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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-13

The land of the NavajOS may be roughly
outlined as 800 miles in greatest length from
east to west and $50 from north to south,
and, including the Zunis and Moquis along
their southern border, there are perhaps
Is, 900 Indians in all that region. The Nava-
jos are worthy of honorable respect as a peo-
pie in whom hope and q natural sense Of
humor have triumphed over the most id
verse circumstances Their women are quite
industrious and the men do occasionally work
under extraordinary temptation. Their coun-
tenances are more pleasing than those of In
dams in general. and wit is not entirely lack
ing to them Practical jokes occasionally
enliven the groups around the camp fire,
and, contrary to our ideas of Indian charac
ter, they laugh heartily at everything anus
ing. They have theology, of course, and
account for the origin Of the world and
things i'll general quite satisfactorily.
They believe that the first man was made
out of turkey and the first women were
made out of fish, for which reason they eat
neither of these creatures, and they have
kind of vague idea, which they themselves
cannot explain, of a future state of rewards
and punishments; but whether this is an in
digenous aboriginal conception or caught
from missionaries is ono of those things no
interpreter can find out. But this is digres-
sion. Let us return TO the desert Myself
and the Indian travelled from Defiance up
Canyon Benito over spur of red hills and
into n green valley about n mile square,
walled in by columns and ridges of sand rock,
thence out upon bare rock, thence through
forest, thence on to a sandstone plateau, ut
least : 200 feet above the sea, and then down
into Bat canyon and Canyon Dechelley.
1t may be added incidentally that from the
level Of the plateau there was descent of
LOO feet into. the canyon, which we made
through sort Of groove in the side of the
cliff, and were three hours in going that dis
lance; but a little thing like that is hardly
thought worth mentioning in Arizona.
Canyon Dechelley, in which l remained a
day, is noted among western antiquarians for
the SO called cliff cities, old Indian towns of
fat stones laid in white cement, built on the
shelving cliffs of the rocks, anywhere from
50 to coo feet above the bottom of the can
yon. 1t is alleged by savants, of course, that
a semi-civilized people once inhabited these
cities and were driven away by the nonadic
Indians; but think their leaving the best
proof that they were civilized and that they
went to land of rains.
Early the next morning we issued from the
mouth of Canyon Dechelley. across a fat
plain some ten miles wide in which the black
and yellow earth was as dry as ashes, and be-
yond that entered upon the White Desert.
Hour after hour We toiled on across this arid
waste, our horses suffering from heat and
thirst and the little water in our cantens
simmering warm. At last we reached
range of gray and chally looking hills where
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-13

and continued our former course southwest
slong the foot of the mesa. Hour after hour
we logged on, often falling asleep on my
horse and waking with a start while dream
ing of Indian ambush, and at midnight
reached the first good graSs-at least sixty
miles from where we had started in the morn
ing.
The next day ride of twenty miles over z
desert as dry as a lime kiln brought us to
hat curious people commonly called the Mo-
1uis, though Moqui is merely the name of one
If their towns, and there we remained four
lays. Their villages are on lofty rock, their
sorn fields are red sand, their meat is goats
iesh and their fruit is the pulp of peculiar
desert cactus called ''mescar'-and still they
live / tried hard to learn how, while was
with them, but failed. Nowhere else in
America, am sure, is life sustained by man
on such ragged edge of famine. And, in
fact, they do not strictly live-they are de-
caying race. And the nature of the country
from there to Kanab, Utah, cannot be more
forcibly described than by bare itinerary
Just as l kept it daily and hourly, rocks, des-
erts, canyons and scant water holes all emu
nrerated as l went and distances estimated by
time.
June 25-Northwest over n mesa OF black
rock for twenty-five miles; found hole full
of brackish water and filed canteens; climbed
TO summit of rocky ridge and made dry
camp" 26-Climbed down to sand plain
end rode hard till 10 a. IN, reaching q spring
in a green valley; Navajoes camped there;
rested till next morning. 27-Last water
three miles out; rode hard across a red desert
till 4 p. nj. and found a hole in the rock full
of water; rode ten miles further to find grass
and made dry camp. 2S-Went about
twelve miles out of way to find water; then
off west twenty miles, and got into tolerably
good pasture. 29-Reached cliff of Colorado
at 10 a. M. and got down to river by dark
3O-Devised means for crossing. July /
Got over to John D. Lees and remained three
days; Navajo left me and returned homo.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-13

