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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-27
WHAT PRODUCES SLEEP.

A IL OF US HAVE SLEPT more or
"A less In our lives; all Of US viii take
"a long. long sleep some day. but few
have ever studied the causes which
produce that which Shakespeare called:
TO sleep. o gentle sleep. natures soft
nurse" A French scientist-the French
fare always doing something like that
shas been investigating this matter of
ssleep. He finds that il is caused by
nearbonic acid formed within the sys-
item. In delightful little brochure the
investigator. NJ. Raphael Dubois. says:
by numerous experiments I have
1shown that the sleep both OF animals
land vegetables is n carbouic self-nar-
Icotism. resulting from their periodic
tgrowth. alternately by night and by
tday: and that the sleep Of Information
sitself Is but IN exaggeration Of ordinary
esieep. a close study Of alternating
sarimals has also enabled me 20 demon
sstrate the restraining influence of car
homie acid on heat production. and to
fTrove that Il is the most admirable of
heat regulators. We know, in fact. that
its antithermic power is considerable
land as its production increases precise
thy as the causes Of heat-excess. such
rs muscular work. and. generally
~speaking, proportionately to oxidation
Il there results a remarkable au-
\ tomato compensation
G That's a good phrase automatic
compensation. 1t makes everything
: perfectly clear Why should \ man say
! he's going to take a nap when he could
4 just as we'll announce his intention to
: consume a few paragraphs of auto
matte compensation" VI. Dubois is
: entitled 20 the thanks Of waiting
4 world. Unfortunately he has rot told
I how to bring about this condition OF
( automatic compensation without the
use Of drugs.
Tired Natures sweet restorer" s
: something everybody has To have to
live. Men have been known to go TO
3 fearful lengths IN order to enjoy a lit
+ tie sleep. They have Joined police
: forces: they have listened to long SER
mons: they have attended Republican
rallies. ana this last is a specific that
: rarely fails The supply of carbontc
? reid gas On such occasions is liberal
enough 70 satisfy the most graspinE.
IL Dubois has issued a book which
4. should tell everything every body wants
4 70 know. 1t is entitled. Mechanism of
i -hermogenesis and Sleep in Mammals. -
: Tie work should find place in every
I homo.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-27
A TRAGEDY OF MINING.
Bones Of Noted Prospector Found
IN the DEVILS Playground.
ancisco Examiner.)

tnlrty-seven years of mystery
IIe strange disappearance of Abner
- the notorious old prospector who
discovered the famous Lee silver mine
~1o'IIly miles northeast of San Ber-
-'f,i uIiio, CaI-, has at last been solved.
was the most famous prospector
u ms ume In 1866 he located those
clalnls known as the Lee mines which
supsequentIy brought a fortune of
S-.Vou'OOO 10 Governor r. w. Waterman
oi california Soon after discovering
THESE rich silver deposits he dIsan-
pedred into the desert and was never
seen again A great deal of excitement
was occdsioned by Lees withdrawal
from the world, and it was suggested
more than once that he had been foullv
done away with by unscrupulous per-
sons VINO wished to gain possession of
ms property Others thought the Piute
ihdians, VINO then raided the desert
mad killed him and burned the remains.
Now the riddle has been solved and
the skeleton of old Abner Lee. the
bones OF his burros, his "washpan''
ana an old mining pick bearing his
name on the handle have been found
in the Devils playground by Jim Mo-
ran a desert freighter plying between
E'enner, on the Santa Fe road, and
resting Spring ranch, at the head Of
Death valley. The shifting sands
which covered Lee have given back
their dead, the miners are cleared OF
ooloquy and the bones of the prospec-
TOT nave been given decent burial on
the crystalline shores of Soda lake
According 10 Lees story at the time
(and this was subsequently verified,
there were vast lodges of surface ore
in sight of precisely the same quality
as the ore which from time TO time he
brought in on his burros- He was very
secretive about the location of his
mine. and those whom he took into his
confidence We're under strict pledge TO
reveal nothing.
Among these was r. w. Waterman.
who afuerWard became governor of
California. Mr. Waterman was at
that time a struggling lawyer. For ten
years after Lees disappearance Moth
ing was heard of the properties Then
a big expedition was organized in San
Bernardino to search for the abandoned
claims. Under the guidance of two
prospectors, who claimed to know
something of the locality. and who had
heard where lay the Lee silver, the
party went almost Immediately TO the
mines.
But upon their arrival they found
Waterman guarding the property with
a Winchester rifle He had been in
possession for two hours He had driv-
en- out to the claims in a blackboard
For more than fifteen years Waterman
held controlling interest in the Lee
mines and it is estimated that during
that time more than $4,000. 600 IN ore
was taken out
Dark hints were cast In regard to
Waterman by those who considered he
must have known the locality. Now
the finding of Lees body clears the
air. The ex-governor has been dead
several years. Since the depreciation
of silver bullion the mines have been
idle. but the old story of Abner Lee
is often repeated by the desert pros
pectors.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-27
UTAH'S STATE FAIR.

