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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-08

Five physicians attend Mr.. Blaine
daily, all say there is nothing serious
In his malady. His eyesight issllght'
ly affected, but this Is the result Of TOO
much reading. lie has severe head.
aches, which are from bis exhausted
nervous condition. not from brnin
Trouble. He does not eat hearty food,
he says he never did. lie was always
n great believer in porridge, milk
cream and good butter, and his hre,
this summer, varies but little from what
II did last summer.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-08

Ex-senator Warner Miller says that
the Nicaragua canal, when completed,
will be- oon Of the greatest kind TO
the Pacific coast people. lilo says tina.
their full development eau never take
place until they have cheaper trims
porlation fot thcii raw materials 10 the
markets Of the United States. The
distance by water from San Francisco
to New York wlllsbp lcssp nod by the
Nicaragua route by 1000 miles and
place everything on the coast at the
command Of the buay congress In the
East.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-08

At white Earth, MINI, Christina
reuscho went to dance against her
mothers consent When che returned
the mother tried 10 Kill her With a
knlte, and then beat her seuseless with
aclub. A brother belabored her with
achsif mud another brother struck her
with goad stick cutting n frightful
cash In the cheek. lie then fell upon
her aud chewed both her arms until
the blood ran IN streams The poor
girl, then In eeml.consclo us condi'
ton, crawlej out Of doors and Into the
brush, since which time she has not
been seen. She Il supposed to be
dead. The trio will be plancd under
arrest and there are fcs y Of lynching.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-06

King, U. s. A., author of "The Coloners Daughter" In this story Captain Gerald Blake, who will be remembered by the many readers of Kings military novels, again makes his appearance. Army life among the Black Hills of Dakota furnish the incidents, and the story is the most finished that the author has ever written, furnishing much of interest and excite ment. J. B. Lippincott Co.,, Philadelphia. For sale by E. P. Judd.
 "Murvale Eastman: Christian Social ist." Albion W. Tourgee. A suggestive story full of striking scenes, artistically selected and portrayed, and with genuine, though peculiar, characters. The focus of interest is Murvale Eastman himself, a manly, resolute young pastor, who sets his church into strange commotion by apply ing the words of Jesus and Paul to every day life and church work. The story aims to point out way for bettering so- cial and individual conditions, and to show the possibility of a new social pro gress along path of peace, through the cable methods of "bearing one anothsr's burdens" Fords, Howard & Hurlbert, New York For sale by E. P. Judd.
 "Mary St. John." A novel by Rosa Nouche,te Carey. One of Miss Carey's delightful English stories, the scene chang ing from London to chateau in Flanders, and back again to an English country house. The author excels in drawing the character of the English priest, devoted, unsparing in labor, and most affectionate father All the characters are life-life and interesting, most of them pleasing; even the morbid and exacting Janet has her ad- mirable traits. It seems as if the reader might have been spared the death of the four little girls, as being more than neces- sary to bring the mother to repentance. Published in the series of select novels by J. B. Lippincott Co.,, Philadelphia. For sale by E. F. Judd.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-06

Mohammedan or ChristianF' A friend who went to the court with the minister tried to explain to the wondering circle of well-to-do 4oors how big the animals ears would be, but could only get them to un- derstand by collecting about dozen pairs of native slippers, and placing them to- gether in more or less the required shape. Many curious questions were asked as to his sizs, but nothing seemed to penetrate the good peoples noddles until one of their number asked about his weight. "Wil it weigh as much As two bullocksF' he ouer- jed.
 "Yes; more than two buIloeks." What wonder that 6 unanimous 'FUliah- Uk-barS' rose from the throng,o or that the next ques- tion should be, "Does he est sheep and goatg'
 Very few persons know how it came to pass that her maiesty's government sent such an unusual present to the sultan, but l am in a position to vouch for the follow ing story; Some years ago, when our late minister, Sir William Kirby Green, visited the court for the first time. there was among the presents 8 mechanical elephAnt which was intended for the sultAn's son. His ShereeiAn majesty was very much in terested in the movements of the animal and asked If there were any real animals like the toy. Being answered in the afr native he immediately expressed a desire to have one, and 8 sort of half promise was made there and then that one should be sent for from India. Ever since that time H. s. N, has lost no opportunity of remind ing Sir William of his promise, and on that gentlemen's representations the present government decided that her msjesty's gift to the sultan on the recent visit of the ena- bsssy to the court should take the form Ge- sired
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-06

