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Show THE PAGE FOUR THE DUAL OF im'i By an eye witness was a year ago on May 20th since the mHghty King of England was laid to rest in Windsor Castle Early the day before this great event, I stepped of the Jtrain at Eus ton Station, London, and har- It from all over the British Empire but from all over the world; truly cosmopolitan crowd. Along Ihe street and in the gutter was another crowd, hawking fruit, candy, lemonade, funeral programs and souvenirs of the late king. What a sharp and pathetic con trast between these crowds. These hawkers are the poorest of the poor thg cancer of all congested cities of the world, and of London in particular. Poor unfortunates.' Today was the chance of a lifetime to earn a few paltry pennies and yet their faces were hardened and defiant. No joy or sunshine had ever entered therein crowd of 'the rich To them,-thiand wellborn was a most .damnable sight, and no wonder; for they saw the contrast as well as in we did" There they were; poverty, hunger and dirt, just The as Thomas Hood saw it. Song of the Shirt was not writ ten after an evenings revelry and wine, nor in a fanciful flight on a bed of dacodils; but on a bed ried over to St. Pancras station, and from there to Sooth Totten-- ' ham, where the Mormons live. On account of the Kings fune ral, rooms were not to be had. Even standing room was at premium; so I was lucky to have a friend, and Brother Monson treated me fine. It was the last day to view the body of the Ring, so I must hurry. As usual, on my trip, good luek was awaiting me, and let me here say that the old adage is true: better to be .born lucky than rich. I should shy it is; give me good luck and plenty --of it, and you can keep the change of straw,wrung outof a soul And so it happened that Elder full of sympathy, and with the Parkinson of Preston, who had al- terrible reality before him. No so come to see the king, and mywonder that he exclaimed: i self, set out to view the royal re 0 God! that bread should be mains. so dear, and flesh and blood so for was it I say fortunate, cheap! We bear you our witness Brother Parkinson was acquaint- to this awful truth, for we saw it. ed, and it means so much to a Would that we could forget it. stranger who comes to a shnall The towers of the "Parliament town like London. Accordingly building come into sight. A sfgh we took the street car from South of relief is heard, and with it, new Tottenham to Finsbury Park, ife comes iffto the crowd. We turn From the roof of the car-- all sur- Tt the right, pass Westminster face ears here have double decks Abby, cross the street, and the I saw London for the first time. famous Westminister Ilall is beAt Finsbury Park we changed to fore us. Here we are the Tube (the underground squads, and with that beauti- Westmin for booked electric) and ftd, musical English "pass on, ister Station. As we walked out pass on, lye enterj It is no unfrom the lift into the street, common thing in Europe to see a little did I realize that T had king, and as for princes, those e done London underground. beggars are to be seen everyLooking across the spacious where; but to see a great monarch opening before us. we saw a g a lying in state, bedecked with the mass of people, in files of tour, costliest silks and satins, in purWestminister ple and gold, in such splender as slowly entering Hall not to be confounded with only England can display; to be Westminster Abbey. But where in the midst of the ablest and best was the other end of that fileTIIad in a great empire for a few moweknown at that time, the ordeal ments only I say, by all the before us, I fear we should have Gods, it was wonderful. In passing out we steal a glance shrunk from the under takin gv;but Star Chamber, ce in the crowd we decided to at the in walk out the open, and it is all see it through. For over an hour we walked and ran, parallel to over, All night long, thousands of the file of four hut in the op- people sat up along the line from posite direction, until finally we Westminister Ilall, to Paddington other station, where the funeral procesreached that knged for end and took our places with sion would pass the next day. We the four abreast and began our re preferred a good nights rest, and turn trip. Now we had plenty of to k our chances of a place the time for rest as well as for reflee- - next- day. Accordingly at 10 tion. The distance covered in an oclock on May 20th. we found hour, took us over four hours to 'oursehes at the Marble Arch, return. The throng grew every Ilyde Park. It was an unusually never fine day, Although