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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-08

Milwaukee, Wis, Aug. THE Re
publican state convention will meet
here tomorrow TO select a complete
man of the Republican state central
committee. The latter Office is the only
one over which there promises TO be
any contest.
Robert NJ. La Toilette, former con-
gresham of the Second district, will
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POLICE FOR TRAINS.
Huntington Favors Aiming Men to
Guard Mails.

New York. Aug. 7.-Speaking on the
subject of tain robberies in general
and the recent robbery of a Union Pa
cif1c train, President c. P Huntington
of the Southern Pacific railway said
today:
Passengers on railroad trains are
entitled to protection. People in New
York are also entitled to protection,
but some of them get sandbagged
every night. I think the government
should put one man, We'll armed, on
every mail train. As 10 whether or
not the railroad companies should put
on armed guards as a protection
against robbers, that is a question for
consideration and not TO be decided
Off-hand."
Mr.. Huntington further said that if
it was known that a government guard
was on each mail train, robbers would
not attack the train,
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ABUSED BY THE
WORD FROM CONGER

Ba.,-. 'sl"n, Aug. THE official ca
partra In which came to the state de-
Com this afternoon from Minister
recai,.l, aI Pekin. is the second
It l. - direct from him since June II.
"e nrst which has come direct
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DESPAIRINC CRY FOR AID
COMES FROM CONCER
American Minister Declares that Chinese Irnperial
Troops Have Renewed Attacks on legations.
ammunition and Food Low and Relief Must Come soor
Or it Will Be Too Late.

Mnstor
r1.ved tonight
Secretary State Washington.
beieged
Position
CHINESE GOVERNMENT INSISTING ON OUR WING pEK1N
WHICH WOULD CERTAIN DEATH
Rife firing daily by TROOPS
courage LITTLE AMMUNITION OR PRovTsT
oNS
Two progressive ministers
of
moment.
CoNGERn
THE
to Pelin
but by the Chinese at anv mo-
mnt
cartridges and six days pro-
visions verele
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Silver and Lead.

silver 611sc per ounce.
11,ooner 1850 per pound.
IIogsd A. s & r. Co.'S price, 800; New
~ exchange, $425; New York brokers.
'.fO0
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been the professed object OF my mis-
taken followers to advance
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Weather Today.

Forecast for Salt Lake Today Is
Fair; Stationary Temperature.
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COMMITTEE TO BE CALLED.

CHARLES A TOWNE."
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Mud Mountain.

