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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-14
SOME GOOD, SHORT STORIES
Rapid Change Of Shirt.
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There is story being told of two
young men. who are very good friends.
They live in a small fiat down town.
They are in perfect accord on ell sub
Jeets but one. David has a sweetheart,
and Jonathan is in a mild way a won-
an-hater. David and his sweetheart
fell out last summer, by letter. which
is the easiest thing in the world TO do.
They didn't write to each other for two
long months, and David had bitter
things to say about women. One even
ing a messenger boy brought him a
note. 1t was from her.
Dear David" it read. Just got
back. Come up this evening" David
forgot that women weren't worth the
while, and prepared to fly to her arms.
But, alas! A careful search Of his
wardrobe revealed the bitter fact that
the only clean shirt he possessed was
pink. Now, you can't possibly fly to
the arms of your lady love in a pink
shirt. AT least, you can't at $3.50 in
the evening, in an evening waistcoat
and a dress coat to match. Jonathan
l-had gone to the theatre and his bureau
was locked. David called a cab and
drove to the theatre. Already it was
late, and Frances isn't a girl you can
explain things to, especially things that
involve the laying bare of your ward
/ minute to lose( Jonathan was called
/ out. He appeared. He was wearing
.spick and span white shirt Ten
minutes later he emerged from Davfd's
cab, which Immediately dashed of in
the direction of Frances house. He
was wearing shirt as pink as Auro-
ra's cheek.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-14
Lively For the Bishop.


A little bishop who was going the
rounds of his diocese was expected to
stay at a certain house. For once-every
rule has its eXceDt1Ons-the divine was
ahead OF time, and reached his deStina-
ton day too soon. At the moment OF
his arrival the little daughters of the
house Wero playing at hide-and-seek.
Two of them waited on the stairs for the
little bishop mounted the steps and rang
the bell. and the children rushed down
stairs ana opened the door, and, seeing
some one standing on the mat, cried,
wv by don't you run away you little
beast?'
Imagine their horror when they dis
covered that it was the bishop whom
they were addressing. The oldest of the
daughters, though much abashed en-
deaVored to be polite. telling her visitor
that as he was not expected until the
BISHOP who was tired begged that he
mint be taken to her fathers dressing
room, as he wished 70 rest before dinner,
to which arrangement the little girl ac-
coded, and he was conducted thither. He
then commenced his toilet. ard mad just
arrived at that stage when his clean
shirt was we'll over his head and he could
see nothing, when ne found himself viO-
lently shaken by the arm. while a female
voice calculated in eXaSperated tones:
You old fool, why do you not come
downstairs. The bishop has come
The voice, needless to say. was the
voice of the hostess, who, having casually
heard from the gardener of the bishops
arrival, had not SraSped where ne was
likely 10 be, and had mistaken the shroud-
ed form for that of her husband.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-14
WILLIAM IN HIS REPERT DRY.

Emperor William now aspires to be
the head of a church. After attending
services at several meeting-houses he
selected the German Protestants. whose
spiritual leadership he viii essay.
William is excessively various He
has written play. preached a sermon,
composed a hymn, painted a picture,
designed a house, commanded an army,
led a brass band through the streets
of Berlin, Unanswered a fleet, sailed
yacht, played ball with his children.
made afterdinner speeches, sent poems
to editors and compelled their publica-
ton. too: and now he wants to become
the spiritual adviser of the German
Protestant church.
William is a miscellaneous man, a
jack-of- ll-trades, a promiscuous sort
of ruler. He wants TO run everything,
and ne wants to have a hand in all
that is going on.
In this country the kaiser excites no
little merriment with his lightning
change performances, but in his own
land it is a serious business. News
papers are afraid to criticise a new
play for fear the kaiser composed it;
editors are now languishing in gloomy
cells who refused to print spring poe
try to which the kaiser's nom de plume
had been attached; critics have been
fined for overlooking the fine points of
his paintings, and he has the public
jumping sidewise, SO to speak, to keep
out Of his versatile way.
The Frankfort Zeitung, according to
the cablegrams printed yesterday, ut
tiers this vail of despair:
we have reached stage where it
becomes impossible to freely comment
Upon political affairs for, with the
prominent parts the emperor has taken
in politics, it is impossible to separate
him from criticism, and it thus be-
comes a difficult trick to avoid prose-
cution upon the charge OF a crazy state
attorney
And since his majesty has joined
church it will not be safe for any one
to stay at home on Sundays, under
penalty OF being otherwise punished in
the event of missing a sermon by his
royal highness.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-14
CRIMES AND SOME CAUSES.

