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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-06

Many OF the English fishermen will not put to
sea If anyone mentions pig while they are batting
their lines. Should they meet hare on the wav to
their boats, they will give up fishing for the day.
In Scotland the salmon is equally uncomfortable
and is alluded to only as So-and-So's fish. Usually
it receives for pseudonym the name of the tax
collector of the nearest village he is generally
the one least liked.
In the Hawaiian Islands, when the fishermen are
ready to embark they are greatly exasperated
should person come along and stand indolently
gazing at them with his hands behind him, as they
believe it gives them bad luck.
The Value of Lucky Stones
THE earbones or otoliths of the lake drum are often
carried amulets by the negro fishermen and
others of the South and also priced by the bows
of Wisconsin and elsewhere in the West, who call
them lucky stones, perhaps in allusion to the
fact that they marked by figure which resern-
bles the letter L. The New England fishermen carry
lucky bone which they find in the head of the cod
fish 1t is shell-like and narrow, with length of
three-fourths of an inch; the edge is notched while
the color is pearly white. Many of them consider
1t good plan to carry two bones that will make
their luck doubly sure; but they both should be
from the head of the same fish.
In the Hawaiian Islands the appearance of the
nini, small fiat fish which visits the islands only
occasionally, is regarded as sure precursor of the
death of high chief of the royal family
The anclents supposed that the seal enjoyed
immunity from lightning, and among those who
borrowed the protection of its skin the Emperor
Augustus, who always belt of seal-fur The
idea from the fancy that the seal sleeps most
profoundly in thunder-storns. The crab was be-
heved by the ancients to grow only during the
waxing of the moon, and this is still current
belief, the writer having found it in various parts
OF this country, particularly in Alaska. This
seems to have more foundation than the belief
that in thunder-storms Holsters cast their large
cutting claws. The brain of the carp was supposed
by the ancients to grow and diminish the moon
waxed and waned- Pearls supposed to be
sea-dew, which the oyster drank in and by some
mystic chemistry transformed into gems which
soft until the sun shone on them and then
they hardened 1t was supposed that cloudy
nights the oyster secreted dark pearls, and
light nights clear white pearls
The japanese fishermen rarely if ever utilize the
turtles taken in their nets but, writing char
acters their backs, turn them loose. 1t is be-
lieved that turtle treated will guide the fisher
man back to land should he be lost at sea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-06
Superstition Against the Clergy

THE influence of the minister is hardly less adverse
than that of women and the practices noted as
connected with the i'll of feminine interference
apply also to the clergy. The herring said
have all left part of the Irish because
they heard the parson say he was going to
1.-THE the fishery; and in Lapland and the coasts
thereof fish never looked for where a church is
in sight On the coast of Lancashire, England
the fishermen have a custom of setting sail on
Sunday. A clergyman of the town once prayed
against this breach of the Lords Day, he called
it; but to neutralize his prayers the fishermen made
small image of rags and piously burned the parson
in effigy.
The avoidance of the neighborhood of churches
referred to is accounted for by the ifs ermen's
belief in the great quic1ness of hearing Of fishes
In Sweden, for instance the church bells are
not rung in the Dream season, lest the fish should
take fright and where the pilchard are fished the
people no less careful of their sensitveness to
sound.
The Romans believed that the serrated spine on
the tan OF the stlng-ray Venomous as to be
capable of causing injury to vegetable and min
eral substances trees losing their verdure and
luck if person with love or lawsuit on hand met
a remora Sucking fish, when bathing Albertus
Magnus advised a sutton in a law case to place
perch under his arm, and the Judge would thereupon
become his friend
When they catch certain species of fiat fish the
Firms make the sign of the cross The Irish will
not eat the skate sometimes called the maid)
because it is supposed to bear a questionable
resemblance to some of the grotesque medieval
delineations of the Virgin Mary The Dutch fisher
men believe that they discern the image of
the Virgin in each scale of the drum, and the
Swedish fishermen believe that the pike turns it's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-06

