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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-17
Leather Hand Bags

Leather Hand Bags
We haze left from the Easter sale, 100 ladies'
high grade leather hand bags 10 aohch lot has been
added about 100 more from Our regular stock.
These bags are made Of real SEAL walrus, alligator,
morocco ETC., and IN the popular colors and styles
so much IN demand this season. Values O. Os
from 81. .li5 to $12 90, for pf. ~
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-17
Handsome Umbrellas

Never time when you could buy good an umbrella
for so little money We have the variety.
so all silk umbrellas-back red green navy and brown
$780, 575 and $6.75 value for-$350. department
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-17

Tho Friday afternoon session Of the
police court was divided between speedy
automobile drivers. unkempt vagrants
and drunkards, with good excuses for
their misfortune Of having been brought
before the Judge.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-17

Knut Anderson, Andrew Gunersou
and William Omcria pleaded guilty TO
the charge Of drunkenness md were
discharged. J. D. Phillips pleaded guilty
TO the drunk charge and u sentence OF
ten days was imposed
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-02-23

| the patrol than with a view to in
surfing his wakefulness, was the don
key"-a small. fiat board attached to
single leg, pretty much like a mod
ern shooting stool. On this the
Waterman could obtain some rest as
long as he maintained a careful bal
ance; the briefest doze and conse-
Quent loss of equilibrium would bring
man and donkey" together to the
ground.
The chief incentive to zeal In the
service was not the pay, which was
far from high, but the prospect of the
rewards" for successful capture.
This prize money sometimes amount
ed to a thousand pounds for a single
seizure, OF which sum the share OF
the station "boatman"-the lowest
rank in the service-might be ninety
pounds. A much appreciated addi-
ton to these rates was the custom Of
allowing a tub or two from every
cargo Of spirits captured for the use
of the crew Ito AFFORD cheerfulness
and buoyancy of spirits"
The tourist, had he then existed.
would have found his freedom much
restricted by the regulations in force
on the coast. ''Whooping" or halloo-
ing, or the showing Of a light from
the shore after dark was strictly for
hidden; for both might be signals to
some smuggling lugger lying off the
land. Any one "loitering" near the
shore was liable to be taken before a
magistrate to give an account of HIM
self, and failing a satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION he could be committed to
prison. In the ranks of the coast
guard itself there were black sheep.
Chief officers were dismissed for do
ing little smuggling on their own
account or for looking the other
way" while "run" was accom-
plished. So frequent did It at one
time become for patrols to allow
themselves to be Surprised and
bound-of course, for a "considera-
tion"-that it was enacted that a
lookout man who could not show anu
pie proofs of resistance should be
held to have connived. The men
were armed with cutlass, a pair OF
pistols and a blue light to give the
alarm.
AS the discipline of the force i'm
proved so also did the alertness of the
smugglers increase. 1t was found
necessary for the night patrols to
wear plain clothes, while the look
out points had to be constantly
changed and each mans place of duty
only communicated to him at the very
moment of his setting out. The not
unnatural desire for some compan-
ionship in the lonely night -.. hes
led to the keeping of too large num-
Der of dogs about the stations. Dom
keys, supplied for carrying provis-
ions from the nearest towns. at times
gave trouble; an official complaint is
on record concerning the needless
supply of beans for a station" dom
key; the daily allowance of oats be-
ing at the same time censured as ex-
cessive!
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-02-23
Desperate Remedies.
BY DON CAMERON SHARPER.

1t was just before daybreak-the
darkest hour of the night. The shut
ters OF third-story window i'm a
large summer hotel noiselessly oDened
and heavy object was cautiously
lowered to the ground A young
man in fashionable clothes. gripping
heavy handbag i'm his teeth and an
umbrella and a cane under his arm
slid hurriedly down the rope to the
ground. With nervous fingers he
united his suitcase. tiptoed out of the
yard, and started at 4 trot across
lots to the station a mile and a half
away.
The first golden beams were dane
Ing across the eastern hills as the
young man neared the depot. The
sleeper whistled sharply for the sta
ton and he quickened HIS pace into a
mad run, needless of his aching arms
and the sand in his low shoes.
ITS a bad getaway muttered the
young man three minutes later i'm the
smoker as he wiped his steamine
face, "but my bills are all paid. I
left tips for the servants and a bur-
ried note explaining that an uncle
had died I'm Honduras or some other
place. It certainly was a desperate
chance, but the only means I could
think of TO get away from that straw
ride the girls have planned for to-
morrow. From Judge.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-02-23
THE FARMERS HOME is wHE
HOME FOR ME.

