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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-16
THE METRIC SYSTEr1.

Through the energy of Professor Corey,
aided and abetted by George II. Can
non. the president of the state senate,
there is before the legislature, MEM
orial praying congress to pass a bill, in
troduced last December, by which the me-
trio system, in use in France and other
countries where they spell "scoot' with
two ks, will be adopted in the United
States of America
This memorial passed the senate in an
unguarded moment and is now before the
house for its consideration.
Lit is with view of warning the mem
ners OF the lower branch of the legisla-
ture against the awful consequences
which may follow favorable action, this
is written.
Shall we abandon the old familiar yard,
which we can measure off by holding
the goods in the left hand corne' of our
mouths and stretching our arm to the
limit, When buying bit OF gods, and
shorten. when we are selling? Perish the
thought. Are we going to wreck the men
who have been making two foot rules
Tor forty years by adoI ting system
which will throw them out of the busi-
ness? VIII we change the familiar ex-
preston we have used 50 often in telling
the bar boy to give US q quart until
payday?
Think of the results ths adoption of this
system will bring. Imagine a small boy
WoloSlAh5 INTO li}S grocery store ala
asking for a liter of those molassts p
Picture the freckled urchin touching the
Kerosene smelling clerk Tor 1llo of but
ter! Think of the little girls sent on err
rands asking for dekameter of 8 cent
calico. a hektomster Of tape and a hilo-
meter of thread No 66i oh my, it's too
awfully awful TO dream of.
imagine druggist filling prescription
which called for a eentaIter of assofoe-
tida. inillimetsr of quinine Ind gram
OF morDhia gulDdate and weep.
Instead of walking to the counter
where wet goods are disbursed, at 10
cents per dis. portray a thirsty citizen,
With taste in the roof of his mouth
like the smell OF a soft coal stove With
the fue stopped, whispering to the young
man with the white apron for a cubic
centimeter of red eye.
Listen to the horny handed son of toll
telling his neighbor that on 160 heGtars
OF land he grew 500 Hters of spuds and
that his best mich cow gives literS of
creamy fluid every day.
Last. but not by any means least con-
Jurs up. II possible, the sing song chant
which will arise all over the land when
every man. woman and child in the bail
and repeat: '"Ten nilligrams make a
centigram, 10 centigrams made a decf-
gram. 10 decigrams make a gram, 10
grams make a dekagram, 10 dekagrams
make hektogram, 10 hektograms make
a kilogram, 1000 kilograms one ton of
coal.'
According to statistics it would take
forty years for 100000 to learn all this
bv heart. There would be no end of woe
There would be thousands who would get
decigrams and dekagrams all mixed IN
there will be hundreds who will never
know the difference between a millIiter
and a centimeter and a hektometer and
a centipede.
No. Let us stick to the quarts and the
pints. the feet and the yar1s ana all
the old manners and customs of our ra's,
THE JOSAER.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-16

Juliet. Any actress who has once mad
that privilege can never be content
with anything else. When I was a
young girl [ played all the Shakespear-
can heroines; and first impressions, you
know, are always the strongest. 1
used to study my Shakespeare win
my whole heart and soul. knew
every line of the plays that we did. |
knew every part as well as my own !
plunged deep in the commentaries and
drained them dry. 1t was all Snake
speare with me then, and no time on
nv life has been so sweet and dear TO
me-"
The signal stations report the Pader-
ewski wave to be approaching this
section, and we may soon look for the
extraordinary scenes that attend its
advent. In response to a very general
request, we print the following sketch
of the great pianist;
Ignace Jan PaderewslI first saw the
light at Podolia, a province of Russian
Poland, on the 9Th Of November, 1850,
and at the early age of began to
play the piano. At his father placed
him under the care Of a local teacher,
Pierre Sowinski. and with this master
the young Ignace remained for four
years. In 1872 he went to Warsaw.
where the foundation for his knowl-
edge of harmony and counterpoint was
acquired from Roguski, but he subse-
quently pursued this branch of his
studies under the late Frederick Kiel,
the eminent teacher and theorist Of
Berlin.
Shortly after this date PadereWshi
undertook mis- first tournee, which ex-
tended throughout Russia, Siberia.
Servia and RoumaIia, during the
course of which he performed nothing
but his own compositions. AT Is years
of age he was nominated professor of
music to the Warsaw conservatory,
and it is no secret that the money
earned in this capacity was devoted to
acquisition of general knowledge after
the hours when his musical duties had
ceased. In 1884 he held a professorship
at the conservatory Of music in Stras-
burg, but during that year he aban-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-16
THE sALT HERALD FEBRUAIY

