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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30
.P- General Charles KingD
erronsfs Of Preceding Chapters.

>-.~,,.7 Holt. favorite son of an old
---....zr tamiIy. is reprimanded at Nest
I,.... ..~ dueuiug and is Withdrawn by
81. r.ar-suirited father. His homecom-
in Id. winter of 1850 is celebrated Dy
.l fashioned Kentucky Christmas
....r.r.ng. Among the guests are Daisy
IAN. daughter of DIR. EOlts lawyer and
H.r.et- Mailoy. both of Cincinnati.
..r r.ua-S PARTNER, Mr. Mcintyre, ana
ar-I. received, but aTouses the
a.r.... at Norman Holt by his atten-
...r- 10 Daisy Lane Malloy separates
.r-. Lane from the main party during a
-. hint. and at the Christmas ball IN
..-,.. evening affects n air OF proprietor
..-...-.eluI 40 DAISY and obnoxious.
.- --... norman Holt. But i'll feelIn s
..r..rrau when at midnight all Sul -
-...H Ir Holt 20 drink the Christmas
-.... when ceremony is interrupted Dy
% r..Frl-Er messenger who announces the
.....-... Illness of Judge 1clntyre. In
......rfau reveals his financial affairs
3d.. .ur.-eSs laugle. and the HOLT fortune
.-.......l. Henry and Norman Holt en-
..- lanes law office in Cincinnati Nor
rr.. Ia.t gnlists as private IN the Ohio
s.....rr Nalloy, through political in
-... fs lieutenant in the same COM
..r. and Henry Holt joins the COnfed-
.--. forces Norman is ordered to con-
.--r -hirmi- inS party under Captain
Ming lo BeueE lew in search OF prominent
-...,..- B-HeNiew raid fails. Wing cap
...... .na Norman accused OF JTedCheTN
1...... fever saves him from trial and
fa..- him to hospital
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30

clos Angeles Herald
.Hu the authority of translator IN
-.a employ OF the supreme court of
-#ZHu. who has recently returned from
Manila. il is asserted that Major Gen
."a. EIWeu = Otis. formerly military
-.r.rnar of the Philippine islands. has
.utaaEured TO use the privileges OF MS
official position for his own financial
indictment and To- sell information
obtained as a government officer for
r..GlIdry profit.
The charge is a serious one against
. Prominent official. but IL is told with
. variety of outline and circumstance
..- man who gives il currency IS
man uf high standing. and his position
a- official translator in the islands
save him ample opportunities 10 learn
The facts as he has set them forth.
Briefly, he says, that General ElWefl
s. otis offered TO John D. Rockefeller
ny the Standard Oil company an oDpOr-
WHItE To secure the almost exclusive
right of exploiting the island OF Luzon
llT minerals, in return for which Otis
was To- receive 10 per cent of the net
profits realized This offer was made
-rst In writing from Manila, the per
cent asked being left indefinite Last
september personal interview took
pace between Otis and Rockefeller i'm
The .atter'S New York office. when -
Ir- CONF U-s named as the military
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30
; > Plundering The Filipinos Is Profitable < Z

government prohibited men in peaceful
pursuits from carrying arms As it
would have been suicidal for an un-
armed man to venture into the mineral
districts, prOspectOrs were virtually
shut out. A few of them managed to
evade the stringent orders with the help
OF the subordinate officers. and have re-
ported finding mineral deposits, both
quartz and placer, which are rich be-
yond their widest dreams.
A cousin of General Otis private
secretary wrote me 10 Manila from New
York that at an interview between the
two men in Rockefeller's New York Of
~0~o7al had been made by
Otis, by the terms Of which he was to
receive Is per cent of the stock of a
n or-anized fer the exnloi-
tatiOn of Luzon for minerals in consid-
Grafton Of furnishing the exclusive in
formation Of how these lands could be
acquired legally
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30

pIinarian at the head of the army of
the Ohio could not disregard There
was no chance to tell which was the
better man" even on the second day Of
Shiloh. when old Gamney went down
with d bullet through the leg, for the
first lieutenant failed to ~each the field
until days after the fight was done,
and then his first act was to tear up the
list of recommendations for sergeant's
warrants to fill the few vacancies eX-
listing The new list made no mention
whatever of Private Holt.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30
THRIFTY Mr.. SAGE
WAS ONCE BUNCOED

NNeW A0TH " VTIl-T
Wherever two or three board of trade
or stock exchange spectators are gath
cred together, there viii be found
some one telling stories of Russell Sage
his purchasing necktIes at Is cents
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-30

Copyright, 1890 by G.. ". Dillingham;
Company
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-05
GET THEIR TIPS FROM CROOKS
Bank Officials rake Meaus to Protect
 Their Treasure from Thieves.

