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WANTS.

ANTIID-FAITllIrtn L PERSONS TO
travel for Old house. Straight bona
tiLr SALARY $3.50 Il year and cNpsns IS
References Enclose Sclf-sddrcsScd
stamped envelope, y. ]. Munson. s,.:,-
rotary, Chicago. II
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WANTED-TO BUY OR SELL ALI.
kinds Of furniture and household
goods. Repairing and upholstering
at short notice. A Rybner. 226 25th
street. 4-3O-6mo
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-06

WANTED-FOR CASH, OLD POST
age and revenue stamps; valuable
stamps found on backs OF old photo
graphs. Send for buying list, +. s..
Cook. Box 302 Hampton. Va. 5-3tf
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-06

FOR RENT-A LARGE FRONT
room. southern exposure. and one
back room. Apply, No. III Thirticth
street. near West avenue. 1906
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-06

WANTED-FIRST CLASS PLUME
err Apply. CHAS. r. TAYLOR,
Hampton. Va. 7-26-tf
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-06

Lot Ladies Gauzc Vests. 10c. worth
15c.
ALI. SUMMER DRESS GOODS ARE
BEING; CLOSED OUT AT AROU'r
HALE PRICE.
All Mems and Boys Straw Hats go
at HALE PRICE.
All of our stock Of LADIES. MISSES
AND CIlLDRElNfS nNFUItDS AND
SHIPPERS AT GREATLY REDUCED
PRICES
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-06

WANTED A FEW FURNISHED
rooms for rent at the Military Acade-
my, with or without board. Twenty
seventh street and Lafayette avenue.
7-15-1m.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-06

e. pEYsER, National Bank B,idin.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-17
SOME GOOD SHORT STORIES
Stories of Mr. Reed.

Congressman Sherman of New York
told two new Reed stories this week.
Reed stories are always interesting.
During the closing days of the last
session." said Mr.. Sherman, there was
young graduate of one of the noted
| universities who came to Washington
! to study the workings of the govern
ment. The young man was very
strongly impressed with the idea that
there was something wrong somewhere,
and he became imbued with the lofty
purpose of finding out what it was and
then righting it. He bothered members
of congress persistently in his search
for enlightenment. and he induced some
of them to give him letters of introduce
ton TO Speaker Reed. 1t was some time
before he was able to secure his much
coveted interview with the speaker, but
one day fortune was propitious, and
the young man was ushered into the
speakers private room. To his de-
light he found he was to have the
speaker all to himself. so to speak He
presented his letters to Mr.. Reed, and
while the speaker was glancing over
them he informed him of his mission, 3"
says a Washington correspondent of
the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
" Mr.. Speaker, he said, by way of
introducing the subject which L have
at heart, allow me to ask you what you
think is the great question now before
the American eeople; the issue which
is most engrossfng the attention of the
masses of our population?'
THE speaker thought for an instant
and then drawled out: I'm not quite
sure, but l think it's lodging bicycles ,
The young man took his leave with
a grieVed look, similar to that of a BIZ
cyclist who has punctured his tire
A story which Mr.. Sherman relates
of the speaker has to do with a visit
made by Mr.. Reed to Lake Champlain.
n. Y. Mr.. Reed, Mr.. Sherman and
Congressman Foote were being shown
around by native who had the story
of that region at his tongues end, and
who, much to the amusement of his
listeners was throwing in a lot of his
torical fiction as establishment to his
tale. The native seemed to take a
particular interest in "stuffing" Mr..
Reed, whose identity was unknown to
him. In a spirit of fun Mr.. Sherman
introduced the speaker
This gentleman. he said to the ma
tive. lis Speaker Reed, the speaker of
the American congress-
DO tell said the native, without
any great degree of establishment.
I've heard somewhat of you" he
continued. addressing the speaker.
They do say as how you be the great
est speaker what they have ever had.
They do say that you can speak for
fifteen hours on a stretch"
This is too much" said Mr.. Reed
HE takes me for a United States SEN
ator."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-17
TRADE IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Cecil Rhodes has tried to stimulate
the interest of Great Britain and Ger
many in his African projects by telling
them that the starry banner of free
dom and per cent was already start
ed on its way to Cape Horn by the
overland route.
Reports from Cape Horn show that
the United States is taking great strides
in the field of South African commerce.
Such is the progress of American trade
that British merchants in South Africa
are becoming alarmed. 1t is in Ameri-
ica's favor that the freight rates from
New York to South African ports aver
age about 10 per cent less than those
from London. Notwithstanding the
greater distance that the American
steamers have to travel, and the fact
that they do not receive the subsidies
which many of the English lines do
Machinery and implements of vari-
Gus kinds, besides many other manu-
featured articles, are furnished by
Americans at a lower cost than Eng
lish manufacturers ask, and this, to-
gether with the freight saving and the
superior order of American goods, en-
ables the United States to build up a
great market right where England has
long held a monopoly.
English colonial merchants, previ-
ously prejudiced against American
goods. have become less antagonistic,
and American travellers as well as res
ident agents for large American houses,
trace many good orders more or less
directly to the friendship and good will
which have been developed during the
past twelve months between the Eng
lish speaking nations. The trade would
be still better and the profits to the
Americans still larger, perhaps, if they
were not taxed at the custom house for
the goods they receive abroad in ex-
change and bring back to this country
on their ships as their part of the trans
action
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-17
DERELIcTIoN OF DUTY.

