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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-01
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
BAG WITH HOLES-LAST
SUNDAYS SUBJECT,
from the Text IiaEgai 1:G as Follows:
He That Earneth Wages, Earnrth
Wages to Tut 1t into Bag with
Holes.

N PERSIA, under
the reign Of Darius
Hystaspes, the peo-
pie did not prosper.
They made money,
but did not keep it.
They were like
people who have a
sack in which to
put money, not
knowing that the
sack is torn or
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-06-01

have been poor, he could beg or he
could steal five cents with which to
for little while; but in eternity where
is the rum to come from?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24
OHIO REPUBLICAN PLATFORM

There is nothing remarkable in any
respect in the Ohio Republican plat
form. The commentator of the presi-
dent was tc have been expected as
much as an Endorsement of the St.
1-o-,'s platform.
The denunciation OF Mr. Cleveland's
civil service orders is nothing but bid
for return 20 the spoils system.
The reference 70 Cuba cannot be
taken as an indication as to what the
administrators policy viii be, but
may be taken as an Endorsement Of
whatever il may be.
The Endorsement of Hanna as a can
didate TO succeed himself may be taken
as an evidence that the various fac
tons Of the Republican party in Ohio
viii be united for the ensuing cam
paign. And this must be if the party
has any hopes of success.
The most important thing about the
platform. is the omission of all refer
ence to the financial question. 1t is al
most significant. So many questions
having been touched upon why was
no mention made of this? Perhaps the
best explanation is that the least said
the soonest raended.''
The proceedings at Toledo were
rather tanner and Of less importance,
nationally. than was expected.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24
JINGoIsM RAMPANT.


The most rampant case Of jingoism
engendered by the Hawaiian annexa-
ton treaty we have seen is that of the
New York Journal. 1t out-jingoes all
the iingoes.
The Journal says that Hawaii is but
a beginning. That is what those who
are opposed to annexation of the little
republic fear. And then with much
logic it says that the reasons which
make Hawaii's annexation desirable
apply with equal force to Cuba. the
Bahamas and all territory on this side
of the world that is needful 20 form a
frontier that shall present an impreg-
nable line 10 a European enemy. or
chat coalition &C European enemies
that is among the grave possibilities of
the next century All that sounds
very brave and all thar. but it doesn't
compare with the Journals summing
VI. which is in these words:
Hawaii now, Cuba next. and then the
Bahamas. That is the future on which
President Mckinley has lifted the cur
tain. These secured. and the republic
made strong on her coasts the people
III Dt bitDditu ~ ask WHY nail OF
North America should remain in the
hands Of a foreign power which forti-
fies against US, and gives us frontier
thousands Of miles in length which We
must guard in turn. 1t is destined that
the Monroe doctrine shall cease to say
merely 10 the Old World, You shall
not come" and issue to it the mandate,
Go"
One cannot repress the exclamation,
What a long tail our cat has goti"
The fact that Spain and England
might raise some serious objections to
the seizure of their possessions is to
be given no consideration whatever
Nor is any heed 10 be paid to the pos
sible consequences of a war with them
and perhaps all Europe But whom we
had got North America why shouldn't
we stretch the eagles protecting wings
so that they would cover Central and
South America? That would be mani
fest destiny"
The Monroe doctrine has been sub
jected 10 so many twists that perhaps
il could stand another one IN the line
suggested by the Journal; few twists
more or less would not seriously affect
it, But what if Europe. becoming
alarmed at the growth of the Colossus
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24
TALES OF THE DAY.
Prof. Baruard's Predicament

