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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-20

kept me very busy from morning un-
til night. 1t was ten hour day
"And as was saving these little
sums soon learned that | could get
as much interest for $50 loaned at Z
per cent--the legal rate in the state of
New York at that time for a ycar----as
could earn by digging potatoes ten
days. The impression was gaining
ground with me that it was a good
thing to let the money be my slave
and not make myself slave to money.
II was in school, and my father had
number OF children to take care Of
He was not Il rich man, but he kept
me in school all the time until | was
sixteen years Of age. ] had expected
to go through college and enjoy the
advantage that many OF you gentlemen
have enjoyed. and / congratulate You,
but l cannot say that I regret that
circumstances seemed to require me
to begin to take care of myself.
II left school at sixteen and entered
commercial school, where remained
for two or three months. and then, in
the year 1855, i began to look for
something to do, and all those years
from 1855 to 1850 We're Very trying to
those in business. After many days and
weeks of earnest endeavor succeeded
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-20

modified from his own lips and his
own pen. Nothing that he has ever
said or written is more characteristic
of him or more enlightenins as to his
methods of taking the public into his
confidence ethan the following little
personal discourse delivered at the
Euclid Avenue Baptist church, Cleve-
land o., in the summer of 1906
Il was taught at the age of eight to
drive a horse and to drive him just as
carefully as Il man could drive him,
remember very well the instruction of
my father: My son, hold him very
carefully going down the hill. Do not
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-20

been adjudicated by public opinion
should be given to his friends.
Offcourse it is especially interesting
to have Mr. Rockefeller's views on
modern corporations, What he says
on the subject in this recent magazine
personal exposition is substantially a
resume OF the opinion he expressed be-
fore the industrial commission ten
years ago. In fact. he confesscs that
he still feels as he did in 1888 in ref
erence to this matter, He recognizes
that the modern corporation is now re-
garded with suspicion. and he admits
frankly that there sometimes is reason
enough for t1is. He does not deny that
corporations may be moral or immoral,
Just as men may be all right or the
reverse, but he points out the danger
of failure TO discriminate between
them.
1t is his opinion that the corporation
is here to stay, and hs, believes that
industrial combination is necessity.
He thinks that il the Americans are to
enjoy the privilege of extending their
and into foreign countries as well cor
porations are necessary part of the
machinery. That these industrial or
ganizations should be regulated by
proper legislation was Mr.. Rookie
feller's advice to the commission in
1899, and he still adheres to that
opinion. He even repeats his sugges-
ton of ten years ago as to what that
legislation should be. First let there
be federal legislation. he advises, un-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-20

let him stumble, and when you arc on
the level road let him trot right on
Il shall never forget that. was
taught to do as much business at the
age of ten and eleven as was possi-
BILE for me to do Among other things
/ was sent over the hills to buy cord
wood for the use Of the family.
81 knew what a cord of good. solid
beech and maple wood was. My ia
ther told me TO select only the solid
wood and the straight wood and not
to put any limbs in it or any punky
wood. That was a good training for
me. l did not need my father to tell
me or anybody else how many feet it
took to make a cord of wood. ! did
not require the presence of anybody to
enable me to secure from the man who
sold that wood good measure
u was taught that it was the thing
to do to keep the money and take care
of it.
Among the early experiences that
were helpful to me that l recollect
with pleasure was sne in working
few days for a neighbor in digging po-
tatoes-a very entcrprsing thrifty
farmer, who could dig a great many
potatoes. I was a boy Of perhaps thir-
teen OF, fourteen years of age, and it
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-20
Ss@ EVERAL. wears ago It WAS un
Cars derstood that Mr.. Rockefeller
had had enough H1'. Of ~ that
sasss'1 tie infrmities of age had