A CHANGE FOR THE ALLIANCE.
 If the Farmers alliance really wants to go into the banking business it might try a scheme which has been found to work we'll in Germany and Russia. In those countries there are Peoples banks which loan money, principally to farmers, at 8 low rate of interest, the only security being membership in the bank and the en- dorsement of one other member to the note discounted. These credit societies, as they are called, were organized (some of them) as far back as 1859 and have grad ually increased from 80 to nearly 1000; from 18, ,676 members to over 490, ,000; and from advances of about $3 100000 to over $360, 1000, 900. The banks are under a full liability law; every member liable for all debts to the full extent of what little prop erty he may possess. The banks are thus able to borrow, say at from to per cent. per annum, and loan to their members for | three or six months at 6 or or more. The profits, like those of building and loan as, | sociations, inure to the benefit of the share. holders, who are also the borrowers.
 The great advantages of these societies is in furnishing, at low percentage money to farmers to plant and harvest
 their crops. Before these societies came into existence the poorer farmers could borrow only at ruinous rates. Often they could not borrow at all. Not only farm
 CTS but independent workmen are share
 holders and therefore participate in thu
 borrowing advantages and the profits.
 Here is chance for the alliance. I
 would do better to occupy its massive in
 tellect with such work as this than wit
 subtreasury schemes, government ware
 houses, etc.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-06
NEW HAVEN CONN. THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST G. 1891.

as the castor oil plant. No sort of bird,
 beast or creeping thing will touch castor oil plant. It seems to be rank poison to all the animal world. Even 8 goat will starve before biting off leaf, and a horse will sniff at it and turn up his upper lip as 1 though it had the most detestabIe odor on the face of the earth. Army worms and the locusts will pass it by, though they may eat every other green thing in sight, and there is no surer way to drive moles away from lawn than to plant few castor beans here and there. Even the tobacco worm will refuse to be fed on it's leaves.
 A report presented to the Anthropologi- cal society in Munich compares different countries according to the number of children, middle-aged and old people they contain. It is shown that France has the largest proportion of people over seventy years of age, the number being AS to the thousand. Norway has 40, Sweden 33, Switzerland 30, Great Britain 29, Germany 27, and the United States 20 This does not indicate, however, that people live to be so much older in France than in the United States, but that we have more young people in proportion. Thus while France has only 270 children under fifteen years of age, to the thousand, the United States has 381, while Australia, newer country still, has 396. The country which shows the most children has the best future before it.
 There is occasionally young man who knows what he wants. A young Tennes- sean, inspired by martial ardor, wrote to the superintendent at West Point for the terms of admission. The usual circular of information from the secretary of war was returned to him. Some time after he wrote again, thus: q received your terms some time since. I was not seventeen years of age when heard from you. I can't come under such terms. I will give you the terms that will come under. I want only to study military tactics. I want to stay three years. want $40 per month. At the end of the term I want position over some army of the United States. I want you to send me round ticket there and back think am both physically and mentally qualified to fill the position. will not be out anything, but want the position. Please answer this
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-06
HYPNOTIC.

