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Show OGDLS DAILY COMMERCIAL: TIH'IISDAV. MAY A WXa 6o wa&id u-f- Am ti Uj 1 I an nt-a- in Ue. br:i1 atat aMfmrn'o.' UjU k Imi ooc. Y rr td faiia u trftkoJ and multi vbea Both ak tut tl gjrup cf Tig ii taken; it pkas&n and rereLing to the Uste, and acta yet prompt oa tL Kidoea, fend and Ilowtls, cleanse the tea -- colds, head- effectually, dUptla aches and feveri and cure habitual constipation permanent. For sale La 0c and $1 bottles 1 all druggist". CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. $t fMikCISCO. CiU it touwrui. tr. l- - -I Bufiefl, Wagona, I load Carts, Uuckboards Turbine Wheels, Enerines Saw Mills. Wagon Material, Heavy Hardware, Iron and Steel. Baker Barbed Wire, Black- smith Tools, Etc. . OODKN ia liam gita., iard dim srtrax; aa ft UTAH. THE BRUNSWICK ! Finest Billiard Hall in Utah- - Up Htftira Over Mat! en's. We havetlia Ir.rrmt Hal) in Og'len and DM Krunawick Tabla azclua- - tli but auuU I ak (ur IW. M br f&iiltful au4 asohi utiut; in ana mm vivi. I. G. Proudfit & Co., THE BRUNSWICK. CALIFORNIA Cream Prunes OF A very pleasant Laxative, made from the juice of Fresh Prunes combined with a few harmless vegetable ingrediand highly medicinent of al qualities, put up in the foim of well-know- n CREAM DROPS, Making a very valuable preparation FOR INFANTS AND CHILDREN, Assimilating the food and Regulating the Stomach and Bowels. IT TROMOTF-- DIOESTION, CHEERFULNESS AND REST. IT IS A WONDERFUL REMEDY For Constipation, Sol e Stomach, Convulsions, Loss of Sleep, Worms, Feverishness, etc. PRICE 25 CENTS. For Sale by all Druggists. BRIGGS MEDICINE CO., San Francisco, California. Health is Wealth! , Dr. E. C. Wkst'b Nervb and Beain Trbat-yENTa guaranteed specific for Hysteria, Diwi-nosConvulsions, Fita, Nervous Neuralgia, Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by the ns of alcohol or tobacco. Wakefulness, Mental Depression, Softening of the Brain resulting in insanity and leading to misery, decay and Loss of death, Premature Old Age, Barrenness, Power in either sex, Involuntary Losses and caused by over exertion of the Spermatorrhea e Each box or brain, contains one month's treatment. $1.00 a box. mail prepaid on or six boxes for $5.00, sent by receipt of ice.ARANTEE g,x jjQyjjg To cure any case. With each order received by us for six boxes, accompanied with $5.00, we will send the purchaser our written guarantee to refund the money if the treatment does not effect Guarantees issued only by H. A a cure. Walker, Druggist Sale Agt.. 371 Twenty-fourt- h St.. Ogdeu. Utah NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Estate of Samuel M. Prnataaw, Deceased. Notice is herehy given by the undersigned, the executor of the estate of Samuol M. Prethaw, deceased, to the creditors of, and all persons to exhaving claims against the said hibit thorn with the necessary vouchers, within ten months after the first publication of this notice, to the said executor, at his ollice, Number 2463 Washington Avenue, the same being the place for the transaction of the business of said estate, in the City of Ogden, County of Weber and Territory of Utah. John S. Cori.kw, Executor of the Estate of Samuel M. Preshaw, Deceased. rw, aiai'crta ajd mr tcc u tkry rutin. Ai4 La Urf UimI Uua b Imm llui tLu bit UM IwTrvt-- r a bun! buMua Wuaua'i JuuuL Uac guua Hay Uuvl ILr W THE OLD BASS VIOL In the gloomy garret of the tavnn at aiuon wh-- r dusty, and worm eaten reminder of the nibiy past, lay an old brown bs viol. No one knew whence it came; the year ot ita birth was a mystery. Ii ia1 yean the baaa vi4 Lad given a aign of life. If a bat flattered by or a mouse ran over the titrinpi it would begin to chatter, like a talkative woman, to tell Kturies of the past and to aing songs of the bright days of its youth. Later it would only grumble a little when the wind shook the roof, bnt when the mice gnawed off all the strings it lay silent and uncomplaining in mold and dnxt. Immediately beneath this deserted garret was the duue-in- g ball. There the pipes piped and the fiddles squeaked till all the dogs in town howled in anguish and the ears of the dancers were pierced through and through by the sharp, shrill tones. And no one kuew how near lay the means of softening this discord with a good deep bass uotel Now, the roguish little redtails lore to build in old lumber, and so it hapjwned that a musical couple chose our silent forsaken bass viol for a borne. This circumstance drew the attention of mine host's little Friedel an enthusiastic ornithologistto the old instrument, and one day, amid clonds of dust and angry remonstrances from the redtails, the boy pulled the old ruin from its resting place and dragged