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The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-02
NOTICE.

Estate of Lena Wannebo. Deceased: !
The undersigned will sell at private
sale the real estate situate in Salt
Lake county, Utah described as fol-
lows: Lots one and two in block six
in the First Burlington Addition TO
Glendale Park In Salt Lake City, ac-
cording to the recorded plat, together
with the apurtenances on or after Sep
TENDER 80, 1907. and written bids will
be received at the Office of McGur.
rim & Gustin. 800 Auerbach Building,
Salt Lake City. Utah. Terms OF sale,
cash or credit as provided by law.
Dated, September 4, 1907.
Edward Wannebo, Administrator OF
he estate of Lena Wannebo, deceased
McGurrin & Gustin. Attorneys.
First publication Sept. s. 1907.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-02

The products OF Utah industries are
to be given preference at the lair over
foreign exhibits, according to a de-
cision arrived at by the board OF d.
rectors of the fair association. The
list of Utah exhibits is already very
large. and by the time the day for
opening rolls around. 1t is confidently
expected that every home industry of
any note throughout the state will be
represented in the booths and stalls
at the Utah State fair
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-02
Real "sparkina."

The big green automobile stood mo.
tionless in the sandy road
where is your father?" asked the
young man, peeriug around In the
darkness.
Under the machine looking for the
sparkling. whispered the pretty girl.
The young man laughed softly and
slipped his arm around her.
Poor old gentleman" he chuclSled.
The idea of looking for sparkling I'M
der the auto when II is going on up
here"
And then he Intentionally fouled
some of the mechanism and kept the
perspiring old gentleman under the
big car for over an hour.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-02
THE KELLEY CURE.
Drunkenness cured.

A positive and permanent cure
for drunkenness and the opium az
eases. There Is no publicity, no
sickness. Ladies treated as prl-
vately as at their own homes. The
Kelley Institute. 33s w So. Tenn.
pie, Salt Lake City. Utah.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-02
STATE FAIR PROGRAMME.

The days of the week have been
designated for observance by the
committee to date as follows:
Monday Opening day, Cache ana
Box Elder county day, special fire
works In the evening. balloon race in
the afternoon, horse racing and all
other attractions, including Adgie, the
woman non tanner.
Tuesday-Derby day. r
Wednesday-Salt Lake county day,
free concert by Salt Lake tabernacle
choir, balloon ascension
Thursday-Weber county day. with
ogden tabernacle choir in attendance.
Friday-Utah county day; children's
day, all schools close, children's cho-
rus contest.
Saturday-Davis county day, auto
mobile races, confetti battle.
Every day of the week there will be
horse races. The management has
appropriated $4,000 for purses, ano
some very exciting events are prom.
Used. An innovation will be the two
mile roadster auto race. which will be
held at the close OF the horse races
Several motor car owners in Salt Lake
claim TO have G0-mile-an-hour ma
chimes. and the race will be bound Il
attract a great deal of interest and q
large crowd. The fair will close Sat
urday night with grand confetti
battle.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-02

THE Democrats must nominate
man on whom all fractions can unite"
says a Southern contemporary. Just
now it looks as If no matter who is
nominated all factions will unite in
jumping on him.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-02

Should wives get salaries?" asks
woman writer in one Of the maya
zines. Men who are in the habit of
handing their pay envelopes over ey-
cry week will think this rather late
day TO spring a question like that.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-02

Although there are only eighteen
flags used In the International Code OF
Signals, which is used by warships
and merchant ships all over the world.
they can be made to represent no few
er than 10000 signals. and by It's use
something like $4,000 ships can be des-
ignated
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-02

Mr. Bryan announces that he will
answer Secretary Taft through his
weekly paper. This serial will enliyen
tn campaign while MIR. Bryan proceeds
with his whirlwind oratory throughout
the third battle"
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1907-10-02

The Pittsburg man who had two
year old child arrested on the charge
of tearing up his lawn has given the
country the impression that he is
blessed with a disposition like cross
cut saw.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

