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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25

While this is a simple feat, it is never
theleSs an extremely fOolhaFdy one and
has within the last five years caused the
death of at least seven performers In
the novel method employed by Hermann
the result of the experiment depended
entirely upon the cartridges containing
the solid bullets being exchanged for car
tTidges containing imitation bullets. these
imitation bullets were made, as in HoU-
Gins feat. OF wax coated with plumbagO.
The officer in command of the file Of sol
dierS was a confederate. He would take
the cartridges that had been examined
bv the audience and exchange them for
the dummies. which were the ones after
wards loaded into the rifles. The gen
uiue cartridges were handed to an as
Sistant who extracted the bullets and
gave them TO the performer, who. when
the soldiers had fired at him, would al
low them 20 drop on a plate that he held
in his hands. The danger in this method
OF performing the great shooting trick
lies in the liability of the officer who han
dies the cartridges not changing a suf-
ficient number. or getting them mixed,
and it has been known that even the sol
dies would substitute A real cartridge for
a dummy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25
On
Royal Doings.

tn same thing. Ke see yon palace-raisin'
its lofty head in yon garien? Think We.
Hinnissy. that all is happiness an con-
tint within thin yon marble walls2 1t
amt so. In that stately pile tn dishes
is passin through tn air tn same as in
tn humble abOdes iv tn poor. His i'm
peeryal majesty is dhraggin' her impeer-
yal majesty around tn great hall iv
state be tn hair iv tn head. TIL Oaken
walls resounds with cries iv: Let go "
me ear Occasionally a king comes out
iv tn goolden dure pursooed be crowns,
scripter, OF masthers. carved furniture
an boots. Who is that woman at tn
window iv tn palace? It's her serene
altess Sophia Maria Victorine Linolea
Bejabers Bezaza Carebella Deliria Maud.
crown princess iv Weisenbrod. whoopin'
FIR tn polls. TIL COOTt news anI tn polls
news is tn same thing: Her majesty
TOOK tn air in the garden. where she met
his majesty, after which she took tn
COUNT TIL quee was Sc dhrivin' yis
terdah. Her eyes is much betther' 'Ow
in TO tn state Of her majestys rile tenn
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25

Win she got to the fifty or sixty years
" age. she got onto the fact that she had
a soul Win a woman discovers she has
a soul, Hinnissy, tits time she was sint
TO a rest cure. 1t niver comes till late
IN life an We can't tell what she'll do
about it. She may Join a womanfs club
an she may go on tn stage. 'Tis sthrange
how nanny ladies with wan leg in tn
grave wud like to see tn other in tn
front row iv tn chorus. Ludwig did not
know what was tn matther with his
spouse. He had niver suffered firm an
nythinS that he eudden't thrace to food
or drink He had no soul. Men sildom
have Win We see a man with a soul.
side-step him. Professor Giron had a
soul They was no souIfulIer person thin
Alphonse Giron IN all tn land iv Sax
ony. Although on'y a poor young man
hired FIR to tache bad language. which
is Fr-rinch. to tn childher. he was fun iv
wicked impulses. He didn't have much
else. but he had a soul. TIL outcome was
certain. If woman with a soul doesn't
lose til, soul pretty quick an get back
her common Si8Se. she'll lose both Wan
day whin Ludwig was down at tn
brew'ry, SOphy packed a few things in
bag, AlphOnse helped himself to Lud-
wigs stOgies, an they wint to tn deeps
an took tn nine-nine. They're in a hotel
in Switzerland now, talkin' to raypOr-
theirs an fixin' zap tn alIimouy. Alphonse
thinks it ought to be lib'raL lie wud
scorn to discuss details, but he feels Lud-
wig ought to raymimber tn past an dig
deep. SOphy thinks so, too. but she
knows If Ludwig is close about it. her an
Alphorse can go to Paris an make liv-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25