You may sing of life on the ocean wave
>, AND home on the briny deep;
IL ~ not the life that ] would crave
Or where L should care TO sleep.
You may tell tale of the city's lows.
VI parks and plays and automobiles.
lt Is not the thought my mind employs
FOR ITS pleasures, woes or weas
Life for me must be full and free;
My home on n broad domain.
Herd and pasture, field and tree;
Seed and harvest. sun and rain.
Then II is no, for a herd of high born kline
- And hives where honeys flow.
no, Tor the squeals of sucking swine.
And spare-ribs when they grow.
And it is no, for stud for work and
And mules of lengthy "bravs."
Ho, for the hen of healthy breed,
And incessant round o. lays"
And it is no. for lands to break and CROPS
to make.
And sounds of song at break of day.
DO, Tor ride. on the rolling rake,
And scent of new-mown hay.
And it is no, for the harvest, gold and
white.
Fruit and truck and waving grain.
Ho, for the staple, feecy and light.
And the pleasing "Pile o. Gain"
linen sing your songs of city lows;
OF a home on the billowv sea.
lou may pass them on to your girls and
The farmers home is the home for me.
&C. G. Angus.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-02-23
SPORTING BREVITIEs.

Pennsylvania defeated West Vir-
ginia at football by a score of 6 to o.
Harvard's football team defeated
Bowdoin by five points to nothing in
the Stadium.
Spanish Queen won the Buckeye
trotting stake of $4,000 at the Column
bus Grand Circuit meeting.
Yale defeated Wesleyan by sixteen
points to nothing in her opening
football game at New Haven, Conn.
DIR. Nicholas Murray Butler prom
ised the students of Columbia more
than $1,000 for their crew next sea-
son.
American lawn tennis experts de-
feated their British rivals, and will
go to Australia to play for the Davis
Cup.
Spanish Queen won the $4,000
Bankers and Brokers Purse at the
Columbus Grand Circuit trotting
meeting.
Beals c. Wright defeated f. B.
Alexander in the final round of the
tournament for the national lawn
tennis championship.
Steffen, the Chicago quarter back
and captain. is said by many experts
to be as good as the famous Ecker
sail was two years ago.
Balgowan, aged twenty-one years,
famous years ago as a race horse, and
since then as a sire, is dead at the
breeding farm of Barney Schneider.
near Woodlands, st. Louis County,
Mo.
Charles w. Murphy the owner of
the Chicago National League base
ball team, offered $4,000 for
"Christy" Mathewson, the Giants
crack pitcher, and the offer was re-
fused.
Tackle seems to be the favorite po-
sition for captain. Out Of seventy
seven college teams playing football
the leader of eighteen of them is in
that place on his eleven. Only three
guards act as field generals.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-02-23
An Early NIfIIais Critic.

Sir John Millais tells this story on
himself. He was down by the banks
of the Tay, painting in the rushes OF
his famous landscape, Chill Octo-
ber," which has thrilled us all with
the ineffable sadness and mystery OF
the dying summer. He worked on so
steadily that he failed to observe q
watcher, until a voice said: "Eh.
mon. did ye ever try photography"
NO" said the artist, II never
have"
Its a deal quicker" quoth his
friendly critic, cycling the picture
doubtfully.
Millais was not flattered, so ho
waited minute before replying, Il
dare say Il IS" His lack of enthust-
asm displeased the Scot. who took an
other look and then marched OF with
a Parthian shot:
"Ay, and photographs a muckle
sight mair like the place, too. ~
Everybody's Magazine.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-02-23
$1.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
"ExtravaSance and
National Prosperity"
BY w. e. WALSH.

