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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-18
BEEFSTEAK IN ROME.

That Cafe di Roma, of which [
spoke just now, is an eminently
characteristic feature Of new Rome.
In my tlme-the old one-When you
wished to vary the monotony of the
hotel table d'hote, you lunched or
dined at Spillmann's or atNazzari's.
These establishments, I apprehend,
yet maintain their Well-earned rep
utation; but if, being at Rome, you
wish to do as the Romans do, you
lunch at MortOe's and dine at the
Cafe di Roma. I have never, dur
ing many years Of discourse on Gull
nary topics, disguised my opinion
that the modern Italian "cuiSi1le" is,
next to the Spanish, the most detest-
able in Europe. 1t has, indeed, hope
lessly degenerated since the days
when part of Cardinal Campeggio's
mission to the Court of Henry VIII.
was, at the express command of the
Supreme POntif, to ascertain
whether English cookery presented
any dish worthy of being included
in the already splendid repertoire"
of the kitchen of the Vatican. The
reply Of Cardinal CampeggiO was to
the effect that there was in English
cookery "aSSOlutGme7lte neIti alb
solutely nothing worthy Of trans
plantation beyond the Alps. And
now, 10! how all is changed From
Calais toConstantinOple the English
beefsteak and potatoes reign dissa-
greeably supreme. l say disagreed
bly,, because. there are persons who
abhor beefsteak and potatoes. You
will have little else offered you for
breakfast-as an. alternative to
badly fried fish and ill-made ONE
lets-from one end of modern Italy
to the other. The beefsteak and po-
tatoes have even crossed the sea to
the mainland Of Greece; and the
first item which you see in the bill
of fare in restaurant at Athens is
"nlpiphtGik me- 9eOn1ela." You be-
gin to wonder what on earth" mpiph-
taik"-sometimes it issspelled snip
iphteki-can mean, when you re-
member that the modern Greeks
have no letter OBJ in their language
and that they call Lord Byron "HO
Lordus Npiron." Then you awake
to the consci business that the mys-
tic entry in the Romaic menu refers
| to beefsteak with "earth-apples"-
otherwise potatoes. This virtual
abandonment Of cunningly prepared
dishes in favor of flap of brOiled
bullock's flesh, either half-burned OF
half-raw, and on the continent
wholly destitute Of fat, it is to me
worthy of the most serious attention
not only to the culinary expert, but
of the student Of civilization gener-
ally. To me the universal suprem.
acy of the "bifteck" represents moi
so much the prevalence Of Anglo.
Saxon ideas-for an underdone steak
is in reality quite as AbysSinian OF
as like, that is to say, as say.
age, as it is English-as il does the
feverish haste, furry, and excitement
of modern life.and the almost wolf
like desire to devour the largest
amount of solid succulence in the
shortest possible time.-frOm {
Rome Letter to the London Daily
Telegraph.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-18

mental requisites for different kinds
of labor vas very keen. observed,
''There are sepsuous end supersen-
suous CLASSES. The supertensuous
care less about technique of their
work, and faiI:in execuciou, but they
are capable of improvement If lofty
motives ar appealed to, and are ever
ready to encourage the etumblers;
they long to be all they feel, and
their lives are full OF strivings and
failures The scensuous could be re-
presented by the irish girls, who
don't know, and don't know what
they don't know; they are honest and
virtuous, but their taste are or low
plane"
The workipgwomen are struggling
against the identical limitations
within themselves which philanthrop.
lists ard believers in social cooper
alton and those of notable goodwill
in churches have always felt. Those
women recognize the power OF
mutual aid; they acknowledge that
employers are not individual trysnts,
and that their only chance for ieer,
happier life lies not in strikes, but in
combinations backed by public SEN
timent in favor of equal wages for
men and women. Then, the more
intelligent daily see the hopelessnee
OF any such attempt at union. on
account OF the intensity Of the caste
feeling among them the enioyments
and occupations of each class are
distinct, the latter being the cause OF
the former.-Decembe- atlantic.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-18
Caste Distinctions among Work.
iDgWOmen.

