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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-09

President. II there had been the ghost
OF a show Of election he would have
followed the example Of standard-b bear
ers in the larger parties and would
never have taken chances on the honor
slipping through his fingers,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-09

The telegraphed report Of a riot at a
bun fight al San Luis Potosi. Mexico, Is
a sharp arraignment OF the audience as
being more brutal than the dumb
brutes chosen to produce the sport.
but which failed to display the fighting
incllnations anticipated.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-09

The windowglass workers In The Mis-
slssippi valley intend starting co-opera-
tive manufactures. Il will take busI-
ness capacity as wen as skilled work
men to make a success, and II the glass
workers have this az their command
there is good reason 10 anticipate pros
perity Ia their scheme.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-09

A Chicago murderer sentenced to
twenty-five years In prison wanted the
court 10 change Il so he could be
hanged. That convict evidently meant
to convey an impression that he had no
intention Of breaking JAIN or seeking
for a pardon before his term was up.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-09

Another advance OF wages is an
nounced for 2o,OoO men in the iron bust
ness In Ohio, making an Increase OF 50
per cent over the wages OF four years
ago. This accounts for a goodly pro-
portion OF the advance in iron prices.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-09
indianapolis News.

A few years ago Russia would have
turned lnsiinctively to England, Hol-
land, France or Germany. II would
never have occurred to her government
TO apply 10 New York financiers for a
loan Of s25,0c0000.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-09
SALT LAKE CITY, MARCH ., 1900.
NOTICE.

The Seventeen Annual Conference Of
the Church OF Jesus Christ Of Latter
day Saints viii convene in the Taber'
nacle, Salt Lake city, at ten a, m, on
Friday. April 9Th, 1890
LORENZO SNOW,
GEORGE Q. CANNON.
JOSEPH F. SMITH,
First Presidency.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-09
Bu6alo Express.

Whatever the reason for seeking this
loan in the United states may have
been, the fact remains that the money is
available here and that It can be OBJ
tained at the comparatively low rate
OF 4 per cent.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-09
baltimore American.

The United States is today the most
financially Independent nation on earth.
This is plainly demonstrated by Rus
sla's success In our money markets az
ter she had failed in all other financial
centers.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-09

With a $4,000 legacy and a $4,000
annuity as a result OF being deposed
from the Hawaiian throne, ex-Queen
Liliuokalani ought to get along COM
fortably the rest Of her days.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-09
indianapolis Press.

II Is doubtful II much Of the money
for the bonds will go out Of the coun-
try. American ships. iron. electric sup
plies and railroad material have accu-
INFLATED credits enough TO absorb most
~ n
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-09

That new attache Of British Journal
ism, the military expert may not be
available for use as a balloon, but he
certainly is a great windbag.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-09

f. " Debs declined the Social Demo-
Gratis nomination for candidate as
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09
Wherein Woman is Superior to Man.

In three things only are women
to men; they are superior to
men as nurses, as teachers of young
children, and no man can trim a hat
equal to woman. In all other re-
spects men are the superiors of
women. The best cooks are men; the
best housekeepers are men. Although
nearly every girl takes piano lessons
and studies music, all of the great
piano-players and musicians are men.
These facts have been demonstrated
by thousands of years of experience.
Women who are trying to become
lawyers, and who imagine that they
can divide up the worlds material re-
wards with men, should remember
that they carry q serious handicap;
nature intended that women should
travel in certain paths, and will not
reward them in other directions.
Women are natural nurses and natural
teachers. They should be natural
and cooks; they would
be if they didn't fritter away 80 much
of their time in running after foolish
things. -Atchison Globe.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09
MIA, and the resolution was adopted,
and the Government acquires the

