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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-25
AL oF TIE ELECTIONS

and public meetings of Greece even to the
court balls are held upon Sunday. The
election polls are in the churches, and the
chief election place of Athens is the cathe-
dral. The voters are all registered, and
the balloting is done in such way that
fraud is hardly possible. Each candidate
has ballot box of his own and his Judge
sits behind it. These boxes are in a row
! along one side of the church, and this place
is so fenced off that only one man can pass
along and vote at one time. The boxes
themselves are about a foot square. and
each has round pipe-like hole in its top
just large enough to admit the arm of u
man. This pipe runs down through the
middle of the box until it meets a partition
which divides the box in half The ballots
are buckshot, and the voter casts his ballot
in the affirmative or negative according as
he cast his shot into the compartment on
the right or left side OF the box. His name
is given as he starts into vote, and he is
handed just as many bucsshot as there are
candidates and no more. Each judge can
see that he pulls up his sleeve, and that he
has only one bullet in his hand before he
puts it into the box, and as he drops it to
the right or left inside the box no one can
see how he votes, and fraud is almost i'm
possible.
THERE Is NO BALLOT BOX sTUFFING
in Greece, and in case the bullets in the
boxes do not correspond with the tally at
the entrance, the whole vote is thrown
out
Both in the making of laws and in the
elections the greatest of care is taken to
prevent fraud, and in the chamber of depu-
ties bill must be discussed and voted
upon article by article on three separate
days before it can be passed. The stand
ard of intelligence among the people is
high, and the poorest consider themselves
on an equality with the richest and the
bluest blooded. The modern Greek, what
ever his condition, does not imagine that he
can be below you in station, and the waiter
at cafe or the driver on Il street car does
not hesitate to chat with you and to ex-
press his opinions The people are very
patriotic, and they believe in the future of
Greece. They are making wonderful pro
gress. Already they have $50 miles of
railroad, and there is talk of line which
will go from Athens north and will make
connection with the railroads of Europe.
This will bring the east at least
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-25

make material change in the country At
present, all vessels going to Constantinople
and Athens must sail around the Pelopon-
esus, great peninsula, which lies at the
south end of Greece, and which is the
southernmost point of Europe. The seas
about this are very stormy and the passage
is always rough. By the Corinth canal
which is now being cut, the boats will be
able to come through the gulf of Cornith
above the Peloponesus and day will be
saved between Athens and Italy, and the
ships which go to Constantinople will save
two days in their voyages from Naples and
Sicily An immense amount of shipping
will in this way be brought to Athens, and
the city will increase even more rapidly
than it is now doing.
The people show themselves capable of
taking advantage of every Improvement.
They are more like Americans than Orien-
tails, and they do not scruple to spend
money on public improvements. The
Athens of to-day is town of theatres and
good hotels. 1t is city of fine schools
and of museums. It has good society,
and its people are as bright and well
posted as those of most cities OfEurope.
EpaNE n CtRpPNTER
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-25
EupepsY.

This is what you ought to have, in fact,
you must have it, to fully enjoy life. Thou
sands are searching for it daily, and mourn
ing because they find it not. Thousands
upon thousands of dollars are spent an
nually by our people in the hope that they
may attain this boon. And yet it may be
had by all We guarantee that Electric
Bitters, if used according to directions and
the use persisted in. win bring you Good
Digestion and GUST the demon Dyspepsia
and install instead Eupepsy. We recon-
mend Electric Bitters for Dyspepsia and
all diseases of Liver, Stomach and Kidneys.
Sold at soc. and $1.00 per bottle by A. G.
Smith &. Co DImpCiStS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-25
THE ELECTIONS IN GREECE

are held somewhat on the same plan as in
America. There is stump speaking before
hand, and many of the same electioneering
lodges are played. Not few of the wives
of the candidates have recently helped in
the election of their husbands to parlia-
ment, and was told of an Athens lady
who, at the last election, seeing that her
husband was likely to be defeated. took
several embroidered flags to neighboring
villages and calling the people together,
told them that all such as wanted to vote
for her husband would have free passage
20 Athens and tickets to the theatre She
then presented them the flag to carry, and
the whole town, glad of a cheap trip to the
capital, accepted the offer, and the husband
now sits in the chamber. In the process
sions of candidates in Athens, it is, am
told, not an uncommon sight to see the
wife of candidate in fine clothes riding
along in a carriage and distributing election
documents and sometimes flowers to the
people. In the getting up of a boom for a
candidate, his friends surprise him by sere-
nades and demands for speeches in front of
his house. The candidates comes out and
just as among our politicians at home pro
tests that he is surprised, and goes on to
make his "extempore' remarks by pulling
a roll of manuscript from his coat tail
pocket.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-25
VERY FOND OF SPEAKING,
? are good speakers. and a nj

