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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24
WHAT'S MINE Is YOURS.

We stood within the corridor;
| had just stepped inside the rail
TO get my tickets. when | saw
The state of matters and turned pale
L had put on new clothes throughout
Upon this jaunt with her to come;
I'd brought this heavenly creature out,
Leaving my pocket book at home.
l stood there, vexed and mortified;
Twas cruel as it was absurd;
Then did a little gloved hand glide
Straight into mine. without a word,
Leaving a dainty pOrtmOnnai
OF gold and pearl most quantity made,
From which, scarce knowing what to say,
l for the evenings tickets paid.
When l sat down along with her
Now. don't look so annoyed" said she;
"Of course, mistakes sometimes occur,
And people lose their property
Confused. | answered: Il agree,
But must feel vexed about it, though;
What's yours does not belong to me-
Said she: why shouldn't it be SOP
She spoke unthinkingly, then blushed.
oh, do you mean it, straight l cried.
My wild delight she would have huShed;
A feeble No in vain she tried;
But I'd not hear it; so at last
''Yes-just keep STILL said she.
There there don't hold my hand so fast,
The usher will be sure TO see
INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24
THE SALT LAKE HERALD SUNDAY JANUARY "a 1897


pacities. His letters from Salt Lake
City to the Cincinnati Commercial
subsequently published in book form,
gave him a national reputation in the
latter sixties. Another book, a few
years later, entitled THE Western
World" gained a wide circulation and
confirmed the promise of his earlier
work. Mr.. Beadle was a soldier in
the Union army when a mere boy, and
all his life after the war was devoted
to journalism, literature, and an occa-
sional participancy in great political
campaigns. He came to this city three
or four years ago as a representative
of the American Press association. and
continued in that employment until at
tackled by the illness which closed his
well-spent life''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24
A MUNICIPAL MILLENNIUM.

The city of Glasgow, Scotland, has
been making some experiments in mu-
nicipal ownership of street car lines,
/ electric lighting, and the like, and has
been quite successful, satisfactorily so
at least This success of Glasgow has
given rise tC some rather wild asser-
tions in this country, that the subject
of municipal taxation had been solved,
and that henceforth municipal taxes
were to be abolished in Glasgow. These
assertions have been officially denied
from Glasgow in the following letter,
which has been received by some OF
the leading papers of the country:
City Chambers, Glasgow, January 8,
1S97.-The lord provost of Glasgow and
certain officials of the corporation have
for some time past been receiving a
considerable number of communica-
tons from all parts of America desir-
ing confirmation of a statement which
has evidently obtained wide circulation
and considerable credence in the Unit
ed States, to the effect that from tho
commencement of the present year the
citizens of Glasgow would be free from
all taxes or rates in consequence of
the profits derivable from what those
inquirers term municipal mOnopOlies,
or, in other words, the civic admins
tration of various departments of the
public service, such as street tram
ways, gas. water, electric lighting, and
other undertakings which are under
the charge of the corporation. I have
accordingly been requested by the lord
provost to inform you that this state
ment has no foundation in fact, and
that while the municipal undertakings
above mentioned have been eminently
successful, there is no probability of
this city being exempt from taxation
Will you. therefore, pardon my asking
you to do his lordship the favor Of
giving the same publicity to this con-
tradiction as has been given to the
erroneous statements to which l have
referred? JOHN S. SAMUEL.
This letter demolishes the vain hope
that Glasgow had discovered how to
bring about a municipal millennium.
There can be no such millennium while
there are taxes, and While men may
come and men may go, these go on
forever. 1t is as true today as when
it was said: There is no excellence
without labor" And what are taxes
but labor?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

who go to college are not addicted to
plain living and high thinking in fact,
if the popular impression be not wrong,
the very reverse of this is often the
case
That every citizen should take an in
terest in politics is true. and no doubt
politics would be much improved there
by. It is said that the educated class,
the professional men and the like, do
not interest themselves in public mat
tiers as they should They themselves
are TO blame in this matter and not
our system of government. The more
numerous professional politicians be-
come the greater necessity that those
who do not belong to this class should
take an interest in politics. If politics
is in bad condition and has been de-
based, then those who realize this and
regret it should do all in their power
to improve matters. Under republican
form of government the people have
just such government as they want;
if it is bad it is because they permit it
to become bad. 1t is Indifference to
public affairs that causes so much
trouble. And what President Gilman
says is a protest against this. Let
the college men go into politics, (some
have, and it must be confessed not to
the entire elevation of politics., but let
them remember that they have to deal
with modern. living issues, and that
they cannot be made to conform to an
Gent ideals. a great source of trouble
with college men in public affairs is
that they live too much in the past and
rot enough in the present; they would
assimilate modern conditions to ancient
theories, an impossibility, and they
themselves thereby cease to be prac-
teal This explains the failure of many
college men in politics.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

