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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26
TALES OF THE DAY.
"Alarn Fritz


Boston Traveller: The Berliners and the
Germans in general delight in giving nick
names to their popular idols or antioa-
th.eS- These nicknameS are not always
fattering to their owners, and there have
Emperor William, who is not afraid to
ask for his popular sobriquet. He proved
this at regimental dinner at which the
Duke of Connaught and Prince Henry
were present. In the course of CONVERSE
ton the kaiser said:
"Thev call me the travelling kaiser,
don't they? | wonder if that's the only
nickname I've got?'
Prince Henry laughed, and Major Won
Pleason, unable to control himself, Joined
him.
What is it?" asked the emperor. DO
you know of any other nickname? If so,
ont with it."
The major mumbled something about his
respect, but the emperor said:
We'll, If you don't want to do it to
please me-. command you to speak"
The major then. confessed that the en-
peror was known among the common SOL
habit of suddenly, in the middle of the
night, rousing the garrisons of the town
in which he might be staying. The en-
peror laughed heartily at this. and Prince
Henry remarked to his brother:
We'll, you have a similar name in the
navy. The boys call you 'Gondola Billy,
for 'gondoling about, as they call it, on
your ships, constantly, during the sum-
mer, and being anywhere and everywhere
on the boats"
well, said the emperor, chose are
three fine nicl<names; but, inasmuch as all
Of them paint me busy man, | rather
like them
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26
THE CHINESE MISSION.


Many adverse criticisms are being
made upon the nomination of Mr..
Charles j. Bryan Of Illinois, to be min
lister to China, some Of them emanating
from Republican sources. Whether or
not they are deserved, we do not know.
One criticism that has merit in it is
this: That owing to the very serious
situation that has suddenly arisen in
China, it is an unWise thing to send a
new minister there at the present time.
There is some force in this. The pres
ent minister, Colonel DENLY, has been
there nearly II years, and is thoroughly
familiar with the situation. The case
is not parallel with that of Consul Cen
eral Lee. though, for the reason that
our relations with Spain may be said
to be somewhat strained, and the ad-
ministration has to act, in a measure,
as a check upon the people, who would
have the government recognize Cuban
belligerency, no matter what the tech
meal merits of the case may be. There
is nothing at all like this in the case
of China "A new minister to that coun-
try would be at a great disadvantage
in many respects, and this in any
event. But the most that is needed is
a cool. Ievel-headeds conservative man,
one who is well versed in the history of
American diplomacy. and who win adj
here strictly to its traditions If this
kind of a man is sent and he does this,
there viii be no trouble.
The president and cabinet have had
the China situation under considera-
ton, and will look after American IN
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26
THE cHRIsTMAs HERALD.

The Herald Of this morning is q
Christmas number, and in it will, be
found many interesting and valuable
articles. The year just drawing to a
close is a jubilee year, an important
one in the history of the state. It
has been specially written up by Judge
Colborn. secretary of the Salt Lake
chamber Of commerce and member Of
the Pioneer Jubilee commission. There
are many other special features, such
as "Utah's Railway Interests" THE
Story of Utah's Mines" .'Women's
Clubs of Utah, a most important part
OF the intellectual fife of the state
March of Progress Through the State
viii be found a very interesting and
valuable article. In it the progress of
the various counties is given. One
thing that will be q surprise to many is
the number of really fine school build
ings in various parts of the state The
progress made in this regard, in the
last few years, has been very remark
able, and is encouraging. Special at
tention has been given to Idaho. and
the good people of that state will find
in today's issue of The Herald more
about their own state than they can
find in any paper published in it. 1t
is needless 70 draw special attention to
the various features of this Christmas
edition: they speak for themselves.
while praise and commentator are
left to our readers and patrons.
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should have sent to Lapland for REIN
deer, when the trained animals can be
had in eastern Siberia at SO apiece.
Captain Healey of the Bear brought
the nucleus Of the present Alaskan
herd from there and reported that the
supply was inexhaustibIe. There can be
no good reason, in view of the immi-
nence of the peril at Dawson, for going
to Lapland for the deer, which involves
a voyage of two-thirds of the way
around the world, when there is an
open market within six days steaming
of st, Michael says the San Francisco
Chronicle. The administration simply
prefers the circumlocution office meth
cd of doing bushes. The bimetallic
commission is another Illustration Of
the administration circumlocution Of
flee methods.
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A. Lucky Accident.

