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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-18

TO assign az one ~ the causes Of
the present financial strlugency the
fine imposed ON the standard OH com-
Dauy Is seeking very far FOR a reason.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-18

Any good healthy American boy
would give bis chance % become Presi-
6ent for place ou his schools foot
blll team
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-18

California has handed the east thirty
five hundred car loads OF lemons this
year. And still the cry Is for more.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-18

% would not be az an surprising II
the Maurcnnia should put the Lusi-
tonia's record M the shade.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-18

It IS too early 70 say whether o
voyage around the world is good OF
bad FOR "a presidential boom.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-18

rb. days and cash are both getting
shorter
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-18

Tho Tigers do not regard the sons Of
En as little better than mollycoddles
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-18

"By mdusuins we thrive" say the
dealers DO stocks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
Care Of Evening Slippers.

"Cloth tops should be well whisked each
time after wearing. and an occasional
cleansing with naphtha or gasoline will
keep them clean.
Evening slippers. In pastel shades Of kid
or in silk or satin. may be readily cleaned
with an erasure known as art gum that
is used by illustrators. OF course. either
naphtha or gasoline will clean these soIled
slippers
Those made Of bronze leather. gilt or
gold cloth must be carefully handled to
prevent furnishing and should be painted
with q liquid bronze or gold as soon as
they begin to look dull. When touched
with this brightener It Is best to have the
slippers fitted over trees: then the cloth
or kid will not only keep free from wrin-
kles. but the correct shape win be re-
tanned.
Though comparatively few women wear
tan shoes except for golf or outdoor sports
during the winter months. those who nos
sess them like to keep these outing boots
looking neat. and the best way this can be
done IL by washing them with lukewarm
water and q pure toilet soap, drying quick
ly with soft dannel rag and then apply
ing the peel of q banana. When this has
dried into the leather. q vigorous rubbing
with q textile brush and soft cotton cloth
win bring a luster to the leather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04

basin set into a pan OF hot water, and then
beating in the other INGREDIENT.
Camphorated ice is one of the best Of
emollients, but requires q little more time
to make. It IL composed of two ounces Of
oil OF almonds, one-haif dram each Of
white wax and spermaceti. one-and-three-
quarter drains of camphor. four and-one-
half grains Of oil Of rosemary, two-and-
one-haif grains Of oil of pepperment and
two ounces Of orange flower water.
The wax and spermaceti are melted in q
little basin a In the foregoing prepara-
tons. While liquid the oils are beaten In.
and then the camphor. Remove from the
add the orange flower water.
This should be kept on the lips con.
stantiy.
Many persons advocate the use Of COLO
dion ON lips that are chapped or cracked
but I have always found 1t did more harm
than good. II u perfectly true that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
A STEAMSHIPS DRIVING POWER.
Equivalent to Hauling q Freight
Train Five Miles Long.

From the Scientific American.
One of the most impressive manifestations
of the power OF the modern steam engine is
the sight Of an up-to-date freight locomotive
starting a train Of 10 or 50 cara. and gath
ering way, until the whole mass Is thunder
ing over the rails at speed Of Is or 30
miles an hour. When we attempt by our
unaided strength to move a heavy piece Of
furniture we understand very we'll what is
meant by mass and inertia. To move
single loaded freight car on the level by
human power 1t is necessary to crowd
around it as many men as can lay their
hands or shoulders against It in united
propulsive effort. And hence. when we see
not one, but 40 or 80 loaded cars. started
from rest and swung into their full stride by
a single locomotive. the latter becomes SYM
bolical in the popular mind Of majestic
power.
1t is for this reason that to represent the
horse power which will be necessary to
drive the new Cunard liners at 24A knots
an hour, we have taken the average-sized
freight locomotive as our unit of compari-
son. The least amount OF power which the
designers Of the Lusitania and Mauretania
found would be necessary to drive these
ships at their contract speed was $4,000
horse power. Now. the horse power of hte
average freight locomotive Is about 2.1OO.
and, consequently, the total thrust on the
four propellers of each of these ships will
be equal to the total pull exerted by 30
modern American freight engines. One OF
these locomotives could haul on the level
a train Of 50 cars. whose total length would
be just a third of q mile. Consequently the
whole $1,000 power of the Cunarder. ex-
pressed in terms of locomotive work, would
be sufficient to haul a train of 1,600 cars.
whose total length would be over fif1ve
miles.
To develop minimum of 5000 horse
power, and a maximum that will possibly
run up to 1900 or 3d. 900 horse power, calls
for boiler and engine plant Of truly titanic
proportions. Steam will be supplied by Is
cylindrical boilers. of which % are double
ended and two single-ended, the former be-
ing II feet inches In diameter and Il feet
long. The coal will be burned in these boil
ers on 1872 furnaces, the total area of whose
CRATES would be represented by a square
measuring "a feet on each side, containing
about 1900 square feet of surface Might
and day an army Of several hundred fire.
men will be continuously shoveling coal into
these furnaces, where 1t will be burned at
the rate of about 1000 tons every "a hours;
and to insure that the coal is burned at a
fierce white heat, the air will be forced
through the CRATES continuously by means
Of powerful electrically driven fans, the
rush Of air being also assisted by Inc four
great smokestacks through which The prod
ucts Of combustion will be DISCHARGED high
up in the air at about $50 feet above the
level of the crate bars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
CURING cHAPPED LIPS.
Simple Remedies That Can Be Made
at Home.

