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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

possession of the New York Central
system. and after awhile the COM
modore Issued an order which prac-
tically dissolved the corporation and
put It's management out of office
The president OF the little railroad
was astounded that he should have
been SO bruSquely treated. He sought
an interview with the commodore.
Commodore Vanderbilt he said,
Know that you have bought our
railroad, and l have now come to tell
you that am certain that you cannot
get along without me. L make bold
TO tell you that You ought to retain me
IN active charge OF the management
of the railroad. Ii you don't you will
find. l think. that you have made
mistake
Now that was exactly the way not
10 approach the commodore II the
little railroad president had known his
man, and acted accordingly, he would
nave put his case somewhat in this
fashion; Commodore. you know that
| have been long associated with this
little railroad. In fact. from the time
1t was first operated. have q strong
personal pride in IT, Now 1 do not
care anything about the pay, but am
sure You Will appreciate my feeling
when l tell you that 1t would be very
gratifying to me to serve under you I'm
some noOnally important post In the
railroad That way of putting his
case would have won the commodore
over completely. and he would un-
doubtcdly have found a place for the
man that would have gratlhed his
pride In his old property.
But this man didn't go about II this
way. and instantly the commodore's
whimsical side was aroused He look
cd his caller over for a fun minute
Then he spoke:
so you say that I will find I can't
get along without you. Well, sup
posing you were TO die tomorrow. what
would I do them
Well commodore was the hesI-
tating reply. In that case. I suppose.
you'd have to find someone to take my
place.
Well snorted the commodore. as
he turned to his desk. you were dead
last week when I made the changes.
and found the man to take your
place. Good day.
And" concluded Capt. Wagner.
that Door little railroad man was al
most dead, actually. by the time he
had managed to drag himself from
the commodore's presence"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

'Like all men of great creative ca
pacity. Commodore Vanderbilt was
mastered by whlms at times, and al
ways governed by his prejudices ex-
cept in great matters. Then he could
look upon a subject with a perfectly
Impartial eye.' said to me Capt. Fred
erlck c. Wagner. head of tho country's
largest Masonic homo
Those who know the Commodore
WELL" continued Capt. Wagner learn
ed by bitter experience the proper way
to persuade him, the eXpedient man
ner of advising him. 1t was easy
enough to approach him. and even to
of temperament and a certain pride
in his achievements were understood
Otherwise, woe betide the man who
stood in his presence.
Somewhere In the center OF New
York state-I do not now recall exactly
where-there was little railroad
which, in it's construction and opera
ton, well illustrated the earlier day of
railway building and operation before
the commodore taught the science OF
merging railway properties. It was
about Is miles long. 1t was in the
ownership of q few stockholders. and
when the road was first constructed
and operated. they were as proud OF
1t as any largo stookholder in the
Pennsylvania. for instance. is proud
OF his partial ownership in that cor
poration,
Commodore Vanderbllt's attention
was called to this little railroad. After
having looked It over he realized what
its advantage would be as feeder
in small way. of the New York Cen
trail system. and he therefore opened
negotiations with the stockholders for
the purchase of their property.
But II turned out to be one of the
most difficult of the small propositions
no had yet been called upon to handle.
He ran up against a local pride In
this little railroad. and also the strong
personal pride which its president had
In 1t. Actually, this president acted
as IL he were the owner of great
rival to the New York Central. Finally,
however. tho property passed into the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14
ANTI-SEMuTISM IN ASIA.

Newspaper readers are aware ~ tho
iaet that Russia and Japan arc strenu.
ousiy opposing the American PROPOSE
ton Tor the naturalization of the Man
chnrian railroads. Both those coun-
tries regard the railroad lines as NJ
immense strategic. as well as COM
mercial, Importance. and It can easi,v
DO understood that they arc unwilling
TO give up the control. But the tnotica
OF Russia In this fight arc peculiar.
According to a cable to the New
York Herald Chinese newspaper sub
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

