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TESTIFIED WHEREOF HE KNEW,
The Recommend" a Facetious EN-
ployer Gave His Discharged Cook.
CChicago TribuneD

(CnlcagO Ir1DUne-)
Richard earle, the comedian, recent
ly rented house near the north end of
Lincoln park and moved in with his
family to enjoy the dear delights of
Chicago as a summer resort during the
run of the Dearborn comedy.
When they decided on a house Mrs.
Carrie applied at a Swedish employment
Office for a cook The same day an ap-
plieant was sent 20 take the place She
was a giantess, something like twelve
feet in height Mr. earle declares, and
so impressive in appearance that she
was put to work at first sight.
But her height was positively the
only thing in her favor. She had no
idea of cooking, and in every other way
displayed an amazing ignorance of her
duties After a run Of only three days
Mr.. Carrie summoned up all his courage
and temporarily abandoned comedy for
possible tragedy. He discharged the
cook
Two days later he received a letter
from the employment Office
IF you Will write a letter of recon-
mendation for the cook / sent you, and
who has been working for you for some
time, should be obliged wrote the
employment agent.
Mr.. Garlic sat down to his desk and
got busy
To whom it may concern he wrote
Helga Oleson has been employed by
me as cook at my residence, No. =
= avenue. Helga's work was to cook
for family of two and to attend tC
such other domestic duties as would
ordinarily and in the usual course OF
events fall to the lot of a servitor in
an establishment such as 1 have de
scribed- | am now asked to write 9
letter setting forth as fully and forcibls
as | can her abilities and capabilities
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ARCHBISHOP IRELAND's Speech

RCHBIsHoP IRELAND has al
Il ways been held in high esteem by
the newspapers of the country, and he
will not forfeit any of that esteem as a
result of mis- talk on newspapers to
the National Educational association,
now in session in Minneapolis. The
archbishop is broadminded enough 10
recognize the fact that most news
paper readers believe the published re-
ports of all happenings. He believes,
too. that the newspaper is the most
powerful educational factor in the
world.
After saying that the first aim of
every newspaper should be accuracy,
the archbishop continued:
Journalism that is honest and honor
able is one of the nations most precious
inheritances: that which places notorlety
and pelf above truth and virtue, and
adopts as its tactics of war the stunning
sensation rather than the calm statement
of facts is one of the nations direSt
calamities. Numerous in America is the
journalism which Is honest and honor
able; here and there is found that which
worships above all else notoriety and pelf.
There is here a duty of conscience and
Of patriotism for Americans. May they
ever be mindful of that duty"
The tendency of modern newspaper
work is almost wholly along the line
indicated by Archbishop Ireland. More
and more attention is being paid to
accuracy, less and less to sensational
ism. And ii is hard, too, sometimes to
keep away from sensationalism. For
example, take the case of the convict
Tracy. who is terrorizing the Puget
terrorizing it for weeks.
A plain, unvarnished tale of Tracy's
wanderings and his doings certainly
reads like a continued dime novel
story. Indeed, no dime novel ever con-
tanned hero whose feats equa1ed
those of this desperate murderer. Yet
not one newspaper reader in a hun
dred, perhaps not one in thousand,
fails to read every published word
about Tracy. Nor are the reports en-
bellished. either.
Another case which has been given
wide publicity recently was that of
Miss Jane TOppan, the Massachusetts
nurse, who confesses that she has poi
sOned thirty-two persons. The news
paper which would omit all mention
of such affairs would quickly lose its
circulation 1t is true, perhaps, that
many journals devote entirely toe
much space to crimes and criminals
but it is also true that the great read
ing public wants the news and viii
have il.
AS to accuracy of reports. II the
people knew how difficult it is to trace
every item OF news to its fountain
head in the limited time that news
paper has between the giving out OF
assignments and the hour of going tc
press, there would be far less com
plant about inaccuracy. Indeed, it i.
remarkable that more errors do no
creep in.
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DRAW POKER HIS LONG SUIT
Game That Senator Bowen Under
stood Better Than Statesmanship.

