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The Delta independent., 1906-06-08

postage stamps, and cash, instead OF
the seeds he has been sending out
since he came to Congress. The read
ing of these letters again plunged the
House in disorder and confusion.
PITY THE POOR FARMER.
Mr. Gaines, of Tennessee, endcaV-
ored to be heard above the noise ana
confusion. AS he sat down, by COM
mand of the Chair, he managed to say
that the bill was loaded with all kinds
of appropriations to take care of and
suppress the mouth and foot disease,
hollow horn, and hollow tail" but took
away from the farmer the few seeds
that he every year looked forward
to receiving.
This new outburst of eloQuence on
the part of Mr.. Gaines threw the
House into convulsive laughter.
When the members had partially re-
covered their composure Mr.. Gain9s
rushed down the aisle, carrying mass
of manuscript In both hands. holding 1t
aloft. shouting that he had hundre .
of letters from farmers favorinS free
seeds
As chairman Wadsworth reached out
his hand for them. Mr.. Gaines laid
them on n desk and began pull'-g from
the bunch various documents 1t
developed that among these hun
dreds" Of letters there were an unusu'
ally large portion Of bills OF various
sorts and other pub. docs" that had
no relevancy to the seed question.
Again the members shrieked and
gathered in the aisle. forcing the
chairman to resort I" every parlia'
mentary expedient to secure order.
When the bill came up for vote
| the free seeds were continued by a
vote of 153 to 80. A fight for the abol
ishment of the free seed practice will
continue, for 1t is believed that the
sending out Of the packages are OF nc
practical benefit to the farming classes
of the country, and 1t Is safe TO say
that next years bDi will find the ap
preparation for these seeds omitted
when it comes from the committee
and the probabilities are that by thai
time majority OF the members OF tht
| House will support the committee.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-08
BY EDGAR JAMES BANKS, rh. D.

BY EDGAR JAMES BANKS, Phi. D.
The Oriental lamp is the same now
rs it always has becn-a simple dish
of clay. stone, bronze or glass, filled
with Oil; its wick is a rag or Il twist of
cotton, one end of which is immersed
in oil and the other rests over the edge
of the dish to be lighted. This was
the lamp not only of ancient Babylonia
and Egypt, but also of the Hebrews,
Greeks, Romans, and all other early
peoples. Even to this day it is the com
mon lamp of MesOpotamia. In Saint
Sophia, the great mosque of CONSTANT
nople, there is no other method of il
Illumination.
The first artificial light with which
primitive man frightened the dark
ness of night was the camp fire. the
same fire with which he slightly
roasted his meat and warmed his
naked body. At just what age the
idea of lighting bv other means first
occurred to him is no longer known,
but the excavations at the BabylOnian
mound, Bismya, the ruin of the oldest
known city in the world. have shown
that it was in the very long ago, per
haps thousands of years before 1900
r. c.
During the excavations far beneath
a temple which was constructed at
that remote date. among the ruins Of
earlier ages, there was found large
cOnch shell about s inches in length.
Its exterior had been worn smooth by
constant handling. and a section at its
opening and half o. its elongated
valve had been cut away so that it
formed a deep dish terminating in Il
Ia, l.. int, lifrht
traces of a thin, black deposit. At
first the use for which this dish was
intended was puzzling: it was weeks
later when it suddenly occurred to me
that this sea-shell was the primitive
lamp. the ancestor of the great family
of lamps.
Some time later, while eXCavating
at higher level in the temple refuse
heap, where the priests of 400 Il. Z.
threw the broken and discarded
utensils of the temp service, there
appeared among the dozens of baskets
full of polished and cut stone several
triangular objects which reSembled
the conch shell in shape. One of ala
baster was entire: others were frag
mentary, yet their original forms could
he restored. They were the lamps
which came into vogue after the conch
had passed away, or when it became
so scarce that it was no longer EN-
ployed, and stone was substituted in
its place. Although the conch was dis
carded, it's triangular form remained,
even to the natural snOut for the sup
port of the wick. which was repro
duced in the stone-
To the early Babylonlan. the pure,
almost transparent alabaster lamp was
perfect in shape; the next step in the
evolution was in ITS decoration. In
stead of the plain exterior, it was
engraved with retlculated or curved
lines: but a more important step in its
decoration was when the lamp-maker
conceived the idea of supporting the
wick in hole at the sharp corner.
One such example from the Bismya
temple refuse heap terminated in Il
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After threatening to call members
by name if they did not obey, the band
of agriculturiSts, shouting and yelling
for the free-seeds loot quieted down.
and Mr.. Cooks was enabled to proceed.
SEEDS VERSUS BATTLESHIPS.
Free seeds found another doughty
champion in South Trimble. of Ken
lucky Mr.. Trimble asserted that the
seed dealers of the country were
instigating the newspapers to fight
free seeds. Real farmers wanted these
seeds, but kid-glove farmers who
run the oranges did not need them
and did not want them. If this was
graft, he said, it was the only kind
of which every one of the 7O,OOO,0OO
people of the country got IL piece.
Advocating economy in other direc-
tions. Mr.. Trimble suggested less eX-
penditure on battle ships IF we stay
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at home, mind our own business, let
other people alone. we shan't need 4
battle ship any more than n burglar
needs II Jimmy and n dark lantern"
shouted Mr.. Trimble. This sentiment,
Notwithstanding the speaker was a
trife mixed in his metaphor. met with
prolonged applause from the gallant
band of frec-Seedcrs.
Mr.. Lillcy, OF Connecticut, read let
ters from his constituents, some asking
for Shropshire sheep, Durham bulls,
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do you think mans importance Is
measured by his pocketbook
Certainly not" answered Senator
Sorghum. "A pocketb0ok couldn't hold
enough to amount to anything. It's
the bank book that counts. "-Washing-
ton Star.
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Mrs. Ferguson.-George, dear, how
do you like my new hat?
Mr.. Ferguson.-Do you want my real
opinion OF it, Laura?
Mrs. Ferguson.-NO, l don't, you
mean thing!
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The highest mountain In Colorado
Is Massive. 14.f2i, and the next IL
Elbert. ii.i2i. Pixies Peak In l3,lo5
feet high and there are twenty noun
talns in Colorado higher than this.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-08

