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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
MONTE cR|STO PAN
NEW YORK A v|S
Gives Vaudeville Break
Parties Which Cost OnIy
$500 a Piece. 1
SPENDS $500 A DAY 4
ON JOYS OF BROADV
Buys a Hotel Because Wa,
Was Run Did Not !
Suit Him.

The latest Broadway Monte c.,
has been discovered. Everybody il
White Light district, New Yorl
amazed at the lavish expend,turs
Oliver Barnes. the 22.year.old a.
son OF Colonel Oliver Weldon a.
builder Of the famous Uorseshoa % =,
on the Pennsylvania railroad =
Nr: Barnes, it is estimated hv
VINO have kept careful accoun, "A
pubic spendings, has been pettine
OF about $500 day in his "inal;ef
right, = the pursuit Of happiness. I,
dltlon he has periodically dispoae
tens of thousands Of dollars in va,
ventures, the latest of which was
purchase, in connection with w
Miner, former husband of Mrs ya
or the Hotel Rand, at Forty-r
street and Broadway.
Lucky in Investments.
Up to midnight last night he
gwen no indication of anv immef
diminution of the amount of his
expenditures. When questioned
cately as TO the probability of that
happening, he said. with laugh:
g Well. ] don t think l shall 20 i
just yet. - I
That statement was corroboratei
those who are in closest touch
him. BY then, his experiences
likened to those of the famous "
Mr.. Brewster, of dramatic fame.
much as the major portion, if mol
the investments he has been ind
TO make by the rocks of upper B,
way who at first took him for a
pigeon to be plucl5ed, have. for
occult reason, turned out highly p
able. !
''To show that ! am not quite 8
norant of the value of dollar as I
of my friends seem to believe, [,
tell you l have made money sin
was l6 years Old says Mr.. Ba
At that age / began speculatin
the market. I had saved $40 ou
my allowance, and / took it TO q
etshop. My first venture was a;
cess, and l have been moderately.
cessful in that line and in real es
deals ever since.
One Breakfast for $500. 4
Since Mr.. Barnes has been in
York his daily expenditures have
punctuated by little breakfasts
vaudeville entertainments About
weeks ago, for instance, Mr.. Barne
a cafe in Forty-fourth street, Jus
Broadway, gave to few footlighl
vorites small breakfast, for whic
cheerfully- paid sl50o Last weel
was the delighted host at little
devillc show in the back room OF
other cafe, the cost of which, FRO
Il. IN. till 6 Il. nj, was $500.
Another Of Mr.. Barnes foible
the hiring of automobiles. He bega
indulge in that pastime by enga
an auto by the hour. He kept the.
chine one year. paying FOR II
more than $I2 each day.
Mr.. Barnes said he bought the q
Rand, because he was dissatisfied
the way hotels are run IN New ior
II think some of the rules and :
lations are fussy and silly" ne
clared. "In addition, the hotels.
not up-to-date. Finding that Mr..
ner held similar sentiments, 20
him in the purchase of hotel "
we intend to make the finest in
York. But that s only a side bet. Z
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
FIGHT WITH RATTLESNAKE
Pocketbook and Cane Save Sunday
Stroller From Venomous Reptile.

Edward Allen OF New Gretna, n. j.,
was walking on the shore OF an old mill
pond in the woods near here on Sun
day. when he stepped on what he sup
posed to he stick, and was startled
with the warning of a rattlesnake. At
the same instant the snake sprang al him
and struck him on the hip. Allen car
red leather pockctbook In his hip pock-
ct. and the fangs stuck In the leather
Allen had a cane in his hand and struck
the reptile on the head
The reptile broke loose. coiled and
struck at him again, Allen parrying the
attack with another blow OF his cane.
This time he broke the rattler's neck.
The snake had Is rattles and a button.
was five feet long and as big around as
n mans arm. Allen exhibits the pocket
book pierced by the reptiles fang, the
fang itself and the rattes and the but
ton as proofs OF his prowess.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
HERE'S GOOD FISH STORY
Michigan Man Has Unusual Luck
While Trolling

d. L. r. A. d. B. Van Zandt dropped
in again, Thursday morning, says the
Detroit Free Press, to tell us that the
fish are biting in all bodies of water
on the lines Of his road.
"Yesterday ] was fishing for deep
water piekerel,' - said he. 81 was
using spoon. 4 big fish that made
more than eight pounds grabbed ii
and the line broke. had new line
with me and soon repaired the dam
age. Would you believe me, not long
afterwards ] hooked the very fish that
had taken my spoon and in his mouth
| found knife and fork. Now here s
the way | account for that
But we refused to LET him spoil a
good story with an explanation.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
DIDN'T WORK THIS TIME
Woman Plants Herself in Hole to Pre-
vent Telephone Post Being Set.