Nashville letter in the Chicago Tribune:
The gatekeepers of the exposition have
strict ideas of duty. which they carry
out ITO r" Prof Barnard, the a:--
ship man. can testify to this, as he has
had an experience.
When he made his first ascent several
weeks ago he got within eight miles or
Nashville. when something gave out,
and he came to earth. He unjointed rs
machine. and. packing ii into farm
wagon. drove to the centennial He re
scented himself confidently at the gate.
and was stopped by the guard.
Where is your ticket? asked the
: = don't need one" said Barnard. II
nave . pass
We'll there's that2''
I haven't it with me; it's in my other
clothes. You see. when ! went up
There's no use explaining; you'll rave
to get :: PASS.
But you don't seem to know who l
am. / an Barnard. the airshiD -ren.
went up from the grounds. and left ny
pass on the inside
why didn't you come down on the in
side? Then you wouldn't have had to
buck against me- growled the guard
Despite the long argument which en-
sued. Mr. Barnard was informed that he
would e.the- have to buy a ticket or
climb back on his wagon load of BAN
boo sticks and wait for some one TO get
his pass.
1t IS said that the little man was Eur
ious and threatened to use his ai-sniD
hereafter to carry people over the fence
free OF charge just to spite the guard
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24
Indian Idea of Fun.

Most everybody imagines that the
North American Indian is solemn ard
dignided Individual" said an ex-army
officer 10 2 Detroit Free Press reporter.
Before I met = redskin l don't know
how many times l had heard it asserted
that as = race they were as destitute of
humor MS q patent Office report o. =
craven image. But when | got acquainted
with the aboriginal in his native w.icS |
found that this was mistake
THE Indian is born humorist. There
isn't the slightest doubt of that The
great trouble is. however. that his humor
runs chiefly TO practical jokes. | remem-
Der one time meeting Cor rather discover
ing few rods distanD big Indian, when
was out walking alone about two miles
well. he discovered me about the same
time. and the minute he did so he let out
tomahavk and started for me on a -u-,.
FIe chased me until keeled over from ex-
haustiOn. and then. instead of scalping me
as | naturally expected he would from
his previous actions. he assisted me to my
feet, with broad grin on his face. and
Ugh, Indian only yell for fun. Too
bad scare white man. lnjun don't want
scalp. Want chew terbackerl
THE whole proceeding IL seemed us
only his humorous method of striking a
stranger for a chew of tobacco. If / had
had something to strike back with it
might not have been quite funny-for him,
but unfortunately, had left my weapons
in camp.
And. again. l remember the time lot
of Indians who had been fooling around
on the warpsth, were forced to capitulate
and surrender their game to General
Miles command at the Pine Ridge agency:
and TIE last thing the humorous cusses
did before turning in their shooting irons
was to load every old musket OF the lot
half way to the muzzle with slugs and
nails and scrap iron, and other b~.c-a-
brac OF that sort. and then hang around
at a safe distance to see the fun when
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24
OUR MONTANA GUESTS.

Today we have the Montana editors
as our guests and none could be more
welcome than they. They come from
a state whose interests are very
largely the same as those that pre-
dominate in Utah, and yet there is no
conflict between them. While these
interests bind the two states together
more or less closely there are still
other ties. Many who went to Montana
in the early days went from Utah, and
those old earlv ties are still strong.
Then how similar were the early ex-
periences, with their dangers and
anticipations. of our Montana friends
TO those of the settlers in this state.
So we say. knowing we utter the
sentiments of the people of the city
and state, to the editors of Montana,
Welcome. And if you don't see what
you want, gentlemen, ask for it and it
shall be yours.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24
GENERAL WooDFoRD's CUBAN
RECORD.

