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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-26
THE WINTER WEATHER.


Thus far the winter has been like
beautiful fall, only little colder Yes
terday, Christmas, was as clear and
bright and beautiful as could be- There
was lacking that almost indispensable
adjunct of the holiday time to make
it seem the holiday time, snow Thus
far the Jingle of the merry sleigh bells
has not been heard; on the hills there
have been no merry boys and girls
coasting; and the absence of all these
things has made it seem as though it
were not winter. The absence of snow
produces an absence of winter sports,
but. the absence of snow has a far
more serious aspect for the people of
the state than the question of winter
sports. An abundance. of snow in the
mountains means abundant water in
the summer, and that in turn means
abundant harvests in the fall.
When all this is thought of the pres
ent beautiful weather has its serious
drawbacks. What is needed now is
plenty of snow. Could there have been
capacious rains in the late fall it would
not have mattered so much whether
the snow came early or late, for then
the rain would have soaked into the
ground and have filed the underground
reservoirs. SO to speak. When the snow
comes late the ground is apt to be
frozen very hard and in the mountains
to great depth. This causes the melt
ing SHOWS in spring to run off, produc-
ing high water and exhausting the
water supply early, leaving compare
lively little for irrigation purposes dur
ing the summer months when it is
most needed.
We are having a very open winter
and the weather is beautiful but that
which is needed most now is an abund-
ant fall of the beautiful snow. If the
weather bureau can do anything to
bring about change Of weather that
the mountains may be filled with snow,
its efforts will be patriotic in the ex-
IRENE and appreciated accordingly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-26
M'KINLEY AND sPoILs.

There is some little anxiety among
certain Jealous people to know what
course Major Mckinley will pursue to-
wards the civil service when he be-
comes president. Time only can tell
what his course will be, but that great
pressure will be brought upon the in
coming administration 20 do what lies
in its power to beat down civil service
reform, there is little doubt
That the extension OF the classified
service is a real Benefit to a president
is certain. 1t deprives him of a pat
ronage, the distribution of which has,
in the past, consumed almost the entire
time of new president for the first
year of his administration. There is
no doubt but that in the end the distri-
tuition of patronage creates far more
enemies than friends. Even Marcy,
the al hor of the famous saying ITO
the victors belong the spoils," tired of
the practice of the theory.
What Will be the attitude Of the in
coming president towards the merit
sy stem? Congressman Evans of Louis
vile, KY, says that it will be pro-
posed to suspend the order made by the
president last spring extending the
merit system. If it is made. will Major
Mckinley consent to it? He will only
consent to it, if at all. because his
party will want a '-whack'' at the CT
fees themselves. If once the bars are
let down there will be no possible way
of stopping the great rush for the pub
lie crib. If they are let down for the
few there will be a great demand that
they be let down for the many. If this
is done, it viii be rather a satire on
the professions of the ST. Louis plat
form in behalf of civil service reform.
But Republican can say that if it is
right for MIR. Cleveland to remove free
silver Democrats, alleging as an ex-
cuse therefor that they have been
'perniciousIy active in politics." it is
proper for Mr.. Mckinley to remove
men who are so heretical on the. to
Republicans, very vital question of
protection. They will be justified in
saying that if the public service is TO
be weeded of those who are heretical
on the financial question, it is emf
nently proper to weed it of those who
are heretical on the tariff question.
They would be right on the tl-eory that
what is sauce for the goose is sauce
70 the gander.
It is hardly probable that Major
Mckinley, when he takes hold of the
reins of government, will make of the
public service feast of fattening for
the rank and file of his party, though
no one can say definitely just what
will be done in this respect.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-26
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DON'T WASTE COAL.
The World Is Burning Up Its Fuel
Supply Too Fast.