in such a jam minute, and .thousands reached the famous haJL Many it was a Ittle too warm. There fainted, and others, tired ofi wait- - are scenes and moments in the ing left for home. Here then, as world to which no language can elsewhere in life, it was a matter do justice. We can see and feel it of patience and endurance, and only, but never fully describe it. patiently we stood in that crowd Such a s4ene we behold that day. This great metropolis of . the four long hours. While thus waiting, let us take world, clad in mourning purple you into our reflections and ob- - and white from garret to& In this great throng ment, from one end id the Other. were men and women, hot only The English people were in mourn s lit-th- ill-fate- ing, and the civilized world had joined them. The procession is coming. First come the naval men, then the Grenadiers, and then the gun caisson with the coffin. Surroun- - j base-servatio- SZe Graduation Gift ding tire latter were 4the kings guards, and immediately behind came the kings favorite charger, ayd his pet dog Caesar. ; Then followed nine kings, moun ted, headed by King George V, the new king,' with the Kaiser ,on one side, and the Duke of Connaught on the other. The widowed queen followed the rojal cortege, and the greatest respect and sympathy was shown to her, Now come the civil representa-tie- s of all nations, among whom be President of France and Roosevelt were the most gHOULD be selected with and, thought, for ? graduates have wideawake minds. A purchase made '"at f our establishment cannot fail to plehse because our name on I a jewelry bpx means all that excels in the jewelry line. J We buy with care ourselves J and use every means possible to give customers "full value " for value received. We have gifts which can be purchased at prices to suit the convenience of all conspicuous. This part of the stately affair evinced, more than any other, that be dead king was highly respected, and that the occasion was extraordinary. formed Finally, various troo-pal singular-funerThe end of this procession, that up to date has never been surpassed in the history of the world. So impressive was this pageant, that as the coffin passed the crowd, men "as well as women, v ere irresistibly moved to tears. Over 10,000 people fainted, most of whom were cared for by thq splenli' ambulance fervice.. But ithstanding Ibis and other tci nlcnts, it .vas an event that in ver m ;Il he forgotten by those who saw it. tv-t- EXCURSIONS EAST Via Oregon Short p Pacific Special low rates to Cheyenne. Denver. Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis Chicago and many other points. Tickets on sale May 20th.. 24th, 2Gth, and 27th. June 3rd, 7th, l(Hht 14th, 17th, 21st. Jply 6th, 22nd, 26th. August 16th, and September 2nd, and 6th. Lim it October 31st., with diverse route? and stopovers. See agents for rates and further particulars. t Line-Uniq- PREPARING FOR DECORATION DAY d ( Toesday, May 23, 19H, JOURNAL. LOGAN. UTAH TRI-WEEKL- Y MAMMA AND BABY ELEPHANT SELLS- - FLOTO CIRCUS price we scored the first real success in our history. This year our policy will be the same. A reference to our program will be proof positive to our patrons that we do not exaggerate when we state that we have' enlarged our circus to almost twice its former The price' of 25 proportion. cents general admission remains the same. We do not want our patrons tepay any more than that. Anywhere that the tickets cents is are on sale twenty-fiv- e the standard price. There is absolutely no exception to this rule. The ticket wagons will be opeq at 9 oclock on the morning of each performance. . Patrons purchasing admission tickets can do so with the assurance that they will be honored either at the matinee or evening performances CIRCUS SELLS-FLOT- O Ladies Watches $9.00 ups Gentlemens Thin Model $10.00 up f old story now how the Sells-FItCircus, which comes to Logan on Thursday, May 25, being a strictly independent organization and owing allegiance to no circus trust, for years fought the combined capital and Gold Rings, from $1 to$50 energy of the greatest' attractions Lockets - from $1 to $15 in the world of the big tents. Bracelets, from $3 to $25 We do "not mean to state, - We would respectfully ask said the representative of the big you to inspect the stock, disshow, that we were always sucplayed in our show window cessful because year after year with price cards attached. we came home to winter quarters Should you not see what you with a sad deficit in our treasury, want, come inside, where every ra momentary loss which was only courtesty w ill be extended