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Show l Z J1 SALT LAKE TIMES. THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 2,'), 1800. 3 pElEST SIDE MOTOR MRS"fe"; NOW RUNNING TO j 3 Davis, Sharp and Stringer's --r . : o i , Addition, CORNER SECOND WEST AND TENTH SOUTH. itUnjoww the Time .' . . . 1T You Can Buy on Your Own Terms I I "" I i Ind stable at a mg TO SECURE ONly ON MONTHLY PAYMENTS brick house, on Third I on Second South i 1 .stri-cr- . near ail teL? A Few Lots yifos or on Six or Twelve Months - j pjffJg F IN THIS POPULAR ADDITION XOy Longer Time if You Like. "gE'lirj Come and See Us and Take a Carriage Ride, r if you prefer WEST SIDE RAPID TRANSIT li 23 West Second Sontli Streets ,4 Jj' Office, 20 S. Ma n Street. kh MrX? STEAM CAIUETCLEANINO mmf''' Hang mam 'I'Vi f) Calffl Made ami I.hUI, He f,,,.M.TiH. :0iv'tt;-- ' ('lnnliiKlitMl r tiridture l! itirin. )yl;X.-.-- , L. S. WHITEHEAD Utah Stove & Hardware Co W h.jalo and IM ill Itoltrro m STOVES. RANGES Stow rurn'sh'njs, Mantles, Crates, &c. lltmul Mil U Mint Month SALT LAKE ClTf. CorrpoDdenc Solicited. MM PRINCIPAL POINTS EAST, WEST, NORTH and SOUTH THE CITY TICKET OFFICE. 'Union Pacific i SYSTEM. PtVHIi) , Tfc On If f.fiw nrryt t'HUt .. teu I f'"t'i4 .1 Ff'--d fei 1 I NEW TIME CARD i tiijia cbtral mm, UwW Traits Arrive a:i tear? i! Silt Uk Ci:j hl'.rn riioa Tint s ttfrt iftvi ,mt. " r --.' I l fl ! r.lpr- - - umi i "pin ti:::. :u 9.m.-l- t'" l'" :';"!1 ,;" UM-r- W ..... t?Ut". 4 S. V. ECCLE3, C. F. RESSEGUIE, 1 icket for !. iu Wa.ttU.b HwUlm. 201 M Sirt. ajl at Ut-po- l'r ft 1Uuq4 Tr p. jO ceutj, bio (Irpiirtui'i''. Why should tho ti(T waxen camellia iiml thu tuberoso bo U"ed? To some senniiive minds these flnwcr:urcHoiiriatcd with death that, seen at any time, they only recall n scene of mourning, rinwers ut a fu-neral ato intended to consolu tho living with t heir loving touch ami gracious suf'toning of tlm grim outlines. Thorn in more tenderness in tlv droop of one La France rowi than in forty stiff, inodorous japonicas.-No- York Lodger. Tlio l of Mowcr. Flowers aro nscd much more sensibly than they nsed to be. The absnrd fash- - ion of loading a young woman down with a dozen or more huge Imuquets, every one measuring from fifteen to twenty inches across, is no longer in rogue. The atrocious costorii died of its own inappropriateness. It is possible even with the most deli-cate blossoms, which are the essence of grace and refinement, to be positively Vulgar. Tbe largo corsage bouquets which were so popular for two or three years seem to have vanished, not to from the very fact of their over-size and overuse. This is true as well of the bunch of flowers for the street drc-- as for the ball toilet, flowers are not o worn because of their wide and exag-gerated use when they got out of the hands of women of tarfe and refine-ment into those of the sort who bleach their hair and daub their faces. The fif hionablc now permit themselves only a hunch of violets in the spring, when a craving for flowers cannot bs stifled. More coloring is xuA in fnneral Cot-e- n than ever Ix fore. Set pi.-- are no longer nsed. Lex Sowers furnished by members of the family are the only ones considered appropriate. This is a seed-- , FIRE SHIP'S CRUISET Heroic and Praiseworthy Conduct of American Seamen in the Tri-poli Harbor. S INTO THE JAWS OF DEATH Mysterious Fate of the Enterprise and the Brave Men Who Manned the Intrepid. penetrate beyond the ship' lit'liU. The. splash of nil oar, the chinking or a rowlock would end the mystery, but these sounds never came. The brave Decatur, whnsoKoul knew only coolness in danger, mood on t ho deck of a waiting vessel as one petrified, so intense wns his anxiety. .Sinners hail been his devoted companion in every en-gagement at Tripoli. Often Home sij;n or sound brought bopo to tlie watchers, but the. delusion was vain. Xilit piusrd, u day and another night. Not a shot was tired. The Tripolitians were mystified, the Americans were depressed with gloom. In a few days storms drove Commodore Treble from the coast and operations were Bi'.sicnded until the spring of lMfi. Then a new squadron under Commodore Unifiers arrived iu the .Mediterranean. KiKlgcrfi hud a powerful force, und a land force and entered Tripoli from t he south. The pasha now eaiiiu to terms, for Preble, notwithstanding his failures, had shown that the American navy could para-lyze the commerce of Tripoli