But it's wonderful anyhow. It's
wonderful that man shud cross tn At
lantic ocean anyhow an tbs enough to
make ye dizzy to think iv him crossin' 1T in
iron boat that looks like row Nv Office
buildings. III grand times they must've
had. All tn time they were on tn bound
ing pillows tn wireless tillygraft kept thin
in touch with home TIL day was wnin a
man got a boat an was lost fr week
or ten days. Now, be hivens, through h
Wonders iv modhern science he's hardly
settled down to a cigar an a game iv PIN
ochle with another fugitive that he's just
met, whin messenger boy comes down tn
deck on his bicycle an hands him a lilly
gram with glad tdings fr m home. TIL
house is burned. tn sheriff has levied on
his furniture or tn family are down with
tn whoopin' cough. On tn other hand we
know all about what they are doin'
booCd tn levithin. Just as ye'er wife is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

It's sloppy goin' at best. TIL on'y time a
human being can float in it is afther he's
dead. man throws a horse shoe into 1t
cross an he builds boat " tn same ma
teeryal as a milIyon horse shoes. loads 1t
Up with machinery, pushes it out on tn
pillows an goes larkin acrost thin Is
happy as We Place If he didn't go over on
a large steel skysCraper he'd take dure
off it's hinges an so on that. All we have
to do is to tell him there's land on tn other
side iv tn ragn' food an he'll say. All
right. I'll take a look at It,. Ye talk about
tn majesty iv tn ocean, but what about
tn majesty " this here that tn ocean don't
get tired iv growlin an roarin at tn little
sixty-eight by eighteen inches bump v self
reliance that tIreets it like tn dirt undher
his feet? It's a wondher to ne race iv
men. They don't pay amy heed to It's hol-
lerin Whin it behaves itsilf they praise
is as though it was a good dog How
lovely tn ocean looks undher our moon
Whin it rises in it's wrath they show their
contimpt FIR l. be bein' seasick into 1t. But
no matther how it behaves they niVer quit
usin' its face fr right tv way. They'll
nIver subjoo it, but 1t niver bates thin.
There niver was a time in tn histhry Nv
little mans struggle with tn Vastly deep
well. it's all very well, but fr me tn
dhry land. said Mr.. Hennessy. "Will We
liver cross tn ocean again."
Not" said Mr.. Dooley, It'll they asphalt
it an run tn boats on throlleys."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
Testing the Teacher

ms IS the time of the year that srbooI
'hl4afen and their parents are expcrieurine,
l'ouoIe IN having the school authorities
make changes of various kinds to sniff tho
children. Some of the children who uar,
not transferred at the close Of tho I,st
year are not willing to return to thsir
teacher of last year, believing they ,var.
not justly dealt with or that they arc Ear
enough advanced to enter a higher grade
Chiidren usually think they know more
than their teachers" observed an ex
teacher when she went to a building To
make inquiries about school matters for
the present term.
She related the story of a small boy who
entered the first grade a number of Years
ago and who Is now about to enter the
fourth year at the Central High School.
The morning the boy was admitted To the,
school his mother remained with him until
the noon recess. when she found il neres-
sary to return home in order to prepare
dinner The youthful pupil had become ac-
customed to his new surroundings and
seemed perfectly willing to remain He en-
joyed the noon recess about the school
building and was on hand again at the
sounding OF the ! o'clock bell.
All went well in school during the after
noon, the new puph NhulnS no flGiL VITA
his teacher. although he felt that he had
good reason to ask that he be sent to an
other school. He returned nome after 3
clock and lost no time in telling what he
thought of his new life.
I'm not going back to that school any
more" his startling announcement
when he entered the house.
Not going back to school, did you say
asked his surprised mother.
Not to that teacher the child said.
What's the matter with the teacher
the child WAS asked.
Nothing" responded the six-year
''only she don't know nothin'."
What makes you say that?'
she didn't know the color of gerarium
leaf" he explained land she had to ask
me what color it was. We had some ge
raniums in the back yard. and l knew
what the color was.
And that amt ALL" the lad continued.
She didn't even know the color of my
coat and l had to tell her that"
The ex-teacher said it never dawncd upon
her before that a boy would take such
view of his teachers efforts TO instruct
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

