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The San Francisco call., 1910-06-05
MAKING LINCOLN PENNIES

feeders, that look almost like thin, fiat
hands, and carried forward between the
dies.
These dies strike upon the piece with
a force of over 100 tons and stamp
more than 100 pieces a minute.
On these dies are the inscriptions or
pictures you see on the pennies.
On the upper side, called the "ob-
verse" is Lincoln's good, kind face.
Around the edge over his head it says
I'm God We Trust; at the left Lib
erty"; at the right the date (1sO9), with
a wee, tiny 50 underneath to show
that it was made in the San Francisco
mint,
On the lower or reverse" side are
the words "One Cent" and United
States of America" Around the edge
at the top are the Latin words &c
Pluribus Unum," the motto of the
United States, and mean One. made up
of many" At each side Of the edge is
a palm branch.
From under the dies, the pennies
drop down into a big box and are car
ried over to table, where they are
inspected, by women to see If they are
perfect. The women spread them out
on small boards about foot square,
with a narrow rim around them. They
then look them over carefully, with a
magnitying glass when necessary, but
usually without; then, laying on an
other board like the first. just as If
IL were a cover, turn ii over like a
pancake, and examine the other side.
IL speck of dirt or a tiny chip OF
wood or even drop of oil has fallen
on either of the dies the design will
not be perfect. There will be a spot
on the face, perhaps, or some Of the
letters will be gone. Such pieces are
condemned" and must be made all
over, so they are taken at once, put in
a wise and sbent out of shape by the
blow of a hammer.
The perfect ones are taken 10 the
office, weighed and counted and then
turned over 10 the cashier for circua-
tion.
If any Of my readers should be go
ing through the mint when we are
making Lincoln pennies and they wave
their hands and say "Hoo-oo" 90 me
Q shall be there, looking them Oyer)
] promise faithfully to go right In TO
the cashier, buy some Lincoln pennies
and give them each one!
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-05
Where Rubies Come From

Next to coal oil. the biggest monop-
oily in Burma is in rubes. This coun-
try produces the finest of such stones
and furnishes the most of the worlds
supply The industry is in the hands
of the Burma ruby mines company,
which is operating in the Mogok valley,
about 80 miles from Mandalay. There
is region there 1000 feet above the
sea. covering from so to 100 square
miles, which has produced more and
better rubies than any other place
upon earth. AT times it yields as much
as a half million dollars worth of
rubies a year and about 10 years ago
a single stone was found Weighing II
carats. which sold for more than
500, 900.
The fine ruby is more valuable than
a diamond Of the same weight. 1t is
estimated that one the color Of pigeons
blood weighing five carats will sell for
ten times the value of five carat dia-
mond, and that the price will Increase
with the size, A ruby which weighed
II carats was recently sold in England
for $35, 900, whereas diamond of that
size would not bring more than $1,000.
The largest ruby known is one which
came from Tibet. 1t weighed 1000
carats but II was not of the first
quality Some of the best stones OF
this kind are owned by native Indian
rajahs, who consider them among the
most beautiful of jewels.
The demand for rubles is greatly
affected by the times The panic of
1907 caused slump in the market. All
sorts Of precious stones went down and
for months the London demand for
burma rubies entirely ceased. The
company then curtailed its production
by stopping night work and il cut the
wages of the men from 32 to "a cents
a day. In 1908 no dividends were de-
ciared. The times are now better and
all the mines are again working
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all except 10 away. Then he took his
seat on a high bank, from which he
could see for mil IS around.
While he was sitting there, and 10
was standing sadly in the meadow.
Jupiter looked down from Mount Olym-
pus and, observing the pitiful plight of
10, took pity on her and sent Mercury,
one of the younger gods to kill Argus.
Mercury owned wonderful wand
which made a deep sleep fall on any
person over whom he waved 1t, and a
pair of magic slippers which carried
him wherever he wished to go, and a
tiny pair of wings which caused him
to travel with the speed of lightning.
After laying aside his magic wings,
Mercury leaped down to earth, carrying
his wand, and presented himself before
Argus as a simple shepherd caring for
his flock and playing on his pipe He
began to blow upon this pipe. and
Argus listened with delight, for these
were the Pandean pipes that Mercury
was using and their music is unlike
any other ever heard. BY and by Mer-
curry began to tell stories to Argus and,
watching carefully. in a short time he
saw two Of the hundred eyes close.
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HOW MERCURY
BY LUCY BAKER JEROME

