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Show , II AUGUST 30, 1890. 1 I 4 THE SALT LAKE TIM g AT ITRDAY. ; OilONESltlO.',' Ban Iters, M MAIN STREET. BUYS ORESAND BULLION. COMMERCIAL Utall SAVINGS lnnr 8alt Lake City. Capital $200,000 Surplus Fand-.- . . 20,000 General Banking Business. Five per cent Interest paid on savings deposits Loans on Real Estate No. 23 and 24 K First South. UTAH National BANK Capital, ' - $200,000. Thearitry dkpahtment: ) Office of Comptholleb of tub currency, r VVASAINGTON, JUUe 13, lfiUO. ) Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned, it has been made to appear that the "Utah National Bank of Salt Lake City," in the city of Salt Lake, in the county of Salt Lake and territory of Utah, has com-plied with all the provisions of the statutes of the United States, required to be complied with before an association shall tie authorized to commence the business of bankint' ; Now therefore I, Edward S. Lacey. comp-troller of the currency, do hereby certify that "The Utah National Bank of Salt Lake City, In the cit y of Salt Lake, in the county of Salt Lake and territory of Utah, is authorized to commence the business of bankinit as provided in section fifty one hundred unci sixty-nln- o of the revised statutes of the United States. In testimony whernc f witnom my hand and sealof office this lath day of June. 1WW. E. S. LA'ey, Comptroller of the Currency. No, 4341. J COHN BR0!1 Great rcrri t) ant - REMNAN We Have Placed on Our Counters I One Thousand Remnants of Dress (iJ Manufacturers' ends, this season's styles and! the newest shades. Our buyer purchased these I tremely low figure, and they will be closed out at cord ing low prices. They consist of 1 PLAINS, PLAIDS, STRIPES AND CH Lengths run from 2 to 10 Yards, 1 Table Linens, Napkins, Towel And everything. in the housekeeping' line at a great sJ On account of the large business done in this J ment we have about 5C0 SHORT ENDS of Table Lil all qualities and lengths from 1 3 yards, at b! manufacturers' prices. I In connection with the above we offer 100 doz, KINS at astonishingly low prices. , , ....... I We also place on sale 100 doz. 10-- 4 WHITE I SPREADS at 80c. ',. I Numerous other Bargains are offered in this ment. 1 Shirt Waists at Half Price. One lot at 25c; .worth 50c. One lot at 50c; Kid Gloves. 100 doz. MOUSQUETAIRE Drcssel Gloves in black and all the new fall shades at $1, I 75 doz. io-hoo- k FOSTER KIDS in lights, darl black at $1.25. 50 doz. VIVIAN dressed Kid GloJ lights, darks and blacks at 85c' ' I These Goods Must be Closed Out To make room for our regular , stock, which il beginning to arrive. ' 1 WELLS, FARGO & GO'S !.' B-A-XTI-T. Salt Lake City, ........ Utah Buys and sells exchange, makes teleeraphlo transfers on the principal cities of the United States and Europe, and on all points on the Pacific Coast. Issues letters of credit available In the prln clpal cities of the world. Special attention given to the selling of ores and bullion. Advances made on consignments at lowest rates. Particular attention given to collections throughout Utah, Nevada and adjoining terri-tories. Accounts solicited. CORBESPONDKNTS: Wells, Fargo & Co , London Wells. Fargo & Co.... New York Maverick National Bank Boston First National Bank Omaha First National Bank Denver Merchants' National Bank Chicago Boatmen's National Bank St. Louis Wells, Fargo &Co San Francisco 7. E. EOOLT. James H. Ilaooa, frank L. Holland, President. Cashier. Bank of Salt Lake. Salt Lake City, - . Utah. General Banking Business Transactei Interest Paid on Time Deposita Exchange Bought and Sold. The Peoples Paper! Km T j E ft Hits the Mark! The Daily Ti Keep Your Eye On It ! -- -' jh3 papsr 0f Best Ad." Medium! M Great Mining --i . Money to lend on Real Estate from One to Five Years Time. Capital $300,000 : Surplus $17,000 DIRECTORS: F. H. Ai'ERBACH, John J. Daly, O. J. Sausbitrv, Movlan C. Fox x,H I)YEI- - Thomas Marshall W. P. Noble, Gko. M. Downey John W. Donnellan. COMMERCIAL , NATIOHAL BANK OF SALT LAKE CITY, Temporary office No. 11 R. First South street New building cor. tod So. and C.im l sts. General Banking in all Its Branches Issues certificates of deposit payable on de- mand bearing Interest if left a spe il time Sells drafts and bills of exchange on ill nr'n clpal cities in the United States and Europe OPFICEH3: THTASMAM John W. Don i v llan ...... Jv. . . y. . , . . . .astder Jpfc J STEAM mff Carpet Cleanin "uy Feat1ier Mattress Ren W$4r tin Car IIIP' Made and Laid, Mattresses mad (Mice Under rostofilce. Factory 40 Union S McCornick & Co., SALT LAKE, UTAH Carefvl attention given to the Sale of Ore, and hulhon. We eolicit Consignments, guar, anteeing hionett market pricei. COLLECTIONS MAjEjlT LOWEST RATES AGTIVE ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. CORRESPONDENTS- - Chicago Commercial Nat. Bank. Wo'odwoX'fcS' Nat Cr'-Omaha-Omah- a Nat.' Bank. St. Loni-Sta- to Bank of St. Louis. Kansas Cit-y- it. Bank of Kansas City Denver-Den- ver Nat. Bank. City Nat Bank LoLmbardnstrnd-Me8'!r- S-. - Salt Zaals lansfssr Co " PATTEM & GLENN. 