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Show (THE INDEPENDENT. "William F. Gibson, - - Editor. E. N. Jordan, Business Mantger. Entered at the Post Office at Spring-rllle, Utah, for transmlaslon through the mails a second-class matter. Issued Every Thursday Morning. TERMS OF SCBSCRIPTIOX. One Year r oo Six Months 100 Three Months ."50 ASK FOK ADVERTISING RATES. DOLLAR SIGN'S DEBUT. The Author of the Familiar Character at Last Discovered. Some weeks ago Dr. Marcus Baker of Washington published in one of the magazines an account of a theory which he has to account for the origin of the familiar dollar sign, says the Boston Transcript. This has long been in dispute. All sorts of explanations have been given, the most common of which is that the initials of the United States are crossed. But there have been seven or eight other theories to account for the dollar sign which are about as good. Dr. Baker, in his researches re-searches in the library of the bureau of education, came across an old book entitled "A Compendium of Federal Arithmetic, designed for the use of schools, and especially calculated for the meridian of the United States," which was published at Lansingburg, N. Y., in 1797. Its author was the Rev. Chauncey Lee of Rutland, Vt. In this book the author sets forth a system of what he calls "characteristics," by which one vertical stroke was to designate des-ignate the mill, two vertical strokes the cent, these two crossed by one S-shaped S-shaped stroke the dime and for the dollar the sign consisting of the two verticals with the two curved strokes, now so familiar, was proposed. At that time the people of the country were just emerging from the use of pounds, shillings and pence, where each was separated by a space from the next denomination. de-nomination. It accordingly seemed necessary to Mr. Lee to have an arbitrary arbi-trary mark for each of the denominations denomina-tions of our monetary system. But he soon found that one character, with the decimal point, was all that was necessary, neces-sary, and in the latter part of his own book all of his elaborate system of symbols, except the one Intended to mark the dollar, was found to have been dropped. Dr. Baker certainly flnds the dollar sign in this old arithmetic, and he does not find it in use at an earlier date. By the time Adams' arithmetic arith-metic was published in 1805 the symbol had become well established. He therefore there-fore regards Mr. Lee as the inventor and believes the sign to have been ab-Eolutely ab-Eolutely arbitrary in its origin. Since the publication of his paper in one of the magazines Dr. Baker has received many letters on the subject, but none in which his conclusions are challenged. chal-lenged. He intends, for further verification, verifi-cation, to make a study of the department depart-ment records to see when the dollar 6ign first appeared in the treasury accounts. ac-counts. He also hopes to make a more thorough search of the old text books to see if by chance any use of this sign prior to that of the Rev. Chauncey Chaun-cey Lee can be discovered. It is certainly cer-tainly interesting to know the origin of a thing in such constant use as the dollar sign. Dr. Baker's discoveries sem likely to take all the sentiment out of the matter, but this Is the common com-mon result of modern historical research. re-search. TREE BUTCHERS. Shonld Not He Allowed to Try to Head Hack Top Branches. Some fast-growing trees get finally too tall for the purposes for which they were originally planted. Through the winter season, when employment for what are popularly known as tree butchers is scarce, the ax and saw are vigorously applied to head back these trees. It is thought that this is the proper method to make the trees throw out -ide-spreading branches. Any careful observer may see that this is never accomplished. The butchered tree only endeavors to go up more rap-Idly rap-Idly than before. If this topping business busi-ness were to be done late in spring, or in early summer, when the tree is in mature leaf, and starting to grow vigorously, vig-orously, the effect would be very different. dif-ferent. The growth force is not sleeping sleep-ing at that period as It is in the winter win-ter season, but in active operation. The force intended to be expended in the upward growth must exhaust itself it-self somewhere. Suddenly checked in its upward course, it is diverted int the lateral branches, which are strengthened accordingly. The caretaker care-taker of hedges, or, as they have come to be termed with us, live fences, understands un-derstands this very well. lie cuts back the strong shoots at the apex severely se-verely and thus manages to have the hedge as thick at the "bottom as at the top. Unfortunately, the tree butcher butch-er is usually at his day's work in the summer time. It is only under the starvation stress of the winter season sea-son that he whispers in the owner's ear that his trees need pruning. HADING STARTS A FASHION. Because She Looks Beautiful Even In Plain Clothes. Veils and bonnets such as Josephine wore threaten Dame Fashion's peace of mind, says the New York Ccmmer-cial Ccmmer-cial Advertiser, for Jane Hading, who is playing Josephine in Paris, is beautiful