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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-10

nave u. The market hogan to e. against
MN ana when The slump ccne IN 1871
y nov only w'r-d 0u. his account oil his
pinhtlf, nul bic business in phiiadal-
'Vnia as Won. Langley found himself In
lHd1ie lie without dollar ihls he
s9uiI GU his own. Sprh bl1wa are
snockouis Tor some MIN. and when
LlrgiaN dlsai penrad for six months or
more We though. that he hal givsn up
inr hEht. His temperance In our oniae
Wa dramatic. The market was Just be-
cunning 10 react from lis depression
Mnth une afternoon Langley walked IN.
" had always been well dressed man
&c now appeared In the shnl'bles, kind
OF civthts' Failure was plainly Stamped
on ms FACE and h1 looked even hungry.
Langley bowed ~ ;hroe nr four mon In
ne once whom he had known In his
Jays ut Prosperity and each Of them
calculated Ia hia mind how much Lang.
icy would ask 90 borrow and how much
he would give them.
luck "'''
/" ! can see that said the old broker.
ana ] am sincerely sorry for you. n I
can help You In any way viii gladly do
so
"T haven't come here 10 beg. said
Langley. 'but want you TO give me u
start In the market
" Lot me beg NJ you to stay out " IT,
replied Hardwood. You have paid mo
great deal - money In commissions ami
now let me give YOU enough ~ help you
get start somcwhcre. but don't touch
the stock market
That Won't suit me- said Langley.
AMI ! am only going TO ask you 80 risk
500 FOR me. n loose I will disappear.
" win | will make more. win You do
lt3'
"Blaokwood felt that /; was throwing
money away. but Langley had been his
good customer for many years and h.
could not rofusc.
- win put you In the market for
$780, he said.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-10
pEsEREr EVENING NEWS SATURDAY DECEMBER TO- 1898.

9TH. market had closed and The men
il, No ,nics we're listening curinusly 20
hear how faneisy was gong 90 invest
"' = .i,laokNood.' he SAID. 'Norihwef.
closed "A Il "a today want you 20 bay
fnr me tomorrow morning 100 shifeg ~
ID wi.h nne-polni HioF, We ..d't'
-, tha n.hsr men In The 1ilice his
.esned 10 be a foolish way 90 throw
away 800. and apparently their express
einns indicated their Thoughts. Turning
10 hem and shaking with excitement,
Langley said'
"Iaush II you choose. gentlemen.
but. mark my words. that stock will
sell for isi before 1t again sells Tor 81
mud events proved that Ne was right.
ne had made careful study VI The
crop proapccts and he succeeded In fore
cnG.ing the big bull movement before
Wall street felt 1t. BlackWool bought
the 100 shares for him at 81 IL ana the
stock advanced a point.
Now. Langley said Blnckwo0i,
you have called the turn this time ani
let me advise you 20 take your profit
and ret on, Of the maftc.. Your margin
Is 80 small that a slight iiuc,uatlun Will
wipe you out.
lyon hear what I said about North
west. replied i.angley.'and know what
/ am i,lkin about. Please buy me am
Other 100 with q stop loss VI half point.
I am going 20 pyramid nus STOCK AMI
make something worth while or loss u
all
''Tllaokwood executed his order and
again the stock went up. langley had
a chance 10 e.; out now VITA 800 clear
profit and there was not much general
confidence In Northwest despite IT, lliiie
turn for the better. ~ WASH, Langloy's
style to get OFT. lie bought more stock
on the strength Of his visible prnfis.nnd
-, The stock wen; MP. The ilitl. crowd
OF nnn who used to frequent our ONCE
In those days. followed HE operations
with interest and on the strength uf
th. "a fuv.afad In I<Dr.hWea fhf ms aiVea
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-10

