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Show SSMi"" 7 , THE SALT J;AKK TIMES, AVKDX'KSDAYt J UXK'lLlSOO " ' " ' ' lie did not care to award Harmon the laugh on him. and ho inside his bhsT stronger by calmly chewing a second one of the bogus creams. This was too much, however, and as he 1 allied with Harmon the soap began to get in ita deadly work, and Fair began to froth at the mouth. Ho hastily rushed toward n West Side car. and was so inad that he thought the man was getting personal who handed him a handbill announcing an important meeting of the "Lathers' Union" that evening. Now Harmon can put the choicest confections on his desk and have them all to himself. Chicago Herald. .. Candy That Didn't Go Down. George Harmon, manager of Central Music hall, is very fond of candy. He is seldom without a bos of lion bons on his desk. George has many callers and they all help themselves to his candy, so he finds he does; not get many sweetmeats himself in the long run. Ho pays for the candy all the same, and this calling busi-ness has worried him for some time. The other day he unbosomed himself to his friend and neighbor, Mr. Boles, of whom he buys his candy, and he told him his plight "I'll fix it," said Boles; and he made up a bos of very inviting looking bon bons from common ba--r soap. These George put on his desk. The first man to call was Will Shafer, of the Audi-torium hotel. He picked up a bon bon, said "Good morning," spat it out, and then Harmon said: "Good morning! Have you used soap?" Will said he had, but he would never do it again. Joe Oliver, of the People's, was the next vis-itor. He took a piece of the alleged candy and then turned pale and went out. But the victim Harmon was waiting for his hated rival, Adonis George Fair, of the Huymarke t. Finally Fair droid in. "Ah. me boy, these look lovely," he said as he bit into an alkaline bonbon. For a moment his face paled, and then, rather than look like a sucker, he bravely downed .the rest o.the seacy candy. THE OLD CRADLE. Tm bni:bd to the garret now, My buy days are o'er; Within my shrftoring embrace The babies sleep no more. ' Ko more, as in tie bygone hours, . ' My drowsy beat keeps time In patient, sleepy monotone - With the old uunwry rhyme, 'v - Rook-a-b- baby, on the tree top; " V When the wind blows the cradle will rook." -.- - a The last rays of the setting sun Slant through the windows small ; - ' They light the garret's dusky gloom, " "' And on my head they fall. v; .. Along their lerel bars of gold ..' Old pictures come and go ; Ajtain I hear the mother's toice 81nglng so soft and low, ; "Bock-a-b- baby, oa the tree top; 'When the wind blowa the cradle will rock." Ah me! where once the baby beads J The downy pillows prest, , Within my ample oaken hood The spider has her nest Empty, forgotten and alone, A. useless thing I am. The last words of the quaint old song Fall like a parting sigh, ' "When ths bonjrh breaks the cradle will fall; Down will go baby and cradle and all. " E. JL Griffith In Harper's Bazar. found it amounted to twenty eight thou-- ! sand dollars! Still, it bad been in a manner forced upon him. He asked no j questions, but every now aud then the I old gentleman said: "All going well! Stock advancing rapidly." j With that he was content. Indeed, he j was so carried away by love of Mary Brooks that he g:-v- e little thought to j any other subject. j One day Mr. Brooks came up, his face beaming with joy. j "Wish you joy, Eames." he said. j "Wimbledon's gie up like a rocket to par. Give mo authority aud I'll sell out i tor vou." The artist did so, hardly realizing what it meant till, three days after, he re-ceived a little note to this effect: Dia Emss Have sold out your Ave hundred shares of Wimbledon at 101. 8o you bought at :i8. Tills gives you a clear profit of $45 pfr share, or SSS.SOJ. You had better take the ride and rein-vest your surplus. Call at my office at once. Yours very truly, ftwrt Brooks. Charles Eames read this letter three times before he could realize its mean-ing. Could it be that without investing a cent he had made over $20,000? It must be a dream, he thought. But when he called at the old gentle-man's office he found it was really true. "Mr. Eames, how about this money? Shall I reinvest it for you?" "Thank you, sir. I wish yon would. I should like a little in hand, however." "Certainly. Will that answer?" and the old gentleman wrote a check for J300 and placed it in the young man's hand. It was more money than he had ever before possessed at ono time. This was convincing proof of the reality of his good fortune. The next day he went to the city and ordered a handsome suit of clothes at a fashionable tailor's. The fact was his old coat was getting threadbare and his overcoat decidedly seedy. While he was about it he bought a new coat and boots, as well as other needod articles, and still returned with money enough in his pocket to make him feel rich. He changed bis boarding house, engaging a handsome room at a much nicer place. "It seems to me yon are dashing out, Eames," said his friend the