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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-19
HONOR MEMORY OF
GROVER CLEVELAND

>-o,y YORK. March 1s--Personal
friends and political admirers Of the
late Grover cleveland united tonight
TO honor his memory at the anniver-
sary dinner Of the National Democratic
club. Ten secretaries Of the Cleveland
cabinets and their associates We're
guests and nve spoke
David r. Francis, secretary OF the
interior in Cleveland's second term'
told how Cleveland. In the last hours
Of his administration, had delayed NC
Sinley's inauguration 70 Kill congres-
sionai enactment aimed TO defeat t1e
administration policy OF conserving
natural resources Cleveland WAS tru-
Ia the father of natural conservation,
said Mr.. Francis, and the last othclal
act of his career was in behalf OF con-
servation
Mr. Francis described how the pres.-
dent summoned his last cabinet meet
ing and signed bills as they came "a
him from Congress. Among them was
the sundry civil service bill Tue
president asked each cabinet officer it
The requisite appropriation tOr his de-
partment had been made.
II answered" said MI Francis, chat
though "a satisfactory appropriation
had been made In amount, portion of
10 was available only on tohultiNl tHA1
the presidents proclamation of Feb. o.,
establishing a forest reserve OF $4,000 900
acres. be set aside That action Of
itself was sufficient 90 necessitate an
extra session of Congress IL may
therefore be said that President Glove
| lands last official act was conservation
| of our natural resources"
! Many eulogies of MI Cleveland were
/ spoken and read Richard Olney
] wrote.
Il regard Nj Cleveland as the very
| model of an American constitutional
/ president There have been presidents
/ who were party leaders before entering
/ upon the presidency and who remained
| party leaders afterward Mr.. Cleveland
| belonged TO a different class. lie was
/ one OF those whose leadership ended
| when his administration began. From
/ that moment he regarded himself as
! president OF the whole people rather
| than a leader of the party
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-19
KAHN BUYS A FRANZ
Halls FOR HALF A MILLION

New York. March is-Half "a mill
lion dollars-a record high price for
painting was paid today for the
celebrated portrait Of Franz HAS tho
Dutch painter and his family. painted
bv himself The purchaser was otto
Kahn, the banker. who secured rho
portrait nom the Duseen brothers. j.
II Morgan bid between $500 600 and
100000 for the picture.
The painting comes nom the culiec-
ton of col Wardr OF Ncsterham.
where Il had been held since 1852. un-
known To- the general public. THE pub
ic had no opportunity 90 view D. uA-
an il was exhibited Qt the Royal gal
lcry O. few years ago.
The ant critic Of the London Times.
i'm recording its FIRST public appearance.
commented as follows;
"Thc paiutug is marvellous and the
single figures Of the two children, ii
they stood alone, would compare os
PORTRAITS with any two child portraits
iu thc world Iu two respects the pfc
ture is unsurpassed BY any work or
tho master II is painted ln his loosest
freost. most vivid manner and u is boz
the most perfect condition What ls
very rare in the work ~ HAS. IL shows
besides the figures wide landscape
and a dog
As the painting rs a portrait or tn'
painter and hIs family b. possesses "a
documentary and historic as well os am
aesthetic value n shows i've full-
length figures and rs 70 by ll2 Inches in
size.
Franz Halls WAS born about 1850 at
Antwerp and died in Haarlem FOO 1856
FOR vigor OF expression, directues= of
vision and fearless handling he always
has been regarded as one Of the worlds
greatest portrait painters and techni-
clans
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BUSINESS NOTES

The week has been rather quiet in
local stocks but prices have been Well
maintained. The business features
have been the payment OF the per
cent regular and per cent special
dividend by the DcEorct Savings bank,
and the announcement by the Utah
Idaho Sugar company that It had al
ready secured contracts for practically
all the beet acreage IL cared 10 work at
Lehi.
The directors Of the Garland bank
met during the week and declared a
dividend OF o per cent FOR the past
year. and quarterly dividends OF Va
per cont for the current year official
notices OF the regular dividends Of the
Utah-Tdaho Sugar company and the
Home Fire. payable March n and
April / appear I'm The News other IN
stitutions which pay dividends In the
immediate future are Amalgamated
Sugar company, y e. Home Building
& Il. u. company. Beneficial Life, Utah
County Light & Power. Utah ImAe-
mont 81 Vehicle company z. G ri. l.,
Consolidated W. a. N. company IT j.
Grant q Co
The following are the latest quota
tions
Amalgamated Sugar. pfd. .,....,si0o.O on
Amalgamated Cusar Co, CON-. 1913 90
Con. Wagon q Machine Co....... l27. &c
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CUNEIFORM TABLET
TELLING OF THE DELUGE
Excavated i'm Lowest Stratum OF Tenn
pie Library Of Nippur aud Agrees
with Narrative IN Genesis.

