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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-30
SIDE LIGHTS ON AFRICA.

The other day the London Chronicle
told story illustrating the simple
piety and honesty of the Beers which
made them cOnEiderate Of prisoners,
their welfare and their wounds. in
spite Of the characteristic roughness Of
the peasants and their utter indiffer-
encs to their own sufferings. They
realize that they are under the scrutiny
of civilization and consequently observe
proprieties that others frequently for
get in the fierce excitement Of the con-
flict
The London Telegraph recalls a story
Of General Joubert, who commanded at
the former repulse of the British many
years ago and now commands the
TransvaaI forces in Natal. One of the
British wounded at Majuba hin, While
lying on the ground, was robbed by a
Boer, who deprived him of his watch
and money. The Englishman was able
to speak little Dutch, ard when,
shortly afterward, JoUbert and mis- staff
rode by. drew the attention of the gen.
eraI to the incident
The B0er commander was IN a hurry
but he took time to investigate the
matter The Englishman was removed
to the Boer commanders tent, where
his wounds were attended to and 2
parade was ordered of the Beers who
had taken part in the engagement. The
wounded man was asked to identify the
thief, and he did 50, the watch and
chain being discovered in the Beers
possession. Joubert punished the
burger ordered every attention to be
given the prisoner who, when able, was
escorted to the Cape.
These incidents, related by English
newspapers, throw a new light upon the
character Of these peasants fighting tc
preserve their national INDEPENDENCE, q
light that IS not reflected by the i'm
perial press Of this country.
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TITLE TO The TRANsvAAL.

A correspondent asks for information
upon the following points;
% The race to which the Beers be-
long; % the meaning Of the name; 90
their claim On the TransvaaL
The Herald has explained these
things before, but there are many Her
aid readers now who were not readers
Of The Herald a few months ago.
/. The Beers are Dutch farmers who
vent from Flanders to Cape Colony
long before the English invaded South
Africa
. They evidently took the name with
them It is taken from the German
word bauer. meaning a peasant.
3. The Beers claim the T-ansvaal by
right Of discovery and exploration. by
right Of conquest and occupation. They
drove back the savages and built homes
and cities there. 1t may be interesting
to know how they happened to go there.
They were the original white settlers Of
the Cape country. The English crowd
ed them out and they ~trekkedv into
the wilderness and founded the Orange
Free state. They were crowded out
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-30
RETIREMENT OF GRsENBACKs

The retirement Of the greenbacks pro-
posed by the Republican party in the
financial bin now pending is a part Of
the general plan to contract the curren-
cy and appreciate the price Of gold. It
is a complete departure from the policy
of Abraham Lincoln, just as almost
every national policy of the Hanna or
gsnization has been shown to be.
Greenbacks are TO be impounded as
fast as the national bankers can gather
them up. and gold, already known to be
inadequate to the requirements Of
trade. VIII be made to take their place
and do their work. All government
bonds and obligations OF whatever
character are to be redeemed with gold
or gold obligations in the same way.
and the medium of exchange thus con-
tracted until the demand for the yellow
metal makes it more valuable in the
hands of those who hold it cr contracts
calling for it.
II It hadn't been for the war. for gold
discoveries in the Klondike. for an in
creased output owing to the cyanide
and other processes Of saving sold. the
bankers might have been satisfied with
simple single standard bill As
II IS owing TO the accidental causes
which have placed more money in cir
euiation than they counted on. other
measures of contraction wers de-
manded by the money trust. By re-
'iring Rfeenbaeks and forcing sold to
tai=e their place ana perform the work
that they are doing, is another drain
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-30