Automobiles for work represent
national wealth, automobiles for
pleasure represent national poverty.
The millionaire, instead OF riding
out on pleasure bent and taking with
him out OF useful walks of life serv-
ants to minister to his pleasure.
might far better address himself to
some of the problems pressing for q
solution II all put their shoulders
to the wheel the load would be easier
for some. who are now compelled to
do their own and other mems work.
There would be fewer suicides, small
er mortality among infants, fewer
penitentiaries. fewer almshouses.
Because of the multitude OF people
taken from wealth producing work
to dangle playthings for the rich, the
increase OF wealth necessarily goes
on more tardily; the farmer, the artt-
san, have longer days work, and the
song of the shirt is heard in the fac
tory at midnight. Put all the serv-
ants of our rich at wealth producing
toll. and we would have bread for all
the poor, homes for all the homeless.
medicine for all the sick, railroads to
carry all the traffic OF the nation,
ships to carry all it's commerce, good
roads over all the land-in fact, q
higher and better civilization In
every way.
What is true of automobiles n
Just as true of other extravagances,
whether of the rich who flash their
Jewels. or of the workman who buys
early strawberries at forty cents. In
aft he no
far more profitably in promoting the
health and physical and moral we'll
being of our poor. Money expended
in such a way would reach out into
the same uncounted multitude of
channels, and into the same remote
coves and inlets reached by the
money spent on automobiles, and in
addition would serve humanity in its
results.
The real charge, then, against the
reckless and improvident rich, and
against the reckless and improvident
person in any walk in life, is this: A
few are pampering themselves in
idleness. Worse than these, how
ever, are those who are taking their
fellow men from the useful walks of
life to act as their chauffeurs. dress
makers, coachmen. Wallets and serv-
ants. BY so doing they are making
their less fortunate fellow man work
harder to repair the gap-they are
crushing his spirits, thwarting his
ambitions, shortening his life. They
are stunning, intellectually and ply
sically, the babies of the poor, deny
ing medicine to the sick. clothing to
the unclothed. books to the ignorant,
shelter to the homeless. They are
creating squalor and restitution
everywhere. Consequently. there IL
to-day no system of charity so COM
prehensive. no individual fortune so
ineXhaustible, as to relieve one-half
the misery of the miserably poor.
The spendthrift millionaires can re-
lieve it if they will. They are enti-
tied to their pleasures. But the man
who keeps ten automobiles and half
a dozen chauffeurs is blightlng the
race.
The submerged tenth files on in
CHASTITY procession. 1t carries hades
in it's centre, and a few feet beyond
its circumference are green fields.
When will the rich man stop to
think Harper Weekly.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-02-23

The recently made known proposal
for the gradual abolition of the coast
guard within the next few years will,
however gratifying to the economist,
hardly be welcome to the seaside Wis
itor who has been wont to chat with
some stalwart member of the force
as he PAGES the parade, tends the
sunny garden that surrounds the
whitewashed station" house, or sits
within his lookout box perched high
on some tall cliff above the Atlantic
waves Already steps in the direction
of retrenchment have been taken /;
from some of the smaller stations
the telescopes, axes and other prop
critics" have been withdrawn.
The coast guard, as we know It,
is the remnant of a triple Gordon
which once patrolled the coast for
the prevention of smuggling, says the
London Globe. The inner line con-
sisted Of a force of riding officers, "
originally established more than two
centuries aso TO suppress the illegal
expectation of wood, whose subse-
quent duty was the inspection of
roads and lanes for several miles in
land. Revenue cutters-some of
them fine vessels of 200 tons
watched the seas; while the pre-
yentive water guard" patrolled the
coast There was also during the
early years OF the last century a spe-
cial force known as the coast block
AIDE. This, commanded by lieuten-
ants OF the navy, was manned at first
from men-o'-war, later from the rev.
enue cutters and civil sources. 1t
disappeared in 1881, its place being
taken by the preventive water
guard known since two years before
as the coast guard"
The carly members of the force
were by no means the we'll set up men
to whose appearance we are accus-
toned at the present day. Thinkers.
tailors, any landlubbers who could
secure indirect influence with INV
Lords Of the Treasury might hope
for a berth. Not until 1929 was a
seagoing experience, or at least an
apprenticeship on board a fishing
boat. made an essential qualification.
coast guard was transferred to the
Admiralty, and its personnel restrict
ed 10 men from the navy or revenue
cutters. But the force remained a
branch of the customs until 1857.
when the customs flag was replaced
by that of the navy.
Tho duties of the coast guard In
the days of smuggling were severe
and often dangerous. The service
was not looked upon with favor by
the local population, and indeed
whereas in most coast villages
the Inhabitants were largely interest
ed in the Illicit trade, social inter-
course between them and the force
was practically prohibited. A look
OUT man had to take up his lonely
post soon after 4 o'clock upon win
ter's afternoon, there to remain for
some sixteen hours. An ingenius de-
vice, provided less for the comfort of
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-02-23
EATING DOGS AND
HORSES IN GERMANY

