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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20
A GREAT DAY.

II was q great day in this city yes
terday. Everybody turned out to see
the troops from Douglas start for New
Orleans, preparatory to going to the
front The members of the national
guard were all out to escort them to
the depot, as were the members of the
G. a. r. Along the line of march were
school children drawn up, over them
waving the flag It was really a great
day, the first of its kind ever witnessed
in Utah. But it ended in disappoint-
ment, for the troops did not march
forth, owing to the fact that the trains
in which they were to go were not
ready, and what would have been an
event passed off without realization. To
the children of the schools the sight of
the soldiers marching away to do battle
for freedom would have been a most
inspiring one, and it is a matter of
keen regret that they were unayoidably
deprived of it.
In this connection a word regarding
the national guard is appropriate. The
members who turned out yesterday
made fine, soldierly appearance, and
they went through the various evolu-
items with the precision of regulars.
Should they be called into action, they
will give an account of themselves that
would be credit to regulars. The state
may be proud of the guard, but the
state should do more for it than it
does
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20
ANECDOTES OF FAMOUS MEN.
More From Duff,s Diaries.

Sir Montstuart Grant Duffs Notes
From a Diary" proves an inexhaustible
reservoir. Here is another collection:
Just after Louis NaDoleon's coup d'etat
a group of English statesmen were dis
cussing the situation;
-Roebuck told than that that morn
ing he had met Lord PalmerSton in Pic
cadilly and had said to him: We'll, my
Lord. what do you think of the news? p
Sharp work. sharp work. said Lord Pal
merston, and passed on. Roebuck con-
tinued his walk. and presently met
Disraei. We'll, Mr.. Disraeli,' he said.
mowaf lesson. was the reply.
Dsraeli's chivalric devotion to his wife
is well known. Lady Beaconsfield was
not Princess Talleyrand, the latter per-
sonage being singularly bereft of brains.
Sir Montstuart Grant Duff presents this
as coming from Disraeli relative to his
wife.
Our host repeated the account of
Lady Beaconsieid given by Disraeli to
-. She was a bright creature; she lived
wholly in the present; she thought moth
ing OF the future: she cared nothing for
the past. l discovered that she did not
know whether the Greeks or the Romans
came first.
Lord Broueham was hard hitter in
debate. but he could be magnanimous at
times:
The name of Brougham coming up. I
asked Gladstone whether he had known
him we'll Yes he said. i saw great
deal of him in the last ten years in which
he had full command of his faculties.
and my impression of him. as | knew
him. Is very favorable. All the old pas
sons seemed to have burnt out, and he
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20
PREPAREDNESS FOR WAR.

Even if war should not come it can
not be denied that the country has
been through a great war scare; nor is
there any doubt that attempts will be
made to utilize it to further schemes
for great ornaments, both by land and
by sea. There is no necessity for vast
ornaments
The Hartford Courant trusts that the
experience of the past few weeks has
taught the American people lasting
lesson regarding the necessity of be-
ing prepared for war, or rather the
unwisdom of utter unpreparedness Cor
war. In the course of it's comments the
Courant says:
| We cannot afford to have a convul-
sion every time that peace is threat
ened. Modern warfare is swift and
deadly. Ships that require three years
| for construction, harbors that need the
work of years to be safely fortified.
| cannot be made ready at a few weeks
notice. The business must be done pc
! fore the necessity arises. Often the
fact that it has been done renders tho
chances of war far less 1t is inspir-
ing and creditable to see how this
| country has set to work TO make the
best Of its great natural resources un-
der the present threat, but the best in
formed know that we are still shock
ingly exposed i'll case of hostilities and
we are, at worst, only confronted by q
| third-rate power.
There has been no CONFUSION of bus
mess as the consequence OF the war
scare; still there is no denying the fact
that the country was ilI-prepared for
| war when the present scare began; that
it is today, in the European sense of be-
ing prepared for war; but it should
never be the policy of this country to
be prepared for war in the European
sense. What this country should do in
this matter is to take some wise pre-
cautions. These would include the
completion of adequate seacoast de-
fenses and a proper manning of them.
Another precaution that should be
taken is to have an ample supply of
small arms always on hand, these arms
TO be Of the very best; their number
should not be less than a million. The
same should be the case with artillery.
1t is true that the improved small
arms and artillery of today become an
AlQudlGQ OIl liiS filbIIOWs anu licI Ills
fact would necessitate their replace
ments several times in a century; but
the United States can very much bet
ter afford to replace them at the cost
of many millions than to be without
them. Congress SHOULD also appropriate
annually a sum sufficient to keep the
national guard in a state OF efficiency;
it is the citizen soldiery of the fathers
Of the republic.
If all this were done the country
would be as well prepared for war as
it is desirable that it should be, while
it would inspire the people with a sense
of security and confidence that nothing
else can. But the country needs no
great standing army. no such navy as
England or France possesses.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