the Marquis of Lansdowne, which is
known as the -Lan5dOwne portrait"
It s now owned by q Mr.. Lewis in
London: it was exhibited at the cen
tennial in Philadelphia in 1876 by cOur-
tesy of the owner. Of this, as Of
many other Of his Washington por-
traits, Stuart made numerous replicas-
The greatest of stuart'5 portraits is
known as the Gibbs-Channing portrait,
originally painted in 1875 for. Colonel
George Gibbs; it was sold to his sister,
Mrs William Ellery Claiming. and is
now owned BY her son, DR.. Claiming.
Still another famous work Is known as
the "Athenaeum portrait of which
the artist made about fifty reDlica6.
The canvas was purchased Of Stuart's
widow and presented with its pendant
of Mrs. Washington TO the Athenaeum,
Boston: hence its title. It is now in
the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
In Stuart's day the standard for the
American painter was practically that
set by Sir Joshua Reynolds: his was
the prevailing style of xork in London,
and Sir J0shua's manner was a good
one TO follow, or at least by which to
be influenced, for he was a man with
a fine color sense, q portrait painter
Of the first class and generally well
equipped IN az the technique Of his
profession. Ruskin calling him the
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reputation, and Immediately he was
besieged with patrons, He entertained
literally: he was fOOlishly eXtravaSant;
he had no ideas Of business; and again
the money went out perhaps even more
quickly than it came in. Meanwhile
ne had taken care TO obtain
a letter Of Introduction to Washington
from John Jay, and congress then De
ing in session ne went to philadelphia
to meet the great patriot. 4 house was
secured on the corner OF Fifth ana
Chestnut streets and there it was ne
painted the first of his series of many
Washington portraits, destined 10
make him famous. Fairly overrun with
commissions. so great was his poPu-
larity. in order to work with something
like tranquility he subsequently moved
out to Germantown. However ne hdd
found time in Philadelphia for social
gayety. contributing himself with his
sprightly talk and his music in no small
measure to the success Of the entertain
ments, and ne painted such important
persOnages as Mrs. Washington, Mrs-
Bingham. the MarchioDeSs dYruJO,
Mrs. Madison, Mrs. Lawrence Lewis
and many others.
From Philadelphia, Stuart went to
Washington in 1903. and after three
years residence there he removed 10
Boston. NntEE liz ACillotAACA NAAAe ~
death. Through all these later years
he was stiIl as improvident as ever
and careless in all matters relating to
his personal affairs. When the Penn
svlvania Academy Of Fine Arts wrote
offering him 81, 800 for a full-length
of Washington he never even answered
the letter. and to a request from the
Academy of Florence for his own pOr-
trait-a great distinction by the way
he paid no attention In 1925 his health
began to fail, but ne worked on inter-
mittently, completing a portrait OF
Mrs. Samuel Hayward, his last work,
in the spring of the year 1923. He died
on July q of this year, at the age OF
Y. He had a curious disposition; at
times he was the most charming or
men; at others rough and irritable.
He made many enemies and even alien
ated friends who knew the real warmth
of his heart: with the slightest cause
he would abandon a picture, and MOTH
ing. not even a woman's tears, could
induce him TO continue; although a
wonderful moneymaker, he died poor,
leaving his family entirely unprovided
for
Stuart's first portarit of Washington
created a genuine sensation in Phila-
deIbbia. II was followed by the ceie-
brated full-length, commission from
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MINERAL SPRINGS.

An article which appeared in med
zeal journal recently discussed the ae-
ton that baths taken in fcesh. salt or
medicinal waters have upon the human
body, and the vital organs in partic-
ular.
The writer holds that the changes
produced are mainly the result Of
changes that take place in the circula-
tory system by the thermal, chemical
or mechanical action Of the baths. The
blood pressure is markedly affected.
Some procedures, such as the action Of
cold water or massage to the limbs,
raising it, while others, such as dry or
moist heat, lowering it.
Mineral waters, such as the hot and
warm springs Of this city. are highly
recommended for various ailments, ac-
cording to the analysis Of the water and
the nature Of the complaint. But in the
heat Of the water and the opportunity
to exercise while bathing, possible
only in swimming pools. is the way to
get the best results, he says.
An intelligent use Of bathing after
the method suggested" the article con-
cludes, as a therapeutic agent can so
act on tie circulatoTy system as to
regulate the blood pressure, restore the
normal mobility Of the vessels, promote
the interchange Of tissue fluid and pro-
foundry modify nutrition"
The diversity and magnitude Of the
blessings lavished upon this locality by
nature are not fully appreciated by
those who come in contact with them
every day. A man has to go hundreds
Of miles to find hot mineral springs be-
fore he can be convinced how wonder
ful and beneficial they are.
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a limited notion Of the larger side Of
her fathers life, no sense of humor,
and with her the commonplace took
on a proportion quite beyond their
value So it is after all by his works
alone that Stuart's memory Will always
be kent greenland what more could
an artist ask? His name ever viii be
associated primarily with the Washing
ton portraits he painted-their name
was legion-and his canvases command
great respect everywhere. for he was
a portrait painter of a high order, un-
queationably the best Of all the Amer
leans.
Gilbert Stuart was born on Dec. 3.
1755. near Newport. in NaTraganSett
county. Rhode Island. His father kept
a snuff grinding mill, which he gave up
later. moving with his family to New
port. where his son went 10 school and
received a fair education. Like most
great artists, Gilbert had at an ea~ly
age an Intuition for drawing; he Gov
cred barn doors and walls with his
sketches These were subsequently
seen by an English physician, who took
a lively interest in the lad and fur
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-30

