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The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1898-12-14

These original pans have been
wrought out WITH a constant progress
and a signal success, even beyond any
Thing their trainers had forcseen. The
people a. the country are Justly proud
OF the distinctive beaLgy and govern
menf of iChe capitol and q the nare in
earuments OF science and education
which here find their natural home.
NATIONAL CELEBRATION.
"a movement lately lnaugurated by
the citizens 10 have the anniversary
celebrated with fttlng ceremonies, in
Guiding perhaps the establishment of a
handsome permanent memorial to mark
go historical an ocoas,Dn, and to give
~ more than local recognition, has met
with general favor on the part OF the
public.
recommend to the Congress the
granting of an appropriation for this
purpose. and the appointment OF a
com1nib,ee from Its respective bodies. 1t
mfghr also be advlsabi to authorize the
President to appoint n committee from
the country at large, which, acting with
fhe congressional and District of CO.
lumbSa committees, can complete the
plans for an appropriate national cele-
bratlOn.
SUNDRIEs.
The allen contract law Is shown by
experience TO need some amendment;
measure providing better protection for
seamen Is proposed; the rightful appl-
cation of the eight hour law for the
benefit OF labor and OF the principle
of arbitration, are suggested for the
consideration. and I commend these
subjects to the careful consideration, of
the Congress.
The several departmental reports viii
he laid Before you. They give In great
detail the conduct OF the affairs OF the
government during the past year and
discuss many questions upon which the
Congress may be called upon 10 act.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
Executive Mansion, December 8,
1898.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1898-12-14

member, but not severe enough to
take 1t quite off.
The tails Of lizards seem In general
TO be of little use to them, except
perhaps, as a means of steering, and
in many varieties they are so held,
when the creature takes TO flight, as
TO show that they are then rather an
inoumbrance when on shore.
The iguanidae are very numerous,
comprising fifty-six genera and nearly
two hundred and fifty species in the
Fiji Islands, and one or two in the
Galapagos group; they are all natives
OF America, extending all the way
from Patagonia, in the south, to Call
fornia at the north.
The sub-order of iguanidae are call
ed by naturalists pachyglossoe, or
thicktongued. because the tongue is
undivided. short and thick. has no
sheath, and is always covered with a
glutinous secretion.
The long, darting tongue Of the
geekos, chameleons and common liz
ards is used to capture flies and other
insects at a considerable distance, the
tongue darting out and returning with
lightning rapidity, and the Insect ad-
herring to it by means of the glutinous
secretion.
But the iguana does not need this
contrlvance, because It feeds on vege-
BILE matter exclusively.
Its claws are very long and sharp,
as we should suppose would be the
case in a creature OF arboreal habits
enabling It 10 cling to the trees among
which It lives, This structure affords
a great contrast with the feet Of some
Of their cousins--the smaller lizards
which run along the ceiling Of rooms
Rs easily as along the floor.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1898-12-14
COST OF RAIL CARS.
DAY COACH IS AS EXPENSIVE
AS A FINE HOUSE.