ONG long ago, when the world was
young, the Greeks believed that
everything on earth was managed
" number of gods and goddesses
VINO were supposed to dwell on the top
Vi mount Olympus, In Thessaly When
'hese gods wanted to go to earth for
any reason they went I'm and out Of a
gate of cloud, kept by goddesses named
tne seasons. Each one Of the gods had
MS own dwelling, but when they were
summoned to meet together at the or
der of Jupiter, the most powerful OF
all the gods, they assembled in the
great hall of Jupiter's palace The
rulers OF the earth and Of the waters
ana the underworld were there, too,
at such times, and every day that the
gods thus met together, they feasted
on ambrosia and nectar, an angelic
food and drink which was passed to
them by lovely goddess named Hebe
After the affairs of earth had been set
tied Apollo, the god of music, struck
the strings Of his Tyre. which he al
ways carried with him. and the gods
uIaHh lHelr nectar to the accompani-
ment of soft songs sung by the nine
muses. accompanied by Apollo on his
Tyre. The Greeks believed that there
were very many OF these heavenly
beings in Olympus. and this is the
story of what happened to one of them
"a watchman known as Argus, or the
keeper with a hundred eyes
One day as Juno the wife of Jupiter.
looked down from Mount Olympus
upon the earth, she saw maiden who
was so exquistely lovely that Juno.
who was beautiful herself. became
1. very jealous and set her wits to work
to devise some plan of causing her to
lose this beauty. After thinking a
while Juno decided to change the
maiden into a black and white heifer
which, as all the beings on Mount
Olympus had the power to do
was one of the favorite means of get
ting ria of persons they didn't partic-
ularly like. So, to the great surprise
of the maiden. who knew nothing of
this, she suddenly felt herself losing
her own human form and by degrees
she saw that she was being changed
into heifer. unable to speak or to let
her father and sisters know what had
happened.
The heifers name was 10, and after
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Then, watching his opportunity, Mer-
curry waved the wand and all the rest
of the eyes closed. With one stroke
Mercury cut off Argus head and sent it
rolling down on the rocks underneath.
He took the hundred eyes up to
Mount Olympus and gave them to Juno,
hoping by this to avert her anger; but
though Juno took the eyes and put
them on the tail of the peacock, where
they are to this day, she was so exas-
perated at the killing of Argus that
she sent a gadfly to torment 10, and
the poor maiden, still in the form of a
heifer, was forced to run through all
the different countries trying to get
rid of it's sting. 10 swan through the
Ionian sea, which was afterward named
for her. But while she was still striving
Jupiter persuaded Juno to take pity
on her and restore her to her home.
Juno finally consented. The coarse
hairs fell from los body. her eyes be-
came smaller and her horns and tail
disappeared. You can imagine how
happy she was, for after this hard ex
perience she lived with her father and
sisters in quiet and contentment for
many years.
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How the Water Comes Down at
LOdOre

1t is related OF a certain western
magnate that during first visit east
after his sudden rise in fortune he
was persuaded to visit Niagara falls.
It's awful grandeur and greatness inn
pressed the man so nightly that there
after he became a lover of all such
wonderful manifestations of ature,
Yosemite and other mighty waterfalls,
only to be dissatisfied because he found
nothing so grand as Niagara. He read
about waterfalls, and in his reading
came upon Southey's beautiful poem,
How the Water Comes Down at
Lodore" The rush of words impressed
him-here was waterfall more mighty
than Niagara, and to see it he crossed
the ocean. But, to his surprise and
dismay, when he came to the quiet
English shire, no one knew of the
mighty waterfall At last, after a
weary days pedestrianism. footsore
and weary, he sat down on rude arch,
took off his shoes and stockings, and
swung his aching feet into the shallow
stream of water gurgling over few
stones that obstructed it's course be-
low. AS he bathed his feet in the
miniature waterfall, a country yokel
passed, and the traveller hailed him,
asking about the falls of Lodore. To
his delight the man knew them. Toss
ing him a pound note, the delighted
American said, my man, that's yours
If you will tell me where to find the
falls of Lodore" The countryman
made sure Of the note, touched his cap
and replied, why, mon, you're settin'
on EN-"
Archdeacon Hare. in his American
lecture tour, used this story to illus
trate the fact that we can only get out
of art nature, life itself that which We
put into it, poet imagination saw
all the power. rhythm and wonder of
a Niagara in the tiny waterfall by the
roadside The eyes of his soul saw
greatness in little things and he gave
to the world a poem that will last as
long as the English language.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-05
Man and Dog Enlist

