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Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-07-25

kea values depend ntnsca of the CITY
and general business conditions opportunities While Seattle
Los Angeles and other and have felt reaction
the Salt Lake real estate market has stood
the general adverse conditions The are
toned Salt Lake is the POLITICAL commercial financial religious and
educational center OF large and rich territory rival
tween the Great Divide and the Serras
may delay temporarily the jump situation
forcing but the spirit OF progress Salt Lake cannot
be held back For the next few
ne 1t Will indeed be the City of Opportunities "You keep
good town down. N
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-07-25
THE NATIONAL GAS WORKS.

OF the late Langdon Smith, the brilliant
OF New York. Denver anecdotes
Il remember he said, my first visit Washington Smith,
big and handsome and vivacous, showed me about
From emnence great pale dome against
sky, the dome Of the capitol
"'What is that? said l.
That? said Smith Oh that's national gas works.
Washington Star.
HER LEISURE HOURS.
81 would like NOVELS said the pretty enogaphr
i'll the book store.
yes miss" replied the polite clerk the novels of
the day."
But erhavent you any nght That the only
time have to read."-Chicago Daily News
TAT
"Deuced BORE that fellow He
about that baby of his, doesn't he?"
Never did to Always leaves in about five
Gee! How do you work it?"
81 dunno always read him little of poetry and-"-
Cleveland Leader
WOULDN'T COMMIT HIMSELF
She (making up)-And you will admit you wrong?
He "a young lawye-No but I'll admit that unntentiona
might have unknowngly into my aseron-Town and
Country.
EXCURSIONS PACIFIC COAST.
Via Oregon Short Line daily June lst September 18th
agents for particulars City Ticket office POI Main Street
EXCURSIONS EAST
June st 6th 8th 2h 18th and 18th Oregon Short
and OVERLAND ROUTE. Greatly reduced Omaha Kan
City, Chicago ST. Louis and other Tickets limited
October 3st City Ticket office, POI Main Street
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-07-25
EXCURSIONS EAST.

June lst 9th 8h 12t 18th and 18th Oregon Short
and OVERLAND ROUTE Greatly reduced to Omaha Kan
City, Chicago St Louis and other points Tickets limited
to October 31st City Ticket office, POI Main Street
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-07-25
WOULDN'T COMMIT HIMSELF.
EXCURSIONS TO PACIFIC COAST.

Via Oregon Short Line daily June LIST September 18th
agents for particulars City Ticket office POI Main Street
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-05-02
NEW BREEcHES BUOY.
The Device Can Be Used az Well ut
Night az In Day.

After having been IN use for over
change. the brccchcs buoy used by or
ganlzcd life saving crews has just
been improved by II device that has
been adopted 10y the United states life
saving service The main difficulty
with the brooches buoy as heretofore
constructed has been that at night
when II left the shore no one knew
definitely where II was. whether II had
reached the wrecked ship or not or
whether any one had got IN unless the
mariners had lights on the vessel.
John W Dalton Of Gloucester,
known to mariners all along the Mas
sachuscttS coast. Is the inventor OF the
device The Improvement IN question
comprises. speaking ia general terms, a
small case mounted nu an inflated rub
her cushion ana surrounded by four
small hollow posts which are affixed 10
the rubber cushion buoy aud IN top to
square steel sprcadcr
In the ease Is u storage battery that
operates set Of lamps. one light. a
green one. shows toward the ship
wreck when the device is started out
10 the vessel The other Hight, white
one. shows down through the rubber
cushion into the hrccchcs enabling the
shipwreclcd people 10 see how 10 get
into the apparatus Another white light
shows toward the shore until the
brcechce buoy is occupied. when IT auto
matically turns to II bright red, going
back to white again when the pas
scu-cr is landed
Under the old system when the
LrccchcS buoy was sent out 10 wreck
II was often hauled back 10 the shore
hy the life savers before it had reached
It's destinations Now the position Of
the breechcs buoy viii always be
known To those on shore and on the
wreck The green light moving toward
the vessel mutcly tells the shipwreck-
rd passengers mat help Is at hand aud
encourages them tn ha'd on uu,iI the
huuy reuchcs them As soon as Que Of
the impcrlled mariners gets into the
brooches the red light signals to those
on land TO haul The passenger ashore.
The rubber cushion prevents the oc-
cupant below from being injured by
the block striking him while being
dragged through the surf Numbers
of persons have been severely injured
while being saved from a wreck by the
big iron traveller block rs the vessel
lurchcd back and forth. - Scientific
American
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-05-02
The Craze over eridqe Whist.