An ordinary passenger car on a
steam railroad costs from $4,000 TO
$4,000 and weighs $4,000 pounds, or
nineteen tons. A mail car, which
costs from $4,000 to $4,000 and is
shorter by about one-quarter than the
ordinary passenger coach, weighs 3d.
600 pounds. or sixteen tons. A bag
gage car without the baggage in 1t
weighs $4,000 pounds, or fourteen tons.
and costs about as much as a mail
car. A sleeping car is more expen-
sive than any of the others and II
weighs good deal more. too. A
plain, simple but durable sleeping car,
with observatory attachments, liter
airy annex and culinary department,
costs anywhere from $4,000 to 81
600. The average weight of a sleeping
car Is from twenty to twenty-five tons.
A full train in motion. as little figur-
Ing will show, is no light affair. The
ordinary weight Of the railroad loco
motive for passenger service, inclusive
Of tender but not of fuel in the tender,
is forty tons. One baggage car weighs
fourteen tons and one mail car six
teen tons, bringing up the weight Of
the locomotive and the baggage and
mail cars to seventy tons. Six pas
senger cars at an average OF nineteen
tons, weight of baggage, of the fuel
carried and eight cars would be 1874
tons, or 36S,000 pounds, exclusive Of
the passengers and mail matter. Pull
ing 1874 tons along rails at the rate OF
fifty miles an hour or more is an
achievement which has not been easily
brought about and the more the prob
lem is studied the more clearly II is
understood how far mechanical work
on railroads has been pushed. There
were by the last figures reported &c.
900 locomotives in use on the Ameri-
can railroads, 10000 passenger cars
and 5000 mail and baggage cars. These
figures seem large until compared with
the number Of freight cars on Ameri-
can railroads. and then they seem in
significant, for the number of freight
cars In use is 1.250,000. Freight cars
among the railroad men are divided
into four classes-ilat cars, such as
are used for the transportation OF
stone, machinery and lumber; box
cars. such as are used for the transpor-
tation Of grain, fruit and ordinary
merchandise; stock cars, such as are
used for cattle, and coal cars, such as
are used for the transportation of
coal and oil-those used for oil being
supplied with tanks. The average
weight Of a fat or gondola car is
seven tons. The car costs from $500
to $500. Box cars weigh a ton more
and cost 800 more each. Stock cars
weigh eight tons each on the average;
coal cars weigh three tons each. It
costs about 5000 to build coal or oil
cars, and they are designed to carry
five tons apiece. The weight OF fifty
coal cars is $50 tons, and Of their con-
tents, II all filled. $50 tons, which with
locomotive and caboose added, makes
42O tons as the weight OF a train. It
may be added, roughly, that the weight
OF loaded trains, passenger, coal or
freight, ranges from 200 to $50 tons.
The lighter the train the greater the
speed; that's the railroad rule.
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The Animal of the Amazon,

Any one who had never seen or
heard of an iguana, and who came sud-
denly upon one Of the appearance in
dicated by the excellent picture, and
five or six feet long. would be inclined
to think II the tabled dragon, or else
the creation Of nightmare dream. Yet
1t is one OF the most timid and inof-
fenslye Of living creatures, and, we
might add, one OF the most stupid.
Bates. the naturalist. who has told
us so much about the animals of the
great River Amazon, says that, on one
occasion, large iguana dropped down
from tree in front OF him, apparent.
ly from mere fright at his presence.
The great lizard gave an idlotlc stare
at the intruder, and then began to run
along the path in front of him. When
pursued, It stopped and crouched
down like timid dog, and permitted
Itself to be seized by the neck and
carried off.
Their flesh is considered a delicacy
in most OF the countries where they
are found, and the natives capture
them by slipping a moose on the end
Of long cane or bamboo over their
heads, as the stupid animal sits in
fancled security upon a projecting
limb.
The iguana has a pouch or dewlap
under the throat, which adds to its re-
pulslve appearance, and crest of
compressed and pointed scales, which
forms formidable looking row of
spines, extending from the nape OF the
neck to the end Of the long tail. exact
ly as we see in the fanclful picture of
the dragon.
The tail is very long, slender and
somewhat compressed, and is. in
structure, very much like the other
lizards-that is, they are so loosely
and delicately put together that, when
caught by the tail, the animals have
the power OF throwing II off, or a very
slight wrench will take II off.
And here, we may remark that liz
ards are sometimes found with forked
or double tails, which condition of
things arises from the building OF a
rudimentary tail at the side. In conse-
quence Of some injury done to the
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1898-12-14
He Had Suffered Enough.

ST. Peter-Humphl don't know
about letting you in. New Arrival
Me? l was a clergyman. Il know IL.
But you had charge OF a fashionable
church at fat salary, which you spent
in the luxurious alteration OF your
grand residence and you were given a
long vacation and a trip to Europe ev-
cry summer" "Y-e-s, but whenever l
went to Europe had to spend all my
time travelling In the holy land" "You
have suffered enough. Come in."-
New York Weekly.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1898-12-14

To those who have never considered
the subject It might appear that each
letter is OF equal importance in the
formation OF words, but the relative
proportions. required in the English
language are these; a, So; b, 10; c, 30;
d, A; e, 100; I, 20; g, II; h, "a; |. 80;
!, 4; X, 8; !, 40; m. 30; n. 80; o, 80; p.
II; q. SIR, 62; s. 80; t, 80; u, "a; v, ~;
W. 20; x, 4; y, 20; z, 2. It is this
knowledge Of how frequently one let
ter is used as compared with others
that enables cryptogram readers to I'M
ravel so many mysteries.-Philadel
phia Record.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1898-12-14

