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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27

collection of the vocal and instrument
tai pieces which are now rendered al
the opera, so that musicians of the
twcntv-first century would know exact.
" at what tempo the conductor OF the
orchestra at this time rendered these
compositions and how the singers inter
prcted their parts, NJ. Duiardin- Benu-
metz. under secretary OF Beaux Arts
in the French cabinet. gave Malherbes
permission To proceed with the prepara-
tion of the records Commenting on the
ceremony of sealing the records In the
vault of the Paris opera house, the
Paris Echo refers to il rs a funeral for
the burial of voices. In many ways this
is good description of what took
place.
The records especially prepared for
the purpose were made by Carnso'
Scott, Plancon. Tamagno, Melba,
Patti. Schumann- -Heiuk, Bonisegua,
Calve. Kubeik. Henaud. Pugno and
other virtuousi and artists
These precious disks were placed in
the vault before mentioned, the vault
and it's contents both being the gift
of Mr.. Clarke. and they were accepted
Oh behalf of the French government
by Mr.. Duiardin Beaumetz with ap-
propriate ceremonies. The disks were
made of new preparation OF hard
ible. Nevertheless, every precaution
TO protect them from tine ravages OF
time WAS taken, They were placed in
y-sealed receptaeles and the
door Of the vault WIS closed and locked.
the KEY being placed in the archives
of the opera, A tablet on the door
states the donor and the date,
The impressivcness of the cere.
monies, which were held in the dark
all kn ~
tended by many distinguished men OF
letters, can well be IMAGINED, The
event was regarded as marking a new
era in the arts
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27

of his. He has some stamps that are
worth n fortune and many that sell
for more than the average professional
man can earn in month. Some tIme
ago the collection was valued at hal1
a million dollars, and 1T is probable
that today valuation Of S6oO,ooo
would fall short of the price his al
buns would bring
The British Museum has perhaps the
third finest collection, that of the late
MIR. TAPPING. member of parliament,
who bedueathed his stamps to the mu-
scum in 1890. At that time they were
said to be worth 100000, but they
would bring today much more than
that sum. -,
King George has remarkable col,
lection. and is honorary president OF
the ROYAL Philatelic society, but be has
sneciaIized closely. Most collectors
nowadays specialize; because thete are
an many stamps in the world that IT Us
;nnossible to achieve real distinction
as a collector unless some comparatiye
" small field is chosen. Men like M.
Ia Renotiere. who have collected for
many wears and have spent fortunes on
their stamps, have good general coiiec'
tions. but usually even the rich coliec
tors have their speclaltIes. king
Georges is, very properly, the british
Although his collection is outranked
IN value by FIVE or six others of hf.
frrent kinds. he has the distinction OF
having paid the record price Tor q
stamp. Over S7400 was given Mt nue-
t;on for two.penny blue Mauritlus
stnmn of the wear 1S47--a thing Ger
ta;nlv of no beauty but one OF the rar-
est stamps in the world Not more than
eleven are known to exist.
The specially of Henry Croker OF
San Francisco has been Hawaiian
stamps and he has q collection that is
be;ng sent over TO Viennn to set pace
co. Collectors there. Ho is not looking
tor nrizes, for he has already won al
that tSa can be competed for. In London
some wears ago his Hawaiian stamps
won the gold championship meaal,
,ybicb means that it was not only tne
hsst exhibition of Hawaiian stamps
hut the best exhibition shown at an
There is much that is interesting 10 10
ANYBODY in the Crocker collection VI
Maywaiian stamps. They have M,
man interest that few. stamps shn .an
hnast "n" The rarest of them. are tne r'.
1missioparv stamps, ianit1,n LII :,
known as the "'missionaries. i,n.
m,,rc stamps issued when the mlsI'oag NV
W. W. frsi went to Hawaii. record o.,
,hn d,vs when the natives danccu a""
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27

