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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-02

Major ]. y. Ponds recent book, 'Ec-
cenlricities Of Genius stands alone OF
It's kind. No man living could possibly
be better fitted than Major Pond to
give to the public such an unusual
collection Of stories concerning celebri-
ties as Is contained In this volume,
which has recently been published by
G. W. Dillingham; q Co, New York,
says the San Francisco Call. In his
position Of supplying attractions for
the lecture stage during n generation
he has naturally been brought into
close contact with the leading people
of the world; and these, his personal
"reminiscences, naturally make most In
terestlng reading He gives a side IN
the lives Of the great ones Of the earth
that TO the general reader Is ever
matter of curiosity and generally OF
mystery The major appreciates
good story, knows how to tell one him
self and has a memory that never fails
him. His anecdotes are out Of the
ordinary. The following will give some
idea Of their characters
HENRY NJ. STANLEY.
His mental endurance.-A storm Of
almost savage Indignation against
Stanley had been aroused
In the interview Of that evening
Stanley was absolutely great. There
were twenty-three reporters present
picked men Of the great newspapers OF
New York, Philadelphia, Boston ana
Chicago,
Ny rooms were packed The men
were all keen set, and full OF the MS
torical Significance, too, Of their opp0r-
tunlty. The interviewers, with ample
time to look up the Issues, were pre-
pared with keen questions, and as he
answered others were called out on
every side.
BILL NYE AND JAMES WHITCOMB
RILEY.
Their Practical Jokes.--I remember
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as yEEN BY MAJOR j. B. POND.

