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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-22
Glad He Had Come.
(Pittsburg Dispatch.).

In 1903 was born Robert Hicks. a Cor
nishman of many brilliant talents, who
is happily remembered as a brilliant wit
and story-teller He had an unerring
memory for funny happenings, and, like
most people who seek the humorous, it
was always coming to him.
When, in the Sos. Tennyson published
Maud" and took the public by storm,
Custard, a young artist of great promise,
who was a friend of Hicks. was staying
at Bossiney. wild spot on the Cornish
coast. In the intervals of his work he
kept singing in a stentorian voice:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-22
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= Not half the HATS you'll find
= floating around are worth touch
= ing. On the. other hand there are
= some that travel on the fame of
+ bygone days. We ask you to look
= at our HAT for just what it is in
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= We put ourselves out to see that
Z you're becomingly fitted-and
= you're sure to go out with dollar
+ or two saved. Derbys-all prices
= etc.
+ Put on a SPRING OVERCOAT, :
= our line holds a variety that throws
y any you can have made to order
y into the shade. They're properly
= tailored, perfect fitting and ready
4 to use now. You need not pay but
y $3.50 and cannot pay US more than
y $500.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-22

One day Hicks. who was an official of
the county insane asylum, went over to
the owner of the cottage where Custard
lodged.
.'Ah. Mr. Hicks" said she, 81 be glad
you've come for I'm, poor young man. /
thought somebody would be coming for
un."
Did you?" asked Hicks. ever ready for
a humorous situation. rs he very bad?'
All, that e be, Mr.. Hicks! Why he do
stand out there by them rocks, and he
hollers out:
Come into the garden. Maud!
Why, there haint no garden, Mr.. Hicks,
for miles around! And then he do say,
I be here by the geate alone. But there
bain't no geate anywhere nigh. And e
do seem to see black bats Mr.. Hicks,
I'm glad somebody's come for un, Mr..
Hicks. that 1 be!'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-22
ENVOY

My queen, for your favor / sue:
If your heart through my pleading re-
Tents,
To your feelings pray send me one clue
The fan that cost $0.63.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-05-12
THE PARsEss IN BOMBAY.
They Are the Mopeymakors Of the
Easf.

Thsv Are the moneymaters Of the
East.
To the nervelessness Of the Bombay
native one race furnishes an excep-
tlon-the Parsee, says G.. w. steeveAs
In the London Mail. The Parsee. as
his name tells you, comes from Per
STA, whence he was prosecuted for wor-
Shipping FIRE. Prosecuted races devel-
op their own virtues and their own
faculties; and now, under British
peace, the Parsee aourishes exceeding
ly. He is the Jew of the east; leaves
other people to make commodities
while he makes money. Banking
agency, commission, brokerage, mid
dleman's profits are the Parsee's Col
conda. He has perceived the advan-
tages wherewith a European education
equips him for these pursuits, and he
has sedulously educated himself into
the most European Of all Asiatics.
When a young Parsee speaks of "go-
ing home he means not Persia
where he would hardly be received
with enthusiasm-but England. You
can see It in the dress of two genera
lions. The elderly Parsee wears his
shirt outside his cerise trousers and
on his head a weird plum-colored
structure like a Siamese twin Of a
hat that you can put on either way
up. The young Parsee wears, as a
rule, a short frock coat buttoned over
white duck trousers and on his head
a linoleum arrangement something be-
tween a Prussian ~grenadier and a fly
paper man. He is shocked at our de-
NAL Of representative institutions TO
India, conceiving that II they were
granted he would be a representative
and forgetting that the Mussulmans
would straightway push him into the
sea and take his rupees unto them
selves. For the Parsee's rupees are
very many. Sir Jamshidji Jiiibhoy,
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-05-12

