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his mind. Dexter had bought the field
heavily as he was sure of the gameneSs
of the mare, but he saw that new DRYER
track rules. be saw him get on the sulky
had made her nervous and she was not
acting like herself.
Giving John careful instructions about
with some trepidatiOn, fearing the boy s
ineXperience would count against him.
The two favOrites were leading at the
half mile pole well clear OF the punch
when a dark streak was seen to creep out
of the mass and join the leaders, who had
gone the half in 1.0f2. Blanket might
have covered the three as they swung INTO
the home stretch, coming with the speed
of the wind.
John had taken the outside position,
and moving like a piece of machinery,
Molly swept under the wire a good Win
ner by a neck.
into the secret, carried John bodily to
The stable in their arms. and with coa-S
off worked on the mare until she was
thoroughly cooled out and rested. Ihe
betting public were all at sea. but while
some of them placed their money on the
unknown horse the next heat. the most
of them stuck by their favOTites.
After John Middleton had told Dexter
and his friends privately after that heat
that he had not driven Molly out to her
utmost they placed every. dollar on Mid
dletOns pet
pole. and with all the jockeying tricks
known PLAYED against her kept II TO the
finish in the fast time OF 2-vy14-
Molly was now an even faVOrite IN the
pools and many were hedging on the mare
to retrieve their lost fortunes. John was
wild with delight. and Rugged and kissed
the mare as though she understood It all,
and to the bystander she appeared to
Dexter. not liking the tricks played
against the mare told John to drive the
mare out on the next heat and shut out
everyone he possibly could TO pay them
for their meanness- Ihis instruction Was
followed the letter.
A quarter in 80 seconds; half in 1;V21a
;pOsed of most of them. and When the
handsome unknown bay mare from the
east swept under the wire with only one
horse inside the distance flag in 1905 fat. a
mighty shout went up from the multitude.
and costly blanket Of beautiful flowers
was placed on Molly as she was led away
by Dexter and his friends. while John was
50 delighted he could scarcely contain
himself.
When Mr.. Dexter handed John Ger
titled check for $4,000, being ms earn
ings and contributions from admirlng
friends. tears of JOY feIl upon the kind
weSterners hand and Mr.. Dexter kissed
Molly a fond farewell as she started on
her homewaTd trip from her first and only
race. as nothing would prevail upon the
farmer TO either sell OF race her AGAIN.
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or four in a high school or academy,
four years in college, and perhaps three
more in a professional school they can
by no means be trusted 10 write a de-
cent letter in the English language or
make q. correct or scholarly speech. 1t
is not necessary to refer to Harvard
universitys vOluminous report on this
humiliating discovery in order to sub
stantiate these statements.
Educators in search of a cure for
this blemish on our school system can
do no better than to study Franklin 5
method of self-educatiOn as described
by Sydney George Fisher in his volume,
The True Benjamin Franklin" Frank
lin went 10 school less than two years in
his whole life, yet he was one of the
best masters Of the English language
this country has produced. Not only
was he the first prominent self-made
American, but he was probably the
greatest, not excepting Jackson or
Lincoln. Not one college graduate in
five hundred today can use the English
language with the grace, facility and
accuracy acquired by Franklin in his
hours stolen from recreation or sleep.
Yet, as Mr.. Fisher says, a cOllegian
who receives his diploma without re-
cieving with il more than mediocre
facility Of expression has spent his
tine and money in vain. 1t was Frank
Inns wonderful power in the use of
English that made him a great man.
Without il he would have been second
rate or ordinary. How did he get this
power and why do our cOllegians fail TO
acquire it?
Franklin ascribed the beginning of
his education in expression to his
youthful taste for writing verses.
Though his father ridiculed and dis
suaded him from this pastime. he re-
manned more or less a verse writer
throughout his life To this fact more
than 10 anything else he attributed his
training in prose. He was also won't
10 argue and dispute with his friend
John Collins. During one such dispute
he championed the pTopriety of educat-
ing women. but at the close he felt he
had been wOrsted by his opponents
more fluent tongue He reduced his
arguments to writing and a CORES
pOndence followed Franklin's father
happened to see the letters and pointed
out TO his son the great advantage Col
Inns had in Clearness and elegance of
expression. The ambitious youth took
the hint and began g course Of SYSTEM
attic self-drill in composition such as
no school now imposes.
He bought a copy Of Addison's Spec
tatOr and studied IL. With a view TO
initiating IT'S style he took brief notes
Of each sentence. laid the notes aside a
few DAYS. and then tried to complete
the original from them. Finally he
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OLD AGE NO BAR
RIER.