After paying the Union soldiers in
greenbacks along in the SOS, a Repub-
lican administration subsequently,
robbed them of one-fourth Of their
value. This deprecated currency rap
idly found its way into the hands Of
the national bankers. who shaved these
notes of the government at various
rates Of discount. Then the power of
the bankers over the party Of the bank
ers was asserted by obtaining a restor-
alton of the value Of the greenbaeks
making them worth all the way from
% to so per cent more to the bankers
than they were to the soldiers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-30
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

The translation Of the New Testament
into the Korean language has been COM
pleted.
The introduction of electric light in
Beriin's fourteen markets effected "a saw
ing in 1898 of S15OG0.
The last MSS the greatest year for
pears that the New Jersey farmers have
had for a decade.
OF the 100000 people in South Amer
lea it is estimated that SOv00,OoO have
never seen Bible.
During the year 1899 the railroads or
dered FAB new locomotives, breaking all
previous records.
Engineers estimate that 1000 horse
power can be developed along the Chicago
sanitary channel.
The colony or New South Wales. Aus
tralia, expects 10 have g0G0 tons of
wheat for export this season.
The COngr egatlOual churches of South
Carolina. composed of cOiOred people.
have formed q state association
An important element OF the voting
population of the cosmopolitan city of
Buffalo Is composed Of the Polish voters.
In the number OF locomotives the United
States comes first, Wltn a total Of 3543g
Great Brita II comes next. with - COZ
The North Carolina penitentisry was
seif-SuppOrung last year ana returned 10
the state S5Jftvt borrowed during the year
The Meth0dISJs Of Greater New York
have decided to raise $4,000 to clear The
indebtedness Of all the Methodist churches
there
In the last eleven years the number of
physicians in Germany increased Sc per
cent. while the population increased only
il per cent.
Greece has followed Ttaly's example in
f0rbidding the eXportation of Antiquities.
Notice has been served on foreign gov
ernments and learned societies
The strength Of the various sections of
the Methodist church by recent returns
shows that throughout the word there
are 1857 churches, with A.59S ordained
ministers.
There are sixty-twO lawyers in the
present legislature OF New YORK less
than one-thlFd of the membership Of fhe
two houses. which is 900. fifty in the SER
ate and 80 in the assembly.
The total number of paid employees of
the New York state government is 8 al
of whom flhy 5000 are directly connecfe6
with Albany Departments. and a naiori
~ Of these reside in Albany.
British public expenditures during the
nine completed months Of the exeheouer
year (which ends. March 80 snow an IN
crease of $4,000 over the year pre-
eeding. Totai public revenue Increased
81, 800 600.
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made upon me Inadequate supply
of gold for which all gold
standard countries are now seram-
bling. India has begun to hoard
gola as a basis for her new sys-
tenn Of finance; the Bank OF England
is locking up ali the British fnanciers
can get their hands on; England is
threatened with a gold panic; Russia
is reaching in every direction for
enough 10 relieve the embarrassment
Of her monetary system which the car
has been trying to place on gold ba-
sis; Germany is terrifying herself
against a drain 10 England, gold IS
still crossing the Atlantic from this
country. the South African republics
are having a gold panic which viii have
to be relieved; Wall street has to 2p-
peal to the federal treasury in this
country every few weeks to prevent
widespread disaster because Of the IN
steady and uncertain circulation OF
gold; yet our lawmakers are retiring
greenbacks and eliminating silver as a
basic money that the currency may be
further contracted in spite of the in
creased output of gold, that money may
be made scarcer and dearer. harder for
