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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-08
Landscape Architecture In Connection
With Modern Civic improvements,

turesque features might be introduced.
The latter were used with effect at the
Columbian exposition, and 10 any have
remained behind they should by this
time be completely naturalIzed.
In this great scheme for renovating
the lake front and river borders there Is
displayed unity of purpose and elab-
grafton which will commend itself to all
who have given the subject OF land
scape architecture thought, for, ac-
ceptlng in essence the designs worked
out by the European landscapists CEN
turtles ago, II Is purposed to achieve the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-08

man the idea Of combining scenic and
architectural effects was developed, and
landscape gardening came into being.
This combining OF nature and art Is
aptly defined by the great landscapist,
Frederick Law olmstead, as the art
OF making such change In the character
OF the scenery Of given field and of so
bringing It under contemplation from
innumerable points Of view that the
pleasure OF the beholder is Increased.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-08

and acres OF parks and pleasure gar
dens. entailing an annual expense Of
more than 100000 ION account mainly
OF the employment Of royal supernu-
merarles). has Matched a scheme for
continuous chain Of parks around that
city TO cost at least ssOO0o,000 She
has been moved to do this by the exam
pie OF American cities, which have In
creased their lung capacity and conss-
quent well being by creating health
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-08

10 highinQuiep
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graces; the OH.
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important pr,
sonage yha
rank entltM
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on the Cuet,
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talked to Bin
for some time
and then tuia,
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referring accu.
rately to The
dramatIs PEI,
soma Of a long
past event.
"Whatawon,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-08

"HE latest development OF the
civic landscape idea Is matuF-
Ing In Chicago, which Is util-
i2ing the unrivaled comblna-
n ton Of land and water In Its
lake front for the beautlfylng
OF the city As originally discovered,
the site of Chicago was not naturally
unattractive. but It cannot be claimed
with truth that either its lake or river
has been improved in appearance by
The artificial constructions erected there
by man. It Is proposed to soften the
harsh outlines of the bridges and pill
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-08
DEsERET EVENING NEWS. SATURDAY, JUNE :, 1901.

vessel to be sent into the great north
by the Peory Arctic club following att
er the Wndward which, as may be re =.
called III this connection, sailed last
midsummer on the same quest. No in
formation has been received OF the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-08

kept servants ten years ago only 10 "
20 now. s,n $50
Canada's first railway, openea u n a
was 1s miles long. She now nA'
1000 miles an sv.
An ocean steamer carries On o. ne
erage 81 times her own tonnage
course OF year. mines 10
The average depth OF coal Ia nsying
from $50 TO $50 feet. The io"ss'
workings are 1850 feet.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-08

lesser fountains. bridges. flowers, shrub.
berry. vases, pools of waterfall so laid
out that the visitor Will naturally still
know the focusing point, the fountain,
which is always In view, and whose
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-08
HE AMUSED THE orrp,

A Characteristic story Is told o, ,,.
church dignitaries who were ons S ss'
Vis-a-Vls at a dinner party al Wins.
castle. One was a courtlv nol,st's ,'l'O'
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-08

able-designed on scale suited to the
features of the landscape. A horizontal
plan Of the scheme gives, first, a large
square, within which is a pentagon. in
Guiding another and smaller square,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-08
THE
NORTH
POLE

EARLY $50 years have passed
since the first polar (arctic)
expedition, in 1858, and the
first half Of this century's
openlng yenr finds the mys.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05
BOTH
FURNACE
AND COFFIN
CONDEMNED