The most expensive fish in the lsh
markets OF the United States Is tho
English sole which retalls for about
sixty cents per pound.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-08

There are now one million pension
ers on the pension rolls Of the Unite'
States.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-08

The number OF cameras made In the
United States last year was 100000.
worth about S2OOOO.OOO. A gener.
alton ago camera was an unusual
object
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FAMOUS VIRGINIA HOME.
Y0OLLAWN MANSION, PART OF
WASHINGTON'S ESTATE, NOW
CHANGES HANDS.

A Gift from the First President to
His Adopted Daughter-Playwr
Paul Kester Disposes of Manor to
Princeton Woman.
Another change of owners has come
to Woodlawn Mansion, that historic
property having been bought by Miss
Elizabeth NJ. Sharp, of Princeton, N. j.,
from Paul Kester. who dramatized
When Knighthood Was in Flower"
and other plays.
Woodlawn Mansion was the home of
Lawrence Lewis, son Of Betty Wash
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Since 1896 the worlds annual pro
du.. Ion ~ GOLD has doubled.
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TILE LAMPS EVOLUTION.
EXCAVATIONS OF ANCIENT CIT
les SHOW 1T OYER SIX
THOUSAND YEARS OLD.

Originally was a Conch Shell and
Twist of Cotton Western Ingen-
uity Devised the Brass Burner
and Regulator
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-06
a MORRISITE PLEA,