Within two days two blood-curdling
stories Of wholesale murder have come
over the wires. a California man
killed his wife and mother-in-law near
Placerville. A Kentucky husband shot
all his wife's relatives, killing his
father-in-law, mother-in-law and sis
ter-in-law.
In this latter case the malice and de-
liberation were shown beyond question
by the fact that the fiend took two
days TO finish his hellish work. On
the first day he shot three members
Of the family and escaped. Next day
he returned and killed one who had
been lingering in agony, and wounded
others.
It must be that such men are of
criminal antecedents. too ignorant and
brutal to realize the enormity Of such
acts. They are wild beasts Of society.
incapable of being tanned; cruel. vi
cious, relentless, and dangerous as
nan-eating tigers. It is hard to IN
derstand how human beings can be-
come so devoid of human impulses and
sensibiIities.
The daily press records the commits
sion of many unnatural crimes and
deeds Of violence, until the public is
aickered and annaIled. But people Will
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-14
DUTY IN THE PHILIPPINES.

The Utah boys are anxious to leave
the Philippines. They are homesick,
tired Of armed peace, chafing under
discipline, disguised with the climate
and pining for the balmy breezes of
their home state.
The war department is not disposed
to release them, however. 1t takes
money to transport troops across the
Pacific, and now that a final notice
has been served on the Spanish gov
eminent, to the effect that the Philip
pines are regarded as American prop
erty, and that control Of the islands
will not be released, all the troops
around Manila and a lot more may be
required TO assert American sovereign
ty and establish American Institutions.
Spain is not disposed to yield any
part of her territory not actually taken
and occupied by the United States
army, claiming that all the Philip
pines and even the. whole of Luzon,
outside of Manila and its immediate
vicinity, are under the power and SOW
ereignty of SPAIN
The gist of the Spanish contention is
embodied in the official communication
of Duke Almodovar de Rio, the Span
ish minister of foreign affairs, at the
close of the war. He stated that while
Spain was willing to cede the island
Of Puerto Rico and other islands be-
longing TO the crown of Spain in the
West Indies, together with other is
lands of the archipelago of the La
drones, to be selected by the govern
ment," he saw no reason why the Phil
ippines should be included, as the
United States had not demanded them,
ana was not occupying them, except
around Manila, at the close Of the con-
test.
In the peace negotiations at Paris
there has been a hitch, owing to the
ambiguity of Secretary Days state
ment relative to the Philippines, in
making the terms of peace. 1t is
plain to be seen that the president was
afraid for the administration to take
any definite action in this matter until
after the election.
When the last ballot had been
dropped in the box, the cabinet began
!! to assemble, and its first duty was to
reinforce the Day document by max
ing an emphatic demand upon Spain
for the surrender of all the Philippines.
Political cowardice prevented them
from making this demand in the first
place If it is our national destiny to
take and to hold islands Of the Orient.
il will be the fate of the volunteers now
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-14
His Maiden Effort.
Chicago News.)

He was just from college and had Sc
cured a place on the reportorial staff of
morning newspaper His first assign
ment was over on the west side to re-
port a fire. He wrote it up in grand
style, making a half column article of it,
beginning thus:
Suddenly on the still night air rang the
devouring tongue of flame. whose light as
1t played along the roofs edge had
caught the eagle eye of the midnight
watcher, leaped forth. no longer playful,
but fierce and angry in its consuming
greed. Like glowing. snaky demons, the
lurid links entwined the doomed build
ing; in venomous Kisses and spurts the
flames shot into the overhanging dark
ness, while from every window and door
poured forth a dense sulphurous vapor,
the deadly, suffocating breath of an i'm
Drisoned fiend," etc. Next morning the
embryo journalist was up early to see
how his brilliant effort looked in print and
this is what he read:
Mike Mahonys grocery on Desplaines
street was destroyed by fire last night.
Loss, $500; no Insurance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-14
ENGLAND AS A SISTER.

