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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17
A NEW DEVICE.


The latest device for reaching the
North Pole is an enormous airbag, in
which the adventurous traveller hopes
to be able to roll over an obstacles,
over ice or on the water, and thus
reach the Pole,
The inventor is one Peter Nissen Of
Chicago. According TO the accounts
a model bail 80 feet long and % feet I'm
diameter has been constructed AID
tried ON Lake Michigan. Through the
center OF the ball runs steel axel to
which is attached a boat In which the
traveller sits The ball IN which the
Arctic trip is to be made win be 10
long aud have diameter OF as feet.
Mr. Nissen explains his idea thus
During most Of the three years that
Dr. Nansen has been IN the ice he look
ed for high points IN the pressure
ridges IN order 10 climb them to look
for another ice He says ON May 10
| climbed to the top OF the highest
hummOck | have ever mounted. |
measured roughly and made Il out 10
be about "A feet above the Ice. but as
the latter was considerably above the
surface of the water. the height was
probably 20 feet Now give me this
balloon filed with air to the pressure
Of onc-hnlf ounce 10 the square inch
give me an ordinary northwestern bliz-
zard lt tho rate OF Is miles an hour
aud ] VIII guarantee to travel over such
hummocks faster and smoother than
the Empire Express on the finest track
IN Chrstendom,"
Mr., Nissen Is said to be very earnest
in his plans, He seems to think he has
found solution OF the problem Of
Arctic travel But 80 did poor Andree,
and the others who went north, only to
find disappointment, or death.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17
FATAL ADJUSTMENTS.

The death OF a bicycle rider who tried
10 oop the loop at a local pleasure re.
sort reminds one Of the singular fact,
that SO many persons are willing to
risk their lives In undertakings that are
Of no possible use 10 anybody, What
is the cause? The remuneration Is not
always 50 high as to present strong
temptation, Looping the loop as an
accomplishment can be OF no earthly
use to anybody. II is on a par with
going down the Niagara In barrel
Possibly such acts are due to the same
instinct lnut leads others TO risk their
lives IN experiments with nyng ma
chimes or trips to the Arctic regions.
Only the latter are for the benefit Of
industry and science, while the former
are Utterly useless.
The strangest part NJ it, though, is
the fact that the general public is will
ing to encourage such useless acts by
paying for the privilege Of being spec
tators. Is there not IN the hearts Of
NUNN' HI''AhNNih an tNl''ldllNlf NV w
say hope Of seeing the performers fall
and break their necks az was the case
In this metanco2 what is II that
draws crowds to neck breaking per-
formances, TO buil-hghts, slugging
matches ami such 'amusements?' An
honest and complete answer TO this
question would give astonishing revela.
lions as to the true status Of human
nature,
what manner OF man, or woman is ne
or she who encourages others TO play
with death for amusement? How much
more does It take TO make n Nero? To
watch man risk his life for a drown
Ing fellow. being or for one In burn
ing house, would be different That
might have an influence for good being
an encouragement 10 acts OF heroic
sclf-sacrdce, but absolutely no good
can come Of witnessing spectacular
foolhardine7s.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17
AFRAID OF GERMANISM.

The New York Herald notices a book
10y an anonymous writer. on the pam
German doctrine" II Is said to have
created almost a sensation In certain
parts OF Europe.
According to this author the pan
Germans that Is TO say those who think
Germany should be the dominant power
on the earth have Tor years secretly
been laying the foundations for this
superstructure, and all they now are
waiting for Is some disturbance Of
which they can take advantage and
bring their work forward into the light
Their work, we are told Is especially
directed toward the Gormanzation Of
South America 4 prominent member
Of the league has declared that In a
short time the provinces OF South Bra
IN would become, II not German colo
niles" then colonies Of Germans" The
author foreseos that II no one antlci-
pates them there Is no reason why Ger
mans should not COLOMBO, capitalize,
and eventually hold Brazil just as
Great Britain holds Egypt on Russia
has held Manchurla. Germans he
says are toiling IN South Brazil and
slowly building Up great German
community with infinite possibilities,
The question for Germany 49, How
viii It ende" Tho authors answer is
that the future OF South America must
depend largely on the Monroe doctrine
and on the navy which Is behind H.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17

