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Show - ' THE SALT LaIv'W TTMFg UXT AT ' KHTOfMl? Q ICon s THE 2500 ACE LAND CASE. It it IWmmW This Mu.nlnc with Prof. M. II. Junes m tha Stand, The case of the United S'j;e v. Jer-emy & Co. v. Alfred Thompson claim-no- t was resumed liefore the register and receiver of the United State Laud office at iO o'clock this mornirg. The whole forenoon was occupied listening to the testimony of l"rof. M. B. Jone, an expert on irrigation manors. H i. "till on the stand and the case may oc-cupy all the week. THE WELSH SUNDAY SCHOOL. Thu Orranlintloa Mt Every Sunday la tha Wt Mlatstar Chorrh. About fifty members attended the Welsh Sundav school meetiug yester-day in the West Minister church on Fourth West between First and Second South. The school will be held each Sunday in this church and all the Welsh speaking people of the city are cordially invited to visit it each time and assist in establishing the institu-tion. Four classes are taught and Welsh bibles and other appropriate literature have been ordered for all the classes. The officers aro: Superinten-dent, W. M. Morris; secretary, Urillith Jones; treasurer, W. II. Jones. FATAL ACCIDENT "AT COALVILLE. William Dant.la Mad HI. Doath Thrown by Beta Under a T.leht Train. A fatal accident occurred at Coalville yesterday afternoon. As the Echo and Park freight was leaving Coalville, William Daniels, a brakeman, who was attempting to couple the cars was caught by the brake rod and thrown on the track. The train passed over the helpless man and cut off both of his legs just below tho knees. Sur-gical aid could not reach him in time and he died about two o'clock this morning. Mr. Daniels had worked for the railroad company before and he was the cause of an accident which cost the Union Pacific 10,000. This time, however, be secured employment on the railway by giving an assumed name, that of William Riley. A DELIBERATE WRECK. A Braoe of Murderous Coons Drive into t Carriage and Injure Its ' Occupants. A SENSATION ON SEVENTH. An Aot that Should Meet With Sum-mary and Heroio Penalties in the Avenging Courts. It was unfortunate for the coroner, unfortunate forthe undertaker and un- - fortunate for humanity that an aveng-ing Jove was not poised on the corner of Seventh. South street and Main be--' ' tween the hours of 7 and 8 o'clock last night when a brace of hilarious negroes deliberately drove their team into a family carriage that was completely demolished. Pedestrians are scarce in that locality after nightfall ana the perpetrators of the revolting outrage were por-- , nutted to escape.' It appears that the '.' negroes had secured an outfit from a well known livery stable for the after-;- n ion and visited a road house. There they proceeded to fill np on whiskey, with which insurance poli-cies should go and with a terri-ble pace they started into town. Peo-ple who were crossing thoroughfares on their way to divine worship quick-jne- d their stride and the entire street was given to the colored revelers. They finally met a conveyance at the corner of Main and Seventh South and determining to introduce a chap-ter of fiendish glee into their whirl, started with deliberate aim for the carriage which was being driven by Charles Graves. There was a ter-rible crash, the shriek of injured infants and then the dusky authors of the calamity sped on. The wreck that had followed was complete. Mrs. Graves thrown violently to the earth with nn infant child in her embrace, while a son, tome 8 years of age was hurled through the black air and fell unconcioue to tho ground. The-hors-in the meantime had undertaked to lib-erate himself and the driver was drag-ged over a block before ho relinquished his hold and returned to his helpless family. In the meantime neighbors had gathered i round the plaoe aud the dis-abled occupants were removed to com-fortable apartments. The negroes who were guilty of the atrocity proceeded to the livery stable where they paid SSi) for damages sustained by their own I conveyance and without delay disap-peared. The matter has been reported to the police but the coons are under cover. Mrs. Graves is suffering Internally and the young son is suffering intense pain. THE DAYJN 'CHANGE. The Seal Estate Eichange has Moved and is Pleased with Their New Headquarters. THE MAEKET 13 ITEM AND UPPISH. A List of Wants and Offers in Line and Several Big Blocks of Bealty Will Soon be Soli The exchange opened business this morning in their.new and comfortable headquarters in the office of Harvey. Neff & Company on Main street. The boys are highly tickled with the room and did not refrain from expressing themselves. Secretary Montgomery is happy as a king bee over tho change and he will soon have all things in apple pie line. President Lett and smiled a fatherly welcome on the boys as they appeared on the scene and greeted him to the floor once more. . Things are much brighter and