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Smyrna times., 1903-01-14
The "Ear of Dionysius."

A cunningly constructed prison cav
ern, consisting of large chamber CON
nected with one of smaller dimensions,
situated near Syracuse. Italy, has gone
into legendary history with the title of
the Ear of Dionysius." The smaller
chamber was unknown to the prisoners
kept in this underground dungeon. and
the tyrant by whose name it Is known
had a habit of secreting himself there
to listen to the conversation of the con-
victs, who were mostly political Offend
ers. An ingenious device constructed at
the smaller end of the larger chamber
transmitted the sounds through the
partition, thus enabling the suspicious
ruler to hear even the whispered cor
versations of his suspects"
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Their own Lookout.

There was an Irishman who after
reaching America was full of homesick
brag, in which nothing in America
even approached things of a similar
variety in Ireland. In speaking of the
bees of the ould sod he grew especially
roseate and said:
"Why, the baze in that country is
twice as big as in this, bedade. In
dade. they're bigger than that-they'ro
as big as the sheep We have in this
counthryw
"Bees as big as sheep" said his in
credulous listener. "Why, what kind
of hives do they have to keep them
inT'
'NO bigger than the ones in this
country" was the reply.
"rhen how do the bees get into the
hivesY' he was asked
'Wen," replied - mishman, that's
'"''' '"" 'O0A'& '&9nSep
Smyrna times., 1903-01-14
An Odd barometer.

A common leech makes a good ba-
rometer. Fill a tumbler half full with
water, put the leech into it and tie Il
piece of muslin over the top to keep
the leech from getting out. All you
have to do to find out what sort OF
weather we are going to have is to
watch the little animal.
For example, when the day is to be
fine the leech will remain at the bot
tom of the glass, coiled up in spiral
shape and quite mOtiOnless. If rain
may be expected, it will creep to the
top of the glass and stay there until it
clears off.
II the leech twists itself and is very
restless there is going to be wind
storm. If it keeps out of the water for
several days look out for a thunder
storm.
The indications for frosty weather
are the same as for fiae and for snow
the same as for rain. In fact, leech is
almost as good forecaster as the
weather man himself.
Smyrna times., 1903-01-14
F OR,
NANNEE'S
SAKE
By J. p. CoUGHLAN
Copyright, 1901, byJ. p. COughldn

The t1ier which left San Francisco
that night carried ME with it, although
it's first stopping place was ten miles
beyond Somersville. the village of my
destination. Such was the impatience
of my rage that | preferred the pros
pect of Il ten mile tramp to the delay
and slOwneSs of later train.
How my hate burned on that NOvem-
Der night! My thoughts ran on to the
accompaniment of the deep, mellow
murmur of the train as it flew over its
bed OF steel. Through and through my
brain like a molten ball of lead ran the
remembrance of the wrong done me by
my treacherous friend, and time and
time again l dwelt lOngingly on the re-
venge that should be mine.
1 was still in my soldiers uniform.
But first let me tell SOu the story. Let
me explain my fierce hate. Jim Brad
ley and l had been chums-a fine, low
able fellow l thought him. We were
side by side in Cuba, and l believed
that we knew one another as two men
who braved hardship and danger to-
gether should.
We went to the Philippines. Our
friendship remained fast and seemed
to be impervious to any assault. But
that country must have made sad
change in the character of my chum.
Lured on by some dark eyed native
woman, he turned traitor to his cOun-
try and sacrificed his honor. He pro
cured arms for the rebels and actually
contemplated joining them. 1t was
who discovered his perfidy. He con-
fessed and tried to draw me into his
traitorous schemes. My duty was to
denOunce him. but could not. Our old
friendship was too strons; and l had
foolish hopes of dissuading him from
his madness.
l cannot rake over the details now,
do not want to, nor can explain clear
" the events that followed. He was
suspected, arrested and brought to trial.
BY some deviliSh trick he reversed our
true positions and made me appear the
guilty one. Dazed and staggered by
this turn in affairs, | admitted the
knowledge l had possessed of Bradley's
intrigues with the rebels. For six
months was held waiting for trial.
When that trial came l was freed.
but it left me almost a wreck. with
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nothing but the vitality, fostered by
vengeance, to support me. In the
meantime Bradley had been invalided
home, and, knowing that he had been
born in SOmersville thither l raced to
crafty the burning desire for revenge
that had nursed for six months.
There, in brief, is the reason why
was on board this express. 1t was the
end of the chase, and l was hot on the
trail of the false friend who betrayed
country and comrade with equal readi-
ness, the one at the behest of dark
eyed rebel witch, the other to save his
own worthless neck.
The motion of the express exhilarat-
cd me beyond measure. The hundred
and one plans for vengeance that had
plotted across the Pacific l reviewed
again and again, yet decided upon
none. l would let the circumstances
of our meeting be the arbiter of what
ignomy inflicted upon him before kill
ing him.
Suddenly the air was filled with
monster grOan. A roar and shock con-
fused my senses, and the car in which
I rode seemed to rise with a bound into
the air, and then knew no more.
l awakened in the white bed of a
hospital. There had been dreadful
wreck, an entire train derailed and al
most crushed to atoms within a few
hundred yards of Sonersville. The To-
cal hospital, generally an almost empty
institution, was now filled with the in
jured, and ambulance trains had car.
ried scores of others to Dalton, the
next station on the line.
| awOke to the sight Of a sweet face
bending tenderly over me, and soft
voice bade me be quiet as opened my
lips to ask a question.
"Now, you must lie perfectly still.
You are not badly hurt-a broken arm
and little shock. You will be up and
about very soon if you obey me i'm
picitly. am your nurse. | know
you will be Obedient because you are a
soldier and accustomed to obey"
| nodded feebly and closed my eyes
again. Can you understand how sweet
is the sight of a fair. tender American
face after nearly two years in the
swamps and wilds Of the Philippines
The note of compassion in her voice
the pure grace of her face, bound me Q
slave to We brdnl and her gentle pres
'sts re
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The !gSa!eGI0ws!n!nteIest