mia, and the resolution was adopted,
and the Government acquires the
groves.
Some months ago o lumberman
bought On option on the ground for
the purpose of cutting down the big
trees and saving them into lumber.
A cry went up in California from the
SHOWS of Mount Shasta to the orange
groves of Los Angeles, to save these
mammoths of the forest. By the eff
forts OF the women of California the
matter was brought before Congress
with the above result.
These are the "sequoia giganteas,"
or redwoods that first gave California
her reputation for having the biggest
trees on earth. Through one of them
o Concord stage coach may be driven.
The stump OF another, thirty feet in
diameter, is used as q dancing pavil.
ion.
Redwoods like these tower up 20G
feet without limb, and then burst
out into crown of foliage, rising 100
to 200 feet higher.
Some scientists say they are 1900
years old. Others insist that they
must be 5000 years old-older than
Christianity, older than the Mosaic
law.
These trees have outlived the natu-
raj age or cycle in which they be-
longed. The climate and surround
ings Of to-day are not congeniel and
they are slowly dropping their limbs
and wearing away with age and
weather.
Some of these grooves of trees were
offered for sale recently at ridicuously
low prices-S20 an acre for large
tracts that have in some places six or
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09

among them, possibly because they
harbored their strength more jealous
ly and the exortion was unnecessary,
or because their mouths were too dry
to artioulate many words. 1t was now
six weeks since they had set out across
the "sink," expecting to get the cattle
off their hands and have little "time"
in the city before starting back to the
camp, but the wild-eyed, sorry-looking
things seemed unpromising enough
now. even for glue factory.
As "East-Side" lay on. the ground
looking up through the holes in his
hat-they stood upright and walked
no more than was absolutely necessary,
for that required an expenditure of
strength-lazily watching the 6ocks of
birds that swooped and poised in the
air above him, he discovered, or
thought he did, that they cast shadow
against the sky-a tiny gray shadow,
that be watched for the utter lack of
anything else to watch. When the
birds 6ew lower, the shadow seemed
to grow larger, but when finally they
flew away. there was still the shadow,
larger and darker. With wild whoop
he gprang to his feet, forgetting the
value of harboring his strength MS he
grasped the import of that shadow. 1t
was cloud! Every man sprang up
at that tiny speck and went to work
with white face and unsteady hands.
The speck grew larger, and the men
worked harder; every hole or trough
that led to the basin was cleared for
action 80 that not ore precious drop
might be lost. Their words were few
but kindly as they scrared away, with
one eye on the ground and the other
on the cloud slowly but unmistakably
growing larger and coming their way.
During the night those sun-scorched
dreamers dreamed of moist winds, ana
rain clouds foregathering over the
moon, then of raindrops pattering
gently until they made q soaking
downpour. But they had often
dreamed that-dreamed it when their
parcbed tongues hung out OF their
mouths and cracked for dryness. BY
this time they had grown wary; even
in their sleep they were on their guard
and not to be beguiled into believing.
When at last in the early morning
the rain did come, with the first pat
tering drops every man forgot every
thing in the world but the all.consum-
ing passion to slake his burning
thirst; until their hats had caught
enough to drain, they sucked their
shirt sleeves. Then, because his own
need for that last charge was no longer
imperative, the outfit boss drew bead
on the likeliest animal in the herd, and
they feasted royalty, ioyousiy, uproar-
iously on steak and wate". And in the
e1uberance of their glee no one no.
ticed that for convenience they had
chosen the mound that covered the
Missourian for their table.
After the feast every man 10y down
in his trench, which was now filled
with water, and soaked, soaked through
to the marrow, rousinr himself only
tosdrainshis hal, then falling back and
soaking more And when, after 2i
hours OF soaking they got up out OF
their trenches, each er7logged man
was a frm believer in the efficacy of
prayer. San Francisco Argonaut.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09
Whistled as They Died.