For the first time in the history Of
the American navy a man and his
brindle bull pup have been allowed to
enlist. The man refused TO join with
out his dog. and the presidents per-
mission. which was readily given, had
first 10 be obtained before the author
tiles at the recruiting station could
send the man and his dog aboard a
man of war
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Juno was satisfied that she was wholly
changed she gave her to Argus. a.
watchman of Mount Olympus, who was
regarded as a splendid keeper of any
thing because of his hundred eyes. AS
he needed only two of them AT time
to sleep with. he always had left 9S to
watch with. This made it unlikely that
anything watched by him would ever
get away.
In the daytime the gentle 10 fed in
a meadow, and at night she was tied
up with a coarse rope in a shed. The
poor maiden was so badly frightened
by this sudden change in her condition
that she tried to call for help, but alas.
her voice, once SO sweet and musical,
was now only a hoarse below. Once
her father and sisters not knowing 1t
was she, came up to her and patted her
and admired her beauty, for even in
this form she was still beautiful. She
felt so badly to see them so near and
yet be unable to speak to them that she
bethought her Of writing her name
with her hoof in the sand. Her father
saw it and began to ponteit out to her
sisters, when Argus, who had been OBJ
serving them, came up and drove them
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-05

Robust old gentleman Ito sick LADY,
When 1 came here first / hadn't
strength to utter a word. 1 had scarce
ly hair on my head. couldn't walk
across the room and had TO be lifted
from my bed
Sick Lady-You give me hope. kind
sir. How We're you cured?
Robust Old Gentleman was born
here.-Rire.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-05
Cost of Candy

Some statistician has figured out that
the American people spend more than
S5OO,O00000 per year for candy. That
is double what they pay for public
education or for the army and navy.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-28
MRS. STEPHENSON
RETURNS FROM
BUYING TRIP
POPULAR LOCAL MILLINER
COMES FROM NEW YORK
WITH BEWTLDERING
ARRAY IN FALL
MILLINERY.
ENTHUSIASTIC OVER NEW STYLES

Mrs. Clara Stephenson, Salt Lake IS
most fashionable milliner, mas Just re.
turned from New York City, fun of en-
thusiasm over the beautiful STYLES in
fall millinery being shown in the east.
Mrs. Stephenson and Mrs. Gilberg, who
viii be with Mrs. Stephenson this sea
tson as trimmer, both spent several
weeks of hard work studying coming
styles and buying for the delectation
of Salt Lakes most discriminating and
tasteful ladies fair. 4 glimpse into Mrs
Stephenson new show rooms at 2l2
South Main street, formerly the Elite
Millinery, reveals marvels Of the mil
linery art. To those who know, it is
very obvious that Mrs. Stephenson has
shown rare Judgment in her selections
and this year has undoubtedly the most
beautiful millinery ever brought into
the west
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-28

dress and caught at the top with a
seal band, and carried an immense
bunch OF dark red Richmond roses.
The bridesmaids were all daintily at.
tired in yellow messaline dresses, and
carried great armfuls of yellow astors,
with bands Of gold twined in their hair.
The maid Of honor, Miss Mildred Jones,
wore q becoming French gown Of white
fillet embroidery and fillet lace, and
carried white asters. The church was
decorated with a profusion of golden.
rod. goldenglow and many ferns, which
made tho effect most beautiful After
the ceremony. tho bridal party was
taken to the home of the brides par
cnts IN automobiles, At o'clock an
elaborate supper was served. the home
being decorated with goldenglow, gold,
rod and richly shaded California pop
pies. The mantels had for their decora.
tions great bowls of bright yellow Cali
fornia poppies; the table had for its
central decoration a large cut glass
bowl of the same flowers. and from
the chandelier to the corners of the
table long streamers of yellow ribbon
were used. tho lights also being shaded
in yellow, and made a most pleasing
picture. At s o'clock DIR. and Mrs.
Broaddus left for short wedding trip.
The bride was becominglv gowned in
green chiffon broadcloth tailored
suit with gloves TO match, and n large
black lace hat.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-28
HEALTH RULE SIMPLIFIES
RELEASE FROM QUARANTINE