it down the attic stairs. The Abelsbergers regarded the bass viol as a gift from heaven. The joiner came and repaired the broken case, the schoolmaster with his great spectacles came and put In new strings, and lo! at the next yearly fair, amid the tones of ths pipes, sounded the deep voice of the venerable instrument, as a worthy accompaniment to devout hymns of praise to the patron saint It was a new awakened life, and there was great rejoicing As is the usual custom at these fairs, the way lay from the church directly to the tavern and up to the dancing hall, and of course the bass viol went along too. If his reverence finds its possible to drink wine from the chalice in the morning and from the tankard in the afternoon, it cannot be too difficult for such a venerable bass viol to play hymns in the morning and waltzes and quadrilles in the afternoon. And, as in the church it had breathed out its soul in devotion, so in the tavern the strings sent forth such gay and joyous tones that the pastor himself could scarce refrain from joining in the dance. So it went on for several years, the bass viol serving in church choir and dancing hall, until at one very jolly wedding the bride, dizzy from the wild dance, sank down upon the old instrument and crushed in its back. Then it was laid aside for a year or two, until the Abelsbergers, missing the bass tones, brought out their old friend and patched it up again, and again there was great rejoicing. Now there came a time which farsee-in- g men called great and full of promise, but which nevertheless turned many a quiet village into Bedlam. In such a plaoe in ordinary times one could find plenty of good, honest workmen, a few cross officials, a fat priest or two, and perhaps occasionally a thin sexton or pious sister of charity, but now there were only "liberals" or "clericals." No other distinctions were made, and if, for instance, the "liberals" had been mascu line and the "clericals" feminine, the matter might have been easily settled; but it was war between friend and friend, between father and son, between husband and wife, between priest and burgomaster, and between church and tavern. One would imagine that the venerable bass viol, as common property of both parties, might be a point of neutrality; "au contraire," as the more cultured put it, it became a very bone of contention. The schoolmaster did not play in the choir now, so the new choirmaster who not only served the clerical banner, but even carried that banner himself sent to the tavern for the bass viol. But the innkeeper commenced to grumble "the bass viol belonged to the liberals; the joiner mended it and the joiner was liberal; the schoolmaster put in the strings, and the schoolmaster was liberal now; it was found in the tavern, so the tavern was its home, and the tavern was liberal. So the bass viol, bow and all, was liberal." Next Sunday the pastor had no text from Holy Writ to expound; the bass viol was his subject. He began cheerfully: "Years ago, when the bass viol was discovered, it was looked upon as a gift from heaven, therefore it was clerical. Its voice was first heard in the church, and the schoolmaster who first played it in church and tavern was clerical at that time, and if the bride who sat on the bass viol and broke its back was not forgotten, he would call to mind that that bride was now the wife of the sexton, and if he, the pastor, finally asserted that the instrument was originally made for the church, no one in town occa-iuiial- ly inOber-Abelsber- COME AND SEE US. - ta Ober-Abrlsber- ton. .r. GEO. A. LOWE, DEALEK in- ft W ava. u4 Unit ad wmrm. ur Lout Iralrt im le bear ail tii CWra to battle antta M,it Lis ia aU aurrvw. aaa laoirbr wbid I Urn Urn, orC TUw Grm rrr. i? out ut mj u!uiJM LLa Nwagb ut bir ataAe I H km fcrwft otc uxjoys tie u Ue, is better fur Ulm. W it )im4 T keep U.y 1W tor ad i.ef J ul mist Lbat are iXai ar art Hi mi, a-- Hu$ tic tut be rnMa i Ultrrsraa W lr W;S4. g. til vi.4 tii ja-o- c:.trry, w clerical ai.1 11 v T, 1591. I po U V ii bet eiijrta-ua'.tl-y Lberal in ti a tjt sat ia tii uvcra l tlrf J A very clear arfiitiet-t- , urre cfctrvh. aitd fcki wa The LtK-ra- drii.kii- tif tin? base t-- jr .t txxxtt-pL.imei- VV.iL CI- ireiil;, however, tL cLadaln thought Ui LilUseif, AitUJOpek kxi ler tLaa Wwrds," and U rvve the tru'.h of tLi sayiii be u4 tavern under covrt vi darkbena aod t.