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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-24

shows the up-to-date Santa Claus in
an auto car. The reproduction was
made before Mr.. Putnam completed tile
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-24
MOSCOW RIOTERS
BEING SHOT DOWN
Soldiers in Control of the Historic
Capital Of MuseOvy.
BARRlCADES DID NOT AVAIL
PoPuLACE TURNING ON THE
STRIKE LEADERS.

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= st. Petersburg, Dec. %, $50 p. =
= m.-Trains have continued 10 =
= run on all the lines out OF St. =
2 Petersburg today. :
= Meetings of every description, =
= even those Of the law and order =
= party" are being prevented. =
= For the present the Imperial :
= bank at Riga has been forced T. =
. cease gold payments, owing 10 tn =
= impossibility of shipping gold =
= coin there.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-24

that sent by John Z. Putnam, an
employee Of The Herald. to his par
ents. It is reproduced herewith, and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-24

family was a pretty good argument in
favor of race suicide
Dee. "a committee from the dolls
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-24

his son-in-law, same amount for each
Of his five nephews aud his eighteen
cousins. Looks 90 me Ike the McCurdy
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-24

One Of the most unique, and at the
same time satisfying. presents that LETT
salt Lake this year was undoubtedly
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-24

ST. Petersburg. Dec. %, 1920 D. NJ
Telephone messages from Moscow say
that 10000 men are on striks there;
that the city is already feeling the
pinch of hunger; that many bakeries
have been sacked, and that all busi-
ness is suspended. Even the banks
are closed. The Imperial bank, after
standing a run until . o'clock yester-
day afternoon. shut its doors on &C
count OF lack OF light.
Only the st. Petersburg and Kief
aud NOronezh lines are open.
There have been some attacks upon
strikers, especially on student lead
ers. by the people and two girls were
stripped naked and turned loose in
the cold IN the vicinity Of the Jewish
market. Considerable street lighting
has occurred at Moscow as the result
Of attempts OF the troops and police TO
break IN DrOceSsiOnS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-24

picture. which was finished in colors
and otherwise ornamented before leaV-
ing for the Putnam home in Ohio. IN
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-24
Barricades Erected.

The reVOlutiOniSts resisted at several
places and erected barbados, which
the dragons and infantry carried by
storm. At some places only blank
shots were fired, bur at the Tverskai a
street barricade which was not car
ried until midnight there was a scene
OF slaughter. Several VODeys we're
fired by the troops, and eleven men
We're killed and eighty were wounded
altogether. The casualties at Moscow
yesterday are estimated at $50. IN adj
dition. wholesale arrests were made.
From the small towns along the rail-
roads come reports of attacks OH rail-
road men, AT Elnia seven families
were butchered and two delegates were
lynched near Kursl1. The organ of the
Moscow workmen has appealed to the
men To avoid assuming an aggressive
attitude, saying that even if the troops
fire, await the signal for armed re-
sistance."
Agitators Arrested.
Here in St. Petersburg there is little
change in the situation. Several cob
lisions between worKmen- and the
troops have occurred, IN which several
OF the former were wounded, and
many agitatOrs were arrested at their
lodgings during the night With the
exception or the official organs only
the Novoe Vremya and SlOvo appear.
The former continues its provocative
attitude toward the Jews, sarcastically
referring to the second day of the
revolution so solemnly AMI stupidity
proclaimed by the Russian Jewish ag-
itators."
NJ. Nemechaief, the minister of conf
mUnicatiOns. has received a telegram
from the employees of his old road, the
Southwestern, saying they viii keep
the system open.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-03
EARLY DIAMOND BUYING.
south Africn's First Finds Were Paid
For In Cows.

