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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-23
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY.
DO YOU REMEMBER ?
PRICE BAKING rowpEs 90.
CHICAGO,

Parneh withdrew parliament from the Irish district
Liverpool
monument to Edward Kelly the
hanged and CHARTERED Hope cemetery
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
Mrs w j. seeiey Castle injuries received in run
Clifton Mayne Lok was sentenced to % years I'm.
prsonment upon woman that
FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY
Gen Rota, reported be near Bomfonen
with large city should be recap
Beers
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-23
STORIES OF TOURISTS.

hIdshHnS dellgnt IN telling some
quaint stories about tourists. A num-
Der OF gold seekers direct from London
landed al Ashcroft, Canada and the
Canadian Pacific Railway, ! LOO miles
tfom Dawson, They threw their hats
m the air, one exclaiming, thank God
the worst Is over Little did they dream
what II means TO "mush" It over that
trackless waste. They were about so
miles from Ashcroft. when one Of their
horses baked, The guide suggested TO
start a fire under the horse IN order TO
make him move. lie moved about six
Feet and baked again with the sled
over the fire and sled and provisions
caught lire and were consumed.
"One of the tourists landed at Juneau
last summer and while walking up the
street she saw large Totem pole IN
front OF curlo store. As she passed
the building the proprietor cmptied a
bucket Of water at the foot Of the pole.
She innocantly inquired how long il
took that plant to mature.
small money is scarce among Alas
kans Two New England old maids
saw group OF Alaskan Indian children
on the streets OF Kilchiknn. They were
anxious to secure snap shot. one OF
them said we Will pay you II YOU allow
US 10 take your pictures, The children
acquIesed, After securing their pic
ture they presented each Of the chill
dron with penny, The children we're
amazed, not knowing It's value. never
having seen a penny. A large hearted
miner stepped up to the children and
handed each a half a dollar. exclaim-
Ing. give me those pennies want
them as souvenirs.
Alaska Is land Of inexhaustible
resources, which have scarcely been
touched In time Alaska will surprise
the world In its tremendous possibil.
ties"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-23

we principal hotel proprletors and so-
llclted his laundry. He said I could
nave II. but he was compelled to have
u returned by p. m. II was then
p. M i told him that was impossible,
so ne made final the demand by re-
curing me TO return the sheets and
pillow slips by that time. accented
his proposition took the laundry to my
cabin. hung the sheets and pillow slips
on the brush for ventilation purposes
while my irons were being heated.
Then ! sprinkled and ironed them and
carefully folding them returned 10 the
hotel with the foods promptly at D.
IN. The proprietor was SO impressed
win my skill and promptness that he
gave me perpetual lease on his
laundry, at the same time paying me
Tor my work on the sheets and pillow
slips. Thus originated Skagway's pres
ent first class laundry. Necessity Is in
deed the mother OF invention.
sNow-CAPPED sENTINELs,
While at Skagway | climbed TO the
summit OF one OF the highest peaks and
could count thousand snow capped
sentinels extending apparently to the
unit or the horizon. But SURPRISING
all this was that wonderful Aurora
Borealis. A beautiful bow OF white
light Spawned the heavens from hort
zon 10 horizon. extending from west to
east, TO the north at the verge OF the
horizon beautifully colored lights OF as
tonishing variety flashed half way to
thu anex Of the bow; finally Il became
one grand panorama OF marvelously
beautifully varied lights flashing from
the horizon at the extreme north and
striking directly above ones head
quickly blending their colors with
that superb rain bow disappearing and
reappearlng with lightning like rapid
n.y. II was truthfully a marvellous
display.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-23

Then your blood must be in a very bad
condition. You certainly know what to
take, then why not take it2--Ayer's Ssr-
saparilla. II you doubt, then consult
your doctor. We know what he will say
about this grand old family medicine.
We have 40 secrstsi We publish 70 .x,.r,
the iofmulss " all oar rsdeuss fossii Mss.
The daily sentinel., 1905-01-06
A Young Life Ended.