A surprising bit of news comes from
England to the effect that Bret Harte's
personal estate is valued at only SI,SgQ
Mr. Harte was not an extravagant man,
and, while he did not do a great deal Of
writing during the last ten years of his
life, he was well paid for what he did
produce. Probably ne amount Of his
literary work has been much overesti-
mated.
Authors are, as a rule, pOverty-strickea
the average income Of those who write
for living IS frightfulIy small, and yet
there have been, and are now more than
ever. authors who have made themselves
rich through their writings Dickens left
$4,000 when he died; TrouOpe earned
100000 by his books TennysOn, Cooper
and Bulwer-LyttOn made comfortable for
tunes Sir Walter Scott died poor. but his
books brought him in nearly $780, 600. The
present day and age surpasses the past
in the opportunities for authors one
hundred thousand dollars from one book
is not unusual. Winston Churchill re
ceived considerably more than that in
royalties from the"Cavalier.''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25
Fables
GEORGE ABE.

the Dear Mister and came right at him
with Dear Friend which gave him
such a Stroke of JOY that he did very
little Work that Day.
Harry did not have GumDtion enough
to evolve any deep System for landing a
Tid-Bit. but he had accidentally hit upon
the Cinch Method.
So long as Courtship consists Of send
ing localized Cabinets and exchanging
Nice Long Letters, there is but little
chance of making Miscues- He never
drODs in Of an Afternoon to find her in a
Blue Wrapper and drying her Hair, and
she never catches him smelling of Cigar
cites.
When it comes down to close Work in
a Parlor there is always the Risk of hav-
ing Herbert Buttinsky on hand to make
his Party Call. He who tells his Love
bv L. S. Mail never hears anything about
the Third Party. He lives in the sweet
Delusion that he has bought up the
whole House.
Harry's Letters to the Girl and the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25

tn furnace pipes an poundin, on TIL
fIure. Tn chancellor iv tn exchequer on
LAWN tn residence through tn laundry
shute was felled be a PLAINLY STOOL 1t
is announced that her majesty has eIoped
with tn coort plumber
An so it goes. Tn papers are filled
with rile throubles. A poor dimmycrat
amt got chanst. He cud bate his wife
all night an niver be noticed be tn press.
Homemade elopemints rayceive no attn
ton. Lave me tell We about tn romance
iv tn Crown Princess " Saxony. It's
wan iY tn mos romantic things I've seen
lately. Not bein' a romantic speaker. 1
can't tell it to ye tn way 1 ought to, but
I'll tell it me own simple way. Nanny
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25
News and Views of
The Book World
BY HERBERT BREWSTER

/ volume IN 'RecoIIections Of a Long Life -
Among other things, he relates his pur-
su If literary lions when he was a Young
man visiting England
"One Of these he writes. was Thomas
Carlyle. I sent him note telling hin, Of
an enthusiastic admiration which We coil
lege students had for him and that I de-
sired TO call and pay my respects. To nv
note he replied promptly:
You viii be welcome tomorrow at z
o'clock. the hour when I become acces-
sible in my garnet here
1 found his garnet TO be a comfortable
room on the second floor of his house. He
was seated at the table with a huge Ger
man volume before him. His greeting was
very hearty. but with a look Of comicaI
surprise. he said. in very broad Scotch:
You are a vera young mon
I told him of the pleasure we college
boys had in his works. and he assured
me at once that while he had met some
/ OF our eminent literary men. he had never
happened TO meet a college boy before
Your Mr.. Lonsfellow,' said he. called
to see me yesterday. He is a man skilled
in the tongues. Your own name 1 see. is
Dootch- The word CuyIer means a deliver
or one who digs underground. You must
be a Dutchman.'
4 asked him why he did not visit
America, and told him I had observed his
name registered at GmbIeside on Lake
Windemere-
s. Nae, nae said he. 7 never scribbIs
my name in public places
7 explained that it was on the hotel
register that I had seen Thomas Char
lyle
81 It was not mine he replied 7 never
travel only when I ride on a horse in the
teeth of the wind to get out Of this smoky
London I would like to see America
You may boast about your democracy or
any other crazy" or any other kind OF
political roObish. but the reason why your
| laboring folks are so happ is that You
have a vast deal of land for a very few
people
In this racy. picturesque vein he ran
on for an hour in the most cordial good
humor- He was shen in his prime. hale,
athletic, with a remarkabl keen blue eve,
a strong lower jaw and stiff iron gray
hair brushed UP over a capacious fore
head. and he had look Of sturdy coun-
| try deacon dressed up on a Sunday morn
iHE for church
Thirty years afterw ards, in June '72. I
felt an irrepressibIe desire to see the
grand old man again. and I accordingly
addressed him a note requesting the favor
Of few minutes interview. His repIv
was perhaps the briefest letter ever writ
| ten. Il was simply:
" Three p m. 7. c. "
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25
(Chicago Tribune

tCWItdsU IIIUuIIt-I
How would you like a foreign con-
sulshiD2" asked the dispenser of presi-
Dental patronage.
The eX-DOstmaster. who wanted moth
ing better than his former job again,
twirled his hat in an embarrassed man
ner-
IF it's all the same to you" he said,
'Td rather go back to my old stamping
ground
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25