beau-tiful and looks well in even ugly clothes, and the women who love novelty nov-elty and the gown builders who encourage en-courage folly are ordering and making many empire gowns for garden parties, where any picturesque garment may be worn without exciting unkind comment, com-ment, and where a quaint frock or a daring hat worn by a pretty woman often sets a fashion for a season. One of these Josephine bonnets has a large and wide-open brim hemmed by a thick roll of many-colored beads; a branch of roses runs under it on tn hair. The crown, which is melon-shape, melon-shape, is veiled with green net; the white lace is draped around it and falls on the left side, when It does not cover the face. A Josephine turban of net and pearls is said to be a trifle more becoming than the usual empire headgear. head-gear. It has two white ostrich feathers bending forward and adorned by a splendid veil of Honiton lace. These veils are almost indispensable accesso-: Uta of empire bonnets. A TalU Objection. Mr. Cltydweller (to suburban real estate es-tate agent) I OBly find one fault in your town, Mr. Boomerup, but that makes me decline to buy a residence here. Mr. Boomerup Why, what is the matter? Mr. Cltydweller I noticed today as we hae been driving about ( that all your Arrest houses are owned L by physicians. BATTLE WITH A TUNA THE FISH SWAMPED AND WRECKED THE BOAT. Finally Captured One of the Hem S tram at Lous; IMstauoe to a launch.. Keeping; Up a Constant Fight with the Fish- V One of the most remarkable experi ence ever recorded in fishing annalu took place near Avalon, Catalina island, is-land, Cal., recently, almost resulting in the drowning of three men. C. F. Holder, president of the Tuna club, and T. M. Townsend of Philadelphia, witK "Jim" Gardner as boatman, started fo Long Point, towed by the launch Minnehaha. Min-nehaha. Off White's Landing they struck a large school of tunas, darting in every direction. Townsend had the first strike, but failed to hook his fish. A second later Holder had a strike and In a moment the boat was rushing astern after the fish. After a hard struggle the fish was brought to gaff. Holder passed the tip of his rod forward for-ward and Gardner hooked the fish with the gaff and proceeded to haul It in. Just as it was landed the fish gave a convulsive leap and capsized the boat. The fishermen were about a mile from shore and the launch va3 some distance dis-tance away, having kep. off to avoid the lihe when the flfh was playing. Holder, seeing that the boat would not hold them all, struck out for the launch, which he finally reached, great ly exhausted. The other two men were having a serious time, as the fish rolled the boat over several times, and the wire ladder of Holder's line was wound around Townsend's legs. Gardner Gard-ner also started to swim to the launch, leaving Townsend alone with the boat, which was now turned bottom up, allowing the latter to climb on tha keel. Gardner was still holding on to Holder's fish and performed a most remarkable feat of courage. Sometimes Some-times he was on top of the fish and sometimes the fish was on top of him. Three times the game creature made desperate plunges and carried Gardner under water. Finally Gardner reached the launch exhausted. He did not release re-lease his grasp on the fish until Holder and Mrs. Gardner drew It In. When the fishermen were rescued the water for an acre around looked as though there had been a wreck. Oars, clothes, rudders, gaffs, hats and other debris floated about. Gardner was badly cut and scraped by his fight with the fish. THE CRADLE OF COEDUCATION. I Some of the Prim Rales That Governed the Early Girl Graduate, It is now about sixty-five years since for the first time in the history of our country young :ies studied the higher high-er branches in the same classroom with young men and publicly received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin college, the cradle of co-education. In the year 1841 "three women graduated and were the first young women to receive a degree in arts," and in 1844 two women applied for admission ad-mission to the theological seminary, were admitted and finished the course, although they did not receive a degree. de-gree. One coveted privilege these young ladies were not permitted to enjoy that of reading their essays on commencement day. The professor of rhetoric was their proxy. Such an ardent woman's rights advocate as Lucy Stone had to suffer under this humiliating discrimination, but not without vigorous protest. Her essay was not read by the professor of rhetoric rhet-oric for the simple reason that it was never written. In 1859 that barrier was broken down by the pent-up energies of many generations of i ? female students, who here as eve... vhere obtained ob-tained their rights if they wanted them. The living of the young ladies must have been very plain, for they ' pa'd only 7.5 cents a week for board, and they paid that by work at the rate of 3 cents an hour. 1 find nowhere a record of class parties, and not a trace of a class picture, and I know that there existed no such frivolous thing as a chocolate drop. There were four women to enter the first regular freshman fresh-man class. Though the frivolities of modern college