The Boston Herald says the position
of private secretary to the president of
the United States has come to be con-
sidered OF so much Importance, not
only by the occupants of the office, but
by those who have to do with it as
WELL that it is now seriously proposed
to change the title of private secretary
TO the president to that of secretary to
the president. The present title is not
only a misnomer, but it detracts some
what from the dignity which belongs
to the office. Originally. the presidents
private secretary attended to the CORE
spondence and looked after the per-
sonal affairs of the chief executive.
With the growth of the country and
the corresponding increase of execu-
tive business, the private secretary
has become more of an assistant to the
president than an amanuensis. He is
a very important parsonage, and there
is no doubt that his title should be
made to correspond with his import
ance.
This is all very true. but
the present private secretary is hardly
large enough for the Office as it is.
The private secretary is very i'm
portant parsonage, especially in his
own eyes, no matter what he may be
in the eyes of others.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24
THE HOUSE ON THE HILLTOP.

A gray old house on hilltop
In childhood was dear to me;
Though time my vision is dimming,
That house l can clearly see
Sometimes | sit in the twilight
And dream l am breathing still
The scent of cinnamon roses
That blOssomed by the windowsiH.
Once more 1 visit the pasture.
Down through the shadowy lane,
And the fragrance of the sweet fern
Seems filling the air again.
I climb the mound of gray granite
From whose rough and moss grown
height
We watched the lettering cattle
On their hOmeward way at night.
The Brook that purled by the orchard
Was with trembling shadows StreWn,
And fioated the blooms of clover
Away to the great unknown.
I sit in the hush of nightfan
And my eyes viii Oftimes ill
AS / see that brook and wonder
Whether children play there STILL
Do they search the tangled thicket
And learn where blackberries grow?
Do they swing on supple branches
Like the children of long ago..
Go up and down and back and forth
While their shouts the sweet air I'LL,
And their young breasts with happy sense
OF daring adventure thrill?
Oh. the years are many since freight
Made the pictures on the wall
Valleys and hills, and peOpled them,
And many a castle tall,
Thoughts may travel through years and
space,
And often I dwell there still.
And live once more the care-free days
OF my childhood on the hill.
C. A NJ. Webb in the Boston Evening
Transcript.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24
MARK TwAIN's MIsFoRTUNEs

The news comes from London that
Mark Twain is there, and there in
poverty if not in distress. He has been
around the world on a lecture tour and
it has not been a success. He is now
engaged in writing the history of his
tour in the hope that he may earn
| enough money to pay off his creditors
and leave something for his family.
The case is really a touching one and
enlists much sympathy. Mr.. Clemens
is, perhaps, the foremost humorist that
the United States have produced. His
humor was never studied or stilted.
but OF that fresh, natural kind
which always provokes the hearty
laugh or gentle smile But now this
humorist who has brought the tears
of laughter to thousands and thousands
of eyes, whose name has become a
household word, is lost in a great city,
struggling with other millions against
the adversities of life. And in the de-
cline of his life. when his once brilliant
sun is fast sinking into the golden
west to go down forever, he finds him
self stranded, his great comfort the
memory Of the past, his hope for the
future the promise of a better land In
some respects his case is parallel of
that of the Wizard of the North whose
declining years were devoted to hard
work that he might meet the demands
of creditors. How the fortunes of
Steel and Savage and others must
come to the memory of Mark Twain
as he threads his way through the
throngs on the Strand and Holborn.
The days are dark and dreary for Mark
Twain. May the dawn of brighter and
better times soon come to him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

On the Tip of the Tongue man of
the New York Press tells this story
lbout Lew Wallace:
General Lew Wallace, VINO is at the
5ilsey House. is about TO publish a
new novel, out of which he hoDes to
make as much as he did out of Ben
Hur." They say that when he first
visited Mexico to get data for his
Fair God" he knew nothing of the
language and frequently Flade amusing
mistakes. a funeral procession pass
ing one day, he inquired of a native:
@Who's being buried?"
"Ouien sabe?" replied the Mexican
with a shrug. The expression is used
more often in Mexico than any other
evcept ..manana. It means Who
knows?"
Wallace remembered Mr.. Quien Sabe
IN his notes. on the following day an
other funeral procession passing, he
aeairl inquired the name of the victim,
and was again Informed. "Quien sabe %
WHY. I thought he was buried yes
+ardav." said the novelist in no little
amazement, and with look at the
Mexican that indicated doubt of his
sanity.
It is a very good story, so good, in
fact. that we recognize our old friend
-.Nick Var Stan" in it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24
COLLEGE MEN IN POLITICS.

