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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24
AN EPIDEMIC IN THE EAST.

Eastern cities are suffering from an
epidemic Of grip. It has become so
prevalent in New York that one writer
remarks. between sneezes. that the
east does not have the grip, but the
grip has the east"
in 1891 there was a serious epidemic
Of this character, when thousands died
from its effects. In New York alone
there were S51 deaths in that year, sou
occurring in the single month of April
A touch Of influenza has been felt every
year since that. The fatalities from
the grip in the year 1892 in New York
City were 495; 1892, 227; 1894, 1SS; 1895.
SCI; 1886. 1ol; 1897, 1876; 1898 Cnot includ-
ing Decemberl, 81: which shows up to
The present month the city has been
fairly free from the epidemic.
The New York board of health has
Issued statement for the benefit o.
the public, describing the nature Of the
disease and treating of various meth
DDS Of its prevention, although no posi-
tive cure is known.
Influenza is an infectious and con-
taeious disease the statement reads,
."due to the inauenza bacillus. In cases
of influenza. or grip. this organism
s present in all the seeretions OF the
nose, throat and bronchial tubes. The
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24
SOME WERE DISAPPOINTED.

When President Mckinley appointed
his personal friend, Mr.. Hitchcock. the
st. Louis millionaire, to the secretary
ship of the interior to succeed Mr.. Bliss.
who suddenly resigned. it was a disap-
pointment TO a number of distinguished
applicants for the position.
Senator Wolcott of Colorado aricked
up his ears and nestled UP close to
Hanna when the word was given that
the successor to Secretary Bliss would
be a western man. But he was doomed
to disappointment. All of the bureau
chiefs in the interior department. ex-
cept the commissioner of natents, and
both the assistant secretaries, were
candidates.
It is said that Assistant Secretary
Ryan in Kansas, Assistant Secretary
Davis from Missouri, Pension Commits
sioner Evans of Tennessee, Land Com
missioner Hermann of Oregon and var
ious other availables placed themselves
in an attitude of receDtivity. A few
Democratic deserters of 1895 who con
tributed to the election Of the present
administration hastily hoisted lightning
rods. but they received no palrable
shock Among these were Mayor :. f.
Hanson of Macon, Ga, and Judge En-
DRY SDeer of the same state. Senator
Spooner was approached. but declined
to join a cabinet whose changes come
with such startling raDidity.
There has been something about Nc
Kinley's cabinet to remind one of a
variety stage with Hghtning-change
artists as the chief features of his err
tertainment. Like the president him
self, his cabinef>lacks consistency. sta.
biiity' continuity and character. It raay
be composed of good men, for the presi-
dent himself is a good man, but cahi-
nets and governments are not run to
the very best advantage on the prayer
meeting plan.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24
SOME GOOD, SHORT STORIES
Scared Out.
cleveland Plain Dealer.)

(CteVeiand PIa1n Dealer.)
A Cleveland doctor just returned from
New York brings home a very good
story about the nurses in one of the
bis hospitals there
The other day the graduating class
took it into their heads TO start out
and have q class picture taken in their
uniforms. So in due time all was made
ready and they departed, some twenty
strong. In fact, there were so very
many of them that when they climbed
aboard a car to so down town there
were seats for only about half to be
found. That did not suit the young
women a bit. They fused and CAB
bled together for a minute and then
suddenly one had bright idea. There
were a few knowing whispers, gig
gle or two, and then one pretty blonde
leaned far over and asked audibly, "Oh,
Mary, how is that smallpox case get
ting ON that you took in this morning."
Pretty WE'LL answered Mary wise
ly, "only, of course, it came to us very
late. It's in its worst stages. How is
that scarlet fever case that you are
tending?"
BY this time the other passengers
We're all agog, and one fussy old man
gave a gasp of horror and wildly sig
Mailing the conductor, Topped out of the
car.
The other passengers squirmed and
looked unhappy On flowed the talk.
Diphtheria, typhus fever, measles,
smallpox, scarlet fever and chickenpo2
circulated freely through the car, news
of various cases being banded back
and forth till girls shook and strong
men turned pale at the direful stories.
One by one the passengers alighted.
At-last it was not one by one-it was
on q general wholesale plan that made
the innocent conductor stare and the
naughty nurses giggle.
At last their mission was accom-
plished-the car was all their own. As
each stray passenger wandered in, he
or she was industriously scared out
once more, and the nurses reigned mon
archs of all they surveyed during the
whole of that downtown trip.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24
A vERiTABLE FAIRY LAND.

