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The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19
The Troubled cashier.

Now II came to pass that there was a
bank cashier who was sorely troubled.
And there came a wise man who saw
the care that was IN the bank cashier 4
face. aud he spoke unto him. saying,
why are you cast down? Your fea.
lures are the features of one who is In
sore straits. Perchance the watermel Ion
was still green?"
"NO," said the man who was troubled
at is nothing that have eaten. But
how shall / gain the condolences VI
those about mep II live bumbly they
say l do so TO ward Of suspicion, and
II / indulge In lux Ires they at once
declare that must be stealing. What
am to dop'
Then The wise man opened his mouth
and said great thing.
''Forasmuch as you are 40 blame
frald somebody will suspicion you, It
must be that you are crooked. Behold
l am Sherlock Holmes, the younger
and ! arrest you in the name Of the
law"
And 1t was found that the Cashier
had stolen mnch.
Moral--Now, therefore. when man
Is afraid the chances are that he has
something to be afraid Of.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19
Human EYES.

Mrs. William Z. Curtis, the wife OF
n Chicago journalist, probably possess
es the must unique necklace In exis.
tence, which was exhibited at the Jhi.
cago worlds fair. The necklace Is
composed OF three rows Of human eyes
IN "a perfect state Ut preservation. pol.
ished and mounted in gold. The eyes
were procured from Peru, where the
dead ARE buried In a sitting posture.
and the hot, dry air acts more effective
ly than any embalming fluid In pre-.
serving them. A mummy can there be
obtained Tor about 50. and the eyes
alone are much cheaper. Polished and
mounted as they are in this necklace,
they make very striking ornament
Mrs. Curtis wore the necklace once
only, and IL was much admired until
her friends we've informed that they
were petriled human eyes, and not
gems that were set In IL, when the ad
turned to revulsion.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19
HOME PATRONAGE.

We have several times expressed an
opinion upon this question. We have
endeavored to point out 10 our citizens
the advantage TO everyone pntronlz.
ing home merchants. The following
from the last issue Of the EphraIm
Enterprise Is worthy of attention even
though II may como too late for the
present occasion:
"A great many people from this city
and county will visit Salt Lake City
next Saturday to take part In welcom-
Ing our brave volunteers. Most Of
them will take money with them to
purchase merchandise. To those we
would say, before you go call on YOUR
local merchsnts aud you will 6nd they
will offer you bargains. equal to any
you can get 10 Salt Lake City. II you
buy 10 the capital you must put up
with what you get, but at home, II
anything Is wrong with your purchase
you can have IL made right. The home
merchants are Interested with you 10
the upbuilding Of the town. Every
dollar you trade with them accomp.
fishes something for the town. They
pay their taxes and licenses here and
they are entitled to your trade.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19

In nearly every city In the State
political talk Is rife and all kinds Of
predictions aud suggestions are being
made over the approaching municipal
elections. Strange TO say there is not
even ripple in Provo. Are we not
going to have city campaign here,
or are the politicians waiting for the
quiet which will succeed the volunteers
receptionP II is nearly time that the
party was Inspecting Its material with
n view 10 the commencement Of win
ing campaign.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19
AN EXPLANATION.

