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Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-16
ABOUT THE NAVY.
Facts Gathered from the Register
Recently Made Public.

WASHINGTON, Feb 16.-The new Navg
Register says: In taking account of stock
of what is left of the navy, it is found that
there are just thirty-eight serviceable YES
sells, and twenty-six of these are classed
either as third-rate or fourth-rate. There
is but one first-rate, the Tennessee, and
among the serviceable vessels are four
paddle-wheel steamers. Only hall a
dozen of the smaller vessels are iron, all
being of less than l 400 tons displace-
ment.
Besides these serviceable vessels there
are three receiving ships, not recon-
mended for further sea service; the New
York, not completed; fourteen small
monitors, whose day is past, and the five
large ones, familiarly known as fraud
clads, whose day has never come. a
dozen sailing vessels, like the Constella-
ton and Constitution, remain as relics of
bygone age, and bakers dozen of
steam tugs, such as the Nellie and Nina,
complete the list.
AS there has been some talk in regard
to naval pay of late, a few citations from
the pay table in this register may illus
trate how the schedule of the Especial
class" under the head of .spetty officers,
SEAMAN" etc., is arranged A master-at-
arms gets $50 month; an apothecary,
$50; paymaster's yeoman, $50 a ships
writer, $45; ships corporal, $2S; a cap
tain of hold, $50; lamplighter, $25
jack-of-the-dust, $22; bugler, $33 a bar
Der, $33; bayman, $18. In the "sea-
man." a seaman of the first-class gets $24
of the second-class, 10; of the third-class,
called 'flandsmen," SIG.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-16
FAST IN THE TOLLS.

The arrest of George @. Cannon in his
flight westward was neat piece of de.
tective work, and very creditable to the
officers by whom it was planned and car
ried out. 1t became evident, some time
ago, that if the men who constitute the
head and front of this organized opposi-
ton to the law, were to be captured and
punished, some means other than those
heretofore employed must be resorted to.
In pursuance of this conclusion it was
deemed proper to announce reward for
information that would lead to the capture
OF Cannon, whose arrest was highly de-
sirable for several reasons. The reward
plan worked admirably, and Cannon is
now in custody, though report says that
rather than face offended justice, he
risked his life in jumping from moving
train, but only to be re-eaptured by the
officers.
1t was quite evident, too, that had
there been any avenue of escape what
ever, Mr.. Cannon would have availed
himself of it. Driven out of this city bv
repeated raids on the places where he
was supposed to be in hiding, he bur-
rowed his way like scared rabbit to the
Junction City, thence travelling westward
in car attached to the train for his and
his party's exclusive use. So far had he
progressed in his flight that he was al
ready half way across the State of Ne
vada. There the heavy hand of the law
was placed upon him, and unwillingly
enough the return journey was COM
menced.
The efforts of Cannon to escape the
consequences of his acts, should be well
noted by the people of Utah. For years
he has been setting the laws at defiance
and urging others to do the same, telling
them it was Gods will that they should
do SO, and He would protect them. The
mans sincerity in his teachings was
clearly proven when he himself, not car
ing to rely upon the Lord to
protect his precious person, skunk
out of sight to everybody except
trusted few. The Lords protection alone
was good enough for the poor devils whom
he had been instrumental in getting into
trouble, but it was not good enough for
him. Therefore he took the under
ground, leaving his victims to extricate
themselves as best they could.
However, Mr.. Cannon is now in the |
tolls, and likely to remain there for some
time to come. Is it possible that some
good brother, who in some manner has
through the evil teachings of
this man, gave him away to the officers?
What poetic justice there would be in
such case.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-16

