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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1910-10-14
TANGER "HOLYMAN"
HAD LEARNED THE METHODS OF
5ARNUM AND BAILEY.
american Experience Aided charlatsn
IN Calming the Reverence and
Small Coin OF His Fellow
Believers.

There IL hardly anything more en-.
joyable than to find an unexpected bit
OF the west In places thousands of
miles and hundreds of years from tho
United States" said a New York man
according to the Sun OF that city.
MY wife and went to Tangier
from Gibraltar. The day after our ar.
rival we paid an early visit to the
market Suddenly. as we stood look
ing on. there was a commotlon in the
crowd. which parted right and left. I
could hear the clash of cymbals, but
was amazed to see men bowling almost
10 the ground RS they made way. In
the lane thus created appeared a tall
man wearing long robe OF many col.
ors and a necklace of charms He
Kept MS eyes turned heavenward as
he walked, keeping up a clashing with
pair OF cymbals as he proceeded. At
MS girdle was gourd into which
some or the multitude tossed copper
coins. My courier told me that he was
dervisb, holy man from the Sudan.
4 thought the dervish would make
good subject for my camera, but the
courier said he doubted whether Il
could be arranged. as all good Mus
seimans had religious scruples against
being photographed. insisted, and
the courier said he would do his best
SO we followed along after the der.
Wish, through little side street into n
broader one. and having turned the
corner the courier approached the der
Wish and exchanged few words with
him. The holy man looked to see
whether any Mohammedans were
looking on, and there being none I'm
sight he nodded In a dignifled man.
ner He posed while my wife and
took several good snapshots OF him.
Il went up to give him a small token
OF thanks and was surprised when.
after looking at me moment, he said
'Englishr
No. l replied. American.
All! Amerlcan! he cried. Me
America, he continued, pointing tow
ard himself. New York, Brooklyn,
Philadelphia. st. Louis Six months
Barnum Il Bailey He smiled all over
as he took what offered him, then
bowling In dignihed fashion he went
on, casting his eyes toward the sky
aud clanklng his cymbals as he went.
The next morning we went to the
market again. Suddenly again we
heard the cymbals clashing. and saw
the crowd part. and almost PROSTATE
Itself, and I'm second our dervish
friend of the day before appeared
again. his eyes piously cast toward
heaven.
I'VE were sitting on our donkeys
and watching him In some curiosity
rs he neared us. Just as he got oppo-
site he turned his head In our direc.
ton. He caught my eye and the lid |
OF his left optic closed In one long.
eloquent wink"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1910-10-14

hands sought and found lovely new
melodies and chords. ana he would
beg his teacher Co write them down
for him As he ggnw older he would
make up stories on the plano" as he
called e. All his life, even after
his fame became world wide. he ex.
ercised this wonderful gift OF impro-
wishing, and many who were privileged
TO hear him have said that. beautiful
as his written music Is, only those
who sat near him In the twilight and
listened in rapt silence to the divine
sounds which the slender fingers sent
pulsating through the stiffness knew
the greatness OF his genius.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1910-10-14

ed and the movement OF one Affects
the other by means OF series of cog.
wheels operating In relation TO each
other. The feet Of the mannlkln have
grooves running transversely to en-
gage the wire or cord on which II
walks. A rod with weight on the
end. forming a pendulum. is attached
TO tho hand OF the figure. AS this
pendulum swings II moves the arm
back and forth and the correlated
oogwheels cause the legs to move
backward and forward and tho figure
TO walk as II human. The ease with
which the mannikin retains its bal.
anco Is one OF the most spectacular
features OF this entertaining perform.
ance.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1910-10-14

