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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-26
SOME EXPENSIVE HOBBIES
OF KINGS AND PRINCES

acres-a vast establishment in the
heart of Toxic. His estate. In the
center of the city, is made up Of hill
and valley. containing lakes ana
woods and enormous One-story pal
aces. This place is surrounded by
meats. crossed by marble bridges Ine
palaces cost a fabulous sum. Inc
walls of many are of immense plate
glass doors in lacquered frames, so
arranged that a great number OF
rooms can be thrown into one. Some
Of the sliding doors are covered with
gold leaf, and the ceilings with mag
niffcent embrOideriea.
King Menelik's hobby Is thrones,
and ne has Just ordered new one. 1t
was made at the studio of a French
artist in Paris and is truly gOrg--
eous affair of heavily carved and
siIded wood. decorated in shades OF
red and green, the cOlors of Ethiopia
There is the royal crown surrounding
the thrown. which is fourteen feet
high. and the monogram of his maJes-
tv in Ethiopian characters
A grewsOme collection is that OF
Toffa. the king Of Dahomey-the skulls
of his enemies, which decorate the
walls Of the royal palace and pave the
floor of his bedroom. If any king dares
to oppose him and is slain his skull IS
made into a cup, out of which iona
drinks to the gods.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-26

FrOm the New York Press)
The evolution of the modern ice yacht
from the primitive box on runners of
fifty years ago has been little short of
marvellous. The dOWn-tO-date craft IS
the quintesseuce Of strength, lightness
and saii-carrying power. Costly, too.
is the O0at built expressly for racing.
Selected Eastwood is the timber best
adapted for the backbone Of the hull,
if such a word as hull may be used to
describe the frame Of the fabric. But
ternut is used for the runner planks.
white oak for the runners. Runner
shoes Of soft cast iron or Of nickel
steel bronze wire for the standing rig
ging bronze tuTubuckles. flexible steel
wire for halyaTds best hemp for the
jigS To sweat them up with, all add to
the expense. The racing craft that
make the best records have a sail area
of less than 500 square feet The larger
boats, some of which carry 900 square
feel, are likely 20 act like bFutes in
blow and take charge, usually. to such
an extent as almost 20 prove unman-
agedble. The modern machine, how
ever, is balanced eXquisitelv and senSi-
ti-e 10 the slightest touch Of the helm
Hollow steel spars and Silken sails are
affected by some Of the more progress
L
sparS are not at an likely to go out Of
fashion yet awhile.
But it requires nerve and also skill.
acquired of long practice. to skipper an
Ice yacht successfully i'm a blow. Es-
peClally is this true Of the modern rae
ing machine. which is so highly strung
and so admirably balanced that the
slightest touch of the tiiler causes her
10 SPIN round with the rapidly of a
top The lubbeT who is able to steer a
eatboat and caress himself with pride
If he can keep her from yawing four
points each way when sailing with the
wind aft. by no means should under
take the task of a trick al the helm of
one of these nervous craft. which are
whimsical as women and sxittish as
thoroughbred FLIES Many a novice
mas come To grief through fooIhardi-
ness i'm taCkling such an enterprise. 4
sequence has been not seldom the
total wreck Of the boat and much phys
ical damage to the steeTer. 1t is a fact.
however, that a man Of average fnteIIi-
gence may soon acquire the knack Of
handling an ice boat successfully if he
puts himself under the tutelage of a
crack captain from The Hudson or the
Shrewsbury river, two great centers Of
the sport
The question of rig always excites an
ice boatman's argumentative abilities
The Sloop, the cat and the lateen each
has its own enthusiastic supporters
Who arc able 10 adduce good reasons
for the faith that is in them. The most
popular rig is probably the sloop. 4
foresaH laced TO a boom, a mainsail
with extremely high peak and three
rows Of reef points, an extension tiller
which. when desired. can be worked
by the feet while the helmsman's hands
are busy with the sheets. are some OF
the wrinkles affected by the down
to-date designer Aluminium blocks
and light metal work aloft. to diminish
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-26
An Antarctic Oasis.