editor. "You know I've had a legacy," said Eames, laughing. "I begin to think you have," said the editor. When Eames appeared on the 6treet in his new suit it was a confirmation of the news of his inheritance. His removal to a fashionable boarding honse was addi-tional confirmation. It was wonderful how he rose in tho estimation of people who had before looked upon him as a shiftless artist. All at once it occurred to him, "Why shouldn't I propose for Mary Brooks? With twenty thousand dollars I could certainly support her comfortably. There was a very pretty cottage, and tasteful grounds, for sale at live thou-sand dollars. This would make a charm-ing home." One morning, with considerable trepi-dation, young Eames broached the sub-ject to Mr. Brooks. "5To one I should like better for a son-in-la-if Mary is willing," was the prompt answer. Mary was willing, and as there seemed no good reason for waiting, the marriage took place within a few weeks. "Charles," said his father-in-la- after THE OLD SILVER WATCH. i. l Charles Eames stepped into the office of Ms friend Bowles, editor of The Glen-Till- e Courant. . "How are you, Eames?' asked the ditor. i "I ongbt to fe9l happy, I suppose," said the young man, a little ruefully, f'for I've just received notice of a legacy." "Indeed, I congratulate you." "Wait till you hear what it is." "Well, what is it?" "My Aunt Martha ha just died, leav-M- g fifty thousand dollars." "To you? I congratulate yon heartily." "No; she leaves it to a public institu-tion. She leaves me only her silver iwatch, which she has carried for forty years." "How is that?" "She didn't approve of my becominc an artist. She wished me to be a mer-chant. If I had consulted her wishes I should, doubtless, have been her sob heir. This small legacy is meant mow as an aggravation than anything else." "But you can make your own way." "I can earn a scanty living at present. t hope to do better by and by. But you ' know my admiration for Mary Brooks if I had been Aunt Martha's sole heir 1 could have gained her father's consent to our marriage. Now it is hopeless." "I am not so sure of that. This legacy may help you." "An old watch? Yon are joking." "Not if you will strictly observe my directions." "What are they?" j "Simply this: Agree for one calendar month not to mention or convey the least idea of the nature of your aunt's bequest, il will manage the rest." "I dont at all know whst yon mean, Bowles," said the young artist; "but I iam in your hands." "That is all I wish. Now, remember to express surprise at nothing; but let matters take their course." "Very well." In the next issue of The Glenville Courant the young artist was surprised to read the following paragraph: We are gTatiiled to record a piece of good lack which baa Just befallen our esteemed fellow cltt-ce-the promising young artist. Charles Eames. IBy tbe will of an aunt, recently deceased, he comes Into possession of a piece of property which has been in the fsmtly for many years. Sf isa Eames is reported to have left fifty thousand dollars. "Really," thought the young man, "anybody would naturally suppose from his paragraph that I had inherited my aunt's entire property." il He put on hia hat and walked down Ithe street. Ho met Ezekiel Brooks, presi-dent of the Glenville National bank. Mr. Brooks beamed with cordiality. "My dear sir, permit me to congratu-late yon," he said. ' "You have read The Courant?" said Eames. ' "Yes; and I am delighted to hear of your good fortune. Can I speak to you on business a moment?" I "Certainly, Mr. Brooks." "You'll eJKiise my advice, but I know ' you are not a business man, while I am. My young man, do you want to make some money?" j "Certainly, I should be glad to do so." . "James Parker has BOO shares of the Wimbledon railway. It stands at fifty-si- x, a figure much below its real valuo. IBut Parker is nervous and wants to sell out. I want you to buy out his entire the young people returned from their wedding journey, "it is time for me to render you1 an account of your money af-fairs. I have been lucky in my invest-ments, and I have $31,000 to your credit, or, deducting the amount paid for your house, $20,000. By the way, have yott ' received your aunt's bequest?" "I received it yesterday," said Charles. "Indeed!" "Here it is," said the young man, and he produced a battered silver watch. "Do you mean to say that is all she left you?" asked his father-in-la- stupe-fied. "Yes, sir." Ezekiel Brooks whistled in sheer amazement;' and his countenance fell. For a moment he regretted his daugh-ter's marriage, but then came the thought that his through a lucky mis-take, was really the possessor of quite a comfortable property, which, under his management, might be increased. So he submitted with a good grace, and is on the best of terms with his daughter's husband, who 1b now in Italy with his wife, pursuing a course of artistic study. He treasures carefully tho old watch, which he regards as the foundation ot bis prosperity. Yankee Blade. stock." "But, Mr. Brooks" "I know what you would say. It may go down, but it won't. I have