THE HERALD HAS, RECEIVED
L handsome catalogue setting forth
the list of premiums to be awarded at
the state fair in October. together with
a schedule of the many attractions to
be found there. The prizes are gen
erous and the competition for them
should be keen. This years state fair
promises to eclipse all previous efforts
OF the Deseret Agricultural & Manu-
featuring society.
Fairs are great things and they
should be encouraged. The Utah fair
is distinctiveiy a state institution.
Money from the state treasury is used
in promoting it, and every citizen may
share, directly or indirectly, in its ben
effts II is not mOney-making insti-
tuition in the sordid sense of the term,
and yet it is in another sense, a
money-maker.
It is not money maker in that the
promoters derive pecuniary benefit
from it, for they do not. 1t is a money
maker in the sense that it encourages
the farmers, the stock raisers. the
dairymen. the chicken fanciers and
scores of other workers 10 put forth
their best efforts and improve the quail
ity OF their output. Better quality
means more money. and more money
means q larger measure of general
prosperity.
But the state fair must not be re-
garded wholly from the pecuniary side.
There is a social side which is a prom
inent factor in the success of any fair.
The fair grounds are a rendezvous for
the renewal of Old friendships, and the
beginnings of new acquaintance An
opportunity is furnished for people TO
know one another better.
Utah's interests are many and di-
versihed. 1t is well every now and
then for those representing the various
industries TO get together on a social
footing In this way as in no other
they grow to understand one anothers
needs and interests. and so the way is
paved for business harmony and mu-
tual welfare.
The Herald hopes the coming state
fair win be a success in every respect;
that the numerous departments will be
filled with high-class exhibits and that
the attendance viii be large.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-27
PRINTING BY ELECTRICITY
Device Which May Set Type by Tel
egraph.
(SeattIe Observation-Disclosures

Seattle POSt-lntellSencer.)
When the machines for setting type
were perfected it was thought that the
limit of ingenuity in that direction had
been reached, but a Chicago inventor
claims to have improved upon it with
his device for printing by electricity at
long distance; in other words, by tel
egraphic printing machine Many at
tempts have been made along this line
without success from a. commercial
standpoint, but this inventor has been
working on ideas of his own, differing
from previous efforts, and is said TO
have evolved a machine that not only
can be, but has been, put into practical
operation.
In description of the invention pub
stated that the system has been in
daily successful experimental operation
on telegraph lines in Chicago for some
time, over a straight circuit of $50
miles long, without repeaters The
speed reached is thirty-f1ve words a
minute, but this is TO be increased to
fifty words by alterations in the pres
ent device. Under this system ordinary
typewriting machines are used. fitted
with special appliances, in which the
Morse dots and dashes constitute the
sending impulses The technical de-
scription is long and complicated. Brief
~, the system consists in printing tel
egraph messages sent through a stand
ard typewriter at one end and received
on a similar instrument at the other.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-27
Why Mackay Lived Abroad.
New York Tribune.)

