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Show FRIDAY MORNING, TUB MOUSING EXA1LINEK OGDEA. UTAH, -- 12- IhtUm. " KnIibwoan iravaling In thus gtvM a striking glimpse of tec wd prejudkv and tastes: "Tbe Servians drink tao much cuM water, and the drink it tiil they are pulpy. Sorb drink emnish eold An sea tor for an Kngitoh cow. 1 doubt whether the language contains an equivalent for bad training, for when 1 tried to explain the idea It created surprise. A doctor told me he bed never hessd the theory before. To hint it seemed a natural and wholesome habit Moreover, he added, there ia plenty,' and seemed to think it was rather wasteful to leave any uaeril-loweTo me It explniued the lack of activity. The nation ia waterlogged. Al! day long and every day the Serb calls for a glass of cold water, and when lie baa drunk It he calls for another. Perhaps owing to tuis he has little apace for alcohol. At any rate, man; even 1 never saw a drunken among the presents An Ser-vl- a ivrts Where White Ants Sr racist. A white aafa neat is about tba last thing In the world one would expect to be of practical service to mankind, yet in Western Australia white anta and their a eots are put to a variety of economic uses. lu tbs first pis iv, the aborigines sometimes eat the ante and there are even a few white residents who have tasted them for the sake of experience and tsy they are not bad. But it Is not a habit with the aborigines to eat the insects They prefer to devour the mold out of which the ants build their neat. Capital ovens are frequently Improvised by the Australian prospector out of these white ant mounds. They make a solid floor, almost like cement, for the settlers hots, and In the township of Derby, la Western Australia, they have been turned to profitable use by being rolled in as a tup layer on the pablic roads. ' Her Early BmIiUmi, This alary ia tuld by an Kiigliahman who lived a century ago: He was dining out la London and ast by a lady whom he did not know. Their conversation turned upon early rasointioaa and bow very seldom they were kept and the lady said: Well, when I was a girl 1 made three resolutions first, I determined that I would never marry a soldier; secondly, that I would never marry an Irishman, and, thirdly, that I would not be long engaged. And all those three ivsolutions I broke. Whom do you thiuk 1 did marry! The Duke of Wellington! He was a soldier and an Irishman, and I waa engaged to him for twelve years." This waa Lady Katherine lakcnbam. It was an unhappy marriage, and the couple mostly lived apart Maklaar Isw of It, The colored Janitor of the flat next door approached the grocer and banded him a puiicr containing some white powder. "Bay. boss," be asked, "what you rink dnt la? Jos taste It an tell me joThepinion." smelled then touched grocer It It to hie tongue. "Well, Juket I should aay that waa nods. Dot's Jest wint I aay," replied the Janitor triumphantly. "I aay date soda, but my ol woman she low ita rat pixen. Bhe say she knows tis. Jet taste again, bos, fo to inek sure." . Pervrrsltr ml Iks Bahr, A father of murk experience aaya: "Wash a baby dean and dress him up real pretty aud he will resist all advances with the moat superlative crossness, but let him eat molasses, gingerbread aud fool around the coal hod for half an hour and he will nettle hie deer little dirty face close up to your clean shirt bosom and be Jurt the cunningeat littlo rascal is all the world.1 Chicago Dust. Irish' wseeisww ' Shrove Tuesday weddings in Irelum ow Rfi Cwa Heiad "OB." The great Count Kalgo waa an OrScvcO In- structive example of the habit of mind of the Japanese. The count wee in against his emperor in 1ST3 and was nearly In the tolls, and be knew It, so tu bis aironghuld be employed his leisure time In playing chess with his immediate friends. Reports kept coming in from the outposts, each one more disheartening than the laxt But the count still went on playing chau, while the utmost good humor aud pleasant raillery continued among Die whole party. Yet another messenger from Die outposts came in, which left no doubt as to the situation. Still the count and his companions went on "Tour move, sir, were tho playing. words that broke the absorption of the moment. Then when there waa a he could pause In the game at whU-rise with got being discourteous to hie gueata the count got up and now It ia time." He directed