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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-12

Probably the church that has changed
pastors most seldom since tho country
was first settled is the First Parish Uni.
tarian church in Gloucester, Mass. It
was founded IN 1872, and in the two and
a half centuries since then It has only
had sixteen pastors. This Is an average
service for each minister Of nearly sis.
teen yoara.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-12

The watermelon crop Of Georgia
brought to tho state 100000 this sea.
son. Ono understands now why the
Atlanta Constitution bursts into prans
Of poetry whose refrain is, "The coun-
try's safe"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-12
A British Compliment Proposed.

One of the most novel OF the proposals for
giving nautical flavor to the Chicago Fair
in honor Of the great voyage OF COLUMBUS
Is to have the frigate President. now lying
In dock near London. brought across the
ocean and moored In Lake Michigan. This
ancient craft Is still used. 1t appears. as q
station and drill ship; and the London Army
and Many Gasette approves the project Of
sending her to Chicago. on the ground OF its
being pleasant international courtesy to
restore to America captive OF the war Of
1912 after SO many years.
The sentiment Is noble enough. and were
all the renowned ships OF that war still in
existence we might have general exchange
OF captves. and then We should far Guido
our British brethren In generosity. They
could give us up few, like our Essex.
Chesapeake. Wasp. Argus. and President.
but We should overwhelm them with their
Macedonian. Java. Frolic. Alert. Peacock.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-12

Boxer. Epervier. Cyane. Levsnt. Penguin.
the ships taken by PERRY on Lake Erie
and by MAcDoNouoH on Lake Champlain.
and. In short. all the vanquished craft ex-
cept those which like the Guerriere were
at once sent to Davy Jones's locker.
But the London United Service Gazette has
taken up the Chicago scheme from It's con-
temporary. and urges almost as many
reasons against 1t as the woman In the
story urged against the lending OF her tub.
and reasons as potent. In the first place.
owing to her age. the President is totally
unequal to safely making voyage across
the Atlantic" And II she could be In some
way helped or taken across. "she could not
get from Quebec or New York to Chicago.
she being too large vessel to be got
through the Welland Canal" But even
IL she should be passed through the
Welland Canal and placed upon Lake
Michigan. she would not be at all the
American vessel which. after four sue
cessful cruises and the capture OF over
twenty ships OF various sorts and Sizes
surrendered to a British squadron In 1915.
The present vessel. according to the London
authority just quoted. was built at Ports
mouth in 1929. or fourteen years after her
namesake's capture. 1t Is added. perhaps
in explanation OF the error which had
marked her as a suitable Chicago exhibit.
that she is copy OF our vessel OF the same
name. II so. her life OF upward OF sixty
years and her present condition as ian ex-
cellent drill ship" are fattering testi-
monials to American shipbuilding designs
OF that early day; but this wouldn't justify
DOL 10 lbs n yoli
Yet while the prospect OF getting this
venerable British craft for exhibition at the
Worlds Fair is thus blasted. there are other
means OF giving q naval cast to the pro-
ceedings. In the first place. preparations
are going on for constructing duplicate
OF the caravel Santa Maria. the flagship OF
COLUMBUS. This will appear first at tho
great naval review OF 1893 in New York har-
Dor; and then. II supplied with a crew per-
sonating Spanish sailors OF the year 1892. 1t
ought to create great wonderment at tho
Windy City. Next the Navy Department.
we believe. has in view a building for its
exhibits in the shape Of tho hull OF a
war ship. which would undoubtedly create
a sensation and give n sea change to tho
surroundings. Then there is the Michigan.
which. il not formidable craft in these
days. will yet add some maritime sug-
gestiveness to the scene. Finally. the tor
pedo boat Cushing can be passed through
the Welland Canal and join tho fleet.
There are inherent and unavoidable diff
culties in appropriately celebrating. thou
sand miles in the interior. a saltwater his
torical event. Under the circumstances.
therefore. even without the old British frig-
ate President, the resources just spoken Of
will make very fair showing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-12
Hail, Columbians, Happy Bandl