life were not permitted, per-mitted, love could not be kept out, and Mary F. Kellogg, one of the four, afterward aft-erward became the wife of ex-President Fairchild. The mother of Dr. Barrows, the recently elected president, presi-dent, was also one of those pioneers of coeducation, and she certainly did not dream that at a crisis in the history of her alma mater she would give her beloved son to be the leader of that noble Institution. Woman's Home Companion. Oldest Rose Tree. In the crypt of the cathedral of Hildesheim grows a wild rose tree said to be 1,000 years old; whereas It Is the root only, not the stem. whi ;h is eight centuries old, according to accurate accu-rate information derived from original documents. A legend connects this rose tree with a vow made by the founder of the cathedral, Ludwig the Pious, and a document of the eleventh century states that when Bishop Hezilo rebuilt the cathedral, which had been burned down, he Inclosed the roots of the rose tree within a vault, which still exists, raised upon this vault the crypt, and spread out the branches of the rose tree upon the walls. The stem was in 1849 twenty-six and a half feet high, and the branches covered about thirty-two thirty-two feet of the external crypt wall. This is said to be the oldest rose tree in the world. Latest from Cuba. The Spanish police reporter for the! Cuba Times gathered the following in- j teresting items the other day: JTjrie I The inspector of the Fifth precinct of police general, Calixto Enarmorado, put a fine on the lady Sona Terrado, living at Campanario No. 12, for emptying her slops into the street on a gentleman's head. Detailed Finding the gentleman Don Lorenzo Carbonell inebriate and making a noise he was arrested. A Mule In Marina street there was found a mule running loose ' without knowing his owner. He was sent (the mule) to the Fosos, subject to the disposition of the second lieutenant of the Alcalde. All He Could Promise. 'Now, Tom she pleaded prettily. j nlgat j was entertained by the Amer-'promise Amer-'promise me one thing. Promise me lcan Asiatlc Assoclation. and I was that when you leave the club tonight aJtked to deliver an address. The Am-you Am-you won t go anywuere else, but will erlcari AsIatic ass0ciation was formed straight as I can, my dear," Tom answered, thoughtfully. Somervllln Journal. A Crockery Jajr. . . "When Wigsby is in his cups hi has eyes like saucers." Yes, and bowl legs." Cleveland Plain Dealer. CHAKLES BEItFSFORD. ENGLISH BULL IN EASTERN CHINASHOP. Telia the Whole World That China Is In Proper Condition to Be Divided Between International Territory Rob-ben Rob-ben Wmt Uncle Sam to Join. Lord Charles Beresford has written a book which he calls "The Break Up of China." In it he tells the jingo story and prophesies what is well enough known, that China is in decadence. He also tells with vigor and purpose who are going to gather up the pieces, and with more vigor and enthusiasm points out the way for England to get her hare. Here is what Lord Charles says of his purpose in writing this book. It explains what is in it, and in its last paragraph takes faithful valuation of Its merits: "The break-up of an empire of four hundred millions of people is an event that has no parallel In history. When I undertook the mission confided to me by the president of the Associated Chambers of Commerce, I frankly admit ad-mit that I did not fully grasp the dimensions di-mensions of a problem, the solving of which is only possible by clear thought and decisive action qualities that have been conspicuously absent from our dealings with China during the late difficulties in the far east. Although my report deals mainly with trading and commercial questions, It cannot exclude considerations of high policy, and I am compelled to travel outside the limits originally defined for the scope of my mission. In framing my report it Is impossible to ignore conditions con-ditions inseparable from the commr-clal commr-clal question, namely matters relating to international, racial and political complications. The British and American Amer-ican public have been quite bewildered by the controversy which has raged during the last year over the relative merits of the "open door" and the "sphere of influence." Investigations on the spot have convinced me that the maintenance of the Chinese empire Is essential to the honor a3 well as the interests in-terests of the Anglo-Saxon race, and I hope that when the British and American Amer-ican people are acquainted with the facts as a whole they will be similiarly convinced. The diplomatic and commercial prestige pres-tige of Great Britain has been affected by the events in northern China, but only in a slight degree when compared with the loss of good name involved in forcing concessions from China when she is prostrated by Involuntary surrenders sur-renders to powers stronger than herself. her-self. Hitherto our policy has been to befriend weaker nations. It cannot be said that this policy has lately been fol lowed in the far east. We have taken advantage of the importance and distress dis-tress of the authorities and people of LORD BERESFORD. China to advance our own interests, and consequently China has become suspicious of Great