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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-17
DELAY BY POWERS.

British Minister Demands Some Con-
cessiOns.
Pekin, Dec. 16.-Definite instructions,
supplementing yesterdays cOmmunica-
ton from London, have been received
by Sir Ernest Mason SatOw, the British
minister, and he now demands a mOdi-
hcation of a point in the joint note
which the foreign ENJOYS generally re-
gard as important. This means further
delay, as all the ministers must com
mUnicate anew with their respective
governments.
Just what is the nature of the Objec-
lions raised by Great Britain, the min
listers decline to say, but they admit
that the new demand viii involve a
great deal mere diplomatic procedure.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-17
Lord WolseIey's Mistake.
lChicago Chronicle.

On one occasion Lord Wolseley's zeal
for the welfare of his men got the better
Of his discretion Dinner was being
served to the soldiers, and orderlies hur-
ried backward and forward with steam
ing pals of soup. Lord WOlseley stopped
one of them The man was at attention
in a moment
Remove tho lid" No sooner said than
done
Let me taste it,
But. PLACE yer
let me taste ii, 7 say
And taste il ne did.
''Disgraceful, Tastes like nothing in
the world but dishwater
'Plaze, yer honor gasped the man.
'tand 50 e is
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-17
Navy Yard Fire.

Norfolk. Va Dec 1.-THE building oc-
Cupied by the construction department
at the Norfolk navy yard was destroyed
by fire tonight. It contained all the i'm
pOrtant papers. models and plans of the
construction department. Over 1000
dra wings and 100000 worth of live oak
timber were destroyed. Total loss over
500 O03. The origin of the fire is I'M
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-17

each claiming the victory. In eight 9TH
er engagements, the rebels are reported
TO have been completely victorious.
They now have SC, 600 armed men in the
field and possess many towns. They
are DESTROYS of establishing provis-
ional government. whereupon they in
tend to cut off their pigtails and wear
EIurODean clothes
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-17
Reports of Dissatisfaction.

Pekia, Dec. Is. The British are
continually receiving reports of diSsat-
isfactiOn from the districts around Pc
kin, under their special charge The
officer in command has Informed GEN
er8l GaseIee that armed Fands of ma
tive Christians from the village of
SOura Moons, five miles southeast of
PelSin, are constantly moving about
and levying blackmail. The maraud-
e.S are Catholics, led by a French mis-
siOnary wearing Chinese clothing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-17
KWANG TUNG UPRISING.

Rebels Want Chinese In Place Of
Manchu Rulers.
Tacoma Dec. 16.-Kwang TunS pro
vince. China, is the scene Of another
rebellion, according to Oriental advices
received here. It's leaders declare their
intention 10 substitute Chinese for
Manchu rulers. and TO bring about the
regeneration of China along Occident-
al lines. They favor foreigners, and
have molested neither missionaries nor
converts. Nine battles have been
fought with the imperial troops sent
against them, including a battle at
Samt0cnuk. where each side suffered
the loss of several hundred killed, and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-17

riage is wound up and when the nurse
has established herself under a tree
she sets the mechanism in action and
the body of the carriage sways very
gently back and forth until the oc-
Cupant is lulled to sleep.
FANNY ENDERS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-17
Z aVOritism.


ne manager doesn't III
e-9, you kroW? asked the girl g ~. E,r
FoIEer and cartridge ccur.Sr' al Jhe -s.
Because, answered the g--r
9 9iIyfle & Eoq % coqnter. Just as r5s ,s
ready to take a rest h. -a-r.' am ge.-f-,
TO ti3de places with tEa. rf-r '. ne re e,
IN the toy department all srrr,~ NAY ben
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-17

philadelphia Press,
lister SO. I'D give min.
unluclz-- would be ISL,
BTlde@rOOm-Why SOP
Bride-Nell. You see. that v-arr-
a total of S13 Ny first rr-a5 L- .l make
only gave a dollar apiece. husbands
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-17
PRIVATE FIRED ON.
Ninth Infantry Man Finds Guns and
Cartridges.

