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The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24
SOAP ron THE ORIENT.
Brisk Demand said to Have Sprung
Up In Southern China.

Il is told by travellers that the homes
Of the common people Of China are go
wanting IA cleanliness that a Russian
dog would refuse to live in one OF
them The peasantry are said to be
nacquainteG entirely with the bene.
fits OF water except for lrrigating and
drinking purposes.
From the report of the deputy con.
sui general at Hongkong it appears
that a new order of things is begin
ming to interest the Chinese. Among
the inhabitants Of southern China a
brisk demand has Of late sprung MP
for soap. In the year 1906 Great Brit
ain sold more than $500 900 worth, and
in the same period soap to the value
OF S22, 900 has been imported from the
United States. The European bust.
ness has almost doubled in year, and
the Americans are doing better than
ever before The deputy consul gen.
eral says that the demand is grow
ing one. the taste Of the buyers run
ming toward the highly scented grades
and those with attractive wrappings
He thinks that American manufacture
ers could do very well II they went
after the business, putting their prod
ucts up in cartons marked with
Chinese characters.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24
MADE THE PATIENT WALK.
Physicians Successful Method OF Deal.
ing with Nervous Woman.

A trained nurse. who worked under
DR. S. Weir Mitchell for number of
years. tells the following story:
"A patient of whom once had
charge labored under the delusion that
she could not walk. She was suffering
from some nervous trouble, and DR.,
Mitchell told me I must take her to
walk in the open air After numerous
unsuccessful attempts to ge; her out
Of doors. | told DR.. Mitchell that II was
useless; the only way to get her out
would be to pick her up bodily and
put her I'm the street. and that / could
not do
After moments thought Dr.
Mitchell said;
"'You meet me tomorrow at the
corner Of -- and ---- streets at IL
o'clock and I'll make her walk
The following day at the appointed
hour | was at the street corner
named. and there was the doctor with
my charge in his carriage As | APP
preached he turned TO her and said:
There is your nurse; get out and
walk home with her
my charge began to protest that
she couldn't, but Dr. Mitchell, insisting
that she must, helped her TO the side.
walk. then drove away. and--wlth
much weeping and protesting-m
charge walked home"
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24

Iigh. Such a structure could be
chlseled out OF this mountain OF solid
white statuary marble, and still there
would be fields OF unknown extent
above and below and on all sides. So
great is the deposit OF white marble.
that II perchance every person In the
civilized world should expire to-day, a
monument OF generous proportions
could be provided for each individual
These statements, extravagant as they
may appear to be. are actually more
than conservative and II Is possible
TO easily verify them by actual mems
urements.
For present-day requirements there
has been exposed one section of solid
white marble one mile long. 1855 feet
thick, and extending back at least a
mile and half, as indicated by drill
ings. The cores from these drillings
show that all Of the marble clear TO
the bottom in this cross section OF the
deposit Is sound and beautiful.
OF this immense deposit Al per cent.
Is pure white statuary marble and So
per cent. is divided between golden
vein and a beautiful dark vein. The
golden vein marble gives the warm
CU1urrilr--trr-- i --- e-.l-saa-I--IoG 4.x- Ihe
satuary marble is fawless and with,
out a trace OF color or shadow, and in
quality is equal or superior to the
most famous Italian and Grecian mar.
BILE
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24
TEXAS PREACHER PROBABLE
CHAMPION BIBLE READER.
Rev. Pittman, Baptist University Dean,
Has Perused Pages of the New
Testament 24o Times,
He Says.