you. offset by the firm belief and conviction that some day or other the great American public would conditions under realize the We Gift Store which we had been laboring and BRAZIL FEARS REVOLUTION appreciate our efforts in the direction of furnishing clean and Rio Janeiro, May 20. The lowholesome entertainment of par- cal papers publish a story allegticular merit. ing the deportation from Brazil us of 1910 found The season by obder of the government of in the field with a larger circus 700 men, including mutineers and than we had ever offered. before, criminals on board the steamer Satellite. As a resut, Barbosa butperhaps the most notable wras our announcement Lima, a member cT the oppositi- that the general admission price on, today asked for an explanatihad been cut to 25 cents. It was on in the chamber of deputies and the first time in the history of the brother of President Fonsecal 100 ACT8 IN 100 UIHUTES mighty amusement undertakings leader of the government, promis-ethe president would make an that an attraction costing approx0 t later. to a to $3,000 According operate explanation day imately the story the Satellite left Rio had been offered at just the price which custom had al- Janiero December 26 last, with seven Hundred men condemned to most made imperative. TWIN People older in the eircu deportation. BAHT A mutiny occurred on January than we were asserted that such ELEPHANTS This was quelled and twelve a move meant financial ruin, but 33 INCHES TAU do now that men were sentenced to be shot. 5TRANGEAN0 the era of popular priced enter- Nine were shot and three jump- tainments was at hand and there- ed overboard. Several escaped and others were fore were willing to become pioCRjfilHAL SUPERS, SPECTACULAR, neers in a march of progress landed at Porto Antonio, the ter- Mammoref CIRCUS, which we are now assured threat-t- minal of the Madeira BABY HIPPOPOTAMUS revolutionize the business raikoad on the Maderia river, a FLOTO CL0VHS-4- 0 Amazon. of the tributary of catering to the public taste. THE FLAMES Within the last seven months FIGHTUIQ It is sufficient -- to state that Street Parana last season, playing to the cut there have been two revolts . . Gorgsciis Brazil one in the navy and the 10s30 O'CLGCX EACHKORMISa other jn the naval barracks on J.0,689 Seats --I fcis&Isn . Twice Its Cobras island, near Rio Janeiro. Former Size TMsDtjuJ Recently there have been fears of j Brine an the see and further outbreaks among naval folk! for yonreelf a Cirmen and it is possible that the Fifty-CeBrazilian government in deport- cus for 2S cents. 1 CmpIMo hf Dally. ing the mutineers is taking meas-- j hrwiiMi Fain arShlnaf M 2 anO lp.sk ures to prevent further revolts. It is an o Cardon Jewelry Company LOGAN THURSDAY MAY 25 e The Logan Monument and Stone company has put on an extra force of men so as to be able to take care of the Decoration Day trade, and its yard is now a scene of activity, that is unusual. This firm has some very fine pieces to erect in the cemetery this year, having demonstrated its abiltiy to handle the work as well as any firm in the state. Just now it is prepared to fill all orders that may come In promptly, and satisfaction always guaranteed. Never leave home on a journey without a bottle of Chamberlains Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It is almost certain to be needed and cannot be obtained when on board the cars or steamships. For sale by all dealers. d one-ha- lf -- o 40-SEL- LS I f FreeTickets Ae Sdls-flo-t MHRMM f. Given Away ti t V f Greys iI I at The HubJhur.ay5th4 (Circus Day) With each $5.00 purchase One Ticket will be given away free yV With cach SIOOO pufchase: 2!TicketS With each $1 5.00 purchase 3 Tickets etc. Opposite the Tabernacle Egirlwlt LOGAN nt PACIFICCOAST EXCURSION Vit Oregon Short Line. SpeciaUow round trip rates to various Pacific Coast points dur ing the months pf May, June, and July with, long limits. Sep any O. CWfftr ratesTandY tilth er . UTAH i E gaU Uke police Ba0ed , Mrs. J. C. Robinson, a Chicago Lake society lady, visiting Salt at the New Grand -- -7 This yea as last and years to come, your store for clews, but'theirsearch grow in the same way and propor-je- d tion that your advertising' grows, jin vain.; Mrs. Robinson now offersIn accofd keeping step are j a reward of $500 'and no questiJ on.ake..,. these two things. " i A Tfijl UU and stopping hotel, had $5;200riofidi Fri-a- s onds stolen frpm ber room on was I in day night. May 21. The case searc I is to kept quiet while the police was f particulars. Doors Open One Hour Earlier, Admitting a Visit to the Bijr I :v-- r . |