Preparatory 10 the opening of school.
TO avoid confusion and loss OF time, the
city board Of health has adopted Il new
rule regarding the fumigation and rclea sc
Of families under quarantine. The in
spector fumigatinS and releasing families
from quarantine will present the head
OF the household with a certificate certify
ing that the person residing at the GER
tain street number has been released
from quarantine on a given date. In
case any uncertainty as to the release
from quarantine arises the family then
may present the certificate as evidence
Of the release and this will stop all dis
pute.
The trouble heretofore at the opening
of school has been that certain families
have asserted that they had been fumi-
gated and released, In order to get their
children into school, when In fact they
had not been released. but TO disproyc
their claim the health Inspector had to
go back to the city health board Offices
and look up the records to see If the re-
lease from quarantine of the family In
question was on file. thereby losing much
Time
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-28

Alcestlss You say you have tried diet
Ing and exercising TO rid yourself OF su-
Pcriluous tat and failed to reduce your
weight. Many other women after the
5dLme experience have accomplished the
desired result with parnotis-that harm
less nEsR rcducer that Is sold In most
ilrst class drug stores. Dissolve -four
ounces OF parnotis in IL Dints OF warm
water and take a tablespoonful before
each meal. In a few weeks, the overly
stout woman finds she has lost ten or Gf-
teen pounds and that her flesh Is firm and
Tree from habbiness.
X. X: To cleanse your blood Of the
impurities that cause pimples and elup-
tions of the skin, know OF nothing bet
ter than an old fashioned home rSrnedv
made as follows: Get from your druggis;
one ounce of kardene. dissolve il in a
half-pint of alcohol, add one half cup of
sugar. then pour In enough hot water to
make n full quart OF tonic. Take a table
spoonful of this inexpensive blood remedy
i've minutes before each meal and IL will
aid digestion, make the liver active, and
Sicanse your blood. 1t Strengthens and
ouilds up the entire system and when YOU
are well that wretched tired" discour-
aged feeling VIII leave you.
G, c. X. II you are blessed with beau
t!ul halr by all means take The very best
care OF it You can. Yes, dandruff will in
time destroy any head OF hair If per-
mitted TO remain. II necessary shampoo
every week Win cantHro&. Dissolve Il tea
spoonful In cup OF hot water pour n lit
tic on the head rub as you would with
any other shampoo; then rinse well Can
throX makes plenty OF rich lathcr and
thoroughly cleans the scalp and hair II
relieves itching and irritation OF the scalp
and the hair dries quickly and evenly
without streaking. II leaves the hair soft.
bright and fluffy. so that IL Is easy 20
dress In any style you prefer.
Virginia: You can overcome the trou-
bic with your scalp II you will use a hair
tonic made as follows: Get one ounce
or quin2oin from your druggist dissolve
in n half-pint Of alcohol and add a half
pint OF water Rub into the scalp and
hair roots once or twice n week This is
a soothing and refreshing treatment for a
hot, hard and stim scalp. II Keeps the
scalp soft pllable and just moist enough
10 encourage hair-growth. QuInzoin gives
strength and vitality. stops falling and
splitting Mt the ends destroys the germs
that cause dandrum and badness and YOU
soon see wonderful Improvement In your
hair as 1t becomes rich. 0nc ana glossy.
This tonic has given splendid results
where ready prepared tontcs did no good.
Use canthroX for shampooing. and avoid
soaps which make the hair hard, b,yi tie
and coarse.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-28
SPIDER CUR|OS
FROM SALTAFR
Have a Close Resemblance to
Human Face on Their
Backs.
SEVERAL OF THE
M0NSTR0SITIES PICKED UP
Specimens Of a Peculiar Insect
Are Found at Lake
Resort.

W, E. Lewis of this city has some
spider curlos. They are somewhat akin
in their nature to the Slamese twins
or the chicken with the three legs. OF
course Mr.. Lewis secured the specimens
at Spiderville. on the lake, otherwise
known as Saltair. That was only natu-
raj, since there are more spiders there
than possibly In all the rest of Salt
Lake City put together.
The particular thing about these spiders
that attracted Mr., Lewis's attention was
that they have n close resem blance to
human face on the back They also
have protubcrances. one on each side
somewhat resembling the Jumps on the
horned toad.
Had a Human Face.
Mr.. Lewis says he was AT Saltair In
the room under the dance floor, and Of
course. was keeping his eve on the spldcrs
roaming about there when he noticed one
WIN the human face on Its back. Ii is
clearly marked, eyes and all. and a pretty
good resemblance OF a face In caricature
not. Of course very preryy one.
The insect aroused Mr. Lewis's curl
osity. and lie began to search for others
Ike II In about five minutes he found
red spider with somewhat similar mark
ings. The first one was brown Then
ne searched among the thousands OF
spiders conveniently accessible. but found
no others like those he had. Mr.. Lewis
=. '''' "p.'iHi'ils III IL po'Ni' IpT ScIlc
time, and fed them flies He now has
them preserved In alcohol.
Have Queer Tastes.
Il took them 10 Prof j. e. Talmage
OF the university" said Mr. Lewis when
they were alive Dr. Talmage said they
were SIMPLY monstroslties. about as rare
as a child with a birthmark. which the
Jumps and the faces on the backs really
were lie did not think them partlcu-
larly poisonous. and said he would as
hys nf 49,.
bedbug." But there are people who have
queer tastes
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-28
Health and Beauty HELPS
BY MRS. MAE MARTYN,