market he would, with his plunrlng
nfuriNltlcs. DC autU Or loose g..
It's Ike making coins ovcrv time
Langley he said. and IN tho end you
VIII be- wiped out
Langley would not be persuaded.
and. having won ti00. coo. he determined
in win si000000. Ordinary stock trans
actions were little slow FOR him and
ne went ln FOR the most reckless kind
" rambling IN the street. lie figured
Iut that IL the crops In the coming sea-
son should be- good there would be- a
great jump IN the market. and u they
were bad there would he "a c1rrpstunl.
ing slump. lie Invested In 'airaidlon'
IN st. Paul In those days 'siraddlea'
were dealt IN mora extensively than
they are NOW. For instance he would
give $4,000. say.f1r the privilege NJ buy
ing a certain number " ahurcF ~ 81.
laul ~ certain price. perhaps 10
points above the then market price or
selling II OF n certain future dnie In
other words. he was betting that the
market would GO away ~ mr. away
down before certain date. You can
readily understand what "a blind gain.
hic this IT, " was against all common
sense and when Langley called an of
ne 'siraddlss' he was $4,000. ahead of
the game.
"sich luck was enough {, frlahtpn
nny hut n plunger. hut II only served
Go lntuNicatc Langley. he was consult
81 by lot " other piuugcrs and Tor a.
Time hls tips seemed ln be- sure. with
q million In sight h. wanted more. iiH
past experience had taught him moth
inF u never does teach tina, style M
man. The gambling fever was IN his
blood. He was crazy HlncNsl sod
brought every possible argument To-
bear on him, Langley plunged ~ atrad-
dlea again To fashion that mada
other operators dizzy. The exrscfr1
happened this lime The market went
nralnst him and h. lost all but 5000 VI
hia profits That WAS enough e. start
again with. h. asserted. ana again h.
nlnnnnh. Whom hIa nrcnmnIa WON.
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iIirg Stock PIungRg in u.

non who weathsrsd the
vs. a. is;i may remember Lins' '.,
aanF ,.r.r. who ran such a marNe e. u,
~ py.e f.rfuut. one u int7f d" ~,
ric VIZ .lid this STORY IN an upsamil
sr,f, week to hlf a dnNch y.n,ls
el, s a wirnins nos 20 'en'p. ~ ~ H.
rsn anrloy operated In s.ochs ps,
fil az. t.,t'sieanlc revival or he would
~ ~. - nave been dubbed the hrst
sslonV'.s Finance. He died In pow
Nsr't ~ l,,'.iss he would not have ssrv-
49,. a Wall street moral ana M
4 20 -. nyf Langley. bu; 80 near u
.ime "a brTkers may easily Identity
w. nave asked me to tell you Of
'iuu .ensatlaual plunplng since !
p. h.en In wall street. siii the eiuef-
NV - aand I viii answer you by
tss etory Of Langley. u ~ not
.e ana 90 my mind u y more re-
.,t,bis ,han any similar tale OF ne
10y t,t,,, ever read. II happened that
tll I'M with Langley's broker at
n.' ~ and I knew every In and out
u's Yosr1ilons. Let me say ut the
tbaf in my experience plunScra
oaa.' i1ss hy themselves and when a
~ ,prs pungcr he VIII remain a
man .r IN ihr end 0f HE cireer such
pns, was Langley. I met him FIRST In
-. ,ghan h. was prosperous merchant
y pSiitdalphil. He was reported 10. be
IN y, ws1iihy nt that dine and his bus
-, w1s prostahlc. II was not neccs-
l.,, fDr him 10 speculate. but !, seemed
~. in his blood. ana he operated
,,.,reh uiiciwoud with whom | had
. gfHes lie went In for thousand
-. iDis. aud there were weeks when
tf,.lnsd 90 b. gambling on every act
y. r01k IN the market without any
.,.iiculir reason for u.
Fansckwoci urged him again and
,,Ir 10 so slow. but Langley wouldn't
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once more settled he was wiped out
wonderful onc.'
What became or Langley asked one
uf the young mon
He disappeared and returned some
manihis later with $50 nnd system.
He lost HE money Ia one turn. Six
months l1ter h. came back with little
money ANA lost that Then he disap-
reared 4 few years later came the re-
port ~ his death. Nothing but the
charity of his relatives saved him from
the most nhjcci povcrty."-Ncw York
ufu
The Topeka state journal., 1898-11-28
TURNED THE TABLES.
Wife Throws Carbolic Acid in the Face
of a Woman Who Lured Her
Husband Away.