stone at his Harley street house He
was interested IN my stories OF Western
frontier life and asked IL had any OBJ
jections TO having stenOgrapher SIT
behind a screen and take down the
stories"
When once seated at the table some
how, unconsciously. | was going on AT
a great rate. giving experiences Of my
Western life II was / o'clock when
We rose from the table. He said: Ma
jor Pond / cannot tell YOU how inter-
estIng your visit has been to me, /
thank you for It." The reporter was
concealed behind a screen very near.
have looked for the stories In print, but
| never found them.
IAN MACLAREN CDR. WATSON.
His Appetite.--It was after when
we reached the hotel The clerk told
us we could get nothing TO eat, but the
doctor rushed TO the dlnng-room ana
made q loud noise on the door which
was opened by man In evening dress.
~ must have some food right away
the doctor repeated, and rushed by the
man TO a table where were the remains
Of the dinner Of the latest conner. He
attacked It. and the head waiter tried
20 stop proceedings. but the doctor Kept
right on.
SIR EDWIN ARNOLD.
His Memory evening In my IL
brary Sir Edwin was reclining on a
lounge. was holding a rare volume Of
Shakespeare, which he had been admir-
ing and passed to me ',Iow, major
said he, give me the first line from any
scene at random. and I'll give you the
whole scene | gave him line from
one of the least known of the plays,and
to my establishment he reclted the en-
tire scene.
EMMA ABBOTT
Hir Thirst for Notoriety. Mr.. Beech
er's lecture was about half through
when something happened The atten-
ton Of the audience was attracted to
the front OF the house. All Of sud
den there came walking down the CEN
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thought so to cors,,
put ne couldn't unders,a'l able er..
SHOULD no come over 10 Amera,Hl Why N
sIeat crowds ana | 20, = "a ana III
profits from his cam, a third ON
was ''""llely settled at that ID, 9,nS I,
WALT WHITMAN '"''''a
His Meeting With A..
win asked Whitman n b 'o'd ISL p.|
feclle from memory Some "e Should hi
gems. sumo u The la,a1
was asked to recite a no, W when n
coin '"e death Of
Come early and sootbln, ~
irving ou arrl VIM world. severely .,
!" 'n soo gay IN the night, ia ,r
Sooner or later delicate death
HALL GAME
His Disappointment. - H..
Whelmlng success Of tho az W.
Christian" had In some " wa,pay M
Calne to believe that thor el N
the same sort Of rush OF neo-, 1ola ],
the author, of "The Chrlstiepp' mAp
The disappointment nffec,eS
much, had all I could do IA L u.n Nr
cheered up, Wv 10 Se',haj
RuDYARD KIpLIYq
HIS Refusal to Lecture --n,.,
VT, Sept. 30, 1895. Dear NJ, ,,S1D
am much obliged to you for y,. I'm
but can't say that can sec my N. s'ls'
the enhancement you pronos, 's'h
Is such thing as paying lg NJ,
q dollar. and though | snnno.t WY e
Is money In the lecturlng brs'. ua
seems to me that the bother ,t.l
the being at everybody's beck s s,, p
the night journeys, and So on
II very dear. I've seen a few W. w.. lla
lived through the fight. but tbsr ~, ", "
look happy, might do It az soe WI
had two mortgages on nv boS ,a
lien on the horses and a bN y,
on the furniture. and writer's cro.
both hands. but at presan, H.
and contented to go on r..ih tbe ~ 10y. y.
writing business ''s'a
RUDYARD KTpLw
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did not need the book as eiod coulu
hear us without It. The good man was
greatly astonshed at our unaccept'
ance.
FROM THE MAIN ROAD
AT Salamanca we determined to turn
away from the main Travelled ROAD, as
we learned that feed vas very scaIce
and very expensive, ana take roaS
that was as direct with more anu
cheaper grass. Al Guala, therefore
few miles this side of he larger e,ty
we turned to the right ana Puss,N
through Certi2ar This Is an lntei est
ing little village as 1t Is the oniy onS'
exclusive Of the large cities III "I ,r,,
we have seen a Protestant churCn, the
village has also a barracks Win ven
soldiers. beautiful plaza, ana SOM
very nioce looking houses. we hotlceu
also that its fields q wheat ana corn
were above the average IN me valley,
PassIn. ON, Il few hours prousHt uS
IA some hacendes at the FOOT OF w
Cullacan. q mountain over zen uhou-
sand three hundred feet above sea
LEVEL The farms Of these haclehues
extend more than three-iourtns ol w
way to the top, ana mere on wy 49,
maintain side. thousands of bushels OF
corn are raised. The land Is very rlch,
but very rocky. Immense piles OF Stones
are thickly scattered n every neld, en1
vet The land looks as thought 1t coull
hardly be plowed because of the rocks
vet remaining. But the corn grows
ana Yields In abundance,
WONDERFUL CORN
What wonderful plant this corn Is!
Every day our establishment increases
AT its great adaptIbility to soils and cn
mates. It grows in the south near Tue
equator. It grows in the north In cana
da II grows at sea level, and also at
an elevation of ten or twelve thousand
feet. clay land produces good corn
and so does sandy soil. II Yields abun
dainty In soils tinctured with salts ana
abundantly, too In volvanlc soils, II
rests the land that has tired OF growing
wheat and thus enables the Mexican
farmer to raise two crops OF grain
wear. As a food Il serves both FOR man
and beast. In cold weather II Is heat
inc. and in warm weather, II not cool
ing. Il does not Inconvenience the beast
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a L. ,ha
When we were rang togetheI' ilI wy
smoking compartment between Co'uil,
pus ana slnclhHHu" OH ~ "' e..
ike tobacco. An old farmer came over
10 MT Nye ana salu'
Are Won Mr.. Riley? heard you
was on the train"
mo, | am not Mr.. Riley. He is over
there"
IL knew his father, and would IKE
10 speak with him.
oh, speak with hlm1 Yes B1t ne
Is deaf ana you want TO speak iouu
80 the TURNER f,en' ofsr " nun ''''
shld' III a iouu voice.
"Is this Mr.. Rlley?"
GER. WHAT"
rs this Mr.. Rley?"
what did you say?"
lis this Mr.. RleyY'
RILEY? Oh, yes
II knew your father
No bother
81 knew your father
"Whaty
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MARK TWAIN.