Mr.. JAMES MEANS OF Massachusetts. who
has snatched fame bald-headed. as 1t were.
by founding the Columbian party. is not
crank. There may be few little unex-
pected drinks in his cerebral convolutions.
but his pate Is plumb in regard to the polti.
cal situation OF Mr.. GROVER CLEVELAND.
The old school Mugwumps arc still hoping
against hope that they i'll be able to force
their candidate and their principles upon
the Democratic party. The new school
Mugwumps. whom Mr.. MEANS is organic
ing into the Columbian party. see that.
unless q separate party dominates Mr..
CLEVELAND. he will not be nominated.
Founder MEANS told the exact truth about
the matter In the appeal which he made to
the Massachusetts, Reform Club last week.
1T Is impossible" he said. Ito get away
from the fact that II he [Mr. CLEvELANDl Is
not supported by the Columbian party. he
will have no support at ALL"
lis tho Columbians or nothing with Mr..
CLEVELAND: it's Mr.. CLEVELAND or nobody
with the Columbians and the Mugwumps.
The latter haven't the head to see it.. They
still expect that the Democratic party will
do as they bid. Moreover. they are SO oc-
cupied In gazing upon their own and Mr..
CLEvELANDs sweet PROJECTIONS that they
haven't noticed what has been going on in
New York and elsewhere. Mr.. MEANS and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-12
ACorrect,on Corrected.

ToYHE EpiToR THE SUySr: Mr. Gideon j. Tuck or has
favored you and the public with structure based upon
what he read in your columns concerning the ME.
mortal History Of tho Cl.y Of New York" From that
summary he extracts a rather startling statement on
the part of Mr. Rutenber the author chapter on
the Indians in which no is supposed to say tho
sayages wero "in morals the superior of their Dutch
neighbors.'
Now 1t Is we'll known thing In criticism that It 10
not very safe to pick assertion out OF book and
place all alone by itself without the modify inu
ences of its surroundings Standing barely Alone tho
above quotation is indeed appalling and must make
the cold chis creep down every sturdy
spine Of the day Mr. Tucker very properly gets
excited about tho matter and tells Of the excellent
seRs Sa and o af the
have possibly ontshnne this plous and
But il one VIM read the chapter in its entirety the
connection OF this citation viii appear, and then tile
maae lifelong study indsn~ h"s somc I" ee
TAIN :" thar morals yet IN
their morals were good their contact with
ton a"nx sm At TS Sax cs
Ia.ny WIS hnd and deLs,,natnE fni further does
pss. ressssos dutch settlers nS Who OF came ,%s
means. Tie raa Infection .nR paes my 5 no
ne yo 1 ns the sxa.s VIII eh Mr.
arter and nnspoeh condnc, Of the rough Dutch trad
lie viii have hard job hand II he unaertakes to
ihe manners Of me Indians Ana il they were MT
s aSs H., no one msea feel hur about 4
With the %"". as they we're before ,sss
pmah came turns ont to o. S rr .S "s for the
some value. Mr., Rpttsnber doe. not say in morals
s sy ." h sn. D n %
,ors Thus IL. citation suffers moi only from dsloca
ton but Is incorrect. No author Is proof against
such processes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-12

Nine years ago Capt. HANssENs inaugu-
rated the system Of regular freight carriage on
the backs OF men along the cataracts OF the
Congo. 1t was only with great difficulty that
he secured twenty-eight porters from one Of
the native chiefs. through whose town thou
sands OF freight carriers now pass every
month on their way to or from the Upper
Congo. 1t seems almost incredible that in so
short time the white enterprises on the Up
per Congo should have had so great an expan-
sion as to require or be able to obtain the
present largo army OF porters. According to
lie Mourement GtooraphiQue the number OF
black men now engaged in this business is
not less than 10000.
A few years ago missionaries wrote from Lake
Nyassa that native labor could not be depended
upon by tho whites. The German agents in
East Africa said they must force the natives to
work for them like slaves. because they would
not work except under compulsion. The same
story came from men on the Congo.
To-day many thousands OF blacks are work.
ing for wages in the Congo and Nyassa regions.
and hundreds Of them on the white plantations
on tho west shore OF Victoria Nyanza. They
nre eager to do the work for the good it brings
them. Such facts as these help to provo that
tho lnrGe increase in the number OF white en-
terprises in Equatorial Africa is based upon
good prospects Of future advantage.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-12
The Pay OF Prosecuting Officers.

