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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-20
OUR QUERY BOX.

j, ". Vocal is of vegetable origin.
Kelty-The Great Eastern was broken up and
sold for junk.
John-Philadelphia is the greatest manufac-
turing city in the United States
Redder-The first session of the Fifty first
lasted sos days and that of the Fittieth 325.
.John-John Brown, of "ossawattomie," was
a white man, and married white woman.
II. N-Liquid glue is nothing more than Or
binary glue with nitric acid added. The acid
prevents the glue from gelatinizing.
j. n W-Central park has $40 acres; Fair
mount park, 2, $40; Prospect park, SIG; Phoenix
park, Dublin, has LISP acres; Fountainbieau
near Paris, contains Al, 600 acres.
E.-The plural of ''brigadier-ge is
'brigadier- generals" We have no "brigadIers-
general" in this country.
L1quirer-Dakota is part of the Louisiana ter
ritory purchased from France by the United
States under Thomas Jefferson's administra-
tion as President in 1903
f O.-There is no treaty between Canada
and the United States concerning smuggling.
The laws on either side of the line provide for
the punishment of these otfenses
Que,y-Unc,es and nieces are in all states pro
hibited from marrying; likewise aunts and
nephews.
X. C.-The valley of the Amazon is larger
| than that of the Mississippi. The measure
ments are $4,000 and 1924, 600 square miles re
speettyely
| Nar-CD The population of the world is
placed by eminent authority at 1,479 729, 4OC
souls. C0 The recent census of England ant
Wales showed a population of 29OO1,OlS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-20

and in no conceivable circumstance would she
ever learn it, much less sing it.-Ehrope.
Don't pray too long in church cold day
if your horse is standing outside in the storm
without blanket.-RdD,'s Horn.
AS no roads are so rough as those that have
just been mended, so no sinners are SO intole
rant as those who have just turned saints
IeraS Sittings.
'.Are you the minister?" The person adj
dressed turned up his nose and, casting con-
temptuous glance upon his,interlocutor replied:
mo, am the leader of the choir. "-NeW York
Press
The Rev henry F. Allen, of Boston, rector
of the Church of the Messiah is member of
sewing society and does little embroidery
which may not have high commercial value,
but is esteemed by his fair Pensioners for SEN
timental reasons.-ET.
Waggsy-'My resources are very low, my
dear, just low. 1 snail have TO either give up
our pew in the church, or you will have to
forego your new winter bonnet" Mrs. Waggsy
We'll one is no use without the other, so
guess we'd better sacrifice both, y BROOKLYN
Eagle.
A j. Austin, keeper of the lighthouse at
Gamiel's HILL N c., has resigned his position to
enter the ministry. This comes under the head
OF transfer from the life to the soul-saving
| service. Washington Post.
DR.. McLoid the famous Scotch divine, was
crossing lake in company with DR.. McGregor
and party when fearful squan arose. DR..
| McLoid was an enormous man and thorough
athlete, and when one of the women shrieked
''Dr. McLoid, DR.. McLoid, say prayer for Us
allr' the boatman sizing him up, said shrewdly
but firmly, ma, ma, let the sma one pray This
one maun TAX an oar
A progressive and a conservative theologian
were discussing the higher criticism OF the Bible
the other day. THE fact Of the matter is, said
the former in concluding the argument, that
the methods of the progressive theologians are
historical" "And, pray" asked the other,
what are our methods" "Hysterical" re
piled the liberal brother, and then they went at
it again, hammer and tongs.
The supreme court of Massachusetts once de
cided that the use Of the word damn" is not
profanity. There is story about Connecticut
clergyman VINO, in a sermon upon profanity,
said that the word damn might be rightfully
used by respectable people an emphatic ex-
preston. The next day he changed his mind or
the subject when he met one OF the feminine
members of his flock, who saluted him thus
Good morning, Mr.. -. That was damn
good sermon of yours yesterday"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-20
ABOUT NEWSPAPERS.