A scientific Result.-She-They say Mrs. Veriplane can hypnotize; do yor suppose it's true9 He-Shouldn't wonder she got Veriplane-Life.
 A little girl was taken by her mother tc a dentist who removed a tooth. That night at prayers she said: Forgive us ou, debts as we forgive our dentists.
 Burglar-What would you say if I were to blow your head off for not telling me where your money iss MT. Joker-Not word, sir, not a word.-Lowell Citizen
 Appropriate-"I should think she would put on full mourning for her brother, in. stead of half mourning, as she does," "Ht was only her half brother "-Brooklyr Life.
 Tambo-Bones, you doan' seem to talk so much on de stage as yo' do on de street Bones-Dat's fac, sah, but de reason am oblivious-rse corked up on de stage Harper's Bazar.
 Indirect but Potent-Carr-His will. power is wonderful, he says" Dunn Yes; I've known him to cure insomnia by determining to keep awake.-Smith, Gray 6 Co.'s Monthly.
 "What part of chemistry interested you most2" was asked of young woman who had just been married to her teacher "Af6nities," was the brides ingenious re- ply.-Pharmaceutical Era.
 "I see there is one class of men who are unable to obtain divorces in Chicago" re- marked Mir. Stebbins. s'For mercy sakes who are theys" his wife questioned. "The bachelors" he replied as he shut the door. Lowell Citizen.
 Mary (desperately)-Don't you ever feel sleepy? He frankly)-Why, yes; I am sleepy now, but Mary-But what He thoughtfully)-I don't like to go to sleep while you are trying to entertain me. New York Herald.
 ''What are you crying about, my little mana" "Jimmy O'Brien. licked me first an then father licked me for letting Jim my lick me, and then Jimmy licked me again for telling father, an now I sup pose I shall catch it again from father "- Life.
 ''Look here," said the wrathful young lawyer; "I thought you swore to give z verdict in accordance with the factsN .'Wal," answered the juryman, thought fully pulling his beard, "the facts didn't turn out as 1 expected lem to."-Indianap olis Journal.
 Two of Kind-Dude (disposed to be affable with his colored valet)-Bah jove we forgot to send that money to the tailor Sambo (meeting him half way)-Dats 6 fac. We am two ob de blamedest fools il de four counties. We ain't got sense enuf ter come in outer de rain.-Texas Siftings Bingo-I wish you would tell the lady next door to be careful about her hem getting in our back yard Mrs. Bingo- Hadn't you batter tell her husbands Bin go-Not much. He hasn't anything tc say around that house. Mrs. Bingo- How do you know he hasn't? Bingo-, | notice by their wash this morning that h. wears home made shirts.-The Clothier. He told his son to milk the COWS, feet the horses, slop the pigs, hunt the eggs | feed the calves, catch the colt and put hin in the stable, cut plenty of wood, spli kindlings, stir the milk, put fresh water il the creamery after supper, and to be sur to study his lessons before he went to bed | Then he hurried off to the club to take leading part in the question "How to Kee] Boys on the Farm. ."-Covington (Ga.) En | terprise.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-06
gumrma1 aud Gnmrier.

The Oldest Daily Paper Pull
 lished in Connecticut.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-06
lr1y 6nnds.

Howe < StetsOn. WE ARE Selling 10 pieces 12 inch Black Guipure Flounc'gs 25c yd, usual price soc.
 WE ARE Selling all linen Elm broi- dered White Handker- chiefs 2 for 25c, just half price.
 WE ARE Selling Ladies' White Chamois Gloves at 79c, and the yellow shade at 69c per pair.
 WE ARE < Selling Gents Lawn Ten his Sashes at 25 and 38c; just half price.
 WE ARE Selling French Elm broi- dered Aprons at soc, that are big values.
 WE ARE Sole agents for the famous Equipoise Waist for La dies and Misses. Each box bears the endorsement of Annie Jenness Miller. We send descriptive circulars upon application, also for ward Waists, upon receipt of the price, to any ad- dress, postage free.
 WE ARE Selling Grown Lavender Salts, Grown Mitcham Lavender Boquet, Karil- pa Toilet Water, Crab Ap- pie Blossom do. do., made by the Grown Perfumery Go. of London, England.
 WE ARE Selling Chatelaine Bags at 25, 39, 50 and 63c each and upwards, as uncom- mon values.
 WE ARE Selling Ladies' Grape Cloth Waists at 4Sc that are good value at 75c.
 WE ARE Selling the heaviest and best GA inch Bleached Damask at soc yard ever seen on our counters.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-06
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Another very open letter from MT. Case but nothing new in it.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-06

