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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-07-15
CAPTAIN wEATHERx,

proprietor and COMMANDER Of the
Sea iitHg, has been severely blamed
by citizens and Others for what they
aiiege TO have been criminal nc.li-
genCe Oh his part in pulling out into
the lake with such n crowd when
the sky looked 50 threatening. The
captains wife and two OF his three
children lost their lives under tn,
waves anu that fact, together with
the loss Of his vessel and the great
loss Of lie. unneryei him 20 that
he kept %. Of sight during the day,
and those wha did see him got but
imperfect statements from him. lie
stated that he did not consider the
danger very great, and thought he
saw "a break in the clouds, promising
4 clearing away Of the storm.
This i not well taken hy the peO-
pie in this neigh U0rho0d. who say
The sky was black with the most
threatening Find Of clouds and that
it was clearly evident that a very
heavy storm WAS about 10 break.
His other EXCISE, II such these
may beCllled, j that tine Manager
Of the excursion, Whose profits
would be cut down hy any delay In
the departure Of tile boat, was 80
urgent in his instance upon i'm
mediate departure that the captain
yielded anu took the boat out 10 her
destruction.
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siXty-hve. probably about half 81
tine total number Of drowned. From
early morning = patrol Of rowboats
was kept all over the neighbJrhOOd
OF the wreck, looking for bodies.
Several were found that way last
night. and n small boy was found
floating and yelling, three miles
buOwu the lake from the scene Of the
disaster.
Battery 4 Of 81. Paul KEEP; up a
cannonading curing the day, trying
% raise the bodies, without success.
Tugs this morning pulled out the
shattered wreck u the Sea Wing,
rrisa-iug three bodies. one woman
and two Young mtE. Alice Pat
meE Of Trenton was one OF these, but
the two men have not been identi-
fed up 10 / O'Clock. That makes
a total Of siNty-elght bodies now
found.
Estimates vary a to the total
number Of dead.
There We're over two hundred on
the steamer and large when they
started 10 return TO Red Wing,
very few remaing behind on account
u the storm, although many pro-
tested against the proposal 10 steam
up the lake in the face vi such a
gale AS was then blowing. OF the
whole number il is Known posi-
lively that about fifty We're saved.
More fnny have escarei hut only
this many are known at this iiuie
20 ue safe. That would leave about
$50 victims, but every one hopes
the number may not 20 beyond 10.
= number are still in the wreck
and n great many in the bottom OF
the lake, where the gale first struck
the steamer. Just how many will not
be known for some time yet, VOs-
sibly not for several days.
THE CyCLpSE'S WORK AROUND
ST. PAUL.
81. PAUL, July li.-AccordiHg
TO the testimony Of those who wit
messed the storm. il first gathered
in the y.riuiiy Of Snail Lake, sew
erll mile 90 the noTthwes. Of Lake
Gur-ais, ard something like eight
nlile7 from -. Paul. II proceeded
in its general movement aud first
began its work Of destruction abogi
twD mill, from the Schumacher and
Good cottages by demulishing harm
aud several Winimills. After this I
10 scemei 10 bound into the air.
striking the earth again near the !
hamiv. ut Little Canada. where the |
first serious damage was done.
Again, % kipleI uhc spdcr Or&ho"t !
4 mile and once again lowered 20 |
the earth ami resumed it, work Of |
its fury ceuteEing near
thr shore Of Lake GeryaiS, where I
five deaths were caused. Once
AGAIN tire storm seemed 10 rebound |
into the air, OHly 10 regain the !
Earth half a mile further on. where |
the ruins O.! The GaeiZae place and |
the bruised inmates were left % bear
10 It's RELENTLESS power.
Here its force seemed L. he spent. |
rs &c proceeded eastward il Assumed |
the simple nature Of a high wind, |
accompanied 10y . Thunderstorm. |
ifaii large as medium sized olives |
was one a. the features a. White |
Bear.
Alta early hour this morning 4
special tain bore a correspondent % !
the Associated Press from -. Paul |
.0 the scene OF
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BEGISNING To HOPE

