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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25

Il is not believed that Weyler's
trocha will be effectual to prevent to-
bacco getting through.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25

The popular campaign song in Iowa
this year will be:
Steady, Boies. steady;
Ready, Boies, ready.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25

Strange it is that bolts are the very
things that take people out Of corven-
tons instead of keeping them in.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25

The Russian bear has been having a
splendid frolic for week past.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25

1T is an i'll wind that blows nobody
any good" But what good did any one
get out Of the recent Kansas cyclone?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25

Mckinley continues to be as dumb as
an oyster. Months without an R in
them are not good months for oysters.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25
HUMOR OF THE HOUR.

wyld-"They say Mrs. Enpec treats
her husband like a dog" Dyer-"Worse.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25

A Word for the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
has failed. No assets-cashier gone. y
Jones-"Yes. but there is one thing to be
said for the cashier Brown-'sWhat' S
that?" Jones-"He didn't desert his post
while there was anything left of the
nk."-Brooklyn Life
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25

When Quay goes 10 Canton it shows
where the key 10 the Republican pres
idential nomination is.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25

IN another week we shall have June
roses. that is, if we have any roses at
all
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25

Mckinley has no financial views.
They are simply ecstatic visions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25

"Dahs a good deal dependin' on de
way er man applies is inergies," said
Uncle Eben. "De bass drummer often
uses up mob muscle on one chune dan
de fust-fiddler does on half-a-dozen. =
Washington Star
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25

for?''
mo one.''
Then the delegates are entirely unin-
structed?''
well. yes, generally: although 1 be-
lleve some of them can read and write
a little''-Puck.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25

Salt Lakes host of school teachers
nave already been engaged for the next
school year. 1t is an act worthy of
emulation by every school board in the
state 1t is an advantage for both
teachers and schools to have such mat
Iers settled as early as possible
Brigham City Buglar.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25

Should the efforts now being made to
separate the Utah and Northern from
the Union Pacific system prove success
ful the people of this valley will have
occasion to rejoice 1t will mean much
to them.-Logan Republican.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25
STATE Press OPINIONS.

James E. Hall is as sincere Latter
be retained in his position and that his
standing Is not impaired in the least by
MS late opposition to the manifesto
Springyille independent
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25
gets home. He's a wonder, Smithers is
-Harper's Bazaar

In Bicycle Phrase-"No. SIR said the
statesman, whose mind has been taken
up with the prevailing fad, Il don't be-
lieve in making a serious business of
travelling on wind. You may seem to
skim along very nicely for a. time. But
the first thing you know you strike a
puncture, and then where are your
Washington Star.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25

The Utah County Teachers associa-
ton have decided in favor of nonpar-
uSanship in politics, and will issue an
ADDRESS urging that election of trustees
IN TINS county be on nonpartisan grounds.
me enquirer stands ready to assist the
teachers in their laudable aim to take
the management of our schools out of
pollucS.-ProVo ENQUIRER
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25

An Unfair Advantage = cts real
mean" said the Amazon, Indignantly.
There ought to be some sort of restric-
ton to prevent such thing in civilized
Wa[ ta h nae ;uot you on ni in one
ports that the enemy is making arrange
ments to use trained nicer Washington
Star.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25

1. o. o. F. excursion to Provo May
81. Special train at pm. sharp; $1.25
round trip. Tickets will be on sale at
Godbe-Pitts, Cries Bros, Main street,
and Smith Drug stores.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25

Remember, my son. said the prudent
father. 'that poiiteness doesn't cost any
Yes" was the reply, .Ive heard that
You don't doubt it, do your"
We'll, it certainly costs me about 10
out of the walters at our hotel. "-Tit-Bits.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25

Barlow has a. wonderful memory. .
said links. THAT man can tell you
everything that has gone on in congress
and in parliament for the last fifty years,
and give dates, too" He can't beat
Smithers though said Harkins "Why.
Smithers can go to a dinner at the club
and tell his wife all about it when he
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25

In the Far Beyond.-Lord Saportas-
1t is fact, as you say. that we Eng
lishmen have a habit of standing with
our backs to the fire. I wonder why it
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-25

Miss Starzen Strypes-I suppose it is
because you know you will have to face
it some day.-Brooklyn Life
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02
Some Queer
Table Manners Noted
By a Borneo Lady

can prance on curved swords with
razor edges, and. as a prime attraction,
can fence skillfully with sword in
each hand. Lay low, SaIadin and Ma
homet, for this son of India would behead
you both-fashing swords right and left
at once, the light glancing from them
like flashes from the aurora borealized
icebergs which crunch together in the ice
ribbed Arctic seas.
There is rapid succession of flashes
from the table where our study sits.
Something cleaning, a steely blade,
catches and reflects the sunbeam which is
still illuminating our prismatic blocks of
goblet ice. Is it the entree? Never mind
what-so far as that goes. The point of
interest is this beautiful and sure knife
play.
Nothing like it in Borneo," said my
friend.
Cleft from hoary scalplock to pudgy
double chin, Saladin and Mahomet may
lie under the seimetars which the supple
waist of our Indian juggler cause to sibi-
Iantly whistle through air. Slashed to a
nicety, and with heads divided into exact
hemispheres, the skill of the juggier is at
tested by these human relics. All! The
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02