if it could not conquer her territory. Negotiation took place on Commodore Itodgcrs' tlag-shi- p and peace was made. The officer and crew of the captured frigate I'hila-delphi- a bad been lying in prison iu Tripoli since the loss of their vessel, and from them was gained knowledge of the certain fate of Somers and his nu n of the lire ship. icmi'jKst'blrs. Ono s'ot striking the loail-e- d shells on her deck, one shell exploded iu her hold, one spark reaching the powder train, and then When she had disappeared from view and only the unrelieved blackness of night and the waters rewarded the anxious gazers suddenly one of thoso sharp, air splitting reports that single cannon make iu a quiet, heavy atmosphere tore over the harbor, a flash lit up tho sky liko a far olf meteor and tho well trained sons of war knew that tho enemy was alert. The re-port was a signal gun; the enemy's bat-teries would open and with a hundred mouths belch forth sheets and balls of fire where one spark was enough to ruin all that the gallant American navy held dear that moment in those distant waters of Barbary. A Tripolitan sentry stationed at the pasha's fleet had detected the stranger and promptly on the signal all the cannon of the boats, all the guns of the shore bat-teries and forts opened on the waters near-est the entrance. Still the Intrepid kept on steering straight for the Tripolitan flotilla. As sho neared the anchorage ground oc-casional bursts of light from the volleys und from the bursting of shells revealed tho fearless sail gliding steadily on as though running a race. The uproar of tho Tripolitan cannonado was as terrible as it was sudden. In such a time, the very guns and all the inanimate elements seem to running low, determined on one grand and awful Btroke to break the insolent pasha's power on the Barbary coast. The Amcri can bombardment bad done serious injury to the enemy's batteries nud forts, but the Tripolitan fleet rode defiant in the harbor. For its destruction was planned one of those bold and startling deeds the men-tion of which makes one's blood run cold. It was to fit up the Intrepid as an infernal i chine, put a crew upon her and sail her into the midst of tho pasha's fleet to ex-plode and scatter flaming fragments over the enemy's boats. For such an enterprise the utmost coolness, the subliniest daring on the pert of tho leaders and men are in-dispensable. The wonder is that nerves so cool and hearts so brave are found in the bumble rank and file of a nation's plod-ding servitors. The harbor of Tripoli was commanded by over a hundred guns on land, and mora than a score of vessels mounting at least seventy guns rode on her waters, under the protection of tho land batteries. An in-truding vessel det ected in such company could not expect a better fate than being shot int o atoms by the missiles of a hun-dred burning throats. Yet thero were men willin" to take the risk of a plunge into this whirlpool of danger, from which escnpo could not be hoped for unless by a miracle. The officers were Lieuts. Richard Somers, Henry Wadsworth and Israel. Ten men from "tho thips' crews made up the force, and superstitious people may note that thero were thirteen souls in all. for her des-perate Tho Intrepid was prepared cruise by making a magazine in tho center of her hold and storing mere 100 barrels of gunpowder. From this maga-zine a lire conducting tube led to an ad-joining rooir; filled with combustibles. On HE battles oT the United States navy on Mediter-ranean waters at ' the close of the ' last century and the beginning of .this witnessed many deeds of dar-ing by the brave seamen who had the young nation's honor, likewise tho glory of her feel tho passions of men and to do their work with the spiteful intensity of a hu- - man being goaded to wrath by a danger sprung without warning. To go forward in a powder ship meeting such a reception, knowing that any instant astraggliug bolt might hurl both ship and crew to destruc-tion, calls for a courage marvelous even in hearts inured to war. The gallant Somers had said that death was preferable, to re-treat or capture, and ho kept his word. Ho was to have sailed to within a certain distance of the pasha's boats, set his fuses and with his men and the two fast row-boa-brought on the Intrepid-t- he fastest o the American fleet abandon her aud Tho morning after the explosion thir-teen bodies of American seamen