South Africa's first diamonds were
paid for In cows. The story is told by
Joseph b. Robinson, one of the wealthy
pioneers Of that country. In 1870 be
gave eight oxen and q wagon loaded
with sugar and tobacco to native in
exchange for twenty-three carat
gem. "The news spread like wildfre
through the countryside that white
man was giving away wagons and
oxen for bits OF stone," he says. Il
set all the natives who came 10 work
10 seek for diamonds on one side Of the
Vaal river, and brought up my own
fifty men to hunt for diamonds among
the bushes and scrub on the other side
of the stream. l had bought the land
on both sides Of the river, so that |
was working on my own property.
Next morning at sunrise, when l was
having my coffee was startled by
a loud hullabalooing, and, looking
out, l saw the whole gang Of my men
rushing toward me In n state Of wild
excitement.
zone Of them had found a diamond
of good size. They all had come to
see what l would do with 1t. What
will you give me for itr said the
finder. 4 will give you ten cows l
replied and sent the man into the herd
TO take his pick He marked ten Of
the best cows as his own. The men
had never dreamed Of making such a
bargain. Ten cows for a bit Of stonei
Off they went again and found dia-
mOnds every day. They became rich,
and accumulated good store Of
precious stones.
After we had accumulated II large
quantity we decided we would better
send them to London. We made belt
full Of small pockets, in each Of which
we placed diamond. When the belt
was filed my partner girded 1t about
his body and started for Cape Town.
He never took off the belt until he
reached London And 1t was in this
way the first consignment Of African
diamonds reached London"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-03
FAITH IN YOURSELF.
Il Is Absolutely Necessnry If You De-
come Success.

What would you think Of a young
man, ambitious to become a lawyer,
who should surround himself with
medical atmosphere and spend his time
reading medical bOoks2 Do you think
he would ever become Il great lawyer
by following such cOursef No, he
must put himself into q law atmOs-
phere, where he can absorb it and be
stepped in 1t until he is attuned to the
legal note He must be grated into
the legal tree so that he can feel its
sap circulating through him.
How long would it take young man
to become successful who puts himself
into an atmosphere Of failure and re
mains I'm il until he Is soaked to satura-
ton with the ideai How long would
1t take Il man who depreciates himself,
talks of failure, thinks of failure, walks
Ike a failure and dresses like failure,
who Is always complaining Of the in
surmountable difficulties In his way.
and whose every step is n the road
to failue-how long would4t take him
to arrive at the success gOalf Would
any one believe in him or expect him
to win?
The majority of fixtures began to de-
terioFate by doubling or depreciating
themselves, or by losing confidence in
their own ability. The moment you
harhor doubt and begin to lose faith
in yourself you capitulate to the enemy.
Every time you acknowledge weak
ness, ineficiency or lack of ability
you weaken your self confidence, and
that is to undermine the very founda-
ton Of oil achievements.
So long rs you carry around fall
ure atmosphere and radiate doubt and
encouragement you VIII be a failure.
Turn about face. cut off all the cur
rents of failure thoughts, Of discourag.
ed thoughts Boldly face pour goal
with stout heart and determined ell
deavor and you will find that things
viii change for you; but you must see
new world before you can live IN
it. 1t is TO what you see. to what you
believe, to what you struggle inces-
sanity to attain that you Will approx
mate.-Orison SWEET Marden in Sue
cess Magazine,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-03
VERA SASSULITCH.
The Way the Great Russian Woman
Spy Blinded the Nihilists.

The Way the Great Russian Woman
Spy Blinded the Nihilists.
When the famous General Trepoff
was only at the beginning Of his career
Vera Sassulitch was his invaluable as
sistant
TrepOff was the detested enemy Of
the nihilists, and he was very anxious
doings and plans. Suddenly one day in
1873 he was fired at while driving
through the streets Of St Petersburg
by no other than Vera Sassulitch. She
was at once seized by the soldiery and
was charged with the attempted mur-
der of Trepoff, being tried in the ordi-
nary manner; but, to the amazement
of the public. she was acquitted.
On her release the nihilists gathered
about her, desiring To admit such
friend Of the people to their closest ac
Quaintance. In this way she was nd
mitted to all their private circles and
was made acquainted with their Sc
crets. These she at once communicate
ed to the Russian government. The
truth was that the whole business, IN
Guiding the attempt on his life, was
faxed by Trepoff himself, and 1t was
simply Il clever ruse to get from the nj
hilists what could not be got in any
other way. Thereafter Vera Sassulitch
played the part of government spy on
innumerable occasions.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-03
QUALITIES OF SAGE.
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Round and Liked by All.