the producer to get and more valuable
to the man who deals in money as a
commodity.
This has been the purpose Of the
money trust from the beginning. They
are willing to appreciate gold until a
dollar buys two dollars worth of labor
or property, but raise a howl about re-
pudiation when bimetallists advocate
a theory which, if put into practice,
win mean that a dollar shall be a dol
lar, nothing more, nothing less-not a
50-cent dollar nor a 200-cent dollar
but just a dollar as it was before the
| Republican party inserted in 1873 ''the
wedge Of gold" which it is now driving
home with all the power and insolence
of organized greed.
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nished him with his first paints and
brushes. At Is, without having had
any instruction. Stuart was painting
portraits. his earliest commission be
ing for John Bannister and wife OF
Newport, persons who were prominent
socially. The canvases are still pre-
served. IN 1770 for the first time in his
life he had the help Of someone more or
less qualified to advise him intelligent
Iva Scotch artist named CosmO Alex
ander, who settled for two years IN
Newport. On Alexander's return 10
England Stuart accompanied him.
Unfortunately. the trip was not sue
cess. Stuart painted a few portraits
and found a patron who sent him for
awhile to the University OF Glasgow
The patron died shortly after betriend-
ing the artist. and Stuart, finding It
difficult to make a livelihood, took pas
sage back to America, happily to ma
instant encouragement, particularly
among the wealthy Jews of Rhode Is
land. Realizing his lack of preliminary
training, together with friend named
WaterhOuse he secured models ana
studied in the evening, drawing from
the nude With the tTOubl0us times Of
f775 sitters ceased to come to his stu
do, business was at standstlIl ana
Stuart made up his mind 10 return 10
England. there to become pupil OF
Benjamin West That old Pennsylva-
MAN was settled in London enjoying
the favor of the king and the patron
age Of the nobility. In 1872 West sue
ceeded Sir Joshua Reynolds as presi-
dent of the Royal academy. West was
one Of the kindliest of men, with gra-
ciOus manner and much personal
charm. and. although he was an liz
different painter. it IS probable that he
made an excellent teacher. At any
rate. Stuart at the age of Y was dom
iciled in his family and under his tut
ton. studying hard.
musician as well as an artist, Stu
art in his odd moments had learned to
play on seve Instruments: he was
an excellent performer on the organ
and he helped himself out in a finan-
cial way by playing that instrument
in a London church. About this time
he painted a portrait of the Duke of
Northumberland and he assisted his
master on many Of his large compost
tons, for West had a way of painting
enormous historical and NEUROLOGICAL
pictures, covering many square yards
of canvas, the value Of which. unfOr-
tunately for the memory Of West, has
not increased with time. He was also
attending the discourses of Sir Joshua
Reynolds, studying anatomy with the
famous DR.. CrukShank and drawing
during the evening at the life school,
for he was always a man with great
capacity for weTk. Nathaniel Dance,
the Well-kn0wn portrait painter. be
came interested in Stuart's work, and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-30

Reference was made the other day in
these columns to the attitude Of the
Denver Post on the Roberts matter A
friend has pointed out the following ed
itoriaI expression found in a recent is
sue Of that enterprising daily: Con
gTess did wrong. not to Roberts, but to
Utah. Utah is a sovereign state, and
no matter what the offenses imputed to
her in the past, today the vast major
ity of her peOple-thOse who voted for
Roberts as well as those who opposed
him-are living in as strict obedience to
the laws as are the inhabitants Of any
other state in the Union. These people
are entitled to representation in the
house Of representatives"
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BRlne THE HEROES BoME.