AlLLlON aud a half dollars
for collection Of rare objects
\ small, perishable. not always
beautiful, sometimes with little
" lnterest-it is a pretty sum TO
slx hundred thousand dollars
another expenditure that might
's,l make ordinary folk open their
fnty thousand dollars a year to
q hobby that is not yachting or
ola masters-that again would
aos1 persons think great many
rmeS than twice. But these are
~s men pay for stamps, postage
some new and some black with
9i the cancelinG machines, but
S'ten hundreds or even thou,
% dollars apiece.
~enty-fifth anniversary Of the
TX OF the American PhilateIic so
10 be celebrated this year IN
py great exhibition Of stamps
famous collectors. At the same
VIII be an international ex-
In Vienna.
~ who do not collect stamps or
safa that passion as one Of the
phases of boyhood may be
ssi surprised to know that two
uioitions can be successfully
~ at one time. They will re-
,aflner shock when they learn
AZ are now millions Of dollars
millions. it is no figure OF
Invested in the stamp business.
iis there is a gentleman who
NJ Nj, La Renotiere. "'Calls
IN hh proper turn OF phrase III
M because he really is a
sSs. fcrrari, but he has come TO
"es and all the attributes OF
M; ana iives as simple gentle
~ 's Is the man who has paid for
N, 1oiieetlon of stamps in the
E,is sess, they say, than a million
es A. OF an old and very wealthy
!; Genoa, and the taste for col
s,;, 10 the blood. His mother
II" q museum, and TO this insti'
,t - La Renotierc will leave his
~ collection. that il may be a
Ia p n marvel to his fellow en-
M ~ long an stamps pass through
sc ',, ofbcc ard adorn the ni'
I'm; value to the collection of Nj.
O, ueee comes that of an Amerl-
Morthington Of Cleveland.
In n
lnns fecrehtion is the collecting
aoib;, lie keeps IA secretary who
Ns but attend TO this hobby
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27

attention, as III uGNlOnsIIates inc
unlimited uses TO which that wonder
full modern invention, the talking ma
chine. may be put. Alfred Clarke, a
New Yorker by birth, but resident of
Paris for q number of years, has had n
vault constructed in the cellars of the
Paris opera house, in which have been
placed Theoretically sealed leaden casks
containing number of records of the
voices of present.day singers, rs well
as some orchestral pieces The idea is
To preserve these records for poster
ity, so that hundred years from now
the mellow voices of Calve, Caruso and
Melba may be heard by people who were
born MANY years after the death of
these artists,
II is only comparatively recently that
the talking machine has been so per
fected that the reproduction of the
human voice has become satisfactory
and that these records, therefore, take
n place historically and scientifically in
teresting in the history of the world.
When Mr. Clarke first conceived his
idea Of Thus perpeiuating the voices Of
the great singers OF today he sUg-
pested his scheme 10 NJ Charles Nal.
herbes. the archivist of the Museum
of the Paris Opera.
In presenting the subject he asked
NJ. Malherbes if he would not like TO
know how Mozart executed one of his
sonatas and how Moliere recited his
comedies. NJ. Malherbes naturally re-
nIicd that such information would be
interesting and valuable. Whereupon
Mr.. Clarke said that What our ances'
,ors could not do for us. We could do
for our descendants. He then unfodcd
IN, plan to preserve in the archives
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27

catalogues, together with the 13.cent
stamp issued at the same time. The
higher value Is rare and costly. but
nowhere near as costly as the blue .
cent stamp. of which not dozen spec
linens could be mustered in the whole
world. The 13-cent stamp was used on
letters @ cents postage III Hawaii and
s cents To this country. but the :.
cent stamp was for newspapers, and as
newspaper wrappers are not so gen
orally kept as letters the stamp is nat
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27
Loss of Time Means Loss OF Pay.

Kidney trouble and the ills il breeds
means lost time and lost pay to many
working man. NJ Balent. 1914 Ldo,e
Pcnna street. Streator, Ill, was so bad
from kidney and bladder trouble that
he could not work. bnt he says;
took Foley Kidney Pills for only
short time and got entirely well and
was soon able 10 20 back to work. and
am feeling well and healthier than be-
fore Foley Kidney Pills are tonic in
action. quick in resu!ts-a good friend
20 the working man o! woman who
suffers from kidney ills. Schramm.
Johnson Drugs. five stores
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27