pods OF the locoweed and the aromatic
plants of the Yerba santa, or mountain
balm, was but the work of a few mo-
ments. and there on the top stood the
little groves of rare trees, sheltered
for the most part in small ravines.
some specimens, however, growing at
the extreme edge of the bluffs where
the hooks and crannies offered but
scant foothold or nourishment for
vegetation. Some of the trees are as
much as four feet in circumference
and rise to height of from five to
fifty feet, those standing in exposed
places being more bent and fantas-
tically formed than those growing in
the dells. Most remarkable are the
dark green tufted leaves and abundant
cones of these Torrey pines; the for.
mer grow in fascicles of FIVE In close
sheaths, and are the largest pine
leaves known TO the world, being from
nine to thirteen inches long; while the
cones are FIVE to six inches long and
ten to fourteen inches in circum-
ference, oval. with thick scales termI-
mating In stout recurring beaks. The
nuts are fattened and have black
wing, the shells being hard and thick
and the seeds edible. The pollen-bear.
ing flowers are terete.
The habitat of the Torrey pine GOV.
ers some four hundred acres. owned
for the most part by the city OF San
Diego. though recently the finest
groves have been purchased by Miss
Scripps OF La Jolla, who, realizing the
immense scientific value and impor-
lance Of these trees. has determined
to do everything possible TO preserve
them from mutilation and possible ex.
termination.
No words can describe the wonder.
full beauty OF the surroundings OF
these Torrey pine woods The scenery
In California always exercises a fasci.
nation by reason OF its individuality,
for It is land in which man and the
desert are ever waging relentless
war where the desert has proved i'm.
pregnable the cacu forbid encroach-
ment and fiaunt their flaming red and
yellow flowers in the face of defeated
toll; but where man has conquered.
welding the silver scepter OF irriga.
ton and nexing the territory thus
torn from the prickly fingers OF the
opuntia, there grows a garden whose
luxuriance Overpowers and whose pro
ductiveness is amazing.
Encircling the valley stood queer
honeycombed cliffs. whose strata OF
burnt sienna and chalk white stone
formed bands of startling contrast.
and beyond them rose the grim gray
mountains OF San Bernardino. On the
other side of the point of pines the
cliffs fell away in sheer declivity TO
the sea, across whose waves, now
stilled by the sunset peace. the level
rays OF light were painting paths OF
purple, rose and amethyst over the
rim OF this ocean OF color the sun like
a golden galleon sailed down into the
west. the light turned pale, beryl and
primrose usurped the place OF fire
and fame, then gray vapors drlfted
softly up to the zenith and Venus
shone out between the points OF an
ashen aurora, cool breezes sprang TO
life. dusk blotted out the underbrush
and the southern day was over
JULIA w. HENsHAW.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1910-10-14


strange fantastic form, some
exotic growth, or some very
beautiful bloom. The stonecrop. the
sage-brush and the cactus have
claimed California for their own.
spreading out into the desert-lands
which lie to the eastward, and climb
Ing up over the foothills of the Sierras,
where they mark the boundary of fer.
tility and clothe the nakedness of
sand-dune and soil-serac with spuri-
Gus vegetation; thus by the artemisias,
salvias, audibertias, dudleyas, opun-
tias and mamillarias is the wilderness
made TO bloom. But Il was not to
revel In the marvels on the mesas.
nor the charms Of the chapparral that
journeyed one afternoon to. Del Mar.
a tiny wayside station near San Di-
egcs perched on the top of a high cliff
above the wash of the blue Pacific
waves. For days | had stepped my
soul In the delights of the woods and
wastes, found companionship with
birds and things that creep, and gath
cred here and there fragile fragrant
flowers. But now the rarest tree in
the whole wide world had called to
me from its isolation; the report of
Its marvellous characteristics, its
rugged beauty. its picturesque habitat
had all been detailed. and so one
glorious day. when the California sky
was domed like lapis lazuli, travelled
to Del Mar 70 see the famous Torrey
pines.
II is enthralling TO think how ma.
ture has set this handful OF conifers
on Californian cliff, the only speci.
mems OF their kind ever found on
earth. save for few on the near by
island OF Santa Rosa. II was not I'M
I'll the year 1850 that these trees were
discovered by Mr. J. l.. lie Conte. who
forthwith named them Pinus torrey.
ana, after Or. John Torrey of New
York. and since then many botanists
and nature-lovers have made Dill.
grimage TO this lonely shrine on the
summit OF the windswept bluffs.
among them Engelmann. Asa Gray,
Bayard Taylor and Charles F. Holder.
Leaving the station at Del Mar. | fol.
lowed the railroad for a mile or so,
emerging out OF cutting on TO a
strip OF track which skirted a deep
rayine chiseled and channeled like the
Grand Canon OF Colorado In miniature:
thence rounding a rampant OF rock I
came upon a mass OF Quarried quarts
shimmering in the sunlight, such as is
used for the foundation OF roads in
this vicinity. The shining pyramid
was my signpost 10 leave the steel
rails and turn towards the sea.
A steep. sandy TRAN led down to Join
the oiled road which skirted the shore
as far as the foot OF the southerly
headland. and then wound away
among the hills behind the cliffs. From
this point | gained my first view OF
the Torrey pines, cluster Of tortured
trunks and twisted branches covered
with fascicles OF immensely long
leaves outlined against the sky sew.
ersl hundred feet above me. To scram.
BILE up the dry banks covered with
manTanita, masses Of pinkish buck.
wheat and all manner OF cActi and
stonecrops mingled with the inflated
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1910-10-14
TOY WIRE WALKER is UNIQUE
Mannikln's Legs Move Back and Forth
as Arms DO, Like Pendulum Of
Ordinary Clock.