Then the good lady went on to tell
him what bridge had come TO bc; how
people played it on trains all the way
from New York to san Francisco: how
they had tables in their autos aud
played while they were touring over
the world
"Once," she said. II took Il party 10
ste the Americas cup races of Sandy
Hook. and when We got back 10 the
pier some one called. Who wonT and
the answer was Mrs Billy's ahead,
but we're going on this evening
took party OF friends through the
Mediterranean aud up the Nile, and
we passed Venice and Cairo and the
pyramids aud the Suez canal. and they
never once looked mp. They were
playing bridge Ana YOU think I'm lok-
lug, hut mean Just literally what !
say. | know man who was travel.
ing from New York to Philadelphia
and got into game with some stran-
gers and rode all the way to Palm
Beach TO finish it"-Upton Sinclair in
American Magazine.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-05-02

There seems to he no doubt that
both the king and the crown prince OF
Portugal had some sort OF presentiment
that something was going TO happen in
Lisbon on tile day Of the murder A
day or two before when signing a de-
cree giving Senior Franco further
powers his majesty said mournfully
Il have a premonition that In sign.
ing this decree | am signing my death
sentence. But II does not matter
much"
Before the departure from Villa VI
cosa. too. the crown prince ordered his
horse Tor his usual morning ride.
1T is Il fine day. your royal high
ness" remarked the groom who
brought the steed "And you are sure
10 have fine weather in Lisbon"
Perhaps" the crown prince replied
quietly, but ! wish We're not going
there"
Nor We're there other bad omens
wanting OF that fatal day. The royal
train had breakdown, which delayed
IL an hour. And as the royal party
stepped ashore the cathedral bells
were tolling for funeral London
Mail
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-05-02
A Bold Stem.

To overcome the well-grounded and
reasonable objections Of the more intel
lgent 10 the use OF secret, medicinal conn
pounds, DIR. X. V. Pierce, Of Buffalo. y.
Y. some time ago, decided to make bold
departure from the usual course pursued
by the makers Of put-up medicines for do
nestle use, and so has published broad
cast and openly TO the whole world, full
and complete list OF all the ingredients
entering insD-the composition OF his widely
celebrated tedlcMes. Thus he has taken
his numerg1s PATRONS and patients into
his full EOnlnsence. Thus too he has re-
aovedh isInedicines from among secret
nostrfwsof doubtful merits. and made
themt11cmetiicS Of hH0Ua Composition.
BY this bold Stcp u. Ill1ce has shown
tliAl us formulas arc u sLcL- eAcall euce
thai h. is not -llr2M 70 snlicct them %
the11ueSL
Not only does the Wrapper Of ever DO tic
Of DIR. Piurce's Golden Medical Discovery. the
famous medicine for veal. >totIaeh p!d
liver or billousness and all catarrhal diseases
wherever located. have printed upon II, IN
plain English. IA full aud rompl t. list Of all
the ingredients composing 4, bat mall
book has been complied fr9fi ngm 7us
standard medical works. 81 Ill the different
schools ~ practice. containing vcry nnurr-
Gus extracts from the writings OF leading
pract itiuncrs Of medicine. endorsing Ia ne
dent contained IN Dr pIerrc's medicines.
One OF these little books Will lie mailed ftcc
10 any one sending address on postal card or
by letter to Dr. u. V. Pierce. BuHalo, y y.
and requesting the same. From this litflp
book II Will DO learned that lir F!uTces med
icines contain 10 alcohol, Narcotics. mineral
agents o. other poisonous or Injurious agents
and that they are maue from native. mcdiri-
nal roots Of great yaluc: also TINT some ~
the most valuable ingredients contained tn
DIR. Pierce's fuVurite Prescription for weak.
nervous. ovcr-workcd. "ruu-tioWu." nervous
and drhilitatcd women. were employed. long
years agO. Oy the Indians for siii liar ailments
affecting their sGuaws. In tact. one Of the
most valuable medicinal plants entering into
the composition OF Or Pierce > EsNorite Pre-
scrlptiOn was known to the Indians as
"sauaw-Wccd. " our knowledge of the uses
OF not few OF our most valuable native. urc-
dicinal plants was gained from tn" Indians.
As made up hy improved and exact pro-
ceases, the 'Eavcrite Prescription Is "a most
efficient remedy Tor regulating all the woni-
only functions correcting displae,iueuts. as
prolapsus. antcvcfson aud reiurycrsion.
overcoming Painful periods. toning NJ Tho
Nerves ani hit cling about perfect stHto ~
heGiih : III = al dealers "a "s.dcineS.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-05-02