The late John w Mackay passed
most of his time abroad after the at
tempt upon his life in San Francisco
in 1888. This fact has been WrongfuIly
imputed to a fear on the part of the
millionaire or a dislike for the country
taken in consequence of the attempted
assassination. But in reality the cause
lay much deeper, writes ''HolIandE'
You see" Mr.. Mackay once ex-
planned to a friend, "a man is nowhere
and returns only to find it changed
beyond recognition. That is the case
with me. was born, as you know. in
1881, and I went west with the high
tide of the gold seekers 1 roughed it
with the rest, in the sole ambition to
make myself an equal to the hero Of
my boyhOod, a man 1 used to see hur-
rying through City Hall square, in
New York. as ] played there as a boy,
a man with hurried step and a bun
die of newspapers under his arm
James Gordon Bennett.
We'll, I learned to love the rough
place as I've never loved any other.
got my gold, but 1 lost my home.
could hardly recognize 1t; that, indeed,
Tiny west-had died with my youth.
So I've wanted to get away from
everything that recalled its passage. as
some men want to live everywhere but
in the house they were happy in before
the death of a wife.
you see," Mr.. Mackay added.
there is a drawback or two even 10
the best sort of luck It's simply that
you can't eat your pie and have it,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-27
A Detective by Inheritance.


He had made up his mind that he
wanted to be a detective. He had had
a year in the high school. in which ne
had not distinguished himself in a way
TO warrant studying further for the
ministry. In the meantime he had
read Sherlock Holmes" and several
other books OF a ike character, and
they mad touched such a responsive
chord in his nature that he had decided
that he was peculiarly fitted for the
career of a detective. He did not in
tend TO stick to il his whole life, Of
course.
New York City. he thought. offered
the best field for his latent genius. and
accordingly he awaited himself Of an
at the office Of a prominent detective
agency.
Have you had any experience, asked
the head Of the concern. as he looked
at the young man out of pair of deep
set eyes, which were so overshadowed
by heavy cyelashes as TO be almost
/ hidden from vieW-
Not much" was the answer 4
have only practiced al it - Some as
/ an amateur"
DO you know how to shadow a
| mani asked the owner of the heavy
| eyelashes-
4 can do that all right" was the
reply. am willing 20 start il with
shadowing and then work up TO muir
der"
y smile arched the heavy pair OF eye
brOws as the detective asked:
80 you think You could shadow all
right do your Now tell me what
makes you think you are fitted TO be &
detective. You know only a few men
can ever succeed in this business
Well, 1 think I inherited a taste for
II. replied the young man You see,
my father was reporter. and my
mother before she was married was d
school teacher
And he GOT tho i0h
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-27

ton laws, IL is easier for the officers
in cities to see that they are carried
out. 1t will be gratifying 10 western
erg to know that in the matter Of IL
literacy they have a high standing.
That is to say. there are fewer Hitter
ates west OF the Missouri river than
in almost any other section of the
country.
This. too. is easily accounted for. In
the settlement of the west there were
three buildings that were raced to
completion. One. unfortunately, was
the saloon, another was the church and
the next the sehoolhouse. Sometimes
one. sometimes another was finished
first, but the school building always
occupied a prominent position in the
winning OF the west. The school terms
might last bat few weeks, the teacher
might be far below the standards of to-
day. but the youth came to it from
miles around and were taught the ru-
diments OF an education.
The older civilization. especially the
civilization Of the south. has been
Handicapped by the character of its
component parts. In the south. eX-
cept within the last quarter Of a CEN
fury. few attempts have been made TO
educate the negro He was looked upon
more as a working machine than as a
human being, and it was thought en-
tirely unnecessary TO teach him any
thing more than to count money.
Naturally. then. the percentage OF IL
literacy is higher in the states COM
posing the black belt than it is else
where.
In some OF the large cities Of the east
there are thousands Of ignorant for
eigners whose presence here is made
possible through lax immigration laws.
Some Of them can read and write their
own language but thousands cannot
even do that, and comparatively
small percentage read or write in Eng
lish
Taken as whole, though, the sta
tistics as to Iliteracy in the United
States Will bear comparison with sim
liar statistics of other countries, for.
in educational as in other matters, the
greatest of republics is in the van.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-27
RHEUMATISM.
The Despair and Reproach Of the
Medical Profession.
CNew York Times9