It takes q policeman, detailed particu-
larly for that purpose, and janitor, one
or the other constantly on guard, to keep
the hordes of people who crowd into the
Mayors Office from opening time until the
Office closes for the evening from making
the City's chief executives life burden
to him.
Mayor Ellert was easy of access. and
almost any one could walk in through the
anteroom and seek the chief executive,
but with Mayor Sutro it is different. He
is guarded almost as carefully as the Gar
of Russia, and important indeed must be
the business that will secure personal In
terview or even a hearing before Taylor
Rogers, the Mayors clerk. who guards the
inner portal. The applicant must first in
terview the guardians OF the outer office.
If mis- business appears to be OF Importance
and he has nothing of the crank in his
appearance to suggest possible danger
to his Honor, he is permitted to 60 into
the second chamber, where Mr.. Rog-
ers or Miss Gibson, the obliging
stenographer, hears his communities
ton and decides whether or not the
Mayor, who is still two doors removed,
is accessi BILE.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02

A lady friend recently from 'Borneo re-
8 onested me to accompany her upon what
might be properly styled social science
exploration expedition in certain lccall-
ties. She. said that she. had heard much
concerning the people of San Francisco
and she wished to devote her attention to-
acute study of certain types.
"Dear me, she said, sis it true that in
every restaurant there are autocrats of the
breakfast. tableP How delightful their
conversation must be. would so like to
see them"
soswe started out toimake the acquaint-
ance of the autoerats, and will confess
had some misgiyings that her delightful
anticipations might be too sanguine for
realization :: In: this workaday world,
especially when l thought of the delight
full society of Borneo. :.
She wanted to see everyday types, she
said--the common people, the hoi .polIoi.
don't you know, because they are so de-
Iighttully natural. Then, again, there is a
sturdy independence. about them that is
SO refreshing.
5. We went into restaurant which I will
not name, because that would be invidi-
Gus. Besides prefer to leave the infer
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02
The Queer
PoopIo Who Bother the:
Mayor for Aims !:

officials will stop the machinery Of theft
departments and do his bidding.
In this class come those who want their
dogs, goats, COWS or .other domestic. ami
mails taken out of the Pound. They'usu-
ally insist that they know that the Mayor
can release the living chattels if he chooses,
and if convinced of their error on that
score generally wind up with plea for
money enough. to ransom their ami
mails.
Two women came in company the other
day, and wsre just leaving in high dud-.
geon after o fruitiess effort to get. posses:
sion OF their pet CANNES through the
instrumentality OF the Mayor when sor-
rowful individual dragging nondescript'
dog by length OF baIerope nearly ran
over them as he yanked his unwilling.
charge through the door. He wanted: to
sell the mongrel to the Mayor fol- hls pro:
lection from tramps while soiourning at.
the Heights, and was quite indignant
when refused en- audience with his Honor
Livestock of various kinds is comm
Offering at the office, and it is no uncom-
mon thing to have monkeys, parrots and
other birds brought in for sale. One man
wanted to sell the Mayor nest of'young
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02

idea thrills me. But there is a skill before
our eyes which equals Indian art. Knife
and fork, knife and fork-they enter the
dish and emerge. They alternately travel
to ruby lips in such rapid succession that
there is hardly a perceptible interval be-
tween them. The violet blue eyes of the
study show satisfaction and enjoyment.
Extraordinary" says my lady from
Borneo. 81 have never seen anything like
it."
think that she was right. l never had
seen anything so perfect-in its way. We
sat at our table some time, mechanically
slipping tea and making vain pretense OF
really breakfasting. We were really wait
ing for another type, but no one came near
to enliven our monotony. So put on my
gloves and we went out. Fifteen minutes
later we were sitting in another restau-
rant. There was repetition of the orig
inal surroundings, snowy cloth, shiny
plated etc. The tables were ''indi-
viduap-thatis is, isolated, and discourage
ment to gregarious feeding. The prices
were a little higher, which fact pro-
claimed itself in the smugger walters and
an additional polish to the tableware.
''Tea and toast again" and then further
observation.
The lady from Borneo gave an almost
inaudible sniffie of satisfaction. The door
opened and lady and gentleman entered,
she dainty and delightful altogether, he
somewhat blase, but tall and manly and
with tendency to ogle pretty girls. My
companion was pretty and I-well, let
it go that my companion was pretty. But
how seemingly innocent she was. The
gentleman. intuitively read that was not
impressed and so he looked at my COM
panion. She looked back at him so frankly
and so inquiringly that he was puzzled
and wondered if he had not met the lady.
Man fashion, he reasoned this out with
certain prods of memory along the path
way of logic which his mind speedily
travelled and concluded that he had not the
honor of her acquaintance. He may have
been q little fsttered at her interest in
him. ] do not know about that. Mans
vanity is more susceptible than woman's,
whatever is said. He soon ceased to be
1.-The drawing-card," to use theatrical
phrase. Why?
Why not? Had he not come there in
company with a lady? Was her mind
small or could it grasp at Eleusinian mys-
teriesf Her face was mobile and lovely
and her makeup was faultless. Married. p
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02
And what a vast variety of things those