The principal railroad of Costa Rica
now but lit miles long, is just being
extended to reach from San Jose to the
Pacific coast. The general manager OF
the road, in speaking of the enterprise
recently, said:
There Is one place on the road which
has given the engineers great deal Of
trouble, and which has cost mans
thousands of dollars every year since
the road was built. This place is about
forty-fiye miles from Port I4imon, and
is called Bluen,ud. For about 600 feet
the track runs along a ledge on the side
of mountain, with the River Reventa
lon below. The mountain is composed
Of blush clay, which turns into mud
during the rainy season and keeps con.
stantly sliding dcwn on the tracks. We
have to keep big gang of men al
work day and night cleaning the road
Of this blue mud, and when the rains
are very heavy the traffic has to be sus-
pended. In July so much of the mud
slid down over the roadbed that we
could not run trains there for three
weeks.
TO add 70 the difficulty there is a
lake back Of the mountain, and the
water from this lake percolates through
the mountain and keeps it constantly
wet. The lake was drained by the en-
glneers, but they. discovered that 1t was
fed by springs, and still the mountain
was kept IN wet state and the mud
kept sliding down over the tracks.
AT last they obtained what is known
In the mining region of California as a
hydraulic giant, and which throws a
very powerful stream of water with
great force. They rugged up this nv.
draulic giant, and when left Costa
Rica they were actually washing the
mountain away with 1t into the river
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hand" when she ceases to be his wife
and must leave his roof forthwith, TAX
ing with her bag and baggage. In prac
tice, however various obstacles to di-
vorce, religious, social and pecuniary
offer themselves, The husband seldene,
has, for instance, the ready cash with
which to pay the promised dover; con
siderable social odium attaches to such
a proceeding; a man who without lust
and serious cause repudiates a wife
does not easily obtain a second, and
added to these considerations there is
the religious censure contained in the
words of the prophet, "The curse of
Allah rests upon him who capriciously
repudiates his wife," If, however, tht
wife, without adequate cause and con
trary to the desire of her husband, So
licits a divorce, she obtains 1t only by
foregoing her nekiah.
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or public apartments, of which her male
relatives discuss with them the amount
of the nekiah--the dover payable Dy
the husband or his executors 10 tne
wife, should she be divorced by or sur
vive him.
This question settled, and the docu'
ment drawn up, the bridegroom tnrice
repeats his desire to marry the daugA-
4er of So-and-so, upon which the imam
proceeds to the door of communication
with the haremllk, behind which the
bride and her female relatives are as
sembled; and, after declaring the
amount of nekiah agreed upon, this
functlonary asks the maiden II she ac-
cepts such a one for her husband.
When the question and the affirmative
answer have been thrice repeated, the
imam returns to the selamlik, where he
sattests the consent of the bride, and the
parties are considered to be now legally
married
The couple do not, however, meet I'M
til the conclusion of the dughun ziafetti,
or week of wedding festivities and
ceremonies, which may not be held for
some months afterward. These enter
tainments, to which all friends and ac-
quaintances are invited, and at which
the poor of the neighborhood are also
feasted, constitute the social sanction
of the family alliance entered into in
private. For should the girls assent
be suspected of having been obtained
by force or fraud, and the match is
considered unsuitable, public disap-
proval would very properly be shown
by refusal to take part in the wedding
rejoicings. And even when all these
formalities are at an end. and the bride
has been conducted with much pomp to
her new home. If the spouse chosen for
her by her parents or guardians Is not
altogether a persona grata to herself,
she may still refuse to accept him as
her husband For, according to an
Oriental custom of great antiquity, a
newly welded husband can assume no
rights over his wife until she has spok-
en- to him.
The possession by Moslem woman
of such personal and proprietary rights
is rendered necessary by the facilities
for divorce accorded by law to a Mos
lem man. For a husband has but to
say to his wife in moment of anger.
"Cover thy face, thy nekiah is in thine
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cent were born on the island and
per cent in Spain and only per cent
In other countries. Those born In
Cuba of course included not only ma
tive whites, but negroes and mixed
bloods. The proportion was greatest
in Santiago, where 1t reached 95 per
cent, and was least in Havana, where
only little over three fourths of the
inhabitants were native born. Three
fourths of the foreign born were Of
Spanish birth. The proportion of those
born. in Spain was naturally greatest in
the city of Havana, where it reached
nearly 20 per cent of all the inhabit-
ants, and was least in the province of
Santiago.
I'm the matter of citizenship, SO per
cent claimed Cuban citizenship, only 1
per cent the protection of Spain, while
III per cent were, at the time of the
censns, in suspense, not having declar-
ed their intentions. The purest Cuban
citizenship was found in the province
of Santiago, where 91.7 per cent of the
Inhabitants claimed to be citizens of
Cuba. On the other hand, In the city
of Havana only 64.2 per cent were
Cuban citizens. 1t is interesting to
note that in the city of Havana only
5,S per cent claimed citizenship other
than Cuban or Spanish, while in the
province of Havana 11.6 per cent were
found In this class"
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Friday Superstitton.

