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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24
TO DISRUPT GREECE.

Inc Athens correspondent of the
London Chronicle says he learns on
good authority that the powers are
already assuming that Turkey will be
victorious and are discussing ways and
means of settling matters after the war
IS ended One dictatorial power pro-
posed, he saws, that the Greek domin-
ions shall be curtailed. the said power
retaining one district as a bond for the
payment of the Greek debt to it.
1t may be that the powers expect
Turkey to be victorious; her military
resources are certainly greater than
Greece's and there would be nothing
remarkable in her triumph. But there
is one item in what this Athens CORE
spondent tells that is of deep interest
to the whole world as it may portend
grave departure in international
matters. This is the proposal of a
great power, which one is left to con-
lecture, that the Greek dominions shall
be curtailed and that this power shall
retain one district as a bond for the
payment of the debt due it, Such a
course is not wholly without precedent,
the English occupation of Egypt being
along this line.
Would not the Selling of a Greek
district by one of the powers for the
non-payment of debts due it result in
the ultimate retention of that district?
If it did this it would be tantamount
to ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the Greek king
dom. To seize a district or province of
a country as a bond for the payment
of debt is to cripple the debt-paying
resources of the country to which the
district or province belongs 1t is not
unlike putting a man in prison for not
paying his debts, when he can't, and
holding him there until he does pay
them
This proposal to seize a Greek prov
ince to hold it as a bond looks very
much like a proposal to disrupt Greece,
though no doubt the English occupa-
ton of Egypt and the holding of the
customs houses of several Chinese
ports by Europeans would be invoked
as good precedent. Europe should not
permit the carrying out of any such
proposal
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24
CONFEDERATE VETERANS RE-
QUEST ARBITRATION.

The man who has been in battle, has
heard the cannon roar, the musketry
rattle, and has seen the bright bayo-
nets glisten when the charge was
made. knows what the horrors of war
are and breads them. Knowing these
horrors, he would save mankind from
them And this is the reason that
Camp Scott, Confederate Veterans,
Minden, Louisiana, eighty in number,
has sent a memorial to the senate in
favor of the arbitration treaty. "Hav-
ing known the actualities of war and
forcibly realizing its evils" they ask
to be heard "as an authority against it
as a method of settling disputes be-
tween peoples" They then proceed to
say that the recent proffer by a pow
erful kindred nation TO substitute in
the adjustment of international differ
ences the arbitrament of calm and
disinterested mediatory tribunal for
the infamed passions of partisan pop
ular prejudice. offers an opportunity
of inaugurating a rational and radical
revolution of International procedure
which. if now repulsed, may never re-
cur"
They ask the senate to ratify the
treaty, declaring, in conclusion, that
having accepted the result of the civil
war they now ask for clemency for the
generations of both sections who are
to come after them, and not for them
selves.
Such q memorial from such a source
should appeal very strongly to the
senators, some of whom seem to want
war much more than they do peace.
After our experience in the Alabama
case and the island of San Juan case.
it is almost impossible to conceive of a
case arising in which this country
could not submit its side to arbitra-
ton with all honor. The more just
nations cause The more willing and
with the greater assurance of it's tri-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24
THE FALL OF PREvEsA.

T. 179S the Turks. under command of
Ali Pasha, the tyrant of Jannina.' cap
tured from the Greeks and the French
the stronghold which the Greeks are bonn
harding today. A frightfui massacre fol-
lowed, and men. women and children were
put to the sword Unfortunately. In one
of the stanzas of ''Childe Harold" Lord
Byron speaks of the slaughter in satir-
ical verse:
Remember the moment when Prevesa fell.
The shrieks of the conquered, the con-
querorS' yell;
The roofs that we fired and the plumber
we shared.
The wealthy we slaughtered, the lovely
we spared.
1 talk not of mercy. I talk not of fear;
He neither must know who would serve
the vizier:
Since the days of our prophet the Ores
cent ne'er saw
A cl:.ef ever glorious like Ali Pasha.
Dark Mouktar his son to the Danube is
sped,
Let the yeliow-haired Giaours view his
horse tail with dread;
When his DeIhis come dashing in blood
DER the banks,
How few shall escape from the Muscovite
ranks,
selicter' unsheathed. then. our chiefs
Tambourgi! thy 'larum gives promise of
Ye mountains. that see us descend to the
shore,
Shall view us as victors or view us no
more.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24
THE SCHOOL TAXES.