As already STAGED, the author is
anonymous, and his conclusion that the
question ultimately is one OF naval su-
premacy, raises the suspicion that his
book is written 10 induce Congress to
readily make enormous appropriations
for new battleships The devotees of
herce Mars have a habit, each time they
want money Tor engines Of destruc-
ton on land or sea, TO publish ghost
stories about the intentions Of other
powers This time some fierce Amer
leans want an enormously large navy,
There are positions and salaries In Il.
Consequently they tell US about
Germanys ambition 20 annex the
entire world Next time German
jngoes want money for ships aud guns
They too are after ~'sitions and sal
aries Then they VIII tel the world
about American aggression and the
American danger" and get the appro-
priation. But that game has been
worked for all It IL worth The rep
resentative Of nations should not permit
themselves to be Influenced by such
stories.
Probably there Is a pan Germanism--
a tendency to the gathering together OF
the entire German family A similar
tendency is noticeable among all the
various families, or races, We are lIv-
Ing in an age Of gathering. And II Is
difficult to see what other solution there
Is Of all social and political problems,
than the gathering Of the children Of
men according to their a0inities, into
race-groups, and these into ono vast
brotherhood No better solution has
eNor bnnn silrreafnd II ia Tho univ one
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17

silent concerning them, while u calls
Tor measures against few cases OF
elderly men, who are taking care Of
the families existing through marital
contracts made years before the mea-
sures were adopted that forbade fur
Their plural marriages. The futility Of
the whole movement is understood
and It Is known 10 be needless,
AS to the Church Influence part,
show us one plotting politician OF the
whole crowd from the chief schemer
down. who would not jump to obtain
II IL he thought he could make sure
Of ~ The history Of Idaho politics,
Il published In an ts secret workings,
would make an interesting book n
Us because that Influence has been
sought end not secured, that some
blatant denouncers OF It are so yehem-
ent In their outcriel. IN All The dccla-
nations and Nominations against Nor.
mon Church influence IN politics by
either party, no case Of coercion or
CompulsIon or threatening on the part
Of the Church authorities has been or
cnn he cited That men prominent In
the Church have been outspoken In
their political expressions, Democrats
as wen as Republicans ana that they
have advocated freely their views ana
supported their respective candidates
Is true. And they simply Exercised
their undoubtcd rights as citizens. Hut
any charge that people have been COM
PEELED or required 10 vote one way or
another, or for one candidate or am
other, is utterly false and cannot be
substantiated.
The Mormon Church has pro-
nounced against the solemnization OF
further polygamous marriages, They
have entirely ceased therein II has
also declared against the union OF
Church and state, and clearly defined
the sphere Of each as being distinct
from the other The Church has no
political candidates. lts members arc
perfectly free to join either party and
to vote for whom they please. II they
are stupid enough to support their
avowed enemies and defomers there is
nothing but common sense and con-
sistency to prevent them. They can
take their own course and reap the
fruits Of their own sowing. The Idaho
Democratic plank on these points is
therefore Of no practical use in the d.
recton which It IS pretended to take.
II may be asked. why, thSl is objec-
ton raised against II? For two rea-
sons. one Is that Il Is designed and
intended to place the Mormon" Church
and those citizens Of Idaho who be-
long to It In false light The second
Is that It IS part OF plot to unite
antl-"Mormon' people in that state In
q conflict against the Mormon" people
therein, and go form a combination
that can be manipulated in the interest
OF shrewd political asplant for future
fayors, and Of his close friends and
supporters who hope TO share with him
in the results, Whether they shall
succeed win depend upon the sensible
and fair-minded people OF that state IN
either party The facts are sure, the
purpose is plain, they should act with
their eyes open, and their consclences
clear
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17
Los Angeles Times.