and they are good speakers, and place in
this chamber is quite as much an honor
here as is a seat in our Senate. A politi-
clan has, in fact, more influence here than
in the United States. and it is men rather
than measures which constitute the politics
of Greece. The party in power rules and
controls the offices, and if it fails to hold
the support of the chamber of deputies,
the opposition comes in and takes the reins
and on the old spoils system Gusts the
officials of the opposite party and puts IN
its own. Just now, Mr.. Tricoupis, one of
the greatest statesmen of Greece, is the
premier, and his party lately got the reins.
They changed all of the clerks, and by
looking at the books proved their predeces-
sors guilty of defrauding the government.
This was especially so in the custom house
offices, all of the old employees of which
are, am told, now in prison, while the
clerks of some of the other offices are
awaiting trial.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-25
UNIVERSITY OF DESERET.

Persons who can accommodate students
of the University with board and lodging,
or rooms, will please inform the custodian
at once, stating full particulars
d. R. ALLEN, Custodian,
At University building or la A street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-25

Are you weak and weary, overworked
and tired. Hoods sarsaparilla is just the
medicine to purify your blood and give you
strength lG
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-25

Weverly school shoes; one pair will last
as long as two pair of ordinary shoes, very
cheap at d. L. Davis, formerly Barnes &
Davis.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-25
THE KING mas THE VETO POWER,

but he would not dare to exercise it against
large majority vote, and the result is that
his power is not much greater than that of
the Queen of England. The room in which
the Greek parliament meets is about as big
as the average church, holding 300 people.
Its walls reach from the ground floor 20 the
top of the three story building which con-
tains it, and its ceiling is of great panels of
gold and white wood work. 1t is built in
the shape of half moon. and into the walls
are cut two rows of galleries, one above the
other. The seats of the deputies are semi
circular benches which rise in cOncentric
rows one above another and IN the center
of which at the front of the room is the
seat of the president The seat is built be
tween two great white marble columns,
and in the galleries back of it and consider
ably above it is sort of opera box in
which the king sits when he attends the
meetings. Marble busts of the king and
queen stand on pedestals, Just below this,
and between the deputies and the presi-
dent are desks at which sit the ministers
of the kings cabinet. The members them
selves have little desks foot square which
are fastened to the backs of the benches in
front of them, and each bench contains
room for several members. The Greeks
or
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-25
TRE CHICAGO. R0GK ISLAND z PACIFIC RAILWAY,


Missouri Direct Route Chicago. Joliet
FabyTy and Nelson NEBRA Togea
Chicago
to all 9Vas and cities ad
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-25

to have foreigner ruletover them. Their
country is, all told, only as large as West
Virginia, or half the size of the state OF
New York, and they number only about
two millions of people. Each one OF the
male sex among these two millions thinks
himself statesman, and as soon as ne IS
old enough to speak begins to talk polltlcs
and there is no political centre IN the world
perhaps, except Washington, in which poll
tics is more talked than in Athens.
THE CHIEF SUBJECT
is the actions of the chamber Of deputies,
which is the Greek parliament, and the
effect which these actions will have on the
governments of Europe. The modern
Greek imagines that everything that
Boulanger Bismarck or Gladstone does is
more or less connected with Greece. and
like one of our own cities, he thinks that
Athens is the hub on which the wheel OF
European politics moves.
The place of this political discussion and
gossip is the cafes, of which there are
hundreds in Athens, and in which every
afternoon and evening thousands congre-
gate and drink coffee or mastik and talk
politics. They buy the different political
papers and settle as they come up the
There are half dozen newspapers pub
lished here, and they all seem to be thrlv-
ing, if their sales are any index of success.
They are all in Greek, and one of them, a
comic political sheet like Punch or Puck, but
not one tenth the size, is made up entirely
of poetry. 1t has cartoons taking of the
peculiarities and doings of the leading poll
ticians, and it is said to be as witty as an
old Greek comedy.
VISITED THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE
yesterday. 1t is big three-story building
of brick and stucco, which looks more like
the mansion of Paris millionaire than a
government Office. Ionic columns of the
purest white marSle?support a portico over
It's front door, and it's interior contains a
library, some offices and the hall in which
the deputies meet. There is but one house
in the Greek parliament and this contains
$50 members who are elected by the people
of the various provinces, every man hav-
ing the right to vote. The members are
elected for four years, and they must sit
not less than three nor longer than six
months every year. They receive salaries
amounting to 800 session, and if an ex-
ira session is called they get $500 more.
In the most prosperous times, they cannot
thus make more than 800 year. They
have fully as much power as our members
of Congress, and they in reality govern
Greece.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-25
A DAY NEARER EUROPE.

and it win probably divert large part of
the trade and travel which goes from India
and Egypt TO Paris and London, by Italy to
Greece It will make the city Of Athens
one of the great cities of Europe, and win
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-25