after tomorrow the market will gradually go skyward and remain firm. A great many big deals are about to occur but on account of a or two they will not transpire until a few days have passed. How-ever, the exchange Is wide awako to all sudden explosions, and if anything "busts" the burial will be a quiet one. The incoming trains are daily bringing investors and business men to Salt Lake nd the influx will , last how long no nan can say. Wants Three rooms in suite; fur-nished or unfurnished; near business center. A snap to cost about 5000; not par-ticular as to location; either improved r not. 0 A H or 8x10 between Third North 'ml Fifth South; not further east than Kiphth F.sst . - Oilers rods on West First South, Imtween Ninth and Tenth West, facing north. One of tho best paying restaurants in tho city. A lot 131x185; corner Fourth and L; faces south and east. Chambrrof ('ommtirce. An Indiana party wants to know the chances for operating a hosiery, mill hern. - A veal estate investment company of New York desires full particulars of the advantages of investments la Salt Lake city and Utah. The meeting of the directors and transportation bureau to take action iu respect to the organization of tho Utah & Idaho Railroad company, which was to have been held tonight. Las been postponed until next Thursday night, when it will be held in conjunction with the regular monthly meeting of directors at the chamber of commerce at 7:30 o'clock. Major Wilkes Is in Idaho at present, going over the prospective line of the Utah & Idaho railroad with a corps of surveyors. In a private letter received from Major Wilkes, he states that all is progressing nicely, and he is finding the condition of affairs and character of the country better than expected. Tha Trin!er of a Week. Realty last week made a very good showing. The transfers were as fol-lows; Monday t!7,8 Tuardav 71, Wednesrtay i..... w ins Thursday as'ilii Friday , ,. Si.a.7 Saturday : U.sr.' Total taw, 3 Plant for Cottages. Architect W. E. Ware has completed the plans for two framo cottages on West Temple street for H. C. Redfield. The houses will be 82x32 and cost 82001) each. Also a frame' two story cottage on Fourth South, between Eighth and Ninth East, for C. S. Kinney. The resi-dence will be 25x40 and cost $3000. Wantxt. All kinds of second-han- d ' household foods at Etchison & Webbers, 157 S. East street. If your hair is falling out, ask your druggist for Skookum Hoot Hair Grower. rreroir baldn ran averted! by lining tfcookum liuot Hair Grower. The Mountain Ice and Cold Biorr g company take pleasure in announce to the public that their ice manufactur-ing plant it now Id )eceful op'tttt-o- n and that they are prepared to furoiif) distilled art:an water io any quantity desired. Tha lliitrf j.nrjfy of iHe Ire is guaranteed. 1 fc peliic ia cor lUiry invited to visit tie wrs cf t. roio-paa-at Soma Third Wt s'liw'.. Inquiries may be uiae the uptown office, M t Second South sireW, Salt X-a-lsc Transfer Co. PATTKN & GLENN. Car Lots a Specialty. mSM j OJIC4, US W. i'u - South t. A-1- " Sf Bosrding Good clean faking at M00 a week. Siugr bud-tag- , up stairs. Money to loaa tu ims to suit by S.F Spenoer, 86.7 Sooth Mam HE ONLY W ANTES A SLAB. Taa aliarly !eprlnc EO risk Ranting Ilia on a Una. "I beg your pardon." said a cadaver-ous and dejected looking man as b stopped me eaTwenty-tliir.- l street "can yon d'rect me to th tnorguer "To the corner said I. "why, yes," and I gave him the needfrj direction to find bis way to that hutel where quiet people go, but sometime uuke mora trouble than noisy uneaconld da "Look-ing for a friend:'' I asked, tha journal-UtU- c nae coming t.i t't front. "No," lid he wearily. "Looking for ytaet, that is all." "indeed?" "Yes." ha tvpli.d. and the weight of irrfevora woe rvaieJ, it was evident upon , j his soul "My w if Is In the ttorttry, he said. "A week or t wo ao b wrote me tii.it a the public schools wr abont to begin o weuinatget settled for tha wiuter. and the wistiei that I mould lixik np a pa-un- t flat for the winter. Tlie rooms mvt be lisrht and the neigh-borhood good, and tho rent not mora than fiOper wrex. Of she ex-pected to hav strain heat. Sua wa not dead art on a hall boy. bat bad no ob-jection to one. She ottrrty tab! Harlem, would not of course think of living on a street that was made noisy and sooty by tha elevated road. Other wUc she was ready to leav tha !? lion to me, and aha wanted ni toexnrcia my own judgment largely in th picking out of oar winter home. P. 8. ft ought to bo bandy to a good arhnol. and 1 must be sure to are that rualartou lnfinence did not exist either in the flat ir In tha neighborhood. P. P. a ft would ba well to make inquiries regarding th cheapness and eiMletwa of the neigh-boring market. Not that it mad an difference to her what ahe at, bot 1 was such a glutton, and I could not work the market as If I were a miilio-air- a. "I accaptad this easy commissi