1t is the business of the city to keep
the streets sprinlled. Taxes are paid
and money is appropriated for that
purpose. 1t is the duty of municipal
authorities to see that this work is not
only done but well done, and it is the
fault of the city administration if it is
not done.
Yesterday the wind blew with suf-
fcient force to demonstrate that the
dust is not laid by the sprinkling it
receives, and that the streets are not
kept as clean as they should be.
For hours there was a perfect cloud
of dust and filth, nowhere thicker than
along the paved streets which are sup
posed to be regularly swept, and in the
districts which the city is required to
sprinkle.
Sand and filth were blown into the
eyes of pedestrians driven through the
cracks of doors and windows, littering
up residences, soIing goods in stores,
injuring and destroying property, in
spite of the fact that the taxpayers are
paying for protection which the city
fails to give them in this particular.
What excuse has our municipal adj
ministration to offer for this dereliction
OF duty?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-17
PUBLIC UTILITIES.

Nearly every administration organ of
the east, and west, too, for that mat
ter, is engaged in frowning down the
growth of the municipal ownership
idea The contest Tor the public owner
ship of public utilities has come to be
one of the leading issues in municipal
politics.
Mayor Harrison's reelection in Chi
cago was won by an overwhelming ma
jority upon this issue. His record was
popular because of his fight against
franchise grabbers and his strong adj
vocacy of municipal ownership.
1t was the same with Mayor Jones of
Toledo, except that the Republican con-
vention repudiated him for taking the
course that Chieago's executive follow
ed. His victory as an independendent
candidate attests the popularity of this
"socialistic idea as the Republican
press designates it. Municipal owner
ship candidates won in Springfield and
quincy, His, and in Denver at the
recent elections.
In some cities this ownership propo-
sition extends only to street railways
at present. but it is liable to embrace
other public utilities if it proves sue
cessful, and there is little doubt of it's
giving entire satisfaction.
Those who oppose what they call "a
dangerous extreme" and "a tendency
to socialism" recognize the strength
ii has attained with the masses and are
prepared to fight it as a kindred policy
to free coinage. They may defeat it
temporarily in many cities now that the
opposition is aroused, but they cannot
prevent its ultimate triumph.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-17
The carthaginian of Maine.
Lewiston Journal.l

Among the many stories of Hannibal
Hamiin's early experiences in the Maine
legislature, none is more animated than
his tilt with John Holmes, interesting,
besides, because it gives the origin of
1.-The Carthaginian of Maine" a name
that stuck TO Hamlin through life.
Holmes had been in the United States
senate, and at this particular time,
writes General Hamlin, d member of
the state house of representatives. was
endeaVoring to domineer over it. Ham
lin disputed the leadership with him,
and Holmes attempted to crush his
young opponent by coarsely ridiculing
his swarthy complexion. Instantly
Hamlin jumped to his feet, and, point
ing his finger at Holmes, retorted: IF
the gentleman chooses to find fault
with me for my complexion, what has
he to say about himself? L take my
complexion from nature, he gets his
from the brandy bottle. Which is the
more honorable?"
This retort was greeted with great
applause and cries of Go onp' Hamlin
then continued, pointing his finger at
Holmes: Il will also tell the member
from Alfred that he is more conspicu-
Gus for trying to run dry shod over
young men than for trying to. encourage
them. But as long as they are true to
themselves and to nature, and as long
as the member from Alfred sticks to
the brandy bottle, they need not fear
him." AS soon as the cheers of the
house could be sufficiently silenced
Holmes retracted his words, and made
a manly apology. THE younk Cartha-
ginian routed the old Roman was the
humorous comment on the incident, and
from that time on Hanlin was thus
frequently characterized
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-17

