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Show " THE SALT LAKE TIMES. SATURDAY. JULY 12, 1690. ' Tmr pat mra TWlicn You Can Buy 4 Lots in" Davis, Sharp & Stringer's ciclxtion ? CORNER OF SECOND WEST AD TENTH SOUTH, On small Cash Payment, and within 30 days after Electric Car Line, already commenced, on Second West, is completed, sell 3 Lots for Profit sufficient to build on remaining Lot. ' If you prefer to move into your own home today, ' we have Six New Modern Stylo Houses just com-pletc-six Large Rooms, Fine Closets, Three : Verandas, City Water, Elegrant Location, close in, ' splendid view, near electric car line, ONLY .'W0i) EACH, and l'IVE Years to pay out at only 6 per cent interest. t a wmmmm .m mi Don't Fail to see Watkins' Addition Adjoining: XJllooxty ZFaxli: on tlio Scvatla-- DAVIS & STRINGER, Ttuccuuc?,HoTeLtJ 23 West Second South. -- XCLUBIVft DEALERS IN Sole Aeonts for James Means' $3,00 SllOffi." Spencer & Kimball, 160 Main Street. E. SELLS, J. TUCKER. H. VV. SELLS. Sells & Corripany, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Lumber. First South itroct, opposite Hth Ward Atacmbly Roooia, T. o. Us 10'" oli VI 1tri f AremtrtM Barlf. I GEORGE A. LOWE, Sealer in All Kinds of Firit-Cla-ii -A- gricultural Implements. SCHUTTLER FAPM AND FREIGHS WAGONS, Colombus Bul', Mis ai Eoad Carls of every description. Steam Engines, Leffel Wheels. WAREHOUSES STATE ROAD JJETVVEEN FIRST AND SECOND 80UTII. mBIS Union Pacific Mif N SYSTKM. XiyOaJ k'T" MOUNTAIN DIVHIOW PRINCIPAL POINTS B EAST, WEST, NEW TIME CARD NORTH and SOUTH j juno 20. iooo. ' ' emu CEITRHL Bisisicr, THE CITY TICKET OFFICE, j tiii'it't TftiM ifTtw ul law U SII UtiWu "t",T" !rMal am fa Muffam Uwal . 1,1 I f l.IjrM VP . j KroraM n Ionuwlao4 Hull r MiU j.,.,, . im.m I r Jo T.ym - , na.a Mllfor'KJtprM lm I Saiw-- a. U ,. ,'!1T, . m ' Tmm (iara4 Salt, z - :::'.'.::. - r lts : ; t,S - .. - .. IIIBH " 4 . & s t , a " . !La t.a,ja :EI,, M-- Ur --5 rur. " Lr Salt T.y v-- 4c Tsurtsza aSisrsxlct. T " - i, tfmtim, tuit tn,. Kwaa. wc, . rjm--r arrtvtn at jTjf'pj"; . "" iTw. ECCLES. C. F. RESSEQU THE EAGLE FOUADRV MD 3IACIII1 COM f , - ; "vrf, V T Telephone 814; : : 424 WEST HKST SOCTil, : : P. 0. Box 485. Patronize a Home Industry. Salt Lake Lithographing and Publishing Co. Lithographers, Printers, Blank Books Makers, and General Stationers. Engraved Calling Cards and Wedding InviMiont. j WE ARE NOW IN OPERATION and ready for your ZZorders. Elegant Work at Reasonable Prices, i No. 11 West First South street j H. H. VAN CLIEF, Manager. . i TAYLOR ttv atla.v. i 45 and 44, Wtuateh Block. ! T8nient white lie. tro.ubl that some of the prao-ef- c ln U. art of lying becomealto-SradeP- t. Their tongues are that lymg becomeisnS"iry so productive ahabit. Prom lying 't Md utter falsehoods Peat i tvtrUth Woxlld them a better. I have iu mind one conspicuous example of this in the house A very We man, you Bay one of the leaders of the bouse, and at any rate the leader of his delegation, has this lying habit in ehronio and dangerous form. He is a member of an important committee, and ms colleagne, therein say he is amiable ana able, industrious and usefnl- -a thor-oughly admirable tuan--if he wouldn't lie so much. Newspaper men who Know him never depend upon anything ue tells them without investigation. He tells lies about the most trivial things, where there is no earthly excuse for it. He hM been beaten once or twice for congress by the men iu his district to whom he has lied about offices. It is iu this way that the chronic and reckless har in public life is sure to come to grief. Ho makes promisos which he has no in-tention of keeping, he invents excuses which are in time discovered, he leads five or six men to think they are going to have a certain office, and somehow they sooner or later become acquainted with this over issue of collateral and turn against him. The man I have in mind could probably be senator from his state, speaker of the national house of representatives, or even president, if it were not for his weakness in this direc-tion. Another conspicuous statesman, a senator and an aspirant for the presi-dency, is similarly afflicted. He is not so much given to unnecessary lying as he is to making promises which he does not mean to keep. It is said his state is plastered over with unredeemed pledges, and peopled with men who'are just wait-ing for an opportunity to take revenga for broken promises. There are many such men in public life. Your average congressman is very fond of play. In this, as in every other big school, we have workers and