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Show 6 WRITING Democratic Stale Platform LETTERS USE DRUGS TO AFFLICTED PUTS AGENTS" EARN "LITERARY CENTS AN EPISTLE. I 25 MANY ARE BRINGING DEATH UPON THEMSELVES. "Am 8orry to Hoar of Father's Arsenic is Used to Beautify, Ether to Exhilarate end Deadly ChloroDeath Buy a Memorial, Is form to Lull. Their Burden. There la n In Ohio which is furpublishing house nishing regular employment to literary agents all over the country. Some are in big cities; others in cross-roasettlements. There is work for all. The representative here made $10 last week, and will exceed that this week. The only requisite of an agent are that he shall be a neat penman, of a sympathetic turn and of fair acquaintance in the state. Through the daily and weekly newspapers he keeps tub on the deaths. (Sometimes one butch of papers will yield as high as fifty death notices. To be able to utilise the notice he must have known the deceased personally or by reputation. Then he takes hla pen in hnnd and prepares something on this order: My lleur Mrs. Jones: It Is with feelings of profound regret that I read In the Tribune today a notice of your husband's death. His cousin, Jerry, and myself were old schoolmates and hence the sad Intelligence comes home to me with jwuliar force. In this connection I might mention that I am the representative of the Publishing company of Ohio, which Is now issuing a superb line of art work designed to keep green the memory of loved ones. Should you care to acquire a few of these beautiful devices write to the company, and I shall greatly appreciate the favor. Inclosed is catalogue. Assuring you again of my sincere sympathy in your sad bereavement, I remain. Respectfully yours, MACON, Mo., Oct. 7. ds From ten to twenty-fiv- e of such letters are made up in a package and forwarded te the company, which lists them and sends them out. The letters are written on ordinary notepaper, without printed matter of any sort either on sheet or envelope. The writer gets 25 cents a letter, and the average of custom is so great that the fee is paid, hit or miss. Aa an evidence of authenticity he sends with each letter the newspaper clipping. The representative here once asked the concern the natural question why it did not typewrite or print Its letters . In reply he wns told that bereaved people did not like the looks of a cold, printed letter; a pen and Ink letter looked sympathetic, and you could never make a person believe you were really sorry of you poured out your compnssion through a typewriter. The company receives answers to seven out of ten letters when they were written in pen and ink, the manager wrote, and it was profitable to send them out that way even at a cost of 25 cents apiece. He could get some people nearer home to do the writing, but It was necessary to have the letter written by some one who had some slight knowledge of the de- some person who ceased's family; could touch the right chord of human sympathy. Rome of the memorial designs are elaborate. The deceaseds nnme is printed conspicuously, and words of loving tribute from the survivors follow. A favorite form is the representation of an angel, with one arm clasping a monument and the other pointing upward to the celestial city. Cypress trees form the lower background. The pioneers in the memorial card business sent their offerings to the bereft family with the name of the dead printed, suggesting that the card might be retained for 25 cents, and If more were wanted a discount would be made for lots of a dosen. But their ways were crude as compared with the plan of "literary agents on the Where the old companies ground. made a dollar, this concern makes ten, and by this system of agents early learns of nearly every death In the land. on platform and The committee resolutions of the Democratic state convention held at Salt Lake City, the following platform presented was adopted by the convention: which The Democracy of Utah, in convention assembled, reiterates Its belief In principles of the orthe ganisation that has always stood for the rights of all the people, as against the demands of the favored classes since the founding of the republic, and reaffirms its faith in the great underlying principles laid down by Jefferson and incorporated Into the Declaration of Independence In the following language: "We hold these truths to be that all men are created that they are endowed by their equal; Creator with certain inalienable rights and among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights governments are instituted among men, deriving their Just powers from the consent of the governed," and we pledge ourselves to a constitution of the policy which has ever characterised this party a atrlct We deadherence to that principle. clare once again in favor of the axiom, first laid down by the founder of the Democratic party; "Equal rights to all and special privileges to none. We endorse the platform adopted and reaffirm the principles declared by the national Democratic convention at SL Louis, and