on with ont a tremor." said tha cadaverotia tnaa wearily. "1 know that tha town wm full of beautiful data, with alt tha and btraainjri thai tha heart of man could dedra. t gathered a list of glorioos apartments, all within fiva min-utes' walk of heaven apparently, ani with my wife's directlona la ray hat ba f.ta my qtimt" "And did j on nweedr I aaked, breath leas with interest "Snccwdr ha answered drsaaruy. "Succeed? Yea, 1 tiava mccaaM. I have been five weeks upon tha t, and I hava aticrmM. Wham te tha morgue? t da uot want a flat I Want m slab. A dark, raaiarioas slab, miitm from any arbeulhousa, wtthont a Jardtn or hull boy, with all tha elm-tri- e ball out of order, and with avnry tenant Ilk me, lying down to peaVol draama." "Poor man," said I. "1 pity yon. bttl d not blame yon. For I yea, I must confess it I have been (bora myatlf." New York Haraid. UE ailSSEDJlIS MARK. A Despondent 8wede Undertskes to ELnEe Of over an Uninoceit-f- ul Love ATair. TAKEN IN BY THE 0rriCEE3. Another Incident Added to the Long List of Tragio Chapters that are Eocoried in Zion. Th.it stntucsquc sleuth, Officer Sulli-va-has by bis liery vigilunce, cheated ; tho constant reader out of a racy suicide ; which should have been 'enacted at 1 o'clock this afternoon, but which j by reason of tho sturdy attention of the aforesaid patrolman, failed to come off. It was about the hour mentioned that the attention of the oflkvr was called to tho Trlvoli saloon from which a cloud of gunpowder was lazily drifting, and hastening to the side entrance he gobbled a straw-tresse- d Swede who held tho smoking weapon beneath the frock of his coat. A momeut Inter the prisoner was scaud in the sepulchral confines of tho black Maria and hurried off to tho cooler. "What do you moan by this?" de-manded the stalwart officer. "I vas meaus to kill myself." replied the fellow in rythmio dialect." "What for?" 'Veil, she to me say you vas take to much of my time, and I don't vaut dot you come mid me some more." "Ami you then went off to commit suicide," continued the olllcer. "Dot's wat I buy do gun for," and at this the Swede who was suboequuntly registered as Frederick Ki slmau revealed a g a messenger irom which had niisd its object and gone into the bar of the Titoii that now pre-sents a (leciiVcliv that liTid The would be Htiicide Issitid to be an electrician in the employ of the local company, and, dUapp iutd in his amour, he 'determined to sliutll off. Judge Luney will give liiiu an op-portunity to shovel a liitlo soil on the streets. LIcMnlnf Put aa Anj.-- t aa a Fortran. A ortrait of the late John Taylor, which J. IL Smith bns on cOlidtiou In his store, attracts many visitors daily, iwd has caused a great dixU of discus-sion. The portrait formerly rested on the mantelpiece at Mr, Smith's residence at Mount Olive. Recently, during a heavy storm, a lightning rWh struck it The frame was dcinoiUhed, bnt the flh left on the portrait a clearly dednel picture of an angel with outstretched wings overshadowing Mr. Taylor's iieud, the arms encircling his uerk and the riKht hand holding a bunch of flowers. The poaa of the amp-- l suggests protection and benediction. The dark line show-in- g the lightning's journey along the cardboard turns abruptly just above tha face of Mr. Taylor, giving the spectator the idea that the angel changed the lightning's course. Superstitions people consider it as an Indication that Mr. Taylor is in heaven, but Mr. Smith explains the phenomenon by saying that the picture of an angid exactly like that which appears on the Taylor portrait was on the back of a photograph near by. He believes that by some electrical freak the picture of the angel was photographed over the por-trait The nffair, however, has caused a great deal of comment, and people for miles around coma to see the picture. Atlanta Constitution. At tha Ravings Bank: In the long procession that passes be-fore the cashier of a savings bank are many odd characters. The man behind the counter docs not receive the de-posits, littlo and gnat, without retain-ing also a good mny amusing recollec-tions. The other day a pleasant faced woman handed her book to the cashier in a Boston savings bank, and said, with a good deal of what the French call "Next week I wish to draw the full amount of my deposit." "Very well, madam," answered the cashier,' looking at the book. "I thought I would mention it today, and then it would not cause any incon-venience," she continued, with a"bright smile. "Thank you very much," replied the cashier. "Come in any time next week and you shall have it Or yon can draw it today if you like. We have the amount on hand," and he smiled upon his customer as if he took a personul interest in her plans. "No, I will come in next Wednesday, thnnk yon," and she tripped happily away with her precious book. The "full amount of hor deposit was flO.OO. Kot long ago an Iribhman explained to the cashier that he wished