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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-04

Ruskin, IN a lcitor Ia young girls. says:
"Reccive the thing that Is provoking or
dsagrceablc 20 you as coming directly
from Christs hand, and the moro It e
likely to provoke you thank him Tor Il
the mon, rs young soldier would HE
general for trusting him with hard
place 10 hold on the rampant. And r..
member that Il does not In the least
matter what happens to you-whothcr
clumsy school follow tcars your dress
or shrowd one laughs at you, or tls
teacher doesn't understand you The
one thing that does matter Is that none
OF these things should vcX you.
Say 10 yourself each morning, Jus,
after your prayers, Whose forako,li
not all that hc hath cannot bo my
disciple This Il exactly aud con-.
pletcly true, meaning that you are to
give all you have to Christ TO take care
OF It for you. Then, II he doesn't take
care Of Il, Of course you know Il wasn't
worth anything. And II he takes any
thing from you, You know you ART bet.
ter without H. You will not, indeed,
have 10 give up houses and lands, OF
boats or nets; but you may, perhaps,
break your favoritc toacup or lose your
favoritc thimblc and might be- vcxcd
about II, but for this second st. Georges
precopth
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-04

According to a society directory there
are 3,307 bachelors among the people
who mako up good society in New York
that is, twice as many unmarried men
rs women, and more unmarried men
than married.
There nre s,00S names in this diree.
tory OF polite society OF that numbt4
1897 ARE those Of unmarried men, l,5Ol
arc those OF unmarried women, aud
3,l9s arc the names Of married men aud
their wives. This indicate, the cxL-nt
OF the bachelor habit in New York.
There are twice rs many bachelors az
maidens. Aud yet there Is no com.
plant. Not one of these 3, 200 cclibates
will admit he could not nnd a wife II
he chose.
1t has long been a matter Of remark
that men do not rush as impetuously
into marriage as they used to.-New
York Letter.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-04

In the old days when icohousas werp
bu, deep holes in the ground covered
with sheds, Il was the universal custom
TO dump the ice into these places and suf.
fer 1t 10 pack itself This custom s;ill
prevails with some people, bUt 4, is u
most uneconomical method The lee
should be cut into regular cakes OF a
size convenient to handle and then care.
fully placed into the house layer ON
layer, just as a brick wall Is built. atten.
ton being given to breaking joints, ais m
any kind of mason work. Where the
cakes join ono another sawdust should
DO placed This serves to stop up mir
holes, and it also makes it easy to take
out the ice in the original cakes instead
OF having to bring an AK into requisition
and hacS the ice all up, thus causing
much waste, A person who has been in
tho habit Of putting In ice in tho careless,
Old fashioned way will find that by
adopting this method he can save Mt
least 30 per cent In material, besides
making 1t much less difficult 10 get ice
when 1t is required.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-04

The frequency with which New York
hank cashiers take advantage OF their
opportunities Is causing some disgust.
The president Of New York bank re.
marked not long since TO one OF the
principal stockholders and depositors.
IL feel much safer about the funds
than / did last week."
81 am glad to hear It. have been
iocllng very uneasy about my money,
What prccaution, have you tolSen"
1--WE had special telephone wire
connected with the Grand Central
depot, and the man who sells tickets
Ia, got n photograph OF our cashier, 50
II he goes 10 Canada we will know in
time to have the scouudrcl arrested"
About a week aiterw0rd the prosi'
dent himself went 10 Montreal with
most OF the assets. Texas Siitings,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-04

One Of the greatest disadvantages Of
nm exclusively college education Is TINT
It e. apt 10 foster what Macaulay calls o.
"Chinc-e cast OF mind" that stupid con.
tempt Of everything beyond the wall OF
the college mans celestial empire. TnJ
defenders Of a college education claim
a. their own every man Of distinction
who has attended college, whereas these
mon became eminent authors, lawyers,
statesmen. ETC.. In spite Of The fact that
they spent several Of the most valuable
years OF their lives nj college, and were
only saved from the obscurity Of th'
majority " college bred men by systo-
msticnlly neslecting the duh routine Of
prescribed studies and spending thciI
time Ia dcsultory reading.
Bacon. Dryden, Sheridan. Byron,
Scott, Wellington and many other illus.
ui1ns men went TO college. but dis.
dsinel 10 subject their intellects TO the
an,iquated course Of studies prescribed.
Who were the senior wTnnglgrs at col.
lpge when the men just mentioned were
cutting tho classics and reading history
poetry and hctions The very names Of
tho successful scholars are unknown,
but tho idle young men" who refused
10 be- tied to the mental corpse Of dead
literature made their names immortal
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-04