washington POST
only few days ago. said Mr. c. F.
Schlatter OF Colorado Springs. L en-
countered Hon, Tom Bowen, formerly
United States senator from Colorado,
in one of the small towns Of our state
which he has made his home. The type
of statesman represented by him is fast
vanishing.
Tom Bowens long suit, so TO speak,
never was craftsmanship. It was draw
poker. and l do not believe finer
player ever sat at a card table On a
certain occasion. while judge of the
district court, Bowen went 10 Hlnsdaie
county in his judicial capacity. 1t was
to be an important session and good
deal of heavy litigation was on the
docket
The evening preceding the day that
court was to convene found Bowen, Inc
sheriff, the clerk of the court several
of the lawyers and about half or the
jurymen assembled in the rooms of the
judge at the hotel. A big poker game
was the attraction. Judge Bowen mad
his luck with him, and likewise his
Skill and man after man got up from
! the table busted. His honor was in
1 good spirits, as winning man usually
/ is, and while he raked in the chips he
sang snatehes of 2 song that he had
heard en- a late trip to the east. the re-
much of a rain, nohow-'
We'll, 10 cut the story short. when
/ the game broke up about daybreak
Tom Bowen had all the coin that had
been produced during the entire sitting.
| He had literally eaten up the game
When the hour for converting court
came he was in the judges seat, as
fresh as a daisy, and looking as inno-
cent as lamb. The sheriff was not
there, neither was the clerk, and hardly
any of the bar or jury. They struggled
in one by one, with sheepish look, and
finally, when all were on hand, the
| Judge, with solemn face, read them a
beautifully worded lecture on the viz
tues of punctuality. which he concluded
by filming the culprits $50 apiece for con-
tempt of court.
Upon this there was a general
chorus of despair, but one of the old
time members of the bar, who had been
in the game, rose, and with great
solemnity, made an appeal to the judge
Your honor he said, If these fines
had been imposed yesterday morning,
my worthy associates here could have
| Cancelled them. Today they are power
less to Iiquidate, and no man knows
better than your honor the reason OF
their inability. Their money is gone,
and where il has gone TO nobody knows
| better than your honor. l propose
however, in order to do something
to appease the wrath of the bench, that
they all stand up and sing for your
honor a little song
AT this every mothers son lined W
and proceeded to yell at the top of their
| voices the ditty Bowen had chanted
the night before. with the burden Of
1T amt goin' to be much of rain, no.
| how.
HE heard them bawl the piece with
the greatest gravity. and then, turning
TO the clerk. said: Mr.. Clark, in view
of the very charming serenade we have
4 just listened to you can remit all the
recently imposed fines. This court is
now in order for the transaction OF
| business
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PICTURES BY TELEGRAPH.