to draw a certain amount from the .deposit of a friend, whose book he presented. "Very well," said the cashier, hand-ing him n printed blank. "Yon must have y r friend sigu this order. Let him put bis name here, and write 'Pay to Bearer' here, and we will give you the money," Not many hours later Mr. Riley again. He pointed to his friend's name-- properly signed to the order, and also an inscription after the printed words, "pay to ." "1 don't know what ye wanted that name there for," ho said, "but I wrote it in as ye told me." ' The "nunie" he had written in wm "Pr.ter Bttfror." There being no rule of the bank against phonetic sjiclling, Mr. Riley re-ceived his money forthwith. Youth's Companion. Mrs. VUlart Mrs. Villari, the well known novelist and translator, is an English woman, married to the woll known historian and senator, Professor Pasquale Villari, who is at the head of the Florentine uni-versity. Helen Zimmeran, writing of the literary lights of Florence, Italy, says: "Mrs. Villari's maiden name was White. Her father was for some time secretary to Gladstone and a leading Liberal. She herself may be called the leader of Florentine English society. She must work very hard, for she pro-duces many original books, besides the translation of her husband's great his-tories, but she always seems as if she had no other occupation than to be kind fcnd charming to all her frionds who live in Florence, and to moke the time pass pleasantly for those who come from abroad. ."Her first husband was also an Italian, and her Italian sympathies are naturally deep and warm. Her sweet and gracious ways do much to 'bind England and Italy in one golden chain,' as the inscrip-tion over tun Ciisa Guidi says of Mrs. Browning. She undurstands the Italian character thoroughly, as her novels prove, and she is no loss conversant with American national traits and peculiar-ities. If such minds were less rare there would be less of that estrangement so common between nations and between individuals which comes of mutual ig-norance." Current Literature. VI. Hint tha Library. A visit to the partially completed library is quite amusing. Not that thero is much Jmt is interesting in the shuielcM tangte of brick and stone, bnt it is the instructions visitors get at the gate that are ainniUng. When one goes In at the vide pat through tha board fenca on the East Capitol street tide he is not apt to notice a little old man that sits in a little bouse just inside the gate. If one doesn't notice him the old watchman will stop one with an Impera-tive "Hey, there!" One stops, and In the richest sort of an Irish "orogua is toldt "Now, yes can go In and look about as much as yea loikn. But there Is some things yes mustn't do. Don't tulk to any of the tuen. Don't go on top of the walls, and don't go insida of tha building anywhere. An' don't yes auk any of the men questions. Moiud that now, and yes can see all ) plaae." Washington Post Won the. Muse Jmt Once. Men who have written one book or made one speech have sometimes risen to temporary fume. It does not often happen, however, that a man of one song attains celebrity, especially in France, where the composers of love, war or wine lyrics have been prolific from the days of tho famous "seven gay tronbadonrs of Toulouse" to those of Beranger and Dupont. M. Louis Houssot, who has just passed away from life's busy scenes in his sixty-sixt- h year, was a man who owed any celebrity which he enjoyed to the solitary lyrio "Rien n'est sacre pour nn sapeur." 'took tlio t'owh by storm on the Boulevard du Temple, where it used to be snug nnder the empire-- by Theresa. Her mode of rendering "Naught Is Sa-cred to a Sapper" caused everybody to flock to hear her, and it may fairly be taken as her greatest success, eclipsing by far her more modern ditties. M. Houssot tried his hand at other composi-tions, bnt failed egregiously, and with-drew from the music halls to his work-shop, where he gained his bread as a fair draughtsman. London Telegraph. Nprnklntf llal of Itriui Upon the authority of several passages In history we are led to believe that fa-mous wizards, mugicians anil astrologers cavo constructed not less than six hrnzen heads which pouo-w- all the fuctiltios of speech. Tho first of these was constructed by Monk Gcrbert, who afterward became pope, with the title of tiylveeter U. The head is said to have predicted that Ger-be-rt would be pope, aud that he would not die nntll he had said mans iu Jeru-salem. After the first part . the proph-ecy bad been fulfilled and be iiad placed the papal tiara npon his head he resolved to live forever by steering clear of Jem-sa- l em. While saying mass one day in a small church in a suburb of Rome Sylvester was taken with a sudden rigor. Know-ing that his end wss near lie asked the rector if the church had any special natuu. Being informed that it was pop-ularly called "Jerusalem" ho closed his eyes and died within an