The New York Press thinks there is
little doubt that the parliamentary part
of our institutions is drying up and
shriveling away with increasing rapid
ity; that our government grows more
and more a one-man power, installed
by party ard regulated by public
opinion; that congress has become lit
tie more than an inaccurate transmit
ter of political force from people to
president and president to people. 1t
thinks it is strange that some of it's
members, of whom there are many wise
and patriotic men, cannot see among
the causes of its decline this parlia-
mentary nakedness, this habit of put
ting off dignity and decency as gar
ment, when men gather in what should
be the most decent and dignified as
semblage in the land.
In the Cuban business congress did
not transmit power from the people to
the president. BY his message he prac-
ticaHy abdicated his right to leader
ship, and action was, taken by con-
gress. The Press has formulated a
generalization on very insufficient facts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20
RECKLESS BICYCLE RIDERS.

Monday evening a little girl was
knocked down by a careless bicycle
rider and quite seriously injured. Had
the rider kept to the road the accident
would not have occurred, but he did
not: he cut across the sidewalk corner
end struck the little girl. OF course he
did not stop to see whether he had hurt
I his victim seriously, for this class of
riders never have any care save for
their own precious welfare.
1t is getting to be the common prac-
tice of many bicycle riders to cut the
sidewalk corners on the streets where
they are forbidden to ride upon The
sidewalks. Nor is this all. It has be-
come the custom of bicyclists to ride on
the sidewalks in the prohibited dis
.tricts, and no attention whatever is
paid by the police authorities to the
violation of the ordinance. The ordi-
nance is also frequently violated in the
matter of speed; all these violations
should be stopped.
There is no city of its size in the
Union that is so liberal in the matter
of allowing bicyclists to ride upon the
sidewalks as Salt Lake, and this liber-
atty should not be abused as many
bicyclists do abuse it. The more con-
servative riders deprecate the wanton-
ness and recklessness of such riders as
ran over the little girl Monday night,
and they should use their influence to
have this wantonness and recklessness
stopped. 1t is understood that black
sheep dwell in every flock, but they
should be cleared out whenever they
develop. A little more attention to
these sheep by the police would have
a salutary effect upon them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

A Columbus (O) dispatch to the Gin
cinnati Enquirer says that A. ]. Cheva-
ne.. a Frenchnan and resident of CO.
iumbus, is grieving over the death of
q, favorite dog, called Diana. Out of
respect for its decease, he placed crepe
on his door, and viii give the canine
a irst-class funeral. The body of Di-
and was placed in a pretty white coffin,
bearing a silver plate suitably inscrib-
ed. and prepared for burial He wanted
to lay the remains in his own yard,
but the department of health forbade
it. Mr.. Chevalier has requested local
minister to deliver the funeral Grafton,
and has closed his business till after
the interment. About 90 employees of
the grief-stricken man will attend the
funeral services. 1t is said that every
dog has his day, and Diana's seems to
have come.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20
HOW SEWARD TREATED AT
TEMPTED INTERVENTION.

Almost every day the dispatches con-
tain something about offers of media
ton from Europe. Thus only yesterday
it was announced from Berlin that the
German foreign Office had declared that
DIR. Won Holleben, the German ambas-
sador at Washington, instead of join
ing in renewed representations to the
United States, is urging ambassadors
to stop their attempts at mediation, as
they are considered worse than use
less. Only a few days ago the repre-
sentatives of the six great powers wait
ed on President Mckinley and present
ed him with an address on the coctro-
versy between the United States and
Spain. To this address the president
made reply. 1t was the very first in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

If the law of entail were operative in
this country, the next century would
see some tremendous fortunes accumu-
lated here, says the Philadelphia
Ledger. For instance. the income of
the Girard estate for the month of
March is reported as 81, s13.9S. which is
at the rate of 1855, 1915 per year. and
this is the interest, at 4 per cent, on
81, 419,1 94. All this has grown up from
a sum of about s6,00O,O0O left for public
purposes by stephen Girard, at his
death, in 1881, but not made available
for several years longer. A modern
American fortune entailed for, say,
three generations, under equally good
management, would amount to some
thing stupendous.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20
The Antarctic Expedition.

