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HOW TO MAKE A XYLOPHONF.

One of the simplest of musical in
struments is the xylophone, and by
working after the following simple di
rections, may be made at little expense
by deft-handed boys or girls.
Very hard wood gives the best tone
to a xylophone,' said a young appren-
tice who has had experience. Black
walnut, hickory and spruce are all
first-class. The first oneI made" con-
tinued the young man, was a two
taye instrument without any semi
tones. 1t is made from a large piece
of black walnut, seven-eighths of an
inch thick, which l took from some old
heavy furniture. 1 cut it out twenty
inches long and fifteen inches wide at
one end, tapering down to a width of
six inches at the other end. This board
is then divided evenly and cut UP into
sixteen strips, each one and one-eighth
inches wide, varying in length from
six to fifteen inches. The wood must
be of even grain and a piece without
knots selected.
THE next step is to bore two parallel
holes through the sides of the entire
set of the bars of keys (AA) large
enough 10, draw cords through, in or
der to hold the various sections to-
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,tbbert was ,,prieht. and he wanted all

Cuthbert was upright. and he wanted all
his clerks to be upright, too.
So Hugh was put in her place and told
to sell baa-lambs and dolls for ten cents
until he dropped, although they didn't
word it just that way
Now he had kept his hands at his sides
after paying for the soda, and conse-
quently had turned nothing more into
gold Whether he did 1t by accident or
design / can't pretend to say, but it is a
fact that he didn't exercise his new power
until q woman came in who wanted a
baa-lalnb for a 3-year-old child
Were all out of those for 3-year-olds,"
said Hugh politely, but ] have some nice
ones for 2-year-old and two sizes larger
for 4-year-olds.
I'll take a 4-year-old lamb-although I
should think it would be a sheep in that
case" said the lady, smiling sweetly.
There is nothing that makes people smile
SO sweetly as jokes of their own manu-
facture.
Hugh smiled, but not as sweetly as the
lady, and then he took hold of the lamb,
when it instantly became pure gold.
He was now in a Quandary. He was
strictly honest, and he knew that as they
were the toys were not worth over ten
cents. Nothing in a ten-cent store ever
is. else it would not remain a ten-cent
store very long. But gold baa-lamb is
naturally worth far more than a dime.
Seeing the lamb change color and
noticing Hugh's hesitation, the lady said:
Come, little boy. give me my lamb and
my change for l must be going" But
he said: Pm afraid | can't sell you this
lamb. IF you will pick out another for
yourself you may have it, but have the
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about how there was a lot of cats came
every night to the old church. and
commenced to tell stories every one
of them about where there was no
end of treasure hid and about wonder
full easy cures for eyes that would be
picked out of mems heads, till he had
Munro ghoo- more beside himself with
delight. You must take and pick out
my eyes. now says MurroghOo-more
ard leave me Nin the old church the
night" Very goed,' says Murroghov-
beg, I'll do that with a heart and a
half" So, reddening q pointed stick in
the fire, Murroghco-beg picked out the
eyes Of acknowledgements, and took him
to the old church, and hid him under
the same planks he had been under
himself. And there MurrGghoo- more
lay till midnight. when he hears the
roolie-boolie starting, and in comes
tumbling the cats. "Och, square round,
square round" the young ones COM
mence to cry till we tell stories. Now
says Murroghoo-more to himself, now
I'm in for it" TN tell no more stor-
les says the old granny cat, for the
last night that l told the story about
the kings daughter YOU didn't search
the house rightly, and Murroghoo-beg
was lying hid there under them planks
in the corner, and he heard the whole
rehearsal and went off and cured her
bad luck to him. and to her-and
got double her weight in gold for it,
and cured his own ewes that had been
picked out by Murroghoo-mo into the
bargain"
"Oh, but, says the young cats. well
search better this night, and I'll war
rant you Wen look under the planKs,
and may the Lord pity Murroghoo-beg
if he's eavesdropping again" So Off
they set at gallop to search the house.
beginning first by looking under the
planks; and when they went in there,
oh, that was the ruction and the up
roar, and out they comes, hauling Muir
roghoo-more with them, and when the
old cats saw this they came bouncing
down, splitting. and their eyes flashing
fire, and all of them fell on him, tearing
him to pieces. and it was trying to see
who would get the most of him. SO,
when Murroghoo- beg went TO the old
church in the morning. to see what had
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tinctly heard. After sounding each bar
you can best tune it up by the aid of
a piano. Finding on the piano the note
nearest to the tone of the lowest bar,
this strip of wood can be made to cor
respond with it perfectly by slight cut
ting For instance, if the tone of the
bar is lower than that of the piano
key, plane the bottom of the bar
slightly. This will raise the tone with
each shaving until it corresponds. On
the other hand, if the tone of the bar is
higher than that of the piano, saw a
slit on the under side of the bar. This
lowers the tone, and you saw deeper
unit. the correct tone is obtained.
I'm this way one bar after another is
made to correspond with the scale of
the piano until the two octaves are
completed, very little saving or plan
ing being necessary to bring the tones
up or down to proper pitch.
1.-THE bars may then all be fastened
together by means of a strong string
stretched through the holes and tied
at the ends, and very small round felt
or leather washers cut out and placed
on the string between each bar to keep
them apart.
1.-TWO strips of strong felt the length
of the instrument, half an inch wide
and about as thick, are glued firmly
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touch of gold, and ] must not handle the
toys unless Mr.. Cuthbert wants to change
this place into another Tiffany's and 1