As q rule wo do not believe In per-
sonal explanations or 10 the exploiting
OF our own business. as we believe that
every newspaper should speak for it.
self by Its visible merits, but Ia Provo
we have peculiar circumstance, or
perhaps we might better say. combi
nation OF circumstances. We there
fore believe that an explana ton is due
to our friends and patrons. as well as
to the general public. not only 10 JUS
tice TO them. but also in justice to our.
selves.
TO begin with the postmaster OF
Provo City is also manager and practi.
cally the editor of the Provo Enquirer.
That same gentleman Las many times
maintained that he would not allow
any other newspaper but thes Enquirer
to live In Provo. In the pursuance OF
that laudable (9) purpose the manager
Of the Enquirer 10 his zeal TO advance
the interests Of his paper, frequently
forgets his duties as the servant OF the
people In the capacity Of postmaster Of
Provo city.
Mail directed to the UTAH COUNTY
DEMOCRAT either in the shape OF let.
tiers, newspapers or postal cards do not
always reach Us on time. We would
especially warn our correspondents not
TO use the latter. Us recent instance
OF Important matter In that shape
shows two days difference between the
deposit IN the Provo postoflice aud de-
post 10 The DEMOCRAT box.
ln regard to our paper we will say
that we issue on Wednesdays and Sat-
urdays, and nearly always considerably
In advance Of the Enquirer upon those
days. Again overlooking his duty as
postmaster land servant OF the pee.
plc) the Enquirer manager always ar
ranges that his paper shall be first dis
tributed In boxes or to subscribers
through the general delivery. In two
recent instances where The UTAH
COUNTY DEMOCRAT was delivered to
The post0tiice over one and one-half
hours In advance Of the Provo Euquir-
er our paper was delayed aud the lat
ter delivered frst
These are only few instances Of the
jobbery, or total iucompe-
tency OF the present incumbent OF the
poslmastersbp. We have others Of
greater magnitude. but offer these only
10 the people to explain the failure Of
prompt delivery of their papers OR fail.
nre In the announcement Of news In
the only peoples medium.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19
WELCOME THE BOYS.

Today the volunteers landed In Salt
Lake city after more than years ab.
sence, most of which time has been
spent in the Philippines bravely max.
ing names Tor themselves and doing
honor To Utah. All Of the state uDlies
today 10 welcome them and do them
honor, and their reception cannot pos.
sibly be too glorious nor too general.
Large delegations from the cities and
towns all over Utah are gathered to.
day 10 the State capital and will par
ticlpate In the general welcome TO our
heroes. 1t is fitting that they do so
and we hope the State reception will be
most enthusiastic. Tonight our brave
boys will come down to Provo and will
be met here at The depot with cheers
and by bands OF music and by a ing
delegation OF local citlzens. Everyone
In town ought to be there and join In
the welcome. Let us also not forget
onr home celebration and reception
Monday. We are pleased to learn that
n large number of business men have
already signifled their intention OF
closing their houses on that day and
we trust the others Will follow suit.
Let the day be grand one and let all
unite to make II so. Join the boys In
rejoicing over their homecoming.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19

The last issue OF the Willard Pro
gress contains the following interest
ing item;
"Mismated stockings are said TO be
the latest fad among the ladies. A
blue stocking with yellow stripes is
worn with yellow one with blue
stripes; black one with red dots ac-
companies a red one With black dots.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19
Schedule in Eject March 10, 1890.
Subject 10 change without Notice.
NO sSIsf e. Sa5 STATIONS SSTsG &. SsIy

Trains between Junb and Frisco run daily
except Sunday.
Trains for Tooele leave Salt Lake at 7;45
a N. daily except Sunday.
Trains for Eureka leaves Provo 500 q M.
Arrives Fairfield 9;20 m, Eureka 1880 m
Leaves Eureka AZ $3.50 p m, Fairfield 4;Se m,
Provo 7;i0 p. m,
Trains leave Salt Lake for Ogden m,
V;t5 m, 500 "A m, $40 pm.
Trains leave Ogden for Salt Lake $3.50 a n,
1870 m. a:05 p M, 6.i5 pm
Close connections made at Ogden with the
Southern and Union Pacinc.
Quickest time made from Utah points 10
Denver. Omaha, Kansas City, Chicago, ST.
Louis and New York.
Through tickets on sale at all stations. Bag.
gage checked through
S. w. Eecles, Geo. W. Craig ACT,
Gen. Trf Mgr. Provo Utah
w. II. bancroft, ID. e Burley,
v.-P. and g. Mgr. G, p. and T. Agt.,
salt Lake Civ.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19

Wan. Waldorf Aston. who recently
became British Subject. seems TO be
dispised alike by Americans and Eng
lisnmen' Tie deserves It. Without any
qualification but wealth. however ac-
gnired. be found he could not be the
'fhe top Of the heap In America. His
licensions and dissolnte practices should
'entitle him to CLOSE association with
III. r, H., The Prince OF Wales. but
even the prince says that ''Astor bores
him." Poor thing. He ought 10 go
to Manila and associate with the
Fillpinos.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19
Cheap Rates to Phi adelphia.