The advent OF boy baby into the
household OF Nicholas II, car OF all
the Russlas, will do more TO make light
the heart Of that much troubled and
melancholy young man than anything
else that could have happened. The
very hopes Of his empire trembed upon
the issue and the birth of a son was
the direct necessity that confronted his
dynasty If the boy shall live, God
grant that his life shall prove a bless
Ing to mankind at large and to Russia
in particular!
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17

4 weak and reactIonary representa-
tive Of house that has made little
for the betterment Of humanity, the
present head OF czardom may be de-
pended upon 10 do something TO eX-
press his gratitude 10 Providence for
the present dispensation. That he will
do anything that will affect the prog
ress Of world events we have no nssur-
ance and little hope He Is more like
TO build shrine than to try 10 raise
the burden which his house has inn
posed upon progress.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17

The law OF succession, according TO
the pragmatic sanction issued by the
Emperor Paul IN 1891 Is That OF regular
descent by the right of prmogcniture,
with preference OF male over female
heirs. This decree annulled a previous
one issued BY Peter l., IN l122, which
invested each sovereign with the re-
sponsbIity Of selecting his successor
10 the throne from among the members
Of the imperial family Irrespective OF
the claims Of prmogeniture, AS that
law has stood the strain for a hundred
years, the new heir viii doubtless re-
ccive the benefit of II unless the people
should I'm the meantime become more
powerful than the system. BY an an
Client law OF Russia, the heir apparent
Is held to be OF age at the end Of the
sixteenth year and the other members
Of the imperial family az the compile
ton Of the twentieth year, so II ha
lives the new baby will attain that
dignity before one, at least, Of his older
sisters.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17

Another great jewelry robbery slml-
lar 70 that OF Mrs. ogden Goelets jew
ols, has occurred IN New York. and the
detectives are hard at work on il, WIN
the result be the same2 In the Goelot
robbery case the lost, strayed or stolen
Jewels we're bound safely packed away
IN the family sofo
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17
New York rrsnlne Mail.

Religious superstition IN Russia Is
an element Of danger only less than
anarchy. II has been bitter against
the woman who failed to furnish an
heir 10 tho throne, Dlsloyalty Will
now be changed to loyalty among, thou
sands OF the Cars subjects who saw
In the advent OF his daughters proof
that heaven had laid a curse upon him
and his country. Danger OF the SOW
ereignty passing 10 the grand ducal
family Of Vladimir unfit TO rule and
hated by every well-wisher OF the en-
pire Is lessened Indifference to re-
volt In Finland or Poland II not active
aid might have been widespread had
the child been another princess The
coming Of the heir will result, instead,
In popular enthusiasm that viii
strengthen the patriotic spirit and
sustain the nation IN its discourage
ment over the wars reverses.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17
Portland oregonian.

The coming Of this heir was the event
needed at this time to raise the droop-
ing spirits OF the loyal subjects OF the
Gar, Perhaps also 1t was the event
needed to crystalline the hatred for thc
Car Of the nihillsts that swarm the
empire. However this may be, the
great world of motherhood reaches out
to the bedside OF the C2arina with ten
deness, sympathy and rejoicing, feel
ing, as only motherhood can, the truth
Of the declarations "She remembers no
more her pain for joy that a man child
Is born into the world"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17

Prussia has made strong protest
against Japans violation OF Chinese
neutrality IN the case OF the Ryeshi.
telrl and win rely on diplomacy to
settle H. That is a wise decision, as
she seems much better fued for a
diplomatic contest than for war
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17
rnE IMPERIAL BOY.
Cleveland plom Dealer