Chapped and cracked lips that pain and
even bleed most distressingly are among
the cold weather troubles" of women, and
for little matter this condition can GER
tainly cause much discomfort.
1t Is due primarily, of course, to dryness
when the outside skin is not sufficiently
nourished to keep 1t in a normal condition,
but the cause of this dryness may differ
widely. Not infrequently insuhlcientiy
nourished tissues are at the bottom of II.
indicating a condition Of the system where
phosphates are probably desirable to be
taken internally as a physicion may pre-
deeply, rooted it Is more easily cured, for
the origin Is likely to be merely the bad
habit of moistening or biting the lips. Too
much moisture moisture is S drying: and biting. Of
tive to cold so that it Immediately chaps.
Even more painful than chapping are
cracks, and far more difficult to heal, as
they are likely to mean q thin Condition
Of the blood. External applications. how
ever, are soothing. and sometimes healing
because they allay Inflammation, thus Civ
ing the skin chance to grow together
again.
Either for chapping or cracking grease
of some sort should be constantly applied
To go into the cold air without first put
ting on protection Of this sort is bound
to mean discomfort IL not pain. wherefore
one does well to know Of a salve that win
not be conspicuous. OF this kind Is one
made Of one half ounce Of spermaceu oint-
ment seven and one-half grains Of balsam
OF Peru. seven and one-han grains Of
alkanet root and three drops Of OIL Of
mace. Put the ointment into q small basin
and set into pan of boiling water. AS
the ointment melts drop in the alkanet
root and keep II In the grease until the
latter assumes q dark pink. Then strain
and let 1t cool but not harden. As soon as
cool beat In the balsam, let It settle. and In
five minutes pour on the clear liquid and
add the Oil Of mace. Beat for moment
A little Of this put on during the day
will not show. II made o. deep enough
shade 1t will do for rouge as well. This.
II Ii understood. IL not healing prepare
ton. merely soothing when going into the
wind.
Quite healing. however. for the lips when
very dry Is q mixture OF two and one-half
grains Of hydrochlorate OF cocaine and q
quarter ounce of mutton suet. Mix the
two. and apply with bit of gauge ct
night. Another Is made Of two drops Of
carbolic acid and q scant quarter ounce
Of mutton suet. Each b made In the same
way. by melting. the mutton tallow In .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
MYSTERIOUS MINES.
Some ost Drifts That Keep the Mexi-
can Gold Seeker Busy.

From Modern Mexico.
Among the rich mines worked by the
Spaniards was the Tarasca in Sonora. OF
which Humboldt writes so fascinatingiy
and Ward and other historians mention
fayorably. The history Of Tarasca is one
of evil deeds Of duplicity, Of theft. of greed
and all the base passions melted by the
love of gold. The mine was worked long
before the Spaniards arrived In Mexico, and
the gold and silver fashioned into orna-
ments by the aborigines- family In Quay
mas has a necklace Of flying fish bought
from a Pima Indian chief. who stated that
the metal was dug from Tarasca. The mine
was worked by various Spaniards. and later
acquired for the crown of Spain. It was
extensively worked, barring certain periods
during Apache wars, until the epoch or the
French Intervention, when the shafts ana
tunnels are said to have been concealed
by the administrator. Don Juan Moreno,
an imperialist, who was forced to seek
safety in flight. After the restoration OF
peace Tarasca was looked for In vain, and
to the present time no one IS certain OF i.s
location, though the mine now known as
IJbarbo is believed to be the Tarasca. Ubar-
DO had been extensively wor-.~d when re-
discovered years ago, and the shafts ana
tunnels concealed under earth ana prusn.
Rich pillars. of ore were found In the drifts.
and the mine corresponds with the descrip-
ton in the archives Of the American con-
sulate at Guaymas.
But the lost mine about which TRADITION
gathers thhckest is Talopa. supposed TO be
located in the Shahuaripa district In So
nora, Little documentary evidence exists to
prove Talopa's reality, and that has evil
IDENTIFY been manufactured by Inscriptions
manipulators wealthy Mexican recently
made a trip to Madrid and after minute
search at great expense found absolutely
no data to prove that such a mine was
worked for the crown o.; Spain and no re-
liable data in the Mexican archives or else
where to prove that such a mine was ever
known. But quite as trustworthy as most
written documents are the traditions gath
cred from the Pima Indians.
They stoutly maintain that Talopa exists.
and few claim to know Its locality. Small
quantities of very rich ore are occasionally
sold at the mountain mining camps, and all
attempts to follow the Indians to the spot
where 1t H. found or bribe them to reveal
Il have failed. Wanting but little in add
ton 10 the corn they grow, they are Inn
bued with q superstition that II they reveal
the locality OF mine they will instantly
drop dead. To one unacQuainted with the
Indian character this statement may seem
Incredible, but any prospector or miner In
the Sierra Madre will aff1rm its truth
Large sums of money have been offered the
Ffmas to tell where the lost mine Is. They
scorn money and the only open. sesame Is
r,escal by the liberal use of which the In
dian may be made to disclose many things,
hui 80 far he has held inviolate his vow to
reveal to no man the famous Talopa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
TOAST RUINED HIS CHANCES.
Story Of a Scotch Probationer - The
Comprehensive Toasts of Today.