avoid spreading their captured fish on that part
of the shore frequented by women as the next
expedition would be a failure
In many parts of the coast of England it is con-
sidered most unlucly for woman to walk over
they take an active part in collecting bait Some
of the English herring fishermen have an idea that
by beating their wives they can draw the fish in.
prepared the Ian ueloeo "a billet of wood used as
decoy) with the proper nominations care is taken
that women does not step over it enter the
canoe in which it is placed, in that event the
decoy would lose its power and the kanna sorcerer)
would have to go through the operation again.
The newspaper., 1906-08-03

common veal; that justice and
equality-not only social equality
but economic equality, equality of
opportunity-have vanished from
the American soil, and that many
millions of Americans, women
and children as we'll as men, tatuit,
ously calling themselves free, are
held in the grip of wage slavery
more horrible and more remorse-
less than that of the new Congo
or the old South. Pueblo Chief
tain
The newspaper., 1906-08-03
Explosion on the Western.

A car containing thirty tons of
dynamite consigned to the Cen
tennail-Eureka mines at Eureka
exploded about tour miles east
of Goshen, Utah. at Warm Creek
just before noon on Saturday.
About l50 feet OF the Rio Grande
track was torn up and twisted
into every conceivable shape.
The telegraph wires alongside
the track were torn down and
800 feet of rail fence on the west
side OF the track was destroyed
Ranch houses in the vicinity were
damaged. windows and doors
broken and the contents badly
shaken up. No lives were lost as
result of the cool action of a
brakeman.
When the regular freight train
was within two miles of Goshen.
oraHeman discovered fire COM
ing from the roof of the car con-
tanning the dynamite. The train
was stopped and backed up two
miles. There the combination
coach was uncoupled and the
passengers were told to leave the
train and get back as far as pos
sible from danger The dynamite
car was then moved into a cut
Immediately east of Ed Carter's
ranch, and was left there to burn.
1t burned for about half an hour
before the explosion took place.
Samuel Lidiard, of Provo. one
of the passengers, said the flames
shot upward about one hundred
feet in the air, hurling rocks and
dirt far up the hill side.-Grand
Junction Sentinel.
The newspaper., 1906-08-03
Here is Your Opportunity.

Take some of your money
which is now making you less
than 10 per cent, and invest in
the best security on earth a North
Fork orchard.
| can sell you 100 acres of
choice bottom land only three
miles from Paonia near railroad
switch for $l1, 900. New dwelling
house. Sixty acres best fruit land
in the valley. Abundance of
water in Paonia ditch. 90 acres of
young orchard. This land prop
erly cared for will quadruple
in value within six years besides
netting the fortunate buyer so per
cent per annum on his investment.
Land no better than this pro-
duced last year one thousand
dollars worth of apples per acre.
Easy terms.
!. d. McFAnDEN.
The newspaper., 1906-08-03

reprisal for past wrongs,-and
the legislation indicated above
may be too mild to satisfy the
public demands, if the present
policy of obstruction and corrup-
ton by such interests continues.
In a notable article in last
weeks Harper's Weekly, Mr..
Sydney Brooks clearly points out
the conditions of government
which have aroused the Ameri-
can voters. and the probs BILE re-
suits of such awakening of the
public conscience.
What Mr.. Brooks says is we'll
worth the careful study of every
citizen:
Another remark made by
another friend, a most keen
minded observer, impressed me
as having far more truth in it.
He declared that the present
situation reminded him of the
years Immediately proceeding the
civil war. The slave power was
then established at Washington
not less firmly then is the plutoc-
racy today, and displayed its
strength not less arrogantly. Yet
the politicians went about insist
ing that what interested the peo-
Pile was irrigation and land settle
ment questions, and the tariff,
and so on. To which the people,
in my friends words, answered
% hell! What interests us is
slavery SO today the politicians
proclaim this or that issue to be
the leading one of the moment
imperialism, currency reform, the
regulation of rates. tariff revision
and such like questions. To
which the people (again l quote
my friend,) answer: % hell!
What interests us, and what alone
interests us, is the inequalities of
wealth.
you will not hear the Social
;cts mentioned in WASHINGTON
Why should your The politi-
clans are always the last people
The newspaper., 1906-08-03