'TT TV-TWITI IWWT UNWINT'
One ray of light Yesterday broke
through the dark cloud oyershadowlng
the house OF Romanoh, The hoped for
and much prayed for son and heir to
the imperial throne was born When
Nicholas ri succeeded to the position
Of car by the death OF his father in
ccssion was recognized and less than
u month after his fathers death the
new ear was married Within year
the first child was born, but 20 the dis
appointment OF Oh Il was a girl Less
than two years after there was sec
ond disappointment I'm the birth Of
another girl, Two years later n third
grl was born, and In another two years
a fourth girl
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17

mo writer With a real gift and with
real ambition has any business with
"A home, children, the unintermlttebt
comforts Of life which stultify and su-
ne, II man has gift to write, to
create--tho greatest Of an glfts-what
more does he want?' asks Gertrude
Atherton In the North American Re-
View Popular approval and cash.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17

lowed to have lts way they would have
been duly executed. Why not sweep
away Oh the hypocrisy Of explanation
OF burning negroes and let those who
Indulge In this fiendsh practice come
out frankly and say We burn negroes
heeause we love 20 see them hurn?"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17

The only explanation that can be Of
ferod Of the burning az the stake OF two
negroes at statesboro, Ca, Is the
thirst for blood and am Unsuitable love
Of cruelty Generally m such CAGES
the excuse is made that the victims are
guilty Of the usual crime Here 1t
was not so. The men were guilty Of
murder and had been convicted and
sentenced, and had the law been al
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17

There r. a bright future before that
little nephew Of John sharp Williams,
who said that ex-senator Davis must
be a goose II he didn't know yet that
nc had been nominated for Vice Pres.
liant
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17

Candidate Davis having survived that
speech Of notification there Is no ques-
ton as to his physical strength being
above par
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17

As the Russians themselves are look
ing for the fail Of Port Arthur any
moment It may soon be expected,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17

The japanese army is democratic
institution" says william T., Curtis. II
acts as though II were a military one.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17

Russia holds tenacously to her theo-
ny Of contraband. She holds to It be-
cause the Japs do not care to have IT.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17

There was little rain this morning,
scarcely enough to fall upon the just
and upon the unjust alike.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17

The butchers strike seems to have
become a fixture.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17

Won't Carrie Nation have 4 fine
time attacking and smashing that
Bishop Potter saloon
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17

one Of Chefoo's chief industries Is tho
manufacture Of war rumors.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17

Hon. John SHARP Williams ls fuller
Of quotations than a shad is OF bones
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17

There Is great deal Of dash about
the Port Arthur fleet II It IS not sue
cessful.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17

Neither strikes nor strikers work very
well these days
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-17

The strike is waning, not winning.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-08

sonal magnetism, the grasp on aHa1rs,
the knowledge of and power over men
that mark the born leader. At the same
time ne is too keenly alive to his own
interests ever to rise to the nelghH "I
true craftsmanship.
Had Senior Duque desired to go down
in history as the first President or the
republic of Panama there would nave
been none to say him nay. In fact,
many think he is the man intended by
destiny and marked out by the fitness
of things for that office.
In the natural course OF human
events he may look forward to many
wears in which to seek the gratlncatlon
of his political ambition. He may De
said to have a "cinch" on the presi-
dency at any time he wants to assume
the cares that accompany the honors or
that office When the newly-launched
shin of state has safely passed the
shoals and breakers that endanger the
beginning of it's voyage, and when the
lookout can see nothing but clear skies
and unruffied seas ahead, then be sure
that Senior Duque will emerge from the
BACKGROUND of Panama politics and be-
come de jure as he is now de facto
ruler of affairs on the isthmus.
Nothing that has been said should be
construed as in any way rejecting
upon the character of Senior Duque-
In fact morally as well as intellectual
" he rises head and shoulders above
the average Latin-American politician.
That he looks out for Senior Duque first
and foremost is not due to any moral
obliauity, but to his nationality. He
could not be a Spanish-American did
he place patriotism above self-interest.
And. If The truth must be confessed, he
Is probably no worse In this respect
than a good many OF the spread-eagle
pa triots of the American school, al
though he is not quite so skillful In
concealing the fact that he Is ''out for
the STUFF and doesn't care much how
he gets it.
The title, King OF Panama. which
Senior Duque has so long enjoyed, was
bestowed on him, not because of his
political influence, which was of later
growth, but on account of his business
and social prestige.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-08