sang and wore wreaths Of flowers
around their necks and knew not the
atrocities of modern garb. The first
page of his exhibit is devoted to the
rarest stamp of the collection and one
of the rarest in the world, the 2-cent
missionary a copy Of which sold in
Paris not long ago for over $4,000,
1t is a rough stamp, crudely made,
rs might be supposed, though Mr..
Crockcr g is the best copy known. You
will find it pictured but unpriced in the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27

urally rarer. In Mr. Crocker's collec-
ton it is mounted like Il picture.
The stamp Was shown with pride by
j. Murray Bartels, who is TO carry the
collection to Vienna, together with
some gems of various other albums He
showed on the same page a slightly
charred letter, which contained strip
of three stamps of the missionary Is
sue.
"Those stamps are absolutely
unique he said. "There is no other
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27

ITS pretty tale to frighten novces but there
some others that will beat dozen like it, In 1867
a cool million vanished from the subtreasury in New
Orleans. Evaporation the only way which
complete and noisecss disappearance could First
be accounted for. At last, however, of it
recovered AS result of the loss thorough invcstga
on by special agents of the treasury department
instituted About $500 600 Of the missing million has
been restored to the public purse, but there still
mains $3.50 s91.53 which has not been found, This
long ago charged to the loss account of
Uncle Sam.
If that doesn't take Of the sting out of the
Since the opening Of the old mint Just off Market
street in San Francisco 96 has been lost in
manner Over $150,000 is supposed to have been
literally blown away. And yet they CAREFUL
There. must listen to tales Of wonderful eff
cheney and rigid economy In a where
employed to brush off any tiny particles of gold
which may cling to the coins after they stamped,
there is carpet. Great is taken to these
precious grains, but in spite of the pains of these
loyal feminine workers shining atom occasionally
twinkles upon the floor Arc these swept up and
sold by the janitorf Neverl "You can 4 beat Uncle
Sam"
After this golden has sifted down for
time the carpet is smeted The accumulation of pre-
cious dust melted together into big shining lump
and saved to the people of the United States. Some
years ago when the carpet taken up it contained
several hundred thousand dollars worth of the yellow
metal. And vet a hundred and fifty thousand
dollars was literally blown away from this little
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27

|k's a Very Good Guardian of
Money, but While He Is Keeping

[op old Uncle Sam is up against it. AS if he
a;dnt have his hands full enough try.
no 10 keep his nephews and nieces from rob-
sans each other, and 'unreasonably" restrain
m other's trade, some ungrateful members Of
[raIy having been constantly dipping their hands
roske. while he was busy looking out for their
4 vou get any Of the fifteen million which has
IA from the old gentleman g coffers7 NOT Well,
4 bc your own fault, then, because, Judging by
.rnarent ease with which this sum has been
4 swsy it ought not to be very difficult.
4 have always heard that Uncle Sam g account
liam represents the last word in the science of
.,pineq You thought it was hard to beat the
.nsptY Pshawl Just try it and see
Alre, the guardians of the national treasure
moving with practice. They arc either bccom-
q, honest. or are watching each other more
But still there is tidy little sum leaking
! GOES through the treasury at Washington and
cu awed as much by the extreme measures
lea in guarding the stacks Of glittering lid, the
n OF cracking greenbacks. and the boards of
<as'by their fabulous profusion,
+>g.have one story about the unfailing astuteness
a treasury officials which never fails to open the
|oi the visitor from the country or the young
4 on their honeymoon Around the walls are
picture frames in which pasted bills of va
denominations. There is little romance at
A 10 each Of these nutlated certificates, on
d II is set forth that the United States will pay
Larer certain number of dollars. The United
i really does better than this. 1t pays the face
for anything than half a bill. The plot
prize story hinges on the government g well
. generosity in this respect, but, as the cicerone
|s you can 7 fool the government,
fitness whereof he recitcs the following tale:
[hee upon time there lived a in this
:. land of ours who had plenty of money that
|r't care about spending, and keen wit that he
ser ready to use What is more natural than
% should hnve used his wit in acquiring more
and, seeing that he was not interested in any
$ through which he could lift it from his fell
||isrus, what is more natural than that he should
lpmed his genius toward stripping the govern
81 II would be something to boast of, he thought,
q Uncle Sam
ne may say that it would have been moro nat
10 him to let well enough alone and enjoy him.
H p he might have done had he not been firm
"a in the Bible He understood the parable of
ants. and did not intend to be like the wicked
shful servant who buried in the ground that
3 als master had given unto him. He was going
u his five talents gain other five talents, and
8 how he did it.
bought ten new five e-hundred dollar bills These
q up In small pieces after the pattern OF pic
'enle which he had designed himself. Then he
tne pieces together so that they made eleven
1ndfed' dollar bills with n small portion missing
aeh one lie pasted the scraps on sheets OF
aud sent one of them to the treasury lmme-
y be received new gold certificate in exchange
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27
RobbingAnother
Some WiseCrook
Is Always Slip
ping a Hand in
His Pockets.

