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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-25
1AAppnus srevEnS prn1.
Property Owned BY the Great comnonsr
Sold for Tsse. Redeemed Acaln.


Sold for Ts,e- Redeemed Again.
Tho death Of Daniel Bertsch, prcsi-
dent of the Upper Lehigh Coal com.
pany, recalls TO our mind tho follow
ing scrap in the early history of said
company. II was either in the fa,l
Of 1857 or spring Of 1858 when one Of
the wniters at the Mansion House
called at our office 10 inform us that
Thnddcus Stevens was down at Tie
house and wanted to SEQ us. We
found him In n room, and Of course
we were very glad TO meet him.
Ho said he was on his way up TO
Wilkesbaire, but feeling somewhat
indisposed he concluded TO lay over
hero until next day. It was his first
and only visit to Mauch Chunk. and
we succeeded in persuading him to
take n ride over the now famous
Switchback--on q one seated truck,
by the way, and we acting both VA
conductor and brakeman. He was
delighted with the trip, aud he felt
considerably invigornted on his ar.
rival back at the Mansion House in
the evening.
He told W the nature Of his bus!.
ness at Wilkcsbarro, in substance "a
follows:
Some years ago Theophilus Fem,
who had been quite n prominent
journalist at Harrisburg. was hard
MP financially. and | loaned him g..
900. He was never able TO pay
1t back, but several years ago he
came and told me he owned n tract
of mountain land up in Luzerno
county and wanted mo 20 accept a
deed for the same in lieu Of the 80.
900. As / considered II IA bad debt
and unable 10 do better, accepted
his offer and became owner OF the
land. But neglected 1t and 1t WAS
since sold for taxes, and ! finally
concluded 10 go to Willicsbnrro and
redeem 1t, rs 1t might perhaps DO OF
some value hereafter"
Holeft next morning and redeemed
the land Later on, we don't 10
member the year, probably 1890, MIR
Stevens sold the Same tract TO the
late Asa L. Foster, representing the
party about organizing tho Upper
Leligh Coal company, for tho sum
of $1,000, and we venture TO say
that the same tract which Mr. Stcv
ems reluctantly accepted as q bad
debt OF 5000 due him by u poor
printer could not now DO bought nj
any price short Of round million.
How the late Theophilus Fem be
came owner Of the tract we probably
mover knew, We certainly don't re-
member II II ever we did know, but
we take II for granted that 1t must
have boon on easy terms, perhaps
for $500 instead OF 5000 and II so
he did very we'll In disposing of II 10
Mr. Stevens for 5000. And Mr.
Stevens was in better luck yet in 10
covering the amount OF his bad
5000 claim and s22, 900 profit DO
sides; but tho last bargain was by
far the biggest and best in getting
n tract worth hundreds OF thousands,
perhaps US much MS n million, for tho
comparatively modest sum Of S2j,.
600.
Probably thoro arc many tracts OF
anthracite mountain lands in our re
gion that had changed owners and
were sold for taxes in q similar man
ncr, but we venture TO say mono OF
them enhanced in real value more
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-25

Our Representative Is Eastern Markets and has
purchased everything desirable. Now Patterns In
CARPETS, Now and Artistic Effects in WALL PAPERS
Latest Styles In FURNITURE. Novelties in RUGS and
CURTAINS and a Groat Variety of DOOR MATS and LIN
oLEUMS.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-25

"Iiayo you ever noticed how people
from the different parts Of tho country
register asked hotel man yesterday.
"Kontuclsy and Texas people. for in.
stance, have popularity all their own.
Thoy register simply from Kentucky or
Texas, as II II made no difference what
part OF tho state they ARE from, just 40
they 20 down on the register "a Ken.
tuckians or Texans. II looks little
peculiar, though. TO see "A. Il. Jones,
KY or X. Y. Smith, Texas, but such
inscriptions are seon every day. Some
times Mcssrs. Smith and Jones, OF Texas
and Kentucky, inscribe their county.
Thore Ia something aristocratio about
this; 1t conveys sort Of idea that MIR,
Jones, of kentucky, Is q legislator, or u,
least so well known in his county that a
letter address to him in his county would
be sent directly to his ancestral home,
and that Mr.. Smith, OF Texas, owns IN
entire county, perhaps, and letter sent
to that county could not possibly 30 Il
any one else. kansas City Times.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-25