It was the fourth day after the late
General Lawton's force had left Ma
nila on its dash into Laguna. They
were approaching the town of Paete,
and squad of five of Weissenberger's
sharpshooters, men from the North
Dakota regiment, were working their
way through the bamboo thicket. It
had been the boast Of the North Dako.
tans that they had not as yet lost no
men in action.
Suddenly the squad received vol.
ley OF fifty shots from On insurgent
trench fifteen yards ir front. Two
men were killed, one mortally wound
ed, one slightly wounded, and the
fifth unhurt. He was Slutland. big
and red-cheeked. He does not think
he did anything remarkable; but in
stead of running he dropped behind o
rock, yelled for assistance and emptied
the chamber of his rife into the
enemy. He held his ground till as
sistance came, and then he joined in
the charge of our line, which emptied
the trenches.
That night two North Dakota men
who knew that their wounds were
mortal were lying on cots side by
side.
'"Let's smile and die game" ono
said.
"We might as well whistle, too, !"
was the reply. :
They whistled until their breath
gave out, and then they died smiling.
New York World.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09

was used at that. The age of this
giant was estimated at 1900 years.
When one of these big trees gives
up the ghost and falls under stress
of wind, it goes down like an avalanche
of the Sierras. The ground trembles
and the crash and ruin in its path
mark tragedy of nature.
The "Father of the Forest in the,
Calaveras grove, which fell not long
ago, had seen thousand years when
the great majority of it's present asso.
oiates were either non-existent OF
literally but little larger thar, mustard
seeds. Its first limbs are 100 feet
from the base, and, with diameter
of six feet, compare favorably with
the largest trees of the country east
of the Rockies. There are .125 trees
in the lower and upper groves ever
forty feet in circumference. In the
Yos emite National Park, in belt
about two and q half miles long by
two miles wide is the next largest
grove of redwood trees. Here are
some GOO trees which would be con-
sidered too large as shade trees for
the broadest avenue. The largest has
circumference of eighty-one feet
three feet above the earth. It is in
many ways the greatest and grandest
forest on the globe.
The big trees are generally wearing
away with time and weather, and
seem to have outlived the age in which
they belonged, SO that they will drop
their limbs and topple themselves all
too soon without the vandal's axe to
bring them down. Many of them
show signs of decay, and some are
hollow at the base, though still living,
with the heart gone. In the hollows
of those woodland giants there is fre.
quently plenty of space for a comfort
able house of three or four rooms,
and in one OF them seventeen horses
have been sheltered at the same time
from storm.
The gigantea is wont to play jokes
on travellers, and they are elephantine
enough to be serious. The camper is
never tempted to seek rest in the
gras ses and ferns and shrubs at its base,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09
Il YOSEMITE STAGE COACH ON THE .TAILEN. MoNARoH..

for he is liable to be bombarded with
cones, and as they are about the size
and weight of eggs, drop of several
hundred feet gives them surprising
force. But the real danger lies in the
limbs, which frequently fall, though
the tree may apparently have none to
spare.
In the A1ariposa grove there are
standing 365 large sequoias-one for
every day in the year. This grove
was donated by Congress to Califor-
mia in trust at the same time (1S64)
and by the same act as the Yosemite
Valley, and is managed by the same
board of commissioners. A troop eff
cavalry guards the domain.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09
tant ocean. Sound and silence alike
are majestic and impressive in those

tant ocean. Sound and silence alike
are majestic and impressive in those
surroundings.
Here Bret Hart located one of his
most fascinating stories, with an In
dian lover living in spacious hall
within hollow tree. Here he hides
and shields from danger of outlaws
his paleface sweetheart. What more
romantic place in which to unfold the
love of wild, passionate child OF na-
ture?
Many of the hollow trees in the
grove have served the more prosaic
purpose of homes for miners and pros.
pectors. In 1853 one of tho largest
trees in the Calaveras grove was cut
down and the trunk smoothed off.
Five men were busy over three weeks
telling it by means of burning and
the use of pump augers. The stump
is twenty-four and half by twenty
three feet, and Professor Whitney
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09

fraction of its age. People of Cali
fornia have been accustomed to look
upon them as the deities OF that land.
No wonder summer day spent in
the Sierra Nevadas under the red.
woods is one never to be forgotten.
The wini may blow if it will, but so
family does sound descend that it
seem more like the rolling of q dis
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09

counted 1855 annular rings, which,
making allowance for the core of the
tree, indicates an age of about 1900
years.
That q vast difference exists be-
tween the ages of these trees is now
generally accepted as fact, and this
tree was evidently of the younger
generation. TIE stump of the tree
cut down has served various purposes
theatrical performances have been
held upon it; over thirty people at
a time have danced upon it; news
paper, the Big Tree Bulletin, -four
ished for time from it's surface.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09