open cemetery is absolutely inodor-
ous.' Sir Seymour Haden reports
from experiments carried on for u
years in the burial of animals that
bodies buried four feet deep require
mor than four years for their COM
plete dissolution; three feet deep, three
years; two feet deep, two years; n
foot, one year; while bodies not buried,
but simply covered with a foot Of earth
disappeared, all save their bones, in
less than a year; but In all cases with
out injuring the purity of earth or
air. The Prussian government has
also made a notable contribution to
our knowledge on this important part
OF the subject. In l872-73 a secret
commission was issued by 1t to ascer-
tain the condition Of the dead in the
battledelds OF the Vosges. Two years,
or thereabouts, having elapsed since
those battles were fought, it was fear
ed, as many dead bodies were known
to have been only super1cially buried,
that epidemic disease might result.
What the commissioners found, how
ever. entirely d~lsslpated any such
fears. In cases In which rs many as
eight hundred bodies, in the hurry In
cldent to rapid military movements,
had been thrust into one shallow exca-
walton, these bodies, it was found. he'd
already disappeared, their bones ana
accouterments alone being left. But
to this disappearance there was a re-
markable exception; the bodies Of Of
fcers, having been buried in mackin-
toshes Che action OF which resembfed
that of c~oilns) had not so disappear
ed" Against the testimony of Sir
Henry Thompson, the writer quotes
the authority of Koch and Klein to
show that the bacilli OF anthrax being
aerobic, or dependent on air, are, when
buried four ard a half feet, incapable
OF reproduction. The rest of the pa
per Is occupied with the argument that
cremation, by making elimination i'm
possible. prevents tho detection Of MUIR
ders.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05
WIRELESS TELEoRAPHY.
Ice-Breaking Steamers Use of Newly
Discovered Methods

Ice-Breaking Steamers Use of Newly
Discovered Methods.
Interesting utilization of wireless
telegraphy is recorded in connection
with the ~ice-breaking steamer Ermak
during last winter. The Russian iron
clad Generate Amiral d'Apraxine ran
on the rocks fringlng the coast of the
island of Holland, in the gulf of FIN
land. 1t was necessary to ave the
vessel, and to accomplish this it was
desired to establish communication by
some means or other with the ma n
land and the Ermak. Upon a h ga
point on the island of Holland a high
mast supporting q wire was erected
and the necessary transmitter and CO.
herer installed, while a similar liant
was stationed on another island thirty
three miles away, the instruments in
both cases being supplied from the
warship, which was equipped with the
apparatus, says the Scientific Ameri-
can. The vertical lines utilized were
157 feet in height and the sparks from
the induction coils were fourteen
inches long. The installation worked
without the slightest hitch over this
great distance. On one occasion 1t
was successful in the rescue of twenty
seven fishermen who were carr ed
away on an ice foe. The perilous
position of the fishermen was trans
mitted from one station to another,
thence to the Ermak, from which YES
sci a boat pulled off and so effected the
timely rescue of the unfortunate fish
ermen. The apparatus was in opera
ton for eighty-four days and was
only suspended on two occasions. ow
ing to severe snowstorms. In all, 44C
official messages were dispatched be-
tween the two stations, with complete
success. C~uriously enough, the appar-
atus was found to work better during
the prevalence of storms than in calm
weather.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

queen regent OF Spain, says a foreign
writer. Her daily life is as simple, as
austere, and as regulated as a nuns in
a cloister. She is without a friend, so
to speak, in the royal courts of Europe
save, perhaps, the pope, and in lesser
degree the emperor of Austria. And
now to her isolation is added the
hunting and dread specter OF anarchy.
Her son, over whose childhood she
watched with what might be called,
even for a king, an extravaganza of
care, and whom she has guided to
manhood with a solicitude and devo-
ton rarely equaled, bring her, with ais
kingship, only new causes for anxiety,
new reasons for protection. Under
such circumstances it may we'll be i'm
agined what a loss the earnest soul and
vigilant Spirit OF a friend and states
man like Marshal Martinez Campos
must be to the poor queen, whose
mothers nervous heart surrounds the
young king with so many threatening
dangers; who, indeed, has aged a de-
cade in looks since the assassination
of King Humbert of Italy.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