Do not take any chances Of being poisoned or burned
to death with Liquid Stove Polish paints and enaDies
n Kettles. The Rising Sun Stove POlsh" is safe,
odOress brilliant the cheapest and best stove polish
made and the consumer pays for no expensive tin
glass with every purchase.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-10-03

he holds chiefly responsible for both. DIR.
Gould points out the useleSSness Of the mere
punishment Of crime for the sake Of a de-
terren, effect In view of the futility of
present methods. he thinks il advisable To
remodel both penal laws and those regu-
lating the treatment of lunatlcS in some
way that should accomplish a decrease Of
the evils He therefore suggests that all
ideas of punishment and its deterrent
effect be eradicated from legislation and
Jurisprudence, and that the combined de
fective, dependent and delinquent classes
be placed in charge of a state board of
control. composed of men OF the highest
medical. legal and administrative ability,
the discharging and pardoning power to-
be exercised solely by this Soard In the
treatment of these classes the sublime and
steady purpose Of cure should always be
held in view while the protection of the
community and the safeguarding o! the
future against the inheritance of criminal
and unsound faint should be assured by the
euthanaSia of idiots. monstrositles, etc,
the Introduction of the marriage of paupers
and the physically unsound, and the aseX-
ualiZatiOn of the lawbreaker and the mem
tally unsound. Certainly that would be
heroic treatment, and there is no prospect
of its adoption. But there Is a steady ten
dency toward more enlightened and scien-
tlfic methods in the treatment Of the class
eS as shown IN the increasing discussion
OF the problems, and. to a less degree, in
more humane legislation. As DR. Gould
finds this wrong to consist chiefly, though
not wholly in the vicious structure of So
ciety, economically and morally, in per
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-10-03
Lee, Great Mistake.

cannot. says Lord Wolsely in the North
American Review pas. on the Gettysburg
campaign without calling attention TO lee +
mistake in allowing 'he Federal army to
escaue across the Rappanmnock after the
battle Of fredericksburg 10 command IN
war for many campaigns and make no
mistake is impossible. Gen Lee. great in
strategy and able in tactics is no exception
10 the wisdom Of this saying Military his
tory can only be made of use 10 the student
of war by d close criticism Of every opera
ton. and the critic, no matter how humble.
,hou)d not shrink from pointing ont what
he conceive, to De the errors and mistakes
made by even the most renowned com
uandors. Gen. Lee made some mi-take-
i'm his most brilliant career but the great.
est was after The battle of fredericksburg
The more closely ILL., conduct then j.
tudied the more nexpicabe IL appears
The reasons be gives in bis published dig.
patches for having failed either to-, pusI
the Federal army into the river or to com
pei it, surrender are most unsatisfactory
most insufficient That battle was o bril-
liant success. lee ought 10 have made II
q crushing if not a final victory
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-10-03

lowing: Take fully ripe tomatoes, cutt on
the stem end and any other dark portions.
and cut across into two or more slices. and
place them in an earthen or stone vessel.
sprinl;ling a little salt over each layer. Let
them remain over night. and in the morn
ing cook them in a porcelaiu-lined kettle
until very soft. Strain them through a
wire sieve fine enough to remove all seeds.
Cook this strained pulp half an hour more.
and add for each bushel of tomatoes used
two ounces each of ground allspice. cloves
and mustard, one ounce each Of ginOcr.
and cayenne pepper. one quart of cider
vinegar and one pound of sugar Scald
all well together, and if not rs thick as
liked, boil il down before bottling and
sealing. A little onion can be cooked with
the tomatoes if its flavor is liked
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-10-03
4 Snrcn.tic NInnkeN.

In a recent lecture NJ. Romanes isreport-
ed as having strongly denied the existence
of even a trace of any feeling of the ludicr-
Gus in the renowned chimpanzee sally.
Ii may be worth while to record a small fact
observed 10y me lately, tending think, to
favor an opposite view Being alone with
a friend in Sally's house we tried to get
her to obey the commands given by the
keeper The animal came to the bars Of the
cage to look at us. and, adopting the keep
er usual formula, ! said: Give me two
straws. Sally At first she appeared to
take no notice although she had been ewing
us rather eagerly before. ! repeated the
request with no further result, bat ON a
second or third repetition she suddenly
took mp a large bundle Of straw from the
floor and thrust it through the bars at MS.
and then sat down with her back 70 Us.
Our request was perhaps unreasonable.
seeing that we had no choice morses of
banana with which to reward her She
did not however. seem Ill tempered at our
presumption and the next instant was as
lively as ever. 1t seems to me that her
action on this occasion certainly came very
near to an expression of humor. Rather
sarcastic humor perhaps it was, but She
certainly appeared to take pleasure IN the
spectacle of something homogeneous and
this surely lies at the base Of all sense of
the udicrOus
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-10-03

