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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-27
ELEPHANTS AT WORK.
As Log Rollers They Knock Spots Out
of Politicians.

Some gentlemen paid a visit to a
timber yard in RangOOn and saw the
elephants at work, says the Scottish
American. They tell US that elephants
draw the logs, many of which are three
feet in diameter and thirty or forty
feet long. from the river and pile them
in systematic order. Then, when they
are needed, they roll them to the mill
and assist in adjusting them for the
saw.
After the log is cut up the elephant
carries the timber and piles it up or
lays it gently upon ox-carts to be
hauled off.
While the gentlemen were present a
carpenter wanted to saw particular
log which was under several others
One of the monsters rolled the upper
logs off and pushed the chosen log to
the mill The way was not clear-tne
log butted against the others. He
pushed these aside and guided his piece
through them with a sagacity almost
human.
His piece became wedged. He pushed
and tugged; it would not bulge, but at
a whispered word from the mahout and
the promise Of nice food he bent to it.
Still it stuck. With a whistle audible
for half a mile he got on his knees,
Strengthened out his hind legs and put
his whole force into the push. He was
be read in the gentle flaps of his huge
ears and the graceful curve Of his pro
bOscis as he put it up to the mounted
mahOut, asking for his reward
Logs more tnan two feet thick and
twenty feet long are lifted bodily upon
the great tusks and are then carried
off and laid upon the gangways so
gently as not to make a jar. One of
the elephants carried such a timber
along 2 Dath not three feet wide among
masses of loose logs.
He had to plant his fore feet upon
the logs and thus walk a considerable
distance. He looked as If he were
walking upon his hind legs. The cor
ner of a frau little bamboo hut stood
in the way He lifted the log over the
roof and bent his body so that the
sides gently scraped the corner of the
house and did not. shake it. A hun
dredth part of his weight would have
caused it to topple from its pile foun-
datiOn.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-27

ly ministered, have lain in quietude and
comfort these seven centuries, and now,
no doubt, are part again of the good
earth which fed them
Twas ever thus. Your old LondOner
could tell YOU of traces of parchment
and of fugitive red hairs adhering to
the doors of St Paul's cathedral These
were the last vestiges of the scalps and
ears taken in triumph from the heads
of Danish chieftains who made them
selves offensive, and other people cross,
| by invading London from time to time.
The common or garden Dane lay where
he fell. and his mortal dignity was Of
such wholesome common order that no
unnecessary t-mOTtem fuss was made
in carving him into sections for the
purposes of public display
The mahdi twice lost his head-once
for many years in life, and permanent
/ ly afterward. Neither misadventure
would have come about had he not put
on airs And valiant Columbus-best
of ChristOphers-hadh he stayed at Tome
, and helped to keep the shop, those pes
XIV Americans would never have
thought of invading the England
from which they would not have de-
parted. What has been the reward Of
that ambitious mariner? He was never
at rest in life, and he never has been
for long together since.
In Spain. where the castles come
from, they tell you that the ashes of
Americas discoverer have lain snugly
Injured in Seville cathedral these last
two months. The ashes had come spe-
ciaIly from Havana for the purpose
On the other hand, there is an official
of the American government who viii
swear an affidavit that the said ashes
are in the possession of a millionaire
in the United States at this moment;
that that millionaire became possessed
of them by bribing q. fearless and IN
scrupuIOus Yankee person to break
through and steal. Just too soon for the
Spaniards to prevent the substitution Of
a spurious Columbus.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-27
The West: a Toast.

iElwyn Hoffman in Sunset Magazine for
April)
When men shall name the lands they
love,
The land each holds all lands above
The mother land that gave them birth
The greatest. fairest and the best
Of all the countries of the earth
Then let me simply say; The West!
Boast. Briton. of thy forests old.
Thy stored fields, thy castles bold;
Brag, Scot. with loves imprisoned might
OF lowland moor and highland height;
Sing, faithful German, all that's thine
or beauty by the sweeping Rhine,
And I'll discount their glOries-aye
Though told with passion. fire and zest
When I rise slowly from my seat
And smiling at thy loyal heat,
Uplift the tOasting glass and say;
"The land I love, my friends, The Westt
How wide thy plains. my noble west!
How grand thy rivers sweeping far;
How town thy mountain peaks snow
drest
And nobler than the great Alps are!
What cities thunder on the plain,
What cities roar beside the sea,
And what Q grand immensely
BroOds over thy unbound domain!
And this is mine-I hail from here
From roOmy PLAIN, from SIar-kls'
height;
No narrow state is mine-T rear
No boundary to my birthright,
But am a native of 1t all
With love for all within my breast.
So marvel not when thou shalt call
A toast from me for lands loved best.
If I shall from my seat arise
And proudly say. with smiling eyes:
MY friends, The West!
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-27
Nc PenaItv of Fame.

