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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26
Verdi's Romantic Youth.

1t was by devious path, some steps of
which were painful. that Verdi became a
musician. When he was Z years old his
mild and somewhat melancholy tempera-
ment attracted the attention of the par
ish priest, and he received the appoint
ment of acolyte at the village church of
LIE Ropcole, relates the Youths Compan-
ION. One day a priest was celebrating
mass, with Verdi as his assistant, when
the boy became so carried away by the
music that his duties were entirely for
gotten ''Wateri' whispered the priest,
put Verdi did not respond. Then. think
ceIebrant repeated, Water
Still there was no reply. and turning
round, the priest found the server gazing
IN wonder and delight at the organ.
Water demanded the priest, for the
thlrd time, accompanying the order with
such well-directed movement of the
foot that the little Verdi was pitched
headlong down the altar steps. In falling
he struck his head and was carried to
the yestry quite unconscious.
Perhaps it was this incident. together
with the child's unbounded delight in the
organ music he heard in the street. that
induced his father. who was an innkeeper.
TO add Spinet or pianoforte, TO his
worldly possessions.
But 1t was several years after this that
ms vocation was temporarily decided for
him, though fate afterward stepped in
and undid the decision.
Why, do you. want to be a musician
lShSu HIS COHIeSSOT. on nave a SlIC
Tor Latin, and must be a priest.
Meanwhile, the lad became an Office boy
IN BarezZTS wholesale grocery store, and
Tor a little over 81 a year played the or
gan in the church at Roncole; but one
day IT happened that Father Seletti, who
had decided that the boy should be a
monk was officiating at mass while Verdi
played the organ. The priest was struck
with the unusual beauty of the music
and at the close of the service expressed
a desire TO see the organist. Verdi ap-
peared. and the priest recognized him as
the pupil whom he had sought to turn
from music to theology.
Whose music were you playing?'
asked Seletti. 1T was beautiful"
Verdi said, shyly, that he had brought
no music with him that day, and had
been imprOvising.
so l played as I felt said he.
Ali exclaimed Seletti. Il advised you
wrongly. You must be no priest, but a
musician"
After that the way was easier. The
priestly influence on his side opened many
door to him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26


contour" enbalms an anecdote of Israel
Zangwii, the novelist now in the United
States. inside of a gibe at the TOistoi
dinner: One of the funniest things about
the Tolstoi dinner given in this city last
week was the Tolstoi dinner itself. A
huge Interrogation mark should have ac-
comDanied the call to this g literary
table dhote- Dotage, anecdOtage, table
q hotage, Will best describe the affair.
Actor Joe Jefferson and others arose and
they had never read a line of Tolstoi,
While literary political gentlemen like Ed
Lauterbach and others looked on and
applauded. The only sane sentences were
those uttered by Mr. Zangwill. He knew
whereof he spoke. / wonder what he
thought of the proceedings? Indeed, l
nad hoped for one of his usual witty out
breaks. something. for instance, after the
manner of his question on the occasion
OF the unwilling of the Keats memorial.
Assembled were all the big guns of
Great Britain. All was reverence. ST.
lence and sunshine. Men who hated each
other stood with barred heads, and then
the Stiffness was broken by. the staccato
voice of Zangwill- He said to Andrew
Lang:
i say, Lang. who was Keats?" Being
British, the crowd was shocked, and
doubtless the question was irreverent,
but then it was deliciously aDropos. I'm
quite sure if Mr.. Zangwill had put the
question to some of the gentlemen at the
Iolstoi dinner the answer would have
Deen; Never saw him run, but I'll play
MIN for place if you say So"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

ing friends at 464 Columbus avenue.
The boy Is unfamiliar with New York
police customs, as he lives in Chicago,
where policemen are careful to be un-
obtrusive. On Monday night Young
and other boys were standing at Sew
enty-Ninth street and Amsterdam ave
nue. when Policeman McManus came
along and ordered them to move on.
Al moved but Young.
Move on, sonny said the policeman
to the Chicago lad.
YouEg drew himself to his full height
Il question your authority he said.
las an American citizen, i claim the
right to stand where | choose, so long
as / behave myself / am from Chi
cage. No policeman in that city would
dare to accost a citizen as you have"
Il can't help where you came from, -
said the surprised policeman. I'll
have to take you to the station, and
you can tell the sergeant how police
man should act"
Young was taken to the West One
Hundredth street station, where he
emphatically told Sergeant McDermott
what he thought of the police system
in New York. McDermott held the boy
over night. Magistrate Cornell smiled
yesterday morning in the West Side
police court when the little prisoner
eloQuently protested against the out
RACES heaped upon him. He was dis
charged. as the magistrate thought he
had been punished enough.
But what a mean revenge this was
for Greater New York to take on
Greater Chicago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26
DEMOCRATS AND ..JosHERs."