And what vast variety of things those
visitors want!
There are the hundreds OF applicants for
entrance to the Almshouse. with their
pathetic tales of woe, sometimes palpably
false, occasionally queer and often sad
enough to inspire pity and tears even in
those who listen to such tales until they
become hardened to them. Not more than
a few days ago an elderly man, who gave
his name as Young II. Roberts, walked in
and asked to be sent to the Almshouse.
The questioning of Mr.. Williams brought
out the fact that he had arrived from Hi:
nois not more than an hour before and
that his luggage was even then waiting for
him at u downtown hotel. He had
been shipped to California by relatives, he
said, with his passage paia ahd just
enough money to buy his meals Ell route.
Too feeble to work, he had landed in
strange city, with no prospect but starva-
tion or the poorhouse before him.
Then there are the constant seekers after
aims, some perseverng and many not. One
of the most deserving of these for a long
time was Bridget McGonigle: who haunted
the office until finally told that if she
would bring certificate of character from
some business man she would be assisted.
Bridgets search for a Recommendation
was apparently an arduous one, for she
was conspicuous by her absence for some
time.
Then one day she returned triumphantiy.
waving a crumpIed and battered bit OF
paper which she thrust into Mr.. Williams
hand with the remark:
There's me character"
The document read about as follows:
This is to certify that 1 have known the
bearer, Bridget McGonigle, for the past ten
years, and known her to be a deserving woman
and worthy OF aid. She is one of my best Gus
toners MICHAEL CASEY.
"Who is Michael Casey asked Mr..
Williams, whose suspicious bad been
aroused by the writing and general ap-
pearance of the letter of recommendation.
..Oh, he's friend of mine, and good.
square business man." answered Bridget
volubly, gi wing also his address.
Mr.. w Williams looked up Michael Casey
at the number mentioned, and found that
he conducted scent beer saloon. Bridge
got no aims.
Then there are many who think th at
the Mayor controls the entire City gov
ernment and at his behest the municipal
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02

ence that types are TO be found in many
places" We sat. down at able, 1t was
quite early in the forenoon, and late break
fasters were around. Not the bonton, of
course, but. the plain people whom my
,Borneo friend expected TO be delightful.
'.'Of course" she said, San Fran
Cisco is far. ahead of Borneo in some
respects, and with a becoming little
blush) 1 want to learn. I am in that
mood"
I had no objection to being party to
polishing up the .Borneoese mind Ito COMA
word), and to tell the truth, much ad-
's:mire San Francisco. manners, and knew
that.sthe types we would see would still
further pointout the inferiority of Botneo
as the home of polite society to the corre-
spending eIaltation of our own place.
We.took tea and toast, little to eat and
little to drink but our.purpQse was obser-
vation and .riots gastronomics. 1t was a
nice little table at which we sat, on the
ladies' side.of the house. The tablecloth
was snowy, the plated. ware shiny and
handsome and. the sunshine turned the
ice that cliDked IN our glasses into. prisms.
knew that my hat and gloves and gown
were strictly up to date and my friend
. from Borneo had also "caught on" to the
prevailing mode in progressive and wide
awake fashion which. indicated that if
.Borneo was in the direct line OF progress
and. modern improvements it might be
expected to at once strike a.rapid gait
commensurate. IN. fact, with the exacting
demands of San Francisco.
g. a lew minutes LATER dainty little
creature hutterred rather than walked in.
I am sure that her eyelashes were not pen
ciled and that no beauty doctor had any
share in her makeup. but she.was as fresh
as peach and as gracious as she was
physically charming. Yes,. indeed, her
voice was soft and sweet as music, ana
while she knew that looked admiringIy
at her she did not become. patronizing or
over .self-conscious, and she was too well
poised to try to provoke my admiration
any further. She looked at me curiously,
End think that she. knew that am a
writer for the press, but that did not
cause her to spar for puff. Is the phrase
"to spa" putting tito strongly2 For. my
part Ipretended not to see her. I fancy
that I.must be a good hypocrite, for she
really seemed unconscious from then on
that was coyertly studying her and that
the Borneoese lady had. marked her type
no. l.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02
eagles at ridiculously low figure as SQUAD