The way some of the windows along
Main street are decorated. and some
on other streets. for that matter, are
just as gorgeous, the children view the
city as a sort of fairyland.
They troop along to gaze at the Won
ders, singly, in groups. or with papa
and mamma. their bright eyes dancing
with delight, their cheeks flushed with
excitement, and their little hands
pointing out the marvels that modern
ingenuity has arrayed for their inspec-
ton.
There is such a vast array, tool Such
an inexhaustible quantity from which
TO choosei Such a dazzling show, even
after all selections have been madei
Toys are of all kinds, shapes. sizes
and objects; and some of the mechani-
cal playthings are very interesting this
season, for Santa Claus seems to have
spent more time in his shop during the
past twelve months than usual So
complicated are some of the toys that
they fairly bewilder the salespeople
who try TO explain their workings to
inquisitive customers. The time is rap
Idly approaching, it seems, when a
course in mechanical engineering viii
be necessary to At one out for a clerk
snip in a toy store.
There are cars and engines, and bat
teries and wagons of every class, all
Enthusiastically painted, striped and dec
GRATED. There are dolls of all pat
terms, complications, nationalities and
accomplishments, jointed in every pos
sible way, dressed in every. conceivable
style, and capable of doing more tricks
than baby of a year old will do under
advice.
Taken altogether, the displays of toys,
ornaments, pictures jewels and the
like were never so attractive as they
are this year.
At night, when the current of cleo
tricity is on, filling the streets and
windows with light and cheer, it is in
deed a. fairy scene. The tinsel toys
and the magnificent gems flashing
from a hundred windows, and the crys-
tails winter has strung along the wires
and hung upon the trees. the dissolv-
ing diamonds nature has scattered
about the streets, and the eyes, the
happy. eyes. the cleaning, sparkling,
laughing eyes of children-it forms a
picture that cannot be forgotten soon.
No fairyland was ever fairer; no fairies
more delightful than those of flesh and
blood at Christmastide.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24
|l:I!llII.[.g!I|i.l
|I.l!I!il3

You really don't know what COM
Portable travelling is if you have
never Travelled via the Burlington.
Holds the Worlds record for long
distance fast running 1925 miles,
LOAF minutes.
The Burlington Route is 1857
miles lOng-nearly One-third the dis
lance round the world
Offers a wider choice of routes than
any other line, to and from Chicago,
st. Louis, Omaha, Kansas City and all
eastern points.
Two through trains each way daily.
vestibuled buffet smoking library
cars, Pullman sleeping cars, reclining
chair cars (seats free) coaches. Fin
est dining car service in the world.
Dining cars operated on the cafe
plan; that is, you pay only for what
you order.
Tickets at offices of connecting lines.
I. A. BENTON, Ticket Agent, X. G.
w. Ry., Dolly Block
R. F. NEsLEN, Travelling Pass. and
Freight Agent
w. F. MMILLAN, Gen. Agt.
214 S. W. Temple St, Salt Lake City.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24
Couldock's Beer.
Mew Orleans Times-Democrat.)

