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Show Npolron' Death Mask. On March 4, 1821, the day after the great Napoleon died. Automarchi, his physician, took a plaster cast of h!s face, and for this death mask he was soon afterward offered 6,000 by a wealthy London collector of curiosities. curiosi-ties. He refused the offer and retained the mask in his possession until he had secured a perfect copy of it in bronze. The original east' was then offered for sale in London, the price asked being first 6,000, and afterwards after-wards 5,000. No purchaser, however, how-ever, appeared, and the same was the case in Brussels, where the price asked was 100,000 francs. The bronze mask had meanwhile become the property of the society entitled the Sons of Glory, all of whom were at one time officers of the grand army. Whenever a member mem-ber of the socieiy died the mask was placed on his coffin during the funeral services. After the death of the last member the mask passed into the possession pos-session of Miss Forty, an English lady. She has just died, and at the sale of her effects the once famous mask fetched fetch-ed a comparatively small sum ridiculously ridicu-lously small, indeed, when compared with the sum which was once offered to Automarchi. The September St. Nicholas in not. like the Sep" limb r (Vntury.au avowedly "saltwater- number", y.-t ui iuy of its padres nr.: redolent of the hri'iy ocean and its sandy shores. 'Why the Sea ia Salt" is a problem prob-lem that,ha puzzled many a mini: to Mary Brall-v it is .seemingly very simple, an ! explains the m.terv in a string of jingliiikf verges with striking illustrations by h V. Cory. "Arkiehita : A Tale of an Indian Detective," by Lieutenant Henn tt of the Sixth infantry, tells h .w an army scout trailed a runaway- sol lier where even bloodhound might have been thrown ff the scent. ' Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion,'' is i: truduced to youthful readers by their friend Tudor Jeiiks. who rehearses the tale of the young American's extraordinary victor'es at the hoard in France and Enrl md as well as here at h me. (ioethc: Energy will do anything that can e done in this world ; and no talents, nc circumstances, no opiortunities will make a man without it. I nnlt at vnnrtnn one f If if 's roared- j b- j your stomach is bad, your liver out of order. Ayer's Pills will clean your tongue, cure your dyspepsia, make your liver right. Easy to take, easy to operate. 25c. All druggists. Want your mouM;u-tie or barl a beautiful brown or rth Murk 7 Tbon use BUCKINGHAM'S DYE wUCSr, ARTER'SflNK Tone so eood. but it cos more than the poorest t costs no SALT LAKE BUSINESS COLLEGE. THE LEADING COMMERCIAL. SCHOOL. FALL TERM SEPT. 5. WRITE TODAY FOR INFORMATION. BOX 761. SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH. ESTABLISHED 1875.... r"A I I A M "T" I Firearms, Ammunition. FLhing Tackle. 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If jrou have moner to waste try all the "Cure" yoo may fcn.-w or hjmr of; If you wish to run the chance of gttLnif a atneture buy the injections which are auxl to cure in t to A dayw( But If you want a remedy which in atiute.y safe and hU'h never fail to cure hnnatural di bnvrve. no matter how atriou or oC how long stand l"ti the caxe may be. ?et "PABST'S OKAY SPECIFIC No case Known It has ever failed to Cure. Nothlmz tike it. Kcmilti aatonish the doctor, drafrflrba and all who have occasion to uw it. I "an be taken without inconvenience or detention from business. Price. $3- OO. for aaie by all reliable dmvvu,fv or at-nt pre(-aid by Ex presa. plainly wratped. on receipt of price by PABST CHEMICAL CO. Crrulax mailed on reo.uewt. Oucao, III. When Answering Advertisements Klndlj Mention This FaDcr. color eMI JTeeded No Guide. During a school tea a kindly old doctor was regarding one of the young guests with evident alarm. Undismayed Undis-mayed by the doctor's glances the young scholar rapidly demolished plate after plate of bread and butter and cake. At last the doctor could stand it no longer. Going up to the young rascal he said: "My boy, have you ever read any book which woulJ tell you what to eat, what to drink and what to avoid?" "Lor" bless yer, sir," replied the young gentleman with his mouth half full of plumcake, "I don't want no book. Why, I eats all I can, I drinks all I can and I avo' 's burst-in':" burst-in':" Stray Stories. j The New Tor.) 'do. j A Sw d has invent d one oper-at -d by I invisii le jays o' lirht, which enable it to ! explo.'eat will, n like inaiiue'- Hi stetter's : Stomach Kitte.s conquers all stomach j trout. le-. Whin a sufferer f om contioa-' contioa-' lion. dysp- s a or liver complaint t ikes the j Hitters he is sure of acme A jrivat i Revenue Stamp covers the u ckof the !-; !