The Herald's review of the Pelican
Point case in yesterdays issue was not
published as sensation, for readers of
The Herald were already familiar with
most of its details, nor particularly as
a matter of news but merely as a re-
capitulation of the events in view of
the Hayes case coming up before the
board of pardons today. The Herald's
narrative was complete. succinct and
up-to-date, leaving out the somewhat
tedious arguments of the attorneys and
the dry recital of the court record,
prosy matters for which the fin de
sicle reader cares so little. The Herald
failed to obtain likeness of Wrights
brother in-law's grandmother's cousin,
who died in her infancy, but with this
exception the story was complete and
readable
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-17
IT'S OK is eoRED.

Our morning contemporary says il
hasn't the least confidence in the lead
ing officials of the dominant church in
Utah. 1t says: "They are deliberately
breaking the laws; they are deliberately
breaking their own words of honor
That is very different from its tone
in 1895 when it was counting church
favors. defending the right of high
churchmen 10 talk politics in religious
meetings, and ridicuIing young Nor
mons from all over the state who as
sembled to protest against the things
that were then going on.
The main trouble with our neighbor
is that it never objected to the use of
church influence in politics until the
practice had gradually ceased. It Of
fered all sorts of excuses for the most
fragrant offenses OF this character so
long rs it believed that undue influence
was being employed 10 further the in
terests of the Republican party. 1t dis
credited every charge made against Re
publican church leaders, branded every
complainant as a liar, and repeatedly
declared on its word as a prophet that
never again would there be an ,attempt
on the part OF the church TO control in
politics
As a matter Of fact the church was
never freer from such political interfer-
ence and dictation than it is right now
under President Lorenzo Snow.
And there are many men in and out
OF the church who believe this to be the
secret Of the Tribune's fight. If Presi-
dent Snow We're less firm, if he We're
not determined to keep the church out
Of politics, if he would turn its political
affairs over to George Q. Cannon, as
President Woodruff did, we have no
doubt our neishbor would be all smiles
today, as it was before the change of
church administration.
And should the Storm Starter succeed
in its attempt to intimidate President
Snow, and should it succeed in making
the church an auxiliary of the Repub-
lican party we would look to see our
neighbours face all wreathed in smiles
again and its tongue laden with ex
cuses for ecclesiastical interference in
political campaigns.
But can a church or a community af-
ford to get down upon its knees for
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-17
-A@GS-
THE AMBITIOUS LITTLE BOY.

(B. E. Brininstool. in the Boston Globe
Some fellers like to play baseball,
An some likes football. too,
An some thinks marbles better yet
Gan plays for keepS-they dol.
But where's there any fun in them
Is more'n ] kin see.
Fer Buff'lo Bill an cowboys
Is good 'nough fer me!
I'd ruther roam the Drairies wide.
An hunt the Injins wild.
Than have to monkey round in school
Jes' like some little child.
l don't see how my folks expect
To make much out o. me
Unless I'm round where Buff 10 Bill
An all his COWBOYS be!
If I could get a nice fast horse,
A gun an pistol too,
You bet I wouldn't stay round here
With SIGH prospects in view,
I'd start right fer the woody west,
An mighty soon I'd be
With Buff'lo Bill an cowboys
They're good 'nough fer me.
I'm jes' bout discouraged
When l think of what a name
I'd carve in letters big and bold,
Sides winnin piles o fame.
I'd call myself the Infant Scout"
An soon my ma would see
That Buff'lo Bill an cowboys
Wuz jest the men fer me,
I'd wear my hair way down my back,
An sport a buckskin coat
With fringes runnin' down the seams,
An ODen at the throat;
I'd wear a big sombrero.
An boots with spurs-O geei
IF / could only live out west
Where all the cowboys be!
My mamma says I'm orful bad
Cause ! don't like my school,
An seq if ] keep on I'll be
Jes' nothin but a fool:
She SEE she can't understan'
What hez got into me;
An what there is bout Buff 10 Bill
That's good-she fails ter see.
But then. my ma she amt boy,
So how is she to know.
Fer if she was | bet she'd guess
The reason I think 50:
She never read of Jesse James,
Err Indians shot out west
Er else she'd see why Buff'lo Bill
An cowboys is the best.
I guess they's time enough fer me
To 20 to school bime-by,
Jes' now l want to win = name
How can l less try?
If you like school. why. that is jes'
The place you orter be;
But Buff'lo Bill an cowboys
Is good 'nough fer me!
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-17
glove SPECIAL.
eoc cHAMo1s GLOVES AT ssc.