they would be taken of by citizens
OF Lake City, the boat again turned
over. this time on its SHE, anu all Of
the twenty-five remaining were
hurled into the water. or these.
several were drowned before they
could he brought 10 the boat. Thuse
who succeeded in remaining aflOat
again secured hold on the boats
side. and rs the men hung onto the
railing they were IN danger % be-
ing washed away by the waves.
one man observed the forms of two
women wedged in between Station
AIRY seats. both pale in de1,h, as the
lightning CLEANS lit up their up
turned faces. Another man saw
two little girls float past him as he
chung with desperation 10 the
steamers side.
Half an hour after the passage Of
The storm the people went Ia the
dock where the steamer EthCi HOg-
ard was anchored. Il was pre-
sumed that the steamer would at
once proceed to the rescue Of the
drowning. but when Captain How
ard asked II he was going out to the
rescue he replied that he was not
going 10 nun his boat from shore
until the indications OF another ai,-
preaching storm had disappeared.
He said, also, that he did not pro-
pose TO run the risk OF losing mis-
boat in order TO look for dead people
on the iase.
In moment a dozen or more row.
boats were manned and put out
from shore, and the tys enty or more
remaining people cli1ging TO the
hull were rescued and brought to
shore, most Of them being men who
could swim.
DURING THE NIGHT
fifty-five bodies were recovered.
This morning, up TO 10 O'Clock,
seven more had been pulled out. At
1880 the bodies OF n woman and
child, TO which ropes hal been at
tached. were drawn from the water.
The child was the daughter OF John
Winters Of Red Wing. Fred SEWERS,
a blacksmith, was taken out a few
minutes later, making total Of
The Washington critic., 1890-02-09
THE F4LL or Bos TON.

The fight on Friday night at Boston
Cat BostonD between Dixon and Nc
Carthy ended in a draw after seventy
rounds had been fought. The report
OF this episode, sent from the Modern
Athens, is, in literary way, remark
able. 1t says that each man stripped"
at 1144 pounds; that Dixon made a
pass for Mccarthy, which the latter
'countered,' and the round was used
up in ineffective attempts 10 land.
Further, that Dixon usually landed
his blows on McCarthy's face and
neck, while Mccarthy seemed to go
for his opponents wind There are
about thousand words in this report,
nearly all similar to the foregoing
specimens.
There is no further question about
it-BostOn is-well, let us speak it In
BostO8ese Grgot-Boston is knocked out.
1t has gone the way of the other Athens
to decay. Vanished is its great pres
tige as the home of scholars, poets,
philosophers, essayists and statesmen.
Its makers of odes have passed away
to furnish room for people who go foi
other peoples wind-its analysts of hu.
man thoughts, feelings and emotions
have been crowded out by those who
make passes and attempts, more or less
successful, TO land-its political phil
lipics are no more. and in their stead We
hear the thump of fists in three-ouucc
gloves. There is no Boston culture
left but the culture of the manly art Of
elf-defense.
The intellectual circle has become
the prize ring. The salon has giver
way TO the saloon. Beacon Hill ant
Bunker Hill look down upon the
triumph Of matter over mind, Tit
local meaning of Emerson and Lowell
is dim in the lustre of the bloody
hiumphs of brutal Sullivan,
SO many gods have fallen lately tina
one ought not to grumble at the de
thronement of one more. But we do
Civilization seems to have lost in the
The Washington critic., 1890-02-09
soHwATKAs ADVENTURES:

Lieutenant schwatka, Of polar fame, sur
veys mankind from China to Peru with
equal mind. Having exhausted the Arctic
circle, he betook himself to the equator.
In returning he has now reached FL Paso,
Texas, accompanied by Mr.. F. Howard
O'Neill, in charge of eleven cliff-dwellers
from the Sierra Madre Mountains. These
mari tribe and speak a'language of their
own. They came from Tukova, 200 miles
from Chihuahua, and travelled the whole
distance on foot, beating their master, who
rode. One of these men is known to have
Travelled 100 miles in twelve hours, an
achievement that recalls the stories of the
old Greek runners. Lieutenant Schwatka
intends TO exhibit his strange companions
in the principal cities of the country, aud
then to take them to Europe to join Buffalo
Bill
The Washington critic., 1890-02-09
OLD NOTIONS EXPLODED.

An old pantomimist says bismuth does not
kill clowns, but on the contrary is good for
the skin. ara
A California ostrich farmer says the ostrich
does not bury his head in the sand and im-
agine he is hidden. Nor does the female
ostrich lay her eggs in the sand and leave
them for the sun to hatch. Nor is the ostrich
used for riding, since his back is so weak a
man can break 1t witha blow.
Mr.. Lesigne has published book in Paris
showing conclusiyely that Joan of Arc was
not burned at the stake, but was married to
a gentleman in Lorraine and reared large
family, dying, finally, natural death.
Many species of sharks will not eat human
flesh. Shark fishing is regular and lucra-
tive industry in some parts of the world.
Glassblowers do not die young and do not
iniure their lungs, but rather develop and
improve them.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-09
THE PETTY POETS.
A AeREAT1NyENroR.