Britain. This is not only natural, but inevitable. Our proceedings are certain to encompass en-compass the doom of China, and equally equal-ly certain to produce international strife. Mastery In Asia under a system of "spheres of influence" will not be determined de-termined by effusion of ink. A straightforward straight-forward recognition of the principles of freedom, fair dealing and equality of opportunity which have made our position po-sition in the world, coupled with resolution reso-lution and vigor in carrying these principles prin-ciples out, will not preserve the Integrity Integ-rity of the Chinese empire, but will conduce more largely to our interests than the present plan of taking what does not belong to us because other powers are doing the same. Unless a definite settlement of the problem in the far east Is thought out and brought into effect war is certain, and the whole civilized world may be compelled to share in the conflict. No one knows better than myself the inherent deficiencies of this report. I claim for it, however, the single merit of being an honest endeavor to examine exam-ine and set forth the conditions under which war will alone be avoided, and will at the same time secure the trading trad-ing and commercial interests not only of the British, but of the whole Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxon race." Lord Chalrles is one of those men who are hungry for war. A born fighter himself, he has cultivated a kindred purpose to secure an opportunity. But his book shows the value of the adage that tells how a shoemaker should stick tn hid tact ft I. dlto nrltV, ctotlettaa , , " 13 L"e U!,U"" ,ei,UU5 uave Pua lished and is as littIe readable as the -cuoua iciuius i lie rtf are some COm- ! ments upon tne statecraft as practiced in the east. They are not to be taken seriously, except in that they come from a source which is regarded as a little eminent WTlth those questions we have not much interest in.these relations. re-lations. With the book we have less, for as literature it cannot be regarded at all. We will add a specimen naee twhiCn not unfairIv supports the opin ion, but has local interest because Lord Charles was writing of America Just as throughout his book he wrote of China. It must be said, however, that what facts the "captain of the Condor" gathered he printed with accuracy: I T o rrlrad of X ... "VV TTV 99 HI on the same lines, and with the same obJecL as the Eritish China association, and, like the China association, Its objects ob-jects are pollticaL It watches over the American commercial interests in the far east, and brings political pressure to bear in furtherance of those interests. inter-ests. A notable feature of this entertainment enter-tainment was an eloquent speech 4e- IlTered by Mr.Whltelaw Reid, the gTat apostle of protection In the United States, declaring that the 'open floor policy was the best for American trade in the Philippine islands and in China and, more, that the American government govern-ment intended to commit itself to this policy In the Philippine islands. "The following day I was asked to address the Chamber of Commerce in New York. This meeting was quite as crowded and enthusiastic as the other meetings which I had been requested to address in the United States. At all t'.iese meetings I spoke on matters sole ly connected with trade as it at present exist in China, and on questions connected con-nected with its future development and security. There can be no doubt that the subject excited a considerable amount of interest throughout the United States. This was shown not only by the manner in which the press of the country discussed the matter, but also by the numerous letters I re-ceivad re-ceivad from trading and commercial communities from all parts of the Uni-.ed States, and by many telegrams invhing me to address public meetings throughout the country. Among these lattrr wer several from the largest Statas, such as Philadelphia, Boston, and most important cities of the United Milwaukee, Louisville, Kansas City, Cincinnati, Baltimore and many more, beslies those I had the pleasure of visiting. vis-iting. "I visited the naval yard, where I was received with the greatest kindness and cordiality by the authorities. I went on board the Massachusetts, a most serviceable serv-iceable and heavily armed battleship. "I visited also the great steel cable factory, and observed the most interesting inter-esting method of effectually lubricating the shaft; the shaft, with the six reels, containing steel wire strands, weighs 250 tons. It revolves at the rate of 106 revolutions a minute, on a bearing nine inches in diameter. It Is kept lubricated lubri-cated by means of an automatic hydraulic hy-draulic pump, of great power, charged with oil. I was informed that a hot bearing is unknown, although the shaft, with all its weight, rests vertically verti-cally on so small a surface." USE THE AFRICAN ELEPHANT. Cathollc Fathers Train an Animal for Draught Purposes. African elephants were trained to work in ancient times just as their cousins in India are now taught to carry burdens and draw loads. In the menageries of this country and Europe the African elephant has proved no less docile and teachable