July Rode on alone over the Kibab desert.
Night at John D. Lees ranch, known as
Jacobs Pool" Out of oasis, over the
Twenty Mile desert and down to Spring-in-
Rock Hoppled horse and slept in pinyon
thicket 6-Up to and over Buckskin noun
tain and across the Thirty Mile desert to
Navajo Springs. Horse tried to die on my
hands, and had to sleep in the desert and
give him rest. Up early and over nine
miles more of red sand. then into the little
oasis of Kanab and 10 the house of Jacob
Hamlin, church Indian agent, steward, etc.
The dry old Mormon listened impassively to
my account and quietly remarked:
sit is we'll you turned north from Moqui;
if you'd a gone on west you'd got on the
deserts"
His standpoint, you observe, was different
from mine. As long as they can find water
twice day and grass for their animals, those
southern Mormons do not call the country a
desert They reserve that term for re-
gion which produces nothing but warty liz
ards and sand burrs. J. H. BEADLE.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-13
MEN YOU HEAR OF.

DR.. Brown-Sequard has been married
three times,
President Harrison intends to give up
hand shaking.
Private Secretary Halford now wears
his dress suit without protest.
The Cameron prize in therapeutics at
Edinburgh university has been awarded
TO Pasteur.
Buffalo Bill is spending considerable
money jim making collection of French
paintings of value.
Lord Randolph Churchill has become
one of the foremost champions of the
eight hour movement in England.
James Berry, the English hangman,
offers to come to the United States and
execute every criminal now under SEN
tence for $4,000.
Wagner's only son, Siegfried, now
grown; is studying to be an engineer.
He looks like his father. but shows no
Aarked musical talent.
Judge Henry L. Clinton, of New York
city, once an active lawyer but now re-
tired, claims to have defended and saved
100 persons from the gallows.
W. G. Grace, England's greatest crick-
ct player, is 40 years of age. His score
for twenty-five years is $1,000 runs in
first class matches, and over 1000
wickets.
Chief Justice Fuller, who is about to
re-establish his old home IA Chicago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-13

The sweetest proposal ever dreamed of, "
said Eli Perkins, Il think is from Austin
Dobson."
MAY call you Paula!' he asked modestly
Eyes" she said, family.
''Dear Paula-may call you thatl"
Il suppose So"
"Do you know love you:'
Yes"
And shall love you alwaysr'
"If you wish to.
"And will you love me:'
Paula did not reply.
Twill you, Paula!" he repeated.
''You may love me, )" she said again.
"But don't you love me in returnr'
81 love you to love me-"
won't you say anything more explicitr
II would rather not"
They were married and happy within three
months
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early explorers were either untruthful or in
capable of judging of what their eyes saw.
Courteous reader, listen to the confession of
a man who believes in tho Great American
Desert. / have seen and suffered it. But
before the confession, q small concession is In
order
The American desert, it is true, is not half
as big as men thought it was in 1850 and con-
tains few more cases. but all the same 1t is
there-a hard, objective reality. 1t is both
hard and dry. A third of it is barren noun
tain, bare brown or gray rock Another
third is plain, a mixture of sand salt, soda,
flint and alkali The remainder is incoherent
red earth, barren because of drought, but con-
tanning the elements of fertility and capable
Of being made highly productive where album
dance OF water can he had for irrigation.
But it is largely desert for want of heat,
for at least 800, $50 square miles of the far
west lie mile or more above the oceans
level, and consequently are reliable FOX few
crops except grass.
And on this level the changes are sudden
and terrible. In Arizona l have seen corn
and other tender shoots literally frozen solid
in June. At Cheyenne have seen sheet of
ice an inch thick formed 10y hail in August.
In November | have seen whole herds of
stock dead in a pile, frozen as they crowded
together, and Indians, who had been caught
in n storm, getting into camp with fingers
stiff and not sound nose enough left to blow.
When the Mormons settled at Salt Lake they
INDUCED the pleasing delusion that stock
could live out all winter in the valleys" and
the first two winters they were there hap
pened, to BE- the mildcSt ever known. The
third QSJ0-JD was a crusher. Snow came
early and staid late. Everything froze that
was left out, and for three months at time
distant settlements were isolated by the
snow packs in the mountain passes
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-13

