for tonight, anyhow. After that you'll have to look after yourself.' "Rob soon found himself locked in the station house, and the next morning was given ten days in which to work for the city on a charge of vagrancy.

"He cared little for this, however. His conscience told him he had done no wrong, and while thus working, he had food and shelter, two necessary adjuncts which he might have missed in a state of freedom.

"His time served out, he tried to get work, but without avail. Owing to hard times and the anti-silver fight, the mines were closed down, and the country swarmed with men who, like himself, were out of employment. By doing odd jobs here and there, he managed to get enough to eat, and kind hands had provided him with second-hand clothing to take the place of the rags with which he entered the city.

"He soon wearied of this monotony, and again took up his line of march for the west. An idea was gradually forming in his mind that he would finally get to California, work there for a time, and eventually set sail for some foreign port in search of adventure.

"But, my friends, he never reached California.

stay as short as possible, and sharpened up his wits to the last degree in opposition to any arts that might be brought to bear against his peace of mind, or his personal safety.

"He found himself entirely destitute of means on his arrival. His appearance was also that of the most confirmed of tramps. Only the bright, honest look of his brown eyes, and his apparent youthfulness, differentiated him from the host of others who flooded the entire western country.

"He,of course, knew that the city contained a mixed population, and he tried in vain to distinguish, by external appearances, between Mormons and non-Mormons. Foiled in this, he went boldly forward, knocking at the first house which seemed to show an inviting face.

"No reply to his repeated knocking! The people must be away from home!

"At the next, a female voice called to him from an upper story, inquiring his business. Finding it was only a tramp wanting a meal she said she could not accommodate. him, and he'd better move on.

(To be Continued.)

GUIDE.

"Rob_tramped and tramped for days. He had many ups and downs, but he finally reached Salt Lake City. He had heard of the peculiar people who form the bulk of the population of Utah. Who hasn't?

"He knew nothing of them personally, but it was safe to say that he had heard little but that which would poison his mind against them. He therefore resolved to make his

The twenty-first edition of Copp's Settler's Guide, a popular exposition of our public land system, is before us. It is edited by Henry N. Copp, of Washington, D.C., the well known land attorney. Its price is only 25 cents. The chapter on surveys is illustrated and tells how to decipher township and section corners. The book gives the latest rulings on the Homestead and other laws. Mr. Copp desires the addresses of all Union soldiers who made homestead entries before June, 1874, of less than 160 acres. He has a matter of interest for their consideration.

for tonight, anyhow. After that you'll have to look after yourself.' "Rob soon found himself locked in the station house, and the next morning was given ten days in which to work for the city on a charge of vagrancy.

"He cared little for this, however. His conscience told him he had done no wrong, and while thus working, he had food and shelter, two necessary adjuncts which he might have missed in a state of freedom.

"His time served out, he tried to get work,but without avail. Owing to hard times and the anti-silver fight, the mines were closed down, and the country swarmed with men who, like himself, were out of employment. By doing odd jobs here and there, he managed to get enough to eat, and kind hands had provided him with second-hand clothing to take the place of the rags with which he entered the city.

"He soon wearied of this monotony, and again took up his line of march for the west. An idea was gradually forming in his mind that he would finally get to California, work there for a time, and eventually set sail for some foreign port in search of adventure.

"But, my friends, he never reached California.

"Man proposes, but God disposes.' It was never intended in the program of his life that he should fritter out his time in China, or Japan, Australia or South Africa. He had a better work to do, which I will proceed to unfold.

"Rob tramped and tramped for days. He had many ups and downs, but he finally reached Salt Lake City. He had heard of the peculiar people who form the bulk of the population of Utah. Who hasn't?

"He knew nothing of them personally, but it was safe to say that he had heard little but that which would poison his mind against them. He therefore resolved to make his

stay as short as possible, and sharpened up his wits to the last degree in opposition to any arts that might be brought to bear against his peace of mind, or his personal safety.

"He found himself entirely destitute of means on his arrival. His appearance was also that of the most confirmed of tramps. Only the bright, honest look of his brown eyes, and his apparent youthfulness, differentiated him from the host of others who flooded the entire western country.

"He,of course, knew that the city contained a mixed population, and he tried in vain to distinguish, by external appearances, between Mormons and non-Mormons. Foiled in this, he went boldly forward, knocking at the first house which seemed to show an inviting face.

"No reply to his repeated knocking! The people must be away from home!

"At the next, a female voice called to him from an upper story, inquiring his business. Finding it was only a tramp wanting a meal she said she could not accommodate him, and he'd better move on.

(To be Continued.)

NEW EDITION OF COPP'S SETTLER'S GUIDE.

The twenty-first edition of Copp's Settler's Guide, a popular exposition of our public land system, is before us. It is edited by Henry N. Copp, of Washington, D.C., the well known land attorney. Its price is only 25 cents. The chapter on surveys is illustrated and tells how to decipher township and section corners. The book gives the latest rulings on the Homestead and other laws. Mr. Copp desires the addresses of all Union soldiers who made homestead entries before June, 1874, of less than 160 acres. He has a matter of interest for their consideration.