NNeW 1ork IlntS-l
1t was by rheumatic twinges in his
joints that Adam was able to forecast
foul weather. and it was rheumatism
which tortured Noah during the dark
days of the deluge- Old as this malady
is known 10 be, il still remains the
same stupendous and battling mystery
and the same despair and reproach TO
the medical profession Now. as be-
fore the Christian era. its treatment is
empirical and its prOgnOsis blind guess
work. OF all the manifold Affections
which restrain the natural gayety of
mankind. this elusive disease is the
last about which the doctors have anv
right to dogmatize. Their proper atti-
tude toward rheumatism is one of hu-
mility and awe. However. with an ar
rogance which approaches shameless
effrontery, they have recently affirmed
that it is conta gious-that a person of
the most blameless life may acquire
its seeds by consOrting with a rheu-
matte friend or neighbor under favor
ing circumstance 1t may be so. but
considering their appalling ignorance of
its causes and its nature and what It's
sues il involves. they can show no war
rant for any such alarming announce
uent-
Surely il is enough that the rheu-
matte sufferer is without the hope OF
human aid. is the victim of the physi-
clans impotence. and is already shun-
ned by the sensitive as a center of
moral pestileRce. without his being
prescribed as a source OF physical in
lection Pugnacity. irritability and
sometimes even profanity are charac-
teristic OF acute rheumatism The
moral descent OF 4 good man in the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-27
o1D-TIME COCK FIGHTING.
An Earl Who Died to the Noise of
Strife
Boston IournaIO

(Boston Journal)
Nor should cock fights be despised
in this strenuous period of American
history. Some of the best and noblest
of men were given up to the sport, just
as John Keats was fond of prize lights
and Bishop Wilberforce is said to have
assisted at the Heenan-S ayers mill
docs not the most poetic and imagin-
alive of American musicians attend all
friendly encounters that he may ad-
mire the perfect technique or the pu-
gilisf?) There was the Earl of Derby,
for instance, who feared God and non
ered the king-the fortunate earl that
married beautiful Miss Farren, a play
actress. When he was So years old
and aware that death would call IN a
few hours he had a main between his
favorite birds in his bedroom. Truly
fine figure of an Englishman, who
might have sat for Maginn's portrait
of the Earl of Bardoiph. This noble
earl in his last moments had table
BY his side with a prayer book, a pos
set cup. the racing calendar ana a
tankard of ale, although he could not
lift the tankard TO his mouth. He
took leave of his relatives, told them
not to come near him again and then
ordered his groom, Joe, to bring a
couple of gamecocks into the room. He
had % guineas under his pillow for
the doctor. but he bet on his faVor1te,
1.-The ginger pyle" a guinea against
the groom's half penny. At last he
won Joe's capital-five pence half-pen-
ny. He cleared OF the coppers from
the table into the bed, showed the
purse with the guineas in il toward
the groom, land then he cast his eyes
upon the cocks, and the bird he had
last backed gave one great loud crow
and the old mans head sank on the
pillow and he died"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-27
ROOSEVELT DOESN'T cARE1

y AN ARTICLE written for Nc
clure's on the subject or Cuban
feciprocity-A Moral Issue William
Hen White takes occasion to glorify
PresidetB Roosevelt, both as president
nd as man. The paper might much
bore aptlys be entitled an "apprecia-
BON" or Roosevelt. for that IS prac-
peaily what il amounts to- And Mr..
White makes one statement that is sin
tulariy far from the truth Indeed. he
PAYS many things to which fair ex-
ieptions might be noted. but this one
lentenee IL particularly lisingenuous;
1T was not everything 20 the man
Roosevelt to be president" he writes.
1t was not highly important in his
ieheme OF things TO have a nomination
Tor the presidency in 19O4."
! What twaddle, Roosevelt hadn't
been In Office ten days before he was
flaming to capture the presidential
domination of 1904. Posing as a civil
,ervice reformer. he appointed a no.
.orious spokesman to succeed Charles
Emory Smith as postmaster general
Holding himself up as the apostle Of
purity in politics. he has allowed Mat
,hew Stanley Quay to control the APP
sointments to federal Offices in the
ltate Of Pennsylvania.
In recent days the president has gone
pat OF his way to make friends with
ne labor leaders OF the country. At
ne same time he has continued in the
ttorney generals office a man whose
'hief claim to fame is his friendliness
'er the trusts. the foes Of honest la
3'r. n ever a president tried to walk
'n both sides of line. that president
S Theodore Roosevelt. Americas first
snr lord
Does he want a denomination? II
be doesn't why has he tried to win
'ver' 60 himself the politicians of his
larty, regardless of their past records
'~ their promises for the future? The
ruth is that Roosevelt wants to be
dominated for the presidency in 1904 as
BADLY as ever a man wanted anything
IN this earth. 1T was not highly i'm
iortant in his scheme of things to
rave a nomination for the presidency
"a 1904" says Mr.. White. in the face
n the record
Wonder what the Kansas writer
rouid understand 10 be a serious indi-
alton that a political nomination was
desired by a given individ-
lal?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-27
The Knockout Cigarette.
CPhiladelphia Record