Edward llagaman HAL the secretary
" the American Science and Historic
Preservation society, was discussing In
New York his project toward the trans
port Of Poe's cottage TO Poe park. MIR.
Hall, n historian OF great ability. has
a happy knack OF pointing his remarks
with appropriate anecdotes, aud. dis
cussing Poe. he said.
"Famc comes AZ last-comes very,
very late-to this great poet. this mas.
ter of the short story. And during the
long years Poe was forgotten his
wrath must have felt like the ancient
sage Of whom Plautus was ii Plautus
tells.
During this sage's life statues were
erected to many philosophers and
rhetoricians less noted ana less learned
than himself \ traveller. passing
through the Kingdom, asked him why
II was The sage replied.
- prefer 10 have II asked why
have no statue rather than why I had
one"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-05-02
Women "Eans.r

Few Of the gcnter sex have had the
desire TO follow baseball closely ana
fewer still the hardihood TO work up
ward through the degrees Of "rooter"
and bug" 10 fandom. In fact, the rec
ortls mention but two-lIelen Dauvrey.
who arrived at full honors when she
married that Achilles OF the diamond,
John Ward. and Mrs. Charles Wilson
Of New York Wherever the Giants
are known Mrs. Wilson aud her sou,
Buster mascot Of the team, are also
known They are accompanied by the
husband and father, Charles Wilson, an
extensive real estate operator and this
trio OF fans has travelled the country
over In training and championship
trlps. missing only two games at the
Polo grounds In three years Every
body's.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-05-02

LIS slEll u ~ IildlltiIliA dtidtilt'il
to the front Of the main building Of
the Lydia +. Pinkhan Medicine
Company, Lynn, Mass
What Does This Sign Mean?
II means that public inspection ot
the Laboratory and methods ofdoiug
business is honestly desired. ltmeans
that there is nothing about the bus
mess which is not open and above
board"
IL means that a permanent invita-
ton is extended To anyone tocHmc
and verify any and all statements.
made in the advertisements al Lydia
+. Pmkham's Vegetable Compound
Is it purely vegetable compound
made from roots and herbs - with
out drugs
Come and See.
DO the women of America continue
ally use as much OF il as Nt are told 3.
Come and See.
Was there ever such a pel-ou 49,
Lydia K. Pinkham, and j. there amy
Mrs Pinkham now to whom sick
woman are asked To write
Come and See.
l. the vast private correspondence
with sick women conducted by
women only, and are the letter kept
strictly confidential :
Come and See.
Have they really got letters from
over one million, one hundred
thousand women correspondents,
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-05-02
SUGAR For Wounds.

Powdered sugar has long figured
among the means employed FOR dress
ing small superficial wounds, but a
German surgeon has employed It adj
vautageously on recent wounds and in
particular on surgical wounds For
this purpose lac uses granuated sugar
which has been first stcrili2ed at 40
degrees &. and TO which . per cent of
salicylic acid has been added
Sprinkled abundantly with this mix.
turc the wounds are quickly covered
with examinations 81 an excellent APP
iearaucc ana are not long IN closing.
when Il is question Of deep or Jag
grd wounds which require draining,
tte German surgeon introduces into
the sutta percha drains cyliINrical
sticks sawed out of u sugar l,if aud
then filed round which have been
soaked for several months in absolute
alcohol salicylatcd at PER cent.
Sugar dressing IS counter indicated
in presence OF foul. suppurating
wounds or those with n tendency to
hemorrhagc II must also be employed
only with prccaution when there eX-
lists II denuded oSsrous surface. the
strong drying effect of the powder he
ing capable In these cases Of producing
necrosis
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-05-02
TURBULENT ERIvAN.
A City That Is Said to Have Been
Founded by Noah.

