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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-14

hall palms and ferns formed the green
decorations, and in the dining room
pink and white asters in cut glass
bowls graced the table. on which were
some pieces Of exquisite drawn wcrk.
Downstairs in the den" sunAowers
were used in profusion. and a pictur-
esque and effective corner was ar
ranged for the punch bowl Stationed
in the upper hall the Niles mandolin
orchestra furnished excellent music.
Assisting in entertaining the guests
We're Miss Laura sherman. Mrs. Nc
Cutcheon and Miss Creary. Mrs. ]. T.
White poured coffee in the dining
room and Mrs. Samuel c. Adams of
Denver served ice. In the den Miss
Leta Mcmillan and Miss Violet NELL
served punch. About 200 guests were
present during the evening
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-14
Morning Card Party.

Mrs George Phelps Holman
was the hostess Friday at
very pleasant sixty-three party.
The guests were seated at seven
tables, about thirty being pres
emf The rooms were artistically dec
GRATED with American Beauties, and
handsome cards were used as tallies-
In the game prizes were won by Mrs.
Samuel Woodward, Mrs. H. d. Niles
and Mrs William Reid.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-14
Coming and Going.

Mr.. c. P. overfieid is in the city.
s. o g
Mrs. c. H. Anderson has gone east.
q g q
Mrs. Hal Brown is home from New
Jersey.
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Miss Blair of Rowland Hall is home
from the east.
q o o.
Mr.. Alma Katz is down from Boise
for a few days.
@ q Is
Mrs. F. ]. Evans left last night for
her home in Denver, after a pleasant
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-14
Evening Reception.

The reception Friday evening given
by DR.. aud Mrs. Jack Keith. for SIr.
and Ms. Thomas Biyth, was one
OF the mos; delightful affairs OF the
season The house was beautifully
decorated. and is admirably adapted
for a large and elaborate evening par
~. In the parlor American Beauties
were used, a tall crystal vase flled
with the lovely flowers forming the
main feature OF the decoration. The
library was in red, and deep red asters
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-14
Coming Events.

Hiss Claudia Morris will entertain
al a luncheon on Tuesday in honor OF
Miss Lena Preston.
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Miss Preston will be the guest Of
honor al an informal Kensington given
by Miss Dern on Wednesday. and on
Friday Miss Leta Mcmillan Will give
kensington. also In her honor.
q. :. 90
Mrs. Ernest Drake will entertain in
formally at cards next Wednesday att
ernuOn.
g . 3
Mrs. Leslie Woodruff Snow viii give
a large reception on the afternoon OF
Tuesday, the 23d of the month.
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Mrs. II. y. Mayo viii entertain al
cards on Wednesday the cath.
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Weddings Of the Week.

One OF the pretty home weddings OF
the past week was that of Miss Mabel
katherine Wallace and Mr.. Fred W.
Reynolds. The marriage occurred
Tuesday at the home OF the brides
parents, and was witnessed by only
the members of the TWO families. Later
ia The day a reception was held, and
the bride and groom left the same
day FOR Cambridge. where they Will
make their home.
Another pretty home wedding Of the
week was that of Miss Ruby Wells
and M. Fred q. Morse. which was
solrmnized Thursday evening at the
home of che brides sister. The we'd
ding was followed by 81 supper at
which the guests were the members Of
ire immediate family Mr.. and Mrs.
Morse left on the evening train for "a
short trip 10 ShoShone Falls, and
they viii be ut home after oct.
10 al l24 3 street.
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A wedding which was a surprise 20
their many friends was that of Miss
Amelia Pinney and Mr.. Arthur J.
Lowe, jr, which took place WSInes-
day evening al the home If the brides
parents. AIR. and Mrs. Lowe left the
same evening for their new Some at
Lake city, Colo, where ar. Lowe is
in business.
- - &.
The marriage OF Miss Pearl Cation
and AR. Julian r Smith took place
Wednesday IN the temple and was fol-
lowed by a pleasant reception the
same evening at the hcme Of Mrs. j.
T. Hodson. MIR. and Mrs. Smith wiz
be az home after tomorrow at their
new home. 1866 South Fifth East
street.
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RAcsntion For a Guest.