A PROBLEM that electrical workers
Il have been trying for years to
solve has been successfully negotiated
by two young electricians of Cleve-
land, o. This is the sending of pic
lures by telegraph, and the POSSIBLE
ties of the contrivance are so many
that it will soon come into use every
where. A thoroughly successful test
was made some days ago between the
office of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and
the Cleveland chamber of commerce
building.
The Plain Dealer has published the
result, including pictures transmitted
by wire, and, while there is room for
Improvement, the praeticability of the
invention was clearly demonstrated.
The perfection of the device means that
it will be possible to transmit pictures
of great calamities, portraits of prom
inent men, views of public gatherings
and other matter worthy of Illustration
in the same way that news of such
events is flashed across continents and
under oceans.
For instance, King Edward is to be
crowned Aug. IL. OF course it is hard
ly probable that the Cleveland machine
will be in operation by that time be-
tween London. and the United States,
but if it were, it would be possible for
the great dailies of this country to re-
produce the very next morning faithful
illustrations of the. ceremony from pho
tographs taken on the spot Suppose
a crime is committed and it becomes
desirable to send pictures of the GRIM
inal broadcast over the country.
All that will be necessary will be to
file the portrait with the nearest tel
egraph Office where certain processes
will be gone through, and within ar
hour the picture will be in the hands
of police chiefs throughout the United
States, thus giving the officers an ad-
vantage they could not possibly gair
in any other way. BY the same method
it would be possible TO obtain like.
nesses of men held as suspects, and il
cases OF mistaken identity prisoner:
would be released within a very few
minutes.
1t is stated that the machine can b,
/ used single, duplex or quadruplex
| That is, it can be used for sending on,
picture at a time, sending and receiv
ing at the same time or sending anC
receiving two separate pictures at tn
same moment The process is full,
described by the Plain Dealer. and i
seems perfectly feasible. Certainly i
marks one of the most radical ad
vances in electrical transmission tina
has been noted for many years.
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riers have steadily Increased, more
money has been expended in equip-
ment ana road betterments. and busi-.
ness in both freight and passenger de-
partments was never so good. Says
the Age:
''The year 1902 has. so far. been the
most remarkable period in fifty years OF
railway history in respect TO insoivencies
and receiverships- Since JAN i only one
operating railway. the New York & Penn
sylvania, fifty-two miles long, has been
placed in the hands of receiver, and
that one broke all previous records TOR
brevity of stay, the appointment having
been made in February and the road hdV-
ing been sold under foreclosure and start
ed for reorganization in May. The re-
ownership thus covered the short season
Of four months The Railway Age. there
fore, for the first time in its history, can
not report a railway for which a receiver
has been appointed and continued in the
current six months.
During the twenty-six and one-half
years in which the record has been kent
in these pages. 1T has shown the appoint
ment of receivers for $50 roads. covering
400 miles of lines and representing
stocks ana bonds aggregatfng the vast
sum OF 81. 81 1891, 600. In a single year. 1893,
no less than seventy-four roads went into
bankruptcy, with -, $40 miles and 81, 49,
600 900 of stock and bonds. But since that
year of greatest financial calamity, fail
ures have rapidly decreased and reorgan-
lZaIOnS nave gone on at equal speed. -
that today the era of railway receiver
ships may be said to be ended.
With good crops this year. the splen-
did showing for the first six months
of 1902 will almost certainly be con-
tinued to the end of the year. 1t has
been said that prosperous railroads
mean a prosperous country, and this,
to very large extent, is true. No
railroad can be prosperous unless the
people along its line have goods to
sell and money with which to buy.
Sweeping reductions in operating ex-
penses have been effected and money
has been saved where heretofore il
was thought impossible to save it, AL
this has been good for the railroads
but there have been no sweeping re-
duction of railroad rates, the only
method of benefting all the people
for the people finally pay the freight
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THE Willy POLITICIAN.
A Moral That VIII Fit ANY Climate
in the. World.
Detroit Free Press.)


One day the Farmer was approached
by the Fox. who put on d sorrowful
look and said: T.
.'Prithee, good friend, but would you
kindly spare a ,tuFnIp from your field
for a Fox who hasn't tasted food for
the past two days?H
why. certainly replied the FarI-i-
err. Just take right hold and eat your
FILL and ii won't cost you red cent
The Fox gnawed away ~ the tur-
nip for a while and then asked:
would you think it cheeky on my
part if 1 asked for one of those pota-
toes you are Digging Raw turnips
are good, but raw potatoes are a sort
of dessert TO them"
You kin have a dozen if you want,
and welcome. Lands. but ] don't allow
no one around me to go hungery!
h The Fox nibbled for a while and pre-
tended to enjoy the repast, and his
looks were humble and his tones pa
thetic as he finally said:
Ct don't want you to think me hog,
but if you'd let me finish off on these
thistles and take a drink of ditch
water I'd take my leave and hold you
in grateful remembrance
You kin eat the hull patch and
drink all the water in the ditch" re-
piled the Farmer isn't eating tur-
IlpSs potatoes ana tHlSlicS a NIUE Ol'
out of your line? l never heard Of
your doing it before"
ALAS, sir. answered the Fox. =
am driven to it. That is, having de-
cided to let chickens alone in the fu.
ture must fare as best / can. 1t vii
come hard. but, having integrity OF
my side, 1 shall conquer. You nigh
announce to the chickens of your cooI
as you go home that 1 have turned
over a new leaf.
Yes. 1 viii, and you have my bes
| wishes"
That night, an hour before midnight
| the Fox attempted to enter the cool
| of the Farmer and was caught in {
trap. Being disturbed by the raeke
! the Farmer came out, and as soon a.
! the Fox saw him he called out:
How is this, sirrah. How comes i
| that you set a trap for me? Did l no
/ tell you only few hours ago that
f, had foresworn chicken meat?"
You did, b'goshI' replied the Farm
| er. and il was for that very reason
bumped for home and set this trapi
] Moral: When politicians reform-be
! Warei
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ocieN