Is there rank, then. in ali industrial
pursu Is? A tailoress declares that no
where are the lines of caste more
strictly drawn than among tailoresses
and sewing-girls. Those on "custom
work" and those on sale Work"need
not necessarily know each other.
Here is a classification given by one
who understands. works, and aids
others in various ways: Employ
ments of working people are either
subjective or objective: one cannot
consort with another. Under the
fret are included ~ the stenog.
rapher, ~ the newspaper hack, (3)
the typewriter. IA those engaged in
liie-insurance business and in any
sort of nursing. The second division
embraces H. mercantile women, ~
ealeswomen, ~ trsdesWowen, snd(4 ]
servants, who are Parishs, 80 tospeak,
in the eyes of ell workipgwomen."
These words plainly indicate wherein
lies the difficulty of obtaining good
domestic service. Not only is there
a certain loss of PERSONAL independ-
ence as to hours and meals, out
house9 Ork ranks lowest in the scale
OF honest labor; ambition, uppish-
ness, or aspiration is OF national
growth. The. preofreader by uni
versa: testimony ranks highest IN the
scale of laborers, for good proof
reading requires not only an excellent
elementary education. but also az in.
tutlve mind. A copy-reader often
advances to be proof-reader.
whereas a type-setter seldom or never
becomes a copy reader. The most
amusing instance of dra wing the line
is seen in the superbly quiet manner
in which the ."ladiee" behind The
counters at large dry goods establish
ments regard the women" in thread
and-needle stores; and they in turn
look down upon the'girls" employed
IN contectioner' ahops, and the still
lower kind of om7aiWm gatbsrum atores
always to be found in the neighbor-
hoods of the poor. They all may
stand upon their feet throughout the
day and sell goods. but that is al they
have in common. except through in.
c1dental charitsbleness. Again, the
newspaper haok.worx ranges from
that Of reg ularly paid Gladly contrib
utor" on certain subj ects, TO that of
the women" with the ready Wit to
puff up patent medicines and do Job
In twenty minutes.
In talking with the thinking work.
lng-Women one is struck by the phil.
osophieal terms (obtained through
processes OF imitation and by imbib-
ing mental stmespheres) which
spring IS readily to her lips as do the
words feeling" "tene," value" to
those of writers on art. Such women
anslyze life, lay down propositions,
premises, and reason from them.
Very often their foundation is weak.
One OF them. whose analysis Of the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-18
A Narrow Escane.

II was Saturday night and Mr. and
Mrs. Jones where shutting up the
house preparatory to retiring, when
there came loud ring at the front
door bell that startled them both, as
it was too late fer either business or
callers. Who could il be? Mrs.
Jones declared she would not open
the door for the world and begged
Mr.. ]. to arm himself with the um-
brells stand or ths hat rack, for it
might be masked robbers or some
thing OF that sort. At which Mr..
Jones pooh.poohed rather family and
nervously, and marching valintly to
the door, threw it wide open, and
next fell back over Mrs. Jones, who
had cautiously followed Then the
two recounoitred the situation. There
was no human being in sight, but on
the doorstep there was some kind oil
a mysterious looking object. Mrs.
Jonos looked at it q moment, and
then burst into tears.
It's q covered basket. Oh! ] ].
Jones, you wretch, how could your
and LII trusted you sol"
"Mercy on me Marie, what are
you crying about I don't know
Ahat it isl Maybe it's an inftrna
machine to blow US up" gaspe d
Jones.
:'Ch you. know what it is yell
enough, Mr.. Jonesl Don't add false
hood to your other baeeness. Oh,
Jones, Jones! how c.could you de-
celve me SOP" and che wiped away
another flood OF tears.
"I'li throw the thing into the mid
die OF next week" shouted Jones, in
fury. "PlI-"stop, stop. wretched
MANI" cried his wife, grasping bis
coat-tails. Don't add murier to
your other accomplishments; and tc
think have tr-tr-trasted''-
''Maria!" said Mr.. Jones, with the
calmness Of desperation, ''unhand me-
7 will find out what this means.
That's our old market basket" be
exclaimed suddenly, and the next
moment be had dragged it into the
hall. why. it's our dinner for to.
morrow. l forgot all about it and
left it at the butchers, and he has
sent it home then! I hope you're
satisfied"
81 never saw such a careless mar
in my life, "said his wife. in relieved
voice. "We might have had to &C
without our dinner, for all of you"
Jones Gays it was the narrowsss es
cape ever be had.-Detroit Press.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-07
MIs cAKgs ABOUT OLD BOOKS.

