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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-12-04

Neat Way to Announce Engagement.
A pretty plan was adopted in an
nouncing an engagement In Chicago a
few days ago. The most intimate
friends of the young couple were gath
cred at supper. At signal large
silver bowl was placed in the center
of the table. The bowl was filed with
water. on which bobbed a toy yacht.
All sails were set. and on the main
sail were the words. Bob and Eta
viii sail into matrimonial seas Nov.
II, 1909" That was the only an
nouncement, and as every one knew
who Bob and Eta were it was sufii-
rient.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-12-04
HOWARD A MORAL HERO.
Fought intempersnee When Drinking
Was Popular.

In his green old age the late Major
General Oliver Otis Howard. who was
the last of the ranking Union COM
manders in the civil war. was literally
last leaf upon historic tree, as
d curious incident shows. Visiting the
public library at Maiden, Mass. few
years ago. Bicknell's great painting,
Lincoln at Gettysburg" which hangs
there. was shown TO him. 1t was then
discovered that of the whole group OF
twenty-one figures. the leading actors
of the great drama of 1923. General
Howard was the only survivor.
General Howard was always noted
for his moral as well as physical cour-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-12-04

text books put down as insoluble; he
was Kidding the art of medicine OF cob
webs and barnacles; he was sending
ont parties of enthusiastic young men
to explore the medical farthcst north
and darkest Africa; he observed things
that no one else noticed, aud he drew
conclusions that violated the league
rules. One day the newspapers became
aware of him and the next day the
public. BY and by the doctors fol
lowed
During the last few years Of his resi-
dence in Baltimore DR.. Osler might
have used Druid Hill park as a wait
ing room. People came from all over
the country to consult him, accomps-
MED by their attendant physicians, sur
geons, spiritual advisers and nurses,
and no Batimorean Of position felt it
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-12-04
AMERICAS LOSS,
ENCLAND'S CAIN
Promise Of Leisure to Work
AIluTed DT. William Osler.
DRIVEN OUT OF BALTIMORE.
Too Much Fame Compelled Eminent
Physician and Teacher to Accept
Royal Offer--Heid Up as Great Ex-
ample 10 Students.

A handicap of crushing weight rests
anon all the ambitious young medical
gentlemen who swarm in clinic stud
sled Baltimore. Ii is their evil fate to
DO measured with colossus. Say OF
une of them that he used 10 sit under
Dr. William Oser at the Johns Hop
kins university and you are giving
him high praise. Say Of him. going
further, that he promises some day
to be worthy of his master and you
are MT the limit Of lawful eulogy
DIR. Osler. of course, was not snatch
ed up TO Olympus the moment OF his
arrival. Like the new Johns Hopkins
Medical school, which he came to
nurse and glorify. he was received at
the start with something not unlike
polite suspicion. Saving only DR.. Will
liam III. WEIGH, that father OF genius,
no one quite appreciated his true stat
ure.
How He Grew In Fame.
But before long interesting news be-
gan to filter from the Hopkins. DIR.
Osler was solving problems that the
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-12-04

EDGAR MIX STARTING FROM ZURICH IN
THE AMERICA II.
mattresses, a provision basket. an air
bag. a rug. box and some chocolate.
He returned all the objects found ex-
cept the chocolate. This, he wrote,
was really excellent" Near Glatz
Mix sacrificed two dozen hard boiled
eggs and quantity of ham. cold veal
and canned provisions. Peasants in
the fields must have considered this
mamma from the sky.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-12-04
Lad to Write Novel on Tramp Life.

Jack Bryant. eighteen years old. sec
rotary of the Mascot Athletic club of
Milwaukee. is seeking by beating
his way around for few years to get
material for a novel which he plans
later to write illustrative of tramp
life.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-14
RESULTS OF PROHIBITION.