II Is frequently observed that some Of
tho most destructive and fearful agen-
cies OF nature are at the same time lavish
In their gifts for the benefit Of man. A
volcano seems the very personihcation
Of the power Of devastation, and yet ac-
cording TO Investigations II seems prob.
able that we may owe our possession OF
the gem that has in every age dazzlcd
the imagination more than any other,
the diamond, to the productive energy
Of volcanocs,--Youth's Companion.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-25

Women arc quite ns often deceived
by high priced goods as by the bar
gain counter. An importer tells of
having sold for $3.50 yard u piece
of sealslSin plush 10 a retailer, who
promptly cut it into three pieces and
marked thom respectively $40, sl2
and tl4. The highest priced lot sold
first, and the retailer at once bought
another whole piece, marked it sli
and sold II out before the SO lot is
gone. Yankee Blade,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-25

Binklo-l had great notion to lick
my boy for getting to tho bottom OF his
geography class today.
pinkle-Why didn't you2
Binkle-Well, ho put some OF the
questions TO me that the teacher put to
him, aud "a | couldn't answer one Of
'eln lot HIM so and licked the teaeher.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-25

In Semipalatinsk, whore the camel
is found, the annual variation Of tom
torature sometimes reaches s13 degs
In Eastern Asia winter is tho time
tho animals are made to work. In
very intense cold they are sewed up
u felt coyers. Mature.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-25

The latest calculation Of the earthe
distance from the sun, based upon
the transit of Venus in 1882, puts il
at 92, Oi3, GA miles.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-25

Sappey, tho learned physiological,
says that the human stomach con
tains 1000, 900 glands which are con
stantly sccreting gastric juice.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-25

Doctors disagree. They
have TO. There are differ
ences Of opinion among the
best; there will be so long
as knowledge is incomplete.
But there is one subject
on which all physicians are
completely in accord, and
that is the value of cod-liver
oil in consumption and scro-
fula, and many other condi-
tons in which the loss Of fat
is involved. And cod-liver
oil has its greatest usefulness
in SCOTS Emulsion.
There is an interesting
book on the subject; sent free.
seori BowsH, Chemists. y. South s,h Avenue.
New Nofs.
ioq 4rasgiE' kc,p, SCOTT, Enaldan Ct soI.li,e,
eA-aH dEuss.s VS'yshsIv DO, s..
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-25
RAILROADS.
!ss,Es,iSSISl rio GRANDE
E'eaANOl WESTERN.
MWEsTEaN
I,slAs. RAILWAY ~ Standard Guago.
I -Esssss .e,sl<nl ~ CURRENT TINE rhBtI
In TGe,t Inut,nVv a. lso1.


LEAVES SALT lake.
No 1-For Provo. salina. Grand june.
ton mud an points lnft...... Vi0o Am.
No. t-for Provo, Grand Junction and
all points Eaat..s...,......... = ~ pm
No, t-Ior Provo, fayson and Lufosa ~ ~
No. t-fur ~ am
No. g-tor Hot Springs ard Ogden ...... : 70 a.ih.
No. l-FOr Ogden and the West .......l w pm
no. S-for Ogden and The Wcst...'.''l2.S ~ am'
ARRIVES SALT tAHH.
No. 1-FrOm Provo, sallna, Grand
junction and The Eaat-.......i2'ei pm.
No. 3-irom Provo, hrani junction
and tho Iast.. .........,.....,... l.ia0 am
No. 5-Irum trOyo, fayson and
Eureka, 4..,,.....s. ~ AIN
10. 5-frnm bingham t.......... 100 pm,
No. io-Fram Hot Springs and Ogden. q go no,
No. 2-ffom Ogden and nc Ntst.-... $40 ain.
No. t-fiom ogden an1 the WEEK.. $40 pm.
Pullman Palace slccpors on an through
trans, Stchargeai close connections. Safety,
fpgcd and comfort.
rttLci Ohice No. 900 = Wsin street
u. c. DODGE. 4. L. wELBY, J. H. BENNETT
Gen. Manager. tupL Oen.In.Sfass.Agt
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-22

