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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-14

s. telephone message came into the uo-
lice station at ! o'clock this morning say
ing that burglars were I'm Hemsley a.
Emsley's store 1915 Eleventh East street
and that a crowd of civilians were Ou,-
side the place waiting for the men 20
come out or for am officer 60 appear.
Sheriff Emery went to the place. but
found nothing doing.
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Health is absolutely impossible. If
constipation be present. Many serious
cases of liver and kidney cOmplafat
have sprung from neglected constiDa-
ton. such "a deplOrable condition 81
unnecessary. There is a cure for IT,
Herbine viii speedily remedy matters
C.. A. Lindsay, =. A., PronsOn. Fla
writes. Feb II. 1862: Having triad
Herbine. 1 find it fine Medicine Tor
constipation" SOC bottle. Sold Dy the
T. c. NJ. T. drug department
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az A @ -tAAN
IS 60 use DR.. Pierc.
Golden Medical d
covery. The quick
this remedy Is used {
quicker the cure Z
even when neglect j
let disease fasten
the lungs, vGold.
Medical Discovery
may be relied on 20
cure In ninety
eight cases out of I
every hundred.
The only motivel
for substitution is
20 permit the dealer
10 make the little
extra profit paid on
of less meritorious
cines. He gains. "
Therefore accept no
fufe for rCollcr !
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-ts--sl
II think %. too said the sinspeetor.
The woman must have safssreeable
spice Of originality, shs remarked. a.
she climbed steadily, Thats ahe last
to hold up the garbage 90 abe lhays to clean
Tue Ss sixth floor tenant deoli1ed s-nnitely
to let the inspector enter her htt More.
she refused with exceeding contume'y;
her boot between the door and the wall.
n ,shed her brass buttons at the tenant
with an engaging smile. ~ e
Cons now said she. you've ~ too
oty Of New York, now havsn't yout'
The woman decided after a while thatshe
had. and briefly consigning the "cfy Of
New York to a warm place sne Admired
the inspector. That Personase passed
A more ingenious revenge on g hard
working housekeeper could hardly Ia We
been planned. The woman had f!ued the
drawers Of the stationary wardrobe With
ashes and garbage. The washtubs were
packed with a choice assortment Of potato
parings. solidfed with ashes. which had
been dumped In carefully, In order that the
poor housekeeper would have TO aft every
particle Of It., Having Allied thee tscep-
tac.s. she had begun on the shelves OF the
dish closet. pillns the dishes on the moor
and table to mako room. - n
The Inspector made few notes on pad.
and then took OF her little black felt hat.
MADAM" said she solemnly. you are
a genius. take OF my hat 70 genius where-
SsS:n, T., did d., Sc 81. "a s,, .;s:a
AS long as 70, sre.Ep here. we may az
report rT% e on az ,h : psisfg bss o. III. house
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ooh, my gracious, said she. with the 40.
cent Of a tragedienne; you vass after that
leak vunce againl tell you, there iss no leak
there. The Board Of Health came my
house by vunce again already and hun, ana
hunt aud hunt, and never found no leak.
That house always had water, before this
house was built, yes. II must have water
because IL iss deeper, yes
The parlor floor having disclosed no se.
crets, the party changed ne base 70 tne
hall basement, where me pipes we h;o tou uaa
locked. The old woman declared she had
Come now said the big ia. man In a
wheedlinc tone, don't hold US back now.
If you do, Wen just have 20 come oacx
The little old woman raised her hands to
sWouid I hold you back'' she said. 7
hat no KEY. The lady who haas TINS coal
room, she lives on the third moor.
A trip to the third floor revealed tha' the
'ae Nav / take of the s,aple'' said the big
ia! b %aH vat p' yoa Ike, said the little old
woman: .Yo ,t,h hat + the power l hal nod
dass g., 70 90 m won't take it OF without
yo,,r permission said the plumber.