"l was up all last night washing for
tho theater folks, said my old colorcd
laundre.s, "aud now I've got 10 sit up
all night tonigh; TO get my money. You
see The opera company goes away. This
IL their last night mere, and Il | don't
watch EN- they'll 20 way and leave me
without a cent Don't YOU tell me honey
i know them. They've done fool me
lots Of times. It's the ghost wan, 90
SEQ right now, tell 'oin, aud nice big
words don't buy no POTATOES. %
Late that night ! saw her sitting pa.
tiently at the stage door contemplating
the Johnnies and the scenery wagon.
aud waiting Tor the ghost" What -
world this i5l--New York Herald.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-04
ORANGE BLOSSOM.

Ladies suffering from any form
Of Female Weakncs., VIII find a
turr cure in "Orange $50 ssom."
For full Particulars call GU the
General Age Mt, l.b West, Third
South Street. salt Lake CITY.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-04

Mrs. Pinkcrly The boy has Just
come with that lovely present got for
you today, dear He Is waiting ia the
hall now.
Pinkorly -- How kind lkiss) and
thoughtful Of you, dear (kl-s, Eis,).
am Just dying 10 see what it ls (lm
patlentlyJ why don't you have the
boy bring II upi
Mrs Pinkerly embarrassed 49, The
fact is-er-darling, 1t has come @. o.
D.-Liie.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-04

What China really needs Is n first
class war with the foreign powers, aud
the whipping which she is sure 10 get
sooner or later, When this comes the
great Chinese empire will fall into
pieces, aud thera will be huh u dozen
big Celestial countries where there is
now one Frank q, Carpenter in Ma.
uona Tribune.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-04

There is story going thata business
manager recently proved himself
strangely ignorant. He went to the
managing editor aud complained.
"Arc you aware, SIR said he, "that
your telegraph editor Is grossly neglect.
ing his duty and wasting our timer
"Why no. was the reply; "what is
tho natter
"Wcll, for several successive morn.
ings now have been watching him, and
lnotice that the first thing he does when
he gets down IN the morning Is to begin
reading the morning papers. ! don't
wish TO bo captious, but IL appears TO me
he had better attend TO his work frs,
and then II he has time 10 read the pa
pers he eau do so.'
a telegraph editors first duty ia u
read the morning papers. Exchange,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-04
BEAUTIFUL PRESENTS!
%GoLDsMITH & coz

respectfully their thanks tho
CONFIDENCE the PUBLIC had and have In their advortIso
thom that II beyond their antcl
patton. number Issued 1887 being
than expected therefore have hand i24
waiting Boys who hold either
send for the trust that they Will do
possible.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-04


