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The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28
THE WAR CRY.

From now on the war cry must be
Waterworks! Waterworks! . Provo
cannot afford to allow matters to pro
ceed much further until steps for the
construction of the same are taken.
A city boasting Of her six to seven
thousand inhabitants; Of her massive
brick blocks; of her stately places of wor-
ship, and of everything that are indexes
to city's prominence, cannot allow
herself to be without means of protec-
tion from the devastating ravages Of
the fire fend. While our fire depart
ment can stand any amount of I'M
proyement, yet there are times likely
to occur, and that, too, at any mo-
ment, when their services, no matter
how finished and skilled, would not
avail one iota.
The handsome structure Of the
GATEs-SNoW furniture block will
serve for illustration. With the best
equipped fire department, what good
could it possibly do without sup
ply of water? If this building was to
break out in flames some night, Where
The On only good and Sure Supply . .
water is the Factory race, and that j
nearly two blocks distant, so that ever
though there was sufficient hose tt
connect with the water supply, yet WI
doubt if the engine would be able, il
addition to forcing the water through
the hose, to throw the stream to any
great height.
OF course we realize that the city
has not the cash in its Golfers to pay
for the construction Of waterworks
That is a subject for further discus
sion. But the waterworks must bt
had, whether it be by bonding the city
by selling the property that the city
owns, or by encouraging some one, not
Of the WITCHER JONES stamp, TO come
in and build them for US. OF course
it would be much better for the city tC
own the works, and, by little fnan
ceering, we have no doubt but what this
could be done.
Anyhow, THE DISPATCH hopes that
the subject will be taken up, not only
by the city fathers and our energetic
Chamber of Commerce, but by the
people at large.
AS we said in the beginning, so say
we at the close, the war cry from now
on must be: Waterworks! Water
works."
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28
The Newcomer in Prov,

The Newcomer in Provo.
NEw-CoNIER-''Money is scarce. and
| want to know where | can buy my
groceries and other goods the lowest il
town?'
well, 1 can tell you where [ fnd
the loweSt-priced store III town, and
that is at C. 12's, in the basement. He
does not throw out any bats, such as
giving Is lbs. Of sugar for 81, as it costs
more, but he sells Il lbs. for 81, thereby
making clear profit of so cents on 10O
lbs, with which he is satisfied. He
sells his New York cheese at Use per
h., home made at 10c.. bacon at 10c.,
oatmeal at &C., best raisinS at 15c., cur
rants at l0c., lemon peel at Csc, can
dies at 15c, nuts at 20 and Csc per h..
and oranges at zoe. per doz. He sells
2 packages Of his Tree" tea for 35c.,
Ayers Sarsaparilla at 75c. per bottle.
and Hoods at soc; his Navy tobacco.
plugs for 25c; Climax and Horseshoe at
Soc; Durham, 3 sacks for 25c.; Cut and
Slash, 6 sacks for 25c.; Vanity Fair
cigars, 8 for 25c.; best -four, 81. 10 per
sack. He is selling his prints at sc. per
yard; handkerchiefs, for Sc, and his
all-Wool socks at 25c per pair. He has
also the greatest variety of automatic
and mechanical toys, with the largest
assortment of musical instruments in
the territory, consisting of Ariston, the
latest musical wonder, being a full Or
chestra; the mandolin: the musical
wonder, self-playing organ; the con-
cert roller organ, the wonderful cor
denium, the metalaphone, the German
either or harpette, the kalamazoo, ETC.,
which he sells as cheap as you can get
them from the makers"
Newcomer -" Well, how does he
to sell his goods lower than the
rest in Provo city?"
why, you see, his store is down in
the basement, and, as he is a working
man, his expenses are small. He does
his own clerking, and is also superin-
tendent and proprietor; he is put to no
in keeping a delivery wagon
with which to deliver cent spool of
cotton when telephoned for, which you.
the patrons, have to pay for; but you
go and get your goods, and carry them
home yourself, and you will appreciate
them when you get them there'
New-Comer-'Well, that is where [
am going to trade, and See lbs, in the
basement, between the banks"
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28