'sOh' let him take II OF. He's all night,
said the woman who had pulled up her
parlor floor. .r,,.s,or,.
demanded the little old woman. Nat !
cav then TO Mrs. Brown, u she say sons
one vass at the wocdY'
well engage not to take any wood,
said the big fat man, gravely.
Eventually the pipes we're laid par, tho
found dry as a bone. Then the plumoeI
took a bottle Of reddish stun and put some an
thing else in ii which turned i green. Ihi.
he poured in the sink, ard then the whole
party migrated to the cellar Of the next
| house to see IL the green came through
| They sat about on boxee ard barrels arc
watched q hole in the wall for long ume
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Portable back Of her dapple gray horse.
Then the elderly gentleman, having seen
that she is safely settled. busies himself
strengthening the folds Of her skirt.
..Aber sag mir. pnpa, she says; W 70
steM mir der nope Ru! Isl der RE 'er nlcH
gu lang? Nein!'
And the question came from mademoi-
sslle's lips in unmistakable North German
accents. Papa, for he Is the elderly man
busting so solicitously about her, as
sures her that the hat Is very becoming
and the new feather II not a bit too long and
says SO In such accents that there can lie
no mistake as to Mile. Gerard's German
ancertiy. But she viii soon have at least
a French nams of her own. II Is circus
gossip that she is to be married to
young French rider. He is not in the cir
Gus but II France and Mile Snms Gerard Is
Life is polyglot behind the scenes, but
German seems TO predominant; English
among the performers this year Is limited.
Usually the supply OF American acrobats
Is larger than IL is this year. for they are
popular acrobats the world over. Their
new acts Of great Importance have recently
been devised. The sensational acts are
always followed bv Americans Last year
il was Diablo. who looped the loop. He
was an American. and so Is Cyclic, who rides
his bicycle to the top OF the perpendicular
wall of slaves.
He is not at all a muscular youth in APP
pearance, but rather misunderstanding when
he comes out OF the ring wearing his
dressing gown. He stops to exchange, a
few words with an American woman. She
is on horseback. an near her are two
her strongly. II is told in the circus that
one IL her daughter and the other her grand
daughter But that Is probably circus
gossip and not circus secret,
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THE BAKERS THERMOMETER.
He Can Tell How Hot the Oven Is by Touch.
ing the Door Knob.
No Orleans Tires- Democrat.

From the Nsp Oriedns Times Democrat.
-Bakers have a curious way Of telling
lust what the temper ture Of the oven IL"
said A baker who had been In the business
for more than a quarter Of a century. End
they can tell, too, with almost marvellous
pert in the business. and he can tell what
he temperature Of the oven is by simply
touching the handle q the ne, oven We. door =, IN
nine cases out oil ten ne VIII not miss u 10
the fraction Of degree.
Bakers have other ways, OF course OF test
I'M the heat Of the oven For instance, when
os SMhi,e paper into the oven. and II II turns
brown the oven Is at the proper tempera-
t,,re: or. when baking other things they
Will VIII 'f IN order TO test the heat Bat the
S,ker's An gers are the best gauge. and when
ron come TO think Of the different tempera-
lures Ien m.ie daeSievemsnt to even spprosi
ma',a he heat OF the oven by touching the
handle Of the oven door.
pnaf ~ Bro ad, aftsr II has been placed In
V o,,a ~. n IL ought TO be IN temp ratgr' OF
t w derrecs FAIR nheit During the baking
proc. IS, in ord 70 COOK the starsn, r2pandd
tns ca a6 me alcohol the inside OF the loaf
maj r. gispr at asst 81 egrsfs In baking
rolls buns sCSn yor d o csE,s m uiSP car pui
lnsne and thinrs Of that sort the own must
shou q hS at Of as De grs.s or hish.r; A. 10,
cr,sm pnnss fsarl LADY an at.n S Soashs1d-
S C. Adv and jsily rolls AZ IS, desrsss inc
csS,s. cup cakts ginssr nns ana snaRe'
prs,. nht c,tron. pound. bride and so on. may
=. ,,t bake &c bake wsddins esf's' Ti.ss.. snise
snS ss tss 90 S:ts1 s.p I'll K M
s ihns,e q 81 the oven door.