A most delightful luncheon was that
given yesterday by Mrs. Jacob Moritz
in honor of Mrs. Joseph Siegei OF
Butte. who is visiting Mrs. Bamberger.
The luncheon was of the Hawaiian
order, and the gorgeous colors of the
tropical land were admirably carried
out. Yellow coreopsis and the "Leiele-
ma" or Hawaiian wreath, were the
flowers used, the table being exquisite
~ decorated with Them Sprays Of
the lovely wreath were at each place,
and a handsome centerpiece of coreop-
sis graced the board. The ladies in
vited to meet Mrs. Siegel We're Mrs
Bamberger, Mrs. Oberndorfer. Mrs. n.
A. Ransohoff. Mrs. Mas Of Ctncin-
natl, Mrs. Reynolds. Mrs. Samuels,
Mrs II. Siegel. Mrs. Greenewdld and
Mrs Sol Siegel.
Mr.. and Mrs. John ]. Daily enter
tanned delightfully."- at cards Wednes-
day evening. The handsome home was
Beautifully decorated, carnations and
ferns being used TO carry out the color
scheme. The parlors and dining room
were done in pink and white with the
green of the asparagus fern inter
mingiing. Large bowls of the fragrant
| flowers were placed around the rooms
and the mantels were banked with the
same. The library was entirely in red,
blended beautifully with the furnish
| ings. Sixty-three was the game of
the evening, and the first prizes were
won by Mr.. Holman and Mrs ID. c.
| Mclaughlin, the consolation prizes
| falling to Mrs. J. s. Bransford and
Colonel Wall. About sixty guests were
( present.
J Mrs. Jeanette Sharp Ferguson Will
leave Monday for Brighton, where she
will spend the summer, accompanied
by her children.
Miss La Won Pierce of Provo is in
/ the city and is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs George Savage at Ford's hotel.
Mrs. w. o. Dunlap of Oakland is
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. j.. Z. Nc
Conahay.
Miss Clara Boyd of Kansas City
reached town yesterday morning and
| is spending a few days as the guest OF
| Mr.. and Mrs John Reed She will
leave shortly for Park City to spend
the summer with Mr.. and Mrs. w. w
Armstrong.
Miss Jean Spencer leaves today for a
months visit in Logan, where she will
be the guest OF Miss Harriet Mar
| tineau.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Needham left
| yesterday for New York and Boston
where they will spend the coming two
months.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. Calder are
spending some time visiting friends in
Provo.
! @ 9
Mrs. George Savage will go TO Prove
Sunday to spend a few days in the
canyon.
Miss Jennie Smith, who has beer
| visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Ledyard NJ
Bailey, left Tuesday for trip through
| Yellowstone park.
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert r
Hampton viii regret to learn thai
Mrs. Hampton's sudden departure was
Occasioned by telegram from Ell PasC
announcing the illness of Mr.. Hamp-
ton with typhoid fever. Word han
reached the city since that he is i'm
proving. Mrs. Hampton had intended
TO spend the summer in the city, bu
she will not return.
Mrs Noble Warrum, Jr., aecompa
MED by her two sons, returned yester
day morning from a visit of nearly
year in Indianapolis
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in the above mentioned directions.
approach the task with full appreci-
alton of my own limitations. Far be
it from me to attempt to do full justice
to a subject of this kind. To do so
would require all the eloquence of a
Daniel Webster and all the magma
ton of a Poe. However. do not feel
that, in justice 10 myself and TO such
a moiety of the population as may
chance to be similarly situated, / can
maintain that complete silence which
would be the most complete expression
of my thoughts. 1 declare, therefore,
without mental or other reservation,
that. in my opinion, Helga is absolute
~ the tallest cook I ever laid my eyes
on"
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Lincoln's Hay Crop.


a story OF Abraham Lincoln would have
to be Older than the one below TO lose its
characteristic SAVIOR.
In the summer of 1857 Mr.. Lincoln was
sitting in his office, when he was visited
by one of his neighbors, an excellent far
uirr. but one inclined to increase the size
of his crops even when harvesting. He
had given, on this particular morning, a
slillrully padded account of the hay he
had put in.
i've been cutting hay. too remarked
Mr.. Lincoln.
Why, Abe. are you farming?''
Yes"
What you raise?'
Just hay.
Good crop this year?'
Excellent -
How many tOnS2'
Well, don't know just how many
tons, Simpson, but my men stacked al
they could outdoors, and then stored the
rest in the barn"
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Her Brand.
fGlasgow Evening Times.'