"Curtain calls" were numerous and at
the end Of the second act they encored
so much that Mr.. Royle had to make
q speech 1t was a very. short one
however, and ali that he said was:
Ladies' and gentlemen: Mrs. Royle
is dressing" I must have been very
stupid as I did not see the point until
the next morning, when 1 happened to
think about it. / presume he meant
that as Mrs. Royle was dressing she
could not come out, and that he
thought the encore was for her. l at
tended two performances of the lrY-
ing-Terry company and no more en-
thuSiaSm was shown them than was
shown Mexico The plot, of course,
you are familiar with and Mr.. Royle
plays the leading role in d very ad-
mirable manner. Mrs. Royle has not
got as strong a part in Mrs. Twigg,
as she had in Friends" Miss Merli,
who plays the part of the heroine.
made a decided hit. Her acting was
good and everybody present seemed to
appreciate that fact as she was ap-
plauded very literally. Mr.. Hender-
son plays the part of the villain. His
make up was good and his acting very
good. He seemed to be more suited
for that part than the part he took
in Friends" In Friends" he Seem
ed to be very stiff and awkward, but in
Mexico" you would not think it the
same man. The comedy part was of
a high order and at times was very
amusing. [ will send you the papers
which will explain more fully. OF
course, I write you about this play,
because you have probably heard a
great deal of it through Mr.. Royle.
and thought you would not mind a
letter from me about it. If it comes
to Salt Lake be sure to see it. New
Orleans is the only southern city
where they played Mexico I under
stand that their business has been
much larger here than last seasons
engagement. notice from the papers
they have had good houses all over.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-16

doned teaching and resolved upon the
more Fascinating career of a pianistic
Yirtuoso. Paderwski accordingly re
moved to Vienna and placed himself
under his fellow countryman, Theodor
Leschetizky the well known successful
trainer Of pianists, and husband of the
no less famous pianiste, Annette EsSi-
poff. and at the expiration of three
years hard study he made his debut
before the critical Viennese public in
1887, and was at once proclaimed to
be one of the most remarkable plan
lists of the day.
Paderewski married at the early age
of 10; although he lost his wife through
illness, he has a son living. PaderWs-
ki is exceedingly natural in his man
ners, kind hearted and unaffected in
the last degree, and possesses one of
the rarest qualifications among great
players. that Of being a wonderfully
good and patient listener. I may add
that his memory is SO vast and COM
prehensive that he is enabled to per-
form without a book, a repertoire
which covers a range of compositions
of the ancient and modern writers
practically without limit.
The march king of America-John
Philip Sousa-with his famous concert
band, is on his way to this city, and
VIII give his two concerts here with
the tabernacle choir on March 6 and Z.
Sousa has just scored new triumphs at
the Atlanta and Dallas expositions.
and is now on his triumDhal trans
continental tour, which lasts until
July, and which will include Califor-
MIA and the whole Pacific slope. The
march king is a tower of strength in
the far west, and the people have
never forgotten his success at the Cal
l1ornia MidWinter fair two years ago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-16
UNCLE SAM TO JONATHAN.

Saws Uncle Sam to- Jonathan:
You've quiet been too long, sir
NOW stop these piping times of peace, -
And show you still are strong, sir;
That saucy chap across the way,
Just threa ten him with blows sir
And ask him what he'd have to say
If you Should pull his nose, sir.
His talk of Leaving milder sway,
Where harsfler rule prevailed, sir,
1t all may be as true as truth,
But need not be detailed, sir;
Just loose the bloody hounds of war,
And stiffen up your back, sir,
And when you've thrashed the saucy
chap,
Then work to pay the. tax, sir.
One-third of all your industries
Would come to a dead stop, sir,
But just as sure, that chap would find
One-thfrd of his must drop, sir
Your gun and powder WORKSHOP then,
How busy they would be, sir,
and your industrial surplus men
Gould be killed off you see, sir.
Your women ali could boomers wear
And run the shop and farm, sir;
The children have a chance to bring
Themselves up free from harm, sir.
And all your wild unrest, and talk
or bond. ana trust, and bill, sir,
Would be allayed; for something else
You'd have your mind to fill, sir.
Then spoil these piping times of peace
And go at once to blows, sir.
Just get the notion in your head,
And see how fast it grows, sir;
And show yourself to be a man,
And stiffen UP your back, sir,
If nothing else is gained you can
Be sure to have the Tax, sir
AMELIA BECKWITH GATRELL.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-16