the richest, is worth about 5000, 900
pounds. There are many others. So
greenly flourish the Parsees that they
have nearly filled up all the eligible
sites on the ridge, the best part Of
Bombay, and soon there will be no
place for the Briton. While the rich
Parsee lives in an airy bungalow, Eng
lish women have to hire land and live
in tents. 1t must be said that If the
Parsee knows how to get he also
knows how to give, Every Parsee ed
ucational institution or charity, for
men or women, is endowed beyond the
dreams Of London hospitals. One cot
to~n-spinner is said to have given $780,
000 pounds to the University Of Bonn
bay; many others are hardly less mu-
nihcent. To them, to the Bagdad-
Jewish Sassoons, and-last, but after
all essential to the prosperity Of the
others-the British government, Bonn
bay owas the stately public buildings,
the spacious open places that give her
the grand air above almost every city
OF the west.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-05-12

the AAnt who did not imagine
that his bride would offer any
objection to the bargain. Half an
hour later the Boston girl was a count
ess. Next morning her husband sub
mitted to her the papers providing for
the cession Of her fortune. But instead
Of finding the meek little wife he ex-
pected, the count encountered an in
dignant and stern young woman, VINO
not only refused to enter into the ar
rangement stipulated, but further de-
clared that she would live with a
man who had so basely deceived her
Il will never be the wife, Of a fortune
hunter" was her unalterable decision,
which father and husband tried In vain
10 modify. Tee young countess left her
husband forthwith and went back to
her fathers house, where she remained,
however. only t~wenty-four hours. Then
she disappeared. Ten days went by In
a fruitless search. Then her father
was informed by a cable dispatch from
| Paris that his daughter had gone to
/ Europe and had decided to make her
own living. When. after hunting for
situations in Paris. London. Berlin and
Dresden, the countess at last arrived in
Vienna. she had just 10 forms
left OF the few hundred dollars she
had brought with her from the United
! states. She went to an employment
agency and inscribed her name as an
English governess." She secured the
place mentioned none too early, for
her money was quite gone. The count
| ess. who Is known at the house where
she Is employed as Miss Marguerite, %
likes her position and is perfectly con-
tented with her Surroundings. She
loves children and is fond OF her work
as a teacher. She says she will never
forgive her father for entering into a
"disgraceful bargain in order to obtain
a noble sOn-in-law. Neither Will she
return to her husband, who. she de-
clares, has dishonored her. The love
she once felt for him has changed Il
| contempt.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-05-12

From Vienna comes the account OF a
Boston heiress who has taken service
there as a governess In the family Of a
well-known nobleman and government
functionary, at the beggarly salary Of
900 forms per year. Her reasons for
taking this step reflect little creddit
upon either her father or her hus-
band-for fhe has been but lately mar
ried, says the New York Commercial
Advertiser. She Is the only daughter
or a Boston merchant. and received an
excellent education. Her father is a
self-made man. who late in life be-
came q millionaire by lucky s%pecula-
lions. With his desiire for money graf
fled, his next ambition was to acquire
social position for his child. Like
other rich Americans, he and his daugh-
ter spent much time in Paris. Here he
ran across a noble dame who eked
out a livelihood by arranging matches
between heiresses and impecunious
members Of the ~aristocracy. This
woman promised him a so~n-in-law Of
the bluest blood-for a consideration
ana. after looking up the names sub
mitted to him in the French peerage,
he decided upon a certain Count de B.
as the most desirable on the list. He
paid the 10000 francs down. part of
which was to pay the counts expenses
on a journey to America, the rest be-
Ing for the services rendered by the
noble dame. Soon afterward the Bos,
tonians returned home, and some timC
lated NJ. lie Comte visited them there
He is a dashing young fellow, hai
charming manners and speaks English
with a delicious accent. No wonder
the Boston girl fell in love with him
After a short courtship the weddln,
day was set, and the delighted father
gave orders to a French agent to pre-
pare a charming nest for his children
in the Faubourg st. Germain-a band
box OF a house, furnished in the lates
style, with gardens and stabler galore
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-05-12