1t is rumored in official circles that
the government contemplates sending
an expedition to the Antarctic Circle
during the ensuing year. This. it is
said, will comprise eminent navigators,
geographers. naturalists and astrono-
ners. There can be little doubt that
discoveries will be made of the ut
most Importance TO science. However
useful these may be. they can never
exceed the value of that discovery so
fraught with benefit to the human
race-HoStetter's Stomach Bitters.
This truly estimable medicine has
achieved a reputation for curative and
preventive efficacy in cases of in
organic diseases which has never had
a parallel in the history of medicine.
1t cures and prevents malaria, chronic
dyspepsia biliousness, rheumatism.
kidney and bladder complaints and
nervous ailments,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

A correspondent writes thus to the
Atlanta Constitution: "INill a man be
allowed to carry the gun he prefers in
the war? l have one that saw service
in every battle of the late war, and
which, to my certain knowl-
edge, has killed one hundred
and twenty men. carried a.
notebook with me the first two years
of the war, and kept count, till il got to
be such an ordinary thing that lost
interest in it. But l know that it has
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

spoke of everyone as his friend except
Lords Campbell and Westbury. 10 whom
his charity did not e,.tend-which. per-
haps, was not surprising. He had the
greatest veneration for Lyndhurst. l re-
member an instance of il which is all
most historical. AT the time of the de-
bate on Lord Palmerston's conspiracy
bill / went with Brougham to talk about
il with Lyndhurst who had then lost
the use of his limbs Lyndhurst sur
passed himself in clearness and cogency
and Brougham. striking his hand on his
knees. said: How I wish l could give
you some of my walking powers, and that
you could give me some of your
brainsi'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

We saw an old war horse in Brown
iEg's store yesterday, inquiring the
price of gun, and the gun he was in
curing about was the ''Peacemaker. .
Nothing less than four hundred and
forty shots a minute would satisfy his
fighting blood
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

A Utah man who started for the
Klondike some time ago is back. He
only got as far as Skaguay. The rea-
son he is back, he says, is that he
knows when he has had enough. How
few people really know when they have
had enougfi
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

killed one. hundred and twenty, and
that it is in as good fighting trim now
as It was then. 1 have come to have
ar affection for it, and if enlist 1 hope
they'll let me carry it with me. It's
getting rusty, and needs exercise"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

If the street car company would
only put its track in a condition so
that it would not be quite so much like
q corduroy road, patrons of the road
would appreciate it,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

The Spaniards want weyler to lead
them in the event of war. Do they en-
terrain the idea, that he will be able
10 make reconcentrados Of the Ameri-
can troops?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

Detroit Free Press: A Jolly Joker
.'Tartlys a mean old joker" declared the
fashionable Doctor What has he been
doing now?" Just met him on the street
and asked him how he was He handed
me & bill. said that he never felt so well
in his life, asked me to mail receipt. and
was gone before l realized what he was
at"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

HarDer''s Bazaar: A Suggestion-"Pop.
per. said Willie, why did you buy q
golf coat?' TO play golf in, my son, y
said Mr.: Willis. Did you need it?" "Ot
course l did. Then l need a top-coat
TO PLAY tops in. L seen EN- advertised
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

Chicago News: Beginning Early-"I
have heard good deal about people who
borrow trouble. but l think my wife is a
champion in that line Why, l thought
she was always cheerful and contented
with her lot She was until our baby
was born. six weeks ago. Now she is
worrying because he may marry some girl
that he will not like"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

The knit goods men have combined,
and the trust will have a capital of
$50. 900. 600. Is this combination in the
interest Of the people? Nit
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

No doubt haste makes waste. But
that doesn't justify delaying the de-
parture Of the troops by making them
wait for cars.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

The Cuban independence resolution
is with the president, whether he is
with il or not.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

Detroit Free Press: His Kind.-''Why
in the world is Silly hunting about for a
oalky horse?' He dreamed that he
would nave to join the cavalry in case of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

Judge: Miss Penstock-"What became
of the clergyman who preached such a
grand sermon on The sin OF covetous-
ness? Miss Hammand (of Chicago
He went to another church that offered
him q larger saIary.''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

Puck: The Height of Absurdity-Mrs.
enbaum-"Mrs. Katzenstein vas just
here-der impudence ohf DOT woman Mr..
Rosenbaum-''vot did she say?' Mrs.
Rosenbaum ndignantly)-"Asked me yot
L vas going to make out ohf der baby
sheost as If he vas for sale,'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