slaves Of their captives, and practiced
numerous things which the nineteenth
century has cast aside as belonging to the
cruelty and wrongs of feudalism.
That Columbus was sailor of his age
was not remarkable, and has little bearing
on his position as discoverer of the New
World. If this hemisphere had been
obliged to remain undiscovered until some
hardy sailor came along who had never
done any buccaneering, or caught any
slaves, or hunted strange coasts for pre-
cious metal, it would to-day have been in
the first century of its colonial develop
ment There were many sailors exactly
like Columbus in his day, but his claim to
immortal fame lies in the fact that he was
the one of them alto declare the globular
theory of the earth and stake his all on
the voyage which gave the American con-
tinents to civilization. 1t is no serious
drawback to the fame of Columbus that
he had the faults of his day. The men
who have those faults and yet achieve
great success are best entitled to their
fame
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-22
THE LorTERY,s LAST NAIL.

1t is matter for national congratula-
tion that the result of the elections In
Louisiana puts the final nail in the coffin
of the wholesale gambling scheme that
has been protected by that State for many
years Even after the lottery company
had announced its withdrawal from the
contest there were suspicious that its ac-
ton was designed to lull the popular op-
position. Whether any such ruse was in
tended or not the reports from Louisiana
indicate that it has been made useless,
and that the State would have done itself
the credit of voting against the lottery in
any event.
1t is satisfactory to know that there is
not State in the Union which persists in
maintaining great gambling concern in
defiance of the enlightened opinion of the
rest of the country. 1t is also subject of
congratulation that the nation is now re-
lieved OF the disgrace of authorized and
open lottery gambling. Other kindred
evils still exist, but none of them pursued
the work of collecting the money of the
deluded in so systematic and unblushing
fashion. 1t is to be hoped that the same
progress that has wiped out the lottery
will work toward the reform of other
forms of gambling wherever they exist
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-22
A BUsINEss-LIKE STRIKE,

A strike of policemen has heretofore
been development of the labor question
more theoretical than practical; but if the
report concerning strike of the Partisan
police just before May Day is not exag-
gerated, the guardians of the public peace
in the gay capital are preparing for it in
the most practical fashion. ..r
1t is a first principle with well managed
labor organization to ask for an advance
of wages, with the strike alternative loom
ing up in the background, when work is
active and contracts are pressing. 1t is no
secret that the French Government has a
big contract for the police on the first of
May. 1t is evident that the police will
have to work double turn to keep the
peace during that anniversary of labor,
and that they will even then do well if
they fill the bill of police labors. Now the
astute policemen of Paris step up and pro-
pose that they are entitled to an advance
in wages, with the very plain intimation:
No advance, no police work on May Day.
With such a proposition before them the
employers of the peremptory policemen
are reduced to one of two courses Either
they must cultivate such relations with
labor that it will not be necessary to have
the police keep order during labor
parade any more than in this country; or
they must give the policemen induce
ments to stick to their large-sized and
imperative task. As there is hardly time
to put the labor reform into actual prac-
tice, there does not seem to be any other
practical way open to the French authori-
ties than to come down, as gracefully as
the iron manufacturers of Pittsburg are in
the habit of doing, and sign the police
scale.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-22
FRIDAY, APRIL 80. 1892
NOT NECESSARILY EXPENSIVE.

The remarks quoted in yesterdays DIS
PATCH on the cost of the delay in accept
ing the Alexander farm option for the
poor farm were based on the supposltion
that the city has got to accept that prop
erty, or one similar to it. If the city must
buy the Alexander farm, it is possible that
the expiration of the option may cause an
advance in price, although no general ap-
probation of agricultural property has
been noted since the option was given.
But, If the city exercises its liberty to pur
chase out of the thousands of acres of
available property in the county only so
much land as is necessary, the delay may
have the result of saving the city a very
respectable sum-
The question Of expense and saving
turns on the point often discussed in these
columns, namely, the size and location of
the property. 1t has been fully shown
that one hundred acres are sufficient, while
the selection of the Alexander farm aban-
doned the superstition that it is necessary
for the farm to stretch along the river
bank. 1t is necessary for the farm to have
a living supply of water, to be accessible
and to have healthy location; but these
qualities can be secured at other points
than along the river where land is held not
at agricultural prices, but at figures which
contemplated its eventual use for manufact-
uring or residence.
If the city will direct the purchase Of
hundred acres of good land with living
water supply wherever it can be found,
there NAV be a very material saving in
stead of an extra cost from the delay.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-22
pARr1sAN wHIrEwAsa1Ne.

