Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-04-10

older cities OF Europe These tell Oh
barhaTic age, when the rights @
man were ill defined and the terrible
night Of strife and bloOdshed aDI
political tempest preceded the
dawning Of a more peaceful day.
The edifices erected during tn,
seventeenth and eighteenth centur
les show indications that com
merce was increasing and civilizs-
lion was advancing. The Tower o
Antonio was no longer theTeeidence
OF the Pope; the kings Of France Il,
longer dwelt in prison-fortresses,a an,
the grim old Tower Of LOngon was
no longer considered the only SAT,
residence Of the sovereigns OF
Britain. To this age belongs all th'
magnificent and luxuriant palaces
that adOrn European lands.
But the buildings erected and the
portions OF the cities laid out during
the present century are in striking
contrast to all that was done in
former times. Ii would seem thai
the idea Of comfort was almost un
known TO the poorer Glasses Of Eu-
rope one hundred years ago. Ii l.
only in the most improved dwell
ings and especially in those portions
of the cities built since the advent Of
railways that more or less approach
has been made toward the comforts
and cOnveniencies ola model Amer.
lean home. 81.
Truth is stranger than fiction, 1t l.
said; il might also be added that il
is not half 30 frequent. The re
writing Of the worlds history, II
seems probable, will be one Of the
employments Of the twentieth CEN
tury. The general research into the
records OF the Iast, which j.
now going on beyond precedent
is plainly proving that much that
our fathers believed 20 he history
was only fiction due-nUt 10 cTitis
Use too harshly-tO the OverheateC
imagination OF the historian. For
example, who has not heari Of tin
destruction OF Pompei,? How elo-
quently that destruction has been
depicted rs occurring in the beau
tiful spring time when nature was
clothed in verdure and the spring
birds were singing their joyous
notes, when the rOses were in full
bloom and fragrance freighteU
zephyrs floated over the fairest Of
European landscapes, etc. All this
sounds very fine, hut recent in
vestigations rather prove that it l.
not true. In excavating recently
at Pompeii Just outside the Stabian
gate was found n relic which dOes
much to settle the matter Of date. a
little pine tree was found in an al.
most complete state Of preservation:
it belonged TO that species known as
umbrella pine the nuts OF which are
50 much esteemed by the natives OF
southern Italy, and on il were clus-
tiers Of nuts perfect and ripe still
elinging to the parent branch
after the lapse Of more than
eighteen centuries. The buds OF
the tree were also in that condition
in which they are found late In
autumn when the past season.,
growth is done and the next has not
| set commenced. Now il Is well
known that the nuts Of the umbrella
| pine are never ripe until November
or the first part Of December.
Hence, we may conclude that this
shower Of volcanic mud and ashes,
that Theoretically sealed this tnet
along with the city, did not fall in
the spring, but in the month OF
November, just az the nuts wer,
ripening.
Another item might be mentioned
as illustrating the faliacies Of his
tOrians. AS everybody knows, the
ancestors Of George Washington are
said to have sprung from Cheshire,
England. But the little church al
Brington, in Northamptonshire,
contains the graves Of many Of the
Washingtons. On some Of the pews
and on the graves are engraved the
Washington coat Of arms, which
very much resembles the shield or
the great seal Of the United States.
and plainly indicates its origin, a
well rs the first idea or outline OF |
the American flag, Of the
stars aud Stripes. Here, tao, r. |
plain and authentic record |
Of the Washington family running |
back rs far rs the year 1883, and in
connection with the records Of the
neighboring village Of Solgrave l.
continued back 20 the year 1926.
Here then we have n succinct &C. I
count running back no less than 3ss \
years and an outline oftheAmerican
flag 25O years before the Declaration
If independence. Such are some OF
the claims that Northamplonshlre
brings forward that il was once the
stamping grounds Of the Wash
ington family.
II has been said that nations. like
machinery, run best when they
make the least noise. y Howeveritrue
this may be, one thing is certain,
the current Of European politics has
not lie II running very smoothly
durii 8 the past fortnight. Scarcely
had the little episode OF the Due
d'OTleans been laid on the shelf,
when public attention was drawn
toward the French capital 10y the
fall Of The Tyraud ministry. And
while the English aud German
press were busy holding IN
impetuous, volatile Paris to the
gaze Of the world, political storm
was gathering in their respective
In England the verdict
Of the sO-calied Parnell Commission
was awaited with anxiety and when 1
1t length ii was given 10 the public,
he politicians seemed TO feel that ,
he longed for jubilee Of speech I
had arrived. Not only did I
Mr.. Gladstone make il the oppor- \
unity Of delivering one Of the great 4
,rations OF his life but host Of :
,thers have mounted the rostrum :
md delivered speeches which plainly /
Indicate that however many OF few !
nay be the number Of the truly I
treat statesmen in Britain, she is by .
10 means wanting in aspiring poll 4
icians. While Gladstone, Labou- I
here and Lord Randolph Churchill :
ave been making things lively at 1
the strike Of three !
undrei thousand miners has sent r
he price Of coal up with bound; and \
he proce edings Of forty or fifty :
dock laborers, barge
len and carriers at Liverpool
''higher wages or
o cargoe~,a filed the hearts
n ship-ownef.s with dismay, and
early everyfso, " else with amaze !
tent. That the. nresent crisis will :
E bridged over-th At the ship own =
3 and the dockers will yet be able Y
effect compn 'mise-nearly n
Ferybody believes. But what Q
,out the futureg VIII II always be ;
nus easy? These strikes re teach U
q the people the vast pow,-r they .
az WELD by careful combih alton. G
eanwhile some Of the kn0N wing