Detroit Free Press: It is seldom that
you hear wealthy and fashionable lady
relate such an experience, but she has the
same good sense. the same kind heart
that made her so admirable when in the
deepest shadows of adversely.
at is rather an old-fashioned Christmas
story, she said, but it is associated with
the happiest event of my life. Kate and
were left all alone on the old farm where
our lives had fallen into troublesome ex-
perience after we had both secured bet
ter education than was common among
country girls at that time We We're not
the most efficient managers in the world
and point had been reached in our af-
fairs where the mortgage was to be fore
closed the week before Christmas
The man who was to throw us out of
ness, came to look over his prospective
possessions, hiring livery rig at the
nearest station. There was q runaway,
and we found an unconscious and UNI
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Mrs. Julia Dent Grant, widow of Cen
erai Grant, sends the following inter-
esting item TO the Philadelphia. Press:
aWashington, D. c.. December M.-To
fhe Editor Of The Press-I have just
received the inelosed clipping from
your paper, and hasten to correct the
utterly untrue statement that 1 was
at one time engaged to be married to
M. Alfred Sanford, Of st. Louis. Gen
eral Grant was the only man to whom
was ever engaged, and shat before
/ was quite Is years old. Itis true that I
asked for z place for Mr.. Sanford, who
was a nelghbor of nay family, and well
known to General Grant. who consid-
cred him thoroughly qualified to fill
the position in which ne placed him.
Hoping you win publish this correction,
am, yours very truly
JULIA D. GRANT
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known young man not a hundred yards
from the gate. 1t took us some time TO
nurse him back to strength, and. while
doing all we could for him. we told him in
detail Of the misfortunes that were about
to calnsinate in the loss of Home itself.
Kate had sharp tongue and the way she
abused the holder of that mortgage
that he was not monster and that he
must have extended = financial favor in
order to get the claim he had upon us.
Material for our Christmas feast came
as did mama to the children of Israel,
and, as our guest left that evening, [
found release of the mortgage in a
stocking that l had thrown aside while
darning. / suppose I was the considera-
ton. for the mortgage now calls me
wife,
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The washington Star of the 22nd
inst. says THE claims that Mr.. Gage
does not represent the administration,
comes. entirely from men whose politi-
cal interests are served by having it
appear to their constituents that the
administration is lying awake at night
trying to think of something to do for
silver" Republicans who believe in
silver. and are still pinning their faith
to the administration, would do well
to ponder over this.
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Gotham,s School Census.

New York, Dec 25.-According to the
report prepared by City Superintendent
of School Census J. J. Symes, for sub
mission to the superintendent of pub
lie instruction, there are 391, 481 chill
dren in this city of school age, between
4 and Is years. The biennial census Ia
ken two years ago by the police was
unsatisfactory to the superintendent,
and this year it was decided that the
state and not the city should supervise
the work. The census was accordingly
taken with the result indicated.
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terests. and 10 do this it is not neces-
sary to depart from American tradi-
tons. A crisis in China does not mean
for this government what it does for
some of the European governments,
and there is not much need to worry
over the matter of who our minister
shall 10
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The government aid to sufferers il

"The government aid to sufferers in
the Klondike region in a way puts a
premium on reclSlessness. Do those
who are now on the road count upon
help from Uncle Sam in case of trou-
bic arising?'' says a Boston exchange.
Certainly they do. As one has to go
away from home to get news so it
seems that one has to go away from
the United States to get government
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

Unless some measure of currency
reform is adopted by the present con-
gress, the next congress win not be
Republican, says the Chicago Times
Herald At present nothing seems
more certain than that the present
congress viii not adopt any measure
of currency reform
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

Editor Singerly could not lay the
blame for the failure of the Chestnut
street bank on any campaign in be-
half of silver Had it occurred a year
ago unquestionably he would have as
signed it as the cause.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

New York cigarette girls refuse to
obey foremen and superintendent who
part their hair in the middle. This
shows that the making of cigarettes
does not enervate these girls, no mat
ter what the smoking of them may
do to the boys.
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The estimated output of gold from
Colorado mines this year is S2S, 000, 00O
And yet people are crazy about
the Klondike, and rushing to it when
it hasn't put out fifth of this amount
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

The Chicago Coliseum has been
burned to the ground. But the plat
form that the Democrats made in it is
indestructible.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

President Mckinley. it is said, is
about to face an open revolt in the Re
publican party. That should not alarm
him. as he has faced open rebellion in
his country before this.
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SOME EDITORIAL COMMENTS.