4sm All Cr:rs Promptly Mendel U. - m Car Lots a Specialty. B&fe Office, 116 W. First South at. psSj Telephone Soi. ; The Inter-founta- in Abstract I Incorporated. Capital, $100,000, ITT HAVE a complete set of Abstract Books of Salt Lake county 1 A PrePared t0 furnish abstracts on short notice. !! IJ MAKL complete Abstracts, that will pass a tb.01 oiigh Maml fill Jy the most technical examiner. I I V SHOW all taxes, judgments, mechanics' liens, suits pending; amine tile original papers and the records in probata mitten also examine the papers and records in district court proceedings. W e are the only sho 3 company making complete abstracts; we every nature affecting the title, and an opinion can be lendered on tna W'tnout the records. TIIOS HOMER, ManiJ Office 838 Main street under Bank of Salt Lake. Capital Fully Paid, 400,000.00 SURPLUS, $30,000. UNION NAiMAL BANK, Successor to Walker Bros., Bankers, EstahUnhed lnso UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY Transacts a General Banking Business. Safe Deposit Vaults, Fire and Burglar Proof. Rentsfrom $5lo$25per AnDam. J R-- WAIKrr, President. M H. WALKER, Vlce-Preld- ..t M. J. CHKESXAN. Carttfer, l.H.FARNsWORTH,Aa.t.Ca.hIer. Cashier, E. Mehesy, PracticalFurrier, The Largest and Mnxt Complete Stock of Fine Furs, in SEAL BEAVER, OTTER, fflJi, Etc., In fftts Inter-- 3 ou?i fain Region. ISl!.,2icS baa int turned from an tno Northwest, purchased a large quantity of rhi?S wmbe worked to order lof the coning ot CP Remember the place, 220 Main St, Salt Lake City. SOL. REESE CONTRACTOR J!!l Store and Office .4 SPECIALTY Will Fnrolsli Estimates seven story stone or brick to pirn" Can be seen for the present at tWj: buildir.i;. corner ot Second r.tu. toid, which lam now tSTostoffice .t267"'?!! - i address: ( Henry f.clark --THE-' TAILOR. SO East firat South street return. A boom is built up on options, ami when the bottom drops out, as. it always does and vory suddenly too, it plays havoc among, the last lot of pur-chasers and a disastrous depression fol-lows. Hut the bottom never . drops out of legitimate real estate transactions such as are now being carried on In this city. Hence we look for a long period of prosperity. ' There is a growing activity in tho real estate market. The indications are that, while we shall not have a wild, woolly western boom, there will be a marked increase during the next month in legithnato transactions. A great many residence lots are now being pur-chased by parties who intend to build homes. It is also truo that considera-- , ble property, both for residence and business, is being purchased at good prices by persous seeking safe invest-ments for their money. The day of options and scalping in real estate has passed away, and we hope it will never THE SALT LAKE TIMES. 1 By T. A. DAVIS. Thb Times Is published every eveninir (Sun-fla- y excepted), and is delivered by carriers In Bait Lake City and Park City at 76 cents per month. Th e Timbh contains the full Associated Press report, and has special telegraph service cov-ering this entire region. Tb e Times is entered at the postofflce In Silt Lake City for transmission through the malls as second class matter. Persons desiring The Times delivered at their houses can secure It by postal card ordnr or through telephone. When delivery Is Irregu-lar make Immediate complaint to this off!' e. ' Subscription to Uie Dally Times. (Always In advance.) Wsnonths a M 4.UU I .