advices 1 hut a speedy rise isalmost certain. Buy him out, and you'll make a handsome thing of it." "But how shall I find the money?" ' "Of course you haven't received your legacy yet. I know there are delays. No trouble about that. Give your note on ninety days, and I'll indorse it. You'll sell out before that time at a handsome advance." "I will place myself in your hands, Mr. Brooks, but you must manago the (business." "Certainly; I shall only want your signature whej, the documents are made cut. By the iy, come round and dine with us, or have you another engage-ment?" Another engagement! If Eames had tad fifty engagements he would have broken them all for the privilege of meeting Mary Brooks. This was the first time he had been invited to the cap-italist's table. The fact is, until this morning Mr. Brooks had scarcely vouch-safed him more than a cool nod on meet-ing; but had changed, or appealed to, . find his behavior altered with it. Such Is the way of the world! It was a very pleasant dinner. The !foung artist remained afterwards. "I have an engagement, Mr. Eimes." aid Mr. Brooks; "a meeting of the bank .directors; but you mustn't c, away. (Mary will entertain you." J TUe young man did not go away, and lpparently was satisfied by the enter-tajiuuei- it he received. He blessed his uat for her legacy, if only it had d him this afternoon's interview wj ithe young lady he had admired. Bat it gained him more. Every four days he received a similar invitation, E could not fail to see that Ezekiel Brooks looked with evident complacency on the good understanding between hia daughter and himself. "What will he say?" thought the young man, "when he finds out what sort of a legacy I have received from my aunt?" Occasionally, too, he felt nervous about kis hasty assent to the proposition to buy Ave hundred shares of railroad stock at fifty-six- , when he hadn't fifty dollars Ahead. He reckoned up one day what kis purchase would amount to, and his Vraalh vm nearlv. taken awav whan ha ssisWheii You Can Buy 4 Lots insssss Davis, Sharp & Stringen CORNER OF SECOND WEST A D TENT H SOUTH, On small Cash Payment, and within 30 days after Electric Car Line, already commenced, on Second West, is completed, sell 3 Lots for Profit sufficient to build nn remaining Lot. 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MMUnion - hi Uffl;'- SYSTEM. !! P'; 'TO '- .- MOUNTAIN DIVISION J ':i en PRINCIPAL POINTS "arwag? t a east, west, N EW TIME CAR ; NORTH and SOUTH c. --ss:- ' ' m THE CTVKO Passenger Trains Arrive and leave at Salt lake City as follows: 4 FROM lHKui.T3. ' GOISti NOHIil. i Atlanta Fast Mail AMantin Ecpress. Atlantic Fast Mil Bt P?vk City & Utah & Northern Loi'.'.KiiSa.m Ut:Tu Northern Loral- ,- -- FoSteiMau:::;:;::T' SKBattSI, ' ' Local Express l rOSI THE SOCTH. GOING 60LIB-- . V 6:fjQp.m'.'' Milford)Express..-- . j ' "U"taii ' ITevaAa district. . GOIXGWEST. , raOJITHE WEST- J TrouphSnxea,(laily(e!toaptSunday) d:iily(ee?t uMS'iS:l5I W Forc.aruelat.e.ct, daily.' .S fSS"SirneW dsIU'-f"".V- .4! H, ., . , : p.ta '. " , ....'-,- ! ' t :10o.iu .' . " ""; IM' HI 7:4D.u ' m Salt rLiaJss Sc "Western Distdet. S;JvertA EtI e.c tVm'T " T'aUe Sunday) tor Ironton, '- -EQ- -crrE'SEXT'r - f cim "a ', ' er S::" 'n.mo to ChU-- Pullman IMl Ur. : nS.!rAl?T i1,10 slteV"r- - HuttS 1o Green Klv--r: llto' --The AtUi utic iiuiiij?W Pi,5SBU having Pirar-cla- sd Tickets. .. . L j J. V. PARKER, "TcTfTrTsSEG; . - Longevity of Animals. The average age of cats is 25 years; of squirrels and hares, 7 or 8 years; rabbits, T; a bear rarely exceeds 20 years; a dog lives 20 years; a wolf, 20; a fox, 14 to 16; lions are long lived, the one known by the name of Poinpey lived to the age of 70: elephants have been known, it is to live to the great age of 400 years. When Alexander the Great- had conquered Porus, king of India, he took a great elephant, which had fought very valiantly for the king, and named him Ajax, dedicating him to the sun, and let him go with this inscription: "Alexan-der, the son of Jupiter, dedicated Ajax to the sun." The elephant wan found with this inscription 350 years after. Pigs have been known to live to the age of 20, and the rhinoceros to 20; a horse has been known to live to the age of C2, but average from 25 to 30; camels sometimes live to the eg of tOO; stags are very long lived; sheep seldom exceed the age of 10; cows live about 15 years. Cnvier considered it probable that whales sometimes live 4,000 years; the dolphin and porpoise attain the age of 40; an eagle died at Vienna at the ago of 104; ravens frequently reach tho age of 100; swans have been known to live 300 years. Mr. Malerton has the skeleton of a swan that attained the age of 200 years. Peli-cans are long lived; the tortoiso has been knowu to live to 107. Journal of Health. A Lesson In Manners. That the manners of our fathers is not ours is well enotrjh understood, and the phrase "of the old school" has come to be used rather as a reproach to the de-generate present generation. An old lady who belonged to the times when courtesy was perhaps more general, as it