A row Of paupers' houses, very neatly
designed, has just been erected at
Ahnaracle, Mr.. Rudd, of Ardnamur.
chan, having advanced a considerable
sum for building purposes to the parish
council on easy terms. Accommodation
is provided for ten persons. A few
days ago H. MACPHERSON, inspector of
poor, visited Aharacle in order TO su-
perintend the removal of the ten select
ed female paupers to the new cottages.
They all occupied houses which were
in wretched stateo disrepair, vet each
OF them resolutely and peremptorily re
fused to "fiit." In vain did the inspec.
tor dilate on the increased comfort and
conyeniences to be injoyed in the new
dwellings, The aged danes were in.
vincibly proof against all argument
nor did threats Of compulsion and sher
IFS warrants have any terror for them
At length it was ELECTED that the dis
inclination to remove was based simnIv
on superstition. The day of the week
happened to be Friday; and it appears
that to change quarters ON that parrlcu-
lar day constitutes a gross and wanton
violation of all the canons governing
highland Hitting" On discovering that
the peryersity manifested by the ofti
women was mainly attributable to
conscientious scruples," the inspector
at once agreed to humor them. and the
removals were postponed until the fol
lowing day, when they were accom-
plished without any opposition or de
mur.-Edinburgh Scotsman.
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HOW GE5S AND BRANDY
SA WE'D THE FRUIT.
Is0WesNets0YNNVseSko&se x sesx.0NeSs0xs

st seems most as big as a real
river" said Bess, who was sitting
on top Of the heaped-up earth be-
side the big, new irrlgatlng ditch, hug
gng her knees tailor fashion. IF the
water only didn't roll so awful fast we
could most ride a canoe in 1t, eh,
TeddyY
Teddy was not at all handsome. His
hair was red and his nose turned up,
and he was much freckled. But there
was a great deal of sympathy in his
greenlsh eyes as he looked up at his
sister.
you do miss Canada and the lake
and boating and everything, don't ye,
Bess?" lie said. II was such little
feller when the folks came west, an
] cant remember much about 1t. But,
gee! 1t must Nv been Jolly fun swim
min In reel big lake. An pa said he
would take us all back when the fruit
trees bore"
Yes" said Bess, staring thoughtful
ly at the yellow. rolling water. "But 1t
seems an awful long time to wait,
somehow. Last year II was frost, and
year before worms, and year before
that the blight, and It does seem as
tho pa would lose most everything he
had before the ranch paid. And to
think one good bearing would make us
rich Rich, Ted Just thinkr
Teddy crawled up to the top Of the
bank of earth and looked far down the
valley He saw long rows Of trees,
hardly twice as tall as himself, and he
was only 10-year-old boy. But the
slender little branches of the trees were
covered thickly with little green
punches, and these punches meant
thousands of bushels OF luscious fruit.
Bess could remember when she first
saw the trees. They were then only
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,uder, and she sprung to her feet with

louder, and she sprung to her feet with
gasping little cheer as four horses
galloped madly to the ditch gate, and
all in minute four men had dragged
her up from the water, torn of her wet
jacket and asked twenty questions.
Brandy had reached home riderless and
was now galloping back with Teddy.
white and frightened, clinging to his
bare back.
The fruit was saved, thanks to Bess
and Brandy. The frost did very little
damage that night, and at last the
yield was rich and plentiful. And the
following summer, In far-off Canada,
Teddy and Bess splashed In the waves
to their hearts content, while mother"
looked on happily and Mr.. Harris told
old friends all about fruit ranehing
"out West"
1T was a close CALL" he would say,
"but Bess and Brandy saved the fruit.
II the ditch had burst through that
night and flooded the roots 1t would
have meant ruin"
And Bess, fully recovered from the
heavy cold that followed her little ad-
venture, was surprised to find herself
heroine.-Chicago Record.
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LONG LIFE.
Sought By Members of New York's
Hundred Year Club.