Cartridges.
Pekin. Dec. 16.-Yesterday, while
private of the Ninth United States in
fantry was searching for two stray
mules near Ho 81 WI. he arrived at
that town, where he found a rapid-fire
machine gun with 5000 rounds of am
munition. OF which he took charge. He
went back to the mail station for the
night. and on returning IN the morning
he found two loaded Winchesters. two
other magazine rifles and 1,l00 rounds
Of ammunition. When leaving the
town he was fred upon.
A village five miles southwest Of Ho
ST WI has been fired upon by Chinese
twice within half mile Of the mall
station
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-17
PugiIist Fatally Hurt.

Vancouver. 3. G., Dec. 16.-Jack Nor
rison, a pugilist known on the coast. was
badly injured in a bout here at the Err
wing club smoker last night. He vas hit
solar plexus blow by Tod Sharp, a local
man. and has been insensible ever since.
He is not expected 10 recover.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-17
Fight Postponed.

Chicago. Dec. 16.-The fight between Joe
WaIcOtt and Joe ChOynski. scheduled for
Dec. p, has been postponed indefinitely.
This action is a result of the unsatisfac-
tory contest between Cans and McGOVern
on Thursday las-.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-17
F FINANCES OF MEXICO
Minister'S Report Shows Lack
of Silver Coin.
MUCH WAS SENT AWAY
BIG OUTSIDE DEMAND FOR THE
DOLLARS.

Mexico City, Dec. 16.-Minister Lima
tours report Of the financial condition OF
the ccunt-- is a notable document He
estimates for the ensuing year revenue
amounting to SCI, e91 coo and expenditures
of SCI, ST.. $50. and shows why he does not
anticipate large surplus for the com
ing year. He takes up the present fin
ahclaI situation which is characterized
by monetary stringency. and remarks
1T is impossible to disregard certain
economical phenomena. and certain symp-
toms OF tie present business situation
Whlci' reveals condition Of uneasiness
caused Dy the partial paralyzation of
transactions and which, to continue for
long time, would probably occasion a
crisis in the commerce and Industry of a
large portion of the republic
The financial minister estimates that in
addition to S5O.0O0,O00 in cash deposited In
banks that the holdings of the general
pubic IN cash does not amount TO more
IMAM S4O,GOOJO so that the total circula-
ton OF silver money may be estimated in
the neighbOrhOOd of 500, 600
The minister continues:
1t IS not, therefore, strange that when
suddenly the country's supply Of cash
was cu-tailed from 10 to u per cent by
the expectation of silver dollars business
has experienced some degree of Daralyza-
tlon. IneTe mas been an unusual demand
Tor Mexican dollars and this demand has
Sensibly diminished the sunppiy Of
metallic cash here"
Many New Corporations.
The report shows that the formation
of the neJW stock companies for manu-
featuring and other purposes was a
revelation to many business men of the
prOdigious efficacy Of which instruments
of credit are susceptible and that a GER
tain amount Of speculation began, re-
Sulting in Over-prOduction in mdnufactur-
ing from which, in some lines, a natural
reaction - experienced
The report says the facility with which
credit was secured at banks on the
strength of fortunes already amaSsed or
by hypOthecating the shares of long and
faVorably known companies. led many
firms and CAPITALISTS TO enter on new
enterprises without waiting as long a
time as would have been desirable, so as
to allow previous enterprises to mature
thar shares and bonds, which have be-
cara we'll disseminated among the peo-
pie.
It is not. therefore. strange that as soon
as the scarcity Of cash began to be felt
that transactions should somewhat he
checked and that as business concerns
were unable to any longer have recourse
TO banks, having made full use of their
credit these estimates, a large volume Of
the stock issued by the corporations in
question should have been thrown on the
market. producing as was natural. gen
eral depreciation in securities. But,
fortunately for the country, a majority
of the enterprises rest on accurate cal
cuIations and a foundation of ccTcDlete
security
The report has produced an excellent
impression.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-17
Making High spirits Fashionable.

Chicago Record)
"ClementiEe has another wild craze on
hard"
What is it2
she says she's going to try to make
cheerfulness 2 society fad
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-17
Referred.

(NeW YORK PreSS.(
Clara-Gerald, did you see any Of the
leonids last night2
Gerald absently)-Lillian. did we see
any of the leonids2
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-17
WILLIAM GOT GAY.