An important bill fixing the compensa-
ton OF the United States District Attorneys
in tho several States OF the Union has been
introduced into the Senate by Mr.. VEST OF
Missouri. 1t provides that after the bill
goes into effect. the several District Attor-
ncys OF the United States shall receive for
their services yearly salary payable quar-
terly in lieu OF the salary. fees. and per-
centages now allowed to such officers by law.
The amount Of the salary is to vary in
different States. The highest figure is
$4,000. which is to be paid in this city to
the District Attorney for tho Southern
District Of New York. In the Northern
District of New York. in California. in the
Northern District Of Illinois. in Massachu-
sets. in the Eastern District OF Missouri.
in the Eastern District OF Pennsylvania. in
tho Western District OF Tennessee. and in
the District Of Columbia. the United States
Attorneys are to receive 5000 each: and in
the other districts the compensation varies
from $4,000 to $4,000 per annum.
The amounts fixed by the bill are declared
to BIO full compensation for all services
rendered by said attorneys to and for the
United States. and to be in lieu Of all other
fees. per dems. percentums. and special al
lowances heretofore allowed or claimed"
except that they may be increased by tho
Attorncy General for extra services directed
by him. in his discretion. and except also
that such attorneys shall be allowed five
cents mile in going to and returning from
any place to which they may be called from
their respective abodes. in attending to any
examination OF person charged with
crime before a Judge or Commissioner.
or for performing any services for the
United States except attending regular
terms Of court.
This last exception spois the whole bill.
The fee system OF compensation for United
States Attorneys. Commissioners. and Mar
shals has proved SO Objectionable in its
practical operation. and given rise to such
grave and extensive scandals. that it ought
long ago to have been done away with: but
it should be done away with. utterly and
entirely. The Federal District Attorneys
should be paid by fixed salaries. as Mr. VEST
proposes; but the salaries in each instance
should be regulated in accordance with the
amount OF travel which tho officer is likely
to have to undertake in the discharge Of his
duties. and the provision OF the bill allowing
him to charge mileage should be eXpungcd.
The right to charge mileage on the part OF
officers connected with the Federal courts
throughout the country has developed an
astonishing tendency to make useless. not
to say inexcusable. journeys for the purpose
of increasing official incomes: and the ten
dency in this direction can only be eflectually
checked by prohibiting any allowance what
ever by way OF mileage.
Con urpSS atriEa Ont thto ovoopf}or
from Senator VESTS bill and then pass 1t.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-12
Hard Luck Z

From the B,aon Courier.
See the skater with his skatea
Cleaning skates:
How anticipation now bis plump and rudy cheek In
How he hurries. hurrieS hurries
As he sees the lake in sight
While no fear his spirit worries
AZ vehementy he skurries
ON the ptniOns OF delight:
Keeping time. time. time
To the skaters ringing chime.
And the merry invoca ion that his ardent soul elatss
From the skates. skates skates,
skates. skates skates
From the ringing and the singing Of the skates
See the skater on his skates.
How their movemehr devious that little boy gyrat.,
How they veto his delight
And cucumber him with fright
A. he pivots on the ice where he Is throwni
While upon the AR there hoats
From hundred hendish throats
Not a groan
That he neyermors thereafter
May condone.
Then upon his hunkiss rising
While that daughters lurid tone
Al his jerks aud )oits kurprisinR
nipples through the frigid zone.
But snsues a scoot oIbicuisr
Aud he swirs.
And he traps lurking snag on.
Then he whirls
Like q fellow with jag on.
Til a far rssounding hump eyentuA'es;
Aud the wells
OF hilarity that follow
Echo through the tarthest hollow.
And there sweils
From the larynN of the victim
vituperAtive dictum:
And the balance OF the day he imprecates.
~: .ahs5s VIII ssstins rs:pnS 5sns1s bats
oftss ;fsts:, :isss. ss.i::' :tstss ~
tn. soaring. soaring. ssob,nS0tins ssss.s,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-12
One of the most delightful sensations

One Of the most delightful sensations
known to the amateur farmer is the receipt Of
moneys from the sale OF his products. To the
sincere enthusiast a single dollar taken in
through trading of his home-mad wares.
whether they be dogs. chickens. horses. cattle.
vegetables. flowers. eggs. or butter will cause
the expensiveness Of the past to fade out Of
the thoughts. and give to n thousand dollars
paid out previously the prestige OF being tho
most blessed OF Investments. To-day one OF
the most distinguished members OF this large
and valuable class. Mr.. ROBERT BONNER will
sell some OF tho stock from his horse
farm. Besides being unrivaled in influence
for cultivating the world beating trotter. he Is
one Of the highest professors Of breeding. and
mono is moro liberal In it's practice. 1t is
never necessary in the case OF amateur farm
ers to expose their profit and loss account. but
SO far as the public who have purchased from
him are concerned. it can be safely said that
they have made money. Majolica. 1t will be
remem bered. sold at a BONNER sale for $425.
and. from the extraordinary showing Of pedi-
erees in Mr.. BoNNER's catalogue. one seems to
see Majolicas by the dozen.
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roRrsr ooMxrssioxxRS REroRE
A NM Tor the EstaSushnert OF state Paris
In tie AAlrondacks ana Catekllle.