- ''~%'s
In IIarper's H. w Nevinson tells OF
his visit TO the ancient city OF Erivan
IN the Caucasus. near Mount Ararat
one OF the cities said TO be founded by
Noah
"Eriyan itself gathers up the post
one Of the two or three cities In this
neighborhood founded by Noah. and It
+ still celebrated for his vintage
Many intermediate centuries have
been lost to man. but for the last thou
sand years II possesses a turbulent rec.
ord of raids and counter raids. sieges
inNasious and massacreS. for II has
stood rs the very center OF the Ararat
highlands round which Pcrsiaus aud
Turks Russians Armenians and Tar
tars have couyerged
An that Is beautiful in the town is
Persian stll In the midst. behind the
darkeued alleys and Cayerns OF the
bnzuar stands n Persian mosque with
uinarct set with cnnmclcd bricks TINT
CLEAN Ike Jewels The place Is great
school Of the Shah form Of Islam and
IS built in II great quadrangle. with the
cells Of teachers down the sides aud a
kind of half mosque nj each end. like
an open air theater In shape but gor
geously decorated with paintings and
mosaics Of eighteenth century work
'In Erivan itself. as IN most Of these
frontier towns and villages. the Tar
turs have succeeded the Persians as
the representatives of Asia and Islam
Their special quarter stands above the
rest of the town. separated from II by
an interval OF vineyards and garden
fields. From that vantage ground they
have swept down again and again In
the last two years for the slaughter
and loot of Armcnians. Their last
raid had occurred only month before
| arrived and IL was thought unsafe
for a Christian to be seen IN their
streets But probably they regarded
me rs too harmless to be religious. for
they let me wander as pleased among
their houses and to the very top OF
their hill
only In descending from this Tartar
quarter 81 fFlNdh ulu get my one
sight Of Ararat All day It had been
hidden in snow aud tempest, but just
after sunset | saw zone Of purple
among the clouds. which was the solid
mountain. For Il time the base aud top
remained hidden. but gradually the
summit cleared. and the vast cone
stood visible there alone and gray
above the world Then for few sec
ouds It took the fading flush OF sun
SET. and the SHOWS glowed with rosy
crimson Darkness drew In, and again
it vanished IN the whirllng storms that
have beaten upon It all these ages
that great mountain which dominated
the history and Imagination Of young
mankind"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-05-02

Hungary seems 10 know how to keep
her postal department employees hap
py and contented In letter from
Budapest a correspondent says that
the special feature of the department
is the Importance given TO social insti-
tutious within its own walls. In the
new premises commodious lookup cab
incts have been provided for all serS
ants There Is also no need for any
one To leave the premises for food or
newspapers. seeing that an elaborate
buffet IS open day ana night. where
men may at reduced charges obtain all
they need. see all the papers and do
their writing In addition 10 this Il
large number of beautifully fitted bed
rooms have been provided for the use
OF the night stan during their periods
Of relief There Is also hOurishing
sick aid society. at which 10000 cases
We're treated free last year by eminent
physicians: n fine choral society. sports
club, casino and an additional pension
association. which within six months
numbered more than 6,O00 members.
The head postmaster furthermore real
izing how difficult II was for the poorer
employees to obtain cheap houses in
the city. made arrangements for them
to secure such houses in suburbs"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-14