-- k away the baw riuL The affair bet alu animated at oooe. The liberal went U) the district xurt and etitervd a complaint int the I aocosiijg lam of aypropriatitMi of the property of others. liit-jtb- e 'Suumfuurf aiuweri--d the court A Assignee Sale! 0 whole community ia anus about an old bass rial: (ij rtiW it among And the liberal took the baas Viol back to the UVeru. Then the clerical went to the dean and protected a r a. Lft this iuvasi.i of their territory. Tb dean advised them to go to the bishop, but in the meantime to take back the baa vijJ. Then the instrument again disappeared from the your-srlves- v 03 Xh ." Ober-Abelsbe- Different Views of It. A man walked along Wisconsin street very jauntily, head erect and stepping out boldly. Of a sudden he fell. It was no fault of his, but the water into which he soused and splashed was no less foul on that account. A sweet faced, motherly woman saw him and gave involuntary voice to her ready sympathy in the little exclamation : "Poor fellow!" The man arose and pursued his course. Two blocks farther on he met a friend going in his direction. The t wo stepped and conversed together earnestly, probably upon business matters of importance. As they stood so, a young girl slipped on the crossing, and 'spite of much enthusiastic clutching at the atmosphere, went down in a heap. At which our male pedestrian feelingly remarked: "If her shoes had been big enough for her I'll bet that never would have happened." Milwaukee Sentinel. Assignee Sale aQ o r- - ! Q have brought here for disposition the S. KELLNER STOCK of DRV GOODS and FANCY GOODS from Salt Lake City, which is comprised of Silks, Velvets, Plushes, Hannels, Table Linens, Napkins, Towels, Dress Goods, Oil Cloth, Muslins, Sheetings, Calicos, Ginghams, Lace Curtains, Hosiery, Underwear, Drapery Nets, for evening wear, Linen. Cotton and Silk Laces, Handkerchiefs. Gloves. CorI tavern. This time the libwral went to the Don't be silly," was the county court. answer; '"break up the old thing." "But it i not the ba viol we tare aboutT said the AheLberger; "it is a quvetiou of right of honor!" But the court would not hear them, and so they stormed the rectory and carried away the, ban viol. Now the clericals were furious and weut to the bishop. "My dear frieuds," said the bishop, "you must be firm. If they have the biza viol they will take the organ; if they get the organ they will take the choir, and before you know it they w ill take the church from over your heads. I am sorry that I can do nothing for yon, but you must stand manfully for your rights." "Stand manfully for your rights." That meant taking the bass viol out of the tavern and hiding it in the rectory. When this was discovered the liberals, in all the smartness of black coats and white cravats, appealed to the supreme court But their story had gone before them and they were not even So they resorted to deep strategy, briljed the keeper of the rectory cows, who in turn bribed the cook, and got from her the key of the storeroom. The next day as the pastor and chaplain, sunk in prayerful revery, wandered past the tavern, mingled with the sounds of ungodly mirth within they beard the well known voice of the baas viol. Then they held a grand party meeting and prayed to the Holy Uhost for wisdom, and when they had thus prayed for wisdom they held consultation and decided unanimously to send a deputation to the holy father, and the head of the church himself should confirm their right to the bass viol. The liberals held a grand party meeting also, and strengthened themselves with the noble juice of the barley, and thus strengthened they held consultation and the decision was, "If they go to the poie we will go to the empercrl" So the two deputations set forth, the one toward Rome, the other toward Vienna. The poor old bass viol stood in a quiet corner of the tavern, and was sad at heart over all the silly quarrel of which it was the innocent cause; a quarrel which divided the household against itself anil threatened the prosperity of the community. It often sighed for the quiet days in the deserted garret, the peaceful little birds who made their home in its broken case. It was about this time that a band of gypsies came into the village to beg and steal and make music for those who would be merry. Among them was one old fellow with more wrinkles in his face than you could count, but with coal black hair and beard. He took the bass viol from its lonely corner and played. The Abelsbergers listened in astonishment, for they heard for the first time of what a bass viol was capable. The wisest nodded their heads and remarked sagely, "There is good ground for the bass viol war of Abelsberg." The wild music tired their blood, and before they knew it men and women, liberal and clerical, were dancing together in wildest confusion. The old gypsy's thin fingers pressed the strings, and in his hand the bow drew forth weird, bewitching strains that none could resist. Great were the drinking and dancing that night. The gypsy band has