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Show Hi; I , TRUTH. i - I . per cent is cut off under con ditions as they at present exist in the that ' y . : - ,' . I ,s i ,s t . I.., I i 40 south, it would simply be an act of justice not a robbery. Republicans who are not lost to national aspirations and perspectives and are still amenable to the sense of shame. Nobody but a person who was not amenable to the sense of shame could give expression to that senti ment. The Republican party is par excellence the party of national as pirations and perspectives. We of the south are too well to do. Who made those of the south well to do? The Republicans of the north, of course. The only rational sentences in the article are the two closing ones. The world will not come to an end just yet. The Republicans seem to have it in a sling, but sometimes great disasters follow overwhelming victories, and they are neither infallible nor invincible. o : ; ; i V . i . , - -- ,i: i i .! .1 .1' t" - f. i ; : ' Was This Origin of Uncle Sam? A curious version of the origin ol Uncle Sam has been discovered in an old almanac published in Lesang-ton-, Ky., in 1814. The phrase is ex plained in the following words: Uncle Sam is a cant phrase significant of the United States, as John Bull. Is significant of England. The origin of it seems to be this: In the year 1807 there was authorized by law the raising of a regiment of light dragoons. When the company first appeared their caps bore the letters U. S. L. D., signifiylng the United States Light Dragoons. A countryman, seeing the company in dress parade, asked a bystander what the letters stood for. Why, was the answer, .that means Uncle Sams Lazy Since that time the use of Dogs. the term has become general. London Chronicle. o American Sailor Loses Uniform. An American man, ashore at Gravesend, near London, awoke the other morning to find himself attired in the uniform of a British soldier. No sooner had he wandered out into the street than a picket stopped him and told him to button up his tunic or he would be tak-p- n to barracks. l)c sought refuge in a police station, where it was discovered that a deserter had changed clothes with him while he slept. 6 man-cf-war- 4. ' s o Warren Foster sells insurance, not law suits; 30 Progress building. PRIZE PIANO FAKES. It could have sold a lew of these for placing under carpets or kindling fires at 10 cents per hundred but no such recompense as this would satisfy tho rapacity of its managing editor. Consequently It deliberately and wilfully led the backers of Miss Peck to believe that by the purchase of this vast amount of old papers to secure the coupons they contained, she would beyond the possibility of a doubt be the winner of the prize opened. When a newspaper cannot, by Indi vidual. Intrinsic merit, hold its own against the competition of its rivals, it is a common practice to resort to in order to the means boost its circulation. The Telegram is one of the few daily papers that is compelled to use this gambling was told in so method of keeping up its favor with piano. Charley Peck amount of votes words that no the public. There are prize contests many had come in for any one of the candiare there on the are that square, dates sufficient to give her a lead of some that fall far short of reaching 10,000 votes over the other leaders, this distinction. It would take an ex- since the publication of the standing had ceased Relying upon this pert astronomer with a better tele- and confident that the money to invented been has than yet scope spent was put into a square game, find an atom of fairness in the piano Charley Peck, at one minute of the contests that the Telegram is con- hour before the contest closed, paid into the Telegram office $125 In cold ducting and has conducted. Some of cash and added 12,500 votes to those the best business men in Sait Lake previously secured by his sister. One are finding this out and as a result the of the Telegram employes in the busihim that this was Daily Headlines is losing both sub- ness office assured all that was necessary to win out. scribers and advertising. For, said Charley Peck, if it will This statement is not made without take $250, I will put it in just as But when the votes were knowledge of the situation. Those quick. who have followed the contest which counted, it was found that the successthe Telegram is now pushing for all ful contestant was still many thousand that it Is worth, will remember that votes ahead. Her votes had been put Miss Ada Dawson, a popular young in the afternoon that the contest lad?, who has charge of the news closed, but the backer of Miss Reck stand at the Knutsford hotel, has been was told that no large number of votes well up in the lead of the contest- for any candidate had been cast. But this is not all of the story. ants during the past month. In this was another young lady In the There backcontest Miss Dawson had the ing of her friends, among whom were contest, Miss Irene Kelly, wno was some of the best and most responsible also well up toward the top of tho list. business men of the city. On Wed- Her brother. Mr. Kelly, of Rowe & nesday evening of this week, Miss Kelly, one of the prominent business Dawsons name did not appear among firms of the city, was also induced to the contestants. There was ood rea- buy the same bunch of old papers that son why. She had discovered beyond Charley Peck bought, with the same the shadow of a doubt that the stand- understahding: that this number of ing of another contestant, who was a extra votes would be sufficient to win long ways behind in the actual votes the piano for his sister. Every effort cast, was being