John Clark Ridpath in the Brooklyn
Times: The whole system of locomo-
ton is threatened with imminent revolu-
ton. The two horses, one of flesh and
one of iron. one eating oats and the other
COAL find their vocations going away to-
gether. Science threatens to burn their
carcases on the same pyre. Electricity
offers itself as a locomotive force for the
nations The steam locomotive xaunted
emblem and token of the greatest of
CT INJURIES. finds itself at the close about
TO be relegated to the great ash heap
of curiosities before which civilization
stands laughing. But the thing is not yet
certain. We cannot mako haste to dig a
grave for the locomotive. II may bo that
the 10th century will still demand that
heavy. clumsy but very efficient brute
whose office it has been for two genera
lions to carry man and his products to
tho ends OF the earth The substitution
OF electricity for steam as motive force
on the great railways of the United States
which now seems so imminent, will be. if
it comes. the most marvellous single
change that has ever occurred among the
physics of the civilized life of man.
Oddly enough the event is held back
by one of the cdprices of progress. The
strength of the locomotive is its imper-
lection The application of steam to en-
ginery is accompanied with an error
which has cost civilization more dearly
than any other flaw IN her apparatus
The acceptance of electricity as the one
great motive force is strongly impeded by
logical deduction, ought long since to
have been obyiated. This circumstance
lies in the application of heat, or rather
in the evolution of heat and its economy
in the production OF power. Fully four
fifths of all the fuel of the world is
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Bryant agreed to preside. 1 never saw
such a contrast, but they appeared
equally pleased, and parted like friends
of long standing.
His speech at Cooper Union the next
night is historic. 1 had the original
manuscript, but left it in TIE office of
the New York Tribune, and don't know
Whatever became. of it: it would be
priceless now. But that speech was a
great factor ir bringing eastern sup
port to Lincoln in the nominating con-
vention, and added to his growing ma
tional fame. His own opinion of it's
effect at the time was that it might re-
suit in his being named for the vice.
presidency.
Mr. Lincoln must have appeared al
most nondescript to the New Workers.
They knew of him only as a man who
had made himself prominent in the
west and who had become famous
through his debates with the Little
Giant, who was acknowledged to be
the greatest Democrat of the country
at the time. The west appreciated
Lincoln because il knew him; that the
east did not was because it did not
know him. In those days the east
thought it quite as impossible for a
great man to come out of the west as
for any good to come out of Nazareth.
The east has not entirely gotten over
this idea, as was demonstrated in the
last campaign. 1t has curtailed the
eastern boundary of its west; that
is all.
What a regrettable and irreparable
loss is the loss of the manuscript of the
Cooper Union speech, yet it is easily
explained. At the time the speech was
made Mr.. Lincoln was rising man
who was destined to achieve greatness
but had not at that time.
This account of Congressman Nc
Cormick's of Mr.. Lincoln's advent in
New York is unique. and correspond
ingly interesting.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-26
CONVICT LABOR IN NEW YORK.

Like all the states, New York has
its prison problems OF late years it
has been whether or not prison manu-
features of all kinds should come to
an end. This part of the problem has
been solved, and with the close of the
present year prison manufacture in
New York will come to an end. All
that does is to solve the question
whether prison-made goods shall COM
pete with goods made by free labor;
( it doesn't touch the problem of reform
ing convicts or of Furnishing them with
employment. Some idea of the size of
this problem in New York may be had
when it is stated that there are in
that state ten thousand convicts. What
snail be done with them? They are
tremendous charge upon the state,
while if they are kept in absolute idle
ness they viii degenerate in every way.
The question whether or not convict
labor should come in competition with
free labor is one that has been de-
bated by penologists and legislators for
many years with the result that the
question has never been closed and is
should be required to do something all
admit; that they should be made self
supporting few deny. New York has
not, in abolishing prison manufactures,
undertaken any solution of this part of
the problem. 1t has been suggested
that the convicts might be employed in
road making. That is far better than
TO keep them in idleness. but even that
kind of work has its limitations for
them. They must be kept within a
comparatively short distance of the
prison where they are confined at night
Then keeping convicts at work road
making is a very primitive and clumsy
attempt to solve one of the gravest
problems that confront society. Can
it, in fact, be solved? 1t is very
doubtful. This new departure in New
York will be watched with much inter
est by all who are interested in such
matters. In Utah the tendency is
towards the establishment of the very
system that New York will abolish
with the advent of the new year.
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They Die Hard.