Comprehensive Toasts of Today.
From the London Globe
II the history of toasts is generally ia
miliar the interest attaching to their spe-
cif1c character Is sometimes ignored: they
nave In great measure gone out of fashion;
occasionally now. as In days past the prac-
tice Is denounced for its alleged undesirable
tendency. But. for all that, most of us re-
ylve the old custom, and look upon 1t. in
deed, as one of the most Indispensable
Of that seasons social rites. And 1t is as
we revive 1t that We realize how essentially
the comprehensive toast has busted the gal
liant individualsm of its predecessors.
We drink "All friends" and are not care.
full. even to ourselves to define too curiously
who come within the terms; in the equally
familiar Absent friends" the absent
needs but a trifle laboring, a little kindly
casuistry, to become as comprehensive as
Tiny Tim himself could desire
The old service toast, agaln-which It's
usual environment invests with a romantic
pathos all its own-"Sweethearts and
wives" though doubtless restricted in in
tention. is verbally patient of a generous
comprehensiyeness. "Sweethearts" is not
necessarily restricted to one sex, nor We
like to think. does the attitude 1t implies
cease with marriage. This view admittedly
will make wives a graceful and eupho.
NOUS redundancy-but 1t adds vastly to
the comprehensiveness of the toast. And
Dy similar reasoning the old Scotch toast
of Honest men and bonnie lasses" may
be taken as widely inclusive.
This toast Is said to have been fatal OIL
one occasion. some decades back, to the
chances of candidate for a pastorate. He
had duly made the acquaintance of the
electing committee. and they were all com
fortably and solemnly absorbing teddy. wher
before parting. the luckless probationer
proposed the kindly old toast. The act was
suicidal; the grave and reverend seniors
were scandalized and would have nothing
to say to a candidate who could not take
his whisky quietly, but must needs let his
thoughts run on such a banal frivolity az
'lasses."
Apropos OF Scotch comprehensive toasts
1t would be hard to find anything prettiei
or more pathetic than one Black told Of
how a young couple married and came to
London, and how the girl wife fancied in
the configuration OF the dreary housetops
some resemblance to the familiar land.
scape of her Highland home. She made
with plants and flower boxes q miniature
roof garden. and on certain anniversaries
the two would go there. land the young
wife laughing--though there were some
times tears In her eyes-never failed to say,
And I drink to you. Benna-Braren: and to
you. Ben Lena: and to you. my beautiful
Corrie-Cranach; and to all that we know
that are near to you"
She died in scarcely more than a year
and in long after days her husband, then
IN old man. would come. by arrangement
with the occupiers, and repeat on the old
anniversaries the pretty fancy of his girl
wife
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
New Neckwear.

