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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-27
AN INTERNATIONAL row.

DARIS-not Paris, Ky. but the
capital of la belle Francois the
seat Of the latest war news. over the
cables has been flashed ominous re-
ports of a threatened engagement be
tween representatives Of the United
States and France that must cause a
wave Of apprehension to sweep the
country. Jockey Tod Sloan has ehal-
lenged NJ. Maurice Talmeyr to fight
duel Even the war correspondents ad-
NIT that the battle IS not likely, but
Mr.. Sloan is still 7pacifed.
The trouble arose owe criticism NJ.
TaImeyr. who is Is, pushed turf
authority, wrote abe locke s. In the
course of a study OF jockeys in gen
eral he selected Sloan as an Illustration
of a certain class of riders. After de-
ploring the trend toward making such
young men celebrities. NJ. Talmeyr
said: such unimportant. dull-witted,
trained monkeys have no brains, no
manners. no purpose. except to wear
dashy clothes and live a fashy life"
Tod saw the article and immediate
r. forwarded his challenge. RUmor
has il that Talmeyr refused to accept
an invitation to fight that preposter-
Gus little man" but he may reconsider
his determination if he finds out that
Tod is really in earnest. It Is to be
hoped that the battle viii be pulled
off, in this country. Surely the au-
thorities would not interfere, for even
the police are well aware Of the fact
that French duels are considerably less
dangerous than crOquet
It is pleasant to see the gentle Sloan
so anxious to vindicate the honor Of
! his profession. OF course the French
man is in the right, for the average
jockey is merely trained monkey, but
/ Mr.. Sloan should be conceded the right
to think differently. If the duel can
possibly be brought to pass and NJ.
Talmeyr viii prick Teddy at some
point which viii permit his vanity to
f! escape. he viii have done this country
| a greet service
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FOR A NEW COIN.
They Are Now Talking of Bringing
Out a 21s-eent Piece.
New York Times)


They talk In United States treasury cir
cles of coming q 21z-cent piece. There
are many who favor the coinage of such
piece of money, and there are many
who think it would be useless. Collectors
OF coins are strenuOuSly advocating such
a plan, but theoretical students Of the
money question say the United States has
too many coins already.
Il is a curious fact that while the coin
age of a 12-Cent piece, which was urged
q few years ago, should have been mainly
the wish Of department stores, who want
ed 10 make very small change. the idea
of a 2ik-ceut piece is most popular among
holders of the bonds of the United States.
4 number Of these bonds have to pay
interest at the rate of so many dollars
and 63 cents one quarter and g. cents In
another quarter, just because there is
no 2lz-cent piece.
Some saw that a 15-cent piece would
cure this trouble, but it would be more
! inconvenient, as three coins would have
TO be used where with the higher OenOm-
inatiOn one would suffice. Where a great
many bonds are held and In cases where
: It is expected to sell the bonds soon after
/ collecting the interest for a certain quar-
! ter this difference is Of considerable i'm
Dortance.
Numismatists urge that the United
/ States should have a coin to correspond
nearly with the British penny or the
/ French 1o-centime piece. and they prOph-
esy that when the principal nations adopt
e.
sure 10 be brought into use. They also
say that the principle OF the. Unte-
1 States currency is that each OF the coins
/ IS divisible in half. This theory is viO-
lated in the quarter and the nickel piece.
On the other hand, officials Of the Unit
/ ed States sub-treasury in this city, who
would have 20 handle such a new coin
I in large quantities were it started into
circulation, reply that the 2-cent piece
1 was not a cussessful coin, nor was the
/ nickel 2-cent piece. They say that no
l fractional piece Is needed between the
I nickel piece and the penny.
! Il is believed. however. that with the
/ increasing specialization in this country
/ the tendency to market tremendous prod
/ ucts with but small margin OF profits
| on each one will make essential IN time
I the coming of a 21a-cent piece just
| what such a coin would be made up OF
/ has not been much discussed, but II Is
expected that mint directors viii sooD
/ have to consider the question.
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Mrs. Holmes was the hostess az a
most delightful luncheon yesterday to
twelve Of her friends. The table was
decorated in pink and pale green. an
exquisite maltese cross Of hand-painted
satin forming the central decoration
In the middle of this was placed a piece
of duchess lace, on which rested a crys-
tai vase Of pink carnations. Pink car
nations and ferns were stTeWn on the
cloth, while at each place was a card
with Amelia palace" engraved in gold
CandelaDra, shaded in pale green tulle
with decorations Of pale pink Wisteria
added to the color effect.
Miss Birdie Boreman OF Ogden viii
be the guest during Easter week Of
Miss Virginia Breeder.
Mrs. Heber n. Wells and Mrs. +. s.
Ferry have invita- tons out for two
luncheOns on Tuesday and Friday Of
next week.
A military hop at the post is one Of
the events scheduled for the Easter
season.
Mrs. Kister win entertain a few
friends informally this afternoon.
@ g -
Mr.. ]. ]. Judson VIII return Saturday
from a four weeks trip in the east.
O. g q
Mrs. w. H. Dunn Of Bingham is the
guest Of Mrs. E. w. Center for a week.
O. Q
Mrs. A. B. Richardson win entertain
the Gard club tomorrow evening.
g % q
Mrs J. G. Mcdonald gives a Kensing-
ton Oh Friday afternoon.
q g q
Mr. and Mrs. A Q. Vincent Of Denver
are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Shepard
Benson Of + street.
q . g
Miss L. E. West and her sister, Miss
DottieWillsey, have gone to ToOeie to
attend the wedding Of Mrs. Martin.
q q g
Mrs. Emma Spencer and Miss Maude
Patterson are now pleasantly located
at e North State street
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-27
The "POsT osEcK'' SYSTEM.