than the Indian animal. Many persons have asserted, however, without good reason, that it is impossible to domesticate the African Afri-can elephant and make him valuable for draught and porterage purposes in Africa, where domestic animals are eearce and the elephant would be a great boon if he could be made to la bor. The few experiments made in Africa to train the elephant have generally failed, and on account, doubtless, of improper training the animal has a bad reputation he does not deserve. In Uganda, however, an elephant was thoroughly domesticated several year3 ago by the natives, who utilized his strength in their daily toil. Other efforts in East Africa to train the animal ani-mal to work are now in progress, and promise good results, and on the west coast, at the Catholic mission of Ste. Anne, at Fernan-Vaz, the fathers have just made a successful effort to domesticate domes-ticate a young male, and though he has been in training only a year he is now employed in the labors of the mission. mis-sion. The young animal was purchased soon after he was caught from natives of the Pahouin tribe who live in the Gaboon region, near the west coast. The fathers decided to do their best to make the young fellow useful. At first he was placed in close confine ment. He showed fear ana repugnance at the sight of negroes, which seemed to prove that his captors had maltreated mal-treated him. In his prison he got hla first idea that the white men were his masters, for he found that he was unable un-able to destroy the walls that hemmed him in, and after a month he gave up all attempts to escape, and day by day grew calmer, until at last he was quite docile and contented. In a few weeks he began to take food from the hands of the fathers, and then permitted himself to be caressed on the head, but invariably resented the familiarity when anyone touched his trunk. After two months of prison life the next stage of training began. In Asia sharp, iron-pointed sticks with which to prod the wild animals are prominent in the process of taming, but the fathers fath-ers of the African mission preferred a milder regime. They began by tying a rope around his neck and then induced in-duced him to walk, while one of the fathers led him. When he refused to follow he was pushed gently but firmly from behind. Sometimes he was stubborn, stub-born, and then the rope was drawn tightly around his neck. If he still resisted re-sisted the fathers got a grip on his budding tusks, and this always brought him to terms. After a while any one of the fathers was able to lead him as he would a horse. As he was destined to see a great many negroes all his life, it was desir able that he cultivate more friendly relations re-lations with tnem. So efforts were made to induce him to follow negroes when they held his rope. His grievance griev-ance against them, however, was still a sore spot In his memory, and at first he refused to have anything to do with them. It was found that he would permit per-mit negro children to lead him, and by degrees, little children being replaced by large ones and then all children by adults, he grew to like negroes of all sizes and ages. Then he would do for anybody all that he had been trained to do. After his day's training it was often difficult to make him enter his prison yard again, but when ripe bananas were used as a bait he was enticed within the inclosure without difficulty. For two months the fathers drilled him in nothing except walking behind his leader. When this lesson was thoroughly thor-oughly learned they put a sort of collar on his neck, to which a piece of wood weighing seventy pounds was attached, and in his daily exercise he had to drag this weight along the ground. Having advanced so far toward civilization the young fellow received the name of Fritz. The weight he drew was gradually grad-ually increased, until he was able to haul a large load. Today Fritz is an accomplished and-willing and-willing draught animal, perfectly gentle, gen-tle, greatly attached to those who treat him well, and one of the most useful attaches of the Fernan-Vaz Mission. He is often employed also for rldinj purposes. The experiment of the fathers fath-ers has been a complete success, and probably no better method of taming and utilizing the African elephant can be devised than that which they employed em-ployed to make Fritz a useful animal.' New York Sun. THE NEW Tie Duke (f Arcos Comes from One of the Oldest Families of Europe, But His Wife Is An American. Don Jose Brunetti y Gayoso, Duke d'Arcos, the newly appointed minister from Spain, is a howling Iberian swell. His ancesters were famous people a century before Columbus was born; in fact, the family is one of the most ancient an-cient in E-urope. In the National Museum Mu-seum one may see a geographical globe, made in Germany about the year 1453, which, for obvious reasons, has no America on it at all, but only a blank of blue ocean instead. All the provinces and principal towns of Spain, however, are carefully delineated on this Interesting sphere, which is of large size, and one of the cities shown is Cadiz, which, by the way, was given by royal grant to a forebear of Don Jose's, "for his good and loyal services in the war against