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operated by tho colonists There u
was successfully employed I'm pumping
water out of the mine. just as many
mines In England were freed Of water
years before Watt had his engine ON
the market.
Josiah Honblower." continued his
distinguished descendant. brought his
engine over under what could be termed
contract The mine people wanting
20 drain their mine, heard of my great
grandfather's engine and engaged him
to bring 10 over, set 10 up In their prop
crty, and give instruction In tho run
ming OF A. To a. am this no planned
20 be absent from his home for per
haps n year.
"But alas for the plans Of mem,
While he was I'm the midst Of the task
OF setting up his engine, ne CHANGED
one day TO meet a very beautiful young
woman Of New Jersey, Mistress Eliza
beth Kingsland, the daughter of VIII
liam Kingsland, whose family enjoyed
intimate social and neighhorly relations
with the Schuyler family. one member
Of which afterwards became the wife
OF Alexander Hamilton. That meeting,
II family tradition Is TO be believed.
delayed considerably the getting Of the
steam engine into successful operation.
In any event, its inventor fell heels
over head I'm love with Mistress Kings
land. they became engaged. their mar
riage took place I'm 1855. and my great
grandfather. reuouncing his original
plan Of returning % England settled
IN the colonies for life and afterwards
became "A speaker Of the New Jersey
legislature"
Perhaps I should add 10 what Mr..
Hornblowor told me that the beautiful
Elizabeth Kingsland was one Of the
first American girls 20 annex an Eng
lishman Of fortune and ability And
she made Of him "a most loyal and
steadfast American.
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This Is a story that goes bnck to a
quarter of a century before the Colo
mics threw on the yoke of England
yet, so far as i know, IL has never
before been in print 10 is story
vouched for by william b. Horublow-
err. the nationally-noted lawyer, who,
but for the enmity of New Nork's
Democratic senator's Of 1898. would now
bo on the bench Of the United states
Supreme court as an associate justice.
And though IL rs story of the eiRh-
teenth century, IL is one OF peculiar
timeliness I'm this, the great country
and the great age Of steam.
Meeting Mr. Hornblower, I remarked
that some years before I had been told
by the hate Abram $ Hewitt. one OF
New York's famous mayors and for
years a big voice I'm the national coun-
ellis OF the Democratic party. that he
had talked with an artisan who had
been employed by Mr. Hornblower's
great grandfather IN operating steam
engine in a copper mine In New Jer-
soy
yes" said Mr. Hornblower, "my
great grandfather did operate "a steam
engine in a New Jersey copper mine,
and the artisan Mr. Hewitt talked
with must have been IN my ancestors
employ about the year ll60'
what" / exclaimed ga steam en-
CINE I'm this country in 1880? Why not
until about the time Of the Revolution
did Watt have his steam engine per-
fectod."
Nevertheless, the date Is correct"
replied Mr. Honblower, 'for while 10
IS true that the great improvements
which Watt put upon the steam en-
CINE have enormously led many per
sons TO look upon him as It's inventor
Josiah Honhlower brought TO the Uni
ted states It's frst steam engine about
the year 1850 and set Il up In what /
think, was the Arst copper mine 20 be
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Like Some Other Epltaphs.

u was called iu by "a close-hsted old
merchant the other day. Boston
lawyer remarked. smiling HE wanted
me TO draw his win. and this / pro-
ceedad 10 do following his verbal In
structous Presently he said
TO each and every clerk who has
been In my employ Tor ten years ]
give $40 OOO'
'Thls seemed like considerable sum
20 mo and ! ventured a slight protest
as he had a number OF daughters and
his entire fortune was not large.
on, that's am right he said, with
"a little crooked smile. You know peo-
pie have always said that ! was close
and hard and I want them TO think
well OF me when I'm gone
~ was a little touched ana said some
thing but no waived % aside and We
continued with the draft When 10 was
finished and as ] was about 10 leave
the office. the old fellow smiled again
his little crooked smile.
About those $4,000 legacies, he
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4 Big Contract

