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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-07
FEMININE EANolEs.

Mes. Belya Lockwood Is nm elderly won.
m, aud Is distinctly matronly In her ap-
praranee, with portly figure and placid
face.
The oldest woman IN Indiana II Grand.
ma Sears, OF pleynn She is los years old,
aud has smoked her Pipe daily for more
than ninety years,
The Duchess Bolognine, Of Milan, Ia
about TO erect ohildrens hospital In tho
suburbs Of the city. She obtained the
money for the purpose by the sale OF her
fans, lncos oud jewels.
Mrs. Theodore Havtmoyer is one Of tho
New York women Of society noted for her
grand dinner parties. Al one OF her recent
entertainments covers were laid for sixty,
large dinner parties being u late fad
Gertrude Souine, pretty girl Of eight
cen years, who lives ia a town la ARGOS.
took county, Me-, has never been known
to laugh or even TO smile. While intelli-
gent In other matters, she apparently can,
not understand joke aud Is unmoyed BY
the keenost WittlcismA
Miss Grace Dodgo, Of New York. cares
nothing for fashionable life, and though
born 70 the best that money can gise, she
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-07

The result of tho investigation by tho
Gillian authorities into tho causes OF the
row between tho sailors Of the United
States man-of-war Baltimore and Chilli.
ans is given In u report officially sent
TO the Chilian minister NJ Washington.
The report begins a. follows:
"First-Tho unfortunate incident Of
Oct. 10 originated In u brawl between
intoxicated sailors OF both nations. The
riot grow in proportions ON account OF
the special ward in which IL occurred
full Of houses of bad reputation and
saloons"
Thia comedies closely with the dis.
patches sent at tho time by the CORE
spoudcnts OF tho American press. A. a
result Of this drunken brawl our rcla.
tons with one Of the most enterprisinl;
nations of South America have been
straincd,--Noico,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-07

drvutes Der u,vlt ongrlies to organizing
clubs Of self supporting women and teach
ing them the utility Of being banded to-
gcther for their common welfare
Mrs. Rudyard Kipllng Is described rs tall,
very slender and pronounced brunette.
Her long, dark hair Is combcd straight
back from handsome forehead and
smoothly banded about an exceedingly
well shaped head. Her eyes hro superb,
large, dark and lustrous, with Intelligent
fires Of expression.
lietty Green, who "a credited with being
the richest woman in the United States,
lives In furnished rooms In West Forty.
seventh street, New York, cooks her break
fast on a gus stoycand rough lauudrios her
own pocket handEorchicis, because sho
doesn't want 10 be lothcrtd with house
maids and washorwomcn.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-07
DRINK AID SECRET SOCIETIES.
Beneficiary Orders Cant Anord to Admit
Drunkards.


Drunkards.
That strong drink in all its various
forms affects, and very disastrously NJ.
fects, the death rats few will have the
hardihood To deny. II produces many
deaths directly every year through drunk.
en- brawls, accident, suicide and murder
Sometimes AN entire holocaust Is offered
mp upon tho altar OF Bacchus through
tho negligence OF some drunken watch.
man or employee.
Indirectly iutomperance causes tho
death Of mulhtudes every year. II pro.
dnccs many serious diseases. II weak.
ems every organ aud yitiatcs every tissue
by strong drink the stomach Is inhaned
the kidneys disordorod, the liver hard.
ened, the heart weakened and tho blool
poisoned. Besides producing specific dis.
ease, 1t 10 enervatos tho system that Il
falls o victim 10 acute disoases from
which recovery would otherwise be poe.
sible. In these different ways intemper.
ance greatly increases the death rate.
Nor Is It only the hard drinker and
drunkard whose life Is shortened by
strong drink; II cuts or the life Of many
"a man who never becomes drunkard.
In fact aman who goes on an occasional
spree, but who wholly abslains Ia tho In.
terim, stands better chance for life
than the man who, although mover drunk,
Il constantly In small doses taking the
poison Of alcohol into his system. Intho
one case the system has chanccto throw
of tho poison, while Ia the other II Is
never free from its effects. Tho habitual
beer drinker is never healthful and sol
dom sound. lie easily falls u victim To
disease and rarely is long lived.
The moral Of all this to an order such
as ours u very apparent. We cannot
afford impaired risks. Viewed without
any sentiment aud apart from all moral
considerations, from u purely business
standpoint, we cannot but look with
disfayor upon the traffic In aud use OF
all ardent and malt spirits. In the case
of the moderate drinker there is the over
imminent danger Of his becoming a
drunknrd. No man ever becomes u
drmkard all NJ once. Not every modor-
ute drinker becomes drunhard, but
every drunkard was once a moderate
drinker. Not every tadpolo becomes u
frog, but every frog was once u tadpole.
While II may not DO possible 20 draw
the line Of admission at tho point Of
total abstinence, the nearer we approach
such n standard the safer aud soundcr
will be- our order, Rev. Jesse =. Gilbert.
A. H., In Knights Of Honor Reporter.
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PHILOSOPHICAL QUOTATIONS.

