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Show I , Published Every Saturday at ? I . NEPHI, i . j - UTAH. J. Cannon. .Fr11 NOVELIST HOWELLS DESCRIBES TRIBULATIONS. A.S0IIM17 THE DIRECTORY. : Delegate to Congress TERRITORIAL OFFICERS jjfchlrds! Governor. . . . Merritt a Secretary.. Chief Justice oBartch. Wo. II. King. Associate Justices S. W. Smith. I R. W. D. aSBS""-r:S- ii Lak. Cltj. JUAB COUNTY DIRECTORY. Probate Judge. Hugo Depreadn selectmen...... . U. L. Jackman J. T. Sullivan Sheriff A bb sot and Collector...... .D. W. Cazier and Recorder. Clerk William Barton, Thomas Winn ..Edward Pike Attorney .T. C. Hanford Surveyor. William Ockey Treasurer Eustice Coroner ....John Foote Supt, Schools.. MILLARD COUNTY DIRECTORY. a. Joshua Greenwood, Probate Judge . Andreas Peterson. I J ohn Stvler. m Selectmen. . m IJames Gardner. 0. C. Holbrook. Sheriff... .. .Alma Greenwood. Assessor . ...A. A. Hinckley, Collector G. Calllster, Clerk and Recorder .. .Thos. .J. no. M. Hanson. Attorney. Willard Rogers, Surveyor. . Joseph D. Smith. Treasurer. . . . Sidney Teeples, .... mm Coroner. ... .......... i ! ........... r I i ; i ........ D. gnpt Schools.. G. Oallister Dr. DeSaussuye believes that ho has discovered that the negro race Is dying out in the United States. He tries to prove his conclusions by local statist- ics, which show more deaths than births of colored persons in South Carolina cities. Ini his deduction he is not supported by the latest census. It may be contended that the development of the American negro has been tardier than his friends anticipated when ip was given to him. Nevertheless, such development Is actually tak- , citi-gensh- ing 'place. The Chilian congress has recently enacted legislation guaranteeing the capital of the Transandine Railway Company for 20 years at 4 per cent, which virtual subsidy will enable the completion of the road between the two oceans. The line will do a great deal for South America. .Its completion will mean that the long journey around Cape Horn is only for cargoes and that passengers instead of prolonging a voyage about two weeks can reach the Pacific from the Atlantic or vice versa in 72 hours. The gain afforded by this route can be Imagined. Chill is brought some thousands of miles nearer the United States and England,1 and she will be no longer a remote country. j j v t ! Charles R. Sligh of Grand Rapids has just' returned from England, where he has over the prospects been-lookin- of establishing a furniture trade in the English market. He Is very confident from his observations that a substantial and profitable trade can be established if the American manufacturers will comply with the English ideas of style and finish. It is useless, he thinks, to try j to force goods upon the: English market which are not built oh the accepted lines, but by making nc-- j essary changes goods can be manufac-- j tured here and sold In England in7 competition. with the English 'manufacture ers at a substantial profit. Xt Is his purpose to manufacture a line of goods especially for the foreign trade, following ideas which he gained7 abroad. j Cheerful Giver, his experigiving ences with the beg-gin- g fraternity. r The following is taken from the first paper, pub- Ushed In the current issue of sthat magazine: Some months ago, as I was passing through street on my way1 to the a down-tow- n elevated station, I saw a man sitting on thp steps) of a house. He seemed to be resting his elbows on his knees, and holding out both ' his hands. - As I came nearer I perceived that he had no hands, but only stumps, where the fingers had been cut off close to the palms, and that it was these stumps he was holding out in the mute appeal which was his form of begging. Otherwise he did not ask charity. When I approached him he did not look up, and when I stopped in front of him he did not speak. I thought this rather fine, in its way; except for his mutilation, which the man really could not help, there .was nothing to offend the taste; and his immobile silence was certainly impressive. I decided at once to give him something; for when I am in the presence of want, or even the appearance of want,' there is something that says to me, Give to him that askethf and I have to give, or else go.aeway with a bad conscience a thing I hate. Of course I do not give much, for I wish to be a good citizen as well as a good Christian; and as soon as I obey that yoice which I cannot disobey, I hear another voice reproaching me for encouraging street beggary. I have been taught that street - beggary is wrong, aid when I have to unbutton two coats and go through three or four, pockets before I can reach the small coin I mean to give in compliance with that Imperative voice, I certainly feel It to be wrong. So I compromise, and I am never able, to make sure that either of those voices is satisfied with me. I am not even satisfied ' with myself; but I am better, satisfied than if I gave nothing. That was the selfish reason I now had for deciding to yield to my