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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-09-24
For Sale at a BARGAIN.

: The Cottage Hotel. Ogden. Utah.
Two story brick hotel, furnished, "a
rooms. Nice lawn and shade trees;
good barn and out houses. Lot
40 255. Only one block from Union
Depot ON. car line. TITLE PER-
Feet. Address,
j. H. IL II. r. MCMILLAN,
Law,
Ogden, Utah.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-09-24
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To and from Chicago. st. Louis
Omaha, Kansas City and all Eastern
points. s. |'' i' ~ H" 90
Direct line 10 the Trans-M Mississippi
Exposition. StoPover allowed 1T
Omaha on all tickets reading through
that city = Ht'' - ''1' . 'tfAt1
Two, through trains each way
daily. Vsstibuled Buffet, Smoking.
Library Care, Pullman sleeplnR CARR,
Reclining Chair 'Cafs (seats 'FresS
Coaches Ind Dining Cars operated
on the A Ia Carte plan. E
Tickets ut Offices OF connecting
lines. ',''f'9 81 Z f.
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s1A 8. W. Temple ST., Salt fake Cit,.
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Trav. Pass. AIT.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-09-24

No movement now OH foot prom
ises so much for the mater al welfare
Of the people vt N vada as the I'm
watering of the lower levels of tile
Cemstock. 1t is indeed gratifying to
note the vi gorous and bu nLess Ike
tnanner in Which it has been taken
up 10y tie interested 90 upanies.
Success seems already in sight.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-09-24

The San francisco report says:
The companies u the Comstock Are
daily holding meetings und are vot.
ing their pro rata to the sunl asked
for by the Pumping Association, with
which to start the work Of drainage
and deep mining. Today several
more companies were aided to the
list, including the Hale and Norcross,
Justice and Con. New York.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-09-24

The Democratic State ticket WIS
not pnrln the field in the interest or
candidates wuo sought or expected
Office therefrom. but a protest against
the damnahle tactics of political
boss backed up by corporation
with sack"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-09-24

A new Tellurian, an instrument
composed " globes and illustrating
the movements Of the planets Of our
solar sy stem, has been added to the
furniture OF the High School.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-09-24
Everybody
Knows

That for solid comfort, quick time
and ALI round general satisfaction.
there ii no Railroad ON Earth that
appeals 10 the traveller like the great
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-08
The Juryman Was Sieery.

A curious cause for adjourning court
is the sleepiness of juryman; yet
such is the reason which the London
Times gives for an adjournment before
the usual hour on the afternoon of the
sixth day of the trial of a matrimonial
action in the probate, divorce and cd.
miralty division of the high court Of
Justice. Mr.. Cook, Q. c., was addressing
the jury in behalf of one of the ladies
who had been allowed to intervene in
order to defend their own regulations
The atmosphere in the courtroom wa,
very close and oppressive and doubt
less acted as a soporific, for the report
of the proceedings. after giving por-
ton of Mr.. Cooks address. terminates
abruptly, saying, THE learned counsels
speech was here broken off, as unfortu-
nately one of the jurymen became over
come with sleep" Such an occurrence
can hardly be regarded MS compliment
airy to counsel or encouraging to his
client, yet Mr.. Cook won his case all
the same,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-08
FACTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Zola denies that he ever intended to
run for the chamber OF deputies.
Joseph Mansfield. member of the
Georgia legislature, says he will intro
duoe al bill TO legaliEe poker playing in
private rooms of hotels, or other places.
Joel Chandler Harris has sent Jer-
sey COW TO young Richard Folsom
Cleveland, He raised the COW himself
and hopes its milk will help to make
the former presidents son as big a
man as his father.
Sir Edward Sassoon is making a clean
sweep of the statuary with which the
late Mr.. Barnato's unique taste had
adorned his house in Park lane Lon
don. The sgures are to be removed and
dumped down in Preston park, Bright
on, by way OF gift to the corporation.
Miss Minnie Powers OF Locliport, n.
Y, is believed 10 be the tallest woman
on earth. The average height of women
Is 5 feet 5 inches, but Miss Powers tow
ers above that as Pixies peak over a
mole hill. She is feet II inches, and
as she is only 20. the chances are good
for her to score an even feet.
Captain Henry Henley, who gave the
federal government the first informa-
ton in regard to the Knights of the
Golden Circle and their secret work in
Indiana during the war. has been living
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-08
Modern Methods
OF Placer Mining.