An automatic tight rope walker has
heen Invented by a Tennessee man.
This toy marches along a slack wire
or cord with all the assurance OF an
expert equilibrlst. its legs moving
backward and forward In response TO
the swinging OF pendulum. The
arms and legs OF the figures are Joint
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1910-10-14
A Fit OF jealousy.

Horatio-Was the leading woman
injured when she bumped her head on
the door,
Hamlet-No: she only had a at Of
Jealousy
Horatio--A NJ OF jealousy?
Hamlet-lss; abe saw so many
other starG
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1910-10-14

Mrs, Styles-"This paper says the
total number OF useful domestic ami.
mails on the globe is believed 20 be
about 1900 600, 600 Mr.. Styles
Don't for one instant think that that
pet dog OF yours Is included In that
number"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1910-10-14
Enough said.

lrasciblc Old Gent 60 schoolgirl
who has collided with him) when
you run into people like that you
should say, I beg your pardon" Girl
There wornt no need heard
what you said Sydney Bulletin.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1910-10-14

Many fortune can be made IN the
time Il takes TO figure out how to get
money without working for It
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1910-10-14

When Little BOY Blue
courted pretty
Bo-Peep--
Bhe still was mourn
Ing for her Sheep.
you awake my
grief" she
managed 10 say.
You look so
sheepish-
please go awnyr"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-09
STEAMER WRECKED
Off RED SEA PORT
BRITISH SHIP CYCLOPS OH A
REEF AT JEDDAH
Blue Funnel Twin Screw Liner Re-
ported Lost at Famous Land
Ing Place of Moslem
Pilgrims

SEATTLE, Feb. S.-The merchants
exchange has received information that
the British steamer Cyclops of the Blue
Funnel line, operating between Liver
pool and Puget sound ports via the Orb
ent, is wrecked at Jeddah, a port on
the Red sea.
The news received by the merchants
exchange came in a cable message from
London stating that the Cyclops was
ashore at Jeddah. The message con-
tanned no information concerning the
condition of the stranded steamer.
The Cyclops is a steel twin-screw
steamship of 5784 tons net. She was
built at Glasgow in 1906 and is owned
by Alfred Holt & Co. of Liverpool
She sailed from Liverpool in com
mand of Capt. r. c Harris, January 22,
for Seattle and Tacoma
The Cyclops carries large number
of steerage passengers.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-09
TWO NEGROES ARE HANGED
TOGETHER FOR ASSAULT
Death Sentence Is Executed for First
Time in Missouri for Crime
of Such Nature

KANSAS CITY, Feb. S,-From off a
single scaffold George Reynolds and
John Williams, negroes, were hanged
simultaneously in the conuty jail here
at 6: 80 o'clock this morning. The crime
for which they were executed was as
sault, this marking the first time the
death sentence has been executed in
Missouri for this act. Reynolds was
pronounced dead in seven minutes
Williams nine minutes. County Mar
shall Joel B. Mayes sprung the trap.
Reynolds collapsed a few hours be-
fore the execution of the sentence, and
it was necessary to carry him up to the
trap in a chair.
williams, who has been known for
years as q desperate character. re-
mained brave to the last
For week prior to the hanging
Reynolds had not touched food, be-
lieving he could cheat the galloWs by
starvation. Williams chatted and
laughed at all times,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-09