tn same s!nsat!on. | didn't speak iv it to
tn ships doctor. I'd as lave carry me all
ments to a harness maker to a ships
doctor. But there it was. an firm me pint
iv view 1t was tn most important ivint iv
tn passage Next to that til most excitin'
thing was thryin to find anybody that
wud take money frm me. It's a tur-rbe
awkward thing to have to force money on
an Englishman in uniform like an adj
mirals an talkin' with an accent that
nanny iv tn finest people on TIL deck were
thryin' to initiate, but l schooed mesilf to
it. An sthrange to say they niver ray
l was LAWN tn ship whin tn fellow that
pulled tn plug out iv the other mans bath
FIR me touched me tn shoUldher. l
turned an frindly CLEAN in his eye
that made me. wondher if he had a knife
| gave him what they call five bobs over
there which is wan dollar an twinty cints
iv our money. He touched his cap an says
Cue l was greatly moved. l have now
as large collection iv cues as Jake
Schaeffer more expansive. But it's
done wan thing FIR me. It's made me COM
petint fr amy office connected with /
legal departmint iv sthreet railway Be
h!vens, l cud hand a piece tv change to a
judge Nv tn supreem coort. l hear tn Con-
yard line has passed a dividend They
ought to make a merger with tn head
stoort,' says he.
"An' there we ARE. A boats a boat even
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

"'Whin I read about this here f1oatin' pal
ace | says to mesif I'll add little
money and go acrost in ORIENTAL luxury."
Whin l got aboord tn decks were crowded
with happy people worryin' about their bag
gage an wondherin' already whether tn
inspector in New York Wud get onto tn
false bottom If tn TRUNKS. l give tn Old
an enfeebled English gintleman that car
ried me satchel a piece iv silver. He
touched his cap to me an says cue.
Cue is tn English FIR Il thank ye kindly
in Irish. He carried me bag downstairs n
TIL ship. We kept goin' down an down
till we touched bottom. thin we rambled
through long lanes neatly decorated with
steel Orders till we come to a dent in tn
keel That me boodoor. At Taste part
v it was. There were two handsome bert s
in it an l had tn top wan TIL lower wan
already occupied be a gintleman that
had started to feel onaisy on tn way down
FIN London an was now prepared FIR Ia
worst. l left him to his grief an wint up
on tn roof iv tn ship. 1t was gay scene
f'r tn boat had started. Long rows of ladies'
were sire tched on invalid chairs with shawls
over thin. pretindin' to read an takin deep
smells at little green bottles. three
or four hundred men had begun to
walk around IN snip With tIieii HdiuS loiu-
ed behind thin. A poker game between
four rale poker players an a man that
didn't know tn game but had sharp finger
nails was already started in tn smoEin
room. About that time l begun to have
ouare sinsaton. I haven't been able to
find out yet what 1t was. l must ask Dock
O'Leary I wasn't sea sick mind We. I'm
a good sailor. But l had funny feelin' in
me forehead between me eyes. 1t wasn't
a headache exactly, but kind Nv a sthrange
sinsation like l used to have whin L was
boy an thried to look cross-eyed. / suo-
pose it was tn sthrong light. I didn't have
amy aversion to food Not at all. But
somehow l didn't like TIL smell iv food. l:
was disagreeable to me an it seemed to
make tn place in me head worse. Sivral
times l wint to tn dining room intindin'
to jine tn joyyal comp'ny there but quit It
tn dure. 1t was very sthrange. I don't
know how to account FIR it. Very few peo-
pie were seasck on tn wage, but siyral
hundherd who were injyin' paddiin' spoon
in cup Nv beef tea on deck spoke iv havtn'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

young ladies and gentlemen. hUt now seem
10 nave been turned over to an aSSembllrr
OF out ana out. simon pure frivolous KIDS
the good Old scenes Of opening day VII, Doe
enacted anew. with the same Old ,.nutl r,,l
enthusiasm and cNuberance. Foot BAH and
Tack-team heroes of the previous ,,.,r
VIII return in their little caps. hearlur t,a
hard-won school letter, to Doe surrounded h,-
aamlring circles and to be pointed ont by
Soph"mores TO the awestruok freshmen ~
the coming term. The blue cadet urlfnrras
VII mingle with the dainty crosses of IN,
girls as ye ancient pastime OF corridor n.r-
latlon is taken up again. and the CORPS az
teachers. strengthened and refreshed bv
Weeks OF rest, Will hold court in The class
ana study rooms As in the good old DAYS -
decade or more past
But the thrill of the first dav o., s,b.,,l
quickly NansheS. Tuesday the old routine
VIII begin in earnest and IN a week the m, -
chlnery of education Will be IN fun Swim.
Weeks viii grow into months and winter
SHOWS VIII be forgotten in ApriIs shower,
May sunshine will bring authorizations or
commencement day ami befor, we kuo,, II
johnny and Susie and Bessie and littls
rank VIII be out in the street with Dotb-
INF on their minds but play. and another
vacation viii have come
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
- CH00I. t0morrow,