The school taxes in this city the en-
suing year will be very heavy indeed.
There is an additional levy of l mill
on the dollar for the purchase of school
sites and the erection of school build
ings- Then there must be tax levied
TO reimburse the school sinking fund,
the total levy for the sinking fund
amounting to $4,000. A great many
friends of the schools, and large tax
payers, too, were of the opinion that
II was great mistake to touch the
sinking fund at all to keep the schools
going, holding that it was even better
to close them a month or so earlier
than to draw upon it and then be COM
PEELED to make levy to make it whole.
One consequence is that it is useless
to talk about any high school building
Tor year or two, and the city's school
system needs nothing more than such
a building.
The city has good school system
and the people are proud of it, but
there is no denying the fact that they
are paying big price for it. The in
terest on the school debt exceeds $40
600 a year, a large sum. while the to-
tai cost of the schools for
the next year will be 1922
81 That is very heavy tax
upon the people of the city. They may
not murmur this year, but let the
school taxes remain at that figure or
go higher and they Will murmur. The
school taxes are approaching very
close to the limit where they will be-
come a great burden.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24
TALES OF THE DAY.
Noah Is Saved.

The rain had been coming down almost
in a cloud-burst for several days and the
gulches were filled with rushing torrents.
The Ozark mountains lay in mist, dense
IS a Iog on the banks of New Found
land, says the Detroit Free Press Word
came to town that many of the lowland
jewellers were in need of help and rescue
parties were organized. In one of the
hoilo-ys the rescuers met another Noah
Ne was seated upon the roof of his
house. with a pig. hens, ROSTERS, ducks
and turkeys.
Come on: get into the boat" shouted
ono OF the rescuers.
Not unless you take the stock
'Wel, pass ii along"
The stock was quickly transferred to the
boat and then Noah got in. The party
was about to leave, when the old fellow
said:
Hold on, l most forgot. There's the
ole woman
Where is she?"
up on the barn yonder. l was so busy
gettin' up the stock that 1 didn't have
tine to take keer OF her.
They rowed over to the barn, and there
sure enough. was his wife, so overcome
with cold that she could hardly speak,
large fiatboat.
any, one else around here?" sternly
asked one of the rescuerS.
We've got about all the live stock.
There's one pig too heavy for me to carry
to the roof. He's around somewhere, if
he amt washed out. Don't you think
you might look around for him a bit?''
heed TO the sinful Noahs solicitu6e for
his live stock and thoroughly disguised
with his indifference for his better half,
whom he left to look after herself.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24
ABOUT GREECE.

war, or even the prospect of one,
always brings out a great deal of in
formation about the countries INDUCING
IN it. And so it is in the case of Greece
IN the present war The New York
sun furnishes this information about
the country OF the Hellenes:
1t has population of 2,Is7. POS.
1t IS called 'Hellas" by its people.
The mean temperature of Greece is
Oh degrees Fahrenheit.
No part of Greece is 40 miles from the
sea or ten from the hills.
About one-half of the population are
agriculturists and shepherds.
II has an area of 24,9.7 square miles.
1t is the only country in the world
whose armies are provided with the
Gras guns and paper-covered cart
ridges.
The Greek flag is a white cross on a
blue ground-the Bavarian colors and
the Greek cross.
Greece IS more thickly populated than
any other country in Europe with the
exception of Sweden and Prussia.
II has few rivers and many hills.
None of the former is navigable. and
many of the latter are fortified.
Its present boundary limits were de-
termined by an arrangement among
Great Britain, France, Russia and Tur-
key. concluded at Constantinople on
July q. 1892
Only about 10000 of the inhabitants
speak any language other than Greek,
and only about 10000 profess any re-
ligion other than the orthodox
The chief characteristics of the aver
age Greek are his inquisitiveness, fond
ness for excitement. love of discussion,
desire for knowledge, an aptitude for
learning. and aggressive patriotism.
The climate has two striking peculi-
arities-the heat in summer and the
cold in winter are far more intense
than those of any other country in the
world lying in the same latitude. Cell
once remarked that in travelling
through the Morea in March he found
summer in Messenia, spring in La
coma, and winter in Arcadia, without
having moved beyond a radius of 30
miles,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24
a Trick OF the Cav God.

A genius microbe was once floating
around in space with nothing particular
to do. Cupid saw him, and. running up
behind. as boy after a butterfly soon
had the genius microbe firmly impris-
oned in his net. For the net of Cupid is
so fine that even a microbe cannot es-
cape, according to Life
You are just the one l want" ex-
claimed Cupid. exultingly. Recently,
through 4 misculculation, united a man
and woman of such adjustable tempera-
ments that they are happy together. This
ts.-'t what J am here for, so you must
enter the mind of the man"
There being no alternative the genius
m.crobe soon found himself at work in
a field of gray matter, planting the seeds
of greatness.
Then 1t was that the man began to have
a fever. and turning to the woman said
Il perceive that / am called upon TO do
something"
WhereuDon he wrote.
And the woman smiled upon him, while
her heart turned to ice.
Fer she knew her doom was sealed
e happened. however that the genius
microbe had feelings. And he said: This
boy Cupid has played trick upon me,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

