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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28
CIRCULATE TIE SILVER DOL
LARS.

The Chicago Times-Herald is in
favor of doing away with government
notes of all kinds, and having the gov
eminent contine itself to coming the
metals according to law. we believe, -
it says, that the circulation of coin
silver and gold should be greater than
it is. Let the new currency law pro-
hibit the printing of one, two ana five
dollar bills, and the silver dollars in
the treasury would soon be in the pock-
cts of the people. There is no reason
why silver dollars should not circulate
much more widely than they do In
Great Britain the half crown piece,
and in France the 5-franc piece, are in
extensive circulation. so that it is a
mere matter of habit and education.
Every silverite in the land ought to hail
the opportunity of giving greater cir
culation to his much loved metal. Let
the silver certificates be withdrawn,
therefore, and the American silver dol
lar be given a chancei"
That is very good SO far as it goes,
but it does not so far enough. Make
the coinage Of silver free and then it
would be all right.
1t is probably the case that the ma
jority of those who announce them
selves as in favor of cold and against
silver do not handle a piece of sold
money once liz six months, and do not
know the difference between a green
back, a coin note CT a silver certificate
They really favor paper money, though
they like to think that 1t is all redeem
able in gold.
The prejudice against silver is more
of habit than anything else, a habit
that the anti-silver men have done
much to fix. The people are not famil-
lar with silver money. and it is this
fact that makes it so easy to Greats
prejudice against 1t, as it is always an
easy matter to create prejudice against
the unfamiliar.
The Times-H Herald says that if silver
were in general use among the people
the practical difficulties of presenting
any considerable quantity at the treas
ury for redemption in sold Gt believes
they should be so redeemed) are SC
great that it does not think there would
ever be a serious menace to the solo
! reserve. These difficulties would a!sC
serve to keep silver dollars in whaf
may be termed local circulation, q thing
! especially desirable in small commune
! ties
The plan to cease issuing all notes
/
have a very good educational effect, fol
it would famillarize the people witt
silver and so do away with much p9eiu;
dice It would be, il measure, a paw
ing Of the way for free silver, and any
thing that viii Go that is TO be fav.
| Ored
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28
Choice of the Dragon Who Wrestled
With the Gear.

One Of the stories of Peter the Great
which the French president heard III St
re-ei-sbu1g was OF Lne great car WresJ-
IlAs matcn WIN Inc aragoon.
Cnce II me nnpe1lai paIace, SO the story
goes, teter was az table with IL great
many princes and nobiemen, and SoluIers
were 1osteu WlInlu me hatL The car
VIA; i'll q happy lnoou ana, rising. called
o4t to the company:
listen, princes and boyars; is there
among you one VINO VIII WreStle with
me, pass the time and amuse the
cZar?'
nore was no reply, and the car re-
pealeu his chailen8e. no prince ca noble-
i4iun care. Wlest-e win his sovereign.
but ali a. once a young ur4SoOn stepped
out ii IN the ranks OIL the soldiers on
guard.
Listen, orthodox car" he said, Il will
WreStle with thee'
Wei, young oragoon, said Peter, Il
will Wrestte with thee, but on these con-
dtIcuS: II tnou art thrown, thou SIlait
be peheaded. Wilt thou Wrestie on those
ConutlonS!
Il VIII great car" said the soldier.
They closed, and presently the soldier,
with mis- lett arm threw the car and with
his right he prevented HIM from falling
to the ground. The sovereign was clearly
beaten.
somewhat in the spirit of Herod. the
car ofterea the soldier whatever reward
he should claim, ana the solaler iguobiy
Claimed the privilege or drinking Tree, as
long as he lived, IN all the inns belonging
to the crown
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28
INDEPENDENCE ALONE WILL
CRAFTY CUBA.