OF B~riradier's Island Nearly EEtormin-
ated by the Cold Weather

OF Briradier'u Island Nearly EEtormin-
ated by rhe Cold Weather.
searsport (Maine) Cor. New York
Sun: The famous breed OF fat CLANS
which dwell in the sandy fats on the
east and south shores Of Brigadier's
island was nearly exterminated BY
anchor ice during the cold snap In
February. When J. Montgomery Sears
Of Boston. the owner Of the island, was
informed Of the fact he engaged an
expert In clam culture and sent him to
the island with orders to restock the
hats at any price.
Brigadier's island has been owned
by the Sears family since 1742, when
David Sears received It as a reward for
services rendered to the British colo
mics prior to the great war which drove
France from the new world. Sears
asked for the island because he knew
It produced the biggest and sweetest
clans that could be found or the At
lantic coast. Every year since the
grant was made, fifty barrels Of the
latest CLANS that grew on the island
have been sent to Boston as tribute.
Almost every distinguished man who
has lived in America for the past 100
years has had a barrel Of clans from
Brigsdier's island. The records show
that George Washington had ten
barrels while he was president, and
two supplementary barrels after his re-
tirement to Mount Vernon.
John Adams seems to have been a
great favorite with the Sears family Of
his day. He was president only four
years, yet in that time they gave him
t~wenty-three barrels of clans. For
some reason Jefferson got only three
barrels during his eight years of ONCE.
Madison and Monroe had eight barrels
each. Jackson had four barrels, but
John Quincy Adams received thirty
seven barrels while he was president
and seemed to like them, because he
sent several letters of thanks. After
Taylor was elected president the clam
tribute to the white house came at the
rate Of a barrel a year, the goods
reaching Washington during Lent
Last week a barrel was sent to Pres
ident Mckinley, the third he has re-
ceived since he was ~inaugurated.
The blizzard which visited Maine In
the middle of February coated the
clam fats six inches deep in anchor ice
soldering up the pores in the sand ans
smothering all the shellhsh. Wher
the anchor ice thawed more than 2,OO'
barrels Of dead clans were lying upOI
the flats, which we're haunted by crow
and sea birds for days. The poultry
keepers at Searsport and Stockton
hauled away more than 1000 barrels o
clam shells and ground them up TO.
feed. The average output of clans from
Brigadier's Island flats has been from
1000 to 1,20C barrels a year. Five o
six years must elapse before the bed
can be r%estocked.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-05-12

not the Monkey quite Forgot to MA
tribute rhem.

nut the Monkey quite Forgot 20 nla-
tributo Them.
The grand BAN at Shepherds hotel
came on on the flight Of Feb. ], says
a Cairo correspondent Of the New
York Herald. This is a function OF
annual occurrence, and IS one Of Cal
ro's greatest social events. Il was q
very handsome afair and the Moor
ish restaurant-probably n Of the
richest in point OF decoration In the
world, opening into a spacious dining-
room, which was used for the BALI
room, and opening IN its turn on the
hall conducting to the suite OF fine
salons furnished in the oriental style,
with palms and exotics everywhere,
making a setting Of dark green to the
many beautiful dresses-resembled n
wing OF a palace4hurlng a court ball.
Il was not only the ball Of the sea-
son - Shepherds. but the dinner Of
the season as well. At nearly every
table was a dinner party, everybody in
full dress, the ladies decollote and
wearing their ball dresses. The coup
d'oeil" was beautiful, the Moorish
lamps lighted by multi-colored electric
bulbs, which increased the sparkle Of
many a gemmed necklace and agrate.
MT. Baehle, the popular manager OF
Shepherds hoteb had the dining
room cleared by a large corps Of
Arabs and the restaurant converted
into a beautiful and immense salon,
with a marble fountain in the middle
from the basins of which water ran
down over a tB5ek apron Of roses.
Divans and valuable oriental carpets
were everywhere
The co%tillon, which vas led by
Comte de Zogheb and Fakhry Bey, was
exceedingly spipFSed and was danced
with much entrain, the "clou" OF It
and that of the hall being the camel
and donkey figure, when two yolng
live camels, followed by a sleek little
d~un-colored donkey, with large side
baskets filed with flowers, were led
into the room by Arabs in pink and
lavender silk costumes. The pictur-
esuue procession made the tour Of the
room. The live monkey, which mount
ed one of the c0nels, looked to the
right and left, grinning and enjoying
the sensation he was making, but sad.
" neglecting his duty of distributing
the flowers to the ladies, leaving tina
to the descendants Of his race, accord
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-05-12
WHEN PRESENTED AT COURT:

There are many American women.
including some from Chicago, who
are to be presented at the English
court this spring. It is interesting to
know just what they will have to do
in order to conform to the strict rules.
When the date of a drawing-room is
announced, the date when application
may be made is also told. The num-
Der who may be presented in the
general circle does not exceed 200,
and therefore there is a grand rush to
get ones name in.
THE womanawho wants to-be pre-
sented must apply at the lord cham
berlain's office, St. James palace, for
the necessary card, or form, which has
to be filled in, telling Of whom she is
the daughter, Of whom the wife, name
n address of the lady making the
presentation. etc. These names the
lord chamberlain submits to Queen
Victoria for her approval and If they
pass her august scrutiny presentation
cards are forwarded the eager appli-
cants.
On the day of the drawing-room the
applicant takes her cards to Buck
ingham palace and gives n to the
page in waiting. stationed in the cor
ridor, and the other to the lord cham
berlain in the presence chamber, who
the names to her majesty
or the princess who is acting for the
queen. There are a few old customs
in rogue, such as a woman having to
be presented again on her marriage,
no matter II she was presented when
a girl. An unmarried woman cannot
make presentations.
If the queen holds the drawing-room
in person the woman presented re-
moves her right-hand glove, places
her hand beneath that of the queen
and kisses her majesty's hand. When
one of the princesses holds the draw
ing-room ladies only courtesy and
omit the hand kissing. The courtesy
Is not slow and measured, but should
be quick and graceful. Full instruc-
tions as to ones dress are always
given at the lord chamberlain's ofice
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-05-12

Lovers Of tea will tell you, with a
wise shake Of the head, that tea should
never be allowed to steep for any
length OF time, and should never be
used a second time. The latter rule
is particularly insisted upon, yet the
Chinese, who must certainly be looked
upon as good authorities on the tea
question, say to the contrary. The
Chinese put tea into their little tea
bowls, let It steep a very short time.
pour OF the liquid and drink It, and
then add more water to the leaves.
The tea from this second brewing
is the better, they say. 1t has not the
roughness Of taste of the first brew.
Good tea, taken in moderation and
properly prepared, is pronounced by
doctors to be a stimulant to the nerv-
Gus system.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-05-12
Divorce in the Klondlr.

Divorce procedure in the Klondike
may not be provided with all the mod
ern Improvements, but it accomplishes
the desired purpose as ehectually as
the most enlightened court in South
Dakota. AT Circle City not long ago
an Indian woman. Ellen by name,
sought a divorce from her white hus-
band, one Finney, on the ground Of
cruel and unusual punishment. A
meeting Of the miners was called, and
about sixty Of them assembled to de-
liberate On the case. It came out in
the evidence that Ellen was so sturdy
a lady that her husband was forced to
furnish her with whisky in large guam
titles before he could beat her with
any satisfaction. Finney admitted Civ
ing her the whisky, but asserted that
he couldn't get along with her without
doing so. He further alleged in his
defense that ElleT was the b~est-dressed
squaw in Circle City. After careful de-
liberation the miners decidedly unan-
imously to lease Ellen a vinculo
matrimonii. She was also awarded
the dog and the sewing machine as ALI
mony.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-05-12
HAvANA's NEW POSTMASTER

Edward Payne Thompson, who has
just been appointed postmaster at Ho-
vana, has a splendid record in the pos
tai service, and is a thorough master
Of its details and its requirements. In
1866 he was made assistant postmaster
Of Indianapolis, and held the position
continuously until 1885. In 1889 he
was restored to his old place, and for
the past eight years he has himself
held the position of postmaster, to
which he was appointed by President
Harrison on the death of Postmaster
Wallace. He organized the carrier SER
vice Of indianapolis, and no one has
been able to improve upon his work.
The first routes exist today precisely
as he planned them. Mr.. Thompson
was born in 1841, at Salem, Ind, anu
was educated in the college that is now
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-05-12

