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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-11
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL,

The uIgh School cadets may well BE-
rroud OF their initial ball the affair
iagt night at the N. q. o. han being "a
notable success I'm all details. The hall
ANS decorated with military emblcm8,
lbe national nnd High School cOl-
orq uregontlnp am attractive appear
nuce. and me music and al details com
blpod 40 make the afair success.
Among the quests wer GOV Wells Who
led Inc opening march. number Of Of
ncers from the fort, and the members
of the N. q. T..
AZ the Ladies' Literary club yester-
dly Mira Caroline Abbott stanley read
nm intcfeqllug rnpor ON the Social Life
M mo child" ana Prof Morrill, of the
tfnl,arslty gave am address on the Re-.
lation of sclonco 10 Industry" Watson
rendered DELIGHTFUL plano solos
49,
At Chrlslensens another successful
bali took place. the students Of The Y,
Of H. giving ono NJ their delightful
dances The h0ll was decorated Win
palms, and rugs and dlyans gave a fin.
lsnng touch 10 the tasteful arrange.
mont. Punch was served throughout
the evening. A large number were
present 10 enjoy the pleasant affair
The chnperons Of the evening were
Mechanics j. j.. RaWllnS, vivian Me-
Cune j ~ Kmgsbury Hoyt Sherman
Miller. The dance was I'm charge Of the
following committee Misses Mabel
Harker. Leda Rawllns. Daisy Ray
boula MAY Killings. Josephine Wells;
Negsrs Preston Cannon. VIM Dunn
Gn Richards. Ebert Thomas, VIII
RAY
Among those present were Mrs. A, W..
Mcclure, Mr.. ana Mrs. Ray Naylor,
prof. and Mrs. Marshall, Mr., and Mrs,
II. W. Daynes. Dr. and Mrs H. W..
SNOW Or. ana Mrs. Chauncey Benedict,
Mn. and Mrs. Walter Madison Mt aud
Mrs. Chns. Berry. Mr.. and Mrs, W, -,
Dougall Mrs Orson Brooks, the Misses
Nav billings I.eda Rawlns. Mabel
IInrker. .ogcphine Wells. Daisy Ray.
boud iClla Jackson, Edna May, stella
Dicks. Co'Pie Dicks, Ivy Dioks Edna
l.wenpcu Rowena Ottnger Jennie Ct
iinger. Mnbel Derrick, Annaoelle Dor
rick, Name sharp, Ollie Myer, Emma
Lucy Gates. Lucille Badger, Lulu Pen
rose, Lucille Taylor. May Jeremy Kate
Jeremy Nellie Jeremy, ClaudiN HcOneui
Jennie Davis, Mabel Minor, Angle Hol-
brook, Florence MalIn, Minnie Ray Lu-
Gle Young. Ruby Knowlton. Jacketta
MeCune. BESSIE Chambers. Mary Young,
Margle Young. Edna Harker June Me-
intyre. Hattie whitney, Retta Pyper.
Ethel saylle, Grace Cannon Tessle
VVutians Tnura Madison Boatrice
HYDE. Jeanne Hyde. Minnie James,
Barbara Kinnersey. Emma Hamlin,
Jennie Irvine. Thomas, Davis, O'ReillY
Boyon, Cummings, Roberts, Bltner,
Beattie, Yeardsley. D0ugall, Parker
Cahoon, Draymer. Smith, Madison
BeattIe. O'Rellly, Clarke. Heating
Rowe Gibson. Messrs. WIN Ray FL
bert Thomas, Gill Richards, Preston
Cannon, viii Dunn, VIII Grimsdell
Carl Evans. Roy Romney. Meryln pa
yis. Nelson Margetts. WIN Green, AL
ma CLAYTON, Ab. Hatch Nicholas
smith Wlnslow Smith, w. ID, Schettler,
Farley James, Chas Billings, A. w,
smith NJ. McAllster, Leslie Margetts,
drew Lee NIoholson. Walt. Winding,
RAY Sanders George Gardner, r. $.
Derrick Wnl Lollln. Mark Brown,
,-. ttf.1. fuo,o,.a Nf,u1np Ntator
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Totals e.. &. 81, 400 1855 1855 50, 1856, $40
This includes one establishment in
Piute and one In San Juan, embraced
in the Garfield county report
The total production OF precious met
ais in Utah from 1877 to 1901, inclusive,
was as follows; Gold, $40, 500 228 Il: sill.
yer. St4S,60S63l 30; lead, 81, O62, 500 .46,
copper, S9,93O9SO76 Total, s222, 1884,
50323
The number Of patented mining
claims In the state Is 1881, valued at
Sl61494
The following figures are submitted
on livestock S5632 horses and mules
In the state, valued at Sl,S74. 1853: cattle,
3iS 55I. valued at $3.50, 1852. sheep 2,26i,-
49, valued at S6,ljO,83O; hogs. 5S4sS,
valued at S3i2lli
These counties are free from bonded
Indebtedness. Beaver Boxelder, Davis,
Garfield, Iron Juab, Kane Willard,
Morgan. Piute, Sanpete summit. Too
Gle. Utah, Wastach, Washington and
Wayne
The total number Of mortgages is
lO.S22. amounting to S22. Sh49AS.
outside Of the larger cities it Is stat
ed that there We're as arrests, 375 of
which procured convictions
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who are injured by the use OF coffee.
Recently there has been placed In an
the grocery stores new preparation
called GRAIN-O, made Of pure grains.
.hat takes the place OF coffee The
most delicate stomach receives 70 with
out distress, and but few can tell 70
from coffee. II does not cost over Y as
much children may drink IL with
great benefit rs cents ana 2j cents per
package. Try IT, Ask for GRAlN-O.
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HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINES.

