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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-22
INFORMATION.

| Slam was a cotton producing country
| 300 years ago.
India, at last advice. had 323, 600 persons
| on Its famine relief roll
The total length OF railways in Japan
| Is now over 400 miles, The gauge Is three
| feet six inches.
Tho elephants In the London geological
gardens earn $4,000 a year by carrying WIS.,
itors about on their backs,
Artificial Ice Is being manufactured in
Athens with machinery shipped 10 Greece
from Western Pennsylvania.
The Angora goat furnishes most Of the
hair which adorns ordinary dolls. This
product Is valued at 100000 a year
Travellers In Africa cross some rivers In
small round boats OF hide The boats
are pushed across by negroes.
The cenaries Of Germany excel all other
cnnaries rs singers. One has been record
ed to contlne single thrill for one and
onc-quarter minutes, with twenty changes
OF note.
In the British museum are books writ
ten on oyster shells bricks tiles. bones.
Ivory, lead, iron, copper. sheepskin, wood
and palm leaves,
In the town of Tollesbury. England a
place of 20o0 Inhabitants. there is only one
physician and there is no druggist or den
tist within nine miles,
1t costs thirteen cents to go by trolley
cars from Toxic TO Yokohama. the port OF
the Japanese capital. Cars start every five
minutes from In the morning TO IL at
night.
Gold is one OF the most difficult metals
TO vaporize, but by the use of the electric
furnace II can readily be set boiling at the
temperature OF about 4ioD degrees Fab
renheit.
Sir John Sinclair, a Scottish baronet.
has presented gramophoncs and records TO
900 asylums and other institutions, on con-
ditlon that they are played to the In
mate for half an hour every day,
The Sultan of Turkey has a great COL
lection of canarics. He chooses them by
the length OF time they sing without
stopping. Recently he paid very high
price for an English canary which sang
without u stop for twenty minutes by the
Sultnn's watch
'BusscS and cars cease running In Lon
don at 1890 Il. IN, and one Of the reasons
why the labor men In the House or Com
mons want earlier sittngs Is that they
have no autos or broughans and cannot
afford cabs. so would have to walk home
in all wcathers II the House sat late.
This winter the Norwegians have va
rIed the excitement OF ski running by yok-
Ing the runner TO motor cycle by long
leather strap, which he Rrasps with his
left hand. The speed attained is enor-
nous and great skill is required to avoid
being pulled over. az the body is apt to
outrun the feet. The pastime Is growing
very popular.
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sharp and broken. but repeated rapidly
over and over and rising clear and dis
tinct over the roaring OF the wind.
Every face but that of the old man
turned white as chalk with fear and
superstitious horror and most OF them
would have fled from the room II they
could have thought OF any place that
WOULD have seemed less awesome
by jing" the old mans voice broke in
on the silence. Wouldn't that beat We?
Arter oil this time, tooi' and he rose and
went directly 10 the closed door took
tiowu key from the casing above It,
turned back the bolt with Il shrIll graf
ing OF iron on iron, opened the door and
went in. returning Il moment later with
qurer-looking burden In his hand and
holding 1t out 10 the others for inspec-
ton.
Look at that ere rat" he said "A lit
tie more than twenty year ago | sot that
ere trap In Melissa's room fer that rat
er, most likely. fer the grandpaw OF this
n-one. and this feler's come to cut
tho twenty-year-old cheese on the pan
aud's got kctched Jest as 1 ngGered to
ketch his grandpaw. As the feler says.
'WondeTsll never cease Wall. 1 swan to
man -
The other members OF the family, one
and all drew long brenths of relief and
were GLAD the mystery was solved so cas!-
ly aud that the Ghostly room had been
opened At last LIE SUEUR LYRE.
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The Book-Plate Fad.

a book plate indicates a certain Iovo OF
ostsntntion la II ntunE that an individual
should suggest that his library Is volumin-
Gus that no cannot undertake tho physical
fatigue Of writing his name in each book ne
possosscs2 Public Libraries. large and abstract
collections. may mako Use OF this mechanical
means OF Identifying property. but the private
library should be more modorn. more personal
To the critical observer a book plate seema
to cast suspicion upon the ownor's educational
attachments ono wonders II, after all he
can really road and write, IL HIS books nre
any moro to him than Doclte's Essay on tho
Human Understanding TO Lconora who
thcro not DO reasonable doubt OF his ability TO
read. who thus, in place OF signing his namo
resorts to tho illiteratc practice OF making his
mark7
IL is an obvious ond rcgrettablc fact that
this snmo man 10 dovotec OF pntitudes
Otherwise no would not permit tho monoton-
Gus recurrence OF tho quaint device"
In zach volume, Ho loves above all things
order, symmetry, convention. and prefers In
r book nicely adjusted intellectual formaIIties.
he cannot endure anything not stcreotypeJ
Finally this dofnccr OF books is cruel for
ho strikes mortal blow mt ono OF the mo.,
bibljophilcs No more VIII books command n
high price because sOmo great man hnd writ
ten hlo namo there No VIII the lmng.
inaton see IN volume the absolute proof OF
tho famous ownership. and delight in dream
ing OF tho days whom hands that now nrc dust
turned those very pages. What would have
been tho courso OF human lettors AZ William
Shakespeare had placed his book plato In fb,t
copy OF "blorio's gno7"-Atlanuc.
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English Women as Politicians.

