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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-02
Is THE SALOON A necessity

A saloon In any town Is a necessity
| or Is II not? II a necessity II must ex.
| lst 10 supply some actual, universal
want No town could long exist with
out iour, or coal. or water: hence. gro.
Gerry stores and coal yards and hydrants
are necessities. But Is the saloon a ne.
cesslty? Certainly not. for towns ex-
list and communities thrive and lnd-
ylduals live TO good old age without
& feeling In any way the need Of a saloon
or that which q saloon represents:
hence II is not necessity
a saloon In any town is a benefit 10
the citizens OF that town, or Il is not ?
II a benefit, people are made better and
happier. more intelligent and capable,
because OF its existence.
The school house is benefit TO a
community because the education OF
children is one Of the most vital points
/ In our spiritual life. A church is a bene-
III, because II inculcates true morality
and lifts one 10 the higher spiritual
plane. A happy home is a benefit. be-
cause II must lay its moulding hand up
on the after-lves OF those who come
from It's glad doors. A store Is a bene-
IT. because II supplies its needs. A
factory is a benefit, because II gives en-
ployment to hundreds. a picture gal.
lery and library are benefits, because
they minister 20 ones aesthetic and in
tellectual nature-but IS a saloon thus a
benefitY II tends TO the ignorance ra-
Their than enlightenment Of It's votaries
to the destruction OF the moral and
spiritual natures and the overthrow Of
happy homes: II gives employment 10
"a q. fla a To- lrf N.I L..
II, but II takes both employment and
the ability 10 be- employed from the
many, 1T means an Increase Of taxes
and dminutlon of labor produce.
therefore a saloon cannot be benefit.
THE SALOON A MENACE.
A saloon is menace to community.
or II is not, II menace, It meaps that
It's very existence threatens that COM
munity In It's manifold interest Vesu-
vlus Is a constant menace TO Naples,
the existence Of a dynamite bomb In the
midst Of any assembly Is a menace to
the best Of oil who are there Is the
saloon such a menace? II threatens
each home, for who knows from whose
doors, it, next victim may be taken?
II threatens each life, for who knows
that he will not himself yield TO It's
temptations? II threatens each Indus
try, because the saloon tlll well filed
means the til Of the merchant and
manufacturer well nigh empty. II
threatens the pocket book, In that It In
creases taxes. II threatens life and
liberty, in that II continually turns
loose upon the community the men who
commit burglarles, robberles and muir
ders. II threatens the existence Of our
institutions, for the saloon IL the school
OF anarchists. II breaks hearts, wrecks
homes. destroys manhood, renders our
communities unsafe. Why then should
II EXIST Can you tell why?-Katharlne
Lente Stevenson.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-02

lnridge commissioned me 20 take charge
OF letters to be sent 10 his family. then
at Lexington, Ky. These letters | sent
TO my relatives at Richmond, after
postal communication was opened
and their receipt was subsequently ac-
knowledged by Mrs Brecklnrldge. Az
ter a brief stay at Havana, the party
left on a British steamer for Halifax,
Nova Scotia, from which place Gen.
Breckenridge wrote me a lengthy and
very kind letter Of grateful ackn0wl-
edgement for the voluntary services It
was my good fortune to be able TO rem
der him.
Judging from the press reports re-
Gently published, Capt Taylor Wood
must have continued 10 reside In Can
ada, where his son, just killed in the
Boer war, was educated. and entering
the British service was the first Can
adam Of distinguished American ances-
try 10 succumb In the South African
war;
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-02
A MORNING CALL on KRUGER.

THE Transvaal sun was already high
in the heavens when at o'clock on an
August morning / called upon Presi-
dent Kruger" writes Allen Sangree
In Ainslee's for December. IL found
him sitting on his front porch with his
feet propped up against one OF the
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A cARBoNIc ACID MOTOR.
Its Peculiar Advantages for Use in Au-
 famnhiIas.