that here is the highest type of a mu-
steal genius. not only as a pianist, but
as a musician, author and interpreter.
What Lift was. Paderewski is and
when the world realizes that it has
the opportunity to hear 1.-THE very
best" it goes to hear and counts not
the cost. And so it should be. 1t is
this homage to superiority that lifts
us up out of the common places and
that gives genius the courage, the
truth, and endurance to persevere
through endless toll and trouble to at
tain the coveted position of the first
and foremost e. STEPHENS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-16
POPULAR GOVERNMENT.

DR.. j. NJ. Tanner will lecture Tues
day evening. February Is, in the Four
tenth assembly hall under the aus
pieces of the Wonlan's Suffrage asso-
citation, subject: Popular Govern
ment" Seats free.
MISS KATE GROESBECK, Pres.
Miss Cassie Newman, Sec.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-16
Card OF THANKS.

Mr.. Hyrum A. Silver and family
take this opportunity Of returning, to
their numerous friends, sincere thanks
for the many kindnesses extended Mrs.
Silver during her long and painful ILL
ness; and in the bereavement of her
death, they are extremely grateful for
the many expressions of sympathy and
coincidence received on every hand.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-16
SILK WAISTS FOR SPRING

Just received in very handsome styles
and colorings; also hobby styles in sim
gle skirts, at
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-16

Catarrh IS a constitutional disease.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is a constitutional
remedy. It cures catarrh. Give it a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-16

Just one trial, and you will be con-
WINGED that the new High Grade
Three Crown Baking Powder is the
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-10-08
Beautiful Sights AT the Anchor.

Anyone entering the Anchor
saloon during business hours, or
in the evening, is Immediately
charmed by the handsome array
of game birds teal duck, mallard,
quail, grouse, etc.,-which decor
ates the bar. They are all stuffed
as you will be, with rich, nourish-
ing beer, cold and clear, and with
the palatable viands of the lunch
counter. The Seattle beer, fine
wines and liquors are of the best
quality and always fresh. Every
Australia brings large consign-
ment and Mr.. Cunningham uses
every idea which his massive brain
suggests, to please his patrons.
The Anchor is now the most popu-
lar saloon in town. l and 3 King
street.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-10-08

King Bros. latest consignment
of picture frames has taken the
town by storm. The designs are
elegant, up-to-dato and of the
handsomest.
Sterling, the painter, is pre-
pared to quote prices on roof
painting. He uses composition of
coal tar and cement. Cheapest
and best roof preparation in Ho-
nolulu.
The Pacific Hardware Co. have
received by TIE Australia two con-
signments Of picture moulding
and mat board, and are prepared
to execute orders at lower prices
than ever known before in Homo.
lulu.
If you want ia frame anything
in the very best manner; if you
want your frame TO harmonic
with your picture; if you want the
best and most tasteful frame in
the market. go to King Bros, ITO
Hotel street, "
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-10-08
EAGER TOR ANNEXATION.

HawaiIans Again Agitnte the Sub
Ject of Union with Uncle sam.
Under a heading containing
the foregoing lines, and date of
September Is, the Honolulu cor
respondent of the United Press
produces the following "news:"
Much effort has been made the
past fortnight to generate disaffec-
ton among the supporters of the
Government, including the Portu-
guese, by propagating the suspi.
cIon that Dole and his Cabinet
are not honestly in favor of an
neXation, but are in accord with
the British section of the sugar
planters in wanting nothing more
than at most an American pro-
tectorate which would permit the
continued importation of Asiatic
contract labor. The white me-
chanics and laborers are strongly
opposed to the continuance of such
immigration, and their minds
have been much disturbed by the
suspicions put in circulation.
Interviews with members of the
Cabinet elicit the strongest ex.
pressions of their desire to secure
no form of political union with
the United States less complete
than the full admission of Ha-
waii as State or Territory. They
regard a protectorate as very I'M
satisfactory, containing elements
of uncertainty. 1t would be liza
BILE to be terminated like any
treaty, or to have its conditions
readjusted. What is needed for
the political stability of Hawaii
is absolute union. Mr.. Dole's
government is extremely anxious
to negotiate a treaty of annexation
as soon as any administration at
Washington will entertain the
subject.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-10-08
\ Tntrt,.Tour.ycar stop.Over.