because men know is the open door to the best ready
to-wear Clothing that be made
Because men know that it isn't a sale of odds and ends
or OF Clothing bought deliberately sell in special sale
Because men know by the generous assortment-bv the
ndisputabe evidence of high tailoring s-that it is 3sa
where their dollars will bring big returns
Because men know there's chah in an Oak Hall
statemen-hat there not single dollar represented of
any other make OF clothing but that the fabrics
and styles will be Just as good next year as this
Because men know that we have taken the broad view
IN this sale There's profit it for US but the profit
comes from getting our cnchng irons hundreds of new
customers
Because men know that the best endorsement of our
statement is splendid tailoring plant Nearly six hun
dred workers within these four walls busy every wornq
day OF the year-wOkers possessing not only ability b
conscience Such plant is fine investment because of
the thOroughness of the work done
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Something TO shoot.

The other day a solitary sportsman.
his gun under his arm. was wandering
down a country lane in Inverness-shire
when he met a small boy making for
the school.
Il say, my boy" he remarked, lis
there anything to shoot down here?"
The boy looked around for moment
and then answered with eagerness:
"Aye, there's a skulemaister comm
Owre the hillr'-LondOn Answers.
Smyrna times., 1903-01-14
The Giraffe.

The children had written compost
tions on the giraffe. They were reading
them aloud to the class. At lest the time
rame for little Willie to read his. 1t
was as follows: THE giraffe is dumb
animal and cannot express itself by
any sound because its neck is so long
its voice gets tired on its way to lis
mouth"
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TIE FER-DE-LANCE.
His Terrible Bite Often Causes Death
In a EcNY Moments.

In Few Moments.
The terrible fer-de-lance will strike
again and again and is the cause of
great mortality where he exists, caus-
ing death often in a few moments. Over
the whole earth there is none to com
pare with him except the notorious co
bra of India. Although not a water
snake, he iS fond of the river and fiat
lands in its vicinity, seldom being met
with in the hills. This deniZen of the
reedy swamp and sed%y river banks is
found over the whole north of the South
American continent as well as in the
islands of Trinidad, st. Lucia and Mar
Unique. He is truly the evil genius of
the two latter, where deaths from his
bite form Il high percentage every year.
In Martinique especially it is neceSsa-
ry Oftentimcs in some districts to burn
the cOrnfields so as to destroy these
snakes before the negroes dare enter to
cut the canes. On one estate thirty-sev-
en- fer-de-lances were killed on a piece
Of ground containing eleven acres.
OF a dull yellowish or clay tinted
ground color, he is ringed with irregu-
lar, blackish bands narrowing toward
the back and broadening downward.
This arrangement of cOloring makes
him extremely difficult to discern on
the fiat alluvial lands where the sun
baked clay, mixed with the blackened
color of sticks rotten and water soaked,
makes carpet of a color with his coat
He is from five to seven feet in length,
as thick as a mans wrist, with a fiat
triangular head.
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Little Latitude.