Miss Ester Kelley died this morn
ing at the home of Mrs. Mary Cor
coran, at 305 White avenue. She
suffered from quick consumption.
Miss Kelley was seventeen years
of age and her home was in Seattle.
Wash. She was a niece of Mrs. Cor
coran and came to this city four
weeks ago to visit her aunt and also
came with the hope that this climate
would restore her to good health.
The young lady seemed to be i'm
proving in very satisfactory man
ner until Tuesday of the present
week when there was great change
for the worse in her condition and
she sank rapidly until the end came.
Miss Kelley was a very attractive
and loveable young lady and made
many friends during her short stay
in Grand Junction. Her death is a
sad blow to Mrs. Corcoran.
No funeral arrangements have
been made. The young lady's par
ents at Seattle were notified early
this morning and they had not been
heard from at an early hour this
afternoon. Undertaken Gourley has
charge of the remains.
The daily sentinel., 1905-01-06
Fight in the City Park.

Last night two employees of the
beet sugar factory, one a driver and
the other a steam filter, had a diff
ficulty in the city park which re-
suited in one of the combatants be-
ing badly beaten up and the other
being lodged in the city bastile The
two men had Just been paid Off for
the month and were out having a
good time. According to the man
in jail both were drunk. The fellow
in Jail states that he does not re-
member anything about the trouble.
Night Marshal C. C. O'Neil found
the injured man and took him to
the city jail where his wounds were
attended to. He had several bad
gashes on the left side of his face
and numerous ugly bruises. Later
he was taken to the boarding house
near the sugar factory.
His assailant was also found In the
city park by the night marshal and
taken to Jail. He had several evil
dences of struggle on his head
and face. The cause of the trouble
between the two men is not known.
1t was simply a drunken row.
The injured man is getting along
very nicely today, his condition be-
ing not at all serious.
The daily sentinel., 1905-01-06
Salt Lake City Invests.

Salt Lake City, through its board
of aldermen, has purchased 16O
acres of asphalt land, 35 miles north
west of Westwater, Utah. The land
was purchased from the r. M. Pope
Asphalt Company. The land was pur-
chased for the sum of $4,000 and
it will cost the city $3.50 to patent
the said land. Besides making ar
rangements for the purchase of the
land. the city will erect refinery on
the ground to cost $4,000.
When all plans are contaminated
the city will have a plant for the
refining of asphalt and this will be
used in paving the streets of Salt
Lake City.
The city engineer of Salt Lake
City states that 1t requires about
fifty tons of refined asphalt to pave
a street in Salt Lake City. AS the
streets are extremely wide there, a
less amount would pave squares in
other towns and cities
The moral of this article is that
Grand Junction, with the asphalt
right at her doors almost. has not
taken advantage of the golden op-
portunity of securing land upon
which asphalt exists. for future use
when the traffic of the streets of this
city will demand that they shall be
paved. That time cannot be far dis
tant. The peculiar nature of the
soil in this valley makes the streets
grind up and pulverize very quickly.
The necessity is more apparent in
this city than in towns and cities
on the eastern side of the range.
where the soil packs readily, making
good streets.
The daily sentinel., 1905-01-06
"SOapy'' Spells.

]. H. Spelts of Leadville, who for
merly resided in this city. has been
elected to the legislature from Lead
Vile. MIR. SPELLS worked on the track
at the station in this city Before
he worked for the railroad and when
he first came to Grand Junction he
sold soap around the city. An oc-
by members of the city council. who
were then members of the board of
aldermen. is the time SPELLS appeared
before the council and asked the
privilege of selling his soap without
license. Spells has a powerful
voice and as he addressed the coun-
ell he at once attracted the atten-
tion of every member and all the
visitors present. The next day an
article appeared in this paper say
ing that Spells address was about
the best that had been heard III the the
council in a long time, and he was
then dubbed "Soapy" Spelts, and
that name hung to him all the time
'Soapy' gets on the rampage in the
house and gives forth one of his
growls, nine chances to ten every
man will make a running jump to
leave the chamber. Such a voice
as Spelts has few men can boast of
and he knows how to use il when
occasion demands.
The daily sentinel., 1905-01-06

a handsome picture was received
yesterday from the Burlington route
by the secretary fthe Chamber of
Commerce. The picture is a very
fine one and will find a prominent
position in the office of the body.
Other pictures from various roads
have been or will be received by the
Chamber of Commerce to replace
those destroyed by the fire.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-05-13

