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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10
Drummers, Tricks.

Chicago News: Yes" said Professor
Roterberg, there is lot of fun in the
business. But the newest branch of my
business IS teaching tricks to drummers.
Ny best patrons in Chicago are drum
mers They come 10 me and say: Pro
fessor put me next to good card
trick teach me something new with the
coins or Haven't you got hand
kerchief trick that | can do? look
them over and size UP their possibilities.
Sometimes in half an hour L can teach
a smart drummer three or four tricks. He
performs them in the country stores and
gets the proprietor interested. just as the
old-time drummer used TO do when he
told stories, then he sells his man bill
OF goods.
..1here are 30 or 40 drummers who
come to me regularly for instruction, and
some OF them 1 have made adept sleight-
of-hand performers. You see, the drum
mer must be interesting or he won't do.
re can't tell mis- peculiar kind of stories
any more because nowadays women are
largely employed in country stores as
book keepers or clerks and the average
country merchant doesn't drink as he
used to-that is, not at home.
'.Sleight-of-hand tricks with coins,
cards or handkerchiefs are the principal
devices the smart drummer relies on TO
work up the interest of those he deals
with. and the modern drummer in some
Gases knows enough of the con1urer art
to earn his living as professional
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10
STORIES OF MEN.
Grevy's Presence of Mind.

In spite of the admonition: DE mortuis
nil nisi bonum,' there is little good TO be
said of NJ. Grevy. the former president of
tie French republic, but if the following
story be true, ne, at least. possessed tact.
1t is the custom in France for the presi-
dent to make an official visit 10 the
Salon. On one such occasion ne stopped
in front of painting and remarked:
That picture is eXecrable."
The dead silence which ensued appraised
him that he mad made a Dlunder. Turning
TO one of his ministers he inquired OF
him who was the author of the painting
This gentleman, answered the embar-
raised minister, pointing to a painter
who was standing beside them and had
consequently heard the presidents
speech.
Father Grevy'' instantly recovered his
comDosure. and with the air of simple
good nature, which ne knew how to as
sumo upon occasions, stretched out his
hand TO the painter.
With U.S. he SAID when we want to
buy thing, we always begin by de-
preciating it,.
Everyone was enchanted by his pres
ence OF mind-the fiattered painter was in
raotures. and that day the republic was
the richer by mediocre painting and the
poorer by several thousand francs, spent
TO make good its presidents break.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10
Saws the Logan Nation:

There is paragraph going the
rounds of the Democratic press de-
scribing the brilliancy, genius and ora
torical ability of Congressman King.
and narrating how he won last fall
by an unprecedentedly large majority
Does any one suppose that if the party
platform conditions had been reversed
that Congressman King would have
won? Hardly. 1t was not Mr. King
so much as it was free coinage the peo-
pie wanted, and if the Issue had been
reversed his majority would have
dwindled to an insignificant minority
and we say this without abating one
jot of Mr.. Kings ability.
Certainly Congressman King would
not have won if he had been advo-
eating the st. Louis platform instead
of the Chicago platform. The latter
embodied the principles the people
wanted to triumph. But those were
the very principles Judge King had
been advocating right along, and the
people thought he was just the man
to represent them in consequence 1t
was clear case of the right man rep
resenting right principles
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

The Urbana lynching is as balm to
the southern papers, the southern peo-
pie having been prodded so hard and so
frequently for their shortcomings in the
matter OF lynchings. Thus the Balti-
more Sun contrasts the lawless pro-
ceeding at Urbana with the orderly
and lawful proceeding at Fairfax
Court House, Va. Two negroes suf-
fered death for the same crime on the
same day. one lawfully, the other un-
lawfully. The sun. in part, says: The
example of the orderly conduct of the
good people of Fairfax county, Va,
is to be commended to the riotous citi-
zens of Champaign county, Ohio. The
crime for which the negroes suffered
was sufficiently revolving. and its obi
Gus character was heightened in each
case, in the minds of the friends of the
victims, by the fact that the aggress-
ors were of a different and inferior
race. But the Virginians had in mind
the doctrine so often inculcated by the
Sun that lynching is wrong and that
the law should be allowed to take its
course. They have not distinguished
themselves as asserters OF the equality
of the races and as advocates Of mis-
cegenation. but they performed their
duty as citizens in the premises.
1t is to be hoped that the barbarism,
of which the unhappy incident at Ur-
bana is a specimen, will become less
prevalent as education, refinement and
law-abiding habits become more COM
mon among the masses in Ohio" That
last sentence is a heaping of Goals of
fire on the heads of the devoted Ohio
ans
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