drifted into the harbor of Tripoli, and the captain of the Philadelphia was taken from his prison to tho wharves to identify them. They were scarred and burned beyond recognition, but the circumstance proved that the ill fated thirteen had clung to the Intrepid and met their death In the explo-sion. Whether that explosion was canned by shots from the Tripolitan guns, or by accident on board, or by the of her commander is not known. Had Someni cur-ried out his threat and blown her up to save her from boarders doubtlesn some evidence would have been gleaned from the Tripol-itan authorities. As it is their fate stands a mystery, but the sublimity of daring displayed by the men is a beritato for American seamen forever. Ul'MUK h. KtLMi.n. in tueir Keeping. Tnere, on too 'wy coast, began the careers of Stephen atur and Hull; Lawrence, nnd Charles rris; Stewart and Macdonough. In blockade of the harbor of Tripoli, in 1804, the American navy per-p-u deeds that commanded theadnii-;- o cf a Nelson and of hi3 compeers, t cntainly no more glorious chance befall a youthful navy than tho of a beggarly thousand men ia .'Eprovisod fleet against tho desperate gagmen of Tripoli, with a command- - cast and a powerful land and water lament. When the war began in 1803 American fleet, under Commodore . included the frigates Constitution . Philadelphia, tho brigs Argus and schooners Nautilus and Vixen, ''be Enterprise.. ;.ie. Philadelphia was stranded on the 'othe harbor of Tripoli, where she l'w an enemy's vessel and was captured :n October, 1803. This loft but one pc1"1 frigate in the fleet, and Commo-- re.b'e laid many plans for the recapt-- . hls vessel, which had made a power-:;jitiu-n to the force of the haughty Pasha. About this time there fell weAmerican hands a Tripolitan ship, ttrcd wijiIe bearing a load of slaves as v-;- t4 iJ'Sb HAKBOB OF TRIPOLI. deck, immediately over the KPwder there were placed over a hundred oadul shells Between the magazine and room there was a train of powder, and fuses properly arranged. The vessel was ready on the 4tn ol c,w aud Lieut. Somers' orders j THE IXTREFID. pull rapidly back to his friends at the en-trance to the harbor. All this had been planned with a view to operating in secre-cy, without opposition. "What the brave commander determined upon in the emergency of the sudden dis-covery no one ever knew, for in the midst of the terrific cannonado there was a flash that lit the whole harbor and the war crowned hills for a second, and a report that swallowed up tbe thunders of the hundred cannon. The magazine had ex-ploded; w hat of tbe mission, what of the crew of the fire ship? There was wild alarm in the pasha s lines, and deafening shrieks and cries. The ex-plosion was a surprise, and the half civil-iz--d minions of the Turk were terrified with alarm. The cannonade ceased instantly; darkness followed the bright and fitful fleshes, and where a fiery pandemonium bad reigned there came blackness and mvsterious silence. What would follow these startling events The three friendly ships, the Argus, Vautilus and Siren, remained for hours at the rocky entrance to Jhe harbor watching and listening for the sound of tbe oars that would warn them Somers and his heroic band had come back to tell the tale. Time wore on and no sound. The mist and the niciit bad thickened and the ere eoaldjwt i were to steer straight for the anchorage 1 where the pasha's fleet rendez-voused each night. On nearingt he vessels be to light his fuses and heading t he Jt into the midst of the enemy abandon cr bringing off hi i men n her to her course, swift boats carried on the Intrepid, lie hmt captain added to the ga boarding of the that in case of the fnreoid by Tripolitians, before he had fu-lled his mission, he would blow her up His threat was after-- : a i on board. wlrd remembered with anxiety on the Vhen niSwas well set in the Intrepid the Argus, feiren tarted accompanied by anl Nautilus. A mist, through which the ,tars shone dimly, hung over the wawrs. end at the rocky entrance to the harbor daring" fireship" left her companion bolts disappeared on her dangerous iSn She had crossed tbe rubicon and wf n the presence cf tne enemy, and as 2h somethingstartling must hap-pen Tm n. The men on the American witched with naked eye and w ah ert glimpso of the the faintest Sctvis of the Intrepid as she rose and the on the shifting wave Krfiert tnr among them thnlled with