An old fashioned book Of etiquette
contains a chapter On courtship that Il
exceedingly naive. Any young man
who might be contemplating a proposal
Of marriage was urged strongly to Sc
lect with care and due forethought the
proper time and place for such pro-
posal For instance, he should never
propose TO a young woman while out
boating, for II she should happen to re-
fuse him 1t would be difficult to reach
shore Immediately. and the situation
would obviously be awkward.
On the other hand. II she should &C
cept him the situation would be equally
undesirable since too close a proximity
and certain attitudes incident 10 the
circumstances are known to threaten
the safety Of a boat: also said young
man was advised never to propose to q
young woman Just before dinner. Hav-
ing been without eating for some hours.
she would doubtless be In a less ami
able frame of mind than usual and
might under these conditions refuse an
offer which at another time would seem
desirable.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-05-13
auch In Fame.

The following story concerning John
Forster, the biographer Of Dickens.
was told by the late Sir Wemyss Reid:
In the days Of his youth Sir Wemyss
showed n great desire to embark upon
q journalistic career, whereupOn an
old friend Of the family In Newcastle
told him that going to London and
writing for the papers would bring
him no good. adding:
Il mind there was q decent friend Of
mine. aud Mr. Forster. the butcher In
the side. He had a laddie just like
you. and nothing would serve him but
he must go away TO London to get ed
dicated. as he called It and when he
had got dedicated he wouldn't come
back TO his fathers shop though It
was first class business. He would
do nothing but write and write and
write. and at last he went back again
10 London and left his poor auld ia
Their alone, and Ave never heard tell
Of that laddie since"
1T was thus" concluded Sir Wemyss.
that the fame Of John Forster. the
author Of The Life Of Goldsmith and
the destined biographer Of Charles
Dickens. was cherished In his native
town by his fathers ancient friends!"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-05-13

During Governor Rollins administra-
ton a representative to the legislature
Of New Hampshire from on. If the
rural districts In the northsrn section
of the state was presented to the gov
ernor for the first time. Being some
what unfamiliar with -statehOuse ETH
quette." he addressed his excellency as
most high"
The governor informed the gentle
man from the rural district That there
was but one Most High" 'he who
had made everything from nothing"
We'll. governor" replied the country
legislator. 'I'u give you credit for
making a Justice Of the peace out Of a
man up In my town that Is about as
near to nothing as ever walked ON two
legs."-Bost0n Herald.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-05-13

Il believed that l had collected an
outlawed bill the other day." remark
ed a physician. II met man on the
street who said he owed me So and
who promised to pay the money some
time. Knowing that there was. little
likelihood OF his doing SO. as ~ Is a
well known deadbeat. replied in a
bantering sort Of way:
Bet you a dollar you will never
pay the 49,
Much to my surprise. when l re-
turned to my Office. my wife said this
man had called to settle his account.
He had given her check for $40 and
received 81 in cash. In the evening
he dropped in, and ! gladly paid him
my lost wager and thought was a
smart man. Today the check was re-
turned by my bank marked no good "
New York Press.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-05-13
We will
beIP you.

If you are living in rented house,
you. no doubt. have long desired to own
your own home and have made plans Ia
that end. There is no need To delay the
matter. when the Snow Hill Building
and Loan Association is ready tn help
Won, and when YOU realize that the
money you have been paying out every
year for rent would have bought and
paid for Il home for you. then you will
no longer continue to pay rent.
Call and See W. ID. Cordry. .Ir. Sec
rotary of the Association and he will
explain how you can get the money tn
build you house an and easy way by
which you can repay the loan
Snow Hill Building and Loan
Association.
MARION T. HARGIS,
President
w ID. CORDDRY, Jr.
Secretary.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-05-13