II is common to find notices in rewspa-
pers of old books which are really not old,
coupled with the remark that they are
e believed to be the oldest in the State.
Metropolitan journals ought to know bet
ter than to fall into such blunders of igno-
rance, but they evidently do not. Thus
San Francisco paper yesterday published
an article describing an English Psalter of
1894 as something wonderful, while the
writer, to show his erudition, went on to
remark that though this book is '' claimed
''to be the Oldest in the State" it really is
not, since Gin the library OF Santa Clara
"College" are to be found some volumes
the oldest of which goes back to 1853
Now as matter of fact these dates do not
show any remarkable antiquity, and we
venture to assert that there are scores Of
books in the State from fifty to hundred
years older than the most ancient named
by our San Francisco contemporary. The
present writer has in his library books
bearing date of l47l, and he knows that
Messrs Jarboe and Harrison, Of San Fran
cisco, have both several specimens as early
or even earlier than this, though examples
much earlier are at present very hard to
pick up. Oae of the gentlemen named has
also Nuremberg Chronicle Of 1895. Bat
after the beginning of the sixteenth cen.
tury no great SAVIOR of antiquity attaches
to books, for by that time they had be-
come plentiful and common. And no one
possessing books as late as 1894, or even
1850, has right to claim fer them pecu-
liar antiquity.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-07
ARIZONA.
I;ems from, Tucson.

Tucson, November 5th.-A special from
Camp Thomas says: The Court martial for
the trial of the Indian scouts will convene at
10 o'clock A NJ. on Thursday, the 10Th inst
The detail is as follows Major James Bid.
die, Sixth Cavalry Captain NJ. VI. Stacey,
Twelfth Infantry; Captain G. ID. Bailey,
Eighth Infantry; Captain S. M. Whiteside,
Sixth Cavalry; Captain a. W. Corliss,
Eighth Ipfantry Captain w. E. Dove,
Twelfth Infantry; Captain u. G. Craigle,
Twelfth Infantry; First Lieutenant G.. S.
Anderson, Sixth Cavalry; Captain FL. G.
Egbert, Twelfth Infantry. Judge-Advocate.
a Citizen special from Fort Apache says
Lieutenant Davis, who left this post October
255h, with D troop, Sixth Cavalry, and Gate
woods Indian scouts, has just returned. They
secuted over the Cibicu country. On Octo.
Der 30th the scouts struck q small trail and
followed is nearly all day, and overlook 3
party of hostiles, about six or eight in mum
bar, who made 9 running figtt, in which two
hostiies we're killed ind the bodies left be-
hind. The balance fed. Three days after
ward, on returning through the same coua-
try, the command again struck the trail, and
overlook and killed two more hostiles, sup
posed TO be The ones who escaped from the
first fight. No casualties to our side.
News from Sonora this morning says that
a grand celebration was TO be held last night
at HeTmosillo, in honor of the Sonora Rail-
road reaching there. An excursion was given
to Governor Ortiz and two hundred invited
guests to Guaymas and return. Some diff
Guilty yet exists as TO resumption of work on
the Magdalena route, although the Inspector
from the City Of Mexico has recommended it
highly in q telegraph report forwarded o
month ago. He has forwarded a long writ
ten report to the same effect as bis former
one, aud it is believed as soon as it arrives in
Mexico work viii go on. There is considera-
bic dissatisfaction among Americans ON ac-
count of SO much interference by the Gov
ernment.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-07
A GOOD BEGINNING.

We are glad to see that Mr.. Charles
Crocker has given the California Academy
of Sciences the very handsome present of
twenty thousand dollars. This shows that
Mr.. Crocker must have made some careful
investigation, for while there are few So
cieties which have struggled harder to
effect something worth while, there are
also few which have had more uphill work,
or have received less encouragement at
the hands Of press aud public. The Acad-
envy of Sciences is deserving institution,
possessing plenty of vitality and energy,
and capable OF doing considerable things
if it had but the means. Already it has
served as nucleus around which State
talent has grown and been developed, and
if some OF our wealthy men will follow the
equally iudicious and generous example of
Mr.. Crocker, the society will soon produce
palpable evidences OF its capacity. Mr..
Crocker has made an excellent beginning,
and we have no doubt that his $50, 600 will
prove to have been remarkably good in
vestment for the public, to whom in effect
ali such sums are given when they are be-
slowed upon the support of scientific re.
Saarnb
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-07
4 pIgeRAcEFuL AprAIs.