unfairly boosted by was also made to induce G. R. Cleave-land- , the father of little Edna Cleave-lanthe Telegram in order to keep up another of the contestants, to the excitement. and keep everybody a piano purchase this same bunch of old pahustling for the grand prize, that cost at least $150 in advertising. pers, and he almost consented to do The proof laid befor? Miss Dawson so, but at the last minute took a was such that she could not doubt the tumble to himself and declined with truth of the statement. As a result thanks. There is more yet to this strange she immediately withdrew her name and informed her supporters of what story of the Telegrams piano contest. she had learned. The Telegram lost Joseph F. Smith, president of the Moreighteen subscriptions the same day, mon church, is and has been for years and the number of stoppages this a subscriber to all of the daily papers week upon this account alone is num- in the city, both for himself and for the historians office. He had taken bered by the score. ofof the Telegram from the time that it business the Every employee fice of the Telegram, who has had Issued its first number. When his subanything to do with counting the scription ,bccame due last summer, he votes, is thoroughly disgusted with paid for both papers in one check, and the conduct of the piano contests, they notified the office to cast the 'votes see so clearly the game is nothin for Millie Williams. Yet for the o more than a money-savin- g scheme for of securing Mormon prestige, the the paper. In order to maintain the Telegram published the statement in interest the standing of a few candi- flaring headlines that President dates is boosted from day to day to Joseph F. Smith subhad balance things up and prevent any scribed for the paper to aid Millie one of the girls from securing a lead Williams in her contest for the piHno. that will discourage the other contest- and a few days later, published- the ants. statement that he had added to his The Telegram showed the quality of subscription one for the historians its nerve and its supreme disregard office for the same purpose, when, as for a good reputat'on in the piano con- the Telegram well knows, one letter test that closed last August. When and one check contained the renewal the published reports were discontin- of both subscriptions. ued as to the standing of the candiIf some one should suggest that the dates. four of tlmm wore practically Telegram, at fli lnsp pf (hp contest, side by side. On of the young girls placed it in rharg of a committee of Miss Nellie TfcK. v a? hacked bv a wpH known citizens, who were to large majority of the square sporting check up the results, it is well to note element of the town. Her brother. that the facts in the case are that toe Charley Peck, is an employee cf one coupons arc destroyed each clay, thus of Ihe gambling bouses that bears the completely covering up all the boost-iureputation of being oil tbe level. that any candidate has received.-sNaturally enough his associates were that the committee has willing to help his sister win a piano. more than the record to inspect.nothing When All of thorn subscribed for the paper the last contest, the commit! e' closed, most of them induced their friends to merely counted the ballots that were subscribe, and Miss Peck was kept in the box, and made no attempt what' right, at the tep of tbe list. ever to check up the record cf subThe Telegram had about 15.000 old scriptions or tho cash received. and unsold rapers that had been acThe people are beginning to distrust ever since contest the cumulating paper that relies principally upon a d. pur-pok- - cheap musical instrument, paid for advertising, to secure its patron.!! and the result has been that vSfi the last month about 700 given orders to stop the TeXS In the future these persons will take paper that Is sold upon its merits ' LADIE8 WANTED. A bright, energetic woman worn-an-s work. Permanent position Old established business house of 'solid financial 'standing. Salary $12 to SIR weekly, with expenses, paid each y direct from headquarters s penses advanced. We furnish ever thing. Address, Secretary, 620 Montm Block, Chicago, 111. Mon-da- The Biter Bit. With a view of having them burnt, Bishop Tonstall hired an agent to buy up Tyndales works. The agent was in league with Tyndale, and such extravagant prices were paid that Tyndale was enabled to produce a second edition. When the facts were related to Bishop Tonstall, he exclaimed: It is the biter bit! And the phrase has been handed down to posterity. COMPELLED TO MOVE. Compelled to Move in the Midst a Sale They Turned Many Away. I ' K (. k. Sfl'f of A great many people called at Young Bros. store at 38 Main street to make purchases, but as the company was eompelled to bo moved by the 1st of the month, they were unable to show good 3 satisfactorily, nor did they have time to wait on the public. They have concluded to extend the time of their sale for one week to enable those who were disappointed to secure the instruments they desire, for while the sales have been enormous, there were many who failed to make purchases who desired to. The new stock is complete and sacrifice prices prevail. Sewing machines are offered at $15.00; over 100 were sold in six days. All sheet music still 10 cents; some of it is worth 60 cents. Everything we have will be reduced for this short time, as we want to' please you and are anxious for you to see our new store Dont forget the new location, 23 West First South, a few doors west of the Utah National Bank. W. 8. MCCORMICK. J. J. DALY. PRESIDENT 8. h. LYNCHj Manager a Sec. 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