7
Es derstood that MI. Rockefeller
had had enough Of it; that
SasH the infrmities OF age had
made him willing. even anxious tc
shift the executive responsibility OF
the great concern which he had fash
toned TO younger shoulders. He did
not derry that he had gone into at
least partial retirement, and for sew
eral wears he failed tosNisit the stand
ard oils headquarters mt 26 Broadway,
New York Not long ago nc testified
IN Chicago that he Was not active in
the trusts affairs; that others were
responsible for the present policy of
the concern
Flo Is u iran Of surprises. Now il Is
announced that ie mas emerged from
Ills retirement and Is once more the
active. dominant head Of Standard
oil Coming so Immediately after he
had taken The public into his conf
deuce bV telling the story Of his life
IN popular magazine, Mr.. Rookie
fellers return to the scene of his for
Iner activity Is tho occasion Of much
speculation as TO the it,turc policy Of
the great CORPORATION.
Perhaps no mali now living has been
tho inspiration and the theme of 50
much journalistic effortnas has John
j. Rockefeller. Certainly no private
citizen OF this or any other country has
ever been invested with such an ms
dividual monopoly of universal inter
est. The publicity which in his earlier
life he made little effort to cultivate
has expanded with his ever accumula-
tive financial power, and 1t has long
s passed tho point at which he might
have controlled IL. Beyond clever
Z aptitude for Keeping his own counsel,
! he has shown no especial taste for
mystery concerning his own personal
doings.
His has not been tile cxclusiveness
of Il grand lama, That tic has not ad
United the public to everything within
his workGhop. is, after all. only in
harmony With the established custom
if there were no business secrets there
would be very little business.
Nor is 1t true that Mr. Rockefeller
sforn Of his power as head Of the
most absorbing monopoly ever known
to mankind would be unlntcresting.
Were he not what he Is he must be
something equally conspicuous. The
secret OF his mastery of conditions
may never he made lsnown---it is not
at all probable that he could reveal it
even II he wouldbut it does not seem
likely had he drifted into some other
avocation that he would have en-
countered shipwreck. Had he become
~ manufactures Of toy balloons for in
stance, what n business 1t must have
been by this time.
NJ oiu, "A 4, Al - II u ..55f. .
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ORIGIN OF LIFE THEORY.

The latest developments of castro
physics and philosophy have taken a
rather surprising turn. 1t is now held
that life is and ever has been cock
istent with time and space: that as
we cannot admit that there ever was
q beginning of time or of space and
that both of these are of Infinite ey.
tension, SO life never began, but al
ways has been. The only effort at
demonstrating the physical possibility
of this has been made by DR.. Arrhe4
MUS OF Sweden, who thinks that his
theory of radiation pressure is sum
cicnt to account for the distribution t
life throughout the whole Of the uni
verse as We now conceive It, That is
to say, he finds that radiation pressure
from our sun and from all of the suns
which shine at night in the sky has
been SUFFICIENT to pEopel minute bits OF
cosmic dust to the confines of the ma
tcrial world and that these can easily
have been and are sufficiently large TO
carry the spores" of life TO infnity
and wherever they light TO start new
creation of life which by evolution may
reach the highest development.
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der which corporations may be created
and regulated, and to this he adds the
provisio, "if that be possible If
impracticable, let the states legislate
as uniformly as possible encouraging
combinations of persons and capital
for the purpose Of carrying on indus
tries, but making 1t impossible to per-
petrate fraud against the public.
in the First Person.
Nothing that has ever been said or
written about the personality OF Mr..
Rockefeller is as interesting or as in
structive as that which has come un-
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- /, ...s,s, s,,,,o hac,s In tho afterno,,,
=, ,,.o,,ia sne If they would give ns
Z WY 80,
= -, 49,. 5t,ero in thc afternoon early
!" - 4 ,,,eat mn old rentlen,,,,
= n' .s,,,,,,,a,. and he sajd to! mo. i
la1a . I IA NJ hon Vol, came on ths
'',. - ,bat day--thc 2sth;#of sen.
! so -; ~ 1'g56 II was there aud +
. .nd r l,new that Arm
49, a., ,nd commission nr,n-
-. =, man n the off,ce
49, J.. az oont,a,,an,
pm Inn, = e;,c,,nstnncc i lad nevsr
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lti'. rro,,, tba follov.;r,
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then i nov RI lac
NY ~ -, ,,o,rs AZ could
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=, Wv ,sa,, co,,id know th,t ia,
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AS 10 tne saia,y VIZ. = "as " re,
gceive. Knew i'oliiiis, aDvu, .na. WIN
the st or January. ! e az sers ,''l'a
about that Mahleu .ae pos,..o.,
fouha lnSselt % li,us'.. sis.su III
the WORK, e''lose 81 ~. Z, W..
fei'letll :, .oiio u W. ,r.,1 tt1.lss NY
EMPLOYERS oio iot ny saan nv
BOOK, y ne LIE VI t,iilos 10 eiiee
and tnat maze sieat 'iipisss.o.l upo;e
me. MANY u so. ~. 2 ,''e' ''',N
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-07
WOMAN's WORLD
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