-; tie. ! A I. title MUtake. j The squire's eon had just been or-I or-I dained, and on the following Sunday he I was to take the morning service in his i native village, sajs Tit-Hits. He i was a young man and very nervous. ! However, he did hi5 best and returned ; to the vestry, having accomplished the j service to his own satisfaction. "I 1 think I got through the service without , a mistake. John." he remarked to the old clerk, who was helping him off wit.1i his surplice. "It was finst-rate. Master j Dick," said the old man. with enthu- siasm. "I don't know as I ever heard it better done." After a pause he add ed: "But the old parson, he never gives us the evening service in morning." the Are You I lncr Allen's Foot-Fane? It is the only cure for Swollen. Smarting. Hurning. Sweating Feet, 'orris and Bunions. Ask for Allen's "oot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into he shoes. At all Druggists and Sn.-e 'tores. 2. Sample sent FREE. -VI-: t ss Alien ri. Jirusted. he Roy, N. V. In ft single year tiie value of canaries raised in Cermany j, estimate 1 at -;:i."),00(i, and it is satisfactory to learn that the greater part of this sum goes into the locket3 of the poor. Collier's We kly for August I'., covers a long list of eiiter'aining sub'ects. The front and a special article tell, with story and photograph s, of Admiral Dewey s travels trav-els in the Mediterranean. The war in the Philippines is pictured by stuff art'sts. Ther-J are pages of pho'ographs representing represent-ing the progress of the Paris Exposition ofl'.K);):oi the review of the British volunteer vol-unteer troops at St. James' Park. Loudon : of that Paradi-e of Mexie-i. the country of the Viga canal. The sec md an.l eonciudin -' part of Bret Hart -'s latest '-U oaring Camp" story ''Mr. Hilson's Hoi.se.'.ceper" forms the fiction feature of this number. There are pictures of the new cup yachts Shamrock Sham-rock and Columbia and tho recent accident acci-dent to the latter off Newport as well as many of the lesser crack sailing craft of IS'.!'.). Although there are in Iceland 70.1 people peo-ple they are so free from crime that only one policeman is kept and siK-h a thing as a jail is unknown. .INCORPORATED 1898. 2S1 WASHINGTON AVENUE. OGDEN. UTAH IXIXXXXXIXIXXXIIIXIIITIIISSIIIIZJKjl 3 Meals must be satisfactory, or traveling is unenjoyable. yj The Santa Fe Route prides itself on its system of Har- vey dining rooms and lunch counters. There are none j better. Breakfast, dinner and supper are served at h M convenient intervals. Ample time given for all meals, h I C wCr CLAIMANTS FOR DPNCTHKl rite to NATHAN 1 ' " i ( KKIKIi, Washington. I. C. thev ill receive quick replies. H. Mh N il. Vols Staff 20th Corps. Prosecuting Claims since 187 8 PERFECTION NURSING BOTTLE HOLDER! A device for the Nursery which Elimin-ates Elimin-ates Rubber Tube, the one objectionable feature of Self Nursing, ami renders Hottle Feeding Feed-ing a Perfect Success. No Lying Awake Nights to Hold the Baby s Bottle. It pins tlrmlv to the pillow and holiis bottle tichtly. No, 1 tits '"The Best' Nurser and others of similar shape: No. S. the "Cieantont." No. 8 the common straight neck bottle, and No. 4 the "Arnold Sterilizer." Steri-lizer." Order bv number, at your drutrpisfs. or by mail. X5 Cent. Agents wanted. Address, Perfection Bottle Holder Co.,0!d Tcwn, Maine CANDY CATHARTIC, New Dining Car 8ervlc. Effective June 1st, the Rio Grande Western West-ern railway began operating its new dining din-ing cars. serving all meals on all its through trains. The arrangement included No. 2 leaving Ogden at 7:H0 a. m. and Salt Lake City at 8:?J0 a. m. : also No. 4 leaving Ogden Og-den at 6 :K5 p. m. and Salt Lake City at 7:40 p. tu. The west-bound through trains, both morning and nlgnt. will also carry diners. The cuisine is as perfect as it is possible to make it. Service, a la carte so that you can have your "coffee and rolls" for breakfast, or j-ou can select from a menu as elaborate and complete as the market of L'tah can supply. A Wy Ihej Have. "I hate you!" she criel. Jt hail been upon her lips to tell hi-:i that she esteemed him., merely, but when she looked into his sad, plealing eyes, her heart failed her; she could not crush him altogether. "I hate you!" she cried, accordingly. accord-ingly. As for the youth, lie was mightily encouraged, siaco ha kuew something of the nature of woman. Detroit Journal. Your F.ststern Mall fs now carried on the Overland Limited of the Union Pacific, because "Uncle Sam" knows that the "Old Reliable" gives th best service and makes the quickest time Of any line in the west. Ticket office '"Old Stand," 101 Main stre The complete norel in the Xew Lippin-cott Lippin-cott for Se tember is entitled ' The Duchess Duch-ess of Nona." by Maurice Hewlett. This is an Italian story of the picturesque and dramatic days of C i sar Borgia. A young Luglish fjirl of simple birth ascends the Ducal throne of Nona and is wretched in her rich surroun iings. The passion ot an Italian lover brings on a crisis which has 'the charm of a great stae picture. Mr. Hewlett's ban-Ilin of the plot is masterly, and his power has never be n so evident as in this magnificent scene. Mrs. Wlimlow" Soothing Syrup forch'ldren wetbinij. softenstbe kujii. reduoei ln-flamniaiiuii, ln-flamniaiiuii, allays, paiu. cures wliid colio. 