Account Of the G. A. Il. National
Encampment at Philadelphia in Sep
TENDER, the II. g. w, will make the
following round trip rates to Philadel.
phia and return. Selling dates August
20, 30, 81 and Sept /. Limited to
Sept. ~, but can be extended to Sept.
30; $685.. good going and returning
via same route, tickets not good to
stop of In transit; s60.5O, good gong
and returning via same route, good for
one stop-over east Of Buffalo or Pitts.
burgh; s02.50, good going via one route
and returning via another, good for one
stop'over In each direction east OF
Buffalo or Pittsburgh.
f. FoUTs, Agent.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19

THE Republican State Convention 10
1896 declared unequivocally In favor OF
the free coinage OF silver at the ratio OF
10 to I. aud thus made quasi lnstruc.
tion TO delegates to the National Con.
veuiion. Any delegate or alternate
who disobeyed tho demands of the
platform was n traitor to the State and
his party.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19

TO-DAY being State holiday in
honor Of the return Of our volunteers
The UTAH COUNTY DEMOCRAT Is Is
sued several hours 10 advance of It's
usual time. II we miss any late news
we trust the deficiency will be excused
on that ground.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19
THE Nevada State Journal publIshe.

THE Nevada State Journal publishes
The following telling hit;
In the early railroad days OF Neva-
da. three card monte dealers we're
''thicker than thieves" or at least any
other class OF thieves, along the line
Of the road. One OF their methods OF
deceiyiug The unwary. was by disguls-
Ing themselves as honest miners, de.
nouncing 10 loud and noisy tones the
'baby card men. and while pretending
10 expose the trick. lure their victims
Against the game. This little Bit OF
carly Nevada history is recalled to our
mind, whenever we read Republican
convention resolution denuneialcry OF
trusts,
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19
How'd DO; Let's shake

Come In and get acquainted l have
opened retail cigar and tobacco store
In Southworth block, and respectfully
ask all smokers to call end inspect my
line Of cigars, etc. Box trade a spe-
cially. Hoping TO receive share Of
your patronage, l am yours for bust.
ness. f. Bort.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19

SPANISH FORK is having spasm OF
morality. having even gone so far as
10 prohibit the cake walk" 10 the
pavilion in that city. We believe other
reforms In our sister city would be
squally appropriate.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19

PRoF. j J. MCCLELLAN, who so
ably filled the position OF musical In.
structor at the B. Y. Academy. has
lef, for Europe for two years course
OF study in his chosen profession. We
wish him success.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19

The Oregon Short Line train will
run through TO Saltair. Returning
special train will leave Saltalr 10 p. m,
Salt Lake City l0;45 pm. This will be
the graeaest excursion ever run from
Utah county-walt fer IL,
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19

THE Salt Palace, which will take
rank az one Of the chief wonders OF
Utah. will be opened next Monday
evening.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19

IT IL a pleasure TO learn that Major
''Dick" Young will accompany the
Utah batteries home. having arrived
In San Francisco Wednesday evening.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19

Iowa Democrats in their State con.
vention endorsed the Chicago platform
In It's entirety and also advocate Bryan
for President IN 1900. Evidently the
silver question Is still an issue.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19

The Utah State Journal grows
facetions over typographical error In
our report OF the Press outing at Cas-
tIlla. IL ought to have had an attend
ance Of $4,000, Brother Littlefield.
even though II was only $500. II you
had been there you would have helped
VI considerably.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19

TIE Provo Christian Advocate has
suspended publication at least until
another M. II. minister Is secured who
will resume the work.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19
G. A. r.. DAY.
Excursion via Oregon Short Line to
Saltair.

SaItair.
The various G. A. r. Camps OF the
State will hold their annual reunion
at Saltair bench. August 90, 1869.
The program as announced includes
a grand military parade In Salt Lake
City ut 1890 a. M. In which II Is ex-
pecled that the Utah batteries Al aud
Q. and Utah Rough Riders, Troop A,
will participate. Do honor to the
veterans by joining this excursion aud
at the same time greet our returned
volunteers. For the above occasion
the Oregon Short Line will make the
following low rates:
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19

nd so on. We have not yet seen any
of this sort 10 Miiard."
We hope that Brother Gaisford is
not spending his time IN investigation.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19
Castillo.