( , ;: .;".; 75 Address The' Times, Bait Lake City, Utah. Our Telephone Number, 481. known to sleep there, but casting iU eyes over the landscape they rested on the man with the cane rack. This per sonage was labori3usly making a living on the sweat of other people's elbows and was empowered so to do by a license from Pottawattamie county. There is a county in Nebraska which is called Sarpy and which lies right across the river. Tho people of Sarpy county, re-membering the indignity heaped upon their state by the action of that land company, set to liguring, and tho result was the cane rack man and likewise a man who was engaged in selling damp goods on tho shores of Lake Mauawa were called out in the night and in-formed that their several places of busi-ness and all spurs, dips, angles, lodes , and drifts appertaining thereto, are in Nebraska and they must take the oath of allegiance. And that went, too. Nobody knows where it will end. The people of Council Bluffs, Iowa, are uncertain whether they hare or have not a voice in the Nebraska state cam-paign, and the residents of Omaha do not know what state they really belong to. And still the river goes meandering across the country, changing its course as frequently as if it were its shirt, and causing mental travail in the hearts of all. The people are alarmed and don't sleep o' nights. No man knows the end, and the futures of Iowa and Ne-braska seem to be fraught with trouble as long us the river remains unchained over night. A TRAMP IlIVKR. Tho residents along the Missouri river arc having a hard time of it these days. This stream, which has more sense than some men, takes it into its head, if that be permissible, at odd times to go loafing about the country seeiug the sights. It is not an infre-quent case that a man who went to bed at night in one state fiuds himself called upon next day to pay a poll tax iu an-other. A few months ago a Nebraska company was organized with a dollar sign and a whole chain of ciphers after it to put an addition on the market. Tho addition lay along tho river bank and when it had been graded and all that tho Nebraska tax collector went down to get a pocketful of money. The real estate people gave him a harsh but cordial laugh and showed him cortain documents which told that tho land was in Iowa; and, moreover, they proved their caso. This was all very well, but Nebraska is an enterprising sort of stato and usu-ally limls a rule to work both ways. There is a summer resort over in Iowa which is called Alanawa. Theru is a lake there, also a hotel aud a man with a caue rack. Nebraska cared little for the lake, for it is muddy, and less for the summer hotel, for nobody was aver Hon. J. 0..1Iendekson, the demo-cratic nomineo for auditor of Indiana, is quite a prominent citizen of that state. He and his brother were for many years printers and publishers. They were the proprietors of tho Kokomo Dispatch, which, under their management, was an enterprising and iniluontial journal. Mr. Henderson, who is an old timo friend of tho propri-etor of The Salt Lake Times, was collector of internal revenue for two years. He is about 40 years of age, and a very bright man. Although In-diana is a long distance from Salt Lake, The Times extends its congratulations to tho Indiana democracy upon its ex-cellent choice for state auditor. If a democrat is to be elected, wo know of no bettor man for the place. WHERE THE TIMES 18 FOB SALE. The Salt Lake daily Times U tor sale at the following placos : UOTKIA. Continental Hotel, White House, Walker House, CUtt House, Cullen House, Metropolitan Hotel. KEWfl STANDS. Shaffer & O'Connor's, SW Main street I). M. McAllister, t " MftrguttsHroB, 76 " Kavbould's, 173 " C. H. Parsons, 1M " Hates & Kimball, Post Office, Park City. Hen Hayinansim, Hoise City, Idaho. Henry 1. itlatrhley, Caldwell, Idaho. ' Felt & Olson. Provo, American Kork, Times Carrier. BarUalow tiros., D. & It. U. and U. P. Trains. ETERNAL JUSTICE. Charles Mackay, The man Is thought a knave or fool. Or bigot, plotting crime, Who, for the advancement of his race, Is wiser than his time. For Ulm the hemlock shall distill, For him tho axe be bared ; For him the gibbet shal be built, For him the stake prepared; Him shall the scorn and wrath of men Pursue with deadly aim; And malice, envy, spite and lies, Shall desecrate bis name. For round and round we run, And ever the right comes uppermost And ever Is Justice done. Pace through thy cell, old Socrates, Cherrily to and fro; Trust to the inpulse ofthy soul And let the poison flow. They may shatter to earth the lump of clay That hold a light divine, But they cannot quench the fire of thought By any such deadly wine; Tbey can not blot thy spoken words From the memory of man, By all the poiBon ever was brewed Since time its course began. To-da- y abhorred, adorod, So round and round we run, And ever the truth comes uppermost, And ever is Justice done. Plod to thy grave, gray Anchorite; Be wiser than thy peers ; Augment the range of human power, And trust to the