Tit-Bits: Mrs. Miffin," said visitor
Emma has your features, but l think
she has her fathers hair" ''Oh, now
see"' said little Emma. It's because
have fathers hair that he has to wear a
wig"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

Washington Star: II isn't gettin' up an
hollerin bout wantin' ter go ter war"
said Uncle Eben. All is settin' out ter
come ter me-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

Wars may come and wars may go,
but the Salvation Army goes on for
ever.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

let the war loan be popular" says
the Denver Republican. Let the war
also be popular.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

Puck: Little Miss Elite-"What is the
klondike, mammal" Mamma-"It is a
place, my dear, 10 which people go in
order to become parvenus."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

Time and tide wait for no man. But
then, time and tide don't travel by
rail.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

The house, the senate and the peo-
pie all concur il the Cuban independ-
ence resolution.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

Young Letter may have wheat to
burn, but one fire cools all his ardor
in that direction.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

If Wanamaker cannot head off Quay,
he proposes to head a regiment.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

Harpers Bazaar: THAT dog certainly
seems almost human at times" said old
Mr. Fussy. Yes" replied Mrs Pussy.
he growls over his food quite as much
as you do"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

The time is close at hand when Uncle
Sam Will say; play ball" And then
the ball will open.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

The less coal she can get the more
viii Spain fume.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20
WIT AND HUMoR.

Puck: The difference between. pride
and vanity'i is that we have one and other
people have the other.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

There are times when the house is
greater than Mr.. Reed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

AS an auxiliary cruiser, nothing beats
the schooner.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

In the impending conflict many of
the dogs of war will be old sea dogs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

A plain duty is the one that people
usually hesitate longest about perform
ing
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

Philadelphia North American: Consola-
tion-Bella (crying)-"Oh, if Harry has
to go TO the war. I'm sure he will die of
the feverp' Her Father-"Oh. pshaw!
Why, there's an even chance that he will
die by a bullet
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

The temper of congress is precisely
that of gun steel
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

He who counts the cost of the i'm
pending war, must be able to count up
into the hundreds of millions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

The more Spain gets her back up, the
mere her bonds go down.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

Gentlemen may cry Peace! peace!'
but there is no peace"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

The popular loan is S.. not s5OO,OOO,-
900.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

Cincinnati Enquirer: Remember the
Maine Whatever the differences in con-
gress may be as recognition and inter
vention, or Intervention alone. the thing
that StirS the American people to the
depths of their feelings is the destruc-
ton of the Maine and the murder of our
sailors. That is sufficient provocation
for declaration of war on general Drinci-
pies. There is more than mere vengeance
in it. Something should be done to main
tain the dignity of our government and
sustain pride of country among the peo-
pie.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

There are no Spanish flies on the
American navy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

Does Mr.. Mark Hanna still hold the
opinion that there will be no war?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

Coal is to be hunkadory. colored
cortraband.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

Spain has her choice of the glad hand
or the mailed fist.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

ITO arms, We brave; the avenging
sword unsheath"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

Millions for defense; not one cent
to guarantee Cuban bonds.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

Perhaps Spain is waiting to move AL
In the merry month of May"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

U. S. is a good, strong and reliable
Baking Powder, and is sold by all
grocers at 25c a pound.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

Chicago News: The furry of foreign
Intervention developed the fact that
England and Germany decline to NEEDLE
in what is not their business, and that
there is vein of grotesque humor in
Austria. With England in her natural
position this country has nothing to fear
from Europe
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

Kansas City Star: 1t may be that
Itllman is right when he says that angels
IN this world are few and far between.
but this statement. coming from tha sen'
ator from South Carolina. can scarcely be
accepted as expert testimony. In the
present crisis, when time is precious. SEN
atorS and congressman ought not TO dis
cuss things that they know nothing
about.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

New York Tribune: That in this pres.
ent trying case peace would be kent If
this peace-loving land, and be restored
20 sthe much-vexed neighboring island
has earnestly been hoped and striven for
aim. not unless in the last desperate So
luton. TO be abandoned. But if the peace
must be broken, the final purpose of this
government will not be changed. To the
pursuit of honor and justice it is COM
mitted. From that pursuit it will never
within the bounds of human possibility
be turned back
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

Louisville Courier-Journal: 1t may as
well be understood at the outset that we
are not going to pay any Spanish bonds,
recognition or no recognition of the
Cuban government We, are likely to have
enough bonds of our own to shoulder be-
fore We are through.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-20

Remember the Mainel