some one to stud for his sword bearer. The man advanced aud immediately received hi orders. A few second later Count Saiga's body mid head had been separated at one heavy blow. Pavarilc JspisrM Card finr. A favorite card game of the Jniauese la played as follows: One huudred well known proverbs are selected, each vided Into two puna and each part primed on separate card. The host of tho evening has the hundred first halves, which he renda aloud, one by one, the hundred second halve are dealt to the oilier players, who place their hand face upward on the tata-ml,or thick mat of rice straw, ou which they ait As the first half of any proverb la read the holder of the second half throw it our, or If he sect it unnoticed among his neighbor's card seise it aud give him one of hi own. The player who la first out" win. It U a very simple game, but It affords great entertainment to the and keen players, fo; the wltled are constantly seizing the cards of their duller ami slower neighbors, and till leads to much laughter and many good uatured sarcasm. Westminster Gazette. di- " Tks Red Petliroat, Unto all railroad engineers the red petticoat is a siured thing. ITpon score of occasions red petticoats have been the means of saving trains from being wrecked. Invarlstily the woman who discovers a washout or a collapsed bridge or an obstruction ou the track wears a red petticoat. There may lie a psychological explanation of this remarkable fact, but whether there ii or not the brave woman always manage during the one minute seconds that must and twenty-sevee lapse before the arrival of tho lightning express to get her red pettieout off and ware it frantically, thug warning lha engineer and enabling him to atop the train on the very brink of do- traction. Chicago Reord-IIeral. Ckta as Fm4. In the . London Chmnlrle aaya: A few yean ago It may be the same today the populnr markets of the poorer quarter of Romo and even tho stalls of the butchers near the Pantheon allowed rows and row of rats hung up for sale, with the aklue off, but the toll carefully left on to show that they were not rabbits, for an old fashioned Italian does not think a rabbit quits fit for human food, nor will any Italian peasant eat the meat of sheep- - Anything winged, however, is his favorite thud. Like the Indy in llorMcrio'o story, ho eats a parrot when bo can get one." A writer Flowers til Mood. dating from A superstition olden times exists to the effect that rimes, and flowers generally attain greater beauty In toil fertilised by blood, especially by human blood, than elsewhere. Persona who have visited Newmarket, England, know of the o called "bloody flower of Newmarket," which ia found iMittas, Resale had begun to go to school, and nowhere else than in the old moat now each day she would come home with filled up, and ia whk-h- , according to something new te tdl. She had been tradition, a very large quantity of hulearning addition, whim she mine home man remains Is Interred. These flowfor dinner and said, "I know bow ers bloom la June end July and by the inch two aud two make." bloodlike hue of their blossom sug"And what." said her father, "do yon gest the name which baa been given and I make" to them. Bessie studied a minute and then aald, "Sweethearts." Little Chronicle. i " are exceedingly common, aod some It hey times among the In strange circuiUstancc. There is a story of a young peasant girl being aroused out of bed on tbe night of throve Tuesday to ke married before midnight to a wefl to do whom she had never seen, though he waa known to her pareuts, wh made the lualti. It turned out a happy marriage. The young people usually tike the matter philosophically, lielievicg that their parent know best how to make them Lappy. This anecdote ia told of a Tipperary girl: "Biddy." asked her friend, "are ye gotn off this Biiraff? "Masha. I dont know that," said Biddy, "hut they're siltin' on me upal airs meaning that matchmaking was In progress. Another story relate to a number of weddings taking place In a Munster church on Rbrove Tuesday. "An where's yer Intended, Joe? one swain waa aked. "BcgoU, Mick, I couldnt toll ye, but 1 believe shes up there among the feathers aud ribbons In the front row of aw lea. He learned who he was wlit-- the liamea were called out TassM Die a Lruoa. Rack lu the eveutiea, when Dewey had command of a ship of tbe old Hartford type, he was lying