shirk-ers. Industry and laziness are charac-teristics here seen in striking contrast. There are men too lazy even to dictate letters to their constituents, much less to write them with their own hands. The laziest congressman I know of wants au electric railway built from the senate to the house, so that when he goes over to the senate restaurant for his oysters and beer he need not walk. Some of these able statesmen are never to be found in their seats. I have in mind one who will do as a type for a large class. He appears in his seat about five minutes each day, and then only to get his mail. This done, he disappears and is no more to be found in the Capitol. Constituents and friends send in cards by the score, knock at the doors of his committee rooms, watch the restaurants and the corridors, and are lucky if they find him once in a week. Where h spends his time is one of the mysteries of congress which not a few people have in a quiet way endeavored to solve. One theory is that he is engaged upon some great literary work in a secluded and secret nook of the congressional li-brary. Others do not think him literary enough for that. A number of men are always iu their seats, and make it a point of pride to be constantly at their posts. The most conspicuous example of this sort of industry is Mr. Ezra B. Taylor, of Ohio, the successor of Garfield in the house. Mr. Taylor boasts that he has not missed a roll call in ten years, and without doubt he is the only man that ever served in congress who can wear that feathor in his cap. There are four Tay-lors in the house, two from Ohio, one from Illinois and one from Tennessee, and it happens that they are all men who believe in attending to business. The result is that on nearly every roll call the clerk sings out, "Taylor of Illinois," "Taylor of Tennessee," "Ezra B. Tay-lor" and, finally, "Joseph D. Taylor," and as all are Republicans the four names are followed by four lusty "yeas" or "nays," according as the majority side of the house is voting. A few members of congress refuse to publiBh their city addresses in the con-gressional directory. Obviously they do not want to be bothered by the bores which infest the capital city and which joemtobefoud of bothering members of congress. For the same reason a num-ber of statesmen rent houses in the out-,kir- ts of the city, where after nightfall .hey are not likely to be disturbed. Some years ago a member of the house from tfew York state lost his election by fail-.u- g to print his address in the directory. A prominent and influential citizen of lis district came, to town late one after-uoo- n on pressing and important busi-ness, and sought his representative. No one knew where the congressman lived. His address was not in the directory of congress, nor in the city directory. The telegraph officials refused, under instruc-tions from the gentleman himself, they said, to give any information. The natural result was a very indignant prominent and influential citizen. Next day he finished up his business without the help of the leisure loving statesman, and then went back home and began setting up the pins for this worthy's de-feat at the ensuing election. Story telling is a distinctively congres-sional weakness. It is one of the fads of statesmen. Of four hundred and odd men in the present congress, I verily be-lieve three hundred and fifty imagine themselves born story tellers. The worst ., it is that only five or six of them are. Glum old chaps who never had the faint-est conception of humor lay in a stock of itories, generally stain ones, and tell them over and over whenever oppor-tunity offers. Their colleague know them from bitter experience and are able to avoid them, but the poor stranger u likely to be sadly bored. Walter Wf.llmak. I ABOUT THE MEMBERS .; Walter Welknan, The Times' Correspond-ent, Wielda a Keen Dis-secting Knife. TEE LAWMAKERS HIS SUBJECTS. Legislators Who Scatter In Their Talk, Lie and Erroneously Think They Are Story Tellers., July of the WASHINGTON. who sit gallery worth to must turn from legis-lation to legislators.. For this there is a good precedent, furnished bv the legislators themselves. No other topic interests the average member of congress as much as himself. The dangers of the country which he prates so much of in his speeches, the odious acts of the opposition party which he is so fond of denouncing, are quick-ly lost sight of when the conversation becomes person.il. Statesmen love to talk of themselves, especially to news-paper ears. They like to he written about in a complimentary manner