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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20
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The following remark is attributed to
Napoleon: Men that inherit empires
are shaved by others: men that achieve
empires shave themselves 2
There Is little doubt in our mind that
q man who can. in America, still sue
coed in shaving himself. considering
the kind of implements he gets for that
purpose and the price he has to pay for
them, has most of the essential elements
OF genIus--a calm mind. steady
hand, remarkable fortitude. and pluck
that cannot be daunted by repeated
failures.
We propose, however. to refer to that
interesting story about razors which
comes fresh from Washington in Tues
days dispatches
II seems that the committee on FIN
ance had Increased the rates on razors
in common use from about So to 100 per
cent ad yalorem. and as soon as the
senate took up the cutlery schedule
the amendments offered by Mr.. Sim
mons Saturday, cutting those rates.
were rejected. Senator Stone then Of
fered amendments reducing the duties
on razors to the rates OF the Dingley
bill
Senator smoot, in opposing these
amendments, said II the duty was 600
per cent it would not increase the price
to the consumer. He held up before
the senate a razor which he said cost
40 cents to import and which was sold
for So.
Mr.. Smoot exhibited another razor
case, supposed to contain IA keen-edged
blade. 1t was from Germany, and sold
at retail in this country at $3.50, while
1t cost to import 1919 a dozen.
Having had an intimate experience
with many kinds Of bad razors, and
having occasionally encountered one
that was worth while. the writer Is
competent to make some remarks on
this great question.
The best razor he ever saw and used
cost exactly 81 cents, u was bought
from travelling salesman at "a drug
store in this city. The best razor he
ever heard of cost six-pence twelve
cents in England; 1t WAS one OF q lot
supplied TO u regiment of the British
army at that price.
In other countries, good razors rarely
cost a dollar. The best Swedish steel
blades may he had in Europe for less
than fifty cents. Just why such ra-
zors in America should cost So. and
then so frequently turn out TO be spuri-
Gus and worthless, is not entirely clear.
Senator. Smoot argues that the tariff
has nothing to do with the American
/ pric1 OF razorstfiat IF the duty was
500 per cent it would not increase the
price to the consumer" II this is true
in the case of razors the middienen's
profits must finally aggregate some
thing like ESQ per cent,
| Nevertheless. if a tax of 900 per cent,
| as Senator smoot suggests, should be
put upon imported 5o-cent razors. that
| would add 50 TO the price Of each m
ported razor at the custom house; and.
! allowing only SO 1-S per cent for the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20
SHOULD ,rAIkE IN B.ACK.

The statement in the United States
8 Senate by Senator Clay to the effect
that President Joseph II. Smith fixes
the price of beets in Utah, and that he
draws a salary of $40, 900 a year as pres,
ddent OF the beet sugar factories OF
Utah, Is a. recent illustration or the
dense ignorance of Utah affairs that
still exists outside this State. Tho
y Senator'S story Is on Il par with the
fables that used to be told about tho
President or the Church opening and
reading all tho letters that are sent
out Of Utah in order to prevent Nor
4 mons from telling the truth TO out
4 siders concerning the dreadful condi-
tons supposed to prevail here. II is on
4 "a par with the many other stories pub
lished by the Tribune but made up of
whole cloth, concerning thieIarchal"
domination In politics in business, and
everything. Ignorance concerning Utah
q stances, SINCE II is impossible for the
average man to make Il personal In
i Nestigation in order to find out the
i truthfulness of the stories that are be-
4 ing circulated. They. naturally, take
4 many things for granted But q United
States Senator speaking to fellow sens
ators in the halls Of Congress, cannot
be excused for making statements basel
on the tlimsiest of evidence, as If they
were incontrovertible well established
facts, and then argue from such prem
Uses in a matter Of such Importance to
the entire country as the tariff sclled-
ule. II ever a man should know what
he talks about, it is when he max IS
an assertion on the iloor OF the United
states Senate. Senator Clay would do
himself honor BY acknowledging that
he had been misinformad,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20
THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL
SACRAMENTO Bee.

Flies and mosquitoes cause far more
deaths among mankind than all the
wild beasts and poisonous serpents on
the face of the earth. To the hunter or
explorer in the heart of Africa they
are vastly greater danger than the
lion OF, the rhinoceros. All forms Of
malaria and the deadly yellow fever are
traced to the bites of mosquitoes. In
the opinion of a high authority II was
malaria that led to the downfall Of
ancient Greece. through undermining
the health OF her people and making
large areas of the country almost un-
inhabitable. So everywhere there should
be systematic, concerted and PERSIST
ent effort to destroy as far as possible
both flies and mosquitoes. to shut them
out Of all dwellings and eating places,
and to enforce strict laws framed TO
protect the public from these pests.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20
ANNUAL PRIMARY CONFERENCE.

