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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26
THE WATER HYACINTH.

Every little while the people of the
country gar something about the
water hyacinths in the rivers of Flor
ida. and when they hear about them
they generally hear an appeal to con-
grass to do some thing for their exter-
minatfon. They are 20 the south what
the Canadian thistle is to some of the
states of the north: and neither is ma
tive
The Jacksonville, Times Union of re-
cent date had two articles on the water
hyacinths. ana rarely have two articles
on the same editorial page Been more
inconsistent than are these. It SAYS
that something must be done to stop
their increase: that they are a menace
to the public health. as we'll as an OBJ
struction to navigation. It then pro
ceeds to say that the people of Florida
should first learn whether they are a
good or an evil: that man often makes
war on his best friends in the vege-
table kingdom. ct might have added in
the animal kingdom. too 1t then cites
the case of the war of the southern
ldIilltlS On NiSs, SeAy l4lSll
now they recognize that their supposed
foe is their best friend. May not tlle
same be. true of the water hvaeinth?"
asks the Times Union. Cattle eat
them. and it is known that they are
useful as fertilizers. II may be that
either as cattle feed or as fertilizers
they viii prove a source of wealth to
Florida instead of a curse. If they
should be found to have a value in the
markets. thew would no longer be a
menace to navigation People would
take them from the river to sell them.
or to manufacture them into salable
products. Nature has made few things
not of known benefit to man-so few
that the suspicion is justified that they
are beneficial whether their benefits
are known or not. We bave yet much
TO learn.
Some one qualified for the work
should look into the matter and see if
the water hyacinths are not useful
enough to have commercial value. If
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26
Honesty Is the Best Policy.

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune: Dead
broke is not an accurate term 1t is
relative. a millionaire considers himself
dead broke when ne finds that he has
only in his rocket. Men of less
meIns thing they. are dead broke when
they can find but quarter or a half in
| their pockets. But with the mass of peo-
pie Who haven't very much. even when
at their best, dead broke means that con-
dition in which man tnds himself. with
out u nicketl in his pockets. Pennies
don cut any ice. Even three or four Of
them won't pay a car fare. and when q
man hasn't car fare the walk to Cum
minsville at midnight seems long-awfully
| long.
That's what allied me the other night, =
have nickel to my name-not a nick
work the conductor. When he struck
me l felt in my pockets, first one, then
the other, and then looked dazed.
(" / had a nickel | said, but blame me
g Too thin, old man said the heart
less man in blue. You'll have, TO walk
little just for a change as you haven't
Think of a man getting off joke like
that.
Il walked, but not far. Tried another
CONDUCTOR with the same racket; Didn' t
work. He was heartless also. ! knew II
get home if the cars kept running, but
the last car would be due soon. Then l
thought Of the old motto: Honesty is
liz UCoI VI pOIlCy, L IL lily IL OIL
Il got on the car and held up my head.
When the man with the badge came along
l said:
. I'm dead broke, old man. Let me
take a sneak home, will you? Walking s
awful hot 3 night like this
That worked 10 a charm. He was the
best conductor ] ever saw. He knew I
L was lying, and L was, but not in the
way they thought. All he said was:
All right. old fellow. Don't give me
away, though
curled up and slept the sleep of the just
and the righteous. Hereafter I'm going
to tell the truth, cost what it may
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

violations of it. We must be subject
to the constitution. or else be subject
TO the whims of those individuals who
treat the sanctity of the constitution
as fictitious" and its provisions as
insignificant"
This reasoning cannot be contro-
verted. The constitution of the state
of Idaho is its supreme law and all
power granted under it must be exer-
cised in accordance with it's provisions.
If they are not they are Illegally exer-
cised. 1t is the province of the state
supreme. court alone to say whether
the legislature in passing the fee bill
law passed it in accordance with the
provisions of the constitution. 1t de-
cides that it did not, and that must
end the matter unless the court shall
at some future time reverse its de-
cision.
In the meantime there is not much
cause for worriment. Every law will
be presumed valid until attacked and
declared to be invalid. Those laws
about whose validity there may be
some question, in view of the decision
in the fee bill case, can be re-enacted
in accordance with the provisions of
the constitution as interpreted by the
supreme court.
That legislatures become neglectful
of the provisions of the constitutions
creating them is but too true; when
they do the consequences are apt to be
serious. Too often they treat pres
cribed methods OF procedure as mere
forms. and so disregard them when in
fact they are essentials. Their reason
ing carried to its logical conclusion
would permit the ignoring of the pro-
visions of the laws they themselves en-
act as mere forms. A strict compliance
with the prescribed methods of pro-
cedure in the enactment of laws Will
always obviate any difficulty that
might arise over the question of their
enactment. BY sticking to the letter of
the constitution and the laws one viii
generally be found sticking. to their
spirit.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