DipHrHERlA. SMALLPOX, sCARLA-
tina aud other dangerous diseases can DO
cured With or run a mlder course by using
Homeopathic Remedies. Get an assortment,
with q good book on Homeopathic practice,
and treat yourself and your friends Ad-
dress A. A. Ramseyer, IN care OF T. O. NJ. l.,
salt Lake City.
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HELP WANTED MALE.

PERSON IN EACH COUNTY no
represent old established house, solid fnan-
Ella standing; straight bona hde weekly
cash salary % $3.50 paid by check each
Wednesday with all expenses direct from
headquarters. Money advanced forexpenses.
Enclose sslf addressed envelope. Manager,
80 CaXtan Bldg. Chicago.
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We nay per cent interest per an
mum an 81 10 $1,000 lions savings
Bank & Trust Company Joseph IT.
Smith, President. George NJ, Cannon
cashier
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SECONDHAND FURNITURE.

LEWIS y. LACH sO5 STATE STREET
New and second hand furniture bought sold
and exchanged, Bargains In everything.
Don't buy before calling on me. New line
up.to- date heating stoves
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FIRE PROOF STORAGE.

REDMAN VAN STORAGE co, OFFICE
and storage Rooms ie6 and l& ;, w, Torlple
st. Continental Market Bldg) Moving stor-
age and Packing Of n. ". Goods speciality.
Phone $50 Y. r. f. Redman, Manager
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upHoLsreRlno AND REPAIRING.

BEST EQUIPPED PLANT IN THE CITY
for all kinds OF upholsteriny. Your old fur
nlture made new. Phone 0i9L > 1. Mat
iress and Mtg. Co, lSj-i5' w. So. Temp 10 81.
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INFORMATION WANTED.

ANY PERSON KNOWING THE AID.
dress Of Mr. ]. p Real or the Wade Corset
company, will confer favor on the Deseret
News BY forwarding same 70 this oflce.
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Everybody eats H. Nothing beats II,
Look for the label and ask your grocer
for II every day. Health follows.
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gamatod Meat Cutters, eight from me
Toamsters. two from the Brewery men
one from the cigar Makers ana three
from the Bakers and Conleotionerb
unions.
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with regard TO the population OF
Utah the figures are as follows
Total population. 1890. 216Il9i native
born, 222.912. foreign born, j3,llli white
people. 272, 465, negroes, 612, Japanese,
az: Chinese. 512, Indians, 262S.
The statistics as 10 the manufactures
Of the state are submitted ~ the fol-
lowing table:
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ROYAL zwIEBACK.
pure, clean, healthy good for every
body, i0c per doz, For eale at the
Royal. 25e south Main.
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Castle Gate, sunnysido Winter quar-.
ters ana clear Creek Hump ana al
kinds IN nut Anthracite, all sizes 70
south Main street Telephone i29.
ID. J, SHARP. Agent
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MAcHiNISTS.

A. C. GARTMANN, III WEST FIRST
South. Jobblng and repairing Best
equipped plant In the city No lob too
small or too complicated. Quick work
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$1,000 Hats Tor $3.50,

Special Sale. Monday Tuesday md
Wednesday, Any hat In the Store re-
gardess OF cost, $3.50 each. WOMEN $
COOP, "A South Main ST.
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CASH REGISTERS.

NATIONAL CASH REGISTER. OSCAR
Groshel. agent for Utah, 22i Main street.
Export cash register repairing, Ogden. Office
To- 9TH street.
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TIN AND coRNlcE WORK.