The seventh annual general confer
ence of the officers OF the Primary as as
sociations of the Church OF Jesus Christ
5Sof I.atter-day Saints win be held In
Salt Lake City. June 4th. 9Th and 9th,
1909 All officers, stake and local. are
requested to be present at all the ses--
4 stons of this conference.
LOUIE B. FELT. 3s
MAY ANDERSON,
.s CLARA w. BEEBE,
Presidency Primary Associations.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20

President Tafts address at Peters
burg was in the best OF taste and In.
the happiest vein. His praise OF north
crn and southern soldiers was Just and
generous and could not but tend to.
bring the two sections of the country
into closer and more haotherly re-
iations. Judge Taft proved himself
to be. in the broadest sense, President
of the whole country.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20
WOULD THE SENATE MEASURE
UPP
.laalti1nore American

Opposition is made, by a. senator to
the erection of a statue of Alexander
Hamilton In q public square in Wash
sington, which opposition Is based on the
ground that Hamilton was not model,
young man There is. felt. some alarm.
lest the same standard might be np-
piled to the august senate; itself, In
which event, results might be too
startling for the public.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20
IF TECHNICALITIES WE'RE
ABOLISHED.
St. Louis Globe Democrat

~ l7ot1lS I2s'I1 w <9'-
A bill has been introduced in the Mis-
souri, legislature to make impossible the
decision OF cases on technical points.
this should become a law there would
be nothing left for many people to go
but plead guilty and throw themselves
on the mercy of the courts.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20

The Utah Postlnasters' Association is
to hold a contention IN this city the
9th and 18th inst. May the delegates
devise some means whereby papers
and magazines that come in packages
may not be torn and mutilated when
the package is opened for. distribution.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20
JUST FOR FUN
Lucky to the Very Last.

Cook: Taylor was always fortunate
man, but doesn't it seem wonderful
that his luck should stay with him
to the very last?
Raleigh: How was that?
Cook: He was operated on for the
cidently swallowed while eating
oysters, and when the pearl was ex-
amined it was found to be valuable
enough to pay for boil, the opera
ton and the funeral.---Tit- Bits.
afterdinner sesta for the third tlme)
What title did you decide on for
your new book, j ohn?
Author (sleepily) - How to be Map
py Though Harried. Puck.
George is so obstinate about his
luncheons. He Invariably has slice
of roast beef and a potato. II he
would eat something light and Sim
pie, as I do. he would never talk
about indigestion?''
Just salad and ice cream. "---Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
THE money which old Grimes
relatives are collecting to break his
will in their own interest. is very
much on the order of a notable
charity"
II don't exactly understand.
.Isn't is regular fresh heir fund ~
Baltimore American.
YES said the returned hunter. II
had narrow escape from rhi-
noceros."
"And what saved you?''
THE fact that the rhinoceros
could not climb a tree had something
to do with it, responded the hunter,
odestly.-Philadelph Ledger.
"Come away children said their
mother. run out In the yard and
play"
but we're watching papa lay the
stair carpet, mamma" they answer
ed.
II know It, but he's going to lay !!
around the bend in the stairway pref;
ty soon, and I don't want you to
hear the language he will use. -
Chicago Tribune.
what did your friends at the CT
say when you told them we were ems
gagged 2"
ooh, they're lot OF 1oshers!'
But what did they say?'
They voted me hero medal n
Houston Post.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20

Texas horned toads are being metal
lied at Waulsegan, ILL.,. to be Worn as
hat pins by women. Formerly the toad
was believed to wear n Jewel in Its
own head. 4
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20

Elinor Gyms new book, Elizabeth
Visits America is another of those
.''as others see us" works. But FORUM
ately very few others see Us as she
does
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20

Marriage will change a. mans views
quicker than anything else. says the
Chicago News. Not quicker than a
magic lantern,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20

Each day the evidence III the Calhoun
case is very largely a repetition of the
same old story, The only variation
seems to be to go from bad to worse
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20

Does an actress put the cart before
the horse when she secures q divorce
preliminary to securing an engage
.ment?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20

DR.. Mary Walker thinks chorus girls
should wear more clothes. Imagine
chorus girl in a DR.. Mary Walker suit;
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20

4 In tho case Of the late FL. Fl. Rogers
the rule "of the dead say nothing but
good" has been strictly adhered to,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20

This time the rhinoceros did not
charge but made for the bush, and 1t
took six more shots to dispatch her.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20
CONFERENCES POSTPONED.

Box Elder Conferences. advertised to
be held June 9Th and 9Th, liz postponed
Ito be held Juno 18th and 18th.
JOSEPH It. SMITH. President.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20

care we living longer?" asks the
Baltimore American. II you are grow
ing taller you are.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20

June is tho best month in which to
make the desert blossom as the rose.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20

A trust nlagnate will cut an old ac-
quaintance every time before he will
cut a price.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20

When a tariff schedule is put higher
i. always seems to stay put.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20

Thus far signalling to Mars has been
more OF a signal failure than pro
no,rnced success.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20

1t is far easier for q. man to live VI
to his Income than up to his ideals.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20
a COMPLIMENT?