The greatest thing about u man is his
promises
Idle hands are usually accompanied by a
busy tongue.
Menar always too busy to listen to praise
OF other men's children.
a big man dies not have TO fight for his
rights half as much as little one.
Old people have faults, like children, but
they have no mothers to forgive them.
A little OF the Hattery you throw at
man may fall oil, but most OF Il will stick.
Forgive slap you receive today, and
You will have - blow 70 forgive tomorrow.
Somehow Il comes natural to the hum
blest manto say "thoyh when speaking Of
wicked people, and I'VE" when he talks oi
the faithful and good. --Atohison Globe.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-07

The best estimates place the
drink bile The United States
Tor tho year u at about. si.eOnO0O o.
The total expenses OF tho Uni
ted States government Tor the
uschycag 1901, includlugwar,
navy postnHCe, interior, az
ri9ultuml and state DEPART.
msuts Indian and pension
bureaus, interest on the pub
Nc debt, salaries % onlcIalsat
home and abroad, congress,
public buildings, etc.....,,... tl5Ii1T3 q
It ltho liquor traffic. costs every year
more than our whole civil service, our
army, our navy, our congress dncluding
the river and harbor and tho pension
Bills, our wastoful local governments
and all national state, county and local
debs, besides all tho schools in the coun.
try In fact, this country paysmoro Tor
liquor than Tor every function OF every
kind Of government. Now York Trib.
uup
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-07

Lady Henry Somerset has striking
article in The North American Review
for january on the great cure OF tho
poor in London. This distinctive curse,
she says, Is drink. "The women drink.
Mothers, daughters, sisters, wives,
grown women, children OF tender years
tho ginshop Is open TO all, and all go
to it. Nowhere In Now York did ! SEQ
or hear Of women not utterlyabandoned
habitunlly froquenting saloons. NO
whore in London is thoro u public house
but tho women will DO "a good % Gus
toners rs the men. II Is impossible 10
oyerrate the influence, tho soul destroy
ing Influence, this has had upon the
homes OF the poor; for 1t is by this, am
convinced, TINT tho ideh Of right aud
wrong has como TO bs hopelessly con-
fused whore II Is not absolutely lost,
at is not uncommon TO find a mother
who since marriage has been a faithful
wife, and perhaps before that Virtuous
girl, looking ON with indifference while
her daughter goes on the streets, aud
is lost in the unnumbored legion OF vic.
tins hourly sacrificed to the demon or
vice Sho may regret tho fact, rs a
mother in u woalthicr station might ro-
greet her daughter marrying beneath
heI. but there IS no shock, no NATURAL
horror, at the wanton marring OF Gods
fairest handiwork, womans SOUL
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-07

Rev DR.. McSwoony, pastor of st.
BnVd's church, New York city, in a
discourse ON intcmperauco In his church
on Sunday, Jan, n, gave uttennce 10
the following;
Look at tho daily newspapers and
read the number Of stabbiugs, murders
and other crimes that fill tho police
courts, and from what causoy An or
very nearly all from whisky drinking.
IN this parish are fathers of families who
mover 60 to bed sober, and amuso them
selves by abusing their wives and chill.
dren' They are not all taken home ON
a shutter, Int stagger In and find fault
with their unfortunate wives for not
having supper. The cursed habit Of
rum drinking is bringing destruction on
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-07
THE DRINK CURSE.
u Plays q Part In All the Worlds Great
Disasters.