In the harbor off Ceuoa. Visitors were allowed 01, board al all times, except Sunday morn lug, when- in:ection took place, iiui Sunday a well known American lull llonalra ateamed out wltli a piirty oi friend lu his private yacht and wuc cecded lu getting on deck, where hi was met by Captain Dewey, who askei him to leave. Mr. Money remonstrated aud finally, exasperated by the coo firmness of the ofllct-r- , he burst out "No, air; 1 won't Iran. 1 am an Amer lean citizen and have a iierfect rigli: on this vessel. I pay taxes lu Ameri ra. I am ou my own proiierty. Tar of this ship belongs to me! Calmly Dewey opened his- penknife, stooped down and split off a piece of the deck flooring, llaodiug It to tba incensed American citizen, he replied: "Theres about what you own, and there's the ladder. Now git!" And he got. overtskeu by jienury. Malays never ahave or cut thi-i- nulla on Saturday or Tuesday liecause tfcrxe are unlucky days, and If they do part with their hair or nails on these days they believe that they will be always lu trouble or will die quickly. r I lap ravin ike Tltaa. Little Bobbie left liia mothers lap and climbed up on his father's knee. "Do you love papa more than mamma? asked Aunt Kate. "No." 'regaled the young ter. "But mamma mid 4 are both going to heaven, and grandma aay papa won't if he don't atop smoking iu the parlor, so I'm going to see all of hiui 1 can now." Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. ( Bprepsrvd- Hosiom (pairing off her guests) Mr. Justyn, will you take Miss Smith out to dinner? Mr. Justyn this first experience! F--r Mrs. Jones, let me whisper something to you. I left my money in my other clothes. I'v only got 15 cents about me. I'lMse let mine other uiau take her out. i Ihicago Tribune. Bunk. Minn Of course .you know, baron, my father la nut la the remotest degree a nobleman. lie- - Ray no more, beautiful one. A man who will give his daughter a dowry of a million Is that noble enough for me. Bachelor Rarlr Easllsb. I confess 1 cant 4 rirryldli-- i.T're Short. The lute M. A. l.owor. the autiquaiy. la responainle for this Lulliugton anecS Halay leperstHlrao. Yon esn scarcely ever get your money from a Malay on Friday because Malaya belieie that If they pay their creditor ou a I rlilny they will lie ktfeli DECEMBER S, 1901 under- stand what your baby's saying. Benedick ft Is a queer language, last It? Bachelor Yes; sort of early English. Answer. lateiwated. "Do you believe In marrying for money, Mr. Hansom?" "I dunno. liow much you got? Fort Worth Record. dote: One Bandar inorniig tVe curate, a man of diminutive ethic, re. preached text iu the Biliic, from the "Jesus wept," to a congregation of a dozen people, aud the offertory realized only 18 pence, whereupon a 'l ranger remarked th:.t it was the smallest the church, the smulle-- t gnuilkut paraoii, the shortest text aud Die smallest collection be bad ever known. Westiiiiuster Gazette. Come In And Let Us Shov lata Pssr Hates. Locklcs I)o . From Mor.ur Ueiievieve, u peak in Gilpin county. Colo., a parson cun see Into four states and one territory. Ou YOU ln a clear day the observer discern Uintah mountains of eastern Utah, Medicine Row range of Wyoming. Die tips of the Rockies iu New Mexico aud tbe principal pent of I'olorailo. The plains stretching tu the east are plainly visible clear Into Neiiraaka. the the ft . The Original This 3 Malleable Stewart si land-ecape- A 'a Elsewhere Teacher Well, Torn, where are yon going? Tom (aged slx Please, m, Im going to the Band of Ope. Teacher And Is little Willie (aged three) going, too, or Is he too young to belong to the Hand of Hope? Tom No, m; tte not that, hut be aint a teetotaler. London Punch. liASY TERMS ITPPV-- , Ij?53l3 "MACHINE COMPANY r&ait' SJ WAGONconsolidated i.AdhTcmow .yioii. skHSkw.. ys.i top feed door dis- Has a large mica front door. enameled oven. The guanantee is cut into the oven, and is always with the dress AVI! ON EVERY DOLLAR I i' ON Holiday Notice the flams around the entire fire pot. heating; the surface alike at all points and consuming the black Can you afford to smoke, waste 33 per cent of the coal you buy? If nut buy a Bucks Heater. Tho Cook's Carvrla Capacity. You are having trouble with your cooks T "Y'ez. Tba first one carried ou so." "And how about the last? "She carried off so. ' 1 lost two vesta and a hat. Philadelphia Record. Beautiful in appearance, a perfect Baker, fully guaranteed. IT OF HOLIDAY WE HAVE GOODS TO SHOW YOU THIS SEASON DECORATED AND HAND PAINTED CHINA LAMPS IN AND WARE, CLASS WARE. DEC. 10TH AND 17TH WE WILL OFFER OUR ENTIRE LINE OF CHINAWARE AND LAMPS AT Seven Cents ty-FI- vc On The Dollar REMEMBER THIS IS A GEUINE REDUCTION YOU SAVE 25C ON EVERY DOLLAR 8 WORTH YOU BUY AT THE 8ATURDAY 8ALE. AND SALE OF GOODS M Wheelwright Bros. 