Sought By Members of New York'a
Hundred Year Club.
To discover the secret of long life
about hundred professional and scien-
tific men and women Of New York City
have organized what they term the
Hundred Year Club. These people be-
lieve that under present conditions life
should be prolonged for century.
They do not seek to keep man alive
merely as an exhibit, but to make him
a useful member of society up to the
day Of his death.
They have not pledged themselves to
live In accordance with any particular
set Of rules or to apply the secret of
longevity to themselves If 1t be dlscov-
cred. Neither are they vegetarians,
Christian Scientists or Ralstonites.
They do not pretend to say they will
live to be centenarlans, but they hope
thew may.
Prominent among the members Of the
Hundred-Year Club are Mrs. Ella
Wheeler Wilcox. Theodore Sutro, DR..
Carleton Simons, DR.. H. W. Wiley, Di-
rector Of the United States pure food
display at the Paris exposition; G. w.
Smith, Albert Turner, Mrs. May Banks
Stacey, John De Witt Warner, DR..
John r. Hayes, Of the United States
Pension Bureau, Washington, and Col.
e. P. Vollum, U. 8. A., retired.
DR.. Simons, chairman of the Commit
tee on Statistics, has secured the names
Of twelve citizens Of New York City
who are over 100.
incidentally, the club has learned
that In Ireland there are 575 centenarl-
ans; in Germany, with Its vastly great
er population, but 70, while Servia has
fully 600 over 100, 120 over 125 and
three over 1876. DR.. Simons Is trying
to discover whether these figures can
be attributed to the difference in the
diets Of these people. China is the only
nation, 80 far known to the club, that
sets a premium on old age, granting
special honors to persons who are 81
or over.
Albert Turner, in discussing the men.
tai phase of longevity, said:
"One Of the elements in long life is a
conviction that 1t is our duty to live;
that 1t is not right in itself, aside from
other motives, for us to shuttle off this
mortal coll it'll We haye filed out
long term. 1t will, think, be seen that
the Importance of this instructive love
of life cannot be overestimated In it's
relation to health, disease and long
life"
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Relics of Irish lake Dwel,ars

An interesting relic of the lake dwell.
ers of Ireland has just been added to
the Science and Art Museum of Dub
lin in the form of crannog, or ele,
waited dwelling. 1t was discovered In
a bog-filled lake near Enniskillen and
measures over 100 feet in diameter. On
removing the peat the piles of platform
timbers were laid bare. The pillng and
cross-timbering were admirably done
untrimmed birch trees being chiefly
used for crosslaying,, while oak was
used fof the stouter piles. A large
quantity of broken pottery was found
in 1t, besides an iron ak of early form.
a fragment Of comb and some bronze
harp pegs.
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Verbs from Proper Names.

We say ito mesmerize," "to gal.
vanize," to guillotine," to macadam.
ize," ito gerrymander," "to mercer
ize," verb of recent invention. If the
heroes Of Homeric epochs were real
persons, we may add ito hector" and
Ito pander" Pamphylla, a Greek lady
who compiled history of the world In
thirty-tive little books, has given her
name to pamphlet" and "to pamphle-
teer." ''To pasquinade'' is due to Pas.
quino, cobbler at Rome, in whose ugly
face the Romans detected a resem.
blance to the statue of an ancient
gladiator which was erected near the
Piazza Navona, on whose pedestal IT
was the practice to post lampoons. '0To
sandwich" is derived indirectly from
the Earl of Sandwich, who invented a
repast which enabled him to dispense
with regular meals when at cards.
London Notes and Queries.
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A Thoughtful Professor.

Johnny found a half-dollar to-day
and bought pound of chocolates.
Wasn't he luckyT asked the wife OF
the cranky, analytical professor.
"Lucky?' answered the professor,
slowly. "Let us see.' He has now Gre
ated an appetite for chocolates. There
is not one chance in a million that he
will again find enough money to pur-
chase another pound. His former ap-
petite for gumdrops and cheap candies
is now gone. He will turn from them
with scorn, yet will not possess enough
money to buy chocolates. Would you
call him lucky? Always remember,
madam, that we are happy with the
simple things until we taste the rich
and grand. Tell the cook, when you go
down, to not serve any more health
foods to-day, as am feeling unwell
and need change of diet. '-Indianap-
oils Sun.
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CUBAN CENSUS REPORTED.
Interesting Review Recently Pub
Iished by United States BEreau.