better nature, and to obey the voice which bade me Give to him that asketh; for, as I said,. I hate a bad conscience, and of two bad consciences I always choose the least, which, in a case like this, is the one that incensed political economy gives me! iXmt my hand into my hip pocket whre I keep my silver, and found nothing there but a half dollar. This at once changed the whole current of myXeelings; and it was not chill penury ythat repressed my noble rage, but chill affluence. It was manifestly. wrong X7give half a dollar to a man who had o hands, or to any sort of beggar. I p.was willing to commit a small act of incivism, but I had not the courage to flout political economy to the extent of fifty cents; and I felt that when I was bidden 3Give to him that asketh, I was never meant to give so much as a half dollar, but a cent, or a half-dimor at the most a quarter. I wished 'I had a quarter. I would gladly have given a quarter,1 hut there was nothing In my pocket, but that fatal, that inexr, the conorably indivisible tinent of two quarters, but not practically a quarter. I would have asked anybody in sight to change it for me, but there was no one passing; it was a quiet street of brownstone dwellings, and not a thronged thoroughfare at any tine. At that hour of the late afternoon it was deserted, except for the beggar and myself; and I am not sure that he had any business to be sitting there, on the steps of another mans house, or that I had the right to encourage his invasion, by giving him anything. For a moment I did not know quite what to do. To be sure, I was not bound to the man in any way. He had not asked me for charity, and I had barely paused before him. I could go on, and ignore the incident. I thought of doing this, but then I thought of the had conscience I should be certain to have, and I could not go on. I glanced across the street, and near the corner I saw a decent-lookin- g restaurant; and Wait a minute," I said to the man, as if he were likely to go away, and I ran across to .get my half dollar changed at the restaurant. I was now quite resolved to give him a quarter, and be done with it; the thing was getting to be a bore But when I entered the restaurant I saw no one there but a young man quite at the end of a long room; and when he had come all the way forward to find what I wanted, I was ashamed to ask him to change my half dollar, and I pretended that I wanted a package of Sweet Cap-or- al cigarettes, which I did not want, and which it was a pure waste for me to buy, since I' do not smoke, though doubtless it was better to buy them and encourage commerce than and ento give the half-dollAt any rate, I courage beggary. instinctively felt that I had political in the transaction, economy on my-sidto go back to the and I made haste man on the steps, and secure .myself with Christian charity too. On the way over to him, however, I decided that I would not give him a quarter, and I ended by poising fifteen cents on one cf his outstretched stumps. Near the castle of Langholm, In Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Is a place pointed cut w iie re several reputed witches were burnt during the last century. i j . i ( , e, half-dolla- An experiment of some importance is reported, made with' a view to determine,' if possible, the origin of natural gas. Irrespective of theories hitherto prevalent. For this purpose dried seaweed was steeped In water which had been freed froth 'air, and on the third day gas appeared, continuing to be evolved in diminishing quantities until the tenth pajrf when 803 cubic centimet- ers had Xen collected. The evolution had evidently ceased, though after standing two years and a half thirty cubic centimeters more of gas collected In the apparatus; the second gas differed from the first, consisting, it is recorded, almost, entirely of methane-- 7 the chief constituent of natural gas from which it is inferred that this slow secondary decomposition of vegetable matter has some relation to the origin cf natural gas. Hill's Journal of Healthy says: "Dont economize in bath water. Dont economize sleep. Dont be stingy with fun. Laugh all you can. Laughing shakes up the system, makes the blood circulate, starts the digestion, warms the feet, relaxes the nervous system-- in a word, it rests you all over. That settles it, if one had nothing to do but accept such! advice. But how at you going to laugh when the rent day Is at hand and the moneX isnt. Suppose you have a' boil, or the blues, or the toothache. Everybody likes to laugh, , but most people have got to be worked sup into a funny mood. Got to have good digestion, job, something to eat and something to wear. If every ay were a circus and every night a minstrel show, that advice would bring as many testimonials as a patent medicine. If time were a clown and trouble life would be one cnly a laugh. But it isnt. So far 03 the advice can be taken, it Is good, very good. dy jack-in-a-bo- x, three-sebre-and-ten-y- ear A little Atchison girl wa3 given a picture card