the Moors." Thus it will be seen that the new Spanish minister, who Is expected to arrive in Washington next week, is a personage provided by -birthright with a background of hoary antiquity. The oldest American families are mere mushrooms compared with his ancient line, and the supplementary titles he enjoys are so numerous that' he is able to take only a few of them with him . when he goes out in society. For ex-I ex-I ample, he is Marquis of Zahara, as well as Marquis of Cadiz, and incidentally is I obliged to uphold the dignity of Count j of Coasarez. In the course of so many centuries Don Jose was obliged to accumulate quite a large number of ancestors, and to one of these, in 14G9, the town of Arcos was given by the then king of Spain. Those were the good old times when monarchs were accustomed to give away a town or two whenever they felt in a good humor toward anybody. It was much as if President McKinley, if he were an unlimited potentate, should make a present of Trenton, N. J., or Chester, Pa., with the Inhabitants THE DUKE thereunto appertaining, to Senator Billy Mason or Representative Henderson. Hender-son. This was a very jolly old custom indeed, and pity 'tis that it should have fallen into desuetude. Anyway, the facts quoted explain how the family title of the Duke d'Arcos originated. With Cadiz for a city property and Arcos for a country place, the family of the new Spanish minister felt itself pretty adequately provided for territorially, terri-torially, but, unfortunately, there came a time, in 1493 one year after the discovery dis-covery of Amer? when their most Catholic majesties, Ferdinand and Isabella, Isa-bella, decided that they required the seaport of Cadiz in their business. This business was the trade with the East Indies, which part of the world had then newly loomed up, not merely in a geographical but also in a commercial com-mercial sense. There was no resisting the royal demand, and so the then Duke d'Arcos gave up the title deeds to the property, receiving in exchange a brand-new collection of titles and other equivalents. Few ancient families are without at least one wicked ancestor, and to this rule the noble line of Arcos is no exception. excep-tion. It is recorded in history that in 1646 Don Rodrigue Pons de Leon, Duke d'Arcos, was sent by the king of Spain to govern Naples as viceroy. This was exceedingly rough on Naples, as is proved by his record while acting in that administrative capacity. However How-ever it may not have been so much his fault as that of his government, which at that time needed money very badly to carry on wars with France and Portugal. He was instructed to grind out of the people every peseta they could be persuaded to give up, and these orders he carried out to the letter. let-ter. His agents did their duty pitilessly, pitiless-ly, and the duke closed his ears to the complaints of the unhappy victims of his exactions. In one case certain unfortunates un-fortunates had the impudence to declare de-clare that they had not money enough to buy a bed, and the tax collector replied, re-plied, "Why, then, do you not sell your wives and daughters?" This course of procedure finally provoked pro-voked a rebellion in 1647, which quickly quick-ly assumed most formidable proportions. propor-tions. The uprising was headed by a fisherman named Manzaniello, and was so far successful that the viceroy was finally compelled to yield and to grant all the demands of the revolutionists, including equal rights for the people and the nobility and the abolition of the excessive taxes. Unhappily, Manzaniello, Man-zaniello, elated by his success, lost his head as It turned out, in more senses then one.. A reaction, cleverly en gineered by the duke, set in, and the upshot of it was that the fisherman's head was cut off and carried to the viceregal palace, amid the applause of the very populace of which not long before be-fore be had been the idol. Quite naturally, their family being so famous, wealthy and conspicuous, the men of the d'Arcos name have been prominent in public life, generation after af-ter generation. Thus it came about that Don Jose Brunetti, while as yet lacking the ducal title, entered the diplomatic service of his government. He was appointed "diplomatic supernumerary" super-numerary" in the foreign office at Madrid Ma-drid In 1862 and two years later was sent as attache to the Spanish legation at Vienna. After filling various other minor diplomatic posts in Europe he was made first secretary of the Spanish legation at Washington in 1876. Since then he has been minister resident at Caracas and Montevideo, minister plenipotentiary plen-ipotentiary to Chili, and minister plenipotentiary plen-ipotentiary to Mexico, holding this last office from 1894 until recently. His appointment ap-pointment to Washington, of course, is a promotion. SPANISH It so happened at the time when Count Brunetti, as he was known, became be-came first secretary of the Spanish legation le-gation at Washington twenty-three years ago, a very beautiful and charming charm-ing grl had been newly introduced to the society of the capital. Her name was Virginia Woodbury Lowery, and she was the only daughter of Archibald Lowery, a conspicuous Washingtonian, who