For this week only we are selling our
best soc chamois Gloves in White and
Natural at CSC pair. simply to bring
crowds to the Glove Department. Ele-
CANT 2-cIasp, self-stitched bacll-a perfect
dress glove for summer wear in all sizes.
every pair warranted perfect and guar
anteed to wash, just what you want for
summer wear. Make no mistake. Don't
confound this offer with poor, cheap
grades usually sold at this price; expect
the best and you will be well satisfied.
One piece of Mantous Chamois Soap free
with each pair of Chamois Gloves.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-17
Choice of Politics.
Westminster Gazette.)

There is an amusing story current in
the Temple about Lord Herscheu and
his clerk. When he first entered poll
tics. the fortunes of the Liberal party
were at their blacklist, and his clerk,
who was a clerk of the Oldest school,
and took an almost proprietary interest
in his career, used often to brood over
the political situation. AT last. on the
day when Lord Beaconsfield returned
in triumph from Berlin, and was re-
ceived with such unparalleled popular
enthusiasm that he seemed certain of
a fresh lease of power, the clerk con-
fided his feelings to Mr.. Herschell in
these moving terms: Don't you think,
sir, in view of the turn events seem to
be taking. that our choice of politics
was a little premature?"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-17

The committee on public grounds, it
is reported, contemplates the destruc-
ton of the old mill in Liberty park for
the reason that one Of the walls is
growing weak. We hope the committee
will reconsider its determination. That
old mill is one of the ancient land
marks of Utah. 1t is one of the valu-
able relics of the city. and as pictur-
esque as it is interesting. All the other
old buildings are giving way to more
modern structures. Soon there will be
none of them left. There is no way to
save them. They are in the way of devel-
opment and win have to go. But this 81
lent, inoffensive old mill, the second
built in all the vast region between
the Sierras and the Missouri, ought to
be preserved. 1t is out Of the way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-17
DAILY Iowa Capital.)

It is announced definitely that the
school board of Salt Lake has practic-
ally elected Superintendent Frank
Cooper of Des Moines to be the super
intendent of the Salt Lake schools.
The salary will be $4,000 per year, the
same as Superintendent Cooper now
receives. The presumption is that
superintendent Cooper will accept. The
superintendent is at the head of the
list of public school men in Iowa and
his standing is conceded. He has given
the Des Moines schools splendid sel'v-
ice and is respected by all who have
come in contact with him. Des Moines
ought to keep him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-17

said the teacher; what is in this cir
cle?" ooh, that's the WE'LL" was the
reply" And why do you have three
buckets?' oh, one is the oaken
bucket, one is the iron bound bucket,
and the other is the bucket that hung
in the we'll But what are the little
dots?" why, those are the spots
which my infancy knew
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-17
PROF. COOPER EULOGlzED.
High Tributes Paid Salt Lakes New
,Des Moines Leader.)