Women show almost greater interest In
English politics than do. and not 10 be
up" on tho latest debate before the house"
Is 10 be quite disqualified for social existence
Is II at homo" where women gather TO
drink tea and gossip discuss things purely
femlnlno2 The subject invariably turns upon
some conspicuous member OF Parliament or
upon some Issue before the house. Mousy lit
Ito English women. whose looks belle their
possession OF any mentality beyond that which
Is pTovcrbially sufficient 10 keep them In out
OF the wet Will SIT up and discuss fiscal
reform. free trade, colonial administration,
homo rule, and such things by the hour. and
with such refined RstutencsS. indeed. as would
make tho Oldest paTliamentarion'p hcnd ache.
II may be "A dinner party. and things may be
moving along In tho usual poiy. old. restful
dinner party stylo II refer 10 English dinner
parties. not Amcricnn). when somebody care
lessly observes that Winston Churchill mnkos
70 pretty pase when her government must
DO intrusted to the tender merCcs OF such an
assembly tho present House Of Commons
Bling! winston Churchill is ono OF tho clover
est men In England Grant you ho 10 litue
raw on colonial administration. but he is
young yet And just you walt, lie can't pass
measures by himself. any way and his clever
woman says this who has opont afternoons
In the ladies' gallery und knows. Then tho
discussion becomes fast and furious. and some
OF the litte impromptu and unreportoI
speeches that issue from smiling, cnTmined
lips would do much execution II they were
from q bench in tho House OF Com
mons Too bad English women cannot have O
lttlo poilticiana-Eleanor Franklin. In Leslic's
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-22
MAPROVoGA
SssESSOCIETTNW