CNew Orleans Times-Democrat.)
"Old Man Couldock, as we called him,
and the title was purely affectionate,"
remarked a member of one of the the
atrical companies now in the city,
used to tell an amusing story of one
of his early experiences on the stage.
He had been engaged for a minor part
with a very irascible actor named
Reynolds, who is now almost entirely
forgotten. The play was an old-time
melodrama called The Bandits
Daughter and Couldock was cast fer
one of the robbers. His only speech
was at the climax, when the bandit
chief otherwise Reynolds, called to-
gether his retainers to aYenge his
daughters death. And thou he asked
each, testing their fidelity My lord,
was Couldock's reply, I took an oath
at her bier On the opening night
Reynolds was in a savage mood, and
everybody was nervous and excited.
However, things went pretty well until
the great scene where the robbers as
sembled. Couldock advanced with the
rest, half frightened to DEATH and one
by one they made their protestatiOns.
And thou? beloved Reynolds, facing
him suddenly. My lord said CouldOck,
I took a beer He realized when he
got that far that he had the words
transposed, and he made a hideous
blunder, but to save his soul he couldn't
recall the line Sir yelled the TRACE
dian, beside himself with rage. II
took IA beer repeated Couldock, and
stopped with his mouth wide open and
his knees knocking together. so per-
ceive, sir!' Kissed Reynolds. You're
drunk, sir; beastly drunk. The audi
ence roared, and the curtain descended
amid shrieks of merriment. OF course,
Couldock was fired instanter. He told
me that he met Reynolds. then broken
and retired, some years afterward. and
the latter wagged his head at him SOL
EMMY. I trust, sir, that you have con-
trolled your taste for strong drink he
said, with melancholy emphasis"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24
CLEVER RUSSIAN COUNT.
He Found a Way of Beating a Per-
sian Creditors Plan.
(Pall Mall Gazette.)


In Persia when a creditor fails to get
his money in any other way, he ap-
pears in the debtors house and sits
down. Then he does not move away
till the delinquent pays up. He enters
the debtors sleeping apartments, if
possible, and has his meals brought in.
A few weeks ago a Persian held an
unsatisfed claim against the British
government, and he presented himself
before the British minister one day and
camped out in his private office. The
minister did not see the joke, and sent
for a policeman. That made a lot of
noise and trouble, and the Russian rep
reSentative in Teheran evidently
learned lesson from ii, for he man
aged a case of the same kind much
differently a few weeks ago.
The Persian who demanded money
from the Russian Count Kolomeisow)
was holy man, a Dervish. and when
he sat down in the Russians ante
room to wait till the latter paid the
disputed claim, Count Kolomeisow
knew that he could not get rid of him
without much fuss and explanation 1t
is against the laws, or at least the Gus
tom, which is just as firm, to touch a
creditor who takes this means of COL
lecting money, so the count did not
throw him out. He thought over the
matter, and one morning he sent for
a lot of masons. Then he ordered them
to build a wall around the Dervish
who was sitting in the middle of the
room. The Dervish watched them plac-
idly at first, but when the we'll grew
and it became apparent. that it would
be completed soon, he jumped over it,
ran away, and has not been seen since
They say that the count is the first
man in Teheran who has beaten a cred
itor of this kind without recourse to
the police.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24

The Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
road company is not a patron of the
equal rights plan. Women employees
are to be dropped after the first of the
year. This affects about 200 clerks and
stenographers along the entire system.
The trouble is not that women are in
efficient, but that their employment
narrows the field for securing good men
from the lower ranks. 1t is the North
Westerns policy to advance its employ
ees from low places as occasions pre-
sent, and with women filling many
places, it cannot get the supply that it
viii be able to under the new order
Here is a chance for a protest from the
club women Of the country.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24

Another cabinet change is in order.
The war investigation committee is
reaching a climax. When the ranking
officer of the army and the hero poll
tician of the Empire state charge gross
negligence and incompetence, it is
time for decisive action on the part of
the administration. The revelations
have been startling from the first. They
are conclusive indications of shameful
misconduct now. General Miles says
that some one at Washington was to
blame for the putrid food and meager
supplies furnished the army. Colonel
Roosevelt says that the sick and
wounded We're neglected, and that all
were poorly fed. This is a shameful
state of affairs for the rich
est country in the world. The
people furnished the necessities.
congress voted the necessary
funds, without a dissenting voice, the
supplies were all made ready, but an
incompetent administration side
tracked them and left the strong to
hunger and the weak to die. And Alger
remainsl
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24
In Days When Liquor Was Plentiful.
CU1aalrl.- Te1ao-raDbN

A Scotch minister and his bead1e
were returning from a real old-fash-
toned marriage. I'VE had better gang
in by the back the nicht," said the
minister, on arriving near the manse.
What wey?" queried Sandy.
"a WELL there's been a deal of whisky
gaen. and think it wad be better"
ma, ma; straucht forrit," persisted
Sandy.
Vera weel, then; but at ony rate I'll
walk on in front a meenot, and you'll
tells hoo I'm daein'.'
The minister then walked on few
yards, and called back, Hoo am
daein, then, Sandy?"
''Brawly, sir, brawly; but wha's that
WI ye?"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24
Bombarded the Idols.