"Have you heard the latest news."
NO; what is its'
'You know Smith, the artist?'
II should say So He is my worst rival"
well, his wife has run away with freak
out of dime museum"
"She has! That's all her husbands doings
That's one of Smiths ways of getting himself
a ivertised Texas Siftings
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-13

Doesn't it embarrass you to be kissed by
your husband before car full Of peopleG"
"EmbarraS mes" replied the lady, who wa
starting Off on journey, rs she seated her.
self and looked at the questioner. did john
kiss me when he said good-byl declare /
didn't notice it. Is my nat on straight,
Laura7r -San FRANCISCO Post
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-13

Indignant Guest after climbing six flights
Of stairs)-Why, the clerk promised me a
room on the second floor
Bell Boy-Yes, sir, second floor from the
top-Hotel Mail
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-13
He Didn't Smile Eth,

Tom-What's tine matter, old fellow1
Jack-In love.
"Why are you so glum then-doesn't your
fair one smile upon your
''No, she laughs at me. Yankee Blade.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-13

81 have" cried the rampaging orator, sin
my tongue a rapier with which to kill ali
fools"
"Take it away from himi' yelled man in
the hall Hes going to commit suicideI'-
Lawrence Republican.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-13
BreakInr the BYonotonv.

Clerk-Sir, need change. want day
OF.
Employer-How would it do to take dAy
onf-Epoch.
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FOUND IT NO MYTH.
A Rough Experience on the
Great American Desert"
ON THE s5TH PARALLEL ROUTE.
There Are 300, 900 Square Miles Barren Noun
tain and as Much hore Barren Sand
And AIkali Plains.

T is the fashion
Just n o " to say
that the Gre at
American Desert is
a N tn La nd
a e en- is send out
glowing circulars
and gorgeously col
ored maps on which
Wheat Lands" in
big lie t t er s are
spread all over half
n million So re
miles of the wild
west, and enc is al
most forced to be-
lieye that all the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-13

Young Wife-Yes, am worried. You see,
George has gotten into such habit when we
go to the theatre Of going out between the
acts.
Friend-Oh, my dear, you look at it the
wrong way You ought to be thankful that
he comes in between the drinks-Texas Sift-
inrS
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Too Much for Him.

Knicker-Did you heah what was the mat
tab with Chappie De Twottl
Bocker-Nervous pwostation caused by
ovah exertion, I believe, aw. He twied tt
carwy Sunday papah home alone.-Life.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-13

The Prince of Wales, though many
times colonel, is obliged to pay more
attention to his regimen than his regi-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-08-26
JUDGE TERRY SHOT DEAD,

A great deal of space is given in
our California exchanges to the shoot
ing of Judge David S. Terry in the
Depot Hotel, Lathrop, Cal; but we
cannot find space for the details of
the sensation in this issue. The bare
facts however, are stated in the fol
lowing telegram clipped from the
San Francisco Evening Post:
LATHRoP, Aug. IA Deputy United
States Marshal David Nagle shot Judge
David Terry dead at the breakfast table
in the Depot Hotel here this morning
about Z 80 o'clock.
Judge Terry made an assault upon
Justice Field of the United States Court
in the dining room, when Marshal
Nagle drew his revolver and fired upon
Terry, killing him instantly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-08-26
SPRECKELS' PURCHASE.

The property recently purchased
by John D. Spreckels at San Diego
includes third interest in the Coro-
nado Beach Hotel, the Coronado
Belt Line and the Park Belt Line
Railroads, the San Diego & Coro-
nado Water Company, the San
Diego Street Car Company, the San
Diego & Coronado Ferry Company,
the Coronado Beach Motor Line and
the Marine Ways. The Coronado
Beach property consists of 5000 acres
of land, and with the many improve
ments made upon it, including the
establishing of several railroad lines
and the hotel and water works, it
now represents a capital value of
about $5,000,000. The Coronado
Beach Company, consisting princi-
pally of capitalists from Boston,
first purchased and improved the
property. The company branched
out into the different enterprises
above mentioned which are, with one
or two exceptions, on paying basis.
The company started In by erecting
the Coronado Hotel, laying out the
surrounding property and construct
ing suitable wharVes, with the inten-
ton of making Coronado a recog
nized shipping point. A large
amount of capital has been sunk in
The scheme.
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The Tontine System.


