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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14

UCH a strange sight as we would
see If We could take an a1rshlP TINS
} morning and fly across the AtIantlc
- to the shores of Africa!
We would find thousands of naked 1T
tie Africanders reciting Golden Texts In
Christian Sunday schools!
Tomorrow morning we would 90 down
their rude streets between their queer
matched high-stilted huts and find
many of the little youngsters in day
school. learning their lessons all the way
from \, B, G up to the second reader.
Some of them would be naked as this
boy in the front seat. others half Dress
ed and others fully dressed.
Tastes differ down there in that hot
country-some boys and girls dressing
COR undressing) for comfort, others for
style
These schools are only few and far
between as yet, for there are not nearly
enough missionaries and government
teachers in that vast continent to In
growing up down there The teachers
report that, considering how many CEN
turtles Of densest ignorance these chill
dren have for their ancestry, they take
to learning pretty well. But, OF course,
they are not quick and intelligent like
you children who have an educated an
cestry.
Almost all the schools are doing
very sensible thing. indeed, for those
handicrafts. such as bookbinding,
typesetting carpentry. brickmaking.
shoemaking, and so on-which are the
things they need much more than book
learning, at present.
periences these children are having
and that Of their grandparents. In
the old days the children were in
daily danger Of being snatched away
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
Shoes in Constantinopie

" URKISH shoes, like Japanese
shoes. are purposely made so
loose lifting as to be easily
For every time Turkish boy or girl
enters house or shop, mosque or
the school building. he must don his
street shoes and don sort OF toe
slipper made OF wood or leather.
Isn't 1t q queer custom? But they
think us quite as queer to take on
our hats and keep on our shoes. They
never think Of removing their hats.
The shoe shops OF Constantinople
consist of a sort OF platform two or
three feet high and not much over
ten feet wide, covered with carpet
or a mat. with cushions to sit on, and
q little cubbyhole behind-that is all.
The shopkeeper sits cress-legged on
his cushion, smoking his Turkish
pipe. His customer Sits on chair
outside and inspects the great variety
OF shoes that are on display-long
soldier boots, wooden pattenS for the
bath, red shoes for Armenians. blue
shoes for Greeks, black shoes for
Jews. slippers made of fur, silk. vel
vet and brocade, embroidered slip
pers, gold and gem spangled shoes.
ETC., etc.
when he has made his choice he
points to the shoes he wants, and the
shopkeeper leisurely reaches for them.
He is IN no hurry to sell.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
Robinson Crusoe

THE success Of Robinson Crusoe"
was doubtless the reason why, In
1.-THE Swiss Family Robinson.
Johann Rudolf Won Wyss, Swiss pro-
lessor, early in the last century, set
forth the experiences Of family cast
away on an island untrodden by the
foot of man. 1t is the only survivor or
many limitations of Robinson Crusoe.
In a story entitled "Crusoe In New
York" the Rev. DR.. Edward Everett
Hale tells in amusing fashion how
man lived alone in a vacant lot sur
rounded by a high board fence In inc
heart of the great city.
The story is told Of the owner or a
noisy rooster who named the gallinace-
Gus bird Robinson. When asked the
reason for this designation, he replied;
CT did II because he crew So
This may be paralleled by the story OF
the hen and the former pastor OF
Plymouth Church:
To a hen. said the great Brooklyn preacher;
MY dear. you're a beautiful creature.
And the hen. lust for that. laid two eggs IN
And thus did the hen reward Beecher.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
Piquet on Horseback.

This is not a puzzle for YOU TO solve
but. for you to mystify your friends
with:
The point IS TO count up to 100
with a friend. each taking his turn in
the count. and see which one reaches
100 first
The only rule for both counters to OBJ
serve is this: That each may add what
ever he pIeases to the last number, pro-
vided the addition does not reach eleven.
In other words, ten is the limit
You must first understand the peculiar
characteristic Of the number IL; when
multiplied by l, 2. 3. etc. you know. the
product always joins two similar figures,
IL, 22, SO, "A, etc.
ucts and count in such a manner as to
find yourself always / above any of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
Tricks And Games.