Another manifesto has been Issued
by the Cuban constituent assembly. It
declares in clear and unmistakable
terms that TO special laws, 10 spec
ial reform or autonomy, nothing, in
short, that The Spanish government
may be wiling 10 grant that means
Spanish sovereignty oyer Cuba, shall
be accepted by the Cubans as a settle
ment Of the war"
That is the Cuban position. What
is the Spanish position? 1t was stated
in q recent interview by Senior Candle
jos. Said he:
rs to selling Cuba or accepting an
indemnity OF any kind for Spanish SOW
ersignty or the abandonment Of the is
land. no member OF the government,
no statesman, no individual Spaniard,
would consent. The matter is beyond
consideration No such solution Is
practicable. No public man would dare
to encourage such loss Of territory ii
he were so disposed. You viii find this
feeling universal in Spain. All shades
OF political sentiment unite on this
point.
GIVE great liberty to the colony dc
All that the Cuban home rulers have
asked for, but draw the line on COM
nlete separa ton. Would the United
States give up Florida to any foreign
power except through conquest? Nc
more would Spain part with foot OF
Cuban soil.
That joins the issue, and it means, il
matters are allowed to take theil
course in Cuba, that the war will con
tinue until Cuba is free or absolutely
subdued. VIII the government al
Washington permit things to go on un-
I'll Cuba is free or Spain triumphant
That the president will take any ag-
gressive stand on the Cuban question
in his forthcoming message is not ex-
pected. not that he is not greatly in
terested in it but because it is gener-
ally thought that he will give the new
conciliatory policy of the Sagasta min
istry a chance to prove itself. But
what chance to prove itself will it have
if all the Cubans are determined tc
stand by the manifesto recently ISSUED
by the constituent assembly?
IF Spain should grant Cuba genuine
autonomy and the Cubans were salts
fed with it, of course the people OF
this country could have no valid OBJ
lection to that but their natural desire
is to see Cuba free. They once fought
for freedom and attained it; the Gu
bans have fought for freedom and they
would be glad to see them attain it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28
PITY, THE REvEALER.


I waited long for Love; my spirit drooped
Beneath the whitening darts OF men
dispraise,
AS faints the unshaded flower on sun-
parched plain
Meath tropic rays.
1 waited long for Faith; my doubling
Was like helmless barqus when tenn
And stars are hid, and only breakers
foam
Reveals the shore.
I waited long for Peace; my troubled
Was Ike fort besisged yet faction
Each passion promised safety, but be-
trayed
Then Pity came with gaze of LIQUID light
And cleared my eyes to sight OF others
pain;
Meath burdens great my brethren
groaned, their brows
Dropped blood like rain.
I snatched perforce the weakest strug-
q7iss e grateful smile ,tpade light its seem
1 sang the others Songs; they stepped il
time,
Erect, eIate.
And, as we marched, my petty, long
nursed grief
Was made as by a magic spell to cease
For Love divine shone through their eyes
and Love
j. CT. in Good Words.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28
A Dangerous Game.

IF there's one thing that beats an
other" remarked the New Orleans-lady
to a Times-Democrat reporter, its a
boy of years. There are many things
that s,re vexing and sometimes morti-
flying, but when a boy like mine takes
it into his head to have a good time,
and must needs use his wits to crafty
his ambitions, then something is sure
to happen. The other day my bell rang
and in a little time the servant came
to my room to tell me that Mrs. B.
had called at the gate and left her re-
grets. [ wondered at this, and my
wonder grew when, half an hour later,
the bell rang again and the same mes
sage was sent in, this time it being
Mrs. C., who remarked to the SER
want: Tell your mistress that l am
deeply grieved because of her trouble
Well. 1 really did not know what this
meant until some time later. when the
bell rang again, and [ heard the voice
of DR.. Blank, an old friend:
Tell your mistress to come out on
the front gallery he said, and 1 hast
ened to comply. AS soon as he saw
me he asked who was sick.
'Sick?' 1 replied. Why, no one.
What makes you ask?'
Well, if no one is sick, he an
swered, why in the deuce have you got
a yellow flag on your gate?'
Sure enough, there was a flag, and
there, too, was my young hopeful with
a companion, trotting up and down on
the sidewalk. The young scamp had
found an old masquerade gown of red
and yellow, and with it ne had con-
structed one of the horrid quarantine
banners and attached it to the gate
post, and he and his young friend were
playing guard. Maybe 1 didn't make
it warm for him, but I did. Why, it
will take me a week to get over the
shock
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28
TALES OF THE DAY.
Too MANY Monum snts.