A determined woman, who objected to
n gang of employees from a telephone
company placing pole in front of her
home, jumped in the excavation and re-
maincd there until hauled out by the
police
She was Mrs. David Goldberg Of S22
South Adams street, Peoria, ILL.,, and she
attracted more attention that circus
parade during the two hours that she
resolutely held her place. The work
men pleaded with her in vain and
as last resort called the police.
The presence Of six stalwart blue
coats did not daunt her and it was only
when they fastened rope around her
waist and pulled her out of the hole
by force that she came up.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
SNAKES AS PETS
Kansas Man Who Has Trained Several
Reptiles.

nGpblleS.
Tom Lloyd, who lives in Troy, Kan,
has number of bull snakes, says the
Troy Chief, which ne has made pets
Of He handles them without fear and
they seem to know him and show no
disposition to harm him Last Sunday
he had one of them, which was over
five feet long, with him on the street
and gave several persons quite a scare.
No one objects TO Tom having as many
pet snakes as he wants, provided he
keeps them where they Will not scare
people who are not partial TO that
kind of a pet. Ever since serpent
got into the Garden of Eden and raised
cain. most men have an antipathy to
snakes Of all kinds and there is q
general desire to destroy them wher-
ever found. If the marshal had come
along while Tom was exhibiting his
pet there would have been a snake kill
ing time right there. Tom had better
keep his snakes under his he'd, or in
some other place of concealment here
after, as several people who are NOR
tally afraid of them have registered
kick
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
CLAIMS TO BE CENTENARIAN
Colored Man at Reno Who Served in
War of 1912.

Frank Backus of Reno, New, holds
the unique distinction Of being arrested
for drunkenness for tho first time in
"A century, although he has been lib
eral user Of whisky most of his life,
Baclkus, who is native of Africa,
and claims to be a centenarian, is still
strong and healthy aud earns his living
by physical labor He served in the
war Of 1912 and accompanied his mas-
ter, a man named Duluth, through the
Black Hawk war and the driving of
the Mormons out of Nauvoo. He was
present at many decisive encounters
during the civil war and came to Cal
ifornia during the gold rush in the
early ifties. He has lived in Reno
forty-ive years.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
SLEPT ON TRUCK; MAY DIE
Tried Open Air Treatment and Was
Nearly Killed

His belief that he could get bet
ter rest by sleeping in the open air on
his truck than by going home resulted
i'll Charles Walder going TO Roosevelt
hospital. New York, with internal in
iuries that may cause his death.
For several nights Walder has been
unable TO sleep. Last night he decided
TO try sleeping on the floor of his truck
that is stored during the night on the
dock at the foot Of East Fifty seventh
street.
The truckman went 10 sleep all
right. but mis- feet knocked over a
support bracing up a pile of cement
water pipes. Three hundred of the
pipes were loosened and rolled off tho
pile. burying Walder beneath them.
The man was rescued by Policeman
Mcknight and removed TO the hospital
in a serious condition.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
SPIDER IN HER HAT
Society Woman Bitten Three Times;
Condition Serious.

Miss Lydia Hindman, a well-known
Ky, is suffering from the effects Of
three spider bites, all from the same
spider. The spider was hidden in her
bonnet, and when she put it on it ran
down and bit her three times before it
could be knocked off The young wom-
an suffered greatly and for time her
life was despaired of After heroic
work physicians relieved her, but she is
still quite i'll
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
SQUARE pARAS0LS LATES
Artistic Novelties From the Rivera
Seen at Ascot.

One Of the novelties seen at ~
England. last week was a square pa
fringed at the edge with silk or
silver balls The fashion was imp
from the Riviera. where il was the
I'm an early month of The wear; Soml
amples OF this new Sunshade Seei
Ascot were very artistic, the panels
tifully embroidered. and the ~
charmingly constructed with tiny
buds in them or minute daisies dan
from their stalks,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
DIVORCE GOES On
Hubby Converted, Meets Wife at Re.
vival, Pleads Forgiveness in Vain.