coming years. They may call thee wizard and monk accursed And load thee with dispraise; Thou wert born five hundred years too soon For the comfort of thy days. But not too eoon for human kind ; Time hath reward in store; And the demons of our sires become The blind can see, the slave Is lord; So rouud and round we run, And ever the wrong Is proved to be wrong, And ever Is justice done. Keep, Galileo, to thy thought, And nerve thy soul to bear; They may gloat over the senseless words they wring From the pani?s of thy despair; They may, veil their eyes, but they cannot hide The sun's meridian glow ; The heel of a priest may tread thee down, And a tyrant work thee woe ; Butnever a truth has been destroyed. They may curse It and call tt crime; Pervert and betrav. or slander and Blay Its teachers for a time. But the sunshine aye shull light the sky, As round and round we run, And the truth shall ever come uppermost, And Justice shall be done. And live there now such men as these With thoughts like the great of old? Many have died In their misery And loft their thought untold. And many live and ar j ranked as mad, And placed. in the cold world's ban, For lending their bright g souls Three centuries In the van. They toil In penury and grief. Unknown If not maligned ; Forlorn, forlorn, bearing the scorn Of the meanest of mankind. But yet the world goes round and round, And the gonial saasons run, And ever the truth comes uppermost, And ever Is Justice done. ARRIVALS AND CLOSE OF MAILS. Schedule of arrival and closing of mailt at the Salt Lake city Postofflce, May 1, IrtW. I Arrive "at "nfoieTaT iuaiia. Depot, i'osiofnce Kastern, via U. P. K'y. .. 8:40 a.m. 7:10 a.m. Eastern, via B. O. W. R'y l:Mp.m. :S0a.m. Western 10:,H0 a.m. B:lllp.m. Otfilen 10:ia,m. 7:10 a.in. Oxden 4:00 p.m. Ottden 7:00p.m. 6:00 p.m. North and North? est.... 7:00 p.m. 4:00p.m. ParkCily 10:30a.m. 7:10p.m. Pork City 4:(a.m. Southern 8:!i0p.m. (1:10 a.m. Southern (closed pouch) Mllfonl, Frlsroand bey'd 10:10 a,m. 8:50p.m. Hlnptiam Canyon and West Jordan 4 :20 p.m. (1:40 a.m. Tooelecounty 8:40 p.m. 7:10 a.m. .. Alta and Wasetch t:M)p.m... B;10jrk SATURDAY. AUGUST 30. 1890. UTAH NOTES. "This country has cause to be proud of Ella Wheeler Wilcox," says the Og-den Standard. Why? A church fair will do business against the heated term at Hooperville, begin-ning the 15th of next month. The Ogden Democrat isn't as "big" as il used to be; but it is just as newsy and that means considerable. It has been oflicially denied that Og-den policemen drink whiskey while on duty. Do thoy pour it down? Payson is advertising for a hotel man and a lumber morchant. The average Payson citizen must have board. There is a confidence sharper in Og-den who claims to be honest. The gas well must certainly have struck "gas." They are endeavoring to resuscitate the chamber of commerce in Ogden. In the language of a deceased writer, "it can't be did." The Ogden knights of labor met las Wednesday evening to deeido what should be done with the New York Central railroad strike. The mayor of Wellsville has been placed under arrest for contempt of court. Thus does the horny-han- d of justice knock out the left eye of great-ness. The Ogden cricket team has never yet suffered defeat. Cricket is a sort of an English game which is less interest-ing than a game of baseball between amateurs. A meeting of citizens was hold in Ogden Wednesday evening to "discus the enforcement of the laws." Law is always spelled with a lower case "1" in Weber county. Material is on the road from Chicago for a new paper at Park City. C. S. Austin is the gnntleuian who will edit it.' lie comes well recommended and the outlook for his venture is very flattering. I lie mystery surrounding the pro-posed participation of Ogden reporters in tho Labor Day exercises is so dense that a calcium light could not penetrate its depths. Reporters are not supposed to be anything other than gentlemen of leizuro in most towns. Tho advertising of an undelivered message for John Jones in Ogden has caused the telegraph company so much trouble and delay in answering ques-tions that all messages to Mr. Jones must give his street number and the color of his hair hereaftor before they will be ncoepted. "A man. without the slightest sem-blance of an idea In his head struck this town tho other day," says the San Pete Growler. "He was immediately em-paneled upon the jury which is to sot next week and was very acceptable to the attorneys for both the prosecution and the defense." . , THE PRINCIPAL