The game Of Nations described by Mrs.
Linscott in her book on entertaining is
jolly
Provide each guest with a list Of
questions, with Spaces left for the an
swers The answers consist of words
ending I'm NATION" Here are
the questions and the answers:
1. A popular flower /. Carnation
2 Unruliness q Decentralization
:. \ gift for char 8. Donation
4. Installation of l. Coronation
3. esoIution or a. Determination
''grit"
I. Fancy or mental T. Imagination
representation .'..'''
s. Making anything s. Explanation
clear
9. Operation to pre- Q. Vaccination
vent smallpox
10. Giving up an Of TO- Resignation
flee
IL Joining or put IL Continuation
u. Naming of can Il. Nomination
didates
Prizes decorated with national colors
would be suitable.
Here is an excellent game TO play on
Sunday Suppose your family all en-
gage in it. 1t will be just as attractive
to father and mother as TO the little
folks.
Prepare a sheet of paper for each
player, with the following rhymed al
phabet:
q is for B.. whose ass had scare,
c Is for C, who ms prother oid stay,
d is for D.. prayerful three times
+ is for E., who by ravens was fed.
+ is for F.. who trembled with dread.
G is for G.. who had famed band.
II is for H, both tricky and bland.
] is for l.. last of his race.
j is for j., who painted her face
K is for X, a daughter of job.
l. is for L.. who wore the priests
robe.
n is for N, who escaped many evils.
o is for O., who did run away.
p is for the P. who taught US TO
pray.
r is for r. whom Joseph did feast.
s is for s., killed by a stone,
T is for T., of whom little is known.
u is for u. killed in the fight.
for the W, without any light.
w is for W., whose cruise never failed
X was the letter at which We all
rallied.
Y was the Y man who build the liar,
Il was q, who tried TO climb higher
See if the players can fill the blanks
with Bible names that will fit the letter
and also the meaning. In several cases
there is a choice OF several names. but
in most cases only one name will apply
The answers usually given are as fol
lows: Abigail. Balaam, Cain. Dame.
Elijah, Felix. Gideon. Hanan. lchabod.
Jezebel. karenhoppock. Levi, Noah,
Onesimus. Publiean.s Queen. Reuben.
Stephen. Titus, Uriah. Virgins, Widow,
Young IMAM, Zaccheus.
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But he had found that Jimmie was
not the only prisoner in the building.
but that Mrs. Norman. the doctors
wife, had tainted in the hallway. He
was back in the building before any
one could prevent him, carrying long
rope with him. He reached the hall ard
lowered Mrs. Norman from the window.
as the fire-escape had become loosened
from its fastenings and fallen to the
ground.
He went back into the room. and
nothing was seen of him for a few min
utes. when joyce. running through the
front door and up the staircase, which
was now ablaze, disappeared, only to
appear at the window with the uncon-
scious form OF Dale, who had become
overpowered by smoke He made the
rope fast, and carefully lowered him
self. with his helpless burden, to safety,
amid the cheers OF the crowd.
The school was burned TO the ground.
but, as soon as the new building 10
completed, Dale IS to return, and no
longer as that coward"
There are no such chuns in the school
as Joyce and Dale, and IT is runored
that, upon Joyce's graduating az the
end OF the year, the football team will
be ably captained 10y Dale.
C. F. BROOKS.
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TIKI FEIOM DAE &
TT HE boys OF the Durnc Boarding
School were gathered on the
campus, engaged IN a very ami

TT HE boys OF the DurnS Boarding
School were gathered on the
campus, engaged in very ami
mated discussion.
II tell you. fellows" said Joyce. the
captain OF the football eleven. that
chap Dale is beastly cad ard cow
ard. and IL he were not such a good
try
Dale was a new boy at the school.
and was inclined to be ''sissified," as
the boys at the school mad often re-
marked.
He had on several occasion. refused
TO night, when challenged by boys who
were by no means stouter than he. and
now. when struck by Joyce. had calmly
walked away.
The, two things most despised by
schoolboys are a thief and coward and
even though Dale had scored the win.
nihE TOUCHDOWN In the game between
durham and Preston and a report had
come 10 the school that he had thrash
ed one of the village boys for iu-treat-
lng a kitten. the boys kept him at q
distance.
At last this became unbearab,e. ard
ne resolved to leave after the Christ
1t was the 10Th OF December. the last
DAY or school, and tomorrow the hovs
would return home for a three weeEss
.aca non. The senior class gave an en-
terlalnment in the evening, and had
decorated the assembly room with ever
green and holly.
AT han-past 10, when all the bows
were in their dormitories, a smell OF
smoke was detected issuing f-om tSa e
assembly room, and In another fiffeeo
minutes the boys were out OF the build
ing watching the firemen fight fha
names. The green decorations had in
some manner caught fire. and. after
smouldering for some time. had set Ara
TO the ceiling. Ai0
Dale was with the other BOYS. when
ne suddenly remembered that little Jim
sprained ankle. ~
Quick as flash. he was through the
front door. and, cropping through the
smoke, found his way to the room
Wnere Jimmie was vainly trying to
crawl TO the door. He carried him To
the window and down the fire-escape to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
e. Z5gNln2x4Mw