have not talked to him about it yet"
But the lady knew gold when she saw
it. and she naturally wanted the greatest
bargain in New York, and she began to
balk so excitedly that good Mr.. Cuthbert
came up and said; Here, Hugh, what
Is the trouble, and what are you doing
Il have the touch of gold, sir" said
Hugh, and Miss Dyer was sick and
took her place, and I've turned this baa-
lamb into gold. and so of course it's
worth more than ten cents" AS he spoke
he touched the brass counter rail mad
vertently, and it turned into gold in a
twinkling.
Mr.. Cuthbert was a hard-hearted man.
but he was touched at Hugh's honesty
He also say that the boy was more valu-
able than his whole force of clerks. He
told the lady. that she might have the baa-
lamb at 10 cents if she would tel all her
friends. Then he offered to pay Hugh So
week if he would stay and turn one or
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must die. I'll pick out your eyes first.
and then I'll leave it to yourself to
choose how to die after So he got a
pointed stick and, setting it on fire, he
put it into poor Murrogoo- beg's eyes
and burned them out. Now" says
you?" We'll, says Murroghoo-b
says he, Il suppose the easiest death
will be to leave me over in that old
church all night, for no one that stops
a night there is ever alive in the morn
ing" Very well and good, Murroghoo-
more took poor Murroghoo-be over to
the old church and left him there About
midnight poor Murroghoo-beg hears the
roolie- boolie and helter- SHELTER. in
comes whole ragimint of cats. Muir
roghoo-beg got under some planks in
the corner, so he wasn't seen, but could
hear all the cats would say. After a
lot of chat they squared themselves
round, and then they differed on which
of them would tell the first story. Every
one of them put it to an older one, till
at length it came to an old granny cat
and she consented to tell her story, but
she said the house would have to be we'll
searched first. for it wouldn't do for any
one to oyerhear what she had to saw
Well and good, all the young cats went
hurry Skurry round the church. looking
under the seats and everywhere. and
poor Murroghoo-beg begun to tremble
in his skin now for fear of being caught
for he knew they would tear him To
pieces. But the young cats were in such
hurry to hear the old granny cats
story that they forgot to look under the
planks where Murroghoo-beg was hid.
Then they reported there was no one in
the house nor round about it, so the old
cat begun her story
Well says she, ''the daughter of the
king is lying bad, and very bad. and she
has been that way now off and on for
twelve months, only it's what it's worse
she is getting every day, and all the
first doctors in the land have been call
ed in, and the king has offered her
weight in gold to the man that will cure
her, but it's all of no use. None of them
can make out what's wrong with her, or
how she can be cured. But / know her
complaint and know how to cure it, and
I'll tell it all, only you must promise
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Ogists would recognize it as a shad at all.
and most of US would think it was some
strange creature that had survived from
prehistoric times. 1t plays havoc with the
other fish. being so well protected from
their attacks that only a shark, with its
powerful jaws. can crush it. The mailed
Shad sometimes grows to an enormous
size, and makes a brave struggle for life
when it is hooked. Only lately a German
naturalist, Herr P. Matte, has succeeded
in catching one alive in a wire net, and
taking it to Europe alive, where it swims
around in its own tank in the Berlin aqua
rum. An attempt is now being made to
get some spawn of this fish so as to raise
them for various aquariums, 1t is not a
good fish for food, being tough and dry,
unlike the juicy specimens that are found
in the North river or the Susquehanna.
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home again there come on a shower,
and Murroghoo- had to go in under
! a bush till it would pass over.
When he was in under the bush
he began to take the hunger
and when he looked at the fine skillet
of ripe raspberries he was carrying
home to lazy Murroghoo-more his teeth
began to water, and poor Murroghoo-
beg couldn't help tasting one raspberry
! just to see what they were like, and
then another, and another, till at last
he finished the skillet Very well and
good. When he came home, says Munro
g'hoo-more: Where's the raSpberrfes
sent ye for?" 81 had the full of the
skillet, but hunger took me on the road
home, and l ate Them" says Murro-
ghoo-beg. Well, the next morning Muir
roghoo-more came to Murroghoo-
again, and gave him the skillet, and
told him to go to the wood and pull him
a skillet of raspberries; land mind"
says he, that hunger doesn't take you
on the way home the day, or it will be
worse for ye." Poor Murroghoo- beg
promised that it would not, and he set
out this day again and pulled the full
of the skillet of raspberries in the
wood; and on his way home doesn't
a shower come on agin and put him
under a bush, and the hunger took him
again, and he ate the skillet of raSp-
berries. So, when he went home, Munro
ghoo-more asked him where was his
raspberries, and poor Murroghoo-beS
told him again what happened TO him.
All right" says Murroghoo- more.
Very good, the next morning Murro-
ghoo-more comes to Murroghoo-
the third time and gave him the skillet
and told him to go out to the wood and
pull him a skillet of raspberries, and
that if he ate the raspberrieS this time
again he would surely have his life.
But poor MuIToghoo- beg ate a hearty
breakfast, and said there was no Gear
of the hunger taking him the day. So
out he goes to the wood and fills his
skillet again, and set out whistling to
carry it home to Murroghoo-more. But
what would you have of it but the
shower put Murroghoo-beg anunder the
bush, and the hunger took him and
he ate the skillet of raspberries again.
Then. he went home to Murroghoo-
more, and says Murroghoo-rfo
where's my skillet of raspberries 1
sent you to the wood to pluck for me?''
"Och!" says Murroghoo-beg, says he,
''the hunger took me and 1 ate them''
"All right" says Murroghoo-more I'VE
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DIAGRAM FOR MAKING AN xYLoPHoNF.