China very lately presented the world
with copy Of the Royal Journal, printed
on silk, which, it is claimed, has been pub
lished continuously for one thousand years.
1t is not newspaper in the modern sense
of the term, and we may therefore empha-
size the obtaining conviction that the news
paper is modern agency. The oldest
newspaper, as weekly, appeared in Lon
don, in May, 1922. A copy of paper for
that year is to be seen in the British
museum. The COurdnt OF London was pub
lished in 1903, and is declared to be the
mother of the daily press The frs Amer
lean newspaper was published in Boston,
in 1890, and was called Public Occurdnces
The first political newspaper of America
was published in 1913, the first daily in
1854, the first Illustrated in 1853, and the
first religious paper in America, or the
world, was published at Portsmouth, n.
H, in September, 1908. That paper was
the Herald of Gospel Liberty, and is still
published regularly.
The newspaper is an English pro-
duct, the first Issue having been
in that language, and the larger
proportion of all the newspapers in the
world are published in the English tongue
In 1876 there were 1900 newspapers in the
English tongue, and only about 5000 in all
the other tongues. This proportion is pr OBJ
ably maintained to-day.
The newspaper is also Christian pro-
duct. So, too, we may emphasize the fact
that the newspaper is Protestant, as well
as an English and Christian product. In
the four Roman Catholic countries-Portu-
GAL Spain, Austria and Italy-the papers
published respectively, and in the order
named, in 1875. were 179, 22O, 267 and 49,
In the United States there was one paper for
each 1000 of the people; in Spain one for
each $4,000, and in Austria, one to each
| 100,0 coo of the people. The newspaper is,
therefore, plainly Protestant product
The newspaper press as power cannot be
easily appreciated nor measured. Napo-
leon was an excellent judge of such mat
tiers, and we may place much reliance on
his words -Four hostile newspapers, -
said he, "are more to be dreaded than
100000 bayonets." With such an
estimate of its power we are not
surprised to hear the cry: 1.-The newspaper
is the regret of kings, and the only safe
place in which to keep an editor is the
prison.
The value of the newspaper as mora
and social agency finds beautiful express
sion in these words: 1.-The greatest bless
ing that has come to the world since JESUS
CHRIST came to the earth is good journal.
ISM" And THOMAS JEFFERSON voiced
similar conviction when he declared: 81
had to choose between newspaper
without government, and a government
without newspaper, should choose the
former" An editor once said: in con
Quoting my paper say to my men, I'm
agine mother with six or eight children
l want you to understand that any
thing which that mother would not fee
willing to read to those children must no
go into my paper That was goo,
model, and we would ask the writers TO
THE HERALD to keep these words in mind
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-20
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.

THE HERALD assumes that every one of
Its readers will indulge in present-giving
at this holiday season We take it for
granted that all our readers are not only
wiling but more or less eager to receive
presents, though. every recipient of one Of
these compliments of the season Is aware
IN advance that before the account is
SQUARED, his present will cost him good
zeal more than he would have paid if he
mad gone to the store and purchased the
article, but this no fellow can afford to do.
de can't afford to buy and pay for any of
the things which are gotten up and sold for
Christmas presents.
But all this has nothing to do with what
we were going to say, beyond the assump-
ton that everybody will give and receive
presents. THE HERALD's desire is to
bring the giver and the recipient together
and establish between them a higher de-
gree of consideration and friendship than
is sometimes experienced as the result of
the holiday courtesies. Many have
already selected, if they have not paid for,
Christmas presents, whilst many will at
tend to this matter - the selection-this
of the feelings of your friends send pres
ents which will be appropriate, and don't
spoil the business by letting the utilitarian
idea control. That is 10 say,
don't take advantage of Christ
mas to perform duty which charity
commands and which can be performed
the day before Christmas or the day fol-
lowing. Don't make ton of coal or a new
carpet for the sitting room or pair OF
! Shoes, which she has long needed to do duty
as Christmas present for your wife. If
you attempt it you will lacerate her heart,
although she may not complain and may
actually force smile and say you are kind
and thoughtful. Deep down she will fee
that you are sordid old brute. She viii
feel twice as good and think twice as much
Of you ii your present is insignificant in
point of value hut was selected witt
special reference TO her and for her ex
clusively. Do not break your poor child's
heart by trying to reason with her that she
will be better pleased with q warm dres:
than with doll that closes its eyes or car
be made 10 cry when pressed in the
stomach. You only deceive yourself i
you think the child is satisfied and will lik,
you better for the dress when the shop!
ale full of pretty dolls.
Almost as much misery as pleasure fol
lows Christmas gifts, due partly to the fac
that too few people take the trouble t.
make appropriate selections for thei
friends, and largely to the other fact tina
too many persons are governed by the util
itarian idea rather than by the sweet sen
timent which is the only good thing abou
Christmas presents.
Charity is one thing, and this is the sea
son for its exercise; the making of Christ
mas presents is another and entirely differ
ent thing. THE HERALD hopes that none c
its readers will get the two mixed in thei
| minds. If they do not, the Christmas pres
ents of this year will convey more pleasur
and leave fewer stings than usual.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-20
NOT ALL sORDID.