-HERE once was a cat from the
Isle OF Man,
And a dlgnified cat was ne;
When the other kittens their
And chased their tails and frolicked
and ran.
He shock his head
And severely said:
''Such frolics are not for me-!
"Rut, why" said 1 to the stately cat,
DO you never join the fun?
If you always sit and NOPE like that,
Each day you'll grow more sleepy and
fat
Come. don't be a snail,
Co chase your taI1i"
Said he: II AMT GOT NONE!
C NJ BUSH.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14

these products. If you do that, you will
reach 100 before your opponent.
But be sure TO begin your count with
/. Your opponent cannot add more
than 10. That makes II. You must
add I. making u. He cannot add more
than 10 again In that case, all YOU
have to do is to add /. making %. And
so on and so on until your C"noneut
counts SO. You add 1 and m..,:e 100
ahead of him
To make sure Of success. memorize
the important numbers J. y "A. 20. o.
81. 7S. SO. forward and bach w1rd.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
Do You Knowp

That boas and pythons. two kinds Of
large snakes. have go pairs of ribs2
That even grass will not grow well
under the shade of trees?
That young blackbirds look very much
like little thrushes7
tree. they take a good look round from
the top branches before they fiutter
down on the lower branches to sleep?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
Can You Tellp

Can you tell Polly Evans II there is
any present tense or future tense Of the
verb Wrought?
we can say: THE woman's agony
wrought upon his sympathics-" But how
can we say it is having that effect at
the present moment. or prophesy that it
will have that effect tomorrow?
Look In the dictionary. boys and girls.
1t is a curious question.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
Harry's Question.

Little Harry tat dinner)-Mamma,
nIay 1 ask you a question?
Mamma-Certainly, dear. What is IT.?
Little Harry-Why do they eat soup
first, and then fish? Is it so the fish
can go in swimming?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
Printers Pi,

Can you tell what four lines from
Oliver Goldsmith's Deserted Village
have been put into the following printers
pi?
"Owh tfeon vaeh 1 sesebdl het mocing
ayd,
Ewnh lott mertitnig eltn It's urtn OF
layp;
fere,
Lde pu hiert psotrs enbeaht het pserad-
ngi eret."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
Enigma.

/ am composed OF II letters.
NV. II, 8. IL, is genuine, true.
My !, 2. 9, 4. is the name OF a girl.
My II, IL, Z, is to chase.
Ny 6, IL, 5, z, is the name OF q
iquid used with the desserts.
NV z, 8, u, is the name OF boy.
Ny whole Is the name Of an ancient
Roman who was assassinatsd.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
cittIe> Africanders Ar School

from their MONIES Ny nendISn slave
dealers, and being sold into dreadful
slavery IN some far-distant land
the children little learning and some
useful trade.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
A Precaution.

What did you do with that letter
that was on my table?" asked a man
OF the colored boy who dusts his Office.
81 tuck it to de postoffice. sab. and put
It in de hole
What did you do that for? Didn't
you see there was no address on the
envelope?'
~ saw there was no writin' on de
'velope. but lowed yer did dat on pur-
poss. SOS 1 couldn't tell who yer was
writin' to-"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
Queer, Indeed!

There's one thing about me that I
don't understand said Tommy.
thoughtfully, land that's why 1t Is that
making marks on wallpapers is such
lots Of fun. and making 'em in COPY
books in school is such hard work"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
A Cancels Back.

a camel can easily carry a weight of
1000 pounds on it's back, about four times
as much as a horse can carry. The
camel begins work at the age OF 4. and
as rule. is nearly played out at the
age of 10.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
Riddles.

/. In what month do the people OF
Bamlach eat the least?
2. There are two natural brothers and
yet only one of them Is my uncle. How
is that?
3. How can persons divide eggs so
that each man shall receive I, and still
] remain in the dish?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
Shorthand Spelling.

