sale was an outgrowth of a suit between
Henry c. Remy and c. NJ. Groves. in
which judgment was rendered against
Groves. The brick kiln and contents were
supposed by the constable 10 be the prop
erty of Groves William j. Holbrook and
Arthur Riley are made parties 10 the
suit. they being sureties on the con-
stables bond.
Harry l.. Jennings. formerly a well
known Salt Laker. is being sued in the
Second district court for $40 principal and
S47 interest. alleged to be due on note
executed in favor of John Ford. ST.. OF
CenteTville. who is the plaintiff in the
action. Jennings is supposed to be in
the Klondike.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
Religion Losing Ground.

The country is becoming agitated
over religion. Periodically some one
arises and declares that it is decaying.
This results in countless discussions
until the agitation runs its course, and
still religion fiourishes. 1t always will.
for it is something the world needs.
One of the finest recommendations of
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the great
American stomach strengthened. lies in
the fact that it has lived for fifty years
in spite of hundreds of limitations, and
is renowned for its cure of constipation,
dyspepsia, biliousness. fever and ague,
malaria, and sees TO it that the life
giving elements of the food are assim-
Hated with the blood. There is moth
ing lust as good" See that a private
Revenue Stamp covers the neck of the
bottle.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-25
NO ADVANCE in MEAT.
Recent Rise Does Not Affect Retail
Prices.

Meat dealers do not anticipate any
increase in the retail price of meats
before next February, Notwithstanding
the stiff demand and rising prices in
the east for marketable livestock. At
present lamb and veal are in short
supply, and some importations have to
be made. 1t is the opinion of many
butchers that the CONNIE ner meats will
be cheaper at retail in month or two,
but that prime cuts will remain at
present prices, which were advanced
% cents a pound last spring.