It's Peculiar Advantages for Use in Au-
 tomobiles.
 The latest novelty in automobiles is one propelled by earbonic acid, the in- vention of c. D. P. Gibson Of Jersey City Describing the model now in op- eration: Inside the box, toward the rear, is an engine weighing only thir- ty-six pounds, and having cylinders whose diameter is one and seven- eighths, with four-inch stroke. On either side of it. and reaching length wise in the box. are arranged fasks. or cartridges" of liquid carbonic acid, coupled to each other and to slender tube that feeds the engine. By means which Mr. Gibson does not yet describe, the fluid is vaporized and expanded in the cylinders. A working pressure of from 1000 pounds upward is thus made available. The crank transmits it's mo- tion by sproeket and chain to the rear axle of the wagon without any inter- mediate shaft or gear. The sproeket on the crank shaft has nine teeth, and that on the wagon axle Ia sixteen-inch sproeket) has twenty-nine The driv- CTS are thirty wheels. With the simple mechanism here described MT. Gibson Is able to run his wagon up the most astonishing grades. He climbs those appalling hills for which New Jersey is famous, and believes he can go where no gasoline motor can follow. He takes his wagon through deep, dry sand, too, where it would De almost impossible to take any other self-propeaed carriage Without the carbonic acid f1asks and engine the carriage which he showed to a report CT the other day would weigh nearly 400 pounds. The fasks, contents and engine added about 400 pounds more. Some 500 or 500 pounds of human freight have been put into the wagon on occasions. A total load that is scarcely less than 1.400 pounds has thus been moved up hill and down with the utmost ease.-New York Tribune.
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ELEGTR1C NIAGARA,
Great Falls to Be Transformed Into a
 Flood of Fire.

Great Falls to Be Transformed Into a
 Flood of Fire.
 Buffalo's big expositien-and if only one-half the promises of the manage ment are realized it will be in every respect big affair-will be the ocea- sion of what will doubtless be a most brilliant and startling electrical illu- mination Niagara Falls will be trans formed into flood of fire. The seeth- ing, roaring torrent will be ablaze with all the hues of the spectrum. The superlatiye natural grandeur of the scene will be so enhanced that the projectors of the strikingly novel en- terprise contend that it's success will make the exposition an event in his tory. The idea is to erect series of tall towers on both the American and Canadian sides of the river. On the top of these loftly spires huge electric searchl1ghts will be placed in such manner that they may be played on any part of the falls. The imagination may picture the dazzling effect that will be produced when a score of those powerful instruments of illumination are brought to bear upon the rushing waters as they tumble irresistibly over the rocky ledge into the depths be- heath. A constant change of colors will be used in the manipulation of the searchlights, so that now the falls will be like molten silver. again a flood of crimson, again as green as old ocean itself, and so on through the whole gamut of the painters palette. The astonishing effect will be still fur ther heightened by the use of electric arc lights in the Cave of the Winds, which will give to the water as it falls in front of 1t weird, phosphorescent glow. The power for this record making illumination will be all within easy reach, as Niagara will itself be made to do all the necessary work. This is expected to be largely a spec tacular arrangement, but scientists hope to discover something new about the effect of light on water. and make careful study of the chemistry of color, This has been done to some extent with electric fountains but Niagara will offer an entirely new field
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MAINE's BIRCH TREES.
oonstabIes Responsible for Their Origin
 in That State.

in That State.
 Norway {Maine) Correspondence of. the New York Times: Since the paper makers commenced to build big sul- phfte mills in the Maine woods the price of spruce timber lands has doubled and iR some cases trebied. Next to spruce, the timber in greatest demand is clean and thrifty white birch, which is sawed into bars and sent by the shipload to Scotland to be used for thread spools. Nearly all the factories in the United States, and more than half of those in Great Brit ain, obtain their spool stock from Maine. According to A. A. Burleigh of Houlton, Maine, who has spent the best part of his life in the woods as lumber operator, Maine's birch trees are due to the spiteful conduct of two employees of the Maine land office Some French Canadians in 1920 squat ted on state land near the Penobseot river and defed all efforts to eject them. Finally, in 1895, two special constables were sent to the place from the land office in Augusta, with in strpetleha to make a clean job of eyiet- Ing the F'renehmen. The constables, after turning the families out. set fire to the houses and haystacks. Twelve hours later the French village was smoking mass of ashes. and the big gest forest fire ever known in the state was sweeping north, burning off more than fifty townships of old-growth pine and doing more than $10,000000 damage to the state lands. Many square miles of haekmataek timber were also burned over, the fire eating ten feet into the black peat logs that had been accommodating for years and years. It is tradition that, after crossing Aroosteok county, the fire 1eaped the St. John river and swept oyer New Brunswick, terminating n the destruction of Miramichi where 120 persons perished. The survivors were forced to flee into the Gulf Of St. Lawrence, where they stood neck deep in the water for two days and a night, while deer. caribou, moose, bears and wolves swan around them, seeming to seek protection from their enemies. After the fire had burned itself out and the land had absorbed the alkali of the ashes, about 5.000,000 acres came up to wild cherry and white birch saplings. For more than ten years the two species struggled for control of the territory. Then the black knot which had been imported from Europe, killed off the wild cherry trees, giving the birches the right of way About 50,0000 board feet Of spool bars are now shipped out Of Maine every year and the supply is still large.
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PRESERVING CLIFF DWELLINGS
Movements to Turn Colorado Region
 Into National Park.