eat, but her efforts only brought 20 light
half q dozen soda biscuits.
As she handed them to Willy he burst
into tears.
'.scuse me. man, he blubbered. but
desc reminds me of de most saddest days
of me life. De days when 1 was in de
county jail. l was dere ten days. an
Il see" said Mrs Youngwife. sympa-
thetically, they fed you biscuits"
No said Willy, he wiped away q
tear, desc reminds me of de rocks wot 1
broke
Mrs. Youngwife drew herself up.
If you don't want these biscuits. she
does
Want emp" said Willy: you bet 1
want en-! Why. nam. devs just de tings
L wants to trow at dogs.
And poor little Mrs. Youngwife went up
stairs and cried
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

Here is choice bit of wisdom from
the Provo ENQUIRER: 1T isn't exactly
more money that Utah needs: it is some
of the confidence that has come to other
sections of the country. The Deseret
National bank of Salt Lake has $780,
o0o at New York that can be had at
easy rates, with the right kind of Sc
curity. and even the smaller banks
have comparatively large sums. The
Leht bank is said to be carrying 100000
ready to be loaned. and the Springville
bank about the same amount Interest
is low. but it Still takes the best of col
lateral. because confidence in the state
is yet lacking. In eastern states, old
time security is being taken"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

President Mckinley is generally very
happy in the remarks he makes to
various audiences, but he was never
happier than when, addressing the
Grand Army of the Republic at Buff
falo, he said: What defenders, my
couEtrymen, have we now? We have
the remnant of this old, magnificent,
matChless army of which / have been
speaking, and then as allies in any fu-
ture war, we have the brave men who
fought against US in southern battle
fields. The army of Grant and the
army of Lee are together. They are
now one in faith, in hope, in fraternity,
in purpose and in an invincible patriot
ism (applause), and therefore the coun-
try is in no danger. In justice strong,
in policy secure and devotion to the
flag, all one. My fellow countrymen,
thank you and bid you good night"
And what matter of congratulation,
it is that this can truthfully be said,
and that it was said by the president
of the United States, This country is
now "a happy and united country, and
those who third of a century ago were
enemies in arms are now brothers and
citizens of one great nation all giving
it allegiance, all devoted to its tnstitu-
tons, all ready to die for their perpet-
uation. 90
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26
TALES OF THE DAY.
Recalled Sad Memories.

New York World: Weary Willy stood
at the door of Mrs. Youngwifes kitchen,
cap in hand, while Mrs. Youngwife pros
pecteSi in the larder.
She had been married but a few weeks.
and was consequently soft hearted, and
she pitied poor Weary Willy, who had
evidently no home of his own So she
did her best to find something for him to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

81 tell you that an Alaska mile, with
50-pound pack on your back. and the
mud and ice water to your knees, is the
biggest mile, the broadest mile. the
thickest, longest and hardest to get
through of any mile on EARTH" says
Joaquin Miller. No one will question
his word or assert that what he says
is mere poetic fancy
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

If Droo. were wanted that prohibitive
tariffs eA4couTage smuggling. it is fur
nisdled by the Dingley bill. 1t is ad-
nitted on all hands that the clause in
the bin imposing a discriminating duty
of 10 per cent on all foreign goods com
ing into the United States through
Canada was smuggled into the bill.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

When it was said that it is easier for
a camel to pass through the eye of a
needle than for rich man to enter the
Kingdom of heaven. the reference to
needles must have been to knitting
needles made from the big trees OF
Mariposa county. Cal
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

According 10 Pension Commissioner
Evans the pension roll has reached the
maximum and from this time forward
viii show q decrease. This merely
shows how unfamiliar Commissioner
Evans is with pension lore.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26
HAY.