What word of nine letters and four
sylIables does this spell?
x US
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14

Dat IooAs now as IL the IIJLIs AZ
ricanders are going to grow up into
Intelligent, useful citizens, who will
help to make Africa q wonderful, civ
ilized and rich country instead of a
wilderness full OF savages and wild
beasts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
Drop Letter Puzzles.
What InVentionf

Ny first letter is in say, but not In letter.
My second letter is in lisp, but not IN
stutter.
Ny third letter is IN story. but not IN
tale.
Ny fourth letter IS IN succeed. but not
in fail.
My fifth letter is IN helm. but not in
mast.
Ny sixth letter Is in first. but not In
last
My seventh letter is in speak, but not In
mention, $500. e.
While my whole viii prove great in
Vention.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
Single Beheading.

am sign Of fortune and nIsfor-
tune; behead me and ! am frozen
water. What am /?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
Double Beheading.

With my heads I am a staple food.
Behead me and / am verb. Behead
me again and 1 am q proposition. Do
you recognize me?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
Small Boys Bright Answer.

What are pauses?'' asked the teacher
OF an infant class Things that grow
on catses." piped the small boy at the
bottom.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
Picture Puzzle.

TINE picture puzzle today will IN
terest even the tiny little folks.
because very familiar rhyme
is the answer to II. Can you
tell what 1t IS?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14

the candle burn under water
Can you tell what causes this phe-
Eomenon2
II you take a large pickle bottle, cut
off the bottom and use it In place of the
drinking glass, the candle will burn
much longer under water.
Can you tell why?
Have ycu ever tested what they call
the Formulation table?
Take ten blank cards. and on them
write the figures I, >, 8, 4, 8, 6, I, s,
and O. respectively. Shuttle in the fol-
loving manner: slip OF ! and 2; above
them psf 3 and 4; under these four
cards place 8. and Z; then. at the top
OF the pack put and 8. and the card
Et the bottom.
Shuttle as often as you please in the
same manner. At each new shuttle you
will have q different order, but after
the seventh shuttle you will find them
hack in the original order again. Try
II and see Il the cards do not come in
the following orders:
First shuile-S. $. 3. 4. !. 2. 5. 8. I. o
(bOttoin).
Second shuffe-6 I, B, 4, 5. 8. I. 2. 5, 0.
y:iird shuttle. .. 3. 4. 6. T. s. O. L, 0.
Fourth shuiiie-9 1. 5. 4. 2. 5, 6, Z, 6, O.
Eft;h shi!He-T, .. >, 1, .. ], ,. ;, 8, q.
Sixth shUffie-5. Il. s. T. I, :, g. l. p O.
seventh shu.Jie-l. .. 3, 4, 5, G. Z s, g.
= tthe original orcer).
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14

VkY HEN Sylvia was brought TO US
NM she was hardly more than
Wv baby, and one of the pref
test babies you ever saw
she was a gray squirrel. with a
sauey; frtsktng. bushy tail and lovely,
pig, dark eyes-two marks of beauty
highly esteemed in squirrels.
III Sylvia WAS only baby, she was
will OF her own, which she first mani
Tested by stating firmly (not very
gently. either) that handling was
most diStasteful to her. and that q
cage was quite TOO v-retched an affair
Tor her to honor with her presence.
Like most babies, she usually had
her own way Her sharp yellow teeth
were Jas good as
- PLEASE DO NOT HANDLE
Sign. And she was so much more
happy and beautiful when let out OF
her cage to leap from chair to chair
and go scrambling over the curtains
than when standing on her hind feet
a lonely little prisoner. with her nose
against the bars, that we never shut
her up IL we could find any one will
ing to watch her.
We always felt that we belonged to
Sylvia more than Sylvia belonged to
us She seldom permitted us to put our
hands on her. but would crawl all over
us. and when she happened to be in
one of her playful moods she would bite
and scratch our hands Just as q playful
Then, too, she looked on US as the
chief source of nutS-cracked nuts, IL
you please. If we dared offer her un-
cracked ones, she firmly poked them
back into our hands and patted our
fingers down over them-a reproof which
we could not help but understand.
Once she hid a nut in ladys hair
and distracted in its stead bone halr-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14

count hs its Of rycui and pt@q
- like the tina he Of
/ hoeo another fhes meconry
n he a man,,
hsS tho 1.-THE Norh r Eat Of using the unless
love- visit he with
connect is
Would you boys be allan a. iI and down he noun
j
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
Two-Word SQUARES.