in this country, TO see what is 60
ing on under their noses. They
will jeer at me when / prophesy,
and prophesy with the utmost
confidence, that at the next presi-
Dental election the Socialists will
poll over a million votes. and
that the party of the future IN
America is the party of Debs,
Hearst and Gompers. They do
not realize that the masses have
sickened of the buncombe and in
sincerities of the old parties. or
that they are coming to realize
that politics, as played in the
United States is no more than a
game between two sets of sharp
ers at the expense of muddle-
headed public. That public, |
believe, is growing every year less
and less muddle-headed. 1t is
having pretty severe training in
actualities; it is getting to see
things as they really are. 1t sees,
for instance, that in America the
scale dips down on the side of
capital and more heavily and
wantonly than in any other
country in the world. 1t believes
is it wrong in believing g?-that
the millionaire and the boss rule
and own this land and everything
that is above and beneath it; that
together they control all the func-
tions of government; that the
courts and the ballot box are
merely instruments of their pow
er. and the constitution a hand
maid to their iniquities; and all
Legislation is conceived in their
interests, drafted and voted by
their henchmen; that there is one
law for the rich and another for
the poor; ten thousand for the
protection of property, and
twenty for the protection of hu-
man life; that under the forms of
democracy the American system
and he American ideas have been
warped and perverted into con-
spiracy of plutocrats and profess
sional politicians against the
The newspaper., 1906-08-03

Senator Pettus of Alabama
who has passed his S5th birthday
gives this exclamation of his long
life: 81 never chew less than
half pound of tobacco a day
| swear only when it is abso-
lutely necessary. drink moth
ing stronger than whisky. and for
years have made it practice to
go to bed when l dun pleased.
1t is not probable chat the sena-
tors longevity formula will be
laid before the youth of the land
in Sunday school books.-Jas.
Barton Adams.
The newspaper., 1906-08-03
The American Political Revolution.

The capitalist class in the
United States seems slow to real
ize the depth and breadth of the
political revolution that is sweep
ing over the country.
Had they a correct understand
ing of the significance of that revo-
luton they would invite reason
able government regulation OF
the trusts; they would urge fair
income tax; they would treat the
various municipalities with the
utmost generosity, when they re-
ceive valuable franchises from
such municipalities; they would
withhold their funds and their
power from any attempt to con
troll the executive, Legislative and
judicial departments OF our several
state governments.
For the present political revo-
luton in:America means the an
inhalation of official corruption;
the government conhscation of
the property OF utility corpora
tions, if they persist in their pres
ent corrupt and selfish policy;
the lcvying of fair tax on all in
comes exceeding FIVE thousand
dollars and the arousing of a
public sentiment that will force
the courts to uphold it this time
the levying of an inheritance tax
on all estates and the limitation
by law of the amount of money
which any one man may possess.
Extreme measuresl Yes, but
measures which the capitalist class
alone is forcing from the people
that they may not be despoiled of
all their rights and all their prop
erty.
The fact is that those large
business interests of the United
States that have become enor-
mously rich through government
favor and protection, have grown
arrogant in their control of all
departments of government, and
through blind folly they are en-
raging the people to the point of
The newspaper., 1906-08-03
Don't Pay Other Peoples Bad Debts!

Buy your harness, whips, collars
and everything in the horse
Jewelry line of Cradle & Grasse
for cash and save from 20 to 25c
on the dollar. By paying cash
you pay no bad debts for others.
The newspaper., 1906-08-03

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-04
SKEEN FIXED IN PURPOSE
Will Proceed Against Councilmen
Probably Two City Officials
in Addition.