battle. The blow of ram or a lucky
torpedo shot may at any moment sink
them; their floating carriages may run
aground or become unmanageable from
injuries to the complicated mechanism;
in brief, to the risks of the land are
added all those which pertain to the
sea.
For these and other reasons it is
now everywhere recognized by response
BILE experts that purely naval defense
of the coast of the United States will
not meet the demands of the problem.
AS well might farmer attempt to pro-
tect his fields against wandering cattle
by whips instead of by fences. Both
army and navy are required, and since
Congress has recently shown that the
needs of the latter are beginning to be
appreciated, it is to be hoped that
those of the former may not be so seri-
ously overlooked, or rather underesti-
mated, as has been the case up to the
present time.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28

A NOVEL POINT in insurance liti-
CATION has resulted from the convictiC n
of EYRAUD, heastraHgler of GoUFEE.
His life was insured in an English
company which now refuses to accept
the premium from his wife on the
ground that EYRAUD, having placed
himself in the immediate danger of
capital punishment, practically COM
mitted suicide, thus invalidating his
insurance. The condemned man is
also suffering from disease that may
even carry him off before the execu-
tioner can perform his allotted task
The wife's appeal to the courts, there
fore, presents unique array of facts
fer consideration.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28
UTAH MUST BE THERE.

Since the official recognition given
to the World Fair, by President Har-
rison, by issuing a proclamation inYit-
ing all the nations to participate
therein through duly appointed repre-
sentatives, and by sending thereto
exhibits to represent their industries
and progress in civilization, the ques-
tion is brought more prominently than
ever before to the attention of the
various states of the union. Each is
expected TO make a suitable exhibition
of It's industries. In this work Utah
cannot afford to lag behind. AS one
of the greatest mineral producers in
the union to-day, she viii be expected
to take the lead in mineral exhibits.
We have gold, silver, lead, copper
coal and iron in untold quantities.
We have beds Of the finest marble in
great abundance. Our valleys con,
tain soil peculiarly adapted to the
raising of the cereals and to the
growth Of fruits and vegetables. In
deed, it is not boasting to claim that
there is no other part of the union
which contains so many natural re-
sources. These facts must be made
known to the thousands of visitors to
the Worlds Fair.
And there is our Incompatible eli
mate. our pure water, our mountain
scenery, and a thousand other attrac-
tive features which cannot fail to ar
rest the attention of the health-seeker,
the sight-seer and the enterprising
citizens in search of home.
Utah is just commencing the devel-
opme of what is destined to prove
one OF the richest and grandest
states Of the union. Her advantages to
the hardy and industrious immigrant
are unsurpassed on the American con
tinent to-day. These facts must be
made known through an exhibition of
her resources at the Worlds Fair
worthy Of her position. To accomplish
this it will be necessary for the legis-
lature at its approaching session to
make a liberal appropriation. There
should be nothing small or niggard-
lY about this. An appropriation suf-
icient to show Utah advantages and
progress to the fullest extent should
be made. Nothing less will do Utah
justice or satisfy the people.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28
WEALTHY woMEN's WILLS.

Why do benevolent women so seldom
make provision IN their wills for the
benefit of their own sex? EMMA ABB
BoTT was generous and kindly soul.
Her will was in most respects not un-
worthy of her lovable character. The
testamentary disposition of her pro-
perty was generous in bequests to in
stitutlons ofrsligion and charity. Yet
this woman, whose gift of song had
brought her wealth, did not leave one
bequest for the benefit Of any institu-
ton of charity or education exclusive
ly for woman. Wealthy Mrs. FoGG re-
Gently left $500, ,0C0 by will, not to Har-
wards S annex, where it would benefit
her own sex. but to the main Harvard
College, where its benefciaries would
be young men. OF the 100000 that
she bequeathed to other educational
Institutions not dollar went to q
woman's college. No doubt these ladies
had a right to do as they would with
their own. Butin viewUf the fact
that there are se>many ways in which
legacies of money can be of immense as
sistance to the cause of higher female
education THE DISPATCH regrets that
more wealthy woman do not provide
pecuniariIy for the intellectual and
moral needs Of their striving sisters.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28