appeared to me that he was rather
long in coming, so L sent another call
for him. When he came upstairs ne
was in his shrtsleeves and almost as
soon as he had examined Colonel
Swope he said:
"'It is apoplexy, brought on by the
death of Colonel Hunton.'
"It was just twenty minutes aileI
I gave Colonel Swope the capsule that
the convulsion came on. When Dr..
Hyde came he did not do anything Lor
Colonel SWope at first, and then ne
suggested that I give him hypo-
derrnic injection of one-s1Xteenth OIL d
grain of strychnine every fifteen NM
Iltes for a while. After DR.. HYDE ie1t
the room | started to look for the Don
that contained the medicine. 1t WAS
not there.
"Rv this time Col. Swope had gone
into a state of coma. His eyes were
half open and he was breathing win
difficulty. I gave him another lnJec-
tion of strychnine, and after that l
believe I gave him another, and lleh
DIR. HYDE came back into the room.
"Once Just after the CONFUSION Gol.
Swope appeared to revive, and IN thaI
semi conscious state he cried:
Dying Mans Wall
".Oh, my God; I wish I had not
taken that incidence "l9i '9'
were dead ~. :.
"About dinner time l noticed that IN
commissions Col. Swope's legs became
cramped at the knees, and IN stralSnC-
ening them 1 saw that they were pur-
ple from the ankles to the knees: iheil
I said to DIR. Hyde that | would hate
the consequences if Col. Swope shouio
revive.
"|Why?' DR.. Hyde asked me, ana
said, you know he connected tiils at
tack with the medicine
"Wl1at did DR.. Hyde say?" Attorney
Trogden asked.
"He did not say anything, MISS
Kellar replied, and added: :
"Along toward night DR.. Hyde ana
both sat alongside the bed, taking
Col. Swope's pulse. DR.. Hyde kept
saving that the colonel was failing
rapidly, until 1 said that | could not
See it, and DR.. Hyde left his slde OF
the bed and came to mine and TOOK ttie
pulse 1 had been taking, until he sald
that he could not feel the pulse, but
l could feel it.
"soon after that I went to dinner,
and when [ returned DR.. and Mrs.
Hvde were bending over the body.
Mrs. Hyde turned to me When L
came in.
"sJJncle Thomas has passed away
she said. He died SO easily.
When Miss Kellar had finished, re-
cess was taken. 1t was announced
that Logan swope and DR., Hektoen
would be examined at the afternoon
session.
DIR. Ludwig Hektoen was called at
1:3o o. m. DIR. ZWart, the coroner
began Immediately to question him
regarding the autopsy held in Kansas
Citv last January on the body of Col
Swope before the viscera had been
taken to Chicago for examination by
DR.. Hektoen and other specialists. The
witness said the heart was distended,
the aorta hardened and that there was
tumor growth in the left kidney.
The brain, he said, was normal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-09
MAN DECLARED INSANE
DEFEATS A REPUBLICAN,
Name of Asylum Patient on Congress
sional Ballot Causes Election
of Democrat Opponent

WASHINGTON. Feb. S.-The name
of Elliott G. Matthews, declared to be
insane, on the ballot as a third candi-
date for congress in the Fifth Virginia
district drew enough votes from John
NJ. Parsons Republican candidate, to
elect e. w. Saunders, Democrat, ac-
cording to Parsons statement today to
house elections committee No 2. Mat
thews, released from an asylum, it is
said, Just before the election, gained a
place on the ballot by sending his name
to the secretary of the commonwealth
with the required attestation.
Fourteen ballots were cast, and Saun-
ders' plurality over Parsons was about
eighty A subcommittee will count
the ballots. Matthews is said to be
again in an asylum.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-09
PRICE OF HAIR RAISED,
DUE TO "C0NSERvATION''
French Girls Refuse Longer to Sacri-
flee Tresses, So Cost Is
Increased

DETROIT, Feb. S.-The last straw
in the general ascension of prices of
life's necessities came with an an
nouncement here yesterday that spread
CONSERVATION in its wake. Apparently
without thought of any attempt to
temper the force of the blow, heart
less dealer said:
"Yes, hair is following beefsteak. 1t
is going UP. 1t has advanced 30 per
cent in a few weeks.
1.-THE girls in France won't cut their
hair, and the agents of the big Paris
houses can't make them. The Paris
firms are fighting one another and al
ways bidding. But the French girls
have seen the hair worn by the Ameri-
can women who motor through France
and refuse more stubbornly each day
the pleadings of the agents
mo, it is not the tariff; it is not the
result of cold storage. It's perhaps a
result of conservation of natural re-
sources--in France"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-09
TRUNK MYSTERY
BATTLES POLICE
MURDERED GIRL ONCE LIVED
IN LOS ANGELES
San Francisco's Sleuths Ran Down
Various Clews as to Identity
of Mt. Tamalpals
Victim

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. S.--The iden-
tity of the woman whose body was
found on Mount Tamalpais last Thurs
day afternoon is as much of a mystery
as ever.
The police have discovered that the
girl known as "Dutchy," who was q
student in Mrs. Eleanor Littlefield's S
hairdressing college, is alive and now
in this city. Her name Is Claudia Jur-
genson. Nothing is known here of the
girl, Ellen Jensen, whose trunk is held
in a local storage house.
A letter was received by Coroner
Sawyer of Marin county today from
Mrs. Pearl Wells of Turlock, Cal, stat
ing the writer had met a young woman
answering the description of the muir
dered girl on a trip to Seattle by boat.
The girl on her arrival in Portland,
telephoned to some friend to ascertain
the whereabouts of a man named
Frank" and she was told that he was
employed on the Mount Tamalpais
railroad.
The girl left Portland the next day
for California. Mrs. Wells says she
could identify the things the girl wore
if she saw them.
No one called at the morgue today to
view the clothing and effects of the
woman. and the police have received
no additional information to assist
them in their efforts to clear the mys-
terV
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-09
BAPTISTS WELCOME
THEIR NEW PASTOR
Berean Hall Beautifully Decorated
and Fine Program Rendered
In Greeting to Or. j.
w. Brougher