eagles at ridculously low figure as squab
eagles are now quoted.
The inventors who want to see the Mayor
are legion and if the models and plans they.
wish to leave for his inspection were ac-
cepted and given storage room the three
rooms in the hall would look like the. patent
Office at Washington. They either want
the Mayor to buy their inventions. and
.doubleshis already great wealth, or to in
vest sufficient money TO manufacture
machines on large scale. Some 'of the
inventions seem 10 have merit, but the
majority are those of rattle-brained in
divduals who possess neither thednyeh-
tive faculty nor mechanical genius to turn:
out machine that would work.
As usual thing inventors seek else
where when they are once refused an
audience, but there is, one who does not.
He is an old erizzled fellow who. as often
as he is able to leave his couch at the
Almshouse, hurries to the Mayors Office
to get capital to perfect and manufacture
wat bicycle, which he feels certain will
make a fortune for him some day.
The hordes of professional beggars that
infest the otfics have almost driven Mr..
Williams out of his wits to keep track OF
them, make personal Investigations of
their cases and report their worth or un-
worth to the Mayor.
They come with pitiful tales OF wantaand
destitution that would move an ordinary
stone to tears, but the light of inquiry
usually shows that they are takers of the
first water, able to work if necessary. and
in many instances well supplied with the
comforts of lie.
The most barefaced case ever investi-
gated by. the office was that OF Hilda Fried
lander, who wanted money out OF the
Robinson bequest fund: Investigation
showed that she had repeatedly been sup
piled with funds to go to her people in
Virginia City by various charitable insti-
tutions, in one case receiving $25, but she
had never used the money for the purpose
for which it was intended.
1t was discovered that she was suffering
from varieose veins, which she refused to
have treated because they assisted her in
obtaining aims, and that she had once
gone 10 a well-known doctor 'and offered
him half the receipts of her begging if he
would sign a certificate that she was
totally unable to perform labor Of any
kind.
And then there are the cranks--legions
OF them-with grievances they want the
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02

What did she do
that was unusual?
Well, Il thought that
during a part of the
performance l saw
the -eyes'of my Borne
oese:friend twinkle "a
little. But if she were
used she was too
polite to show that
openly. The glimmer
of a..twinkle, q. ii that
is accurate descrip-
!. tionscame up to the
vitreous surface ofthe
beautitul.orbs of the
foreig ner during
some exquisitely dex-
trous play on the part
.sof type No. l.
Did you ever see a
real Indian juggler2
Not the ordinary
faker who pretends to
. swallow long swords
and Flaming torches,
nor the one who
: makes plants grow
with the not innocu-
.ous rapidity of a gas
DILL while you look
On. No, the real ar
Iicle, who actually
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02

Thirteen years ago Egypt was insolvent
and its securities almost unstable at one
half or two-thirds their face value, as
consequence of IsmaiPs prodigality, while
to-day the country is in a condition which,
comparatively, might be called financial
prosperity.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-02

Mayor 10 ADJUST; IoI-
tunes stbey imagine
are waiting for them
if they can get orders
and weird tales to
tell that m ust be lis
tened to for fear the
nar1ators will become
violent.
The most curious OF
these is a man. evil
IDENTIFY q German,
who comes in and ex-
hibits a cross and ro-
sary to the Mayors
guardians mum bling
something that they
cannot understand.
The next day he
sends a communities
ton in German cover.
ing several sheets of
legal cap in fine writ
ing, which is also uns
ineligible.
The Office was for
; merly oyerrun with
men of the genus
hobo looking for meal
tickets, but they have
disappeared sine Q
the custom of giving
tickets was stopped.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-10
Another Railroad Wrecked.

1t was not so very long ago. no long
er than the hey day of John w. Gar
rett's administration, when the owner
of stock in the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road would not have traded his secur-
fly for q government bond. Now, the
road, which then had cash surplus
fund Of $4,000. 900. cannot borrow $780,
600 with which to meet current interest
charges, and has gone into a receiver
ship, with some talk of making an as
sessment equal to 40 or so cents on the
dollar of stock.
This deterioration is the work of less
than q score Of years. and has come
not through any inevitable loss Of busi-
ness by reason Of increased competition
for the Baltimore and Ohio is still
the great artery of commerce between
Chicago and Baltimore that 1t was in
its founders time-but through care
less IL not criminal mismanagement.
The road has become the plaything Of
imbeciles apd the sport of amateurs.
When the younger Garrett took hold,
ne signalized his elevation by scatter
ing money righT and left; and it was
not long until the complications be-
came such that new system Of book
keeping had to be introduced to con-
ceal them. The sequel, 20 far as Rob-
ert Garrett was concerned, was mad
ness; 90 far - the great property.