Disasters.
II Is notable and significant fact that
the drink curse has been acknowledged
us one Of the chief factors Ia two great
evils which now overshadow the ciyi.
lizod world, and that Swas also one Of
tho moving causes In a recent event
which threatened at one time TO plunge
two Christian nations into tho horrors OF
war. We refer 10 the .Smine In Russia,
the ruin and degradation OF tho natives
Of Africa, and tho quarrel with Chill.
In a recent interview with Count Tolstoi
published In Tho World Of this city. the
Russian philanthropist distinctly mon.
tons drunkenness as one OF three things
which have led to the present distress,
The other two things arc improyidenca
and despair.
The Russian correspondent OF the
New York Times aud others who have
investigated the famine districts bear
testimony TO tie same facts. The ter.
rible vodka, tho Russian drink, "a at tho
bottom ct a large part Of tho misery.
As for what rum is doing for the natives
Of Africa, all the world knows tho
shameful story, We are glghtfully in
dignaut at the hideous cruelties plac-
tioed by the Arab slave dealers in carry
ing on their traffic among the poor
negroes of tho Dark Continent, bat it
may DO doubted whether the rum inn
ported from Christian nations, and
largely from our own country, has not
been, In recent years, as h0ayy curse
upon these heather people Us tho Arab
slave trade.
Slavery may have affected much
larger number Of people, but It Is not an
evil that takes hold OF the blood. Rum
not only curses those who drink today,
but It reaches ont with deadly and par
alyzing grasp upon future generations
We may put an end 10 slavery by force.
hut bayonots and cannon will not olimi-
nate tho rum poison which wo have nut
into the veins OF the African negro. Aud
then a. TO the Gillian quarrel, 81 isngen.
orally conceded fac, that the riot In Val.
paruiso, which started oil the trouble.
had its occasion partly " not chiefly In
tho drunken antics OF some American
sailors.
And so It Is all around. Whichever
why We turn In our efforts to ameliorato
tho condition OF mankind, whether It DO
In it, social, political or industrial status.
we find this drink curse In tho way
Christian at Work.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-07

tia; sho nad bottor do so before she TOOK
n meal oil tho mouse. The mouse IN.
stantly darted away and crcpt into a
hole in tho corner where tho cat could
not get him.
But didn't YOU promise me might
eat you up said puss.
YES, | did" replied the mouse, ''but
don't you know that when made that
promise | was in liquor"
And how many promises made In liz.
uor arc notwithstanding
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-07

In little pamphlet recently issued by
Dr. Charles A. Shepard, Of Brooklyn, is
this paragraph;
Tho Offspring Of drunkarls inherit u
feeble, rheumatic temperament, and to
such temperament alcohol Ia especially
harmful, DIR. Allison has said; Were
u not for our conventional tcsh eating
habit, and our alcohol drinking Gus
toms, rheumatism would be practically
unknown among Us. Where people do
not cat flesh or drinl, wine this com.
plaint is almost unknown, aud when
their use Is discontinued it seems TO dis.
appear as II by magic"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-07

London has S,3sj miles Of street. and
q population Of 5,Si1, 0O0-morc than the
whole Of Scotland or Of Ireland. 1t has
only i3g church buildings, 1t has about
5000 ptbplo 10 the square milo; 1860
paupcrs, ono.third OF whom arc chill.
drru. London has over %, 900 registered
hnbitual criminals. There are over H..
600 policemen, which cost tho city over
S,OOO,0OO a year London has also A.
600 grogshops. How much these cost
nobody can figure mp, Never will there
be- any way out Of darkest London, or
the botiomlcss misories and degradation
of any other city, 30 long as the grog-
shop curse Is tolerated. Advance
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-07

A group OF men who meet almos.
daily ut lunch in the cnfo Of the Chicago
club includes Marshall Field, Potter
Palmer and l., a. Letter, who began life
as clerks in dry goods stores, and are
ROW worth from 5000. 900 to SlO, WV, 600
anieee. Chicago Letter.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-07

In the Walla Wnlla valley. WASH,
spring Is as far advanced u, in western
Oregon. Crocuses aud hyacinths are in
bloom, lilaos are in bud and cherry aud
peach trees viii soon be in lull bio SON.
Tho winter was u mild aud short one IN
that favored locality.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-07

a rstent improvement In arc Hight pen
cils consists of wire cloth containing no
carbon, but Ia coated with chromate OF
any kind Thcse chromates are noncon,
Quoting, but the metal cloth starts the arc
and the intense heat reduces the ohroinnte
10 chrumato OF the metal used, These
pencils burn at the rate of ono-cighth VI
an inch an hour when the current is prop
erlY eontiaiig
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-07

There are 10000 teetotalers in the
railway service Of Great Britain and
l2'oOo among tho sailors in tho naval
service.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-07