The Misses Hartley were the host
esses at a very prettily arranged recep-
ton on Wednesday, given in honor OF
their friend, Mrs. John of Trinidad,
Colo. The dining room was beautifully
decorated with nasturtiums, immense
bowls of the fragrant flowers forming
an effective table decoration. In the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-14
Coming Marriages.

The marriage of Miss Lena Preston
and Mr.. e. b. Diehl will take place
Wednesday evening. Sept. "a, at st.
Marks cathedral. The ceremony VIII
be performed by Rev. G. +. Perkins
OF 81. Paurs church az 9 o'clock, and
Immediately after the young people
will leave for an extended trip along
the coast. Both are so well known and
such favorites in society that they will
have the good wishes OF a host OF
friends.
@ q. =,
The engagement was announced dur
ing the week Of Miss Blanche Marvin
or MuskegOn. Mich. TO Mr.. X. C.. Park
OF this city. The marriage will take
place on Sept. - at the home of the
brides parents. and the young people
viii return 10 salt Lake 20 make their
home
The marriage Of Miss Vera Cannon
and Mr.. Heber G. Sharp will take place
Tuesday noon in the temple. The we'd
ding viii be followed by an afternoon
reception. and later the bride and
groom viii leave Tor ReEburg. Ida,
where they will make their home.
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The marriage Of Miss Belle Weller
and Mr.. Ernest Lambourne viii take
place Wednesday morning at II O'Clock
In the temple, and will be followed by
a reception in the evening at the home
of the brides sister, 9O5 South West
Temple street.
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Cards are out for the marriage Of
Miss NJ Alice Bartch and Mr. Charles
Halves Child. The event viii take
place at the home Of Judge and Mrs.
Bartch on Tuesday, Sept. 30.
g % e.
Invitations are out for the wedding
OF Miss Florence la Due and Mr.. Hugh
Ward. which will take place at the
home of the brides sister on Wednes-
day next.
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Invitations are out for the wedding
OF Hiss Florence La Due and Mr.. Hugh
Ward. which will take place at the
home of the brides sister on Wednes-
uay next
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-04-24
NEW SERIES--VOL. XXI M -

for a man on his dying pillow to repent-
better that than never at all: bnt hou
much better, how much more generous -
would have been if he had repented f;ftv
years before! My friends. you viii never
get over these procrastinations.
:, We nave started on march from which
there IS no retreat The shadows Of
eternity gather on our pathway. How
insignificant is time compared with the
vast eternity! As. was thinking Of this
one day while coming down over the Ale
ghany Mountains at noon, by that Won
derful pass which you all have heard de-.
scrlbed as the Horseshoe-a depression in
the side Of the mountain. where the train
almost turns back again upon itself. and
you see how appropriate is the name of
the Horseshoe thinking on this yerv
theme and preparing this very sermon g.
seemed to me as if the great courser of
eternity speeding along had Just struck
the mountain with one hoof and gone on
into illimitable space So short Is time
SO insignificant is earth, compared with
the vast eternity! This moment voices roll
down the sky and all the worlds of light
are ready to rejoice at your disenthrall-
ment. Rush not into the presence of the
King ragged with sin when you NAV have
this robe of Righteousness. Dash not vour
foot pieces against the throne of a. cruel
of the battlements. All the scribes of
God are at this hour ready with volumes
OF living light to record the news of your
soul emancipated.
copyright. 1902. L. Klopsch.l
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-04-24
THE LOVE CHARM. :

"Oh, make me charm" a maiden said
To wizard, old and gray;
'There is one [ love and who loves me not,
Who forever turns away.
"Oh, fashion charm, wise man, I pray,
That snail make me winsome, fair
That shall make him long to kneel and
kiss
The hem of the gown I wear"
She rushed, with the charm that the wiz
ard made,
In search of her love and they
That she met beheld her with looks of love,
And, turning, they went her way.
At last the one for whom she had sighed
Fell down at her feet to plead
For the love she had spurned-in vain he
: She coldly refused to heed.
The suitors came by the score to WOO,
She broke their hearts and she smiled to
see
Them following, eager, hoping, who,
When they turned went chiding her
mournfully.
At last she sought the wizard again
Who had made her the charm that day;
ooh, here is your CHARM" she, signing,
said,
Receive it again, l pray. -. l..
"And give me again the heart I had
And let me love as before
Fen though he may turn from my love,
oh, let
Me love as loved once more"
IS. E. Kiser.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-04-24
Mushroom Culture in France.