Special to Tho Tribune
PROVO. April ga. D. Sutton spent the
week In Salt Lake City
George Havercamp has returned from San
FTancieco.
Mrs C. o. Newell has taken apartments at
the Roberts hotel for the summer
Miss Merriam Nelka has returned from her
Southern trip
Lake City. Mrs. Sutton will be gone some
weeks.
Mrs Joseph Philips and two daughters have
boon the guests OF Mrs. f. E Cortman thu tho
after the winter spent in California.
Tho Priscilla club met mt the home OF Miss
Emma Woods Thursday evening.
The Second ward choir gave surprise party
for Mr.. Read johnson at the home OF his
father Tuesday evening.
l.. L. Munn has returned from Idaho.
Miss Dasc Fairbanks has returned TO her
home in PnysOn.
Thursday evening the fncuty OF the B. Y.
L gave a banquet I'm honor OF the presidency
and the hoard. President Joseph +. Smith
was In attendance.
Mr and Mrs. Willis were visitors to Provo
for n few days this week.
Fred Blcrsauch OF Telluride was the guest
OF Mr. and Mrs W L. Blersauch.
Miss Florence Twelves Left Wednesday for
Richmond. Mo, to attend the wedding OF her
brother Murry Twclves. Miss Twelyes will
be gone some two weeks.
r. w. Davis spent Sunday in Payson.
Mrs. D. Il. Becbe spent the week in Heber.
the guest OF Mrs. Willis.
W. l.. Blersnuch entertained at dinner Sat
urday evening, the guests being Mr.. and Mrs
Harsh OF Niagara. Judge Story OF Ouray and
Mr. Lackner.
Mr.. and Mrs Cout C EagIcy spent sun
day in Payson.
Mrs, Edith Beck Martin spent the week
In Salt Lake city, the guest OF Mrs. Thomp-
son
Little Miss Susie Sutton gave birthday
party Thursday afternoon at the homo OF her
grandmother. Mrs Emma sutton
The Sorosls club met at tho homo OF Mrs
Spechart Wednesday afternoon. Mrs CIrt
gave a paper The American Artists"
Miss Alice Reynolds gave paper on Rem
brandt Tho club VIII meet ut the home OF
Mrs Beesley next week
Friday Afternoon tho Nineteenth Century
club met the home OF Mrs. Schwab Mrs
Corfman gave a paper 'PncInc Lltera-
tours" Poems from the noted writers wero
read by different members OF the club Mrs
Searle conducted the parliamentary drill.
on the morning Of Arbor day the Sorosis
club planted two trees at the Parker school
square. Members OF the Nineteenth Century
tcenth Century club planted trees at the State
Mental hospital. The Sorosls club members
were guests. Mrs. d F. C0ldcr served tea
to the ladies after thc ceremonies were over
An Easter party spent the day In Provo
canyon Tho members were: The Misses Sa-
die Suawhorn. Catherin and Marie Geese
Dnsie Fairbanks. Lydic and Pearl Jones. Ha-
gel Elliot. Messrs Brown. Gees. Nay Miller
Mckay, Arrickson.
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en,, among them being David Ecclcs OF og-
den and c. W. Nlblcy OF Snt Lake.
A decidedly pretty castor party was given
Monday evening at tho B. Y college when the
Fsona society entertained the Webster Lit
erary society Easter decorations wero beau
ufuly and effectively uaed throughout the
room and tho tnblcs from which delicious
lunch was served wcro extremely pretty. with
large bowls OF vlolots and Easter emblems
Dancing was enjoyed during the ovoning and
over eighty guests were present.
Mrs Zlna Card chnpcroned morry party
on picnic to Jessop's grove Monday after
noon. Games and other amusemonts were
,9Sulsed msl ] in BY the following youns folks:
Thatcher. Miss Ella Hatch, Miss Ircn Hon
Miss Edna Nibloy. Edward Smith Alfred
squires Rega Card, VIII Mctten and Ray
Strutford
The oratorio given at the Agricultural col
lego on "Wednesday by the A. c. Choral 80
ciety was very delightful and highly enjoy
ablo affair 1t was the arst OF the kind ever
The eolosts were Mrs. Ncttic Sloan. F. w.
Baugh. and George w Thatcher a large
audience wns In attendance.
Mrs VIII Jardlnc entertained ut an infor-
mal Dutch lunch after the Sorosts ball Sat
urdny evening.
The A. c. womans club met Monday with
Mrs George II. Champ.
Rcv Mr. Norncct entertained tho members
OF tho Masonic fraternity most delightfully."-
Wednesday evening in honor OF P. e Keelcr,
who leaves shortly to malSo his homo ut To-
Mrs H. D. Stycr and little daughter are
visiting Major ond Mrs. Wllks in Salt Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs George II. Wright returned
TO Logan Thursday from ocean Park. where
they hnro boon spending tho winter months
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Thatcher nrc visiting
with Snlt Lake relatives
Lester Naylor OF Salt Lake spent Tuesday
and Wednesday ns tho guest OF Mr.. and
Mrs Thnd Naylor.
Mrs Roy s. McAlster IL entertaining her
mother, Rlcharl9 o
Mrs. c. a. Cummings and Mrs. c. F.
Goodwin returned homo Tuesday from n
pleasant two-wecks' visit in Salt Lake
DR.. W. 3. Parkinson. Jr, is back from q
trip 10 Laramie Wyo
George II. Champ is visiting With friends
In the East.
Robert No-throp Is visiting In the southern
part OF tho State
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7 claim lapses. You have until January

! claim lapses. You have until January l.,
| 1907.
SALT LAKE. April 19.-Kindly inform
| mo through the query column OF your pa
per II there Is good wagon road be
| tween Heber CITY and Vernal, Utah. How
| many miles Is it?-A Reader.
| There is a fair wagon road between the
two places named; The distance is about
| no miles
LEHI, April l6--Would you kindly
answer question In Sundays issue of
22nd inst. A girl marrcs a man and leaves
| him and gets divorce but does not ask
| for her maiden name back. Now the ques-
tion Is. would 1t be legal for her to marry
to marry by her divorced husbands
She should marry under her actual
name. which Is that of her divorced hus-
bands.
| PROVO CITY. Utah, April 2e.-Win you
kindly tell me through tho columns OF
| The Sunday Tribpne what significance
| rabbits have with Easter. that they are
| pictured 50 extensively on cards etc. p
| SueriSt
| As a symbol of pecundity. and the re-
newal OF life at tho vornal season
I SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. April is
| To settle a dispute will you state In your
valuable paper which is right; A says
that when Brigham Young said in ser
| mon that we Ohio Mormon church, have
| the ETedlSSt ana SIutOlntSl IlHISs clCss ne
referred particularly to Apostle Penrose.
| b says that cannot be true as Penrose
| was not In the church at that time.-Po-
| dunk
II was perhaps an evidence of Brig
| hams power as a prophet.
| SHELTON, Nehr. April 13.-In case n
largo company OF mining stock were sold.
would email shareholder receive the
same benefit In proportion TO his num-
Der OF shares. or could they leave him out
In tho new company whore he has bought
worcestershire stock? Is tho Daly-Judge
paying dividends and what amount 10
tho share William Savage
II they sell whole property he would
be entitled to his shares. But If only the
control Is sold and new company
formed, Il is almost universally tho case
to provide for the small stockholders to
come In. (2) Daly-Judge Is not paying
dividends. but It Is generally thought the
company Is N very fine shape.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