81 suppose a man has to be pretty
careful in order to hold his job" said
the talkative passenger.
"Yes," assented the conductor sadly.
"If knock a fare down, the company
kicks, and if knock a passenger down
he reports me" New York Times.
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ArtIstIe Improxement.

Hicks-That picture of D'Auber's
that you bought at the exhibition looks
better I'm your study than it did there
somehow.
Wicks-Yes have hung it the other
side up.-Somerville (Mass) Journal
Smyrna times., 1903-01-14

Huestis Street, Ithaca, New
York, 81 used two bottles of
your Golden Medical Discov-
cry after which my cough
disappeared entirely. l can
not recommend your 1nedi-
cine too highly"
Accept no substitute for
"Golden Medical Discov-
cry" There is nothing
vjust as good" for dis
eases of The e stomach,
blood, and lungs. Sub
stitution means a little
more profit to the dealer
but a loss to you.
The Common Sense
Medical Adviser, 1908
large pages, in paper
covers, is sent free on
receipt of ri one-cent
stamps to pay expense of
mailing only. Address
DR.. R. V. Pierce, Buff
falO, N. Y.
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Her Iden of II.

DO you believe in short engage
ments?"
Eyes, indeed, and lots of themw-De-
trOit Free Press.
Smyrna times., 1903-01-14

The higher a mans character the
less he need concern himself about his
reputatiOn.-NewY York Press.
Smyrna times., 1903-01-14

CAPITAL full paid), $5OO,OOO.OO
Surplus. .$3OO,OCO.OO
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-22
TO SELECT GOOD MEAT.

How many people know how to select
good beef? Even butchers pass around
carcass after carcass with indifferent
Judgment. says the National Provision
err Housekeepers do the same at a
butcher shop or IN big market The
following may BE- some guide to both
the marketman and the housewife In
aiding them to select good meats. Let
us imagine ourselves before a butchers
black having on II four pieces present.
ed faces from the round or srloin, one
ls dull red, the lean being cross grained
and the fat very white the next is
dark red, the lean loose. grained and
snewy and the fat white and shining
the third Is dull red, the lean loose
grained and sinewy and the fat yellow
the fourth Is bright cherry red, the lean
smooth and medium grained, with
flecks Of white through Il and the fat
creamy--nelther white nor yellow. The
first Of these Ii COW beef; the second,
bull beef the third. beef from an old
or conditioned animal, and the last
Is OK beef. OK beef-that from a steer
Is the juciest, finest favored. sweetest
and most economical to buy OF all beef.
II is called prime" when the lean is
very much notified with The white
fecks, ana when II Is from a heavy
young animal about years old, stall
fed on corn Beef from a young COW
that has been wen fed and fattened
Is next IN merit TO OK beef. Beef from
an unmatured animal is never salts
factory. being tough and juiceless. II
may be easily recognized Us Its color
Is pale and It's bones small,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-22

To succeed one must have more than
recuniagy Rativein view He should
he able u AlteI INTO sympathy with
his cows. asheeu ana horses. lie must
sce In then aaniethinE more than dumb
heaSts, TO be treated as shabblly as pos
slblc and finally turned away for a
song.
The meh Whp can go through a series
Of years on the farm and not be bet
tel nan. kinder OF heart and more
sympathetic TO all the helpless crea-
lures aboQtB BIN Is q hard-hearted man.
The sicknesses OF his cows and sheep
the ailments of his horses and other
farm!anlmals dre as well calculated
10 awaken IN him a kindly feeling which
vail lead him to do all in his power
to alleviate their suffernSs, SOME men
ave so brutal with their stock that they
fali to derlye the profit they should
frcm them. They are themselves made
harsh and cTteI BY their treatment Of
their cattle.
Il Is the same way with other farm
work. To get the most out Of Il, one
ought to love the everyday things
which come I'm the line Of his duty.
know men who do not even cut down a
Tree. especially u i've one, without a
sense of personal loss These are the
true farnprt Fafmlng Is mare than
plowing. sowing ana gathering into
barns It n Ming The more we reallze
this. the better work We viii do ana
the more secesstul We will be.
ItNE r. l.. Vincent.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-22
SLUGS IN THE GARDEN.