Philadelphia. Marh 1S-The discovery
OF "a fragment OF n cuneiform tablet
believed TO be Of the period POO b. c.
bearing an account Of the deiuge de
scribed in the Biole and agreeing with
the narrative Of Genesis, was reported
here tonight by Prof II. V. Hifprecht
nj gathering OF friends Of the Uni
yersity OF Pennsylvania, at the home
Of Provost Harrison.
This fragment, which has just been
deciphered wus one Of those eXcavated
from the lowest stratum Of the Oldest
nart OF the ruins Of the temple library
of Nippur. and was brought here by
the expedition sent out by the Universi-
tv Of Pennsylvania in 1899 Il Is OF un-
baked clay and measures % inches at
its greatest width. As translated by
Prof. HilpreCht, the narrative contained
on the tablet follows:
~ declare unto thee) that confess Of
heaven / will loosen, deluge ! VIII
make. and IL shall sweep away an men
together: but thou (the Babylonian
Noah) seek life before the delugc
cometh forth: for to all living beings
as many as there are, l win bring over
throw, destruction, annihilation .
build a great ship and totai
height shall be its structure. IL shall
he a houseboat carrying what has been
80 ~ ne With a strong
deck cover Il The ship which thou
shalt make. into IL bring the beasts OF
Inc field. the birds Of heaven and the
creeping things. two Of everything In
stead of a number ana th'
family
The Oldest tablet heretofore known
,,nt,ininq an account Of the flood Is
the "T.avard deIuge tablet" now In the
Rritish museum, but the latter only
dlted from 659 B. G.
Tho 'I.ayard tablet" agrees with inc
details OF the biblical narrative IN only
q few particulars.
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COLONIAL DANES WILL
PROMISE A LIVELY TIME

Washington. March 1S--Insurgency
is not confined to Congress The
splrit has invaded the ranks OF the
NouonaI society Of Colonial Danes ~
America. and a lively fight is promised
al tho national convention which be-
gins here April %.
According to the constitution Of the
body. each of the original colonial
states and the District Of Columbia can
send FIVE delegates while the 20 nom
colonial states can send only one each.
ONLY tho women from the colonial
states can vote on constitutional guos-
lions. and q member from "a southern
state hns prepared resolution % pre-
vent the constitution from being
changed.
The insurgents have hoisted the flag
OF mo taNation without representa-
ton" and viii oppose the colonial or
ganization In the convention.
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DIR. PRITCHETr's FATHER DEAD.

Kansas city. March iS-Ecv carr
Waller Pritchett, retired minister,
educator and astronomer, died today at
the home OF son near Independence.
Mo. He was a fellow Of the Royal
Astronomical society OF England. an
honor conferred on him because he
discovered red spot on the planet
Jupiter He had been at the head Of
various educational institutions In Mis-
souri,
Rev Mr. Pritchett was the father Of
DR. Henry S Pritchett Of New York.
now head OF the Carnegie foundation.
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NOTICE ro CoNTRAcToRs

THE Board Of school Trustees % Spring
city. Saupefe county, Utah. will receive
bids up go 800 No.. March =. 1910. for the
Installation OF heating and veuulating
system, including the structural altera-
tons for same, 20 he school building
at Spring City
Plans and specifications are ~ the
clerks office. Spring city and Al the Of
f,e o. Watkins g. Birch. architects. Do0iy
Build NIX Salt Lnkp city. Zach bid
must Doe accompanied With certified
cheek OF per cent thereof as a guar
autae tigt the accepted bidder viii enter
into contract and give an approved bond
within one week after said work is
awarded. DtherU .se the amount TO be
forfeited 10 The hnard
The board VIII meet at their office At
the above Stated dag and place and pub
Holy open and read said bids
Tho board reserves the right 10 reject
any ur a'l bids
rs order Of said board
JOHN BLAIN. secy.
Dated March a 1910
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-19

merchandise markets I'm their present
conditions Even In the steel trade
high prices did at one time check
distribution. and IN the majority Of in
stances recent orders have been placed
al slight concessions from prices pre-
vailng a year ago. similar pplcy
would be wholesome In many other
departments OF industry. II is safe TO
saw that the mercantile classes VIII
pursue very conservative course
during the coming season and In TINS
they win be amply justified
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Good Time?