The detailed report of the Internal
Revenue department for the month
~ October shows an increase in. the
internal revenue receipts from splrits'
for the first four months of the pres
cnt fiscal year. as compared with the
wear ending on the last of June TINS
wear. but the income from special taxes
paid by rectifiers. wholesale and re-
tail liouor dealers. brewers, wholesale
dealers in malt liquors. and retail beer
sellers. all show significant drop from
the similar figures of last year
According to the Internal Revenue
report, up to November l. 1909. there
we're 1l,273 fewer retail liquor deal
ers in the United States. paying a
federal license" than for the first third
of the fiscal year 1909 AT the same
time there were i.43l fewer retail deal
crs in malt liquors exclusively. In other
words, there were no less than 12.10f
less saloonkeepers holding federal tax
receipts than last year during the same
period
At the same time. there was drop
of $50 in the, number of wholesale
dealers in malt and other liquors, 81?
of which were dealers in beer eNclus-
lively. The same report shows that
during the first four months of the
present fiscal year from seventy-tive to
one hundred distillerS have gone out of
business, and over one hundred brew
ers, making a total OF more than 49,
500 liquor sellers and makers who have
dropped from the ranks of the liquor
trade during the past twelve months.
AS regards beer, the month of Octo- |
Der showed an actual decrease in re- |
ceipts from the barrel tax" of brew
ers' product withdrawn for consump- |
ton. of S1e4.S69. or in other words, |
nearly two hundred thousand barrels |
of beer less during the month of Oc- |
lober. 1908.
There is little doubt that these re-
suits arc to be credited to the pro-
hibition movement. Prohibition does |
prohibit, except when the officials are
in league with the dealers and refuse
to prosecute the violators of law Pro-
hibition is not failure. But some
times public officials fail to do their
duty. They are a failure. And when |
the public falls to make them do 1t
there is double failure.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-14

Charles Dickens died in June. 1870.
In September of that year found my
selt In London, and being shown
through Westminster Abbey by Mr.
William Shaw. one of the editors of the
London illustrated Graphic
After the conventional round of the
abbey had been made, but before we
had visited the Poets Corner, Mr. Shaw
excused himself for a few minutes, that
ne might seek out from tho throng In
the abbey friend of whom he had had
a passing glimpse a littlo while before.
/ VIII retoin you at DickenS's grave"
he said. You know he Is buried I'm tho
Poets Corner"
I asked how 1 was to identify the
gTtlvc
Mr.. Shaw smiled.
You will not find any memorial or
monument to him upon the WALL" he
said. "a simple slab in the floor COW
ers his grave. and there is no other in
scrlption upon it than his name. Sttll'-
and thought / detected a note OF ten
derness come into Mr.. Shaw's voice
you will have no difficulty in finding
it. Your eyes Will be directed to it as
coon as You enter the Corner 1 won't
tell you how or why. But you will see
something, l am sure. that Will lead
you straight to Dickens's grave"
A moment or two later, as I reached
the enclosure famous the world over
as tho Poets Corner. my eyes were
caught and held by quantity of flow
ers lying near the center of the en-
closure. My curiosity aroused, l went
up to them. and found that, loose
though they were, not one of tho fra
grant blossoms extended beyond the
slab over which they were strewn.
Then, bending down to catch the m
scription on the stone, between the
blossoms ard buds 1 read the two
words, Charles Dickens"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-14
sCUTTLE FISH TACTICS.

An lncxcusable personal assault Of
the American" morning paper upon
Elder B. F, Grant was based on a re-
view in the News" of some remarks
made by Elder Grant at meeting in
the Pioneer stake hall concerning con-
ditions in this City.
From beginning TO end the Tribune
editorial contained nothing in the way
of denial or excuse but was devoted TO
personal slurs and insinuations against
MT Grant Just what 1t expected to
prove or hide is not clear to the casual
reader, but the points at issue were
studiously ignored, as is customary In
that sheet
we happen to know that Mt. Gran.
is not only sincere reformer but q
broad guagc worker who is ever will
ing 10 make personal sacrifices for he
public good and TO give unreserved
credit to all who are working to the
same end, whether they are of his re-
ligious or political faith or not.
In public addresses delivered by him
In Utah and Idaho since he united with
the Church some twelve years ago he
has frequently referred to the fact tbat
he ran saloon at Milford thirty years
ago. and that his experience has en-
abled him to understand the evils which
surround such business far better than
could any information obtained from
hearsay.
He has been 80 openly and unreserv-
cdly frank in his treatment of these
matters that there was no call for the
Tribune's attack and certainly no cx-
cusc for it's wilful imrepresentations.
Elder Grants reply to the morning
paper apparently left nothing for the
champion OF the city administration 70
stand upon. After spiritIess attempt
TO Justify Its conduct and a profrer IN
open Its files for his perusal. the Trib
une, returns like dog to his yomir.'
ana shifts the fight to the Church of
which Elder Grant Is a member. but
II mas no word OF condemnation or
censure OF the deplorable conditions
well known to exist here in Salt Lake
CITY The Tribune as the organ of the
party In power. by failing to urge the
officials to perform their sworn duty
to enforce the laws. reveals It's true
sympathies
IL our morning contemporary could
not abuse one who is interested in
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-14
BIG LAND OWNERS.