but nothing new in it.
 Aluminium is now sold for fifty cents a pound in ton lots. Not long ago it was ten dollars pound.
 An English physician announces that opium smoking will relieve the harassing symptoms of consumption. It certainly will if persisted in long enough.
 The Atlanta Constitution says that it may now be safely predicted that the Dem oc1ats of no State holding 8 convention this year will declare against the free coin age of silver, except only the Democrats of Massachusetts. If this prediction is cor rect what will happen next years
 A new kind of stamps will soon be in- troduced in the postal telegraph service of Russia with view to securing the inyiola. bility of the privacy of letters The new stamp is printed on very thin paper, and cannot be used again if it is once put upon 8 letter. When used wet and taken off the envelope it leaves an indelible impression upon the spot where it was attached, se that if new stamp is put upon the same spot, the impression of the first stamp car be seen through 1t. Something of thi, kind is apparently much needed in Russia | . The recent growth of the pension bill ii strikingly shown by the annual report O the one agency located at Columbus, Ohio At the beginning of the last fiscal year tn, whole number of pensioners on the roll of this agency was 56, sa3, and the tota losses by death, transfers under the new law and otherwise numbered 4,323. Tn, additions aggregatipg 20,952, of whicl 7,427 were for original pensions and 1O, ,s4; for invalid pensions under the act of 1890 making net increase of 16, ,629, or nearl, 30 per cent in single year.
 The small boy who detests the castor oi plant receives support in his views from horticulturist who says: There is hardly a, instance in natural history of plant & universally detested by the animal worl,
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-06
WONDERS OF PLANT GROWTH.
Some of the Curious Things in Vege-
 tation-Enormous Force Exerted by

Some of the Curious Things in Vege- tation-Enormous Force Exerted by Growing Plants.
 Thomas Meehan in the Philadelphia Ledger
 A friend places in my hand statement concerning the enormous force exerted by the growth power of plants, of which he has some doubt, and suggests that some comment thereon might be acceptable. According to this statement fungi are found in the old silver mines of Mexico which take on numerous forms, frequently of inn mense size. In some places as they grow from the ground they have lifted rocks three feet, sssome of the rocks weighing from ten to fifty and even one-hundred pounds"
 There is no reason to doubt the literal truth of this statement. It is on record in reputable scientific journal that in one night member of the mushroom family lifted fagstone eighteen inches above the others on the sidewalk. I have seen a mushroom push up through an unused portion of macadam road, though not ex- actly supporting, but pushing away, the stones in its course.
 After all there is nothing more wonder full in these circumstances than may be ob- served in vegetation everywhere around us, and which are not often noticed because too common to think about. Indeed, so wonderful are the commonest of everyday experiences in plant growth that we seem to know little or nothing about them. The more we study them the more impenetra- ble the mystery seems.
 Let us take the nearest spruce or pine tree as an Illustration. The central shoot, which finally becomes the trunk, rises ex- actly perpendicular to the earth centre, not deviating hairs breadth from this exact line. So it continues to the end, though 1t may go on at foot year for 200 or 300 years. Our teachers taught that this arose from the equal pressure of the atmosphere. The growing point had to go in the earliest direction, it was said and this was upward under this lateral pressure on all sides. But as the students grew they saw that the same Norway spruce that sent it's leading shoot exactly perpen- dicular, sent out it's side branches at an angle of forty-five degrees, and that every series of branches, one above another, kept this angle, and consequently the same rel ative distance from each other. Why were tnoy Aoo Pusheu up 50 as to assume tne perpendicular by the circumambiant airi Again, the branches of the white pine and many frs proceed at right angle with the main stem, preserved this horizontal direct ion through life. Why should the leading shoot go so exactly perpendicular, while the lateral branches go out at various an gles, but each adhering scrupulously to its own line?
 Gravitation seems to have no power over the growth force in trees. knew of tree once nearly on a line between two neigh. bors. One wanted it cut because it shaded his garden. The other insisted on keeping
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-06
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL
 IS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
 one Dollar per Year, Gin Advance Single Copies cents.
AWAY WITH THE CORSET, ETC