BY ORDERS of the Secretary of the
Navy, the Chicago, atlanta, Yorktown,
Dolphin and Boston are now en- route
to Galveston, at which point they are
expected to arrive by February 5th.
They are to maneuver in Galveston
roadstead on the 5th, 9th and 7th, and
it is understood that Spanish squad
ron, now cruising the. West Indies.
will also appear there about the same
time. On that occasion the Gulf city
will have grand jubilee and mardi-
gras festivities. The naval display
alone will make an era in the history
of the future deep water harbor of the
Texas coast.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28
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The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28
Provo Jan. End 1891.
Net One

or the people you meet from day to day has
perfectly pure, healthy blood The hereditary
screfulous taint af1cts tie large majority of
people, while many Others acquire diseases
from impure air, improper foot and wrong in.
dulsences. Hence the imperative necessity
for q reliable blood purifier like Hoods Sarsa-
pariils, which eradicates every impurity. and
gives to the blood vitality and health. Ii cures
and all other affections caused by iInpurities
or poisonous germs in the blood. All that is
asked for Hoods Sarsapsrilla is that is be
giTen fair trial
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28

Correspondence desired on all public ques-
tions. Rejected communications viii not be
returned unless prepaid and especially re-
ouested ANONYMOUS communications viii
not be noticed No exception to these rules
We will feel under obligations to subscribers
IL they will send in, per postal card or other
wise any personal or local items of interest
that may come under their observation.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28

The average increase of duties under
the Mckinley act is 33 per cent. While
this is true there is not single authen-
ticated instance of any increase in
wages. The law does not provide that
the protected manufactr shall share
h1s'lncreased prs -.szecnpySg es
According tothe protection organs
such result, however, was to folloR.
But while prices are advancing the
| increased pay of the wage worker fails
to materialize.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28
Adjustment.

Mother-My boy, l didn't mean to whip
you so hard
Willie (who has been stealing jam)-That's
all right, ma. l didn't get quite enough jam
anyhow, and I'll go and get little more
New York Sun.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28
Gratitude.

Mr.. S. P. C., Childers-Boy, YOU shouldn't
beg; it's disgracefull< But don't cry-ru
give you ten cents for that paper you have
there
urchin (blubbering)-I-I wouldn't beg,
ooss, Tiff could meet such chch-ch-chumps
as you are every dayI-Puck.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28
Oh. That Chilli

Mrs. Orville Bore-Is your mamma in:
you know wrote to her, and I'm on the
minute2
Sweet Child-No'm; but she left message.
Oh, there, I've forgotten it and you'll have
to wait while l go up and ask her what it
was.-Chatter.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28

DID YOU ever stop to think when
you joined in laugh that followed
some coarse minstrel joke at IA mother
in-laws expense, of all that is in
volved in that term? a mother re-
ceived from heayen-heaven' best
gift-a precious child She had
brooded every instant of its infant life.
She has stood next to God in it's help
lessness. She has nursed il through
terrible illness. She has guided and
controlled, prayed away temptation,
and interposed her own bosom be-
tween the shafts of sorrow and its
tender heart. Her child has grown to
womanhood, dear as her own soul. as
necessary to her life as sunshine is TO
the gaunt old earth, when, To-! up
steps dapper youth and beckons her
girl away. When love leads, young
feet will follow, and the mothers S
heart is bereft of its treasure, given
over to the care of 8 stranger. [ de-
clare when l think of it, l wonder
there is a sane mother-in-law in the
world.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28
A Natural Query.

Maid Ito woodman)-W What are you gather
ings
Woodman-Soap bark, miss
Maid-Oh, how queerl Doyo get it OFF
the scrub oaks2-Chatter
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28
Found Dead.