The Republican organ asks the ques-
ton, rs B. II. Roberts a Democrat?'
And it devotes several columns to a
negative answer. From the interest it
seems to take in this matter, one might
be led to believe that its opposition to
the gentleman is based on its doubt
of his Democracy.
In an editorial too long to appear on
the regular editorial page. with which
our Republican contemporary spoils
page Is of yesterdays issue, it contends
that Mr.. Roberts is not a Democrat"
because he refuses to abide by the ac-
ton of the reconvened convention of
1885
Without calling attention again to
the inconsistency of our neighbor re-
ferrinS to that year when it was open
ly and braZenly bidding for ecclesiasti-
cal support, and was "joshing' Demo-
Gratis for making the fight of their
lives, we viii merely call attention to
the platform upon which B. II. Roberts
stands today
In the Democratic state platform oc-
ours the following:
We approve and reaffirm the doc
trines heretofore declared by our sew
eral state conventions, and especially
those of the reconvened convention
of 1895"
1t is upon this declaration, with 9TH
ers bearing upon the issues of the cam
paign. that Mr. Roberts is running for
congress. The declarations of the re-
convened convention of 1885, to which
Mr.. Roberts pledges his allegiance to-
day, are as follows:
l. That man may worship his Maker
as his conscience dictates
=. That no state nor political body
has the right to interfere with this
great privilege.
3. That mans first allegiance, polit-
icaily, is to his country
4. That no church, ecclesiastical body.
nor spiritual adviser should encroach
upon the political rights of the indi-
vidual.
.. That in a free country no man nor
body of men can, with safety to the
state, use the name or the power of any
religious sect or society to influence or
control the elective franchise
o. That a trust is imposed upon each
citizen in free country to act politi-
cally upon his own Judgment, and alb
solutely free from control or dictation,
ecclesiastical or otherwise
Z. That no political party can be re-
quired to obtain the consent of any
church or the leader thereof, before Sc
lecting its candidate for public office.
s. That no citizen, by reason of his
association with any church, can be
absolved from his duty to the state,
either in times of war or of peace, with
out the consent of the state.
8. That all men should be, and of
right are, free to think, free to act, free
to speak and free to vote, without
fear, molestation, intimidation or un-
due influence.
Upon these declarations the Demo-
cratic party stood in 1885, when the
Republicans of Utah and their organ
were jeering and 'joshing" them, and
upon these declarations the Democrats
of Utah still stand with the Republican
organ fighting them, only from an
other ambush.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26
ROOSEVELT BEGINS EXPLAIN
ING.

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will. in
all probability, be the gubernatorial
nominee of the Republican party of
New York. Already trouble is upon
him. 1t has been charged against him
that he is ineligible because he is not
resident of New York, but of Wash
ington, d. c. This charge is based on
the fact that he made an affidavit.
which he filed with the tax commits
sioners, that he was a resident of
Washington and not of New York.
Now he is under the necessity of max
ing an explanation, most unfortunate
thing for a candidate to be compelled
TO do. He says he made the affidavit
for the purpose of avoiding the pay
ment OF taxes in New York and Wash
lngton on his personal property BY
his own statement he was willing to
make an affidavit to- falsehood in
order to avoid double taxation But
how could he escape double taxation
on his personal property by declaring
himself a resident of Washington more
than by remaining a citizen of New
York? Can he treat an affidavit as to
residence as so much rubbish" as if
may suit his convenience? Such seems
to be his theory. If his affidavit was
sufficiently effective legally to prevent
the taxation of his personal property in
New York it should be sufficiently
good TO prevent his claiming he never
abandoned his residence there. His ex-
PLANTATION of his affidavit Shows he is
not the god his adnirefs have en-
deavored to make the people believe he
is, but that he is quite as human, and
in monetary matters as frail as other
men.
Speaking of his admirers. he refuses
to accept a nomination at the hands Of
the Independents or mugwumps, that
class OF beings who feel themselves too
good and pure to have anything to do
with political parties. What slap in
the face their idol has given them.
That slap viii challenge the admiration
of Democrats and Republicans alike.
Colonel Roosevelt would do we'll to
remember that, in politics, it is fully
as dangerous and disastrous to make
explanations as to write letters.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26
ON THE CARDS.