New York World: You can never
tell when an advertisement is dead
The speaker was one of the largest
advertisers in the country, a man
whose name is known everywhere in
connection with cure of which he
is the proprietor. He was discussing
the general subject of advertising with
some friends in an up town cafe.
Now, you would say that a news
paper advertisement would certainly
cease to be useful when the newspaper
had been cast into the rubbish heap,
but 1 will tell you little story to show
that so long as the paper exists and the
type on it can be read it's advertising
power remains.
There walked into my Office three
weeks ago woman who was afflicted
with the ills that / cure and who
wanted to take course of treatment
She came from away up in Erie county
ana said she was prepared to stay here
in town and give my skill a full oppor-
tunity to demonstrate itself. Needless
to say l cured her, got $3.50 of her good
money, and sent her home rejoicing;
but that is another story
i asked the woman, as l ask all my
patients, how she had happened to
come to me- She said she had read one
OF my advertisements. l asked her in
what publication. She said she did not
know. Her husband, she said, was in
the employ of a carpet house, his bust
ness being fitting and putting down
carpets. He was taking up an old car
pet in Buffalo house to replace it with
a new one. Under the carpet there was
a layer of old newspapers, which he
gathered up and cast aside
He happened to glance at one and
his eye fell upon the name of the dis
ease from which his wife suffered He
read the advertisement. which was
mine, tore the piece from the paper,
put it in his pocket and took it home
for his wife to read. She had it in her
pocketbook and gave it to me-
1T was old and yellow and there was
nothing to tell from what newspaper
it had been torn. But it demonstrates
that you never can tell when an ad-
vertiSement is dead
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-26
LITTLE GIRL THAT GREW UP.


She was sitting up straight in a straight
There wasn't snarI in her shining
hair;
There wasn't speck on her dainty
dress,
And her rosy face was full of distress.
When | drew near to this maiden fair.
And dropping down in heap on the
floor,
Uplifted her voice in a wall most sore.
Now. what is the matter, my pretty
maid?"
I'm ali grown up,' she dolefully said.
And I'm lonesome. as lonesome as lone
For Humpty Dumpty and Riddle-Me-
Zee.
There's Little Boy Blue. who used to
Under our haystack and fall asleep;
He isn't my frined since mother dear
Did up my hair in this twist so queeri
And the dog and the fiddle they left
When the baby into a woman grew.
The dish has hidden away with the
And the cow has stayed at the back of
the mooni
THE little old woman who swept the
Is caught in her cobwebs high and dry;
And Jack and his beanstalk L cannot
find
Since / began to improve Sny mind
II wouldn't be scared-not a single mite
If the bugaboo should meet tonight;
The bogy man I'd be glad to see
But they'll never, no never come back to
me.
81 watched in the garden last night at
dark,
A fairy favor to find but-harkl
NV mother is calling-don't you hear?-
Young ladies don't sit on the floor, my
lions Herald.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-26
LINCOLN AT COOPER UNION.