winston Churchill. the novelist. de-
sCribed at a dinner I'm New York tho
difference between romautiCism and
realism In fiction
"ro make my meaning clearer" ne
ended. "i win take the case OF a young
man and gIrl-swee The young
man. romantiClst, said passionately
20 the girl
Darling. it shall be my lifes one
purpose 20 surround YOU with every
comfort, and 10 anticipate and grant
your every wish.
"The girl a reaist smiled falnuy
as she answered.
on Jack. how good Of you, And
am ON so week. too Success Mag
aZiue.
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Mr. Bailey TEX There Is a law OF
political graVtation as irresistible as
the law of physical gravitauun, and
believe that when men get so far away
from thoir own party IL rs impossible
20 go back, and they must come TO us,
unless. they intend 90 join this new
party OF the Socialists; and 1 do not
think any OF them entertain such pur-
pose as that
Mr. Dolllver OaD-Doos not my
friend think the law OF gravitation az
fects the Democratic party2
MT Bailey-Yos. but it Affects il up
ward in these days We are coming
up
Mr. Dolllver-That is the law of cap
Hilary attraction. not gravltation.
Mr. BRiey--That Is true. Mr.. presi-
dent and If / mixed my politics as bad
as I have just mixed my physics !
would be- qualified for membership In
the insurgeut party. tLaughteD New
York Evening Sun.
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NIAGARA FALLS SAVED.

NldEHfA faIi9 rtNtI.
The announcement hv the Depart
mcut Of state that there has been am
exchange OF the mtlHcauous OF the
treaty of Jan II. 1903 between the
United States and Great Britain.
creates hardly % ripple in tho public
mind. II is an item of the days news.
Men do not think 10 worth while to
discuss u with their ncighbors. Yet it's
significance rs great Il Is known as
the international Waterways Treaty
and its purpose is the protection Of
that wonder OF nature. the cataract OF
Niagara. by "a ioint commission which
shall have authority conferred upon DO
with respect To the use Of boundary
waters. A great many other questions
involving right or interests in dispute
may be referred to the Commission on
the request of either Government and
while its judgments and recommend
lions viii not Doe necessarily final they
viii have large Influence in the settle
mont of any differences that may arise
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TURsr "FAREwEIL TOUR"

San Fraucisco chronicle.
Buffalo Bits announcement that
Doe is beginning his first farewell
tour" and soon will retire Co private
life. makes another chapter boz the
passing Of the formerly called wild
West The West that was wild and
Uoollv" has. indeed passed. The In
dian OF today. with Sitting Bun, Gero-
uimo and other fcrocious old chiefs
gone. SIS rather an embarrassing indi-
vidual Buffalo Bin" for nearly thirty
years has been marching around the
world showing what the West was
when ii was the frontier" With his
retirement we shall have only the story
writer's and historians TO fan back
upon. and they cannot begin To- impart
the picturcsquenoss Of Colonel Codys
shows
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THE PENSION ROLL.


The passage of the Sl55.00O. 900 pen-
sion bin and the coiucidout appear
auca of "a plan for the further eN-
tension of civil war pension plans calls
out another protest against this ma
uonal expenditure. But the evil OF the
pension rol does not ne Boz general
pension laws However liberal thoy
may be- public opinion Iu the United
states may Doe relied ON 90 stand back
of any reasonable recognition OF the
service rendered by The armies OF 1851
G5. only "a remnant OF which remains to
be benefited hv legislation. The
scandal OF the pension roll and the evil
against which public opinion Is just
lied In protesting, lie In that part OF
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RAILROAD LEGISLATION.

o while the faith ~ al railroad legis-
'lation seems much In doubt I'm the
halls Of Congress. many Of the busl-
Hess interests arc actively campaign
ing against any railroad regulation nt
YAH We think this mistaken policy
and that the better plan would be for
the railroads TO agree upon such legis-
lative control " their operations as
they think would be fair 20 themselves
and the public. and then work for the
enactment Of such legislation
The president OF the grimm wheel
company has issued circular to the
business men Of the country, setting
= forth the argument that unless Con-
igress "restrains IT, interference with
the earning capacities Of railroads"
there win be a permanent setback IN
the general business " the country
ilthut it may take many years to over
come
MT Griffin believes that there should
be abundant prosperity when We have
as AZ present, enormous crops COM
manding the highest prices ever
known; with every kind OF business
on a safe and sensible basis. with
merchandise stocks Of an kinds almost
Vat minimum; with everybody desir-
Gus Of making good an the necessary
improvements which the past two
years depression would not permit of.
3 and TO M up stocks which have been
. almost depleted. with plenty of money
eand credit 60 do AN these things yet
he finds that there ls a hesitation by
the greater part Of the business COM
munlty. for tho reason that something
has appeared calling O. halt In the pro-
gross which had so fairly started In
the latter half OF 1909 The one great
and most apparent element which has
caused this hesitation. he declares, is
that the railroad corporations Of this
country have stopped the purchase OF
anything beyond their immediate
necessities, so much 80 that better
ments which had been projected (Which
are not only bcttermeuts, but Ia a
great many cases are almost or soon
will be necessities) amounting Co over
one thousand millions OF dollars, have
been held up.
Mr. Griffin maintains that the trou-
bic with the whole situation is that
| many of the men who make the laws
are not familiar with the true inward
! mes OF the relations and dependence
I which the muuufacturug aud BUSH
ness interests have upon the general
railroad situation, nor do they, In add
ministerin0 their so-calloj disc'ahne e.
the railroad companies realize that We
are the ultimate consumers" OF that
discipline.
IL is true that increased burdens
placed upon railroads are likely 20 be
f, paid for by the ultimate consumers,
for those who use the goods must pay
the freight II may also be true, as
no human Institutions are perfect that,
In some cases railroad charges are
unjust and nequitable. and IL Is to
remedy these evils that railroad legis-
4 latlon is pending There ought to be
no desire on the part Of anyone to i'm
juro the railroads. but IL cannot be
permanent injury TO insist upon equal
rates to an and uniform charges for
the same service
u The circular says this:
''rhe producers OF wool cotton to-
bacco, sugar. and many other special
articles in this country have so inter-
ested themselves In their business that
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A Human Choice.