New York Commercial Advertiser: Sen
ators Hawley's bill adding TWO regiments
of artillery TO the army is one of the
very lew ltsms of new expenditures that
can be justified The new artillerymen
are wanted to keep pace with the adj
ultions in coast defences, AT present we
have not gunners enough to take proper
care of the big guns
Indianapolis Sentinel: The simple fact
is that no kind of paper money will keep
itself on a par win specie unless some
body stands ready to redeem II on presen-
tation. AS long as our government holds
that position the paper money can be
kept at par, but just as soon as the re-
sponsibillty is thrown on the banks there
viii be a failure wherever there is a
pressure. 1t has cost the United States
an average, of $21UUU,000 a year to keep
the paper money, on specie basis. ana,
not pay any such sum, or any sum, for
such purpose. They are not in that
business.
Kinleys administration is gold standard,
and that is what disturbs the confidence
of Senator Chandler in the bimetallic
ring of McKinley's message. Chandler
suspects that it is counterfeit. Others
know it.
Kansas City Times: From Connecticut
comes the very latest bond scheme. A
I0T1Ily manufacturer OIL lie WOODEN nut
meg state wants the government to give
interest-bearing obligations to all the pen
soners. These the old soldiers would be
able to sell for ready cash to rich men
seeking. investments. And after the
veteran has spent all this cash? Another
isue of bonds, of course.
Atchison Globe: The task that has been
assigned to Secretary of War Alger of
transporting supplies to the sufferers in
the. Klondike country is so gigantic that
the expedition may provo a failure. There
are almost insurmountable difficulties to
be overcome. and the question is raised
whether it would be better to bring the
miners out than to carry food to them
The task is so gigantic that though Secre-
tary Alger is at work on it now, he can
not hope to have supplies in Dawson City
before the first of May, at the earliest
BY that time summer will be in full blast
Who knows that the men in the I<londike
are starving? .9~
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Travelled
member of parliament recently assured
an interviewer that the Klondike temper
allure is so low that the breath is frozen
intocrystals, and you must move about
to avoid being hedged in by the result of
! your own respiration That NJ. P during
his journeys laid in a considerable supply
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

a man is suing a Kansas widow for
breach Of promise. He wants $4,000 to
make his heart whole again. If he
gets it, it will make hole in the ladys
r1Oclxet
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Proud Over Good News.

Muscogne. Mich. Dec. 25.-It is re-
ported that Chicago parties will soon
establish a monograph factory in this
city, capitalized at 100000 Philip D.
Armour is credited with being one of
the principal investors.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

No one who sat down to Christmas
dinner yesterday will take any stock
in DR.. Carl Schlatter's theory that the
stomach is not vital organ.
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Chicago Tribune: MY poor man, I
have nothing for you. Why don't you
Poor, nothin'l I've got dollars to your
and I'm Iookin' for nv sister Are Von
the m-legged little whipper- snapper she
married?"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

st shall be glad when the suspense
is ended, y says Durrant. And the peo-
pie of California via be glad when the
suspe, sion is ended.
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The only surprising thing about the
Chicago aldermen voting themselves a
salary of s1,50O a year is that they
made it so small.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

The man who writes the Reflections
Of Bachelor" in the New York Press
seems to be happy. though married.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

The dog fight in Senator Cullom's
stable isn't anything to what the fight
in Mark Hannas back yard is going
TO be
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Kaiser William is the Humpty-
Dumpty on the Chinese wall.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

A bridge trust is the latest. If it
carries people over safely no one is
going to speak i'll of it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

In Wyoming, farmers and ranchmen
are crying Wolf! Wolfr' And there
is no sham about it. 1t is the gray
xr-olT
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TUSCAN.
TIT

Q swallow, swallow, with the sea beneath
thee;
How thy fair feathers shine, how free
they hoverl
Give me one feather from thy wings, I
prithee:
Fain would write letter to my lover
And when I've written it and made it
charming
darling:
And when i've written it and gilt it over,
I'll give thee back thy feather. free sea-
rover.
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1t looks as though the powers would
drive China to the Chinese wall
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Last century. Poland was carved up;
this century, China is to be. Here is
a Poland-China for you.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

The New York police are to have a
new uniform. 1t will be thoroughly
Democratic.
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0 love, you pass, singing, while night is
sleeping;
I, wretched I, lie on my bed and listen:
to my mother turn my shoulder, weep
ing:
Blood ere the tears that on my pillow
glisten,
Beyond the bed I've. set broad stream
flowing.
With so much weeping / am sightleSS
growing:
Beyond the bed I've made a flowing river;
With so much weeping am blind forever.
j. A. Symonds in The Academy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