The remains show that It had a
beak-like process on the upper jaw and
corresponding depression on the
lower one, as we see in parrot. Prof.
Owen supposed that this arrangement
was to allow Of the protrusion OF a
long prehensile tongue, with which 1t
stripped the trees.
The fossil remains do not show what
sort OF scales or armor this great crea-
ture had, but it is quite probable that
they were not unlike the iguana OF our
era.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1898-12-14
OUTLAWRY IN CUBA.
Cattle THIEVES WIN be 'Pacined" by
American Troops.

Santiago de Cuba, Dec. 6.--Major
Petit cabled from Manzanillo that
there are many bitter complaints of
cattle stealing near Santa Cruz del
Sur, whore the Cuban assembly was
recently in session. He asks II he may
send troops TO Santa Cruz del Sur,
which is in the province OF Puerto
Principe, and within the military de.
partment OF Brigadier General Louis
III. Carpenter. Cololonel Beacon re-
piled, authorizing him to send troops
If, In his Judgment, tho case was sufli-
GENTLY urgent II is reported that
many persons who were attracted by
the meeting of the assembly lack funds
TO enable them to get away, and that
there is also u scarcity of provisions.
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REGULARS FOR MANILA.
Twentieth Infantry Ready TO Move q
Short Notice.

hWNhAfNhh hhihhNfy htauy 10 move vi
Short Notice.
Leavensworth, Kan, Dec. 6. The
Twentieth United States infantry nj
Fort Leavensworth has orders indicat.
ing that IL will be sent to Manila to
relieve one OF the volunteer regiments,
or TO increase the force already in the
island of Lu on. The first intimation
that the regiment was TO be sent to
the far east camo several days ago In
the form of an order from the war de-
partment, notifying the officers TO
make acquisitions for such food and
supplies as will be needed in tropical
climate Orders have been forwarded
for the regiment TO be In readiness to
move on short notice. 1t is believed
that IL will soon be on It's way TO San
Francisco. The regiment still lacks
about 175 men of its war footing, but
Is rapidly being recruited to its full
strength.
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DEBATE ON WAR QUESTIONS.
1t win Como up In House ON Deficiency
Bill.


Washington, Dec. 6.-An early de-
bate on war questions is expected In
the House in connection with the dr.
ficiency bill, which is devoted exclu-
siveiy to items for the army and navy.
The bill was practically completed to-
day and will be finally passed on in
committee tomorrow and then present
ed to the house. Chairman Cannon Of
the appropriation committee said today
that he hoped to begin consideration
of the bill on Wednesday and to pass
II before the end of the week He
hardly thought there would be any
general opening up of war questions
now, although il debate ran into such
channels he thought IL might us well
come now as any time.
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AItonso's Body Romovod.

Madrid, Dec. 6,-The body Of the late
King Alfonso XIII was solemnly trans
ferred last week, in accordance with
the custom, from the vault in the
Escurial, where the bodies Of the Span
ish kings are left for thirteen years to
immunity, to a magnificent permanent
vault, after an elaborate ceremony for
formal Identification
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1898-12-14
AM rnax ,vnr ana nm.

tits a conundrum TO me how a man
can keep his seat in street car when
there's a lady standing" We'll, II he
is really polite, 1t must be a hard CO.
nundrum to him, too" "Why so?"
Because he gives II up"
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1898-12-14

Assistant Secretary Meikeliohn is
not candidate for the United States
senate, as is shown by letter, ad-
dressed IN answer TO communication
from a representative In the Nebraska
legislature, inquiring II he was a can
didate.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1898-12-14
A Reasonable pedunt,nn.

"Yes." she exclaimed, 81 don't be-
lieve any lady could listen to him for
Ave minutes without being fascinated"
What a slmpleton the fellow must
be-" he growled.-Chicago News.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1898-12-14

One hundred and nine thousand To-
oomotives are at present running in
various countries. Europe has 60, 900,
America 10000, Asia $500. Australia
1000 and Africa 700.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1898-12-14

Gle would be a factor In politics,
with his brilliant mind, but for one
thing-he has no balance" "In the
bank 2"-Cinclnna Enquirer.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1898-12-14

The new cable which has been laid
across the Atlantic weighs $50 pounds
to the mile, This is the biggest OF all
the cables.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1898-12-14
Not unti,nnlv.