It is said by a police official at city hall headquarters that some of the city banks, whose hoard of surplus cash has been increasing largely of late, have been experimenting with an ex- pedient long in use oy the Bank of England officials of paying known crooks for information of any contems plated raid upon their vaults. The Bank of England's first experiment Of this kind dates from 1850, when the directors of the bank listened to a startling proposition made by "diteh digger" The 1aborer- told the directors that he had discovered a new and un
 suspected method of getting into tlse cellar vaults, where the gold and sil- yer bars were kept, and that he would sell his secret to them for money. The directors hesitated, believing that they had taken every precaution against loss from the vaults fn putting up heavy masonry, with plenty of iron bars, and by manning the building with armed watehmen But finally they granted the man, who seemed to talk fairly, a chance to try his plan, and night was named for the undertaking. At the appointed time a committee of the directors descended to the cellar and heard 8 peculiar scratching sound under their feet Two hours later the floor opened and the ditch digger bobbed up sereneiyI like the evil sptr- It's in the spectacular drama. All around them lay bars of precious metal, totaling in value Z ,000,Q00. The man explained satisfactorily how it was doG8 aud as a reward the difee- tors assured him an income from life on an investment of S10000 The crook was content and it is believed he remained honest ever afterWard. But other eraeksnen were tempted by his luck 10 try the same game and the directors were inundated with sugges- tions and tips on new methods of bur- glary and how to prevent them. Among other things, they paid $20,G00 for 8 process, invented by a young chemist, for copying the ink, paper, water marks and designs of the bank notes so perfectly as to defy detection. The directors found they could use his sys- tenn more satisfactorily and mora proftably than their own in the pro- ductien of their currency. Despite the fact that these expenditures have run up into big figures in the last half century the directors of today say that all the money was well invested.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-05
LIKE DIAMOND WALLS.
The Beautiful Appearance of the Hn.
 terior of Nevada Cavern.

The Beautiful Appearance of the Kns
 terior of Nevada Cavern.
 On the north side of the Osgood range of mountains, about four miles east of Eden creek, there is a natural cave of quite large dimensions. It Is in the limestone formation and has the appearance of an old worked-eut mipe with it's stopes, raises and winzes. It is almost impossible to find the entrance, as it is covered with a growth of underbrush. The first thing that person notices is smaE creyice ir the rocks, but as he craWls into the efeyiee on hands and knees =hS finds that it Widens as he goes down About fifteen feet from the entrance 8 man can stand un and walk down the gradual incline, which is at about 60 degrees. At a place thirty feet from the mouth there is a raise some thirty feet high and drift forty feet long. The sight which meets the cave seekers gaze at this point is most beautiful. On the ceiling large stalac- tites hang in clusters, and the walls are decorated with crystals of lime in- termingIed with drops of water, giving it the appearance of being set with millions of diamonds Farther down the cave widens until chamber is reached which is over sixty feet across and over fifty feet high. There are numerous other passages or eayerns, and on the left there is a passage big enough to admit the body, that opens into second chamber which is about twenty feet across and ten or fifteen feet high. In the main chamber, some twenty feet high, can be seen the open ing of another chamber, but as there is no timber near to make ladders the upper cavern has not yet been explored. There are, ID doubt. other large chambers which could be found were closer exploration to be made. Stalactites and stalagmttes can be seen in all directions Water is dropping continually, and tie light of a candle shining upon these crystals and drops of water gives the cave a very en- traneing appearance. This cave is the home of the wood rat, and there are indications that there might be thou sands of the little animals which make this natural wonder their home--Win- nemucca Silver State.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-05
\ Novel Use of the Bicycle.