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h wss q damp little hole. and there vas
damp all over the cellar. But no green
and no moro damp came through as long
as they watched The lady OF the house
looked sternly on. holding . candle TO light
sshe he's some WY Of stopping on the
W. tcr,- she sid sTbere's no W ter run
ming here now, and there won't be Tor Few
4 ~. unless there should he . he.yy FIN.
like a IN chii cry down here. It's mill,
The Ldy OF the house had descriptive
powers. Thirteen We r. the city OF New
York his been a-huntng OF IN there
le H. she I'd. and never found II yet
She surveyed the employees OF the city,
EveLtw lily II was decided that the
plumber should m Ike flo ting ppoint,,
inert to come up the first time u ., lied
next house aud so, after two hours speat
In the cell and oo'l room, the p .rty left.
with the mystery OF the tenement house
la X s.ill uLsolved.
.Now for my / st CT Il, I'd the inspector.
'It's q comp!' int, and It's on the Top aoor
sg In. But from all he'r' It's worm s0n's
The appearance and conversation Of The
iaI.itress demoLstra ted the truth OF thus
opinion The j. nitrees bad her head tied
tact with some hard object. From her
story il Apo red that tho tenant of the
ii xth foor was q person Of some force OF
CHI r. cter.
Owing to a propensity Of said tenant
and her husband to hold mixed-ale par
ties OF Saturday night. to which they
invited all their friends. which usually
d. handed the attentions OF the police
MAJ on the post before the close OF the
festivities, they had received al possess
noti,e some days before. Appearing be-
| fore the Court. the tenant had deposed
reasons for not ma ling an immediate
change, which induced that functionary
e grant her tan days grace. Then she
started 10 to have fun for the rest OF the
First she went home and whacked the
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"a SATISFACTORY INCOME. "
DEBATE ~ A DRUG STORE AFTER
THE EVENING HOUR.

Attempts 10 Measure what II Would Amount
To-The Problem OF spending II Also
Docs Theory-The Ideals Of the
Circle-MIght Reclaim the Sahara.
Snakes" was Office boy for Doc and
kept more or less watchful eye on the two
rooms above Ben's drug store, where.
morning and evening. Doc met his pa
tents. When the evening hour was over
they both went down stairs TO the store
and Joined Ben and Dan, the clerk, by the
big base burner.
Then Floyd would drop in, and the circle
would be complete. Floyd was foreman
Of the Hornet office and an authority on all
subjects of general information. Some
times, when business was not too brisk
say, not more than two customers an
hour-they would all 60 back Of the high
prescription counter and play psdro, every
fellow for himself and the cigars on the
last man.
1t was Snakes who started the discussion
He had been stuck for the game and was
trying to figure out how he, could buy cigar s
for all FIVE Of them with the is cents he
had in his pocket.
sIwish l was rich, he said. at last, when
all the mathematics he knew had failed
to give him a solution Of his problem.
A round Of jeers greeted the long. deep
sigh that marked the intensity OF his emo
ton. The picture that his exclamation
had conjured up, Of Snakes with money
TO spend, and spending 1t, was too much
for them all.
.Put that In the Hornet, Floyd, SAID Ben
THAT'S the best item you'll have this week
you're rich you needn't think it's 20 funny
il some one else would like TO be-
Rem yelled.
.Rich!" he cried. What do you think
Ia richi'
.WeI, twenty or twenty-five thousand,
answered the boy. THAT would be
enough for me. don't want all there is
.Wnat would you do with it'' asked
Floyd.
get a new slide trombone
swhew, said Doc, take 1t easy! What
do you do now'
.What YOU 'spose'' exclaimed the boy
sD'ye think It's fun to scrub them windows
and sweep them floors and stairs and dust
ali them books and them instrument cases
and carry up coal for thai stove and wateI
for that blamed tank and keep all then
basins clean and lug out the ashes and al
that every day, guess II you tried 1t fol
a while YOU wouldn't think IL was 80 funny.