There are many generous-hearted CAPT.
taliscs and noble-hearted laborers in the
world, and it is good to see the one class
interested in the welfare of the other. Too
many, we regret to say, of the capitalists
are grasping, greedy and hard-hearted: and
too many workmen are inconsiderate and
unfeeling, wanting higher wages and
shorter hours, regardless of the conse-
Quences to society and general trade. But
it is refreshing to know that, in some
places, master and men are mutually SYM
pathetic and unselfsh Very lately the
bishop of Truro, Cornwall, England Cuntil
recently Vicar of Leeds) said: II can tell
of hundreds of men who are not merely
employers of labor, but who live and work,
make money and spend money, for no
other cause than their peoples or employ
ees sake" He knew a firm who for some
time lost $40, 900 year, simply TO keep the
people at work and in their homes. A
mayor who is colliery owner employing
1900 men knows every one of
them by their Christian name,
and also every wife and child.
a third instance came to his knowledge
about six weeks ago. An ironmaster in the
north of England found times getting
hard, and competition exceedingly severe,
and so-tnough he could have sold his bust
ness and kept the house-he sold his house,
and went into cottage, but kept mp the
wages of his men, reducing only his own
wage to minimum. He kept things
going on in this way for three
or four years, and there came one
Saturday evening when mass meeting
of the men was held at village to consider
the question, and they marched in process
sion-not to strike for higher wages, mol
for shorter hours, nor to ask for anything
for themselves, but simply to ask tina,
master to reduce their pay, because they
knew he could not afford to give what they
were receiving, aud they thought it theil
duty to do what they did. This self-denia
on the part of master and men showed thai
there is yet something noble and generous
and loving in men of this fast and graspine
age.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-20

ACCORDING TO late telegram in an ex-
change paper, a curious religious sect has
purchased large number OF pretty cot
tages in the northern part of Detroit, and
many of them have settled there with their
leader, MICHAEL KIEFER MILLS. More
houses will be purchased and the vicinity
made the headquarters of the sect. The
people profess to live in rigid accordance
with the rules laid dowa in the Old Tesla
ment They never cut their hair, and their
appearance, especially that of the men, is
grotesque in consequence. MILLS gives
an account of how he was purified. Balls
of fire few from all parts of his body. He
said ''praise COP" 10000 times. This man
has what he calls "fying roll, +" which has
been a century in preparation by the
'seven thunders," and has an unspeakable
vocabulary.
What ON earth is the world coming to?
There is scarcely week that some new
sect does not spring up, based apparently
on pure insanity. The asylums are full OF
crazy people whose brains have been
turned by religious excitement and fanati-
cism, and there are nearly as many out
side. This condition of things is indeed
deplorable.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-20
In IS said that there is onlv one man now

IT Is said that there is only one man now
living in Edinburgh who new Sir WALTER
SCOTT. This is JAMES STILLIE, the book
seller, who began his apprenticeship with
JOHN BALLANTYNE Company, in the year
after Waterloo. 1t was young STILES
duty to carry proofs to Abbottsford, and
he not infrequently had personal dealings
with SCOTT. MIR. STILLIE began business
for himself in 1925, and he is still able to
pay daily visits to his store. He is full of
"reminiscences of Sir WALTER, who was to
him the greatest and best of men. "Some
men," he says, ''are proud, but SCOTT was
not like them; he had kind word for
everybody. He didn't know what pride
was. He spoke to me as if l was his equal.
And he was true man. He was a great
mana very great man; therell never be
his like again"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-20