SPRINGNlLLE, Etah. April l9-WHl
you please answer a subscriber of your
paper In answers and correspondence. the
following question: II a mining claim Is
located In January l.. 1876. and no work "a
done on tho claim ard the claim ia nor
relocated on January l. 1906. Is said claim
subject 10 entry2-Mark Alexander
No. another year must pass before tho
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Ae,aAx A92::... 3Sypengta|l|ll
sreclal 70 Tho Tribune

sTocInl to Tho Tribune.
LoEeN April 20-Friday svenInr Mr. ma
Mr9 Robert w Anderson openod III r' unu
so sso,ue new homo on West Center street 10 a
@ mUn' VI friends and a social house waroin~
a 80 pn1ogca Inc homo Is a two-story bricr
~c"ionid ~ and Is arustoally furnished throurb
out delishtful musical programme No.
Hatch' Later In the evening a dalic,o,,. IL, "a.
WIZ served seYenty-nys guests were pres.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-22

y years ago. Melissa, the beloved
Cadmus Hennessy. broke faith
Pr loving husband and ran away
ple hired man Nothing hns ever
Ierd OF tho crring couple since that
Mt. Hennessy was terribly shat
q, among the other things he did
ate that tho arrow had gone deep
D was that he locked up tightly
y always closed the room his wife
fupied before she lert him.
'le ne scanned TO recover somewhat,
afever unlocked the room and. while
: followed autumn and springtime
llne earth with green when the ice
were gone, and year after year
way. the door to that lonely apart
manned closed and the room Itself.
pinds OF all the other members OF
~nliy, came TO have ghostly and
N associations and ideas connected
nnn the tread was lighter and the
krcen ncrNously sideways when the
must be trod led past the door.
nknt was stormy night and the
oMied mournfully In tho chimney
,uno the corners OF the old Hen
n Ea'vuestehh and most OF tho mem
inc family gathered together in
rs room, were somewhat saddoned
'pressed by tho warning elements
and many n glance was directed
INC ooor OF tho locked room from,
IL almost seemed 10 them
lngs and mutterlngs came os The
/. eyra It's Wild pranks with the nm
y Yelling, And then. with a snsdan-
oistinctnoss that brought thon,
"ept the master himself. Ia theIr
WHO alarm, sharp, snapninp
vas heard from within the absn
nals OF the locked room. and hi.
ID 'Anuy followed by q shrll cry,
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AS n symbol OF pccundity, and the re-
newal OF life at tho vornal season.
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| PROVO CITY. Utah, April 2e.-win you
| kindly tell me through the columns OF
| The Sunday Tribune what significance
| rabbits have with Easter. that they are
| pictured 50 extensively on cards etc. p
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She should marry under her actual
name. which Is that of her divorced hus-
ba
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-12

] He TOOK STEPS PROMPTLY
Architect Was Fully Cognizant
Of Situation and Ordered
Work Stopped.

