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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
FORTUNE IN ONYX.
A Chunk Worth 100000 Said to Be
In Missouri Mine.


r. D. Kellogg, a prominent Iowa
acres in Camden county, this state,
was at the New Albany last night His
home is in Des Moines. Ia. and he was
returning from Fort Worth, Tex,
whittier he went as the delegate of the
farmers Of Iowa to the annual conven-
ton of the Farmers national congress,
which has just ended at that place. Mr..
Kellogg is the owner and proprietor of
the famous resort Ha Ha Tonka. in
the mountains of Camden county. He
mas lately refused an offer of $l00, 0G0
for the resort. He win begin operations
at once to mine onyx, which he states
abounds on his lands.
There is one immense stalaSmite
alone in cave on my place he said,
which biologists tell me will bring
perfecting arrangements to begin the
work of mining it. The maine Ia Ha
Tonka is from the Indian and means
laughing. limped water"
Mr.. Kellogg has a scheme to build a
railroad forty-three miles long to bring
his resort in touch with the world. He
has Interested number of local capt.
alists in the scheme and he viii take
them TO Ha Ha Tonka for a tour of in
spection. The town of Lebanon. Mo,
has raised $4,000, which is to be con-
tributed toward building the new rail-
road. y spur OF the Missouri Pacific,
which Jay Gould built from the Mis-
souri, river to the Usage river, near Le-
banon. Will be built further south to
connect with the Frisco at Waynes-
vile. This little branch line was built
as far south as Bagnell to enable the
magnates who We're building the Mis-
souri, Pacific years ago to get ties from
the Usage river after they had been
hoated down that stream to the little
village of Bagnell.
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this long before the road got on and
began TO see, in our office, Thomas a
Scott, superintendent Of that end Of
the road. became acquainted with
nm, because / was the operator
through whom he sent many of his
messages He asked one of the young
men IN his employment II he thought
L would ike to have the telegraph
company and come and work for him
as ms private operator. The young man
salu he didn't think 50. But when this
same young man told me what had &C.
currred. / asked him to go and tell Mir.
Scott that | would be glad TO enter
ms service. [ was; I saw a chance to
better myself.
The salary was $35 month ten more
than 1 had been getting. There is
never boy or a man employed whose
chance doesn't come to him. The thing
Is TO know it, and seize it.
BEGINNING OF A HOBBY.
1 have spoken of a constant deter
mination, from the first, to. get on in
the world. There is great deal more
in feeling that way than some people
think. There was another deLermina-
ton that 1 formed in my boyhood in
Pittsburg, which l have been able to
carry out. a gentleman named Col
onel Anderson let it be known to the
working boys that he could always be
found in his library Saturday after
Moons and would be glad to see them
there. [ went, as soon as / heard of
this. Strange to say, there was some
question about my right to come in
under the head of working boys, as l
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I discretion, or reads something any en-
ployer, who is a member of a literary
club. may wish to hear. ana as she has
a clear. low voice, a perfect French and
German accent. she really has more
work than she can do.
Mrs. Stokes and Mrs. GOelet employ
as their reader a woman who studied
for the stage. but whose health gave
way and who goes about improving
her patronesses' French accent by
reading to them in the afternoon be
fore they dress for dinner or BY read
ing CyranO de Bergerac and Shakes
peare in a soothing voice, with proper
accentuation.
OF course. every social figure who
lays any claim 10 brains at all. but
VINO has not the time to climb Parnas-
SuS by the studiOus, reYerent steps her
Boscton sister pursueS. gets the same
ERECT by the director means of joining
q book and a magazine club. There are
various kinds of book clubs, but the
one all the smart girls. Miss Chaplin,
Miss Brice, Miss Morgan, Miss Iselin,
etc, belong to. and that has the great
est influence on society literature, is
managed by shrewd individual who
has her living to earn and q. nice
knowledge of fashionable taste in read
ing.