New York, Nov. -2s.-The Grace Liv-
fngston mystery has been partially
solved. The acid which disfigured the
face of the young woman who was
found staggering blindly in West sixty
fifth street, near Columbus avenue, on
the night of September 5, was thrown
by the wife of William H. Murphy,
lawyer. Mrs. Murphy says that she had
reason to be Jealous of the handsome
Livingston woman. And Mrs. Murphy
says further, that Grace Livingston
came to her home at No. 40 West Sixty
fifth street, with the bottle of acid and
that the struggle for its possession re-
suited in the Disagreement of the face
of the woman who is suffering in Roose-
veIt hospital today, as much a mystery
in herself as when she was brought in.
It had confidence in my husband until
about the time his youngest child was
born.'' said Mrs. Murphy, but I knew
of this woman before that As long as
two years ago knew that my husband
was calling on her. He was frequently
out late at night and told me that busi-
ness detained him. 1 went to see this
Grace Livingston, or whatever her name
may be, who was then living in West
Sixty-first street. I told her that
knew my husband was visiting her and
that his visits must cease in order to
avoid a scandal
Il found in her house pictures of my
husband and my boy and my baby.
These I took from her and brought
home with me. Subsequently she moved
>
Fifty-SiXth street. just one block from
my home, and about a year and q. half
ago I learned that my husband was
visiting her there and was known as Mr..
Livingston This disgrace could not
endure. I sent my children to the coun-
try and talked the matter over with my
husband. I told him that for the sake
of the children we should have no scan
dal but we must separate, though in
the eyes of the world we should hold the
same relations to each other as before. In
June of this year decided that I could
no longer endure his conduct and went
to Mr.. Potter and obtained papers for
a legal separation My husband left
the fiat and have not seen him since,
though I have received my allowance
regularly.
FINALLY, this woman called at my
house. I recognized her at the door,
and sent the children out of the room,
that they might not hear anything she
said. What do you think she wanted?
She begged me to take back my hus-
band. She said, You are a Christian
woman. I, too, am a Christian
g You a Christian?' I answered Then
there is no Cod
''I turned to the door and opened It,
ordering her out of the house. I then
saw she had a bottle, and was uncorlx-
ing it. I ran to her and seized her. We
struggled, and she fell on the floor. I
poured the liquid from the bottle over
her face. Some of it trickled over my
hands Then she rose and went out of
my house. I thought I should have her
arrested, but imme ediately I thought of
the children and the publicity, and let
her CO."
The Topeka state journal., 1898-11-28
MURPHY'S GOLD MINE.
The Actor Has Earned More Than
100000 on the Stage-Talks
of His PLAYS.