Of. A. Cook in The Century,
Being still unwilling to advance into
the unknown region before US while en-
shrouded in mist, we draw near a prom
inent mountain peak to make a debark-
meut. This peak was perpendicular
cliff free Of snow to the seashOre It was
one Of a number. extending far into the
southeast a s we learned OF the following
day We made a debarkmelt at its base.
Here was life in prOfusiOn, as indeed there
was on every rock where life could gain
a footing The noise from the birds.
which re-echoed from cliff to cliff, was
deafening. The lower rocks were lined
with snoring and granting sea leopards-
Columns of yapor rose above the water.
followed by a hiss like that of steam
engine. and a second later the blue back
Of a whale. with its long fin and ponder
Gus tail. dashed the water into foamy
whirlpool The great wall OF land ice
rose to each side of the black cliff, which
gave US ashelf as a landing place. From
this wall came frequent sounds Ike the
explosion Of a cannon. which were Iol-
lowed by a splash and commouon IN
the water With such reports parts OF
the wall would constantly break away
and fali into million pieces. StreWlnS
the water with small fragments of ice.
but not with icebergs.
Above ms rose "a cliff to an altitude of
about 2O00 feet. cut from this were pro-
iecting mant ellike rocks. which served
for resting places for cormorantS and sea
gullS. there the young ones. dressed IN
gray down. coaxed their mothers for food.
We expected TO see the little things drop
from the narrow resting places. to be de-
stroved on our heads or on the rocks be
low. but such an accident rarely happen
ed Our greatest surprise here was the
discovery Of large quantities of moss and
lichens. which gave The spot an uneXpect-
ed appearance of vegetable life and color
After seeing nothing but ice and black
rocks for so many days. this sight of
green and brown and red amid the endless
expanse Of icy desert was a great relief
II was an oasis in a snowy wilderness.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-26
NINETY MILES AN HOUR
BY The RAGING ICE YACHT

by few pounds the weight OF the top
hamper. are in general use. In fact, as
much pains are taken in the design and
rig of an ice yacht as in the challenger
for and the defender Of the Americas
cup.
1t is thus pretty clear that only men
of OpulenCe can afford to indulge in the
luxury of a racer. A comfortable CruIs-
ing craft is, however, within the reach
Of people of moderate means who work
six days a week to keep body and soul
together. A visit to any center of the
sport in this vicinity on bracing Sat
Urday afternoon or Sunday morning
VIII afford abundant proof that the
sport not only is open to the rich. but
that it is enjoyed vastly by those COM
paratively poor. Rivers and lakes,
thank heaven, are free to all in this
country, and a motley, heterogeneous
fleet II is that glides before your aston
iShed eye. Circling amid the expensive
racing yachts may be seen some of the
Queerest and most primitive craft i'm
agiuable, some of them constructed Of
a few rough boards on runners, fash
ioned perhaps, from old skates and
propelled by sails which look suS-
piciOusly ike bed sheets, probably ac-
quired suFTeptitiously.
These boats, as may easily be mag
ined are manned by small fry, who i'm
their handling show commemorate skill
as well as dash and daring worthy of
young America. To become an expert
sailor of ice yachts il is an advantage
10 begin before one cuts his eve teeth
and has plenty of nerve. for the OcCa-
SionS are pIenteOuS when nerve is need
ed The courage of some of these boys
is admira BILE indeed Not only do they
steer their boats with audacity and
precision, but they also tempt PrOvi-
dence by running reckless risks of col
lision that make spectators tremble for
the personal safety of the da ring young
devils.
The perils of ice yachting are many
Jumping cracks is dangerous. but often
is unavoidable The boat, lnpellei at
terrific speed, is confronted by yawn-
ing gap in the ice. If the ere " is lucky
and the crack not more than twenty
8 feet wide the boat may escape without
+. becoming a total wreck, but the men
are likely to be shaken up. Sometimes
they are thrown out Of the boat and
sent ricochetting many yards over the
ice
In a squali q craft may heel so much
that the weather runner lifts and the
ice runner fails to maintain its grip on
the ice and the boat SCOTS rapidly to
lecWard like a craD- IN Such COntin-
gency she is beyond the control of her
helmsman. and a collision or wreck
may, perhaps. follow. AirhOles are also
sources of danger. But such risks as
these seem merely to add zest to the
diversion and by no means deter the
adventurous from following its pursuit.
AS for the marvellous speed attained
by some of these craft in a stiff blow.
there are many startling instances. In
a race on Pepin lake, Mimi, four boats
made one leg Of the course. one mile
and a quarter, at the rate of ninety
miles an hour, while boat called the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-26