now says that "the suggestion of popular
excitement or of any outbreak by the
people over the arrest of President George
@. Cannon is casting an unwarrantable
reflection upon the character of the Nor
mon people for peace, good order and
respect for the majesty Of the law"
The suggestion came from the Herald
itself, and in its judgment the popular
excitement was of such character as
to call for advice to the people 'sto keep
cool!" This being SO, if any "unwar-
ranted reflection" has been cast upon the
character of the Mormon people, the Her.
aid is the culprit.
1t must be apparent to all who are not
blinded by rage and fanaticism, that any
opposition by the Mormon people to the
constituted authority could only result in
speedy punishment being visited upon
the parties thereto, and none but fools or
knaves would counsel or countenance any
such course. The respect which the
Herald says the people of Utah have "for
the majesty of the law''-the Edmunds
law, for instances truly touching. But
for all that, we believe they have intelli-
gence enough to see where they would
speedily land in the event of open oppo-
sition to the serving of processes from the
courts. They will play the part of wise
men in refusing to accept and act upon
any advice that is calculated to lead them
into deeper water than that in which
they are already foundering.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-16
OUT IN THE COLD.

Twenty-nine bills, each providing fol
the erection OF a public building in some
one of the several States, were considered
in the Senate as in Committee of the
Whole on the 9th instant, and upon being
reported majority of them were passed,
Among others was the bill providing fol
the appropriation of money for a govern
ment building at Pueblo, Colo, which was
reported from the Committee on Public
Lands as follows:
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and
he is hereby, authorized and directed to pro-
cure proper site and cause to be erected
thereon suitable building with fire-proof
vaults, in the city of Pueblo, Colo., for the
accommodation of the United States District
Court, Postoffice. Land Office, and other
government offices in said CITY, at cost not
exceeding 100000, including cost of site.
The bill was considered in this shape
in Committee OF the Whole and so re-
ported to the Senate, but before its
passage was, on motion of Senator Teller.
amended SO as to make the amount of
the appropriation $l50,000 instead of
100000. Senator Allison desired to have
some explanation of the $50, 900 increase,
and was enlightened as follows:
Mr.. Teller-I will simply say that Pueblo
IS the second city in size in Colorado; it is
= the place where the United States court is
held Tor an extensive territory, good deal
larger than the State of Ohio 1t has a land
Office, postoffice and collectors Office. of
course.
Mr.. AIlison-What is the population?
Mr.. Teller-In Pueblo they probably saw
10000, but it is anywhere from fifteen to
twenty thousand people. 1t is growing
town, and will soon be very large place.
One hundred and fifty thousand dollars is a
small sum for a public building in that
country.
Pueblo doubtless needs such struc-
ture as this appropriation will suffice TO
erect, and while we do not envy her what
by good management she has secured and
is fairly entitled to, it is impossible not to
think, in this connection, of how far in
the rear Salt Lake City now stands. The
capital of the Territory, with at least ten
thousand more population than Pueblo,
and having probably three times as much
need OF such a building, Salt Lake must
remain out in the cold, and the Govern
ment's representatives continue to occupy
rented quarters altogether unsuitable
for the purposes to which they are put,
and at an annual rental which would suf-
flee to more than pay big interest on the
sum necessary to give us a magnificent
public structure, under whose roof all the
business of the Government could be
transacted with comfort to the officials
and convenience to the public.
Cannot something be done to secure
for lis that which we stand in great need
of-a public building that will alike be a
credit to the Government and great
convenience to everybody having business
to transact with U. s. officials?
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-16
THE LAST DITCH Is REACHED.