This is homely illustration OF placer
mining; Take bushel of coarse sand
mixed with gravel, II hushel OF earth
such as you see taken from an excava-
ton in any large city or from the coun-
try field. considerable proportion of
clay. o little cement, double handful
OF shot, varying in size from the small
est bird shot TO the diameter OF n small
marble. Imagine all these ingredients
10 be thoroughly mixed to the oonsis-
tency of an ordinary compact soil,
Now, to extract the shot-which rep
resents gold--in the least possible time
and with tho smallest expenditure Of
labor, the placer miner would tell you
TO wash away the earth and save the
shot.
"All You need is a pan and plenty Of
water. Any sort of Il flat vessel from
n soup plate to a dishpan will answer
the purpose. The miners pan Ia shap-
ed like a cake pan with HAT bottom.
When n prospector starts out, he takes
one made of copper Gather with your
hands or a pick or shovel a quart of
this mixture OF soil Just described and
PUT 1t in the pan. Fill the pan nearly
full OF water. The earth wiz be soften
ed into mud. Add more water. Then
tilt your pan over a very little and the
soft mud will run out over the top of
the pan. Continue the operation, and
IN 10 or 10 minutes the earth has run
on and all that YOU have left In the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-08

pan is the shot, which. being heavier
than the earth, has sunk to the bot
tom, togetheriwith any gravel you may
have thrown in originally. The work
of separating the shot from the gravel
after the earth has been washed away
is very easy"
Substitute particles of gold for the
leaden glohules. and in Il wild, moun>
famous country, with its everlasting
sn0N line where the thermometer gently
ranges from 20 to CO degrees below zero.
the men in the KlondIke region have
been doing just what has been de-
scribed.
The miners have no other appliances
but the pan and the water (rnclted
ice) of the creeks in this new I'll Do
rNdo But the extraordinary yield Of
gold to the pan there has been star
thing, In the creek beds they have pick
ed up chunks of solid gold as large ms
u mans hand-simple nuggets worth
81 600 or more
In the language OF miners, the earth
from which gold Is extracted is called
dirt" Any earth which Yields 10 cents
of gold to the pan is known as pay
Dirt" 10 cents TO the pan is good. and
20 cents is rich. A miner working in
dirt that runs TO 10 cents to the pan
earns from $3.50 10 $3.50 day. as he
is able TO wash about 40 panfuls day,
the number depending on the character
OF the dirt. in KlondiSe the lowest
yield TO the pan reported is 30 cents.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-08
The Catac0mbs
Now Lighted
BY Electricity,

The visitor to Italy complainn n,
modern steam tugs on the Gland rannl
in Venice and the new tangled ideas
of cleanliness in the streets of Naples
and the new quarters In Rome, but thu
height Of the prosaic seems to have
been reached with the illumination az
the catacombs by electric lights. M
more dim distances, In which one mus,
take care not to be lost; no more monk
guides holding lighted tapers; no mora
darkness, mystery and imagination
This being the feast of st. Cecilia. TIM
cataconbs of st. Calixtus. where iha
Roman virgin was buried in III A. d
were today for the first time ali glow.
ing and glaring with thousands OF cleo.
trio globes. illuminating even the most
remote corners and giving to the whole
a mundane rather than mystic air.
These catacombs are outside the Por.
ia San Sebastiano, on the fnagnificen,
Appian way. that the Romans called the
Queen road. and near the world re-.
nowned tomb of Cecilia Matella. ST
Cecilia Is not the only prominent mar.
tyr of the early Christian era WHOSE
name is connected with this burial
place. for the remains lie there OF sey.
eral popes OF the third century. as wit.
ness the original tombs of st. Autherus
ST. Fabian, st. Lucius, st. Cornelius
and ST. Euthychianus, who all sat In
the chair of st. Peter.
Thousands of Romans and foreigner
have today visited this sacred spot
The crowd itself formed picturesque
view. as from below one looked up al
the pilgrims descending and ascending
the long. steep flight of stairs or at the
long professions of cowled monks and
black robed nuns, showing in vivid
contrast to groups of students Of the
German college in their scarlet gowns
n garb that causes them to be called
In fun 1.-The little cardinals" The cor
ridors responded in echoes to their
chants at the different affairs. while
there was a subdued hum from the less
devout sightseer. What would he un-
perceived by the visitor, If he were not
prelnformed, is that the five miles OF
corridors and chapels are not on the
same level, but form three different
hoors one under the other. The most
interesting spot is where st. CeclIas
tomb was found, and where also stands
copy of the statue of the saint, de-
signed by Maderno, representing her
after her martyrdom. Next stands
most interesting marble tablet the in
scription on which was originally a
pagan one dedicated to Marcus Au.
relius. The Christians utilized the tab
let by turning it and writing on the
back n new epitaph to Pope st. Da.
masus.
Bones and skeletons of the ancient
martyrs are found all along the walls.
In three rows, one above the other.
The lower room is the more disturbed,
as almost every one tries to take some
thing away as sacred relic, But the
electric light on these bones turns the
catacombs into museum.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-08
Prehistoric Animal.