Owners of large estates in Eng
land are as adverse TO paying their
share of the government expenses. as
they arc in other countries. They pre-
fer a system OF taxation whereby the
wage earners are made TO pay. out of
their scanty wages, just as much as
the property owners. out OF their
princcly incomes. Western nations gen.
orally are Mortified at the Oriental
system under which taX-districts were
auctioned of to the highest bidder.
ing permitted to invade the district
and lay hold of whatever property he
happened to find in the possession OF
the poor classes. But some western
countries are not very far from a sim
liar system. and 1t suits the large land
owners very well.
The House of Commons has prposed
to make the landowners pay their
share of the government expenses. The
budget subjects land to. first, 20 per
cent. tax on unearned increment; sec
ond. a tax of 2wo-tenths OF l per cent
on the value of undeyeloped land and
on mining royalties. and third. ten
per cent. duty on benefits accruing
to the owners OF leased land at the
termination of the lease To these
features the House of Lords object, and
their objection is as natural as selfish
ness. 1t appears that the British peers
own, in the aggregate not less than
16, 411,9S6 acres. or one-fifth of the to-
tai area of the United Kingdom. The
Lords whose votes defeated the budget |
own 1o07S.s79 acres. In the matter of |
individual holdings the average ducal |
domain is 142.S64. Marquises own an |
average of 1880 acres, earls 3O,217, vis- |
counts 1924 and barons 1i.152 Seven |
titled landlords derive an annual in
come OF above $4,000, 900 from their
property holdings in London. The Duke
'f Westminster receives S15,000000
year from this source. Lord Howard
&c Walden half million less, the Duke
# Bedford s11,5OO,OOO and the Duke of
Norfolk s7.5O0O00
There is no good reason why the
and OF these mobiles should not be
made to bear as great a part OF the
government expenses. as it would do
it were distributed among and own
d by tillers of small farms. or owners
Il small homes
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-14
WHAT WE CONSUME.

someone has taken the trouble of
making calculations to give the public
an idea OF the enormous quantities of
sugar. coffee. and tobacco consumed
yearly in the United States. They tell
us thatin 1908 we got away with 6.941.-
45o'SSo pounds of sugar, and then they
add IL this were piled up in a pyra.-
MD. we would have a structure larpr
enough TO bury the great pyramid of
Egypt 250 feet deep.
The great pyramid is an immense
building. Originally it must have been
very nearly 500 feet high. It is a yerit-
able mountain. According to Herodotus
loo'ooo men were engaged for a number
oil years In the construction of it. Just
fancy pile of sugar covering that
building and burying it $50 feet, And
all this sugar consumed in one year in
this country
AS Tor tobacco. the same authority
says that the Americans consumed. in
the year 1908. in various forms. q pyra-
mid of leaves $50 feet square at the base
and $50 feet high In this pile there
would be 491, ,644.d5O pounds of tobacco
II this could beput in the form of giant
cheroots $50 feet long It would make a
bundle 2SS feet in diameter.
Coffee Is next on the list We con-
sumed 5S.50I 200 pounds. In 1908. This
pile We are told, would make pyramid
500 feet square at the base and S39.37
feet high.
The consumption Of intoxicants, in
Guiding wines and malt liquors, for 1907,
IS given as 2.032. ,S1S gallons, which
would form a considerable pond, If
poured out In one spot.
A closer scrutiny of the nations drink
bill reveals appalling conditions. The
use of alcoholic drinks OF all kinds IN
the United States last year was 23,h
gallons per capita Twenty years ago
IL was less than Is gallons Half the
families of the country use no alcoholic
drinks at all. In the families where
they are used young children drink lit
tic, many OF them none. Women drink
much less than men. So we get to the
conclusion that multitudes of our peo-
pie consume an average of nearly 100
gallons OF booze" per year.
We pay s1,524 3e2. .s29 for alcoholic
drinks; s15S.9O7.S41. for coffee; s76O6S.-
$50, for tea. and slo.ooO.oOo for cocoa.
total Of s19s. s,so1 for non-alcoholic
stimulants. The average for five years
rises to s1.s22. .45S.9H for all stimulants.
In five years we spent over $S, ,000. .0OO. coo
for drink. The average per capita "a
nearly $50 a year. and per family
nearly 500. II we follow the same
reasoning as in the quantity, we find
thousands OF our people must spend an
average of nearly 500 per year for
stimulants, or by the family nearly $500.
In considering the problems of the
cost OF living II would be we'll to try to
find out how much the average family
can save by not wasting money on
things not necessary. Sugar, In reason
able quantities. is. of course. one of the
necessaries of life. but that cannot be
said of liquor. coffee and tobacco.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-14
MEMORIAL. SERVICES.