Mrs. Elinor Glyn, writing about AM
erican men, says that they are entire-
aly different from those Of other
countries. When In their company
you feel more as if you We're out
with kind aunts, or grandmothers. or
Buncles, than just men,
This moves the Chicago Record
Herald to say, 1--WE must inform her,
therefore, that published records show
that all our men could not be trust
ed like aunty on trip to Australia
unless perchance the companion OF
that long journey was herself q Kind
saunty. And 1t may be that this quail
flying thought will help us to an I'M I'M.
derstanding OF Mrs, GlSn's apprecla-
ton. She was writing. of course out
of her personal experience, and she
speaks with the conviction OF q per-
son who was immune.
All of which reminds us without any
5odious comparison, of the story OF the
Southern old nanny who USED %
keep q hotel for the accommodation
of travellers that happened through
the little country town. She useu 70
speak very kindly OF the travelling
men as a class, for though many had
stopped at her place none Of them
had ever said anything to her at
which she could take offence, she said.
So M odions comparison is intended,
5a,,t II 4 entirely credible that the
average American man in Miss GYMS
company would feel more like fool
t,,a !. klna aunt or a grandmother.
ss' --.-.---------.
,.;cb relation sometimes is, a poor.
st'ch.=
~ 40 I'm we do go, soy
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20

AZ a mud thrower, Senator Clay
seen,s to be a success.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-20

In the Senate Illinois continues !"
play a lone hand.
Evening star., 1909-07-13
M. S. McLearen's Funeral.
A LITTLE RED SPOT
Aovel Experiment by Which It May Re
Made to Disappear.

pccuilar feature about poslam, the new skin
discovery. IS that no one is asked To buv i,
~'no"t hrst sending TO the Emergency Labo-
ra'"ries No. 81 West Twenty NTH street New
York CITY. for an experimental sample and an
plying same TO an affected par. of tho sLi,
ABOUT the size of silver dollar II will cIear
'ne spot 50 treated in twenty four hours-a re-
marhaele visual demonstration Of its rowers
While posiam has been mentioned pripcina,Ix
in connection with the cure Of eczema. tho mos,
stubborn OF skin diseases II must l,e remem.
bered that when used for itch, hives ntmn,as
blotches. acne itching feet, scsly scaIp. chaara
Of infants and similar minor skin troubles IL
action Is all the more pronounced. results being
seen after an overnight application. A. on1x a
smail quantity OF poslam is necessary 10 cure
such cases. a special nifty cent package usuarv
sufhcient. has been placed on sale al oCram.s
O'Donneils. Aneck's. the Peoples Drug Stor,
and other leading drug stores In Washington
and throughout the country.
Evening star., 1909-07-13
FIREBUG AGAIN AT WORK.
Second Attempt in Ten Days to Burn
New York Tenement House.

New York Tenement House.
Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, July 13.-For the second
time in ten days the big fve-story tene-
ment house at 937 I'd avenue was set on
fire by an incendiary early this morning,
and so fearful are the tenants that third
attempt to destroy the building will be
made that they have established a sys-
tenn of watchers, who will be on duty
night and day.
The first fire, which occurred on the
morning of July =, was started under the
basement stairs in a barrel filed with
oil soaked packing. Streamers of rags
were run from this barrel to a second
barrel of packing, also oil-soaked, on the
first landing.
After starting the fire the incendiary
locked the street doors so that the tenants
fire was discovered by citizen and an
alarm sounded which brought the engines
before heavy damage was done
The fire this morning was discovered
by Mrs. Mary Schoen, wife of Abraham
Schoen, one Of the owners Of the build
ing, who lives on the second floor. Mrs
Schoen screamed and there was rush to
the street, most of the tenants going by
the fire escape because the flames had
been started on the stairs, the plan of
the incendiary evidently being to cause
death. il possible. AS in the case OF the
first fire, rags were arranged In long lines
of streamers and all about the halls was
oil.
When the flames were under control
Fire Marshal Anderson began his second
investigation.
Evening star., 1909-07-13
PENSION SCALE FOR POLICE.
Proposed Plan for Fixing Retired
Paw for BIuecoats.