If one is to rest quietly in his grave
he should in life be neither famous nor
infamous, but just ordinarily obscure
Otherwise, at some future date, his
poor skeleton viii be dragged to light
for antiquaries 10 quarrel over, or for
vandal collectors to part its bones
among them.
Those rare old abbOts of Bury st.
Edmunds-the admirable Sampson. his
predecessors and successors, whose
mortal remains were revealed the other
day by the excavatOrs-nissed the way
into the saints calendar, it is true. but
they attained sufficient eninenCe in
their day to make it worth while for
rival theorists to keep the ancient bones
from reburial while questions of iden-
tity and history are worried out
Whereas the unexalted flock, the pud-
ding-headed peasants to whom those
sons of the church more or less jealous
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-27
OOGIIE7T11.

Mrs. Rowland, Hanson and daughter
of BelOit, Wis, are in the city and VIII
be the guests during the week of Miss
Mabel L. COrbin, at 49, East First
South street. Mrs. Hanson is a sister
of Mrs Fred Dubois, and will visit
the Dubois family on her way west
The members Of the Reviewers club
are establishing a new custom this year
in the pleasant arrangement to give q
breakfast complimentary to the retir-
Ing. president. The breakfast in honor
Of Mrs Charles G. Plummer viii take
place next Monday at the Commercial
club.
Mrs. Edgar A Wedgwood spent the
early part of the week in ogden visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. George Graves.
Miss Mary c. May and the kinder
garten department of the University Of
Utah have issued invitations for an. at
home Friday evening from s to II
o'clock at the training school building.
Mrs. Z. r. Eldredge Of Portland. after
a visit Of a few weeks in the city, re-
turned to her home last Saturday.
Mrs. J. o. Reber has returned from
Denver and will shortly be at home to
her friends in the new Miller fats.
-
Mrs 0. Z. Cary viii entertain at the
second in a series Of teas this after
noon
=
Mrs. w. Montague Ferry gives a
luncheon today in honor of her guest,
Miss Edith Ferry.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dunbar SgIll entertain
at a luncheon q week from today in
honor of Mrs. Arthur Shepherd
Mrs Hal ". Brown and Miss Mary
Louise Anderson entertained at a tea
yesterday afternoon in honor OF Miss
Leonard
Mrs G. J Barthel was the guest Of
honor at a luncheon given yesterday
to Mrs. Boyd
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-27
LoNGFELLow ANCESTRAL HOME
Village Smithy Worked in Elm
Shaded Shop in Byfield