"a Roumanian Folk Song)
Yesterdays flower am |,
And have drunk my last sweet draught
of dew.
Young maidens came and sang me to my
death;
The moon looks down and sees me in MY
Shorud,
The shroud of my last dew.
Yesterdays flowers. that are yet in me.
Must needs make way for all tomorrow $
flowers,
The maidens, too, that sang me to nv
death
Must even so make way for all the maids
That are to come.
And as may soul. so too their soul shall
Laden with fragrance of the days gone
The riaidens that tomorrow come this
VIII not remember that 1 once did bloom.
For they will only see the new born
flowers,
Yet vii, my perfume laden soul bring
back,
AS a sweet memory to womens hearts
Their DAYS of maindenhood.
Anr then they will be sorry that they
To sing me to my death,
And ali the butterflies will mourn for me;
I bear away with me
The sunshines dear remembrance and
the low
Soft murmurs of the spring,
My breath is sweet as children's Drattle
is;
! drank in all the whole earth's fruitful
ness,
To make of it the fragrance of my soul
That schall outlive my death.
Now to the morrow's flowers will [ say:
Dear children of my rootsI
charge you love the sun as | have loved,
mi Inv md 10 NirTc
That when We bloom anew
They never may remember | am dead,
But always think they see the self same
flowers;
Even as the sun that ever thinks he
sees
The selfsame birds and lovers upon earth,
Because he is immortal, and for this
Never remembers Death
Yesterdays flowers am l,
And l have drunk my last sweet draught
of dew.
Young maidens came and sang me to my
death;
The moon looks down and sees me in my
shroud,
The shroud of my last dew
lar1 sNfT l;tN,lS -rv;Tr
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

For some time Sullivan has asserted
there was one more good fight in him.
His fight for the nlayoralty of Boston
viii prove whether or not his assertion
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

A gentleman who has been rusticat-
ing il Parley's park says there are
frosts there every morning. His name
is withheld for the sake of his repu-
tation, which has always been excel
lcr1-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

Boston is to have a new public school
building that Will cost. including the
site, $3.50, 900. and it will have baths at
tached to it. Pupils from this school
VIII be saturated with learning and cul-
4,fre
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

Judge: Miss Fryte-Do L understand
that, you fare badly, as rule at the
hands of women?
Jaded Jerry-Yes, kind lady; but it's
from de feet of men dat we exDeeryance
de toughest deals.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26
STOCKS AND INVESTMENTS

UUy anu SCH
u. C. NJ. l. stock.
Deseret National bank stock.
State Bank of Utah stock.
Utah Sugar Company stock.
And any dividend paying stocks Bought
and sold. Good investments for home
money. State warrants bought.
JOHN C. CUTLER, JR.,st
Sc Main Street
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

THE skeleton in many closet is a
long ueol1ed bottle" says the Kansas
City Times. And it causes many a
man to turn a rye and lose the name
of action.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

Chicago Post: "Ah! I admire patriot
ism he exclaimed as he looked at the
little house tucked away among the trees
Everything possible about the place is
red white and blue
Yes, it belongs to a retired barber
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

The Athenians want the war with
Turkey renewed. They would do well
to content themselves with a renewal
OF the Olympian games.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

The Chicago police are fighting
against hypnotism. This is the first
case on record where policemen have
ever fought against sleep.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26
WIT AND HU NOR.

Detroit Journal: Benny BIoobumper-
Oh, papa. the goat has swallowed a
Roman candlel
Mr.. Bloobumper-That all right. He
merely wanted light lunch.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

a leading physician of Kansas CITY
tells a Washington newspaper that
Kansas City is in good shape. This is
a clear case of bluff.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

The Houston CTexas) Post has a
mailabie edition. From this it may
be presumed that the other editions are
forbidden transmission through the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

Paradoxical though it may seem, yet
1t IS true that most commonwealth
schemes are started by those who have
nothing but common poverty.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

Andrew Carnegie is a free man of
seven Scotch towns and an American
citizen as well He is entitled to be
called a true son of freedom.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

1t isn't so certain that there is
world of meaning in the meeting of the
car and President F'aure as that there
is a worldly meaning in it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

For the credit of the American peo-
pie it is TO be hoped that there is no
foundation for the story of the lvnch-
ing of six men in Arkansas.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

Boston Herald: Joseph c. Hendrix, the
newly elected president of the American
Bankers association. was a reporter on
the New York Sun few years ago. Since
then he has been postmaster of Brook
lyn and has been elected to numerous
important offices. local and national and
he is now a successful and clear headed
banker. His career illustrates the talent
the ranks of the newspaper scribes,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