A correspondent writes: Two women
were strong supporters of a local CO.
operative store, but one day, as one OF
them was passing down the street, she
was surprised to see her friend coming
out of licensed grocer's shop. Il thocht
Mrs. Broom, ye wis a member o the Co.
was her remark. so I am; but, dae yt
ken this. there's nae shop in Glesca 1 gel
sic nice beef ham as in here Some days
later Mrs. Broon's friend went into this
On entering the shop, she asked the man
if he would give her a pun o. the beef
ham Mrs. Broom gets here A quiet smile
stole over the shopman's face. oh, yes,
he said; can obleege you. Hiv you brochi
a bottle wi you?
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Taking It Literally.

Gondon Spare Noments)
One day while Pat was walking along
the street he caught sight of a BILL
Apartments Furnished" Whereupon he
boldly knocked at the door
1t was opened by the landlady in per-
son. and the following conversation took
place:
''Phat would you furnish my room for?''
asked Pat
Furnish your room for2" said the
lanolady. what do you mean2
why, you've got Apartments Fur
nished' in your Windows said Pat.
Well that means that I've got a room
TO let already furnished" and she
slammed the door in his face, leaving Pat
to think It over
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Reno Journal: Word having arrived
that Admiral SchIey would pass
through Reno yesterday on the de-
layed westbound fiier, the Journal ar
ranged for an impromptu reception to
him. The Eagle band. always ready
to give its services to a good cause,
agreed to furnish the music. The band
boys all donned their uniforms and
were ready to greet the hero of San
tiago with Hail to the Chief" when.
alack and alas! the Journal received
telegram to the effect that the adj
miral would pass through on a later
train.
Yes; a year or so later.
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PROSPERITY OF RAILROADS.

THE ASTONISHING PROSPERITY
which the railroads of the country
are enjoying is well illustrated by an
article in the Railway Age for July 4.
It shows that throughout the country
thu earnings OF the great common car
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There is a great demand for money
out as an unusual BIT of news. Out here
we want money all the time, and we
don't think it's a bit strange, either.
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Unless the city of Helena pays its
bills, the private water company up
there is going to turn off the city's
water. That wouldn't be considered
much OF a calamity in some places that
might be mentioned.
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Buffalo" Jones has been appointed
buffalo warden for Yellowstone park.
Mr.. Jones is the gentleman who re-
Gently died-according to a number of
highly veraeious newspapers.
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Bird s. Coler of New York believes
the Democrats are going to control the
next house of representatives. II is to
be hoped that Mr.. CoIer speaks with
the spirit of true prophecy.
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Yes; a year or 50 later.

James Stone. who has been working
the justly celebrated lock trick in Salt
Lake, win now have an opportunity
to figure out lock trick worth sew
eral of the kind he has been practic-
ing. He has been sent to the county
Jail for sixty days, and If he succeeds
in picking the locks there, he will
have done something really worth
while.
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Hereafter when Ernest L. Godbe and
his family SO out to swim or fish, they
won't go near the water. They had a
very narrow escape.
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shows no external symptoms of having
ever been wounded, but the war rec
ords bear cut in every way his story.
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Underwear, Collars,
Neckwear, Etc.

They are cheaper here than
elsewhere and great many to
pick from. You will agree with
US that you can't match these
prices anywhere in town.
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Beautiful ParaSOlS.

a selection which 1t would
seem should satisfy everyone.
Our collection, both in Amer
lean and European styles, sur
passes all others.
The ASHLEY" with its long,
graceful handle, and the new
elizabeth" with its short,
chubby handle, have won great
favor.
Misses and Children.
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Just now the correct footwear
is the low oxford with high,
military heel. This is the very
latest style approved by fash
ion, and the only correct shoe
for summer wear. Today We
show late arrivals in this new,
fashionable footwear.