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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-05

Think what it means to be
able to 60 right through from
Denver to Omaha, Chicago,
Kansas City or st. Louis
to eat when you wish-to
sleep when you feel like it
to smoke when the notion
strikes you-to live as COM
frotably and fare as sump-
tuously as if you were in the
finest hotel on the continent.
Yet these are just the things
the Burlington's "Vestibuled
Flyer''otfers.
Leaves Denver at $50 p. IN. Tickets at
offices of connecting lines.
W. F. MCMILLAN, General Agent
II. T.. NEsLEN.
TRAY Pass. and Freight Agent
214 South West Temple ST.,
Oregon Short Line Building.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-05
PURE Fooo AND DRINK
Schilling's Best

costs more to make than any
other baking powder; but
yon don't have to pay more.
Never mind why-your
money back if you don't
like it. &,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-05
The s Sc tDs Line
World.
Denver ( (
Rio Grande
Scenic
W v,os Of the Railroad.

Two Daily Fast Express Trains
to olepwood Springs. leadviIle.
Pueblo. Colorado Springs, Denver
and all points East.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

The strength of two horses equals
that of fifteen meE.
In Costa Rica canary birds, bull
finches and paroquets are special table
dainties.
1t is said that an organized system
of charity prevailed among the Egyp.
tians $500 years B. G.
Pet dogs in London, England, wear
chamois shoes when III the house, to
protect polished floors from scratches.
Over hundred persons disappear
in London, England, every year with.
out leaving the slightest trace behind.
The paper church at Bergen, Nor.
way, is made waterproof by coating
of quicklime, curdled milk and white
of egg.
The ancient custom of putting coin
in the hand of the dead is still occa.
sionally followed in the rural districts
of France.
At the beginning of a recent thun.
derstorm, electrified drops were OBJ.
served that cracked fainty on reaching
the ground and emitted sparks.
While the wedding service is pro-
ceeding in Japan the bride kindles a
torch and the bridegroom lights fire
from it and burns the wife's play
things.
A curious remedy for sleeplessness
is used by the inhabitants of the Sa.
moan islands. They contine a snake
in hollow bamboo and the kissing
sound emitted by the reptile is said
to quickly induce slumber.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27

According to the Post-Express Of
Rochester, N. Y, that city is felici
tating itself over remarkable de-
crease in mortality during the last
few years, especially among children,
and is pluming itself over being the
healthiest city in the state. The Off
cial figures show decrease for the
month of July in the mortality OF
children under five years from 175 in
1887 out of a population of 120, 600
to SO in 1898 out of population Of
$50, 900. The Post-Express attributes
this gratifying exhibit to the liberal
appropriations made by the city to
maintain the standard quality of milk,
and the efforts of the physicians to
arrest the havocs of tuberculosis.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27

In an article written for the Lum
herman by B. +. Seymour attention is
called to the almost unlimited variety
of uses of which the red cypress is
susceptible, principally for house
work, inside and outside. For natural
beauty of appearance, the red cypress
of Louisiana is especially notable, and
is extensively used by manufacturers
for all descriptions of cisterns, tanks,
tubs, for brewery, creamery, and SINH
lar applications, and for durability
and strength, caunot be equalled in
the case of large railroad tanks. Car
builders and railroad companies have
long been partial to this material for
siding and roofing on box freight cars.
1t possesses the advantage of taking
aud holding paint in degree equal
to white pine, being also free from
pitch or gum. When used for outside
work, including bevel siding, porch
floors and columns, step planks, gut
ters, etc., it is more durable than any
other wood in use.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27
An Acquired Habit.