1t seems impossible longer to doubt that
the ninth Massachusetts, militia behaved
infamousiy during It's recent visit to York
town. In fac. the circumstantial accounts
concerning the conduct OF this regiment
record so persistent as well as abominable
: series Of outrages that 1t is difficult to
understand how the victims could have
endured them, or why the villainous
rufhans were rot set upon and exterminated.
For if we are to believe even tithe of
what Is told, no Chilean soldiers let loose
upon Peru could have behaved much worse
than did these sons of decorous and digni-
6ed and cultured Massachusetts,. They
broke into and sacked stores all along the
line of march. They insulted every
woman they met. They reeled drunk
through the streets. They took possession
of saloons and restaurants, and gorged
and swilied without Offering payment
They made their headquarters at the houses
of i'll fame, snd went about boasting of their
flthiness and shamelessness. They plum
dered and outraged right and left, in short,
and IN one or two instances they were veiy
near being attacked by other militia
regiments which resented the conduct of
these hrutes. And though attempts have
been made to deny the truth of the state
lnent concerning the Ninth Massachusetts,,
The evidence seems too overwhelming TO be
broken down. It comes from score of
places, and is therefore independent, and
1t Is ali to the same general effect. What
makes the matter the more surprising ia,
that this rufianly regiment proved itself
to be cne Of the best drilled on the ground
at Yorktown. How regiment, which
must have possessed considerable corps
pride to have made ITSELF so efficient,
should have been so destitute of corps
pride away from home, remains to be ex-
planned. Bat, unhappily, it seems impossi-
BILE to disbelieve the guilt of the accused as
The case stands.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-07

Is not called upon to take charge of any
other than civil cases, does not appear
to be warranted by the terms of the stat
NE, while it is certainly at variance with
the practice in all other civilized coun-
tries. In England, it is true, there is q
Solicitor General as well as an Attorney
General, and there the distinctions be-
tween solicitors and barristers necessitate
conditions which do not and cannot
exist here. Our Attorney. General is also
our Solicitor General he is the law
adviser CT the Government, and he GER
tainly ought to be at the disposal of the
Government in all cases in which it ia con-
eerned, whether they are civil or criminal.
It is true that MacVeagh may have devo-
ted himself entirely to tie civil law. in
which case his services in criminal case
would be probably Of little or no value.
But in such case as this, when the Presi-
dent Of the United States has been assas.
sinated, it is obviously proper and desirable
that the Government should take charge
of the prosecution. and that it should at
least secure the best available talent for
the support Of the indictment. Ii Presi-
dent Arthur has insisted upon this being
done, and il he has taken the Attorney
General to task for not interesting himself
in the preparation of the case, the country
will appreciate his motives. and will In
dorse his action. For it is unquestionably
dlsgraceful to the republic that there
should in the prosecution Of Guiteau be
any oversight which might suggest in
difference, or any absence of preparation
which might look ike neglect.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-07
a STRANGE CABINET RUMoR.

a Washington paper tells curious story
about an alleged scene in the Cabinet,
apropos OF the Guiteau case II says that
President Arthur on Saturday asked the
Attorney General what he had done to
make ready for the trial of Guiteau, and
that MacVeagh replied that he did not
consider himself called upon to take any
part in criminal case The President
upon this became angry. and cited from
the Revised Statutes provisions which
showed that it was the duty of the After.
ney.General to take charge of all important
Government cases. AS the story is tod.
the Attorney-General has decidedly the
worst Of the encounter, and is made to ap-
pear as an official so conceited as to be
above his work, yet SO ignorant as not to
know what the duties prescribed to him by
the law are. Maoyeagh's position, that he
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-07
A TRUE REMARK.

a dispatch from London gives some
club-chat about the personalities Of English
politics. Among other statements is one
to the effect that Lord Randolph Churchill,
who recently made a very violent attack
on Gladstone in the House, was told by a
Liberal who replied to him that she was
s.not fit to black Gladstone's boots" This
remark happens to be quite true. Lord
Randolph Churchill Is young man who
makes the fatal mistake of supposing that
impudence and fippancy are sufficient
substitutes for brains. OF the latter he
has none to spare, but having married an
American woman he thinks his meter is
to introduce what he imagines to be
Yankee ways into English politics. He
has 10 talent and 10 character. His
speech against Gladstone was as silly as it
was scurrilous. He is q young man who
viii fail in an attempt to put blackguard-
ism in the place of wit, and who will never
be more of man than he is at present.
And at present he certainly is not fit, as
his opponent remarked, to black Glad
stones boots.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-07
Array Among Chinese.