1t has been told, as q joke, of course,
that women. those who have passed
the 30th milestone of life's journey,
lose all interest in questions of birth
and age when the discussion is liable
to turn upon the record of their own
lives
A story is related of an unmarried
female of uncertain age in neighbour
ing commonwealth, who brought suit
for large sum of money due her
fathers estate. In court she told her
name and place of residence cheerfully,
but when the lawyer asked her to state
to the jury her age she heaved a vol
ume of the compiled laws at his head
and left the room. She was willing to
lose a fortune, but would not be in
suited in open court.
Countries, it seems. are afflicted in
the same way. England has quit tell
ing her age and her magazine writer's
resent the idea of Uncle Sam calling
her @mother" From his likenesses
printed all over the world. no one
would suspect U. S. Of being a school
ford to have gray-haired man with
wrinkles and chin whiskers tagging
around the world at her heels, calling
her mother"
Mr.. William Archer. in a well-writ-
ten article in the Pail Mall Magazine.
gives voice to this sentiment in the
following protest:
The America of today is not the
daughter of the England of today. They
are both daughters and co-heiresses OF
the England of the past, and especial
~, we may say, of seVenteenth-centur
England.
And then, as if to mollify this harsh
decree, which makes of Uncle Sam an
orphan, the English spokesman adds:
We have no shadow of an excuse for
putting on maternal airs toward the
transatlantic republic. We, no less
than the Americans, are reVolted chill
dren of the England of North and
Grenville, though our revolt has been
a bloodless one. Surely, then, our re-
lation is fraternal. not parental and
flial.
1t is not unusual for a sweetheart to
play the role of sister, but it is a new
departure quite for a mother When
Uncle Sam RECEIVERS from the paroxysm
Of grief into which the loss of mother
country is sure to plunge him, it is
to be hoped that he will take his big
sister by the hand; that they will trot
along the country lane of duty side by
side, face the growing responsibilities
of civilization together, profit by each
others counsel and assistance, tread
upon the neck of tyranny and scale the
heights of progress, still shoulder to
shoulder and hand in hand
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-14

There are three well-defined sectional
differences in the pronunciation of our
mother tongue in this county-the New
England, the southern and the western.
Many of the New Englanders speak
with the nasaltwang, which, in England,
is popularity supposed to be characteristic
Of all Yankee" and, indeed, of all
American, speech.
The southerners speak in a somewhat
thick voice, resembling, in some degree,
the typical negro dialect.
TIE westerners have a pronunciation
which is usually distinct and sonorous,
neither nasal nor southern, but some
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-14
In Chrysanthemurniam.

CIV. j. hampton in New York Sum-
Say there,
You rosybudS
And lilypods.
And sweet pease,
And daffydowndillies,
And daisies,
And geraniums.
And all you other
Miss Nancies of the Towering world,
VIII you please go sprinkle yourselves,
And turn your weeping eyes on Me?
Me,
The effulgent and irridescent full-back
OF the Floral Field?
The only blooming
Football player
There's nothing
In my ornate
And flocculent physiognomy.
And when it comes
To throwing bouquets
/ rather fancy
I'm a whole plate
OF cold slaw
Myself
Don't ] seem
To strike you that way:
] am also
A shredded sunburst of glory,
And when | rise and shine
There is but one light
BY which the footsteps
OF the fleet and fading Flora
Are guided;
That's
The Chrysanthemum!
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-14
A SWEETHEART ILL.
written for The Herald

Written for The Herald
Oh. rest, my love, for thy pallid brow is
aching,
And gleam thine eyes with a sad, de-
lir1ous light;
Rest! for the stars are fed, the dawn is
breaking;
Rest for the end is here of that long,
weary night.
Oh, sleep, my love! Let not the song
birds waken,
Nor noise of day disturb tiny calm re-
In silence sleep; soft the poplars tail are
shaken.
Sweet doors breathe and the west wind
family blows.
Oh. dream, my love, of the days to come,
when glory,
In loves own home, shall bloom for
thee and me;
A time more sweet than hath been told
in story,
While our young lives, united, flow into
the great to bel
Rest, then, my love: thy faith and mine
shall hold thee
Back from the yawning gulf that
threatens thee to claim;
The eternal God thy refuge is-his mercy
doth enfold thee;
And angels whisper thou are mine-yea,
mine in heavens name.
JULIA PAULINE HUGHES.
Nov. II. 1898.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-14
Too Many of Them.
Spare Moments.)

