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Show THE DESERET EAGLE. 42 TEE DESERET EAGLE. HALT I. AUK CITY, 3ZAKCK3, lfi, I'TAII, 1S0O. Y PU11LISHKD THE SCHOOL YE All. SEMI-MONTHL- Gar Gold and Siivcr. Jaxuahy the lOsli, 1S48, forty-tw- o years ago, Capt. Satter, a California miller, discoveied a shining substance DURING in his mill race. The shining substance proved to be gold, which has lasted intermittently until the present For school year In advance-- - $.50 day. The United States mint was estabAdvertising rates made known lished in 17U2. From 1792 till 1843 the on npplieation. total gold product of the country was a million a year. Then The object of this paper is ta teach less than half was a great jump in gold. In the art of printing to the pupils iu there 1840 there was produced $ 40,000,000. m of the the Deaf Mute Department lf millions gold, fifteen and TK11MS : one-ha- University of Deseret. more than the entire output of the Address all communications ami country for fifty-si- x years previous to subscriptions to THE DESEHET EAGLE, Utah School fok the Dkaf, Salt Lakh City, Utah, Entered at iho l'ostofiico at .Salt fijuko City as EcconJ class matter. The committee to which was re- ferred the purchase ol Tort Cameron has reported aavcseiy, and tne report has been adopted. The following comments by the Herald. If the legislature has refused to purchase the Fort Cameron property wc apprehend that it will cause lasting regret. The place could casly and nexpensively have been transformed into an establishment for the educas. tion and training of the For this purpose the buildings and ground3 would have been sufllcient for all time. It seems a pity, and bad linaciering as well, to refuse to buy for $25,000. property worth perhaps $250, 000. when the property will soon be needed, if it is not required already. There is another thins which should be taken into account in this connecdeaf-mute- the California discovery. The California gold discovery marked a new era in the industrial development of the world. The Australian gold 5elds were found some years afterward?, and this was followed by the opening of the African gold mines. These have not yet been fully developed. The California gold mines increased their output steadly till That year marked the high tide of gold production in the United States, with $03, 000,000. In the last ten years mines throughout the Union have yeilded 30,000,000. 3$,000,000. annually. California now produces a third of the gold of the country. The second gold producing state is Montana ; the third, Colorado, the forth, Nevada. Not till 1858, ten years later than gold, did our silver production take a great swing forward. Then it jumped from $50,000. a year to half a million. Since then it has increased steadily. Silver mines throughout the country yeilded in 188S, $59,195,000. In 1S8S the combined product of tke two precious metals amounted to $92,370,000. This Mas never been exceeded except in one year, 1878, when the amount was 00, 000,000. tion, and that is the wisdom and The silver State of the Union is justice of distributing the public.insti-tution- s Colorado, which comes in with a throughout the territory. yeald of 19,000,000. in 1S33. Montana None of these institutions are south of produced $17,000,000, the same year. Utah county, while fully half the ter- This new state is the second in the ritory lies below the county named. Union in the production of both gold Logan in the north has the agricultu- and silver. From United States mines ral college. Ogden has the reform comes d of ail the gold and Lake the has Salt school, univeisity silver of the w rid. Ex. one-thir- and fare building and will have the capital, and Provo has the insane We claim to have the "Ideal Cliasyluw. It would be as little as the mate." The atmosphere is dry, elaslegislature could do to give Beaver the tic, transparent and bracing and com dcaf-iuuschool. Let us hope that pares favorably with that of the United Slates at large stiiti espcc&iy the lawmakers will reconsider their witR that of Colorado and of the terCameron for obtain the and action, ritories; north KTid twutu. I In range territory. upward is less than that cl St. Louis, tc Philadelphia and New York, while in the downward direction there is no comparison either with the eastern states on the same isothermal line or with Colorado, Idaho and Jontana. The average annual range of temperature in the last 54 years was 93,1 grces as gainst 129 degrees for Denver 132 degrees for Chicago, 133 degrees for St. Lcuis and 140 degrees for Montreal. Wind mirch. 50,000 miles per year as against 100,000. miles in Philadelphia. A noted traveler has said we have "the most unique and wonderful climate on the face of the globe.'1 Dr. Hamilton writes, "Tne people of Utah are as robust and long lived as any in the world." KEEP BOOKS. The which Daniel Webster gave to a neighbor of his, in the following anecdote, might be followed acivice with advantage by many people. Indeed, the render will be likely to think that it might have been followed to very good advantage Ly Mr. Webster himself. On one occasion a man presented to Mr. Webster a bill for payment. the ," said "Why Mr. N statesman, "it seems to me that 1 have paid that bill." Mr. N protested that the bill had not oeen paid, and Mr. Wcbetci told him to call in a few days and he would attend to the matter. After the man had gone Mr. Web3ter asked his clerk to look over a quantity of bil's and see if t he could find a recipt for the amount. To his surprse two recipts were lound, indication that the bill had been paid twice. called, Just at In due time Mr. N dinner hour, as it chanced, and 37 r. Webster.invited him in to dinner. After the mealasw over they proceeded to the business in hand. do you keep books?" "Mr. N Mr. Webster inquired. "No," was the reply. "I thought so," said Mr. Webster. "New, I advise you to keep books. If you had kept books you would have known that I had this recipted bill." showing him'.orie. Mr. N was greatly surprised and mortified and apologized as best he could for his mistake. "Yes, it is always a good plan to keep books," continued Mr.Webstcrs showing him the second receipt. to be an honThen, knowing Mr.N est man, and not wishing to annoy him he suggested that perhaps receipted bills had been presented, but left unpaid, and insisted that Mr. N should take the money. |