began to run. Then the dread became a
certainty. The other one would soon
overtake her. What IL that negro had
seen her gold purse?
Across the avenue she saw an alley
She had heard that thieves often evad.
ed arrest by disappearing in the dark
ness OF such places. If she cut through
might not she. too. escapei Desperate
half historical. Roxana made II sudden
rush across the road. A trolley grazed
her shoulder. the motorman cursed as
he reversed the lever. Terrified. she
had all but reached the desired shelter
when a strong hand grasped her sud
denly by the arm. She tried to scream.
but no sound came. Lifting her eyes.
her glance met Greer's. looking stern
~ ut her.
II guess that will do for one night.
he remarked coldly. Come over to the
drug store while phone for cab"
Completely unnerved. Roxana fol-
lowed. The reaction had been sudden.
She tried to remember what they had
quarreled about but could only feel
relief In his presence. Greer ordered
the cab, then went outside to wait
Gomez he commanded tersely on its
arrival
Gratefully Roxana obeyed Then as
he was about to close the door she
found her voice. Don't leave me-
"I've no intention OF doing So" And
he mounted by the driver. When they
reached her home Roxana's eyes were
suspicio,lsly red.
''Well?" said Greer. The bull pup
shifted respectfully at his boots. Greer
stopped and patted him ON the head.
1.-The dog forgives me-
'Then its mistress can do no less -
she admitted.
"a dog, a woman and @ walnut
tree - began Greer teasingly.
flush. hush." whispered Roxana.
with her hand on his lips. You know
I never really believed
''Of course not" he agreed promptly.
Then. as his arms frightened ,bout
her, But, oh. Roxie, don't let us pl:y
that game again"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-05-13

Every Frenchman pines for red rib
bon. and the number of candidates for
official honors has become so large that
the minister Of public instruction has
issued n circular to the various depart
ments pointing out the necessity " CIV
ing him at least fifteen days to exam
Inc a candidates. qualifications. 1t is
also urged that nobody should be put
forward as a candidate unless he has
ten years or public service to his ac-
count. Finally the minister hints to his
colleagues that they should not recon-
mend any candidate without some de-
gree Of serious instruction" He does
not specify this. but leaves it to their
own discernment 1t is suggested that
the candidate should ut least know how
to sign his name. but this must be a
cynical pleasantly.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-05-13
THE WASTE IN FLOWERS.
sOt n Faded bud For the Poor, who
Can Really Appreciate Them.

sot a Faded Bud For the Poor, who
Can Really Appreciate Them.
In reading the life of Nero we mar
vel to hear that he had the floor of his
banquet hall solidly carpeted with cut
flowers so that their fragrance might
be pleasantly diffused rs the guests
crushed them under foot. But flowers
are cheap In Italy. and Nero never paid
So apiece for American Beauty roses.
which. az a matter of fact. have been
bought at that price by New York deal
ers to he sold again at an advance
And what would Nero have thought of
that Boston spcculator who is said to
have paid $4,000 for lot of carna-
tions. Fancy coming on such Il fact In
the histories-60O.00O sesterces for some
pinks.
And yet poor as are the poor i'm our
great cities. and hungry as they are 1t
is not so much the waste of money
spent on flowers that they would de-
plore as the waste of the flowers them
selves. Ii the rich realized how the
poor love flowers. how they long for
flowers. | am sure they would make
better use Of the blooms they buy in
such profusion or gather from their
greenhouses. They would see to II that
others enjoyed them also. not merely
the withered roses and dropping lilies,
the crushed crumbs of their abundance.
but sweet. fresh flowers. just few
from their great store. few of the
best and most beautiful for the poor.
especially poor children.
Let me give two instances out Of
real life. This one happened In our
own family few months ago. 1t was
midwinter and ON coming home one
night ! found Il large vase filled with
long stemmed American Beauty roses
where did these come fromY' l in
quired
1.-THE cook gave them to me-" said
my wife.
'The coOk?" 1t seemed impossible,
for at that season such roses cost sew
eral dollars apiece. But the explana-
ton was very simple. They had been
given to our cook by the waitress in a
rich home where there were extensive
greenhouses. Every morning the head
gardener brings in n quantity Of fresh
flowers for the various rooms. and the
waitress removes the most faded ones
Of the day before. And these she gives
away as she pleases-to the butcher,
the baker. the eXprcssman. an. body
$50 worth of rare flowers every day.
quite as fresh as those you buy
I asked the cook about this. Don't
they ever send flowers to the hos
pital?"
mo. SIR"
"Nor to the pOOr!'
'No. sir"
"Why not?" I asked.
''rhe lady says she can't be bothered
by people coming after them"
And 1t appears that when the family
are away from home the whole product
OF the greenhouses is sent to various
neighbors with the lady's compliments.
but no flowers go to the poor.-Cleve-
land Moffett In Success.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-05-13
The Helpful Telephone.