pers. think he Is the only 12-year
boy In the country who hasn't invented
n perfect wireless telegraph, submarine
boat or aeroplane.-Puck.
Mrs. Waybaclo-And are the city peo-
pie as smart as they say. Ezra?
Mr.. Wayback Oately returned from
the clty)-Well l should say not Talk
about Ignorance. They've even got TO
have signs In their subwaEs telling
them which way Is up and which Is
down.-Brooklyn Life.
Short-I say, old man. can you lend
me $40 for a few days2
I|ong-No; but I'll let you borrow ali
the trouble | have
Short-What do you mean7
Long-Wen. that is something
won't expect you to pay back.-Chlcngo
News.
MY sister received shocking treat
ment at the hospital which was so
highly recommended to us.
Indeed! How did that hoppen?"
She had to have application of an
electrical battery. y."-Baltimore Amer
lean.
oo S"u anu your husband nre al
ways qunrreling?" said the family
lawyer.
Yes, answered the young woman.
What do you quarrel about?"
Il forget the subject of tho first
quarrel. But we have been uuarrol-
Ing ever since over who was to blame
for t,"-WaShington Star
First Artist-Well old chap. how is
busIness2
Secnod Artist-Oh splendidi Got n
commission this morning from a mil
lionaire. Wants his wife and children
painted very badly
First ArtIst-Woll. you're tho very
man to do that.-Lifc.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14
JUST FOR FUN

"She has such stiff manners Yes:
you SEQ, all her family for years nave
beon in the starch business. ."-Bolti-
more American,
IF were to tell you all know" he
comenced, sagely. II should not be any
wiser than l am now. she repneu,
tcrsely.-Dctroit FREQ Press.
"Since her husband has made for
tune she doesn't seem to be tho same
woman she was" II know IT She al
ways says has gotten now -Chicago
Record-Her
MY doctor told me I would have to
quit eating so much meat Dld you
laugh him to scorn7" Il did at flrst,
But when he sent in his bin l found
he was right t"-Washington Star.
Tho Ono-"Do you believe with
Shakespeare that all the worlds u
stage?" The Other-"Yes; but instead
of being players | believe that most or
us arc stage horses. Chicago Daily
News.
II see you're staying at strictly
first-cass hotel anyhow. How do you
find tho accommodations?' Accom-
modations? There aren't any, Every
thing 1 get is concession"
Tribune,
IT 500 that Blk has mado fortune
with his pom" That absurd writer
Impossible" Not at all, His father
died OF grief after reading one of his
stories and left Blk o,0O0"-Boston
Transcript.
Woggs-You seem To be very proud
OF your youngest son. Ho must be a
very remarkable youth.
Boggs-Hc Is. Judging from the pa
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

swered yes or no, he has right to
qualify q plain yes OF no This OF
course happens most often In the case
of experts. Tho Yes, but I will ex-
plain" and NO but I VIII explain"
of one OF the distinguished expert wit
nesses for the commonwealth In the
cnse of commonwealth against Quay,
which was tried before Judge Biddle
In the court of quarter sessions Of
Philadelphia county several years ago,
still linger in the writer's memory.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

manded categorical answer. II the
lawyer attempts to tells you that you
must answer yes OF no you have the
right to say that the question is not
susceptible OF a categorical answer.
This should floor counsel for a mo-
ment Like Stevenson's child. as
rule the witness should speak only
when he is spoken to. He should not
volunteer anything, except that when
ho Is asked a question which with ap-
parent innocence could readily be an
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14
WITNESSES AGAINST LAWYERS.
Green Bag

1t Is a mistaken notion that n wilt
ness is bound to answer yes or no. 1t
is surprising that such should havo
been the received bollcf. Tho theory
as to a categorical reply was complete
~ exploded by the man who propound-
ed the question. ''Whon are you going
to stop beating your wife2" and de-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14
is THIS A PLOTp
Boston Globe.

How ashamed Japan will feel when
IL learns that the 1000 Japanese cher
Ty trees which were presented to the
United States government by tho mu-
niclpality Of Toxic arc infested with
worms and fungus Diseases So that
thoy will all have to be destroyed
Captain Hobson. possibly, may see n
plot I'm this.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

Is President Taft to be made In
spector-general OF "fences7" His jour
ney to New York squlnted in that d.
rection. If so. 1t will be for the party
and not for the partisan.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14
MANIFESTATION OF THE UPLIFT.
Washington Post

Washington Post
Rich beyond the dream OF avarice
the farmers mind turns to higher
things, so an awakened conscience
moves him TO apply for a dissolution
of the silent partnership heretofore cx-
isting between himself and tho gam
bier In foodstuffs.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

One OF the strangest effects of the
increased cost of living is that 1t has
caused rise in the price of funeral
sermons by the preachers of the Red
wing, n. j, African Baptist church.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14
A KICK OF LONG AGO.
Boston Transcript.