After having knelt in PRAYER aud
declared his conversion 10 Christianity
at a tent revival mt Granite City, IN.
II suburb. the first person William Lax.
ton noticed was his wife Bessie. from
whom he had been separated since
New Year s day.
Instantly Laxton went to her side
and embraced her. He begged forgive
ness and wanted her 10 dismiss her suit
for divorce
81 told you once that / would no,
live with YOU agnin if every hair il
your head was strung with gold, hi,
wife replied
Mrs. I.axtou said today that she
would have to think it over lone
Nme before changing her determine
tion 10 get divorce.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
VALUES LIFE AT FIVE CENTS
Drowning Man Pays That Sum to His
Rescner.

Louis Bonzania Of Manown, Pa, val.
ues his life nj ) cents. This is the
reward he bestowed on Leonard Chat
iawny, ferry boy at Black Diamond,
for dragging him out Of the Mononga
bela river when ne was drowning To
save toll Bonzaiiia tried TO swim across
the river. He could not make il aud
was compelled TO call for help. Chat
taway answered, The boy demanded %
cents for the service. BoDauzia objected
because he had been landed Oh the
wrong side of the river, He finally paid
The ferry boy 10 cents to take him to
the other side and gave him a tip of
cents for saving his life.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
Hen Photographs Chick on Egg.

An ambitious hen Of Washington has
laid an egg on the end of which ap-
pears the delicately shaped head of a
wee chicken. The head is perfect in
every detail and appears as if the chick
were bursting through the shell. The
miniature is part Of the shell and is of
q most delicate pinkish hue.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
SITTING HEN KILLS A MAN
Hoosier Pecked on Hand and Blood
Poisoning Causes Death.

AS the result of being pecked on the
hand by sitting hen on Thursday of
last week Joseph B. Bryan, go years
old, a retired building contractor of
Anderson, Ind, is dead Bryan under
took to lift the hen from her nest and
she pecked him. Blood poisoning de-
YelOped the following DAY
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
SHE WOULD PARADE
CLOTHED IN CHASTITY
G0diva Procession Has Caused
a Red-HOt Row i'm All
Coventry.
1T WILL BE REALISM
IN EXTREME, SAY CLERGY
La Milo's Proposed Appearance
in Pink Tights Has Stirred
All England.

Whether the Lady Godiva procession
TO be held in Coventry shall he real
lstically carried out, says a London dis
patch, in accordance with the tradition
which dates from the middle Of the
| eleventh century, has precipitated a
quarrel between the procession commit
tee on the one hand and the Mayor and
clergy on the other, which seems des-
tined TO be carried to the very day Of
the celebration
The woman invited this year 10 i'm
personate the virtuous wife of Earl
Leofric, who eight centuries and half
ago rode through the town, as Tenny
son says, g clothed only with chastity"
thus compelling her husband to keep his
oath 10 relieve the inha bitants Of ex-
cessive taxation, is named La Milo, Of
living picture fame.
La Milo, in accepting the invitation,
offered 10 ride the white palfrey clothed
in any costume which the committee
might devise, provided that the pro
ceeds of the show should be given to
some charity. Otherwise she would
charge $4,000,
To Wear Pink Tights.
The procession committee wished to
gain as much as possible for charity,
and decided that La Milo should wear
pink tights with transparent drapery
and haxen hair over her shoulders.
Thereupon the Mayor and the clergy
protested. They deemed the engage
ment of La Milo reprehensible, her cos
tune indecent. Their protests went I'M
heard. The Mayor threatened to resign
with the contingent risk that the page
ant, as representative of the civic pride
of Coventry would fail The procession
committee, however, was obdurate, and
pointed to several precedents, showing
that in former times the objections of
the Mayor and clergy did not count. To
this the reply is made by Alderman Lee,
one Of the Mayors henchmen;
1.-The past professions do not form,
in my mind, a precedent They merely
show that nobody was strong enough
to come forward and uphold his Honor 8
ideals Of decency and purity. ii seems
that the committee is determined TO go
to the utmost limit which the law al
lows them
What Committee Says.
To this objection Mr. Prue, the secre-
tary of the committee, has made the
following reply: "The committee cares
nothing for objection. The costume is
charming and the lady who is to wear
it has not been at all insistent She
will wear it by our direction. It con
sists of tights fleshings' is an unfor-
tunate word-as far as the knees and
loose drspcry-' cloak does not quite
convey the idea-falling across and over
the body. As for indecency we cannot
be indecent, because Alderman Drink
water, our vice.chairman. is also mem
ber of the Watch committee
Meanwhile public opinion is running
high in Coventry. The Mayor still
threatens TO resign, the clergy continues
TO preach against La Milo, and the
procession committee remains obdurate
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-08-03
Hint FOR vacatIonlsss.