The maharanee of Napaul recently COM
mitted suicide in horror at the disfigure-
ment which an attack of smallpox had
caused in her features. The maharaiah
who was passionately attached to her
first Wreaked his vengeance on the physi-
clans. who had attended her in her ILL
ness Then he flew at higher game out
of the great temple he brought the idols.
planted loaded cannon before them, and
babe gunners fire. In terror at the pro-
posed blasphemy, they refused; thereupon
the maharajah hanged several of them.
The survivors then submitted, and the
guns were fired and the idols blown to
DieceS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24
A Bachelors Christmas Dinner.

(New York Herald.)
I'm blue as I sit at dinner
With loneliness, too. sigh,
Though there's three of us here to
gether.
The waiter, the turkey and I.
To listen to some one talking,
I'd give up my hard-earned pelf.
But the turkey can't and the waiter
shan't,
And 1 never talk to myself
I miss the rustic of laces.
The blush and the deep blue eye,
The prettiest of the faces,
Like dream of the days gone by,
What folly to live like a hermit
I'll ask her tonight. that fiat,
Hi. waiter! Call me a hanson.
And bring me nv coat and hat"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24
0REGON SHORT LINE*
Trains. arrive and depart at Salt Lake
City daily as follows:
RATTRoAn.


ARRIVE.
On Effect July II. 1889
FROM Chicago, Omaha, St Louis.
Kansas city Denver, Park
City and Ogden. 3.1O pm.
From Helena, Butte, Portland.
san Francisco. Ogden and in
termediate Oints.....-........... S:55 am.
from San Francisco Cache VAL
r,IP, points ...,.... us pm
Kansas City, Denver and Og-
.r den i,;:.. s:1O am
Provo, Eureka, Mammoth. Sill
points -. ................ go pm
TOOeie and Carried Bsaeh....... 400 pm.
For Chicago. Omaha Dma 1l' Denver
r,a and Park Gity.........-..s..9..... 700 am.
0acne valley and intermediate
For Ogden. Denver. Kansas City. '''---
CInaha- st. Louis Chicago and
Fd 59'e GG5s points -. SIS pm.
.rI land I, and San Francisco. -. S:45 pm.
+ or Mercur, Eureka, Silver City.
FIoVo, NeDhI. Sanpete Mil
IoFG; Frisco and intermediate
mixed train for Garfield Beach.
Iooele and Terminus. 7:45 am.
Sunday.
++Daily except Sunday.
CITY TICKET OFFICE under Masonic
Hal ;rai No, 200 West Second South street.
Railroad and Steamship Tickets on sale
to all parts of the world
Q FHllman Palace Car ticket Office.
D. w. ECCLES, ID. e. hurley.
zen Irf. Mgr. Gen. Pass. & Ticket Agt.
W. III. BANCROFT
Vice Pres. & Gen. Mgr.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24
INDIAN ADVANCEMENT.

Indian outbreaks are Of rare occur
renee now. This is due, in a large
measure. to the gradual extinction of
the race, but in part to the education of
the Indian youth and the civilization
Of the old.
There have been two or three small
scares from Indians getting off their
reservations lately, but the affairs were
trivial. compared with the general ad-
vancement made in the education and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24
eermanv'g Female Gymnasts.
Raris Register.l

Within the past few years the taste for
gymnastic exercises has spread to Il re-
markable extent among the fair sex in
Germany 1t will surprise many to hear
that throughout the German empire there
are at present about 800 sections of female
gvmnasts. connected with the incorporat-
ed gymnast societies. numbering upwards
of u. 900 members of all ages. and that
probably like number belong to the
numerous free gymnastic, ball and tennis
and sporting clubs. The result in point of
general hygiene is very noticeable. and
rpapdad
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24

General Skaters attempt to shield
the war department in the investiga-
ton is discredited by his own dispatch
of Aug. 4, which referred to "a chronic
scarcity of medicines which had just
caused the death Of four men" Gen
eral Miles produced this when he was
before the committee, and he added
that at no time was there sufficient
medicine for the troops"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD.
Yesterdays Observations at the Lo-
cal Weather Bureau Office.