The report of the investigating commit
tee of the New York Senate on the May
nard case furnishes striking example Of
the inability of paftisanship to render an
unbiased and honest verdict on matters
where political results are at stake. The
majority report, by the members OF one
party, gives Judge Maynard clean bill
of health, and asserts that he did nothing
inconsistent with honor and duty. The
minority report, by the members of the
other party, finds that he committed q
statutory crime for the sake of carrying
out the scheme to secure the New York
Legislature to the Democrats.
The important aspect Of this conflict OF
statements is that it is impossible from the
same set of facts to honestly and sincerely
deduce two such violently opposite con-
clusions. From the same evidence it is
impossible for one man to really believe
that the accused person is a thief and an
other that he is man of unstained honor.
1t might be possible for different minds to
modify the degree of Offense somewhat;
but in this case 1t is evident that one re-
port or the other has deliberately falsified
the facts in order to present them in such
a way as to suit party needs. In other
words, on a matter involving judicial
honesty and the uprightness of the bench
the New York Legislators make up their
verdict solely by party lines.
AS to which side has thus placed party
exigency above the truth, the reports SIM
ply amount to tie-the Democrats report
one thing to be true and the Republicans
report the opposite. But in regard to
Judge Maynard's course there is nom
partisan judgment which carries more
weight than either of the party reports.
The finding of the New York Bar Asso-
citation, approved as 1t was by leading
Democratic lawyers, shows that Judge
Maynard committed acts in order to carry
out the Hill grab of the New York Legis-
lature which show him to be wholly unfit
to sit on the highest bench in the courts
of New York; and that the majority
report referred to above is an egregious
case of whitewashing.
The political system of this country
cannot be what it should be until the
politicians are taught that they must place
truth and honesty above the dictates Of
partisanship.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-22
SENATOR srEwARrs ACTIONS.

Some dissatisfied and prosecuting indi-
vidual has been investigating those gold
mortgages of Senator Stewards with the
result of impeaching the silver Senator's
explanation. His statement was that the
mortgages were drawn providing for pay
ment in gold coin simply because that was
the form prevailing in California since the
war. But the troublesome investigators
have gone to the official records of Ala
media, California, and declare that the
mortgages show the gold clause to be an
Interpolation and afterthought, the first
having been drawn without it and all the
rest providing against any loss to the
creditor by the adoption Of cheaper
standard of values.
This certainly calls on Senator Stewart
to take the floor again. 1t affords scope
for an interesting explanation as to his at
titude in regarding cheaper silver dollar
as good enough for the ordinary creditor,
while for himself in his private business
gold is the money in which he requires
payment. 1t also suggests the inquiry
how many other of the millionaire Sena-
tors of the silver States are able to advo-
cate silver for the people at large with the
calm consciousness that they have fully
protected themselves against any possible
scaling down of the unit of values in the
payment of moneys coming to them.
1t is also possible to point out that Sena-
tor Stewards personal attit Jude as to the
money he wishes to receive is much more
convincing than his public professions as
to the usefulness of silver. To put it
more tersely, Senator Stewards action
speaks more loudly than Senator Stewards
words
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-22
JoKELEIs FROM JUDGE.