There was a novel use of the bicycle at the recent show of tbe Royal Ag- rtculturaI society in Sydney. The con- pany which has acquired the patent rights in the sheep-saearing machine invented by the late Mr Fred Yerke Wolseley, the Australlan=brother of the commander-in-chief, showed a number of these machines worked by motive power supplied by a cycl.st. The driv@ ing wheel of the bicycle was connect ed with a small rubber wheel fixed on spindle, to which were attached the flexible shaft and shear of the Wolse- lev machine. Each sheep was relieved of it's wool coat in four or five minutes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-05
A GRAvEpIooERs. PHILOSOPHY
Queer Traits of Character Analysed hy
 the Cemetery Worker.


 The gravediggers in the different burying grounds have their own phi losophy of life. One of them who has been in the business nearly 20 years, and who takes an exceedingly cheerful view of life notwithstanding his occupation, said that when he first went into it he felt kind of shaky," but that now he would as soon dig a grave as do anything else, says the Baltimore Sun. I've seen some mighty queer things in my time," he said. I've seen people-mourners I mean catch sight of name on the card tied e'i ta some flower piece and then they
 70 straight to work to tear up
 thing. I'll tell you another I've noticed. When woman es5 along and makes a big fuss at he husbands funeral and says. I can i've without him!' know that in a few weeks time I'll see her out here leaning on some young fellows arm. It's never failed. It's happened every time But the people-Women and men too-who don't take on a lot, but just keep still and sometimes don't even shed a tear, that's the kind that grieves. You don't see that kind mar ryiug again so soon. ;
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-05
A CHINAMAN'S OATH.

ghe Celestial gFas Particular and Caused
 the Court Lots of Trouble.
 The various forms Of oath-making, even in this country, are of consider able interest. It would not, however, be easy to find aa anee in which anything like sc medium of attestat!on was ed as a gull lohned black COG But no less an extraordinary meQ4-z1 than that was what the police of 2 country district in New South Wales Lad to provide the other day for a fnical Chinaman, who declined to swear on anything else. Headless fowls were brought. but in vain, and as the matter was impor- tant, even a black swan, luxury surely for a Chinese witness, was sug- gested, only to be immediately refused After some time had elapsed, and when the representatives of the law seemed quite at their wits end, a dead cockatoo of the required hue was strangely discovered in hut of one of the other eelestials, who muleted the anxious officials in $2.50 for the bird Then the solemn and peculiar oath was duly administered, on which the dfff1- cult witness with bland and ehildlike expression, declared he knew nothing about the case and sat down smiling!
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-05
CURFEW IS UPHELD.
One Town Which Finds the Evening
 Hell a Success.


 Elmira is trying Ghe virtue of a cur few ordinance Its express purpose is to keep out of the streets the c..ildren who have been permitted to frequent them in the evening without restraint heretofore, says the Elmira Advertiser. It takes effect at 9 o'clock in the sum- mer and at 8 o'clock during the win ter. The effect of the rule has beea watched with interest, and no one can doubt that the new rule will be as faithfully enforced hereaftev as it has been during the first week. Only one arrest has been made but that was sufficient to show the intention of tho police department to enforce the ordi- nance in fair and reasonable man. her. According to all the testimony at hand it aeeomplishes the purpose for which it was passed. Children, and young girls in particular are nc long CT seen promenading the streets in groups or singly, and the gain for or der is plainly noticeable. There is a disposition shown in the press of other cities to poke fun at the course pur- sued here. but our citizens care nothing Cor that. They are trying honestly an experiment from which much good is hoped, and their expectations have met no dlsappointments up to today. Instead of laughing at our village" similarly afflicted communities would do well to adopt the same course of treatment for what is everywhere ac- knowledged to be a serious evil. If large numbers of the young can be kept out of temptation and from evil courses by So simple device, it is far wiser to try it than to ieer at it. It is not a laughing matter at all, but one of grave moment to the welfare of nearly all large towns. Our expert ment is worthy of general imitation, for 1t IS a great success in it's begin ming
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-05
nonE orrees Uar 1sI1e.