ROBERTS AND HENRICHsEN. TIN
ners and Cornlce makers Get an estimate
from US. No contract too small. None too
large. job work Phone lls5 X. l58 East
Third South streot
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THE DEsERET NEWS HAVING PUR.
chased the printing plant OF Geo. Q. Cam
publishing house. We will make special
Inducements to book agents and canvass.
ers desiring 10 handle Church works Ref
erences required. There Is a splendid field
throughout Utah and surrounding states
Tor bright canyasser In these lines. Send
for free catalogue.
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SHOE AND HARNESS OIL.

loc worth saves Sl.0O Makes shoes water.
proof and tough, Agen 10 wanted. q E2nd so
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UrAn coMmnRclALAND sAv0snANK

Interest paid on savings w, ~
Armstrong. prest,, r. W. Madison, VICE
prcst., j. n Game cashier
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HELP WANTED.

A GIRL FOR GENERAL HOUSE WORK.
a. Bingham Canyon. Two In family. Apply
" o st
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Specialist. Skin, Gento- Urinary and
Rectal Diseases. 9th floor, Progress Bldg
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PERSONAL.

sAN1TARIuM HAIR DRESSING PAR
lors, ground floor, finest In city. Halrdress-
Massage, ChiropodY Appointments by toe
phone 80. nos. 62-5l West Third south.
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PAINTING AND PApgRHANolHo.

SPRING HOUSE CLEANING WILL Re
easy v you have your painting paperhang-
ing, ETC., done now. Besides, It's cheaper
Our regular men must DO kent busy RE-
painters and papethanRers." NJ, A. nayail
ie4 w. Second South. Telephone lli5.k,
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Royal Bread.

Apploquist's Milk Bread.
Ask your grocer for the genuine,
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LAMPS AND REFLeoroRs.

COPPER, BRASS, TIN AND SHEET IRON
work Metal spinning, general repairing
o. stencil. II r. Third 20 Il,
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CARPET CLEANING.

CARPETS CLEANED AND RELAID,
Called for and delivered promptly. Best
equipped plant in the city. Phone 1905, = l.,
cleaning Works, corner sth W, as. Temple.
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1901 STATISTICS OF The STATE.

Commissioner De MoIsy's report of
the bureau Of statistics shows that the
following lands were sold from grants
made to the various state institutions.
Sale
Institutions. Acres Price
A...t,,,tt,r,t an 1l,era 40 IA Al Z n, 0on az
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ToDAY's TEMPERATURES

10 a. M. 81. II n. NJ 30; " o'clock
noon, 3S, p, M, IS 2 p, M 3D.
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TRUNKS AND BAGS.

BIG sT0CKTAKlNG SALE NOW ON AT
David !. Galichefs Trunk Fatory, % y
Third south $500 trunks. Sl9; 80 suit
case, sole leather, ;l9j $500 bags S..1.
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AUCTION,

FOR FURNITURE AND CARPETS GALL
at l. X l. Furniture \ Carpet Installment
House Terms 81 on SO $40 on 500. As L
End south Z, A Sorensen Tel ask
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SIGNS, SCENERY, arc

PETERSON. u RICHARDS ST PHONE
q2s-i rings Banners, show Paintings, etc.
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SHOES FOR osFoRmsD FEE
TRUNK REPAIRING.

OLIVER r. MEREDITH. TRUNK FAC
tory. 1855 Main
TRUNK repairing and at the most reason
able prices. David |, GALLAGHER 20 T. 3ri so
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FOR SALE OR RENT.

10 ACRE FARM ON 18TH EAST Be
tween l9th and 18th Sopthi orchard and
water right o room house. large barn Adj
dress Alpheus lockwood, Sugar House 2, o
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FOR SALE REAL ESTATE.
uoNpe, uoNTsl HOMES

HOMES! HOMES HOMES
For all you people who are paving rent,
Why not stop this rent paying ahu own
home Of your own for loss money!
Please compare the following figures win
those OF loan companies aud then take your
choice
900 Mo paymonts. $3.50, g on principal
5000 Mo, payments sll00i 80 on principal
5000 Mo payments 1850 s5 on principal
5000 Mo payments 300 ~ on principal
$4,000 Mo payments 5000, soon principal
Would II not be easier for you 10 make
these payments On your own home thHn 10
be- pay Ing out like sum each month lhat
you never expect TO see AGAIN.
Please stop and consider this qnestlQ1
carefully, and II II Is Of interest 10 you, do
not delay but come at once 70 the AssoclA.
ton lnIce Tor full particulars, We have Of
fees all the way from Chicago TO the Paclllc
Coast
The National llome-soekers' Association,
Salt Lake City ulllce. $40 llooy Block
ogden Uiilcc COS kccles Block.
Murray Office, Laundry ONCE, Murray
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CONTRACTING AND BUILDING.