salt Lake City. Utah. Dec. %. 1s9S.
Mean temperature, IS degrees; depart
ure rom normal, minus 16 degrees; max
imum temperature. 26 degrees; minimum
temperature, degrees above; accumu-
lated deficiency OF temperature since list
OF the month, 173 degrees; accumulated
deficiency OF temperature since Jan. !,
55N degrees. Total precipitation Qnches
and hundredths} .04 inches: departure
nom normal minus 81 inches; accUmu-
lated deficiency of precipitation since list
OF the month, .58 inches; accumulated de-
hciency Of precipitation since Jan. ]. %
inches.
Following is the local forecast Of the
weather for today: Fair; stationary
temperature j. Il SMITH.
Section Director.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24

delegation
settled Ih where the subject this sketch born
November succeeding
member of the sagebrush the d
lines place he the
Democratic club organized American Twice he has been
= chosen the chairman.
ardent furthering
interests enthusiastically the
Utah unanimous delegation American
= nomination
~
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24

The Earl of selborne, at public
function in England, made remark
the other day which was timely, terse
and touching, on the relation of the
Anglo-Saxon nations. He said: "a
very simple but very great thing has
happened. A misunderstanding has
been removed. The people of the Unit
ed States had not understood Great
Britain's real feelings toward them.
Now they understand them. That is
all; but it is immense"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24

According to the Rome correspond
ent of the London Times ''the
international anarchist conference,
which has been in session for several
weeks, has proved a success. Great
secrecy is maintained regarding the
proceedings and conclusions, but the
delegates seem satisfied that they have
laid a solid foundation for a uniform
system of dealing with anarchists. The
conference declines to recognize an
archist outrages as political crimes"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24
Mrs. McKinley's Wit.
washington Telegram to the Chicago
1oaoo~J

Record)
Mrs Mckinley is saying some bright
things these days. The other evening the
wife of a prominent citizen of Washington
while visiting the White House, happened
to mention that she had received d basket
of mushrooms from an unknown source
and, fearing that they might not be genu-
she usually bought her vegetables and had
them carefully looked over before they
were cooked.
what were you afraid OFF" inquired
Mrs Mckinley.
Il was afraid we might be poisoned and
die"
I thought you were a Presbyterian.
retorted the presidents wife, and that
Presbyterians never die until their time
Comes y
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24
ADJUSTMENTS.

The sale for the three performances
of 1.-THE Chimes of Normandy" opened
at the Theatre yesterday. the matinee
demand being specially heavy. Popu-
lar prices will rule and the opening
performance will be given Monday
night.
1.-THE Span of Life" closes its week at
the Grand with a matinee and night
performance this afternoon and even
inc
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24
A Sure Wav.

Mrs. Chaffie-I don't know how [ can
tell him what it is he won't take it. and
if 1 don't tel him what it is he won't
take it.
Mr.. Chaffie-I'H tell you what TO do.
Just put 1t on the table and forbid him
20 touch it, and then he will take it sure.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24

Russell Harrison, the son of his
father, thought he was making history
when he hoisted a flag over Fort
Atares, at Havana; he was only max
ing a spectacle of himself
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24
Inimical Plants.

Two well known English plants, the
thistle and the rape are so inimical that
if q field is infested with thistle. which
come up year after year and ruin the
crors an you have to do is SOW 1t with
rape. The thistle viii be absolutely an
initiated
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24
Trusting to a sneeze.
Denver Post.l

NDtLNOi L Ool.J
In a recent magazine article traveller
tells a story of a Russian small boy named
JZminischishski. When his mother de-
sires to call him she perhaps just takes a
pinch of snuff and sticks her head out at
the door and awaits results.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24
Ethics and Kisses.
ICincinnati Enquirer.l

DO you think woman is ever justified
in asking a man to kiss her?''
My dear child, you will find out some
day that after woman is married she
has to-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24

Hobson came and went, and the lips
of Utah girls remain in statu quo.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-24
COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK

CAPITAL PAID IN, 100000.
General Banking In All Its Branches.
DirectUrs-Dr. Theodore Meyer. John
Daily. o ]. Salisbury. Moylan c. Fox.
Thomas Marshall, w p Noble George
N. Downey. John Donnellan. Newell