MICHIGAN NAN has placed before
a congress a scheme which. if adopt
ed. viii make every man his own post
office. so far as money order business is
concerned. He calls his plan the post
CHECK system, and there seems to be
nothing In it which is not practical. It
is proposed TO issue bills Of the denom-
nations Of one, two and FIVE dollars
each With blank spaces on them. Such
bills would pass as ordinary currency
unless it was desired TO send one Of
them through the mails.
In order to do this. all that is neces-
sary IS to write in the blank space the
name Of the payee. his city and state.
sffix q 2-cent stamp. Cancelled with the
name of the sender, who also afixes
his signature to the back OF the note.
1t then becomes a check payable only
to the person whose name appears on
the face. and is just as safe as any
ether check sent through the mails.
When The payee receives it he can cash
it at the nearest bank or postoff1ce,
and in time 1t gees back to Washing
ton where a new one takes its place.
thus keeping the circulation always at
Pac
The convenience Of this arrangement
is readily apparent Postofice stats
tics are authority for the statement
that less than half the postofices Of the
country are money order Offices. Even
in cities or towns of considerable size
it IS often extremely inconvenieIIt to
visit the postofice n order TO secure
small money orders, ard as n result
many people assume the risk Of send
ing bills and coin in ordinary envelopes.
Under the post check system, a bill
can be endorsed and stamped as above
described. placed in an envelope and
dropped into the nearest letter box with
absolute certainty Of its safe trans
mission.
OF course it would take some years
10 get the bills tistribated, but it al
ways takes time to introduce any new
thing. In this case the banks could act
as distributing agents, and, as the TN
Endorsed bills would be as good for
commercial purposes as the ordinary
bills, it wouldn't be so very long. before
they We're in common use. It has been
argued that the post checks might be-
come so dirty through passing from
hand to hand that endorsements would
be impossible. That difficulty is obvi-
ated by The reissue of each note as
soon as it reaches the treasury depart
ment.
1t is to be hoped that congress viii
pass the measure. The experiment
promises so we'll that it is certainly
worth frrinc
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-27
ABOUT BROADWAY RoUss.
Eecentricities and Why His Time
Was Worth 800 Minute
Kansas City starr