Lincoln was a famous man before he
made his Cooper Union speech, else he
never would have been invited to make
a speech in that historic building. Con-
gresham Richard C. Mccormick of the
First New York district gives a very
graphic account lin the Washington
PosD of Mr.. Lincoln's arrival in New
York and his rather scant wardrobe.
So interesting is his story that it is
worth reproducing and preserving. He
says:
When Mr.. Lincoln was invited by a
number of New York Republicans 10
come to address US in February, 1860,
it was not with any idea that he would
be nominated for the presidency.
We asked him because of the prom
inence he had attained in his debates
with Stephen A. Douglas, but were en-
tirely loyal to Mr.. Seward, who was our
choice for the presidency. l was quite
a youngster at that time, but ardent in
politics, and was appointed at the head
of the committee to receive the distin-
guished visitor. / took him TO the AS
tor house. and 1 well remember the i'm
preston his gaunt figure and informal
manner had upon me.
He carried nothing but an ordinary
valise, and informed me, as soon as
we reached the hotel, that he was
anxious to get in his valise to get
therefrom a suit of newly-made broad
cloth, that he had brought from
Springfield. 1 shall never forget the
looks of that suit when it was taken
out and hung upon chair. 1t must
have had 5000 wrinkles in it. but Mr.
Lincoln remarked that they would all
disappear after awhile. and seemed to
lose all further interest in his raiment
Then I asked him if he had any
choice of a place for his address and
whom he wished to preside at the
meeting. He said that Cooper Union
would be a good place and suggested
that William Cullen Bryant, editor OF
the Evening. Post, should preside. He
appeared extremely DESTROYS to have
Mr.. Bryant, and asked me if / thought
the latter'ss consent could be gained
was employed on the Post at the time,
but felt by no means sure that Mr..
Bryant would consent to act as chair
man of the meeting. Mr.. Lincoln had
never met the poet-editor, but had
warm letter Of Introduction TO him
from his brother. John H. Bryant of
Springfield. Well. meeting was ar
ranged between the two men, and Mr..
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1t is but a few weeks before the
legislature meets. There viii be many
matters demanding its attention, thu
principal one being consideration of
the work OF the code commission. That
will take considerable time. 1t will
probably be adopted, though it should
not be until after thorough considera-
ton of it to see if it is what is wanted.
The gentlemen composing the code
commission have been very thorough
and conscientious in their work. and
will doubtless be very glad to have it
subjected to the most searching exam
nation.
The present election law will prob
ably need some amendment, but there
should be nothing radical done. It is
the best election law Utah has ever
had. and the Australian ballot can be
pronounced a success. The privilege
of going to the polls and retiring into
a booth to prepare ones ballot is
second only to that of casting ones
ballot
The people will demand of the legis-
lature that all appropriations be re-
duced to minimum. not to the ex-
tent that public Institutions shall be
crippled, but that they shall be con-
Quoted on the most economical basis
possible. The Legislature should de-
eide what that basis shall be, after
consultation with those in charge of
the various institutions. Very naturally
every institution win think 1t is the
most important in the state and enti-
tied to first recognition, Not what
they would like to do for them but
what they can do for them will no
doubt be the rule with the Legislators.
The. people of the state are poor and
all taxes are more or less of burden
to them, SO they expect that they will
be kept down as low as possible.
If the legislature can complete its
work some time before the sixty days
allowed it expire. it should do so; but
this may not be possible Too often
one great trouble with legislatures is
that at first much time is frittered
away and most of the work is done in
the closing days when it becomes i'm
possible to give it that care and con
sideration it should have. From talks
with various members-elect of the leg
islature, we are led to think that every
effort will be made to avoid such a
condition of affairs this year. The real
work of the session will not begin TN
til a successor to Senator Arthur
Brown is elected, but that should not
be allowed to consume any consider
able length of time.
The people expect much from the
present legislature. We trust and be-
lieve that they will not be disap-
pointed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-26

It is good news that comes from
washington that Mr.. Andrade. the
Venezuelan minister to the United
States, is returning from Caracas with
iaIl authority to sign the Venezuelan
boundary treaty. The news is not posi-
i've. but the authorities of the state
department feel assured that he has
full authority At one time there was
some, not much. prospect that the
Caracas government would not agree
10 the treaty. OF course its MONACO
ceptance would have given rise TO
some embarrassment, how much it is
Impossible to say. The talk of nom
concurrence probably comes from that
ppfaion Of the Venezuelan people that
Substitute land mouthings for common
sense, a class that exists in all coun
tries. When this Venezuelan business
becomes a closed incident it will be a
matter Of the sincerest Capitalization
on all Sides It began very inauspiei-
ously, it is dosing most auspiciouslv.
Peaee. the Monroe doctrine and the
principle Of arbitration triumph. What
more could Americans ask
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-26
WIT AND HUMoR.