Interesting Review Recently Pub
Iished by United States BEreau.
1t is doubtful whether 80 complete
a census was ever taken In Cuba as
that which constituted the fist official
act OF this government. The Ameri-
can flag had no sooner been raised over
Havana than preparation for the tals-
ing of the census began. In the reor-
ganizati0n Of the government upon d
practical working basis this was con-
sidered a most necessary beginning.
The United States officers had but a
perfunctory report of the conditions or
Cuba and its people, whose needs were
but indirectly understood. No one
knew the numbers or social conditions
Of the people for whom the new gov
ernment was to be formed, and without
these facts the intelligent conduct OF
the work could not be executed.
One OF the first acts which impressed
the Cubans with the sincerity of this
country's promises was the appoint
ment Of Cubans for this first work to
be undertaken. 1t was natural and
sorrect supposition that the Cubans
could conduct the census taking with
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1900-12-28

about four miles from New Market. in
the Stelton highway. When a cor.
respondent. called at the farm "Uncle
Noah," as he Is familiarly called, was
In his accustomed place in the sitting
room, quietly doing in large high.
back rocker, where he always sleeps.
He never goes to bed, fearing a rush Of
blood to his head might prove fatal. He
is almost totally blind, but is In full
possession of his other faculties and
seems to enjoy life.
"Uncle Noah" smokes almost inces-
sanity. On pleasant days in the sum.
mer months he gropes his way about
the dooryard and mingles with the
male inmates. His thin. gray, almost
snow-white, hair and his bent figure
denote his great age, though his mus.
cles are firm and he appears quite ac-
tive.
He has remarkably clear intellect
and his mind Is retentive on nearly all
subjects. The most noticeable thing
about the old man is his slight frame
He is quite thin, weighing less than
100 pounds.
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OyEEIR. . sIj5

The population of the earth doubles
itself in 26O years.
Prof. Lloyd Morgan, in recent ad-
dress, stated that he had found that
young chickens, taken straight from the
incubator, could swim very WELL the
power of swimming being perfectly in
stinctive.
AS seen from the moon, the earth
would appear four times greater in
diameter and thirteen times wider in
surface than the, moon does to us. The
illumination of the earth is fourteen
times greater on the moon than that of
the moon on the earth.
The oldest public building in New
York City is st. Pauls Chapel, at the
corner of Broadway and Fulton street.
1t was built in 1866, ten years before
the Declaration of Independence. For
some years Gen. Washington was reg
qlar attendant of the church, and his
pew is still pointed out to visitors.
The people of the Southern APP
palachian mountains number about two
million, their descent being from the
Scotch Irish, French Huguenots, Eng
lish and German. They have been in
these mountains since. long before the
revolution. They love their homes and
mingle but little with the outside world.
A frequent cause of the oiliness on
the outside of lamps is that the wick
is kept too high when unlighted. 1t
should be remembered that the wick
draws the Oil to the surface, and II II
projects too far above the burner, 1t
will soon accumulate oil there, which
will find its way slowly over the out
side.
Saxon makers Of needles drove En-
gland out of Brazil by wrapping their
goods in pink paper instead Of black.
Other Germans are catering to the
fondness of Russians for red in their
dress. France recently learned how
distasteful green is to a Chinaman, but
1t cost good deal Of money to make
the discovery.
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better success than could foreigners.
The Cuban census taker could explain
the purpose Of his work to the people,
ind, moreover, he could explain the
purpose and promises of the new gov
ernment, which was most advisable.
There was need that the doubt and dis
content which prevailed among the
more Ignorant Cubans in the presence
Of the United States army should be
dispelled. The appearance Of the
census enumerator among them awak-
ened in them trust in the new govern
.ment, particularly since the enumera-
tor had been chosen from among them
selves.
Begun In the early part of September,
the actual work of the census taking
was completed Dec. 81 and the enumer-
ators discharged with the close of the
year. The supervisors, together with
their records, were taken to Washing
ton, where they worked until the fol
lowing April, overseeing the compila-
tion Of reports in the United States
census bureau. When they were re-
turned to their own country in the
late spring they were highly compli-
mented by the directors of census upon
their efficient and faithful service.
The government report on the CEN
sus of Cuba for 1899 occupies a bulky
volume which will prove most enter
tanning reading for anyone inter
ested in the little island of which
1t treats. There are reports from ev-
cry one Of the home industries, of the
agricultural development and possibili-
ties of the country and of course Of
the social, educational and moral stand
Ing of the people. The chapter devoted
to citizenship is interesting as, giving a
correct statement concerning the rela-
tion of foreign to native population of
the island. The report reads: II
"Of the population of Cuba, 50 per