Des Moines, and we believe we may
assert, the whole educational element
of the state, hears with profound re-
gret that Prof. Frank B. Cooper is to
resign the SUPPLEMENTARY of the West
Des Moines schools TO become the
head of the Salt Lake system. Dur
ing the years that he has been con-
nected with the Des Moines schools
Prof Cooper has lifted them to and
maintained them at high state of eff
ficiency. He is a modern educator of
the best sense, conservative as we'll
as progressive, anxious for what was
new and good, but not willing to sur
render the old and tried until the IN
novation had proved its right to be
considered. Having the enthusiastic
support and confidence of the teaching
corps, his broad spirit has penetrated
to the remctest school building, and
welded the West Des Moines school
system into one harmonious whole.
Prof. Cooper has heretofore declined
many tempting offers to leave Des
Moines and there is natural surprise
that he should consent to leave now.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-17
To Be Called Autoelektropolyphon.
New York Herald.)

The greatest musical instrument, or,
rather. music box. ever constructed. will
be exhibited for the first time at the
Paris exhibition in 1860. Its inventor and
builder. Antonio Zibordi. an Italian. de-
voted fifteen years of his life to construct
it. He has bestowed upon his master
piece the imposing name of Autoelektro-
polyphon.
The music box plays every style of con-
cert music in the most finished manner.
In it are concealed 81, 600 pieces of musical
$1,000. The giant music box viii require
two express cars to transport it TO its
destination. After it has been exhibited
it will be presented to Queen Margherita
of Italy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-17
Old oaken Bucket Illustrated
(Pittsburg Dispatch.l

CPittsburg DiSpatch.)
A teacher in a primary school re-
Gently read to her pupils THE Old
Oaken Bucket" After explaining it
to them very carefully, she asked them
to copy the first stanza from the black
board and try to illustrate it by draw
ings, as the artist illustrates story.
Pretty soon one little girl handed in
her book with several little dots be-
tween two lines, a circle, half dozen
dots and three buckets.
Il do not understand this, Bessie, y
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-17

Its very location is plea for its safety.
A quaint.old pile round which are clus-
tered the memories of early days, it is
an ornament to the park. Then let it
stand. Strengthen its walls if they
need it. Surely no one will object to
the expense of doing so. Brace it up
and leave it alone by the little lake, a
relic of the first days in Utah, a moss
covered monument to the industry of
the pioneers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-17
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD.
Yesterdays Record at the Local Of.
fee of the Weather Bureau.

SAT- Lake CITY, ApIlI 10.
Maximum temperature, 70 degrees; min
imum temperature. AZ degrees; mean tenn
perature, 81 degrees which is L degrees
above the normal. Accumulated excess of
temperature since LIST of month, "a de-
grees, accumulated excess of temperature
Since Jan. ], ID degrees. Total precipita-
ton from p. m. TO p. m, trace; accu-
mulated deficiency Of precipitation since
LIST of month. IA inch; accumulated eX-
cess of precipitation since Jan. l, L26 inch.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-17
Hats to Match the Gowns.
Frrom Katherine De Forests Pari.
LETTER.

Letter.
Just one word to tell you that hats must
match the dresses. white serge skirt
with a blue blouse has a blue hat; a pink
blouse Il pink hat. That and the pink and
blue dresses are what has most struck me
in the novelties for the season. Pale pink
cloths and pale blue cloths are the smart
thing, and hats to match trimmed with
chouX of tulle in three tones.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-17
NIl!llIlII1IIIII|
THE BURLINGTON
HOLDS
ALL RECORDS.

The fastest time ever made betwa 4
Chicago and Denver is Is hours aud
So minutes. The Burlington made it
February Is, 1897.
The fastest time ever made between
Chicago and Council Bluffs is 9
hours IA minutes. The Burlington
made it February II, 1899.
The fastest time ever made between
Council Bluffs and Chicago is 8 hours
% minutes. The Burlington made it
January 8, 1899.
Two trains a day, Denver to Omaha and
ChicagO-the Chicago Special at 1:40 D. IN.
and the Vestibuled Flyer ut $50 D. m,
Tickets at offices of connecting lines.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-17

When we trade the Philippines to
John Bull for his West Indies can't we
persuade him to take Samoa to boot?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-17
Ticket Office. PA S. W. Temple St.

Tickets at Offices Of connecting lines.
I. a. BENTON, Ticket Agent, r. g.
W. Ry., Dooly Block.
R. F. NEsLEN, Travelling Pass. and
Freight Agent.
W. F. M'MILLAN, Gen. Agt.
s14 S. W. Temple St., Salt Lake City.