Nearly all the mushrooms eaten in
Paris are grown in the disused quar-
ries which honeycomb the country to
the south Of the city, more particularly
in the neighborhood Of Sceaux. Some
Of these excavations are Of enormous
extent and might properly be called,
in certain instances, mines, for they
have horizontal galleries, or levels, at
various depths; but usually they have
only one gallery, some 300 yards to
half a mile in length, and at from thir-
ty to $50 feet below the surface. These
galleries are generally from seven to
ten feet in height, though occasionally
so low that a man can scarcely stand
upright in them. They are in most
cases wide enough for two rows OF
beds, with a footway eighteen inches
wide down the middle.
These old quarries are chosen for
mushroom culture for three reasons:
Cd Because mushrooms can be grown
in them all the year round; (2) because
they can be had cheap, the rental fol
one of these galleries, with space for
a double row of beds, being only fifteen
centimes (three cents) per running
meter Q.1 yard; and 81 because the
mushrooms are believed to be superior
in flavor to those grown in the opeI
air. American gourmets, however, gen
orally prefer the uncultivated mush
room, and perhaps the Parisians would
if they had more opportunities fol
making comparison between them
From two and one-half to three ton:
of these cave-grown mushrooms arr
sent to market every day, and the tota
value Of the trade is about $3,OOO,OO
| q vcar
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-04-24
Did he tell you about that brother? p
"Not a word.''

DlO he tell you ABOUT that DrOtner!'
mot word"
He was cripple from his birth and
Dick has brought him up by hand, the
mother dying when the boy was an
infant Dick is very kind to the young
ster, and I am told remains single for
his sake. He is something of a hero
as well as a hustler''
AS the years went on Dick found it
hard to round that circuit Of labor.
which is described ,netaphorically as
making both ends meet. And he had
only one poor talent Of which he made
the most Of; on all other lines he was
dull and hopeless. Long after the time
passed when he was of use to the rail
road he received his passes, and then
the system changed, new men owned
the line and trains no longer stopped
on the crossings to pick up individual
Oh the signal of waving hat or hand
kerchief. Dick was no longer the only
scribe in the local ink puddle. There
were others who had greater influence.
The officials laughed at him when he
his scraps Of news to the city news
papers and collect his small dues with
out paying toll. They quoted scripture
to him, Though they roar they shall
not pass" and he was compelled to use
his small stock of money on hand to
buy a ticket. Yes, he actually stood
at the ticket window, and was snapped
at by the ticket agent for standing
there asking questions and delaying
traffic
He read the precious bit Of paper as
he walked out of the depot-he was
not returning home until the next day
and as he did so thought struck
him with unusual force. He would
get even with the railroad. Honestly,
too. He went and hunted up an acci-
dent insurance company and had his
life insured, paying the first premium
and taking out his policy. If injured,
he was to have a certain sum every
week until we'll, and if he died, more
money than he had ever dreamed OF
having, and the beneficiary was his
crippled brother.
Dick had grown old and gray, but he
kept his good heart and his foolish
| smile, wore cheap clothes and gave
his crippled ward every comfort, and
no one knew except one other and
| himself what "demnition'' struggle
life had been. And it looked darker
than ever as he started home pennileSS
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-04-24
TY HAT was cold day for Dick
Raymond when he was re-
fused a pass on the road over

Wy HAT was cold day for Dick
Raymond when he was re-
nnea 1usea e pass sa% on t1sve'ed the s9aa }es
the greater part Of his life, and for
some time he could not, would not,
believe that the negative was abso-
lutte and irrevocable. He argued with
himself that there must be some mis-
take. But when he appealed from the
superintendent to the president of the
road and found his appeal in vain;
when he had been Informed in turn by
all the officials that no further privi-
leges in the way Of free transportation
would be given him, he was a sorely
disappointed man.
He had acquired the pass habit in
a severely chronic form. It had be-
come acute. To be compelled to pay
for benefit to which he felt entitled
seemed to him a great injustice. The
many privileges he had enjoyed in the
past did not console him now. Dick
was sui generis; his enemies said, non
compos mentis, his friends apologetic-
ally, that he was not "all there"
1t might be we'll to explain why Dick
Raymond considered himself eligible
to the privilege of free transportation.
It began twenty years ago, when Chi
cago was more Of a village than at
present, and railroad passes encour-
aged travellers to advertise facilities
of travel. Dick was a news gatherer
on a country newspaper which had
weight in it's community. He had a
vivid imagination and facile pen, and
pleased the officials Of a most important
railroad, one of the oldest in the West.
He was a young man who had plenty
of that commodity known as "cheek''
or "brass" in those days, now classed as
nerve" The suavity of his manner
and his interesting method as a writer.
up Of topics of value in railroad circles
saved him from becoming a bore, but
he sometimes exceeded his privileges
as when he asked the general superin
tendent of the railroad for a pass fol
himself and brother. That official sa
back in his desk chair and looked a
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-04-24
HISTORY OF THE SPUR.
Origin Of the instrument Lost in Re-
mote Antiquity.