The woman who manages this club
so cleVerly has made a pile of money
coaching young women or their moth
ers who are asked to meet a great lit
erary parsonage and who wish to ac-
quit themselves Well in the intellectual
presence. She drops in by appointment
an hour before a dinner runs over 4
list of an authors works. with an out
line of the plots and characters. tells
what to praise and on what points to
be silent. Most important of ali. the
coach makes out list of nice, brief
,r-,fS NCr~f-
pages for her employer TO memorize,
and slyly introduce into her CONVERSE
ton with the great man.
Last month the coach was busy post
ing. in verses from the Bible. various
great ladies who met James Tissot, and
Tissot, as well as ZanGwiH and An
thony Hope. J. VI. Barrie and Paul
BOurget. went away from the fashion,
able dinners charmed and amazed with
the culture, discernment and good
taste of the American society woman.
EMILY HOLT.
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with violet satin, one of the tufted side
walls is made in the form of deep
pocket that is evtr filled with the lat
est products of the press. French and
English periodicals. beside our own
paper and cloth back books. make the
case bulge out, and when setting forth
on round of calls. or bent on a long
drive to some evening entertainment,
the maid puts fresh literature in the
rack. and by small electric light the
reading can be carried on at night.
There is a really charming and profit
able profession pursued in New York
in winter apd in Newport in summer,
by the women who go from house TO
house and read aloud to employers who
can give only their luncheon, toilet or
late breakfast in-bed, or afternoon
rest hours TO book lore. There is one
enterprising individual who has as
many as six or eight engagements q,
day to read at two dollars an hour.
and she is growing rich on the profits.
She picks her books out herself. With
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girl wants all the luXuries of woman
and those OF a man, too. The high
tariff has put the price of her frocks
and bonnets up to a perfectly wild fig
ure The milliners' are the least,
though, among the New Years bills.
It's the price Of twenty-foot knock
about, with a sailors wages, of horses
and stablemens hire, and new traps,
and bills for expert golf lessons, that
fill even affectionate papas with dis
may Have you amy idea what 1t costs
to nut up such stables as Miss Helen
Benedict or Mrs. Hoffman own? Well,
something near ten thousand year.
But, having secured a good stable, hav
ing set up kennel OF costly dogs equal
to Mrs. Hitchcock's. and trying her
hand at yachting. like Miss de Forest
Day or Mrs. Thompson, the restless
New York girl must have motor car
riage from Paris.
You see them every day in Central
park now, the girls in special toc-toc
brown or automobile red tailor suits,
working the levers with their own fair
hands, while papa is down town try
ing to dig out $500 to pay for the car
riage, $50 for tuition in using it before
she could get a license to run it. and a
trif.ing $50 for the sweet little Partisan
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REVOLT OF NEW YORK fathers.
Extravaganza of Daughters at Length Being Curbed-How
Fashionable Women Are Coached In Literature.

The new year OF '99 is ushered in
with tears from the New York daugh-
ter. She has been hauled before an
almost implacable jury. in the form of
paterfamiIias, enthroned on giant pile
of bills, and she has been condemned
to six months-or. in fact, an entire
future-at hard economy, because of
her almost criminal eXtrava gance.
Some time ago we heard of the re-
volt of the daughters; it's the fathers
who are revolving now, and a girl who
was confiding details of the awfulness
of her interview with her father. tear
fully confessed to the straw that was
too much for the patient camel. Moth
ing but a motor phaeton. The other
girls groaned delicately in commiser-
alton and open contempt of the stern
parent, and half a dozen of them, AT
this confessional over the cups, who
had had similar experiences, voted
that the American father is losing ali
his charm and value and is undoubted-
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throw away the chance OF my life the
opportunity of investing with my chief.
''Oh. yes, SIR I answered him; Il can
get it,
WELL" said he. "get it as soon as
you can. In fact, $500 is the amount
needed, and 1 can help you out a little,
if you can't raise it all. a man has
just died who owned ten shares OF
Adams Express stock. 1t costs only
$6o a share, and it pays l per cent a
month You must buy it
| felt that this was a crisis in my
| life-my chance to become independent,
to get away from the slavery of salary
to the independence of competence.