gether The holes are about three and
a half inches apart, and are started
from the short bars With the sixteen
ranged in order and held tightly to-
gether and the course of the two holes
drawn across the top of the bars as a
guide, you bore through the center of
the first bar into the second Then the
first baracan be taken away, the holes
continued through and into the third
bar. and so on through them all. This
method OF work prevents irregularity
when the bars are strung together.
Now comes what l think is the most
interesting part of the. work-tuning
the bars. Lay them temporarily on two
strips of soft material. so that the tone
Of each strip when struck maybe dis
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Story of a Slave.

To be bound hand and foot for years
by the chains of disease is the worst
form of slavery. George D. Williams
of Manchester, Mich, tells how such
a slave was made free. He says: my
wife has been so helpless for five years
that. she could not turn over in bed
alone. After using two bottles of Elec-
trio Bitters she is wonderfully i'm
proved and able to do her own work. -
This supreme remedy for female dis
eases quickly cures nervousness, sleep
lessness, melancholy, headache, back
ache, fainting and dizzy spells. This
miracle working medicine is a godsend
to weak, sickly, run down people.
Every bottle guaranteed. Only so cents
Sold by q. c. NJ. l., druggists.
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across the uader side of the bars. These
form soft custom for the bars to rest
upon, which allows them to give the
clear, vibrating tones.
The two hammers, or drum sticks
with which. to strike the notes can be
cut out of small blocks of wood, thin
round sticks with handles being insert
ed and glued into them. Skill in pick
ing out the tones of different tunes, is
soon acquired, but practice is necessary
to give the longer notes the fine trem-
ulous or vibrating sound which makes
thisiinstrument so musical in the hands
of a good player"
With these simple instructions a boy
ought to be able to make very salts
factory instrument.
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THE SALT LAKE HERALD: SUNDAY. September 10 1899
DrcIlerieS 81 Donegal.
cries Of Irish Folk Stories. By seumas Macranus.