ESTIMATES GIVEN ON ALL CLASSES
OF work. No contract too big. None too
small A. J., llamlln. contractor and builder,
rear 25j Main st. Phone 1854 Res 1884
Princeton Ave
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CLEANING, DYsInc & REPAIRING.

UTAH STEAM DYEING AND CLEAN.
ing Co., Is T. 3rd So, Tel 914l Fine work, roa'
sonable prices. Send us your clothea
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osTEopATHY.

WE TREAT ALL ACUTE AND CHRON-
&c diseases Correspondence and inycstlga.
tion solicited Drs. Mcdowell and Carpenter
2l2 b. +, Walker Bldg.
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NEWS TELEPHONE NUMBERS.

City Editor Boo
business ONCE r. rlngs 80
Business Manager (3 rings $50
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WE DO ALL KINDS OF ELECTRIC
work Having the finest line Of Electric
Fixtures In the city, and make a speciality
Of house wiring and all kinds Of electric
Lake Electric Supply Co.. 1913 West First
South. Tel No. G.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-19
A JUGGLER's TRICK.

Clever Feat of Illusion Performed by
an East Indian.
The wonderful feats of East Indian
jugglers have formed the theme Of
many letter from travellers in the
orient, but none Is more surprising than
that for which an old seadog vouches.
While he was an officer on board
P. and o. steamship two natives came
aboard at Madras, he says. They were
q juggler and his assistant. After they
had performed number Of minor
feats and gathered quite a crowd
around them they called for a sack
and piece of sailcloth.
These having been provided, the
chief juggler made a small tentlike
structure with the canvas and some
stools. He then placed his assistant
In the sack and allowed a sailor to tie
the knot which bound him a fast pris-
oner. This done, the chief carried the
sack into an open space, warning the
people to stand back some distance
and then carried on an animated con-
versation with his assistant, whose re-
plies could be distinctly heard coming
from the sack. Suddenly the chief
rushed forward, picked up the sack
and dumped it overheard, where, to
the horror of the passengers and crew,
it sank out of sight.
Immediately the captain rushed for
ward and seized the man, under the
full belief that he had murdered his
companion, but the juggler only
smiled and, pointing to the canvas,
asked that it be raised. This was
done, and the supposed drowned man
was discovered squatting on the deck.
So realistic had been the throwing
overheard, however, that it was some
time before the surprised passengers
could realize a murder had not been
committed.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-19
Moses md His Horns.

Did Moses have horns? Certainly
not, but if you have ever had the
pleasure of examining a copy of Mi
chael Angeles great picture of "The
Lawgiver" you have wondered why
the great painter surmounted the pa
triarchal face, gray beard and becom-
ing priestly gown with pair of horns
much resembling those of a two-year-
old animal of the bovine tribe. The
reason is this: Jerome's Bible, the
Latin Vulgate, tells that when Moses
came down from the mountain top his
face was radiant (raye0 with the
great light shining from his pure SOUL
In the Greek Septuagint the transla-
ton said it was "cornua," meaning
radiant" Jerome used this later YER
sion in making his Latin Vulgate and
translated ''cornua" as "cornuta," the
last meaning horned. Angelo made
his picture accordingly.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-19
FORGING A FASHION.
How Hats Wore Introduced to tia
South African Savages.


South African Savages.
Andries De Villiers, Boer, was the
person who first introduced hats among
the South African natives, SAYS the
Hatters' Gazette, and profit, not phi
lanthropy, was his motive. One morn
Ing many years ago he CHANGED In Port
Elizabeth to come across a consign-
ment Of damaged hats offered for a
mere song. He bought the whole lot,
packed them away in his wagon and
started for Kaffirland.
When he reached Tembuland, he un-
loaded his stocl, opened his kegs of liq-
uor, without which no trade was made
In those days, and began business. But
he found his venture likely to prove an
Improbable one. The natives did not
want hats. They wanted blankets and
beads and looking glasses and above
Rll liquor, but they looked askance at
hats. Then a bright idea came to An
dries. He wanted to introduce those
hats. He did introduce them. His SIM
pie eX .HHdient was to refuse to sell any
thing to kaffir unless he bought
heiI IOO. AhC WdAISNL LIS SOOdDy
so they bought the hats.
When a Kaffir buys anything, he
feels bound to make use of 1t. The ma
tives therefore donned their head gear
and returned to their kraals. Now ap-
peared the brilliancy of the traders
idea. Fashion rules the world 1t is as
strong In Africa as in America, and
when those who had stayed at home
saw the travellers return in all the glo-
ry of this strange covering they felt
behindhand and old fashioned. Their
desire to possess the latest thing In
hats became intense. They paid An
dries visit, and his stock no longer
hung heavy upon his hands. The hats
were soon sold.
This happened some time ago, and
now every trading store keeps a supply
Of hats ccr'.-'rntly on hand. They are
said to be manufactured expressly for
the natives, and no one who glances at
the show will doubt 1t.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-19
That AwfuI Boy Jones.