And for the means to accomplish TINS
L turned to my one unfalllng, talthlui
friend, my mother. l knew she could
get the money. l didn't think there
was anything she could not do. also
felt that if Mr. Scott had known how
utterly out of the question 1t was 1or
me- or my family, to have $500 on hand,
he would have advanced the whole
sum for me. But my Scotch pride
would never have permitted me to tell
anybody how poor we were. Our saw
ings, $500, we had gradually put into
our home-the best investment, any
where for anybody, is real estate-and
this was now paid for. Should we
mortgage it to raise the money for
this investment? My mother said yes,
unhesitatingly. What is more, she said
she would get the money for me; and
she did, from her brother, who lived
in Ohio.
proud boy I was when / received a
check not long afterward for my first
monthly dividend-s10. The next Sun
day afternoon l strolled out into the
woods with my friends, as usual, and
pulling the letter from my pocket,
showed them my dividend check,
signed in big letters, j. C. Babcock,
Cashier Here was money L had re-
ceived without laboring for 1t, the in
terest on my capital. We all resolved
that we must become capitalists. And
several of those same boys have since
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short of marvellous, considering the So
ciaI sartorial and phiIanthropic duties
she is obliged to cram into these too
brief winter days, but when you come
to study her methods they are simple
and ingenious To a degree.
Such women as Mrs. Cldrence Mack
ay, Mrs. Seward Webb. Mrs. ]. y. A.
Griswold, Miss De Forest, Mrs La
Fargo and Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt
satisfy their mental appetites by fill
ing up all the little chinks of time by
reading in their carriages and having
readers come to their homes In Miss
de Forests beautiful brougham, lined
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a great rise in the world, for now L got
SO month three hundred dollars a
year. and l felt that our home rested
secure on my income. For my father,
who had been naturalized as an Amer
Jean citizen in 1875 had died soon after
wards. His naturalization while ]
vas a minor made me an American
citizen. At the age of is 1 was the fam
ily nainStay.
About this time came my first inde-
pendent financial operation. L don't
consider that q salaried man. no mat
fer what his work or his wages, as in
business. for he works for some
bo.y else, not for himself There were
six new spaDe1s in IlttsburS. and SO
there had to fe' SIX copies made OF The
press dispatches received in our office.
The min who had the job of making
these copies got Sc a week for il. When
he offered me 81 to co his work gladly
agreed. I was working for myself now,
on an independent contract. doing
something beyond my task. That dollar
a week / considered nv own. 1t did
rot go to the family support. 1t was
my FIRST eaDitaf.
Feb. ,, 1854. the Pennsylvania rail-
road was completed to Pittsburg. In
the telegraph office we knew all about
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"Second.-shep with carefully
classified list.
"Third-Do no unnecessary shopping
before Christmas.
,'Fourth-Do not ask to have goods
delivered the same day.
''Fifth.-RefUse to receive goods de-
livered after o'clock at night
The Consumers League was started
in Illinois about u year ago, through
the efforts Of the collegiate alumnae.
composed of TIE graduates of the lead
ing wOmen's college in the United
States The object of the society is the
improvement OF the condition OF Va
rious workers, especially the women
and children employed in factories and
large department stores
The adjustment of sweatshOps is an
other object of the league.
1t is a part Of the plan Of the league
to advise people to patronlze those
stores where the employees are best
treated.
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HIGH LIGHTS.
Chicago Record.)

The cheapest vase on the mantelpiece
never gets knocked off.
There is room at the top. but there is
shade and rest at the bottom.
Laughter is like playing a cornet-
prettier to listen to than to look at.
When a woman wants to improve a
mans opinion of her, she fiatters him.
When people take their own time.
they generally take other peoples time
too.
a pessimist won't even admit that to-
basco sauce comes up to his expecta-
tons.
People talk until they are old. and
then discover that the way to, learn is
TO listen.
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There are many more ways CT i'm
bibing literature than by spending half
a lifetime over books. The intelligent
society women in New York proves it.
Every other hostess or debutante you
meet is a bit of a bookwOrm, has a
knowledge of the contents OF the new
est publications that is amazing. keeps
track OF what the authors are doing,
from the latest Russian or Belgian &c
centricity to the last popular dialect
story in the magazines, and her cheeks
Ire none the paler Ecr have her eyes
ost a scrap of luster because of burn
ng any midnight oil.