if pos-sible, but in some way Rt any rate. Smart statesmen endeavor to make friends of newspaper men, but when they can't make friends the axiom is that they had better make enemies. Abuse sometimes does a man more good than praise. Your average congressman is a very conceited person. His bills and his reports and his speeches are the greatest things in the annals of congress. "What, you have not watched my efforts to do to and so? You don't know what I am doing? Young man, go read the history of your country." Some congressmen imagine the people of the provinces are thirsting for information concerning their health. One man, who has been sick, walked down to my office every day for a week during his convalescence to inform me, so that I might inform my readers, that he was gradually recovering. Another thing which is most notice-able about these public men, particularly those who have bexjn a long time in the harness, is their tendency to scatter in private conversation. ' Men who can get up in the house or senate and deliver im-promptu speeches of force and good con-struction, wabble all about a subject in the ordinary casual conversation. They wander from one subject to another, and riever wait to have anything settled or agreed upon. Probably this ia the result of their training on the floor, where nothing ever is settled by arg-- . .ment. A man gets a few minutes and makes a sally at a topic and then drops it Nothing is "talked out." Five minutes later all hands turn to and talk over a new proposition, just as the layman is becoming interested in the first. Thus, in private conversation the statesman has a tendency to shift aud ' tack, and cover a great deal of water. It keeps one busy to stay with him For " instance, there is Ben Butterworth, the brilliant member from Ohio. He is one of the best talkers in congress or out of it, but if you can keep him on one sub-ject for five minutes you are more fortu-nate than most of the men who know him. In a walk from the senate cham-ber to the house of representatives I have heard the witty Butterworth dis-course on such topics as the tariff bill, reciprocity with Canada, universal peace between nations, the new navy, the Farmers' Alliance movement, original packages and pension legislation. Her--' is a man worth following as the winds of his fancy waft him from subject to subject, for he rarely opens his mouth without saying something. But think of a stupid fellow, like the average con-gressman, wobbling about in this man-ner and asking yon to go with him and try to be interested in all he is saying! Joe Cannon, of Illinois, who is him-self a sort of original package, is an-other men who scatters his fire in private conversation. Cannon in his quaint way likes to run the gamut of topics which are in the public mind. There appears to be a sort of procession of thoughts going through his brain, and he is never content till the whole troop has been brought up for review. In his work as chairman of the committee on appro-priations he has constantly before him the whole United States, and it seems that his mind is equally geographical and comprehensive. Still, if you get the chance to accompany Mr. Cannon on one of his intellectual rambles you will . not regret it. Here and there it will not be easy to keep pace with him, for 0'i certain parts of the road he travels like a limited train, but he has a faculty of illumining his pathway so that even the dullest man may learn a little as he runs. No one would suspect such a brainy and well organized intellectual giant as Speaker Reed of scattering. But, if the truth must be told and I don't see why it shouldn't he scatters like an old shot-gun; or, to use abetter illustration, he is like an amateur sportsman with a new breech loader he sallies out and in his eagerness and fondness for shooting takes a crack at everything he sees. When Reed draws his long gun it is a good time to take to the woods. Another thing which I have nofaced about congressmen is that many of them are liars. This does not sound pleasant, but it is true. I make the assertion with a full realization of its import, and, as the members themselves sometimes say in warm debate, with willingness to as-sume responsibility therefor, that a large per cent, of the members of congress habitually tell falsehoods. Of course there are many honorable exceptions, and every reader has the right to include feis friends in the latter category. But the liars are not much to be Warned. Lying is almost a necessity of public lite. Members of congress are so beset by bores