IL you wish to look slim, do not dress
In white or light colored clothes.
A receding chin may be improved by
massage It's symmetry may be greatly
altered by using little face cream.
A long central line Of trimming from
throat to hem adds q certain height; SO
does single nounce at the bottom Of a
skirt.
Burns should be treated with oil
mixed with limewater II proeurable,
and -four which is easily to be had
anywhere, is good, the object being to
cover the surface OF the burn and pre-
vent the air affecting 1T
TO remove Ink stains from the hands
with oxalic acid put an ounce OF the
crystals in a pint bottle and FIJI up
with water. Mark the bottle plainly
with the name and also the word Poi
SON." Wet a piece of cloth with the
acid solution and rub the stained
places. Use pointed orange wood stick
beneath the nails. Follow with thor
ough washing in clear water
What woman does not wish for long,
curling eyelashesg They are one of the
details that make homey woman at
tractive, and 1t does seem as though
they could be cultivated. Yaseline-
pure white yaseline on with q
small brush every night is splendid
tonic for these much desired beauties.
Keep the eye tightly closed that the
grease may reach the roots Of the
stubborn lashes, although II the vase
line Is fresh'and Of good quality it can
not hurt the eye In fact, one woman
who has found the remedy successful
says that on the contrary, the eyes be-
come brilliant under treatment. while
the longer lashes make a marked Inn
provement in the appearance.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-07
GUESTS, CARDS.
A New style Lately Brought Over
From Paris.

A New style Lately Brought Owe,
From Paris.
For evEn an informal luncheon OF
dinner guest cards AZ each plate do
much to facilitate the seating Of the
iifferent members of the party. Even
he most clever hostess will frequently
forget at the last moment just where
she has decided that each guest would
Hnd the most congeHial neighbor, and
= mistake Of this sort might have real
" serious consequences were there any
reason why any two persons should be
separated while 1t would be a pity for
two persona who had been careful
" chosen FOR each other beforehand
10 be placed by mistake at opposite
ends Of the table. When she is con
stantly entertaining. however, albeit in
an informal manner. elaborate dinner
cards viii come to quite an item ia the
course OF the winter. yet it must be
acknowledged that there IS nothing es-
pecially pretty about the plain gilt
edged card. and certainly it does moth.
ing to make the table more attractive
4 new style OF dinner card lately
brought over from Paris Is certainly in
geuious, for not only does It answer
ar requirements from an economical
standpoint, but 1t also adds much to
the effect Of the table. This little nov
city consisted Of 4 tiny wire rack on
the order OF a tripod or miniature art
lists easel. with one leg IN back and
two in front and tiny rack to hold the
cards. Tied or wired TO this small rack
e tiny cluster Of artificial flowers
made with the perfection only attained
By French workmen, which completely
cover the wire stand. while on the rack
repeses an ordinary pasfeb0ard card
with the name Of the guest inscribed
upon II The flowers may be changed
according to the decoration Of the table
-roses. marguerites, ferns. carnations, /
etc.-and Il desired fresh flowers may
be tied to the rack with bright colored /
ribbon, aud Tor q large luncheon or
dinner this little ornamentafion VIII do
much 20 help cat the picture given by
the flowers. crystal. gold aud silver
These little racks could he quite easi-
3 made win soft copper wire. and the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-07
Lac order Il s.. Patriel..

The most illustrlous Order OF ST.
Patrick dates only from 1883, says
London writer, when it was founded
by George III, and is not to be COM
pared ia age with the most ancient
and most noble Order Of the Thistle, 9
which. dating from a remote antiquity,
was revived by james II. in 1857. The
curious thing about the bands. or rib
hons, Of these two orders Is that st.
Patrlck's is blue Of the hue that may
be seen in the ''hackles," or plumes, IN
the bearskins Of the Irish guards.
though II suggests the blue bells Of
Scotland, while the sash Of the thistle
IS dark green, suggestive OF Erin's
yerdant isle. On state ceremonies
these two orders are frequently con-
founded.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-07
4 Ntzsse nIaa.o.:s