Boys In Blue"
London, Dec. I6--The Berlin CORE
spondent of the Daily Express asserts
that Emperor William. when cOmpl-
menting the troops, said:
After today the army and navy are
one. The world shall know there the
emperor shock his marshaIs baton Wig
orously) that where I put my blue boys
nobody shall remove them
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-17
Michigan,s Popular Vote.

eDtroit Mich. Dec 16.-Afichigan's re-
turns show Mckinley receiTed 104. 5S4 pIu-
rality in the state The plurality Of Gov
ernOr Bliss was % 3S4.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-17
Racing Up-to-Da+s

crunch
Trainer-Now thfa hore.
chsrnlcals can make him " as h- az
55a.Nanlc SADDLE, an electric ,rt..e g7- a
deTIlIc spurs. and if You can .-... ay1a-
Dlt farther up mis- neck. r.r.r ..t ~
10 lex anything with hsir on i,' Jus.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-17
Stops the Cough and Works OF the
Cold

Laxative Bromo Quiuine Tablets cure a
cold in one day. No Cure, No Pay.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-04-21
on Education

Tie board met pursuant to adjourn.
m'nt AT l.30 O'Clock T. NJ April -.
Present Erickson, johnson ana Conliu.
Darling came in later. Erickson wns,
ON motion OF Johnson seconded l)Y Con.
In, elected chairman Supt llll was
present md WIS asked Us the board lor
information regarding the ability and
succt ~ OF The teachers now working 10
the schools ~ Tie township Mr. lIll
nude 4 verbal report after ulich il wis
moved by Johnson seconded ly Conlin
that the boaid tended 10 an teachers
now under contract, their present no
sliion for another year and thnt the
c'cik be- instructed 20 notify each
teacher 81 tho f,rt and require her e.
iiir llci answer to the tender within Ten
days, said answer to be- accompanied Us
credentials the equivalent 81 u second
grade certificate Motion cartied
Treasurer Johnson was instructed Ca
nnkc.-a demand upon the township
treasurer fur an rcnoul monies IL his
possession aud 20 make i report, az thc
nest meeting.
Moved ly Jahuson stcnn,lcd hy Con
lin lhat the services AZ superintendent
Hill bc retained l,r moth n year az an
advance IN snlary 81 GIly dullar-
Carried unanimously.
Ellis were as follows
Lulu Morrison, horse lic To ShnIcr
minc for Miss ilzsiInnpnA.........S 80
John Bauer, hauling scnts........ 6 90
Moved by Eriksou seconded by John
son that we adjourn. Carried
Tnos. roNtIN.
Clcil.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-04-21
NO Eor PnnlIo -tlon

First publication Mich ~ hist May 90
UN1rD SrATrs LAM OrFlcE MAHuuErrE,
Micn. MhHcn 2itt. l9Op.--
Notice H. hereby given that n compliance
with the provisions az the act at ipngn.ss Of
June y. MS, rntitird ~ act for Tho aHfc 30
timber hands iu the states at California.
OREGON. Nevada, and Washington Territory
~ extended to M the inhlic land states by
net oi August !, 1872, THERESA Qrdrt ~ lroh
RIVER county Of Iron. state 81 NlchiEtu. w
this day filed in his olitr her sworn sfHteHtttt
No. % Tor the purtimse ot The :. W = ol jli.
81 section No. 80 nl Township So. fGiN
Range No. rs w, AMI viii offer proof 60 show
that The land sougit Il morc valuable Tor ltn
Jmhef cor stone than f0r AGRICULTURAL piirpnAcS
md 10 establish h1rriiim 10 said lani Deisire
be Register and Reviewer ol this oilicr NJ Mnts
uloite, Mich. Oll Tuesday, the 2oth day Ol
lay. 1900,
She NAMES ~ witnesses
Henry Graham. 81 Iron River. Mthf
Alexander Qnlrt. 90 Iron River. Mon.
John fors, 81 Atkinson. Mich. Mf
William Darby. of Paint River, Mich.
Any aud all persofls claiming adversely The
loNe4drscrlbed lands .trr rultsstcd 10 Hle
leir rlaimtA Ia this Office ON III before .aisf
lth day Of May, i0tsu.
THOMAS StAnbkN.
Register.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-12-26
What One Hired Man Did.