READ THE WONDERFUL RE-
LIEF THAT MR.. HOMER DUNCAN.
AGED s. YEARS. HAS RECEIVED
IN ONE MONTH. HIS TERRIBLE
COUGH ENTIRELY CHECKED BY
DRS. SHORES.
Mr.. Duncan says: 'I have lived in
Utah FIFTY-ONE YEARS. and guess
a good many people know me, and
know that my word is good. 1 have
suffered on and off, by spells for ten
years with Bronchial Catarrh and
Lung Disease-and have taken bottle
after bottle of medicine with no relief
until / came to Drs. Shores. My cough
was something TERRIBLE cannot find
words to fifty describe it. 1t fairly
shook my body when I cOughed and I
raised yellow pus from my lungs 1
grew weak as a baby before and after
these spells, and finally went to Drs.
Shores, the experts. 1 have been I'm
der their treatment just one month and
MY COUGH HAS ENTIRELY
Stopped do not raise any more
pus, and I am so much better that I
do not know how TO express the change.
You can say for me that Drs. Shores
are simply wonderful, and 1 heartily
recommend them to my friends.
(Signed) HOMER DUNCAN"
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BY GEORGE A. BAKER.

1t was on a balmy June afternoon ia a
little Massachusetts, town tnat har5-fsted,
misery, rich Old Gerard BramaR walked
into Farmer Josh Middleton's farmyard
where he was busy stacking salt hay. The
farmer saw his approach and his usual
rudy countenance whitened.
on know fhat YOU owe me $1,000 on
THIS place Middleton. and that il has
been overdue morn two months2 Now
I've got chance TO sell the place for
snug sum thatil leave you a few dollars,
and why not do It? You wen know that
you can't pay il"
Great drops Of perspiration stood on
Middleton's forehead as he slowly
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Medicinal.
Brooklvn EagIe.)

think that the majority Of church
choirs in Brooklyn are helps to churches.
But some Of them have got a bad habit
of late-the quartet habit. They sing
without the accompaniment Of an organ,
and thus exhibit all the blemishes Of
their voices. Only we'll trained and high
IL cultivated singers may safely venture
TO sing without a musical accOmpani-
ment. When the amateurs try the expert
ment they infiict needless pain upon theif
hearers. And the modern authemi L re-
call an occasion on which the anthem ran
IN this way:
Soprsno-~Oh. take this pill
Tenor-"Oh, t-a-ake this pill
COntra!tO-"O-O-h. take this pill
Basso-"O-o-O-h. take this pill
All tOgether-"Oh take this pilgrim
home"
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QUEER COST MARKS.
Tsn-letter Words and Phrases Used
as Secret Signs.


Among the old-ume features which
are disappearing from the city stores
lscause of the modern methods, re
ports The New York Tribune, is the
ca5alstic cost mark which the mer-
chant once thought as Indispensable as
ua counter over which he sold his
wares.
TIE man who started a business for
himself devoted many hours before he
made his first display Of wares to
making uu. O. cost mark This had TO
De- unlike amy other mark. and was.
ID some Instances, composed of ten
n-lE.yTMes. often of transpOsed
h-ues. and more often Of a word or
l." The letters of which could be used
.' express figures. A large wholesale
concern Do New York used the mark
H- save U.S. and made up the
.'.-- .-".. with a cross Through this
business house the uioUs cost mark be
zane h."l al. over the country.
'.a- r- the establishment entered
.. mercantile field on their own ac-
count . r..E the cost mark with
-. .-. within p few years il was in
- . Nearby every state In the union.
"...a.- .-- mark which found
--. was Make profit, and
n - - a. rrLHs more popular
--t ,.- trade" johnny Miles
.- .-U as we'll as cost
concern. and one senti-
- aU who opened a linen
- - York in the days when
- was away up town
his cost mark My Bridget
. " ..ruaiEu of 1860 was at
ardent Republican in
..-a store "a cost mark
.-- had been invented 10y
marked all his goods
.. Use the mark Abe
- -. This mark remained
.- after Abe" had won
Douglas. BreckinTidge
- We're all candidates
About that time the
-. Douglas was invented
and Republican" are sim in
where plain figures have
The puzzle marks.
.. -..ts house which has
.- hundreds OF pack
wagon peddiers, used as q
words "RevoCh Git"
-"-. which near ~Prodt
-. -- .-. translation was also
.- -..- concern.
were useful" said the
d.. the large New York
..... when houses had an
.r... ... taking price. In those
--.. - behind the counter had to
.r.-. .-f goods cost TO put on the
81. . Dr.. could regulate him
-r An offer TO split
.-.. when one price was
..,... .-t another offered could be
r--.-. - .H.n. and statesmen were
Nil compelled t1 shade prices. We
w.. .--+ for YOU and It's the last
-'- Of the l8r.' or We want TO
p. :. ..e- 81 customer If Won were among
-.. -s- tar coming down on
'al al. the time the salesman
-.- --- mark before him and
.-t- DEE was on the safe side
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Couth.s Comnanion.N