8 Mr.. Charles X. Bryant, architect for
4 the Board OF Supervisors OF Henrico
county In the erection OF q jail, made
3garding tho newspaper reports OF the
condition OF the concrete walls which
were ordered to be torn down: !.
& I'm publishing the letter from MT. II
8Frayser, chairman OF the Board OF SUI
5pcryIsors, written to mo on the 9TH It
makes 1t appear as + II E the work was
checked up by Mr.. Frayser. This Is true
in one sense OF the word, as. Mr., Frnyser'
did watch and keep tab on the several
emixings which he reported to me satur.
Z day. Right here Is where wish to
5straighten the matter: On Friday, while
down at tho jail on my. rounds OF in-l
Sspection, asked Mr., Wharton, foreman
for Ragland s. Slaughter, the sub-con-
tractors for the jail. when e4would have.
all his forming In for the concrete wa ls,s
and was told by him that he would hard-
Ely be ready before Monday. at any! rate
concrete work would not b started until
\ Monday Ny reason for4 making this
point was that wanted to be at the
works before they started putting In any
more concrete, to check up the propor-
&tions that were being used. No one had
called my attention to the fact i was
not satisfied with the way things looked.
and that was my object IN arranging to
check up the sub-contractor for the con-.
crete work, aa3l$ s$5, @ * h 3tt8} ,9s..tfs
l"This matter, when reported to me by
4 Mr.. Fyayser, was taken up Immediately
with Ragland and Slaughter, and 7 1or-}
dered them to stop the Sconcrete. work and
was told that my orders would be fol-
lowed, and that work had been stopped3
on the building, Later In the day, Mi,
AIcClay, the contractor for tho concrete
on his own hook, staytfGl up the work
again, contrary to my orders, stating
that he would be responsible, as he was
carrying out the specifications Yestcr-l
day, ut the meeting Of the board is;n
asked to be allowed to show thu BOARD
AZ Supervisors and myself the proport Ions
he was using; his request was granted
and by actual test and measurement,
made and supervised By Mr.. WendeH-
burg, tho Commemorative Attorney, y
showed up plainly that the amount Of
cement he was using was lust about ha
the quantity that tho specifications called
FIR The I'D 4fjthen WHnt into session
again, aud n1Ased the following resolny
tlon upnnsIny Teaomn, ends lon:
hesrecommendation OF Mr, cha res
X, bryant, tho archit ect employee by the
board In the construction Of the new
1ail. the board refuses to accept the col'-'
crete work done on said jail. from tns
height OF Its present construction DO "
10 the notion Of the window stills IN tns
tramp room. and SO fnuch az tha sA4o
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-12
LAWMAKERS WIN
-FOUR OUT OF eleven

Having won four out OF eleven games
played, tho Lawmakers Will open here
this afternoon with Roanoke, And Il
Roanoke gets away With two Of the
games to be played. she will be IN the
third place, and Richmond will be hlrting
with Danville for the fourth position.
b Facts hurt the most, and these are the
real articles. Tho Lawmakers are slowly
and surely, sinking backwards. and this
too. In the face Of the fact that this
city practically sustains the league, More
people pay to see game here on satur-
day than are In the grandstand and
bleachers In any other, city In any three
games Yet Richmond has q team that
can't VIM n s8s 81
There ae several good players on tho
team. but many think the mana cement "
at fault There arc believed to be eight
out of every ten people In Richmond VINO
have followed the game who now say that
a change in the management would re-,
suit In great good. H a sss
But tho game here this afternoon will
be- q great one, and the L,awlnRk efss are
due 10 win. 4 Colonel Still VIII aedo Ssthe
.pItchings sFs7 zgAs ts
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-12
new Aerie OF Eagles while In A1ilWaukeoi
but will also speak a few words for the
In Honor Of Mrs. Miller.


m honor Of Mrs. Maurice Miller, Of
entertained last night, Il Among those
present were Mr. and Mrs Henry Harris.
MIR. ana Mrs. 81 I. A. Weinberg, Lazarus
Levy, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Meyer, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry aLeWy, Mr., and Miss Bear,
9Isador8 Schapiro, David Schapiro, ulius
8schaplrp, Miss Henriettn schapiro and
other friends of the host and hostess
Personals and Briefs.
Mrs. George Il ITincheys has returned
to her homo, No. 29o0 Everett Street.
after very pleasant visit to friends In
Baltimore. al ri M
Mr.. John s.: Wakefield. president OF the
city Assembly, yesterday purchased from
Nessrs. ]. IL shotwell & CO. the house
and lot at No. 2os East Eleventh Street.
The consideration was 81, 800. Mr.. Wake
field will shortly move from the First
Ward to his new homo. 4
Postmaster Bcattie yesterday received
word that bids for the now postoftlce site
would soon be requested by the depart
fment. Tho real estate mon Of the city
are much Interested in this question. ,li5SN
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Jewett will leave
this week for West Point to spend two
weeks vs. 5 3.33 Ii I'LL s5 K lS El
The excursion to Buckroe Beach under
the auspices OF Central Methodist Church
Will leave this morning at 1880 o. clock. Il
IA The Ladies' Aid Society Of West End
Methodist Church will give their annual
entertainment in the church yard to-.
night. ss IS L w 5i H
Miss lone Mason, Of Norfolk, Is tho
guest OF Miss Emma Bailey, No. 612 sDe7
catur Street. s5
Mrs. ]. w. Smith and little daughter,
Helen. are visiting In Petersburg.
Miss Willie Watts, daughter Of Cap
tain Watts. Of Oak Grove. Is confined
to ller homo with sickness. y45
Messrs. Augustine Royal & Co.. will
sell at public auction this afternoon two
lots In Swansboro.