cordially and enthusiastically approve the nomination of Alton B. Parker and Henry G. Davis of for president and the United States. We direct the attention of our fellow cltlsens of all parties to the condition confronting the electors of this state because of the selfish and disgraceful contentions which have divided the Republican party Into two opposing factions, each led by a Republican United States senator. Such conditions are the net results of the success of the Republican party In recent years, now plainly manifested, and are but the natural consequences of an attempt to array one class of our time-honor- ed 1 aim self-evide- nt; time-honor- ed vice-preside- nt $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure In all its stages, and that Is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh' Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, re loop-holed- TEA The way to buy tea is in packages; somebody is for it. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con- WE COLLECTED stipation. QUEUE His Life. J. W. Davenport, Wingo, Ky., writes, I want to tell you June 14, 1902: I believe Ballard's Snow Liniment saved my life. I was under the treatment of two doctors, and they told me one of my lungs was entirely gone, and the other badly affected. I also had a lump In my side. I dont think that I could have lived over two months longer. I was Induced by a friend to try Ballard's Snow Liniment The first application gave me great relief; two fifty cent bottles cured me sound and well. It Is a wonderful medicine and I recommend It to 25c., 50c., $1.00. suffering humanity." For sale by George F. Cave. last week for William Klrkup of Franklin, Ida. It was an old torn and battered note, had to be pinned to itself. In gold BADGE OF SLAVERY. Chinese Compelled to Wear It by Their Manchu Conquerors. The celestial's plgtai'. in which he takes great pride, and the plaiting of which he lakes any amount of trouble. Is really the badge of slavery. Before the rise of the Manchu supremacy, Chinamen .wore no tails or queues, but the conquerors from the north gradually enforced this outward and visible sign of China's humiliation, and each province, one after the other, adopted tb- - practice of wearing long hair and plaiting It up In a coll with cotton or silk. One clan at least, to this d v. Indirectly repudiates the degradation by wearing at times a turban In which the Pigtail Is hidden aw.-- . Chinamen, while at work or In the house, may, for the sake of convente-c- e, coll their queue round their head, but It is a sign of much disrespect whehever they do so in the presence of a visitor or superior or in public. 8iire Cure for Piles. Itching Piles produce moisture and cause Itching this form ,as well Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles are cured by Dr. Pile Remedy. Stops Itching and bleeding. ' Absorbs tumors 50c. a Jar at Druggists, or sent by malL Treatise free. Write me about your case. Dr. Philadelphia, Pa. WE COLLECTED oit Bo-san- Overland I Limited Don't consider it too small a HThe Most Laxsrioui Trail IstktWxU ComPrtnient and drin. steeping cars, observation un cars, and matter. I buffet-smoki- All badness Kepi St Paul and Minneapolis out. Tkkeli, reservations, C A. w.1 Allgoodn kept: in. Chicago & last week for W. J. Robinson of Grantsville. It was an old debt fourteen years of age. Had two suits in court over this and won both. ieek for Mrs. Anna Llday, for room and board from a skip out R. R. man. WE COLLECTED $29.95. THE SANBORHS mm TEAS Worlds Fair instate package OFFERS THE BEST POSSIBLE TO 8T. WE 8ELL THEM AND ALWAYS HAVE EVERYTHING THATS GOOD IN THE FOLLOWING Vegetables Fruits and Groceries Illinois Mississippi Arkansas Alabama Oklahoma THE ST. TWENTY-FIFT- H TELEPHONE 124. ' - T. J DRAKE, A. JOHN GCNERSL ASMT, dcnvca, cm. PASS'S Adler, Salt Lmu City, Utsm, Dist. AdXNT, QniMl SUTTX, MOUTUAi EAST VIA Missouri Pacific RAILWAY THROUGH SCENIC ' COLORADO FERTILE UISSOUU KMSBS The Cheapest Place to Buy PULLMAN SLEEPING CARS, MEATS OBSERVATION DINING CARS. ELECTRIC LIGHTS, BALLARD & RINCKER. $$1 24th LIMITED, AND THE Driver's Drug Store ELECTRIC FANS. RECLINING CHAIR CAM Street scats mill. day coach is. te Fir Isrffcs, Tkksts, FWW, I 1 t V . H. C. TOWNSEND, T WTL PMMMMB MB IMBST A ! TO BE GIVEN $75. m. MasdsaIunsHMT OM. last week for Jacob Aures from a man In Oklahoma. The man was his friend years ago and Aures loaned him the money. AWAYi AmS0Hi tafi.1, will h Baited ibtoluMiy dw Bookwt. I ButterSte. I daradosal Mass ssiw ( fc "53 cnltar . Auteu.1-- stetwh irnwt-wQFTU BSLOW $115.00 Does anybody owe you? Do you want the money? If so write or call on us. If we did not know we could collect your bills we would not be spending $4,000 this year for advertising. This ad will bring us Bad Debts to collect We will collect them and mnke commissions thereon. Don't think your bills are too bad but send them in. two fights In court over this, but we won in both courts. . Protective flour. Association Scientific Collectors of Bad Debts Publishers of redit Rating Books Reporters