The cheerful willingness with which
all violators of the Edmunds law go into
court and there face the music awaiting
their appearance, is touching sight.
eyes," said q prominent court official to
DEMOCRAT representative the other day,
'fthey always come up to the scratch, but
only when they cannot help themselves
they always plead guilty, when they
know that overwhelming evidence is at
hand to convict them; in all other cases
they ask for trials and fight"
During the past ten days quite num-
Der of this class of offenders have pleaded
guilty, and several others, who had
vainly hoped that the testimony needed
to fasten their guilt upon them would not
be obtainable by the prosecution, asked
for trials, fought their cases through to
the last moment, and still were convicted.
All this goes to show that in their jour
neyings over United States territory, the
Saints have now reached the last ditch,
and from it they can again emerge on
this free soil only after leaving behind
them those obnoxious features of their
creed against which the American peo-
pie have so determinedly set their faces.
The State must be divorced from the
Church, and if that does not dispose of
the polygamy evil, then the latter eX-
crescence must be subjected to such
heroic treatment as will leave no doubt
of the result. The dishonored grave into
which it will be shoveled has already
been dug, and the American people are
now anxious that all the ceremonies at
tending the funeral shall be cut as short
as may be consistent with decency.
The Mormon people are strongly we'd
ded to idols which designing men have
set up for them to worship. The supreme
law of the land. with iconoclastic hand,
now proposes to reach out and pull those
idols from their pedestals and dash them
to pieces. Though the Mormon people
may not at present be able to see wherein
their best interests are thus TO be sub /
served, yet will time make it as clear to
their minds as it now is to the minds of |
all outside the pale of the Church.
The domination of State by Church |
must cease now and forever, and polyga-
my must go.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-16
wHIsTLING ANOTHER TUNE.

The Salt Lake Herald of this morning
whistles different tune to that in which
it INDUCED on Sunday last After trying
its best to infiame the passions OF the
masses here by telling them that they
have heretofore been and hereafter will
be subject, at the hands of the authori-
ties, to flagrant wrongs and indignities
without number and parallel, and that
the officers of the courts here were men
to be guarded against as one would guard
against wild beasts and highwaymen, and
a lot of other malicious lies and rot-after
all this, which, if it had any effect at all,
must have had direct tendency to
rouse within the Mormon people a
spirit of opposition and resistance
to constituted authority, the Herald
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-16

SEE here, young man with billiard
cue in your hand and nonsense in your
head, has it occurred to you that four
such deaths as Grant, Hendricks, Nc
Clellan and Hancock, all happening with
in six months, have left some mighty big
vacancies TO fill, and that the step ahead
in promotion reaches clear down to youo
Stop fooling away your time, quit infiam-
ing your stomach with whisky and do
something, fits only driving coal cart.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-16

The San Francisco Alta-C California is
evidently well pleased with the stand
taken by the DEMOCRAT on the local situa-
ton, since it approvingly quotes atlength
from these columns and adds: 'sThe Salt
Lake DEMOCRAT is waging brave battle
against Ecclesiasticism in the civil affairs
of Utah." 1t will continue to do SO.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-06-24
CORK IN THE ARTS.
Its Application in the Manufacture of
OvercOats and Underclothing.

Its Application in the Manufacture Of
Overcoats and UndercIothing.
The peculiar properties of cork which
have led to its application to many
familiar uses are probably still very i'm
perfectly understood by the majority of
the reading public. A careful exposi-
ton of its nature by Mr.. William An
derson at the Royal Institution comes
therefore in good time, and opens up
prospect of wider and more important
adaptations of this singular substance
in the arts, The essential character
of cork consists in its retentive porosity
with regard to air. In other words, it
is substance composed of fine closed
cells whose wall permit the gradual en-
trance and storage of air while they re-
sist its ready egress, or the entrance of
denser fluids. 1t is therefore not only
gas-holding but gas-retaining sub
stance, and as such possesses in
greater degree than any other
solid the power of allowing cub
ical condensation from pressure
applied in all directions. 1t is pro-
posed in various ways to carry out in
practice this explanation of the nature
of corr. 1t may be employed, for ex-
ample, in hydraulic apparatus where
the air-laden cork will take the place
OF air itself, and Mr.. Anderson was able
to show that in some cases. at all
events, it was competent to discharge
this function. A suggestion was made
that the porosity of cork rendered it
a fit substance for the construction of
overcoats, and greatly preferable to
india-rubber in this respect The lat
ter part of this suggestion we have no
difficulty in conceding, and we hope
that experience will prove that it is
wholly justiiable. Cork underclothing
has been advocated by some on similar
grounds but this proposal does not in
our opinion guarantee the wearer the
comfort and sanitary advantages which
are conferred by the use of wool.-Lon,
don Lancet
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-06-24
A Hebrew University.