Senator Nelson. of Minnesota, does
not think that sufficient progress is
being made on the tariff bill, says the
Washington Post. To him it is going
very slow. He says it reminds him of
an old Norwegian fable which his
mother told him.
A snail was sent to get some water
to christen a baby. When he was re-
turning with the water he saw a num-
Der Of people going into the church.
among them a young lady in bridal
arrav.
What is going on there?" he asked.
The child for whom you were sent
to bring water to christen has grown
to be young lady, and she is going
to be married." was the reply.
Then 1 must hurry" said the snail,
and in attempting to hurry he spilled
the water.
Query: Is the prosperity water to
be spilled?
Spilled or not spilled. there will not
be enough of it in the tariff bill to
reach the roots, no matter how care
fully husbanded and applied.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10
APOLOGY FOR HAVING LOVED
BEFORE.

They that never had the use
Or the grapes surprising juice,
To the first delicious cup
All their reason render up;
Neither do. nor care to, know,
Whether it be best or no.
So they that are to love inclined,
Sway'd by chance, nor choice or art,
To the first that's fair or kind,
Make present of their heart;
It's not she that first we love,
But whom dying we approve.
To man. that was in TIL evening made,
Stars gave the first delight;
Admiring in the gloomy shade
Those little drops of light.
Then at Aurora. whose fair hand
Removed them from the skies,
He gazing toward the east did stand,
She entertained his eyes.
But when the bright run did appear,
All those he gan despise;
His wonder was determin'd there.
And could no higher rise.
He neither might nor wished to know
A more refulgent light;
For that Gas mine your beauties now,
Employed his utmost sight.
Edmund Walter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

A committee of leading citizens of
Provo has called a mass meeting of
the citizens of that place for tonight
to make arrangements for a proper
celebration of Independence Day. This
is a proper thing to do and Provo sets
Salt Lake City an example worthy of
being followed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

Speaking of the passing of Bryan"
the Washington Post says: Has there
been passing of Bryan?' Not yet,
dear little cuckoos. William ]. Bryan
is larger, a more imperious. and a
more forceful quantity in the Demo-
cratic equation of the present than Mr.
Cleveland. and all his personal follow
ers put together. We do not endeavor
to explain it. We simply recognize the
tremendous. overshadowing fact"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

Everybody seems capable of suggest
ing plans TO add a few thousand dollars
10 the already heavy burdens of the
taxpayers and as yet no one has sug-
gested plan whereby they are TO be
relieved of their burden to the extent
of a dollar
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

Broker ChaDman's term in jail ends
today. He has had a most delightful
time, and has had everything that heart
could wish. Havemeyer and Searles
should present him with a fitting testi-
nonial
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

The trustees of Harvard college.
Washington, have decided to confer the
degree of Ii. D. upon John Wanna
maker. This viii be a sort of consola-
ton stake for his senatorial loss.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

A Washington correspondent says
that city has more bicycles than any
other city of its size in the world. It
also has more cranks than any other
city of its size
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

Ten people out of a dozen are in
valids." saws a recent medical author
ity. At least eight out -of these ten, it
is safe to allow, are suffering from
some form of blood disease which
persistent use of Ayers Sarsaparilla
would be sure to cure. Then, don't be
an invalid.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

The very hostile attitude of the SEN
ate towards the Sugar trust has not
prevented that concern from declaring
its usual quarterly dividend.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10
WIT AND HUMOR.

Cleveland Leader: '.Milliken surprised
me very much yesterday"
How was that
while out on his wheel he got into a
collision, and didn't claim that the other
fellow was entirely to blame"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

Mexico does not mourn that the can
non stolen from West Point were blown
up with dynamite and sold to a dealer
in metal at Frankfort, Germany.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

Since his release from prison Oscar
Wilde is trying to divert attention from
his own beastly offense by telling
what horrible things occur in English
prisons
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10
Stocks and investments.
| buy and sell

z. C. MI. Stock
peseret National Bank Stock.
State Bank of Utah Stock.
Home Fire Insurance Co. Stock.
Utah Sugar Company Stock
And any dividend-paying stocks bought
and sold. Good investments for Home
Money.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

When one looks over the vote in the
senate on the proposition to put a duty
on cotton one cannot but ask: Where
is the Democratic party at?''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

The title of Richard Mansfeld's new
novel is Blown Away" Those who
have listened to his curtain scolds think
it should be called Blown Up"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

THE bicycle is a menace to the mind
It annihilates the reading habit" says
a Chicago preacher. It also anihilates
the riding habit at about the second
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

Good times are coming" says an ex-
change. If they are, they are coming
with slow and measured tread.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

Mime. Nordica seems to be keyed up
very high. She demands thousand
pound note from Maurice Grau.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