Mr.. EDITOR: Ten years ago, next
March, I was induced to take out
two policies of $500 each on the
Tontine plan, one or two others do
ing the same. The premiums were
to be 1896 90per year on each, SAT- 80.
I paid two premiums on each, before
I really understood the scheme.
then told the agent I was not at
all satisfied, and should drop them.
He assured me that I would GER
tainly receive back at the expiration
of the Tontine period, all the money
I had paid in, although, now he de-
MES it, IF he did not, what induce.
ment had I to continue the pay
ments? I continued paying 1926 sc
up to the present time, together with
interest, on one or two delayed pay
ments, amounting to, think, about
SIS. I borrowed on the policy, the
sum of $4,000, about four years ago
It was considered good collateral fol
the amount, I having paid in abou
$2364. And I am notified by thu
agent that I am entitled tt
$1845 70! Three card monte, thin
BILE rig, or the strap game, are fairer
as one has a chance to win back th'
amount risked. Ma.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-08-26
THE MORNING PAPER.

The morning newspaper is the
herald of the day; it sounds the
call to business, and spreads its
benefits as it circulates. It is the
regular messenger of the breakfast
table, ready reference on the bust
ness mans desk, and is read during
a period of the day that the mind is
most active and susceptive. It issues
forth with a cheerful countenance at
daybreak; it greets the sun as he
rises in the east, and diffuses it's
rays of light wherever it penetrates.
1t formulates the days proceedings,
and is an epitome of the business to
be transacted during the next twelve
hours.
In progressive cities the morning
paper contains most of the business
announcements, auction advertise
ments, etc.; and it gives a forecast
OF the events Of the day in progress,
as we'll as a record of the events OF
the day that is past. Business men
always value the morning paper
more than journal published later
in the day; because it is essentially
the business paper, no matter what
may be its politics or editorial
opinions. It is presented to them at
a time when their critical powers are
keenest; and it is sheet over
which they can never fall asleep, as
is frequently the case regarding
afternoon journals which reach them
when their physical and mental
powers are feeling the exhaustion of
the days labor.
The publication of a morning
paper involves a much larger ex-
'pense than one published in the
afternoon, because most of the work
connected with the former is neces-
sarily performed during night. The
aims to be attained and the extra
value of the morning paper, both for
advertisers and readers, are, how
ever, so very much greater that the
morning issue becomes indispensi-
BILE to business community. AS a
family journal, if its moral aims be
correct, it is equally valuable
never intruding itself upon the fam
lily circle during the time of eve
ming parties or amusements.
For the above reasons we hold
that the morning paper has an in
trinsic value which is the more
observed the more that it's condi-
tions are considered; and, as an
advertising medium, it's space is
worth more than double the value of
space in an afternoon paper which
cannot be more than a record of
events already known.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-08-26
Maui Scenery.