feeling as he thought of the fates bSSd irith that mammoth charge of np wiU plosives and wder surrounded ,C ,.nt Irm the pasha of Tripoli to his sultan, and this incident gave two of the most heroic exploits of M?a,eaign. For one thing this vessel, - jo had been a French gunboat, was ."tender of tho American fleet and named the Intrepid. Through her raptured Philadelphia waa destroyed tujalsof the Turks, and then she tho instrument of a most daring I,' filing as a fire ship, manned, , J be enemy's boats. The destruc- - the Philadelphia was accomplished ICth of February, Lieut. Stephen irin 'i a yoKngand gallant seaman, eattack- - With him were Law-"- .i "cc lacionongb and the boy Morris, a ; ji'Pman 18 years old. The Tripolitan ' 'be IntreDid enabled her to enter the Jfat night and approach tho Phila-I"1- 3 so close that tho boarders, led by rf.and Morris, were on the deck of .?PtlveWfoift the Tripolitans scented In minutes the Phila-thslil3- 8 in flanws. and the Intrepid her complement backed out of the a,, ,5 r a ealUng fire from the pasha's aaa forts. b'v this the war on Tripoli was carried irJ a eeriSof heavy bombardments in AuSust. The season of severe in t 3 waa approaching and the ttiaaadet, flndinj: his ttpirounitioa Tim I'Uli Learned In Walk. Ileiirilt Dshl, of Aiilesund, Norway, was a reader ami follower of Darwin. Wi.ihii::? to apply his theory of the limit of a rh.pt ability of a sjieeies to its environment, ho procured a herring from n neighboring fjord and carried it homo iu a tub of rc-s-i water, I In renewed the water daily for whim time, and grad-ually reduced tho quantity, with so lit tin inconvenieni'O to the herring that bo concluded that llio fi di might in timfl learn to breathe nir undiluted with water, liko tho cut n:nl tho man. It turned out us lin expected, (.ml tho water was finally turned out of tho tub of the herring, nevt r to bo replaced even for bathing. Ib iii ik nct removed tho fi.-- h from its tub ami placed it on the ground, where it fl.ii-i- about very nwk-wardl- y at firvt, but fooh l"arned to move freely and rapidly. In u liltlo while tho lvn'injr was ablo to follow its master without dillicnlty, and then it became biii constant comp'in-io- n ulK.nt t!ie street ) of tho city. On n certain unfortunate day I ,'en rile bad oc-- : rasion to cr. n dilapidated bridgu which stKinne 1 an rin of the harbor. The herring (mniii:; gracefully uloncr, lieedles.iof danger, now and n rpring-in-at tho ephemera, for which it had acquired an etecial fui:d:ie;, l ilrt j footing, (dipped through a crack intotlio water iKiieatb and was drownoU. For-C-and .Stream. At mi Ebb. Mr. Van Etten (trying to conceal a yawn) Where did you say you wtre going tbis gummar? Miss Marigold (who has seen his at rug- - ' g!e Mr. Van Ktten, I am Just a banlatimeas you are, aud I should iel indebted if you would yawn for mo alao. Lif ('ft-- t In Krfutliern In'lla. ! Tlie caste sy-i- t iii is hrribiy utriet. The i'ulleahs and ('nam !;art (tho latter tho lowest of all j aro wn f" iied er-a- t tin s, ' tho former only lciii'; pnvili d to wear j n gannent reaching to tie'ir l:ti" H ami a j fiilet on tiieir head, also to employ bar-- j n. The Cjure-kar- s are never allowed . t come near tho town, oml veri in tho viihig'tf, when they coin' to buy rice, Col. li-nr- y has vxu tie-- d!piit tlio price twenty paces in front of the shop and retire to a certain distance; then tho nhopk'yper won! 1 ri.nn; out, put down the rice, tal:e nptht moiuy and with- - ; draw, when liio pwr ulavo would tak ' pMion of his purehu. Twenty yards is the prewr.U d distance th.--.t must always be luaifilained betwe n a I iw cu.to person utnl one of n hig'uer. I5ut when u iirahmin coiii'-- s til tho road tho people ou both to make way fvr the purer being. Spectator. Hiirkrra7 or. Notes and Q re-- i. li iiing Jfr. TliJ:keray' bi'.i.ea iinw. Vi!i::a I"rrtiM-- ri e.: "I liave jilw.iy that Th vXeray'n ie: km br,.cu i.i a light at OarU'ruouvj irj Venr.!, Q. C, lat-d- dal. I'ai I am inia'.nkcn, t;ii wa ViUt tun by toa ii who l!?r-dii'x- il me U 1 l.ckeruy. Mr Venabl j a a meuiUr of the hueirty of Diie'tsoti, and IofjsJit next to him. On nt b:at ons ocnviioo I alludi-- to Ihr fact, and he cer-tainly did not duny it. However, tin 6t have ton raw. My Infontiiiit aildel that the 'DjJirt-- , J we ci,.-!- l t .x ta Kton, rjn cp ai4 tafi to V'ii(i:.ln. V' have w.ilt tau tut kbkii. Uy is lu aebix-i:- "' ' |