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Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-03
ENGLISH CIVIL SERVICE.
The IVY In IL Is Small, but the Posi-
tions Are Eagerly Sought.

"Once a civil servant always a civil
servant" appears TO be the motto Of
the English civil service, for unless one
proves dishonest or an extraordinarily
poor workman he is retained In service
until the age limit Is reached and the
salary list IS exchanged for the pen
sion roll.
Unlike the civil service IN the United
States, there is no strong partisanship.
Appointees hold their position no mat
ter which party may be In power.
The pay is not large even in view Of
the small cost Of living in England.
Fifteen dollars is about the limit Of
weekly payment in the postOfllce de-
partmcnt, though some of the eXecu-
tive positions pay as high as $1,000 q
year The excise department is a fa-
vored branch, the pay starting at $3.50
n year. This IS raised by yearly In
crease of $25 until the pay reaches
S4OO, and after n year is jumped to
$575. From there on the pay jumps
rapidly to $1,25O yearly, and If the Of
ficeT IS fortunate in at last arriving at
the dignity of collector he draws $1,000
yearly.
Parliamentary clerkShips run from
$500 TO $1,000 a year, and the navy de-
partment will run a clerk up TO $4,000
If he reaches the Importance of fleet
paymaster.
In spite of the small salaries the
places are eagerly sought, since it
means life position, with pension
for ones declining years.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-03

There is a kind of sentiment about
the kitchen IN New England-a kind
of sentiment not provoked by other
rooms. Here the farmer drops in TO
spend a few minutes when he comes
back from the barn or field on an
errand Here in the great, clean,
sweet, comfortable place. the busy
housewife lives, sometimes rocking the
cradle sometimes opening and shut
ting the oven door, sometimes stirring
the pot, darnlng stockings, pairing
vegetables or mixing goodies in a vel
low bowl. The children sit on the
steps. stringing beans, shelling peas or
hullng berries, the cat sleeps on the
floor near the wood box and the visitor
feels eXiled If he stays in sitting room
or parlor, for here where the mother
is always busy, IS the heart Of the
Misunderstanding.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-03
APACHE SHREWDNESS.
The Indians Bait Was Good, but tho
white Mnn Didn't "Bite."

With the Apaches really brave
estimation as does n clever thief. His
chief excellence, from an Apache stand
point, lies in his ability to outwit the
white man, says Mr. CremOny, the au-
thor of Life Among the Apaches."
was sitting. says Mr.. Ceremony, In
front Of my tent, writing letter, when
O young Apache came up and asked
what l was doing l replied l was talk
ing to my friend In Washington.
"How can you talk to your friend so
far away"
when an Apache wishes to talk Of
speed to n distant friend" | answered,
"he sends him picture Of bird; If he
talks Of something sweet he sends n
picture of 4 flower. Instead of pictures
the white man has these little signs
which all understand"
The Indian took up the letter and
scrutiniZcd II carefully
Il do not believe you" he said. You
try to make q fool Of me. These little
signs are all alike"
II will give you proof. l Will write on
this little piece Of paper that the sutler
is to give you some tobacco. Go take 1t
TO the store and see If do not speak
the truth"
The Indian snatchcd the paper and
was off y few minutes later | saw
, him slowly coming toward me. piece
of tobacco in his hand and look Of be-
wilderment on his face. Suddenly his
expression changed to satisfaction. and
he hurried forward
Ibid you get the tobaccoT' | asked.
Yes, but | do not believe you. You
! and he had an understanding before SC
that you might deceive me. Now II you
will write some more of those little
signs on paper telling the sutler TO give
me much more tobacco and II he does
then | Will believe you"
| But the Indians ruse failed. / did
not rise" TO the occasion
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-03