SO 1t appears that even 116 years ago
the cost OF living was SO high that
Governor Samuel Adams was moved
to send q message to the legislature
with respect to II. The samo old
world.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14
DOWN TO THE WORRY LEVEL
Indianapolis News.

Indianapolis News.
People who have received with abso-
lutte Indifference reports that $40, $40
or $50 counterfeit bills were In cIrcula
ton arc now seriously disturbed. A
counterfeit 81 silver certificate of good
workmanship has been discovered.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

a Kansas City Congregationalist
minister is. to be tried for heresy.
Such trials are almost as uncommon
these days as trials for wltchcraft.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

The investigation into the high cost
of living is being conducted by the
method of exclusion. Thus far every
explanation offered has been exclud-
ed
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

Some people take so long time
to make up their minds because their
thoughts are so scattered. and can't
be got together Immediately.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

Secretary Ballinger says that Alaska
Is great "prize package" There does
seem to be some grabbing up there.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

Governor Hadley OF Missouri has
bought him a little farm so that he can
go way back to the farm and sit
down.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

"Why are old bachelors always
cross7" asks an exchange. Because
they are old bachelors.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
THE MAN WHO WAS DEAD AIR EADY.
BY j. f.. Edwards.

andln
the Each
I'M
articles distinctive oW '' -
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

a scapegoat, If he was. 1t was sugar
coated one
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14
CONFERENCE POSTPONED.

The salt Lake stake conference. ad-
vertised TO be held March 6. has been
postponed 10 March 90
JOSEPH F. SMITH
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

The governments of Central America
are republican in form all right
enough but when it comes to the sub
stance 1t is an entirely different mat
ter.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

A man cannot depend upon his
friends pulling him out OF hole un-
less he has pull"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

bustIon in combinations in restraint of
trade
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

dog poisoner Is a man Just one re-
movo from a murderer,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

Rostand's "Chanticleer" can never
become so famous as Aristophanes'
"Birds"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

The artful dogcr-thc man who can
dodge his poor relations and his
creditors.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

It Is slowly but surely dawning upon
Commander Peary that lngratitude Is
the vice OF republics
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

givo him glasses to correct his de-
fective vision.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

Tho French Antarctic expedition dis
covered land but saw no traces OF DR..
Cook.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

Often a man goes broke because he
won't bend a little.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

The Office that seeks the man never
pays very we'll
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

The wise man forescoth tho auto
mobile and hideth himself.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

A man may make fame but not
fortune by writing poetry.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

1t is said that every man has his
price, but has 1t gone up?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

some ono to grub stake him these
days
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

Docs man who is "brick" return
TO brick dust?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

Butter has its olcomargarine but
meat has no undcrstudy
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

The song of the first robin is heard
In the land
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

Fortunate the prospector who can get
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

Woggs-You seem To be very proud
OF your youngest son. Ho must be a
very remarkable youth.
Boggs-Hc is. Judging from the pa
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14

OUR DRUG STORE IS AT
,l12-l1} SOUTH MAIN ST.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-15
10, THE icoNocLAsT AGAIN.

One by one our most cherished ira
ditions are swept aside by the unholy
hand Of the rude iconoclast
The latest performance of this dan
gerous and disreputable individual is
particularly disquieting to our mind
and shocking to our moral sentiments.
A scientific shark broke into print
some time ago to convey to us the in
formation that the ancieAt and long
practiced custom of "witchingo for wa
ter was all superstition, fake, moth
ing to It.
Now we call it the very quintes-
senee Of nerve, as well as an act of
grave impiety for any man to expect
an intelligent public to believe an as
sertion Ike that. II is rank nonsense
and we would like to believe that the
learned professor was testing.
Almost any one, at least among the
old timers, will tell you that if you
want TO dig a well and are not sure
where YOU can strike water the thing
to do is to get a forked peach tree
limb grasp it firmly, holding It in
proper position, and go moseying
around over the earth till the witch
speaks. When you are over water.
presto, the limb turns down and you
can't help it to save your life Right
there is the place to dig your well and
you are sure to strike water If you
dig deer enough-iu some cases. per
haps to the bed Of the ocean on the
other side Of the planet
Now everybody knows all this
weren't we told Il over and over again
in our childhood wasn't our grandad
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-15