A pension scale for the police depart
ment by which retired pay of bluecoats
will be fixed automatically in accordance
with the length of service and amount of
disability is under consideration by Police
Chief Richard Sylvester.
Following the action OF Commissioner
Maefarland and Fire Chief Wagner in
preparing pension scale for the fire de-
partment and a suggestion that a similar
plan be adopted for the police department,
Commissioner West today moved that the
fire department plan be referred 10 Po-
lice Chief Sylvester for consideration in
connec ction with the adoption of similar
plan for his department.
Commissioner West expressed himself
this morning as being in favor of such
an automatic scale of pensions, based
on the length of service. amount of dis
ability and the cause OF the retirement
He declared that much consideration
should be given to the causes leading up
to the retirement, because a man injured
while protecting other lives or capturing
desperate criminal or rescuing persons
in dangerous situations is entitled to more
consideration than he who has taken
some disease but able to do lighter work
than that required of policeman.
Evening star., 1909-07-13

into HudsonS pharmacy. where she re-
ceived medical attention.
A little child named Ballard fell from q
ladys arms last night near King ano
Washington streets and received mum
Der of eontusions on the head The child s
injuries were dressed by DR.. Walter A
Warteld.
Thomas Wade. coored held for the
action of grand jury on a charge OF
breaking into and entering the Fairfax
apartment house was released this after
noon on bond in the sum of $500 for his
appearance before the grand jury at the
September term of the corporation court
City Council Meeting.
1t is expected considerable business of a
routine nature will come up tonight at a
meeting of the city council. besides the
regular election of city officers. Those
seeking positions for office at the hands
of the city fathers are today making a
final canvass.
At a meeting of NJ. D. Corse Camp
Sons of Confederate Veterans. held last
night at Lee Camp Hall, \. NJ. Simpson
was elected treasurer of that organiza-
ton.
The 10. in George Washington Park,
drawn for last night under the auspices
of Alexandria-W ashington Lodge of Ma
sons. was won by Meyer Strauss of
Baltimore. Proceeds from the drawing
will be used toward the bunldng fund
for new temple.
In the police court this morning Bessie
Brown forfeited s. collateral on charge
of abusive language toward Stephen
Davis. Henry Richardson, colored, charg-
ed with assaulting and beating Fannie
Richardson. also colored. was acquittede
Among the visitors at Christ p. E.
Church yesterday afternoon were Sena-
tor Chauncey NJ. Depew and wife.
Bette Reed. co.ored, fifty-six years
old. died this morning at her home on
South Washington street between Glib
bon and Franklin streets.
Evening star., 1909-07-13
CATHOLIC EDUCATORS MEET.
Sixth Annual Convention of Asso.
ciation Opens at Boston.

BOSTON. Mass. July 13.-With mass at
the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. this
city. the sixth annual convention OF the
Catholic Educational Association was
opened today. In the congregation were
many of the most distinguished educators
of the Roman Catholic Church, including
presidents and professors of the Catholic
colleges of the country and clergymen
and laity associated with educational
work. Practically all of the Catholic edu-
cational institutions in the United States
are represented.
A number of the women connected with
converts and belonging to the sisterhoodS
of the church are IN attendance, In con-
nection with the mass the associa ton was
formally welcomed by Archbishop VIII
liam H. O'Connell of the archdiocese of
Boston.
The purpose of the association is to
bring about closer corporation among
Catholic educators and a yearly inter-
change of plans and suggestions for pro.
noting the ideals of the church.
Evening star., 1909-07-13
PINNED UNDER AUTO.
Women Victims Of Accident in
Franco in Precarious Condition

JOIGNY, France, July 13.-Both Miss
Ella Feigenspan and Miss Anna Ness. who
near here yesterday. are being cared for
at the Brienen Hospital today. The con-
dition of Miss Ness is described as crit
ical. Miss Feigenspan's injuries are Sc
rious.
The accident occurred in the village o,
Esnon. The machine was running rapidly
when il skidded in the mud and turned
over. Edwin Feigenspan, aged twenty
three of New York, .brother of Miss Fei-
eensnan. and the chauffeur escaped unin-
iur.d. but the two women were pinned
beneath the wrecked machine. Help was
summoned and they were conveyed 10 the
hospital in carriages.
Feigenspan is son of Christian Feigen-
span. a brewer Of Newark, n. j.
Evening star., 1909-07-13
HEAT DELAYS WESTON
Walker Adds Another Day to Origi
nal Schedule of 100 Days Tramp.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 13.-Edward
Payson Weston, the aged transcontinental
pedestrian, has added still another day to
the number which has been attached to
his original schedule of 100 days and he
will not appear in this city until Wednes-
day afternoon.
On account of the heat in the Saera-
mento valley, Weston did not leave the
state capital until a late hour yesterday.
Shortly after midnight he passed through
Davis, ten miles west of Sacramento. and
after walking ten more miles to Dixon
he rested for an hours Later he stopped
at Elmira. where he will take long rest
before resuming his journey to san Fran
cisco. Elmira is only fifty miles from
this city.
Weston has lost twenty pounds on his
Journey across the continent, but he looks
well and declared he is ready for the re-
turn trip.