A conscientious sunday school teach
or had been eudeavoring 90 impress up
ON her pupils the ultimate triumph Of
goodness over beauty At the close OF
n story In which she hattored herself
that this point had been Well estab-
Ushcd. she turned confidently 10 "a To-
yoar-old pupil and inquired And now.
Alice. which would you rather be,
beautiful or good?'
well" replied Alice. after mo-
mouts reflection, 81 think ma rather
be heautiful-and repent '-Lippin-
cotts.
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PARTY PLATFORMS.

Senator Joseph w Bailey.
That is exactly the curse OF Amcr-
can politics today Either party can
make the other party make "a fool out
~ itself by setting Thorn tho example
n does not make any difference how
foolish q declaration one party may
make ON amy subject, the other party
seems 90 think that something must
be said ON IT, and proceeds 20 say H.
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the list which owes Sos existence 90
private pension bills rather than Co
general law. 10 is Boo this form of PEN
sion legislation that politics has had
Cos influence here that undcseryed
pensions have been r1Ilroadod through.
here that what should bo a roll of hon
or has become ron which is guarded
from the public eyes. - is the political
private pension bin which has brought
such discrodit as attaches 90 the pon-
sion roll
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-11

At Buena Vista, Colorado, an eagle
attacked forest ranger. nearly tear
ing the scalp from his head The forest
reserve policy has never been very
popular in the Centennial state but
never before has fl been attacked in
this manner.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-11

European geographical societies de-
string to examine Commander Peary's
data showing he reached the north pole
will find them n Commander Pearys
official magazine for June, July and
August They cannot be consulted else
where
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NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
THE INTERNATIONAL ROMANCE THAT AMERICAS FIRST
STEAM ENGINE CAUSED

daily interesting
o
who
FROM
articles distinctive
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-11

Wrocllng companies say that the
batueship Maine cannot be raised for
100000, the sum appropriated by
Congress. II such Is the ease. then the
appropriation should be raised
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-11

The Florida Is 10 be launched to-
morrow. Would it not be better TO
break a bottle Of Florida water over
the prov Instead of a bottle Of cham
payne when the great battleship Is
named2
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-11

est owners of realty I'm Cincinnati.
were also efeat lovers OF the birds.
Upon the death OF her husband. Mrs.
Emery has decided that S2j0o0O OF his
estlte shaI bo set aside for the found
ing and perpotuat.on OF home for
birds
Mrs Emery has completed the pur-
chase of 81 tract of land m Eyanswood
Place of about two acres and has SIG
nined her intention Of turning IL over 60
the care OF the Department of Biology
Boo the University of Cincinnati This
ground BE- 90 be- built up with different
kinds OF houses where the feathery
tribe can be sheltered 10 w,n be made
secure against the invasion of cattle
and small boys. and there win be
housed there possibly one hundred dif-
fereut kinds OF birds and their several
species iu addition 90 this there viii
Poo houses for The birds of mixed "no-
t0uautv and places where these may
be studied Goo their different classes
ami under different conditions.
Prof Benedict who WiU have charge
of fha work OF this gigantic bird home
says that the action OF Mrs Emery is
probably the drst OF De- kind In his
tory much as all Countries and cs-
pecalIv our own. need the services. FOO
the destruction of insects. of the yari-
Gus native birds whose numbers could
readily bo multiplied in this way The
locality chosen in ohio has been for
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4 GREAT BIRD HOME.