Last night-eating big dinner is often
the maker Of a BAD TODAY. Why not
over-esting means extra work for the
stomach and bowels. You've got to
suffer If you don't help nature unload
with cAscARRTs. "7Aey work ahit
yon sIeeb'-you're o. X in the A. 81.
Tonight's the night to take care Of to
morrow. ~.
CASCARHrS-ioc bor---weck.s treat
uent. An druggists. BigRcat seller
A the world Miliion bones = moAth.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-19

The hardware trade reports highly
s-,tif,inr conditions. with business
booming. largely on account Of the
weather which has started up build
ing operations at an unprecedented
rate Recovery from the restrictei
conditions obtaining during the VIM
ter is proving TO he remarkable, anu
retailers who a month ago were ASK
ing for extensions on account OF IN
,,,,,c,it,, ~ the weather. are now ind
tp,, themselves where they can pay up
tboir indebtedness. There Is STRONG
demand for steel goods, garden nipple
ments. rope. fencing, builders halI-
ware. tin and galvanized wares or al'
kinds. which are going out by the car
load In the course OF 30 days, coliec-
tions Will be greatly improved M,
ing machinery continues TO De "''''
slow. but with hopes.
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LEGAL BLANKS.

or every character and description.
arranged from the best legal FORMS
and brought strictly up 20 date.
A full supply always on hand al the
percret News Book Store.
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RI, Weather starts Outdoor
oosrations Requiring Large
Amount Of Money.
rs,OE REPORT SATISFACTORY
49,. q, Merchandise Moving Wen
with Collections Picking Up
with Seasons Advance

rba wek has pee" .
.,,rers. with the demand FOR
oai'N'' ,,.-,a.lnr. as the unprecedent-
no"' ,.ather has made possible an
td9 ,.,t -of- door operations, and
~ .rpsars TO be an amount OF puiia-
l"''y rr,vrsot that promises to sur
lNA ''' p, .-...ous years I'm the history OF
P ~. ONE bank has been asked to
roroy for construction Of Is resi-
..s while one client asks Tor a lo''I
=. rb,,b To- put up seven residences
Nl'' .,5 for money with which 70
the ~. western part OF the city is
DAHu =. rFaugh the call Is not SO
unau', ,- tbe east side. As u u IN
slIons .t,, I'D the city that new man
tl.s .r. and Industrial enterprises
ulo' tlirr established, their eihpioy -
are Dr3ti,es must be provided with
am $50 la proximity TO where tney
nNut.--,-t. .a THE clerical ana proics-
49, .iamaDt are resident mostly ia
slol.A 81, rake. which seems 10 Do
30 ,,.oft supplied for residence ue-
piel'y - mon Il. A feature Of note
inahl1 . ~ week was the 2 per cent
aullI ls- an, per cent special DIVIDENDS
esu,'.- neeeref National bank. one OF
ny -, solid and nourshing banking
l,,t,,tiops I'M the country. The state
lns'N.r has removed from Meteor
49,, bsrtr 10 the apartments OF ina
Ric-,.barts' bank on Main street near
Third South
HENRY CLEWs's VIEW.
tf.,r, Clews in his last circuar let
60 s,,s. "Therc is a tendency toward
t,gber rates of interest as we approach
NJ Isl of April settlements western
bsrke have au unusual amount OF loans
outstanding. and the loan account OF
me- New York banks ls steadily IN
,-sasfna. while local reserves are now
SoKn 10 below Sl0,OO0,000 IL would
cause mo- surprise, therefore. ii lehueis
,g1,iJ SHOW. more Conservatism ia ma
kIre loans. and bankers are ALREADY
Iiserlr,.rstirg lu their purchases OF
commercial paper only tAe hlshest
cradles dudiug a good demand. OF
5.8r.e hishar interest rates would tend
,o .f..E the anticipated exports OF
sold. So. too viii tine larger foreign
prrrblsas 90 American securities which
have recently been made
Exports uf merchandise are still un-
duy SMALL owing tO high prices and
f.. rr.s.st.u." with which agricultural
r7iucts are held at nrst hands. This
iusr faIur. Was Emphasized by the
r.tsrm.nt statement OF farm reserves
al uflt. which shows that farmers
a. n.TI..r OF. .UlIIU bushels more than
t.i ae, These u.uros fully ac-
,ut for tu. shortlge bon export Of
r.Ut aaJ raise ,uc question as 10
ttt r.e %. d11 with this surplus
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BEST QUALITY GARMENTS.