Ten years ago he got place with
a farmer at SIT a month and his
board. He was raw, unlettered
English boy-green, ignorant and
honest. He was willing to work and
work hard, and being in no sense
a society man his personal wants
were very few. He gradually sized up
his opportunities and soon developed
an ambition to own piece of land.
In two years he saved up $3.50. He
then married woman just suited to
nina worker, planner, saver and
good housekeeper. He bought team
and wagon and rented a farm. He
kept on digging and working. He
never loafed In town. He got two
or three head Of good blooded stock.
His crops were the best i'm his neigh
borhood and his neighbors said he
was lucky. He rented more lana
and fed more stock and MIXED more
cows, hiring first one and later three
men to help him. Last fall he bought
an $4,000 farm, and should the sheriff
eell him out tomorrow there would
re not less than $4,000 net receipts
from the sale. In other words, this
ignorant young man has earned the
nice sum of $1,000 a year for ten
years, or more than many of the par
sons, lawyers and professors in our
colleges are able to earn. The best
of il is that his success has in no
sense spoiled him, for he has very
pleasant home, a delightful family of
little folks and has broadened out
into most valuable citizen of the
community in which he lives. When
he was working at SIT month, clad
in overalls and wamuss, there were
some girls who would have felt al
most insulted at any attention from
him, and some of those same girls
are nice old maids now and feel all
over Just like Maud Muller. Not every
hired man can do as well as this be-
cause ii is not in them, but this is
dead sure-if young man wants to
he on his feet financially when he Is
forty he has got to deny himself
when he is twenty, for he can't run
with the boys and have what he
terms "a devil Of good time" on
SIT 2 onth a. .ome ~ '@ner
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-12-26
Saving and Wasting.

Frugality is term not even under.
stood by the American people. Liv.
ing in country of almost boundless
resources, cultivating a soil Of al
most unparalleled fertility, environ
ed by opportunities for making mon.
V quickly and in a large way, the
habit of frugality, which is such a
distinctive national trait of the peo-
pie OF foreign countries, is here an
unknown quantity. The want Of ii
Is responsible for very much of the
business failure and poverty which
We here find. A man walks into a
saloon and thinks he must treat
every man he knows who is present;
the housewife, entertaining a few
friends at q tea party, makes four
or five kinds of cake, when one kind
ia enough in all conscience; the
young man wastes his small salary
IN the vain effort to follow the lead
of his fellows who DO not know the
real value of dollar, because they
DO not have to earn 1t. The want OF
frugality crops out In a Thousand
ways, on the farm, in the store and
off1ce. The American people, given
their head, are a nation of wild, reck-
less spendthrifts, whose only motto
is to keep up with the procession al
all hazards and "Let 'er go Gala
CHER" The man who goes this pace
up to forty need not complain If he
tapers off at sixty on soup bones and
oatmeal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-12-26
Retaining a Desert.

Twelve million acres of the great
sahara desert in Africa have been
reclaimed and made fruitful by the
means of artesian wells. This fact
suggests very forcibly the Importance
OF the national governments taking
imn ,diate and progressive steps in
the line of retaining the fertile
but waterless areas of this country,
either by artesian wells, water stor-
age In reservoirs or by utilizing the
waters of the great rivers. An acre
of irrigated desert land is the most
productive acre of land to be amy
where found. Men in their individ-
ual md corporate capacity can usrl-
ally rid the land of it's surplus water,
but when it comes to the irrigation
OF large tracts, only the government
can successfully cope with the prob
lem. The government could we'll at
ford, purely as a money speculation,
to spend $25,000,000 on irrigation pro-
Jects. saying nothing of the untold
benefit accruing by reason of such
an extension of productive area. A
reclaimed section of desert land in
Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Montana or
Idaho is worth more to the country
at large than whole island in the
Philippines.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-12-26
Paste This IN Your Hat.

We have this indictment to bring
against our modern methods of edu-
cation. In the miserable effort to
cover the whole vast field of modern
studies our boys and girls are gradu-
ated from the high schools unable
to read aloud a sentence in a clear,
correct and ineligible manner; they
cannot spell their own language cor
rectly; while they have wrestled with
alHebraic and geometrical problems,
they can't figure out the simplest
problems of every day business;
while they know something about
medieval and ancient history they
are ignorant of the history of their
own country. This is all and ever
lastingly wrong. Year by year more
and more fads are finding place in
the curriculums of our schools to
the manifest hindrance of the real
object of the public schools. School
boards who win award diplomas to
graduates who can neither read,
write, spell nor do every day mathe-
NAUTICAL problems in Crediable man
ner are robbing the taxpayers of
their money. The children are not
to blame, for they are over-worked
and crowded from the day they leave
the kindergarten class to the day of
their graduation. We know that this
viii be called heresy by some of our
readers, old fogyish and all that, but
all the same it is time to call halt
and get back to first principles.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-12-26
How to Make That Home More Attractive