The small boy with the big bundle
Of papers was observed to be moisten-
Ing some Of his stock in the street
fountain
''Ah, my lad" said a benevolent old
gentleman. 1T does me good to see
such an Illustration of cleanliness"
what do yer mean. bossl" asked
the boy as he stared up In wonder.
Why, aren't you trying to wash
the mud spots of the edge Of your
papers?'
mo, boss; you are way of. You
see, some Of desc papers is two weeks
old. an If | dampen 'em up a bit peo-
pie VIII think they are just from do
press an never think Of lookln at de
date Good graft, old SPORT Say,
some day when / am a captain Of in
dustry III give you a job
But the benevolent old gentleman
had hed.-Boston Post.
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A clergyman took down a small vol
ume.
'sThis is called" he said, "the In
structions of Ptah-ho-Tep-' tits one Of
the very oldest papyrus writings
known. 1t gives among other things
advice to husbands, and that advice is
as good today is it ever was. Listen"
And he read:
eff thou be wise, furnish thy house
well
"Woo thy wife ever, and never
quarrel with her
" 'Nourish her daintily.
.Deek her ont for fine dress is her
greatest delight
Feed her upon sweets.
" Perfume her.
Make her glad with praise.
"Adorn her with jewels, feathers
and the skins Of beasts as sumptuously
as thy purse will suffer-"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-07
Did Wealthy Boston Man Die
Natural Death
BROTHER IS SUSPICIOUS
Circumstances Which Have Led to oficial
Investigation of the se-Body
Exhuned and Taken to New
Jersey.

Boston, March 4. Friends Of Walter
T Baker Of this city, who died suddenly
az the home Of Frank IL Hurd at
Bogota, N j. several months ago, are
greatly interested in the Investigation
the New Jersey authorities are now
making in connection with the claim Of
the dead mans brother that death was
due to poisoning The body Of Mr..
Baker Is now in an undertaker's shops
in llackensacl, n J., having been REL
moved from receiving tomb in this
city six weeks ago,
Previous efforts on the part Of Mr..
Bakers brother to substantiafe flis
claim that Walter f. Bakers death was
duo 70 poisoning which have been called
70 the attention Of the New Jersey and
New York authorities were without re
sult.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-07
Young Folks
MUSICAL MYSTERY GAME.
A Missing Word Story That viii In
tercst Little Folks,

A Missing Word Story That viii In-
terest Little Folks.
An interesting little musical game
may be played in the following man
ner; Have as many slips or paper as
there are guests and write on each slip
story after the following example,
emitting the words with musical sig
nificance and substituting dashes In
their stead. The guests are requested
TO- read the story and 70 supply the
missing words, having had It explain
ed TO them that the wanted words must
be musical terms. The words to be
omitted appear in parentheses.
Story. John Smith was the trninor)
son of CMajor) Smith. who belonged to
the (stafD Of a newspaper Of (note).
The resO Of the Smith family were
pleasant people, loving a good (time).
They were tnaturaD in manner, and
the 0heme) Of their conversation was
always agreeable. Johns father. the
(major), would often pitch into a hot
discussion on politics, for his reasoning
was Sharp. Johns younger sister
could sing a (solo) admirably, her voice
being full OF (melodyl and never (fat)
But she required good piano for her
use, one that was In splendid (tune).
TO the boy or girl who Ellis the spaces
with the correct words or come nearest
70 doing so a simple prize may be
given. A sheet OF music would be
quite appropriate. Ten minutes should
be allowed the players in'which to sup
ply the story with the missing words.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-07
THE DUCK SHOWER.
A Man Who Gets Things on the Bounce
and the Mod.


