The herald., 1897-09-15
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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1t is very distressing to learn that
ones salad may in reality be freight
car for baclli. To think that ones let
tuce is only lurking place for germs: :
However. vinegar. 1 understand, is an
excellent antiseptic; so, if you want
to avoid typhoid fever. take plenty Of
the acrd fluid in yours. How tastes
90 differ! There is my friend, the dra-
matte critic. who will not look upon
cheese unless animal life is to be dis
cerned therein. In all such scares. how
ever, as that which has lately assailed
the nostrils of the board of health, there
is apt to be considerable exaggeration
l shall continue-or, rather Elvira will
to squander 5 cents per diem on the
vegetables delivered by the Monaghan,
| although l am free to confess that l
would prefer to buy green stuff grown by
white men-if they would grow it.
My friend, 1.-The Saunterer," wrote q
"lay sermon" few weeks ago on the
disgusting habit Of smoking an in
weighed in a gently virulent manner
against all smokers. Personally l be-
son to be grateful to the dscoverer of
tobacco as men. A cigar or pipe is
such an excellent coadjutor to domestic
bliss and has such a soothing effect upon
a husbands ruffled temper that his wife's
0isheveled nerves are distinctly gain
err thereby. Women are frequently so
painfully aggressive-notably on street
cars. Why should woman insist on
CQ1a fty,c ba haa aIy tn 1f he
Traction company's cars-for instance
when there are dozen other seats, both
inside and out. available, and make me
feel SO uncomfortable that l am COM
PEELED to throw my cigar into the road?
The rear of the car is supposed to be
reserved for men, who can there smoke
if they want to. Why, then. should wo-
mankind invariably prefer those seats?
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I took several trips on various street
cars yesterday afternoon between and
6 o'clock in order that I might enjoy the
jubilant smiles that overspread the coun-
tenances of worthy citizens who had
heard the good news from Washington
that our dear friend. Alger had desisted
from desisting-on that little San Pedro
matter. l saw more radiant faces thar
1 have seen for many long day and
heard much talk in which the word
boom" and salt Lake railroad" were
intermingled, but my good spirits were
dampened when sour-visaged woman
audibly remarked, You don't know what
Uncle Coils may have up his sleeve"
The local police force has been gath
ering all sorts Of bouquets unto itself on
account of the numerous burglars who
have within the past few days found
their way behind the bars. Nobody will
grudge the police the proper credit, es-
pecially as in a number Of cases the
stolen property has been recovered. But
after all it IS very poor reflection on
the city that such a number of burg
iaries were ever possible. The region
invaded was comparatively small one,
but the frequency and success of the
burglaries afforded ample evidence of
the wretchedly inadequate system Of
protection and patrol. I have lived for
long time on quiet street not
twenty minutes walk from the center
of the city, and 1 have never vet seer
policeman within earshot of that street.
So, until we are willing to pay more
taxes or the revenue is more properly
dispensed, We must expect to be burg
larized. every now and then.
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The financier, who has hitherto made
lively income by loaning money at 10
per cent a month to those financially
quagmired, is not likely to reap as profit
able harvest, out of his lately acquired
drug business, If he descends to such
grotesque exhibitions of himself as he
indulged in yesterday. He sent for a
reporter, who, he was aware, was
lightweight physically, and then as
saulted him. Such methods may be all
right in the usurers retreat where there
are no witnesses and there is little
chance of complaint against the bully
but in a hitherto respectable drug store
where ice cream is a specially, they
are not likely to prove attractive. Next
time Shylock wants his meat, let him
communicate with the sporting editor.
RYSTANDER