Copyright, 1899. by S. S. Mcclure Coz
Murroshoo-mor and Murroghoo-beg
We're cousins. and lived in the one town
land. Murroghoo- was the biggest
and strongest, and always kept poor
Murroghoo- at his command, and
made him do what he liked. Murro-
ghoo-more one day gave Murroghoo-
beg a skillet, and says he to him: Muir
roghoo-beg, go out into the wood and
pluck the full of that skillet of rasp-
berries" Murroghoo-beg took the skill
let and went to the wood and filled it
with the raspberries. but on the way
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never to come out with it, for I mean
to let her die a lingering death, says
she.
They all promised that they'd never
split lips again on the subject, SO the
spiteful old cat went on
well. them says she, long. ago,
when she was child, she saw me put
ting my head into a pail of sweet milk,
and she came up and hit me on the
head, making me drop the mouthful. l
had got back into the pail again. and
she then took a drink out of the pail
herself with the venom of my spittal IN
it, and from that day young serpents
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of gold into the bargain; and if you
would only put out my eyes and leave
me over night in the old church again,
l think | would have even better luck
than this time" How is that?" says
Murroghoo- more. why" says Murro-
ghoo-beg, this is the way of it''-and
he commences telling Murroghoo-1nore
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THE TOUCH OF GOLD.
BY CHARLES BArTELL LOOMS.

BY CHARLES BATTELL LOOMS.
Copyright, 1899, by c. B. Loomis)
When old Mr.. Carpenter died he left
one son. Hugh Carpenter. and that was
all he left. His fortune had been swal-
lowed. and Hugh found himself u
years old. fatherless and penniless. He
had made good use of his schooling
up to that time, and he knew more
than some boys Of Is. but he was
hardly prepared to go out into the big
world and earn his living. His father
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OREGON Short line RAILROAD

Inc only Line Running Through Cars to
portland. Butte. Missouri River Chicago
and St Louis. Without Change.
TIME CARD IN EFFECT JUNE g. 1899.
Trains VIII arrive and depart at Salt
Lake City Daily as follows:
Arrive.
FROM Ogden, Chicago, Omaha.
q. Louis, Kansas City and
From ogden. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Portland Spokane. %" an
6;u.oe' Helena and San Fran
'FErom Milford. sanpete. Provo '''' '
z,a and id1termediate points -. s:S5 am.
from Ogden. Chicago. St Louis.
I'D naAisds city, Omaha and Den
'' Ere Garfield Beach. Tooeio ''0o p--.-
=, mediate points ...... ............ $50 pm
E, Ogden and Intermediate points. $40 pm
Ion ogden, Butte San Fran
CISCO and intermediate points. 1850 pm
Depart.
Pen,yer. Kansas City and st.
Fer Tintic Mer i;ii'; and inferno. wv an
'"Eor Garfieid Beach. Tooeio and - q ~
For ogden. Brigham. '-' Logan. 10 an
pT;eston and intermediate
SSueu, suite, Helena, Port
nan land and San Francisco .....-.. s:45 am
ror PROVO, Sanpete. Milford and
Fin inte@r 1ae points ...-....-. $50 pm.
for ogden, Denver. Kansas City,
SnanS. st, Louis, Chicago and
pan FRANCISCO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $40 PM
For Ogden, Butte and intermedi-
ate points -.-..............,..,.-. S:45 pm
.Trains south of Juab do not run Sum
days.
'*Daily except Sunday.
Telephone No. $50
Ticket Office. Masonic Block. No. 100 West
Second South Street.
w. 81 BANCROFT. Vice President and
General Manager
s. w ECCLES. General Traffic Manager.
u; -; BURLEY. General Passenger and
Ticket Agent
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R!I!Il.lIIl'!!!I||i!liI|
IillI!lI:.
"It's Way Ahead. "

There's at least one New York man
who knows what's what He was a
Burlington passenger from Kansas
City to Denver couple of weeks
ago. and as he comfortably tilted
back in big easy chair in the smok-
ing-room of the sleeping car "SIVA,"
he expressed himself in this fashion:
.eDon't talk to me about the fine
trains they run back East. know
all about them. They're not in it
with the West. Look at this car
it's way ahead Of anything you'll
find outside of the limited trains be-
tween Chicago and New York. And
as for dining cars, why, honestly,
i've just had better meal than
I can get in any restaurant in New
York. with perhaps three excep-
tons"
IF YOU take the Burlingtons 1:40 p. m.
or 9:50 D. m. train for Omaha, Chicago,
Kansas City and ST. Louis, you VIII nave
an opportunity of satisfying, yourself as
to the correctness of this New Workers.
statement.
TICKET OFFICE,
214 South West Temple st.
b. F. NESLEN,
TRAY. Pass. and Freight Agent
w. f. M'MILLAN,
General Agent, Salt Lake City
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Ups and Downs.