A st. Petersburg paper has the fol.
lowing interesting item concerning
rations in the British army "The
English have plenty of food for their
soldiers. but, like the Malays, they
feed their men on tigers flesh to make
them more courageous and blood
thirsty"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09
.pTHOS. J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR.


JOHNNY VISITING. IN THE CITY.
wished 'at lived here, where things
Are all set asthe door,
And where you see so many sights
You never saw before
I'd like to ride in nice, warm cars
That whiz along the street,
Instead Of in bobsled, where
You nearly freeze your feet.
They never have no wood to chop,
Nor COWS nor sheep't to tend;
They never have to carry slop
TO where the pigs are penned;
They never carry water from e
A we'll that's far away, ggt
Nor every night and morning iced
Tho stock ton OF hay.
They never have no COWS to milk,
Nor other chores to do,
And every time they turn around
They look at something new;
There's always lots that's going on,
The streets are never still
wish that Cousin. Will was me, Il
And was Cousin Will!
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09

The tramways, omnibuses and un-
derground railway in aud around Lon
don, within o radius of five miles,
carry each year, it is calculated, about
453, 900, 900 passengers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09
Ranii-rire Gums of Old.

AS far back as ITO, on a royal visit
to Woolwich, twelve-pounder brass
gun was filled twenty-three times with
shot in minute, sponging between
each fire and loading with great safety.
This surprised every spectator.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09
A Solution,

/. Hell wonder why It's u at mar lied
women are so much more i'll erest:pg
than single ones?
She--Probnbly because they have
learned how to conceal their opinion
of men.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

The largest leaves in the world are
said to be those of the Inai palm,
which grows on the banks of the
Amazon. Theyrelch length of from
80 to SO feet, and are 10 TO II feet in
breadth.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09

The Baptist Church in Santa Rosa
was, with tue exception OF the arches,
built entirely of lumber secured from
one redwood, and but half Of the tree
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09

The smell, hard shell known rs the
cowrie is still used in parts of India
and Africa in place of coin. Whales
teeth are used by the Fijians, red
feathers by some of the South Sea
Islanders. and salt in parts of AbYs-
sinnia. In parts of India takes of
tea and in China pieces of silk pass
ss currency. Oxen still form the cir
culating medium among many Of the
.Zulus and Kaffirs.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09

=.
lakes will be in
alton coming the docks Conneau Ohio With its
will be little demand for unked labor
regard the machine with
dpeasure During construction deemed prudent to
guard lights to insure its
completion With The can unload Vessel the same
time work The weight of the
new height is than fifty feet Equipped
hinge almost human In the
shovel into the in
vessels hold and machine
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09
WILLIE VISITING IN THE COUNTRY.

WILLIE VISITING IN THE COUNfhf.
wish at could live out hero
~ \ sys Where therelare hills to climb,
And where q boy can slide down like i,
Si:i " flash; in winter time;
- sYhere they are drifts to tumble In
And ponds to skate upon ,r f,
t.sV wish my Cousin j John was me
s-a4 = AndI was Cousin John! rs '-;s'
E.is'sI I'd Ike to have colt to ride
! s. q I Andlambs, n things to pet,Ti
~ With apples ip,the cellar; and Is
Drink milk that's steamin' yet;
Toisl sl'dllike TO lIye where could whoop
saatSt Around With all my might err i1''
- ,And. never have to be afraid
VI Aoop would come insight. -
IT'S Jolly sitting In the sled
JitN :ffWheh uncle drives to town, .
And let's the horses walk up hill az;
And makes them gallop down!
It's jolly getting out behind,
Sometimes, and hanging on
] yish my Cousin John. was me -. 80
{. " Ana IWas. Cousin John!
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09