26 cent The ChrUtian Spirit. The true calling of a Christian Is not I to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things in an ordinary way. The most trivial tasks can be accomplished accom-plished in a noble, gentle spirit, which overrides and puts aside all petty, paltry pal-try feelings and which elevates all little things. Dean Stanley. i ' Did you really give for that hand-, hand-, kerchief f" "Yes. ma.'' "Well, don't you think :;o is a goo 1 deal to blow in f All telephone girls look a good deal alike; in fact they are all ringers for each other. I know that my life was saved by Peso's Cure for Consumption. John A. Miller, Au Sable, Michigan, April 'Jl, lS'Jo. "So you don't believe universal peace is possible.'" "No," answered the hollow voice. "I'm married, you know." A rolling stone gathers no moss perhaps, but just think of the dust it raises. Hush! Don't You Hear the Baby Cry? The only safe rm'tlicine for sour curd coMo in nursinx tmhiivs is caM'auMf, Crimiy Cnfhartic. Make mother's milk mildly purgative. Druggists, Ulc, -Vie. M-v. The fat Was All Right. 'Mary, I hope you took good care of my animals while I was away?" "Indeed "In-deed I did. ma'am; only once I forgot to feed the cat." "I hope she didn't suffer?" "Oh, no, indeed, ma'am. She ate the canary and the parrot." Tit-Bits. Tit-Bits. VV. L. DOUGLAS S3 & 83.50 SHOES "N.'N Worth $4 to $6 compared with otner manes. Indorsed bv over 1,000,000 wearers. ALL LEATHERS. ALL STYLES TIIK OKNI INK h.T. W. U Doutrlts' name and price stamped on bottom. Take no substitute claimed to be. as good. Largest makers of ss and :t.50 shoes in the T orld. Your dealer should keep tlmm If n.it wm will RfMld VOU hlud of leather, size and width, plain or cap toe. Htalouue A Free. K L. DOUGLAS SHOE CO.. Brockton, Mas. m Th Best Saddle Coat. SLICKER Keeps both rider and saddle perfectly per-fectly dry in the hardest storms. Substitutes will disappoint. Ask for 1807 Fish Brand Pommel Slicker it Is entirely new. If not for sale In your town, write for catalogue to a.j. iuwtK. rinston. Mass. SOMETIMES when you have lame back and feel poorly, you stop working for the day. But all you do is take the rest and go right to work again when the symptoms quiet down. That is no way to head off a terrible disease that is fastening its grip upon you. Stop the first leak or you lose the ship. Dr. J.H.Mc Lean's liYer&KMneyBfllm quickly cures those first irregularities and thus repels Bright's Disease, Diabetes. Rheumatism, Jaundice and Female Troubles. Druggists hsve it, $i.oo a bottle. THE OR. J. H. MCLEAN MEDICINE CO. ST. LOUIS. MO. rinkimg .Best The Horned Women of tbe TCmsm. Very many of the Bible eaylngj r made hard to understand, simply be- ' cause we, of the western lands, do not know the figurative language ot the east, and also many thinga about eastern east-ern customs and eastern dress. As a good instance of this let me quote Psalm LXXV, Verses 4 and 5: "I said upon the fools, deal not foollfihing; and to the wicked, lift not up the horn, lift not up your horn on high, speak not with a stiff neck;" and ! again, "It is a stiff-necked generation." ' The explanation of these expressions la a simple one. The inhabitants of the districts around Lebanon are called Druses, and these Druse women even down to the present day, wear horns fastened upon their foreheads. These horns are of exquisite workmanship, and are frequently made of tortoise-shell, tortoise-shell, inlaid with silver; they are about a foot in length and tied on the forehead with a hand. When a woman walks out she wears a veil, which is drawn over the head and falls across the horn. If the person wearing th horn holds up her head, the horn is very much raised, as showing pride; when, on the contrary, the head is cast down, the horn is lowered, and this is a token of humility. We are told that the "exalted horn," "the stiff neck" are displeasing In the sight of God; the humble and the lowly are Hie delight. Fertile Lands of Colorado. The traveler who visits Colorado for the first time Is surprised and Impressed with the opportunities the state affords in agricultural agri-cultural pursuits. The mineral wealth of the state, with its many famous mines, seems to have become iixea in the minds of strangers, crowding out all knowledge of her wonderfully fertile soil. Little thought Is ever given to the 1:2, C0C miles of irrlga-gation irrlga-gation canals that have been constructed, and the 2,000,000 acres of land which have thus far