A gigantic bird colony rs 20 De located
near Cincinnati under the supervision OF
the department of biology Of the uni
ycrsity of that city.
Mr.. and Mrs T. j, Emery the larg-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-11

Thus far Attorney Brandcis has
failed 10 turn the BallinEer- Pinchot
investigating committee into COM
mittec of the hole.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-11

President TAFT is decidedly in favor
of ox-post facto laws wnen It comes
Co ratifyng the Withdrawals Of public
lands. the legality OF which he very
graycly doubts.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-11

The railroad bin. SAYS President Taft
has not been emasculated. Possibly
not. but 1t cannot bee denied that Il
has suffered atrophy.
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JUST FOR FUN


She (stornl) 4 heard a noise very
late.
he 0acetiously)-w It the night
falling?
she-No Il wasn't II was the day
breaking Baltimore American.
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Colonel Roosevelt has started an
Ananlas club IN Norway with ex-
Premier Gunnsr Knudscn as first char
ter member.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-11

The time 60 educate the people is
when they are little boys and girls In
the public schools when they are
grown up Il Is as hard 70 eduote them
as it is to teach am old dog new tricks.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-11

The treatment Of James Moss Hun
ton shows that Dr q. C Hyde be-
longs 90 the Sangrado school Of
medicine.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-11

Cuba's present troubles arise from
the race problem. How fortunate the
United States not 60 have any such
problem.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-11

An exchange soys that "the west is
vanishing" Pshawi The exchange
has simply been deceived BY o. mirage
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-11

How did ] acquit myself hubby
"Weu. you don't make the speeches
that mother used 10 make. was the
ungracious answer Of the gentleman
suffragettc- Louisville Courier
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-11

I'm the matter Of receiving cx-presi-
dents they certainly do II better In
France than in Germany
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-11

said. there isn't a clerk IN my place
who has been with me over two years
but h viii look wen in the papers,"-
Green Bag
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A chronological sculptor says that the
location Of President Tafts ear shows
that he is extremely cautious Earl
fparl
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-11

The Polish novelist Henry sienke-
wicz is coming on "a visit TO the United
States, QUO vadis?
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4 person who buys cyanide Of potas-
stun 20 XIII insects must be buggy"
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People can't afford to go back to the
soil az the present prices Of real estate.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-11

one of the greatest aids to memory
Is the power to- forget.
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The census win show much but it
can never show like a circus.
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There is always methods in the
romance OF grass widow.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-11

"The producers OF wool cotton, to-
bacco, sugar. and many other special
articles in this country have so inter-
ested themselves In their business that
The Greenville times., 1910-05-13
BATTLEsH1P ON TILE MISSISSIPPI

There was something Of the enthu-
siasrn of the former DAYS among the
descendants of the old river steamboat t
men when the great battleship "Mis-
sissippi' found her way up that his
toric stream. The feeling was uni
versal that if big battleship could
navigate the Mississippi there was no
reason why ocean steamships should
not do the same. Residents in that
region hope to see day when mer-
chantmen will plough up and down the
great waterway, going from the great
fields of the West swiftly and directly
to Liverpool When this river and
its tributaries are properly utilized,
there will be much more remarkable
equalization of transportation rates
than could be effected by any govern
ment edict or ambitious rate laws. The
use of the waterways viii also be
powerful factor in the development of
the South and Southwest.-tJoe Mitch
ell Chapple in affairs at Washing
ton, !, May National Magazine.
The Greenville times., 1910-05-13

been found in the original matTix-in
Arkansas. Three companies are al
ready operating in the field and more
than 700 diamonds have been found.
the largest of them wei Ching six and
one-half carats. While of course, MANY
worthless, that Is charact eristic of ev-
cry diamond field. The larger stones,
however. are of excellent quxiity and
are cut into finished gems with no more
than the average loss in weight They
range in color from the purest blue
white to canary yellow and brown
Only the surface of the diamond field
has been touched, and whether untold
riches lie beneath it time can only tell.
For the present the Indications ali fav-
or the belief that the mine will become
an important factor in the diamond
supply of the United States
That the Arkansas diamonds are not
the accidental relics of a bygone gla-
cial age, and that the field is both large
and potentially immensely profitable
has been thoroughly established. The
most widely known diamond experts
in the United States have pronounced
the Arkansas gems fully the equal of
the South African product, and equally
eminent geologists have defined the
area in which they are found and pro
nounced it true diamond crater, sim
liar to the great diamond mines Of
South Africa, the peridotite formation
in each being essentially similar.-Tecn
nical World Magazine.