New York Journal: Just 271, ,569 miles travelled in one street of St. Louis is the record of the street car driver of the United States who has had the longest unbroken service. For thirty-one years this man has pursued his monotonous career on the front platform. and during the whole of this period he has been absent only sixty days from illness, and one day because he was laid off, having been caught smoking cigar while on duty. Mike Dooley, the driver in question, has worked 365 days a year. averag- Ing q miles a day, or 8.760 miles a year, his hours being sometimes by day and sometimes by night, and he has received S2 a day for his labor, so that he has earned $22, 2,600 from his employers, and has travelled far enough to have gone eleven and one- half times around the circumference of the earth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-05
arowrn CT a1onammedanisn4

Mohammedaaism is by far the most formidable enemy that Christianity nas to encounter. Prof Vasilief, who has given much thought to the subject of China, says that Islam is spreading rapidly in that country. And Rev. NIT. Dean of the United Presbyterian church Of Calabar, on the coast of Up per Guinea, in Africa, says the Moslem missionaries are meeting with great success ia those
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-05
-. r.... .-.., -

A good story is going the rounds of sfmla society just now. It seems that an unfortunate clerk in che of the government offices, with twenty-three years, service, recently took leave and oyerstaved lis leave by nine days. He was called upon for all explanation, and in the end the secretary ordered him to be ,ssed The clerk there upon appealed 10 the vieeroy, who called for al explanation of the cir cumsranees. The secretary showed that the man had net only oFerstaye6 his leave for nine days, but was hope lessiy incompetent as well. His excel lency thereupon ordered the man to be reinstated. and wrote across the secre- tarYss explanation that he considered the hopelessly Incompetent man was the one who had took twenty-three years to find out the others incom- petence.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-05
What a False. Report Did.

J. NJ. Sinclair, high sheriff of Done gal, Ireland, committed suicide by shooting himself Aug. 2S, on receipt of the announcement that his daughter, IS years old, had been drowned in another part of the county. The lat ter story now turns out to be false, and has caused an immense sensation in the county, where the family is most prominent. The author of the false- hood, which caused the father to com- utt suicide. is unknown.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-05
Cook In Earthenware Vessels.

Cook nothing in iron vessels that you can cook in earthenware. The heat in the latter is more uniform. the flavor better preserved and there is less liability to burn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-05
 Liri,tnine Statistlfs.

Lightning caused the death of 267 persons in the United States Iast ya2r and property loss of $1.441SSQ Few of the deaths occurred i'll cities. The annual number of thunderstorms at given localities in this country aver ages between thirty-fiye and fortyfye. The maximum is in the southeastern states.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-16
TOUCHING LINES

The following beautiful linee wero
oopied for The Free Lance from letter
written TO a bereaved ono Out them
oat and put them in your Bible some
day, If not now, you may need th' ir
comfort
We are quite sure
That He will give them back, bright,
pure and beautiful
We know iIe will but keep
Our own and His until we fall asleep ;
We know He does not moan
To break tho strands reaching between
The here and there
Ho does not meau-thO' Heaven be
fair
To change the spirits entering there
That they forget
The eyes upraised and wet
The lips too still for prayer
The mute despair
He will not take
The spirits which he gave. and make
The PlOrilied 40 new
That they are lost 90 me and you
] do believe
They will receive
Us-you and me-and be- 40 glad
To meet "a, that when most l would
grow cad
Just begin to think about that glad
ness,
And the day
When they shall tell us oil about the
way
That they have learned 10 GO
Heavens path way show.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-16
A Grand water System.