hour. The second "bruzen speaking head" was mado by Robert Uroaseteste, an Italian bishop residing in London, be-tween the years 1173-183- 3. Tho third is said to have been tho re-sult of thirty years' labor on the part of A I bert us Mugnus, who was born in the year 1203 A. D. Friar Bacon, who dic4 in 1201, is given the credit of having mado a brazen licwl which constantly repeat the words, "Time comes, time is, time's past." The Marquis of Vllena (I!)b4-M3- 4) also made a speaking head of sheet brass. A Polish disciple of EscoUdlo mads the sixth aud last of the famous "speak-ing heads of brass." St Louis Repub-lic. PARK CITY NEWS. Park City, Nov. 8. Special Hartwell died Sun-day morning after a short Illness, aged 24 years. Mr. Hartwell leayes a wife and two children. His remains were taken to Salt Lake this morning for in-terment. . Ore shipments ending November 1st: 880,360; 1 ereseerit;' . 217380;' Dalv. 237,900; Anchor. 851,700; majdug a tt d of 1,846,120 pounds. Ontario ' ' bullion, 18,708.90. Sunday ore ship-- , nients: Ontario, 192,800; Crescent, 154,550; Apex, 101,300. . a , , a lla Mnl 01 Married. Attorney Arthur 8. Fisher, of Rock-for-is a candidate for inatiiinonial honor. He is a member of the Owl club, a society of Ogle county bachelors, and his doom was sealed at it picnic on Aug. 13. During tha day cam's the elec-tion of officer. Among the officer I one called "tha $10,000 beauty of the club," and he who Is elncted to this oflice must marry within a year and withdraw from the society. The charm tut never failed to work yet, and every man who has lieen elected to the office hit leen married within the year. Every other officer I elected by acclamation, but this one I elected by solemn and aacred ballot When tha ballot were counted It wa fonnd that Mr. Fisher wa the doomed man. The good natnred attorney made a pleoaant speech, and tried In his clever way to tnrn it off a a Joke. The sequel ha never failed to oc-cur. Chicago llernld. Haw a falatne Waa a Waa, Often tiara sculptor and painters dia enssed tha relative raertu of setilptura and painting. A fanny story i told of an artist who reaantad the dipr(rinjr comparison made by a arulptcr, and laid a wagar that ha rxmld. within ylven time, paint a jtclnra which santdd display tha human figura a enmptetaly as any sculptor conld da The wg u accepted, and upon h appolntrj day a painting wa prodScwd wh(rh ful-filled all th condition. It rrprinenled a warrktr, hi bark lo the spectator, bonding war a sheet of water in tha limpid sorfaca of whirh Wi rrllc-tr- hi entire faca and ftma. T tha rilt a suit of polmhed armor him and threw back a full length proftia Image, wbila a mirror perform! a lika offie for th left side. Tha smlptur, f Course, handed OVr tf. money slakad, and tt palutrr dmibtlnM Uld it ont to great profit and advantage to binwrlf and hi frWrniL in tha ajrprwrd "cake and ale" of tha period, aftnr tiia gtuirti manner of hi kind. New York btr, Full Affalntl InjalU' Skeleton. I used to know Ingalls years ago. ne was thinner then than be is now and looked just about the same, ne lived In Atchison, and had the reputation of be-ing pohsessed of more brain and less flesh thun any other adult in Kansas. One day he went np to the office of a friend of his, a doctor, and while he was In there a newsboy dashed in. Now the kids who sold papers around Atchison in those days were the noisiest I ever heard, and the doctor's assistant, a cheerful young student) was always on the alert to shut some of them up and to prevent them from invading the privacy of his room with their stamping feet and ear piercing yells of "S'n Louay papers." The assistant bad seen this particular boy as he entered the bnilding, and in an instant had placed inside the door-way of the office a full grown skeleton. When the youngster threw the door open, and was midway through one of his declamations, the skeleton fell over on him. With a shrickt that was worse even than his regular street cry the boy rolled down one flight of stairs and tum-bled into the street, and his murmurings continued right straight along. "You've scared that boy to his death!" exclaimed the budding senator, who was overflowing with indignation. Then he went to the window, and bending out called to the grimy but pallid faced vic-tim: "Come back here, boy; I'll buy some of your papers. He shan't hurt yon." The response was instantaneous. Th boy's sobs ceased, and he shouted: "No, you don'tl Yon can't fool me if yon have put yonr clothe on." Interview in Washington Star. A Coming Society Event. The announcement that Miss Mary A. Tucker, daughter of the late Richard Sands Tucker, is engaged has aroused a good deal of interest at Lenox. Her fiance is Francis Julien Synge, of Eng-land. His father was a member of the British legation during Minister Cramp-ton'- s administration in this country abont forty years ago. The marriage will take place in the new Trinity