"On peaks where even bird life
ceases" said an Alpine traveller, land
the eternal snow seems to have fright
ened all life away, have always found
insects No matter how high | might
climb In those awful solitudcs, beetles
and other bugs could be seen. The bee
ties dwell under the rocks and In holes
in the earth. Their wings are small or
missing entirely. for the snow circum-
scribes their wanderings, and they gen
orally stay in one play" al their lives.
Even on the Ice fields, Whcr" there Is
not a single cutcropping Of rock, hut
everything is white and frozen. there
Is great six legged insect of cylindric-
al shape and coal blacl, IN color. 1t
seems to he as comfortable IN the snow
as other insects are In flower gar
dem
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-03
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Your ship IS not likely TO come in I'M
less you 90 after IT,
No man thinks he is bore, although
he knows that many Of the other men
are
No wonder people have 80 little re
spect for advice; there Is SO much that
IS worthless
Politeness IS refraining from telling
a man he is a fool every time you
think he IS one.
You would be awfuIiy lonesome II
every one IN the world were as good
as you think you are.
If you have written a letter, read II
carefully before sending. If tho words
BURN this" appear take your own ad-
vice Mt once.
Painting is Il great winner in argu-
ments If a woman can faint when
things don't suit her her husband will
always see that she gets her way
AtchiSOn Globe.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-03

We Americans are always talking
about our mountains Of gold ana coal
md iron, of our fat fields Of corn and
wheat, but few of us ever realize that
we have in our climate a great advan-
taGc over all other nations In the
cold wave which I'm summer and win
ter so often sweeps across the land
and sends the thermometer tumbling
90 degrees In almost rs many minutes
We have constant, never diminish
ing asset Of priceless value. The wave
acts IA n tonic; but, unlike any tonic
made by man, It carries no reaction.
No other land has cold waves like ours.
To the cold dry air Of this periodic
cold wave, which brings extraordinary
changes OF temperature. we owe much
Of the keen alert mind, the inCessant,
unremitting energy Of our American
race.-Century.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-03
THE WEARING OF Boards.
~ One Time a Tax Wns Exacted
Ior the Privilege.

For the Privilege.
In days gone by the wearing Of a
beard was a privilege that had to be
paid for. the tax on every beard of a
fortulghCs growth being IS 4d. in the
gracious days Of Queen Elizabeth.
For over half century the monarchs
of RUSSIA made their male subjects
who wore boards pay into the national
cNehcqucr THIS tax was imposed 10y
Peter the Great in l7OJ, the mobiles hav-
Ing 10 disbursc 100 rublcs and the low
or classes koprrk The tax OH boards
was kept up hy Peters four successors
ON the throne of all the Russius, and 1t
WAS finally repealed ia 1862 by Cath
crime H. France, too, at one time i'm
posed a beard tax upon the clergy,
which was paid by those who could
afford IL, although the large majority
had to yield to the razor's onslaught
In the fourteenth century shaving
was popular with young men, while the
old men We're attached TO forked
boards. The latter custom is referred
to by Chauccr. who in describing an
u~ntllblN SAY y merchant was IueIe
with a forkcd beard" Boards were
worn in various shapes and forms dur
INK the rclgus Of Elizabeth, James /.
and Charles l., as the poems, plays and
other literary productions of those
periods amply testify. In his "Anato-
mic OF Abuses Stubbs alludes to the
barber who was accustomed to ask
his client whether he wished his beard
"cut to look terrible to your enemy or
amiablc to your friends, grim and stern
in countenancc or pleasant and de
murc."
William Harrison, a clergyman from
whom one gains many peeps at the six
tccnth century, refers to some of the
styles Of boards ut that period. If
face happened to be "platter-like,"
long, slender beard would make 1t seem
the narrower. If it be weasel beaked,
then ''much hear left on the cheekes
Will make the owner locke like bow
died he'd and so grim as goose"-
London Standard.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-03
The Name NOah.