Some time ago j. C. Russell, Bad
River Is. d. merchant, and Thomas
Jones, a stockman, discovered the petri'
fed skeleton of some huge prehistoric
animal which in life must have meas
ured at least 80 feet in length. shaped
much like crocodile, save that its hind
legs were at least six feet in length
and its fore legs somewhat shorter. Its
feet must have been over'1S inches long
and nearly as wide.
The head had, unfortunately, become
exposed to the action of the elements
and was entirely crumbled away.
description of the fossil and few OF
the petrifled bones were sent to the
Smithsonian institution for classtica'
ton, and in due time Mr.. Russell re-
ceived letter from that institution IN
forming him that his strange find was
one of the dirosaur family, a giganuc
reptile that existed in great numbers
during the mesozoic era.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-08
REVIVING A GREAT CANAL PROJECT.

had been for so long a time the solicitor
for a great railroad. But / said to them
that for that very reason knew where
of l spoke. The worst enemy OF the
stockholders of railroad today is the
traffic manager. Even under POOLING
and traffic agreements he pursues the
cutthroat policy which has proved 50
ruinous to railroad properties. His only
object is TO get business"
| asked the senator if he did not pc
lieve cities like St. Louis would suffer
from the diversion OF traffic to Chicago.
II think not" he said. ut Wouih
simply make the railroads running east
from st. Louis reduce their rates to
point where they could hold the busi-
ness. 1t would be little hard on the
railroads, perhaps. but it would not
hurt st. Louis"
| asked the senator why the water
route by way of the Mississippi and the
gulf did not keep down rates on export
products.
because the business naturally fol-
lows the east and west route and al
ways Will" he said. mo considerable
part of our exports ever has gone or
ever will go by way of the gulf No.
the natural and accustomed route Is to
the Atlantic seaboard.'-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-08

line surveyed year ago by a govern
ment commission.
The use of this canal would be the
cheapening OF transportation rates on
the farm and range products OF the
west to points of consumption and ex-
port IN the east and on the manufac-
lures and Imports of the east to the
western states.
There is no doubt in my mind" said
the senator In conversation with me
few days ago. that the government
has got to undertake some day
scheme of internal improvements which
win give work to the unemployed.
There Is no considerable number of men
out of work now-that is, of those who
want emp,oyment-but during the three
years OF depression / have no doubt
there was an average of million men
out of employment. Labor leaders at
times estimated the number at 10000
and at 100000. believe II would have
been better for the great mass OF the
people II the government had found
employment for these men. The COM
munity had to support them in some
way. Every idle man is tax on the
man who is working. And lack of work
creates discomfort. which stirs up n
revolutionary feeling.
THE scheme of improvements, !
think, will take the form of n system of
waterways which will cheaper trans
portatlon and keep the rates of the rail-
roads down to a reasonable figure. The
canals OF New York have done won
derful work in the regulation of trans
portatlon rates in that state When the
Hennepin canal project was last dis
cussed, 1t was shown that on roads run
ming east from Chicago in competition
with the water routes the freight rates
were only one-half the rates on roads
running northwest which had no water
competition. OF course the enormous
traffic of the east bound roads account
ed for this in part, but the lakes and
canals were responsible for much of 1t.
The experience of the lake carriers
has shown that water rates can be
chenpened greatly by using the largest
| carriers. Therefore 1 say that IL the
government undertakes the construction
of canal between the Mississippi and
the great lakes It ought to make q COM
plete Job of 1t by affordlng a channel
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-08