Excellent values 65c, S5c, 81. 8t.25
to $3.50. Manufactured by
CUTLER BROS. co
SO Main ST.
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THE retail dry goods trade has neen
e,ioving several days this week OF
grand openings" Tho openings were
crowded as never before. ana an ln-
mense amount OF trading was done. lhe
millinery made the strongest stloW 'ls'
"a might be expected. with fashions
turning toward the smaller nat Of tur-
ban stvle. There are many patterns
OF this latter. particularly with hover
trimmings and decorations, ana az lne
PLASTER hat show most Of the mats are
likely 20 be turhans. Dealers repo,t
people as buying quite reedily' all
kinds OF spring ana carry s1'lll.',i
st,lrs with dress goods proving rapid
and profitable sellers. The spring ana
summer parnsols have just arrived
and win be on the counters ana 40 the
cases today The department stores
report their luncheon and soda water
features paying prospects.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-19

Located at Salt lake Cifg, Itah. In ile
County OF salt Like state of Utah.
no the close OF ulsiur-s ON the lNl
day Of March 1870.
nrH-I. Does
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CATARRH IN THE
HEAD NND TUEOAT

TINS form or i|INlII l7
communicating from neg
IecfcG colds -uuiokIy cured with
little cost hv Drs shores Fam
GUS Treatment
rs your nose stopped up.'
Does your nose discharge
"Is your nose sore and teu-
der7"
rs there pain iD front of
head7"
DO YOU hawk TO cle1r the
throat
'IR NuuT throat dry IU LNe
morning? HHs
"Do you sleep with youi
mouth open
YOU can I've -osilv cured Nov
don't let % run into compiled
tons
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-19
TIN: BRONCHIAL
TTTnIFl

when catarrh OF the head or
throat Is neglected or wrong
fully treated So extends down
tile windpipe into the bronchial
tubes. and after awhile attacks
the lungs Quickly cured With
prs. shores Famous Treat
meut.
Have YOU n cough
"Do Won take cold easilv'''
Have YOU pain in the side 90
10 YOU raise frothy mater
ials7"
DO YOU spit no little cheesy
iumps2'
do you feel you are growing
weaker
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WALKER BROTHERS. BANKERS.

Report Made 10 the Secretary of State Of
the state Of Utah. az the Condition of
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-19
az NDREDS VIII BE CURED N ONE MONTH At
THIS FAVOR MILE SEASON.
DO YOU HAVE CATARRH =

Dout risk uoEicet.us these
warnings stop tlr disease be-
fore 30 rn1Uuos fhc lungs
or TltE EARS
Catarrh extends from the
throat along The custodian
tubes into the ears. causing ulr-
tial or complete deafness.
Quickly cured with lutI. cost
hy Drs shores Famous Treat
meut
"Iv your hearing falling
"bD YOUR ears discharge
lis The wax drying IN your
ears.
"po Won hear better some DAYS
than 0thrgsr'
CTS YOUR herring worse when
you have a ~o'd'
Don't neglect this until your
hearing is irr'pHrably destroy
ed
or THE STOMACH
Catarrh Of the stomach is usu-
|aIly caused hy swallowing
. poisonous mucous which drops
/ down from tho head and throat
at night Quickly cured al little
cost hy Drs shores Famous
I Treatment
els there nausea
DO you bcich up E1sF'
"Arc YOU cOnsliur
lis your tongue coated
do you bluat uu after ,lt-
I lrg7"
Us there constant bad taste
/ BOO the mouth7'
Now is the time to- Doe porna-
Ineuuv cured. urs shores Ore
touring hundreds every yeaf
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-26
THE AGE OF HANDOUTS

that the captive could not move his
hands and was universally dreaded. for
the pain caused by limb immovably
held is almost unbearable.
A simple but powerful device for
securing prisoners was the "twister."
now abolished owing to the injuries it
inflicted 1t consisted of chain with
handles at each end. The chain was
put around the wrists. the handles
brought together and twisted until a
firm grip was obtained. The least
struggle on the part of the captive
and the chains bit deep into his wrists.
OF the same nature. but made of wire.
is "la ligote." while in an emergency
whipcord has proved perfectly satis-
factory.
The handcuff used in some parts of
eastern Europe is most primitive. 1t
consists of V shaped piece of metal.
in which the wrists are inserted. the
open ends being then drawn together
by means of cross hook. which must
be kept taut the whole time. The
most handy form of cuff. which is in
general use at present, comes from
America, says an English paper. 1t is
lighter and much less clumsy than the
old flexible"
1t is no easy matter to clap the
bracelets" on a person who is strug-
their attention to the subject. for much
remains to be done before the fighting
prisoner can be quickly and strongly
secured without harm to himself or
his captor.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-26