With the setting in of the Arctic
winter the Klonddl1e fever is certain to
abata.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

Everybody takes cognizance of the
existence of the trusts except the Of
ficerE of ehe law whose duty it is to
suppress them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

The Bryan dollars come from exactly
the same mints that all the govern
ment's other metallic dollars come
from.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

The Idaho supreme court says: 1--WE
cannot serve both God and Mammon. ;,
Has 1t been trying to?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

The Russian bear has taken Presf-
dent F'aure to its bosom and is hugging
him as tenderly as a mother does rbaI,
babe
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

Prosperity in this country viii not
be complete until General Miles returns
to lead the procession.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

Indianapolis Journal: What silly ex-
preston! No more sense than the law
allows Did you ever know man who
had more sense than the law allowed?''
Certainly. The jails are full of fellows
who got there by being too smart
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

Lehi has more sweetness, if not more
hight than any town in the state
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

It is 10 be feared that Councilman
o'Meara's desire for retrenchment in
municipal matters goes in streaks of
fat and lean.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

The more creditors man has the less
credit he has.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

Cissy Fitzgerald has returned to
America A wink to the wise is SUI
ficie1t.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

The comparisons are more intensely
partisan than avowed partisans are.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

The non-partisans are busily en-
gagged in looking for the missing link,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

These are dark days for the white
metal.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

In a few days more Old Autumn will
take a fall out of the summer girl.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

The wheat pit will prove a bottomless
pit to many who enter it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

Even I'D in Alaska all that glitters is
not gold.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

Cincinnati Enquirer: The prosperity"
wave would be a good deal more effective
If there were not so many thousands
able bodied men with 50 much time to
talk about it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

Chicago Record: "Jorkins' wife is very
strict with him"
In what way?'
She charges him a nickel every time
he uses an oath and she won't let him
have six for a quarter"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

Wheat comes high, but people must
have it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

Have tried others, but like Ayers
best" is the statement made over and
over again by those who testify to the
benefit derived from the use of Ayers
Sarsaparilla. Disease never has q
greater enemy than this powerful blood
purifier. 1t makes the weak strong.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26
SOME EDITORIAL COMMENTS.

Denver Post: Dollar wheat is all right
for the farmers, but it will take bimetall-
ism to make the nation happy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

Washington Post: The bankers con-
vention certainly mixed their music. if
not their drinks. in Detroit. Yankee
Doodle God Save the Queen and
Dixie suggest a combination of Cana
dian rye. "H1oonshine," and Medford rum.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

New York Truth: The Absent Minded
Professor-Do you know. my dear. | was
so busy remembering what you asked me
to buy you. forgot to stop and get it?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

Chicago Tribune: Visitor (ait the picnic)
The music is rather Indifferent. 1t isn't
a full band, IS it?
Chairman of Committee of Arrange
ments-No, but it's getting full
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

Cincinnati Enquirer: Give me- she
cried. " more extended sphere
In vain they warned her. She would
have the balloon inflated still more
And then it blew up.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

Washington Star: Do you mean to tell
me that you have found a large number
of men who are willing to put all they
possess into a common stock, and share
alike?"
Certainly" replied the socialist. 'Why
not? There isn't .one of them who has a
cent to his name"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26
Great Silk Waist Sale.

Shaded taffeta silk waist. new make
and best quality; only S4.99 each.
r. K. THOMAS DRY GOODS co.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

New York Press: First Cat-Wrhat's the
matter. Nellie? You look positively yellow
this morning.
Second Gait don't know. Thomas. l
ate canalg bird this morning, and | am
afraid it was peroxide English spar
row.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

San Francisco Chronicle. Look out for
companies that guarantee steamer pass
age from st. Michael to Dawson City on
there about the goth of September and
as the Yukon IS 1887 miles long between
the two points named no vessel can posi-
bly, get through. To take that route is to
run the risk of being frozen in a long
way from anywhere for an entire Arctic
winter, with the prospect of the boat be-
ing ruined by the pressure of the ice.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-26

Denver Republican: Even President
Mckinley has to admit that the increased
activity in business, now so visible in this
country, is almost entirely due to the
prospect OF scarcity of bread stuffs
abroad and the increased prices received
by our farmers for their crops. He tries
to make it appear that the tariff bill has
already exerted some influence in the
same direction, but furnishes no facts or
figures upon which to base that rather
far fetched assumption.