The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-15
Japan,s intelligent Empress.


The Empress of Japan-being that
sweetest of all sweet creatures. a wo-
manly woman-has, upon many occa-
sions. openly evinced her deep inter-
est in the wee ones Of Japan, giving
freely To all institutions that exist to
benefit them in any way, even prac-
ticing all sorts of touching little econ
omies that she may be able to swell
her contributions TO certain charities
that most interest her.
The conduct of this ideal woman up
on a certain sad occasion her devoted
subjects are never weary of descrlb-
ing Prince Iwakura, a, fearless Japan
csc leader in the momentous days of
the crisis-from which the lovely archi-
pelago is still trembling in its subsi-
dence to what seems assured stability
Law dying in his yaShilki. The empress
announced her intention of paying
Iwakura a visit in person. The poor
prince, weak, as / have said, about TO
die, was thrown into a. dangerous
state of excitement upon receiving the
news, but he managed TO borrow from
some hidden nervous force sufficient
strength to grasp his writing box and
brushes and paint her an urgent, but
most respectful request not to think
OF coming to him. He forced upon her
as an excuse for declining so great an
honor the fact of his rapidly approach
ing death, and his consequent inability
to acknowledge her visit with even a
sixteenth part of the homage it de-
manded He begged her to deign to
kindly consider how i'll he must be
when it remained an imp0ssfbility to
throw of the malady even for her en-
tertainment. In reply, winged with
speed came a dear little missive whose
import was as follows:
q come not as your empress. but as
the daughter of your fond well-wisher
and coadjutor and as your own anx-
tous friend
Shorn of all ostentation and display,
the empress arrived and remained be-
size her grateful subject until his
final summons.
Some years ago, when the imperial
palace was burned, the empress, amid
all the excitement and discomfort she
was for the nonce called upon to en-
dure in a haSSy flight to a comfortless
old yashiki, thinking first of her sub
1ects' natural concern for ner comfort,
sat down ana wrote them a dainty
little rhyme. which proclaimed as err
rOneous the report that she had
changed her residence. 1t coyly as
serted that her home had always been
in the hearts Of, her people. and that
she sincerely hoped that neither by
flame nor by cold could she be driven
from that dear abode.-Harper's Bazaar.
A Word to Tariff Makers.
The mistake that extreme protec-
tionists make is that of ignoring the
changes that are gradually being
wrought by the action of protection.
To maintain a rate of duty at a figure
thai compels our home consumer to
pay an undue royalty to home manu-
facturer. is quite as grave an error as
10 reduce the rate to a point which
win permit the foreign maker to drive
our own out Of business. The patriotic
aspect of the protection dogma does
not contemplate the enrichment Of the
master, but the employment, at living
wages. of the man. There should be
no trace Of p2rtiSanShip IN the matter:
and, IN fact, there is none when bust
ness men-not OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES it.
We do not believe that the country
would Immediately proceed to go to
the dogs If all tariff protection were
removed at once; but we do think that
Il would be grievons hlunder. No
one OF intelligence wishes to see this
done. nor is there the slightest danger
of it. Our industries are today in a
condition Of nervous fright resemb-
ling that of a boy who expects To be
taken to the dentist s-suffering more
perhaps, IN anticipation than would be
possible during the operation. When
the Congress meets II should at once
take up the tariff question, and in the
prompt manner. that II dealt with the
silver bin dispose Of il and let the ag-
ony be over We are quite sure fhe
Senate viii not try to block proceedings
this time.
Whatever is done should be done al
once. the new laws. if any. to take
effect not less than six months after
the bill passes Less time would badly
cripple our domestic manufacturers
AID merchants and be unfair to their
correspondents abroad. Remove this
uncertainty-this gloomy waiting-and
the wheels of industry win soon resume
their merry hum.-Blue and GRAY for
December.
descriptions in a French Cemetery
The following Inscription is found on
q French tombstone: Sacred to the
memory of Mile. -: died AurIl 3
1850. In her 6ist year. She never looked
her age.
according to the best estimates
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enc gold. f22. 000. 600 silver. f39. o0G Goa
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