It is a matter of general knowledge
that the mountain parrot of New Lea.
land, the kea, has acquired the very
destructive habit of piercing the backs
of sheep with it's sharp beak in order
to feed on the kidney fat of the very
unfortunate animals attacked. 1t was
at one time believed that the birds had
learned this habit from procuring fatty
particles from the skins of sheep
which had been slaughtered; but now
a more likely solution of the problem
has been suggested by correspond
ent of the Zoologist. This gentleman,
who writes from Melbourne, tells us
that in the hilly districts of the mid
die island of New Zealand there grows
in great quantity white lichen which
bears strong resemblance to sleeps
wool. Beneath this lichen are to be
found small white fatty substances,
which some suppose to be the seeds
of the plant, and others describe as
maggots which infest it; but whatever
they be, they form favorite food OF
the kea. 1t is suggested that the bird,
misled by the resemblance OF the
sleeps wool, digs down into the flesh
in the hope Of finding this white sub
stance of which it is SO fond, and
that in this way the new habit has
been originated. In the first place,
probably the birds are misled by mis-
taking dead sheep for masses OF the
lichen under which they had been ac-
customed to find their favorite food. -
Chambers's Journal
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27

John E. Kehl, United States consul
at Stettin, tells why the German farmer
is prosperous despite the fact that he
has poorer land and less land than his
American brother, and nolabors saving
machinery worth the mention. Co.
operation is the secret of his success
He has cooperative credit banks, co
operative dairies, cooperative steam
plows, and cooperation in drainage
and irrigation, III both of which he il
an expert. He is also an intensive
farmer, and gets out of the ground
pretty much everything which it is
capable. Farm laborers get thirty
five cents a day, with small house to
live in and half-acre of land to cul-
tivate for their own use. In harvest
seasons they get fifty cents day
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27

The japanese, it appears, have not
a little poetry in their souls, as they
give their warships such pretty names
as ''Daybreak, "Darkening Clouds, "
Evening Mist" and ''Will o. the
Wisp." This is rather more sensible
than the English custom of naming
their small vessels after insects, while
they bestow upon their huge ironclads
alarmist names that may be supposed
to strike terror into the hearts of their
foes. 1t is pity that Americans are
not more partial to the fine old Indian
names that abound in different parts
of the country.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27

The latest figures obtainable show
that the Philippine Islands import
80, 174, 093 worth of goods and export
$19, 702, S19 worth. leaving, in round
numbers, balance in their favor OF
of $40, 500, 900. These figures are for
1897, and it is stated that the average
value of the trade of those islands is
far in excess OF the sums given. Busi-
ness has been much disturbed by the
insurrection.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27

The practice among nations of ex-
acting money from II conquered foe is,
in its present form, somewhat modern.
In ancient times the victor despoiled
the enemy he had overcome, sacked
cities, and took whatever of value he
could carry away Now he respects
private property, but he usually makes
the conquered nation pay the whole
cost of the war. In either case the
practice is analogous to that of civil
courts, which assess costs upon the
defeated party.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27

Poor Columbus, dead and turned
to clay these 400 years, is really to
blame, it seems, for the succession of
disasters that have befallen Spain in
the Western Hemisphere, muses. the
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Madrid newspapers assert that ''Co-
lumbus in discovering the New World
was not Spain's benefactor but her
evil genius" Why these newspapers
do not include in the same category
Ferdinand and Isabella, whose bounty
sent the Genoese navigator on his
evil errand, and the Pope who ceded
to Spain the larger part of America.
does not appear Probably it is an
oversight. One Madrid journal goes
so far as to oppose the transfer of the
remains of Columbus from Havana to
Spain. 70 this there will be no oh.
lection in the United States. Colum.
bus had the elements of a good Ameri-
can, and as Havana may one day be
an American city his ashes will be
more at peace in that city than in a
country upon which he deliberately
brought so much humiliation and
shame
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27
The French are delightful.