The Friend-And did no physician
attend your husband during his last
illness7 The Wldow-No, poor John
died natural death.-New York
World.
The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1898-12-14
Her suggestion.

He-"I have never done anything in
my life that I'm sorry for" She
well, why don't you do something
some day and run the risk of being
sorry or glad OF lt9"-Chicago News.
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came he was mustered into the regular
army.
smother officer who made a fire rec
ORR Tor himself as a volunteer is Gen
eral Merriam. who was appointed ma
Jor of the 3Sth infantry i'm 1866. and
atlalned the ram of brigadier-general
in 1897.
General Otis of the department Of
n Philippines Is a native of Mary
land. He took part i'm MANY of the
most important battles fought BY the
Army OF the Potomac. 1t was his gall
iaht at the battle of SpottsvI-
wanna court house that won for him
the rank of brigadier-generaL. Cen
eraI Graham. Who commands the ID
corps. entered the army in 1885. hen
bul Il years Of age. He was a Wash
ihSton boy. and had seen active sery-
Zee IN several battles with the Seminole
lndians prior To The breaking ont of
IN" rebellion. He served with great
distinction all through the war and
"neh IL came to an end was sent West.
where ne was engaged until 1887.
he was In command OF the United
states troops on the Pacific coast dur
ing me California riots of 1894. and dis
Played tact as well as courage and de-
termination in controlling the sjtua-
tion. ~
GENERAL Graham il the oldest of the
new appointments, and can go on the
retired list next September. If he likes
ieheral breckenridge is an officer of
long and varied service in the United
states army. He was one of the citi-
zel So'dlers or h rebellion. entering
tn volunteer army as a Iientenant ~
artillery i'm 1861. He fought all through
the war. winning promotion step by
step, ANA upon its close, when he was
mustered into the regular army. saw
ms tull share Of rough work in the
West. In 1881 he was appointed 10 the
inspector-generars department. and
reached the head of his corps in 1889.
General Joseph Wheeler. like Lee
was a distinguished officer in the con-
federate army, and with the possible
exception of General Stuart. was the
cavalry leader on the Southern
side. He was OF the gallant batch
or confederate devils" as sherman
termed them. who made the generals
march to the sea such a difficult enter
prise.
Wheeler was born al Augusta Ga
was educated at West Point. grad
uating in 1859. When the break be-
tween the North and South came he
his commission i'm the United
army and offered his ser, ICES 10
section, and was appointed colonel
NJ the 18th Alabama Infantry. At the
battle Of shiloh he was in md Of
a brigade. Next he was trans erred 10 !
the cavalry, in 1862 Was hlaced
IN command Of that arm Of the service
under BraNton Bragg in the v5st. 4
n~uJor-general In lS62, he led tho con-
cavalry at ChiCkamauca.
Later he proved himself thv most
Troublesome of all the Sou-aorn lead
rs who disputed Sherman's march to
he sea. Failing in his enirdN, rs to
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The others were Canadians, Europeans
returning home. Americans going TO
Europe on business inc the round-the-
world passengers who only touch at
European cities. Forty thousand sec
n cabin passengers is about the nor
nl%l movement, and of these perhaps
lJ.OOO are tourists. Unless by taking
a poll of the steamship passengers. no
exact is obtainable in re-
gard TO their destination. bur il is like
~ that at least tSo-thirds of the tour
ISIS go to France and remain there a
greater or less time. so that the num-
Der or Americans hat go to France in
a normal year is placed by those most
competent To judge at about 35 600
some OF these stop in France for a
ieN days only, others stay several
months. Taking a month as the length
OF the soJourn of the average tourist.
ana 5000 as about the ordinary expen-
dlture, we can calculate the sum left
~ our tourists In rance every year as
the tidy one of s21. 900, 900.
Thus we see that Americas contrib
ution from various sources TO French
amounts TO more than one
hundred millions a year. No one denies
.hat Americans get their moneys
worth from France, and they will be
very sorry TO have to spend it else
where.
-" t"' toullSl question VIII
no. trouble France greatly, since the
war will keep our countrymen home,
regardless of the attitude of the French
towards them. 1t is estimated by those
whose business ii is to know. that the
passenger traffic with Europe will be
cut in half unless all the Spanish fleets
are bottled up and destroyed before the
end of June.
IN their bearing toward the United
states. the French have also TO regard
their exposition i'm 1900. While the ab-
seHce OF American exhibits probably
would not seriously injure the fair as a
snow, yet the loss of the fifty millions
that 100000 Yankees were expected 10
pay for their fun might ruin the en-
teIprlse from the shopkeeper's stand
point, and in France the tradesmen are
quite as influential elements in politics.
ana the community generally, as they
are in this nation of s~hopkeepers."
a Paris Exposition Excursion
club, formed to go to France in 1900,
mas been dissolved. and many similar
enterprises have doubtless been nipped
in the bud.
The French colony in New York city
has declared in a body that the great
mass OF Frenchmen are in complete
sympathy with our efforts to free
cuba, and If NJ. Hanotaux, the French
Is accurate, the French ma
tlon cannot help being friendly to the
nited States. They certainly cannot
to be hostile.
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PERSONNEL OF
THE ARMY'S
LEADERS