Ferris, Tex.--Rev. DR.. r. b. Pittman
pastor of the Baptist church here and
dean of the Bible school Of the Baptist
university, has read the New Tesla
ment through each month for 20 years.
The fact that DR.. Pittman is probably
the champion Bible reader OF the
country was discovered by others. He
had not even counted up his record.
The discovery came about in this
way: DR.. Plttman frequently lectures
before chautauqua and church gather
ings upon religious subjects, and these
addresses are seldom formal. Rather
they are heart TO heart talks upon
what seems to be the most opportune
subject So It happened that he was
Urging upon an audience Of theological
students the Importance of Bible study
and advantages thereof. incidentally
he said that he had been reading the
New Testament once each month for
many years, and he had never failed
TO find upon each reading new interest
and new truths. His statement rather
surprised his auditors and they ques-
toned him further. Then he counted
up and reached the amazing total of
240 complete readings.
He reads an average of nine chap.
ters daily, giving so much time each
day to this form OF study, which is his
relaxation and amusement II is part
of his daily life--a well-fixed habit that
he enjoys just as many men take a
half hour Relation for their after din
ner cigar.
DR.. Pittman is not a careless reader.
He can repeat many of the chapters
without reference to the text He
reads the book attentively each time,
inquiringly following the lines looking
for new points Of interest.
Now and then, TO give variety to this
form of chosen exercise, he turns from
the King jam version TO the original
Greek. which he reads as easily as the
English. Given the book, chapter and
verse. Dr. Pittman will repeat the text
of the more important section, and In
his addresses he turns from one part
of the Testament to another with
great accuracy. never using indicators
to guide him to references.
DR.. Pittman sometimes delivers lee
cures and addresses, but most of his
work is among the fellow townsmen
and the members of his community
- f+oRs the aelds-aDd cotton patches. lie
has recently been elected life pastor
of the church over which he presides
This occurred at the close of his
seventh year as pastor
This familiarity with the Scripture
gives a man vocabulary" says DIR
Pittman in defending his reading from
a worldly point of view. I'VE have II
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24
Costs Already s27, Appeal Taken to
Common Pleas Court.

Philadelphia. costs already
amounting TO S27 the litigation over is
cents was carried another step up
ward by Henry j, Scott attorney for
G. G. A. Loder, a druggist takins a
writ of certiorari to common pleas
court No /, from the judgment of the
magistrate in the suit of Henry G.
Terry TO recover the is cents. The
suit was based on the allegation that
Mr.. Terry had purchased a bottle OF
tooth wash, but when he came 10 open
the bottle Il contained but about a tea
spOOnIul OF lHU pTET'r17r-'-'''
manded another bottle or the return
of the price paid, but was refused He
then sued l4oder before a magistrate
and obtained a Judgment in his favor
In support of the certiorari II will be
contended that the judgment was
wrong because Mr.. Terry had brought
the suit In his name for the Salvation
Army. and he admitted that he had no
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24

Bermuda possesses plant OF the
house leek family which has curious
properties. When the leaves begin
to shrivel and fade they put forth new
shoots, which in turn bear leaves that
continue to grow fresh and green for
many weeks. The leaves are about
four inches long, rich green in color
and of waxen texture. II one of the
leaves Is pinned to a wall indoors Il
Will begin 70 sprout within three or
four days, be II winter or Summer.
The limit OF existence OF the life plant
seems dependent upon the quantity OF
heat and light which the plant OBJ.
tains.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24

has become so prevalent that the gov
eminent is determined to suppress
the practice, II possible, and thus put
a stop TO a form of speculation which,
II not in itself criminal. is held to be
conducive to criminality. The London
board OF trade has also taken up the
matter and will bring all the pressure
possible to bear in aid OF the efforts
of the authorities. As a first step, II
has invited conference OF shipown.
ers. underwriters and others to con.
slider the matter and TO take such &c.
ton as may be feasible.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24
Remarkable Cure at lourdss.