'PHONE 2476 WASH. AVE. 147, ? THE PIOUS WOMAN "A ploua woman, once upon a tima prayed to God that he would provide for heraelf and her children, and deal roy tbeir enemies. The next day her husband sickened and died. When she found that he waa uninsured, he aid, I didnt know that my prayer waa loaded. NOWS THE TIME TO INSURE TOMORROW MAY BE TOO LATE YOU KNOW. J. L. HERRICK, State Mgr. MOINES DES CO. INSURANCE Reward. Warning rEag . fine, through lnterforenco la so mo manner with raid company a at a point about ono mile south from tha power bouse, known enter Station, near tho mouth of Ogden Canyon. Persons ere warned wot to Interfere la eny wlze with R la aafa to tho public If unmolested, but serious result to throng ty end possible fatal results to peraoni can bo censed eftra" breaking of Insulators, or tho throwing . of wires, Bmbe swetrw similar obstruction over the wins of companys said Bon lino. Call and see them. It cost nothing and will surely save you money. 1' UTAH LIGHT 01 POWER COraMtf By Rm S. Campbell. line oi Buggies, The Sidney Stevens Implement Company, LIEE A reward of Fifty Debars ($50. OB) . will he paid by tha Co. for the arrest of party or partial who on thoov April 29th, 1903, caused a "abort circuit" on tte deetrio Spring Wagons, Farm Machinery and Implements of all kinds is complete and we are glad to show them. Gi TO SEE THE ASSORTMENT ft Power Torsod Dowa, Pardon me," aald the masher, "but yon look like e young lsrty I know." Pardon me," interrupted Miss Hrijiht but you look like u man I dont know. Exchano HELP FIFTY DOLLARS An Oven That Cannot Warp far better to t innocent than penitent, to prevent the malady than Invent the remedy. Seeker. Our WILL MAKE YOU HAPPY TO A REWARD OF la Tho Strosglo Hole. Poor old Yeraeiy died last night." "Indeed?" "Yes; he turned over and died without a struggle." Well, he died easier than he lived, then. Now Orleans Picayune. Goods BASEMENT REED HOTEL. BUCKS n, It .25 PERCENT Repartee. Fa, what la repartee?" "Oh, merely an insult with Its suit on, my son. Fuck. stove. How old would you aay she waa?" ' Well, lets see. When we ware in high school together, she uawl to snob me bees use I was a kid. Now I'm thirty-seveand I should aay she was about twenty-eigh- t by this time." Town and Country. & CP, My nv Ass, : 3 Hers Thaw a Hatch Far Hlai. Somebody ought to warn Mrs. Frattifuce that tliut fellow Smirks, who' paying attention to her, la a miserable flirt. Jim Hem! Better warn Smirks. Mrs. Fret t iface is a widow. hs Had Taase Far Fear. "Mamma." aald the cannibal beauty To some tbe past glvn only regret, to her maternal ancestor, "I am really , alarmed at Mr. Kinkeya Intense pas- the present sorrow-- the future fear Lambert. sion for me. Hats as Bis as (lotkesfcaslceta. "Why, my dear? When Koreans don mourning the Tea Mark ml a Row. "Only Inat night he declared I waa first stage demands a lint as large aa a There !t a good atory told of Brigsweet Buffalo Times. to eat enough diminutive open clotbesbaaket. It la ham Young and "Tlie Lady of Lyons." four feet In circumference and comAnswered. Youug took his wives to see a performhidla conceals the which face, pletely A physician finding a lady reading ance of Lytton'a play at Balt Lake den further by a piece of coarse lawn "Twelfth When tbe agony waa piled np anlil, "When ShakeCity. Night stretched upon two sticks and held wrete about Fatlenre ou a monhe roee and, followrtl by hla spouse, speare just below the eye. In this stage ument, did he mean doctors' patients?" left the theater, exclaiming, "I won't nothing whatever of tbe fare may be "No. she answered. "You don't find stand such an infernal row being made seen. The second stage Is denoted by them on monuments, but under them." about one woman! the removal of tbe icreeii. The third period la manifested through tho reA Haai Back. The great bulk of the people are placement of tho Inverted basket by honest If they were not, this would "You've missed It In your prognostitbe customary