THE folk lore If Southern Russia can be
partially imagined from ease which
came before d Judge at Odessa a man
applied for a writ to compel hi. daughter
10 leave the house. because when she salut-
"a her parents She did not bow to them.
He said he would withdraw his appli-
cation If she would ask pardon and make
the regular obeisance. The girl agreed.
She as xed pardon; but when she bowed
the father cried Lower Down with your
head! down below the girdle!' She replied.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-10-03
FARM. HOME AND GARDEN.
~ THE DOORSTEP.
ypxr-Sp CLARENCE srEpNAN.

s.-sres meeting through lsst,
Ier '.- round the yestry Walied
se 7irlS come tripping pass
iy .noWbirds, willing TO De hA'ou'
....,...ysr he that leaps the wall
N4 -.,aI massachusetts htien,
by ,,ho stepped before them an,
I, i s,rged TO see me get the mltieh-
.,..,,. she blushed aud took my arm
h3 he old folks have the highway
t..fad toward the Maple tarm
,t.,.ra kind Of lovers oy-"ay'
-smeuher what we said,
...f-.- uorhing worth song or story
,-. fbat rude path by Which we spec
nsd All transformed ana ia gloi1'
.s,,,y was crisp beneath 9nr ieet'
moan was fail. the 1clds were glealnIhs'
r. E..i and ii lpet sheltered Sweet ,...,..i,,,,
ILL., ttce with youth and health was peaillns
.,. ,.,,Is hand outside her muttL
W., l''.ipt5r. If / could but mould i'll
f..btly touched my jacket cum,
"a Icon 10 warm had 10 hold H.
.,. ....., her with me there alone
Io fs .', lave and fear and triumph blended.
t ,'a reached the foutworn stone
i.r. that delicious Journey ended
,....l.l folk. too. were almost home;
U.-dmuicd hand the latches fingered,
M board fine voices nearer come
NJ on the doorSteps still we fingered
She shook her ringlets from her hood,
AufUith ''Thank you, Ned, dissembledi
1t., yaf knew she understood
Min what "a daring wish trembled.
.I.ga passed kindly overhead,
g,5ou wa. -Iyly peepng through it,
y4fnfd lt, face as if it said
..,.9r,s now or never do it, do it!'
Nlerin. ull then had only known
Tho kiss of mother and of sister,
t,rr somehow. full upon her own
sweet. rosy darling mouth kissed 3er'
,.-baps twas boyish love- vet still,
ID l.rp-- woman. weary lover,
7.. flrI once more that fresh wild thrill
I'd gIye-but who can live youth overf
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-10-03

George w. Nortona banker. the richest
man in Kentucky, died at his home here
recently. saws IA Louisville letter TO the
New York Sun He left 100000. He
had three brothers, all Of whom are likewise
very wealthy ore of them being Eckstein
Norton of New York city, president of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad, one of
the strongest corporations IN the south.
An anecd0te will show the remarkable
ability of Mr. Norton and his brothers as
tinanciers Their mother was left a widow
almost without means when her children
We're comparatively young They lived at
Rus>ellviiie. a town of 800 inhabitants in
the southern part of the state. She manag-
ed 10 give each Of her sons business educa-
ton. She was woman of unusual ability
and great strength and decision of character.
When George came of age he took all the
mony She could raise and put II INTO his
hands 1t was only 81. 100.
Take this and u-e IL according 70 the
best Of your Judgment she sand A.
soon MS you get "a start repay It and let the
other boy, have q chance
Young George took tie mony, and IN two
years be uaid it back with interest having
made enough besides 10 serve as "a founda-
ton of his fortune Mrs. Norton then gave
the 81 100 10 her next oldest SON and repeat
ed 10 him her advice 10 George. In two years
he. too returned the money, having been
equally success sfuly. The I00wa passed
TO the third son. who also established him-
self with 1T and returned il for the use %
the fourth and Youngest son. lie. too. laid
Illa foundation of fortune with il and
missed it back o. bis mother who after
death. divided it equally among them.
Insanity and Crime.
Boston Herald.
The raril increase Of insanity is one Of
the serious problems Of the day. 1t APP
pears to be peculiarly malady Of modern
civilization The greater the civilization
the higher the ratio Of the insane, and the
increase IS higher than that Of the populJ-
ton IN the highest civilized countries
the proportion has grown 70 b. something
like one insane person 70 every @9 or 400
Of the population. Ii has been said that
at tins rate. within q comparatively short
time insanity would become the rule and
civilization would disappear A paper by
DR.. George NJ Gould printed II the open
Court. and originally read before the Med
zeal Jurisprudence Society Of Philadelphia,
deals with the questions Of both insanity
and crime in connection with the condi-
tons Of modern society. whose constitution