Not many persons are sufficiently ac-
quainted with the Bible TO know that
Noah was the name Of woman as
well as Of the patriarch.
At an inquest In England a female
witness gave her Christian name as
Noah" The coroner remarked that
he had never before known II woman
to bear the Lame. WhereupOn the wit
ness, who was well posted in the orr
gin of her singular prenomen, said:
1t is Bible name, sir; you'n find 1t
in the last chapter of the book of Num-
bcrs"
Reference was duly made, and in
the eleventh verse of the thirty sixth
chapter the coroner found mention
made Of "Mahlah, Tirzah and Hoglah
and Micah and Noah, the daughters Of
Zelophchad."
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-03
EOrethought.

An English contemporary tells Sto-
~ of in unusual exhibition of fore
thought by an Irishman. At n certain
lecture there was little disturbance,
and the lecturers head was broken. 1T
isn't much" Ec said; 'it would be all
right if we only had n bit of sticking
plaster"
Heres lit, sir" said a muscular
spectator. Il always puts some in my
pocket agin the Saturday night"
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-03

In cases OF violent nausea when al
other remedies have failed the skin Of
a perfectly fresh egg is an almost i'm
mediate relief If the first skin does
not have the desired effect two more
Will cause Il cessation without fail.
This has been tried successfully IN
cases Of cholera under the eye of ply
clan who acknowledged he had tried
every known remedy In the pharmaco-
pocla. The egg skin Is said to form q
new coating temporarily for the stom-
ach The skin Of IN egg is he part that
clings tightly to the inside of the shell.
II can hc given with milk or water and
should bc rolled up into rs small a dose
rs possible.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-03
WnF HlaNnrX.

An old darky was watching the
G. A. Il. parade one Memorial day
and was vociferously cheering the
band. | suppose you were through the
civil war, uncleT said n bystander.
Ever step of It, suhr' AT the sur
render tooT Ever step Of 1t, subj"
What did General Lee say TO General
GrantT' Never said nut in. sub; des
chopped or his haId an went onr
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-03
POINT LACE.
The Result of the Genius of barbara
Uttmnn of sAxOny.

Uttmnn of sAxOny.
A little known example of inventive
genius In woman is that afforded by
Barbara Uttman of Saxony and her
point lace so long in fashionable use oil
over the world She invented the proc
ess and apparatus for manufacturing
this beautiful handiwork, which has
since given employment to millions of
operators and which, in It's line. has
never been excelled. The apparatus
looks ike a long pincushion brtstling
with pins arranged to outline the pat
tern or design. The operator manages
from ten to fifty peculiar spools, allow
ing the thread TO feed over the pins al
ternately until the design is completed.
The spools or bobbins are purposely OF
different colors, so as TO be easily dis
tlnguishable. The process is slow and
difficult to learn. Miss Uttman found
ed schools where thousands learned II.
Since her time, when inventive ability
was rare even among men. her Ideas
have been incorporated in the construc-
ton of machinery by which the lace Is
produced at wonderful lower rates, and
vet Barbara Uttman's lace still sur
passes all.-LOndon Queen
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1905-08-03
when digestion IL Perfect.

Moderation in diet has more to DO
with prolonging human life than any
other one thing. \ proper dictetic regs-
men. once attained, brings all the rest
in IT'S train sleep exercise, cleanliness,
cquauimity of spirit. all hang upon IL.
Life Is not only prolonged, but IS CON
stantly enjoyed, no.' cf its minor an
novanccs vanishlr when digestion Is
perfect Pay no attention to fads They
give rise to too much intrOSpection, and
that is bad for every onc.-Roser =.
Tracy in Century.