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Show Echoes From Portland. Clawson Honored, Detail of Medals and Sum Total of Attendance. The news comes from Portland that tlio employes at the Utah building of the closing of alfalrs Saturday evening, even-ing, got together and presented Hon. Spencer Clawson, director, with a very beautiful gold and Ivory handled umbrella um-brella as a remembrance and token of his clllclcnt work and kindly courtesy. Prof. L. A. Ostlen, dlrectorof the educational edu-cational exhibit, made tho presentation presenta-tion with a few well chosen words. The letter tliat brings tills news bays that Utah received on education 11 gold, 0 silver and H brono medals. The A. C. of U. received 3 of tho gold medals and the It. V. C. one of tho silver medals. The fair lias now passed Into lilsto 'y, tho admissions lftinnlm: to something more than 2,500,000. "Plratec" and "Adventurers." M "Pirate" Is a Qrei-k word. comlnR fl directly from "Pelratns." which means, H otymologlcnlly, "one who tries" or "nt- tempts" in other words, an nilvcti- hirer. "Adventurer," too. Is a word that lias lost respectability, but not so H far lis "plrnto," which acquired Its H special seiiHe at least 2,000 years ago. H "Pclrates" and tho Latin "pirata" aro H known only In this sense. Cicero do- M fines tlio plrato ns the common enemy of M First English Guineas. H Tho guinea was first coined In H Charles M.'s reign, together with tlio H flvc-gulnoa, t" o-pilnea, and half- H guinea pieces, and anno to 1)0 so call- H cd hecatiso many of tho now coins wcro minted from gold brought from H Oulrea by tho company of Royal Ad- H cnturcrs or Kngland trading Into' H Africa. Tho loynl order to tho mint H added that Hicjo pieces wgto to no ' H marked "with a little elephant In sueli H convenient place as ou slinll judgo H fitting, which wo Intend ns n markc of H distinction and an encouragement H unto tlio s.ild company in tho Import- H lug of gold and bilver to be coined." H |