A crack cavalry corps mad as adju-
tant an enthusiastic Scotsman whose
groom was d cockney, but as he bore
the Gaelic cognomen of Mcleod, he
had been appointed to the office. The
regiment having been ordered to India,
the men had embarked on board a
troOp-ship. AS the forage was being
distributed, two genuine specimens of
ScOtland's national emblen-thistles to
wit-disclosed themselves among the
hay. Mcleod, with an outburst of
cockney wit. unaware that his master
was just behind him, exclaimed, and
not soto voce:
Two more blooming Scotsmen.
Chuck 'em oyerboardr'
The adjutant is now in want of
groom.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-14
A Difference.

cit seems to me-" said the Boston girl
coldlv that before you expect me to
get your ideas somewhat Strengthened
OUT
In what wav?" he inquired in sur
prise.
explained, was to fall ON one knee and
ask viii you be miner Then mo-
ment later you said. will you have me?'
Naturally this confuses me. and before
you go any further | wish you would de-
eide whether you are asking for me or
trying TO give yourself away,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-14
BeastIy.
(Trllth \

Miss Gotham,,I saw you out walking
with your dog last evening.
Biddle-And considered it case of
beauty and the beast?
Miss Gotham-Well. the dog was GER
tainly q very handsome fellow
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-14
Why She Didn't Laugh.

Boston JOurnal)
a little three-year-old birl went to a
children's party. On her return she said
to her parents: "At the party a little girl
fell off q chair. All the other girls
laughed but ] didn't"
Well, why didn't you laugh?"
Cause was the one that fell off"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-14

Sugar stock is jumping skyward.
The election returns have filed the
trusts with hope and the bond-buyers
with confidence, but silver is still at
at $780,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-14

The Utah batteries have had their
inning and the Utah cavalry has had
its outing, and now the boys are all
anxious for home.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-14

Spain is negotiating the sale of the
Philippines, outside of Luzon. The
best title she can give under the cir
cumstances is a quit claim.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-14

Paris journals predict a general Eu-
ropean row as a result of the Fashoda
incident, which, it seems, will not stay
closed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-14
sTocKs ANp INVESTMENTS.

Utah Bank and Commercial Stocks. and
other High Grade investment securities
sought and sold.
LEANS on Stocks.
Dividend-paying stocks bought ana sold
Investment orders from institutions
trustees OF estates and capitalists will re-
ceiVe the best of attention.
JOHN c. CUTLER. JR.
Tel. LII. IS Main Street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-14

on duty at Manila to spend some time
yet in the service of their country.
Evening star., 1898-10-27

government. He thought the system of
sand filtration useR IN European cities is
the best method of purifying water sup
piled to large cities.
The secretary of the society circulated
printed copies of a report of the committee
on electric street lighting, prepared by F.
W. Cappelen, chairman of that commit
tee, who was not able to be present and
read it.
The president appointed the following
committee to nomfssat eShfficers for the en-
suing year: August Hermann of Cincin-
natl, A. D. Thompson of Peoria ILL.,: NJ R.
Shepard of Newark, N. j.; George H. Ben
zenberg of MilwaukeS Wis. and Capt.
Lansing H. Beach of Washington The
committee for the selection of the next
place of meeting was constituted of Bar
nard Saunders of Toronto Canada; S. j.
Brookman of Milwaukee, Wis: Charles F.
Herr of Newark, N. J.. NJ P. Lewis of
Brooklyn and M. Il. Holman Of St Louis
MIR. Phillips Paper.
After The Stars report closed yesterday
afternoon Mr.. Asa E. Phillips, assistant
engineer of the sewer department of this
city. read q paper entitled Some Observa-
tions on the Effect of Flushing Devices for
Small Sewers" He had charts for the in
spection of the members illustrating the
sewer system in part of the northwest
portion of the city. The paper was a tech
nical one, dealing with the system of flush
ing sewers. 1t showed great labor and
ability in its preparation.
Evening star., 1898-10-27
RACING AT BENNING
CContinued from Eighth Page.)