When the rich old villain in the tank
play laid his gold at the foot OF the
young girl. she wayered for a moment.
partly, Of course. because the stage di-
rections told her to waver, and partly,
too, because she was more or less anx-
ious to marry we'll. But even In that
supreme moment her rare presence OF
mind did not desert her. Where did
you get it?" she asked, with a mocking
laugh, recalling that salaries had not
been paid in six weeks. Curse you!'
Kissed the ho~ary-headed ~miscreant,
staggering. She thought, now, OF
Gondalfo; brave, strong Gondalfo who,
when she was shlpwrecked, had dashed
her to a spar and held an umbrella over
her to keep her silk skirt from spot
ting! She would give Gondalfo her
hand, and he would lead her to the
footllghts. and they would sing an IT.
ish ballad together!-Detroit Journal
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-05-12

Eight American ladies bent the knee
to royalty at a recent function in Buck
ingham palace. Il is hoped they feel
better for tia sort Of Swedish move
ment cure. as It were; a ~dressed-up
gymnastic to make the waist smaller.
perhaps. Nowadays vain woman will
do anything to timber her muscles, and
reduce her size, even to paying $500 or
$500 for making a genunexlon to the
daughters of the queen.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-05-12

congress. /" he is lost; but II he replies:
"tn The house Of representatives, be-
cause the people cannot be taxed ex-
cept by their representatives., he viii
be passed with honors. Irish wit has
more than once saved an applicant.
A judge asked a man a few weeks ago:
What does the president have to do
with the bills sent to him by con-
gres8?" The man meditated for a mo-
ment, and then replied: PAY them,
like any other honest man.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-05-12
TO TEACH UNDERMINING.

Mrs. Frona Eunice Walt, a beautiful
and fashionable western woman, wants
to become recognized as Americas ON
cial wine expert. She has made a life
study Of wines, and her self-appointed
mission is to 60 among society people
and eRdeavor to educate them TO the
correct and refined way Of serving ami
drinking the Juice of the grape. Mrs.
Walt is much In earnest In her mission
Of wine-drinking teaching. She is rec
ognized among her friends as being
able to tell good wine from bad wine
with an experiences that can be aequir-
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-05-12

The man who wants to become a
citizen Of the United States Is put
through a trying ordeal nowadays. It
isn't as easy as It used 10 be, when
all he had to day was to take the oath
OF allegiance and get the ward boss
to vouch for him, says the Philadelphia
Record. Things have changed, and
have gone to the opposite extreme.
Now applicants have to pass a civil
service examination Of considerable
pretensions. Many Of the questions
would worry the lawyers who accom-
pany the applicants. For instance. a
question asked recently was: Where
must revenue bills originate, and
Why?" II the man answers; I'm
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-05-12

man document of considerable value
as well as a promissory note of future
performance. The quick senses Of the
child, her keen powers of observation
and introspectlon, her impressionabil-
ity, both Of sensations and complex
emotions-these are the very things
out of which literature is made-the
raw stuff of art" Mary is in school
and may some day earn a fortune with
her pen.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-05-12

ing ~ Dar win. At midnight a mcst
sumptuous supper was served, the
long table forming three sides of a
square and loaded with every mag
Unable Wand and ~delicacy, the center
and end pieces towering up several
feet, and, above all, in the middle was
a huge crescent and star, exquisitely
wrought in roses and violets and ge-
raniums.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-05-12

Maine Lumber Sent Abroad for spOols.
About 10, 600, 900 feet Of Maine birch
wood will be sent to England and
Scotland this year for spools. The
wood is cut in small logs in winter,
sawed at mills ndar the forest In spring
and piled up for seasoning until warm
weather. about the middle Of June.
Then the bars are bundled and sent to
Bangor by rail, where they are loaded
generally into steamships for the Eu-
ropean market.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-05-12

Depauw. He served in the Indiana
volunteers during the war, and was
afterward connected with the army as
a citizen. Mr.. Thompson's father was
one Of the founders OF the state Of In
diana. He served IN the war Of 1912
and was with William Henry Harrison
at Tippecanoe. He held public once
for nearly forty years. The son inner
its his ability.