Chicago Times-Herald.)
'I believe that every man is trying in
some way to live up to an ideal"
II don't. A good many of them seem to
be trying to live down to ideals"
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become of Murroghoo-more, he got
nothing only a rickle of bare bones.
Murroghoo-beg buried these, and went
home and lived happy ever after.
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LEAVE SALT LAKE CITY.
No. 2-For Provo. Grand Juno
tioE and all points east. $50 AM
No. for Provo. Grand juno
ton and all points east.......... sos pm
No. 6-Fcr Bingham, Lehf, Pro-
yo, Mt Pleasant, Mantf, Bel
KNAPP and intermediate points. 500 am
No S-For Eureka, Paysou, Pro-
Vo and intermediate points. zoo pm.
NO. S-For Ogden and West....... sos D. m
NO. 1-tor Ogden and vest. 9:45 am.
NO. 42-For Park City,. SIS an
and west .:......................12:so pm
ARRIVE SALT LAKE CITY.
No. From Bingham, Provo,
Grand junction and-the east. $50 am.
no S-From Provo, Grand juno
tlon and the eaSt................. S:55 pm.
No 5-From Provo, Bingham.
Eureks, Belknap, Mantt and
intermediate points .....-........ 5:35 pm.
10. From ogden and the west. $40 am.
70 NC. from Ogden and the west 1855 pm
TO. W-From Ogden and inter-
mediate points .............. $40 m
No. From Eureka, Payson,
Provo and intermediate points 1880 am.
No. A--From Park City........ 6:A5 pm.
Perfect Dining Car Service.
Ticket Office 1os West Second South.
POSIOffice Corner.
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THE MAILED SHAD.
A Desperate Fighting Fish of South
American Waters.

Few persons know that there are more
than 500 species of shad chiefly in the
waters of North and South America, Asia
and Africa, but the most interesting of all
of these is the mailed-shad (callichthys
callicthys) of South American waters. 1t
is covered on both sides with a double row
of thick plates, and the head is also hard
and bony. On account of this coat of
mail the fish has the strangest appearance
of any of the shad species. Only ichthyol
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Wagener's Grove.

Great place to spend Sunday. Free
stage from the fort every Sunday. half
hourly from II to 8 o'clock Bring
your family.
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On Sunday, Sept. TO- there will be a
distribution of flowers at Lagoon.
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Inc only Line Running Through Cars to
Portland. Butte. Missouri River. Chicago
and St Louis, Without Change.
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TINE CARD IN EFFECT JUNE 20, 1899.
Trains VIII arrive and depart at Salt
Lake City Daily as follows:
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TICKET OFFICE,
ga South West Temple St.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-09-18
Drowsiness is dispelled by BEEcHAM's PILL,


The wedding of Miss Nellie, daughter of
Patrick Delaney, of North Jardin street, and
James Cook, of Pittsburg, took place in the
Annunciation church at o'clock this morn
ing. Rev. Vincent Corcoran, the curate,
oticiated. The bridesmaid and groomsman
were Miss Bertha Bossert of Homestead, Pa,
and James Higgins, of town.
Andrew Shoener of Mt CARMEL aud Miss
Kathryn SPOTS, of Carlisle were married on
Saturday.
George Halkyard, of Ashland, and Miss
Agnes Mills, of Girardville, will be married
on Wednesday. The ceremony will be per
formed at the brides home at GirardYille
Luke Whalen and Miss Berdie Reese. of
Mahanoy City, were married at Phiadel-
phia on Saturday. This is the couple that
elOped about week ago.
Cards are out announcing the coming
wedding of Miss Lille l. Simpson, of Port
Carbon, to Mr.. T. j. Ditzer, of Philadelphia,
on Wednesday, September 27.
Patrick Hobbs, of Mahsnoy City, and Miss
Mary Koch, of the First ward, of town, will
be married in TIE Annunciation church on
Wednesday, the 27th inst.