Then a customer interrupted them, ant
, after that the game went on and the dis
c,s.ion was dropped. But 1t would not stal
down. Night sfter night the subject cam'
up again, and gradually shaped itself oil
! the question. What 10 sstisfactor!
inoomef'
III I owned the Hornet said Floyd
and had enough to get a new power press
With q little engine and some new typs
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all over, Cocoa nuts nd de lee nd . u kinds
OF p Inns nd on ges snd al that sort that
grow la hot couI.tries. -
.Yes,- s Id Dan. 'that's right. Then
when the trees set big enough we can spread
" nopics from their branches aud shads
the whole pl ce.'
.Then wter we g.t Il sIl hsed up The WY
we VIZ 1T it's I'd Floyd. well put up some
Of the biggest and gra ndest hotels on the
bf rks Of the lske tn were ever bnDt, and
we'll put bo',ts on the | Ike. 9. noe sna
VI chts trd electric y unches and sill mat
scrt OF thing, and we'll b. W the ADest
Writer resort you ever 10 I'd Of.
-wh, do you think Of tn :, Doc!- asked
Ben. where re you nowP'
'well,' $ Id DJc. when you ~ al
fixed up to sui, you, with your kes and
your DO, is and your big hotele and your
trees aud shs de G nopies and al that. III
come over and put UP Ice riants aen. the
laundering cold in your winter resort that
the . nd ne 8 OF the, s,hara will develop
by evolution Into polsr be rs-'t P. :,
Then the ,iiscu-.ion troke up aud the
Sahara was never reclaimed.
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SECRETS IN THE CIRCUS,
IyD ONE OFTEN FJNDSTHEM OUT
BEHIND THE SCENES.

Mile or Paris Talks German As Her Na'Ne
Tongue--sex Not Always rs IL seem"
-s,reuuousness Of the Lhe-tan
mere he n grandmother In the Circus
Tia circus, like most fascinating things
has n. secrets, Some OF them are surprls-
ina. mosa of them interesting and nearly
all Of them TO be learned behind the scenes
There. for instance, behind the brown
wooden gates it is first possible TO se,t'e
accurately the question OF SEX ior 'ne
performerp retiring from the ring move
nromptly in different directions. In the
portheas, corner OF the building the men
are housed, and at the southern eno are
the dressing rooms OF the women,
There Ia alwsys Q procession OF men anu
women from both quarters II 10 perpiea-
ing therefore, 10 see a skirted cure emery
from the group . OF an msse it's " way toward
the rough steps that lead to the men 9 guar quar-.
,ers There Ia, however, masculine
swing about the walk that even muscle
and scrobatic skill would not impart 70
sonans gait soa 30 fs ~ SPese and the care.
fully dressed blond hair. this acrobat can
not be a woman, else he would not care Turn
10 the left when be comes in from TIE nhg
Half an hour later. when he appears ~
manve tights with jaunty rinoon 70 nrs
hair. the spparition seems more .ruIy
isminine than ever. But when he buttons
a roueh ulster tight about his chin ard
bus,Ls over to wait for his wife after IN
perform gnce, tho n Is no longer any myst.ry
a. to sex His cultural nsm MAN. - come 1
iT y.n Liant Ii df' u Ssi IN costume i i dsul
even from q few feet away to realize ina.
he Ia not a very slim and comely young
woman.
there are several other men who Tho, wear YEA;
ouslv And In the gre at arena, their sex IL
10, srsps ctt d, although they are not al
% we'll disguised A. this particular young
German , o.,
,hre w ars." be said the Other night when
TVE Sun n porter asked him how he came
10 b. a 4 male imp rsonator on the trap re-
1T came about by accident. My TWO
rartne r. wanttd q woman TO comolne ~
cur act We tried several. but none OF
hem could do the tricks We were .ry,,SS
picked out something too dinicult Tor any
woman I US a TO show Them what we
vani.d One day !. occurred 10 Us uis'
might dr.ss like O woman and Try the act
was thinner then even man : .,,css.ss
We did the act and u was greai SUCCESS
Nobody seemed 20 find IL out al.