She-Won't you recite to US the poem
you spoke of writing the other day?
He-Please don't ask me to do it now, because
I'm not in the mood but will some time before 1t
Is published
She-But that is so indefinite.
Husband-Where is that Thermometer I
hung up here the other day?
wife-I saw you this morning at O'Clock trying
to brush your teeth with 1t.
If you happen to own a white cat,
1t will lie in the coal by the hour:
While If it's as black your hat.
Be assured it will get in the flour.
Brown (reading)-He stood before her,
hat in hand. waiting for her response
Mrs. Brown-And she said: ''Athol. can never
be yours; love another''-didn't she?
Brown-No; she dropped big Canada cent.
Mrs. Simpkins-Is see that our new neigh.
bor has bought handsome umbrella stand for her
hall.
Mr.. simpkins-And now she makes her husband
come into the house through the kitchen and leave
his umbrella In the sink.
Servant-Your name, sir?
Caller-Jinks.
servant-Do you spell it J-i-n-k-s or 5-y-n-k-e-d
Caller-J-i-n-k-s.
Servant-Backdoor, sir.
II tell you, Trivvet," said Scadds, money
is trouble. -
'.Im glad you told me-" replied Trivvet. II
had no Idea was wealthy
He owed Buckskin Pete three dollars
And afterward denied it.
That's why the Coroncr's jury
Was called in to decide It.
She-You don't think poor Mr.. Simpson
was lost-you don't believe he was atheist do
you?
He-oh, no. You ought to have heard hin
swear.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-22
TRUSTED swINDLERs,

The German Rothschilds have Just dis
covered that they have been robbed by a
clerk whom they trusted for fifteen years.
In this age of keen competition and every
man for himself it is rather surprising to
notice that defalcations in banks and busi-
ness firms are usually committed by a
trusted clerk. 1t is surprising, because one
would have expected successful men of
affairs to make speciality of studying
human nature. Yet one case after an
other comes up, in which some employer
finds to his misfortune that his confidence
has been misplaced. In sad rotation ser
wants give way to the temptations which
surround them, and risk lifetime's repu-
tation for the illegal qualification of a
temporary desire. Gambling in one of its
forms is the usual incentive to these, as to
many other crimes.
Of course, the number of defaulters is
minute in comparison to that of those
trusted employees who live honestly and
die respected. But the exigencies of
modern trade are such as to necessitate
the concentration of opportunities for
fraud in the hands of the few, and the
frequency with which violations of trust
are published is such as to show that
honesty is about as much in demand now
as it was in the days of Diogenes. While
keeping one eye on the omnipotent and all
important dollar, merchants, bankers and
employers will be wise to use the other in
study of the needs, temptations, weak
ness and strength of their fellow-men.
The man of millions will do well to put
himself imaginarily in the place of the
man of tens He will thus be on the
highroad of usefulness to the world, as
well as fitting himself for the realization
of trials which will enable him to guard
against deception.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-22
OURS ARE PERSONAL PROPERTY.
The Supreme Court Says They May Be
Stolen Like Other Goods.

The Supreme Court Says They May Be
Stolen Like Other Goods.
PHILADELPHIA, April 2l.-In the all-im-
portant case OF Commonwealth versus
Depuy appellant" thesSupreme Court Of
this State has decided that dogs may be
stolen. Not, however, with impunity. On
the contrary, q majority of the Bench has
ruled that there is such thing as property
in four-footed beasts of the canine kind and
that the law passed to bring about this con-
dition in 1859 does not offend against the
Constitution Of Pennsylvania. The de-
cision of the Lackawanna County Court is
sustained. 1t seems that one Depuy made
OF with "spaniel dog of great value, viz: Of
the value OF $30' and, when branded as q
thief, claimed that there was no law in the
State making dogs personal property.
Says the Supreme Court: "We need not
this subject, nor its wisdom. This case
turns upon the act of May 15 1889. p. L. ~.
entitled IAN act for the taxation of dogs ana
the protection of Sheep" the sixth section
of which provides: That all dogs in this
Common wealth shall hereafter be personal
property. and subject OF larceny, etc. 1t is
urged that this act was unconstitutional, for
the reason that the said provision of section
6 is not fully expressed in the title of the
act. We cannot assent to this proposition.
One of the objects of the act, as expressed
in the title, is the taxation of dogs. Hence,
when the Legislature seeks TO lay tax upon
what was not property at the common law,
We think 1t entirely Eerinane to the object
OF the act to declare that the property taxed
shall hereafter be personal property, and u
subject Of larceny"