COXTKNTS OF TIMKS. The Velio w Spring A serial story, by William Henry Bishop. Chapters 1 and II. Illustrated. Tlie World of Woman i Items of interest to the fair sex. Some Pretty Tolletsi What the season Is developing In now styles. Illustrated. The Men of Mystery: " Secret Society News, For the Little Ones: Short stories for young folks. Religious Kilitors: Preachers with great audiences. The Greed for (.old: Men who sweep all scruples from their path t gain the coveted gold piece. Telegraphlo News: Associated press and spoclal dispatches from the four quarters of the globe up to 3:30 p. m. Local News: , All the news of Salt Lake City and Utah. P. S.Keep Your Kye on The Times: You will always find something in Its col-umns to Interest you. TBI DATE) IN HISTORY-AUGU- ST 30 SO B. C Queen Cleopatra of Efiypt committed suicide. 1818 The Creek war begun by a massacre at - Fort Mimms. I860 Professor John W. Webster executed ia Boston for the murder of Dr. Pnrkman. 185ft Death of 3lr John Koss. arctic navigator. 1855 Battle in Kansas; men under - Capt. Bald defeated John Brown and the I860 Street railways introduced by George Fran-cis Train in England. W6J Battle near Richmond, Ky.; Union loss 4,900, Confederate 750. Second battle of Bull Run; Union troops de-feated with loss of 7,800, Confederate loss 8,700. war; MacMahon's army, accompanied by the emperor, retreated north-ward. 1677 Three Russian corps attacked the Turks at Plevna and were routed with groat loss, estl--, mated at 8,000 killed and 16,000 wounded. IIobf.ht T. Lincoln donies the report that ho intends to resign from the office of minister to England. The denial was entirely unnecessary. TUB COUNTY KECOKOEKSHIP. The Timks a few days ago had the boldness to assert that it believed that John II. Kumel, jr., was honestly elected to the otlico of county recorder, and predicted that Mr. Kumel would win iu the courts. Tho same opinion was expressed by a large number of liberal-minde- Liberals, who are in favor of fair play, no matter what tho consequences may be. Tho court has sustained tho position taken by Tim Times, and Mr. Kumel gets his eorlifioate of election. This gives him possession of the office, and puts Colonel Page upon the offensive if a contest follows. It was indeed rather queer reasoning on the part of the board of canvassers to hold that votes cast for Henry Pago and II. Pago were for ono and the same person, while ballots for John II. Rumel and John II. Kumel, jr., were for two different persons. Judge Zane hit the nail on the head, in taking into consideration the intent of the voter, as follows; "Hut, further, the weight of authority and I think the more reasonable rule is, that the canvassers should take notice of the fact who tho candidates are that are nominated by the respective political parties; the existence of those parties and the nominees are mattejs of public notoriety; the candidate or the person voting has done all the law requires when he puts the name and the office upon the ticket. If the board cannot take notlco of who the candidates are, It would be Impossible In some cases to apply the votes and give them to tho proper Individual; and If tho board may take notice of who the candidates are, then it has a right to draw all reasonable inferences from the fact, and those Inferences are based upon the ordinary conduct of mankind and the habits of society when acting towards political ends. It is a matter of common Informa-tion anil publlo notoriety that there are political parties, and that those parties put forward candidates and that the people divide In their prefer-ences with respect to these parties, and vote for their respective candidate!. If the term 'sr.' had been usei at the first poll, the pre-sumption of two men would have been stronger; but no further description of the person voted for at tho polls Is given than the name supplies, while at the other thirty-eigh- t polls a further description Is given. The name describes the Individual. That is the object of a name. It deHcrllMis tho man wllh all his pe-culiarities, yet all of these peculiarities may bo resorted to in order to distinguish orie man from another. The description is given by the simple use of the name on the returns of the Mi'Ht poll, and ono question is whether the hoard of canvassers have a right to take Into consideration the further fact that J. H. Ku-mel was a candidate for recorder. It was a matter of public notoriety that the board have a right to take notion of without any proof of