j sure shot as water witcher and
didn't he locate wells for all the
neigh6orss Sure he did, and what's
the use now Of any doggone scientist
coming around and trying to tell us
better?
The would-be destroyer Of our sac
red traditions insinuates that the
water-witcher was accustomed to prac-
tice little skull-duggery on the shy
that he frequently manipulated the
stick Of his own voliticn. Now that's
where he is going a little too strong
and we won't stand for it because
1t is a serious reflection on our gram
dad and his honorable contempo-
raries. Another thing, he has the au-
dacity to suggest that witching was
never successful as a rule except in
localities where below the surface
solid stratum Of water existed and
therefore the witch had no chance to
miss. This of course is mere asser-
ton and we here and now challenge
him to prove 1.-THE cant do ii.
We confess to some deep feeling on
the subject and we think it is high
time for such ruthless individuals TO
be called down. If it were known
that they would 60 no further with
their depredations. we might be iusti-
fed in suffering in silence but who
can tell where they will stop? First
thing you know, some smart Alex will
be telling us that it does no good to
plant our potatoes in the dark OF the
moon, that it is not bad luck for a
black cat to cross our path. that 1t is
no tan i'll omen to break looking
glass. that it doesn't mean company's
coming for dinner if you drop a knife
or fork after breakfast that you
don't have to spit when you see
caterpillar to avoid having the fever.
but no use to enumerate more--if these
despoilers are allowed TO pursue their
way unmolested we may have no
knowledge at all Of value left to
us except what these scientists say
they have seen demonstrated. Let as
rise up in our might and declare that
we will resist their encroachments,
holding fast to the heritage given to
us by the past
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-15
cHIcKAsHA WATER SUPPLY.

The State Capital is always ready
to rap Oklahoma City and all things
appertaining thereto, and its editorial
writer, Cad Allard, Is ever eager to
stand up for Chickasha Commenting
on a recent story in the Oklahoman
to the effect that practically every city
in the state except Muskogee and Tul-
sa is facing short water supply, the
State Capital says:
"The Oklahomans hammer is al
ways ready for a knock on the cities it
looks upon as competitors along any
line that is liable to overtake them.
"The hammer has ever been ready,
and at times has made some Dretty
hard dents. for chickasha the city th4s
worries the boosters Of Oklahoma city
more than any other, unless it be Cuth-
rie.
There are no towns in the state
that can hold out better against long
dry spells than those on the washita
river, and especially is this true Of
chickasha, which has a fourteen foot
fall over It's waterpower dam the year
round
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-15
RELIGIOUS euelLlsM.

A news item IN Texas paper an
nounces that a pair OF reverend gen.
tlemen have agreed TO mix in a four
days debate, the propositions to be set
tied being.
!. The Scriptures teach that the new
birth, as spoken Of in John iii, SIS, viii
be consummated in the resurrection.
?. The Scriptures teach that the soul
or spirit of man is immortal and con
scious between death and the resurrec-
tion.
II IS further announced that the gab-
fest win last four hours day.
It being thought, we suppose. that
that quantity Of talk ought to be suf-
fic'ent to decide any mooted Question.
Undoubtedly the two questions with
which the Texas brothers will deal are
live issues and they ought to be st-
tied once and for all time. It is not
exaggeration to assert that the con
fusion which exists in the public mind
on these two points is what is retard-
ing the progress of the neligious world
and as soon as it is removed the old
ship Of Zion win spread her sails and
set new record that even the Wright
brothers can't beat. It's a great pity
that this fact was not recognized be-.
fore now but better late than never.
If il can be thoroughly established
that the new birth" is to be con
summated in the resurrection" and the
soul is conscious between death and
the resurrection, or II these statements
can be disproved--tal your choi e. II
must readily be seen that men will
quit their meanness instanter and
grand rush for the gospel wagon viii
ensue Doesn't that make it worth
while for two pious gentlemen TO
buckle on their armor and beat the
air four hours day for four whole
days?
Of course when the smoke OF bat
tie is cleared away and victory
perches on the banner of one or the
other warrior the folks who have lis
tened to the scriptural lore that has
been uncorked may not be convinced
that they should be honest and square
with each other, that they should
love their neighbors even as they love
themselves, that what the Lord re-
quires OF them is to be decent. up
right generous hearted. useful men
and women in this life-they may not
receive much light on the vexed qdes-
tions that concern them in the press
ing now and now, but they will be
long on knowledge of the "sweet.bye-
and-bye' and that's what they need.
Religious pugilism in the goth cen
tury; Now don't laugh or wen see
that you are turned out Of the church.
It's sad, it's pity--hang it all, it's
funny, too, and if you want to laugh
we'll join you.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-15
To AELp some On

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that Elec ic Bitters work wonders for
such troubles. Five bottles he
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