1t is sad that incipient steps have
been taken to founding in the city of
New York university with special
reference to the wants of the Jews in
this country who are seeking for
higher forms of education. Not long
since large meeting of delegates from
different sections of the United States
was held in the vestry of the Nineteenth
Street Synagogue to take the matter
into consideration and determine upon
the feasibility of the proposed plan. 1t
is understood that the institution is to
be based on Judac law, is to be faithful
to the ancestral spirit, and means to set
itself against the rationalistic tenden-
cies which have shown themselves in
our times, to cut loose from the old
Hebrew moorings. Well It has been re-
marked that las the seat of Hebrew
and Oriental learning" the proposed
university "will be an important addi-
ton to our collegiate institutions. -
Morning Star.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-06-24
Frogs in Winter

Among the many creatures that
sleep in the winter are the frogs, with
their two very long hind legs, short
fore legs, and with big black eyes on
each side of their very big mouths.
When the cold days come, and the
water begins to freeze in the pond,
the frogs know that it is time to 90 to
bed for all winter Down they 90,
and their families with them, to the
bottom; then they begin to dig with
their long hind feet into the soft mud.
They work themselves down into their
beds backward, until at last they are
covered under the mud, all except the
tips Of their noses. There they 90 to
sleep. After awhile they have an ice
spread over them and they can sleep
safely all winter. They do not get
hungry all this time.
After awhile spring comes, and the
sun grows bright and warm. Jack
Frost carries away their covering, and
old Father Frog begins to push his
nose up out of the mud until his ears
are uncovered. Then he nudges Moth
er Frog. "Wake upr' he says. "Don't
you hear every body busy up thereP'
And oh! how sleepy she is, poor thing!
But he had tried the water and found
it warm. and they must not rest any
longer.
BY this time the young frogs are
awake, and with sudden push they
go like streak through the water.
Pretty soon all around the edges of the
pond you can hear the "Peep, peep"
that tells us spring has come.-Mrs. g.
Hall, in Our Little Ones.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-06-24
Use Your Ashes.

Ever farmer has more of less ashes
every year. Many just allow them to be
thrown out without making any effort
to use them to the best advantage. Old
bones, hats and shoes are allowed to 60
to waste, while if they were gathered
up. the bones broken up and all dis
solved, it would make an extra good
fertilizer for special crops. Very few
farmers make any SPECIAL effort to save
poultry manure or to utilize house
waste, when they are the very best fer
tilizers we can possibly secure, and
could be saved and used to the very bes,
advantage. One of the principal items
in good farming is, as much as possible,
to increase the fertility of the soil, and
this can only be secured by turning
every thing of value as fertilizer to
the best sdvantage.-Chsmieal Fsrtik
tzer.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-06-24
OLp-EAShlONED LARD.
What an Old Timer Considered the best
stuff for Cooking Purposes.

What an Old Timer Considered the Best
stuff for Cooking Purposes.
Grocer Ito clerk)-Say, what became
of that barrel of soft-soapP
Clerk-Don't know.
That's mighty strange, for it was
setting here"
''Oh, you mean that pale-lookins
stuff"
"Yes."
Il sold it for lard"
''Did, eh?"
"Yes, sir"
"Did anybody kick?"
mot exactly about the soap, but one
man came along and said that the last
1our he got here made him slobber like
horse in white clover pasture. but
here comes some one.
Old-timer enters-Say, got any more
D that lard?
mo. sir, just out"
"Wush you had some more. Makes
the best bread I've eat sense Twas boy.
Wy it jolts like bein' punched with a
rail. That's the sort o. viddults | like
-somethin' can feel. Wife don't like
it, but then she amt been uster good
Twin"
"We'll order you some more"
"Wush you would. You may talk
srbout your cotton-seed oil, an all that,
but old-fashion' lard is the best stuff fur
cookin' purposes after all. It's nachul,
an nobody has ever improved on natur'
yit Wall, good mornin'. Don't fur
git to order the lard. Say, wouldn't {
care If il was leetle stronger, ,"-Ar-
kafssap IrQrsler.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-06-24
FORGOT HIMSELF.
The Dlffcrence Between Theoretical
knowledge and Practical Efficiency.