q Outn s IOnUaIIO0-l
Everything possible of course. is named
for Admiral Dewey in these DAYS. There
are Dewey hats. Dewey shoes, col
lars. neckties. articles of furniture. CT
gars. and so forth, to an endless extent.
and even certain dishes at restaurants
are named in his honor.
A guest at q lunch counter on the day
the admiral landed at New York observed
Dewey cakes" on the bill of fare and
called for some.
Waiter" he said. after he had tasted
them. are these your Dewey cakes2'
Yes, sir.
They taste very much like the General
- cakes ! got here not long ago"
On no. sir, replied the waiter.
They've got lots more ginger in them"
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Walcott Roasts Beveridge.

Of Governor OSbOrneS name Tor each
place. He would be a very competent
man for either duty.
Walcott Roasts Beverage.
Senator wolcOtt mas cracked another
Republican head and it was a. rather
swollen one, too. His roast Of young
Beverage, Of Indiana, was not 50
scorchingIy epigrammitic as the speech
in which he put Carey Of Wyoming,
out Of public life II will be remem-
bered that he applied to Carey the Ger
va,ltes adaee that 1T is a waste Of
lather to shave an ass In Beverage 5
case he wasted some father, but per
haps he thought it was not applied
to a senator Of the same kind as Carey.
And in this he was correct. for BeY-
eradge is known a great deal, although
ne IS the most self-cOnsciCus and So
phomoric member of the senate. He viii
probably improve with years and he
certainly has room for both years and
improvements. Senator WOlCOtt is not
the only Republican senator who has
taken objection to BeveTidge's out
spoken advocacy of holding the Phil
ipDines forever as a despotically gov
erned military dependency Senator
Hoar took him up on the spot ana gave
MIN very EnDIDu5A Nc-1tA esdltAoLA- CLiACA0
followed, and at last COlOradO's cynical
senator got after him Beverage knows
mora now and knows it better. What
the Colorado orator did TO him was
enough. Some Of the adjeCtives VOL
colt used at one time have been likely
10 have led to Bladensburg in the
early hOar-frOst hours next day. Sen
ator Wolcott called the H0osier youth
base" "sordid," and q few other
choice things, and ridiculed the idea
Of appointing Indiana politicians to Of
fee in the Philippines, which last he
contended was the ridiculous idea Of
the Indiana senator.
Perhaps Senator Wolcott viii one
day run. up against his master in elO-
quent invective-as JChn J. ingalls,
once ran up good and hard against 10
c. s. Blackburn. Bus up To date he
has gotten the best of every man with
whom he has had this sort Of an en-
counter in debate.
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Of
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THE SALT LAKE HERALD: SUNDAY. JANUARY es. 1900
6AOS CASH BASIS r11OIIy Paid the mortgage
Won $4,000 on Her First and Only Race and AstOnshed
the Track.

the great race as well as to pay the ex-
penSe Of John and the mare on the trip
The old farmer shed tears when his pet
was led into the car for her long journey,
but knowing that John would take care
Of her as he would mis- life. he was finally
prevailed upon 10 let go. his consent prob
ably being FASTENED by a few words that
were whispered TO him by Mr.. Dexter.
Thousands upon thousands of people
filed the great enclosure upon the day
Of the race. Pools were sold up into the
thousands. with the unknown mare in
the field for a song, as two horses of
world wide reputation were hot selling
favOrites.
Mr.. Dexter had secured well known
driver 10 pilot the mare. but two heats
with Molly just inside the flag changed
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Her Idea of America.