The collecting of lace is not the only
hobby of the Princess of Wales. She
mas a remarkable lot Of hats and bon
nets, consisting of all those she has
worn during the thirty years she has
led LONDON fashions Each hat or bon
net, carefully put away, bears the date
Of the season of its use.
PeTfumery bottles Of all kinds and
descTiptiOns-Of silver, gold, cut glass,
uncut jewels, gold incrusted with
jewels, and the like-are collected by
the Crown Princess Marie of ROu-
mania. the grandmother Of the pres
ent car of Russia had a similar col
lection which was valued at $4,000.
Imme 1se- sums are spent in adding
to his vast assortment of watches by
the nawab Of Bahawalpur, a high and
mighty East Indian pOtentate. He
has about l. 500, and is constantly aC-
quiring more. He usually wears three
OF four watches and repeaters, chang
ing them from day to day. His set OF
fifteen uncut Tubies is historic; they
measure about one and One-haH inches
in diameter and are engraved with the
names of the MOgul emperors. This
royal persOnage's crown is a mass OF
diamonds set in silver, and his sword
rf state is valued at $500, 600.
The Mikado CT Japan's hobby takes
the form of palaces, of which he owns
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-26
DISCOVERING THE WEST"
The Fiction That Is Stranger Than
Truth

The Fiction That Is Stranger Than
Truth.
One is hardly prepared for the bright
ness of E. Houghs essay in the February
Century. by the pOnderOus title: The
West. and Certain Literary Discoveries.
or. How Fiction May Be Stranger Than
Truth In this paper, the author of the
Story of the Cowboy says: We OBJ
serve tho statement that Columbus dis
covered America to be misleading. The
south was never discovered until after
the war. The east has never been discOv-
cred at all. The west has been discovered
by great many perSOnS-by what a train
of Left ETicSOns nay. Of Marco POlOs,
Yet you shall not change this thiugi There
are many who would rather read Marco
Polo than Macaulay-"
Let US suppose that one Of our literary
discoveries Of the west holds dtspassiOn-
ate conversation with one of the natives
whom he has as IL were detected in the
act OF living in the nGW-fOund land The
former finds occasion to remark:
'Of course. the west owes to the east
its best principles of living. the moral
character of the old Puritans.'
Not in the least, replies the other
THE west was settled from the south as
much as or more than from the north
so far as an American population is con-
Cerned. It's people were descendants Of
the Cavaliers as well as of the Round
heads.
You do not catch my thought in its
entirety. / mean TO say that [ find in
the western type a certain crudeGeSs. a
sort Of-in fact a sort Of je ne sails quoi.
1t is true. Upon the souls OF tn0So
men you see the hallmark Of the land.
Yet the east sent a great many men to
the west. Your Wanted west Is built up
of eastern blood. at least in part
True. We kept the best Of your young
men, and sent the others back to you
Yet those whom we have kept have not
changed the west. The west has changed
them.
But the barrenness of your life in gent
Ter wayS-I mean to say that in your Gull
ture your art
Where has ever been seen art more
gentle. yet more virile, more unsupported
and unaSking2'
True; we should perhaps grant you
time"
Grant US no time; we have stolen a
generation of time
Then. after an. your boosted west is
changing. it is going. We'-triumphantly
have discovered that
Yes The west has known and went
over these changes for d score Of years
And your cowboy is gone
He is at Washington
And your plainsman Is no more
He is raising a section of wheat
And your prOspeCtOr -
"Is in the Klondike, founding a family
tree
And all your wild men are coming to
Friend. where have you slept these
years?'
PERHAPS. then a new day is, after all
downing in the west
Friend, it is already noon
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-26
WIVES ATE THEIR HUSBANDS
AND SPOILED A SILK SCHEME

spins most freely. Six Of these were Sc
lected and confined for the test. From
one 1000 yards of thread were secured
in ten days; from the second 1850 yards
in seven days, from the third and
fourth 450 yards in four days, from the
fifth 400 yards in eleven days and
from the sixth 1920 yards in twenty
seven DAYS. A German manufacturer
was so delighted with this test that he
made elaborate arrangements for hav-
ing a spider silk mill, importing a large
number of the spiders from Madagas-
car to Germany. All went well until
the females had laid their eggs and
begun to spin, when all at once the
males were found to have disappeared
their larger feminine companions had
grown so found of them that each fe-
male spider had eaten her mate. This
catastrophe ended the costly expert
ment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-26
SINKING OF THE MARIA TERESA
Continued from Page j.