How he chuckled to think how he was duping Uncle
Sam. Next year he sent in another with like
suit This continued for ten years during which time
he grew old and fat but constantly pleased with
himself for his astuteness.
Then he sent in the eleventh and sat back with the
consciousness that he had been good and faithful
servant And then something that shattered his
belief in the Scriptures He certain that unto
every that hath shall be given and he shall have
abundance he was totally unprcparcd for the secret
service when they arrived. But arrive they did,
and it is at this point in the story that the guide
shakes his head and remarks: "You can t beat the
government. -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27

II your want be a situation, mako
il known by tho insertion OF want
80. a.. nc Tribune.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27
Other Peoples
One Set From

dark Dorc building where they take such solicitor
care of their Turkish rug
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27

A GIFT recently presented by an
~ American to the French govern
~ meut has attracted widespread
attention, as il demonstrates the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-06

her magnificent collection Of Jewels
are the purest and rarest of their kind
Pittsburg acquaintance of Mrs
SchWab are quite envious Of her coIIec-
ton of jewels. hearking back to the
times when Mr.. and Mrs Schwab. who
are. multi illionaires, had little monsy
and less jeWelry.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-06

Yavapai county, and is said to know
every man by his first name He is eX-
pected to carry the ticket there
HoTal smith went to COchise county
when he had but $3.50 and mucked in
the Irish Meg mine; all the miners
know him and swear by him. He has
grubstaked many of them, and the 9TH
ers all like him because he is the same
HOva' now that he was when he first
appeared in the Warren district with
out money or friends. and was greeted
with what the hell is your real name;
what are you out here fOr2" when he
told the other muckers as he went TO
work that his name was Smith.
w S. Sturges, nominee for sta tie cor
poratiOn commissioner. is one of the
pioneer cattlemen Of Pima. county and
Republican national committeeman,
who went broke once for $40 000 and
then made il all back and paid every
cent DE owed The statute Of limita-
riOns has run against you" the lawyers
said. Statute hell" he replied; ''the
statute of limitations never ran against
any honest man"
Ralph Cameron, the other candidate
for senator. comes from the north
Coconino county Cameron. too, came
TO Arizona without penny, served as
miner and cOwpuncher first, then
rs sheriff cleaned out cattle rustlers,
and then as leading citizen his brain
evolved the seine of the two trails
that conquered the Grand canyon and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-06
Real Fresh Eggs

This time Of the year fresh eggs are rarity, but
we are always alert to the wants Of our custom
ers and have Real Fresh Eggs come to us by ex-
press every day. They are the famous SunflOw-
er eggs, every one guaranteed good m.
and fresh, dozen @EOC
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-06
MRS. SCHWAB HAS
FORTUNE IN JEWELS

New York, n Y. Nov. 6-Mrs
Charles NJ Schwab, wife Of the steel
trust official is said to have a cOlIec-
ton Of jewels valued at more than
$500, 600. The greater part of them are
gifts from her husband, who sought the
best manufacturing jewelers. of the
continent in obtaining the gems which
include several pearl and diamond
necklaces. Several o. the diamonds in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-06
REPUBLICAN