Fifty or more years ago ''that awful
boy Jones" was the torment of Queen
Victoria's life, and his short career In
public contains mystery which would
try the mettle of Sherlock Holmes.
He was barber's apprentice who in
some unexplained way discovered a
passage into Buckingham palace, with
which he alone was acquainted When
he was first found trespassing, he was
gently admonished and sent home
Soon after he was encountered again
in the palace. He would not tell how
he obtained access. Again he was sent
home, and again he reappeared.
Once he calmly admitted that he had
been lodging in the palace for fort
night. He had laid snug during the
day, sleeping in the royal apartments,
and at night had wandered from room
to room, helping himself to the food
left over from royal repasts. He had
seen the queen repeatedly and indeed
had never been far from her.
The matter was considered so serious
that the boy was summoned before q
special meeting of the privy council.
He refused to give any account of his
secret. Soon after he disappeared, and
it is supposed that he was removed IN
der state protection.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-19
Soil Is a Living Organism.

Formerly the soil was regarded as
mineral matter, simply decayed rock
mixed with dead organic matter, says
an exchange. Now we know that the
soil is a living organism whose life
is as important as that of the animal
or the plant itself. If the soil be killed,
it is absolutely sterile. In other words,
If the life of organisms which make
soil fertile are destroyed the soil is
incapable of producing a crop. Plants,
as a rule, eat only mineral food, such
as phosphoric acid, potash and nitric
acid, but animals usually eat only Or
ganic foods, such as fats, sugars and
protein matter.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-19
Church and Wnrlmen.

1t would be an exaggeration to say
that all working people feel antago-
nistic toward the church. Their general
attitude Is rather that of indifference.
The thinking poor are well enough
aware that there is nothing unnatural
in the situation and that If the tables
were so turned that world advantage
shifted to their side it would probably
remain unchanged. At times their feel
ing, especially toward the clergy, Is Gu
riously sympathetic. "Say," remarked
a labor leader Of vivid mind to the
writer-"say, I'm awfully sorry for
ministers. Most of them are real good
men. They know well enough what
Christ meant, and they'd like first rate
to preach If they dared. But, Lord,
how can they? They've got to draw
their salaries; they've got families to
support" All this quite without
touch of irony.-Vida D. Scudder In
Atlantic.
Amador ledger., 1902-12-19
FIRE ALARM BOXES.
The System In New York and How 1t
Is Operated.

The System In New York and How 1t
Is Operated.
Greater New York is thickly studded
with lamppost fire alarm boxes. The
directions on each box, which is paint
ed red and is surmounted at night by
red light, are:
Turn handle to right until door
opens; then pull inside hook once and
shut the door," The opening of the
box rings a large bell in the door,
which alarm is intended to notify any
one in the neighborhood, especially the
nearest policeman. that the box has
be IL opened. The policeman will then
make sure that this was not done out
of mischief by some one who wanted to
see the engines arrive or, as recently
happened, ly raw maidservant who
wanted to mail letter When the in
side lever is pulled down and let go, it
sets in motion certain clockwork that
ticks out the number of the box three
times in succession at headquarters in
SiXtyseventh street. Not only that,
but it makes a record upon tape,
showing the number of the box and the
exact second at which the lever was
pulled.
A clerk who sits night and day be-
side the headquarters instrument notes
the number and selects from drawer
a certain disk which when inserted in
the proper apparatus causes the alarm
to be rung in the station houses of the
district in which that firebox is situat-
ed. The average time required to Sc
lect this disk and send out the alarm is
ten seconds. There are always two
clerks and sometimes three in this de-
partment. Not word is spoken. An
outsider would hardly know that an
alarm is going out In order to prevent
several alarms coming at the same
time from people who see the same fire
and run to different boxes no two
neighboring boxes are on the same cir
cuit-Scribner's