Not many weeks ago a little book
! that Spanish Minister Dupuy de LONE
had written some twenty years ago
! giving his impressions of America and
| the Americans was dug up and ex-
tracts from it were freely circulated
through the press. These extracts were
not complimentary TO us and their re-
appearance was certainly very annoy
/ ing to Senior De LONE. He treated the
matter lightly and it soon passed out
of the public mind, the government
having taken no notice whatever of it.
Now a successor to Minister TAYLOR
at Madrid has been appointed in the
person of General Stewart L. Wood
ford, and his record on the Cuban
question has been hunted up by the
Spanish and it may make him persona
non grata at Madrid. The grave objec-
ton TO him is a speech he delivered in
Cooper Union, New York, some twenty
! seven years ago at a meeting held I'M
der the auspices of the Cuban league.
Some pretty severe things were said
about Spain at that meeting. and some
of them were said by General Wood
ford. Among other things he said:
Nearly twelve months ago / was per-
mitted to stand on this platform and
plead the cause of free Cuba Fully
sensible of the horrors of the war;
knowing only the sternest necessity
will justify bloodshed, sensible also of
the wrongs which the Cuban Creoles
| had endured at the hands of the Span
ish government for many a long and
weary year, | felt then, as l feel to-
night. that the Cuhans were justified
in throwing down the gauntlet and en-
Saging in the horror and struggle of
war. Those of US who sympathize with
Cuba had no fear that the rebellion
would be easily stamped out. We knew
better. That struggle may not be ac-
complished yet 1t may be--though l
don't believe it-that Spanish gold and
Spanish bayonels shall buy out and
stamp out this instruction. but they
can only kill il for a season. So long
as men are free here. men viii desire
to be free there. This struggle is to be
long or short. simply in proportion as
the citizens of the United States are
ready to express their sympathy and
lift their hands in aid of the patriotic
Cubans struggling for liberty.
There is nothing in that that the
general need be ashamed of, though
it will create a very strong prejudice
against him at Madrid. But this is not
all. When the Cuban league was re-
organized last November. il having
ceased to exist after the failure of the
ten years war. the list of names Of
those belonging to it was published,
and prominent among them appeared
that of Stewart l.. Woodford. In view
CT all these facts it win not be at all
surprising if the Madrid government
refuses to receive him. If it does the
Washington government cannot very
well insist that General Woodford shall
be received, unless it desires a pretext
for a breach of friendly relations with
Spain. In that event General Wood
ford's selection was a happy one;
otherwise it was an unfortunate one.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24
ACCOUNTS OF THE QUEENS
JUBILEE.

The accounts of the pageantrv and
professions attendant upon the cele-
bration of Queen Victorias diamond
jubilee are rather Disappointing They
tell of all that occurs and Of what the
decorations consist. but they do not
fire the imagination as one would ex-
Dect, and yet it is an event that viii be
famous in history so long as England's
fame endures. Mr.. Depew has tried his
hand, not SO much at describing the
scenes now Transporting in London as at
telling the thoughts and reflections
that the occasion suggests. and still
what he says does not rise above the
commonplace and might have been
said by almost anybody The true
grandeur of the Jubilee and what it
signifies can only be realized as one
contemplates the history of that Eng
land which is today so filed with glad
ness and rejoicing. And that history
one of the grandest the world has ever
known, is the proud heritage Of the
American people. This is one inspiring
thought that arises from rejecting on
that which is transporting in London to-
day
There are many able men who are
giving accounts of the jubilee. but in
voluntarily there comes to the mind
the thought that there has been but
one man in this century who could
have adequately described the queens
Jubilee in all its aspects and bearings;
Hho could have shown how it was the
browning event in the history Of
thousand years of greatness: who could
have pictured the past and made it as
real as the present; VINO was himself
an ornament o. Victorias reign: that
nan was TSomas Babbington
Macaulay. The hand that wrote of the
trial of Warren Hastings and described
the scene in the hall of William Rufus:
the hand that depicted the New Zea-
lander sitting on the ruins Of London
bridge alone could have done justice
20 the glories of the queens diamond
jubilee. What picture he would have
presented, One that is beyond the i'm
agination of most minds English lSer-
AZURE has never produced bur one
AIacaulay and it is vain to expect
others 10 emulate him Yet how the
world must regret the fact that there
are none 10 emulate him in their de-
scriptions of the celebration of Queen
Nictoria's diamond jubilee
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24
MARI. MAGNos.

Wild is the sea and dark when night be-
falleth-
In unknown tongues. breaker to b-ease-
calleth;
With mu-nu-s IS of menace and fore
boding
Groan the black waves beneath the grim
winds goading.
Yet passing lights may shine with friendly
seeming.
And from the oharos tower long rc:'s
are streaming:
And songs OF mariners are blithe to .a,l
The rising anchor or the spreading sail.
There s another sea which no man
knoweth.
Wherein with merchandise no captain
goeth;
Unfathomed. unillumined. and uncharted.
Whence ne.er ship returns of all that
started.
Yet. where the distance darlsens eve-
Dost thou not far discern golden Gin
mer2
And. down the htful night-wind family
ringing.
Hearest tnou not a strange triumphant
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24