and borrowers and beggars tnat unless a man wants to make a bear or himself and get a reputation for mean-ness he must learn and practice the art of lying. I am convinced there are cases in which lying is a positive virtue, be-ing merely a genteel and unoffending way of saying nay. 7?ber of found congress, dear reader, and it impossible to step outside the cham-ber without being approached by from one to a daen persons begging favors of you begging offices, signatures to peti-tions, public documents, half dollars, theatre ticket, railroad fare, chews of tobacco, letters of introdncton you, too, would learn how to gloss the refusal SALT LAKE CITE Sights and Scenes ia and Around the Iirteraonntain Metropolis. PLAGES OP IHTEEEST TO VISITOBS. !a GUIDE TO THE TOURIST. Useful Information for the Investor, tie Home-Seek- er and the Visitor, alt Lak.'i Location. Attractions and Cllmata. i Garfltld Beach and Other Summer Rcaorta, i The city of Suit Lake has a tame whirl reaches around tbe world. The population is about 55.000, and Is inrrewinjt at a rapid rat. It Is situated at the base of the Wasatch mountains ln a lovely valley, rich ln agrk-nl-tur-resources and Is eighteen miles distant tram Great Bait Lake. Its elevation above sea level Is 4.380 feet. There are many points of Interest to visitors In the city and near It. Here are some of them : The Temple. This magnificent cream-whit- e granite struc-ture wa begun April 8, 13. It Is 100x300 reft, the walls are ICO feet high, and the towers, when completed, will be 3U0 feet ln height. Over B,fi00,nno have been expended on the Temple, and It Is now neariiut completion. Ln the same square with the temple is the spa-cious building called The Tabernacle, Here are held the services of the Mormon church, and thee are attended every buuiluy by ImnienBe congregations of people, both Mormon and Gentile. The structure Im oval in shape. Keveuty-nr- e feet high and sffOxl.Hi foet in length and breadth. It has a seating capa-city of l&ouo people, und here may be heard what is claimed to be the finest ornan In the world. Paul once sang ln the tabemaclx, and demonstrated that its acotutio powers are very fine. The Gardo House, or Amelia Palace, was bttllt by Brtgbain Young who willed that it should le the residence of his favorite wlte. Amelia Folsom Yountr. but since his death it has been used as the official residence of dlgniuule of tbe church. Brtgham Young's Residences, known as the e and the Lion House are structures, curious from as-sociations. These are situated ln what was once Krigham Young's domain, all of which has paswd Into other hands, save the large lot ln which is Brlghaib Young's Grave. This can be reached by passing through the Kairle Gate, an archway in the old mud wall which at one time encompassed Brigham's prt vate property. One or two of the prophet's wives repose beside his last resting place. A slab of granite covers t hs grave and there is space left near by for the graves of his other wives. Deaeret Museum. This institution 1b situated on South Temple street, dlreotly opposite Temple square. It contains a large number of Interesting curios-ities, chiefly pertaining to the early bistury of Utah. It is well woi'h a visit. Prospect Hill with its lookout tower command a splendid 'view of the city and its surroundings. The Tithing Building possesses Interest as being the general depot for taxes collected by the Mormon church from its disciples. Liberty Park, in the southeastern portion of the elty Is a beautiful resort and can be reached by rapid transit trains. The Chamber of Commerce, on Second South street, Is visited by those who take an interest ln tbe commercial standing of the city. There ore several large cases con-taining specimens of Utah's mineralogy which attract much attention. The Grand Opera House, on Second South street, is under able manage-ment and is handsomely and comfortably fitted up. Some of the best talent ln the coun-try is constantly passing between the Atlantic and the Pacific, and Salt Lake City is always made a stopping place for performances, either the opera house or the 8alt Lake Theater being selected. This latter place of amuse-ment was built by Krigham Young over thirty years ago. It Is a large and beautiful temple and is comfortably arranged. Assembly Hall, near the temple, Is used in winter for worship by the Mormons, the tabernacle being too large to admit of proper heating. Assembly hall is laOxtiH feet, and cost llhO.un. The ceiling is with church pictures, among them the Angel Moroni disclosing the hiding plaoa f the golden