of how people pay. HOME OFFICES, TOP FLOOR COMMERCIAL BLOCK. FRANCIS 0. LUKE, General Manager Don,t SOUTHEASTERN st7louis THe Eye Man In Jesse J. No husband will ever find fault with biscuits made from Riverdale or Phoenix flour, for they will be as good as those mother used to make, and snve you many unhappy moments For bread, roils blscuts, cake or pastry there is nothing like the Riverdale or Phoenix ,,e Indian Ter. Through Service C. P. UTTER Advice to Brides ''POn,e Missouri Leaving Kansas City at .Utake to SprinsSkB; Atlasis! KomphU, Jacksonvillellirmlnahani, anl ell points is ths Southeast. Ereellant rente to an points Lest, South, Southeniitund Soith, South. WHti Fur dstsllsd lsfomstlts, ssfty ts g. TeL 85$. STATES: Indiana Kansas Tennessee Q. W. MARTIN, Offic SERVICE LOUIS. Texas. Edgar Jones Co. 338 Route The fkisco system travemcs last week for The Murray Mercantile Co., from a man who went into bankruptcy. We had r-0I- k rn 206 South Mala Street, San Lake City, in.- - WE COLLECTED last week for Castleton Bros., for a grocery bill seventeen years old. The man that paid it says he'll hire us when he has a hard care to fight and wanta to win It. Merchants North-Weste- and fu WE COLLECTED $35.00 I $64.00 ng with barber, bath and Book! entire train LJraiy; I. through to Chicago without Direct connection lor use. The longer eyes are deprived of the aid they NEED, the worse they beA CHARMING LITTLE AFTER come. This Is especially so In eye deDINNER 8M0KE UPMANNS fects of young people. The eyes ol "BABY BOUQUET. CIGAR. children should receive special attention during their school days Many THE JOURNAL FOR RESULTS a child might have become a power in the land If not handicapped by some bodily defect Of all the ailments to which children are liable, eye defects are becoming the most common. I exercise great care In examinations of this kind and GUARANTEE satlsfac tlon. WE COLLECTED -- Rlvr i--4 tyktstd CUupT Missouri The OgdenlState Bank's Savings Department with $1,00. Saved $125.00 A n at the ' wealthy manufacturer in the east. The arrest of the young lieutenant was made at the instance of the army authorities of this department. Stands for "Some people don't like us. It'a a fact and theres no use beating around the bush about it We Collect Bad Debts from Dead Beats. There may come a time when we will be awarded a prixe at the state fair for the best exhibit of Bad Debts collected; if so you want to come and see the exhibit We will guarantee an exhibit that will interest the most languid and cause smiles of approbation to ripple over faces that haven't rippled for years. Heres a sample of a few we collected last week: Toledo, O. More Forts Strengthened by All 8orta of Devices. Gen. Wood's campaign In Mindanao against tbs Mores required some stiff fighting. Many of the cottas, or More forts, were wonderfully strong and Ingenious In their defenses, especially that occupied by the sultan of Maciu. They were surrounded for quite distance with hidden traps large deep holes covered over with living shrubbery and filled with water, with sharpened bamboo spears in the bob tom pointing upward, almost as hard and as sharp as steel. A man falling Into one of t.icse would have been pierced through. Then came a ditch filled with water, from twenty Cfty feet wide and eight to twelve feet deep, and more bamboo spears. Some-tlme- s there were two lines of ditohes. Then a sod parapet, , ten to twelve feet high, six to eight feet hick at the base and two to three the top, surmounted by bamboo palisades and abatis. On tbs top at Intervals they all had mounted ancient cannon of little efficiency. ur Interest S. P. D. L. U. quires a constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the the patient disease, and giving strength by upbuilding up the constitution and assisting nature In doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in lta curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for care that It falls to cure. Bend 8MOKE THE BEST SMALL CI- and for list of testimonials. GAR MADE UPMANN8 "BABY Address F. J. CHENEY A CO. BOUQUET. So. INGENIOUS MODES OF DEFENSE. cltlsens against another class In a feud, which. If persisted In. will result In permanent injury to the best Interests of the commonwealth. The Democratic party of the state enters 1U protest against these conditions and the cause therefor, and calls upon the people of the state to rebuke at the polls the assumption and arrogance of the party which is alone responsible for the situation. The Democratic party neither seeks nor fears the interference of any ecclesiastical power with the expression of popular will at the polls, and denies the right of any power or of any man, or set of men, to dictate political nominations or to control political conventions. We hold that American cltlrene are politically free and equal, and the people alone should wield this power. While we are willing and ready at all times to accord to the president of the United States the credit due him for his work In securing the passage of the national Irrigation law, at