The case OF the cure of Leonle lie.
vogue at the shrine of Lourdes has
been published in Italy with the sworn
medical certificates. Mile Leveque is
a school teacher and, according to the
announcement, had suffered from an
liberation for Is months, growing
weaker after each surgical treatment.
She was finally taken TO Lourdes, when
too weak for further medical expert
mentlng. and, when alone In her room
at the hotel, was suddenly cured.
Mile. Leveque has returned to her
school teaching.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24
HOLDS ODD RECORD

this book the purest Anglo-Saxon and
the choicest flow of words of the Eng.
fish language. Too, It develops the
spiritual an essential Of the well.
rounded character"
He is continuing his readings. Now
he is upon the two hundred and forty.
first investigation. One Bible has not
stood all his readings. but to throw
an old one away he would consider al.
most a sacrilege. The old brown
stained Bibles have been retired and
now adorn a shell. honored for their
service.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24
THE SOURCE OF MSPIRA TON

ical thoughts. Again an important
conclusion forced itself upon him
with brevlty, suddenness and lmme
date gertrude" while he was resting
on the sea beach after a long period
OF apparently futile cogitation.
The striking part OF all this is the
appearance of spontaneous illumina.
ton, which may be taken as the sign
Of long subconscious elaboration. Ex
periences OF the kind would appear to
be very common with mathematicians.
and, indeed, with an whose work re.
quires. long periods Of mental concen.
tration.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24

men on the witness stand TO tell what
bartenders usually receive and to give
their estimate Of the worth of the
services Mrs German rendered Carr.
Attorneys for the defendant tried to
show that Mrs. German, the bartender,
had paid one dollar for face powder,
the money being secured from Carr,
and that she had worn fine clothes.
They also said her bill for hats for one
year amounted TO $780, all OF which
Carr paid, but Mrs. German denied all
this The case was continued
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24
PLANS NOVEL SHOW
EZRA MEEKER TO HAVE PIONEER
EXHIBIT AT SEATTLE.
Exact Reproduction Of Home Life In
the Early Days Of the North.
west viii ee offered at
the Coming Fair.

Seattle Wash.-Ezra Meeker plo.
ner If the SOS, will give an exact re-
production of home life during the
early history OF the northwest ON the
grounds of the Alaska. Yukon Pacific
exposition next year
Within a few days old Dave" the
OK that assisted to haul the Meeker
prairie schooner from ocean to ocean
over the Oregon trail, will be driven
out to the exposition grounds, hitched
to pillow and will assist his master in,
preparing the soft earth to receive
series of cabins which Meeker plans
to build on the fair site.
Five cabins will be erected without
the use of lumber or nails, and ash
pits be built at convenient places on
Meeker's acre on the exposition
grounds, a vegetable garden will be
planned. and by next spring there will
be flourishing pioneer colony on the
campus OF the state university
Apart OF this exhibit will be an old
blockhouse built I'm 1856. which still
stands at Coupeville There Is TO be
n reproduction Of the schoolhouse of.
so years ago, and John V. Meeker, "a
years old and known as Uncle John
among the pioneers, will be In charge
of the buildings. In early days John
Meeker taught school and many OF the
textbooks OF that period have been
preserved by the Meekers.
Ezra Meeker will try TO interest the
newspapers of Oregon in his pioneer
exhibit and hopes to receive many
relics OF early days from old Oregon
families. These relics will be exhibit.
ed In the cabins and at the close OF
the exposition returned to their own
ers. In the cabins will be shown how
| cloth was spun and woven and several
old-time spinning wheels and looms
will be I'm operation.
One cabin will be called the music
hall, where several old melodeons will
be used. These instruments were
among the first to be brought to this
coast. In early days the Oregon codn.
try comprised the vast territory OF
what is now the states of Oregon.
! Washington, Idaho and a part OF Wy.
oming and Montana From all these
states will come relies Of early pioneer
life for the Meeker exhibit.
Meeker plans number of special
features during the life of the exposl-
ton and every few weeks there will be
big barbecue in which EXPOSITION Wis.
ltors will be asked to take a part
There will also be clambakes, and
Meeker expects to serve thousands OF
potatoes baked in the ash pits. oxen
will be roasted for the benefit of the
visitors
When this part OF the country was
under provincial government as far
back as 1S43 the seat OF government
was in cabin There Is to be re
production of this same cabin, and th'
details of its construction will be gath
cred from old Oregon pioneers.
over all the cabins will fly thu
American flag containing 26 stars. thu
number of states in the union at tina
period of the country's history.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24