Parsons Weekly: Young Father-I've
just made a big deposit in savings bank,
in trust for my baby boy. When he is q
l will hand him the bank book, tell him
the amount of the original deposit and
let him see how things count up at COM
pound interest.
Old Gentleman-Won't pay. I tried
that My boy drew the money and got
married with it and now I've got to sup
port him and his wife and eight children.
New York Herald: Where dew yer
live, mister. when to hump said the
wife of a Kansas farmer to a lost trav-
eler stopping with them for the night.
Rochester. n. " shouted the trav-
ele-, trying to make her hear above the
roaring wind that rocked the frail house
La sakesi" she exclaimed, what dew
ye- want ter live so far away fer?"
Detroit News: You can't always tell a
man AMP by the the &C company ne keeps
..Weil. there's Burger, for instance,
just as nice fellow as ever lived
But what about him?''
why, he was nominated for the legis-
lature.'
Washington Star: Might as well knock
off work now said the carpenter TO his
assistant.
ITS i've or ten minutes before quit
L know that. But it'll take that long
to go up TO the fourth story and look at
the clock"
Atlanta Constitution: Were you raised
in Georgian asked the stranger.
NO: in Kentucky: and the fellow had
four aces and l thought he was trying
TO bluff6 said the other, sadly.
Richmond Dispatch: Quester-Of course
you heard oar new soloist last evening.
Her voice has been well cultivated, don't
you think SO?
Jester-I ara not prepared to admit that.
Quester-And Why lot?
JeSter-Bec1Is Sc cultivation would make
the narrowing process a preliminary, not
result.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: BE cheerful,
my friend. be cheerful. Hope to make the
world sunny.
But l don't want the world sunny.
I'm an umbrella member
Cleveland Plain Dealer: ''why have
you decided to leave this county.
Crookly?"
Because I've been down looking at that
new Jail. and it's burglar proof.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Teacher-When
should a man use Your humble serv-
ant in closing a letter?
PuDil-When he's writing to his wife.
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where he invariably has been received as
an aged hero of the great struggle should
at their reunion at Pittsburg. At Louis
Vile, out of respect to his years and In
firmitstes, he was carried on float,
which was highly decorated. and which
every where received an ovation At his
stable he was visited by thousands of
uninoists. confederates, women and chill
dren, many of whom begged for a hair
Ned is feeble, and with his death will
pass away the last equine hero of that
magnificent army of horses that added
so greatly to our military prowess, and
on more than one occasion hurled defeat
into victory.
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a Survivor Of the Rebellion.

A. A. Austin in Boston Herald: In 1864,
when the army of General Early raided
Washington. one of his men, riding a Jet
black horse, was killed. The horse was
captured by the Union troops and the
night after the battle any Union soldier
who had lost his mount was provided
with one captured from the confederares.
The black horse Ned was thus given to
Sergeant 3. F. Crawford. Al tre close
of the war Mr.. Crawford left Washing
ton on Ned's back and rode him to Har-
risburg There he bought sulky, and
drove the horse to his home near Erie
Old Ned is now nearly A. years of age.
His once black coat is now grizzled with
the death of Bell Mosby nearby three
years ago old Ned is the only surviving
horse of the civil war He Is now treated
tenderly by Mr.. Crawford who still
owns him. His feed consists principally
of carrots and BRAN He has attended
several reunions of the Grand Army,
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An exchange says that the French
word dirigible, meaning that which can
be directed or steered, threatens to
break into the English language, and
that it will be useful to the future
historian when he comes to say that
Mr.. Cleveland was the least dirigible
Democrat that ever got into the midst
OF the party. The future historian viii
also say thar Mr.. Cleveland was the
most derelict Democrat that ever got
into the midst Of the party.