It was the habit Of an American the
atrical manager temporarily living in
London to visit a certain public house Just
about bedtime and invest tuppence in bit
ter ale. Incidentally chatting with the bar
maid. Business called him home on a
flying trip and he was absent from Lon
don exactly a fortnight.
You've been away, 'aven't you?' said
the barmaid with a s-nile of greeting
when he dropped in for his ale on the
night CT his return.
''Yes." he replied. = took a little run
over to America since I saw you last"
The girl dropped the pitcher with a
crash and her placid blue eyes bulged with
amazement- 'Bime met she gasped-
WY. Hi thought HameTica was an Is
land haway nout in the Pacific HOcean."
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All His own Wav.

Chicago Iimes-Herald.4
'I understand that COshingtOn intends
to run for congress in this district again.
yes. and he'll have il all his own way.
too"
seNhy. look at the record he has made.
Been in two terms now, without Offering
Il resolution OF making a speech. How
can such a mans opponents ind an issue
to fight him on!
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No Further Comments.
s. - Wave.l

Commodore Vanderbilt was not 50 arts
tocratic in his tastes as some of his rela-
tions- On one occasion he was sitting on
the crowded piazza Of a fashionable hotel
when lady approached. The commodore
rose and talked affably WIN her while
his vie and daughter RACED. Father. 50
said the daughter don't you remember
that vulgar woman as the one who used
dear" responded the old man htartily.
and / remember your mother when she
sold root beer while I peddled oysters up
in Jersey. The ladies made no further
comments
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r+.bs NeighbOr Makes Fine
Financial Showing.
DoyDS ARE AT PREMIUM
-,rr WARRANTS PROMPTLY
PAID IN CASH.

mt State Administration Has
node an Excellent Rscord-Great
ewing to the People in the Mat
ear. of Interest-DubOis Opposes
.5s leasing Of Grazing Lands.
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How Is Your WIFE

s,--.-.. >a7 lost her beauty? II so, con
49, iA2lEesuonf sick headache
Pr-, -T lI-li--l2I causes, karl's Glover
a -zr-,--.e, A4S cured these ils FOR half
lI-rg..- iE-.e % cents and SO cents.
'-'-eiory. Z. c. ii. !. drug departmant
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GOOD ENGLISH.
Many College Graduates Know Very
Little About the Language
Chicago Tnbune.)

The persistent failure of our schools
and universities to turn out men who
can write and speak good. clear. cor
rect English is as amazing as it is no
torious. After cur boys have spent
eight years in the graded schools. three
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-28
BRYAN ON EXPANSION
Democratic Leader Says He Was
Misguided.
OPPOSED TO AN EMPIRE
BUT NOT OPPOSED TO PEACEFUL
EXPANSION.

Believes We Should Announce Our
Intention to Give the Filipinos
Independence and Treat Them as
We Treat the Cubans-No Quarrel
Between Jones and Bryan
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DO you want help Of any kind2 The
free.
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of Governor OsbOrne's name for each
place. He would be a very competent
man for either duty.
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CATARH CURED decided
ALL
this end D Shores decided take all
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-02
DRY GOODS ASSOCIATION.

Large Meeting Held Last Night-Ar-
rangements Made for Grand Recep-
ton at Warner Hall on the 18th
James Mustarde Elected Treasurer.
A large and enthusiastically attended
meeting of the New Haven Dry Goods
association was held in the Insurance
building last night. Colonel j. G. Healy,
the president, in the chair This asso-
citation is composed of male employees
of the various dry goods stores in the
city, and although only formed couple
of months ago has already member
ship of over 100. Last night five new
members were elected and many more
applications are under consideration.
The resignation of C. w, Warner, of the
Charles Monson company, who has act
ed as treasurer since the association was
formed, was read and accepted. Col
onel Healy stated that they were all
sorry to loose the services of Mr. War
ner who was compelled to resign be-
cause of numerous other duties he had
to attend to, which prevented him from
giving the desired attention to the work
that was necessary. James Mustared
of the Charles Monsoon company was
unanimously elected to fill the position
of treasurer The special committee re-
ported in connection with proposed re-
ception to the women clerks in the
stores The president reported that
Warner hall had been engaged for the
18th, and that splendid musical pro-
gramme was being prepared for the &C.
casion, and that the prospects were that
the gathering would be great success.
1T is expected that the heads of the va
rious firms will be present and the
wives of the married members of the as
ISOLATION will also be invited. The COM
mittee expect to have the programmes
and invitations out within a few days
The other business was of a formal ma
ture and every one left the meeting in
high spirits over the success that is
sure to attend the first gathering of the
New Haven Dry Goods association,
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ENTERTAINM ENYS,
po,t,1 Wonderland rhca,cr