The organ OF the late Morrisite NAL
administration of public affairs In this
city seems to be vitality wounded by
the success Of the Salt Lake police de-
partment i'm the suppression OF most
OF the crimes of theft, burglary and
murder and in the detection Of nearly
all of the few criminals who remain
former regime the robber and the thug
were encouraged to remain here by the
fact that they could engage In their
crime with practical immunity from de-
lection. II the robber We're accidentally
caught, usually the goods were not re-
was still the loser.
Recently two estimable ladies of this
city lost valuable jewelry, and the eff1-
Client detective force OF Salt Lake
caught the thief, recovered the plunder
and are holding IT as part of the evil
dence upon which a conviction Is eX-
pected. But the organ of the Nor
risites is not content with this. It
abuses and vilifies the police depart
ment shamefully because the jewels,
which constitute a part OF the evidence,
could not be returned to the rightful
owners until after the necessary legal
use had been made OF them. True to
its old instinct of afTlliation with the
criminal class, II desires TO destroy the
evidence. Tho next best thing, with
the organ OF the Morrisites, to having
its own party in power, either In close
copartnership with the criminals or in
subjection to them, is the loss OF the
evidence upon which the present effl-
Client administration would bring sue
cessful prosecutions.
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votes than the members present at
the annual session. This makes II easy
for Denver TO always control the elec-
tions
Turning to the committees, We find
that the number ia seven. The com
mittee on programme comprises Ave
members. three OF these carrying the
controD arc from Colorado. and one
each from Washington, d. C, and SaI,
Francisco. The building committee of
three is composed exclusively OF Deb-
yer men. The transportation commit
tee is made up altogether OF Colorado
men, four of the flve from Denver. Tho
membership committee OF three COM
prises two from Denver and one from
Colorado Springs. The mine drainage
districts committee consists OF six
members, all Denver men. The mlnirAs
temple committee Is made up Of three
men, one from Idaho. one from Denver.
and one from San Francisco. The de-
partment of mining committee is made
up of one man from Colorado, the
chairman, one from Nevada. one from
Missouri, one from Arizona, ono from
New York, Not g Utah man upon any
OF the committees; but there Is a Utah
man I'm the present year directorate.
Hon John Dern of this city.
This does not seem TO be much OF a
concession to the objection urged
against the organization that 1t has
been turned into a local Denver con-
cern. The increase of annual dues from
81 10 $40 appears to have been made In
the remodeling of the bylaws. but It
is not explained by whom this remodel
Ing was made. Probably 1t was all done
by Denver men. since every change ap-
pears to have been In the interests OF
making and keeping this congress an
exclusive Denver organization and ac-
tivity.
1t is probable that even though for
few years other States may have
some interest In this congress and send
delegations to attend its meetings.
eventually 1T viii simply be a sort Of
Denver Mining Mems Club. We do not
see. under the present system of or
ganizatlon, Of elections. and Of control.
that any other State can have much
10 do with this so-caled American Min
ing Congress; in fact. they are already
pretty much shut out.
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4 GREAT LINE.

The discussion OF the probability Of
the Moffat road, building from Denver
TO this city. being in reality backed by
George Gould, is of much interest me
comparison Of distances from Denver
to Salt Lake, and from Salt Lake 10
San Francisco. In the same discussion,
Ia OF vast importance in connection
with the avowed necessity Of shorten
ing distance and time In the tranacon-
tinental passage. The Moffat line is
said to save two hundred miles between
Denver and this city. over the present
line. II would also save about as much
as between the two cities, over the
Union Pacific mileage. But In the
stretch between Salt Lake and San
Francisco, the Western Pacific (Which
is discussed as tho Moffat roads west
ern connection In forming a transcon-
tinental route) IL seventy-hVe miles or
more to the bad, in the comparison.
This Ia all the more to be regretted,
as the route selected for the Western
Pacific via Beckwith Pass was not
compulsory; a much shorter route, and
one which affords an infinitely greater
outlook for local business along this
line was quite available. The Western
Pacific owns a number OF local lines In
California. among others the one to
Stockton and eastward touching Gala
veras county. An extension of that
road In an almost direct eastwardly
line via Mono Pass. through the Sier-
ras, on to Tonopah and Ely and thence
70 this city. would give a line that
would be far shorter than any other
that would not occupy territory covered
by any other line, and that would have
on It's route string OF wealth-produc.
ing mining camps. including also the
Deep Creek region In Utah, that have
not their equal in the world.
To miss occupying that line by the
Western Pacific was great opportu.
nifty lost. Its occupancy TO the west.
ward from this city would have giver
the Western Pacific the same advan.
tage on this part OF the alleged GoulC
transcontinental line that the Moffat
road gives IL in the section from Den.
YER to Salt Lake.
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THE OIuET IIEE