In addressing the young men of
Johns Hopkins university last Sunday
President Gilman said:
In "a country where everything de-
ponds on the votes of the majority ii
is our duty to see, as educated men,
that right doctrines triumph, and there
is no time like the present for the
work
That may be the duty of college bred
men, but do they always fulfill it? Then
college men do not all agree among
themselves as to what are right doc
trines. 1t is also much to be feared
that the majority of the young men
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24
TALES OF THE DAY.
BY Our Own Steve Gram.

Chicago News: youth sped swiftly
through the maddening crowd. An ideal
fled before-faltering and illusive-she
ever kept beyond his reach
Faster" quoth the youth TO himself
and he pressed onward in determination.
The crowd stared and wondered. thou
sand eyes were fixed upon the pair. but
the youth needed not and the crowd faded
away.
The maid sped through the thinning
countryside. Gay felds-mere splotches
of green upon the lanscape-few swiftly
by. Ochre-colored cows mooed in the
meadows and gazed dreamily out of their
eyes at the flying youth and maid. The
countryside passed away.
A dark forest surrounded them. Dis
NAL shapes fitted hopelessly through the
underbrush and glared with glowing. sau-
cer-like eyes from out the thickneSses.
Now, again quoth the youth breath
lessly.
The ideal heard and gave hooking
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

The Washington Post of Tuesday
last contained this item, which is of
special interest to all Salt Lakers:
Mr.. John H. Beadle, whose death at
Rockville, Ind, was reported in the
Sunday Post, and whose funeral oc-
CURED in this city yesterday. was a
man of whom it might well be said
he should have died hereafter" For
more than thirty years Mr.. Beadle
was strong. original. and influential
journalist, serving as correspondent or
editor and sometimes filing both ca
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24
Wanted to Keep a Founding.

Mrs. Louis Heinermann of POS West
Thirty-second street, walked into the
West Thirty-seventh street station about
8 o'clock and laid a wei! dressed girl
baby apparently about weeks old, on
the desk before Sergeant Cahill, says the
New York Tribune. She declared that
she had found the little one in the hall
way of 351 West Thirty-siXth street, and
asked the sergeant to allow her to keep
the child. Captain Schmittberger was
called. and to him Mrs. Heinermann re-
peated her plea for the stray infant The
captain, however, said the only thing he
could do was to send the baby to Belle
vue hospital Mrs. Heinermann, who was
greatly fascinated with the infant, ac-
companied the officer who took to the
wait to the hospital.
About II o'clock, as Sergeant Cahill
was sitting at his desk. a man, with his
hat off and his hair unkempt, ran into
the police station. He said, eXcltedly,
that he was looking for his wife; he had
heard that she was in the station. "a
hill asked him who he was and he an
swered: My names Heinermann, and d
like to know where my wife is?
The sergeant said that she had found
baby and had gone to Bellevue hospital
with the infant. Then, as He'nermann
rushed out he exclaimed: well. my s.
year-old is at home crying for its mother,
and I wish she would come back
All of the infants clothing was of good
material and well made. On the dress
was pinned this note:
MY husband left me with this child.
I have not anything in the. world. Please
take care of the child. God bless you,
for 1 am going to die. Call her Lillian.
"A SORROWFUL MOTHER
With the baby was a bundle which con-
tanned a lot of clothing like that whlch
the child had on. On each article was a
sort of crest. diamond shaped, worked in
red silk. Beside the crest was letter
L, also worked in red silk.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

THE HERALD ia a franchise MEM
neg or The United Press, md re-
ceiVeS the complete leased wire
overland and Pacific Coast news re-
ports Of The United Associated Press
es' embracing accurate intelligence
OF all current events in the whole
world. With it's special wire and
operator in it's own Office THE HER
AID is daily in Immediate possess
sion of the latest news up till the
hour Of HOiHg TO press.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

Everything now indicates that the
senate contemplates making war upon
the arbitration treaty itself. If it does,
that Miltonic quotation about Peace
hath her victories" ETC., will have to
be relegated 20 the background.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

Mr.. Cleveland is nearing that period
in his life when he must give serious
ana earnest consideration to the ques-
ton: what shall we do with our ex-
presjdents?''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

Talk Of ghoulish glee! Was there
ever such an exhibition of it as the
goldbug papers make over the termi-
nation of Mr.. Bryan's lecture tour?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

An Iowa college professor confesses
to the theft of books from BostOn's pub
lie library and calls himself klepto-
maniac. He should have called him
self a bibliomaniac.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

Lyman J. Gage is said to be slated
for the treasury. He first came into
prominence as financier in Coins
Financial School"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