been made productive. Yet, out out cf 371 exhibits from Colorado at the world's fair, eighty -one special premiums were awarded, covering all kinds of fruit and produce. The wheat exhibit attracted wide attentiou, and twenty-five awards were given it alone, the largest number received by any one state in the Union. The fruit industry has reached $4,000,000 a year and is yet in its infancy. Sugar beet j culture is a profitable industry. The mln i eral wealth of tbe state, which leads all ! other states in the Union in the output of I g;old and silver, does not compare with her j agricultural wealth. A handsome and pro-! pro-! lusely Illustrated pamphlet, entitled '"The 1 Fertile Lands of Colorado," has just been Issued by the passenger department of the Denver & Rio Grande railway, and gives detailed information of the lands and their location, and may be had upon application to S. K. Hooper, general passenger agent, Denver, or H. M. Cushing, traveling passenger pas-senger agent, 58 West Second South street, Salt Lake City, Utah. Mourned for Three Wives. Visitors in the Presbyterian cemetery ceme-tery at Dover, Del., found in a distant section of the cemetery, some forty feet apart, graves of three young women. They are the wives of Alexander Alex-ander McClyment, a former assemblyman assembly-man and well known citizen of the early part of this century. On the slab of Sarah, who died in 1811, aged 21, is inscribed: "Oh, monster! My heart is torn asunder by this ghastly wound." In 1816, Elizabeth, the second sec-ond wife, died, aged 22, and her tomb contains words even stronger: "Insatiate "In-satiate Archer! Would not one suffice?" suf-fice?" But in 1825, when Elizabeth, the third wife, died at the age of 25, the sorrow-stricken husband wrote: "Thy shaft fell thrice, and thrice my peace was slain!" Mr. W. H. Ijams, who has been recently re-cently re-elected treasurer of the Baltimore Bal-timore and Ohio railroad, has been in the employ of the company for forty-six forty-six years, and has been treasurer since May, 1866. When a small boy in Baltimore Bal-timore he saw the great parade that Baltimoreans arranged to celebrate the laying of the corner-stone of the Baltimore Bal-timore and Ohio railroad on July 4, 1823. The Dlffertno. The other day a little boy was sent to a shop for a peuny"B worth of cobbler's cob-bler's wax, says Ixindon Spare Moments. Mo-ments. The shopman, thinking of quizzing him, said "Won't shoemaker's wax do?" "Aw doan't know," replied the lad. "Aw'll go and sea." He returned re-turned again directly, and, addressing the shopman, said: ."Mi father says that shoemaker's wax will do." The shopman handed it to him, smiling, and said: "What is the difference?" "Well," said the lad, going toward the door, "mi father says ther' same difference dif-ference as ther' is botween you and a donkey, and that is, they're both alike." And then he was off like a shot. Very "Homely." The apex of "plainness" seems to have been attained by an old gentleman gentle-man "down-east." "Why," said one of his good friends, "he was so homely that when he made up a face he was handsomer than he was other times!" Hair Catarrh Care Is taken internally. Price, 75c. l'he Meal of tU Gam. "When yon told me that yon wera going to play golf," said the young husband, bitterly, "I had no idea that you intended to be absent evenings as well as afternoons." His wife was very justly indignant at his lack of foresight. "You should hava remembered,'" she replied, . reproachfully, "that evenings are the only time we have to talk over the t'n.T.e.;' Life. A Sagrsegrion From Willie. "Willie, I hate to whip you. It hurts me worse than it does you." "Let ma do it, then. She can't pound hard "nough to hurt me ner her either." Chicago Record. iry A FELON'S LOVE. !" HRNPY W. CH. i if K XVIII. (Continued.) One of the men fell it was Sullivan. Rolling over on the hillside, he lay still, shot throtirh the forehead. No more "lightning rum" would he dispense dis-pense at the t ,irs;e of one shilling per "nobbier;" no unwary bushmen would he waylay ' rob of their hard-earned hard-earned cheques! Sullivan's long career ca-reer of vice was closed forever and now he would have to settle a lonrnr scoro than ever he had chalked up again, his customers in all his life a score such as rogues of his type never expect to be cr ed upon to pay. "Come on, lads!" cried the trooper. "Fire; but spare the v. . man if j J can." At that mome it the do! r was thrown open and a woman appeared, firing five or six shots from i revolver upon the besieging party. Rushing into close quarters, and firing fir-ing at random, the hut was speedily gained possession of, a id then the fight was over. Stretched upon the floor in a r er, shot through the heart, lay lom Baynes; while lea :ing against the wall beside him stood the woman, mortally wounded, but still at bay. With