Considerable excitement was created
tonight by the report that the Foraker
senators we're determined TO prevent
Iden from from participating Ia tho
senatorial caucus, or being seated over
Gsumer, his Democratic competitor,
until after the Senatorial contest IL
settled. Neither Idun nor Gaumer
have boeu granted certificates, the
court holding that the case was one
In which the senate alone had jurls-
dirtion, but OF course lden will ulti-
mately be seated. As ldeu II for 5her-
man, and the contest between tue
candidates 10 very close, the friends Of
Foraker naturally Insist that there
should be- no unseemly haste In seating
Iden.
The Sherman people are preparing
to make short work OF the contest and
seat lden tomorrow, In which event
his vote will naturally be available Ia
the senatorial caucus the following
day,
II IL said tonight that the Foraker
Senators will move that tho ldeu-
daumer case be referred to the COM
mittee on elections when appointed.
This would naturally delay tho matter
two or three days. IL IL likely that the
Sherman Senators will insist upon set.
Ting matters nj once by seating Iden.
This Foraker men, II IA said, will vote
against, and, "a they naturally have
the support Of the Democratic Senators,
Of course opposed 10 seating idon at
any time, however remote, the Repub.
lican contestant cannot be seated. 1t
IL stated tonight that the Foraker me II
have received assurances from the
Democratic senators that they Will
support tho movement, but the ShOr-
man men still maintain that tho Iden
case will be disposed OF By Tuesday at
the latest.
Some Democrats are In favor Of sup
porting the Foraker senators only upon
the promise that Gaumer, Democrat,
shall ultimately be seated. This con-
dition the ex-governor's friends are
not willing 70 accept, but II IN said that
they they are willing 10 pledge that the
contest shall be finally decided entirely
upon its merits and without regard 10
political considerations. IL IL likely
that this assurance will be perfectly
satisfactory to the majority Of the
Democrats.
At the Foraker headquarters tonight
no public acknowledgment could hu
obtained OF such u plan. Neither wa,
the report OF such Intentions contra
dleted. The report IA generally accept
ed an genuine.
Senator Sherman this evening re-.
ceived n Telegram rom Governor Ferry
OF Washington stating: "rhe Kcpub
Leans OH the Pacific coast believe tha
your defeat would be great calamity
TO the nation and our party"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-24
From the Model Novel.

Faithful to her promise, and with
beating heart, she noiselessly glided
along the dimly lit corridor, in which
reigned the awful stiffness of death.
At the door of the "blue chamber"
she paused for an instant. and, giving
one swift, frightened glance around,
disappeared into the recesses of that
mysterious apartment, within whose
walls lay hidden the silent family
secret of Granmore Grange.
A moment later a sudden, piercing
shrek rang out upon the midnight
ara cry startling in its agonizing
wall
Without delay the door was rapidly
burst open by the hastily-awakened
household, when, to their horror and
amazement a heartrending sight
met their gaze.
Crouching in a corner, her eyes trans
fixed in terror, lay Hester Hardage,
pointing to the other end of the room.
Speak, GIRL" cried her father, in a
voice trembling with rage; tell me
what you have seen!"
Father" she entreated. do not re-
proach me-be merciful, implore YOU
Il saw-a spiderr'-Boston Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-24

the hall and off to meet his wife at the
train. As for myself, stayed on that
bed, sleeping and waking until the
next afternoon, when the chamber
maids came in to see what the matter
was with No. Is. OF course, | told
my story not only then, but later to
the manager of the company and to the
police, but my friend was gone, nobody
knew whether, and if it hadn't hap
pened that my father was able to make
good that eight hundred dollars, there's
no telling whether I'd gone to the PEN
itentiary or not, for the evidence was
against me. A year later l was cleared
of suspicion, however, by the arrest of
my friend in New York for trying to
work another fellow as he had worked
me, and the whole story came out"
You ought to have stayed at it."
said the life insurance man, gasping.
"Why?" inquired the drummer, seri-
ously.
because, such a classic liar as YOU
are would have been an honor to the
traditions of the profession" and the
old agent went outside where he could
breathe more easily. Free
Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-24