In 1891 the manager Of this paper,
while spending a few months in the
Valley Of Virginia, was employed by
The Berryville Land and Improvement
90. TO devise a means by which that
flourishing town might be supplied
with water After prospecting through
the Blue Ridge mountains, seven miles
distant, and across the Shenandoah
river, he struck upon a system and was
having it under construction when the
boomq Of that locality collapsed and
called a halt upon his labors Now,
nearly nine years later. tho system has
been completed, carried out on the
original plan. and today Berryville has
one Of the finest water systems in
America. and certainly one of the most
unique.
Brought from numerous springs high
upon the mountain side the water-maiDs
pass down through the Shenandoah
river, and thence up grade for five miles
OF more 20 the town. where the water
gushes ont q huge, terrific .Hream.
Describing the system and congratulat-
ing the town upon final success the
CLARK Courier says
"Iu 1891 an organization, known as
the Berryville Water Company. was ef-
fected, and after canvassing stock
amounting to S23, 900 was subscribed One
half Of this stock was taken By the
Berryville Land and Imp 90. and
when that enterprise failed q large
share Of the subscription was left I'M
paid. In the meantime construction
of the system was begun and "a miles
Of the mains were laid between here
and the river
Nov that water has reached Berry.
willie brief account Of the efforts to
obtain it may not prove uninteresting
The idea Of introducing to the use OF
the citizens Of Berryville the healthy
waters of the Blue Ridge originated
with the promoters of the Berryville
Land and Imp 90. An engineer-Mr
W. Mcdonald Lee, now editor Of the
Irvington OitIzen-was employed to
make surveys and report the advisable
ity Of such gravity system His opin-
ion was that the plan was an admirable
one, and was sustained by prominent
hydraulic engineers Of Baltimore, tc
whom the matter was submitted.
In July, 1899, the voters Of the cor
poratlon Of Berryville. by large ma
iority, authorized the town council &C
issue $25, 900 10 bonds 10 be used in put
chasing the old franchise and complet'
ing the system. Shortly afterwards tbs
contract was let TO the w. Riley Weaver
Con. 90. of Baltimore, whose bid wal
a few hundred dollars below the sun
stipulated.
1.-THE source Of this system lies OF
the western slope Of the Blue Ridge
mountains. and is union Of a mum
Der Of springs. The water from thes'
springs is caught In anatural ravine, th'
lower end of which is crossed by dan
so feet long and 10 feet high. Th'
drain of this dam alsO embraces lO'
acres Of land, which the town owns
From this dam which is 22S feet abovr
the junoture of Main street and the rail
road. the water is carried TO Berryvill'
through inch mains, and is distrib
uted in smaller pipes thro ugh the i'm
portant sections Of the town. Th'
supply Of water is considered mex
haustible,
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-16

Emily Delaney. young American
divorce, who for the last two years
has been ruling Fontainebleau artists
colony in Paris, on Saturday married
Father Beaunier, the priest whom she
publicly cowhided few weeks ago for
repeating a bit of gossip about her and
thereby dissuading 8 French cavalry
officer from his purpose TO marry her.
When the priest went to apologize to
Miss. Delaney later he was smitten
with her charms and ardently wooed
and won her.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-16
How to Cure a sprain.

Last fall sprafned my left hip while
handling some heavy boxes The doctor
| called on said OF first it was q slight
strain and w0uld soon be we'll, bnt IL
grew worse and the doctor then said !
had rheumatism. ft continued TO
grow worse and / could hardly. get
around 20 work. I went to drug store
and the druggist recommended me 20
trv ChambeYlain's Pain Balm ! trteo
Il and one.hall of . 50-cent bottle cured
ma entlrely. now recommend lt 20
an nv friends Fl. A. Bnbcock, Erie.
Pa Il h for sale BY NJ u. Lewis drug,
Riat.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-16

The stockholders of the Peninsula
Telephone Company, met at Keller,
Acoomac county. and elected officers for
another year. They also increased the
annual rental charges from Sl5 to $lS
The officers for the ensuing year are
L. o. Mears, president; q. ". Mapp,
secretary Samuel Townsend, treasurer +;
DR.. J. T. B. Hyslop, vice president.
The new members Of the Board OF Di'
rectors are: J. e N Sterling, h. l.
Ailworth and S X Martin.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-16
Welded 4 Priest She Floeesd.

Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family pills are the beei.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-16
AFFEcTIoNATELY sIaNEpA

These letters are addressed to my
Own Dear Nick" OF my Dearest
One Many of them were signed
Isabel" others Your Own Pig"
Another favOrite mode was "YOurs
ever, without attaching any sigma
ture. The letters bore no date. bus
very many Of them were written from
Hollins Institute while Miss Turner
was q pupil there.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1900-06-16
500 Reward, sloo.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased TO
learn that there is Gt least one dreaded dis.
case that science has been able 10 cure IN all
its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hairs Ca
tarrh Cnru Is the only positive cure now
known t) the medical fraternity. Catarrn
stitut Onal treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is
taken internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces OF the system,
the reby destroying tfe foundation inc us
building up the constitution and assisting
nature In doing its work. Tho Droprietors
have so much faith Ia its Curative powers
that they Onor One Hundred Dollars for any
testimonials.
Address
FL. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, o.
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