President-elect Mckinley has insured
his life for $4,000. Does it include
the extra hazard of being importuned
to death by office-seekers?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

There is a place for everything" is
true. But then the cfice-seeker being
a person in place of a thing he doesn't
come within the rule.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

laugh. Lightly she tripped and flew along
the pristine pathway.
The youth spent some more breath and
gained; he reached out his hand.
Just then there came gush of rushing
air. Mighty thunders sounded, the wood
became stilled and darksome. A heavy
shock rocked the earth
And the youth woke up and picked
himself - ele floor he fingered the bump
on his head and gazed sadly at the re-
mains of his salary.
Holy Moses he said, with a wheezy
laugh, l didn't do a thing last night"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

Old time pugilists gave it to each
other just below the ear. Now the
pugilists give it 20 each other right
square in the drum of the ear.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

Senator NJ. H. Cannon votes for
Judge Powers for senator. And he
goes right off and lectures on AN Old
Fashioned Woman"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

The reason Richard cried "Of with
his head,'' so soon as buckingham was
caught. was because he wore a high
hat with plumes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

Why not call the building where the
governor and state officers have their
offices and the legislature holds its SEES
sions, the CAPITOL?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

There may not be a tariff commits
sion. but the tariff-tinkers promise
something equally as good, or better.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24
SOME EDITORIAL COMMENTS.

Boston Statesman: Yerkes, who will
probably succeed Joe Blackburn in the
senate from kentucky, is said to be one
of the best classical scholars in the
south. 1t is encouraging to find that
scholars are coming into favor. Ability
to solve the mysteries of a Jackpot has
as learning for those seeking preferment
at the hands of the public.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

elect have sent him fifty varieties of
maple sugar. How many are pure?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

"Armor plates are thicker than
parchment" remarks the New York
sun. And investigation shows that they
are fuller of holes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

Sam Jones says divorce laws are
made in hell" This explains why
divorce suits are often such hot
stuff"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24
WIT AND HUMoR.

Chicago Record: What is the age of
chivalry, Aunt Penelope"
Those good old times when men fell
in love with women over 40
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

cratic senator, like Caesars wife, must
be above suspicion
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

Detroit Free Press: Trusting 10 Super
stition.-"Why do you insist upon being
married on Friday. Whirly?"
so that her folks will charge all our
bad luck to that fact instead of to me-"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

Man hunting seems to be one of the
favorite sports in the preserves of the
Tolleston club.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

Brooklyn Life: Theory and practice
are different things" said the professor.
Yes. indeed" assented the medical
student 4 pay for theory and 1 will be
paid for practice
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

William Waldorf Astor says that he
is still an American. All right but the
stiller the better
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

The New York World has begun to
critieise sensational journalism. Well!
Well welli
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

New York society has concluded that
Little Egypt" goes a long way.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

Ex-Governor st. John has been re-
vived in Kansas. 1t must have been
with brandy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

The title of Secretary J. Sterling Nor
TONS book is "a Mess O. Peas And
a pretty mess he has made of it. too.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

Georgia has made the birthday of
Robert E. Lee legal holiday. 1t is the
first state TO do this; it should be the
last
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

Free silver is the rock upon which
the Democratic victory was built. DO
not reject it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

Marcus Alonzo Hanna does not pro-
pose to hide his light under a Bush
nell
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

Philadelphia North American: Lo-Irly-
These little hands were never made to
work, my darling.
His Darling-And you can just bet
they re not going TO. You can make up
your mind to that before you marry me.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

Courier-Journal: One of the sensational
evangelists claims to have discovered that
hell is within half mile of Boston"
He will have to produce very strong
proof. however, to convince recent news
paper readers that the suburb referred
to has not recently been annexed as u
part of Greater New York
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

st. Louis Globe-Democrat: The Hol-
land Danes of the New Netherlands is
formed in New York. Virginia has not
yet come forward with the Danes Mic
otiana in honor of the sprightly English
girls whom the planters bought for wives
and paid for in. tobacco. without asking
too many questions about antecedents or
pedigree.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

The floating vote gathers the roses.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24
Complimentary.

EIsie-And does George say I was pos
itively dovelike?
Understanding of that sort; said you
were pigeOn-toed, L believe.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

Patent Flour, best
Utah. So 20 per 100 lbs
Straight Grade,
Utah ....-...---.. Z-Oo
Bakers No 1, Utah 100
Pillsbury's Best
(AIinneapolis) -. $50
Full line of Choice
Teas, from soc to 100 per Id.
Best package tea
ever offered for. 80
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-24

Chicago Chronicle: Having selected a
financier to be secretary of state, Mr..
Mckinley is now hunting for a man well
read in international law to be secretary
of the treasury.