Far wandering from the murmur OF the
crowd,
The tides OF time and circumstance, I
found
A blossom blushins where the mountain
Its crest to feel the storms that swept
IL round.
A modest bloom that, lonesome and re-
mote,
shrank in It's beauty that no eye might
note.
1 thought how vain. how useless in Its
sphere.
Freighting the air with fragrance where
none go,
Through the enrolling circle Of the year,
TO Sinr, e3Ts how sweet Its frali' fair petals
To feel the cryptic beauty that II sheds
Here where the stormy mountains lift
their heads.
Yet It performs some purpose, Here.
Its roots have found a shelter not for
naught,
But by some act OF Providence decreed
This lonesome hillside beauty has been
wrought
To shed a fragrance in whose quiet art
A comfort dwells to bless some long
Ing heart.
Thus with the souls that dwell amid the
storm.
Too weak for service and too poor to
Yet all unknowing they may stu per-
form
Some tender mission when they merely
Some thought compelling and some sun
bright dream
OF hope and Joy on life's bleak road TO
gleam. Baltimore Sun.
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AN UNFAIR WAY

John Mitchell, president q
United Mine Workers. has beer
ing about the various methods
at the mines for weighing cos
one method. a method Of the D
said:
This method was long ago
doned on account OF its unfairnt
was most unfair. The fist and
method. In fact, was scarcely I
The fist and pound method
mated. they say, In Scranton.
ple-minded old lady ran 3
store there. A man came In o.
and asked for a pound of bacon
old lady cut off a generous chi
bacon, and then, going to we
found that she had mislafd her
weight.
Dear me- she said. I can
my pound weight anywhere
Tho man. seeing that theE
about two pounds in the chul
off. said hastily:
Never mind. My fist we
pound
And he put the bacon on OF
OF the scales and his flst on the
The two. OF course, just balan<
1t looks kind O. large for q
don't it?' asked the old lady,
wrapped the bacon up.
1t does look large, said tht
as he tucked the meat under hi
STILL
But Just then the old lady
her pound weight
"'Ah, she said. in a relieved
now we can prove this business
1t on here again,
But the man wisely refrafnet
putting the bacon on the scales
tested. He put on his fist aga
stead. And his fist. you may Or
just balanced the pound weight
THE old lady was much pieas
"'Well DONE she said. and n
couple O. red herrin' for yer sc
honesty"
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UP IN FRONT.

his Smoot-
feeling Where they
should be sentiment
Apostle soldiers
with satisfaction
and poverty lose all their the crippled
limbs;
word that the for
which they fought
O. what In all the
long that he public teach
Importance
TO himself ne boy n
Yes the he
cult
None be IN the
10
his allies have been
n church
lmped along
a ne
Reed smoo bid that Fourth Of Grafton
popularity
o
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THE CELEBRATION BATTLE.

The Fourth of July has come and
gone. II left Its usual bloody wake In
the sea of life. The deaths directly
! growing out of the noisy uproar in
which the day was celebrated number
so far as reported thirty eight. Those
wounded are reported to number nearly
three thousand. Perhaps In both cases
the totals reported may be considerably
exceeded.
1t has become a very serious question
in American life whether the prevalent
method of celebrating the Fourth OF
July is worth while. Is II necessary
In order to put ourselves In mind Of
the recurrence of Independence day,
that some scores of persons shall be
killed and many hundreds hurt. some
OF these mortally? Is it a good way to
keep ourselves In mind of our liberty
and to remind the world OF It. that we
pile up heaps Of slain and injured peo-
pie as a sacrifice?
1t does not seem TO US that the pres
ent method of celebrating the Fourth
OF July, with the deaths and wounds
that necessarily accompany It. can
much longer continue in this enlight-
ened country. 1t is sheer madness to
keep on along the present lines. 1t is
quite true that every one enters into
this dangerous sport voluntarily. even
enthusiastically, No one expects to get
hurt, no one expects to get killed; and
yet the manning and killing 20 right
along year after year without Interrupt
ton, and With an annual round of
! blood letting that Is sIclening to con-
template.
Is 1t true that man who makes an
uproar on that day with gun and can
nons firecrackers and shouting, is a bet
ter patriot, a more fervent lover of
liberty. than the man who quietly goes
about his usual vocation. or who slips
off to a quiet place and with book or
with the cheer OF family or neighborly
association enjoys himself quietly
talks of the events of the time, recurs
IT may be somewhat to the history OF
the country and the origin OF the day.
and goes home at night in a good
frame OF mind for nights rest and
wakes up the next morning In full vigor
with no headache. no ringing In his
ears. from the concussion OF repeated
explosions, and is able to go about his
work as If nothing had happened?
We do not believe that there Is the
slightest room for choice between these
two methods Of celebrating the Fourth
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A DENVER CONCERN.