Mr. T. dreiner tells In Farm and
Fresde how to ria the garden Of slugs,
or shell-less snails. which under cover
Of night deyour everything green in
sight. | have always found this one Of
the rather easy tasks OF gardening.
Slugs are as easily controlled as almost
any other enemy OF the gardener Con-
tact with lime ashes, salt, on solutions
OF any OF these or with tobacco In al
most any form, Is surely and quickly
fatal 10 them. II you VIII load your
sprayer with salt water, or a fresh lime
whltewash, or solution Of kainite or
muriate ~ potash, or with strong to-
bacco- tea and thoroughly spray your
plants In the garden after dusk, you
viii XIII most Of the slugs that are
around. Repeat the next night II nec-
essary. Some garden crops may be H.
able 10 be- injured by salt water or
strong solutions OF muriate OF potash.
I.ime-water Is always safe SO IS to-
bacco-tea Another way TO reach the
slugs is 10 dust freely slarked lime In
dust form over your plants at night
most conveniently perhaps by means Of
pair Of powder bellows. Sometimes
people find their peas, corn, etc, badly
perforated and lacerated by some un-
known enemy. the damage invariably
being done between night and morning
II Is the work of sugs and the rem
edy Is here suggested.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-22
BEE-KEEPING.

As minor branch OF agriculture. bee
keeping may be mentioned as being one
which could be made a source Of both
pleasure and profit when taken up in an
intelligent manner TO listen to the
satisfied humming OF the bees at the
close Of the days labor when they have
been gathering nectar from hundreds
Of blossoms, IL a great pleasure to one
who loves 70 watch and study these in
dustrious little insects.
The aplarist must first decide wheth-
er be win use the extractor and get his
honey in the liquld form or whether he
viii have tha,bees store II In the natu-
raj way In, small boxes or sections as
they are technically called. The amount
Of time that he can spend with his bees
the conditions Of the honey-tlow, and
the market conditions are usually the
determining factors as to which viii be
the better method for each individual
case. II the market Is near by and If
only a small number Of colonies are
kept II viii probably be more satisfac'
tory to produce comb honey, On the
other hand II the market ls distant
and large number Of colonies are kept
It win probably be better to use the eX-
tractor. The expense 81 securing the
honey Is much less and then It can be
shipped safely In tin cans to any dis
lance, thereby avoiding the loss from
breakage which occurs when comb
honey is shipped a long distance.
The modern beehive Is the result OF
long years OF study and experiment on
the part Of those who have been Inter
ested In this pursuit, There are sew
eral styles OF hives, all OF the best Of
them have the part for holding the sur
plus honey above the brOOd-chanber.
This il known as the tiering up plan
This permits the increasing Of the size
Of the hive at will When the bees need
more room to store their surplus honey
The brood chamber is so arranged that
the bees build their combs In frames,
which hang or stand In the hive, so that
the apiatist may easily remove them
from the hive and examine them TO
note the conditions inside The use Of
whole sheets OF comb-foundatlon will
cause the bees to build straighter and
better combs which can be handled
much easier. The experienced apiarist
Is able to Judge pretty closely of the
conditions inside the hive, whether a
colony is weak or queenless, or If the
bees need more room for storing honey
etc. without looking in, but 1t is often
necessary to thoroughly examine coll
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-22