Chicago, Nov. 2S-'I have made more
than 600 on the stage" said Joseph
ali Of 1t out Of The Kerry Cow and
shaun Rhue.' do not care to say how
kept my hands in my pockets 1t would be
mighty near that sum- I have had four
doWed every one of them with house to
i've IN and other property enough to live
Have not made money other ways.
you ask? No, not a cent, though have
I had a banker friend in New York, who
in an evil hour induced me to put $95 600
ever get out of them. So it has been with
all my Attempts to make money outside of
made on the stage and practically all out
OF two plays, and just as much out of one
You may wonder why I do not quit
rowing around the country sleeping in
stead of taking a rest. Wei. I am abso-
lutely miserable when I am idle. If am
not working run down in health and
spirits. Then I perform only sixteen
weeks in the year, and the rest Of the time
spend in hunting, fishing and painting.
Oh, l have pretty good time, you may
was born in Brooklyn, n. Y, in 1s4O, and
my father was a poor farrier from County
years old one of my brothers, who was
California miner, took me out to the mines,
where l kept the shanty and did the cook
ing. But had a great gift for song and
dance and playing the bones, and Charles
IN San Francisco, heard of my talents and
invited me to join his company. After
a while organized the Cotton & Muir
phys minstrels, and finally got into the
white face plays and was pretty success
ful until 1872, when hit on the idea that
'In that year my elder brother Edward
told me Of long string of events con-
nected with the life of my Uncle James,
who was farrier at Two Mile Bridge, in
County Waterford, Ireland. where my
with the dramatic eIer1enf in his tstorjes
n c tel SGf 01I IN max 11lo
out of them. simply told the story of
the play in my manuscript, and devised
al the scenes and situations, and Fred
Marsden of New York turned il into dia-
1ogue. This was the origin of The Kerry
Cow. shaun Rhue' was entirely Mars
dens work, and was produced five years
''As play the part of gov, or farrier,
and as my father and uncle were farriers,
was a blower and striker for my father
and spent my early days at the bellows
a lick in my life a blacksmith.
N either have I any Irish brogue, except
as choose to initiate it.
The newspaper story about my going
into the hotel business is an arnalgamation
of two stories. Four years ago, while I
was Sunmertng in New Hampshire, went
Hshing In lake four miles long and
mile wide, called Dan Hole Pond. To my
surprise caught four land-locked sal
mon, weighing from 10 to 19 pounds each
that lake II years before that, and never
though of them since The simple farm
fish, but took them for large pickerel
When made the discovery that there
was salmon fishing there the land went
up IN prlce,Just as If had discovered gold.
The old man who piloted me offered me
his farm on the lake for $7O0. but I took
a day or two to think of it, and then, when
sold 1t for 81. 100. That is the origin of the
500 farm you have heard about
The Topeka state journal., 1898-11-28
BACK TO AFRICA.
Bishop Turner of the A. M. E.
Church FaVors Return Of
His People.

Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 28.-The two most
prominent negro bishops in the African
Methodist church, w. ]. Gaines and
Henry NJ. Turner, have taken stands
on the question as to the best policy
for their race in view Of the recent de-
velopments in different parts of the
country.
Bishop Turner, sn an address at a con-
ference in Dublin, Ga, advocated emil
grafton to Africa, and regards despair
ingly the outlook for the race in the
United States. He said:
'I see no manhood future for the
race. Our civil, political, and social
status is degrading, and, as degradation
begets degradation, the negro must go
from bad to worse ad inffnitum. Neither
education nor wealth can ever elevate
us to the grade of respecta bility.
1.-THE best thing the negro can do Is
to call a great national convention and
ask the United States congress for
hundred million dollars to meet the ex-
penses Of starting a line OF steamers
The Topeka state journal., 1898-11-28
KLONDIKE PRICES.
A Man Must Be Wealthy to Live in
the Gold Country.

Mexico, Mo, Nov. 2S.-B. F. Wylde.
of this county, who went to the Klon-
dixie country with the Mexico party last
spring, and is now in Dawson City,
writes home that flour is selling at SIG
per 100; corn meal, 25c per pound; ba-
con, 35c to soc per pound; beans, 15c
per pound; rice, 25c per pound; evapOr-
ated fruits, 35c per pound; baking pow
der, 81 per pound; can butter, SIS per
pound; milk, 81 per pint can; beefsteak,
75c to 81 per pound; moose meat, 60c
per pound; sugar. 35c per pound; pota-
toes, SOC per pound; green apples, 25c
each; watermelons, $25 each; cranber-
ry and custard pie, 81 each, and heaven
help the poor fellow that has to eat
them.
Tobacco is now selling at $3.50 per
pound. There are only two milch COWS
in Dawson, and, although feed is high,
hay being $400 per ton, the owner is
coming money. The cows were brought
down the Yukon on a scOW and the own
er was offered $500 each for them be-
fore they were landed.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-11-28
PEST OF DRAGON FLIES.
Insects Come Aboard the Ship Ken
sington in Cargo of Sugar
and Rout the Crew.

Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 28.-The Brit
ish steamship KensingtOn, sugar laden,
from Sourabaya, a port in Java, while
in the Indian ocean ran into a vast field
of seaweed. These weeds were the
home of a large and vOracious species
of the dragon fly.
Attracted by the fumes Of the sugar,
the flies sWarmed upon the decks in
millions.
Thousands of them penetrated the
hold and feaSted upon the sugar. Thou
sands were upon the decks seeking to
get below. Big enough to do mischief
they got savage and attacked the crew
Captain LangWell had thirty-two men,
and they had the battle of their lives.
The flies could not be driven off
Their bites were something awful,
Captain Langwell said, and it was not
long before the body of each man of
the crew was a mass of blood.
This terrible pest of flies lasted for
five days. Then far up in the sky the
desperate sailors saw a flock of birds
circling. They were a mighty army
of boatswain's birds, the deadly foe of
the dragon fly Of the Indian ocean.
Upon the pest these birds chiefly sub
sist. They had scented their ancient
enemy, and just as the steamer was
directed under them they swooped down.
These birds of the sea resemble a dove,
but are many times larger. They have
long tails and sharp beaks.
Against the crews timely rescuers the
flies had no chance. They We're eaten
by the boatswains as quickly as a flock
of barnyard fowl dispose of their daily
meal of corn, and soon there were not
enough of the flies to cause further
trouble.
From skipper down to cabin boy all
bear traces of their terrible experience
with the vicious dragon fly.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-11-28
PECULIAR POISONS.
GENERATED IN THE HUMAN BODY.
The Result of Imperfect Digestion
of Food.

of Food.
Every living thing, plant or animal,
contains within itself the germs of GER
tain decay and death.
In the human body these germs Of
disease and death (called by scientists
Ptomaines), are usually the result of
imperfect digestion of food; the result
of indigestion or dyspepsia.
The stomach, from abuse, weakness,
does not promptly and thoroughly di-
gest the food. The result is a heavy,
sodden mass, which ferments (the first
process of decay poisoning the blood,
making it thin, weak and lacking IN red
cOrpuscles; poisoning the brain causing
headaches and pain in the eyes.
Bad digestion irritates the heart,
causing palpitation and finally bringing
on disease of this very important organ.
Poor digestion poisons the kidneys,
causing Bright's disease and diabetes.
And this is so because every organ,
every nerve depends upon the stomach
alone for nourishnent and renewal, and
weak digestion shows itself not only in
loss of appetite and flesh, but In weak
nerves and muddy complexion.
The great English scientist, Huxley,
said the best start in life IS SOUND
stomach. Weak stomachS fail to digest
food properly, because they lack the
proper quantity of digestive acids (lactic
and hydrOchloric) and peptogen1c pro-
ducts; the most sensible remedy in all
cases of Indigestion, is to take after
each meal, one or two or Stuart'S DyS-
pepsia Tablets, because they supply in
a pleasant, harmless form all the ele-
ments that weak stomachs lack.
The regular use of Stuart's Dyspep-
sia Tablets will cure every form of
stomach trouble except cancer Of the
stomach
They increase flesh, insure pure blood.
strong nerves, a bright eye and clear
complexion, because all these result
only from wholesome food well digested.
Nearly all druggists sell Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets at 80 cents full size pack
age or by mail by inclosing price to
Stuart Co.. Marshall, Mich, but ask
your druggist first.
A little book on stomach diseases
mailed free. Address +. A Stuart Co.,
Marshall, Mich
The Topeka state journal., 1898-11-28
IN MOVING PICTURES.
Pope Leo Poses Before a Living Pic
ture Machine.