ALBANY. Jan. 1.-THE State Forest Commits
sion report will be the most complete as we'll
the most interesting ever presented by the
Commissioners II will consist OF about 400
printed pages. and contain in addition thirty
views taken from the more picturesque and
interesting portions OF the Adirondacks. In
order to give a more adequate idea OF the
region the Commission is seeking to preserve
than can be conveyed by printed descriptions
in the report.
The report proper contains detailed de-
scripton Of the Adirondacks. Its principal
local features. such as lakes. travelled routes.
scenery. and forests. including the varieties Of
trees and their condition. 1t requests an ap-
preparation md a law setting apart lands. not
to sads s%Sea ss hs to s ss t. n ss
desired is IN the counties, OF Greene. Ulster:
by purchase at not to exceed 81 80 per acre:
The region to be embraced by this proposed
Icy and Slide Mountain. tho highest peak in
"A largs portion of, the report is devoted to
es It. TS strpsS o. sns
Legislative yerbiage. provides that there
counties Of Hamilton. Herkimer. st. Lawrence ,, s
Franklin. Essex; and Warren. which shall be
known rs the Adirondack Park. which shall be
ground open for the free use of all the people
for their health and pleasure. and as forest
headwaters OF yhs chief riycrs Of Tie state
and future water supply. The Forest Com
sion shall have power tn prescribe ordinances
or ulatiOns for the government and caro- OF
this park. or for the licensing or reg ulation Of
guides or other who shall be engaged
roads. to. appoint tho SUPERINTENDENT. in
spectors. foresters. and all other officers or
or administration ~ the pnrl.
The Forest Commission shall have power to
lease from time to time. rs 1t may determines
tracts Of land within III" limits Of the Adirnn-
dHck Park. not exceeding five acres In any one
parcel. to any one person or corporation for
the erection Of camps or cottages for the use
and accommodation OF campers such leases
elusive hunting or fishing privilege, shall DO
granted to any such lcsseos. and they must
observe nll the regulations NJ to fire. cutting
Of timber. &C.. made bv he Commission The
act as game and fish protectors.
To provide for he expense the Comptroller
Is authorized and directed to issue bonds of
the state to tn" amount of SI50,o0O. bearing
mum. which shall bnmr date of June i, 1892.
and shall be for 81 900 each. One tenth shall
he ptid annually. beginning ten years after
date OF issue.
BY section =. of the bill the Forest Commits
sion is authorized to contract for the purchase
81 land at not to exceed S1.5O per acre in
Hamilton county: in the towns OF Newcomb.
Eha. st. Armand. and Wilmington Of Essex
county: in the towns Of Harrirtstown. Santa
Clara. Altamont. ,Waverly. and Brighton of
Franklin county; Wilmont Of Hcrkimer county
1awrsnre; and in JolnsburEh. stony Creek.
and Thurman Of st. Lawrence county. Other
lands in these and other counties owned by
sold under certain restrictions by the Com
mission.
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recreant member. who was detested; and
It's new and youthful representative II like
ly to be studiously courted by the remnant
Of the national party. 30 It may be spe-
cious!y maintained by France that the re-
tention OF an English force in Egyptis now
needless. the native army. which has been
re6rganized by English officers. being quite
strong enough. In the absence Of any wide
spread disafrection, to uphold Prince ABBAs
on the throne OF his fathers.
There Is no doubt that the arguments Of
the French Foreign ONCE. which seemed to
other day at Newcastle. would now appear
to him unanswerable, In view Of TEwFIKs
death. The Tories. however. are convinced.
although their conviction Is embodied
rather In fact than word. that the promise
made by Lord GRANVILLE. that the occupa-
ton OF Egypt should be only temporary.
ought not to be kept. inasmuch as Englands
relation to tho Sucz Canal and the Nile land
has been materially altered in the last nine
years. The French assumption OF a pro-
tectorate over Madagascar. the partition Of
Africa among the European powers. and the
impending establishment OF French. Ger
man. and italian ports Of naval output and
repair along both coasts OF the dark CONT
nent. have made England's control even OF
the roundabout route by the Cape Of Good
Hope precarlous. and rendered firm grasp
Of the Suez waterway more vitality i'm
portant to her than ever. 1t has
also come to be distinctly recognized that
the proposed naturalization Of the canal
would in war time prove impracticable.
and also that to safeguard 1t against OBJ
struction would only be possible for power
already dominant in the country through
which it runs. In n word whatever may be
the nominal obligations OF treaties or the in
convenient promises OF deceased diploma
lists. England, when she has to fight for the
existence OF her Indian empire. must at all
hazards keep the Suez Canal Mt her dis
posal. and to that end must cling to the
indispensable prerequisite OF free access to
India. viz. her existing ascendancyin Egypt.
That 10. at all events. the Tory view Of the
dangers and duties incident to the Egyp-
tian situation. and. although it is not Mr..
GLADsToNE's. there is reason to believe that
it Is shared by Lord RosEBERY. who is
likely to be the next Liberal Secretary for
Foreign Affairs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-12
The Original of -The American Claimant.