What particular route do you favor
for the great canal?'
II should say that in the east the
best route, for safety. would be the one
farthest from the Canadian line. In
the west l am disposed to favor the
route which reaches the Mississippi
most directly from Chicago"
DO. you think the system will ever
extend west of the Mississippi"
Not in your day or mine. 1t may fol-
low the course of some one of the rivers
of Iowa for a short distance. But out in
our direction the rise,is too abrupt, and
the locks would have to be too close to-
gether. As to the Missouri river, 1t Is
quite impossible for navigation. Some
of our people talk at times of making 1t
available for barges, hut that IL q vain
dream.
by the way, the condition of the
Mississippi alarms me-" said the SEN
ator. "The jetty system is proving
failure, and 1t Is demonstrated very
clearly that the levees are raising the
bed of the river. l was in New Or
leans on the day of the highest water
during the last overflow. They told
me that the levees which protect the
city of New Orleans were three times
as high as they used to be; but the
river was brimming, and saw the
water triciSling in over the floor of
house at the end of the levee. so that
they had to get sandbags and protect
| it from without. I could not undertake
to propose or approve any new scheme
| of Improvement for the river, but GER
tainly the present system is failure"
| Mr.. Thurston has eminent authority
| for his advocacy of the canal system.
John C. Calhoun in 1S45 presided over
a waterways convention which declared
| that "the project of connecting the
| Mississippi river with the lakes of the
north by a canal, and this with the At
| lantic ocean, is a measure worthy of
| the enlightened consideration OF con-
| gress." Grant approved the canal prof.
ect So did Arthur. President Monroe.
| in one of his messages to congress, said
/ of the general scheme of waterways:
| when we consider the vast extent of
territory in the United States. the great
amount and value of its productions,
| the connection of its ports and other
circumstances on which their prosperi-
ty and happiness depend. we cannot
fail to entertain high sense OF the ad-
vantage to be derived from the facility
| which may be afforded in the inter-
course between them by means of good
roads and canals. Never did a country
of such vast extent offer equal induce
ments to improvement of this kind nor
ever were consequences of such magnl-
tude involved in them
The "consequenoes'' at the present
time Mr.. Thurston estimates at $780,
100000 to SiOO,0oo.OoO a year-that Is,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-08

possibly two-fifths of the present cost
Of running the whole government.
The Hennepin canal project received
serious consideration several times at
the hands OF congress-. More than ten
years ago the state of Illinois offered
TO the government the $3.000,000 state
canal between Lake Michigan and the
Illinois river on condition that 1t should
be widened and, connected by way OF
the Illinois river with the Mississippi
The distance from Heanepin to the
Mississippi by the proposed canal was
81 miles, while by way of the mouth oc
the Illinois the same point on the Mis-
sissippi was i6S miles away. But coii-
gress. after having elaborate surveys
and estimates made, let the project go
by default. One point of difference was
the choice of western terminus for
the canal, and that difference wonld
arse again. Three routes were propose
ed. The cheapest and most satisfactory
from an engineering view point, was
the Marais d'Osier or Meredosia route.
terminating "a Albany. seven miles
above Rock Island Another route tor
minated at WATERFOWL, 81 miles above
Albany, and the third at Rock Island.
General Newton and Secretary Endicott
favored the Rock Island route. largely
on account of the arsenal there and the
CONSEQUENT Importance of the canal In
time Of war. The local interests repre-
scented by the three termini duplicated
congress for years, and their failure to
agree no doubt had much to do with the
defeat of the canal bill.
GEORGE GRANTHAM Balm.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-08
A New Advertising Dodge.

