Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-01

sThe Canadians. apparently as a re-
nard for his intrepid attack on the
canada Takers" have adorned one Of
ia townsites along the new Grand
1SMnk Pacific Railway with the cogno-.
a., 'of Arthur Stringer. whose wire
hss', romance, "The Gun Runner" has
list been published by E. w. Dodge &
Snmpany. AS Il matte of fact about
at,01 new names were needed for this
,S5nntry-to-be, and as the line-projec-
tnrs had run through the full list of
Veil known politicians from Inurier
4, Oronyteka, and all the established
Sow-namese from. Aberdeen Angus to
Sussex and Shorthorn, to say nothing
u the patronymics}9of every official,
empoye and stenographel' in the home
6ffces, u native author or two worked
n very f1andily. When the author Of
.The silver. Poppy" and The Wire
Tappers" learned of the honor that had
tpme upon him, he wrote Quito the in
tipent city of "Stringer'' and sug-
lie rly4christcned community with
aslimited free library of his own books.
II two weeks an answer came back
j It was signed by one "Sid Wappler"
ii said: Don't bother about sending
them books out to this here metropolis
called Stringer guess they are good
books all right; but the Grow Breed
Who runs the water-tank engln aint
Sddjncated in English and I'm busy
track-walking
G"P. SIS two is the metropolis"
FIN less than six years, 3sS, geo A1nerl-
can farmers have pulled up stakes in
1he states" and moved to free home
~,
Story OF this immense migration and
Is significance--"oneo of the most epic
Movements. OF the sceptury'--h been
written for the May Century by Agnes
6 Laut, santhor Of "l,he Conquest of
tho Great Northwest" who has recently
Travelled through this interesting region.
Everybody has heard OF talking the
hind leg off a donkey. Lloyd Osbournc,
author of .Infatuatien" and other pop
ular novels, once actually tried to do
this-to a man! It happened when Mn
osbourne was in the South seas with
Robert I.ouis Stevenson The man in ,
question was a magnificent specimen
Of humanity, six feet high, about 80
years old, with superb development.
He was a Samoan who had been shot
through the knee in one Of the civil
y
tnproyised military hospital. The ma
Falzdoctor told Mr.. Osbourne that this
man would not allow his leg to be cut
off, which was the only possible way
of saving him. Knowing that the au-
thor spoke Samoan fluently and was q
man of standing among the natives, the
doctor asked him to try and persuade
their friend to consent to losing his leg.
For an hour Mn Osbourne exerted ev-
CRY argument he could think Of, but
the Samoan. with a sort, Of splendid un-&
tanned nobility, said he1would rather die
than walk about a cripple for the rest
Of his life. 1t was sad to have to leave
him and feel that his resolution could
not be broken. !. In three
weeks he had perfectly recovered, and
except for slight stiffness, was the
same superb specimen Of humanity he
had always been. Mr.. Osbourne con-
fesses that hesnever liked to meet him
very much. as that leg OF his always
Inspired feeling Of shame.
Two posthumous papers by Ouida
have been secured by J. p. Lippincott
company for publication in I,ippincotts
Magazine, and the first will appear in
ne May number. Their titles are: Shall
Women Vote?-a study Of feminine un-
irst-its causes and remedies: and
Love VS.. Avarlce''-a frank analysis OF
ne causes which make for social evil.
Prof a. e. Kennellys wireless.
Biography and Wireless Telephony"
which Aloffat. Yard & Company have
nav nearly ready for publication, has
mad an advance sale equal to that OF
.iie first edition OF three years ago.
Thls is due to the fact or the marvellous
growth OF wireless during these years
ana the introduction OF that wonderful
new application, wireless telephony.
I Enthusiastically Memorial House in
Rome was opened to the public on
april D. The purchase of this house.
wherein Keats died, was concluded
some time ago, but at least $500 more
must be secured to pay off an overdraft
and properly to equip the house. Many
relics Of Keats have already been put
y place. there. 1t is said that the
curator iseto he an American.