The best summer hotel IN the State.
Rates 80 to si2 per week,
KAISER & NOSE CHRISTENSEN,
Proprietors
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1899-08-19

vlrn RJrHN TIE UTAH COUNTY DEM
MHN ooRAT wants agents and
Luz solicitors In Provo and
every city and town In
Utah county. Liberal commission allowed on
ali business. We shall also be pleased 70 re-
ceive communications rs 10 local happenings
of interest. A soon M possible our manager
will visit the different precincts OF the county
with q view of securing correspondents ana
agents. Address all communications TO
THE UTAH COUNTY DEMOCRAT;
Provo City. Utah.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-20

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Aug 16.-The
announcement that the eight unmarried
and two Of the married All Fong sisters
Of Honolulu, are soon coming in a body
to California. and will make a pleasure
tourof the United States has reused an I'M
common degree of pubic curiosity on the
Pacific coast. There is scarcely a more
interesting group of sisters anywhere
than the pretty All Fong girls of the
tropics are. For a dozen years naval Of
ffcers have told of the delightful hos
pitaiity afforded them of the All Fong
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-20

Of many a naval officer and American
young man tourist In the islands
In 1890 Wing All Fong was supposed to
be worth over s., e00, 00e He refused some
SSae, 900 for his holdings on the island of
Maui alone There has always been a
mystery about the reason that Mr.. All
Fong left Honolulu and sailed for a visit
to his boyhood home in China In June.
1872 He spent months getting his enor-
nous business In shape 10 leave 1t, and
ne sailed away with his boy. When
months passed and All Fong was still IN
returned there began to be rumors among
the Chinese in Honolulu that the million
aire merchant had been detained in Chi
ma When year went by and he was
yet absent the gossips talked more &C
lively than ever Mrs. All Fong and her
daughters kept closely at home for a long
time, and never spoke on the subject to
outsiders. The Chinese merchants In
Honolulu began to say that Mr. All Fong
had secretly gone to visit former wife
and her two sons IN Pekin, and that bv
the laws of China he had come very near
going to prison for long term for desert
ing his family in China and going to a
foreign land. The gossips had it also
that Mr.. All Fong had paid fine of uanv
thousands Of dollars, and had settled
down with good-Sized fortune to live all
his days with his first family in Pekin.
No one seems to know how much of this
Is gossip or fact. The An Fong family in
Honolulu has, however, never seen its
father since that July day seven years
ago. Every one in Honolulu believes the
gossipy story as to the fate that t,efeaI
Papa All Fong In Pekin- MOREOVER. the
Honolulu newspapers have several times
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-20

about he would say: "Yea singee ally
velly fine song, you know. l give you
heap money" Then away the family
would go down the road, with the girls
singing in chorus a medley of AL popular
songs of the day. 1t used to be a mem
orable sight to see bowling along any Of
the laYa-made roads in Honolulu, Papa
All Fong, with his long cue dangling
down his back. driving in a carriage con-
tanning his complete family circle, all
singing, laughing and having a noisy
good time all by themselves.
True Chinaman that he was, Wing All
Feng never gave up his idea that the Chi
pese ways of living and doing things were
a little superior to any others. He let his
wife run the home and dress and edu-
cate the girls as she saw fit The All
Fong boy, however. was the fathers to
educate. So, while the All Fong girls
dressed and were brought up according
to American ideas, their brother wore a
cue, had his head shaved and wore flow
ing sti1en garments like his father Once
his oldest daughters got him to don a
black dress coat and vest when a party
Of naval officers came to the mansion to
dine, but the father afterward declared
he would never again 50 discredit his race
as to appear in other garb than that Of
a Chinese. Occasionally, when he and his
wagon load of gayly gowned femininity
drove down to the Honolulu wharf to give
a welcoming hand to the people from the
steamer or a man-of-war he would please
his daughters by putting his long ebony
cue under his derby hat
The All Fong place in Honolulu iG one
of the sights that tourists are taken first
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-20