our people to live comfortably. In the
section traversed by the Iron Mountain
railway system there has been won
derful development within a few years.
Before the railroad was built South
western Missouri was a pretty wild
section, but now the mining, farming
and fruit interests there make it d
very rich section, indeed"
Soon after passing Poplar Bluff, q
city of commercial Importance to a
wide area Of country, we entered Ar
kansas, where the country, while rich
in soil, is not developed as much as is
Missouri, and the people seemed much
given to the lumber business. How
ever, extensive peach and apple or
chards were observed, and with the
mild climate of Arkansas it will
doubtless rank high with the fruit pro-
ducing states at no distant day.
1t was noon time when l reached
San Antonio. the City of the Plains,
and it looked very much Mexican to
me, for l now saw for the first time
many Mexican people, who had come
here and made their homes with Uncle
Sam. Here, also, l now saw the adobe
house made of dried mud bricks
which are thoroughly cured in the con-
slant sunshine, and what interested
me very much was the Alamo. the old
adobe church building. in which oc-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

der?" she answered, reflectively. Are
we kings and queens on the chess
board? was it for the best? l do not
know. 1 was married to a man twenty
years my senior. A perfectly amiablc
and absolutely irreproachable CONNER
cial machine. He was hazily conscious
of my existence at odd periods when
his stock quotations would permit.
That was all. 1 had the flesh-pots of
Egypt, and according to the laws of
Moses and common sense. 1 should
have gone down on my knees daily and
given thanks. But l didn't. l know
that it is not only unorthodox, but
execrable taste, to do that which leaves
ones private life vulnerable to the yell
low journal reporter and artist. To-
day, Paola and Francesca would be but
food for scare-heads and impossible
cuts. But l loved you. That is trite
and commonplace. Nancy said the
Z same to Sykes. But 1t is very real. just
the same. And l loved you-not only
enough to brave the flames of hell, but,
infinitely worse, the comment and
criticism of the great unwashed. And
you fiinched"
The tranquil tones ceased for a mo-
ment, and she pulled the cushion more
comfortably under her cheek.
-Four your sake" The words
came hoarsely.
Her eyebrows lifted, but she did not
speak.
Then suddenly he leaned forward
and caught her hands in a tense grasp
and stared down into her face with hot
eyes.
you would-you would have"
Gone to you? Assuredly. You
knew that 1 would. But you feared the
world, more than I feared-the other
place, you know. For my sake, you
said. Well, perhaps. No doubt you
quite believed it was-for my sake.
But is your genus naturally so-disin-
terested?"
The black water rolled and lifted and
fell with a sharp hiss back into the
shadows, and she listened to its muf-
fled music with~a keen pleasure. She
loved the embarrassed strength of 1t.
1t was sovereign in every mood. And
it laid the memories of its u~ncounted
centuries on her restless spirit and she
was stilled. Here and there behind
them the salon incandescent lights
cleaned. A measured football came
through The roar of the waves and the
strainipg of the ship, passed. and died
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05
Journey to
MeXiCOoo.
(Mexican Letter.

ANiGAANdn ItAtt2sJ
1t has only been a short while since
the writer made a trip to Mexico. l
went by the way of st. Louis down
the Iron Mountain Route, and in doing
SO, got a new lesson about Missouri
that was something of a revelation as,
since my boyhood days | had a fancy
that "Meezoory," as we sometimes
called it, was a faraway backwoods
place indeed. Instead, the country
through which the writer passed was
one Of great fertility, with mines Of
richest ore and with streams lined
with the finest timber to be found any
where, while the people bore every EVIL
dence of prosperity and refined civili-
cation. But what quickly impressed me
was the great orchards to be seen.
along the way and Missouri may prop
erly be called the state Of "the big red
apple" while peaches and cherries and
grapes are so prolific in production.
Wine made from Missouri grapes is
now sold in the markets of the world.
The scenery was also beautiful, but
while nature was attractive. the fine
farms l saw made me change my views
about Missouri. ut is a fact" said
ex-Gov. Francis of Missouri to me,
that IL our state were fenced in away
from all the world we have enough
resources within Missouri to enable
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