The French are delightful. What
could be more humorous than their
lack of humor, says the New York Sun.
For instance, there was terrible
wreck on the Western railroad the
other day. At the wholesale funeral
of the victims Of gross negligence, M.
Foulon, the agent of the line, placed
all the blame on the forces of nature
He assailed ''matter" thus: "Beine
conquered by science it keeps quiet
for weeks, months, and sometimes
years. 1t is under the yoke seem.
ingly docile servant, then it revolts
and furiously sets at defiance the most
careful calculations, the most far
sighted precautions. Rebellious mat.
ter bursts out in fredamp in collieries.
in stupendous shipwrecks like the one
now fresh in every memory, i'm factory
disasters, in railway catastrophes.
Hence the rending of hearts and
wrenching of souls, and the public
MORNINGS like the one in which we
all unite today" Could Pascal have
done better? How philosophical! How
correctly fatalisticl Can We wonder
that this nation should desire to honor
sailors who escape from shipwreck,
leaving the women behind to perish.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27

Perhaps the Gear of Russia is just
as eager for universal peace as he pre-.
tends to be, but he will probably con-
time to build warships and enlarge
his battalions as rapidly as ever. The
dream of peace will in no way retard
the preparations for war
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27

The United States is now furnish
ing one third as much raw cotton to
Japan as is furnished by British India
Last years export of raw cotton from
America to Japan was worth nearly
2S. 900. 900.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27
Wealth From Fish.

The development of the Irish mack
erel fisher has proved boon to the
fisher folk OF Cork and Kerry. Forty
thousand barrels were cured last year,
almost all of which came to America.
This industry puts $500, 900 a year
into circulation among the people Of
these two courtiea
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27

One of the first permanent memo
rials of the Spanish American war
erected in this country was placed in
the chapel of the Naval academy at
Annapolis, Nd, in memory of Lieut..
William jenkins, who perished in the
Maine disaster. The memorial, which
takes the form of mural tablet, was
subscribed for by the classmates Of
the officer, and has been cast in bronze
from the design of Charles Robinson
Lamb. A faithful model in high re-
lief of the ill-fated vessel is shown
above the inscription, which reads as
follows: ''In memory of Friend Will
liam jenkins, lieutenant, United
States Naval Academy, who perished
in the explosion of the United States
steamship Maine on the night of Feb
ruary 15, 1898, in the Harbor of Ha
yana, Cuba. He spoke evil of no
man. Erected by his classmates.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27
premium,

One of the critical writer's on per.
sonal department says that perfumes
are the essence of vulgarity." This
is especially important in view of the
fact that most persons have hitherto
supposed that perfumes were the es-
sence of flowers.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27
ENVY.

Butterfly, he cry an sigh,
As he met me 'neaf de tree.
Whah de loafin' hours went by;
"Wisht wus a honey bee.
He hab comfort in completeness;
Got a hive chock full O. sweetness
Luckier dan de likes O. me.
Wisht wus honey bee."
Says de bee, says he to me,
"'Tain' no use foh me to try
To be frollickin' an free.
Wisht l wus butterfly.
Muffin tall to do but dancin'
Whah de sunbeam comes a-glancin',
I must toll an sleep an die.
Wisht wus butterflyr'
Washington Star.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27
A JUVENILE oPT,MIsT.

wish that polishin' our lamp
A genie would arouse
Eos could say, go, slave, an, Feed
Them pigs an milk the COWS.
I'd make him wear the overalls
An face the mud an CRIME,
But this oil earth amt what 1t was
In Once Upon Time.
Yet history repeats itself,
My gran dad says, an so
/ keep on hopin' as watch
The seasons come an go
That may live to see EN- back
The brownies in their prime,
The wizards an them other folks
OF once Upon Time.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27
HUMOROUS.