- Ht1'fi. ttllOITP"-
VIA, a world of memories. dis
appointments. expectations, child
~ hood sorro~s and joys. mothers
tears and prayers and fathers ad-
,yrati5ns are summed up in those two
words. sumner goue-those long, bilssiAI
vacation days passed into the land OF
dreams to mnE.e with the sea OF other va
cation memories.
Fifty thousand and more youthful souls
are today sterpei in the sorrow that ac-
companies tile realization that life is much
too real and earnest. 1t is u sad word
At $50 O'Clock tomorrow morning there
will be a dismal -olIing Of bells throughout
the city. An army of youngsters excited
10 momeutary forgetfuiness of the occas-
ions true sadness in the anticipation OF
L ceilings with old schoOlmates. will be
lsLercd through the doors of thousands OF
Washington homes by anxious. hopeful par
ents and march in groups and pairs 10
those fOrbiddUg appearing structures, with
in which education is bartered by the COM
r.onwealth in amounts equal TO tie obedi-
ence and attention offered in return.
Read that last sentence to Johnny and
Kate Ii will make them laugh. Obedience
and attention, Huh!
Oh, It's a shame the way summer goes
by. Just as you were beginning to get
ready TO commence to have a good time
along pops September and somebody says
You must be more careful of your SUn-
day suit its got to do you for school wear"
wouldn't that frost you? What are they
trying to do anyway? Spoil fellers vaca
ton by reminding him how soon it will be
over? School. What goods school any
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
Mr. D00ley On Nautical Time of Steamship Trave

lessly through tn wather? says l. I did
not says he. 'Divvle tn glide We
bumped along pretty fast an tn mines
made noises like injnes an tn ship creaked
like amy ship An wasn't tn food fne?'
1t depinded tn weather. There was
plenty iv it on good days, an too much iv
it on other days. An tn music?' TIL
music was spilled by tn stoorts.' An tn
beautifully jooled ladies?' No wan knew
whether tn ladies were beautifully joo,ed
except tn lady that searched thin at tn
custom house. Don't ye make mistake
Dooley, says he. A boats a boat. That's
all it is Anything ye can get at sea We
can get betther on land A milly onaire is
made as. comfortable on an ocean liner Is
longshoreman on earth an ye can play
that comparison all tn way down to tn
steerage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

If Johnny takes little Frank to school to-
morrow it is fitting to feel sorry for the
youngster. His big brother will undoubted-
" fill his little brain full of awful thoughts
and expectations. Poor little Frank. Self
conscious and uncomfortable in his new lit
tie trouserines and starched collar, he trots
along with this superior brother of his and
listens to the awe-nspirns tales of life
at school with sinking heart
At the corner Johnny meets a group Of
old school mates.
+ Hey, Johnny, what you doin, kidnap-
pin'?"
Jaw. cheese it, I'm takin' me kid brother
ter school"
That goin' to school. Aw, put him back
in the cradle. He can't walk yet
What's become of his pretty cUrls?'
HAS he got a name?"
Gee, they won't do a thing to him, will
they"
All of which adds to little Franks sick
ness of heart ard when Johnny tells him to
run in now and go right up to your teach
er and tell her your name" the youngster
is about ready to dissolve in tears. Johnny
shoves the little fellow into the school room
and maroons him there while he seeks old
acGuaintances. 1t is a bewildered specimen
of diminutive humanity, ready to believe
am form of misery possible that the kind
ly primary grade teacher welcomes to her
fold.
But she has had experience and knows
precisely what to do to make little Frank
feel at home, and before the day Is over he
has come to the conclusion that school isn't
sucl bad place after all and that Johnny
was false prophet.
What a queer assorted lot of youngsters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22