From the EnoIrils Tribune.
Marx Twain has revived Col. Mulberry sellers and
tho old hero hobs up as THE American Claim ant ="
Tho original OF Col Sellers was formerly Knoxville
newspaper man. who is now in Washington CITY.
From the 81. L'us Republic.
Tennessee is a great state and has produced many
noted characters. but not Col Sellers" That ire.
pressble old gentleman for many years q Justice
of the Peace at Hannibal Mo- and attracted tho atten.
ton Of young Mr. Clemens by his extraordinary efforts
to secure subscriptions for the building of . railroad
Col Sellers is Mssourian. and Missouri should not be
robbed Of Its honors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-12
The situation in Egypt.

The sudden death Of Prince TEwF1K. Khe-
dive Of Egypt. has naturally caused excite
ment in the Foreign Offices OF more than one
European power. Actually or prospectively.
the incident may sensibly affect the inter-
ests OF England. OF France. and OF Turkey.
Not that the succession OF Prince ABBAs to
his fathers place was likely to be attended
with any difficulty. for the Porte had no
pretext for refusing to adhere to the fir-
man. which in the case OF Egypt substi-
tuted the European law OF primogeniture
for the old Mohammedan usage. whereby
regal or quasi-rcgal authority passed not
to the eldest son Of tho last ruler but
to the eldest malo OF tho dynastic
family. There was nothing unexpected.
therefore. In the Sultan's prompt con-
firmataon OF the claim Of Prince ABBAs to
exercise the Khedival functions. Neither
could the Porte do what some Paris news
papers have demanded. interfere indirectly
with tho powers OF its vassal by appointing
o council OF regency. because the young
ruler has already attained his official ma
jority. 1t follows that ostensibly nothing
has been changed in the Milo country. and
yet the change OF Viceroys is matter OF
grave concern to England. first because
an unknown personality replaces one whose
tractability was proved. and. secondly, be-
cause France now has plausible excuse for
insisting that Lord SALISBURY shall fix the
term Of the English occupation OF Egypt.
When, after the battle OF Tel .el- Kebir, the
British Foreign Office determined to leave
IN English garrison In the Nile land, this
was professedly done only for the purpose Of
defending the Khedive's possessions against
the Mahdlsts. and Of furnishing temporary
guarantees OF internal tranquility and
prosperity. Although the real motive was
the protection OF the holders OF Egyptian
Government bonds. among whom the
ROrHscHILDs are conspicuous. the reasons
put forward by Lord GRANVILLE seemed for
the moment adequate. and have continued
to seem so up to the present time. By his
opposition. first open and then secret. to the
national movement under ARABI Pasha. and
by his evident satisfaction at Its suppress
sion. the Khedive TEwFIK had made himself
an object Of hatred to his subjects. and 1t
was notorious that only the presence OF
English soldiers shielded him from
. assassination. Notwithstanding. there
fore. the fact that for some years
the reports OF Sir EVELYN Barring
have testified to the establishment OF
order and security. and to remarkable
industrial progress. there have been valid
grounds for the refusal of the British For
eign Office to order TN evacuation OF the
Milo country. There is no reason. how
ever. to suppose that the feeling OF rancor-
GUS hostility evinced toward TEwFIK by
the mass OF the Egyptians is extended also
toward his son. The dynasty founded by
ME1ENEr ALI has not lost its popularity; 1t
Z ives only the late Khedive. held to be q