enjoyed through inheritance the possession of large means. Miss Low-ery's Low-ery's mother was herself a daughter of one of New Hampshire's most famous men, Levi Woodbury, who was a member mem-ber of Jackson's cabinet and, at the time of his death, a justice of the Supreme Su-preme Court. Thus, her social position was the highest possible, and, from Brunetti's point of view, she was eminently emi-nently eligible as a wife. SOME QUEER BOOKMARKS. Librarian Could Stock a Museum with These Curious Article. To some people anything is good enough for a bookmark, says the New York Telegraph. In a good many instances in-stances they forget to remove them when they have finished reading the book. That is the reason why so many odd things find their way to the public pub-lic libraries. A librarian was talking about this thing the other day. He said: "I could stock a museum with the queer things I have found in our books. These articles include all kinds of bills, grocery bills, gas bills and the like; hair pins, fancy and plain and of all metals, and . air ornaments of every design and m?'erial; love letters galore, ga-lore, some of which make one blush reading; locks of hair, bits of lace, dress samples and watch chain charms; pen-and-ink, pencil, crayon and water-color water-color sketches; postal orders and postage post-age stamps; and I have also a dried AND DUCHESS. human ear, which I found in a book on surgery, borrov-ed bj a medical student stu-dent probably, as I hear they carry all sorts of uncanny things about with them. Photographs, too, figure largely large-ly in my collection. I once found an insurance policy in a book, but it was quickly claimed. It is purely the result re-sult of absent-mindedness. A person deeply engrossed in a book and suddenly sud-denly called away from it would dreamingly put his hand out and take the first thing he saw to use as a book mark, then go away and forget all about it. The time allowed for borrowing bor-rowing the book might expire on that or the following day and probably a member of the family might casually pick the volume up and return it to the library without thinking of examining exam-ining the interior. The receiving clerk at the library counter is supposed to turn over the pages of returned books in the presence of the borrower, but whether this is always done largely depends upon the humor of the assistant. assist-ant. In a crush returned volumes are laid aside for future examination. The artful advertiser cannot let even library li-brary books , alone. Somebody is an agent for a certain patent medicine. He takes out half a dozen books to anybody else's one, not that they are ever read, but simply for the purpose of inserting a circular. I have at last succeeded in stopping him." THE MYSTERY OF DREAMS. A Cose In Which the Coincidences Were Remarkable. On an occasion during the civil war I dreamed that I was standing beside a road when there came marching along it a strong column of prisoners with guards at intervals on the flanks. I asked one of these guards who the prisoners were and where they had been captured. He informed me that they had been taken in an engagement with the enemy on the day before, and that there were nineteen hundred of them. I then asked some bystander what day of the month it was and was told that it was such a day of a certain cer-tain month, some six weeks later than the date of the dream. The whole dream was extremely distinct and it made a strong impression on me. I related it to a number of my comrades within the next few days, and then thought of it no more. Six weeks later, on the morning of the very day that had been mentioned in the dream a3 the date when the column of prisoners had passed before me, I was on picket two miles distant from the point where I seemed to be when I saw them. It was soon after breakfast, and I was standing by the side of the road at the fire, talking to the officer of the picket pick-et when an aide to the commanding general came riding down the road. He had been a schoolfellow of our officer's at West Point and reined up when he recognized his friend. He told us that he had good news, that here had been a sharp engagement with the enemy the day before and that our people had captured nineteen hundred prisoners who had just passed the headquarters that morning on their way to the rear. New York Post. Longevity in Animals. The elephant sometimes undoubtedly attains the age of 150 years. As a basis for this opinion we have the famous Bheemsuttee, owned by his highness the Maharajah of Mysore. This elephant was captured in 1805, when about 3 years old. In 1876 sue was In excellent health and showed no evidence of "great age. The natives of some of the Indian tribes believe that an elephant never dies, for the reasun MINISTER. that they" have never found a dead one. The Singhalese believe that the elephant ele-phant has a certain place a deep valley val-ley which no man has ever seen to which they retreat when about to die. The whale is undoubtedly a long-lived animal, and is accredited with a century cen-tury of life. A quiet, uneventful life, without great exertion, is conducive to longevity, which perhaps explains why the turtle attains such great age. In 1821 there died