Hls Abstemlousness. Mark Twain
eats only when he Is hungry. | have
known him to go days without eating
particle OF food. At the same time he
would be smoking constantly when ne
was not sleeping
His Presence " Mind--The Montana
club entertained him grapdly after the
lecture. and he met many old friends
and acuuaintances Some Of them had
come ali the way from Virginia city to
see their former comrade OF the mining
camps. one man, now very rich, came
from Virginia CITY Neyp on purpose 10
see Mark and settle an old score. When
the glasses were filed and Marx $
health proposed this man Interrupted
the proceedings by saying
Hold on mlnute Before we go
further / want 20 say TO you, sam
Clemens. that you did me a ID dirty
trick over there in Silver city, and rye
come here TO have a settlement with
youl"
There was a deathly silence for mo-
ment. when Mark said, In his deliberate
drawl:
Let's see. That-was-b efore-I--re-
formed. wasn't it2'
HENRY WARD BEECHER
His Courage. The crowd was dis
nosed TO be unclvil. Canes began 10
rake the balcony railing ana leet 10
pound the floor, and In less thah a MN
ute yell fairly shook the tne9'er'
Mr.. Beecher signaled me to proceed
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As Mr.. Beecher arose and stepped to-
ward the footlights another yell went
up. He stood unmoved and waited for
some time. Finally q lull came and he
began.
It was not many minutes before the
audience was In full sympathy with the
speaker, and for two and half hours
Mr.. Beecher addressed that crowd,
swaying them with his mighty elo-
quence and telling them such truths as
they never before had listened TO.
His MagnanImity,--1 remember say
ing TO him one day, after / had seen
him walking arm IN arm with man
who had injured him. who had been
abusing him: II think you are carry
Ing the doctrine Of forgiveness too far. :"
He said: Pond. can We 90 further
than TO bless those who curse us and
pray for those who desptefully use us?
All, there Is so little known of the spirit
Of Christ In the world that when man
Is trying feebly and afar on to follow
Him. even Christians do not understand
It,"
RALPH WALDO EMERSON.
His Last Public Appearance AS he
began reading his lecture the audience
was very attentive After few mo-
ments he lost his place and his grand
daughter, sitting in the front row Of
seats, gently stepped toward him and
reminded him that he was occurring.
He saw at once that he was wandering,
and with the most charming, charac-
teristic, apologize bow. he resumed his
place, an incident that seemed 70 affect
the audience more than anything that
could possibly have occurred. A few
minutes later he took a piece Of manu-
script in his hand and, turning around
with II, laid II on side table. He
probably had been speaking about fif-
teen minutes. The audience passed out,
many Of them in tears
WILLIAM d. GLADSTONE.
His Interest in America On two oc-
casions | breakfasted with Mr.. Glad.
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the people were startled would be put
alarmed and were entirely quleted
when we asked for pasturage a half
dozen came 10 our assistance, and led
the way 10 the house of man who had
pasturage TO rent. II was after eleven
o'clock that night when we ate our
dinner,
BURRos GIVE OUT.
The next day our road led over a
low re- mountains and through
anothgg valley, which we always
rememI we corn field" valley
because extensive corn fields.
Through ~ center Of the valley flows
the Rio 3rande de Santiago, the
stream we crossed just before we
reached Tepis, Up here however, It Is
called the Rio Lerma. On the third
day we passed through the valley, and
about ten o'clock began the ascent Of
another range Of mountains, the steep
est We have had since we reached Ma
vajoa. At the very beginning of our
climb. one of our little burros gave out
and halfway up another refused to
go further They were both good beasts
and had done their part we'll Especial
ly did we like the second, which We
called the Little Black Burro. 1t had
never before tagged, or shown signs
of WEAKNESS, and 1t had always had
load equal to that Of the strongest.
But we could not wait, and they had to
be left. We found natives willing to
buy them at reduced price, so they
were sold and the party moved on. On
the summit all were tired: not alone
the animals, but the men as well, and
as there was good feed we applied for
pasturage. The man in charge in
formed US that the owner of the land
lived on his hacienda about four miles
farther on. but that he might perhaps
rent 1t to us at a certain figure, which
was double the amount we had been
paying But We decided to stop. and
so Informed the man. In the morning
as our horses were doing so well, we
told the man that We wanted to stay
another night, and that one Of our men
would go down to the hacienda and
apply direct to the owner for the priv
ilege. When Brother Henning returned
the superintendent and the owners son.
Mr.. Frank, accompanied him, bringing
word that we might stay as long as we
desired, and that there would be no
charges. We were also invited TO come
TO the hacienda and camp II we pre-
ferred. This was a kindness we had
hardly anticipated. but we were still
further agreeably surprised next morn
Ing. when in passing we called to thank
our host and were treated to a hearty
lunch OF crackers and cheese while a
twenty-pound cheese and several dozen
corn biscuits, called gordas, were given
us 20 take on our journey,
Mr.. Luis Frank. the owner OF the
hacienda called Dolores. Is a wealthy
and a well educated gentleman. His
father was a German by birth. though
he resided during most OF his life in
Mexico. Mr. Frank speaks nuently.
besides the Spanish language which is
his mother tongue, the English, French
and German. He has Travelled extern
sively In Europe and the United States.
BY profession he is an engineer but mis-
hacienda here, and his oil mandatory
in Mexico City take all his attention
at present. His family consisting OF
a wife and four children, live in Mexico.
where the two sons attend the military
school.
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Everything for
the Bath