Beside the road of life I CHANGED
On Fortunes Temple on a day;
The Priestess. as l paused, advanced,
And babe me there my Journey stay,
She took me in and showed me round
A charming lady, l should state
And you'll have guessed it, III be bound)
She volunteered TO tell my fate.
L shuffied. nervoUsly, the pack
| cut-and felt inclined to run
l trembed as she took it back.
And laid the cards out one by one.
watched her count with rites occult,
L watched her ply her awesome arts
The first and principal result
Proclaimed my fate" the Queen of
She counted up. she counted down,
My Queen of Hearts, she said, would
4 visit shortly out of town
Il wish they'd ask me. too. to stay
A good appointment that 1 craved
Would end in one of Fortunes rubS-
1t also seemed I'd not behaved
Quite nicely to the Queen of Clubs.
a most unpleasant interview
With some old lady I'd in store
= foreign letter. too. was due.
Perhaps a journey. (What a boreD
Thered be a wedGing-that was clear.
(The Queen of Hearts still hanging
Although a rival would appear
(The King of Spades, whom Fate con-
foundD
A legacy'd be dropping in.
Some disappointment (who has none?)
Yet [ the Queen of Hearts should win
She ended much as she'd begun,
My fortune truly might be styled
One calculCted to attract
If it could but be reconciled
With one most inconvenient facti-
Which is-Tve little chance to win
Beauty and Love, the Journeys prize
Being ineligible in
All cute mammas' appraising eyes
No knight am | to take the lists
The least of ali the lesser bards,
And if my Queen of Hearts exists
She's hardly more than-"On the cardsr'
Pinch
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

Captain w. H. Hayward of company
c, Second regiment, Nebraska volun-
teers, in an interview in the Nebraska
City News of the 18th inst, says:
The hospital service was not what it
should have been, and the division hos
pital was simply awful. L never will
dispute with. any man when he tells
TALES OF HORROR AND MIS-
TREATMENT AT THE HOSPITALS.
for they were conducted shamefully.
did everything in my power to keep my
men out of them. for / had no conf
dence that they would be cared for as
they should have been, and as / was
personally acquainted with all of the
boys. and they were my friends, l did
not propose to see them get the worst
Of it at any time. NO MAN CAN TELL
TOO HORRIBLE A TALE OF HOS
PITAL TREATMENT FOR ME- NOT
TO BELIEVE, FOR / HAVE SEEN
ENOUGH TO CONVINCE ME- THAT
THE SERVICE WAS SIMPLY AW-
Full.
This statement does not come from
an nti-administration source, for Cap
tain Hayward is the son of Hon. NJ. L.
Hayward, Republican nominee for
governor of Nebraska.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26
cH1LI-AReENrINA DISPUTE.

English papers are urging that the
United States Great Britain, Germany
and Italy make representations to Chill
and Argentina against going to war,
while the st. James Gazette goes so
far as to suggest that this government
signify its willingness to bring pressure
to bear on them by declaring its inten-
ton of enforcing the arbitrator's award
by war, if necessary.
War between Chill and Argentina is
much to be deprecated, and everything
should be done to prevent it; but the
United States, having just gone
through a war with Spain, and having
heard very much about European in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.


Baltimore American: The estimabIe
young ladies who are selected to preside
at the launching of battleships have fall
len on days of trial. Between appeals to
use water instead of wine in the nam
ing. and requests to name vessel in
stead of christening it. they undergo
a preliminary bombardment that must be
anything but pleasant AS no real Drin-
chile is concerned in either case. and in
tention in both customs is honestly free
of offenSe. it seems that the ladies ought
not to be subjected to all this contro-
versy.
Savannah News: Reports to the Judge
advocate general of the army are said to
show that the volunteer troops are not
as well behaved as the regulars Regu-
the cases tried by courtsmartial. If the
evidence keeps on accommodating. the
country. will be led to the belief after
while that even if its regular army is
small. it is one of the best all-around
bodies of it's kind in the world
Somerville Journal; Man often express
es contempt for womans ability. and vet
how many of the men you know coiiId
iron shirt so that they would be willing
TO wear it themselves?
Philadelphia Record: AS a compromise
between free liquor and no liquor at all
in the function of christening the battle
ships, high license system may yet have
to be adopted to conciliate the moralistS
and the degenerates.
Boston Herald: That's a pointed bit of
sarcasm by a gallant naval officer who
says he has served his country through
the entire war and has lost only one
number under the naval system of pro-
motion.
New York Press: Bashfulness is dis
ease, says a, medical writer Still, it's
not the kind to fear, because it doesn't
seem to be catching.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

The president has fixed October Is
as the date or which the Spaniards
must begin evacuation of Cuba, and
October 81 as the date upon which it
must be accomplished. That is as it
should be, and the president will have
the approval Of the people The Span
iards must not be allowed to stand
upon the order Of going, but must go at
once.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

Elsewhere in this issue will be found
. most interesting letter from Major
r. W. Young telling of affairs at
Manila and the capture of the city. No
more interesting letter on the capture
of Manila has been written. The Her
aid is permitted to publish it through
the courtesy of Mrs. r. w. Young, it
being addressed to her and family.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