a tortoise which had lived in the Bishop's gardens at Peterborough Peter-borough for over a century, and Lorn the records and account of it, kept from time to tin;e, it was estimated to have attained the ripe old age of 223 years. In 1625 a friend presented A-hbishop Laud with a tortoise which he placed in the grounds of Lambeth Talace, where it lived until 1753, or 12S years, dying then, not from olt age, but on account of the neglect cf the gardener. An interesting case of longevity was seen in a turtle brought frcn the Seychelles in 17G6 by the Chevalier Marion du Fresne. He delivered de-livered it to the authorities of the Mauritius, who kept it until 1S53, when Sir Charles Colville, then governor of the Island, sent it to the Loudon Zoological Zoo-logical Gardens. This gave the tortoise tor-toise a known age of 67 years, and as it was fully grown when first brought to Mauritius it may easily have been a centenarian. Pish are known to attain at-tain great age, and instances of fishes living twenty and thirty years are not uncommon. It is supposed that some of the golden carp in the parks about Paris are over 100 years old, and a pike in an English pond had a silver tag to the effect that it was 90 years old. WHY MEN DON'T MARRY. The Mothers of the New Women Feel Aggrieved Over It. It is one of the grievances of the mother of the new woman that young men are not so willing to rush into matrimony and bring up a large family fam-ily on nothing a year as they were in her youthful days, says the New York Commercial Advertiser. The now women wom-en point out that if their fathers had not been so rash their daughters would probably not be new women at all. but would have been quite easy and content curled up by the family fireside, fire-side, with no haunting thoughts of making a living or carving a future to worry them. The mother of the new women doesn't agree with her daughters. daugh-ters. She thinks that men were always al-ways as selfish as they are now, ami that it is not so much that the man of today hesitates to give up the creature crea-ture comforts that his income will provide pro-vide for one but that the man of long ago, who married at 20 on nothing a year, was looking for the comforts that his sons can have today in a bachelor apartment. Even the new women are shocked at this unsentimental, sordid, material view of the matter. It has never occurred to them, they contend, to regard the teapots and Turkish riiss of Algy as rivals, and they are quite sure they are not a bit jealous of the perfect, warrant ed-to-be-sober-and-si-lent servant who keeps his master's clothes and his apartment -in order. They would be only too thankful to be aoie to get as good a servant and as nice an apartment as Algy has for as little money as that fortunate youth spends. A girl who went bachelor-apartment bachelor-apartment hunting with her brother the other day gives it as her opinion that in twenty years, if the present demand de-mand for bachelor apartments keeps up, there will be no marrying or giving giv-ing in marriage in heaven or on earth. In one apartment at which they looked the carpet was nailed down with brass-headed brass-headed tacks. The owner thought it so pretty that he said common nails would desecrate it, the janitor explained. ex-plained. The girl was amused, but her brother looked at the nails with grave approval and said it was a rattling good idea. But she knows now, she says, why men married at 20 on nothing noth-ing a year and lived in a cottage in the days before bachelor apartments were available. War Weapons from a Surgical Standpoint. Stand-point. The medical journals abroad publish pub-lish the results of some recent experiments experi-ments with the new automatic revolver, revolv-er, which is being adopted by nearly all European governments. The experiments ex-periments in question were made on pine wood, on plates of iron, on a living liv-ing horse, and a portion of human corpses, at distances varying from 11 to 330 yards, there being, however, little lit-tle difference between the effects on living and on dead material. The hole is from five to seven millimetres millime-tres in size, and decreases with the increase in distance, the aperture of exit being, however, slightly larger than that of the entrance. It seems that the effect of this weapon on the long, hollow bones was exactly similar simi-lar to that of the German infantry rifle at three thousand to six thousand feet the bone was splintered in every case, and in no instance did the projectile pro-jectile remain in the bone, the track of the bullet invariably forming a smooth channel, without shattering before the bone, and without bony debris, while in the event of a bullet striking the skull it invariably shattered the latter. As to penetrative power, the projectile at thirty to sixty feet passed through two human trunks and only stuck in the third, went through pine wood sixteen six-teen inches thick, and three iron plates each two millimeters thick. A Parting: Shot. "Perhaps it is best after all," remarked re-marked tbe rejected suitor as he lingered lin-gered in the hall. "A man of 25 would soon tire of a wife who hovered round the 32 mark." 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