North American Indians eat dogs
because they love them so; also be-
cause they are convenient, and, more
over, an eaten dog never bites. But
in Germany the people eat dogs be-
cause beef, mutton and poultry are
very scarce and high.
During the year 1906, says a writer
I'm Harper's Weekly, there were
slaughtered for food in the Kingdom
OF Saxony (Which constitutes one
thirty-siXth of the area and contains
about onc-thirteenth of the popuIa-
ton of the Empire) 1922 horses
and 1886 dogs This is an Increase
of PA horses and 1873 dogs over the
year 1905. In all Germany, during
The year 90G. there were slaughtered
for food $4,000 horses. This is an
increase of about 10000 over 1905,
and of about 1900 over 1904.
Complete figures are lacking I'm re-
gard to- the slaughter Of dogs for food
in the German Empire. but frag-
mentary statistics indicate that the
total number was about 7OOO-prob-
ably more, rather than less.
In tine city of Chemnitz alone COS
DOGS were slaughtered in 1906. an in
crease OF eighty-eight over 1905, and
during the same period 1870 horses.
am Increase of eighty-seven over 1905.
Horsenesh is very generally adver-
tisad in the German newspapers. es-
pecIoily in those of the large indus
trial centres, and most German cities
have at least one market which makes
Sc 90 speciality. claiming for it q higher
percentage of nourishment than that
oi either beef, veal, mutton or pork.
Neither is 10 unusual to- End adyer-
l.s.mm's OF dog meat or for the pur-
chase OF dogs for slaughter.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-02-23
NOTES FROM ACROSS SEAS.

New South Wales has a surplus OF
nearly sS,500,0O0 for the year.
Turkey imports nearly $4,000, 900
worth of paper of all kinds each year.
A Polish firm is building the first
beet sugar fact in Manchuria, near
Hardin.
Switzerland has voted to prohibit
the manufacture. sale and importa-
ton of absinthe.
Flour milling in Brazil Is steadily
ousting the -four of others countries,
on which Brazil was formerly de-
pendent.
Rome's Municipal Council has de-
C-ded by vote OF 81 to 3 to abolish
all religious teaching in the elemen-
tary schools.
Japan's Government expense for
education Is 100000 a year. Mu-
inequalities also spend literally for
this purpose.
Experiments are being made with
new machinery on the Chilean nitrate
fields which are expected to decrease
the cost of production fifty per cent.
New Zealands revenue during the
financial year just closed was $45,-
600, 900 and the expenditures reached
SAL 900, 600, leaving a surplus of $4,-
100000.
Great Britain imports about $14O,-
100000 worth of timber, wood and
manufactures thereof yearly, of which
the United States supplies about $22,-
100000 worth.
So much dissatisfaction is felt in
Germany about the Governments
naval plans that the seceders from the
Navy League of Germany are expect
ed to number 100000.
Since 1S95-96 the allowance for
the support OF the Imperial House
hold of Japan has remained at ST.
100000 year, in spite of the great
progress of the country.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-02-23
Milk Below.

A recent query as to whether or
not we remember the time when milk
men announced their presence at the
door by the ringing Of a bell impels
me to remark that that now obsolete
custom is infinitely TO be preferred to
the present one where a boy, with =
by no means musical voice. slams
your front door open, and yells
"M-i-l-kl" with force that would
do credit to a Sioux Indian on the
warpath, and which is nerve-raoking
in the highest degree. 1t sounds
about as soothing as tho average
buzzsaw trying to work its way
through a hard knot.--Albany Jour
nal.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-02-23
Clerical Advice.