He made a new invention nearly every other
week.
But something always allied IL, and it al.
ways seemed TO shirk
Its functional activity, somehow, was very
weak,
Its whole vitality was low-the blame thing
wouldn't work
He made perpetual motion things-but they
would never move;
And then he made big machine for lying
through the sky, -
But there was q slight obstruction in the
piston-rod or groove,
And the only trouble with 1.-THE could
never make 1t fly.
And he made marine toboggans for sliding
on the sea,
very pretty compromise of bicycle and
boat,
And on the second trial trip, he said twas
his "idee,''
The thing would slide tremendously, If he
could make it float.
And he made panacea that would cure
every ill
The long g-sought life elixir, to the world so
long denied;
He took the medicine himself, a large, green
looking pill,
And twenty minutes later he laid him down
and died.
- Ydnkee mate.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-09
A WESTERN NARRATIVE.

He stole horse: we captured him,
A crowd of us here gents;
He begged us not, from yonder limb,
To leave him in suspense.
He said he'd seorn TO think himself
An idle, dangling thing,
And seem man chat men could get
So easily on string.
He said he was an honest man,
Who'd drank the bitter cup,
Humility-he did not wish
To be so lifted up.
Useless his pleadings and his tears
To molify our frown;
He, who so plainly was cut up,
The morrow was cut down.
And so the thread Of this, my tale,
No longer now extends;
And whether you the moral read
Like him we hanged-depends.
Now, he was spoiled in youth, and thus
Twill plainly show TO you
That to this mans quick coming down
His bringing up was due.
ST. Louis Spectator
The Washington critic., 1890-02-09

winds cannot etrike them, they will bloom
earlier and remain pretty longer. They eau
be taken from the flower beds aud potted
while in bloom, ard set in q cold room,
where they will remain beautiful until after
Christmas. II put In room with FIRE they
soon lose their beauty.
When the chrysanthemum is in its grow
ing state 1t should have the centre shoot
pinched back some three inches, about the
first of June. This causes II to send out
more shoots, which in turn should be short
ened in the first of July; It will still put out
more shoots, and about the first OF August
all the shoots should again be clipped.
When the plants again put out they VIII
form q mass Of sprouts, and each one OF
these, If well cared FOR, will give a largo
truss of the finest bloom.
A small black bug is all the enemy our
chrysanthemums have ever had and we
conquer these by dredging pepper on them
while wet from dew or rain The chrysan-
themum seems worthy of the best Of care
by flower lovers, as It is just in perfection
when all other flowers are being nipped by
the frost. IL is then that their gorgeous
colors make our flower beds so beautiful
that we seem TO forget the loss of our SUM
mer treasures.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-09
FAME.

A poet struggled long life through
TO bring his fancies TO public view,
But the style Of the age he could not get,
And the poet might have been struggling
yet
But one day he died-and his death was
meet,
For:the poet hadn't enough to eat
And his clothes were thin for the time of
year
And his eyes held many an unshed tear
And he'd lost the distinction Of good and
bad,
And his laugh was mock and his smile was
sad
And the poet couldn't have done, l say,
better thing than to pass away.
A fool was Kicking about at play
In pile of dirt in an aimless way
Aud he found poem, and, in freak,
He learned it, every word, TO speak
And wherever he went, for year and day,
He mumbled the poets r0undelay.
Fool and genius are long since dead,
Each with a moldering slab o'erhead-
But the poem, printed, lives on in fame.
A deathless beauty-without name,
-FRED. NrR,
The Washington critic., 1890-02-09
WING TEE WEE.

Wing Tee Wee
Was q sweet Chinee,
And she lived in the town OF Tao,
And her eyes were blue,
And her curling cue
Hung dangling down her back,
And she fell in love with gay Win Sill
When he wrote HIS love on laundry bill. 81
+ ~ And, oh, Tin Told
= Was pirate bold.
And he sailed in Chinese Junk;
And he loved, ah, me,
Sweet Wing Tee Wee,
But his valiant heart had sunk;
So he downed his blues in tickle tiz2,
And vowed the maid would yet be his.
So bold Tin Told
Showed all his gold
To the maid in the town of Tao,
And sweet Wing Wee
Elopcd to sea
And never more came hack,
For in far Chinee the maids are fair,
And the maids are false, as everywhere.
-RaFrdFd Ldii,D0Ois.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-09
THE KNIGHT.