A Washington correspondent of the
Nashville American says that party OF
southern gentlemen recently visited the
national capital Tor week OF sight
seeing. AS tqey turned into Pennsyvs-
MIA avenue they found themselves next
to u saloon.
Let take drink said one of the
part.
I'VE have ust had one" said another.
III would be Il good ,dea to settle on
how OFTEN we StlalI CaKe a drink during
our week S stay, SAID "a third.
Wen. SAID the nrst. VINO had just
then caught slgnt OF the ever-visIDle
w ashington monument, lets take a
drink every time we see the monument -
L m agreed, saIu NO. z, providing we
don take one any ottener.'
1T sulCs me, said NO. 5, providing we
do take one every Ume we see it.
fney were taltntul TO their pnght- But
they zion stay a week. Instead, they
TOOK the 0 CLOCK tram tnat afternoon Tor
New 1 orK, one of them lenarkinS 10 the
conductor as they boarded 1t:
Mosn shlngier town. Everybody gone
DAFT on GeOr Washton. Put uD mUnu-
lnent to him on evry stnreet corner. Geor-
sic mush been-hic-Dully boy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28
A GOLDEN STATUE OF TIE
PRESIDENT.

When the people saw that Moses de-
layed coming down out Of Mount Sinai,
they gathered themselves together unto
Aaron and besought him to make them
gods. He tod them to break off the
golden earrings which were in the ears
of their wives. their sons and their
daughters, and to bring them unto him.
They did as they were babe, and
brought the golden earrings unto him,
and Ia ma6a them all into a molten
calf. 1t is needless to say that that
molten calf did not do them any good
and such calves never have. and never
can do any one any good. But what is
all this Introductory to? it will be
asked. Merely to q story that comes
from New York to the effect that there
is to be sent to the Paris exposition of
1900 life-sized statue of President Nc
Kinley of solid gold. The author OF the
story IS ore +. D. Highly OF Chicago,
who was in New York the other day. on
his way to Washington to Set the presi-
dent TO consent to pose for the figure.
He said:
You know that I designed and built
the Montana statue for which Ada Re
han posed. / suppose it was because of
my experience that [ have been re-
tanned to build this statue, which, with
the base. will be about seven feet in
height, ard which VIII contain bullion
to the value Of $l,0z0,0QG.
While it was designed primarily first
to exhibit this gold statue at Paris
in 1900 the directors of the Pan-AmeI-
lean exposition, to be held in Cayuga
Island, In the Niagara river, in 1899, are
anxious to have it completed in tirae
to exhibit there first. It is likely that
this arrangement viii be made.
I cannot divulge as yet who the cap
ital:sts are who are back of the pro-
feet. but there are a half dozen of them.
and everything is ready to begin Work
on tho statue as soon as a design IS
completed.
If anybody is foolish enough to want
to engage in this Undertaking, there is
10 probability that the president will
encourage his folly. He favors the sold
standard and all it implies, but he
would never consent to represent the
golden ca!f 1t is not impossible that
The whole story is nothins but a canard
and everyone with q grain Of common
sense would prefer to have it that than
to think that anyone could seriously
entertain so absurd an idea and assume
that the president would consent to
make himself a butt for the iests and
ridicule oe the whole world.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28

vacant street: 4 refuse to be leader
any longer
Naturally, our fellows raked up some
Of the Courier-JournaTs editorials of
ten years ago. when. that paper roasted
gold Democrats. They made it SO hot
for the CID man that he was finally
compelled to come out and say those
editorials were written by man named
Chiffon, who afterwards died in the in
sane asylum, and was fit subject for
the place at the time of his writings.
All l could say to that was:
Backward turn backward.
Oh, Time in your fight,
Make him insane again,
Just Tor tonight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28
QUEER GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE

In the records OF the divorce courts
there viii be found many queer allie
cations as grounds for divorce, but it
is doubtful whether any queerer ones
win be found than those alleged in a
petition for divorce recently filed in a
Washington, D. c.. court. 1t is the
wife who wants the divorce. She al
ieges that sometime previous to their
marriage (Which occurred in 1S90) her
husband inoculated her with ideas not
in accordance with modern civilization
and such was the influence the defend
ant gained over her mind that she saw
things only in the light in which he
presented them to her, rarely exercis-
ing her own judgment, so much so
that she would put in writing requests
TO him to do many things utterly at
variance with common sense and ad-
missions as to her conduct" She
further alleges that he has made her
married life one of continuous self
effacement, abnegation and bending to
his will. and she has been made to be-
lieve it to be her duty to yield to the
slightest wish of an arbitrary and ex-
acting self-appointed judge and
MASTER
The plaintiff opens up a great ques-
ton when she says that her husband
inoculated her with ideas not in &C
cordance with civilization. BY that
declaration she assumes the burden of
proof as to what is modern civiliza-
ton, tremendous question, one COM
passing the thought of the whole world
and the worlds embodiment OF that
thought in institutions of all kinds
And when the plaintiff has established
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28
WILL DURRANT aANGP

Durrant has had so many trials and
has won so many victories that the
question may well be asked, VIII Dur
rant hang? That he has not been exc
cuted before this is the fault Of the
courts OF California and of no one else.
No one can blame him for fighting
for his life, and it is his right to take.
advantage of any errors that may be
committed by court or prosecutor.
The latest development in the case is
that the assistant attorney general of
California will advise the warden at
st. Ouinten to carry out the execu-
ton of Durrant regardless of any pro-
ceedings that may be instituted by
Durrant's attorneys after the present
legal bubble has been decided. He
may so advise, but will the warden
act on the advice? Fe is not apt to-
but is apt to wait for an order from
the court; and he would be wise to
wait for it, for otherwise he might
have very annoying if not serious
case on his own hands as the result of
acting on the assistant attorney-gen-
erals advice. The fact is that the as
sistant attorney general shows strong
symptoms of losing his temper, quite
as bad thing for a prosecuting at
torney as for a pugilist
There have been so many failures
in the Durrant case that the people of
California have become irritated over
them, and the court and prosecutors
are beginning to feel the effect of this
irritation. 1t is more than likely that
Durrant will hang, but when seems to
be a question that no one can answer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28
The Worlds Large Libraries.

The largest library in the world is the
national library in Paris, containing
more than 100000 printed volumes and
about 100000 manuscripts. The British
Museum has a collection of about 10000
Volumes and exceeds the ST. Petersburg
imperial library only by 1900 volumes.
The royal library at Munich contains
about 900, 600 printed works, and it is ex-
ceptionally rich in pamphlets, while the
Berlin royal library has 100000 volumes.
den and the university library at Cot
tingen each havs 500.000. The imperial
library at Vienna has 100000, while the
university library in the same metropolis
has $40, 600.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

New York Post: Some men are so good
that they think the devil gives all his per-
sonal attention to tempting them.
Probably Eve never thought of doing up
her back hair till after Adam had invent
ed pretzels.
The most interesting thing in the world
to woman is another woman whose
husband died suddenly on their wedding
journey.
About once every six months all the
married people get so terribly enviOus of
the old bachelors that they want to have
them taxed
When YOU hear man claim that he
has chewed tobacco for five years and
his wife doesn't know it yet, you can't
help feeling sorry for him.
If the average man could live in cave
for about six months and see nothing but
sirens, he would get so sick of it that he
would stuff his ears up with seaweed.
IS and SO Main.
S6-inch Ladies Cloth all wool and all
shades, 25c yard, worth 40c.
r. K. THOMAS DRY GOODS co.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28
Nava.;ns erd Bears.

The greatest bear country in the south
west is the Navajo Indian reservation,
where the bears are never hunted and
may live, multiply and grow old in peace.
The Nayajos believe that bruin is a sacred
animal and they will never kill or consent
to have one killed-exceDt under one cir
cumstance. This is wien a bear has
killed a red man, and the identity of the
culprit is rs well established as that of
the victim Then, headed by their medf-
cine men. half the tribe will gather at
bruins doorway. humbly beg his pardon
for what is about to happen and pray to
his shade not to look for vengeance. This
done, one or two warriors will boldly
penetrate the cave and kill the bear,
which is then accorded a decent burial.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28
Old Fable: New Point.