A suffragctte sneered at Mrs. Hum-
phry Wards queer logic the other
day. "I knew the prolix lady was
against votes for women" she said.
at a lunch of su6ragrettes fin New
York, by means of q parable She
pointed ont her belief that the imme-
date home circle. not the distant
polling booth or Senate chamber. was
the true feminine sphere of useful-
ness. We didn't applaud. I assure
you
She said an aged Scot told his
minister that he was going TO make a
pilgrimage to- the Holy Land.
And whites I'm theer. said the
pilgrim complacently, I'm read tine
Ten Commandments aloud frae the
top o Mount Sinai
Saunders said the minister.
TAX my advice. Bide at hamo and
keep them London Tribune.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-02-23
Bang It AqainI

The family were gathered in. the
library admiring a splendid thunder.
storm, when the mother bethought
herself of Dorothy, alone in the nur.
sery. Fearing lest her little daugh-
ter should be awakened and feel
afraid, she slipped away to reassure
her. Pausing at the door, however.
In a vivid fash of lightning which
Illuminated the whole room she saw
her youngest olive branch sitting
straight up in bed
Her big, brown eyes we're glowing
with excitement, and she clapped her
chubby hands, while in her shrill
voice she shouted encouraglngly:
Bang 1t again, God! Bang 1t again."
-Delineator.
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carry only those who got on down
stairs. He paid no attention to their
lsignal, and seemed quite determined
that they should go no higher than
the third floor. After the elevator
had gone up half dozen times Uncle
Billy, am sorry to say, quite lost his
temper.
IL wonder how much a person is
expected to pay in this old town, "
said he, ain order to entitle him to a
ride in a stuffy elevator"
Perhaps" ventured Eloise, timid-
ly. "the boy thinks you hadn't bought
anything, you made the selection so
quickly"
We'll, he ought to be reported, and
I'll see that he is reported" said
Uncle Billy, impatiently.
Twice more the elevator went up
and up and twice more the signal was
disregarded. Uncle Billy was on the
point of striding off to find some one
in authority. when Eloise said:
please. Uncle Billy, may I try
what l can do?"
And Uncle Billy. forgetting his an
ger, smiled down at the troubled little
face beside him.
why, yes; certainly, dear, do any
thing you please to bring that rascal
ly boy 70 his senses"
81 will try"
About one minute later the ele-
vator was going down, empty.
Down, please" said Eloise.
Reluctantly, as IL we'll aware of the
discourtesy he had shown, the boy
stopped the elevator, opened the lat
tice door, and the two stepped in.
Sooner than it takes to tell it the
ground floor was reached, and the
door was flung open angrily. for the
elevator boy was eager to be rid of
passengers who might justly enter a
complaint against him.
"Now Wen go up, please, to the
restaurant" said Eloise.
The next moment she felt Uncle
Billy place a protecting arm around
her shoulders as the waiting people
surged in and crowded them to the
back of the car. She happened to
glance up at him, but he was holding
his hat in front OF his face. All she
around his eyes. She was almost sure
he was laughing. She could only
catch glimpse OF the elevator boy,
and he wore a very puzzled look.
When they reached the big, airy res
taurant, with it's flowers and palms
and music, then and there Uncle Billy
had his laugh out, and Eloise joined
in, while the waiter stood by, in dig
nified disapproval of all their merri-
ment.
so, little girl, mathematics are
your weak point! Nevertheless, I'll
trust your calculation every time.
Did you catch the expression on the
face OF that elevator boy when you
said, Now, Wen go up? The best
ever! Eloise. who said anything
about pink calico or chintz or what
ever it was? It's going to be silk,
Eloise, just the prettiest pink silk
dress we can fnd!"
And it was.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-02-23
AIepdine Rubbers.

We have found that thin spots In
our rubbors can be mended at home
by applying a cement made from ave
conts worth OF real rubber dissolved
fin chloroform. Keep the bottle con-
tanning the cement tightly oorked ana
apply with q mucilage brush az quick
ly as possible that Il may not harden.
We used rubber darn for an actual
hole Cut piece Of rubber the night
SIZE fasten It with few stitches over
the hole, and brush with the cement.
Both kinds OF rubber may be obtained
from a dealer ia dentists supplies
lfarper's Bazaar.