The Cuban question has been pigeon
holed. This is not quite the same
thing as the white dove of peace
spreading its wings.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

The fact that cotton is no longer king
is made patent by the demand that it
be protected.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

Chicago Tribune: Intimate Friend-Do
you think you can go to heaven feeling
as you do toward Mrs. Biggsley?
Mrs. Chucksley-Certainly. l don't ex-
pect ever to have TO meet her there.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune: Binks-
What tremendous pneumatic tires Colt
has on his bicycle.
Banks-Yes, he's working a great
scheme. He goes out in the country every
Sunday, initiates the tires with country
air, comes back to his room in the fiat
and turns the air loose. Then he can en-
joy country ozone for the next seven
days.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

Putting the country's money on a
sound basis thus far means putting it
in the vaults of the treasury-truly a
safe and sound basis.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

The Spanish mission seems to be go
ing begging. Is this because Spain
has become beggared?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

Weyler can hardly be held response
BILE for the affairs at Urbana and
Princess Anne.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

Who would not be a soldier boy when
he remembers that post exchanges are
exempt from internal revenue taxes?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

If the United States annex the Ha-
waiian islands truly they will be the
Fortunate Isles"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

The most insidious poison in Ameri-
can politics today is protection.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

The "unspeakable Turk" is very 81
lent Just now.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

Chicago Record: New York people
were Disguised with that earthquake"
Why
1T moved from east to west"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

Chicago Record: How did you happen
to go TO sleep in church,
The women's hats looked so much like
lampshades that L forgot where L was"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

Detroit Free Press: "Wiggins had to
have his telephone taken out
'.Why?"
''Well-he had told his wife they must
cut down expenses and so she called him
up every afternoon to see whether he had
gone to baseball
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

The members of the house are not
cuckoos; they are simply Reed birds
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

Washington Star: rs your flying ma
chine = success
"UnquestionabIy, replied the enthusi-
asst
Have you made trip with it?'
No: But I've sold several shares of
stock"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

Philadelphia Record: Between the fell
ony OF the miserable wretch who was
at Urbana. Ohio. and the crime of the
persons who did the lynching in defiance
not only. of law but of every instinct of
reason-for their victim had been con-
victed and could not possibly have es-
capped the clutches of justice-it would be
a difficult matter to draw any distinction
morally
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

Beecham's Pills will dispel the
blues"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

St. Louis Republic: The old virginia
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

San Francisco Examiner: Senator AL
drich does not see how the government
could get along without the sugar trust.
The senator evidently has his own iden-
THY and that of the government mixed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

Denver Republican: The money question
has got beyond the control of jobbing poll
iticians. 1t must be settled by the peo-
pie at the polls. and unless all the signs
be settled in favor of free coinage in the
presidential election of 1900
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

SOME EDITORIAL COMMENTS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

Butte Miner: Yes. there is peace in
Butte The criminal characters have
very quiet. The COMMITTEES of 100 and the
police authorities are now thoroughly or
ganlzed and the good work of protecting
citizens and detecting crime will he con-
tinued indefinitely. This is no sDasmodic
movement, 10 temporary action, but the
beginning of new era for Butte.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-10

negro who fiooped down on his marrow
bones in the White House and prayed for
return OF prosperity probably had a
heartfelt though inaudible Amen as a
response from Mr. Mckinley.
Boston Herald: Mr.. Depew is going to
nave the ballot framed upon which he
recently voted on SO 5000, coo of New York
central railroad stock. 1t is the largest
vote ever given at a stockholders meet
ING by one person. and it may appropri-
ately be hung beside the famous check OF
William \: Vanderbilt for s6.0c0.000 which
ne drew on-hand upon one of his bank &C
counts
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-19

DAUGHTERS OF THE REPUBLIC.
A word of explanation is due the vast
majority of the friends Of the Daugh-
tiers Of the Republic, who failed to find
them Saturday last. The preparations
were on a magnificent scale, but as
there was no electric light, of course,
there could be no reception. They
served refreshments and did the best
they could under the circumstances
and cannot sufficiently thank their
many friends for their kindness and
generosity. The receipts Of the De Ia
vala table were s22.10. 1t is thought
that the Deaf Smith table carried off
the ribbon. However, the reports are
not yet in. So.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-19

Two or three conveyances and
teams wanted to take passengers from
Riverside park curve of street cars on
Presa street to Southwestern park.
Apply at park. 7-19-2t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-07-19
IN SESSION

Columbus, o., July 19.-The execu
tive committee United Mine Workers
is in session.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-03-17