nod to him and a hearty shake OF the
hand for me, she excused herself and
said she had to join a party of friends
and would meet her husband at the
station. Then she left with the bag,
and her husband locked the door afte-
her.
"'Let me see, he said as he sat down
and took out his pocketbook, 1 be-
lieve the premium on that is in the
neighborhood of fifteen hundred dol
lars
Fifteen hundred and sixty, to cover
everything l replied.
"'Can you change a thousand dollar
bill?' he inquired
II laughed at his little joke.
No. i said. i can't, I'm afraid,
and took out roll of money which l
happened to be taking to man up
town. I've got eight one hundred
dollar bills here, but that isn't enough
"'Give it to me! he exclaimed, max
ing grab for it.
81 jumped back and for tie first time
noticed the face of my friend. There
was business all over it, and ugly bust
ness.
What do you meanT almost
yelled.
Don't be SO loud he whispered. i
mean to have that money
"'Well, guess not said, coolly, as
I pulled a pistol which l had in my
pocket as a guard for the money was
carrying and what l expected to get
from him, though had scarcely
thought to use it under these circum-
stances.
That's all right, my chicken he
laughed. If you kill me it will cost
your insurance company fifty thousand
dollars, for that policy is good for it, l
guess
81 dropped my gun as if the man had
shot me. OF course the policy was
good for It's face, and its face was fifty
thousand dollars. l couldn't kill him
and take the chances.
land don't make any disturbance or
call for anybody he continued, or
I'll just cut my throat with your PEN
knife have here in my hand, and will
not only be in for the fifty thousand dol
lars, but you will have some trouble in
explaining how it happened, when
neither knife, pistol nor other deadly
weapon can be found in this room, ex-
cept what belongs to you. Pm des-
perate man and you might as well fork
over that money and such other valu-
ables as you may be possessed of
and call it square,
81 tried to think of some plan to es-
cape, but my brain was in a whirl, and
] couldn't do thing, but stand there
He was very polite. however, and came
to my assistance by removing the
eight hundred dollars from my person,
besides fifty dollars of my own, also
one gold watch and chain worth one
hundren dollars; one diamond stud
worth twenty-five dollars, and one gold
ring eighteen karat, worth ten dollars.
Then he carefully tied me to the bed,
put q nice little gag in my mouth,
packed my stuff in his bag, turned out
the gas, bade me good-by, and, locking
the door, went softly whistling down
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-24
EGYPTIAN OBELlSkS.
How the Ancients Cut and Erected Their
Great Monoliths.

How the Ancients Cut and Erected Their
Great Monoliths.
The obelisks of the Pharohs are
made of red granite called syenite. In
the quarrics at Syene may yet be seen
an unfinished obelisk, still adhering to
the native rock, with traces of work
mems tools so clearly seen on its sur
face that one might suppose they had
been suddenly called away and intend
ed soon to return and finish their work.
This unfinished obelisl shows the
mode in which the ancients separated
these immense monoliths from the ma
tive rock. In a sharply-cut groove
marking the boundary of the stones
are holes evidently designed for wooden
wedges. After these had been firmly
driven in o thu holes the groove was
filed with water. The wedges grad
ually absorbing the water, swelled and
cracked the granite throughout the
length of the groove. The block. once
detached from the rock, was pushed
forward upon rollers made from the
stems of palm trees from the quarres
to the edge of the Nile, where it was
surrounded by large timber raft
1t lay by the river side until the next
inundation of the Nile. when the rising
waters floated the raft and conveyed
the obelisk down the stream to the c ty
where it was to be set up Thousands
of willing hands pushed it on rollers up
an inclined plane to the front of the
temple where it was designed to stand
The pedestals had previously been
placed in position and firm causeway
of sand covered with planlss led to the
top of it. Then, by means of rollers,
levers and ropes made of the date palm,
the obelisk was gradually hoisted into
an upright position.
1t speaks much for the mechanical,
accuracy of the Egyptian masons that,
so true was the level of the top of the
base and the bottom of the long shaft,
in no single instance has the obei sk
been found to be out of the true per-
pendicular CHICAGO News
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-24

overreached the limit in the begin
ming and quit after the first week."
Tell us about it." chorused the
crowd. always ready for a yarn.
WELL" he said, when was about
twenty, was a very Flip young man
and thought l was cut out for the life
insurance business. had plenty of
friends and soon had job on commits
sions and four dollars a week salary.
went at it with rush and button
hol ed every body knew. talked life
in surance all the time and l had an
idea that what didn't know couldn't
be learned. The real facts in the case
were, l simply didn't know anything.
had the gift of CAB and was persuas-
i've in my style, and that went a long
way to hide my weaknesses. As to
laws and liabilities, and that sort of
thing, l may say was absolutely ig-
norant. The first week was at it
made ten-striSe, so to speak, and run
in about four men. One of them was
for fifty thousand dollars"
The old insurance man looked up
quickly.
II had met him at the hotel and he
had told me he was q travelling man.
He dressed well and was a smooth
talker. and when he asked IL could
insure him for fifty thousand dollars
was paralyzed with JOY. The man.
ager of the company was cautious, but
my man answered all the questions in
the blanks, passed the medical exami-
nation and put up the requisite fee
like little man, and sent in the ap-
plication and in three or four days 1
called in the evening at his hotel with
the policy. met him in the Office
with handsome woman. his wife, he
said when he introduced me, and he
told me to call again at nine o'clock as
they were to take the Gas train and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-24

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys.
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels co,,ds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
it's action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs Is for sale in Soc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it ON hand will pro.
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re syrup co.
canaan. SAN FRANCISCO. ckL.
loUeWtfE. nv. Mw N0AE. ~
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-24
Finding His Snhere.