.For these reasons we've been IN all Tue
European cities and the act has gone Juse
as well as II j were woman nov Ne
have another act in which ten OF US appear
Nv wife Is in thai. ! always dress as
woman then because we h eeusI "-'''''''
There are few Of the performers VINO &c
no, appear in several acts during the prog
ress OF the circus. usually under dineren.
names and sometimes without mention o.
all Several OF the clowns are acrops,s
who perform different aerial feats oe,or
they whj,en up their faces or make theil
o,her prcpara,ions for fun. Two or thre'
Of The groups OF performers unite al time
and form 9 large troupe which distribute
i>sli over the ceiling like HES. linen .n
have other specidties which they exhip'
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anything Then again, you'n want lot.
Well. all you want each day. there's your
only satisfactory income.
That is. all you want for any legitimate
sieSitimate be hansed!' replied Doc.
Il didn't say anything about legitimate
All you want for any purpose, Throw II
away, give II away burn II, tear II up, eaf II,
spend Il. bury 1t, anything. you like.
All you want every day for any purpose.
income, A book Of checks on the Treasury.
certified In blank, delivered to you each
morning. That's the only income that Will
ever make me stop practising medicine and
60 TO work spending money.
1t would be something OF Job, let me
tel. you; to get rid Of that income 'u-
What would you do with it, Doc If you
Il hadn't thought that far answered
Doe. But there's one thing l think q
boys on the Ea st Side out here In STATIONS
pasture and set them or
THAT would be easy said Dan. BE
reached down and pulled the ears OF hlr
Irish setter that was lying beside the stove
IF had that income I'd buy the Albany
Capitol and give It. to the kennel club to
breed frish settlers in
There was a shout Of approval Of the
scheme.
.Dan's got you. Doc said Snakes
you can't get ahead Of that. .r,.,,.
a great scheme, and worthy to be carried
out at once
The door opened and q man blew In on
the wtntry night wind TO buy five cents
worth OF 'ipecac. When Dan came back
70 the stove after wrapping up the oo't'e
sTd buy the Deutschland he said. and
take her out to sea TO train carrier pigeons
to dy ashore. Then when ] got EN- well
enough trained I'd start Q coastwise ana
The others would not admit that there
was any merit In the scheme. II was a
p,or second, thev said, 10 the brilliant
plan Of Dan for the development OF Irish
settlers;
YOU what I'D do. n had all that money
I'd reclaim the Sahara Desert. I'd 60
over there and irrigate 1t, and make it a
great big garden"
'That's it, said Dan. IAN you have
TO do is to sink enough arteeian wells and
YOU could get all the water you wanted.
That's a fine scheme
yes" put in Ben. you could carry in
good soil from somewhere else and mako
i fine rich country instead OF sand
heap. ..,.,,. =, A..
like 70 see that going on
sOh. build a couple Of railroads to do the
dirt hauling said Dan. That would be
easy to do. I'll undertake to organize
the railroad companies for you, Floyd
mo, we won't have separate comp anies
for the railroads. said Floyd. We'll
have one big concern for the whole thing:
The Great Sahara. Limited How would
that sound for the namei'
TAINTED TO WHAT asked Snakes.
swhersd be the Limit 70 that sort OF game
limited to this crowd. answered Floyd
sWe're all here. the original stockholders
and all the rest Of the subscribers. Wen
get a charter under the New jersey laws,
and then we can do anything we want TO
anywhere on earth. II sounds right TO call
II Limited That's all
well, what are you going 70 do With
II after you have reclaimed h'' asked Ben
what rood vii It bef'
sTl IKE a gre big lake IN the centre
Of it, answered Floyd. and plant trees
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I'd be fixed well enough for me. I'm not
much Of n high flyer

I'd be fixed well enough for me. I'm not
much Of high flyer. ~.