1t is not generally known, says the
Hospital Review, that flies and mos
quitoes dislike the odor of lavender.
A teaspoonfu Of oil Of lavender
to which is added enough alcohol to
make q saturated solution. sprayed
around the room and on the bedding
will effectively keep away flies and
mosquitoes while the odor Of lavender
IL perceptible.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-08-03

II IL possible to build a houss to
day, and such houses have already
been constructed, which shall be en-
tirely Of reinforced concrete, except
for such minor items as doors and
window frames. This, says the
Cement Age, makes a house which Is
entirely unburAable from within and
practically unburnabls from without,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-08-03

The average member Of parliament,
though not a thing Of beauty. is 9 Joy
forever. He is so human. so delight
fully human. Talk to him in the lChby
about anything-the solar system,
golf, the new theology, the binominal
theorem unrest In the Balkans, or
what you willard the honorable gen
tleman within Ave minutes will have
brought the conversation round "a
himself. He cannot help it-egotism
h his native aar.--M. A. P.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-08-03

I care not how worldly you may be;
there are times when all distinctions
seem like dust; and when at the
graves of the great, you dream Of a
coming country where your proudest
hopes shall be dimmed forever. Mar
ried or unmarried, young Or old, poet
or worker, you are still a dreamer, and
will one time feel and know that your
life is but a dream.--Ike Marvel.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-08-03

This advertisement appeared IN
Swiss paper: Hotel In a most PIC
turesque site, a distance Of a hundre.
meters from a police station. A phys
clan is attached to the establishment
Z which an ahnndaRtly supnlieI
American bar presents such attra<
ions that very few customers leave
If their own free will"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-08-03
A..nt IsmImah h court.

vanderhooi, the lawyer, tells Of a.
honest old negress whom he met COM
ing from the court house. Good
morning, Aunt Jemimah. what have
you been doing in court?" With much
hauteur she replied: Zone O. ma
friends jes' had a case 'fo de judge,
en- Ise been down to glib my testlnca-
ton"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-08-03

The too common custom Of drink
ing healths" had a most curious ORR
gin. In the days when the Danes lord
ed It in England they had a very COM
NOR habit Of stabbing E%nglIshmen In
the throat when drinking. To avoid
this villainy a man when drinking
would request some OF the sitters-by
to be his pledge. or surety, while TAX
ing his draught. Hence the custom.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-08-03

This is the high tide OF the year;
enjoy Il while you may, for presently
the food Of new life viii halt, all YER
dure grow rusty. and another measure
Of your existence. another one OF your
bountifulIy given chances to do some
thing to warrant your being on this
good earth at all. win have gone for.
ever-Boston Globe.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-08-03
10 Clean Kitchen.

When walls or ceiling are pa
With oil cloth or painted. put on
boiler Of water and close doors
windows. and boil the water
walls and ceilings are wet
steam. Take q long-handled I
bling brush or broom, tie a sof
and wipe your walls. This will
hDts OF time and trouble.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-08-03
Iaroe cNl ls Jgdoe's Victim,

One of the largest owls ever seen
in Benton county was shot by Judge
McFadden, says the Philomath Re-
view. The bird measures about four
feet from tip to tip Of wings. The
honorable Judge, hearing a clatter
among his fowls about n o'clock In
the morning, sailed out with his shot
gun and observed the cause of the dis
turbances perched in the top Of 3 uMe
among the Chickens.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-08-03

TAe records for New York arr fair
b complete since 1922. and they show.
prior to the advent Of the local bureau.
that coldsSt year was in 1887, with
~ average temperature Of ATS a..
uees, and the warmest IN 1886. aver
aging 55.6. This would make q diA-
forOAes Of about IA weeks In the 20.
Fiod Of vegetation in The extreme
yeara--N. Y. Times.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-08-03
norman Lnorea.s il VaIue.