For years 1t has been the custom III
the wards throughout the Stakes Oh
Zion to commemorate the birthday OIL
tbe Prophet Joseph, by special services
on the sunday nearest the date OF that
anniversary. In accordance with th's
Dractice we suggest that Sunday. Dec.
26, this year. be devoted to the mei''oiy
of the great Prophet of this dispensa-
tion. and that appropriate services pe
held in the Sunday schools. ward houses
and other places where the religious
services of the Church are held on
that day.
JOSEPH F. SMITH,
John r. WINDER.
ANTHON H. LUND.
First Presidency
Salt Lake City. Dec. II. 1909
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-14
GOOD FOR Los ANGELES.

The election of George Alexander
for mayor OF Los Angeles is hailed. by
the Express OF that city, as an epoch
making victory for good government.
Alexander stood for decency in the
administration. and for the protection
OF the home. He stood for economy of
administration. for. the prevention OF
waste. for tho increase of efficiency.
for business methods, for the best
service at the lowest cost, and the
voters of Los Angeles. by their votes
endorsed the platform Of decency, ef-
1iciency, and economy upon which he
took this stand. Good for Los Angeles.
The new city council. according to,
the Express. Is also an honor to the
city. 1t is composed of mon who
can neither be bought nor bullied by
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-14

stood there. wondering il this was
what my friend had mcant-these dow
erS. AS | did so there came into Wow
a group Of children. four or five of
them, and each with flowers in her
arms. With gentle step they approached
10 the tomb and as gently placed their
flowers upon 1t. A moment they stood
IN silent alteration and awe. 1t seemed
to me. and then as silently they went
away.
But hardly had they gone when an
other group of children stood by the
stone. They, too, carried flowers. and
with all the tenderness displayed by
the first comers. they laid their fra
grant burdens upon the slab. One OF
these children, girl about IA years Of
age. L should say. carried also one of
Dickens stories. 1.-THE Old Curiosity
Shop"
Not once. or twice. but four times as
I stood there. little groups of chill
dren approached and decorated the
grave of the great novelist Then Mr..
Shaw rejoincd me.
Now" he said. you know what I
meant when told you that you would
see something that would lead you d.
rectly to Dickens's grave. l think that
almost daily since he was buried here
children. and grown people as we'll.
have come and laid flowers upon the
stone. They are mostly from the mid
die class, as you have seen. but once
in while you will see some child OF
poverty add her lone blossom. perhaps,
to the others upon the grave. To me
this daily tribute from the great mass
of the people tells better story CT
permanent literary fame of the highest
kind-the kind that follows an appeal
to the heart-tban any monument, any
biography, could do, And I have no
doubt that this decoration of the stone
Will be continued. day after day, for
many years TO come"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-14
COBLESS CORN.
National Magazine.