J. d. Skeen the attorney who brought
the actions against several councilmen
looking toward their removal from office
for the alleged transportation of the
city's funds, states that he will go after
the whole bunch now holding office. who
were members of that body when the
appropriations were made. He expressed
himself as being pleased with the supreme
court decision because it proved that his
contention was right.
Seven months ago." he continued, Il
told these men that l would remove them
from office if they failed to resign. / in
tend to keep my word. Accusations have
been filed against Craig, Moves and
Paine. With Chambers out of the way
this viii leave but Emmett against whom
l need to file an accusation and this will
be forthcoming at once unless he presents
his resignation If the opinion of the SUI
preme court covers the ground | think 1t
file charges against two additional city
officers and do my best to make them
vacate the office they now hold"
Mr.. Skeen did not say who these officers
are, but it is understood that one of
them is City Attorney ]. E. Bagley, who
gave written opinion in which he is said
to have sanctioned the action of the coun-
ell In making the appropriation. The other
case is believed TO be that of City Re-
corder w. ]. Critchlow. The special au-
diting committee in its report of the ex-
animation of the city books stated that
this official had charged S. per month for
notarial work and then at the end of the
year made a second charge covering the
same work. The attention of Mr. Skeen
has been called to this matter and he
will in all probability probe further into
the case
Mr. Skeen admitted that friends of one
of the councilmen had approached him re-
garding his further action regarding the
cases against the other councilmen. When
asked if he was willing to show any le-
Liency toward ony' of those accused he
said:
when a man is licked it is no time
for compromising. 1 gave these men all
the opportunity they needed before the
accusations were filed. They failed to
son why 1 should be asked to drop their
cases now $500
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-04


From the fact that J. E. Thompson was
elected as teacher for the department of
military training at the High School, it
is evident that the establishment OF this
department is an assured fact. This mat
ter was originally presented to the board
by President X. S. Joyce, and will prove
an important acquisition to that school.
On the recommendation of HI. w. CIVIL
liam, chairman of the building and
grounds committee. the clerk was author
lied to advertise for bids for the sale of
a portion of the Central school grounds at
the corner of Twenty-fffth street and
Grant avenue which is not used except
ing for a park This action was taken
after report had been received to the eff
feet that the committee had been unable
to make any satisfactory arrangements
with the city in connection with the pur-
chase of the Emerson school building.
The fund secured from the sale of the
Central school property will be used to
essary by the vacating of the Emerson
building. A year or so ago the board re-
fused an offer of $4,000 for the Central
property. An offer now held by them is
said TO be almost good.
The finance committee reported an over
draft of S115.30 and a loan was author
lied for the sum of 5000 for three months
TO cover current expenses. The president
and the treasurer of the board were au-
thorized to execute a deed for the
BrOoms Bench school property in favor
of Henry H. Butler to whom the prop
erty has been sold for s375 One applica-
ton for teacher has been received. A
number of bills were allowed including a
warrant covering a partial estimate for
the addition on the Lewis school in the
sum of "a, 900 In favor of the contractor.
G. A. Whitmeyer. The following teach
ers were elected: ]. E. Thompson mill
itary training, High School; Ethel Orth,
Helen Baker Jennie Lunz, Helen Ship
lev and Miss Swanson
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-04
Ogden Briefs.

Yesterday morning team owned by
KOmada & Co. ran away on Grant avenue
and crashed into two baggage wagons.
All three wagons were more or less used
up, but no one was injured.
Samuel Smith, formerly foreman of the
Union Pacific shops at Evanston, has been
named to succeed F. c. Klein, assistant
master mechanic at Sparks. who has been
assigned to another position.
Louis A. kellor, who for four years
was president of the Mormon missionary
work in Japan, will lecture in the Fourth
ward meeting house tomorrow evening
under the auspices of the Y NJ. and Y.
l.. M ]. A.
]. S. Freeze, a graduate of the Ogden
High school. has returned to this city
and will most likely take up the practice
of law here. Mr.. Freeze left Ogden to go
to Montana. He later entered the Ann
Arbor, Mich, university from which he
graduated.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-04
OPERATE PLANT.
Union Portland Cement Company to
Begin Operations Early Next Year.