y
formance?" ''It was so poor that it
was really RICH"
Train up servant girl in the way
she should go, and the first thing you
know she's gone.
"Obrian got mixed up with mad
bull yesterday" 'How did it end?"
''It was toss up"
Gadding-W don't you make your
wife do the marketing? Gabway-Ths
trouble is, she don't let me make her.
''You remind me so much of my
poor, dear, first husband!" ''You re-
mind me of him altogether too much,
my dear"
By the time man has few dollars
saved up for his old age he is told that
his daughter has talents which should
be cultivated.
"Why, Jim, what did you shoot
that man for?" ''To avoid trouble.
/ new we'd be quarrelin' if we KEEP
on, and hate row."
The art of sailoring
Most women lack,
But she who's pretty may
Command a smack.
Jones-For awhile John was clean
out of his mind about that girl Smith
And now? Jones-Oh, now the
girl is clean out of her mind.
ooh, Alice! my new dress looks
nice enough to eat. :" "Well, 1 wouldn't
eat it if were you. / don't believe
it would set so we'll on the inside.
Manager hope your Cuban play
has lots of local color in it, Drama
tist-Oh, yes. In the last act the
Spanish villain dies of yellow fever.
"Hans, if you are very good and
get high mark in school, 1 will give
you ham sandwich "But, NAM
ma, do you imagine l can be bribed?"
81 think l have pretty we'll your
language the master of, said the for-
eigner, ''but tell me how, as / hear
man say, one can cut lot of ice With
his dough?"
Governor of the Prison-What is
the cause of this unseemly delay?
Jailer-That expert headsman you en-
gagged from the medical school is ster-
ilizing the axe.
Tourist Can you tell me where Mr..
Greencorn's cottage is? Small Native
i can for nickel. Tourist--Here
is the nickel; now where is it? Small
Native-It's burnt down.
Judge-You robbed your benefaetor
in a most shameful way. Do you feel
no compunctions of conscience? Pris.
oner- Before answering, sir, 1 would
like to consult my counsel.
What ever may be said of what
The Chinese actors do,
One fault at least they haven't got
They never miss their queue.
Boggs-How is it that your hair is
quite white, while your beard is very
dark? Noggs-It's the most natural
thing in the world. Boggs-Indeed !
Noggs-It's thirty years older.
The Dearest Girl-What makes you
old bachelors say such horrid things7
Married men do not talk that way,
The Savage Bachelor--No, we only
say what the married men think.
Mrs. Faddle-I thought you war.
ranted that dog bought of you well
bred? Dog Dealer So it is, mum
Mrs. Faddle-Oh, no, it isn't; it bolts
its food in the most vulgar manner!
1.-The Binkses must buy everything
on the instalment plan. What
makes you think so?" 81 heard Jimmy
Binks ask his father whether their new
baby would be taken away if they
couldn't keep up the payments
Landlady = That new boarder is
either married or widower. Daugh.
ter-Why, mamma; he says he is
bachelor. Landlady-Don't you be-
lieve he is. When he opens his pock-
etbook to pay his board he always
turns his back to me.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27

NY gran'dad says these modern days
OF steam an 'lectrfo light
Beat anything that ever was;
An gran'dad's mostly right.
But I can't help some doubtfulness
When into bed l climb
An dream about those good old days
OF Once Upon a Time.
I've got to hustle on the farm
When l get big enough.
wish l knew some fairy spell
To do the work that's rough.
I'd like to make the brownies toll
By saying some queer rhyme
The same as them there wizards did
In Once Upon Time.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27

Sagasta says that the United States
and Spain are simply in state Of
Suspension" The theory is true in
the case of his country. She is hold
ing herself up by her shoe straps.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27

The dependence of the fighting ma,
tions of the world on the United States
for their food supply is a guarantee
OF peaceful relations with us more
efficient than standing army.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27

Massachusetts, has the best opinion
of it's own credit, and takes up its
bond issues with readiest promptitude.
Of $4,000, 900 just issued Boston
bankers took the lot at handsome
nromium
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27

An influential movement is on foot
in London to seize the opportunity
offered by the renewal of the church
yard behind st. Giles's church, Grip
plegate, made necessary by the recent
disastrous fire, to add this spot to the
list of city gardens. This churchyard
is from its situation more restful and
peaceful than the majority of the old
graveyards, which have of late years
been utilized for the benefit of the
living, and it is felt that this spot
would be an ideal one for the erection
of statue or other memorial of Mil
ton, who lived in the parish, and
whose body rests in the grand old
church which has now twice escaped
the ravages of fire. Many of the
parishioners of st. Giles's are active
ly interesting themselves in the pro-
ject, and there can be no doubt that
the necessary money for a Milton me-
mortal would be at once forthcoming
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27

A strong evidence of Western pros.
perity is shown in the fact that the
West is furnishing her own money to
move her crops this season.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-27

English writers seldom find the de.
mand for new books SO heavy as to
prevent their coming to this country
to lecture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-05
FUTURE DAYS.