Harry realized for the first time that he
was a Beautiful Creature. He sent one
to the Girl and wrote that IL was a bum
Likeness and did not do him Justice. and
In acknowledging Receipt. she cut out
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25
The Wrong Backing.
(Spare Moments.

Pat-Did you ever back a horse in your
life. Mike2
Mike-Ies. once and only once
Did YOU win anything?
NO. begorra; that I didn't"
why. how was that2'
We'll. you see. 1 backed the blessed
boss through shop window, and l had
to pay e"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25
Not Yet His.

Il hear you're the owner of very
handsome watch that your wife gave Won
for Christmas
"Ot no
thOritv."
impossible The best authority as to
nv ownership of that watch is the Jew
eler. and ! haven't paid him for il yet.''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25
The Natural Super.


THAT man has the making of an act
or" said the first critic.
-'YOu mean the SUPERB asked the other
Yes. See how natural he is. He ap-
pears 10 have perfect faith IN himself
All No doubt its his faith that
makes him so natural. Faith. YOU know
Is what makes the supernatural -
philadelphia PreSs.l
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25
His Religious Training.

Mrs. Handout-PoOr man! [ suppose
YOU never had the benefit of religious
training while young?
Tiresome Tompkins-Alas! No. mum
Both Nv me parents wuz church-choir
singersi
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25
A Train Wrecker.
(Baltimore American

anti ACdilB
No, said Yabsley, as he strobe into
in my life.
believe YOU. remarked the sarcastic
lady in front OF him as she turned 10
examine and ascertain how many
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25

nae for 1903 the other day. I don't think
much of the medical part of il, but l
have enjoyed the anecdotes and stories
very much. They are the kind l have
always used"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25
A Poor investment.

(Brooklyn IifeO
He-You think this machine was a poor
investment I don't see why
She-WelIi The Scorchers only maid a
thousand for theirs. and they've already
had their names in the paper five times.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25
DOOIey
OUNNE.

per, his majesty rayceived tn cabinet
Thursdah in tn coal cellar. Her majesty
disturbed tn council be honerin' down
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25
Unsolicited Testimonial. :
OChicago Trihune-l

'Messrs. Shower Kewer &. CO.. writes
scented me copy OF your Family Alma
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25
Preferred His Old Place.

breadths had been ripped loose from h
Skirtband
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25


Mr.. Hennessy.
Oh ivrything that people get arrested
fr." said Mr.. Doolev.
drunkenness an disord'ly conduck.
assault an batthry, riot an elopemints.
Tn king iv BiljIm has fired his daughter
fr m tn house again an she's down at tn
newspaper office dictatin tn sad story
iV her life TIL car iv Rooshya is unaisy
III his head an sets all day long while an
American hypnotist makes passes in front
Nv him. TIL impror iv Germany has been
sayin' nasty spitefuI things about TIL
king iv England behind his back an if
they liver meet, sOmewan is goin' to tn
flure. TIL king " Spain is lOokin' f'r his
august mother to slug her fr wantin' to
marry again. An tn happy Hapsburgs
are batin' pOlismen shOotin' thimsiIv,s
an runnin' off with ladies iv tn chorus.
Ivrywhere on tn continent iv Europe it's
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25

~ nee there was a lovely Two
81 a Stopper who went to a Swell
q Hop and there met a COrke-
rina who had come to visit
School Friend.
He gavotted a few Lines with the Lily
They found it very easy to catch Step
together and he did an expert Job Of
Plotting during the Waltz so as not to
get her mussed- up, and the consequence
was that he made A Grand Impression.
Whenever a Debutter goes away to
visit a School Friend she always meets
some Local AdCnis Who looks TO her to
be about 90 per cent better than the
stock Of Johnnies in her own burg. And
after a Nice Girl has had a long and
prosperous Run on the Home Circuit and
then begins to curl up on the Edges and
shows signs of Frost, she will find it a
very wise Shift to try new Territory and
the Chances are that she will make
Ten-Strike
To prove that this is no Idle Jest. it
can be demonstrated that the marrying
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25