Movements to Turn Colorado Region
 Into National Park.
 From the Denver Republican: As result of meeting held recently at the residence of Henry Van Kleeck, bill making the cliff dwellings region in the southwestern part of Colorado national park will in all probability be introduced at the next convention of congress. Congressman John F. Shaf- roth, Judge George T. Sumner, Booth Malone and Dr. Camden M Cobern, with the host, constituted the meeting. Congressman shafroth went over the details of passing such bill, and the other men present, all of whom have been on the ground, recapitulated all they personally gathered concerning the interesting ruins below Durango Granting that the people living in the agricultural country contiguous to the cliff dwellings made no objections to the settine aside of the land contain ing these prehistoric buildings, and he had received almost an assurance that they would not, Mr Shafroth saw no impediment in the way of passing the bill Maps and pictures of the ground and ruins were carefully gone over and studied While the dimensions of the area were not specified, it is thought that fifteen miles, running northeast and southwest, by four or five miles wide, will include the most important ground without infringing on any pre- cious minerals or agricultural land. MT. Shafroth made copious notes to take with him to Washington and will work for the passage of the bill. He advises that no appropriation be asked for in the first measure. It will be sought to make some provision for the care-tak- ing of the ruins Excavations must be made scientifically and will be restrict ed by license. Mir. Shafroth will try to enlist the interest of the Smithsonian institution. The matter will be pushed with all possible speed. At the present time tw large exploring partieq of 100 members each are being organized -one in San Francisco and one in the east-to visit the Maneos canyon and excavate in the ruins.
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 A Nar.ow Escane.

MT Neumann, in his narrative of Elephant Hunting in East Africa. ; thus tells of narrow escape from death: T as on the point of sitting down in = grass, when something that looked like a toad caught my eve beside my boot. Thinking had in adYertently trodden on a harmless ren- tile, l was about to move my foot in compassion, when I noticed a black. forked tongue darting vieiously close to my right foot; and looking more carefully, 1 saw that what I had taken for a toad was the yillianous. trfangu- lar head of puff adder, on whose neck l had set my foot. It's body was swollen as big as my thigh. By . proyidential chance 1 held it so fast in this way that it could not move it's head to strike. Having my rifle with me, put the muzzle to it's head and sent bullet through it's brain. It measured four feet eight inches in length.
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BIRDS WITH BILLS OF STEEL.
New Guinea Coekatoos Crack Hardest
 Nuts with Ease.


 New Guinea Coekatoos Crack Hardest
 Nuts with Ease.
 4 few New Guinea eoekatoos. a rare species in this latitude, have been brought to Chicago recently and have created much interest by their odd ap- | pearance and actions. They are as 1 large as pheasants and jet black in color The bird is remarkable for it's immensely strong bill and the clever manner in which it is used The bill is as hard as steel and the upper part has a deep notch in it. The favorite food of this coekatoo is the kernel of the canary nut, but there is wonderful ingenuity required to get at it, for the nut is something like a brazil nut, but it is ten times as hard. In fact, it requires the blow of a heavy hammer to crack it. It is quite smooth and somewhat triangular in shape. The cockatoo might throw the nut down, but it would not break, or it might hold it in it's claws like the parrots usually do with their food, and at tempt to crush it, but the smoothness of the nut would cause it to fly out iof the beak. Nature appears to haAe given the possessor of the wonderful bill some intelligence to direct it's powers, for the eockatoo takes one Of the nuts edgeWise in it's. bill and by carving motion of it's sharp lower beak makes small notch on it. This done, the bird takes hold of the nut with it's claws, and biting off q piece of leaf, retains it in the deep notch of the upper part of the bill Then the nut is seized between the upper and lower parts of the bill and is prevented from slipping by the peculiar texture of the leaf. A sharp nip or two breaks off a tiny piece of the shell of the nut. The bird then seizes the nut in it's claws and pokes the long, sharp point of it's bill into the hole and picks out the kernel bit by bit. The cockatoo has very long tongue, which collects each morsel as it is broken off by the bill. This is wonderful process. for it is quite clear that without the leaf nothing could be done, and it proves how certain structures in birds Gre made to destroy certain parts of plants. Chicago Chronicle.
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AdNord 10 Mothers.

Mothers of children affected with eroup or a severe cold need not hesl- tate to administer Ghamberlain 5 Cough Remedy. It contains no opi- ate or narcotic in any form and may be given as confidently to the ba as to an adult. The great success that has attended it's use in the treatment Of colds and ereup has won for it the approval and praise it has received throughout the U4it- ed States and in many foreign lands. For sale by ". L. Dewoody t Co.
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Yield of Gold in the Transvaal.