NJ. l.. X. II is not half so difficult II
problem you think to keep the COM
pleXion beautiful In summer You haven't
used the right thing-that is all or
course, cream that contains lard or oil
VIII give you shiny face and pow
ders are bound to smear with pcrspira-
ton. You want a cream that will remove
dust and dirt from the pores and leave
the skin smooth, moist and pliable You
can make such cream at homeland 1t
will be absolutely free from grease or oil
Just get from your druggist one ounce OF
almozoin, put II in a fruit jar. add half
pint Of cold water. stir until dissolved
then add two teaspoonsful of glycerinc
stir well again and let stand over night
In the morning II will be the consistency
OF ordinary face cream, AlmoZoin clears
the skin of all pore-dirt and prevents
blackheads because It makes large pores
small Massage with II To keep off wrin-
kles. roughness and redness. Follow the
advice given Georgia Girl In the next
paragraph
Georgia Girl Use this liquid face wash
and you Will find ii more satisfactory
Than any powder or cosmetic, Dissolve
four ounces of spurmaN In half pint OF
hot water. add Two tcaspoonfuls OF gly-
ccrine and let cool Apply to the face
neck and forearns with the palm Of the
hand. and you need not bother again all
day about your complexion 1t affords
protection against sunburn. tan and freck-
les, although it is SO dainty and delicate
that It's use cannot be detected. 1t is
oily skin. for II Is a true complexion
,bcautilcr and keeps the skin smooth, soft
fand velvety,
Il. +, D No. 3: You can make your dun
and eXpressioncss eyes clearer and
brighter II you use an eye tonic made by
df6solvlng one ounce OF crystos in pint
OF water, Drop one or two drops in each
eye whenever they are tired or feel weak
1t strengthens weak eyeglght. relieves In
flammation and rcdness. and docs not
smart or burn. The regular use OF this
eye tonic has enabled many TO discard
their spectacles-a fact that will he ap-
preclated by any woman who looks older
than she really is when wearing eye
glasses.
w, T. c.: Don't feel so detected at the
approach OF short sleeves. Those insight
ly hairs on your forearms will Yield 10
proper treatment, Just get from your
drugglst ounce OF delatone (it costs "A
dollar. but It's worth IT'D ana mix little
! OF II with enough water TO make a paste
Cover the hairs with the paste and let 1t
remain for few minutes then wipe OF
and wash with warm water. Even If the
nairc should come back they will be light
i and thin. and u second or third appIica-
Ton will keep them away for good.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-28
FATHER OF MRS. THURMAN
DEAD AT MARYLAND HOME

Word from Laytonsville, Md. Is that
James e.. Ayton. n leading citizen OF
20 at the age OF 63 Mr. Ayton left a
widow and two children, one OF the chill
dren. Mrs. r. B Thurman. being a resi-
dent Of Salt Lake City.
Mr., Aytor had been lifelong resident
OF Montgomery county and had accumu-
lated fortune In the mercantile business
having retired from active business TWEEN
ty years ago. At the time OF his death
Mr. Ayton was n director OF the First
National bank Of Gaithersburg He was
an ardent Republican and had been nom
mated for important offices several times
having represented his county in the leg
tslature In 1903
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-28
LADIES' AUXILIARY is
GOING TO WANDAMERE

The Ladies' auxiliary to the American
party has been making elaborate ar
rangements for its annual outing, which
will be held at Wandamere next Friday.
An excellent programme Is being pre-
pared and in all probability this will be
one OF the most pleasant outings which
the ladies have ever held. In addition
to the members OF the auxiliary all
friends are invited to attend.