church here in October. . The bride and bride-groom will go to England to reside. The wedding will be one of the social events of the season here. The contracting par; ties are well known among society peo-ple, who come to Lenox, and many of Mr. Synge's friands will come over to the marriage. Lenox Letter. WMtara Intalleatnal tmftnlM, One of the result of the Chanlanqna asarmbllea, whlrh have a tendency to awaken nnnatnral activity of tha brain and an abnormal thirst fur knowledge, wa shown recently. The mm of one of. the officer of the Long line assembly burned bfs father's barn in or-der to ana what sort of a bonfire It would make. Ila also wished to an whether a setting hen would preserve her presence of tnlnd when surrounded by flam, and hi oliservation will donbtla ba a val-uable contribution to arlnnra, nlthnngh tha experiment wa nacaaaarily aiprn. idve to th parent of th yonng Chantao-qua- n. Thsttinghen dertd barpma-- pective family and saved har Ufa, a fart which prove that in tha diptltln of the hen the instinct of self pmaervation overbalances maternal devotion. There la no doubt Cliautanqua aaaembtie have given a great intellxctnat impnUe to the rising generation. Omaha World-IIer-a- it " " Think of it. Lot in South Boulevard on West and South Drives and State Road from $285 to $300 per lot. Easy terms. Henry J. Dieter, 158 Main street. .. . jj Waahlngto County, Idaho. . Boise Statesman. ' Mr. George A. Rahm of Weiser City, writes to a friend here that Washington county is on the eve of a grand boom, which is only kept back by the lamen-table condition, financially and other-wise, of the Union Pacifio railroad. Speaking of railrpad ties, he says that pine wood ties cost 60 cants each and Will last only three years, while tamarac ties that can be obtained in abundance in the Seven Devils country and fur nished at a cost of 15 cents each will last ten years. . As an evidence of the certain rapid growth of the country. Mr. Eccles is quoted as saying that in three years Salubria should havo a population of 8000 inhabitants and Seven Devils a population of 15.000, while Weiser, it is claimed, will be the Ponvei of the west. With the present exceedingly pros-perous outlook both for the Seven Dovils and Mineral District, nothing is more certainly assure than that Washington county will forge rapidly to the front as Boon as transportation can be secured for the largo output of ore and bullion from the mines and for the constantly increasing amount of supplies that are needed in mining operations. What is imperatively needed is some certain means of transportation, which, it seems, from whatever cause, the Union Pacific is now unable to afford. Mr. Rahm Bays that' the Oregon Short Line needs "practical reconstruction! which in another English form may be taken to mean "remarking;" .but the remarking process seems to advance too slowly to afford much promise of relief. . . . . r - j Botr Maala Mm. Christopher Colombo wa tt too rf a weaver and '.o a weaver bttnawlf, Claud Lprrain wa brad a pastry cook. tVrv antra wa a cmnrrvm aolt!T, flotaar wa tii son of a farmnr. DrmcatiMKiflt wa th tun of a entbr. Oliver Crom-well wa the son of a brew rr. UnwaH wa an apprentice to a giwor . frank-lin wa a joamayraao printer and son cf a tallow chandlaraad soap boikr. Daaial rfn wa bortar and sua of a botrtkrv. Cardinal Wokwy wa tha an of a btttcb- - er. Lut-ia- n wa tha mm of a makar of statnary. Virgil wa to son of a pnHr. Iforara waa th arm of a shopkaper. ' (ihakwpear waa th sun of a wool sta-pler. Milton wa tha m of nwary I crivener. Pop waa tit mm l a Rrr-- rbant Robert Darn wa th son of m plowman In Ayrshire. EjuJiang Parrots and Ilur,rlor. We can easily believe that some pan rots are as good as policemen. Not long ago two young men sold a parrot to th wife of a night watchman in New York, A few days afterward they visited the house, with dishonest intention, about 0:80 o'clock in the morning; but the bird shrieked out, "Papal papal" until tt woke it mistress and frightened th robbers away. "Pupa" wa the watch-man, who was absent from the house on duty. A Chicago parrot also once scared a burglar. He was trying U gain aa en-trance into the bum by the dining room window, when he wa startled by a role that asked him to "come off the perch." Long silence ensued, and the burglar began work again. Once more he wa ordered in sepulchral tones to "come off the perch." This stratigo voice at dead of night bidding hliu to cease hi evil doing wa more than th man conld stand, and he hastily left the scene.. Cuvier, the great naturalist, was well looked after by his parrot It kept watch at the study door and asked every stranger, "What do you want with my moslerr After reretving on answer its next piece of advice was, "Don't talk too mnchP New York I'm. ' Mrs. Mackay's Persecutions. The cowardly persecution of Mrs. Mackay by her anonymous assailants continues, and only a few days ago a