New York,-Few men in mercantile
life have been more talked about than
Charles Broadway Rouss since he
came to New York from Winchester,
Va. in 1866. His ecCentTicities almost
placed him in the category of cranks.
and il was considered remarkable by
the conservative and old merchants
who did business near him that he
was able 10 build up a fortune worth
several millions of dollars
Here are some of the queer things
that he did;
When a visitor called on Mr.. Rouss
at his store he greeted the caller with;
My time is worth 500 a minute. How
much of it do you want?
one of his amusements was to throw
nickels and dimes to the newsboys from
the platform OF a street car while he
was on his way home at night. He was
| fond of sleeping in his store, and oc~
ctipied an old iron bedstead which he
had set up in quiet corner there. de
paid off his clerks at the close Of each
DAYS work and would have no teeto-
talers around him. When his clerks
were found to have robbed him system
aticalIy of more than $4,000 he said
! they were smart fellows. and that it
was too small a matter to talk about
/ He struck an average in his scale or
! wages and paid the greater part Of his
/ employees 81 q day. Few men are worth
/ more to their employer, he said.
For years he made periodical visits
! to his native town and always gave
/ the residents of Winchester treat in
/ the shape of an OK roast, ice cream
/ and fireworks at night
! Mr.. Rouss wore So suits and was an
/ advocate Of phonetic spelling. His let
/ tiers were wonderful examples of that
/ art. Once he failed and paid IS cents
/ on the dollar. Later he was successful
and hunted up his creditors and paid
: them the other 80 cents
/ When Erastus Wimsn was arrested
( on a charge of forgery Mr.. Rouss went
/ his bail TO the amount Of $4,000 He
! said Wiman was a good fell0w and
ought not to be locked up.
Before Mr.. Rouss became totally
blind he offered 81. 000. coo to any one
who could restore his sight. He found
a man named John r Martin. who had
the same disease. and hired him to be
experimental on by the hundreds of
healers who wished to earn the mil
lion At first two men. BY working
nights. were able to cope with the let
tiers Rouss received from doctors and
quacks all over the world. Later many
of the letters remained unanswered. It
was suggested by some one that Zoe. Geo
volts Of electricity sent through the
I brain would agitate the optic nerves,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-27
PHOTOGRAPHY OF TODAY.
It Is Now Employed in Business
Circles.
New York SUM

Business photography has become a
branch of the art by itself. Il helps in
the punishment of crime, and it is used
in the business world to detect for
peries and to other work Of a similar
nature.
one Httlo studio where it is carried
on may be shabby, but 1t holds many
secrets. And very frequently the tele-
phone bell tinkles and the secrets are
carried to court at dOuble-duick time,
for business photography is hasty, II
it is anything
In many cases a letter. bank book,
billhead or business ledger IS Drougnt
TO be photogra phed, even While the
witness is testifying on the stand The
work accomplished, back TO court II
is hurried, and the witness, if untTuth-
ful. is proved so by the photographs
once the books of a firm failed TO
show the consignment Of certain goods
inspection Of the books was refused, so
the firm suing managed to get posses
sion of the stock book sufficiently long
to have its pages photographed, when
the comera proved that the disputed
goods we're not only received. DuI sofa.
The Molineaux trial was an instance
in which photography did much TO IN
duence the jurors. The Fayerweather
9
Biography Will help TO settle q dispute
for money. Enlargement of a signature
clearly shows that the first half Of the
name is not IKE the latter half-the
very point at law. The dying hand
that wrote the trembling first halt
never completed the latter portion, IL
/ is declared, and photography is expect
/ ed to be a most important factor in
/ the settlement Of that viii case
Only recently the photographer had
a peculiar incident to deal with. A
viii was brought TO be photographed,
/ because it stated something about car
/ Tying out secret Instructions. There
was none. The lawyer was puzzled
and vexed.
Then photography came into play,
/ for the photographer discovered the
viii to be wrapped in a blank paper
/ that. when heated, showed writing IN
sO-calIed sympathetic ink. The paper
/ was photographed and Immediately be-
came blank again. It was an amazed
lawyer Who received the photograph OF
3 the secret instructions.
/ Photographic in cases Of personal
/ accidents has also become quite a fea-
/ ture of late years. This is largely used
/ in damage suits. Patients are pictured
/ in all sorts of places and in all condl-
tions Of injury Evidence OF TINS sort
is used to moneyed purpose BY clever
( lawyers.
Perhaps one Of the quickest pieces OF
work accomplished in this class OF Pho
tograpy was when the pages OF the
I Alabama treaty, brought to the pho
tographer by q man who simply Dor
rowed il a few moments. were photo
graphed. And while the camera was
working the telegraph wire was he'd
open by sending scriptural verses that
the treaty might be sent to q news
paper Office for immediate publication
Another rush order was when the
first picture of the Marlborough baby
arrived from Europe. Tt was known
on what steamer it would BE- Ihal
picture was copied late at night and
lappeared in print a few hours later.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-27

deed, be would be recreant to his high
birth Il he didn't, and 50 he wiz preach
in Chicago.
I. is pleasant 10 see this recognition
Of the Dr0prietes between states. The
entente cordiaie between Illinois and
Kentucky cannot fail TO be strength
ened hereby, although it is extremely
doubtful if the Blue Grass people can
ever Re persuaded 70 switch to Peoria
whisky, That would be asking too
much. bat Jhere is no reason why they
should not do some active missionary
work in Illinois FOR the Kentucky
brands
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-27