We have received a letter. circular,
and copy OF the bylaws and statement
OF objects of the American Mining Con-
gress with headquarters in Denver, 1t
will be remembered that at the Portland
meeting of this congress, Salt Lake City
was an applicant for It's permanent
headquarters, but the Utah delegation
got "rattled" and went to pieces on ac-
count OF a foolish speech made by
delegate who undertook to turn the
Mormon -polygamist situation against
the proposition TO establish the perma-
nent headquarters OF this congress In
this city. II that adverse speech had
been met in a different spirit by the
Utah delegation, there is little doubt
that the headquarters of this congress
would have been established In this
city; and IL 1t had been. we should hope
that there would be no such attempt
here to make the headquarters and con-
gress a mere local concern as has been
made In Denver by reason of its loca-
ton there.
The circular received notes that an
impression had been created that the
fixing Of the headquarters OF the min
ing congress at Denver was liable Ito
cause 1t to become n Denver organiZa-
ton rather than serve the broad pur-
pose of a national institution with
which the mining men from every seo-
tlon OF the country could cooperate
and to which all could turn for assist
ance In the solution of those problems
which require hurried action and which
are OF general interest"
1t is worthy of inquiry. then, to see
what steps Denver has taken to do
away with the impression that this con-
gress is to be made a local Denver IN
stitution. First of all, then. an initia-
ton fee of SIS is exactcd from every
member and an annual fee of $40 be-
sides. No person is eligible to member
ship OH the board Of directors or to
hold any office In the congress except
an active member in good standing;
and In order to be a member In good
standing these fees must be paid. Next,
at the annual meeting of the members
a nominating committee OF five is to be
appointed to present to the members for
their consideration the names of such
persons as the committee deems advis-
able to act as directors for the ensuing
year This makes pretty close corpo-
ration of the directorate. but to con-
centrate II still further, an executive
committee Of three is to be named from
the board, which shall exercise all the
powers OF the directors.
The scheme of election provides that
each State or Territory may cast tcn
votes and one additional for every fifty
members In good standing; that is,
who have paid their dues into the Dem
yer office; but no vote shall be cast
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THE DIFFIDENcE OF BUCKsKIN.
New York Globe.


The President met with ignomInous
defeat yesterday, John Willis. ranch
man and former fellow -plainsman, was
immovable I'm his refusal to dine at
the White House. because he lacked
the conventional sartorial accoutre-
mont. The President insisted that no
would be just as welcome In buckskin
trousers, but the Westerner was not to
be budged. And away he went Ito get
his grub" as he said, "at the down.
town hashery where he was bunking" i"
The commentary on democratic SIM
plicity evoked by this incident Is worth
while. A President Is President and
a dinner a dinner-and your rough Re-
publican knows 1t and believes In dig
nifying his national institutions, how
ever primitive the trappings Of the one,
horse Jeffersons, however negligee the
garment of the Gen. Grants.
At about the same time that this lit
tie drama was enacting 1t is reported
that the Presidents son-in-law was
suffering unmanageable qualms and
qulvers In gold braid and knee
brceches while Mrs. Longworth and
himself were experiencing the ordeal
OF presentation at the English court.
His bride courtesied like a veteran
duchess. But Nicholas was shaken to
his center. He knew how John Willis
felt.
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of July; and we believe thnt the Amer
lean people In time (nnay tho day be
specdedD VIII taboo entirely and utter
" stamp out the noisy. barbarous up
roar that has so far generally char
ncterized the day. Quiet, pcaceable
observance by crowds, by oratiohs, OF
In the simplicity OF family and neigh
borly enjoyment. would be the ideal
way to celebrate the Fourth OF July.
The noise, the bloodehed, the fatalities,
the conflagrations should be left out.
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SOONER THAN USUAL
Philadelphia Post.

PhllaoelDnia POST
Representative Littlefield OF Maine
was introduced to a man from Pitts
burg.
Il made some speeches out In your
town once" said Littlef1eld.
Yes" said the Pittsburg man. Il ran
for office that year and was beaten by
seven thousand"
"Heayensl" exclaimed Littleheld, II
am not usually so fatal as that l
spoke for Dave Mercer out in Omaha
In 1900. and they didn't beat him until
1902"