at Sunday school, cn which was a picture of King David. Xhe next Sunday the teacher asked whom the picture represented.' They my it is King David, the child, hut it looks Ilk o a Jack. re-Sh- tl, two Century entitled papers Tribulations of a V.r VTvPjf.t? Salt Lake City. HOW-el- ls has written for the yHnarrla! T a. Lewis! - -- nil Pocket Changed the Whole Current of HU Give Feelings The Maimed Beggai to Him That Asketh. UTAH COMMISSION. George Thatcher. B In Half-Doll- ar 9q Land Offlce- --Registrar Recelrer Land Commissioner of School Halit by Oliver Evans, Who Couldnt La Up Money. The real inventor of the locomotive never realized a cent from his invention, says the St. Louis His name was Oliver Evans. He was born in Delaware in 1756 and spent all his life perfecting Inventions which were destined to bring him nothing but more poverty. He was the original inventor of the engine used in locomotives, the only kind that could be employed to advantage in this form of transportation, but realized nothing for his idea. His application of the notion to both land) and water power was somewhat novel. In 1804 the municipality of Philadelphia called for bids for the dredging of the river and the cleaning of the docks. Evans put in a bid lower than any of his competitors, and, when it was accepted, determined to build, a steamboat to do the work. He fitted out a scow, with a steam engine, building both the engine and the scow in his own workshop. When the boat was ready to be launched 3 Evans determined to give the people of Philadelphia an object lesson in mechanics, so he put the boat on wheels, fitted up a push wheel behind, set his engine to work, and propelled the boat through the streets to the river in the midst of an throng, not a few of whom bsd a dim idea that he ought to be arrested for witchcraft. When the bota reached the bank of the river the wheels and axles were taken off, the craft was launched, fitted out with other wheels, and made to do the work of dredging the harbor.. So far as the Invention of mechanical devices went Evans had a splendid genius, but when dollars and cents came up for consideration he was a mere child and even al-- j lowed himself to be cheated out of ths money that was due him for cleaning Was t " 5 , THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE CHEERFUL GIVER. A THE BLADE. . ar e j Globe-Democr- at. high-pressu- re open-mouth- ed j the Philadelphia harbor with his fangled steamboat. new-- ) f POLISH FOR TAN SHOES. Ammonia and Castile Soap Will Clean Them. CTf Fun for the Family. He This shoe doesnt fit. Try a bigger one. She (severely) No, sir; bring me the same size a little larger. "Well, how do you like your new I dont like it. If I don1 place? do things right theyll get another boy, and if I do things right theyll keep mi doin em. Society Man My baby had a very narrow escape this morning. Friend Indeed! How so? Society Man The nurse girl thoughtlessly left It alone in the care of its mother. A Man of Moods Janitor Mike Why, Oi niver seen sich & moody man as yer-sil- f. Tenant How so, Mike? Janitor Mike Larst winter yez wor kickin be. kase there wor ice on the soidewarruk, and now yez kicks bekase there aint , He Had Them Before. Applicant for Situation I have a recommendation from my clergyman,- sir. . Employer Thats all very well so far as it goes. As I dont want you on Sundays, however, I should like a recommendation from somebody who knows you on PORK ilfciii ranoN Mutton, Veal, Chipped Beef and Bologna. Your patronage solicited. VEAL also Butter, Lard, Sausage THE LITTLE CHICAGO Barber Shop, R. LI. LlcGunc, Proprietor &' OCKEY, OSTLER Ml L via i Kaii Pa RAILWAY. cup of wine, to the following: And now am 1 come, with this beautiful maid. To lead but one measure, drink one OSTLER, AND SHOES. 0. fore drying. While damp she smoothed them Into fine form, then stood them away for half an hour to dry. nn NEPHI CITY, UTAH. Weekdays. The family tutor was Invited to a Free delivery to any part of the city. grand dinner party by his employers, and surveyed with intense satisfaction the half dozen wine glasses arranged in If you are going to front of his plate. The footman cam round with the wine. The young man presented the smallest of the glasses. It is vin ordinaire, observed the waiter. "Ah! precisely, replied our aseetia Ill reserve the larger philosopher; finer sorts. for the glasses . At a certain place of public entertainment a student was bragging of his manifold accomplishments, until at length one of the company lost patience and said, in a gruff tone: Now, weve OR ST. heard enough about what you can do. Come, tell us what there Is you cant do Be sure and aak for a ticket that reads and Ill undertake to do it myself. a the with Waal, replied student, i yawn, I cant pay my account here! So glad to find youre the man to do And the crltie paid, amid roars it. 1 of laughter from the audience At an entertainment given to a boys club in Boston, under the supervision of some charitable ladies who managed the affair, a