the same time we positively refuse to concede that it was a Republican measure, but on the contrary was, as Is shown by the record. Initiated by, labored for and Introduced by a Dem ocrat, advocated by Democrats, passed by Democrats and hut for the votes of the Democratic members of both houses, would have been defeated by Republicans, overwhelmingly. We believe in the dignity of labor and recognise the right of the tollers of our state, and pledge our candidates for office to the enactment of such policies and measures as will protect them In their rights and Insure their personal liberty In the pursuit of their several occupations The Democratic party now, as In the past, Is the friend of labor and pledges ltc candidates to a just and equal enforcement of the laws without discrimination in favor of persons, property or power. It ad vocates a Just and compensatory wage for the service of an eight-hoday In work on all public works and In mines, mills and smelters, and In all cases a fair and living remuneration for the labor of all men and women. With a firm reliance In the Integrity of the people of Utah, we aubmlt the ' Issues of this .campaign, national and state, to their candid judgment at the polls. Account to Bear Compound m. . start a Savings 1904. Adopted at Sait Lake City, Sept. 8, don chemist has assured me on the average J00 bottles of chlorodyne a week, and knowi that S per cent of his customers are addicted to the habit. After all, chlorodyne is merely a palliative, not a cure, as some vainly imagine, and to fly to It for solace upon the least ache or pain is like fraternising with a vampire. Among the society women arsenic is in great vogue, largely on account of its beautifying effects. Those who are more concerned with brilliancy of conversation than of complexion give the preference to salvoiatile and ether. Klher drinking aa a secret drug habit and 1b especially jmpular in London, during the season large quantities of the mixture are sold. The rapid exhilaration produced by ether compounds with the transparent complexion of the arsenic taker are paid for. dearly by the physical aliments that ensue. Some women fancy various aromatic extracts, such as eau de cologne, lavender water, &c. As these extracts are often made with the coarsest spirit, the result of this tippling may eusliy be imagined. Another addiction 1s the ginger habit. Essence of ginger is a formidable preparation; almost double the alcoholic strength of ordinary brandy or whisky. Many whose digestions have been already impaired by alcohol find the effect of this fiery mixture Yet while it soothing. curiously deadens the gnawing pain and promises relief, it is all the time aggravating the morbid condition. The ginger habit is more common in American than in Englnnd, but the sale of ginger essence in this country is growing. A comparatively new drug habit which is becoming frequent among harassed brain workers is chloroform-isThe drug is slowly inhaled, and ARMY LIEUTENANT TOUCHES" SOCIETY the dreamy forgetfulness, the sense of pleasant languor begotten, followed Oct 7. Lieut by complete oblivion, has a wonderful SPOKANE, Wash., fuscination for those suffering from Louis Rancourt, Nineteenth infantry, insomnia or worry. Sickness and de- young and handsome, a veteran of the pression are the immediate penalties in Cuba, the Philippines apd exacted, and if the habit be persisted campaign was arrested this morning in China, condition will in an inflammatory a saloon by the police. He was afwhich ends in death. Indeed terwards turned over to the military chloroformism la oiffe of the most sub- authorities at Fort Weight where he tle and dangerous habit, perhaps more is confined to barracks. so than the better known chloral The specific charge against Ranpop court Is being absent habit, which is not so about two weeks ular as formerly suf without leave, although among it Is said he ferers from sleeplessness. has failed to pay debts contracted Of late there has been a great here and has borrowed considerable for certain coal tar derivatives, from his friends among the such as antipyrin, phenacetin and uul money Four Hundred, where he is a great inor combat headaches to phonal favorite. somnia. Although valuable in small Rancourt has been a familiar figure quantities and on occasions, these in Spokane for two years. He Is too are made frequently drugs company, always a gentlecrutches of. The taker should take in splendid man in his behavior, yet he has been mind that, taken heedlessly, they pro going the pace that leads to duce distressing nervous symptoms. steadily embarrassment. Officers at the fort no is for Instance. by Phenacetin, are reticent, only admitting that Ransome means the harmless remedy peocourt is under arrest. Rancourt Is ple Imagine. Indeed, at its best , the well connected, his father being a drug hHblt Is a misfortune; at its worst, a tragedy. London Chronicle. A that he sells You may Salt Lake City. MADE BY OGDEN MILLING & ELEVATOR A COMPANY 6 NEW Matf1 Mud sum prtrtksl KSB2SSfe3Sfeis5?i nvinurroiaiH'1111' - |