! Half the pleasure Of the DAN
4 is In the little articles you wv
: when taking one.
y a good soap,
! A good sponge, :
! Some nice toilet water,
\ And q good bath brush,
: An extra nice lot OF the lave /,
\ to choose from.
= All styles and all prices |,
: Some have long handles, SOM
I short some no handles. II
! Some stiff bristles, some soft \
\ Just the kind your skin WI
: stand.
7 The prices run from zoe up /.
Z Something new are these pau !
! mats; nice to jump onto al'"
! the bath.
: F. c. SCHRAMM
{ Prescription Druggist,
! Where the ears stop, McCornltA
! Building,
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His Economy. The day he arrived AT
Boston met him and Mrs. Barnunl, his
new young wife, at the station Eaeh
had small handbags, | started 70 pilot
them 20 carriage. Mr. Barnum said
I'VE will walk to the Parker house
It Is not necessary to go to the expense
Of a carriage"
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p. IT. BARNUM.

"Whatn | have? oh, III have a
whisky cocktail"
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were seen peerlng over the walls, or
sticking out of half opened doors, In
few minutes, everybody realized that
something unusual was going on and
everybody got up. Soon our packs
came, and the narrow street was piled
with horses mules and men. To say
the people were startled would be put
ting II mildly; but they were not
alarmed, and were entirely quleted
when we asked for pasturage. a half
dozen came 70 our assistance, and led
the way TO the house of man who had
pasturage to rent 1t was after eleven
o'clock that night when we ate our
dinner,
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RALPH WALDO EMERSON.

His Interest in America On two oc-
casions | breakfasted with Mr.. Glad
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-25

Our first grand opening of Xmas Presents and Toys
will take place We have taken great pains in selecting
this stock and are confident customers will not only
be very pleased at the varied assortment We will show
them but the prices will we are sure to get the
greater portion of the trade.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-25
p. L. WEAVER
LOSES BOAT
Supposed to Have Been Stolen.
What Fell Into the Police
Drag Net.

p l.. Weaver has Informed the police
that on or about Nov a skiff belonging
to him was stolen from its mornings near
the Healani Yacht and Boat House
The missing boat is IL feet long and
painted slate color; it has two seats and
two sets of locks. 1t was built by Cap
who formerly used it as a tender to his
yacht Spray.
The boats identifying marks consist of
a square cut oarlock in the stern, made
for sculling purposes while on the port
side near the stern a piece has been
gouged out of the side.
The following cases were disposed of
by Judge Wilcox in the District Court on
Saturday:
Kun Lung, carriage regulations, reprt-
manded and discharged; An Hei che ia,
$50 and costs; All Lu, che ia, reprimand-
ed and discharged; Simamoto, Usuado,
ARRAY, s. and costs; Arimit, driving a
dray faster than a walk So and costs +:
j. Snow, F. c. Loomer, II. Bell. drunk
enness, bail forfeited; NJ. Gonsale, va
grancy, two months; Chas. Makolu, as
sault and battery on NJ. Kahaiao (w), 10
days; Peter Larsen, gross cheat, three
months.
The arrests for Saturday and Sunday
included:
All Lung leaving horse united; Welan,
vagrancy; thirteen Chinese. gambling;
Amona, L. Torbert. Kalua, d. Ferreira,
J. Kaluna, NJ. Perry, NJ. Silva, c. Bolton.
gambling; Muukana, Koza, Friday,
Cheong Pong, gambling; N. Kaluhaia,
Sakai. vagrancy; J. w. Pollock, drunken
ness: Vincent, assault and battery; C.
Smith, drunkenness.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-25
Prof Lewis Receives Appointment.

Prof. John NJ Lewis, who has been
taking a years postgraduate course in
the University. has been appointed vice
principal OF the Northwestern Academy
OF Oklahoma Territory. Mr. Lewis came
here from the Hawaiian Islands. where
he was superintendent of a large and
important mission field. His friends here
wish him well in his new field of labor.
-Palo Alto Times, Cal.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-25
Auction = ale
OF
Billiard and Pool Tables
ANDA
Fine Library.
ON TUESDAY, NOV. &c,
AT 10 O'CLOCK A. NJ,

Al my salesroom, 65 Queen street, I
will sell at Public Auction
Fine Billiard Tables, with Cues,
Racks, Etc.
Combination Billiard and Pool
Table.
A Fine Library comprising Dickens
works, British Essayists, ByrOn's com
plete works, Encyclopedias, Histories,
Waverley novels, Etc, Etc.
A complete catalogue of the books
will be ready in a few days.
Goods now on view at my salesroom,
65 Queen street.
JAS. F. MORGAN,
AUCTIONEER.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-25
LEASE
OF
Business Property

The undersigned will receive appli-
cations to lease lots in the SCHMIDT
CENTRAL BLOCK on Beretania
street, No. 5Ss, adjoining the premises
of the Queens Hospital.
This valuable property will be divid-
ed into several business sites and offers
a fine chance to investors in Real Es-
tate. Suitable for Stores, Lodging
Houses or Dwellings. Applications for
lots will be treated in priority and II
will pay to make early applications.
An important feature of these leases
is that the lessee has the option of
purchasing his lot in fee simple during
the term of his lease at a figure based
on the rental he is paying.
Terms and conditions Of lease with
amount of rents asked can be had On
application to
JAMES F. MORGAN,
65 Queen Street
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FINE RESIDENCE
FOR SALE!