Rev DR. Theodore Cuyler of this city
has just published very interesting
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25

1t is good news that Mr.. Bliss Carman
is to edit a literary magazine for Messrs.
L. c. Page & Co; and Professor Wood
berry's journal of Comparative I.itera-
ture," to be published quarterly by
Messrs. Mcclure, Phillips 6, Co. is sure
of wide welcome by scholars and all
serious lovers of literature
Copyright. 1908, by Robert Howard Rus
sell)
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25

Z 0 R-REAT throubie
among tn crowned
TX heads iv Europe" said
IA Mr.. Dooley.
& ssHrtat.s eOin' nv, 2ss os1xad
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25

Copyright. 1908. by Robert Howard Rus
SELF
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-04-01
New Residences.

R. G. Mckinney has been dong
rushing business in the real estate
line during the past week. He sold
several lots in the Hanthorn addition
on which residences will be erected
as soon as material can be secured.
Miss Mary Harper has purchased
a lot on the corner of Court and Nora
streets on which she will build.
Mrs e. j. Ashley has purchased
a lot on the corner of Court and Nora
streets, and will build thereon.
A. j. McCune has purchased two
lots on Main street, west of George
Woods residence, and will build q
two-story brick residence on them, as
soon as the material can be procured.
Roy Drain has sold through Mr..
Mckinney, his ranch of 81 acres
about seven miles, west of town, tc
John Wavirk, recently from Ark. The
consideration was $1100.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-04-01
[T7 0F CAMBRIDGE
KEEPS GROWING.
RESENT DEVELOPMENTS THERE PROM.
ISES TO BE AN IMPROVEMENT
ON THE PAST.

general miscellaneous requirements
of the trade
w. H. Eckles is at the old stand,
and is fully supplied with everything
IN the general merchandise line, and
as usual is fully up to the times.
l.. B. Loree has made many i'm
provements in the Worlds Fair Store
and his stock is very attractive.
g. H. Shepherd, the jeweler, is
back from the coast and at work
again putting in crooked main
springs and charging straight prices.
Hopper & Wilson, the real estate
men, are ready to furnish anything
from town lot to township, and
no trouble to show goods.
Hogadones Home is just the same
homelike hotel as ever, and the pro-
prietor has made many improvements
that add materially TO the comfort Of
his guests, and is one of the stand
ard institutions of Cambridge.
Moran, of the Star restaurant, has
made many improvements to the
house, and the traveller can find as
comfortable accommodations as are
offered in the county. All the ap-
pointments are first-class, and the
increasing patronage indicates thai
his efforts are appreciated.
Cambridge is receiving a large
number of settlers, most of whom
are taking land in the vicinity, anc
indications are that the country cas-
toward Crane creek will be generally
occupied this season, and there is M
question but In the near future will
be famous as grain producing sec
ton. And the present development
| in Heath and Brownlee and the oil
settlements on Pine and Rush creek
and in the fertile Salubria valley ar
sure to give it prominence as a com
mercial point.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-04-01
Will DiSIaantIe the Mill.

Chieftian, (Soda Springs)
G.. s. Fosselman was in the city
last Saturday from Welser. He was
endeavorlng to close deal with our
local mill men for the disposal of q
quantity of -four mill machinery
which has been in use.in the mill at
that place for time and is offered
for sale at bargain. The matter
was thoroughly considered at 8
meeting OF the mill promoters held
in the city hall, Saturday morning.
It was finally decided to send an ex.
pert miller to Weiser to examine the
machinery offered with a view oi
buying it to equip the mill to be
built here this season. If it is found
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-04-01