Shaded Shop in Byield.
Few towns in New England, says the
Boston Globe can boast of being the
ancestral home or the birthplace OF
more distinguished men than the little
parish of Byield, which is situated half
way between NewburypOrt and Haver-
hill. 1t was there that the first an
cestor in this country of the late loved
poet, Henry w. LOngfellOw, settled,
and from him all the LongfellOws in
America descended
The grant Of the land that was made
in 1855 to Henry SeWaI in the parish
Of ByfeId, then Newbury, was near the
River Parker. and it was the daughter
Of the first SeWau settler that the first
LOngfellOw married.
William LOngfellOw was born IN
Horsford, near Leeds, in York county
England. He was a young man of abil-
ity and education, but was not as much
of a Puritan as most of the early set
tiers. He was an imprOvident fellow
and fond of d good time. By trade q
fuller, he ran a fulling mill. EnlistinS
as an ensign in the Inflated expedition
that went to quebec under Sir William
Phips. he was drowned at Cape Breton
in October. 1890
Land was granted to his daughter
by Henry SewaH and the first Long
fellow house was built on the land that
is now in the LOngfellOw family. Al
though the old LOngfellow house, which
was standing in 1878, has since been
torn down. near the site is another old
house. built in $780, that is now occu-
pied BY a descendant of the same fam
lily, Charles LOngfellow.
Mr.. SewaH was not at all pleased
with the marriage of his daughter to
William Longfellow, and would not
give a deed of the land to her until
after the death OF her husband and just
before her second marriage to Henry
Short
At her death the house and land were
left to her children. Of these Stephen
and Eliza beth were LOngfelows.
Stephen was by trade a locksmith
and blacksmith, having his shop in the
center Of the present road between the
houses OF Charles and Horace Long
fellow. The shop was shaded by a
large elm. 1t was concerning this an
cestor that LOngfellOw. the poet. wrote
The Village Blacksmith
Eliza beth. who sold out her right to
her brother stephen, married BenJa-
min Woodman, the tanner, and lived
Just beyond the Fatherland farm.
Stephen married in lib and at that
time built a lean-tO on the old home
stead, which addition was removed
early in the century The house was
occupied until the time of his death,
and was left. the One-half TO his wife
and the other half to his sons, Edmund
and Samuel. after the payment of Ger
tain requests.
Stephen was a lieutenant in the army,
and during his lifetime kept a slave,
who was named Boston" Now, BOs-
ton slept in the attic of the house,
under the slOping caves His window
was a very small one, yet large enough
for him to slip out of on a dark night
and, dropping to the ground. go to
.Dogtown' and kill dogs. that he
might sell their skins It CHANGED that
an old lady who lived near lost her dog
and mistrusted that it had been shot
by Boston. so she went TO Lieutenant
Longfellow's house IN the dead of night
and awakened him from a sound sleep,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-27
WHY POPCORN POPS.

WE ARE GLAD to see the scientific
" men turning their attention to the
really important matters in which ev-
erybody is interested. For instance, at
a recent meeting of scientists in Phila-
delphia, Professor Henry Kraemer read
a paper on the subject Of popcorn.
Why does popcorn pop?, he wanted
to know. So does every body else want
to know. Professor Kraemer. answered
the question in this beautifully simple
way said he:
Popcorns are those in which the en-
dosperm is more or less translucent
and horny, and the cells OF which con-
tain closely arranged pOlygonal starch
grains having a central rarefed area.
In the popcorns there is a
splitting of the grain along the two
radii, the endosperm swelling very. con-
siderabiy, the peripheraI portions -coher-
ing with the hull and thus leaving a
central more or less rounded, mass:
where the popping is perfect the quar-
tiers turn back and meet below the en-
bryo.
"On examining the endosperm OF the
popped grain it is observed that there
has been considerable alteration in the
starch grains and cell walls, and that
the starch has been changed into a
soluble form, the amount of which de-
pends upon the degree of alteration in
the eudOsperm cells and their contents.
The structural characteristics of the
starch grains in the altered areas of the
different popcOrns would seem 10 indi-
cate that the popping of the grain of
corn results from the expansion of the
individual starch grains. the degree of
expansion depending upon the relative
amount Of water and air in the grains. "
Surely nothing could be simpler we
therefore move that vote of thanks be
extended to Professor Kraemer for his
extremely able paper. He has eluei-
dated a very knotty point All Of us
have seen popcorn popped but we never
before knew what made it pop except,
of course, we had a vague idea that the
heat Of the fire had something to do
with it.
Professor Kraemer has demonstrated
that he is fully qualified to string pop
corn for any Christmas tree in the land
and to pop it, too, should the exigency
arise
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-27
Earned the Tribute.
New York TimesN

The usual crowd was seated in the
Amen corner of the Fifth Avenue hotel
one night recently when an individual
with an appearance Of shabby sentility
Joined the party, and, after a somewhat
verbose and grandiloquent recital of his
woes, came to the point and asked for
a quarter. Impressed with the men
dicants unusual flow Of language.
Abe Gruber said to him:
say, what part of the country do
you hail from? p.
sir" said the shabby one. II first
saw the Light Of day in the great city
Of Pittsburg.
Well said ABE" amy man who
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-27

provaI Of unlawful whisky selling. The
Of the law. which includes a jail sen
tence- That would have taught him a
lesson ne very much needs. It might
also have had the effect Of killing of
the blind pig" industry in Heber City
and Of saving young men and young
women from hooeless ruin.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-27

Health Officer Stewart has asked the
city council to build a new isolation
hospital If he doesn't have any bet
ter luck in getting it than former
Health Officer King had, the city viii
be shy that new hospital for long
time to come.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-27