LAST SUNDAY, at meeting Of Che
Methodist preachers of New Y ork, Brook
Ign, Jersey City and vicinity, held at the
Methodist book concern in New York,
Rev. H. w. Knight surprised, If he did not
shock. his brethren with the suggestion
that in order to counteraet the influence of
saloons, pool and billiard tables, bowling
alleys, etc, be established down town with
the view of inducing young men to frequent
them and thus be brought under the in
fiuence of those who would lead them in
the right path. Only one minister besides
the proposer favored the scheme, the others
dwelling on the effect that linen could be
lured from virtue but could not be wheed-
led into piety. I've are told that there are
some ladies who insist that their husbands
do their drinking and poker playing at
home in order to keep them out of other
mischief
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-20

Nor EVEN hypnotism is new thing
under the sun. In the first of six
lectures on the Religious and Sacred Lit
erature of Babylon" very recently deliv-
cred at the British Museum, London, Mr..
w. ST.. CHAD BosEAwAN said that among
the cuniform inscriptions are some very
curious passages which speak Of ''medi-
cine man" visiting SICK person and making
passes over his body" and the fact is cor
roborated in recently discovered sculpt-
ure, where god is seen making passes be-
hind the neck Of kneeling figure.
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sion of church-bell ringing. on the ground
that it is noisy, useless and disturbing to
invalids and persons of weak nerves. We
presume that Saturday night toilers who
want to sleep late next day, are likewise
numbered among the directors. These
people, doubtless, think that ALEXANDER
SELKIRK made a bad break in his plaintive
soliloQuy by putting among his deprivations
the sound of the church going bell which
the valleys and rocks never heard.
Speaking of church reforms, reminds us
that writer in London Truth suggests the
propriety of providing waiting and cloak
rooms at places of public worship. Com
plants are n ade that it is uncomfortable to
pray kneeling in pools of water from wet
umbrellas in the pew, and that pulling off
and putting on cloaks and overcoats in
cramped quarters are not conducive to the
calm spirit that should pervade the sacred
precincts
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A STRANGE case Of bulldozing has lately
occurred at Morris Cove, Conn. A young
lady teacher felt herself forced to resign
her position because all the big boys of her
school had carried out a determination to
kiss her. She might perhaps have been
able to Withstand an attack of this XII d
more in detail, and distributed over a
greater range of time, but firing by
platoons, as it were, compelled her to
capitulate. A few days later the regular
school visitor, a Miss BELGEK, made her
appearance on the scene percipitously and
began spanking all the boys, big and little,
guilty and not guilty, for which she was
arrested and required to pay a fine to the
town authorities. Doubtless Miss B. in
stead of taking the teachers part in the
way she did, afterwards regretted she had
not subjected herself to the same treat
ment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-20
THE SHOEMAKER TO HIS LAST.

Old-fashioned bible preaching, the elu-
cidation and expounding OF the Word, with
illustrations from the lives of the pious
people of the scriptures is good enough for
most folks. But there are some preachers
who are afraid they won't be talked up sui
ticiently unless they indulge in sensation
alism in politics, or in some secular sphere
for which they are untitled, and by which
they sacrifice what usefulness they are
capable of.
A clergyman of this kind is Rev. z. S.
WEAVER, pastor of the largest church at
Burgettstown, Pa, who last Sunday an
nounced his resignation on account of diff
ferences with the leading members of the
minister has been a savage attack on
Free Masonry, an institution that on ac-
count of its benevolence and good works
and its restraining influence upon its mem
5ers, has withstood the ignorant enmity
and antagonlsm of centuries In several of
his recent sermons he pointed out to the
younger masculine members of his flock
what he called the sinfulness OF voting
either the Democratic or the Republican
ticket, and arrayed himself on the side of
the third party movement, supposedly
speaking as vicegerent of the Almighty.
A few Sundays ago Mr.. WEAVER began a
crusade against Sunday papers, telling GER
tain of his congregation that they had been
caught in the very act of reading these
satanic sheets, and would be called as wit,
nesses in a coming prosecution against
newsdealers.
| These evidences of fanatcism and small
minde6ness were more than sufficient to
dissatisfy the elders, who requested Mr..
WEAVER to "change his foot" so TO speak
and his ministrations will shortly cease.
All of which tends to show that the shoe
maker should stick to his last.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-20