Grover the great taking pedestrian ex-
ercise?--aud Mrs. Cleveland wheeled
swiftly and walked vigorously, taking
long strides across Lafayette square,
up Connecticut Avenue after the fash
ion of woman out for constitutional.
The need of fresh air and exercise on
foot is obviously felt by our new Presi
Gent, and on the gloomy day-and-one
after sandwiched between the brilliant
weather of his Inauguration and his
first Sunday in the White House, he
created sensation among the passers-
by through appearing on foot in the
fashionable promenade, trudging as
sturdily along under the gray skies in
the damp and wet as though he were
Cousin Osborne. Our man of destiny,
who has settled down to business with
promptitude that pleases Mark Hanna
and everybody concerned, not only
looks like Napoleon the Great, but, if
one may credit historians and painters,
walks like him. The President having
announced his intention of walking to
and from divine service, the members
of his cabinet are already following that
good example.
"Tbough our Chauncey-ours no
more-has been turned down, the Van.
derbilt element has been propitiated;
provided all one hears is true. No
proposition has been made, it is true,
to Cornelius Vanderbilt himself, albeit
even in his present state of health he
ought to make an impressive ambassa-
dor in great capitals where much opu-
lence is required. But DR.. Seward
Webb, who is incidentally brother to
Creighton Webb, has, the dickey birds
say, been offered foreign mission, and
declined. His wife is deservedly one OF
the most popular members of the Van
derbilt family, and the attainments and
graces of DIR. Seward Webb hims elf,
who can handle the reins of four-in-
hand and figure in the Vermont state
legislature with equal address, are well
known to the world; and yet why for
eign mission?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-03-17
JeffersOn's Inauguration.

No Inauguration myth has been more
tenacious of life than that which pic
tured Jefferson, attired as a plain citi-
zen, riding on horseback to the Capitol,
hitching his horse to the palings, and
walking unattended in the Senate
chamber to take the oath as President.
To have done this would have been in
accordance with his previous utter
ances, for he had strongly condemned
as savoring of monarchy all public
ceremony at the swearing in Of Presi-
dent. When the time for his own in
auguration arrived, however, the case
seems to have looked different to him.
Whether it was because he was to be
the first President inaugurated at the
new Capitol, or because of an unwill-
ingness to disappoint the large num-
bers of his friends and partisans who
had assembled to honor him, is not
clear; but the fact is that he did per-
NIT considerable display at the cere-
monies. He was met at the door of his
boarding. house, which was only q
stones throw from the Capitol, by a
militia artillery company and process.
sion of citizens, and escorted by these,
uc WCut vi iOOt W tuO NhpltOis
The horseback story, or fake" as it
would be denominated in modern jour-
nalism, was the invention of an Eng
lishman named John Davis, who put it
in book of American travels which
he published in London two years later.
In order to give it an air of truthful
ness, Davis declared that he was pres
ent at the inauguration, which was not
true. A veracious account OF the cere-
monies was sent 10 England by Edward
Thornton, who was then in charge of
the British legation at Washington;
and in this Jefferson was described as
having walked to the Capitol. These
facts, together with great mass of in
teresting matter about Jefferson's in
auguration, are set forth in detail by
Henry Adams in his " History of the
United States, and leave no doubt that
the Davis version was a pure fabrica-
ton. p" Inauguration Scenes and In
cidents," by Joseph B. Bishop, in the
March Century.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-03-17
A Stay In Gibraltar.

Gibraltar, apart from being the
worlds most famous and impregnable
fortress, is a very interesting place to
visit. There is constant hustle and
stir about the place, and plenty of color
ket places. Side by side with the Eng
lish "Tommy Atkins" in his red jack.
ct will stalk the solemn Moor from Bar.
barry, who is there for the peaceful OBJ
ject of disposing of his chickens and
market produce. Then a merry party
of ladies from the " officers quarters ("
will come riding through the town, es.
corted by the latest arrived subalterns,
or by some jolly midshipmen from the
man-o'-war in the bay, and be blocked
in the street by a troupe of gayly-
dressed Spanish girls noisly driving be-
fore them herd of mules with paniers
laden with fruit and vegetables. Then,
if you sail about the bay, there are
steamers arriving to coal at every hour
of the day, some with their hundreds
Of happy passengers, homeward hound
from India, and anxious for a run
ashore before the four. days. trip through
the Bay of Biscay home to Plymouth,
and others, little cargo boats bound to
some Old World port in the Mediter-
ranean to deliver prosaic cargo of
coal. There are pleasant little trips
either by sea or land. A few hours
sail and you are in Morocco or Tangier;
or you can visit the Spanish fortress of
Ceuta on the African side of the straits.
Altogether Gibraltar is place to stay
a week in, and people who just view
the rock from the deck of their steamer
and 60 on to Genoa or Naples, miss q
great deal of interesting pleasure.