A short time ago A. r. King, a
conductor on TIE Falls branch of
the New York Central Railroad,
was surprised to have stop over
pass handed to him which was en-
tireIy different from any he had
ever seen.
Thinking the passenger had
made mistake he was about to
return the ticket. but on exami-
nation found that it had been is
sued thirty four years ago by
George Wait, once welI-known
Central conductor and contempo-
rary of The Hon. Fred. Cook I,
Dan. Bromley, Nat. TambIipgson
and other conductors who have
since attained wealth and politi-
cal fame. The pass was older by
several yelrs than Mr.. King, but
as IT was stamped Pare paid and
collected' and appeared perfectly
correct, he accepted it, regardless
Of the long stop.
The passenger who presented
the ticket was Jonathan Osman of
Ogden Center. He is ninety-three
years old and joys the dIstinc-
ton of having Travelled on the Old
est ticket on record in the United
States.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-10-08
CLAUS SPRECKELs. WIN. G. IRWIN.
Claus SpfeckeIb Z TO.
BANKERS.
HONOLULU H. I.
San Francisco Agents-THE NEVADA BANK OF
SAN FRANCISCO.

DRAW EXCHANGE ON
SAN ERANcIsco-The Nevada Bank of San
Francisco.
LoNDoN-The Union Bank of London, Ltd.
NEW YoRK-American Exchange National
Bank.
CuIcAGo-Merchants National Bank.
PARIS - Compton National dEscompt de
Paris.
Observation-Disclosures Bank!
HoNGKoNG AND YoKoHAMA--Ilongkong u
Shanghai Banking Corporation.
New ZEALAND AND AUsTRALIA-Bank of New
Zealand.
VICTORIA AND VANCoUvER--Bank of Mont
real.
Transact a General Banking and Exchange Business
Term and Ordinary Deposits Received
Loans made on Approved Security. Com
mercial and Travellers Credits Issued. Bills
of Exchange bought and sold.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY ACCOUNTED For.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-01-18

Granted to Michigan inventors thi,
week. Reported by {. a Snow 4 Co.,
solicitors OF American aud foreign
patents. opposite L. :. Patent Office,
Washington. ID. C.;
+. Austin. Detroit. oil separator: C.
Basr Grand Rapids. growing saw: J. II.
Bacon, Detroit. sectional boiler: W t..
BedIOrd, lirmnCll, wrench: G.. F. Grip
pen, bean picker and c,eaner: ). A.
GrIsg>, Detroit, movable support logex-
pln'ioh !lue>; G.. II. Leonard, Grand
Rapids. portabe house; +. A. Onward
Detroit. school slate: =. j. Roberts, De
tr ~. journal box guard.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-01-18
LINCOLN DIED ON BOOTHS BED
A strange story Told ~ the Washington
Csty Bill Poster