Continued from Page J.
manned uHconsciously in the dead an
sle' of the only guns of the Colon
powerful enough to reach her.
Good Luck of the Oregon.
The Colon. it will be remembered. did
not have her big thirty-ton guns, and
IN the long stern chase the oregon hap
pened always to keep just on the spot
where the upper deck guns could not
be trained on Der, and the Colon could
not FIRE without heaving 10 and losing
valuable time.
The author Indignantly denies that
the Colon was wrecked by her crew af-
was run ashore and her sea valves
opened before her flag was hauled
down. Regarding this incident, the
writer says:
The CristObal Colon was less for
tunate than any of the others, for, al
though going at a speed Of thirteen
knots, she ran ashore on sand, and If
Admiral Sampson, with a more sea-
manlike spirit, had ordered the divers
TO close, he could most certainly have
saved the cruiser. but with feveTish i'm
patinece. he tOWed her off with his own
flagship, the New York Hardly had
to list. at which moment, with great
dexterity, he pushed the Colon back
again with the ram OF his own ship,
toward the sandy shOal, but it was too
late, and turning over, that noble and
Inflated cruised went to the bottom of
the sea forever. The few Americans
and SpaniaTds who were on board has
tily saved themselves"
Terrible Wounds Inflicted.
Speaking of the nature of the wounds
inflicted by modern naval shell fire,
Captain COncas declares them more
horrible than can be described. A
bOatswain of the Teresa had fourteen
wounds. None OF the injured escaped
with less than two. Many, he says,
were blown into unacceptable frag-
ments. Captain Larzaza Of the Oquen-
do. was killed, his executive officer,
Lola, cut in two with a shell, the third
officer, Matos, and the three lieuten-
ants next in rank all killed besides
121 men Of the crew. The total NOR
tality in the fleet reached the awful fig
ure Of p per cent of the men engaged.
In closing the account Of the battle,
the author says: I'VE could never
complete this chapter if we were to re-
late the innUmerable acts of courage,
| but I cannot do less than to mention
one which | saw with my own eyes.
The Maria Teresa had already been
abandoned, the flames mounting up to
the height of the tunnels and prOjec-
tiles exploding on all sides-and when
everybody thought that no living soul
was left on the ship, suddenly a man
appeared there calling for help. In
stantly Jose SasadO cried, I viii not
! let that man die and threw himself
/ into the water. He climbed up the
/ blOodstained sides of the ship, seized
/ the man. carried him down on his
shoulders, and swimming with him tC
! the shore. laid his burden on the beach
TT was hardly possible to believe
/ that that shapeless form was a man
/ with fourteen wounds, who must have
} been left on board as dead"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-26

As long ago as the beginning OF the
eighteenth century the idea of using
the thread that the spider spins from
its body as a substitute for the thread
Wnwrapped from the cocoon Of the silk
worm was preached, but with little
practical result An Englishmdn. Mr.,
Rolt, secured 10000 feet of silk thread
from twenty-five spiders in two hours.
of late some experiments have been
conducted by curious persons to ascer-
tain which spider produced the best
and largest quantity of silk, for it has
been demonstrated that it is an excel
lent substitute for that of the silk
worm. Spiders from Paraguay and
Argentine from India, China and
Australia were tried, but the best re-
suits were secured from the spiders ~
Madagascar. Il was found that after
laying her eggs the female spider
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-26
HANNAITE PRIMARIES.
Precinct Meetings Will Be Held To-
night.

Precinct Meetings Will Be Held To-
night.
The Republican mass conventions
viii be held in each IF the FIVE munich
PAL wards this evening at O'Clock. to
elect delegates to the state congression-
al convention next Friday.
The First precinct Will elect seven
teen delegates. and the convention viii
be held in the Ninth ward meeting
house annex
The Second precinct is entitled to
nineteen delegates. and the convention
viii meet in the Sixth ward meeting
house.
The Third precinct Will elect thirteen
delegates in the Plymouth C0ngrega-
tiOnal chapel
The Fourth precinct voters will hold
their convention in TaEEart's hall ard
viii elect eleven delegates.
Fifteen delegates are allotted to the
Fifth precinct. and the convention will
meet in the industrial home building.
The remaining thirty-nine delegates
from Salt Lake county Will be chosen
from the precincts outside the city.
out of the 1876 delegates in The state
convention, this county viii have a
total representation of ia
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-26
ELGIN DAIRY WAGON
DUPLICATES MILKY WAY