and the Nod.
An amusing dialogue occurred be
tween Judge Willis, X. G.. and a plain
tiff who sued man for the value OF
quantity of grain supplied.
His honor said be had received q
letter from the defendant, who said he
could offer only half crown a month.
''That." continued his honor. "will take
six years to get rid Of the debt
Plaintiff (emphaticailylI would will.
ingly forgive poor man, but when
you find be is "swanker' and doing
every one In the neighborhood 1t puts
your back up [Lnughterl We have
to cut things very fine in order to get
a shilling or two, and then these gem
try come "swanking1 about the coun-
try az If they were toffs. I am told
by others that he Is nothing more than
a duck shower ELaughterl
His Honor-A what shower? loud
laughterl
PlaintlT-Duck shower. your honor, a
man who gets things on the bounce
and the nod. Renewed laughter.l
His Honor You mean man who
gets people to let him have things on
credit by representations that are not
correct? Is that what you mean to-
convey by your big phrases-duck
shower and so forth? fLaughter.l
PLAINTIFF That's it--duck shower and
swanker TRenewed laughter.l
An order to pay shiIlings monthly
was made London News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-07
TAKES ABOUT FIVE MINUTES
TO CURE YOUR INDIGESTION

name you choose -it Is certain tnat
the real cause is fermentation Of the food
you eat. All else are merely symptoms
or the result Of this cause For all these
Things sou Will find sure cure in Dia-
pepsin, and one 22.gaim Triangule, tax
en- after your next meal, viii prove this.
Diapepsin really does all the work of a
healthy stomach. II digests your meals
when yonr stomach can't Each tlian-
guile viii digest 5000 grains Of food
and leave nothing 20 ferment on sour.
Any good pharmacy here can supply
these 50cent cases Of Pape's Diapepsin,
which have the complete formula printed
thereon to show just what you are
taking, and that It is no more harmful
than candy.
Start taking Diapepsin today. and BY
tomorrow YOU viii actually brag about
your health, strong stomach, for you
then can eat anything and everything
you want without the slightest discom-
fort or misery, and every particle Of
impurity and gas that is in your
stomach and intestines is going to be
carried away without the use Of laxa-
tiyes or any other assistance
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-07
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
His Last job
At Burglary.


[OriginaLl
Before went to make an entrance
into the vault O the Tenth National
hank Ellen gave me a long talk. She
said that our way OF gettin' liyin'
was KILN her and I'd soon have our
kids on my hands to take care O TIL
got caught and put In prison: then
they'd have no one to look after them.
The boys would soon he In jail, too,
and worse fate was in store for the
girls. But what was to do? Not an
honest job was open TO me- But
needed all my nerve, and after kiss
for her and the Kids threw OFF the
depression and in an hour was In the
bank before the vault.
had set my dark lantern so that
the bullseye shone on the spot | want
ed to perforate and was about 70 APP
ply my drill when heard d voice be-
hind me say:
do you think you can do it7'
The words were spoken in the coolest
possible tone, and GOODNESS begets cool
ness. I couldn't see behind me with
out takin' up my lamp and bringin' it
TO bear on the speaker, and before I
could do that and shoot felt reason
ably sure bullet would come crashin'
through me somewhere. So | never
turns around at all, but begins to work
my drill. remarkin' at the same time:
1T won't be any trouble at all. I've
done it often before"
Hold on" said the voice, mans.
care you artist enough to do the job
without injurin' the doorl"
I'm course" says I. "If you wanted
it done that way. why didn't you say
sol But it'll take longer"
"Plck the lock-" said the voice, "be-
tween now and daylight. and I'll give
you new crisp $50 bill"
Couldn't you make 1t hundredY' ]
asks.
| reckon my impudence must a. took
Hun fiat aback, cause he didn't answer
for a small while; then he says:
"Fifty is all and more than l can
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In this game one person takes his
stand in the center of the circle. blind
folded and his hands extended before
him. in each Of which he holds q large
spoon. The other players march around
him. clapplng their hands In time to a
tune, which may be sung or played
upon the piano in any slow measure
suitable for marching. When the blind
player calls out Spoons the others
stop. He then finds his way to any
player that he can and must ascertain
who he is by touching him with the
spoons only, which be may use as he
pleases. If he guesses correctly the
one whom he is .'spooning," that one
is biindfolded, and the game u played
again as before.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-07
How Much He Thought About 4.r

How Much He Thought About Her.
They we're on their way to the the
alter, and she was TREMENDOUSLY happy.
She felt that the words she longed to
hear would be spoken that night, and
the idea made her almost dizzy with
delight.
MIR. Sampson" she said softly, awhy
do you wear that bit of string upon
your f1nger?v
ooh" replied Mr.. Sampson, taking IL
of, 'that was to remind me OF my en-
gagement with you tonight"
1t wasn't much, but 1t was enough to
take away the delightful dizziness
London Chronicle.