me and not after my quarterly allow
ance," and she laughed bitterly.
Dunton looked keenly into her eyes
during an interval OF silence
How did you know that was de-
tectlyef" he asked at last.
"Mr yarney told me So" she replied
HE was at Marblehead when was
thereT'
"Yes; In the garden"
'And you were with him? A secret
meeting-I see. see. He had been
discharged because of his attentions to
your"
"Why. of coursev'
what did Mr.. varney say to you
about me?"
HE said that my father had engaged
you to watch me to see whether had
any communication with Mr.. yarney
But you must know all this Why do
you ask these questions|
Did you know Of any other reason
why your father should employ de-
tectivep
mo-
"He did not mention a robbery"
''No."
"You knew nothing about it7"
Certainly not. What do you meanT'
zone moment, please. Did Mr.. Var
ney intrust packet to your
Eyes; 1t contains documents relating
to his dead fathers estate"
The detective drew the packet from
under his coat and laid 1t on the table.
The girl quickly extended her hand,
and as she touched the packet Dunton
laid his hand on hers.
"NNalt." said he. "Have you married
him?"
"No."
"Have you seen him since you left
your fathers houseg'
"No."
The detective released her hand and
raised his own to his forehead.
II am not religious man ordinari-
ly," said he, but when, thank God |
mean 1t. Now look at that-at those
papers relating to Mr.. Varney's es.
taten
"Why, these are bondsp exclaimed
the girl.
Fright" said he; "$s9,000 worth,
stolen from your father. MFR. Varney
did not want to be caught with the
goods on him, as we say in my busi-
ness, so he gave them to you. And
you knew nothing. When you saw
me, you thought | had come to inter-
rupt an elopement?"
Certainly"
II suppose Mr.. Varney used to live
In this house," said Dunton, and the
girl nodded. That's why he sent you
here, and it's why my correspondent
advised me to come, thinking that !
might pick up clew in the house.
And so we met, and"--
He was interrupted by cautious
tap at the door 1t was the profess
slonal brother.
"Your mans In the house now"
said that worthy. Hes gone up
stairs He asked for a Miss Stone,
and a servant told him where her
room was"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-14
Some DuCats
and d
Daughter.
ny HOWARD FIELDING.
copyrlsat 1901 by G. W lloots.

"A THEN Alfred southevland.
AAI broker " State street i,os.
WV ton, discovered that he had
hmm rnllIl.d - nt,t ~ 49,.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-14

case. He would have been In a posi-
tion to know OF the delivery Of bonds
and other securities to Mr.. Souther-
land at the country place and to have
distracted some Of them from the
satchel In which the broker was ac-
customed to carry them to Boston,
Varney had not lived In Boston very
long. He was supposed to have come
from New York, wherefore Detective
Dunton communicated with a profess
sional brother In the metropolis, by
whom varney's record was hastily In
vestigated. II appeared that he had
left New York under a cloud, having
been summarily discharged from po-
sitlon In brokers' office
Colncldently with the receipt OF this
report one Of the stolen bonds turned
" In New York, 1t had been cleverly
by means Of trick 10
which messenger boy had played the
most conspicuous role, perfectly In
nocent agent. of course The real
trickster had got away with the sale
price Of the bond, q little more than a
thousand dollars
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-14
NAMES COMMISSION
Continued from page o)s


mately $4,000 miles of Iris class Of
Highway.
Prior 70 the advent Of the automo-
bile the roads improved, but the mod
ern speed vehicle had not been tray
crsing the suburban highways long
before pronounced retrogression of
the most generally travelled stretches
was very noticeable. Complaint came
from farmers and from dweilers along
suburban roads that great dust
nuisance had also sprung up and that
emerald lawns were taking on the
hue Of London fog and that box
hedge was dove grey. rather than
green. Fruit farmers noted their pro-
ducts becoming gritty and prices fell
off.
Investigation proved at once that
the new conditions have been created
BY the automobile and highway en-
gineers in every civilized land began
studying the new condition and seek
ing for remedy In this country,
Director Page conducted a series of
interesting experiments in which var
ious classes OF automobiles we're sent
at varying rates Of speed over select
ed stretches of road, while expert
photographers pictured their pro-
gress and produced proof that the
tractiye force OF the rear tires did the
damage While he was watching
that work and was experimenting
with various dust laying liquids,
France was doing the same on an
even larger scale. That country,
which expends vast sums annually on
maintaining the well-nigh perfect
system OF highway it has been build
ing since the days Of the first Napol-
con, made most complete set Of
measurements and learned that the
automobiles had caused the roads OF
the Republic to retrograde fully forty
per cent. 1t was decided to summon
| the thought, skill and intelligence OF
| the world to combat a condition
which means great financial losses
| and the official invitations to the Con-
gress were sent out, the French Gov
| ernment formally requesting the Y. 5.
Government to participate in the
Congress.
That President Roosevelt is per-
sonally so deeply interested in the
| coming gathering as to send the Di-
rector of Roads and his distinguished
| associates to France may by some
be regarded as evidence of National
| awakeningg to the vast importance
good roads are to the nation.
Invitations have been transmitted
| through the Office OF Public Roads
| to State Highway Commissioners
City Engineers and Park Commis-
sioners to attend the Congress and
already a number Of delegates have
been selected.