The Difference Between Theoretical
knowledge and Practical Efficiency.
The adage, "It's easier said than
DONE" is only a variation on what we
are constantly observing in life of the
difference between theory and practice.
We may be fully equipped with theory,
and ever ready glibly to expound it,
slough when the occasion arises for
putting it into practice we forget all
about it.
The teacher of chemistry in large
public school was speaking to his class
of the properties of particular acid
In one hand he held glass vessel filled
with the acid in question; in the other
he held stick of chalk with which he
had just been writing chemical formu-
la on the blackboard.
"By the way" he said, addressing his
class, 81 may remark here, that should
any of you by ACCIDENT spill any of this
acid on your hands, Ishould advise you
not to give way to the very natural i'm
pulse to rub it off with your pocket
handkerchief. Take piece of chalk i'm
stantly and rub it over the wet surface,
and the chalk will neutralize the effects
of the acid"
just then, by an accidental movement,
he spilled the acid on his own hand.
Quick as a shot he dropped the piece Of
chalk which he held in his hand, pulled
out his pocket-handkerchief and began
rubbing the injured hand vigorously.
Everybody who was present laughed at
this unexpected application of theoret-
ical knowledge: and after bewildered
glance round the room the teacher
laughed too. The demonstration of the
difference between theoretical knowledge
and practical efficiency was complete
Youths Companion.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-06-24
APPLE ISLANDS MYSTERY.
The Settlers Disappeared And the Island
Is Following Very Fast.

The Settlers Disappeared And the Island
Is Following Very Fast.
Apple Island. in Boston Harbor. is
familiar to every man who has had oc-
casion to go in or out of the port of
Boston. Not many years ago it was a
large island, and what is now flats, COW
cred at high water to a depth of several
feet, was part of the island several
feet out of water.
In 1912, during the war between En-
gland and the United States, there came
man and his wife to dwell on the
island. Where they came from or who
they were was not known, nor could it
be ascertained. The dwellers in Win
throp, East Boston and South Boston
saw smoke curling up from the island
every day, and on going to see the
cause, discovered this man and his wife
and three children. They would hold
no intercourse with these visitors. From
time to time the man visited Boston
with small boat to purchase necessary
supplies, and in these trips he was al
ways accompanied by negro servant,
who was not visible at other times. To
the inquiries of those with whom he
traded, for he always seemingly
had plenty of ready cash, the
man said that his name was
Marsh, but would enter into no CONVEX
sation in regard to his antecedents or
his former place of habitation. The
suspicious of the good people of Boston
became excited, and one morning de-
tachment of marines from an American
man-of-war paid Mr.. Marsh visit and
arrested him as an English spy For
many months he languished in Jail, but
as nothing could be proved against him
he was released and went back to his
island home. For years Marsh and his
wife continued to live there, and twelve
children were born to them. In 1885,
one night, a bright fire was seen on the
island, and in the morning the build
ings were found raised to the ground.
Marsh, his wife and the younger chill
dren had gone, and We're never seen
more. A number of the older children
had meanwhile married, and some
of the sons had entered into business
here and the West. Whatever became
of the old man and his wife was never
ascertained. The spot where they lived
is-now washed away. One daughter is
married and living in Winthrop, one
son is in Cincinnati and one in st.
Louis. The rest are scattered all over
the United States Boston Globe.