fresh batch of typewritten libels were ; sent broadcast to nearly the whole of 'her friends and acquaintances. It almost looked as if her visiting list had been used for this systematic diffusion of slan-ders. The detectives and experts em-ployed by her solicitors have been unre-mitting in their efforts to trace the of-fenders, and I hear that a clew has at last been obtained. If their suspicions are confirmed a criminal libel case of ex-traordinary interest on both sides of the - Atlantic may bs confidently expected. London World. Cranberries ar High The year's crop of cranberries la esti-mated at 730,000 bushels. Price rang from 3 at the beginning of th anaaon to $3 or $4 at lis close. Last year tha price ran np to $3. and this year, owing to the scarcity of other fruit, cranberries will probably start at fl per barret The Cape Cod crop I later than ostml this year, wbila that of New Juror f is In advance. Contrary to the tuna! runtoio New Jersey berriea will probably be tha ' first in th market Cor. Philadelphia Pre. Th Talne of Knowledge. ' A Brooklyn manufacturer paid a bill without a murmur the ether' day, sim-ply on account of the way it was word-ed. His engineer fonnd that the hot water pump would not work and sent for a machinist. The latter bothered with it half a day and said it must como apart This meant a stoppuge of the factory for a long time. It was suggested that a neighboring engineer be sent for, as he was a sort of genius in the matter of machinery. He came, and after study-ing the pump a while be took a hammer and gave three sharp raps over the valve. "I reckon shell go now," be qnietly said, and putting on steam "she" did go. "The next day," says the rnanufactnrer, "I received a bill from him for $25.50. The price amazed me, but when 1 had examined the items 1 drew a check at once. The bill read this way; 'Messrs. Blank & Co., Dr. to John Smith For fixing pump, 50 cents; for knowing how, $25.' Had be charged me $23.50 for fix-ing the pump I should have considered it exorbitant But fifty cent wa rea-sonable and 1 recognize the value of knowledge; so I paid and said nothing." MMWMMMV - - Maklaf Paaoa. Simp! word ar tt. thongh a very busy man cannot always stop topkll l on. - I At a hotel a waiter cam entof th v eoff'i room and Informed t t issag that a man wa raising a duftorbant ba-- sans h could not bava his acctuiuni. , seat at th tsbla. "Og In aln ," said th tnaiiagar, "aoi propitiata him in tm way." Iia:k want tha waiter a4 said, "If yon don't lik th way thing is don vera yon caa get cat, or IU repiUat yon pretty qokk." Lloyd' Weakly. '' J1 S)80,0O0 Fire tft tha Ontario. ; The eastern drain tunnel buildings at the Ontario near Park City were by fire about 11 o'clock last night. The fire is supposed to have originated from the psettingof a can-dle in the changing room. The main building, machine and blacksmith shops were, together with their contents, destroyed. The loss is estimated at 60,000, and is partially covered by in-surance. ' A Wealthy Dressmaker. '' Mme. Mary Ann Connolly has made dresses for all the wealthy women in New York, and today she owns a valua-ble corner on Fifth avenne and three of the handsomest cottages in Long Branch, cottages to which the Pullman, Childs and Drexel estates are not to be com-paredargument and proof that dress-making is a good paying business, the possibilities of which are not appreciated by the intelligent women of New York who have their way to make in the world. New York Letter. , . Whr Kh Waa Slow. ' An examination of th boll of th new steel cruer Charleston, recently retnrned from Honolulu, ehw a re-- ( markabl growth of weed and baruot t mi her steel bottom, say a Waftibjflon special accounting f'T tho fact that h mada only about vn knota an botir on her trip across th Pacific Hba ha tn In commission Just aUxit fo-t- month, and hor iqwwl ba brwn reduce! from an avcrag of niD-ter- n ktta on her trial ran to the figure named. wh!ia ber coal otixtimpti(i ha remained jtut a high, MEN YOU HEAR or. For many years Dion Boncicanlt spelt his name Bonrcicault . ' William N. Whiteley, the famous in-ventor millionaire, is a mental wreck. Senator . Wade Hampton, notwith-standing his cork leg, is an expert horse-man. A New Yorker says C. P. Huntington is the only great millionaire in town who. never laughs or plays or has fan. ' Canon Farrar approves the Salvation Army idea of a week of prayer and self denial in behalf of missions. Hnbbard, of Texas, is one of the weightiest politicians of the Democracy. He weighs 880 pounds. Emile Zola is a fatalist "I feel," says he, "that with nations as with in-dividuals, what is destined to happen will happen." - John Greenleaf Whittier is still erect and active at 82. His hair and beard are white as slacked lime, but his deep set dark eye is scarcely dimmed. V George W. Jones, of Dubuque, la., is perhaps the oldest congressman living. He was elected a delegute to