II once came within an ace OF being
hung" was the alarming statement maze
by Mr.. Lloyd Mo1ley. the Washington,
ID. C., city bill poster TO Post reporter
(, Yes, sir: trmiy believe that came
as near 10 being hung as any condemned
criminal with the death watch set upon
/ him. 1t was whep Linco!p was shot oy
Booth | had been 10 the thea,rca, busi-
ness as maaager, aud in this way be-
came acqusinted with Booth. On that
eventual evening l was starding iu'i
outside Of The presidents toX. On the
rlgtt hand side OF the door. when BooiE
came BY. lie stopped. and ! had 10
suspicion OF the dreadful deed he was
about TO commit He stayed there with
me. talking and chatting In low tone.
70. about twenty minutes, and Ia that
time about half dozen persons who
knew both OF Us came By and saw us.
knew everyone who came by 20 well that
theT scarcely looked at me. and IN that
lay my safety for had been recognized
by anyone would have beeu arrested a,
one Of the coDspirators.
Another strange thing thai happened
tie evenln; OF tie crime = one Of those
coincidents>sNGh happen 30 often when
we least expect them. The Peterson
house on Tenth street, where Mr. Lin
cola died was boarding house for
acters az the tine OF the tragedy, ana
haze II on reliable authority that Booth
lad room in the house during h!, stay
Ia TIE city. About 8 O'Clock IN the
afternoon he came IN aud went direct 10
his room aLi tried to sleep on the bed.
Now here Is the strau:es, part. Tie
very room that he had was the one that
Mr., Lincoln wa. carried to after tie
shot and the very bed on which Booth .
tried 20 sleep before the commission VI
BIZ, crime was the ted upon wh'ch ~,
victim died So far as | kuuw ihi, has
never been made pubic, but that 1t j.
rae have to. the slightest doubt.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-01-18
Parrots on Gerinsn Railroads..

Parrots have been taught 10 anuse
b. their imitation of the human voice.
and now their powers in this respect
have been made use of for practical
purpose. At almost every station on a
German railway the station master
has a parrot or startling so trained
that whenever train draws up al the
platform il commences calling out the
name of the station most distinctly,
and not only this, but il continues do.
ing so while the train remains there,
This has been found an excellent mode
OF informing the passengers where
they are
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-01-18
A GREAT COON DOG.
An Indiana Pup That Found siI-xear-
Old Cold Trail

Several enthusiastic coon hunters the
other day were discussing the ring
tailed" chase, says the Wabash Times,
when "IIime" Well,nan. OF Urbana,
came in and in few minutes was do-
ing more coon talk than al the balance
of the crowd put together.
"I'll tell you" said "llime," 1--WE got
the best cold trailer on accom- track that
ever anybody owned, and he is only
eight months old. too. took the pup ont
the, other day Just 70 see ifhc could run
a track and 20 give him ? little cxer-
else, and he hadn't been in the woods
ten minutes unit! ] heard him bark.
and he kept barking in such way as
10 make me believe nc had freed his
game, and then | came 20 the conc!u-
sion that he was a still hunter ]
found him at the mouth Of six-inch
tile ditch and he had pulled out one Of
the tiles with his teeth a2d was chew
ing the end Of it 10 pieces As lie was
young dog did not want 10 ruin his
teeth and pulled him away from the
tile, but rs soon as let 81 Of aim he
would jump back and tackle the thing
again with renewei vi-or ! lsl him
10 the mouth Of the ditch and stucl; lis
nose in the end CT the tile, but lie paid
10 attention to that but ran bac., 10
the other one.
THAT sort of carrying On bothered
me aad at last led the dog away. &c
marking that lie was no good on earth ,
After awhile turned him loose once
more and in less than tArce minutes he
was back at that tile biting pieces out
o: it and barking like al old-tincr. As
! saw the pup was bound to ruin HIN (
self by breaking OF his teeth picked
up the tile, determined 10 carry it 20 .
the house, SO as TO keep il ont Of his .
reach. As walked along booking at .
the marks OF the pups teeth made
startling discovery, ard what do you .
think it was?"
The spell-oound listeners Of the
strange story held their breath for
and in achorus asked: "Wha.?"
We'll, right on the inside Of tha.
tie s:w plainly Tie imprint OF L
'cOon's foot. which had been made
there when the tile had been iirst
l:a. led and the clay was soft AID
yielding The tile had evidently been .
male late in the cvcniGg and set away
j. dry and the coon had run through
Il the veTy same night and made the
track. The tile. Of course, was after
yard dried ,snd burned in the kiln, and
Il In, been in that ditch for more than
SIX years, and say an ciyat-moaths-
)lA pup that can smell as cold trail
- that IS certainly the champion coon
log Of tho world"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-01-18

CONSIDERABLE tatN y INDUCED in Of
late regarding MuniSng aud what d
wonderful town it Is, ana to read about
it one would imagine that the p!ac. was
equipped with electric lights, street cars,
hacks, etc. Several parties from this
county visited the place last week aud
report far different aspect. The place
may, in time, be thriving village. but
al present. according TO the statement OF
the visitors, the boom Is decidedly
windy"