Full of years and with a long record
of dangers and difficulties bravely met,
James s. Brown he's been called 10 his
reward. 8Ir. Browns early life was
passed amid scenes such as few wit
ness, but he was equal TO every emer-
gency. and his quick wit many a time
preserved him for further usefulness.
1t is a far cry from North Carolina TO
Utah, to the Society islands. to Eng
land. Mr.. Brown travelled the dis
lance in his work for his church and
well performed the duties that fen TO
his hana Now the words; Wen done.
good and faithful servant" have been
spoken and he sleeps
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-27

We're now prepared to elothe the
boy from the time he throws on
dresses until he puts on long tTous-
ers. Then we turn him over to cur
Young Mems Department. Once
started he'll grow up in our clothing
and remain our regular patron. We
ask mothers to come and see the
pretty things in Chiidren's Clothing
for the spring season, Not a piece
that's too high. BRING YOUR HUS-
BAND, TOO, for a new spring hat.
All the new blocks in spring styles
here. Perhaps he'll want a new neck
tie for Easter, or one of our new
spring shirts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-27

Mr. Hartman says he understands
he has absorbed the Mexican Central
the Vera Cruz line and one other rail-
road TIE name of which he does not
recoliect That's like the old story Of
jaw Gould on the witness stand. Asked
about < check transaction he admitted
writing the check. but TO save mis- life
he could not recall whether it was for
four or i've millions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-27

Next time Mayor Thompson won't
take any hearsay evidence in relation
10 the attitude OF Councilman Fern
strom on the Hilton question.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-27

Maybe tho. Boers might be persuaded
to surrender if King Edward wiz agree
10 abdicate in favor Of Dom Paul,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-27

Before passing judgment on the
Colorado lynchers ii should be noted
by way of extenuation that they re-
Trained from burning their victim.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-27

day IS past and gone:
The WC0dman's ak lies cree.
And The reapcr's work is done.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-27
Mr.. Rouss always spelt phonetically

Mr.. Rouss always spelt Theoretically
TO save time and labor.
Mr.. RoUss peculiar name was his
trade mark. He was born in Freder-
lex, Nd; worked in a country store
at Winchester Va: came to New York
with an ambition to emulate A. T.
Stewart; got stock Of goods and
opened 4 small shop on Broadway, but
customers were slow in coming and he
painted a big sign Charles Broadway
Rouss," to attract curiosity, which he
believed was the foundation Of his sue
cess in life
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-27

He who bilt, owns and occupies
this marvel of brik, irun and gran
it. IS years ago Walkt the STREETS
of New York pennies and $4,000 in
det; only to prove that the capital
lists Of today were poor men 20
years ago. and that many a felO
facing poverty today may be cap
italist a quarter Of a century hence,
if he will. Pluk adorned with am
bition, bakd by onOr brite viii al
ways comand suces even without
the almity dollar.
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paTalyzed in blindness. John +. Mar
tin underwent the treatment II it
failed then Mr.. Rouss would be saved
the bother of having his brain singed
or electrified. II was a good idea, and
Martin was making his last will and.
testament WREN a letter from some
gentleman in India saying, DO moth
ing Until you hear from me. Yours for
health, etc" put a stop 10 the cleo
trical performance, and there was a
stage wait while the Indianman came
over. Martin took the treatment with
out result, and thereafter took several
thousand ether treatments-even TO be-
ing tograDhed-intended for his IL
lustrious benefactOr. But no physician
was able o. restore Mr. ROuss' sight.
He erected, at his own expense,
monument TO dead confederate sol
diers in Mount Hope cemetery, founded
a physieIl laboratory at the university
of Virginia, and gave 100000 for con-
fedora p monument TO be located at
Richmond, Va.
In 1850 Mr., Rouss came to New York
from Winchester, Va. with $3.50 as his
capital lie was one Of the richest
merchants in that city. and his wealth
was estimated at from S5,0e0,000 to $780,
600, 900. Hanging in the most cOnspicu-
Gus place in his store. just where every
one who entered could read it, was a
large framed card bearing this inscrip-
ton.
The evening world., 1902-12-22
Those Who Bought Them
Abroad Find Treasures .,eId
In Custom-House, and Must
Buy Again to Save Them.
ARE VALUED AT $4,000.
They Were Purchased Of Famous
Art Dealer In Baden-Baden, Who
10 to Blame for the Sad Christ
mas Tragedy.