congress from the then territory of Michigan in 1835. Marshal MacMabon, of France, is in the eighty-thir- d year of his age, bnt that doesn't prevent him from regularly bunting in the forests near his homa , : The Duke of Bedford, who owns a large part of London and is a millionaire many times. over, looks like an under-grow-sickly boy, although of fairly mature age, - Jesse F. CarpenteT, of Cazcnovia, has purchased a fine residence site in Wash-ington, D. C, paying $35,000, which is said to be the largest sum ever paid for a single lot in that city. Pope Leo is said to be interesting him-self in hypnotism. Also he will call ! npon the churchmen to opp;e it on the ground that a loss of will power mtift be accompanied by a lapse of moral control and self respect Rev. Dr. Charles ELtftwelL of Foo Chow, China, who has been in the for-eign mission fiald for nearly forty years, style the Japanese the Frenchman of the east, and tho Chinaman tae Anglo-Saxo- n of the east riaallr Csaas. Tli knack cf loukta at th bright sido of thing waa bt davtloped ta orb parfstrti't a in tha caa cf a snath nir wha, eiur a riilrea4 accident, tel-egraphed to a friend's wtfa? "Year hna band kUUxl tit railroad arcidetit; o-- ! both arm and bcci lv cttt cS." Bus later till correction w rwcaivtd: "FUst ffipnrt exaggerated; your bnataad ki&4t and U cut cS. bet c dy uu arut. lUm's Bern. A Bright Jury. Daniel O'Connell waa at on time de-fending a man aoensed of murder at ClonmaL The circumstantial evident wa so strong against tba prisoner that the Jury had already determined npon their verdict cf guilty, whan th man supposed to be murdered wa brought into court, sliv and unhurt The jury j wa dwired to return their verdict at j once, and they did so, but it wo on of ' "Guilty." "What doe this meanr in-- i quired tba Judge; "if the man lis not been murdered bow can the prisoner ba yniltyT "Plccio. yer honor." said tha foreman, "he's guilty; kajttole- my bay mare tore ''ears go."-- ' ' Books opened, closed or audited in the most approved manner; also books written up by the month practically, accurately and satisfactorially at rea-sonable rates. Call on or address Salt Lake Business College. '. ., ''' A Cholea Sataetl t or Fall Malt. "T Martin Schmidt has just' received his first installment ' of Fall and Winter Suitings direct fromLondon., Progress building, rooms 200. 201, 202 and 203. Wbosrrer wocM da g'xxl is th wortl cnght not to deal in emaar. V'c ocg'ul at to destroy, bnt riir to evnusraet GUus How ta Kst Paacha. "The art of eating a peach" is, it ap-pears, one of the questions of the day. According to one au hority on the eti-quette of the dinner table a peach should be picked with the fork, quartered, peeled and eaten piecemeal. But a so much manipulation would evidently leave all the juice of the fruit on the plate this method, to be palatable, re-quires the courage of the yonng lady in the story who, at her first appearance at a dinner party, rall her dessert plate with her two hand and calmly drank tha sweet juice of the nectarines. The French role of eating peaches will, there-fore, be acc-pte- with much favor, and that rule is. "D'y mordre a pUnnta dent," Pall Mail Budget jxprrieuc ba shown that so rlectrio tmt car can b httd by the txpendltnr of una bore pf of iectrti energy. Tt !ectrkl T do not rrdoca lit c.a ity of tha car, which U kept br of coal dost and cwdT. - Got th Worth of Hr Money. ' A well known lawyer of Minneapolis, ! who has been at Neche, N, D., on legal business, caused the arrest cf a certain lady. After the trial the lady met the lawyer on the street She struck him with the open hands first on the right side of the cheek, then on the left' Then she took him by the collar of his coat and need her shoe freely beneath his coat tail. The lawyer caused her arrest She paid $5 and costs, but went ont of the court room a happy woman. Minneapo-lis Journal. I Cover that bald spot on yonr head by nsing Skookum Root Hair Grower. by tho 8. L. Carpet IRe-npholsterin-g company, corner 8th West and Temple. Telephone No. 473. H Dodd, merchant tailor, 249 IG Fifth West street, Salt Lake City, j At Ozark House, 204 W. 8rd South, j I . newly furnished rooms and board at , reasonable rates. - j Ruby light for photographic pnrpoees, in spite of all that ha been saidia favor of orang green, continnea to hold its own in th dark room, aWioagh many who nse it complain of it effect on their eye. A remedy for this ha been fonnd In the introduction of a pane of ground glass between the eyes and the ruby. At Birmingham there are forty-on-e women and only three men candidates for the Cambridge higher local examina-tions; at Bradford, twenty-fou- r women, one man; Leeds, thirty-fiv- e women, two men; at Manchester, forty three women, j one man; at Liverpool, fifty-si- x women, j one man. 1 Skookum Root Hair Grower will cleanse your scalp and develope a new growth of hair, Eor sale by druggists. a |