The latest published returns show ing the yield of gold in the Transyaal are said in London to be eminently satisfactory to those persons financial ly interested in the Rand The entire Transyaal yield in June was 467,271 ounces, or 819 ounces better than in the preceding month, the latter return be- ing the previous best on record. So far this year each monthly return since February has been over 100,000 ounces better than the corresponding yield in 1898. Ill fact up to date, the 1889 yield is some 625, 600 ounces above the showing the corresponding period in 1898. Here are the total yields of the Transvaal since 1894 when the records showed 2,024,15 ounces: In 1895, 2,277,695 ounces, 1896, 2,280,S85 ounces; 1897, 3,034,474 ounces, and 1898. 4,555,- GOO ounces. London fnanciers do not deem it possible that this extraordin- ary showing can be maintained throughout the year, owing to the dis turbed political situation and particu- larly to the fact that the exodus Of labor from the Rand seems to be as- suming serious proportions.
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READ HIS EDITORIAL.
From inc Times. Hlllstille. "a.


 suffered with diarrhoea for a long time and thought l was past being cured. l had spent much time and money and suffered SD much misery that had almost decided to give up all hopes of recovery and await the result, but noticing the advertisement of ('hamberlain's Co., ic. Cholera. and niarrhoea Remedy and also some testimonials stating how some wonderful cures had been wrought by this remedy, l decided to try it. After taking few doses 1 was entirely well of that trouble, and wish to say further 10 my readers and sufferers th9t l am d hale and hearty man today and feel as well as 1 ever did in mY life.-O. E. Moore. This remedy is for sale ny " l.. Dewoody < Go.
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Guard your kidney; the health of the body depends on those small but important organs. They ex- tract uric aeid from the blood which if allowed to remain in the system would eanse drofsy and Bright's Disease. Priekly Ash BitterS is successful kidney tonic, it heals and strengthens the kidneys, regulates the liver, stimulates the stomach and digestion. cleanses the bowels. It will prevent or cure Bright's Disease. Sold bg Walker Drug Co
 The Oklahoma Sunday school Association at Guthrie adjourned after efectiug new officers.
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Tenderness or aching in the small of the back is a serious symptom. The kidneys are suffering Take Prickly Ash Bitters at once. 1t is reliable kidney remedy and system regulator and will cure the trouble before 1t develops it's dangerous stage. Sold by Walker Drug Co.
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The great success of Chamberlain's 's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Reme- dy in the treatment of bowel com paints has m ade it standard oyer he greater part Of the civilized world. For sale by ". L. DewoodY x Co.
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Carniyora Have Weak I-n,ps.

It is a somewhat curious fact uni versally noted by travellers that lions tigers and other fierce earnivora are too weak in lung power to run more than half-mile.
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The family that keeps on hand and uses occasionally tie celebrated PFickly Ash Bitters is always a well regulated family. For sale by Walker Drug Co.
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Interest is manifested in Washing ton over the plan proposed for an understanding between the Great Powers as to their rights to China.
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Many cattle were killed and much property was destroyed by the Texas coast storm The Grean yachting party is believed to be safe.
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The bank at Bluff City, Kas., was robbed Saturday night of $l,0o0 in cash. The building aud safe were wrecked by aYnamite.
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The United German Soldier Socie- ties of Chicago were yesterday pre- sented with flag from Emperor William.
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William '. Capen, q well known lawyer and politician of Blooming ton, III, is dead.
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Detroit street railway officials and employees have agreed 10 afbi- trate their differences.
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A WONDERFUL CURE OF DIARRHoEA

\ Well Known Virginia Editor Had AL most Given Up, but Was Brought Back to Perfect Health by Chamberia1n's CoIic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
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English Language Win snr.,a

A statistieian calculates that in the year 2o00 there will be 1.7oo. 100000 people who speak English, and that the other European languages will be spoken by only 300. 900 900 neonla-
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The National Executive Commit tee of the Silver Republican party will meet in Chicago Tuesday.
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A committee will go to Washing ton the coming winter to try and induce the government to buy the Appalachian Park in North Carolina
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Plans are under way to erect an Independent distillery at Terre Haute. Ind, in the near future.
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Manufacturers of electric fans will form an organization in the near future.
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Lead sold for $54 a ton the past week in the Joplin district, while zinc brought $32.
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Smallpox is reported in many towns in the Indian Territory.
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4 $l0,000,0 ,000 syndicate is buying up thousands of sheep and valuable grazing lands in Montana.
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XEEP your blood pure and your EN stomach and digestive organs in a healthy condition by taking Hoods sarsaparilla and you will be WELL.