Unless the purchasers are successful
tomorrow in buying back presents that
lave been once paid for, a number OF
persons in New York will be disappoint-
ed on Christmas Day.
The New York ustom authorities
have sliced. condemned and offered for
auction about $4,000 worth of precious
things. broEzes, ivory carvings, bric-a-
brac, pictures and rare cut-glass that
were bought OF Simon Wolf in Baden
Baden. and intended by the American
purchasers as Christmas gifts for
friends.
Tho customs authorities say that
Wolf, who agreed to deliver the goods
in Now York, duty paid, undervalued
his shipments. and thus was Uncle Sam
defrauded.
Among those %bemoaning their loss are
Col. f. VI. Knox. OF No. % East Eighty
third street; Charles ~MInzenheimer, the
banker. living at No. IS East Sixty
fourth street; Michael Weinburgh. Of
No. IS West Seventy-slxth street, and
Mrs. Stackleberg, who lives at the Hotel
Savoy.
The New Workers. have full confidence
in Wolf, who Is one of the most famous
art dealers in Europe, and are sur
prlsed that such u mistake in valuation
should be made.
Their only chance Of recovering the
presents Is to bid in with others at the
Government auction Tomorrow.
The evening world., 1902-12-22
CHRISTMAS CHEER
FOR THE NEEDY.
The Evening World Will Give 1000 Christmas
Dinners to 900 Poor Families In
Greater New York.

Christmas Day will BIO gladdened for
1000 needy families In Creator New
York by 1000 delicious Christmas din
ners given by the Evening World.
The dinners will contain the finest
pr%ocurable Yuletide fare and eaoa will
be sufficient for a family Of six persons
The Evening World in making his
annual gift 10 the poor OF Greater New
York aims to benefit as many deserving
persons in the best possible way.
During the first twelve years of It's
existence the Evening World distH-
buted each year. by means Of Christ
mas trees, candles. toys and warm ser
viceable clothing to the children OF the
poor. For the past three years, how
ever. 1t las been deemed a more prac-
teal form OF gift to present complete
Christmas dinners to poor families
h dinners include every requisite
for a Yuletide feast, from soup and sue
plum pudding and black coffee. Candies
and cakes are added for the benefit of
the children Of the family.
These dinners will BIO packed in big
homes on Wednesday. Dec. "a, in ample
time To permit the busiest housewife to
do all necessary cooking.
In order that the most deserving
World Christmas dinners. the dlstribu-
tion will be made solely through the
Charity Organization Society, which win
act in conjunction with the ST. YIN.
cent de Pau Society, the Paulist
Fathers. the Brooklyn Bureau of Chart
ties and the Association for Improving
the Condition Of the Poor. All appli-
cations for dinners made to the Even
Organization Society,
The agents Of the above societies work
The evening world., 1902-12-22
$12,5oo FOR XMAS GIFT.
Take Me Out of Here"
Said the Girl Who sn w II Paid.

A lady and her daughter. while wait
Ing for a package to be wrapped In a
~well-known Broadway Jewclry store to-
day. were discussing the general era Of
extravaganza prevalent this year in
making Christmas presents. when n Law
ishly gowncd woman hurried in from
her cab at the curl md said to the
salesman:
II would like to select some kind of a
present for n lady friend. Will you let
me look at a diamond tiara"
The salesman showed her several, but
she was only a moment I'm saying:
This one will do very nicely. How
muchl 1 .bOO7 Very well. Please have
II wrapped. | will take II with me-" and
she paid for / in cash with as much
composure as though she were buying n
package of breakfast food.
The daughter turned to her mother and
Mamma, take me out OF here quick
or I'll steal somethIng!''