plates to Joseph Smith. The INatatorlum Is a large circular battling house, the center of which, under a glass roof, la a swimming pool. The water is brought in pipes from Beok's Hot Springs. There are also a large number of bath rooms. Electric Street Car connect with every point of Interest in the city. The svstem Is new aud the appointments good. Rapid transit is assured. Camp UooglM, three miles east of the city and over 0 feet above It, is beautifully laid out ln the midst of lawns and orchards, and the barracks and houses of the officers are built of atone. The nost commands a wide view of the city and beyond where Great Salt Lake lies like molten silver at the foot of the western mountains. Beck's Hot Springs are ln the northern part of the. city about three miles from the business center. They issue from the base of the mountains, and are regarded as a very valuable aid In esses of rheumatism, dyspepsia aud scrofula. The waters are used both In-ternally and externally, and there Is an excellent bath house and nereseary appointments for the comfort of patients. The Warm Sulphur Springs are between the Hot Springs andthe city, about one mile from the postortlce. There is a good hotel and comfortable bith bouse in connec-tion with the springs, and they can be reached by street railway. The Mountains are unsurpassed ln magnificent canyons, and at least a dosen of the grandest are within reach of the elty. These Invite the tourist to snend dav, weeks or months among their wild recesses to nsh, to hunt. o scale the peaks and ridges, and to gather wild flowers by the aides of mossy springs, beneath the shade of umbrageous pines. Big Cottonwood canyon should be seen by every tourist. Here are lake Mary and Martha from which flows the turbulent Cottonwood river; and at the base of the mountains are lakes Blanche, Florence and Lillian. Besides these are Mills creek, Parley's. Emigration, aud City Creek canyons, all extremely picturesque and delightfully romantic. Pleasant Drives abound ln scores around the outskirts of the elty; along the quiet country roads, and through the lanes dividing meadows of rich green alfalfa and llelds of grain: while the majestic mountains are never entirely lost stent of From under the branch's of trees and above hedges of the wild dog-ros-ullmnses are caught of snow.covcred peaks. A drive to Fort Douklas. and then a mile further on to the mouth of Emigration caion Is moet delightful. It was here that tEe sight of Mormon pioneers wis Unit made glad !v the vast expanse of Salt Lake vall'-- sud-denly bursting upon them, on tbe Mth of July, 1M7' The Great Salt Lake. "I think." says F.rnest Ingersoll, "few per-sons realize how wonderfully, strangely beautiful this Inland sea is." and speaking of ltB sunsets Phil Koblnson has said: "Where have 1 not seen stuistts. by land and sea. In Asia Africa. Europe and America, and w tiers can I say I have ever seen more wonderous coloring, moreelectnfjiiist effects than to tNe sunset on the Great Salt Lake of Utah." Salt Lake Is as beautiful a sheet of water as can be found anywhere. The waves are a bright blue or green, and as they dance on its surface it would be hard to tell which color prevails It Is dotted with beautiful Islands, and it affords the finest salt water bathing in tbe world. Garfield Iteach is within easy distance of the city, being hot eighteen miles of a ride by train. Here Is fouiy' every luxnrv and comfort for a dip la the mvsterious sea. and also ail the Uilngs for the comfort of the Inner man. The cafe affords enjoyable mais at reasonable nrices. and row boats are to be had for a nnl vair on the waters whjebpossess a rom&ntie Interest for every visitor. Th msniu-rm-- of the accommodations at Gfflcul beach is under the direction of the lac BaU-wa- y company, as is that at Lake Park under the supervision of the Kio Grande West-ern. This resort Is north of the ciry. about baif wav between Salt Lake and "gdn. and is much frequented by visitors, it Is similar In attractiveness We Garfield, and is weU worth a visit. strategy. "Time will prove ray client innocent!" cried Sqniljig. "Your argnment carries aoine wait Trfth it " observed the court. And Squil-ji- g laughed bo heartily that he you the case- .- Harper's Bazar. ot Quite Becoro- -. Bagley-H- ave you recovered from yourWnt BicknesB, Bailey? Bailey-Xo.- not filly. Bagley-VT-hy. you look Baile-y- es, hut 1 owe as well an ever. the doctor $i3 yet-N- ew ork Ledser. A Sls Fowtj-- . "The Parsons don't keep a dog, do they?" 'Yes; three U them. "Are they ss poor as thatT auk Blade. |