the man-of-War's dip in return. Then
she dips again, and after that, in strict
etiquette, she ought to dip a third time,
but this is seldom done now. The
maritime supremacy of Britain is still
enforced by the refusal of any British
war vessel to dip its flag to any foreign
ship until the latter has first lowered
its colors, and this acknowledgment
of precedence is required not only in
home waters but in all seas.
But naval salutes are now essential
matters of etiquette, says the London
Standard, and are exchanged under an
elaborate code arranged between for
eign powers and the admiralty in 1876.
The number of guns to be fired under
all conceivable circumstances is min
utely stipulated. Second to the salute
of twenty-one guns in honor of royal
personages and national flags are the
nineteen rounds given to ambassadors,
colonial governors, foreign possessions
and fortresses receive seventeen guns,
and ENJOYS extraordinary and minis
tiers plenipotentiary fifteen. Two guns
less are fired for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
charges d'affaires are treated 20 eleven,
consuls-general to nine and a mere
consul to seven. The salute for adj
mirals of the fleet is seventeen guns,
and for adnirals simpliciter fifteen.
Vice-admirals are greeted with thirteen,
and rear-admirals with two less, while
nine guns are fired for commodores-
captains and lower officers being class
ed as not worth the burning of pow
der
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-08
CELESTIAL REFRESHMENTS.
The Funny Little Restaurants in the
Chinese Empire.

Places of rest and refreshment are
commonly to be found at the hating
stations on the highways in the inter-
Tor, or at the villages on the banks
of the great rivers of China. They
frequently take the form OF small
mud hut, having a dark interior
filed with smoke. tea tables, forms
and an oven, where cook is kept
for the entertainment of the custom
ers, whose favorite beverage is tea,
although when times are good and
the weather is Geld they indulge in
something stronger, which often in
ebriates, and that at very cheap
rate. In the darkest corner there
are a row of glazed earthenware jars,
containing a kind OF Chinese whiskey,
of which a thirsty carter may have
skinful for something considerably
under a penny; when he will go
quietly to sleep on the shaft OF his
cart. and his pony or mule, being
used to it, will take him home.
In addition to these conveniences,
InGT6 Is du lis hSNAO
in front, having one long fiue, through
which the flame is driven by an air
pump, and a row of hot-water kettles,
gradually increasing in size to suit the
heat of the tongue of flame that
passes up the fiue beneath, so that
they may all be kept boiling. The
hot water is sold to the passersby,
who usually carry with them their
teapot and tea, so that they may have
a cup at every station. This custom
of carrying ones own tea is so COM
mon that it is difficult to procure a
cup of tea in any of the restaurants,
as they do not keep it, and do not
care to go out of their way to buy it
for you. Although the plant may be
growing all round, and at ones very
feet. il is next to impossible to get
cup that a foreigner would consider
worth drinking, and as to using milk
and sugar, the Chinese look upon the
practice as barbarous devise OF the
foreign eyil"-Golden Penny.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-03-08
with the simplest implements.

There is a story in Lippincott's
Magazine of a husband who. on his
return from visit, sat down to hear
family happenings during his absence.
The incident, it may b. seen, has a
moral. The wife was naming the re-
forms she had successfully introduced.
"You know" said she, that closet
that was locked for over a month
You said it couldn't be opened except
by locksmith? Well. 1 opened it."
"How in the world did you do itg'
with a hairpin. And the furnace
door has been sagging round on one
hinge for ever so long. you know; but
it's all right now"
"well, I'm glad you had it fixed"
Had 1t fixedl l fixed it myself with
hairpin. And then there was that
crayon portrait OF mother that stood
on the floor for six weeks because
you hadn't brought me any picture
hooks"
well. | intended to, but"
"Oh. IT doesn't make any difference
now. / made hook myself out Of a
hairpin."
"Nor'
and there's Willie, You've been
coaxing and brihing him for year to
break him OF biting his nails. and
broke him in week
with hairpin;" he inquired. weak,
ly.
NO. Don't be a goose. With 8
hair-bruSh."