81, sir" said the black-haired, pale
Drowned man, approaching the maya
zine publisher, Il want work. l am q
genius"
well, replied the publisher, busily,
you've come to the wrong office. Try
the soda water fountain around the cor
ner Chicago News Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-24
GIVE IT TO ME-

had some business that demanded at
tention before nine. Promptly on time
j appeared and was shown upstairs to
my friends room. The lady was there
looking radiant and l began to think
the life insurance business was the
finest thing on earth. j handed out the
policy, which, by the way. named the
wife as beneficiary. and in the cheeriest
way possible she took it and locked it
op in her bag, and with pretty little
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-24
THEY HELP VEGETATION.
Peculiar Effect of Earthquakes on the Pro
ductiveness of the Soil.

Effectiveness of the Soil.
A close study of seismic disturbances
has developed, among other curious
facts, that wherever an earthquake has
shaken up a district, the vegetable life
of that section shows wonderful ex-
uberance. Goiran, the Italian scientist,
presents report which proves that the
hay crop is more than doubled over ter
ritory visited by earthquakes; while in
the same regions, the corn, rye, wheat,
and other cereals manifest an equally
wonderful increase. In such a region
it is absolutely proven that the young
more rapidly than anywhere else, be
the care and the fertilizing what it
may. Goiran accounts for this phe-
nomenon by the assertion that there is
an increased production of carbon
dioxide at the surface of the earth, as
the immediate result of an earthquake,
and that carbon dioxide is the natural
food of plants 1t is an acknowledged
fact that at all volcanic eruptions there
is an excess of carbonic acid gas dis
charged into the atmosphere, and that
carbonic acid gas is rapidly absorbed by
all forms of vegetable life Electricity
is acknowledged to be largely developed
in seismic disturbances and it is be-
lieved that electricity has an important
function in the termination and growth
of vegetation. Indeed, experiments dur
ing which actual electric currents were
constantly discharged through soil con-
tanning seeds, showed that the sprout-
ing of electrified seeds took place long
before that of those left to the normal
action of the soil -Demorest.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-24
WON ON A BLUFF.
Story OF a Life Insurance Agent
Who Knew It ALL

HE life insur-
ance agent had
been tellin &
s o m e G o o d
stories of his
experiences in
the busin e s s,
and when he
had fin s h e d
the drum m e r
rose up and
stretched him
self.
II came very
near being a
life insurance
man myself"
he said, as he
sat down, but
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-24
An October lsluM.

The tramp went boldly up to tine
kitchen of house on Beaubien street
and knocked. The lady opened the
door.
Madam" he said very respectfully,
''can shovel the snow off your side
walk?"
The lady was struck specifies.
Excuse me-" he repeated, 'can 1
shovel the snow off your sidewalk?"-
Detroit Free Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-24

Bobby Stapleford-Where you goinq
Johnny Brownson-Over to the dem
lists
"Whoopee, Coin to have a tooth
pulledr'
Amt neither! I'm goin' to have it
'xtracted- That's all it needs The dem
fist told NAV SO Chicago
Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-24
. How 1t Was.

Mistress-How is it that saw a Do
lceman hugging you in the kitchen
last night?
Maid-I dunno, mum, unless you was
peekin' through the keyhole-N. Y.
Weekly
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-11-24

1t is better to take SCOTS
Emulsion of cod-liver oil
when that decline in health
begins-the decline which
precedes consumption =
rather than wait for the germ
to begin togrow in our lungs.
prevention is better than
cure" and surer. The say
ing never was truer than
here.
What is it to prevent con-
sumption?
Let us send you a book on
CAREFUL LIVING free.
.Scorr BowSE, Chemists. r,s South 9Th Avenps,
New York.
Your druggist keeps SCOTS Emulsion Of eod-ivss
ss-sA druggists everywhere Do. u.