3D. only 10 be made palatable by a
chunk OF artificial ice. which too often
creosotes It IN a manner that makes
Il taste like a newly paved boulevard
smells How we have delighted our
selves and fingered over country
just cool enough, where II seemed as
II your throat were an Arizona gorge
after the first cloudburst In IL years.
The JOY OF chat descending deluge is
sweet memory IN all after years; all
full OF typhoid and we didn'i know 1t.
st Louis Globe Democrat
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24

other contract of $4,000 had been
made 10 supply the marble used In the
construction of the Youngstown. o.,
courthouse and still another contract
had been made for n 100000 Chees.
man park memorial in Denver.
With the development OF these
quarries the use OF white marble for
interior as well as exterior finish will
greatly increase. particularly in the
Missouri River valley, In the Rocky
mountain region and on the Pacific
coast; and Judging from the favorable
reception this marble has received In
the far east, the foreign and Vermont
product will soon cease to dominate
the eastern market.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24

ever will be graded one. The great
bulk Of practice is practically charity
that is, II represents small fees or
no fees. This is true alike In the re-
mote country districts and In the
great metropolitan centers. There is
one difference. however, which should
be distinctly remembered. and that is
that rural charity is generally de-
served, whereas urban charity is often
misplaced. It is stated that practical
ly SO per cent. Of the entire practice
of New York city is charity, and that
In third Of such cases the doctor is
imposed upon.-North American Re.
view.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24
Appearances.

Harold" said Mrs. Bliggins, 81
think there is a burglar in the housed"
81 suppose you want me TO go down
stairs and shoot at him"
mo. Speak to him kindly, We shall
want something said about the matter
in the newspapers. Ask him. in the
event of his being so careless as to get
captured somewhere else, to please be
kind enough to say nothing about our
silverware being plated"
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24
eyroscope as Compass.

Charlottenburg. Germany.-At a
meeting OF the League of German
Naval Architects. DIR. Anschuetz-
kaempfe of Kiel exhibited compass
without magnetic needle. which has
just been invented. 1t is in the form
of a gyroscope, which, when sus-
pended in a certain way. always ad-
justs itself parallel to the earths
axis.
The invention is regarded as Of
great Importance to ironclads, where
the compass needle frequently is de.
flected by adjacent metal.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24
Preliminary Mental Work Has Its
subconsclous Influence.

Inspiration is generally the result
Of a preliminary effort" So says a
recent French writer. discussing some
remarkable autobiographical passages
from an article by Henri Poincare. the
eminent French mathematician.
Almost every one has noticed that
after long and fruitless mental ef-
fort the result after which one has
been striving viii come TO him sud.
denly while he is thinking OF some.
thing else The preliminary mental
work has borne its fruit subcon.
sciously.
Polncare reports that many Of his
most abstruse mathematical discover
les have come TO him IN just this way.
y an a difficult
problem for two weeks, the solution
came to him spontaneously at night
while he was trying to get to sleep;
another came TO him while he was
entering an omnibus his mind ap
parently remote from all n'athemat
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24
Ihe Old oaken eueket Indicated.