Captain Peter Miller, the head Of the
detective bureau. showed a visitor the
other night a cigarette. II was long
and slim, with a straw mouthpiece. or
tip, and looked Ike any other expen-
sive cigarette, except that it had no
name on it.
This. saidt he chief, is the latest
device Of the law breakers knock
out cigarette Innocent as the small
continuance seems. the Inhalation of ten
whiffs OF il would throw the strong
est man into coma The cigarette
vas sent 10 me by a Chicago crook
whom I once befrfended The man
tells me that an Illinois chemist is
manufacturing the nefarious things
and selling them 10 the profesh' at the
rate OF SO for box Of FIVE. They look
ike a good cigarette. and they taste
like one. but they bring on a ten mir
utes Inconsistencies. and in ten min
utes mvcn can be done. I am glad To
say that they are not deadly The box
they come packed in is yellox."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-27
ILLiTERAcY PERCENTAGES.
THAT ILLITERACY in the rnlte

THAT ILLITERACY in the United
States is steadily decreasing is
shown by census reports recently is
sued They show that only per cent
Of the adult Inhabitants of cities of
5000 and upwards can neither read
nor write. That part of the male popu-
iation living outside of cities shows an
iiliterate percentage Of - X Is easy
enough 20 understand why there should
be more initerates outside of the cities
II is because the urban population
has better educational advantages
schools are mere accessible and. in
states which have compulsory educa-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-27

throes of this aiIment is as pathetic as
il is deplorable- So piteous, inoeeo,
that good friends who are experts al
dodginy often leave harmless missiles
within his reach that he may vary the
monotony of pain with the pleasure OF
personal assault To proclaim that
rheuma tism is contagious is 10 drlve
from the presence OF the victim all
sympathetic friends and condemn MIN
TO the exclusive care of the hardened
professional nurse
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-27
From Strike to Lockout.

He tried the door with his key, bat the
thing was locked on the inside, locked
and Dotted And lust as he was about TO
apply the knocker. a voice. stern and ad-
monitorV. reached him from above
Hslioa, Who are voU2 What do you
want
MY dear" he called. isn't that a trifIe
Sratuitouse I want to come in Dye
-e,s
Where have YOU been till this hour2'
Club. nv darling. Been down discuss
ing the strike"
VERY wei. then Now YOU can go back
and discuss the lockout Does IL Stiu
rain1s'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-27
For Mental Disorder.

There's a fellow here said the To-
quaciOus landlord Of the tavern at Polk
vile. Ark, that's mad a spell Of sickness.
an ever since then he can't remember
who he i, nor where he's been. nor any
thing he's ever done"
Al replied the tourist Il presume
his friends viii send him 10 a santa
rum -
Gosh. no. We all feel sorry for him.
an are tsIxin' OF turnin ont an electin'
him 10 the legislature"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-27

Utah stood third in the list of silver
producing states in 1901, and sixth in
the states producing gold. That isn't
so bad for a little mountain common
wealth, But Utah's mineral wealth
is stin but partly told story: When
the railroads that are headed this way
are completed. Utah will surprise the
mining world.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-27

The Herald has no desire to wound
the delicate feelings Of County Attor-
ney Christensen. but it can't help won
derius when he IS going 20 mud time 20
attend 10 the duties FOR which he draws
Il salary from the county.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-27

\ United States treasury clerk who
has devised az infaIlible plan for win
ming bets on horse races viii have
plenty OF time from now on 10 work
out his theory. Secretary Shaw has
discharged him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-27

The Nevada Democrats and silver
Republicans have united on a gold
standard Democrat for governor. II
that doesn't look like harmony. there is
no sueh thing as harmony