The man who set out to live by his wits was
recently found dead in an abandoned tene-
ment. Verdict of the coroner's jury--A vic
tim OF misplaced confidence.-New York
Herald
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28

On THE day the Democratic governor
of Pennsylvania was inaugurated his
Republican opponent, GEO. w. DELLA
MATER, was arrested for embezzle
ment. A melancholy endorsement of
the Quakers boasted ability to discern
between integrity and cunning.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28

WHILE THERE is considerable talk
just now about an inceme tax, let us
see how it would affeet certain men.
The New York WorJd recently pub
lished list OF 100 citizens of this c0un-
try who are reported 10 be worth So
000,O00 or more. There are i'll the list
two persons rated at 1925 COS. .00a, enc
at 500, ,0UO, ,O0G, one at $75, GOO 600, one
at $40, 100000, one at 5000, 900. five
at $50, ,000,000 each, four at s25, 600 900
each, two at 500, 900 900 each, seven at
$4,000, 600 each, five at $12. eco 900 each,
five at S8 .O0Q.000 each, and seyenty-fivc
at $5,000.000 The entire list aggrs-
gates 81 ,552 100000. Where could il
more just tax be levied than on the
incomes of these nlillionaires?
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28
30 sympathr Neednd

u am SO sorry for that poor letter carrier.
baby"
You forget he is used to walting. ~ Chat
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28
nessoIution ec F:artnersh,B

The Partnership heretofore existing
between Donaldson & Smith is this
day by mutual consent dissolved-H
G. Smith pays all indebtedness of the
1rm.
Fl. G. SMITH
Z. G. DONALDSON.
Provo Jan. End 1891.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28

"IF YOU can't afford fancy pen
wipers, stick your pens in potato,
says a writer who is evidently unin-
formed on the price of potatoes this
winter.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28

THE TRAMPs are about to petition
the Kansas railroad commissioners to
require ties to be laid uniformly, so
that man will not have to take
long step and a short step when he
goes from place to place. It's wearing
on the nerves as well as the legs.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28
The Very Latest.
Good Enough for tho Price

Mr.. Slopway-I don't like to complain
about trides, Mrs. Snapper, but my hash ap-
pears to consist largely of fragments of deal
board.
Mrs, Snapper Cthe landlady)-W Well, what
kind of board do you expect for IS weeki
Polished mahogany -Munsey's Weekly.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28

WHAT curiosity newspaper
would be that was edited by the peo-
pie who are always growing about the
panerS.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28

= % -. N q Il 7
tnS whitewash brush and ples1 =
magnifylng little virtues into
bi4 ones. The pulpit, pen and grave
stone are the great saint-making
triumvirate.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28
TOM FlDDLER's COLUMN.

WHAT A shock it is to find out that
the man whose conversation you have
been admiring is not worth dollar.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28

A PREACHER said that no news
paper that told the truth and the
whole truth, could make pecuniary
success. We say by way of re-
turning the compliment, that no
minister who will at all times and un-
der all circumstances tell the whole
truth about his members alive OF dead
will occupy the pulpit more than one
Sunday and then lie will find it neces-
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28

REPUBLICAN-Its all nonsense
this talk about prices having gone up
since that passing of the Mckinley
bill.
Democrat-L'll tell you one thing
that's .'gone up
Republican Well, sir, what is it?
Demoerat-The Republican party.
The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-01-28

DOES 90 love 90 mamma?' muir
INJURED the fond mother of her faxen-
haired year old baby
The baby squirmed,
zoos mamnly's itsey bitsy tootsy
cootsy, isn't oo?"
The baby squirmed again.
"And 90 loves 90 nanny jusser lot,
mammy's title baby?"
The baby threw up its hands "Oh,
come off, it yelled. Don't YOU see
I'm right in the midst of the 'Kreutzer
Sonata?' Now don't disturb me again.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1891-07-10
Tho Ocean.