Iwo-Word Squares.
Zach OF these words has four letters.)
!. A very useful metal.
A kind OF cord.
A precious stone
A girls name.
Q. A bird
To wander.
Part OF q stone.
Past tense OF GO.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
Flower Anagrams.

/. Violet.
2. Hyacinth.
3. Gardenia-
4. Honeysuckle.
o. Mignonette.
6. Aster.
Z. Clematis.
8. Anemone.
8. Sweet pea
10. Chrysanthemum.
IL Geranium.
II. Petunia.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
BoSey Nursery Rhyme

Crosspatch. draw the latch.
Sit by the fire and spin;
Take cup, and drink It up,
And call the bogies in.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14

ERE is an extremely amusing
~ trick: ~
d pace o5HotB persons rs ms. on s1o their
each is to kneel on one knee, with the
other leg in the air.
Give one OF them a lighted candle, re-
questing him to light that Of the other
person. This is exceedingly difficult to
do. both being poised delicately on one
knee and liable TO tumble on the slight
est movement.
Get a good-sized cork or bung.
Upon IL place a small lighted candle.
Then set it afioat in a pail of water.
Next, lower an inverted drinking glass
down over the light and push ii care
fully down into the water. You will see
The copper era., 1906-08-09
The SaltOn Sea Still Advancing.

So entirely confident does the
California Development company's
management appear to be that its
present effort to stop the Mexican
intake will be successful, that the
general public has almost become in
occulated with a similar belief.
That has not yet been accomplished,
however, and in the meantime the
Salton sea is growing apace.
From the 2Ist of June to the 21st
of July the sea grew in height, or in
depth, from 53 O5 to 64.S5, or almost
twelve feet.
OF course this enormous increase
of almost five inches day was due
to the very unusual torrent that has
rushed down the Colorado and into
Salton basin, but the flood has now
largely abated, and the sea is still
growing at the rate of two and a
half inches a day. The country
about Mecca is rapidly succumbing
to the inevitable, and Thermalites
are growing very anxious. Some en-
coura cement, however. is afforded
by the circumstance that the sea
must still grow 213 feet before it can
slop over the basins edge.
The copper era., 1906-08-09
NEWS OF THE TERRITORY.

1t is rumored about Ell Paso that
Walter Douglas, who at the present
time has headquarters in Douglas,
where he has been stationed as man.
aging director of the Er Paso &
Southwestern, and general manager
of the Copper Queen company, will
go to Ell Paso upon the completion of
the new general office buildings and
the removal of the railroad shops
from Douglas and Alamagordo to
that city.-El Paso Herald.
The working force at the Twin
Buttes mines has been increased by
the employment of twenty-five addi-
tional miners. With the completion
of the railroad, ore shipments have
commenced, and the daily consign-
ment for the Ell Paso smelters is
about seventy-five tons. Drifting has
been started on the 265-foot level and
it is stated that a good body of ore
was uncovered on this level. The
camp has the appearance of a lively
town and should local citizens pay a
visit to the mines they would be
greatly surprised. There are a num-
ber of company buildings and the
place has the appearance of a fair
sized ttlement.-Citizen.
An interesting question of title is
suggested by paragraph in The
Sun, OF Yuma, Arizona, which pub
fishes a statement to the effect that
a Mexican discovered some rich min
ing ground in the northern part of
Yuma county, and having an oppor-
tunity to sell, did so, receiving part
payment in cash. When it was dis
covered that the locator was not d
citizen of the United States, several
parties raced to the find to relocate
it. Lindley on Mines says: eve
think the following principles have
been ablished by weight of
authority: ~ That location made
by an alien, if otherwise valid,
creates IN him an estates which can
be divested only at the instigation of
the government in a proceeding in
which it is either directly or in
party. (2) That such es-
tate when vested in citizen is as
as if originally acquired
by him by location, and no one, not
even the government, can assail his
title" A location made by an alien
is free from attack by anyone save
the United States government. In
the Arizona case, therefore, the
Mexican might have held onto the
claims located by him until "office-
found" as proceedings in cases of
this kind by the government are
called, and the purchaser from the
Mexican has good title to the ground
in question and may yet oust the
jumpers by legal process.