OF the dainty lace neckwear for spring,
already shown in the shops. none is more
attractive or will be more appropriate for
shirt waists and for dressy frocks than the
jabets, combination of standing collar
and stole. These jabots are a revival Of
ties worn many years ago. and though
they are smartiy made, with the lace work.
ed into fascinating motifs. most of them
have an old-fashioned appearance that
makes them most desirable.
If made at home Of rare old lace these
ties are stunning and have an originality
that the ready-made ones lack The shapes
of these jabots are varied and may be
fashioned In any model that Is becoming,
or that suits the fancy of the wearer Some
Of them are simply made. with straight
collar. while others have an oval motif Of
lace that drops from the base of the neck
almost to the waist Other designs have
the stole made of a series of round pieces
Of lace that are decidedly effective.
As to the collars on which these stoles
are fastened. they may be any width de-
sired so that they are suitable, alike to
the short or long neck. Made of lace that
corresponds in patterns to the kind used in
the stole, or Of q different design, these
collars are fashioned in sort Of shallow
''V'' to set smoothly around the throat,
and most Of them are finished with
ruching of tuiie. or Of . narrow piece Of
lace that gives pretty fullness next to the
neck.
The more elaborate jabots are finished
with bows or loops of white satin ribbon
that make them decidedly dressy. and
some Of the ones worn with betrimmed
reception frocks are decorated with hand
embroidered flowers. in dainty pink. light
blue or pale yellow.
Though not as dressy as the more orna-
mental jabots, stin collars. with enbroid-
cred dots, flowers and scroll patterns, are
being much worn now and will be popular
during. the spring season. Worn with
plain tailor waists, or with lingerie shirts
these collars are decidedly smart when I'm
ished with a small silk bow knot The
hand-embroidered collars are expensive,
naturally. but some exceedingly pretty
ones, with machine-embroidered desisns,
can be bought for twenty-five cents apiece.
Those made Of linen, with a narrow rune
Of futing around the edge. are newer than
the collars with designs and are quite a.
attractive. II not 30 ornamental
Bolero Jackets for spring wear are al
ready being worn at night over lingerie
and silk waists, and are made in natty
styles that are particularly effective for
young girls and matrons Some OF these
jackets are Of lace. while others are Of
linen, with hand-embroidered designs down
the front. In the back and on the sleeves
The latter are large and aare at the elbow,
and are three-Quarters length.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
HOUSE BUILT BY BLIND MEN.
Worked ON Pitch Dark Nights as Well
as by Daylight.
From Popular Mechanics.

From Popular Mechanics.
Two totally blind men have built a house
for themselves at Berkeley, Cal. doing all
the carpenter work themselves without any
assistance whatever.
1t Is coincidence that both these men
are named Joseph-Joseph Brown and Jo-
seph Martinez. The house Is of the popu-
lar bungalow type. one and a half stories
high and constructed entirely of wood. It
is IS feet wide by IS feet long.
As the builders are sightless the work
necessarily progressed slowly. From early
morning until frequently long after sunset
the two men toiied patiently at their task.
The shades of night did not hinder the
work. for MONDAY and midnight are equal
ly dark to them and out OF the blacknass
came the song Of the saw and the blows Of
the hammer to passersby, who heard but
saw no workmen.
From day to day the work has been
curfousiy watched BY crowds, including
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04

many carpenters. The general work is pro-
nounced good as that performed by
many builders who are blessed with perfect
eyesight.
Brown and Martinez were not blind from
their birth. but were deprived Of their sight
many years ago. They were door-to-door
peddlers for many years and managed In
the course Of time to accumulate snug
sums of money that were wisely deposited
in bank. At the time Of the great FIRE In
San Francisco these men lost everything
save their little bank accounts.
Recently they pooled their holdings pur-
chased q small lot in Berkeley and some
lumber. They then set to work resolutely
and have built themselves q house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
From the Taller.

Even "worm-hoies' arfe no guarantee Of
extreme age In furniture. as was demon
strated some time ago In the law courts.
vhen a woman came to excuse her hus-
bands absence from the court on account
Of Illness what Il your husband?" asked
the fudge "a worm-eater. my lord" was
TIE reply. "A what?" asked the Judge
aaaIn II don't wonder he's too III to at
tend" The woman then explained that
her husband was so called not because he
was addicted to this peculiar form OF diet.
but because his trade was to drill these
holes In new furniture to give 1t the APP
pearaace Of antiquity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04

AS result Of the factionai differences In
the congregation Of the Locust Valley
Bethel Church Of God. near Burhittsviile.
Nd. the faction led by Mr.: Samuel Mentzer
has staked or grounds for a new church.
The structure will be Of stone. % feet by
80 feet. The other faction. led by Mr. John
Pearl has possession of the present church,
which It had Incorporated this week. The
pastor. Rev. John A. Saxon, Is with the
Pearl factio0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-04
Boom In Straw Hats.
from the sprinsseld Repuh1icaa.

STRAW hats are In such demand that the
business life Of Franklin has received great
impetus. One OF the largest factories there
has already doubled the number Of its en-
ployes, and dozens who formerly worked
there are returning daily. Enough orders
are on hand now, said one OF the large
manufacturers, to keep much larger force
Of help than II ut present employed busy
until April. and heavier orders are expected
as the season advances. All the straw goods
manufacturers report difficulty In obtaining
Sufficient help.