a yell of triumph William Luke threw himself upon the dead man; but suddenly he drew back with an exclamation excla-mation of intense amazement. Then he tore open the woolen shirt upon the body. "Good heavens," he cried, "it's a woman; and, as I live, it is Anne Dod-son!" Dod-son!" The rest of the men crowded into the hut, and a hush of horror fell upon them, while the hunted creature leaning lean-ing against the wall watched them and clutched at the rough bark slabs in the agony of death, presently gasping "Yes, yes it is Anne Dodson; true to me true to the last! You've won the game, Bill Luke; you will get the reward; but I, Edward Bartlett, will never hang for the murder of your brother, or or the old man at Froy-les! Froy-les! The coins the gold coins they are buried burled beneath Ah!" As the voice ceased the woman's black wig slipped and fell off; there was a dull gurgling sound as of one struggling for breath, and, with a wild glance around him, Edward Bartlett fell forward, across the body of the girl who had loved him, dead! EPILOGUE. It may be stated here that the Incidents Inci-dents in this story are chiefly founded upon facts. The following are the facts: In the year 18 a large sheep-owner in the colony of Victoria engaged a married couple for his station, which was situated some hundreds of miles from the coast, far up in the interior. The man, who gave his name as Edward Ed-ward Dent, proved a sober and industrious indus-trious fellow, and a smart man at his work. He was a capital plough-man, amongst other qualifications, and took several prizes for ploughing at neighboring neigh-boring contests. He was a most agreeable agree-able "mate," and was universally liked by all the other men on the place, being be-ing of a lively disposition and a first-rate first-rate concertina-player. The latter accomplishment ac-complishment is much prized up in the bush, where there is such a scarcity of amusement. His extraordinary affection for his wife was particularly noticeable. He would not allow her to do anything in the way of manual labor, and after his day's work was done he was always to be seen chopping up the wood for the house and carrying up the next day's supply of water from the creek in fact, doing all those little things which most men out there generally leave their wives to do. Edward Dent and his wife remained upon this station for nearly eight years, but one day, much to his master's mas-ter's annoyance, he gave notice to leave. He wanted to better himself, he said, and had an idea of trying the gold mines for a change. For about eighteen months the gentleman gen-tleman in whose employment he had been heard nothing of him. One day, however, as he was strolling down Collins Col-lins street in Melbourne, he met Edward Ed-ward Dent, and accosted him. He noticed that he was dressed in the deepest mourning. "I am sorry," he remarked, "to see you with these outward signs of grief upon you, Edward. You have had some loss?" "Ay, sir," replied Edward "these black clothes very partially reflect the grief within me. I have lately lost my wife." "Poor fellow!" said his late master, who knew how great his affection had been for her. "And what have you been doing of late?" "I have been working in the Ballarat mines," he replied "doing fairly well. By-the-by, sir, you will be surprised to hear that I am shortly going to be married mar-ried again. I cannot bear the solitary life I am leading now after the happy years I have experienced. I am going to marry my late wife's sister." In Victoria marriage with a deceased wife's sister is legal. Some six months after this meeting the gentleman received a message from Edward to come and see him. He had met with an accident, having fallen from a ladder in one of the mines, and was an inmate of the Ballarat hospital. Upon arriving at the hospital the gentleman found to his distress that he was too late. Edward Dent was dead. And now a fact transpired that quite overwhelmed him with amazement. The medical evidence went to prove that the skilled laborer who for eight years had worked upon his estate, and who had undertaken the arduous toil of gold-mining for the last two years, was a woman. What became of Edward's second wife was never known she disappeared. disap-peared. Such are the facts. , Whether the commission of some great crime in another an-other land had led to the woman's thus concealing her identity is a matter which must for ever remain a mystery. THE END. A SUNKEN CITY. In the beautifuf harbor of Kingston, Jamaica, a few fathoms under water. Bleeps the sunken city of Port Royal," which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1692. On a cloudless, still day, when the surface of the sea is perfectly perfect-ly smooth, tbe ruins of tbe phantom NESFTm.D. city mcy be plainly seen in the depths of the transparent wa sr. The spire of the