AT LAST there is q prospect of getting
under the cuticle of the gentleman whom
President HARRISON insists upon keeping
at the head of the pension bureau in spite
of the scandals that have been coming from
that branch Of the public service ever since
Mr. RAUM was installed. In the House
yesterday Representative ENLoE intro
duced resolution for the appointment of
a committee of five TO investigate the
charges against the commissioner. 1t is
believed that RAUM will have to go.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-20

IL TIE Dooley block, where the Salt Lake
postoffice Is located, and which is now be-
ing glazed throughout, there are 1900
pounds of window weights The total
weight calculated for each square foot of
foundation is 10000 pounds. AS a gen
eral thing, the basis for building suner-
structures in Salt Lake is about as good as
solid rock
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-20

JOHN HAMMOND, of Franklin, Kentucky,
ought to feel regret at there not being
room enough in mis- coffin to kick himself.
Last week he bought farm and house and
became so disguised with his purchase
that he went off and hanged himself. A
few days ago his wife while removing an
old carpet found it underlaid with $4,000
in greenbacks. Thus she was doubly
blessed, in being rid of fool husband and
raising fortune to get another with.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-20

AN EXCHANGE says that ID the stomach
of whale recently washed ashore there
was among lot OF orlc-a-brac five
gallon demijohn of old rye, corked and
sealed. This story would have been less
aggravating if it had mentioned what be-
came of the man and the corkscrew.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-20
SUNDAY SAYINGS.

Most men make the mistake of fighting the
devil on Sundays only, which is his least busy
day. ~ Y. Herald.
Every true Christian will be delighted to hear
that Nine. Patti with righteous indignation de-
clares that she has never sung Annie Rooney
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-20

ACCORDING TO eastern papers both the
Pennsylvania Senators are opposed to the
nomination of GEORGE M. DALLAS to be
Judge of the Third United States circuit
Senator HIGGINS, Of Delaware, is also
against confirmation. The question of
Senatorial courtesy intervening, it is
believed the nomination, if not withdrawn,
will be rejected. The objection to DALLAS
is that he is Democrat nephew of Vice
President DALLAS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-20

IL ENGLAND the average sum due each
depositor in the Postofice Savings bank is
ga 0, Sd; in Ireland, elS.l3s, Sd, while in
Scotland it falls 70 the Insignificant figure
of &. lbs. 10d
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-20

TIE GOVERNOR of Kansas has sent cir
cular to newspaper publishers asking them
to gratuitously send their papers to the
executive Office next year, as the state
makes no appropriation for them. The
least he could do would be to exchange
DardOng
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-20

IL THE new members of the Inter State
commission we hope the President will see
to it that they commit themselves to re-
ouire Mr.. PULLMAN 10 have his sleepers
made SO that the berths will ali be lower
and in the middle of the car.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-20

THERE ARE two dangers to France, says
JULES SIMoN-Germany and Socialism.
The former is less important since Cron-
stadt, but the danger from Socialism has
been increased since the Congress at Brus-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-20

In SALEM, Mass, there is dog whose
master has trained him to steal groceries
and take them home. The grocer got a
pointer and followed him home, and thus
became himself retriever.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-20

THE RUSSIANS have discovered an under
ground town in Central Asia which dates
back two centuries before the birth OF
Christ
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-20

THERE WE'RE last year in France 10 let
tiers for each inhabitant; in England each
inhabitant got As; in the United States, 3 +;
and IN Germany, %.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-20
ANOTHER STOVE STORE

Opposite the temple south the Spencer,
Bywater company are selling hard coal
stoves at reduced prices. 1t will pay you
to call and see them before buying else
whera