How she manages to do it is little
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Hints For Shoppers
CPhiladeIphia EnnuirerN

All the clergymen in Chicago have
q circular prepared by the Illinois Con-
sumers' League, the object being to
tighten the work of the employees OF
the store during the holiday season.
The circular is headed. THE Scandals
of Christian Shopping" Five rules are
recommended. which, if generally OBJ
served by the feminine shopper, the
league thinks. viii lessen the labor of
employees in the stores. These rules
are:
"First.-Shop early in the day.
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uniform that is imported for use with
the motor phaeton. He may rage as
much as he pleases. but the motor car
liage has come to stay. chiefly because
his reckless. hard-hearted daughter has
taken a liking to it and is going to
make it a feature at Newport. Lenox,
in fact, the country over. next spring.
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DEvIsING A WAR CIPHER.

was in charge of railway commune
cation at the battle of Bull Run, and
was the last official to leave for Alex
andria, where there was much confus-
ion in getting across to Washington.
But it was in Washington, in the war
/ department. that L had my most inter
esting experiences at this time.
found it impossible to transact govern
ment business over the wires in ordi-
nary terms. We could not afford to
have everybody know the movements
| of troops. So, by necessity, kind of
cipher, the first used, was devised then
and there. It grew by degrees, and at
last became extremely valuable. The
principle upon which it was construct
ed was disguise. Calling Sherman" a
chair. and Grant a sofa, and so keep
ing the proper names out Of the mes
sages, was not sufficient. We soon
made one word do the work of a num-
Der. For instance, The enemy has ad-
Vanced in force" might be rendered by
the one word Sequel Reinforce
ments are needed at once" could be
transmitted by the one word. Bark -
for example, when once we all under
stood ii. Lincoln and Stanton, oftenest
Stanton, used to come in my room and
watch the messages come and so.
June l, 1862, Colonel Scott returned to
the service of the Pennsylvania rail-
toad, and I went with him. He had
done me many a good turn, and I was
soon able to do him one. Among the
young ladies I knew in Pittsburg was
Miss Riddle, the daughter of Robert
NJ. Riddle, the owner and, / think. the
editor OF the Pittsburg Journal. Colo
mel Scott was Il widoweg. and knowing
him as intimately as | did, l had often
spoken loosely TO him about his mar
rying again. Without mentioning any
names. l told him several times that
knew the very girl he ought to marry
He was now stationed in Philadelphia.
of course, while l was in Pittsburg, SUI
perintendent of my old division. One
day l got a letter from him in which
he asked: who is that young lady of
yours, anyway" I kept quiet, for
knew he would come to Pittsburg on
business soon. and sure enough he did.
I'm going back Tuesday, Andy he
said. mo, you are not, Mr.. Scott"
replied. You are not going until
Thursday; and. what is more. you are
going to escort to Philadelphia on
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been associated with me in undertake
ings involving large capital
L felt now that l not only had a stake
in the community in which / liVed-in
the home we had bought and paid for.
but that | had a standing in the world
of capital.
Meanwhile Mr.. Scott was rising all
the While in the Pennsylvania Railroad
company. In 1865 he was made general
superintendent; March A. 1860, he was
made vise president. and in May, 1861
he was called to Washington to become
assistant secretary of war III charge of
military railroads and telegraphs. AS
he went up he took me with him. and
was now superintendent of the west
ern division of the road. When he de-
cided to go into the government ser
vice he said l must go, 700. l didn't
want to go much, for | had a most re-
sponsible position, attending to the
moving of troops and stores, but he
wouldn't hear of my staying behind
So to Washington / went with him, go
ing from Philadelphia to Annapolis by
water, railroad communication having
been broken. | at once set to work with
a large force of men to repair the rail-
road from Annapolis to Washington.
THIRD MAN WOUNDED.