Berean hall was beautifully deco
rated with flags, flowers and trailing
vines. and about 1000 people were
present last night at the reception
given by Temple Baptist church to
Rev. DR.. j. Whitcomb Brougher.
Thanking DR.. Broughter in the recep-
ton line were Mr.. and Mrs. c. r. Har-
ris, Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Baskerville ana
Mr. and Mrs. E. r. Pinkham.
Refreshments were served. For the
program c. A. Baskerville was toast
master. The church quartet sang the
Spring Song" by Pinsuti Greetings
from the beloved DR.. Henson, were
read bv Mrs. Henson. T. L. Woodruff.
superintendent of the Sunday school.
called DR.. Burdette the admiral OF
our Baptist navy. and DR.. Brougher
the captain who will help US sail all
seas of difficulty"
A chorus of eight children from the
Bible school sang an original song en-
titled. "Welcome to our Pastor. H.
w. Brotherton extended a welcome on
behalf of the church members. Jack
son Gregg sang a tenor solo, mann
my's Going to Hold Her Baby" ana
responded with ''Malindy Brown. y.
A. Baskerville, the chairman or the
committee of arrangements, eXtendeo
a welcome to the innermost circle OF
our homes and hearts. F. S. wager
spoke from a long acquaintance on
"Dr. Brougher as Our Friend The
quartet sang 1.-THE Bee and the Dove. -
DR. Brougher responded happily,
He said he appreciated and accepted
at full value all the welcomes ex-
tended especially the kind words from
DR.. Burdette and DR.. Henson he salp
he had always had the best church
in the world, and he believed this
would prove no exception. His
churches did the work and he received
the credit for it. He intended to preach
christ as the solution of all activities
and the inspirer of successful work
His speech was replete with witticisms
and humor and intense earnestness.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-09
MEXICAN RAILROAD
WALkOUT UNLIKELY
MANAGEMENT AND MEN AP-
PARENTLY RECONCILED
President of Company Says Meeting
Held with Employers Was 'Satis-
factory and Differences
May Be Adjusted

MEXICO CITY, Feb. S.--Peace be-
tween the management of the National
Railways of Mexico and their dissat-
isf1ed employees seemingly was again
within reach tonight.
While neither side would come out
in the open, representatives of both
sides indulged in conciliatory specula-
ton, and little was to be heard of the
threatened walk0uJ.
The only expression, however, that
appeared to bear the stamp of author
ity was one by President Brown, who
said:
In regard to negotiations between
the National Railways and the en-
ployes. officials of the railways state
this afternoon they had quite a salts
factory meeting with the committee,
and that it is hoped that at further
meeting to be held tomorrow, differ
ences between the company and en-
ployes will be adjusted satisfactorily
to both interests
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-09
Thread Mills Shut Down

PAWTUCKET, R. l., Feb. S.-One
by one the different departments of
the j. and p. Coates, Limited, thread
mills were closed today because of
another strike among the back boys
and doffers, whose demands for the
restoration of a 10 per cent wage cut
have been refused. The mule spin
ners were the first to be affected.
There was every indication that con-
ditions which existed at the five mills
of the thread company a week ago
when $500 operatives were forced out
of work would be duplicated.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-09
pAlJIHAN FLIES HIGH

NEW ORLEANS. Feb S.-Louis
Paulhan ascended to a height of 1900
feet in a Farman biplane today. He
made two flights, the first Of eleven
minutes and the second of six minutes.
The Democratic county central COM
bittee will meet on Saturday, February
10 at 10 o'clock a. M, at Harmony
han. Blanchard building, in the city
of Los Angeles, Cal. for the purpose
of determining a method of electing
the delegates from Los Angeles county
TO the Democratic state conference
to be held in Los Angeles city on
Anril 10. 1910. All members of the
cnuntv central committee are re-
ouested to be present.
ALBERT NJ. NORTON,
Chairman.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-09
REFUSES TO PASS ON BONDS

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. Sin an
opinion rendered by the supreme court
today in the case of StreateE W.. l-liee
oott II was stated that no decision of
the court would be rendered attesting
the validity of a proposed bond issue.
giving in advance a Certificate of
title'' in such instances where action
was brought under friendly suit. This
has a direct bearing on the desire OF
Mayor Mccarthy to have the supreme
court pass on the validity of the mu-
nicipal railroad bonds and the Lake
Fleanor-Tuolumne water bonds.