The bright vaudeville at Polls is de-
lighting every patron this week, for
there is not an act on the bill but what
makes hit. The n1yragraph pictures
of the McGovern-Dixon fight are the
closing number of the bill, and are much
in vogue with the lovers of ring events.
The vaudeville bill is clean and replete
with novelty. There is Ed Latelle, the
great mimic monologist and musician,
who entertains for fully half an hour
and jokes; a burlesque of Ling Ching
Foo, and his great banjo solos; Gruet,
Beers and Gruet, Georgia Gardner and
company in "A Wife's Stratagem; !"
Burton and Brooks, Bennings and Alto,
Mamie Remington and her pickaninnies
ana Biekneii the clay modeier complete
the bill Prices: Matinee, 10c and zoe;
evening, 10c, zoe and 30c; ladies at mat
inee 10c
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BURST BY THE HEAT OF THE SUN
Tire of a Bicycle Demolished on orange
Street.

The owner of a bicycle which was
left standing on the sidewalk against a
building on Orange street near the cor
ner of Court street a few days ago had
a surprise and incidentally had demon
strated to him the expansive force or
the heat of the sun. He had gone into
F'arinas barber shop at the corner OF
Court and Orange streets and was COM
fortably ensconced IN a chair ready to
be shaved when report like that OF
a shotgun which sounded on the side
walk in front Of the place startled him
and other occupants of the shop. They
hurried to the door to see what was
the matter and there found that the
front tire of the wheel which had been
left standing outside was wrecked. The
sun was shining brightly and the rays
streaming down upon the tire had ex-
panded the air with which the tire was
inflated to such an extent that the rub
Der tube of the tire could not stand the
strain and burst with loud report, rip
ping oDen the tire and tearing it loose
from the rim,
The circumstances are related here as
a warning to bicyclists against allow
ing their wheels to stand in the hot
sun.
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REPORT OF MRS. HUTCHINSON

Cared for and Fed Over One Thousand
Women and Girls During the Past
Year.
Mrs. H. S. Hutchinson of 2S Garden
street, one of the foremost w. G. T. u.
workers, gave a very interesting talk
yesterday afternoon in Center church
chapel before a number of members Of
the w. G. 7. u. No. /. The meeting
was for the purpose of hearing the work
accomplished by Mrs Hutchinson dur
ing the year. She reported that she had
housed and fed nearly one thousand wo-
men and Maynard girls during the last
year.
Mrs. Hutchinson's work Is along the
lines of rescue and prevention, and she
related the conditions existing along
those lines in the city at the present
time. She said that the condition is
improved and that the work of the w.
c. T. U. is greatly responsible for the
marked improvement.
Before and after Mrs. Hutchinsons
remarks hymns were sung and the
meeting opened with a prayer by Mrs.
Powell The meeting adjourned about
4:30 o'clock
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CAPTURE OF CAPTAIN ROBERTS.
Prisoners Treated Well by Their Fill.
pino CaptorS

Prisoners Treated Well by Their Fill
Pine Captors
Manila, June 1.--Captain Roberts of
the Thirty-flfth regiment and his two
missing companions, captured at San
Miguel de Mayumo province of Bula-
can Island of Luzon, on May 20, are
still in the hands of the insurgents, who
have communicated to the Americans
their intention to treat the prisoners
well and in accordance with the laws
of war. During the night Of May 81
Captain Roberts wife, who was at San
Miguel de Mayumo, received a note an
nouncing the capture of her husband
The good treatment of the prisoners
continue and Captain Roberts believes
that the insurgents will exchange him
and his companions.
The first report of the capture of Cap
tain Roberts and his companions was
erroneous. Three of the party were
killed, four were captured and one of
the latter was wounded. The wounded
man was liberated,
Captain Abbott of the Forty-second
regiment recently met two hundred and
fifty Ladrones near Sinalion. One
American was killed and the Filipinos
had eight men killed and four We're
wounded.