1t has been claimed for trusts that
they greatly benefit mankind by eager
l. seeking out improved machinery
which they use with the view of lessen
ing the cost of production, thus cheap
ening products for the consumer. SAYS
the San Francisco Chronicle. It hap
pens. however, that the tendency is
usually in an opposite direction when
ever the trust manages to have a Sc
cure monopoly The most recent in
stance in point is that disclosed in the
trial of the Berliner patent case before
the supreme court of the United States.
I was shown with tolerable clearness
that a valuable invention was allowed
to slumber in the patent Office for near
ly II years, the object of the Bell Tele-
phone company being to squeeze all
the profit they possibly can out of their
present patents before giving the pub
lie the benefit Of new inventions. This
is no isolated case, as may easily be
ascertained by any one curious enough
to look into the matter. 1t is the in
variable rule of big combines to buy
patents TO prevent competition. and
they rarely make use, of them unless
the saving promises TO be SO great that
they need not shrink from sacrificing
existing plants. Whatever may be said
on the subject of the great waste oc-
casioned by the introduction of new
machinery before that displaced has
ceased to be efficient. the reproach can
not be brought against the trusts that
they are great offenders in this partic-
uiar
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24
THE SALT LAKE HERALD; THURSDAY. JUNE "a. 1897.

of the West. should deem it wise TO
make united move against it? Giants
have been slain ere this and by those for
whom they protested great contempt.
Then it would be just as well TO re-
member that giants are more noted for
size tIan sense
Whenever the policy advocated by
the Journal is inaugurated by the gov
eminent the doom of the United States
of America as free and independent
republic is sealed. The policy the
Journal advocates is not one of patriot
ism but one of perdition.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24

Yesterday morning the Tribune in an
article entitled a Good Lookout. "
speaking of the establishment of BIZ
metallism, said:
Most of the English cabinet favor il,
and the last one OF the hold-outs has
promised to place no distractions in the
way toward bimet2llism, While the
house of commons has unanimously de-
clared it's belief in the necessity of re-
storing silver
We should be glad to have our con-
temporary give the date and occasion
upon which the house Of commons
unanimously declared its belief in the
necessity of restoring silver The house
Of commons may have done this. but
we do not remember it and have been
unable to find any account of it in the
books usually consulted when such
questions come up.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24
CHALK FOR ALL TIME.
Great Block That Was Once as Large
as the Continent of Europe.


Pittsburg Dispatch: The small piece
of chalk which is in constant use in
the school room, the lecture room, the
billiard room and the workshop has a
strange history, the unraveling of
which through all is complexities is
one of the most difficult problems with
which the science of the present day
is called upon to deal. This piece is in
reality CHIP of an immense block of
chalk that once flied an area the size
of the continent of Europe, and of
which even yet gigantic fragments re-
main. each hundreds of square miles in
extent. These patches are scattered
over the region lying between Ireland
on the west and China on the east and
extending in the other direction from
Sweden in the nor;n to Portugal in tine
south.
In the British isles the chalk is found
in greatest perfection and continuity
in the east and southeast of England.
A sheet of chalk more than 1000 feet
in thickness underlies all that portion
of England which is situated 10 the
southeast of a line crossing the island
| diagorhliy from the North sea at Flam-
borough Head to the coast on tine Eng
fish channel in Dorset. This enormous
sheet Of chalk is tilted up slightly On
the wesi., and its depressed eastern
portions that dip toward the waters
of the North sea are usually buried
from sight by means of everything
sands and clays. Where the edges of
the chalk floor come upon the sea the
cliff scenery is s.rikingly grand and
beautiful. ANY one who has once seen
the magnificent rocks of Marlborough
and Beechy Head, the jagged stacks
of the Needles or the dizzy mass Of
Shakespeare's cliff. near Dover, can
understand why the white cliffs of
Albicn" has grown into a stock phrase.
This massive sheet of chalk appears
again in France. in many ether parts
of Europe as far east as the Crimea,
and even in central Asia, beyond the
Sea of Aral. How far il stretched
westward into what is now the Allan
tic may never be known. but chalk
cliffs of az least 200 feet in thickness
are seen at Antrim. in Ireland, and less
conspicuous formations are found IL
Scotland. in Argyle and Aberdeen.
There can be little question that ali
these now Isolated patches were once
connected in a continuous sheet, which
must, therefore, have occupied a SUI
perficial area about 5000 miles long by
nearly 1000 broad an extent larger
than that of the present continent of
Europe.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24