disappeared, and whatever may have been the decision of pope and emperor, the bass viol has not since that been seen in memorable night. Translated from the German of P. S. Rosegger by Grace Isabel Colborn for Short Stories. fr-o- j sets Perfumeries. Dolls, Albums, Jewelry, Fans, Parasols, Gents' Smoking Jackets. Gents' Nightshirts, (guilts, Plankets. Yarns, Shawls. Ladies' Ready-mad- e Dresses, Tea Gowns. Ladies and Children's Capes, Jackets. Cloaks. Ulsters and Dusters in Cloth, Plush and Silk for winter and Summer Wear, and thousands of other goods too numerous to mention. In fact it is the finest and Choicest Stock of Dry Coods iRi In this Territory. I will COMMENCE THE SALE on SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 2nd. without reserve and and at Prices Regardless of what they Cost Wholesale. Any person desiring to purchase $100 worth or more, 1 will give a special discount to, and to merchants wishing to buy large blocks of goods, or the entire stock, I will give a SPECIAL PRICE. Do not Delay. Come at once, for it is the opportunity of a Lifetime to get the very best of goods ?t such a sacrifice. Louijs Lederer, Assignee, Washington Avenue, New Opera House Block, First Door South From the Hall Entrance. Bids Solicited Eor the Entire Stock Remarkable Fads. Heart disease is usually supposed to be incurable, but when properly treated a large portion of cases can be cured. Thus Mrs. Elmira Hatch, of Elkhart, Ind., and Mrs. Mary U. Baker, of Ovid Mich., were cured after suffering 20 years. S. C. Linburger, druggist at San Jose, 111., says that Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure, which cured the former, "worked Lievi Liogan, of wonders for his wife. Buchannan, Mich., who had heart disease for 30 vears. savs two bottles made him "feel like a new man." Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure is sold and guaranteed by II. A. Walker. Book of wonderful testimonials free. QUICK MEAL IstrevellUEll 111 PLQCDEN Dr. "Take it before breakfast." ;ve v hich lights same as your gas! hich is the Best one for the people! is the wonder of the age! which St0r j Thj Tne Si" v'e which emits no smell, no smoke, no soot! The r cove which is always ready for action! Hen- ley's English Dandelion Tonic. Notice. indebted to the Union Mercantile company will take notice) that if the said indebtedness is not settled or arranged for by May 10, 1 will place the same in the hands of an attorney for collection. Call on me at store of Union Mercantile company, 3A0 Twen street and save costs. David H. Baldridge, Assignee. Money to Loan ! Money to loan on Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, etc. Unredeemed pledges for sale cheap. 204 and 200, Twenty-fiftSt Drozdowitz Bros. h S StO'v'P The Stove which is safest and most improved! The Stove which is so easily worked and so simple! The Stove on which a meal is quickly cooked, Is called "QUICK MEAL." Call and see the Stove in operation. Eran- - All persons fy The The What we Offer In Millinery. get a noby trimmed hat for usual price So.UO. Mrs. M tyen, next door to Clark & Sons. Gasol ine Stoves! AND VULMER Come and $5.00, 1 MILES, STREVELL & ULMER, EXCLUSIVE AGENTS. BOYLE BLOCK, P. S. M. F. OGDEN, UTAH. First-clasTin Shop in connection. Hen ry Wad m an, Fo re m a n . s STAFFORD. R. T. P. HOOP MILLER. Reduced Rates. of the merchants and traveling men in Ogden who may desire to work up some business with parties on the Sevier Valley branch we have decided that on, and after tomorrow, to Having purchased the large stock of Saddles, Harness, make a single trip rate from Ogden to etc. belonging to the Ogden Saddle and Harness ManufactManti, Ephraim, Spring City, Mount Pleasant and Fairview 85.70, and rouml uring Company trip tickets, good for ten days, 88.r5. This is a reduction of ?1.2o on single trip and 11.90 on round trip. This rate will also apply from the above stations to Ogden and enable passengers to do their shopping in your city if they see-fit- . We are prepared to name some very low prices. If you are Rio Orandk Western Railway. looking for a bargain call and see us. AIL kinds SADDLES & HARNESS, For the benefit A Tender Conscience. Crossing Sweeper Please gimme two cents fer th" clean crossing. Amused Pedestrian Why two cents? "You see, sir, I didn't clean th' crossing myself, but I licked the boy wot did, A Uood Rarsrain. an' took his broom." anil Two acres corner Twenty-sixt"You did, eh?" " Yes, sir. But I want ter do the square Harrison streots; 150 feet, corner Thirty-sixtand Ogden avenue, 2053 W'ubIi thing by 'im, an' if y'll gimme two cents ington avenue. I'll give him one." Good News. .At Great Reduction, of Repairing neatly done. h STAFFORD, MILLER V & CO. J |