RALPH CAMERON, REPUBLICAN
NOMINEE FOR SENATE.
made 10 possible TO get to its bottom
As the same ieading citizen he whipped
the santa Fe railroad single handed
in q fight Tor the trail, and then he
went to congress and got bridges built
and federal building sites bought for
Arizona towns, and, best Of all, got
statehood for Arizona.
Scattered in the other counties are
other men Of the same caliber. This is
the sort Of q ticket the Republicans
of Arizona are offering to the voters
Of Arizona, and these strong -mtn are
not punched but they are scattered all
over the state, and, aside from short
Jumps over the state to let the voters
see who they are and size them Up, each
man is going 10 get down to work and
personally canvass every voter in his
own county for the whole ticket.
The Democrats, too, have scattered
their ticket well over the state, and
have selected men who are popular I'm
their districts The Democrats are here
IN large numbers to see what the Re
publicans are doing and to see that
the Republicans are not the only ones
who shake hands with the visitors at
the state fair, which opened today
HubbeII for Chairman.
J. Lorenzo Hubbell will be selected as
Republican state chairman if he viii
accept. Dwight 3. Heard is also q prob
ability. George II. Clements, of Ell Paso-
and Globe. is to be in charge Of the
Tie Battle Opens.
The Democrats Of the territory viii
have their meeting here next Monday
for transacting the same business that
brought the Republicans together to-
day What is left in the way Of plat
form material they viii incorporate in
their platform, but the Republicans
have taken the wind out Of their sails
to such an extent that they are flap
ping.
The Democrats considered that they
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-06
LAST DAY OF COATPATGN IN
EnnN Enr-n-mlE- Is L.

Carlsbad, n. H.. Nov. '6.-With oniv a
day remaining in which to make The
final telling blows in the present cam
reached the boiling point and every
candidate in the county is working
every hour in the last "A for himself
ms colleagues and the state ticket. The
fight I'm local affairs seems 10 have
cenrered upon that of state senator
county treasurer and commissioner Of
the third district. An Independent ticl1et
styled progressive is the primary
cause of the unprecedented interest ana
has precipitated the real contest The
candidates. besides making "buttOn-
hole campaign are flooding the mails
with literature and personal letters
urging the voters to support the ticket
and also denOuncing the or7Osing can
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-06

The Turk was originally a Tartar
with a nose as fat as that Of the Hun
a receding chin and squirt eyes, but
amalgamatiOn with the nations he has
conquered has elevated his nose.
Strengthened his eyes and brought his
chin into a prominence more becoming
than 1t was before.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-06
Mark smith and Cameron.

The Republicans are also making
some campaign material out N tbs
work Of Mark Smith as a DELEGATE IN
congress. The Tucson Citizen Started
this Mark Smith backfire by printing
the history of the career OF the T-IC
son, Globe & Northern railroad TLir
was narrow gage proposition. started
out Of Tucson in 1885 I'm the dfrectio1
OF Globe. Pima county agreed to issue
bonds to help build this road at tbe
rate of $4,000 a mile. and bonds Ia tbe
total Of $4,000 were issued. The road
went into the hands of a receiver and
later the rails were torn up and me
project abandoned. Congress. however
saddled this debt upon the county
while Mark Smith was a member Of
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-06

Fi7ates Never before in the history OF
Eddy county has q political contest as
----.-4 --1 magnitude or aroused such
keen Interest as has the present one.
Both sides are claiming a decided VIC
tory by a safe majority
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-06
A Poor
Article Costs
the Most

You know that poor article costs you more in
the end than good one, even if the original cost
is less Apply this to your groceries and you viii
find that it pays to buy your groceries at a store
where you can rely on every article YOU buy,
whether you pick it out yourself OF phone in your
order. Try us and see if we cannot make good
our claims.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-06
Mexican Strawberries

Are far superior in quality than any other
strawberry in the market and this year they are
better than we have ever known them to be- We
get them fresh picked every morning o.
and they are only, a box. .AOG
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-06

You can easily sell It. Can Bell us. !
The Herald viii sell it No bother. no |
Cormality,
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-09-14
Sidewalk Being Made.

The sidewalk from the depot to
the High School is now under con-
struction. This is the walk prom
ised by Jasper to the County Court
as part inducement to secure the
High School for Jasper. The work
Is being done under the direct super
vision of J. e. Kelly, Chairman OF
the High School Board. About half
the work is complete and it will be
entirely finished by the latter part OF
next week. The best ridge ebert is
being used Statesman Democrat
Jasper.