Rome, Nov 2s.-Pope Leo XIII has
posed before a moving picture machine
In pictures now he may be seen to
walk, bow, take off his hat, smile, drive
in his landau through the alleys of the
Vatican gardens, and give, with his
right hand raised, the apostolic benedic-
ton.
To the faithful that apostolic benedic-
ton reproduced in pictures will have
the same effect as if it were conferred
directly, personally. The camera was
blessed.
In Baltimore on Tuesday, in Washing
ton on Wednesday, before Cardinal Glib
bons, the Apostolic delegate; Mgr. Mar
tinelli; DR.. Garrigan, rector Of the Uni
versIty of America; the rector of the
Georgetown University, and many other
dignitaries of the Roman Catholic
church, the moving pictures are to be
shown.
They are to be displayed on these two
occasions before they are displayed else
where. They may not be displayed else
where If they are considered adversely
there. The exhibitions are to be absolutely
under the control Of the church in Amer
The Topeka state journal., 1898-11-28
PEANUT TRUST.
Is the Latest Proposed Addition &c
Combinations of Capital

Norfolk, Va, Nov. ga strong com
bination to control the peanut product
of the United States is being organized
and the formation of a trust has been
almost completed.
The matter was broached by ex-Gov-
ernor Campbell of Ohio, upon his visit
here some time since, he being the at
torney of the organizers. It was learned
today that options have been secured
upon a number of the peanut factories
here by w Z. Weatherly and Mr..
Dresser, of New York. These options
expire in 80 days, and it is believed that
before their expiration the trust will be
formed. It is stated that all the Vir-
ginia cleaners, with the exception of
the GWaltney-Bunkley company, of
STnithfield, and one or two smaller con-
Germs, have agreed to join and that
the cleaners in the west have done like
wise.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-11-28
MILLIONS TO ENGLAND.
Miss Goelet, Who Will Wed an Earl
Americas Greatest Heiress.

New York, Nov. 28.-Miss Goelet, who
is to marry the earl Of Shaftsbury, as
reported by cable, is probably the
greatest heiress in America. She is the
only daughter of the late ogden Goelet
Her fortune amounts to $40, 600 900. 1t
was at one time stated that she was to
marry the duke of Manchester.
Miss Goelet is IS years old and her
fortune remains in the hands of trus-
tees until she is 25 years of age.
The earl of Shaftsbury is % years of
age and good looking. 1t is said his
only weakness is an excessive interest
in light opera His family is one Of the
oldest and best known in the kingdom
He owns some extensive estates.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-11-28
CLUB WOMEN sLIGHTED.
Not Appointed by the Mayor of At
lanta on the School Board.

Atlanta, Ga, Nov. 2S.-Mayor Collier
has put a quietus on the ambitions OF
several Of the society ladies of Atlanta
by appointing women to visit the public
schools as inspectors, who are noted for
their avoidance of anything like the
new women fad, and who confine them
selves strictly to home duties.
For some time the advanced women
of the city have been working for the
creation of a visiting board of ladies
whose duties should be to visit the pub
lie schools at stipulated intervals and
report on the condition existing there.
Of course they expected that parlia-
mentary custom would obtain in the
appointments, and that those would be
named who had agitated the movement.
But when Mayor Collier made the ap-
pointments, the lack of exclusive club
and society women on the list was no
ticea-ble.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-11-28

inent tn local Republican politics, to
gether with her mother, demanded that
a. firm of shoe dealers stop giving away
a picture of a scene in the flower pa
rade during the recent street fair
A member of the firm, who is a Pho
tographer, took q number of pictures,
one of which the firm offered in an ad-
vertisement to give with each 50 pur-
chase. The firm readily complied with
the demand, but declares others VINO
were In the parade not only are willing
that the pictures of their vehicles and
occupants be given away, but are call
ing at the store to get pictures for
themselves