The presidents country life commits
sion has indicted the odd oaken buck
ct" Yes Il has Il has declared that
typhoid fever is essentially a'rural dis
-. I. II.La I'm farmhouse
wells The trimming moss'c0YeTed
vessel hoisted from the glimmering
deep with its contents sparkling and
crystal Is filed with germs. What a
pity, when we have always enyied the
agriculturist In that he did not draw
his refreshment from faucet, whence
Il comes usually lukewarm and insiD-
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24
Suit OUer Is Cents Is On

authority TO act for the army but did
It for charity and further that the
judgment was excessive, as he admit
ted that there was some OF the prep
aration in the bottle and that would re-
duce the loss TO about Is cents
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24
sIntn Mlles of lnns

The largest raft Of logs ever towed
from Nova Scotia 10 Boston was com
posed Of enough logs TO reach 60
m,Ias. o placed end TO end. Il was
compOsed OF T,11- T-'7 Hs'rr''rr'
together In a mass Of 400 feet ID
length, so feet wide ana rs feet IN
depth, II noated With ten feet OF
logs above water aud IS feet sub
merged
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24


This marble can be quarried In
blocks or pillars OF any dimensions, a
80 ton derrick and the maximum ca
pacity OF the modern railroad car
alone limiting the size OF the com.
mercial product. Al this time the out
put is 1900 cubic feet per day, but
within ten years II is confidently be.
lieved the production will reach 10000
cubic feet per day, the demand alone
limiting the output.
For a verify the gold. silver, copper
and zinc miners and the farmers OF
Colorado will be Obliged to look TO
their laurels within the next ten
years. otherwise the products Of the
mine and the farm will be surpassed
in value by the returns from the mar
BILE industry now being developed In
that state.
Although this industry Is scarcely
two years old. II Is coming to the
front with amazing strides. Two years
ago the town of Marble. for many
years an abandoned mining camp, had
population of four people. To-day
II Is bustling little community OF
900 persons, all supported directly OF
Indirectly by the marble business.
Finishing mills. electric power
plants, cable and electric trans, and
100 or more cottages have been erected
within the past eight months, and
many structures OF various kinds are
now under way.
Long before the finishing mill was
completed and actually before the
company was ready to ship one cubic
foot OF finished marble. contracts had
been made with Cuyahoga county
Ohio, officials to supply $500,00O
worth of marble to finish the interior
OF the new Cleveland courthouse. an
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24
The Medical Fee.

The American Medical association,
our highest medical authority. has
never attempted to establish an eth
ical fee. In point Of fact, the fee
evolves itself and ever has been and
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24

olver-She is blamed pretty
woman.
ohvia-Most pretty women are
Puck.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24
Insurance Gambling.

A system Of gambling in ships by
persons who take out policies Of in.
surance on British vessels In which
they have not the slightest ownership
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24

White House mountain In Colorado,
nearly $4,000 feet high, at the base of
which is the little town Of Marble is
one solid mass OF pure statuary mar.
Bile. II 5000 feet Of this marble were
mined each day for 1000 years, the
quarries would not be exhausted and
II all other known deposits of white
marble In the world were heaped up
in one mass, It would be but foot
hill as compared with the white mar.
BILE deposit composing this mountain.
Again. conceive n you can build
ing one mile square and 80 stories
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24

For years neither knew whether the
other was Lying, but finally, through
a stepbrother, who had learned of
Mrs. Hawley's residence here, CORE
spondence was begun. Mrs Hawley
Is now rs years Of age and Mrs.
Seese is nearly 79
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24
Reunited After sIsty.Three Years.

Kittanning, Pa.-After a separation
Of SO years. Mrs James Hawley Of
Kittanning and her sister, Mrs.
Rachel seese Of Felix, Somerset
county, were reunited here. Both
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24

Too much talk weakens the strongest
argument.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-24
WOMAN SUES FOR BAR WAGES.
Uncle Tries to Offset Claim with Face
Powder and Hats.

Wilmington, Del.-Expert testimony
as to what the services Of bartender
are worth was the feature OF the case
in the superior court in which Bridget
from Bernard Carr. her uncle,
wealthy saloon proprietor.
Mrs German said she had tended
bar 70: Carr, also that she had kept
house for him, darned the stockings of
his five children, and looked after all
the homework. For this she said she
had not been paid in several years
Her attorneys placed several saloon