The New York Journal has been max
ing a poi Of the .tramps il the country
with the following result: Maine, 500;
New Hampshire. 1000; Vermont. 500;
Massachusetts. 5000; Rhode Island. 200;
Connecticut. 2.5o0: New York. 10000:
New Jersey, 10000. Pennsylvania. 10
900: Maryland. LOCO; Delaware, 900;
virginia, LOO: West Virginia, 700;
North Carolina. 5000; South Carolina.
100: Georgia, 5000; Florida. 1000: Wis
consin. 5000; Michigan. 5000; Illinois,
So ooo; Indiana. 10000; Ohio. 5000: Ken
tuckv. 1000; Tennessee, 3,e0o; Missis-
siDpi. 500: Alabama. eco: Iowa. zoe;
missouri, 1900: louisiana, loo. Texas,
400: North Dakota, 1000: Nebraska.
5000; kansas, 10000; Montana, 1000;
Idaho. 1000: Wyoming 1000; Utah,
$50. Colorado. 500: Washington. l.
600; California, 5,OoO-Tosal, Ss6,25O.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24
Something to Nnorv.

1t may be worth something to know
chat the very best mediciE- for re-
storing the tired Out nervous system
TO healthy v.gor is Electric Bitters.
This medicine is purely vegetable, acts
by giving tone to the nerve centers in
the stomach. gently stimulates the
liver and kidneys. and aids these or
gans in throwing off impurities in The
blood Electric Bit.ers improves the
appetite. aids digestion. and is pro-
nounced by those who have tried ii as
the very best blood purifier and nerve
tonic. Try it, Sold for soc or s1.OO per
bottle al y. G. n l. drug dept
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24

stages, may be checked by the use of
Ayers Cherry Pectoral 1t stops the
distressing cough, soothes irritation of
The throat and lungs. and induces
Iuch-needed repose. Hundreds have
testified to the remarkable virtues of
this prepare ton
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24

bonfire was made of the guns. as WIS
the usuc, rule in such cases.
But. luckily for the soldiers, they dis
covered the trick in time. and TIE e--
pected FUN failed to pan out stu. We
must take the Will for the deed. ard
this little incident goes 10 show. that as
a practical joker the willy aboriginal is
not 10 be lightly sneeZed at.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24
THE COLORADO MIDLAND r. r
Two Through Trains Daily

Retween Salt Lake City. Ogden and Lead
Ellie Ellie Cripple Creek. Colorado Springs.
Denver SeT and all points east Only Inns
running THROUGH CHAIR CARS:
d,,aninS trains This line. in connection
S';th the Rio Grande Western. reaches
Denver earlier than any other line via
iCSoiaredo Springs. No change OF cars or
SeIsvsd trains Take the Colorado Mid
iand and save time and enjoy the finest
ID and grandest scenery n Colorado.
For full information call on any R G.
". Ry agent. or 1
" D A. Gen. Agent
narver. Colo. Salt Lake City.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24

1T is gradually beginning to dawn
on the newspapers of the state that
the Enquirer was right again; the
president is not coming to our jubilee, -
says the Provo Enquirer. 1t is impos-
sible TO tell whether the spirit of salts
faction that breathes through this is
because of the seeming fulhllment of
the Enquirer's prediction or because the
president is not coming.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24
SOME EDITORIAL COMMENTS.

Denver Republican,: According to a
Special dispatch published in the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat. Elesident Mckinley has
sent a memorandum TO ou- ambassadors
in England France and Germany. telling
them 10 do all you can for bimetallism. "
Inasmuch, however, as Messrs Hay, Por-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-24

A Minnesota physician recently took
the position. and defended it in q long
paper, that hab.tual crime is a disease.
Even II it be. the very best place in the
world 10 cure it is in the sick ward of
q prison