The undersigned offers for sale enc
residence of MR.. H. E. WAITY, situat-
ed on the upper side of BERETANIA
Street, between Piikoi and Keeaumoku
Streets.
The property has a frontage of 100
feet on Beretania street and depth of
200 feet.
Grounds are well planted and are
amongst the finest residence property
on the street.
The house contains fine bedrooms,
large parlor, dining room, sewing room,
bath, pantry, kitchen, etc.
Carriage house, stables and Servants
quarters on the premises.
Part of the purchase price can remain
on mortgage.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-07-10
Freight and Passenger Collide on Chicago
& Alton Railway.
THREE PERSONS BURNED TO DEATH
Head on Collision Caused Death and De-
struction at Early Hour This
Morning.

Kansas City, July l0-A Chi
cago & Alton through passenger
train crashed head on into freight
train No. 80, about O'Clock this
morning, near Marshall. Missouri
Both engineers and the conductor
were instantly killed. Three pas
sengers were also killed and twenty
FIVE we're seriously injured. Spe-
cial trains from Slater and Kansas
City with physicians and nurses
have been sent to the scene of the
disaster. The killed and injured
will probably be taken to Marshall
the nearest town.
Up to l0:30 only meager par
ticulars had been received, the
above report coming from the
local Office. Immediately after
the collision, the report says, the
entire passenger train was destroy
ed by fire.
Chicago, July lS-At the office
of the general superintendent OF
the Chicago & Alton railway in
this city, only meager reports OF
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-07-10
WANT FREE TRADE.
People of Puerto Rico Send Petit
ton to the President.

San Juan, Porto Rico, July 10
Governor Allen will leave Porto
Rico Saturday for Washington,
where he will present to the presi-
dent a petition from the people OF
the island for free trade with the
United States
AS Mr. Allen has his family
with him, he is not expected to re-
turn. 1t is rumored that he will
be appointed secretary of war at
Washington
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-07-10
CONVENTIONS LAST DAY.
Endeavorers Close Their Work in
Cincinnati Today.

Cincinnati, July lo-This is the
last day of the Christian Endeavor
convention and although the
weather continues hot, the three
big auditoriums were crowded this
morning.
An eloquent address was de-
livered in Music hall by A d.
Cooley of Birmingham, Ala bama,
who spoke on the limits of obliga-
tions as relating to church people.
The convention closes tonight
with meetings which promise to be
largely attended.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-07-10
BROKE HIS BACK.
Brave Fireman Falls from Forty
Foot Ladder.

New York, July 10 - James
Langfort, chief of one of the fire
departments, fell from the top of a
40-foot ladder this morning to the
street. His back was broken and
he died almost instantly.
The fire was very stu bborn one
in tenement house and Langfort
was making desperate attempt to
save the lives of the inmates.
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-07-10

the wreck have been received,
They say that only the engineer
and fireman of the freight train
were killed, and twenty-five pas
sengers injured, none fatally.
1t is stated that the two trains
met in a head end col lis ion, and
that both engines were demolished.
Kansas City, July l0-A tele-
phone message from Marshall,
Missouri. al IL o'clock said that
the two Chicago q Alton trains
collided head on while running at
high rate of speed. and that the
forward cars of the passenger train
we're telescoped. Nine passengers
were killed outright. three others
were burned to death, and four are
believed to be under the wreckage
The cars are believed to have
caught fire from the engine.
No names of the dead and in
jured have been received here. 1t
is reported that twenty five pas
sengers were injured
The Florence daily tribune., 1901-07-10

Children often cry, not from
pain, but from hunger, although
fed abundantly. The trouble
arises from inanition; their food
is not assimilated, but devonred,
by worms A few doses of Whites
Cream Vermifuge will destroy the
worms, when the children will be-
gin to thrive at once. Price, 25
cents. Cafky & Brown.
The Balloon Ascension.
At the park this evening. Aft