TRucKEE November 6th.-A fatal shoot
ing affray occurred in tie Chinese quarters
of Truckee at about 9 o'clock last night.
The trouble had its origin several weeks ago.
under the following circumstances: The pro-
prietor of the American Hotel discharged his
Chinese cocks, and replaced them by new
crew. The new men were strangers in the
town, and this fact raised the ire of the old
crew, and they determined on revenge for
their discharge. The new cooks were warned
to leave their positions under penalty of
getting into serious trouble, but they did not
see fit to heed the warning. After they quit
work last night they went across the river to
Chinatown, and were sitting on wood-pile
talking, when a shot was fred at them.
They Immediately drew pistols and COM
neuced shooting. In few seconds a
large crowd Of Cinnamon gathered on
the scene, with the general Chinese
i,bber usual on such occasions, and the
shooting seemed to become general among the
crowd. at least thirty shots were fred.
After the shooting ceased it was found that
the head cock of the American hotel, eener-
sly known as Little Johnny, had been killed,
a bullet having passed through his stomach
Another Chinaman was shot through the
arm, and received bullet in the left side Of
the body, and third one was shot through
the back of the neck. There may be others
who were more or less injured, but as usual
smonp the Chinese, they are very reticent
about the matter, and full accounts cannot be
obtained from them. Up to the present time
but one Chinaman, named All Mi, has been
arrested, but more arrests Will undoubtedly
follow. The wounded men viii recover.
Arfeslan Wells In Tulare County.
TULARE, November 5th.--Artesian wate:
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-07
INTELLIGENT CRITICISM.

Oar esteemed contemporary, the San
Francisco Bulletin, has book reviewer
VINO appears to need supervision. In Sat
urday's issue of the paper this curious per-
son spoke thus of an American edition Of
Marian Evans translation of Feuerbach's
"Essence of Christianity :" "Ludwig
'' Fuerback is the author of work with
'the above title, We are duly informed
''in the preface that is has created a great
"sensation. But that sensation has not
reached this State, and it is hard to see
"upon what grounds it could prevail any
{: where" Again, this wonderful reviewer
speaks Of Feuerhach as the founder Of
"new school," and says that there is
" nothing in the book but new prezenta-
" ton of the notion of Comte." From
al this it would appear that the Bulletin
has book reviewer who is ignorant of
some rather important literary facts; as,
for instance, that Feuerbachs Essence
" of Christianity" was written thirty
years ago; that its author is assuredly not
the "founder of new school," but that
a generation ago he undertook to elaborate
one of the aspects of the Tubingen school j;
that he did not give :" a new presentation
" Of the notion of Comte," because it
would have been impossible for him to
do uything of the kind; and that
in short the BuHetia's reviewer was alto.
gether out of his depth when he undertook
to review Feuerbaoh. Nothing better
than our contemporary remark about the
sensation not having reached this State,
however, mas been made since Edgar Poe
wrote the story of the celebrated Ameri,
can rural critic who slashed Paradise
Lost" and declared it to be in style
of composition beneath contempt
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-11-07
shc Orders In Reference to hydraulic
Mining.

S10tkS A'A AASseASAhS ~
Mining.
NEVADA. November sh-George W. Han
cock and J. H. Sullivan, of Sacramento, ar
rived in this city this morning, bringing with
them the orders Issued by Juige Mayhem in
the Superior Court Of Yuba county, or
Wednesday last. They delivered the orders
~ the Shefiff's Office, but as that officer had
gone out OF town short tine before, nothing
could be done until his return. The Sheriff
was sent for, and returned to town about 2
o'clock this afternoon. He expressed his de-
termination to obey the orders, but owing TO
the lateness of the hour it was deemed unad.
visable to proceed at once to serve the writs,
as it would be possible to serve only one to-
day, and he would then have to wait over
Sunday. The Sheriff will leave this city
early Monday morning, going first to French
Corral, where the Milton Company's claims
are located, and from there viii travel up
the ridge, stopping at the various mines to
serve the papers and turn eff the water. If
necessary, keepers will be put in charge of
the mines. Messrs. Hancock and Sullivan,
who sre merely agents in the matter have
accepted an invitation to accompany the
Sheriff on his official trip. No trouble is ap-
pretended. ard it is now thought that the
miners viii submit, though this remains to be
eaeo