It. "The court Is of the opinion that It was the duty of this board of canvassers to examine all of those returns and to take iato considera-tion the fact that In thirty-eigh- t of the tho word Jr. was added to Kumel and in three It was not. They hail a right to take Into consideration the further fact that the votes of the first poll of the first precinct were cast for John 11. Kumel without the word Jr., and at the second poll tho word Jr. was added ; and tho further fact that John H. ltumel was a candidate for the office of recorder; with such facts before him any reasonahlo man, it seems to me, would say that the probabilities are that the same man w as intended to be voted for at all of these polls, where the name John II. Bitmel was used, whether t he term Jr. waB added or omitted. The other rule, which would deny to the board of canvassers this right, would be a very narrow, a very superfi-cial and a very unreasonable ono, to my mind. It would require, in my Judgment, a reasona-ble man to stultify himself In order to come to the conclusion that two different men by the name of ltumel were Intended." The Times worked hard for the elec-tion of tho entire Liberal ticket, and regrets that il was not victorious in its entirety. Tho county recordership was the most important otlico on the ticket politically, because it gives employment to a large number of persons and hence exercises considerable political influ-ence. Nevertheless, The Times did not hesitate to sustain Mr. Kumel when it was known that ho received a major-ity of tho votes and was honestly elected, Holioviug in fair play this paper oould not have dono otherwise. The result teaches tho Liberals a les-son, which no doubt will bo hoeded in tho future. Hereafter candidates should be selected with a view of carrying the full strength of the ticket, and not because they belong to any particular ring or faction. The best interests of the party should be considered rather than the tnterests of any one man or set of men. The electric wire continues to got in its deadly work. ' It instautly killed two men in a railway tunnel at Wheel-ing, West Virginia, the other evening. ' France is willing to admit the Amer-ican hog within its domains if we will remove tho duty on French works of art. This is a fair trade. The advan-tage is on tho side of the hog. Mr. Arthur Hkown, in winning the Rumel case, has added another laurel to his legal wreath. Hois one of the best lawyers iu Utah, and his many friends congratulate him upon his pro-fessional success. The many new business buildings now in course of construction will, when completed, make a striking change in tho architectural appearaneo of this city, as they aro all largo aud handsome structures. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Geronimo.the retii ed Apache warrior, has been battixed into the. Catholic church. John Boyle O'Reilly was an ardent admirer of vValt Whitman as the fore-most of American poets. Dr. Amee Raymond, daughter of the late Henry J. Raymond editor of the New York 'Times, is a successfully practicing physician in New York city. Lady Florence Dixey excels in nearly all popular althletic sports. , Sne row's and rides well, and plays tennis and cricket with great enthusiasm. Fanny Davenport is said to have brought two asps home with her. One, of course, has an important role in her "Cleopartra" and the other is its under-study. - Grace Greenwood (Mrs. Lippincort) has a cottage at Manitou Springs Colo., and recently made an old-tim- burr-bac- k trip to the summit of Pike's Peak. Herr Krupp, the great gun manufac-turer, has a plan forconnectingthe city of Vienna with the Danube by canal. The Austrian government is consider-ing it. Brigham Young's youngest daugh- ter announces that she will shortly lec-ture on MormonUm through the English provinces, which announcement has called forth a protest from the clergy. Lawrence Barrett was at one time a clerk in a Detroit drv goods store. That was early in the "fifties, when he was merely, a young Irish lad, with no aspiration for theatrical honors. Professor Samuel Loekwood, of New Jersey, president of the United States Hay Fever Association, which meets at Bethlehem, N. H., August 2(J, says there are about UOO.OOO hay fever sufferers iu tho United States. It is not ofton that we hoar of a scarcity of laborers, but the Denver & Rio ' Grande Railway company is in need of about G000 workmen, to whom it will pay $3 per day. Hero is au op-portunity for idle men to get employ-ment all winter. The