An alleged divine healer claims that
Hetty Green tried to marry him. The
fact that he managed to escape indi-
Gates that perhaps he is possessed Of
supernatural powers. Either that is the
case or he is just lying when he says
Hetty wanted him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-27

A New Jersey couple that met. loved
and were married inside of thirty min
utes viii have plenty Of time in which
to learn that it is well to make haste
slowly in some matters.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-27

now in progress in New York are cost
ing the worl1ingmen nearly $4,O00,O00 a
week. Principles come high sometimes,
but we have to have them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-27

Councilman Daveler refers to Presi-
dent Cottren as that" Daveler was
probably afraid that if he finished the
sentence he had in mind it would pre-
vent the newspapers reporting it from
going through the mails.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-27

Pussy Jimmy Anderson assures the
New York World that Utah is solid for
Roosevelt. Now will Senator Hanna be
goOd2
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-27
TABE RNACLE.
Next Friday, May goth $50 p. M
president RooseveIts Day.
GREATEST SINGER,
MISS EMMA RANSEY,T

Assisted by the TABERNACLE CHOIR, .
Evan Stephens. Conductor
GRAND TABERNACLE ORGAN IN
SOLOS: John J. Mcclellan, Orsanist
and Accompanies.
(Steinway Piano used.)
European press notices follow:
London Musical Courier: Her voice is
of excellent quality. rich and full She
should soon make a name for herself ii
the musical world
lie Figaro CParis): Mile. Ramsey
achieved d great triumph
The German Times: We predict for
Miss Ramsey early rank with our very
best American singers
Musical Courier CNew York;: Miss EN-
ma Ramsey, a young Salt Lake City So
pranO, gave a concert in Paris with graft
flying success. a glorious
dramatic soprano"
ADMISSION-To lower floor and gal
ieries-50 Cents
Four hundred reserved seats in the rea =
gallery and first row in gallery, 81. TiclSA
cts on sale at all music stores and at
tabernacle on night of concert.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-27

As between Ben Haywood and the
president next Friday, we don't think
the average small boy in Salt Lake
would hesitate a moment about pick
ing Ben's place if he could have his
choice
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-27

could do that the first day he was alive
can levy tribute from me. Pass your
hat"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-27
A New Term.
Baltimore Americ.

Baltimore American.)
aggsby-Strange. those two girls are
so opposite in tempermant; one would
never take them for sisters
Waggsby-Sort Of antithesis-ters, eli?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-27
Decoration Day.
Grand opening OF the famous re-
sort.

Dancing on the largest pavilion hoo-
IN the world. Everything in readiness
for the pleasure-seeker- Trains leave
1880 a. m. and 1 p. m. with IS minutes
service thereafter.
!. E.fL.ANGFORD, --sr.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-27

And they drank
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-02
WOULD GO BACK TO PRISON.
Man Who Says he Was a Former Trusty
and Escaped Is Sorry for 1t.

Twelve wears ago I escaped from the State Re-
formatorv in Concord. Mass. where ] was q trusty
I have come 10 feel that I was an migrate 20 the
srperiutcndent and his subordnates and want TO
give myself up and 60 back, II the law says
must"
Thus spoke an intelligent looking man. who said
he was Thomas W Hail. he walked into the
Brooklyn Detective Bureau and introduced himself
20 CAPTAIN Formosa Yesterday. That police on
cial gaspeG with astouishnent. but after he had
heard the strangers story he decided TO hold him.
and ir the Adams-st court Han was held on a
technical charge OF Vagrancy until Friday. Mean
time the Massachusetts authorities viii be asked
q they want the man.
Hali said that De came from a good family and
was well known in the town where he lived. the
name q which be refused TO give. one night. &C
cordng 20 his story. he gave bad beating 10 40
Italian who had asked him for aims he was
tried for assault. and. much 20 his surprise, vas
convicted and sentenced 10 thirty months IA The
Concord Refornna tory. There he was treated kind
~. and received eli the liberties accorded 10 a
trusts. But the feeling that he had been unJustly
treated strong. and one night IN August. 1881.
he welded impulse and walked out o. an open
door. He made his way 10 Pawrucket, r J., and
after working there a while came 70 New ork
eleven wears ago. For a long time he had en-
plovment a salesman. and lived well but re-
Gently he he'd been "A victim Of hard luck, and was
homeless and pennilcss.
lie left wife and child. the latter IN the
tweufles. when he went 10 the reformato-y, and
he wants 10 see them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-02
HAS RAZOR In BROADWAY
Cuban KNOCKS Men DOrn-Dts-
armed 4ffer Hard Fight.