The number of useful articles In
vogue today that were invented by
accident would lead to the conclusion
that most conveniences come into be-
ing in that way. For example, the
porcelain of your bath tub was dis
covered by an alchemist who was seek
ing a mixture of earths that would
make the most durable crucibles, and
roast pork came into being through
the accidental burning of pig sty in
scotland together with its inmates.
When Marshall Jewell was minister
TO Russia he discovered the secret OF
making Russia leather by his sense or
smell The Russians use birch bark tar
In dressing skins instead of tallow
and grease. BY literally following his
nose one day on a visit to large
Russian tannery, Jewell chanced upon
the secret compound in a large kettle.
He recognized the odor of the birch
bark and reported the discovery to his
Governments AS result. genuine Rus
sia leather goods are now being made
in this country.
A hen once walked through a clay
middle and then into a sugar house and
left tracks of her muddy feet on pile
of sugar. Wherever her tracks were
il was noticed the sugar was whitened.
After a number of experiments II was
found that wet clay was valuable IN
refining sugar
The wife of an English paper maker
once let a blue cloth bag fall by acci-
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-26

In Latin poetry is to be found the
first recorded instance of the use of
handouts. for the poet tells us that
Proteus was thus fettered and rem
dered powerless by Aristeus, who ap-
parentIy knew that even the gods
themselves were not proof against this
form of persuasion.
In the fourth century B. c. an army
Of victorious Greeks found several
chariots full of handouts among the
baggage of the defeated Carthaginians,
and it is highly probable that the an
cient Egyptians had some contrivance
Of the kind The word is derived from
the Anglo-Saxon "handcop, whence
comes evidently the slang term "cop-
per-
In earliest Saxon days "handcops"
were used for mobiles and "footcops" for
kings. but in the fourteenth and fif-
teenth centuries the word is supplanted
by the term shack bolt and swivel
manacle" and the instruments were as
cumbersome as the names by which
they were known.
Up to the middle of the last century
there were two kinds Of handouts in
general use One, known as the "hex-
ible." was very like those which are
still used the other kind. called the
figure eight" was used TO restrain
violent prisoners. 1t was SO fashioned
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-26
INVENTIONS BY ACCIDENT

dent into one of the vats Of pulp. She
was so frightened when her husband
became enraged because of the blue
tint of the paper resulting that she
did not confess her agency in the affair
For four years the damaged paper was
stored as dead loss. Finally the
manufacturer sent to a London agent
and instructed him to sell 1t at any
price. The paper was an instantaneous
hit with the buyers and large addi-
tional orders were received. The maker
was in a dilemma. FOR he did not know
how to reproduce it, Fortunately he
was a man who took his wife into his
confidence, she revealed the inward
facts in the case and their fortunes
were made.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-26

beast. but am going to eat you up on
the spot.
Then the two doves again implored
him to spare them and not to eat them
just this one time; they surely would
render him a valuable service for this
kindness
Indeed you always try to persuade
me- and / am silly enough to listen to
you; but this time you don't demand
or do you---to have me starve on your
account?" said the lad.
He reached for the doves, but they
begged and entreated enough to melt
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-26

stone, and SO at last he spared them.
drew them a bucket of water, helped
himself to it and went on.
But now he really thought he was
about to die of hunger.
At last he reached the palace and at
the door the king was standing.
The little pig shepherd greeted him
modesty and the king thanked him
graciously.
How do you happen to come to this
place. where not even a bird comeS?'
said the king. what are you seeking
here?"
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-26
"It's disgusting

'Tts disgusting" said Mrs. Waldo
Beaconhill of Boston; "the makers of
children's blocks never think of put
ting Greek letters on them; and there's
my poor little Emerson simply dying
Of ennui for the want OF a good fairy
tale i'm words of moderately extensive
syllabihcation.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-26

Teacher--T0m. spell napkin.
Tom-N -a-p-k- napkin.
Teacher-Right. Define napkin, Tom
Tom-Napkin is what we use when
we have company.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-26
EACH TO ms TRADE

The incubator knows it's tricks.
Yet il can learn lot.
1t can't be beat for Matching chicks,
But can not hatch a plot.