The value Of the farm lands along
the Union Pacific Increased by more
than $1,000 .OOO, 900 in the fiye years
1900 to 1905. The United States cen
sus figures an aggregate value for II
states in 1905 as 1924, 7S2, se4, while
in 1900 It was only $500, 2S0,S72.
This Is an advance Of nearly As per
cent.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-08-03
Masculine Deceit.

Man is more easily allured by the
grace Of the gown than the grace Of
the mind, although he would have you
think otherwise, and Will hold forth
with considerable emphasis on the
text that no man ever knows what
costume a woman has on. o is he at
all concerned with the shape of her
hat, or the way she does her hair!-
London Madame.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-08-03
Wise, and Wiser.

He is a wise man who knows when
10 stop. That you have heard before,
sage the Business Arena. He is a
wiser man. though, who knows when
not to stop-who pushes a good thing
through until the vines hang heavily
with the golden dollars that are his
just reward for efforts hard. untiring.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-08-03

Reports from Zavidovic, Austria,
stats that a village near the River
KriyaG consisting Of 30 houses, be-
eaR 10 sink quite suddenly n MORN
ms recently. BY degrees the whole
hill on which the village stood disap-
peared under the ground. AT the first
sigma Of the sinking the inhabitants
aed. The catastrophe Is no doubt dss
@ volcanic action.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-08-03
Rsstino.

One Of the fundamental principles
Of proper rest is that n shall not be
disturbed during the resting time.
The telephone bell should be plugged,
One expecting to be called. or even
called Unexpectedly does not give up
thoroughly. It must not be forgotten
mat rest, real, refreshing. youth-gv'
ing, healthTestoring rest is Of the
nerves az well as the body.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-08-03

The clause Il don't care a fig" Is q
case Of mistaken identity. The proper
expression Is, 4 don't care a ico."
The word ilco means a swapping Of
the fingers to denote contempt Shake
speare used it in it's proper Significance
when he wrote, "a fco for the
phrase!"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-08-03
Bones Of santa claus.

How many persons know wherl
bones Of the originaI Santa Claus
At present they repose in q TOW
southern Italy. where they have n
for nearly nine centuries. b
they we're laid to rest there the
st. Nicholas was buried for six
turtles In Myra.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-08-03

% msaV 0stetie schemes have ben
urged on what have been claimed e
be scientific reasons. and have proved
themselves in practice to be uasatr
factory. that not a few practitioner
refuse 10 listen to any discussion or
the specific values Of foodstufs out
side the teachings OF practical expefl
ence.-London Hcsnital.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-08-03

The French families Of moderate
means live principally upon stews and
thick soups, buying cheap cuts OF
meats and common vegetables Tor
these dishes. They are healthy and
happy on such fare, as are a number
OF well-to-do families in this country,
who have reduced eating to a fine
mint
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-08-03
secret Of Happiness.

Keep true to your best faith and
DOT the days with deeds which love
and kindness prompt. Be just in
your dealings and keep from stain
Of sin In thought and word. and
you shall wear the crown OF an APP
proving conscience aud know the
secret Of the happy life.-I. Mench
Chambers.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-08-03
All Must Yield.

Obedience Is our universal duty and
destiny; wherein whose will not bend
must break; too early and too thor
oughly we cannot be trained to know
that would" in this world of ours.
is a mere zero to should" and, for
most part, as the smallest of fractions
even to ''shall. Carly
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-08-03

IF you want striking illustration
Of the increase in the price Of food
Btaffs In the last 10 or is years."
said an old hotel man. "iust get hold
Of an old table d'hote menu and see
the list OF things that hotel guests
used to get a quarter Of a century ago
for rs cents. Il would break up any
hotel to offer the same bill OF fare at
the same price to-day"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-08-03
DANCER In Watereress.

So many cases Of illness have fol-
lowed the eating of watercress in
Paris that an investigation has been
made. The experts concluded that as
cress often grows in swampy soil 1t
harbors all sorts of dangerous germs
and should not he eaten unless after
acrupulous cleaning.