You have a pretty good house and
fairly good farm buildings; you have
a good farm and are making some
money, but your home premises are
a libel on your profession. Of all
places on earth, the farm home
should be the pleasant home-attrac-
tive to the passer-by and constant
source of pleasure to yourself. But
yours is not this kind. How improve
it? Well, remove the hog yard to
the rear of the farm homestead. The
hog is a valuable asset of the farm
when in his place, and that place is
not in the front yard. The odor
of steaming hog yard on hot
August night may be suggestive OF
winter cash dividends and may not
in a sanitary way be unhealthful, but
fellow has got to get used to it to
enjoy it. There are lots of dead trees
and dead limbs on live trees; cut
these down and out. Those old reap
ers, wagons, spools of barbed wire,
broken boards, hog troughs, old use
less truck of every decription either
put out of sight at the rear of the
grove or else have a bonfire. Straight
en- up the fences around the home lot
and put the wood into one pile, in.
stead of having ii in four or five
places. The doing of this takes time
and not money. mo time" you say
Well, do it some night by the light
of the bonfire. Get up bee some
afternoon and have the neighbors
help you-give them . good suppsl
and start the fashion.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-12-26

II seems that through the enter
prise of some Iowa horticulturists in
selecting and shipping the fruit the
state of Iowa was awarded first prize
on apples at the Paris exposition.
The statement of this fact Is apt
to be misleading. The truth Is that
Iowa will and does produce some
very choice summer and fall apples,
perhaps as good as those of any
other state; but when it comes to
winter fruit-fruit which has long
keeping qualities-Iowa is not in the
same class with the seaboard states
of the east, or even Michigan, Wash
ington or Idaho. Western New York
still produces the choicest winter
fruit in its Greetings, Baldwins,
Kings and other favorite varieties.
The WEALTHY apple, grown so very
successfully in Iowa, is nowhere ex-
celled as fall fruit, but the Iowa
winter apple of choice quality is yet
an unknown quantity.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-12-26

Coffee substitutes, and there are a
large number of them very extern
sively advertised, are harmless for
one thing, analysis shows them all
to depend mostly upon the sugar and
cream taken with them for nutrition.
If you want this sort of slop take
cracked wheat or barley and roast
it just as you would green coffee
and you have got just as good a ma
terial for the morning beverage at
one-tenth of the price asked for the
fancy coffee substitutes. Most any
old settler in the west will tell you
how they used to make that sort of
coffee.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-12-26
The Mustard Pest.

A friend asks us if wild mustard
lives more than one year. 1t does
not. 1t is an annual, and II pre-
vented from going to seed can be
eradicated from the fields. 1t 10
likely that the seed of this plant, az
with clover seed, may be turned over
by the pillow and lie dormant to later
terminate when brought to the sur
face again. This pest was mostly in
PRODUCED into the central west
through the medium of the foul fax
seed. Seeding down with clover and
pasturing, summer following or hand
pulling from the grain fields when
the bloom on the mustard reveals 1t
are common methods of Kidding the
farm of it. The seed grain should
be also very closely watched. 1t 10
the bane Of all the fax growing dig
tricts.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-12-26

The rocky and sterile hills of Maine
while unable to supply any of the
food used by the American people,
still contribute their little offering
annually in the shape of about 500
carloads of little spruce and pine
trees for use at the Christmas fes-
tival. Like the woman of old, this
sparely endowed back country gives
all that it has and its gift is none
the less appreciated because it can
not be eaten or converted to prac-
teal uses. any state which contri-
butes something to the cause of a
beautiful sentiment does as much for
the country as though her gift were
of gross and wholly material things.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-12-26
A curious feature of the Ioess soil

A curious feature of the loess soil
on the Missouri river valley is its
alb "ty to resist the action of rain
anu frost. The railway cuts through
the bluff lands bordering the river
are none of them cut at slope Of
less than As degrees, and often much
sleeper, and still there is no slough
ing or sliding caused by water fall
or frost. In texture this yellow soil
is almost as tenacious as are the st.
Peter sandstone deposits of the up
per Mississippi valley.