The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-20
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The average Salt Lake newsboy is a
genius in his way. He rushes dowr
the street. and calling the name of his
paper. wells ',All about the horrible
murder" or "only five, like a circus
butcher selling lemonade. Rarely il
ever does he enlighten the public as tc
the real nature of his wares. But yes
terday one of the lads broke the record
He gave the dear people something SEN
sational. Coming down State street q
small hd with the evening paper
vended his wares under the caption:
Here's your evening News; all about
the fatal suicide"
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In the days when the north and south
were engaged in the fratricidal struggle
which lasted for four years, there were
whole lot of officers quartered in
Washington. These gentlemen with
shoulder straps didn't do much, save
draw pay, and were a butt of ridi-
cule with a great many, and among
them the newsboys. One day as a
youthful captain was standing in front
of Wizards. a frowsy-headed urchin
came down yelling Extra Star. third
edition another great battle" AS he
reached the captain, he suddenly be-
came very deferential and remarked:
Colonel, have Star" The captains
vanity was tickled and he bought one.
After CHANGING Il over he remarked
Here. you young rascal, 1 don't see
any battle" No" was the tart and
ready reply, land you never will, loaf
ing around this hotel"
This tale is not original, and is quoted
merely to show that newsboys in old
days were fully as bright as they are
at present.
Now that hostilities are fairly on with
Greece and Turkey it will be in order
for the school children to sneak their
piece on Frida-s and proclaim among
other bright things:
AN hour passed on, the Turk awoke,
That bright dream was his last.
He woke to hear his sentry shrek.
To arms, they come, the Greek, the
Greek
There is going to be an awful time
between the Turks and the Greeks.
They have been glazing at each other
for two centuries, graphing once in
while and having it out. Perhaps be-
fore the thing is over the Greeks will
control the Bosphorus and the Darda-
nelles. Quien sabe? This belief is
strengthened by the fact that if the
average Grecian warrior carries about
with him the same sort of odor that
the average Grecian banana seller does,
it will soon be all over with the Turks.
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Speaking of this topic it is related
that the sense of smell in the American
Indian is far more strongly developed
than in the white man. If this is true,
when two Indians happen 10 get to-
gether, how they must suffer.
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Just now the Indians are coming and
going in great numbers. Every train
leaving the city carries some of them
with it, and every one arriving brings
a few chiefs and sachems. They ride
free and no trainrnan ever molests
them. They take. their places on the
front end of the baggage or express
car. and while they do not travel as
as the white man, they
get there just as fast. The trainmen
are very accommodating. too. Last
summer a Herald man saw the Tooele
train wait until old Wait-till-the
Roll-By and his squaw had
loaded on a half dozen sacks of wool
ere the train pulled out He came in
here and sold the stuff and bought
sugar and tomatoes and coffee, loaded
1t on a fiat car and went back to the
halfway house. where his team was
left, and then rolled into Skull valley a
happy man.
Two miners of this city wanted to
90 south on the Western this spring
and played Indian to beat the road. |
themselves up in gayiy- |
,olored blankets, they took the blind |
baggage with their bundles and made |
he trip. The trainmen thought they |
we're aborigines and never said |
word. Had they been discovered as
white men they wouldn't have lasted |
,urther than the first water tank