Cured the hand to hand fight between
Mexicans and Americans, when not
an American was left to tell the story
of the struggle. That was the last
fight of David Crockett, who has told
the world, First be sure you are right,
then go ahead" DIR. Bowie, who in
vented the Bowie knife. also saw the
last of earth in that engagement, and
others, brave and true, met an awful
fate in the old church house. 1t was
at San Jacinto, a short distance away,
a few weeks afterward, when, with the
battle cry OF Remember the Alamo!"
that the Americans took vengeance
upon General Santa Anna and the ac-
count was squared forever. That was
in the long, long ago before the era OF
peace and good will dawned. San An
tonic will always be an important city
for southern Texas, and is already the
metropolis for that section. 1t is a
very wealthy city and has a population
made UP from every state in the Union.
The climate is attractive to many, and
it is quite a resort during the winter
and as the government has a fort there,
the gay season is quite popular with
the army officers. From San Antonio
southwark toward Laredo there are
wide stretches OF mesquite brush
looking much like willows, but which
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05
~cHANGEFUL NATURE.

Soon" says the snowdrop. and smiles
at the motherly earth.
"Soon!-for the spring with her Lam
guors comes stealthily on.
Snow vas my cradle and chilly Winds
sang at my birth:
Winter is overland 1 must make haste
to be gomez
"Soon!' says the swallow and dips to the
wind-rufled stream,
Grain is all garnered-the summer is
over and done;
Bleak to the eastward the icy battalions
CLEAN,
Summer is overland 1 must maize haste
to be gomez
~"soon-ah. too soon!" says the soul, with
a desperate gaze
"Soon!-for L rose like q star, and for
y would nave shone.
See the pale shuddering dawn that must
wither my rays.
Leaps from the mountain-and l must
make haste to be gone!'
From the Spectator.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05
The Storm.
BY ETHELYN LESLIE HUSTON
"FR ANCESCA0

BY ETHELYN LESLIE HUSTON
FRANCESCA"
Author of 'The Song Of Solomon"
THE Case of Mrs. Ferris" etc.
copyrighted, 1900: Daily Story Pub. Coz
ut all seemed p~aradoxical. And yet
Il thought Of you, always. Don't you
see? The situation was-impossible!"
"Yes?"
She uttered the monosyllable gently.
Her eyes followed the phosphorus
lights that slipped through the black
waves, rolling back into the night be-
hind them. The ship throbbed like .
human thing, and she felt it's vibra-
ton go through her body with a
drowsy, sensuous content. Her hands
cleaned Whitley on the arms of the
steamer chair in which she lay prone,
and the soft night wind lifted the hair
back from her face.
you must understand-now?"
There was a shad of anxiety in his
voice as he leaned forward and looked
down into her eyes.
Nov? 1 am five years older, you
mean? Well. l understand. Yes-in a
way. One learns many things in Eve
years."
And 1t was-for the best? You be-
lieve that?" She rested her head back
on the cushions and lifted her eyes to
the stars that powdered the velvety
gloom above them.
"Quien sabe!". She smiled thought
fully. ct is written. What will be,
will be, and all things are by fate"
She stirred restlessly, then turned to-
ward him and studied him critically.
"Well?" he asked.
sis it all written in the stars, 1 won
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05
METHODS
OF BURIAL

A writer in the Quarterly Review
makes a powerful attack on the eth
ics of cremation" He regards it as
an improper corrective to the mis-
chievous practice Of interment in
vaults and collins. He says: Little
or 40 difficulty appears to have at
tended the ready and efficient disposal
of the dead till towards the close of
Charles the Seconds reign. Not only
was the strong cof1n-the fons ct origo
mali-till then unknown, but the
palmer sort OF men were content to
DE carried to their graves in the open
chests or Golfers which were kept In
every parish church for the occasion
and only employed to convey the body
from the house Of death to that other
'house which hath been appointed for
all living" after which the chests we're
returned to their accustomed place,
which was usually a niche in the
church wall. Arrived at the grave the
body, enveloped at one time in coarse
linen kept together by bone pins, and
afterwards in woollen. was removed
from its temporary case and buried
Resolution Of the body by the agency
OF the earth to which we commit 1t,
is affirmed by the writer to be the nat
ural and innocuous method. Earth
Is the most potent disinfectant
known" The common impression
that %graveyards pollute the air is
emphatically contradicted. Nothing
worse than carbonic acid carbon diox-
ide) and water are ever given of from
The surface Of burial grounds, and
these only in quantities so small as
to be even less than are naturally
present in the superintendent atmos-
phere: and. further, that even this lit
tie is at once taken up by vegetation
and returned to the air, not as a source
of peril to the health, but as o neces-
sary increment Of atmospheric re-
newal." The two hundred dlsused
burial grounds in London now used as
recreation grounds and health resorts
are cited as proof. THE air OF the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05
Picture. of Tunnel Work.