DAYS PASSENGERS that got aboard at Liver
Afternoon
But that's more thin four days. said
Nj. Henuessy.
Not be nautical time" said Mr.. Dooley
''Ye mustn't figure 1t out tn way ye do on
land ON land We nIver read that TIL
Tu.uderho.t limited has broken all records
be thraveIHu' fr m New York Harrisburg
70 Chicago yrort Wayne in eight hours
But with steamboat it's different. Ie
saw lot iv zine off ayether end an what's
left IS tn wage TIL Conyard line s
great ocean r~ayhound or levithin " tn
seas has broken all records iy thransatlan-
tie passages except thin made be tn Ger
mans. She has travelled firm Liverpool
Ga rock SO FAR on IN coast " Ireland that
] niver see it, 70 New York (Sandy Hook
llghtship1 n four or five days. Brittanya
again rules IL waves So II we've amy
frlnGs inclined To boast about maxim a
record ask thin did they swim aboord az
DaCnt's Rock an swim off at tn light
ship. II they didu't. refuse to take off ye er
hat TO thin. To tell how long II takes to
cross HI Atlantic compute tn elapsed time
firm boord,n house to boordin' house. It's
fr' n. a week to ten days depindin' on tn
tine ye go TO bed whin ye come home.
Nanny a man that come over on a five
day boat has had tn divvle iv a time ex-
plnlnin' to his wife what he did with tn
OF rer two days No record in transatlantic
thravel takes -1to account tn longest.
toughest an most dangerous part iv tn
passage. which is through tn New York
custom house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

Well. the same old scenes are being en-
acted in these years, and tomorrow the
same old opening day thrills and pleasure
bic happenings will befall oar little BROTH
ers and sisters and sons and daughters
There is one solace that is denied them
however. They don't have the fascinating
game OF picking out states and pencils
and bringing home a list of books for
papa to buy. nice. pretty new books to be
carried proudly to school the second day.
\ paternal city government. provides these
essentials by the wagonload and it isn't
bit of fun any more The books are used
over and over again and you don't feel
bit Ike studying out of a crinkly, smudgy
Old hist'ry and biography. The only new
thing you can get is a pad, but it's faScin-
atng freshness quickly wears off and it
gets deadly uninterestnG when its cover is
all sCra wled over with abstraction marks.
But they still have the fun of renewing
old acquaintance. sizing up the newcomers
and making friends with the new teacher.
The latter is a pleasure not unmxed with
apprehension. You have heard wonderfully
weird tales of her stern attitude and peda-
gogic "meanness.
What was it Jimmy Smith said the other
day:
You're goin' up erCainst it, this year, all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

cHo.tering groups of happy-taced young
st~rs like ourselves, with here and there
t." wistful eyes of a lonely newcomer fac
ing the ordeal of opening day with no
friends to help drive away that lump of
nervous apprehension. How nice it was to
meet dear Miss Kate and jolly Mr.. Brown
and there was old crossy Miss Pinch and
the awcsome principal. And then the bell
rang and we all trooped into our old class
rooms awaiting the roll call and official
distribution to the new grade rooms that
were to become so familiar to that
winter, but had been SO awe-inspring the
year before. And some of didn't pass,
aw-w-w-w, and had to stay back in the
seventh grade another year with old Miss
Jones, aw-w-w-w-w, shame!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

the city during the summer. Then there
will be the youngsters with the bandaged
arms, broken or sprained, from a fall out
of the apple tree. The boy!and hero, who
was pulled out of the water by the scruf
of his neck. just in time to prevent his third
disappearance below the surface and con-
sequent demise, will probably be in evidence.
Also the lad with his face all puffy from
hornet stings and the baldheaded little girl,
convalescent from typhoid.
At the high schools. which, when we elt
there, used to be peopled with "grown-up'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

there will be seen tomorrow at the schools.
There will be whole attachments of them
with deeply-tanned faces and arms to be
proudly exhibited evidence of their
glorious outdoor vacation. Hundreds Of
pale faces will be gathered there. too. for
a great number of Washington's public
school children are unable TO get out of