reader was to recite Scotts poem of Lochlnvar. Fancy his surthe at managers, who were finding prise averse to having anything in praise of wine read to their pupils, making an alteration of the lines, And now am I come, with this lost No tiresome layovers. love of mine. one one To lead but Close connections in union depots, measure, drink J. low-button- ed OTXRJCD It is the place in which to get A Painless Shave And an ' shoes are so Now that much worn, a hint as to how they may be preserved Indefinitely1 may not be amiss, writes Frances A1. Hoadley in lemonade. the Ladies Home Journal. A clever little woman of my acquaintance had a handsome pair of very light M. C. shoes, that were ruined as far as appearances went. Her husband Manufacturer and Repairer of was to bring her some dressing, but he would not return until night, and BOOTS she wanted to wear them after lunch. She put her wits to work; wet a soft muslin rag with water, into which a All kinds of shoes made to order. Workmanship second to none. few drops of household ammonia, had First door south of Tabernaole, been poured, rubbed it with allttle NEPHI. castile soap, and applied it first to the MAIN STREET, back of the shoe It worked admirably. The entire shoe was thoroughly clean In five minutes. She kept one liand S. inside the shoe to hold it' in shape,' and was careful not to wet the rag so much aa to soak through the leather to the and Surgeon, lining, and also to rinse It off well be- Physician ' Bute In ers, Choice Fresh Meats, - I tan-color- ed AEJ12. Wholesale and Retail : none. A. V. HAGUE, OSTLER & OCKEY, H0SMER, A - if Frorr Utab (Hair Cut. GEORGE jHARDY, Boot and Shoe Itter. . . A perfect fit guaranteed. Repairing In aU Its branches. Special attention called to his new style. Universal feed sewing mii chine does all Its work inside of the shoe.' Two doors north of Union, Main St., Nephi. MoNALLY & LUHT, FK.ESCR.rF'TIOlSrS Carefully compounded. 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One Sanders, a Detroiter, who ownsan $8,000 fountain, GENERAL MERCHANDISE the finest displayed at the Worlds Fair, does a rushing business, and his sales AND PRODUCE , run from $360 to $700 per day the year round. In Buffalo Stoddard Brothers AT THE employ thirty girls to handle ice cream soda, and it takes 3,000 glasses to accommodate their trade. They sell it at 6 cents a glass, and there is a net profit Goods at bottom prices fo? of just 100 per cent.' In Boston, Thompspot cash. sons Spa, the greatest soda resort at 0 the Hub, easily clears fpr its owner JI10. DEYSHUP, f.lGH. a year. There are In the United States 100,000 fountains in operation, Czr) Main Street, and manufacturers are getting more orders row than they ever got before. R. E. L. COLLIER, O.E. 50,-00- General Passenger & SOUTHERN TRADE Ticket Agent, St. Louis, Mo. ! Along the U. F. Railway " . I J ! SOLICITED. Complete Line of Builders' Supplies. f ; . I. 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He used to say that the best thing ever said of Wellington was this; He did his duty as naturally as a horse eats oats. William Taylor Adams, Oliver Optic, the veteran story writer for boys, although 73 years old, is still fond of travel. He says that in writing his tales he aims at simplicity of style, but makes It a point never to write down to boys. In referring to the American men of letters who have written with felicitous choice on historic subjects, the Boston Post places Samuel H. Church, for his Life of Oliver Cromwell, in the same rank with Irving, Prescott and Motley.' V ! OSTLER & ALLEN Saint-Hilair- 5 j ' Combination Wire Fence, etc. Special attention given to mail orders and the Southern Trade. By ordering from us you save the freight from Salt Lake City to this Sir Henry James, the famous English advocate, is the worst dressed man In Office: Court House, Fillxpore,tltah. point. hlB profession. He is a great favorite with the Prince of Wales. ' Prof. Max Muller has in his possession a handsome gold cigar case pre- THE DESERET DAIRY GO. sented to him by the sultan, and bear!i fr HAS FOR SALK ing the signature of the Imperial donor. Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore, ML, FULL CREAM CHEESE. after visiting 2e archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Richard, has started for Rome. He will stop a day. at Dijon Deseret is noted lor the fine qnalitj The present czar of Russia, like his of its Milk, Butter and Cheese. Give father, is' a great novel reader, A par- o cel of the newest English, French and uproducts a tiial. German works arrives regularly at the N. S? BISHOP, imperial residence. Barthelemy ? t ( . Manufacturers of and Dealers in THE DESERET HOUSE. E::!;:3iLrn fir EEL C7 and county Newepaper cf V3X from all pert Ora specimen from Detroit cx3 c!r wksra. Every thing ESSfECTABIiII, A viawta WeR cf , ! - HOPPLES, NOSE SACKS, ETC. J 8 - D!::23 ofthe Kidneys d and Ekd:? Ttethnsadsla op Application. MRS. J. F. GIBBS, Prop. 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