(which one of these two roadways, pretty
maid, is miner
where do you go, sir knight? For that
you do not say ~
THY bare brown leg is round, with turn of
ankle fine,
The basket on thy head brings lovely arms
in play,
Dark are thy lashes, dropping over eyes that
shine.
know not where I go. for will go thy
way
"Then 'tis to find Teo, the goatherd, that you
go,
To whom my leg SO round shall very
quickly take
My eyelashes, my lips with kisses to bestow,
All that have of love, of beauty for his
And all too little is to quench the fevered
That in his charmed heart my presence can
awake.
''If unto love alone thy favor thou wouldst
yield,
love thee; but If, more than this, to pleas
ure thee
One needs must guide flock each day to
Craze afeld,
Accused then be fate that from mine in
fancy
Set mo apart for war and carnage, made me
WELD
The sword, and gave no shepherds pipe of
reeds to mel"
"a warrior is king amid all human kindI
The shepherds, trembling, greet the hero
with acclaim,
And naughty is, of right, the mistress of his
mind,
His house is held in fear, its warder is his
name.
How would love Teo, to captains rank as
signed,
With doughty sword in hand that should
maintain my fame"
"Spring to the saddle, then, behind me. Safe
with me
Thou shalt be brave, and them who envy
thee deride.
My part in all the spoil of captured towns
shall be
Jewels and chains of gold to deck thy
beauty's pride;
And when we pass the folk shall cry aloud to
see:
Behold the glorious bridegroom and the
radiant brdeH"
what Bad man. for your sake you wish
me to betray
The faith ! vowed my goatherd in the
meadow-landl
If | abandon him, then he will pine away
And die at least, he gave me so tC
understands
And how can /, sir knight mount to your
saddle, pray,
Unless you lend to me your stlrrup and
your handgn
The Washington critic., 1890-02-09
TILE ALTON NEGROES

The State of Illinois and the City Of
Alton ought to hold caucus and come
to some sort of an agreement The
State, by its compulsory educational law,
says every child within its jurisdiction
between certain ages must attend school
specified number Of weeks In each
year, On theother hand, the people of
Alton refuse to let the colored people of
that city attend the public schools.
So there they are If the colored chill
dren, attempt to attend school the city
authorities descend upon them, and if
they don't attempt to attend school the
State authorities get after them.
In the meantime, the colored children
are picking up a good deal of informa-
tion that they might not get in the
schools, which presumably are con-
Quoted ON the theory that this is a
Christian nation.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-09
elTs or NATURAL HIsToRY.

A Philadelphia shoemaker's dog died
day or two ago from swallowing piece of
sole leather in mistake for beefsteak.
% Levi Williamson of Ansonia, Conn.,, has
hog that is seven feet long and weighs 1900
pounds. It is so fat that II is unable TO get
up.
Swans do not breed until they are three
years old. They are strictly homogeneous,
and the male bird takes his full share in the
incubation. which occupies six weeks.
Eugene G. Blackford, at Fulton Market,
New York, received somo curious Chinese
goldfish Saturday. They are known as
King ni-Ho, and have three tails. They are
produced by the interbreeding Of doformcd
species.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-09
CULTURE OF cHRYsANTHHMUMs.

In setting out chrysanthemums in the
spring great care should be used TO have
them in suitable soil. They flourish best In
turfy loan, with liberal portion Of we'll
rotted COW manure and sand mixed in II.
After it is well mixed put in the chrysan-
themums, and one tiny sprout to the hill
gives the best results. They do best in a
warm, sunny exposure, and when fall
comes (the time they bloom), II they are
growing where the cold north and west
The Washington critic., 1890-02-09
nLT EKElLPLIFIEp.

Tompkins-Pshawi Browns no wit.
There must be an element of surprise in
what a man says to make It wit. Don't
you agree with meg
Wilson--Perfectly. That was clever
witticism you got of the other day.
Tompkins-I forget. What did / sayY
Wilson-You said, "Here's that five
borrowed from youln-Hdrp0's Bagdr.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-09
HIS CREDIT WAS GOOD.

Twas winter night and the hour was lates
And the snow lay cold and white,
But she saw him as far as the garden gate
To say to him there, Good d-night.''
The moon looked down with a smiling eye
And the bright stars winked with glee;
They saw her blush and they heard her sigh
(For timid and shy was she).
But they never needed the stars or moon
The youth and the maiden fair
They reached the gate and tritling boon
The lover requested there.
What is the boons asked the charming miss
In musical voice and low;
it is that you'll give me a sweetheart's kiss,
My darling, before go.
oh, no, she said, as the lashes fell
Ger the eyes of fathomless blue;
You've wooed me long and l love you well
But cant't give kiss to you.
Then loan me kiss, my sweet one, pray,
And you will never know regrets,
Yes, will, she said, for my parents say,
You are prompt in paying your debts.
-BOstoH Courier.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-09
POPULAR POETRY.
OLD DUTCH LOVE SONG.