umph should it be ready to submit it
TO arbitration. An unjust cause is not
worth fighting for. and an unjust cause
is one that would be condemned in the
forum of morals.
The United States have nothing to
lose by an international arbitration
treaty, and they may have much to
gain. The confederate veterans of
Camp Scott take patriotic stand on
the question.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24


and while doing my legitimate work am
compelled to open the door to domestic
dsscord- Nature never intended me to
even"
Ard he set to work.
When the mans book appeared it dealt
with love. and the subject was so Won
derfully handled and the righteousness
or Cupid was so thoroughly exposed that
ever one who read il understood.
Which was more than the man himself
did. for it really had been written by the
genius microbe.
And because of the book many of those
who read were able 10 love happily in
spite of the tricky boy.
Thus through the sacrifice of one Wom-
an came the joy of so many.
Cu-:d is still at it. trying to correct
the work of his betrayer through others
of his kind.
1t happens. however. that genius mi
crobes are very scarce. and. like butter
flies. can be caught only at certain sea-
sons.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

The president continues to send in a
few nominations. but not many. This
is in keeping with the announcement
that was made soon after the inau-
guration. that there would be no gen
eral distribution of patronage until
after congress had passed tariff bill
That was a wise decision, because if
the pie" had been passed before the
work was done there would not have
been the same incentive to do the work
expeditiously. The work has been
fairly well expedited. in fact the ex-
pediting Of the tariff bill in the house
might almost be termed "jamming." In
the senate there seems to be more de-
liberation and most likely it will be
pretty well debated after it is reported
from the committee. To the country
all this is far more important than
the distribution of offices among the
Original Mckinley men" They must
earn to wait, whether they learn to
abor or not.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24
OLD PeODIe.

Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys will
find the true remedy in Electric Bit
ters. This medicine does not stimulate
and contains no whisky nor other in
toxicant, but acts as a tonic and al
terative. 1t acts mildly on the stom-
ach and bowels adding strength and
giving tone to the organs. thereby aid
functions. Electric Bitters IS an ex-
cellent appetizer and aids digestion
Old people find it just exactly what
they need. Price so cents and 800
per bottle a. U. c. NJ. 1. drug dept
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

The Washington correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Ledger says that the pub
lished statement to the effect that
William Cramps Sons had rendered a
bill to the navy department for S1SS, 900
for repairing the cruiser Brooklyn, and
that Secretary Long had not suffi-
GENTLY recovered from his astonish-
ment 10 give the matter careful consid-
Grafton is without the slightest foun-
dation. 1t is further stated that the
Cramps have rendered no bill for re-
pairs as yet. We first saw the state
ment of what the amount of the
Cramps bill was in the st. Louis
Globe-D Democrat. usually a perfectly
reliable source Of information.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24
SUMMER RESORTS.
Illustrated information About The

Principal places of summer sojourn
along the Atlantic ocean, in the Allie
ghenies, the Adirondacks, Catskills and
Mountains of IN East, are readily
reached via St Louis over Vandalia-
Pennsylvania Short Lines
Special information regarding lead
ing resorts and advantages enjoyed IN
journeying 20 them over Vandalia-
Pennsylvania route, profusely illus
trated with scenes at Atlantic City.
Cape May, Long Branch and other
summer Ravens on the Atlantic coast;
also of Cresson, Bedford Springs and
romantic mountain retreats, may be oh
tanned by addressing w. F. Drummer,
assistant general passenger agent, St.
Louis, Mo.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

The hanger gotten out by the Utah
Centennial commission to adver-
tise the jubilee, as a work of art is "a
dead failure" 1t would not be so bad
were it not for the fact that the female
Utah would it be possible TO find a
woman so exceedingly ugly in form
and feature. 1t is a picture that should
be turned to the wall and pasted down.
Let the hanger be hanged
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

Reading the speeches made in Chi
cago at the ti-Humphrey bills indig-
nation meeting makes one think Chi
cage is ready for the formation of a
vigilance committee. If anything could
justify the formation of one it is these
same Humphrey bills.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

The rapidity with which Group de-
velops calls for instant treatment; and
yet few households are prepared for its
visits. An admirable remedy for this
disease is Ayers Cherry Pectoral. 1t
has saved hundreds of lives and should
be in every home where there are
young children.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24
nuckl-n-s Arn1ca saIvo.