.Hornet be blamed!' said Ben. 1t
would take more than nest oil horne's
for me. I'd like to go into New YORK ana
show some of those fellows there how 10
run a wholesale house once just Tor the run
Of it,
sYou fellows all want to run something
or do something else Of that sort, put IN
Dan. Il don't want to run anything out
myself want enough to go to New YORK
and lust buy all see that want and never
have 20 ask the price of anything. just
walk into a store and say III take that,
and IN take that, and don't care what II
costs
Snakes was out OF this sort OF discussion.
His ideas were all OF too modest a kind for
such scbeming. Doc, too. had been slow
10 express himself as to his desires, but
when the direct question was put TO nim'
he unfolded a range Of plans that was wider
than the widest OF them had dreamed.
ITO begin with. he said, you boys don't
know anything about what you're taxing
about. II you are going to pond money
YOU want 10 go where you can spend It.
THAT doesn't mean going TO New YORK
for lust a day or 20 and visiting the shops
and theatres and big hotels and joints II
means 90 there for good, make II head
quarters. with London and Paris and Europe
and the rest Of the world on the side, and
Monte Carlo thrown in whenever you want
70 let the money go a little faster than
ordinary.
.ItW take something for all that. Big
house in New York. another In Newport
or ,et estate down In Virginia or the Caro-
iinas. shooting preserve up In the Adiron-
dacls Mace in the north OF England or
scotland. steam yacht, cup defenders,
thoroughbreds. racing stable here and in
England.
.Takss a heap TO have look at that.
70 In for art and make collections, pictures,
pon,e,ains, pottery, rugs, tapestries, books
and rll that sort OF thing. Then you're
.Hendiadesl' exclaimed Dan. you want
the ear,hl We were talking about things
'' eob' no YOU we're not replied Doc. you
want 10 remember Sairy Camps ADVICE. my
hey and while say y 20 VIZ for mions as for
emoI by Wishing az the other.
well, think u / had ten thousand year
I'd be satisfied. said tlo!a. % sure
o,uid travel or do what liked
That amt enough for noe BY lot : said
Ran. Il don't want to quit doing any
thing. There's nothing that could make
re more miserable than to have nothing TO
Az INT amuse myself all the time.
.But I'D like to have enough 20 that
.,uid he absolutely free TO run a big whole
sale house in New York inst +, a. think ink y I,
things went wrong it wasn't going to wipe
, me ont. Have a reserve. you know, 80 that
You could give yourself a free swing in your
1 business
hit h. There is only one really Satisfactory
sWhat is it2' asked Dan: How much
do YOU think Il ought to bei'
,,, I, AZ snv SET figure Some days you Fant
mora than others. Some days you don't
want 20 much. Some days you won't want
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street. where the air seemed singulariy
soft and vernal by contrast. you mustn I
think they are all az bad a. that
The next one was not so bad. It was
the kind that would probably be marked
30 on the inspectors report; decently clean.
although an ancient and fshlike smell
hung about the corridors.
The inspectors errand here was to ascer-
tain the cause Of an urgent complaint which
had been turned in AT the Office concern
ling certain rooms alleged to be nuisance
She climbed and climbed, meeting with no
information till she reached the top.
Must be here,' she said. -as long a. II
isn't anywhere below
She made her way toward the front OF
the top floor, hunting for the fat that was
a nuisance. On an ioebox just outside the
front door stood a pie, freshly baked. II
was a lemon pie. with a snowy wreath Of
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with fallen. plaster and filth. A great hole
was broken through the wall OF one room
into the hall The visitors looked through
10 meet the gaze Of wolhsh cat that
sat and munohed and muncheo ana
munched.'
,hro,,yh that hole one night" said the girl
who was acting as guide, with reminiscent
grin. 1850 ,..
nsasns diversion. The guide was pretty.
pIsasins. polite and dirty, with an implsh
,vinklS In her eye; 10 and married,
.Th,t's the sort Of rats nest the depart
uent Is going to clean up and clean olt'
aid tho inspector, a. she issued into the