\ froiessor,hip OF Total Abstinence,
IL Is proposed by Frances L. Willard
TO found, 10y subscription, q John D.
Cough professorhip OF total abstinence
In tho now American university to DO
established In Washington.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-07

The value OF the food products Of our
country Tor a single year Is about $500.
100000, The cost OF alcoholic drinks IL
about sl,isj, 100000.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-07

Liberia imports 10000 gallons Of In.
toxicanta for every missionary 1t 70.
cciyes.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-07

one Of tho most immediate, practical
and effective methods OF combating the
evils OF tho saloon is 10 supply SOME
thing in tho place Of tho saloon as
popular resort. The man or men who
shall successfully establish class OF
institutions to offset and counteraot tho
influence of tho dram shops as places OF
social rendezvous will confer an i'm
measurable benefit upon the world
Christian at Work.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-09

DR.. Henry Smith Williams thinks no
has discovered now form Of insanity,
aud he calls Il 10y the above name, Tho
paranoiac temperament may be known
nj u glance. "l,s characteristics urc
morbid scnsliivenossand great ogotisin."
II Is tho kind Of insanity which pro.
ducos what We are accustomed to call
"crunl.s.'
The victim begins with mn uncyculy
developed brain. AZ child no has
often exceptional mental gifts, aud their
development ispushoi to an extreme by
his fond pnrouts, But he Is eccentric
and does most um.ualthiigl fora child
Meantime tho brain disorder Is progress.
Ing steadily.
IN maturcr year. tho paranoia dcycl.
ops Itself and the patient becomes crazy
on tno subject OF his own Importance.
Thrao classes Of pIcnomma manifest
,homsclycs In his disorlotcd mentality.
Sometimes ne is the victim Of all, some.
timos Of only one. Bat the fundamental
rr0portig7 OF puunuIu, a,tord.ug to Dr.
Williams, oro; /, DcIu.iois of parccu.
ton q ualuomadms, o. Dcluiour
Of personal grandeur Tint Is to say,
whenever You find % parsDn who believes
an tho world IS against him and that
cnomios urb pcrishnly pcraocutm.
hint WHOM You find q larson who sccs
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-09

Tho gucaiiun or woman Work.
That cfudnc lh,lu.opho.. EIwarlvon
Hartmann, Ends that tho .0rAl 90, OF
tine urosou. 90 diseased, rrI iho Gauge Of
tho disease Is the ustrugrmout Of the
scxcs. Then, philosopher fashiou. he
goes on 90 sny that the cur, will be-
Sound ~ going blck 20 tho IN spheres
Tor each. 10 saysi II do 40. SEQ why
oyory thing should no; lo ns Il was in
former times, tho mnn attending 90 his
business and tuo woman 60 her domestic
duties. with tao difference that equity
oyagts "a r.agd to their social and hu.
man iutcrg.s."
There % igat one reason why tie e,scs
should not 300 back to Tho old why, and
this Is TINT 1t Is impossible. In the old
timo of which Mr.. Won Hartmann speaks.
women occupied their time with spin.
ming, weaving, cooking and sewing.
Tlil was III done IN thoilmcs and kept
tho women busy In every household.
Thus thgy earned their living, and q
comfortable one. But modern progress
Inns taLoncycry ono OF these occupations
ont OF their hands except cooking, and
nearly all II that It IS not true that
men supported women in the old time Of
which The philosopher speaks, They cor
talnly supported themselves IN thoaboyo
named departments uf labor.
But ag many women as ever are born
into the world. They must live, aud
must s.ill ,uppott themselves, just as
they did centuries ago. But 81 tho old
trades nro an takon from them, what Is
lett for them hu; TO find now ones, as
thcytrc doing; They cannot DO left TO
stugvc. Here, then, IN this economic
fact, Herr Won Hartmann will fud the
reason why men and women cannot 30
back 10 tho old time, In spite, how.
ever, Of that "ostrlugcmCnt which he
secs with his Philosopher eye, men and
women seem TO bo tolcrably good
friends slill.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-09
An Uncanny Monster.