luncheon or dinnsr-or, If between meals
TO cooling drinks, cigars. and always
warm-heaFted cordiaiity
The All Fong girls have never been At
all backward about letting people know
their Chinese blood. Indeed. they still
have large and costly portrait in oils
OF their father, in all his Celestial fiperv
hanging on the wall of the drawing room
at homo and they point to It as their
father. They used to joke about how
their papa preferred the absurd tinpanny
music OF Chinese orchestra to the
strains of a band on beard an American
flan-of-war- Even without their money
the Misses All Fong would be the most
popular girls In Honolulu. They have lac
come proficient tennis PLAYERS and ara
fair at whist and poker.
The marriage of Miss All Fong to Caat
Whltlng, United States navy gave +hA
family its greatest social prestige. for
Notwithstanding Wing All Fong's wealth
9nd the rare hospitality of the home
me chinese father was ever in the minis
OF marriageeble young men who were
friends Of the pretty girls there. When It
Fas announced that the courtly. dignif1ed
and proud Capt. Whiting was socn to wed
Miss All Fong the affair was q f4jne-;fav
wonder IN Honolulu and Sen Francisco
so the wedding of the veteran naval Of
hcer and Miss All Foag was made so
grand an AFFAIR that 1t Is still told over
and over In Hawaii and on the ParE4,
coast The marriage has proved a very
happy one. The couple has a heautif1si
aeras close beside the Al FeRg mansion
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-20
FUNSTON IN THE FIELD.
How the Kansas General Parted
with His Late Regiment


SAN FERNANDO, I.uzon, P. L. Juna
%.-Two days ago, in this town, a man
sat on his pony while a column Of men
on their way to the railroad station,
marched past him. The troops were go
Ing to Manila to recuperate from a cam
paign they had begun on Feb. l. when
they were LOO strong; now the command
was not Of greater strength than 600.
so heavy had been the tax on # in those
100 days. Work-worn and unkempt. MANY
of them listless and tramping with drag
ging steps, they looked to be anything
rather than the most talked Of regiment
In these Islands.
AS they caught sight of the gray horse
and his sturdy little rider, eyes bright
ened; a murmur of comment ran down
the column of fOurs; then followed cheer
after cheer. Raising his hat in response
to those ringing shouts, the man thus
honored sat in silence until the rearnost
battalion, with It's kitelike tail of jabber-
ing Chino litter-bearers, had disappear
ed In the dust; then, replacing his hat,and
with eyes dropped down, he turned his
horse and rode away.
On the blue saddle cloth OF the stocky
gray pony CLEANED the white 100" of the
colonel of an infantry regiment, but on
the shoulders of his rider shone the star
of g general, a star won In all honor by
the man while leading that row sadly re-
duced regiment Of gallant volunteers. We
who had sat and viewed the above little
scene had witnessed the parting of Gen.
Frederick Funston and his late regiment,
the Twentieth Kansas.
The meeting and parting had not been
prearFanged. The general had been rid
ing through the town to select and as
sign quarters for the Ninth regulars.
who were to replace the Kansas in his
brigade; but we OF his staff who were
present felt that we had seen something
OF the confidence and devotion that brave
men have for a gallant leader. As we
rode away the general turned to me and
said: ''I suppose 1t wouldn't have bsen
very dignifed, but tears were not far
from the surface just now. I couldn't
help thinking of those poor fellows that
came out with US and are gone; and to
see the condition of that fine regiment ia
hard
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-20

to see. 1t stands In the Western sub
urbs Of the city. amid the most beauti-
full grounds in all the South seas. There
are avenues of palms, winding roads Of
lava, scores of beds Of flowers, numer-
GUS fish ponds, a wealth of tropical
shrubbery and dozen fountains and half
dozen artistic grottoes. The house It
self is a cOmposite-a sort Of pagoda and
American seashore cottage. 1t IS an
enormous affair. with the oldest sort of
piazzas about 1t. There are over a dozen
piaZzas. Envious parents OF, other pretty
marriagea BILE daughters in Honolulu say
the All Fong parents had these many sep
arate and distinct piazzas built In this
fashion purposely to let each daughter
in the family have piazza safely to her
self and her particular callers of an even
ing. Be the charge true or false, it is a
fact that all the All Fong piazzas-so ia
nous in HonOlulu-are dear to the hearts