The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-08-23

-h. Alpndnu III HarlS, VINO made such a
splendid success of the exposition there in
Ioo9, ana whose achievements as an engi-
neer and director of city works are more
permanent if less brilliant and widely
famed. called upon M. Alphand to talk
over Chicago affairs not long after Con
gress decided in favor of the lake city. |
could speak French enough for most practi-
cal purposes, but as technical terms might
stick me L selected from among the in
terpreters in the court of the Grand
Hotel lantern-jawed Swiss and
1t was very funny. We found M. Alphand
as courteous as only Frenchman can be,
and my Swiss persisted in translating for
me all his polite phrases, which | could
suthclently understand without that
trouble. And SO we got to Chicago. What
M Alphand said was extremely sensible,
that the Chicago directors should not scat
ter their buildings too much, that they
should pay especial attention to the art
value of their buildings and exhibits and
should by all means. if American prejudice
permitted, open their gates on Sunday.
Then the interpreter would begin: "Zis
gentleman he says,n indicating M. Alphand
with wave of his hand, sat re Shik-ka-
go people mus be ver' CAREFUL so on to
the end, M. Alphand being kindness itself,
MS thoughtful, almost venerable face-a
Students face-in strange contrast to the
American idea os public works com
missioner of the Hugh o. Thompson or
Gilroy type.
When we reoched the street the Swiss
wiped his perspiring forehead and re-
marked: And now l sink dellr bieres
would go ver' well; yes!n
REPUBLICS DEFENDER.
Germany's perpetual trouble about
Alsace and LORRAINE, which after twenty
years of persistent effort are still as far
from being German as ever. suggests the
thought that perhaps people become sooner
patriotic toward republic than O mon
archy. / once had occasion to hear Gen
eral Daniel Butterteld make a speech to a
company OF butchers, who were so German
that Coroner Ferdinand Levy had to
translate it word for word into that
language.
One of the Germans who could command
a little nalting English made a reply IN
which he said that if there was ever war
with Germany all the butchers would fol-
low General Butterfeld to fight for their
adopted country. l thought that this sug-
gestion OF bloody warfare with friends and
relatives in the fatherland would be con-
sldered In bad TASTE Not bit of il AS
many as could understand the words an.
plauded them heartily, and said: ''That's
sou
And yet the merchants of Strasburg sell
fruit by the livre instead of the pfunu and
take their pay in confines instead of pfen-
nigs.
A republic is the safest and most stable
government, because every citizen feels
that he Is part Of it.
THE Ex-PRIZE FIGHTERS.
What become of all the prize fighters.
Inc peculiar business they follow pre-
supposes youth. The time must come for
every one of them when he Ia no longer
able TO stand up in the ring against younger
men. New prize fighters come up at the
rate OF thousand or so year. The old
make way for them.
OF course large proportion of them die
young. 1t is hard life, and the alterna-
ton between rigid training and absolute
riot leads to rapid dissolution of their I'M
usual powers. Once in while man who
has held himself together rather better
than the rest, gets an engagement as
teacher of boxing, like prof. F" Mike Dono-
van, or bouncer like Billy Edwards, of the
Hoffman house, who is in manner a perfect
gentleman, but hard man to tackle. Two
or three of the newspapers employ minor
puglllsts to keep order among the news
boys in the press rooms.
But for the most part, as prize fighters
never save any of their money, they set I'D
in business as bartenders and pool room
keepers, and become thorns in the flesh of
the police. They come originally from
workshops, mills and foundries where
heavy muscle is made, but precious few of
them ever go back to productive toll if
they can help 1t. Behind their bars they
love 10 recall :heir old triumphs so often as
a sympathizing listener can be found.
THE CURE FOR NERVES.
DR.. Savage, the gymnasium director,
who has certainly a right to speak upon
the subject tells me that it is uncomfort-
ably true that women in New York fire.
quently allow themselves to become ner
vous wrecks through the use of drugs.
Phys clans often send to him for special
treatment women who haven't for wears
let themselves be what nature intended.
They have used drugs to dilate their ewes.
to keep them awake to make them sleepy,
to tint their chesks, to make their skins
white, to make them fat or thin or-not
seldom-to prevent maternity. So they
come to be wrecks.
But is 1t possible,n | asked the doctor
ITO cure such person in a gymnasium l,'
Certainly, it is very gradual process.
The health and strength are gradually
brought back. Hunger, which needs no
stlmulant creates taste for pure, whole
some food, and so the system is built up
again.
COMFY ISLAND DOOMED.
The doleful sound that was heard from
the Tombs isn't a circumstance to the con
tlnuous wall of the Coney Island hotel
keepers during the cool month of July.
There were days at time when the great
beach was deserted and the thousands of
clerks, walters, beer sellers, concert hall
singers and side show men had nothing
halter IN dn than pnarrpl NIT
few hot days this month have. however,
put these unnatural creatures, who gloat
on others misfortunes, to happier frame
or mind, shared, no doubt by summer re-
sort people everywhere.
But the beach at Coney Island is doomed.
AT the best part of it the line has been
pushed back quarter of a mile within five
years. Those who have money invested
there may as well be anxious for hot
weather to make hay in
AMMONIA POWER.
In the old days hartshorn or ammonia
was never supposed to be of any particular
use except TO revive fussy ladies whose
nerves had gone back on them. but now 81
New Yorker has found out that ammonia
can be used to drive an engine by it's ex-
pansive power, and that it is cheaper than
steam an not SO hot. You save so per cent
Of the fuel, he says.
At this rate we may soon have a railroad
race across the continent between steam
engines, electric engines, ammonia en-
yines and kelly's etheric force. And NAV
we all be there to see
WOMEN IN POLITICS.
Mr.. Timothy E. Byrnes, the national or
yanizer of the Republican league, is an en-
shusiastic believer in the influence of wo-
men upon politics, even in their present
1allotless condition. If his influence has
weight the Republican clubs will try to in
-erest women in their meetings as much as
possible.
Mr.. Byrnes is CHEEKY man of middle
height and age with a pleasant, rosy face
and q world of energy. OWEN LANcDov