it is some railroad company not at present
AS most prominent among those is James
]. Hill.
If Mr.. Hill has secured control of the
Pin road, as rumor has it he has, it re-
quires no stretch of the Imagination to
figure out the result. The Western Pa
cific is to run from San Francisco along
the coast to Humboldt Bay, and from
| there to Weiser to connect with the Pin to
Council. From this point the road
would naturally follow the course of the
Snake river into Spokane where it would
connect with Mr.. Hills Gregt Northern.
Mr.. Hill makes no secret of the fact
! that he wants an entrance into Califor-
MA seaport town. IL is known that a
party of surveyors have been at work for
several months from San Francisco north
but the same mystery surrounds them
that has surrounded all the other work.
Mr.. Hill is not given to taking the
public Into his confidence when he has
an end to accomplish, especially when he
covets territory occupied by rival.
If the story should prove true that the
Great Northern magnate has secured an
option on the Pin, then all doubts as to
future movements should be removed. II
would mean that north and south road
will pass through the western part OF the
state. While it would be much more
preferable for our citizens to have II
come to Boise, yet it would be of incal.
culable benefit to the city The proposed
electric railway to Payette would give
Boise good connection with it and re
lieve it from the grasp Of the present mo
nopoly.
1t is expected that there will be furthel
developments in the matter within thu
J next few weeks. The men here who ar
financially interested in the Pin road ar
anxiously wal ing every move and hav'
strong hopes that their dreams Of nortl
and south road passing through this sec
tion will soon be reality.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-04-01

which induced some FOUNDERS to
ultimately cause his death. AT about
Joe was to meet his brother at
the depot and started out for that
place In company with G. W. Ellis,
better known as "Pegleg Ellis. "
When nearing the depot two men
walked hurriedly up behind them, one
passing to the front and turning
quickly pulled gun and commanded
Brown to throw up his hands. Brown
was slow in obeying, so the man with
the gun advanced and struck him In
the face. The man behind took hold
of Brown, evidently with the inten-
ton of compelling obedience, when
the man with the gun fred, the shot
taking effect in the abdomen. The
commotion that was raised caused
the robbers to flee without securing
the money they were after. Ellis
had gone to the depot and excitediy
called out to those within hearing
that a man was being robbed.
The wounded man was taken 10
the Brooks House and medical ala
summoned but death came about
2 o'clock. Before death the deceased
was asked who shot him, but nc
statement was made save 10 1ne
effect that Ellis knew who it wss anc
could tell the mans name. Eliis
claims, however, to be unable te
identify the murderer, although liz
was very near at the time of tn
shooting.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-04-01
Jap LabOrer Drowned.

A japanese laborer was drowned
in the Welser Saturday night. He
IVES one of party of four, two
white and two Japs, employed at the
P. & l. N. bridge to keep the drift
wood from lodging against the
structure. The party were working
FROM e scow that upset with above
fatal result. 1t seems to have beer
one of that unfortunate class of &C
cldents that attend most ordinary
occupations and to which no specia
blame can attach. The body hal
not been recovered.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-04-01
ATTACKED And
BEATEN IN bed.
Former Town Marshal Of
Mountainhome BrutallY
Assaulted.

James Carroll and his wife were
brutally assaulted in their home at
Mountainhome Saturday morning, by
an unknown man who effected an
entrance. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll were
in bed, when man crept softly into
the room and without making the
least noise, struck Mr.. Carroll over
the head with wagon hound, rem
dering HIM unconscious. The thug
then went to another bed in which
Mrs. Carroll was sleeping, awoke her
with shake. Realizing it was not
her husband, she screamed, when the
man jumped on her body with both
knees, choking her at the same time.
Her screams had aroused the
neighbors, and the maurader fed.
The man was evidently not bent on
robbery, as Mr.. Carroll's watch and
pocket-book lay in plain sight.
Mr.. Carroll is seriously injured
from a severe cut on the forehead,
and it is feared that it may cause
congestion of the brain. Mrs. Car
rolls injuries consist of bruises on
the breast and abdomen, and she il
prostrated by the shock.
| No clue has been obtained to tb,
identity of the assailant, and there j
no known reason for his cowardl,
attack.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-04-01

Late reports from Thunder Noun
tain are to the effect that a rich
strike had been made in the tunnel
being driven by the Sunnyside com
pany on their property. The ore was
encountered at depth of 200 feet
The tunnel was driven into the ore a
distance of so feet and has not yet
passed through it. The ore is said
to be good, but our informant did
not learn its value.
The lower tunnel on the Dewey
has been driven in seven or eight
hundred feet. The air became &c
bad in the tunnel that it was neces.
saTy to make an upraise to connect
with the upper tunnel. The lower