A dark faced man. waving an open razor caused
q panic I'm Broadway. near Prnce-st, yesterday
when the thoroughfare crowded with business
-o.n and employees on their way 10 work. The man.
who was shouting and rushing about In q "ild
manner bumped into a dozen women. several OF
whom lie knocked down. and rushed through 'ne
crowds on the sidewalk in such manner as 70
send men and women staggering. Above MS heaa
be waved the razor.
, L. front Of No Hls Broadway tie strange man
-,,sbed between Morris Lesser. OF the millinery
and lace firm OF J. s Lesser Co. Of No. 81 Broad
way and a customer from Milwaukee. with whom
A. Lesser was talking. The man struck M Les
ser and knocked him down. when Mr. lesser re-
gained his feet thu man. who had also pumped
into the Milwaukee customer, rushed al Lesser
wish MS razor Lesser sought refuge in the door
way OF 20 SIS Broadway. which was crowded WIN
clothing workers on their way 10 The lofts upstairs
For an instant there a stampede. and then two
strong men seized the with the razor and
overpowerod him. He fought like demon. out me
razor was taken from him. and then he was sub
cued
Policeman Langan. OF the MUiberry-st stauon'
vas called With she assistance u spectators ne
dragged the man TO the station. followed by a
great crowd. which had almost blo-l5ed Broadway
curing the struggle IN the Doorway At the station
house the man described himself az Arturo BASIL
. arr,at,er OF No 90 Third-ave He said he was
cuban This Information M4s 9oeai becsse rre
cuban reCed and shouted contlnuallE ~. =, ,.
n have an appointment with president hooseNt.t
- .g-s,-s-' - kent screaming In Broadway he
had yelled the words. Policemen NAG 10 nole
ravng man al the rail- in ne ,i s1a.ion s-isc
Waeisfrate Pool committed Basil 70 BelleNue I10S-
rital Tor examination he was taken u.eIe5 Mls W.
great difficulty in patrol wagon ee'ei04 '
frfvr rrulffrpd hold him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-02
MRS. RICH WANTS MORE AL1MoNY.
Counsel Says Husband Took Cheaper Apart
ments to Humiliate Her.

Mrs Nancy Rich. through her counsel A Il
T5tumel Yesterday applied TO Justice Blanchard. IN
the Supreme Court. for an increase Of slimony ana
counsel fees 10 defend the appeal 81 her HUSBAND
william Y Rich who has carried 10 the Appellate
Division his action for absolute divorce. winch
was tried before Justice Scott and a jury last
fnrinr ard decided In the wifes favor.
The troubles 81 the Rich family have been BEFORE
fl,e Supreme Court FOR some months. Mrs. Rich
brought suit FOR a separation. on the ground OF
cruel and inhumau treatment. and her husband re-
,sl.ated in a suit for absolute divorce. naming as
correspondent a young man who had been visiting
Mrs Rich's daughter by a former husband The
first csse Was ora motion Of James W. Osborne,
counsel for Mr Rich thrown out OF court, Justice
Scott saving il was the weakest case that had ever
come before him. In the second case the jury, al
te- q two DAYS trial found for the wife.
In arguing the motion for increased counsel ices
end alnory yesterday. AIR. Hummel said that
Justice Davis had set the alimony n $50 a week
end up 70 that time the couple had lived together IN
the anartrneut house No. p East Seventy fourth
RI but after tho alnony had been awarded Mr.
Rich moved 90 u cheaper apartment hotel for lte
purpose. counsel alleged. 20 humihate MS WE.
Rirfar RI r. Green. counsel for Mr.. Rich, SAID
thar inc court had ordered his client to pay 20 his
So week. but the order did not state that ne
must clothe her and furnish her with a home aho
lrozids food FOR her and her daughter. : But We
have done an this declared Mr.. Green. The rec .
q hotel Mr.. Green declared, Was 10 secure comfort
Justice Blanchard decided THAI Mr.. hummer was
entitled $50 counsel fees and referred the notlon
Tor an increase of alimony 10 Justice Davis