I rode into the capital on the first
locomotive that made the journey-but
not without being wounded en- route. l
was, in fact. the third man wounded in
the war The way of it was this: Be
tween Elbridge Junction and Washing
ton the confederates had pinned the
telegraph wires to the ground, thus
grounding the current, and observing
this from my passing locomotive, 1 got
down to release them. The very first
wire unfastened from the ground
bounced UP and struck my cheek. cut
ting quite a severe cash in il. When [
got to Washington L was covered with
hIoOd
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cure for California her full represen-
tation in the Congress of the United
States.
But If the counsels Of thosehwho OPP
pose the call for an extra session are
taken, the party in California will re-
ceive trouncing at the hands OF the
voters of the State from which it VIII
not recover in decade. Even If the
danger to an imperiled industry is
warded off without the interposition OF
the Legislature, and with a vacant seat
In the representation of California In
the Senate, the people will still resent
the neglect that placed their interests
in peril. and will lend far more kind
ly ear to the opposition, which will
want no campaign argument stronger
than the fact that in the hour Of SUI
refused to come to the rescue and keep
the pledge 1t gave to the people when
it sought the support that made 1t
dominant in the State.
The Republican journal, the Republic
can leader who in such crisis advises
against the precaution and action the
present conditions call for, deliberately
offers to the political enemies OF the
party weapon with which to destroy
it's dominance for decade or more
perhaps for all time. The simple ques-
ton now is, will the leaders ana the
would-be prophets of the party impern
the party life by continuing to oppose
the demand of the people and OF the
party for application of the only rem
edy fit for the case-namely, leglsia-
tive action in extraordinary session
had2
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A SUPREME PERIL.

It Is conceded that legislation, and
executive and Senatorial action on
treaties, now involve seriously some Of
the vital interests OF this State; that
the citrus fruit industry especially is
In peril. This fear has been voiced in
the expressions of several Boards of
Trade, among others the Chamber Of
Commerce of this city and county.
The growers, dealers and business
men who have thus expressed them
selves in protests and memorials, know
precisely what they are talking about.
There is nothing political in their ac-
ton. With them it is a question of
preservation of home interests, and
good faith Of the Government in main
tanning its protective policy.
AT such a juncture the vacancy in a
: California seat in the Senate is men
ace to one of the largest and most i'm
portant horticultural interests of CAL
ifornia. A single vote wanting there,
may have the effect of dealing a blow
TO California that will undo business
involving millions of investment, and
the life of a score of the most thriy-
ing communities Of the State.
The producers of this State support
ed the Republican ticket In the last
campaign for the reason, among 9TH
ers, that the party promised them that
protection should be continued in their
behalf. There 10 now threat in ona
direction to assail their interests. III
may be that it springs from misinfor-
nation, from want of comprehension
of the seriousness of the situation. or
from direct assault by rivals-the lat
ter is most likely the truth.
In such an emergency what more
powerful appeal could be made, one
more likely to be needed than the voice
of the representatives of the people of
California in Legislature assembled in
extraordinary session. Here, then, is
a specific reason why. there should be
an extra session, and that right speed
lily. That same session should in addi-
ton to entering q protest that will be
heard throughout the Union and heed
ed, send on its choice to I'LL the va
can't seat in the Senate. and thus se-
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For Seed r. RED Rse kussaAs ss 1Ags'
WOOD. CURTIS & CO.. III to l27 Street.

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT, COUNTY
of Sacramento, State of California.
In the matter of the estate of ELIZA
BETH B. BARTLETT, deceased.
the 18th day Of December, 1899. at 10
O'Clock a. m of said day, and the Court
room of said court, at the Courthouse, in
ramento, and State of California, has
been appointed as the time and place
for proving the will of said Elizabeth 3.
Bartlett, deceased, and for hearing the
suance to him of letters testamentary
thereon.
Witness my hand and the seal of said
court, this 18th day of December, 1899.
(Seal.) w. B. HAMILTON, Clerk.
BY B. H. Gallup, Deputy Clerk.
White & Seymour. Attorneys for Petit
toner.
Endorsed: Filed December IS, 1889.
w. B. HAMILTON. Clerk:
BY B. H. Gallup, Deputy. d1S-td