old cathedral Is the most prominent object. In the t ear water ,u can . ee the fishes lazily swimr In and out among the rui - i turrets, ... i .iggestive of owls and bats than of the Pnny inhabitants of the sea. Occasionally glimpses can be had of the ruins of other buildings buildings which for more than two centuries cen-turies have kept their ghastly secrets and will keep '. h i until the end of ?l-e. i Down "here, in that i-enrrul (..pth, lie the bones of thre- thousand men, women and children, ; ied down into the sea with their ho; s on that awful June day in 1692. An tyrthq"ake, suddenly sud-denly rid without warning, smote the profligate city of Port Royal, which sld in'o the se?. The waters or" 1 and swallowed it up, and there, b- .ih the silent waves, was hidde.. the wickedness wick-edness and debauchery of a community described by historians as being almost without parallel. After the earthquake the town was rebuilt, only to be completely destroyed destroy-ed by fire In 1703. On August 22, 1722, it was swept into the sea by a hurricane. hurri-cane. It was once more reconstructed, but again, in 1815, it was reduced to ashes, and as recently as 1880 it was visited by another hurricane. Every disaster was attended by great loss of life. The city of Port Royal was originally original-ly built upon a narrow strip of land extending out into the sea, which accounts ac-counts for its strange disappearance at the time of the earthquake. Like the house of the foolishman of Biblical lore, which was builded upon the sand, it literally slid into the water when the earthquake shock came. Previous to that fateful 7th day of June, 1692, Port Royal had been known as "the finest town in the West Indies, and the richest spot in the world." It was, as it now is, a British colony, but there was little either in its government govern-ment or its customs of British morality. moral-ity. We are told that it was a place of luxurious debauchery; that in their excesses the colonists rivaled the profligates prof-ligates of ancient Rome. Buccaneering and piracy were recognized rec-ognized industries. The treasure ships of Spain were legitimate prey. The riches of Mexico and Peru were levied upon, and the people of Jamaica were literally rolling in wealth and splendor. Vice and debauchery held sway, Bacchanalian Bac-chanalian revels which might put to shame the dwellers in the Orient were of nightly occurrence. There was no virtue. And like the crack of doom came the earthquake. The thunder of the elements ele-ments sounded in the ears of the heedless heed-less revelers. The earth opened in great fissures, and closed again like the jaws of a mighty trap. And in closing it gripped many of its victims in the middle, leaving their hands above ground. Then came the awful sliding, grinding noise of the city, built upon its foundations of sand, sank into in-to the caressing embrace of the sea, which forever closed upon its wickedness wicked-ness and will forever keep its dread secrets. The shock came close on to midday. The air was hot and sultry. The sky was without a cloud. A great stillness still-ness seemed to hover over the city, and then, without warning, the earth trembled. trem-bled. Men and women left their houses and ran into the streets, only to meet death in the bowels of earth or in the hidden recesses of the sea. In his "Annals of Jamaica," published publish-ed in 1828, Rev. George Wilson Bridges quotes from a letter written by one of the survivors a rector two or three days after the disaster, which is in part as follows: After I had been at church reading, which I did every day since I was rector rec-tor of this place, to keep up some show of religion, and was gone to a place hard by the church where the merchants mer-chants meet, and where the president o$ the council was, who came into my company and engaged me to take a glass of wormwood wine as a whet before dinner, he being my very good friend, I stayed with him, upon which he lighted a pipe of tobacco, which he was pretty long in taking, and not being willing to leave him before it was out, this determined me from going go-ing to dinner to one Captain Roden's, whither I was invited, whose house, upon the first concussion, sunk into the earth, and then into the sea with his wife and family, and some that were come to dine with him. Had I been there I had been lost. But to return re-turn to the president and his pipe of tobacco; before that was out I found the ground rolling under my feet, upon which I said to him, 'Lord, sir, what is that?' He replied, being a very grave man, 'It is an earthquake. Be not afraid; it will soon be over.'" Despite the president's assurance, he disappeared, and was never heard of again. Continuing, the rector wrote: "I made toward Morgan's Fort, because I thought to be there securist from falling fall-ing houses, but as I was going I