certainly was more elaborate, than it is now, administered rather neatly a rebuko to a lad who did not come up to her ideas. She had known the boy's father when he wa3 in Harvard, as now was the son, and as the latter could hardly remember his parents, who died in his infancy, he was always eager to learn all he could about them. The youth was invited to call upon the old lady, who is now beyond the term set by the Psalmist for man's life, at a coun-try place one day last summer, and bad an interview with her upon the wide veranda, where she was sitting when he arrived. He lifted his hat, and then, re-placing it upon his head, went on talk-ing with the old dame, who regarded him with looks of disapproval. "Do I look like my father?" the young man asked at length. "I cannot toll," tho old lady replied, dryly. "I never saw him with his hat on when he talked with a lady." Youth's Companion. A Bear In Church. During divine services on a. recent Sunday, a bear, which had escaped from the stable of a neighboring public house, in which its owner, a traveling show-man was located, entered a chapel, near Mortlake, England. Women shrieked and children cried, and there was a gen-eral rush for the door. The boar, round whose neck was a thick chain, made ita way to the empty choir stalls, where it lay down. The minister, whose high and commodious pulpit had suddenly be-come occupied by several female mem-bers of his congregation, was in the midst of his discourse at the time of the animal's appearance, and had chosen for his text the words "Be not afraid." The sennon was brought to an abrupt termi-nation. The anxiety of pastor and peo-ple was set at rest by tho arrival of tho owner of the animal. The bear was got out of the hapel with ease and taken back to its quarters. Exchange, Kissing Going Out of Fashion. In the rural regions of our country, as well as of England, the favorite Rmuse-me-at a social gathering of young per-sons is, or until recently has been, a suc-cession of "kissing games" wherein the most modest girl of the company was sa-luted by every swain who chose, with aa little embarrassment as if lv; had been her mother. But even in tho rural dis-tricts this sort of thing is passing away, and the permitted realm of the kiss is ii arrowing day by day. Mrs. Frank Le Ua. A Millionaire's Early Snmtlieart. An"interesting story is told of Mr. Ar-mour's early lifo. He recently met in a business way, quite by acoident, an old friend of hia youth. After the greeting, which was the first for twenty years, he exclaimed at once to the gentleman: "I say, what has become of the girl who used to visit our shop? You remember her that charming blonde, Miss Blank?" The old friend smiled as he replied: "Oh, she's married und got a big family." "Whom did she marry?" demanded Ar-mour. "She mturied a teamster named Bill Brown you must remember him." "What has become of him?" "Oh, he is teaming yet," wrs the reply. Tho gentleman who relates this inci-dent after ward observed to ! friend: "What a little event mav change the whole course of a girl's life! Armour was a butcher boy then, and he loved that sprightly blonde, but Brown, the teamster, was a successful rival and nearly broke Phil's heart by carrying her off." New York .lournal. Wonderful Surgery. At the surgical congress at Berlin Pro-fessor Oluck, of Berlin, gave an exhibi-tion showing a most valuable advance in surgery namely, tho successful sub-stitution of catgut, ivory and bone freed from chalk for defects in bones, muscles and nerve sinews. The juices of the body are sucked up in the inserted ma-terial, thereby establishing the junction of tho separated ends, without any short-ening of the part. He presented the cases of patients in whom there had been an insertion of from six to ton centi-metres of catgut to supply defects in the leaders of the hands, to which complete mobility h;wl been restored. This case j had previously been impossible. In the case of another patient Professor Uluck removed a tumor from the thigh, caus- - in.,' a 'considerable defect in the bone, Ho inserted ivory, and no shortening en-sued. In another case he removed a largo piece of nerve in the groin and in-serted catgut, and the functions re-mained completely satisfactory. These are considered wonderful achievements, Pall Mall Oasette. u A Vseful Cement. The following mixture has bean used with the greatest possible success for the cementing of iron railing tops, iron gratings to stoves, etc.; in fact, with snrb effect as to resist the blows of a sledge hammer. This mixture is composed of equal parts of sulphur and white lead, with about one-si:;t- h proportion of borax, the three being thoroughly incorporated together, so as to form ono homogeneous mass. When the application is to be made of this composition it is wet with j strong sulphuric acid, and a thin layevof it is placed between the two pieoos of iron, these being at once pressed together. In live days it will be perfectly dry, all traces of the cement having vanished, nd the work having every appearance1 of welding. Hall's Journal of Paaith |