The praise General Greene bestows
upon the Utah men at Manila is
merited. and that it is merited makes
it all the more welcome. The troops
of no state have brought more fame
and honor to their state then have the
Utah troops in the Philippines. Every
citizen of this state feels a personal
pride in them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

Charles S. Hartman, nominee of the
Populists and silver Republicans of
Montana for congress, proposes that
either he or II. J. Campbell, Democratic
nominee for congress, withdraw in the
interest of the election of a silver man.
This proposition meets our mind exact
~. Let Mr.. Hartman withdraw forth
with
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

The Tribune bowls and yells about
B. H. Roberts because he is a polyg-
amist and at the same time endorses
and advocates the Republican ticket
which has Upon it several practical
poiygamists- 1t has a very bad case of
mote and BEAM
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

The question has been asked how
Hon. b. II. Roberts stands on fusion.
He stands squarely against it, and has
no use for it in state or national poll
ties. That is exactly where all good
Democrats should stand.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

General Miles is an inconsistent
man. In his annual report he favors
the use of smokeless powder, and after
this asks if we are to have "a stand
ing army OF proper dimensions ready
for immediate action at home in the
smoke and fire of battle"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

Emperor William says Germanys fu-
ture lies upon the water. Perhaps that
is the reason he has been casting so
much bread upon it in the near past,
hoping it would return after not many
DAVIS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

1t is difficult to determine which is
the more rapacious, a New Jersey
mosquito or an Omaha. hotel keeper,
but probably the latter should be given
the preference.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

The time is ripe for The formation of
the Society of the Incompetent Sons Of
Somebodies. Their war record is with
out a parallel. And may it continue
10 he
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

At Evanston. Frank w Mondell, Re
publican candidate for representative.
to congress, became a hiss. After Il
while he viii become a by-word
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

Lillian Russell denies that she is go
ing to Madrid She probably thinks
the Americans have taken enough
from Spain without her capturing
Madrid
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

General Miles says the talk of an
Anglo-American alliance emphasizes
the need for a larger army. Then it is
better to forego the alliance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

Every one is convinced that in Utah
this year politics makes very strange
bedfellows, SO strange in fact that bed
fellows bid fair to become an issue.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

Tom Platt is looking for the man
who will prove to be the strongest gu
bernatorial candidate. Why doesn't he
take up with Sandow?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

The powers are about to send an uI-
timatum to the sultan. The only eff
feet on the sultan of these ultima:a is
to give him that tired feeling.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

a Chicago boy has no rights which
a New York policeman is bound to re-
spect, as the following Incident proves:
Frank Young. II years cid, is visit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

Chicago Tribune: 'eThrogson. did you
lings?''
Here's your five shillings. Dawson.
What lay were you about to ask me if
had ever seem"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

Consistency is not The bright par
tienlar jewel that shines in our morn
ms contemporary crown.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

The Tribune wants to know if b. H.
Roberts is a Democrat. The logical
question to follow this is. does b. H.
Roberts live?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

The mounts that were so dear to the
Roosevelt rough riders We're cheap to
the public-about sic a head on an
average
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

Our relations with England continue
to improve. Mrs. George -.Curzon .(nee
Letter of Chicago has become a bar
oneSS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

The Tribune talks about the higher
fealty." The Tribuue's is all hire
fealty.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

Exchange: Uncle David thinks that
dictionary is the most useless book ever
printed lie says that you can't find out
now TO spell it in the first place. This
remark was made after an hours search
among the ks for the word 'Kwiet''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

There are many Republican conven-
tions called. but few will be chosen.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26
WIT AND HUIdOR.

Indianapolis Journal: Yes. my wife
and have separated
Indeed: What is the trouble?''
There isn't any, now
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

Mckinley is trying to do what salt
.cannot-save Alger.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

Puck: Mrs TafIxington-Ah! So you
have a new watch? No doubt you find
1t very useful in enabling you to husband
your time.
Mrs. Whoopler-Yes; and to time my
husband
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

There are clouds on the horizon. but,
sad to tell. there is no rain in them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

Chicago Record: Those people at the
country hotel didn't give us half enough
to eat
Well. we got even with them; we in
troduced golf"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

1t is an ill wind that blows dust.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

So sensitive is Alger that he will not now
repeat
The name Of that bedizened one who
brings his latest trials;
But always writes "1e. 500 feet
Instead of spelling paper with the hated
name of Miles,
-CleYeland Plain Dealer
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

Weekly Telegraph: The professor at the
blackboard in a certain institution of
learning was somewhat astonished the
other day when he hogan. Now gentle
men, and took UP his pointer to find
himself interrupted by a round of APP
plause and a burst of laughter.
In his absence of mind he had first
chalked the end of the stick
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26
TALES OF THE DAY.

What Mr.. zangwill Said.
In the latest Musical Courier 1.-THE Ra-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-09-26

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