saw the earth open and swallow up a multitude mul-titude of people, and the sea mounting in upon them over the fortifications. Moreover, the large and famous burying bury-ing ground was destroyed, and the sea washed away the carcasses. The harbor har-bor was covered with dead bodies.float-ing bodies.float-ing up and down. Tin Ore. The area of the ore fields of tin has recently been examined. The extent is surprisingly small. To show this the area may be compared with that of the gold fields of the world. The latter are over 130 times the extent of the tin fields. The great source is In the East Indies, the Straits settlements. The Cornish tin mine in England, while very much smaller than the Straits or Bunca mines, occupy a very important place. It would seem as if the rapid reduction in the price of aluminium alu-minium might go to diminish the need for tin In the near future. Why does the joke we think of just before going to sleep depart never to return? OUR BUDGET OF FUN. SOME GOOD JOKE3, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED. A Variety of Jokes, Gibes and Ironies, Original aod Selected Flotsam and Jetsam from the Tide of Humor Witty Sayings. Shlrt-Walst Girls, Fair as any vernal flowers That Illumine a woodland way With their brilliancy of color. On a May-time's perfect day, Are the maidens now before us With their wealth of tangled curls, Whom we designate with justice Springtime's lovely shirt-waist girls. Man might lose his faith in summer Were it not for such as these. Harbingers of rosy June time With its fragrance-laden breeze. When he sees them come, as blossoms. On the street, away he hurls All his doubts of coming mildness. And he blesses shirt-waist girls. Woman has more trust that man has. For she'll wear a tine new straw Ere the last white flake of winter Has decided when to thaw. Thus they ever lead men onward (Those who won't be led are churls). So. at least, these maids assever. Who are known as shirt-waist girls. Tie the skies or fair or cloudy. They will somehow look the same. Just a sight to cheer a fellow Be he losing at life's game. And if I'd a choice between them And the choicest of choice pearls, I had rather see before me Half a dozen shirt-waist girls. Arthur E. Locke Feminine Spooks. First Ghost Say, Marie, come with me to the graveyard; I'm afraid to go alone. New York Journal. Poor Georgle. "Papa, I want to marry George Bol-lenger." Bol-lenger." "Eh? Why on earth doesn't he come to see me about it?" "He's so sensitive, papa." "Stuff and rubbish." "But he is, papa. He's afraid you'll guy him." "Guy him about marrying you! He's an idiot!" "No, papa, not about that." "What then?" "Why, he knows you are a Harrard man, and he's from Yale, and he Bays he's just sure you'll say something about those boat races." Her Geographic Idea. "Charley, dear," said young Mrs. Tor-kins, Tor-kins, "I wish they'd have something more in the papers about the Bering sea." "I don't quite perceive why." "It would go so nicely with all these South Africa head lines. Just think of the combination; sealskins and diamonds." dia-monds." Washington Star. He'd Be There to See. "How am I to know that you will support my daughter in the style to which she has been accustomed?" asked ask-ed Goldey of the persistent Chumpley. "Why, we will live right here with you, so you may see for yourself. You can't make it too rich for my blood." Detroit Free Press. Quite Contented. "Don't it make you feel a little blue to find yourself getting old?" inquired the strictly fresh egg of the somewhat doubtful one. "No, it doesn't," replied the latter; "when I get a little older I'm going on the stage." Cleveland Plain Dealer, A Lady's Ignorance. Kind Lady If you did not drink liquor li-quor you would have more to eat. Tramp Oh, no, mum; no, indeed, mum; it's just the other way. If the barkeeper didn't see us buying a drink once in awhile we'd soon starve. New York Weekly. And He Needed Some. Trotting Thomas I wish I could turn myself into a rumor for a few moments. Walking William What for? T. Why, they say a rumor gains currency. Yonkers Statesman. Two of a Kind. "It's simply impossible for me to find bread for my family," said the loafer. "Same way here," remarked tbe grocer. gro-cer. "I have to work for it." Very Apropos First Missionary What did you put on that cannibal's tombstone who died last week? Second Missionary Here lies ..one who loved his fellowman. Giving: It a Name. "Seems to me I've read this short story a couple of times before, and each time It had a different author's name attached." "It must be a twice-stoled tale." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Her Predominating1 Trait. "She's married an old man worth $4,000,000 and who isn't expected to live a year." t "I'm not surprised. She's always been a most successful bargain hunter." hun-ter." Brooklyn Eagle. Getting Bigger All the Time. Blinkins That wa3 a mighty tall story that Blifkfris ;toM last night. Winkins Yes,- it' grown considerably' consider-ably' since I heard it last. Kansas City Independent A Letter to Mrs. PSnkham Brought Health to Mrs. Archambo. LETTER TO MIS. PINIHAU NO. 42,395 "Dear Mrs. Pis k ham For two years I felt tired and so weak and dizzy that some days I could hardly, go around the house. Backache and headache head-ache all the time and my food would not digest and had such pains in the womb and troubled with leucorrhcea and kidneys were affected. "After birth of each child I grew weaker, and hearing- so much of the g-ood you had done, I wrote to you and have taken six bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, one box of Lozenges, one box of Liver Pills, one packag-e of Sanative Wash, and today to-day I am feeling- as well as I ever did. When I g-et up in the morning- I feel as fresh as I did when a pirl and eat and sleep well and do all of my work. If ever I feel weak again shall know where to get my strength. I know your medicine cured me." M rs. Salina Abcuambo, Cuari.emoxt, Mass. The present Mrs. Pinkham's experience experi-ence in treating female ills is unparalleled; unparal-leled; for years she worked side by side with Mrs. Lydia E. I'iokham, and for sometime past has had sole charge of the correspondence department of her great business, treating by letter as many as a hundred thousand ailing women a year. All women who suffer are invited to write to Mrs. Pink ham at Lynn, Mass., for advice, which will be promptly given without charge. The September Century is a Salt-Water Number. In a preneral sense, this may be said to be apropos of the international in terest in the yacht races for the America's cup. The special feature of the magazine is the first of a series of four papers in which Captain Joshua Sloetim narrates, in a humorous and individual style, the story of his successful circumnavigation of the plohe, alone, in a forty-foot sloop, the Spray, constructed by himself. This unprecedented un-precedented achievement involved two crossings of the Atlantic, and theroundiug Of Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope. ''The Atlantic Speedway." and the possibility possi-bility of making it safer, engage the attention atten-tion of H. Phelps Whitmarsh. The annals of Chinese piracy have been ransacked to pood purpose by John S. Sewell, who writes of "The Scourge of the Eastern Seas;"' and New England family papers have been turned to equally good account in Kobert S. Kantoul's "Voyage of the Quero,'' the true story of how the news of Concord and Lexington was carriad to King George. "An American Forerunner of Dreyfus" is the story of a gallant American naval officer whose life was made a burden to him. early in the present century, cen-tury, because of his Jewish birth and faith. A curious barometer is used in some parts of Germany and Switzerland. It is a jar of water, with a frog and a step ladder in it. When the frog comes out of the water and sits on the steps a rainstorm will soon occur. Do Tour Feet Ache and Born? Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. In municipal competition the way of Hie transgressor is hard to find. Miss Ida M. Tarbell will give in Mc-Clure's Mc-Clure's Magazine for Septemler an account ac-count of Lincoln's funeral an event alone in its kind, since almost every man, woman wo-man and child in the North was a personal mourner, and people stood day and night, in rain and shine, along the railroad in an almost continuous line from Washington to Springfield, to view the passing funeral train and testify their veneration and grief Society Trader Are necessarily people of excellent Judgment, Judg-ment, taste and refinement. In traveling they demand the best service obtainable and the liberaiity with which they pat. ronize the Union Pacific is one of the be proofs ot that hue's superiority. Ticket office, "Old Stand," 201 Main street. Every dog has his day and even then the poor dog gets the worst of it, for the dog days are the very worst days in all the year. Mr. Walter H. Pa'-re has resigned the editorship of the Atlantic Monthly and has accepted an invitation to take a prominent prom-inent post in the direction of the literary work of the allied houses of Harper & Brothers and the Ponbleday & McClure Co. His successor in ths editorship of the Atlantic is Mr. Bliss Perry, known in lit. erature as the author of two novels and a number of essays and stories. Since his graduation from Williams College ia lssi, Mr. Perry has been in the department of English, first at Williams, and afterwards at Princeton University, where he was lately appointed to the Holmes Professorship Professor-ship of English Literature. When a homely girl's face is her forttine it's plain to be seen. 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