A new advertising dodge has just been
adopted by leading theatrical compa-
ny in New York with considerable sue
cess. 1t consists of sending checks to
thousands of theater goers, filled in for
an amount considered, on the basis of
fattering income computation sufii-
cient to pay for two minutes of the re-
cipients' time. The checks are perfect
ly good, and the letters accompanying
them read as follows: Dear Sir--As-
Stunning that your income is $4,000 a
year and that you appreciate the fact
that time Is money we inclose our
check for cents in payment for two
minutes Of your time at that rate, to
be employed in carefully reading brief
and honest statement of a few of the
many original, new and novel applause
winning features to be found in the
three act musical farce. to be produced
for the first time In New York on Mon
day evening" Then follow some ex-
tremely complimentary remarks about
the piece.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-08
Self Reliance.

Henry Ward Beecher used to tell TINS
story of the way in which his teacher
of mathematics taught him to depend
upon himself:
IT was sent to the blackboard and
went, uncertain, full of whimpering.
THAT lesson must be learned said
my teacher in very quiet tone, but
with a terrible intensity. All explana-
tions and excuses he trod underfoot
with utter scornfulness. I want that
problem; don't want any reasons
why you haven't it, he would say.
~ did study it two hours
"'That's nothing to me. / want the
lesson. You need not study 1t at all, or
you may study it ten hours. Just to suit
yourself want the lesson.
at was tough for green boy. but 1t
seasoned me. In less than month I
had the most intense sense of intel
lectual independence and courage to
defend my recltations.
zone day his cold calm voice fell
upon me in the midst of a demonstra-
ton, MOI
81 hesitated, and then went back to
the beginning. and on reaching the
same point again MOI uttered in tone
of conviction, barred my progress.
"'The next! And i sat down in red
confusion.
He, too, was stopped with No! but
went right on. finished, and as he sat
down was rewarded with Very WE'LL
why whimpered /, recited 1t
just as he did, and you said, "No!"'
"'Why didn't you say, Yes" and
stick to it? It is not enough to know
your lesson. You must know that you
know it. You have learned nothing till
you are sure. II all the world says.
mol" your business Is to say. yes"
and prove it
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-08

in Bloomington, Ind, for the past 20
years. Curiously enough, the fact did
not become known to his neighborS un-
til few days ago
John II. Reagan, the last survivor of
Jefferson Davis cabinet, is a candidate
to succeed Roger @. Mills as senator
from Texas. Judge Reagan was men,
Der of congress before the war, post
master general of the Confederacy and
member of congress and a senator
from Texas. Resignlng his seat o few
years ago in the senate, he accepted
the craftsmanship OF the Texas railway
commerce commission and holds that
Office at the present time.
Although the venerable Lord Arm
strong, now 81 years of age, is chiefly
known for his improvement in cannon
and for his connection with one of the
largest manufacturing establishments in
the world he has given some attention
to electricity. What is probably the
most sumptuously printed work on that
science, Electric Movement on Air and
Water, With Theoretical differences"
has just made Its appearance in London
and is from his pen.
There is in Chicago a young Japa-
nese girl who is attracting attention not
only by her brightness and cleverness.
but as well by the literary ability she
possesses. Onoto Watanna is the name
she is known by among her home folk.
Nine. Ysaye, wife of the great vio-
linist, who is now in this country, Is
her husbands assistant and secretary
and manages all of his money matters.
The queen of Belgium MIXED a cow
at a farmhouse recently because the old
woman in charge was paralyzed and
the queen was thirsty.
Septimus Winner the composer of the
popular song, Listen to the MoclSing
Bird" written in 1856. celebrated his
golden wedding recently.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-01-08
Populous Underground City.

In Galicia, in Austrian Poland, there
is a remarkable underground city.
which has q population of over 1000
men, women and children, scores of
whom have never seen the light of day.
1t is known as the City of the Salt
Mines. and is situated several hundred
feet below the earth's surface. 1t has
it's town hall. thcater and assembly
room, as well as a beautiful church,
decorated with statues, all being fash
Toned from the pure crystallized rock
salt II has well graded streets and
spacious squares. lighted with electric
ity There are numerous instances In
this underground city where not a sin
gle individual in three or four succeo-
sive generations has ever seen the sun.
or has any idea OF how people live in
the light of day.