Tho people reading along Palmetto
creek, South CprOliuu, az well NJ those
Tour miles bgctiu tho "slEshc8," arc
highly excited over thc appearance 81
strange nnd uncou,h creature In that
Vicinity, says the II. Louis RcDWfc.
The beast II described ns uuing u
creature that far outioes the night.
mare Ideas II the mytholcgisis. 10 Is
equally nj home In the water, ON the
land W among the inll trees Of the
ncighbofhUOd, where IL has been most
frequently seen. The general contour
OF tho heal r,miuds ore VI somu Il 'an.
Tie sctpent with this exception; lha
euout terminates iu % iulupus, monkey.
facci knot, which much fcscm les the
phlsiognuny u tume gigantic aye.
From the n.cR down, VIII tNr uX.
coptiun OF some Hn-shepcI tipners
which extend from the arms 10 tIy
waist the creature Tys.mblCs nnu,
ouly that tho toes aud fingers
are armed with claws ID; m
two - aix inchcs long. Tracks
made by Tie b'af, IN the soft mli
arouui Hcnuls lake have btyu taken
20 DIuu,I'a Grove, where they Hro
Anpt on vNmu'uou In a druggist l
showcase. Ihu.u who have seen tiia
hort thing face - face ,ay shat IL a.
iully nine fcatin hu Fht, which could
hardly be believed uuiy Tor the fast
that the ,fsrks mentioned nbovp afs
within n smhil fraction Of ntc,u
Inches in length
Fishermen who surprised the mon.
s,ef sitting ,ilcutly on mass Of dtit
wood declared thHt its back l1lkvI like
nh allIga'Hr's aud that o. hgd q cau.aI
termination ysrI long, which tOIleI
Hike the toll u a hsh. 10 ha, b,,u
seen o number " ,imw spur,ius Dec
deep water IN Hcuni- lake, ihen ncNiu
while running NJ rTtBsci.ighuuiug
speed la u dusty rond. Hud finally
while swinging from tfor u tree Win
u7 nuch os,n a. tho most active
monkey.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-09

A weakness for observation aud a
natural liking for philosophical 10.
Election melted q young man who
resides IN Brooklyn ana labors in
New York "a talk 10 "a friend In this
fashion did You oyer observe tho
Brooklyn bridge tlunic in the busy
hours morning and EVENING" Ycsi
Well, then, you must havo been inn.
pressed with tho fact that each
crowded train moves enough I,ison8
from ono side Of the river 10 the
other 20 make a good sized village.
The trains are packed early In the
morning and between and 7.3O
o'clock ut night. Each train carries
between 600 aud 700 passengers.
Now u country village with that
number Of inhabitants thinks worry
well OF Itself. 1t has three or four
churches, u library, an opera house,
and Is cllmoring at the postofIlcc
department In Washington for new
postolicc. And yet The restless cable
that stretches across the bridge y,mls
these Villages back and forth NJ the
rate Of twenty-five OF thirty an hour.
| tell you this is q moving AGO in
which We live. New York Times.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-09

Tho nest and egg Of a bird Of nara.
disc Ptiloiis victorian were found ON
IN island ON the coasto of Queensland
Tire nest was about ton feet from tbe
ground, and the bird sat quietly nj.
though the party was camped Gbout
iiycioctaway from tlone. Theucst
wassomowhat loosely constructed of
broad dead leaves and preon branch.
lots of climbing plants and hlrous
matorial and lined by two larpe
leaves situated under pieces of drv
telldrils, which formed a springy
lining for tho egg or young to rest
On.-NaLnre.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-09
When Forks Were introduced d.


II was about the year 1900, and In
the reign of James I, when forks were
inst introduced into England. THIS
"picce Of rrfinvmrur, I'VE arc told was
derived from the Italians. In curl.
Gus hook Of uavels, published la The
year lJll, the writer says;
~ observed n custom In all those
italian cities aud towns through which
| passed that Is not used In any other
country that / saw In my travels.
Neither do | think that any other
nation In Chrlstendome doth use It,
hut only Italy. The Italians and ALTO
mott strangers that are commorRni In
Italy, do alwaies NJ their moalts use
little ~ when they cut their meate.
"k allie with their knife, which
they hDiH In One hand, they cut the
meate out Of the dish, they iastun their
iOyke, which they hold In the other
hand uuon the came dish. This
iofme Of feeding h generally In
use In all Italy, their iorkes be.
ing for the most part made OF yTon,
or steel, aud sCme Of silver, but
those are only used by gentlemen"
Before the revolution I'm France IL was
customary, when gentleman had
been invited Out TO dinner, 10 send his
servant In advance W It'll his knife, fork
and spoon. IL be- had no servant he
carried them with him IN his pocket.
some NJ the pcasanlry In certain parts
Of Germany ana Switzerland today
carry n case IN thoir pockets containing
a kMiit, FORK and spoon.