Since the declaration Cf war with
Spain and the gathering of an army to
carry on hat war. President Mckinley
has appointed some 90 general officers.
Twelve of these are major-generals.
while the other 81 are b-lgadier-gen-
erals.
The president has had good and tried
material from which to make his
choice. Fifty-four of the general OFF,
GERS are men who have made war "A
profession. They are for the most part
West Point graduates. Even i'm the
case of the so-called civil appoint
ments. those whose claims received
recognition ave in every instance seen
actual service: indeed. some of them
displayed genius of a high order for
leadership during the rebellion.
The major-generals are Joseph c.
Breckenridge. Elwell 5. Otis. John J.
Coppinger, William X. Shafter. Will
lar NJ. Graham. James F. Wade. Hen
ry c. Merriam. James f. Wilson. Fitz-
hugh Lee. Joseph Wheeler and Mat
thew c.. Butler.
They rank as in the order named.
In addition TO these are the three
heterogeneous OF the regular army.
Nelson A. Miles, Wesley Merritt and
John X. Brooke. who rank the newly
appointed maior-generals because OF
prior date.
The question Of rank is all settled by
the date on the commission, and the
standing OF a West Pointer. merely be-
cause he is a West Pointer. is in no
wise different from that OF a civilian
officer Of the same rank and date. in
deed. the civilian may command the
regular If mis- commission is the older.
OF the newly created major-generals.
Lee. Wheeler and Wilson are the most
frequently mentioned as civilian ap-
p~ointments. Yet. oddly enough, they
are the only West Point graduates on
the entire list. Breckenridge. Otis.
Coppinger. Shafter, Graham. Wade and
Merriam entered the army from civil
life during the rebellion. and We're
transferred TO the permanent estab-
lishment when the war ended. Butler.
like Lee and Wheeler, was a confeder-
ate soldier. but not a West Point man.
or the three regular army major
generals. Miles. Merritt and Brooke. !
Merritt alone is a graduate from the ,
military academy.
Following out the present plan the
Ar erican army will be modified In
seven army corps. Each corps will be
composed Of three divisions. and there
will be at least three brigades in zach
Of these divisions. The ma~jor-generals
viii command the corps and divisions.
While the brieades VIII be commanded
brigadier-generals. Perhaps the
greatest interest centers about General
Merritt and his division al present. Tor
Il Is the first time IN u history that
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turn aside that resistless wave of con-
quest he sought TO defend Sa ,annah.
He so distinguished himself ,Sat in
1863 he was appointed a lieutenant
general, and at the close of M war
was i'm command of the cavllry bpaa-
ating with the forces of Gene n Joseph
f.. Johnston.
At the time of his appointment by
President Mckinley he was serving his
seventh term as congressman frDm AL
abama.
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IL Is said that British farmers and dali
rymen are to-day milking more than a.
Vspoo cows and producing in their diaries
S"-VooN worth of milk and butter and
cheese