Origin Of the Instrument Lost in Re-
mote Antiquity.
Not SO many horsemen are aware
of the fact that the spur which they
attach to their heels is an instrument
the origin of which is lost in the re-
mote antiquity. The Romans were IA
m1liar with the use of The spur; they
called it 'calcar' Cocks spur). No
doubt this name was derived from the
original shape of the spur, which was
probably nothing more or less than a
long point
During the middle ages the wearing
OF the spur was regarded as a sign
of freedom. The vassal to whose heel
it was fastened swore fidelity to his
suzerain. The wearing of spurs soon
spread to such an extent that even
the clergy followed the fashion set by
knights. But this custom did not long
endure. At council of mobiles and
bishops held in SIG the clergy were
forbidden to wear spurs. The spurs
of knights were of gold, to distinguish
them from the spurs of esquires, which
were of silver.
AT the beginning of the eleventh CEN
rx Waen nddbbgd InlHgfa 9fee pahle eafs
mony of Inighting him began by CIV
ing him pair of spurs. The overload
in comforting the title, attached the
spurs himself to the heels of the newly
created noble, and then gave him his
helmet, his horse, his sword and his
lite. The oldest known form of the
spur is that of a long pin or needle.
This early specimen was found at
Autun, in the tomb of Queen Brune-
hant, murdered by her rival, Frcde-
gonde in 613.
In the thirteenth century spurs re-
ceived the form of rosettes or stars.
The wheel form did not appear until
the fifteenth century. Most of the
young noblemen of that day wore
spurs Of most curious pattern, COM
prising primarily rod half a foot
long, at the end of which an enormous
star wheel was carried. In the middle
ages, when a cavalier almost stood in
his stirrups and horses were caparis-
oned, very long spur-shanks were
necessary in order to reach the fanks
of the mount A specimen of this
type of spur has been preserved, and
it's ownership ascribed to Godefroy de
Bouillon, who died in lilo. In the eigh-
teenth century, when the knight of
old had practically disappeared, M.
Francois Robinson de la Guermiehe.
equerry to his majesty Louis XIV,
was the first to cut down the length
of the shank and give the spur it's
modern form (1768).-Scientif1c Amer
ican.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-04-24

Started, but did not go there. It is al
ways the unexpected that happens, yet
this was the very thing which Dick
was planning for, but not in such
hurry. A rear end collision with a
milk train sent him to the best hospi-
tai in the city, and his insurance paid
all his expenses, including the crippled
brother. And the railroad did the rest,
the corporation lawyer waiting on the
sufferer with a proposition Of settle
ment on the most generous terms.
Whereas, if Dick had been riding on a
pass the company would have been
exOnerated from blame or obligation.
His friends visited him at the hos
pital, finding him in splints and band
ages, his head bound up, one eye badly
damaged, but smile six inches long
across his white visage.
did you ever hear Of such luck?'' he
asked cheerfully. ''It seems too good
to be true. All my expenses paid and
damages until I can't rest. Why, if
I'd got the pass wanted I'd have been
1u1Aeu, OuI Cdu Ieu you Ae4I mlSuty
bad over it-when I didn't get it. And
wouldn't have had cent of damages
And now Jimmy and I can live like
fighting cocks for the rest of our days
And I tell you, I did get even with tbs
road, and there isn't any jury can say
was contributory cause, either. Neg
ligence? Not on my part. It's just the
biggest piece of luck ever had in my
life."-M. L. Rayne, in the Chicago
Record-Herald.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-04-24
A Wonderful Chinese Tent