According to Dr.. Robert Munro the
ancient dwellersin Scotland used thus
to safeguard themselves against benev-
olent assimilation: After rearing
fortress of rough stone blocks, they
build huge brush fires along the out
side of the walls. which partially
melted the surface into crude CLASSY
substance and filled all the chinks,
making the whole very annoying to
the assimilators when they tried to
climb the smooth surface.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09

Since Will Stumph was 80 nearly
electrocuted last summer by coming
in contact with live wire his system
has become virtual barometer, sub
iect to the slightest atmospherical dis
turbance, according to the Punxsutaw-
ney PENN Spirit. Meteorological
variations are indicated by change in
color of the myriad scars on the sur
face of his anatomy, which are the
result of the wounds inflicted by the
wire. Rainy weather OF snow is iu
dicated by redness and n slight itch
ing pain in the scars. Clear weather
is indicated by the absence OF those.
These manifestations begin to be no.
ticed "a to 30 thirty hours ahead of
the occurrence, and are always accom-
panied by nervousness and slight
attacks of nausea, which are inci cas-
ing perceptibly in violence. Although
quite annoying to Mr.. Stumph, he does
not suffer much and is curious to know
what will be the. outcome.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09
seven of the great trees upon each

1t is difficult to realize that but for
the prompt action of Congress, for a
few dollars one could have bought q
tree so old that our entire civilization
has lasted for time which is only the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09

In London just at present the fad
dists and the curio collectors are yying
with one another for the possession of
the skeletons OF Dervishes that have
been brought back from the bloody
plains before Omdurman. Some $50
to 200 Dervish skeletons are on the
London market, and experts in bones
declare that their superiority over the
average skeletons of commerce will
cause no little stir in anatomical cir
cles. One of the principal dealers in
London states that these fine, athletic
Dervishes make the finest skeletons
ever put on the bone market.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09
GaIifuFniia' 5 giant
Trees Are SaVRd,
The United States Government Hos
Acquired tho Famous Redwoods.r
grove, Of, the

1ALIFORNIA'S grove, of the
| / Ca!a7eras mammoth redwood
" trees has beer saved from the
hands of the vandal.
At tile opening of the United States
Senate's session, on March 6, Mt:
Hansbrough, of North Dakota, re-
ported the House joint resolution dl.
recting the Secretary of the Interior
to place under bond the "Mammothl
Tree Grove" and the s.South Park
Grove of Big Trees" in CalaYeras3
and Tuolumne Counties, Callfor Z
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-05-09

Upon the fallen tree itself was main.
tanned terpin alley and reception
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-07-05

sary improvements OF our rivers and
harbors at home, but millions to be
stolen and sQuandered in Cuba, and our
new 1nSular possessions. Nothing for
Isthnfan canal. and many other enter
priseS and objects, but more than two
hundred millions were freely given for
the army and navy, for imperialism and
military, for gold and glory.
I said at the outset the issue this year
was again sixteen to one. The foregoing
are briefly the sixteen parts Of the issue
What is the one part?
We have seen that platform pledges
are made and broken That good inten-
lions of men are many times set at
naught. That plain duty clearly set
forth and understood, is disregarded.
That some men are weak and vacillat-
ing and many change their solemn opin-
ions in a day 1t is apparent therefore,
to all that in this supreme exfgency of
the republic a demand goes forth not
for a faint hearted declaration of plat
form platitudes. but for man. Yes,
man who stands Ike a mighty rock in
will dare do the right; a man
who, rather than follow a multitude
to do evil, will stand like Pompeys pillar
conspicuous by himself. and single in
integrity"
Such man as the one part, this con-
vention will tender to the nation as
their candidate for president. A man
who is unsurpassed as citizen, IN
eQua1led as an orator. courageous as a
soldier, conspicuous in every element
that constitutes the typical and the
true American, William J. Bryan of Ne
braska-