On Monday the track laying on the line
leading from the main line of the Union
Pacific at Croydon to the site of the new
plant of the Union Portland Cement COM
pany will be commenced. AS soon as this
piece of track has been laid the machin-
cry for the cement plant will be delivered
at the site and installed as rapidly as pos
sible Three cars of the machinery are
now on the siding at Croydon waiting to
be taken TO the works and in all fifty
additional cars are now en- route from
the east. Fifteen of this number are west
of the Missouri river in transit. Some of
the machinery is being shipped from as
far east as Scranton, Pa, one of the Off
Gals of the cement company stated yes
terday that unless something unforeseen
happens the plant will be ready for opera
tons by Feb. of next year. The scarcity
of labor is not expected to further prevent
the progress of the work which from this
time on requires skilled laborers that must
be shipped in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-04

Mace in the Viborg section of this city.
An investigation made by the Associate i
Press. however, showed that the rumors
of fighting in the Narva quarter were
unfounded.
The whole region where the Putiloff
works are situated is occupied by troops,
esnecially Cossacks and Dragons Part
OF the employees of the Putiliff works are
ON strike and the workmsn of the Amer
lean Westinghouse factory walked out
during the day.
Nv s o'clock I'm the evening. the number
of strikers was estimated at 10000
The current reports that the employees
of the Warsaw railroad had struck are
premature Trains were departing over
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-04
ADAMS HELD FOR TRIAL.
Alleged Pickpocket Charged With
Attempt to Commit Larceny.

Harry Adams. the alleged pick pocket,
arrested here on circus day" was ar
Iaigned in police court yesterday morning
on charge of attempt to commit grand
larceny Adams pleaded not guilty to the
charge and was held, under $50 bail for
trial
In the case of Edward Lloyd the man
charged with passing counterfeit cur
rency, Judge Murphy sprang a surprise
by giving the fellow a sentence of thirty
days after Lloyd had pleaded guilty to the
charge of obtaining money under false
pretenses. 1t is claimed that Lloyd is a
member of a gang that have been operat-
ing in this section for some time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-04
TRAINMEN TO MEET.
Representatives of Lodges to Hold
Conference in Ogden.

From unofficial sources it is learned
that representatives from all the differ
ent lodges connected with the train SER
vice of the Hartman system will meet
in Ogden within a short time for the
purpose of preparing demands that will
be made upon the officials of the COM
pany at San Francisco at an early date.
1t is stated that at least four of the five
big railroad brotherhoods will be repre-
scented and that the meeting will be most
important Just what the nature of the
grievances is could not be learned, but
ii is said that the trouble that has been
brewing on the western end of the system
for some time past will be made a part of
the business of the meeting. Members of
the different brotherhoods pleaded igno-
rance when approached about the mat
ter last evening.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-04
WILL DO WORK ITSELF.
Short Line Rejects Bids for Parking
Depot Grounds.

1t was officially announced yesterday
that the Oregon Short Line had decided
to reject all bids received for the parking
of the depot grounds from Twenty sixth
to Twenty-fourth street along Wall ave-
nue. and that the company would do the
work with it's own men. 1t Is said that
the work will now be done under the SUI
pervision of Civil Engineer George Nc
GOnagle and will be commenced at once.
The reason for the company's action in
the matter is said to be that it has de-
cided that the work could be done in a
more satisfactory manner under its imme-
date supervision. The bids made by the
contractors, however, seem to have been
q little too high,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-04
LIE DOUX CASE CONTINUED
off-Color Affidavits Submitted by
Woman's Attorney.

Stockton, Cal, Aug. 3.-The hearing OF
the motion for a new trial in the case OF
Mrs. Emma McVicar-Le Doux, convicted
tinued from July 10, was again continued
this morning until 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning to give defense an opportunity
Of presenting affidavits in rebuttal. In
support of the formal motion for a new
trial on the 10th, ultimo the attorney for
the defense presented affidavits of w.
H. Smith (colored) and C. M. Murphy, a
youth, in which they swore that Juror A.
M. Ritter had declared to them during
the trial that he would hang the de-
PENDANT. Counter affidavits this morning
were to the effect that Smith was an eX-
convict and that Murphy was a weak
minded untruthful and unreliable boy
given to wild imaginngs. Ritter present
ed an affidavit which was a positive and
unqualified denial of the allegations Of
Murphy and Smith.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-04
MANY SCHOOL CHILDREN
Enumerators Find Increase of 395 in
0gden-Military Training
Provided For.

The report of the school census enumer-
ators for 1906 was presented to the board
of education last evening and showed one
of the greatest increases in the history of
the city. The first and third wards
showed up especially strong, with an in
crease of los and 109 respectively. The
report was as follows.