with $500 added. of which $50 to the second
and $40 to the third. The winner to be sold
by auction. If for $1,000. to carry weight for
age: if to be sold for less, l pound to be al
pounds for each 800 down to 500. An al
lowance of 20 pounds. Winners during the
meeting not to be entered for less than
81 GOO. Five furlongs.
Third race, selling, hurdle race, for three
vear-olds and upward-By subscription of
S. each to the winner. with $500 added. of
which $50 to the second and $40 to the third.
Horses entered to be sold by auction for
81 200 if three-year olds, to carry 1o6
pounds: # four-year-olds. 10 pounds; II
five-year-olds and upward, 1I6 pounds.
Horses entered to be sold for less allowed
, pounds for each 500 down to 500: then
3 pounds for each S100 down TO $500. An al
lowance of % pounds. Winners of two or
1898 not to be entered for less than 500.
Mile and three-quarters over seven hur-
dies.
Fourth race selling, for three-year-olds
and upward at pounds under the scale
BY subscription of 50 each TO the winner,
with $500 added of which $50 to the second
and $40 to third. The winner to be sold by
auction Horses entered to be sold for
81 500 to carry weight for age, IL to be sold
for less pound to be allowed for each S10o
down to 81 900: then pounds for each $100
down to $500: then 3 pounds for each 800
down to $500. An allowance of % pounds.
Winners during the meeting 10 pounds ex-
ira Seven furlongs.
and upward-By subscription of s. each and
S5 additional for starters. with $500 added,
of which $50 to the second and $40 to the
third. Entries to close at II m. on Tues
day. November 15 Weights to be announc-
ed at II am. Wednesday, November 16.
One mile.
sixth day. Friday, November 1s.-First
race-Seiling; for three-year-oids and up
Evening star., 1898-10-27

| Tor age; if for less, one pound TO be allowed
| for each 800 down to $500. then tW,o
| pounds for each 500 down to $500. An al
lo%anee OF seventeen pounds. One mile.
second race-Selling; for two-year-olds.
| by subscription of $5 each to the winner.
with $500 added, of which SEQ to the second
and $40 to the third. The winner TO be sold
| by auction. Horses entered to be sold for
5000 to carry weight for ages II to be
sold for less, two pounds to be allowed for
each 500 uown to 30. An allowance Of
thirty pounds Winners during the meet
ing to carry ten pounds extra Five fur
longs.
Third race-Selling steepIechase; for
three-year-olds and upward: By subscrin
ton OF 50 each to the winner with S3IO
added. of which $50 to the second and S40
20 the third Horses entered to be sold for
$1,000 to carry, three-year-oids 14O hounds.
four-year-olds, LIS pounds; five-year-oIfis
l63 pounds; six years and inward 16G
pounds. II to be sold for less two Mounds
allowed for each s1o0 down to 500; then
three pounds for each 500 down 70 S4oO
An allowance of fifteen pounds. Winners
In 1898 not to be entered for less than 500
and the winner of the steeplechase on the
first day. Saturday, November IL, to carry
ten pounds more than he then carried
About two miles and half
Fourth race-Handicap; for three-year-
olds and upward: By subscription OF 81
each, and $40 additional for starters to the
winner, with $500 added, of which stoo 10
the second and $50 to the third. Entries TO
close at II m Thursday, November IL
weights to be announced Friday, Noyem-
Der u, at III a. m. Mile and furlong.
Fifth race-tor two-year-olds and uu-
ward; winners of not more than two races.
at ten pounds under the scale: BY SUBJ
script1on Of IS each. to the winner with
$500 added, of which $50 TO the second and
$40 to the third. Winners of only one race
allowed five pounds: maidens allowed seven
pounds. Usual allowances to mares and
geidings. Six furlongs.
The programs for the remaining days of
the meeting viii be ready about Thursday
November IL.