TIE best salve N The world for cure
sores. letter. chapped hands. chilblains.
bruises. sores. ulcers. salt rheum. fever
corns and all skin eruptions, and posi-
tiveiy cures pies or no pay required
It Is guaranteed 10 give perfect satisfac-
ton or money refunded Prios rs cents
per box 70, sale by e. c. NJ Z. drug
dent
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

The Castle Gate robbers seem to be
secure in their mountain Businesses. 1t
viii be a very great pity if these des-
peradoes succeed in making good their
aSeapa
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

President Mckinley gave young Har-
old NJ. Sewall an Office as a reward for
political. not paternal fidelity. Will his
father give the young man his blessing
to carry to Hawaii
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

Airship stories have sprung I'D in
New York. Now the country will have
a good chance TO see which have the
livelier imaginations-the eastern or
the western people.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

While the glory OF Canton is depart
ed still the memory of it has been re-
vived by the appointment of a resident
Of the place to be first assistant secre-
tarY OF state.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

The armv of office-seekers is divided
into those who serve with the colors
and the reserves. The former get the
plums. while the latter take the sour
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

The Armenians should join the Turks
But the Christian" powers might OBJ
ject, desiring to reserve them to make
a Turkish holiday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

1t is said that David B. Hill is look
ing ahead. That is better than looking
backward, though Bellamy made a
stack of money out of that way of
looking
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

If this country purposes to remain
neutral in the Greco-Turkish war con-
gress should not oass resolutions of
sympathy with either Of the partici-
0aDfS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

If Mrs. Besant wants to deeply inter
est the people of Salt Lake City in the
osophy, just let her tell them how she
knows that the soul of Nine. Blavatsky
is inhabiting the body of an Indian
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24
SOME EDITORIAL COMMENTS.

Chicago Record: The fact that the air
ship has not been sighted for several
evenings is TO be taken as proof that the
imaginative faculties of the American
people are dcteriorating
San Francisco Chronicle: American
me--bers of the Drake family. descend
ants of Sir Francis. are the latest En-
glish estate claimants 1t isn't often
that brakes turn out to be ganders. but
this looks like case in point.
Atchison Globe: Whenever the SOUTH
erners want to get rid of man they
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

General Miles haste 60 to depart for
the scene Of the Greco-Turkish war in
dicates that he expects the war to last
all summer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

Russia is preparing to intervene in
the Greco-Turkish war. In other
words, Russia is preparing to milk the
cow
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

The Greeks CALAMITY repulsed
charge of 5000 Turkish cavalry. How
repulsive those Turks are, anyhow
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

Chairman Dingley is beginning to
learn that most important lesson in life
that it is never too late to amend.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24
..The Tailor-made Girl ,,

will be in evidence again the coming
summer and fall. Drecoll, the Wen
nese costumer will tell the ladies all
about it in The Sunday Herald.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

Bellany Storer did not get the as
sistant secretaryship of war but he got
something equally as good
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

The annexation of Hawaii means the
vexatiOn Of America.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

While the country is waiting for con-
gress to provide revenue for the gov
eminent, how would it do to get up a
church fair to aid Uncle Sam?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

Those Greeks and Turks are keeping
the typewriters and telegraph operators
busy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

Tit-Bits: Resident-"Think of commence
inE business, en-? Seems 10 me you are
rather young for a family physician"
Young doctor--Yes, but-er-I shall only
doctor children at first"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24
WIT AND HUMoR.

Chicago Record: Those people next
door are stIll in their honeymoon
Have you seen him kissing her?"
NO; but he lets her read the morning
paper first"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

Civil service reform doesn't do away
with the insolence Of Office by any
means.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

Chicago Record: Feminine Evasion
Julia. you said you weren going TO wear
any more dead birds on your hats" Il
know. but this redbird died a natural
death"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

The Greeks in the United States are
going to the Levant; but they are not
levanting.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

In a murder case confession is not
only good for the soul but it also as
sists the officers very materially.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

Chicago Plain Dealer: A Womans
Question.-"Tillie Brown had a dreadful
fall from her wheel Monday Was she
dressed for it?"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

Yonkers Statesman: She-"They say
that the ones who really appreciate the
actors are those in the top gallery" He
II shouldn't wonder. You see. they are
high enough to see over the hats
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24
The Kelley Institute.

Nervousness. liquor, morphine and
tobacco diseases cured. Strictly con-
fi6ential; 1s6 West Second North: lock
box 4S0, city
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

The Spaniards and the Cubans con-
tinue to hold each other down in Cuba.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24
"The Tailor-made Girl -

will be in evidence again the coming
summer and fall. Drecoll. the Wen
nese costumer will tell the ladies. all
about it in The Sunday Herald
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

Strange, isn't it. that most of those
who ask for pie" should get tart an
swers?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

Yonkers Statesman: You remember
Borrows?" DO r. We'll ne came in to-
day and paid me SO ne owed me, and
hardly knew him." well, | dom Won
der. That's not at all like him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24

Puck: Progress.-Pease-'I suppose
you've learned a great deal about gar
dening since you've lived in the coun-
try?" Hubbard-''Yes; I'm picking up
something ali the time This year I've
given up trying to raise my own vege-
tables