headgear, made In Indeed he a world ia which to cations the last few times, said the straw color. The ordinary head cover- live Beaton poor new reporter. Herald. ing takes the shape of the high crown"Well," said tbe weather man, I'm ed hat worn by Welsh women, with n not aa smart as some people. If I waa Bari r IMis. broad brim, made In black gauze upon I'd have a Job ou a newspaper. CleveTo he forced to get up early," aaya land Leader. a bamboo frame. curdles a physician, "grinds the soul, the blood, awella the spleen, destroys BlrS firsts y. The Lovely Girls of Llara. An English writer on bird aaya: A all good intentions and disturbs all Borne noble Frenchmen bare married Criminals activities. mental was with tome othei day tbe redshank, which Peruvian belles lwtli for lore and monwaders In an aviary containing a are always recruited from tha early ey. 1 think I have never met lovelier pond, wounded Itself on the top of the rising class." London Chronicle, young beluga than the girls from Lima. head. Unfortunately the bird died, London Truth. A Hirsr. but on Inspection it waa found that It had plastered tho wound over with "Colonel never resigned, did be?" The man who docs everything for mud. This example of a bird's Instinct "No; he just merged Into the office, gala does nothing for good. Schoofor self preservation la very striking, an to this day they can't tell tba dif- lmaster. and I believe that for a bird to doctor ference 'twist him au' the weather Its head 1 moat unusual, although boardin'." Atlanta Constitution. Rapt la Hla Art. nipe and woodcock have been known Mnslcisn I tell you, ludlea, we artto heal broken legs by coating the fracWords are wise men's counters ists cannot sneered unless we give up tured parts with clay, which became they do but reckon by them. But they our very souls to our art. Why, Inst bard." are tha money of fools. Hubbca. week I was so rapt In a composition that I waa playing that a thief stole Hyr Imyartoaev. Visiter. s Rsassarlaw the violin from under my chin, and I Herbert Spencer onoe told this atory "I don't see why you didn't want me never noticed it. of a woman of his acquaintance: Vain te say anyth lag about Miss Mixleya aa well aa vulgar minded, alie professed mamma. said Tommy, looking at age, Proved. to have a high admiration of Rhoke--s tbe "Rlie doesnt look nearly so Frofessor Which la the most deliguest pea re and wua partial to reading hla old as grnndfa ouch! Who's that cate of the arnsee? Fnpll The touch. plays aloud and considered that slie me on tbe lalg? Professor Prove It Fupll When you declaimed the speeches extremely well. Bit on a pin, you can't see It, you can't On one occasion, after enlarging upon hear It you enu't taste It, but Its InnMr, her reverence for him, site ended by Grlmes-wife's tbe queerest wo- there. . . I snylng: Ah. often wish that he were man that ever lived. Gorman Yee; alive and that I bad him here. How thats what thought when she we would enjoy one anothers con- married you. people ' Mlae Joyce-Y- e. SpilefaL Boston Transcript. Jack and I are to versation" " become partmd s for life. Miss Means A nobis heart, like the sun, ihowetta And you will be the senior partner. Ignorance la tbe primary source of It greatest countenance at Its lowest How nice! estatar-RMa- ey. all misery and vice. Cousin. old style down pipe and carded. I Tom The Buck's Circle Hot Blast Heater, the The Buck's Hot Blast Range with white Ilterskils, Range Get Our Prices Before Burinrf Stoves That Have Satisfied For 57 Years gray, when the rhythmic rain sounds n dirge upon the roof, and the beauties are bid by the weeping mist? Hazel (sweetly) Yea, Its dreadfully annoying. It does make ones hair come out of curl no! a im i Natere. Art Overheard durirg the private theatricals: Bhe How well your wife plays louly Geraldine. Mr. Joue! I thiuk the way she puis on ihui awful affected tone ia Just splendid. How does she manage it? Mr. Jones (with embarrassment) Er she doesn't. That's her natural voice. Uh, That Burl "I'd cheerfully lend you lay whislle If I had one. Charlie.' said the curate, "but 1 haven't such a thiug." Well, papa ay you have," replied Charlie, aud that you wet It a dozen times a day." New York Times. of . Bynattalky. Cedi (sentimentally) Don't yon feel gloomy when the sky la orercast with 3? Utah end Idaho. If You Want to Buy or Sell.... Patronize the Want Oolamas |