The great storchouse of the worlds
water is the ocean, which covers four
fifths of the globes surface. In some
places the ocean has never been sound
ed, even by a line more than five miles
in length. 1t is supposed these great
depths are without plants, because all
plants require some light, and though
light is said to penetrate sea water
farther than fresh, yet we can scarcely
imagine there is a ray of light at the
depth of five miles. Some of the sea
plants have stems at least 800 feet in
length. In some parts of the sea we
are told that the eye can discern the
bottom at four or five hundred feet.
1t is a very pretty sight to look down
and view a forest beneath the waves.
1t is sometimes a blaze of gold, scarlet
and green. In n part of the Atlantic
is a space which the Spaniards call the
Sargasso sea, because it's surface is cov-
cred there for miles and miles with a
great mass of seaweed, which Columbus
spoke of as Floating meadows
Montreal Star.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1891-07-10
MOB HILLS USELESS PALACES.
Five Enormous buildings Intended for
Private Residences. but Unfit.

Five Enormous buildings Intended for
Private Residences, but UNIT.
A morning contemporary
as a matter of news that Mrs. Hopkins
Searles offers her residence on Califor-
mia street for sale. 1t might have add
ed, as II companion item, that the Pill
grim Fathers had landed Oh Plymouth
Rock. There has been no time for
many years that the Hopkins mansion
ON California street has not been for
sale, though, if public rumor be be-
lieved, the owner has not been distract
ed by many offers to purchase. 1t is,
in fact, difficult to conceive who could
want to become it's possessor ut any
price.
The spectacle of Mob Hill, with pala-
tial piles browning its ridge, fills the
stranger who visits California with mild
amazc1nent. There are five big build
ings there Which were built rs private
residences, and are us unfit for that use
as could be conceived. They were ap-
parently modelled or the plan Of the
palaces of the Old World, which were
erected to DO the homes of feudal
barons and all their retainers. In the
middle ages every nobleman supported
a swarm of dependents. He had to
find quarters for them, and of course
his lodgings had to be large. In our
day rich men do not maintain much
larger households than their neighbors.
Individually they cannot occupy
more than a dozen rooms. and as nan
will lodge all the servants they can en-
ploy. More oolns than this are of no
possible use. Conceived in ostentation,
their destiny is to become lumber clos
cts. In the old feudal castles of Europe
n modern possessor is lost; it gives
him a nightmare to wander through a
maze Of rooms which are never occu-
pied save by mice and spiders, and no
fees to take refuge in a bedroom and
parlor at club or hotel. 1t must be
much the same in the mansions of Mob
Hill.
If they have any destiny it must be
to become some day. public buildings
iHuocuiA1o VI AIOsP1IuIS. Even 1Or tIlaC
use they would have to be donated by
their owners, for the city could build
suitable editices for less money than
they would cost if they we're bought.
1t seems odd that men with the sa-
gacity required to build a transconti-
mental railroad and to acquire vast
fortunes should not have understood
that a house that is too big may be as
inconvenient as a house that is too
small. A very small quantity of shell
ter is all that the richest and greatest
of us can want. A bedroom, a dress
ing room, q reception room, a parlor, a
dining room, a library, and perhaps a
billiard room-what more than this can
Crrsus occupy, though lie counts his
riches by the hundreds of millions.
Yet rich men 60 on piling stone upon
stone and bricks upon mortar until
they have exchanged what might have
been a snug home for a barrack; and
in the doing Of it they generate q mass
of envy and grudging which follows
them to their grave.--San Francisco
Call.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1891-07-10

The enormous indebtedness incur
red by the United States in the sup
preston of the rebellion is fading
away. Time and general prosperity
have done a most effective work. In
1868 the total principal outstanding
was 81, 773, 1886, 173. Now it is little
owe one-half that amount.
But a new national debt has arisen.
1t is found in the appropriations for
pensions. The disbursement in the
fiscal year 1865 amounted to less
than s1S,000,O0O. The disbursements
of this year car only be approxima-
ted. They will certainly excede
13O,OOO,OOO-one-third of the entire
running expenses of the Government,
where is the cnd?-New York World