ter another. with dull and sickenine
thuds. they left their various gecepta-
clea in the wagon bed, and the milky
way was duplicated on earth, even as 1t
is in heaven
The team went along Second south
TO State street. and turned south. 1t
was supposed they would halt at the
companys Office near the corner, but
not seeing the pump, they continued
on to Third South. then made for the
river. At last accounts they had passed
GrantsvilIe, and the residents out by
the CONFER plant complain that the
waters of the Jordan contained very
foreign substance yesterday forenoon.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-26
NAN WITH BROKEN LEG
ACCUSED OF
HAVING CASE OF SMALLPOX

case. and alIayed the fears Of the
naighbors. He found that Mr.. Wade
Didn't have a symptom Of smallpox.
The whole trouble was. in fact, brok-
en- leg. which he sustained in an acci-
deut some time ago. The fracture was
a painful one. and Mr.. Wade was con
6ned to his bed. The neighb0rs be-
came suspicious at the eloseness with
which he was kept indoors and they
inferred that it must be smallpox
n r Blood. who has been at the
isolation hospital since Jan. a, VIII De
released today
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-26

One of the Elgin dairy's wagons
played the part Of a comet yesterday
morning. kind Of putting a can on the
company for a terrible ten minutes.
The driver was delivering milk at a
restaurant on West Second South,
when the fiery steeds attached to the
wagon became frightened at something
there were no cars cut at that time
in the mornips-and dashed eastward.
Now a milk can is built to stand or
one end, and as a rule, does so. But
suddenly the particular cans in this
particular wagon reversed the order
Of things (and themselves) and one af-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-26

Tor some time past the smallpox
scare has been on the wane, and IN
nearly every part of the city has died
out entirely. There is one portion,
however where the good people were
frightened up till yesterday, when their
fears were put at rest. 1t was the VI
Cinity of $40 Blair avenue that had
the scare, and the alleged victim was
Wade. The neiShbors Of
Afr. Wade reported yesterday TO the
health department that he was III and
that they thought he had the smallpox.
Or. Mayo promptly investigated the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-26
HAD A GAME
NJ. Pleasant Players Begin the Sea.
son Early.

Special Correspondence
Nr Pleasant. Feb. 2.-Ycsterday after
noon VAS AN ideal spring afternoon and
fl had the effect of awakening the base
l.. fever iu the breasts of the local fans
from the d0UmIn, state of winter TO ac-
tive. vigorous life.
Two mne- couErggated on the new dia-
u..I uu the city square and played the
initial game of the season the players
a..rL some fairly good work.
The team here IS snort pitcher again,
a. Thomas Barton. who occupied the
buz for them Iu fine shape last season,
has left The town for good and they
have DO one competent to take his place,
This iz 81 serious blow to- the team, but
81 viii not deter them from getting into
trim again and going out for games II
Dr. becomes necessary. Barton may be in
durrI 10 return when the season fully
"Opens
A leading representative OF the Spring
CITY team was Iu town yesterday and
.IguiHeI a willingness ON tle part of his
team Co meet Nj. Pleasant soon and "a
same Will doubtless ue arranged 4J an
early date
The Queen City team. the junior ag-
ErtEatiuu of this city. is fully organized
and ready for business. The new dia-
moud VIII soon Doe in splendid condition
Tor playing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-26
NJ SION e Abated-

Buffalo. y Y, Feb. 25.-The storm
which has ragged since yesterday al
ternoou with a maximum wind velocity
Of siXty-fve miles abaJed tonight The
body Of "a farmer was found frozen
ain in a SNOW drift about a mile from
me city. Near Warsaw the body OF
Iohn Carmody was found frozen.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-26
FROZEN TO DEATH.
Fatal Result of the Storm Prevailing
In Ohio.

Cleveland. O.. Feb. 25.-The storm
which began on Friday nisht reached
it's height today. The temperature
here was near the zero mark and 10
fe.ce gale from the northwest blew all
day. During the most of 1he day snow
fell also. Street cars were operated
with difficulty. The storm was general
throughout northern Ohio. At YoUngs-
town it was fourteen degrees below
zero.
A wealthy farmer named Matthew
Lattimer. aged y years, was frozen
To death last night while walking a
half mile TO his home near Elyria. o.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-26

Fort de France. Island Of Martinique
Feb. 5--The French cruiser Troudert ar
rived here yesterday from S.. Pierre and
the French cruiser Sucnec has arrived al
Fort de France. An iuCendiaTy fire was
kindlei al three points on the PerrineUe
plantation in The outskirts of S.. Pierre