santa cruz where his family is at
present staying
Mrs. l.. G. Miller and Mrs c, II.
Moorehouse are on q trip 20 the Yellow
stone park.
Mrs. A. +. Barnes is steadily Inn
proying al the Hov Cross hospital and
il Is expected she viii be able to return
home shortly
DR.. A. j. Hosmer has gone 10 Haley
Ida, 10 hold consultation with two
Boise physicians IN the case of Nathan
Folk Of Boise.
Mrs. A. +. Barnes is steadily improy-
ing at Holy Cross hospital and II IS eX-
rected she ~ill be able to return home
shortly,
n. f. McGaryie formerly manager Of
the Grand theater, In this city ana
now conceasionaire at the 81 LOUIS
fair, is In town.
Alfred stllman. manager OF the Pa
cihc board Of underwriters, Is In the
city on a periodical business Trip ana
yesterday visited Park city with local
Manager Parkhurst
Lucian II. Smyth, chief United States
deputy marshal, returned yesterday
from trip to strawberry valley He
sternly refuses 10 diyulge the number
OF fish he caught IN transit, giving as
Hon. j. G. Miller Of Burlington, Ia.
property owner In this city arrived
this morning. from the east on a busl-
ness trip. and Is registered at the
Kenyon. Mr. Miller says the Iowa corn
crop Is In fine shape although the sea-
son is a little late. and n there Is only
a late fall the crop viii be most album
dant
General Manager c. T. odell Of the
Consolidated Wagon & Machine COM
pany has lust completed a business trip
of a record breaking character. He
left She city on the night OF July II, ald
visited Omaha Chicago, Denver Mont
pelier. Idaho Falls and Ogden return
ing home on the morning OF the lsth
He found crop conditions excellent ana
collections all right
The News had pleasant call today
from AR Jesse NJ Adams. editor Of the
Pioneer Exponent published at Co
manche. Texas Mr. Adams and wife
are making tour Of this section and
during their stay In Salt Lake have
been much impressed with the city and
It's surroundings. They report condl-
lions In Texas all that could be desired
save for the fact, perhaps, that the
state IL strongly Democratic, and Mr.
Adams II n true blue Republican, They
win return 10 their southern home In
the course Of q day or two.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-22

ony and this the modern beehive en-
ables one 10 do very readily.
70 obtain a fancy article oil comp
honey a great deal OF care II necessary
One must secure straight combs by u.s.
Ing strip Of foundation In the sections
and then watch closely and remove the
sections as soon as they are filled OUT
and capped, 30 that the bees VIII not
get the combs stained or dirty The re-
moval OF the super from the hive Is
greatly facilitated by the use of the
bee-escape, sort OF trap which Is
placed beneath the super BY placing
this on the hive In the evening the bees
will pass down through It to the brood
chamber. and, being unable to return,
the honey may he removed from the
hive without trouble in the morning.
In securing extracted honey large
frames are used like those In the brood
chamber. When filed with honey they
are taken out. the bees brushed OF
shaken of, the cells uncapped with a
knlfe, and the frame placed In the eN-
tracing machine which by It's rapid
motion throws out the honey. II Is then
placed in tin cans or other tight recep-
tuclcs and sent to market Press Bull
letin New Mexico Agricultural Expert
ment Station.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-22

}. e. cutter Jr is south on bust
ness TIP
Attorney General Breeder Is In Nephi
on official business.
N. n Wright and wife Of Pasadena
are In the city visiting with relatives.
President Joseph f. Smith and wife
returned from Soda Springs last night.
II. r. Daniels Of the geological sur
vey, Is a guest at the Kenyon.
Mrs George Ward has gone to Los
Angeles, where her husband is w.
his reason the statement that II he
told the truth no one would believe
him.
A. .. Lewis was called 10 Chicago
yesterday. By the serious Illness OF his
wife,
Governor Wells leaves tonight for
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-22

lackasses They abound. you know, IN
posen. the country where | came froia'
SO I said to my friends ,,-
'"I bet you so that can stop thls.
animals noise, so that tonight he won
bray once
'ifhey took the bet and that evening |
treated the jackass for minute or TWO.
The result was that all night long ne was
as silent az the grave,
MY friends. IN the morning pall ne
what was due, and they examined ih5
animal They found a heavy STONE ue'
to his tail That was all ,
"They could not understand why this
should have kent him from brayng 80 1
had TO explain the reason 10 them DO you
know IN, reason2 No? Wen It was ms;
a iackass. to bray, has to have ms TAN
elevated I'M II Is level with his backbone
As long as It hangs down, he can make
10 sound My heavy stone, Therefore
served the purpose Of a frstclass gag
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-22
BACKING DOWN STAIRS.

r. Norton Goddard, the conqueror Of
New Y0Iks policy evil, told, at the r..
cent dinner given in his honor al thu
havoy hotel an odd story OF maid ser
want.
This maid" he said had Just come
over from the old country, and she was
very gctn. Everything she did pro.
claimed her greenness, One OF her habits
was always to come down stairs back
ward.
81 assure you II was a funny sight Ia
see her descending staircase slowly I'M
trade for safety, and every little whit
she looked round To see how much far
Their she had 60 CO.
WHY do YOU come down stairs back.
ward, Kathleen" some one asked her
Sure sir, she answered. that's thu
way we always came down stairs In the
ship comm over, Isn't II the fashion In
America 2 "