pathetic story of William Tell and tho apple-shootin- g act is now pro-nounced a fiction in Switzerland, and in ono of the cantons the schools have boon prohibited from teaching it. This is really too bad. It is a pity that so much history is of late being shown to be nothing but pure fiction. However, the story of Tell will continue to be printed iu American school books, in which it has become a classic. COLORADO NOTES. Pueblo is beginning to harvest her autumn crop of hobos. The Grand Junction Star is a first-clas- s little paper, but it should be more t'areful in its credits. The farmers' alliance of Colorado has assumed the appearance of a body that is all neck and no head. Two hiunhv.1 members of the con-tracting freight agents' association aro in Denver holding their annual ses-sion. Sinco the induction of Thos. Patter-son into the Denver News nothing but pure bourbon democracy has appeared in that sheet. The Colorado display at the St. Louis exposition is said to be more wonderful than the position of tho Denver Repub-lican on the asphalt paving scheme. Tho fact that the editor of the Pueblo Chieftain stood out in the rain for three solid hours tho other day has aroused an awful suspicion among his friends. One of the oldest settlers of Brewer is dead in the person of Simon Wise, a colored man. Ho was such an old set-tler that he used to keep a smudge of chips burning all the time iu front of the house "to frighen off the witches." Lightning struck a building near the Denver state house the other day, and Job Cooper was tho only politician in the crowd that did not duck his head and feel himself carefully over to see if he had been hit. CLIPPED AND CONDENSED- - By tho 'ate cyclone in Finland, al-most unprecedented in so northerly a region, some 120,000 trees have been blown down between Viborg and It may interest some of our readers to know that more than one supposed auinonty declares that the leaves of the tomato plant are more medicinal than the fruit. Among the interesting e vents at the lute Mountains last week was ih suc-cessful attempt of a German baron weighing two hundred pounds to climb Mount Washington. The Hartford, Conn., insurance com names are at work on their calendars for 18!U, and one company has already placed a contract for the printing and binding of 383,000 copies. A Wichita woman predicts that the world will wind up on the lDth ofKo-yerabe- The public will have to wait just three months to hud out whether the prophets at Wichita are as bad as the poet. A woman in Salem, N. J., thirty-fou- r years aao lost two silver coins in a slit in the floor. Last week, the floor being taken up for repairs, she instituted a search for tho loug lost money and found it. It is proposed to put the newspaper reporters of Hrussells, Belgium, in uni- - iaurt !l y custome, with a handsome frogged tunic, is d as tho proper thing. The de-sirability of the uniform was first made apparoutat the Stanley reception, when they were hustled about like ordinary Ikuown because tneir identitJ' was not Goveknoh Wolfley, of Arizona, in obedience to the request made by the president tendered his resignation, which was promptly accepted. Tho lias made himself quite ob-noxious to tho administration by criti-cising its methods in conducting cor-tai- n branches of tho department of tho interior, thus antagonizing himself with Secretary Noblo. His chief offense was the criticism of Major Powell's arid land policy aud the evident support of the secretary to that policy. A para-graph embodying the complaint against tho says: "The secretary, in instructing local land officers not to receive filings upon arid lauds, did so in the belief that he was carrying into effect a law of tho land, and while ho did not believo that tho law was a wiso one, yet he could not permit his action Id enforcing it to be criticised by a sub-ordinate." Shows Evidence of Proapertty. Rico, Col., News. The Salt Lake Timks shows evi-dence of prosperity as well as a marked and commendable improvement edi-torially. The interests of the city and territory are ably represented by The Times. Not Built That Way. Elmlra Gazette. Woman may be a trusting creaturo, and all that, but she isn't apt to be de-ceived into giving too much credit to another woman. New York Gave no Advice. Washington Star. The corner stone of Davy Crockett's monument was laid last week ' at Strong's Springs, Tenn., but no com-mittee was present from New York City t see how people began the erection, of a monument to a dead hero. 'A V |