Blessed beyond most men is he who
gets but a dollar day for his work.
provided it is an 1904 dollar.
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Secretary Gage would put the country
under heavy bonds to maintain the sin
gle gold standard.
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Yonkers Statesman: Marie-Joe isn't
as bashful as he used to be, is he?"
Mae.-No, think not; anyway, he asked
me last night when was going to put up
the mistletoe.
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Chicago Record: What would you do
if you had only 10 cents in the world,
Kitty"
Il would buy caramels with it to raise
my spirits
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nator Chandler seems to see dam
ger where other people see smoke.
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Washington Star: What are you GO
ing to give our son for Christmas?" in
CURED the lady whose use of language is
sometimes careless.
I don't know yet" replied her husband
There's no use of worrying about trou-
bic till it comes. IL wait till the day af-
ter Christmas, and ask the doctor"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26
FOUR POPULAR SONGS OF ITALY.
VENETIAN.

~ VENETIAN.
Cursed luck. to love; to be alone the lover
Then, then, the fancy flies heaven-high
high DER us;
She flies high Ger us; high as the sun
above us:
Cursed luck, to love; to be alone the
s. lover!
All night upon my bed L toss and Ian
guish;
For thee, my girl, I get no snatch of
slumber; rrg
The very bedclothes on my bed in an
guish
Wall and make clamor: that find no
slumber.
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WIT AND HUMoR.

Indianapolis journal: '-How is your
club for the Interchange and development
of ideas getting along?'i
WELL so far, it has developed the idea
in each member that he is the only man
who has any ideas"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

Boston Traveller Cobwigger.-P
Wages He was a most genial soul.
Merritt.-Yes, indeed he was. The only
thing he ever took seriously was the cold
that carried him off,
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Yonkers Statesman: she-Did your
friend get any foreign decorations while
abroad?"
He.-Oh, yes; he got a red nose in Paris,
and a black eye in London.
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Chicago Record: The Sleek, you know,
are to inherit the earth
That's all right, but they will have to
get the cheeky to collect it for them.
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Secretary Long wants to rerate the
navy. Some are berating it all the
time
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Detroit Free Press: ST don't think that
Smartlys so overly Deep
Did you ever try to fill him up?"
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A Washington special to the st. Louis
Republic says that there is dissatis-
faction among Pennsylyanians with the
appointment of James C. FIcNally as
consul at Bogota, Colombia. 1t is
charged that McNally is not resi-
dent of Pennsylvania, but of Salt Lake
City, and has law Office in Utah.
The nomination was made upon the
request Of Senator Quay and on the
ground that he was a personal friend
of the senator. Various congressman
of western Pennsylvania declare that
they do not know McNally Inquiry
among various visitors from Utah, now
in the city, shows that Mr.. McNally
went to Utah four years ago from
Pennsylvania, and was appointed in
1898 by President Cleveland largely
upon the recommendation Of Chairman
w. F. Harrity, judge of the probate
court of Utah. He served in that posi-
ton until the territory became a state
Mr.. McNally vigorously repudiated the
Chicago platform and opposed the can
didacy of w. j. Bryan. Shortly after
the canvass he left Utah, presumably
for his old home in Pennsylvania In
Salt Lake it was understood that he
had gone to New York. The appoint
ment is purely a personal one on ac-
count of Senator Quay
If McNally vigorously opposed the
Chicago platform in Utah, it must have
been when he slumbered. The first
that anybody in this state knew of his
opposition to it was after he quit the
state and went east to hunt another
Office Then he came out in an interview
against free silver. Still no one in
Utah will blame the Pennsylvanians for
kicking against his appointment.
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Did Congressman King have a merry
Christmas in Cuba? We hope he had.
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Detroit Journal Il have been told that
the best society is very stupid
oh. L can't believe it is SO good as
that"
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The Halves Engraving Co., 72 West
Temple Street

We are now located at the above
number, with a complete plant for
making half tone engravings, zinc etch-
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us for samples and prices before pIac-
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my daughters ultimate success said the
ex-orima donna. for she has inherited
my voice"
'Indeedl replisd the visitor eve often
wondered what became of it,
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1T is not clear why the government
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Louisville Dispatch: The Gage of Nc
Kinleys administration is gold standard,
and that is what disturbs the confidence
of Senator Chandler in the bimetallic
ring of McKinley's message. Chandler
suspects that it is counterfeit Others
know it.