The Empress Dowager OF China does
not travel like other less illustrous
folk. Whenever, before the outbreak
of the recent trouble in the far east,
her majesty travelled to any distance
from her capital she used to take with
her a wonderful tent. and this tent
has now been taken to France by
Lieutenant Colonel Laurence Cher1on-
chou, who received it from the man.
DARN of Ki-tscheou, and has been pre-
sented to the army museum In Paris
by the French minister of the navy.
The tent is lined with yellow silk, and
Is ccpiously embroidered in silver and
gold, with thousands OF curious but
artistic designs, most prominent
among them being blazing suns and
monstrous dragons with five claws.
It is thirty feet long, twenty-one feet
wide and twenty-four feet high, and
when erected it has the form OF cube
over which a pyramid extends itself.
Thus her majesty could not well CONF
plain OF. the smallness OF her portable
abode during sultry weather. and as
for the furnishings, they were truly
Oriental in their 1uxuriousness. From
time immemorial it has been the Gus
tom of the people of high degree In
far Cathay to use these gorgeously
emblazoned tents, the nature OF the
country being such that 1t is often
impossible to call halt for the night
near a town or village.-London E1-
press.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-04-24
BLOOD TEST OF GUILT.
Striking Instance of Superstition in
Chinese Mixed Court.

Chinese Mixed Court.
An instance of the prevalence of SUI
perstition among the better class Of
Chinese, even in Europeanized commu-
mites, is supplied by recent trial be-
fore the mixed court at. Shanghai.
Magistrate Chang was sitting. An
English assessor was present, and
counsel appeared on both sides.
The case was one in which native
detective was accused of abducting a
girl betrothed to another man. The
question before the Magistrate to de-
eide was whether the accused gshoulds
be arraigned on a civil or criminal
charge.
All the witnesses, even the girl her
self and her mother, declared that the
man had not maltreated her. But
Magistrate Chang was of another opin-
ion, and he commanded that the moth
er be beaten in order to extract the
confession he was sure she was with
holding This was futile, Of course, as
the poor woman had nothing to con-
fess.
Then the accused man who was al
ready on his knees, took oath in Chi
nese fashion by breaking a saucer.
Most solemnly he protested that his
relations with the girl had been pro-
per. Still the Magistrate was not salts
fed and he demanded another test.
The girls forefnger was first cut
and the blood therefrom allowed to
drop into bowl of water provided by
the court. The detectives finger was
nxet cut and the same proceeding car
ried out. The Magistrate then held
that as the blood mixed the detective
was guilty, and remanded him for trial
before the court on a criminal charge.
New York Sun.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-04-24
Pecu1iarities of the Opossum.

The American opossum, says A. C..
Haddon, is one Of the most curious
animals living in the United States.
It is the only one that carries its young
in a pouch, like the kangaroo. It is
the only animal that can feign death
perfectly. It is remarkable for hang
ing by it's tail like a monkey. It has
hands resembling those Of a human
being. It's snout is like a hogs, while
it's mouth is literally furnished with
teeth. It's eyes are like rats, and it
Kisses like snake.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-04-24
The Country Newspaper.

lndlSSOlubly connected with the I'M
mense growth Of the American Nation
has been the country newspaper. AS
an institution it has been prime fac
tor III the development Of the Great
located than the local newspaper
springs into being with all the vigorous
enterprise characteristic of American
Journalism. The country newspaper,
in it's strict sense, is an American in
stitution. While foreign newspapers
only contain "court news" and chiefly
chronicle the movements of the aris-
tocracy, the personal column Of the
American country newspaper recog-
nizes the sovereign right of the plain
people Of the town or village to rea-
sonable publicity in the personal men-
ton column" We must confess there
is more of picturesque interest in these
simple records than the stereotyped
praise of kings, dukes and dowagers.e
There is no publication that can hope
to supplant the home paper. No mat
ter how much other publications may
offer in the way Of illustration, brilliant
literary treasures, authors with big
names and the prestige of local State
and National influence, the home paper
has it's sacred attention at the family
hearthstone. Even the wealth -bediz-
ened suburbanite must have weekly
glimpse at the modest little village pa
per; and who does not welcome the
paper from the 'sold home" in it's IA
miliar wrapper?-National Magazine.