Detroit Journal: Now. when the
frost was on the pumpkin and the tas-
sells on the corn, the grasshopper
struck the ant for something to eat.
What have you been doing all sum-
mer?" asked the ant.
Il have been singing all summer"
said the grasshopper.
Then you may dance all winter, ]"
said the ant.
THANK you,'' said the grasshopper.
This fable teaches that even grand
opera people are dead glad of a chance
to go into vaudeville.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28

The Georgia railroads are a thrifty
lot and believe in using every incident
as a means to further business. Thus
when Reynold Brooks was TO be hanged
last September, the following circular
was sent out: The C. ]. & S. train
leaving Gainesville at $40 a. M viii
wait at Jefferson until after the execu-
tion for the accommodation of all who
wish to go from Gainesville. Returning
viii arrive at p. m, city time. Ample
accommodations. G. II. Fuller, au-
ditor.'' Why don't the Georgia rail-
roads utilize the lynchings to aid BUSH
ness?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28

An interesting item regarding sugar
beets comes from Rome. n. Y. A cor
respondent there writes the New York
Evening Post that the Rome sugar fac
tory pays IS per ton for beets. In Ger
many, according to farmers bulletin
No. 20, of the department of agricul-
t-lre, the price paid for sugar beets per
ton (2.00O pounds, is SAGA. These prices
are much higher than those paid in
Utah
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28

There are said to be nine places in
the treasury department which belong
to Utah. IF any Utah Office seekers
go after them they viii probably find
that these places are nothing but de-
fcits after all.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28

'Mr Boutelle can best show his
thankfulness by taking immediate steps
toward having the Chicago river work
ed over and put into good repair" says
the Chicago Record. Why not cut it
up ana sell it for peat?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28

a Boston summer girl has sued a
New York summer man for $4,000
damages for breach of promise. This
particular summer girl evidently in
tends to make hay while the summer
sun shines.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28

1t is said that Senator Pettigrew and
ex-senator Dubois came back from
their oriental trip anti-annexationists
This will be surprising news as both
were thought to be strong pro-annexa-
tionists. Senator Pettigrew is reported
as having said in a speech at Rilo,
Hawaii. that he had tried while in the
islands to talk with every one who
would talk on both sides of the ques-
ton. It is also reported that he said
there had been much misrepresentation
in the United States as to how the ma
tive Rawaiians regarded the question
of annexation, and that he had failed
to find a native Hawaiian in favor of
annexation.
If he is correctly reported and tells
in the senate what he found the condi-
ton of affairs in the islands to be, it
cannot fail to have marked influence
in that body Heretofore the aspect of
the question that has been chiefly con-
sidered has been the political one; SEN
ator Pettigrew considers it from what
may be termed the moral side; and il
annexation is defeated it will probably
be on moral grounds. As our own gov
ernment rests on the consent of the
governed so annexation should rest on
the consent Of the annexed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28

Ian Maclaren's BESIDE the Bonnie
Brian Bush" has been dramatized The
characterization most likely partakes of
the nature Of pastoral, to judge by
the title
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28

"Bloodhounds put on a girls track"
says the New York Journa2 If it had
been a Chicago girls track the blood
hound would never have got off it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28

1.-The riches Of Cuba belong to Spain, .
says Weyler. Then, if all reports be
true, the general has a good deal that
belongs TO Spain in his own strong
LIT
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28

Secretary Gage would set a good ex-
ample if he could figure expenditures
so that they would come within re-
ceipts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28

Sugar VIII save Cuba" says a Gu
ban patriot. Give her independence,
and Thea there viii be Sweetness and
light" il the island.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28

Lo-do2 las = very poor fire service.
i t,,cre a1y connection between that
ard Che -ect th1t it also has the clas-
sII-d ac.v,ce2
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28

The gold standard men have a hun
d,ed plans for currency reform, the
f2'ce silver men but one. Who are the
$ Gttar b-Gins2
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28

Colonel Blackburn. of Georgia,
stands en- a lynching platform. But
then there is no rope above him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28

An Ohio man has named his baby
boy Prosperity" The chances are
that that is about all the prosperity he
will ever have, and that he won't en-
low that