THos. BOWLING & CO.. Auctioueers. I aps5
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-05
DUNcANsoN BROS, AUCT1oNEERs.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE INVESTMENT
H HrSi Eti& PROPERTY 9N THE SOUTH SIDE
AND 18th 81 AESu HoR kEHWEEE 1 aIb
T TAE lie EIP I Real ESTATE OF
BY virtle Of the powers conferred upon me by
tn. last will and testament of America e. Pedrick,
deceased. IS construed by the Supreme Court Of
the District of Columbia, the undersigned as sur
viving executor and trustee under said WILL will
oner for sale at public auction. in front Of the
THE NINETEENTH DAY OF MAY, 1908, AT
s sns. 1Ch0c ct., PM all Of lot lettered -. IN
O. in square numbered two hundred and twenty
three s,, ;.2S, as per plat recorded in Lbsr g. II.
b folio -, In the surveyors office Of the District
of Columbia. said lot being improved By q two
story brick building. used for business purposes,
west.
Also. at FIVE O'CLOCK PM. on the same day,
% feet front by the full depth Of lot O. and taa
ncrth feet front by the depth Of 81 feet of orig
mai lot 8 in square four hundred and eighty nine
ESQ., said part of lot being subject to the alley
wEy reserved in 4 deed recorded in Liber J. A ) !,
No 1877 folio PSI. Of the land records Of the Dis
tened being improved by a large four-story brick
residence numbered 418 9th street northwest
purchase money to be paid in cash and the i cai
aice In two equal installments, payable in one
and two years after the day of SALE with interest
a. the rate OF U per cent per annum, payable semi
EIualiy. or all cash. at the purchasers option.
the deferred payments. II any, to be Represented
date on he day Of sale, ard secured by deed Of
trust on the respective properties sold. deposit
500 the 9Th street property will he required IN
thu day of sale. All conveyancing, recording and
OF sale to be complied with within ten days from
the day of sale. otherwise the trustee reserves
the RICH, to resell the property at fhe risk aud
b. F. BURCHE,
Surviving Executor and Trustee,
Hyo-d&ds 2231 Q st. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-05
DEATH RATE DECREASES.
Showing by Health Department for
the Past Week

AS compared with the week previous the
mortality in the District during the past
week decreased over IA per cent The
humber of deaths declined from 100 to 90
of which ~ were white and Al colored
Inc annual death rate for the whole popu-
l&tion was 1861 per thousand; for the whites
being 13-.' and for the colored 24O The
principal diseases prevalent were those of
the lungs. of which there were ~ deaths
10 being from consumption and from
pneumonia There We're 10 deaths from
affections of the nervous system, the same
nTmber as by the last report and q from
meningitis and cerebro-spinal meningitis.
From ;he Zymotic class of diseases there
vas l death each from diphtheria and
scarlet fever and = from whooping cough
Al the close of the last report there were
- cases of jiphtneria in the District under
treatment During the week new cases
We're reported and IL relieved from quar-
anime. leaving 80 cases in isolation in ~
premises. "
of scarlet fever there were n cases in
quarantine at the close of the last report
Five new cases developed during the week
ard y were discharged as having recovered
leaving 46 with warning cards in 70 prem
Uses. s
Inc prevailing weather conditions were
mean temperature of the atmosphere Of
- degrees. mean actual barometer of
S.tSi and a mean relative, humidity of 81
Ihere were cloudy days with a rainfall
OF LIB inches. and high winds ayeragin.
10 miles per hour