Mr.. EDITOR: We often hear Kauai
spoken of as the Garden Island, and
great many persons no doubt think
that Island the fairest of the group,
when in reality its beauty is very
tame and insignificant when COM
pared to many of the others. It is
true that some of the places on this
Island MAUI have but few attrac-
tions, still there are others that pos
sess such charms, that they may
without the least exaggeration, be
called the fairest spots or earth. We
have sky which for clearness and
beauty surpasses the far famed skies
of Italy; the scenery equals the
wonders of Mexico, and vegetation
so luxuriant as to surpass anything
in the world.
Among these sights are mountains
that ascend above the clouds, and
craters that sink into the depths of
the earth. There are gulches filled
with all kinds of tropical plants, pre-
senting a scene of wondrous beauty,
and there are scattered around, in
various places, every element Of
grandeur.
The great attractions, however, are
the lao Valley and Haleakala, the
latter being so conspicuous as to be
placed among the great wonders of
the world; for here we find the
greatest extinct crater yet discovered,
and indeed tits supposed that within
its immense depths and circumfer-
ence could be placed all the craters
of this group.
From the top of this mountain can
also be seen one of the grandest
sights that ever met the human eye,
for here at the early rosy morn can
be seen the refracted rays of the sun
tinting everything with a beauty
that surpasses the descriptive power
of man to portray. Here we see the
great white clouds rolling in like the
pillows of a mighty ocean, coming
in, pilling up, and covering it as with
crown of silvery beauty. From the
top can also be seen in every direc-
ton, innumerable sights and scenes
of beauty. Near the summit we find
the summer residence Of Mr.. FL. P.
Baldwin, who loves sometimes to
rise and rest at such an altitude as
eagles are said to delight in. This
resort Mr.. B. kindly puts at the dis
posal of his friends when not in use
by himself or family, and it is a great
boon, and has proved a blessing to
many; for here the climate is so rare
and invigorating as to make one be-
heve he has passed into a new world.
Here the weak speedily grow strong,
and the old grow younger; the young
grow rosy and joyous, and all are
filed with delight and happiness.
Here we find the need of fires, and
two or three pairs of blankets, and
this at a time when the people of
Honolulu are almost melting with
heat.
Leaving this grand scene behind,
we can travel to either East or West
Maui, and find good roads, magnifi
cent views and beauty at every step.
Besides the natural scenery, there
are the beautiful residences of the
planters, and among them that of
Mr.. FL. P. Baldwin, at Haiku, and
Mr.. FL. Morrison, at Spreckelsville.
We also note that these homes con-
tain most of the comforts and many
of the elegances of modern civiliza-
ton; and still more, among the resi-
dents are many evidences of culture,
refinement, and open-hearted hospi-
tality. TOURIST. :.
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NOTICE.

MR.. ANTON VOGEL is NOT IN OUR
III employ any more after this date.
e. HOFFSCHLAEGER 81 CO.
Honolulu, Aug. "a, 1889. 4S-1m
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SUPREME COURT.
JULY TERM, 1889.

JULY TERM, 1889.
FRIDAY, Aug. %.
IN BANCo.-ALL THE JUSTICES OF THE
SUPREME COURT BEING PRESENT.
Samuel NJ. Damon vs.. NJ. Dickson, and
John H. Patty assignee is bankruptcy OF
NJ. Dickson. Bill of Interpleader. The
opinion OF the Court was delivered by
Mr.. Justice McCully, and concurrence
therein was given by Mr.. Justice Dole.
The decree of Mr.. Justice Preston is
affirmed. w. A. Whiting attorney for
plaintiff; Paul Neumann for defendant
Patty assignee, and G. Brown and A. s..
Hartwell for defendant M. Dickson.
(The opinion of the Court, and concur
renee of Mr.. Justice Dole, will be given
in full in the HAWAIIAN GAZETTE of Sep
TENDER Sd.
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OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
Arrival of the S. S. Australia with
Fourteen Days Later News.
(From our special correspondence
Continued

(Contlnued.)
The Sugar Market.
LIGHTS revised circular gives the fol-
lowing estimate of the probable product
in tons, compared with the product OF
1888 and 1887:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-08-26
Builders Of Steam Machinery

In all its branches.
Steamboat, Steamship. Land Engines & BoiIers
High Pressure or Compound.
STEAM VESSELS of all kinds built comnlete
with hulls OF wood, iron or composite
ORDINARY ENGINES compounded when AID.
visable.
STEAM LAUNCHES, Barges and Steam rnos cor.
structed with reference to the trade in which
they are to be employed. Speed, tonnage and
draft of water guaranteed.
SUGAR MILLS and Sugar Making Macbinar,
made after the most approved plans. Also. All
Boiler Iron Work connected Herewith
WATER PIPE, of Boiler OF sheet Iron. of anY
size, made in suitable lengths for con necfin11
together, or Sheets rolled, punched and naclreS
for shipment. ready to be riveted On the
ground.
HYDRAULIC RIVETING, Boiler Work and watar
Pipes made by this Establishment. riyeted hy
hydraulic rivehRg machinery, that quality nj
work being far superior to hand work
SHIP WORK, Ship and Steam Capstans stao.o
Winches, Air and Circulating Pumps. mada
after the most approved plans
SOLE Agents and manufacturers for the Pacific
Coast OF the Heine Safety Boiler.
PUMPS-Direct Acting Pumps for IRRIGATION or
city works purposes, built with the celebrated
Davy Valve Motion, superior to any otheI
pump.
A-Sm Room No. 3. upstairs. spreckels' Block,