Here is sample Of how rural tele-
phones help the farmer: A farmer liv-
ing between Smith Center and Leba-
non phoned Lebanon and asked what
the merchants were paying for eggs.
He then phoned Smith Center and
found that Its merchants were paying
2 cents more a dozen. That was at
noon. Within three hours he mark eted
his eggs at Smith Center. making
enough over the Lebanon price to pay
for his telephone for year.-Kansas
City Journal.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-05-13
PoCOMOKE RIVER LINE.
baltimore Snow HlIl Rot

baltimore Snow I'M Route.
The steamer Maryland leaves Snow Hill at
O'Clock n. ~, every Monday and Thursday
weather pcrmitting) stopping at Mataponi.
Pocomokc City p I'm. Powcli's. Rehoboth,
Cedar Hail. Pitts Wharf. Shelltowu. Saxi
Pier. Onancock 2.S0 p. III. Finney's. Tangier
Island 4:iD p. m, Cristicd q p. m, arriving in
Baltimore o'clock next morning
Rcturnining the Steamer leaves Baltimore
from pier foot of South street at 500 D. m,
every Tuesday and Friday for points named
arriving at. Crisfeld M p. m, Tangier Island
a.:1 Il. m, Onancock :s0a. IN. Saxis Pier. She'll
town, Pitts Wharf, Cedar Hall, Rehoboth
Powclls,. Pocomokc City | 90 y. m, Stow Hill
30 p. IN.
ia. JOYNES. Superintendent.
T.MURDOCH Passenger Agent
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-05-13

No. connects ut Berlin from ID. ~ y
V. lrain M. 5.'s. north. aud connects at Salisbury
at y. y. l.. IL y. Junction with y. Y. T. n y
train NJ. -. north. and N south. when on time
No. ! connects at y. Y. =. X y. junction
with y. \. I. Il y train No. -. south. and at
Rcrlin with ID. VI. " V. train ~ south when on
time.
~" > connects at y. Y. I. " y Junction with
y. \. T. y \. train. M o. north when un time.
M. - gets connection at y. /. X. y, june
lion fr.'n y Y. L. X y. train. Nn NJ North. when
time.
WILLARD THOMSON. gen Manager
I MURDOCH \. ! BENJAMIN
Pass Agent. Supt. 4 Div Pass Agt
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1905-11-25
Why Is III

Why is it that we do not have al
good roads on this side of Locust
creek as they have on the other sidei
As soon as you cross the creek going
west on any of the wagon roads you
find they are all graded in good shape
and when bridge is washed out it is
replaced Immediately; and when we
have wet weather and the roads are
cut up, as soon as they dry sufficiently
the road drags are put to work and
the roads are again smooth.
Why is it that some Of the farmers
near Laclede bave not been notified
to work the roads this year, when the
law requires large portion of the
work to be done by July 1st? Why
is it that there is now a big mud-hole
only one-fourth mile from Laclede on
the Brookfeld road, and has been all
summer? Why Is it that further on
toward Brookfeld there is another
deep mud-hole, almost impossible?
Last summer two farmers from
across the creek were going to build,
one barn and the other house.
They said they could get building
material in Laclede cheaper than in
Meadville, but they said, "a bridge
was washed out on the bottom road
this side of the covered bridge" and
one of them said, "We know when a
bridge washes out on this side of the
creek it generally stays out a long
time" The bridge had been out then
several days and never was replaced,
but the cavity is now partly filed
with dirt to within eight inches of the
top. Now, why is itf Some good
citizen please answer in the next is
sue of this paper.
ADVOCATE OF COOP ROADS.