AWAY WITH THE CORSET, ETC.
 Mrs. Frank Stuart Parker rises to re- mark that the corset has filled more graves than whisky. It is certain that @ vast number who have worn corsets have after wards filled graves, and others than Mrs. Barker think the corsets have had some thing to do with the grave-6lling. Moved by this idea and by desire to keep wo- men out of the grave as long as possible new dress reform has been started. It seems to have not little force and prom ise in it, but time will tell. It is not only directed against the death-dealing corset but also against the skirt, the bustle, the collar and the high heeled shoes. The central committee of the new movement comprises Mrs. Frank Stuart Parker, Mrs. Frances E. Russell, Annie Jenness Miller, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, Anna 0. Bracket, Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi, Miss Grace Dodge and Margaret Langster. And the idea seems to be to begin at the beginning. For instance, the reformers will endeavor by photographs, statues and l6cGuT6S lTO" pIOulucub dItl5Gs to CilaASo the present ideal of proportion in the human figure. They recommend that each woman supply herself with good photo graph of the Venus de Milo. They also suggest the study of such figures as the Venus Genetrix, Juno, the Flying Victory, Thorwaldsen's Eve and the standing figure called The Fates,' by Thurman; in fact, study of all the most approved statues, in order to get the female eye accustomed as the artist eye is accustomed to the right proportions.
 This is a good start. Loose waists, divided skirts, sensible shoes, etc., will come after wards. That is, they will if woman is found as susceptible of reform as the re- formers hope to find her. It will be in teresting to watch the progress of the work. If Woman can change Woman the philosophers and others who have tried to do it and have failed will realize anew their own feebleness.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-06

these great mysteries; that around us everywhere are hosts of unsolved problems, and that even in trees, with which we are brought into close contact almost hourly in some form or another, there are un- solved problems quite as great as those a study of the heavens affords
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-06

Aluminium is now sold for fifty cents a pound in ton lots. Not long ago it was ten dollars a pound.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-06

An English physician announces that opium smoking will relieve the harassing symptoms of consumption. It certainly will if persisted in long enough.
Telegram-herald., 1891-11-02
Hear Gen. Byron ". Cutcheon 81
HArtnAn's hsil Monday evening.
ARE wCL MANS RECORD.
ssns asts Coacsrssax II 10 rast Pslstie,
Career.


sanas D aets Conesrstsx II 10 fast fslstie nj
Career.
Arfe Yoltman, who III attempting
TO gain Rororiety IN Ottawa county
by posing as a martyr TO the dearth
of fat offices for republicans at the be-
ginning of the Harrison administration
does not have an enylable reputation
for fidelity and political honor at home
~ here be is best Known To refate the
recent article In the Democrat ii Is only
necessary 70 reelte few facts well
known at Holland
Mr. Waltmaa did not own the house
he sold ana which be called his home.
at the time he moved 20 Holland. and
did rot occupy IL for several years pre-
ceding his removal, and the conveyance
OF the property was made pursuant 10
the terms OF q contract which had
been made long before Mr.. Belknap
was nominated for congress. and there
fore was not made because he expected
10 be made United States Marshall as
he alleged.
He moved TO Holland in January,
1889. within week after his term
of sheriff had expired, and began the
business OF manufacturing cigars, in
vesting several hundred dollars in to-
bacco which would indicate that he
did not even contemplate being United
States Marshall.
As soon as he went TO Holland he
began laying his wires for the position
OF Marshall OF that city, and made an
effort 10 secure the nomination for
that office in the republican city con
venJion IN the spring OF 1889, bat was
defeated. Instead OF supporting the
man who was nominated he joined the
democrats and worked hard all day
on election day against the man who
was fairly and honestly nominated by
the republicans for that office. Hs
was again a candidate for the same
office in the spring of 1890, was de.
feated in the convention and again
worked against the republican nominee
at the polls. This Is the kind OF 9
traitor who is alleged to be working
against Captain Belknap and who il
unquestionably inspired by democratic
cash.