The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-03

the recent advances in medical sciencehave
done to prolong human life. Within a few
years, he says, the average of our earthly
existence has nearly doubled. No doubt it
has; but at what costa While a better
knowledge of hygiene guards US against
many of the plaques that decimated our
forefathers and swept whole regions out
of existence, the individual Is no better
off, since he leads wretched life,
beset with aches and pains and
suffers from that miserable state which
doctors bunch under the name of Nervous
ness. We wish DR.. Standard had the leis
ure to write another article comparing
the number of suicides and lunatics of to-
day with those of the era he treated upon.
We fear the increase would prove to be
alarming; and under such circumstances it
may well be asked, is the Improvement he
notes desirable one, or as somebody has
put it: Is life worth living!
THE HERALD, its greatest enemies must
concede, is well informed. Several days
ago it said that the EUening Times would,
on New Years day, flop back into the Lib
back it did flop. In an editorial on that
date it set forth that the Republican party
at the last election in this city polled only
3O6 votes, and many of those were no good
anyway, ergo, the Republican party can no
longer have the support of the Times. Very
well. 1t was the same specious argument
that the Times used when it branched
out as a Republican organ, and its
conclusion is therefore worthless. Indeed
it may prove the very reverse of what il
sets out to demonstrate and as the paper
has fatal habit of allying itself to a
corpse. we may assume that the Liberal
party is on its last legs. So mote it be.
+
At the same time the Republican leaders
encouraged by recent events, are still al
work raising subscriptions towards the
starting of a party organ. We have the
list ''up to date" and it is OF vet very
formidable. If the paper should be launched
THE HERALD will have its moneys worth
of fun anyway.
What is Salt Lake city going to do in the
way of entertaining the distinguished dele
gates to the international Press conven
ton that will be hela in San Francisco
: next month? In THE HERALD dispatches
DAY or two ago the programme of the tril
from New York. to San Francisco wa
published and it contains very properly
brief visit to this city. Among the dele
gates will be some Of the best known jour
nalists of this country and certainly all tn
: prominent papers will be represented
Salt Lake should put her best foot for
| ward for, even from a ordid point of view
il will pay.
i 1t is on an occasion like this that tn
7 need of press club is most seriously felt
: The following has been banded to TH
. HERALD by one of the gentlemen compris
ing the committee andas great neluS- pape
it is glad to printit:
S The Democratic Liberals will give a gran
e banquet at the Walker house on the evening
q Jackson's day, Friday next, January s, at
. o'clock. All Democrats of that faith are II
- quested to hand their names to Harry Duke, a
. Wells, Fargos bank, before Wednesday mex
% in order that seats may be reserved. The con
/ mittee OF arrangements is w. II. Irvine, Harr
1t T. Duke and Q. W. Powers, and elaborate DIT
a parations are being made
IA
= AS tia menu is promised to be good. an