And now It's an Illinois farmer
presents the country with an almost
cobless corn. Perhaps the time is COM
Ing when the diner munching corn
Will not have to wrestle with the cob,
and rising generations Will bless the
man who eliminated it. Tho now corn
is described as having each kernel
growing on the parent stem instead
of adhering to q cob. The Illinois
grower says that he eliminated the
cob by taking the tip OF each ear
and setting only the very top kernels,
and shortly expects to evolve a per-
fectly coblesS corn. The agricultural
college of that state is looking after
the experiment OF course. like all
improvements. there arc some disap-
proyers who remark; Where would
be the delight of munching corn
if there were no cob on which to
sharpen the teeth ?"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-14
NO sHIRrwA1sT CITIZENSHIP.
New York Tribune


That is an extraordinary request
winch the erman, Colonial society
and some other organizations are
about to make of the German govern
ment-that German citizenship shall
not be forfeited or its alienation be
permitted through the acquisition of
citizenship In another country, but
shall only be suspended. We should
greatly doubt IL the German govern
ment would grant 1t or even regard It
seriously. Certainly, If it should be
adopted, some serious complications
would be caused under existing trea-
ties, and the status OF German emil
grants thereafter would be anomalous
and embarrassing. For we could
scarcely conceive OF this or any other
country as receiving into citizenship
immigrants who did not specifically
renounce citizenship in and allegiance
to the old country No expatrIation,
no naturalization, Is the entirely ap-
propriate and necessary rule.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-14
INTERNATIONAL LAW.
philadelphia public Ledger.

philadelphia Public Ledger
What We call international law is no
more than the accepted custom and
usage of civilized nations. 1t Is to
some extent expressed In treaties and
conventions, but to n greater extent
in diplomatic correspondence, out of
which emerge certain recognized prin-
clples OF justice and reason that COM
mand more or less general assent. The
law which governs the relations OF the
United States with the Spanish
American epublics is wholly the crea-
ton ci Dnr own national policy. 1t
begins with the assertion that no
European power shall establish
foothold upon this continent or In any
way oppress any of these states. This
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-14

municipal reform, or attack the Church
of which the reformer is member.
what excuse could 1t assign for refus-
Ing to discuss issues of Importance 10
the taxpayer?
Isn't 1t about time for the Salt Lake
of muddying the water so that graft
and incompetcncy may be concealed
from view?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-14
THE LIMIT IN WYOMING.
Charleston News and Courier.

Charleston News and Courier.
Wyoming courts have decided that,
even though man had promised to
marry a girl. ne was justified in re-
fuslng to do so when he discovered
her with a different color of hair three
nights in one week. He must have
been shrewd to have noticed It,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-14

Monroe Doctrine is not part of in
ternational law; 1t is our own doctrine.
but has been acquiesced In by Euro
Pean nations purely out of respect
Tor the United States, and it imposes
upon US a corresponding duty to re-
frain from acts of oppression or inter-
terence which we would not tolerate
from a foreign power.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-14

plain that he is no partisan OF Zelaya;
In fact his speech shows him to be
somewhat hostile to the Nicaraguan
president.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-14

Census supervisors guilty of using
their offices for the furtherancc II
political schemes will be summarlly dis
missed. says President Taft. A word
to the wise, from such a source, should
be sufficient.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-14

Judge Lurton. who was yesterday
nominated for associate justice of the
supreme court OF the United States, is
which any judge was ever nominated
to a seat on that august tribunal. Jo-
scph Story was the youngest. his age
at the time he was nominated being
thirty-two.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-14

The secretary of commerce and labor
is his annual report says that it has
Florida we can produce our own
sponges. And why not? We produce
the largest and finest graftcrs In the
world.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-14

Many an old man would be delight
ed to have Santa Claus bring him
once again a pair of red-topped, cop
per-toed boots. 1t would be for him
the fountain of youth.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-14

Representative Mann's bill for the
suppression of what has been called
the white slave traffic should be en-
acted into law. No measure can be
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-14
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY

By ]. E. Edwards.

r.
and g series Of anecdotes and Incidents
past
by Edwards
eihe
a their o'o
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-14

Good morals are to be taught in the
public schools of philadelphia There
should be compulsory attendance for
the politicians of that city.