Wherever excavations are being
made for the underground rapid tran
sit road a lot Of spectators may DO
found watching the workmen as in
tently as IL they expected to see an en-
CINE come out of the hole. The photo
graphers who are busy around each Of
these excavations are the targets for
all sorts of questions. The photo
graphsers who are busy around each of
these excavations are the targets for
all sorts OF questions. The photographs
are to play an important part in the
records of the underground. When
the set is completed they will give
practically a biograph history of the
construction of the road. Each sec
ltion of the street and the adjoining
buildings are photographed before the
work is begun. When the excavations
have been made frequent photographs
are taken showing the progress of the
work. These will prove valuable rec
iords for the contractors il any damage
suits should be brought against them.
1t has been suggested that when the
rapid transit road is completed copies
OF this big set of photographs be
mounted in one large album and pre-.
served as part of the city records. II
will be the most complete pictorial his
tory of a big work cver made.-New
York Sun.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

When the Prince and Princess OF
Wales come to Belfast in the early
part of 1901 they will find that many
changes have taken place in the city
during the fifteen years that have
elapsed since the last royal visit. The
population has greatly increased, the
city has extended its limits and is in
every way prosperous. One of the
chief events Of the present visit of the
prince and princess to Belfast will be
the laying of the foundation stone of
the new Royal Victoria hospital.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05


mission wharf, Near the end of March,
1900, when the car was opened. all
seemed to be in a perfectly healthy
condition. On the conclusion of the
fishing for brood cod in the fall of
1893 fourteen cod weighing from four
to six pounds, taken with hand-lines
of Nomans Land OIL Nantucket, were
Inadvertently left in the well of the
Grampus and not discovered until
April. 1900. These fish were placed in
the well not later than November 1S,
possibly some days before. During
this time they had not been fed and
had only such food as came through
the holes in the we'll. When released
in Gloucester harhor on April 16 they
were found to be lively and strong,
although somewhat emaciated, and IL
was noticed that their backs and sides
We're much darker than normal, while
the belly was unusually light colored.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05
Airing Shopping Rooms.

Too little attention is given to tn,
proper airing of sleeping rooms and
to the ventilating qualities Of bed v
ers. Comfortables that are almost
alright should never be used. and al
the best these cotton stuffed covers are
a menace to health. Properly, moth
ing should be used about a bed which
cannot be washed. Bedclothes should
be spread upon chairs, singly, in the
light and air for at least two hours
every morning, and a draught should
meanwhile be allowed to SWEEP
through the room. Pillows should re
ceive a good ~kneading, and be left di,
rectly before the open window in th'
sun and air.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-05

produces a bean that is very nutri-
tious. The cattle are very fond Of
this bean, and the young branches Of
the bushes, and while they do not fat
ten on the fare, it is quite capable OF
sustaining life in the dry section
where the grass is short. This is the
home of the jack rabbit which are
seen at almost any time from the car
window, and now and then a coyote is
cen off in the distance watching the
train go by. At Laredo there is hurry
and hustle as the train arrives at the
depot, and the groups of Mexican men
and women indicate that the land of
MonteZuma is near 1t has only been
a few years since Laredo got a place
on the map, and since it has become
the gateway between the republics, it
has grown to Importance. Here the
International and Great Northern rail-
way ends, and across the Rio Grande
river, which is spanned by a substan-
tial steel bridge, the Mexican National
Railway begins. 1t has been an in
teresting journey across the country
from Chicago and 1 have received new
impressions of a part of my native
land, but as l look forward to a con-
t%lnuance Of my journey, in what might
be called a new world. l contemplated
that which was in prospect with a Pc
culiar pleasure.