[ tParaphfase Of Ger6tand BredefoGe-162O. !
I am not rich, and yet my wealth
Surpasseth human measure;
My store untold
Is not of gold
Nor any sordid treasure,
Let this one hoard his worldly pelf,
Another court ambition
Not for throne
Would disown
My poor end proud condition!
The worldly gain achieved to-day
Tomorrow may be flying--
The gifts of kings
Are fleeting things
The gifts of Love undying!
In her I love is all my wealth
For her my soul endeavor;
No heart, ween,
Hath fairer queen,
No l.ege such homage, ever
London, Jan. 10, 1890. Eugene Field.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-09

WHEN SENATOR SHERMAN testified
that his relations with Governor For
aker had always been friendly he pre-
sumably realized how a young lady
feels when she tells the young man that
she has always loved him as a sister.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-09

TIE MOVEMENT IN favor of the coin
age Of half-cent pieces is believed to be
a scheme to enable The New York mil
lionaires to contribute literally to the
Grant Monument fund.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-09

MONUMENTS AND MULES.
On Friday last the House of Repre-
sentatives spent most of the session in
debate over bill for the erection at
Thomaston, Me-, of a monument to
General Henry Knox. In the course
Of that debate Mr. Milliken said;
But have already said to my friend that
think these (monuments) should be erected
all over the country, in every State. And
as said before. also, you can make no more
patriotic appropriation than that which ap
propriates money to call to the minds of the
people the great deeds of those who have
gone before them. and thus stimulate the
youth of our day to emulate their deeds in
the future.
And so that is the Republican idea of
the best way to employ the surplus!
While the farmers of the West are
clamoring for relief from the burdens
laid upon them by war tariff-while
the laboring men of the East are des-
perate in the extremity to which
they have been brought by little labor
and less pay-while the great problem
of the hour is how TO apply the wealth
of the nation to the poverty of the indi-
yidual--Mr. Milliken rises in his
place in the House of Representa-
tives and, the exponent of his party,
declares for monuments. lie wishes to
call TO the minds of those who are strug-
Cling for daily bread and for the CON-
moner comforts of life the great deeds
of those who have gone before them.
He proposes to satisfy starvation with
memories of The dead. The people ask
for bread and he offers them grave
stones.
He would exhibit TO youth bronze
etiigies of ancient heroes for
emulation. One can imagine
the beaiitic condition of a
society driven for sustenance to
statues-no food at home, but plenty of
monuments in the parks. A great man
for sentiment is Mr., Milliken.
On the same day Mr.. Turner also
rose in his seat and made an affecting
speech. I'm bill which passed the
House yesterday" said he, eve allowed
~ 200 for three old mules"
With a Congress devoted to monu-
ments and dead mules-at 800 apiece
--and presumably in the near future
10 monuments to the mules, the follow
ers of Edward Bellamy ought to take
fresh hope. The millennial dawn
stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops
SCIENTISTS AND POLITICIANS.
The idea of THE CRITIC that more
agreeable results could he obtained
from legislation initiated and consid-
cred by bodies made up in equal parts
OF scientific men and men of affairs, the
whole presided over by some judicial
representative of the State, has excited
curiosity. twill scarcely be necessary to
consider THE CRrTIo interviews in
in the order of their approvals or OBJ
jeetions. 1t will do, for the present, to
amplify the idea bit, since we feel il
must be finally put aside with Louis
Blanos socialistic catechism and Mr..
Bellamys communication ticket mil
lenium. In making the suggestion II
was desired to point two striking facts
Of the political situation: One that legis'
lation throughout the land Is narrow
ing 10 personal selishuess; the Other
that lawyer-politlcians are the respon
sible agents of the decadence.
The growing policy of struggling foi
Individual concerns and fayors all along
The line, from the municipal council u
The Washington critic., 1890-02-09

TnE NEW YORK hop growers complain
that they have to give too much tare to
dealers. At the other end Of the line young
men who drink the beer complain that the
dealers do not give them tare enough.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-09

MAYOR GRACE ASSURES us that the New
York Fair bill has no politics. We are
ready now to hear from the man who claims
that there's no meat in an egg.
The Washington critic., 1890-02-09

TIVE OLD WARRIORS of Tammany are
red in the face over the appointment Of
young Grain to the lucrative Office of
City Chamberlain. When they make
their annual appeal to young men it is
because they want votes. not officers.