The remains Of six Utah volunteers
who lost their lives in the Philippines
have reached San Francisco. Three Of
them had relatives in THO state and
three were strangers when they en-
listed. But all served faithfully and
wei and each did his part in bringing
to Utah the glory that has resulted
from the brilliant record OF the pat
teries in both wars on tie archipelago
The relatives Of three Of these heroes
have made application through Gov
ernor Wells for their return to Utah.
The other three may be buried in the
national cemetery at San Francisco be-
cause there is none to apply for per-
mission to bring them here. no one TO
bear the expense of a burial.
It seems that an effort should be
made to have the bodies all brought on
together. The city might be able to %
something in this direction There are
plenty Of patriotic men and women who
would be glad TO aid in giving these
men a proper burial. If there is not
sufficient time in which to organize
and test the sentiments Of the COM
munisy concerning this undertaking,
there is still another way to accom-
plish it.
The fund raised for the reception and
entertainment of the volunteers last
summer could be put to no better use,
and only a small portion of it would be
required. The city would certainly be
willing to furnish a lot in the ceTne-
terry and the public may be depended
upon TO do everything else to show the
respect and honor Of the state for its
dead. While these three volunteers left
no relatives in the state, they had a
friend in every man, woman and child
and their names will live il the history
Of the commonwealth
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Home Study Circle.
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Copyright. 1889. by Seymour Eaton.J
Directed by Prof. Seymour Eaton

noting its excellence, strongly advised
him to take a studio and set up for
himself This he did. and among MS
first sitteTs were Benjamin West ana
Sir Joshua Reynolds. who helped 10
bring him into immediate note, for az
once he became successful. he entered
at once on a life of extravaganza, ana,
although the money flowed rapidly, II
disappeared quite as fast; he not in
frequently had six sitters in a day IN
1856 he married a Miss Coates and later
took her to Ireland. where he haa many
portrait engagements. and was no less
successful than he had been in LONDON.
1t had been his strong desire for many
years to paint an important portrait or
George Washington. 50 now, unable 10
resist this inclination. in the midst Of
a highly prosperous career IN Dublin,
he packed up his effects and sailed Tor
America. landing in New York in l4Sz.
He who had gone away poor lad 10
seek his fortune had now come back
a successful man. with an European
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This talk of a RussO-Ja9anese ALL
ance has every symptom of guess
work. There has been no friendship
between these governments to furnish
the slightest foundation for the rumor.
It hasn't been three days since the
wires were Kissing with an account OF
hostile demonstrations on both sides.
The we'll known designs of Russia upon
China and the evident desire Of Japan
to prevent the spoliation Of the Chinese
empire have been matters of general
comment for the last two OF three
years. AS between England and Russia
there has never been any doubt but the
sympathies of Japan are with the
former. If Russia has succeeded in up
setting this tacit understanding 1t
means that concessions have been made
to the island kingdom Of the Orient
which no one ever believed that Russia
would make. However, conditions in
South Africa are such that, in order to
precipitate matters with as little fric-
ton as possible Russia may have con-
scented to abandon some OF northern
China to japan with a secret resolve to
try and retake it in the future. The
principal thing at present is to shut out
the largest competitor whose serious
attention is directed to another part of
the globe.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

. a light audience gathered at the
Grand last evening TO see Human
Hearts, d melodrama of the familiar
order. 1t set forth a tale OF love.
crime and repentance in the good old
style, and the audience was moved to
laughter. tears and wild applause, in
turn. The comic part of the tramp,
played by MI =. A. McHugh, was the
hit of the evening, and caught the gal
lery. The piece goes tonight, tomorrow
night and Saturday matinee and even
ing. The intervening time will be filed
b. "In Gay Coney Island"
A house filed to overlooking saw
Nance O'Neil in "Magda" at the Salt
Lake theatre last night. Ii is plainly to
be seen that the longer Miss O'Neil
stays the more she viii draw. All who
have deferred seeing her until now viii
clamor for seats. Peg Wellington"
win be given tonight, and owing 10 the
length Of the bin the curtain will rise
at S o'clock.
Miss O'NeiTs engagement viii close
tomorrow night with Oliver Twist. -
instead of Macbeth" the substitution
having been made by general request.
THE Jewess' viii be presented al he
matinee tomorrow afternoon